Everything2 New Writeupshttps://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed2024-03-29T07:06:48ZMarch 28, 2024 (log)http://everything2.com/user/passalidae/writeups/March+28%252C+2024passalidaehttp://everything2.com/user/passalidae2024-03-29T06:34:16Z2024-03-29T06:34:16Z<h3>Latin and the Celts</h3>
<p>I am insufficiently yet overly caffeinated, operating on little sleep, and smothered in stress. <a href="/title/Latin">Latin</a>, latin, latin. I greatly miss when I thought learning the <a href="/title/declension">declension</a> tables was the hard part.</p>
<p>First declension I was like "oh, this is a lot." </p>
<p>Second declension I was like "what the fuck, neuters?" </p>
<p>Third declension, I was like "okay I think that's enough declensions for me." </p>
<p>I learned the fourth and fifth declensions after the relative pronoun and a bunch of types of <a href="/title/ablative">ablatives</a>, so I was like "this is such a nice break. Thank you for only giving me a declension this week instead of throwing me another relative pronoun." </p>
<p>Now I have to deal with all these ablatives, and also <a href="/title/participle">participles</a>, which I just barely barely comprehend. Now I'm learning about the ablative absolute, the <a href="/title/passive+periphrastic">passive periphrastic</a>, the <a href="/title/dative">dative</a> of agent, and I'm just sitting here like... dude. I just got done with <a href="/title/spring+break">spring break</a>, and I need<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Hamlet's Problems (essay)http://everything2.com/user/agoodmixture/writeups/Hamlet%2527s+Problemsagoodmixturehttp://everything2.com/user/agoodmixture2024-03-29T06:23:23Z2024-03-29T06:23:23Z<p><em>Work in progress, likely to update this over time.</em></p>
<p>All writers, fundamentally, are custodians of attention. <a href="/title/Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a> is perhaps the most able manager of audience attention that has ever lived, and my personal interest in him stems from wondering what we can learn from him as a writer. <a href="/title/%253Cem%253EHamlet">Hamlet" class='populated' ><em>Hamlet</a></em> is an interesting case study because his project is to revive an old <a href="/title/genre">genre</a>, which is very hard to do at a mature point in a genre’s history, and yet he does it so spectacularly that <em>Hamlet</em> is commonly regarded not just as Shakespeare's first undisputed masterpiece but also as a high-water mark of all world literature.</p>
<p>As a manager of attention, Shakespeare is doing everything that he can possibly do to in <em>Hamlet</em> keep your brain away from things that are sand traps for writers. He is turning your attention into knots and making balloon animals out of it so that you are not focused on the things that are often<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…middle of summer how crazy it was (poetry)http://everything2.com/user/lostcauser/writeups/middle+of+summer+how+crazy+it+waslostcauserhttp://everything2.com/user/lostcauser2024-03-29T03:00:06Z2024-03-29T03:00:06Z<p> </p>
<p>The way he laughed and how he shook his <a href="/title/head">head</a> </p>
<p>I was young and in <a href="/title/love">love</a></p>
<p>I smiled and looked up from my <a href="/title/book">book</a> </p>
<p>and he said </p>
<p>remember that <a href="/title/camping+trip">camping trip</a> we went on</p>
<p><a href="/title/middle">middle</a> of <a href="/title/summer">summer</a> </p>
<p>how <a href="/title/crazy">crazy</a> it was</p>
<p><a href="/title/tent">tent</a> leaked the first <a href="/title/night">night</a> </p>
<p>and we thought we heard <a href="/title/bears">bears</a> </p>
<p>spent <a href="/title/hours">hours</a> the next <a href="/title/morning">morning</a> trying to catch <a href="/title/trout">trout</a> </p>
<p>that <a href="/title/old-timer">old-timer</a> told us </p>
<p>stop using <a href="/title/bait">bait</a> you buy in the <a href="/title/store">store</a> </p>
<p>use <a href="/title/corn">corn</a> he said </p>
<p>and we ate <a href="/title/rainbow+trout">rainbow trout</a> for <a href="/title/dinner">dinner</a> that <a href="/title/night">night</a> </p>
<p>the <a href="/title/day">day</a> after that we went to the <a href="/title/caverns">caverns</a> </p>
<p><a href="/title/stalactites">stalactites</a> and <a href="/title/stalagmites">stalagmites</a> all lit up in <a href="/title/colors">colors</a></p>
<p>and Jeremy our <a href="/title/guide">guide</a> </p>
<p>asked what we saw in the <a href="/title/limestone">limestone</a> <a href="/title/formations">formations</a></p>
