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Netflix Releases Full Trailer and Premiere Date for 'Black Mirror' Season 4
After a steady trickle of teaser clips for upcoming individual episodes, Neflix has gone whole hog this morning with a full trailer for Black Mirror Season Four. In addition, the popular streaming network announced that fans can begin watching the new season in its entirety on December 29th… just three weeks from Friday!
The new trailer contains some new footage from some of the episodes which have previously been given their own mini-trailers, but the majority of the new material is from other episodes in the season. There are a couple of interesting scenes from "USS Callister," an episode which appears to draw some of its influences from the Star Trek franchise. You can watch the entire clip below:


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India, China solving border disputes based on reality: CPC
Separating the thorny boundary issue from the overall bilateral relation between India and China was the hallmark of the emerging relationship between the neighbours, the Communist Party of China (CPC) said today, Sutirtho Patranobis reports.world Updated: May 11, 2013 19:10 IST
Separating the thorny boundary issue from the overall bilateral relation between India and China was the hallmark of the emerging relationship between the neighbours, the Communist Party of China (CPC) said on Saturday.
Foreign minister, Salman Khurshid's came to China despite opposition from political parties, the military and the media; his visit was a symbol of the stable China-India relationship and reflected the importance that New Delhi attaches to Beijing, People's Daily, the CPC's flagship Chinese newspaper, People's Daily, said in an editorial on Saturday.
During his short but critical visit between Thursday and Friday, Khurshid met Premier Li Keqiang, state councillor, Yang Jiechi and foreign minister, Wang Yi.
Li told Khurshid that his upcoming visit to India on May 19th was carefully thought out and reflected how crucial China thinks its relation was with India.
The People's Daily editorial talked about President Xi Jinping's "five-point proposals", which included maintaining strategic communication, expanding mutually beneficial cooperation and properly handling the problems and differences.
"India has also launched its "three principles" to China since Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh came to power in 2004. They are solving the border dispute on the basis of reality, avoiding the "zero-sum game" and making the world benefit from the development of China and India," the editorial said.
It said the there was a "new type of China-India ties."
The first was to accurately position bilateral ties clarifying that the two sides were partners, not rivals. Secondly, to grasp the general direction of bilateral ties, enhance political trust, strengthen exchange and cooperation and seek common development.
"And third, properly dealing with sensitive issues, separating boundary issue from the overall China-India relations and ensuring the relevant differences not to affect the development of the bilateral ties," the editorial said.
It added that ties between the two countries have "long been complex and sensitive due to some historical issues such as border issue, Tibet-related issue and divergence on cross-border water resources."
"In recent years, China and India have risen simultaneously as emerging powers. Western media hype "the competition between the dragon and the elephant", trying to provoke the China-Indian relations. So how to view and deal with the bilateral ties is a major issue facing both sides," People's Daily added.
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In addition to my cheese-making ventures, I have been smashing LOTS of apples and tomatoes. I have a freezer full of quart bags of tomato sauce, at least a dozen pint jars of apple butter, plus a few jars of apple sauce. (Guess what you are all getting for Christmas this year!)
The old apple trees on our property produce probably thousands of apples in a good year, maybe tens in a bad one. About 2 years ago I sold 5 bushels to the Fly Creek Cider Mill for $10 a bushel. This year they were not in the market for "wild apples" so I smashed as many as The Husband could pick and made apple butter, apple sauce, a few apple pancakes and apple/cheddar omelets. We can only eat so many apples, and I haven't even gotten around to making a pie yet!
Cyrus and the WoodMan are uninterested in my apple smashing. They will eat bits and pieces, but most of the bruised parts and skins and seeds go to the pigs. We got 3 pigs earlier than usual this year. It is working out well because they eat all of the garden/apple tree leftovers, and they really like the whey left from the goat cheese.
The WoodMan doesn't care for the apples, but he does LOVE my new blanket from Land's End. (My new blanket, not his, but he doesn't know that yet.) Funny thing is, because it is a kind of velvety fleece, it stays with him when he gets up. He looks like he is wearing a Halloween costume wandering around with his blue blankie attached to his rear end. Very cute!
Happy Halloween to one and all. I hope you all do not have neighbors like my friend Maryellen's. This last photo is from outside her window, across the street. Unfortunately there is sound to accompany the horror...


