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❝Some monotheists think that their religion belongs on top and take offense when you disagree.❞

— NeoWayland

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I made a mistake this last Tuesday.

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❝Stories are important, but they are signposts.❞

— NeoWayland, the Story

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Mixed meanings can give mixed understandings

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“Caesar, The Colosseum, Republic, Nero, geese, plebeians, legions — everything that you once knew, but forgot, in a crash course video by Arzamas.

Narrated by Brian Cox.

"Ancient Rome in 20 minutes" is an English version of a Russian video by Arzamas.”

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❝I don't think paganism is a movement. I think it's a life.❞

— NeoWayland

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I prefer faces.

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Somehow it's always the other person who is supposed to sacrifice.

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❝Sex is exploding hormones. Love is commitment. The two should not be confused.❞

— NeoWayland, sex

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My guess is that this is a purification ritual.

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“Churches are hospitals for the sinners, not mausoleums for the saints.”

— anonymous

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“Mike Rugnetta is going to tell you stories of death, destruction, divine judgment, damnation, and the occasional happy ending. That's right, this week we're talking about the Apocalypse. Actually we're talking about a bunch of ways the world could end. Prepare for stories of the end times from Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam! It's the (mostly) Abrahamic Apocalypses on Crash Course World Mythology.”

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Could this have been from a themed retreat?

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I've always had my suspicions about that.

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“This week on Crash Course Mythology, Mike is teaching you about the archetypes that are often associated with male divinities. We’re going to talk about Fathers & Sons, Kings & Judges, Saviors & Sages, Shamans, Tricksters, and Lords of Destruction. Along the way, we’ll look at the story of Hwaning, Hwanung, and Dangun from the Korean peninsula, and we’ll learn about Arjuna and all the help he got from Krishna. We’ll also touch on a ton of other myths from around the world. These things play out this way all the time, man.”

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Questions about the battle on the left make it something more than average.

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Impressive

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“We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.”

— W. H. Auden

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“Life lessons from reading Thucydides and hiking at night”

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“In which Mike Rugnetta brings you the final installation of our unit on creation myths. This week, we're talking about human beings and their relationship to the natural world. It turns out foundational stories have a lot to teach us about the ways in which people relate to the physical world around them, and the other organisms that inhabit that world. We'll talk about the Biblical idea that humans have dominion over animals, and we'll talk about Native American stories in which people and nature collaborate to create the world.”

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I used to do photography until my camera was damaged.

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The dog sells this one

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I think I'm spending more time trying to sleep than actually sleeping.

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❝You should beware the politician who wraps himself in faith and the minister who wraps himself with the flag.❞
     — from the private journal of NeoWayland, 01Mar2002

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I let my ego off the chain last weekend. It was a vain and foolish thing to do. And it had consequences.

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As something suitable for the ages, the websites work as they are. As something that I can update and tweak, I need programs to manage.

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