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It has been a long time since I last posted here, but I'm now relaxing on holidays and it's a good chance to catch up. I'm going to start with a few blogs about our trip late last year to Myanmar the former Burma.
Five of us from our local camera club decided it was time to get away again, following our previous trips to South Africa and Cuba. So after a lot of research we settled on Myanmar and headed out late October 2014 into November. We were concerned about the political situation but many more people are travelling to Myanmar these days. Lack of good medical facilities are also a concern, the best advice being to have good insurance and get to Thailand as quick as possible for any serious issues. Given we would be taking 3 internal flights this too was a worry. As it happened we need not have worried. We had excellent travel agents looking after us. Here in Ireland we made all our arrangements with a really good agency from Cork, Discover Travel. They looked after us very well, helping with visas, accommodation, transport, guides, internal flights and they were very reasonably priced. The agents that looked after us there was Exotic Voyages and they were excellent. Great guides, a good itinerary, good accommodation and they looked after us very well. On a daily basis the guides made sure the food and water we had was safe and we got regular calls from their head office to make contact with us to make sure we were happy with everything. This is not anything we had experienced before and it made us feel very safe and well looked after.
So for the trip itself, it was for 11 days in four different parts of the country and previously mentioned it required 3 internal/domestic flights between regions and one drive for 250km. We had four different guides and drivers as we had a minibus or boats at our disposal in each location. Each day we had an itinerary of sights to see and visit although this was very flexible.
We began with a couple of days in the old capital of Yangon to where we flew via Amsterdam. A flight took us to Heho in the centre of the country and a drive of an hour or so to our final destination of Inle Lake, which for me was probably the highlight of the tour. After a few days here another flight from Heho to Mandalay before a bus trip of 250km to our final destination of Bagan. Our last internal flight was back to Yangon before flying home.
Each destination had its own highlights with some amazing places to see. Our guides knew we were here for a photographic holiday and they were really helpful in getting us photographs of places and people. They were also very patient as a group of photographers can get very intense once they start taking shots and getting them to move on can be a challenge.
So before I cover each place we visited, just a few thoughts on my overall impressions. The people were very friendly, quite laid back and they appeared to have no problems with being photographed apart from one tribe in Inle Lake who were returning from a market, but more on that later. We were prepared for the fact that as a country that had only recently been opened up to tourists that it would not be very advanced from a technology point of view. But we were surprised to see that many people had mobile phones, some cars looked quite modern and new, there were a few "technology" stores, the Internet service although not brilliant was quite useable in the hotels. We stayed in some really nice hotels but it was also clear that with growing tourism more hotels are needed. The little airports we visited were small serviced by smaller planes but although somewhat chaotic they were well enough run. We were surprised that with such a politically troubled background we saw very little presence of either military or police. Having said that we were aware that certain destinations were off limits and our guides were really good at managing this. The food was reasonable with influences from India, Thailand and many of the hugely diverse ethnicities of Myanmar. Buddhism is a huge influence on the country with monks and nuns in abundance, so too temples, monasteries, pagodas, and other religious structures and monuments. The people have a very gentle and friendly way partly due to their religious background. Nearly all Buddhist males spend some short time as monks even at very young ages from six or seven years of age, although some will only spend weeks at a time as monks. They rise early for their breakfast, spend the morning looking for alms before their last meal of the day which is at noon. They may take drinks or some sweets during the rest of the day. They are not allowed cook for themselves and the afternoons are periods of religious reading or learning.
The girls, unlike the boys are not required to become nuns but many do. Because for the girls it is a choice it is more likely that they will stay as nuns. They similarly live lives dedicated to Buddhism, although unlike the men they do cook for themselves. They too have shaved heads but wear a pink shroud.
We had a marvellous trip and a great time. It is a truly amazing country and well worth a visit, I hope you enjoy the other postings and images here. I'll next cover each destination separately. See also a quick summary here in the Adobe Slate feature.
Finally here is the gang: Viv, Lynn, Keith and Mike


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The Project to Get Older Adults onLine (GOAL) will work with aging groups in order to communicate the importance of getting more senior citizens on the Web.
"Only 35 percent of older adults (age 65 and older) have broadband at home and the numbers drop considerably in even older age brackets," Debra Berlyn, executive director of Project GOAL, wrote in a blog entry posted on Facebook. "That's why I'm excited to announce on Facebook the launch of a new effort to promote broadband adoption by the older adult community."
Other corporate sponsors include AT&T, T-Mobile, Time Warner Cable, and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA).
The group's goals are four-fold: provide a new platform to promote the adoption of broadband services for the older adult community; advance the benefits of broadband services for older adults and the aging community; connect national and local community organizations working on issues related to broadband together; and address the barriers to the adoption of broadband that are of particular concern to the aging community.
