Because it’s War!

Voting is a Martial act. A revolutionary act. Every Vote we make as an American (or other) citizen is a declaration of War on tyranny. Regardless of the candidate elected, democracy wins against authoritarian regimes, monarchies, despotism, fascism, communism, oligarchies, and dictatorships.

You can see it at the voting booths. Doubt about the outcome, desire to be on the winning team, consternation about the lack of decent choices, hope that whatever happens, they’ll be alright…

It’s not the same as facing bullets, but the war rages on.

Now, what about other countries? What day do they vote on, and what does that tell us about how they perceive voting? Is it just America that has a Martial attitude about everything governmental? Are there any countries that vote on Fridays?

Step 1:

Think of SOMETHING you want to do.

Step 2:

Figure out what the steps are between where you are today and where you would need to be to do the SOMETHING you want to do.

Step 3:

Follow the steps. If you find you didn’t plan well, adapt the plan. Start over at Step 2 with the new information.

Step 4:

When you’re ready to DO SOMETHING… DO IT.

Notes:

Repeat as needed.

Well, ladies and gents, I’ve got some plans warming.

The Invisible College is a thing I’ve spoken of before. I’m going to start using a blog I set up before to track how I use magic to influence my world. I’d like to invite anyone interested in writing posts for the blog to contact me, and I’ll add you to the list of authorized writers. I ask that only those who are comfortable talking about how they practically use magic to control their world contact me.

The rest of this post is an example of what I would expect to see at the Invisible College Blog, only better written, more creative, and less rambling. I do tend to ramble.

Barbatos in 2009

I was looking through the Goetia descriptions today, and found this description of Barbatos:

Makes you Dr. Doolittle, opens treasures sealed by magicians, divination, reconciles friends and those in power

I know, where did I ever find such an awesome and detailed description of the spirit? From my spreadshet. One of the columns I have for the Goets is a quick-reference guide to their abilities.

No, you can’t have it.

Reconciles Friends and Those in Power

Hey, that sounds like the kind of help a leader of the US might need after taking over from a bumbling Texan with more financial backers than brains who single-handedly pissed off most of the countries of the world over the last eight years. That’s also the kind of help I’d like to see get to work in Iraq’s Parliament, the Palestine-Israel situation, and Russia-Georgia.

So, rather than experiment on my own country’s leadership, I’m going to start in the backwater nations. A quick Google news search tells me that there are ample opportunities for Reconciliations between those in Power in many parts of the world. How wonderful for me!

I’m going to start with Somalia. The following dudes are having issues:

President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed & Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein

Granted, I don’t have a large amount of info on the background of their problems, but I don’t want to have to know. I want to gauge the effectiveness of Barbatos in bringing reconciliation between two political leaders. These dudes are the first target. I’ll find some others later to get a wider sampling. If it looks like Barbatos is good at bringing reconciliation without any major catastrophes as a result, then I’ll help Obama out in his efforts with Iran, Russia, and France. I’ll also target the GOP and the Democrats, see if we can get a little peace in congress so we can make some progress.

Hmmm. Maybe I’ll look for a spirit that makes Wall Street people SMART for a change. 😀

Well, ladies and gents, I’ve got some plans warming.

The Invisible College is a thing I’ve spoken of before. I’m going to start using a blog I set up before to track how I use magic to influence my world. I’d like to invite anyone interested in writing posts for the blog to contact me, and I’ll add you to the list of authorized writers. I ask that only those who are comfortable talking about how they practically use magic to control their world contact me.

The rest of this post is an example of what I would expect to see at the Invisible College Blog, only better written, more creative, and less rambling. I do tend to ramble.

Barbatos in 2009

I was looking through the Goetia descriptions today, and found this description of Barbatos:

Makes you Dr. Doolittle, opens treasures sealed by magicians, divination, reconciles friends and those in power

I know, where did I ever find such an awesome and detailed description of the spirit? From my spreadshet. One of the columns I have for the Goets is a quick-reference guide to their abilities.

No, you can’t have it.

