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This blog is just some stuff to read.  Or, more correctly, a place for me to spill the rather freakish wanderings of my mind.  Previously, some of the pieces were relegated to the “My Documents” folder of my PC.  And, honestly, why should the poor folder suffer alone?

Please try to remember that it is my stuff.  If you want it, do let me know.  I’ll likely be so flattered, so inordinately pleased, that, despite my mystification at your interest, i’ll let you have it.   However, i won’t be too flattered to forget to require credit.  And a link back to my site.  And money, if you’re feeling generous.  Maybe a car…. 

Frequently asked questions

• Why does my posted comment not show immediately?  Because i choose to moderate the comments before they go on my blog.  If you have had a previously approved comment, though, you should be fine.
• Will you read my blog?  Possibly.  i am a very ritualistic individual, so if i read your blog and obtain some scrap of joy, enlightenment, instruction or entertainment, chances are i will be back during the time each day i spend reading blogs.  If it happens each time i return, chances are i will link you.
• How may I contact you?  Via email, which i am quite likely to read, if it gets through AOL’s spam filters.  i might even respond, though i make no promises.  MangledTulip@aol.com.   Spelling counts.  Or via instant message, if you have AOL, AIM or Yahoo Messenger.  my screen name, in each case, is MangledTulip.  Be aware, however, that i employ liberal use of the IM Catcher feature on AOL.  i do not block IMs, but i ignore a great many.  Especially if they begin with an unimaginative and uninformative “hi.”  Also, i tend to eschew those who use internet abbreviations.  “How r u?” does not bode well for conversation.
• You make occasional reference to politics or political events in your writings.  What is your political affiliation and how involved are you in politics?  i am a rather conservative person, though i do consider myself quite socially liberal.  i tend to look at each candidate and issue quite closely and make decisions based outside party affiliation.  Yes.  i know that doesn’t quite answer your question.  As to my involvement, i am not actively involved.  i have far too much to learn before i could even begin to swim in such seas.  However, i very much like it when *cough*  someone calls me his ”little activist.”  i’m just saying.

 Glossary

• Angel - 1.  one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God.  2.  A conventional representation of such a being in human form with wings, usually in white robes.  3.  a messenger, especially of God.  4.  a person having qualities generally attributed to an angel, as beauty, purity or kindness.  5.  a person whose actions or thoughts are consistently virtuous.  
• Childhood – the state or period of being a child.
• Dominant – ruling, governing, or controlling; having or exerting authority or influence; exerting forcefulness or having dominance in a social hierarchy.
• Grownuphood – the state or period of being an adult.
• Pain – 1.  Punishment.  2. a. usually localized physical suffering; a basic bodily sensation produced by noxious stimulus, received by naked nerve endings, characterized by physical discomfort.  b. acute mental or emotional distress or suffering.
• Pantheism – 1.  a doctrine that equates God with the forces and laws of the universe.  2.  the worship of all gods of different creeds, cults or peoples indifferently; toleration of worship of all gods.
• Parody – a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule
• Perversion – an aberrant sexual practice or interest, especially when habitual.
• Politics – 1.  a.  the art or science of government.  b.  the art or science concerned with guiding or influencing governmental policy.  c.  the art or science concerned with winning and holding control over a government.  2.  a.  political affairs or business;  competition between competing interest groups or individuals for power and leadership.  b.  political life especially as a principal activity or profession.  c.  political activities characterized by artful and often dishonest practices. 
• Pragmatism – a practical approach to problems and affairs.
• Ritual – 1.  The established form for a ceremony.  2. a.  ritual observance, specifically a system of rites.  b.  a ceremonial act or action.  c.  an act or series of acts regularly repeated in a set precise manner.
• Sadist – someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain on others.
• Solipsism – a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing
• Submissive – one who submits to others.