(Nebulmond = Mist month)

Plans: Study Convergys material

AM Prayer: Frijastac/Friday, we pray to Frija:
Frija, Great All-Mother; caregiver of Family, Hearth and Home.  Teach us to be patient but not passive; wise but not haughty in our wisdom; far seeing yet not blind to that which is before us. May we nurture life, increase life, and live our own lives more fully. Through you we give honor to our human mothers. Through you we see all the beauty that surrounds us as well. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, FRIJA, as we honor the Frija that resides in us all!


Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today

AM Elder Rune: Mannaz (U): The human, Heimo; our genetic connection, cooperation between people, the human intellect, awareness, kinship, the ability to work well within a social structure and be effective within it, social interaction and order, perfected intellect, attract support from your peers,  Divine structure.



Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today

AM Armanen Rune: Thorn: 
Havamal 147.
A third I take, when danger threatens,
To bind the enemies through magic:
Thus I dull the steel of the furious opponent.
Like the staff, his sword does not cut anymore.


Donar, Goal, impermeable, an awakening, the power to turn, the divine will to act, the law of eternal reincarnation, power to become, Return, new emergence from what's apparently old and dried-up, formative power of the seed, the thunderbolt, targeting goals, activity and the phallus, mental telepathy, projection of the will, fierce protection, psychic attack & defense, penetrating time & space, Rune of opposing polarities and of joining opposites, binding of and victory over the enemy.

Interpretation: Social interaction (Mannaz) leading to an wakening (Thorn).

Outcome: TWICE early AM I offered Socks his release from the Haruc and TWICE he checked things out only to scamper back inside to the warmth: smart kitty.

28F/-2C, sunny with calm winds…PERFEKT for Toby’s one-mile walk.  Someone threw out some biscuits from yesterday.  Toby quickly snarfed up one.  I picked up two more for him.  It’s amazing how obedient he becomes when I hold on to something he wants…HAHAHAHA.

Well, it wasn’t the “landslide” I was hoping for in the “6th Annual 12 Days of Yule Facebook event page.  What was 100 last night before bed is now 175 this morning.

Convergys material 

My Facebook online community of Heathen Community World-wide broke the 2,000 member mark today.

Convergys material

Those attending the “6th Annual 12 Days of Yule” just broke the 200 mark.

Convergys material

Socks finally came out from the Haruc just shy of noon.

Convergys material

Trip to Dillon’s to spend the $30 grocery gift card my brother gave me yesterday.  I did really well; spent $29.72.  I’m actually going to try a recipe I pulled off of Facebook.

Un-stuffed Cabbage Rolls…three bowls full!  It’s like goulash only with cabbage instead of noodles.

Napped

Back onto Convergys. I think I’m seeing a pattern in the questions

The 6th Annual 12 Days of Yule event on Facebook is close to being 24hrs old and has a bit more than 250 people sighed onto it.  Not bad for the first day.  With 2,400+ invitations outstanding, it’s obvious people are already inviting other people.

Yup, it’s been a social kind of day (Mannaz).  Hopefully there’s been an awakening (Tyr).

PM Prayer: Ostara, trustworthy goddess; keeper of the golden apples of youth and eternal life, keep us young inside. When we are starving for laughter, hungry for the lightness that comes with having few years on our shoulders, slip us one of those gleaming fruits that we may see the world through youthful eyes. Let springtime be in our steps, love in our hearts and a song on our lips. Change us to the core! Fill us with optimism and dreams for the future. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, OSTARA, as we honor the Ostara that resides in us all!



 PM Clarification Rune: none


Comments:  cared for animals


Alaf Sal Fena!

(Nebulmond = Mist month)

Plans: Niece’s

AM Prayer: Donarstac/Thursday, we pray to Donar:
Donar, Son of Wodan and Erda, husband to Sibba, wielder of Malant and Great God of thunder, thunder forth in our lives. When we would hold back, encourage us to advance.
When we would be weak, hearten us be strong. When we would shun life’s pleasures, inspire our appetites for that which is lusty and good. Excite our growth from strength to strength; teach us, elder brother, how to throw our own Hammer, and slay the giants who oppose our will. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, DONAR, as we honor the Donar that resides in us all!


Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today

AM Elder Rune: Wunjo (R): Sadness, disruption in the Clanic relationship, questionable social contacts, loser, miserable, loneliness, shunning, weakened family ties, social and domestic disharmony, the inability to attain a wish, strife, alienation, failed social relationships, Fridu is challenged, the shadow side of Wodan.



Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today

AM Armanen Rune: Tyr: 
Havamal 156.
A twelfth one I sing, when I see through the brush
The hanged one swinging from the hemp;
He climbs down from the trunk, must tell me his tale
When I carve the Runes right.


