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Saturday, November 29, 2003
Quick!
Anyone here wanna describe BSTI as "wallowing in negativity"?
That said, any OC who doesn't post something here within the next 48 hours (except Niq and Olivia) will be summarily dismissed from the Chapel.
Anyone who wishes to remain and provide content must in their post provide a complete explanation as to why they have not posted at Chapel for over 14 days (except Niq, Olivia, and Ben.) AND why you haven't implemented the shiny banners Olivia went to so much trouble to make for you.
"Holidays" will not be considered an acceptable excuse.
anyone who thinks I am serious about this has yet to "get to know me!"
Anyone here wanna describe BSTI as "wallowing in negativity"?
That said, any OC who doesn't post something here within the next 48 hours (except Niq and Olivia) will be summarily dismissed from the Chapel.Anyone who wishes to remain and provide content must in their post provide a complete explanation as to why they have not posted at Chapel for over 14 days (except Niq, Olivia, and Ben.) AND why you haven't implemented the shiny banners Olivia went to so much trouble to make for you.
"Holidays" will not be considered an acceptable excuse.
anyone who thinks I am serious about this has yet to "get to know me!"
WishList Item #7778
$34 Dollar Illuminated Keyboard so's I don't have to turn my little desklamp on every time I'm ready to type.
$34 Dollar Illuminated Keyboard so's I don't have to turn my little desklamp on every time I'm ready to type.
Friday, November 28, 2003
One of the weirdest animated gifs I've ever seen, and it's not safe for work. I have no idea what it's supposed to mean.
Hanan sent me this~
The Chapel Perilous.
Yeah, well, it isn't a very original name, I'm afraid.
I saw it all over the place when I first decided to use it, which mad me wonder if I should at all, but it just fit so well.
And I think we are climbing the Google to get ahead of all the other CP's out there.
update~
is it merely coincidence that Hanan sent me a link to something Niq posted over at Yummy Wakame at the same time?
The Chapel Perilous.
Yeah, well, it isn't a very original name, I'm afraid.
I saw it all over the place when I first decided to use it, which mad me wonder if I should at all, but it just fit so well.
And I think we are climbing the Google to get ahead of all the other CP's out there.
update~
is it merely coincidence that Hanan sent me a link to something Niq posted over at Yummy Wakame at the same time?
Subsitute the word "love" for "heroin" and there ya go. Same with the word "charity".
Seriously, I do believe this song is about the horse.
Sorry, never was a Sublime fan.
Seriously, I do believe this song is about the horse.
Sorry, never was a Sublime fan.
CP/PSAToday is what most normals consider the First Shopping Day of the holiday season.
Which means it's time to buy socks, take pictures of yourself or loved one in them, and send them to me.
Pay no attention to what abnormals consider Buy Nothing Day, at least where sexy, comfy socks are concerned!
You know, my birfday was last week, so way I see it, I deserve more footshots!!!
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To quote Peat, "Time to make a list of things I am thankful for. I seem to overlook the more obvious things, like breathing, or seeing.
You should go see Peat. Play Guess The Fake Headline.
By the way, I was re-reading Sex And Rockets after being inspired by a few posts below, and thought I'd post a choice quote from RAW, who wrote the intoduction.
"In 1986 , researchers found a 2000 year old manuscript near the same Nag Hammadi caves where The Dead Sea Scrolls had come to light.
The Secret Book Of Judas Of Kerioth, this text depicts Jesus as the bisexual lover of both Mary Magdalene and St. John, and also describes the Last Supper as an entheogenic sacrament involving magic mushrooms."
I don't have that text, nor have I ever heard of it. Google only points the usual biblical references and oddly, a few homosexual tantric sites.
It's not even listed in the Nag Hammadi Library.
However, if you have doubts that Jesus ate psylos, read The Gospel Of St. Thomas.
Well, one of them munched anyway.
37. His disciples said, "When will you appear to us, and when will we see you?"
Jesus said, "When you strip without being ashamed, and you take your clothes and put them under your feet like little children and trample then, then [you] will see the son of the living one and you will not be afraid."
62. Jesus said, "I disclose my mysteries to those [who are worthy] of [my] mysteries.
90. Jesus said, "Come to me, for my yoke is comfortable and my lordship is gentle, and you will find rest for yourselves."
