{"id":942,"date":"2007-10-28T22:18:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-28T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=942"},"modified":"2007-10-28T22:18:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-28T22:18:00","slug":"tribal-gallimaufry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=942","title":{"rendered":"Tribal Gallimaufry"},"content":{"rendered":"

¶ Some people think that modern life is cold and heartless and that it would be better to live in a tribe. But what happens when the tribe’s inner circle does not want you? Sometimes it means that you lose your fat monthly check, for one thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

¶ Blogger\/journalist Rod Dreher is heated about about sexy Halloween costumes for little girls<\/a>. Like a lot of his commenters, I think that the costume pictured would be fun for a kid to wear and sexy only to a pervert.<\/p>\n

In 1985, David Garland, now 39, of Liverpool, NSW, did something similar, but in reverse. While bicycling, he was struck by a four-wheel drive. He wasn\u2019t expected to recover from his injuries, but did, only to notice that he could now see and hear things imperceptible to others.<\/em><\/p>\n

And he ended up Wiccan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

¶ Weirdest search string to bring a reader here lately: this are leaking car, basement, wicca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

¶ Some people think that modern life is cold and heartless and that it would be better to live in a tribe. But what happens when the tribe’s inner circle does not want you? 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