Horoscope: January 10, 2016

Aquarius

You will enjoy life more if you stop trying to force things.* Also, it is a universal truth that the more you give the more you get in return, so bestow good things on other people this week - and good things will come back to you.**

Which is why I was on the phone at 8pm on a Sunday night talking to a former colleague through a database and query and report functions that she hasn't used in at least three years.

Or something.

Or recreating this post since the Internet ate it as a sacrifice earlier this evening.

Or something.

*Speaking of not forcing things.

Speak the Single Ladies' Truth, Lady Mary

This is what all the Aunties are saying when GDawg never really materializes.

The drama continues! Join us for the 2nd episode of #DowntonPBS' final season, tonight at 9. https://t.co/ajzMVsKcvK pic.twitter.com/sGy07FaEHd

— THIRTEEN (@ThirteenWNET) January 10, 2016

** I never play the lotto, but this week I did give a $2IOU to the work pool for the ginormous multi-state lotto. We didn't win, which is probably a relief. I don't have a financial planner or tax attorney lined up, (and really, office pools, do those ever REALLY work out?), but oh ... the dreams of just giving notice to "working" one day - and leaving non-profit life 4EVA! 

If I'm good, can some of the good things that come back to me be tax-free remuneration?

Austenfest -- Veritable raptures of delight

Thanks, in large part, to the dumbing-down of American television in recent years, made even worse by the ongoing writers strike, I've found it increasingly difficult to find quality television programming ... even with the numerous basic cable channels I get with my subscription. If it wasn't for Animal Planet, FoodNetwork, HGTV, SciFi, the various Discovery Channels, and a very few minor exceptions on what used to be my default channel, TLC, I would be at a loss. My personal library of books and VHS (yes, I'm a bit behind in the ol' digital formats!) are getting more of a work out in recent weeks. So, imagine my delight when PBS announced that it was presenting what they are calling, The Complete Jane Austen during Masterpiece Theatre. To kick it off, there were even two weeks of Bronte, with a new production of Jane Eyre (my favorite book in life), with Toby Stephens, the very handsome son of Dame Maggie Smith, recently of Harry Potter movie fame.

I am in sheer delight.

Veritable raptures of delight.

Thank you PBS. THANK YOU!

So, my dear friends and family, if you endeavor to contact me Sunday evenings, please note that I am unavailable during these viewing hours:

9-11, Sunday, Masterpiece Theatre
Persuasion, January 13, 2008
Northanger Abbey, January 20, 2008
Mansfield Park, January 27, 2008
Miss Austen Regrets, February 3, 2008
Pride and Prejudice, February 10, 17, + 24, 2008
Emma, March 23, 2008
Sense and Sensibility, March 30 + April 6, 2008