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Month: June 2014
Impressive worldbuilding from Saladin Ahmed's Throne of the Crescent Moon
Here's a book recommended to me by Keri, a longtime fellow book buyer who also recommended to me three of my favorite modern day fantasy books that I just read this past week. I honestly didn't know what to expect from Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed.
As someone whose main interest is medievalism and fantasy I'm so used to that being the background for worldbuilding in epic fantasy books. So when I read this I was surprised to find it based on Arab and Middle Eastern culture which now seems so obvious as a rich source for worldbuilding that I am surprised it isn't done more. Maybe it has and I've just not yet discovered those books.
The worldbuilding is where this book shines. The magic system is diverse, from the brief glimpse we get of it requires both vocal and written incantations. The types of monsters called ghuls which are raised from different elements including sand, water and skin ghuls. What stands out the most is the main city of Dhamsawaat brought to life by block names, class of people, merchants, factions and of course the royal palace of the Khalif which contains the titled Throne of the Crescent Moon.
The main characters, Doctor Adoulla Makhslood, Raseed bas Raseed, Zamia, Dawoud and Litaz all get points of views which really brings them to life as we get the inner workings of their struggle switching without delaying the action. Each one has both an inner and outer struggle you get to know and understand while also developing the relationships between the characters by letting us know what they think of one another. I think of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire with each point-of-view chapter having a cap off at the end of each chapter. What Ahmed does is switches point of view from one chapter to the next in the middle of action. Just as an example Adoulla could be fighting a ghul with Raseed and be cornered and outnumbered then immediately the next chapter we get Raseed's point of view as he tries to save his mentor.
The themes that come out in the book that I thoroughly enjoyed because of the switching point of views is the dynamics of age and youth, piety and apathy, experience and naievity. Adoulla, Dawoud and Litaz are much older having had their adventures together for many years. Their reaction to society is less rigid, more open minded as they've seen much of the world. Adoulla is very much a cynical old man wishing to retire viewing the established ruling power as incompetent if not corrupt. Zamia and Raseed both have a very rigid view of the world with very little experience of other cultures and ideas. Raseed because of the religious order and Zamia because of her tribe follow a strict set of rules that has been taught to them without questioning if those rules may be wrong or right in a given situation.
Where the novel is weak is in it's plot development. The middle section after the setup of the conflict takes so long to gather the allies, uncover the secrets of their enemy and develop the plan only for the climax to be over in a blink of an eye. It never gets slow, only because by the time you've read the middle section you're enthralled by the characters. You want to know more about them even when the plot isn't advancing. The other weak part is the villain himself who we learn almost nothing about except for his name. Then when we finally meet him he barely speaks and is defeated in the blink of an eye after one of the characters finds his inner strength to overcome his self-doubt caused by the villain's magic. His second in command does all the dirty work and gets the most development through exposition.
Does that seem harsh? I'm not sure but I would still recommend this book despite the little bit of shortcomings. I'm looking forward to the second novel The Thousand and One and how he'll bring his main cast of characters back together.
A Feast for Dragons
ALL LEATHER MUST BE BOILED: A proposed A Feast for Crows/A Dance with Dragons merged reading order, with explanation (and Dorne Reveal variant) [UPDATED x8]
Credit goes to /u/ReadythePies for posting this in r/asoiaf. When George R.R. Martin wrote A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons it was one manuscript. Instead of splitting it into parts one and two he decided to split by point-of-view characters in certain locations on the suggestion of author Daniel Abraham. A Feast for Crows had all the characters South of Westeros and the Iron Island and A Dance with Dragons contained all the characters from the North and in the general Meereen area.
This link however suggests how you can read them together to form one cohesive novel as originally intended. I think when I eventually reread those two books this is how I will do it.
Nerdist Book Club: THE SILMARILLION
Nerdist Book Club: THE SILMARILLION « Nerdist.
Over on Nerdist.com Amy Ratcliffe is starting a book club. The first book she's selected is J.R.R.Tolkien's The Silmarillion which I read right before returning to college in 2012.
It starts off slow but by the end I really loved it and contains the most intense stories J.R.R. Tolkien has ever written.
The Silmarillion was intended to be the three-volume Translations from the Elvish Bilbo wrote in Rivendell and later left to Frodo. Christopher Tolkien later said he regretted not making this apparent in the published copy of the book.
The Problem with Tyrion and Tysha and probably Moon Boy for all I know. (Book 3, Season 4 spoilers)
I've written extensively about the adaptations of books into television and films defending change in adaptations, analyzing the process of adapting, and trying to shy people away from the purists idea of adaptations.
This doesn't mean that all changes made in adaptations should just be accepted. Take the season four finale of Game of Thrones. In one episode they have a change that is both welcome and one that leaves me scratching my head.
In the episode Brienne of Tarth and Podrick Payne come across Arya and Gregor "The Hound" Clegane. Words are exchange, misunderstandings are bound and soon swords are unsheathed in what starts out as a straightforward sword fight but soon turns into an out and out brawl. Did this happen in the book? No. Does it matter? Not really, because this is still television and people do expect a bit of action once and a while. Besides that, it is a welcome change to The Hound's end that quite frankly underwhelming in the book. The only thing that leaves me curious is where Brienne's journey takes her now that she has found and lost Arya Stark especially with a certain character not being introduced in the finale.
Honestly, as the show get closer and closer to overtaking the books all fans of the book should be prepared for the story to diverge strongly. I, for one, am quite interested as then I get surprises I didn't expect as a book reader.
That final scene though, with Tyrion, Jaime, Shae and Tywin is some serious changes that honestly leave Tyrion's motivations not making any sense to me. If you're only a show watcher then it makes sense, good for you. To those who read A Storm of Swords the change they make with the end of Tyrion's arc in this season seems out of the blue. It is one thing to change a plot point. It is another to use a plot point straight out of the book but take away a character's motivation. It is poor writing on the showrunner's part.
What's the big deal? show-watchers ask. Let me break down for you. Don't read this next sentence if you ever plan on reading the books.
In the show, Jaime frees Tyrion because they're brothers and Jaime doesn't want his brother to die. Jaime tells Tyrion there is a galley waiting for him thanks to Varys and they hug out, say goodbyes and Jaime leaves. Tyrion then, instead of going to the galley makes his way to the Tower of the Hand where he finds Shae in Tywin's bed, calling for "her lion" and saying Tywin's name. Tyrion murders her then grabs a crossbow and bolt on his way to find his father. When he finds him on the privy he confronts his father about why he sentenced his own son to death even though he knows Tyrion didn't do it. Tywin of course lies and says he wasn't going to let it happen, says they'll talk it out back in his chambers. Tyrion doesn't want to go there. He confesses he killed Shae, who Tywin calls a whore one too many times, tell Tyrion he is no son of his, and then saying whore one more dies at Tyrion's hands.
Just a couple question about that. Why didn't Tyrion go to the galley? Why is he asking Tywin questions he already knew the answer to? Did he blow up in that trial giving his grandiose speech after Shae's betrayal only to forget all about what they've done to him? Did he forget that Tywin wanted to take him out to the water and let him drown? That he would never be granted Casterly Rock? Just all of that, poof, out of his mind as he confronts Tywin.
In the book, Jaime holds Varys by swordpoint making him free Tyrion, granted Varys probably didn't much motivation to do this as he has his own agenda. When Tyrion asks why, Jaime tells Tyrion he owes Tyrion one because, as he reveals, that first wife that was a whore Jaime hired for Tyrion to lose his virginity to. The one that Tywin forced him to watch his guards rape her and giving her silver for and Tyrion last for him to give gold to because he's a Lannister. The one that Tyrion tells the story to Shae and Bronn to in season one. Yeah, all of that was a lie Tywin made up because he didn't want Tyrion married to a lowborn woman. Here is where Tyrion reveals Cersei's infidelity, saying "She's been fucking Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and probably Moon Boy for all I know" then lies about killing Jaime's son, Joffrey. Any good ties between Jaime and Tyrion die here and when Varys slyly reveals a passage to the Tower of the Hand in a Oh no, please don't go there, snicker snicker fashion Tyrion begins his ascent. He finds Shae and kills her, just like in the show but now his motivation for confronting Tywin makes sense. Tyrion wants to know what happened to Tysha, where did she go, not Shae. When he asks Tywin he simply respond Where whores go… before getting a bolt right in the privates.
