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Revenge is mine!! almost....
Two years ago I signed up and raced the inaugural Revolution3 Half Ironman at Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury, CT. It was 2009 and I was coming off my first Ironman year in 2008. The problem with having completed (not raced) an Ironman is that anything after the IM that is shorter doesn't seem like much (even when it is). This was the case with Rev3 in 2009. I didn't have much of a base and raced it like an arrogant A-hole. I nailed the swim and hammered the bike. I got in this mini dual with local age grouper Tim Steiskal. He is a very strong rider so we pushed each other throughout the entire hilly 56 mile bike ride. I entered t2 ahead of Tim, however he would win on the day as I paid tremendously for the effort, more specifically I arrived at T2 with serious cramps in both hamstrings and both quads that eventually led to a run walk half marathon of 2+ hours. Fast forward 2 years to June 2011 and I have a plan in mind.
Even though I was again coming off racing an ironman the previous season, I was much more prepared in my approach to Rev3. I wanted my revenge and I was going to get it by racing smart. One of my strengths this year was my mental game. I had a new found confidence in my abilities which played a huge role in the outcome of my race this year. So much in fact that it really go me thinking, can your mental game be too strong? Can you have so much confidence in yourself that you push yourself too far? These are some of the questions I have been asking myself as of late.
The Swim:
My wave started at 7:20 am, 30 minutes after the pro men and 20 minutes after the first age group wave. Ryan and Andy would be in the same wave that started a little while ahead of me. Because of this I would be gunning for them, and they both knew it. As my wave made it to the waters edge I looked out at the swim course and made my plan. The last 2 races I completed began with me racing to be the first person in my wave to the first buoy. By doing this I would get clear water and be out ahead of the pack. While this worked well in Florida, it didn't work out as well at White Lake. This time I decided to pick my line, and instead of sprinting ahead of everyone, I would find a good steady tempo and at least try and stay even with the front swimmers. By doing this I wouldn't be wasting energy and I may even find someone to draft off of. Althought the latter didn't come to fruition, I did have a very steady and very comfortable first couple hundred meters. I found myself at the front of the pack and swimming a very straight line to the first turn buoy. The trouble came at the first turn when I discovered the glaring sun. The back straight wasn't as accurate a line, however I maintained my speed and as far as I am aware, was only passed by one person (Tim Steiskal). As I made the second turn and headed back to the beach I found myself nearly stroke for stroke with another local stud, Brendan Heller. Brenden races for Bryant Tri and was actually down at IMFL in November volunteering and contemplating signing up. This kid has a lot of heart and the talent to go with it. Him and I made our way to the beach in what ended up being 2 of some of the fastest swims on the day.
Once I was out of the water I made quick work into T1 and before long was out on the bike.
The Bike:
Rev3 Quassy's bike has a reputation for being incredibly challenging. Over the 56 miles, it has 3800' of elevation. My plan for the bike this time around was to have an average heart rate around 169 or 170. If you remember my avg HR at White Lake (on a flat course) was 173 and that was too high. I figured I would drop it a few beats but still be a bit above my target HR from 2010 (163). This was all because I feel I can ride a little harder than originally thought and still have gas in the tank for a strong run. Once again I found myself going back and forth with a specific rider, but this time it wasn't Tim, instead it was Brendan. Both of us were riding smart so it tended to be me passing him on the uphills and him passing me on the downhills.
At mile 33 I caught up to Andy who said he was feeling good and "sticking to the numbers." This would end up being a great decision for Andy as he ended up having a smoking fast run for a very hilly 13.1. One down, one to go, where is Ochoa?? Shortly after catching Andy, we hit the out and back portion where I thought I would see Ochoa...wrong. He was further up than I expected which was great for him, but made me play some mind games.
The second half of the bike was fairly uneventful. As far as I was aware I was in first in my division and moving along well. I wouldn't say that I was crushing the bike, but I also wasn't being passed that often. Over the course of the final 5 miles I was passed by 2 people in my age group, thus entering T2 in 3rd place in my division. T2 was once again uneventful and all that was left was the run.
The Run:
I left T2 feeling the need to hit the head, however I was so set on getting on the run course that I went right passed the sani-can. About half a mile into the run my stomach wasn't feeling right so I found some bushes, took care of business and was back running agian. A few hundrew feet up the road I still wasn't feeling well so at the 1 mile aid station I stopped and used the jon again. These minor stomach issues would slow down my first 2 miles to about 7:00 pace, and considering they were down hill I knew I had some work to do to make up for it.
Between mile marker 1 and 3 I began to feel some cramps in my quads. They weren't serious but they also weren't temporary. Let the mind strength begin. For the next 9-10 miles I would be playing mind games with myself to keep the cramps at bay and continue moving forward at a good clip. I was passed at mile 2 by another age grouper moving me to fourth, however a little further up the road I passed one of the guys that passed me on the bike and moved back into third place. Between miles 3 and 5 I was passed again by someone new (moving me into 4th). It was also in this stretch that I caught Ochoa who was also having a fantastic race. I gave him a little warning that Andy wasn't far behind as they are in the same age group.
Between miles 5 and 6 was the first of 2 out and backs on the run. I noticed that one of my fellow age groupers was fading and I was making up ground on him. When I caught him I tried to drop him but he was able to stay with me. The two of us would end up running shoulder to shoulder for the next 5-6 miles. In my mind this is when the race really began.
The more I think about it, the more I truly believe that the mental aspect is more than 50% of racing triathlon successfully. I haven't been as consistent with my training this year as I was last year, and yet, I was running almost 30 seconds per mile faster than I was in July of last year. I was able to accelerate to try and drop this guy, and I was also able to respond to his accelerations and prevent myself from being dropped. Whether I had the fitness or not, my mind kept me in the race as the miles ticked by. Think about it, up until mile 6, my splits were: 6:39, 7:21, 6:28, 6:40, and 6:53. After catching this guy and running with him my splits were 6:29, 6:30, 6:44, 6:14, 6:12. The second 5 miles were nearly 2 minutes faster, and there were more uphills in the second 5 miles!
This race was AWESOME!! My legs were on the edge of seizing up in cramps, my heart rate was up, and I was running shoulder to shoulder with the same person for 5 miles! I was thinking well ahead that I would need a little something extra for the last mile as it was uphill. I couldn't wait to get there. Just before the 11 mile marker we caught 2nd place in our age group. Up until that point the 2 of us were running in 3rd and 4th. Once we caught 2nd place he joined us and now there were 3 of us running together all in the same age group with just over 2 miles to go! This is the kind of race I always hope to find because (with the exception of White Lake) I feel very confident in my closing kick (althought it may not be as strong as Bevan Docherty)
The way we were now running was single file and I was in the middle. We were on the second out and back when it happened. I lost focus for what seemed like half a second and my left foot found a crack in the pavement. I didn't injure my ankle, however the normal cadence I had had up until this point that was keeping the cramps away was broken and it resulted in the worst bilateral hamstring cramps I have EVER experienced. They literally stopped me dead in my tracks and shortly there after put me on the ground. I was on the ground trying to get back on my feet when Andy came by telling me to focus. I kept massaging my hamstrings and trying to stretch them. Everytime I would try to stand up they would lock up and back down I would go. I finally got to the point where I was able to stand. After a few awkward steps forward I was able to slowly get back to running. The mental strength kicked in again. I was now running and hoping to get some time back. When I hit the 11 mile marker my watch read 9:22. I was sidelined for 3 minutes. Even though I wasn't able to get back to my previous pace, I got through the final 2 miles in 7:24 then 7:39 for the unhill mile. I crossed the line in 4:44 with a 1:30 run split.
I was very happy with my performance. I had gotten my revenge on this course, and even though I cramped pretty badly, I still had a 1:30 run split and finished 4th in my age group.
I left this race with 2 main questions on my mind. The first was what would have happened if I had been there with the other 2 age groupers with one mile to go? The second thing I asked myself is, can your mental strength be too strong and allow you to push yourself to potential injury? Althought I didn't injure myself, I couldn't help but think it is possible. With Providence 70.3 coming up, I feel that I have dialed in my abilities accurately enough to establish a race plan that will allow me to ride hard (harder than both half irons in 2010) and still put out a fast run. The key to Providence will be remembering to take my salt tabs as I have forgotten them at both races so far this year. If I do that and really nail my training these last few weeks, I truly believe that I will have an ever better race than last year.


