At the beginning of the article I published last night, I briefly mentioned that I had been so busy lately with astrology readings that my website here, Nooz Buffet, had been a little neglected. I also apologized. Let that be noted.
Anyway, I was just relaxing a minute ago thinking about Nooz Buffet, and I looked at the date and realized that our 8-year anniversary had already come and gone.
Every year on the 21st of September, I usually publish a little anniversary article to celebrate the year, but I totally forgot about it this year.
It’s the first time since 2019!
So, September 21, 2026, marked the end of our eighth full year on the internet as noozbuffet.com, and the beginning of our ninth!
Heck, we’re already almost a month into our ninth year now.
I’ll never forget. I was sitting on my couch with my laptop early one morning playing around on the internet. I was out of work at the time and extremely bored.
Then I found WordPress, and I always wanted my own website, but I never knew what I would use it for.
The cost was cheap, and after thinking about it for a minute, I decided to move forward and capture my piece of the web.
As far as content was concerned, I was all over the place for the first three or four years. I was writing about anything and everything, and it’s really funny to go back and read through some of that stuff, but during that time, I was sharpening my astrological skills.
I had a partial awakening and went spiritual in 2007, and then astrology was tossed in my lap in 2009. I took it and ran.
By the time noozbuffet.com came into creation, I kind of already had my content, I just didn’t realize it immediately.
Now, it’s October 12, 2026, and here we are. Nooz Buffet is monetized, and I’m pumping out astrology readings like there’s no tomorrow!
To all my followers, readers, and occasional visitors, I say thank you. I love all of you, and I appreciate the support you’ve shown.
I’ve been super busy lately with astrology readings, so much so, that my website here has been a little neglected. I do apologize about that.
So, the new moon actually turned yesterday in Libra, and it was the first new moon of the autumn season. This evening, we find the Moon in her crescent phase, waxing at 2% illumination, and on the 3rd degree of Scorpio in the Seventh House.
As this new lunar cycle begins, we can see that partnerships are in focus because the Moon is lighting up the Seventh House, and I think a great place to start this reading is with the square connecting the Moon to Mars in Leo in the Fifth House.
Leo, a fire sign, is one of the better signs for the energy of Mars to manifest in, and in the Fifth House, we might see some type of aggression or violence in a realm that’s primarily meant to be fun. Well, if you’re wondering how this can be, then let us take, for example, games of chance. You go to the casino, and you promise yourself that you’ll only spend $100.
You’re in a great mood, spirits are high, and you’re hopeful that you’re going to win big, but after three hours of playing, your friends are trying to pull you off the table before you lose your shirt. A night that started out great, ends up in misery. Now you’re angry, and you’re lashing out because you just blew five grand.
The Fifth House doesn’t only rule games of chance, it rules everything thing we do for fun, fleeting pleasures (short-term pleasures), sex, having children, and artistic endeavors.
Leo is a highly emotional sign, and Mars holds a lot of ambition and leadership ability. If ever there was a combination that showed an individual highly motivated to seek recognition from any form of art, then Mars in Leo in the Fifth House is it, however, there’s a tricky part to this.
With Mars and Leo, you have the fire, you’re fueled by emotions, you have the ambition, you have the drive, and you have the desire to be recognized and stand out, but you also have the aggression. There’s a very thin line here when it comes to utilizing the energy manifesting through Mars in Leo because the Fifth House is ruled by Leo, which means it rules the heart. The Fifth House is the warm sunny house of Love.
When it comes to art, ambition and personal motivation is good, even if it’s fueled by emotions, but it must be about love-it must come from the heart. You can’t break your way into the Fifth House with violence and war on your mind and expect to truly be satisfied. Also, with the Moon in Scorpio, we must guard against acts of jealousy, and impulsive acts that stem from personal insecurities.
If your actions are sincere and genuine, and if you truly have love in your heart, then go for it. Don’t pursue creative outlets just because someone else is, and don’t lie to yourself. Art is personal.
The Moon is sensitive, responsive, emotional, and reactive. The square connecting the Moon in the Seventh House to Mars in the Fifth shows a lot of friction between the two heavenly bodies. There’s definitely a block, and there are definitely issues because the Moon is just not vibing with Mars right now. If you’re wondering why, well, I just explained it. The Moon wants to let time run its course, but Mars wants to go now. The Moon would rather wait and respond, but Mars wants to take decisive action.
