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Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Play dirty
This is very contrary to the fact that my parents (oh yes, both of them) are physician. Everyone who in 21st century who knows how to read a blog probably knows that good hygiene is important, BUT there is a limit to it : like you know that certain amount of dust in your room probably tolerable. In fact, being expose to something dirty at certain level can improve your immune system!
I believe my parents know each and every risk of letting us playing dirty, however they took the risk to give us a chance to have fun, which I am very grateful about.
Many other kids only knows to play nintendo and playstation, and I feel very sorry for them. While I, as a young child has learned that fireflies normally came out after harvesting season, how cricket make a sound, goldfish love to eat mosquito larve, and ants have a big house on the ground. So obviously, now, I am as a parent myself, try to encourage my son to spend less time infront of the laptop (or tv, thank goodness I don't have one!) and explore other interesting thing around him or socialise outdoor with other kids (socialise : means running and chasing each other, play hide and seek, or take turn pushing the swing).
So what does my son do? My son love exploring nature and see bugs and creepy crawlies. Not to mention that he ever ate a spider or lick a snail, but for his curiosity sake I would not mind, it won't kill him anyway.
I am very well pleased that his childminder let the children under her care to explore things around them. They catch slug, play on the sand pit, roll on the grass and jump in muddy puddle.
Oh yes, they also learn where the plant came from. Each of them planted a sunflower seed on the beginning of summer, and there you go!
And here is Josiah and Ryan as a builder, dig up the mud on the backyard (Ryan insist that Josiah looks good with his builder helmet). They can play this for hours! Thanks to Ms. Julie to take up their picture when they are not watching.
Now that's my boy!
Photo credit to my son's childminder!
9 comments:
- AG said...
totally agree with you!
that's what fun is all about *grin*
- 18 August 2009 at 02:08
- Isabel said...
Thank you for your lovely comment. Your kid is simply adorable. I still remember how my son loved to play with all of his trucks in the sand. Now he rather drive his ATV on dirt mountain trails. They grow up so fast :)
- 18 August 2009 at 05:27
- Julie said...
I love this xx
- 18 August 2009 at 05:47
- Liss said...
This is good. My son one dropped a bread roll on the ground at the shopping centre. A teenager passing by was horrified when I pick it up hand handed it back to my son. It was on the ground for only a second or 2.
My kids also love being outside and I try to balance computer games along with outdoor activities.
PS: I love the sun flowers that's a cool idea. My pinch this one for next summer and plant them with my kids.
- 18 August 2009 at 06:08
- Kamana said...
love how children can get so absorbed in play and in their own imaginary world.
- 18 August 2009 at 07:02
- Stardust said...
Ok your boy is lucky to have mates to play dirty with. =P So cute...
We're about to have a same header! =P But yours is forever better of course! =D
- 18 August 2009 at 19:29
- Cath J said...
I am not sure if I will let my boy play with black soil.. ^_^... but I will let him play with beach sand.. after all its not harm to let them play and learn with that.. ^_^
- 18 August 2009 at 21:35
- J.H said...
@AG : I will check on your kid soon.
@Isabel : that's true, I am trying to "capture" every moment in time here :-)
@Julie : hey, welcome! thanks for dropping by (and thanks for taking the picture too!)
@Liss : you have two kids, you are more experience than me, I take your word for that :D
@Kamana : that's why they grow up to be men, too focus and unable to multitask.
@Stardust : I am not so sure about that babe, I just check you blog and I think yours waaaaaaay better than mine!
@Cath : I don't know how dirt in Malaysia, but where I came from (some village in Indonesia) the dirt just used for agriculture purpose, probably that's why my mom let me play with it.
- 19 August 2009 at 01:03
- Ayie said...
we were so the same as a kid, i had lots of fun growing up and i want my kids to be like that too...in the future =)
- 19 August 2009 at 16:15


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I was just sitting next to Ali playing solitaire when i rememebed that online games have never really been "janice fun." Janice fun usually involves lots of silly or it involves some sort of creation. And so I return to my blog. I attempted to write on here again last night but it turned out so rambly that I couldn't even make heads or tales of it all.
I only refrain from writing when I have something to hide. It's a simple at that. What am I currently hiding from the world? I'm scared. I'm going to be unemployed in 2 weeks (less when you think about it). It's a scary thought. What's bothering me more is that I'm sitting around not doing very much about it. I'm a super action oriented person and I can't get myself to send out a silly e-mail to meara's dad? What's going on with me??? I have NO IDEA!!! I feel like if I could just get some momentum started I could get somewhere.
All my friends are leaving or they're coming back to start school. Either way they will all be busy and I will be sitting. That's the image I have in my head. Complete and total inaction while the rest of my friends (and the rest of that world for that matter) rushes past me.
Today I was thinking a lot about how I used to operate when I was first in high school. Before all the IB craziness. I used to wake up an hour before I had to leave. I could competely take my time getting ready. Wake-up, eat breakfast at my own pace, take a shower, get dressed, brush hair, get my things together, check my e-mail, find my keys, and out the door. It was nice. I also used to relax in the evenings. I always did work in the morning. I would come home and relax. Then I would wake up early and get my work done. I keep rolling through my head different phases of myself, different processes I have used, hoping to find a method that will help me get moving again. But I wonder if the solution is in the past or if I need to find something new??
Things I know. I like sleep. I like spending time with my friends. I like not working when I get home from work. I like catching up. I like taking evening walks. I like dancing. I like bopping to my ipod. Hmmmmmm.... the solution is on the tip of my fingers. Tomorrow I wake-up and see how I feel. Live in the moment, play it by ear?? Something like that. Night.


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This is a salad that always shows up at our family gatherings be it spring or winter or fall!! It is always good and easy. It is also known as Five cup salad. The cookie is a new one I tried and adapted posted on another blog I really like, Annies' eats. These are really good as are most of her postings.
Here is the fruit salad:
1 C. Mandarin oranges drained
1 C. pineapple tidbits drained
1 C. coconut
1 C. miniature marshmallows
1 C. sour cream
Stir together well and serve.
The cookie ingredients are:
1 large egg
10 T. butter softened
1/3 C. plus 1 T. sugar
1/4 t. salt
1 t. vanilla ( I use the Tahitian vanilla in this cookie)
1 1/2 C. unbleached all-purpose flour
10 T. butter softened
1/3 C. plus 1 T. sugar
1/4 t. salt
1 t. vanilla ( I use the Tahitian vanilla in this cookie)
1 1/2 C. unbleached all-purpose flour
Place the egg in a small pan and cover to 1" over the egg and bring to a boil. Remove at once from the heat and cover. Let it stand exactly 10 minutes, then remove from the hot water into a small bowl of ice water for exactly 5 minutes. Crack and peel the egg discarding the white. Press the yolk through a fine mesh sieve into a small bowl.
Using the bowl of an electric mixer combine the butter, sugar, salt, and cooked egg yolk. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy about 4 minutes. Add the vanilla mixing on low. Continue on low adding the flour until just combined. Press into a ball and divide in half with a large spoon or spatula.
Roll each half into a log about 6" long and wrap well in parchment or waxed paper. Place the rolls into the freezer for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheets with silpat or parchment. Using a chef's knife slice the dough into 1/4" thick rounds. Place 1" apart on prepared sheets. Brush with egg white and sprinkle with demura sugar or sugar of your choice. Bake 15 minutes. cool 5minutes and remove to cooking racks. Yield 28 cookies.


