Homework: Do you have the power and know-how to offer beautiful forms of love? Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com ARIES (March 21-April 19) Aries chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov says war is “more like a game of poker than chess. On a chess board, the pieces are face up, but poker is essentially a game of incomplete information, a game […]
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Free Will Astrology: Week of August 24
Homework: Cross two relatively trivial wishes off your list so you can focus more on major wishes. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com ARIES (March 21-April 19) None of the books I’ve written has appeared on the New York Times best-seller list. Even if my future books do well, I will never catch up with Aries writer James Patterson, who […]
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Free Will Astrology: Week of August 17
Homework: Make up a story about a time in the future when you will be excitedly content. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com ARIES (March 21-April 19) The Lincoln Calibration Sphere 1 is a hollow globe of aluminum launched into Earth orbit in 1965. Fifty-eight years later, it continues to circle the planet—and is still doing the job it was […]
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Black Sky Affair
2023’s annual Perseid meteor shower has arrived and conditions including modest waning moonlight promise hopeful viewing. Oklahoma summers are marvelous for stargazing – as the heat eases with the setting sun, stunning celestial sights break forth — and this perennial celestial event is no exception. Partly cloudy skies with a 20 percent chance of late […]
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Best of OKC 2023
Now in its 39th year, our annual readers’ poll has long celebrated the crème de la crème of our vibrant community, spotlighting local businesses, personalities and events that define the very essence of Oklahoma City. As always, the winners have been chosen by you, our dedicated readers, reflecting the heartbeat and spirit of the city. Without […]
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Free Will Astrology: Week of August 10
Homework: What story do you tell yourself about your life that’s less than 20 percent true? Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com ARIES (March 21-April 19) In Stephen King’s novel It, a character named Beverly is in love with a man who projects a sense of authority but also listens well. He is strong-minded but receptive; confident but willing to be […]
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The tyranny of screens
I recently ran across an amazing article in the New York Times that confirms much of my growing ambivalence about teaching in a world of glowing rectangles. It was entitled, “Why Universities Should Be More Like Monasteries,” by Molly Worthen, a historian at the University of North Carolina who writes about higher education. In it, […]
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Free Will Astrology: Week of August 3
Homework: Make up a fantastic story about your future self, then go make it happen. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com ARIES (March 21-April 19) Emotions are not inconvenient distractions from reason and logic. They are key to the rigorous functioning of our rational minds. Neurologist Antonio Damasio proved this conclusively in his book Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason, and the […]
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Free Will Astrology: Week of July 20
Homework: Is there anyone you love that you could or should love better? Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your deep psyche will soon well up with extra creativity and fertility. I hope you will eagerly tap into these gifts. You should assume that you will be more imaginative and ingenious than usual. You will have […]
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Much ado about brew
This weekend and the next are your last chances for catching 3rd Act Theatre Company’s Drunk Classics: Much Ado About Drinkin’. A Shakespearean comedy with a drunken twist adapted by Kate Adams and directed by Dakota Lee Bryant, the cast of eight is ready to engage. The rules are simple: patrons vote on one cast […]