Suggestions for a FAQ?
I'm giving thought to putting together a FAQ (or F-A-Q, as my daughter calls them) for this site, since it needs one, and putting one together for Rending the Veil is going to be harder. What are questions you'd be most interested in seeing listed (and answered) in 1) a ...
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January 4, 2009
Errors on the Internet
Well, it seems that my information was in error. I found the star info on some website purporting to share celestial events, but it wasn't an astronomy site. I wasn't able to find squat online for "stars December 2008" anywhere else on Google, which is just weird. Maybe it was ...
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January 3, 2009
Oh Wow, A Quiz
0% of the 22358 people who've taken this quiz are like me. Very interesting. I saw this on LJ and couldn't resist. I don't believe I've ever posted a quiz before on this blog. I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I'm a Reinventing Romantic Self-Knower
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January 2, 2009
Stars Tonight Were Amazing
I've never tried to photograph the stars before, but tonight as we came home from dinner, I marveled at the brightness of one near the moon. I knew it had to be a planet, but still I'd never seen a display like this before. It was huge, much brighter than ...
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January 1, 2009
A Break, For a Dream
My birds were being so loud for so long that I had to take an Ativan. Sheesh. Now I have headphones on so as to gain some control over what noise I'm exposed to. It reminded me of my dream this morning. The dream seemed important so I want to ...
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December 30, 2008
Mail Down
If anyone emailed me within the past twelve hours only to see their email bounce, please resend. I forgot to update the mail servers before I moved Rending the Veil's DNS last night, so mail was down for about six hours. I've been up all night working. Still have a lot ...
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December 29, 2008
Just A Quickie
I probably won't have time to do a real update until January, but I wanted to stop by and let everyone know I was still alive. Christmas was a thin but rewarding affair. My family celebrates a secular Christmas, and we don't put religious emphasis on any holiday, really. I ...
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December 27, 2008
Announcement of Interest
Since I'm scrambling around here posting email reminders between holiday gift-wrapping, I wanted to let my readers here know that we've created a Google group for readers of Rending the Veil. It's an open discussion group, and everyone is welcome. It'll help get everyone over the yearning for new RTV ...
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December 23, 2008
A Wish and A Prayer
I received an email from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, the school that also runs the Art Institute Online. I get way too many phone calls and the occasional email from these guys, and I finally got fed up. I usually ignore them, but this time I wrote Al K. ...
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December 21, 2008
Getting Hard For Me, Again
It's time for another cycle of "Where do I really need to be?" introspection. This whole magazine move for Rending the Veil is falling apart. I am starting to think it might be time to seriously consider giving it up. I don't want to do that, but I can't continue ...
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December 19, 2008
The Usual End of Year Survey
1.) Where did you ring in 2008? You know what? I can't remember. No doubt that means I was at home doing nothing of note. 2.) What was your status by Valentine's Day? Attached as usual. He despises Valentine's Day, and will tell anyone who will listen how he resents being told when ...
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December 16, 2008
Lyric Spam
These songs hit me, tonight. Lyric spam, move along. Nothing to see here. :P Collective Soul, "Run" Are these times contagious I've never been this bored before Is this the prize I've waited for? Now at the hours passing There's nothing left here to mature I long to find the messenger. Have I got a long way to ...
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December 14, 2008
Personal Philosophy, Final Chapter
Via random events (if there are such things), I'm reminded today that this chapter is long overdue. I apologize for how long it has taken. So much has happened, and this month is horribly packed with deadlines plus endless interruptions of urgent mundane matters. I may never catch up. But ...
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December 14, 2008
Successful Fundraiser
I'm thrilled to announce that the fundraiser has been a smashing success! You folks are so generous and compassionate, and I am very grateful to each of you. Thank you so much! My account is out of the red and into the black by enough to save me from panicking ...
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December 11, 2008
Winters Are Like Leap Years
I had to leave the house a couple of hours ago to visit the next burg about 20 minutes from here (usually, at least). When I left, I knew I was in for potential trouble. See, this is south Texas, and people here are completely ignorant of how to drive ...
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December 10, 2008
New Jewelry Creation
This year, due to very tight finances, all of my holiday gifts (other than a couple of things for my daughter) are going to be handmade. Last night I finished a bracelet for my mom, in a new style for me. I've never done any sort of wire work before, ...
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December 10, 2008
Update on Fund Raiser
I'm having an urgent-need fund raiser for animal rescue. See this post from yesterday. So far I have two people donating. This isn't enough. So I am adding a referral prize. Anyone referring a friend who donates will earn a free reading. Doesn't matter if said friend only gives $10, you ...
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December 10, 2008
How Do You Feel About Animal Welfare?
A lot has happened since I last posted here. During Thanksgiving week, my daughter was feeding the neighbor's cat every day while her friend was out of town. She noticed that the food bowl kept getting knocked over, and eventually found out that a stray dog was stealing the food. ...
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December 9, 2008
World AIDS Day
Yesterday was World AIDS Day, and as I often do, I got distracted and missed the opportunity to post about it. However, I'm going to make up for it now. Today while sitting in a waiting room and leafing through the most recent issue of Entertainment Weekly, I discovered a ...
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December 2, 2008
Christian Entitlement
I was on my way to bed when I checked my email one last time. I had a couple of comments on my PeopleJam blog, so I went to check them out as I'd managed to forget all about that site over the long weekend. One person gave a comment ...
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December 1, 2008
I Got An Award!
My friend Cally took my "Freakiest Blogger" prompt literally and gave me my first award, the Inde-Sapien Choice Award for "Freakiest Blogger Ever." You can see the big version behind the cut, and the small version in the sidebar... Sweet! Thank you!
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December 1, 2008
Art Present and Random News
I have a spiffy new header image up at the top of this page. It's a gift from my friend Mats Holmgren, who has a gallery here. Bless his heart, he lets me beg free art from him on a regular basis, and is going to be illustrating a couple ...
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November 29, 2008
Friday is a Black Nothing Day
Okay, so I'm not exactly demonstrating the razor-sharp wit today. That could be because I had two hours sleep before going to my mother's for Thanksgiving dinner, and since then I have slept only one more hour. I made the mistake of eating mashed potatoes with lactose-icky milk in them ...
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November 28, 2008
The Season is Busy in 3… 2… 1… NOW
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the U.S., which means cooking, travel, and the strong urge to take a nap. Our turkey dinner has shrunk over the last several years, so that now we'll snack on a small tray of raw veggies with dip, then for the meal we have turkey ...
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November 27, 2008
I Have Spent an Eternity in the Wind
In my youth, I was always moved by music and absorbed it like a sponge. That doesn't happen automatically anymore, but sometimes something will catch my ear and I can tap into that part of me again, for a while. Barring that, there's always Winamp and my old favorites. I ...
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November 25, 2008
Tarot Card of the Day
I drew this in a sadly pensive and lonely mood tonight. I thought I'd share it with you; perhaps we all need to hear it. Osho Zen Tarot: The Master (22) Beyond mind, there is an awareness that is intrinsic, that is not given to you by the outside, and is not ...
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November 25, 2008
Updates - A Waste of Time?
I've been working my ass off on the blog, which is probably very naughty of me since I need to be working on moving Rending the Veil. However, I am justifying this indulgence with the rationale that I'm familiarizing myself with the CMS, of which this blog layout is a ...
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November 24, 2008
I Am Seeking Your Opinions
I have several questions for those of you inclined to answer. There are a couple of different sections. Just answer what you want to, in comments. These questions are personal to me, not any sort of formal survey, but I really do want feedback. Thank you. Part one: Media Can you ...
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