I went to a Civil War re-enactment today. Had a good time, didn't get too sunburned, and took a bunch of pictures: [link]

There was a Union camp, a Confederate camp, a civilian camp, and sutlers area. They seem to take their costuming pretty seriously, and there were some interesting historical/modern contrasts as the re-enactors and the spectators milled about together.

Amusingly, the first cite I found for this was on an ultraconservative pre-Vatican II bitter hardcore website ranting about the ghastly moral relativism of it all.

I would just like to mention how impressed I am that these guys made a website pre-Vatican II. That shows real foresight.

Are we still talking religion? 'Cause I saw a guy downtown today wearing a t-shirt that said "Jesus made me Kosher." What does that even mean??

It means he's edible! Or, possibly, that thanks to Jesus, he's no longer one of the following:

A capitalist pig.
An imperialist running dog.
Eddie Rabbitt.

hey BT! I am going to see an fine antipodean group tonight--Crowded House. I know they are NZ and not Aussie, but still from that neck of the woods.

hey BT! I am going to see an fine antipodean group tonight--Crowded House. I know they are NZ and not Aussie, but still from that neck of the woods.

Good stuff! Actually, while Neil Finn is a Kiwi (and Tim Finn when he was in the band), the other two musicians in the original line-up (Nick Seymour and Paul Hester) are Australian (were in Hester's case, he killed himself in 2005). I think the new line-up has a couple of Americans in it too.

I love Crowded House! Have a great time at the show.

This may just be the best thing I've ever seen. Drag Queen Affirmations. The write up about the service is in the first link. To check out their actual site, follow this link, but beware! The second link has audio. A drag queen singing (loudly and off key), "You are so wonderful! You are so wonderful!"

Dagnabbit. I just remembered I forgot to get either bacon or bananas at the grocery store! I guess it's pb&b after all...

I'm making vegan Spanish omelette for dinner (potatoes and onions in a tofu/saffron/garlic custard -- REALLY good), but it just overflowed a bit while cooking, so now I'm going to have to clean my oven. Ick. (I'm fine with most cleaning chores. I just really hate scrubbing, especially at awkward angles like in an oven.)

wow this is amazing... I just read this book called "will the vampire people please leave the lobby" and it talked all about buffistas, and fandome, and Im think it was by somebody on here named Alkyson, but this is so amazing, I love buffy and the book "will the vampire people please leave the lobby"was great, and now i can actually talk to the people from the book, (that probably didn't make to much sence?) It's like if... u read harry potter and than afterwards went to hogwarts...

We have no sorting hat here, Katrina, so be warned. We also don't (honest!) have a Voldemort, so it might average out.

Anyway--welcome. Click on links! Read up. Hopefully you'll find it comfy. Don't hesitate to ask for directions, if you need them.