<p>and <a href="/title/people">people</a> said <a href="/title/animals">animals</a> </p>
<p><a href="/title/mountains">mountains</a> and trees</p>
<p>one <a href="/title/guy">guy</a> said a <a href="/title/nativity+scene">nativity scene</a> </p>
<p>the whole <a href="/title/trip">trip</a> was crazy </p>
<p>remember he said</p>
<p>and I smiled and replied </p>
<p>crazy<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…I try to write you a love song but it comes out a lament (poetry)http://everything2.com/user/weroland/writeups/I+try+to+write+you+a+love+song+but+it+comes+out+a+lamentwerolandhttp://everything2.com/user/weroland2024-03-29T01:38:39Z2024-03-29T01:38:39Z<p align="center"><a href="/title/yucky">yucky</a> mucky icky dew<br>
yucky <a href="/title/mucky">mucky</a> icky blue<br>
yucky mucky <a href="/title/icky">icky</a> green<br>
yucky mucky - still <a href="/title/pristine">pristine</a></p>
<p align="center">yucky mucky icky jam<br>
yucky muck-<a href="/title/green+eggs+and+ham">green eggs and ham</a><br>
yucky mucky icky Sam,<br>
I do not like green eggs and ham</p>
<p align="center">yucky mucky icky <a href="/title/dew">dew</a><br>
yucky mucky <a href="/title/cannot+chew">cannot chew</a><br>
yucky mucky <a href="/title/algae+pond">algae pond</a><br>
icky without a <a href="/title/magic+wand">magic wand</a></p>
<p align="center">yucky mucky <a href="/title/lucky+ducky">lucky ducky</a><br>
yucky walks now with a <a href="/title/hirple">hirple</a><br>
yucky yucky <a href="/title/yackity+sax">yackity sax</a><br>
I wish I had some <a href="/title/purple">purple</a> <a href="/title/#">yaks</a></p>
<p align="center">or a purple ducky<br>
or some brand new teeth<br>
or free health care<br>
yucky mucky icky decay</p>
<p align="right"><small><i>with gratitude and apologies to <a href="/title/Angela">Angela</a></i></small></p>
<br>
<p><small><small><b>Nothing Found</b><br>
Sorry, but nothing matching "we" was found.<br>
<br>
we already exists.</small></small></p>Walls and Bridges (personal)http://everything2.com/user/Intentions/writeups/Walls+and+BridgesIntentionshttp://everything2.com/user/Intentions2024-03-28T17:30:10Z2024-03-28T17:30:10Z<p>I've made a habit of asking twice, tripping up the rhythm of <a href="/title/The+Social+Contract">social niceties</a>. The cashier or whomever will ask "How are you?", "How's it going?" <a href="/title/polite+conversation">etc.</a> <a href="/title/Emily+Post%2527s+Etiquette">etc.</a> And sometimes I'll answer with a smidgen of honesty, sometimes I'm noncommittal. But the important part, the fun part, is when I return the question and they give me the automatic answer and I hit back with a "<a href="/title/Really%253F">Really?</a>"</p>
<p>When I started I was delighted and amazed at how much honesty asking one more question could bring. The wall comes down; the mask comes off <a href="/title/we+were+polite%252C+we+did+not+fall+apart">for a moment</a>, they take a breath and become a person again and more often than not they give me a real answer. It's not as if they get into super personal details or <a href="/title/Ramblings+of+the+lonely">deliver a life story</a> but they do give me a true answer and often with supporting details. It makes me think that maybe too many of us are looking for someone who just wants to<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…hirple (thing)http://everything2.com/user/wertperch/writeups/hirplewertperchhttp://everything2.com/user/wertperch2024-03-27T21:58:41Z2024-03-27T21:58:41Z<p><b>verb—to limp (Scots)</b></p>
<p>It's also one of very few English words that rhyme with <i>purple</i>.</p>
<p><a href="/title/webster1913">webster1913</a> has failed to define this, so as a public service, I am delighted to bring you this bit of Scots dialect, which simply means to <a href="/title/limp%252C+hobble%252C+or+drag+a+leg">limp, hobble, or drag a leg</a>. As one currently suffering from <a href="/title/peripheral+vascular+disease">peripheral vascular disease</a> leading to <a href="/title/intermittent+claudication">intermittent claudication</a>·, I feel I am in the ideal position to clear up this bit of E2's knowledge gap.</p>
<p>
<br><a href="/title/xclip">xclip</a>-o |<a href="/title/wc">wc</a> -w