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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
To post or not to post...update.
Then she sent me a text message on my phone tonight. Geesh. Why are you obsessing over this? Do you really have nothing else going on in your life that you need to come visit my blog over and over and harass me? I'm never going to respond to your emails, blog comments or text messages. Just stop. In case I haven't been clear enough, OUR FRIENDSHIP IS OVER.
Did you see the comments other people left on that post? What you're doing isn't normal. Move on. Stop setting up fake profiles to try to contact me. Stop sending me text messages. Stop harassing me! I really don't know how much clearer I can be. If you choose to continue harassing me through any form, I may have to reveal your Blogger identity. Since you are not understanding what I'm saying, I'm hoping that the last sentence I typed will open your eyes. Why would I reveal your Blogger identity? What purpose would this serve? I'm hoping that it gets you to realize that this isn't some game or "experiment" as you called it at one point. Do you really want your readers to know you've done this? Note that I said I would reveal your Blogger identity, not your real identity. Stop before it gets to that point.
To my actual Blogging friends: I have things I'd rather be blogging about but at this point, I feel that this needs to be addressed. I thank all of the readers who left kind comments for me. They were very appreciated! I'm sorry that you have to deal with this when you could be reading cool blog posts. :) I'm sure you understand why I'm addressing this now though. Thank you for your support.
8 comments:
- Cindy said...
good luck with everything!
this sounds like a good time to take a breather and look at some lol cats or something...that always makes me feel better :)
- July 2, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- Dracenea said...
Cindy - Thanks! Other than this situation, I'm happy as a clam. :) Strange phrase, eh? I do have some funny posts to make but I'm holding off for now.
- July 2, 2009 at 11:15 AM
- Diane said...
i do wonder why clams are supposedly so happy!
hopefully this person will get the freaking message already! you got plans and stuff and things you want to be doing in your life, rather than dealing with this.
really what she's doing is harassment, which *is* illegal. (most especially texting you) i hope she doesn't decide to take things any further and end up causing herself as much trouble as she's causing you.
- July 2, 2009 at 11:48 AM
- Dracenea said...
Diane - Exactly! I sincerely hope that this is the last of it. I don't want to have to take further steps!
- July 2, 2009 at 1:30 PM
- Riverwolf, said...
I would report this individual to Blogger immediately and see if they can't block her permanently.
- July 2, 2009 at 1:37 PM
- Dracenea said...
Riverwolf - Guess who emailed me AGAIN? Psycho.
- July 2, 2009 at 3:21 PM
- Suna said...
I have had fallouts with friends before, and this particular instance reminds me a lot of one of them.
This was a good few years ago, before the blogging era, and in my case, blocking her e-mail address and not replying to her messages made things calm down after a while.
I hope this will sort itself out for you; I do remember just how exhausting having to deal with this kind of thing is, and I hope you are OK.
- July 21, 2009 at 2:04 PM
- Dracenea said...
Suna - Yep, if the blog wasn't involved, it would have made things much easier. She was just so obsessive!
Thank you for visiting my blog. :)
- July 21, 2009 at 9:06 PM


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It has been almost four months since the last post.
Life has been easier, and of course tougher due to stuff at work.
Being me, it took me quite some time to blend in a new place.
May Allah eases everything and I take it as a challenge to myself.
I have been too pampered in my comfort zone so yeah.
Before I forgot, I would love to jot down few things that happened within this four months of my new adventure of life - as a wife, as a daughter, as a new teacher and as a normal human being.
1. On the very first day of the year, we had challenged ourselves to go on hiking up to Bukit Tabur. Well, we did not plan that. We just wanted to joinour photographer friend, Syib to take pictures of the new year. He did not tell us the height and the condition of the peak though. Put the blame on us, who were too lazy to google up and read something about it. We were like, emm sounds as easy as Broga Hill, so why not? So yeah, we woke up at 2.30 a.m and met Syib and another 2 friends of his at 3pm and started the horrendous hiking. Hahaha. Without any physical and mental preparation, we managed to reach the peak, to watch the majestic sunrise on the first day of 2014. The feeling was undescribeable as the we watched the golden sun went out from the middle of spread of peaks and hills. The magnificent view worth all the scratches all over my body. Haha. I wont forget this hiking for the rest of my life as I had to climb almost 90 degree stones, with nothing to hold on, other than my man's hand. He even lifted me, up to some point, due to my shortness and my hands and legs could not reach anything. So I would say, this would be our first and last trip to Bukit Tabur. Period.
2. My baby sister, Ica is married on the 11th of January to her man of her life or we call him Din. It was an emotional weekend for me, as it was not easy for me to take the day off. As a new teacher, plus the rules, and plus the strict principal, those really did not help at that point of time. I cried few times, as I could not be there at home, as long as I want, due to school day. So, Ica, I am truly sorry for not being there, as much as you did when I was getting married. In return, I pray all the happiness in the world will be yours and may you live happily ever after with your husband.
1. I cant really figure out what happened in February. All I remember was Ain is hitched to her husband.
2. Owh yeah, I was almost diagnosed dengue! It was among the scarriest part of my life, as I could not do anything, apart from lying down and sleeping for 5 consecutive days, due to the extremely high temperature of my body. My man had been so sweet to take a day off, and brought me to a movie date on my 4th day of sickness, as I could not take it to stay in the house all day. Since it was weekday, there were only us in the theatre and I felt like my man had booked the whole cinema just for the two of us. Lol. Well, it worked as I felt better and had my 5th day rest before I started working on the next day. Let us be careful about this dengue and aedes thing as I did not want to go through the same situation again. It hurts a lot as your temperature keeps going up, and you are not sweating at all. So the heat stuck up in your head and you will feel like your head is exploding due to extreme heat.
3. Right after I was kind of okay from the scarry fever, Hani, our first guest, came all the way from Kedah, slept in our small apartment. We spent the whole weekend with the laughing theraphy. We also 'accidently' bought the same tickets to the same destination later in September. Aahhh I can't wait for September to come fast!
1. There are too many activities going on in the school. However, I could not be bothered to write about my work stuff. I just want to write about positive things and stuff that makes me happy. Hahahah. I am in denial, I know.
2. Anyway, I had the best birthday celebration so far. For the first time in my life, someone sent a bouquet of flowers to my workplace. Well, it felt nice when the colleagues and the students saw the bouquet and wished me. Not just that, my man planned to spend the weekend in Cherating, a holiday we longed since forever. We never been out to anywhere since earlier this year, other than balik kampung and stay at home routines. So yeah, this sweet and short escape really meant a lot to us. Thank god for an event held in my school on Saturday, I got a day off on Monday. So my man took a day off and off we rushed to Cherating. We met our SEMSAS clans, his Cryovac friends, my Palmerston North family and had a really great laughing theraphy with all of them. Thank you for having us, and we will definitely come back to Kuantan, our historical place. The place we met. Konon2 lah. Hahaha. So thank you to you too my man. I love you more. Eheh
So alhamdulillah for every single thing in my life and I could not ask for more.
May all of us, our parents and family, are blessed with health, wealth and happiness here and Hereafter, insyaAllah.


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Houston 34, Vanderbilt 0: What We Learned
The Cougars absolutely hammered one of the SEC's worst teams.
Houston beat Vanderbilt the right way.
The SEC has been the nation's best football conference for a decade, and the Coogs took a play out of the conference's playbook. The Cougars' defense will appear in Vanderbilt nightmares for a long time because they shut down the Commodores on Saturday. It forced four turnovers, including two in the third quarter. Quarterbacks Johnny McCrary and Kyle Shurmur had no answer, combining for 44 passing yards and three interceptions. One of those was a pick six, returned 55 yards for a score. William Jackson III, who made the play, was one of three players who intercepted a pass for Houston.
Where was the offense?
Houston earned an important win against a power five opponent, but its normally potent offense was hiding under the covers tonight. Don't know what they were scared of because the win was theirs by halftime. You can't tell in the stat sheet, but Greg Ward wasn't his normal self. The Cougars totaled 371 yards in their 34-0 win, but they were off their explosive, high-flying game. It was a struggle from the get-go, and the Cougars finished with three turnovers. They fumbled on their opening drive and totaled negative yards on their next two drives. A short scoring drive followed, but it required the defense to make a play. It was the first of two offensive touchdowns that followed a Vanderbilt turnover, and the defense added seven points on one of its plays. In a sense, Houston was accountable for three touchdowns tonight. Way below the team's season average (47.6), prior to the game.
The Coogs survived an awful third quarter.
It was a sloppy third quarter by both teams, but both sides of the ball showed up for Houston. Vanderbilt and Houston combined for four turnovers in the quarter's first five drives. Vanderbilt and Houston traded fumbles on the first two drives, and Houston added a fumble after the Vandy punt. Houston scored the only two touchdowns, but one came on Vandy's pick six, and the other arrived on Houston's final drive of the quarter.