By changing this in the show, Jaime and Tyrion are still buddy buddy so what is Tyrion's motivation going forward? What is he going to do? Jaime and Cersei are still on good terms so where their arcs go is going to seem really weak. She's crazy with grief for Tywin? She hated him in the finale for trying to get her to marry Loras Tyrell. Is Jaime still going to leave to take back the Riverlands even though his lover is struggling in King's Landing?
So many great lines from the book, throw away for much weaker dialogue. No mention of Tywin Lannister shitting gold, only for his body to stink of shit thanks to Tyrion's crossbow bolt. That irony, gone, for what? Where whores go won't linger in Tyrion's mind as he hopes to find where his former wife was.
I'm sorry, I really do love this show. I don't mind changes they've made except for this one because before it's always been changes for cutting for time, eliminating characters they couldn't afford to keep and what becomes essential for adaptations. From my perception, this seems like the showrunners believing they could do the scene better and in my opinion not only did they utterly fail but screwed up the story for future episodes. I'm still going to watch and I'm sure they'll make it make sense but this has been the largest disappointment in the show I have had since the cutting of Rhaegar from season two.
My Rocky Relationship with Audiobooks.
I've written previously how I listen to a lot of podcasts. Well, one of the advertisements often given on a podcast these days is an offer for a free audiobook from audible.com when you sign up with a special site or promo code. The problem is I just cannot get into audiobooks. I don't want to say it's the readers fault but the reader definitely has something to do with it.
Take the A Song of Ice and Fire audiobooks by George R.R. Martin, read by Roy Dotrice. He does a unique voice for every character and I do not enjoy a single one of them. When I mentioned this to my brother-in-law he said it was the influence of the show. I gave this some thought and I realized when I read an Eddard Stark chapter I don't hear Sean Bean as his voice or Peter Dinklage when I read a Tyrion Lannister chapter. Still, Roy Dotrice's narration for the characters doesn't match either. I am not criticising his performance at all. From what I can tell it's superb, but not for me.
You would think it might just for that series because of the varying voices Dotrice uses and the characters being younger than they are on the show. Nope.
Same thing happened to me for many of my favorite series. I've tried listening to The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Dark Tower by Stephen King and Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. All of them read really well by different actors and voice actors but I end up just turning it off.
There are some that have fallen into the yeah, that's okay but still doesn't retain my interest which include the fully casted versions of American Gods and World War Z along with The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien. I'll probably keep trying to give them a chance.
There are two that I have enjoyed and they are both read by the author. Maybe that's the key? I really don't know. While I've heard nothing but praise for the version read by Stephen Fry, the audiobook version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams read by the author is the only one I've read all the way through. His comedic delivery, his cadence and that charming British accent matched the reader in my mind with the reader of the audio.
Another one I've enjoyed is American on Purpose by Craig Ferguson, also read by the author. What is different about Ferguson's book, which I highly recommend, is that I only listened to it and never actually read it. Perhaps that's the key? Maybe I should search out audiobooks of books that I'm slightly interested in or heard great praise about but have no intention of reading (coughTheHungerGamescough). It is definitely something about.
I constantly hear about how great audiobooks are. For those who commute in their car audiobooks are so great. For professional authors who travel a lot audiobooks are a lifesaver. For people living in L.A. who are stuck in traffic for ridiculous amount of time, audiobooks are the only ways left to read. It's one of those forms of media I keep giving a chance but always going back to reading rather than listening to them. I'll just have to keep trying.
What Game of Thrones has been missing, but may add in Season 5.
Some less non-clickbait news from the A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones front is new casting for season five which you can see here. This link is for book readers only. If you have read books four and five feel free to click on that link.
More New Game Of Thrones Season 5 Characters Reveal A Major Twist.
Now, I don't know what your spoiler threshold is. You may find just the name of a character a spoiler, you may not. I am going to discuss one casting that pertains to the whole point of my blog post. I'm not going to discuss the plot at all but only one casting. If you find that to be a spoiler than don't go past the image.
If you want The Winds of Winter to come out, stop reading about it.
In the news this week on many different pop culture websites is an interview with George R.R. Martin's editor, Anne Groell speaking about an eighth A Song of Ice and Fire book sprinkled in between words like might, maybe, could be. I'm not going to link it because that would be the opposite of the point I'm trying to get across. This isn't just a message to you, whoever is reading this waiting for The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring to come out but for me also. If you want it to come out before driving yourself insane you have to stop reading about it.
These news sites like IGN, Salon, TheMarySue, Nerdist, The Guardian, Entertainment Weekly and the like are all creating click bait that offer no real news about when the sixth book will come out. If you're browsing whatever site you see news on, maybe a social network, maybe the site itself, and you see anything that isn't "The official release date for The Winds of Winter is _____" then do not click it. It's not going to bring the book out any faster. None of these for the recent interview have been consistent. with their reporting of the interview. Some have reported she definitely said eight books, without a source. Some have reported he has only 168 pages written, ignoring the part that in order to get paid he had to hand in some pages back in February of 2013 (A year ago).
This could mean anything without context. Maybe that was the file he had on hand. You could use some context clues to figure this out. Groell says he's very secretive about the plot in the book. She knows some secrets but she doesn't know how it ends. Maybe, just maybe, he doesn't what a file with his secrets going around.
All I am saying, and I know this from experience, is stop reading about new about George R.R. Martin and when the books will come out. Don't click on the links that show up on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter or any site. Just ignore it. There are millions of good books out there you can read in the meantime. Reading about when the next book is going to come out is just going to drive you crazy. It won't make the book come out any faster. In fact, I'm going to say it'll make the wait feel even longer.
In Praise of The Hobbit Illustrated by Jemima Catlin.
Recently, I purchased a new edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit illustrated by Jemima Catlin thinking hey, this might be a great version to read to my nephew in the future or my kids if I decide to have any. I was taken aback when my copy arrived in the mail on Saturday.
You can't discern it from the photo but this edition is heavy. Not heavy like a big leather bound version of The Lord of the Rings but more like a children's book that would endure the abuse of being carried around by a child.
Not just in the title but in the tree Bilbo is leaning and and the animals on the right is bits of gold that really makes the cover stand out. The outside of the cover feels like felt, soft like a stuffed animal.
Each chapter begins with an illustration like this. I must admit this is one of my favorite illustrations of the green door of Bag End.
Larger illustrations like this are sprinkled throughout the chapters. What I enjoy about, and this is no way a jab at Peter Jackson or Alan Lee (who a lot of Peter Jackson's designs and looks are based on) but I am glad all the characters don't just look like imitations of the movie versions.
Then in pages like this, with the battle of the stone giants, it spreads over the pages as if the words of the book are in the story itself. This similarly happens in the scene with Gandalf lighting the pinecones and throwing them at the wargs.
Then full page illustrations like this are done for big moments in the books like say, meeting a sleeping dragon. I'm not going to spoil that here as it is a nice surprise when you see it.
This isn't a review of The Hobbit. I mean, the text is exactly the same as it is in any other volume of The Hobbit, except maybe The Annotated Hobbit. Where this volume stand out is the illustrations. If I were a teacher, this would be the volume I'd read to my kids to introduce them to the world of Middle-Earth and fantasy fiction. If I were a parent of a young reader this would be the volume I'd give them for Christmas or their birthday.
The binding is quality material, beautiful yet durable. The illustrations are beautiful yet still approachable for children and the story is of course a brilliant faerie (in the traditional sense of the realm of the fays) tale.
Somes gems from the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
I think it was Neil Gaiman who recommended it on his blog years ago, but I was going through my wishlist on Amazon when I came across this book.
A used copy wasn't very much. Not the 1.95 that appears on the cover but something like 3 or 4 dollar. I started browsing through early this morning and decided to share some gems with you. Warning, some of them are indeed, as the title says, vulgar but in a strange archaic way. Some of them are still kind of gross.
Apple Dumplin Shop – a woman's bosom
Banbury story of a cock and a bull – a round about, nonsensical story.
Barrel Fever – he died of barrel fever; he killed himself drinking.
Cackling Farts – Eggs.
Covey – A collection of whores. What a fine covey here is, if the devil would but throw his net!
Death's head upon a mop stick – A poor miserable, emaciated fellow.
Dicked in the nob – Silly. Crazed.
Eternity Box – Coffin.
To Flash the Hash – To vomit.
Frenchified – Infected with the venereal disease. (Even in the 18th Century France was the butt of jokes.)
Gap Stopper – A whoremaster. (So many of these words are about prostitution in some way. I haven't even touch the precipice of how many words there are about whores.
Hobberdehoy – Half a man and a half a boy; a lad between both.
Jerrycummumble – To shake, towzle, or tumble about.
Indorser – A sodomite.
King's Pictures – Coin, money.
Laced Mutton – A prostitute. (That one is especially vulgar.)
Line of the Old Author – A dram of brandy.
Member Mug – A chamber pot.
Nimgimmer – A physician or surgeon, particularly those who cured venereal disease.
Occupy – To occupy a woman; to have carnal knowledge of her.
I think that's enough. Going through this now I am getting a theme of 18th century England slang. It involved a lot of words for having sex, prostitutes, brothels and venereal disease. I mean what I posted here was just me going in alphabetical order randomly picking words by placing my finger on the page, and I still got words along the sex with prostitutes and spread of diseases theme. Maybe P – Z is just filled with words about how happy they are in 18th Century England, but I doubt it.


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Depression can appear in many forms, and sufferers can experience both mental and physical symptoms of depression. Long-term presentation of depression symptoms is known as chronic depression. Learn about the following symptoms of depression:
- Chronic major depression symptoms
- Double depression symptoms
- Dysthymia symptoms.
Though symptoms of each type of chronic depression can vary, they are all characterized by symptoms of depression that last for more than two years. Consult the chronic depression symptoms checklist below to see if you're experiencing any long-term symptoms of depression.
Chronic Major Depression Symptoms Checklist
Chronic major depression is marked by major depressive disorder symptoms that last for two years or more. While symptoms may become temporarily milder during partial remission episodes, they never completely resolve. Symptoms include:
- Aches and pains, such as chronic headaches
- Appetite changes, with consequent weight loss or gain
- Difficulty remembering things
- Distractibility and loss of concentration
- Feelings of worthlessness
- Reduced sex drive
- Thoughts of self-harm or suicide.
These symptoms are severe enough to interfere with everyday life, including the ability to meet professional and personal responsibilities.
Dysthymia Symptoms Checklist
Dysthymia (or dysthymic disorder) is a milder form of chronic depression. Like other forms of depression, dysthymia symptoms are both emotional and physical, but milder. Common dysthymia symptoms include:
- Feelings of guilt or hopelessness
- Irritability
- Loss of interest
- Low energy
- Low or depressed mood
- Reduced desire for social interaction
- Self-criticism.
Since dysthymia symptoms are sometimes mistaken for a negative, melancholy personality, sufferers don't always seek treatment. If you experience these symptoms for several years, however, you may be depressed.
Double Depression Symptoms Checklist
Double depression is a condition marked by a history of dysthymia, with overlaid episodes of major depressive disorder. Symptoms may vary, from mild (dysthymia symptoms) to more severe (major depressive symptoms). If you have a history of mild symptoms of depression, and your symptoms worsen, you may have double depression.
What If You're Experiencing Chronic Depression Symptoms?
If you experience symptoms that indicate a form of chronic depression, contact your doctor. Chronic depression can be difficult to treat, and its symptoms may worsen over time, especially if they go untreated. For example, dysthymia symptoms may exacerbate into more severe chronic depression symptoms.
A doctor or licensed mental health professional can make a diagnosis, often using a chronic depression symptoms checklist. After reviewing your personal and medical history, along with pertinent physical exams and lab tests, she'll be able to recommend a treatment option.
Harvard Health Publications Staff. (2009). Managing chronic depression. Retrieved June 4, 2010, from the Harvard Health Publications website: www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Mental_Health_Letter/2009/December/managing-chronic-depression.
Mayo Clinic Staff. (n.d.). Depression (major depression). Retrieved June 4, 2010, from the Mayo Clinic website: www.mayoclinic.com/health/depression/DS00175.
Mayo Clinic Staff. (n.d.). Dysthymia (dysthymic disorder). Retrieved June 4, 2010, from the Mayo Clinic website: www.mayoclinic.com/health/dysthymia/DS01111.
Medline Plus Staff. (n.d.). Dysthymia. Retrieved June 4, 2010, from the Medline Plus website: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000918.htm.
Penn State University – Milton S. Hershey Medical Center College of Medicine Staff. (n.d.) Chronic depression. Retrieved June 4, 2010, from the Penn State University – Milton S. Hershey Medical Center College of Medicine website: www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/d/depression.htm.

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Sunday, 13 May 2007
Family Philosophy
Is anything so self-evident that it cannot be doubted?
23 comments:
- Dan said...
I am not sure, how could you be sure if you wanted to doubt it or not?
Most things actually aren't doubted due to a lack of time. That doesn't mean they couldn't be, but it means that it doesn't matter if they could be doubted or not because they aren't. And I am sure of this and have never doubted it, until...
- 13 May 2007 at 12:36 pm
- Dan said...
Now I have chnaged my mind. Everything is always doubted, and we re-evaluate everything when we think of it, and if we don't believe it we don't remember it. This is why I forget so many things.
- 13 May 2007 at 12:40 pm
- Jess said...
For a logicist, you are surprisingly un-philosophical.
Just because you don't think they are doubted doesn't mean that they aren't. I, for one, have thought about this. When I was about seven. Besides this, your argument has an abundance of fundamental flaws. The most obvious is that, well, HOW CAN IT NOT MATTER IF AN EVIL GENIUS IS FORCING US TO LIVE THE WAY WE DO? I know what you will say. Why does it matter if we are still 'happy'? Because AN EVIL GENIUS IS FORCING US TO LIVE THE WAY WE DO. And besides, if we discuss that too much now, we will have spoiled it for the thought experiment which actually addresses that.
- 13 May 2007 at 12:45 pm
- Jess said...
As a reply to dad's second comment;
I actually find that that helps me to remember things. I will remember a fascinating yet completely and utterly wrong theory better than I will remember a boring completely and utterly right one.
- 13 May 2007 at 12:48 pm
- Jess said...
I apologize if my comments make no sense.
I also apologize for dad.
- 13 May 2007 at 12:49 pm
- Bridget said...
I think:
For normal people: Yes. We have better things to do (errrr.... normally *grin*)
For philosophers: No. In fact part of the purpose of their lives seems to be to think of things that no-one has ever thought to doubt...
- 13 May 2007 at 12:57 pm
- Jess said...
I know what Mr Sheehan would say - define 'normal'.
Ooohh! I know! Someone of average intelligence. (In this context). Or someone who has never met Bridget, anyone who goes to ODS, Dad, or I.
- 13 May 2007 at 1:13 pm
- Jess said...
- 13 May 2007 at 1:13 pm
- Jess said...
Perhaps the first few replies to the 'Family Philosophy' should be new posts. Considering that there are about ten comments on this post.
- 13 May 2007 at 1:16 pm
- Bridget said...
Oh, I see.
People who haven't met people who go to ODS, haven't met me, or you, or Dad...
I bet there are other things too.
But you know what I mean.
I mean "Joe".
"Hey, I'm Joe. Average Joe."
