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What would you say if I told you that you could do one thing tonight in the bedroom for your husband that would most likely MAKE HIS DAY (or week or month)?
Keep the lights on during sex.
Did I just hear a collective gasp out there from women who are cringing at the thought of exposing, well . . . we all know what we don't love exposing! Especially after several years and babies and let's be honest—gravity. But before you totally tune me out, read on about why I'm suggesting this simple yet potentially nerve-wracking idea for your intimate time with your husband.
In all my years of researching the things our husbands wish we knew but don't know how to say, I heard the heart behind this wish—and saw 5 surprising reasons our husbands want us to take the risk of keeping those lights ON:
Reason #1: When He Knows You Want Him, It Increases Intimacy
A husband is powerfully impacted by knowing his wife desires him. And few things signal "desire" more than when he sees his wife engaged in their time together. Men secretly feel so vulnerable when they approach their wives for intimacy: Do I measure up? Does she want me? Am I not enough for her? Sometimes a man will keep his guard up to avoid the sting of inadequacy if he senses his wife may not truly be all in. So if he sees that you're engaged, he can set all concerns aside, let down his guard, and take the risk of opening up emotionally. And that vulnerability leads to much greater intimacy.
Reason #2: When You Trust Him, It Leads To True Oneness
Vulnerability works both ways. We feel so vulnerable at the idea of turning on those lights . . . because we too wonder: Do I measure up? I don't look like I used to. Will he be satisfied with me? Turned off? Those extra pounds or least-favorite features loom large in our minds. But nearly all the men in my research told me they loved their wife's individuality and aren't expecting or looking for the cover model. That is our hang-up, not theirs! We need to trust that our husband loves us as we are. And when we let down our guard and trust, we reach mutual vulnerability and true oneness.
Reason #3: He Is Visual
Yes, this has been stated many times, but there's a key reason it's worth repeating: a man's emotions are tied to his eyes. He drinks in and savors those images of you in your intimate time together in a wonderful, emotional way that you as a woman may never fully understand. But when those visual memories come back to his mind, he feels a rush of affection and love for you. And they are a bulwark and ammunition against the impact of all those other images that confront him out in the world every day.
Reason #4: He Delights In Knowing He Has Delighted You
The vast majority of men I've interviewed and surveyed have confirmed it: your man is most pleased when he pleases you. Three out of four said that for a man, sex is empty if his wife isn't satisfied—or if he can't tell that she was satisfied. The men said it makes an immense, delightful difference for a man to be able to see his wife's reactions in some way.
Reason #5: You May Find It Isn't As Big A Risk As You Think
Have you ever resisted something out of fear, only to try it later and wish you hadn't waited so long? Many women have told me this was like that for them: it took courage, but was one of the best things they did for their marriage. Because they as women saw something too: they saw with their own eyes that their fears were empty. They saw that their husbands really did love them and delight in them as they were. These women gained confidence they never expected. And they found themselves unexpectedly moved by their husband's almost gleeful delight in this new experience together.
So ladies, I encourage you to try this simple (yet brave) move. Your husband wants to love and adore you—all the while being able to SEE you. I'll bet the response you get will be one of absolute delight!
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text: Aonla based agri-horticultural systemAdmin2018-02-15T11:27:17+05:30 Aonla (Emblica officinalis) based agri-horticultural system has immense potential to utilize and conserve rainfed area for betterment of poor farmers. Perennial component (aonla) being a deep rooted and deciduous tree has a wide range of adaptability to grow in any type of soil and is considered a high tolerant potential fruit species suited to grow under salt-affected and wasteland/ravine lands with the little investments and higher economic return. Tree Planting Establish an aonla orchard of cv. NA-7 at 6m x 6m spacing in 1 m3 pits filled with 20 kg well rotten farmyard manure, 100 g N, 50 g P2O5, and 75 g K2O. Provide life saving basin irrigation during summer months only at 15-20 days interval for first two years after planting and no irrigation from 3rd year. Intercroping and cultural practices Shade tolerant crops such as turmeric (Curcuma domestica, var. Rajendra Sonia), Ginger (Zingiber officinale, var. Nadia) and colocasia (Colocasia esculenta, var. Sahasramukhi) can be intercropped one meter away from the trunk leaving an area of 3 m2 around each tree. Well rotten compost @ 20 tonnes/ ha should be applied to the plots 15 days before sowing the intercrops. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potash should be applied as basal doses @ 120 : 50 : 100 kg ha-1 for turmeric, 60 : 50 : 80 kg ha-1 for ginger and 80 : 40 : 80 kg ha-1 for colocassia. The recommended spacings should be adopted for different crops, like turmeric and ginger, 30 cm x 20 cm and colocassia, 45 cm x 30 cm. Other cultural practices are as per recommendation of the crops. Yield and Economics Intercropping of 6 to 8-year-old aonla orchard increases the production of fruits significantly and it is maximum in Aonla in association with turmeric (13.30 tonnes/ha) followed by colocasia (11.71 tonnes/ha). On the other hand, reductions in yield of intercrops occur 7.5-12.0 % for turmeric, 12.2-19.3 % for ginger and 15.7- 25.3 % for colocasia having the highest benefits: cost ratio 6.29 with "Aonla+turmeric" followed by "Aonla+ginger" (3.44) and "Aonla+arbi" (3.20). These three intercropping systems estimate additional income of Rs. 3,99,033, 2,69,361 and 1,03,089/ha, respectively over sole orcharding. Even at lower price of turmeric than ginger, the returns from "aonla+turmeric" system is substantial with an overall benefit: cost ratio of 6.29. The benefit: cost ratio although is lower in "aonla+colocasia" system, it was two times higher than its sole crop.

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Rakuten Securities ramps up US stocks offering with 170 new instruments
Rakuten Securities Inc, one of the largest foreign exchange brokers in Japan, has announced on Thursday that it will add 170 stocks listed on US exchanges to expand its offering of tradeable instruments.
According to a corporate statement, these new stocks will be available on January 24, 2022.
The broker broadens its product line, which also includes currencies, commodities, equities and indices, as clients' desire to garner exposure to regulated markets has been increasing. The inclusion of new stocks not only helps expand trading capabilities for its clientele but also attracts more traders that are looking to diversify their trading options.
The broker has been regularly expanding its offering of trading instruments. In December, it added 100 stocks listed on US exchanges to its offering. The case for adding more assets has been growing in recent years with clients from certain regions keen to actively trade global stocks.
Japan's brokers have been lowering trading fees amid increased efforts to attract retail traders. They have seen sliding trading volumes in Japan and the move may be an attempt to stimulate the trading activity.
