You will like this one. It is very plainly put....
http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2010/01/stop-demanding-that-you-get-screwed.html
Unfortunately it depends on you actually having a job next year.
Monday, January 25, 2010
And so it begins....
And so it begins…Gee, it only took 3 days! One would think they actually knew what the decision was going to be before it was handed down. It takes time to produce a commercial.
Hum….:
My answer to the petition below:
I don't think you understand. Most of the affiliate stations of the networks are actually owned by the Christian right and Catholic right. (They don’t like to be called the same name.) The affiliates control the big networks by what programming they are willing to buy. The Supreme Court just gave them the right to air these commercials as their opinion without any balance or ethics. There is nothing you can do. The networks are now pushing their personal agendas. All you can do is turn the TV off.
Janice
The Petition
In the past, CBS has denied other organizations, like MoveOn.org and United Church of Christ, the chance to get their word out during the Superbowl because the network considered their messages to be too controversial. But it seems its definition of "controversial" has changed. CBS approved an ad by the ultra-conservative group Focus on the Family, attacking a woman's right to choose.
Demand that CBS pull this controversial and disrespectful ad from the Superbowl line-up >>
The Superbowl is the most-watched television program in the country -- a prime opportunity for anti-choice groups to broadcast their idea that a woman doesn't have the right to make decisions about her own body. What's worse is CBS has no plans to run a pro-choice ad to balance both sides of the issue.
CBS's decision to run the anti-choice ad is biased, unfair and unethical. Tell CBS to cancel the Superbowl ad from Focus on the Family >>
Thanks for taking action!
Emily V.
Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Forecast and Faery Finder for 01/25/10
01-25-10
Forecast and Faery Finder
By Janice Scott-Reeder and the Bitwit
According to Llewellyn’s Magical Almanac, today’s color is gray and the incense is Neroli. Today is Burns Night in Scotland.
FORECASTS:
Astrologically, the Moon enters Gemini at 6:11 AM EST.
This is a morning when people are way too emotional over money and argument ensue. Afternoon has elders and authorities coming with all sort of excuses not to make changes and trying to make limitations and rules look pretty. Yeah, sure! We’ve bought enough of that already. However, by the time the afternoon ends, you can find a way out of this if you think outside the box. That leaves the evening open for some great socializing and partying. For the next couple of days, try to lay low, because authorities are just looking for someone to blame and more harsh words are exchanged than necessary.
The Moon may be in lovely and nice Gemini and Cancer for the rest of the week of the aspects are not conducive to peace and harmony.
Deck: Navigators Tarot of the Mystic Sea.
Today’s Tarot Card is the Knight of Pentacles: evolution. Being pragmatic will help you move to a new level.
Deck: Healing with the Fairies.
The Faeries say:
You can pretty much forget romance tonight.
.
Today’s Cat Comfort Card is:
Technocat: “Learn a new skill. It will open up many possibilities.”
Deck: The Fairies’ Oracle by Brian Froud & Jessica MacBeth
Today’s Faery Finder is on the lookout for:
Guardian at the Gate greets us today as we try to move onto a new face of our life. This fae can either help us or bar the way. Keep in mind, you have to ready and for your own safety he will not let you pass if you are not.
Today’s Lo Shu Number is 3 and the Element is wood. The Snake finds conflict today but the Rat has ease. Today is an auspicious day for haircuts but not for signing contracts or births.
Today’s Message from the Universe is: “Now is the time for decisive action.
I let go of my past and I rebuild my life on totally new foundations. The light of my Soul guides me toward new paths and new discoveries for my highest good.” Annie Marquier creating a world of peace one thought at a time.
COMMENTARIES BY JANICE SCOTT-REEDER
I am beginning to wonder what part of - we’ve been sold down the river to corporate America - people are failing to notice. We have more of a Republican agenda in place now than under Bush. One thing is for sure, we won’t get less of the same electing Republicans or staying home! The one program I tried to watch on my channel less TV was the news and now I can’t stand it. I think I will crawl back into my hole and not come out.
Incidentally, the two inch by two inch pieces of sheep skin parchment I got in are really sheep’s skin parchment, not parchment paper so you want to save them for that really special sigil you are drawing. I opened and checked them to make certain. They are the real thing.
Boogaboo is filing an official complaint. Just because Fiona is small, he doesn’t feel she should get preferential treatment. It’s not because she is small; it is because we have all seen her with meat. We are afraid, very afraid. Whoever wrote the movie with the gremlins had a cat like her. All is fine until you get meat out.
