better than sex

Jim upgraded me from OS-X to Panther tonight. It has already solved a lot of the problems I have been having on my desktop. After he went to bed, I happily settled down to pull screen captures from SeaChange - and none of my capture software will work. Three ways - three tries - three folders full of blanks. Oh well, I enjoyed watching episode one over and over. And I'm sure Jim will know how to fix it, since I seem to recall we had a similar problem when I went to OS-X.

Till I get it straightened out, here are a few leftovers from last night...




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found tarot: the hierophant

The Hierophant

I can hear some of you wondering - why not the magician? While there are many fine strong images that come from The Hierophant, for me the basic difference in the two images is this: The Magician represents relying on your own spirit to understand your beliefs, The Hierophant represents relying on formula, ritual and rite (not a bad choice, as long as it does not keep you from examining your own "why."

having a belief system, sharing a cultural heritage, learning a tradition, honoring ritual and ceremony, following a discipline

conforming, following the rules, taking an orthodox approach, staying within conventional bounds, adapting to the system, going along with the program, doing what's expected, being part of the Establishment

identifying with a group, joining an organization, working as part of a team, feeling loyal to others, being in an institutionalized setting,getting an education, becoming informed, studying and learning

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Title: Fear! Fire! Foes!…. Awake!
Word Count: 100
Team: Duendain
Characters: Fatty Bolger
Author notes: for shebit's lotr100 minor character challenge

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You're the Hipster Intellecticus. Call yourself
what you will (beatnik, philosophy major,
liberal arts student), you're still hip and you
still dig Kerouac.


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Maine is your state. It's pretty and nice and
quiet and not crowded. I love Maine, so do
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math is hard dangerous

Jim sent me this, and I repeat it here for Robin and Terry


An interesting note from the homeland security world.

Subject: airport security
Their number's up!

At New York's Kennedy airport today, an individual later discovered to be a
public school teacher was arrested trying to board a flight while in
possession of a ruler, a protractor, a setsquare, a slide rule, and a
calculator.

At a morning press conference, Attorney general John Ashcroft said he
believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-gebra movement. He is being
charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction.

"Al-gebra is a fearsome cult," Ashcroft said. "They desire average solutions
by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in a search of
absolute value. They use secret code names like "x" and "y"
and refer to themselves as "unknowns", but we have determined they belong to
a common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every
country.

"As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, there are 3 sides to every
triangle," Ashcroft declared.

When asked to comment on the arrest, President Bush said, "If God had wanted
us to have better weapons of math instruction, He would have given us more
fingers and toes.

"I am gratified that our government has given us a sine that it is intent on
protracting us from these math-dogs who are willing to disintegrate us with
calculus disregard. Murky statisticians love to inflict plane on every
sphere of influence," the President said, adding: "Under the circumferences,
we must differentiate their root, make our point, and draw the line."

President Bush warned, "These weapons of math instruction have the potential
to decimal everything in their math on a scalene never before seen unless we
become exponents of a Higher Power and begin to factor-in random facts of
vertex."

Attorney General Ashcroft said, "As our Great Leader would say, read my
ellipse. Here is one principle he is uncertainty of: though they continue to
multiply, their days are numbered as the hypotenuse tightens.

wenham in berlin

Berlin - ( If anyone has more, please point me to them!)



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