• There is a new biography of Borges out, and I still haven't read the last one I bought (Borges: A Life by James Woodall). My cultlike obsession with Borges has had little nourishment or momentum lately.

• I somehow happened across Where in Washington DC is Sun Myung Moon?, which tracks the shenanigans of the cult leader and his ties to the capital. I've been approached no fewer than five times by Moonies in public places, who sought to take me to a meeting, the bus is leaving right now. They tend to lose interest in me when I want to do bothersome and anti-Moonie things such as "get the address and come later" or "call my sister" first. I did want to go and observe their marketing strategies first hand. But they seemed to want to kidnap me.

I must have some kind of Moonie-sucker aura. The Jehovah's Witnesses steer a wide berth around me, and Hare Krishnas evince no interest at all. Perhaps they think I'd be unwilling to part with all this thick, beautiful hair?

• I wonder how many people take the Wizard Academy up on its offer to set it as their home page? I was trying to figure out exactly what the intriguingly named "Wizard Academy" was, then came across bio of The Man Behind The Curtain, which has one of those photos typical of cult leaders in which they are simultaneously hidden and revealed. Also interesting is that the guy's name is not mentioned in the bio -- he is referred to only as "Him" or "He" or "the Wizard". Hmmmmm....

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