Showing my work (I have intentionally not listed several things as I am holding those cards for the time being). The Hill Cantons cosmology inspiration mix Jack Vance novels (absurdist satire of religious mores) Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword and Three Hearts, Bachman's Dragon article (the Weird and its cosmic juxtaposition to human civilization, the waxing/waning of gods being tied to the amount of human worship and the reduction of “Faerie”) Leiber's Lankhmar stories (more satire, petty gods and apotheosis) Early Renaissance Catholicism, Mediterranean hero-cults, Hellenistic and Roman sun-cults, Theosophy, Jewish neoplatinism and mystical traditions, Piper's Lord Kalvan, Early Christian theological disputes (Sun Lord) Hussites, Mormon feminism, William Blake's poetic mythology around the Triple Goddess (Celestial Lady) Slavic pagan mythology (Pahr Old Gods and a number of godlings) Hindu and Native American creation myths (World Turtle) M.A.R Barker's Creat...
i just want to know with a birthday this close to a traditional winter holiday if a birthday cake of potatoes and gravy has ever been presented? Have a good day , Chris
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Chris! May it be happy, restful, and full of good times.
ReplyDeleteThank you, o master of birthdays. And thank you all.
ReplyDeleteNo James Aulds but I did get a yellow cake with green icing and army men as per my request one year from my babka.
ReplyDeleteGreen army men are delicious.
ReplyDeleteHappy belated birthday Chris!
ReplyDeleteThanks Scott and everybody, some of my favorite people here.
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