<br>76</p>sometimes things that look scary can be so beautiful, if you give them a chance (personal)http://everything2.com/user/Intentions/writeups/sometimes+things+that+look+scary+can+be+so+beautiful%252C+if+you+give+them+a+chanceIntentionshttp://everything2.com/user/Intentions2024-03-27T04:51:09Z2024-03-27T04:51:09Z<p>The summer before my Junior year of High School we took a <a href="/title/My+first+road+trip">family road trip</a> across the country to visit colleges. The middle is an entirely different story. <a href="/title/My+Dad+in+the+Desert">The story</a> I want to tell is near the end when we were all tired and growing sick of each other.</p>
<p>My father has always been <a href="/title/Are+you+an+angry+person%253F">a very angry man</a>. Korean is a spectacular language to be mad in and he's the kind of person with a big loud shouty voice coming out of a face and neck that grow redder and <a href="/title/A+simple+expression+of+rage+and+frustration">redder</a> as he gets louder and louder. Everything about <a href="/title/Anger%252C+shaped+like+a+man">him</a> really complimented <a href="/title/pure%252C+unadulterated+rage">the anger</a> and he was a figure of absolute terror in my childhood. As we grew older he <a href="/title/Tired+of+being+angry">mellowed out</a> more but the old memories persisted. And he was still the kind of person who after a loud fight with my mother in the middle of said road trip,<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Coffea stenophylla (thing)http://everything2.com/user/wertperch/writeups/Coffea+stenophyllawertperchhttp://everything2.com/user/wertperch2024-03-26T18:31:08Z2024-03-26T18:31:08Z<p>
<b>A "lost" species of coffee from West Africa, “Highland Coffee of Sierra Leone.”</b>
</p>
<blockquote><br /><p align="center">
<i>"t is widely known that our beloved Arabica coffee in being impacted by climate change, and so the results of the study are extremely exciting. Our analysis shows that stenophylla coffee grows at substantially higher temperatures than Arabica, providing the sort of robust differences we need if we are to have any chance of a sustainable coffee sector under climate change."</i>
<br />
— Justin Moat, of <a href="/title/Kew+Gardens">Kew Gardens</a>
<!-- close mismatched tag --></p></blockquote><br />
<p>
Stenophylla, meaning "narrow leaves", was at one time cultivated on a small scale throughout Africa, but it later vanished as a cultivated crop, and was rediscovered in the late 1800s. During the 20th century people began to take interest in it again, particularly in light of the possibility of increasing temperatures as a result of climate change.
</p><p>
Like it or not, believe it or not, our world climate is changing, and<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…March 26, 2024 (log)http://everything2.com/user/Intentions/writeups/March+26%252C+2024Intentionshttp://everything2.com/user/Intentions2024-03-26T17:35:08Z2024-03-26T17:35:08Z<p>After 14 years I'm finally doing it. I'm finally methodically going through all my <a href="/title/bookmarks">bookmarks</a>. Nodes I wanted to read later, Nodes I ran out of votes for. Nodes I wanted to C!. Nodes whose titles I really liked and either wanted to steal or hoped their content was as good as the title. Nodes that have great softlinks to check out later. Nodes that were really hard to find. Nodes I can't figure out why I bookmarked. Apparently I also collected Users who I was fairly sure would not return? I'm not even sure how I found some of these. Some of them I'm still keeping. But I've removed close to 200 I think and I'm not even halfway through the A's.</p>
<p>I will say it is lovely to dive into these weird bits of the <a href="/title/nodegel">nodegel</a> There are some gems in there that may never again see the light of day.</p>
<p>That a lot of these are simply migrating to another list is a issue for future <a href="/title/Intentions">Intentions</a>.</p>memento mori (idea)http://everything2.com/user/wertperch/writeups/memento+moriwertperchhttp://everything2.com/user/wertperch2024-03-26T17:14:20Z2024-03-26T17:14:20Z<b>A personal view</b>
<p align="center">
<blockquote><p align="center">
All you that do this place pass bye<br />
Remember death for you must die<br />
As you are now so then was I<br />
And as I am, so that you be.
x<br />
—<a href="https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/20823197.weird-norfolk-norfolks-memento-mori/">Thomas Gooding's gravestone in Norwich Cathedral</a>
</p></blockquote><p>
Thomas Gooding had been a mason in life and probably worked on the cathedral in which he is now inhumed, buried upright to facilitate his easy resurrection. His epitaph is a reminder to all who pass that <i>life is to be lived</i>. Accepting that death exists should not be a morbid thought or philosophy, but an inspiration to live one's life to the fullest.
