(Hartmânôd = Harsh month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 8 hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72)
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you've provided. I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Jera: Harvest, 12th Rune of the Futhark, the number 12, cycles, a turning point, cause and effect, the Rune of return, two halves of a cyclic whole, harmony-in-movement-in-balance, improvement, expansion, growth, progress, patience, fruition of plans, the mystic union between Earth and the Cosmos, the result of a previous action, appropriate reward for the right (or wrong) action.
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Tyr: 
Havamal 156.
A twelfth one I sing, when I see through the brush
The hanged one swinging from the hemp;
He climbs down from the trunk, must tell me his tale
When I carve the Runes right.
 
Rebirth, renewal, rising from the ashes, excitation, mysteries revealed, sacrifice, rebirth of the Sun god, fertility and/or destruction, generation, power, success, wisdom, duties fulfilled, art of concealment and hiding, rebirth into the light - life of the soul, the power to make situations turn completely around, wisdom, spiritual understanding, the power of regeneration, warrior strength, justice, balance, personal sacrifice of the father, resurrection/reincarnation/born again; “Do not fear anything, even dying cannot kill you.  Better to die than to be dead alive” (Gorsleben).
“Fear not death - it cannot kill you (List, 58).
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Interpretation: Harvest (Jera) leads to rebirth (Tyr).
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Outcome: 8 hrs of good sleep with only one bladder call.
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A banana and blueberries for breakfast
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Call in from Toby’s doctor about his bloodwork.  He does have an elevated white blood cell count so he’s placing Toby on antibiotics.  Toby is also showing a slightly elevated level – of something – because he’s been on his prednisone for so long.  His doctor reduced Toby’s medication to ¼ tablet.
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To Air Capital Veterinary for Toby’s meds
BK for an early lunch
White Dove for incense
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The damned warmth in January continues.  Will we ever have any kind of winter this year?  One would think we’re supposed to have snow; instead, we’ve had rain…sad.  I guess whatever it takes to help next year’s wheat crop to mature properly.  C’mon February…don’t fail me!
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Separated recyclables
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Scrambled eggs and blueberry pancakes
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Too much activity.  I’ll pick-up the dumbbell routine tomorrow.
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Good 8hr sift; I definitely earned every bit of it, too.  I embraced my fear and conquered the dreaded S.H.F. (shaper holding fixture).
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Shower, bed, nighty-night.
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Comments:  last check on all fur-kids.  It’s nice to have Toby back to his usual ole self.
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(Hartmânôd = Harsh month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 8 hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
*Married 23 June 1946
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Raido: Wheel, horse transportation, riding, issues concerning: ordered/rhythmic movement, a journey, the journey of life, travel, seek wise counsel, spiritual quest, the law of the cosmic right, freedom and moral responsibility of the Self, ordered change, planning, ethical conduct, personal discipline, to oversee one’s own journey in life, the proper course of faring, progress, perspective.
Conversely:
Spinning one’s wheels, lack of movement, unwise counsel, a breakdown in (divine) order, restlessness, make no travel plans, upsetting the cart, wrong action and disorder, the opposite of that which is right, off the proper course, slow motion, vehicular failure, without a sense of purpose, personal irresponsibility, a failed or disappointing journey, void of progress or proper perspective.
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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​Armanen Rune: Hagal: 
Havamal 151.
A seventh I learned, if the hall is burning
With fire around bench and comrades;
However bright it burns, I will banish the blaze,
As soon I sing the magic chant.
 
