Check out this video of an iaido master cutting a speeding "bullet" in half with his katana. Yeah, it's not a bullet, it's a plastic bb, but you try it.

I think this spot comes from Stan Lee's Superhuman TV series; the narrator is the host of that show. As the "scientific expert" with him says, this is perception on a level beyond normal human ( Read more... )

I hope it's a good one!

(But no partying with the Night People of North Bend, eh? ;)

I hope it's a great day!

You haven't posted on LJ in a couple of years, and I know some pretty cool stuff has happened since then. I know life's busy and all, but for those of us (we few, we happy few) who don't frequent FaceBook, care to share?

Today I am 48 years old. I have lived through four full circuits of the Chinese Zodiac.

I was born a year and a day after Kennedy's death. (Magickal sorts, make of that what you will. ;) I was alive for the Summer of Love and Woodstock, but my parents weren't hippies, so I have no memories of that. I do have vague memories of Kent State and ( Read more... )

For a while now, I've been following the travels and spiritual journey of Drew Jacob, also known as the Rogue Priest. I don't agree with everything he says, but a lot of what he believes, does and struggles with strikes chords with me. (We're priests of the same god, for one thing.) I think I'd really enjoy sitting down for a chat with him over ( Read more... )

This past weekend was the ATC's 23rd annual Hekate's Sickle Festival. 2012 saw a major transition within the ATC, in both its administrative and its ecclesiastical hierarchy. As a result, this year's Sickle Festival's structure and focus were also very different - so I hear - from years past. For various reasons (not least because we're ( Read more... )

Astronomically, today is Samhain.

It's a half-moon - waning - halfway along Her journey from Full to Dark.

Mercury goes retrograde today.

And oh, yeah, we're electing a President today. (Well, today-ish.)

Whee!

that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." These are the words of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, their first words defining the new nation they were in the process of creating. These are the beliefs ( Read more... )

Once again, my reflexes and the fact that I was taught to drive defensively (a concept which seems foreign to the West Coast) has prevented me from killing someone who did something incredibly stupid in front of me ( Read more... )

So, with the Presidential Election five days away and a significant chunk of the East Coast without power, they're discussing the probable need to count ballots by hand ( Read more... )