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Comment on I’m back! by Mechangel

Mechangel — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:28:39 +0000

DC is a good city. My boyfriend’s family lives there, too.

If/when you go back, check out the zoo. They have a great zoo…a lot of things were closed when I went, it being November, but the invertebrate house is great. There’s a very cute cuttlefish that seems to like inspecting people’s faces.

Comment on News: Pluto: Planet, “dwarf planet”, and now…plutoid by I'm back! | Plutonica.net

I'm back! | Plutonica.net — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:23:35 +0000

[...] The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum was ok, but they had little cardboard notices plastered all over the place advising that Pluto was no longer a real planet, just a “dwarf planet”. Man, not only is that just plain wrong, it’s also, like, so so out of date. [...]

Comment on Review: On Being a Pagan, by Alain de Benoist by Erik

Erik — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:51:06 +0000

Excellent! The Myers book is sitting on my wish list; I look forward to seeing your take on it.

Comment on Review: On Being a Pagan, by Alain de Benoist by Psyche

Psyche — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:13:55 +0000

It’s a valid criticism, de Benoist’s focus on what not to believe (and why) rather than providing a coherent alternative.

Brendan Myers’ latest book, The Other Side of Virtue, on the other hand, does that very thing. I’ve been meaning to put a review up for the past few weeks, but haven’t yet had the chance: I’m committed to publishing it before I go on vacation though, so check back for that in the next week or so.

Brendan’s actually written for this site before (click here for a taste). I (will) highly recommend his work.

Comment on Saturday Signal: Toronto Pagans, tarot, sceptics, and blogging by Psyche

Psyche — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:01:31 +0000

I can certainly relate to those kinds of reactions. It’s a fine balance, but this further illustrates why it’s really important to set client expectations beforehand.

Comment on Review: On Being a Pagan, by Alain de Benoist by Erik

Erik — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:16:48 +0000

I read this book (well, about half of it) NOT because of the cheesy cover :), but in hopes of finding a more substantive discussion of the philosophical underpinnings of a serious modern paganism. And I did, to a degree…

Unfortunately, overall I found that the author spent more energy on pointing how much better his version of paganism is than Christianity than on actually explaining his version of paganism, to the point that the signal-to-noise ratio became overwhelming and I gave it up as a bad job. (And I have no particular love for Christian doctrine myself.)

Comment on Saturday Signal: Toronto Pagans, tarot, sceptics, and blogging by Caelum Rainieri

Caelum Rainieri — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:52:32 +0000

Thanks for the Mary K Greer link. I had to laugh when Greer related how her student came back the next week wondering why no one had warned her of the impending bank robbery. Blaming the reader is so frequently a querent’s first reaction to a traumatic event. Ugh!

Comment on New biographical comic about Jack Parsons by Richard

Richard — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:57:34 +0000

Thanks for reading! Just fyi, that comic cover to which you linked is not for an actual comic. It was a piece of art done for Make Magazine, if I’m not mistaken.

Comment on “Celebrity” occultists by Psyche

Psyche — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:50:09 +0000

I hadn’t heard of him before the piece posted on The Wild Hunt, but since then he seems to be cropping up everywhere! “Tacky” doesn’t begin to cover it.

I don’t know that Phil Hine sees himself as a spokesperson, but someone seems to see his work as such.

It does seem to miss the point…

Comment on New biographical comic about Jack Parsons by Psyche

Psyche — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:25:05 +0000

Ok, that cover alone convinces me I must find a copy!