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I TOLD people I had a perfectly reasonable explanation for setting an artichoke on fire!

So--it's my birthday! (33, if you must know.) Want a really easy, but really effective, way to make this day most excellent for me? Read on!

( Birthday girl under the cut! )

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A few quick links--hiking didn't work out today for various reasons, but we got a rain check.

--I am pleased as punch to announce that I am one of two new staff writers over at No Unsacred Place, the eco-pagan branch of the Pagan Newswire Collective! Much gratitude for this opportunity!

--A most excellent essay by Paleo on bloodsucking animal totems

--Linked from ysidro, You Are Not So Smart, a really neat page on how our minds REALLY work.

--erynn999 rants eloquently about the fallacy of the Power of Positive Thinking with regards to physical health issues and disability