Last night, today, and tonight

Last night I ended up going out for a walk with George after all. About an inch and a half of snow was on the ground, and still falling heavily in clumps of flakes -- so beautiful against the streetlights, though the dampness on the ground got into the hole in the sole of my right runner and my foot was thoroughly soaked by the time we got back. It was not terribly cold, but I had dug out my parka and was bundled up tight, flinching at every piece of snow that impacted my face... nothing like George, who was bare-headed and had his face turned upward, smiling and full of high spirits. He loves snow; it just makes him happy. :-)

Slept with the bedroom window open last night, under that heavy blanket I mentioned in my last post. Delightful, to be so warm and breathing crisp, cold air.

Today: yes... more Hardy Boys! Oh, huzzah!

Tonight: carving a couple of hours out of my schedule to go to a Shrine of Diana meeting, which is being held at a coffee shop just up the street. eastpath, this might interest you -- Roca Jacks has changed its name, at the very least. George and I noticed it last night when we walked up to the 7/11... it's called something like "Interval" or "Interrum", but still looks like it's a coffee shop of some description. I'm betting they've added internet service. Guess I'll find out later tonight.

BWAH-ha-ha-ha-HAH!

When you're sick and tired of Jack Chick tracts...

http://www.geocities.com/tribhis/cthulhutract.html

A tiny sample of what awaits behind the link:



Thanks to Mvctar Avrelivs over on GAFF for this one.

Short Shrine meeting

Well, THAT was a short Shrine of Diana meeting -- a little over an hour, because diamond_lies and I were the only people there. Ah, well. It was a good break from Hardy Boys, anyway.

And yes, eastpath, the name of the coffee shop is now "In The Interrum". I meant to ask the staff why the name had changed (since none of the cafe fixtures had), but forgot in the heat of chewing over the details of past Beltane rituals with diamond_lies.

Over at ManTek Services, a local Mac-servicing company, George found a 17" monitor for only $25. Woot! If my friend L decides to take the 6500/250, she'll now have a good monitor at a really cheap price. Hopefully we can convince the fellow selling it to bring it to us, for which we'd be happy to pay a bit extra, rather than having to bus/cab it all the way out to his place on Fermor and Archibald, thus taking time out of my production schedule.

Stray thought after watching/listening to "The L Word" on the studio TV: the Insane Cat Posse logo rocks. But strangely enough, I can't find it anywhere online...

Second unrelated stray thought: The "Hi! I'm New!" Thread that I started over on GAFF on February 15th 2005 has turned out SO much better than I imagined it would. It's become a real site fixture, and I'm proud of that.

Day's tally

Four finished pages, and almost two pages of true color flats on Hardy Boys. Not bad, considering that I had a meeting interrupt the day and that I'm feeling fairly under the weather with depression.

Came across this gem of news on Witchvox.com, at http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=14076:

Ala. Church Youth Swallow Live Goldfish
Author: AP   Source: ABC News

The First Assembly of God Church has a Fear Factor ministry that lets youths swallow live goldfish in order to teach them about fear.

"We need to be realistic about what the Bible says about fear and not be afraid to share our faith in school," youth minister Anthony Martin told the TimesDaily in a story Thursday. "We can't let that fear rule our lives."

Martin said the ministry's participants are between the ages of 14 and 21 and that they had to get their parents to sign a waiver to be involved.

In teaching the lesson about fear, participants in last week's round were asked to pull a number between one and three from a bowl that would indicate how many live Comet goldfish would be swallowed.

You can access the full article at the link above, as well as a message board dedicated to the subject.

I just find it a tad ironic, since it's people like this that sometimes accuse us Pagans of abusing animals...

Okay. Off to bed.