{"id":2423,"date":"2011-03-08T14:49:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T21:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2423"},"modified":"2018-04-08T15:31:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T21:31:48","slug":"the-lower-you-go-the-weirder-it-gets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2423","title":{"rendered":"The Lower You Go, the Weirder It Gets"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Pulling<\/a>

Pulling pulks* up the trail<\/p><\/div>\n

Last week was stressful. It felt good on Friday to drive with a friend into the mountains, meet some others, strap on skis, and head up a trail Away From It All.<\/p>\n

Then I come\u00a0 home to learn that actor Charlie Sheen is a “Vatican assassin warlock” and that some media witch in Salem, Mass., is working magic against him.<\/a><\/p>\n

(Peg Aloi sees a tradition here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

If today were not the deadline for submitting papers for the American Academy of Religion’s 2011 meeting\u2014meaning that I have to watch what is coming in for Pagan Studies\u2014I would be tempted to just re-wax my skis and climb back up there.<\/p>\n

* Pulk: from Finnish pulkka<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week was stressful. It felt good on Friday to drive with a friend into the mountains, meet some others, strap on skis, and head up a trail Away From It All. 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