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CARACAS, Venezuela — From Caracas to Havana to La Paz, President Barack Obama's re-election victory was welcomed with a sigh of relief by many on Latin America's left, though others cautioned that the U.S. leader had not made the region a priority during his crisis-buffeted first term and was unlikely to do so in a second.
In Cuba, state-run news website CubaSi called the outcome a victory for the lesser of two evils, saying: "U.S. elections: the worst one did not win."
"The news of Barack Obama's triumph in yesterday's general elections in the United States was received with some relief and without great optimism," CubaSi wrote.
On the streets of Caracas, some said they worried that a Romney win would have brought a much harder line against leftist leaders such as their own President Hugo Chavez, and that they hoped another four-year term for Obama would bring relatively peaceful U.S.-Latin American ties.
"The other guy would have cut off relations with Venezuela," said Cesar Echezuria, a street vendor selling newspapers emblazoned with front-page photos of Obama celebrating. "It would have been a disaster for Venezuela if Obama had lost."
Chavez has not commented since Tuesday's vote, but he raised eyebrows during the campaign when he said that if he were an American, he'd cast his ballot for Obama over Republican Mitt Romney.
Despite years of strained relations between Chavez and Washington, the United States remains the top buyer of Venezuelan oil.
President Raul Castro's government is also often critical of the American president, but under a Romney administration it might have faced unwelcome rollbacks of Obama policies that relaxed restrictions on Cuban-American travel and remittances and increased cultural exchanges.
Oscar Espinosa Chepe, a Cuban government economist turned dissident who favors engagement between Washington and Havana, expressed hope that Obama may do more to improve relations between the two countries — even though U.S. law stipulates that Congress has the final say on the 50-year economic embargo against Havana — Cuba's chief complaint against America.
"We think Obama in this second term could take some more steps, for example letting more Americans travel to Cuba," Espinosa Chepe said. "Although we know these policies cannot be changed overnight, we also think commercial relations could be liberalized."
On the streets of Havana, some Cubans said they had been pulling for Obama but also expressed doubts that his re-election would have any real impact on relations.
Javier Menes, a bartender, called it the second potential "tsunami" Cuba has dodged in a span of weeks, the first being Chavez's re-election in Venezuela last month, given that his government provides key economic support and fuel shipments to the island.
If Romney had won, it "would no doubt have produced a more bellicose rhetoric, and perhaps more aggressive actions towards Cuba, Venezuela and other left governments," said Miguel Tinker Salas, a Latin American studies professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California.
Tinker Salas and other analysts say Obama's administration hasn't deviated much in the approach toward Latin America that was taken by former President George W. Bush.
Beyond counter-drug efforts in the region, "the U.S. faces real challenges to its role in Latin America. It faces opposition to its efforts to increase economic ties with sympathetic governments and to out maneuver Chinese efforts to gain a stronger foothold in the region," Tinker Salas said.
The United States remains the top trading partner of many countries in the region, with exceptions including Brazil and Chile, where China has recently taken its place.
During the presidential debates, Romney had called Latin America a "huge opportunity" for the United States economically.
The region, however, was far from a hot topic in the election and seldom garnered mentions by the candidates — although one pro-Romney television ad in Florida had played up Chavez's pro-Obama comments.
Ahead of the vote, some commentators in Latin America had groused that Obama and Romney were so similar in foreign policy stances that the result didn't matter much.
A recent front-page cartoon in Argentina's Pagina12 newspaper summed up such complaints, showing a conversation between two bearded men.
One remarked: "What difference is there between Republicans and Democrats?" The other answered: "Both bomb you, but the Democrats afterward feel just a little bit bad about it."
President Evo Morales of Bolivia — whose relations with the United States have been testy since he expelled the U.S. ambassador and U.S. drug agents in 2008 — noted that Latino voters were a key force in helping Obama win.
"Obama needs to recognize and pay that debt to the Latinos," Morales said.
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So, how serious is the legal battle between Apple and the various Android phone makers, really? Surely, it's just logical business sense that's behind it, right? Calculated, well-planned precision strikes designed to hurt Android where simply making better, more innovative products isn't enough? Well, no, not really. We already knew Steve Jobs took this personal - now we know just how personal.
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I think it's safe to say that every phone with Android on it has a GPU - including acceleration features.
It's the Android architecture so far that wasn't ready to make use of that.

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Tumblebugs Review
Hey, you know that one puzzle game where you're that thing that shoots colored marbles at other colored marbles? You know, that one game? Well, Tumblebugs is one of those games and a fine version of it at that. However, if you already own one those games (Luxor, Stoneloops of Jurassica, Atlantis Sky Patrol, etc.) then there is absolutely no reason for you to care about Tumblebugs.
In Tumblebugs, hundreds of cuddly, multicolored bugs are forced into convenient marble shapes and rolled through various pathways by black bugs trying to enslave them. Only Tumble, with his ability to clear the marbles/bugs by matching three in a row, can save them. It's always fun to see how games like these make sense of the marble shooting mechanic in the context of the story, and Tumblebugs' brief humorous storyboards do not disappoint.
Many apps in this genre place your marble shooter at the bottom of the screen, and have you use your finger to scroll left and right while blasting the marbles of above you. Tumblebugs, on the other hand, takes a few liberties as far as shooter placement is concerned. Sometimes you'll be on the bottom of the screen but often you'll be somewhere in the middle. Moreover, the shooter itself is fixed in its spot and doesn't scroll. Instead, you touch the area you want to shoot and the marble will follow the path until it hits another marble. This method gives you somewhat more range and control but is too imprecise too often.
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The controls start to become an issue later on in the game when things get tougher. At first, marbles go through a standard circular path, making it easier for you to clear them before they reach the finish. However, later on the paths get more twists and turns, and often the marbles you want to hit will be blocked by other marbles. It's a shame because while these later stages add some nice variation to the experience, the unresponsive controls, combined with the complicated layout, add too much artificial and unpleasant difficulty.
At least Tumblebugs looks fine. Granted, it doesn't have the style of something like an Atlantis Sky Patrol, but its standard cartoon visuals don't detract. Marbles roll in a way that looks 3D, and since the game is based around fighting factions of insects, many levels take place in locales such as a forest, a backyard, a pool, and a front lawn littered with Frisbees.
