Beam Me On
I’ve started using my ancient page at Blogger for a new blog called Beam Me On.
It’s basically a catchall for all the things that make me beam and smile and light me up inside.
You know, in case of emergency.
Oh, thank you, package from Amazon.com
Oh joy! Books! Books I ordered, but that now appear like a comic gift to me from Benevolent Deities Inc.
Happy sigh. Ahhhhh…. two for browsing at leisure, one for candy satisfaction:
Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings
Rob Brezsny
Diva Lion says:
Pronoia is a philosophy book of a most unusual stripe. It takes a lot of the ideas that Breszny has developed on the Free Will Astrology site and particularly that he included as themes in his amazing novel, The Televisionary Oracle, and expands on them, shaping them into a chaotically coherent philosophy of life. The style is undeniably Breszny– quirky, irreverent, soulful, linguistically athletic, challenging, hopeful.
The Red Book: A Deliciously Unorthodox Approach to Igniting Your Divine Spark
Sera Beak
Synopsis:
The Red Book” is a nothing less than a spiritual fire starter—a combustible cocktail of Hindu Tantra and Zen Buddhism, Rumi and Carl Jung, Mary Magdalene and modern psychics, goddesses and Gnosticism, shaken with cosmic nudges, meaningful subway rides, haircuts, relationships, sex, dreams, humor, and intuition. It’s a book that encourages women to live more consciously so they can start making clearer choices across the board, from careers to relationships, politics to pop culture and everything in between. For smart, gutsy, spiritually curious women whose colorful and complicated lives aren’t reflected in most spirituality books.
Making Money (Discworld Novels)
Terry Pratchett
Publisher’s Weekly review:
Reprieved confidence trickster Moist von Lipwig, who reorganized the Ankh-Morpork Post Office in 2004’s Going Postal, turns his attention to the Royal Mint in this splendid Discworld adventure. It seems that the aristocratic families who run the mint are running it into the ground, and benevolent despot Lord Vetinari thinks Moist can do better. Despite his fondness for money, Moist doesn’t want the job, but since he has recently become the guardian of the mint’s majority shareholder (an elderly terrier) and snubbing Vetinari’s offer would activate an Assassins Guild contract, he reluctantly accepts. Pratchett throws in a mad scientist with a working economic model, disappearing gold reserves and an army of golems, once more using the Disc as an educational and entertaining mirror of human squabbles and flaws.
Rocket in Flight
On this gray wet afternoon, we went over to the park and twice launched Ben’s new rocket. Very fun.
Tip for the sniff snuffle cough wheeze COUGH
It appears as though my “get sick for Christmas” tradition is active again this year. Can’t blame the tree, since it started before I got it. I’ve got to work tomorrow, but that’s my last day. I’m hoping to get ecards out – at least – before Christmas. I managed to send out a box to my mom and grandma – who are adjusting to sharing a house again after all these years – but that’s about it. So today the plan is to putter around very slowly, and catch up on some work that needs to be done around the house.
I think I still have some Swiss Kriss – my secret weapon – around here somewhere. This stuff is the only thing I know about that might help, since I’ve started wheezing now. Swiss Kriss is a laxative tea. I’ve never actually tasted it, but the combination of herbs is powerful.
Here’s what to do:
- Prepare a space on the counter, and grab a big towel.
- Get a nice wide pot and boil some water in it.
- Throw in a bunch of the Swiss Kriss tea.
- Turn the heat down to a simmer.
- Make it at least double the strength of tea that you’d drink, steeping for at least five minutes.
- Carefully transfer the pot onto the counter.
- Drape the towel over the back of your head like a parachute, to catch as much of the steam as you can.
- Be careful not to burn yourself. Gradually move into the steam.
- Take regular, deep breaths through your nose and mouth.
- Almost immediately, your sinuses will drain.
- Then your face will sweat, and you’ll start coughing.
- Continue to breathe in the herbal steam for at least 10 minutes.
This clears out all the gunk in your sinuses and in your lungs, and it’s even good for your skin. I usually follow up with a nice long shower to amplify the effect.
I’m really sensitive to decongestants and antihistamines and I try to avoid both. This more mechanical method has always been a lot more effective for me.
Psyche Up Music
For steppin’ and movin’ into the day – Happy Friday!
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Say you to me
You’re a bird with an eye for anything shiny
Searching the land
For a hero of a manYou say I need
More than my fair share of attention
But I think you know
That just isn’t soUnderneath
I felt the fire of a burning question
Tearing me apart
Right from the very startAnd now I see
That it don’t take a trick of the light to excite me
So strong, So long,
You’ll seeHold on to what you’ve been given lately
Hold on to what you know you’ve got
Hold on to what you’ve been given lately
Hold on cos the world will turn if you’re ready or notSimplicity
A heart of gold
An old head on young shoulders
Quiet and lovely
Becoming part of me
And now I see
From a handful of names and a thousand faces
One light, burning fiercelyI was tired of January
I was tired of June
I felt a change coming
I was tired of January
Tired of June
I felt a change a comingI felt a change a coming
I felt a change a coming
I felt a change a coming
I felt a change a coming soonHold on to what you’ve been given lately
Hold on to what you know you’ve got
Hold on to what you’ve been given lately
Hold on cos the world will turn if you’re ready or notHold on to what you’ve been given lately
Hold on to what you know you’ve got
Hold on to what you’ve been given lately
Hold on cos the world will turn if you’re ready or notWell the world will turn if you’re ready or not
Yes the world will turn if you’re ready or not
Ahhhhh-gggg-hhhhh!
I’m not ready! One week until Christmas! AGGGGhhhhh!
