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Making Games With Ruby – Episode 9 Written
Episode nine of the Making Games With Ruby series, Game States (Title, About, and Pause), is finally written! This episode has us implementing game states, which lays the foundation for our Pause, Title, and About screens, which we also implement in this episode. You can read it here: http://devel.manwithcode.com/making-games-with-ruby.html#7
This one is probably the longest episode in the entire series (at least so far), which is why it's taken me a bit longer to finish. (I'm still not 100% sure I've caught every mistake, so if you see any code errors or script typos, don't hesitate to email me, or leave a comment here).
Enjoy! 🙂
– Tyler
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Hey, I just wanted to say I stumbled across your tutorials yesterday and they're fantastic. These tutorials are great, essential to me even as I'm an aspiring indie dev whose taking his first steps in programming with Ruby.
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Hey Tyler. I'm really glad to see you've been making these tutorials. I just went through 1-8 and the only problems I ran into were ones I created myself by typing something in wrong.
But when I got to episode 9, something strange started happening. It has to do with the TTF text stuff. It was working just fine at the end of episode 8, when everything is just one file… but now that I've split the code into game, shared, and ingame, I keep getting this Rubygame::SDLError:
"Could not open font: Couldn't open media/font.ttf"
I'm not really sure what I've done wrong. I liked my pong game… *sniff* Is there anything I should double-check? Would you need more information to be able to tell what's happening?
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Hey, Tyler. I did some more tweaking and my problem with the font goes away when everything is in the same directory. I thought I was redirecting everything the right way, but maybe I wasn't.
Anyway, I wanted to write again to report a little problem I found with lesson 9. After you show us how to move the selector in the title scene, you go on to show us how to make the selection do something when we press enter. (It's where you say, "If we run it now, we can see our menu selector in action! Cool! Except, we can't actually pick anything… Only move between choices, let's fix that!:") Right there, you have us make a change to the Selector.update method, but I'm fairly sure it's supposed to be the Title.update method instead… Selector.update has all the fancy movement and speed stuff in it, while Title.update looked a lot like the example you gave.
Sorry if I'm wrong about it, though. It works for me when I changed Title.update instead of Selector.update, so I think that's what you meant to write…
Patrick permalink
I don't know if I did something wrong or what, but after about half an hour screwing around I can't figure this out. Whenever I try and load the About screen the game crashes. All other functions work properly to my knowledge. And could you post the code in the tutorials so that it's easier to copy/paste? When I get frustrated enough to just copy your files I always have to go and remove the line numbers.
Great work, btw.
EDIT: This is occuring just after I finish lesson 9.


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Thursday, September 19, 2013
Student Picks Highlights
The Student Picks Sweepstakes ends tomorrow, September 20, and soon six students will win the chance to curate their own exhibitions in the Cunningham Center for the Study of Prints, Drawings and Photographs. To celebrate the new year of student exhibitions, we're highlighting pictures and blog posts from past Student Picks shows.
If you could get your hands on the art at the Museum, what would you do? For the past six years, Smith students have answered this question with one-day art exhibitions, through the Student Picks exhibition program. Each month, one student curator has the opportunity to organize an exhibition in the Cunningham Center for the Study of Prints, Drawings and Photographs,using art that intrigues, excites and inspires her.
Visitors check out last year's show Between the Lines: Image and Prose in the 20th Century Avant-Garde,curated by Leah Santorine SC '13. Photography by Julie Warchol.
A visitor looks closely at art from Between the Lines.Photography by Julie Warchol.
Students from all majors and departments have become curators through Student Picks. Some have years of art history classes under their belts, while others have never set foot in a museum before. What all our student curators share is enthusiasm and a fresh perspective on the collection of over 13,000 works on paper in the Cunningham Center for the Study of Prints, Drawings and Photographs.
Amanda Garcia SC '16 focused on French fashion in her show, From Tissot to Toulouse-Lautrec - Fashion Focus in 19th-century French Art.Photography by Julie Warchol.
As Lori E. Harris SC AC '11, who curated the show Women, Woodblock Prints and Words,put it: "Student Picks is a unique and progressive concept. I would argue that it is one of the few programs on campus that brings together students from every discipline and gives them an opportunity to integrate their academic interest with art."
Suzu Sakai '16 displayed her own handmade miniature kimonos alongside Japanese prints in her show Beauty by Design - The Art of Japanese Kimono.Photography by Julie Warchol.
Japanese prints featuring kimonos from Beauty By Design.Photography by Julie Warchol.
The lottery for Student Picks ends tomorrow, September 20. If you want to be one of the six student curators this year, it's your last chance to enter your name in the ballot boxes found in Neilson Library, Young Library, Hillyer Library, the Museum Lobby and the lower level of the Campus Center.

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I recently wrote a blog where I pulled an article from the UK Telegraph saying that our movement is nothing more than the "least inspiring movement in recent years".
I am adamant that one of the main reasons for this and other types of negative press out there is because of the billboard campaign by American Atheists. The billboards are inflammatory. They are not thought provoking or lead to thoughtful debate or discussion. They are insulting and I am frustrated that this is how American Atheists think our movement should be perceived and represented. I have wrote to the Chairman of the Board of AA and asked him to reconsider this campaign. Although the idea of the billboard I'm all for, what they say needs to make people say or think "wow, that's great, and it's something I want to check out further". We need to do better!
What are your thoughts on this? Do we need to write to American Atheists via petition?
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Oh but I AM tolerant - tolerant of people to BELIEVE whatever they wish. I don't knock on their doors Saturday mornings, uninvited, to convert them to atheism. I don't demand that I be allowed to teach evolution in Sunday School, the way they want to teach unintelligent design in my public school, because what they do in the confines of their church is none of my business. They can all believe what they wish, as far as I'm concerned - Muslims, scientologists, Wiccans, whatever; the First Amendment properly says so. If they go to Heaven and I am not there to greet them, oh well, more power to them. The trouble is: they refuse to keep it in their churches and homes.
