Diane Vera

Tweaks and enhancements

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4. You'll now receive the Writer's Block Question of the Day in the body of email notifications. To sign up for Writer's Block notifications, visit writersblock and choose the Watch Community option. Next, update your Writer's Block notification settings by checking the box to the right of "Someone posts a new entry to writersblock."
5. Paid and permanent users can now view, add, and edit Notes of commenters. Notes will appear beside the username of comment posters (instead of stars) on S1-themed comment pages.

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Photos of the week

We're so delighted with the immense talent of our growing, global lj_photophile community that we've decided to introduce a poll. Each week, we'll choose a half-dozen photos (based on user comments and staff feedback) and ask you to select a photo of the week. The winning photo will be announced in the next newsletter. If possible, please limit photo size to 350x350 to ensure that images display properly on friends pages. We want to thank you again (and again!) for sharing your passion.

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Curtains

Thanks for joining us. To our American friends, have a fantastic Thanksgiving. To all of our international neighbors, we'll eat a little extra for you!

Ever since I became a Satanist, I've always wanted to end my life and go be with Master Satan. Actually, I've wanted to kill myself before I became a Satanist. I wrote a song called "Black Place" before I became a Satanist, describing peace and tranquility out of a life so filled with rage and malaise. Now I realize that place would be Hell. Where sinners who don't worship Satan get what's coming to them while we get to watch. Now my dog is sick, and I want him to be euthanized, while Mom refuses (I'm a grown adult who lives with his mom due to "health reasons".) I just want the poor thing to stop suffering. With this setup, the dog would go to Hell and be happy. That's all I want. No matter how all the Satanists go out and kill animals in His name, I see my Master as compassionate when it comes to animals. I mean, why make animals suffer when they don't know any better. If they had a choice to worship every god out there, they're so smart they'd see no reason not to worship Satan. Like LaVey wrote, "Man [is] just another animal, sometimes better, but more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his 'divine spiritual and intellectual development,' has become the most vicious animal of them all."

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Had great time at the Transcending Boundaries Conference in Worcester MA. this weekend. I am now on the 1st of two buses home - I switch buses in Hartford CT.

The staff of TBC did a wonder job! They all need to pat themselves on the back! Oh, the first bus I am on is one of the newer Peter Pan buses and I have WiFi!

65redroses
Eva is a vibrant young woman with Cystic Fibrosis who survived a double lung transplant. Read about her difficult recovery and personal triumphs over pain, isolation, and fear. Back in school, Eva now works part-time in a children's center and enjoys running and cross-country skiing. A documentary on her story, entitled 65 Red Roses, won three awards at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

meet_other_moms
A warm and welcoming "Add me" community for moms of all ages and backgrounds from around the world. If you're a mom, just post a little about yourself and start connecting with other mothers based on similar hobbies, musical interests, book/TV/movie preferences, or taste in humor! A great way for busy moms to socialize online.

kitchenfaq
Want to share a fabulous home recipe for coconut bread? Suddenly run out of confectioner's sugar with company on the way and need to find out a quick in-house substitute? Searching for tips on what to charge for a custom-designed wedding cake? Whether you're a professional chef, an aspiring culinary wizard, or a happy home-baker, you'll get delicious guidance from fellow and sister foodies.

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I always thought Moses' status in Conjure was a reflection of his status in black Christianity, leading his people out of bondage and all. Well, I finally get it. It's not that he leads the way to freedom, it's 'cause he's a mighty powerful Magician! In Conjure, Moses seems to be the root, the primal magician, in the same way as Cain to many Witches. Moses. I always saw him as the pointing finger of a vengeful God. How nice to have that mask slip off! Moses! Nice to finally meet you.
:-)

I didn't put 2 and 2 together at all. How many Grimoires are attributed to Moses? And the Kabbalah came through him too, didn't it? Moses is a Root for quite a bit of magic, ceremonial and folk.

Thank you Henry Gamache! (Mystery of the Long Lost 8th,9th, and 10th Books of Moses) It's funny, I used to see this book and others of it's kind in Ancient Ways and the Botanicas. I always looked down at them. What a maroon! Heh.

I'm also re-reading Jambalaya by Luisa Teish. I haven't read it in decades. It's better than I remember, and I rembered it fondly. That was my first taste of Hoodoo, and again I looked down at it in favor of the Lucumi. Double maroon! Heh heh. It's the Hoodoo I'm going back for. I don't know where these fresh eyes came from but I'm happy to have them!

Thanks Universal Whatever you May or May Not Be!
Amen.

The Transcending Boundaries Conference is now over. Had a wonderful time. The staff did a great job, can't wait till next year.

Staying the night in Worcester at the Hilton Garden, and taken a 12:30pm Bus back to home. If you are in/near Worecester Mass give us a call - room 514.

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naturesbeauty
Always on the lookout for compelling images, we were delighted to discover this flourishing community of artists who share a love of nature. Honoring the subject with photographs, paintings, sketches, prose, poetry, and
other creative works, you'll be simultaneously riveted to your monitor and inspired to run helter skelter towards the nearest wooded dale.

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Postcard winners!

We wish to extend our heartfelt gratitude for sending so much joy our way. Frank is still blushing with excitement over the love notes, proposals, propositions, and occasional intimate photos sent from his admirers around the world (China, Norway, Japan, and Poland just this week)! At his request, we blindfolded Justin, one of Frank's BFFs, spun him around in five dozen counterclockwise circles, and asked him to point to ten random postcards/envelopes pasted to the wall. After a brief trip to the bathroom, he chose the following lucky winners, to whom we will give a six-month paid account token (for paid, basic, and plus users) or, for our permanent account holders, a $15 voucher for the LiveJournal gift shop.

So, without further ado, the winners are:

1. seraphene
2. fotog
3. boykitten
4. seshat_6
5. anti_aol
6. lisalees
7. katrinkacat
8. mistyboston
9. _woody_lein
10. another_slender

Bugs, Tweaks, and Enhancements

1. We fixed a bug from the last release that was causing screened comments to become unscreened if they were edited
2. If you happen to be gaming around the corner, check us out on Facebook and be sure to spread the word!
3. We've added new vgifts to celebrate Thanksgiving! Check out our feathered friend, below!

Give more with charitable vgifts

In honor of national adoption month, we're offering a charitable vgift (priced at $2.99) to support Love Without Boundaries, an organization that provides healthcare and adoption to orphans suffering from life-threatening diseases. LiveJournal will donate 100% of gross proceeds from the sale (we'll cover the cost of credit card transaction fees). To learn more about Love Without Boundaries, please visit lj_cares. You can purchase your Love Without Boundaries vgifts in the Virtual Gift shop. We'll keep you posted on how much we raise!

Photos of the week

We're delighted to showcase yet more incredible photos from some of our brilliant LiveJournal photographers around the world. Keep posting (and tagging). And be sure to show some love by commenting on the awesome view at lj_photophile.

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Curtains

Thanks, again, for joining us. See you next week!

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So It's my birthday. Yay! I chinese-washed my main altar and a few other things. I rearranged things a bit too. I also went down to the bridge and harvested some scotch broom, on the floor in front of the shrine. And now I'm getting ready to go out and have dinner with GardenGrrrl and the kids.

Love!

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