The Dead Detective

Blog based on the mystery series The Dead Detective, written by Lorene Robbins and published by Swimming Kangaroo Books. Budge is the ghost of a murdered pawnbroker, and CJ is the very rational, former beauty queen computer consultant who is now the only person who can hear Budge. Together they solve mysteries, the first one being Budge's own murder.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Oh no! My horoscopes are ruined!

I don't know what to do now that Pluto is no longer considered a planet. I mean, I know that the astrologers say that it won't change anything, and they will still consider it a planet when determining horoscopes, but I don't see how they can do that. This changes absolutely everything! Planets have certain effects on our lives that cannot be denied. But if Pluto is not a planet, then that must mean its effects are ameliorated.

Or have they always been that way? Have all the charts that have been drawn that take into account the position of Pluto been wrong? I can't believe that—my horoscopes have always been so accurate, and Pluto's position has always been a factor in my daily decisions. So do I change the way I make decisions now that it is no longer a planet? I just don't know what to do! ~ Budge

Sigh. Budge of course all of the astrology charts that used Pluto have been wrong. All astrology charts are wrong. They always have been and always will be with or without Pluto. Anything you find accurate in them is due to you reading yourself into a vague statement that can be interpreted a hundred different ways. Besides, if Pluto was so helpful in your daily decisions why did you open the door the night you got blasted into ghosthood? Now go haunt the TV for a while and let me finish up my books. I’ve got taxes due. ~ CJ

Friday, August 04, 2006

Not Sure How this Blog Thing Works Anyway

So Budge seems to think we need a blog. I don't know why but if it will keep him quiet, I'll set it up. I'll warn you though, he gets pretty long-winded. And I'd take whatever he says with a grain of salt. I won't go so far as to say he's gullible but... well, actually, he IS gullible. Okay, here's the blog. I hope he's satisfied. Now maybe I can get some sleep! ~CJ

Have you seen what color she chose for this blog? Black? Why not a happy, cheerful color. Orange would be nice. It's a happy color. Yellow's a happy color too. But no, she sticks us with black. I think she's just making a snide statement about me being dead. But I won't let her get me down. We'll have a good blog! I can tell you all about pyramid power, and ESP and the I Ching. This will be great! ~ Budge

Oh brother. I can see this is going to be worse than I thought. Just ignore all his paranormal crap, okay? And black is a perfectly good color. Orange? That just tells you that he's nuts. Enough-- I'm going to try to get some sleep. Some people have to go to work tomorrow. ~ CJ