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| Thursday, December 10th, 2009 | | 6:16 pm |
martianmooncrab - (No subject) http://martianmooncrab.livejournal.com/520379.html 
10-Dec-2009 2:48p
now my garbage disposal wont grind. sigh. I have instructions how to deal with this sort of thing, short of replacing the disposal, not today, maybe not tomorrow either.
Think I will putter about with books and get back to annotating the Great Work from the books I got signed at Orycon, of course, while doing other things, I have found the books that escaped me prior. Damn things anyways.
Maybe I will go back to petting the Playmobile Pyramid, as my friends have pointed out, I now have a chamber for all eternity if I get myself cremated first.
martianmooncrab | | 5:45 pm |
rowanf - More Parliament - Vodun http://rowanf.livejournal.com/497054.html 
09-Dec-2009 2:39p
This morning I was quite tired after our Colonial Tramcar dinner. Anna & I went together and we ran into Tim Miner and his wife from Washington DC. Tim is the fellow to whose organization I donated the interfaithtoday.com domain. We had a lovely dinner but there wasn't a tour aspect. By the end of three hours I was a bit motion sick. What is the point of a moving dinner, however yummy, if there isn't a tour?!
I skipped doing a devotional and went to a 9:30 session - Understanding Vodun: a West African Spirituality by Robert Houndohome Hounon of Benin. Also known as His Majesty Daagbo Hounion Houna II, Robert Houndohome Hounon is the Supreme Spiritual Leader of the Great Council of the Vodun Hwendo tradition. He was speaking in French with a translator. I understand that the East Coast Pagan community had contributed money to get him to the Parliament.
His basic message seems to be that the diaspora is doing it all wrong and should come back to Africa to get the pure religion from one of the countries of the Gulf of Guinea. He doesn't have a website yet. There was the inevitable "animal sacrifice" question, twice. He said yes, they do animal sacrifice but if the animal screams it gets a reprieve. Someone asked him about Vodun's views on modern issues like abortion, vegetarianism and euthanasia. He said that Vodun condemned abortion because all life is sacred, vegetarianism is an individual choice because one's food taboos are determined by the sign one is born under and he didn't respond about euthanasia.
January 10th is a national Vodun holiday in Benin however and they have gotten some recognition there. There are monuments to the gate of departure (leaving for slavery) and the gate of return (slaves descendants returning). It was never discussed whether non-Africans could practice Vodun but His Magesty seemed to be talking only to the black members of the audience.
At the end of his presentation Angie Buchanan presented him with one of the beautiful shakers made by Julee Higgenbotham. Hmm, have I mentioned those? There are four symbolic ceramic shakers that the Pagans were giving to various groups and elders - the Parliament committee in Chicago, the committee in Melbourne, this guy and hopefully the Dalai Lama. I took pictures of the presentation which are stuck in my camera. *sigh* Here is an article on them from her local paper, St. Louis Today.
This presentation really made me glad that the Orixa have reached out to me with the new religious movement of Umbanda. I feel no need to go back to Africa for some kind of authenticity. I love the syncretic nature of Umbanda and I don't need some Africa "King" telling me what is truth. Heh, I have always had trouble with the religious titles of Lord & Lady, His Magesty is pretty much right out for me. And his anti-abortion stance also put me off considerably as you might imagine.
Current Mood:  cynical
Current Music: the hissing of air conditioning
rowanf | | 5:15 pm |
misslynx - And the deep freeze continues...</a http://misslynx.livejournal.com/397846.html 
10-Dec-2009 4:36p
All right, this weather is fired. Even Kiska is not enjoying it, and she has a lot of fur and is usually a fan of snow and winter. But it's bitterly cold out and very windy, and the snow is not the kind she likes - it's hard and crunchy, and she much prefers soft snow that she can prance around in and tunnel under and poke her nose into until it makes her sneeze. She wouldn't go past the park today - just gave me this look like "All right, home NOW. I may be descended from sled dogs, but this is excessive."
