From Wikipedia:

The Second Defenestration of Prague was central to the start of the Thirty Years’ War in 1618.
Some members of the Bohemian aristocracy rebelled following the 1617 election of Ferdinand (Duke of Styria and a Catholic) as King of Bohemia to succeed the aging Emperor Matthias. In 1617, Roman Catholic officials ordered the cessation of construction of some Protestant chapels on land that the Catholic clergy claimed ownership of. Protestants contended the land in question was royal, rather than owned by the Catholic Church, and was thus available for their own use. Protestants interpreted the cessation order as a violation of the right to freedom of religious expression granted in the Letter of Majesty issued by Emperor Rudolf II in 1609. They also feared that the fiercely Catholic Ferdinand would revoke the Protestant rights altogether once he came to the throne.
At Prague Castle on May 23, 1618, an assembly of Protestants, led by Count Thurn, tried two Imperial governors, Vilem Slavata of Chlum (1572–1652) and Jaroslav Borzita of Martinice (1582–1649), for violating the Letter of Majesty (Right of Freedom of Religion), found them guilty, and threw them, together with their scribe Philip Fabricius, out of the high windows of the Bohemian Chancellery. They landed on a large pile of manure in a dry moat and survived. Philip Fabricius was later ennobled by the emperor and granted the title von Hohenfall (lit. meaning “of Highfall”).
Roman Catholic Imperial officials claimed that the three men survived due to the mercy of angels assisting the righteousness of the Catholic cause. Protestant pamphleteers asserted that their survival had more to do with the horse excrement in which they landed than the benevolent acts of the angels.

Celebrate this Discordian Holyday by steering clear of ditches and piles of manure. Especially if there are any tall buildings nearby.

el jo

It be Talk Like A Pirate Day today matey! Ye might not know that today also be (by my reckonin’) a Discordian Holyday. So this day be a might somethin’ special for a comely pirate cap’n like meself.

I even had the pleasure of servin’ with Cap’n Slappy and Ol’ Chumbucket many years ago when we conspired together to take the head of that usurpin’ Scottish bastard. Alas, I doubt sincerely that Cap’n Slappy and Ol’ Chumbucket even remember me, but I remember them. Plus, it’s always great to say “I sailed with those lads back before they were infamous!”

So grab yer lovin’ lass or lad and a bottle o’ rum, and join the rest of us pirates as we celebrate our day! Arrrrr!

Seize the Day!
Mad Cap’n Jewel the Purple

On page 00016 of the Principia Discordia is a description of the Law of Fives.

The Law of Fives states simply that:
All things happen in fives, or are divisible by or somehow multiples of five, or are somehow directly or indirectly appropriate to 5.

The Law of Fives is never wrong.

So with that in mind, I punched in 5^5 into the calculator. The result was 3125. I looked at it and thought to myself, “Now that’s an awfully suspicious number.” Curious, I did what any naive fool would have done, I did this:

3125 - 1166 = 1959 (Which is the year Eris revealed herself to Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst and Malaclypse the Younger.)

Hmm… Things were looking very suspicious now. If you recall your Principia Discordia, it states that 1166 B.C. was the year the Curse of Greyface struck humankind. Some historians date the Trojan War sometime around the 12th century B.C. with Eratosthenes estimating its date at somewhere between 1194 B.C. to 1184 B.C. That means that the Curse of Greyface struck some 20 years after the Trojan War (at our best estimate).

Skeptics might say that Omar and Mal-2 simply subtracted 5^5 years from 1959 (or 1958, whichever year it turned out to be) to arrive at the rather arbitrary 1166 B.C. But as far as historians are concerned, the Trojan War could have happened in 1166 B.C. making the revelation of Eris to Omar and Mal-2 just that much cooler.

Others still might even go so far as to say, “What kind of uneducated buffoon would actually believe nonsense like that?” Well, I believe a war could have very well begun over a stolen Queen. It’s not so far fetched. Not like the story of that zombie coming back from the dead after three days. That’s just creepy!

Whatever the case may be, Eris successfully managed to get me to waste at least an hour researching all of this.

Fnord!
Fcy. Lady Miss Good Satan Astrid Lydia Saint Hot Rock Johannsen KSC DiM Esq. High Priestess of La Isla Terceira Cabal (in exile)

Welcome to the new and (arguably) improved blog of Astrid Lydia Johannsen, the official blog of NoConnectionsStudio. While I will continue to post site updates and related information at my on-site blog, this will be the source for particularly long-winded rants, random observations, and peer reviews of my art and comics. I’ve opened up comments to everyone and I welcome fans and critics alike to comment on my works, but I kindly ask that people keep it above the belt. Remember the old Discordian saying, “Goddess forbids nothing, but nobody likes an asshole.”

So welcome aboard and I hope to hear form you soon!

ellejohara