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I have seen something that no sane human being should have to ever see, The Star Wars Holiday Special. Shown on TV once in 1978, the special was supposed to reward eager Star Wars fans as they waited for Empire Strikes Back to be completed. The result was a televised atrocity of unimaginable proportions. If you never see the Holiday Special, consider yourself lucky. Long considered a rare lost gem among Star Wars fans, the special does more to harm the legacy of Star Wars than to help it.
The Holiday Special centers around Chewbacca's family as they await his return to the Wookie home world for "Life Day." Not an entirely bad premise, until you remember that Wookie's don't talk like you and I. So, what you end up with is an hour and a half of Wookies growling at each other like tortured llamas at a zoo. Worse yet is the fact that one of the Wookies, Itchy (Chewbacca's father), looks like roadkill.
You might be asking yourself, "how could it get any worse?" Two words: Jefferson Starship. That's right, Jefferson freakin' Starship. Nobody likes Jefferson Starship, not now, not ever. If you say you like Jefferson Starship, you're a filthy liar.
I guess, in an effort to pad out a story that would have been better done with mimes, the producers of the Holiday Special decided they needed some variety acts. Throughout the Special there are songs by Jefferson Starship, Diahann Carroll, and Bea Arthur (a freakin' Golden Girl for God's sake). There's also some juggler/tumbler types that make Cirque du Soleil look like God's gift to the masses.
Also, periodically throughout the Special, the Wookies would check in with various members of the cast of the original Star Wars movie. We get to see Harrison Ford hugging Wookies (he literally hugs every Wookie three times each). We also get a look at a coked-out Carrie Fisher, who sings a song so bad it would make a deaf person cringe. But most famously, we get to see Mark Hamill fresh from his disfiguring car accident. They put so much makeup on Mark Hamill to hide his scars, he is almost unrecognizable.
Now, it must be said that there is one (and only one) redeemable aspect of the Star Wars Holiday Special and that is the fact that it introduced Boba Fett into the Star Wars universe. At one point during the Special, there is a brief cartoon interlude where we see the first encounter between Boba Fett and our other favorite Star Wars characters. The animation is pretty weak, much like the early Droids cartoon series itself, but the fact that we got to see some kickass bounty hunter action in the middle of a major crapfest makes up for the sloppy work of those Korean animation house slave laborers.
So, if nothing else, you now know that the elusive Star Wars Holiday Special was a television event that far surpassed the suck factor of Fonzie jumping the shark and the last episode of Seinfeld combined. I can't stress this enough, the Special is so bad, it cannot even be enjoyed on an ironic level. For your own mental health and personal well being, never EVER watch the Star Wars Holiday Special.
They're finally going to release the original theatrical versions of the classic trilogy on DVD. This means no more CGI X-Wings, no new musical numbers, Boba Fett's original voice and Han shoots first. This is a great time to be fan of the classic trilogy who was pissed off by all the changes Lucas made in his "Special Editions." The DVDs won't be out until September and they will apparently only be available until Dec. 31st 2006.
And finally, George Lucas has been immortalized in action figure form. A younger, bearded Lucas has been made into a Stormtrooper, proving once and for all which side of the Force Lucas is really on.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
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I dont care what you say Quammy I have to see the Star wars Christmas special, it cant be much worse than yhe two Ewok movies_Rude Rudy
P.s good descriptio of sometnig I still havent seen.
- Janarama said...
Hey, didn't Mark Hamill also do porn? I don't know about this "Christmas special" but I'd be all about watching the Star Wars porn.
Wait, on second thought... I'd rather poke out both my eyes with a rusty spoon.
Rudy, how dare you put down on the Ewok movies. Yes, they are rubbish, but they're EWOKs! Jan, I googled Mark Hamill porn (risky, I know) but nothing of consequence appeared. I fear that may be a rumor of mythical proportions.
- Janarama said...
I am crushed...
Did you say Life-Day?
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Monday, January 21, 2008
Back from the three weeks up the coast and not particularly ready for action. As you can expect after that amount of time spent lolling about in the water or eating prawns, the thought of the daily grind fills me with dread.
Still, one must do what one must.
Surf wise, not as flash as last year up there. Arrived to a macking swell along the entire east coast of Australia that lit up everywhere ... but where I was. North east swell with north east winds meant it was onshore everywhere it was on and not on everywhere it was off. Finally though the wind did behave and I got a few surfs in at a very punchy slab called Pink Rocks... which it did. Biggest waves nudging 8 feet, my performance varying from going hard to getting hit pretty bloody hard, but no beltings along the bottom and a smiling old fart at the end.
Easily the best waves I've had up there.
Pictures, I have them, but you'll have to wait as not long after that I went for a snorkel to see the pretty fishies and my crappy snapper finally kicked the bucket... full of water and dead as a dodo.
Other news... well, Musica Surfica hits the airwaves this Saturday as it premieres on Foxtel's Bio channel.
It's received rave reviews (from all my friends) and I can't wait to see how the real world reacts. I'll keep you posted on what, when and where internationally, as our next job is to sell it overseas. If we end up making enough I might be able to take it somewhere or other, but I ain't holding my breath.
So... until I get my pictures off the camera... here's a piccie from Broulee (or as Gaz calls it.. Creme Broulee) from last year.
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- Beach Bum said...
Welcome back Mick - it's still Sunday night here ...guess the world does spin after all. Might be a dumb question but is there a way we can get to see your Musica Surfica baby soon after it airs? I'd love to write it up over at s-e-x-wax.com - the snippets I've followed and the write up in the Sydney Herald have me hungry for more!
- Patch said...
Glad to see your back in action Mick, I missed your bloody blog.
- seamouse said...
Hey Mick, glad to hear you enjoyed your holiday. You didn't win the comp but send me your postal address anyway as I have something to send you.(firstname.lastname@example.com)
- ras said...
happy new year and welcome back to internetland. let us know how musica is received. DH's article in the latest TSJ was great by the way. Can't wait to see the finless action.
- Max Parker Bakos said...
Howdy Professor... sorry, didn't have your email address, and wanted to pass this PSC event info on to you. Hope you're well mate, see ya soon.
Flick me your new email address - firstname.lastname@example.com
(PS: Kaz and I had a baby boy last week - Ziggy Bakos!)
All EX PSC MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WELCOME TO COMPETE in SINGLE FIN CONTEST and FUN Day. Background to the Event... Australia Day Long Weekend SAT 26th JAN @ Gunna 1 PSC to run contest on the day 2 Original 70's Boards only 3 A judge to be appointed on board ruling to oversee and pass boards 4 Expression Session to be held before the finals. Surfers will be by invitation only......... Surfers – eg. Wayne Lynch, Mick Pierce, Ted Bainbridge, Phil Grace, Paul and Phil Trigger, Wally Tibbles , Mick Shaffer , John Wilson, Skip Easton, Geoff Smith, Mark Mc Cabe Ian Portingale, , John Jolly, George Paterson to name just a few 5 Presentation of the Single fin comp will be held at the Club Rooms. 6 Followed by a 70's Theme Night AT THE CLUB ROOMS
- clayfin said...
wondered where you went...
- nm said...
Welcome back & Happy New Year, Sir Mick.


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I may never know the trauma my little boy experienced at an early age while in the countryside of Ethiopia. Who knows what creatures stalked him &/or his family day or night. (I've heard that hyenas are prevalent in the villages). Our first inclination that things were not right was seeing his extreme fear of cute and cuddly toys like baby dolls, stuffed animals, "Little People", smiling cars with eyes, etc. Things we thought he would love to play with just set off screams of fear and trembling in our child. Needless to say, he freaked out when he laid eyes on our two large dogs for the first time. He is slowly becoming OK with them in the house as long as they keep their distance. He is also realizing that the dolls are not real (although they do look alive), the toys are just plastic, and the stuffed animals won't hurt him. I remind him occasionally by tapping on the dolls' head and hands to show how hard they are and then tap on his soft, warm arm to show him the difference. This worked wonders. Our breakthrough moment was today during playtime with big sister. This video says it all! (He's also saying quite a few words). Way to go Gabriel! We are so proud of you! You have conquered one of your fears! Now I pray that his nighttime fears dissipate and his sometimes restless, noisy dreaming subsides.
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What can be said about the Bread and Puppet Museum...a lot, but whatever is written about it cannot come close to actually experiencing the museum. This strange, frightening, yet fascinating museum is located at 753 Heights Road (Route 122) in Glover, a small, winding country road in the Northern Kingdom of Vermont.
Every inch of the museum, including the ceilings, are filled with fascinating puppets, drawings, and carvings - just to name a few. The puppets range from 5' tall and soar to at least 25'! On the visit in early October, four of us had the museum all to ourselves, which was great, yet spooky. Throughout the two-story museum faces peered out and down at us from every angle, such as the two in this photo. There has never been quite a museum like it that I have ever visited.
If you find yourself in the North Kingdom of Vermont, make this museum a "must stop" destination! You can read more about this fabulous museum at Bread and Puppet Museum


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Dear Everyone, ***
There is a very well known, universally accepted maxim at work in the world, and whether you talk about it or not, I'm here to tell you that its totally fucking true. Here it is: you can be smart, or you can be pretty, but you CANNOT be both.
That's right. It's smart OR pretty...one or the other.
I don't make up the fuckin rules here people...I'm just the messenger.
Now, of course not everyone who's smart is ugly and not everyone's who's dumb is pretty, however, you are primarily known in the world as one or the other...like, overwhelmingly so.
This means that if I walked my ass out to Times Square right now, forced 100 random people into a little room and marched myself in there to stand there and talk to the good folks for 5 mins, after I walked away, 98 of those motherfuckers would be sayin' "there goes that smart girl."
This fact was kind of an upsetting blow for the teenaged me who was really just hoping to get banged by a football player, but now it's alll good in the hood. Really. I swear.
Sure, I can get dolled up and slap on the sex every once in awhile, but that still doesn't change the fact that 9 out of 10 sons of bitches know me out in the world as the "smart" girl.
You know who's NOT known out in the world as a smart girl?: Miss Teen Louisiana USA, Lindsay Evans. Lindsay, is pretty much your card carrying pretty girl.
Check this shit out: Linds goes out to grab a bite with her bitches at her local "full service, family oriented" Mexican restaurant, Posados Cafe. I imagine a delicious, salsa infused meal was had by all, but homegirl decides to chip out on her chalupa and "dine and dash" (who the fuck uses that phrase, by the way?? I mean, I realize that I just did, but I'm just doing it b/c everyone else is. Only this is the first time I've heard that in my entire life. Oh yeah...smart girls don't dine-n-dash).
It gets way better, tho, bias.
Not only does this pageant weasel skip out on the check like some hooligan, bitch leaves her purse sitting in her greasy ass booth....WITH A BAG OF MOTHERFUCKING WEED IN IT (Oh, Snap!). And her ID, lip gloss, a bible, a McCain/Palin button and a tube of anal lube. Actually, not sure about the lip gloss.
Her bill was $46.07
Needless to say, Miss Louisiana Teen USA had her title stripped toute de suite as soon as the proper authorities got wind of her shenanigans. Oh yeah, and they stomped on her crown and arrested too for drug possession too.
Pretty girl had to go fuck AWL her own shit up by acting like a complete and total douchetron in front of everyone on the planet.
Le sigh.
As we all know from watching the Spears clan, there are not exactly opportunities a plenty for girls growin up in Loose-i-ana. But this shit was almost as stupid as that guy who tried to cash a check for $360 billion dollars.
Take some advice from a smart girl, my pretties: check yo self before you wreck yourself (and never, I repeat NEVER leave a bag of weed unattended).
stupid is as stupid does,
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Here's Some Advice Miss Teen Louisiana USA: In The Game Of Life, Choose 'Smart' Over 'Pretty'
Posted by Erica at 12:19 AM
Labels: arrests, Good Girls Gone Bad, Teenyboppers
2 comments:
- the FoOl said...
I laughed hard at this post and then fought to come to terms with the fact that, because I speak the language with such grace and panache, I am probably considered by most as being "the smart guy". Really sucks considering that all I want is to get fucked by a football player too.(nohomo).
P.S. between this comment and the Tom post, I'm sure I've hit my gay quota for the year.
- October 23, 2008 at 6:18 PM
- Dear Famous A$$hole said...
@the fool: boys have a way easier time of this than girls do, but I DO agree that you've def hit your gay quota. So congrats on that!
- October 24, 2008 at 7:03 AM
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Seriously, nothing special or different for the sky of Muar and KL. Is the same, blue sky with white cloud. But if you notice, you will find out most of the house will have a very long antenna on the roof. The height of the antenna is around 2 storey house. According to my uncle, the antenna is use to receive the Singapore programs and is FOC. I can't believe it even at Muar also can do this, what I know is, I can find all the long antenna at Johor Bharu site (more near to Singapore). Really envy because can watch the Singapore dramas with FOC.
Muar sky and can you spot the long antenna.
Here is the long antenna I mentioned. Almost each house will have one of this antenna.


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House lights display from a crazy Christmas lights street famous nearby
(please note: not my house!)
Have been a little absent lately, busy with preparations for Christmas but also just taking a step back to enjoy this time of year, relaxing and being with family. Currently we are occasionally watching this - Track Santa!
Only one more sleep until Christmas Day, as Imogen is letting us all know today, excitement is mounting here.
making crackers together yesterday
Merry Christmas to all or blessing to you however you celebrate this time of year, whether it be Yule, Hannukah or just honoring the Seasons and the solstice. Thank you for your company and friendship over the last year and more, I look forward to sharing this space with you and your blog spaces over the coming year and more to come.
Today we shall be relaxing, drinking in the spirit of the season, maybe taking a walk, baking some Roasted Cranberry mince pies (halfway down the page linked) and readying ourselves for lots of fun, fun, fun.
A Christmas tradition - photo of Imogen and Chilly
I will leave you with one of my favourite songs at this time of year ... played lovely by the Southampton Ukelele Jam (including Alex!). Enjoy!
See you all the other side of Christmas, and having now passed the shortest day, light will gradually return to extend our days. Have a great time everyone, full of joy, wonder and laughter xxx
Love Dawn x


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News Calendar
May 2018
5 signals from girls that men subconsciously react
They say the woman should be a mystery. WomanHit.ru found out what want to solve men
Scientists from the University of Rochester conducted a survey of a group of men. These were people of different ages, social status and marital status. Their responses are somewhat puzzled researchers: it turns out that men and women have different views on the beautiful and on what must be a true lady.
1. "Wipe that lipstick, you look tacky!"; "How can purple eye shadow to draw eyebrows?"; "Oh, my, she looks like a parrot!" we had heard from "friends" such outrage.
Stylists advise to apply a light, daytime makeup, subtle shades.
But there it was! It turns out that men prefer ably painted women, not gray mice. They prefer a lady who looks like a freak than the girl without makeup.
Without lipstick никудаpixabay.com
The only thing that was agreed to by all the subjects, — the lipstick should be dark.
2. Time passed skinny women in the fashion priest. As it turned out, all respondents drew attention to the thighs of the girls submitted to them for a sample. Won more votes women with a narrow waist and powerful hips.
"And I have the most beautiful "oops"pixabay.com
3. As it took time and the mannequins. Men want to see petite girls. On their background they seem to be more significant and stronger.
Babes in ценеpixabay.com
4. "Lady in red" — red works well not only to bulls but also to the stronger sex. Want to be noticed — wear dress bloody hue.
In the red for sure заметитpixabay.com
5. Voice: deep, exciting, quiet — not so. At the hearing, respondents liked the girls with high, shrill voices. They have been associated with youth.
Nargiz Zakirova Liliya Sharlovskoe
So learn to laugh a shrill bell.women, attractiveness, choice men


text: Home > World 13 dead as lightning strikes Bangladesh mosque Agence France-Presse Posted at Aug 11 2012 03:46 PM | Updated as of Aug 11 2012 11:46 PM Share Save Facebook Twitter GPlus LinkedIn DHAKA - At least 13 people were killed and 15 injured when lightning struck a makeshift mosque in a remote village in Bangladesh as locals were holding special Ramadan prayers, police said Saturday. The Imam was among those killed when the powerful lightning bolt hit the flimsy tin and thatch building at Saraswatipur village in the northeast some 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the capital Dhaka late on Friday. About 35 people from the village, which is in the lake district of Sunamganj, were holding prayers known as taraweeh, offered during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when the lightning struck, police chief Bayes Alam said. "All 13, including the Imam, died on the spot. The bodies and faces of some of the victims were burnt," Alam told AFP, adding that at least 15 people were injured, including six who were hospitalized. The locals had turned the room into a mosque because access to the village's more substantial concrete-roofed mosque had been made difficult due to heavy rains in recent weeks that have swollen the Saraswati river. Lightning is a major threat in Sunamganj, home to some of Bangladesh's biggest lakes. Most incidents occur during the monsoon season between June and September when the district receives a huge amount of rainfall. © 1994-2012 Agence France-Presse Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Read More: lightning bangladesh /news/05/23/18/comelec-chair-gets-ca-nod-as-he-defends-2016-polls/news/05/23/18/duterte-peace-adviser-calls-for-social-healing-as-marawi-crisis-marks-first-year/business/05/23/18/tech-parts-giant-wants-to-hire-8000-filipino-workers-this-year/life/05/23/18/pulitzer-winning-author-philip-roth-dies-at-85-media-reports/life/05/23/18/food-shorts-tori-momo-opens-pinoy-faves-up-food-fair


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I'm thinking of creating my own page on Facebook but I haven't worked up the nerve. I'm also thinking of doing some Art Abandonment (theres a group for this on Facebook) once I get a grown up phone and can take pictures of what/where I abandon.
So many thoughts, so little time!
Here are few faces that I worked on using water soluable graphite.


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Poor little Charlie & Chia just can't seem to shake their nasty colds! I took them in last Friday for a checkup & they were doing great! Clear eyes, no congestion & only a sneeze every now & then. They were almost allowed to stay at the Humane Society but when they both sneezed there in the foster coordinator's office we all decided I'd keep them a while longer & make sure they got completely healthy.
Well...it seems ever since I brought them back home they've relapsed & gotten progressively worse every day. Sniffles & sneezes galore & this morning when I saw Chia's eyes red-rimmed & she didn't even want to get up & head bonk me I knew it was time to call the clinic vet. Charlie's eyes were getting teary too & I could tell poor Chia had a fever, she felt so warm.
GOOD NEWS is ~ I took them both in this afternoon & after a single dose of anti-inflammatory & their first dose of Zithromax they are already on the rebound & happy kitties again!
Don't you just hate it when your cats are sick & you feel so helpless??? I'm so glad they're feeling better & now I'm trying to keep them from being TOO active so they can rest & get well!
On a CREATIVE note ~ I'm about halfway through a new painting & just keep getting interrupted by kids & cats! It will definitely be finished tomorrow & I'll post it either then or Friday.
Tomorrow morning I take my kitty Markie to the vet for his annual exam & vaccs. I'm already dreading the howling in the car! Sighhhhh...


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❝the sacred and the profane.❞
describing him as comely, would be an understatement. even with sweatpants and an old t-shirt, concluded to sending my hormones on overdrive. his brown tousled hair looked unmade, and his eyes seems to be an unusual color of blue. with a hardened jaw he closes the door behind him, enough to be heard throughout the whole diner.
i took a deep breath, inhaling his overly strong cologne. naturally, i found myself nearly falling asleep on the powerful scent. however, his broad frown prevented that and instead it transformed the morning darker. i struggled to keep my breathing unacknowledged, as his walking figure blurred.
was previously known as alpha odysseus.
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- family
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- forbiddengod
- hate
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- innocence
- love
- mates
- mature
- possessive
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Brings tears to my eyes and a burning flame to my childhood. *shudders*
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why is every single chapter updated all the time???? is it a glitch cos it's so annoying
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The International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD) defines vulvodynia as "chronic vulvar discomfort or pain, characterized by burning, stinging, irritation or rawness of the female genitalia in cases in which there is no infection or skin disease of the vulva or vagina causing these symptoms."
This is the first time I've seen the definition of vulvodynia include the caveat that it's a condition where there is no infection or skin disease present. I have lichen planus, a dermatological condition. So does this mean I don't have vulvodynia? Even though the specialist I saw diagnosed me with vestibulodynia? Or does lichen planus not count as a disease?
I'm so confused. Not only about this, but about the role of physical therapy in getting better. First I was told to hold off on pt until my skin was healthier. The second time I saw my doctor, she said I would benefit from pt - even though my skin wasn't better yet. She had forgotten that she had initially told me to hold off on the pt.
I switched care-givers and will see my new specialist next week. I'm looking forward to getting some answers.


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Goulburn explosion prompts fireworks warning
New South Wales police have issued a warning about illegal fireworks after a Goulburn teenager was serious injured on Friday.
The 13-year-old boy lit a small firework, and it exploded in his left hand, partially amputating a finger and damaging his thumb.
Blake Clifton from NSW Police Media says the injuries are serious.
"He was treated at the scene, and airlifted to Westmead Children's Hospital where he's had emergency surgery, in an attempt to repair that injured left hand."
Investigators discovered that the boy had bought the firework from a friend who lived in the local area.
Mr Clifton says a search warrant at another home in Goulburn uncovered illegal fireworks from Thailand.
"Police in the area are urging anyone offered illegal fireworks for sale to report the matter to authorities, with this example showing the severe consequences which can occur when using fireworks."
Topics: accidents, goulburn-2580, nsw, act


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Here is some advice. Although please note that I don't follow the advice I give. And you also don't follow it, it can be dangerous, in extreme cases fatal. Just pass it on.
A quote from Napoleon Bonaparte reads, "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake". I just modified it to "Never interrupt your BOSS when he is making a mistake" and here is the story.
Never interrupt your boss when he is making a mistake, let him make it. Wait till you enjoy the forbidden pleasure of being correct. Enjoy the satisfaction of having the upper hand for those few moments when you feel wiser by acting ignorant and stupid to your Boss's mistake. And a few moments later when he has finished his talk, you can start by saying, "Sir, your idea is fabulous but... " And you've made your impression in the meeting. Now that calls for a grand party.
BUT hey! You are not all that wise, you are stupid.
The danger of interruption comes because, before the climax of you supervisor's story, you cannot jump onto conclusions. Maybe you've missed the twist in the story or you've missed the basic premise of the argument.
Napoleon was smart enough to give that quote but unfortunately did not follow it at Waterloo (1815). His enemy was smarter and that proved to be his undoing and could be your's too.
And why have a boss anyway ? Be your own Boss. Have a drink, love your lady and go to sleep.


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Watched the very riveting women's gymnastics last night and thought about a few randonneuring challenges as the US hopes for gold turned to silver. As I saw Alicia Sacramone teeter off on the beam at the very start of her routine, you could see every bit of anguish at what that meant for her, the team and the country. The look on her face was of such contained emotion I thought she would burst. Amazingly, she held it together as millions of people were watching her every move with cameras from all angles. She didn't break, and even after falling on the floor routine, kept it pretty together emotionally. That is the part that really stuck with me, her ability to maintain composure, however tenuous, despite what I would consider to be the most pressure a human could stand outside of combat. Bravo.
I thought back on what effects a problem or challenge in randonneuring seem to have on different folks, when numerous flats, physical ailments or simply the tiring efforts a long ride take on your mental control. Before I got to Mortagne au Perche in PBP and was beyond the time cut, I felt like I was done, but unlike Alicia I didn't have hundreds of cameras and viewers all over the world focused on my agony. I can't imagine what that was like and would rather not. What I did feel was that whatever it takes to keep focused on the goal is what matters, you can't do anything about some of the circumstances, but you do have control over how you handle the adversity. May I continue to have the fortitude to maintain when the going gets rough. There are some role models out there.
13 August 2008
Handling Adversity
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Motivator 1:
Many of our actions are predicated by the belief of how they will help us fit in, or cooperate, with other people who we see as desirable to fit in with in the first place--what we believe, how we dress, our preference for beer, sport teams, and cars and food. I'd say that earlier in life, it is normal and natural to feel that those people we've come to know and trust are deceiving us, or have deceived us, in some fundamental way: hence the oft-repeated complain that "my family is messed up." What's really happened is that you've recognized the artificial (but strong) connection that family instills on one's essential group identity. Family is hard to get away from (in more ways than one might think (see Motivator 2)
Motivator 1 and Drinking: Well, seems obvious that personal consumptive habits signal to others whether you might get along, if given the choice and lack of other restraints. Combine those positive signals with contempt for other groups and the feeling that one's been lied to, and you've got instant camaraderie.
Motivator 2:
Then there are core personality traits, which are largely genetic, though they develop in certain idiosyncratic ways thoughtout our lives, sure. That's why long term friends know who you are, and largely think of you in static terms: because you stay mostly the same throughout your life (disagree? Yeah, I like to think I've changed a lot to, and subjectively, perhaps I have--but mostly I've become more of what I used to be earlier in my life regarding objective personality characteristics). Family comes in here, too, because they've given you a lot of the traits you may love about yourself (but more often dislike or are even unaware of).
Motivator 2 and Drinking: Don't fool yourself: if your family members have problems with self-control, you probably do too. It is about much more than drinking: it is about sex and giving your own vulnerable self to another, it is about patience and the capacity to wait the fog of murky water to settle and reveal something, well, revelatory. It is about anger. With yourself, with others. It is about natural curiosity, and it is also about natural levels of happiness--and, about alcohol tolerance and tendency to use/abuse the sauce. The chances are much higher that you are more similar than different. Wake up to it now and you'll be happier later. Even though it fucking sucks to wake up to it now. If you've ever met my dad, you'll know what I mean (pretty sure you never have though).
Motivator 3:
Couple both of the above those with a predisposition toward thinking that our own thoughts, lives--generally ours status as compared to others--is "really" higher: i.e. our intrinsic value is more important than others, and you've gone to the crux of a lot of the conflict that might cause us to feel pent in. Incommunicado.
Motivator 3 and Drinking: Got some data that tells a dissimilar story to the one in your head: well, time to put the bottom of the glass to the ceiling. This is a mental state of intransigence as much as it is a chemically induced state. Mildly depressed people are more accurate. They are also mildly depressed and probably get less done. Everything is a trade off.