Jesus said, "Look, I will guide her to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every female who makes herself male will enter the kingdom of Heaven."
"Enter The Kingdom Of Heaven", eh??
Sing Along!
Baby Jesus is not my lover
he's just a guy who claimed that he was The One
But the king of jews was fun
Ha. See what I did? I turned it into a Michael Jackson thing. Clever, aren't I?
One time an Essene priest, this guy, told me that this gospel had Jesus saying "it is okay for women to lie down with women, for no seed is wasted."
I have yet to find that passage, even though he read it to me from my own copy of the text!
Essenes, though, you wanna meet a creepy group of christians.........though I tend to appreciate their views over "traditional" christianity.
.
"We affirm that God is a Oneness in Three Modes: Divine Father; Divine Mother; Divine Child. We believe that via the dynamic interaction of the masculine and feminine aspects of God (Divine Father and Divine Mother) the Divine Child (Creation) is perpetually produced."
The Essenes understood that the Isis/Osiris/Horus configuration was the most accurate without saying as much, but without discarding Mother under the amorphous title of "Holy Ghost".
If I were to ever be christian, it would be Essene.
Oh, and this guy attempts to prove Jesus was actually Satan.
To end this long-winded post, another quote from RAW, for sake~
"I do not regard Parsons or Crowley as Black Magickians or Satanists or anything of the sort. Magick has many aspects, but primarily it acts as a dramatized system of 'psychology' (or neuro-linguistic meta-programming) to train us to break out of the cage of the socially conditioned ego and experience a new sense of self."
Many people have the Ozzy Osbourne impression of Aleister Crowley, until one actually reads his works.
He sits at that table of my Fantasy Dinner Guests along with good ol' Jack.
Hubbard is, of course, not invited.
To quote Peat, "Time to make a list of things I am thankful for. I seem to overlook the more obvious things, like breathing, or seeing.
You should go see Peat. Play Guess The Fake Headline.
By the way, I was re-reading Sex And Rockets after being inspired by a few posts below, and thought I'd post a choice quote from RAW, who wrote the intoduction.
"In 1986 , researchers found a 2000 year old manuscript near the same Nag Hammadi caves where The Dead Sea Scrolls had come to light.
The Secret Book Of Judas Of Kerioth, this text depicts Jesus as the bisexual lover of both Mary Magdalene and St. John, and also describes the Last Supper as an entheogenic sacrament involving magic mushrooms."
I don't have that text, nor have I ever heard of it. Google only points the usual biblical references and oddly, a few homosexual tantric sites.
It's not even listed in the Nag Hammadi Library.
However, if you have doubts that Jesus ate psylos, read The Gospel Of St. Thomas.
Well, one of them munched anyway.
37. His disciples said, "When will you appear to us, and when will we see you?"
Jesus said, "When you strip without being ashamed, and you take your clothes and put them under your feet like little children and trample then, then [you] will see the son of the living one and you will not be afraid."
62. Jesus said, "I disclose my mysteries to those [who are worthy] of [my] mysteries.
90. Jesus said, "Come to me, for my yoke is comfortable and my lordship is gentle, and you will find rest for yourselves."
Jesus said, "Look, I will guide her to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every female who makes herself male will enter the kingdom of Heaven."
"Enter The Kingdom Of Heaven", eh??
Sing Along!
Baby Jesus is not my lover
he's just a guy who claimed that he was The One
But the king of jews was fun
Ha. See what I did? I turned it into a Michael Jackson thing. Clever, aren't I?
One time an Essene priest, this guy, told me that this gospel had Jesus saying "it is okay for women to lie down with women, for no seed is wasted."
I have yet to find that passage, even though he read it to me from my own copy of the text!
Essenes, though, you wanna meet a creepy group of christians.........though I tend to appreciate their views over "traditional" christianity.
.
"We affirm that God is a Oneness in Three Modes: Divine Father; Divine Mother; Divine Child. We believe that via the dynamic interaction of the masculine and feminine aspects of God (Divine Father and Divine Mother) the Divine Child (Creation) is perpetually produced."
The Essenes understood that the Isis/Osiris/Horus configuration was the most accurate without saying as much, but without discarding Mother under the amorphous title of "Holy Ghost".
