{"id":850,"date":"2007-04-08T20:50:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-08T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=850"},"modified":"2007-04-08T20:50:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-08T20:50:00","slug":"gallimaufry-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=850","title":{"rendered":"Gallimaufry"},"content":{"rendered":"

¶ Here in Colorado, Rocky Mountain PBS’<\/a> group of stations weights their offerings heavily toward programs like Lawrence Welk<\/a> and Antiques Roadshow<\/em>. When they really want to be cutting edge, such as during fund drives, they run a John Denver special<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Having once been peripherally connected with the antiques trade, I actually enjoy Antiques Roadshow<\/em> sometimes. M., however, makes some comment about the “white-shoe crowd” and leaves the room. I wish I had been watching when an Austin Osman Spare painting was discussed<\/a>. Did anyone mention ceremonial magic and Borough Satyr<\/em><\/a>?<\/p>\n

PanGaia<\/em> managing editor Elizabeth Barrette<\/a> has a a new poem published<\/a> in the fantasy webzine Lorelei Signal<\/em>. She also has a book in the work on writing Pagan spells, poetry, and ritual texts. She reminds us that PanGaia’s<\/em> fiction-contest deadline is June 24<\/a>.<\/p>\n

¶ This may be just too obvious, but anyway… If you work at an organization that is cyber-security obsessed, where you frequently have to change your network password, why not encode a magical intention into your password? For a writer, something like “Public@tion08”. And, look, it’s a “strong” password with a non-alphanumeric character.<\/p>\n

¶ BeliefNet’s Blog Heaven site<\/a> has been cleansed of non-monotheists. No Buddhist bloggers, no Hindus, no Pagans. And yet I hear that BeliefNet is still trying to get some Pagans to write essays for the main site<\/a>. Do we even need them, with all the Pagan sites and forums out there?<\/p>\n

¶ Stop whatever you are doing and read this<\/a>. Then bookmark the blog. It is one of the best out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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