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Last Sunday Nazareth had it's Christmas Catechization, I took Monday off, did writing on Tuesday, made several phone calls. We've got sick kids, and Mary and I are a bit under the weather.
Wednesday more office work with Wed School. Thursday more writing to get ready for the Christmas blitz.
We've got Fred S's baptism scheduled for Dec 27th, and Nikolena H's baptismal affirmation scheduled for Jan 10th. Ellie and Eli's affirmation is scheduled too, but I just can't remember which Sunday tonight as I'm writing this.
Friday, among other writing tasks, I took a bit of time to make an arrow out of Cattail. I broke my bow and the arrow. The bow break isn't serious. I can repair that. But, grrr.
I need to make knock tips for the bow to avoid splitting between the grain. I should have done that earlier. Sorry, Quinten, you won't be able to use it next week.
Saturday, Christmas Catechization at Mt. Olive. The kids did great. We had nice visiting time after the service.
Two shut in visits. Howard F. was doing much better. He's getting stronger and is able to eat more food and more regularly. It still has to be the right texture for his throat muscles. Please keep him in your prayers.
Kevin wasn't home! He was feeling well enough to go on a visit of his own. I talked to his wife, Kim, for a little while and set up a visit for Monday morning. Please continue to keep Kevin in your prayers.
Got back to Oak Park for Christmas Catechization practice. Ate lunch, made copies for St. Petri's service this evening. Ate a hasty supper and ran up to St. Petri.
The St. Petri kids did wonderfully in their Catechization this evening. We had a nice visit after the service. Inge was getting tired and cranky by the time we left. She fell asleep on the way home. So when we got home she was wide awake.
We got the rest of the kids in bed. Mary fed Inge, set her down. She tripped and discovered a Little-Tike's car; grabbed it and waddled off at high-speed.
The next thing I hear is a splash.
Apparently, Inge thought the car was either a boat or a Personal Flotation Device and went to the nearest body of open water to test her theory: the main bathroom toilet.
Washed her, washed it. Let her wander around a bit longer and then put her in bed.
Soon, Mary and I can get some shut-eye.
Sleepy Time tea by R.C. Bigelow. Inc. Yum.
Hopefully we'll be over this bug in a couple of more days.


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|Destiny 2 (2017)
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|Infinite Crisis (2015)
|(Additional Engineering)
|Destiny (2014)
|(Investment Engineers)
|The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria (2008)
|(Game Technology Team)
|Stranglehold (2007)
|Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (2004)
|(Programming Team)
|Combat (2001)
|(Engine Coding, Network and Tool Coding, Design)
|Survivor: The Interactive Game (2001)
|(Interface coding, UUtil)
|Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Covert Ops Essentials (2000)
|(3D Coding & ShowTech Coding & 3D User Interface Design)
|Sunless Sea (2015)
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Happy New Year friends!
I hope everyone had a safe and happy new year's eve and a new year's morning that was hangover free. I only have a few moments to say hello before I have to get to work, but I wanted to write a quick note and make my resolution public. I think. Maybe not.....
Oh well, I'm just gonna do it. My resolution is to get some writing done. Now that I am back to working normal hours, (no more 12 hour days for me!)I want to write 500 words a week. Every week. For a whole year. ACK! My resolution is to make the time to accomplish this goal. I love writing. Why is it I can never seem to make it a priority?
Tell me friends. Did you make any resolutions this year? Do you have something you love to do that you never make time for? Inquiring minds and all that...
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Oh, yeah, I have a list of goals--posted them on my blog on 1/4/10. Just 100 words a day, Erica! You can do it!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the encouragement, I just need to make it a priority and it should work out. I'll have to run over to your blog and check out your resolutions.ReplyDelete
So glad to have you back, Erika! Best of luck with those resolutions.ReplyDelete
I've made some 'thoughts' - trying hard to be more disciplined in all areas of my life. It really is a shame we don't make time for something we really, really love to do - a priority. Wise words, Erika!
I tried to make a resolution, but I broke it already!!!! LOL!!!ReplyDelete
It is so good to see you back honey... And I will cheer you along with your resolution!
Have a great day!!
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014
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I've slowly been working on this Home Sweet Home sampler that I picked up at Goodwill ages ago. It's starting to come along nicely and I really like the two toned look of it.
Back to cleaning.
Have a great day,
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Your sampler looks nice Tiff. Love the muted shades. janiceReplyDelete
I love this sampler. My Mom did this many years ago and just put it in a drawer (along with her other cross stich pieces). I had it framed for her birthday one year. Five years ago I found this same sampler almost completed at a thrift store. I bought it thinking I might finish it. Sadly, my Mom passed away in 2008 and we had to move my Dad. In the process of the move though I did get the sampler. I will always treasure it.ReplyDelete
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I am thinking of buying new glasses by the end of this year.
I thought about Tim Burton's styled glasses. But my Creative Director Chris wears them already and it would be awkward if I turn up to work one day with glasses just like her's, cool though they may look.
Thick frame square ones would be cool. But I have had enough of people mistaking my style for Korean style - which I repeat, offends me to all ends! - so I will not go for that.
There's Woody Allen style glasses. Not too bad. The risk of being mistaken for Korean influence is there for this one too.
So, I don't know.
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- bebe said...
i will be getting ones like these.
I like the industrial look
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The use of internships has come to the fore over the last year or two. However what constitutes an internship is contested, with no agreed legal or social definition of the term. This makes the use of internships a legal and ethical challenge.
The debate centres on the role of internships and whether or not they should be paid. With no definition of "internship" the term has been used to variously describe a short-term placements making tea and doing photocopying; to medium-to-long-term activity managing specific pieces of work. Similarly there have been substantial differences in whether the payment, ranging from no payment or expenses only to national minimum wage and beyond. It could be argued that these ambiguities make internships attractive to employers; however exploiting this also opens up the employer to risk.
As stated earlier the definition of an internship is contested. Lawson and Potter (2010) recognise this and shy away from providing a definition but do suggest the key features of an internship to be length, time commitment, work expectations and contribution. They suggest that an internship should last for a substantive period of time, generally 3 months or more; that the intern work set hours, potentially full-time; the intern must complete a specified piece of work and that their progress on this is monitored and evaluated; and that they make a significant and valuable contribution to the organisation, usually by undertaking work that otherwise would have been completed by a paid member of staff (Lawson and Potter, 2010: 4-5).
These features highlight two issues which are of interest from a legal perspective; firstly the requirement to work set hours, thus implying that there is an element of obligation on the part of the intern and control on the part of the employer; and secondly that they undertake work usually undertaken by paid staff. Both of these points raise questions about whether the intern is an employee for purposes of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998.
Two concepts relating to staff are defined in the National Minimum Wage Act 1998. The first is that of "worker" and the second is that of "employee". The concept of worker is quite broad and includes the narrower term of employee. To be considered a worker an individual must be working under a contract of employment or other contract which requires them personally to carry out the work. The Employment Rights Act 1996 defines an employee as someone who works under a contract of employment. Case law has drawn out a number of tests which are used to identify if someone is an "employee" including whether a mutuality of obligation exists; whether the employer has control over the work of the employee as well as whether a contract of employment exists and whether the individual must personally carry out the work. The terms worker and employee are particularly relevant as employees are entitled to more employment rights than workers, for example only employees are entitled to claim unfair dismissal; and are entitled to redundancy pay amongst other rights. Applying these tests to the key aspects of internships as defined by Lawson and Potter (2010) it can clearly be seen that an intern could be conceived to fall within the definition of worker, and potentially also employee. This is important, not only from the financial perspective of entitling the intern to national minimum wage, but also from the perspective of the additional rights which accrue from being employed rather than a volunteer.
