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kami
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response 175 of 219:
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May 18 03:24 UTC 2003 |
Is anyone else reading this thing?
I mean, I'm enjoying the conversation, but it's open to more than just us two.
<sigh>
Well, that's just the point; is Bush's "personal agenda" really in line with
a majority of the country, or is there just a "mouthy minority" which are
getting an outsized degree of influence because they care enough to push their
agenda, by legitimate or covert means, while the rest of us shrug and wait
for someone else to fix it? The loss of civil liberties, the loss of civil
public discourse through the media, the narrowing of our cultural and
educational diversity- these aren't pagan issues, they're *American* issues.
I'd like to feel proud of this country, not worried and disillusioned.
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robh
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response 176 of 219:
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May 18 11:53 UTC 2003 |
(I'm reading it, just don't feel the need to say anything. I rant
too much about this subject IRL.)
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cyklone
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response 177 of 219:
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May 18 11:57 UTC 2003 |
I'm reading . . .
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jazz
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response 178 of 219:
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May 18 17:01 UTC 2003 |
Well, I think with this crowd, you're likely to get a lot of assent
to that sentiment. I do think that Bush's agenda, political views aside, is
not as moderate as a candidate elected (or not elected) by such a slim
margin should dictate. But I wouldn't agree with a strongly conservative
candidate's agenda if he (and it would be a he) were elected by a landslide,
either.
What disturbs me the most is how Bush's agenda has been breaking the
back of the protest movements in America. Bush has managed to earn the
title of the most protested person in recorded history, and yet has
completely shrugged it all off, and that really has broken the spirit of a
lot of activists.
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jazz
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response 179 of 219:
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May 18 17:08 UTC 2003 |
Another rant about activism: Why is it that a lot of activists
practice the same tactics that they claim to hate? It's endlessly annoying
to me to see, to take one recent example, a friend protesting a golf club's
all-male roster, and then protesting theproposed inclusion of transsexuals
in a women-only music festival.
</rant>
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otter
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response 180 of 219:
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May 18 17:52 UTC 2003 |
...reading with interest...
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cmcgee
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response 181 of 219:
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May 19 17:11 UTC 2003 |
I'm reading too.
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kami
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response 182 of 219:
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May 23 02:50 UTC 2003 |
Gee, I'm glad to see so many familiar faces. So-- speak up! ;)
I'm sad to hear that activists are being dragged down. What a wonderful
opportunity to re-energize a movement which has become somewhat perfunctory.
Perhaps it's just a change in personel: the easily intimidated folks will go
away, and more committed people will get involved. My sense was that the time
to protest the war in Iraq, for example, was even more important *after* Bush
declared victory-- to keep the inevitable euphoria and sense of relief from
diffusing people's commitment to peace and justice.
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mooncat
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response 183 of 219:
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Jun 22 23:44 UTC 2003 |
Oh... I'm still here, sometimes. :)
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orinoco
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response 184 of 219:
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Jun 23 05:55 UTC 2003 |
I still peek my head in from time to time. After years and years as a
wannabe-pagan, I finally attended a few rituals this year, and I'm still
trying to figure out what I think, so maybe I'll even have something to say.
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kami
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response 185 of 219:
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Jun 25 23:47 UTC 2003 |
Hey! I miss you guys. Glad you're still around.
New adventure coming up- I'm moving to Florida for a year or so. So I'll get
to find out what Floridian pagans are like...:}
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otter
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response 186 of 219:
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Jul 31 09:53 UTC 2003 |
resp:185 ...older, wetter, accustomed to flying cockroaches...
<grin>
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kami
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response 187 of 219:
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Aug 3 21:49 UTC 2003 |
Wetter makes slight sense. Flying cockroaches I can cope with. Older why?
Know any interesting ones?
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mneme
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response 188 of 219:
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Feb 4 15:14 UTC 2004 |
Kami -- you're moving to florida? Wow -- thinks keep a-changing (or are you
-in- Florida yet?) I'm still in queens, of course.