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What's Next For Cannabis Stocks After The Carnage Witnessed Last Month?
Marijuana stocks had been on a roll last month. Most companies witnessed robust growth with Canada legalizing cannabis for recreational use. While the stocks were up significantly in the first couple of months this year, largely driven by this speculation, they nosedived in the second half of last month.
This is a classic case of "Buy the rumor, sell the news" kind of event. Out of the 33 largest cannabis stocks, only three moved higher, while 27 experienced a double-digit drop and 19 stocks fell over 20%.
Generally, a 20% drop is considered a bear market. However, as cannabis stocks are pretty volatile with wild price swings, this might not be the case yet.
So why did the stocks crash?
The bloodbath witnessed in the last two weeks have been for good reason. The marijuana industry is still at a very nascent stage. With Canada legalizing recreational use, it is now time for these stock to deliver and walk the talk.
The time for promises, as they say, is over. Now, investors will look for tangible sales, revenue growth and improvement in profitability. Profitable growth might still be a distant dream, though investors would like companies to gallop towards this criteria.
Canopy Growth [CGC] for example is a major player in this space. It has an international presence and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. This company has partnered with Constellation Brands [STZ] where the latter has invested $3.8B.
However, Canopy is also spending aggressively on capacity expansion and its international markets might lose money till 2020 as per estimates. Canopy Growth fell 35% in the second half of last month and has recovered 10% in Nov.
Tilray [TLRY] lost close to 46%, while Cronos [CRON] and MariMed [MRMD] also slumped 42%, and 10% respectively.
Are these stocks a safe bet in the long run?
While investing in potentially high growth companies comes with its own set of risks and volatility, one should not forget the mind-boggling growth which the cannabis industry is set to experience. The stock market rewards long-term investors with compounded returns.
In case players want to play it safe and still invest in the cannabis stocks, investing in marijuana ETFs might provide just the right amount of diversification of risk.
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Stock Market Turbulence: 4 Ways To Mentally Prepare
From October 1 to November 23 last year, the NASDAQ fell nearly 14% and the S&P 500 fell 10%.
Then over the last week in November, the S&P 500 rebounded 5%.
Then it tumbled again, and wiped out its gain for the whole year.
Feel whipsawed? Sure. We all do. It's in our brains. The financial markets are only a few centuries old, but our brains are much older — and they were "built" by evolution, not by Apple or IBM. When fear strikes, as it does during a downturn in the market, our evolved instincts tell us to run, same as we would from a fire, a flood or a predator. Applied to the stock market, our primordial urge is to sell, and preserve what we have.
But that urge is hopelessly wrong. It's a false alarm, and a disastrous "choice" that can dwarf your portfolio forever. Both naïve and ostensibly savvy investors alike may obey that primitive instinct, cash out their portfolios with sighs of relief, and live to rue their decision. The day will come when the market comes roaring back, making new highs, as they cling to the proceeds of unwise sales, wondering when to buy back in — usually too late. There's a very expensive lesson in this: the people on the other side of those trades were wiser.
In Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes, Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich relate the cautionary tale of a broker's experience in the 1987 stock market turbulence. Over a hundred young clients called to sell all or part of their portfolio, hoping to stanch the bleeding. But two old hands over 80 called to buy. Experience beats intelligence.
How can we still our throbbing hearts as markets reverse or even tank, so we don't sell in haste and regret it during the next market boom? Use the cultural wisdom already downloaded into your consciousness to mentally prepare for stock market reversals:
1. Listen to FDR.
"The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself," Franklin Delano Roosevelt said in his 1933 inaugural address. FDR was speaking to the nation about The Great Depression, then at its depth after the 1929 stock market turbulence. Master politician, master crowd psychologist, and member of the wealthy elite, FDR knew his history. He knew that prosperity would return in time, as part of the natural ebb and flow of markets and economies — if the sociopolitical consequences of the Great Depression could be held in check. In 1933, as in any market reversal, fear was his worst enemy.
2. Heed an ancient adage — and Lincoln.
"This too shall pass" is a renowned Persian, Hebrew and Turkish adage often misattributed to the King Solomon in the Bible. According to Sufi poets, the phrase was a passage etched upon a king's ring. It was there to make him happy if he were sad and, sadly, to caution him that joy, too, is fleeting. But the most compelling recital of the phrase comes from President Abraham Lincoln: "It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: 'And this, too, shall pass away.' How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!"