When they try to import their nonsense into my domain, and dictate what I must believe - how I must behave, then yes, I am intolerant. I am determinedly INtolerant - intolerant of the gross ignorance of people who use their belief in God to justify their own intolerance. There is a difference, though: my intolerance doesn't kill and torture millions of people. I am intolerant of politicians who parade their presumed religiosity to justify their misogyny, homophobia, and even their claim that Jesus favored the rich! I am intolerant of hacking off an infant's foreskin just because Abraham (who almost gleefully intended to murder his son) did it. I am intolerant of murderers of abortion providers because they believe that God meant women to be slaves (Read the Old Testament). I am intolerant of the religious zealotry that produced the hate-inspired and unconstitutional Proposition 8, in California, which denied loving couples the right to marry, just because they managed to find a brief mention of "lying with men" in their silly black book. I am intolerant of religious wars around the world because of a differing view on just who the Messiah was. I am intolerant of people like that moronic girl who prays for the U.S. to experience the same catastrophe that Japan experienced (and deserved, she implied). I am intolerant of politicians like Michele Bachman who believe that public schools (as opposed to religious ones) should be abolished and replaced by home schooling where parents can teach about Jesus and not evolution. I am intolerant of the massive efforts by evangelical Christians to take science out of schools and replace it with rank ignorance. I am intolerant of people who believe I should go to Hell for not believing what they believe; I don't think the same about them. I am intolerant of the specious claim Christians make about our being a "Christian country," and that the founding fathers were Christians. They WERE NOT! Most of them were deists, and a few, like Tom Paine, were effectively atheists (Read "Age of Reason"). Even Thomas Jefferson wrote extensively about his antipathy toward the Christian church, which is why the State of Texas is systematically downgrading him in textbooks, replacing him with arch-racist, Jefferson Davis, BASED ON RELIGIOUS BELIEFS! . I am intolerant of the many Christian denominations that still practice racial exclusion in their churches. Try finding a black face in a Mormon church; or an atheist in a boy scout troop. I am intolerant of a political paradigm so skewed toward religious orthodoxy that only ONE out of 535 congressmen and senators (Pete Stark) is an avowed atheist. Why? Because people have been conditioned to think "dirty atheist" when thinking of atheists at all and are afraid of voting for one. I am intolerant of those Christians who seek to deny the right of Muslims to build a church wherever they wish. Most serial killers have been white Christian men (e.g., "BTK" - Dennis Rader - Lutheran deacon and serial killer for 20 years); perhaps Lutherans should be denied the right to build Christian churches in Kansas, where the murders took place. I am intolerant of being told I will be morally corrupt without God directing me. If I WERE tolerant of these things, I should be ashamed of myself and my hypocrisy.
As to how provoking people's anger relates to standing up for reason, it's self explanatory: it lets religious zealots know just where I stand: that reason is superior to superstition. Religionists are, by definition, UNreasonable. Being nice and tolerant to them doesn't accomplish a thing; in fact it enables their inanity. All one has to do is read the Pentateuch, which is in nearly every Christian Bible, to understand what REAL intolerance is. When God leads His people on a rampage through the middle east to slaughter all the men, women, and children that stand in His and his followers' way, THAT is intolerance writ large. People who celebrate that heinous litany of death and torture don't DESERVE tolerance. I don't see the efficacy of tolerance, unless you believe that, had we been more tolerant of Hitler, he would have not killed 6 million Jews (which many Christians applauded). By the way, despite what Bill O'Reilly keeps screaming, Hitler was NOT an atheist. He was born and raised a Catholic (just like Billo). He often claimed in speeches to be a Christian. "Mein Kampf" is peppered with allusions to his religiosity, and he repeatedly invoked God (as did George W. Bush) as his leader in battle. And if he was an atheist, why, in March of 1933, did he outlaw "atheist and freethought" organizations in Germany? O'Reilly doesn't know and doesn't care; it's a convenient label, like "fascist" (see below) that he uses to attack and demean.
On the contrary, Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens, and Dennett have demonstrated that principled intolerance gets results. Many, MANY people who have read their best selling books are giving second thoughts vis a vis their religious upbringings. I consider these "Four Horsemen" the first of a new breed of courageous scientists who have had enough of being kind and understanding (tolerant) to bigots.
I don't suppose every single atheist is a humanist, although it's hard for me to see why not. Humanism is a paradigm that is virtually inseparable from atheism. Conversely, religious people cannot be humanists because with them, God comes first, even before family and country. It's "In God we trust," not "In parents (or brothers, sisters, or friends) we trust." With atheists, Homo sapiens come first. Atheists and humanists alike resist the requirement that "under God" be recited by everyone in public schools when reciting the Pledge. Anyone who refuses is labeled a traitor to the country. Were they traitors before 1954 - before the McCarthyites got those two words inserted? Confession: I NEVER recited those vile words! I kept my mouth tightly shut. I suppose there are a few atheists who are nihilists, but, by and large, we atheists believe that our focus should be on our fellow human beings, not on placating some vengeful Yahweh who will send us to hell if we don't worship Him obsequiously. That is what a humanist IS! Try reading secular humanist, Paul Kurtz' "Statement of Principles of Humanism," or his "Secular Humanism Manifesto." They are principles to which every atheist heartily subscribes, but which religionists despise, since it leaves God out of the picture.