You know your cats are spoiled when you are walking with your plate in your hand to sit down and eat and your cat is following you licking his chops. Napoleon has no doubt he will get some of my food even after last night’s soy sauce disaster. Tonight he got hotdog. Like me, he is a total sucker for Western Meat’s hot dogs. I really have to eat good food the rest of this week because I have been eating junk.
We spent most of the late afternoon…late because I cannot get out in the sun….working on the area for the container garden. All the big stuff is moved and George got the area cleared for me to go in and level it for the stepping stones. All I need now is to go buy a hoe. I keep forgetting that every time I am at Home Depot. Then I can lay the stones and get the containers on them and install the drip irrigation system. I think I am buying the package that says, “Drip irrigation for Idiots” since it has my name on it. J I will learn to do this. I am so weak I am worthless.
Forecast and Faery Finder
By Janice Scott-Reeder and the Bitwit
According to Llewellyn’s Magical Almanac, today’s color is gray and the incense is Neroli. Today is Burns Night in Scotland.
FORECASTS:
Astrologically, the Moon enters Gemini at 6:11 AM EST.
This is a morning when people are way too emotional over money and argument ensue. Afternoon has elders and authorities coming with all sort of excuses not to make changes and trying to make limitations and rules look pretty. Yeah, sure! We’ve bought enough of that already. However, by the time the afternoon ends, you can find a way out of this if you think outside the box. That leaves the evening open for some great socializing and partying. For the next couple of days, try to lay low, because authorities are just looking for someone to blame and more harsh words are exchanged than necessary.
The Moon may be in lovely and nice Gemini and Cancer for the rest of the week of the aspects are not conducive to peace and harmony.
Deck: Navigators Tarot of the Mystic Sea.
Today’s Tarot Card is the Knight of Pentacles: evolution. Being pragmatic will help you move to a new level.
Deck: Healing with the Fairies.
The Faeries say:
You can pretty much forget romance tonight.
.
Today’s Cat Comfort Card is:
Technocat: “Learn a new skill. It will open up many possibilities.”
Deck: The Fairies’ Oracle by Brian Froud & Jessica MacBeth
Today’s Faery Finder is on the lookout for:
Guardian at the Gate greets us today as we try to move onto a new face of our life. This fae can either help us or bar the way. Keep in mind, you have to ready and for your own safety he will not let you pass if you are not.
Today’s Lo Shu Number is 3 and the Element is wood. The Snake finds conflict today but the Rat has ease. Today is an auspicious day for haircuts but not for signing contracts or births.
Today’s Message from the Universe is: “Now is the time for decisive action.
I let go of my past and I rebuild my life on totally new foundations. The light of my Soul guides me toward new paths and new discoveries for my highest good.” Annie Marquier creating a world of peace one thought at a time.
COMMENTARIES BY JANICE SCOTT-REEDER
I am beginning to wonder what part of - we’ve been sold down the river to corporate America - people are failing to notice. We have more of a Republican agenda in place now than under Bush. One thing is for sure, we won’t get less of the same electing Republicans or staying home! The one program I tried to watch on my channel less TV was the news and now I can’t stand it. I think I will crawl back into my hole and not come out.
Incidentally, the two inch by two inch pieces of sheep skin parchment I got in are really sheep’s skin parchment, not parchment paper so you want to save them for that really special sigil you are drawing. I opened and checked them to make certain. They are the real thing.
Boogaboo is filing an official complaint. Just because Fiona is small, he doesn’t feel she should get preferential treatment. It’s not because she is small; it is because we have all seen her with meat. We are afraid, very afraid. Whoever wrote the movie with the gremlins had a cat like her. All is fine until you get meat out.
You know your cats are spoiled when you are walking with your plate in your hand to sit down and eat and your cat is following you licking his chops. Napoleon has no doubt he will get some of my food even after last night’s soy sauce disaster. Tonight he got hotdog. Like me, he is a total sucker for Western Meat’s hot dogs. I really have to eat good food the rest of this week because I have been eating junk.
We spent most of the late afternoon…late because I cannot get out in the sun….working on the area for the container garden. All the big stuff is moved and George got the area cleared for me to go in and level it for the stepping stones. All I need now is to go buy a hoe. I keep forgetting that every time I am at Home Depot. Then I can lay the stones and get the containers on them and install the drip irrigation system. I think I am buying the package that says, “Drip irrigation for Idiots” since it has my name on it. J I will learn to do this. I am so weak I am worthless.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Forecast and Faery Finder for 01/24/10
01-24-10
Forecast and Faery Finder
By Janice Scott-Reeder and the Bitwit
According to Llewellyn’s Magical Almanac, today’s color is orange and the incense is almond. Today is Alasitas Fair in Bolivia.