There’s a lot of mystery surrounding Scorpio, and the Moon here could indicate a desire to remain anonymous or behind the scenes, which really conflicts with one’s attempt to be noticed or famous. Also, the Moon is playing more of a read and react role in Scorpio in the Seventh House, so you’d be much better off to let someone else kick the door in and then you come in afterward to see what’s going on.
The conjunction connecting the Moon and Venus reveals that we’re feeling the love at the moment, especially when it comes to relationships. There’s something extremely beautiful that can come from the Fifth House right now, and the Moon doesn’t want Mars to ruin it.
When I really focus in on the Moon, I can see a situation where a person-a special person that we already know or just happen to meet at some point within the next few days presents us with a rare opportunity or inspires us in some way. If it’s an opportunity that’s on the table, then it’s really about your past. This person gives you an opportunity to revisit your past, and it’s only because the Universe knows that you can handle it now.
You see, some of us have doors that have been left open because we weren’t mature enough to close them, but this person, who might simply be someone for you to talk to, gives you a chance to state your side of the story and get some stuff off of your chest. They might even ask you if you want to hang out, and if they do then you’ll eerily take a trip down memory lane, but it’s not forever. Jupiter and the South Node in the Fifth House indicates an opportunity to grow and expand on something from the past or something left undone, and you must approach this situation from a higher authority now.
Whatever it is, you can handle it, so do just that and move on. This could even be about you wanting to do something that you just never had a chance to do. When our hearts desire something that we for some reason don’t have a chance to pursue, then it leaves questions and doubts, and it’s those questions and doubts that can trigger the manifestation of Scorpio’s negativity years later but trust this-the universe never gives more than you can handle. So, don’t be so hard on yourself for something did or didn’t do years ago.
We are living in the now moment, and Capricorn at the top of the chart shows that great works are ahead. Sometimes, before we can move forward, we must take a step back, but you don’t want to make the same mistakes twice when you do. This is truly about grabbing on to this new moon energy, the first new moon energy of this season, and riding the wave forward, so don’t dwell too long.
I love this connection between the Moon in the Seventh House and Neptune in Aries in the Twelfth, and this will be a great way to wrap up this reading. Neptune represents many things, but for this reading, it’s about belief. Right now, as we move forward with the energy of this new lunar cycle, the astrology is telling us to have faith, to trust, and believe even when we can’t see or don’t have a clue as to what the outcome might be. It’s also telling us to trust in new beginnings and fresh starts, but most importantly, to believe in yourself.
Think about how strongly you feel about protecting a family member; your mother, your father, your brother or sister, or your own children. After all, if we can’t count on our own blood, who can we count on? There’s almost nothing we wouldn’t do to keep the members of our family out of harm’s way.
Children grow up under the same roof learning the ways of their parents who hold in reverence the traditions and ways of old passed down from generation to generation. The household is headed by a strong man and a strong woman who understand the importance of the future and how their children must prosper and carry on a name that the mere mention of turns heads.
Enter the world of European Aristocracy, the global ruling class, and the families that run the world who for thousands and thousands of years have been inbreeding.
Before I go any further, I think it’s important to mention that I’m not condoning inbreeding or the coming together of brother and sister to produce a child. I’m telling you what the wealthiest and most powerful families have been doing.
You see, I’m open to entertaining almost any idea, and I think that’s important if you hope to arrive at the truth someday.
So, a very long time ago, you had a man and a woman who came together and had many children. Then their children produced children, and so on. Inbreeding was preferred because they knew it was the only way to keep the blood and the DNA pure.
To us, the general public, they pitch the idea that reproduction between brother and sister is completely, totally, and utterly wrong. It’s gross and disgusting. They tell us, not only is it morally and socially backwards, but the offspring are born with mental and physical defects 99% of time.
That’s an interesting pitch to a modern generation where every 8 out of 10 children are born with autism, wouldn’t you agree?
Anywho..
Inbreeding was going on all over the world, even in North America, but that began to change in 1300s, 1400s, 1500s, 1600s, and 1700s because it was the goal of the invading armies to “MODERNIZE” the population. So, the same offspring whose mother and father were brother and sister, were now telling the world how wrong inbreeding was.
A long time ago, someone said, “Believe not 100% of the things you hear, and only half of what you see.” Over the years, that held true, so if you want me to believe that a brother and sister will for sure produce a mongoloid, then you’re going to have to prove it.
