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The bad news is not news to anybody probably: I’m still not caught up from when I started getting underwater a couple of months ago when we got knocked offline for a while. It’s been one thing after another since then: several predator attacks and chicken deaths, water heater went out, oven went out, offline again for a few more days, car needed new engine, dog needed vet, Mike needed dentist (and caught himself a horrible case of poison ivy the same weekend), etc, etc. And to be honest, it looks like that’s just what “normal” looks like around here,...

Despite his name, he was the best rooster we’ve ever had, and we’ve had a few. He was the last of the original flock we inherited when we moved here. He deserved a longer life. We think it was some dogs “owned” by these shit-heads who live around here who let their dogs roam wherever they please 24/7. I didn’t catch them in the act, though. I was too late even though he wasn’t even 100 feet from my front door, just into the woodline. People suck. I don’t blame the dogs – I blame their people. We’re having a...

Black Destroyer formulas are designed to help people clear serious messes out of their lives, protect their homes, and stop curses, evil, and resentment dead in their tracks. At least that’s basically what the Anna Riva brand bottle said when I bought one 20+ years ago. Imagine my disappointment when I discovered that Alleged Powerful BLACK DESTROYER FOR RITUALS was basically a 4 oz bottle of perfumed mineral oil dyed black. (An oddly sweet perfume, too, given what the formula is supposed to be for.) It was as botanically powerful as a crumpled Pepsi can. Well, I wanted it to...

This one of a kind chaplet bracelet is handmade with 5mm sapphire-blue glass beads, an ornate crucifix with a bronze-toned antiqued patina imported from Italy, a silver milagro imported from Mexico, and a holy medal of St. Lucy handpainted in bright and durable enamels.  St. Lucy is petitioned for all kinds of things related to vision and light. She's the patron saint of the blind and also of electricians, and her devotees call on her when they need to see more clearly, whether literally or figuratively.  By extension, she's considered a protector against the evil eye, can be called on...

I let my frustration with my ISP reach blood-boiling proportions today as I found myself at the end of a busy week with a to-do list full of way-overdue things in large part because my internet never freakin' works. (I still wasn't caught up from the LAST time it crapped out and they took three weeks to come repair it.) I'm kinda still there, really. But my point for the moment is that I've gotta cancel the Pentecost novena service - I'm not doing anybody any good when I'm this angry, I am absolutely fed up with fighting with the...