3. Think like a mathematician.
"Invert, always invert," said the mathematician Carl Jacobi. Mathematical inversion is a favored thinking tool for both Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett. It flips life's problems up, down, around and backward until the answer presents itself unbidden. Buffett says, "It's like singing country western songs backward. That way you can get your house back, your auto back, your wife back, and so forth."
How can inversion be applied to market downturns and crashes? Invert the naïve impulse to sell into an informed decision to buy. Recognize that if you are wise enough to hold onto stocks for the long term, the price anyone would pay for them in a downturn is irrelevant. If you have wisely stored a cash hoard in anticipation of a downturn, you are not obliged to sell stocks in a down market to harvest cash. And because you are free to buy, the stocks are on sale! Buffett teaches: "Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful." But take caution not to buy too soon. Wait until the market bottoms, or in Wall Street parlance, "Don't try to catch a falling knife."
4. Shakespeare was right.
"Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant … but once," wrote William Shakespeare. If you fear the market and keep most or all your money in cash or cash equivalents, inflation will, in the fullness of time, destroy your cash hoard. It's financial death by a thousand inflationary cuts. Though the nominal two percent inflation rate is hardly noticeable day to day or even year to year, compounded over six decades, a dollar is only worth a dime.
If you are wise enough to invest, not play the market or buy and sell, but be brave and hold a steady course through storms and routs, diversified and shielded from taxes in a retirement account, you will find yourself a hero at retirement. And, moreover, to your survivors when you are gone.
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Investing In Stocks: 5 Rookie Mistakes To Avoid At ALL COSTS
There's something about capital markets that captivates everyone: Some think stocks are an easy way to make a quick score. Others, on other hand, liken stock to gambling.
And then there are some who just don't have a clue about stocks at all.
(Fret not, #WealthGANG, we're here to serve!)
But why is the stock market so fascinating? What causes people to be completely overawed by it?
Despite the many myths, it is extremely easy to trade in the markets; you can actually get started on your smartphone for less than $10.
But to trade stocks successfully? Now that's another story—despite what those in-their-20s Instagram crypto money managers and scammers want to tell you.
For all the myths, biases, (mis)beliefs and misconceptions, you can still hedge your bets by following a disciplined blueprint. In this case here, we will share with you what not to do.
Here are X common investor mistakes to avoid at all times.
Mistake #1: Thinking you can make a quick buck from Wall Street
This is probably the single biggest misconception about the stock market. Investor legends like Warren Buffett always maintain you need to invest over a long-term horizon to book big profits.
And even if you have stories like the 'Teenage Bitcoin Millionaire,' trust us on this one! They're the exception, not the rule.
Mistake #2: Investing on impulse
Many investors jump into trading based on hype—kinda like Bitcoin, which surged to record highs in December before losing billions of dollars since, sometimes in 24-hour periods.
In other words, decision to enter the stock market's based on an impulse. There's no proper entry strategy and no exit strategy.
This is not how an investment decision should be made. Every investor should realize that investing in the stock market is a long-term play—it's definitely NOT a get-rich-quick scheme.
"Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas."
-Paul Samuelson
Mistake #3: Following the hot tip!
Investors are all on the lookout for hot leads and stock market tips. But in reality, there aren't any. This mistake is exactly how the "Wolf of Wall Street"got people onboard with his schemes.
Even if someone does have a hot tip, you have to watch out for human nature: People may skew positively towards stocks they own—and negatively towards the ones they don't.
The reality is this: There are qualified analysts who spend all day researching market trends and metrics.
Investment managers and brokers then share these analyses with premium clients. Much more credible info, yes. However even after receiving this analysis, there is no guarantee the investor will see an ROI.
Warren Buffett is a firm believer that investors can grow wealth by just replicating the indices instead of looking for multi-baggers and stocks that are expected to crush the market.
"If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice."
Norman Ralph Augustine
Mistake #4: "Buy/Sell Strategy"
This is probably the biggest misconception of all. Many investors, impulsively, end up buying a stock just because they see the price surging. (Again, think Bitcoin in December.)