Your quest to out-puzzle the evil black bugs spans 10 worlds with five levels each, and although the gameplay never changes significantly from each brief level to the next, it is a game worth playing until the end both for its challenge and varying level designs. Other features include Facebook connectivity and the ability to use your own songs as the game's soundtrack, a feature that developers should always consider as it can change the mood of your game in a very humorous way. In-game sound effects have a nice pop and the default soundtrack, with its piano and xylophone themes, is surprisingly good on its own.
If you have not already bought a Match-3 marble puzzle game like this, Tumblebugs is a fine purchase. But chances are you already have, and that game may be better than Tumblebugs, too.


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ATLANTA, Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes that Feb. 5, 2013 is the application deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans as a result of frosts and freezes beginning March 1, 2012.
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"When the Secretary of Agriculture issues a disaster declaration to help farmers recover from damages and losses to crops, the Small Business Administration issues a declaration to help eligible entities affected by the same disaster," said Frank Skaggs, director of SBA's Field Operations Center East in Atlanta.
Under this declaration, the SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is available to eligible farm-related and nonfarm-related entities that suffered financial losses as a direct result of this disaster. With the exception of aquaculture enterprises, SBA cannot provide disaster loans to agricultural producers, farmers, or ranchers.
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If you've read this blog for even the shortest amount of time you know how much I love tiny details. For me, it really is the extra touches that make things special. You can imagine how happy I was when Abby and I walked up the stairs to Justin's studio for our 30 Strangers shoot to find this waiting for us:
It was the perfect indication of what the afternoon would be like. Meeting Justin Hackworth was exactly what I expected it to be. He is as kind and personable as I had imagined. Sitting down on his big blue couch and answering his questions felt like visiting with an old friend. He asked about my children, where I grew up, and how I met Ryan. He asked Abby what book she was currently reading and if she wanted to be a Veterinarian. We were completely at ease. And that's when he started taking pictures. The shoot was so casual, it was easy to forget he was actually working. He would say "look out the window, tilt your chin up, do your parent's live nearby?" and I would answer his question and not really notice that he was shooting away the entire time. A master, I tell you.
When it was all over and we were heading out to leave we saw this:
Lovely. The grin on Abigail's darling face didn't wear off for hours. She was beaming and I reveled in her glow.
You can read more about 30 Strangers here.
Tiny Details From 30 Strangers.
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I love that little welcome sign!ReplyDelete
I am not good at the tiny details, so I completely appreciate others who do it so well. Love this!
And hello, that is one gorgeous iphone picture of the two of you!
People like that just warm my spirit. Love special touches and personable people.ReplyDelete
That is so sweet! I love little details like that too!ReplyDelete
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I love not only the attention to detail that the sign represented, but that the sign was clipped to a tree branch. How cool!ReplyDelete
That sounds like the coolest photo shoot. What a fun mother/daughter experience for both of you!ReplyDelete
you are so lucky that you were able to meet someone like him! adorable signs but that last picture of the two of you is absolutely gorgeous!ReplyDelete
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If, as has been said, the movie business is like a giant tanker ship that can't change course on a dime, this year's Oscar nominations show an organization in the midst of making that kind of adjustment in direction, moving slowly but steadily from the past to the future.
Imagine a world where movie stars of the pedigree of Robert Redford and Tom Hanks give two of the best performances of their careers but don't get Oscar nominations. On the other hand, imagine a world where the stunning "Stories We Tell," Sarah Polley's ground-breaking documentary that mixes re-creations with reality, is snubbed. Or where Spike Jonze, director of the subversive "Her," can't get a nomination either.
You don't have to imagine those worlds. We're living in both of them.
PHOTOS: Oscars 2014 snubs and surprises
The acting category is an example of that not-quite changing of the guard. Four of the five nominees — Christian Bale ("American Hustle"), Leonardo DiCaprio ("Wolf of Wall Street"), Matthew McConaughey ("Dallas Buyers Club") and Chiwetel Ejiofor ("12 Years a Slave") — are a generation younger than Hanks ("Captain Phillips") and Redford ("All Is Lost.)
But, as if to demonstrate that the past is not quite gone, the acting branch found room for another member of that older generation, nominating Bruce Dern for his outstanding work in "Nebraska."
Looking at Oscar nominations category by category, however, can be deceptive. Different branches have different memberships, which leads to situations like Wong Kar Wai's stunning "The Grandmaster" being good enough to get nominations in both cinematography and costume design but not being good enough to get a best foreign language nomination. Go figure.
The best way to see the Academy's tendencies, however, is to look across all categories and examine the three films that got the most nominations. Each of them succeeded, it could be argued, because they perfectly captured the current zeitgeist by being partially in the future and partially in the past.
PHOTOS: Oscars 2014 nominee reactions
David O. Russell's "American Hustle" topped the list with 10 nominations. On the one hand, the film's outrageous situations and characterizations (and brilliantly off-the-cuff dialogue) are definitely not business as usual, but the film manages to bring everything back home for a satisfying and happily conventional conclusion.
Close behind with nine nominations each are "Gravity" and "12 Years a Slave," each of which does that same balancing act its own way.
With "Gravity," the split between future and past is most obvious. The film's astonishing visuals are the most forward-looking element in any of this year's films, but "Gravity's" lost-in-space, desperate-for-home plot is, in broad outline, nothing if not recognizable.
Seeing this dynamic in "12 Years a Slave" is a bit more difficult, but it is there. On the one hand, given that "Roots" changed the face of television within the memory of those still living and "Django Unchained" won an Oscar last year, it is fair to say that slavery is a familiar topic. But the unblinking, unsentimental way director Steve McQueen has chosen to present it on screen is unprecedented as well as completely modern.
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Though this kind of argument could be made about almost every film on the best picture list, the dynamic is more visible in some films than others. For example:
"Dallas Buyers Club." The subject matter of AIDS kept this feature in development hell for what must have seemed like forever, but once it got made, "Dallas's" tendency to hit its points harder than necessary put it squarely in the old Hollywood camp.
"Wolf of Wall Street." Though he started in the independent world and lives in New York, no one is a more old-school traditional studio filmmaker these days than Martin Scorsese, something that he shrewdly camouflages by the increasingly sensationalistic nature of his work: Entertainment Weekly reported that this film "breaks the record for most F-bombs in a movie with 506." My sympathies to the person who did the counting.
"Philomena." Judi Dench's wrenching performance as a woman desperate to reconnect with the son she gave up for adoption would have warmed the heart of Louis B. Mayer. But having that son be gay and casting the Catholic Church in a villanous light would have given the old mogul fits.