</p><p>
This concept surrounding death has been familiar to me since I was about seven years old. A near neighbour died, and my parents had a conversation with me about what it all meant. Death to my parents wasn't scary; they were truly Christians and believed that the good<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Silicon Slave (idea)http://everything2.com/user/go+ahead+I%2527ll+listen/writeups/Silicon+Slavego ahead I'll listenhttp://everything2.com/user/go+ahead+I%2527ll+listen2024-03-26T01:23:02Z2024-03-26T01:23:02Z<p><em>"<a href="/title/old+man">doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you</a>"</em></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Why aren't you going out? Why would you want to stay in and watch a movie? Why wouldn't you want to come out with us? Why don't you want to go do something? Why would you want to just stay cooped up all the time? Why wouldn't you want to go exercise in a public space? Why wouldn't you want the chance to meet someone new? Why are you so dependent on your friends? Why don't you follow through on things? Why won't you go to the wedding? Why won't you put down the phone? Why don't you get up and do something about it?</p>
<p> </p>
<p><em>"<a href="/title/all+the+nation%2527s+airports">it can't just be nothing</em><br><em>there must be some reason you act so sore</em><br><em>when we're having a good time</a>"</em></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Why isn't this important to you? Why are we not in agreement? Why can't you see how much easier and better everything would be if you would just behave like a normal person? We're going. Aren't you coming with<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Silicon Slave (fiction)http://everything2.com/user/gate/writeups/Silicon+Slavegatehttp://everything2.com/user/gate2024-03-26T00:27:57Z2024-03-26T00:27:57Z<p>"<a href="/title/I+think+mom+died">I think mom died</a> yesterday. They're telling me different things."</p>
<p>"Already? I thought <a href="/title/things+were+still+pretty+stable">things were still pretty stable</a>."</p>
<p>"Maybe <a href="/title/they+took+a+sudden+turn">they took a sudden turn</a>. I don't know. You need to call them."</p>
<p>"Yes, you're right."</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>"Hello?"</p>
<p>"Yes, I'm the son of Elizabeth Meisch. Can you <a href="/title/tell+me+her+condition">tell me her condition</a>?"</p>
<p>"I'm sorry sir, I'm afraid <a href="/title/she+has+passed">she has passed</a>."</p>
<p>"When did this happen?"</p>
<p>"<a href="/title/Two+days+ago">Two days ago</a> I believe."</p>
<p>"Why wasn't I notified?"</p>
<p>"<a href="/title/I+don%2527t+know+the+answer">I don't know the answer</a> to that I'm afraid. I'll go obtain that information."</p>
<p>"No, it's okay. <a href="/title/That%2527s+not+important">That's not important</a>."</p>
<p>"What would you like us to do now?"</p>
<p>"I need to <a href="/title/get+her+affairs+in+order">get her affairs in order</a>. Sorry I can't think right now. I'll call you back."</p>
<p>"We'll be waiting sir."</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>"Hello, it's me."</p>
<p>"What did you find out?"</p>
<p>"Nothing important. What do you think we should do?"</p>
<p>"I think <a href="/title/we+need+to+fly+down+there">we need to fly down there</a>."</p>
<p>"How long do<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Anthony Newley (person)http://everything2.com/user/panamaus/writeups/Anthony+Newleypanamaushttp://everything2.com/user/panamaus2024-03-25T18:35:49Z2024-03-25T18:35:49Z<p><a href="/title/British">British</a> entertainment <a href="/title/legend">legend</a> <strong>George Anthony Newley</strong> (September 24, 1931 — April 14, 1999) was an immensely talented performer and songwriter, composing <a href="/title/Grammy">Grammy</a>- and <a href="/title/Academy+Award">Academy Award</a>-winning hits and appearing in dozens of films. His career was filled with strange left turns that serve to explain why he resists being easily defined. A "<a href="/title/triple+threat">triple threat</a>" with a beautifully distinctive voice and over<a href="/title/enunciate">enunciate</a>d singing style that inspired imitators, he was inducted into the <a href="/title/Songwriters+Hall+of+Fame">Songwriters Hall of Fame</a> in 1989.</p>
<p><strong>Early Life</strong></p>
<p>Born into poverty in Oswald Street in the East <a href="/title/London">London</a> district of <a href="/title/Hackney">Hackney</a>, his parents Frances Grace "Gracie" Newley and George Kirby were not married, and he was raised mostly by his mother and stepfather, Ronald Gardner. Like many London children during World War II, he was evacuated to the pastoral suburbs in <a href="/title/Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a> during <a href="/title/the+Blitz">the Blitz</a>. Though teachers considered him to be very bright, he dropped out of school at<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…99% humidity (poetry)http://everything2.com/user/Intentions/writeups/99%2525+humidityIntentionshttp://everything2.com/user/Intentions2024-03-25T02:27:13Z2024-03-25T02:27:13Z<p>A sticky film covering
<br>every available
<br>piece of <a href="/title/What+it+feels+like+on+bare+skin">skin</a>.