And I really wasn't inclined to argue with her given that I was starting to lose sensation in my fingers and toes. Stupid Raynaud's.
Things to acquire this winter, most likely with Xmas money from relatives:
- Warm, windproof mittens, preferably ones that can fit over gloves. This is particularly important if I want to actually do any winter biking. (I got the idea of mittens-over-gloves from this video on how to dress for winter cycling.)
- More warm wool socks. I only have a couple of pairs, and I suspect I will need more.
- Long underwear. As un-Canadian as it may sound, I do not currently own any. This must change.
- Probably a new winter coat, if I can find a nice one cheap somewhere. My current one, which is pretty much an ankle-length parka, has served me very well over the years but is showing serious signs of wear, and does not seem to be as warm as it used to be. Or maybe it's just my decreasing cold tolerance. Either way, I've been thinking for the past couple of winters that it was nearing time to replace it... Maybe with something a bit shorter so that I can actually wear it on the bike if I need to, but not too short - maybe knee length or so.
- Possibly also some sort of lighter, breathable windbreaker for cycling.
- Warm bathrobe and/or PJs. My current, or perhaps I should say former, cold-weather bathrobe has a giant rip in it and all my efforts to mend it have failed - it just rips again right next to wherever I mended it. I think it is time to retire it.
I am noticing a theme to this wish list... Current Mood:  cold
Current Music: Love is Colder than Death - Point of a Boundary Line
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the_wildhunt - America the Ecle http://syndicated.livejournal.com/the_wildhunt/629114.html
10-Dec-2009 7:16p
http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/12/america-the-eclectic-and-other-pagan-news-of-note.html http://wildhunt.org/blog/?p=3897 Top Story: Is eclecticism and syncretism part of America’s religious DNA? A recent survey by the Pew Forum seems to suggest just that. While America is dominated by various forms of Christian belief, many adherents also partake in different religious practices and subscribe to various beliefs outside the theological boundaries of their faith.
“In total, upwards of six-in-ten adults (65%) express belief in or report having experience with at least one of these diverse supernatural phenomena (belief in reincarnation, belief in spiritual energy located in physical things, belief in yoga as spiritual practice, belief in the “evil eye,” belief in astrology, having been in touch with the dead, consulting a psychic, or experiencing a ghostly encounter). This includes roughly one-quarter of the population (23%) who report having only one of these beliefs or experiences. More than four-in-ten people (43%) answer two or more of these items affirmatively, including 25% who answer two or three of these items affirmatively and nearly one-in-five (18%) who answer yes to four or more. Roughly one-third of the public (35%) answers no to all eight items.”
This increasing trend of heterodoxy undermines the idea that the Religious Right, and other vanguards of religious orthodoxy, have much sway outside their main base of support. When nearly a quarter of America Christians say they believe trees possess spiritual energy, I’m far more convinced we’ll see a post-Christian culture than some sort of Family-style conservative Christian coup in the years to come. This transition may upset some, but I suspect that most Pagans, especially the eclectic and syncretic, will feel right at home.
In Other News: Pagans seem to be the ultimate test of how “open” your local city council’s opening invocations are. When a government body is accused of engaging in primarily sectarian prayer, as is the case in Bakersfield California, they usually point out that the invocation slot is welcome to any faith tradition that wants a turn. But as Americans United senior policy analyst Rob Boston points out, that openness often grinds to a halt when a Wiccan signs up.
“When communities try to set up a totally open forum for prayers, “what usually happens is that sooner or later someone comes along from a religion that is unpopular or misunderstood” — such as a Wiccan or Pagan — “and the conservative Christians throw a fit,” he said in an e-mail.”
Councilmember Jacquie Sullivan says Bakersfield is ready to pass the Pagan test, stating that “it would be their turn”. Did you hear that Bakersfield Pagans? Time to step up! They are ready. It’s your turn! Whether the “include a Wiccan” gambit would help them in a lawsuit is still an open question.