I really don’t believe anything they say anymore, and there’s nothing sexual about this. We already know that science has long been the silent strong arm of the church, so for the sake of science, you’re going to have to prove what you say from now on.
I just want everyone to know something. Over the years, we’ve been told a lot of absurd stuff, and the majority of people believe it. Then, someone with a little intelligence comes along and says, “How could these people believe this stuff?”
Is the general population that dumb?
No, not really. Some really are that dumb, some chose to be dumb, and some really don’t care, but at some point, on some level everything that’s being pitched to the general public is reinforced with violence.
Consider this..
A noble and great King holds a meeting, and he says to the general public, “The offspring produced by brother and sister will without a doubt be born with mental and physical disabilities.”
You laugh at this statement because you know the man saying it is lying. He himself is the product of inbreeding, and he’s without mental and physical disabilities. Also, he’s currently sleeping with his sister, and they produced four children in perfect health.
So, you find his words preposterous, untrue, and hypocritical, and you laugh.
The King’s guard walks to your table, and he hits you in the head with a hammer.
Then, the King repeats himself, “The offspring produced by brother and sister will without a doubt be born with mental and physical disabilities.”
This time, no one laughs.
Every big money-making agenda comes with a narrative, and that narrative be it political, religious, social or whatever, is almost always sealed with blood.
Today is Sunday, August 9th, and there will be a new lunar cycle beginning in Leo on Wednesday the 12th. The current lunar cycle is coming to an end, and clear skies tonight should reveal a brilliant crescent illuminated at roughly 10%. While we are advised to take it easy and refrain from beginning anything new, we can use this time to observe and to take notice of all the things that are over, closing, done, finished, and coming to an end.
Right now, with the new lunar cycle only three days away, we have a superb grip on the picture ahead, which will probably make more sense to us once it’s coupled with our observations of the current time.
At approximately 3:52 PM, the Seventh House was occupied by both Mars (Gemini) and the Moon (Cancer). Relationships at this time might be tricky with Mars in Gemini because the communication between you and your mate has a little bit of flair to it, and if that is the case, don’t be so quick to jump to conclusions. New couples could be going through a learning phase where they’re both trying to figure one another out, and couples that have been together for a long time could be struggling with something that happened in the past.
When it comes to the past, unfortunately, the things we’ve said and the things we’ve done cannot be take back, and that’s okay because we wouldn’t be the people we are today if it wasn’t for the foundation we’ve laid throughout the years, however, if whatever you’ve done ten years ago is still being brought up and fought over, then the new moon is the perfect time for you and your mate to begin having a serious conversation. If you and your mate are fighting over something that happened many years ago, then the issue must be addressed once and for all.
There’s something else to consider here. The Moon in Cancer does indicate a bit of mystery, so we end up with a situation where we didn’t exactly lie, but we didn’t share the whole entire story either. Being secretive or evasive could be the cause of tensions now, so do everyone a favor and push all the chips to the center of the table. Don’t hide anything, and don’t hold back.
The “zero” degree of any sign is new seed energy, and we can see that Mercury is on the zero degree of Leo in the Eighth House. We just talked about Mars in Gemini, which can be interpreted as aggressive communication like yelling and arguing, and now we have Mercury entering Leo, a sign that adds ego and pride to the mixture. Since the Eight House is highlighted here, I’m just going to come right out and tell you to mind your business, especially when you’re not the topic of conversation.
Also, avoid spreading rumors and gossiping now. The Eighth House governs possessions, property, and money belonging to other people, so if you don’t know the truth about something and if you don’t have a super-credible source, then don’t speculate. Don’t just speak to speak, and don’t speak because you feel it’s your place and time to speak. If you don’t know the truth or what exactly is going on, then don’t say anything at all.
It happens. Sometimes, people know more than we do about certain topics, and when we’re in the company of these people, we should give them the floor. We don’t always have to be star or the one in the spotlight.
Jupiter is also in Leo in the Eighth House, and Leo is an excellent sign for Jupiter to be in. This indicates growth or expansion, which could be through the acquisition of property or by building off of what’s already present. It’s possible that money could be coming our way soon, and it could be from an inheritance or from an unexpected source like a lucky lottery ticket.