<br>Little beads joining,
<br><a href="/title/Time+is+dripping">dripping</a>, dropping,
<br>wicking energy away<a href="/title/It+will+be+a+hot+day+and+these+two+ice+cubes.+We+will+melt%252C+become+one.">.</a></p>
<p>Good thing then
<br>I was already inclined
<br>to move oh so <a href="/title/oh+ever+so+slowly">slowly</a>.
<br>Taking in every sound,
<br>every <a href="/title/It+is+the+scent+of+women+that+guides+a+man">scent</a><a href="/title/A+scent+that+threatened+to+disperse+me+in+particles+of+hope">,</a>
<br>that finds itself as
<br>trapped in this <a href="/title/Half+a+peach%252C+glistening">wet</a>
<br>as <a href="/title/heat%252C+and+your+hands">I</a> <a href="/title/Just+being+quiet+and+close">am</a>.</p>
<p><a href="/title/Summer+storm">This</a> <a href="/title/tiny+involuntary+movements+of+desire">sticky</a> <a href="/title/Lying+saturated+beside+you">slick</a> <a href="/title/Afterwards%252C+in+the+stillness+of+exhaustion">heaven</a><a href="/title/The+meadow%252C+dark+and+moist.">.</a></p>Which version of DOS should I run on my vintage PC? (essay)http://everything2.com/user/locke+baron/writeups/Which+version+of+DOS+should+I+run+on+my+vintage+PC%253Flocke baronhttp://everything2.com/user/locke+baron2024-03-24T02:05:58Z2024-03-24T02:05:58Z<p>So, you have a shiny vintage PC, of the sort of era where it would run <a href="/title/DOS">DOS</a> (plus maybe <a href="/title/Windows">Windows</a> 1, 2, 3.x, <a href="/title/GEM">GEM</a>, <a href="/title/PC-GEOS">PC-GEOS</a> or <a href="/title/Deskmate">Deskmate</a>), and not <a href="/title/Windows+9x">Windows 9x</a>, <a href="/title/Windows+NT">Windows NT</a>, <a href="/title/OS%252F2">OS/2</a> or <a href="/title/Unix">Unix</a>. But it doesn't have an OS on it, and you're looking at <a href="/title/WinworldPC">WinworldPC</a> and marveling at just how many different versions of DOS there actually were, and wondering which one is actually right for you.</p>
<p><strong>TL;DR</strong> - Is there an actual definitive "best DOS"? <strong>No.</strong> PC DOS 2000, if you must have a quick answer, but even that comes with some caveats.</p>
<p>I'm going to ignore <a href="/title/PTS-DOS">PTS-DOS</a>, <a href="/title/Wendin+DOS">Wendin DOS</a>, <a href="/title/DOS+Plus">DOS Plus</a>, <a href="/title/Concurrent+DOS">Concurrent DOS</a>, <a href="/title/ROM-DOS">ROM-DOS</a> and a few other variations because they're difficult to get, special-purpose, or mostly a curiosity. There's also the issue with licensing - to make a long story short, except for FreeDOS and certain limited parts of certain versions of DR DOS, all DOS is copyrighted software. It's mostly <a href="/title/abandonware">abandonware</a>, so it's overwhelmingly likely that nobody<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Miraheze (thing)http://everything2.com/user/passalidae/writeups/Mirahezepassalidaehttp://everything2.com/user/passalidae2024-03-23T22:57:57Z2024-03-23T22:57:57Z<p>Miraheze is a "<a href="/title/wiki+farm">wiki farm</a>", (the <a href="/title/Wikimedia">Wikimedia</a> support wiki uses such a term to mean "a 'farm' that grows wikis", which isn't much clearer. They are a large-scale wikihost.) They are a free, ad-free wiki host, funded through donation, and they currently host 8,800 wikis. They run the latest version of <a href="/title/Mediawiki">Mediawiki</a> which is the same software Wikipedia uses, and as a result their wikis look and feel just like <a href="/title/Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>. The farm is operated by a non-profit and you keep the rights to all your own work. </p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<p>On the main page of their support wiki, they list the following features:</p>
<ul>
<li>It's free, and there are no ads.</li>
<li>You can add over 300 extensions, and there are dozens of "skins" for your wiki.</li>
<li>Running the latest version of Mediawiki</li>
<li>Volunteer customer support</li>
<li><a href="/title/open+source">Open-source</a> code.</li>
<li>Custom domains are possible.</li>
<li>All wikis have <a href="/title/HTTPS">HTTPS</a>, and have <a href="/title/CSS">CSS</a> templates.</li>
<li>Free image repository.</li>
</ul>
