From the Gylfaginning, or "The Tricking of Gylfi," from the Prose Edda, ca. 1220:

Margir staðir eru þar göfugligir. Sá er einn staðr þar er kallaðr er Álfheimr. Þar byggir fólk þat er Ljósálfar heita, en Døkkálfar búa niðri í jörðu, ok eru þeir ólíkir þeim sýnum ok miklu ólíkari reyndum. Ljósálfar eru fegri en sól sýnum, en Døkkálfar eru svartari ( Read more... )

So you might have wondered why I seldom bitch about liberals and the left in my frequent descriptions of arguments. Well, that's because, aside from a few occasions in my undergrad career (which can be found in my archives), I don't have to deal with liberal annoyance on a personal basis. No, the entrenched culture of my Winter Park college is, ( Read more... )