This growth can also be spiritual, and in the Eighth House, we might find the next twenty-nine days to be hard, taxing, and emotionally draining. Some of us are going to be tested, and yes, we’re going to be put through the fire. It’s true, because of the involvement of the Eighth House that these tests can be at the hand of someone who’s trying to see what we’re made of, capable of, or how we respond under pressure, but in all likelihood, this will be about you and the Universe.
During the new lunar cycle, some of us are going to realize that it’s not enough to say something, we must go out, put the work in, and prove it as well. As the saying goes, “If you’re going to talk the talk, then you must walk the walk.”
What I really see here, however, is an opportunity for us to prove to ourselves that we’re finally done with something. It can be anything, but whatever it is, we’ve told the people around us and those we love that we were over it and done.
The thing here is that we’re supposed to do what’s right when no one is looking. You can tell the entire world one thing, and then do the complete opposite behind closed doors. Well, now it’s time to prove to yourself that what you’ve told everyone is actually the truth. You are sincere, you are authentic, and this month, you will stand in your power.
At home, it appears to be a bumpy ride with Aries occupying the Fourth House. Things could get seriously uncomfortable during the weeks ahead and tensions could be high, so much so, that you’re actually dreaming of being somewhere else. There’s nothing wrong with dreaming, believing in yourself, or having a belief, but Neptune’s presence could indicate escapism. Whatever you do, don’t look to drugs and/or alcohol to alleviate the pressure. I mentioned before that some of us are going to be tested, and as it turns out, it’s not just in our relationships with others. It’s at home as well. When you’re dealing with Fourth House matters, you’re going to want to have a clear head.
These are personal issues, and we should deal with them in full awareness. The reality at home is that we’re beginning to feel restricted or stifled, and Venus at the top of the chart indicates our longing for peace and balance. We can have what Venus is offering us in Libra, but it can’t be rushed or forced, and if heaven is the destination, then there are no shortcuts. Venus in Libra conjunct the Midheaven reveals that the help you need is outside the home. This is a delicate situation, and keep in mind that you’re not turning your back on family members or loved ones. You’re doing what’s best for you, and for that, you should be loved and supported.
It’s the twenty-ninth day of June, we’re about one week deep into the summer season, and clear skies this evening should reveal big bright Moon that’s 100% illuminated. Yup, it’s a full moon, and the chart pulled for this reading showed Sagittarius rising with a First House Moon in Capricorn.
Usually, I don’t mention the rising sign in the Moon Scope readings, but because of where this Ascendent is located, I decided to. I call it the line of power, and it runs from the Eye of the Centaur deep in the Sagitta Constellation (15th degree of Sagittarius) to the foot of Orion in Gemini on the 15th degree.
The Ascendent in this chart is actually on the 14th degree of Sagittarius, but that’s close enough. The Sabian Symbol for the 14th degree of Sagittarius is, The Pyramids and the Sphinx, and this is about reclaiming old knowledge.
As unbelievable as what I’m about to tell you might sound, it’s true. A friend of mine went camping last week, and while she was there, she found a book that she quickly picked up because she said it was something that I’d be interested in. Well, I saw her today, she gave me the book, and it was all about Kundalini awakening.
So, to receive that book, and then come home and pull a chart for this reading that shows the Ascendent on the 14th degree of Sagittarius (Old Knowledge) reveals that we’re right in synch! She just dropped old knowledge in my lap.
The position of the Ascendent could have us feeling a bit nostalgic now, and some of us I can tell you for sure, do have a connection to the past. Some people wall themselves off from the past, and others feel like they’re stuck in the past, or like the past is calling them in some weird way. Personally, I’m not sure walling off is a good idea, especially if you’re feeling pulled or compelled to research or go back to something.
Even the planets double back during their retrograde periods to make sure all is well before going direct.
With the Moon in the First House, there’s no denying it; the spotlight is on us right now. We’re committed to our work, we’re committed to our responsibilities, and we’re taking a practical and grounded approach when dealing with issues involving the public, but as the saying goes, “All Work and no Play Makes Jack Dull Boy.”
The Ascendent on the 14th degree of Sagittarius is pulling on our adventurous spirit, and well, those Sagittarian Fires can be hard to resist. There’s a real need to get out and explore, and the trine connecting the Ascendent to Venus in Leo highlights a legitimate love for expansion and acquiring new things.
It’s like optimistic and generous Sagittarius is pleading with serious-Saturn-ruled-Capricorn to open up to new things. The Moon represents our emotional body and how we react or respond to things, and in Capricorn, there can be a little melancholy or feelings of doom and gloom.
