tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post6541559894904452405..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: Let's Play Catch-UpAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-63490288594545156352010-03-01T08:39:30.412-05:002010-03-01T08:39:30.412-05:00Anne, you can't possibly be off-topic. Whatev...Anne, you can't possibly be off-topic. Whatever you are blogging about magically becomes the topic!<br /><br />BTW, I just read a light, fun, book about bored gods: "Gods Behaving Badly".sott'Eosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-90770329701716100122010-02-28T22:56:43.183-05:002010-02-28T22:56:43.183-05:00well, the readers of my blog paid all of annie'...well, the readers of my blog paid all of annie's vet bills when she was sick..Pen put up a paypal on my blog and said jackie needs help with her vet bills for her beloved annie..and they paid for it all. which makes them the finest people i know..yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-69417331669568447152010-02-28T18:05:46.243-05:002010-02-28T18:05:46.243-05:00I wasn't thinking about the Red Tent, specific...I wasn't thinking about the Red Tent, specifically (although if it comes complete with serving boys bearing alcohol, snacks and a good novel or two and then leaving quietly, I'd be happy to stay a spell...). I was just thinking that even among those who might possibly (and considering the hejirah, only possibly) trace themselves back to that tribe don't need to stop tracing at that point-there are Gods and Goddesses, bored and otherwise aplenty.<br /><br />As for why you write? Isn't it because we read?Lavanahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295089071497942411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-71939598884638559522010-02-28T17:33:56.260-05:002010-02-28T17:33:56.260-05:00Well, you say. What difference does it make if my ...<i>Well, you say. What difference does it make if my ancestors lived in Ireland, or Norway, or the Smoky Mountains in the days of yore? I'm here to tell you. Just as if you put your ear to a seashell to hear the ocean roar, so should you put your ear to your soul to hear the voices of the gods. Your ancestors' gods, not someone else's ancestor's gods. There's been no end of boredom dealt out to deities in the name of religious "progress."</i><br /><br />Now, that, my dear friends, is prose.Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291488568404382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-36769189473660393482010-02-28T16:21:39.709-05:002010-02-28T16:21:39.709-05:00I must admit that the notion of a red tent has alw...I must admit that the notion of a red tent has always appealed to me, L. My instincts tell me that while the women in that tribe were lounging together around their shrine, mine were digging in the muck, planting root vegetables.Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083739996560380258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-41372395916270426072010-02-28T13:23:20.690-05:002010-02-28T13:23:20.690-05:00Alex, I read your gnashings...
Anne, it is possibl...Alex, I read your gnashings...<br />Anne, it is possibly that my ancestry may go back to that particular eastern Mediterranean tribe, but it that case, it goes back even further-to the glorious Goddesses worshipped by Sarah, Rachel and Rebecca, and those Goddesses have more in common with the Devas where I live now, than that putative jealous male one...Lavanahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295089071497942411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-76848462272630685352010-02-28T09:47:00.264-05:002010-02-28T09:47:00.264-05:00You had me with rat finks. Just bought 5 more.You had me with rat finks. Just bought 5 more.Mr64noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-57980242946912670142010-02-27T22:56:01.304-05:002010-02-27T22:56:01.304-05:00Now I know why "The Chronicles" is in su...Now I know why "The Chronicles" is in such a funk....my railings and gnashing of teeth are no different than the 247,762,973 other blogs our that railing away and gnashing teeth like there's no tommorrow, not to mention the fact that what happens here on this square acre of sand is just....sigh....BORING. However, my blog has ONE redeeming social value.......wait for it.......it has a link to THIS wonderful blog! Why, I should get as much credit for aiming lost souls at their redemption as Peter got for his putting such a successfull spin on that dead nice guy! <br /><br />You had me with with buzzards........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-25765351737756693022010-02-27T22:02:57.417-05:002010-02-27T22:02:57.417-05:00"Just as if you put your ear to a seashell to..."Just as if you put your ear to a seashell to hear the ocean roar, so should you put your ear to your soul to hear the voices of the gods. Your ancestors' gods, not someone else's ancestor's gods."<br /><br />Beautiful and true.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05064011094705826658noreply@blogger.com