To enclose/destroy, danger brought under control, introspection, awareness, eternal change, the Mother of all Runes, the cohesion of the world, die (pronounced ‘dee’ German for ‘the’) Alle Mutter, Frija, that which cares and maintains, protects, and preserves; that which is motherly; wisdom, harmony, salvation, blessing, protects from hail and fire, eternal change, caring and maintaining principle in the Universe, Higher Self, the perfect human being, Divine within, the Rune of humanity, married to the World, Rune of enclosure but contains a potential for growth, builder/architect of the worlds, the macrocosm of the world itself.
“Harbor the All in yourself, and you will control the All” (List, 54).
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Interpretation: Wise counsel (Raido) brings a danger under control (Hagal).
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Outcome: did I just get 9 hours of sleep with MAYBE one bladder call?
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Blueberry waffle and 2 scrambled eggs.
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Toby is still lethargic with no appetite.  I took him into the Veterinarian @ Air Capital Veterinary.  Nothing was immediately determined.  Blood was drawn and Toby got a shot that should reenergize his appetite.  Also, I took possession of Long-Tail’s ashes.
*Raido/Hagal?
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Dillons, because I forgot detergent
Stopped off @ McDs because Toby has been such a trooper.
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Toby and I out for a easy, slow, methodic 30min walk.
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Dumbbell routine
Standing, 3 sets of 8 @ 2/20lbs

• Forearm curls
• Bicep curls
• Overhead triceps extension
• Shoulder press
• Standing shoulder row

Plank, 3 sets @ 30secs each
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Scheisse…71F…SEVENTY-ONE FUCKING DEGREES…IN JANUARY…JsFnChst!
Good 8 hrs of work
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PTA shower, bed, nighty-night
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Comments:  last check on all fur-kids; YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Toby has eaten his first bites of food in almost three days!  Whatever that shot was that the Veterinary gave him, did the trick.  Toby is more back to himself.
*Jeez…there was something important that needed Socks’ attention.  He was off like a SHOT!
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(Hartmânôd = Harsh month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: day off, Z’s Eagle Scout Court
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas)
Sunnastag (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you've provided. I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Eihwaz: Irminsul, the Cosmic pillar, stress and difficulties, overcoming obstacles, need to have backbone to get through, inner strength, endurance, “Shit happens, get over it!“, temporary  cosmic consciousness, inner stability over external circumstances, the Shamanic link of experiences within the All.  “That which does not kill us makes us stronger” (Friedrich Nietzsche).
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Man: 
Havamal 159.
A fourteenth know I Volkrast, the dwarf,
Sings early at the gates of dawn,
To strengthen the Aesir, to empower the Alves,
But to myself, All-Father, to gain wisdom.
 