In Sagittarius, the Ascendent is reminding us, “Hey, it’s summertime!” Go out and have some fun.
The good thing about the Moon in Capricorn in the First House is that it gives us a real thorough approach to our work and personal tasks.
The Moon in Capricorn in the First House, the North Node in Pisces in the Third House, and Venus in Leo in the Eighth House indicates some kind of deep studying, but not just deep studying, a love of deep studying but more like investigative studies into spiritual matters or religious doctrine. We might really want to dive into the esoteric, the occult, and things like death, the afterlife, and reincarnation. We have a thirst for knowledge now, real knowledge; not an agenda driven school curriculum.
We seek out the guru and the master to find answers to questions that might’ve been on our minds for a very long time. Suddenly, we’re opening up. The walls are coming down, and we realize it doesn’t always have to be business as usual.
We might take a short trip, or we might act on impulse to feel alive or to remember a feeling we haven’t felt in a while. It’s all good. Nothing bad here.
Tonight, and during the next two days, we could find something out about ourselves that might shock us. It might be a latent skill, ability, or talent. It could be an interest in a subject that we might actually pursue feverishly at the time of the new moon, or it could be something that we’ve been ignoring or suppressing that finally rises to the surface.
With the Moon in Capricorn in the First House, we can do great work. We have the patience and the persistence to outthink and outlast anyone who challenges us. The question right now is where to direct our focus. Is it on the mundane everyday clock punching routine, or is it on this exciting new challenge that seems to have been pulling at our attention?
If you really don’t know, the path will become clear over the next three days.
Recently, I was having a conversation with a friend of mine who spends some of her spare time caring for the elderly. An older woman who was approaching the end of her life revealed to my friend that for her, this life keeps repeating. She said, “I keep coming back, and it keeps repeating over and over again. The same thing.”
I’ve spent a lot of time researching reincarnation, so naturally, this story piqued my interest. It actually reminded me of an episode of American Dad called, “Rabbit Ears,” but before I get into the connection between what this woman told my friend and the episode of American Dad, I think it’s important to begin with something written by Edgar Cayce.
I own an Edgar Cayce book that contains four volumes in one, and the last section is about reincarnation. The second chapter of the last section is titled, If We Have Lived Before, Why Don’t We Remember, and this what Cayce writes;
Did you read these pages from Edgar Cayce?
Well, if you watched the episode of American Dad, then you know that Stan’s entry into the Nighthawk’s Hideaway show begins with him yelling “cannonball,” and jumping into the static.
A cannonball is a type of dive, and I’m sure we’ve all at some point yelled, “cannonball,” before jumping off of a diving board and into a pool. That’s the correlation between American Dad and the example Edgar Cayce shares for why we don’t remember living before. Both begin with a dive or a jump into the unknown that we for some reason, seem so confident about.
After jumping into the static that’s casted on a wall through the back of an old television set, Stan reappears wearing a suit (bathing suit/professional suit), and he’s in an elevator that’s going down. The elevator stops, the doors open, and Stan joins the party.
While at the party, Stan sees his neighbor, Tuttle, who tells him that it’s getting harder and harder to remember anything because of all the rerunning of the same episode (they say that it gets harder and harder to escape the reincarnation cycle because after thousands and thousands of incarnations we forget who we are and where we came from).
When Stan asks the host to leave the party, the host said, “Why would you want to leave? You’re with other night hawks, solar creatures who enjoy mature pleasures. Face it Stan, you’re a sensualist.”
In astrology, the earth element represents the senses or sensualism.
For me personally, that’s seems like a fantastic explanation for why we came here to earth in the first place. We came here to enjoy life, and to experience mature pleasures through the five senses; touching, tasting, hearing, seeing, and smelling. We want to hear music that sounds good, eat great tasting food, have sex, and do all the things we can’t do in the spirit form.
(It’s actually through discovering that we have a sixth sense, that we begin to wake up and realize we have a connection to a different place.)
If you haven’t seen the episode of American Dad titled, Rabbit Ears, then you should try to watch it, and if you do, just substitute our lives on earth with the show, Nighthawks Hideaway, and it all makes perfect sense.
I think it offers and explanation for why we incarnated, why we don’t remember living before, and how not remembering is keeping us stuck in the reincarnation cycle.
Below, I posted a link to a YouTube clip of the episode, but it’s only ten minutes. It doesn’t actually show how Stan discovers the show in the first place, or why he becomes so obsessed with it.
