Sometimes there is so much conflicting advice you have to figure it out for yourself.

Posted by Venerable High Pope Swanage I, Cogent Animal of Our Lady of Discord 24 April 2009 at 01:21PM

A hobby like motorcycling is a great way to illustrate this. I had someone today tell me that I should not lean in the direction of the turn while turning on a motorcycle.

Announcing a new holiday in celebration of Our Lady of Discord

Posted by Venerable High Pope Swanage I, Cogent Animal of Our Lady of Discord 13 April 2009 at 08:27AM

Dear friends, adventurers, and fellow Paratheoanametamystiks, I exercise great privilege as Pope in announcing and describing for you a new holiday to celebrate Our Lady of Discord: Irrefflery.

Many of your friends, relatives, and loved ones may be inclined to celebrate an ancient pagan ritual, Eostre, on the first Sunday after a full moon following the vernal equinox. In your travels you may have been invited to some number of events of celebration of this ancient Pagan ritual, and in many cases you may find that the celebrations have diverged wildly from their original roots as all things which fall under Eris' purview are prone to do.

I offer now a celebration which is quite distinctly a further iteration of this celebrational drift, Irrefflery, which is a very simple ritual that everyone may enjoy. The core elements are quite simple meaning it shouldn't be too hard to keep it straight after a lot of drinking on Saturday or to organize at the last minute. Irrefflery is a self describing celebration as its form can best be described as a portmanteau of irreverence, waffles, and revelry. Core to Irrefflery:

Zombie Movies
Many of our friends who celebrate Eostre do so with the conviction that a historical figure of admiration rose from the dead. In an expression of friendship and mutual appreciation we will celebrate with theatrical performances of many people doing the same thing!
Waffles
Waffles are delicious, and what better cause for celebration is there than eating some?
Celebration
Gather your friends and enjoy Irrefflery together so that the joy of this holiday can spread throughout the world!

Enjoy Irrefflery each year! Or don't.

I've really been lazy about exercise

Posted by Venerable High Pope Swanage I, Cogent Animal of Our Lady of Discord 11 April 2009 at 10:45AM

I am trying to do a very simple small amount every morning. It takes me all of two minutes to do a feeble number of crunches and pushups, not enough to break a sweat, but enough that the muscles are starting to feel tight.

I'd like to get back in the habit of doing more exercise regularly, but every time I try, I push beyond what I can recover from in a reasonable time span and end up not doing it at all, so maybe starting off with something pitiful and slowly building from there can let me get back into the swing of things.

I'm a little disappointed with myself for having gotten to this stage, but at least maybe this will work and I can do something about it.