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Permeability refers to the degree to which pore spaces - small pockets of air and empty space - in some material connect to each other, promoting the movement of fluid through that material. Permeability and porosity - the number of small pockets of air in a material - are closely connected, however a material may be highly porous but have few channels connecting these pores, leading to a low permeability. In a permeable material, holes, pores, and cracks are lined so that fluid is able to flow through the material.[2] The permeability of a material is determined by seeing how much resistance to the flow of fluid exists, if it takes a lot of pressure to squeeze fluid through the material it has low permeability. Conversely if the fluid travels through easily it is high permeability.[3]
The porosity and permeability of rocks is important in determining what rocks will make good reservoir rocks. A rock that is both porous and permeable would make a good reservoir rock as it allows oil and gas to move up through the pores in the rock closer to the surface where it can be extracted. The greater the permeability, the easier it is to extract oil from the rock.[2] Rocks such as sandstone have a very high porosity and permeability and make a productive oil or gas well. Looking at the permeability of rocks is one way that geologists can determine where a good location for an oil well is.[3]
Understanding the permeability of different building materials is vital in ensuring that there is no water or vapour intrusion into the building envelope, which could promote rotting of materials or mould growth. In general, permeability is an important consideration for interior wall finishes. In hot and humid climates the permeability of the interior finish of a wall should be much higher than that of the exterior finish of the same wall. This difference in permeability will allow moisture that enters the wall to migrate to the inside of the building where the moisture will be removed by the air conditioning system. The reverse is true for cold climates; the exterior finish should have a higher permeability than the interior finish.[4]


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This is a delightful restaurant right in downtown Guelph. The food is excellent and they offer a buffet at lunch hour. The decor is pleasing and the wait staff are friendly and knowledgeable. One of my favorite restaurants in downtown Guelph.
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This is a delightful restaurant right in downtown Guelph. The food is excellent and they offer a buffet at lunch hour. The decor is pleasing and the wait staff are friendly and knowledgeable. One of my favorite restaurants in downtown Guelph.
This place is also closed with a new indian resto, bombay kitchen or some such name. In its time it was one of the poorer indian places in town, the rest just scoring average, like bollywood and diwa's Again, maybe bombay kitchen will be a...More
We, that is our party of six, thought we would try this restaurant as we had been informed that the chef had learned his trade in the UK. He should have an idea what an authentic Indian curry should taste like as all the restaurants...More
We have enjoyed Spice 11 for dining-in for several years. The food and service have been pretty close to superb. On a recent dinner visit, however, we agreed that the naan bread was not as good as it used to be. Instead of soft and...More
Placed a lunch order a day in advance, no curtsy call to notify us they closed the next day so I could make other arrangements for lunch meeting. Will never go there again, this wasn't the first time this has happened. Don't ever place an...More
Really good all you can eat Indian lunch menu. Especially for the price. For $12 we had starters (onion bhaji & french fries - not indian I know), lots of veg and non veg items (including butter chicken, chicken tarka, daal, raita, fish and beef...More
I've been to Spice 11 twice now and both times I had the Chicken Pasanda. I don't know what the spice mix is but I love it and both times there was enough for lunch the next day. I definitely recommend this restaurant.
Nice looking restaurant, located in the inconvenient for parking downtown Guelph. Selection of food is fairly small, and taste of food is average. Not bad, not amazing by any means.
For those beef or lamb lovers, their 'Korai Gosht' is fantastic. Good selection and great service! Can't wait to go back....
Stopped in for an early dinner, restaurant was quite quiet, but pleasant. Curry was very delicious, with many degrees of heat available. A very good choice for Indian in Guelph. We will return to try more of the menu.
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In a way, this record represents, for me, a self-imposed eviction notice from a religious community that is unfit to live in. I am packing up my things. I will gather my questions, my opinions, my mistakes and confessions and start walking in search of….
Daniel Haseltine, lead vocalist Jars of Clay
Those are sad, hard words from an artist who was nurtured and popularized by the religious community he cannot find a place within. Yet in the midst of those words, there is a glorious right-ness about his movement. In his blog piece explanation about his 'self-imposed' eviction, Haseltine explains his weariness of pretending to be more than he is. Never does God desire for us to be pretenders.
For the rest of this piece: http://www.thebottomline.co/featured/jars-of-clay/


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|Network for the Welfare of Sierra Leoneans Overseas
The news on the recent cabinet reshuffle by President Ernest Bai Koroma sparked the eagerness to know who are on the list. When I browsed through the list I saw names that were removed from cabinet due to gross misconduct brought back in the cabinet. The decision by the President made me wonder whether he is a man of principle or just someone who is bound for Hague for constitutional abuse letting go of people in the same basket of misconduct. In my opinion, the President's reshuffle would have included him. True leadership goes with the bold step of resigning when you feel your promises are not delivered, but, is President Koroma in for such unique leadership? No, as he is busy building an empire of dictatorship and a world best leadership scenario, something not reflective of the claims his political stalwarts are making.
On a positive note, I have to commend the President and the All Peoples' Congress Party (APC) for giving political opportunities to the young. The recent appointment of comrades Momoh Vandi (MOV) and Nannette Thomas is worthy of praise. When I look at the Cabinet as a whole, I can see young breeds like Shekito Tarawally, Arrow Bockarie, Ismail Koroma (Molante) and others not mentioned. The APC party scores a high mark on political appointments of the young compared to Sierra Leone Peoples' Party whose appointments are mainly full of the ageing and people with Doctorate degrees who cannot even deliver if you give them a chicken to breed.
Cabinet reshuffles are an inevitable part of any political system but what actually matters is the effect of such reshuffle on the people. Looking at Sierra Leone, cabinet reshuffles has never yielded ongoing positive results, instead, the performance indicators of the line ministries continue to be in the red. Sometimes one would want to wonder whether the nation is really getting true value from the operations of the line ministries based on the huge amount spent on maintaining the ministries. A benefit-cost analysis of the entire operations of the line ministries will clearly show that the nation is running at a cost or loss. This can be justified by the negative impact of the operations of the line ministries on the people. Sierra Leoneans, in general, are suffering except for few. The ratio of poor and rich in Sierra Leone is 95%:5% and this clearly justifies that the nation is in a horrible state of affairs that requires a total overhaul.
The hard truth here is that there are good Sierra Leoneans ready to fix the problem but cannot survive in the midst of those with a seasoned level of corruption. I know the young in the APC cabinet would want to turn things around but this will never be possible where the crux of the core in the party are buried in chronic greed.
We are still watching the world best with the conviction that he would come to the realisation to fix the nation's ailing problems, something he can do if he wants to do, particularly for a country where the wealth hugely outweighs the population. President koroma is digging the way to The Hague and we the concern Sierra Leoneans are preparing the legal papers to prosecute him when he leaves power. God forgives, and so, we will forgive him if he improves the situation at home.
President Koroma, Sierra Leone is your country and your country of birth and all Sierra Leoneans are part of your national family, apart from your biological family. Treat them like your family and give them their due. The national cake belongs to all of us, so a fair share or reasonable distribution is all your national family needs. You have the right to reshuffle your cabinet but it is your obligation to empower them to dispense their duties in the line ministries to the desired expectations. Our people are starving, a large proportion of them are jobless and homeless and the provision of the entire social capital (like electricity, pipe borne water, and so forth) continues to be a huge variance between the expected and actual. We need true leadership from you and looking forward to seeing the difference you would make from now to the end of your term in 2018 and hoping that this term cannot be extended by you.
Long live Sierra Leone and God bless those politicians and all those meaning good for our beloved country.
Prince Foday
Founder, Network for the Welfare of Sierra Leoneans Overseas


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With a Waffle or Pancake recipe and a little time on the weekend morning between 0500-0600 before the rest of the house gets up turn out 2-6 batches of them to freeze.
I made 2 batches this past weekend and that should last me to next Saturday however I realized if I have made more then I would only have to do it every other weekend which would save me time when I am busy on the other weekends.
This Classic Waffle Mix is very simple and quick you also could pre-make the dry ingredients in Ziploc bags & making up several bags for quick pour and whip up batches by just adding the wet ingredients.
Classic Waffle or Pancake Batter
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups warm milk
1/3 cup butter, melted
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat waffle iron to desired temperature.
- In a large bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking powder and sugar; set aside.
- In a separate bowl, beat the eggs. Stir in the milk, butter and vanilla.
- Pour the milk mixture into the flour mixture; beat until blended.
- Ladle approximately 1/3 of a cup the batter into a preheated waffle iron.
- Cook the waffles until golden and crisp. Serve immediately or allow to cool to freeze in Ziploc bags


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There is a song by Steven Curtis Chapman that says:
I can see the fingerprints of God When I look at you
I can see the fingerprints of God And I know its true
You're a masterpiece That all creation quietly applauds
And you're covered with the fingerprints of God
So look around you and see where YOU can see God's fingerprints. Is it in nature? Kids? Animals? Where do you see them? CLICK HERE to JOIN Bekis Blog in celebrating Fingerprint Friday...We got this "MASTERPIECE" in the mail today-a Valentine from My My and Bit Buts birth sister in Kindergarten-I see God's fingerprints all over this sweetness. Thank you Lord for allowing them to all be in each others lives-what a blessing!
Friday, February 13, 2009
2 comments:
- artsyclay said...
Cute! Your children are so beautiful!
- February 14, 2009 at 12:07 AM
- PamperingBeki said...
Ohmygoodness, that's adorable!!
- February 14, 2009 at 10:28 AM
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Well all I can say is WOW… I think I'm a little behind jumping on this bandwagon but I'm slowly catching up and have been a playing around with pinterested.
I was completely baffled by it about an hour ago, 'why are there pictures everywhere?' 'what does pin it mean?' 'ooh what does this button do?' were questions I kept regularly saying outloud and kept receiving confused looks from my kitten.
I am now semi-up to speed and have started my own board about winter food, I thought because I spend a lot of my time writing about food, eating food and generally admiring food it would make sense to have a pinterested board dedicated to simply that… food! I hope I've done it right!
Take a ganders…. http://pinterest.com/emsextonbrown/scrummy-winter-munch/


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I might start doing a weekly blog series like many of you do. Lately, I've been having a lot of memories just pop into my brain and make me smile. And I thought of writing down the memories that I randomly have, so down the line I hopefully won't forget them. It's not Monday anymore... so maybe I'll start this next week (:
But that's what I'm thinking.


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Resurgence of the Financial Markets
India, it seems has successfully managed to fight the on-going economic downturn so far and is now on a course of economic revival.
Signs of this revival are coming from a strong upward rally by the stock market, renewed foreign investor confidence, increased consumer spending, more job creations, etc. These tell-tale signs have all resulted in a renewed hope that Indian Financial Markets such as its Stock Exchanges like the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange will continue this steady upward swing.
The upcoming Union Budget of the UPA Government will be again a good indicator of the course that the Indian Financial Markets take from here onwards and how soon they are able to come out of the economic turmoil that the world faces. The finance ministry will have to ensure that the budget brings out key economic policies which take India into the path of economic prosperity.
We will keep you posted on the India Budget as and when it comes out and will try and capture some of the key Budget Highlights.


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Friday, September 14, 2007
FIFTH PIPE DREAM-san francisco sound
This is a fabulous collection of bands from San Fran 67-69 era. I'm pretty sure this Compilation was released in 1969. This was produced by Rusty Evans (marcus Uzelevsky)
of the Psychedelic moods/Freak Scene/Third bardo association, and as you can read below in an interview with a member of "indian puddin' and pipe" they pretty much wrote off Rusty as being incompotent..which doesn't really translate to the sound on the record, at least to my ears..it was produced very well, and I think no altering of the sounds really, pretty much keeping the performances intact. They must have equated Rusty to being on the same level as Matthew Katz, who in retrospect is well known as a greedy baron, who never paid the bands under his wing of "san francisco sound"...just google "moby grape and matthew katz" and you can come up with some frightening stories of how he treated the bands he managed. here's small excerpt from a website (http://pnwbands.com/sanfranciscosoundballroom.html) that speaks of the San Francisco sound ballroom, where the bands on this comp played
"I played there with a band called Games in 1967 with all the Matthew Katz groups you have listed. I think it was the Encore Ballroom before it was SF Sound.
As far as I know no band that ever played there ever got paid.
Skip Bowe, Stockton, CA, August 2007 "
I have had 2 copies of this LP, one a slightly Thicker Press, both with full colour gatefold and red labels. Both transfers are on my KDX server, the thicker press was converted to 96/24 and the slightly thinner press was converted at 44/16, the latter
is indicated by a (b) on it's folder title.
This is a sticker that came with one of my copies of the LP
Here's an interesting interview with a member from
Indian Puddin' and pipe, who were also known
as "west coast natural gas"
The West Coast Natural Gas Story from :
In the early 90's I stumbled upon an old 45 by a group called West Coast Natural Gas (WCNG). Both sides were GREAT and I attempted to find out some information about this band. All I knew was that the band was produced by Matthew Katz and was on the San Francisco Sounds label. Unfortunately, I couldn't find anyone who knew anything more than this. In 1997 when I went on line and formed the U-SPACES group, I periodically asked the group about this band and still came up with blanks. When I decided to put together the U-SPACES: Psychedelic Archaeology CD series, in 1998, this single was the highlight of Volume 1. No one had heard the single, but everyone seemed to love it.
Right about that time the folks at Delerium Records established a connection between WCNG and another San Francisco band called Indian Puddin' N' Pipe. It was discovered that WCNG was actually the same group before they changed their name.
In June of 2000, Jeff LaBrache, the original drummer from both groups landed on the U-SPACES web page, read an old digest and asked if anyone would like more info on the band(s). I promptly accepted Jeff's offer and sent him a series of questions about the band(s). He indicated that he was going to meet shortly with another member of the band (guitarist Kristopher Larson) for the first time in 20 years and they would go through the questions together and try to come up with as many answers as they could.
In July 2000, Kristopher responded to me in a series of e-mails and his responses are posted below in an edited interview format. I would really like to thank both of these guys for their effort and hopefully their comments can help clarify some of the mystery around these two bands.
Ben Chaput - U-SPACES list moderator, July 2000.
Interview with Kristopher Larson, July 2000:
[BC] When did WCNG form and how was the Seattle scene in the mid sixties?
[KL] The WCNG formed in 1964, late in the year, who knows really when. I just remember it was cold. A guy I had never met before, (Steve Guinn) or even heard of came knocking on the door of my apartment and said he was forming a folk rock band and that he had already lined up a bass player (Dave Burke) (never heard of him before either) and a drummer (Jeff Labrache) who I actually had heard of, and himself playing guitar and singing. I still don't know how he found me. Well I was working at Lockheed shipyard and hated it and wanted to be playing again so I said OK.
[BC] Did you meet Dave Burke & Lydia Mareno in SF or did they come with you from Washington?
[KL] David Burke played on all our recordings and was always on stage with us too. No other Bass player. Lydia Mareno, I think, was introduced to Pat Craig (our third or fourth replacement in WCNG) after the break-up of the real WCNG, which I'll get to later. That's all I know about her. We never met, I think.
[BC] Did you guys really play a bill as WCNG with an earlier version of Indian Puddin' N' Pipe in Seattle?
[KL] As for the gig in Seattle with Indian Pudin' 'n' Pipe, it might have happened…I'm trying to remember the name of the hall where we may have shared that gig with them…?
[BC] Editor's Note: Jeff LaBrache provided this poster from the "San Francisco Sound" Club in Seattle, so it really did happen…
[BC] According to Jeff LaBrache, WGNG moved to San Francisco in late1966. What prompted the move and what were the early days of SF like? And how did you hook up with Matthew Katz?
[KL] A guy from Seattle, who I only knew as Smitty- a member of the "Gypsy-Jokers" MC bunch, had somehow hooked up with Matthew and was working as his Go-for. I think Jeff knew him and he arranged for us to go to SF and have Matthew listen to us. MK already had under his wing, Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape, and It's A Beautiful Day, and a few other artists too.
[BC] Do you have any recollection of the recording session for the WCNG single [A Favor/Go Run & Play"]?
[KL] I have vague recollections of the recording sessions of Go Run And Play and A Favor. This could be, however, a recollection of any and all of our sessions. We were "told" that a guy named Mark Uzlevsky (sp?) was going to be our producer. So, not wanting to argue with the guy who was trying his best to sue the ass off the Airplane and the Grape, we accepted his choice of Mark. The guy didn't know a guitar from a drum, but we were stuck. Time was magically scheduled for us to go in to Coast recording studio and make some noise. The in-house genius on the control board (a whole four tracks worth, with individual volume controls) told us we couldn't play that loud. So consequently the recordings didn't have any of our real (live) sound. The other genius, Mark, didn't have a clue what we were up to, or how rock music was supposed to sound. Katz probably doesn't even remember that we actually cut that 45 under WCNG name.
[BC] How was the decision made to change your name to Indian Puddin' & Pipe? There was also a band in Seattle with that same name who morphed into the group "Easy Chair." Was there any direct connection between the two bands?
[KL] The decision to change our name was totally MK's "plan". He had come up with the name IP&P in some dream…?, but didn't have band to go with it, so since he didn't have anything to do with the name WCNG he wanted total control. We fought the name change among ourselves, but the majority decided to accept what MK wanted in order to stay in good standing with him. (That IP&P you mentioned were probably the guys from Seattle who became part of the second Moby Grape, "the bus tour grape". If they became "easy chair," … well if you say so. How did you come by that information anyway?)
[BC] Matthew Katz has a reputation for putting his needs in front of the needs of his bands. What were your experiences with Katz as a manager?
[KL] Of course we nor any of his groups ever saw any money from anything we did. I wonder why all his groups walked out on him? We also did a series of commercials for the Levi Strauss Co. which actually got some airplay in the Bay Area, under the name WCNG. For which we never saw any kind of royalties.
[BC] The Levis Commercials are of immense interest to me as I collect this stuff… I have (among others) three Levis radio spots from the Sopwith Camel. On one of the spots called "Funny Fabric" at the end, there is a audible reference to "The West Coast Natural Gas." Was there a link between your Levi session and the Sopwith Camel session? Any more details on the plugs that you guys did would be greatly appreciated.
[KL] The Levi's commercials are also of interest to me. I have no copies in any form of those sessions. We weren't allowed to have copies because of the contract with Levi-Strauss. I would guess that the only recourse would be either from L-S or maybe Coast Recording Studios. I think that is where we cut them?
[BC] Katz was rumored to keep multiple lineups of the same band so he could play multiple gigs on the same night. Did he do this with WCNG or IP&P?
[KL] As for multiple groups… To the best of my knowledge, the only time anything like that happened was when MK decided to take the show on the road in the famous Katz Bus. The only thing lacking was a headliner, so he sorted out people from different bands and from around wherever, and built the second Moby Grape. They locked themselves up somewhere in the City and learned all the songs from the first LP, all the licks, and even a lot of the moves. I can tell you more about the "tour" also if you care to hear about it?
[BC] I would definitely like to know more about the "Katz Bus Tour" you referred to!
[KL] The "Bus Tour" is a whole other story, some of which I'm sure, certain members of certain bands, would not particularly wish to have divulged, but I will write to you more about that another time.
[BC] Do you have any recollection of the recording session for the [San Francisco Sounds - Fifth Pipe Dream] LP? The four songs you recorded for that LP are perhaps some of the quintessential SF psychedelic timepieces. "Hashish" and "Water or Wine," along with the two WCNG songs are some of my all-time favorite recordings.
[KL] The four cuts on the 5th Pipe Dream LP by IP&P are actually the same personnel as WCNG. Although I think Steve Mack (lead guitarist) decided to split during the last of those sessions. On the 5th Pipe Dream LP and on the Then & Now CD is a tune called Aquarian Dream by It's A Beautiful Day that is actually another replacement band. WCNG played all the music tracks while clueless Mark and June (Katz) did the vocals. I think that probably Pat Craig contributed some back-up vocals as well. June was (is?) Matthew's wife.
[BC] Did you spend any time with the other bands on the Fifth Pipe Dream LP - "Tripsichord Music Box" or "It's a Beautiful Day?"
[KL] As for spending time with any of the other groups on the LP; yes, but only casually. It's A Beautiful Day (IABD) was again a different band than the hit singles were recorded by, with the exception of David La Flame and his spouse. Some of the members of Tripsi'Box became Moby Grape II guys and added BurkeWallace, and Skip Bowe also from Seattle, as front line players.
[BC] A few years ago, Matthew Katz released a two CD set called "Then & Now," which included various bands that he produced over the past 30 years. First of all, I found it amazing that the WCNG songs were not included in this set. Secondly, the IP&P songs that were included, "Planetary Road" and "Shadowlarks," seemed like a completely different band. Was there any overlap on the personnel who recorded these 2 songs? Any idea why the WCNG and choice IP&P songs were excluded from this collection?
[KL] The later songs recorded by IP&P was, as you seem to have guessed, was indeed a completely different band, with the exception of Pat Craig, and I believe that Steve Mack reappeared in that IP&P for a while. I was vacationing in Eastern Canada at the time, at the expense of the Canadian Govt. Let's not go there right now… I too have my wonderment at why our songs were not included on the "Then & Now" CDs. It is a fact though that the 5th Pipe Dream LP has been re-released on CD, by MKP. I saw it for the first time yesterday, and was told that it is actually selling here and there. I cannot confirm or debate that info at this time. Matthew is very reluctant to give out any more information than he has to. He's always been that way.
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My Stepfather Steve Guinn, started the Band "the Good Karma lawn service" (in Seattle, late 60s), which if I remember correctly, morphed into "The West coast Natural gas". I was 10, when the band opened up for Steppenwolf somwhere in Frisco, I was there, I was at all the rehearsals. We went through six cars, to get to Haight Ashbury for the "Summer of Love", and the W.C.NB.G. gig. Steve Guinn's Son Chris Guinn is a Monster Musician. We jam all the time, He plays Drums, Guitar, and is turning 40 this weekend. If anyone has any more questions about the good Karma lawn service, or The West coast natural gas, contact my email.
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The Black Economy
A Blessing?
My regular readers will know that I have very strong feelings about the way the Irish Economy has been handled. My feelings have been heightened by the culture of graft and cronyism, and the obvious "Gravy Train" mentality of professional and business fat-cats, politicians, and many employees of government agencies, including the judiciary.
Dr Sam Vaknin PhD
I wrote a small piece on my take of the Irish "Black Economy", and while searching Google to see if the piece had been picked up, I came upon this excellent article by Sam Vaknin. Among the professional hats that Sam wears are the following: He is a columnist in "Central Europe Review", United Press International (UPI) and ebookweb.org Very importantly in this context, until recently, he served as an Economic Advisor to the Government of Macedonia. He was born in Haifa Israel and later emigrated to Macedonia where he married and settled. He has a PhD in Philosophy, is trained in psychotherapy, and has published several books on a variety of subjects.
Sam Vaknin has written about the "Black Economy" from a refreshingly different angle of view. I contacted Sam and he has given me permission to quote or re-publish this excellent thesis of his. Following are extracts, large extracts, from his article; The Blessings of the Black Economy.
The Blessings of the Black Economy (extracts)
By: Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.
By: Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.
Some call it the "unofficial" or "informal" economy, others call it the "grey economy" but the old name fits it best: the "black economy". In the USA "black" means "profitable, healthy" and this is what the black economy is. Macedonia should count its blessings for having had a black economy so strong and thriving to see it through the transition. If Macedonia had to rely only on its official economy it would have gone bankrupt long ago.
(The "Black Economy" or by the Irish so called "under the counter" business, accounts for some 15% of GDP in the USA, 19% of GDP in Spain, and anything up to 60% in Russia. In Macedonia, where Sam writes from, it is estimated to be some 40% of GDP. Sam states that money earned on the "Black Economy" is usually squirrelled away in foreign accounts but eventually... )
People will bring their money back (into the official system) to open businesses, to support family members and just to consume it. It all depends on the mood and on the atmosphere and on how much these people feel that they can rely on the political stability and rational management.
Such enormous flows of capital happened before: in Argentina after the Generals and their corrupt regime were ousted by civilians, in Israel when the peace process started and in Mexico following the signature of NAFTA, to mention but three cases. These reserves can be lured back and transform the economy.
But the black economy has many more important functions.
1. The black economy is a cash economy.
2. It is liquid and fast. It increases the velocity of money.
3. It injects much needed foreign exchange to the economy and inadvertently increases the effective money supply and the resulting money aggregates. In this sense, it defies the dictates of "we know better" institutions such as the IMF.
4. It fosters economic activity and employs people.
5. It encourages labour mobility and international trade.
Black economy, in short, is very positive. With the exception of illegal activities, it does everything that the official economy does – and, usually, more efficiently.
So, what is morally wrong with the black economy? The answer, in brief: it is exploitative. - - - operators of the black economy enjoy these (social -educational -medical etc.) services without paying for them. (The burden falls on those paying taxes)
Bureaucracies tend to misuse and abuse resources.
... Unfortunately, we all live in societies which are regulated by bureaucracies which are controlled (in theory, rarely in practice) by politicians. These elites have a tendency to misuse and to abuse resources and to allocate them in an inefficient manner. Even economic theory admits that any dollar left in the hands of the private sector is much more efficiently used than the same dollar in the hands of the most honest and well meaning and well planning civil servant. Governments all over the world distort economic decisions and mis-allocate scarce economic resources.
Thus, if the goals are to encourage employment and economic growth – the black economy should be welcomed. This is precisely what it does and, by definition, it does so more efficiently than the government. The less tax dollars a government has – the less damage it does. This is an opinion shares by most economists in the world today. Lower tax rates are an admission of this fact and a legalization of parts of the black economy.
The black economy is especially important in times of economic hardships.
It (The Black Economy) enhances exports (and competitiveness through imports), it encourages technology transfers, it employs people, it invests in legitimate businesses (or is practised by them), it adds to the wealth of the nation (black marketeers are big spenders, good consumers and build real estate), it injects liquidity to an otherwise dehydrated market. Mercifully, the black economy is out of the reach of zealous missionaries such as the IMF. It goes its own way, unnoticed, unreported, unbeknownst, untamed.
Without the black economy, the population of Macedonia would not have survived. This lesson must be remembered as the government prepares to crack down on the only sector of the economy which is still alive and kicking.
Thank you again Sam for allowing me to use your article!
The original article can be seen on: http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/nm043.html
Sam Vaknin's web site: http://samvak.tripod.com


