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| Mercifully brief. Admirably useful. | Dec. 1, 1998Issue Number 11 |
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- Benjamin Franklin
"If I had to live my life over again, I still would make
IN THIS ISSUE
Bark! Senior and New Pups: This space is reserved for commanding your attention for useful reminders and change notices.
We would like to alert you that there's nothing to howl about... Carry on.
WISE ENTERPRISE:
astrology.net
Without delay, we are throwing our reputations overboard by showcasing a web-based, POP-astrology site. A recommendation for Barry Manilow's "Best of the Early Years" will not follow, however. You still there??? Go to http://www.astrology.net Honor Socrates by knowing yourself in 22 seconds flat. Now, mind you: the technical term for these investigations is "mundane astrology" which is about personality pampering.. "Spiritual astrology" (actual term) takes at minimum twice as much time, and requires more than a modem. New and old pups alike know that we've got snooty snouts for sniffing out what's enduringly excellent. We've even been accused as elitist. How nice. So why this recommendation? 1) It's fun. It's fast. It's free (up to that certain point when you're hooked) 3) You get a painless, and moderately accurate beginning point in astroville. 2) Underneath the casper-the-friendly-ghost meets 15th Cent. Zodiacal pop decor, you've got a very savvy model for webcommerce... which is the reason it is in this section...more or less.
Why astrology at all?...The prosaic answer for the mercilessy pragmatic
is that there are times when things proceed, and times when things slip
away,
despite our relentless intentions...In business, too...
The movement of celestial bodies induce the next order of weather above weather, determining whether we tend to this or that... Electromagnetic winds, gravitational hugs or tugs, let's say. And, astrology, at it's best, is the poor man's way of charting these currents for fun and prophecy. Now, if we paupers can get a few paltry clues about our personal and collective ball games here on EarthTurf, why play Astro-Dumb? The rich man's way, which is always an option, for navigating to and from the Light House, favors dumping overboard all charts and devices (along with reputations), and looking out of our eyes. But, why be so simple, when such a-musements abound? So, take a stroll around their site... They've got a good line-up of contributing experts for health, stock market (gotcha there) and other matteri profondi. Techno-panters can breathe deeply as they gaze at the agile cybermuscle that moves the info in real-time. Ordinary panters and romancers can get a free romantic compatibility for you and your favorite pup. If you're in a sporting mood, $10-$20 hurled into cyberspace with nanosecond delivery, will get the full shmoodle: an evening's "edutainment" (ghastly word, we agree) and you spare yourself the 40 minute video store duress, vainly looking for a worthwhile foreign film that doesn't exist yet... No doubt, if nothing else, your astro-venture will inspire a lively inquiry or juicy love-storm. Caveat: Though the ingeniously woven astro-bites read like a coherent story, these automated astrology readings are likely to contain some conflicting parts. That's because, at the end of the day-
1) they are, after all, canned, though in fresh water... and
This lively tome is remarkably easy to follow, yet mostly glib-free. Sacredly irreverent and surreptitiously wise, it's a good primer and reference for beginners and the more advanced. Although there are a few head-on collisions with it's own cleverness, an event not unknown here at WiseFools, - all-in-all you get an enjoyable, informative, ponderousless ponder.
http://www.wisefools.com/grlinks/grfetches.html
TRAVEL:
accuweather.com
Speaking of the weather, here is something totally obvious that wasn't until it became so... Perhaps, we'll find you in a similar condundrum.... Are you a skiier, a rambler, a picnicker, or just curious about whether to risk losing your brelly today by taking it out of the house? Go to: http://www.accuweather.com .... (a fully owned subsidiary of God, Inc.) and get an immediate 5-day forecast with pictures, temperatures, moving images for the destination of your choice. For the US, just enter the Zip code or city/state for the place of your fancy ("frontyard" would be considered an invalid entry). A simple webtrot on our end opened up Thanksgiving Day to a wholesome outdoor ramble and picnic on an unexpectedly balmy November afternoon. Got caught in the rain at the end (gleefully, with brellies), just like we expected... They said early evening.. Drizzle began at 5:02... Let's not split hairs. For outside the US, check the menu of cities for the continent that moves you.
And did ya know that in Tralee on da West Coast of Eire, it's gonna be a
mighty fine day? - Mostly sunny, that is on Friday, tru da weekend, with 48 degrees F. So, if ya gotta LearCopter and want a weekend away on da lovely West Coast of Eire, you're in for some good luck (maybe)... and now that we mentioned it...
We recommend the Ring of Kerry region in southwestern-most Ireland which is kind of a secret in a well-known sort of way.. A peculiar gulf current induces a tropic-like wind and lush plant life lending the area a prehistoric, primordial feel... Check out the endearingly home-spun, frill-less "Kerry Gems" home page to start: http://www.bess.tcd.ie/ireland/munster/kygems.htm And, if you gab with the locals in Tralee, Dingle or Killarney, you'll find some amazing tucked-away walking routes in the Ring.
God lives there during the weekdays.
CULTURE:
Harp for Quiet Moments 1 & 2 (Peruvian) by Alfredo Rolando Ortiz
There is something special about Peruvian harp music that people respond to. Not as brooding as Celtic, not as erudite as strict classical, not taco festive, not as dispersed or self-absorbed as New Age. With so many nots, what is it already? Got me... Innocent, rooted in earth, inspired by high altitudes, refined and relaxed... Just get it... This is a fine collection, good for Yoga, nocturnal relaxation, candlelight dinner. Makes a fine ambient statement without getting in the way of itself, or your activity: Call Sylvia Woods Harp Center 1. 800. 272- 4277 (West Coast) Essentially, the place is all things harp... or go to:
Caveat: This collection may be too sweet for the musically hypoglycemic. If you love dissonance... stay tuned for some of our favored EMI jazz recordings.
WISDOM: CRAZY OR OTHERWISE
"Why this, Why that?"
An incurable optimist and an inveterate pessimist went on many strange adventures together. The optimist dispensed hope, the pessimist, caution... Together, the odd pair thrived in their inimitable way. Once, the optimist proposed searching for rare gems on a faraway coast, and they set about their course, not without the customary protestations of the pessimist about risk outweighing the possible reward. After fundamental trials, they eventually discovered worthy stones, and eventually received warm welcomes among the locals, while the pessimist brooded over the role he seemed to play in such matters. Upon the evening of their discovery, the optimist celebrated by imbibing a local brew, whose potency sent him into such a frenzy of delight that he leapt through a window, collided with a lamppost, and fell quite dead on the spot. The pessimist, lamenting the loss of his friend and his link to hope, jumped despairingly through the window seeking a similar final and simple fate... At that very moment, he inadvertently tackled an abductor who was dragging away the daughter of a well-to-do carpet trader... In reward for his seemingly heroic rescue, the pessimist was given a small fortune and the hand of the beautiful daughter in marriage... who, for the record, was a simple pragmatist. On that day, our pessimist swore off all negative outlooks, and the following morning was struck by lightening while gazing at the geese on his estate.
As his spirit travelled through the territory allocated for such
transitions, it sent out various laments, which, when edited of its excesses
and translated into the language of the lower planes, boiled down to:
The daughter-wife, made a good cottage industry, for a time, out of the rare
stones...and grew rather plump, but more about that later.
OTHERWISE BRIEFS: Shorts-shorts very short this time.
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