Upi str dp nrsiyogi;. upi djpi;f nr histfrf nu ,pmlrud/ Upi str dp nrsiyogi;/ ! Vtsvlrt
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Ui, ui, Ni,n;rnrr. Ni,n;rnrr Yims. O ;pbr Ni,n;rnrr. Ni,n;rnrr Yims. Ui, ui, Ni,n;rnrr. Ni,n;rnrr Yims. ;pbr s dsmfeovj ,sfr eoyj Ni,n;rnrr/ ! <r[jodls[jr;rd posted by Stentor Danielson at 22:45 -- link --
26.4.02
It barely snowed all winter, but now it's snowing the night before Spring Party. Freaky weird, yo. posted by Stentor Danielson at 04:27 -- link --
24.4.02
"Israel's war against the Palestinians is just like the U.S.'s war against al-Qaida" has become such a cliché that it's great to see a good editorial taking the other side. posted by Stentor Danielson at 23:36 -- link --
Last night I was cruising around the web to kill time, as I was in denial about the amount of work I have to do on my thesis. April-Lyn's blog led me to Witchvox, which led me to an interview in the San Fransisco Examiner with Starhawk, a famous California pagan. Her description of magic was a remarkably good explanation of how I understand Christian prayer:
Q: What is magic, and how what kind of role does it play in paganism? A: Magic is the art of changing consciousness at will. Q: Explain. A: In a sense, magic is an ancient form of psychology. There are various forms of awareness and perception, and magic is consciously choosing which form of awareness you want to be in. Q: Could you give me an example? A: A simple example would be if you were in a tense situation. You don't want to panic, but it's not easy. So you ground yourself. You learn to breathe, to make a connection with the Earth that can allow you to stay present and aware, and stay in a state where you can make a choice. Q: That's magic? A: That's magic.
I think people too easily get caught up in the idea of prayer as asking God for favors. It turns into a sort of simplistic cause and effect scenario, which leads people to look for proof that prayers have been answered and rationalize times when they told God to do something and it didn't happen. But really, prayer is about what happens to the person praying (the pray-er, if you will). Prayer is a way of realigning your thoughts, putting yourself back in a right relationship with God and the world. It helps you to sort out your hopes, fears, and desires, so that you can look clearly at what's going on and see the best path. posted by Stentor Danielson at 14:31 -- link --
A massive steel net to be draped over the building housing Australia's next nuclear research reactor has been designed for an amazing task - catching aircraft flown by suicide terrorists.
When finished, the reactor's nuclear core will be underground, inside a 13-metre deep pool that will provide the coolant and act as a shield. The pool, in turn, will be buried inside two metres of concrete.
But from the outside, the striking feature will be the hairnet, a steel latticework 40 metres long and 30 metres wide hanging above the reactor building's concrete roof.
"It's to absorb the impact of aircraft crashes," Ken Horlock, former director of the nuclear technology division at Lucas Heights, said yesterday."
Only in Australia. posted by Stentor Danielson at 14:19 -- link --
22.4.02
Never trust Microsoft Word's grammar check. posted by Stentor Danielson at 17:30 -- link --
I never seem to have any original thoughts. I figured out the philosophy of utilitarianism before I had ever heard of John Stuart Mill or Jeremy Bentham. And now it seems someone has stolen my theory of God, too. In my religion class today we were discussing "what is religion," and toward the end of the class Prof. Vecsey remarked that nobody had wanted to put God on the board as part of a definition. Amanda Reed said she would, but with a caveat. She wrote "God is not a white male on a throne out in space. God is interconnectedness in relationships." I asked her after class where she had gotten that from, and she gave me the names of two books by Sallie McFague that describe this theory about God. So, add another entry to my summer reading list. posted by Stentor Danielson at 13:44 -- link --
It looks like those guys that saw us playing Ultimate on Whitnall the other night were right.
Ramsey on protests: 'So far, so good.' "Despite concerns there might be raucous confrontations outside the World Bank, there were no altercations along the metal barricades erected in front of the building. Instead, protesters wrote in chalk on the asphalt, tossed Frisbees, held signs urging "people over profits" and engaged in street theater using giant puppets and staging a skit ridiculing American foreign policy in Colombia."
Making the logical step that anti-globalization protesters are today's hippies (both represented the leftist cause in their time), we see that hippies do in fact play frisbee. posted by Stentor Danielson at 17:31 -- link --
27.4.02
Song lyric time!