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All right, I know I'm banging these posts out pretty quickly. But I have a lot to say and I tend to get bored of things quickly. Therefore, the more I pump out, the more you'll get to read before I am tired of blogging and quit for a year.
This little event occurred back in my pizza delivery days. It was one of the rare days that I was driving around delivering on my own, as I usually liked to have company. I had a rather late-night delivery (it was shortly after midnight) and Little Caesar's Pizza was closing. However, the chap making the order was very charming to Crystal, the only employee working at close. The gentleman also promised to tip well for the inconvenience, so I decided to stay and take his delivery to him.
Crystal fired the pizza and breadsticks through the oven very quickly and I packed up the goods and I was on my way. When I arrived at the dude's house, I noticed, through the large front bay window, that there was a man sitting in front of what appeared to be a computer screen in the dark. He was not wearing a shirt.
I took the order from my trunk and walked it to the door. When I rang the doorbell, I heard some commotion going on inside but no one came to the door. I knocked. I rang. I knocked. I rang. After about three minutes, the door opened. A man in his late thirties answered the door. He had shoulder length brown hair and wore sensible glasses. What was unusual was the fact that he was wearing a towel around his waist and nothing else visible.
Then came the funny bit. He says to me "Sorry about that...I was just in the shower." A reasonable excuse if not for the fact that he was completely dry. Now I'm no hairdryer expert, but I think it would take longer than three minutes to dry shoulder length hair and manage to answer the door. Also, I saw him sitting at the computer moments beforehand.
The prick tipped me shit...I think it was the change of a dollar, so like 3%. So I smiled. I thanked him. And then I casually notified him that people could see him and his porn from the road outside. He said nothing as he closed the door, though his expression clearly showed some shock...or maybe that's guilt? Either way, as I got into my vehicle I noticed him in the window, turning off the monitor.
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Snoop Dogg has teamed up with actor Charlie Sheen in the recording studio, it has been revealed.
The former Two and a Half Men star recently gained millions of Twitter followers in a short space of time after signing up for the microblogging site.
The actor has now tweeted that he is in the studio with rapper Snoop Dogg.
Under a picture of himself with the rapper and a producer, Sheen wrote: "Warlock meets his makers-music makers that is @SnoopDogg @robpatterson666 get ready to rock the Sheenius within! (sic)"
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One beautiful spring day last May (2014), dear hubby and I were joined by our youngest grandsons for a day of letterboxing. We stopped at Wimpy's Diner in Kitchener ON . . . which by the way has the best service of any Wimpy I have ever been in . . . for lunch.
C always orders chicken fingers whenever we go out to eat so imagine my surprise when he informs me that he thinks he will order something different . . . yep . . . chicken tenders!!
And then he noticed the table side juke box.
We also found some letterboxes . . .
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Friday, 25 November 2011
In Trentino for 'Bollicine su Trento':
Grand Hotel, Trento – a blaze of Christmas trees
In Trentino for few days for the Bollicine su Trento, which is a festival of sparkling Trentodoc. Follows on rather nicely from Franciacorta at the European Wine Bloggers' Conference in Brescia and then the sortie of Les 5 du Vin to Champagne.
Piazza Duomo (above and below)
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it's a tough life - all this travelling to lovely location to taste (indeed often drink) wine; I am sure all you rother readers will join with me in saluting your dedication,
- 25 November 2011 at 10:20
- Jim Budd said...
Graham. Very kind of you.I'm prepared to continue to make the necessary sacrifices.
- 25 November 2011 at 15:53
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Thursday, January 6, 2011
I am Photo of the Day!
Hey check it out, I am photo of the day over at Pet Blogs United ! What a cool place, you can make all kinds of friends there!
Posted by Pauley James at 8:57 AM
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- Trixie, Lily, and Sammy-Joe said...
You are? We will go right over there and check it out!
- January 6, 2011 at 7:52 PM
- Trixie, Lily, and Sammy-Joe said...
Oh we saw you! You are so cute!
- January 6, 2011 at 7:53 PM
- kissa-bull said...
most pawsome your a bonafide celebrity now...may we use one of your most cutesy pictures to introduce you to our furryends in our blog
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- January 6, 2011 at 9:07 PM
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This is his "before" haircut picture! Our clippers were broken and I couldn't decide which ones to buy to replace them....his hair got a little out of control. By his expression you can just about imagine how the haircut went. He managed to get hair in his mouth, but in the end everything turned out fine. ;o)
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Nyoman picked us up for drop off at the domestic airport at 4:45am - 150 000r.
The Lion Air flight was from Denpasar to Manado with a transit in Surabaya - flight JT 929 at 07:00 to 11:45 with 20kg luggage.
At Manado there was a fixed taxi rate to hotel of 100 000 r. Once out of the terminal the taxi representative organized the taxi and away we went. The weather was very humid and shortly after we started the rain teemed down.
We checked into our hotel, Swiss Bel. The hotel looked excellent with a majestic looking foyer and a pleasant room with a view over part of the city. The area around the hotel looked a little run down but adventurous. We settled into our room, had lunch and decided on a walk and then the rains came down again in a deluge.
We waited and waited and towards dusk decided to walk anyway. Naturally, we got wet and spent a great deal of time avoiding puddles and traffic.
We finally, reached the Megamall and wandered around until we were dry. We had the worse cappuccino ever but the guy tried so hard to make it proper that we couldn't say anything except good. He smiled and at least someone was happy. :)
At the back of the Mega Mall was a taxi stand where we caught a taxi back to the hotel and slept.


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Past child abuse and/or witness of domestic violence. Not all children who come from violent homes become violent, but violence is a learned behaviour.
Inability to handle frustration. If they blow up and explode at small things, and react with a tantrum over minor things, they may act out frustration with violence in a marriage. How they deal with anger is the key.
An extreme temper. This speaks for itself. If you feel fear when they act out his anger, that fear is a warning signal. Listen to it!
Verbal abuse of parents or other family members; violence toward siblings or others; abuse or mistreatment of pets. These are all signs of his capacity for abusive treatment of others. How do they talk about partners they were involved with in the past? You may be immune now, as the person they are trying to win, but remember that someone who can be disrespectful and cruel to others can eventually turn on you too.
Attitude toward gender roles. Abusive men often have a sense of entitlement based in beliefs that men should be in control, head of the family, etc. and women should be accommodating and submissive.
Attempts to control you. If the person you are dating needs to know where you are and who you are with all the time, calls you excessively to check up, tries to tell you who your friends should be, expects to make all the decisions, these are all signs of the sort of control that goes along with abuse.
Unsettling behaviour. If you find that the person you are dating acts strangely sometimes, makes comments that make you feel uneasy, "playfully" threatens or suggests violence, you may be picking up on a dark side to them.
Poor self-image; insecurity. If they feels compulsive about always being "one up" and dominating and they lives out a macho role at all times, you will be subject to their control and possibly treated like one of their possessions. They may feel they have the right to treat you like their property, to do as they pleases.
Acceptance of violence as an appropriate problem-solving method.
A pattern of blaming others for his problems. If they never accepts their faults and responsibilities when things go wrong, be ready to be blamed for everything.
Abuse during the dating period is a guarantee of further abuse that will become more frequent and severe. Don't marry them with the belief that "I can change them." You won't.
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I wanted to be able to share some of my scrapbook pages and greeting cards and also be able to share some of my old and new favorite dishes
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Cream Cheese Sticks (crack sticks)
1 loaf (16 ounces) thinly sliced white bread, crusts removed
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
3/4 cu...p confectioners sugar
1 cup sugar
1-1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup butter, melted
Flatten bread with a rolling-pin. In a bowl, combine cream cheese and confectioners' sugar. In another bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon; set aside. Spread about 1 tablespoon of cheese mixture on each slice of bread. Roll up, jelly roll style. Dip in melted butter, then in cinnamon-sugar. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Yield: 16 roll-ups. Good warm or cold. ADDICTING! (I can only assume they are called crack sticks BECAUSE they are so addicting)
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Swindon Town hope to go back to the top of League 2 as they travel to Wycombe on Tuesday Evening.
Vital Quotes:
"I do my work. I`m working on Notts County for Saturday and then Wycombe on Tuesday.'
Dennis Wise talking about his future with Swindon Town F.C
Wycombe Wanderers Team News:
Wycombe striker Tommy Mooney will be sure to get a harsh reception from the travelling Swindon fans. Mooney famously left Swindon to join local rivals Oxford United after the playoff season 3 season's ago and has been a figure of hate ever since. Wycombe lost Saturday 3-1 to second place Lincoln City after beating Premiership side Fulham 2-1 in the Carling Cup earlier in the week.
Player to watch: Tommy Mooney
Tommy Mooney will be out to silence the Swindon fans who will be on his back all game. Mooney shocked Town fans by joining Oxford United after Town were elminated from the Nationwide Division 2 playoffs 3 seasons ago. Mooney scored 20 goals that season and hasn't stopped finding the back of the net since.
Swindon Town Team News:
Paul Ince could make a return to the squad after missing Saturday's game against Notts County due to a virus. Fola Onibuje could start with Christian Roberts up front after scoring his first senior goal for Town. Andy Gurney, Gareth Whalley, Dennis Wise and Gus Poyet will not feature for Town. Swindon are expected to bring 1,000 plus to this match.
Player to watch: Peter Brezovan
Brezovan has kept Town near the top of the table all season. Wycombe are a good side and will be looking to take all 3 points. Brezovan will be key along with Town's defence if they are to get a result.
Match Facts & Stats
Wycombe Wanderers eliminated Swindon Town from the Carling Cup in the first round last season with a 3-1 win at the County Ground. This match was Alan Reeves last match for the club as he suffered a broken leg. Town will play Wycombe three times this season. Town will play Wycombe at home for a league match on Boxing Day while also playing them away again in the first round of the Johnstones Paint Trophy in mid October.
Match Prediction:
2-2 Draw. Both teams will be hungry for a win. Being a top of the table clash this game should be very entertaining.
Next Fixtures:
Coca Cola League 2: Swindon Town V Boston United Saturday 30 September 2006, 3 pm Kick Off at the County Ground.