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"If loving us is wrong, you don't want to be right"
Dear Ask H.A.T.,
I'm totally conflicted about Thanksgiving. I know we learned in school about the Pilgrims and the friendly Indians who helped them, blah blah blah, but that's not what happened. The Pilgrims may (may, I say) have been seeking religious freedom in the new world, but they also had some pretty intolerant views themselves. And as for the Indians....from the Pilgrims all the up until today America has a deplorable record for how it has treated Native Americans. Losing their homes again and again...small pox blankets, you name it. It seems like a sick joke to gather round and stuff yourself in honor of so much bloodshed.
On the other hand, I loves me some mashed and gravy. I could stuff myself on stuffing, I'm merry for cranberry, and I trip out on Triptophan. In other words: totally my favorite meal of the year, worth even putting up with relatives for. I feel guilty, but gravy always covers the shame.
So help me out Ask, Hat. Thanksgiving: can I hate the word but love the bird?
Closet Turkey
Dear Closurky,
Tracy Lynn: What I'd like to know is, Why us? Do we have a bug light over our mailbox? Some sort of sign that says Overthinkers Apply Here? Are we flypaper for freaks? Because it seems to me that other advice columnists don't get these questions.
IT IS TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE ORIGINAL THANKSGIVING. It happened over 200 years ago, and making obnoxious speeches at the dinner table is only going to piss off your dad and make your mom cry. Just shut up and eat your dinner and be grateful that you actually have food to eat and a place to eat it, dumbass.
Hyperion: Good Lord, TL. I've been away so long I forgot you New Englanders view logic the same way Frenchies do baths. The least of your problems is that the Pilgrims were a little more than "200 years ago," but we'll let that pass and move on.
If you play your logic out, that means that if some day they have a day in Germany celebrating how the Third Reich made it through a tough winter by the helpful Savage Jews, everyone should just shut the hell up, as long as there is strudel involved.
Why must every Ask HAT somehow include you denying the Holocaust?
It is a big deal, or at least potentially can be. We've been fed a load of propaganda, although what else is new when it comes to American history? (Or any country, for that matter. You ought to see what these Maple sniffers up here believe about themselves.)
Of course, everyone--even sanctimonious liberals who hate America--have much to be thankful for, and there is nothing wrong per se with taking time to reflect on that. My problem with the whole ordeal is how much gluttony is involved. (And I say that full cognizant that I often eat like a predator on the Serengeti, never sure when my next meal is coming.)
I can vividly recall extended family Thanksgivings being absolutely embarrassed by the sheer volume of food. It was insane, and would take two pages just to describe. It would seem that if we are supposed to reflect on what we have to be thankful for, the day would be better spent not eating, and maybe donating time in a food kitchen or something, so see how the other half lives.
Tracy Lynn: If you are so concerned with how the other half lives, why wait til Thanksgiving? I have a problem with bleeding hearts bleating about shit like that just so other people feel bad, and so that they can feel righteous.
I'm not saying that it was right, you twit, just that Thanksgiving has more to do with being grateful for your blessings than pilgrim/Indian relations.
Moreover, however the hell long ago the Pilgrims allegedly happened, it was definitely over "200 years ago," so sit on it.
And stop saying I'm a Holocaust denier or I will fucking kill you in ways that will make you wish you had lived in ye olde days, when people were more merciful.
Hyperion: So, you've sunk to threatening my life over what I say? You sound like a German to me. And since when were people more merciful? Was this in the time of Unicorns and vast cities made of chocolate?
I do totally agree that waiting for one day a year to feel bad for people is kind of lame. Much better to give and be thankful all year 'round. All I'm sayin' is that if you are going to pick a day to be grateful for what you have, why turn glutton? We need to bring privation back to these kids. (Of course for them, deprived means their cell phone minutes are capped, and no PS3 until all their homework is downloaded.)
Of course, I must not lie: I fully enjoy the Thanksgiving meal, and this makes me curious: what eats transpire at the Kaply stead? I've seen your fridge, so one hopes you're not left in charge.
Tracy Lynn: Well, the last two years we've had Indian food, and that's India Indians—not Great Plains. But my sister in law, Echo, has been threatening traditional turkey plus fixin's this year, so who the hell knows? It's always funny to watch her cook a turkey, though, since she's a vegetarian. HA!
Hyperion: Maybe she should make a Tofurkey. What's your favorite part of the traditional meal?
Tracy Lynn: Stuffing and Turkey skin. And I mean traditional stuffing, not some jacked up monstrosity with fruit or seafood. And gravy. I also like mashed potatoes. Basically I like all the stuff I would never cook myself.
How about you?
Hyperion: I love the turkey, although most every turkey I have tasted is overcooked and dry (but still good). I recently have come to like dressing, done right, and mashed potatoes are always a favorite. I eat as many black olives as I can conceivably eat without my mother catching me. Somewhat bizarrely, my family goes more for the Cranberry out of the can than any concoction. Also, my mom makes this special drink with one third 7-Up, one third Cranberry Juice and one third Orange juice, usually all slushy. Good times.
Anyway, even though I think Thanksgiving is Propaganda, never let it be said Hyperion is not all about contributing to heart disease. While I would wish you might take part of your day to serve those less fortunate, I do hope you are able to gather with family and friends and get to eat as much of your favorite foods as possible.
Tracy Lynn: Or drunk, which usually works better with the whole "family gathering" thing.
Hyperion: Sweet Jebus: I"m trying to have a Thanksgiving moment. Do you have to be a hateful harpy ALL THE TIME???
Tracy Lynn: (grudgingly) Fine. I hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving and gets all their favorite foods too.
Hyperion: Speaking of faves, I noticed you said you liked stuffing. As it so happens, I got your stuffing right.....
Tracy Lynn:(hands over ears and yelling in a high-pitched voice) ASSSSSSSSHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!
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by Elliot Schluchzer Waffenmeister
When I woke up on that fateful morning, alone and lonesome in my lonely bed, I thought it would be a day like any other.
I was wrong.
Entirely and completely wrong.
But wait! Gentle Reader, let me begin at the beginning. A good place to start, one may perhaps presume, peradventure.
Fuck, this is hard. Fuck it: I should just, whatever, say it. What happened.
So I woke up like twenty minutes late or something. I was up late playing Dead Space 2. Oh, not the campaign; I already won that – are you kidding me? What are you, a retard? I beat that shit like three times the first day it was released. Finished on Hard Core. Might have been the first one in Florida, I don't know, it's being looked into. But they released new multiplayer maps for Xbox like three weeks ago, and I figure I might write a guide, sell to whoever publishes those, the Dummies or whatever. I guarantee my shit would be better than anyone else they got working on it. I keep my shit locked down tight, you know?
Oh right – my name's Elliot Schluchzer. Waffenmeister is my handle. It means "Warlord." You've seen it if you're on XBox Live, all over the leaderboards. Especially CoD. Or on WoW. I'm getting into live action now, the Society for Creative Anachronism, but I just started that like two years ago, so I'm not as known. But I will be: I'm getting into building shit, armor, barding, shields. Maybe siege weapons, if I can find designs good enough for what I'd want to do. I'm good with wood, since that's my job in the mundane world. I work at Home Depot, mostly in the lumber section. I'm on the table saw a lot. I don't really like talking to the customers, especially the OJs (Old Jews – Miami's fuckin filled to the brim with them.), but I like cutting their wood to the size and shape they want. I'm a craftsman, you know? A carpenter, like. At least, maybe a journeyman carpenter. I still work at Home Depot, after all. But I'll get out of it. I'll start making furniture or something, maybe carve stuff. Shit I can sell at Ren Faires and pirate festivals. Those guys make bank doing that. Plus there's, like, acres of chicks at those things, and they all want to be either princesses or saucy tavern wenches, so they either want to get rescued or ravished, or both. I may not look like Prince Charming, but if I got the doubloons, right? I mean, Donald Trump looks like a fuckin gargoyle with a bad toupee, but that dude marries models. And who knows what he's got going on the side.*
Anyway, I woke up late, so I had to hurry to get to work. That's okay, it just means I skip the shower this morning. Back in the day they only showered like, once a year, so whatever. I still had time to take a dump and eat breakfast, though I had to eat those shitty generic PopTarts my mom keeps buying, so it was like I was just pushing shit out to make room to put shit in.
Heh. That's pretty good. Garbage in, garbage out, right? I learned that in my programming class at Miami Dade Community College. I finished almost two semesters there before I dropped out, what, four years ago? Five? Well, in real life it's, shit in, shit out. Then again, donuts in, Taco Bell in, fuckin pulled-pork Cuban sandwich in, it's all shit out. So what does it all matter, anyway?
So I make it to work, and only two minutes late, which wasn't my fault at all, but only because my fuckin Subaru wouldn't start. My dad said he was going to take it and get it checked out this last weekend, but did he? Nooooo. Too busy going to temple and mowing the fuckin lawn. I swear, I gotta do every fuckin thing myself. Isn't it enough that I work full, well, almost full-time? I buy my own stuff, never ask for money. I even kick down for groceries sometimes, when Mom doesn't buy enough Pringles or Dew or something. Or frozen pizzas – she always buys the wrong kind. It's all about the Tombstone, baby. I mean, really, I'm their child, they're supposed to pay for me. If they couldn't afford me, they shouldn't have had me. Besides, I'm their only kid, so without me, the family name would die out. They should be grateful to me. Not that I'm looking to have kids any time soon. And dude, not like Schluchzer is a name that needs to live on. The only cool thing about it is it means, like, "sob" in German. So I figure, nobody would take the name "Sob" because they cry a lot, right? You'd take the name if you MADE people fuckin cry. So I think we're descended from, like, torturers or Nazis or something. Which is badass. Even if we are Jewish.
So yeah, I got to work like two minutes late, three minutes tops. Maybe five. If I had a supervisor who knew what he was doing, it wouldn't even be a problem. See, a guy who knows what he's doing knows the most important thing is this: you gotta keep the Man off your back. The key to keeping the Man off your back is knowing when you're being watched, and when you can just chill out. So at Home Depot, like, there's a store manager, a guy who wears a suit and stays in the office upstairs. He's in charge of the floor supervisors, and he's on the phone all day kissing Corporate ass. So if that guy – in my store it's a Cubano named Randy Martinez, if you can believe it – if Big Randy knew what he was doing, he'd just keep feeding Corporate a line of bullshit, and then, because Corporate never actually comes to the store, he'd run the store however he wanted, because he knows he's not being watched. Then, most important, he could let all his employees do whatever they wanted. You should always keep your employees happy. Happy employees work harder, and get shit done faster, so they have more time to just relax after. Then the customers are happy, because the employees are happy, and everything's perfect. That would be best. It would be so primo if the whole store was just laid back like that. But see, even if it couldn't all be that sweet – even if Randy is a giant fuckin tool, which he is – then the floor supervisors could do the same thing, only smaller. Because Randy never really comes out on the floor, and when he does, he just wants to know that every customer has been asked if he needs help. So when he comes down from upstairs, which he does, like, once a month or something, he walks around and asks every customer he sees, "Are you being helped? Did someone in an orange apron come by and offer to help you with that?" Okay, so the floor supervisors get reamed – reamed by Randy, hah – if the customers aren't being helped, yeah. But a floor supervisor who knew what he was doing could handle it, instead of just reaming all of us regular employees out after Randy gets done with them. They'd find a way to distract Randy, or maybe find out in advance when he was going to come down, so we could, like, blitzkrieg the whole store, run down all the aisles asking if anyone needs help. Something, you know, to handle it, just to take the pressure off, keep the Man off our backs, so all us regular people can relax a little bit, and not have to spend all fuckin day walking around in this ass-hot warehouse asking "Do you need any help? Do you need any help?"
Fuck, they want us to help a lot.
So here's my idea, and I know I'm off topic, but whatever, this is my story, shut the fuck up, okay. You put like an employee mini-lounge – make a permanent display of lounge chairs or something – right by the front doors, and just ask every customer right when he comes in if they want any help. And if they say no, just be all, "Okay, well you know where to find us if you have any questions." Then they can shop without being hassled by the Orange Apron squad, and all the employees can hang out. Then if Randy comes down from his throne atop Isengard (Not that Randy's badass enough to be Saruman the White. But maybe he could pull off Wormtongue.) and roams the store, asking people if they've been offered help, they all have to say yes. Then we could just relax and play XBox, or something. Then this job would be sweet. If we had a boss who knew what he was doing.
But we have Randy. And Mr. Zuckow.
"You're late, Elliot. Again."
And I want to bust out a bo staff and hit him like 35 times in 3 seconds, and then stand over his writhing, crying busted-ass body and be all, "The name's Waffenmeister, you corporate scum." But I guess if I could do that, I wouldn't be fuckin working here, would I?
"Sorry, Mr. Zuckow." That's what I say instead.
"Go hit your locker and sweep the section. Then set up the Makita table saw and the scroll saw. You're giving the demo today, remember. Ten o'clock."
Fuuuuuuuuck. "Okay."
See, even if what happened hadn't happened, I was still wrong when I woke up and thought this would be a regular Monday. Because it's not: it's a Demo Day. Fuck my fuckin life.
We do a demo every day, here at Home Depot. Take some of the big, shiny tools out front, and from ten til noon, we have to build shit. Or fix shit. Or turn shit on and off. Or assemble shit. Or take shit apart. And the whole time, the sun's just beating down on you like Mjolnir, the hammer of Thor. And when you work in lumber, like I do, whenever it's your turn you have to do woodworking shit, of course, and so you're sucking sawdust and getting splinters the whole time. Then, when it's over, you gotta clean shit up. I mean, what the fuck.
But the worst part? It's the OJs.
Don't get me wrong, I'm fully not anti-Semitic. Fuck, I am Jewish. My dad's an OJ, so's my granddad and my uncle Peter. I'm down with the old Jews.
But those guys love to talk. They live for it. And they want to save money by doing their own home repairs, but they don't know shit about shit. So they ask questions. A neverending stream of questions, question after question after question. "Where do you get that?" "What does that button do?" "Can I get that in pine?" "If I use one of these, can I do the same thing as that?" "How much did you say that is? Oy! What about with a senior discount?" And all you can do with all these questions is smile, and answer every. Single. One. Because when you're out front doing a demo, every boss in the place is right up your ass, and you better fuckin smile and you better fuckin talk to all the customers, and you better fuckin help em all. Unbelievable.
So all right, this sucks. It's my turn to do demo day. I spend an hour or so sweeping, and then I start hauling out the saws, and the lumber. I bring out an extra big pile of lumber, so I'll have plenty to work on and won't have to go back in for more. I paste on my happy smile, and at 10:00, maybe a minute or two late, I start sawing. I know I'll have to stop the saws and talk to the OJs, but maybe I can, what is it, minimize that shit: the more I saw, the less I'll have to talk. Maybe I'll get lucky and there'll be a big sale on bagels or something, and they won't come by today. I can hope, right? Maybe I'll get lucky. For once.
But that's not what happens.
What happens is the craziest fucking thing that could ever happen to me.
What happens is my whole life changes, in less than a minute.
So I'm sawing, right? I got this OJ in front of me, and he's trying to ask me a question but I just keep sawing, and smiling, and trying to pretend I can't hear him. And then I hear something else. I hear shouting. Loud shouting, not like somebody-got-in-a-fender-bender shouting, but like asteroids-are-falling-from-the-sky-and-blowing-shit-up shouting, the kind of sheer, total volume that goth kids pay bank to hear in concert and all the rest of us avoid at all costs. So I stop sawing, and I turn around to look where the sound's coming from.
Charging from around the corner, where the Garden Center guys have their tree-and-shrub display, come like ten guys. At first, I think it might be the SCA pulling a joke raid or something, but it only takes maybe two seconds for me to realize: this is not the SCA, and this is not a joke. These guys are nothing like my medieval-reenactment brothers.
These guys are fucking scary.
They're filthy, blackened with soot and dirt and old bloodstains from head to foot. They are – disfigured is the only word for it: I see fingers missing, eyes missing, parts of noses and whole ears missing. Jesus, that one guy in front, spinning black chains around like some crazy-ass kung fu movie, is missing both his thumbs. And they got scars everywhere, livid red-brown scars, raised ridges and deep trenches in their skin, like they've never even seen Neosporin and a Bandaid, let alone a doctor. And they are armed, with cutlasses and battle axes and old flintlock pistols, and I've seen replica weapons, I spend a lot of my time with replica weapons, and just by looking at these, I can tell: these are the real fuckin things. And their eyes are wild and crazy, and they are screaming louder than I've ever heard a person scream.
And they're all coming right at me.
I barely have time to back away and say, "No – please!" in a shaky voice when one of them vaults over my table saw and plows into me, putting the haft of his two-handed axe right into my chest, throwing me back five feet into my pile of lumber. That crazy fucker with the chains swings one down into my table saw, and the blade snaps right out of its housing and goes flying like some giant shuriken, and I'd yell Watch out! but I think I've had every breath I've ever taken in my life knocked out of me, and I won't be saying anything for quite a while. Chain Guy keeps spinning the other chain in a circle by his left side, and he snarls at the OJ – I mean actually snarls at him, growling like a fuckin dog – and the OJ doesn't even say a word, he just turns and runs off into the parking lot.
Then this other one, this older one with a gray-streaked beard and the most seriously broken nose I've ever seen, he starts barking orders, telling the others to grab as much of my lumber pile as they can carry, starting with the widest planks. And he comes up to me and bends down and smiles at me with brown teeth and he says, "I'd be obliged for the favor of your services, good squire."
Then somebody puts a bag over my head, and they tie my wrists together. They make me stand up and run, with my hands holding onto somebody's belt, and somebody else shoving a gun barrel in my back and telling me to stop, and duck, and go faster – or they'd kill me.
And I am so scared. So very scared.
We run, and duck, and hide, and run some more, and it seems like it takes hours, but who knows how long it takes time to pass when you've got a bag over your head, and you've already pissed yourself, and you know that these guys are terrorists, fuckin Islamic jihadists – though that sounded like an Irish accent, maybe, but whatever, that's like some ex-IRA guy who's now a mercenary or some shit – and as soon as you get where you're going, they're going to sit you in a chair and cut your fuckin head off and put it on YouTube.
What I'm saying is, you can't estimate time or distance when you know you're about to die.
And then, after forever of running and my legs are killing me and my hands are throbbing and burning from the circulation being cut off (and all I can think is "Ligature marks. CSI will find ligature marks on my wrists.") and I feel like so much sweat has poured out of my head inside this bag that now it must be blood I feel running down my face and neck, and this bag stinks and I can't breathe and my lungs are collapsing, and ah, God, they're going to cut my head off – they slow down. I hear some shouting back and forth, and then everything goes quiet, except for me whooping for air and trying to get enough breath to beg for my life. Then they yank the bag off.
The sunlight hurts, at first, but we're inside a house or something, so it isn't too bad, and I can breathe. When my eyes adjust and I can blink some of the blood-sweat out of my eyes, I see that I am standing in front of an honest-to-God, no-shit, Jack Sparrow pirate, everything from the tri-corner hat to the sash with the sword and the flintlock pistols in it to the turned-down leather boots. He's looking at me, and he looks pissed. Pissed on a scale I don't even want to think about, like not like Mr. Zuckow's going to yell at me, but more like Captain Jack is actually going to take out those guns and shoot someone in the face; like this guy's temper already goes to 11, but right now he's on 26.
He points at me, looks at Gray-Beard, and he says, "What, in the name of Satan and all the saints he's burning, have ye done, O'Flaherty?"
*Author's note: I'd just like to point out that I originally wrote this in 2013. Just sayin'.


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Two weeks after Chiawana lost a double-overtime heartbreaker to Kamiakin, things are back on track for the Riverhawks.
A 26-7 win at Hanford last week was followed up by a 41-10 thrashing of Kennewick on Friday night at Edgar Brown Stadium in Pasco.
It was a business-like performance, as Chiawana spotted the Lions a 3-0 lead before pounding away and consistently putting points on the board.
"It didn't start out well," said Chiawana coach Steve Graff, whose team is 4-1 overall and 2-1 in Mid-Columbia Conference play. "Then it was great because we got back to what we do best."
That's pounding the running game.
Ethan Garcia carried the football 18 times for 137 yards rushing with one touchdown, while teammate Tayden Jenkins added 17 carries for 99 yards and three TD runs.
Both running backs benefited from tremendous holes blown open in the middle of the field by the Riverhawks standout offensive line. At times, both Garcia and Jenkins wouldn't even have a defensive hand on them until they were 7 yards upfield.
"Honestly, the holes were so big, our coaches could have walked through them," said Jenkins. "Honestly, Coach Graff could have walked through them."
Kennewick coach Bill Templeton wasn't surprised. The Riverhawks have one of the better offensive lines in the state.
"We're young up front and we were battling," said Templeton. "But we're not going to push their big boys around."
The Lions jumped out with a 3-0 lead on the game's first possession, as Emilio Ramos kicked a 26-yard field goal.
And it took the Chiawana offensive unit a little bit to get going. After a 3-and-out opening possession, the Riverhawks scored on their next four series — a Jenkins 7-yard run; a 10-yard Enoch Vargas to Josiah Richardson pass; a 17-yard Jenkins run; and a 1-yard Garcia run.
Sandwiched in between was a 93-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Cedric Riel for the Lions.
But defensively, Chiawana was pretty stout, only giving up the field goal and just 147 yards to the Lions.
"We learned from our mistakes (against Kamiakin)," said Chiawana defensive back Jose Cruz, who led the Riverhawks with four tackles in the first half. "Once we saw that fly sweep Kennewick was running, we moved some guys around and started making some stops."
Templeton was a bit more satisfied with his Lions' effort after Friday's game compared to his team's 20-3 loss to Walla Walla last week.
"Last week was a gut shot," he said. "But this week, I'm very pleased with our coaches and players. We had a couple of heart-to-hearts, and the seniors came together. We had some opportunities in the first half."
Meanwhile, Chiawana is already planning its next business trip: an 8 p.m. contest at Lampson Stadium next Friday against Southridge.
"I told the kids after the game that it's time to get back to work next week," he said.
NOTES: Kennewick (1-4 overall, 0-3 MCC) will host Hanford at 5 p.m. next Friday as the first half of the Lampson Stadium doubleheader. ... DL AJ Vongphachanh led the Riverhawks defensively with 6 tackles (2 for loss) and 1.5 QB sacks; LB Conrad Moore added 5 tackles (1 for loss) and a QB sack; and DB Tavin Blair had 4 tackles (1 for loss) and a half QB sack. ... Kennewick DE Moses McAninch led the Lions with 6 tackles (1 for loss), a QB sack and a forced fumble. DB Kyle Benton added 5 tackles. ... Lions RB JJ Rodriguez rushed for 50 yards.


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Yesterday I (finally) added the awesome Timex Ironman to My Favorite Things. You can check out my thoughts and the review here. I don't think a day has gone by since I purchased the Ironman that I have not used it. It's a fantastic piece of fitness equipment for the price. If you don't have a heart rate monitor then I urge you to invest the 60 bucks; it's money very well spent if you care about your health.
My arm is still on fire from the multiple wasp stings I suffered a couple of days ago. I've been putting anti-itch cream on the stings and that helps somewhat, but the area is red, swollen and itchy. It's a little better this morning, but still highly irritating. I saw three new wasps trying to start a nest in the same spot yesterday. When I sprayed them two of them fell, but one of them made a direct run right at my face. It happened so fast all I could do was back away spraying wildly in front of me. Thankfully one of my shots connected and the wasp broke off his attack. Another sting would probably be pretty bad so soon after the other stings (I think the poison has a sort of cumulative effect).
