It must be Beltane - all my dreams are about rods.

I had a dream last night in which I was involved in some sort of UUA-sponsored arts and crafts show. I had brought all of my jewelry and usual art and craft show crap, but I had also made about six exquisitely carved and decorated staffs, all about 6 feet tall. I had ridden to this show with a representative of some militant lesbian organization within the UUA. The show itself was in a sort of campground area, and in order to get there, we had to drive through a horde of protesters. They seemed to be protesting the UUA's affiliation with lesbian groups, and making the claim that the UUA was running off all of its men.
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It must be Beltane - all my dreams are about rods.

I had a dream last night in which I was involved in some sort of UUA-sponsored arts and crafts show. I had brought all of my jewelry and usual art and craft show crap, but I had also made about six exquisitely carved and decorated staffs, all about 6 feet tall. I had ridden to this show with a representative of some militant lesbian organization within the UUA. The show itself was in a sort of campground area, and in order to get there, we had to drive through a horde of protesters. They seemed to be protesting the UUA's affiliation with lesbian groups, and making the claim that the UUA was running off all of its men.
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Also, theories about pet names (I had five minutes to waste last night, and lo, did I waste it.)

Last night we came to the conclusion that virtually every element on the periodic table would make a good name for a cat. Boron, a russian blue. Strontium, a tabby tom. Ytterbium, a tuxedo cat. Plutonium, a tiny fluffy grey kitten. And so on. So I ask kittenpants about Neodymium. She responds, "Of course! Little black cat. You could call it Neo, and everyone would think you were a Matrix fan, but the truth would be so much dorkier."

In addition, the names of mathematicians and physicists seem to make fine names for dogs. Wronski (dachshund), Mandelbrot (great dane), Lorenz (schnauzer), Feynmann (wire-haired terrier), Gell-Mann (rottweiler), and so on. This string-theory guy, Swimme, he's probably out of the dog-name running, but mostly it seems to work out.

Discuss.

EDIT: We also decided that if we were going to re-name our cat after a chemical element, her name would be Lithium. Which is probably better than Parsnip, which was the last thing we thought we might want to re-name the cat.

FURTHER EDIT: Maybe Lorenz would be a better name for a chihuahua. They're much more sensitive to changes in conditions. (I should stop thinking about this.)

Also, theories about pet names (I had five minutes to waste last night, and lo, did I waste it.)

Last night we came to the conclusion that virtually every element on the periodic table would make a good name for a cat. Boron, a russian blue. Strontium, a tabby tom. Ytterbium, a tuxedo cat. Plutonium, a tiny fluffy grey kitten. And so on. So I ask kittenpants about Neodymium. She responds, "Of course! Little black cat. You could call it Neo, and everyone would think you were a Matrix fan, but the truth would be so much dorkier."

In addition, the names of mathematicians and physicists seem to make fine names for dogs. Wronski (dachshund), Mandelbrot (great dane), Lorenz (schnauzer), Feynmann (wire-haired terrier), Gell-Mann (rottweiler), and so on. This string-theory guy, Swimme, he's probably out of the dog-name running, but mostly it seems to work out.

Discuss.

EDIT: We also decided that if we were going to re-name our cat after a chemical element, her name would be Lithium. Which is probably better than Parsnip, which was the last thing we thought we might want to re-name the cat.

FURTHER EDIT: Maybe Lorenz would be a better name for a chihuahua. They're much more sensitive to changes in conditions. (I should stop thinking about this.)