FORECASTS:
Astrologically, for about a week new thinking will find a fair away around limitations.
The day is aspect free but going into evening a loved one may give you a happy note about finances. Old hurts create confusion about property tonight. Get things on the table.
Deck: Navigators Tarot of the Mystic Sea.
Today’s Tarot Card is the Chariot: conclusion. You are greater than your ego. You can silence it and go forward.
Deck: Healing with the Fairies.
The Faeries say:
There are new opportunities out there. Keep your eyes open.
.
Today’s Cat Comfort Card is:
Cool Cat: “Pride comes before a fall - humility is needed today.”
Deck: The Fairies’ Oracle by Brian Froud & Jessica MacBeth
Today’s Faery Finder is on the lookout for:
The Collection of Pixies is about so dance, sing and have fun or they will play pranks on you.
Today’s Lo Shu Number is 2 and the Element is wood. The Dragon finds conflict today but the Sheep and Monkey have ease. Today is an auspicious day for haircuts, medical procedures and gambling but not for signing contracts, starting construction or births.
Today’s Message from the Universe is: “I am now ready to take all the risks necessary to completely express my Soul’s qualities. I dare now.” Annie Marquier creating a world of peace one thought at a time.
COMMENTARIES BY JANICE SCOTT-REEDER
Wow, January must be on ice skates the way it is flying by. I am able to hobble around today and the pain in my heels when resting is gone, so I must be on the mend. Then again, my feet could be playing me.
What a mood the cats are in today! They alternate between a frenzy and sleep. Napoleon decided he just had to lick my finger while I was eating some sushi rolls and got a mouth full of soy sauce. They say cats can’t taste salt. Napoleon wishes to differ on that assessment. It turns out the Fur Rat lives, they had just hidden it. Purdy von Sweets came out from under the bed with it in her mouth. Now she has rehidden it.
The Vanwitch looks really good in her new tires, though she is much higher off the ground. I went out for nothing more than a couple of dollars more and got the heavy duty towing ones. Unfortunately with my heels like this, every time I get in or out of her, I scream. Now she is ready to tow a camper. The problem is; I spent all my money on tires so there is no camper in the future, yet. It isn’t I want to camp, I want to make a mobile store out of it for events. George on the other hand is ready to head for the wilderness. The cats aren’t even willing to go with him. They are civilized. They want their electric water fountain and self cleaning kitty pan.
I got some Kanaga Water in to sell. It is said to increase psychic abilities but in its native land Kananga Masks are used more as protection from spirits. Thus, I would actually use this cologne for luck and protection more than Florida Water.
Don't Waste Your Money
Before you waste your money.
I just saw an ad where you can have a seminar with the master of investing for a hefty fee. This individual made his money during the era of skyrocketing real estate prices, risky loans and almost full employment. How much of that do you think applies today?
Once upon a time I wanted to learn a particular metaphysical like technique so I paid for a seminar having no inclination what-so-ever to actually hang out a shingle and charge for it. I received 100 testimonials guaranteed written by different people (they paid college students to make things up) to use in my advertising. Why? Because people love to read testimonials.
Anyone remember the old National Enquirer blue dot? Every month or so they published the blue dot with a page of testimonials on how touching this thing would get you your wish and then the editors sat back and laughed their lower posteriors off. You see with their circulation it was statistically impossible for someone to not get their wish. So the dot was always going to work. The absence of the dot would have worked just as well.
Now here is a little shock for you. I actually used to provide predictions to tabloids and even some major newspapers that would pop your eyes out but you have never seen my name anywhere. I framed a copy of my first paycheck from one. Why don’t you see my name? Because I was accurate and I technically worked for them. Before you fall for a list of big corporations someone is advertising they worked for, keep in mind that big corporations make employees sign confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements. You give away the rights to everything you produce while employed by them and that includes your predictions. So when someone says they were a psychic at a big company that usually translates to; “I was hired by a party planner to readings for fun and entertainment at their party” and I will add, because I was really cheap and work for nothing. What most party planners pay for an hour you can’t get a 30 minute reading from me for and a party is harder work. If you really worked for a big company, you are keeping your mouth shut because they will sue something lower off. That’s why you never see a list of companies I worked with. I have a healthy respect for corporate attorneys. I employ one for my company.