If I were to ever be christian, it would be Essene.
Oh, and this guy attempts to prove Jesus was actually Satan.
To end this long-winded post, another quote from RAW, for sake~
"I do not regard Parsons or Crowley as Black Magickians or Satanists or anything of the sort. Magick has many aspects, but primarily it acts as a dramatized system of 'psychology' (or neuro-linguistic meta-programming) to train us to break out of the cage of the socially conditioned ego and experience a new sense of self."
Many people have the Ozzy Osbourne impression of Aleister Crowley, until one actually reads his works.
He sits at that table of my Fantasy Dinner Guests along with good ol' Jack.
Hubbard is, of course, not invited.
Thursday, November 27, 2003
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Get your Khu out of my Khabs
John Whiteside Parsons: Anti-Christ Superstar
Babalon.net
"When the history of the American space program is finally written, no figure will stand out quite like John Whiteside Parsons. Remarkably handsome, dashing and brilliant, Jack Parsons was one of the founders of the experimental rocket research group at Cal Tech and the groups seven acre Arroyo Seco testing facility would eventually become Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's rocket design center.
Although Parsons has been memorialized with a statue at JPL and has had a crater on the dark side of the moon named in his honor, his story remains shrouded in mystery, for what is little known about this legend of aerospace engineering is that Parsons was an avid practitioner of the occult sciences, and for several years, Aleister Crowley's hand-picked leader of the US branch of the Ordo Templi Orientis, the Southern California-based Agape Lodge."
Well, who hasn't read Sex And Rockets?
I learned about Parsons from RAW and more later from Peter Moon, whereby I acquired Freedom Is A Two-Edged Sword.
Since then, he and some of his philosophies have figured into many of my lyrics.
Look at him, all inventing solid rocket fuel with his man-boobs and his pipe!
Something you might not have known about The Father Of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's rocket design center.~
"In one of the most celebrated feats in magickal history, Parsons and pre-Dianetics L. Ron Hubbard (whose role is too complicated to describe in this short essay) performed The Babalon Working, a daring attempt to shatter the boundaries of time and space and intended to bring about, in Parsons' own words, 'love, understanding, and Dionysian freedom [...] the necessary counterbalance or correspondence to the manifestation of Horus.'"
Methinks Tim might appreciate that!
By the way, it worked.
Coincidentally, soon after, massive UFO waves began across the world. The Babalon Working, (or a later variation) had apparently ripped open the membrane between universes that allowed a variety of ET species to come through.
Incidentally, Hubbard showed his true colors even before he was dared by a fellow sci-fi writer to start a new religion~ he basically robbed Parsons of most of his money and his girlfriend.
But indeed, upon further research it is discovered that Hubbard was heavily influenced by Crowley's writings and Magick in general, both of which are incorporated into his cult of Scientology and Dianetics (or Diana-tics), as well as ideas by Freud, Reich, and other psychologists of the time.
Had I known about Hubbard what I've learned over the years back in the day when my dad thought it was a Great Idea, and lost all our finances to that cult, I'd have warned him. Insteadm I got to watch him "audit" my siblings, probably one of the worst memories I still hold.
Anyway, all of this wondrous info (with a bit of my own additions) C.O. root cellar who was inspired by the post at *S*T*A*R*E* of which I am a member and should have caught this one on my own.
By the way, I unpacked all my books today.
I have way more Crowley than you. It takes up an entire bookshelf.
John Whiteside Parsons: Anti-Christ Superstar
Babalon.net
"When the history of the American space program is finally written, no figure will stand out quite like John Whiteside Parsons. Remarkably handsome, dashing and brilliant, Jack Parsons was one of the founders of the experimental rocket research group at Cal Tech and the groups seven acre Arroyo Seco testing facility would eventually become Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's rocket design center.
Although Parsons has been memorialized with a statue at JPL and has had a crater on the dark side of the moon named in his honor, his story remains shrouded in mystery, for what is little known about this legend of aerospace engineering is that Parsons was an avid practitioner of the occult sciences, and for several years, Aleister Crowley's hand-picked leader of the US branch of the Ordo Templi Orientis, the Southern California-based Agape Lodge."Well, who hasn't read Sex And Rockets?