In Toronto, a con-artist who bilked a woman out of tens-of-thousands of dollars isn’t just up on charges of fraud, but also on charges of pretending to be a witch.
Det. Constable Jones says it’s rare to charge someone under Section 365, but the circumstances of this case fit. “It’s a historical quirk,” says Alan Young, a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. Some sections of the Canadian criminal code reflect offences that were more prevalent centuries ago. When the code was enacted in 1892, witchcraft per se was no longer a punishable offence, he says, but lawmakers wanted to ensure witchcraft wasn’t used as a cover for fraud. Section 365 states that any one who fraudulently pretends to exercise or to use any kind of witchcraft, sorcery, or enchantment or who “undertakes, for a consideration, to tell fortunes … is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.” “It’s not really about occult activity,” Prof. Young says. “It’s about defrauding people.”
One would assume that a real Witch would be immune from such charges. One would also hope that this near-forgotten law won’t be abused in a crusade against honest psychic practitioners, as they have been in America.
The Daily Grail features an excerpted essay from Greg Taylor that is very close to my heart, the history of occult practices in rock music.
“There is a vast amount of related material we could cover: from the influence of the occult upon Norwegian Black Metal, to Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson’s interest in Aleister Crowley, which has recently resulted in a feature film. Or perhaps even The Mars Volta’s use of an Ouija Board in the creation of their 2008 album The Bedlam in Goliath (considering the mayhem that allegedly resulted, perhaps they should have listened to David Bowie’s advice…). But, ultimately, rock music is about transcending the intellect, and just losing yourself in a maelstrom of sound and feeling.”
That essay, and others, is from Darklore volume 2, available now from Amazon.com. Also, in a somewhat related note, Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth’s “Thee Psychick Bible” (a project initiated by Industrial music pioneer Genesis P-Orridge) has been re-released in an updated, expanded, corrected edition. Perfect gifts for the occult music-lover in your family, and if all this talk of occult and Pagan music has you wanting to listen to some, why not check out my weekly podcast?
In a final note, the Houston Chronicle looks at the massive December pilgrimages in Mexico, with many traveling to the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe (her feast day is on Saturday), located on a former pagan shrine. While nearly a million travel to gain the blessings of the “goddess of Mexico”, the local priests want you to know that there is no trace of pre-Christianity left in the rites and traditions surrounding this popular saint.
“Arriving by bus, car or bicycle, the faithful first stop at the artesian stream springing from the roots of a huge and ancient cypress tree. They don crowns made of fresh flowers and leave petitions to God hanging from the fence posts, wash in or drink from the spring and dance before the statue in a small chapel … When their dance is finished, the pilgrims ride a few miles down the mountainside to the village of Chalma itself, where they walk through a gantlet of vendors and restaurants to arrive at the church. There they attend Mass, get blessed by priests and leave petitions or letters of thanks to God hanging on walls. “It is 100 percent Catholic,” Manzanares said of the pilgrimage, “based in Catholic belief for the Catholic faithful.” Chalma’s shrine was erected by Spanish friars in the 1530s conquest in a cave that the Aztecs once worshipped as the dwelling of Ozteatl, a god represented by a large man-sized black boulder they believed had healing powers. The friars destroyed the stone, according to some accounts, and a Christ statue appeared in its place.”
Catholic perhaps, but grown from “pagan” soil and tradition. Whether Guadalupe is “100% Catholic” or a Christianized version of the Aztec moon goddess Tonantzin, she is still the most-venerated goddess/saint in the Americas, and neither Catholic nor Pagan should take that lightly.
That’s all I have for now, have a great day!
the_wildhunt | | 3:15 pm |
wilwheaton - thirty-two hours in http://syndicated.livejournal.com/wilwheaton/625618.html
10-Dec-2009 10:44a
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wwdn/~3/QemNYZwu19I/thirtytwo-hours-in-three-hundred-words.html It was just above freezing when I got into the car Tuesday morning. The rising sun had just barely cleared my neighbor's roof, and did its best to melt the frost off of my roof and windshield.