Strength, acquisition of Divine wisdom, empowerment, propagation of the human race, encompasses both the exoteric and the esoteric concepts of humanity, great gain, male mysteries/leadership, pulling down the spiritual into material form, human/humanity, increase, masculinity, health, plenty, magic, spirit, truth, God-Man, male principle in Cosmos, birth, health, increase, maleness and man, Divine man, male principle in Cosmos, magic power, thaumaturgy, true self, the resurrected god, the upper part of the world tree, Irminsul, Rune of spiritual powers, of directing Manna powers; the sacred Rune of humankind encouraging us to be human.
“Be a man” (List, 61).
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Interpretation: It’s a STRONG day (Eihwaz/Man)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Outcome: Toby still isn’t himself.  If this continues through tomorrow, he gets a vet visit.
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3-egg omelet with ham-n-cheese, hand-shredded hashbrowns.
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Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Freiburg 2-1 Berlin
Mainz v BVB
*3rd min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half, Mainz 0-1 BVB
*83rd min tor/goal Mainz
*end of match, 1-1
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Final prep for Eagle Scout Court appearance.
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It was my extreme honor to be involved in Z’s Eagle Scout Court; to do the invocation, the benediction, and to be recognized as Z’s spiritual advisor.
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A Load of laundry
Dillons
A bit more trash than usual over to my brother’s
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International Friendly
USA 0-0 Serbia
http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2017-01-29-us-mens-national-team-vs-serbia/recap
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MASL http://www.maslsoccer.com/
Syracuse Silver Knights 11-2 Chicago Mustangs (wooooooow…)
Milwaukee Wave 14-3 Cedar Rapids Rampage
Baltimore Blast 10-1 St, Louis Ambush
Atletico Baja 6-4 Tacoma Stars
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Hodge-podge for dinner
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Another load of laundry
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Sent-in yesterday’s health numbers to my online VA account
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“A Series of Unfortunate Events” S1 E4; the Reptile Room, Part 2, on Netflix
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To coin a phrase: “I can’t believe I at the whole thing”.  Now why in the hel did I do that?  I have NEVER eaten anything like that to that extent.
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Nighty-night
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Comments:  last check on all fur-kids
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God/dess Meditation: Paltar, you're the blameless god, gloriously shining god, rising god, restoration god, husband to the faithful Nanda, beloved son of Wotan and Frija.  Just as you restore Mittigart after Godotuom, restore us after we experience our own Godotuoms of life.  Let your goodness and your reconciliation smooth our paths on Earth. When our days here are over, light up death’s darkness with the promise of rebirth. Help is to avoid evil, and seek the good. Inspired by your example, we will keep our reputations spotless that our lives be proclaimed a victory of the Spirit, and our leaving his life a tragedy. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, PALTAR, as we honor the Paltar that resides in us all!
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hartmânôd = Harsh month)
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8 ½ hrs. of really good sleep.
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: haircut, work 8hrs overtime
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Ancestor Meditation: (gravesites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite and Medford Mennonite respectively) Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) and Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Peter A Reimer (1832-1905)
Birth 17 Sept 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Sept 1905 in Goessel, KS
*Married 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you've provided. I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Laguz: A body of water, the necessity of water as a life source, life ever-flowing; seen and unseen, going with the flow, consistent fluidity, the leek (a healing herb) the feminine, Nirdu, Erda (Mother Earth), Ing-Frô and Frouwa, emotions intact, potential for life, magical workings, conform with emotions, personal growth, the basic energy and secret source of organic life, feeling, the deep minded Spirit, intuition.
Conversely:
A dried-up body of Water, swimming upstream, difficulties with relating to the feminine, manipulation, lack of moral fiber, emotions out of control or suppressed, shallow minded, deception, unsympathetic, totally void of growth, failing to go with the flow, frivolity, immaturity, depression, inability to formulate with the emotional world, unstimulated, sinking/drowning, disconnect with the Inner Self.
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Not: 
Havamal 152.
An eighth is mine, to all the Folk
Useful to know in their suffering;
Where hatred rises-up between man and man,
This I can settle fast.
 
