"Fox and Friends," a show where jokes always seem to fall rather flat if you're not white, Christian, and feeling particularly entitled about yourself, had a stellar show recently where things fell a bit flatter than usual. Thanks to ray716 for posting this over on Facebook:

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The clip shows a few of the hosts picking apart a guide by the University of ( Read more... )

I've mentioned that this was upcoming a couple of times, but brandondedicant and I got to sit down and have a discussion about the importance of action in Our Druidry, and the interview has been posted. Check it out!

Practice begets belief: An interview with Rev. Michael J Dangler, DruidThe comments have raised some good questions (some I'm still responding to ( Read more... )

I don't have too much to say about the current "Penn State Child Sex Abuse Scandal," not really. I've read the reports, and others have read the reports, and a bunch of people who know more than I do about it have commented on it quite in-depth (as have a lot of people who know nothing about it). But there's something that bothers me about it that ( Read more... )

Continuing thoughts spawned from an article on sacrifice (called, appropriately enough, "'Sacrifice' in Proto-Indo-European,") by Stefan Zimmer in last year's Journal of Indo-European Studies. . .

In Indo-European polytheism, there are really only two differences between deities and humans. As with the living fire and the flowing waters mentioned ( Read more... )

Today, I read an interesting article on sacrifice (called, appropriately enough, "'Sacrifice' in Proto-Indo-European,") by Stefan Zimmer in last year's Journal of Indo-European Studies. I read a couple of other interesting articles, too, including one by Maurer on RV X.129, but I'll post about that on ADF-Druidry if I need to, so I don't want to ( Read more... )

An interesting article popped up in the New York Times not too long ago: "Taking a Break From the Lord's Work". The article talks about a rise in obesity, hypertension, and depression among clergypersons in America, and a lowering of life expectancy. In addition, they apparently have "significantly higher rates of arthritis, diabetes, high blood ( Read more... )

I have been trying to turn my presentation on the Indo-European afterlife into a paper that can be put up on the ADF site (and my own, of course), as well as completing a paper about the role of the Priest in ADF (mostly done), and another one regarding faith in modern Neo-Paganism (and particularly our form of Druidry) that I started today. I'm ( Read more... )

It's true that I was raised in a conservative environment, and that I am generally a conservative person, politically. This bugs some people, but because I consistently vote my conscience (generally derided by both my more conservative and more liberal friends as "playing for the other team," whatever that means), most people understand that I take ( Read more... )

First, an awesome spiral light appeared in Norway the other night, causing panic and awesomeness. (Thanks to myrch, who observed that Odinists figured the gates of Valhalla were opening.)

Second, Buffett has a new album out. This is generally good, and it means that it's time to update the Jimmy Buffett Oracle with new lyrics. There are some ( Read more... )

Recently, I have been listening to NPR on my way to and from work. It makes me feel like there's no reason to flip on The News Hour With Jim Lehrer after work. Anyway, I have been enjoying the shot of news and information presented in general, and some things in particular.

One of my favourite stories recently, "Facebook, MySpace Divide Along ( Read more... )