It's interesting to note that same split between then and now is also visible, albeit in different ways, within the foreign language and documentary categories.
Oscars 2014: Play-at-home ballot
While two of the foreign language nominees — "The Great Beauty" from Italy and "The Missing Picture" from Cambodia — are indisputably, even brilliantly, modern, the remaining three — Belgium's "Broken Circle Breakdown," Denmark's "The Hunt" and Palestine's "Omar" — are all traditional stories done in an updated way.
As far as the documentary nominations go, this year's picks underscore the tradition that films with political agendas have a leg up. Three of the five nominees — "The Act of Killing," "Dirty Wars" and "The Square" — fit that bill.
Given how resistant this branch is to nonpolitical subject matter, perhaps the wonder is not that "Stories We Tell" and Alan Berliner's exceptional "First Cousin Once Removed" didn't make the cut but that "Cutie and the Boxer" and "Twenty Feet From Stardom" did.
It goes without saying that films that are too out there don't get Oscar nominations, but this year's nominations also showed that you can be too conventional as well. "Saving Mr. Banks" got only one nomination (for musical score), "The Butler" didn't get any, and the exceptional but under-publicized "The Invisible Woman" had to settle for one for costume design.
Which was one less than the nominations (for makeup and hair style and visual effects) that one of the year's biggest bombs, "The Lone Ranger," managed to rack up. The Academy insists on going its own way, and you have to love it for that.
[For the record, 1:45 p.m. Jan. 16, 2014: An earlier version of this post referred to "Django Unchained" as "Django Rising."]
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I'm just back from Washington, after a weeklong trip to cover the inaugural festivities.
And by cover, I mean walking for miles in bone-chilling cold and waiting for hours with hundreds of thousands of strangers to watch the proceedings on giant video screens.
Inauguration morning may have looked good on TV. The pomp, the crowds, the soaring rhetoric, the patriotic songs.
In real life, it involved rising before dawn to navigate barricaded streets with confused crowds given faulty directions by clueless volunteers and out-of-town police. I wound up so far back in the National Mall crowd I could barely hear or see.
I had barely defrosted from the Inaugural Parade — a two-hour wait for a 10-second glimpse of the commander-in-chief — when it was time to set out for the Inaugural Ball.


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The central Arkansas community of Vilonia's name came about as a result of a typographical error, according to Ernie Deane's Arkansas Place Name. In his book, Deane says: "Pioneer settlers in the early 1860s used the name Vilsonia, said to mean 'Land of Two Valleys' and [was] chosen members of a Masonic lodge there. A request for a post office, when approved by postal authorities, was returned with the name spelled Vilonia."
Like many towns in Arkansas, Vilonia started as a farming community. As businesses were established to serve the needs of the farmers, the town began to grow. According to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, "George W. Harris erected a cotton gin powered by steam and a gristmill to grind corn into meal. Oscar Simpson owned the first drugstore. R. B. Evans was Vilonia's dentist, and one Mr. Davis was the town's miller. A Dr. Carr served as the community's first medical doctor. The 1870s saw the emergence of the first mercantile businesses in town." Vilonia was incorporated on August 23, 1938, under Mayor Thomas Henry Hill.
Today there is still a little agriculture but no other industry in the town. People who live here work in nearby Conway and Little Rock. During the 1990s the town nearly doubled in size due to the excellent educational system and family friendly neighborhoods. The Lester Flatt Memorial R.V. Park at nearby Otto is a popular gathering place for all types of music lovers. A full slate of concerts is held each season and highlights gospel, bluegrass and country music. Some even offer workshops. The park has covered pavilions; concessions, one of which serves full meals in season; restrooms and showers. A four-acre lake offers crappie and bass fishing and small boats are available to guests for rent. Vilonia is located approximately 40 miles northeast of Little Rock in Faulkner County.


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Did you know the Peanuts characters are a bad influence on children?
Me either. But apparently there are people who have studied the personalities of Charlie Brown and his friends, and they have surmised that the characters are in dire need of psychiatric help.
In the words of Lucy, some people believe the Peanuts gang needs to hear the words, "The psychiatrist is in."
I wish I were kidding, but I'm not. Some people have gone so far as to stop their children from watching anything Peanuts-related because Lucy is a bully.
Just in case you are wondering, I was rolling my eyes and smirking as I wrote the previous sentence. I know this may come as a shock to some people, but the Peanuts characters are not real. They are made up.
I know children are impressionable. But if some parents think their kids will be affected by Lucy's decision to pull away the football every time Charlie Brown tries to kick it, their kids have much bigger issues than a cartoon.
One of my friends said some people were upset because Linus stayed in the pumpkin patch waiting for The Great Pumpkin (who also isn't real, by the way) because the other kids were picking on him. I guess children would watch it and, well, I don't know, develop pumpkin patch anxiety?
This entire thing is hilarious. Have we really come to the point that even the Peanuts are menaces to society? What's next, Elmo?
Oh wait. Never mind.
There are generations of children who grew up watching Charlie Brown, and I am confident in saying that there aren't many who would say that watching Snoopy fight the Red Baron, or watching Charlie Brown get a rock on Halloween, caused them to turn into adults with "rock anxiety" or "Red Baron psychoses."
I would think parents would be more concerned about the massive amounts of marijuana their kids may be smoking, or the numerous prescription drugs their kids may be on, due to whatever non-Peanuts related disorder they may have. Or maybe parents should look at themselves and their paranoia that may have contributed to their children's Peanuts wrath.
Or maybe parents should pay more attention to their kids' friends, or focus more on parenting their kids instead of being their friends or blaming society for their child's behavior.
I'm a Peanuts fan, can you tell?
Not allowing children to watch shows like Peanuts, which, in my opinion, teach valuable life lessons, is silly.
Lucy may have pulled the football away every time Charlie Brown tried to kick it, but Charlie Brown never stopped trying. Charlie Brown had tenacity, which is a word all children should learn.
Linus waited for The Great Pumpkin because he thought his pumpkin patch was the most sincere. Not the most lavish, not the most superficial, but the most sincere.
Based on some of the behavior I have seen, I don't think a majority of children know the meaning of the word sincere.
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Reasons behind Childress' blowup
Kyle Busch knew it was coming.