Distress, compulsion of fate, separation, confrontation, understanding suffering, settled calm, mind over matter, necessity of fate, misery and death, change of luck as necessity, decision of the Wurtâ, Wurt/Urlag paid-for, cause-effect relations, capability to restructure Wurt/Urlag, That which cannot be averted, the Ur-law that is active in every creature, stress, karmic debt, karmic need, but with outlook for change of karma, banishing ill fortune by means of accepting karma and karmic law, Skuld, Divine justice that balances.
“Use your fate, do not strive against it” (List, 55).
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Interpretation: fluidity (Laguz) leads to a settled calm (Not).
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Outcome: My health by the numbers:
Weight: 246
Glucose: 94 (woooooooooooooooooooooooow…)
BP: 121/76
Pulse: 81
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3 eggs, hashbrowns and deli-ham
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Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/ Friday
Schalke 0-1 Frankfurt
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MASL http://www.maslsoccer.com/ Friday
Florida Tropics v Kansas City Comets
1st: 3-3
2nd: 2-1
3rd: 0-2
4th: 1-1
Final: Florida Tropics 6-7 Kansas City Comets
COMETS WIN ON THE ROAD!  COMETS WIN!  COMETS WIN!!
Harrisburg Heat Syracuse 7-8 Silver Knights
Turlock Express 6-7 Atletico Baja
Ontario Fury 11-10 Dallas Sidekicks
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Toby and I out for a 30min walk.  He came so close to going on the retractable, but he responded to a stern voice command quickly enough that saved his little doggy butt.
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Haircut
Sally’s http://www.sallybeauty.com/ because I want to do to my longer hairstyle what my stylist is doing.
Pizza Hut
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OMGs…ROTFLMFnAO…Fb chat with my niece…late May/early June, my former and most evil Xian minister brother was fired from his Methodist church in Elkhart…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…
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Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Ingolstadt 3-1 Hamburger
Bremen 1-2 München
Darmstadt 1-6 Köln
Leipzig 2-1 Hoffenheim
Wolfsburg 1-2 Augsburg
Leverkusen 2-3 M’Gladbach
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MASL http://www.maslsoccer.com/
Harrisburg Heat 6-7Chicago Mustangs
Sonora Soles 14-9 Tacoma Stars
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Not a horrible shift, but an amazingly sparsely attended shift.
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PTA shower, bed, nighty-night
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Comments:  last check on all fur-kids.  There’s something wrong with Toby.  He’s not his happy-go-lucky self.  Who knows what he kills and eats in the backyard.  I just hope he hasn’t killed and eaten something that could harm him.
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(Hartmânôd = Harsh month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 8 hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: Ancestry.com)
Frijastag (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932) 
David D. Schmidt
Birth abt 1852 in Russia
Death 19 JUN 1924 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Married 22 February 1876
Elisabeth Zülke (1856-1932)
Birth 4 JAN 1856 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 19 JUN 1932 in Lehigh, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you've provided. I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Dagaz: Light of day, total enlightenment, awakening, the AH-HA moment, benefit from new information, achieving balance, harmony, hyper-consciousness, the light of dawn, awakening, positive focus on life, light at the end of the tunnel, increase, growth, an ending prior to a beginning, transformation, possibly related to the 3rd eye; the mystical place where the two lobes of the brain join.
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Os: 
Havamal 148.
The fourth one I know, when a foe has tied up
My arms and hands;
The fetters fall from my leg, when I chant that song,
And off my hands the ropes come.
 
Mouth, arising, ashes, the power of speech/song, that which is offered, freedom from bondage, Wotanic energies, leadership, mouth, speech, the effort to convince, deed following the word, the Divine Breath, kingship, discussion, idea of that which is given/evolving, the spiritual power that is gained through speech, it is the breath of the world, its voice, strength that a person needs to rise-up in power, freedom from the bondage of the material world.
“Your spiritual force makes you free” (List, 51).
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Interpretation: Enlightenment (Dagaz) leads to freedom (Os).
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Outcome: Stayed up too late after work, slept-in until 9:30AM.
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A banana and a breakfast sandwich.
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Corner convenience store for a newspaper
Bank
Dillons; hey, tea is a life-staple.
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Call into my stylist…no answer…damn
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Bologna and cheese with a can of fruit cocktail.
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Toby and I out for a very active, 1PM/13:00 walk.
*during one of Toby’s poops, he had a dangly-piece that just wouldn’t let go.  Toby looked at me, like he was saying, “DAD!  HELP!”  I bumped it off using the retractable.  Toby was grateful.
*Toby’s lackadaisical response to common voice commands put him on the retractable. 
*ran into a fellow Heathen from a local halfway house.  A mutual admiration society event was happening between him and Toby.  His friends gave me his information.  I’m going to follow-up on this as a minister.
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It was a rather pissy start to the evening @ work.  I ASS-U-MEd three of us were going in equally to gift a very helpful person in a neighboring shop.  Today, while at Dillons, I picked up a gift card thinki9ng the cost would be spit 3-ways.  Turned #3 went rogue and got his own gift card.  #2 was not forthcoming in offering a few more bucks to go half.  So, I ended up financing 2/3 of the gift card.  I will not again participate in anything like that unless up-front assurances are made.
*also, it seems my 1st shift compadre has something against me.  He’s been awfully standoffish lately.
*piss on them all.
A real enlightenment (Dagaz) that gave me the strength to arise (Os).
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PTA shower, bed, nighty-night.
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(Hartmânôd = Harsh month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 8 hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Donarstag (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married 9 April 1893
Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Birth 13 Jan 1874 in, Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, Taurida, Russia
Death 20 Aug 1929 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you've provided. I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Eihwaz: Irminsul, the Cosmic pillar, stress and difficulties, overcoming obstacles, need to have backbone to get through, inner strength, endurance, “Shit happens, get over it!“, temporary  cosmic consciousness, inner stability over external circumstances, the Shamanic link of experiences within the All.  “That which does not kill us makes us stronger” (Friedrich Nietzsche).
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Thorn: 
Havamal 147.
A third I take, when danger threatens,
To bind the enemies through magic:
Thus, I dull the steel of the furious opponent.
Like the staff, his sword does not cut anymore.
 
