Hippo, Birdie, Two Ewes...

...to autographedcat!! -- have a good one!

I almost missed this

I don't normally read much fanfic (my apologies to those of my friends who write it), so I nearly missed this one by autographedcat. Which would have been a shame. Go read it -- I'll wait.

I was pointed toward it by this post by technoshaman. Many thanks.

( An exchange in the comments started me thinking... )

The Celtic Reconstructionist FAQ

From lysana, who contributed to it, comes this link to The CR FAQ -- An Introduction to Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism. If you prefer a brief, more narrative introduction, try this article.

I was particularly intrigued by the realization that the Reformed Druids of North America, founded at Carleton College in 1963, was mostly Celtic Reconstructionist at its roots, and very different from the neopaganism that many of its offshoots have become. (It differs from the CR family of faiths in being more like a pantheistic version of Unitarianism, and in Edit: not taking itself at all seriously being under no illusions about its lack of any continuity of tradition with the ancient Celts.) (See also Wikipedia: Neo-druidism.)

Note to self: self, you really need to update rdna.org. Aside to gmcdavid: hope you don't mind my ganking your icon.

Tracks

Did a reasonable job (I think) of re-recording the track for "Little Computing Machine", and did some cleanup on "Silk and Steel". Details over here in mdlbear_albums, including a to-do list. Worldcon is beginning to look dicey.

This is simply disgusting

I'm quoting this entire article because it's both short and appalling.

LACTON, England, June 23 (UPI) -- The Walt Disney Co., which had denied permission to grieving British parents to put Winnie the Pooh on their child's gravestone, has had a change of heart.

Disney had warned that a stonemason would be in breach of copyright if he included the bear's image along with "bear of very little brain," on the gravestone, The Telegraph reported. The parents had sought approval from Disney, but were rejected.

Stonemason Aaron Clarke said he was outraged.

"Disney make billions of pounds every year from children but they won't let a family put a picture on a stillborn baby's headstone," he said. "It is ridiculous. The family are upset enough as it is."

The company reversed course Thursday and allowed the parents to use the image. A Disney spokesman told the Telegraph the company is in continual communication with the family.

Yeah, they finally got pressured into doing the right thing. It's the fact that they had to be pressured in the first place that makes me ill. If you ever catch me buying any of Disney's Pooh crap merchandise, kindly hit me with a copy of this post wrapped around a clue-by-four. From Boing Boing.