After the run-in between Busch and Kevin Harvick at Darlington Raceway, Richard Childress vowed before God, the drivers and NASCAR brass in the hauler that if Busch damaged another RCR vehicle he would exact revenge.
This was no empty threat. It was black and white.
And Childress is a man of his word.
So after Busch roughed up Joey Coulter's race truck on the cool-down lap Saturday because he didn't like the way the 20-year-old rookie raced him for fifth place, Childress was honor-bound to make good on his promise.
Coulter's truck, earmarked for next weekend's Texas race, now requires a trip to a fabrication shop before it will be ready for competition. For an owner who started in a one-bay garage, the unnecessary damage of property was taken as a personal attack.
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Childress was done talking. Reasoning had not worked with the 26-year-old in the past; it was time for action against a driver — and a team.
So, in old-school fashion, the 65-year-old Childress, a former racer, started swinging. The blows struck Busch, but they also sent a message to the Joe Gibbs Racing team.
To understand Childress' actions — they resulted Monday in a $150,000 fine and probation through the end of the year — one must understand the depth of his frustration. Consider:
• Before Saturday's altercation, there was the Darlington Speedway incident between RCR and Gibbs drivers — and it was a costly one.
After Busch collected Harvick and fellow RCR driver Clint Bowyer near the end of the race — "Eighteen hooked me," Harvick said over the radio — Harvick followed Busch to pit road. Though Busch tried to elude him, Harvick got out of his car and reached into Busch's window with his left arm.
Busch, still in his car, then punted the No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet into the pit wall, causing $30,000 in damage to the car's front end. Tack on the $25,000 Harvick was fined, plus the probation he received through June 15 for all NASCAR events.
• Last summer, a former RCR employee with knowledge of RCR set-ups left for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Not long after, NASCAR investigated Bowyer's No. 33 Chevrolet at Richmond, which resulted in a warning from officials. After Bowyer's victory at New Hampshire, his car was declared illegal: NASCAR concluded Bowyer's car at Richmond had exceeded the tolerances for the positioning of the body on the frame. Childress' crew chief, Shane Wilson, was levied a $150,000 fine (later reduced to $100,000), and the No. 33 team was docked 150 driver and owner points.
Many wondered how Gibbs driver Denny Hamlin acquired enough information to make the following accusation against Childress at Dover:
"In the garage, everyone has known it for months," Hamlin said. "It's not two weeks old. This is something that's been going on for months. They've (33 team) been warned for a long time, way before Richmond. This is not something that, 'Oh, man, they just told us halfway after Richmond and going into Loudon that our car's wrong.'
"They knew it was wrong way before that, and I felt like they just, they wanted to get everything they could. What did they have to lose really? You almost can't fault them for that."
And if, as Hamlin charged, everyone knew, why wasn't Richard Childress Racing busted long before Richmond?
Hamlin's rant the Friday before the Dover race led Harvick to defend the company's honor with his chrome horn during Saturday practice.
A dust-up occurred between Hamlin and Harvick the Nos. 11 and 29 on the track, leading Childress to later quip, "You can't win a pissing contest with a skunk."
• To further fuel the feud, there's the issue of Harvick having once advised Busch on how to start a truck team. And how did Busch thank Harvick? He hired Harvick's championship crew chief, Rick Ren, to be general manager of Kyle Busch Motorsports.
• As for Childress, there are those who question whether he has been on the wrong side of NASCAR since 2007, when his then-sponsor, Cingular, merged with AT&T. AT&T filed a lawsuit against the sanctioning body to replace Cingular with the AT&T brand on Jeff Burton's No. 31 Chevrolet. NASCAR had grandfathered the Cingular and Alltel sponsorships in the Cup Series after Nextel became the title sponsor in 2004.
There were also tense moments after Shell-Pennzoil became the title sponsor of Harvick's No. 29 Chevrolet and received tremendous exposure after the driver's 2007 Daytona 500 win — much to the chagrin of Sunoco, the official fuel supplier of NASCAR.
Still, Childress continues to be a staunch supporter of the sport. He has had his share of setbacks in the 38 years he has helped build NASCAR — he lost his best friend, Dale Earnhardt, on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500 — but he also has built an empire that was once unimaginable to a man with such humble beginnings.
None of this excuses what happened Saturday between Childress and Busch in the truck garage.
Yes, NASCAR's roots stem from outlaws who maintained justice with the threat of firearms or fists. And the sport grew to national prominence from highlight reels of brawls and crashes: Who can blame NASCAR for airing footage of the 1979 Daytona 500 throwdown among Cale Yarborough and the Allison brothers, when it suits the sport's marketing purposes?
In this day and age, NASCAR can't condone this kind of violence. NASCAR can't afford that kind of escalation in stock car racing. Nevertheless, it's easy to understand the forces at play that caused Richard Childress to do what he did.
Old-school racers will always take care of business in old-school ways, even when it is not politically correct to do so.


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Gregory Campbell
By Bob Dickson
Gregory Mason Campbell did not live as long as most boys. In God's providence, he went to heaven on May 8, 1968.
Gregory's parents, Max and Joe Campbell, will tell you that Gregory's passing was "the greatest sorrow of our lives." But they will also tell you that they "never brooded" because their baby boy loved the Lord, and they rejoice in knowing they will see him again.
They will also tell you that Gregory's life had purpose; it may have been short, but it made a difference.
Others will agree.
Nyack College President Michael Scales is among the first.
"Gregory was my cousin," Scales says. "We spent our childhood together in Alabama."
Scales was three years older than Gregory, but that didn't stop them from being friends.
"They sure loved each other," says Max Campbell, who is now 88. "Gregory just wanted to be another Michael."
The Lord had other plans for Michael and Gregory. After Gregory drowned, God began to burden young Scales with a desire to be another Gregory.
"Realizing that even at age 13, the Lord can take you home, I knew I had to get my life on track," Scales says. "I felt the Lord compelling me to try to fill the gap."
The gap Scales speaks of is the loss of a budding young man with a desire to serve God. From a very young age, Gregory harbored a desire to become a missionary. He wanted to follow his older brother's footsteps and serve in China.
"That's what the Alliance is all about," Max says. "We are missionary people and all of our (four) children have an Alliance background. Gregory was always serving at the church—cutting the grass, being a janitor…"
Older cousin Michael, meanwhile, watched him. Even though Gregory was three years his junior, it was clear that God had touched him in a special way. He had tapped him for some special service for the Kingdom.