Donar, a constant renewal of life in rebirth, protection from danger, enemies bound through magic, impermeable, an awakening, the power to turn, the divine will to act, the law of eternal reincarnation, power to become, Return, new emergence from what's apparently old and dried-up, formative power of the seed, the thunderbolt, targeting goals, activity and the phallus, mental telepathy, projection of the will, fierce protection, psychic attack & defense, penetrating time & space, Rune of opposing polarities and of joining opposites, binding of and victory over the enemy.
“Preserve your ego” (List, 51).
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Interpretation: Inner strength (Eihwaz) leads to the power to turn (Thorn).
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Outcome: It seems to be a ng up after 9AM/09:00.
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Call into Delta Dental of Kansas to ensure I understood what they told me yesterday.
Call into Riverside Dental, they were very aggregable and compliant.  I don’t have to fire them after all.
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It doesn’t take long to be fucking-off online and waste the morning.
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Toby and I out for a well-behaved, 12noon, 30min walk.
*cool, sunny, nice north/northwest breeze
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Grilled cheese and tomato soup for lunch
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Bench

• Chest press 3 sets of 8, 2/35lbs
• Chest fly 3 sets of 8, 2/20lbs
• Overhead pull 3 sets of 8, 2/20lbs

Back

• Bent row 3 sets of 8, 2/20lbs

• Reverse back-fly 3 sets of 8, 2/20lbs

½ squats, 3 sets of 8, 2/35lbs
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It was a better shift @ work; another example of how 2nd shift shops work together as compared to 1st shift which does not.
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Vikings S4 E19 http://www.history.com/shows/vikings/season-4/episode-19
*Kattegat is threatened, but survives 
*The battle for Wessex explodes
*Ivar the Boneless has a different battle plan that leads to the Vikings’ victory.  King Ecbert’s army is in disarray.  His son is on the brink of his downfall.
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An uncut fruit salad, shower, bed, nighty-night
*WOW!  It’s after 2AM/02:00
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(Hartmânôd = Harsh month)
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WOW!  Watching Gotham and going to bed after 2AM/02:00 made for a very late wake-up.
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 8 hrs
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​Ancestor Meditation: Wotanstag (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb, 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you've provided. I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Jera: Harvest, 12th Rune of the Futhark, the number 12, cycles, a turning point, cause and effect, the Rune of return, two halves of a cyclic whole, harmony-in-movement-in-balance, improvement, expansion, growth, progress, patience, fruition of plans, the mystic union between Earth and the Cosmos, the result of a previous action, appropriate reward for the right (or wrong) action.
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Laf: 
Havamal 158.
A fourteenth I sing to the assembled Folk
When naming the divine names;
The Aesir and Alves and their various kinds
No one can spell out without learning.
 
