The Gods Are Bored

  Welcome to "The Gods Are Out Shopping!" I'm Anne Johnson, and for once I got a raise this year. Time to spend, spend, spend!...

  Boy, is it ever hard for me to keep my mouth shut about my religion in my classroom! After all, we at "The Gods Are Bored" have ...

  Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored!" Are you tired of reading about Queen Elizabeth yet? I won't keep you long. Promise. My moth...

  Still hot as Hell in Philadelphia this Labor Day Weekend, but welcome to "The Gods Are Bored" anyway! Here -- have an iced tea. ...

  Whelp, my friends, it's 7:15 pm on August 31, 2022. Which means in 12 hours I'll be back in the saddle as a school teacher. It wou...

  Summer is winding down here at "The Gods Are Bored," and that means there are two events upcoming ... and we always go to both. ...

  Greetings from "The Gods Are Bored!" Wow, what an eventful long weekend I have had! Time to flip up the tank top and gaze deep i...

  Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," William Shakespeare edition! What ho, and wherefore? Herewith an explanation: "Romeo and J...

  First let me say, books are not ever purposely stolen from my urban classroom. I'm firmly convinced that there are dozens of dusty vol...

  Wow! Tens and tens of you read my awesome interview with Loki, below. I'm humbled by the outpouring. I want to leave that important me...

  Oh, how we at "The Gods Are Bored" have strayed from our central theme: giving downsized deities a public platform! It's wha...

  Welcome to "The Gods Are Property Owners!" I'm Anne Johnson, proud yeoman of the soil. I'm here to report on my crop yie...

  When this blog started, I  threw the shade of a sprawling oak over the lunatic fringe better known as the evangelical Christian right. Tha...

  Nine years out of ten in Philadelphia, the weather sucks on the Fourth of July. It's usually hot as hell, or else there are thundersto...

  Whew! I almost let the charter for the Independent Republic of Johnsonia expire, but hooray! I didn't! My little plot of land is still...

  Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," public school teachers! Perhaps you have noticed that things have changed overnight in the ol...

  I'm thinking this morning of Town Creek. It begins in Pennsylvania near the tiny town of Rainsburg and flows from north to south 36 mi...

  I'll keep this one brief, since the decision isn't published yet. But ... Our new Spanish Inquisition  Supreme Court conservative ...

  Teacher in September: By golly, I'm going to go to the gym after work! I've been doing it all summer. How hard can it be? Teacher...

  For those of you just joining in the fun here at "The Gods Are Bored," you should know that I am a dyed-in-the-wool supporter of...