One more point of interest. Your use of the term "mental fascism" suggests to me that you're probably a Fox News viewer. People like O'Reilly, Hannity, and - especially - that addle-brained faux Mormon, Glenn Beck, demonstrate that they have no idea what the word "fascism" means (check any good dictionary or poly-sci text). The most prominent feature of fascism is that government and business should be co-rulers to the benefit of the latter; I oppose that. It also regards strict authoritarianism as key in governing; I don't even have the power to advance any authoritarian aims, mentally or otherwise. It also posits that governments are best led by a dictator; I disagree, and couldn't dictate if I wanted to. "Fascism," in the sense you are using it, is not in the dictionary. You are using it in the manner that the right wing began when they co-opted and redefined it as a sloppily-applied pejorative term employed to label anyone with whom they disagree just because it sounds bad (like "atheist"). In fact, they use it interchangeably with "communism," or "socialism" which are actually the polar opposites of fascism. The Bush Administration was a wannabe fascist government, and came very near succeeding. "Mental fascism" indeed sounds bad; but I don't really know what it means; because it's meaningless. I suppose one could say that "fascism" as used by you implies my desire to impose my beliefs on other people. I absolutely do not do that. I'm not into tilting against unconquerable windmills, even if I gave a damn. It's the actions of religionists I deplore, not their theology.
I freely and proudly admit and embrace enthusiastically my intolerance. If tolerance worked, we would have been free of the scourge of religion long ago. I can't really see the fascism connection, though.
I don't watch faux news - oh, sorry, fox - and I've never seen a full episode of O'Reilly. I am likely not nearly as tolerant of Christians as you are, but when I do engage them I don't start with a line like "Jesus affirmed a gay couple." I'm not even sure what that is supposed to mean, but I believe it will incite hatred and that it does anything but appeal to 'reason'.
I am just one of many atheists I know who aren't interested in taking the heat for atheists who are looking to entreat the hatred of theists, and I'll be the first to closet my views when those tactics lead to the torches and pitchforks coming out. I resent that you seem to think my sort of view makes me an 'apologist' because in point of fact I have no interest in apologizing for atheists who intentionally invoke hatred - my only interest is in dissociating from them. If you want to fight a war, then do so on your own and lay off the ad hominem attacks of those who aren't interested - which was the basis of my accusation of fascism.
Dear Robert,
Atheists will always get negative press. That's just what christians do. The internet is helping our cause, and christians are getting scared, because now Atheists talk to each other, and the group is growing. Scientologists systematically get onto Atheist sites and pretend to be Atheists. They stand out a mile, and are so funny.
Christians that are challenged turn nasty, and I think Atheists are just sick of being nice. But I still prefer taking the high road, and discuss and 'argue'. My hero being the fabulous Christopher Hitchen.
I really do think that effective billboards that are not aggressive, but have to be clever, work better. Being nice gets under 'christians' skin more than being aggressive. "Aggressive" gives them a reason to go on the 'attack'. I like sarcasm, and wish I could come up with something really clever. But I wouldn't get my knickers in a knot over these billboards. I understand how you feel - but nothing will change a true Christian's mind. They have to find, and study, for themselves. That is when the light pops on. And in the meantime, Atheists web sites will continue going around the world, and the numbers keep on growing.
We are all atheists to some degree. We just believe in one less god than you - and smile.
People with power don't like the concept of the power they have being undermined. You think bad press is a problem? Try getting burned at the stake just for suggesting that the stars are other suns. The press aren't interested in truth for the most part, just in providing easily digestible mush to the people who want their news spoon-fed to them the way they know they like it. If they think their audience wants outrage at Atheist billboards, they'll provide it. Even if they think that what their audience really wants is someone else to be outraged on their behalf at Atheist billboards, because actually their audience can't be bothered to summon any outrage, they'll provide it. As long as it sells their product. The media are interested in profit for the most part, and lots of media outlets are just in the business of providing people with what they want to hear.
If Atheist billboards generate stories in the media, then they are doing a great job. It's that old "There's only on thing worse than being talked about, and that's not being talked about" gag.
So, I say go billboards. You're generating stories and making people think. And the more we make people think, the better off we'll be. And the more billboards there are, the more people who are suffocating in religious communities will find a beacon to follow toward an exit.
Remember, religion thrives on requiring respect for stupid ideas. Part of the process of deconstructing it must be to ridicule stupid ideas, and to insist on the right to do that.
"We are losing the war here in Northern Europe against the Christians."
The fact do not quite support your personal observation. In fact, Sweden is becoming decreasingly religious at an increasing rate. The fundamentalists have to a certain extent grown in numbers and become more vocal, but they still constitute such a tiny part of the population that they are generally ignored by the rest. They have essentially assumed a similar role to that of the extreme left wingers of the seventies and find themelves eqully marginalized in society.
I guess one could say the only place religious people have had any particular impact in the Nordic countries is alcohol policy and GM foods - and that's only because they could ally with labor. In addition, in the Nordic countries the emergence of atheism has been done organically, and yet they are less religious than most FSU states which had forced atheism for about 75 years.
Seeing as religious groups are advertising heavily in the US, I support that atheists do the same. Christians in particular has set their aim upon doubters, and are using bad science as a weapon and seek to restrict free speech. Taken that to account, confrontation might be the best weapon.
"You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe." - Carl Sagan
This discussion has been amazing and want to thank everyone for the time they point into their comments.
I guess my point is that yes, I recognize that different atheists have different and valid ways of expressing their thought and opinions. Some like to be more agressive and some less. However for me, the more visible we become, the more it becomes the responsibility of those at the forefront not to give these stereotypes people have of atheists. My problem with the billboards and Silverman is that the audience both have could be in the millions. I think it is his and his organization's responsibility to take a "higher road". We can call people wacks all we want, but this is clear; it will not gain respect or understanding to what our movement stands for. I hope to bring people in by thoughtful debate. For those on here who could care less, that is your absolute right, but I also think then you are not concerned with furthering the atheist movement. You don't have to be a humanist, or non-violent, or anti-gun to be an atheist. But I would hope with reason comes the reasonable. In my opinion, insulting people in the public sphere, is not reasonable debate.


