Trivium

I had assumed Australia's state religion was Anglicanism: our head of state is also the head of the Church of England, and sessions of Parliament open with the Lord's Prayer. Apparently, however, our Constitution actually forbids the establishment of a state religion. Y'learn something new every day.

Why the time to get out of fandom is NOW #87465

... Reason magazine just noticed us. (Follow the link therein to Guy Clapperton's full posting - it's insightful and sensible.)

(Actually, it's a pretty decent article, and expresses Why Fandom Must Die - our possessive, unimaginative, whiny jealousy.)

Yet more Passover

Tonight: pwunkin snoop, tuna salad, baked sweet potato.

I must be suffering from a general Easter overload - I've been trying to grasp the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation. Found a FAQ which explained the Aristotlean concept of the essential identity of a thing, its substantia, as opposed to its accidens, or the things about it which can be changed without changing that identity - I'd still be Kate with different coloured eyes, I'd still be sitting in a chair if it had arms, etc. When I got it, my first thought was "Oh, like Otherkin, then."