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My wife and I were recently enjoying the first series of Bates Motel, when it suddenly occurred to me that, although I'd seen Psycho many times, its sequels of varying quality and even the monumentally redundant Gus van Sant remake; I'd never read the book that started it all – Robert Bloch's Psycho.
It took me a few months to get around to buying it, of course, but when I did I found that I literally couldn't put it down. I raced through the book in a couple of days and the fact that I was so familiar with the plot never really spoiled my enjoyment of the book at all.
What surprised me most of all is how closely Hitchcock's film actually sticks to the book. I've had that experience in the past of reading a book after I've seen the movie and thinking 'that was really based on this?' A good example is Harry Harrison's Make Room, Make Room upon which the film Soylent Green was based – very loosely it seems. But Psycho isn't like that at all; Joseph Stefano's script maintains all of the same beats as the novel and rarely strays from the basic plot. He even adapts some of his dialogue directly from the novel.
There are significant cosmetic changes, of course. Norman Bates in the novel is pudgy, balding and middle-aged. He's also a much less sympathetic character; his internal monologue makes up much of the text and this portrays his him as misogynistic and utterly antisocial. He's also obsessed with sociology and amateur psychiatry, as well as pornography. For the film and subsequent media, Norman is softened up and presented as much more of a confused young man with simple and less academic hobbies.
The other significant character in Psycho, Norman's mother Norma Bates, is kept deliberately vague throughout the majority of the text. Her interactions with Norman are told through Norman's perception of them. In retrospect, it's clear to see why, but it's not done in so obvious a way that any reader of the original novel would have easily guessed the denouement.
The murder of Mary Crane (renamed Marion in the movie) is much more brutal in the novel, though very briskly described. The novel never dwells on the murders, but the beheading of this first victim would nonetheless has been unacceptable in 60s cinema. It's changed to a famously vicious stabbing in the film, but still retains the novel's shower setting.
Bloch begins the novel with Norman, and then switches to the back-story of Mary. This was changed in the film because Hitchcock wanted the audience to believe that the central character was Marion, not Norman. Both versions work best for their respective medium. A device which Bloch uses very effectively in the book, but which wouldn't have transferred effectively to film, is to relate the events of a certain period of time as they happened to one person and then, in the next chapter, to describe the same period of time as it happened to another character. So, effectively, the consequences of a murder are discovered by one character before that murder has been related to the reader. It's a device that works really well in the novel.
It's clear that the writers of Bates Motel have read Robert Bloch's Psycho, because there are certain elements found only in the book that resurface in that series. For example, when searching the Bates household, Mary's sister Lyla discovers a plain-wrappered book in Norman's room that is implied to contain sadomasochistic images. Anyone who's been watching the TV show will know that a book of similar contents plays an important role in the first series.
In summary; Psycho is a very dynamic novel. Undoubtedly some of the punch of its original release has been diluted by over-familiarity, but that doesn't change the fact that it's still an enjoyable read 53 years after it was first published. If you're thinking it will come across as dated – think again. If you're thinking it won't be as good as the movie – think again. It's easy to see why Hitchcock was so keen to adapt Robert Bloch's Psycho for the silver screen.
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WHEN: Saturday, April 15, doors open at 3:00PM, the show begins at 4:00PM (ends at 10:00PM)
WHERE: Four Peaks Wilson Tasting Room – 2401 S. Wilson St. Tempe, AZ
WHO: Jill Kimmel, Ryan Bexley, Mr. Blotto and Blues Traveler
WHY: 20 Years of Awesomeness from Four Peak Brewery is Cause for a Massive Celebration
The event is expected to sell out, so get your tickets here!
ABOUT: Four Peaks 20th Anniversary Party will feature performances from Blues Traveler, Ryan Rexley and Mr. Blotto. In addition to current beers, attendees will also get taste of history with some of the co-founders' throwback favorites including ML209, a malt liquor named for rapid 209 on the Colorado River, where the crew once got dumped from a raft.
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Meet Tracey Gregory,our Social Media Coordinator
Hello! My name is Tracey Gregory and I live in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts with the love of my life,my husband Gary. I have been blessed to be the mother of four children: Hayden (22), Austin (20), Lukas (16) and the baby girl, Naomi (14). I am also a proud auntie to my adorable niece,Vivien.
To support my scrapping habit I work as a Quality Assurance/Staff Educator RN for a Hospice.
I am definitely a shabby chic style scrapper.I love all things vintage,tattered and worn. I like to play with Mixed Media and off the page projects as well. My family is the focus of much of my scrapping! I have been fortunate to be be published in both online and print magazines. Currently I am also on Design Teams for Swirlydoos, Berry71Bleu, Leaky Shed Studio, HeArt and Soul and Stuck on U Sketches.
I started scrapping at the suggestion of a friend,who thought I might like it.After a year or so of telling her I just didn't have time for something like that,I went to a crop and got hooked!
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BRUSSELS - The European Commission will stage a meeting next week (26 June) to update interested stakeholders in the preparation of its new garment flagship initiative, which appears to be gathering increasing momentum. The Commission has now proposed a number of working groups which are: improving responsible business practices, engaging with producing countries and reaching out to consumers. As we reported last week, the initiative is mainly aimed at sourcing practices in Bangladesh, and an EU resolution was recently passed which calls for mandatory CSR clauses in all bilateral trade and investment agreements signed by the EU.
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Craig Shapero brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 89 Designs von 18 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
The logo can be a word mark, or a combination of a symbol and word mark. The logo will be a service mark. The name ClearGage was chosen based on two principals: Clear adjective; free from obscurity or ambiguity Gage transitive verb; To pledge or promise ClearGage is built upon two principles. One is to provide the healthcare provider with the ability to provide an accurate estimate of what the patients financial responsibilities are, prior to the delivery of care. The second is to provide patient's with "patient friendly" payment options to ensure they meet their obligation to pay the provider for services rendered
ClearGage, Inc
ClearGage, was formed to meet the rising need of innovative solutions surrounding the dramatic increase in accounts receivable and bad debt arising from the shift from healthcare payments from employers and insurance companies to consumers.
ClearGage provides easy to use, secure, electronic processing solutions to the healthcare provider community which includes Doctors, clinics, ancillary medical service providers and third party medical billing entities. Our distribution channels include direct sales, and strategic partnerships with payment processors, practice management software providers and billing and collection companies specializing in medical receivable management.