Anne and I sat in the passenger compartment shivering, surprisingly thick clouds of fog blooming in front of us with every breath, while we waited for the engine to warm up.
"We should have started the car five minutes ago and waited in the house," I said, hugging myself to keep warm.
"When we build the time machine, we'll make sure we do that."
After a couple of minutes, the frost on the windshield began to soften, helped along by judicious use of the wipers. As we drove up the street, I noticed that every house, lawn, car -- hell, every surface -- that was still in shadow had at least some frost on it. I'm sure people who live in parts of the world that actually have seasons wouldn't be moved by it, but it made me happy to observe some tactile evidence of winter's impending, full-throated arrival.
About fifty traffic-filled minutes later, Anne dropped me off at the airport. Four flight-delayed hours after that, I walked into the Seattle airport, and five hours after that I walked into the Child's Play Charity Auction.
Seventeen hours after that, I walked out of my hotel into a crystal-clear thirteen degree Seattle morning that shocked me so much, I didn't actually feel how cold it was until I'd been sitting in my cab for almost a full minute.
Finally, about thirty-two hours after I'd walked out of my house I walked back inside. My pets greeted me at the door, and made me feel like I’d been missing for a week.
 
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fabricdragon - off line soon http://fabricdragon.livejournal.com/214316.html 
10-Dec-2009 12:08p
i will be at a craft Show at the Laurel Mall in Hazelton Pa from this Sunday (set up only) through next Sunday.
if business keeps up, i may be staying there through Xmas eve.
please feel free to come and visit me, or shop, or whatever.. Hazelton is near Lehighton where the SCA has many events, so i know some people can get there....
so far it looks as though Regal Pewter will be co vending with me... barring any problems
any prayers or workings for a safe and profitable event welcome!
I will be staying at a motel up there as the commute would be too long, but ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) whouseknecht will be home. if you need to reach me, either try my cell phone or contact Wayne.
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wildcelticrose - The land of many Squees http://wildcelticrose.livejournal.com/963882.html 
10-Dec-2009 8:07a
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Welcome to “things that make me go Squee”.
After “cleaning out the pipes” yesterday by venting for WTF Wednesday, I'm ready to "squee with glee".
In honor of Pop Fiend’s attempt at decreasing drama for at least one day a week on LiveJournal by promoting “Drama Free Thursday” (for those who aren’t aware, my blog is crossposted to LiveJournal, my self hosted WordPress blog, Blogspot, and Facebook), I offer up my own “special” (in a rode the short bus kind of way) contribution, “Things that Make Me go Squee!!!
* Things that make me go squee!” may has become a regular Thursday spectacle production because “Squee” rhymes with “Drama Free”, and I’m trying to do my part.
I think that almost everyone occasionally forgets to celebrate and share good things. I know I do.
So in the spirit of putting “good juju” out there, here are the current things that make me go “SQUEE!!!”
 Polar Bear cookies make me smile. I found five of these little guys at Starbucks the other morning and they told me that they wanted to come to work with me so that my friends could bite their heads off. (they were tasty too)
I had a FABULOUS time with my dear friend Janice seeing “Ham for the Holidays” up at the Theater Off Jackson in Seattle last week. I highly recommend the show and the theater. We were guests of the Seattle Pride Foundation. I will be writing more about them and all the good community charity work they do all over the Pacific Northwest soon.
My website is ready to rock for online sales of photographs with a great assortment of framing/mounting options as well as gifts such as beer steins, mousepads, coffee mugs, canvas bags…
I also have my (extremely reasonable) rates posted for portrait and event photography I will travel as long as my travel expenses are paid for.
I’m getting ready to place another calendar order, so if you want one, order NOW! I will place my order based on how many pre-orders I have and this will likely be the last order this year.
Tragedy was turned into a triumph of the human spirit this week, during an amazing out pouring of love and support from all over North America (and the world) converged in our City of Destiny (Tacoma) to honor the lives of four fallen police officers.
