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The Kitchen Counter Diet
Researchers at Cornell University just released their findings after studying 78 adults' eating habits. Their conclusion? Less calories are consumed at the table when serving dishes are left on the counter.
"We looked at whether serving foods from the kitchen counter, instead of at the table, would reducde the number of times a person refilled his or her plate. When we kept the serving dishes off the table, people ate 20 percent fewer calories. Men ate close to 29 percent less," Professor Brian Wansink of Cornell University said in a statement.
Wansink goes on to suggest put foods like fruits and vegetables out on the counter and stash the junk food away in the pantry. Out of sight, out of mind!
Posted by Baseline Fitness Human Performance Center at 9:04 AM
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John Finkelde mentioned on his blog that he loves the 23rd of December....and wondered if he is the only one...he isn't...I do too!
Isn't the anticipation of something just as good as actually obtaining it?
Has not God designed us to be dreamers...to desire...to chase after?
I believe He has.
Last night I took the family to the 'Nativity' scene/drama in the city. It was awesome. Geoff Woodward (spelling?) from Metro Church and the evavenscent (spelling2?) Michael Battersby led the thousands of people gathered there in carol singing...I am friends with Colin, Michael's brother, and we often joke that despite their obvious similarities, Michael is the outgoing one...he is! Colin is an awesome worship leader, but their style is quite different.
Michael and his team did a great job.
Then Ted Bull (ABC) basically read the story from the bible, interspersed with drama, real camels, and carols.
Seriously....no mention of Santa....candy canes or anything else.
Just the beauty of the nativity story, presented in a contemporary manner to thousands of non church folk...
What a blessing.....
There is a lot of 'Grinchness' around this time of year, let us not be among the green headed monsters....Let us instead celebrate this awesome time of year, an opportunity to reflect, to share our faith, to share our lives, to celebrate with famiy.....
I believe in a God who is exuberant, creative, fun, positive, visionary, celebratory...a God who commands His people to party...COMMANDS THEM!!!
Let us throw off those things that bind us..and Celebrate the King's Birthday.
The day before the day before the day
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
John Finkelde mentioned on his blog that he loves the 23rd of December....and wondered if he is the only one...he isn't...I do too!
2 comments:
Wayne Field
4:31 pm
That's a great post Mark. When thingsa re so busy it's easy to forget to PARTAY!
John Finkelde
2:43 pm
Us 23 Dec lovers are coming out!!

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Release Date: April 12, 2011
Publisher: Putnam
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There's little as thrilling as firefighting-at least to Rowan Tripp. The Missoula smoke jumpers are in Rowan's blood: her father is a legend. She's been fighting fires since her eighteenth birthday. At this point, returning to the wilds of Montana for the season feels like coming home-even with reminders of the partner she lost last season still lingering.
Fortunately, this year's rookie crop is one of the strongest ever-and Gulliver Curry's one of the best. He's also a walking contradiction, a hotshot firefighter with a big vocabulary and a winter job at a kids' arcade.
Everything is thrown off balance when a dark presence lashes out against Rowan, looking to blame someone for last year's tragedy. Rowan knows she can't complicate things with Gull-any distractions in the air or on the ground could mean the end-but if she doesn't find someone she can lean on, she may not make it through the summer. . . .
Rowan Tripp loves what she does along with her fellow smoke jumpers, which are fire-fighters in the wildlands that parachute into remote areas to combat wildfires. It's the beginning of a new season which means, new rookies including one Gulliver (Gull) Curry, who is attracted to her instantly and doesn't waste any time hiding it. Rowan has a rule about not dating any fellow smoke jumpers, but Gull isn't going to let something like that get in his way. While out in the field, Rowan stumbles across something horrible that might be connected to the following sequence of events that put her and the team in danger.
Rowan is a strong woman both physically and mentally who cares about the people in her life, but doesn't believe a romantic relationship can last and prefers to keep it fun and on the surface. The banter between her and Gull were one of my favourite parts. He's very intelligent and loves innuendoes, which always made me smile. That doesn't mean he as a one-track mind as he shows through sweet gestures that catch Rowan off-guard and the thought he puts into figuring out who is risking all their lives before it's too late.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. There is always something new for me to learn in a book by Nora Roberts. You can tell from all the details that she does her research, making everything so realistic. My heart pounded in my chest every time they parachuted out of a plane and felt as exhausted as the crew after another long fight against wildfires that were described in such a beautiful and terrifying way. The life of a smoke jumpers is thrilling and dangerous. I think you have to be as brave as you are out of your mind to do what they do.
My one critic not related to the story is the price. The ebook, hardcover and paperback are too expensive and not a price I'd be willing to pay regularly. It might even turn people off reading it and from some comments I've read online has done just that.


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earlier this week i started a new little project called little moments. it seems avery is always doing things that make think "never forget this little moment" or "don't forget to tell brian about this when he gets home" so i now have alittle note book to write them down in as they happen!
i heard some stomping down the hall when I turned around there she was with the biggest smile on her face wearing my shoes the first picture is avery telling me to lay down and go night night with her on the floor//we then made some corn bread (nothing special from a box) she insisted on wearing my moccasins while standing on the stool to help me//she has become such a good little helper!
here are a few "little moments" I've written down since I started this little project:
//we were sitting one the couch sharing cherrios talking about what she dreamt about durring her nap when she made me take a drink of milk from her sippy cup (I dont like milk) after I took a drink she gave me a big hug and cuddled//
//after i told avery i loved her she told me she loved dada, dada loved avery, dada loved mama, mama loved dada, mama loves baby and bebe loves mama. It was so cute for her to make that connection//
//she came to me grabbed both my hands told me "up" as soon as i stood she started dancing with me holding both my hands//
oh how i treasure these little moments and hope i never forget