Determination, learned knowledge, singing before the All, presentation, Urlag; life fate and destiny, life as law, life following the law, experience, test, temptations by life-circumstances, water, sea, good management, test of life, school of the lives, relations, defeat and the laws of nature, life and primal law, psychic & spiritual awareness, cosmic flow, seeds of thought, the etheric part of the body, initiation that experiences life on earth as a continuous process of initiation, The Cosmic Ocean.
“First learn to steer, then dare the sea-journey” (List, 60).
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Interpretation: Cause and effect (Jera) leads to encouragement.
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Outcome: a banana, an orange and a two-egg with sliced ham on bagel breakfast sandwich.
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Call in from M.A.E. http://www.midamericaexteriors.com/  MY PICTURE WINDOW WILL BE INSTALLED MONDAY!  WOO-HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Toby and I out for a well-behaved, 11:30AM, 30min walk.
*cooler, sunny, brisk north/northwest wind
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Standing, 3 sets of 8 @ 2/20lbs

• Forearm curls
• Bicep curls
• Overhead triceps extension
• Shoulder press
• Standing shoulder row

Plank, 3 sets @ 30secs each
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Oven baked beer brats, mashed potatoes with chive, corn and peas mixture
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 Call into Delta Dental of Kansas.  They confirmed my dental office is charging me needlessly.  Either my dentist returns the $22 I didn’t owe, or I am going to quit them.  I think they’re trying to recover from me what they’re supposed to be writing-off.
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Troubling 8hrs shift to start, but all worked out well enough…I think.  It seems a back-log of orders may be starting on the table shaper.  I agreed to Saturday overtime.
*Jera/Laf, right here.  Yeah, I may have almost screwed up an order, but with the harvest of good work relationships on 2nd shift that DOES NOT exist on 1st (Jera), I am singing (Laf)!
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Fruit salad, PTA shower, bed, nighty-night
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(Hartmânôd = Harsh month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72)
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you've provided. I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Uruz: The Auroch beast, the primal instinct, life force, survival, endurance, the ability of action, creation taking shape, expansion, tenacity, vital strength, instinct of survival, raw physical power, taking risks, stick-to-itiveness, foundation, a stabilizing effect, moral strength, healing, good health, rejuvenation, energy levels, rage, health and energy, primal drizzle.
Conversely:
A weakened position, deprivation, out of sync, an impulse towards inaction, a severe lack of foundation, energy at low levels, illness, reduction, elasticity, uncontrolled rage, without the will to survive, misdirected force, taking no risks at this time, weakness; either physical or emotional, illness, the inability to overcome obstacles.
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Ka: 
Havamal 150.
A sixth one is mine, if a man wounds me
With the root of a trunk still with juice;
Then I am unscathed, the man himself is consumed
By the evil with which he threatened me.
 
Imperviousness, a reversal of fortune, the world tree, preservation of tribe or race, ancestors/ancestry, loyalty, that which is existing, defense, reversal of fortune, the polarity of the male/female principle in the Universe, opposing energies, earthly love, as executive power of balancing justice, art, capability, artist, genius, being favored, procreation, the child, force, that which is established, World Tree/the Irminsul/the All, power, generation, ability and artfulness, sensuality, higher consciousness, return.
“Your blood, your highest possession” (List, 53).
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Interpretation: Stabilization (Uruz) leads to imperviousness (Ka).
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Outcome: best 7hrs of sleep I’ve had in a VERY long time.
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A banana, an orange, a bagel breakfast sandwich with eggs-n-ham.
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I just get so lost on the Internet.
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Toby and I out for an extremely well-behaved, 11AM, 30min walk.
*it’s just too damned warm for January; 58F/14C.  I’m still holding-out hope for winter in February.
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Call into M.A.E. http://www.midamericaexteriors.com/ looking to pin-down a date for the installation of my picture window.  Return phone-call promised.
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Call in from brother who needs a small loan for a sump-pump with promised repayment via his tax return.  I think I can trust this.
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Bank
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I still don’t feel like working-out.
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Fish from frozen, potato coins/chips, “California blend” veggies.
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A better evening @ work; I still shed tears for Long-tail.
*This was so hilarious.  At shift-change, it’s extremely dangerous to walk across MacArthur St over to J-Lot where my car is parked.  The pedestrian crossing is well-lighted with a couple of flashing yellow lights.  Employees KNOW they are supposed to slow down and/or stop when someone is in the crosswalk.  Because I’ve almost been hit THREE TIMES in my five months there, I purchased a safety vest; bright orange, reflective tape, the whole 9-yards.  I NEVER take for granted the traffic will stop.  I was approaching the crosswalk at the same time a truck comes barreling towards me.  Figuring he wasn’t going to slow down at all, we approach the crosswalk simultaneously.  I step ONE STEP into the crosswalk area and he comes to a screeching halt.  I giddily step back away from the crosswalk.  Those walking behind me said the look on his face was priceless.  **Uruz, instinct of survival…Ka, imperviousness…right here!  ROTFLMFnAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Gotham S3 E13 http://www.fox.com/gotham/full-episodes JEROME IS BACK!  THE JOKER LIVES!  It seems the fans of this show, myself included, have been waiting for this moment with breathless anticipation/
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Shower, bed, nighty-night
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(Hartmânôd = Harsh month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: sad day, but the deed must be done, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
*Married 23 June 1946
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Isa: Ice: dormancy: a calming, self-preservation, self-centeredness resulting in a lack of change, reflective influence, stilling effect: self-control: the concentrated self: ego, das Ich (the unified, whole, principle or force), the composite plurality of Ich, be still and gain control of the Self (in all its forms): grounding, a lowering of vibration levels, patience, frigidity, and the loss of momentum.
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Thorn: 
Havamal 147.
A third I take, when danger threatens,
To bind the enemies through magic:
Thus, I dull the steel of the furious opponent.
Like the staff, his sword does not cut anymore.
 
