Calesta's Blog : Rising Oaks Circle - Traditional Wicca

Thursday, 04 February 2010 16:01

• 08:19 Waiting to be able to clock in... I have officially Worked Too Much in this period. #
• 08:20 I can witness the unfairness, but I'm not sure what I can do about it. #
• 13:04 @biancaphillips I want to be there, and I don't even drink regular beer... #

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Thursday, 01 October 2009 03:36

We've got a new study group and coven website courtesy of a lady I met through my Yahoo group. (See www.risingoaks.com--it's still not exactly what we want, but it's strictly a spare-time project, and I'm getting the services of a talented professional for free, so I'm not complaining.) There's even a feed to this blog--or wait, is it just a feed? It really opens right to the blog, sort of framed by the site, instead of being a blurb and a link like I'm used to for feeds. There's probably a better term for it... anyway, that thing... gimme some coffee and tell me what I'm talking about. It's nice, and it means I don't have to create yet another profile, or start a new blog, or learn yet another new interface.But naturally only my public posts show.

So, now I am going to be editing some of my archived religious stuff show that it shows up, and posting things as public that in the past would have been filtered for reading by friends who were likely to be interested. To my Christian/atheist/agnostic/other friends who will find all that stuff boring or annoying: sorry. I will never know if you skip reading a certain post. I'll try to remember to use obvious subjects and tags.

Hopefully, though, I will blog more. We'll see.

Thursday, 01 October 2009 02:22

Man who walked into Burning Man fire loses lawsuit

http://www.nonfluffy.com/archives/004231.html

This reminds me of giolabride's repeated story of Gypsyjane's song, "Is that a real fire?" and how it was inspired by actual remarks by idiots visiting a re-enactment encampment. A particular bozo who asked the above question had a child, which is depressing on several levels, and of course there would be the very real concern that this person would inadequately supervise the offspring, and the child would be badly hurt and/or the parent would sue.

Idiots and lawsuits are among the many things that worry me about going out into the internet world to find circle participants. I have always insisted before on meeting and talking a few times before doing ritual with someone and/or inviting them to my home; it's like when I was doing internet dating, and I insisted on meetings in a public place before going to my house or doing anything sexual (by which I don't mean PIV, I mean starting with kissing and caresses of erogenous zones.) Outer-court-style ritual is sort of like mild necking; it's not as intimate nor as dangerous as some other activity, but it has its rewards, it's nice to do it for a while before going further, and there are still a few dangers.

Monday, 17 August 2009 03:03

I have served on a jury. It was a police corruption case, and the verdict was guilty on several of the counts. It took a week, and the jury was frustrated because we felt he was guilty of several things that he wasn't being accused of, including sexual harassment.

Monday, 03 August 2009 09:05

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/02/parents-children-media-aspergers

Tuesday, 21 April 2009 10:54

On Dec. 4th, 2003 at 2:57 PM, I entered:

Okay, I give up, I have a live journal now.