New Term: Inflicted Insight

Don't worry. It's not raining. It's a drought.

From Wikipedia: Inflicted Insight: Inflicted insight is a possible consequence for subjects participating in certain kinds of research. It occurs when the subject is given insight into his flaws through his participation in an experiment, often unexpectedly or causing emotional pain. It is especially likely in social and psychological research and especially when that research Continue reading →

Homeless Shelters and Bedbugs Links

Are you doing enough?

I found a few really cool links in the latest issue of Redbook. One is to look up (or make) bedbug infestation reports at apartments and hotels around the U.S. Go to Bedbug Registry.com to find out if your potential apartment complex, home, or hotel has reports of infestations. You can either enter the name Continue reading →

I Can Feel It

There's some serious healing going on.

I just reserved our room for the House Kheperu Open House. I reserved for four nights — Thursday-Sunday nights with checkout on Monday. The convention is Friday (6-7 p.m) through Sunday (3-4 p.m.). My plan is to drive up, arriving earlier in the week and taking my time driving through Ohio so I can visit Continue reading →

House Kheperu Open House

Everybody needs to believe in something.

House Kheperu is hosting their annual open house this coming May (2011). A friend mentioned it to me in a nice bit of synchronicity not long after I made my Otherkin post. I’ve emailed Michelle Belanger (head of the organization), but she hasn’t yet replied. I hope to attend the Open House this year with Continue reading →

Sheta’s Paranormal Noise Radio Interview – Part One

We covered sex and other stuff nobody cares about. ;)

Okay, sorry for the delay. Here’s the archive of my radio show — the first segment; there will be more to follow at some point. Be advised, this is a 29 megabyte file, so adjust accordingly. Link to Sheta’s Paranormal Noise radio interview. Click to play, or right click and “save target as.” You can Continue reading →

Come Play with Me! It’s Free!

The clothes for the human avatars are FRIKKIN' AWESOME. If you join, I'll help you.

Just a quick post to plug one of my favorite websites — in fact it’s the only website I visit daily other than my blog and my email. I joined for the avatars and the clothes, but other people join for the pets. Subeta is not like Neopets — it’s twisted, darkly funny, and just Continue reading →

Interview – Paranormal Noise

I'm way cooler on the Internet!

I’ll be doing an interview — live — on an internet radio program called Paranormal Noise. The show will be on Monday, September 27 at 11 p.m. Eastern/8 p.m. Pacific/3 a.m. GMT. I’ll be discussing my relationship with Meridjet and how we help other people get closer to their spirit companions. There will probably be Continue reading →

Success on Your Own Terms

I’ve been emailing back and forth with Tonya Kay (see thumbnail), a new writer in Rending the Veil‘s increasingly impressive roster of contributors. She is a uniquely special individual, and I thought I’d share some of her enthusiasm with you, along with some links. I’m not really familiar with her body of work, but her Continue reading →

Yule Issue of Rending the Veil is Up

This issue, I didn’t write anything myself, other than a couple of embarrassing emails. heh. Here are the links: See the new Yule layout at http://www.rendingtheveil.com. Featured The Magick of Christmas: Renewal and the Aeon by Leni Hester Greater Wheel of Fortune and Practical Magick by Frater Barrabbas Poetic Journeys – Winds of the Sea Continue reading →

In Which I Rant

The New York Times today reports (among content about the new health care bill and the release of the names of those killed at Fort Hood) that “There are just over 100 people in the world serving sentences of life without parole for crimes they committed as juveniles in which no one was killed; 77 Continue reading →

Please Read Regarding US Health Care

Subject: HR 615 On Tuesday, the Senate health committee voted 12-11 in favor of a two-page amendment, courtesy of Republican Tom Coburn, which would require all Members of Congress and their staff members to enroll in any new government-run health plan. Congressman John Fleming has proposed an amendment that would require Congressmen and Senators to Continue reading →

The Bipartisan Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act Needs Your Support!

Sign the petition at the Lifetime Network website, here. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-Connecticut) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) and Senators Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) recently re-introduced the bipartisan Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act in Congress. Thanks to its viewers, Lifetime has so far collected more than 23 million online petition signatures urging Congress Continue reading →

My Blog is, Firstly, For Me

An article in the NYTimes online today attempts to determine why people blog when they should be doing things like “homework and swim practice, or perhaps even housework and parenting.” Their determination is that bloggers assume that just the act of starting a blog will provide an instant audience, followed by fortune and/or fame. While Continue reading →

8 Reasons This Blog Doesn’t Suck

I saw a post on probablysucks.com that listed reasons “your blog probably sucks.” In the spirit of Eight Random Things, I give you “Eight Reasons This Blog Doesn’t Suck.” I know how to write, spell, and use punctuation effectively. I have the guts to talk about things that most people won’t talk about. (This may Continue reading →

New Banner

I’m updating a few pages that didn’t have thumbnails yet, and while I was at it I made a banner from the logo that Mats made for the site. Here it is, for those inclined to post it. (You can find others in the “Of Interest” section above.) Link to http://spiritcompanion.com, of course.

Sale I Had to Share

I got an ad from Geeks.com for an Xbox 360 Elite. It’s good enough to pass on. I don’t get anything from this, btw. I wish I could afford one for myself, though! ETA: $199. Oops forgot to add the price. XBOX 360 Elite 120 GB Hard drive HDMI Wireless controller Headset Here. This link Continue reading →

Moved! and New Year, and Photos

Moved! This site has been moved to a new hosting company and a new server. There was some down time last night because I got sucked into watching Leverage with my daughter. We watched 3 episodes on the DVR, and then I checked the site to find a database error. Fixed it right around midnight, Continue reading →