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One frequent theme to my dreams has been, and continues to be "things aren't where they're supposed to be".

As if I didn't know that.

As if I didn't know that I'm not where I'm supposed to be.

As if I can do anything about the problems.

My subconscious mind is complaining that it can't find a pair of trousers and I can't find a life.  Bah.

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In my dreams a few hours ago...

Somebody sent me a very technologically advanced trifle.  Either Coca-Cola, or the company that builds their vending machines, created it.  Somehow they found out that I liked robots, and I liked party balloons, and I was interested in the Industrial Internet of Things...so I received a robotic device to stick to the ceiling of my room.  Every so often, it would activate, play one of Coca-Cola's many jingles, inflate a balloon with air, tie it off and let it loose.

Why Coca-Cola?  I don't know.

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You know that dream that all adults have of being stuck back in Grade School again?  I sort of had a variation on that overnight:

I was handled an examination pamphlet I was supposed to have done back in childhood.  Only I had never seen it before and all the responses inside it were blank.  And then I found a note inside it from my teacher that read Stephen Bierce was in trouble and being disciplined that day so he was unavailable for this assignment.

I would later learn that the faculty at my school was morally opposed to the assignment and wrote notes like it in all the books.  Not only did they keep us from doing the work, they hid the whole thing from us so we would never know it existed.

I have no idea what the dream is supposed to mean.

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Sagittarius Horoscope for week of October 6, 2016

The coming weeks will be one of the best times ever for wrestling with God or tussling with Fate or grappling with karma. Why do I say that? Because you're likely to emerge triumphant! That's right, you lucky, plucky contender. More than I've seen in a long time, you have the potential to draw on the crafty power and unruly wisdom and resilient compassion you would need to be an unambiguous winner. A winner of what? You tell me. What dilemma would you most like to resolve? What test would you most like to ace? At what game would you most like to be victorious? Now is the time.

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I caught my subconscious in a lie this morning when my sleep cycle was coming to a close.  Maybe I ought to trade it in on a new model.

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Sagittarius Horoscope for week of December 10, 2015

My old friend Jeff started working at a gambling casino in Atlantic City. "You've gone over to the dark side!" I kidded. He acknowledged that 90 percent of the casino's visitors lose money gambling. On the bright side, he said, 95 percent of them leave happy. I don't encourage you to do this kind of gambling in the near future, Sagittarius. It's true that you will be riding a lucky streak. But smarter, surer risks will be a better way to channel your good fortune. So here's the bottom line: In whatever way you choose to bet or speculate, don't let your lively spirits trick you into relying on pure impulsiveness. Do the research. Perform your due diligence. It's not enough just to be entertained. The goal is to both have fun and be successful.

Last night I dreamt that there had been a rumor going round that I lost a hand--and people responded by sending me hands in the hopes that one of them could be transplanted on my arm.  Perhaps my view is that while the goodness of people persists, they are being undermined by a lack of truth in the right places.

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Sagittarius Horoscope for week of October 22, 2015

Some unraveling is inevitable. What has been woven together must now be partially unwoven. But please refrain from thinking of this mysterious development as a setback. Instead, consider it an opportunity to reexamine and redo any work that was a bit hasty or sloppy. Be glad you will get a second chance to fix and refine what wasn't done quite right the first time. In fact, I suggest you preside over the unraveling yourself. Don't wait for random fate to accomplish it. And for best results, formulate an intention to regard everything that transpires as a blessing.

I had a dream the other night that I had a job--and was fired from it.  Situation normal...

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Sagittarius Horoscope for week of July 10, 2014

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)
In one of her poems, Adrienne Rich addresses her lover: "That conversation we were always on the edge / of having, runs on in my head." Is there a similar phenomenon in your own life, Sagittarius? Have you been longing to thoroughly discuss certain important issues with a loved one or ally, but haven't found a way to do so? If so, a breakthrough is potentially imminent. All of life will be conspiring for you to speak and hear the words that have not yet been spoken and heard but very much need to be.

I think the reason I always see my brother (and less often than him, my sister) in my dreams is because on those few occasions when we do get together, we don't have the opportunity or inclination to get into the heavy subject matters.

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Sagittarius Horoscope for week of May 15, 2014

According to my reading of the astrological omens, you should draw inspiration from this Chinese proverb: "Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down." In other words, Sagittarius, you need extra downtime. So please say NO to any influence that says, "Do it now! Be maniacally efficient! Multitask as if your life depended on it! The more active you are the more successful you will be!" Instead, give yourself ample opportunity to play and daydream and ruminate.

I do so little now I have a hard time believing I need to do less.

Overnight I had a dream I was in a shootout.  My opponent used a bolt-action hunting piece at me first, and when it jammed he pulled a revolver and blasted till he was out of ammo.  I had an automatic pistol and an extra clip, so when he saw me reload he knew it was over and gave up.

I don't know what this means in terms of my life.