I learned about Parsons from RAW and more later from Peter Moon, whereby I acquired Freedom Is A Two-Edged Sword.
Since then, he and some of his philosophies have figured into many of my lyrics.
Look at him, all inventing solid rocket fuel with his man-boobs and his pipe!
Something you might not have known about The Father Of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's rocket design center.~
"In one of the most celebrated feats in magickal history, Parsons and pre-Dianetics L. Ron Hubbard (whose role is too complicated to describe in this short essay) performed The Babalon Working, a daring attempt to shatter the boundaries of time and space and intended to bring about, in Parsons' own words, 'love, understanding, and Dionysian freedom [...] the necessary counterbalance or correspondence to the manifestation of Horus.'"
Methinks Tim might appreciate that!
By the way, it worked.
Coincidentally, soon after, massive UFO waves began across the world. The Babalon Working, (or a later variation) had apparently ripped open the membrane between universes that allowed a variety of ET species to come through.
Incidentally, Hubbard showed his true colors even before he was dared by a fellow sci-fi writer to start a new religion~ he basically robbed Parsons of most of his money and his girlfriend.
But indeed, upon further research it is discovered that Hubbard was heavily influenced by Crowley's writings and Magick in general, both of which are incorporated into his cult of Scientology and Dianetics (or Diana-tics), as well as ideas by Freud, Reich, and other psychologists of the time.
Had I known about Hubbard what I've learned over the years back in the day when my dad thought it was a Great Idea, and lost all our finances to that cult, I'd have warned him. Insteadm I got to watch him "audit" my siblings, probably one of the worst memories I still hold.
Anyway, all of this wondrous info (with a bit of my own additions) C.O. root cellar who was inspired by the post at *S*T*A*R*E* of which I am a member and should have caught this one on my own.
By the way, I unpacked all my books today.
I have way more Crowley than you. It takes up an entire bookshelf.
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
Alright.
While I absolutely adore Chapel's design, lovingly created by Olivia, it's been a year now, and Ancient Chapelers know I get bored and switch designs every so often. Haven't done that since Livvy's design, I lost fusion, have been seriously busy with the sock biz and new homeness, and have become incredibly lazy where website design is concerned, Strange Banana.
Trouble is, I've randomized a kazillion different designs so far, and I hate them all.
Okay. What really needs to happen is the Fetishize-Me logo needs to go away. We are now officially Sock Dreams.
Other than that, I love this site too much to change it. I always feel like Livvy is near when I open the site.
I want to capture her Essence, and preserve it with delicious spreadable jams and jellies to be served later on toast points.
I want to put her smile in a jar and keep it on a high shelf to be taken down and admired when the world goes dark.
I want to put her positive energy in a syringe and randomly inoculate people while saying "here, be like her. You'll feel better, trust me."
This planet would be so much better off with just a little more Livvyness.
While I absolutely adore Chapel's design, lovingly created by Olivia, it's been a year now, and Ancient Chapelers know I get bored and switch designs every so often. Haven't done that since Livvy's design, I lost fusion, have been seriously busy with the sock biz and new homeness, and have become incredibly lazy where website design is concerned, Strange Banana.
Trouble is, I've randomized a kazillion different designs so far, and I hate them all.
Okay. What really needs to happen is the Fetishize-Me logo needs to go away. We are now officially Sock Dreams.
Other than that, I love this site too much to change it. I always feel like Livvy is near when I open the site.
I want to capture her Essence, and preserve it with delicious spreadable jams and jellies to be served later on toast points.
I want to put her smile in a jar and keep it on a high shelf to be taken down and admired when the world goes dark.
I want to put her positive energy in a syringe and randomly inoculate people while saying "here, be like her. You'll feel better, trust me."
This planet would be so much better off with just a little more Livvyness.
I don't think he got the job he applied for.
AWolf put this in Furnace, but it should really go here~
The Mainstreaming of McMysticism
"From Madonna to Britney, celebrities are hijacking our heritage. Who's behind it and can they be stopped?"
What a funny sub-title.
"Britney Spears is out promoting her new album, In the Zone, an eclectic mix of songs jam-packed with influences from Eastern religions. When asked if one of those influences was Hinduism, the pop princess responded, 'What's that? Is it like Kabbalah?'
