Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Daily Eye Candy: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Monday, February 27, 2006
Daily Eye Candy: Joaquin Phoenix
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Daily Eye Candy: Ryan Philippe
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Apparently, Two Wrongs Make a Right
Friday, February 24, 2006
Tecumseh
Tecumseh
Tecumseh (properly Tikamthi or Tecumtha: 'One who passes across intervening space from one point to another,' i. e. springs (Jones); the name indicates that the owner belongs to the gens of the Great Medicine Panther, or Meteor, hence the interpretations 'Crouching Panther' and 'ShootingStar' ). A celebrated Shawnee chief, born in 1768 at the Shawnee village of Piqua on Mad river, about 6 in. southwest of the present Springfield, Ohio. It was destroyed by the Kentuckians in 1780. His father, who was also a chief, was killed at the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774 (see Cornstalk). His mother is said of the white man, and denied the right of the Government to make land purchases from any single tribe, on the ground that the territory, especially in the Ohio valley country, belonged to all the tribes in common. On the refusal of the Government to recognize this principle, he undertook the formation of a great confederacy of all the western and southern tribes for the purpose of holding the Ohio river as the permanent boundary between the two races. In pursuance of this object he or his agents visited every tribe from Florida to the head of the Missouri river. While Tecumseh was organizing the work in the south his plans were brought to disastrous overthrow by the premature battle of Tippecanoe under the direction of the Prophet, Nov. 7, 1811. On the breaking out of the War of 1812, Tecumseh at once led his forces to the. support of the British, and was rewarded with a regular commission as brigadier general, having under his command some 2,000 warriors of the allied tribes. He fought at Frenchtown, The Raisin, Ft Meigs, and Ft Stephenson, and covered Proctor's retreat after Perry's decisive victory on Lake Erie, until, declining to retreat farther, he compelled Proctor to make a stand on Thames river, near the present Chatam, Ont. In the bloody battle which ensued the allied British and Indians were completely defeated by Harrison, Tecumseh himself falling in the front of his warriors, Oct. 5, 1813, being then in his 45th year. With a presentiment of death he had discarded his general's uniform before the battle and dressed himself in his Indian deerskin. He left one son, the father of Wapameepto, alias Big Jim (q. v.). From all that is said of Tecumseh in contemporary record, there is no reason to doubt the verdict of Trumbull that he was the most extraordinary Indian character in United States history. There is no true portrait of him in existence, the one commonly given as such in Lossing's War of 1812 (1875) and reproduced in Appleton's Cyclopedia-of American Biography (1894), and Mooney's Ghost Dance (1896), being a composite result based on a pencil sketch made about 1812, on which were mounted his cap, medal, and uniform. Consult Appleton Cycl. Am. Biog., vi, 1894; Drake, Life of Tecumseh, 1841; Eggleston, Tecumseh and the Shawnee Prophet, 1878; Law, Colonial Hist. Vincennes, 1858; Lossing, War of 1812,1875; McKenney and Hall, Ind. Tribes, 1, 1854; Mooney, Ghost Dance Religion, in 14th Rep. B. A. E., pt. ii, 1896; Randall, Tecumseh, in Ohio Arch. and Hist. Quar., Oct. 1906; Trumbull, Indian Wars, 1851.
Taken from here.
