On this day, I should be in Tomball, or Spring, or one of those not-entirely-distinct exurbs of Houston, getting Lily and her temporary caretakers used to each other.
The week begins with a bit of good news — as the standard “power” alignment (Earth-Moon-Sun) is in opposition to Mars, so hostilities against you will fail. On the 12th, Venus joins Mercury and the sun in Libra. While obviously a Very Good Thing for Libra, it’s also pretty good news for the rest of us, and a particularly good sign for me, who will be shooting that day. I should get the speed boost from Mercury, the balance from Libra, and mental harmony from Venus. Of course, so will my competitors. On the 14th, when the paying competitors begin shooting, They have a much less fortunate alignment of Mars (directly applicable to guns) the moon (instability/change/chaos) and Saturn retrograde (slowness, speed leading to bad results) the combination of which (bad things relating to guns and lead) indicating that people are going to be unhappy with their chronograph results. However, for people staying at home that day, you get the sun and Venus shining on you (at the same time even).
The week starts off with three reversed (spilled) cups, so beware of accidents and various forms of leaking.
Libra: 4 of Cups reversed – Novelty, presage, new instruction, new relations.
Scorpio: 3 of Cups reversed – Expedition, dispatch, achievement, end. It signifies also the side of excess in physical enjoyment, and the pleasures of the senses.
Sagittarius: 9 of Cups reversed – Truth, loyalty, liberty, mistakes, imperfections
Capricorn: 9 of Swords – Death, failure, miscarriage, delay, deception, disappointment, despair.
Aquarius: Judgement reversed – Weakness, pusillanimity, simplicity, deliberation, decision, sentence.
Pisces: 8 of Cups – Giving joy, mildness, timidity, honor, modesty. The decline of a matter, or that a matter which has been thought to be important is really of slight consequence
Aries: Page of Wands reversed – Anecdotes, announcements, evil news, indecision, instability.
Taurus: 7 of Wands- Valor, discussion, wordy strife, negotiations, war of trade, barter, competition, success.
Gemini: 7 of Cups reversed – Desire, will, determination, project.
Cancer: 3 of Wands – Established strength, enterprise, effort, trade, commerce, discovery, able co-operation in business.
Leo: Queen of Coins – Opulence, generosity, magnificence, security, liberty.
Virgo: The Empress – Fruitfulness, action, initiative, length of days, the unknown, clandestine, difficulty, doubt, ignorance.
“Established strength, enterprise, effort, trade, commerce, discovery, able co-operation in business.”
sounds fine.
That’s … a variety.
Since none of them ever come out as bad or as good as predicted, I’mma enjoy my craft-laden and drama-free life while it’s chugging along.
😃
Opulence, generosity, magnificence, security, liberty.
This doesn’t sound shitty.
Aquarius – blah blah blah… Good, I want to go ahead evicting my tenants.
Slip in during the middle of the night and put up a confederate flag. The outrage mob will do your work for you. Wait, you probably want the property back in decent condition…
Landlords should be shot.
How much do helicopter rentals cost?
Have you seen fuel price these days?
it’s kerosene, maybe $130/bbl…NBD
Cancer: 3 of Wands – Established strength, enterprise, effort, trade, commerce, discovery, able co-operation in business.
Yeah no. Also fucking Palma buses.
Scorpio: 3 of Cups reversed – Expedition, dispatch, achievement, end. It signifies also the side of excess in physical enjoyment, and the pleasures of the senses.
And that, my friends, is how you beat Texas A&M by a full point more than App State did – Nick Saban
Morning, Glibs.
Morning was 12 hours ago.
I just got up, ergo, it’s morning.
A real writer would by 5k words in by now is all
Don’t be silly, the writing day is skewed into the evening.
I feel ya. I got home this morning around 0630. Told Jugsy “I need a nap”.
Woke up just past 1300 o’clock.
I probably shouldn’t have read the Capricorn forecast.
I am on a different timeline than the spanish… 19:47 on the clock and every bar and restaurant are empty… Probably full when i start thinking of going to sleep
For a change, walked over to Ice House brewery for lunch vice dinner. Saison and wings done. Started Belgian blonde – next will be BBQ sammich and then cream ale before I walk home and procrastinate on yard work.
I had a spanish iberico version of tournedo rossini and it was not bad though a bit fatty
ROSSINI ‘PRESA IBÉRICA’
With yuca croquette, homemade foie gras, manchego cheese, iberian ham & Marsala wine sauce
I finally posted some info in the forums about my invite for folx to come here in May, if anyone is interested in that.
Sounds sightly gay
NPR reporters’ habit of using foreign pronunciations instead of commonly used American English ones have always annoyed me, sometimes more than others, but now I’ve found a version that takes the cake:
https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2022/10/oregons-largest-mandarin-preschool-chinese-immigrants-preserve-culture-through-early-education.html
Also mildly amusing: the parent descended from Taiwanese immigrants sends his own kid to a school ran by a straight off the mainland boat. Let me guess where the curriculum comes from and pronunciation is being used…
OFFS.
Is there any point to this article beyond patting ourselves on the back for how multiculti we are?
It gives us a target for the nukes.
Well, the cudgel about the state grant program (aka free money) only has their paperwork in two languages instead of every one so the evil racist state government is blocking these poor children from getting an education.
Dood, America is, like, totally lame and we absolutely *must* show off to the world how we’re, like, completely citizens of the world?
“The parents chose Goodtime Chinese School…”
Its like the stereotypes write themselves.
I’m going to buy some breath mints and condoms.
Also this was from last Sunday:
This past Thursday morning I rolled the hell out of my left ankle and have been recovering since. I had to go into work Thursday anyhow, and I was limping around like Quasimodo. I may start doing horoscope recaps.
Just get mint flavored condoms.
I can’t bend that far over.
I…I may have to vote for a Democrat. I have never voted for a Democrat.
https://www.joeforsouthcarolina.com/freedomagenda
That dude sounds suspiciously like one of those weird libertarians.
Not still registered in VA?
Nope…SC
It’s a mix of good and bad.
I decided to look at what’s on the ballot for my district this year.
Ugh, a four billion dollar environmental bond with the most blatantly goodthinkful name possible. That’s a No from me.
A complicated eight page update to the city charter where they don’t even tell you what’s different between the existing wording and new? that’s a No from me.
A bunch of uncontested races? that’s a no from me.
Loaded 1300 lbs of peat moss on to the trailer this afternoon. Then I dropped the trailer out behind the house. Next step is to get that plus twigs, leaves, and topsoil to the raised planting beds.
I may have my spring project complete before the snow comes this fall.
I hear peat i think whisky
whiskey
Why would you stuff decayed marsh palnts in your yeast poop?
That would be yeast piss that goes into the still, not poop.
do yeast really have multiple forms of excreta?
Yeast piss alcohol and belch CO2.
Any solid waste is dead yeast.
I’m going to confess something.
I’m only here for the dogs.
Gemini: 7 of Cups reversed – Desire, will, determination, project.
That’s the best one of these I’ve seen for a loooong time.