In death, that special service became even more obvious. Its first fruits appeared in the life of Michael, who took the baton from Gregory and ran with it.
"I didn't know back then how God was going to use me," he says. "I just knew I wanted to be used. It was as if God took Gregory's desire to serve and gave a bit of it to me. My life belonged to Him from that point on."
Almost 40 years have passed since Gregory left this world—40 years since Michael Scales felt God's prompting to serve as his younger cousin had served.
Scales has served the Lord faithfully since then, and that service is just one piece of the legacy of a boy who lived 13 years.
In honor of his cousin's short, but significant life of Christian service, Scales and his wife Susan are personally providing an endowment for student aid in Gregory's name.
The endowment will help Nyack students pursue their educations. It will help them sharpen themselves for the Lord's service.
Lord willing, it will help put Christian missionaries on the field—perhaps even in China.
"Gregory was not able to travel to China as a missionary like he hoped to," Scales said. "But he was a missionary every day of his life. Now, because of him, others will be able to make that trip. He changed my life and through this endowment, he will continue to change others. This is something I've wanted to do for a long time."
Scales called his Uncle Max and Aunt Joe to tell them of his plans. It was an emotional phone call—one marked by joy over how God providentially works.
"One of the greatest thrills of my life and my wife's life is thinking that Michael is doing this," Max says. "We thank God for every day of Gregory's 13 years. And we thank him for the assurance of his salvation—that he is in God's vineyard."
Max says he and Joe look forward to the glorious reunion that awaits them in heaven. They know Gregory is "sitting up there waiting for us."
"We know Jesus will be there," Max says. "That has to be our true desire."
Just as it is for those who will serve on the field because of the endowment in his name.
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South Dakota's Tyler Starr to Play in Shrine Game
South Dakota senior linebacker Tyler Starr will suit up for the West team in the 89th East-West Shrine Game, January 18th, in St. Petersburg, Florida.
The Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year will be one of seven linebackers on the West team. Former NFL head coach Romeo Crennel will lead the West squad, while another former NFL head coach, Jerry Glanville, will lead the East.
In a USD press release, Starr said:
I am honored to be selected to play in this game and to represent the University of South Dakota. It is really a week-long event that allows us to showcase our talents through practices and provides us the opportunity to visit and support kids at Shriners Hospitals for Children. I am looking forward to it.
Starr was a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award for the top defensive player in the FCS. He finished his career at USD with 196 tackles, a school record 27 sacks and 13 forced fumbles.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks ended Monday's thinly traded session higher with small-cap and tech companies leading the gains. Trading volumes on Wall Street were the third-lowest this year, and analysts noted the absence of 'bad news' sent stocks higher.
Gains were muted in light of mixed deal news. AT&T agreed to buy DirecTV, but AstraZeneca rejected Pfizer Inc.'s final bid.
The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.15% closed 35.23 points, or 0.9%, higher at 4,125.82. The biggest component on the index, Apple Inc. AAPL, +1.11% gained 1.2% to $604.59. The S&P 500 index SPX, +0.22% added 7.22 points, or 0.4%, to 1,885.08. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.49% rose 20.55 points, or 0.1%, to 16,511.86.
The Russell 2000 RUT, +0.22% index of small stocks added 11.52 points, or 1%, to 1,114.43.
Read the recap of MarketWatch's live blog of today's stock-market action.
"There is a news vacuum today, so markets are edging higher as there is nothing to hold them back," says Channing Smith, managing director at Capital Advisors.
"Traders will be watching key technical levels at this point and the 10-year Treasury yields. If the 10-year note yields fall below the 2.46% level, then we might see weakness in equities," he added.
In the absence of economic news, investors turned their attention to two Fed speakers on Monday.
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams said it will likely be more than a year before the central bank begins raising interest rates. Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher lamented the performance of Congress, which he said was acting like a brake on growth that the Fed cannot overcome with its aggressive stimulus policies. Recap of the live blog of Fed talk with Fisher, Williams and Bernanke.
In corporate news, Urban Outfitters, Inc. URBN, -2.47% shares fell 4% in extended-hours trading after the retailer narrowly missed estimates for its first-quarter earnings.
Campbell Soup CPB, -1.20% shares stumbled 2.4% as weak soup sales led to the company cutting its full-year forecast.
Shares of AT&T T, +0.56% fell 1% after the telecom giant agreed to buy satellite-television provider DirecTV (TICKER:DTV) in a stock-and-cash deal worth $67.1 billion, including debt. DirecTV shares also fell 1.8%.
Google Inc.'s GOOG, -0.30% YouTube unit has reached a deal to buy Twitch, a privately held video-streaming service for gamers, for more than $1 billion, according to a report Sunday in Variety, which cited "sources familiar with the pact." Shares in Google rose 1.6%.
Apple Inc. AAPL, +1.11% shares rose 1.2% to $604.59 as Apple and Google agreed to dismiss all outstanding patent disputes although there is no cross-licensing agreement as part of the deal.
U.S.-listed shares of AstraZeneca AZN, -1.76% dropped 12% after the drug maker again rebuffed Pfizer's "final" offer of £55 a share ($89.96) saying it undervalues the company. The offer values AstraZeneca at about $120 billion, while the previous offer of £50-a-share put the deal at about $106 billion. Pfizer PFE, +0.69% shares were up 0.6%.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A U.S. journalist, speaking publicly for the first time since his release from a Syrian extremist group, said Wednesday that he was overwhelmed to learn that so many "brave, determined and big-hearted" people were behind efforts to secure his release.
But Peter Theo Curtis, who was freed Sunday after 22 months in captivity, declined to talk about his ordeal, saying in brief remarks that he needed time to reconnect with family after his return to the United States.
"I have learned, bit-by-bit, that there have been literally hundreds of people, brave determined and big-hearted people, all over the world working for my release," he told reporters near his mother's home, not far from Harvard University. "They've been working for two years on this. I had no idea when I was in prison. I had no idea that so much effort was being expended on my behalf."
Curtis, 45, of Boston, was released by the al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaida-linked group that is fighting the regime of Syrian leader Bashar Assad.
His release came just days after another rival extremist group in Syria, the Islamic State, released an online video showing the beheading of another New England journalist. The Islamic State said they killed James Foley, 40, of Rochester, New Hampshire, in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes targeting Islamic State positions in northern Iraq.
Curtis said Wednesday that he was grateful for the many people, including strangers, who have welcomed him back since his return.