Excitation, mysteries, sacrifice, rebirth of the Sun god, fertility and/or
destruction, creation, excitation, power, success, wisdom, duties fulfilled, art
of concealment and hiding, rebirth into the light - life of the soul, the power
to make situations turn completely around, wisdom, spiritual understanding, the
power of regeneration, warrior strength, justice, balance, personal sacrifice of
the father, resurrection/reincarnation/born again; “Do not fear anything, even
dying cannot kill you.  Better to die than to be dead alive” (Gorsleben).

Interpretation: I really do understand that.  To be explained later.

Outcome:  Early this morning, I took a rocker out to the Haruc for Socks.  I grabbed an old fuzzy cover to place over it.  When I went out for Runes and prayers, Socks had already made himself to home on it.

I tried to give Essie a Thanksgiving treat of a fresh can of tuna.  SHE TURNED UP HER NOSE AT IT…WTF?  I have never seen a cat do that.  Okay, she got extra regular treats.  So did Toby.  Now WTF do I do with this tuna?  Socks!  OMGs, he was ON IT!

Excellent time with my niece and her family.  My nephew-in-law smoked the turkey and there was all the trimmings!  Simply OUTfuckingSTANDING!

Checked-in on Socks.  He so fully enjoys his fuzzy rocker.

Time with Jamie was excellent.  We went over to her house to  have Thanksgiving dinner.  I brought her back to my home to meet the animals.  Toby and Essie went nuts over her, but I think they were a wee bit traumatized by what they saw.  They aren’t use to such things…HAHAHAHA.

Well, I’ve created the “6th Annual 12 Days of Yule” event on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/1423771054518977/ and have sent out more than 2,000 invitations.  Right at 100 have responded thus far in some form; 90% favorable.  Still looking for that LANDSLIDE of people signing-on by the morning.

Okay, my comment on today’s Runes is this.  At first I looked at them and went WTF?  Sadness, Wunjo, on a day like to day?  Then it comes to me.  After the death of Father we still had family.  However, it’s really sad , Wunjo, how family has become so fragmented after the deaths of Mother and Brother.  We don’t ever come together as family anymore other than separate visits here or separate visits there.  The Tyr Rune is looking for
regeneration.  At this point, I have NO IDEA how this can happen, but sooner or later it has to be.

PM Prayer: Wuldar, glory-god, hunting-god, ski-god, dueling-god; Son of Sibba, step-son of Donar, you glide through the snow-clad forests bringing death to game and life to your people. Remind us that life feeds on life, and
that the beauty of the prey is formed generation after generation by the culling ferocity of the predator. Let your Yew-bow be the great World-Yew under another guise.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, WULDAR, as we honor the Wuldar that resides in all of us!



 PM Clarification Rune: none


Comments:  cared for animals


Alaf Sal Fena!

(Nebulmond = Mist month)

Plans: Convergys

AM Prayer: Wodanstac/Wednesday, we pray to Wodan:
All-Father God!  Wandering God!  Rune god! Wolf God! Raven god! WODAN!! Son to Paru and Bezzia, brother to Willo and Wî h; We call out to you, not as slaves or on bended knee, but on our feet and open-armed as befits your offspring. Watch us as we struggle, but the fight and fame must both be ours! Grant us that victory which we win by OUR might and mane! After a life battle-worn, Wodan, grant us access to our Great Ancestral Hall, where we may feast, drink the glorious mead and be merry with our heroes and our Altmâgâ . WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, WODAN, as we honor the Wodan that resides in us all!


Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today


AM Elder Rune: two Runes:

Kenaz (R): Ulcer, a dimly burning torch, choosing to remain in the dark, a
lack of Divine wisdom, lack of creativity, a self-imposed cocoon, the inability to shape the basics of life, pig ignorance, arrogance, uniformed, ambiguous thought processes, dark influences, cruel sexuality, uncontrollable human craft processes.


And

Laguz (R): A dried-up body of Water, difficulties with relating to the
feminine, manipulation, lack of moral fiber, emotions out of control or
suppressed, shallow minded, fear, deception, unsympathetic, totally void of growth, failing to go with the flow, frivolity, immaturity, disconnect with the Inner Self. 



Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today

AM Armanen Rune: Rit: 
Havamal 149.
That I know as the fifth, should an enemy’s
Arrow come flying into the throng;
As bright as it might clash, I stem it’s power
Once I firmly fix my eye on it.

That which is passing, council, right, wheel, movement, rhythm, law, correctness, judgment, victory over the lower ego, holding, right order, the judge, advice, salvation, money, original law, that which flows away, religious feeling, ritual action/primal laws, orderliness in the world, the ritual, primal law, things that are done correctly, spiritual
feeling, ritual action, journey, Divine law, All justice, Rune of the cosmic rhythm of the worlds, wheels, personal empowerment.

