Survey Says

The Pew Forum U.S. Religious Landscape Survey (via sandringall)

Yep, I'm happy to see that the One True Path™ folks are in the minority at 24%. The survey shows them concentrated more in Alabama(36%), Mississippi(35%), and North and South Carolina(32% and 31%), though there's not much variation across the board by state. Not surprisingly, the Jehovah's Witnesses(80%), nondenominational Evangelical(58%) and Mormons(57%) lead the parade.

I'm also happy to see that the Bible-as-literal-word-of-God folks are a minority overall, though 33% of the total population is still pretty high. The Church of God(75%) and various Baptist denominations(68-52%, Southern Baptist 63%) lead the pack. There's a much larger spread by state, too, with Mississippi(64%) in the lead followed by the rest of the deep South(54-51%) and West Virginia(53%).

The lowest percentages of both are generally in the Northeast -- and Alaska.

Happy Whelpday

Happy Whelpday to mightytauren!

My Loony Bun Is Fine, Benny Lava!

You perceive what you expect to perceive. Haunters (and magicians, more so) take advantage of this by pre-loading your expectations so you think you see what they want you to see.

A brief article on this at The Frontal Cortex lead to this popular Indian music video with horrible English what-it-sounds-like subtitles; reading along, you'll think that *is* what they're saying.

( video behind cut - video is SFW, some subtitles are questionable NSFW )

EL wire on clothing

I know some folks are using EL wire in their fursuits (waves at timduru), and thought this might be a good resource for those wanting to do it ... how to add EL wire to a coat or other garment.