"I suddenly remember how good the American people are and what kindness they have in their hearts," he said.
Curtis promised reporters he would help them tell his story. "I have to bond with my mom and my family now," he said, declining to take questions. "In the future, I promise I will be present and I will help you guys do your job. I'm one of you. … But I can't do it now."
Matt Schrier, an American photojournalist who escaped last year after being held captive in the same cell as Curtis, has said that the two had been tortured, including being subjected to severe beatings on the soles of their feet that left them unable to walk. He told "60 Minutes" that the captors had suspected Curtis was a CIA agent because he spoke Arabic well. On Tuesday, the CBS news magazine released clips of its November interview with Schrier, saying it had previously withheld them at the request of his family.
In a statement released Tuesday night, Curtis said he was "deeply indebted" to the U.S. officials who worked on his behalf, as well as the government of Qatar.
His family has said the Arab country's involvement was crucial in securing his freedom and that they were told he was freed on a "humanitarian basis" with no ransom paid.
Curtis was released Sunday in the Golan Heights. He was reunited with his mother at Boston's Logan Airport on Tuesday, according to his family.
Curtis' family has said they believe he was initially captured in October 2012, shortly after crossing into Syria.
Curtis, under the Theo Padnos byline, has written for the New Republic and other publications.
He also wrote a 2011 book called "Undercover Muslim: A Journey Into Yemen," which studied the radicalization of disaffected youths. His family says he changed his legal name to Peter Theo Curtis after the book's publication to make it easier to travel in Arab countries.
Curtis' mother, Nancy, said in a statement Tuesday she was "overwhelmed with relief" that her son had been returned to her.
"But this is a sober occasion because of the events of the past week," she said. "My heart goes out to the other families who are suffering."
U.S. freelance journalist, Austin Tice of Houston, disappeared in Syria in August 2012. He is believed to be held by the Syrian government. The Islamic State has also said it is holding American journalist Steven Sotloff captive and has warned that he would be killed if U.S. airstrikes continued.
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A Connecticut Yankee: Remembering Greenwich High School Hall of Famer and former Bronx Bomber John "Zeke" Bella
Remembering Greenwich High School Hall of Famer and former Bronx Bomber John "Zeke" Bella
John "Zeke" Bella, a Greenwich native who played for the New York Yankees in the late 1950s and later became a long-serving youth sports official in town, died Sunday from complications related to a stroke and fall he suffered during the last week. He was 83.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever produced by the town, Bella was also one of its most beloved. He earned one of his most prestigious accolades Oct. 20 when he was inducted with Steve Young and Sue Merz into the inaugural class of the Greenwich High School Sports Hall of Fame.
"Zeke was a great man; a molder of boys into men," said Young, a three-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers. "I'm grateful for his inspiring me to be better. He was an important part of the rich athletic tradition in Greenwich. His hearty 'strike three' will be missed."
Chris Hunt, co-coordinator of the Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich, also paid tribute to Bella.
"We were devastated to learn of Zeke Bella's passing," he said. "He was a legendary official, superlative athlete at Greenwich High School in both football and baseball and did what few are able to do -- make it all of the way to the major leagues, which he did with the Yanks and A's."
Bella was born on Aug. 22, 1930. Raised in Greenwich, he emerged early as a standout athlete. He played football, basketball and baseball at Greenwich High School.
He took his nickname from first baseman Zeke Bonura, one of his favorite players on the 1939 New York baseball Giants.
Bella graduated from high school at age 16 in 1947. He then attended a military academy for a year before moving on to semi-pro stints on teams in Hertford, N.C., and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He signed with the Yankees in 1951 and played in the team's farm system for several years.
After serving in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1954 during the Korean War, Bella returned to baseball in 1955. The outfielder was called up to the Yankees at the end of the 1957 season. The Bronx Bombers won the American League that season, but lost the World Series in seven games to the Milwaukee Braves.
Bella was traded to the Kansas City A's in 1959. He retired from baseball at the end of the 1959 season, following two operations on his left eye.
Returning to Greenwich in 1960, he embarked on a long career with the U.S. Postal Service.
In his post-playing days, Bella developed an important presence as a youth sports official and mentor to many young players. His record included umpiring junior and senior Babe Ruth and high school baseball games.
"He was one of our own and instantly a hero to us," said State Rep. Fred Camillo, R-151, who played in Babe Ruth games officiated by Bella. "I had his baseball card when I was a kid. He was this great figure, a legend, who was actually doing my games."
Bella's officiating inspired Camillo. In addition to his legislative career, Camillo is an umpire, whose experience includes junior and senior Babe Ruth games, FCIAC games and private school contests.
"He was a good example of how to conduct yourself on the field," he added. "The lessons we learned on the field from guys like Zeke stayed with us our whole lives."
Dan Gasparino, a 1978 Greenwich High graduate who played baseball for the University of Vermont and was later signed by the Yankees organization, also paid tribute to Bella.
"I had the honor to catch a lot of games with Zeke umping behind me," he said. "He always took charge and gave me advice and pointers during the course of the games we shared. It's the end of an era for Greenwich sports."
Bella's athletic talent was evident long after he retired from baseball, Greenwich Police Lt. Tom Keegan recalled in a May interview. Feeling emboldened during halftime of a men's league basketball game that he was scorekeeping, a 16-year-old Keegan challenged Bella to a one-on-one contest.
He was not much of a match for the former Major Leaguer. Bella hit 11 straight shots to win the game. By his own admission, Keegan did not manage even one attempt at the basket.
"When we were growing up, he was one of those guys who you only had to say his first name, and everyone knew who you were talking about," Keegan said. "My generation was extremely close to him. We knew and respected his legacy."
The current generation of Greenwich youth athletes also looked up to Bella.
"Those that have come before us like Zeke helped pave the way for each succeeding generation," said J.T. Hintzen, a Greenwich High baseball team tri-captain, during his introduction of Bella at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony. "Six decades of baseball players -- all influenced by Zeke in some fashion -- were that much better.
"We are the present day beneficiaries of the hard work and sacrifice he made and, because of that, the entire baseball program over the years has been one of the most successful in the state."