Interpretation: Arrogant (Kenaz) difficulties (Laguz), but this too shall pass  (Rit).

Outcome: It seems that Convergys’ IT department is uninformed (Kenaz) about my starting training early, which made it difficult if not impossible to go with the flow (Laguz).  Sure, I know it soon enough will pass (Rit).  Their computers cant seem to get it that I’ve started early.  Today we signed onto the computers for the first time and their system refuses to recognize me.  The whole system seems wonky, but everyone else eventually got in.  The assumption is because I wasn’t supposed to start until Dec 2nd, which makes sense because I’ve had to add myself to every class list.

Home for lunch since we got an hour.  It was good to check on the animals.  I took a space heater out to the Haruc for Socks.  Toby was ready to go back outside before I headed back to work. 

Things didn’t improve at work as far as IT goes.

Toby out for a short walk what I could give him before sunset.

A bit of beer with dinner

A honey-whiskey shot

BOOM!  BOOM!  Out go the lights!

PM Prayer: Scata, Winter goddess, fleet on your skis and let me be the game you bag with you bow. Stun me with your grace and beauty, tuck me in the skin-sack at your side, and then take me to your home where wolves howl. There,
show me the crisp freedom of winter and wilderness.  Just as you were ready, willing and able to obtain your revenge on the Aesir for the killing of your father, Thiazi, grant us the same ferocity in our lives.  Direct us to be strong, able and favored of you. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, SCATA, as we honor the Scata that resides in us all!



 PM Clarification Rune: none


Comments:  cared for animals


Alaf Sal Fena!

(Nebulmond = Mist month)


NOTE:  Ya know, I went to bed later in an effort to sleep until 05:00/5AM.  What the hel am I doing wake at 03:30/3:30AM?  ARGH!

Plans: Convergys

AM Prayer: Ziustac/Tuesday, we pray to Ziu:
Ziu, husband to Zisa, Great God of bravery, one-handed god, you chained the Fenris Wolf that threatened the worlds. We can’t do that, but we can do other things, some
ordinary, others heroic. Remind us of your bravery and your sacrifice. Give us the courage and strength we need to fetter our own Fenris. Keep us mindful of our duties, and help us keep our fears bound as tightly as you bound old Slaver Mouth. Thus doing, may we share in your glory by imitating you.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, ZIU, as we honor the Ziu that resides in us all!


Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today

AM Elder Rune: Ansuz (R): Outside the favor of Wodan vital/divine breath and the ancestral/Wodanic wisdom, separation from one’s true Spirit, spiritual imbalance, neurotic compulsive liar, exercise caution with communication and dealings including intelligence; a lack of inspiration, the shadow side of Wodan. 



Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today

AM Armanen Rune: Hagal: 
Havamal 151.
A seventh I learned, if the hall is burning
With fire around bench and comrades;
However bright it burns, I will banish the blaze,
As soon I sing the magic chant.


Eternal change, the Mother of all Runes, the cohesion of the world, the All-Mother, Frija, that which cares and maintains, protects, and preserves; that which is motherly; wisdom, harmony, salvation, blessing, protects from hail and fire, eternal change, caring and maintaining principle in the Universe, Higher Self, the perfect human being, Divine within, the Rune of humanity, married to the World, Rune of enclosure but contains a potential for growth, builder/architect of the worlds, the macrocosm of the world itself.

Interpretation: LOL…when All-Father (Ansuz) turns his back, run to the All-Mother (Hagal)!

Outcome: Well now…what to think about Convergys.  Phase one training is done.  On to phase two.  Have I really learned anything.  According to the prep exams, not so much.  There is SO MUCH they’ve packed inside my beady little brain.  I just hope I have the means to unpack it for the exam.  I also hope my CRS disease (Can’t Remember Shit) doesn’t hit in.  As it stands right now, maybe.

All-Mother…

Fried…

Now sooner home that I took Toby for a .6 mile walk.  That was all I could get in before sunset.

Family front yard family time.

Took a break from studying.  I’ve had enough today.

Nighty-night

PM Prayer: Paltar, blameless god, gloriously shining god, restoration god, beloved son of Wodan and Frija.  Let your goodness and your reconciliation smooth our paths on Earth. When our days here are over, light up death’s darkness with the promise of rebirth. Help is to avoid evil, and seek the good.
Inspired by you, we will keep our reputations spotless that our lives be proclaimed a victory of the Spirit, and our leaving this life a tragedy. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, PALTAR, as we honor the Paltar that resides in us all!


PM Clarification Rune: none


Comments:  cared for animals


Alaf Sal Fena!

