A most hilarious account of the posthumous trial of poor old Pope Formosus is to be found here.

Enjoy.

A note to myself - Next year for Hallowe'en I am going to go as Pope Formosus (the "cadaver synod" version).

If I can impart one thing on any of you who are contemplating becoming mamas in the near future let it be this: North America is a giant trailer park. We live in a fucked-up, pig-ignorant society where having good manners and being considerate and kind is thought to make you a chump so...Do not expect that, even at 9 months pregnant, when you are ( Read more... )

I just tried to post this a few minutes ago and it didn't appear to work. So sorry if it ends up posting twice. Anyway I've been looking for some video of Kazuo Ohno for a while.So wonderful and weird.

I thought this was interesting:

http://www.humaneseal.org/

I personally will not support health charities that fund animal experiments and it's nice to know that so many do not.

It's a rainy New Year's day...

With a free day with nothing much to do (finally!), I finally had the chance to sit down and really listen to my Women of Rembetica CD (Greek Rembetica music) and it's so amazing. Sordid tales of hash dens, addiction, dancing the tsifteteli (bellydance), passionate illicit lesbian affairs, survival, love gone wrong and the abject pain of being ( Read more... )