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At UMBC, I had talked to a lot of non-Christians, and had had difficult conversations with them about God. One time, an atheist got spitting mad at me, because I had the gall to believe that the Israelites had been enslaved in Egypt but had become free; this atheist was expecting some historical evidence for millions of people escaping slavery, and, given that there isn't much outside of the Bible, he wasn't compelled by Christianity. I had talked with that spaced-out guy with long hair who waved his hands over his yogurt and prayed before he ate it, this guy had a spirituality that was made out of several parts, including Hinduism. I had a classmate who was a militant atheist, but converted to Islam. I even had a roommate who thought God exists, but didn't want to become a Christian; he's happy just being an ethical person.
I had read a lot of books on apologetics, so none of these people were particularly troubling for my faith, I knew how to rebut their arguments. The difficult non-Christians were a couple of guys, Zach and Graham, who wanted to hang out with me and a fellow Christian every week and talk about why we believe what we do and why they believe what they do.
Most non-Christians were so ambivalent about Christianity that it was difficult to get them to talk about it at all; most of the rest were so angry that it was difficult for me to be friends with them. Either way, until I met Zach and Graham, I hadn't been friends with smart, independent, non-Christians who would give me challenging, original things to think about on a regular, long-term basis.
Zach was interested in talking with Christians because he had taken a class on the history of genocide. He saw how much of it was motivated by religion. Not only that, but the stories in the Old Testament about the Jews entering Canaan and driving out its inhabitants, Zach saw those as being stories that glorified genocide. With the war in Iraq in full swing, and with the religious right largely supporting it, he wanted to make sure that Christians weren't plotting a fascist take-over. Most non-Christians would avoid deep conversations with Christians, but Zach realized how important understanding us is. I think Graham's interest wasn't too different, but who can say?
I had been trained to focus on connecting non-Christians with experiences of God, rather than getting stuck in quagmires about fossils and manuscripts. I tried to tell stories about God leading me in my life. I didn't think that God talked to me with word-for-word clarity, but that God did work on me in substantial ways. However, when I tried to tell Zach and Graham these stories, they weren't persuaded. I didn't blame them; what sort of profound spiritual experiences has a grad student had that demonstrate God's existence in a powerful and new way? My stories could just as easily have been explained by natural maturing and personal development, or confused by the complexity of human emotions. I didn't have any secret knowledge.
We wound up talking a lot about things like intelligent design. We read together Misquoting Jesus by Bart Ehrman; we talked a lot about textual analysis of the earliest Greek manuscripts of the gospels. I was having some doubts, not because they had great arguments that dismantled my belief in God, but because the only demonstrations of God that I could give them were very pedantic.
In our conversations, we were all talking about God in such a cerebral way that belief in God couldn't have seemed compelling to them. If God's existence couldn't be demonstrated in a concrete way, why should I expect Zach and Graham to be convinced, if that would have meant anything risky? I was realizing that everything that I'd tried in evangelism, ever, had led to zero conversions, and this was threatening to me, because I thought evangelism was very important and I had a big zero, which meant I wasn't doing very well at all. (Well, I knew that it wasn't me, but the Holy Spirit, who saves people, that I didn't have too much influence on the process. On the other hand, I was expecting the Holy Spirit to be doing everything that he could; if you had to pick one of us to blame, would you pick me or the Spirit?) People were going to hell and there wasn't anything that was changing.
I was thinking about all of this as I left my lab one Monday night in November. As I walked up the big hill to my car, it was dark, but just a little foggy, so the streetlights had clouds of light around them, they weren't just points of light. I thought, "What of Christianity is really real? What is a good reason for my friends to believe?" Then I thought about the disagreements that all sorts of Christians have with each other. "If I were to expect God to be doing anything real in the world, wouldn't I expect God to be doing something sensible in the church? If God can't keep us together, what can he do?"
At that point in my life, I would often go alone to the theater to watch movies. I figured, I have to be quiet for an hour and a half to two hours, so what's the point in being in a quiet, dark, room with your friends as opposed to anyone else? I drove from my lab that night to see Stranger than Fiction, the Will Ferrell movie in which he plays Harold Crick, a man who finds out he's a character in a novel. Harold Crick finds the manuscript for the novel that he's in, and finds out that it's a tragedy, that he's supposed to die at the end of the story. It's a very existential movie, I was in the mood for an existential movie because I'd been going through an existential crisis the previous few months.
After I saw the movie, I went to Giant, the good Giant, not the one right near campus, but the one with the olive bar and the big produce section. I had just become a vegetarian as part of the existential crisis, and I was looking for soy sour cream so that I could make some sort of casserole involving tofu and peas and chow mein noodles. (I didn't find the soy sour cream. It wouldn't have made a difference, I don't think, the casserole was disgusting. It wasn't my idea. I was just following a recipe as well as I could; I didn't really know how to cook vegetarian food then.)
Anyway, I was at the Giant at about midnight, and I was thinking about the movie. At the end of the movie, Harold Crick decided to jump in front of a bus to save a boy; he knew that this would happen, he knew that he would die as a result, because he had read about it in the manuscript of the novel. I thought a lot of thoughts like, "Did Jesus know that he was going to die? Did he know that he would rise again? What intentionality did he have about his own death? How human was his death?" And I felt very quiet and humble, wandering from aisle to aisle in Giant. It wasn't the Giant that I normally went to, so it had all of the same things I was used to, but they were all in different places, so I walked back and forth across the store looking for the groceries I needed; I was thinking about Jesus, or, more, feeling about Jesus. I didn't have any new ideas about Jesus that I needed to figure out, I just had a very strong sense that he is deeply good and loving.
I had started that evening feeling afraid about how I would show Jesus to Zach and Graham, what evidence did I have? By the end of the night, I felt a deep tranquility and beauty. What happened in the middle wasn't any facts about Jesus, but a movie that maybe wasn't even trying to be about Jesus, but that had some ideas about beauty and meaning. I didn't have any good answers to that theological riddle about how much Jesus knew, but it didn't matter: Jesus was human like Harold Crick or me, he would have washed dishes and eaten fruit and pooped. That idea still makes me tingle.


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whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me
has eternal life and will not come to condemnation, but
has passed from death to life.
So according to John those who hear and believe
Have (present tense, already, now) eternal life, and
have passed (past tense, already finished) from death to life.
If John is right, for those who listen and believe, passing from death to life is not off in the future. By the grace of God we live the new, eternal life here and now. True, we don't have it in its fullness yet, but we have it.
The hard part it seems is the hearing and believing. That is the constant struggle. Sometimes we either don't hear or don't even want to hear. Other times we hear but don't believe. We choose to either believe the culture or believe ourselves. We hear the truth of the gospel but choose to believe what we like. In doing so we risk throwing away the gift of eternal life.
Hearing and believing are ongoing challenges. We must immerse ourself in the words of Jesus and believe. Then, according to St. John's gospel, we can live in the new life Jesus offers, right now.


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There's lots of discussion about who has the best pizza crust, or the best cheese, or the best toppings, but who has the best sauce? I've been craving pizza recently, but none of the sauces have satisfied me.
Maybe I have plebian taste in pizza, but I don't care about the crust (as long as it's not too doughy) or fancy toppings. But I do want a rich, spicy sauce, and a goodly amount of it (not frou-frou pizza with just a smear of sauce and some artfully arranged toppings). And while I have nothing against white, pesto, garlic etc. sauces, I'm really looking for classic tomato.
Feel free to rave about any of your faves -- I'm unlikely to go beyond the central East Bay, but others may benefit from your suggestions.


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Marty: "Kelly! You are nothing but a sex addict! You were so busy screwing John that you didn't even RSVP to my Memorial Day BBQ. Now I must kill you."
What's the word, y'all?! My apologies for yesterday. I mean...our boss treated us to anything we wanted for hours! I couldn't turn that down! Just a reminder: Minuteman version of yesterday's show. I'm gonna post that first.
Tuesday, May 10th
1. Wait...John McBain of all the sandwiches you could have thought of you said "a cheese sandwich?" REALLY?!
2. Liam is edible...
3. I couldn't care less about Tess and Brody at the Minuteman.
4. Ted King lying horizontally is just too much for me to handle!!!
5. Natalie is looking to Liam like he will provide awesome ass insight to how/why/if John is really the father...LOL! I will say that Liam would give better advice than Joey. WORD.
6. I REALLY NEED for Joey to get with the program and get a brain.
7. I'd still do Blair no questions asked.
8. Marty Saybrooke will no doubt SAVE this episode.
9. Lord...how long are these Natalie/Liam listening to the recorder scenes...sheesh!
10. I want to know if John's slot machine works.
11. Snap!!! Day just made! Marty is trying to diagnose Kelly with sex addiction. Amazeballs!
12. My heart palpatates when I see the Roger Howarth pics! Times--have y'all seen his return photos?! He even has THE scar! Thumbs up.
13. hehe...con man to gain "CONfidence." Flove it. Also floved that Cutter just called Llanview "podunk." Cutter also asked Joey "How gullible can you be?" That is the most open ended question of all time...FACT.
14. F*@K! Can I have some vets up in here?! Dayum!
15. You know...I thought surely that McBain would have worn a seersucker suit to do his detective work today. The weather is warmer and all...you know.
16. YES!!!!! Marty's the best f*@king psycho EVER!!!! All thanks to Susan Haskell! Lord have mercy this bitch is believable!
17. LOL...Ross is like "what is this room? Where is she [Natalie]?" I must say I'm surprised they keep showing the little sunroom.
18. OMG if I were Cutter's ass I'd tell everybody and their damn mom (literally) that Aubs is a sneaky, money-grubbing ho that needs to keep her bangs swept to the side.
19. Hmmm Tea hasn't been on much lately. If I were a Tea fan, I'd be upset.
20. "John and I...we created a baby together!!!!! So if ANYONE is gonna make dinner WITH him...it's me!!!" YES!!!!!! If there was ever to make dinner WITH a man, it's cause you got pregs. Lord have mercy! OMG now Marty is jumping up and down!! This is FABOOSH!!!!
21. Joey, please get a brain. I'd love to remove your binky!!! You need to grow up!
22. On a sidenote: I almost morphed into Marty Saybrooke at work today.
23. I'll be damned! Joey removed his binky and graduated from Pampers to Pull-Ups! He is onto Aubs and her deception! Keep it up!
24. Aw hell...REALLY?! a.) Another alter...dammit. b.) They are gonna name the alter...WES?! What.The.F*@K?! This makes me want to break shit.
25. AHHHHHHH!!!!!! Marty is from a horror movie!!!! These Marty/Kelly scenes are UNREAL!!! Lord...now Natty is there. Today's episode should be good.
OMG I'm scared Marty is gonna jump through the television and kill me! Ok about to watch "The Good Wife" and then watch/post for today's episode. Be back after while darlings!


