First ever Live journal post
OK. Here I am. Mentally stressed for various reasons, and with Friend of the Devil stuck in my head (the original Grateful Dead version, which is nice if you are on acid, I guess - but for most purposes Lyle Lovett does a much better version [he turns it into a slow mournful dirge that just works better than the drug inspired instrumental flourishes that the Dead used]. Note to self, Linda needs a copy of Lyle's Pontiac CD. Why am I talking about music? I hate music, mostly.
I just found online a pdf of Giraldus Cambriensis' Topography of Ireland, which (as far as I know) is the period source for the Irish (and possibly more pan-Celtic) custom where at his coronation a king is required to have sex with a horse. I have been meaning to look up the original source for that for a while, and just now found it while looking for something else. It does not seem to be a good translation, though. Of course, I do know using Gerald of Wales as a source for anything is problematic.
It is now about 5:30, so soon Linda willl be home and the evenings activities can begin. What willl it be? Woodworking? Movie? Naval wargame? Drinking on the porch? Apparently new people have moved in next door, so my vote is loud drinking on the porch, including high volume bluegrass-rap fusion music. Gin and Juice anyone?
I just found online a pdf of Giraldus Cambriensis' Topography of Ireland, which (as far as I know) is the period source for the Irish (and possibly more pan-Celtic) custom where at his coronation a king is required to have sex with a horse. I have been meaning to look up the original source for that for a while, and just now found it while looking for something else. It does not seem to be a good translation, though. Of course, I do know using Gerald of Wales as a source for anything is problematic.
It is now about 5:30, so soon Linda willl be home and the evenings activities can begin. What willl it be? Woodworking? Movie? Naval wargame? Drinking on the porch? Apparently new people have moved in next door, so my vote is loud drinking on the porch, including high volume bluegrass-rap fusion music. Gin and Juice anyone?