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Enjoy this night of liminality and carnivale - but be safe!

My view of Halloween
Our Halloween traditions are just a snapshot image taken from a long history of blended beliefs, rituals and perspectives from diverse sources; some bits competed or converged with one another, while other aspects were forgotten or overwritten.
I enjoy the mix of [...]

I like to read the Free Will Astrology reports. I have to post this week’s forecast because of the Halloween costume suggestions.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
For all we know, in your past life you were a virgin who was thrown into a volcano to appease a fire deity. But whether or not that’s an actual fact, [...]

Jan and I decided to meet at the Visitor’s Center instead of the Witch Museum. Once I saw the outside, I didn’t really want to go into it either. Reminds me of Watchtower covers… So, she was running late, and I started to bop around some of the shops. Later, we explored together (more on [...]

You’ve probably heard by now (via the attorney firing scandal, Monica Goodling) that the Bush administration has appointed more than 150 graduates of Regent (Pat Robertson’s 29-year-old bottom-tier law school) to prominent positions in the US government. No?
Regent itself estimates that “approximately one out of every six Regent alumni is employed in some form [...]

I’ve been missing in action, I know. I’ll write all about the following when I get more than a couple of minutes.

Quick trip to the Alabama shore for J’s family reunion
Visit from my cousin A
Halloween/Samhain festivities
Making some calls to remind progressive voters in swing races to vote (Moveon.org)
Catching up on the hundreds of backlogged emails
Preparing [...]