I was going to go for a bike ride yesterday, but by the time I was able to break away from work the heat outside was pretty bad. Usually I'm OK with the heat, but for some reason yesterday I was just not in the mood to deal with it. I decided instead to do my back workout, and it was a very good one.
On a related note, a few week ago I tried doing some lighter deadlifts, but my lower back pain flared up again. Since then I've avoid deads completely and I've had zero issues with my back–and I've been putting in more than 50 miles per week out on the trails. I'm sorry to say it, but my deadlifting days may be over. I love deadlifts, but not as much as I love riding pain-free.
Well, because I did my usual Friday workout yesterday that clears the way for a bike ride this morning. It's heating up fast outside, so I'd better get going. Happy Friday!
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With the new day underway as one had awoke with having had enough sleep and had taken a daily stroll near the bay, one had viewed the sparkling water. It is apparent that when one is waiting for something to occur the time seems to creep by and doesn't seem to go at a normal pace. One has heard from one's brother's wife and it was rather an amusing incident. One had phone her just after she had sent an email to oneself which one didn't see until after the fact. And it was the time in which she had said. To oneself it was mental telepathy. In the course of chatting via phone spoke about the appropriate dates that would be good in the upcoming visit. With that ironed out, agreement with one's brother as well and one had heard from one's cousin, in was apparent that the event was progressing. Now it was time to purchase an air ticket. One had periodically been viewing them since April being that one had to consider price. One is a creature of habit as to continually plan in advance that it is far too stressful otherwise. Being that one doesn't have and doesn't desire a credit card, it is one's choice to ask one's friends/ relatives about this situation. That one knows who to ask and one knows who not to ask. Had asked one's niece b/c she has experience in this matter and knows how to do this in a relatively short period of time. Had prefaced the introduction with pleasantries along the way as that is one's nature overall. In the course of time had sent her several emails regarding this issue. Hadn't heard either way from her so one had the notion of phoning her and one did so and left a message for her as her young son answered the phone. Then while chatting with one's sister as one had done over a period of time: one had only mentioned to one's sister to remind her daughter in the progression of the air ticket. Then without a breath one's sister said a barrage of this and that and it was totally in her nature and one was caught off guard. Now that was a week ago. Don't make it a practice to go through people, like to go to people and air what is on one's mind, as one likes to air differences as well. Then the following day had received an email from one's neice and she informed me that her computer had been down and she was having to go to her stepmoms to see about any email. That was a logical reason and she said that she would look for air tickets on Thursday which was yesterday. So in the meantime I chatted to a friend via email to see if this friend would do this and then one said that one's niece would do it. So it is now ongoing and as the time goes one is doing one's best to remain calm. The anticipation is forth coming.
Archive for July, 2009
"Anticipation"July 31, 2009
"A Teacher"July 20, 2009
As the day gets underway with sunshine on the horison and seasonably warmer with conduciveness attributed to the season of summer although with a morning chill it tends to lend variety. Yesterday in a New York City hospice Frank Mc Court was taken from the world as if Our Lord and Master tapped him him on his shoulder and said in a gentle voice; " your time on earth is up, please let's come". Frank Mc Court was a well known author late in his life, as he wrote "Angela's Ashes, Tis, and Teacher Man". He taught in an unconventional way the subject of English in the Bedford Stuyvesant high schools in which these schools are both a challenge and a reward for the fact that they have the roughest groups of students in the country. These students are for the most part incorrigible for many reasons. Yet Mr. Frank Mc Court found a way to get through to these students by way of story telling. This was by no means a piece of cake for him. He used dedication, fortitude, persistance, and intuitiveness. One had made a comment on Facebook and part of it is worth repeating. The world was far better with Frank Mc Court in it. He overcame much and succeeded with dignity and that is all one may ask of someone. Though he wasn't a saint yet he was an inspiration to all that came in his path yet at the same time he was human and had the same frailness. He is unselfish to a fault as he brought his mother to the U.S. and his brothers, Malachy, Alphie and Michael to have them enjoy the treasures of a new and prosperous life with hard work and showed them by esample that all could be achieved if only for desiring it.
"Right To Choose"July 17, 2009
It is surprisingly cooler now as before one closed the shades last night, closed the windows as well. It is cloudy now however yet the air is still as it appears rain is on the way. One is favored to have a woman's right to choose. If one looks at it in a way of saving the populace already here on earth and looks at it in a practical common sense view it makes a logical point. If one is pregnant and has a sonogram and sees the fetus as something that is severely out of line to the normalcy then it is one's view that the woman's right to choose comes into play. Of course it stands to reason that it is a case by case and it is between the woman and her doctor. A woman has to deal with her own conscience and if the fetus is severely malformed then actions should be taken in the first trimester. One is never in favored of late termed for that seems very cruel and most unjust. Take for instance a number a human beings awarded to the state b/c their families are unable of care for them. It must be heart breaking to put a family member into a facility b/c of the monumental espense and the lack of knowledge provided to care for such an individual. Look at the countless individuals unable to care for themselves and are in a vegetative state. These people are unable to recognise their own members of their family much less their friends. It is a true sense of sadness to be cared for by strangers paid for by the state and/or private agencies to care for them and to keep these individuals alive. They aren't alive in a sense they are only existing day by day. What a sorrowful state of affairs that must be for their families to endure. A fetus should be terminated in the case of rape, or incest in one's view. Look at all the unwed mothers on welfare. In the state of Wisconsin one read that a woman may have a total of three children and still receive welfare. This is very bad in the sense of contributing to the slothiness of these individuals. Look at all the money that is paid out each month. It is unjust practise.
"In Disarray"July 13, 2009
As the gentle breezes with very low humidity, if not only slightly it is a good thought to be outdoors enjoying the warmth and sunshine. To take a stroll near the bay as one did earlier. In the midst of the walk one stopped at Subway and complimented them on the service yesterday and proceeded to inquire how often do they bake the cookies: as one depleted them of all their macadamians which were ten and one will have each cookie and some tea for breakfast. They replied that they bake them in the morning and if the volume is there then they would do a batch in the evening. All of them are fresh. Both the rail and bus system is in disarray. If one had to take a bus from point A to point B one would have to transfer and wait wasted time and sometimes in the process end up in poor bad areas of the city.That is why one will take a cab even if there is more money in the long run. This isn't initially only in this particular city. There are many just like these modes. Only the major cities have the advantage. The rail system is worse, with unscheduled stops in very small unknown places just to take up and waste the time of passengers. The railroad tracks are very old and need much repair as many accidents take place from time to time yet nothing is done to mend the problem. There should be a better solution to this problem however it all boils down to the almightly dollar and there never is enough of that. Yet politicians continue to waste the tax payer's money. There is an Amtrack in Indpls, Milwaukee,and of course Chicago, yet none here in Madison. Leave to up to the people here which are not the brightest. I guess one has to conclude that the people here like their cars better which give of added polution.
"Too Young"July 12, 2009
As the summer day gets into full swing, it is good to have the cool breezes at night althought one was restless as one's mind was racing however managed to obtain a good night's sleep as one finally drifted off. It is too young in one's view to be able to obtain a driver's permit. There are many who don't listen and have the notion that they have invincibility. The young in most cases have bad judgement. One isn't speaking of the interruptions one has on a normal basis such as mobile phone use, texting etc., as adults are doing that in record numbers. A good rule of thumb before the young actually get their license is to sit in a chair with a computer screen in front of them and have a remote control hand signal as they are actually driving a car and view the impact of their mistakes if for instance they speed, or go over the designated speed limit even be five or ten miles, parking and parallel parking,backing out of driveways and giving the pedestrians the rightaway. And the point is what would happen if they don't adhere to these rules. Give them graffic esamples as to the consequences. If for instance they don't adhere to traffic signals and go ahead anyway when a train is coming. There was an incident yesterday in a suburb of Detroit where a driver with a suspended license in a car with five other young people were killed when the driver ignored the signals when the train was in full view and thought he could beat the train. The driver was nineteen years of age and the passengers were around the same ages, although one passenger was only fourteen years of age. One would think that at that age being nineteen one would have the presence of mind to know better. Unfortunately that wasn't the case. And along with his life he took four others with him.