As the price continue to climb, they'll sell the stock and make a huge profit. The so-called Buy-Hold-Sell Strategy
But that is not how the stock market works. (Buffett's mantra is buy-hold-and don't watch too closely.)
If you do buy a stock, hold it for some time and then sell…you don't have any guarantees the stock will rise.
A better play—aside from Buffett's, obviously—is the borderline cliched "Buy Low/Sell High" strategy. In this strategy, an investor buys a stock on the downslide instead of when the price is rising.
All the investor has to do is hold the stock until a price correction occurs. If the stock is fundamentally strong, the price will increase. This will be the time to sell it off and earn a profit.
"I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful." — Warren Buffett
Mistake #5: No clear investment objective
Every investor should define, clearly, what his or her investment goals are.
The rule of thumb of investing is the higher the risk, the higher the return. So if the market return is less, then—needless to say—the risk involved is deemed less.
There are two forms of securities, generally: Stocks (equity) and bonds (debt).
Equity stocks tend to have higher risks associated with them. However, there is a tremendous potential to earn capital gains from equity shares—but with the caveat that you should be prepared to lose your investment
Bonds and fixed income instruments are relatively less risky than equity shares. They offer periodic returns in the form of interest but are still prone to market risk.
A short-term investor looking for minimal risk is better off buying treasury bills and government securities.
Whether it's cashing out on tech stocks with high upside or just collecting tax-free yield from municipal bonds, your investments should be in line with your objective.
"You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don't understand that's going to happen, then you're not ready, you won't do well in the markets." — Peter Lynch
10 Stock Terms Every Newbie Investor Should Know
Investing in the financial markets can seem quite tricky. There are far too many stories where people tried to play the stock market without much success. When the markets are on a roll, everyone wants a piece of the pie.
Here are 10 terms every investor cannot afford to miss.
Market Cap
The market capitalization of a stock is simply the total number of outstanding shares multiplied by the share price of the company. Companies are generally differentiated on the basis of market cap.
Small cap companies generally have a market cap of between $300M and $2B, while mid-caps are between $2B and $10B. Any company with a market cap over $10B is considered a large-cap. While small-cap and mid-cap stocks have historically outperformed large caps, they are also way riskier.


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Why We Love It
- All rooms are suites at this 4.5-star hotel
- All areas are nonsmoking -- a rarity in Las Vegas
- Connected to the entertainment at the MGM Grand via a private walkway
- Daily housekeeping is included when booking a room through LSI Resorts
"An oasis of calm" -- Forbes Travel Guide
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From the minute guests arrive at the Signature, they'll notice it aims to be the antidote to a typical Las Vegas experience. The entire 4.5-star property is nonsmoking, and the lobby is casino-free. The three glowing golden towers have a private, cabana-lined pool, a well-equipped fitness center and a full-service spa. Upscale suites provide plenty of space to invite along friends, use kitchenettes' high-end appliances and spread out in a separate sitting area.
For visitors looking to avoid the rowdy late-night activity rampant in most of the local hotels, the Signature provides a welcome respite. When it's time to get in on the action, take a 10-minute walk down the covered hallway connecting this hotel with the glitz and glamour of the MGM Grand. During summer months, party the day away at Wet Republic -- a massive daytime pool party. Or spend your winnings at the Michelin Guide 3-star and Forbes 5-star restaurant, Joel Robuchon. Just outside the front entrance of MGM Grand lies the world-famous Las Vegas Strip with nightlife, bars and plenty of dining and shopping options.
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goodness gracious me... get me some booze... this is not easy is it?
I'm not really back, i just miss so you damn much!!!
lemme just explain, i have no Internet access anymore, well barely, currently I'm stealing some from my sister... who incidentally offered me access whenever i need it, which is kind of cool... but... there's always a but right... half of the blogging experience is reading your bloggies man... so I'll can blog, no problem... but i can't read any of yours... so tell me, being the spastic techno retard that i am... can i follow your blogs via rss feed or something via my email? if so... ga... we might be in business!
ok so lemme know, seriously...
I'm still on leave, will start the new job on Monday, can't wait!
but on the other hand i could really get used to staying at home, fetching the kids from school... strangely comforting to be around them so much... anyhoodle...damn i have so much to tell you guys it's impossible to even remember one thing... dang... I've been dangerously social this past two weeks, had a lovely bloggirls get together on Saturday and the highlight of the two weeks...
i bought myself two absolutely dreamy dresses yesterday... at a Chinese shop nogal... i know, go figure... but I'm a girl after all and dresses, they make me happy :) the owner of the shop is so funny... all she can say in english is "yes... yes!"... so i used her for some positive reinforcement comments while trying on the dresses... "don't i look great??"... her reply...
yes... yes!!!
tell me my dear Chinese woman, would it not have been a good idea to learn some splanglish or some changlish before stowing away on the first best container heading for our shores?
yes... yes!!
i know... so how long have you been here? your shop has been around for at least two years, and you still don't bother to learn the language, what's up with that? you just wiping your ass on us or what?
yes... yes!!!
*sigh* i give up...
ja i know I'm pathetic, i was really determined with the "end" but am really
fucking really
missing this shit...
so... I'll ma see... lemme know about the rss thingymabob, maybe i should corner angel and let her enlighten me... oops that just sounded wrong right?
ok... until next time, whenever that might be :)
Thursday, October 30, 2008
whazzup yo?!
goodness gracious me... get me some booze... this is not easy is it?
whispered sweet nothings by... Sweets at 7:58 AM
36 COMMENTS....bite me!:
- Sunny said...
you can use "post comments (Atom)" link to follow the blogs
or subscribe to each and every of them to get e-mails
- October 30, 2008 at 8:58 AM
- Sunny said...
Glad to see you in action!
- October 30, 2008 at 8:58 AM
- Tamara said...
I nearly jumped for joy when I saw your name in bold on my reader! I'm also technically incompetent, but I believe there is a way to subscribe by email. I sure hope it works for you!
- October 30, 2008 at 9:08 AM
- The Jackson Files said...
- October 30, 2008 at 9:22 AM
- Anonymous said...
Whooo! :) I also have no idea...but do corner Angel. She seems to be tech savvy. ;)
- October 30, 2008 at 9:37 AM
- phillygirl said...
what a sweet surprise ;) I know you can definitely get rss, but I keep all my stuff online (google reader rocks!) so I dunno how you can tie it in via email, but there should be stuff you can plug-in to outlook like back in the day the way newsgroups used to work.
Have a Fantastic First Day on Monday :)
- October 30, 2008 at 9:40 AM
- Arkwife said...
YAY!!! Sweet words from Sweets :-)
Okay doll, it depends on your email service provider. I know Yahoo! has a built-in feed reader, but these days a lot of cellphones also have built-in feed readers. Send me a mail and I'll help you set it up :-)
- October 30, 2008 at 10:07 AM
- Sometimes Saintly Nick said...
Please don't not post because you can't get around. I enjoy reading what you write.
As Sunny wrote, you can subscribe to blogs that you want to read via Atom or other services. For example, I have subscription links on my sidebar just below the visitor counter thingie.
As for the Chinese woman not yet speaking English, in the county where I pastored a church back in the '80s there where third generation Americans whose ancestors had come to the United States from Switzerland who couldn't speak English. That was because, in the closed community in which they lived, they never needed to learn it.
- October 30, 2008 at 10:24 AM
- Kitty Cat said...
YAY!!! We knew you couldn't leave us. Just post as and when you can. As for the RSS Feeder thingy...um...I'm illiterate with all that stuff.
- October 30, 2008 at 10:24 AM
- angel said...
hey sweets!
there must be a way to get them emailed with the rss thingymabob, as i know a few people who do it that way... sheesh, i sound smart eh!!?
but i just know my glugs will be able to help you!
- October 30, 2008 at 11:15 AM
- MsBehavn said...
We want you back, sweets!
Not sure how to get email feeds and stuff (I'm not too IT-savvy) but I'm sure there's going to be some brightspark who'll tell you how to do it.
In the meantime - look after you (and get 'net access, dammit!!!)
- October 30, 2008 at 2:06 PM
- BecauseIcan said...
OOOh boy!!.. We missed you!!
I still check your site everyday.. sad and pathetic that I am...lol!
LOL@chinese lady.. you should let me know where her shop is.. I could do with the positive re-inforcement!!
- October 30, 2008 at 3:56 PM
- Slyde said...
i'd say your best bet would be to just subscribe to google and keep your blogs there.
- October 30, 2008 at 4:48 PM
- Miss Caught Up said...
I notice the same experience Sometimes Saintly Nick has. There are huge pockets of communities in the United States where people do not speak English.
One time I went into Starbucks (which is in a neighborhood concentrated with Russians) and I was trying to tell this Russian man AND his friend that their drink was up, but he didn't understand me.
Then in some parts of California there are huge communities of Hispanics who don't understand English either.
It is as if these people segregated themselves from the rest of the locals, you know?
It's interesting, yet, I think it would help them if they learned a little bit of English. Even if it is just "yes, yes" :)
- October 30, 2008 at 5:39 PM
- Jeanette said...
You can subscribe via email... especially if the person has Feedburner on their sites.
The other option is to set up the RSS thing from Outlook 2007 (if you're using that) - there's actually an RSS reader built in.
Good luck with the new job!!! I'm quite jealous about the dresses, I'm struggling to find nice stuff this season
- October 30, 2008 at 10:36 PM
- Kingcover said...
Woohoo! You're back ... nope I'm not going to say that it's just temporary because I'm going to cast a spell on you and before you know it you'll be totally under our control and so when we collectively tell you to jump your response every time will be "How high?". Oh you may laugh at that but I bet you the belt on my jeans that it'll become a reality ;-)
About the rss thingy ... I guess if you sweet talked us all enough we could possibly maybe nicely copy our posts to your email addy. But like I said you really would have to grovel on your hands and knees for that to happen :-P
- October 31, 2008 at 2:06 AM
- Being Brazen said...
helloooo...welcome back...
Dresses...I love dresses. I want lots too. Post some pics of your beautiful finds :)
have a fab weeeknd
- October 31, 2008 at 1:57 PM
- Expensive Mistakes and Cheap Thrills said...
we love you.
come back more often, okay?
- November 3, 2008 at 10:23 AM
- M@ said...
hey, dude!
- November 3, 2008 at 8:51 PM
- Flip Flop Momma said...
im not sure..i dont know nuttin bout any of that..
- November 4, 2008 at 2:08 AM
- MsBehavn said...
Sweets - how the hell are you? We need news, dammit!
- November 9, 2008 at 3:54 PM
- Denguy said...
What the hell was that?
- November 11, 2008 at 10:02 PM
- Elise said...
I hope the new job is going great for you. Hope you come back soon xx
- November 20, 2008 at 3:05 PM
- Kingcover said...
Just checking in with you. I sent you an email a few weeks ago about that RSS thingy so hopefully you received it?
Laters buddy :-)
- December 2, 2008 at 2:07 AM
- Mandy said...
Hi! I am back, too... I took a break from blogging for quite a few months. Glad to see you are here still, and back, too!!!
- December 4, 2008 at 6:58 PM
- Donn Coppens said...
*wakes up
What...huh.. where'd you go?
Damnit I missed you!
That does it this time I won't nod off. I am going to wait right here and have another yawwwwn coffee and open a window and yawwwwn and I'll be right here when you get b
- December 5, 2008 at 6:00 PM
- Sometimes Saintly Nick said...
Still away? Oh, well, I'll be back.
- December 5, 2008 at 6:09 PM
- Kingcover said...
Just checking in. Seeing if there are any cobwebs in here that need removing :-)
- December 16, 2008 at 3:45 PM
- Nosjunkie said...
Hey sweeeeeeeets come back
- December 18, 2008 at 3:24 PM
- Kingcover said...
Happy birthday Sweets :-)
- December 29, 2008 at 3:54 PM
- Sometimes Saintly Nick said...
Happy New Year, dear Sweets! I pray you are doing well.
May you be blessed with much happiness and many joys in 2009!
- January 2, 2009 at 8:13 AM
- Donn Coppens said...
Where U at girl?
May 09 be the bestus year evah!
- January 5, 2009 at 6:36 PM
- M@ said...
Where is Sweets? I remember she chatted w/ my while I had a broken foot this time last year!
- January 23, 2009 at 4:56 AM
- The Jackson Files said...
I thought you were coming back to blogging...
