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Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, on November 1, 1831, during a special conference of elders of the Church, held at Hiram, Ohio. Many revelations had been received from the Lord prior to this time, and the compilation of these for publication in book form was one of the principal subjects passed upon at the conference. This section constitutes the Lord's preface to the doctrines, covenants, and commandments given in this dispensation.
1–7, The voice of warning is to all people; 8–16, Apostasy and wickedness precede the Second Coming; 17–23, Joseph Smith is called to restore to earth the Lord's truths and powers; 24–33, The Book of Mormon is brought forth and the true Church is established; 34–36, Peace will be taken from the earth; 37–39, Search these commandments.
1 aHearken, O ye people of my bchurch, saith the voice of him who dwells on high, and whose ceyes are upon all men; yea, verily I say: Hearken ye people from afar; and ye that are upon the islands of the sea, listen together.
2 For verily the avoice of the Lord is unto all men, and there is none to bescape; and there is no eye that shall not see, neither cear that shall not hear, neither dheart that shall not be penetrated.
3 And the arebellious shall be bpierced with much csorrow; for their iniquities shall be dspoken upon the housetops, and their secret acts shall be revealed.
4 And the avoice of warning shall be unto all people, by the mouths of my disciples, whom I have bchosen in these clast days.
5 And they shall ago forth and none shall stay them, for I the Lord have commanded them.
6 Behold, this is mine aauthority, and the authority of my servants, and my preface unto the book of my bcommandments, which I have given them to cpublish unto you, O dinhabitants of the earth.
7 Wherefore, afear and btremble, O ye people, for what I the Lord have cdecreed in them shall be dfulfilled.
8 And verily I say unto you, that they who go forth, bearing these tidings unto the inhabitants of the earth, to them is power given to aseal both on earth and in heaven, the unbelieving and brebellious;
9 Yea, verily, to seal them up unto the aday when the bwrath of God shall be poured out upon the cwicked without measure—
10 Unto the aday when the Lord shall come to brecompense unto every man according to his cwork, and dmeasure to every man according to the measure which he has measured to his fellow man.
11 Wherefore the voice of the Lord is unto the ends of the earth, that all that will hear may hear:
12 Prepare ye, aprepare ye for that which is to come, for the Lord is bnigh;
13 And the aanger of the Lord is kindled, and his bsword is bathed in heaven, and it shall fall upon the inhabitants of the earth.
14 And the aarm of the Lord shall be revealed; and the bday cometh that they who will not chear the voice of the Lord, neither the voice of his dservants, neither give eheed to the words of the prophets and fapostles, shall be gcut off from among the people;
15 For they have astrayed from mine bordinances, and have cbroken mine deverlasting covenant;
16 They aseek not the Lord to establish his righteousness, but every man bwalketh in his cown dway, and after the eimage of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol, which waxeth fold and shall perish in gBabylon, even Babylon the great, which shall fall.
17 Wherefore, I the Lord, aknowing the calamity which should come upon the binhabitants of the earth, ccalled upon my dservant Joseph Smith, Jun., and espake unto him from heaven, and gave him fcommandments;
18 And also gave commandments to others, that they should proclaim these things unto the world; and all this that it might be fulfilled, which was written by the prophets—
19 The aweak things of the world shall come forth and break down the mighty and strong ones, that man bshould not counsel his fellow man, neither ctrust in the arm of flesh—
20 But that every man might aspeak in the name of God the Lord, even the Savior of the world;
21 That faith also might increase in the earth;
22 That mine everlasting acovenant might be established;
23 That the afulness of my bgospel might be cproclaimed by the dweak and the simple unto the ends of the world, and before ekings and frulers.
24 Behold, I am God and have spoken it; these acommandments are of me, and were given unto my servants in their weakness, after the manner of their blanguage, that they might come to cunderstanding.
25 And inasmuch as they aerred it might be made known;
26 And inasmuch as they sought awisdom they might be binstructed;
27 And inasmuch as they sinned they might be achastened, that they might brepent;
28 And inasmuch as they were ahumble they might be made strong, and blessed from on high, and receive bknowledge from time to time.
29 And after having received the record of the Nephites, yea, even my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., might have power to atranslate through the bmercy of God, by the power of God, the cBook of Mormon.
30 And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have apower to lay the foundation of this bchurch, and to bring it forth out of obscurity and out of cdarkness, the only true and living dchurch upon the face of the whole earth, with which I, the Lord, am well epleased, fspeaking unto the church collectively and not individually—
31 For I the Lord cannot look upon asin with the least degree of allowance;
32 Nevertheless, he that arepents and does the bcommandments of the Lord shall be cforgiven;
33 And he that arepents not, from him shall be btaken even the light which he has received; for my cSpirit shall not always dstrive with man, saith the Lord of Hosts.
34 And again, verily I say unto you, O inhabitants of the earth: I the Lord am willing to make these things aknown unto ball flesh;
35 For I am no arespecter of persons, and will that all men shall know that the bday speedily cometh; the hour is not yet, but is nigh at hand, when cpeace shall be taken from the earth, and the ddevil shall have power over his own dominion.
36 And also the Lord shall have apower over his bsaints, and shall creign in their dmidst, and shall come down in ejudgment upon fIdumea, or the world.
37 aSearch these bcommandments, for they are true and cfaithful, and the prophecies and dpromises which are in them shall all be fulfilled.
38 What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken, and I excuse not myself; and though the heavens and the earth pass away, my aword shall not pass away, but shall all be bfulfilled, whether by mine own cvoice or by the dvoice of my eservants, it is the fsame.
39 For behold, and lo, the Lord is God, and the aSpirit beareth record, and the record is true, and the btruth abideth forever and ever. Amen.


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Sara Israelsen-Hartley is a special projects reporter for the Deseret News who writes about social issues and how they affect the family. She studied print journalism at Brigham Young University and over the last 10 years has written extensively about pornography, abortion, same-sex marriage, divorce reform, education, city government and the criminal justice system. In 2011 she was named Best Newspaper Reporter in Utah, though her favorite titles are wife to Jon and mother to their three rambunctious boys.
© Reprinted with permission. Deseret News; Salt Lake City, UT
Editor's note: This article is part of "The Ten Today," a series that examines the Ten Commandments in modern society. This story explores the first commandment: "I am the LORD thy God thou shalt have no other gods before me."
Soul seekers: How spiritual is secular America?
Hunched over her dining room table in a dark apartment, Danielle Walker sobbed into her hands.
For a while, the drinking and late-night partying had felt liberating. As a 20-year-old who left behind her parents' house and the rules of her Baptist upbringing, Walker was euphoric as she explored the real world.
But after five months, her first real relationship ended, her self-esteem crumbled and she realized she was drinking for medication, not recreation. Counseling didn't help and she'd often spend days on her couch, lost in a spiral of negative thoughts.
Reflecting on this that March night, she slipped from the chair to her knees.
" 'You know what, God,' " she cried. " 'You have to do something. You have to save me.' And that's when everything started to change in my life."
Over the next year, Walker — who left church, fed up with its rules and less-than-friendly peers — embarked on a relationship with God stronger and more life-changing than anything she had experienced as a child.
"I would never have thought that by turning my life around I'd have such a positive outlook on life and feel so motivated," the 23-year-old said. "Now that I do have a relationship with God, I see how good it is."
For several years, the United States has seen a decline in religious affiliation. Currently, 20 percent of Americans don't claim a particular religion or church — up from 15 percent just five years ago. Some worry that this shift into secularism will turn the United States into Western Europe.
Yet others are more optimistic. They point out that polling data don't always allow for a nuanced discussion of faith and spirituality, and that many individuals still want to have a relationship with God, albeit on their own terms and with their own timing. These individuals may not relate to specific dogmas or rituals, but they still seek and find solace in believing that God is in charge and that when they put him first, their lives go smoother — an acknowledgement that is at the foundation of most religions and the first of the Ten Commandments.
