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Sunday, September 17, 2006

Why being an over-50 4th-tier blogger can be a blessing in disguise
Posted by Jill | 7:35 PM
You don't get invited to the in-crowd parties and get-togethers and luncheons with the Big Dawg, so you don't have to get embroiled in stuff like this.

The real story here ought to be the lack of minority bloggers invited to this luncheon, rather than devolving into a bunch of gen-Xers deciding that all older women are just jealous of young perky little breasts just because one older woman is a moron.

=Sigh= Kids. Whaddya gonna do? Here we have another election out to be stolen, and this is what the Big Name Blogosphere is obsessing about.

Don't get me wrong. There are people to whom I've linked above that I respect, whom I read nearly daily, and who are doing a whiz-bang-up job. But can we please keep our eyes on the prize now?

UPDATE: I find it interesting that this particular brouhaha is going on just as the newest space rock to be promoted to planethood has been named Eris. Eris, as we all know, is the Greek goddess of discord and chaos, best known for the infamous Golden Apple Incident:

It all began at the wedding of the Goddess Thetis and King Peleus of Greece. Eris had not been invited, and decided to do a little mischief as payback. She tossed an apple of gold in among the guests (Gods and mortals alike).

This apple was engraved with the word Kallisti, meaning "for the fairest". Needless to say, all the Goddesses present at the wedding felt that the apple belong to them. After much bickering, the choices were narrowed down to Aphrodite, Hera and Athena. Being a wise man, Zeus wanted no part of this contest and send the 3 Goddesses to find Paris of Troy. He would be the one to decide who gets the apple.
Well, all three Goddesses did their best to sway Paris, but in the end he chose Aphrodite. As his reward, Paris was given Helen (the most beautiful mortal woman) as his wife. Unfortunately, she was already married to King Menelaus. Well, Paris took Helen back to Troy anyway and King Menelaus attacked the city in retribution. And thusly, the Trojan War was born.


Lynn has more on the astrological implications of Eris here and here.

All hail Discordia.
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