Reconciles Friends and Those in Power

Hey, that sounds like the kind of help a leader of the US might need after taking over from a bumbling Texan with more financial backers than brains who single-handedly pissed off most of the countries of the world over the last eight years. That’s also the kind of help I’d like to see get to work in Iraq’s Parliament, the Palestine-Israel situation, and Russia-Georgia.

So, rather than experiment on my own country’s leadership, I’m going to start in the backwater nations. A quick Google news search tells me that there are ample opportunities for Reconciliations between those in Power in many parts of the world. How wonderful for me!

I’m going to start with Somalia. The following dudes are having issues:

President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed & Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein

Granted, I don’t have a large amount of info on the background of their problems, but I don’t want to have to know. I want to gauge the effectiveness of Barbatos in bringing reconciliation between two political leaders. These dudes are the first target. I’ll find some others later to get a wider sampling. If it looks like Barbatos is good at bringing reconciliation without any major catastrophes as a result, then I’ll help Obama out in his efforts with Iran, Russia, and France. I’ll also target the GOP and the Democrats, see if we can get a little peace in congress so we can make some progress.

Hmmm. Maybe I’ll look for a spirit that makes Wall Street people SMART for a change. 😀

Well, ladies and gents, I’ve got some plans warming.

The Invisible College is a thing I’ve spoken of before. I’m going to start using a blog I set up before to track how I use magic to influence my world. I’d like to invite anyone interested in writing posts for the blog to contact me, and I’ll add you to the list of authorized writers. I ask that only those who are comfortable talking about how they practically use magic to control their world contact me.

The rest of this post is an example of what I would expect to see at the Invisible College Blog, only better written, more creative, and less rambling. I do tend to ramble.

Barbatos in 2009

I was looking through the Goetia descriptions today, and found this description of Barbatos:

Makes you Dr. Doolittle, opens treasures sealed by magicians, divination, reconciles friends and those in power

I know, where did I ever find such an awesome and detailed description of the spirit? From my spreadshet. One of the columns I have for the Goets is a quick-reference guide to their abilities.

No, you can’t have it.

Reconciles Friends and Those in Power

Hey, that sounds like the kind of help a leader of the US might need after taking over from a bumbling Texan with more financial backers than brains who single-handedly pissed off most of the countries of the world over the last eight years. That’s also the kind of help I’d like to see get to work in Iraq’s Parliament, the Palestine-Israel situation, and Russia-Georgia.

So, rather than experiment on my own country’s leadership, I’m going to start in the backwater nations. A quick Google news search tells me that there are ample opportunities for Reconciliations between those in Power in many parts of the world. How wonderful for me!

I’m going to start with Somalia. The following dudes are having issues:

President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed & Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein

Granted, I don’t have a large amount of info on the background of their problems, but I don’t want to have to know. I want to gauge the effectiveness of Barbatos in bringing reconciliation between two political leaders. These dudes are the first target. I’ll find some others later to get a wider sampling. If it looks like Barbatos is good at bringing reconciliation without any major catastrophes as a result, then I’ll help Obama out in his efforts with Iran, Russia, and France. I’ll also target the GOP and the Democrats, see if we can get a little peace in congress so we can make some progress.

Hmmm. Maybe I’ll look for a spirit that makes Wall Street people SMART for a change. 😀

Well, thanks to Bune, Och, and any other spirits that have worked on it, I’ve been enjoying a great new job. It’s only been three days, but they’ve been grueling. Getting used to waking up and going to a job again, every day, has been quite an adjustment. I’ve gone from shower-optional to business-formal. I have to buy some ties. I got a haircut. I even brushed my teeth (my breath TOTALLY stank).

So I haven’t had much energy for blogging. I’ve been coming home, spending time with the kids, and then passing out when they go to bed. Last night I woke up at 11 and was up until around 2:00 a.m. catching up with online friends and working on my Enochian Table.

