X-Oriente

Happy Birthday to the Masonic Society

Early yesterday morning, the Masonic Society went online, and unveiled itself to the world. What is the Masonic Society? It is an intellectual Society of Masons dedicated to not just focusing on the Masonic past but to its present and Future. I was honored to be a Founding Fellow, but don't let that put you off. ;-) This, brethren, looks like the real deal. The difference between this group and other research societies is twofold.

First, this Society looks not just to the past but to the present and future of the Craft, and secondly, it is poised to take advantage of the net in a way that other societies are just not set up to do. The Masonic Society already has an active Forum and a print publication is in the works now. I will be lending my talents to the Society in any way I can both as a designer and as a podcaster, as its mission and X-Oriente's mission are essentially the same.

I encourage you to check out the site and join. For $39, you'll get the quarterly Journal, a lapel pin (it's just not Masonic without a lapel pin, right?) and access to the forum and a place in Washington at an event each year. It promises to be intellectual, fluid and the most interactive of the Masonic salons. I'll see you there!

WTF? Euclid? Halcyon? Bueller? BUELLER?

A number of you have been asking me about the events surrounding Halcyon Lodge in Cleveland and Euclid Lodge in Michigan. I am trying to research this but I could use your help. If you are close to either situation, I'd like to talk to you. It is to report on the situation in the podcast. You don't have to appear in the show, and I will be happy to keep your identity as privileged information both as a Mason and a journalist. But all the information on these important issues are coming from the blogosphere and rather than add more heat, I'd like to try and shed some light. So please, help me out. Contact me by email at xoriente@gmail.com or on the Skype actionline at 847-380-1881.

Good Morning America on Wednesday

This just in from S. Brent Morris:

The entire Good Morning America show on Wednesday, April 19, will be broadcast from the House of the Temple in Washington, D.C. There will be walking tour segments of the Temple plus one or more interviews of me. This is very short notice, so please share this information with your friends who might be interested.

Don't miss it! I will be Tivo'ing the show myself!