The opening bell for the battle rang when fixed-rate commissions on stock trading were dropped in many Western markets. Several brokers pounced on the opportunity, dropping commissions as much as 90% and offering no-fee trading for limited periods. Amid the retail trading boom, which has benefited high-flying apps and legacy platforms alike, Japanese brokers are looking to jump in.
Rakuten Securities is one of the largest Japanese FX brokers, and operates regional businesses including in Hong Kong, following an acquisition of one of FXCM's prior businesses six years ago.
Rakuten Securities, which also operates retail foreign exchange brands in Australia and Malaysia via a joint venture with Kenanga Investment Bank Berha, is part of E-commerce giant Rakuten. Rakuten.com runs the fourth largest e-commerce business, trailing only behind Alibaba, eBay and Amazon.
Leveraging synergies within the group, Rakuten has ventured into the digital asset space with the launch of its cryptocurrency exchange, known as "Rakuten Wallet."
Through the smartphone app, customers can make transactions for crypto asset trading accounts, such as depositing/withdrawing Japanese yen and crypto assets. Rakuten Wallet, formerly Everybody's Bitcoin, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rakuten which acquired it for $2.4 million in August 2018.


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Let me tell you I have been spoilt by the internet. I prefer doing pretty much everything, online. I haven't shopped in the stores in a very long time & dinner reservations – I have atleast 4 apps on my phone to take care of that. Once I called the local pizza place and ordered a "pepper & onion" pizza – and in promptly 30 min – we had at our door the pizza guy standing with – take a wild guess….pepperoni pizza!Ummm… the accent on both sides of the phone does not always make for a funny story!
Then they introduced Uber – do I hear a unanimous sigh of relief? So you'll understand my excitement, when I was introduced to the Open Table meets Uber of spa services – Whittl!
Having the option to make appointments online, not having to wait until the salon opens and see if they have room for a last-minute squeeze-in, pay the tip while making the appointment – all this just the convenience that internet dependent people like me need. I partnered with Whittle to help spread the word about their launch in Boston and as always, I decided to write about this – because this service is truly brilliant!
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I had the good fortune to sit down with Jonathon Abermen, Managing Director of Amplifier Ventures, to discuss leadership versus management. Below is the audio of the interview which was broadcast on April 27, 2018, on WFED, Fed Radio 1500.
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Transcript of Leadership Versus Management Interview
ABERMAN: Glen, thanks for joining us.
HELLMAN: Thank you for having me.
ABERMAN: Leadership. I think a lot of people think they know what it is, but what is leadership?
HELLMAN: So, probably the best way to sum it up is the difference between leadership and management. Management is how you take care of two-year-old children or less. You put up gates, you give them systems, you protect them, but you don't do anything that's not under your control. Leadership is if you haven't taken your 17-year-old and led them, when they're out in the car alone, on a Friday night, at ten o'clock, you have failed. You can't manage a 17-year-old when they're not in your view. Leadership is creating an environment around your team where they behave the way you would want them to if you were there. Leadership scales, management fails.
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ABERMAN: Interesting. So, using the analogy of parenting, it sounds to me that what you're describing is that every founder imagines their business is going to grow, and every founder believes that, somehow, they'll magically get a bunch of people to do the things that need to be done. What you're telling me is that, when you're founder, you may be able to do everything, for a little while. You may be able to tell people what to do, until you get to be about maybe six, seven, or eight people. But, beyond that, it's impossible. You then have to get people to do what you want without telling them every day. So, what you're saying is, leadership is the communication of what's expected without micromanagement?
HELLMAN: That's right. And the other thing is, it needs to be intentional. If you think about how you learn, for instance. Before you learn how to play guitar, you're consciously incompetent, you know you don't know. But then you start learning, and as you get better you become consciously competent. The danger in not practicing, not learning new techniques once you're consciously competent is, little things drop out of your repertoire. You stop doing them, you forget about them, and over time, you become unconsciously incompetent.
This is why pilots have a checklist to land the plane, even though they've done it a thousand times. So that they don't get into that danger. Intentional leadership is putting in a system, a checklist, that you work with every day, and not just doing things by gut, but actually being intentional, and being mindful of who you are, how you're going to show up, and how you perform each day.
ABERMAN: That must be really interesting, to work with the client, because my experience being an entrepreneur, and also being a guitarist, is that a lot of what drives you is creativity. A lot of what drives you is being out on the edge. I mean, I don't always know the next note I'm going to play before I play it in a solo, I don't always know the next thing that's going to come out of my mouth when I'm engaging in a sales call. But you're telling me there are core competencies. How do you get your clients, and the people that you're working with, to embrace this need for specificity and need for intentionality, against what, for many people, is seen as primarily a creative activity?
HELLMAN: So, I think just the process of being in it, if you take guitar lessons, having to meet with your instructor once a month gives you discipline and forces you out of this unintentional thing into being intentional. Meeting with a coach, who forces you to stop reacting to everything, but evaluate what took place in the prior month, and what should take place in the next month, and then holds you accountable next month—did you do those things—is where you get intentionality. It doesn't remove creativity. It just drags you out of the weeds of being reactionary every day and forces you to work on the business instead of in.
ABERMAN: So, you're describing, to me, the difference between being a coach and being a board member. Right?
HELLMAN: Yes, or—being a coach or being a mentor and/or advisor. If a client ever asks me, Glen, what would you do? My answer is, I could tell you what I'd do, and it would work if it were me. What's important is to find out what they would do, and force them to come up with a plan. Because people execute better on plans they develop themselves.
ABERMAN: Give me an example, Glen, of some of the skills that you really think a good leader has to master, and perhaps an example that we might know here in town is somebody who's mastered some of these skills.
HELLMAN: Okay, so, I would say probably the most important skill—there are traits that every great leader has. We look at leaders through history, there are traits that every leader has, and they're all different, they all come from a different crayon box of eight different colors. I think there's only one crayon that's mandatory, and that's courage. Courage shows up in the ability to not ignore what is happening, to not pretend that the company is going through a rocky period, and your people, your team, won't know it. Not to pretend that bad things aren't happening. To take action even when it's not comfortable. Courage is probably the most important trait.
The things that you worry about, if you worry about something while you're taking a shower a few days in a row, and haven't done something about it, that's not courage. So, I would say, addressing the elephant in the room is probably the most important thing. And if we look at what's happening with Facebook right now, and Zuckerberg, he is dripping, moving slowly, evolving to, facing what's at place. His stock would have done better, his credibility would have been better, had he just said, hey, I don't really know how bad this thing is, we're going to dig into it, and we've let you down, and it's probably very bad.