- The logo must include the word "ClearGage" and you should reflect in the logo that the words are "compounded"
- Open to colors; however prefer a blue and grey
- The design should reflect the meaning of ClearGage Clear adjective; free from obscurity or ambiguity - Gage transitive verb; to pledge or promise.
- The design should look simple, modern, professional, and confident.
- The final artwork should be in vector format. For example, Adobe Illustrator, Freehand or Firework etc.
- Please provide the font, or font name used in the logo in the final deliverables. Prefer a readily available font; however we are open to all.
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Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.
What: Shares of environmental services company Nuverra Environmental Solutions (NASDAQOTH:NESC) dropped 31% yesterday after reporting earnings.
So what: Third-quarter revenue jumped 75%, to $162.6 million, but net loss exploded from $9.3 million, to $193.7 million, on asset writedowns. One-time charges of $233.1 million for the impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets was a driver of the larger-than-expected loss.
Management also announced a plan to divest its Thermo Fluids business, which it paid $245 million for just last year. The carrying value of that asset was written down to $145 million, a huge blow so quick after the acquisition.
Now what: There's really nothing positive to report for Nuverra Environmental in the quarter. End markets aren't improving as expected, and divesting from a recent acquisition is a quick reversal of strategy. With losses mounting, and management appearing lost in the current market, I'll happily watch from the sidelines rather than buy in today.
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This early view of the suspension bridge also tells us a lot about the early production of electricity at Willamette Falls. In detail view 1, we can see that there are no electric lines yet installed along the upper surface of the bridge structure. In detail view 2, however, we see electric lines are installed along Main Street and Seventh Street in Oregon City. Together, this dates the photo to about 1888, when electricity was generated on the Oregon City side, but was not yet carried across the river and on to Portland, an accomplishment that happened in June of 1889.
-- This photo is restored and printed by Old Oregon. Original courtesy of the Clackamas County Historical Society.
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|Richard Prier
|Oregon City, West Linn, Clackamas County
|Bridges and Trestles, Town Views
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Another installment of my yearly Groundhog Day celebration. I've been creating illustrations and cards for Groundhog Day since 1992 (I skipped a couple of years somewhere in there) and this time I show what it would be like for either outcome.
You can check out a bunch more Groundhog Day illustrations on this blog by clicking HERE.
Excuse me- I have to go rent Groundhog Day, the movie, and watch it over and over and over...
I've been doing a lot of character development lately and from time to time I show off new characters on my blog. Sometimes they're black and white and sketchy and other times full color and finished. If you want to see more from this series, just click this "characters" tag. You can also see a collection of characters in my Behance portfolio or on my website.


text: Yes, it's that time of year again when we sadly bid avoir to sweet summer nights and (reluctantly) welcome the daily grinds of reality, relenting schedules of work, or in our case a new semester of University! Whatever the case, we sincerely hope you've enjoyed your summer as we know we have. Europe has been our home for the past six months and we have had an amazing time to say the least! So much so, that it has thus inspired us to start this personal style blog. Looking forward to sharing more ahead!


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With reference to our press release of 20 October 2011, Awilco Drilling PLC is pleased to confirm that the contract with Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited for the provision of WilHunter to drill the Hurricane appraisal well in the Central North Sea is signed. The contract is expected to commence mid Q1 2012.
WilHunter is one of Awilco Drilling's two Enhanced Pacesetter semi-submersibles and is equipped for drilling in water depths up to 1,500 ft.
Aberdeen, 30 November 2011
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- When a student officially drops a course within the course drop period, no symbol or grade of any kind is to be reported.
- When a student officially drops a course after the course drop period, a symbol of WN, according to the policies of Sections 34-89, is to be reported.
- When a student registers for a course but ceases to attend class without officially dropping the course, the student is to be given a grade of F in the course.
- When a student officially withdraws from the University in accordance with Section 56-30, the symbol W shall be reported for each course, unless an accusation of academic dishonesty has been made against the withdrawing student. In such a case, Section 49-20 supersedes the assignment of the symbol W in that course.
- A symbol of W shall be recorded for unsatisfactory attendance in an audited course in accordance with Section 48-80.
Revised: 1/9/73 (as Rule M-4)
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AThe ACME Novelty Library by Chris Ware
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BBeasts of Burden: Animal Rites by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson
Beyond Palomar by Gilbert Hernandez
The Building by Will Eisner
CCaricature by Daniel Clowes
City People Notebook by Will Eisner
A Contract with God by Will Eisner
The Contract with God Trilogy by Will Eisner
Curses by Kevin Huizenga
DDicks and Deedees by Jaime Hernandez
EThe Education of Hopey Glass by Jaime Hernandez
Empowered, vol. 1 by Adam Warren
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Empowered, vol. 3 by Adam Warren
Empowered, vol. 4 by Adam Warren
Empowered, vol. 5 by Adam Warren
GGhost of Hoppers by Jaime Hernandez
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HHeartbreak Soup by Gilbert Hernandez
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LLast Day in Vietnam by Will Eisner
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Locas: The Maggie and Hopey Stories by Jaime Hernandez
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MMaggie the Mechanic by Jaime Hernandez
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OOr Else, vol. 2: Gloriana by Kevin Huizenga
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PPalomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories by Gilbert Hernandez
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Galla, the new face of Giorgio Brutini
35 comments:
I like your outfit. This pants and sock are really good together.ReplyDelete
A for Adam, woo hoo! I'd love to see video that was being filmed for your Vegas gig.ReplyDelete
OMG, congratulations! :)ReplyDelete
xoxo Renee
Why are you so perfect?! <3ReplyDelete
Where did you get your brown tweed blazer? Looking for one exactly like that for my own dapper man :)ReplyDelete
So proud of you adam!! Congratulations!ReplyDelete
I love those outfits!! All of it!!
I love your taste! Your style really inspires me!!
I'm your biggest fan adam! Keep it up!
How awesome your style is!ReplyDelete
Loving all the outfits,
xx from
Congrats! This is perfect, you wear clothes so well!ReplyDelete
the shoes are beautiful! looks like great qualityReplyDelete
ooh well done dude! u look amazing, you are a true inspiration and would like to get th where you are at some point!! well done! btw the collection looks great and u give it more than justice to itReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 18, 2013 at 4:00 AM
Congratulations Adam xxxReplyDelete
Wow! I love your pants! Beautiful color! ^^ReplyDelete
Kisses! :)
it was love at first site! thanks againDelete
Great photos Adam!! ;)ReplyDelete
This is really amazing - Congrats on all of your success! Love the casual vibeReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 18, 2013 at 12:56 PM
LOVE this Brand! Congratulations for such a great acomplishment ;))ReplyDelete
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Where did you get the grey sweater, third photo down? Love your use of blue there, amazing.ReplyDelete
Adam, your blog is my inspiration on starting my own... :)ReplyDelete
Thank you!
pls. check my new post!