I’ve made some progress towards finishing the Table for Enochian Work. I’m wood-burning the design into the top. I fucked up a bit, here and there, but following in Soror Gimel’s(1) Piscean ways, I’m considering it a “prototype.”

If it looks too bad when complete, I will likely stain the whole thing ebony, and then use gold leaf for the letters. I think that would be totally beautiful when finished.

The picture above is of the table earlier last night. The photo below shows where it’s at now.

Now, for the feet… Well, I’ll make another post about that tomorrow. I’m tired.

(1) The author of the My Gal blog; also known as the Grand Gardener of Gribbit Grove

Well, thanks to Bune, Och, and any other spirits that have worked on it, I’ve been enjoying a great new job. It’s only been three days, but they’ve been grueling. Getting used to waking up and going to a job again, every day, has been quite an adjustment. I’ve gone from shower-optional to business-formal. I have to buy some ties. I got a haircut. I even brushed my teeth (my breath TOTALLY stank).

So I haven’t had much energy for blogging. I’ve been coming home, spending time with the kids, and then passing out when they go to bed. Last night I woke up at 11 and was up until around 2:00 a.m. catching up with online friends and working on my Enochian Table.

I’ve made some progress towards finishing the Table for Enochian Work. I’m wood-burning the design into the top. I fucked up a bit, here and there, but following in Soror Gimel’s(1) Piscean ways, I’m considering it a “prototype.”

If it looks too bad when complete, I will likely stain the whole thing ebony, and then use gold leaf for the letters. I think that would be totally beautiful when finished.

The picture above is of the table earlier last night. The photo below shows where it’s at now.

Now, for the feet… Well, I’ll make another post about that tomorrow. I’m tired.

(1) The author of the My Gal blog; also known as the Grand Gardener of Gribbit Grove

Ah! Blessed Libertas! Hail to thee, and all thy Works that have freed me from Evil Tyrrany! If it weren’t for Lady Libertas, we’d still be frickin’ Brittish. :shudder:

Liberty, folks. Americans have bled and died for the right to vote. Support our troops, your bumper sticker reads? Get out and VOTE! Have an opinon on the candidates? Make it mean something, get out and VOTE! Earn a right to your opinion: Get the fuck out and VOTE!

I don’t give two shits in a hat who you vote for. I mean, I have MY PREFERENCES, but you know, it’s the VOTE that makes being an American meaningful.

For years I didn’t vote because I believed it didn’t matter. Either way, the corporations/special interests win. While that’s true to a degree, it’s just a cop out. I pontificated about my political stance and did NOTHING to make a difference. Voting might be the least effective thing you can do to champion your personal cause(s) in government, but it’s a hell of a lot more than I was doing. I don’t organize activist meetings, I don’t contribute to my favored candidates, I don’t even use my blog (much) to influence others to my perspective. I like to think Magic(k) transcends politics.

But the least I can do is VOTE. So regardless of whether you’re a McSamite or Obamatic, get out and VOTE.

FYI: I have very little control over what ads appear on my site. Fr. BH mentioned that an ad for a proposition that I don’t support popped up on his version of my page. I have since blocked that domain from advertising here, but God knows they’re pumping their money into Google’s adsense to influence folks. If you see ads for stuff that you don’t like, it’s not my fault. If you really want to hurt the people that are advertising things you don’t want to see, one sneaky method would be to click their links. Each click costs them money; the more they bid to get their ad displayed, the more it costs per click they get. When they run out of money, their ads won’t pop up anywhere. I’m sure they’ve got millions, so to implement this kind of strategy, one would need to click the ads a few hundred times.

Just remember, I only display ads to make money. I don’t necessarily support, condone, or stand in opposition to the services, beliefs, or goals of those that pay to advertise here. If you see an ad that you don’t think belongs here, let me know and if I agree with you, I’ll block their domain.

If you use Google ads to monetize your site: To filter ads, go to Google Adsense, Adsense Setup, and then click “Competitive Ad Filter.” Type the domain of the advertiser you don’t want to have access to your site in the big old text box in the middle of the page. There’s online help if that doesn’t give you enough detail.