The issue of payment of interns, although not the definition of intern itself, was considered in the only case on internships so far, Employment Tribunal case Vetta v London Dream Motion Pictures (2009, unreported). While Ms Vetta had applied for a film production internship post advertised as offering expenses only, the Tribunal found that workers engaged on an expenses-only basis are entitled to payment at least in line with the national minimum wage plus payment for the holiday they accrue. This would appear to clarify the position that unpaid or expenses only internships, where the intern is clearly doing work that benefits the organisation, are unlawful in terms of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998. At this juncture it is useful to note that failure to pay national minimum wage when it is due is a criminal offence in terms of s31 of the Act.
So what of the argument that interns and actually a type of volunteering. Again there is no legal definition of volunteer per se, however case law in this instance is more helpful. In X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau [2009] EWCA Civ 340 on 10 March 2009; and Melhuish v Redbridge CAB IRLR (2005) 419 it was confirmed that volunteer agreements can be binding in honour only, i.e. they are not contractual; and that volunteers can only be paid reasonable out-of-pockets expenses. This position is also emphasised in Migrant Advisory Service v Chaudri EAT/1400/97 (28 July 1998) which highlighted that employers cannot escape their employment obligations by calling someone a volunteer, the tribunals will look behind the term to determine the actual nature of the role.
However for those organisations that engage volunteers a further complication exists in terms of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998. In trying to ensure that "true volunteers" i.e. those who wish to voluntarily donate their time and expertise, are not unintentionally caught by the provisions of the legislation, the Act defines a "voluntary worker" as "a worker employed by a charity, voluntary organisation, an associated fund-raising body or a statutory body; who under the terms of his employment is entitled to no monetary payments of any descriptions except reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of his duties; and no benefits in kind of any description other than the provision of some or all of his subsistence or reasonable accommodation related to his duties." (s44(1) National Minimum Wage Act 1998). The question arises as to whether or not an intern constitutes a voluntary worker for purposes of the Act. Key amongst the issues here is the intention in relation to the internship, if there is an element of obligation on the part of the intern and control on the part of the employer, then this would likely be seen as an employment rather than a volunteering relationship and therefore would not fall under the definition "voluntary worker". If the arrangement is less prescriptive with the intern under no obligation as to hours or work; the organisation would still need to be careful not to fall foul of the provisions around expenses and benefits in kind by only paying out-of-pocket expenses and limiting benefits-in-kind to those which are necessary for the role. Provision of additional benefits-in-kind or unsolicited expenses might be considered as payment and therefore imply an employment relationship (Melhuish v Redbridge CAB IRLR (2005) 419)).
Thus it can be seen that there are key differences between an intern as defined by Lawson and Potter (2010) and a volunteer as defined in case law. The most substantive of these is the difference in expectation or obligation. Volunteers are bound in honour only whereas the expectation on an intern (even where it is not contractual) appears to constitute a more substantial obligation. That obligation (to work set hours, on specific pieces of work as directed by the employer) would seem to indicate that in most circumstances an intern will fall within the definition of worker for the purposes of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, as confirmed in Vetta v London Dream Motion Pictures (2009, unreported). The need for clarification of the law in this area would appear to be obvious, the question is whether there is political will to change it?
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Tony Parsons from the irrepressible 'Daily Mirror' has the honour of starting us off. To be completely fair, I will be emailing Tony with the heads up that I plan to examine his columns (bet he can't wait).
Now, those of you who click on the wikipedia link will see Tony described as 'a right-wing populist'. I'm not sure that's true, or who actually wrote the article. Of course, if Tony himself did and he believes he's a 'right-wing populist' (whatever that even means), then it would be impolite to quibble; I'm fairly sure that status would relegate one to the naughty corner at Mirror HQ, however. The Daily Mirror is incredibly left-wing, but not like The Guardian (the staple of the left-liberal intelligentsia in Britain). The Mirror is appropriately named, for it is simply a mirror image of The Sun. The latter is right-wing in a low brow way, and the former is a hangover to the days of Magaret Thatcher Vs. Arthur Scargill. Upon reading some of their columns I think they almost wish their arch-nemesis was still in power; hitting people who don't fight back isn't half as fun now, is it?
Well, about as much fun as being proven wrong on almost every issue, and having your spiritual party hijacked by strange interlopers who you support anyway, because you happen to be as ridiculously tribal as the enemies you sneer at and denigrate.
As a brief aside, why are only right-wingers ever described as populist? I suppose because left-wing people are correct about everything, and the right wrong. Except where the right is correct it becomes 'populist', because the proles haven't been educated well enough in the ways of the Force, and still support the Dark Side.
Anyway, with apologies for the digression, this is the article that irked me: George W Bush's legacy: The global village idiot. It's probably time to confess that the article didn't irk me because I'm a huge fan or supporter of Bush; however I think the aptly titled 'Bush Derangement Syndrome' which has been doing the rounds since 2003 is a fascinating and terrifying political phenomenon. His often hilarious gaffes and 'Bushisms' aside, Bush has not been the ineffectual ignoramus he's made out to be on absolutely every issue.
I don't make a habit of reading Daily Mirror articles, but sometimes if I see a copy discarded on the train I will have a flick through. The first line that jumped to my attention from this one, however, was:
Ronald Reagan, despised as a simple version of Doctor Strangelove during his
administration, is now grudgingly admired for his stance against Communism.
Excuse me? 'Grudgingly' admired for his stance against Communism? It seems that Parsons is the master of understatement. I appreciate that an apologist for Communism might not see Reagan in quite the same light I do, but I cannot imagine anyone who is self-described as 'right-wing' ever uttering such words. Reagan and Thatcher took a very sensible stance on the issue, stepping away from outright provocation but insisting on appropriate defence funding and measures, along with realising that making concessions and appeasing such a vile regime was not morally right.
The article goes on to (grudgingly) laud Bush for his work in Africa, such as the President's Emergency Plan for AIDs Relief, which, according to Parsons has thrown a lifeline to millions of Africans. Perhaps no one told Bushitler he was saving African lives, or he was too stupid to work it out? Parsons even goes so far as to record for posterity that Bush did more practical good for Africa than Bill Clinton or Bono (an astounding revelation, to be sure), not that that will help him with the fashionable elites for whom image and perception seem to be far more important than actions and reality.
However it is the next section of the article that I genuinely take issue with. It reads like a reverse chronology of all the fashionable reasons to 'bash Bush', all the things the half-informed and the peaceniks despise the man for.
The 'shoe incident', when an Iraqi journalist sought to humiliate/assault/strongly demonstrate his opposition to violence by hurling his shoes at the President's head, is brought up immediately; it doesn't explicitly say that the journalist had a point, but the phrase 'Bush's wife loyally said...' implies that even she might have been sniggering behind her hand, thinking about how he had it coming. I found this incident very strange; firstly, it proved that clearly Iraq is more free now than it was in some ways. The press complained that the journalist was beaten and tortured, and if so that must be condemned. However the simple fact is that would have happened had he pulled such a stunt in any Arab country, and the retribution would have been far worse had he done it to an Arab leader (not that anyone would have paid any attention). Saddam would have probably fed him feet first into a meat grinder, perhaps personally. The incident also provided us with yet another example of the peace-loving left condoning violence, because seemingly it's OK to commit grievous bodily harm against someone if you disagree with him, or he's perceived to have failed, or he's (allegedly) right-wing. I some how doubt that will apply when things start going wrong for Obama.
For the record, I agree that the war in Iraq was a mistake, in many ways a dreadful one. It did, rightly or wrongly, squander much of the post 9/11 goodwill towards America. Parsons goes further than this; he says:
on a day when we watched 3,000 people murdered on live TV, George Bush somehow contrived to make the USA look like an aggressor.
That is an absolutely absurd statement. America was viciously and violently attacked that day, by Islamic extremists. I do not blame US support of Israel, or pretensions to the role of 'global policeman'; I blame the scum who carried out the attacks, thinking their 'holy book' gave them the right, nay the duty, to slaughter innocents. Also, this was 2 years before Iraq; Bush was not an aggressor for going after the Taliban in Afghanistan, he was responding to Islamic aggression, and picked the most fundamentalist Islamic regime on the planet. I would say he showed some moral cowardice in not calling out Saudi Arabia for the involvement of their citizens and their attempts to spread the creed of Wahhabism, but it was a case of first things first.
Despite the 11th of September 2001, Parsons tries to pretend that before Iraq, anti-Americanism was a phenomenon primarily found amongst those jealous of America's success and status. He also trots out that old chestnut about Bush's actions being a greater force in recruiting Islamic militants than any other. Again, this is a nice story, but it's simply untrue. Daniel Pipes has a fascinating archive full of Islamic terrorist activity stretching back decades. If Bush has made Muslims hate the US, what about the World Trade Centre bombing of 1993? What about the USS Cole attack in 2000? The African embassy bombings of 1998? Even the 1993 CIA shootings? You get the idea - this is a long road, and it has little to do with Bush, and everything to do with the people who carried out the attacks and their beliefs. Even better than this is the quote:
The very worst forces of America - warmongers, religious nutters, and raving
nationalists - swarmed around him [Bush] and painted their fantasies on his blank
So, when people who happen to be Christian defend their country and citizens, they're religious nutters. I notice it goes unsaid that that is exactly what the 9/11 hijackers were. Aren't double standards great? I suppose in his world they were poor, oppressed lambs struggling against racism, and America's obvious war on Muslims, such as their bombing of the Christian Serbs to facilitate the transfer of Serbian territory to Muslim control... wait, did someone get the narrative the wrong way round? I hold no quarter for the 'neo-cons', they are to conservatism what Chairman Mao was to Chinese culture, but I call nonsense just that when I see it.
The strangest part is that, at the end of the article, he groups 9/11 in with Hurricane Katrina and the financial crisis, as if it were just an inexorable force of nature which hijacked those planes and flew them at important structures. No; it was certainly people who hated America, but not because of who was currently occupying the White House. Bush may have been 'unlucky to have this happen on his watch,' as Parsons puts it (not as unlucky as the victims, obviously), but much of the blame can be put elsewhere; Clinton had several chances to kill bin Laden after the embassy bombings (and admittedly a missed opportunity), but apparently it didn't seem that important compared to the potential for 'collateral damage'. But then, compared to harassing secretaries, what is? I agree the 'War on Terror' was poor and imprecise terminology, but I think it was Bush's attempt at diplomacy. We couldn't have a war on militant Islam, now, could we? Nope, but they've declared one on us. At least Bush tried to respond to the threat, no matter how ineffectually. Ironically, if he'd simply called a spade a spade despite the protests from the left (who just protested anyway), the whole endeavour may have turned out better. But, at least he helped prevent a second attack on American soil, something the entire free world should be grateful to him for.
As for Tony Parsons, his true colours shine through brightly in his latest article: Waking up to Barack Obama's new American dream.
Good news - believing in a man's political vision simply because he's black is going to make race not matter anymore!
Thanks for that, Tone.


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The snow has melted so we have resorted to playing in the leaves...
Thursday, January 14, 2010
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- Tiffany Lockette said...
So cute. I hate that it is going to RAIN all weekend. No park for us this weekend boo. Oh well, may have to take a trip to Chucky Cheese.
- January 15, 2010 at 4:00 PM
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so sorry you felt interrogated ...not my intention. I wont ask any more questions.
Here's where I was coming from.
Question 1 ...you said you wouldn't terminate another relationship for the sake of the primary I just wonder how other relationships had come and gone on there own. And wouldn't be a shame if you had sacrificed your marriage for one of those.
Q2 ...no mention of hubs participation in those discussions.
Q3...co-primary might be difficult in a full sense unless you were fully out.
Q4...just envisioning a typically family vacation and how that might work ...especially with teenage kids. In fact here again I might opt out...having been trapped on long car trips....time for co -primary ...co pilot to take over.
Q5 ...based on what I told my wife. And how it would work would be his withdrawal from your life ..not the kids ...not responsibilities around the house. Point was primary might not be what everybody wants ...would you be ok with that shift....or would it be insulting.
Good point on soul ...I guess its just the drama I heard too many times.
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Tuesday, 14 August 2012
Christmas Elf Boots!
How is this for a cheeky Christmas card? A pair of stripy stockinged Elfen legs. I made this card at quarterly team training along with the gift box and I have a few more projects to share over the next few days so prepare to feel unseasonably Christmassy!
The shoes have each been made from a quarter of a top note die which was then shaped further using the ornament and circle punches, the shoes were then topped with a glimmer brad and a bow. The gorgeous stripy stockings are from the Holly Berry designer papers and the greeting from Petite Pairs.
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- Latenightstamper said...
cute elf shoes
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Ayer, mi familia y yo fuimos a la playa. I have no idea why I felt the need to put that in Spanish, but I just think it is cool when people use something from the more common vernacular to talk about their family, but "the fam" felt all played out.
Anyway, for those who don't know how to use the google translate feature, yesterday, my family and I went to the beach. We have the burns to prove it, too.
I am pretty sure this was the first time that we have taken Ava to the beach. Sad for a two year old born in San Diego, I know, but I am just not a fan. I hate being all itchy from the water, and I really hate finding sand in places that sand shouldn't be.
Anyway, we took them to Breakers Beach on base. It may not be the best beach in the world, far from it if you have ever been to Hawaii, but it is never crowded, and has decent bathrooms. That makes it tops around here in my book. I packed lunch for a picnic, and we took all kinds of great sand toys the girls have been begging to get into forever. We loaded up and headed out just before lunch time. The Little One is still limping pretty badly. So, it wasn't the easiest walk for her. Also, the water was pretty cool. She got in once, then decided she would rather sit with me and play in the sand. The Big One and The Husband spent almost the entire time in the water. She loved it. For a kid who can't stand to get dirty, she thought all the seaweed in her hair was hilarious. The Little One, well, her father dug a whole that went to her waist, and she spent a good amount of time playing in it, then just filling it back up. By the time we left, she was caked in sand from head to to. Really. Caked in it. I think her big sister transported a good portion of the beach into the showers herself. I'm really not sure whose suit was smuggling more sand, but it took me forever just to get enough off to make them passable to go to the grocery store afterwards.
I wasn't too bad on the sand, because I tried to avoid it like the plague. However, when you have a husband whose mission in life to cause havoc and mischief, you have to expect to get at least a little wet. Knowing full well that I would act like a cat with the water, He brought up a bucket full of water under the pretense of carrying it for the kids to use. I, knowing his nature well, figured out his ruse and immediately started beating feet. Didn't matter. He can outrun me in a flash. And he did. I gave my evasive maneuvers my best shot though. I even worked so hard that a boob fell out of my built in shelf cup bra. It stayed in my suit, and I didn't flash anyone, but I did have to adjust, as soon as I quit moving and he threw the water on me.
Even though I was itchy and wet, it really was a good time. I even, mistakenly, thought I got away without being too badly burned. However, it seems that all of us ended up with some little, but painful ones. Both of the girls have faint outlines on their shoulders. The Big One has about an inch strip right above the top of her suit back that I must have missed in out sunscreen rub down. The husband has a funky U shaped burn on his back, where apparently, I only put sunscreen on the middle of his back, and not anywhere near his sides or the top of his swim trunks. I have some horrible and painful burns where I neglected to put sunscreen in the very delicate area on the inner part of my arms and on my side boobs. Not fun. Not fun at all, I tell you. I went out and bought more aloe and even some that has some kind of pain reliever in it. We gooed our selves up pretty well last night, and will keep putting it on for a while. All in all, though, I think the day was well worth the little bit of burn. It was a great time. One that I hope we repeat, with slightly better sunscreen application, again soon.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
The Family that Plays Together...Burns Together
Ayer, mi familia y yo fuimos a la playa. I have no idea why I felt the need to put that in Spanish, but I just think it is cool when people use something from the more common vernacular to talk about their family, but "the fam" felt all played out.
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- SDFilice's said...
Sometimes in life you get burned just by having fun! I loved the post. I love the beach, but I have to agree that sand in places it is not supposed to be is no good!
- August 3, 2009 at 8:05 PM


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10-05-2009 #1
Mount ISO file
I found this information about mounting iso file in Linux:
Create the directory i.e. mount point:
# mkdir -p /mnt/disk
3) Use mount command as follows to mount iso file called disk1.iso:
# mount -o loop disk1.iso /mnt/disk
4) Change directory to list files stored inside an ISO image:
# cd /mnt/disk
# ls -l
But when I type
mount -o loop disk1.iso /mnt/disk
nothing happens, I just get information about mount command.
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That sounds like your syntax is bad. From looking at it you should at least specify what filesystem type you're using.Code:
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I do this for mounting iso images without problems. However, you must either be root or sudo the mount since mount is a privileged command. Ie,
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Friday I went to my little sister's soccer game with my mom and Kaylee. Luckily I went because my sister ended up getting hurt and mama bear might have lost her marbles if I hadn't been there to help. Kenn will be fine, just a minor concussion. She should be back to playing next week so in the mean time I have a good week off of freezing my bum off in the cold watching her play.
Saturday Cam woke up early and had to run some errands so I stayed in bed and did a whole lotta nothing. He came home around lunch time to pick me up for our day date. We had planned on going to my parents later to finish up some projects so lunch was going to be our valentines date. We exchanged gifts before heading off to lunch.
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He opened his gifts and he was pretty excited about them! He got me some pretty roses and a sweet sweet card! He also told me he wanted to come home with a puppy, but instead came home with a puppy on a box of chocolates. He also got me a new charm for the James Avery charm bracelet he started last year. It is the sign language sign for "love".
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After lunch we went back to the apartment to pick up Deuce and headed to my parents house. The weather was beautiful so we hung out outside in the sunshine and did not get much of anything accomplished. Sunday however, we did get some work done on the projects and I can't wait to see the finished products!
Hope y'all had a Happy Valentine's Day!
P.S. I chopped TEN inches off my hair two weeks ago! I donated that ten inches to someone who needed it more than I and my hair feels great, but I am still getting use to this short hair business. Cam has actually always told me to cut my hair short and I surprised him with this haircut and his first response was "why didn't you cut it shorter"... so surprise fail.


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What I learned from my 30-day 'Get It Done' Challenge
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As you may know, in June I ran a free Get It Done Challenge where the participants (including me) committed to working for 30 minutes every day on a particular project. I was working on a book I am writing and other members of the challenge were committed to doing all sorts of other projects – working on websites, social media planning, learning languages, gardening, decluttering. We were an eclectic group!
Easy enough, eh? Surely it's pretty manageable to find 30 minutes every day for one month?
Well, today we reach the end of the Challenge and I want to share what I have learned from the experience. What are the secrets to Getting It Done?
1) Accountability rules!
During the challenge we were all accountable to each other. Every day, I posted an Accountability Thread in our special Facebook Group where the challengers could comment to show they had completed their 30 minutes for the day.
This was really powerful, as even if you missed a day (or a couple of days!) there was a reminder to get back on track.
What was more powerful for me was the fact I was leading the group. I knew that even on days when I really didn't feel like doing my 30 minutes, I had to step up and do it. I was the one posting the Accountability Thread and keeping everyone else motivated. This was key for me and meant that I completed 29 days of the 30-day challenge (the one day I missed was due to sickness, so I kindly gave myself permission to rest).
What can you take from this? Be a leader when it comes to accountability!
If you have a challenge or project you want to complete, step up and offer to lead a group (even if it's just a group of two!) Be the one who arranges the trip to the gym, the running club or starts a group on Facebook committed to getting it done.
Believe me, when you are the one who is holding everyone accountable, you will keep going.
2) Accept that sometimes (ahem, maybe often), you really won't feel like doing 'it'.
There were about two or three days during the month when I felt super-motivated and keen to get on with my 30 minutes. I felt inspired to write. The muse was with me.
The other days? Well, not so much! To tell you the truth, most days I was thinking 'Oh, do I really have to fit my writing in?' I would drag myself to the laptop and start writing, feeling pretty sulky.
The thing is, once I got started, I kept going. The words started to flow (on most days) and the 30 minutes went by pretty quickly.
If it had been a normal, non-Get-It-Done month when I was waiting for inspiration to hit me, I probably would have written very little. Quite likely I would have got distracted and moved on to another project.
As I had made a commitment to myself and others, I just got on with it. I didn't wait until I felt creative, or motivated, or energised. In fact, by getting on with it, I found that I started to feel more creative, more motivated, more energised. I always ended my 30 minutes feeling better than when I started.
What can you take from this? Don't wait until you feel like it!
If you have a project you want to get done, just start. Commit to spending a certain amount of time every day and do it. Accept that you will feel grumpy and demotivated sometimes and get on with it!
3) Perfection is the enemy of done.
I don't know who said this originally (and if you do, let me know), but Sheryl Sandberg (COO of Facebook) said something similar with, 'Done is better than perfect' and I completely agree.