Working with corporations is a tricky deal and sooner rather than later, the person who hired you figures out if you can tell them all the dirty little secrets of their competition, you also know theirs. I get my money up front, now. The proof of employment or title you get is consultant and they will gladly claim it was for janitorial work. You can’t advertise, say, you are a Proctor and Gamble cleaning service because you use their products. You would have to be a licensed distributor for their products. I cannot legally say I am Waite Tarot Reader but I can say I primarily use the Waite Tarot Deck in my readings. US Games has not certified me as a reader of their deck they hold the copyright on mainly because they just don‘t do that sort of thing. Most companies don’t.
If you are considering stretching the truth a little in your advertising: don’t. One ‘psychic’ was really good at it and actually bragged no one had sued her, yet. Then one day she got a letter from corporation that scared her web designer so bad, the gal went into another line of work, the designer that is. She knew she would be held responsible since she put the page up and the ‘psychic’ could always claim she knew nothing. In case you are wondering, the ‘psychic’ just found someone gullible enough to pull the same thing on and made up a new page. Before you use an image on the net, right click the mouse, go to properties and see if it is owned by someone. That could save you a ton of money in more than one way. Really expensive graphics tend to be owned by companies with a really big staff of lawyers. You also will find out if the web page owner actually owns the graphics, backgrounds and pictures they are using. I had to actually buy a license to use a so called ‘free’ graphic once on my web page. Most of the disks you buy are for personal use only. I have given a lot of disks away to friends who wanted to play with the graphics for their kids’ entertainment after I read the inside of the sealed carton and discovered they were useless to me. Of course, once you open them they are unreturnable. There are companies, that for a yearly fee, offer you thousands of graphics to use. I subscribe to one and can send you the link.
So before you waste your money, investigate. Never take the word of testimonials. Absolutely never believe an infomercial. All the speaking parts are paid actors and the whole thing is scripted. I used to know someone who produces them. Believe me, live television never goes that smoothly says the woman here who has had things blow up on her, drop on her and jump on her. But above all, just remember, this person is making their money selling you a seat not doing whatever they are hawking. So if you are going into business selling seats, this may be the seminar for you. If they were making their money off what they are hawking, they wouldn’t be selling seats or putting you in competition with them.
Getting your picture taken with a celebrity usually costs around 15.00 and is not an endorsement. Considering the collective IQ of most of today’s celebrities, it wouldn’t be an endorsement of your quality anyway.
If anyone makes enough predictions, they will get one right, eventually. If you work long enough as a psychic, you will wind up at a corporate event eventually. Neither of these facts guarantees you are any good. Take the headliners the old National Enquirer used to use for predictions every year. No cure has been found for cancer. World peace has not broken out. The Aliens have not landed and cured all our problems. Those are just three of the predictions I remember that came up almost every year. Buyer beware.
I just saw an ad where you can have a seminar with the master of investing for a hefty fee. This individual made his money during the era of skyrocketing real estate prices, risky loans and almost full employment. How much of that do you think applies today?
Once upon a time I wanted to learn a particular metaphysical like technique so I paid for a seminar having no inclination what-so-ever to actually hang out a shingle and charge for it. I received 100 testimonials guaranteed written by different people (they paid college students to make things up) to use in my advertising. Why? Because people love to read testimonials.
Anyone remember the old National Enquirer blue dot? Every month or so they published the blue dot with a page of testimonials on how touching this thing would get you your wish and then the editors sat back and laughed their lower posteriors off. You see with their circulation it was statistically impossible for someone to not get their wish. So the dot was always going to work. The absence of the dot would have worked just as well.
Now here is a little shock for you. I actually used to provide predictions to tabloids and even some major newspapers that would pop your eyes out but you have never seen my name anywhere. I framed a copy of my first paycheck from one. Why don’t you see my name? Because I was accurate and I technically worked for them. Before you fall for a list of big corporations someone is advertising they worked for, keep in mind that big corporations make employees sign confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements. You give away the rights to everything you produce while employed by them and that includes your predictions. So when someone says they were a psychic at a big company that usually translates to; “I was hired by a party planner to readings for fun and entertainment at their party” and I will add, because I was really cheap and work for nothing. What most party planners pay for an hour you can’t get a 30 minute reading from me for and a party is harder work. If you really worked for a big company, you are keeping your mouth shut because they will sue something lower off. That’s why you never see a list of companies I worked with. I have a healthy respect for corporate attorneys. I employ one for my company.