- February 11, 2009 at 3:15 PM
- Susan said...
just stopping by
- March 27, 2009 at 5:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
- April 2, 2009 at 11:24 PM


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The summer after I graduated from college, I watched all of Sex and the City as reassurance that I wouldn't be sexmurdered, as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit seemed determined to tell me, and after 30 Rock premiered that fall, as reassurance that, short and bespectacled though I might have been and remain, there were options beyond Liz Lemonhood. I say all of this not to let you know that you will only like Girls, Lena Dunham's brilliant new comedy for HBO about four young women fumbling through their early lives in New York if you liked Sex and the City. Quite the reverse. Those of us who love Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha will see ourselves, and be able to laugh at ourselves in Girls. But there's an enormous amount there for those of you who didn't. And while the show is unfortunately really, really white for a show set in New York City, on all other counts, it's a show so good it's almost implausible to me that it was made at all. Need specifics other than my good word, which appears at great length here in an essay for The Atlantic based on a long interview with Dunham? Here are five reasons to watch Girls after you get your dose of Game of Thrones on Sunday:
1. It's hilarious: "The totem of chat. The lowest, that would be Facebook, followed by Gchat, then texting, then email, then phone. Face to face would be ideal, but it's not of this time." "I wouldn't take shit from my parents. They're buffoons. But my grandma gives me $800 a month…I supplement. But it gives me the freedom to not have to be anyone's slave. You should never have to be anyone's fucking slave. Except mine." "I was live-in educator to these three children, and they all sang, and their father was a brilliant pacifist thinker." These three lines from the pilot aren't even close to the funniest things the characters say in that half-hour alone. And it gets funnier from there.
2. It's delightfully progressive about sex and sexual health: Girls is one of the only shows on television where people talk about sexual health and reproductive rights like actual people in real life do. "What was she going to do? Have a baby and take it to her babysitting job? That's not realistic," Dunham's character Hannah says when her friend Jessa (Jemima Kirke) gets pregnant and decides to have an abortion. In a delightful parody of oversoberness about reproductive choice, Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) tells Jessa, who is smoking a joint the night before her procedure, "What you're going through is like really, really hard for any young woman, and it totally makes sense that you would want to escape through drug use. But you have to know, you're not just my cousin. you're my friend. And I could not be more proud of you for getting this abortion." When Hannah heads in for an STD test and one of her friends makes fun of her obsessive fear of AIDS, Hannah grumbles "I have obsessive fear of HIV that turns into AIDS. I'm not a fool." And Dunham told me that she worked extremely hard to make sure a subplot in which her character is diagnosed with HPV and tries to find out how she could have gotten it medically accurate. That accuracy and frankness goes hand-in-hand with well-developed plots and very funny dialogue.
3. Lena Dunham is basically the female Louis C.K.: Emily Nussbaum made the comparison explicit in her New York Magazine cover story — and reports that Dunham once dressed up as C.K. for Halloween. The comparison is apt: whether it's Dunham's bodily frankness, the relentless and hilarious chronicle of failure and self-criticism, or even masturbation, Lena Dunham is a younger, more hopeful version of Louis C.K.
4. It's one of the only shows on television where the characters have realistic wardrobes and apartments: Dunham turned down the larger sets HBO offered her to make it easier for the cameras and crew to get around in favor of making sure her characters would live in reasonably-sized apartments — she told me of New Girl, "I love that show, by the way, but every week there's a new room I didn't know was there! It's like that real estate dream you have in New York, where it's like over there! Over there! Over there! It's really wild, that New Girl apartment." And she fit her costumes with Spanx on, but didn't wear them she was shooting so Hannah's clothes would look like they didn't fit, a symptom both of her lack of money and of the way the character hasn't quite settled into her body.
5. The friendships are wonderful: Rebecca Traister expounds on this theme at length in Salon, reveling in the way that Girls shows that friends can be your true partners. That larger point aside, it's just fun to see the characters go through what seem like well-worn conversational paces — "Sex from behind is degrading. point blank. You deserve someone who wants to look in your beautiful face, ladies," Shoshanna reads from an advice book, only to have Jessa snap at her "What if I want to focus on something else?" — curl up in each other's beds, rock out to Robyn. Speaking of which…
6. The show's sense of pop culture is spot-on: This may seem like a little thing. But Girls does a tremendous job of actually populating the show with references, conversations, and music playing in rooms that the characters would actually watch and listen to. Whether it's Robyn, or Kelly Clarkson, or a game show hosted by Jerry Springer called Baggage, in which people reveal their worst secrets (Hannah says of hers: "My littlest baggage is probably that I am unfit for any and all paying jobs. My medium baggage is that I bought four cupcakes and ate one in your bathroom just now. And my biggest baggage would be my HPV.") Culture is a way we communicate with each other, and find the people we like. That Girls gets this right is just another indicator of its commitment to creating scenarios that are wonderfully emotionally true.


