Sunday, April 08, 2007

Gallimaufry

¶ Here in Colorado, Rocky Mountain PBS' group of stations weights their offerings heavily toward programs like Lawrence Welk and Antiques Roadshow. When they really want to be cutting edge, such as during fund drives, they run a John Denver special.

Having once been peripherally connected with the antiques trade, I actually enjoy Antiques Roadshow sometimes. M., however, makes some comment about the "white-shoe crowd" and leaves the room. I wish I had been watching when an Austin Osman Spare painting was discussed. Did anyone mention ceremonial magic and Borough Satyr?

PanGaia managing editor Elizabeth Barrette has a a new poem published in the fantasy webzine Lorelei Signal. She also has a book in the work on writing Pagan spells, poetry, and ritual texts. She reminds us that PanGaia's fiction-contest deadline is June 24.

¶ This may be just too obvious, but anyway... If you work at an organization that is cyber-security obsessed, where you frequently have to change your network password, why not encode a magical intention into your password? For a writer, something like "Public@tion08". And, look, it's a "strong" password with a non-alphanumeric character.

¶ BeliefNet's Blog Heaven site has been cleansed of non-monotheists. No Buddhist bloggers, no Hindus, no Pagans. And yet I hear that BeliefNet is still trying to get some Pagans to write essays for the main site. Do we even need them, with all the Pagan sites and forums out there?

¶ Stop whatever you are doing and read this. Then bookmark the blog. It is one of the best out there.

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3 Comments:

Blogger prairie mary said...

After you've explored "emergency driver," take a look at Rocky Mountain Medic. Just as jolting and a little more literary. This is a whole genre. Life in the raw, up-close and personal.

Prairie Mary

9:49 PM  
Blogger Chas S. Clifton said...

I have looked at Rocky Mountain Medic too, and it's good, although perhaps not as Louisiana-colorful.

He has not had any homicidal ostriches yet, I don't think.

12:27 PM  
Blogger Daven said...

Wow. Just wow. The last link killed me.

And you are right about the Blog Heaven. They don't deserve you.

4:37 PM  

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