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Dig-out continues; schools, roads closed
Four days into the dig-out and the city of Bridgeport -- with the help of the National Guard and borrowed pay loaders -- has managed to clear a path through one third of it roadways.
Six hundred more streets to go, and more snow is on the way.
"I know until your street is plowed it really doesn't matter to you whether all the other streets are plowed," Mayor Bill Finch said Tuesday from the city's emergency operations center. "But we do have a system. By tomorrow we believe 300 streets will be cleared."
Despite the effort, city schools remain closed on Wednesday and Finch said it is hard to imagined they will be in shape to open on Thursday.
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In Milford, one of the three pedestrians injured after being struck by a car while walking Monday on Bridgeport Avenue was released Tuesday from Bridgeport Hospital. A hospital spokesperson said the other two victims remained in critical condition at the hospital. None of the victims' names were available Tuesday.
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Ted Grabarz, the city's deputy director of public facilities said in all, there are about 100 pieces of equipment being used to clear the snow. In addition to 25 additional pay loaders, the city now has five snow melting machines and 12 tri-acle trucks.
"Because there is so much snow, we can't just plow it out of the way. We need to pick it up and haul it away," he said. "By the end of the week, absent any other significant snow, we can move from a street clearing to snow removal operation."
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Bridgeport Emergency Management Director Scott Appleby said another storm is headed this way and could cover the area with another 3 to 5 inches of snow Wednesday evening. In addition, there is a possibility of another storm over the weekend.
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Some city teachers say they have been surveyed by the district to see if they would be willing to work next week. Some said they have non-refundable vacation plans; others said they would rather work next week than sacrifice April vacation week.
In addition to keeping schools closed, Bridgeport City Hall will remain shuttered on Wednesday, as well as the Bridgeport Health Department.
Garbage and recycling pickups are suspended until further notice and the Transfer Station will be closed on Wednesday.
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Both China and Africa have incredibly ambitious plans for massive energy projects sourced from the sun or wind, but India may beat them to the punch with the colossal project they have in the works. A consortium has formed between Airvoice Group and Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam to build a 13 GW green energy plant in the rural area of Karnataka. Of the 13 GW, 10 GW will be from photovoltaics and 3 GW from wind farms making this new farm a double whammy.
Although China is currently planning a 20 GW wind farm and the Desertec project in Africa ultimately wants 100GW, the India project is expected to outpace China's wind energy development. The two partners for this venture are Airvoice Group, an Indian mobile phone and commodity export firm, and Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam, a a joint venture between the governments of India and the district of Himachal Pradesh. They expect that over $50 billion will be invested over the next 10 years to make the project a reality.
The 13 GW project will be located in Karnataka, in the southwest part of India, where the developers have already identified 12 potential sites for the solar farms and 4 areas for the wind farms. The first phase of the development is planned to be online in just 36 months and will have 100 MW of solar and 200 MW of wind power. Chairman and managing director of Airvoice Group, Sanjay Kapoor, says, "Tendering for turbines will start in the next 20-25 days. We are in talks with several companies, including Eurowinds and Suzlon for sourcing our turbines."
Via Cleantechnica and Hindustan Times
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'While I love the combination of spooky and funny and there's absolutely no reason they can't be combined (and have been successfully before) I feel that the tones are just too conflicting.'
Which is a note I get wayyyy too often. Tones are either 'conflicting' or (worse, I think), 'confusing'. Often I'll meet a producer, having worked on an outline that defines a series' format, genre, central characters, future episodes and so on, and be met with the question 'yes, but what's the show's tone?'. And sadly, the response 'I don't know, I haven't written it yet' doesn't seem to be acceptable, which is a shame, because I like to write the way I cook: have a rough idea of what you want to make, find an appropriate playlist to bliss out to while you get on with, chuck in soya sauce/coriander/jokes about eighteenth century words for 'prostitute' and see what you end up with. So I tend to avoid describing a prospective show's tone altogether - which doesn't really work; in this case, the producer had just picked it up from my brief descriptions of how I saw the main character, the sort of stories I wanted to tell and so on. So not directly mentioning tone isn't going to get you out of it - you're still going to be asked. And in fact, whilst I was writing THIS VERY POST, I had another email on the same subject about a different outline. WELCOME TO MY WONDERFUL WORLD OF REJECTION:
Thanks so much for this. I've had a good think about it and after lots of head scratching I've decided I don't think it's a goer. So sorry to do this to you again. It's partly because I know there are at least two other (REDACTED) ideas going about - including one by (MORE FAMOUS WRITER THAN ME). So it's a competitive area but I also can't quite see the tone.
One problem is, I'm not entirely sure what they mean by 'tone' in the first place. Part of the problem is that 'tone' seems such a nebulous term; is a genre, or style? So I asked various telly people on
@rosyposymagosy Interesting topic b/c I like(want) to write things where the subject and the tone clash (sad comedy) so wording becomes key. Exp: Meandering sentences, words out of Jane Austen era = more serious. Jaunty exclamations and obscene adj.'s =comedy.
@EddieRobson I think "tone" is a consistency thing. Is it all going to feel of one piece? I do think it's an issue with comedy-drama, where some scenes may be light, others heavy.
@EllardEnt (Andrew Ellard, Red Dward associate producer, IT Crowd script editor) Tempted to say "Whatever suits them at the time"! Depends on context but mostly the same as the rest of us, I guess.
@msmaddiep I suspect it's not dissimilar to when tone is used for voice. Is it bitchy? Snarky? Optimistic? Naive? Although that gets into another question of how you convey the voice of a whole show. Think it's often the cumulative voices of the lead characters, particularly the protagonist.
@ScriptwritingUK (Danny Stack) re: tone. I'd say they're talking about genre: "what is this thing? a crime drama? It reads like a Cornish dramedy!"