Working with corporations is a tricky deal and sooner rather than later, the person who hired you figures out if you can tell them all the dirty little secrets of their competition, you also know theirs. I get my money up front, now. The proof of employment or title you get is consultant and they will gladly claim it was for janitorial work. You can’t advertise, say, you are a Proctor and Gamble cleaning service because you use their products. You would have to be a licensed distributor for their products. I cannot legally say I am Waite Tarot Reader but I can say I primarily use the Waite Tarot Deck in my readings. US Games has not certified me as a reader of their deck they hold the copyright on mainly because they just don‘t do that sort of thing. Most companies don’t.
If you are considering stretching the truth a little in your advertising: don’t. One ‘psychic’ was really good at it and actually bragged no one had sued her, yet. Then one day she got a letter from corporation that scared her web designer so bad, the gal went into another line of work, the designer that is. She knew she would be held responsible since she put the page up and the ‘psychic’ could always claim she knew nothing. In case you are wondering, the ‘psychic’ just found someone gullible enough to pull the same thing on and made up a new page. Before you use an image on the net, right click the mouse, go to properties and see if it is owned by someone. That could save you a ton of money in more than one way. Really expensive graphics tend to be owned by companies with a really big staff of lawyers. You also will find out if the web page owner actually owns the graphics, backgrounds and pictures they are using. I had to actually buy a license to use a so called ‘free’ graphic once on my web page. Most of the disks you buy are for personal use only. I have given a lot of disks away to friends who wanted to play with the graphics for their kids’ entertainment after I read the inside of the sealed carton and discovered they were useless to me. Of course, once you open them they are unreturnable. There are companies, that for a yearly fee, offer you thousands of graphics to use. I subscribe to one and can send you the link.
So before you waste your money, investigate. Never take the word of testimonials. Absolutely never believe an infomercial. All the speaking parts are paid actors and the whole thing is scripted. I used to know someone who produces them. Believe me, live television never goes that smoothly says the woman here who has had things blow up on her, drop on her and jump on her. But above all, just remember, this person is making their money selling you a seat not doing whatever they are hawking. So if you are going into business selling seats, this may be the seminar for you. If they were making their money off what they are hawking, they wouldn’t be selling seats or putting you in competition with them.
Getting your picture taken with a celebrity usually costs around 15.00 and is not an endorsement. Considering the collective IQ of most of today’s celebrities, it wouldn’t be an endorsement of your quality anyway.
If anyone makes enough predictions, they will get one right, eventually. If you work long enough as a psychic, you will wind up at a corporate event eventually. Neither of these facts guarantees you are any good. Take the headliners the old National Enquirer used to use for predictions every year. No cure has been found for cancer. World peace has not broken out. The Aliens have not landed and cured all our problems. Those are just three of the predictions I remember that came up almost every year. Buyer beware.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Forecast and Faery Finder for 01/23/10
01-23-10
Forecast and Faery Finder
And the IT Disaster
By Janice Scott-Reeder and the Bitwit
According to Llewellyn’s Magical Almanac, today’s color is black and the incense is pine. Today is St. Ildefonso’s Day.
FORECASTS:
Astrologically, the Second quarter waxing Moon starts at 5:53 AM EST in Taurus. If you wake up in the middle of the night from a dream about a money making opportunity, WRITE IT DOWN! It will be a good one! The morning brings news about changes being approved and then you get the list of restrictions. Good news turns into aggravation. Although you are trying to be nice about it, the acid is still dripping off your tongue. Good news arrives at the end of the afternoon and all seem well. However, if you take too much credit, argument arrive in the late night.
Deck: Navigators Tarot of the Mystic Sea.
Today’s Tarot Card is the Ace of Wands: stimulation. Use your intuition today. It is time to reach for a greater understanding of your life and others.
Deck: Healing with the Fairies.
The Faeries say:
It going to be hard to laugh today but you might as well. It is easier than crying.
.
Today’s Cat Comfort Card is:
Cat Call: “Don’t be critical. See the positive in yourself and others.”
Deck: The Fairies’ Oracle by Brian Froud & Jessica MacBeth
Today’s Faery Finder is on the lookout for:
The Faery Who was Kissed by the Pixies is here today. Love given and love received is her theme and she will definitely open your heart in any way she has to.
Today’s Lo Shu Number is 1 and the Element is Water. The Rabbit finds conflict today. Today is not an auspicious day for haircuts, medical procedures, signing contracts, gambling, starting construction or births.
Today’s Message from the Universe is: “Any difficulty I might have with people in my life tells me that I have not succeeded in communicating through ordinary means. I ask the Supreme Being to send Light in this situation. I stop talking about this problem. I know that Divine Love is now in action. Everything is working out quickly, easily and successfully.” Annie Marquier creating a world of peace one thought at a time.