Donar, a constant renewal of life in rebirth, protection from danger, enemies bound through magic, impermeable, an awakening, the power to turn, the divine will to act, the law of eternal reincarnation, power to become, Return, new emergence from what's apparently old and dried-up, formative power of the seed, the thunderbolt, targeting goals, activity and the phallus, mental telepathy, projection of the will, fierce protection, psychic attack & defense, penetrating time & space, Rune of opposing polarities and of joining opposites, binding of and victory over the enemy.
“Preserve your ego” (List, 51).
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Interpretation: Calm (Isa) leads to a renewal of life (Thorn).
*thank you for this.
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Outcome: not a horrible night’s sleep.
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A banana and syrup on hot cereal.
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Call into the Air Capital Veterinary to arrange Long-tail’s appointment.
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R.I.P. Lord Long-tail
I’ve been feeding you for about 2 yrs., because that BITCH across the street couldn’t take care of you properly.  When you were done eating, you always waved good-bye, and when you were ever hungry you knew where to go.  It was on a recent cold night when I went onto the porch after work to make an adjustment to the porch light, THERE YOU WERE wanting to go inside; which you have never before done.  I tried to feed you on the porch as per usual, but you would have nothing to do with that.  Twice, you ran around my feet to run inside.  Upon inspecting you, you had turned into skin-and-bones.  I thought to myself, not you, too.  Does feline leukemia have you like it had your brother, Lord Stubby?  One day, when it was warmer, I wrapped you under my coat to take you back to your BITCH guardian.  Two things happened quickly:

