Just a quick post about all the 'New Astrology' stuff in the media talking about how Astrologers are dumb as the stars have change ( Read more... )

Happy New Year!

Yeah I'm not caught up on things because I've been very busy and sick lately. I'll try to catch up on LJ & Facebook stuffery soon. Also there is a post I've been wanting to make but haven't had the time so I should hopefully be able to get back into stride soon.

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...If you reply to this I'll give you three characters. Then you post to your LJ and label which one you would spend an evening with, marry, or shove off a cliff.The names I was given: Hermione Granger, Toph (Avatar), and Catwoman ( Read more... )

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Hail Mitra/Mithra/Mithras!

A link: The Legend of Mithras from Mithras, the Secret God by M.J. Vermaseren

Ok, starting on the first day of Saturnalia until the 25th I'm going to focus on one of the ADF virtues daily. Working from the bottom up the first is Fertility/Creativity so I've decided to post the rather meh fan-fic I wrote a while ago (also the only fan-fic I've ever written). It's written as an origin story for the Ghost Fox Killer since DC ( Read more... )

Comics Alliance: Racists Totally Freak Out Over Idris Elba Playing Norse God in 'Thor'Well looks like a bunch of racists are upset that a black guy is playing Heimdall in the movie adaptation of Jack Kirby's very loose superhero take on the Norse pantheon. Stupid racism aside - Heimdall being black is your biggest problem? Look at the horrible ( Read more... )

Io, Saturnalia!


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Just wanted to share a great podcast on media and technology with Douglas Rushkoff (who has worked on a number of PBS Frontline programs such as the classic The Merchants of Cool).

Rushkoff talks about his book Programme or Be Programmed the problems of being 'always on', the cheery picking of knowledge, digital sharing culture, piracy, and other ( Read more... )

When I got to work today there was a really horrible show playing on TruTV in the breakroom. It was like a real version of Ow My Balls! from Idiocracy with people being injured to laugh tracks... And there was a segment featuring freaking toddlers being injured with bits such as a woman falling on a kid and a bride and groom with a toddler flower ( Read more... )

Well getting home from work today was really sucky. My car was very iced over to the point that I couldn't get ether the drivers' or the passengers' side door open. I did manage to get the back open and since my car is a hatchback I climbed trough to the drivers seat. When I got there I found out my car's battery was dead. I was now stuck though ( Read more... )