Pilot's Log

Sagittarius Horoscope for week of April 26, 2012

In the famous children's book The Little Prince, the hero lives on an asteroid with three volcanoes, two active and one dormant. One day he decides to leave home and travel to other realms. Before departing, he meticulously scours all three volcanoes. "If they are well cleaned out," the narrator reports, "volcanoes burn slowly and steadily, without any eruptions." I recommend that you take after the Little Prince, Sagittarius. It's high time to attend to the upkeep of your volcanoes. Make sure they will burn slow and steady in the coming months, even when you're not at home.

--"You lava me now or you lava me not!"--Jimmy Buffett

Sagittarius Horoscope for week of November 18, 2010

Your old self is the fuel you will use to burn your old self to the ground. This bonfire will liberate your new self, which has been trapped in a gnarly snarl deep inside your old self. It's only at first that you'll feel freaked out by the flames. Very quickly a sense of relief and release will predominate. Then, as the new you makes its way to freedom, escaping its cramped quarters and flexing its vital force, you will be blessed with a foreshadowing of your future. The intoxication that follows will bring you clarity and peace of mind.

This reminds me of the denouement of the movie version of The Wiz, which I thought was overblown, overlong, and boring. Not sure that I necessarily want that.

1) Sent my digital camera to a shop recommended by one of the Asheville gang.

2) Helped a family friend get sound out of her computer and understand Facebook.

3) Dad put the fungus-eaten and rotten picnic table out of its misery today. Smashed it apart with hammers and then threw the pieces into a bonfire.

4) Russell Stover chocolate sauce on Texas Toast nyam gran. :)

FP

Sagittarius Horoscope for week of October 1, 2009

The coming week will have something to offend and agitate everyone -- except you. Whines and moans and yelps will ring out across the land, even as you're emanating poise and aplomb. You may be tempted to brazenly exploit everyone's vulnerability and seize control of your corner of the world, but I think that would be shortsighted of you. A better strategy for capitalizing on your advantage would be to dole out large doses of mercy, making sure that the people who will be important to your future don't lose their way.

The problem is that too many people seem to think that the anger and rage they have now is the best tool in the box. Me?--I have rage fatigue. It's like asking a metalworker who spends eight hours of every working day next to the blast furnace whether he cares about the hot air generated elsewhere.

This kind of ties in to that story of the hanged Census worker in Clay County, Kentucky. I did that work here in Tennessee ten years back, and one of my RL friends (on FB too) did the job in Florida, and I never told my parents how hazardous I thought the job was getting in some areas because I needed the cash too bad. (What's even more chilling is another of my RL friends/classmates, also on FB, knew the victim personally.) Now, the general circumstances are pointing to the man running into some sort of criminal activity--but what if it HAD turned out to be politically-motivated? I could imagine that myself, as when I did the job in '98 it was "hang the Clintons!" and "none of your CENSORED business!" Scare a man too much, stoke his fire too high, make him think there's no way out, enemies are all around and he can't trust anybody, and rage can KILL.

I'm personally not in a position to "dole out large doses of mercy", but you can understand my desire to stay out of the fray and try to douse the flames before something explodes. Water is getting expensive, so don't be surprised if all that comes out of the bucket is sand.

A House Under "Quarantine" Because of a Meth Lab Explodes, Killing The Occupant.

The woman who had the meth lab is already in custody. The house had been in "lockdown" for three months, since her arrest. The man who died was the owner of the property, who possibly ignored the "lockdown".

Would you add an Involuntary Manslaughter charge to the woman's case, or place a Wrongful Death charge against the local government for not doing enough to protect the public from the hazards at the lab site? Who's responsible? Both? Neither?

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I've become very fatalistic in these times. I don't take unnecessary risks--in fact, I'm quite conscious of risks--but I don't let the paranoia drive my living patterns either. I've already lived through hurricanes and earthquakes and fires and car crashes. As for zombies and catgrrls... *shows Moonshine transforming into her combat robot mode* ...I think I'm about as ready as I need to be. :)