Mercury goes retrograde Thanksgiving Day 11/24 and stays there through 12/14. Not so good for signing contracts or initiating new plans, but great for reviewing and learning from your past. Just take extra care.

Yesterday I drove to San Francisco to attend the Bay Area Bloggers Society meeting, skipping a jQuery class, because the BABS topic was “Focused Creativity for Compelling Content.” Doyle Drive has been revised but the sign has not. It says “right lane must exit to 19th Ave.” but actually TWO right lanes must exit with the recent roadway changes. Well, I was forced down 19th Ave when I wanted to go to Lombard St. But it got worse.

I found a parking spot, but it was one cliff below where the meeting was, so I got back in my car at 5:45 p.m. to find the 6 p.m. meeting. No headlights, and it was almost dark. Checked the fuses, they looked good. Called Howard, he drove from Santa Rosa with more fuses. Not the problem. I locked up the car and left it in San Francisco because I could not drive home in the dark with no lights. At 5 a.m. today, Howard drove me back to SF. I waited for the streetlights to go off indicating that it was safe to drive without lights. Got back to Santa Rosa by 8 a.m., just as the auto repair shop opened.

The problem? A loose relay. The repair shop guy pushed it back into place and sent me on my way, no charge. Howard smashed his side view mirror on a pillar a few hours later.

Mercury. Bah!