(Nebulmond = Mist month)

Plans: start Convergys

AM Prayer: Manostac/Monday, we pray to Mano, male aspect and god of the
moon:
Greetings to you, Mano, glorious male aspect of the moon; silver messenger on high.  You’re the measurer and teller of time.  As you fly silently on your way reflect into our souls the glory of the High Ones that we might aspire to the realms of the gods. Bathe our world in soft brightness, and whisper to our souls of joyous realms beyond our knowing. Mano let us see the goodness within us and without us, all the nights and days of our lives.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, MANO, as we honor the Mano that resides in us all!


Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today

AM Elder Rune: Mannaz (U): The human, Heimo; our genetic connection, cooperation between people, the human intellect, awareness, kinship, the ability to work well within a social structure and be effective within it, social interaction and order, perfected intellect, attract support from your peers,  Divine structure.



Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today

AM Armanen Rune: Man: 
Havamal 159.
A fourteenth know Volkrast, the dwarf, 
Sings early at the gates of dawn,
To strengthen the Aesir, to empower the Alves,
But to myself, Allfather, to gain wisdom.

Great gain, male mysteries, male leadership, pulling down the spiritual into material form, human/humanity, increase, masculinity, health, plenty, magic, spirit, truth, God-Man, male principle in Cosmos, birth, health, increase, maleness and man, divine man, male principle in Cosmos, magic power, thaumaturgy, true self, the resurrected god, the upper part of the world tree, Irminsul, Rune of spiritual powers, of directing Manna powers; the sacred Rune of humankind encouraging us to be human.

Interpretation: The Runes continue to be positive about Convergys.  Curious…

Outcome: Thank you, brother, for coming over to let Toby in as you got off work.  It was probably a couple hours earlier than I would have been home and I KNOW Toby appreciated it!

Ya know that study material Convergys sent home with me/us and the time I spent studying it as a means to familiarize myself with the insurance business?  It was an absolute waste of time!  The insurance instructor had HER OWN material specific to what and how she wanted to present it, which had no connection to the aforementioned material at all!  ARGH!  Nonetheless, 8 ½ hors of cramming stuff into our brains, still with enough homework to take all evening!  Jeez!

Things did go pretty well, though.

Convergys homework.

Yep!  That’s it!

PM Prayer: Sibba, Great Goddess of Fertility and Family, wife of Donar; let us see you in all the growing things that sustain our lives. Help us look beyond the packaging and promotion, to the richness of the Earth from which all bounty comes. When ordinary eyes see only corn, let us see your golden hair hid in its silk. When others see only bread, let us see the grain, beyond that, your smile and laughter. Feed our might and main, Holy Sibba, that we may do our
work in the world. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, SIBBA, as we honor the Sibba that resides in us all!



 PM Clarification Rune: none


Comments:  cared for animals


Alaf Sal Fena!

(Nebulmond = Mist month)

NOTE:  TOBY AND ESSIE ARE AN EXCELLENT MOUSING TEAM!  As I woke up, I once again hear constant scampering.  Once again it was Essie flushing out a mouse
and having it cornered around the edges of Toby’s cage.  Opening things up so she could get to it and/or let the mouse run, Essie was hot on it!  I go onto the computer, and coming out, I hear a “thump, thump, thump” coming from a darkened living room.  It was Toby so proud of himself for killing the mouse.  Hel, I was surprised he didn’t eat it, but he seemed more satisfied letting me know he killed it.  So this is the process: Essie flushes it out, Toby kills it.  PERFEKT!

Plans: finish studying Convergys material, first meeting with Jamie in a few years.

AM Prayer: Sunnastac/Sunday, we pray to Sunna, goddess of the Sun:
Greetings to you Sunna, in all your feminine, fertile glory; Lamp of Wodan, newly risen! Hail to you who has shown on all our ancestors, who shines on us, and who will yet shine on our decedents yet unborn. Share with us some of your light, your energy, your power, so that we might better fight our battles and attain our goals. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL SUNNA, as we honor the Sunna that resides in us all!


Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today

AM Elder Rune: Ehwaz (U): Horse, the special, controlled relationship between a rider and a horse, taking control of a situation, adaptability, following one’s instincts, teamwork, trust, loyalty, partnership, cooperation in relationships and with higher-powers, instinct, intuition, working in tandem with another, toward a single goal.



Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today

AM Armanen Rune: Eh: 
Havamal 161.
A seventeenth I know, through a wise law
To join two lives in love;
And everyone is willing, no virginal woman
Will leave me lightly after this.


Unification, sanctity of marriage, the cross of wedlock, fulfillment, maintaining strict morals within the bonds of marriage, love, duality, bound by primal law, love, trust and marriage. Soul-mates, wedding, partnership, permanent bond, binding decision, hope, duration, horse, permanence and marriage as a law, unity of ego and you, sister souls, soul-love, God-Man-Woman, ideal love, twin souls, two made one, success, increase.

Interpretation: Jamie and me?

Outcome: 21F/-6C, overcast, no breeze

Essie THOUGHT she wanted to go outside.  I thought, okay!  It didn’t take long for her to tire of outside.

