Blog o’ Gnosis

Do you remember Ronald Reagan’s first Secretary of the Interior, James Watt? The guy was a real piece of work, a fundamentalist Christian (oh, how we have become inured to religious extremists in public office since then!) who shocked the nation by his crass attitude toward the environment, and also to other people.

My favorite quote by him (and he is eminently quotable) comes from a source I can’t remember, but it was an interview somewhere, I believe after he left office. Someone asked him what his biggest fear was about environmentalists, and he said he feared that all of them were secretly Pagan.

I thought of the old geezer the other day, when I came upon this sign in a local park. Can you guess what the picture indicates? Take your time now, there’s no need to rush. What would send James Watt to an early grave if he weren’t so old already? Okay, I’ll tell you. The sign indicates that there is a labyrinth ahead. On public property. Available for use by all the citizens of fair Sebastopol. Ready to steer your son or daughter into godless communism, or worse, dreadlocks, nose rings and treesitting.

When it comes right down to it, I love living in an area that is so environmentally Pagan it would set James Watt’s hair on fire. I guess I’m just petty that way.

Anyway, I am curious what other signs of progress/moral disintegration are out there that would also cheer me up, if I only knew about them. All you bloggers, I’m looking at you! What improbable cultural artifacts give you a chuckle every time you see them? If you post about them, send me a link so I don’t miss your post. And meanwhile, I hope this lovely sign made your day like it made mine.

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