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I wrote this the other day because I needed something I could repeat over and over again.
My baby is safe
My body will not betray me.
With everyday that passes
With every kick I feel.
I realize that we are safe
He. Is. Safe.
I let go of fear
I let go of anxiety
I let go of doubt
I trust myself
I trust my body
I know that this pregnancy is not my past pregnancy
I know that my angel is watching over me
I. Let. Go. Of. Fear.
Everything will be okay.
Because everything is okay.
It is in perfect love and perfect trust that I welcome this precious miracle into the world.
Everything. Is. Perfect.


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Today was such a beautiful day. The first day of a new month. So we went for a lovely walk around the village. First we stopped to look through the Church gates. It took my breath away, the beautiful purple carpet of crocus, snowdrops and the first daffodils. Of course we had to then wander through the churchyard and take it all in, take the opportunity to see it with the sun shining, on this St. David's Day.
We wandered on through the lanes and I noticed the first bright glossy yellow celandines. They were always the first wild flowers, my sister and I used to start our collection as we pressed flowers and made our own nature book throughout the year. I saw all the new fresh green leaves of the Lords and Ladies, at the same place I collected the berries last year for my zig zag book I was working on. I will make some sketches and try and record it at this stage to add to my book.
We listened to the birds singing, this little robin sang out in the tree as I collected lots of the skeleton sycamore seeds. He was there so long the photographer managed to capture this gorgeous picture, he is actually singing.
Daffodils, crocus and snowdrops by my garden gate. I love seeing them, the pleasure of all this from planting the little bulbs in Autumn.
The birds were singing and a robin hopping around as I did a little tidying up of broken branches from the ash tree. The birds love the ash tree, and we love watching them fly in and out of it. I couldn't resist taking the view from here, looking from my garden to the shore, soon the buds will be bursting and it will be covered in leaves.
I have not been able to do much drawing as I have been having problems with my eyes. I have still being collecting both objects and ideas for future work. Next week I am having my first surgery for my cataracts. I have always been grateful that I have had the gift of such wonderful eyesight and have been able to draw in such detail. I am so aware how precious my eyes are and how much I value my sight, hopefully I will be able to return to my drawings soon. Meanwhile I am so lucky to live here, enjoy each day surrounded by all this natural beauty and be able to see this view everyday.
Like this view yesterday.
And then the colours of the sunset.
Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. Thank you for the lovely comments. See you soon. Millyx


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A few steps with me...
Monday, March 8, 2010
a quick note
Just a quick post to say that I had a GREAT 20 miler yesterday! That's the furthest I've travelled on foot since last October's ultra and I had an absolute ball doing it. The weather was great, with even a few minutes of sunny drizzle, I met several new runners, reconnected with some old ones, and a very artfully prepared cappuccino at coffee afterward. The barista drew pictures in my foam...love that! Follow that up with lunch with my best friend and a lazy evening of Oscar watching, and I'd say it was a perfect way to cap off the week.
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I've been so busy this summer that I've been eating out WAY too much. So lately, I've gotten pretty good at some quick dinners I can make at home.
Enter Chicken Bacon Ranch Bites. I made these bites the other day and brought them over to the BF's house and he was pretty pumped. Meat wrapped in meat always gets a thumbs up from the men.
These bites take all of 15 minutes to make... less time if you don't have a single-serving Foreman grill.
All you need is....
2 chicken breasts
10 strips of bacon
Ranch Dressing Powder (you know, the stuff you mix with yogurt or whatever to make the dressing)
I cut each chicken breast into 10 bite-sized pieces and toss them in some ranch powder. I never use the whole bag, so you can put it in a little baggy for the next time.
Wrap each bite in 1/2 a strip of bacon and secure with a toothpick.
Slap those puppies on the George Foreman Grill until the chicken is cooked through and the bacon is crispy. I love using the Foreman because I feel like the bacon grease rolls off and it makes this completely fat free! Right? RIGHT?!?!?!
This makes 2-3 servings, depending on how hungry you are.


