Episodes

  • 3 Dooms 01
    Dec 7 2009
    The First Doom: Shock and Awe


    SHOCK: an emotional reaction to an event radically opposed to your expectations.

       Incorrect: an invading army drops bombs on your city.

       Correct: a free and just society Disappears your husband.

    AWE: something that shows the whole order of the universe is greater and more profound than you can imagine.

       Incorrect: an invading army drops bombs on your city.

      Correct: a baby is born.
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    25 mins
  • 3 Dooms 02
    Dec 7 2009
    The First Doom Continued.
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    27 mins
  • 3 Dooms 03
    Dec 12 2009
    The Second Doom: The Greening of Blue England

    "It took three-quarters of a ton of plastique to get rid of all the box stores in Tafts Corner."

    N. E. Brahmin and his gang are out to level all the ugly and useless buildings in suburban sprawl. But it isn't easy in the wake of a civil war that has split America into two countries. When the military wants to requisition their explosives, Bram is going to fight to hold on to his dream.
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    16 mins
  • 3 Dooms 04
    Dec 12 2009
    The Third Doom: Spider's Dreams

    "What is the fear?" I asked.

    I don’t know. I don’t know if I know in the dreams. I just always feel afraid. It’s this looming terror of impending catastrophe.”

    “I don’t think catastrophe is impending anymore,” I said.

    “Oh, it is, Lou,” she said. “It is. This is only a small step along the way, just a small thing. The rose is still unfolding, a thousand petals and every one scribed with tragedy, with enough grief to end the world. You want to know what the fear is? It’s that there is no seed at the center of this rose, the petals will just keep unfolding endlessly into the future.”
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    31 mins