@kmpharwood (Kate Harwood, BBC, Controller, Series & Serials) Is it how you want it received? Luther is a crime show with a operatic tone; Silent Witness is a crime show with a gritty tone.
... all of which narrows it down a bit, suggesting that 'tone' in this context is really a further definition of something that's already been placed in genre, that helps the people commissioning it work out where and when the final result can be broadcast. So it's the partly style, partly sub-genre. Fine, you've outlined an idea for a spy thriller, but is it glossy, glamorous, fast-paced (Spooks), or subdued and downbeat (Smiley's People)?
I've always thought it was a bit presumptuous to describe a script's tone before it's completed - to continue the cooking analogy, you wouldn't tell people you're making something 'delicious' and 'exciting', because, well, it might not end up that way. But you should probably have some idea where your meal is going to be on the scale between, say, 'comfortingly bland' and 'spicy', and your description of tone should probably encompass this. So it's a question of refining exactly what I mean by tone, which I can do.
Or I could just stop doing outlines altogether and write everything on spec.
ADVANTAGES: the tone is right there on the page, and everyone knows where they stand. Also, writing is, kind of, you know, what you're supposed to be doing.
DISADVANTAGES: writing for no money is almost exactly the opposite of my business plan. Also, you can spend a month writing a spec pilot for a series about, say, modern-day witches, only to find every bugger and their cat is doing the same.
SO IN CONCLUSION: I was financially and emotionally better off when I worked in a bookshop. And there was free coffee.


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Actual picture featured (on the cover, no less) of Neurology Today, January 19, 2012.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Sports FAIL
Actual picture featured (on the cover, no less) of Neurology Today, January 19, 2012.
17 comments:
- carriep said...
Well, this actually only makes sense to U-M alums. Also, the football team is quite a bit better than the basketball team.
- February 3, 2012 at 7:17 AM
umm... it could have KINDA worked if it was Jimmy Graham of the Saints, as he had come from basketball... lol
- February 3, 2012 at 7:47 AM
- EDNurseasauras said...
I wonder how many heads this flew right over
- February 3, 2012 at 9:47 AM
- Allison said...
Go blue!!
- February 3, 2012 at 9:55 AM
- Mackinturk said...
I'm guessing they pulled the photo from a UM publication. Dr. Kutcher was an Associate Professor of Neurology at UM. From the UM staff page:
"As director of the Michigan Neurosport Program, Dr. Kutcher's research interests focus on the neurologic sequelae of sports injuries and the management of neurologic diseases in the athlete. Particular areas of research include concussion, migraine headache, and sleep disorders."
- February 3, 2012 at 10:06 AM
- February 3, 2012 at 10:49 AM
- HD M0 1B said...
Michigan fans are sooooo nitty.
- February 3, 2012 at 10:50 AM
- Lizard said...
I'm guessing they thought a bunch of geeky doctors wouldn't know the difference between basketball and football.
- February 3, 2012 at 12:02 PM
- Packer said...
I had a friend who taught gym, his favorite activity for class was tackle basketball. He played a couple of years with the Bears and then went to Medical School. He was an unusual fellow.
- February 3, 2012 at 12:29 PM
- Grumpy, M.D. said...
Packer- I guess that means he's a neurologist.
- February 3, 2012 at 12:32 PM
- Entre Nous said...
I could use a job,,,, editor maybe... :}
- February 3, 2012 at 1:32 PM
- drbirk said...
I'm gussing he just doesn't know the difference. Spent too much time in school and not enough time playing.
- February 3, 2012 at 4:52 PM
It's amazing how often stuff like this gets by everyone. My software company produced a marketing piece about a new disk drive...with a cover photo of a tape backup system.
- February 3, 2012 at 5:17 PM
I looked this guy up to make sure that he was looking at concussions for the NBA. Is that really a big problem in basketball? I am sure that is just some file photo, but what a lack of attention to detail!
- February 3, 2012 at 11:39 PM
- RehabRN said...
ROFL...Grumpy I almost spit my glass of wine on the 'puter after that unusual fellow comment.
You could do a whole segment on who becomes a neurologist in med school on that, couldn't you? (Just like those reflex hammers).
- February 4, 2012 at 7:21 PM
- C said...
I am going to defend the writer/editor. "The NBA joins the NFL, NHL and Major League Baseball in instituting a concussion protocol." So the NBA is late to the party, but the doctor has been working with data from the other sports....you all are too analytical for your own good.
- February 5, 2012 at 10:07 PM
Man, that's really violent, physical basketball they're playing there. In fact it almost looks like American football!
- February 7, 2012 at 9:29 PM


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Before I forget. I just found out some good news and some bad news (for me). The good news is that my upcoming book "Sit Down and Shut Up!" is now listed on Amazon with a release date of April 28, 2007. I first heard about this, naturally enough, from a guy who came to my lecture in Hastings, Nebraska last night. Publishers, they never tell you nuthin'!
The bad news is that some assholes have usurped my URL, www.hardcorezen.org, and put up some kind of bullshit new age crystal gazing crap there. Don't use it! It's a rip off! I believe I was paid up on that URL and I'll be looking into this matter. Anyone who knows about such things feel free to contact me.
I'm on my way back from Knee-braska now waiting at the Phoenix airport for a delayed flight to Los Angeles. It was fun. Hastings is a little tiny Christian college in the middle of nowhere. It took 2 hours to get there from the Omaha airport. When you're 2 hours away from Omaha you're way out there. One of the girls who showed me around said her high school graduating class had 26 people. Another person I met had gone to school in a trailer in Wyoming with like 3 other kids. Amazing. I mean, I thought Wadsworth, Ohio was a remote outpost of civilization.
Anyhow, I did one lecture and two other smaller talks while I was out there — I sat in on a philosophy class where the prof suddenly asked me to speak and I did this thing they call "Table Talk" where they sit around at lunch time and talk philosophy and religion. Hastings is a happening place!
Anyway, at every one of these talks I got some variation on the question, "Where do we go when we die?" This was kind of interesting because I can't recall the last time I got that question at all and here I got it three times in one day. Obviously this was a big concern. I think it's a major concern of religious people in general. And, I won't lie to you, it was a big concern of mine when I first got into Buddhism and all that. But, oddly enough, it's not a concern at all anymore. That's one of the things I've pretty well answered for myself that I mentioned a few postings back.
At Table Talk, I shared the floor with another guest speaker at the college, a preacher of some kind. He was of the opinion that when you died, if you were Christian, you went to Heaven, which was a real place where the streets were paved with gold. OK. It doesn't sound incredibly attractive to me. I don't like gold all that much. The image reminds me of, like, Beverly Hills or Bel Air on steroids. And I really find places like that repulsive. So every time I hear I might spend eternity there, it sounds like a kind of punishment. I don't want to live in a Heavenly mansion. I don't even like the ones they have here.
When Buddha was asked questions along the lines of "Where do we go when we die?" he either maintained silence or he said, "The question doesn't fit the case." It's the wrong question. It assumes things that are not true. So any answer you give to a question like that is really irrelevant.
To a Buddhist, lnear time is just a convenient fiction. It works to a certain degree. But it's not real. There is no real past and there is no real future. There is just now. You are born and you die, according to the old Buddhist texts, something like 64,000 times a second. Or some big ass number like that. It doesn't matter. The idea is that you are born and die all the time. Where you go when you die is right here. There's nowhere else you can go.
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Out with the Old ... in with the New & a giveaway
I have had so many feelings I needed to write down, so many appointments I needed to keep track of, and I was given this awesome product to use for a project for CK.It has a monthly calendar, and also breaks down each day with lines to record events. I started to record a few things here and there, Dr. Appointments, etc. then I started to write on the following empty sheets of journaling space details about things that month. It has been an awesome exercise for me! I just finished 2010 ... here is how it turned out (or at least a few of the pages):First is the cover. Each book comes with see-through covers and archival pockets at the front of each month. I chose to make a little list to tell the main events in my life from that month for the title page of each month. Each are exactly the same. I use the opposite side of the sheet protector to display a picture of me in that month. (It has been difficult, seeing that I take most of the pictures in our family. Last, each night I take a minute and record with bullets the happenings of each day. Following that, you have either the dates with lines, or in the journal you have a few pages of blank lines to record in better detail, some of the main events, or happenings from this month. (I have done both and like them both) In 2010 I used the Journal
I have loved this so much, that I decided to see if the makers of this AWESOME planner / journal would be willing to do a giveaway! They have been so generous, and I will be giving a few away!
Be sure to leave me a comment of how you think this would benefit you! I will be picking a few winners in a few days! Good luck!
60 comments:
- Amanda said...
Wow how wonderful! I could really use this to organize my scrapbooking. I typically get around to scrapping pictures once every 2-3 months. I love the idea of recording thoughts in one book to then transfer to completed pages. Thanks for the giveaway!~
- January 17, 2011 at 7:57 PM
I began keeping a daily journal last year & it has been a valuable resource when DH & I needed to know when something happened or when I needed to record details on a project to keep myself organised. This little planner sounds ideal, not just a book for writing but also something attractive to keep pictures in.
Jude in Oz
- January 17, 2011 at 8:35 PM
- Julie said...
I started doing a daily journal last year. It is beautiful to be able to remember the small "every day" moments. I love your take on the journal though! I love the simplicity of it and the inclusion of pictures and scrapbook paper! I'd love to have this calendar!
- January 17, 2011 at 8:44 PM
- crazydaisygirl said...
I love this idea. I haven't been doing much scrapbooking lately, but I do want to still keep track of things that are happening. Plus I just started back to school, so I could use a planner to keep my life organized.
Your pages are so cute and fun. I love reading about all your great ideas.
- January 17, 2011 at 8:46 PM
- Kim said...
I love this idea. I have two little girls that I keep wanting to start journals for, but never get around to doing it. This would be a great way to keep track of the everyday stuff in our lives that I don't want forget. The fact that it's a planner too is an added bonus...who can't use more organization. Thanks for the chance to win!
- January 17, 2011 at 9:04 PM
- Erica Hettwer said...
I'd love this as I have two small children and I'd love to remember the details but caring for them sometimes takes up all the space in my head. :)
- January 17, 2011 at 9:55 PM
- Angela said...
What a great way to track some of that everyday stuff.
- January 17, 2011 at 10:11 PM
- Naomi said...
I would love this just what I need. A place to keep me together. And my funny things that my kids say.
- January 17, 2011 at 10:13 PM
- Lisa said...
I love this journal, calendar. This will help me so much to keep track of my daily thoughts. I am always about 6 months behind. What a great give away. Love your Blog.
Lisa P, WA
- January 17, 2011 at 10:48 PM
- Mum23ms said...
I love the scrapbook/journal/calendar combo that this has! I would love to keep track of my family's adventures this year in this :)
Thank you for the chance to win one!
- January 18, 2011 at 2:22 AM
I would love the change to win one. Being a busy mom and full time third grade teacher, not to mention wife, I find that I am always doing the "I should write that down" and "I won't forget Isabelle said..." or Emma just read me her first book! I always have the best intentioned but nothing get recorded! What an easy way to stay organized and capture those precious moments forever!
Thanks for the opportunity!
Angel Rajewski
- January 18, 2011 at 5:15 AM
I'd love to stay more organized for the new year. I also love how pretty it is - it would brighten my day. Thanks for the chance to win.
- January 18, 2011 at 5:21 AM
- Michele's Scrapy Creations said...
love it! I love to record moments plus other events that occurs during that month. I ususally have three different types of journals going and this would be perfect to combine them all together.
