OK so it's been five months since I've written anything in my blog.  I got lazy, simple as that ( Read more... )

I don't generally like putting political items on a blog like this, but I was reading a bit about the Chinese crackdown in Tibet, and the West's reaction to it, and thought I'd give an opinion.

I have a rather libertarian view on American foreign policy matters, meaning that unless there is a clear danger to real American interests, no use of force ( Read more... )

In the thread 'BDSM and SL Submission" someone stated this about my opinions on BDSM:

Saying "Submission is submission" for instance really seems to be suggesting that there's a Right Place to draw the line, and even if you allow that others might have different opinions you seem to be granting their right to be wrong, rather than allowing that they ( Read more... )

March 20th is the Spring Equinox here in the Northern Hemisphere, and the feast of Ostara.  Ostara is a putative West Germanic Goddess, who is unknown to historians except via the writings of St. Bede.  A bit on this goddess:

The modern English term Easter developed from the Old English word Eastre, which itself developed prior to 899. The name ( Read more... )

You know, it's not too often in life that an adult gets just a day to relax.  I remember as a child those long, LONG days of summer, when the days would go on forever, "school" was something that was still light years away, and as a kid I could just revel in doing nothing ( Read more... )

I was just looking at my journal and realized that I haven't done a post since January, and hardly any since December.  I therefore am committing myself to posting daily for the next 30 days, even if it's just one quicky post on some small thing, or in answer to a writer's block.  I paid for this damn thing, I may as well use it! :P

--Vanni