And I wondered: when we baby boomers are in our 80's and 90's, will we gather together in the social hall of the Home for Aging Hippies and Cultural Revolutionaries, in our walkers and our wheelchairs, to listen to the visiting electric guitarist? And will we sing along to the dulcet strains of "I can't get no satisfaction" and "Everybody must get stoned!" Maybe capping it off with an encore of "If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair . . ."

Gaian Tarot Artist's Journal

I'm glad the crack team at Willa are on the ball:

Thank you for using Willa!

Fun post by Terri Farley at Wabi Sabi West:

Speaking of books, mull over this question the next time you can't fall asleep: If our civilization changed so horribly that the only books which lived on were those memorized and recounted by a single reader, which book would you BE so that it wouldn't die?

What book is she talking about? Does anyone know? (It's a serious question, not a quiz--I don't recognize the book, but would love to read it, I think.) Anyway, interesting question, isn't it? Right off the top of my head, a few of my favorite books in the world are Anne Tyler's "Ladder of Years," Neil Gaiman's "American Gods," and Connie Willis' "Doomsday Book."

Fun question to think about.

(I do Terri Farley's website for her, but she's in charge of the blog. Yes, I could ask her, and if no one answers me here in the comments, I will!)

The confused crustacean first began mating as a male and then changed its mind and ate the female (a common female crab behavior).

Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women

I thought this was very interesting: Birthday Calculator.

You entered: 11/24/1953

You were born on a Tuesday
under the astrological sign Sagittarius.
Your Life path number is 8.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2434705.5.
The golden number for 1953 is 16.
The epact number for 1953 is 14.
The year 1953 was not a leap year.

As of 6/14/2005 7:23:56 AM CDT
You are 51 years old.
You are 619 months old.
You are 2,690 weeks old.
You are 18,830 days old.
You are 451,927 hours old.
You are 27,115,643 minutes old.
You are 1,626,938,636 seconds old.

There are 163 days till your next birthday on which your cake will have 52 candles on it.

Those 52 candles produce 52 BTU's, or 13,104 calories of heat (that's only 13.1040 food Calories!) .
You can boil 5.94 US ounces of water with that many candles.  

Your birth tree is

Ash Tree, the Ambition

Uncommonly attractive, vivacious, impulsive, demanding, does not care for criticism, ambitious, intelligent, talented, likes to play with its fate, can be egoistic, very reliable and trustworthy, faithful and prudent lover, sometimes brains rule over heart, but takes partnership very serious.

There are 194 days till Christmas 2005!

The moon's phase on the day you were born was waning gibbous.

This made me laugh:

Several hundred more messages from people about tea, which makes it the single most contentious subject since I told someone here that I really didn't want to know about real person slash fiction, especially not the kind with me in it.

Neil Gaiman

(The "tea post" is here.)