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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 ...

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December 19, 2009

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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 ...

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December 15, 2009

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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 ...

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November 8, 2009

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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 ...

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October 8, 2009

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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 ...

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June 16, 2009

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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 ...

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June 7, 2009

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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 ...

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March 1, 2009

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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, ...

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January 16, 2009

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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 is ...

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January 8, 2009

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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 ...

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January 7, 2009

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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

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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

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Attention All GLBT and Friends: For Immediate Release

Join the Impact's first national demonstration will be December 10, 2008 and is called: Please visit this website for details: http://daywithoutagay.org/ [with minor edits] "On December 10, you are encouraged not to call in sick to work – you are encouraged to call in gay – and donate your time to service! December ...

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November 17, 2008

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An Interesting Development – PeopleJam

This is not a paid post – I want to make that clear. But it is an opportunity, for you and for me. A couple of days ago, I received an email that was not strictly spam – it referred to posts on this blog and spoke to me personally, ...

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November 12, 2008

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Blog Days

I've often seen other blogs with days of the week assigned to various tasks, for example the very popular Thankful Thursday. I've considered doing something like this, but I didn't want it to become a chore. It strikes me that, particularly with regard to gratitude, making these posts some sort ...

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August 21, 2008

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Comments on Weird Anomalies in Reality

There are some very interesting comment threads in my LiveJournal on the crosspost of my blog entry about anomalies and weird things in my life. After some thought I've decided to go ahead and make it public just this once. So read up, and see what should be happening here. ...

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July 27, 2008

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Current Ephemeris and Astrological Reference

Edited to add: I've corrected my chart below from the version I posted a moment ago. I recently found my birth certificate and discovered I was born 30 minutes earlier than I thought. This changes the house positions quite a bit, and moves Uranus in Leo to the 12th house ...

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June 10, 2008

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This Tarot Generator Always Kicks My Butt

Osho Zen Tarot card of the day: Control Generate your own ass-kicking here. Controlled persons are always nervous because deep down turmoil is still hidden. If you are uncontrolled, flowing, alive, then you are not nervous. There is no question of being nervous - whatsoever happens, happens. You have no expectations for ...

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May 29, 2008

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Attention Bloggers! Increase Your Rank Here!

If you would like to increase traffic to your blog and improve your Alexa rank, I’ve got a proposition for you. You know the little mini banners that blog directories make you post on your blog in order to be listed? If you don't have one for your own site, ...

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April 17, 2008

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Personal Inventory

Today’s been a busy day, full of a wide range of information both good and bad. My thoughts are largely inarticulate, but my energy level is sub-par so I’m sure that’s why. Best news of the day: Confirmed that my daughter’s Social Security disability has been approved. No word yet ...

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April 16, 2008

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Spiders Stay Outside

I intended to complete yesterday’s post, but other things got in the way and it’ll just have to wait. I am no longer quite focused in that direction. Meridjet has grown quiet over the last couple of days, though not completely silent. Last night I had dreams from which I ...

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April 14, 2008

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Historical Recollections, and Fear

I haven’t slept much in the past few days. I wake up within a few hours of going to bed and am unable to go back to sleep. It hasn't been so bad – I’ve been getting around six hours sleep a day – until this morning. This morning, I ...

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April 9, 2008

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Decluttering Your Blog Site

As I was Entrecard hopping today, I happened across a site where the top post was describing why it’s a good idea to de-clutter your blog. I knew mine was in need of it, particularly since I spent about half of the time of the last two weeks adding my ...

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April 7, 2008

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Spirits are Morally Ambiguous

Today, as I slept, there was discussion on the spirit companion yahoogroup regarding spirits, lying, and teaching lessons. One member described how her SC tests her by teaching her hard, painful lessons, and other members chipped in to opine that ‘good’ spirits would never lie or do anything to hurt ...

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April 6, 2008

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