Baphomet 126

I Can Has Cheezburger is hiring--and it's telecommuting too.
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I have Shayla Black's Decadent. The very same menage, surprise!buttsecks!, in ur ass, saving ur life, Decadent as described by Smart Bitches, Trashy Books.

If you have not yet read this piece of Internet glory, it's here:
http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/decadent_by_shayla_black/

I am totally willing to share this after I have read it (currently, the chef, the virgin and the mercenary are getting ready for Hot, Sizzling Menage Action--ooh err!)

Plus, there is a trailer on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V56YftaR_44

(I'd like to say thank you to the Smart Bitches for breaking down my preconceived notions about romances...bless you ladies! (even more so for showing me that there is a whole world of sex out there in romances.Perviness is where you find it.)

ETA:
I tried winning myself an ARC at today's Smart Bitches Cover Contest--my writing of the story of the pictured cover below. Granted, there are lots of hilarious competitors, but if anyone ever needs a Navy SEAL/aquatic vampire romance, I'm your girl:
http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/comments/whats-he-looking-at/#com

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I left work at 2:00 today cause I felt like crap. Anyhow, I went and got eric and we had a quick linner in Chinatown. Then we came home and slept for almost 4 hours. I am feeling somewhat better and I managed to scrounge up some antibiotics so hopefully the combo will get me back at 100% again soon.

Argh...I'll already be in San Diego by then!

kingofstaves's birthday is the 4th of july, so I'm taking her for a sailing trip from the 3rd to the 5th.  Originally I wanted to get her in to see the fireworks on the Esplenade on the 4th but the Bourree can't  make it under the bridges to get there. So I'm going to try to sail up to Manchester By The Sea to view the fireworks on the evening of the 3rd off of singing beach, I think I can make it there in time.  From there, on the 4th I'll try to get us on a mooring on Georges Island (or anchor if I have to) so we can explore the fort, and on the 5th it's off to Hingham harbor for another fireworks display.  I'll post sailing pictures when we've recovered from the trip.   

My reward for being still at my clients this evening is that theJazz fest programme appears to have started for the evening and music is wafting in through our open loft windows...

I just sailed the Bourree for the first time. She's a good sailing ship.

we are SO SLOW at work right now...

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i am excited to get going on the house stuff. i may take tomorrow off (i already have monday off) and give myself a nice 5 day weekend. we're soooooo painfully slow at work right now i really doubt it'd be a big deal. besides, i have the vacation time!

i'm soooooooooooooooooo bored at work. blech!

Those who don't understand history are doomed to repeat it.  Or, as the band Triumph sang, "It's the same old story, all over again..."

The following antique is for sale on ebay:

Nowadays in New England, you can get this newfangled version instead:

From listener Paul, a new twist on NRE:

My wife and I have been having an odd time lately. Mis-communicating, getting on each other’s case, etc etc.

Last night there was another such episode, shortly before we went to bed, and when we did go to bed, she didn’t want talk about it (just as well, I hate talking about stuff when we’re just about to go to sleep). But that left both of us (I think) with a weird, unsettled feeling as we were trying to get to sleep.

It suddenly dawns on me what that feeling was:

“ORE” — “Old Relationship Energy.”

This cracked me up to no end! I don’t mean to diss established relationships; they have their own joys and rewards. It’s true, though, that this is the sort of thing you just don’t experience with NRE. However, I still say that more chances for miscommunication are also more chances for really great, relationship-deepening communication.

Originally published at Polyamory Weekly. Please leave any comments there.

"The Universe is  a Green Dragon"  by Brian Swimme
"Dead Witch Walking" by Kim Harrison
"The Blind Assassin" by Margaret Atwood
"Jambalaya" by Luisah Teish
"Not in Kansas Anymore" by Christine Wicker

A bit of a mixed bag this month. I thoroughly enjoyed The Blind Assassin. Atwood captivates with her talent for combining the right words together to elicit an emotional response and weaving a story that you just can't help react to. I heartily recommend it.

I wasn't very impressed with The Universe is  Green Dragon. Swimme attempts to explain the nature of the universe in a way that reconciles science and mysticism. It has its moments of insight, but overall falls quite flat.

Dead Witch Walking was fun. I basically read it one sitting coming home from Toronto earlier this month on the train. Harrison creates an interesting universe and entertaining characters. I'm looking forward to more.

I absolutely loved Jambalaya. It has a bit too much of a feminist edge for me, but the content is so rich that it hardly bothered me at all. Lots of food for thought and a fascinating look into African American folk traditions and spirituality through the eyes of a Yoruba priestess.