Kabbalah is no longer the purview of old wise men. It now belongs to Madonna, Roseanne, Britney, and other single moniker celebs. Tradition has officially left the building and Kabbalah, were sad to report, has gone mainstream.
It's the sect we Jews love to hate."
Don't worry, most people will never reach Malkuth, much less get past it.
The Mainstreaming of McMysticism
"From Madonna to Britney, celebrities are hijacking our heritage. Who's behind it and can they be stopped?"
What a funny sub-title.
"Britney Spears is out promoting her new album, In the Zone, an eclectic mix of songs jam-packed with influences from Eastern religions. When asked if one of those influences was Hinduism, the pop princess responded, 'What's that? Is it like Kabbalah?'
Kabbalah is no longer the purview of old wise men. It now belongs to Madonna, Roseanne, Britney, and other single moniker celebs. Tradition has officially left the building and Kabbalah, were sad to report, has gone mainstream.
It's the sect we Jews love to hate."
Don't worry, most people will never reach Malkuth, much less get past it.
"You must clear your mind of all rational thought."
Ah, yes. That makes sense."
The flash animations of Peter Richardson, your source on the net for "vaguely menacing, highly spacey, bleepity-bloopety, scant dialog, out-of-control floating guy environments"
I enjoyed Blue Baby Vs Orange Baby, as well as Shinji-San in the Land of Indeterminate Duration, the latter was "created first using Sonic Foundry's Acid and SoundForge, and the scenes were animated to accompany the music. "
Ah, yes. That makes sense."
The flash animations of Peter Richardson, your source on the net for "vaguely menacing, highly spacey, bleepity-bloopety, scant dialog, out-of-control floating guy environments"
I enjoyed Blue Baby Vs Orange Baby, as well as Shinji-San in the Land of Indeterminate Duration, the latter was "created first using Sonic Foundry's Acid and SoundForge, and the scenes were animated to accompany the music. "
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
Triumph~ I Keed
Don't know which is the better line:
"And when I want something goofy or fake I look up N for N-Sync or T for Timberlake
So many skills Justin's making a buck at
does he rap? Does he sing? He doesn't know what to suck at"
or
"you are too old for Fred Durst to desire
He's checking out the cast of Lizzie Mcguire
Soon Fred will try to get Mandy Moore
to open for him (and I don't mean on tour)"
or
"Look how friggin' cool those guys from The Strokes are
Their riffs are three times as old as my jokes are
Hey White Stripes guy, is that your wife or your sister
shouldn't you be playing country music, mister?
Don't know which is the better line:
"And when I want something goofy or fake I look up N for N-Sync or T for Timberlake
So many skills Justin's making a buck at
does he rap? Does he sing? He doesn't know what to suck at"
or
"you are too old for Fred Durst to desire
He's checking out the cast of Lizzie Mcguire
Soon Fred will try to get Mandy Moore
to open for him (and I don't mean on tour)"
or
"Look how friggin' cool those guys from The Strokes are
Their riffs are three times as old as my jokes are
Hey White Stripes guy, is that your wife or your sister
shouldn't you be playing country music, mister?
Before the Big Bang, There Was . . . What?
Good article.
I'm preferring the "Branefall" Theory these days.
Good article.
I'm preferring the "Branefall" Theory these days.
You're a Rivethead! You probably get pissed off
when people call you goth, but realise that
most of the world doesn't even make the
distinction between the two very similar
cultures. You revel in the decadence of the
computer age and like to pretend that you could
actually survive in a post-apocalyptic world.
What kind of Goth would you be?
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Putting this up in case Tim hasn't seen it~
National Occult Research Association.
Oh, you should read Tim's latest article, "Dionysian Frenzy & the Tasmanian Devil."
10 Wackiest Kennedy Assassination Theories
My favorite is the one about William Greer, the limo driver/SS agent. What they don't show is the shot of Greer smiling after the fact. I believe it's in Cooper's book, but still have it packed away in the garage.
You simply must look at Asya's Self Portraits. Just amazing.
Go read some good stuff Toohey found~
"If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?
If you say yes, you just killed Beethoven."
Yeah, well, he was no Schoenberg or Bach, was he.