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Blair Levin, who heads the Federal Communications Commission's broadband initiative, championed Project GOAL at a Tuesday launch event in Washington, D.C.
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In related news, Skype on Tuesday announced that it will team up with Score, a small business mentoring organization, in order to encourage businesses to adopt broadband. The initiative will focus on increasing digital literacy, web skills, e-commerce capabilities and online communications for small businesses. Skype and other consortium founders will donate free or discounted services and applications, training content, train-the-trainer assistance, and funding.


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Like many black belt TV nerds, I loved Veronica Mars, still tell friends to give it a shot (and feign surprise when they lose a weekend to compulsively watching the entire first season). I share a hope with the show's former star, Kristen Bell and tens of thousands of other nerds on Kickstarter that a Veronica Mars movie is always possible: in the past three hours, they've picked up over half a million dollars in financing.
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Adam Scott (now Ben Wyatt on Parks and Recreation): Granted, Adam Scott was only in one episode—which also featured a cameo by Leighton Meister of Gossip Girl/Country Strong/future New York Times crossword puzzles fame—but he played Veronica's favorite teacher who then disappointed her, which taught her an important lesson about how all fathers who aren't her dad are disgusting perverts.
Max Greenfield (now Schmidt on New Girl): Max Greenfield played a sheriff's deputy during Veronica Mars' first season. Veronica's dad was the former sheriff, and she was constantly breaking into the sheriff's station to steal evidence, mess with her dad's asshole successor, and actually get someone to put in writing, "Veronica Mars is smarter than you."
Veronica wasn't so good to deputy Max, but he was always helpful around the police station and super-adorable looking, even when he picked Veronica up from an '80s dance at school dressed in a Miami Vice ensemble.
Amanda Seyfried (was Eponine in Les Miserables): Seyfried only appeared on the show in flashbacks, dream sequences, or as a ghost. Her character—the murdered Lilly Kane— was the center of the first season as Veronica tried to discover the identity of her killer. Lilly was the sister of Veronica's ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend of Veronica's future boyfriend, and daughter of yet another pervy dad.
Lilly was supposed to be this larger-than-life, magnetic personality and Seyfried sold that completely, which wasn't easy given that she was essentially a passive character who only existed in memory-town. If you didn't care about Lilly Kane, you wouldn't care who killed her, and then, for the first season at least, you wouldn't care about the show. And while you might not care about the show now, watch one episode with any of these clowns, and that'll change.


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GOD Bless Them!!
Stevie Wonder, even at the age of 64, appears to be quite fertile and ready to bring new lives into the world. The singing legend recently announced that he and his fiancee are expecting triplets. Wonder announced that Robyn Bracy is going to bring more than one child into the world for him, right after the two had a baby together just last year.
The National Enquirer is also saying that Wonder was shocked to know that he was going to be a dad, but is excited about the prospects.
"Stevie never thought he'd be a father again so late in life," a source told The Enquirer, adding "it may not have been planned but now he's excited."
Wonder appears to be in love with Bracy. He has moved her into his home in Los Angeles and the two are having a wonderful time raising the child they had together last year.
"Stevie and Tomeeka had their first child together last year," a close friend of Wonder's told The Enquirer. "I know because I attended the baby shower."
Wonder already has eight kids, and Bracy is going to be the parent of his last three. By the time the last child is headed to college, Wonder is going to be at least 82 years old. This may seem like a bit much for some people, but Stevie is a determined man who seems to want to get everything out of life.
Wonder is now getting ready for a national tour. He is two years off of his divorce from Kai Millard Morris, and seems to be starting life all over again.
"He's been going to all the doctor's visits and scans with Tomeeka," said the insider. "He actually can't wait until the birth. Stevie missed so much of his other children's upbringings, he's vowed to be there for their children and for his soon-to-be new wife."
We wish the happy couple the best.
What do you think black people? Is Wonder too old to be having this many children or just the right age?
GOD Bless Them!!
I love U Stevie but why??????wasn't 8 enough????
May happiness and joy be forever in your midst..
The beauty of being a man….unlike women, men can make babies well into their eighties. Congrats to Stevie and his new bride to be…..
Ii just wonder if he has a prenup. In place, that's one way these younger women have to clean a rich man out. Stick him with babies.
Now you know that's the only reason this ghetto hood rat is with Stevie. I hope he has a prenuptial agreement too. But then again, if he's dumb enough to impregnate this hood rat, then he deserves to get what ever is coming to him.