ABERMAN: So, leadership, in effect, is not bravery, leadership is courage, and being willing to embrace the dark and horrible things, and to get after them right away.
HELLMAN: Yeah. The definition of courage, or bravery, is not the absence of fear, but taking action despite the fear. If you're not afraid—
ABERMAN: If you're not afraid, you're not paying attention, is what I would say as a great founder and CEO. It sounds to me like a lot of this really, as much as anything, self-awareness. Well, Glen, I want to thank you very much for taking the time today, it was great having you.
HELLMAN: Thank you.
ABERMAN: That was Glen Hellman, a rock-and-roll guitarist of note, but more importantly, founder of Driven Forward.
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Wally is originally from Arkansas, but he moved to Poplar Bluff when he was 13, so it's safe to say he's a local. After graduating from Poplar Bluff High School, Wally attended Oakland City College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He graduated cum laude and was named in "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities" in 1978.
Wally received his Juris Doctor from Memphis State University, now the University of Memphis, in 1984. While in law school, Wally served as a member of the Moot Court Board and also worked with the University's legal counsel as a graduate assistant.
Wally has been licensed to practice law in Missouri since 1984 and is admitted to practice in the United States District Court in the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri. Wally practices primarily in the Southeast Missouri area and served as the City Attorney for the City of Poplar Bluff for 27 years while maintaining a separate civil practice. He is a member of the Missouri Municipal Attorney's Association and co-authored the "Municipal Taxation" section in Missouri Taxation Law and Practice, Third Edition.
Wally greatly enjoys being involved in the local community and it shows! Over the years, Wally served as the President of the Butler County Bar Association, President of the Heartland Alternative Services Program, member of the Community Concert Association, Academic Assistance Group, and was a charter member of the Optimist Soccer League Board. Currently, Wally is working hard as the President of the Board of Directors of the historic Rodgers Theatre where he raising funds to make improvements (such as the roof and marquee) to keep that vital part of downtown available to our community.
Wally and his wife, Kathy, have three children, one grandchild and they are members of the Fellowship General Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff. In his free time, Wally enjoys playing his guitar, working on his house and boating on the river.


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What All My Birthdays Have Taught Me
By Rei
I just had my birthday.
My two children kept reminding me about my birthday and how old I will be at least six months prior as if I were looking forward to it. Sadly, it gets to my subconscious, and I answer my coming age as my current age. However, to my children, birthdays are the most important day of the year. They are already planning their next birthday the day after their birthday. I see my birthday different from years ago. After all these years, my birthdays have taught me that it is more like a time for self-confirmation if I have wisdom, live purposefully, and have self-love. Along with this, I have been working to gain self-love in terms of being kind to myself.
"My birthday is more like a time for self-confirmation, live purposefully, and have self-love."
When I first moved to LA from NY, I was shocked by the culture here that is under the pressure of being "beautiful." The amount of advertisement for plastic surgery was just beyond. Because of Hollywood, I believe that many people are under pressure. Besides, the definition of beauty is based on what the media created. I have seen how the media portrays beautiful people, even if they are NOT 100% natural.
Even when you go get a facial, they offer you Botox as if I need it! How rude! Lol. In general, that's how numb our society has become. I worked for the apparel industry for a long time, attended New York fashion week, seen top models, and have been surrounded by self-conscious people. I never understood why we have to alter ourselves to achieve this beauty. We are no less when we don't meet the image.
Sometimes, I give attention to certain parts of my body. I've learned from a friend, we decide our appearances, as well as our lives before we were born to experience all. I am more interested in balancing my inner self and having healthier habits such as healthier food choices, using natural products, regular exercise, the right amount of sleep, and healthy hobbies. Equally, I believe that I have to take care of my body that holds my energy, which gives me experiences in life.
"I am more interested in balancing my inner self and having healthier habits."
It is about feeling free, accepting, and embracing instead of focusing on what is missing. Importantly, as I am with this body longer each year, it is ultimately mastering self-love.
"It is about feeling free, accepting, and embracing. It is mastering self-love "
Breathing fresh air at the beach was the perfect way to reconnect with the Earth


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Thursday, March 08, 2007
This is Rana. She's a froggy sock monster.
I made her this week as a gift for a new friend. She was a little more complicated than most of the other sock monsters I've made, because she actually has toes. Not quite all the toes she should have, so maybe she's having some problems with parasites, I don't know. But I really enjoyed making her boggly eyes, and sewing the froggy mouth.
She has kind of a Mona Lisa smile, don't you think?
You may already know that around the globe, frogs and other amphibians are in serious trouble. About a third of the world's amphibian species are in serious decline. Scientists think that more than 160 species have gone extinct in the last few decades.
There are a lot of reasons: habitat loss, global climate change, diminished resistance to pathogens in the environment, and of course all the nasty pollutants in the water bodies where amphibians live. Scientists are not only finding that frog populations are declining, but that freaky things are happening to frogs - missing and extra limbs, hermaphroditism, and immunicological problems.
I'm doing my part by making frogs out of old socks - but somehow I don't think that's going to cut it.
5 comments:
I <3 rana. S/he's lovely!ReplyDelete
he's cute, but I don't think the gal-frogs are gonna pick him for a mate... alas...ReplyDelete
the frog situation is so disturbing. thanks for the links on this.ReplyDelete
rana, on the other hand, is adorable... love the eyes and her expression!
That could be about the cuttest thing I've ever seen!ReplyDelete
Great use of a fleece sock! I am loving the froggy smile.ReplyDelete
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text: The large, bright, terminal blossoms of this showy, 2-4 ft. perennial are made up of small, rose-purple flowers. Deep pink flowers clustered at the top of a tall, branching stem, bearing numerous narrow, lanceolate leaves. Opposite, narrow, lance-shaped leaves line the erect, open-branched stem. Elongated, tan-brown seed pods persist into winter.The juice of this wetland milkweed is less milky than that of other species. The genus was named in honor of Aesculapius, Greek god of medicine, undoubtedly because some species have long been used to treat a variety of ailments. The Latin species name means flesh-colored.


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I'll get you
- Singer:
- Jones, Ada and Van Brunt, Walter
- Place of Publication:
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Publisher:
- U.S. Everlasting Record
- Issued Date:
- [1912]
- Topics:
- 1911-1920, Popular music, and Vocal duets with orchestra
- Topics:
- Popular music -- 1911-1920 and Vocal duets with orchestra
- Notes:
Year of release from "The Complete Catalogue of the United States Everlasting Indestructible Cylinders, 1908 - 1913" by Major H.H. Annand, (1966).