- January 18, 2011 at 5:37 AM
- Bart and Cindy said...
I need this....it would make my year so much easier! Thanks for giving me a chance to win it!
- January 18, 2011 at 6:27 AM
- KristynG said...
I would love to have one of these to document the milestones of our baby girl!
Thanks for the chance to win!
- January 18, 2011 at 6:45 AM
- Ashley said...
That looks great. Maybe I could do that kind of scrapbooking! How nice of you to do a giveaway on your birthday.
Happy Birthday!!
- January 18, 2011 at 7:09 AM
This would fit perfectly with my New Years Resolution. I'm trying to be more organized and to forget LESS. I also love that you can keep a journal in the same place as your schedule. Love your blog, and thanks for the chance to win such an awesome product.
- January 18, 2011 at 7:25 AM
Wow, I love that journal! I'm working 2 jobs right now so it's important I stay organized, this planner looks like it could help with that. Thanks for the chance to win!
- January 18, 2011 at 7:30 AM
- Sarah said...
Wow--I could really use this to get organized. I'm expecting baby #2 so it would be great to be able to have a spot to journal as well as have our appointments listed there as well.
- January 18, 2011 at 7:43 AM
- Sarah said...
I am a working mom of a toddler with another baby on the way. I love this idea for helping to keep up to date on what my family is doing. Looks like a great product!
- January 18, 2011 at 8:02 AM
- michelle said...
I am guilty of having a planner, a journal, a scrapbook, and little post its and pieces of paper with little memories everywhere! This looks like a perfect place to keep everything! Awesome idea, as usual :)
- January 18, 2011 at 8:12 AM
- Gram said...
That looks great. I have been wanting to start a journal for years. This would motivate me.
Thanks for the idea.
- January 18, 2011 at 8:15 AM
- Briana said...
First, I am doing Project Life this year so it will help me remember which photos are for which day and why I took them! I easily forget! I love the planner and journaling pages- so nice to have it all together. And it's CUTE so I won't lose it!
- January 18, 2011 at 8:30 AM
- smileynann said...
I am a mom to 4 1/2 kids, and I HAVE to be more organized this year - I'd love one!
Natalie, Springville, UT
- January 18, 2011 at 8:57 AM
- Melissa said...
I LOVE the idea of this, and how it's laid out! I think it would help me keep journaling, and would also be a great way to keep track of the year.. something I've been meaning to do. Thanks for the chance!
- January 18, 2011 at 9:13 AM
- kimi said...
The journal is amazing! Would love to have one for myself! BTW I am sad that you are leaving CK. I always look for your articles first. I am very happy that you will get to spend more time with those adorable boys of yours. Congrats!
- January 18, 2011 at 9:14 AM
- Carly said...
OH, I ♥ this! I have been trying to do the P365 for a couple years now & never get around to it. I think this would be an awesome way of capturing the day to day moments that seem to not get scrapped but are so important and really represent who we are & how we live as a Mommy & as a family. I would just love to win won.
- January 18, 2011 at 9:15 AM
- Brandi said...
Wow Mandy, I'm newer to your blog and just read your post from last year about your health scare, congrats from the bottom of my heart. I have been going through my own scare and my nightmare won't be over until March...hopefully. As you did, I dug myself into a giant hole emotionally and I think this would be very therapeutic. Thanks for sharing and a chance of winning.
- January 18, 2011 at 9:20 AM
- Nancy K. said...
Oh that is really cool! I think that would actually force me to Journal about our everyday happenings. I've been trying to keep a little notebook of funny things my daughter says, because it's those things that really put the character in our lives.
- January 18, 2011 at 10:07 AM
- kmom said...
I could really use this! I have one son in college, another graduating High School this year and daughter in middle school. Just to keep up with our daily activities is a challenge and I think this journal would be perfect. As soon as I saw it, I knew this was just what I have been looking for!
- January 18, 2011 at 10:32 AM
- amyp said...
Love this idea! I think this would be great for my 5 year old. To be able to document all about him. His life now, his thoughts, routines, practices, his handwriting, things he says, etc. It would give him a chance to have a book all about him and that would be great to have many years from now!
Sounds like a great addition to his scrapbook I do for him!
Plus, it sounds like a great gift for my friend who is having a baby on Thursday!!
Also, sorry to read about you leaving CK, I understand your reasons, as I myself is a stay at home mom. Glad that I can still get ideas and inspiration from your blog!
Thanks Mandy!!
- January 18, 2011 at 10:38 AM
- Laura T. said...
What a great journal ... Love the idea that you can create layouts to slide inside the pockets. What a great keepsake to have when the year is over too.
- January 18, 2011 at 10:54 AM
- Jennifer DeWolfe said...
What a great concept! Love it! Thanks for the chance to get myself organized this year ;)
- January 18, 2011 at 11:35 AM
- Rene said...
Very smart idea. I keep ideas, dates, things that happen in several different types of calendar....this would be place to do it all in one spot.
I love this idea. Thanks for sharing.
- January 18, 2011 at 11:43 AM
- Val said...
I love this idea and your is SO CUTE! I'm always jotting things down here and there and then losing them. I love that there is a place for pics too.
Thanks for the chance to win!
- January 18, 2011 at 11:51 AM
- Sarah said...
I am all aobut keeping life organized at the White House. Everyone has a different color in the calendar. We represent three different school systems with three different calendars. It makes for a very colorful claendar. I think it would be neat to add pictures as well.
- January 18, 2011 at 12:31 PM
Wow! This looks fantastic! I could definately use this, I return to work as a supply teacher in a few weeks (finishing up my maternity leave) and this would be fantastic for keeping organized as to where I need to go each day.
- January 18, 2011 at 3:15 PM
- Janessa Cowan said...