Toby to Meeka Park; I had to get his attention a couple of times in an effort to keep Mr. Opportunist at bay, but all went well.

During Toby’s walk I experimented with emulating arctic glasses w/o the shading by utilizing my side-shields for glasses in shop work.  Without the breeze it worked well.  The true test will come when there’s a stout north breeze to see if the comfort is there and no tearing of the eyes.

I need to place a scarf through the shoulder loops and onto my jacket for immediate use during colder temperatures.  I also need to look into something for better leg warmth.  Again I say, denim jeans are the worst material for winter without extra protection.

Socks was quick to respond when I called his name. 
He’s so cool that way.  He, too, was ready for the comparable warmth of the
Haruc.  It’s not room temperature, but it IS better than exposure to the
cold.

What the hel happened to the morning?

Brazilian Grand Prix on NBC:
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/nov/23/sebastian-vettel-brazilian-f1-grand-prix
Final race of the season.

GODS I really have a boner this morning!  Grand Prix AND football! Hel yes!  LOL…I’m more of a sports guy that I ever thought.  I’m just not an American sports kind of guy.

It was a good 2 ½ hr reconnection with Jamie.  We shopped Walgreens and Dillons.  I’m also letting her use my cast-iron skillet set.  She needs it. I’m not using it.  She was extremely grateful.   

Studied some of Convergys material.  We’ll see what kind of guidance they give on it tomorrow.

MY SOCCER/FOOTBALL WORLD!
Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/ 
Hamburger 3:1 Hanover
Bremen 2:3 Mainz05
MLS Playoffs http://www.mlssoccer.com/ 2nd leg of a 2game aggregate series
Portland 0:1 Salt Lake Aggregate 2:5
*So the MLS Cup is set.  Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake will play for the MLS Cup in Kansas City.
PASL http://www.paslsoccer.com/ 
Las Vegas @ Ontario 11:10

PM Prayer: All you gods and goddesses bless and keep your Holy Folk. From the cold shadows of the glaciers to the colder shadows of space, always, we have been your people. Guide and guard your North Folk as you did in ages past. Wodan, give wisdom and craft to wits shaped by ice and fire that our foes be
foxed. Donar, give us strength and the will to use it. Ing-Fro and Frouwa, give full wombs so that bodies will be found for the souls of heroes. Let your Northern Folk grow in number and in power, so that our kind may live, love, survive and thrive, not just today, not for a millennium, but for ever and ever!


PM Clarification Rune: none


Comments:  cared for animals


Alaf Sal Fena!

(Nebulmond = Mist month)

Plans: study Convergys material

AM Prayer: Saturday we pray to Ing-Frô
and to Frouwa:


Ing-Frô , you’re the Great God of Fridu (all-encompassing safety and protection), Ar (peace, good seasons), the good harvest and prosperity: you are indeed the god of this World. When the day to day wears us down remind us of pleasures and joys. Help us recall the wonderful excesses that brought our lives into being and which sustain the human spirit during good times and bad. Without you, there would be no life and
certainly little delight. Thank you, Ing-Frô, for the rushing life spirit and the eternal play of passions that make our lives fruitful.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, ING-FRÔ, as we honor the Ing-Frô that resides in all of us!
Frouwa, most lovely of all goddesses; who could not love you?  Women as their own inner glory and highest attainment as the self-made woman, men for your beauty, passion and strength. Praise to you for the gift of life, and for the love that makes life worth living. Remind us always that it is the strong who love the best and the most, and that only the mighty can truly be gentle. Fill our lives with passion and lust that we may live our lives to the fullest. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, FROUWA, as we honor the Frouwa that resides in us all!


Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today

AM Elder Rune: Fehu (U):  Cattle, wealth, Ing-Fro; the god of abundance, the ability to create and maintain wealth and the accompanying power, creative forces, Odhumbal, the primeval bovine, fire, new beginnings, productivity, positive energy, life force, self-respect, personal power, generosity that needs to come with the social responsibility of wealth.


Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today

AM Armanen Rune: Man: 
Havamal 159.
A fourteenth know Volkrast, the dwarf,
Sings early at the gates of dawn,
To strengthen the Aesir, to empower the Alves,
But to myself, Allfather, to gain wisdom.

Great gain, male mysteries, male leadership, pulling down the spiritual into material form, human/humanity, increase, masculinity, health, plenty, magic, spirit, truth, God-Man, male principle in Cosmos, birth, health, increase, maleness and man, divine man, male principle in Cosmos, magic power, thaumaturgy, true self, the resurrected god, the upper part of the world tree, Irminsul, Rune of spiritual powers, of directing Manna powers; the sacred Rune of humankind encouraging us to be human.

Interpretation: A new beginning (Fehu) leading to great gain (Man).
*Convergys?