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Digital Playground
Audrey Bitoni
Genre: Gonzo
Director: Robby D.
Roxy DeVille!
Cast: Audrey Bitony, Scott Nails, Roxy DeVille, Eric Masterson, Neveah, Leah Luv, Lacie Heart, Teagan Presley
Non-sex roles and cameos: Jada Fire, Marco Banderas, Mr. Pete, Chris, Yordog, others uncredited
Neveah and Leah Luv
Length: 121:33 minutes
Date of Production: 2/22/2007
Lacie Heart!
Extras: The only extras were a slideshow, a pop shot compilation from the scenes, a photogallery, and trailers to shows like like Pirates II, Island Fever 4 Blu-Ray, Jack's POV 1 Blu-Ray,Cheerleaders BR, Babysitters BR, Pirates BR, Contract Star BR, and Island Fever 3 BR.
Teagan Presley and Eric Masterson
Condoms: Some
Teagan Presley!
Audio/Video Quality: Jack's Playground 38 Blu-Ray was presented in 1.78:1 widescreen color as shot by director Robby D. for release by Digital Playground using the AVC codec for the upgraded high definition version (the video bitrate hovering in the upper 26.7 Mbps range most of the time, going even higher on occasion). The lighting was reasonably solid here, as expected given this was Robby's standard type of gonzo, and that meant that the limited amounts of grain and other visual elements used to lend a sense of texture were minimal. The way the scenes were shot and edited was markedly similar in the scenes, though the composition of the angles was changed up a bit depending on the scene in question; sometimes using a POV angle before the sex took place. The composition of the shots and the editing enhanced the look of the ladies more than a little bit too, proving what this critic has to say about the production team led by Robby and his crack crew with the DVD mastering revealing no obvious compression artifacts. Though the entire production looked more like some of their older works (the subtle differences observable to those who look closely enough) but as a straightforward gonzo comedy, it worked out nicely. The audio was presented in a 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround (using 448 Kbps) with a minimalist leaning that seemed unique in most ways to productions outside of the Jack series, with the vocals always dominating the audio track as I like it.Fans may appreciate the inclusion of the full 5.1 surround set up here, though much of it handled in post production, as it boosted the bass a bit over other recent releases.
Roxy DeVille looking great!
Body of Review: Robby D. is one of the few guys in porn that is busier working than talking it seems, the wise leadership of Digital Playground probably deciding that keeping him busy benefits everyone involved. Next month, they release his latest misadventure called Jack's Playground 38 Blu-Ray (Teagan Presley) with the major selling point being how it features lovely Teagan Presley. For the uninitiated, the entire series is based on the admittedly flimsy plot device that "Jack" (Robby) scams the ladies into having sex on camera as a means of auditioning for music video work her promises them. While some find the concept wearing a bit thin (how long has it been since Robby first told me that an actual music video would be made for the series?!?), the premise is merely a generic means to an end, allowing the director to prey on young hotties with the viewer as the voyeur. Some of the skits are funnier than others but the overall appeal of the idea is a nice way of showing people of both genders "using each other" to get what they want. The comeuppance so far is that Jack never gets any trim and the ladies never get any video work; both sides essentially getting what they deserve. This time, Jack plays the scam on Teagan, Roxy DeVille, Lacie Heart, and others, showing the company archives still have plenty of material starring top notch talent. Here's a brief look at the scenes by cast and action, noting that some condoms were used for those still interested:
Scene One: Audrey Bitony, the brunette on the front cover, was up first as a gal Scott Nails wanted Jack to meet. He met them at the front door and Audrey was wearing a bikini outfit that hugged her curvy body. She claimed to be an exotic dancer and her sweet ass looked great in the outfit, only moments into the scene, the subject of her being in a music video came up; Audrey being the latest subject to try for a position in one of Jack's mythical masterpieces. The humor about Scott liking men licking his ass aside, he started going down on her, savoring her ass while she purred in delight. He ate her biscuit too, interrupted by a cell phone call, and she then claimed his cock as her own to hungrily inhale before they fucked. I know Robby loves her to death but she was a very passive lay until the very last portion of the vaginal ride (when she ground her hips onto the rod) and the scene finished up when Scott rubbed out a nut of population pudding to her face.
Scene Two: Roxy DeVille, a very outgoing brunette dressed up as a 1950's pin up gal, was up next as she teased outside on the set of an actual music video. It wasn't Jack's though and Eric Masterson had devised a plan to get another crack at her crack, the guy's in a hurry because the "real" crew was scheduled to show up in 15 minutes. Still, Roxy gave a great tease session and was happy that they were so stoked on her performance, Roxy initiating some dick sucking in a near-classic exchange of witticisms. Roxy looked at the camera a lot as she inhaled the meat pipe, aggressively working him over very nicely as she combined her mouth with some hand to gland action for the perfect moment. The POV material was the best though Eric liked going down on her too. He donned a rubber to fuck her in a couple of positions, jerking off his load to her mouth for her to rub into her chest at the end. It wasn't her best work but I always like seeing Roxy at work.
Scene Three: Neveah, the gal on the far left side of the cover, and Leah Luv, the gal in the pink top buried deep in the back of the cover towards the middle, were up next in a lesbian scene that began with Jack scheming with Leah to get the two together. Leah's thong was prominently displayed and Neveah had a see through top on but the slow nature of the scene was based on Leah slowly coaxing her pal into posing for stills and getting horned up to fuck after they played some pool (badly I might add). Both gals were too skinny for me but they showed some chemistry together and that helped keep it watchable (at least a time or two). Leah licked Neveah's ass and then inserted a glass dildo in her friend's tight pussy, going down on her at length before the woman reciprocated. Leah looked to get off but it was a mediocre scene for me all the same.
Scene Four: Lacie Heart, the beautiful blond in the center of the front cover, was up next as she practiced singing her favorite pop song, Oops, I Did It Again when Jack and Scott Nails snuck up on her. She was in bed and extremely shy about the guys catching her, the self conscious act working to convince me the dynamic was real. Jack picked at her to continue, leading to some decent cock sucking on Scott's rod; their chemistry undeniable and plentiful. The scene initially struck me as being a big turning point for the show too, Lacie's fine body and positive attitude displaying a lot of charm too. It was not the most polished hummer in the world but it got the job done of getting Scott raging hard, the 69 position not caught very well since it was a one camera shoot. The vaginal penetration was passive though and when it switched to anal, she appeared to be in pain most of the time, letting Scott do all the work until he tossed a load onto her face.
Scene Five: Teagan Presley, the former contract cutie featured on the right hand side of the front cover, was up last in a scene shot with Eric Masterson. Eric came out of nowhere to be surprised by Jack, wearing a bra and thong panties as his two pals goofed on him extensively. The idea that Eric would go to such extremes to get laid by Teagan was undoubtedly amusing and played into the humor concept well enough; pantiless Teagan teasing a little before sitting on his face and blowing him. Eric ate her out too, leading to the pair vaginally screwing without a condom. Teagan tore it up and was the best ride of the show (as expected), bouncing on his cock like crazy in a few positions until he busted a nut on her chest. Whew!
Summary: Jack's Playground 38 Blu-Ray by director Robby D. for Digital Playground was another volume in the series that focused hard on the star aspect, the single scene with substantial replay value held until the end of the day. There was some other stroke-worthy material too though so I rated it as a Rent It but I got the distinct impression that the first four scenes, older scenes by the looks of it, were thrown together as a filler volume to make Jack's Playground 38 Blu-Ray (Teagan Presley) closely aligned with equally mediocre Jack's Playground 37. Oh well, even the talented Robby can't hit a homerun every time but give it a look when it comes out next month to see for yourselves what I mean.Still, I couldn't deny that the high definition version was a major upgrade in terms of the visual elements, Roxy and Lacie benefiting the most by comparison but all the ladies looking better as a result.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Talking about different things...
Now its the second time that the power shortage has reminded me that I am in Patna. Not that I often complain about such trivial things in life like electricity shortage in the town but there is hardly any change in the condition over the past decade that I have acknowledged.
And then there is INFLATION -- already in the double digits. I say "already" because if it's because of the rising oil prices in the international market - things are only going to worsen from here on.
We all used to study about coal, petroleum product being of limited in stock on the planet and so soon ( not even out of College) we are practically looking at the kind of effect we can have through the shortage of nature's most precious gifts. Suddenly when we are supposed to handle this world, we are already on our backfoot.
Here in Doordarshan, like in almost all Public enterprices, only few work sincerely and rest all just fill in the required numbers. I am learning some new things, but things don't seem so bright with Doordarshan.
And Welcome to Paramita and Poly in the world of blogging, and we are sure the webpage will now be something to look forward to...
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1. NEMCOG Academy is planning for eight classes for spring 2010. This program provides academic instruction for Planning Commissions, Board of Appeals, Historic Preservation, and other topics of value to local government.
2. Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary/NOAA mapping project. This includes the proposed boundary expansion to include waters off Presque Isle County. The project will make shipwreck data available online via Google and GIS.
3. Regional Renewable Energy Program: Using grant funding, this project will help install energy efficient light and HVAC systems. Also, NEMCOG is obtaining funding for Energy Audit training for commercial and public buildings.
4. Rogers City Zoning Ordinance rewrite: A complete and professional modernization of our zoning. This new zoning ordinance will help encourage development and streamline the approval process.
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6. NEMCOG is leading an effort to study a Biomass Gasification Plant for our region.
7. Northeast Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative: NEMCOG is on the leadership team for this project which is a program connecting educational activities to the special places on the Great Lakes, including a website with a database of local information.
8. Huron Blueways Project: This long-term project funded by the Coastal Zone Management (CZM) program is helping to inventory all public access along the coast from Mackinaw City to Tawas and include it on a website.
9. Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence. Final report completed by Diane Rekowski.
10. Community Economic Development Strategies (CEDS): A requirement for federal funding; it will be submitted to the Economic Development Administration (EDA) in the Spring.
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Clad in a casual body-hugging T-shirt, Azizul cheerfully addressed a group of Malaysian journalists, speaking with a slight Australian accent.
There was certainly a notable change in style and demeanour. The lad from Dungun had transformed from a shy kampung boy to a confident young man with a relatively good command of English.
But other than that, Azizul seems to be the same person he was when he moved his training base to Melbourne three years ago in pursuit for Olympic glory – humble and down to earth.
That Sunday, Azizul had travelled north to Sydney for his induction into Visa's exclusive team of world class athletes, joining the ranks of record gold-medal winning swimmer Michael Phelps, pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva and shot putter Valerie Adams.
The three-time World Cup keirin champion's inclusion in Team Visa was a timely boost just weeks before the London Olympics and Azizul was, naturally, appreciative of the honour.
The closed door ceremony to recognise and acknowledge Azizul's achievements in the world of cycling, which epitomised his rags to riches story, took about 45 minutes inside the velodrome.
Azizul, who was once thrown out of the elite Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) for indiscipline before mending his ways, said he had made many scarifices since moving to Australia but it was all worth it.
"I'm still the same simple person – but, maybe, more determined than ever to succeed. I have adapted to the lifestyle here but I haven't changed as a person. You can ask my wife," said Azizul.
Azizul's wife Athiah Ilyana Abdul Samat has joined him in Australia and they are expecting their first child.
"To achieve success one must sacrifice something. Since I moved to Melbourne, I have overcome many challenges and obstacles," said Azizul, who has even deferred his degree in Sports Science at the University of Victoria to focus on the Olympic Games.
"The cold weather has been one big challenge for me. In Melbourne, right now, I have to train early in the morning. Imagine going out when the temperature is minus 5. I dread to get up but I force myself out of bed. Once the adrenalin starts pumping, the rest becomes easy."
His training routine is painfully monotonous, but Azizul has never let boredom set in. The training programme is divided over two sessions – one in the morning from 6.30am-9.00am and another in the afternoon from 1pm-4pm.
"The training is tough and I occasionally just want to get home and rest and watch some movies," said Azizul, who sometimes drives or jumps on a scooter for his training sessions.
"Once a week, I enjoy good home cooked food but most times I'm particular about what I eat as I need to maintain my body weight. I have put on four kilogrammes now but it is all muscles so it's good."
Things are certainly looking rosy for Azizul but, almost a year ago, his Olympic dream was almost in tatters following a nasty injury he suffered at the Track World Cup in Manchester.
He was involved in a high speed crash that resulted in a 20cm splinter spearing his calf, but the Dungun boy picked up his bike and wobbled his way to finish third to maintain his overall lead as the world champion. That won him the admiration and respect of his peers and the Malaysian public.
When things get tough, Azizul said that painful incident reminded him of his ambition to conquer the world in cycling.
"The most difficult time was the recovery period after the injury. I had to start from scratch to build myself physically and emotionally but, fortunately, my coach (John Beasley) gave me the space and time to recover," he said.
"I used to train seven days a week but after the injury, I alternate my training with good rest.
"I have trained hard over the last few months pushing myself beyond the barriers. My mission in the Olympics is to win a gold medal.
"Of course, England's Olympic champion Chris Hoy stands in the way and there are several other good riders too. The Games bring the best out in everyone to push beyond the limits. I hope I will surprise everyone."
For Azizul, his cycling ambition is not only about winning a gold at the London Games.
"I'm looking beyond that. I want to win many more titles and accolades over the next few years. I want to take Malaysian cycling to greater heights. Nicol David in squash and Lee Chong Wei in badminton have proved that Malaysians can make it big in sports. I would like to show that cycling can also become a big money earning sport in our country."
On his advice for youngsters, Azizul, who has taken part in many charity races, said: "Cycling is for everyone. One doesn't have to buy an expensive, or the lightest bike to take it up as a sport.
"One can start with just a simple bicycle and evolve over time. What is more important is the passion and perseverance to pedal through any hardship," said Azizul, who started with a bicycle given to him by his late father for his good results in the PMR exam.
If Azizul's determination is anything to go by, he may well deliver Malaysia's first ever Olympic gold in London.


