wodandieus's New Writeups

Drew Carey (person)

2001-10-13T10:13:31Z

Date of Birth:May 23, 1958 was born to Lewis(Draftsman) and Beulah (Secretary) Carey (Collingwood)at Deaconess General Hospital (4299 Pearl Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44109-4272 in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Sign: Sun in Gemini, Moon in Leo

In April of 1999 engaged in a "smoke in" Barney's Beanery, a popular Hollywood bar and restaurant frequented by show-business folks. Even though Carey himself doesnt smoke. he joined the protest in the interest of civil liberties, "It should be up to each bar owner and patron to decide if they want to smoke or not," said Carey. (*a)

Born at 7:00pm-EDT

Father died when Carey was 8, spawning years of depression, and leading to multiple suicide attempts

Junior High School: Mooney Junior High School

Senior High School: James Ford Rhodes High School

College: Kent State University (Ohio) 2 years…

Fun with cops! (idea)

2001-10-07T04:49:00Z

Fun with cops!, ahh that brings back memories. Back when I was but a young tyke (14 or so) we used to entertain ourselves by playing cops and robbers with the local county boys.

Our (my younger brother and I) best friend lived on a dead end road about a half mile in length with about a dozen houses on one side and five well spaced houses on the other side backed by woods, our fore mentioned friend (who shall be known as Tom from here on out) lived in the fourth house (a few hundred yards or so) on the wooded side.

You see the county police used Fury II's with Mopar 440 magnums and humongous Holly carburetors that could be heard from about a mile away on a hot summer night. So Tom, my brother and I would "camp out"…

Alexander Shulgin (person)

2001-09-02T17:23:59Z

Alexander T. Shulgin

Known to his friends as Sasha, Shulgin is best know for his part in repopularizing the drug MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxy-N-Methylamphetamine) or Ecstasy, which was created in 1912 as an appetite suppressant by the German Drug Company Merck. While Sasha is often erroneously credited with inventing MDMA he has created literally hundreds of chemical compounds meant to be used recreationally and medically, many of which make LSD look like sweet tarts, many of these are covered in his books, PiHKal, published in 1991 and TiHKal, published in 1996.

Shulgin was born in 1925. He served time in the Navy then finished school at UC Berkeley, earning a Ph.D. in biochemistry then went on to post-doctorate work in psychiatry and pharmacology at UC San Francisco after which he became a senior research chemist at Dow Chemical Co. When…

Gebo (thing)

2001-09-02T02:16:47Z

Also Gifu, or Geofu.

Give and take is an exchange of forces. This exchange is an essential part of successful relationships There is a balance in true giving and receiving. The things we do in life have a way of coming to an equilibrium, and some of the wisdom is understood in coming to terms with this, and making adjustments accordingly. This rune often represents love, the union of marriage and very often can represent the ultimate gift that comes from that, a new life.

Ansuz (thing)

2001-09-02T01:47:36Z

Or more accurately Ansur (origin of the word answer)
As Odin hung on the tree Yggdrasil to learn the knowledge of the Runes so that he could pass on this knowledge to man he learned the answers.
This is the rune of inspired speech and incantation as a creative expression. It is linked with the ancestors, the magic of speech which passes along knowledge with the breath of life, the passing of knowledge through the spoken word, as differentiated from the written. It is the rune of the poet, the saga, the seer, those of inspired speech. It thus represents the ecstasy of inspiration, the "swan song" chanting out one's life as he or she prepares to meet death, the first cry of a newborn baby. It is whistling in the dark to banish fear. It encompasses the power of suggestion and sublimation.
Reversed: refusing the truth, avoiding knowledge needed to further your growth.

Thorn (thing)

2001-09-02T01:37:53Z

Also called Thurisaz (note that for the record I believe that the true origins of the runes were not named with letters that the futhark itself did not contain, thus Thurisaz could not be true as they had no z in their language.).

Divination: A rune testing and challenge. Also as protection and defense, both in passive (bramble fences) or active (Thor himself as guardian) nature. Protection from ones own folly
Reversed: Beware of protecting yourself from things you need, of others trying to protect you for there own needs.

Visually represents Thor's hammer, can also be seen as a thorn on a rose, beautiful yet can hurt if care isnt taken