Tecumseh (properly Tikamthi or Tecumtha: 'One who passes across intervening space from one point to another,' i. e. springs (Jones); the name indicates that the owner belongs to the gens of the Great Medicine Panther, or Meteor, hence the interpretations 'Crouching Panther' and 'ShootingStar' ). A celebrated Shawnee chief, born in 1768 at the Shawnee village of Piqua on Mad river, about 6 in. southwest of the present Springfield, Ohio. It was destroyed by the Kentuckians in 1780. His father, who was also a chief, was killed at the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774 (see Cornstalk). His mother is said of the white man, and denied the right of the Government to make land purchases from any single tribe, on the ground that the territory, especially in the Ohio valley country, belonged to all the tribes in common. On the refusal of the Government to recognize this principle, he undertook the formation of a great confederacy of all the western and southern tribes for the purpose of holding the Ohio river as the permanent boundary between the two races. In pursuance of this object he or his agents visited every tribe from Florida to the head of the Missouri river. While Tecumseh was organizing the work in the south his plans were brought to disastrous overthrow by the premature battle of Tippecanoe under the direction of the Prophet, Nov. 7, 1811. On the breaking out of the War of 1812, Tecumseh at once led his forces to the. support of the British, and was rewarded with a regular commission as brigadier general, having under his command some 2,000 warriors of the allied tribes. He fought at Frenchtown, The Raisin, Ft Meigs, and Ft Stephenson, and covered Proctor's retreat after Perry's decisive victory on Lake Erie, until, declining to retreat farther, he compelled Proctor to make a stand on Thames river, near the present Chatam, Ont. In the bloody battle which ensued the allied British and Indians were completely defeated by Harrison, Tecumseh himself falling in the front of his warriors, Oct. 5, 1813, being then in his 45th year. With a presentiment of death he had discarded his general's uniform before the battle and dressed himself in his Indian deerskin. He left one son, the father of Wapameepto, alias Big Jim (q. v.). From all that is said of Tecumseh in contemporary record, there is no reason to doubt the verdict of Trumbull that he was the most extraordinary Indian character in United States history. There is no true portrait of him in existence, the one commonly given as such in Lossing's War of 1812 (1875) and reproduced in Appleton's Cyclopedia-of American Biography (1894), and Mooney's Ghost Dance (1896), being a composite result based on a pencil sketch made about 1812, on which were mounted his cap, medal, and uniform. Consult Appleton Cycl. Am. Biog., vi, 1894; Drake, Life of Tecumseh, 1841; Eggleston, Tecumseh and the Shawnee Prophet, 1878; Law, Colonial Hist. Vincennes, 1858; Lossing, War of 1812,1875; McKenney and Hall, Ind. Tribes, 1, 1854; Mooney, Ghost Dance Religion, in 14th Rep. B. A. E., pt. ii, 1896; Randall, Tecumseh, in Ohio Arch. and Hist. Quar., Oct. 1906; Trumbull, Indian Wars, 1851.
Taken from here.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Cheese
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
In vino veritas
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Hava Nagila
Monday, February 20, 2006
Black History Month: Bobby Seale
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Black History Month: The Black Panthers
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Black History Month: Angela Davis
Friday, February 17, 2006
Celebrities Looking Bad
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Black History Month:
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Celebrities Looking Bad
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Happy Valentine's Day
Monday, February 13, 2006
Black History Month: Thurgood Marshall
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Black History Month: Malcolm X
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Celebrities Looking Bad
Friday, February 10, 2006
Celebrities Looking Bad
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Celebrities Looking Bad
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Celebrities Looking Bad
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Celebrities Looking Bad
Monday, February 06, 2006
Today's Horoscopes
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Now is a very good time to get to know you better. It's been a while since your most recent self-diagnostic, and interesting changes appear during your mental inventory.
PISCES
(Feb. 19-March 20). The stars show you being more disciplined, and it couldn't happen at a better time. This is no day for leniency. A Taurus and a Libra know how you can get to your goal more quickly and will help you develop a plan.
ARIES
(March 21-April 19). Your head is held high. Thought and preparation make you look like you know what you're doing even when you've never been in the situation before. That's why people in stores ask you questions as if you worked there.
TAURUS
(April 20-May 20). Creative juices kick in. Enjoy the power surge, and allow ideas to flow. The afternoon shows the sparks of romantic interest. Stay grounded enough to recognize when your internal voice gives you advice.
GEMINI
(May 21-June 21). When you get some momentum on a project, ride it out. It would be easy to over-think the situation or neurotically plan for events that will probably never happen, but you know better!
CANCER
(June 22-July 22). Act as you would if you had nothing to lose. Tell a friend your true feelings. You will be met with warmth you didn't know existed between the two of you.
LEO
(July 23-Aug. 22). Your humor and generous nature keeps you in most people's good graces. It's a seductive thing to be well liked. Before you know it, you could be obsessed with being everyone's favorite. Dare to make an unpopular choice tonight.
VIRGO
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Just when you think you know what to expect, the situation gets out of hand. A wild goose chase is featured this afternoon. In the end, this could be more fun than any ordeal you've ever had!
LIBRA
(Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The hardest thing is to keep to an agenda that serves your core being instead of pleasing everyone around you. You're super-strong now, and this is exactly what you manage to do.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 24-Nov. 21). No matter how slowly the day starts, you get busy fast. Take the time for mental preparation, even when you are harried. Twenty minutes of meditation makes you a star.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Wishful thinking, when spoken out loud, becomes the beginning of a journey. Include partners of all kinds, but beware of a certain friend who claims to be helping out but feels like a drag -- literally.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22-Jan. 19). A group project becomes a big convoluted mess. This is an excellent opportunity to learn to be more tolerant and to work with and accept the limits that all humans have.
(Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Now is a very good time to get to know you better. It's been a while since your most recent self-diagnostic, and interesting changes appear during your mental inventory.
PISCES
(Feb. 19-March 20). The stars show you being more disciplined, and it couldn't happen at a better time. This is no day for leniency. A Taurus and a Libra know how you can get to your goal more quickly and will help you develop a plan.
ARIES
(March 21-April 19). Your head is held high. Thought and preparation make you look like you know what you're doing even when you've never been in the situation before. That's why people in stores ask you questions as if you worked there.
TAURUS
(April 20-May 20). Creative juices kick in. Enjoy the power surge, and allow ideas to flow. The afternoon shows the sparks of romantic interest. Stay grounded enough to recognize when your internal voice gives you advice.
GEMINI
(May 21-June 21). When you get some momentum on a project, ride it out. It would be easy to over-think the situation or neurotically plan for events that will probably never happen, but you know better!
CANCER
(June 22-July 22). Act as you would if you had nothing to lose. Tell a friend your true feelings. You will be met with warmth you didn't know existed between the two of you.
LEO
(July 23-Aug. 22). Your humor and generous nature keeps you in most people's good graces. It's a seductive thing to be well liked. Before you know it, you could be obsessed with being everyone's favorite. Dare to make an unpopular choice tonight.
VIRGO
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Just when you think you know what to expect, the situation gets out of hand. A wild goose chase is featured this afternoon. In the end, this could be more fun than any ordeal you've ever had!
LIBRA
(Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The hardest thing is to keep to an agenda that serves your core being instead of pleasing everyone around you. You're super-strong now, and this is exactly what you manage to do.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 24-Nov. 21). No matter how slowly the day starts, you get busy fast. Take the time for mental preparation, even when you are harried. Twenty minutes of meditation makes you a star.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Wishful thinking, when spoken out loud, becomes the beginning of a journey. Include partners of all kinds, but beware of a certain friend who claims to be helping out but feels like a drag -- literally.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22-Jan. 19). A group project becomes a big convoluted mess. This is an excellent opportunity to learn to be more tolerant and to work with and accept the limits that all humans have.
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Leonard Cohen
Cohen pushed into 'incessant work'
By ANGELA PACIENZA
TORONTO (CP) - Financial difficulties have pushed Leonard Cohen back into the spotlight, propelling the semi-retired poet and musician into "incessant work" and even into attending a glitzy celebrity-studded gala honouring his songwriting skills.
"I'm not really drawn to these kind of events," Cohen, clad in a sharp but worn suit, said in an interview Saturday on the eve of his induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
"I don't think anybody really wants all that attention. I love the attention given to a song or a concert - something you've actually done and worked at and sweated over . . . But this, where you're somehow being honoured, they're always tricky."
Usually a private man who rarely gives interviews and shies away from Hollywood-style red carpet events, Cohen was persuaded to attend the gala, where the likes of Willie Nelson and k.d. lang will pay tribute to him, by his new Vancouver-based manager.
"I left the decision up to Sam Feldman. I'd gotten into a bit of trouble . . . I had to change management. My former management had relieved me of all my earnings," said the 71-year-old Cohen, who was contemplative yet warm and amicable while responding to questions.
His "bit of trouble" has him all but broke and involved in a couple of nasty lawsuits.
It all started last year when he learned that his life savings of $5 million, which he'd planned to retire on, had been nearly wiped out.
The Montreal-born poet alleges his former manager bled his personal savings and investment accounts dry during the time he spent living in a Buddhist monastery, the Mount Baldy Zen Center in Los Angeles.
"It's enough to put a dent in one's mood," he says of the betrayal by his manager, who'd looked after him for 17 years.
"Fortunately it hasn't," he adds after a short pause as if to show that while he's dejected by the situation, he's not completely undone.
In fact, some good has come out of the ordeal, something he refers to as only a "tiny disaster" in relation to a flood or tsunami.
Cohen will have several new works published in the coming months.
"I'm always blackening pages and scratching away, but that particular crisis produced a real financial problem," he explains, fidgeting with a handkerchief.
"Almost everything I had was gone . . . It produced a sense of urgency.