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Yeah..not so much. We got the growing mix out, moved the raised beds and raked up/redistributed the mulch and got the poles set. We had to dig 20 post holes with a regular post hole digger. By hole 2, we were ready to ditch the project and eat canned vegetables.
The posts are set in concrete and we're ready to start stretching fence. I like stretching fence, so that job will go quickly!
We got as far as digging the hole for the antenna when the first enormous bolt of lightning ripped across the sky. Michael suggested we put down the 15 foot metal pole and finish that job later. Good call! It stormed the rest of the day.
I'm not complaining about the weekend or the amount of labor..we had a GOOD weekend together.
I've learned to keep my mouth shut and let Michael take over. He works smart and fast. I get spastic and fuss over details.
We had a weekend of good exercise, good food and outside time with the dogs. Can't complain about that!
Ok, wait...yes I can. Why in hell did Michael get a rub down with Badger Balm and I didn't?! He passed out and left me hanging.
My bastardized version of braciole (Friday's dinner)...I could just eat the filling and be a happy camper.
*rant: we live in the middle of nowhere and can't get cable, therefore no local stations. Cable company says sure they can run cable here, for roughly $7000. Satellite company says no, you can't have local stations because you could get cable if you wanted it. Kiss my ass? So now I am stuck with a 15 foot pole with an alien contraption on top..in my yard. Attractive. Very WV Chic!


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Wednesday, 23 November 2011
I re-rotoscoped the bowl skidding in... this is a more polished version with colour and a face! this is nearer the look i'll be going for for my final animation.. the colour's quite flat but i think i like it like that... it was a nightmare copying over everything in Flash but it's done and this is what it looks like...
I also realised that ive forgotten to animate/character design for the cupcake (what the bowl turns into) and the writing icing (that writes my blog name on the cake)... whoops!!
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Three young men are nursing injuries from a shooting Christmas Eve in Immokalee, Florida that scared the crap out of them all.
Two of those three are college football players: 19-year old J.C Jackson, a freshman WR and DB at the University of Florida and 20-year old Jacky Marcellus is a wide receiver at West Virginia.
Both were injured, though not seriously in the shooting which happened in the car of Marcellus's 21-year old brother Jackinson. Jackinson Marcellus was shot in the face by an unidentified assailant near the Crestview Apartments.
All three are from Immokalee and based on reports, were friends who were just out and about that night. Police have not offered a motive for the shooting.
The Naples News has more RIGHT HERE
No word yet on Jackson or the younger Marcellus being able to play in their teams bowl games. Both were in town on Christmas Break.
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It's me again, Ward Rehder. I wrote to you like a week ago and you still haven't answered me. And while my faith in you is waning faster than a member of Ted Haggard's congregation, I'm going to write you one more time...with a different issue.
It's about my dad.
I've been watching a lot of True Hollywood Story lately, and I've noticed a disturbing trend: extraordinarily cute & talented children are often taken advantage of by their parents. Lindsay Lohan, Gary Coleman, Malia Obama, etc. Their lives were ruined and their fortunes plundered by the very people who should have been their greatest advocates. Talent is to be respected, not exploited. Admired, not abused. Cherished, not ignored. Appreciated, not player-hated. Cultivated, not corn-holed. Seasoned, not spelunked. Delighted, not macaroni. Aerated, not Boxing Day. The beloved comedian Bob Hope, not handkerchiefs. Coconut bra, not Cracker Jacks poured into the gas tank of a self-propelled lawn mower. You get what I'm saying.
I know I'm no Gerber baby, so I won't rely on my looks. I plan on focusing my efforts on hitting all developmental milestones early to earn the extremely rare and coveted title of "gifted." Once this has happened, the media offers will start rolling in from various networks, maybe like Nickelodeon or PBS or even Fox News (fingers crossed!!). And as a baby who is acutely aware of his own potential, I am considering some preemptive action when it comes to who will be in my life once I hit the big time.
So I'm asking you: Should I dump my dad before my ascent to stardom?
My mother is a non-issue because she's rarely home, and when she is, she just sits on the floor pulling all the books down from the bookshelf and giggling. I do not see her as a threat. Dad, however, seems to have half a brain, which could be half too much, so I'm coming to you. I've thrown together a list of pros and cons for you to consider.
Good Dad
|He gives me baths. Did I mention that I LOVE BATHS? I LOVE BATHS.
|Brawn. When one lacks the strength and mobility alone to sit and
thoughtfully take in the framed pictures on the wall, a father
is incredibly useful.
|Our cuddles. Some say that cuddles are for whimps, but those
people are ignorant and racist. Chauvinists. And murderers.
Bad Dad
|Totally ignores me whenever Maury is on. A LITTLE
|Tummy time is for chumps, which is what
Dad takes me for.
|Public shaming under the guise of celebrating Halloween.
|Grocery shopping. Like I have time for that.
Also, Dr. Phil, I've included a video of my father and me during one of our arguments. I feel it will help you better understand our family dynamic.
Thank you for reading this letter, Dr. Phil. I expect a prompt response, as we are both professionals, and I assume you have an understanding of how to maintain a cordial business relationship. I eagerly await your reply.
Edward Richard Rehder


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The PRD will be obliged to keep its composure during its conference on Saturday, but not because its former moral leader Cuauhtemoc Cardenas or presidential candidates Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Marcelo Ebrard ordered it. No. The warning came from the administration of World Trade Center, where the PRD rented a hall for the first time on the condition that even during the heat of the discussions, no chairs may be used as a projectile.I wouldn't count on it.
A blog on the less illuminated sides of Mexican politics with a focus on political parties and actors. CURRENTLY suspended due to circumstances beyond the blogger's control.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
PRD: Never boring
Yet another reminder why studying the Mexican political party PRD is never boring. From Milenio:
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Discussion in 'General Gallery' started by nakedyak, Sep 12, 2005.
took these last night...yep
WOw!!! Holy awesome. Just a great series. Number one is my fave. Very well done.
love them! Wonderful colours!!!
thanks guys
beautiful night shots, great work :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Beautiful light and colours. Nice photos.
wow, great shots. love that first one especially, it just seems flawless... the clarity and vibrancy of the colors are fantastic...
great shots, would be really neat to look at them side by side with a B+W to really appriecate the colors
can't pic a fav, they are all so awesome.. first three really rock, but they are all outstanding.. thanks for posting them!
nice shots..i love the first 3..i like the coulors on the water...good series
wow, thanks for all the nice comments :-D
Wow- awesome pictures. I love #3, it's beautiful. Looks like something on a post card
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Screenshot: Joe Fiorito: Toronto Star Columnist Page
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Fiorito: Petitioners save tiny Junction post office - thestar.com
"There was a lineup at the Junction Gardens Postal Outlet the other day, not for stamps or parcels. People came to sign the petition."
Joe Fiorito
Today's Toronto Star mentioned the success of the Toronto's Junction community saving its local postal outlet. Joe Fiorito brought up several miniature stories of the importance of the post office to the life of the Junction business community: Pilates, Hairy Tarantula, Latitude 44 Gallery, Quality Jewellers, and the DVD Shop. The small businesses can not do business without their local post office, having long distant clients around Canada and around the world.
All's well that ends well.
Thanks for telling us those stories.


