Oprah has been on television for more than 20 years, and within that time, she has failed educate her fans on anything more than superficial fads in diet, culture, and politics.As of today, Oprah has not once interviewed or educated her fat and frivolous fan with an educational retrospect on ballet, opera ( nd Potts the tenor doesn't count) painters, poets, or sculptor...no artist what so ever. Musicians were not featured unless they already grabbed an Emmy or were about to. And if you thought I forgot about Maya Angelou, you are wrong!!

The very funny folks at Everything is Terrible have created a montage of news clips from all over the country of people who have claimed that

It came to me in a dream the other night: the word MANAGEMENT in hot neon lights, like the word "Honesty" from many blogs back. I looked under the word, Management,  to gauge its meaning, and I found it applicable to every relationship in our lives. There is so much uncertainty now - in the markets (job,stock and even grocery store prices), so much unsaid, so much bad news, you need to be a steel magnolia to keep yourself from diving under your covers and waiting for the other shoe to drop.

I know I've been whining about having to hide myself in the broom closet, lest someone figure out, in the real world, that I am a psychic. But wait! (as they say) there's new evidence that I may get to come out soon and cheerfully acknowledge that yes, I can see into the future.

Ok. I know the answer to the title's question. I'm a psychic, after all. And the answer is: Psychics and  Astrologers still don't fit in, no matter where you put them at the dinner table. Oh, we have our place all right, but it's behind-the-scenes, in the kitchen, as we cook up and deliver the scenarios we see for the future.

I don't even have an ox, do you? You do? Well I didn't ask you, did I? I did? Well, is this your blog? Okay, then shut up. Now where was I? Oh right... January 26 kicks off the Year of the Ox. I say we kick it to the curb. I mean, there are plenty of other nouns worthy of Year-ing. And many are more prevalent than a silly fictional blue animal that accompanies a giant man with an axe.

Vision Boards. This year the New Year's discussions throughout the blogosphere and twitter has focused on the advantages of vision boards over traditional New Year's Resolution. While vision boards have been around for years, the concept has reached a tipping point in the general consciousness. Assuming that I'm not the last person on the vision-board-bus, let's see what these things are, why they might be a more successful tool than New Year's resolutions, and how bloggers reacted to designing one.

Horoscopes January 2009 Aries: 

WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY GOOD FORTUNE SCOPES!MAY YOU BE BLESSED WITH GOOD FORTUNE ALWAYS!!ARIES

WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY GOOD FORTUNE SCOPES!MAY YOU BE BLESSED WITH GOOD FORTUNE ALWAYSARIES

We are so Frozen. Do you feel it? The iced-trees (East Coast) and the cold rain (West Coast) are but outward expressions of the shape we're in, December, 2008. Nothing moves. Nothing finishes.Everything is stalled, like a car engine (yes, car) without antifreeze. Will we have a job next week or next year? Will we lose our house, our 401K, our investments (thank you Mr. former Nasdaq honcho)? Will we be able to afford college tuition? Retirement?