U.S. Everlasting Record: 1644.
Ada Jones and Walter Van Brunt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 cylinder (ca. 4 min.) : 160 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
- Format:
- Audio musical
- Collection(s):
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Speaking out in a frank interview with a local Swedish newspaper, a young migrant has explained how boredom and racism has driven him and his friends to violently vandalising property for amusement.
An investigation by the Vestmanlands Läns Tidning newspaper (VLT) into the frequent arsons that occur in the Swedish city of Västerås has come to a conclusive end, with a confession from a number of young migrant males regarding the destructive behaviour.
Speaking to the newspaper, one of a group of these migrants described as wearing black hoods and loitering outside a recently burnt-down shopping centre, was blunt when he said: "Some feel good to burn cars". The unnamed male identifies disappointment in society and harassment by police as the main motivations for the arson.
Another young man tells the paper by email — he refuses to meet the journalist in person — that he and his friends feel pre-judged by native Swedes, and are discriminated against. Complaining that when locals witness acts of violent damage they don't stop to consider the reasons behind it, he remarked:
"When a car burns everyone here thinks [the perpetrators] are animals and idiots. People don't know how young people are discriminated against every day… We only get noticed when the cars burn. I think young people are using it as a cry for help."
A police spokesman specialising in dealing with these young migrant criminals — generally aged between 13 and 30 — told the VLT that there have been dozens of car arson cases in various suburbs of the city this year so far, but there has not been a single prosecution or even an attempt at prosecution "in years".
In the case of the burning of a school in the city — which also spread to neighbouring homes — those five found guilty for the attack were sentenced to less than two years for the crime.
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The VLT also reproduces, in full, the rationale given by one young man for the attacks. Explaining he is "one of those who came to Sweden at an early age", the unnamed migrant says: "It's clear as hell that we take out our frustration by destroying and vandalising."
Claiming to have been discriminated against because of his race, the man says: "The adults in the area look at us as if we are animals or abnormal". Calling for the government to take action to alleviate their own boredom, the migrant states: "I believe it is cheaper to buy and create some positive things for [his neighbourhood] than the money spent on insurance payouts, and call-outs for the fire department for these car fires."
Judging by the reaction to the reportage by VLT, it may be that the young men setting fire to cars because they feel upset at the poor reputation they enjoy among locals may merely be reinforcing the stereotype. In an angry letter to the editor following the article, a local going by the pseudonym "A former motorist of the town" asks caustically: "Do you think this prattle will make people feel sorry for you?"
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I Climbed The Path by A. R., Fall River, MA
After dinner, I climbed the path in the fashion that had now become a ritual. Up the three natural stairs, around the bend, I paused by the Sanche Rock and added a stone to the large pile. I did some quick counting and found there to be eighty stones of various shapes and sizes carefully placed together and, now, looking as one. I crossed the final stretch of path to Thinking Place and made some mental computations. Knowing that I had added a rock every time the ritual had been performed and that I had been here two months, I realized I had come up here at least once a day. As I looked out at the landscape, I focused my gaze at the details I had come to adore. The canopy of trees flowed into the valley to meet the facade of the mountain so that it seemed to grow from the valley floor, towering higher and higher until it touched the sky some four hundred feet above me. I listened to the babble of the crystal clear stream. Hidden by the thriving underbrush along its banks, the only visual evidence of the stream's existence was a small pond that, looking misplaced in the sea of green, lay on the right at the base of the mountain. The sparkling pond was just large enough to be a favorite oasis of the resident animals, and they could be seen drinking from its banks before the stream once again flowed into invisibility and the forest below.
My ears picked up another sound and, before my eyes saw the long, graceful form floating lazily in the cool evening air, they identified the flapping of a bird's wings. I wonder what kind of bird that is, I thought. I'll ask Mark tomorrow, my self replied. But this is the last day you'll be able to do that. My mind presented the thought roughly, and the harshness of it marred the beauty of the moment. I was scheduled to depart from the seclusion of the beautiful African rain forests the next day and to return to the United States and the university. I looked toward my doctoral quest and found none of the anxiety I expected. I continued to search my feelings, but discovered only a calm peacefulness. I realized that the fear and apprehension that had caused me to escape and join Peace Corps was no longer in me; I was mentally prepared for the challenge. I gazed inward still deeper to find that my self had calmly accepted the fact that I would spend the next four to six years of my life earning my doctorate. But there was something ... there. I dragged the thing up from the depths of my subconscious, as it struggled to remain hidden. As it entered my consciousness, I found it to be a simple, single thought: I don't want to leave. My mind stopped, stunned at itself. But didn't I just discover I was ready, not even nervous? Yes, my self answered, but you don't want to leave. Think about it. And the thought, like a butterfly, perched there in the front of my mind for me to see.
The sounds of the forest broke into my thoughts, and as I looked down at it, my gaze traveled upward to the horizon and saw the rows of vegetation continue on into infinity. Why do I want to stay? I've never worked so hard. Even as I sat, I could feel my muscles, but it was that good sore that comes only when they've worked and are now resting. I was tired, and I was hungry, but somehow as I sat there that was good. Then the thought came like a glorious sunrise, shedding light on everything; I realized why I loved it here, why I had become between the lines, part of the here. The satisfaction and the joy I got helping these people could not be compared to teaching high school students who didn't care. Three new huts and a completed well meant more to me than ten Teacher of the Year awards. But that wasn't all the light illuminated; I saw that I was living the dream that had been planted in me so many years ago.
The men and women who made me want to teach literature were Ralph Waldo Emerson and the rest of the transcendentalists. The ideas and visions that my sophomore English class had extrapolated from their works had stayed with me all through my schooling and their beauty was what had driven me onward. I worshipped their ideals, and I wanted to share those feelings with others, to show the beauty and bring the dream to other young people living in a world of cold facts and even colder realities. But now I knew that I had wanted something else even more, something much more selfish; I wanted the dream for myself. I wanted to live it; I wanted to become the transparent eyeball. And here I was, in the middle of more beauty than I could ever have thought possible. I was building with nature, drawing my energy from it, and, in some bizarre form of payment, giving back to its simplest people man created "necessities" of life. I was trying to be the funnel through which the lessons of nature could pass, and nature was rewarding my attempts in her kind way, as one might reward a baby who is trying to color in between the lines, by giving a peace to my soul that I had not had since long before high school. The butterfly in my mind, having delivered its message left its perch and flew into the forest below.