Congratulation Stevie! James Brown sang, "This is a Man's World" but he said, "it wouldn't be nothing, not one little thing without a woman or a girl." Enjoy the gift that God gave to man, but be responsible and accountable for that gift and for yields of that gift. Stevie Wander has used the gift of music and song, given to him by The Creator to bless the world, Than You Stevie! My God continue to bless you.
PS. After reading some of the comments about "mama's babies" and providing stability for the children, to male birth control and all the negative criticisms, I say this, the notion of only one baby mama is society phenomena that speaks to the obligation of caring for and rearing children from the union a man and woman, it's not
about being morally right or wrong to have more than one baby mama, it's about economics, do you have the ability economically, emotionally, and the sense of accountability and responsibility for the mother and children involved. The morality has to do with fornication and adultery, those are the issues. Stevie Wonder does not have a history of ill-responsibility. Let it go at that. Judge ye not that ye also may be judged.
MY MAN!! MY MA-A-AIN MAN!! We don't call STEVIE the 8th WONDER of the WORLD for nothin'!!!!
WOW! He has been busy spreading his seed!!! I agree with Kimberly!!
Permanent Male Birth Control. … Vasectomy surgery is chosen by over 500,000 men each year in the United States alone.
He already has eight? By how many baby momas? Famous or not, why keep dropping seed when you cannot provide a stable (meaning mom and dad present together )household for these kids. Because of who he is does not make it right.
My point, exactly, Beaulah!! Time for our Beloved Stevie, THE WONDER, to tie a knot on that thing!! LOL
I hadn't heard anything pertaining to Stevie Wonder in years. It is very interesting that he has all of these kids and an ex-wife and now a new wife to be being that he is blind. Very interesting that he would want to continue having babies at his age but either way it's none of my business nor anyone else s.
This kind of thinking is why society is uck up. At his age it's time to raise the one he's got and stop the foolish.
The story mention a woman name Robyn Bracy gave birth to a child by him last year and is expecting triplets. But, say in the 4th paragraph that Stevie and Tomeeka had their first child last year.
Why 2different names? Anyone noticed the error?
Uhhhh…ok. At least he can leave them more than alone if he happens die before they can make it on their own.
I think that is his business….More Power to them!
The man can clearly provide for his children. Never have you heard of the previous mothers having anything negative to say about Stevie. There are some spirits that impact you in a twinkling of an eye with a promise to return in the pouring rain. Loves of Stevie clearly get it. They have touch Genius and are better for it. Critics clearly refuse to listen and learn his body of work if you would take the time, you would fine that he is specially blessed like we all are. We just have to believe in HIM and live his plan for our lives.
I want his vibration- you should too.
The man can clearly provide for his children. Never have you heard of the previous mothers having anything negative to say about Stevie. There are some spirits that impact you in a twinkling of an eye with a promise to return in the pouring rain. Loves of Stevie clearly get it. They have touched Genius and are better for it. Critics clearly refuse to listen and learn his body of work if you would take the time, you would find that he is specially blessed like we all are. We just have to believe in HIM and live his plan for our lives.
I want his vibration- you should too.
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Please tell me Steveland Morris' excuse for not marrying the woman who will now have FOUR children by him? He, like so many other black men, litters the landscape with his seed, but won't make an honest woman out of his paramour. However, we're not suppose to be critical of him because we love his music.
Stable black families are established by marriage and commitment, not money!
That applies to Stevie Wonder too!
I think it is wonderful Stevie Wonder has a woman who is willing to give birth. In this day and time, the system is indirectly telling Black people not to have children. In my life, I have lost two children to abortion. Unfortunately, that happened over thirty years ago, since then, I haven't met too many Black women who wanted to have children. Society tells Black women to either have an abortion and after that, tie your tubes up and don't have children, or if you do have children, don't you dare have any more children. Remember, there is too many people on this Earth as it is. Stevie Wonder having children at 64 years young gives people like myself hope, that I can meet someone who will give birth to my children. May the Good Lord (Allah) forever bless our brother and his mate into parenthood.
You know, what's interesting is if he were a woman and using artificial means to have a family, people would be railing about how 64 is way too old. Double standards.
Over 60% of Black births are to single Black women. Enough! What happened to the daddies? People are tired of have to deal with the results of Black children growing up fatherless. We all pay the price.
"Wonder is now getting ready for a national tour". "Stevie missed so much of his other children's upbringings, he's vowed to be there for their children and for his soon-to-be new wife." Seems like the same thing is about to happen all over again . Loll
He works in misterious way. Enjoy your life to the fullest steve. May you find peace and may you both find joy with each other.
I was enjoying the article about this "Wonder"ful legend until I got to the part that said, "What do you think black people"? Such an ignorant question…..
