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The Feminine Divine in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
...is a conference being held at NW Evanton 26-28th of this month. FYI to my pagan, feminist, somewhat pagan, somewhat feminist, ex-pagan, ex-feminist, anti-both and either, or just-kinda-curious friends ( Read more... ) -
On Hope And Other Bad Ideas
Samcallahan lent me Pema Chodron's "When Things Fall Apart". She's got a chapter on hope in it. Says hope is actually not such a great thing, and hopelessness is the better way to go. Sensei said something similar - that if you hope, you're already trying to plan the future - and that's just ain't never going to happen. And robbing yourself of ( Read more... ) -
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Here's an interesting scifi book meme from [info]firesign10 by way of [info] akujunkan...
This is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club. Bold the ones you've read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished and put an asterisk beside ( Read more... ) -
Kitty stuff
So Izumi is 6+ months old now, and is getting spayed this Friday. That makes me kinda sad ( Read more... ) -
Pick a language, any language...
Wikipedia makes me happy. But this, I didn't know about. _Very_ cool.
Pick a language, any language....
http://www.wiktionary.org/ -
Why girls should not be told they are not good in math - or "Yeah, And What Else Is New?"
Science 20 October 2006 ( Read more... ) -
10 Maybe-Favorite Books [EDIT]
This falls into the category of "Innapropriate Things To Think About While You're Sitting Sesshin". And I'm not entirely sure that these are my actual _favorites_, just some I like and think are significant - or have just liked for a very long time ( Read more... ) -
THIS is priceless...
E-mail: from my boss to the whole lab:
"Subject: Look Up
I remember promising someone that I'd look up a method or knew how to do
something or something like that but can't remember what that was. Will
whoever you are please remind me again what I'm supposed to find for you?"
I dunno - maybe it's not as funny as it seems, but... -
Last Farmer's Market Of The Year, Or Why Sorrel Is The Greatest Green Ever
We have a Farmer's Market by the Contemporary Art Museum, a block from where I work, that goes through the summer. It's nice. I've been coming there the last two years. They sell cool stuff ( Read more... )