"Brave Ones"July 11, 2009
As the summertime is in full swing, many families enjoy the myriad of beaches as sunbathers are in the midst and sandcastles are carefully constructed. There are a chosen few who dedicate their lives to finding the lost. The training which must be instilled in them on a daily basis is nothing short of incredible. They must endure long periods of time without the nearest of family members although the endless love for them is ever in their hearts. These brave ones are always on call when disaster strikes such as a commercial jet with a crew and several hundred passengers on board and for some unknown reason it goes into the ocean. What are these brave ones thinking while putting on their diving apparatus and diving into the ocean? These brave ones work with diligence as a team and will go to depths of fifty thousand feet to the mere bottom of the ocean in order to reach these people who have met their demise in such a way. Again what are these brave ones thinking as they are going to such depths in order to get a handle on the situation? Would one think it is a matter of just carrying out their job? One would surmise that it is a matter of principle. Sabastian Junger has written eloquently about these tasks. The book that comes to mind is the perfect storm. His books account for the dramatic rescue of someone something in some matter shape or form. One must add at this point that his books are highly recommended. In some cases the brave ones are in hot pursuit to recouver the bodies and to find the black box which will give some indication as to the cause of the mishap. One must add that the black box isn't actually black, it is orange.
"Sarcasm"July 10, 2009
As the storms were overnight it still is a pleasant change with seasonable temps for this month. This strong wind, with rain was good as one slept so soundly all one felt was the gentle breeze as one had the windows opened. One always liked the trait of sarcasm in others. It takes a sense of insight, knowledge to know when it is appropriate and when it isn't. Surely there are times that sarcasm isn't correct and as to others enjoying it or not. In other words there is a time and place for it and others must share in it and appreciate it just the same. There are esamples. If one has tried their level best to try to esplain something to someone countless times and it is in a debate about some certain subject and the other doesn't comprehend for the reason that it won't register. One's response is what part of that don't you understand. Usually that phase will hit home. Another one would be if the other person has asked oneself over and over again and one has answered the same question in many different ways and still the person won't get it. One's response would be: I'll be there as soon as your comfort becomes important to me. Sarcasm is good to poke fun at situations rather than people. If a situation in a person's life can't be changed and instead of whining and bemoaning the fact therefore in the process getting on others nerves and irk or irritating them: it is better to use some sarcarm and laugh at the whole situation in attempt to ease the tensions. Complaining isn't going to make it better and in some cases may make the situation worse. So use sarcasm as a form of laughter to make light of what is there.


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Good luck on your no spend month, I am sure you will manage it xReplyDelete
Good luck with this! I think it's a fantastic aim and I'm sure you will manage it over the course of the month!ReplyDelete
I could really do with a no spend month, I seem to waste so much money on things I probably don't need xReplyDelete
This is such a goo idea. I'm not sure I could go the full hog, but will be taking on board some of your tips. Starting slowly...ReplyDelete
Wow, what a commitment. Hope it goes well, I'm sure it will all be worth it :)ReplyDelete
I have actually been thinking of doing this myself but I have a mini holiday next week and not sure I can go without actually spending on something. But good luck I might try it for November or do a no week spendReplyDelete
This sounds like such a good challenge - good luck! No spending would be such an achievement, you can do it :)ReplyDelete
I'll be interested to see how you get on with this. I'm not sure I could last a month!ReplyDelete
Great plan. We have a weekly amount of cash that we take out (except for food shop) and we can only use that money, so no paying by card or phone. Any monies left over goes in a pot. Really adds up. Good luck with your October xxReplyDelete
I think I'm going to do No Spend November as I have a few birthdays this week and plans already made whereas next month nothing is set and I'm more likely to spend stupidly without thinking. Good luck and thanks for the tipsReplyDelete
Good luck with your no spend October, I should really try and do something similar myself.ReplyDelete
I admire your willpower. I could never do thisReplyDelete
I love this so much! I'm a wannabe minimalist and I'm always trying to watch what I spend money on..it can be difficult though, especially when it comes to books! I love your tip of reading the ones you already have though! Good luck with no-spend October! <3 xxReplyDelete
This sounds like a great idea, I really need to do this, I might have a no spend November!ReplyDelete
I should do this as well....I spend too much money myself and I need to really cut back on my spending.ReplyDelete
ooo I love this idea and this is something we need to do as well! Bit late for october but I think I will try september instead!ReplyDelete
Looking forward to seeing how you get on. Not sure I could be so strict with myself! xReplyDelete
Good Luck, it is not something I could do as i start xmas shopping this month and then it is half termReplyDelete
Good luck with your no spend month, I find it hard to cut out things completely but I am trying to be more strict with what I buy xReplyDelete
Good luck with the no spend challenge. I really should do this as well. I need to cut down on my spending.ReplyDelete
Wishing you lots of luck with the no spending xReplyDelete
Great list - I save a fortune by reading books already on my TBR list. I chuckled at you removing the Amazon app but it is actually a great idea.ReplyDelete
Such a fab idea..and much needed seeing as the spend of Xmas will only be a couple of months after this. I look forward to hearing how you get on!ReplyDelete
God I need to do this. We are so so broke this month and I don't get paid until the 15th! Help!ReplyDelete
Good luck! I could so do with trying this. So hard, but I admire that you are giving it a go :) xReplyDelete
That is a brilliant plan and a no spend except from travel and bills/rent is something I have implemented these last few months because of lack of money and it does help! Good luck xReplyDelete
Good luck! I'm part of a no spend group on Facebook and im going to document how I get on thereReplyDelete
Good luck on the no spending ban, looks like you've got everything covered and prepared. I've found we don't buy so much no we menu plan for the week and we save so much waste! xReplyDelete
Good luck with this Joanna, that looks hard but it's so easy to spend on non essentials isn't it?ReplyDelete
Oh wow good luck. It's not going to be easy but if you manage you should save a fair amount!!!ReplyDelete
Best of luck on your no spend month. This is such a great way to save and discipline yourself. I will have to do this next month so I can really start by November first.ReplyDelete
This is such a great idea and if it became a habit it wouldn't need to be per month as you can do it for the whole year. But with also some cheat days to treat yourself.ReplyDelete
I need to try this! Such a great idea. I'd struggle without random spending sprees (Also forever buying bargains on Amazon!) xReplyDelete
Good luck with this! I really need to do something like this, as I spend too much on things I don't actually need.ReplyDelete
I should really do this... but moving into a new place makes it pretty hard to not spend as we need to get all the essentials! I might try this for November though.... it would be interesting to see how much money you saved.ReplyDelete
What a great idea. I have decided to actually work out a budget this month so I'm hoping that is going to help. Love the idea of a month of no spend though.ReplyDelete
good luck - things like this always help to re-evaluate how much we are spending and where we can cut back longer termReplyDelete
This is a really great idea! I would love to do something similar, I think it's a great way to control your financesReplyDelete
This is a massive task but a great worthwhile undertaking just before the Christmas season. Good luck!ReplyDelete
Good luck, it's so hard to not buy all those little bits but will save so much money!ReplyDelete
Great idea. I'm saving for a house and very rarely treat myself now... but it will be worth it all, I hope!ReplyDelete
I would love to see how you get on as the month progresses. I tend to be a very sensible spender, but sometimes extra costs creep up on you no matter how sensible you are!ReplyDelete
Best of luck on your no spend month!!ReplyDelete
Oh wow good luck. I would save so much if I did this. I think I'm going to try this out in January!ReplyDelete
I am trying to save money too. I live in London so lunches at work can be expensive! Packed lunches are a must.ReplyDelete
Good luck with this i really need to do this too so think november might be a good one for me leading up to christmas!ReplyDelete