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My favorite band, Ryanhood, was back in town this past weekend. And while no one was sure when the worst of Hurricane Irene would hit Cambridge, this show was worth braving the elements for.
As some of you may remember from my 40 Days of Faith blog from a couple of years ago, Ryanhood's music hits right in the sweet spot for me. Somehow, these two guys from Tuscon manage to capture exactly the feeling of stretching for a big dream and existing in that scary place of uncertainty. You know, when you look at things one way and think, "Wow, I could go faster, higher, and farther than anyone ever imagined!" but then consider them from a different perspective and realize, "Ooooor I could lose my balance and tumble, pathetically and in utter shame, to the jagged rocks below..."
When you live in this place, it's nice to have some tunes to keep you company :)
The show was fabulous, and I was inspired. (If you're in the DC area, check them out at Ebenezers on Thursday 9/1. You'll love it.) Then yesterday, in the midst of the wind gushes and rain, Steve and I got to spend the afternoon with half the Ryanhood duo, Ryan, and his wife, Abby. We spent the afternoon in one of those conversations that happens when you've all had FULL lives since you saw each other last: celebrating highs, acknowledging lows. We talked about the constant battle to get from where you are to where you want to be. You'd think this would be tough, but for me at least, it was the opposite. It helps me to know I'm not the only one out here trying things, wondering how they'll go, picking myself up again after setbacks, and then starting again. (We all do it. Some of us just feel a bit more pressure to write books and songs about it ;) ) It was nice to spend time with other folks who are in the battle.
(Special thanks to Abby for reminding me that one doesn't have to wait for BIG, PROFOUND REALIZATIONS ABOUT LIFE to blog. Sometimes it's just, "I went to a concert, then ate cheddar cheese and cashews with my friends," and that's okay.)
If you're in the battle now, click over to Ryanhood's website and check out the video for their new song, Second City. It's about this idea: we survive the wreckage, and what emerges is good.
Monday, August 29, 2011
A fun weekend
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- Stacy said...
Welcome back! I was just thinking the other day that I miss your blog posts.
- Abby Green said...
Sooo happy to see a Trish's Dishes post today!! :)
You are right...blogging about concerts, cheese and cashews is fun to read about, and a good reminder that lots of little things are what build lasting memories.
just a little fyi...the concert is on 9/1/11 (8/1 is a long time from now... :)
- Trish Ryan said...
Oops! Fixing that now :)
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text: While some research suggests that a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids can protect brain health, a large clinical trial by researchers at the National Institutes of Health found that omega-3 supplements did not slow cognitive decline in older persons. With 4,000 patients followed over a five-year period, the study is one of the largest and longest of its kind. It was published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "Contrary to popular belief, we didn't see any benefit of omega-3 supplements for stopping cognitive decline," said Emily Chew, M.D., deputy director of the Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications and deputy clinical director at the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of NIH. Dr. Chew leads the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS), which was designed to investigate a combination of nutritional supplements for slowing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of vision loss among older Americans. That study established that daily high doses of certain antioxidants and minerals—called the AREDS formulation—can help slow the progression to advanced AMD. A later study, called AREDS2, tested the addition of omega-3 fatty acids to the AREDS formula. But the omega-3's made no difference. That's from an NIH press release. Read more.


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A recent TAC News article introduced issues and topics that influence the work of many different Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) councils and committees.
This article touches on more topics expected to impact and influence many meeting agendas at the upcoming Spring Technical Meetings, April 19-25 in Ottawa.
Big Data
Big data is an emerging issue, especially in urban centres. Vast amounts of data are generated that offer potential to improve transportation, allowing cities to analyze data in new and innovative ways; better understand system performance; measure changes; identify issues in real time, and better prioritize investments.
At their meetings last fall, TAC's Chief Engineers' Council and the Urban Transportation Council shared information about using big data for planning and operating transportation systems in urban areas, associated challenges and opportunities. The City of Toronto presented their experiences in learning and understanding the City's transportation network performance and decision making process.
Active Transportation and Health
Active transportation is an important issue in Canada that encompasses planning, design and operational responsibilities. The TAC Joint Active Transportation Subcommittee provides a forum for council and committee members to discuss these topics, as well as safety of active transportation facilities.
Health status can be improved when transportation systems facilitate public and active transportation, to safely integrate physical activity into daily life. This approach can result in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and congestion, and improved productivity and sustainability. Funding is currently being sought for a project to develop guidelines for strengthening the integration between health and transportation.
Aboriginal and Public Engagement and Consultations
In fulfilling their duty to consult and accommodate the public and First Nations, and resource decisions that could impact their interests, member agencies on various councils and committees discussed the requirements and procedural aspects of consultation related to transportation infrastructure projects. They shared experiences and practices for public engagement and more effective consultations with First Nations on projects within proximity of habitation and cultural importance.
Succession Planning and Leadership Development
Succession planning, leadership development and the need to retain institutional knowledge are receiving extra attention in organizations across Canada due to the increasing number of professional and skilled workers approaching retirement. Work led by TAC's Education and Human Resources Development Council involves sharing practices on developing plans to address demographic changes in the industry, attract younger workers, and prepare staff to take on leadership roles within an organization.


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Since moving to New York City, I've found a great place to shop for shoes is Aldo. They have almost a dozen locations throughout Manhattan. While I will not agree with the assertion that Aldo sells "high-quality fashion footwear" as the website claims, I will say that they do a decent job of balancing quality and affordable prices. Most of their dress shoes are $100 or less.
My most recent discovery was stumbling upon the clearance section of Aldo's online store. You can find it here. Some of the listed shoes are 40-50% off the retail price. On top of that, if you spend more than $125*, your order ships free. AND if you don't like what you get in the mail, you can return your order to the closest store, no questions asked.
I have ordered shoes from their website twice now. Both times I ordered 3 pairs in order to get free shipping. Of course, I picked my favorite pair out of each batch and then returned the other two. C'mon now, I can't be spending all my paycheck on shoes!
Give it a shot.
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Joining me today is author Nduka Onwuegbute. He wrote the book "Drums That Dance in the Dark." It's a fascinating book and I enjoyed reading it.
Actually, it's not your typical novel. It's a play and written in that language.
I found the book very intense, but that's also what I liked about it.
Utse has just realized her son's fate because he danced, violating the taboo of dancing (the third to meet such mysterious circumstances). History is about to repeat itself and the tragedy to come is all too familiar.
Her daughter, Gada, sets loose the emotions that come to the fore. But while Utse and her husband, Malleah, fight against the odds, the seeds of betrayal know no bounds. Utse and her husband put the wheels in motion to reinforce the ban, but then behind their every turn, sedition prevails. Utse's is the cry of war, war with the family she loves, war on the home front. And when all is done, the men walk free, leaving Utse to come to terms with her innocent daughter.
Welcome, Nduka. Please tell us a little about yourself.
There's hardly much I can say that's not been said already. I was the fifth child in a family of 16, maybe 17, brothers and sisters. I never seem to remember. I spent a lot of my growing up in Nigeria, even though I was born in England where I live with my wife and three children. I am a writer, actor and I suppose I could use the word director to describe some of the things that I do. But mostly, I spend a lot of my time writing.
What made you decide to become a writer?
I did not decide; it just came to me. Growing up in Nigeria as I did, I was subjected to countless storytelling experiences. So as far back as I was 7, I was retelling these stories in school, weekly. I guess it was only a matter of time before I started making up my own, which I did. I mean, there was this day when I was standing in front of the class, I was in primary four at the time and with no one else coming forth to spin a yarn, there I was, totally blank in my head. So, I began with "Once upon a time" and it rolled on from there. Don't ask me what the story was. As time went on, I wanted to become an actor, then director. I suppose I still do. But writing is something you can do on your own, you know, the lazy man's approach to directing a great epic. You start with the script and with a little bit of luck, everything else falls into place.
Are there any authors in particular who influence your writing?
Not really, but I treat writers and their works like a pick-and-mix buffet. I love anything that gives me a good twist. But it doesn't mean I would then read everything that such author has written. I mean, I can understand why the British refuse to drop Shakespeare and I wish Soyinka was treated with equal respect, if at all to make his work more accessible. But then again, I would like readers to go along with the so-called best sellers, like Sidney Sheldon and Jeffery Archer. It is with writers like this that the younger readers can break into reading before even thinking of sculpting a storyline.
However, people have said my writing is cynical and sarcastic and I do like Ocol p'Bitek's Song of Lawino, but I also love the twists and turns of your typical crime thriller. One writer who has never failed me is Bertholt Brecht.
What is the most rewarding part of writing for you?
I am by nature very reserved, so when people see my work, they have the opportunity to get into my head, so to speak, and therefore, understand a little bit about more me or my thinking. With the mass media taking control of most of our life thoughts, it is very hard getting a different opinion across.
What inspired you to write this book?
What inspired me to write Drums? I was living in Nigeria at the time and there was a lot of discontent in what was going on with the supposed transition from military to civil rule. There were so much rigging, which culminated in hidden reasons why winners were not allowed to take over from the then government. There was of one political thought, even though there was supposed to be "allowed" widespread political activity.
Well, I was a member of a drama group that consigned me to write a play for a festival. With all the ruminations going on in my head at the time and the turmoil the wider country was in, I suppose that's what inspired me.
What do you want the reader to learn from your book?
When you put it that way, I shudder to think that my readers are forced to return to school against their will. But in terms of what I am trying to say, you only need to look at countries like Cuba, Zimbabwe and Libya. The leaders have tasted the luxury of power and refuse to pass on the mantle of leadership.
When I say, "Only God can remove me from office," you immediately think of Mugabe. However, at the time, I was embittered by the refusal of the Nigerian self appointed President, Ibrahim Babangida. There are other political leaders throughout history who held on to power like there is no tomorrow for the rest of their citizenry. Drums That Dance in the Dark, became my metaphor. So, that is one message I would most like my readers to get from this. There are people out there who use power to dehumanize everyone else.
Where on the Web can readers find out more about you and your book?
Well, you can find something about me on www.mybooktalk.com, but all of my titles are available online worldwide. I am not a regular blogger but from my website you can link directly to Blog Street for my updates. If you want to read my short story Surviving the Confluence, in Rival Spring: A Collection of Short Stories, you can get it on Amazon, Blackwell and so on. Or you can get a signed copy from me directly through my website, mybooktalk.com. My email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thanks, Nduka, for visiting my blog. I hope my readers will add your book to their "must read" lists.


