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		<title>Astrology Reports Are A Complete Joke&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Harper</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I figured I&#8217;d see what the online astrology sites said about me. The results are sorta comical. I&#8217;ve highlighted things they got right in green and things they got completely wrong in red.
Name: Jay
December 8 1967
2:00 AM  Time Zone is EST
Washington, DC
&#160;Rising Sign	is in	11 Degrees	Libra
Very attractive and popular, your charm helps [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The other day I figured I&#8217;d see what the online astrology sites said about me. The results are sorta comical. I&#8217;ve highlighted <span style="color: #008000;">things they got right in green</span> and <span style="color: #ff0000;">things they got completely wrong in red</span>.</p>
<blockquote><p>Name: Jay<br />
December 8 1967<br />
2:00 AM  Time Zone is EST<br />
Washington, DC</p>
<p>&nbsp;<br />Rising Sign	is in	11 Degrees	Libra<br />
Very attractive and <span style="color: #ff0000;">popular</span>, your charm helps you to get your own way and prevents others from getting angry with you. &#8220;Peace and harmony at all costs&#8221; is your battle cry. You always try to ameliorate or to cosmetically hide any physical ugliness or any angry feelings between people. <span style="color: #ff0000;">Flashy,</span> but not gaudy, <span style="color: #ff0000;">you prefer to dress elegantly</span>. You generally have good taste in music, art and literature. Beware of the tendency to compromise yourself in your attempt to <span style="color: #ff0000;">be agreeable at all times</span>. A bit of <span style="color: #ff0000;">a social butterfly</span>, at times you can be vain and lazy. For the most part, however, you are gracious and affectionate, and your refined and <span style="color: #ff0000;">aristocratic demeanor</span> serves as a role model to others.</p>
<p>&nbsp;<br />Sun         	is in	15 Degrees	Sagittarius.<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">Very fun-loving, spirited and energetic, you have a huge reservoir of physical energy within you that needs to be released. As such, exercise or sports are very important to you. Quite gregarious, you enjoy being with other people</span>, but you tend to avoid emotionally restrictive or intimate relationships. <span style="color: #008000;">Constantly curious about the broader issues of life</span>, you may at times be quite careless and sloppy about details &#8212; you tend to leap to conclusions before all the facts are in. An avid reader, you are totally enthusiastic about any given subject should it interest you. You are known for being idealistic, <span style="color: #ff0000;">generous, sociable, cheerful and very positive</span>!</p>
<p>&nbsp;<br />Moon        	is in	10 Degrees	Pisces.<br />
<span style="color: #008000;">You have strong feelings</span> and are extremely sensitive. It would help if you had a thicker skin &#8212; <span style="color: #ff0000;">you tend to react emotionally to every situation you come across.</span> Kind, gentle and considerate of the feelings of others, <span style="color: #ff0000;">you are good at taking care of the sick, wounded and helpless.</span> But you tend to absorb the energy of others &#8212; so avoid those who are always negative. You have a rich, creative and lively imagination, but you should be careful not to spend all your time daydreaming. Very intuitive, you have good ESP and <span style="color: #ff0000;">may be quite clairvoyant or psychic.</span> Remember that you too have the right to get what you want from life. If you are always defensive and kowtowing to others, people will take advantage of you and exploit you.</p>
<p>&nbsp;<br />Mercury     	is in	04 Degrees	Sagittarius.<br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Your mind is very curious and inquisitive, always seeking information on a wide variety of topics. The broader the subject matter (philosophy, science, religion, metaphysics), the more it will appeal to you. You prefer to deal with abstractions</span> &#8212; the small but important details associated with any subject tend to slip your grasp. <span style="color: #008000;">You are known for being blunt, honest and truthful.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;<br />Venus       	is in	01 Degrees	Scorpio.<br />
Your feelings about others are deep, powerful, intense and complex. When you like someone, you do so totally and obsessively if you do not like someone, they do not exist. Your faithfulness and loyalty to your lover is unquestioned, indeed at times it is too much so &#8212; <span style="color: #ff0000;">you get so possessive that you almost smother your partner. </span>At times, your feelings are kept deep within you and, because they are so complex and intense, they frighten you &#8212; this is the way that you try to ignore them. But the more you try to do this, the more explosive things get when you eventually do express them.</p>
<p>&nbsp;<br />Mars        	is in	04 Degrees	Aquarius.<br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Your ideas and opinions are usually inventive and original</span>, but sometimes they are merely eccentric and offbeat. You are altruistic &#8212; <span style="color: #ff0000;">you will work hard for the attainment of group goals</span>, as long as they meet your high standards. <span style="color: #008000;">You tend to resent traditional authority figures because you think that your ideas are better thought out and more valuable than theirs. Very idealistic, you are a rebel WITH a cause!</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;<br />Jupiter     	is in	05 Degrees	Virgo.<br />
You feel most expansive and at ease with yourself when you are doing something that you consider to be practical or useful. <span style="color: #ff0000;">You enjoy being dutiful and carrying out responsibilities. You gladly take on the little tasks that others seem to want to avoid. At times, you carry things to extremes and feel guilty anytime you do something that you consider to be self-indulgent. </span>While it is appropriate for you to demand little for yourself in life, try to loosen up once in a while &#8212; go out on a fling and enjoy yourself!</p>
<p>&nbsp;<br />Saturn      	is in	05 Degrees	Aries.<br />