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Sagittarius Horoscope for week of October 31, 2013

I had a dream that you were in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? You were like the character played by George Clooney after he escaped from a prison chain gang. Can you picture it? You were wearing a striped jailbird suit, and a ball and chain were still cuffed around your ankle. But you were sort of free, too. You were on the lam, making your way from adventure to adventure as you eluded those who would throw you back in the slammer. You were not yet in the clear, but you seemed to be en route to total emancipation. I think this dream is an apt metaphorical depiction of your actual life right now. Could you somehow use it in designing your Halloween costume?


...But I'm not gonna let them catch me, no!/Not gonna let them catch The Midnight Ri~i~ider!
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Sagittarius Horoscope for week of March 21, 2013

On the one hand, menopausal women are no longer able to bear children. On the other hand, they often overflow with fresh possibilities and creative ideas. More time is available to them because their children have moved out of the house or don't require as much care. They can begin new careers, focus on their own development, and devote more attention to their personal needs. So in one way their fertility dries up; in another way it may awaken and expand. I suspect that whether or not you are menopausal, you are on the cusp of a comparable shift in your fecundity: one door closing, another door swinging open.


I certainly hope another door is swinging open. I had a dream overnight in which I needed something from my room...and new managers had taken over the building in which I lived and gave me a rough time about letting me into my room or letting me at my own belongings. The people you think are in charge of your life pretty soon won't be--and the next regime won't fall over itself to help you.
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My overnight dream was that a brewery staged a fait accompli act through a school board bureaucracy to enable a Beer Day at a high school, wherein all the students at the school would get a free 12-ounce bottle of beer from the brewery.

I'm still not sure what it means.
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Sagittarius Horoscope for week of August 9, 2012

One out of every four of us is afraid that we have missed our calling -- that we have misread our soul's code and failed to identify the labor of love that would provide our ultimate fuel for living. If you're among this deprived group, I have good news: The next six weeks will be an excellent time to fix the problem -- to leave the niche where you don't belong and go off to create a new power spot. And if you are among the 75 percent of us who are confident you've found your vocation, the next six weeks will be prime time to boost your efforts to a higher level.


You know my song, "I Wanted Wings/till I got the darned things"...

I feel like I'm in unknown territory, although things should be stable and reliable. The landscapes of my dreams are unfamiliar and make little sense to me.

Once upon a time my Mom said, remarking about my difficulties finding work, that I would probably have to invent a completely new vocation and be its first professional. I wonder how true that is...
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While I was asleep this morning, one of our family friends, Jessica, was here picking up a dozen eggs that Dad had gotten her from a nearby farm as per their usual arrangements. After she left and I fell asleep again, I dreamt that Mum was there in the living room with Jessica and Dad, getting them caught up on the goings in the hereafter.

I can't remember what she said.

Besides, would you really want to know?
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I still dream of my mother just about every night. I guess she still weighs heavily on my subconscious mind.

Earlier this afternoon my internet connectivity refused to work properly so I decided to go to the area flea markets just to browse around. I pulled into the parking lot of one and in the slot next to Moonshine's there was a station wagon--and a helium balloon rested on its interior ceiling. Sure enough, I noticed a kid on his father's shoulder on his way back to the vehicle after their shopping.

Turns out today is Ascension Sunday, which commemorates the return of Jesus to Heaven following his Resurrection. Both it and Pentecost (next Sunday) are often excuses for church congregations to celebrate by releasing balloons and giving balloons to the children; since it usually coincides with the end of the secular school year it's often the end of the Sunday School year for the kids too.

I guess we're getting into a time of year I used to look forward to as a child, the transition from Spring to Summer. As an adult, that has lost a lot of meaning for me. Maybe that's the point of this "random encounter". For me, times need new meanings.
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Peculiar thing...Publisher's Clearing House is currently having a sweepstakes with the prize being "$3,000,000 in cash to put towards a Dream Home". The first thought I had would be that I would be more satisfied with a dozen $250,000 homes scattered around the nation (or the world) than with just one top-of-the-line house no matter where it is.
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A Snuggly Brown Blanket.
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* It becomes a fad to get mini refrigerators, mini freezers and mini microwave ovens (all roughly the size of toaster ovens--originally designed for the Asian market) and have them in rooms other than the kitchen. One set for the living room, one for the den, one for the hallway between the bedrooms, one for the office. Of course, this doesn't do the problem of rampant obesity any good.

* Disney adds a new area to Walt Disney World devoted entirely to the studio's horror properties. The Haunted Mansion is moved out of Adventureland and updated to become the centerpiece of this park-let.

* A viral advertising campaign for a synthetic "incense" product gets a lot of notoriety when the people behind the campaign hack local TV stations to air commercials which are banned by the FCC. They ALMOST get away with it. But the phrase "Stoner Taxicab" enters the slang lexicon permanently.
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Chillin' Out (the story I was writing ten years ago) WAS my dream vacation. It happened in my dreams, and it was a dream to make real, but it still isn't REAL.

Suddenly it's "out of print" too.

Anybody want to be a Beta reader? I want somebody I can trust to help me get it to a publishable length. Even unfinished, it's much too long.

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