And Christopher O'Riley plays radiohead, though that's rather redunadant, since Thom Yorke is an accomplished pianist. Still pretty though. If anyone wanted to buy that for me, I wouldn't mind much.
Of course, I would be entirely remiss if I didn't point out Fox In Sox.
Oh, holy hell, I think my mind might explode.....damnable tweedle beetles!
Gotta getcha Daily Engrish Fix!
If I ever need a new job~
Look Familiar?
If you ever see this, buy it for me~
Putting this up in case Tim hasn't seen it~
National Occult Research Association.
Oh, you should read Tim's latest article, "Dionysian Frenzy & the Tasmanian Devil."
10 Wackiest Kennedy Assassination Theories
My favorite is the one about William Greer, the limo driver/SS agent. What they don't show is the shot of Greer smiling after the fact. I believe it's in Cooper's book, but still have it packed away in the garage.
You simply must look at Asya's Self Portraits. Just amazing.
Go read some good stuff Toohey found~
"If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?
If you say yes, you just killed Beethoven."
Yeah, well, he was no Schoenberg or Bach, was he.
And Christopher O'Riley plays radiohead, though that's rather redunadant, since Thom Yorke is an accomplished pianist. Still pretty though. If anyone wanted to buy that for me, I wouldn't mind much.
Of course, I would be entirely remiss if I didn't point out Fox In Sox.
Oh, holy hell, I think my mind might explode.....damnable tweedle beetles!
Gotta getcha Daily Engrish Fix!
If I ever need a new job~
Look Familiar?
If you ever see this, buy it for me~
Monday, November 24, 2003
I think he was my favorite monkey of all, even though he was actually a gorilla. This smiling pic is supposedly rare; he was grumpy and impatient, and I for one don't blame him. It's sad to see one of the only primates I would have voted for president pass on.
We'll miss you, Cap'n Copito.
First, Thank You everyone for wishing me a Happy Birthday!
That in itself made it a happy day.....
Cait sent me this cute pic in an e-card--thanks Cait!
Anyway and unrelated,
here's a great article I found at *S*T*A*R*E*
Thanksgiving: A Native American View
"When the Pilgrims came to Plymouth Rock, they were poor and hungry – half of them died within a few months from disease and hunger. When Squanto, a Wampanoag man, found them, they were in a pitiful state. He spoke English, having traveled to Europe, and took pity on them. Their English crops had failed. The native people fed them through the winter and taught them how to grow their food.
These were not merely "friendly Indians." They had already experienced European slave traders raiding their villages for a hundred years or so, and they were wary – but it was their way to give freely to those who had nothing. Among many of our peoples, showing that you can give without holding back is the way to earn respect. Among the Dakota, my father's people, they say, when asked to give, "Are we not Dakota and alive?" It was believed that by giving there would be enough for all – the exact opposite of the system we live in now, which is based on selling, not giving.
To the Pilgrims, and most English and European peoples, the Wampanoags were heathens, and of the Devil. They saw Squanto not as an equal but as an instrument of their God to help his chosen people, themselves."
Something to keep in mind whenever someone feels the need to remind you that this country was founded on christian values.
That in itself made it a happy day.....
Cait sent me this cute pic in an e-card--thanks Cait!
Anyway and unrelated,
here's a great article I found at *S*T*A*R*E*
Thanksgiving: A Native American View
"When the Pilgrims came to Plymouth Rock, they were poor and hungry – half of them died within a few months from disease and hunger. When Squanto, a Wampanoag man, found them, they were in a pitiful state. He spoke English, having traveled to Europe, and took pity on them. Their English crops had failed. The native people fed them through the winter and taught them how to grow their food.
These were not merely "friendly Indians." They had already experienced European slave traders raiding their villages for a hundred years or so, and they were wary – but it was their way to give freely to those who had nothing. Among many of our peoples, showing that you can give without holding back is the way to earn respect. Among the Dakota, my father's people, they say, when asked to give, "Are we not Dakota and alive?" It was believed that by giving there would be enough for all – the exact opposite of the system we live in now, which is based on selling, not giving.
To the Pilgrims, and most English and European peoples, the Wampanoags were heathens, and of the Devil. They saw Squanto not as an equal but as an instrument of their God to help his chosen people, themselves."