One of the many, very impressive displays was over 1,000 (that’s over one THOUSAND) Royal Canadian Mounted Police who traveled at their own expense to be here to honor our officers and show support.
Snowshoe season has started, I got to go on a great snowshoe trip with friends.
Speaking of snowshoeing and friends, mine are as crazy busy as I am, and it’s often difficult to get people together for a trip due to limited time/availability-I gave up on the Mountaineers for the most part. I don’t have the time, money or desire to pay for their expensive courses (oh, that I’m qualified to teach their instructors how to teach) in order to go on their organized (sometimes over organized) trips. I tried the social division just to meet more outdoor folks, but it’s nothing more than a singles club (and all the drama, gossip and stigma that goes with one). Save a few long standing friends of mine who still attend their events, all anyone there seems to want to do is to go to parties, wine tastings and singles dances. Thanks but no thanks, I’ll go taste my wine after I’ve gone out and done something .
But WAIT! I discovered (through my friends Saul and Carla) meetup.com. I’ve already been on one meetup for the photography group and a snowshoe trip. I’ve got another snowshoe trip (with a ride of the lift at Crystal to view/photograph Mt Rainier and a fondue dinner) and a boat ride during the Christmas parade on the calendar as well.
Wow! A whole new batch of outdoor folks (and photography types) to go out and play with.
Speaking of photography I received notice that one of the photographs I entered in the WTA (Washington Trails Association) Northwest Exposure photo contest was selected as an editors favorite. I’m guessing I’m not a contest winner (they won’t be announced until next month) but one of my photos is going to be published in the January/February issue of the magazine.
The GREAT thing about this image being selected? It shows that “the camera you have with you is the best camera”; This was taken with my little Canon Powershot that I keep in my pocket. It’s about having a good eye and the opportunity. You don’t have to buy a bunch of expensive stuff to take good pictures.
Speaking of expensive photography stuff… I sucked it up and made a HUGE business expense.
My plan was always to use the D-5000 as backcountry camera because it’s so small and light. It doesn’t however do everything I need for portrait or other types of photography, especially since I can’t sync an off camera flash (less features, more reasonably priced camera)
I sold my Nikon D-80 and used that money, along with some gift cards, money saved from photographs I’ve sold, and my business credit card (had to get a credit card to start rebuilding credit) to FINALLY get a professional level camera with more features, settings and manual controls than one can imagine.
The Nikon D300S
Check out all this fancy voodoo on the back. (I’m going to be spending more than few nights reading up on this bad boy; it’s not automatic point and shoot)
Now that I’m really “taking my photography seriously and treating it like a real business, I’m getting a bit freaked out about how much it costs to do so. I REALLY need people to go buy calendars
purchase other photos/framing & mounting/gifts
and to set up appointments for portraits.
Or at least tell a friend…
Holiday cards and snowflakes are rolling in. Here’s the door so far.
Friday night is GIRLS NIGHT at my place. We’re going to watch one of my new movies, either Star Trek or Harry Potter, drink wine and giggle. (and stay warm)
Saturday if snow doesn’t turn our roads to slime, I’m heading up to Green Lake for the festival of lights and to hang out with my friend LisaMouse for tea first. We may even have a slumber party.
And here are little smilies for all the squees left unsqueed
And of course, the greatest squee of all…
I am blessed to have really GREAT friends in my life
And you can see a lot of them here… (if I don’t have a picture of you here, send me one)
Insert “squee” of your choice here
I wish everyone a happy and drama free Thursday, as well as lots of things to go “Squee” over.
SKA-WEEEEEEEEE
Now, I've got to get back to work, break’s over (I typed most of this up last night, but still…) so that I’m not behind before my long weekend.