My eyes slowly focused on the tree at which I had been absently staring. A lizard was sitting there, his bright colors glowing against the dull, tan bark. He seemed to nod his head before shuffling away. Yes, I would stay. Nature had brought the rushing boulder that was my life to a gentle halt. She had carved away the dirty, dusty fragments of sorrow, pain, and destroyed dreams and left only the simple thing that was my self. Nature found this form, not beautiful, not pure, but completely malleable, and molded it into a basin that would at least partially retain the peace and native knowledge that flowed from her. And as I watched the sun melt into the lush forest and heard, floating up from the canopy, the sounds of the other creations of nature who occupied the night, I knew that for now I would stay here, and that if I ever left, it would be to a place like this where nature, my tutor, and God, my guide, would be close beside me.
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Milwaukee Bucks boycott Game 5 of playoff series in protest of Jacob Blake shooting
Words like "Black Lives Matter" and symbolic gestures — such as kneeling during the national anthem — was not enough for the Milwaukee Bucks, not after the players saw the video of the shooting of Jacob Blake in the back by a police officer in their own state, about 40 miles from where the Bucks play their games. The players felt people were discussing basketball, not discussing the issues that really mattered. They wanted to take action, not make another gesture.
The Bucks voted to boycott Game 5 of their playoff series against the Magic Wednesday.
Other teams quickly followed suit. The Rockets and Thunder players voted not play their Game 5 Wednesday, nor will the Lakers and Trail Blazers suit up. The Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors, who tip off their second-round series on Thursday, have considered a boycott as well. The League made it official and postponed all the Wednesday games (they apparently did so before the Lakers and Blazers players voted).
It seemed fitting that being from Wisconsin, the Bucks were the first team to boycott. They had the backing of Milwaukee ownership.
"We fully support our players and the decision they made," Bucks owners Marc Lasry, Wes Edens and Jamie Dinan said in a statement. "Although we did not know beforehand, we would have wholeheartedly agreed with them. The only way to bring about change is to shine a light on the racial injustices that are happening in front of us. Our players have done that and we will continue to stand alongside them and demand accountability and change."
Several players have said to NBC Sports via text they are not going to leave the NBA's bubble yet, they are not going to rush that decision, but they supported the Bucks decision not to play. They didn't want people talking about basketball games right now.
The players are meeting tonight in the bubble to discuss next steps, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic.
The shooting of Jacob Blake — a Black man shot in the back at point-blank range, in front of his three children, by a White police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin — shook players and coaches the NBA bubble. While protests erupted in Wisconsin and around the nation, inside the bubble players felt frustrated that they could do nothing but play a game that felt like a distraction from the bigger issues our country faces.
Players have been doing what they can to keep awareness up — kneeling during the anthem, wearing "Black Lives Matter" T-shirts during warmups, talking about justice for Breonna Taylor and others during interviews — but the shooting was a sign nothing had changed. The Bucks' George Hill questioned why the teams even came to Orlando. That the national discussion was moving on and there had been no action.
No team was hit harder than the Bucks — so they took action.
Other players in the NBA restart bubble backed the move.
This shit bigger than basketball! Whoever don't understand that is part of the problem.— DeMar DeRozan (@DeMar_DeRozan) August 26, 2020
The boycott is an unprecedented move in NBA history. It will help put the issue back front-and-center in the national discussion. To stop these kinds of shootings in the future will take a lot more time and directed efforts to change people in power, something NBPA executive director Michelle Roberts told The Athletic's David Aldridge.
How the league will adjust its schedule and move forward are unanswered questions at this point. To the players, how the NBA moves forward seems a trivial matter.
What matters is the message for social justice rings out.


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The St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation will join the rest of the CONCACAF Region on Saturday to observe CONCACAF Women's Football Day.
The Theme for this year is "Every Girl Can Play".
In St Vincent and the Grenadines, the programme for the day will be held at the Campden Park Playing Field at 9:00a.m. It will involve members of the Under-15 squad primarily. They will participate in Football athletics, 5-a-side football, dribbling, juggling and foot volleyball.
CONCACAF said that it hoped that this year's observation of CONCACAF Women's Football Day would build on the success of last year's second celebration in which all 41 Members Association of the Federation united to shine the spotlight on efforts to create more opportunities for girls and women to play football.


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What Is Loose Coupling?
Loose coupling refers to the connection between components of a system or network, such as software applications or hardware. It's an approach in which components (or elements), although connected, aren't dependent on one another. These components interact to create a system or network, but should one component fail, it won't cause the entire system or network to fail.
Goal Of A Loosely Coupled System
Implementing a loosely coupled system helps to reduce the risk that's often inherent in systems or networks that depend on multiple components. Because the components, or elements, of a system or network are not dependent on one another, a domino effect won't occur if one of them experiences problems . Instead, when one component is changed, experiences issues, or fails, then the other components will continue to work at close to full capacity, preventing the system or network from becoming useless.
Why Is It Important For Your Project?
Loose coupling is important for a number of reasons. First of all, should one component fail, it won't cause your entire system or network to fail, rendering it useless. Also, any issues that occur in one component won't spread across multiple subcomponents. Loose coupling functions to stabilize your system or network in the face of environmental uncertainty. Your system will be much more likely to adapt to issues and change smoothly and at a measured pace. We'll present a more detailed breakdown of how loose coupling can benefit your system or network:
Loose coupling allows your system or network to be more adaptable. The identity, uniqueness, and separateness of components that are loosely coupled allow for new solutions to be discovered. The more adaptable your system or network is, the more capable it will be of adjusting to environmental changes.
Loose coupling can promote efficiency within your system by allowing links between components to be broken or easily reconfigured at will. Loose coupling allows you to outsource certain activities while still keeping control and support of the modular functions integral to the system's core competencies. This can help improve the overall efficiency of your operations.
Loose couplings are more effective for knowledge sharing because they promote the creation of new ideas. Loose couplings will also prevent the problems associated with redundant (duplicate or unneeded) information common with tight couplings. Loose couplings allow for faster searches and transfers of relevant information as well, resulting in faster new product innovation. Loose couplings not only promote the creation of new ideas, but they also allow your system to implement those ideas.
Loose structures and incremental adaptation paths help to provide flexibility to a system. Such flexibility can mitigate task uncertainty and make it possible to respond quickly to local conditions. The system will be able to quickly sense even the most minor deviations and to execute corrective actions immediately. Loose couplings promote flexibility in a system by allowing a wide range of responses to unanticipated events.
What Is The Downside Of A System That Does Not Use Loose Coupling?
