dragonwolf's blog

Many of you who have the...ahem....pleasure of having an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that has decided to throttle or completely block connections to various legal sites are probably well-aware of the stranglehold these companies have been having on Internet access. If you live in the United States, you'll be happy to know that the FCC has started to do something about it.  Read More »

If you've had an eye on the news the past week, you'd know that today is the 10th Anniversary of the Columbine shooting. For those reading who might not be old enough to remember (wow, that's a hell of a thought for me), April 20, 1999 was the day that two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, went into their school with the intent of killing more people than Timothy McVeigh killed at the Oklahoma City bombing. What ended up happening was a school shooting that was covered so quickly by the media that it essentially turned into a circus of badly reported news. As a result, all the "facts" known about Columbine couldn't be farther from the truth, and after ten years, people are just now seeing the real facts.

They were bullied? They were part of the Trench Coat Mafia? They listened to Marilyn Manson? Yes, everything you think you know about Columbine is wrong.  Read More »

So, I made it quite clear a while back that Christmas was very much a Pagan holiday. I even explained how Groundhog Day's traditions are rooted in Paganism, and how St. Patrick's Day started as a celebration of the conversion of Irish Pagans to Christianity. Well, now it's Easter and I'm back again to share the origins of yet another holiday. At this point (and especially with this holiday), you're probably thinking "what did Christianity steal this time?"

But wait. Easter's different. Believe it or not, Easter wasn't originally a Pagan holiday.  Read More »

It's nearing graduation time for most colleges, which means a number of new grads will head out, ready to join the workforce. But, as some recent grads have learned, getting a job might be harder than they expected.  Read More »

Green clothes, four-leafed clovers, leprechauns. I think everyone recognizes the signs of St. Patrick's Day when they see it.

But how many actually know what the holiday is about?

Saint Patrick, himself

Okay, so the obvious answer is that it has something to do with a saint named Patrick, and something about Ireland. Well, there's a start, at least.  Read More »

ProgressiveU is a place of passionate debates, no doubt. I'm generally attracted to topics of more an abstract nature and have recently been most intrigued by the debates that invariably crop up around religion. One thing I've noticed, though, is that the people that are actively participating in the debates are nearly always very firmly on one side of the fence or the other.  Read More »

Anyone who's been on this site more than a few days probably knows of several people and blogs where those who have a religion clash with those who do not. Frankly, I can't understand why either side continues to run head first into a brick wall trying to convince the other that they're right. It's gotten to the point, though, that I feel I have to say something. It probably won't make much of a difference, but hey, I can dream, right?  Read More »

This is a tad late in coming, but I've been pretty busy lately. Better late than never, I guess.

I don't know about anyone else, but I've always found the secular holiday of Groundhog Day to be a rather strange holiday. What the hell's a groundhog have to do with anything? Well, believe it or not, there's some significance to it.  Read More »