Category Archives: history

And Yet Another Groundhog Day

Posted on February 2, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Punxsutawney Phil (February 2, 1887) Whoever decided to make a prediction about winter based on the shadow (or lack) of a groundhog on this day every year must have been inspired by a Pennsylvania Dutch belief. Of course, it’s a … Continue reading →

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Canada’s Centennial Poster Child?

Posted on January 31, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Pamela Anderson (July 1, 1967) Yes, I’m being a little ‘tongue-in-cheek’ here, but in some ways, when I saw that her birthday occurred on that anniversary, I wondered if Pamela Anderson might have been born for that reason. Her birth … Continue reading →

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When You Get Too Close to the Truth

Posted on January 29, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Dorothy Kilgallen (July 3, 1913 – November 8, 1965) I must have fallen asleep at the wheel in the mid-1960’s. I did not know or hear about the death of this celebrated journalist, Dorothy Kilgallen. Sure, I knew who she … Continue reading →

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What I Was Then, I Still Am

Posted on January 29, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Apostate Right! So here’s the thing. This term has a negative connotation, and one which has increased over the last two thousand years. The One True Faith was exactly that: faith that one is backing the ‘right’ side. It was … Continue reading →

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How the Enterprise Crew Went Back to the Past

Posted on January 28, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) The nod to “Back to the Future” is unmistakable. Star Trek IV took a science fiction future and brought it back to the present, by focusing on an environmental issue: the possibility of … Continue reading →

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I’ve Said It Before: My Knowledge Runs Deep

Posted on January 25, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Gnosticism This image represents the Demiurge. He is the ruler of this world. He is not God. We are God. What I find fascinating is that the ‘script’ running along both sides of this image represents the astrological signs (Aries … Continue reading →

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Beware the Ides of April

Posted on January 25, 2023 by cdsmiller17

The Siege of Jerusalem (April 14, 70 CE) I cannot imagine how I would have felt on this date in 70 AD. As Tiberius Julius Alexander, the siege would have been a necessary evil. The Jewish rebellion had been going … Continue reading →

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Don’t Laugh: I Had a Dream About Voting Fraud

Posted on January 24, 2023 by cdsmiller17

A “No” Vote on a “Yes” Ballot The counting of the votes was being supervised by a few of us. Literally, we could tell which vote was a ‘yes’ because it was on a white ballot, the ‘no’ was on … Continue reading →

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Could He Be Navalny’s Spiritual Cousin?

Posted on January 24, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Matt Gaetz (May 7, 1982) I’m not sure if this is inspired by spirit, or just my imagination playing a trick on me. When I looked at Alexei Navalny‘s photos yesterday, I got a little ‘a-ha’ which told me to … Continue reading →

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Why Would He Want to be in Opposition to Putin?

Posted on January 23, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Alexei Navalny (June 4, 1976) Alexei Navalny has been in the news lately (and when hasn’t he?), so I thought I’d take a look at his birth chart, just to see what’s going on with him. His birth time is … Continue reading →

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