Totems usually are relative to personalities, so he may actually be more like a thimble physically. ^_^

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sadily neather can I
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Riddles. I love Riddles. Why is a raven like a writeing desk?

*looks at covers of books in the hope of accidentally stumbling upon cure for chest infection*

*cough, splutter, sob*

"scientists and magicians should never attribute absolute reality to anything" Peter Carroll

this coming from the former Boob Vampire
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I'm so pissed that bill passed in California of all places. So what's going to happen to the couples who are already married? Are their marriages revoked or something? It just feels like a betrayal of all of the forward thinking everyone's supposedly doing.
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Well, those odor crystals can carry some profound energy depending on the psychic alignment of your cat's poo and- insert further bullshitting here-
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#@$%^ leap years be messin a bitch up >:(
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Hey, if we're claiming her the Antiwitch we might as well throw Raymond Buckland and his blue book on the fire as well. Perhaps his title could be the AntiPagan? Or just simply capitalist opportunist. I'd have to say I get the same feeling as you do, Dragonwolf, about Silver's books...as well as Raymond's. Then again, anything can get published nowadays.

"When the going gets tough...the tough get a chainsaw!" The Jolly Rogers

I feel sorry for the fishy guy in the top right hand corner... he is surrounded by the Futhark kids... well 2 of them

,; I'm trying to see things from your point of view but I can't get my head that far up my ass ;,
~To Know, to Dare, to Will, to be Silent~ I LOVE TWILIGHT!!

Unfortunately, I know many people who read her work and think she's the best author when it comes to that stuff.

Maybe we should all name her the Antiwitch, hey if the Christians can have an Antichrist, why not? LOL, just kidding.

I do have a serious problem with her books though, I honestly feel she's nothing more than a cult leader in hiding sometimes. She's right up there with Fiona Horne in my book, which is titled "Dangerous Witches & The Danger They Spread." Ha!

"Be thy motives just, thy will be done." - Mantra of the Wolf Tribe

Because Stan being straight is a sign that the universe is about to implode upon itself!

*In imPerfect Love, and imPerfect Trust*
Blessed Be All!
~ Nyxbar

I have finished reading all the comics!

Umm...unitarian (sp)...?

Stan would still be a scorpio...

me some ramen.
I can only stand the pork flavor.

ECLECTICS
Praying to anything and everything since before they thought about it!
xD I'm sure Shivian would have a better joke for the second line though.

*In imPerfect Love, and imPerfect Trust*
Blessed Be All!
~ Nyxbar

I found the aliteration! yayyy

... Took me a moment.

My mind is perpetually in the gutter too, but I've endured too many magickal innuendos. My hand is in bandages from chronic *facepalm* and I've resorted to *facedesk* Oh well, I'm only reading in the archives... How long could this keep going? *sheepish laugh*

*In imPerfect Love, and imPerfect Trust*
Blessed Be All!
~ Nyxbar

The magical innuendo puns almost had me face-palming myself to a broken wrist, but this one's actually sorta creative xD

*In imPerfect Love, and imPerfect Trust*
Blessed Be All!
~ Nyxbar

The cover referenced: http://www.llew...

The plant referenced on the cover / in the strip: http://en.wikip...

I understood every word of it...and I'm not a web dev....just a programmer.

As a joke. Grow a sense of humour, or don't read webcomics, imo.

The more people who point out the nonsense that gets published, the better, I say. We must be just as quick and effusive with praise when someone does well, of course, or else we'll discourage the wrong people.

The new Silver Ravenwolf 'Book'...this woman knows nothing about hedgewitchcraft...sorry bitching over =] xXx

Sure, there's a little snark there, but the actual content of the advice is sound (that tea IS used in herbal medicine to help with throat infections). Also, it is clear from "I was looking at the cover of Silver Ravenwolf's new book" that:

1. The caller has not ACTUALLY read the book, just the cover
2. The caller therefore taking advice on herbal remedies from liner notes and is therefore a candidate for a Darwin Award.

Let's be honest, an attitude that lets the questioner know that their question was ridiculous to begin with is a time-tested teaching tool and, in most cases in Oh My Gods!, the caller really NEEDS to be told that they are asking stupid questions.

(also, ooooo, I made aliteration! yay!)

I have never seen Shivian have someone on the phone who was really seeking knowledge, only people who saw too many episodes of _Charmed_ and think they know about crafting. Someone seeking actual information would probably phrase the questions differently.

If you want non-snarky answers, there is one character who will be happy to oblige. Fundie =)

The experiment has begun. One million keyboards, one million monkeys. Welcome to the world wide web.

Okay that's an attitude I can't stand. New Pagan tries to check on information and gets snark instead of good information.

Is it any wonder many new people in paganism tend to avoid teachers?