<span style="color: #008000;">You are aloof, independent and standoffish.</span> This is mainly due to your fear that others might inhibit or restrict you and, quite frankly, you feel that you can govern your life by your own standards. <span style="color: #008000;">Be careful not to associate with those who are overly critical of you or you will withdraw so deeply into your shell that you will become very lonely. You have the ability to stand on your own two feet and to make up your own mind &#8212; albeit very carefully and cautiously.</span> But you are known for your circumspection and therefore are respected and admired.</p>
<p>&nbsp;<br />Uranus      	is in	28 Degrees	Virgo.<br />
You, and all your peers, will be known for the degree of intensity with which you dislike normal everyday routines and chores. <span style="color: #008000;">You will go out of your way to invent innovative, unique and timesaving ways to perform the various mundane routines and duties of living. </span>You will be attracted to all manner of practical and useful gadgets &#8212; anything that will make your daily life more exciting.</p>
<p>&nbsp;<br />Neptune     	is in	24 Degrees	Scorpio.<br />
You, and your entire generation, are extremely interested in anything deep and mysterious. <span style="color: #ff0000;">You will explore and idealize the benefits that can accrue from the study of the occult, healing and psychology. You are willing to experiment with substances like drugs in order to push your understanding of your inner being to the extreme.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;<br />Pluto       	is in	22 Degrees	Virgo.<br />
For your entire generation, this will be a time when profound changes in society&#8217;s attitude toward work, duty and responsibility will be initiated. Radical changes in attitudes toward personal health and general nutrition will be promulgated and gain wide acceptance and practice.</p>
<p>&nbsp;<br />N. Node     	is in	26 Degrees	Aries.<br />
You&#8217;re at your most comfortable when involved in group activities outside of your immediate family circle. <span style="color: #ff0000;">You delight in getting involved with others in neighborhood civic or political activities, especially if you can be a part of the leadership of the group. Your zeal and overabundant energy bring out your real creativity when you can work toward tangible results &#8212; things that will immediately benefit those around you. You have a real gift for getting the most out of charity drives and community benefits.</span> Take time out between projects though, because you tire out easily and your effectiveness becomes greatly diminished when your energy is depleted. Also, don&#8217;t even think of trying to get involved at a peripheral level &#8212; you need a total commitment to feel personally fulfilled. Let others bake the cookies and set up the chairs &#8212; you should be the one to tell everyone what to do and when to do it!</p></blockquote>
<p>They got a few things right, but they got way more wrong than they got right. Needless to say, I won&#8217;t be paying $25 for the more detailed report!</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-393  aligncenter" style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;" title="My astrology chart" src="http://www.beatingupwind.com/resources/2010/03/2455244189001.gif" alt="My astrology chart" width="350" height="420" /></p>
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		<title>Excellent video on the foreclosure crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.beatingupwind.com/2008-10/excellent-video-on-the-foreclosure-crisis</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Harper</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhat thankfully New York has been spared from much of falling home prices that have been affecting other parts of the nation. The value of our apartment has been flat for 2-3 years now, which is much better than the 30%/year declines in other places. With the crisis on Wall Street, who knows how long [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Somewhat thankfully New York has been spared from much of falling home prices that have been affecting other parts of the nation. The value of our apartment has been flat for 2-3 years now, which is much better than the 30%/year declines in other places. With the crisis on Wall Street, who knows how long that will continue, but it&#8217;s shocking to see videos like the one below about how bad things have gotten in California&#8230;</p>
<p><embed class='castfire_player' id='cf_5f02a' name='cf_5f02a' width='564' height='348' src='http://p.castfire.com/fcieq/video/26078/26078_2008-09-25-215549.flv' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowFullScreen='true'></embed></p>
<p>What&#8217;s amazing is how much of people&#8217;s lives are being thrown in landfills - how they walk away from just about everything - even huge flat screen TVs. It&#8217;s sad that the charities don&#8217;t have their act together to take advantage of the opportunity and fill their warehouses with the household goods and clothing that people are going to start to need in an economy like this.</p>
<p>The country desperately needs a change in leadership. Let&#8217;s hope the leaders we elect in a month are up to the task.</p>
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		<title>When you&#8217;re &#8220;of a certain age&#8221;&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Harper</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I hit 40 last December. Let&#8217;s just say &#8220;the plumbing&#8221; doesn&#8217;t work as good as it used to, so I tried some solutions and initially tried the herbal pills from &#8220;Boom Energy&#8221;, then they did a reformulation and their new pills work almost too well. Let&#8217;s just say I wish they had a half strength [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hit 40 last December. Let&#8217;s just say &#8220;the plumbing&#8221; doesn&#8217;t work as good as it used to, so I tried some solutions and initially tried the herbal pills from &#8220;Boom Energy&#8221;, then they did a reformulation and their new pills work almost too well. Let&#8217;s just say I wish they had a half strength version&#8230;  <img src='http://www.beatingupwind.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>If you have the same problem I do, <a href="http://www.beatingupwind.com/scripts/rhe.php" target="_blank">check them out</a>&#8230;</p>
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