Well, I haven't posted here in a long while, but I figured I'd let y'all know that I'm going to Burning Man. For anyone else going, I'll be camping with the Scorpions
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Posting here as well as here (subscribe to jyasskin) so more people see it. I'm having two parties celebrating my departure to accommodate both people who work on weekends and people who work on weekdays. Both will be at Aphrodite’s. The first will be Monday, July 11, starting some time in the afternoon, and continuing until around 1:00. The second will be ( Read more... )

The Priest Salon will be on Saturday, July 16 at Aphrodite's, starting at 3:00 in the afternoon and continuing until people get bored some time in the evening, at which point we will begin a party to celebrate/mourn me leaving. We will order dinner, and people are welcome to bring snack-type foods.
Doc and Bran are scheduled to speak. Some ( Read more... )

Downside: can no longer itch my hands on my stubble.

Upside (maybe): look like a hippie. (Now where's that digital camera?)

The traditional female life cycle is Maiden, Mother, Crone. Some wymyn want to add a fourth "Warrior" stage. This is silly. According to the CMA Beltaine ritual, the stages of the male life cycle are Warrior, Chieftain, and Sage. I've heard some disagreement about Chieftain, but Warrior seems pretty standard. Now, take Artemis - the "virgin ( Read more... )

Last night, we went over to gypsydragon's to make banners for CMA. I noticed something on her altar and asked what the "neat magnifying glass with ears" was. She replied that it was Hermes' symbol, a mirror with wings, and that it was there to try to avoid trouble from the current Mercury retrograde. Oops.

Later that night, it fell to me to pick up opheliasavalon and funny_lil_loser and ( Read more... )

From Neil Gaiman's blog: http://www.theliteracysite.com/. Go give books to poor children.

"Yet the shills are more welcome than ever in the nation's television newsrooms. That's because the big networks have chosen to be fair instead of objective. The reason for their choice? Being fair is easier. Rather than digging up facts and seeking out expert analysis, the newshounds can call in a couple of shills from either side of an issue to ( Read more... )

Recently, Microsoft asked me if I would be "interested in considering [them] for Full Time opportunities." This is the reply I sent back: I probably ought to say that I am interested in Microsoft for a full ( Read more... )