…I did not miss what my body did not remember, until it was reminded (poetry)http://everything2.com/user/SweetieB0y/writeups/I+did+not+miss+what+my+body+did+not+remember%252C+until+it+was+remindedSweetieB0yhttp://everything2.com/user/SweetieB0y2024-03-23T22:55:52Z2024-03-23T22:55:52Z<p>Unsure if we're here again
<br>or <a href="/title/I+know+I+have+been+dreaming">if</a> we never left
<br>the only thing for certain
<br>the fire stil<a href="/title/You+know+our+love+will+not+fade+away">l</a> burns</p>
<p>reassurin<a href="/title/I+can+quit+any+time+I+want">g</a> each other the
<br>lines are crystal clear
<br>all the while blinde<a href="/title/I+can%2527t+remember+why+I+thought+this+was+a+bad+idea">d</a> by
<br>the flame we're playing with.</p>
<p>the hea<a href="/title/The+flame+to+end+all+flames">t</a> most intoxicating
<br>the moment before it <a href="/title/The+pain+is+honest+in+itself">hurts.</a></p>Occultism (idea)http://everything2.com/user/weroland/writeups/Occultismwerolandhttp://everything2.com/user/weroland2024-03-23T21:46:26Z2024-03-23T21:46:26Z<p align="right"><small><a href="/title/Principia+Discordia">Principia Discordia</a><br><a href="/title/Western+esoteric+tradition">00061</a></small></p>
<p align="center">"<i>Study Demonology with an Enemy This Sunday</i>"<br>
-- <a href="/title/Thom%252CGnos">Thom,Gnos</a></p>
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<h1 align="center">=ON=<br>
⚞ <big>O</big>CCULTISM ⚟</h1>
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<blockquote>Magicians, especially since the <a href="/title/Gnostic">Gnostic</a> and the <a href="/title/Qabalistic">Qabalistic</a> influences, have sought higher consciousness through assimilation and control of universal opposites -- <a href="/title/good">good</a>/<a href="/title/evil">evil</a>, <a href="/title/positive">positive</a>/<a href="/title/negative">negative</a>, <a href="/title/male">male</a>/<a href="/title/female">female</a>, etc. (<a href="/title/Every+explicit+duality+is+an+implicit+unity.">Every explicit duality is an implicit unity.</a>) But due to the steadfast <a href="/title/pomposity+of+ritualism">pomposity of ritualism</a> inherited from the ancient <a href="/title/Shamanic+Principles">methods of the shaman</a>, occultists have been blinded to what is perhaps the two most important pairs of apparent or earth-plane <a href="/title/Table+of+the+Opposites">opposites</a>:<br> <a href="/title/ORDER">ORDER</a>/<a href="/title/DISORDER">DISORDER</a> and <a href="/title/SERIOUS">SERIOUS</a>/<a href="/title/HUMOROUS">HUMOROUS</a>.</blockquote>
<h2 align="center">TESTS BY DOCTORS PROVE <small>IT POSSIBLE <small>TO SHRINK</small></small><!-- close unclosed tag --></h2>…Classification of Saints (thing)http://everything2.com/user/weroland/writeups/Classification+of+Saintswerolandhttp://everything2.com/user/weroland2024-03-23T18:48:04Z2024-03-23T18:48:04Z<p align="right"><small><a href="/title/Principia+Discordia">Principia Discordia</a><br><a href="/title/For+All+the+Saints">00060</a></small></p>
<p><b>It is an <a href="/title/Old+Ones">Old</a> <a href="/title/Erisian+Tradition">Erisian Tradition</a> to <i>never ever ever</i> agree with one another about Saints.*<br>
Ever.</b></p>
<p align="center">"<i>Everybody understands <a href="/title/Mickey+Mouse">Mickey Mouse</a>.<br>
Few understand <a href="/title/Hermann+Hesse">Hermann Hesse</a>.<br>
Only a handful understood <a href="/title/Albert+Einstein">Albert Einstein</a>.<br>
And <a href="/title/nobody">nobody</a> understood <a href="/title/Emperor+Norton+I">Emperor Norton I</a>.</i>"<br>
-- slogan of <a href="/title/Joshua+Norton+Cabal">Joshua Norton Cabal</a> of <a href="/title/San+Francisco">San Francisco</a></p>
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<h1><big>T</big>HE <big>C</big>LASSIFICATION OF <big>S</big>AINTS</h1>
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<li><b>Saint Second Class</b></li>
<p>To be reserved for all human beings deserving of <a href="/title/Sainthood">Sainthood</a>.<br>
Example: St. Norton the First, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico (his grave near San Francisco is an official <a href="/title/POEE">POEE</a> shrine.)</p>
<li><b>Lance Saint</b></li>
<p>Good Saint material and definitely inspiring.<br>