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kami
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response 189 of 219:
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Feb 6 02:49 UTC 2004 |
Moved to Florida last August-- my Mom died two Decembers ago. So I was
coming to see my Dad about every month or so until the boys were done
with school, then moved to be near Dad in time for this school year. Pretty
surreal- we ended up renting in the building where I grew up. Told my
Dad that he got one year of our help, then I'd have to go back to A2 for
Tim to go to high school. (Yup- we're that old...) Ended up finding an
amazing little tiny Waldorf school (neat philosophy, about as close to a
pagan way of schooling as I can imagine finding). Good news is that they
are really, really good with the boys, and planning to add a high school.
Bad news is that it's about an hour from my Dad. So now we're renting a
delightful little house on a man-made lake with a hot tub on the screened
porch, 5 minutes from the school. We see my Dad one weeknight and most
weekends. Tim has started playing hockey again, and is trying out for
New World School of the Arts (just in case, and for the experience) with
his Euphonium. We'd still like to get back into the SCA, and find some
local paganfolk, but I haven't really had time to do anything about it.
For Imbolc, we had a huge housewarming party at the new house. Most of
the school came. Great time!
And you?
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mneme
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response 190 of 219:
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Feb 12 18:42 UTC 2004 |
We're in Queens, in the same place we've been for about 5 years (with another
two year lease, though we really should move when this one runs out).
Spiritually, we've mostly been doing the double-solitare thing -- the
occasional festival ritual as a duo, plus various daily blessings and
wardings (which was more than I thought we've been doing. :)., but not
much more, including a lack of spiritual conventions.
SFnally, we've been doing a handful of gaming and sf conventions across the
North-East, plus Worldcon steadily since 2000 (since '93, skipping Australia,
Winipeg, Anopolis, and maybe one more).
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kami
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response 191 of 219:
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Feb 14 04:38 UTC 2004 |
Yeah, that's a bit more spiritual community than I've been part of, just
lately. A tiny bit of family ritual, and a pittance of casual personal
work. Need more. Need structure and discipline to get my brain back in gear.
<sigh>
I think we are planning to skip Starwood and go to Pennsic this year.
I can't believe I missed TorCon!!!! Aaaargh!
Be well
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mneme
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response 192 of 219:
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Feb 24 16:46 UTC 2004 |
TorCon was...really good, actually!
(btw, you aren't on LJ or aim, are you? I'm on both of those far more often
than here -- on LJ as mnemex, on aim as mnemesys).
I'm not at all sure I'll make Pensice this year; it depends, since Naomi (who
as you may recall, I often do Pennsic with) just had a baby, and on top of
that, Lisa and I are doing Origins, Gencon, and, yes, Noreastcon this year
(are you likely to make that last? It's not in toronot, but is in the same
-general- area...).
I do find that structure and discipline help clear my mind wonderfully, even
when they're coming from work. Uncomfortable, though.
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kami
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response 193 of 219:
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Feb 26 16:35 UTC 2004 |
sort of like caffeine? <eg>
>(are you likely to make that last? It's not in toronot, but is in the same
Send me details for NorEastCon- in email, I think, since this isn't really
the reight conference for it. I'll see what I can do.
>(btw, you aren't on LJ or aim, are you? I'm on both of those far more often
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mneme
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response 194 of 219:
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May 24 04:14 UTC 2004 |
Heh. I do caffeine too, though not consistently.
Will see what I can do about NorEastCon details.
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kami
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response 195 of 219:
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May 24 17:40 UTC 2004 |
Thanks, dear. Pennsic?
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mooncat
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response 196 of 219:
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Sep 14 19:23 UTC 2004 |
<waves> Hello! Anyone still around?
just as a, yanno, fyi- I'm JadedCat on lj.
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cmcgee
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response 197 of 219:
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Sep 15 00:38 UTC 2004 |
YEs, there are lurkers.
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kami
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response 198 of 219:
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Sep 17 00:18 UTC 2004 |
What is lj?
What have you been up to, folks?
THis item is the "reference library", anyone reading anything
good lately?
I've got a book called
"The Well-Read Witch", by Carl McColman. Haven't spent much time with it
yet, but what a neat idea! It's basically an annotated bibliography of
good stuff. It's broken down into categories, with some discussion at the
start of each section. Wish there had been someting like that when I was
just starting out!
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mooncat
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response 199 of 219:
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Oct 15 19:30 UTC 2004 |
lj=LiveJournal, a blogging site.
Sadly, not reading much of anything these days, more into cross-stitch,
crochet and the like.
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