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Saturday, 11 September 2010
One Enchanting Video - 100 Legendary Trunks leads to a thousand more thoughts
This post was going to be a short one, but as I thought about it, I felt I wanted to share more. I've always loved the idea of looking at one thing through history - seeing how it itself changes, an object transforming to suit different things as times change, as well as changing reactions to it - what it means to contemporary people and in what different situations it is used. And how looking at and thinking about one thing can spark a thousand other thoughts.
All this seemed to come together when I watched this video on Lily and the Muse. This truly amazing video is actually part of an ad campaign for the Louis Vuitton book. Both look amazing, I love the video and think the book would make the perfect coffee table companion, to peruse over and dream. I was simply going to share the video and leave it at that. But it got me thinking about history and objects.
The video and book shares 100 legendary trunks, but they are all designer - a small slice of the bigger history. Louis Vuitton are using history to cement the idea of their brand, to evoke thoughts of luxury, heritage, and the past. They are, in the present day, cementing their brand, and making more sales by embracing their history, suggesting, perhaps, superiority and certainly the chance for buyers of the brand to feel part of something larger than just the material product. Looking at this could lead to cynicism, as heritage is blatantly used for commercial purposes. I feel differently, the video is just one of the ways that history can be enjoyed, thought about and embraced.
Reading the book, or simply watching the video (something many more can enjoy, if you, like me, cannot afford the book), can spark so many thoughts. On trunks themselves, how differently they were used in the past (on stage coaches, ships and trains. When men and women travelled with a retinue as well as their possessions. When diplomats in the 19th century, travelled the world, and India rode on elephants, their trunks behind them. Or when kings and queens travelled the country, their court moving with them. Or perhaps think about the men and women who emigrated, with all their worldly possessions in one trunk), compared to the present when we collect our luggage from impersonal suitcases as they circle the conveyor belt at an airport. That is simply the object, but it evokes other thoughts and feelings; ideas of travel, for pleasure, work or emigration. The movements of people that have always occurred, grand tours, trips to the seaside and our own memories of perfect holidays. Not to mention the thoughts of the people who used them and what they put inside.
Just looking at one thing, can mean being inspired by so much more.
Helen at Clio's Curiosities
Sunday, 5 September 2010
A visit to the past, via Lacock Abbey and village
|I'm sure this cat posed for the photo
|In the grounds leading to the Abbey
|A wonderful collection of candles, in a shop full of so much lovely homemade soap
|Some old photos on a table in the Abbey
|The most glorious rocking horse and wallpaper
|Taken from a shelf in a cabinet of curiosities
|Don't you just love it when there's a dressing up room
|Just done the garments and strick a pose
|I loved loved loved this patchwork quilt
|The courtyard in the Abbey
|Just a few of the old cameras on display
This Saturday I went to Lacock and loved it so much, although it was certainly a surreal experience. The small town was totally quiet, no one about apart from a whole load of tourists and daytrippers milling around and enjoying one of our few days of sun. The village is total picture book fairytale, a proper chocolate box. It's as if the whole place is national trust, rather than just the museum, and abbey house on the outskirts. You can certainly feel the history as you wonder around, although certainly in a strange way. There was a lovely big old barns that had been preserved, and there was even, on that very day, a reunion for those evacuated there during the war! All the shops are quaint and full of rustic and homemade things and we were served in the bakery by women in period serving outfits before going on to have cream teas outside. I mean where could you feel the history more than in a place where Cranford was filmed and Colin Firth strutted around in when the BBC filmed Pride and Prejudice? And that was just the village.
Yes there was more. Lacock Abbey is breathtaking and certainly worth visiting if you can. It's even more steeped in history, you can see the layers, appreciate all that has gone on there. It really feels like something where so much has happened. All I can share is a potted history and hope that it inspires you to visit. The Abbey was founded by Ela of Salisbury in the 13th Century. Her husband witnessed the Magna Carta and she seems to have been a remarkable and powerful woman in her own right. When Henry VIII disbanded the nunnery that was there, part of the building was kept and attached to the grand house that was built there. And so today you can wonder round the Abbey (which was used in two of the Harry Potter films) and then walk straight into the house, which is decked out in former glory as so many National Trust properties are.
And still there's more. In the nineteenth century the house was owned by the Talbots. Fox Talbot invented the photo negative! And so we have two of my favourite things - history and photography. There is a small museum there that is so well done, half box of curiosity with interesting things to show and tell, half exploratory and explanatory, sharing what occurred and its significance. It's a joy to walk around and brilliant that they have a changing gallery space above. I loved the exhibition on significant negatives that was on, so fascinating to see photos entirely differently.
So, I am now in love with Lacock (despite the strange feeling of the village itself) and had a wonderful day - especially with the new Vignette app I downloaded for my HTC phone (available on Android marketplace and the iPhone equivalent). It was so fun to play around with the settings and I think the photos turned out great!
Helen at Clio's Curiosities
Saturday, 4 September 2010
So you wish you could sew...
It seems that there a lot of things that have gotten lost in the past - like the fact that once, sewing was something known by everybody (well, every woman). And I now a lot of people who wish they could create something themselves. I'm one of these people. Inspired by volunteering at the Quilt Museum in York I even wanted to get my own sewing machine and do some of my own projects - sadly me and my mum decided against it at the last minute. I'm going into my final year of University and my spare time is already filled to the brim with other projects that I couldn't add another thing to the mix.
This is why this project is brilliant. I know my blog is not yet very established, but after seeing it in the blogoshpere I couldn't help but share it (also there's a prize. I won't lie, that made my attention linger once I realised I couldn't actually do it myself).
The idea is simple, starting on 27th September and going on until the 4th November, Drucilla and Mathlyd will take you through step by step personal tutorials via a password accessed blog to teach you to sew and embroider. What could be better? Add to the fact that the inspiration came from the glamorous twenties and you'll be creating your own sleep sets (a pillow case, camosile and shorts), and you have a perfect combination.
So head to their blog and take a look.
Helen at Clio's Curiosities
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Thursday, 2 September 2010
Reactions to The Illusionist: when history steps in and claims the present
Last week I went with my family to see The Illusionist and it is truly breathtaking. And of course, it's certainly historical. It itself was created, as my dad was quick to often point out, from the unfinished script of Jaques Tati that was written in 1956. He was a French filmaker, director and comedian and the main character of the Illusionist is based on him. This is something I'd loved to know more about, but as I didn't know much at the time, it is not what struck a cord in me.
Directed by Sylvain Chomet (of Belleville Rendezvous - or The Triplets of Belleville if you're not from England like me) the film is typically full of breathtaking animation and artistic swoons. With little dialogue the plot is comparitively simple. Set in the 1950s it follows an old magician performer who travels from Paris to Edinburgh, via a remote Scottish village where he meets a young woman called Alice. She's entranced by the magic he performs, a stark comparision to the world that faces him in the Scottish capital at a time when the old delights are pushed aside for more modern entertainment.
Aside from the beauty of the story and art direction (which should make it worthwhile to watch for any history and art lover), the story captures what it means when one historical or cultural era is replaced by something new. It's hard not to feel for the characters who find they can no longer make a living from the old entertainments (we are also introduced into the lives of a ventriloquist and a trio trapese artists aside from the beginning to be forgotten illusionist). The film seems to comment on how modern societies can brutally push aside past amusements, no longer relishing them, gradually letting them disapear.
There is certainly a melancoly and wistful air to the film, the sense of regret and change is not subtle. To me this seemed somewhat depressing, especially when it is clear that today's society does have one eye on the past, and that things aren't so dismissing as was depicted in the film. If not then many less people would have seen the itself, less would have been entranced with it and attracted to it. The vintage revival is occuring, not just in the blog world but in influencing contemporary and 'new' lifestyle as well. People watch films, read books, and gorge on the historical features and snapshots into the past. Yes, there is less of place for the old entertainment represented in the film, but there is still a place. It seems to me that people are increasingly embracing alternatives to the modern aspects of our lives. This weekend I also went to the theatre, not to see a play, but in the intimate setting I was one of many captivated by the magicians performing on stage. There was no modern techniques, just the old fashioned magic (or tricks). It was wonderful.