This evening, at approximately 9:30 E.T., there will be an opposition between the Sun in Sagitarius in the Fourth House and Uranus in Taurus in the Tenth House. Usually, when there’s an opposition involving two planets, the planets are stationed in signs that naturally oppose one another, so this opposition is a little unique.
For example, it’s more common to see an opposition between a planet in Sagittarius and another planet in Gemini, or an opposition between a planet in Taurus and another planet in Scorpio because Scorpio and Taurus are set in natural opposition, and Sagittarius and Gemini are set in natural opposition.
In this situation, we have Uranus going retrograde and cycling back through the last third of Taurus before going direct and heading in Gemini, and our Sun, which is still early in its transit through Sagittarius.
They say that oppositions can be the cause of sad or highly emotional situations where we must make a choice and let something go, but I know from personal experience that sometimes, oppositions could just require balance.
In astrology, the Sun can represent a lot of things pertaining to who we are like personality, vitality, and creativity, but most importantly, the Sun hints to will power-our ability to press forward and live life. It’s our purpose and our destiny.
I can see this situation with the Sun in Sagittarius in the Fourth House as clear as day. Sagittarius is such an active, energetic, and adventurous sign, and having the Sun there, there’s a strong pull or desire to “to get out there” and experience all that life has to offer. We want to have fun, meet new people, and throw caution to the wind, however, responsibility seems to have us chained to the Fourth House of Home.
So, we press on, and we will it forward. We play it safe and we tend to our responsibilities partly because it just what we do as mature adults and partly because we fear the unknown.
Sitting in opposition to the Sun is Uranus, and Uranus is shock and awe. It’s the planet of awakening, the unexpected, transformation, lightening, flashes of insight, and like the Sun, a bunch of other stuff.
If we just look at where Uranus is in its orbit around the zodiac, it’s really enough to fill in the other side of this situation. Uranus is cycling back through Taurus before moving on, so we have this buildup of energy that’s literally about endings and new beginnings.
Sometimes in life, no matter how hard we try to press forward, tend to our responsibilities, and play it safe, things happen that are beyond our control. That’s Uranus. It’s that sudden event that causes our lives to immediately go in a direction we never expected.
I know exactly what your next question is? What might that event be? Lol, well, it could be any number of things. How about this one. We have Uranus, the Tenth House and the border of Gemini and Taurus highlighted, so, maybe someone does something to you at work that really upsets you. You decide to confront this person to see what his problem is, and all of a sudden, a simple question goes from talking to arguing and then to throwing punches.
Both of you get fired, and this day that started out so perfectly ended with you losing your job three weeks before Christmas.
LOL, yeah. It could play out this way for sure, but I’m not going to go through all the scenarios today. I just wanted to talk to you guys about the alignment and energies.
Depending on how strong and important our personal destinies are right now, Uranus in the Tenth House might be enough to break those chains, and if that is the case, it’s best to just go with the flow. Life has a natural flow to it, and the harder we resist and fight, the more it’s going to take to get us on the right track.
The 29th degree of Taurus talks about respecting the viewpoints of others, uncovering new dimensions in life, and about how the subconscious mind holds as many secrets as ocean depths. Well, through the Uranus awakening, information gets moved to the awakened mind from the subconscious mind. All indicators point to a conflict between what we’re doing, which is what we think we should be doing, and what our higher self is actually calling us to do.
I’ve been a fan of American Dad since 2010, and I would say probably within the last year or so, I’ve been purchasing episodes right off of YouTube for $1.99. If you like the show, it’s not a bad deal.
Anyway, I just watched Episode 13 from Season 19, Clearview Motel, and I have to say, this episode definitely ranks up there with some of my all-time favorites. I would describe it as eerie, dark, and intriguing. It definitely gets the wheels turning.
Francine is the star of this episode, and in the beginning, she’s sitting at the dinner table eating with her family, and of course, Roger, and she begins to ask everyone about how their day went, and if they had anything new going on in their lives.
This dinner scene sets the stage and is really the reason why Francine gets caught up in what transpired at the Clearview, but it’s all the little details and information along the way that make this episode super interesting.
From the very start, forty seconds in, Francine makes it clear that there’s the family, and then there’s the core family, which nonchalantly hints at a smaller and more exclusive group within the group.
This is reminiscent of secret societies.
