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Name: Moss
Country: United States
State: North Carolina
Metro: Asheville
Birthday: 12/4/1952
Gender: Male
Interests: All my wonderful friends and loves, new and old :-*
Expertise: I work on webpages for myself and several non-profit organizations; write songs and perform them; and run online and offline support groups. I am a devotee of Siva. I am also an ordained minister and High Priest of Wicca.
Occupation: Consulting
Industry: Nonprofit
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
Yahoo:  zaivalananda
Member Since:
2/4/2003
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| I am pleased to report that my article, "The Basics: Spirituality Without Dogma:", was republished in full in the Imbolc 2010 edition of Pagan Spirit Webzine. It is always good to see my best work being reprinted for a wider audience.
As I have been lax in mentioning this, my series "Door to the Beyond: Paganism and Mental Health", originally published in PaganPages.org's webzine, is being reprinted in Green Egg Online. Green Egg is also publishing my new series, "A World Apart, A World Together: Explorations in IndoPaganism".
Still no news to report on my promotion at Eternal/Damnation, but I am being treated as if irreplaceable (and am doing my best to be just that) so I doubt that it will fail to happen.
Hugs,
Me
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| Tomorrow (Saturday) was supposed to be the Homeless Persons' Memorial Service. The event was originally scheduled for December 30th, and we got the largest blizzard in 16 years on that day. Now we have another such blizzard going on, which will prevent this service.
Besides the fact that we should be honoring the otherwise-forgotten deceased homeless people, this event also gets homeless people out fte cold and features a dinner. But if major blizzard is going on, the living homeless have it much worse than usual.
Maybe we should schedule the service for July. Then if we have a blizzard it will be a welcome relief from the heat.
Hugs,
Me
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| I'm only writing this because virtually nobody reads it. I had to shout this somewhere -- better in a nearly-empty room.
Most of you are aware that have been working for a small-but-growing publisher, Eternal Press. My job title is Administrative Editor, which is to say, I handle a lot of the busywork for the Senior Editor.
Well, the Senior Editor got really, really, sick last month. And even before that, she was considering asking to be replaced. For the past 3 weeks I have been doing her job -- or as mchn of it as I understand how to do -- in the hopes she would return soon. (I really love my boss.)
Today I asked the new CEO, who just bought the company as of January 1, how long she expected I would have to do this.
She responded by asking if I want the job. {EDIT: She responded much differently than that, and I just read what I wanted to read. She talked about me taking on MORE of the job and splitting the rest among other staff.)
I will be clear. It was not a job offer, just a trial balloon. But I more or less DO want the job, if I can get someone to help cover my deficiencies. I outlined to her my strengths, deficiencies, and questions. I'm good at that. [EDIT: I'm also good at seeing what I want to see. My job may be expanded, but nobody in their left mind would make me Senior Editor.]
I was also informed that I will be paid 1/3 of my boss' salary as a bonus for the time I've been holding the fort.
I love my job, I love this company... I just hope I'm not being promoted beyond my abilities.
...and hey... do me a favor... keep this under your hat for a bit. I want to sign that contract when offered. [EDIT: While you're at it,keep it under your hat what a fool I am. Nobody wants to hear it anyhow.]
[And, in a final edit, I just now got an email from the CEO saying that making me Senior Editor was what she really had in mind, but that further discussion will need to wait until after Feb.1. Yippee!!!!]
Hugs,
Me
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| I could not find anything to disagree with in this article, no matter how hard I wanted to. Like all other wars we have participated in lately, such as obesity, drugs, smoking, etc. - the costs are higher than the benefits. I knew that. I just didn't know by how much.
Get it over with. Read the article. If an Aussie has the balls to write it, we should have the guts to read it.
Hugs,
Me
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| Well, I made my resolutions... not hard-and-fast ones this year, I figure it will take some time to get up to speed on them. Mostly to do with my physical and spiritual health. Doing pretty well at getting the physical half implemented, so far no movement on the spiritual. Even so, there is more to deal with, with having a cat -- and a mouse my snake refuses to eat. I finally cleaned out the boxes in the closet of the second bedroom... well, almost... still have piles of paper on the floor, where I sorted them as much as I could stand to and then gave up in exhaustion, and there's a half-a-box of "stuff" still there. But it's a start.
About the move... there's still about a 20% chance I'll chicken out, but I will not be running AHN another year. Which probably means I will have to move anyhow. But I could move to a complex in Columbus NC and still keep my housing. There's also a chance a deaf friend will be needing a housemate, for financial freasons. Might be nice if it happens, but is not to hold breath over.
Well, Paul is here to take me to visit his wife, who is very sick but likes my company. Gotta run.
Hugs,
Me
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