When I sat down to write, I gave myself permission to just let the words flow and not to judge them. I didn't worry about quality, I just wrote whatever came to me. I knew that at the end of the month, I could come back to what I had written and start to edit it, but for these 30 days I just wanted to get words down.
If I had sat there trying to write the perfect draft straight away, I would have been paralysed. I can tell you I wouldn't have been able to write half as much as I did.
Many of us have perfectionist tendencies that can stop us in our tracks. Maybe you have something you want to do right now, but you are waiting for the perfect time or until you have everything in place?
Want to know a secret? The perfect time never comes. You will never have everything in place. Give yourself permission to be gloriously imperfect and get started.
What can you take from this? Just notice your inner perfectionist and then take action anyway. It's so freeing to allow yourself to be imperfect!
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Taylor vs. Pavlik on HBO
AWESOME fight! They went at it from Round 1!
(keep in mind that Jermaine Taylor beat Bernard
"Executioner" Hopkins not once - but TWICE.)
Pavlik goes down in the early rounds...gets right back up...
Later Pavlik catches Taylor with stiff jabs and a surprise right...
Down goes Taylor for a referee stoppage! He didn't MOVE.
He was crumpled in the corner and unconcious before he even
hit the deck, yet they declared it a TKO....yeah
Taylor got knocked-the-frig-OUT.
Your winner...and NEEEEEEW WBC Middleweight Champion....
Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik!
He shocked the world, but this dude works out by flipping over
TEREX tires. DAY-EMM!!! LOL
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Joe Calzaghe goes down in first round, survives, hits like a girl but
outscores Bernard Hopkins for RING Magazine Linear
Jr. Heavyweight Title 4/19/08, HBO
Say what ya want, but Hopkins beat that boy up...Calzaghe's a tuff kid
and earned the strap for sure, but he didn't put a scratch on Hopkins.
This rivalry isn't over yet for these two old brawlers!
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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:05 am
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Pacman Destroys A Listless De La Hoya
By KOGOD, 12:30 AM on Sun Dec 7 2008
Manny Pacquiao
completely dismantled
Oscar de la Hoya
from the
opening bell until the match was halted after eight rounds of boxing in
Las Vegas. There really isn't a whole lot to say, because Oscar simply did
not show up for this fight. Pacman,
the undisputed pound-for-pound
champion of the world,
landed at will with either hand, although he
certainly seemed most comfortable with a simple straight left that the
Golden Boy proved incapable of stopping.
While the action in the ring was certainly a surprise, the night as a whole
was entirely anti-climactic. The three young stars lined up on the
undercard each breezed through their matches leaving a huge gap in the
coverage that had to be filled with banter between
Jim Lampley
, and that is never a good thing.
As for the main event, it could best be described as, well, kind of sad.
Pacquiao sent de la Hoya into retirement with authority, although it's hard
to give the world's best (active) fighter too much credit, because his
opponent was so awful on this night.
For Pacquiao, the world is his oyster, to be consumed as he sees fit.
Manny can pretty much make any fight he wants, and in his choice of
weight classes to boot. The ideal scenario for boxing fans (and Manny's
bank account) would be for the previous pound-for-pound champion, one
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
to come out of retirement for what would be
dream match.
While Oscar's days in the ring are over, he'll remain a fixture in the
boxing world thanks to his savvy as a business man. Hopefully now that
his own career is coming to an end he and his company will begin to
focus on the bevy of talented young fighters on the landscape that have
been woefully under-promoted to date instead of relying on the stars of a
previous generation to pay the bills.
On a side note, check out Pacman's
Those things are fucking hot,
and I'm sure Imelda Marcos approves. A friend of mine, and fellow
sneakerhead, has a theory that the man with the better shoes wins every
big fight, and for at least one night he was right.
Don't start none...won't be none.
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A sign I saw tonight while out and about with the kiddoes:
"Why do boxers fight over a purse?"
Cracked me up!
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Wish there were more boxing fans here...
I'd post more stuff about "the sweet science."
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I don't dislike boxing, I just don't follow it.
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That's because there's no one to follow - until now.
The young talent is coming up and there are some REALLY good fighters
in the game now.
Not to mention some of the better veterans still gettin' busy.
That takes me to "Sugar" Shane Mosely.
He was MASTERFUL in his comeback title fight.
He DESERVES to be a champion again at age 37.
Good for you dude! \m/
just goes to show ya.....
Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill every time.
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Oscar De La Hoya Quits Boxing At Age 36
AP Sports Writer Beth Harris, Tue Apr 14, 7:44 pm ET
LOS ANGELES ? Oscar De La Hoya stopped battling himself Tuesday,
deciding after much internal turmoil to retire and end a career in which
he won 10 world titles in six divisions and became boxing's most popular
He made his announcement at an outdoor plaza across the street from
Staples Center, where a 7-foot bronze statue of the 36-year-old Golden
Boy stands.
"I've come to the conclusion that it's over," the East Los Angeles native
said before hundreds of fans, including comedian George Lopez and
Oscar-nominated actor and former fighter Mickey Rourke. "It's over
inside the ring for me."
De La Hoya retired four months after he was thoroughly beaten by Manny
Pacquiao, his fourth loss in his last seven fights. He has not defeated a
formidable opponent since Fernando Vargas in 2002. Age and diminished
skills led to losses in recent years to Felix Trinidad, Shane Mosley,
Bernard Hopkins and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
He won his last title in May 2006, beating Ricardo Mayorga in six rounds
for the WBC 154-pound belt. He finished with a record of 39-6 and 30
"This is the love of my life, boxing is my passion, boxing is what I was
born to do," De La Hoya said. "When I can't do it anymore, when I can't
compete at the highest level, it's not fair. It's not fair to me, it's not fair
to the fans, it's not fair to nobody."
De La Hoya transcended his sport, generating crossover appeal among
Latinos and whites. He was especially popular among women, who filled
his news conferences and fights while screaming their approval of the
boxer blessed with a magnetic smile and movie-star looks.
Unlike many fighters, De La Hoya walks away with his mind and his face
intact. But he wavered often in making a final decision, and he credited
his wife Millie Corretjer and business partner Richard Schaefer in helping
him "realize what life is all about."
"Even this morning, I said, `Are you sure?' and he said, `Yes, I am
ready,'" said Corretjer, a Puerto Rican singer. "I knew after that fight in
December, but it took him four more months to make his decision."
De La Hoya said he didn't want to let down his fans or himself.
"Now I understand why athletes have such a tough time retiring from
something that you feel so passionate about, from your sport that you're
always thinking you can try one more time," he said.
"I can still train hard and I can still compete, but when you're an athlete
that has competed on the highest level for a lot of years, it's not fair. It's
not fair to step inside the ring and not give my best."
Although the second half of his career wasn't as successful, De La Hoya
was a champ at the ticket window. His bouts were guaranteed pay-per-
view successes, and he was a cash cow for HBO, which broadcast 32 of
his fights ? most of any boxer ? and generated millions in profits for the
cable network.
De La Hoya's last title bout was in May 2007, when he lost to Mayweather
for the WBC 154-pound title in Las Vegas, the site of most of his bouts.
De La Hoya kept a serious expression during his announcement, his voice
breaking only when he thanked his father, Joel, who sat on the stage with
the boxer's wife.
