NEW:

Blogging

• Blog posts:
  • Nolite timere

• Beating Kryptonite:
  • Beating Kryptonite like Green Lantern

• Militant Agnostic:
  • Conspicuous by its Absence

Media

• Bookmadness:
  • The Good Book: Proverbs, chapter 14: Beauty

• Crossing Over:
  • Sandman and Babylon 5

• Crossover Reading Orders:
  • Avengers Disassembled

Original Fictions

• The Truth About Melbourne:
  • Cape Schanck
  • Dallas
  • Hillside
  • Strathmore
  • Tottenham

Wunderkammer

• The Campaign for Symmetrical English:
  • Reck

• Pharmacopoeia Fantastica:
  • Dilligenz

• The Rock’n'Roll History of the World:
  • 580,000,000 years ago – The first animals evolve
  • 33 CE – Mary Magdalene gives birth to the son of Jesus
  • 1979 The Boys Next Door release Shivers/
  • 1980 – The arcade game “Berzerk” is released
  • 1997 – Jeff Buckley dies

The post Update: Week Ending June 3, 2013 appeared first on The Centre Cannot Hold.

No, really, I honestly think I did some of the best writing I’ve done in a while last week.

NEW:

Blogging

• Blog posts:
  • Back in the saddle
  • Once upon a time…

• Beating Kryptonite:
  • Beating Kryptonite

• Militant Agnostic:
  • Examining the Un-Examined: Tarot

• Mugwump Jism:
  • Book Review: “The House of Rumour” by Jake Arnott

Media

• Bookmadness:
  • The Good Book: Proverbs, chapter 13: Avarice

• Crossover Reading Orders:
  • Jonathan Hickman’s Fantastic Four

Original Fictions

• The Truth About Melbourne:
  • Aspendale
  • Caroline Springs
  • Greensborough
  • Notting Hill
  • Nunawading
  • Red Hill
  • Viewbank

• Vigil for a Dragon:
  • Part 38

Wunderkammer

• The Campaign for Symmetrical English:
  • Larm

• Daft Lyrics Database:
  • “Electric Blue” by Icehouse

• Pharmacopoeia Fantastica:
  • Zzonga

• The Rock’n'Roll History of the World:
  • circa 284,000,000 BCE – Bolosaurid Eudibamus is the first known biped
  • circa 1341 BCE – Tutankhamun born
  • 1628 – Oliver Cromwell becomes MP for Huntingdon
  • 1866 – Laura Foster is murdered
  • 1930 – Amy Johnson flies from England to Darwin
  • 1961 – Kennedy pledges to put a man on the Moon by the decade’s end
  • 1996 – Xzibit releases “Paparazzi”

REVISED:

Trade Paperback Timelines:

• The Marvel Universe:
  • Pt 9: From Fear Itself on

The post Update: Week Ending May 27, 2013 appeared first on The Centre Cannot Hold.

Hopefully, this will make things a little easier to find around here

NEW:

Blogging:

• The Annotated Ten Commandments:
  • The Annotated Ten Commandments: Thou Shalt Not Covet
  • The Annotated Ten Commandments: Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness

Media:

• Soundtrack Incomplete
  • Love & Human Remains (1993)
  • Message in a Bottle (1999)
  • The Shipping News (2001)

Original Fictions:

• The Truth About Melbourne
  • Brunswick
  • Clifton Hill

Wunderkammer:

• The Campaign for Symmetrical English
  • Flappable

• Pharmacopoeia Fantastica
  • Funnybone
  • NZT-48

• The Rock’n'Roll History of the World
  • 243,000,000 BCE – The earliest dinosaurs evolve
  • 1536 – Anne Boleyn is beheaded
  • 1954 – “Rock Around The Clock” released

Trade Paperback Timelines:

• Miscellaneous Comics Timelines
  • Kurt Busiek’s Astro City Reading Order

REVISED:

Trade Paperback Timelines:

• The Marvel Universe
  • 12: The Early Eighties
  • Pt 5: From Marvel Knights to Avengers Disassembled
  • Pt 8: From Dark Reign to just before Fear Itself
  • Pt 9: From Fear Itself on

The post Period: Ending May 20, 2013 appeared first on The Centre Cannot Hold.