COMMENTARIES BY JANICE SCOTT-REEDER
The day started a little late and I made the mistake, since I was feeling really bad, of letting George drive. Like most men, he saw an express lane and simply could not resist getting in it. It chomped on my Sunpass and dropped us a couple of exits after the one we needed to take. Meanwhile, Vanwitch is running is little rough. So we had to backtrack through Miami Beach which is not my favorite location to drive in a compact car much let alone a commercial van. I didn’t win the car or the net book or anything though I got a bright orange carry bag, one round mouse pad and a pen. My legs were getting ready to give out because they never have anywhere to sit at these shows.
I did get to see the big Antique show from the walk over. Nothing I would have spent money to get into there! I drove home and the roads seemed really rough until we hit a dead stop. A lovely woman pulled up next to us and said my back tire was about to blow. We limped off I-95 at Sunrise and took Powerline where a nice trucker told us it had a huge bubble on the inside and if it hit the brake line the tire would blow. I pleaded, coddled and promised new tires if Vanwitch would just limp into Costco. She made it! Four tires and 837.00 later (that was with a 70.00 coupon), she is about six inches higher and feeling frisky. She drives so smooth it is a wonder. This is going down in history as the most expensive IT show in my life. So much Ford saying they would last until her March checkup.
So instead of dinner out, I got a slice of pizza at Costco and it was good. Then we had to continue on to BJ’s as Costco was out the cheap dog food for the Raccoon Contingency and I needed Activia. BJ’s has a coupon though Costco’s regular price is lower. Napoleon has a fit if he doesn’t get his Activia. Then we had to get water at the Water Mill and by then I was limping. I managed to get into Western Meats for some buttermilk and beautiful Zucchinis but on the way out I could barely put any weight on my right heel. By the time we got home I could barely walk and that is where I am right now. The heel hurts like I have a knife stuck in it, I can’t support weight on the right foot and I am exhausted. The stress of getting Vanwitch from Sunrise to Sample on Powerline with the tire about to blow at any moment was more than my system could take. Even my scar is hurting.
That was not the high point of the last day. Last night Flame comes running in and jumps up on my dresser. I should have named her Dureena. She goes headfirst down behind it with only the last part of her back feet showing and one third of her tail. All I could think was how on earth I was going to get her out there. Then there was a scrabbling and slowly, half an inch by half an inch the cat emerged backwards, covered in cobwebs….hey I don’t dust back there very much….until finally the head emerges with something huge and furry in her mouth. It was a Fur Rat. We haven’t seen a Fur Rat in a year since Target sold them all off and somehow she found Napoleon’s stash of a brand new Fur Rat. I think they killed it around 3 AM much to my final relief. They are made of hard plastic and I have a tile floor.
Farmville finally opened up the farm expansion last night and I was 5,000 coins short. So I started harvesting everything in sight as fast as I could. Things were going well until my virtual goat started running from my curser. Maybe I was getting a little over enthusiastic….
Forecast and Faery Finder
And the IT Disaster
By Janice Scott-Reeder and the Bitwit
According to Llewellyn’s Magical Almanac, today’s color is black and the incense is pine. Today is St. Ildefonso’s Day.
FORECASTS:
Astrologically, the Second quarter waxing Moon starts at 5:53 AM EST in Taurus. If you wake up in the middle of the night from a dream about a money making opportunity, WRITE IT DOWN! It will be a good one! The morning brings news about changes being approved and then you get the list of restrictions. Good news turns into aggravation. Although you are trying to be nice about it, the acid is still dripping off your tongue. Good news arrives at the end of the afternoon and all seem well. However, if you take too much credit, argument arrive in the late night.
Deck: Navigators Tarot of the Mystic Sea.
Today’s Tarot Card is the Ace of Wands: stimulation. Use your intuition today. It is time to reach for a greater understanding of your life and others.
Deck: Healing with the Fairies.
The Faeries say:
It going to be hard to laugh today but you might as well. It is easier than crying.
.
Today’s Cat Comfort Card is:
Cat Call: “Don’t be critical. See the positive in yourself and others.”
Deck: The Fairies’ Oracle by Brian Froud & Jessica MacBeth
Today’s Faery Finder is on the lookout for:
The Faery Who was Kissed by the Pixies is here today. Love given and love received is her theme and she will definitely open your heart in any way she has to.