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Objective: 16 x 400 @ 70 sec
Recovery: 60 sec jog recovery (200 meters) / 400 jog recovery after 8
Keenyans: Me, Andy, Mark, Greg, BoJo (new CMS member), James, Dan
I do not have exact data but all splits were 67-70 seconds
Overview: It was good to be back at it. I was a little tight from Sunday's race the last couple of days and wasn't sure how things would go once I got moving. This workout was encouraging because it felt so smooth and effortless. It really seemed to shake things out.


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A few weeks ago, Bill Gates grabbed the center stage at the RSA conference to provide an aggressive Microsoft state of the security union message to the crowd. One of the many things he highlighted was Microsoft's InfoCard, a method for sharing and protecting personal information on the web.
InfoCard only works if it is supported by both the user (i.e. client) and business site (i.e. server). If everyone agrees to this relationship, users win with better protection of their personal information because they control who gets to see what and all communications are encrypted. Businesses benefit by getting out of the personal data protection business. Everything is automated and secure on a transaction by transaction basis.
It's been two weeks since this announcement so the time is certainly right for a competitive offering. This week, IBM got together with Novell and Parity Communications in announcing an open source alternative dubbed "Project Higgins." (Author's note: I have no idea about the origin of this name by suddenly have a strong desire to rent old Rex Harrison DVDs).
Many pundits wonder if either model is viable questioning the value for users or web developers. Not me. If I can automate the process of inputting my data into multiple web forms and keep it out of the hands of others, I'm all for it. Ditto for the zillions of e-businesses who want to sell stuff over the web but avoid the need to become data security experts in the process.
There were over 130 data breaches last year impacting 55 million Americans. Based upon this alone, why in the world wouldn't you want to do this? (Author's note: I realize that I've just opened a perfect opportunity for someone to respond by calling me an ignorant idiot or some such vitriol).
So if this does take off, as I suspect it will, what about the coming religious war between the InfoCard and Higgins Card camps? That's easy. As much as the UNIX/Linux/Apple crowd hates to hear it, some businesses actually run quite well using Windows. InfoCard is a no-brainer. Others who would bare arms in order to defend the honor of Java, CORBA, Apache, or open source will jump on the Higgins bandwagon.
Personally, I have no beef with either camp. Choices are a good thing. Debate is a healthy way to hear multiple points of view.
Two standards are manageable, three is a crowd and four or more gets to be a time-consuming mess that benefits vendors at the expense of user security. I hope that other standards bodies and vendors can line up behind one of these two choices. Call me cynical but I doubt whether this will happen.


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Kone has sustained a back injury and will not feature in Sunday's Wear-Tees derby.
Manchester City's Sergio Aguero in action with Sunderland's Lamine Kone
Lamine Kone's future at Sunderland may be unclear, but what is certain is that he will not feature for the club in their derby match against Middlesbrough after reportedly picking up a back injury during training.
Kone did play in the Black Cats' 2-1 defeat at Manchester City last weekend and has been angling for an improved contract at the club despite only signing in January.
The injury news was confirmed by Sunderland boss David Moyes in Friday's press conference as he now assesses his defensive options for what will be the first Premier League fixture between Sunderland and Middlesbrough since the latter's relegation in 2009.
Lamine Kone celebrates scoring the third goal for Sunderland with Younes Kaboul and Jermain Defoe
So who will replace the Ivory Coast international for what is arguably one of Sunderland's most anticipated fixtures this season?
Moyes may be reluctant to select Paddy McNair after his new signing had a debut to forget last weekend after coming on as a substitute only to score a late own goal that denied his team of a valuable point.
Veteran defender John O'Shea was pushed forward into midfield last weekend and may do the same again on Sunday but is still more than capable of lining up alongside Younes Kaboul in the centre of defence if needed.
Sunderland's John O'Shea in action with Manchester City's Fabian Delph
However, another new addition in Papy Djilobodji, who signed for £8m from Chelsea, could well fill in at centre-back for Kone and Moyes has confirmed that the Senegal international will feature at some point during Sunday's game.
Djilobodji was an unused substitute at the Etihad but now could be thrown straight into the starting line-up in what will be one of the most heated and important matches for both Sunderland and Middlesbrough this season.
So who will win the Wear-Tees derby?
Chelsea defender Papy Djilobodji during a loan spell at Werder Bremen


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From: Ellen Rogalin, Clackamas County Transportation & Development, 503-742-4274
County Board adopts resolution supporting state transportation funding package
In a resolution approved April 13, the Board of County Commissioners expressed its strong support for passage of a "robust transportation funding package" by the 2017 Oregon Legislature.
The resolution highlighted a number of significant transportation infrastructure needs in Clackamas County, throughout the Portland metropolitan area, and across the state, including the following:
- Clackamas County has an annual shortfall of more than $17 million to address maintenance needs for the 1,400 miles of county roadways and 180 bridges;
- I-205 between the Abernethy Bridge in Oregon City and Stafford Road has been identified as a key bottleneck requiring essential improvements to relieve congestion;
- Other bottlenecks in the metropolitan area – I-5 in the Rose Quarter and Highway 217 – also require essential improvements to allow for continued economic growth and prosperity;
- The Oregon Transportation Commission has determined that there is a need for more than $1 billion each year to meet transportation needs throughout the state; and
- Clackamas County and many other jurisdictions have suffered dramatic losses in transportation revenue since federal timber harvest began to drop after 1986 and federal revenue replacement policies (such as Secure and Rural Schools funds) have expired.
Clackamas County has been reaching out to its communities for years, talking about the need for transportation maintenance funds and asking for support for local transportation funding measures. Currently, Clackamas County is the only one of the three Oregon metropolitan area counties without a local source of funding such as a countywide gas tax or vehicle registration fee.
More information about the county's priorities for the 2017 state legislative session is in the 2017 State Legislative Agenda.
For more information about county support of the state transportation funding package, contact Chris Lyons at 503-742-5909.
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006
The Snowy Peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro are Disappearing
Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest peak at and also the world's tallest volcano. The glacier atop the mountain has shrunk by over a third in the last decade due to global warming, and could disappear altogether by 2015.
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I have a very strong interest in eco-friendly technologies and applications. I work in fashion design and see some new eco-fibers and fabrics gaining wider acceptance.ReplyDelete
On my blog, I've just posted some links about hydrogen fueled cars... And a very disconcerting article from the magazine Mother Jones about this topic. If you're interested in viewing, linking, or commenting; it's here.
Nice work with this blog. Keep up the good work. I'll check back soon and post a link here from my blog. Cheers.
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text: Oh dear, I have been having terrible withdrawals over the last couple of weeks due to basically ever second hand shop being closed over Christmas/ New Year. Funnily enough by the end of last year I thought I was getting a little tired of trawling through old junk in order to find the hidden treasures, but I now see that it's something I will probably never tire of! So today, being the first official' back to work day for most people, I ventured out and spent hours visiting op shops and gossiping with old ladies! I came home with quite the loot. I don't know about you but I'm a real fan of shopping in the opposite seasons, so for example in summer I will stock up on warm coats and leather gloves etc. I find that you often get the best things that way because nobody else is thinking about buying them yet! Anyway so there you have it. I have so much planned for the rest of the week now including getting my studio/ office space set up... SO excited!


