A year or so ago, I spent some time thinking about what it is we do as ADF Priests, and what it means to "advance" and move "higher" in the circles of study. Both words need their quotes because neither is really accurate, but they help make sense of things. And it's the inaccuracy that made me pause originally when I decided to do some work on my ( Read more... )

Over the secular holiday, I received a very nice note from an ADF member regarding my DP Wheel of the Year publication and how much it has helped him direct his path over time. This got me thinking (well, technically it sent me into work-mode), and over the course of about 48 hours, I had put together and published a new book through Lulu ( Read more... )

My honeymoon was going well until last night, when of all things, my phone started ringing and people just kept calling. I woke up this morning to another phone going off (Maggie's), and now I am a bit too stressed to sleep.

So I'm spending my morning reading Brice Lincoln's Emerging From the Chrysalis, trying to resist the urge to mass text ( Read more... )

Recently, I added to my back-library of Jimmy Buffett albums by picking up Somewhere Over China. At this point, I own (or did own: one CD was stuck in an old CD player and I couldn't get it out) every Jimmy Buffett album that's out there, except You Had To Be There, which I may pick up next month or possibly early next year. My readers are free to ( Read more... )

First, an awesome spiral light appeared in Norway the other night, causing panic and awesomeness. (Thanks to myrch, who observed that Odinists figured the gates of Valhalla were opening.)

Second, Buffett has a new album out. This is generally good, and it means that it's time to update the Jimmy Buffett Oracle with new lyrics. There are some ( Read more... )

It has been some time since I have posted. I apologize for the delay.

1. After years of checking my credit card balance monthly (and several months earlier this year of checking it almost daily as I was paying it off), I find that I feel odd if I don't check my account balance. . . though it is nice to open it up and find that the balance is still ( Read more... )

I have to say, as festival years go, this one seems to be the one with the best feelings and generally the best weather I've ever been involved with so far ( Read more... )

128. This world is full of strange behavior; every man has to be his own savior.

Damn straight, Jimmy. Damn straight.
 

It occurred to me, moments ago, that I had written a story (inspired by a Grateful Dead lyric I heard when Jimmy Buffett covered "Uncle John's Band") about the beauty of the dawn, long before I had ever kindled a fire at dawn and called out to Usas in prayer:

The Crow's StoryOne day, I'd like to find an illustrator and turn it into a children's ( Read more... )

My recent playlist here in my office:

- "It's My Job," - Jimmy Buffett
- "My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, and I Don't Love Jesus," - Jimmy Buffett
- "Smart Woman (In A Real Short Skirt)," - Jimmy Buffett
- "Treat Her Like a Lady," - Jimmy Buffett

Trying to stay on top of things today, I realized that I've been two two of Buffett's restaurants, the ( Read more... )