Nothing to celebrate but at least he has enough morals to take care of the kids
As long as the kids inherit the talent…LOL. Good for him. If a person can afford to raise and care for their offspring, all power to them. I am envious, because he is old enough to be my father and is fertile but I am not. But I guess men are lucky that way.
Nevrr too old to be a good father or mother.
Get it Stevie get that which makes u happy. These bitter old broads on here need to quit. We can start over yes. Take ya estrogen buy some lube and get some dick in ya life ladies don't be so bitter.
It's time to put a stop on it. Have you ever seen what an old mans Baby look like. Children don't have a choice when it comes to birth, but I've seen old men faces on girls when they get around 5 years old. I have a friend who doesn't look her age because the old mans face is there and she feels insecure about it. I have seen it on boys and some of them take on the fathers mobility and the older features. Who would want to do that to a kid on purpose? Some people do this to get a welfare check or to keep receiving aid, know telling when their going to stop. There are men who keep getting different girls pregnant in order to keep a roof over their head. The older men do it to keep a hold on a young girl, because he can't handle a woman. It's not fair to do this to a kid. Old men it's time to zip it up.
I wonder if he was just regular Ole blind Bob, would she have been pregnant?
BTW, can Stevie see? He seems to be leading.
What a blessing! They will be loved and well taken care of…this is a good thing!
Stop being so stupid people!! Stevie is a whore. Would it be okay for him to get YOUR daughter pregnant? I guess so since you ignore the facts that he is a baby making whore! Let's give him a pass since you love his music so much. Let me play you some of MY music while I am screwing you!!
Meghann! Yes, it is a blessing that he is the father of a multitude of kids and has NOT maintained a STABLE home! NOT! The only one blessed in THIS scenario is Stevie's PENIS! Now go ride that one to the bank!!
Really Stevie???
I think it is o.k. for a man to have as many children as he can afford and is WILLING to take care of. I only have 2 sons, but If I had the money, I'd have 5.
You go Stevie. Im a fan since Fingertips. Its great starting a new generation. and the important thing is
your new generation will not be deprived. Three boys/three girls whatever GOD bless them all. and Lil Stevie
just keep on living so you may see it through. it is never too late to start over again.
O G CROWN R. straight out of Leimert Park
More power to you….It's nothing like bringing life into the world..Just take good care of tjhem ok…Bless the both of you….
yeah , but we get to comment because its news. And the news is there's a growing trend of aging starletts showing up pregnant with twins. Its no surprise. They're boinking the guy they're with (ala Haile Berry) and pushing out twins (unlike Haile) because – if you really get it – they're, like most folks – ain't to optimistic about relationships so they figure you might as well get the biological shit over with up front.
But Stevie? This seems like a little reverse starlett thing here. And I don't think Stevie has the ability – as best as it can be said – to protect his sperm like most guys during the sex act.


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Drizzle, fog, and crisp fall weather greeted participants of our POWER UP! Boot Camp on Saturday, October 15, but that didn't dampen their spirits. Produced in partnership with the Chicago Park District and their Wellness Staff, we hosted the day-long event for children ages 6-12 at West Lawn Park (4233 W. 65th Street) with indoor and outdoor activities to teach youth about the importance of regular exercise and proper nutrition. Among the activities were yoga, an obstacle course, aerobics, and kickboxing as well as learning how to read packaged goods labels, how calories get burned, how to make proper food choices at a fast food restaurant, and much, much more. Throughout the six-hour program, we challenged kids physically and mentally, while encouraging them to think more critically about the choices they make in regard to their health.
This year we had 152 participants join us for a day of education and fun. The spike in attendance this year is largely thanks to the hard work of Sandra Ramirez, Lead Bilingual Teacher at Peck Elementary School. After her children attended the Boot Camp in 2015, Ramirez wanted to get families in her area more involved in the choices their children are making regarding their health. Ramirez did a lot of community outreach prior to our Boot Camp and was able to attract a number of families from Peck Elementary.
As a part of the camp, the participants took a pre and post Boot Camp exam to measure what they learned. At the end of the day, all of the participants walked away with a fitness/nutrition bag filled with all sorts of good stuff such as a pedometer, Frisbee, jump rope, water bottle, and healthy snacks. We hope our fitness packs encourage the youth to take an interest in their mental and physical health because being healthy is a lifestyle that is determined by the choices they make long after our POWER UP! Boot Camp is over.
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I was recently asked to give a presentation on the healing aspects of belly dance to a local healing group, and I thought it would make a great topic for my blog.
Belly dance is an incredible and powerful healing modality for women, and even a few brave men who have come to this most feminine of art forms.