Love your last photo :)
great look Galla! =) congrat!ReplyDelete
I like your all outfits but I really love the first set :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2013 at 1:48 PM
Hey Adam, I have a question that may rather be stupid but I am really wondering.ReplyDelete
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your sense for fashion, I just adore it. As I'm in medical school, I don't have too much time to shop looks, so I really love to buy your looks. However, lately, when someone compliments me on my Facebook for my fashion style, I feel self-conscious because it's all your work to put the pieces together. Maybe you could say it's 'mine' since I choose to wear almost everyone of your looks! So should I feel guilty when people compliment my style and I just say yes?! Am I violating any fashion laws?! :P Or should I just feel free to enjoy and RELAX?
you're my biggest fashion idol. ever!
a med stud!
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2013 at 1:49 PM
by 'mine' I mean ''my fashion style as well''ReplyDelete
a med stud!
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The trouser is really cool. Love its colour. Please tell me from where in India can I buy them?ReplyDelete
liking the biker jacket!ReplyDelete
Love the leather jacket! So unique!! Where is it from? Been wanting to buy one for a friend of mine for a while and that one looks perfect!!! :DReplyDelete
superb shoes! full featured Giorgio Brutini Shoes most commonly use in Winter catalog of Giorgio Brutini .its really amazing and lovable brand.once again thanks.ReplyDelete
This is no doubt a dashing getup, and shoes perfectly matching with the costume and personality. Really very thankful, after going through it, one must get a clear dressing sense to build up a great image or personality. Thank you for sharing so beautiful post with lovely photography and introducing the new types of Men Dress Shoes, Galla.ReplyDelete
Wow! I love your pants! Beautiful color! ^^.......................................ReplyDelete
As usual, beautiful and wearable. Love the outfit!ReplyDelete


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The TENSEI™ CK Orange builds off of MCA GOLF's classic, smooth bend profile and incorporates the same Carbon Fiber/DuPont™ Kevlar® (CK) weave found in the butt-section of all TENSEI™ CK shafts – providing enhanced stability and maximum feel, in an extremely versatile design.
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Why pray? The act of praying conjures up religious mental images, and that's fine, but there are good reason for it and you don't need to be religious to do it. We realise, that as we live in an energetic reality, thoughts too are energy. Our thoughts are broadcast through prayer.
We might wonder, who are we praying to? Does prayer work? And what is the process that is taking place? There are many factors at work.
Who Are We Praying To?
We are all one, the universe is one being and we are part of that being. When we pray we are communicating with parts of creation. Everything is part of creation. We are praying to God if you perceive creation as that. The infinite intelligence that is all that there is.
You are praying to the mass consciousness, spirit guides, your soul group, your higher self, your subconscious - all parts of creation. You can talk to creation either in your mind, verbally or even writing it down. You might set the intention of praying to your higher self - a part of creation. It's a version of you in the far, distant, future. It may not hear your voice but it will gain a sense of what you're trying to convey. Through communicating with the higher self, we can gain inspiration and wisdom in this earthly reality.
Does Prayer Work?
Prayer aids in manifestation. You are putting your wants, needs and desires out into creation through thought. Creation therefore replies through meeting your desires because this is what creation understands that you need. Creation always provides what you need for learning and experience.
Creation is everywhere, it will hear you. You can also talk to family members who have passed on. You can communicate with them through thought. You may receive thoughts that seem like your own but they have been placed in your mind by your spirit companions. They are responding more than you realise.
You can pray about anything; pray for someone to get well, to get a new job, to have abundance. This is classic manifesting. The more faith you have in your prayers being answered, the more they will manifest. Your thought forms will become reality. Prayer is a surefire method for manifesting.
Once a day, have a little pray. By putting this positivity out into creation, it will be reflect back upon you; you are increasing the probability of positive outcomes. If you don't ask you wont necessarily get.
Prayer taps you into the mass consciousness, the collective of all our consciousnesses. We are all connected energetically. Through prayer you are putting your thoughts and intentions out into the mass consciousness. Hence trends sweep the world, and inventions are invented by several people simultaneously across the world. So by putting your thoughts and ideas out there, others will pick them up. By praying for world peace, others will also act upon it. The more of us who pray, the greater the power our collective ideas have.
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Show & Tell at guild meetings always bring on a burning desire for me to go to a quilt shop. Most of the time I'm able to control myself and stay away.
I've never really made a cute quilted type bag of any kind and Beth, one of the very sweet girls at a guild I visited for a few days last week, had the cutest bags and she often teaches bag classes. The lady I was staying with had made a really cute bag so I was already having bag fever when Beth brought out a couple more bags to show me. I was hooked and then she offered to take me to the local quilt shop, get the pattern and get the supplies and, of course, since I didn't have access to my stash and was anxious to get started .. even though I have two quilts with me to bind and add the hanging sleeve, and a whole quilt top to make, we rushed off to the quilt shop and bought everything I needed to make two bags.
This is the pattern she suggested I start with. It's Grids & Grommets from Indygo Junction.
This is the fabric I got to make mom a bag. The fabric at the top will be the lining and maybe the strap . . I cannot remember but will figure it out.
These are the fabrics for my own bag. The top fabric is for my lining.
When will I get these made? I don't have a clue! Soon I hope. Now you see why I added fabric to this week's stash report.


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Maaf, belum sempat menerjemahkan ke dalam Bahasa Indonesia. FYI:
Diarsip dari http://www.panamaforum.com/business-panama/39979-virgin-gold-mining-corporation-scam-36.html#post78716
Chronology of VGMC demise:
– Stooges come on this forum trying to promote VGMC yet fail to answer basic questions any reasonable investor would ask: Where is the gold? Where are the mines? Where are the financial statements? Why has no one seen any of the "officers" of VGMC? Why have at least three countries warned citizens that VGMC operates illegally? Where are the other 498 employees? Actions by various stooges that come on the forum only cause more questions and, without being able to answer basic questions, increasing conclusion by "investors" and prospective "investors" that VGMC is nothing but a Ponzi scheme marketed through MLM sales commission structure.
– VGMC struggles to keep the Ponzi scheme going so it does two things: (i) promises additional bonuses to stooges bringing in new investors and (ii) takes a series of steps to prevent cashing out, including increasing time to request redemption and limiting redemption to specified days (on which IT "maintenance" takes the site down).
– VGMC stooge hacks into mining equipment website and dopes up a webpage to make it appear VGMC is a customer; hack is easily revealed and VGMC gives up claim it owns equipment.
– VGMC touts its role as "cocktail sponsor" at upcoming MENA conference of legitimate mining companies; sponsor of event learns VGMC is a sham Ponzi scheme and kicks VGMC out of the event.
– VGMC sponsor sees the "end is near" and decides it's time to abandon the Gold CPS and does so by telling the idiots that all Gold CPS paper (valueless, not backed by gold or any other asset) is "over" and suspends "dividends" and redemptions.
– VGMC makes a totally nonsensical series of "reorganizations" by which it unilaterally disclaims any further role or responsibility for Gold CPS; claiming they have been transferred to a BVI closed-end fund for "public offering" (and not on a registered stock exchange); no assets of any value actually exist; VGMC claims audits and other "paperwork" will delay trading until December 2013; in the meantime, Gold CPS units are no longer redeemable and are completely worthless.
– VGMC claims to now be a Belize-based organization; decries "gold is dead" and begins solely promoting platinum CPS through its network of stooges to a new bunch of victims; whether the name is too tarnished to continue with the new scam is unknown.
– Mafia-linked convicted felon Francisco Cimieri linked to VGMC and/or VG Resources.
– Threats of lawsuits and criminal action threatened by irate victims of VGMC fraud, although likelihood of success would be extremely remote due to lack of assets and uncertainty as to the sponsor(s) of the fraud.
– Despite this track record, stooges continue to promote platinum CPS to their friends and relatives throughout Asia, including in Malaysia and Singapore where the governments have declared VGMC illegal, and Dubai, U.A.E.
… nanti kalau sempet, akan diterjemah, untuk sementara, bisa minta tolong kepada Google translator, meski hasilnya tentu akan pating peletot.


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First. Dig the socks. They're bumble bees. One dollar bumble bees. Cute and cozy and cheap at the same time. Beat that. I dare you! Here Ruby is showing off her favorite parts of her bithday–the hats, the balloons, and the blowers.
Here she is giving that blower a run for it's money. Oh wait. You noticed her nose? Yeah, about thirty seconds after she opened the markers, she decided to do an imitation of Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer. Once the red marker is on the nose, all you can really do is say…good look, dove.
The infamous $10 easel. My girl loves to draw and write and color. I'm not normally huge on coloring books. It started when Adrienne was a girl. She was (and is) so intent on following the rules, she would get anxious about coloring something the 'wrong' color. Ruby, as evidenced by Snow White's blue lips, is slightly more relaxed than her sister. I still like plain paper–but these pages seemed made for this easel.
And here is a newly five-year-old girl both showing her age–and telling her mother to talk to the hand cause the face is tired of getting it's picture taken.


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There are several methods to move Linux to another hard disk on the same server.
But I used Unix dump / restore utility to do this …
Step1. First you need a new hard disk partition in the same way as with previous unit (Linux is running on). I usually use the utility 'fdisk'.
Let us suppose that the old drive is /dev/sda and a new one is /dev/sdb.
To view the partition table hda please run 'fdisk-l /dev/ sda "which should show something like this:
root@deb:~# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0007384e
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 9330 74936320 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 9330 9730 3212289 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 9330 9730 3212288 82 Linux swap
Step2. After this run 'fdisk /dev/sdb' and make the same partitions at it. Interactive mode of fdisk utility is well documented and is very intuitive, so I don't think it would be difficult to perform partitioning.
After this is done, we should make new filesystems at partitions we've created:
mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1
mkswap /dev/sdb2
Step3. Now new hard drive preparation is finished and we can proceed with moving Linux to it. Mount new filesystem and change directory to it:
mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1
cd /mnt/hdb1
Step4. Perform moving by command:
dump -0uan -f – / | restore -r -f
When dump/restore procedures are done we should install boot loader to new HDD. Run 'grub' utility and execute in it's console:
root (hd1, 0)
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
This Week in Route 1 Football
As denizens of the Pick One Challenge column on NBA.com may have read (and really, all of you should be, the column's writer is my favorite person ever), I spent my weekend in the backwoods suburbs of Chattanooga, Tennessee, visiting my parents who inexplicably moved there earlier this year. When they tried to rationalize this decision with arguments like "your father got offered the job of a lifetime" or "we can buy a house three times the size of ours for half the price" or "Your attachment disorder to us is slightly creepy, and being a thousand miles away will lessen the amount of times that you ask us for money," I would respond with the same line: "But it's Tennessee." That was all I really needed to retort with to win the argument. And whaddya know, eleven months later, they're pining for home, even the less-desirable parts of home like Malden and Saugus and sections of Gloucester.
For, you see, it isn't so much the weather (which is quite nice), or the cost of living (much lower, and with no state income tax) or the city of Chattanooga itself (downright charming actually, like Portsmouth with more stuff to do). No, what has turned them off in eleven months of Southern Living is the people, the same type of people that I warned them about after having served my own four years of hard time below the Mason-Dixon.
Don't get me wrong – on the surface, Southerners are quite palatable. Walk into any store in the South, and the staff will start chatting you up like you're a long-lost friend, and they take the concept of "customer service" to a ridiculous level. Southern women, from my many, many observations, tend to be much more attractive and in better shape than their Northern counterparts. Even the driving is much more stress-free and placid in the South, as the locals tend to drive with a politeness unseen up here.
But under that surface layer of hospitality lies a deep, deep reservoir of crazy that rears its ugly head when you'd least expect it. Try to ask the average dyed-in-the-wool Southerner about gay marriage or second amendment rights. Let Southern Joe Six Pack tell you his thoughts on abortion or immigration. And if you really feel like a good time, tell the average Southerner that you're Jewish or Muslim, and then start running from people with ropes and nooses. Now, I realize that not all Southerners are like this, but the fact is that enough of them are to make the South, and especially rural Tennessee, a horribly frightening place.
This craziness especially rears its ugly head when it comes to sports, most especially college football. Ask an Auburn fan about Alabama. Quiz a Tennessee supporter on Florida Gator history. Hell, ask an LSU fan about anyone else in the conference, provided you have a translator present. People up here talk about "rivalries" like Red Sox-Yankees or Patriots-Jets, but just let them spend a week in Alabama during Iron Bowl week, and their perspective on true inter-team hatred will be shaken to its core.
My few days in Tennessee gave me a brief snapshot of this insanity. Now, as some of you may know, Tennessee coach Phil Fulmer was forced out of his job following this season, despite posting a 152-52 career record, one national championship, and a combined 34 years of service to the university. The guy was in the SEC Championship just last year for Chrissakes. Didn't matter. One 5-7 season and Fulmer was sent packing by an army of enraged UT fans, the same fans, mind you, that waxed poetic about Fulmer's tenure after his last game Saturday. I read no less than four sappy odes to Fulmer and his glorious career in this Sunday's Chattanooga newspaper, the same paper and fanbase that had been calling for Fulmer's outright lynching earlier in the season. Now, as someone who can't stand UT, this brings me oodles of joy, as will it when supposed wunderkind Lane Kiffin falls flat on his face and screws up the program beyond recognition.
But there's a moral to this story: people in the South are fucking CRAZY, especially when it comes to their football teams - and yes, I'll include myself and my fellow Gator fans in this generalization. My blood pressure rises at least 30 points and I start speaking in invective-laden tongues at the mere mention of a certain coach whose last name starts with "Z" and ends with "ook." One bad season, and the nostalgia-blinded fanbase become vultures, calling for the coach's job in favor of the Next Big Thing, who inevitably disappoints. I would argue that being an SEC coach is the most stressful and thankless job in America, ahead of even President or CEO of a large company. Win at all costs, and cheat if you have to. Live up to the legend of =Spurrier/Neyland/Bear/Frank Broyles/insert old legendary coach here. Give an entire state full of retarded people something to live for. It's a shock that anyone takes these jobs, let alone some of the more talented football coaches in the country. Avoid the South people. Avoid it at all costs.
Rant completed, on to the picks:
Hooters Real Fucking Deal Award – I'm a big fan of style points in college football. In the words of Eazy E, I love teams that "smoke motherfuckers like it ain't no thang." Which is why, of all the three Big 12 South teams that were eligible for their conference championship, I'm completely okay with Oklahoma being the choice. OU absolutely obliterated rival Oklahoma State on Saturday, 61-41, their fifth straight game scoring at least 58 points. That is what John Holmes would have called "finishing strong." Texas Tech, while I love their offense and pirate-obsessed coach, is ruled out due to their 44-point loss to OU, and Texas, while a good team and one that beat the Sooners, lost to Texas Tech and barely beat Oklahoma State, while averaging 10 less points per game than the Sooners. While the system is extremely flawed, and we wouldn't even be having this conversation if there was a goddamned playoff, among all the Big 12 South teams, I'd call the Sooners the Realest Fucking Deal, and most Hooterific.
Weylu's Epic Fail Award – Georgia was the preseason No. 1 team in the country. They have Matthew Stafford, a projected No. 1 NFL draft pick, and Knowshon Moreno, one of the most athletic running backs I've ever seen. Their defense was, by all measures, talent-laden and ready to fuck shit up. Yet Georgia somehow lost to Georgia Tech, they of the "allergic to the forward pass" offense, and ended their season as the second-best team in their own goddamned state. That, friends, is an Epic Fail of the most Epicest Failful proportions.
Honorable mention goes to fellow SEC members Vanderbilt (got smoked by Wake Forest), LSU (lost to Arkansas), and South Carolina (raped by Clemson). Thanks for representing the conference so well guys. Seriously, great job assholes. Ugh.
Kowloon's Good Ol' Fashioned Fun Award – Despite my hatred of puppies, babies and rainbows, my miserly soul still has been known to give credit where credit is due. And after a year of bashing their conference, their fans and the fact that half their student body is somehow from New Jersey, I must give said credit to the Boston College Eagles, object of HZMLS' affection and potential Orange Bowl participant. The undermanned Eagles beat a game Maryland squad this Saturday, 28-21, armed with only brawn, trick plays and a defense that plays out of its collective fucking mind. Mark Herzlich is Lattimer from The Program, minus the rape (that we know of). B.J. Raji is college football's Vince Wilfork. Billy Flutie is an inspiration to us all, overcoming autism to throw touchdowns in important college football games. Wait, Billy is Doug's nephew, and not his kid? Well then fuck that nepotistic shit then. Still, BC's win over Maryland was great for any Boston sports fan, and I wish them nothing but luck in their efforts to commit videotaped murder of Virginia Tech students this weekend.
Cabaret Lap Dance "Actually Pretty Boring When it Comes Down to It" Award – This award goes to every game played on the Eastern half of the country this weekend, both in college and in the NFL. While the storm wasn't technically given a witty hurricane name, you couldn't help but notice that every football game played in the Eastern time zone this weekend was played in a giant fucking monsoon, making each game look like annual Mud Bowl tournament held in North Conway, New Hampshire (most fun sports-related event ever by the way, especially when you're shithouse drunk). If you can't tell, my favorite brand of football is the kind with lots of passing, speed and scoring, all of which are greatly hampered by driving rain, mud and gale-force winds. Your grandpa might like grind-it-out football while battling the elements, but this is 2008, and I was raised on an MTV attention span. Also, it fucking SNOWED in Chattanooga as I was flying out on Monday, and I am absolutely not down with that shit.
Closing of Russo's Candy House Disappointment of the Week – Going into Saturday, I was rooting extremely hard for Oregon State. Their nickname is a euphemism for a vagina, they featured a running back who topped out at maybe 5'3" and, with a win, they would have prevented USC from winning the Pac-10, which would have been all sorts of Schadenfreudalicious.
But Oregon decided to run a train through the Beavers to the tune of 65-38. The Beavers were sloppy, allowing 693 yards, and their defense was nowhere near as tight as you'd expect the Beavers to be in a game that I at least expected to be a Beaver close shave victory. Oregon however had different plans, penetrating the Beavers from all angles, and generally plowing through them with little attention or care to the Beavers' delicacy or sensitive nerve endings. Penis penis, vagina penis vagina vagina penis.
Frank Giuffrida Exalted Human Being of the Week – While not often discussed, the Ball State Cardinals have compiled a 12-0 record this season and can make it 13-0 with a win over Buffalo on Saturday. And unlike USC fans, who have bitched and whined about not being in the title picture despite having one loss and barely winning their conference, Ball State has just adopted a "happy to be undefeated" stance through the season, which is admirable and refreshing. For their pluck, I happily award the Frank Giuffrida award to Ball State running back MiQuale Lewis, who ran for 120 yards and three touchdowns against Western Michigan on Tuesday night. Lewis has over 1500 yards and 20 touchdowns this season, a feat worthy of the Hilltop Bone In Sirloin Steak, clocking in at 18 ounces and cut thick and juicy, a fine complement to an admirable season.
