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Top 13 Reasons This is a List Post

1. I don't care what search engines think about placing posts into multiple categories.
2. I'm still streaming Xena.
3. I'm adapting my taiji routine to include my burglar beater (approximately 3' section of a young tree -- which had to be cut down because it was growing too close to the house -- complete with spikes where the tiny limbs were growing; too short to use as a bo staff, too long for a billy club, painful if you whack yourself with the spikes).
4. I'm a bit distracted by all of the Adam Lambert stuff. LOLed, literally, at the faux fellatio on the AMAs; put off a bit by the kiss, but only because it struck me as more aggressive than sexual. Noted that Adam was right about one thing: gender discrimination. CBS blurred the guy-on-guy kiss, this morning, but didn't blur the whole Madonna-Britney-Xtina thing. (PS, I muted Eminem, and played with the dog 'til he was off the stage.)
5. Sunday was my mom's 77th birthday.
6. Still have things to do regarding the recent death of a friend.
7. I've been having to cook for the dog for the past several days, while waiting for his dog food to ship. This isn't as simple as "Hey, Jerr? You want a burger?" Feeding your human kids shouldn't be that simple, either.
8. A bit put off with at least a couple of high-quality dog food companies. One because they rant about chicken meal, while replacing said meal with oatmeal, instead of adding more meat. The other because a commitment to "indie pet specialty retailers" is the reason they site for not selling in supermarkets. 'Cept PetCo ain't "indie", and that commitment does nothing for rural dogs, regardless.
9. Doing a bit of chart work, which is a bad thing, because I can easily get obsessed with that stuff.
10. I've been making a concerted effort to not blog while angry. If I manage to stick with that goal, hiatuses may become the norm around here.
11. Trying to get enough points for the portable hard drive at Club Bing, because I need a way to back up my files.
12. The scanner is pretty much done. Reworking old designs until I can get a way to draw again.
13. As my mention of taiji would suggest, I'm out of balance, and trying to find it, again.

Astrological Christmas Designs: Aries and Taurus

Continuing the grand tradition of designing things for sub-niches so small they have an interest group of me, I now present the first two entries in a series of sign-specific, astrologically-based Christmas designs:

White Aries Christmas Poster

White Taurus Christmas Poster

I've linked to the posters, here, because even though these designs don't make sense as posters -- here comes the pro-tip! -- poster images from Zazzle give a clearer representation of actual designs than most other product images do. If you would like to see the entire series of products (some of which also come in a red variation) for these designs, 1) you're quite nichey, yourself, and 2) click here for Aries or here for Taurus.

This series also marks the continuation of another fine tradition: Starting things I can't finish. Sure, I can change "Cancer" to "Moonchild", but coming up with a bad pun for Sagittarius? That's not looking too likely...

6 Reasons I Love Matthew the Astrologer

1. He understands Aries:

   Some astrologers will tell you that the Zodiac starts with Aries because in the Northern Hemisphere, the first day of spring is also the first day of Aries. The truth is that Aries comes first simply because Aries is too impatient to wait.

2. He understands Taurus:

   Taurus isn't really greedy, gluttonous, covetous or jealous. It's just that they truly love money, material possessions, eating, and keeping all their stuff.

3. He understands Cancer:

   Being as caring as they are is not an easy thing in a world full of jerks, thus they often disguise themselves as even bigger jerks than everyone else.

4. He understands Leo:

   Follow-thorough into the long term isn't their strong suit however, which is why Leos can often be found defending themselves against paternity suits, often pausing to hit on whoever is behind the counter as they file another delaying motion.

5. He understands Virgo:

   People tend to think of Virgos as a little on the cold or indifferent side. This can make Virgos annoying to others, which can hurt a Virgo's feelings. They usually deal with that by presenting themselves as being a little cold or indifferent.

6. Most importantly, he understands this:

   Most scientists believe that life on Earth arose as a result of millions of years of random interactions, accidents, and happenstance. Thus, it appears that God is a Gemini.

It crossed my mind to wait about posting this until he had posted the entire series of excerpts, but feeling a bit god-like, and spurred on by the truth of number 6, getting this information out there took on an Aries-like importance.

That said, I'm anxious to have this question answered: If God is a Gemini, what does that make Scorpio and Capricorn?

For the uninitiated, yes, the question is rhetorical.