Maybe we humans haven't yet got over how clever we are to have invented words.  WORDS HAVE POWER!

Certainly we're not over how clever we are to put those words into a form that transcends the time and place of their first utterance.  

And then Mr. Gutenberg came along… Read full post »

I was excited to see that Herman Cain has joined OS and produced a meaty post, with, er, meaty or bloody sentences like this:  "His strong declarations have restarted the actual blood flow inside Numerous fatigued abnormal veins."

Note - this may not actually be Herman (or "Herb") Cain, but… Read full post »

...which is today, or maybe tomorrow or even Friday.  It's a convention to say it happens on the 21st when in reality it's a little more complicated...due to a wobble in the earth's orbit or our imperfect calendar.

Whatever.  Happy end-of-summer-coming-of-(sob)winter day.

Over the weekend I went to a Pagan harvest festival that featured the burning of a wicker bull.  Here's some pictures.

Clearing the ground around the bull

Communing with the bull

Setting the bull on fire

Drumming for the bull

Burn, bull, burn… Read full post »

I'm still working on my follow-up post to the one yesterday that produced a lot of comments and, at least for a couple of readers, a fair amount of indignation.  

But I just caught something on CNN.  And here's another account.

Ron Paul had an aide, Kent Snyder, who died… Read full post »

They did it again! The tea party crowd cheered death.

Last debate it was cheering for executions. Last night it was for the uninsured to die.

Perhaps living here in the socialist hell of Canada, there's something I don't get. Are all those people in the audience trust-fund… Read full post »

Has he been disappeared - either voluntarily or otherwise?

I noticed a comment from him is no longer on one of my blogs I was catching up on, and "search" only turns up posts with his name in the title but none by him.

I went to Google, where his OS… Read full post »

So I watched the Republican debate last night.

And I am puzzled - and indignant - about the politeness and deference of the questioners.  The candidates can spew nonsense and the media lap-dogs make the occasional feint, but essentially let them get away with it.

Perry was asked what he thought… Read full post »

As soon as the weekend get-together was over, so was summer.  Saturday and Sunday had continued the hot-and-humid weather, but on Sunday night some rain fell and a new system moved in, and now it's cool and humid.  Ah, fall...

Some pictures - an attendee put up a whole bunch of… Read full post »

Here it is, right here, no going to links.  Other numbers from the album are on yoo-toob too.  (The advantage of going to the NYT link below is that you get to see him as well.)

Drop everything and immediately go to this link.  Take a… Read full post »

As part of a ritual at our Pagan festival this coming weekend, I've put together various shrines, culminating in a Spirit Shrine.

The way up (temporarily Xed off) is studded with Buddhas.

Buddha in a bottle

What is it all about?  Rememb… Read full post »

NORDIC CUISINE!  The next craze.  At least according to some crazed writer in the NYT.

Unless the article is some kind of joke.

Could be.

Though Google has a few straight-faced entries... 

Bear-leg broth.  Sea urchin powder.  (Yum)

Rutabagas and whey.

It is… Read full post »

It's a spot in the woods that I've long wanted to do something with.  It's a small circular stone foundation with an opening.  Don't know its original purpose.

I have some people helping me get things ready for my daughter's and my Labour Day Pagan bash, and I got them to… Read full post »

I'M BAAAACK.  New keyboard installed.  The UPS man had no trouble getting thru my gate (it's not all that obvious), and the dog didn't eat him. Barely noticed him, actually.  I hope no actual burglars or murderers ever come calling.

The way in is thru the door at t… Read full post »

Well, I came across a -ideo of this Canadian East Indian guy doing a bhangra number about Canada and on looking him up I found a couple -ids by him on using toilets - first Indian and then European, including useage of the (drumroll) bidet.  Which is a slightly… Read full post »

I just got this horrible tidbit on my CNN Google Alerts:

Thirty-one U.S. special forces members in Afghanistan died aboard a NATO helicopter that crashed Saturday in an area reported to have insurgent activity, officials said.

The crash occurred in the eastern province of Wardak, Afghan… Read full post »

Inspiration from Buddy Guy number, but he bears no responsibility...

UPDATED with a shot of my -irtual birthday cake from OSocial, our resident birthday (etc.) site.

Note how it matches my birthday shawl... 

Went to a Pagan fest this past weekend.  Unfortunately I couldn't take many pictures, let alone post them - people anyway probably w… Read full post »