"I’m the president of IBD," my fare told me.

"What’s IBD?" I asked.

"The International Brotherhood of Dagon."

I looked at the 300-pound behemoth sitting next to me and thought, Here’s another nut case that I get to drive. He was in his thirties, well over six feet tall, and looked like he needed to join Tattoos Anonymous. I had heard the name Dagon before. Dagon was the half fish/half man god of the Philistines, the Israelites’ main adversary in the pivotal period when the Bronze Age gave way to the Iron. READ MORE...