I guess things are always going to move on and away, some things will get left behind, but they will not be forgotten. And they may certainly be enjoyed again.
So look the stills and go and enjoy the film, tell me what you thought and how you reacted to the clear movement of time, as a present man's world increasingly became part of history. And also tell, or think about, if there is something you've done recently where you've felt the touch of the past?
Helen at Clio's Curiosities
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I found myself mesmerized by the array of stainless steel shapes arranged on black velvet cards in the display case. A variety of hooks, curlicues, and a style called "barbell", written on a little tag in a child like hand alongside the rows labeled by sizes, in eighth of an inch increments. I'm glad they told me. I was certainly the neophyte for all this, and I need the education.
In the next case, there were rows and rows of similar shapes, carved from various exotic woods, along with a chessboard array of various ceramic and wooden plugs. This was a piercing shop, mind you, and the various items were the end product of a process conducted in the adjoining room, the doorway covered by a long tie-dyed sheet. Rap music played loudly in the little house, setting the mood for my first time in the Black Hole.
The DJ of our concert was the resident tattooist, lacking a customer for the moment. The piercer (pierctess?) had joined him on the sidewalk outside for a smoke when we walked up. My wife was in need of a repiercing of one of her ears, so she could again wear earrings on both ears. The jewelry shop in the mall had referred us to this place, The Black Hole. Her enthusiasm for "the Hole" was echoed by another customer. Yet, I wondered if the tattooist was part of the Calcutta Connection and the rap music was designed to cover up the screams of the hostages in the back.
So, we ventured forth during rush hour in the rain to this little house two blocks from the heart of downtown Beaverton, which may be another oxymoron in this story. We found the place the new fashioned way, using an app on my iPhone. It was safe to say we hadn't heard of this place before, not being frequenters of piercing shops or tattoo parlors.
My wife signed the mandatory one page disclaimer, rather skillfully drafted by legal counsel to The Black Hole. I wondered if the attorney's fee included a tattoo of the scales of justice on the forearm, or a nice black and white portrait of Sandra Day O'Connor, or maybe the text of the Bill of Rights on their back. Or, maybe a nice nose piercing "screw", that would be the perfect accessory for the lawyer's black and gray pinstriped suit.
Karen chose the smallest of the "barbells" for her "reholed" ear lobes, as one apparently needs to wear stainless steel for the six weeks of healing, after the needle finds its mark. She's not one for needles or medical procedures, especially after this week's adventures with her colonoscopist, which included a complimentary IV apparatus and the "just a little poke" for the "happy drugs".
The needle lady guided her back behind the tie-dyed door, and I half expected to hear screams. Instead, I was lulled by the again loud rap music to skim through the albums of tattoo pictures on the counter, next to the sign that said "tattoos—cash only", which was also next to the credit card machine. Hmm, some needle work is chargeable, but the really expensive stuff, with the colored inks and exotic, complicated designs, is cash only. I wondered if they barter.
In a few minutes, the deed had been done, and we left, intact, with our new barbells, and no tattoos. I hadn't found anything I liked in the books, though the one of Satan on the Cross was, well, a little captivating. How many takers have they had for that design?
And, no barbells in the case seemed to have my name on them, and there didn't even seem to be any Prince Albert paraphernalia, for the man who really ached to have his penis pierced. Some men do that, you know, and I guess I was just a little disappointed. For a name like the Black Hole, I expected a little more sinisterism, even a little erotic tidbit waiting for me in the display case. For a piercing and tattoo place, this was pretty mild, after all.
The next morning, I found myself at the gym, pumping a little iron. While I was grunting through my weightlifting routine, I hoisted some barbells. Well, not quite the barbells at The Black Hole, but these were the barbells in my life, and I think I wanted to keep it that way. But who knows, maybe the next fad at the Y will not be the three white stripes down the leg Adidas sweatpants that the Arnold Schwarzenegger wannabes are wearing now, but instead, maybe a nice wooden ear plug, or the one inch nipple piercing barbell. Maybe I should be the trend setter, the leader of today's fashion a la mode.
That afternoon, I finally showered, and donned the most formal attire in my closet, a black suit and a pleated white shirt, set off with the only bow tie I have ever owned, satiny black. It has an elastic strap and a little hook, so I don't have to learn how to tie one of these every year for the one time I wear it. Still, the white pleats down the front and the bow tie brings a flash of elegance to my wardrobe, which focuses entirely too much on the ensembles a man in high standing in rural Oregon seeks to attain in the world of fashion. My Carhartt overalls and my Wal-Mart jeans were left on the floor, and we strolled out to the limo for an afternoon on the town.
Our first stop was the Christmas Tea at the local tea shop. It really is an elegant event, and certainly the high point in our holiday festivities. The place is decorated to the hilt with all the Christmas décor one could hope to ever accumulate. We ate our dainty sandwiches and noshed on miniature tablespoon sized cups of tomato soup and sorbet, sipping our English tea from flowered china cups. I even raised my pinkie each time I took a dainty sip of tea, with one lump of sugar and a spot of milk, just like my English great grandmother was prone to do. Large tea pots, tied up with "tea cozies" festooned the table, as we chatted with friends about holiday events and our New Year's plans.
The afternoon ended, finally, after two pots of tea and enough sugar and fat to exceed my diet for an entire week. We were headed for the movies, and the early starting time didn't allow me to return to my estate and don the more common movie going attire in Tillamook of jeans and hiking boots. After all, this is December, and the rain was falling at about an inch an hour and the wind was blowing sideways. I didn't want to get my bow tie wet, you know.
So, off to the theatre we went. We certainly stood out to the popcorn lady, who remarked that she hadn't seen anyone ever wear tuxedo attire into the movies before. I just grinned, acting as if I always wore my tux to the Tillamook theatre, took my popcorn and headed in to watch Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren machine gun the Secret Service.
We finally exited that high cultural event about eight o'clock, an hour perilously close to our bed time, and certainly past the hour that we fashionably don our "lounge pants", which is the new term for what I used to call PJs. Lounge pants seem to be the attire of the evening these winter nights, especially when the rain is cascading down the roof and nearly filling the eaves troughs. My social companions, the cats, don't seem to mind, as long as they get a bit of time stretched out on my lap catching up on their beauty sleep, and the treat bowl gets filled at least once.
We needed to get a bottle of wine for the next day's cultural event, a brunch. Safeway was a block away, and my wife, who I realized may not get out as much as she should, wondered if they were still open. Well, it is eight o'clock, but some folks may grocery shop, or need a case of beer in this town after dinner. It is Saturday night, after all, and Safeway probably offers more possibilities of a good time in this town than most establishments. By the looks of downtown, Safeway, the second showing of our cultural film classic, and the two downtown bars were about all that the county seat offered this late on a Saturday night.
So, we stroll into Safeway, Karen still attired in her black dress with black sequins, and the new stainless steel barbells, and me in my black suit, pleated white shirt, and bow tie. We peruse the wine section, along with the wino looking for a cheap bottle of red and a bag of potato chips. He looks like he's just trying to get his second or third bottle for the day, and looks at me with a half sloshed look of disbelief. Or, maybe he was just an admirer of how the bow tie looked against the pleats of my shirt, on Saturday night in the big city. I bet on the latter opinion of my fashionable taste this fine evening out.
We hit the checkout stand, manned by a friend of ours who grinned when he espied the bow tie, the pleated shirt, and my wife's sparkly dress. He murmured that we might be overdressed, just a wee bit. But, then, he's used to see me standing in his line after I've sweated through a T shirt at the Y, or in my usual winter storm attire of Gortex and a flannel shirt.
We headed home through the rain, wind pushing our car sideways a bit, and head inside. The cats yawn as we burst in, a fresh gust of ocean air and slanted rain catching the door. The bow tie and the suit coat soon end up back in the closet, and my cat refrained from commenting on how classy I looked when I came home. Apparently, my black and white tuxedo cat is not terribly impressed with my attempt to look as classy as he. But, I still won. Unlike him, I have a bow tie.