There are plenty of benefits to implementing a loose coupling system. But there also some lost benefits when not using loose coupling as well; for example:
Inability To Easily Add New Functionality
Tight coupling makes it much harder to add new functionality. With loose coupling, you can swap out components easily. This also makes your system more scalable as your system grows. Using loose coupling, you can safely write additional code when adding new features to your system without breaking the existing functionality.
Issues When Other Components Have Upgrades
Loose coupling is highly changeable, whereas tight coupling is not. This means that loose coupling makes it much easier to change or grow, meaning that you can update your components without fearing that doing so might cause changes or issues to other components. You'll also experience difficulty with testing when it comes to tight coupling.
Is It Possible To Alter An Existing System To Be Loosely Coupled?
Identifying whether your system is tightly coupled or loosely coupled is the first step--fortunately, there are several analysis tools that will do just that, such as FxCop and NDepend. These tools identify the dependencies within your system. If it turns out that your system is tightly coupled, you can decouple your code to alter your system to be loosely coupled. There are several ways that this can be achieved, including through the use of dependency injection frameworks, such as Ninject or StructureMap. As you can imagine, you're going to need coding experience and know-how to decouple a tightly coupled system.
Tight coupling certainly has a few benefits as well; for example, systems using tight coupling tend to provide better information flow and coordination. However, loose coupling provides much more flexibility, scalability, adaptability, efficiency, and room for innovation. This is because loose coupling helps reduce dependencies between components, thereby isolating the impact of change to any given component. This makes loose coupling the better option for most companies.
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I promise not to do this to Greenland! pic.twitter.com/03DdyVU6HA
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2019
President Trump is making noises about purchasing Greenland, a better case of misnaming of which is difficult to find. It's a strategic call for control of the Arctic but there's also a lot of mineral wealth in the region, especially uranium. But I saw this little quote the other day which I found interesting:
Greenland says it is not for sale. On a humorous note, 4Chan wants Trump to give us the word, and 70,000 of us will migrate illegally to Greenland, take it over demographically, and then vote to secede, and join the US. Ironically, it would work.
Ironically it's working in many other countries around the world, but Australia in particular. Import hordes of incompatible people and give them the right to vote. What could possibly go wrong? Well, you quickly begin to lose the very aspects of your country that attracted the immigrants in the first place. But because they are in such high numbers they operate with a herd mentality, and elections are no different. Large numbers of immigrants cluster together because they have no other choice if they want to get ahead. The leaders emerge and then coerce, bully, or threaten their countrymen into voting along a certain line. This is in exchange for rewards for the cultural leaders from traitorous native Australians. The traitorous Australians ensure the short term political victory of their party in exchange for the long term loss of their country's heritage and cultural identity.
This is exactly what is happening in Australia. We were mad to import such high numbers of immigrants and we were even stupider to give them the vote so they could "democratically" change the fabric of our country to suit them. But the most stupid thing that we did was to allow them to stand for Federal parliament after obtaining citizenship by way of a piece of paper.
Citizenship by paper is not just a fraud, it is a betrayal. The only citizenship that counts of any country in the world is by blood heritage. Many other countries understand that implicitly, but the West has almost collectively forgotten this critical truth.
The men who wrote the Australian constitution understood this truth only too well. This is why they inserted Section 44(i) which reads as follows:
44. Any person who –
(i.) Is under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience, or adherence to a foreign power, or is a subject or a citizen or entitled to the rights or privileges of a subject or citizen of a foreign power: or
(ii.) Is attainted of treason, or has been convicted and is under sentence, or subject to be sentenced, for any offence punishable under the law of the Commonwealth or of a State by imprisonment for one year or longer: or
(iii.) Is an undischarged bankrupt or insolvent: or
(iv.) Holds any office of profit under the Crown, or any pension payable during the pleasure of the Crown out of any of the revenues of the Commonwealth: or
(v.) Has any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in any agreement with the Public Service of the Commonwealth otherwise than as a member and in common with the other members of an incorporated company consisting of more than twenty-five persons:
shall be incapable of being chosen or of sitting as a senator or a member of the House of Representatives.
Not only did our ancestors know a thing or two, they knew a whole lot more than us. But they did miss one trick; while clause (i.) is extremely important, all individual has to do to pass this is to renounce his citizenship or right to citizenship of a foreign power. As events have played out this is insufficient. Instead what is required is a complete banning of any immigrants entering parliament at all as well as persons born to immigrants in Australia. I would posit that at least four generations of ancestors in Australia would be the bare minimum required for people to be eligible to sit in parliament.
In that regard this should also be extended to those who are allowed to vote for our representatives. Just how is it possible that people with an allegiance to a foreign power are not permitted to enter parliament but those same people may freely vote in Australian elections? If you wish to retain your national sovereignty then you must limit the right to vote to blood citizens. Either that or renounce democracy for another form of government.
Because the combination of democracy with unfettered immigration is the eventual and inevitable collapse of a nation through the ballot box. It is a peaceful invasion and subjugation but it is subjugation nonetheless. And it remains peaceful until those who have taken over feel that being civil no longer suits them.
Section 44 (i.) is a thorn in the side of those who would see Australia fall. Today's headline in The Australian: Section 44 trap is irrational and should be axed. Note that it is written by an immigrant or child of immigrants herself, one Kim Rubenstein.
The blaze of offence triggered by the challenge to Josh Frydenberg's election — with suggestions of anti-Semitism lingering still — is misplaced. The offender is section 44(i) of the Constitution and parliament's failure to address it, not the motives of those lawfully contesting his or other politicians' right to sit in the parliament. With section 44(i) providing an opening, all sorts of unpleasant nasties, with all sorts of motivations, can clamour through it and cause havoc. The key is to close it off, and that requires parliamentary will.
A Jew arguing that Australians change their constitution to suit her fellow Jew and allow them along with other racial groups to continue the subjugation of our country really is the icing on the cake. It is but another step to collapse – we invite them in, we let them vote, we let them sit in parliament and now we let them change our constitution to suit their own ends?
Democracy + Immigration = Subjugation.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
The Amazon.Com Adventure
"Hi there! You had quite a bit of packages sitting outside your front door that didn't get picked up. I was worried that someone might take them so I took them back to the building!"
So fine, I admit I had done some shopping before I knew we were going to have to go to the hospital. But it wasn't my fault. Amazon was having a killer sale and I would have been a fool not to shop it. That's not an excuse either. I would have been a fool not to take advantage of the wagon that was originally $169 that went on sale for $10. That's not a typo. The wagon went to $10 for about ten minutes and I managed to score one. Among other things.
