Welcome, swamp denizens, to the reincarnation of Thursday’s Froggy Bottom Cafe
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For those of you just tuning in, the Cafe has taken a turn for the mysterious today. Gone are the cute froggy logos, gone the sunlit porches and leisurely danishes. Instead, those entering the cafe will find themselves in a different world. A world where superstition and arcane knowledge rub elbows with a cheap Magic 8 Ball. A world where the eternal question, “Do I have to mow the lawn today?” may be met with any one of 7 completely different answers!
The drink of the day is a homemade herbal brew reported to have hallucinogenic properties, the business of the day is fortune telling, and your host is…The Oracle.
Prepare to have your spine tingled and your goose bumped.
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Recommend if you dare (but only after you unrecommend this morning’s Cafe)
Superstition, mumbojumbo and a Magic 8 Ball after the jump…
Would you like to know your fortune?
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The Tarot was created in Northern Italy in the mid-fifteenth century as a card game. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, scholars of the occult started using the cards as a divination tool, based on the archetypal nature of the suits and symbols. Today, there are thousands of different Tarot decks available, and they are popular with fortune tellers, new agers and all kinds of people you wouldn’t expect to have them. Fortunately, in this modern day and age, there are websites that will shuffle, lay out and interpret the cards for you. My favorite is Facade.com (hint: try the Cross and Triangle spread. The Rider Waite deck is the traditional one). Sjct recommends you visit The New Age for more online Tarot readings and Matrix Software for other cool occult-y stuff. Tauri suggests a visit to Tarot Passages to learn about different decks.
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Admit it – you read your horoscope. Yes, even you, enlightened progressive. Astrology, according to this guy, is the oldest of all sciences and religions. Our `modern’ system of astrology dates back to ancient Greece and Ptolomy, who set down the tenants of an earth-centered astrological system. But enough of that – the important thing is there are websites that will tell you what kind of day you are going to have, so you can plan accordingly. My favorite is this one (hint: the Monthly Moonbeam is the best). To learn about the day you were born, dada recommends you visit The Birthday Calculator.
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For those of you who prefer a little instant gratification, your host is standing by with a Magic 8 ball to answer all of your burning questions. [shake shake shake] For the skeptical, Dem in Knoxville will be happy to tell you about the findings of a recent Magic 8 Ball autopsy.
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Ask a question, or just chat amongst yourselves. The oracle is now open.