Example: St. <a href="/title/Yossarian">Yossarian</a> (<i><a href="/title/Catch+22">Catch 22</a></i>, <a href="/title/Joseph+Heller">Joseph Heller</a>)</p>
<li><b>Lieutenan<!-- close unclosed tag --></b><!-- close unclosed tag --></li><!-- close unclosed tag --></ol>…The Five Elements (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Pandeism+Fish/writeups/The+Five+ElementsPandeism Fishhttp://everything2.com/user/Pandeism+Fish2024-03-23T07:08:22Z2024-03-23T07:08:22ZThe Five Elements was the <a href="/title/fighting">fighting</a> <a href="/title/style">style</a> practiced by the character <b>Ghost Faced Killer</b> (inspirer of the <a href="/title/Wu-Tang+Clan">Wu-Tang Clan</a> moniker, <a href="/title/Ghostface+Killah">Ghostface Killah</a>) in the movie <i><a href="/title/The+Mystery+of+Chess+Boxing">The Mystery of Chess Boxing</a></i>.<br><br>
A <a href="/title/trope">trope</a> of the film is that each time Ghost Faced Killer shows up to take <a href="/title/revenge">revenge</a> on one of the gang leaders who in the past tried to have the killer killed, he (Ghost Faced Killer) throws a medallion on the ground, by which his victim immediately recognizes who his about-to-be-attacker is, prompting the victim to exclaim, "Ghost Faced Killer"!! Clearly a <a href="/title/motif">motif</a> stolen from the earlier horror film, <i><a href="/title/Bag+of+Crushed+Child">Bag of Crushed Child</a></i>, but I digress. The other thing each victim has in common is their immediate recognition of Ghost Faced Killer's fighting style -- The Five Elements.<br><br>
But The Five Elements is not a <a href="/title/contrivance">contrivance</a> for the film. It is a genuine <a href="/title/Xing+Yi+Quan">Xing Yi Quan</a> fighting style,…Law of Fives (opinion)http://everything2.com/user/everyone/writeups/Law+of+Fiveseveryonehttp://everything2.com/user/everyone2024-03-23T02:12:24Z2024-03-23T02:12:24Z<h1 align="center"><u>A Message from the SSOOKN<br>
regarding the Law of Fives</u></h1>
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<p>It has been frequently observed that the Law of Fives is an insightful commentary on the ability for a human to make connections amongst <a href="/title/disparate">disparate</a>, <a href="/title/discreet">discreet</a> points.</p>
<p>However, what has not been pointed out (<a href="/title/recently">recently</a>) is the connection (<a href="/title/hah">hah</a>!) between <a href="/title/creativity">creativity</a>, <a href="/title/inspiration">inspiration</a>, and joining of <a href="/title/conflicting">conflicting</a> <a href="/title/the+five+elements">elements</a>.</p>
<p>It is also <a href="/title/turn+off+the+instrumentation+and+fly+by+the+seat+of+your+pants+-+an+exercise+in+dead+reckoning">a game that can be played to kick your brain in its ass</a>, and start thinking <a href="/title/I+don%2527t+care+about+society%252C+it+just+gets+in+the+way+of+my+individual+freedom">about things in a new way</a>. It is a method not for revealing <a href="/title/external+world">external</a> <a href="/title/objective+truth">truth</a>, but for <a href="/title/among+the+virtues+of+mirrors+is+also+that+of+revealing+hidden+and+distant+things">revealing hidden paths</a> within your own <a href="/title/consciousness">consciousness</a>.</p>
The connections revealed when…So. Central Rain (thing)http://everything2.com/user/go+ahead+I%2527ll+listen/writeups/So.+Central+Raingo ahead I'll listenhttp://everything2.com/user/go+ahead+I%2527ll+listen2024-03-22T21:31:38Z2024-03-22T21:31:38Z<p>Technical note, for whatever it's worth, the version (or "a" version) with the <a href="/title/Peter+Gabriel">Peter Gabriel</a> Red Rain interpolation can be found on the 25th anniversary edition of "<a href="/title/Document">Document</a>"</p>
<p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3tvctBElFc6oakJii2Sg7T?si=81f3d787d2bc4b59">https://open.spotify.com/track/3tvctBElFc6oakJii2Sg7T?si=81f3d787d2bc4b59</a>
<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr1UA-V3o78">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr1UA-V3o78</a></p>
<p>Also notable that this is a considerably slower paced, stripped down version of the song with only acoustic guitar and vocals present.</p>
