April 15, 2004
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Some things of interest today… now that I finally have time to post. I swear if I didn’t need the money, I’d ask for fewer hours at work, but then, who doesn’t say or think that?
Internet addict? Not me, but I must admit that my entire social life is online, and there’s not enough hours in the day to write my newsletter, update my comic twice a week, update my blog more than twice a week (make comments on other people’s blogs), answer all my emails (something that distresses me greatly), reply to pertinent threads on various forums, read all the webcomics I’ve collected together, and generally make my presence felt in the e-world. If only, Only, someone would pay me for my opinions, comics, posts, etc. lol
If wishes were fishes…
Two days off a week is simply not enough!
Anyway, I found this article in my mailbox the other day… I don’t really care about the IQ being links to the GDP of countries, but it is interesting to note the average IQs of the countries involved. Of course, the article does not go into detail about the various IQs of All the countries involved, nor does it say how it got these results. The average of the Pacific Region is 105, while America is 100. Funny, I was always told that the average here was around 115 or so, but then since the last school IQ test I took (many, many years ago) I’ve read that depending upon the test used, the number has a different meaning. For instance, I’ve self administered tests and have an average of 125 or so, which according to the tests I used, is only gifted. Wile E Coyote, super-genius I am not… apparently. Oh well, I think I am still on a higher level than most politicians, no matter what their country may be. heh
I found a new website with rather interesting articles on mixing magic with technology and/or our current socio-economic practices among other things. I would also like to mention the Pagan Census at the Witchschool.com. Information gathered through the Census will be delivered to the Parliament of World Religions in Barcelona, Spain, in July.
I also discovered this week that Llewellyn Publishing has a community website. Surprised the heck out of me that they would offer any information for free when they delight so much in commercializing it and selling it for top dollar. Heh, you can tell I don’t care much for Llewellyn. Still the site looks like it might occassionally be a good resource despite the emphasis on buying their overpriced and vaguely Borg-like, all inclusive and indescriminate Wicca books thinly disguised as any other form of Paganism. But, don’t let my poor opinion of them flavor your buying practices. Not all Llewellyn books are regurgitated and remixed information dumbed down to cater to teens and those who learned everything they know of Witchcraft from watching Charmed….
I think I should stop now in mid-tirade. Suffice it to say, I don’t care for their books, but I will admit they have a few good ones, however few and far between they may be.
This week’s Ancient Whispers Newsletter is on the subject of the Ouija or Talking Boards. Learn the history behind the so-called “Witchboard” and other select facts and myths in this week’s article, then learn how to make and use your own. Of this week’s sites of interest, two are “museum sites” and all four are informative.
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Some Sites of Interest
Witchboard World
Ouija Boards and Ouija Information
The Museum of Talking Boards
The Ouija and Spiritual Protection
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This Pagan Week : April
Humor : Hoya!
Article : Ouija Boards
Quote : Winston Churchill
Craft of the Week : Making and Using your own Talking Board
Humor : Royal Stinker
Who’s Who in World Mythology : Baalat
Quote : G. M. Trevelyan
The Magi’s Garden : Celery
Cartoon
Poem : Spirits of the Dead
Quote : Arthur Schopenhauer
The Power of Stones : Boulangerite
Humor : Answer to Prayers
A Dreamer’s Guide : Old to Onyx
Quote : Benjamin Franklin
Previous Newsletters
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EDited 8:45PM 4/15
As per Anam’s Blog by way of Kaetytwobirds Blog
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Comments (6)
Most of my socializing is done via the internet too. It’s funny how computers seem to taken over such a huge aspect of our lives.
Thanks for the suggestion of peppermint oil. I used to use it all the time, but ran out. Then I was smelling the loose peppermint I had for brewing tea…and ran out. Now, I am sadly peppermintless. :Sick:
When you have 300 essays done I better see a book!
hehe:)
1) do you put as much effort into everything you do as you do into the research you present here on xanga?
2) If you could disappear without consequence (as if you were spose to be at work etc) to any place once a month for a 3day holiday, money being no object, where would you go and why?
3) which of the dreams you have had do you wish were actually true and why?
I thought an average IQ was 100 by defintion. and that a range of 85-115 was concidered “normal”
Ummmm, yessssssssssss, more input.
:Viking: Just a Hi. I’m alive. Finally got the phone/Internet issue fixed. We were without a phone for most of the week thanks to incompetence on the phone company’s side.
According the Mensa website there are many standard IQ tests in use around the world. On most tests, average IQ is 100, but some tests give different numerical values in the same way that the same temperature is expressed by different numerical values on the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales (only I imagine with a lot more potential variation). So it’s possible on the test I took as a teen that the average of that test was 115 or so, while a general average of 100 is the norm when the number is converted via one formula or another. On the other hand, one would hope that the average would always be going up and therefore 100 would not remain the average. To remain merely average for the length and bredth of our existence as a species would be a very sad state of affairs. And I should hope by now everyone would be aware my stance on mediocrity in any aspect of the human experience. :Medusa: