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Our thoughts, attitudes, emotions, beliefs and desires form our spiritual diet. We may not hear them, but make no mistake – they are incredibly powerful. "Eating" the same old thoughts every single day produces the same old reality every day … and we wonder why nothing ever seems to change.
We have the power to change ourselves. We have the power to change the world.
Here's a sample of some common thought patterns that can all be changed:
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The ACA and costs: Many questions
I am thrilled that the Affordable Care Act was passed. It is a first step to show that change is possible. This transition is not easy, and many more concerns are accruing for those who already are paying for insurance and cannot afford the high deductibles. I am wondering if Medicaid will be able to fully cover the bills for individuals with long-term medical needs, and whether this is sustainable? Will copays be reduced? Are health care costs going to be similar or competitive throughout the states? Are deductibles going to be lowered?
It will be wonderful to have a system in which no one is refused health care based on income, health history and age. Now, I hope for discussions among state legislatures about some of these other pertinent questions.
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According to the New York Times, "the Congressional Budget Office estimates that private health insurance premiums will increase by 5.7 percent each year, on average, from 2012 until 2022. But premiums would be getting more expensive with or without the law." So, should we not see a reduction in premiums now that so many more people will (have to) buy health insurance? And, more intriguingly, where will all the penalty/tax money collected end up?
So far, let's call the amendment unhelpful
Last I read, groups on each side of the marriage amendment in Minnesota had raised $6 million to forward their positions. Regardless of your stance on the amendment, it should be clear that $6 million could be much better spent on feeding the hungry and housing the homeless than on an amendment to the state Constitution that changes nothing. (Gay marriage is already illegal in Minnesota.)
MARY MCFetridge, New Hope
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To Minnesotans who have decided to boycott General Mills because of its recognition of gays and lesbians as people who deserve equal rights, don't forget to also boycott other companies that have been cited as having policies friendly to gay and lesbian employees, including:
Allstate; Amazon; American Airlines; Apple; Applebee's; Banana Republic; Best Buy; Clorox; Coca-Cola (which manufactures Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Dr. Pepper, Fanta, Vitamin Water and Dasani); Costco; Delta Air Lines; Ford; Gap; General Motors; Gerber; Hilton Hotels; Home Depot; IBM; Kraft; Levi's' Marriott International; McDonald's; Microsoft; Nationwide; Nike; Old Navy; Olive Garden; Pepsico (which manufactures Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Sierra Mist, Sobe Life Water, Lipton Iced Tea, Amp energy drinks and Aquafina); Procter & Gamble; Red Lobster; Rite Aid; Sears; Southwest Airlines; St. Jude Medical; Starbucks; State Farm; Target; United Airlines; UPS; Walgreens; Walt Disney Co.
Does this sound ridiculous yet? Think about it.
Private enterprise
Government's crucial supporting role
A June 27 letter writer, responding to a commentary about public workers, stated, "There is no net GDP gain when you forcibly take a dollar out of the community in the form of a salary for a government workers vs. a voluntary exchange when someone freely gives a dollar to purchase an item the buyer perceives is of more value [the writer used Apple products as an example] than the dollar in his pocket." The "forcibly take" is disturbing, because this is a democracy -- would the writer prefer another form of government?
But, to the central premise, there would be no Apple absent government (and its employees). The government defines and protects private property. It provides copyright and trademark patents for private companies and their products and provides a legal system to resolve conflicts. It provides the infrastructure -- roads, waterways, airports, ports, bridges, dams -- necessary for the conduct of private business. It provides security for all, and secures sea lanes for companies such as Apple to send material and products to and from China. It provides the system that educates Apple's future employees. Well, the list is endless ...
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The June 27 letter writer is flat-out mistaken about GDP. This index counts dollars in circulation. It counts the same dollar over and over as it changes hands (the multiplier effect). It cannot distinguish between a tax dollar spent and "a voluntary exchange when someone freely gives a dollar to purchase an item." Nor can GDP distinguish between funds borrowed or taxed.
Government undertakes grand scale projects, from the moon landing to the Normandy landing from Hoover Dam to the damn Vikings stadium. Government hiring and handouts remedy business cycle panics. Government wastes money, but never on the scale that consumers do. Much consumption is bilked out of purchasers to acquire fun possessions that interfere with their productive work lives. Government tends to knuckle down to functional, boring, profitless tasks, but could do better.
The culture
Our throwaway, bullying society
The June 28 article ("Is disposable fashion worth the price?") highlights a trend that has been occurring for decades. Remember the phrase "they just don't make 'em like they used to?" Everything from shoes and clothing to appliances and automobiles, not to mention cheap plastic products that are meant to be tossed after one use, demonstrates a form of instant gratification. Corporations benefit, hoping we buy more and buy more frequently, but I wonder what it does for our society, our environment and our souls.
A meaningful life is one that values a conscience, thinks long-term, cares about others and lives purposefully. Let's not throw it away!
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We have seen so many articles about how damaging it is when kids bully one another. Is not the June 26 article "Bachmann: Pop-culture punching bag" a report on adult bullying? Cracks about hair, clothing, etc., hurt no matter who does it. What example are we giving when adults are allowed to pick on one another but kids are told it is wrong?
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A high school friend who is now a pastor in Seattle posed this question on Facebook yesterday:
"As we pray for God to intervene, why do some seem to be healed and others not? Is God indifferent or selective? What is up with that?"
Being someone who has been praying & believing for my own healing for nearly 23 years, the question interested me greatly. In fact, I have asked some form of it myself through the years. Since Jesus healed all who came to him (Matt. 12:15 & Acts 10:38) & said that if we have faith in Him, we would do the same & greater (John 14:11-14), why isn't everyone healed?
First, I must say that I don't think it's really a question of why so many people aren't healed as it is an amazement that so many people are healed. I mean, we deserve nothing. Every good thing we have has nothing to do with us – our works – but is purely because of God's love. And since most Christians are, if we're being honest, such a mess at being Christians, it is only by God's great compassion that, when we pray for people, we see the miracles we do see. Yes, it's always by Him, but He likes using His earthly body – The Church – to accomplish His will. And because of this, He has shown us in His word how we might be used. And I think that's the question my friend was asking…why aren't we used more?
I was sitting in the warm, beautiful sunshine this morning & my friend's question came back to me, so I started reflecting on it & talking it over with God. I asked Him, "Lord, since Your word is true & always works, why aren't more people healed? Why isn't everybody who is prayed for healed? You're word says it, so it can't be You. Yes, Lord, You are sovereign, but You said that if we have faith, we would do what You did & greater…that You would do it through us." As I sat there listening, I felt these words in my spirit:
"Where's the love?"
The bible says that faith works by love (Gal. 5:6). So where is the love? Jesus taught that all of the commandments were summed up by love (Matt. 22:36-40) & that love is the most important thing (John 15). God is love (1 John 4:8). Jesus came because of this love – that we might be saved. He came so that we might see God in the flesh (John 14:9)…so that we could see love. Yet what do we do? What do we, the body of Christ, do? Do we truly love? Not often. Too many times the body of Christ, instead of loving one another, is ripping itself apart. "Arms" cut off "legs". "Legs" gouge out "eyes". "Eyes" cut out "tongues". And all the parts stab the "hearts". If the Church can't even walk in love with our own body, how can people be healed? How can we ask in faith expecting when faith works by a love in which we aren't walking?
Jesus said,
"5I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples." (John 15:5-8 NIV)
Do we reap strawberries from the branches of a grape vine? Do we reap tomatoes from the branches of a squash vine? Of course not! If we're reaping strawberries, it's not a grape vine & if we're reaping tomatoes, it's not a squash vine. So the question is, what are we reaping? Are we reaping hatred, anger, depression, cruelty, meanness, doubt, harshness &/or selfish desires? If so, then we are not a branch of the True Vine. If we are not reaping the fruit of the True Vine, then we are not truly abiding in Him – allowing Him to prune us to make us productive (John 15:1-2).
"22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control." (Gal. 5:22-23)
God's word is always true & always works, so if we aren't seeing & doing the miracles Jesus did, perhaps it's because we aren't walking in the fruit of the Spirit…we aren't walking in true love. Perhaps we haven't allowed Him to have His full work in us. I know I haven't. I am not a horrible person, but I can be unkind & selfish & mean & judgmental. I can blow up in anger & be cruel at times. In fact, these things come far too easily! But I don't want to be that way any longer – ever! I want to obey Jesus' command & LOVE! I want to let go of all of me…all of my selfish desires…& let Him transform me into His "Love Machine". That is what will bring Him the greatest joy, and after everything He's done for me, I want to give Him great joy! I am not saved by works, but I want my works to give Him glory!
And if we allow Him to transform us…if we truly start loving…,I believe, as an added bonus, we will see our prayers for healing answered!
Those are my thoughts. As always, your comments are welcome & encouraged!


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Hi all. This for information - but not to offer advice. Please apply your own judgement before taking anything on board.
I've posted recently on research i've found (my thyroid replacement is working well, but think i have residual adrenal issues and have a definite blood pressure and fatigue problems) regarding foetally (in the womb) programmed exaggerated stress responses - which may apply to my own situation.
As it's become clear that chronic stress is a more general problem caused also by lifestyle, work, traumatic events, diet, illness, relationships etc etc it's morphed to address the more general topic of chronic stress/chronically high cortisol levels and adrenal exhaustion.
Quite apart from bringing on chronic fatigue and adrenal exhaustion it seems to if not resolved pretty rapidly lead to thyroid issues by messing up gut function, and triggering auto immune attack (likely on the thyroid) and nutritional deficiences. So that with both conditions piled together we end up with the typical mix of adrenal, thyroid, gut and immune issues and symptoms - plus heaven knows what else they lead to.
The manual (don't worry about the vague sounding title - it's pretty specific) is titled 'Mastering Your Life', and is available here: clymer-healing.myshopify.co... . It was written by the recently deceased Dr. Gerald F. Poesnecker of the Clymer Healing Centre in the US.
I don't know a lot about him or the centre (there's a young doctor that has taken over from him) except for some positive web references to the manual and indications that the approach is fairly widely used by US holistic practitioners, but having just read the manual it seems to my non expert eyes both cheap and a highly informative.
Please comment if you have experience or views.
It sets out he says principles developed since the 70s while treating patients with chronic fatigue/adrenal exhaustion/exaggerated stress responses. He seems for what seem to have been altruistic reasons to have chosen to set out what might by many be regarded as the 'trade' secrets.
He outlines use of the saliva based adrenal stress profile and DHEA test (as offered in the UK by Genova for Thyroid UK patients) to determine what stage the condition is at, and consequently what treatments are required - very much a functional medicine/systems approach. The treatments (which vary depending on the stage of the condition - and require good judgement to sort out) mix differing combinations of Seriphos (an adaptogen that temporaily blocks the action of cortisol), DHEA, ACE, plus adrenal, immune and nutritional supports.
He's very clear also on the need to manage lifestyle to enable healing, and comprehensively sets out what he means by this - so it's a highly holistic approach.
I've concluded it's worth taking further, and have just returned an adrenal stress test to Genova. Here's hoping it'll point up some directions to follow as it'd really be great to get off popping blood presure pills like smarties and to get my stamina back after all these years....
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MARTE ER represents the 3rd generation within the MARTE family of missile systems and is derived from MARTE MK2/S which is already in service with the Italian Navy on its NFH90 and AW101 helicopters. The main difference between the two lies in the introduction of a turbo engine in place of the rocket motor.
MARTE ER missile is going to be integrated on Eurofighter TYPHOON and other fast jets.
MARTE ER's design takes into account that MARTE MK2/S is already qualified and installed on these two platforms. This offers the following advantages:
Same mechanical, functional & electrical helicopter interfaces
No platform hardware changes required to manage the MARTE ER missile, only software changes to the Store Management System (SMS) are required to manage longer range performance
The helicopter, with the new version of SMS software, is able to operate both MARTE MK2/S and MARTE ER missiles
Same logistic support, in terms of benches, trolley and most handling & maintenance tools and schedule
Weight : 315 kg
Length : 3.60 m
Diameter : Max body diameter : 316 mm
Range : Well beyond 100 km
Speed : High subsonic
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Brimstone provides a combat proven, low collateral, close air support weapon offering to the fast jet operator the unique capability of engaging a wide range of target types, including fast moving vehicles / vessels in both land and naval environments and in both direct and indirect modes.
The latest generation Brimstone builds upon the successful Brimstone Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) which deployed the weapon into front line operations with the RAF.
Operationally deployed in the Afghanistan,Libya conflicts, Brimstone has proved to be the weapon of choice with its ability to perform surgical strikes in time critical missions with a true day / night capability.
Brimstone is fully integrated onto Tornado GR4 and is intended for integration on Typhoon and Future Attack Helicopter. The weapon system is also suitable for deployment on a wide range of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, land and surface platforms.
Combat aircraft armed with the Brimstone weapon offer reach, speed, flexibility, precision and the ability to engage multiple targets with a single mission load. When used from a fixed wing platform, Brimstone provides a rapid response for Close Air Support and Counter Insurgency that is not possible from helicopters alone.
Brimstones's wide range of target types includes:
- fast moving and manoeuvring vehicles,
- tanks and armoured cars, bunkers,
- naval vessels including swarming and individual Fast In-shore Attack Craft (FIAC).
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I thought I weighed myself yesterday but I don't seem to have written it down anywhere. I was a bit distracted. But on Saturday I was 79.5 kg and today 79.4, so I am going to assume 79.5 for my official weigh-in.
It has been a hectic couple of weeks. Just about all of it was fun holiday stuff, but busy none the less and OMG lots of food. A week at the beach, then my dad visited for two nights, then the very next day the next lot of houseguests arrived: a total of seven slept here. Then yesterday was my daughter's 8th birthday party followed by a family BBQ lunch here and the last guests left just after 6 pm Sunday evening. I was so tired by then I wanted to weep, and I'm still feeling pretty exhausted this morning. But it is daughter's actual birthday today. We'll do something quiet, like go to the movies.
Last night in particular I was eating in search of some energy, shovelling in left-overs from the party and BBQ. Not healthy or sensible.
I did get in some exercise this weekend, though. Lots of Kinect. We did the dancing and adventure games and then my brother-in-law brought his new game Power Up Heros which involves kickboxing moves. I reckon a couple of hours of vigorous exercise on Saturday. I was pretty sore afterwards!
Time to turn the page on the past (yet again). I'm a bit divided about how to deal with my bad behaviour. My strategy so far has been to argue that there is no point beating myself up after the event and that guilt and misery doesn't help me to do better. But as Dr Phil would say, "How is that working for you?" Do I need to be tougher on myself? Give myself a stern talking-to after a binge? If it was a rare event I think it would be best to just forgive myself and move on. But my episodes of food debauchery are not rare at all.
I haven't been wearing my charm bracelet. It still only has two charms on it, nothing new for months. It has seemed more a reminder of failure than a motivator. But I just went and put it on. I will see and feel it on my wrist and remember to be good.
I am back to 79.5 kg, where I started. I don' think I can lose 4.5 kg (10 pounds) in a month to reach my original goal of 75 kg by the end of February; 4 weeks from now. I have lost January, so I will reset to end of March -- half a kilo per week.
I am so tired this morning that I feel very discouraged. I don't even know if I am up to exercising today. But I will put healthy food in my mouth.


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I love those little guys! They are having the time of their lives.
A new pic of stormtroopers everyday of the year, starting April 3rd, 2009. Shit. Doesn't that make you feel so unaccomplished?
Stormtroopers 365 on Flickr
A Year of Stormtroopers
10/16/09 | Posted by Mami at 9:31 AM |
Capybaras are weird.
| Posted by Mami at 6:29 AM | Labels: cute
I am grossed out and melting from the cuteness of them in equal measure. The thing is that they're rodents, and I keep thinking they are these giant mutant sewer rats (sans martial arts skillz), but put a hat on them and BAM! So cute. And gross. And cute.
Holy moly it's a roly poly!
10/12/09 | Posted by Mami at 6:45 PM | Labels: cuties, video
My favorite part is when she's "checking the limbs" aka making him jazzercize.
Take me there
10/6/09 | Posted by Mami at 12:25 PM | Labels: Harry Potter
I guess I can die happy...or I can once someone gets me down to Florida to see the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park at Universal's Islands of Adventure. Think about how fun it could be! You can buy me a wand, I'll buy you a butterbeer. We'll get wands at Ollivander's, ride hippogriffs and end the day at the Great Hall eating mad food and getting piss drunk. Please! Someone take me in 2010. I'll share my chocolate frogs with you.
Monster cereal
10/5/09 | Posted by Mami at 8:27 AM |
My life is nearly complete. What did I chance upon this weekend at Target? The ghosts from my cereal past- Boo Berry and Frankenberry (!!!). Wowzers!!! I hadn't had them since I was little, and even then it was only a couple of times. I was so pumped, and I have to say I was not disappointed this morning. Jesus christ. I could eat it all day. They taste pretty much exactly the same, except Bo Berry is slightly better. I don't know why.
Amazing + the packaging design is pretty dope for cereal boxes.


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Will you still love me when I'm old.
I was 24 years old when we first held each other.
Now the Lines have settled deeply into my small round face.My beauty fades but my inner beauty still remains.
When i look into the mirror do you honestly see what I see.
Summer wears on, hot and Stale air has no mercy on my aging face. The softness color starts to evaporate and turns to a slight grayish color.
Then theres my body that over time quietly shinkens as I age further. Is my fading beauty all that matters in your mind or does it matter at all. Do you hold in your mind the treasure you captured 28 years ago.
As I catch your gaze looking at me am I still beautiful?, Or am I an aging woman that has lost her beauty and luster that no longer shines.!!!
I am now 51 years old.
Will you still love me when I'm aged and frail and my beauty it shines no more!.
Happy Anniversary. Fred,
I loved you, Yesterday, Today, and forever, Your Wife Anna Baty.


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Watch this journal for pictures that make me happy from my everyday life, proof of my commitment to a healthier and happier life, plus pictures and links to recipes that are food-allergy safe.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
The List...
I had a very good day today. Nothing happened, nothing special, but I just felt "on" all day. You know what? Today was the first day following "the list". I woke up at 6am and when I left for work at 8:15 I had accomplished everything that I wanted to. I came home from work and made dinner and did some time on the Wii Fit while my friend Brian chatted with me. He is injured and couldn't join me, but wanted to get into a routine. It took until now to get my list completed, but I know I will sleep well knowing that everything is done. And no, I don't feel stressed out. I feel just right. For once!
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Healthy chili, yum!
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I skipped the cilatro, scallions, and the chipotle pepper. I also skipped the tortilla chips, because it didn't need any garnish. Instead I threw in some hot pepper flakes and used green onions on top.
This was pretty easy to make. I am shocked how good the yogurt was instead of sour cream!
Try this! It was only 355 calories WITH the tortilla chips.
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I made a bear hat for upcoming new born sessions, it can be worn with the bow for a baby girl and without for a boy. I think I will get some pink ribbon for the bows also.
Of course I had to make a special one for my Noley bear too:
He was super sleepy, you can see it in his eyes. Nice full belly. Ready for a nap, But I couldn't resist taking a few pics of him in his new hat! :)
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Bear hunt | Cincinnati OH baby photographer
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- Desiree Blake said...
LOL...too cute =]
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I have a confession to make, when the Dallas Cowboys got the ball back with 3:35 left to play in the fourth quarter I thought Tony Romo was going to drive the team down the field for the win. It was his time, it had to be. After everything the Cowboys had been through this season, I thought it would be fitting for him to end the season by getting over the hump with a final comeback and leading Dallas into the playoffs.
It took just two plays for Tony Romo to remind everyone why the Cowboys have been a disappointment for the past six years. He 'Romo-ed' the game away with an awful pass that was intercepted. If there is another way to say how bad the pass was, I'm open for suggestions.
I'm not going to get into the stats from Romo in big games because they're irrelevant; besides, anyone with decent eyes can see he shrinks in almost every big situation he's been in. Some people have a clutch gene inside them, Romo does not. Sure, he's made some big plays in big spots to lead the Cowboys to wins but there aren't nearly enough of them.
Now the Dallas Cowboys are at a crossroads at quarterback. Romo's contract is up after the season and the team must decide whether or not extend his contract. In no way, shape or form should the Cowboys extend Romo because he isn't the answer for them. He's a very good quarterback who can get them wins but he can't take the Cowboys where they need to go.
Signing Romo to a contract somewhere in between Matt Schaub and Drew Brees, which is in the $80 million range, would be a big mistake. The Cowboys need to ride Romo's last season out and find his replacement either with a high draft pick or via a trade. Good quarterbacks are rarely available in free agency but it one becomes available, that's an option too. The best plan should be for the Cowboys to draft a quarterback high in the draft, let him learn for a year and then when Romo's contract is up after season, hand the ball over to a young QB.
Jerry Jones and Jason Garrett must let it be known that just being good isn't good enough for the Dallas Cowboys. They've played with Tony Romo at quarterback for six years now and two playoff appearances and one playoff win isn't good enough. The Cowboys can't allow another season to be wasted with Romo's mistakes in big games.
If it looks like this is an overreaction from last night's game, you could be right but if truth is Romo hasn't been the answer at quarterback for the Cowboys. As much as I wanted it to be Romo because he gets far too much blame, he deserved the opportunity to prove everyone wrong and he hasn't done so.
Last night should be the last straw for the Tony Romo era in Dallas. If the Cowboys want to win big, they need a bigtime quarterback and unfortunately, it isn't Tony Romo.
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Yes it's hot and a good time for short everything except cool drinks. But I'm talking about stories.
Savvy Summer Symposium is underway and so far my favorite workshop is the one on short fiction. Actually, most of the workshops I'm taking at Savvy for the rest of the year and beyond are on short fiction.
I used to read short stories, way back in the day. Then I discovered the denser worlds of spec fic novels and left short stories by the wayside. There are so many writers doing really good work in the short form because they like it not because they can't write anything more. One of my favorite short story writers is Ursula Le Guin. She built whole worlds in her short stories. It was her short fiction that moved me into longer works of hers first, then other writers along the same groove. Another popular master of the short form is Neil Gaiman. I hadn't read his Sandman series. I had heard a friend reading one of his short pieces, one about billy goats or trolls and a bridge. I wanted more.
Short fiction is not something writers fall back on when the novels dry up. It's a playground. A place to stretch and experiment and indulge. But it's also not necessarily easy. Writing a novel's worth of short fiction can be as grueling as writing the same number of novels. Short fiction at it's best is efficient which is taxing enough to master in itself. Using fewer and more carefully chosen words to make a compelling point requires greater attention to choices and uses of those words.
I'm not going to wax too much more poetic now since I've got a short list of stuff to catch up on. Look for discoveries in the future. Meanwhile, where do you get your short form fix? You know, that shot of something new and exciting to hold you over until the next volume in a series comes out? How do you discover new authors to read?


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I'm sitting in my kitchen, head in hand, watching the rain (and yes, typing on my computer) and listening to all the children of various shapes and sizes make noise upstairs.
I'm STILL sick. I broke free from work an hour early to race home hoping for a quick nap but instead found all the children starving and was forced to make grilled cheese sandwich after grilled cheese sandwich. And I'm expecting more people because my biggest personal flaw is an inability to say NO. Unless it has to do with with money - if you need money well don't come to me, because I ain't got any. But I will remember you if I win the lottery. Promise.
This is how I know I'm not well, because as Paul gave up on Xbox, I can't play my guitar. The poor darling is sitting quietly in the corner feeling utterly rejected and starting to gather dust. As useful as a goldfish.
And I'm eating suspicious cake which I have loaded with whip cream. Totally unlike me.
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Learning Lessons The Research Publication of King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford www.kegs.org.uk
The Teacher-Learner Change is the end result of all true learning. Leo Buscaglia (1924—1998) KEGS Teaching & Learning Jigsaw When a small working party of teachers at KEGS collaborated to produce the Teaching and Learning Jigsaw it was clear in everyone's mind that this statement should apply equally to students and all staff, non-teaching as well as teaching. The Jigsaw is a powerful reminder of the integrated community at KEGS where each member, in his or her individual role, strives to perform his or her very best; a school where we are all learning to become even better at our work; a school with learning at its heart. This Learning Lessons focuses on the "Teacher-Learner" at KEGS. Over the past 20 to 30 years there has been a seismic shift in our understanding of what constitutes an excellent learning environment for students. The pedagogical landscape has been reshaped beyond recognition and one of the most revolutionary changes has been in the perception of the teacher as learner and the need for teachers, too, to have a stimulating learning environment. The expertise of the teacher is the driving force behind better education, for the key to improved outcomes for students "lies in the person who gently closes the classroom door and performs the teaching act – the person who puts into place the end effects of so many policies, who interprets these policies and who is alone with students during their 15000 hours of schooling." (Hattie 2003).
As a research engaged community KEGS is committed to facilitating subject experts in their pursuit and extended understanding of the science of teaching. It is one thing to be a good, intuitive teacher, but it is the precise knowledge of what we do and why that allows us to take ownership of "outstanding" and helps us to make outstanding learning routine classroom practice. The framework of Continuous Professional Development at KEGS is rooted firmly in the Teaching & Learning Jigsaw. If we are to "grow" teachers who have a "powerful influence on learning" (Hattie 2003) then Professional Development needs to inspire teachers to learn more about the art of teaching (ZfL), it needs to use data and information rich, dialogic communication to inform judgements, evaluate effectively and recommend next steps (AfL) and must recognise that teaching is not formulaic, that teachers are individuals, that excellence has many different forms and that each teacher is on a personal learning journey (DfL). At KEGS we have openly nurtured an environment where, coupled with an inexhaustible drive to refine learning outcomes even further for students, we as teachers routinely question, challenge, experiment and probe; for there is an important and symbiotic relationship between school development needs and teachers' individual professional development needs.
Volume 3 Issue 6 Author: J Breen Editor: J Breen
October 2012
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Summary of Teaching and Learning Collaborative Projects at KEGS 2011-2012 1. Talking Texts Project: exploring the power of 'reading aloud' and bringing language 'off the page' to enhance students' understanding in a range of subject areas. This is a comprehensive project run in several departments. Teachers are reporting significant gains from taking time to read aloud in class. It also involved asking parents of Y7s to read aloud at home. 2. 'Learning through the looking glass' project: using video to record student learning activities in several subject areas for reflection and evaluation, both for the teacher and the students— www.kegslookingglass.blogspot.co.uk 3. Developing critical thinking through practical work in science: withdrawing some of the scaffolding so students planned their own experiments to a greater degree. 4. Using post-its and mini whiteboards for feedback. Many teachers use these techniques but this was an opportunity to evaluate the impact of the methods in different contexts. 5. Using feedback from Yr 13 pupils in economics to inform and improve course planning. 6. Introducing a range of edtech possibilities to staff: twitter and the power of Hootsuite/Tweetdeck to filter the twittershere; Diigo for creating personal research libraries, Khan Academy resources, Dipity timelines amongst others. 7. Using feedback stickers to highlight recurring areas of formative assessment – instead of writing the same comments repeatedly. 8. Developing Maths A level extension materials – using Oxbridge questions to stretch the most able and also simulate problem-solving for the whole class. A good example of where subject-specific development is really important and powerful alongside general pedagogical ideas. 9. Promoting independent essay planning in Philosophy. Identifying all the possible viewpoints students might be expected to take in an exam (evidently 26 in all!) and creating opportunities for them to develop and rehearse these in advance, without spoon-feeding and without leaving it until the exam for them to work out their opinions! It is a recurring issue for us that students assume they will have their moment of clearest thinking during the exam…. 10. Peer Observations between English and History, focusing on clarity of expression and precision. This pair explored the use of language in expressing ideas and, through peer observation, found significant common ground between the two subjects. 11. Developing a more effective approach to A2 History coursework, building opportunities for constructive feedback, using a mini-coursework activity on unseen material to develop skills. Here the group sought to resolve the difficulty in not giving feedback on coursework (as per exam board regulation) whilst trying to provide some formative development; the mini-coursework was very effective and time-efficient in this regard. 12. Developing peer-to-peer academic mentoring with Year 12s, using a model developed at our partner school in Germany. The idea here is that mentoring is often pastoral in nature, but academic mentoring helps students to resolve practical issues around learning, organisation and managing workload and has the by-product of creating a space for more personal issues to also be dealt with in cases where the students would not normally come forward to express them. 13. Developing Y7 Maths starter activities – exploring a range of specific ideas. 14. Exploring the use of Forums and Wikis on KEGSnet (our moodle-based VLE) in Year 9 Geography. KEGSnet is well established as a document store for all students but the more interactive elements are less extensively used. The wikis are very popular with students; some of the outcomes are fabulous. 15. Exploring the power of visualisers to embed AfL techniques across a range of subjects. We have developed our own low-cost in-house visualisers and anyone who wants one has one. This group explored their potential in areas such as chemistry experiments. 16. Making links between Music and Maths to enrich students' appreciation of a range of mathematical patterns and rules and composition techniques. This was a lovely piece of work, stimulating interest in students and teachers. Taken from Tom Sherrington's blog: http://headguruteacher.com/2012/06/03/teaching-and-learning-market-place-cpd
Promoting Independent Essay Planning in Philosophy The Problem: Students are often quite good at revising "the facts" and "the arguments" for Philosophy exams ... but then can't use them under timed conditions to formulate a coherent argument. I wanted to provide a structure for students to have thought through for themselves all the sorts of arguments they could be forced to produce in the exam. I was keen not to "spoon feed" them any answers - but also keen that they should have fully prepared themselves for the exam. Using the specification, I identified 26 viewpoints students could conceivably be expected to form a view on in the exam. If students had decided their own opinions and arguments clearly regarding these viewpoints before the exam, then they should be better able to respond to a wide range of questions in the exam and would be less fazed by the things that could be thrown at them.
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Economics: Mini White Boards (MWBs) Tom Sherrington summarised the characteristics and uses of MWBs in an earlier issue of 'Learning Lessons': "get feedback from everyone in the class – right answers, wrong answers, alternative answers, misconceptions and cries for help. Create a risk-free wipe-clean ephemeral space for trying out ideas and practising". Despite its regular use of MWBs, the Economics department continues to experiment with them, finding the range of uses almost endless—e.g.: "Using a diagram …" is a popular start to an A level Economics exam question, and diagrams are an inescapable part of the subject. Practising the drawing of graphs is therefore an important lesson activity that can be facilitated by the use of MWBs. Used as a whole-class response system, they can provide instant teaching points from accurate responses as well as from errors and unexpected responses. MWBs allow students to practice and amend diagrams prior to sharing their work and putting them into in their notes. The wipe-clean nature of MWBs leads students to amend their diagrams until they are free of any errors and could almost be described as objects of beauty. Although wiping clean the MWBs at the end of an activity may seem a shame, a visualiser allows for work to be shown on the screen to all students, and a web-cam further allows the image to be saved so that it can be used with other classes, in PowerPoint presentations etc. In addition to the high level of details that students are keen to show, an impressive and AfL: activating students as learning resources for one another perhaps unexpected outcome is the high level of content and as owners of their own learning. that students can put onto a single MWB!
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To illustrate the need for a CPD environment which encourages teacher-learners read the following extract from Guy Claxton (2008), talking about the responsibility the education system has to educate students, but replace the idea of students with teachers: The research tells us that young people – some of them skilful exam-passers – become less curious as a result of their education, not more. They lose their capacity for wonder and critical questioning. Rather than becoming bolder and braver, they become more docile and fragile in the face of difficulty. They learn to think narrowly rather than broadly, to compete rather than cooperate, to be frightened of uncertainty and the risk of error that accompanies it. Education is in dereliction of its duty to the next generation if schools are jeopardising rather than fostering these strengths in their students. The Teacher-Learner not only increases his or her knowledge and skill, more significantly perhaps they feel more positive about their work, have better morale and possess the selfmotivation to keep improving (Bolam and Weindling 2006). It is with such teachers that an outstanding school continues to improve. At KEGS for the past 3 years we have operated a collaborative approach to teaching and learning through a series of cross-curricular and/or subject specific workshops every half term culminating in a presentation celebration in the Summer Term, displaying, sharing and discussing work carried out throughout the year—our Teaching & Learning Workshops Carousel. Indeed the implementation of the Teaching & Learning workshops themselves is a form of Action Research: an on-going upward spiral of planning, action, evaluation, next stage planning, action, evaluation and so on; a continuum of progress and improvement identifying the most effective ways to collaborate and bring about powerful impact. Cordingley et al (2003) and Muijs and Lindsay (2006) identified the creation of a collaborative learning environment for teachers as "the single most important factor" able to bring about successful school improvement: teachers need time to collaborate to improve teaching and learning and powerful impact requires time and structure. At KEGS "the idea is that by maximising the degree of autonomy teachers have in designing their own CPD [through Teaching & Learning Workshops], the more effective the process will be in delivering an impact for students; it is more rewarding for all concerned" (Tom Sherrington, Headteacher). The whole staff focus last academic year was Assessment for Learning (AfL), one of the foundation stones of The Jigsaw. Figure 1. demonstrates the richness and diversity of investigation. Importantly the projects combine enquiry into established best practice teaching strategies—thereby layering knowledge and adding depth to our understanding of why something works—and exploration of the new and unknown. As a teaching force, (as with any learner) alongside our discovery and pursuit of the new, exciting and unknown, we need to revisit, consolidate, refine and master important skills. As a staff, therefore, we are enriched by the diversity of personal learning journeys each of us is on.
Have our Teaching & Learning Workshops been successful? Has the time invested in Teaching & Learning Workshops given value for money? If we want to measure success by instant results in improved learning outcomes then we misunderstand the purpose of the Teacher-Learner and nature of deep learning at KEGS: here we are concerned with emulating the skill and mastery required to craft a Michelin star meal rather than the instant gratification of a microwave dinner. Our CPD opportunities are about using research to develop rigour and scholarship in our understanding of pedagogy. Our aim is to encourage resourceful, enquiring and persevering teachers who think and act creatively, who are not frightened to experiment, and who have the understanding to discriminate between research evidenced methodologies and temporary gimmicks. And I would also say that our Teaching & Learning collaborations have been so successful precisely because we are independent learners who understand the benefits of collaboration. Yet it is on-going impact that judges the efficacy of any CPD programme. All the projects investigated last year are either now established routines, have been incorporated into schemes of work or are being further developed and investigated. One of the aims of the "Learning Through the Looking Glass" project was to create KEGS TV—a virtual forum where teachers could share and learn from each other via video clips of lessons. We didn't actually manage a new TV channel but the school has moved to IRIS as an efficient and effective means of extending and reproducing on a larger scale the project involving 8 members of staff last year. The Talking Texts project is being developed even further and formalised this year through partnership work with Cambridge University. Tom Sherrington's potpourri of ICT tools last year has mushroomed across the school and there has been a revolution in teaching methodologies and enquiries using new technology. This year KEGS has renewed its partnership with research and Cambridge University through CamSTAR (Cambridge, School Teachers and Research) and 15 members of staff have signed up to work with Sue Brindley and CamSTAR on more formalised classroom-based action research projects, benefitting from collaboration at KEGS and with 24 other partner schools in the East of England. But this is only the beginning, because the more we learn about the science of teaching and learning the more we realise how much we have yet to learn. This year our whole-school focus from the Jigsaw is "Rigour and Scholarship". Let's hope that next year it is "Time to Reflect and Enjoy"!
References Bolam & Weindling. (2006), Synthesis of research and evaluation projects concerned with capacity-building through teachers' professional development. London: GTCE. Claxton, G. (2008), What's the Point of School? Rediscovering the Heart of Education. One World Publications. Cordingley et al. (2007), "The impact of collaborative CPD on classroom teaching and learning". In Research Evidence in Education Library. Londong: EPPI Centre. Hattie, J. (2003), Teachers Make a Difference: What is the Research Evidence? University of Auckland, Australian Council for Educational Research.
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Learning Lessons Teacher-Learners


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I had been pretty fortunate to string together some good consistent work outs in a row.
Not so much this morning.
I did hit the pool yesterday at lunch as scheduled. I got in 1250 meters, which isn't a ton a water time but it was just about all the time I had to give it. I'm glad I got there though, my swim time has been way off this past month and it kind of got away from me. So I'm hoping to get some extra days in there this month. I'm even going to try and get in a couple open water swims. Warm ups 1x100 to 4x250 with 10 second recovery to 2 x 100 cool down. O.k. that's 1300 meters, whatever. It felt good, my breathing and heart rate sustained and I was able top pull 6 strokes for many of those laps.
However this mornings ride which was a scheduled 25 miles was not smooth or cheery. It seemed forever to get my legs warm and functioning, and even when they did they felt heavy. We are right at the beginning of off shore breeze season, which is awesome if I'm grabbing my board and going surfing, but sucks on the bike. It's cross wind out , cross wind back.
It's not even fierce yet, it was mild and It still F'd with me.
That being said I made it down to Newport Beach in time for sunrise at that is a glorious thing about the coast. I love sunrises and sunsets on the coast. My wife and I have literally an entire 100 picture photo album dedicated to them.
I dreaded the turn around, knowing it would be much of the same on the way back. At one time I saw 16 mph on my speedo on flat ground ?? WTF ???
That kind of cracked me there with probably 8-9 miles left to get home. Finally I just through it in a neutral feeling gear and put my head down. I peddled as smooth as I could get it ,without breaking stride. I was able to hold that form for about 5 miles to the point of semi blurred, cross eyed vision. Sure enough it got me back to my turn out point and and a short 4 miles to home.
That sucks, and know every day cant be rainbows and pixie's (I don't know where that came from) but I was a bit discouraged and need to figure out if that was a fuel issue ? poor recovery ? ( I felt great yesterday) or just a mental break ?
I know it maybe hard for outside input on this, but If you got something, I'm open to listen.
2012 racing schedule,the good the bad and the ugly.Chasing dreams in the peloton
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
It's not all fun and games
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Offshore breeze? The surf gods were punishing you for spending time on the bike. Hit the surf instead!ReplyDelete
I feel you. At 2 PM going North it was windy and hot.ReplyDelete
ah my friend it's like riding into a blow dryer. It's probably making you a stronger athelete though. It wouldn't hurt me to get some late sessions in. But with the time change it's going to have to be on special days. Not sure what that meens yet.ReplyDelete
Kovas, there is suppose to be some waves coming in. It was perfect 2 footers this a.m. and real HIGH tide.
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Story for the Day: Livanon Fashion
Livanon Fashion
While their stay in Livanon was tolerated for a more substantial period, Alasdair and the commander were invited to attend the royal court. As there was little to do in the royal quarter of Livanon capital other than gawp at the odd fashions, endure the unforgivable snobbery, walk about the nobles' market and eat more cake than was good for them, they accepted the invitation if only to witness the further disparity between their two kingdoms.
Rautu, though not invited to join them, would remain in the guests quarters to hunt for further spiders that should chose to invade his territory, but while he agreed to guard the comfort of the rooms, he made no promises on the side of keeping them in the same condition as they left as how they might be when they would return. The hunting of a spider was the giant's prime object and he would not be taken from his duties to visit a court he had little interest in seeing. The spider must be vanquished, and when it should decide to emerge from its hiding place, the Den Asaan would be waiting with his blade in his hand.
The commander and Alasdair ventured to the Livanon court and when they entered, they were astonished to find a celebration taking place: there was a jester and musicians regaling the attendees, a magician entertaining the royal family, a table of sweet meats and mulled wine to the side. There was a great deal of general mirth in the hall, no seats to take for the session, but the commander soon acknowledged that this was a traditional royal court and not the presiding hall of Frewyn.
Alasdair was shocked by the images he perceived: carousing and inebriation before the royal family, opulence in character and in form, servants teeming about the hall and hastening from one raised hand to the other only to be scolded for arriving at their destinations with nothing for their masters to drink. It was a picture Alasdair could not like, and he was resigned to believe that the nobles of Livanon, regardless of the family in which they might be, did little else other than enjoy their high ranks by diminishing those who waited on them and wait for their king to arrive so that they may make their polite bows and continue with their complacent jollity. Glasses were held languidly from the tips of jeweled fingers, salutations were given in mechanical fashion, and everything about this court was what Alasdair most abhorred. Even while his brother had lived, the Frewyn courts were more useful than the one being shown him: here was unnecessary sumptuousness assailing him with each step into the hall he took, and soon he must hinder his advance if he was to keep his sanity. In this moment, Alasdair praised the Frewyn nobility, for however disagreeable they might have been, they would never venture to hold such unchecked raillery before their king.
Among all of the visual offenses in Alasdair's view, one article was particularly distressing to him. As the view ahead was not pleasing, Alasdair had chosen to look down to save his eyes from all the pains that the sight of the Livanon nobles could afford. This, however, only heightened his agony, for when he saw what was adorning the feet of some of the men in the room, he gasped in horror and clung to his friend for consolation.
"By the Gods," Alasdair sword in a fevered hush, his eyes wide in dread. "What are those?"
He pointed toward a rather offensive pair of shoes that few of the men in the room seemed to be wearing without scruple or difficulty. The heels were thick and high, the shape long and square, and the tip lengthy and curled upward, so much so that the end of the shoe reached the wearer's shins.
Alasdair attempted to look away from the horrific objects, but look away he could not. They were inexcusable as fashion and therefore must be disparaged.
"You do realize, Alasdair, that by mocking them and then smiling as them as if nothing at all has been said, you are no longer their superior in character."
"I don't care," Alasdair panicked. "This mockery is entirely deserved. How can they possibly wear that?" He gaped at them and did nothing to hide his disgust while following the affronting items across the room. "Look at them. They cannot even walk without forcing their heels forward."
"I believe now you understand my mate's sentiments on fashion among the nobles in Frewyn."
"The purpose of fashion is to look sharp while being practical," Alasdair argued. "There is no reason for those."
"There is no practical reason for embroidery and yet you demand it on every one of your jerkins," she smirked.
Alasdair pursed his lips and his fists shook for the audacious comparison being made. "The purpose for embroidery is to beautify an already sensible garment. That," he shouted, stabbing his finger at a passing pair of shoes, "is making a practical garment impractical."
"Perhaps they are hung at the door upon entering a house?" the commander shrugged. "Other than that, I have little concept about any of these royal contrivances. Fashion is never practical, Alasdair. I believe you and Ladrei are the only two creatures in the world able to blend the two notions with any sense of accomplishment. You cannot look to me for advise on this subject. I have either armour or tunics, and I have tunics enough to know that any one of them that fits is the one will I wear."
Alasdair had heard the commander but he was unable to given an intelligible reply to her contention. The horror of the curl-toed shoes was all his distraction, and even though Aldan had in this time entered the hall, Alasdair was to struck to incline his head or pay the new king of Livanon his due proprieties.


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What with Postmodernism's self-conscious inability to express anything with any great conviction unless it is the conviction that you can't say anything with any real conviction, I found this YouTube video (which I found over on Joe Thorn's blog) to be really really really really apropos and funny.
Tee hee hee.
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Monday, September 28, 2009
day sixty six: september 26, 2009.
this is another sign from that deli on capitol hill that i previously put up. theses signs are just hilarious, and ever-changing.
there was also one with the beatles on it, but the illustration on this one really won me over. ;)
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Good News: Texas grand jury indicts makers of doctored videos attacking Planned Parenthood
Okay, you know about the so-called "undercover" videos purporting to show Planned Parenthood illegally profiting in the sale of fetal tissue. You also know that the videos, put together by something called the Center for Medical Progress, which is concerned with neither medicine nor progress, have repeated been shown to be deceitfully edited and deliberately misleading; that is, that they are as bogus and faked as the outfit that produced them.
And you also know that despite the videos being shown to be tricks and lies, they were still used to justify attacks on Planned Parenthood, with several states opening criminal investigations.
In one such case, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick publicly asked the Harris County District Attorney to open a criminal investigation into a Houston Planned Parenthood clinic, one of the targets of the video fraud.
It's unlikely that what he got was what he expected.
After a two-month investigation, the grand jury not only found no cause for charges against Planned Parenthood, just like every other investigation that has been done, it issued indictments against the two anti-choice fraudsters involved in making the video, charging both with tampering with a government record and one with violating the prohibition on the purchase and sale of human organs.
The slogan "Don't mess with Texas" has a different feel today.
Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood itself, apparently deciding - finally - it's tired to just taking it, has sued the Center for Medical Progress and a fake fetal tissue procurement company called "BioMax," accusing them of violating the RICO Act and of fraud, invasion of privacy, illegal secret recording, and trespassing.
Payback. Good news.
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The Indian Rug (or Red Slippers), 1942
by Anne Redpath
Oil on plywood
73.90 x 96.10 cm (framed: 91.50 x 113.50 x 6.20 cm)
About the Art
The vivid colours and flat patterning of this painting owe much to Matisse, while the 'tipped-up' perspective reflects Redpath's admiration for early Italian painting. Redpath was fascinated by colour and texture. In this painting, the pattern of the rug meshes with the shapes of the slippers and chair to such a degree that it is difficult to separate flat from three-dimensional form. Redpath's father designed tweed fabrics and her work has the sense of patterning sometimes found in textiles. She remarked: 'I do with a spot of red or yellow in a harmony of grey what my father did with his tweed.'
This month I wasn't sure if I would be able to do something , but I was drawn to this picture. At first I thought about doing a miniature rug in needle point but I couldn't get the design the way I wanted...
So I decided to print the pictures out and then put them on Plexiglas clear pendants. The middle one with the shoes I seed beaded embroiderer around. The other four are just mod podged on to the Plexiglas.
In another challenge I was in with earrings, one of the participants used seed beaded beads...and I thought how cool was that...so I used the beads I had embroidered with and made some beaded beads to hang the other pendants from. They are attached to a plain silver chain with black satin ribbon threaded through it. It is choker style.
I love doing challenges so that I can really think out of the box and try new techniques! I think I need more practice with the beaded beads...but I like how they turned out...really got my mind working on variations.
For more great pieces go the Art Bead Scene and click on current entries. Thanks for looking.


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Sigmund Freud would poke both of his eyes out with his ever-present cigar if he read the title of this post. While I think he was genius in many ways (exploring the unconscious mind & determining that personality is shaped by childhood experiences), I feel he was full of it in many others (sexualization of nearly every aspect of our lives & giving credence dream exploration). But I don't particularly care what a long dead Viennese physician thinks of my opinion. I'm convinced that blogging is the new therapy.
I've seen four therapists in my life: one psychiatrist, two psychologists, and, please don't laugh, one hypnotherapist. In the quest for peace in my own mind, I spent over $10,000 and went on three different medicines to balance my brain chemicals. I finally came to The Big Reveal on my own. Sometimes crappy things happen in this life, sometimes it downright sucks, and that's just life. You need to keep on movin' on.
You will be sad, angry, and resentful if you dwell in those dark and ugly places that we all have. Therapists love to continually explore those terrible events that hide in your past. Of course they do. They make their living by gently probing your pain over and over and over again.
My expensive foray in the world of talk therapy makes me wonder, does anyone really get "cured" from therapy alone? Or does everyone end up feeling ripped off and pulling my signature move of spacing appointments further & further apart until you fade from the therapist's appointment book altogether?
The appeal of talk therapy is obvious. You get to talk about yourself for an hour. A solid hour of talking about yourself and bitching about whatever gets on your nerves. You don't need to listen to someone else. You don't need to worry that you'll say something wrong. You can let it all hang out and the other person has to listen to your rambling. Everyone is so busy multi-tasking with their cell phones, iPods, and laptops these days that you may feel your friends and family aren't really paying attention to conversations they have with you. But in therapy, you are paying someone to focus on you and listen to your crap. The therapist has to pay attention because you're paying them to listen!
The early days with a new therapist are wonderful. But over time you begin to resent them. The good ones won't let you simply talk about the silly nonsense that irritates you. They will start to dig. They'll dig until they uncover a painfully juicy morsel and they'll force you to chew on it over several sessions. You'll be completely wrung out after these difficult appointments. You may have looked fine going in the office, but your face will be tear-streaked and puffy when you exit. I've spent an hour boo-hooing in my car after leaving more than one appointment. Reflection is nice and all, but it can be painful.
Over time, it becomes obvious that you have shared all of your dirty little secrets. And then, having nothing else to exploit - I mean, explore, your therapist will want to revisit the events that caused you so much pain in the first place. That's when you begin to feel ripped off and you break up with your therapist by disappearing from their appointment book.
Writing is an incredibly freeing activity and I have often turned to writing to process my feelings, both negative and positive. But chasing around a busy toddler doesn't leave me with much free time. It has been nearly two years since I've even touched my book. I'm not sure I could put my hands on it even if I did find the time to write.
Speaking broadly, a book is essentially useless unless it's published, but a blog may be read by any number of people. It's harder to write a blog in some ways, but so much easier in most ways. I don't have to worry about whether or not my dialog is realistic, I don't need to remember the characters I've created, I don't really need to sweat point of view changes. But I do have to ruthlessly edit myself because I don't have hundreds of pages to make my point.
I'm in a good place these days. I don't feel the need to talk to a professional about my problems. I feel incredibly fortunate that I don't think I have very many problems. So why start a blog? I don't really know. But writing stimulated creativity that had been long-sleeping in my mind because I ended up mentally rough-drafting at least a dozen posts last night. Simply put, I like words and I love writing. I hope you enjoy reading what I've created.
You see, Dr. Freud, sometimes a blog is simply a blog.


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WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Publisher: Nintendo
System: Wii
Here we have another quirky, zany, fast-paced not-so-mini-game collection added to the WarioWare franchise. Like all other WarioWare games, this one is no different. Over 200 (I believe) minigames within the game flash by you, in which you must accomplish the given task in a short amount of time. The star of the game is not the games; it is the Wii Remote. But, does this factor make the game stick out like Wario's zig-zag mustache?
Let's start with the basics. Behind the flashing mini-games, there is a somewhat storyline. Each character in the game has their own little "time to shine" stage. But, the main focus is that Wario accidentally stumbles upon the Form Baton (the Wii Remote) that allows him to move things. Of course, here's another get-money-quick scheme of his that will have him rolling in a bunch of Franklins.
The game starts out simple: you begin with one single "Form", called The Remote Control. You go through its mini-games, come to a boss, and you're done, right? Wrong. Many more stages follow, many more Forms follow, from the Janitor to the Big Cheese (which has your hands at your sides, thrusting out your chest and pelvis).
Sadly, the game is dreadfully short. Though the game is super fun, it ends just as fast as its mini-games; you feel great playing it, but when it ends, you're like, "Okay, what's next?" And sometimes, the Remote doesn't respond as well as you want it too. Get too close to the screen, and your actions become null. If you aren't pointing just right, then the game falls flat.
But, on the bright side, the game makes you laugh. There is one game in particular that I enjoy; it has a falling woman you must catch. To catch her, you must reach out with the Remote and grab her. Simple, and fun.
WarioWare is a fun game, but it has its downsides. But, the good part of it outshines the bad, and it leaves you with a fun time all the while.
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The crazy thing is that the Sunday at Youth Group before we found out the Pope was retiring, we had a good conversation about how we really are living in the most exciting times as Catholics. Who would have thought the next day we'd be hearing the Pope put in his 2 week notice!?!? I'm sure many of you have seen these or similar things floating around the world of social media about the resignation/upcoming conclave/etc. But these are two neat websites I found...
Adopt a Cardinal
No not these cardinals... These cardinals
Your are assigned a cardinal from around the world to pray for him as he enters into the conclave in the coming weeks. I ended up getting Cardinal Dolan from NYC. I just think its a neat way to really be connected to the momentous task ahead of the Church right now.
The other on is Fantasy Conclave. Its a website to help folks learn about the papacy and learn about the whole process we're about to head into. neato burrito:)
|I LOVE a cute chevron pattern!!
This will look great in our 2nd bedroom :)
|This burlap number I thought would be cute in the kitchen...
Hubbard Command Central ;-)
this book and the title struck me. Don't worry I'm not about to get all preachy or controversial on you; but let's just say I didn't used to be very good at the first part of the title 'how to defend your faith without raising your voice.' It's more a personal reflection on learning from the mistakes I made in trying to be a good witness to what I believe, but instead I came across as judgmental and kind of un-Christian. Stay tuned for further reading!
The 1st Thursdays of the month are quickly becoming on of my favorite days of the week. That's the night we head to Ann Arbor for a young adult group. If you are a young adult from south-eastern Michigan you DEFINITELY want to check out 'i.d. 916.' Like their Facebook page or check out their website. The evening starts out with Mass, fellowship, a dee-lic catered meal (only $10 with adult beverages!), a young adult testimony, and some type of talk relevant to young adults trying to live their faith. Seriously. Just do yourself a favor and check it out.
|Jim graduating with a bachelor's in Philosophy!


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Definitely unreasonablePublished by Panda on Friday, October 27, 2006 at 2:12 PM
I know, I know. You receive about five e-mails a month telling you how urgent it is that you read this or that article full of unbacked theories that will eventually be debunked on www.snopes.com. This, however, is not one of those issues. The following video is a little bit long and the narrator really needs to think more highly of his audience, but still, it's worth a watch. (Note: the issues I'm talking about in this post are pretty old, and will probably be boring for a lot of people. Still, it strikes me as being relevant, given the impending election season.)
You may try and nitpick pieces of the methodology ("Removing a few screws" = removing 20 of them). But I think the overall point is scary - it's very easy to break into these machines and - given some level of technological savvy - steal an election.
There are, of course, a lot of questions about how representative that video was. If it was the only thing that I'd seen, I might not be persuaded about it. For a full, convincing discussion of the potential theft of an election, see this article from arstechnica. Aside from answering a lot of the logistical questions, it breaks the problem down as follows:
a) The use of electronic voting machines presents a vastly larger number of vulnerabilities for "bad apples" to attack.
b) Many of these attacks only require one bad apple, as opposed to a coordinated army of them
This all goes to show that electronic voting machines in their current form are a suboptimal voting solution. That's the part that I think we should be worried about. What I think we should be angry about is that it seems like the companies that are putting these machines together are almost (note: 'are almost' != 'are') actively courting a voting disaster.
For instance, leaked internal memos that were published by Swarthmore students suggest that Diebold was actively skirting state certification procedures by patching the software after the machines were certified. Moreover, when the state of Maryland tried to protect itself by requesting paper printouts, Diebold apparently circulated a memo saying, "As a business, I hope we're smart enough to charge them up the wazoo [for this feature]".
In regards to the leaked memos that were published, Diebold sued the students that posted them. To me, this seems like a clearcut case in which corporate interests are in direct conflict with the public good. Diebold's primary source of profit is entirely dependent on the public believing that it is providing a quality solution. In lieu of actually providing a secure voting solution, it has decided that the cheaper and more efficient strategy is to simply dupe us, regardless of the effect that this could have on the entire political ecosystem. In some cases, I'm for the privatization of government functions, but this is just preposterous.
Anyway. This all makes me very upset. If you're worried about trails, go with an absentee ballot.


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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
4 comments:
- 5 Starr's Farm said...
Hi Lisa...That's a load !
Our wood isn't our only heat, but we also heat our water, threw the wood stove ( never run out ) We had to buy wood this year......No houses to build, so....no land to clear....It's a first for us. Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your visits.
- October 5, 2011 at 7:14 PM
- Shirley said...
That looks like there will be plenty to keep you going this winter.
- October 5, 2011 at 8:37 PM
- Callie said...
Hope you are having a great time at school meeting people, enjoying wonderful classes and trying out new things! Love the rugs! The new blog sounds like a good idea too, Lisa... showcase your skill and beautiful weavings. Enjoy! I need to get back to posting and reading blogs this winter. Lots to catch up on.
- October 5, 2011 at 9:14 PM
- Crystal said...
Hes really good at that! I wish we had a wood stove but no trees out here so probly not a good idea.
- October 5, 2011 at 9:21 PM


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Old Friends
With Facebook, I'm in something of a daily questioning mode with what to do with old friends.
I guess Facebook is pretty good for that, at least for getting reacquainted with them. And you don't really have to go at it full time, like trying to push a current friendship instead of just talking over old times. There really isn't much talking over old times (or anything), just quick comments.
If we post old photos, which I think is cool, we think about how it was "back in the day." And that's good. But that doesn't especially lead anywhere. Not that leading somewhere is the be all and end all of life. Just being there and being yourself is probably all that's called for.
I contacted an old friend the other day, and we've had a couple exchanges back and forth. I could see us actually being friends again. But there'd have to be some basis for it beyond old times. And I don't know what that could be.
It's a quandary, one I've probably mentioned before.


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Someone asked me a couple weeks ago what the girls were like as babies. Avery was happy like Jack (though he is by far our happiest baby), and Eleanor was, well, like Eleanor is now. Serious. Quiet. Very sweet. She loved to snuggle and she still wants people to hold her.
She will grab onto anyone's hand and pull them over to show them something.
She changes into pajamas during rest time if she decides she wants a nap that day. Might be the most adorable thing ever.
She is potty-trained, but regressing. It's frustrating.
She has her favorite outfits - her two Superman shirts, a blue tshirt dress, pants or shorts with snaps. She rarely matches and I'm cool with it. In the summer she wore her yellow flip flops almost every day, and this week it's her Dora shoes (no, Dora isn't actually on them, or else we would not have purchased them). She'll also usually put on whatever I offer, but I'll later find her wearing something else. She changes outfits multiple times a day.
She has worn her Superman costume almost every day since Halloween and asks me 100 times a day if it's clean yet. I'm not quick enough on laundry to suit her.
|She made a rocket ship for Belle and the Beast to ride in.
She doesn't run away from me in the store, she doesn't ask for things while we're shopping (yet), and she doesn't complain if I tell her we can't get something. I actually thoroughly enjoy shopping with her because she likes to help and is sweet and funny and sings songs to herself while we shop. She DOES throw a fit if I tell her we can't watch a show in the car.
She is quick to run to Jack if he's upset, unless she's watching a tv show. Her response is then, "SHH. SHH. SHH." And extreme aggravation that she can't hear.


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Mechanically inclined, I'd say.
Daniel was trying to get out of doing the dishes, a job that would take all of five minutes.
Three ceiling fans have been sitting in the foyer in boxes for about three weeks. I did the dishes and he put together all three within an hour. Cool ! And I got the easy job ! :0)


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Do you love French Dipped sandwiches as much as hubby and I do?? To be honest, we've been just buying them @ Arby's and for fast food they are really good in my opinion.
That's about to change, though. I think the time and effort involved to make them from home is more than worth it!
French Dipped Sandwiches
1 small onion, roughly chopped
1 small carrot, roughly chopped
1 stalk celery, roughly chopped
1 small leek, which and light-green parts ONLY, roughly chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 sprig fresh thyme
1/4 tsp. dried sage
1/4 tsp. dried oregano
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
1/8 tsp. ground allspice
2 lbs. beef top round roast
Salt and freshly ground pepper
2 C beef broth
6 French rolls
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Combine the chopped vegetables, garlic and thyme in a large roasting pan. Rub the dried herbs and spices all over the beef; season generously with salt and pepper. Place the beef fat-side up on the vegetables and roast until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat registers 130 degrees, about 45 minutes. Remove the meat from the pan, cover loosely with foil and set aside to rest for 30 minutes.
While the meat is resting, put the roasting pan on the stove and cook the vegetables over high heat until they are browned but not burnt and the liquid is evaporated; pour off any excess fat. Add the beef broth to the pan, using a wooden spoon to scrape up any browned bits that cling to the bottom. Transfer the liquid and vegetables to a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until the liquid reduces by half, about 30 minutes. Strain the sauce and season with salt and pepper. Keep warm.
Trim any excess far from the beef and thinly slice. Have the rolls horizontally and warm in the oven. Dip the bottom of each roll in the sauce and top with some of the beef; dip the cut side of each roll top in the sauce and place on each sandwich.
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Murder accused Henri van Breda giggled when he phoned emergency services on the morning of his family's murder, an emergency operator told the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday morning.
Emergency operator Janine Philander said she heard Van Breda giggling at the start of the phone call.
"It still sounds like a slight giggle," she said.
In audio recordings of the phone calls, Philander can be heard asking Van Breda if he is alone.
She told the court that people usually made prank calls when they are alone.
"To me it sounded like someone hesitant to even make the call," she said.
Philander told the court that Van Breda came across as calm when he phoned.
"When something life-threatening happens to you, you are going to scream; shout. When I get back to you, you are going to want my job," she said.
"Victims don't allow you to play with their time."
Advocate Pieter Botha, for Van Breda, said that Van Breda is now accused of sounding guilty for being polite.
"I can put it to you, my client as a child stuttered. He had to receive speech therapy. One can quite clearly hear him stutter," he said.
In the recordings, it can be heard how Van Breda repeatedly gives the address of his family home.
He gives a second address as he was afraid the first might not show up on Google Maps.
In the call, he offers to stand in the road to meet them.
Philander told the court when someone calls, they don't want to hear that you can't find them.
"They tell you: 'You are going to find me where ever I am. I am not going to wait [anywhere else],'" she said.
"When people phone in, they ask things like 'What must I do?'"
In the phone call, Van Breda asks for multiple ambulances.
"A man attacked my whole family. My sister is moving. I don't think the rest are alive," he said.
The phone call lasted roughly 25 minutes for an ambulance to be dispatched.
Judge Siraj Desai told Philander that her testimony is an opinion and not evidence. He said the court will decide if it is evidence or not.
Van Breda, who is on trial for axing his parents and brother to death in their home in January 2015, was seen crying while the phone recordings were played.
The court briefly adjourned when Van Breda was overcome with emotion.
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Shaman Returns
After the intervention to help him stop buying gil, he barred himself inside his house and hasn't come out since.
At least... Not until today.
I just happened to be wandering past Shaman's neighborhood when I noticed his door was ajar.
Right away, I started to worry. Shaman's the kind of guy that you always want to know where he is. Having someone who can set you on fire sneaking around is a bad idea.
And since personal experience has proven that I am highly flammable, I needed to find him as fast as possible.
I really didn't want him taking me by surpri...
And that's when I felt a soft tapping on my shoulder.
Without even turning, I knew it was him. I instinctively closed my eyes and waited for the sharp crackle of flame and the pungent odor of my burning flesh.
And waited...
And waited...
And... Nothing happened.
I turned slowly and there was Shaman. He looked like he had been sleeping under a dumpster for a week.
The weird thing though was the way his eyes looked. They were dull and far away.
GoblinSmithy>> Shaman?
GoblinSmithy>> Are you okay, Shaman?
GoblinShaman>> ...
GoblinSmithy>> Wake up!
GoblinSmithy>> WAKE UP!
When it became readily apparent that yelling wasn't going to work, I decided drastic measures were in order.
Also, I have to say I got a little bit of enjoyment out of slapping that bastard.
GoblinShaman>> What the hell are you doing?!
GoblinSmithy>> I'm trying to wake you up.
GoblinSmithy>> You're kind of out of it.
GoblinShaman>> Couldn't you have just pinched me?
GoblinSmithy>> Huh...
GoblinSmithy>> Never thought about it.
GoblinShaman>> You just wanted to hit me, didn't you?
GoblinSmithy>> Little bit, yeah.
GoblinSmithy>> I didn't expect you to wake up after the first one.
GoblinSmithy>> Ruins all the fun.
GoblinShaman>> So freakin' sorry to disappoint you.
GoblinShaman>> Jerk.
GoblinSmithy>> Man, you owe me for that intervention.
GoblinShaman>> Yeah, yeah.
GoblinShaman>> That's actually why I came to find you.
This was it. This was when he was going to set me on fire.
I could feel it.
GoblinShaman>> I wanted to thank you.
Yeah, maybe I overreacted.
GoblinSmithy>> You're thanking me?
GoblinShaman>> Yes.
GoblinShaman>> You helped me see that it was wrong.
GoblinSmithy>> Thanking me?
GoblinShaman>> Yes, you.
GoblinShaman>> I don't know what would have happened to me.
GoblinShaman>> Gil selling is an ugly place.
GoblinShaman>> You helped me.
GoblinSmithy>> ...
GoblinSmithy>> Thanking me?
GoblinShaman>> I know it must have been hard.
GoblinShaman>> Having to take care of me.
GoblinShaman>> And then giving all of my stuff to charity.
GoblinSmithy>> Yeah...
GoblinSmithy>> Charity.
GoblinShaman>> Seriously, man. Thank you.
GoblinSmithy>> Don't worry about it.
GoblinSmithy>> I do like to give back to the community, you know.
Wow. It really seems that his isolation had helped him get past it all.
And it was all because of me.
And all out of the goodness in my heart.
GoblinShaman>> Wait...
GoblinShaman>> Are those my Snipers' rings?
GoblinSmithy>> Uh...
GoblinSmithy>> No?
GoblinShaman starts casting Fire III on GoblinSmithy.
GoblinSmithy>> Crap.
I got to say, even despite the massive burning and internal injuries, it's nice to have Shaman back.
Look at me. I'm a big softy.


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I am the artist and poet. In this picture you see of me, I have a potato bag over my face. I just thought it looked cool and different. So I decided to wear it out to dinner with a friend and I took this photo before I left.
Under the veil of my flesh lies a beautiful soul.
Full of emotion and thought.
Sometimes good, sometimes wretched.
All in all, full of beauty.
Friends call me Jess,
you can call me Jess.


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You're such a cool mom, I would have been freaking out, they are really cruis'n!
Jake took this video. Since the woods are off limits due to poison ivy, this is what they do when they're outside. We've had a few wrecks, but more of the fussing is because someone won't share their bike! :)
How FUN!! I'm sure they've gotten used to stopping in time or flippling over the wood at the bottom, huh. Crazy kids. Love em!
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Drive-in movies were extremely popular during the 60's and before.
I recently read a mini biography about Richard Hollingshead who was the inventor of the drive-in movie. Through various trial and error attempts, he was able to project a film from the hood of his car onto a screen and use a radio for sound. Eventually, he perfected his technique to create the open air drive-in experience. The first drive-in movie theatre was opened in New Jersey in 1933.
We lived near two such theatres during my teen years, the Odeon Bay Ridges and the Te-Pee Drive-In. The former was on land near the current site of a large shopping mall, Pickering Town Centre. The latter, has been replaced by a Supercentre and a Japanese restaurant. I believe the Odeon was open year round and provided heaters which fit onto the car window along with the speakers. I'm not certain how popular this was during the winter season although I know the lot held nearly one thousand vehicles.
I was so excited to attend my first drive-in movie with a friend, her dad and brother. We drove up to the long narrow building with a teepee shaped structure on top, and paid the admission. After carefully selecting a prime location in the lot, next to a post with a speaker attached, we eagerly waited as the sky darkened. The speaker hung inside the driver's side of the car and the window was rolled up as far as possible. Since the hook which secured the speaker onto the glass was enormous and metallic, just enough of an opening remained to allow infestations of buzzing mosquitoes to enter and eventually feast on their captive audience.
I remember my first movie vividly. It had scenes of bloodshed, bank closures, poverty, missing children, homelessness, sadness, humour and fantasy. The credits rolled over colourful scenes and blaring music caused the window reverberate. Finally, it began. Julie Andrews was perched on a cloud, and descended to earth. Yes, it was "Mary Poppins" on the giant screen.
In 1966 my parents tried to smuggle me into a restricted movie. By today's standards the movie would have been classified PG-13. My parents were raised in Europe where there was not really a legal age for much. Parents were expected to use common sense and good judgment when raising children. Dad thought they'd let me in to see the film since I was with my parents. I'm not certain whether he was prepared for the question that came from the ticket seller.
"What's the year of her birth?" She pointed to the back seat.
Startled, he quickly responded with "1939".
"Her? Her in the back?" was the question that came back at him.
My mother, unfazed, came to the rescue, explaining that he was confusing my birthdate with his sister's, that they were my parents, and that I was old enough to see the movie.
I believe I fell asleep part way through a slow moving British flick entitled, "Georgy Girl".
I know that even now, almost fifty years later, there are still drive-in movies in existence around the province. In fact, there has been a small revival of this type of theatre. I checked a website found some twenty three in Ontario. Most are in far outlying areas where the cost of land is not akin to the value of the contents of Fort Knox.
Imagine my surprise when I moved to this town, drove up a nearby road, "Theatre Road" and found a functioning drive-in. So once again, now in my "later life" I am living close to a drive-in theatre. I'm not sure when, if ever, I'll be attending a show there, but perhaps the experience will become another story to tell.


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