I once read a Facebook post by a woman who said, I only do my healing work now and no longer teach belly dance classes. Huh? I know she was referring to Reiki and coaching, but how did she miss the healing powers of belly dance? 'm a Reiki Master, do Shamanic healing work and spiritual counseling, but belly dancing has been the most profound healing tool I've experienced.It heals on all levels. Physically it tones the muscles of the body, strengthens the muscles and joints and helps with posture and spinal alignment. Emotionally, it helps us gain self-esteem and confidence, gives us a social outlet with other women and offers us the opportunity for fun. Spiritually, it connects us with the divine feminine, that holy sense of ourselves as spiritual beings and the connection to other women through time and space as we do movements that have been done for thousands of years, movements being done by thousands of women around the earth and movements that will continue to be done long into the future.
I have been honored to witness women walk into my beginner class with eyes down cast and shoulders slumped making a beeline to the back row and watch them blossom into confident women with heads held high, posture straight and smiles galore. I've watched them gain the self-empowerment to get out of abusive relationships, watched them heal past abuse issues and watched them go from walking with a cane or back brace as well as healing their physical issues.
In the Middle East there are healing dances such as the Zar where women dance themselves into a frenzy and collapse, releasing what is believed to be evil spirits or in our terms emotional distresses.
Belly dance helps us release blockages in our bodies where we've been conditioned to hold onto emotional baggage. It helps balance our Chakras and so much more.
On more than one occasion, I've danced while physically ill and been healed. I once sponsored a belly dance festival and the week before had some strange symptoms I hadn't felt before. Someone suggested it might be high blood pressure so on Friday I went to the fire department and asked them to take my blood pressure. Indeed, it was really high and they encouraged me to see a Dr. I absolutely didn't have time and told them I'd go on Monday. During my performance on Saturday night to live music with Americanistan, I felt an amazing sensation woosh through my body and knew I'd just had a healing. Sure enough, I had my blood pressure taken again and it was perfectly normal and has been for years since.
For me, one of the greatest healing aspects has been the community of belly dancers. I have made many close and life-long friendships through the dance and I can travel anywhere and feel a sense of belonging by just contacting local belly dancers. I instantly have something in common with complete strangers, the passion of belly dance.
My dance community has given me the strength and support needed to survive the emotional storms of life, and my fellow dancers have also celebrated the joys of my life.
Without a doubt, belly dance is powerfully healing.
If you have a story about how belly dance has brought healing to your life, please share it by sending it to me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I'm thinking about publishing a new book on this great subject.
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The Road
The road, when properly used, can have effects like a sensory deprivation chamber. I'm plowing across the desert on two-lanes that appear on the road atlas as numberless gray lines, finding my way from Los Angeles to the desolate interior of Nevada through Death Valley. Renee and I have spent quite a bit of time this year exploring the back roads across the country but this is different. I'm alone and have no schedule or agenda or particular need to go or come back for that matter, save for the wife. Renee is good company on the road but being alone is a completely different trip altogether. The poverty of other voices or eye contact, of any distractions but the occasional wait for a passing lane leaves your brain like a spastic dog let out of its cage. The peripheral daydream
you may have in LA traffic of winning the lottery or killing your landlord turns into an epic adventure in your head when there's no brake lights to disrupt it.
Mid-September is perfect because it's still hot but not so stifling that you have to cave in to air conditioning. Air conditioning is for Nancy's who'd complain about their sinuses regardless. I like the contrast of sweat against the aridity of the desert. It brings out the crows feet and makes me think I'm Clint Eastwood.
There are uncounted bungloads of semi-abandoned ghost towns in Nevada but Goldfield is the one that always stuck out for me and that's where I'm heading now.. I passed through a couple years back but, as usual, I had a gig or some other pressing agenda that didn't allow me to stop and explore it.
Goldfield, Nevada is about 175 miles north of Las Vegas and about 30 miles from the nearest gas pump or smiling face. It was once the biggest town in Nevada - around 30,000 at the turn of the century - until they ran out of gold and then, like the MC Hammer story, everyone kind of disappeared. About 300 people still live there and they aren't exactly what you'd call 'warm'. There's one motel in town with four rooms attached to the Santa Fe Saloon, one of the 4 bars in town. I got the last room. The few people who notice me at the bar view me with suspicion and rightfully so. It's suspicious for anyone to come here for no reason. The rest of the people I see are mostly old rancher guys who talk in bumpersticker clichés.
"Oh, here comes trouble." says the hard-looking barmaid every time an old regular walks in as though she'd never used that one before.
Even the bathroom at the Santa Fe had the most old school graffiti, including but not limited to - "Here I sit broken hearted…" and "He who writes on shithouse walls…", etc, etc.
Someday cunts from the civilized world will come here, spot the intrinsic unscarred beauty of this place and proceed to tear it down and rebuild it exactly the way it is only with logos and up-to-code electrical and then hire an artist to write those same epitaphs on the bathroom wall.
The town itself is tricky to explore if you're a paranoid like me. Most of the buildings are abandoned but all of them look like they're abandoned so you don't really know if your about to poke through ancient archives of days past or the current digs of an ex-felon just waiting for an excuse. So I'd drive around and gawk from my car window and then go back to one of the bars. When the bar got boring, I'd go back to my room. Moments later, back to gawking. This was interesting for about two hours. Actually, one hour. The second hour I played along out of respect for the 6 hour drive.
The Mozart is the bar that has food. The only one. Until 8pm. After that, eat a dick. So I ate there. Before 8. Then I got into a drunken grudge match with a poker machine that wouldn't pay. I've had these fights before and I've yet to win. I hit a wall in Goldfield because my wallet only held so much money and the only ATM in town closed at 8pm while I was eating. Call it a draw in their favor.
The next morning I woke up early and it took a few minutes for the guilt and reality to set in from the night before. There is no worse hangover than the gambling hangover, especially the silly gambling hangover. Losing it all in a high pressure poker hand, losing to a straight flush with four fives has a hint of romance. Plugging quarters into a video game that makes Pac Man sounds when you win until your fingers are black is only a half-step better than being hunched over a scroll of scratch tickets at a 7-11 counter.
So now it's 7:30 am and I'm broke, miserable and filled with self-hatred and mostly hungry but the ATM doesn't open until noon so I decide it would be a lovely drive 30 miles north to Tonapah where cash flows 24 hours a day. On the way into town I see a wooden sign that for the Tonapah Speedway. It's the place to be Saturday nights at 7:30, it tells me and I believe them. I know I'm never gambling again so I figure when not spend some time tonite with the dregs of the dregs of back roads Nevada.
In the meanwhile, its back to Goldfield for the day. I really want to find some dirt cheap semi-abandoned rental property to have a UnaBomber retreat where I can dump my shit and write my novel or at least death threats to John Leguizamo. The dream sounded perfect in my head and grew to wonderous proportions on the drive here but is rapidly losing it's luster every second I spend here looking into the steely weather-beaten stares of the locals who'd had the same bad idea years ago and are now stuck with it.
I don't find any rental property and the visit to the graveyard only killed about ten minutes. I figured I'd catch some desert sun and just take a moment to reflect on life but there's really no place to sit outside and there's certainly no pool so I have no choice but go back to the bar to drink and put quarters in that fucking machine.
Fashionably late is the protocol for the Tonapah Speedway and I'm twenty minutes early. Not that there's no pre-game entertainment. A crackling loudspeaker plays "Freebird" intercut with audio cuts of the announcers of the Dale Earnhart death race.
"If I leeeave here tomooooorow…"
"That's a pretty bad crash. We hope Dale's alright down there…"
"…would you still remember meeeee…"
It went on and on until a song parody about Jeff Gordon being a fag kicked in to add some levity to the situation. The races were your usual mix of street stocks, jalopy and dwarf car races. Personally I couldn't tell the difference between the stocks and the jalopy cars but I guess they couldn't say "shitbox" over the PA system with so many children in the crowd, mostly in diapers with no pants, sitting in cold dirt and eating garbage. The dwarfs stood out and partially because I remember when they were called midgets. And so it goes.
There were some really brutal crashes but it was evident that no one would die and make a proper evening of it so I headed back to Goldfield where, at 10:45 pm on a Saturday night you couldn't find bathtub gin or a tumbleweed that would let you fuck it.
(No, baby - I didn't go to Nevada to fuck tumbleweeds. It just sounds funny.)
I woke up again Sunday at 7:30 am and contemplated staying another day and really trying to slow down and enjoy the tranquility here. By 7:39 I was showered, packed and doing 85 south for Vegas. Football season, you know. And plenty more of those goddamned poker machines. I need to settle down. I need to find roots and a place for my shit that has more room than this studio confinement that keeps me and the wife with our heads lodged up each others brown parts. But it doesn't look like Goldfield is gonna be the place.


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Like many people, my first reaction to David Bowie's passing was shock. I understood on a rational level that he, like me, was human, and therefore mortal... But I think part of me didn't really believe could die. That maybe he was beyond death-- larger than it as he had been larger than life.
His passing leaves many things to grapple with: The incredible weight he must have felt knowing his death was coming soon; the urgency to respond to this revelation with a final performance and creative gift to the world. The fact that a gift is given whether the recipients deserve it. A sometimes ugly past. The incredible legacy of his work.