"What it did was not so much influence the writing itself - most of the writing was done. What it did do was promote a kind of swiftness in gathering the material together and presenting it. Usually I'd let things sit around for a few more years, so for better or for worse, they haven't matured for that long."
He'll have a book of poetry out in May as well as a new CD later in the year.
As well, Cohen's girlfriend, Hawaii-born Anjani Thomas, will release a CD on May 2. Blue Alert features her singing lyrics penned by Cohen. But for this weekend, at least, Cohen is thinking of his past material rather than trying to hawk his new wares.
Ain't No Cure For Love, Bird on the Wire, Everybody Knows, Hallelujah and Suzanne are being highlighted at Sunday night's gala, to be televised by the CBC on March 6, for their impact on Canada's musical landscape.
"I'm really happy that I've written them. You always try to write a good song but you don't always do it," he said bashfully. "It's a really wonderful thing to write a song and have it move into the world and have it touch people."
Singer lang says she feels a "kindred connection" to Cohen.
"I feel as a singer that singing his songs is an offering, and for me to sing one of his songs to him on Sunday night is a gesture of gratitude," said the Alberta-born performer who will sing Hallelujah for Cohen, a song she covered on her most recent album.
"It's no debate that he's one of Canada's greatest poets and songwriters, if not one of the world's greatest poet-songwriters. He always put himself in the turmoil but also on the compassionate end as well. He really was able to examine the human condition from a personal point of view."
Cohen says he continues to get fan mail referencing the impact his songs have had in people's lives. (Yes, he opens and reads all of it.)
Suzanne, in particular, is getting some additional attention by way of the CBC, which tracked down the woman who inspired the song after feeding Cohen "tea and oranges that come all the way from China."
Cohen actually caught the feature upon turning on his hotel's TV on Friday night.
"I turned on the news and found this long dissertation on the song and Suzanne," he said. "I haven't been in touch with her."
But he still lauded the woman who lives a sparse life in California.
"It's a radiant spirit that she has . . . an unusual woman and an unusual life."
"She doesn't know my life . . . Our lives are a lot closer than she suggests," he said.
So does Cohen welcome the unplanned return to the spotlight?
"These situations help me survive in the marketplace. I have no ambiguity about it. I'm very happy that people want to talk to me about my work."
But he says he'd welcome back privacy, especially if he could spend more time in Montreal, rather than Los Angeles.
While he shares his time between the two cities, he'd relish the opportunity to retreat to the home he purchased in his hometown back in 1972.
"I really miss it now that I have to be in Los Angeles (for court proceedings)," he said.
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Some Leonard Cohen trivia:
-At 17, he formed a country-western trio called the Buckskin Boys.
-At 24, used a $2,000 Canada Council grant to travel to Greece where he wrote poems and novels, including Beautiful Losers.
-His music career began in 1966 when he sang two poems, Suzanne and Stranger, at a poetry reading in New York. The readings soon became concerts.
-He retreated from public life in 1993 to live at a Buddhist monastery.
-His songs have been covered by countless artists including Johnny Cash, The Pixies, Sting, Elton John, Jeff Buckley, REM, Nick Cave and Bono.
-Cohen developed a reputation as a ladies' man, although he never married. Had two children, Adam and Lorca, with Suzanne Elrod. Was linked with singer Janis Joplin, whom he wrote Chelsea Hotel No. 2 about, and actress Rebecca De Mornay.
By ANGELA PACIENZA
TORONTO (CP) - Financial difficulties have pushed Leonard Cohen back into the spotlight, propelling the semi-retired poet and musician into "incessant work" and even into attending a glitzy celebrity-studded gala honouring his songwriting skills.
"I'm not really drawn to these kind of events," Cohen, clad in a sharp but worn suit, said in an interview Saturday on the eve of his induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
"I don't think anybody really wants all that attention. I love the attention given to a song or a concert - something you've actually done and worked at and sweated over . . . But this, where you're somehow being honoured, they're always tricky."
Usually a private man who rarely gives interviews and shies away from Hollywood-style red carpet events, Cohen was persuaded to attend the gala, where the likes of Willie Nelson and k.d. lang will pay tribute to him, by his new Vancouver-based manager.
"I left the decision up to Sam Feldman. I'd gotten into a bit of trouble . . . I had to change management. My former management had relieved me of all my earnings," said the 71-year-old Cohen, who was contemplative yet warm and amicable while responding to questions.
