A continuation from this post.

Below, you'll find my contemplations on the second rune of Freyr's Ætt, úr.

( Cut for musings that may not interest everyone )

So, I've been re-reading the Icelandic Rune Poem as of late and I've been doing some thinking on it.

Below, you'll find my contemplations on the first rune of Freyr's Ætt, fé.

( Cut for musings that may not interest everyone )

While I am loathe to use the Globe and Mail as my primary source for news stories, I just saw this and was thoroughly, thoroughly unimpressed ( Read more... )

My gods and goddesses have some weird attributes. Oðinn's eye was sacrificed by him to gain the wisdom of the world at Mimír's well. Týr sacrificed his hand to bind Fenrisúlfr until Ragnarøkr. Heimdallr's teeth are made of gold (and, rumour has it, he's got square pupils and horns like a goat)*. Sif's hair is made, literally, of gold. Viðar ( Read more... )

It's snowing here.  The first real fall of the year.

It's beautiful and at the same time kind of... melancholic.

What's it like, I wonder, where you are?

So, I've been having a connundrum. For several years now, I've considered myself a Tyrsman, that is, someone who has dedicated himself to Tyr and the example which he provides. It does not mean that I do not value the other gods, but rather that I hold Tyr as my patron. However, as of late, Þor has been making himself more of a presence in my ( Read more... )

I've noticed something as of late. People in general have their priorities askew. And not little things, like beating a video game over doing an essay, I mean massive things, like proving that they're smarter than everyone else at the expense of their friendships, or wallowing in their self-pity rather than doing something about it ( Read more... )

What makes assholes, bitches and idiots the way they are? Is it a willful ignorance of their assholery? Do they honestly not care enough to realise why people get angry with them for their actions? Or is it that they are so socially inept that they can't tell that what they're doing is going to make someone angry? I've lived 22 years on this ( Read more... )