inappropriate greetings

A colleague kindly attempted to wish me a "happy Easter Solstice" on Thursday. It was very sweet of him to try to be inclusive, but Spring Equinox happened on 21 March. Just because the Christian festival of Easter Sunday occurs on the Sunday after the first full Moon after the Spring Equinox, so is vaguely linked to the Pagan celebration of Spring Equinox, doesn't mean Easter is significant to Pagans. Anyway, it's a distinct improvement on another colleague, who used to say "I suppose I can't wish you a happy Christmas". To which my response is, either just wish me a happy Christian festival, or learn what the Pagan festivals are called. The information is widely available on teh intertubes, so it's not like it's hard to find out.

Quit moaning and do something about it

Are you:

• Fed up with the (allegedly) poor standard of education among Pagans?
• Fed up with the inaccuracies on Wikipedia?

Well, don't just sit there moaning about it. In the first case, help to educate your fellow Pagans (as Chas Clifton, Ronald Hutton, Margot Adler, Brendan Myers, Cherry Hill Seminary and many other fine people have done). In the second case - go and edit the thing - that is the whole point.

installing software

Why, when software is being downloaded and installed, can't the installation program ask you all the necessary questions at the start of the process, so you can walk away and leave the computer while it's installing?