What’s For Dinner?

 

A man kills a deer and takes it home to cook for dinner. Both he and his wife decide that they won’t tell the kids what kind of meat it is, but will give them a clue and let them guess. The dad said, “Well it’s what Mommy calls me sometimes.” The little girl screamed to her brother, “Don’t eat it. Its an asshole!

 

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The Laugh Factory

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2015 August 25

Meteors and Milky Way over Mount Rainier
Image Credit & Copyright: Matthew Dieterich

 

Explanation: Despite appearances, the sky is not falling. Two weeks ago, however, tiny bits of comet dust were. Featured here is the Perseids meteor shower as captured over Mt. Rainier, Washington, USA. The image was created from a two-hour time lapse video, snaring over 20 meteors, including one that brightened dramatically on the image left. Although each meteor train typically lasts less than a second, the camera was able to capture their color progressions as they disintegrated in the Earth’s atmosphere. Here an initial green tint may be indicative of small amounts of glowing magnesium atoms that were knocked off the meteor by atoms in the Earth’s atmosphere. To cap things off, the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy was simultaneously photographed rising straight up behind the snow-covered peak of Mt. Rainier. Another good meteor shower is expected in mid-November when debris from a different comet intersects Earth as the Leonids.

The Wisdom of Buddha

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

 

 

 

 

 

Get a Jump On Tomorrow….

Your Daily Horoscopes for Wednesday, August 26th

 

Aries

Your work and health ideals are illuminated today, dear Aries, with the Sun and Jupiter in alignment in your solar sixth house. This is a time for increased optimism and hope, which can be powerful healers in and of themselves, but it can also be a time for discovering or committing to a new method for improved health or work attitudes and efforts. You could find more meaning in your work and satisfaction in helping or serving others. On the job or while pursuing your daily goals and affairs, be as generous and eager as possible, reach out to others, and look for interesting opportunities to expand your mind. Graciousness leads to success now. As always when Jupiter is involved, however, watch for overdoing or committing to too much. A grounding Mercury-Saturn aspect today can be helpful for reminding you of your limits.

Taurus

With the Sun and Jupiter aligning your solar fifth house today, dear Taurus, you can be feeling especially optimistic, generous, and hopeful about the future. Romantic and creative energies are stimulated in a fun, positive way. You may be feeling especially confident about achieving your heart’s desire, or you may be quite suddenly in touch with what or who you want. If you are doing something creative, it’s likely to be especially energetic and spirited. There is a larger than life element to your feelings and desires now, and it can be a nice sensation. Jupiter is in this sector for another year, so that you will have many more moments that awaken dormant or undiscovered talents and desires. There can be an event or feeling today that gives you hope, or a sense that love and life are grand. It’s important not to over-commit based on the moment, and helping you out with this is a Mercury-Saturn aspect that reminds you that although life is to be enjoyed, everything is better in moderation.

Gemini

You may be experiencing a building desire to improve your personal life these days, dear Gemini, and today, this can be in the spotlight. Domestic projects, family relationships, home life, and matters of comfort and security are in stronger focus, and chances to enhance or embark on these things can appear now. You can feel more confident about your ability to generate warmth in your home or fundamental relationships. It’s also a good time for considering long-term projects and endeavors, although new launches are probably best undertaken after the Solar Eclipse on September 13th. This is a good time for thinking about widening your normal boundaries, expanding, growing, and improving. Show your appreciation for others and aim to spend more time with the people you care about, and with yourself so that you gain a stronger sense of your inner needs and wishes. This is another day for earning respect and planning ahead or organizing your life in small, measurable ways.

Cancer

Your interests, curiosity, and desire to learn and make connections are growing these days, dear Cancer, and today, the Sun spotlights these feelings. You can be drawn to news or information that benefits you, an some of you could be discovering new subjects or topics that excite you. New ways of communicating, connecting, and getting around can open up for you. You may be finding special meaning in the things you read or hear about today. Your mind is more willing, open, and curious than ever, and you might gain new appreciation for things in your daily life that hadn’t popped for you in the past. There can be excitement about a new course or friendship, or increased confidence in your ability to study, learn, and communicate. Others might be showing their appreciation for your insight or friendship.

Leo

Earlier this month, Jupiter left your sign, and your life is more and more about building your resources, manifesting results, and profiting from your talents, dear Leo, rather than building your popularity and developing your personality. Today, your ruler, the Sun, aligns with Jupiter in your solar second house, which is commonly considered a money house, although it also rules your resources, natural talents, and those things that you are building, particularly for increased security and comfort. This is a good time to assess where you are “at” with these things, and for making new plans for the future. In fact, you can be feeling quite confident about your ability to manifest your desires. As long as you’re supplementing your big thinking with some common sense, and a Mercury-Saturn friendship today can help you do just that, this is a great time to come up with workable ideas for future success. Avoid over-committing yourself or your resources. Be generous and high-minded for best results now.

