"NCIS" has been on the TV for ten years. Most series are lucky to last half as long. Not only has NCIS survived, it's currently the most watched TV show in America. "Bones," like NCIS, is a police procedural show. It's been on the air for eight years and its popularity ranks below the 40th most popular show. Personally, I like them both. They have quirky characters, aspects to the stories that go on over many episodes and even across seasons, twisting plots, and reasonable acting. Both usually have a killing or death in the first few minutes and spend the rest of their hour-long shows solving the crime. If they were on at the same time I'd have a difficult time choosing which to watch. As

This post is coming out late because I was in Las Vegas giving workshops over the weekend. Sometimes, in the most unlikely of places, I get an epiphany. In this instance my received information occurred in a most unlikely place: Caesar's Palace…or rather, next to it. I needed to get a replacement battery for my laptop, and one of the places that had it was in a high-end mall known as the Forum Shops that had been added to the Caesar's Palace hotel and casino.  Photo by Pedro Szekely under Creative Commons license This giant, indoor mall currently has over 160 high-end shops and 11 gourmet restaurants. It brings in more money than any other mall in America—including Minnesota's

The 2013 USA Best Book Awards have been announced; two Llewellyn titles won awards and two more were finalists: Discovering the Medium Within, by Anysia Kiel (WINNER, New Age: Non-Fiction) Great Sex Made Simple, by Mark A. Michaels & Patricia Johnson (WINNER, Self-Help: Relationships) The Magick of Flowers, by Tess Whitehurst (Finalist, New Age: Non-Fiction) Living a Life of Gratitude, by Sara Wiseman (Finalist, Self-Help: Motivational) Congratulations to our authors!   Located in Los Angeles and Phoenix, USA Book News (also the parent company of the “International Book Awards” and the upcoming "AmericanBookFest.com" site in 2014) is involved in numerous

Environmental Awareness No, I don't mean keeping track of the natural world and our impact upon it (although that is a good thing). Rather, I mean being aware of things immediately in your surrounding area. Perhaps you've been to a party or club where someone just keeps bumping into people and things. That person is not aware of their environment. It's important to keep this awareness. I believe it's a function of being focused on the present rather than having your attention in other places. Living in the present, in my opinion, is an important part of magick. In my experience, people without environmental awareness tend not to be good magicians. For the most part, I have avoided