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Dogger Bank 1915
SWF has agreed to play three wargames centred on World War One in recognition of the centenary of the war.
A land battle using his excellent 28mm figures, and air battle using wings of war and a naval battle using the rules ' Dreadnoughts Rising ' (computer moderated rules).
In celebration of my new wargames table, I dug out some of my 1:3000th scale ships and looked at a scaled version of Dogger Bank
A brief summary for those who do not know much about the battle.
The fleets converge
One of the ' Splendid Cats ' HMS Lion, Flagship of the dashing Adm Beatty
Followed by the other ' Splendid Cat ' HMS Tiger
This is where Dogger Bank is in the North Sea. It is a treacherous area for fishermen at the best of times.
HMS New Zealand and HMS Indomitable struggle to keep up
A Destroyer squadron screens the Battlecruiser Squadron
Light Cruisers provide the eyes for Beatty
Under the command of Adm Hipper, in his untested Flagship, SMS Seydlitz, the first scouting fleet conducts a foray to send the British fishing fleet to the bottom of the sea.
The ill-fated SMS Blucher bringing up the rear
They too have light forces screening the big ships
and Light Cruisers scouting ahead
Surely the Mighty Tiger will devour its prey?


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Base: OPI Pepe's Purple Passion
Topped with: Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Ruby Sapphire
To get over the let down that Pepe's Purple Passion was, I decided to pull out something very special! This is an oldie- about 10 years old!- but a goodie! Ruby Sapphire was a gift from a friend- I found it in her polish basket, and when she saw how excited I was about it, it got to come home with me.
The Nail Prisms line was released in 2002 and offered an exciting line of colors such as duochromes like Amber Ruby, and linear holographic polishes like Blush Diamond. Ruby Sapphire is a beautiful color that often looks purple, but flashes blue and red depending on the lighting. These polishes are quite sheer, so I recommend layering them over a color that would compliment them or black.
Application of this polish was a breeze- not one bit of clean up required. It only took one coat to take a manicure I almost immediately wiped off, Pepe's Purple Passion, and turn it into something stunning!
If you find any of the Nail Prism polishes, I recommend picking them up! They have shown up in 5 packs recently as Ross and Grocery Outlet stores.