Something to keep in mind whenever someone feels the need to remind you that this country was founded on christian values.
I build sites for what I pretend is a living. (The "pretend" part has mostly to do with the fact that while I do have a modicum of talent for promotion & selling, the fact remains that I despise doing those things.) And before that, I acquired foodservice experience running the gamut, from a fast-food place so bad I'd brownbag my workday lunches, to the kitchen in the faculty club at the large state university I attended, run during my time there by a CIA-trained chef.
Mike, a guy with whom I seem to be in a mutual-admiration society, speaks for the same background to a T... but recently had an application experience that tops... well, even those of you who've worked at length in restaurants will be weirded out.
Not an easy task, I know.
Mike, a guy with whom I seem to be in a mutual-admiration society, speaks for the same background to a T... but recently had an application experience that tops... well, even those of you who've worked at length in restaurants will be weirded out.
Not an easy task, I know.
I wore my new Blogger Hooded Sweatshirt out the other day, the one they give you for free if you've been a longstanding Blogger. (Suprisingly comfortable! Got it in XXL though I am a L at best)
The manager at Plaid Pantry says to me " I was wondering when that name would hit the mainstream."
"I got this for free for being a longtime blogger myself" i says back.
"Yeah, well, I thought about it, but decided I didn't want to be the next Wil Wheaton."
"As If."
Little does he know. Wil uses MT.
Wil, a bit of advice. If you almost make your dad cry over a post, don't blog about it. Tell him to get a blog, and let him blog about it. Let the guy have his dignity.
The manager at Plaid Pantry says to me " I was wondering when that name would hit the mainstream."
"I got this for free for being a longtime blogger myself" i says back.
"Yeah, well, I thought about it, but decided I didn't want to be the next Wil Wheaton."
"As If."
Little does he know. Wil uses MT.
Wil, a bit of advice. If you almost make your dad cry over a post, don't blog about it. Tell him to get a blog, and let him blog about it. Let the guy have his dignity.
Are we hardwired to believe in God?
"Every known culture from the dawn of our species has maintained a belief in some form of a "spiritual" reality. Wouldn't this suggest that human spirituality must represent an inherent characteristic of our species, that is, a genetically inherited trait? Furthermore, being that spirituality, just like language, represents a cognitive function, wouldn't this suggest that our "spiritual" instincts, just like our linguistic ones, must be generated from some very specific physical part within the brain?"
Yeah. I call it a mindvirus.
All humans suffer from certain ailments of the brain which are thus far incurable~emotion and spirituality.
These ailments arose from the evolutionary requirement of procreation, of course.
We don't usually suffer from these ailments. except when they conflict with other humans and their afflictions.
We've all experienced a broken heart or a pushy witness or watched the faithful massacre each other for believing in a different fantasy or got beaten up by overzealous BAC's while in the audience at a seminar about the influence of Satan on rock and roll.....
"Most controversial of all, if what I'm suggesting is true, it would imply that God is not necessarily something that exists 'out there,' beyond and independent of us, but rather as the product of an inherited perception, the manifestation of an evolutionary adaptation that exists within the human brain."
Controversial? That concept predates 99.9% of today's organized religions.
I'm not sure why this fella thinks it's such a new idea.
Funny how humans think their generation is the most important, the most advanced. and comes up with the newest, most shiny ideas.
Truth is, everything that you can think of now as regards spirituality has already been thought of before.
It's good to remember them, but I always felt such knowledge should be given freely.
Write a screenplay if you wanna make money.
Or better yet, channel a god directly.
Anyway, here's a FlipFlap Game via random abstract
because if you think about it, we are just little red balls rolling down the ramps of life and hoping whoever is playing the game hits the push button before we drop from Existence.
"Every known culture from the dawn of our species has maintained a belief in some form of a "spiritual" reality. Wouldn't this suggest that human spirituality must represent an inherent characteristic of our species, that is, a genetically inherited trait? Furthermore, being that spirituality, just like language, represents a cognitive function, wouldn't this suggest that our "spiritual" instincts, just like our linguistic ones, must be generated from some very specific physical part within the brain?"
Yeah. I call it a mindvirus.
