December 2009
"The Twelve Days of Pirate Christmas"
On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me …
12 ships to plunder,
11 cannons firing,
10 crewmen leaping,
9 sharks a’ swimming,
8 rum-filled bottles,
7 lusty wenches,
6 jolly rogers,
5 gold doubloons,
4 eyepatches,
3 earrings,
2 wooden legs,
and a parrot for my shoulder - Arrr!
Me, be negative? No!
Something isn’t sitting quite right with you now. Even if you know what you want to do and can visualize it happening, powerful feelings are rising to the surface, making you question your current path. Although your uncertainty won’t likely be enough to provoke you to change your mind, it could sabotage your plan. Expressing negativity may seem counterproductive, but it’s also a...
New Year's Movies
200 Cigarettes
Bridget Jones’ Diary
When Harry Met Sally
About a Boy
Ocean’s Eleven
The Apartment
What is your favorite New Year’s movie (or movie with a good New Year’s scene)?
Horoscope
You know there will be hard work ahead of you, but you might not be ready to start just yet. Part of the difficulty is that you don’t necessarily know what you want to do about a current situation because it feels as if everything is going to change very soon. Forget about making long range decisions now; just concentrate on the day-to-day activities and do whatever you can to improve your...
What's on my mind today:
Xmas is in 4 days
New Years is in 9 days
Come New Years, my aunt Kelli has been dead for five years
I feel torn in half, sometimes in thirds or quarters, most of the time
Sometimes it’s gentle tugs, sometimes it’s…
Being tied to four trains all headed in different directions
I read so much sad news
And always seem to miss the happiest moments
Which makes justifying a...
Fifteen more minutes of quiet and soothing office audio. The click of the the keys on the keyboard. The hum and groan and sigh of the building - it’s over 100 years old - settling down like a cat for a nap.
Dark outside already and I’ve got a chilly walk home.
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Homemade coldbuster vegan soup
It doesn’t have to be vegan, you can add meat if you want, or use chicken or beef broth. Anyway, it’s pretty tasty, really filling, and has kept me and my poor immune system pretty healthy so far this winter.
Making the soup takes less than an hour. Usually about 15 minutes of prep, 20 minutes to cook. Super easy.
INGREDIENTS AND MATERIALS (you can improvise with what you use but...
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30 Most Memorable Mug Shots of 09. I LOLed. →