"To argue that America is suddenly becoming vastly secular is not the case," says Frank Newport, editor-in-chief of Gallup. "You can't say (religion) is fading out of importance when a lot of the central events of our time, for better or worse, are based on strong religious convictions. I think that rather than becoming increasingly more of a straight, old-fashioned secular society, we have the potential to be religious, but in some different ways."
Walker considers herself a Baptist but is looking for a new church home in Orlando, where she feels comfortable, even a non-denominational one. For now, she prays and studies the Bible daily to strengthen the relationship she prizes the most.
"You cannot let people or a bad experience keep you from God," she says. "That's the same thing I did. I let people and bad experiences keep me from the church, when that is not what matters. God isn't the one who hurt you."
Broadening the discussion
When the Rev. Maureen Jeffries asks someone to think about the color blue, she knows it could be one of a thousand shades.
"Even if we are saying 'sky blue' I don't know that you're perceiving color in the same way," says Jeffries, an interfaith minister in New Jersey. "It doesn't matter if you call God 'Allah', 'Jesus', 'Yahweh', because God just is. How can our human vocabulary encompass something as beautiful as God?"
A Catholic by upbringing and choice, Jeffries ministers to those who don't have a spiritual home, knowing that no matter how they refer — or don't refer — to God, having a relationship with something bigger than themselves is crucial.
"I help them find the thing that resonates with them and feels safe and protective, knowing that (they're) a part of the universe and being taken care of in a really beautiful, loving way," she says. "And they can find that for themselves. They don't have to see sky blue the way I do. You can call it what you want, it's still God."
One of the potential problems with discussing religion in today's culture is that it often becomes tangled in labels, outdated definitions and incorrect assumptions, thus failing to address the complicated and nuanced shifts happening across the religious landscape.
Individuals who declare themselves religious and attend a house of worship may often be unfairly accused of blindly following or rigidly adhering to leaders, which often overlooks their deep, soul-searching personal journey of faith.
And calling someone a "none" — a person without a religious affiliation — may promote an incorrect assumption that they don't care about spirituality or faith, despite a desire to develop or deepen a connection to a diety.
"People are increasingly unhappy being nailed down to one particular denomination for various reasons — they don't like its politics, don't like its liturgy, have other ideas," said Peter Berger, a professor emeritus of religion, sociology and theology at Boston University and director of the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs. "People are becoming much more selective in their religious affiliations, and if they have none, or haven't found one that they liked that's very interesting. But to conclude from this that America is becoming less religious would be a big mistake."
Pew Research Center data shows that nearly two-thirds of religiously unaffiliated Americans say they believe in God, 37 percent of them call themselves spiritual, and one-in-five (21 percent) report praying every day.
Many younger Americans, particularly millennials, aren't in church because they're frustrated with religious institutions that they feel are "out of touch, corrupt, biased, or too politicized," says Penny Edgell, a sociologist at the University of Minnesota who studies religion in the United States and how it shapes the moral culture.
"Among the younger generations, religious institutions have not always promoted something that they would consider authentic spirituality," she said.
As more and more individuals drop out of religious participation, it will be up to religious institutions to recognize that they've lost a generation or two and change "how we do church," Edgell said. Some individuals may come back, others may not, but an increasingly secular society doesn't automatically mean a worse one, she argues.
While it's too early to write off religious institutions as irrelevant, Edgell says, the rise of the "nones" cannot be ignored.
In the past, similar drops have been cyclical. Individuals became more religious as they married, had children and grew older, Newport said. He argues the same is likely to happen with millennials. But it may not happen to the same degree, other scholars say, given that marriage rates are dropping (only 51 percent of adults were married in 2011, compared to 72 percent in 1960) and the fact that "there is much more freedom for people to feel like they can pursue a spiritual connection, larger meaning and purpose without reference to formal religious institutions," Edgell said. "That is a trend that is here to stay."
Benefits of belonging
In April 2009, PamayBassey's grandmother died. A few months later, she lost her dad to complications from prostate cancer. By December, a years-long romantic relationship ended.
In despair, Bassey, who had always considered herself a Christian, realized she hadn't invested in her faith and had nothing to fall back on for comfort.
So she set out to reclaim her connection to God.
One year later, Bassey had visited 61 different places of worship from the United States to Nigeria, developing an appreciation for the breadth of spiritual expressions and renewing her faith in a loving, omniscient and deeply interested God.
"I am still a Christian, but I have a much more powerful and authentic connection to God," she said. "I have a religious practice; I attend church, have daily prayer and meditation. It's an active faith.
"If you don't subscribe to God, I think it's possible to be a good person," she continued, "but there is enormous power for those who have figured out how to connect to a divine force, a driving force in their life."
That driving force can offer a wide array of benefits. A recent study out of Oregon State University found that religiosity and spirituality each had distinctive benefits: religiosity was associated with health benefits, while spirituality was associated with psychological well-being.
"When trying to understand the connection between spirituality and health, one doesn't necessarily need to invoke anything mystical," said Jeff Levin, an epidemiologist and director of the Program on Religion and Population Health at Baylor's Institute for Studies of Religion. "I don't rule that out, but faith, spirituality encourages positive healthy lifestyle behaviors (and) the fellowship that comes from being with like-minded others can be very beneficial as social support, psychological support. Spirituality deserves a place on the table along with diet, exercise, genetics, environment, access to health care, all the various things that we know influence mental health."
For Levin, the terms "faith," "spirituality" and "religion" all blend together to mean an interaction with the divine and the spiritual part of life. But for others, spirituality and religion belong in very different worlds.
Jason Lilly, 37, feels more spiritual than ever but is quick to say he's not religious. Raised as a fifth generation Jehovah's Witness, Lilly planned to spend his life spreading the faith, but left at age 31 due to some unresolvable concerns. He has no plans to ever go back. "I found that I became a better person, more comfortable with myself," he said. "(I have) a better sense of morality because it's my own morality that I've defined, as opposed to having it hoisted upon me. I don't believe in God, but I do believe in the universe," he continued. "When no one else is controlling things, a lot of the weight is on you to be a better person."
For others, the quest to become a better person is aided by religious institutions and rituals.
In a study of Israeli Jews, Levin found that attending synagogue is associated with greater happiness, while prayer increases happiness and life satisfaction and serves as a coping mechanism for those dealing with physical challenges.
Going to church and praying have even been found to help promote positive self-esteem and reduce depression among young women with eating disorders.
"The belief that one has a close relationship with a loving, powerful God who can intervene in personal affairs and offers the promise of eternal life may foster feelings of self-worth, confidence, and hope," according to the study in the Journal of Religion & Health. "Compared with their counterparts, young women who perceive that they enjoy a close personal relationship with God may find struggles over body size and physical appearance to be less threatening to their core sense of self."
That sense of self blossoms when one understands their relationship with and responsibility to God, say religious leaders and Judeo-Christian scholars, citing the first of the Ten Commandments given to Moses on Mount Sinai thousands of years ago: "I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
While most attention is often focused on the latter end of the verse, which instructs individuals against deifying other religious figures, material objects or worldly pursuits, many scholars say it's just as important to remember the entire commandment, as it establishes the "ruler-subject relationship that governs everything that follows," writes Leon Kass, a physician, scientist and public intellectual.
"On this understanding, 'I the Lord am thy God' emphasizes that the speaker is the individual hearer's personal deity: not just the god of this locale, capable of making the mountain tremble, rumble, and smoke, but the very One who brought you personally out of your servitude in Egypt," Kass writes.