Tom and I were planning on picking up dinner anyhow. So I asked if we could stop by the UPS building because I had a few things waiting for me.
"Define a few," Tom said, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Er...well, you know that cheap wagon I got? That's waiting for me. With some other things," I said vaguely.
"What other things?"
"Um. You know. Things."
To be honest, I couldn't exactly remember what all I ordered. The night the wagon went dirt cheap there were all sorts of deals popping up. It was like Amazon.com's goal was exciting shopaholics everywhere. They'd have a deal for a few minutes, take it away and then put up another one. Some people would have found this irritating but it was like this huge rush for me. I'd find a deal, buy it, then another one would appear and I'd buy that too. Thank God for Amazon Prime, I have to say.
But anyhow, because of all the deals it was kind of a blur on what all I ordered. I knew I got the wagon...and that cheap Kai-Lan doll. And...crap...what else? I did know that nothing I ordered was over $15 so Tom couldn't accuse me of overspending.
We drove to the UPS building and I went in. I gave the female worker behind the counter my name and her face brightened with recognition.
"Ahh yes. The one with all the packages," she said, typing something into her machine.
Uh oh.
"Um. Exactly how many packages?" I asked lightly.
"Six," the woman said, wrinkling her nose.
"Eight," a man from the back called. "Two more came for her this morning."
Shit! And my husband was out front.
"Eight?" I repeated dazedly.
"Eight," the woman said as the man from the back started wheeling my packages out to me.
"What did you do?" he joked. "Buy all of Amazon.com?"
"There was a sale," I said weakly. "A really good sale.
The woman handed me something to sign. "Do you need help getting this out?"
Tom was going to freak out when he saw all these boxes. And the thing was, I really didn't get that much. Amazon.com is notorious for stuffing one thing into a box and then sending it. So really, I only had eight things. But Tom would take one look at all the boxes and throw a fit. Then I'd get a lecture on my ordering habits and I'd undoubtedly remind him that he spends just as much money on eating out when we had perfectly good food at home and that my things at least lasted while he just pooped his out. And yes, that's a little grotesque but honestly, at least I have something to show for what I spend money on. What does Tom have? Trips to the bathroom, that's what.
"Could you help me distract my husband?" I said as I scribbled my name.
The woman looked up with a start. "Excuse me?"
"I'll do a dance and you can shove all of these into the back. If he sees all of this he might freak out," I said. Surely she'd understand. Women share a bond after all.
"I'm not following," she said, frowning. "Why are we dancing?"
And did she not hear me? I would be doing the dancing. She'd be doing the loading.
Where was the female bonding??!
"Just...nevermind. Thank you," I said and grabbed a few boxes. I headed outside with two of them and Tom came out of the truck.
"Is this it?" he asked, opening the trunk.
Then the UPS lady came out with the rest of the boxes on one of those dolly things.
"Amber! What the hell?" Tom barked out.
"This isn't as bad as it seems! I didn't order that much, Amazon just stuffed in one toy per box!" I shouted as the UPS lady smirked. What was so funny? This wasn't funny! She thought it was funny because she hasn't had to sit through one of Tom's lectures.
"Most of the things were under $10," I explained.
"Jesus!" Tom grumbled. "And you bug me about buying food..."
Here it comes...the lecture...
"Thank you," I said to the bemused UPS lady before I got into the truck.
"What other stuff did you order? We have enough stuff," Tom complained as we drove away.
"Birthday presents! Remember, the children's birthdays are in March! It really wasn't my fault, Amazon went nuts and put all these things on sale," I argued.
"You know, here's an idea, but you don't have to buy every sale item," Tom said thinly.
"I didn't!" I said proudly. "If you only knew how many things I wanted to buy and didn't. At least give me some credit."
Tom rolled his eyes. "Fine. Just....no stuff for awhile, okay?"
Then I got home and went through everything when the kids got to bed.
Here are some of the deals I got:
(The most expensive thing was that Kai-Lan doll at $14.99. Everything else was $6.99 and below. And not just everything pictured here, but everything in all the boxes total. I find it amusing that Kai-Lan was more expensive than the wagon..)
And who could resist this inchworm thing for $7.99? I think it was originally $39 or something.
"Who do you think is putting together the wagon?" Tom asked.
"Guess again," Tom said.
Well. Okay. I might have to put together the wagon. But surely it can't be difficult. Isn't it basically put together already? Please say yes.
52 comments:
hahahahaha this is soooo funny!! So like a conversation me and my husband would have had and have had! I order "stuff" too from sales and of course it's delivered during the day and he is none the wiser, but to be caught with all 8 boxes. omg that's too funny!!!ReplyDelete
I've been known to come home from shopping, see his car in the driveway and drop my bags behind the front bushes. Then when he leaves or goes to bed, i'll go out and get them. lol
Just avoidin the lecture ya know lol
Haha, I can so relate! I hide packages in the car until the coast is clear!ReplyDelete
Awesome! "can you help me distract my husband"...now that is funny!ReplyDelete
Exact reason why I got a PO box and only go when I know my hubby will not be home so I can sneak the packages is. But we are on a spending freeze right now trying to get our budget in order so I am trying my hardest to be good.ReplyDelete
Shame on the UPS lady for not helping distrct your husband! I get the same talk when I go grocery shopping and buy food (mainly meat) when there is a great deal and freeze it. His mom always shopped each day so it is hard for him to undertand the thinking ahead aspect on the food. And he always thought freezing a steak/beef ruined it. He's learning that way of thinking was wrong! :)ReplyDelete
*giggles* I'm sure the worm is already put together except the wheels, maybe. But yes, you're right it really is a great deal!ReplyDelete
Well, I'm hoping you'll just have to put the handle on the wagon and that's it. But geez, that is a huge stack of boxes!ReplyDelete
I heard about that sale...a new product, what, like every 10 minute or something?? The man was staring at the screen for a few hours hoping that our Wii Fit Plus would go on super-duper-sale...but it didn't. Oh well!ReplyDelete
I want a sale that amazing!ReplyDelete
I have never been on Amazon yet..I think I will have to go and check it out now! And that little ridable worm..takes me back to my childhood, I've got a pic of me riding on a similar little wormy!ReplyDelete
Who could pass up deals like that? I think you did good.ReplyDelete
LOL...oh how I love Amazon Prime!ReplyDelete
ooooo yes, Amazon prime was my BFF during december. I got soo much great stuff cheapReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 5, 2010 at 11:24 AM
i still can't believe you got that wagon for ten bucks! we got the same talking kai lan doll. she freaks me out.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 5, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Three cheers for a good deal (or 8)!ReplyDelete
Is the little lady's leg all better by now?
