Signs That You May be a TechnoPagan

Anon

• If casting the circle changes an (int) to a (float) ...
• If drawing down a circle is a POST (power on self test) ...
• If erecting the temple entails formatting more than 4 disks ...
• If passing the cakes and ale entails using a /me command ...
• If the address of your covenstead begins with http:// ...
• If you calculate the phases of the moon with Windows '95 ...
• If you call the Watch Towers on your cell-tell ...
• If you do cord magick with ethernet ...
• If you do most of your correspondence by email and sign off with Blessed Be ...
• If you don't call it a ritual, you call it a Macro ...
• If you draw down the moon using a light-pen ...
• If you end a circle with Ctl-Alt-Del ...
• If you have ever attached ribbons to a May Pole using a staple gun ...
• If you invite the God and Goddess to come online ...
• If you keep a Disk of Shadows (with encrypted backups) ...
• If you participate in online rituals more than you do FTF ...
• If you refer to deities using 3-letter acronyms (ODN, LKI, THR) ...
• If you refer to eclectic ritual as cross-platforming ...
• If you refer to solitary practice as a stand alone ...
• If you ritually down your server for Samhain ...
• If you tap into the collective unconscious using Netscape ...
• If your Beltane ritual includes more than one news group ...
• If your Book of Shadows has a 6-digit version number ...
• If your OBE's begin with a netsplit ...
• If your Star Trek screen-saver signals when your meditation period is over ...
• If your Yule ritual involves defragmentation ...
• If your altar cloth is a mouse pad ...
• If your altar has a keyboard ...
• If your athame has a SCSI interface ...
• If your candles have batteries ...
• If your cauldron is a crock-pot ...
• If your chimes are electronic ...
• If your circle is a token ring ...
• If your cone of power has a surge suppressor ...
• If your coven is spread over a 12,000 sq. mi. area ...
• If your crystal ball has a horizontal-hold control ...
• If your daemons collect news for you ...
• If your deities include Murphy and Gates ...
• If your drumming is done on a CD player (pre-recorded) ...
• If your familiar is a computer mouse ...
• If your herbs are always mail-ordered (express, overnight) ...
• If your idea of a great retreat has a Computer City, electricity, and a TV nearby ...
• If your incense is by Glade ...
• If your magic wand is a light pen ...
• If your magical name, email address, and online name are all the same ...
• If your magical writing is done in binary code or C++ ...
• If your patron deity has a homepage ...
• If your pentacle is made of computer chips ...
• If your ritual robes conceal a pocket protector ...
• If your search for truth involves regular expressions ...
• If your tarot cards multi-task ...
• If your technician compains about the wax and incense ash on your motherboard ...
• If, instead of asking what tradition someone comes from, you ask what operating system they run ...
• And finally, if, when your quarter candles burn out, the UPS backup system kicks in ...

... well, you just might be a TechnoPagan!