6 comments:
- stanley cup of chowder said...
I always found it ironic that the biggest college footbal fans are usually the least educated members of society.
- December 3, 2008 at 12:16 PM
- Rocco said...
OU absolutely obliterated rival Oklahoma State on Saturday, 61-41,...
WTF ghabb,y~!. Did you even watch that game? It was a 6 point game with less than 3 to go and OSU had the ball. Come on, I expect better that that.
- December 3, 2008 at 1:08 PM
- Rocco said...
Jesus fucking Christ I'm never going to get through this post. Vanderbilt is a relatively small private school (>12,000) in a conference of giant state schools. They never compete in football. Don't act surprised.
- December 3, 2008 at 1:13 PM
- Matt T said...
Fuck Georgia Tech and Fuck Willie Martinez.
- December 3, 2008 at 1:52 PM
- GHABB,Y~! said...
1) OU still hung 61 on OSU, close game or no. And yes, I did watch the game, and OU looked better than Tech or Texas did against OSU.
2) While I'll grant that Vandy is small and doesn't even have an athletic program, they've also gone 1-6 in their last seven games after starting the season 5-0. My general point was that the SEC (aside from UF) shit the bed in out-of-conference games last weekend.
3) Your mom.
- December 3, 2008 at 2:05 PM
- Rocco said...
I know, I was hoping Vandy was actuallly gonna do something this year. I just hate the SEC and all the other schools.
I still think obliterated is the wrong word. Though I was wrong and it was a 3 point game with 10 to go. After the OU TD put them up 10, that OSU fumble was it.
My mom? I'll fuck you up pal. See you in a few weeks fucko!
- December 3, 2008 at 3:46 PM


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Songs From Lana Del Rey's 'Paradise Edition' of 'Born to Die' Leak
The 'Paradise Edition' of Lana Del Rey's debut album, 'Born to Die,' won't be out until November. However, four of the seven previously unreleased songs on the new edition have already leaked online.
"It's not a new album, it's more like an afterthought," she said of the new edition. "It's the 'Paradise Edition' of 'Born to Die.' It's, like, seven new songs that kind of put a period on the statement I was finishing when I was making the record … It's beautiful."
The songs -- 'Serial Killer,' 'Ooh Baby,' 'Ghetto Baby' and 'Summer of Sam' -- sound like a continuation of the sex-kitten-meets-hip-hop vibe that made the original version of 'Born to Die' popular. The four tracks are embedded below so that you can judge for yourself.
'Ghetto Baby' was previously recorded by British pop star Cheryl Cole, who is married to English soccer player Ashley Cole, and appeared on her 'A Million Lights' album, which was released in June. 'A Million Lights' reached No. 2 in the U.K.
Listen to Lana Del Rey's 'Serial Killer'
Listen to Lana Del Rey's 'Ooh Baby'
Listen to Lana Del Rey's 'Ghetto Baby'
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Chocolate Cheesecake
• 13 vegan digestive biscuits crushed
• 1/2 cup vegan margarine melted
• 420g firm tofu
• 250g dark chocolate melted
• 6 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
mixed with 100ml water (blend it
together well to make a paste)
• 4 tbsp agave syrup
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 70g shredded almonds for topping
This "cheesecake" is so delicious that you won't quite believe it's vegan. A sophisticated dessert that melts in your mouth, it's rich, chocolatey and rather heavenly. Indulge yourself!
Grease an 8 inch round springform baking tray.
Crumble the biscuits in a food processor.
Mix it thoroughly with the melted margarine and spread the biscuit base mixture evenly across the baking tin, pressing it down firmly with your fingers.
Put the tofu in the food processor and blend it until smooth.
Add the rest of the ingredients one at a time and beat it until all the ingredients are nicely blended in.
Using a spatula pour the filling onto the base and sprinkle the chopped almonds on top of the cheesecake.
Cover with tin foil and place in the fridge overnight, or alternatively in the freezer for about 3 hours, before serving.
So a huge thanks to Vanessa for this week's recipe and if you want to see more of Vanessa's delights click here. For more of my recipes, click here. Come back on Thursday for a review of the book.
Big Vegan Love,
Recipe and photos used with permission from essentialvegan.co.uk/Vanessa Almeida (2013)


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After new athletic director Jack Graham took over at Colorado State, the Rams got a whole bunch of new faces in charge. Football, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf and the cross country team all hired new coaches.
But the CSU volleyball team remained untouched. Tom Hilbert, now in his 16th season as coach of the Rams spikers, has a .799 winning percentage over 478 games at CSU.
The Rams return this season ranked No. 25 in the nation, having won the Mountain West regular-season and tournament titles last year. And they lost just one senior from last season.
Led by MW preseason co-player of the year Dana Cranston, an outside hitter, the Rams this weekend will host the four-team Rocky Mountain Invitational at Moby Arena in Fort Collins. The round-robin tournament includes Denver, Virginia and Rhode Island for matches Friday and Saturday.
For local flavor, the CSU-Denver match Saturday at 1 p.m. should be fun. The Pioneers upset the Rams last season in Denver.


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There's a restaurant I've been going to for 10 years. Over the course of time, management has come and gone as you would expect, and great people have left only to be replaced by new ones who were equally as great (and in some cases better). They've always welcomed locals and regulars through their doors with love and sometimes even through a back door when it's busy, since it happens to be located right next to a major league ballpark. They've gone as far as to give locals a discount since having us in the off season is important to them.
They've done everything right as far as customer service goes, in my opinion. We've always felt like family even though they're owned by a "corporation."
Then one day, the "corporation" decided to screw everything up. Here's what they've done and what I think they should've done. Are you guilty of any of these with your customers?
1. You have valuable regular customers. Don't screw with them.
The regulars now get turned away at the door by a bouncer who doesn't put a face to a name, not to mention they've kiboshed any discounts for locals and the local industry people.
What they should've done: All they needed to do was to get to know the people that helped build the business in the first place. A smile, a simple "hi" and a "thanks for coming in" doesn't take a whole lot. Neither does a small 10 percent discount.
2. You--and your managers--need to win your employees over.
Corporate replaced the current employees with people who just don't seem to care. The newly hired manager showed up to work one day, was introduced to her staff at the lineup and proceeded to not talk to anyone the entire night.
What they should've done: That manager should have said "hi" to her new staff and told them she's excited to work with them. Since she didn't, some of them went to look for jobs.
