Battlecar Galactica is now officially in the shop.  we took a ride in it today and dad doesn't think it's the serpentine belt anymore.  He thinks it's the transmission.  The car shifts from first to second, but not out of second.  He couldn't find the place to put in fluid, but he did think the transaxle fluid was dry, so, hopefully, it only needs ( Read more... )

 I was talking last night to Sarah.  Damn, can she ever be critical of me but sometimes she has good ideas.  I told her about my four disparate paths, the Tao, Shinto, Onmyodo, and the faith of ancient Egypt.  She suggested to me that if I really wanted to synthesize them into a personal faith, I should write down what draws me to each of them and ( Read more... )