{"id":1085,"date":"2008-11-21T23:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T23:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2008-11-21T23:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-21T23:20:00","slug":"gallimaufry-in-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1085","title":{"rendered":"Gallimaufry in Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"

¶ So M. and I are in traffic behind a Cadillac SRX <\/a>with the vanity license plate “S-N-M” and a custom-painted “Sanguine Addiction” above the license-plate holder. That’s a Colorado metal band, but the driver did not look like any of the musicians<\/a>. Here is what we were arguing about: Did the big wholesome Denver Broncos<\/a> logo in the vehicle’s rear window add or detract from the overall effect?<\/p>\n

¶ The Colorado Springs Gazette<\/em> ran an autumn equinox story <\/a>on the alleged Ogham writing in Crack Cave and other SE Colorado sites. For videos of this and other sites, see Scott Monahan’s video page<\/a>. (Yep, that’s me in one with Martin Brennan.) Am I a “believer”? Not exactly. I remain perplexed — and perplexed at how Colorado Pagans ignore these sites too.<\/p>\n

¶ Anne Hill, on my blogroll at Blog O’Gnosis<\/a>, is now also blogging about dreams at the Huffington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

¶ So M. and I are in traffic behind a Cadillac SRX with the vanity license plate “S-N-M” and a custom-painted “Sanguine Addiction” above the license-plate holder. That’s a Colorado metal band, but the driver did not look like any of the musicians. 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