obama is our president — our first african american president.
i’m finally proud to be a white person in america.
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I love this time of year when the air turns brisk and the trees and plants send their energy down deep into the earth to rest. So, cleaning up the yard; making blankets of mulch from chopped up leaves to keep the perennials cozy; digging for dandelion, poke and comfrey roots after a good, hard frost; settling in, finally, to do things that take longer stretches of time: studying, making art, reading, thinking more deeply about things in the dark.
This will be my first winter without a parent. Facing the cold, dark time in the “front line” between this mortal life and all the rest of what is or is not. During this time of year when the veil between the worlds is thin … it seems even thinner when your parents are on the other side (whatever that side is). I feel exposed, but I also feel freer and — is it possible? — more powerful? expansive?
well….
I have the whole winter to sort that one out.
But for now, there are some leaves in need of raking.
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go see brni‘s results. we feel much the same way about things but our focus is completely different. weird, but accding to this bit o’ memage, true.
i think the results on this test are kinda goofy, but the pictures sure were pretty!Your result for The Perception Personality Image Test…
NFDS – The Guide
Nature, Foreground, Detail, and Shape
You perceive the world with particular attention to nature. You focus on what’s in front of you (the foreground) and how that is affected by the details of life. You are also particularly drawn towards the shapes around you. Because of the value you place on nature, you tend to find comfort in more subdued settings and find energy in solitude. You like to deal directly with whatever comes your way without dealing with speculating possibilities or outcomes you can’t control. You are highly focused on specific goals or tasks and find meaning in life by pursuing those goals. You prefer a structured environment within which to live and you like things to be predictable.
The Perception Personality Types:
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apparently, the credit card co’s are becoming a bit less generous with their practices due to the failing economy.
an article in the NYTimes this morning states:Consumers Feel the Next Crisis: Credit Cards
By ERIC DASH
Published: October 28, 2008
First came the mortgage crisis. Now comes the credit card crisis.After years of flooding Americans with credit card offers and sky-high credit lines, lenders are sharply curtailing both, just as an eroding economy squeezes consumers.
The pullback is affecting even creditworthy consumers and threatens an already beleaguered banking industry with another wave of heavy losses after an era in which it reaped near record gains from the business of easy credit that it helped create.
but here’s the best part:
And lenders, over all, are slowing the flood of mail offers to a trickle with moves that would translate for the average American household into about 13 fewer pieces of credit card junk mail a year than its peak in 2005. Mail offers to new and existing customers are on pace to drop below 8.4 billion pieces, the lowest level since 2004, according to Mintel Comperemedia, a direct marketing research firm.
all i can say is …. yay!!!!! less junkmail!
read the rest here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/business/29credit.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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so, i’ve spun a halloween web to capture all of you and keep you for later.
mmmmmmmuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhaaaaaaahaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaa
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