Or, in Mindy Smith's life, helped her become the mother she'd always longed to be.
"In difficult times, having something to be anchored to helps me be a healthier person," said Smith, 39, who was raised in a nonreligious home but now attends an Assembly of God congregation in New York City. "Hurt is easier to deal with if you have a relationship with God."
Smith has been through her share of trying moments, but when she looks at her 5-year-old adopted daughter, Lily, she knows God is actively involved in her family's life: "We've just had too many giant miracles in our lives to ignore."
Published in the Deseret News, April 12, 2014 (Salt Lake City, UT)
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This man would rather lose his job than lose his life.
Shannon Cothran was fired from his job working as a gas station cashier in Nashua, New Hampshire after he pulled a gun on a man who walked in armed with a knife and threatened him.
Surveillance video captured the scary incident, which took place last weekend.
After Cothran whipped out his gun, the suspect, who is still at-large, left the Shell station.
Cothran has a permit for the gun and kept it with him because of a recent string of robberies in the area.
He was fired for his actions because the company which owns the station has a policy barring employees from carrying weapons. Cothran says he knew the incident would cost him his job:
I knew exactly what I was doing I made a conscious choice to protect my life and put myself in a situation where I would have to find new employment."
Police also said Cothran did nothing wrong, noting he did what he had to do to protect his life. As for losing his job, Cothran is keeping everything in perspective, saying, "I would rather find a new job than either be in a hospital bed or in a coffin."
Nouria Energy Corporation, which owns the station, released a statement about Cothran's actions, saying, in part, "We do respect the constitutional right to bear arms. However, we believe the best way to keep our employees and customers safe is to prohibit weapons in the workplace. Our training and policies are aligned with what is customary in the retail/conveniences store industries and is consistent with advice offered by security and police organizations."


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Love cooking or hate it, much of your time in the kitchen is likely wasted by easily correctable mistakes you probably don't even know you're making. You waste time prepping ingredients, use your knives incorrectly, mix and match the wrong utensils, and throw out food that's still good—and those are just a few of the stupid things you do in the kitchen. Here's how to fix them.
Stupid Thing #1: You Spend Too Much Time Prepping Ingredients
Few people enjoy the tedium of prepping ingredients. Sometimes it's a process that can take time, but there are generally simple techniques that eliminate one of the most time-consuming kitchen tasks. Many of these methods are specific to the ingredients themselves, but an organized approach can make a difference across the board. As Bon Appetit magazine suggests, working assembly line style can help you accomplish your prep faster by pairing similar tasks together:
Say you're cutting a bunch of carrots into sticks; it doesn't make sense to trim, peel, and slice each one individually. You'll move much faster (and won't mix peeled with dirty) if you apply the same step to each at once. This goes for any other prep project as well.
It also helps to use two bowls—one for scraps and one for cleaning—so you don't make a mess during the preparation process. If you're handling many ingredients, you can keep them nicely separated with a muffin tin.
These are all great ways to save you time and keep you organized, but a few common ingredients have tricks all their own. A head of garlic can be peeled in 10 seconds by shaking it up in two bowls. To avoid the mess (and most of the tears), there is a specific method for dicing onions. You cut them in half, lay the halves flat, make horizontal cuts nearly the entire way through, and then dice the onion slices in place. (Video demonstration here.) Chopping most other vegetables has a bit more to do with proper knife technique, but we'll be getting to that very shortly. For a few more speedy kitchen tricks, check out our top 10 on the subject.
Stupid Thing #2: You Use Your Knives Wrong
Holding a knife properly, using it effectively, and keeping it sharp are three things that are often ignored and yet very simple to learn. You're not going to master technique in a matter of minutes, but that's enough time to correct a few common mistakes.
The easiest issue to correct is a dull blade, and it's one of the most important. Dulls knives result in the majority of kitchen injuries and for no good reason. There are many ways to sharpen a knife, but one of the best is a sharpening steel. If you're not familiar, a sharpening steel is essential a steel rod with ridges. You run a knife's blade across it in a perpendicular alignment with a slight angle and that results in a sharper edge. (Video demonstration here.) Some chefs, however, believe that pushing the blade against the steel slowly causes damage. Instead, pulling the blade away from the steel creates less friction and resistance but still sharpens the knife and straightens the blade. (Video demonstration here.) Either way, you'll have a more effective (and safer) cooking utensil when all is said and done. Steels aren't your only option. You have many, ranging from a stone to the bottom of a cup. No matter what you use, you're going to need to know when the knife is actual sharp. StackExchange user Adam Jaskiewicz found that using a Sharpie (or other permanent marker with a less-appropriate name) can help you out:
[One] trick is to run a Sharpie or other permanent marker along the edge. As you remove material, keep checking to see if you're removing all of the black from the edge. If there's still some marker along the "blade side" of the edge, your angle is too steep. If there's still some along the "air side" of the edge, your angle is too shallow.
Knowing all of that, you should have no issue keeping your knives sharp. Next, you want to make sure you're holding your knives correctly. There isn't one single hand position for every way you'll use them, but in general you want a grip that won't limit your range of motion. The best way to achieve this is by gripping the handle with your three back fingers and pinching the neck of the knife—where the blade meets the handle—with your pointer finger and your thumb. (Video demonstration here.) This will allow for good speed and precision.
Finally, learning a few techniques can make a big difference when employing your knives in the kitchen. How to move a knife is something that doesn't translate too well to text and is more suited for video, so watch this one to pick up the basics. It'll teach you a proper forward slice, back slice, and tip-down rocking and chopping techniques as well as a few safety pointers.
Stupid Thing #3: You Throw Out Food Long Before Its Time Has Come
We live in an age of paranoia where many of us believe that foods go bad long before their time is up. We confuse sell-by and best-by dates with expiration, and doing so involves tossing out an item when it's still entirely edible. We often refrigerate foods that don't require refrigeration. When a food looks and smells fine, chances are it is but I found that many people don't think that's true. I left out cooked green beans overnight and asked people on Twitter and Facebook to take bets if I would get sick. While many people assumed I'd be fine, about as many figured I was headed for disaster. If you believe leaving a vegetable out on the counter for about a day is going to result in it going bad, you're wrong. I was fine, even though it is recommended to refrigerate after just two hours. Sites like Still Tasty seeks to provide recommendations for how long food can survive under various conditions, but in my tests I found these estimates to be overly cautious. It's probably in Still Tasty's best interest to err on the side of safety, but generally you're a pretty good judge of what's good and what isn't. If it's not growing mold, it smells fine, and a taste test reveals nothing out of the ordinary, chances are you're good to go. In the end, safety is the most important thing but don't go throwing out perfectly good food out of paranoia. Check if it's still good first.
Stupid Thing #4: You Don't Use Heat Effectively
Heat is a tricky thing and it's easy to misuse, but it's just as easy to do it right. The trick? Don't rush. If you compare the results you get in a microwave to an standard oven, you know that the resulting quality of the product from the oven is significantly better. Although the technologies at play are quite a bit different, it's still another of how when you rush something the results tend to be subpar.
Food magazine Cooking Light notes that cooking meat in water too quickly actually results in a dryer texture. In this case, it's better to simmer for longer than boil in a hurry. Melting chocolate also requires patience and frequent stirring as it can easily burn as it gains a liquid form. When it comes to butter, it's best to let it sit out and soften naturally over time than rush it into a semi-liquid in the microwave. When over-softened butter is used in baking thicker items like cookies, butter needs to be thicker to help the cookie keep its form and spread evenly in the oven. Although you can boil cream, low-fat milk products will curdle if heated too quickly. One of the most common mistakes is heating oil until it smokes. As The Huffington Post points out, this can really ruin the flavor:
Not only do many oils taste bad once they have been heated to or past their smoke point, but when oils are heated to their smoke point or reheated repeatedly, they start to break down, destroying the oil's beneficial antioxidants and forming harmful compounds. However, an oil's smoke point is really a temperature range (olive oil's is between 365° and 420°F), not an absolute number, because many factors affect the chemical properties of oil. You can safely and healthfully cook with any oil by not heating it until it's smoking-to get your oil hot enough to cook with, just heat it until it shimmers.