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Francesca Pignoni, PhD
Current Appointments
- Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology
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Research Programs and Affiliations
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Biomedical Sciences Program
- Cancer Research Program
- Neuroscience Program
- Ophthalmology
Education & Fellowships
- PhD: University of California at Los Angeles
- Postdoctoral Fellow: University of California at Los Angeles
Research Interests
Neurogenesis; Retinal Progenitor Cells Specification and Proliferation; Genetic Control of Stem Cell Identity and Maintenance; Disease Genes Analysis in Drosophila
Web Resources
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Research Abstract
Eye (retina) development - Ongoing work focuses on three areas: 1) the identification and characterization of genes involved in eye formation through a large-scale transgenic RNAi screen. In collaboration with the Viczian lab, the potential role of selected genes during vertebrate eye development will be invesitgated in Xenopus. 2) functional disssection of the Sine oculis (SO) protein. The SO transcription factor controls multiple aspects of eye development (e.g. specification, neurogenesis and differentiation) in concert with different cofactors. We are investigating the role of specific SO-partner interactions in vivo. 3) genetic control of regional specification in the developing eye epithelium. Multiple signaling pathways and transcription factors control the emergence of regional or tissue identity within the eye-antennal disc (the progenitor epithelium that gives rise to the fly head and the eye). Genetic and molecular studies aim to characterize the genetic network active during the early stages of head/eye formation.
Fly models for the study of human diseases - We use the Drosophila model to characterize the activity of mutant genes linked to human diseases (e.g. RD). Pharmacological or genetic modification of an abnormal phenotype induced in the fly eye can provide insights into the disease mechansism at the molecular level and/or suggest novel theurapeutic targets.
Cancer - The goal of this project is to indentify, and then investigate, the cellular processes that underlie the transition from tumor-like to cancer-like behavior (induction of metastases) in cells already compromised by an initial 'oncogenic hit' (e.g. with activated Ras or Raf kinase). The extensive collection of transgenic RNAi lines each targeted to one gene available in Drosophila allows us to explore a large number of genetic pathways and cellular processes.
Stem Cells - We are characterizing a novel receptor-ligand pair required for the maintenance of germ-line stem cells in the Drosophila ovary. Further studies in other Drosophila stem cell systems (e.g. male germ line and/or intestinal stem cells) and testing in vertebrate species are planned.
T. Zhang, Q. Zhou and F. Pignoni (2011) Tissue specification in the Drosophila eye disc. Submitted.
L. Yu, Q. Zhou, C. Zhang and F. Pignoni (2011) Identification, expression and functional equivalence of Bombyx mori Atonal with the fly proneural factor. Submitted.
K. M. Neilson, F. Pignoni, B. Yan, S. A. Moody (2010) Developmental expression patterns of candidate cofactors for vertebrate six family transcription factors. Dev. Dyn. 239(12):3446-66.
S. S. Ranade, D. Yang-Zhou, S. W. Kong, E. McDonald, T. Cook and F. Pignoni (2008) Analysis of the Otd-dependent transcriptome supports the evolutionary conservation of CRX/OTX/OTD functions in flies and vertebrates. Dev. Biol., 315:521-534.
T. Zhang, S. Ranade, C. Q. Cai, C. Clouser and F. Pignoni (2006) Direct control of neurogenesis by selector factors in the fly eye: regulation of atonal by Ey and So. Development 133:4881-9.
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For those xkcd fans out there, I'm not that kind of idiot (although I have a funny story similar to it)
You know that climate roller coaster I mentioned yesterday? I didn't account for its wrath today.
No, I sat up in bed, and opened my phone's web-browser. I hit my "favorites" link and pulled up Local NOAA Current Weather Conditions. Almost 40°F in Olathe (the closest station to me)
I WAS STOKED! It looked like this:
With that, I put on my Specialized Deflect gloves (good down to about freezing), grabbed the light inner layer of my new coat, threw on some cargo pants and hit the road. I really should have cracked the laptop open this morning and checked Weather Underground's extended forecast for Lenexa or something -- anything -- to get a better picture than this too-good-to-be-true heat wave.
I knew something was amiss when I saw these notices come from Ed Roberts' Kansas City Weather Podcast Twitter account:
Now, as you can see, there's been a 21° drop in downtown KC. and it's only 10:00! It'll get even colder!
I'm woefully under-prepared for this. I really need to pay more attention to things in the morning.
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- Hero of 100 Fights said...
Hey, what's your email? I want to keep you as a contact for the bike route section of the atlas.
- January 14, 2009 10:40 AM
- Noah said...
Thanks for getting in touch. Kansas City needs a great city guide and I'd be happy to help.
You can reach me at Noah (at) kc-bike.net
- January 14, 2009 10:48 AM
- Sirrus Rider said...
Ahh hahahaha! Been there read my Frozin Chosin Ride report.. ;)
- January 14, 2009 11:55 AM
- Yokota Fritz said...
I've had sudden wx changes hit me hard like that. Makes life interesting.
- January 14, 2009 6:38 PM
- Tracy Wilkins said...
Man, I feel for you. I rode yesterday, but was prepared for the big freeze! Several folks thought I was nuts, but it wasn't too bad going home yesterday.
- January 15, 2009 8:48 AM
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The LA Galaxy Academy narrowly missed out on the first positive result of their England tour this afternoon with a 2-1 defeat to Manchester City at Platt Lane.
With just one game scheduled, coaches Trevor James, Matt Mennell and Kenny Arena used a combination of the U-16 and U-18 squads against a City side that featured a host of Youth Internationals from across Europe, including Frederic Veseli, the captain of the Swiss team that won the 2009 U-17 World Cup in Nigeria in November and England U-17 midfielder Ahmed Benali.
Despite not playing together as a group prior to Wednesday morning's warmup, the Galaxy nearly took an early lead over their hosts with forward Christian Alvarado having a goal called back for offside and midfielder Riley Wolfe blazing a freekick high over the bar inside the opening 10 minutes.
At the other end of the field, defender Joe Kearney was forced to clear off his line after City had beaten goalkeeper Vince Paldino, who later came up with a reflex save of his own to keep the game scoreless at the break.
Shortly after the restart, U-16 forward Neil Ignacio, who scored his team's first goal on Monday at Blackburn, entered the game and had an immediate impact. He raced onto a long ball down the right flank from Wolfe, managing to keep the ball in play before in crossed over the end line. Ignacio then spun past a City defender and crossed to Alvarado at the near post where the Galaxy forward was able to smash a header home and put LA up 1-0.
However that lead would last just two minutes before City equalized, slotting home the rebound of another diving stop by Paladino.