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I think it might be time to accept that I'll just be posting 4 weeks once a month rather than one each week. Because despite my best intentions, it seems to be working out that way.
Week 37 Full Spread.
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Week 37 Left Side. We celebrated Mason's birthday the Sunday after our trip to Boston. I blogged about his cake here. Lots of pictures and PicFrame collages. And I used a Dear Photograph image for September 11.
Week 37 Right Side. We went to Auburn on Saturday, so I included journaling and a bunch of pictures. Also I made my cursive font that week, and we started training for our half-marathon in April.
Week 38 Full Spread.
Week 38 Left Side. Lots of miscellany. I got the "you make me smile" filler card here.
Week 38 Right Side. Pics and journaling. I only rounded the outside corners of the sequence of shots Tyler got of Lincoln and me running because I like the story it tells of us running along. It shows how he starts out strong, gets distracted and lags behind, runs into the street (and freaks me out), and then takes off again. Finally, more Lincoln-as-photographer while we were waiting in the car when Tyler ran into Papa Murphy's.
Week 39 Full Spread.
Week 39 Left Side. Pics, journaling, and filler cards. I'm planning to put a picture of Lincoln's shadow in the upper right corner to go with the story. And I think I need a caption on the picture of Lincoln in a pull-up and my heels that says something about "Blackmail Picture." I got the "live your life on purpose" print here.
Week 39 Right Side. More pictures and journaling. I formatted a blog post and added a screenshot of our 5-mile run. I made the ombre filler card in Word, and I'm feeling kind of blah about it, but decided to include it somewhere anyway.
Week 40 Full Spread.
Week 40 Left Side. I tried cropping a glitter card for filler, and I'm kind of loving it, but wondering if a different color would work better on this page. I might need to add some journaling to the picture of Mason in Tyler's Thor wig. I also folded our race bibs to include because I don't want to cut up Tyler's first race bib ever. And I'm a fan of including a cutting of a bag of seasonal candy - I think I'll do that for a few more.
Week 40 Right Side. Dedicated entirely to our run. The boys were such great sports sitting in the stroller, and Lincoln's reward was getting the bouncy obstacle courses almost entirely to himself. He LOVED it.
Thanks for looking! You can check out my other Project Life pages here.
(I'll be linking up to Project Life Tuesday at The Mom Creative. And for more information on Project Life, click here.)


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until I get to see my sweet Boothe!!! Is he not the cutest thing ever?!?!?!
His mommy, my best friend/cousin- Laura Beth, is getting married next weekend and I can't wait!! I miss them so much! While it is going to be a quick trip, it will be jam packed full of fun!! I will be so sad when they move to Hawaii but I am so excited for them as they begin this new journey!!!!!


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Our opening at Ceramic Break yesterday Sunday 8th June was a great day; lots of fabulous art and lots of fabulous people. We are privileged to be exhibiting " Me and my Country" the paintings of Lloyd Nolan Hornsby Gawura, a Koori descendant of the Yuin people and "Coastal Creatures" by Nick Levy a Kamiloroi man from Armidale.
Lloyd's paintings includes a number of 'cosmic' or creation views which are absolutely stunning and as I stood in front of one piece, gazing into the depths, I felt I was drawn deep into the cosmos. Another of his very large canvases was a painting of the year Lake Eyre filled and the helicopter flight Lloyd and his wife Wendy took over the area was shown in a series of fine white lines.
Lloyd is an indefatigable traveller, driving for over 6 hours from Brisbane to Ceramic Break twice in one week, to deliver his work and to be at the opening where his artist's talk and willingness to chat delighted all of the attendees.
Nick's work is wonderfully colourful, exciting and very uplifting. He is fascinated by the coast and its creatures and that is evident in his show. I particularly liked two pieces, one a pair of ecstatically joyous fish and one a glorious depiction of, maybe, the rainbow serpent. All of Nick's paintings lift the spirits.
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Well, I am going to take the coward's way out here. There are so many blogs that I feel deserve this award. I am going to say that if you are one of my "sisters" like Sunna, please feel free to take this award as your own.
Thanks so much Sunna!
By the way, I can't believe it has been over a week since my last post! I have been so busy. I usually get caught up on the weekends, but they too have been super busy lately. This weekend was dedicated to yardwork and housework. The weather has been fantastic, perfect for cleaning up the yard. It is amazing how much work I got done out there in this weather. The downside is the allergies. I have sneezed four times since typing the last sentence. I simply have to get to the store to buy me some more Claritin.
Tomorrow is another work/school day. I am going to say this, and I can't help myself:
Only 8 more Mondays until Summer Vacation!!! Woo Hoo!
Hope you have a great week.


