Finally Gertie arrives when it’s time to walk the trails
This week has a (singular)day of profound aleatoric potential, and a couple of just plain unlucky ones. The Big Day is the 10th, when we have conjunctions of the Moon and Jupiter (this is good!) the Sun and Venus retrograde (this is bad!) and then an anti-conjunction of Mercury with Saturn retrograde (this is… something very important!) I Jupiter wasn’t involved I’d say this is sheer badness, likewise if Saturn was moving directly. But since both of those are there it’s extremely difficult to tell exactly what sort of major event this is. The best advice I can glean from this is: it’s happening. Embrace it or dive for cover as appropriate to your situation. The 12th and 13th are more clearly (if less powerfully) bad, as Jupiter drops out, followed by the rest until only Venus retrograde is shitting on things.
Gert is a bit more energetic than Lily, but she’s an Airedale.
Leo: The Magician reversed – It’s just not your week.
Virgo: 5 of Swords – Crushing your enemies, seeing them driven before you, and gaining advantage in the process
Libra: Death reversed – it will be less bad than dying.
Scorpio: 7 of Swords – That might work…
Sagittarius: Queen of Wands – Discovering the non-obvious benefit.
Capricorn: Temperance reversed – It is in fact possible to be too boring.
Aquarius: The Tower reversed – try again next week, and until then may God have mercy upon you.
Pisces: 5 of Coins – there is hope even when dealing with alsos.
Aries: 6 of Wands – Good news. Like really good news.
Taurus: 4 of Cups – Do not be distracted, follow through with the current plan.
Gemini: The Hermit reversed – This week, you are the also.
Cancer: 3 of Wands reversed – The also you’ll encounter is unhappy with your success.
Playtime continues in the park, but there are a lot of interruptions.
The word of the day is
Whenever anybody says it, scream real loud! ::bows head for Pee Wee::
[insert Ron Paul GIF]
Very timely. I’m about to finish up with my coding course (probably within the next 3 weeks), and I hate it. I’m so close to finishing, so I’m going to stick it out, but I’m not even sure I can find a job as a n00b. Also, this profession will nickel-and-dime you to death with organization membership fees, certification exams, annual new books, and CEUs, and I had no idea before I decided to do this.
So. Following through on current plan.
Reminds me, I need to submit ceus for my jr almost sparky license.
I wish I could do that, but electricity math is beyond me.
Amps + Human = Ded.
What is the code for accidental electrocution?
Where’s the snow? These videos are clearly fake.
Well, the terrible news was yesterday… * goes back to last week’s IFLA *
Arrives at CoinStar… “Full”.
I guess the good news starts tomorrow.
Sagittarius: Queen of Wands – Discovering the non-obvious benefit.
It coulda been worse.
Okay. Time to see how much of a clusterfuck this Nashville race will be.
I agree with whoever liked They Cloned Tyrone. Also on Netflix, Anon is good if you’re in the mood for a Clive Owen near-future dystopia.
whoever liked They Cloned Tyrone.
I’ve seen ads for this. Is it any good?
I liked it, though I needed to turn on subtitles.
Nice dog videos.
It’s just not your week.
Sufficiently shitty.
Anyone know what mugwort and/or dandelion taste like? I’ve got ciders containing each and am wondering what to eat while drinking them.
I’m not sure I’d want to know what anything named mugwort tastes like. 😝
I’m assuming it was used to make tea? That is, if “mug” meant the same thing back then.
Sounds like you’re fairly close.
Pulled pork.
That’s always the correct answer.
My question is “I am trying to avoid pork from chinese owned firms that have too much of the supply, what other animals can I sub into the same recipes?”
Pork form a local co-op.
*from
Or, form one. Your call.
This area is more dairy cows than pig farms.
I can find plenty of local cheese.
These people raise hogs to order:
https://moxieridgefarm.com/
Unfortunately, you’d need to be able to store a lot of meat.
Goat is too red to be a one for one substitution for pork.
/no, I can’t store a whole animal carcass bigger than a chicken.
They take advantage of the pig’s natural greed to
lazilyefficiently raise them. They live in the woods, but daily the cheesemakers pour their whey into troughs so the pigs get used to coming to a specific place every day. Which makes them easy to catch when it’s time. Though supposedly there is one out there that figure out what was going on and has been out there for five years.Some pig!
Oh, dear. My mind just flashed on the sick idea of someone writing a twisted mashup of Charlotte’s Web and Animal Farm. It’s probably been done, but if so, I’m not sure I want to know.
That sounds very… medieval. (It was how pigs were raised since at least the dark ages)
Smoked brisket is also a good answer.
Celery, sage, and eucalyptus for the former, apparently. I was given some weak mugwort tea once; sounds about right.
Dandelion leaves or flower? You can make a salad from the leaves. I would prefer not. Probably bitter. My fave thing to do with dandelions is pull them, even out of strangers’ yards.
Want my address ?
If I’m ever in OH (?), sure. Yoink!
I’ve had dandelion wine. The wine I had included raisins to cut down on the bitterness of the dandelions. I remember the wine being a bit bitter but not overwhelmingly so. That’s all I remember of the taste.
The dandelion one is the smallest bottle of the four (375mL). It’s also got a cork without a cage, so I assume it’s still or only lightly carbonated.
Goodness! Looks like Lily is eating Gertie!
It really is a dog eat dog world out there.
Face-chomping is a typical thing here. Unfortunately, so is rolling in the dust after getting one’s facial fur slobber-filled.
try again next week, and until then may God have mercy upon you.
Sounds promising.
Robert Miller at Liberty Unbound writes about biking along the Danube. Second of three parts. A link to the first part is at the beginning of the article.
Today I learned that Tres Sr. (age 85) has prostate cancer.
Keep his nuts in your prayers.
😟
Sorry 😞
Always love the Lilly vids.
Gemini: The Hermit reversed – This week, you are the also.
Also what?
Those that do the weekend Zooms got to meet my new housemate Tanner. He is parts Poodle, Border Collie, and Australian Shepard. He is also 100% jackass and cracks me up.
You two should be very happy together.
Brochettaward must be a Capricorn.