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16 years I've been on here
I saw it grow, saw new features added... and then saw admins turn this place from a community into an ill-designed cash cow with anything nearly deserving of the word "deviant" banned. Gallows Girl Amy is the latest victim. When my core membership expires, I will not be renewing. I suspect many of the users who have been on here a while will also be jumping ship. This site should change its name to "Safely Nude Pictures."
Happy Lupercalia! (somewhat annual post)
So what is this Lupercalia, anyway?
Lupercalia is the *original* "Valentine's Day". In fact, St. Valentine's day, as appropriated by the Christian Church, has nothing to do with romantic love. The Greeks had three different words for love: Agape (divine love), Filios (brotherly love), and Eros (romantic love). While the Lupercalia had to do with the fierce, unbridled expression of Eros, the Feast of Saint Valentine has to do with the other two.
"One of the most revered spots in the city of Rome in ancient days was the cave at the base of the Palatine Hill called the Lupercal, with the sacred fig tree hard by, under whose shadow, as the stor
And now that I'm done with school..
I need to get caught up on everything else.
Sheesh.
Dearth of pictures
Since Sept 2010 I've been in an intensive (7-week semesters) online Masters of Science program at Boston University.
This - along with my job and my volunteer work - leaves very little time for what is known as a "life". I'll have a long semester break from late Dec. 2011 to mid-May 2012, then the final 2 7-week semesters.
What I'm currently reading to keep myself from going totally mad is at my Shelfari page, at http://www.shelfari.com/steward.
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