And here I thought it was because the Owl and the Pussycat needed a ring.

I love my company because they have that too. ^_^

Hey there. Actually back in the old days they used a calendar of 13 months of 28 days each=364 days. So a year and a day is what we would call a full year. It is very poetic though.

Techno-pagan?

....Fine, don't crack a smile. I see how it is -.-

I'd always heard that since Samhain is a "Day out of Time" the year and a day is just a year.. and Samhain.

I always thought it was because saying a year and a day is slightly more poetic than saying over a year.

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-- (Terry Pratchett, Hogfather)

The whole idea of a year and a day is basically to give someone time to think, really think, about what they're getting themselves into. If you initiate someone and they're not serious about it, pulling out two months after the start, what has that accomplished?

As far as the handfasting thing, it was Scottish Common Law for a while that a man and woman had to live together for a year and a day before being married. Same thing at work here; if they find out they can't stand each other, no harm done.

"As She drifts through our lives, tossing coins into the air..."

I think it's like not going swimming until "an hour - a GOOD hour" after eating. Or how people jumped the gun proclaiming the "new millennium" in 2000, even though it actually started in 2001.

You don't want any quibbling about exactly when the hour (or in this case, the year) expires, so you give it a little padding.

A special case (quite special actually) in that he's a Discordian without even knowing he's a Discordian xD That's like, penultimate discord!

*In imPerfect Love, and imPerfect Trust*
Blessed Be All!
~ Nyxbar

I was under the belief that it was set as a determination marker. It shows that you are willing to go that extra day before the next step.

Perfect order can only exist within perfect chaos

On a slightly happy note, my company just announced that they would be allowing employees to submit same-sex partners for insurance and benefit coverage. Small victories, right?

Neutiquam erro.

Too bad my own ethics overpower me xP

*In imPerfect Love, and imPerfect Trust*
Blessed Be All!
~ Nyxbar

His parents thought he was the most precious gift..... from Loki xD

*In imPerfect Love, and imPerfect Trust*
Blessed Be All!
~ Nyxbar

I always assumed the "year and a day" was so that if you couldn't hack it the first time you have to wait an entire year before you can jump into the next one. Of course, I mostly heard about a "year and a day" in relation to hand-fasting. :D

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"Does bouncing count?" - Silk, The Magician's Gambit by David Eddings

Why IS it a year and a day?
"There are more things in Heaven and Earth...than are dreamt of in your philosophy" ~Hamlet

When I heard that prop 8 was passed I was and still am PO-ed! What gets me is that prop 8 was named save the right to marry or something like that. So if you didn't know what it is was about of course you would vote yes. I believe that the laws they want passed shouldn't be named in a way to deceive people. This isn't the 1st time it was done either. I really do hope that same sex marriages happens again for Cal but also for the entire country.

I knew someone that would add in the Winter Solstice too... I just can't remember how.

"I'm me, that's who I am! I'm me!"
-Tasslehoff Burrfoot, Dragons of Summer Flame

Brilliant :D Good one! And yes - he IS being logical! But I like it :)

-CHL

....that makes sense. For once, he's being logical?

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1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (87%)
3. New Age (82%)
4. Hinduism (79%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (78%)
6. Reform Judaism (70%)
7. Sikhism (69%)
8. Jainism (69%)
9. New Thought (69%)
10. Liberal Quakers (66%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (60%)
12. Scientology (58%)
13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (57%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (48%)
15. Baha'i Faith (46%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (37%)
17. Islam (37%)
18. Secular Humanism (37%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (35%)
20. Taoism (32%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (20%)
23. Roman Catholic (20%)
24. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)
25. Nontheist (17%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (10%)

Yes, I am Bi, No, I will not sleep with you!

Maybe he covers spirit cat care in Spirit Allies: Meet Your Team from the Other Side? ;-) (just kidding!)

I ended up out at a bar in San Diego on Friday night and several of my gay friends (who were all upset by the Prop) were even more frustrated by the level of of apathy that they saw within the gay community. There's a strong perception here that certain aspects of the community just simply don't care whether they have the right to marry and are "happy" just the way things are, or just see it as a big joke. On the upside, there are lots of us (straight/gay/etcetera) that do care and are working on getting the ban overturned.

Thanks, Shiv, for covering this one!

I rarily get upset by the politics of the world let alone those of our own country. I had hoped people in the USA would finally get their heads out of their collective arses and see that your heart can not See what Color a persons skin is, Nor does it ask how old they are, and it certain doesn't give a flying fat rat's behind what sex they are. I have traveled to many places and only in this country are the gays abused this way. Only here.
There are some cutting edge companies out there that acknowledge same sex partnerships and allow them insurance rights like married couples. I can only hope that other people and companies will follow in the footsteps like Walgreens.

My Deaf Dog is Smarter than Your Honor Student