How Robyn’s year of “Body Talk” is going to make me hurt so good.

Some of you may recall a post I wrote back in 2009 about how The Federal Trade Commission will now require bloggers and celebrities to clearly state when they receive cash or “payment in kind” for endorsing a company’s products or services. So in the spirit of 100% absolute disclosure, let me say this.

I am not “fair” or “balanced” when it comes to Deborah Blake. I guess like most media outlets these days I carry an obvious bias, and that bias is, I love me some Deborah Blake. I’ve done interviews with her, she has commented on many of the articles here on The Buffet, she’s written original pieces for me, she’s generally been a champion of all things “Buffet”, and so believe me when I tell you that when it comes to Deborah Blake, her support is definitively “payment in kind”. Oh, and by the way, I just about jumped out of my skin when I saw that I, humble little TheMagicalBuffet.com, is a featured pull quote at the beginning of Blake’s latest book, “Everyday Witch A to Z Spellbook: Wonderfully Witchy Blessings, Charms, and Spells.” That’s right folks, if you go to your local bookstore and pick up a copy of “Everyday Witch A to Z Spellbook” and look under “Praise for ‘The Goddess is in the Details’” you will find, “[A]n engaging read with a lot of heart. -TheMagicalBuffet.com.” Which reminds me, I have a pretty good relationship with some of the folks over at Llewellyn and they send me free stuff to review, including “Everyday Witch A to Z Spellbook”.

Which leads us to the obvious question, why should you bother to read my review of Deborah Blake’s new book when it’s obvious without reading another sentence I’m going to like it? There are two answers to this question. One, I only publish reviews for stuff I like, so you knew without reading anything that I must have liked the book if I wrote a review for it, and two, I sometimes say some funny shit, and occasionally even insightful stuff, so you should just go ahead and read it.

A new book rekindles my affection for Hanuman. Don’t know who Hanuman is? Then you had better check this out. Oh, you know who he is? Then you will DEFINITELY want to check this out.

I have this horrible problem of naming things what they are, so as you may suspect, this is me taking a look at “The Brotherhood of Light Egyptian Tarot”. Despite the boring title, you’ll probably find the article interesting. Check it out!

How Sleigh Bells took me by the hand and led me away from musical fears to the promised land of genre busting music.

A book review for a book I had no intention of reading that includes a parenthetical rant about your relationship with your doctor and uses the word parenthetical. Impressive, no?

How do you sum up 7 weeks of reaching toward Buddha-hood? Only one way to find out.

Okay folks; let me be upfront about this. I love Courtney Love.

Self-discipline, enthusiasm, wisdom, and the last week of the “Everyday Dharma” challenge.

Join me as I “grow my assets” with the help of author Lama Willa Miller.