~L
Mood: Gotta Squee 
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wildcelticrose | | 10:15 am |
dorktowerfeed - An Open Letter http://syndicated.livejournal.com/dorktowerfeed/214241.html
10-Dec-2009 9:00a
http://www.dorktower.com/2009/12/10/an-open-letter-to-abc-from-my-friend-leon/ http://www.dorktower.com/?p=4201 Did you watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas” last Tuesday night, and think it seemed a bit…shorter than usual? Well, it was. And my friend Leon puts this into word far better than I could have. Please pass on, share, and enjoy.
TO: ABC
FROM: Leon Lynn
RE: Desecration of “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
12/8/09
Dear ABC,
How could you?
For years and years I have awaited the network broadcast of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” as the true herald of the holiday season. I brought my kids up with the same tradition — one which has been made no less special for us by the fact that they happen to be Jewish.
Tonight we sat in horror and watched what you have done to the single greatest cartoon ever made.
How many minutes did you cut out of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” so you could run more commercials?
Gone was Sally’s materialistic letter to Santa, which finally sends Charlie screaming from the room when she says she will settle for 10s and 20s.
Gone was Schroeder’s miraculous multiple renditions of “Jingle Bells” from a toy piano, including the one that sounds distinctly like a church organ.
Gone was Linus using his blanket as an improvised slingshot to knock a can off the fence no one else can hit, complete with ricochet sound effect.
Gone were the kids catching snowflakes on their tongues and commenting on their flavor.
Gone even was poor Shermy’s only line. He thought he had it bad because he was always tasked to play a shepherd. He had no idea.
And why were all these classic scenes cut? To plug more ads into the show, of course. To sell burgers and greeting cards — and to relentlessly plug the insipid-looking new Disney “soon to be a classic” show immediately following. (I didn’t watch the new show, by the way. I was laid far too low by what had just happened.)
Cramming all of these ads into the 30-minute broadcast of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” required major edits to a cartoon that has spent 44 years now trying to remind us that Christmas is supposed to transcend crass commercialism.
Do you have no sense of irony?
A couple of weeks ago I noted that you can now buy a plastic replica of the pathetic little real-wood Christmas tree Charlie Brown brings home from the tree lot otherwise monopolized by shiny fake trees. I thought we had sunk as low as we could.
Obviously I was wrong.
Oh, and by the way: The sound was half a second behind the picture: They were not synched properly. I thought this was pretty sloppy for a major TV network, but I was willing to look past it.
What I cannot look past is the chopping to bits of a genuine classic, not just to pump more ads at us, but in direct conflict with the message that has made it a classic.
When I was a kid, the annual broadcast of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” was a holiday unto itself. It was the only time we ever saw ads for Dolly Madison snack cakes, for one thing. But more importantly, it actually framed the coming holiday for me in a meaningful way.
The shepherds in their fields had no corporate sponsors. Nobody had bought the naming rights for the manger. The infant Jesus did not have an endorsement deal lined up with a particular line of swaddling clothes.
Instead he came, the story goes, to preach universal love, and the abandonment of false ideals like the acquisition of gross material wealth in favor of something far more valuable.
You have not just lost sight of this, or turned your backs on it. You have stomped it into the mud.
You should be ashamed of yourselves.
But I bet you aren’t. I bet you’re way past that.
Count my family out for next year.
Sincerely,
Leon Lynn
dorktowerfeed | | 9:45 am |
evaelisabeth - Sharing my frustrations http://evaelisabeth.livejournal.com/223193.html 
10-Dec-2009 1:52p
Our satellite TV will not be connected till January 12th.
The phone people can't tell me whether we will still have broadband available until the actual cable is connected. We have a new telephone pole but apparently the people who put up the pole don't actually hook up the cable.
The phone people who actually connect the cable don't want to hear from me, I have to wait for them to call me to tell me when they are coming so I don't even know when the cable will be connected.
They can't/won't transfer my broadband service to the new phone number, they want to charge me €30 for connecting up new broadband service (never mind that we already have a contract with them for broadband on our old phone number).
Customer Service SUCKS in this country.
ARRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH
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erynn999 - Food, folks & fun http://erynn999.livejournal.com/518826.html 
10-Dec-2009 2:19a
Tonight's dinner was game hens in a Moroccan tagine recipe where I substituted salted cumquats for the salted lemons, and some olives. It was very tasty. I've made some yummy broth with the remains of the carcasses. yiaya came over tonight after she got home from work because her heat's acting up and not working for her. It's been too damned cold here to let anybody deal with that. She came and we had a fire in the fireplace, we ate, and we watched an ep of Brisco County Jr. Delightful evening.
It's down to 17f again tonight and will probably get colder. nathan_fhtagn has been twittering pics from Cal Anderson Park up on the hill, where the water is frozen over hard enough to walk on. That's damned rare here. Just thinking about it makes me shiver in my shoes.
alfrecht has been packing books tonight, getting ready for moving most of his stuff to storage this Saturday. Weather reports threaten snow for that day, which will be a real pisser if it happens. Snow this weekend would put a kink in a lot of folks' plans, but I'm a lot less inclined to drive anywhere if it does start coming down. I don't want to leave anybody in the lurch that I've promised to help, but keeping my car and my skin in one piece are also vitally important to me. We'll see what happens.
I received Abney Park's new cd Aether Shanties in the mail today. It sounds great! This is a fantastic addition to the collection. My only problem is that the cd keeps ejecting from my computer and won't rip, so I can't put it on my iPod. Someone else I know wasn't having trouble with it, so I'm not sure what's going on. I have an inquiry in with robert_from_ap, but I don't know if he'll respond.
Today's flist brought a photo and some vid of a really bizarre phenomenon in the sky over Norway that happened last night. It's just unreal. Speculation is running rampant but I have no idea what could possibly have caused anything that looked like that. Though, apparently, the Russians say it was a failed Bulava missile launch. Just as a personal weirdness, Nadyezhda, with whom I studied Ulchi shamanic lore, is from the village of Bulava and the name refers to a shaman's staff. Weird, weird world, eh?
On top of this, a NAVTEX message warning not to fly in that area was sent out on Dec-09:
ZCZC FA79
031230 UTC DEC 09
COASTAL WARNING ARKHANGELSK 94
SOUTHERN PART WHITE SEA
1.ROCKET LAUNCHING 2300 07 DEC TO 0600 08 DEC
09 DC 0200 TO 0900 10 DEC 0100 TO 0900
NAVIGATION PROHIBITED IN AREA
65-12.6N 036-37.0E 65-37.2N 036-26.0E
66-12.3N 037-19.0E 66-04.0N 037-47.0E
66-03.0N 038-38.0E 66-06.5N 038-55.0E
65-11.0N 037-28.0E 65-12.1N 036-49.5E
THEN COASTAL LINE 65-12.2N 036-47.6E
2. CANCEL THIS MESSAGE 101000 DEC=
NNNN
link to NAVTEX message,
http://www.frisnit.com/cgi-bin/navtex/view.cgi?id=1159919&lan=en&type=24H&message_filter=&search=ROCKET&station_filter=&date=2009-12-09&source=a4f7a470329caf85e2488355c7e88328&offset=0
Anyway, serious weirdness with a fascinating aerial display.
Current Mood:  confused
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bev_crusher1971 - New Fic: "Charlotte's http://bev-crusher1971.livejournal.com/107422.html 
10-Dec-2009 9:39a
Hi everybody,
here is my latest story. It's another CLex, written for the CLFF over at yahoo-groups. The prompts this time were "Pecan-Pie, Spider, Gathering Firewood and End of Summer".
Enjoy.
Bev
Title: „Charlotte's Web in Smallville“
Author: Bev
Beta: Twinsarein, thanks hun. You're the best.
Wave: 34 „Autumn“, prompts: End of summer/Pecan pie/gathering firewood and spiders.
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Chloe is sick, Clark is desperate and a little spider gets a good meal.
( Charlotte ... as in Charlotte's Web )
Current Mood:  relaxed
Current Music: "Born in the USA" Bruce Springsteen
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