I recently began advertising everywhere from Southern Vermont to Albany, NY, to Western and Central Mass to NW Connecticut and Hartford for my hypnotherapy business. And I am so glad that I did. I just added two new clients who seem like really interesting folks ( Read more... )

When my grandmother was a small child, my great-grandfather (who died when she was nine years old) showed her how to draw a symbol that she passed on to my father, who then showed me when I was a kid.


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That Personality Test :: Your ResultsThe latest personality test from ThatSurveySite... now featuring more and better questions than ever! Emotional (61%)[........||..........]Logical (39%)Concerned about self (57%)[.........|..........]Concerned about others (43%)Atheist (60%)[........||..........]Religious (40%)Loner (49%)[....................] ( Read more... )

Does anyone know if it is possible to block a specific IP address or range of addresses from reading LJ entries? I know it is possible to see who HAS read ones LJ using certain applications, but I have not found a way to accomplish the former yet and would appreciate any tips you might have.

Happy Independence Day Weekend!

Been hopelessly busy the past few weeks, hence my absence. Mainly this has consisted of work and a lot of socializing. Actually, my social/dating life had been getting out of hand. While this may sound like a self-touting statement, the simple fact of the matter is that I was in touch with too many different women ( Read more... )

...and all of the entertaining things that go with it. I have not had my own office for damn near two years. At my last job in NY, we moved some things around such that I had to share. In Hell-A, I shared an office with Ms. Perma-PMS who I wanted to defenestrate (look it up). Now I get high ceilings, a large window, and a musty, subdued old ( Read more... )

Violent thunderstorm + power outage + torrential downpour + dangerous driving conditions + flooded, vacant roads + fallen trees  + ugly station wagon + 4-wheel drive + Metallica + caffeine + mania + Northampton + grapefruit-sized ice cream cone + soggy hat + cowering, scurrying, drenched yuppie tourists = recipe for boundless joy.
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When things equalize somewhat, I think I am going to start collecting dreams and nightmares from people I talk to, which I will cull for the most compelling and maybe publish a dream anthology of sorts. As far as I know, there are no such books out there, but I at least would be interested in reading such a thing, if it were presented well. ( Read more... )

A memorandum to all those youngsters of the gothic persuasion - please attend to this press-halting, earth-shattering, 
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31 square miles scorched by wildfires in Southern California ( Read more... )