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It's Super Tuesday, and the mudslinging is at a fever pitch - not among the politicians, but from the voters. "I'm sick of politics!" cries the voter as we face only the second month of a presidential election year. Maybe it's more than a coincidence that Super Tuesday landed on Fat Tuesday. Everybody's going to need a few days of quiet after this is all over.
If it seems like the election seasons get longer every time, you're right. Primaries and caucuses keep getting moved earlier until one fears we will soon be in a state of perpetual politicking. This only adds to the political fatigue that falls over much of the country year after year where presidential elections are followed by special elections followed by state congressional elections followed by another special election followed by the election to decide if the touch screen voting machine will actually count my vote or take me to a porn web site. In Indiana political ads seem to rule the TV 11 months of the year.
These ads crack me up. The advisors who cook these things up assume anyone of any intelligence is reading the newspapers and the candidate's web site and following the election process through sources that offer more than a 20 second sound bite. Therefore, TV ads need only to appeal to the lowest possible denominator. Notice I said lowest possible denominator, not common denominator. These guys don't even try to take the pulse of the TV viewer; they just assume we're all brain dead. As a result Indiana viewers are subject to a bevy of political ads featuring the candidate standing in a cornfield holding a basketball. No, I am not being facetious. Check it out yourself. Every Indiana political ad has the candidate holding a basketball. I think it's the law over there or something.
Ohio is not much better. I was once informed through a TV ad that I should vote for someone because he was the captain of his high school wrestling team. Other candidates make similar claims showing blurry home video of the winning touchdown they scored. Now I'm not suggesting heading a wrestling team is trivial, but I'm not sure how this experience was meant to instill in me any confidence that this candidate was ready to make decisions regarding Ohio's budget.
If we're going to judge our candidates based on their high school records I'd much rather vote for the kid who washed out in every sport in the school. He's the guy who aced the poli-sci final and wrote a term paper in history class on the U.S. economic policies in the 20th century. He could balance the state's budget and figure out how to fund our schools on his home computer. I'd love to see this guy's TV ad.
Hello Ohio, I'm Smedly Nerdwuss. I never dated a girl the entire time I was in high school.
I'd vote for him in a heartbeat.
The Rantings of a Reasonable Person After Eight Hours a day in a Television Station.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Ad Nausium
Posted by Steve at 8:44 AM
Labels: politics
3 comments:
Don't forget the stained glass window, family photo (dog included) and a stroll through a field, near farm equipment or through a factory to show how in touch they are with the "common man".
- February 6, 2008 at 1:10 PM
I always wonder how many takes they had to shoot to get the congressman jumping off the John Deere without falling on his ass.
- February 7, 2008 at 12:00 PM
It was probably a body double making the jump. Film the double from the back while making the jump and then follow with a jump cut to the candidate's face. lol
- February 7, 2008 at 12:11 PM
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I was visiting Mom of 2...now 3's blog and found this website: http://www.bellybuttonringsandthings.com/
The mothers bracelets on the site are awesome! I also think that they are reasonably priced, too. I have a mothers ring that my husband bought me, but it doesn't have my newest addition to the family on it so I stopped wearing it. It is still my favorite ring that I own, though.
Mom of 2..now 3 is hosting a giveaway on her site for a Belly Charms bracelet! You can't get much better than free!
You can find the contest here:
Good luck! Whoever wins is a lucky mama!


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Award Booking Adventures – Unable to Book Japan Airlines with Alaska miles and Kenya Airways with Delta Skymiles and Cathay's new rules
This week I undertook several award booking adventures. Unable to book Japan Airlines (JAL) with Alaska miles First I set out to book Japan Airline using my Alaska miles. It all seems easy enough and Japan Airlines shows up in the award booking search at Alaska Airlines website. I used the Multi-City option to plan […] Read on →


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Tom Rockliff will start season 2018 in new colours.
Port Adelaide lodged paperwork for the Benalla export to move to Alberton on Tuesday, with Brisbane confirming yesterday that it would not match the offer, believed to be about $650000 a season over four years, for the restricted free agent.
The Power coup brings to an end Rockliff's 154-game career at the Lions, which included two years as captain, a pair of Merrett-Murray Medal wins and an All-Australian blazer over nine seasons.
Brisbane general manager of football David Noble heaped praise upon the midfielder's tenure at the Lions.
''Tom has been a wonderful contributor to our club over a long period of time, providing leadership as the captain and a multiple best and fairest winner,'' he said.
''We understand that free agency allows players to explore the market and look at their options after eight years of service to the club. We wish Tom, Sharna and Jack all the best with their new venture but will never forget his contribution to our club.''
The Lions will receive compensation for Rockliff's departure in the form of a draft pick at the end of the first round, which currently stands to be number 18.
Even if Luke Hodge joins the club that pick will be safe, as the Hawthorn veteran lost his free agency status when he retired at the end of this year's campaign.
Other Goulburn Valley players mooted in trade moves, including Shepparton export Jarman Impey and Seymour-bred Josh Schache, remain in limbo at the time of printing, with clubs still easing into the long period of wheeling and dealing.


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This is the second time I've made a Hitchhiker. This is a great pattern by Martina Behm. For this Hitchhiker, I used yarn I purchased at a yarn shop near Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington. The yarn is hand dyed and the color inspiration was the beautiful fresh flowers you find at the market.
My friend, Marilyn, also bought a ball of this yarn. She did not use all of her yarn in her project so she gave the remained of her yarn. What we found interesting is that her ball of yarn was brighter and the dominate color was yellow. My yarn was a bit more muted and I would say the dominate color is purple. You can see the color variation in the photos. I started the Hitchhiker with Marilyn's yarn and, when that ran out, I added my ball of yarn. This definitely makes my Hitchhiker one of a kind.
Many of Martina Behm's patterns call for 150 gram skeins of sock weight yarn. Specifically, she uses a German yarn called Wollmeise. It was nice to add Marilyn's yarn to my project so my Hitchhiker is a generous size. I sure love wearing this garment! It's surprising how much warmth just a little wrap adds when you wear it about your neck and shoulder.
On Ravelry, there are nearly 27,000 Hitchhiker projects. It is not a free pattern, but it's a very popular pattern. It's also very fun to knit. Here are a few more photos for you to see.


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Friday, April 30, 2010
Cancer-treatment Vaccine
The biotech, Dendreon (based in my lovely town of Seattle), has just received approval from the FDA to produce the first cancer-treatment vaccine in the U.S. Click here to read more about this ridiculously expensive drug that will be used to treat prostate cancer.
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- carolinarenee said...
I saw a segment about this drug on the nightly news last week, and surprisingly Brian Williams actually raised an ethical question, "who will be able to afford this treatment?" Of course, that's assuming the treatment is worth the cost, because from my impression of the newscast, it is only being used during the terminal stage to extend life. Paying nearly $100,000 to live an extra 6 months? I don't know, but there sure is money to be made on people's desperation...
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