"I remember the times when he would take me to the gym and never
gave up on me," De La Hoya said. "We've lived some tough moments
inside the ring, we've been through everything, but my father was always
there for me. Thank you for pushing me as hard as you can."
De La Hoya began boxing at age 5, following in the path of his
grandfather and father. He won an Olympic gold medal at the 1992
Barcelona Games, delivering on a promise to his late mother, Cecilia,
who died of breast cancer two years earlier. It was the performance that
launched his pro career after he was 223-5 with 163 knockouts during his
amateur days.
"Many of us remember watching him during the Olympics, feeling the
pride and seeing one of our sons accomplish everything he did," Mayor
Antonio Villaraigosa said. "This wasn't a young man that was born with a
silver spoon. He struggled and fought for everything he had. This entire
city is proud of what you've done."
De La Hoya will stay involved in the sport as a promoter with his
successful Golden Boy Promotions company. He had been juggling the
roles of boxer and promoter in the last few years, preparing for his
eventual retirement.
His varied business interests include ownership stakes in the Houston
Dynamo of Major League Soccer and the sugar substitue Equal. He has
dabbled in singing and hosting a reality boxing show.
De La Hoya began his pro career against Lamar Williams on Nov. 23,
1992, at the Forum in nearby Inglewood, winning with a first-round
knockout while fighting at 133 pounds. When he lost to Pacquiao in Las
Vegas on Dec. 6, De La Hoya fought at 147.
His last victory came against Steve Forbes on May 3, 2008, in Los
Angeles, where he won in 12 rounds at 150.
"I am very happy for Oscar and his family," Pacquiao said in a
statement. "I think he made the correct decision. Fighters of my
generation owe him a great debt. I wish him nothing but the best."
In keeping with his Mexican roots, De La Hoya followed his announcement
with comments in Spanish.
De La Hoya has donated money to fund a cancer hospital wing named for
his late mother in East Los Angeles and a charter high school downtown
that bears his name.
"It hurts me that he's not going to fight no more," said Dian Romero, a 16-
year-old student who heard about the boxer's retirement on the school's
campus. "I really appreciate him in my life. Because of him, I'm
hopefully going to college."
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May he finally rest in peace. I miss watching him brawl.
He was one tough sonofabitch.
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Pacquiao Wins Title #7
Pacquiao/Cotto was so lopsided....It was tough watching Cotto take such a
merciless beatdown by Manny. I can't understand why Cotto's corner
didn't throw in the towel!
It was eerily familiar De La Hoya's last fight: You just wanted it to be
OVER! Cotto almost looked like a jobber. His face was a mess.
Oh well, Manny vs. "Money" Mayweather is all but ON now.
It will be the fight of the CENTURY, and will definitely settle the dispute of
who is the greatest pound-for-pound boxer alive.
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Manny VS. Money
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Manny VS. Money
Yeah, I'd buy that PPV!!
The only line I saw has "Money" as the favorite, but the only thing I can
say is.... Mayweather had better hope that he doesn't get
I'm going with Manny.
(Keep in mind that Mayweather previously ducked Cotto for a PPV title
fight, so YOU be the judge.)
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Father and son
|Actually, my dad could probably kick my ass easily if he tried
Every young man gets to a certain point in his life when he starts to think about settling down, having a family of his own, and becoming a good father. Not all of us can or should follow through on this. Many of us make the mistake of marrying the wrong woman- the MGTOW crowd would argue that there is no such thing as the right woman, and they tend to have a point, especially these days. Some of us have children, but then have them torn away from us in the game of divorce-rape that is the modern Western court system. A few of us have children but are unable or unwilling to deal with the attendant responsibilities of fatherhood, and abandon their children.
Yet, the fact remains that the urge to have children, to pass on our genes and thereby ensure the continuation of our genetic lines, is the strongest force of biology that drives us. And because of this, any man who fails to reproduce and have children is, biologically speaking, a failure.
Do not mistake my words. I do not argue that being childless automatically diminishes a man's other achievements- that would be absurd. Consider the examples of Sir Isaac Newton and Nikolai Tesla. Both transformed physics and mathematics and are remembered with the greatest reverence and respect by a world that rightly views them as intellectual giants. Both died virgins.
All I am saying is that no man, no matter how jaded or angry at humanity, can deny the primal urge to pass on his genetic code. In a very real sense, that urge defines us as men.
Having established this, the important question that every man must answer then becomes: what kind of father do I want to be?
Leading By Example
The importance of a strong and wise father in a young man's development cannot be overstated. Our fathers are the men that we admire the most as young children; they are the yardsticks against which we measure ourselves as young men; and they are the examples that we strive to emulate as fully grown adults.
In my own case, my father was a rather unusual character by most "conventional" measures. He was not, and has never been, the kind of father to toss a ball around in the yard with his kids- partly because, when I was growing up, he was traveling something like 3 weeks out of every month. There was never any question, though, that besides his work, the only thing in life that he cared about was his family. Being strongly introverted himself, he recognised early on that I, as a highly introverted youngster, needed space and quiet in which to develop, and provided precisely that kind of environment.
And, being a man of the highest integrity and unbending moral principle, he gave me the example that I needed to chart my own course in life when I finally left home.
Today I am fortunate and blessed indeed to have a father with whom I share a very strong bond, and who has taken immense pride in watching his son grow up to live an independent life on his own terms.
Yet no mortal father is perfect, and looking back at my formative years knowing what I know now, there are many things that I would pass on to my sons that my father could never understand.
Even so, I firmly believe that these are things that every self-aware father in this day and age must teach his son. The Western world is rapidly dynamiting the very bedrock of hard-won masculine strength, wisdom, and temperance that created the most successful civilisation the world has ever seen. If we are to have any chance at restoring that civilisation, we need men to be strong, independent, and free once more.
Most importantly, we need to teach our sons the value of what they have, of this most precious and divine gift of freedom. We must show them, through guidance and by example, that this gift of Man is not to be squandered on cheap and shabby pursuits.
We are honour-bound to teach them the eternal lesson that God has handed down to His children since the very dawn of time: He intended for us to be free in mind and spirit.
I don't have children. But I want to, someday. Given what I have written above, how would I fulfill my obligations to God, and to my sons?
1. Homeschool Or Die
I was educated at some of the most exclusive and expensive private schools in the world. I received a fantastic amount of schooling in the process of 12 years of
indoctrination "education". Yet, when I finally graduated from high school, was I truly educated?
In mathematics and science, yes- but then, if you train kids to do these subjects the right way (i.e. the nose-to-the-grindstone way), it's very hard to screw this up. Being good at maths and science is, in my personal experience, far more about sheer cussed hard work than it is about natural talent.
How about history? Economics? Political theory? Civics?
No. I was as ignorant as any jungle-born savage. And I have spent the last fifteen years unlearning everything I was taught in school and university on these subjects. I have seen just how thoroughly the process of true education was corrupted by well-meaning people who turned their backs on the lessons of the past and tried to rewrite history for their own ends.
As God is my witness, I swear that my sons will be raised to think for themselves, as I was by my father.
I was lucky. My father and mother are both massive bookworms, as am I. They gave me the intellectual curiosity and, more importantly, the means to explore that curiosity through the presence of a massive collection of books at home.