Today’s Lo Shu Number is 1 and the Element is Water. The Rabbit finds conflict today. Today is not an auspicious day for haircuts, medical procedures, signing contracts, gambling, starting construction or births.
Today’s Message from the Universe is: “Any difficulty I might have with people in my life tells me that I have not succeeded in communicating through ordinary means. I ask the Supreme Being to send Light in this situation. I stop talking about this problem. I know that Divine Love is now in action. Everything is working out quickly, easily and successfully.” Annie Marquier creating a world of peace one thought at a time.
COMMENTARIES BY JANICE SCOTT-REEDER
The day started a little late and I made the mistake, since I was feeling really bad, of letting George drive. Like most men, he saw an express lane and simply could not resist getting in it. It chomped on my Sunpass and dropped us a couple of exits after the one we needed to take. Meanwhile, Vanwitch is running is little rough. So we had to backtrack through Miami Beach which is not my favorite location to drive in a compact car much let alone a commercial van. I didn’t win the car or the net book or anything though I got a bright orange carry bag, one round mouse pad and a pen. My legs were getting ready to give out because they never have anywhere to sit at these shows.
I did get to see the big Antique show from the walk over. Nothing I would have spent money to get into there! I drove home and the roads seemed really rough until we hit a dead stop. A lovely woman pulled up next to us and said my back tire was about to blow. We limped off I-95 at Sunrise and took Powerline where a nice trucker told us it had a huge bubble on the inside and if it hit the brake line the tire would blow. I pleaded, coddled and promised new tires if Vanwitch would just limp into Costco. She made it! Four tires and 837.00 later (that was with a 70.00 coupon), she is about six inches higher and feeling frisky. She drives so smooth it is a wonder. This is going down in history as the most expensive IT show in my life. So much Ford saying they would last until her March checkup.
So instead of dinner out, I got a slice of pizza at Costco and it was good. Then we had to continue on to BJ’s as Costco was out the cheap dog food for the Raccoon Contingency and I needed Activia. BJ’s has a coupon though Costco’s regular price is lower. Napoleon has a fit if he doesn’t get his Activia. Then we had to get water at the Water Mill and by then I was limping. I managed to get into Western Meats for some buttermilk and beautiful Zucchinis but on the way out I could barely put any weight on my right heel. By the time we got home I could barely walk and that is where I am right now. The heel hurts like I have a knife stuck in it, I can’t support weight on the right foot and I am exhausted. The stress of getting Vanwitch from Sunrise to Sample on Powerline with the tire about to blow at any moment was more than my system could take. Even my scar is hurting.
That was not the high point of the last day. Last night Flame comes running in and jumps up on my dresser. I should have named her Dureena. She goes headfirst down behind it with only the last part of her back feet showing and one third of her tail. All I could think was how on earth I was going to get her out there. Then there was a scrabbling and slowly, half an inch by half an inch the cat emerged backwards, covered in cobwebs….hey I don’t dust back there very much….until finally the head emerges with something huge and furry in her mouth. It was a Fur Rat. We haven’t seen a Fur Rat in a year since Target sold them all off and somehow she found Napoleon’s stash of a brand new Fur Rat. I think they killed it around 3 AM much to my final relief. They are made of hard plastic and I have a tile floor.
Farmville finally opened up the farm expansion last night and I was 5,000 coins short. So I started harvesting everything in sight as fast as I could. Things were going well until my virtual goat started running from my curser. Maybe I was getting a little over enthusiastic….
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Forecast and Faery Finder for 01/22/10
01-22-10
Forecast and Faery Finder
By Janice Scott-Reeder and the Bitwit
According to Llewellyn’s Magical Almanac, today’s color is pink and the incense is thyme. Today is the first quarter waxing Moon in Aries and St. Vincent’s Day in France.
FORECASTS:
Astrologically for about a week, quirky Aquarius has his eye on a goal and he will use most any means possible to get it. More is done at social events and backroom meetings than out in the open. All bets are off as justice is sought.
The afternoon pushes old issues and hurts to the forefront and devious means are used to solve those problems. After 3 PM EST, everything is fuzzy and not moving until the Moon enters Taurus at 11:39 PM and a weekend of stubbornness, greed and possessiveness begins. Just keep in mind that Karma is watching.
Deck: Navigators Tarot of the Mystic Sea.
Today’s Tarot Card is the Arch Priestess: dissolution. You can start fresh today. An old idea emerges from your subconscious in a new reincarnation. Look at the world logically.
Deck: Healing with the Fairies.