Virgo

Jupiter has recently entered your sign, dear Virgo, and today, aligns with the Sun. While you are received especially well right now, and this is true in a general sense for the year ahead, you are making your own opportunities by putting more faith in yourself and your capabilities. This is also a time to look for opportunities to expand, improve, and grow. You are feeling considerably more optimistic, and can more readily get others on-board for ventures that you’re considering and believe in. Ideas for future projects can be golden, so pay attention. While it’s generally a good time for growing something, whether it’s a relationship, project, or business, you’ll have more power with new beginnings after the Solar Eclipse in your sign on September 13th. Today’s Mercury-Saturn influence is strong for clout and earning respect.

Libra

In many ways, the year ahead involves an important inner spiritual search, dear Libra, as you establish a deeper connection with, and faith in, your intuition and a better relationship with yourself from the inside out. Your sympathetic nature deepens, and you can thoroughly enjoy helping others, as well as using your own inner resources to better understand your life path. Today, the Sun illuminates this need or quest, helping you to feel more confident about making peace with the past and living a more emotionally empowering life. You might come to a better understanding of an old problem, an important memory can emerge and you’re seeing it (and things in general) in a new way, or an untapped resource can be discovered. It’s a time for discovering your deeper needs, and feeling good about what you uncover. There can be benefits to some level of solitude or moments of reflection today.

Scorpio

This can be a day of rewarding, pleasant contact with others, dear Scorpio, or with your own faith in future happiness plans and goals. With Jupiter in your solar eleventh house for the coming year, you might find opportunities to achieve your goals or to improve your life through friends, groups, alliances, and networks. Today, the Sun illuminates this energy, prompting you to set new goals and resolutions that better reflect these desires that are awakening in you. You can feel especially inspired now, and you could gain the moral support of someone special. There is warm, successful energy with you today in connection with friends, associates, and groups. Friendships begun in the year ahead can be extra special ones. With Jupiter, it’s always important to avoid making promises or commitments that are too big based on an especially good feeling in the moment. With a favorable relationship between Mercury and Saturn today, you’re more likely to keep this tendency in check, as you are happily aware of your limits.

Sagittarius

Keep your eyes and ears open today, particularly on the job, dear Sagittarius, as opportunities for personal growth and business expansion can emerge now. This is a time for believing in yourself in order to attract opportunities, without going too far. You can find reason to believe in your future, as well. While totally new projects should probably be launched after the Solar Eclipse on September 13th, this is a generally useful time for making plans and expanding current projects. While it’s a good idea not to promise too much or over-commit, reasonable demands can be met. You have more personal influence than usual today, and others tend to be supportive and helpful.

Capricorn

With Jupiter in your solar ninth house now and in the coming year, it’s a strong time for reaching out, communicating what you want, and being heard, dear Capricorn. Today, the Sun aligns with Jupiter stimulating your bigger dreams, ideals, and goals. Watch that you don’t make promises or commitments that are too big to fulfill, simply because your confidence now tricks you into thinking you can do more than is truly possible. There can be an opportunity to do or learn something entirely new and beyond your normal bounds and routines now. Share your viewpoints and personal philosophy, and listen to those of others’ now. Favorable long-distance connections might be made, and this is also a strong time for expressing some of your inner thoughts and feelings. Educational or travel plans might also be in focus. As well today, you continue to have more clout than usual. Communications are favored.

Aquarius

With the Sun and Jupiter connecting in your solar eighth house today, dear Aquarius, light is shone on your intimate needs, feelings, and ideals. Some level of luck could be part of your day, such as a review of finances that reveals a profit or the discovery of resources you never knew you had. A gift or show of support could be part of the picture now, or a connection is made or strengthened on an intimate level. With an open mind and heart, you can reach a new level with someone important to you. There can be the discovery of something about a relationship or your own inner workings that makes you feel more confident about the future. The keys now are an open mind and accepting attitude. Open up, and you might receive the same in return. Today is powerful for making plans that are both visionary and doable.

Pisces

The Sun is in alignment with Jupiter in your house of “other” today, dear Pisces, and people in your life seem to be bringing out your best. The best version of yourself shines forth in one-on-one situations, and while this is emphasized today, in a general sense this can be true of the year ahead. Today, things seem to be falling into place. You are drawn to situations that give you the feeling that you’re part of a bigger plan or something bigger than yourself. You could be attracting people who boost your confidence or benefit you in key ways. This is a time for making an extra effort to reach out, connect, and negotiate, all the while having faith in your companionability. Address any need that seems to arise in a current relationship for growth and development.