City scored the winner with just more than 20 minutes left when they caught the Galaxy on a quick counterattack and beat Paladino to make the score 2-1.
Ignacio and fellow substitute midfielder Ritchie Gonzalez each had chances to equalize late on but could not find a way past the City goalkeeper and the game finished 2-1 in favor of the hosts.
Galaxy Lineup: Vince Paladino; Joe Kearney (John Atkinson 85'), Mike Mardesich, Juan Perez, Gabriel Rivera; Nathaniel Schnitman, Eric Verso (Juan Mendoza 80'), Spencer Johnson (Ritchie Gonzalez 70'), Riley Wolfe; Christian Alvarado (Trent Clifton 65'/Dyllan Stevens 89'), Ruben Valencia (Neil Ignacio 49').


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Isner, Verdasco win Houston openers
Houston, TX – John Isner and Fernando Verdasco highlighted Tuesday's first-round winners during Day Two of the $455,000 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship.
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Verdasco also had to withstand an opening-set challenge in his match with Steve Johnson before taking down the American wild card by a 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 score.
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With the increased number of athletic, running, dual-threat quarterbacks such as Colin Kaepernick and Robert Griffin III adjusting to the NFL landscape, Michael Vick want's everyone to remember he was the trend-setter.
"I was the guy who started it all," the New York Jets quarterback told ESPN.com. "I revolutionized the game. I changed the way it was played in the NFL."
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Despite missing two full seasons in the prime of his NFL career while serving a prison sentence, Vick is still the all-time leader in rushing at the position with 5,857 yards and tops in yards per carry at 7.1.
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Friday, April 30, 2010
How to Get Your Mom Out of the Boring Lady Store by Bob Rosenberg
When you get in the Boring Lady Store, immediately start pulling on your mama's arm and repeatedly whisper, "Okay, okay, okay, okay. Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go."
After your mom threatens to put you in a stroller, walk next to her quietly for a maximum of 40 seconds. Periodically ask if it's time to go yet.
She will hand some clothes to a lady who tells you that you're a "darling child." She says her name is Hillary and she is "starting a room" for your mom. You mention to Hillary that your mom already has a room and she shares it with Daddy. The grown-ups laugh at something.
Break free from mom's grasp. Pull a pile of yellow lady sweaters off of a table and on to the floor and yell, "Shiver me timbers!" This is not popular with your mama and she will have a "talk" with you by the big plant.
Your mom brings you with her into a tiny room with a big mirror on the wall. You look around and ask, "How come there's no potty in this potty?"
You are allowed to sit on the floor and go through the stuff in your mom's purse while she changes all of her clothes a bunch of times. (Except underpants.)
Hillary asks if we are, "doing okay in there" and you can take the opportunity to inform her that they "forgot the potty in this one."
Your mom will make you stand in a line to pay for one green sweater with some flowers on it. The line is long and you are not allowed to touch any of the things on the jewelry table and you are not allowed to move the rope thing that shows you where to stand and you are not allowed, not allowed, not allowed.
Break free from your mom as she gets to the front of the line. Sit in the big chair with the red flowers on it and wave.
Your mom will watch you as you stick your hand down your throat and then barf a little on a pillow with a bird picture on it.
Your mom will run to you in the big red flower chair and see your barf. She will pick up you and the bird pillow. She will buy the bird pillow instead of the green sweater and you will get to leave the store in a hurry.
She will explain to you that she hopes you like the trendy overpriced piece of c-r-a-p because it is going to be your wedding gift.
You don't know what that means but you get to go home now so it's good.
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Dear Bob, I feel the same way as you about Boring Lady Stores. The best part is leaving. The barfing was a nice touch.ReplyDelete
You are smart, Bob.ReplyDelete
Watch your mom,though...she may be getting on to you.
Adorable post today. And the pillows NOT That bad, kind of.
Oh, I hope that wasn't Anthropologie. Because then Bob would have just barfed on a $150 bird.ReplyDelete
You are right on the money... and the money.ReplyDelete
- ilene WaterstoneApril 30, 2010 at 8:09 AM
Anthropologie was my guess as well. I have several overpriced pillows from there. Fortunately no one has barfed on them as yet. I loved the part about you having a room and sharing it with Daddy. I would have laughed at something as well. And did.ReplyDelete
I think it will make a lovely wedding present. By that time, the retro retro will be retro modern again.ReplyDelete
- Amy RosenbergApril 30, 2010 at 9:39 AM
I was also guessing Anthropologie. Are we right, Lisa?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 30, 2010 at 9:57 AM
I love that we all knew it was Anthropologie. Maybe I knew because I know and have lived this story. My kids aren't allowed out of the stroller there, and they still manage to grab and throw and chip ceramic bird creamers and stuff. And yes, the ceramic bird creamer is my kitchen right now.ReplyDelete
I see no evidence. My mother would be happy to take that back for you; she's the queen of the shameless return. No receipt, one year old, to a "nice" store but not the one she bought it from? No prob. Unless there's a sour smell issue; at that she might balk. But not at the dishonesty -- that'd be ok with her. So let me know if you want to borrow her. (I won't have any thing to do with this except provide an introduction.)ReplyDelete
What a smart little boy. This post has me laughing!ReplyDelete
This is my favorite new Smacksy post. I laughed so hard at the gag-n-puke as it brought back vivid memories of Three.ReplyDelete
and no I have no business reading blogs right now, in my current Impresario condition. shhhh
Oh my lord... this is the reason I NEVER take my children shopping with me. My own memories of shopping-with-mum are far too vivid and painful. Wait! I should totally use this as a threat for naughty children... and I wont feed them ahead of time, so, no puking. Heh.ReplyDelete
PS - you're eight shades of awesome, lady-friend.
Oh I am so glad Ann decided to do a Motherhood link up this week as otherwise I would not have got to read this post or find you. I just love it. I am so sorry you ended up with a pillow and not a sweater. My daughter is three and actually likes shopping for clothes and giving me advice on what works and does not (her taste is already so much better and more sophisticated than mine!). But when we go anywhere with a cosmetics display that's when we hit trouble as she is totally obsessed with the little bottles and packages they come in and ransacks the store.ReplyDelete
Wishing you a wonderful Mothers Day weekend - consider me your latest follower.
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sweater in your picture happens to be green with flowers on it. coincidence?ReplyDelete
Patience has its virtues... as does waiting for the sweater you like to hit the sale rack.ReplyDelete
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