For thousands of years, learning was done through song. From the
history of the clan to how to worship the Gods/Goddesses, from the use
of plants for medicine to the navigation of aboriginal clans through
their year long trek, song is used to aid in learning. Many cultures
developed specialized professions, such as the Bard in Druidism. They
would train for ten to fifteen years, learning stories and poetry to
both enlighten and entertain, and were held in high esteem.

Today teaching through song is, in some ways, making a comeback. Who
doesn't remember "School House Rock?" "I'm Just a Bill" and
"Conjunction Junction" still go through my head occasionally, and are
quite handy! Most teaching songs are aimed at children, but this
method of learning and retaining knowledge is very valid in adults.
Another, although unlikely, favorite tutorial of mine is the "Galaxy
Song" from Monty Python's movie "the Meaning of Life:"

Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving
And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour,
That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned,
A sun that is the source of all our power.

The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see
Are moving at a million miles a day
In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour,
Of the galaxy we call the 'Milky Way'.

Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars.
It's a hundred thousand light years side to side.
It bulges in the middle, sixteen thousand light years thick,
But out by us, it's just three thousand light years wide.

We're thirty thousand light years from galactic central point.
We go 'round every two hundred million years,
And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions
In this amazing and expanding universe.

The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding
In all of the directions it can whizz
As fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know,
Twelve million miles a minute, and that's the fastest speed there is.

So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure,
How amazingly unlikely is your birth,
And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space,
'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth.

This one helped me get through Astronomy 1 class a few years back.

Why is it that song lyrics stay with us years after we've heard them?
Does the rhythm and beat communicate with our deeper psyche? Is this
why songs and poetry can move us so? Rhythmic drumming and chanting
has been used as a method of meditation and spiritual connection since
the beginning of time. Perhaps this ancient learning method should be
brought back in full force, to preserve our knowledge to be passed
along to further generations. If knowledge is power, then the passing
along of knowledge empowers all, without lessening anyone's status.
Here is a quick lesson from the past: throughout history those in
power sought to keep the lower classes from being taught anything but
the most basic skills. To be able to read was judged to be the realm
of the church or others in power. Why? Because that takes away
dissent. People had to accept what was being told to them, as they had
no way to prove otherwise. Ignorance turns humans into slaves, but
even the slaves of the American south used songs to communicate how to
escape to a new life.

Written by Kait Simpson

The lyrics to "Galaxy Song" were used without permission of their owner.

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  The range from your lowest score to your highest score is your Sexual Orientation Range (SOR). The lower your scores, the more heterosexual your orientation. The higher your scores, the more homosexual your orientation. The wider the range, the greater your sexual flexibility and the more choice you have about how to behave sexually. The center point of your SOR is your Mean Sexual Orientation.

(click my results to take the test yourself)

Heterosexual Questionaire: 

1. What do you think caused your heterosexuality?

2. When and how did you decide you were a heterosexual?

3. Is it possible that your heterosexuality is just a phase that you may grow out of?

4. Is it possible that your heterosexuality stems from a neurotic fear of others of the same sex?

5. If you have never slept with a person of the same sex, is it possible that all you need is a good gay lover?

6. Do your parents know that you are straight? Do your friends and/or roommates know?

7. Why do you insist on flaunting your heterosexuality? Can't you just be who you are and keep it quiet?

8. Why do heterosexuals place so much emphasis on sex?

9. Why do heterosexuals feel so compelled to introduce others to their lifestyle?

10. A disproportionate majority of child molesters are heterosexual. Do you consider it safe to expose children to heterosexual teachers?

11. Just what do men and women do in bed together? How can they truly know how to please each other, being so anatomically different?

12. With all the societal support marriage receives, the divorce rate is spiraling. Why are there so few stable relationships between heterosexuals?

13. Statistics show that lesbians have the lowest of sexually transmitted disease. Is it really safe for a woman to maintain a heterosexual lifestyle and run the risk of disease and pregnancy?

14. How can you expect to become a whole person if you limit yourself to compulsive, exclusive heterosexuality?

15. Considering the menace of overpopulation, how could the human race survive if everyone were heterosexual?

16. Could you trust a heterosexual therapist to be objective? Don't you feel that (s)he might be inclined to influence you in the direction of his/her own orientation?

17. There seem to be very few happy heterosexuals. Techniques have been developed that might enable you change if you really want to. Have you ever considered aversion therapy?

18. Would you want your child to be heterosexual, knowing the problems (s)he would face?

Warning! I don't give a fuck if you don't like the way I live! I am who I am, and if you don't like it that's not my problem, now is it? I live my the best I can, but I'm not going to answer to anyone else for being who I am. If you want to take the time to get to know me, I am more than happy to have you as a friend. I've had far too many people lately , when I share one aspect of my self, drop me like a hot potato. Fuck them! Its their loss!!


Now that I'm done with my rant... if you haven't already guessed, I'm Lez, a Druid Ovate, a caring friend and a loving partner (when I have the chance.) If you would like to know me, know about me, or just say "Hi", please do so! I love meeting new friends and interesting people, so if you are one, I am too.