Wow...since none of the questions had anything to do with the result, I'd say that this quiz was remarkably perspicacious...       dancing is lovebrought to you by the isLove Generator

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Okay, so whomsoever is interested in discussing the ICFA thing, lets meet for dinner at 6:30-ish (I might have to take ancientwisdom home first, so I may be a few minutes late) at Yatz (or is it Yats?). Cheap food, good conversation, fun for the whole academic family. If you are interested but can't make…

ICFA has reopened its CFP. Drydem, bneuensc, ancientwisdom, pythia-akrypta, anyone else thinking about going to ICFA, do you guys want to put together a panel? Bneuensc, do you want to co-present an anthropologically oriented paper on developing and using ethnographic methods in cyberspace (our "Ethnogging the G/local Locus" paper?) The deadline is November 30th. Leave…

A quiz made just for me... Kitsune (Canidae Inarius mysticalis) Congratulations! You either are a Fox, or havestrong Fox leanings. Foxes are clever,cunning, quick and curious. They survive wellin many different habitats. Unlike the otherCanids, you are not a particularly socialanimal, preferring to form close bonds withsmall family groups, with whom you share yourterritory. Foxes…

Wow...two in one day. I approve. And the artwork by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law is a definite plus. God I love that woman's work! Though they rarely caused mankind any serious harm,these Japanese fox spirits known as kitsunewere well known for playing tricks on peopleand could be a real nuisance. They possessedthe ability to transform into…

Well, okay, but only cause I got the one I wanted... You are Jack the Ripper. Yours were some of themost brutal murders recorded in history--yetyour case is still to this day unsolved. Youcame from out of the fog, killed violently andquickly and disappeared without a trace. Thenfor no apparent reason, you satisfy your bloodlust…

My birthday was a spur of the moment type of thing. Don't want to tempt the fates too much by letting them know that it's there. But it was a great time. Thank you all for your felicitations. Thanks to ancientwisdom for being the awesomest fox-boy ever. Thanks to moonandserpent for my weregeld. Thanks to…

Something of substance

I've been reading entries on both sides of the divide, and one of the biggest frustrations that I've been building up has been over the lack of substance in them. This entire election seems like it's around emotions without anchors right now. So I've decided to put out a few of mine and express my…

And so it begins... Limiting the privacy rights of women 11 states ban gay marriage (also, bear baiting still legal, marijuana not legalized) The first one terrifies me the most...the fact that people can think it's okay to pass a law SPECIFICALLY LIMITING THE RIGHT OF WOMEN UNDER 18 (not men, not anyone else...JUST WOMEN!!!),…