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Happy Blue Moon!

While exact definitions are many and varied, mine means the second Full Moon in the same zodiacal sign. Full Moons usually happen in successive signs each month. But there are 30 degrees in each sign, and every so often you'll have a Full Moon occur at the beginning of a sign (on 6/21, it happened in 0 degrees 51 minutes of Capricorn) then the next Full Moon a month later at the end of the same sign (today- in 28 degrees 47 minutes of Capricorn). It happens every couple of years on average.

So if you only do something once in a Blue Moon, maybe today's the day... :)

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Besides good board games and freaky pr0n, Germans also make good shoes. I got my new Birkenstocks yesterday from eBay. I was lucky enough to get them for under $40, and the guy threw in a pair of Extra Special Birkensocks because I am so wonderful and stuff. Okay, he did it because I did the 'buy it now' thing, instead of bidding in an auction. The stupid thing was, he had one pair for $35 in buy it now, and another pair in an auction. I put in a max bid of $35 on the auction pair, and when I got outbid I just bought the buy it now pair and laughed at the people that bid up the auction pair over $45. You is dum! The seller is "theshoeplanet", incidentally, if you're curious.

So, breathless from the auction play-by-play, you might wonder about the shoes themselves. They're black with brown trim and a bumpy tire-tread-like bottom, sort of like hiking shoes in sandal form. They are very similar to my old pair except they have a strap around the back of the heel, and they fasten with velcro instead of buckles. I'm not overly fond of velcro, but they don't seem to make the ones I had before any longer and this was the closest thing they had. They do the job, though, and they're very comfortable.

The socks... the socks. I tend not to be one of those people who wears socks with sandals. If it's cold enough to need socks, I usually just wear boots. But these are Extra Special Birkensocks! Made from special fibers from space that wick away moisture! Normally a $16 value! So I'm wearing them today because I can. They're nice, I suppose, but what I didn't notice when I opened the package last night or when I put them on this morning is that they're not black... they're navy.

I'm wearing black and brown sandals and navy socks.

It's a good goddamn thing I haven't been invited to the White House today.