Not in Kansas Anymore both fascinated and angered me. Subtitled "Dark arts, sex spells, money magic, and other things your neighbours aren't telling you," it's written by a religion journalist based in Texas. She has some very fascinating interviews, including several with Cat Yronwode and one with her husband Shiva (who sort of reminds be of baronscartop), and I can tell that she has tried to keep an open mind, but in many places her research has only scratched the surface and as a result her book propagates many myths and stereotypes, rather than painting a realistic picture consistent with my own experience. For a journalistic attempt, it is not very balanced at all. Kevin Marron did this type of reporting infinitely better 20 years ago, and his book Witches Pagans and Magic in the New Age still stands strong today.

empty (and clean). weird. i have no furniture! tv stand and new flat screen coming saturday. but the sofa/chairs are coming sunday. dining table and chairs soon to follow. i am excited. but it's weird. my own place? never thought the day would come. for years i've wanted My Own Place. and here it is. and it's going to be great.

(what's particularly funny is that my room is the messiest in the house - time to clean!)

This is something for Idiomagic from the Alphabet Meme--Messiahs!


The problem with messiahs is that they get in everywhere.

It's like termites. For every one you see, there are tens that you don't and suddenly, there they are chewing through your foundations, shaking things up, them and their giant mass of followers, the queens and drones and soon there is dust where you should have had a table or floorboards. All you have left is a blank look and the phone numbers for insurance, exterminators and local clergy.

They'll shake you up. They can come in anytime. Invite someone in or bring in too many paper bags and soon your kitchen will be full of Krishnamurtis and Christs talking intently at your table, pouring out iced tea for their disciples and you're left there waiting like the outcast at your own party. They never want to leave and they will do impromptu sermons on your balcony or transmute chips and salsa to feed the multitudes. They never do much of water into wine, not anymore.

That's how it is--they come in clouds and then with the change of seasons they are gone, leaving you with scorch marks on the ceiling from a hyperactive disciple who just had to jump up during another Pentecost. Paint covers it.

You sometimes think you see them on the road at rest stops, but when you turn your head they are gone. After they have come and gone, things take on new shapes, seem different. You may sing more. There may be a ringing in your ears, messages from your father or mother. You may start pricing chariots drawn by lions, plotting maps, planting vines.

At night, when you see them at the bug zapper, the mosquitoes burn to ash. You name them all. Prometheus. Iblis. Lucifer.

(letters still available here if you want to help choose topics: http://jessicamelusine.livejournal.com/1196934.html#cutid1)

Order of Anti-Poke-Noses
"The Order of Anti-Poke-Noses, an organization opposed to the Ku Klux Klan, was established in Searcy County, Ark., in 1923.  The preamble to its constitution states that the Order is "opposed to any organization that attentds to everyone's business but their own" and sets forth an abiding confidence in the duly constituted authorities..."

(Curiously, this book is printed with the Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur of the Roman Catholic Church.)

The bereavement seminar at Tahuti Lodge this past Saturday was a long, intensive and informative session.  Running about 12 hours from 8:30 am, it included a presentation from N.W. on how E.G.C. clergy can most effectively present themselves, and work cooperatively with, staff in a hospital setting when providing pastoral care.  T.M. provided similarly useful information on providing pastoral care to those in hospice.  M.E. presented on the Orpheus myth concerning death, while H.W. presented on the Tibetan Book of the Dead.  T.M. offered a module on bereavement counseling basics.  And I reviewed Crowley's writings on death from a philosophical, theoretical and practical framework, covering texts from Liber AL to Liber Aleph to Magick without Tears.  K.F., as ringleader of the event, helped frame the event in light of recent deaths at Tahuti Lodge, and he invited kakurowski to discuss the Profess House memorial funds set up for both Lena and Jim.  Finally, G.B., an oncology nurse, joined us for a panel discussion.  There was a lot more we could have talked about; maybe, if we do this again, it can be broken up over two days.  :o)

It’s that time again!

Poly Weekly Book Club meets tomorrow, Wednesday, July 2nd! We’re discussing Tristan Taormino’s Opening Up, but please come on out even if you haven’t read the book; the discussion will undoubtedly be lively!

Where: The Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, 2nd floor on the white couches
When: Wednesday, July 2nds, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Who: anyone interested in poly who wants to discuss this great new book!

Can’t make it? Join our online discussion on Saturday, July 12th at 3:30 p.m. Central. You’ll need Skype (available for free), then just click the link at that time!

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 This is the last blog from our union president.  We now have a new chief.  Things can only get better.

OH MY GOD!

This is....gah....too cute! Just watch it and see.

Ganked from meivocis, because I know not all of you are her friend (but you probably should be).





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