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Danny’s Inferno

DIARY

The Dante’s Inferno Test has banished you to the Fifth Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers) High
Level 1 – Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers) Low
Level 2 (Lustful) Low
Level 3 (Gluttonous) Moderate
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious) Moderate
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy) Very High
Level 6 – The City of Dis (Heretics) Very Low
Level 7 (Violent) Moderate
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers) Moderate
Level 9 – Cocytus (Treacherous) Very Low

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“The river Styx runs through this level of Hell, and in it are punished the wrathful and the gloomy.

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Those Crazy Indo-Europeans

DIARY

I’ve been brushing up on my ancient history for work on Euphemism and found this little bit interesting/amusing:

Another serious mistake committed by historians who were born inthe comfortable sense of European superiority over backward Asiatics has been to assert that the Indo-Europeans had remarkable capacities for civilization and, wherever they went, impelled a great advance.

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A Taste of What’s to Come, 2.0

EVENT

I will comment on this, but several friends I greatly respect have strong, invested opinions on this issue, and I want to hear their thoughts before commenting.

~ Connor

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http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/05/31/gays.communion.ap/

Gay supporters denied communion at Chicago Mass

Minnesota Catholics blocked at altar

Monday, May 31, 2004 Posted: 1203 GMT (2003 HKT)

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) — Parishioners who wore rainbow-colored sashes to Mass in support of gays and lesbians were denied communion in Chicago, while laymen in Minnesota tried to prevent gay Roman Catholics from getting the sacrament.

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Links

CONCEPT

I believe that, at long last, the links in the sidebar (right) are more-or-less complete.

I tried to be as comprehensive as possible without being overwhelming. In some cases, I cut 3 out of every 4 links, so I hope that what’s left is quality and relevant.

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