Everything you heat in the kitchen is going to react a little bit differently, so while patience is generally a safer bet you should find out how your ingredients handle heat. You may find that you can get significantly better results by simply adjusting temperature and time, making your food a lot better with very little effort at all.
Stupid Thing #5: You Misuse and Mistreat Your Pots and Pans
Your pots and pans take a lot of damage in their lifetimes, so you don't want to make it worse. It's important to know the differences, advantages, and disadvantages of cookware surfaces so you can avoid mistreating them and actually use them effectively. Because of the popularity and convenience of non-stick surfaces, they're most often prone to misuse. The Huffington Posts notes that you want to avoid using using non-stick surfaces with metal utensils (as it can scratch the coating) and in high heat:
Turn down the heat when using nonstick pans. High temperatures can cause the nonstick lining to release PFCs (perfluorocarbons) in the form of fumes. PFCs are linked to liver damage and developmental problems. Check with your pan manufacturer to see what temperatures they recommend.
In the case of calphalon surfaces, it is recommended you keep your non-stick pans out of the dishwasher as well because the harsh environment can slowly strip the coating. Teflon, however, should be just fine. As suggested, you'll want to consult with your cookware's manufacturer to find out what is, indeed, safe, but keeping the heat medium-to-low and washing by hand will minimize your risk.
Treating pots and pans poorly isn't the only type of mistake you can make. Many of us have a tendency to crowd the pan, and as Cooking Light points out, that can affect the quality of your resulting meal:
Food releases moisture as it's cooked, so leave room for the steam to escape. It's easy to overcrowd a pan when you're in a hurry, particularly if you have to brown a large amount of meat for a beef stew. But the brown, crusty bits are critical for flavor, particularly with lower-fat cooking.
It's also recommended that you don't stir too often unless your recipe requires it. Flipping meat frequently can also be problematic, as this will cause you to miss out on a nice crust. It's easy to get paranoid because you don't want to end up with burnt food, but after a little practice you'll start to get the hang of how often to flip or stir your food.
Stupid Thing #6: You Make Cleanup Harder Than Necessary
Perhaps the biggest downside to cooking is the cleanup, but it actually doesn't have to be that difficult if you plan in advance. As mentioned earlier, a two-bowl method makes it a lot easier to manage waste as you cook and avoid sweeping up bits of food scattered around the kitchen. This, and any other method of cleaning as you go, can save you a lot of time later on and make cleanup feel like a much more manageable chore.
Even the best preparation can leave you with a difficult task now and again, especially when you end up with food stuck on a dish that just refuses to come off. Fortunately, there are several tricks you can employ. Drier sheets, dishwasher detergent, and salt scrub are all capable of lifting stubborn food from your dishes when combined with lukewarm water and left alone for a few hours. When stains are a problem, Bar Keepers Friend and apple peels can help get them out. If your oven is messy, cooking a pan filled with ammonia can help lift the grease. White vinegar is almost always useful in many situations, from cleaning cloudy glassware to steam-cleaning the microwave. Even if you're not particularly fond of consuming the stuff, it can be useful to keep around the house for eliminating the mess from your other food.
Know of any other common mistakes in the kitchen and how to fix them? Share yours in the comments.
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Chapter 12
Jesus calls and commissions the twelve disciples—He delivers to the Nephites a discourse similar to the Sermon on the Mount—He speaks the Beatitudes—His teachings transcend and take precedence over the law of Moses—Men are commanded to be perfect even as He and His Father are perfect—Compare Matthew 5. About A.D. 34.
1 aAnd it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words unto Nephi, and to those who had been called, (now the number of them who had been called, and received power and authority to bbaptize, was ctwelve) and behold, he stretched forth his hand unto the multitude, and cried unto them, saying: dBlessed are ye if ye shall give heed unto the words of these twelve whom I have echosen from among you to minister unto you, and to be your servants; and unto them I have given power that they may baptize you with water; and after that ye are baptized with water, behold, I will baptize you with fire and with the Holy Ghost; therefore blessed are ye if ye shall believe in me and be baptized, after that ye have seen me and know that I am.
2 And again, more blessed are they who shall abelieve in your words because that ye shall testify that ye have seen me, and that ye know that I am. Yea, blessed are they who shall bbelieve in your cwords, and dcome down into the depths of humility and be baptized, for they shall be visited ewith fire and with the Holy Ghost, and shall receive a remission of their sins.
3 Yea, blessed are the apoor in spirit who bcome unto me, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 And again, blessed are all they that amourn, for they shall be bcomforted.
5 And blessed are the ameek, for they shall inherit the bearth.
6 And blessed are all they who do ahunger and bthirst after crighteousness, for they shall be dfilled with the Holy Ghost.
7 And blessed are the amerciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
8 And blessed are all the apure in heart, for they shall bsee God.
9 And blessed are all the apeacemakers, for they shall be called the bchildren of God.
10 And blessed are all they who are apersecuted for my name's sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 And blessed are ye when men shall arevile you and persecute, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake;
12 For aye shall have great joy and be exceedingly glad, for great shall be your breward in heaven; for so cpersecuted they the prophets who were before you.
13 Verily, verily, I say unto you, I give unto you to be the asalt of the earth; but if the salt shall lose its savor wherewith shall the earth be salted? The salt shall be thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men.
14 Verily, verily, I say unto you, I give unto you to be the light of this people. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
15 Behold, do men light a acandle and put it under a bushel? Nay, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light to all that are in the house;
16 Therefore let your alight so shine before this people, that they may see your good works and bglorify your Father who is in heaven.
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets. I am not come to destroy but to fulfil;
18 For verily I say unto you, aone jot nor one tittle hath not passed away from the blaw, but in me it hath all been fulfilled.
19 And behold, I have given you the law and the commandments of my Father, that ye shall believe in me, and that ye shall repent of your sins, and come unto me with a abroken heart and a contrite spirit. Behold, ye have the commandments before you, and the blaw is fulfilled.
20 Therefore acome unto me and be ye saved; for verily I say unto you, that except ye shall keep my bcommandments, which I have commanded you at this time, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
21 Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, and it is also written before you, that thou shalt not akill, and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment of God;
22 But I say unto you, that whosoever is aangry with his brother shall be in danger of his judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
23 Therefore, aif ye shall come unto me, or shall desire to come unto me, and rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee—
24 Go thy way unto thy brother, and first be areconciled to thy brother, and then come unto me with full bpurpose of heart, and I will receive you.
25 aAgree with thine adversary quickly while thou art in the way with him, lest at any time he shall get thee, and thou shalt be cast into prison.
26 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence until thou hast paid the uttermost senine. And while ye are in prison can ye pay even one asenine? Verily, verily, I say unto you, Nay.
27 Behold, it is written by them of old time, that thou shalt not commit aadultery;
28 But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman, to alust after her, hath committed adultery already in his heart.
29 Behold, I give unto you a commandment, that ye suffer anone of these things to enter into your bheart;
30 For it is better that ye should deny yourselves of these things, wherein ye will take up your across, than that ye should be cast into hell.
31 It hath been written, that whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of adivorcement.
32 Verily, verily, I say unto you, that whosoever shall aput away his wife, saving for the cause of bfornication, causeth her to commit cadultery; and whoso shall marry her who is divorced committeth adultery.
33 And again it is written, thou shalt not aforswear thyself, but shalt bperform unto the Lord thine coaths;
34 But verily, verily, I say unto you, aswear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne;
35 Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool;
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair black or white;
37 But let your acommunication be bYea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever cometh of more than these is evil.
38 And behold, it is written, an aeye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth;
39 But I say unto you, that ye shall not aresist evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right bcheek, cturn to him the other also;
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law and take away thy coat, alet him have thy cloak also;
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to ago a mile, go with him twain.
42 aGive to him that asketh thee, and from him that would bborrow of thee turn thou not away.
43 And behold it is written also, that thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy;
44 But behold I say unto you, love your aenemies, bless them that curse you, do bgood to them that hate you, and cpray for them who despitefully use you and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven; for he maketh his sun to rise aon the evil and on the good.
46 Therefore those things which were of old time, which were under the law, in me are all afulfilled.
47 aOld things are done away, and all things have become bnew.
48 Therefore I would that ye should be aperfect even as I, or your Father who is in heaven is perfect.


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He was the numbers guy, but in the end his numbers were all wrong!
Sounds like the tagline from a forgettable SyFy Channel movie involving a Hollywood supercollider made from Christmas tree lights and low budget GCI, a physicist played by C. Thomas Howell, a buxom lab assistant with a pair of silicon enhanced God particles, and a portal to an evil alternate dimension of evil, doesn't it?
Actually, it's the tickler for John Dickerson's excellent article on Slate today: Why Romney Never Saw It Coming.
Which, come to think of it would also make a good title for a movie starring C. Thomas Howell. But I digress.
Dickerson begins:
Mitt Romney says he is a numbers guy, but in the end he got the numbers wrong. His campaign was adamant that public polls in the swing states were mistaken. They claimed the pollsters were over-estimating the number of Democrats who would turn out on Election Day. Romney's campaign was certain that minorities would not show up for Obama in 2012 the way they did in 2008.
The Romney campaign, along with conservative leaders and the usual frothy red-faced pundits, reported a steady increase in Romney's popularity beginning when they declared Mitt the "winner" of his first debate with President Obama. By the day of the election they'd gone from mere optimism to rapturous predictions of certain victory personally endorsed by Jesus himself.
Meanwhile, polls not affiliated with either the Romney Campaign nor Rupert Murdock's media empire continued to show Obama with a narrow, but measurable and decisive, lead. Those polls indicated that minorities would turn out in record numbers, and that they would vote overwhelmingly for Obama – along with a lot of white people.
We don't believe the numbers, we don't believe your data, conservatives sneered dismissively.
We don't believe those lazy shiftless minorities will get off their welfare dependent asses and actually vote. Mitt doesn't need to worry about them, they don't matter. What matters are real Americans. Real Americans like us. And we're coming to take back our country!
We don't believe the liberal media!
Which is too bad really, because it turns out the "liberal" media was right. It was the conservative media that was padding the numbers – along with quite a few other things as it turns out, but we'll come back to that.
So convinced were Republicans of their victory, that the Romney Campaign had already bought and paid for a huge fireworks display with which they intended to kick off their victory celebration.
Romney himself penned only a victory speech – never believing that he might have to concede.
Sadly, the speech he ended up giving in his final moments as a presidential candidate was quite likely the first and only time during the entire campaign that we actually saw the real Mitt Romney, sincere and likeable, finally free of his party, a little humble, no longer pretending to be an extremist, no longer pandering to hardline conservative voters and TV personalities who really didn't like him anyway, no longer the clockwork golem jerking to the bony clenched fist of the GOP. That man, that Mitt Romney who gave that off the cuff concession speech, that was a man who could have been president – if only he'd shown up during the primaries. I honestly felt sympathy for him in that moment. Just as I did, briefly (very briefly) for John McCain four years before, when his mask finally crumpled and a tired beaten old man who had once been a hero stared out of our TV sets. Unfortunately, McCain almost immediately returned to pretending at extremism in a pathetic attempt to remain relevant while the actual extremist monster he'd unwittingly unleashed continues to blunder randomly around the countryside roaring incoherently and attacking the villagers. It remains to be seen if Romney will follow the same pattern, or if he will actually live up to his concession speech. I see his little hunchbacked assistant has already returned to the lab.
Conservatives were dumbfounded by Obama's victory.
They just couldn't believe it.
They still don't.
As I've said elsewhere, gravity is a bitch.
It should have been no surprise at all.
Of course, since the election, the pundits and the politicians and the political strategists and the prognosticators and the money people have, one and all, been scrambling to show why, in fact, they weren't actually wrong. It was the size of Obama's war chest they say. It was rigged ballots. It was the hurricane. It was Satan. It was some kind of mind bending Negro Mojo or Project HAARP. It was women and Hispanics and especially African Americans who didn't stay home like they were supposed to. It was ORCA. It was the forty-seven percent. It was this and it was that and maybe it was C. Thomas Howell and his evil army of evil from beyond the portal of evil.
But you know what? The simple truth of the matter is this: conservatives have nobody to blame but themselves.
They shouldn't be asking themselves why they lost, they should be asking themselves what else have they got wrong?
When you base your strategy on what you want the intelligence to be instead of what it actually is, you end up with a flawed strategy. Always.
And then you lose.
That's how the universe works.
Gravity will kill you, whether you believe in it or not because the universe just doesn't care what you believe.
If Romney's advisors didn't believe the polls, then they should have hired a non-partisan outside agency to validate the data one way or the other. And if the results showed that they were behind, instead of denying it they should have adjusted their ground game accordingly.
Instead, Romney had people blow smoke up his ass until his colon resembled beef jerky.
Hiring people who only tell you what you want to hear is a bad, bad, bad habit to get into.
It's bad for business – because it leads directly to bankruptcy and the collapse of financial systems.
It's bad for the average Joe – because it leads to signing an interest-only mortgage for nearly a million dollars on a house that is worth maybe a quarter of that.
It's bad for a candidate and bad for the Republic – because it makes for ignorant frightened hysterical citizens.
And it's bad, very bad, for national leaders – because, among other things, you could end up invading other countries on faulty pretexts and having to stand before seven thousand cold steel boxes at Dover Air Force base as a result.
You might get away with it for a while, you can maybe believe what you like for a time without consequence, but sooner or later reality tends to come roaring ashore and drown your whole damned city. It doesn't matter if you believe in climate change or not, hurricanes don't care what you believe.
Pilots call it spatial disorientation.
Sometimes spatial disorientation happens from damage to the inner ear, or from disease, or drugs, or a lack of oxygen.
But more often it happens when you lose the horizon.
It happens when you lose your reference points and your perception doesn't agree with reality. You become disorientated, your inner ear spins, and you suddenly stop being able to tell up from down or if you're diving or climbing.
A pilot can regain control – by trusting the instruments and disregarding scrambled human perception.
But it takes training.
Nearly half of all aviation accidents can be attributed in some manner to spatial disorientation, because many pilots aren't instrument rated and they fly beyond their capability to recover.
It takes training and practice to recover from spatial disorientation. It takes a deliberate effort.
Just as it takes training and practice and discipline to accept military intelligence, even when it contradicts the commander's preconceived understanding of the battlespace.
Just as it takes training and practice and discipline and maturity of thought to accept emerging scientific evidence, to accept political reality, to accept changing demographics and changing attitudes and sampling data, especially when that information contradicts long held religious and/or political beliefs. Especially when it contradicts what we want to hear.
That's why our public schools are so important, that's why education itself is so very important – it's not that we teach the next generation what to think, it's that we teach them how.
If they know how to think, they'll figure out the what on their own (of course, that's really the rub, isn't it? And why so many people fear education. And that's really a whole other essay).
