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Run-on Sentences and Running Feet

December 8, 2007 – 5:22 am
The foot doc's office called today to tell me that the paperwork has been filled out for me to get a handicapped placard for the car, and to advise that I should make an appointment for a fitting of the ankle braces he will be making for me [and I will be getting] in January or sometime thereafter. It's been five years [I still think it was four, I guess I lost a year in there somewheres] since my accident. I had wrestled with the idea of getting a parking permit but then decided that a medic alert bracelet was the way to go. After I started falling more often, the p.c. doc advised a cane rather than a placard. Things were bad then with the walking and falling but not nearly as bad as they are now. The chirodoc was willing to sign for an accessible parking permit back then ...

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Circle of Insects 11/30/07

November 30, 2007 – 4:54 am
I have been thinking about stealing spiritual practices from other cultures, particularly [in the Untied States] the indigenous tribes of the Americas. There are new agers, white lighters, wiccans, and some folks who don't know what else to do with their money who are all souped up on shamanism, medicine circles, and other practices which they believe to be the real thing. And because there is an average of a sucker born every minute, there are lots of grown up suckers willing to part with their hard-earned cash to go on vision quests. And there is a market for those glossy slick-backed "Medicine Cards" with the nice drawings of Bear and Shells and stuff on them. Awhile back, I posted to an e-group which I no longer belong to asking about how come no one ever claims the cockroach as their special animal. Everyone wants wolves, lions, tigers, bears, eagles, buffaloes, ...

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Called by the Old Ones

November 21, 2007 – 3:32 am

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Legacy

November 21, 2007 – 3:23 am
Spirit Guide: So, spike, what kind of legacy will you leave? spike: Oh screw off , will ya? Just cuz I had a dream featuring the word "legacy" back in 1978 is no reason for you to go bugging me about this stuff now. Spirit Guide: Yes it is. spike: Whatever. Spirit Guide: Well? spike: I used to think my tombstone would read, "She made a difference." Now I think it should read, "She didn't make enough of a difference." My tombstone won't matter yanno. I will either have my ashes buried on some obscure island in Maine or become fish food, if there is any ocean left. Spirit Guide: So optimistic. spike: So freaking timely. Why didn't you ask me about this in 1979? Spirit Guide: I did. But you weren't listening. spike: You weren't talking loud enough.

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Four Years

November 12, 2007 – 4:16 am
Last week I passed my four year anniversary since my car accident and my traumatic brain injury. I thought somehow I would be working by now. Although I am closer to working now than I've been. Yeah, I am writing a novel and that is cool. To me though, that doesn't really "count" until the contract has been signed and an advance check is in my sweaty hands. I have one potential job substituting for a dishwasher should they get sick and another possibility to work for a friend who is manager at a restaurant. I don't think I will mind washing dishes once in awhile. Working at the friend's restaurant-- well, I gotta start over again somewhere. I haven't even been able to get an interview to deliver newspapers. So I will take what I can get and remember it ...

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A Few Halloween Rules

October 13, 2007 – 10:21 pm
another shoutout to Garnet from sapphoqnfriends With Halloween upon us, it is worthwhile to remember a few simple rules to help keep this season healthy, happy and SAFE!! Please use these helpful hints this and every year. 1. When it appears that you have killed the monster, NEVER check to see if it's really dead. 2. Never read a book of demon summoning aloud, even as a joke. 3. Do not search the basement, especially if the power has gone out. 4. If your children speak to you in Latin or any other language which they should not know, shoot them immediately. It will save you a lot of grief in the long run. However, it will probably take several rounds to kill them, so be prepared. This also applies to kids who speak with somebody else's voice. 5. When you have the benefit ...

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One Million Dollar Experiment

October 13, 2007 – 2:24 am
In an easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way, in its own perfect time, for the highest good of all, I intend $1,000,000 to come into my life and into the lives of everyone who holds this intention. So Mote It Be, spike snagged from http://przxqgl.livejournal.com/ who is transferring to http://www.hybridelephant.com/przxqgl/ because of the Six Apart/Live Journal staffers' confusion over what constitutes an interest and other stuff like that there. This is an entirely serious entry for which ending in the automatic "So Mote It Be" actually makes sense.

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10 houses to avoid while trick or treating

October 10, 2007 – 3:04 am
a shout-out to Garnet from sapphoqnfriends 10. Any house that seems to be imploding into a hole in the ground. 9. Any house made of food. 8. Any house that has ornamental lawn hyenas. 7. Any house whose only entrance goes to the basement. 6. Any house where high-tension power lines seem to stop. 5. Any house that keeps growling, "Get out!" 4. Any house where the furniture seems to be walking around the living room. 3. Any house that looks like a giant, pulsating orb floating 3 feet above the ground. 2. Any house with a yard full of statues of people in odd running poses. 1. Any house that wasn't there a couple of seconds ago.

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Tips for the Practicing Cultist

October 10, 2007 – 2:51 am
[collected from web e-mail] Recently, the Society For Evil Overlords has noticed a regrettable decline in the availability and quality of fanatical henchmen, evil priests, and willing sacrificial victims. We wish to correct this growing problem by submitting the following general guidelines for Cultists. 1. Pick one faith and stay with it! Dilettantism is the mark of the amateur. 2. Avoid needless embarrassment. Practice the correct pronunciation of your deity's name in the privacy of your own room before chanting it in public. Flash cards are often helpful. 3. Never invoke anything bigger than your head. 4. Avoid all cabalistic jewelry over ten pounds in weight -- it attracts unwelcome attention from tourists, policemen, various supernatural creatures, and can be downright dangerous during thunderstorms. 5. Citronella candles may not be used in rituals. I cannot stress this enough. Pastel-colored candles in the shape of cute animals are like beacons to the Powers of Darkness. 6. Always keep your kit with ...

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Howdy Partner

October 6, 2007 – 4:25 pm
PNB: Welcome to Pagan Nation Blogs. I hope you like the services that we provide. Spike: Yeah okay. Just what I need. One more blog to keep up with. PNB: No one is forcing you to be here-- Spike: Obviously you haven't met my muse.

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