an icepick through the keyhole

Tired of the Godless, heathen community of Youtube? Want to find a place where you can be assured that all that you see is pure and wholesome?

Brothers and sisters: Godtube.

Old news to my Jewish friends, most likely, but I just came across this.



Messiah Bold ("It's the beer you've been waiting for!") from the Shmaltz Brewing Company, who have a variety of He'Brew: The Chosen Beer varieties available, including Genesis 10:10 (10th anniversary brew, using pomegranate juice), Genesis Ale ("Our first creation") and Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A. (a rye-based IPA in tribute to Lenny Bruce). All kosher-certified and rabbi-approved, of course.

For more "Gadgets for God", go to Ship of Fools. In the "Just In!" section, I'm particularly disturbedenamoured of "Faith Mountain", which made me break the third commandment when I saw it (uh, not that I strictly adhere to that one all the time...).

Although to be honest, the "Ten Plagues Finger Puppets" is probably more disturbing, particularly the one that stands in for the Death of the First-Born... and even more disturbingly... I want a set.

Terry Eagleton, in the London Review of Books, on Richard Dawkins' latest, The God Delusion.

( Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology. )