Now to be clear, a little healthy skepticism leads to better thinking. Of course we shouldn't always trust our instruments, not without cross checking and calibration and proper understanding of the data presented, that's why pilots (and scientists, and engineers, and military commanders) perform preflight checks before they pull the wheel chocks. It's a process, and it takes training to know if your instruments are operating properly, just as it take training to develop proper thinking habits and a healthy skepticism.
Automatic reflexive denial is not healthy skepticism.
And reflexive denial, this spatial disorientation, has became a habit with a significant portion of our nation, this refusal to face unpleasant truths because we don't want to hear what the universe is actually telling us. I saw it over and over again when I worked in military Intelligence. I saw it in the business world. I saw it in the mortgage bubble and the economic collapse. And I see it all around me now, in the recent election, in the public perception, this spatial disorientation, this denial of what our instruments are really telling us.
The dumbfounded state of the republican party today is a symptom of a much greater disorientation.
For the last two decades conservatives have increasingly indulged themselves in willful spatial disorientation, denying the reality of nearly every aspect of our world from evolution to climate change to the changing demographics of the United States. In the last four years it has reached a fever pitch of denial.
You can find a chart and a detailed list of Obama conspiracy theories here, it's mind boggling. Everything from the stock Oh Noes! Obama is a Mooooslim, to He wasn't born here it's twue! to Obama is gay, to Obama is really a space alien. Go on, follow the link, it's safe and it's worth a couple minutes of your time. Note who is saying this stuff, those are the people who shape today's GOP, those people right there – and don't pretend that they don't because if you read the comments in forums where conservatives hang out, you'll hear this stuff repeated almost verbatim. Romney himself repeated some of it, and so did prominent members of his campaign, party, and financial supporters.
Ridiculous, isn't it?
Of course Obama couldn't be all of those things.
No ordinary human being could.
Exactly, that just proves he's the superhuman demonic Anti-Christ!
This kind of nonsense, this faulty reasoning and hysterical panic, this kind of spatial disorientation, has very real consequences. It impacts our entire country, from education to the budget to those people who want to secede from the union right on down to the man in Florida who killed himself because Barack Obama won a second term.
It's spatial disorientation.
Conservatives have lost their horizon.
When your perception becomes disconnected from reality, doubling down on the spin only gets you killed.
The way to save yourself is to ignore your inner ear, take a deep breath, look down, find your horizon, trust in your instruments, and calmly take corrective action.
Reality, no matter how painful, no matter how disorientating, trumps illusion every time.
In the end, it wasn't that the numbers were wrong, it's that conservatives didn't want to believe reality.
So they didn't.
And that's why they never saw it coming.


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NeverNotKnitting Podcast : Episode 14 : The Enlightenment Of A Wannabe Knitter
84 comments:
- knitbot said...
Hey Alana - I really enjoyed this episode, especially Ava talking about Mousie! I haven't used O-wool before, I will have to give a try.
- March 1, 2009 at 8:17 PM
- Pam Sykes (aka Pretty Knitty) said...
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- March 2, 2009 at 7:02 AM
- Pam Sykes (aka Pretty Knitty) said...
I have not seen O-Wool in my LYS, so I may have to try Dancing Ewe yarns. . .I always like to fondle a yarn before I buy, but I can take a great knitter's word for it. Thanks you great knitter you! Wonderful podcast!
2012 Classic Slate - March 2, 2009 at 7:03 AM
- knittingbunnymum said...
Another great episode Alana. This O-Wool looks so yummy. I have to say that Chocolate is my favorite colour although they are all so beautiful. I really enjoyed listening, Thanks!
knittingbunnymum (Sarah) - March 2, 2009 at 9:27 AM
- CeRae said...
O.K. - I had to resist the urge to run over and squeeze my computer when I heard your daughter's sweet little voice coming out of it!!! Toooo cute :)
Another great podcast Alana - thank you!
Hard to pick a favorite color, but at the moment... Rust 4112 - March 2, 2009 at 10:37 AM
- gurunam said...
Thanks for a great podcast. Your daughter is too cute. The sweater is adorable as well. I've been wanting to try O-wool. I really like their concept. If I am lucky enough to win the drawing, I'd like the rose gold.
Thanks for another great podcast. - March 2, 2009 at 10:39 AM
- Becky said...
Great podcast! I have to say that my favorite colors are either tea rose and garnet. If I somehow managed to win I would definitely pick garnet!!!
- March 2, 2009 at 10:57 AM
- Becky said...
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- March 2, 2009 at 10:58 AM
- Kat Clark said...
Hi Alana, really enjoyed the podcast and the yarns...Like the chocolate too.
Missed mtg you at stitches., but i really enjoyed my first exp. there and classes too. - March 2, 2009 at 11:36 AM
- Unknown said...
love to knit and listen to what you have to say!!! love the o-wool color plum!!!maryann
- March 2, 2009 at 11:40 AM
- Sarah said...
I really appreciate the Dancing Ewe offering discounts (and now giveaways!) to your listeners. I ordered twice last month. :O
If I was to win the giveaway I would like to try the cornflower blue. - March 2, 2009 at 11:50 AM
- Darlene said...
Hi Alana, great show as always! I so agree with "SweetDreams" you daughter sounded sooo cute and truely delighted with her new mousie friend! If I was the lucky one I would love sumac...I think that was the color!!
Thanks again for a great podcast!
Darlene in Snowy PEI - March 2, 2009 at 12:02 PM
- jkinsc said...
Love your podcast...
If I'm chosen in the NNK drawing, I'd love to try the chocolate colorway of the O-Wool Classic.
Thanks! - March 2, 2009 at 12:28 PM
- Marisa said...
Great episode! Your Watermelon Sweater is absolutely adorable - i would love to make one for my neice. If I were the lucky winner of the O-Wool, I would choose the Plum. Can't wait for the next episode!
- March 2, 2009 at 1:50 PM
- Stacy said...
Hi Alana, thank you for your podcast. I look forward to each episode. Congratulations on your new designs - they are wonderful! I, too, have an obsession with green, so my favorite O-Wool Classic color is Willow.
- March 2, 2009 at 2:05 PM
- Heather D. said...
Alana, thanks for another wonderful episode.
If I win the draw, I'd love to try the Evergreen colour.
~Heather - March 2, 2009 at 2:37 PM
- Unknown said...
Great podcast, Alana. The O wool looks lovely. I, like you, need to step away from green and I love the Saffron colorway.
Julie - March 2, 2009 at 2:55 PM
- mommy5knits said...
I just found you and listened to my first podcast from you. I am so excited to have another great podcast to listen to while I knit. I would love 4302 willow and would definately need to purchase extra for a larger sweater. What a gift.
Thanks again,
Shari - March 2, 2009 at 3:05 PM
- Auntea said...
Hey Alana, thanks for the O-Wool recommendation. I can just feel myself wrapped up in a "Natural" shawl. Since learning to knit I have developed an addiction for shawls. Although, a baby sweater for my daughter's hope chest would be wonderful too. Hmmm so many ideas......
- March 2, 2009 at 6:59 PM
- Megan said...
Thanks for another great episode! I've been hearing a lot about O-wool, but I've never tried it before. I love the Cornflower color.
- March 2, 2009 at 10:35 PM
- rdwmrs said...
Alana, your Watermelon sweater design is adorable and I completely melted when she talked about Mousie. The O-Wool looks great and I see it resists pilling as well, which is great. I'd love to try it in the Plum. I wish my LYS carried this yarn so I could fondle it.
- March 3, 2009 at 6:36 AM
- Debi said...
I'm a first time listener but I really enjoyed your podcast. And what a cute sweater!
#2301 Cornflower - March 3, 2009 at 9:49 AM
- kj said...
