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You Are Now Under My Control

Here's my new favorite possession: a "Controlling Amulet" I picked up in Chicago for a mere $4.95. You heard right: $4.95, for the power to work my will upon another! How could I resist? It really does work, too. The first night I had it, some friends and I were waiting for a table at a Chicago restaurant. After an hour had passed, I pulled out my Controlling Amulet and started willing that table to become available. A mere 30 minutes after that, we were seated!

Dirty Santa

Santa has already been to my house this year, with gifts galore for the Twin Cities Tarot Meetup Group. On Saturday, everyone who comes to our meeting will get a free gift -- either a tarot deck or a tarot book.

To determine who gets which deck or which book, however, we're going to play the "Dirty Santa" game.

You might have played this game at an office party or family reunion. It's a lot of fun. If you've never played -- or if it's been a while since you played -- here are the rules.

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THE DIRTY SANTA GAME

First, we'll start with all of the gifts on a table. They'll all be wrapped and topped with a festive holiday bow, so you won't know what's inside. (Dan and I did most of the wrapping on Wednesday night.)

Every player will draw a number to determine his or her turn.

Player #1 will choose a gift from the table, open it, and show it to everyone else.

Now Player #2 will enter the game. Player #2 may choose a new, unopened gift from the table ... OR take the gift that Player #1 has already opened.

If Player #2 chooses an unwrapped gift, he'll open it and show it to everybody else.

If Player #2 takes a gift from Player #1, then Player #1 gets to take a new gift from the table. As before, Player #1 will open that new gift and show it to everybody else.

Now Player #3 enters the game, and he has two choices: he can either take an unopened gift from the table, or take one of the open gifts from Player #1 or Player #2.

Once the game gets going, every player has two choices: either take a new, unopened gift from the table, or take somebody else's opened gift.

As the game proceeds, gifts go back and forth a lot. You will probably find yourself holding many different gifts before the game is over. That's what makes the game exciting!

There are two important rules to keep in mind when another player takes one of your gifts:

1. If someone takes your gift, you may not turn around and take it right back. You must choose a new unopened gift from the table, or take a gift from a third person. Later on, as new players enter the game, you can steal a favorite gift back. You just can't take it back the minute it's taken from you.

2. A gift will be yours to keep once it has been in your possession three times. If there's a gift you really, really want, keep track of how many times it's actually "yours." The third time's the charm.

Please note that a gift won't be taken out of play simply because it has been exchanged three times, or held by three different people. The same person has to get the same gift three times, and then it's retired.

You probably won't know which gift is really yours until the end of the game. That happens when the last player to enter the game either takes the last unopened gift on the table or chooses an open gift from one of the other players -- which begins a final round of "stealing."

At the end of the game, the gift you have in your hands will be yours to keep.

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I love this game. It's always fun to see which gifts people want most ... Although I have to tell you, all of the gifts Dan and I have wrapped so far are really pretty good.

Christmas Spirit

This is what happens after one too many glasses of Christmas cheer:

Click here to see me dance.

Grandmother ' s Prophecies

My most recent purchase on eBay is also one of my coolest ever: 25 "Grandmother's Prophesies" cards, which were originally distributed through coin-operated fortunetelling booths.

Here's the first one in the stack:

Alphabet soup

Rearrange the letters of my name, and I am an "inner reckoner." How mystical is that?

Or perhaps you'd like me better as the proprieter of the "Corner Reek Inn." You know, considering the mess around here, that one also hits pretty close to home.

Go have fun with your own name at http://wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html.

My " Soul Urge " is a 3

And this is sooo true:

Your Soul Urge number is: 3

With the Soul Urge number 3 your desire in life is personal expression, and generally enjoying life to its fullest. You want to participate in an active social life and enjoy a large circle of friends. You want to be in the limelight, expressing your artistic or intellectual talents. Word skills may be your thing; speaking, writing, acting, singing. In a positive sense, the 3 energy is friendly, outgoing and always very social.

You have a decidedly upbeat attitude that is rarely discouraged; a good mental and emotional balance.

The 3 Soul Urge gives intuitive insight, thus, very high creative and inspirational tendencies. The truly outstanding trait shown by the 3 Soul Urge is that of self-expression, regardless of the field of endeavor.

On the negative side, you may at times become too easygoing and too optimistic, tending to scatter forces and accomplish very little. Often, the excessive 3 energy produces non-stop talkers. Everyone has faults, but the 3 soul urge doesn't appreciate having these pointed out.

Go discover your "soul urge" -- and get plenty of fun info about your birthday while you're at it.

Hat tip: Kitty