His "bit of trouble" has him all but broke and involved in a couple of nasty lawsuits.
It all started last year when he learned that his life savings of $5 million, which he'd planned to retire on, had been nearly wiped out.
The Montreal-born poet alleges his former manager bled his personal savings and investment accounts dry during the time he spent living in a Buddhist monastery, the Mount Baldy Zen Center in Los Angeles.
"It's enough to put a dent in one's mood," he says of the betrayal by his manager, who'd looked after him for 17 years.
"Fortunately it hasn't," he adds after a short pause as if to show that while he's dejected by the situation, he's not completely undone.
In fact, some good has come out of the ordeal, something he refers to as only a "tiny disaster" in relation to a flood or tsunami.
Cohen will have several new works published in the coming months.
"I'm always blackening pages and scratching away, but that particular crisis produced a real financial problem," he explains, fidgeting with a handkerchief.
"Almost everything I had was gone . . . It produced a sense of urgency.
"What it did was not so much influence the writing itself - most of the writing was done. What it did do was promote a kind of swiftness in gathering the material together and presenting it. Usually I'd let things sit around for a few more years, so for better or for worse, they haven't matured for that long."
He'll have a book of poetry out in May as well as a new CD later in the year.
As well, Cohen's girlfriend, Hawaii-born Anjani Thomas, will release a CD on May 2. Blue Alert features her singing lyrics penned by Cohen. But for this weekend, at least, Cohen is thinking of his past material rather than trying to hawk his new wares.
Ain't No Cure For Love, Bird on the Wire, Everybody Knows, Hallelujah and Suzanne are being highlighted at Sunday night's gala, to be televised by the CBC on March 6, for their impact on Canada's musical landscape.
"I'm really happy that I've written them. You always try to write a good song but you don't always do it," he said bashfully. "It's a really wonderful thing to write a song and have it move into the world and have it touch people."
Singer lang says she feels a "kindred connection" to Cohen.
"I feel as a singer that singing his songs is an offering, and for me to sing one of his songs to him on Sunday night is a gesture of gratitude," said the Alberta-born performer who will sing Hallelujah for Cohen, a song she covered on her most recent album.
"It's no debate that he's one of Canada's greatest poets and songwriters, if not one of the world's greatest poet-songwriters. He always put himself in the turmoil but also on the compassionate end as well. He really was able to examine the human condition from a personal point of view."
Cohen says he continues to get fan mail referencing the impact his songs have had in people's lives. (Yes, he opens and reads all of it.)
Suzanne, in particular, is getting some additional attention by way of the CBC, which tracked down the woman who inspired the song after feeding Cohen "tea and oranges that come all the way from China."
Cohen actually caught the feature upon turning on his hotel's TV on Friday night.
"I turned on the news and found this long dissertation on the song and Suzanne," he said. "I haven't been in touch with her."
But he still lauded the woman who lives a sparse life in California.
"It's a radiant spirit that she has . . . an unusual woman and an unusual life."
"She doesn't know my life . . . Our lives are a lot closer than she suggests," he said.
So does Cohen welcome the unplanned return to the spotlight?
"These situations help me survive in the marketplace. I have no ambiguity about it. I'm very happy that people want to talk to me about my work."
But he says he'd welcome back privacy, especially if he could spend more time in Montreal, rather than Los Angeles.
While he shares his time between the two cities, he'd relish the opportunity to retreat to the home he purchased in his hometown back in 1972.
"I really miss it now that I have to be in Los Angeles (for court proceedings)," he said.
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Some Leonard Cohen trivia:
-At 17, he formed a country-western trio called the Buckskin Boys.
-At 24, used a $2,000 Canada Council grant to travel to Greece where he wrote poems and novels, including Beautiful Losers.
-His music career began in 1966 when he sang two poems, Suzanne and Stranger, at a poetry reading in New York. The readings soon became concerts.
-He retreated from public life in 1993 to live at a Buddhist monastery.
-His songs have been covered by countless artists including Johnny Cash, The Pixies, Sting, Elton John, Jeff Buckley, REM, Nick Cave and Bono.
-Cohen developed a reputation as a ladies' man, although he never married. Had two children, Adam and Lorca, with Suzanne Elrod. Was linked with singer Janis Joplin, whom he wrote Chelsea Hotel No. 2 about, and actress Rebecca De Mornay.