The Faeries say:
Get out there and strut your stuff. Everyone is beautiful in their own way.
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Today’s Cat Comfort Card is:
Cat Suit: “Be daring. Be wild. Be Bold.”
Deck: The Fairies’ Oracle by Brian Froud & Jessica MacBeth
Today’s Faery Finder is on the lookout for:
G. Hobbyah is out and about and he is a hobgoblin, the monster under the bed and the voice that whispers your greatest fears in your ear. He casts a big scary shadow on everything but he is really a little squirt. Banish your fears by inviting them out of the shadows into the light and look at them rationally.
Today’s Lo Shu Number is 9 and the Element is water. The Tiger finds conflict today but the Dragon and Snake have ease. Today is an auspicious day for haircuts, medical procedures, signing contracts, gambling and births but not for starting construction.
Today’s Message from the Universe is: “I acknowledge the light within every human. I love, respect and accept each person as the manifestation of the Divine Will on earth. In so doing, I allow those around me to manifest the best of their being. Together we bring healing, beauty and freedom into our world for the highest good of all.” Annie Marquier creating a world of peace one thought at a time.
COMMENTARIES BY JANICE SCOTT-REEDER
Happiness is finally getting your back order in with the astrological almanac you have lost and discovering that today Mercury finally emerges from the storm. That means it returns to the point it went retrograde and begins rapidly picking up speed. Things will now start moving forward. So, don’t bet on anything that happened this week being either permanent or having the effect you thought they would. All bets are off.
Consequences. How I really wish people would stop and think about what they are doing and how it is affecting everyone around them. My neighbor is in a running feud with her next door neighbor to the point the police have threatened to charge either one if they call them out again. I mean this is a ‘your garbage can is one inch over my property line’ idiocy feud.
So every morning she lets this dog out at 6 AM and it barks until 6:11 AM when she lets it back in. She is a dog trainer so I know she could shut the thing up. My dogs never barked like that. I know this is to irritate the neighbor on the other side.
However, I am the one up coughing half the night with bronchitis, who has just managed to fall asleep and maybe get a few hours of rest when I am jarred out of bed by the DOG! George is trying to get a little rest before he goes off to work and he is jarred out of bed by the DOG! The neighbors she is trying to annoy sleep on the other side of their house, probably can’t hear the thing and are retired anyway. They can nap. George can’t. My rest is shot and I am seriously considering whether I can get away with shooting the owner. One thing is for sure, this certainly is not going to engender any cooperation on my part with anything. I am sure the people behind her are not finding it amusing either.
Even Napoleon is in a snit about having his 18 hour nap interrupted. I always put my bed rest pillow aside when I go to bed. Last night I turned on the light and the bed rest had fallen over with Napoleon. All I could see were four little white paws with black paw pads sticking straight up in the air. He didn’t even wake up when it fell over with him! Goddess what I would not give to be able to sleep like that.
Boogaboo has already demanded his 10 minutes of petting for which he delivers purrs at the maximum volume. It is now a daily affair except I never know when I am going to be hit up for the 10 minutes of love. I think that is his way of keeping me on my toes.
A few words about the elections this week. Polls commissioned right after the election do not show a Republican victory as much as a Democratic loss of hope and the beginning of apathy. I admit to feeling very much like: why bother? Nothing is changing. The vocal minority is still stupid enough to shoot themselves in the foot for the corporate giants. I know few people listen to me, but I am going to make a suggestion. If you are homeless, sick and unable to get medical care or trying to get medical care for your sick child you know as well as I do, nothing is going to happen. So, get yourself to Washington DC. Do not make a sign. Do not organize a protest. Do not grant interviews, just pack the galleries in the senate and stand there. Stand on the street at the exits to the parking lots so they have to drive past you. Don’t engage them. Force them to see you. Force them to see face of the people they are hurting. Take off your caps and show your bald heads and ravages of disease. Sit in your wheelchairs and just look at them. Don’t say anything. Refuse to be engaged in dialogue. Make them see the face of the America that isn’t wearing a thousand dollar suit, getting a million dollar bonus or going home to a comfy condo where the maid is serving dinner. You packed the inauguration and showed America the face of hope. Now show them the face of despair and pain. Let them make up their own story because eventually the weight of the truth will crush them. You might as well be homeless in Washington DC as anywhere else. Take it from me, you won’t feel any worse there than anywhere else. Sick is sick. Yes, some people may get arrested but eventually, the jail will be full and then just keep coming. Show them the majority that is suffering in silence in silence because silence is louder than a bullhorn at tea party rally.
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