1. I saw you being fed on the porch
2. I saw you over at P’s porch

Convinced that BITCH didn’t care for you, I encouraged you to come over, and you did. You remained emaciated.  On warmer days, I let you outside, but, like your brother, you never gave any indication you wanted to go back to that BITCH.  I cared for and loved you to the very end. 
When your leukemia became so advanced, simply walking became a problem for you, I knew it was time.  I held you in my arms, wrapped in a warm blanket, while the Veterinarian administered the shot.  I whispered in your ear, “Meet me at the rainbow bridge”.  I know you will.  I’m having you cremated and will keep your ashes.
*Isa/Thorn right here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Last of the Mom’s Memory Goulash for an early lunch
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Lots of condolences and support on Facebook.
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Still in need of an egg bagel
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Toby and I out for a 30min, 1PM/13:00 walk, but he spent about half on it on the retractable.  I warned him NOT to go into the street, but he took it upon himself to do so, curbside/gutter, yes, in the street nonetheless, with oncoming traffic.
*a thought…Isa, calm, no worries…Thorn, renewal…OMGs!  There is no need to worry (Isa).  Long-tail has been reunited with his brother (Stubby) and his mother (Sophie) on the other side (Thorn)!!!!!!  FUCKING WOW!  No one can ever tell me animals have no souls.  This Rune reading has told me otherwise.
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No workout routine today.
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It was an okay shift.  There was enough to keep me busy on the shaper.  My thoughts went to Long-tail.
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PTA shower, bed, nighty-night
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(Hartmânôd = Harsh month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: ????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas)
Sunnastag (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you've provided. I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Algiz: Protection/shielding, Heimo (the genetic connection between gods and the Folk), guardian of Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, expansion of archetypal consciousness, awareness, divine realizations, an awakening, drawing on the natural Will, invocation/supplication to the gods, preparedness, sanctuary, embracing the Divine plan, a safe harbor, connection with current events, the Elk, or swan.
Conversely:
Outside the favor of Heimo, failure to integrate humanity with the Divine, without divine protection, possible dangers lurking, lack of preparedness, inability to embrace fear, failure to face the ultimate good in all things, tested by the natural Will/Universal voice, without the need for protection, the inability to see/understand/connect with what’s coming, an aspect of death, helplessness.
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Rit: 
Havamal 149.
That I know as the fifth, should an enemy’s
Arrow come flying into the throng;
As bright as it might clash, I stem its power
Once I firmly fix my eye on it.
 
The exalted, the strength of Will, introspective awareness, that which is passing, council, right, wheel, movement, rhythm, law, correctness, judgment, victory over the lower ego, holding, right order, the judge, advice, salvation, money, original law, that which flows away, religious feeling, ritual action/primal laws, orderliness in the world, the ritual, primal law/Urlag, things that are done correctly, spiritual feeling, ritual action, journey, Divine law, All justice, Rune of the cosmic rhythm of the worlds, wheels, personal empowerment.
“I am my rod (right), this rod (right) is indestructible, therefore, I am myself indestructible, because I am my rod (right)” (List, 53).
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Interpretation: Protection (Algiz) leads to a strength of Will (Rit).
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Outcome: a bit better sleep.  It seems the pain is mostly gone.
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A banana, an orange, and a bagel breakfast sandwich.
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Twice out for family front yard time.  Even Long-tail went out for a bit.  I had to protect him from both Socks and Essie. 
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Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Leverkusen 3-1 Berlin
Mainz 0-0 Köln
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, 30min walk.
*sunny, cool/borderline warm, stout north breeze.
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Spangles http://www.spanglesinc.com/ because I just had to try their Ultimate Jalapeño Bacon Cheeseburger.
*hmmmm…not impressed…almost disappointed.
Dillons; for a few things forgotten
Dillons petrol
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With the proper equipment, namely a double edged/flat razor blade, removal of window stickers was easy.
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MASL http://www.maslsoccer.com/
Dallas Sidekicks 12-5 El Paso Coyotes
St. Louis Ambush 3-5 Milwaukee Wave
Chicago Mustangs v Kansas City Comets
1st: 1-2
2nd: 1-1
3rd: 3-2
4th: 1-2
Final: Chicago Mustangs 6-7 Kansas City Comets
COMETS WIN!  IN YOUR FACE, MUSTANGS!!!!  KANSAS CITY COMETS WIN!!
Atletico Baja v Ontario Fury
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A bit of time spent on P.o.F. http://www.pof.com/ I’ve already blocked one christian
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Sad, but I’ve pretty much decided tomorrow will be Long-tail’s last day on this Earth.  His entire body has no muscle mass whatsoever.  He can barely walk.  It’s time.  Tears…MEGA tears.  This is the part of guardianship I hate.  I’m so sorry, Little Man.
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Salad for dinner
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Shower, bed, nighty-night.
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