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Today's Horoscopes
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You have a unique opportunity for expression. Don't get caught up in measuring yourself with someone else. Be willing to be bigger and better than the old you. You will surprise yourself.
PISCES
(Feb. 19-March 20). People who love you may talk about nothing but the weather around you. You're learning to look under the surface of the words. Emotion is the most powerful communicator.
ARIES
(March 21-April 19). The spirit of competition rages, and you'll be excellent when the pressure is on. The afternoon presents a conflict, probably involving a Taurus or a Virgo. Do a thorough diagnosis of the problem before you take any steps.
TAURUS
(April 20-May 20). "To thine own self be true" is your motto. Too much coddling of others isn't good for your soul. Try balancing your attention between what you want and what they want.
GEMINI
(May 21-June 21). Most times, when you "score," it's because you set out to do so -- you have a goal in mind. Today, you could accidentally get your proverbial ball in the right place to make points.
CANCER
(June 22-July 22). Freud said that all people who are in love are crazy. If you're not in love, the stars say that it's about time you fell again. One affectionate, "insane" act could be the trigger that makes you topple.
LEO
(July 23-Aug. 22). If you're not dressed for the day yet, wear your equivalent of a costume and cape. Perhaps a power suit? At least put on some lucky shoes. It's on you to be the guardian, protector and superhero for the meek.
VIRGO
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22). For all your masterful attempts at organization, logic and control, there is still a wild gypsy in your soul who wants to be free -- of possessions, psychic bonds and other people's definitions. That's the part of you who comes out today.
LIBRA
(Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There is a very good reason why you can think faster than you can talk. You'll discover it this afternoon when you get into a position to win or lose someone's esteem. Thinking twice or three times before you utter a word is advised.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Visualization will reap results. Picture yourself doing what you always wanted, often. Maintain your focus, and be ready to trade up to a new and better you. Time is on your side.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your strength of spirit is high, and the eight ball is nowhere in sight. Don't be afraid to squeeze every drop of life from your daily activities. Grab all the gusto.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your happiness depends on discovering the most loving way to arrive at the end of the day. You have a way with this. Your kindness and appreciation of others does not go unnoticed.
(Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You have a unique opportunity for expression. Don't get caught up in measuring yourself with someone else. Be willing to be bigger and better than the old you. You will surprise yourself.
PISCES
(Feb. 19-March 20). People who love you may talk about nothing but the weather around you. You're learning to look under the surface of the words. Emotion is the most powerful communicator.
ARIES
(March 21-April 19). The spirit of competition rages, and you'll be excellent when the pressure is on. The afternoon presents a conflict, probably involving a Taurus or a Virgo. Do a thorough diagnosis of the problem before you take any steps.
TAURUS
(April 20-May 20). "To thine own self be true" is your motto. Too much coddling of others isn't good for your soul. Try balancing your attention between what you want and what they want.
GEMINI
(May 21-June 21). Most times, when you "score," it's because you set out to do so -- you have a goal in mind. Today, you could accidentally get your proverbial ball in the right place to make points.
CANCER
(June 22-July 22). Freud said that all people who are in love are crazy. If you're not in love, the stars say that it's about time you fell again. One affectionate, "insane" act could be the trigger that makes you topple.
LEO
(July 23-Aug. 22). If you're not dressed for the day yet, wear your equivalent of a costume and cape. Perhaps a power suit? At least put on some lucky shoes. It's on you to be the guardian, protector and superhero for the meek.
VIRGO
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22). For all your masterful attempts at organization, logic and control, there is still a wild gypsy in your soul who wants to be free -- of possessions, psychic bonds and other people's definitions. That's the part of you who comes out today.
LIBRA
(Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There is a very good reason why you can think faster than you can talk. You'll discover it this afternoon when you get into a position to win or lose someone's esteem. Thinking twice or three times before you utter a word is advised.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Visualization will reap results. Picture yourself doing what you always wanted, often. Maintain your focus, and be ready to trade up to a new and better you. Time is on your side.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your strength of spirit is high, and the eight ball is nowhere in sight. Don't be afraid to squeeze every drop of life from your daily activities. Grab all the gusto.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your happiness depends on discovering the most loving way to arrive at the end of the day. You have a way with this. Your kindness and appreciation of others does not go unnoticed.
Friday, February 03, 2006
Celebrities Looking Bad
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Celebrities Looking Bad
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Celebrities Looking Bad