<p>Makes all the sense in the world for <a href="/title/Michael+Stipe">Stipe</a> to have been inspired by what Gabriel was doing. Especially in the mid 80s when Stipe was really just starting to bloom as a songwriter. Most of Reckoning(1984), and Murmur before it(83), was filled with pretty meaningless lyricism, more about the sound the words made than the words themselves. Then there's <a href="/title/Fables+of+the+Reconstruction">Fables</a>(85), a true growing pains album and I would argue the most divisive in their entire discography (because <a href="/title/Monster">Monster</a> is actually fairly well-respected,<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Suggestions for E2 (thing)http://everything2.com/user/panamaus/writeups/Suggestions+for+E2panamaushttp://everything2.com/user/panamaus2024-03-22T20:19:43Z2024-03-22T20:19:43Z<p><strong>2024-03-22:</strong> This has bugged me for years... actually, for <em>decades</em>. When you visit the home node of a user who has at some point posted at least one writeup, you will see their "<strong>most recent writeup</strong>" listed. Problem is, if they delete all their writeups, or have all their writeups reparented to another account, and no longer have any writeups, there will still be a working link shown to the writeup that was, by some last calculation, their last. For fled noders who <a href="/title/Asamoth">Asamoth</a>, this will often lead an Editor to that draft document, but for a non-elevated account it will frequently be a dead link.</p>
<p>Fixing this seems trivial to my non-edev eyes. There is already a check being run when you load someone's home node to see if they have any writeups, because if they don't then the "<strong>number of write-ups</strong>" section is not displayed. Couldn't we easily add some code to that check so that it also prevents the display of "<strong>most recent writeup</strong><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…I heard a fly buzz (poetry)http://everything2.com/user/panamaus/writeups/I+heard+a+fly+buzzpanamaushttp://everything2.com/user/panamaus2024-03-22T04:52:57Z2024-03-22T04:52:57Z<blockquote>
<p align="center"><big>465</big></p>
<p>I made a <a href="/title/Nodeshell">Nodeshell</a>—when I died—<br />
The Laughter brought my <a href="/title/Thomas+Edison%2527s+last+breath">Gasps</a><br />
'Twas like the <a href="/title/Fart+in+a+space+suit">Vapours</a> in the Air—<br />
Between these Cheeks of arse—</p>
<p>The Sighs aside—had brung them nigh—<br />
And <a href="/title/e2gods">Gods</a> were gathering sure<br />
For that last Nodeshell—when <a href="/title/wharfinger">wharfinger</a><br />
Be so piss'd—in his Power—</p>
<p>I shed my <a href="/title/%2528Don%2527t+display+in+%2522New+Writeups%2522%2529">Autonode</a>s—nuked away—<br />
What portion of <a href="/title/Voting%252FExperience+System">XP</a><br />
Was made reversible—and then it was—<br />
There interposed some <a href="/title/rise+up%252C+bloody+bones">Bones</a>—</p>
<p>With True and certain stoney <a href="/title/Amanita">Buzz</a>—<br />
Between <a href="/title/There+is+no+nodegel%2521">Nodegel</a>—and me—<br />
And then my Login failed—and then<br />
I could not <a href="/title/node">node</a> you see—</p>
<p align="right">1896<br /><small>with apologies to<!-- close unclosed tag --></small><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></blockquote>…In the end, he could quiet his mind only by dying (poetry)http://everything2.com/user/Intentions/writeups/In+the+end%252C+he+could+quiet+his+mind+only+by+dyingIntentionshttp://everything2.com/user/Intentions2024-03-22T00:18:18Z2024-03-22T00:18:18Z<p>from my heart to my bones
<br>everything in me is <a href="/title/I+Have+No+Mouth%252C+and+I+Must+Scream">scream</a>ing
<br>in a language I can't understand
<br>and I can only blindly <a href="/title/My+Heart+Doesn%2527t+Follow+My+Heart">follow</a> the
<br><a href="/title/follow+us+into+the+black%252C+so+far+that+we+can%2527t+get+back">only voice</a> that quiets the noise.</p>
<p>For a <a href="/title/to+say+%2527yes%2527+to+one+moment+is+to+say+%2527yes%2527+to+all+of+eternity">moment</a> of <a href="/title/Sunrise%252C+at+last%253B+a+silent+noise">peace</a>
<br><a href="/title/I%252C+for+one%252C+welcome+the+release+that+death+will+bring">I</a> would trade <a href="/title/Irreplaceable+Artifacts">anything</a>.</p>