I love the watermelon sweater...wish I had someone to knit it for! Can't wait to see your Forecast and have to say the yarn looks so yummy...love the color Sumac.
- March 3, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Alana! Thanks for such a great review of the O-Wool!! This will definitely be the next yarn I buy. If I win the drawing, I'd like yarn in Sumac. I could really use a red sweater! Thank you!
~ruth - March 3, 2009 at 11:31 AM
- Lumie said...
The podcast was really good. The Watermelon pattern is really cute. I also haven't tried O-Wool, but if I were to make something out of it I would use the Evergreen colorweigh.
- March 3, 2009 at 11:56 AM
- Resorta said...
I am a new listener, having heard only three podcasts. I like your stories from other knitters. Your daughter's reaction to Mousie was darling.
- March 3, 2009 at 12:15 PM
- Judy said...
I love your podcast and the theme song is the best. I love to sing along with it. I can't wait to try 0-wool. I would like to try cornflower. Keep them coming. Judy from Kansas
- March 3, 2009 at 12:34 PM
- Taylor & Mikki said...
I really love your podcast! It keeps me entertained at work, which is saying something! The watermelon sweater is so cute! It will definitely be one I will be knitting soon!
4112-Rust - March 3, 2009 at 2:21 PM
- pattybvt said...
Love your podcast and your theme song is hilarious!! Did you write it? It always makes me smile.
I live in VT, but have not used O-wool yet. I like the Garnet color way, and like the Saffron you chose for your sweater. Looking forward to seeing pix on Ravelry... - March 3, 2009 at 2:32 PM
- PamKnits said...
I love your podcast! I look forward to each episode. Your sweater designs are fantastic.
0-wool: cornflower--definitely.
Pam - March 3, 2009 at 3:17 PM
- Jersey Shore Deb said...
Love your Podcast, and the watermelon sweater is so adorable! I wish my 16-year old would go back in time so she could wear it!
I would absolutely love to win the O-Wool. It sounds lovely and I can think of tons of projects I would make with it. I like all of the colors, I think the Saffron (that I guess you're using) looks very pretty. - March 3, 2009 at 3:29 PM
- malaree said...
Great podcast, Ava is going to be a superstar in the knitting podcast world;)
Rust - March 3, 2009 at 4:00 PM
- Leonie said...
Hi Alana. I've only recently discovered your podcast and have finally caught up listening to all the episodes. It's one of my favourites now. The O-Wool sounds very nice-my favourite colour would have to be Mulberry.
- March 3, 2009 at 4:52 PM
- Patti said...
Hi Alana - Great episode. Your daughter is such a cutie. Especially listening to her about her mouse. That mouse is cute too. I haven't seen O-wool, but it looks very interesting. I liked the classic slate color and the chocolate.
- March 3, 2009 at 5:56 PM
- Karen in Maine said...
Alana, I enjoy every episode of your show so much. Your knitting and your daughter--and her dear little voice--are just gorgeous.
As for O-Wool, what a generous contest, and my favorite is chocolate. - March 4, 2009 at 5:24 AM
- Annette said...
Hi Alana,
I enjoy your podcast a lot. Last time I found a "download mp3"-link in the post, which enabled me to listen to it on my mp3-player (while doing the dishes).
Is there a way to download this episode too? Perhaps I'm missing something? - March 4, 2009 at 8:41 AM
I love the watermelon sweater! Thanks for another fun podcast. I've been wanting to try O-Wool - you've made it a priority for me. Love the Garnet color!
- March 4, 2009 at 9:18 AM
- Alana said...
To Answer Annette's Question:
Hi Annette,
Im sorry I forgot to include a download link for Episode 14, Ill be sure to do that for the upcoming episodes. If it makes it easier to listen, you can always subscribe and download all episodes from iTunes. Thanks for listening! - March 4, 2009 at 9:41 AM
I love your podcast! Thanks so much for doing it. And thanks for the chance to win your giveaway! My favorite color is tea rose.
Have a great week! - March 4, 2009 at 10:01 AM
- junie said...
Hi Alana! Thank you for another great podcast. And you're right, your contest is a heck of a good one! My choice of O-Wool color would be #2012 Classic Slate. Please keep podcasting!
- March 4, 2009 at 10:25 AM
- LorrieG said...
Hi there Alana!
This is my second try at posting.......first time from ipod and couldn't remember my log in! LOL
So if I was lucky enough to win 10 skeins of o-wool...........I would choose the slate blue. I would like to make a simple vest for myself. Yes something for me, I am always knitting for the family and gifts........would be nice to try some new to me yarn and make it for me.
Thanks so much!!
Lorrie - March 4, 2009 at 10:49 AM
- erica said...
the watermelon sweater came out so cute...it looks simply delicious and ava looks adorable in it! i really enjoyed the episode too! ok so if i should win the drawing i would like rust...thnks!
- March 4, 2009 at 12:00 PM
- anniebananie said...
Hi Alana, I look forward to your podcasts. I enjoy hearing about the beautiful things you knit and the combination of reviews and stories. I checked out O-wool and think the 'cornflower' colorway is really pretty! Keep up the good work.
- March 4, 2009 at 12:06 PM
- Tinkie said...
Great podcast...I love that in this economy, there's still stuff to do that doesn't cost anything to enjoy! Thanks for your great yarn descriptions. Keep those designs coming...can't wait to see what you'll do next. I would love to knit a sweater in the 9102 Coal colorway. Thanks for making listening (and buying) fun!
- March 4, 2009 at 2:02 PM
- shrinkyknitter said...
Awesome show as usual Alana. I had never even heard of O-Wool before your podcast, so thanks for guiding me to a new yarn find. I think I am boring and just like the Natural color. It would make a gorgeous Ophelia lace vest. Thanks for your podcast and keep up the great work!
shrinkyknitter (Angela) - March 4, 2009 at 2:46 PM
- Amanda N said...
Hey there, I loved this episode, and I love the mousie. I always look forward to your shows - you have a lot of loyal listeners so dont let the negative stuff get on top of you.
PS: Garnet is a great colour!! - March 4, 2009 at 4:35 PM
- Sarah-potterknitter said...
I would like to try the O-wool sometime, so far it's been out of my budget. I like lots of the colors, but the chocolate brown is wonderful!
- March 4, 2009 at 6:38 PM
- wendy said...
Another great podcast! The O-Wool looks beautiful; I haven't seen it before. I would choose Plum.
- March 4, 2009 at 7:42 PM
- Deborah said...
I have to echo all the above comments and say that your daughter is just adorable! Hearing her voice makes me nostalgic for the days when my girls were that small - which wasn't that long ago!
I also have been meaning to tell you that the part of your theme song where the neighbors say, "oh, no, she's taking pictures of socks again, poor girl!" makes me hysterical. It's what I am thinking when I am outside taking pictures of my knitting and hoping no one is looking out their windows at me.
I would love to try the O-Wool - I've never seen it in person but have heard lots of great things about it. I'm going to break out of my brown period and hope for Robin's Egg Blue! - March 5, 2009 at 6:21 AM
- Lisa said...
Love your podcast Alana - especially the stories and how you edit them!
- March 5, 2009 at 6:43 AM
- mikeslittlesis said...
I would love to try the O-wool. Garnet is my favorite of the colors.
Ravelry - mikeslittlesis - March 5, 2009 at 7:19 AM
- Cheryl S./sdbrncacherry said...
Hi Alana- Loved your podcast, as always. Hearing your daughter's voice just made it a lil more entertaining for me though, lol. Adorable. Anyways, if I were to win the o-wool giveway, or even buy some, I'd go for 2012 Classic Slate.
- March 5, 2009 at 9:37 AM
- Angie said...
Hello :) Great show...the little mouse you knitted for your daughter is too cute!