Outcome: As long as Sir Toby was present thins went fine, but when Mr. Opportunist decided to rear his ugly head, not so much.  Sir Toby saw a cat in close proximity.  Sir Toby obeyed when I told him NO.  It was so OBVIOUS when Mr. Opportunist possessed him and seemed to say, DAMN THE CONSEQUENCES, took off after the cat between and behind houses.  A face-to-face, stern, verbal berating was in order!

Taking a chance…experimenting cutting my own hair…a bit of washing of the hair…Hm…not too bad if I do say so myself.

Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/ 
Nürnberg 1:1 Wolfsburg
Augsburg 2:0 Hoffenheim
Braunschweig 0:1 Freiburg
E. Frankfurt 3:3 Schalke04
Hertha Berlin 0:1 Leverkusen
Dortmund 0:3 Munich (WAH!)(on a new link firstevents.us)

I watched the BVB/Munich game with my friend in Kiel, Germany.  During the match I had one Guinness Black Lager and two Leinenkugel Oktoberfest beers.  So, with the need to work off a bit of a beer-buzz, I put it to good use.  I started rearranging the Haruc in an effort to make Socks more comfortable through the winter.  I took out one rectangle table and 10 metal chairs.  They were replaced with an area rug, a runner, a card-table with four padded chairs.  The familiar table cloth and centerpiece were placed back on top of the card-table for familiarity.  My thought was with the rugs and padded chairs the Haruc might retain heat better than a bare floor and metal chairs.  The danger is Socks
might feel the need to mark his new surroundings.  I sincerely hope not.

Okay, beer-buzz gone.

I’ve in search of and found on Craig’s List free furniture for the Haruc.  I wait for a response.

Jamie called!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Fehu/Man?

MLS Cup Playoffs http://www.mlssoccer.com/
Eastern Conference 2nd of a 2-game aggregate series
Current aggregate 0:0
Sporting KC 2:1 Houston Dynamo (no workable link available on usagoals.com)
SPORTING KC WINS EASTERN DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP & ADVANCE TO THE MLS CUP FINAL!
SPORTING KC WILL HOST THE MLS CUP FINAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PASL http://www.paslsoccer.com/ 
Monterrey @ Texas 10:6
San Diego @ Sacramento 11:4
Cleveland @ Harrisburg 10:7
Hidalgo @ Wichita (1410AM KSGO)(6:5 in shootout) 
(I would say this was an excellent game but for the whiney, drama queen shit from Hidalgo)
Mexico @ Bay Area 10:7
Illinois @ Cincinnati (TBA, I guess)

PM Prayer: Saga, you’re the goddess of history; part and parcel of our ever expanding past.  Whisper to our hearts of the stories about our gods, our ancestors, our heroes and their glories.  Be the resource for our memories should we ever forget from whence we come.  Gently remind us that we all have a rich history from which to pull.  For it is as we remember and respect the past can we deal with our present, knowing that we will some day have to deal with our spiritual debt.  We honor you, Saga, as a repository for the basis of all that we are, all that we are coming to be, and all that our offspring will inherit from us.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, SAGA, as we honor the Saga
that resides in us all.


PM Clarification Rune: none


Comments:  cared for animals


Alaf Sal Fena!

(Nebulmond = Mist month)

Plans: Convergys study material

AM Prayer: Frijastac/Friday, we pray to Frija:
Frija, Great All-Mother; caregiver of Family, Hearth and Home.  Teach us to be patient but not passive; wise but not haughty in our wisdom; far seeing yet not blind to that which is before us. May we nurture life, increase life, and live our own lives more fully. Through you we give honor to our human mothers. Through you we see all the beauty that surrounds us as well. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, FRIJA, as we honor the Frija that resides in us all!


Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today

AM Elder Rune: Wunjo (U): Joy, pasture, joy attained with the fulfillment of a wish, the strong Clanic relationship, social contacts, fellowship, happiness, optimism, realization of true will, social and domestic harmony, good cheer, new social relationships, Fridu; within a secure setting, the good/bright side of Wodan.


Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today

AM Armanen Rune: Laf: 
Havamal 158.
A fourteenth I sing to the assembled Folk
When naming the divine names;
The Aesir and Alves and their various kinds
No one can spell out without learning.

Determination, Urlag; life fate and destiny, life as law, life following the law, experience, test, temptations by life-circumstances, water, sea, good management, test of life, school of the lives, relations, defeat and the laws of nature, life and primal law, psychic & spiritual awareness, cosmic flow, seeds of thought, the etheric part of the body, initiation that experiences life on earth as a continuous process of initiation, The Cosmic Ocean.

Interpretation: Joy (Wunjo) leading to fate (Urlag).
*Counting on it!

Outcome: 24F/-4C, overcast, north breeze, waiting for either ice or snow flurries; it was a bit challenging on Toby’s perfektly behaved 1-mile walk.