NEW:

The Annotated Ten Commandments:

• Thou Shalt Not Steal

Bookmadness:

• The Good Book
  • Proverbs, chapter 12: Aspiration

Crossover Reading Orders:

• Divided We Fall, United We Stand

The Rock’n'Roll History of the World:

• 1904 – Aleister Crowley begins writing “Liber Al vel Legis”
• 1953 – The coverup of toxic waste dumping at Love Canal begins
• 1961 – The Bay of Pigs Invasion fails
• 1988 – TISM release “Great Truckin’ Songs of Renaissance”
• 1992 – The Rodney King trial verdict results in widespread rioting in LA

Trade Paperback Timelines:

• DC Timelines
  • Part 3: Year Eleven and the Crisis on Infinite Earths

The Truth About Melbourne:

• Altona
• Elwood
• Wheelers Hill
• Appendix: Inspirations and References

REVISED:

Trade Paperback Timelines:

• The Marvel Universe
  • 4: From Onslaught to just before Marvel Knights
  • 9: From Fear Itself on

• Marvel: The Ultimate Universe
  • 3: The Death of Spider-Man

• DC Timelines
  • Part 1: Before the Modern Heroic Age
  • Part 2: The Modern Heroic Age from Year One to Year Ten

• The Graphic Novel History of the Universe
  • 1800 -1861
  • 1945 – 1970

The post Update: Period Ending April 29, 2013 appeared first on The Centre Cannot Hold.

NEW:

Bookmadness:

• The Good Book: Proverbs, chapter 11: Artists

Daft Lyrics Database:

• “Every Woman in the World” by Air Supply

Pharmacopoeia Fantastica:

• Pattern Perception
• Venom

The Rock’n'Roll History of the World:

• 33 CE – Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane
• 1588 – Thomas Hobbes is born
• 1897 – Johannes Brahms dies
• 1925 — Paul Newman born
• 1955 – Ray Kroc opens his first McDonalds franchise
• 1958 – Charles Starkweather’s murder spree begins

Trade Paperback Timelines:

• The Marvel Universe 12: The Early Eighties

The Truth About Melbourne:

• Craigieburn
• Essendon
• Forest Hill

REVISED:

Trade Paperback Timelines:

• Marvel Universe
  • The Marvel Universe 4: The Golden Age
  • Earth 616: The Marvel Universe, pt 3: From Secret Wars to just before Onslaught
  • Earth 616: The Marvel Universe, pt 9 – From Fear Itself onwards
• The Graphic Novel History of the Universe
  • 1914 – 1945
  • 1945 – 1970
  • 2000 to the present day

The post Update: Week Ending April 15, 2013 appeared first on The Centre Cannot Hold.

Fnord.

NEW:

The Annotated Ten Commandments:

• Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery

The Campaign for Symmetrical English:

• Volution

Daft Lyrics Database:

• “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie” by Baccara

Militant Agnostic:

• What’s so Good about it?

The Rock’n'Roll History of the World:

• 1625 – Charles the First becomes King of Britain
• 1919 – Walter Gropius founds the Bauhaus School
• 1931 — Leonard Nimoy born
• 1935 – “Triumph of the Will” premieres
• 1963 – The last streetcars of Los Angeles make their final runs
• 1986 – Fishing of the Atlantic Striped Bass is made illegal
• 2005 – Johnnie Cochran dies

The Truth About Melbourne:

• Alphington
• Briar Hill
• Endeavour Hills
• Fitzroy
• Hughesdale
• Kallista
• Warranwood

The post Update: Week Ending April 1, 2013 appeared first on The Centre Cannot Hold.

Tomorrow, new content on the regular schedule. But first, a catch up on what has been published here over the last few weeks:

NEW:

1001 Afterlives to Visit After You Die:

• The Endless Caverns

The Campaign for Symmetrical English:

• Pinge

Militant Agnostic:

• The Annotated Ten Commandments: Thou Shalt Not Kill

Pharmacopoeia Fantastica:

• Apprehension of Beauty
• FX7
• Verbality

Random Content:

• Bookmadness:
  • The Good Book: Proverbs, chapter 10: Art

The Rock’n'Roll History of the World:

• 1587 – Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded
• 1973 – Picasso draws his last known work, “Couple”

Soundtrack Incomplete:

• Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)
• Flirt (1995)
• Ghostbusters (1984)
• Heartbreakers (2001)
• Snatch (2000)

The Truth About Melbourne:

• Appendix: The Ritual of the Seven Hills

REVISED:

Reading Orders:

