Welcome! A ramble about me, and this space:

[capri0mni]

My Biases:

Here are some aspects of my identity that have the most weight when it comes to which directions my thoughts tend to swerve in:

I was born with a physical disability that affects how I move through the world.

The relative importance of this fact varies from day to day and hour to hour, but it's the thing that I've been living with the longest, and it's the thing new people notice first.

Because I can't take moving through the world for granted, I am almost always looking at the spaces between things, both literally, and metaphorically; I believe this is where my love of the liminal spaces of fairy tales, and dreams comes from.

I am White. I am Cisgender. I am American. My first language is English. I was raised as a Christian. If I get careless with my privilege in any of these areas, please remind me.

I've reached the age where nearly everyone on the Internet strikes me as being young, tender babes. And I want to protect them all most of them.

I am asexual and aromantic, and there are several other "micro-labels" to describe my various orientations; I consider myself Queer.

I am a confirmed Atheist. I got there after being Neo-Pagan for many years. The reasons I left Christianity are different than the reasons I left Neo-Paganism.

In July 2021, with the help of several people from the Disability Community on Tumblr (some of whom wished to remain anonymous), I redesigned a Disability Pride Flag, and entered it into the Public Domain:

I also spend a lot of time on Tumblr. My blog is here: capricorn-0mnikorn

What you'll find here:

This journal is random, overall. I generally post whatever's on my mind, especially contemplative and/or silly. Favorite topics include literature, discoveries in science and nature, writing that I'm working on (or should be working on), drawings I've doodled, etc.

Politics is relatively rare, but it does come up, especially in the context of history. Like my body, my politics leans heavily to the Left...

What counts as "Good Manners" around here:

1. Don't be mean. There's no need to be mean. Remember, wherever you go, there you are.
   
2. Praise what you enjoy before criticizing what you don't.
   
3. When you do give criticism, let it be reasoned ("It sucks!" doesn't cut it).
   
4. Don't belittle, or mock, people for the things they enjoy.
   
5. If you must post provocative things, aim for provoking laughter, and provoking thought.
   
6. Remember that anger can splash onto innocent bystanders, and people "reading over your shoulder." If you must have an argument with someone in particular--rather than an argument for or against an idea--take it to private message (click [inbox] in the header), please.
   
7. When in doubt, puns.