If this chill keeps up it just might be time to place the liner in the jacket.

It’s been a good slow morning on a cold day.

50yrs ago today, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
http://wgntv.com/2013/11/22/the-nation-remembers-john-f-kennedy-50-years-after-his-assassination/
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/22/us/kennedy-anniversary-events/
http://www.biography.com/people/john-f-kennedy-9362930

Napped in that strangely comfortable green chair. 

Essie just would not willingly surrender her place atop my study materials.  So, I replaced my study materials with another simple notebook.  We’re both happy, now.

Socks has become such a light-weight.  Mid-afternoon I went to check on him in the Haruc and he decided he wanted to come outside.  Not even an hour later I find him waiting on the porch for me wanting to go back inside the Haruc.  Watching him he went right over to the space heater.  27F/-2C…Smart kitty!

I’m almost done with Patricia LaFayllve’s book.  I want to finish that book tonight before I move on to Convergys’ study material.  Besides, I still have the weekend for Convergys.

Trip to Aldi for milk and fruit.

PASL http://www.paslsoccer.com/ 
San Diego @ Turlock 6:3
Hidalgo @ Tulsa 7:6

PM Prayer: Forsizo; Heil to you, son of Paltar and Nanda!  We call out to you in our time of legal need.  You’re the god of justice and reconciliation.  We know that justice is a double-edged ax.  On the one side, if our argument is just, grant us the proper conclusion.  On the other side, if our argument is
fraudulent, mete-out justice accordingly.  Whether in the court of legal proceedings or the court of public opinion, grant us the justice according to the rightness of our deeds.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, FORSIZO, as we honor the Forsizo that resides in us all!


PM Clarification Rune: none


Comments:  cared for animals


Alaf Sal Fena!

(Nebulmond = Mist month)

Plans: Interview with sign company, Convergys meet-n-greet

53F/12C, 7AM/07:00, we’ve already reached our high for the day.  Temps are all downhill from here.

AM Prayer: Donarstac/Thursday, we pray to Donar:
Donar, Son of Wodan and Erda, husband to Sibba, wielder of Malant and Great God of thunder, thunder forth in our lives. When we would hold back, encourage us to advance.
When we would be weak, hearten us be strong. When we would shun life’s pleasures, inspire our appetites for that which is lusty and good. Excite our growth from strength to strength; teach us, elder brother, how to throw our own Hammer, and slay the giants who oppose our will. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, DONAR, as we honor the Donar that resides in us all!


Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today

AM Elder Rune: Mannaz (R): Problems relating with Heimdall and humanity, without cooperation between people, the inability to work within a social structure in an effective way, intellectual arrogance, bigotry, closed mindedness, failed social interaction and disorder; anti-social behavior and lack of Divine structure.



Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today

AM Armanen Rune: Tyr: 
Havamal 156.
A twelfth one I sing, when I see through the brush
The hanged one swinging from the hemp;
He climbs down from the trunk, must tell me his tale
When I carve the Runes right.


Excitation, mysteries, sacrifice, rebirth of the Sun god, fertility and/or destruction, creation, excitation, power, success, wisdom, duties fulfilled, art of concealment and hiding, rebirth into the light - life of the soul, the power to make situations turn completely around, wisdom, spiritual understanding, the power of regeneration, warrior strength, justice, balance, personal sacrifice of the father, resurrection/reincarnation/born again; “Do not fear anything, even dying cannot kill you.  Better to die than to be dead alive” (Gorsleben).

Interpretation: A failed social interaction (Mannaz) leading to a resurrection (Tyr).
*WOW!  I think I got it.

Outcome: As I prepared to take Toby on his one-mile walk, bold-ass me was going to go out in only a long-sleeved T, but that was soon squelched at the first intersection.  Calling Toby back I went home to put on a jacket, which was a good thing because as we headed south there was a VERY noticeable, stout north wind.  Throughout the walk I didn’t have to raise my voice to Toby once.  He was a very good boy.  He was such a good boy he ignored someone coming out from the tobacco store, getting into his truck he whistled at Toby, I suspect thinking Toby was out on his own,  Toby just kept on keeping on. 

1st breakfast: Malt-o-Meal with honey toast 
2nd breakfast McDs, two breakfast burritos, two hash browns, and a sausage biscuit for Toby
Breakies: iced roll w/milk

My interview with Clear Channel Outdoor went well.

The meet-n-greet with Convergys went well.  We filled out some necessary paperwork and I got a chance to get to know a couple of people.  What started out as an unpaid meet-n-greet became a paid one due to, I believe, my inquiry and length of time.