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BBC DG Lord Hall stonewalled Welsh Assembly members this morning, on cuts, portrayal quotas and re-investment - it would all now have to wait til March. Quite how this lets the Assembly judge the BBC's commitments under the new Charter is difficult to say.
We learnt, despite the Bonfire of the Boards, that Lord Hall now chairs an internal BBC UK Forum (which will do little to assuage Welsh sensitivities) at which he will drive forward an even-handed approach to UK portrayal, one of his personal 'top four' objectives.
We learnt that Director of Wales Rhodri Talfan Davies doesn't want a Newsnight Wales/Cymru, and prefers investment in online, music radio and more newsgathering, to reach the 30k to 50k of the Welsh population that doesn't engage with news and current affairs.
I suspect tomorrow the AMs will wake up to what happened.
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Saturday, 6 June 2009
The Sunday Adventure Club Summer Special!!
It's been an action packed May, with a race every weekend. Starting with Stuc a chroin as detailed in the last post then it was up to Blairgowrie to run the Cateran Trail 23 miler. I hadn't intended to do it since the plan was to cut out the racing and save myself for the West Highland Way Race but after speaking to Pete the night before I decided to run it at training pace. That was never going to happen was it?! I did for the first 14 miles but I got sucked in and raced to the finish in 2nd place, about 3 mins quicker than my previous best as well, so I was quite pleased.
The next week it was back to suck wind at the Cateran Trail but this time to run the 55 mile ultra. I was a bit wary of this one because the terrain is really tough and there's also about 8000 feet of climbing which climaxes in a 1500 foot climb at mile 53! I started off quite conservatively and it wasn't long before the rain was lashing down making underfoot conditions rather heavy to say the least. I was running with George C for most of the race and with 7 miles to go we were neck and neck. I made the mistake of not stopping to get food out of my bag when I needed to and paid for it with the worst "crash" I've had in a race for many a year. I was absolutely destroyed for about 3 miles and by the time I got it together again George was long gone and I was checking over my shoulder regularly for the runner behind, but no-one appeared and I finished again in 2nd 13 minutes behind George. Incidentally I had given up caffeine 10 days before the race and I'm sure this affected me, I just felt like something was missing (not food of course, lol) so that was enough to send me back to my 3 pints of Starbucks a day!
My race number and lovely hand-carved trophy from the Cateran Ultra
Next up Victor and I went up to run the Cape Wrath Marathon, the most Northern marathon on the mainland UK which goes across to the uninhabited Cape Wrath peninsula and involves 2500 feet of climbing and also a boat crossing at 22 miles! It was a very enjoyable race which I ran pretty well, managing to narrowly escape hypothermia on the boat crossing and finished quite strongly in 3:08 and 3rd place. A very beautiful and spectacular setting for a race. The next day Victor and I headed down to the Cairngorms for a cracking run over to Loch A'an and up Beinn Mheadhoin, it was nice and sunny but still quite cold. We met the usual sour-faced walkers who seem to frequent the Cairngorms, I just can't work it out, there's nowhere else in Scotland where you get such looks of disgust as you pass people. Most of them obviously disapprove of us heading out into the hills in shorts and trainers and choose to show their disapproval by scowling at us as we say hello, they just don't get it do they?! I remember one day running over the Lairig Ghru with Victor and we passed a couple coming the opposite way. Victor passed them and as I approached the guy was staring at me very strangely. As I said hello he said "your mate hasn't got any manners has he?" I told him he'd need to speak to him about that and before I knew what was happening him and Victor were verging on a full-on fist-fight! I quickly ushered Victor on but the bloke kept shouting and screaming, winding himself up into a real rage, so to give him something to rage about I took the nuclear option and dropped my shorts bending over to give him the full moon greeting at which point he almost exploded and we trotted off in the other direction chortling heartily. Pity I hadn't thought about the fact that we were doing an out and back route! There was no sign of him on the way back and I think the sight of my arse would have deterred him from making anymore trouble anyway.
Running down to Loch A'an
The racing has been knocked on the head now but I've had a few decent training runs. Last Friday night I met up with some of the guys from the WHW forum and we ran a 20 mile night run from Milngavie to Drymen to prepare for the 1am start of the WHW race. It's a kind of acclimatisation process, I'm hoping my body is going to get used to running in the middle of the night but it's debatable whether it does any good or not. After the run we arrived back in Milngavie at 3.30am and I managed to drive as far as Harthill services where I had to stop for a short sleep, next thing I knew I woke up and it was 7am! Not a very pleasant nights sleep!
On the Sunday, Lucy and I went up to Glen Tilt for a run in the glorious sunshine as most of the country basked in a heatwave. It was an amazingly scenic route following the river through the glen to the suspension bridge where we cooled our feet in the water and lazed in the sun for a while before running the 11 miles or so back to the car, then down to the river again to cool off the fried quads. Lucy took great amusement from the fact that I keep an emergency pot of jam in the glovebox of the car (the second person to comment on this in a few weeks!) I reckon it makes good sense to have some jam to hand in case of an emergency food bonk, all you need is some oatcakes or a couple of rolls and you're back on the road in no time!
Last night I ventured out for another night run, this time with the twins, Fiona and Pauline. What a change in the weather! It was about 7 degrees and we were drenched on a regular basis with the heavy showers, it was more like winter this time but I felt much better this week so maybe I am "acclimatising".
So, less than two weeks to go before the biggest, toughest ultra in Scotland. I'm absolutely busting to get going. I feel in good shape and races up to now have went pretty well so all that remains is to keep a lid on things, lie low and get stuck in there. I might post a few words before then in way of a preview, so till then behave yourselves or I'll be over to give you a big Ballingry moonshine!!
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Good luck on the whw.you're training seems spot on. I spoke to you at Tyndrum after the fling waiting for the showers and now follow you on twitter! Cheers John M
- 6 June 2009 at 21:30
- Debbie Martin-Consani said...
You must have quite a trophy collection :-) Well done on all races. Happy tapering.
- 7 June 2009 at 13:16
- WHW Runner said...
Richie, good to catch up at the night run from Milngavie to Balmaha. Enjoy the taper (if that is possible)and I'll see you on in the car park on 19th / 20th June. Ian
- 7 June 2009 at 13:50
- Thomas said...
Top performances Richie, you will have a superb WHW Race!
I like that race number from the cateran ultra!
See you on the 20th,
- 8 June 2009 at 08:51
- Billy said...
If that's the sort of reaction you get from people, I'm glad that I'm unlikely to be following in your immediate wake!
Good that you've got through all the hard training in one piece - will be interesting to see how you go on the day.
- 10 June 2009 at 07:08
- kate said...
another excellent month and a moonie to boot-could prove a useful technique in keeping competitors at bay ;) must check fra rules
have a great run at the whw.
- 11 June 2009 at 07:20
Well done Ritchie on your 3rd and fantastic finishing time on WHW.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Fashion Adventure: Small Changes, Big Impact
When I bought this blazer from Papaya, it had only one teal button. I felt like the one button made it seem to fit a little oddly and be more casual than what I wanted. So I learned from the Internet how to sew a buttonhole and I added one buttonhole below the old one. I couldn't find teal buttons in the right size so I just used black instead. I also added a small concealed snap at the bottom of the lapel to raise the stance a bit. My tailoring work is certainly not perfect, but I like this blazer so much more now! I did the same thing to the black blazer that I own which is identical to this one. It's amazing how such small changes can make a big impact on how this blazer looks. I think it's much more flattering and grown up now.
The Pieces:
1. petite chiffon polka dot blouse from Sears
2. teal cuff blazer from Papaya
3. long black bead necklace (doubled up)
4. petite black trousers from Bealls Outlet
5. silver wrap watch from Rue21
6. pewter bow flats from Bass Outlet
1. The blazer! In addition to what I already said, I really like the length on this blazer. It's from a juniors store, so it runs a little on the short side.
2. If you look at the 1 button, 2 buttons picture above, you can also see what a difference there is in the length of a petite shirt on me compared to a regular shirt. The petites shirt is hanging an extra three inches out of my blazer.
3. I like the black accents of this outfit. Black necklace, black buttons on the blouse, black buttons on the blazer, and black pants. Let's pretend I did that on purpose.
1. If I had realized that the polka dot blouse looked so weird poking out of the bottom of the blazer, I would have tucked it in. I didn't notice that when looking in the mirror, but it looks odd in the photos.
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Friday, January 1, 2010
Free Ivory Soap!
Do you have a CVS near you? Did you get the Sunday paper December 27th? Then you can get a free pack of soap. Now, its not worth going to CVS over 1 package of soap, so I got my deal at Walmart.
The deal is, CVS has a 3 pack of Ivory soap on sale for $.99 through Saturday the 2nd. Sunday's paper had coupons from P&G that included a coupon for $1.00 off a pack of Ivory or Dove soap. So, if you use the coupon to buy the 99 cent soap, it's free. So, I took my CVS ad to Walmart, got my price match to 99 cents (normally 1.07 at Walmart) and then used my coupon and got free soap :). If you got the coupon, but dont have a CVS nearby (like my Iowa friends), it still makes the soap only 7 cents. Not bad!
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Hannah Pittard's new novel is Listen to Me.
From her Q&A with Deborah Kalb:
Q: Your new novel, Listen to Me, takes place over the course of 24 hours. Were there particular challenges involved in writing a novel that takes place over a condensed time frame?Visit Hannah Pittard's website.
A: I wouldn't call them challenges so much as choices. When you're working with a deliberately distilled moment in time, the decision between what should be scene and what should be summary becomes an incredibly important one. I wanted this to be a tight, fast novel in which every word and every moment mattered.
Q: You write that the inspiration for the book came from a road trip you and your husband took. What made you decide to write a novel based on that trip, and what role did the ongoing storm play for you?
A: I started the book while waiting for edits on my second novel. It was a way for me to keep my mind occupied so I couldn't obsess over the project, which at the time was out of my control.
The night we drove through a storm, we stayed at a hotel without power. I didn't sleep, if at all. In the morning I thought, This would be a pretty good set of circumstances for a novel… My bad luck (storm, hotel without power) turned out to be...[read on]
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
New Year...New Me.
7 comments:
- Rebecca Jo said...
I actually got chills... I think Acceptance is the BEST word for you!!! Love it!
Keep at it lady - you CAN give up the soft drinks. They say that anything done for 21 days will become a habit.
Dont deprive yourself. Drink tea. Try & work your way into sparkling water. Try fresh lemonade.
& good luck at the c25k... I see another 5K in your future! :)
- January 3, 2013 at 10:47 AM
- Aishlea and Brandon said...
Love it!!! :)
- January 3, 2013 at 11:45 AM
- Paige said...
Love your word and always enjoy reading your blog posts. Thanks for your encouragement!
- January 4, 2013 at 6:30 AM
- Samantha said...
LOVE this post! Can't wait to see what 2013 holds for you!!
- January 4, 2013 at 3:37 PM
- a boy a girl and a pug said...
LOVE LOVE your word for the year. Perfect and good for you giving up soda...that's a tough one. I think I had the shakes for a few days when I have up Dr. Pepper but once you get past it you won't even miss it! Happy 2013!
- January 6, 2013 at 8:28 PM
- Libby's Life said...
So glad to have other people to do this with through the wonderful blogging community! I need to be held accountable so having to blog every week will definitely help me keep up with the diet/weight loss!
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Definitions do matter. Somewhere in my lists of blogs printed or pending (so please accept now my apologies for any repetitions that may occur) is one about how I truly object to is having put 'none of the above' (or its nearest approximation currently, namely not ticking anything I don't fancy) on a polling form recorded and then listed as a 'spoiled vote'.
I get a similar feeling when I see the word 'whistleblower'. While there certainly have been those who have betrayed the trust of their countries or companies for less than noble reasons, the huge majority seem to have been motivated by genuine decency and sense of outrage at a deviation from ethical standards by those above and/or around them, who should simply know better.
Trouble is, despite the courage of their convictions and actions, they are usually hung out to dry. Firstly it's by those in their own organisations who should appreciate that rot, once established, will inevitably spread and corrupt all it touches, bad and good. Then it is by the guardians of society, who these days seem more obsessed with covering their own behinds than looking hard at those of others they have been tasked to monitor. And accepting the now inevitable failure of the system we pay to do so, even those traditional guardians of the public interest, the media, seem content to make a brief fuss and then drop any follow up in pursuit of fresh pickings. And then finally there is us, the public, who may get indignant, tut-tut a bit... but then allow our memories to fade as easily as all the rest.
So let me do my rather pathetic lone bit to keep a small flame burning in support of the EU official driven from her job for exposing widespread fraud at the European Commission's Eurostat data office. So far, no Eurostat official has been punished for the diversion of £3m of taxpayer funds into illegal accounts over three years ago in a scam described as a "vast enterprise of looting" by investigators. All the accused are still working for the EU or have retired with full pensions.
The heroic (that's a better word already) EU accountant who helped uncover the Eurostat abuses, Dorte Schmidt-Brown, has had to flee her home to Denmark after being subjected to a campaign of threats and harassment.
Despite Lord Kinnock, then administration commissioner, saying she had been treated "disgracefully" and sending a personal apology – though this is after him initially dismissing her claims as groundless - the European Court of First Instance refused her claim for redress and ordered her to pay her own costs.
Chris Heaton-Harris, a Tory MEP and leading anti-fraud campaigner, has said: "They're covering it up, hoping we'll all forget about it."
I have not. And every time someone reads this blog, hopefully you will not either. Not just Dorte, but all the others like her, too. Maybe there should be a website devoted to them... and also those whose actions or inactions have managed to get them listed there. Let me know if you fancy getting one going. I am already seeing what can be done with the right message and access to the internet.