The reality is that, in this day and age where education is merely cultural Marxism packaged into interminably long 7-hour days with recess and lunch breaks, a bright and curious child could do far better with 4-5 hours of home-schooling coupled with opportunities to roam free and explore his world.
2. Lift Like A Beast
I didn't start powerlifting until about 4 years ago. My parents are both quite sedentary by nature, and it shows. Growing up, I never had examples of parents who liked exercise and tried to stay active; as a result, I was a fat, even obese, kid. My parents tried to make me exercise, but the lesson didn't take until I left home for good.
Even then, I didn't discover the Iron God until many years later. While it is never too late to begin a powerlifting program, the later you leave it, the harder it is to make gains. Given that I just cracked 475lbs on my deadlift last week, to take my powerlifting total to 1,060lbs, I can only imagine how strong I would be if I had started lifting heavy weights 15 years ago and not 4.
If I am ever blessed enough to have sons, their baptism at the altar of the Iron God will be officiated by me, in person.
And no man will be prouder of his sons than I will when my boys get to the point where they can outlift me.
3. "The Right to Keep and Bear Arms Shall Not Be Infringed"
My father, having grown up in the Sixties, cannot comprehend American gun culture. Like many non-Americans who don't live in the country, he thinks Americans are gun-obsessed maniacs who shoot each other up at the slightest provocation. This is an impression that I have tried to change for years, pretty much in vain.
By contrast, I love America's way of thinking about guns. Well, the non-tofu-eaters among you, that is. To me, the Constitutional right to self-defence exists to protect all of the other Rights of Man, and is non-negotiable. The 2nd Amendment means exactly what it says right there on the ancient paper, and I regard it as seriously as any red-blooded native son of America.
In my case, I learned how to shoot (very very very badly) a few years back. I loved every minute of it. I stink at it, but that is what practice is for, after all. And I can't think of a better way to do that than with my sons.
The very first thing I would teach my boys would be gun safety. It is critical to remember that there is no such thing as a dangerous weapon. There are only dangerous men. A knife or a gun by itself is merely an inanimate object; it takes the actions of a man to wield them with deadly force. A son should always be taught the value of life, and the love of life, by the man who loves him the most; the responsibility to teach my boys to wield guns safely, in defence of themselves, their loved ones, and their country, is mine first and foremost, and cannot be ceded to anyone else.
And I can't even begin to tell you how much I want to be able to take my boys to the gun range to practice. That alone would be a perfect reason to have kids.
4. Front Kick, Side Kick, Round Kick, Repeat
|Bruce Lee and Son. Your argument is invalid.
Aside from my father, the man I respect and revere the most in this world is the Grandmaster of my martial arts school back in the US. As he has trained so many others, he trained me to understand the true power of the human body when applied to self-defence; he taught me what it truly means to hurt someone with your fists; and he taught me the difference between sparring and real fighting.
Like powerlifting, I discovered martial arts quite late in life, but now that I've discovered it, there's no going back. The lessons that I learned from my teacher are lessons that my sons will learn from me.
Every father has an obligation to teach his children how to be strong and independent. A very large part of this, in my opinion, involves teaching your sons how to defend themselves and those they care about- see the point about guns above.
Yet knowing how to use a gun or a knife is only part of the total art of self-defence. What if your boy has nothing with which to defend himself except his fists and feet and elbows and knees? What happens then?
If he gets his ass handed to him because he doesn't know how to throw and take a punch, then the fact is that as a father, it is partly your fault. You didn't teach your boy how to defend himself properly.
If, on the other hand, he went down fighting, and gave as good as he got, then there is no shame in that defeat- and if you train your boy right, there won't be a defeat.
Instead, you'll get a call from your school principal, or from irate parents in the neighbourhood, asking just what the hell your son was doing beating the ever-lovin' snot out of that
big fat bully poor unloved kid.
At which point, the only appropriate reaction will be to give your boy a high-five and an affectionate hair-tousle, followed by a celebratory belt or two of Scotch- well, Coke for him, Scotch for you.
5. Plenty of Girls on the Girl Tree, Son
|Like, say, all of these
The hardest lessons that I've had to un-learn over the last few years always involved women. I was raised by very conservative parents who did their level best to raise me to be a gentleman to women, and who made it perfectly clear that my sister was to be treated well- or else.
Unfortunately, they were trying to raise me for a world that no longer exists.
The reality is that modern women devalue their most precious gifts on a daily basis. Finding a good woman to settle down and have a family with these days is becoming nearly impossible- not completely so, but very difficult nonetheless. And even if you do find a woman to marry, you have to constantly work on your marriage; you can never stop being the man, the leader, the unquestioned source of moral authority and strength in your family.
While my father taught me those latter lessons through sheer force of example, he never had to deal with modern women. He never had to deal with the realities of the modern dating scene. Neither have any of the male relatives that I grew up with.
The most important lessons that I would teach my son would involve understanding women for what they are. There is no point being angry with them for it- that would be like being angry with the ocean for being wet. One can only prepare against the ocean's wrath; one can only learn to recognise the signs of its capriciousness; one can only be taught to navigate its treacherous currents.
So it is with women in this day and age. A true father should give his sons the ability to recognise predatory women from a mile away, the strength to be a man no matter what the tempestuous rages of his woman throws at him, and the good sense to recognise the incredibly rare woman who is truly worthy of becoming the mother of his children, so that his son may in turn teach his sons to be good and worthy men.
The Hardest Job in the World
Looking back at the way my father interacted with me as a child, I'm convinced that there can be no more difficult job on this Earth than to be a father. There are endless amounts of advice available for mothers on how to be good mums- much of it coming from other women. But a father is expected to have all of the answers, pretty much right away. He's expected to be the rock upon which his family is built; he is required to be the moral compass in the darkness of this world; he is burdened with the task of raising masculine boys and feminine girls.
Could there be a more difficult, and yet more worthy, challenge for any man to take on?


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After watching a video about Master Navajo weavers from Southwestern USA, students were eager to begin weaving with yarn.
To start weaving on their loom, students had to first add their warp yarns. These yarns run from top to bottom.
After they got the hang of the basics, I showed them how to add beads, tie on loops and use other materials such as ribbon and raffia to weave.
When they were finished with their weaving they learned to take the weaving off the loom by cutting and tying, 2 at a time, the warp strings at the bottom.
The loops at the top of the weaving can simply be slipped off of the notches. Students could trim their long weft yarns if desired or add beads to the fringes!
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UK Favors Sending Myanmar to ICC, China Says It's Sovereign, UN's Ban Defers
UK Favors Sending Myanmar to ICC, China Says It's Sovereign, UN's Ban Defers
By Matthew Russell Lee
UNITED NATIONS, March 24 — Amid calls to refer the military government of Myanmar to the International Criminal Court, like Sudan was referred, UK Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant told the Press on Wednesday that his country would support such a referral. But, he said, the Security Council lacks the unanimity necessary for such a referral. Video here.
Inner City Press asked China's new Ambassador to the UN Li Baodong what his country thinks of the Council discussing Myanmar's election laws. "General elections in a country is a matter of sovereign states," he replied, "and should be respected." This principle, he said, applies to Myanmar. Video here, from Minute 2:50.
When Lyall Grant emerged to speak about Myanmar, or Burma, Inner City Press asked him about China position. We disagree, he said, noting that Myanmar is on the agenda of the Security Council, that it can instability that is a threat to international peace and security.