A Boeing 747 picks wrong airport in Wichita:
http://www.kansas.com/2013/11/21/3132737/dreamlifter-lands-at-jabara-airport.html
I would say this is pretty unsociable (Mannaz), but the reason remains a mystery (Tyr)…LOL

Toby CAN be as peculiar as he is funny. He had ½ can of dog-food that sat in his plate all afternoon yesterday and most of the day today. He finished his kibble before he ever touched his wet.  He finally finished his wet late this afternoon.  As an experiment, I put down a can of cat-food.  One can of cat-food, 5.5oz, is slightly less than half a can of dog-food, 13.2oz.  Toby had the can of cat-food polished off in less than a half hour.  Silly dog.  Whaddaya do with him?

Oh YUM!  Homemade butterscotch pudding; instant, but what the hel…

Oh yes!  The chill is on!  Socks barely spent an hour outside the Haruc and was ready to go back inside.

Die Wurtâ :
Die Wurtâ , all three, are present at birth
To weave our Fate from merriment to dearth.
Urda, Werdanda and Sculd, the dark queens renowned;
Glorious ladies ‘neath the Tree, work your mysteries in us now.

That which “was” we can clearly see.
That which “is becoming” will form now in our deeds.
That which “is owed”, will be, but we cannot yet see.
We celebrate die Wurtâ , the Ladies Three, for all eternity.

PM Clarification Rune: none


Comments:  cared for animals


Alaf Sal Fena!

(Nebulmond = Mist month)

Plans: study Convergys’ material,

AM Prayer: Wodanstac/Wednesday, we pray to Wodan:
All-Father God!  Wandering God!  Rune god! Wolf God! Raven god! WODAN!! Son to Paru and Bezzia, brother to Willo and Wî h; We call out to you, not as slaves or on bended knee, but on our feet and open-armed as befits your offspring. Watch us as we struggle, but the fight and fame must both be ours! Grant us that victory which we win by OUR might and mane! After a life battle-worn, Wodan, grant us access to our Great Ancestral Hall, where we may feast, drink the glorious mead and be merry with our heroes and our Altmâgâ . WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, WODAN, as we honor the Wodan that resides in us all!


Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today

AM Elder Rune: Hagalaz (irreversible): The cosmic seed of potential, a sacred enclosure/shell, shaping, evolution, protection within, holiness,
destruction/regeneration, evolution, destructive elements, unavoidable
unpleasantness, pruning, potentially destructive but change will occur on its own given time.


Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today

AM Armanen Rune: Ar: 
Havamal 153.
A ninth one I sing, when dangers at sea forces me
To protect my ship from the stormy waves;
The storm I calm down, no matter how billowing the sea,
And I cradle the waves to sleep.

Confidence, Ing-Fro, comfort, the Sun, the path to the Light, will, leadership, all that which is beautiful and Sun-like, change to good, virtues, honor, glory, rewarding work, completion, light, Divine spirit, power contained in light that washes away darkness, wisdom, beauty, virtue, trust, honor, fame, Rune of the initiate, Symbolism of the Lord of the Light-elves that returns home from darkness, Rune of peace and good seasons.

Interpretation: Change (Hagalaz) leading to rewarding work (Ar).
*Fingers crossed

Outcome: Toby’s walk seemed to be a bit extended.  We found a series of interconnected alleyways on the south side of McCormick.  Toby had a smell-fest!

Interesting development in relation to days Rune.  A sign company I applied with some time ago called wanting to schedule an interview.  Hm…maybe.

Since the Liut/Kindred is not as active as it used to be, I’ve decided a couple of things:
*As soon as I have the money I’m going to remodel the Haruc by removing one
of the table, replacing it with a sofa and chair.  I may even replace the other
table with a smaller, round table.  I may even put down a large rug I found left
over in the shed.
*The Solar Cross is MY expression to the gods.  I’ve spent several hours
getting it cleaned-up and looking good again in spite of it being seldom
used.

I returned the call to the sign company.  I have an interview tomorrow at 10AM.  I’m not really expecting much from these people, but ya never know.

Tired…

News is talking like some serious weather changes are coming this way as early as tomorrow late afternoon.  Like that’s a bad thing?

A bit of reading in Patricia LaFayllve’s new book.

Goddamn I’ve eaten too much today.

I can see any studying is going to be difficult with Essie; table or chair, she has to be on top the paper.

PM Prayer: Brego, long-bearded god; son of Wodan and Gunnlod; husband of Ostara; you’re the god of poetry and eloquence; the adherent god of skalds.  You have the Runes carved on your tongue.  Your inspiration is enhanced by a
drink from the glorious mead.  Our oath to you, as we partake upon your silver cup called Bregofull; we swear our never-ending faith and allegiance to the gods and ways of our ancestors.  We stand firm with them as we live our lives to the fullest.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, BREGO, as we honor the Brego that resides in us all!


PM Clarification Rune: none


Comments:  cared for animals


Alaf Sal Fena!