nettle’s blog Vox 2007-04-12T23:01:45Z Nettle http://nettle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d09e51a48bbe2b/ *sigh* tag:vox.com,2007-04-12:asset-6a00d09e51a48bbe2b00cd97217c844cd5 2007-04-12T23:01:45Z 2007-04-12T23:01:45Z Nettle http://nettle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom God made mud. God got lonesome. So God said to some of the mud, "Sit up!" "See all I've made," said God, "the hills, the sea, the sky, the stars." And I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look around. Lucky me, lucky mud. I, mud, sat up an...

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]]> QotD: I Knew You Were Going To Ask That tag:vox.com,2007-04-09:asset-6a00d09e51a48bbe2b00d09e626e0cbe2b 2007-04-09T12:15:44Z 2007-04-09T12:15:44Z Nettle http://nettle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Do you have a sixth sense? How do you experience it? I am a food psychic. I can look at any restaurant and tell you if it's good or not. What's more, you can set me down in any unfamiliar neighborhod, anywhere, and I can find a good restaurant....

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]]> QotD: Three Wishes! tag:vox.com,2007-03-16:asset-6a00d09e51a48bbe2b00d41428cfeb3c7f 2007-03-16T23:28:13Z 2007-03-16T23:28:13Z Nettle http://nettle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom If you could have three wishes from a genie, what would they be? Submitted by tatteredhalo. Anyone familiar with folklore, or who has watched enough episodes of The Twilight Zone, knows how dangerous wishes can be. Wish for world peace? Every h...

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]]> All the charm of a scholarly work, with the scholarship of a popular history tag:vox.com,2007-03-07:asset-6a00d09e51a48bbe2b00cd971864874cd5 2007-03-07T01:04:45Z 2007-03-07T04:22:05Z Nettle http://nettle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Druids

Ellis' "The Druids" a a study of the ancient Druids, combining archaeology and references from classical literature in order to describe what is and isn't known about the intellectual caste of the ancient Celts. Ellis explicitly states that he wa...

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]]> There is nothing wrong with me. tag:vox.com,2007-03-02:asset-6a00d09e51a48bbe2b00d41422d3486a47 2007-03-02T03:52:37Z 2007-04-23T19:44:06Z Nettle http://nettle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I had to look something up for an article on autism and accidentally stumbled into a whole world of autistic bloggers. Below are three that I particularly enjoyed reading: Autism Demonized Autism Diva Ballastexistenz (this one is more than just e...

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]]> QotD: First Celebrity Crush tag:vox.com,2007-02-26:asset-6a00d09e51a48bbe2b00d41424637e3c7f 2007-02-26T23:03:17Z 2007-02-26T23:03:17Z Nettle http://nettle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Barnabas

Who was your first celebrity crush? Submitted by Glory. I'm not sure I've ever had a "celebrity crush" - my crushes are generally on fictional characters. Usually, if I've fallen in love with a fictional character who is played by a particular ...

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]]> Avalon Within tag:vox.com,2007-02-26:asset-6a00d09e51a48bbe2b00d4141dad87685e 2007-02-26T03:45:21Z 2007-02-28T15:50:46Z Nettle http://nettle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Avalon Within: Inner Sovereignty and Personal Transformation Through the Avalonian Mysteries

I read this book this week, while I was on my Internet fast and reading all the stuff on my shelf that I hadn't gotten to yet. It uses the Avalonian landscape - that is, landscape features from the vicinity of Glastonbury Tor - as the basis for ...

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]]> internet fast! tag:vox.com,2007-02-26:asset-6a00d09e51a48bbe2b00d4141dac0a685e 2007-02-26T03:22:05Z 2007-02-26T03:22:05Z Nettle http://nettle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom This evening concludes a one-week internet fast. Last weekend, I went deep into meditation, traveled into the Otherworld, and met with the wise old crone who is one of my spiritual guides. I said, "Help me, please, I feel tired and stuck, and my s...

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]]> What do I want to be when I grow up? tag:vox.com,2007-02-18:asset-6a00d09e51a48bbe2b00d4142248203c7f 2007-02-18T20:48:39Z 2007-02-21T12:34:41Z Nettle http://nettle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I didn't get to start college until I was 25. For some reason, before the age of 25 if you are not married or a parent, you are considered dependent upon your parents for the purposed of educational financial aid. This means that at the very ...

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]]> QotD: Favorite Poem tag:vox.com,2007-02-17:asset-6a00d09e51a48bbe2b00d4141fa2516a47 2007-02-17T17:35:27Z 2007-02-26T03:26:27Z Nettle http://nettle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom What is one of your favorite poems? Submitted by marvel is my pen name. I do not have a favorite poem - it would be like having a favorite food; so many are luscious and wonderful, how could anyone pick just one? Below is one that I love, and ...

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