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Saturday, October 14
The Latest Reason for Global Warming
Whew! The latest word is that you don't have to trade that honkin' SUV in to help save the planet from global warming. We can now start blaming the Indian Ocean for the rise in temperature, at least out here in the western United States.
Maybe it's all those American jobs being exported to India and surrounding countries. That's an awful lot of cargo ships spewing their deadly VOC's into the atmosphere.
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My last trend to photograph was 'Strikingly Intense.' This trend is all about colour and I wanted to do the shoot in the arboretum, a stunning park in Notts. The sunshine, rolling green hills and blush pink blossom trees all make for a perfect location. However, the weather has been temperamental and catching a few rays of sunshine has been a bit of a challenge. However, we managed to catch a brief intermittence of clear blue skies and bright sunshine, and shot some gorgeous photographs of Sheena wearing some colourful dresses. This shoot couldn't have been timed more perfectly, as 3 hours later, the flat grey cloud had returned and the sky looked set for a rain shower. Massive thank you to Sheens, she looks stunning in saturated colour. xxxx
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April 1, 2015
BERNARD LEWIS,v.McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC et al.
DeBORAH K. CHASANOW, District Judge.
Presently pending and ready for resolution in this consumer lending action is a motion for reconsideration filed by Plaintiff Bernard Lewis. (ECF No. 26). The issues have been briefed, and the court now rules, no hearing being deemed necessary. Local Rule 105.6. For the following reasons, the motion will be denied.
I. Background
The facts and procedural history have been explained in a prior memorandum opinion and need not be repeated. (ECF No. 24). On August 4, 2014, the court issued a memorandum opinion and order granting two motions to dismiss filed by Defendants McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC ("McCabe"), Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC. ("Ocwen"), Deutsche Bank National Trust Company ("Deutsche Bank"), and Homeward Residential, Inc. ("Homeward"). (ECF Nos. 24 & 25). On September 2, 2014, Plaintiff filed a motion for reconsideration. (ECF Nos. 26) McCabe, Deutsche Bank, Homeward, and Ocwen opposed the motion. (ECF Nos. 27 & 28).
II. Standard of Review
Because Plaintiff's motion was filed within 28 days of the court entering judgment it is governed by Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e) rather than Rule 60(b), which governs motions for reconsideration filed more than 28 days after judgment. See MLC Auto, LLC v. Town of S. Pines, 532 F.3d 269, 280 (4thCir. 2008); Classen Immunotherapies, Inc. v. King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 981 F.Supp.2d 415, 419 (D.Md. Oct. 31, 2013). Under Rule 59(e), a motion to alter or amend may be granted only: "(1) to accommodate an intervening change in controlling law; (2) to account for new evidence not available at trial; or (3) to correct a clear error of law or prevent manifest injustice." Pac. Ins. Co. v. Am. Nat'l Fire Ins. Co., 148 F.3d 396, 403 (4th Cir. 1998). Motions for reconsideration are "an extraordinary remedy which should be used sparingly." Pacific Ins. Co. v. Am. Nat'l Fire Ins. Co., 148 F.3d 396, 403 (4th Cir. 1998).
III. Analysis
Plaintiff asserts that the court clearly erred in its dismissal of his claims asserting violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act ("RESPA") and the Maryland Consumer Debt Collection Act ("MCDCA"), Md. Code Ann., Com. Law, § 14-201 et seq., as well as his breach of contract and declaratory judgment claims.
Plaintiff contends that the court erred in finding that his January 19, 2013 and March 26, 2013 letters to Homeward and Ocwen, respectively, were not valid qualified written requests ("QWRs") under RESPA because they did not relate to servicing. (ECF No. 26, at 2-6). Section 2605(e) of RESPA requires a loan servicer to provide a written response acknowledging receipt within five days if the servicer receives a QWR from the borrower "for information relating to the servicing " of a loan. 12 U.S.C. § 2605(e)(1)(A) (emphasis added). Under RESPA, "servicing" is defined as "receiving any scheduled periodic payments from a borrower pursuant to the terms of any loan, including amounts for escrow accounts... and making the payments of principal and interest and such other payments with respect to the amounts received from the borrower as may be required pursuant to the terms of the loan." 12 U.S.C. § 2605(i)(3).
Plaintiff makes several arguments in his motion for reconsideration as to the RESPA claim. First, he asserts that "the letter(s) related to events occurring after Defendants' role as servicers. For example, [] Plaintiff was not requesting the copy of the Note as it existed at settlement. Instead, [] Plaintiff was specifically requesting a copy of the Note as it presently existed in an effort to ascertain who presently held the Note. As [] Plaintiff stated in his letter, his purpose was to determine the Defendant(s) could collect payment." (ECF No. 26, at 3) (emphasis added). As explained in the August 4, 2014 memorandum opinion, however, inquiries regarding a servicer's authority to enforce the Note or collect payments do not qualify as QWRs:
Although Plaintiff likely intended that [the letters] serve as QWRs, in substance, he sought the original loan documents, "verification of the identity of the holder in due course of the loan, and proof of the servicer's authority to service the loan[.]" Bravo v. MERSCORP, Inc., No. 12-CV-884 (ENVV) (LB), 2013 WL 1652325, at *3 (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 16, 2013) (finding a "correspondence falls short of the statutory definition of a QWR" where it merely seeks documents to verify the loan). The two letters do not relate to "servicing, " as that term is defined under RESPA, because they "say[] nothing about defendant['s] receipt of scheduled periodic payments or the amounts of such payments." Id. at *3; see also Dides v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, Civ. No. WMN-12-2989, 2013 WL 2285371, at *2 (D.Md. May 21, 2013) ("the permissible scope of Qualified Written Requests under RESPA is limited to information related to the servicing of loans, specifically the receipt of payments from a borrower and the making of payments of principal and interest"). The January 19, 2013 and March 26, 2013 letters reflect Plaintiff's belief that Homeward and Ocwen did not possess the original Note and did not have authority to collect loan payments. Indeed, Plaintiff explicitly indicated in his March 2013 correspondence to Ocwen that the purpose of the letter was to establish that Ocwen "was legally entitled to enforce the Note and collect payment, " which does not relate to servicing. (ECF No. 10 ¶ 23).
(ECF No. 24, at 14-15) (emphasis added). The analysis in Best v. Samuel I. White, P.C., Civ. No. WDQ-13-2348, 2014 WL 2575771, at *3 (D.Md. June 6, 2014), applies here:
Best argues that his letters were QWRs because Capital One's possession of the Note relates to its entitlement to service the Note, as only a holder or owner can enforce the Note. [] However, communications that seek to obtain proof of the servicer's authority to service the loan are not QWR's under RESPA. ... Accordingly, ...
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