The time I’d normally spend blogging has lately been diverted into (1) working on a major redesign of my website (which I’m very excited about – wait’ll you see, wait’ll you see!) and (2) laying the groundwork for podcasting, which means auditioning new web hosts with much larger disk storage and bandwidth allowances. But mostly, I’ve been surfing the waves of a tsunami of brides, all needing good wedding dates for 2008.
Of which dates there are woefully few – at least, few really strong ones. There are usually a handful in any given year that are quite terrific (though invariably flawed), hitting most of the highlights I look for while avoiding the lion’s share of pitfalls; but 2007 and 2008 are proving to be a real challenge. Of course, many, many couples will marry during these years and the usual number – roughly half – will do just fine, astrology or no astrology. But doesn’t it seem curious that the universe is presenting so few bang-up opportunities for tying the knot? So few moments when the skies open up and the planets belt out “Goin’ to the Chapel” in clear, unambiguous language?
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In other news, I had all kinds of things to say about NBC’s dubious decision to air the VT killer’s “manifesto” tape and started to draft a post about it; but then we had a dinner party and I held forth on the subject for several minutes (in what was probably a pretty tedious fashion, to be honest) and got it all out of my system. Bottom line: I think NBC’s decision was a mistake at best, and cynical at worst.
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Speaking of that dinner party… I thought last weekend would have been a contentious social wash, what with Venus squaring Mars; doesn’t that sound like a contentious social wash? And yet my weekend was divine – convivial and fun. Hope you’ve all been having a good time too!
