03 Jan 2009
Country Life

People who buy homes "in the country" should understand that they're moving into a work zone: farming is not always as tidy and romanitc as it's sometimes pictured.

It reminds me of a line from the song "Country Life" by the English band Show of Hands: "We hate the blood but we want the meat!" Out here, you're gonna get both.

A pile of cattle manure is believed to be the source of a malodorous stench that caused one woman to complain “she almost vomited from the smell,” according to police reports.

A resident of the 2700 block of Yosemite Drive who called police at 5:07 p.m. said her neighbors were also gagging from the odor.

Fire, Lebanon police and Boone County EMS units covered the area from the Park Place subdivision to County Road 300 North before a CTFD unit sniffed out the source: A manure pile at a cattle farm near county roads 250 West and 250 North.

(link) [Lebanon Reporter]

10:44 /Agriculture | 0 comments | permanent link

Generation Faithful: Preaching Moderate Islam

I suspect that those hopeful for the spread of a moderate version of Islam via the tube will ultimately be disappointed - electronic media lend themselves to extremism, as evidenced by the plethora of fundie Christian religious programming in the US. In fact, I can't think of any "liberal" Christian televangelists.

I've often wondered what Heathen themed video might look like. The AFA recently posted some videos covering the 12 days of Yule,but the production values are nowhere near those of the major religions. I'm sure this is due entirely to a lack of funds, but still, despite McNallen's personal charisma the message falls flat. I'm sure it would fall even flatter to the uninitiated, to those not familiar with the theology/ethics of Heathenry.

We've had Heathen radio, but that eventually died due to a lack of funds/interest as well. There are several still extant Heathen podcasts, but that's about the limit of our multimedia efforts.

I'm just thinking out loud here - I certainly don't have the funding necessary for an effort that would match Christian or Muslim media productions, and I'm not sure that Heathenry ever will. But I wonder ... what would it look like?

The religion-themed television shows of a new generation of “satellite sheiks” have helped fuel a religious revival across the Arab world.

(link) [New York Times]

10:36 /Asatru | 5 comments | permanent link