On A Less Mentally Draining Note…
From McSweeney’s:Love Isn’t…
(musings from an upstart crow)
From McSweeney’s:Love Isn’t…
Boo hoo. Nobody ever responds to my quizzes anymore. And this one wasn’t even all that superflous… Anyway, here’s a quick update on my life circumstances at present: Started my new job on Monday and am awaiting proper deployment. We are awaiting a couple of more hires at which point my normal job duties will … Read more
Accroding to this quiz, I am “A Linguistic Thinker.” Linguistic thinkers: Tend to think in words, and like to use language to express complex ideas. Are sensitive to the sounds and rhythms of words as well as their meanings. Other Linguistic Thinkers include William Shakespeare, Sylvia Plath, Anne Frank Careers which suit Linguistic thinkers include … Read more
Reagonomics, unfortunately, is still alive.
Apparently in 2002, the city of Blue Springs Kansas alotted the sum of $273,000 to “combat Goth culture.” But the project is now officially dead. Therefore it is safe to wear black eyeliner in Kansas again. You can all breathe a sigh of relief and get on the phone to your travel agents. Yep, it … Read more
Ten of Swords (Ruin): Crushing defeat brought about by idle intellectualism divorced from reality. Sadness and desolation in the aftermath of a catastrophic and total collapse. A decisive conclusion brought about through the swift and merciless application of overwhelming force. Strength: Raw power. Health and physical fortitude. A surge of tremendous force. Recovery from sickness. … Read more
This was one of the principle figures in pre-Christian paganism and therefore is one of the essential themes in neo-Pagan Witchcraft, especially Wicca. The Slain God, sometimes referred to as the Divine King, evolved out of the early hunter/warrior cults that existed before the agrarian societies. In the earliest tribal communities the hunter/warrior held the … Read more
Sarah Peanut is a two year old today!
It so happens that there is already a “Detritus.net” and it is a very cool site indeed.
When we were, I suppose, about 20, my friend Tina had her first baby I came to see her and I stood on her doorstep as we were leaving and swore our kids would grow up to be friends. As the years passed, life happened and it looked less and less likely that that would … Read more