Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 01:28 am PDT
Featured Ministers
This Chickie Thinks #2
Dear Auspicious Jots,When you have told a gentleman that you just want to be friends. .. are you allowed to change your mind? Sincerely,Old Gal Wow! This one is a zinger. I was married before I lef... [read more]
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This Chickie Thinks #1
Welcome to the weekly advice column of Auspicious Jots where we take concepts like "advice" and "weekly" pretty loosely. Like all advice columns I accept questions. Beca... [read more]
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A Toast to Continuing Education
The dogs need to go out. The bills need to be paid. I am in my jammies at 11. I need to go to work. And I should probably be concerned by that screeching of children followed by a loud banging. But... [read more]
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Homework
Even bloggers get homework. In an effort to fix some of the issues that have plagued this blog I am taking a class. This class has promised to help me be more techno savvy. Those of you who have re... [read more]
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Postcards
You know why I can’t remember numbers? It could be because I can feel and taste music and colors. Or imaybe it is because I have never recovered numerical memory since I had v... [read more]
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Joyous Loving Frolic Dance
Step one: Step ball change, Kick, Spin. Take 16 to Charlotte for the boa brigade. It was the Unitarian Universalist Association's General Assembly. I was awarded Final Fellowship at long las... [read more]
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Dancing Queen Minister Angst and Honor
I can't believe I am going through with this. I am getting ready to hit the road with 15 people I love to go to a ceremony in Charlotte. It is called Final Fellowship. It's a Unitarian Universali... [read more]
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Poopy Diaper Attitude
A negative outlook is a force matched only by the intense desire to eat buttered popcorn after 10 PM, the natural aversion to public humiliation except when intoxicated, and procrastination during ... [read more]
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What to Save What to Let Go
The nasty side effect of having an open mind is the frequent imperative to change it in light of new information. I spend an inordinate amount of time saying, "You were right. I was wro... [read more]
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This Just Crawled In
Note - Since this posting I changed my blogger i. d. from "Death Becomes Her" to "The Jotter". Neither is satisfying, but I did not want to confuse you any more than my ... [read more]
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Ain't Looking for the Devil No More
"The Devil came down to Virginia, he was looking for a soul to believe in him. .. "Or something like that. I'm down to one degree of separation between me and Charlie Daniels - ... [read more]
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Instead of Losing Weight...
I have decided to take a class to re-design this blog and fix my broken one. "What broken one? " you ask. Exactly. I find it fascinating (which is sometimes spelled h-o-r-r-i-f-y-i-n-... [read more]
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Schadenfreude and Evil
Is it possible that there is not enough evil in my life? How can that be? I read the news. I work in a criminal defense attorney's office and a bail bondsman's office. I am a minister. And I work... [read more]
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Replies
I am fully comfortable with the fact that my readers come to me so that they can do something, anything other than work. You think I don't notice that you all comment at 2 PM EST on weekdays? Shou... [read more]
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I Ain't Eating That
I will not be running off with Anthony Bourdain just in case we really are what we eat. That dude chows down on anything. He reminds me of my dog Chunk. This week Chunk has eaten a roll of paper to... [read more]
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Gasp. I Know Kung fu!
There is no way this could be my life. I must be living in some gelatinous pod in a human warehouse somewhere thinking I am living but really just powering. .. You know, I just realized I have trou... [read more]
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Talking Sex with the Kids
I need a court reporter to live with me. I would share the mountains of money we could make in movie rights, tv spinoffs, and offering case studies for psychology textbooks. The court reporter woul... [read more]
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I Vow to Let You Scrub the Toilet in Perpetuity
'Tis the wedding pre-season. I have a lovely batch of Spring weddings lined up and am in dispatching advice mode. Examples include:"Do not make that guy a groomsman - he has a BO problem. ... [read more]
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Music Fantasy
I have lived every music fan's fantasy. I have also lived the nightmare. And I did them both on the same day. I have already told the story on this blog about how I sent a fan letter to a honky to... [read more]
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And They Call it Puppy Love
I am mostly unconscious, drooling on my pillow in the middle of the day. Minding my own business, and thick with a cold I am trying to breathe through any possible vent in my face. Visions of frien... [read more]
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Oysters, Atheists and a Mini-Skirt does not a Skank Make
This week at Jots has been full of celebrations: a birthday, the anniversary of the family business, the new year and yesterday - our 20th wedding anniversary. @In lieu of a post I am sharing excer... [read more]
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Consciousness is a Turbulent Stream
Frankenstein wanted to pick flowers. Dracula wants a meaningful relationship. Aliens are just satisfying an innate scientific curiosity when they abduct and probe humans. And me? I'm just trying t... [read more]
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Previews
I've been reading about reduced attention spans in our culture due to multi-media saturation. Since you are savvy enough to figure out blog reading, you are obviously at risk. In the hopes of keep... [read more]
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Blogger, Death Princess, Novelist
My head is as big as a gourd. I successfully finished Nanowrimo, National Novel Writing Month. My novel's title cannot be published here because either 1) it is under hush hush negotiations with a... [read more]
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Novel Ideas
November is National Novel Writing Month and apparently I have slipped and hit my head at some point and thus decided to participate. A concussion is the only reasonable excuse for doing something ... [read more]