Author: Tim Constant

Ok, I'm going to try out an idea here which may be the result of me over thinking, hyper spiritualizing, or otherwise making a mountain from a meerkat mound. Or I may be spot on. But what is the use of having a blog if you don’t put your wacky theories on it, I ask … Continue reading Purity By Proxy →

Option A: Having complete knowledge of yourself all the way down to the dregs of your subconscious; possessing awareness of all prime and subprime motivations of your actions; able to trace all the rivulets of your emotions and the personal historical contexts from which they arise; understanding all the nuance of your desires, but in … Continue reading Choose One →

The following is a transcript from an interview with Lisa McWhorter, a mom and fellow thinker, about the leaked Roe v Wade SCOTUS decision, abortion, choice, and all that rot. Thought Butter: Lisa, thanks so much for taking the time to allow me to pick your brain about this whole abortion deal that suddenly…uh, got … Continue reading Interview: Abortion and Roe →

After God brought forth His Messiah, as John Milton tells in Paradise Lost, Satan rebels and with him a third of the hosts of heaven. Among the masses is the zealous Abdiel, a flaming Seraphim, who is caught up in the throng but does not share the rebellious heart of the malevolent. He condemns Satan’s … Continue reading Dreadless Angel Unpursu’d →

Remember malls? Remember when they were a thing? If you wanted something that wasn't food, you went to the mall, that repository of franchised, retail goods. No Amazon, no Shopify. Maybe you had a catalogue, if you were a yuppie, but most of us blue collar kids who pretended to be less poor than we … Continue reading Hospital Rats →

We have entered that calamitous age when our oldest has a cell phone. Not just any old dumb phone - a smartphone. It was a decision that was weighed and reweighed, then I grabbed some sand out of the decision and let it slip through my fingers while I stroked my scruff. And wouldn’t you … Continue reading As Excitable as A Tortoise on Quaaludes →

Introduction The prime ethic in America is the preeminence of the self. Any objections to our absolute freedom of self-definition are marked for destruction, particularly when these objections have to do with our own bodies. My body. My choice is our first and greatest commandment. Nowhere is this more evident than in the area of … Continue reading Emanations And Penumbras →

Introduction What is a woman? "I'll take 'Inscrutable Mysteries' for $400, Alex" If this were a Jeopardy! answer, what would be the clue? Would Alex Trebek need to provide the answer as the contestants stood silent? And most curious, would Amy Schneider, formerly Thomas Schneider, the first transgender champion of Jeopardy!, confidently bet it all … Continue reading Jeopardy →

What we love is a reflection of the kind of person we are. What we hate does the same. God hates things. There are six things the LORD hates,seven that are an abomination to him:haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,a heart that devises wicked plans,feet that are quick to run … Continue reading Like A Horde Of Mongol Butterflies →

Introduction That the world in general, and America in particular, is in the throes of an identity crisis is beyond obvious. Modernity erased God as True North on the topo map of identity, and postmodernity eliminated any destination to be arrive at. This means wherever you happen to find yourself is the destination. Yay! You're … Continue reading Gender Totems →