I feel confident in saying that many of my favorite artists-- musicians and otherwise-- would not be who they are today without David Bowie defying the status quo. The complicated intricacies of his past need not be overlooked to still appreciate the incredible contribution he made to our culture, from gender politics to art. That work deserves tribute from all who were impacted by it. Raising a glass felt like the most fitting way to say thank you to that incredible Oddity in the sky.


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In my experience...
My body felt heavy, as if it wouldn't do what it was told. Yet my head felt even heavier, my mind was full of emotional fog with hot liquid pools welling up behind my eyes. I took a deep breath and channeled aggression and speed as I approached the pack. Juking left, right, left and a power hit from my shoulders, which still couldn't crack the wall of 4 solid skaters. The blockers closed in around me forcing me outward as I continued to fight. Pushing with all my strength, they drew my momentum and forced me out. With my reaction speed from beach flags, sometimes I was quick enough to sneak back in-bounds before the skater when back behind me (a roller derby strategy used to draw penalties), but not this time…'CUT' a penalty was forced as the aggressively spoken word echoed in my brain and I skated to the penalty box feeling stupid that Id made that mistake again for the third time this practice.
Four and a half years of Roller Derby had lead me to this place. I was a chartered skater for the Victorian Roller Derby League who ranked 2nd in Women's Flat Track Roller Derby. I felt like a nobody in the Roller Derby world despite making it this far. The skill gap in Australia is still so great that the opportunities are few and far between. I'd ditched my 'flashy' name after leaving Canada and my beloved Avalanche City Roller Girls. I don't like the way Roller Derby is sometimes still seen as staged entertainment like its revival in the 80s and 90s. The sport is real now.
The back story...
I remember how challenged I was in my 2nd year, mastering my skating skills, learning rules and strategy. Knowing what was going on with everyone on track (and their next move) at any given moment while trying to transition to backwards staking or avoid a hit from the opposition. I'd fallen in love with the challenge. Your constantly thinking, assessing and making your next play. Polar opposite to beach sprinting my former sport where optimal results were best achieved with no thinking and a skill second nature to all humans… running.
Look at whats really going on...
Back on the track, I knew something wasn't right as I seemed an emotional mess. Not being able to focus clearly on the game and rules and forcing silly mistakes. This was so foreign to me in this arena. Competition and sport has always been front and center in my life and as I often said, my "rock".
Training and competition was a place where I could escape, a meditative state where nothing else mattered but doing the work. The world outside could be falling down for all I knew, this was my way of getting present in life. Right now this was all falling down and I didn't know what to do.
Other things were not lining up for me too. I hadn't played a game for quite some time now due to miss timing and injury. I was spending up to 4 hours on the road just travelling to a practice, sometimes up to 4 times a week. Nothing was working out. But I didn't want to believe it, so I forged ahead regardless. Time went on and I was able to slightly tame the crazy mental chatter in my mind, but things still weren't lining up, the feeling was not quite right. I wasn't ready to face it because it seemed like Id be turning my back on my identity and everything I'd ever learned about sports, training, hard work and the never give up attitude that seemed ingrained in soul.
The penny dropped when I realised that tears were being forced out of my eyeballs whenever I hit the pack with speed. What was I doing this for? Being a target to be hit at ever angle and every opportunity. Every time I took the track I was putting my mind, body and soul on a battlefield it just didn't want to fight. This had to stop and it did as I finally took myself away. My body and mind breathed a sigh of relief as I started to turn inwards to see what was really going on. Piece by piece, I started to pull apart my Roller Derby puzzle, the goals Id set, the work Id done, the progress Id made, the opportunity, the circles and support around it all and everything else that had led up until this point.
With sport comes the physical training; the greater influence is the mental training. Commitment, resilience, goal setting, visualization, day in day out. If your going to the top you need to commit to all of that. But with it also comes flow, ease, enjoyment and most of all something that has dropped into my consciousness in the last few years, intuition. The instinctual feeling and knowingness that so often so many of us choose to ignore. In my mind, this is the most importance part, above all else. You're guiding light, subtly directing you where to go. You can push and resist it all you like but eventually the signs will scream so loud that you have no choice to pay attention.
How to follow the intuitive signals...
So how can you do that? Firstly as hard and uncomfortable as it may seem you must lean in and look at these feelings. Face what's really going on. Stare your fear head on and sometimes, that's what it takes. You may need to remove yourself from the environment and situation to get the perspective. Clear your head and your mind and return the playing field to equilibrium.
Ask yourself some questions.
- Does this make me happy?
- What is this worth to me?
- Am I getting out what I'm putting in?
- Why am I doing this?
- How does it make me feel?