• X-Men: Schism

Trade Paperback Timelines:

• Marvel Universe
  • The Marvel Universe 1: Before Recorded History
  • The Marvel Universe 2: The Hyborian Age
  • The Marvel Universe 4: The Golden Age
  • The Marvel Universe 6: Sliding Timeline Prequels
  • Earth 616: The Marvel Universe, pt 8
  • Earth 616: The Marvel Universe, pt 9
• Marvel Timelines: The Ultimate Universe
  • The Marvel Ultimate Universe 3: The Death of Spider-Man
• Marvel Timelines: Miscellaneous Universes
  • Earth 295: the Age of Apocalypse
• DC Timelines
  • The Vertigo Universe, part 2: Imprinted

The post Update: Period Ending March 25, 2013 appeared first on The Centre Cannot Hold.

NEW:

Blessays

• My 2000th post!

Daft Lyrics Database

• “Down on the Border” by Little River Band

Militant Agnostic

• The Annotated Ten Commandments: Keeping the Sabbath Holy
• The Annotated Ten Commandments: Honouring one’s Parents

Pharmacopoeia Fantastica

• Bacta
• Eucharist

Random Content

• Bookmadness
  • The Good Book: Proverbs, chapter 9: Argument

The Rock’n'Roll History of the World

• 1516 – Da Vinci completes the “Mona Lisa”
• 1606 – Guy Fawkes executed for his part in the Gunpowder Plot
• 1933 – Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
• 1968 – Prudence Farrow arrives at Rishikesh
• 1998 – Karla Faye Tucker is executed
• 1999 – Amadou Diallo is shot dead
• 2008 – Heath Ledger dies

Soundtrack Incomplete

• Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
• Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)

The Truth About Melbourne

• Beaumaris
• Bittern
• Moorooduc
• Taylors Lakes
• Truganina

REVISED:

Trade Paperback Timelines

• Marvel Universe
  • The Marvel Universe 11: The Late Seventies
  • Earth 616: The Marvel Universe, pt 3
  • Earth 616: The Marvel Universe, pt 9
• DC Timelines
  • The Milestone Universe
• The Graphic Novel History of the Universe
  • 1800 – 1861
  • 1861 – 1914

The post Update: Week Ending February 4, 2013 appeared first on The Centre Cannot Hold.

NEW:

Militant Agnostic

• How Do I Know if Richard Dawkins is Real?

Pharmacopoeia Fantastica

• Cortexin

Random Content

• Bookmadness
• The Good Book: Proverbs, chapter 8: Appetite
• The Annotated Ten Commandments: Taking God’s Name in Vain

The Rock’n'Roll History of the World

• 27 BCE – Augustus becomes the first Emperor of Rome
• 1973 – Timothy Leary is arrested in Afghanistan
• 1981 – “Hill Street Blues” premieres

The Truth About Melbourne

• Ivanhoe

REVISED:

Trade Paperback Timelines

• Marvel Universe
  • Pt 8 – From Dark Reign to just before Fear Itself
  • Pt 9 – From Fear Itself onwards
• DC Timelines
  • The Fables Universe
• Miscellaneous Comics Timelines
  • The Invincible Universe

The post Update: Week Ending January 21, 2013 appeared first on The Centre Cannot Hold.

Again, I find myself hoping the start of your new year has been as enjoyable and as productive as mine.

NEW:

Campaign for Symetrical English

• Punge

Militant Agnostic

• Even the Pope doesn’t know what agnosticism is

Mugwump Jism

• Introducing: Mugwump Jism
• Book Review: “Intrusion” by Ken MacLeod

Pharmacopoeia Fantastica

• The Fix

Random Content

• Bookmadness
• The Annotated Ten Commandments: No Graven Images

The Rock’n'Roll History of the World

• circa 605 BCE – The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are constructed
• 49 BCE – Caesar crosses the Rubicon
• 1823 – Alexander Pearce recaptured in Hobart Town
• 1864 — Composer Stephen Foster dies
• 1904 – Mississippi Fred McDowell born
• 1957 – Humphrey Bogart dies
• 1968 – Otis Redding’s “The Dock of the Bay” is released

The Truth About Melbourne

• Caulfield
• Collingwood
• Croydon
• Lilydale
• Noble Park
• Rowville
• Seaford

The post Update: Week Ending January 14, 2013 appeared first on The Centre Cannot Hold.