Oh thank the Lord I didn't hear about this sale. I could be in some serious trouble, LOL.ReplyDelete
I just have to say, I had an inchworm when I was a little girl (back in the 70's) It may not compare with today's toys, but I sure did love schooching all over the place on that thing. Ah memories.
Those are some great deals...I'm not sure how he could get upset about that?ReplyDelete
Wow! 8 boxes. I'd have tried to hide too. I've done that with bags of yarn...hidden them. *sigh* Great deals, though!ReplyDelete
LOL! You're the shopping queen!ReplyDelete
Hey a deal is a deal right?! My comeback for situations like this always involve his motorcycle. That usually shuts him up pretty good.ReplyDelete
Ooooooooooooh my my my - Dennis is lucky we don't have money or the UPS man and I would be on a first name basis! LOL.....ReplyDelete
Hopefully now that he has a good job again (yay!) I can become a shopaholic again?
Sorry you got the look, I know the look, that look sucks... even though THEY are just as bad and won't admit it...
- AnonymousJanuary 5, 2010 at 12:28 PM
I think you did good. How often does hubby go shopping, I wonder?ReplyDelete
LOL! Sounds just like me and my husband. He hates that I shop sales, in fact he will do anything to distract me from them.ReplyDelete
Hmmm... You need to write a nice long letter to UPS explaining they need to improve their employee training program...ReplyDelete
And a suggestion for next time... inside UPS they have boxes... BIG boxes... you could quickly stuff the little ones into a big one so it counts one box! :)
That UPS lady has no sense of helping a girl outReplyDelete
I cant help but want that worm in adult size...just so that when someone calls and asks what Im doing I can say oh Im ridin' the wormReplyDelete
Haahaaha! This is great. Honey, my motto is: if a man can do it, how hard can it be? You can put the wagon together....no problem!ReplyDelete
Have a fantastic day!!!
I think I would have asked them to hang on to four boxes and came back the next day without hubs.ReplyDelete
Hmmm, when my husband lectures me about shopping, and believe me he does or at least try frequently, I point out immediately at his daily cigarettes packet ;-) 4 euros a day ...am I right?ReplyDelete
Wow, Amber, you did say you liked to shop but I didn't know how truly talented you were at it!ReplyDelete
That is exactly why I order stuff so it comes while my hubby is on daywork. I realize you couldnt pass up a great deal and you werent home....sorry you had to hear a bunch of crap about your great shopping skills!ReplyDelete
Hahaha! I love getting packages in the mail! Sadly I think my husband gets more than I do.ReplyDelete
Good luck on that wagon!
- AnonymousJanuary 5, 2010 at 5:13 PM
You got a Radio Flyer wagon for $10. You got a Radio Flyer wagon for $10? YOU GOT A RADIO FLYER WAGON FOR $10????????!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 5, 2010 at 5:31 PM
Haha! I love the bickering between you and your hubby!ReplyDelete
And hey girl, do me a favor. Next time you shop Amazon go to my blog first, then click on any of the Amazon ads in my sidebar, then shop away. It won't cost you any extra, but I make a commission off of your sale! Holler!
omg. i can't even feel bad anymore cuz i dont even have stuff sent to the house anymore unless it will fit into the mail slot. everything else goes either to my job, or my friend's house...cuz she has to do the same thing. LOL.ReplyDelete
Um. I'm not following. Why are we dancing?...Priceless!!ReplyDelete
I love me some Amazon.com! And I had an Inchworm when I was little. I didn't even know they made them anymore! You got some good deals! You get the savvy shopper award. And Tom gets...um...a value meal??
Great deals! You're my hero :)ReplyDelete
Nice haul!!ReplyDelete
The apartment office people just laugh when I walk in at least once a week to pick up something I've bought on line.ReplyDelete
I need to start shopping at Amazon! Oh my gosh, those deals are outrageous.ReplyDelete
I *HATE* the "one item per box" logic that seems to be *everywhere*. So wasteful. Every time I order things online, I try to tell them to combine my items into as few boxes and one shipment. I thought I succeeded with my last online order of two...count 'em...two items. Nope. UGH!ReplyDelete
Great finds, by the way. Do you donate their old toys to charities or local daycares? Cuz you find some GREAT stuff...
Hey, if he was the one buying all the kids' presents, he would get it. I applaud you for thinking ahead because I am a procrastinator and end up buying stuff that is either too expensive or straight up crap.ReplyDelete
I heart Amazon in a big BIG way.ReplyDelete
That inchworm thingy is awesome! I had one when I was a kid!ReplyDelete
There's nothing wrong with a good sale. I picked up a Little People nativity scene for $17 that was originally $35 on Black Friday. Also, I got gift cards to Express, but I waited for the coupon that says Take $50 off your $150 dollar purchase. See?! Nothing wrong with shopping a sale. ;)ReplyDelete
i always say, buy, buy your heart out if its on sale!!!!!ReplyDelete
at least it was all on sale. The hubs should have been excited that you saved so much money!!!!!ReplyDelete
I would always total up how much i would have spent and then tell the hubs what I really paid. That way he see's just how great I did!!!!
Wow. You scored some AMAZING deals. I'm thoroughly impressed. And what's with that lady not getting it? :)ReplyDelete
You simply cannot pass up the deals you got!! I understand and am totally jealous.ReplyDelete
Tom will get over it :0
I loooove Amazon toy sales. Just today the UPS truck came down our road and didn't stop at our house and my husband shouted out, "Look! That's never happened before! He didn't bring you a box!"ReplyDelete
Damn! That's like being caught with your pants down! It's hard to pass up a good sale! Tom should know that by now being married to the Queen of the Sale Shoppers!ReplyDelete
The best deal looks like the inch worm!
It will be great to watch Dirty Dancing, i have bought tickets fromReplyDelete
http://ticketfront.com/event/Dirty_Dancing-tickets looking forward to it.


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CNL is a campus comedy club made up of 14 students from various degree programs.
Amber Hadley, a communication and theatre senior, is currently the club's vice president.
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The reschedule did not negatively affect attendance, as the seats in the theatre were almost completely filled.
"My favorite part of the performance was the variety of ideas and characters our members presented," Hadley said. "And seeing the audience's reactions is always validating and cool."
Any student who is interested in joining CNL simply has to attend one of the Tuesday night meetings.
"All you would need to do is show up, and we fit you right in," Metiva said. "So, if you enjoy acting, writing skits and comedy, CNL is the group for you."
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