But when Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addressed the media, Inner City Press asked him about Aung San Suu Kyi's call on her National League for Democracy to not register for the upcoming elections, given how flawed the election laws are.
"Let me answer tomorrow afternoon," Ban Ki-moon told Inner City Press. Video here from Minute 7:34, UN transcript below. There will be a meeting of Ban's Group of Friends on Myanmar, to be addressed by Ban's chief of staff Vijay Nambiar. We'll be there.
UN's Ban and China's Li Baodong, Friends on Myanmar
Footnotes: On March 23, Inner City Press asked Ban's spokesman to confirm or deny that Ban proposed a former Indonesian foreign minister to replace Ibrahim Gambari as his envoy to Myanmar, but that Than Shwe vetoed it. Nesirky said, "that's the first I hear of it," despite the report being included in an article Nesirky said was the only story alleging that Nambiar secretly traveled to Myanmar earlier this year.
Inner City Press asked the UK's Lyall Grant if the UK believe that a permanent replaced for Gambari should be named. His reply noted that Nambiar is only in the position on an "interim" basis. As Inner City Press has previously reported, the U.S. has said it prefers not naming a permanent replacement until after the elections, so that the person is "not stained" by the elections.
From the March 24 UN transcript:
Inner City Press: I wanted to ask in the run-up to this meeting with the Group of Friends of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi has said that her party, the NLD [National League for Democracy], and other opposition parties, shouldn't even register for the poll, that the election laws are flawed. I'm wondering; you convened the meeting, what's your thinking of what the UN can do, given that the main opponent now wants to boycott it?
SG Ban: let me answer tomorrow afternoon after I have convened the meeting of the Group of Friends of Myanmar. I need to discuss this matter with the ambassadors participating in that meeting. I will have a clearer answer, if you excuse me.
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As London Calls for Myanmar Elections Meeting, UN Denies Nambiar Trip, His Replacement Vetoed?
By Matthew Russell Lee
UNITED NATIONS, March 16, updated — Responding to the election laws proclaimed by Myanmar's military government, excluding Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisons from running for office, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he has requested an emergency meeting at the UN in New York. But what kind of meeting?
As the UK's Permanent Representative to the UN Mark Lyall Grant walked into the Security Council on Tuesday morning, he was asked about his prime minister's statement: would the UK be asking for a Security Council meeting? He paused, then replied, "Uh, no comment on that, I'll get back to you."
While one might expect the UK Mission to the UN to be able to, and to be eager to, explain a letter to the UN from Prime Minister Gordon Brown, further inquiry by Inner City Press indicates that Brown's request is for a meeting of the Group of Friends of the Secretary General on Myanmar, which includes among others former Council member Indonesia.
A former UN correspondent now in Washington reports that "the Burmese military junta is understood to have 'vetoed' the name of Noer Hassan Wirajuda, the former Indonesian foreign minister, as the new UN Envoy for Burma." The UN has denied another portion of this report.
Update: at the conclusion of his March 16 press conference, Inner City Press asked Ban Ki-moon if he had received a letter from Gordon Brown requesting a meeting of his Group of Friends on Myanmar. There may soon be a meeting of the Group of Friends, Mr. Ban answered, but said twice that he has not received a letterfrom Gordon Brown.
The UK-MFA press release quotes Gordon Brown that "I have today written to the UN Secretaty General to call for an urgent meeting in New York to discuss these developments." So can the UK not deliver a letter?
Some said that Brown, if and when his letter is delivered, has only requested a meeting with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, whose chief of staff Vijay Nambiar has replaced previous UN envoy on Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari, at least on an interim basis. On March 15, Inner City Press asked Mr. Ban's spokesman Martin Nesirky:
Inner City Press: did Vijay Nambiar travel to Myanmar? There are some reports that the letter described by the Secretary-General some time ago at his stakeout was in fact delivered by Mr. Nambiar. Can you confirm or deny that?
Spokesperson Nesirky: Well, I have seen one report, not some reports. I've seen one report, and I have been in touch with Mr. Nambiar, and he says it's not true.
At a reception for the press corp in Nesirky's office Monday evening, Mr. Ban and his deputy chief of staff Kim Won-soo appeared, but not Mr. Nambiar.
Gordon Brown in NY by TV, UK Mission and Nambiar not shown
Footnotes: Talk at the reception turned to the Non Aligned Movement's letter to Ban chastising him for announcing he will appoint a panel to advise himself about accountability for possible war crimes in Sri Lanka, a topic on which we hope to have more later today. [Update: Inner City Press asked Ban, click here.]
And perhaps on the UK request, too. Just after 11 a.m., with the Security Council still meeting about the stage leaks Somalia Sanctions report, the UK's Lyall Grant left the Council, deep in conversation with an aide about "the letter." Did the UK Mission to the UN not get the memo?
Finally, some note long standing reports that the UK is either dissatisfied with Mr. Nambiar's performance or wants the chief of staff post it previously occupied via Mark Malloch Brown, or both. But, the reasoning goes, to move Nambiar out of the chef de cabinet post but keep him as (India's) Under Secretary General, he would need the Myanmar envoy post. If it is being filled by another, how might this game of musical chairs end? Watch this site.


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Syp over at the Waaagh! Warhammer Online blog looks at the title's 750,000 registered players figure and observes that merely buying the box (or the download) shouldn't necessarily imply that monthly subscription dollars will follow. There are a number of factors involved that will determine how well Warhammer Online does in the long run. There's no doubt that WAR is enjoying its time in the limelight -- even lukewarm reviews of the title still give it decent ratings, not to mention the hardcore contingent of players who are either fans of the IP or simply love that it's not World of Warcraft. But are many of these registered players only in WAR for the time being?
Syp writes about this in his "Future Tense" post, and breaks down the factors that could make or break the title's success in the long run, not limited to the upcoming expansions from other titles, word of mouth, and the longshot of breaking the pop culture barrier, as WoW has.
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Friday, June 6, 2008
Fun Things I Found
Here are some neat things I found yesterday out in my junking travels. Had to go get repair done on my car, so couldn't resist a little hunting! I have been finding some really neat pieces of robin's egg blue! Just really summery looking. The half vase hangs on a wall, just kindy neat, I thought. And I loved the pretty Fire King plate.
Also, the Josef Originals June birthday doll is really adoreable, and yep, it's got the blue! How do you like the Mt. St. Helens Ash Scale I found? Something 80s, huh? I remember that ash myself!
I've got a lot of things I need to get on Etsy, some cute vintage stuff! Oh, and I can't forget that awesome vintage fabric! It's actually an uncut length of 8 placemats, and what do you know, robins egg blue again LOL. I'm going to leave the placemats uncut, as it has a lot more possibilities. It reminds me of a neat set of dish towels, or purses can be made of it, or.....all I know is I couldn't leave it there!
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- The Queen of Fifty Cents said...
Wow, love that fabric! And the ash thing brought back memories--I was driving from Seattle to southern Oregon the day Mt. St. Helens blew. It's a REALLY long trip when you have to go over to the coast, and they were still collecting tolls on the Astoria bridge, which backed up traffic for hours. Not a place you expect to sit in traffic!
- June 8, 2008 at 5:20 AM
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