Francine then heads over to Al Tuttles house and kicks his bathroom door open while he’s sitting on the toilet, and again, she wants to know.
“What’s going on Tuttle? More, go deep with me Al,” she said.
During her dialogue with Al Tuttle, Francine finds out that Al’s sister, Della, had died. The word/name Della means “noble” and has its roots in both German and Italian language.
Now, we have Della which means noble, and the hint of secret societies.
The number 69 is mentioned in four different contexts. Route 69 and State or Local Road 69 are the two roads Roger talks about traveling on, but Roger also mentions that his car is a 69 Labaron. 69 is then brought to our attention a fourth time in reference to the sexual position, “69.”
Later in the episode, Francine and Roger end up at The Clearview Motel, and there’s an owl on the roof of the motel. Roger and Francine check into room number five and the wallpaper in the room has owls all over it.
Do you see where this is going? Noble families, secret societies, the number 69, owls, and then, Roger and Francine start peeping, or spying on other people and families staying at the motel.
This is crazy, and what ends up happening is that because of Francine’s desire to know other people’s business, she gets possessed. She becomes a possessed peeper or spy and eventually learns about why or how the Motel became the place that it has.
I’m going to leave it here because I don’t want to spoil the entire thing, but this episode involves black magic, a monolithic conspiracy, curses, and it’s just Twilight Zone strange.
Welcome to week nine of the college football season. There are seven games scheduled this week featuring teams from the Big Ten Conference, and all seven games are inter-conference games. Ohio State, USC, Maryland, and Penn State have the week off. I noticed that four of the games scheduled for Saturday, October 25th, have no kickoff time, so, if you see TBD above the game below, it means To-Be-Decided.
Okay, out of the seven, four games have my attention. UCLA is on the road playing Indiana. UCLA is hot right now and looking to extend their winning streak to four games. For Indiana, this is a trap game. Northwestern against Nebraska, Illinois against Washington, and Minnesota versus Iowa. The game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Minnesota Golden Gophers was my pick for “Big Ten Game of the Week.”
Big Ten Schedule Week 9
Big Ten Game of the Week Saturday, October 25th TBD Minnesota (5-2) @ Iowa (5-2)
It was an early slugfest when the Iowa Hawkeyes met Rutgers during Week 4 of the college football season. Kaden Wetjen returned the opening kickoff, and then Rutgers marched down the field and scored on the ensuing drive. Basically, it was blow for blow, and at halftime, it was all knotted up at 21.
Hawkeye fans couldn’t argue with the tie, but I think there was a little concern growing about their defense. Where are they? Are they going to show up tonight? Defensively, Iowa seemed to have no answer for what Rutgers was doing offensively, and Scarlett Knight receiver, Ian Strong, looked unstoppable.
After making some adjustments, however, we saw a completely different Iowa defense take the field in the third quarter, and the shoe was on the other foot. It was the Scarlett Knight’s offense who was now scrambling for answers.
So, what changed? Well, Iowa sent a fifth guy to rush the quarterback and that was enough to disrupt things and get pressure on Rutger’s quarterback, Athan Kaliakmanis. They turned it up to the max.
In addition, there was a huge momentum change when Iowa held Rutgers on a drive late in the third quarter and then blocked their field goal attempt. Iowa’s defense, at that point, finally woke up.
After scoring 21 points in the first half, Rutgers scored their first and only touchdown of the second half with nine minutes left in the fourth quarter. Rutgers was winning 28-24, but Iowa responded quickly to regain the lead, 31-28.
When the Scarlett Knights got the ball back, Kaliakmanis was pressured again, this time from defensive end, Max Llewellyn, and he threw an interception. Iowa scored on their next drive and put the game away.
It was the pressure from senior defensive end, Max Llewellyn, that helped Iowa get their third win of the season. Llewellyn is 6’5″ and 265 pounds. He’s a big strong guy with good speed, but he’s not alone. With Ethan Hurkett on the other side and Aaron Graves in the middle, that’s a strong defensive line belonging to a unit that returned nine seniors.
This weekend, Iowa is at home for their game against Indiana, and the Hawkeye’s defense is going to have to continue playing the way they did in the second half of the Rutgers game. Indiana is for real. They’re 4-0 and ranked 11th nationally. Quarterback, Fernando Mendoza threw 14 touchdowns in the last three games, and he has options with Elijah Sarratt and Omar Cooper Jr.