4410 Tea Rose - March 5, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Great podcast as usual. Thanks for keeping me company while I stayed home from work with a sick kid! The O-wool looks like a nice round bouncy yarn. All the texture on your sweater really shows up nicely.
- March 5, 2009 at 2:14 PM
- Melody said...
I've also never seen O-wool in my local shops, but it looks yummy. I appreciate your evaluation of the yarn and the generosity of Dancing Ewe Yarns. I like the 2012ClascSlate color best.
Your daughter is so adorable. Hearing her sweet little voice made my night. I couldn't help but awe out loud. She's so blessed to have such a creative mother like you. - March 5, 2009 at 8:58 PM
- emily said...
I only just found your podcast and I love it! I am downloading all past episodes to hear them as well, thanks so much for sharing with us.
I haven't used o-wool before but it sounds lovely! I love Robins egg blue and Chocolate. - March 6, 2009 at 5:58 AM
- The Litter Box House said...
I'd love a chunk of evergreen colored o-wool. Thanks for providing this opportunity to try the yarn. I've heard of o-wool, but I haven't seen it yet!
Selkie on Ravelry - March 6, 2009 at 7:56 AM
That O-wool classic looks really nice. I especially like the Sumac color. Thanks for another entertaining episode! As soon as I finish my WIP's, I plan on purchasing the watermelon cardigan.
- March 6, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Hi Alana - Thanks for such a great episode. Your daughter's comments about her new mouse were so cute. I'm looking forward to trying out the O-wool. I like the Garnet color. xoxo.
- March 6, 2009 at 2:01 PM
- Liz said...
I loved it - my first episode! And the O-wool looks fabulous. If i win, I think the mulberry is for me!
- March 6, 2009 at 2:16 PM
- Awlobo said...
I am now caught up on all your podcasts and eagerly look forward to the next one! I love hearing about your daughter, as mine is nearly her age. The tangles were hilarious! I also liked Kat's comment about wishing she could just knit up some cheeseburgers for the family! I am still a beginner, and sweaters are an overwhelming thought. But when I get there, I think my problem will be too many blue sweaters! I love the Slate O-Wool Classic color! Thanks for the podcast!
- March 6, 2009 at 3:00 PM
- Dawn said...
Loved hearing Ava talk about her mousie, so sweet! Of course I've never seen O-Wool but love the grove colorway...I know more green!:) Love the watermelon sweater! Hope to see you next week!
- March 7, 2009 at 12:46 PM
- Jan said...
How adorable-both your daughter and Stuart! I would choose the Garnet if I won. Thanks for podcasting!
- March 7, 2009 at 8:04 PM
- Unknown said...
oh Alana, your podcast makes it so hard for me to stick to my Lenten sacrifice--yarn buying, that is. fortunately i dashed over to dancing ewe yarns and picked up some of that shetland spindrift before Ash Wednesday. ;)
all of that O-wool looks gorgeous, if i get lucky and win, i'd love mulberry. - March 8, 2009 at 11:16 AM
- Sally said...
Thanks for another fun podcast.
Love the watermelon sweater!
Boy, pick a favorite color of o wool, that's not easy so many pretty colors. I'm so drawn to the greens but I need to "branch" out :) I do like the Sumac
firstname.lastname@example.com - March 8, 2009 at 1:05 PM
- bethanyg said...
mmm! Lovely yarns! I saw your sweater before I listened and loved how it was coming along. Beautiful color, great stitch definition!
I am partial to oranges, but loved that Saffron. And the Cornflower. ;) - March 8, 2009 at 6:22 PM
- MirEight said...
Hi Alana, I really enjoy your podcast. Your daughter is adorable! I think I might need to try my hand at your watermelon sweater for my niece - so cute! As for O-Wool, have to say that my favorites are Willow and Saffron... -Becky
- March 8, 2009 at 7:02 PM
- abra said...
Another AWEsome episode!...
My favorite LYS is the Dancing Ewe...how cool that they sponsor one of my favorite podcasts:)
All the colors of O-wool are inviting... Plum is at the top of the pack for me. - March 9, 2009 at 5:21 PM
- Malin said...
I would *love* to win this yarn! My favourite O-Wool colour is Sumac, I think. Or maybe Garnet. It is hard to choose when you can't see them in person. The downside of internet shopping...
- March 10, 2009 at 12:56 AM
- Barbara said...
Hi, Alana! As always, I love your last podcast episode. I truly appreciate all the work that you must put into each episode. The O-wool is awesome - I would love to try the "Natural" color.
- March 10, 2009 at 6:20 AM
- rachel b. said...
Thank you for the o-wool offer! I'm really bad about always knitting for other people and not for myself, so I would love to win the o-wool skeins to try some of the o-wool for a knitted project for me. (C: The classic slate color is my favorite. I haven't worked with o-wool before, but the description of it in your podcast made it sound quite lovely.
- March 10, 2009 at 3:34 PM
- Silja Devine said...
Really enjoyed listening to this episode your daughter has the cutest voice! I dont know if I am late to the contest but I really like the colors Plum and evergreen in the o-wool.
- March 11, 2009 at 11:53 AM
- MiniMuppet said...
Hi Alana...Loved your latest episode and the O-Wool looks great...yet I try to remain a pattern driven knitter or else my stash would be huge...Garnet was my favorite....
- March 11, 2009 at 8:20 PM
- Jen said...
Hello! Thank you for all the work you put into your delightful podcasts - I've enjoyed each one, and look forward to more!
I share your love of all things green... My favorite o-wool colors are the sage and the willow. Among my new year's resolutions is the desire to knit my first sweater (up to now I've only knit rectangular things and socks!). Perhaps the o-wool is the perfect yarn for this new venture! - March 12, 2009 at 3:36 PM
- Sisterknits said...
Hi Alana,
Love your podcast! And I really enjoyed the audio clips of your adorable daughter-- just precious! I also admire have you've turned your passion for knitting into a business -- you go girl! If I'm lucky enough to win the O wool prize, send me chocolate!
Keep it up! - March 12, 2009 at 6:19 PM
- Paula said...
I look forward to your podcasts. Thanks for providing such interesting listening! I love the O-wool Sumac colorway-gorgeous!
- March 13, 2009 at 6:17 AM
- Cookey_knits said...
I just love to listen to your podcast while I Knit. I would like to try the O- Wool I would make a sweater for my son and he likes the colour red so I would like the coulor 4112-rust.
- March 13, 2009 at 7:44 AM
- jen1970 said...
I just found your podcast and really enjoy it. If I were to win, I would love the sage O-wool. Keep up the great work!!
- March 13, 2009 at 12:24 PM
- Laura said...
Whoops, I think I left my contest entry comment in the wrong blog post. So here it is, and I like the color Evergreen! Great podcast!
- March 13, 2009 at 12:53 PM
- Unknown said...
Thanks for a great podcast. I am intrigued by the O-Wool. DH needs a sweater and this yarn is definitely in the running.
BTW, my favorite color is Robin's Egg, just in case :) - March 13, 2009 at 4:18 PM
- Carolyn Ponce said...
Alana - This was my first of your podcasts to listen to and I *loved* it. The theme song had me crying (my husband was asleep so I couldn't laugh). I even took it to work and shared with another knitter. I might even order the O-Wool Classic for fun. The Slate color or the Sage....Which one???
- March 13, 2009 at 5:49 PM
- Brenda said...
I would love to enter your contest. I think Slate is my favorite color.
Brenda - March 15, 2009 at 12:26 AM
- sllyons00 said...
Alana, You have a very soothing knitting voice and the stories are wonderful
Keep up the good work,
Steve L. - April 12, 2009 at 2:03 PM
- mommy5knits said...
I have missed you. Loved this episode. Thanks again, Sharon
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