There is a quote in my favorite movie, Apocalypse Now, where Brando mutters in the way only Brando can…”The horror. The horror.” And this is how I felt when I woke up this morning to see the Hot or Not buttons on the Astrology News page and per my general personality, I flipped my lid.

Because my intention was to bring the community of astrology bloggers together so people could find us. And so we could find each other and become stronger with the support of our peers.

In order for this to occur, I felt it imperative no one blog was elevated over the rest, so I have been taking pains to rotate the links on the left so that we remain a community of equals, which is what I feel we are.

Because the page would not be the page if not for the various unique voices and considering this you might imagine my distress when I saw this new feature where content could be voted up or down!

Because did any of the bloggers ask to have their content judged? They did not! And I don’t think many would volunteer for this because think about it. As astrologers we are judged everywhere we go as it is!

So anyway, I made this thing and when I woke this morning to see I had inadvertently entered the people who are creating the content into some kind a beauty contest, without their permission or consent, I almost fainted. And I wrote the Top Ten people…

And I have good news. Indigo promises me there will be a way to opt out of the “hot or not” feature by tomorrow. But you know how these things are, so if it takes her the rest of the week, please be patient… those button are going.

And I have to say she was very graceful about this, which her style and I was very freaky about this, which is mine. So you guys can just think about that and maybe have a laugh. Because it’s a little bit like my driving and anyone who knows me, will tell you I drive like shit!

However I am a little bit magic, ala Babe the Pig, so whatever. Just calm down, because we’re all in this car together. Well, actually it’s more like a big truck, if I am involved. And a maniac may be driving but I can’t see how this matters as long as get somewhere and the where that we get to is good! And of this much I am sure. So everyone hang on, and I’ll have us out of this ditch in no time!

Thank you, Indigo and most of all, thanks to all the bloggers who are contributing their creative work!