112th Congress = "Swords" vs "Torches"?

In his weekly radio address today President Obama has called for Republicans to stop their symbolic battles, battles which seem to this blogger to be meant in part as a salve to the Tea Partisans watching GOPers closely for backtracking on their promises to do things differently than Congress’ previous sorriness.And the millions of dollars that GOP ‘symbolism’ has cost the US taxpayer during only

Jon Stewart unFriends Facebook (video) and so will I

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Here’s Jon Stewart’s hilarious take on recent FaceBook developments. Personally I had already decided to ‘unFriend’ FB, too, ever since the news broke of Goldman-Sachs and RUSSIA sticking their camel noses under the FB

Vengeance is mine, sayeth Venus in Scorpio

…and after nearly four long months, we bid a fond adieu to Venus in Scorpio. In the dying days of this long transit, I happened to catch a couple of extremely Venus in Scorpio-evocative things on cable. One was “Cousin Bette,” starrin…

Astrology and Art: Capricorn Self-Portraits

There are two main ways I like to use astrology when I’m thinking about art.1. Knowing an artist\s birth chart or simply natal Sun can give you real insight into how planets might work out in real life. Works of art are a non-verbal expression of chara…