All humans suffer from certain ailments of the brain which are thus far incurable~emotion and spirituality.
These ailments arose from the evolutionary requirement of procreation, of course.
We don't usually suffer from these ailments. except when they conflict with other humans and their afflictions.
We've all experienced a broken heart or a pushy witness or watched the faithful massacre each other for believing in a different fantasy or got beaten up by overzealous BAC's while in the audience at a seminar about the influence of Satan on rock and roll.....
"Most controversial of all, if what I'm suggesting is true, it would imply that God is not necessarily something that exists 'out there,' beyond and independent of us, but rather as the product of an inherited perception, the manifestation of an evolutionary adaptation that exists within the human brain."
Controversial? That concept predates 99.9% of today's organized religions.
I'm not sure why this fella thinks it's such a new idea.
Funny how humans think their generation is the most important, the most advanced. and comes up with the newest, most shiny ideas.
Truth is, everything that you can think of now as regards spirituality has already been thought of before.
It's good to remember them, but I always felt such knowledge should be given freely.
Write a screenplay if you wanna make money.
Or better yet, channel a god directly.
Anyway, here's a FlipFlap Game via random abstract
because if you think about it, we are just little red balls rolling down the ramps of life and hoping whoever is playing the game hits the push button before we drop from Existence.
I've already done so some months since at my personal site, so now here I'll point everyone to emptyPictures. It seems a natural given that the proprietress of that site is, like our dear Bsti, a character with strong ties to Hawai'i yet somehow landed in these colder, damper climes - where sights like this are not strictly uncommon.
Sunday, November 23, 2003
Divine Intervention~ may I suggest Cheat Mode?
Sometimes I can't remember what comments I left where, so I thought I might blog them to keep track.
A Small Victory: Essential Media Files: Boycott Rudolph!
"Rudolph, in fact, is a tale of pacifism and appeasement and mental abuse.
If Rudolph learned anything at all on his great adventure, he would have turned around and said fuck off and die you miserable bastards. Find some other sucker to save Christmas for you. And then he would take out his AK-47 and turn the whole crowd of miserable reindeer into a carnivore's dream. Then he would go back to the Island of Misfit Toys, become their ruler and plot to take over all of Rankin-Bass land.
So parents, don't let your babies grow up to be Rudolphs. Don't watch the show. Or it could be your kid standing in the middle of the forest one day, gunning down all the kids who wouldn't let him play their reindeer games."
My Comment~
"Hm.
So in the end, Rudolph proves himself to be the Better Reindeer and does the right thing, despite the abuse he's received.
He learned to tolerate and accept the ignorance and violent tendencies of his peers.
If he were any of those other reindeer, he would have done as you described, but Rudolph is better than that. I would hope my son grows up to be just like Rudy."
I recall a story about some high school kids who were picked on for being different, and they did as MicheLe described, with fatal results.
We've all been abused in some form or other. I think there would be alot more murders if we didn't rise above our personal tragedies and misfortunes.
That said, I know it was just in fun.
A Small Victory: Essential Media Files: Boycott Rudolph!
"Rudolph, in fact, is a tale of pacifism and appeasement and mental abuse.
If Rudolph learned anything at all on his great adventure, he would have turned around and said fuck off and die you miserable bastards. Find some other sucker to save Christmas for you. And then he would take out his AK-47 and turn the whole crowd of miserable reindeer into a carnivore's dream. Then he would go back to the Island of Misfit Toys, become their ruler and plot to take over all of Rankin-Bass land.
So parents, don't let your babies grow up to be Rudolphs. Don't watch the show. Or it could be your kid standing in the middle of the forest one day, gunning down all the kids who wouldn't let him play their reindeer games."
My Comment~
"Hm.
So in the end, Rudolph proves himself to be the Better Reindeer and does the right thing, despite the abuse he's received.
He learned to tolerate and accept the ignorance and violent tendencies of his peers.
If he were any of those other reindeer, he would have done as you described, but Rudolph is better than that. I would hope my son grows up to be just like Rudy."
I recall a story about some high school kids who were picked on for being different, and they did as MicheLe described, with fatal results.
We've all been abused in some form or other. I think there would be alot more murders if we didn't rise above our personal tragedies and misfortunes.
That said, I know it was just in fun.