3. Know your target audience.
The restaurant's target audience isn't right for the decisions the new corporate bosses are making. The restaurant is next to a ballpark and they're attempting to make it a high-end destination where they can overcharge for food. Newsflash: Game goers want burgers and BBQ, and locals won't pay for upmarket meals when the old menu was fine all along.
What they should've done: The restaurant could have surveyed their customers first to see if a menu change would be supported.
4. Lead by example.
The new management (and head chef) doesn't smile, doesn't greet guests and they leer at employees for talking to customers too long. Management doesn't always chip in to help (as evidenced by the chef, who eats lunch everyday at noon when the dining room is completely busy). Newsflash: If you're in the hospitality business, you're supposed to make people feel welcome.
What they should've done: Management needed to greet customers and work like their employees. If for whatever reason they don't want to, they should've at least let their employees do their job.
The story ends sadly: Too many of the locals now won't go back to this restaurant everyone once loved so much.
Whether you're in the restaurant business or not, it doesn't take much to alienate employees and customers. That said, it doesn't take much not to, either. Do you have any horror stories?
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Come and find out about live and upcoming opportunities over breakfast, in a relaxed environment.
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Saturday, July 02, 2005
Dead Blogging
Dead Blogging is:
* blogging when no one cares
* blogging when no one visits
* blogging when no one comments
* blogging when enemies smile politely
* blogging when friends act strangely
* blogging when associates betray
* blogging when blogosphere seems dark
* blogging when others are silent
* blogging when it's work and not fun
* blogging when templates fall apart
* blogging when eyes are hurting
* blogging when neck is painful
* blogging when allies can't be found
* blogging when comrades are fallen
* blogging when hopes are dashed
* blogging when bloggers sell out
* blogging when it's no longer trendy
* blogging when it's difficult to think
* blogging when it seems pointless
* blogging when you feel all alone
* blogging when there's so much to learn
* blogging when it seems eternal
* blogging when it seems to worsen
* blogging when you just don't care.
Dead Blogging is mandatory.
If you've never done any Dead Blogging,
you've never really blogged.
[signed] Steven Streight aka Vaspers the Grate
8 comments:
- Hans said...
Steven, dead blogging is like hunting, long way going, failures over failures, accidents, thunderstorms, lonely nights, but bringing closer hunter and the hunted. In the end failure is not allowed, if the hunter wants to survive. But often hunters do not return too.
- Sunday, July 03, 2005 2:43:00 AM
- Karen said...
Take a break, buddy. Go out and see some sun, have some fun.
We will still be here when you get back, I promise. :-)
- Sunday, July 03, 2005 6:00:00 AM
- steven edward streight said...
I am full of breaks, but thanks.
I am readying myself to make some very bizarre posts for a while, where I switch strategies, methodologies, and presentiments in a constant flashing that acts as internal strobe.
From private to gregarious, even a remote hint of trivial drivel about meaningless mundanities and meandereings.
About Psycho Dad leaving the complex, with "Good Riddance" scrawled triumphantly with brown sandstone rock, a cave art mysterio curio, scribbled on the sidewalk, at it's marginal next step into abode proper, the first and last flagstone, the flag of animosity replaced with therapeutic amnesia:
When X is gone from sight,
X has lost the fight.
I'm fully of breaks with tradition.
Full of broken things and inevitable things, culminating in perpetual triumph over all things at all times.
- Sunday, July 03, 2005 12:25:00 PM
- steven edward streight said...
P.S. And remember everyone, this is not a personal blog.
It's a public information service micro-site, disguised as a "weblog".
Nothing is ultimately being "logged" here, only in a temporary and miniaturized manner.
...meaning: nearly nothing here is about me.
"Dead Blogging" and "Blue Blogging" are essays from me about bloggers casualties I'm seeing with astonished eyes, best blog minds renouncing either comments, frequent updates, syndication, podcasting, audioblogging, vlogging, glogs and other assistive tech, or blogging altogether.
As a deconstructivist blogologist, I merely peer and port.
Vaspers the Streight
- Sunday, July 03, 2005 12:30:00 PM
- carrie said...
but your style is so grate!
it's hard to feel it's all business.
- Sunday, July 03, 2005 1:27:00 PM
- steven edward streight said...
It's all business.
- Sunday, July 03, 2005 3:15:00 PM
- Hans said...
Would be nice if the "Dead" could blog too, as I dreamed two nights ago, that my mom (she died 2002) send me an E-mail from heaven, strange ?
- Monday, July 04, 2005 4:30:00 AM
- steven edward streight said...
Sorry you lost your mom.
What haunts me is the phrase "when your mom and dad are dead, then you're no one's child."
No one's child. Someday we all may be this. Very sad and lonely existentially.
If you had such mystical dream, it shows you have a spiritual side to you that is developed to high degree. Stay at it.
The immaterial path pulls us off the substantialist highway.
- Monday, July 04, 2005 11:05:00 AM


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Does one gain ANYTHING as a alt model to secure their future?
Hey Models I have a question.Most of
you are in your mid twenties,are pushing 30 or are like me and ARE 30.Now I want to know how how much many of these adorers,stalkers and fans that we all talk to and try and help and just give general attention to have put into OUR BANK ACCOUNT?How much have they given us all that we will have to fall back on when modeling is no longer a option?This is why most of this is fairy glamour or as I call it bullshit we just try our best to exploit.And if ANY of you give me shit for daring to say this I will personally drive to where you are and beat your lunch out you.I have art as my job first and foremost so I don't even have to think about something to "fall back on" as modeling is just something I do for added publicity for my art.And actually thankful in the aspect that I'm not chosen as a model because I'm pretty or youthful looking.I have more of the sort of Diamanda Galas thing going on where people just use me as a model because I'm a weirdo.BUT I'm damn fucking tired of there being no 50/50 as a model or as somebody that is treated like a free freak show to people.Especially if you don't do nudity,which doesn't even pay enough to make anything worthwhile.100.00 for say 200 photos and you have to split the 100.00 with the photographer isn't shit.And if you aren't willing to lay and spread you get even less and I'm sorry but I think it's bullshit.
IF you are talking to me to try and get in my pants.
Dear fellows,if you are being friendly to be thinking you will eventually get in my panties.There is the exit door get the fuck out.I don't believe in casual sex so you are wasting your time.Look do I REALLY look like the kind of girl that is a easy lay?Have I given you any hint of that with my sour and guarded disposition?If you like me you can take the time and court me properly,if you want to be my buddy you will be just THAT a friend and might as well get the thought of ever so much as seeing my drawers out of your mind.We clear?