- Is this what I REALLY want?
The answers can be quite revealing and show some areas that you find hard to face and even accept as your own. But it's a worthwhile process. You can think them out, but go a step further and write them out and share them with those around you. The reactions will be interesting and also signals for you to read. But ultimately what you choose to do next must come from your feelings. They'll probably be some ego-minded thoughts and talk arise. For me it sounded like this
- "Are you just gonna quit because its hard"
- "This is the time when your ment to push past all of this"
- "Maybe your just not cut out for this"
I have to understand that my ego is hardwired for this, its only concerned with keeping me safe, keeping me on track to do "what I think I know is best for me." The trouble is, I think I know better. But then I look back to my questions and can give answers to the ego.
Look at deeper at the answers to your questions...
- I'm not quitting because its hard, Ive been in far harder situations than this.
- Push past what? At the end of the day I didn't feel like I was getting out what I was putting in. Its not about pushing.
- Ive been here before and I don't need to prove what I'm cut out for.
This time its intuition. I'm actually not meant to be here right now, cant you see Abby, the harder you force, the harder it becomes, no flow, no ease, no fun. Id have to admit this whole ordeal was a bit of an identity crisis for me, but I know the drill, sometimes you have to leap first and let the net appear second. So that was it. I stopped and the moment I made the decision, everything showed up for me and I felt better about life after sport. I was confident I was done with Roller Derby.
What happened next...
After not missing the track my skates and the hours of driving every week there was one thing that caught my eye a few months later. The application form to try out for Team Australia. I tried to ignore it but it seemed to pop up constantly during my online social media scrolling. Followed by a casual chat with one of my team mates, no matter how hard I tried to 'forget it' the thought niggled in my mind. At the last hour I complied an application and shot it off, I don't have anything to loose and just because I applied didn't mean I had to show up.
Well, I did show up, just this last weekend. Seven grueling hours over two days in the summer heat. With limited on skates preparations in the last four months I drew from every aspect and experience I could, mentally, physically and emotionally. No crazy mind games and no hot pooling tears. I would be crazy if I said I don't care what happens from here - I absolutely do. This time Ill pay more attention to my feelings, my intuition and know that whatever happens it will be the right path for me.
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Logitech introduces speaker dock for your ears and your eyes
Logitech introduces speaker dock for your ears and your eyes
Pure-Fi Express Plus now available in vibrant purple with phenomenal sound quality that you can take anywhere.
SYDNEY, Aust. - 14th September, 2010 - Wherever you like to rock out to your iPod® or iPhone, Logitech has a speaker dock designed specifically for your lifestyle. The Pure-Fi Express Plus, released in a sensational, vibrant, purple colour, uses Logitech's unique omnidirectional technology to deliver great sound to wherever you are in the room. Dock, charge and listen to your favourite songs, as the Logitech® Pure-Fi Express Plus stimulates your ears, and your eyes.
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#GoodRead | Heft or Hype: How Much Do Women Leaders in Philanthropy Really Matter?
"Heft or Hype: How Much Do Women Leaders in Philanthropy Really Matter?":
Judging from the popularity of our recent feature, "Meet the 50 Most Powerful Women in U.S. Philanthropy," it seems the world of philanthropy is more receptive than ever to amplifying the growth of women's leadership.
But what's really going on here? What's the impact of women's leadership in philanthropy in terms of (a) where resources are actually going; and (b) how things are done in the philanthrosphere?
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The Westchester County Board of Legislators' Democratic caucus is aiming to tighten regulations on smoking with a bill that proposes to raise the age for those allowed to purchase tobacco products.
At tonight's county Board of Legislators, BOL, meeting, Democrats will introduce a bill to restrict any person under 21 years of age from buying tobacco or related products, like e-cigarettes, rolling papers or pipes.
The bill would not be immediately voted on. It will first have to make it through committee and be discussed during a public hearing before being brought to a vote by the Legislature.
Democrats proposed to raise the smoking age last April, but the legislation failed to gain any support. As of press time, the Democratic caucus holds a 12-5 majority on the BOL.
If approved in Westchester, the legislation would follow what other counties have passed in their respective municipalities.
New York City and 10 other counties in the state, including Suffolk, have already outlawed the sale of cigarettes to those under the age of 21. Nassau County restricts the sale of tobacco products to those under 19.
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Surfstow SUP GRIP. This is an external handle that holds with two large suction cups.
The handle itself appears to be a sturdy plastic. The suction is created by pressing two levers downwards. In this position the lever action has pulled the suction cups flat by way of a spring inside the handle casing. Time will tell how long this item will last. Come back in September 2014 to read how it held up over time. For what it does and its low price this little device is real gem!
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