04:20 AM
Two-meat Tuesday
And it’s read-eye to Dallas, just in time for a meeting. Not sure how I like this, while I was wandering around Austin, actually, taking care of business, I kept hearing an echo, a single refrain from that song, over and over.
Spooky, to hear Lyle Lovett’s version in my head. All day long:
“And the sound of trains only remains
In the memory of the ones like me.”
Constant road food is playing havoc with my strict regimen of not working too hard, and keeping in better condition, my weight’s up, waistline is sagging over the shorts, and there’s no hope in sight.
Road food, constant, steady road food, does that to a guy like me. It’s fun for a weekend, last weekend, but all week. Again?
And the summer time feels like it’s going to slip away fast. Clouds spinning off the tropical depression from the coast have cast an unseasonably gray pallor to the last few days. Searing sunlight is gone.
01:11 AM
Bloggers/web journal writers by sign:
Bubba was bemoaning one fate or another, and the Gemini parts are all wailing about Mercury, so I thought up a list: blog/journal by sign.
Aries:
Witty, urbane. There’s also a “breathless” quality to an Aries writer. Up-to-the-minute sentiments go with most posts.
Example.
Taurus:
Refined. But in the sedate pace, a Taurus will commence to write an entry, then lacking some refined and new way to post about said topic, skip the entry. Got to have the right word in the correct place. Food seems to be a big deal to Taurus, too.
Example.
Gemini:
Wonderful, wacky Gemini. All over the place. Most Gemini folks tend to be bloggers rather than journal writers because short, snarky comments and a link is a perfect Gemini style. So are comments, like, “Where was I going with this? Oh yeah….”
Example.
Cancer:
Emotional, filled with recipes and cooking tidbits? Possibly. Perhaps there’s some musical allusions, too. And baking. Baking figures in there.
Leo:
Mighty Leo, The. When it’s rant time, these guys are the best. Always entertaining, but Leo’s tend to be more journal type writers than pure blog-style because, after all, it is all about The Leo.
Example.
Virgo:
Virgo web authors frequently don’t generate as much content as I would like. Deal is, they like to make sure it’s perfect. Right word, right place, right message. All that time spent getting it together means fewer posts. But less chance of a typo.
Libra:
Libra: concerned with beauty and presentation? I started to notice a trend in the online journals of the Libra folks, it’s alwys a pretty design.
Example.
Scorpio:
Scorpio, insightful, wry, funny. Don’t let them get launched on a rant, though.
Example.
Sagittarius:
In the great debate, which, to me is a moot point, about “blog” versus “journal,” the Sagittarius writers firmly straddle the line. While some of them would dearly like to write long, insightful entries about this and that, some of the entries certainly come up as “blog-style” more than anything else. Plus, when I started looking at all the online diaries, I kept stumbling on more Sagittarius than any other sign. Immediacy? “Short-form” web writing is a natural fit? Must be it.
Example. Example. Example. Example.
Capricorn:
Capricorn’s all have this innate sense of humor, usually twisted and slightly macabre. Some entries are fraught with a sense of foreboding and doom, and others, that humor just shines through. There’s always a “karmic ticket” in there, too. Timbrat’s example was so perfect, too – that’s not revenge, that’s justice. “What goes around, comes around, baby.”
Example. 2nd Example.
Aquarius:
Weird. Esoteric, and yet quotidian, all in the same space. Ultimate space cadets, too. That’s a high compliment from around here.
Example. Example.
Pisces:
Ever try to pin down a Pisces? Can’t be done. Defies conventional taxonomy.
Example.