Sweet! I would definitely use this to keep a journal of my crazy life. I love your idea. It would be fun to look back in 5-10-20 years to see how things have changed.
- January 18, 2011 at 3:52 PM
- Mary S said...
Wow...Love this planner!!! Exactly what I am looking for. If I am not lucky enough to win please let me know where I can buy one :)
- January 18, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- Jill Norwood said...
Wow I really like the idea of having this with me during the day but also as the last thing to do at night. My husband was diagnosed with brain cancer on July 30th 2010 and so much is happening with his health and my little boy starting kindergarten and I want to remember each moment. I have a blog but find that I end up not making entries this year because of all of the doctor's appointments and running to and from my son's school etc. I think this might be my answer - I so want to remember all the special moments we share each month! More than ever I know that Each day is a GIFT! That is actually our family motto this year and my word for the year is HOPE! I hope I win one but if not I think I will try to order one anyway - it looks absolutely perfect for my needs! Thanks for sharing! You are an inspiration!
- January 18, 2011 at 4:53 PM
- Eric & Jodi Eames said...
Duds! happy birthday a day late!!! Hope you had a good one with lots of chocolate cake!
My new years resolution is to live in the moment and to simplify life I am always looking for something new to try and even if I don't win this giveaway is there a way I can buy it somewhere??
Love u tonz
- January 18, 2011 at 5:52 PM
- Kim said...
This would help out a lot with my project 365. I don't always have time to keep up with my journaling at the end of the day, so this would be a great way to keep on top of that project :)
- January 18, 2011 at 8:48 PM
- debbi said...
This looks like such a great planner! I try to write down the funny/profound things that my grandchildren say and this would be such a beautiful way to keep up with them.
- January 19, 2011 at 7:32 AM
- Jeannie said...
what an awesome idea!! i really need help on my journaling and this would be wonderful!
- January 19, 2011 at 7:47 AM
- Jingle said...
I love all the room for notes! Planners often lack room for that and this is so nice because you can really remember it all and have it to record on layouts later!
- January 19, 2011 at 9:02 AM
- bbtmg said...
What a great journal - I just informed my 7year old that she needed to start an agenda/journal for school (working on handwriting and organizational skills). I would use this as the Mommy version. We could both sit down and write each night and at the end I'd have something pretty special. Thanks for the chance!
- January 19, 2011 at 11:10 AM
This looks like a lot of fun. I would love to create one. Thanks for the opportunity!
- January 19, 2011 at 1:53 PM
This looks like a perfect opportunity to do something for my dad. I would love to have one Thanks for the giveaway!
- January 19, 2011 at 1:54 PM
- Annette said...
This would be a wonderful tool for our new life. #1: I become unemployed and have been helping with the grandkids.(Yes, this means free babysitting for my son). #2 My Husband has had a change with work and will be training with a new company. This would be a wonderful planner to keep track of us all (11) and keep record of this big change in our lives. Thanks!
- January 19, 2011 at 2:26 PM
- dlredford said...
I think journaling is soo... important and I'm absolutely terrible at it. This seems like a great system to keep me organized and motivated. Thanks for the giveaway!
- January 19, 2011 at 2:29 PM
- Becky said...
I love this planner/journal! I also end up behind the camera in most of our pictures and this would give me an opportunity to make this journal about my journey through the year!
- January 19, 2011 at 2:37 PM
I love that! I am doing Project Life and that would be a great way to keep up with journaling. Thanks for the chance.
- January 19, 2011 at 3:44 PM
- angie ulseth said...
Wow! That would be a great way to keep track of the little details that happen each day, so that they can be remembered when I finally get around to scrapping them. What a neat journal/planner - great giveaway!
- January 19, 2011 at 3:53 PM
- michelle268936 said...
Wow this looks like a great idea!! I am a college student and avid scrapbooker, who could use a fun and innovative way to get motivated to journal more. I could really benefit from a planner that I can add pictures, journaling, etc. too as a way to spice up recording my busy schedule. I also recently became an aunt and it would also be a nice way to remember some of the milestones of my nephew.
- January 19, 2011 at 7:27 PM
- Wendy said...
I think this would help me with my Project Life...give me a place to record what happened each day and I just wanted to say that I think you're amazing...to keep going day after day with such a great attitude! I didn't know about your disease before this and I wish you the best.
- January 19, 2011 at 7:30 PM
- Carrie said...
That is such a great idea. I too have had issues keeping up with Journaling. I have wanted to do it and I start out doing it faithfully and then a day will get away from me and then two days, etc. This is a fun way to journal but not really think of it as a journal.
- January 19, 2011 at 7:39 PM
- Michelle said...
Why didn't I think of this? Crazy how that works. This is an awesome idea and it would work well to keep those multiple calendar notes, planners, journal, bazillions of photos organized so you can easily put together a year in review. I'm all about this!! Thanks for the give-away opportunity!
- January 20, 2011 at 9:58 PM
- CindeeQ said...
I love this idea! I think this would help so much with our busy family of 4. Our kids are active in sports, school and theatre. This would helps keep us organized!!
- January 31, 2011 at 1:47 PM
- Karen Foster said...
I am agenda junkie. I never seem to com across exactly what I am looking for..........this is IT!
Oh, I love to keep track of events, appointments,diets and journal about the day,!!!!
- February 9, 2011 at 10:06 AM
I found you through tip junkie~ isn't she awesome? if it wasn't for her I wouldn't of found your blog and I looked through a few of your past posts and I think you are truly a special person and a gift from God, as a mother of 3 boys (16,13,&11) my 13 year old is bipolar, I am always on the go, always a day late and a dollar short and so I love blogs that breathe a fresh of breathe air with ideas, yet still personal (love the pictures of your babies) they grow so quick, so I think this planner/journal/life savor would be great for any mom. I hope I win. Good Luck to all. Love your blog & am now a follower. Thanks Dyan
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