Who gains?Certainly not the women anymore.
Always marry for money,not for love.
I posted that statement awhile back and it got a large amount of responses both agreeing and disagreeing. I'm sure that sounds like a terrible bitchy thing to say,but let me explain myself. First off I say ALLOT of terrible bitchy things,it's how I got the name Ugly.And I'm not male bashing,most of you male will even have to admit I am right about allot of the statements I will make.I'm not saying it's always the case,but most of the time it is. I'm also sure that some of you think it's a awful thing to say because what if past and or future mates of mine read it?Well that is one of the reasons I'm putting that statement into the Ethers. And second off let me explain that I'm using money as a metaphor in a way.The word Money can be replaced with effort,talent or ability.In other words a mutual give and take.I'm using money as a example because it's the thing that somebody is the most reluctant to part with. This is one of my forked tongue lashings so don't mind me. I just think that males should be made to always have to wonder,to feel insecure like females in a relationship do.That is one of the problems in modern straight male/female relationships.The female is always left with the same nagging thoughts in the back of their collective minds.That what if their mate is only with them till something better looks,money,sex or status wise comes along? Sadly the paranoia is usually justified. Women who really care for a man have emotions,love and the loyalty that goes with it that bonds them to the male,which is why they enter into the relationship with said male.If they really love them it will bond them to the male through thick and thin.If the women really loves the male she will stay with him if he gets fat,loses his job,gets sick/hurt or can't have sex anymore. Now ladies tell me,tell me honestly from the bottom of your heart do you think that most of the males you have loves from your first love to your last, that you loved with your whole heart would have stayed with you under those circumstances?Would they have stayed and supported you in mind,body and pocket book? I think it would do all women kind some good ,if we were all more vocal about not just expecting love,but loyalty *allot of women don't even demand that* and something,ANYTHING in return in a relationship. Love can be faked but supporting supporting somebody in a tangible manner cannot.Be helping support the household or doing something helpful again in a tangible manner to fighting verbally or physically to defend their woman. I have been with several male either friends or mates where I have had to worry about if a fight breaks out who will I fight for myself AND them.That should never be the case EVER!Chivalry is dead and most males my age piss upon it's rotted bloated corpse.Maybe it's because I'm southern but I'm horrified by the abuse against chivalry. I say NO MORE!It's getting to be a epidemic in my generation and as I said NO MORE will I put up with or entertain that behavior of a male acting more like a twat then the females I know. I want it to be in the back of the mind of EVERY guy that is attracted to me *where that attraction is reciprocal or not* that to even be CONSIDERED as a potential mate they WILL BE EXPECTED to have something to offer,something to bring to the table set before me.
Casual Sex?Hell I don't even believe in casual kindness.
Let me climb right up on my good o'l comfy Ivory tower before I begin to preach.
I'm sureeee this post will piss allot of people off and good for the,getting the oil blood going is good for ya.LoL I never could see the allure of casual sex?Hell I don't like having to take part in casual kindness or hell even being civil with people.
So the thought of a stranger or even somebody I know of know touching all over me in my most intimate areas grosses me out.I just have no desire to ever try casual sex.Maybe it's because I'm a woman and we tend to me more emotional creatures I don't know.
I'm just not into the whooooo whooooo lets see who can be the most drunk and slutty and do the most stupid crap and maybe have the digest # of gross men stick things in our warm holes.Knowing that they are just that,nothing more and nothing less then a warm hole to be used for a few min.
Kindness to those who deserve it.
One of the 9 Satanic Statements in the Satanic Bible is "Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates!"
I have been having a kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates preaching moment all month this month.
Voodoo also pretty much believes in the same thing.
The majority of us believe that if somebody comes to rely,even totally depend or worse abuse you help,you aren't helping them at all.They will not grow in a social,moral or mental sense if they own ability to take responsibility for their actions or help themselves.
I have been scolding a few of the folks around me about letting people abuse them,I think we are all guilty of that.
Let me say here that I'm so so so not saying that you should be friends with people or help people with the intention that you will do that just to get something out of them in the long run,no no no no no!
What I'm saying is that the universe is build on BALANCE,and I think in some aspects that balance is one of the core principles of any religion.That doesn't just go for people who practice pagan or left hand path religions.Even Christianity has the belief that "Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again." and "So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses." which boils down to universal balance.
As I said before I have been scolding a few folks who are close to me about not letting themselves a doormat.We are all guilty of it,and like most things we are "guilty" of we are suppose to learn from it and GO ON.I have the personal belief that any bad situation in life at the very LEAST is a learning experience in that it teaches us what it is like to be in that situation,that way we can be sympathetic to people in the same situation and also we will learn if we can help it not to ever inflict that situation on someone else.
People can trick us into helping them,some people are just such dark spirits that they play the victim part so well,that you will end up being tricked into helping them before you help a person that is really in need.Again I don't think the universe,God,The Gods or whatever you call it will let kindness even if it's misdirected go unrewarded.But it's best to be able to spot these types and not go through the heartache of realizing you gave up sanity and savings up to these people,again learn from it and go on to not do it again.
Plus there are sooooooo many people that really are deserving of help or even a kind word,most of the time the people really in need will be hesitant to ask for help,always beware of what I call "gimmie gimmie" people.If somebody asks you for help 10 times in one month,,is just a little bit to damn comfortable asking or worse telling you they need you help for this or that,or ask you for help with the dire situation of say "needing" some stupid frivols thing and if they smell of greediness grab yourself and RUN!Fool me once shame on you,fool me twice shame on me.
There are real needy people in this world.There are children with Cancer,people who have lost loved ones,even lost relationships with people close to them,people with sick loved ones,actual POOR people *not people who claim to be poor because they live beyond their means* and even people who have sick pets or pets that have passed on are actual people who deserve a kind word or a helping hand.
I know how immensely appreciative I was for people who just sent me condolences when Scooter passed on.It wasn't a life threatening situation on my part,but just the fact that other people were kind enough to even write a note saying they were sorry for my loss was so touching to me I can't put it into words,and I will truly appreciate it and the people that did that till the day I pass on,and even after that I will appreciate it.
Which also goes to show you that it doesn't cost allot or even any money to help somebody in need.
Bake a pie for a friend who has been taking of a sick or disabled family member,take your friend for a walk that just had a bad breakup,offer condolences or kind words to those who have lost a loved one,send a box of cookies to a friend who is down and out.
Be kind to those who deserve it,and don't waste love on ingrates.


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