Thoughts of the Day

Another little book I own is The Answers, a book specifically designed for bibliomancy. Here are three that came up today:

Adopt the pace of Nature: Her secret is patience. ( Give what you want more time. )

Never repent a good action. ( Do what you feel is right and helpful. )

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan but also believe. ( With greater purpose more can result. )

Word Count

Some authors keep track of their progress in the creation of a book by the word count. For instance, a good friend of Ana is the author Keith R.A. DeCandido ( website - http://www.sff.net/people/krad/ , blog - http://kradical.livejournal.com/ ) whom regularly posts his daily progress in his journal. At last post, his daily total for that day was 21,634 words. This man is a professional writer, and sets himself goals (so far as I can tell).
The only goal I've set myself for my writing project is a page a day. Some days I do it, so days I don't. But, in the 20 days I've been working on this, I've written 14,560 words. Is that good? Not by professional standards, but I feel pretty good about it.
As the holidays are coming up, though, I don't expect it to go much higher. We have shopping and appointments, and I know I'm going to lose a whole day dealing with Bureaucracy (Thursday). But, I'll keep you posted.

Thought For The Day

Spirit is the most creative, inspiring, and meaning-giving element in all of life, and yet it is also the most dangerous. When spirit visits us, it moves us toward action, commitment, ambition, goals, ideals, vision, and altruism. All these feed the soul, but they also wound it. To the soul their opposites are equally important - waiting, doubting, retreating, not going anywhere, not knowing, not seeing, and being absorbed in oneself.
When spirit is not grounded and checked by soul, it quickly moves into literal forms - converting others and becoming blindly and callously ambitious. Its powerful force may turn without conscience into violence, its altruism blackened as intrusion into the freedoms of others. Its creativity becomes unbounded productivity, and its quest for ultimacy transforms into jealous possession of truth.

- Meditations by Thomas Moore

Thought For The Day

I have a book of Meditations by Thomas Moore, one of my favorite authors. I sometimes use it for bibliomancy. Bibliomancy is the use of books in divination. This is what I got today:

Sometimes in their chanting monks will land upon a note and sing it in a florid fashion, one syllable of text for fifty notes of chant. Melisma, they call it.
Living a melismatic life in imitation of plainchant, we may stop on an experience, a place, a person, or a memory and rhapsodize in imagination. Some like to meditate or contemplate melismatically, while others prefer to draw, build, paint, or dance whatever their eye has fallen upon.
Living one point after another is one form of experience, and it can be emphatically productive. But stopping for melisma gives the soul its reason for being.

Which Fallen Angel Are You?

Kokabel holds dominion over the stars and constellations.
He taught his wives astrology and knowledge of the powers of the moon.
Kokabel grew more powerful with time, and was a warlord.
He maintained an army of 365,000 evil spirits that were waiting to serve him.


Take The Which Fallen Angel Would You Be Quiz
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HydeWorks

In an effort to diversify and showcase my many talents, I've created a storefront at Lulu.com called HydeWorks. There I'll put up for sale stories, dissertations and various other literary works. There's a link on the sidebar of this blog directly to the storefront, so check back often to see what's new!

Dear Santa

Dear Santa,

Below are pictures of three things I could really use this year. As you may or may not know, I'm building my own desk so the keyboard drawer would be a big help.



Also, the desk chair I have is several years old and wearing out. It sinks unexpectedly, and I'd like to replace it before it gives out completely. Here is a suggestion for a replacement:



Next, a book stand would come in handy to prop up the big red book I use to help me in my business. This is the kind I mean:



Last, but not least, Santa, I could really use a new computer. The one I have now is over 6 years old and uses an operating system that most new programs aren't even compatible with.

Thank you for listening, Santa. I think I've been good enough to get at least a couple of the things I'm asking for.

Consider This

Apollo gave us the Gift of Prophecy. Dionysus gave us the Gift of Wine. Aphrodite taught us passion and sensuality.

Christian ministers old and new rage against these gifts as elements of the Devil and His minions.

So I ask you, where did the Gods & Goddesses of Old REALLY go?