Historic Illustrations of Dancing

[jducoeur]

Another ebook worth noting from Project Gutenberg -- The Dance: Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D., by "An Antiquary". Bearing in mind that the book is from 1911, so the scholarship is likely a bit dated, this is nonetheless a rich source of dance pictures from all ages, including two chapters on SCA period...

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[hfcougar.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Speaking of Masons... I have an anecdote that I keep meaning to tell you about, but forgetting when I actually see you.

I keep an IRC window open in the background on my computer at all times, and this leads to me occasionally stumbling into odd conversations. A couple weeks ago, the populace was discussing assasinations, and someone asserted that the mob doesn't really do assasinations anymore, you have to find a Freemason for that...

[jducoeur]

Heh. Yeah, there are times I wish the craft was a tenth as entertainingly sinister as its reputation...

[hfcougar.livejournal.com]

Speaking of which, did you see on arisia that someone's organizing a Masons thing at the con on Saturday morning of Arisia?

[jducoeur]

Hmm. No, I hadn't -- thanks for the pointer. Natually it's organized by Erik (who was talking about the idea last year), and I can probably guess about 75% of the people who will be there -- the fannish Masons mostly know each other.

Interesting, but I wish it wasn't scheduled against the Masquerade. I'll probably go iff the Masquerade is short this year, or if the meeting runs long enough for me to go afterwards...

[hfcougar.livejournal.com]

Huh. I totally read the 9pm as 9am the first time I saw it. That does indeed bite.