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Shards Of Murder w/Novelist Cheryl Hollon
Cheryl Hollon writes full time after she left an engineering career of designing and building military flight simulators in amazing countries such as England, Wales, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan and India.
Fulfilling the dream of a lifetime, she combines her love of writing with a passion for creating glass art. In the small glass studio behind their St. Petersburg, FL, 1920's craftsman bungalow, Cheryl and her husband design, create, and produce fused glass, stained glass and painted glass artworks and jewelry.


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Marina at Lunchtime
Blue on Blue
Winter Blues
Still Water
Georgia BeachGibsonsBC January 2018
Striving for Perfection
Gibsons, BC - May 2016
Moving Along
Now Look Left
That's the Spot!
Side Eye
Pretty Girl
Never Stop Growing
Upper Falls at Cliff Gilker Park
Breaking Through
Sunlight through afternoon clouds as seen from Georgia Beach, Gibsons, BC - January 2018.
Afternoon Clouds
Gibsons, BC - January 2018
View from Skyline Drive
Dreamy Sunset
Davis Bay, BC
Cascade Mountains
Winter Water
Sechelt Whale
Secret Cove
Who's in Charge?
Tiny Boat
The Marauders' Nap
Look at My Beautiful Long Hair
The seal in the middle has markings that look like long hair, or long cocker spaniel type ears...
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One night last spring, Trina Fair's phone rang. It was Jim Boeheim.
"I was surprised,'' she said. "I didn't know he had my number.''
Boeheim had called to talk to her about whether C.J. should enter the NBA Draft or return to school. Later, Boeheim would talk to Fair.
Fair's return would make Syracuse a much better team, which would benefit Boeheim. But the Hall of Fame coach had earned the Fair family's trust over the years. It started five years ago when Boeheim put his trust in former Syracuse assistant Rob Murphy.
In 2008, Fair had just finished his sophomore year of high school at Baltimore City College. In April of that year, Murphy got his first look at Fair during an AAU event in Pittsburgh. Fair stood about 6-foot-5 then. He possessed a smooth, left-handed shooting stroke. He could handle the ball. And Murphy saw potential.
"He was playing the two,'' Murphy said. "I figured he'd grow two or three more inches and be the perfect 3-man at Syracuse because Coach (Boeheim) loves versatile forwards.''
In 2008, Fair, playing in a pickup game after his sophomore year, tore the ACL in his left knee.
At the end of the summer, Murphy still liked Fair better than any other forwards he had seen. Murphy told Boeheim that the Orange should not only continue recruiting Fair, but they should offer him a scholarship. But due to the timing of Fair's injury, Boeheim had never seen him play.
"A lot of schools backed off, but Syracuse didn't,'' Fair said. "Coach Murphy stayed in contact with me. He stuck with me.''
Fair committed to Syracuse after visiting the SU campus with his parents in October of 2008.
"Coach Murphy and Coach Boeheim stayed in constant contact with him,'' Trina Fair said.
After showing so much faith in Fair back then, Fair trusted Boeheim and Murphy all the more last spring.
Murphy told Fair that there was nothing wrong with going back to school, getting his degree and leaving SU as one of the greatest players in the school's history.
"I think his trust in Coach Murphy and Coach Boeheim was also a major part of his decision,'' Trina Fair said.
Said C.J. Fair, "I know Coach Boeheim was thinking of what was best for my career.''
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Planned Parenthood Introduces "Am I Pregnant" Widget
For Immediate Release: Jan. 30, 2014
Online tool is latest in a series of new digital resources to empower women to understand their reproductive and sexual health
New York, N.Y. — Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) today launched a new online tool to help women answer the age-old question: "Am I pregnant?"
The widget — named "Am I Pregnant?SM" — asks users a short series of questions in a dynamic interactive format about whether or not they've had sex; if they use birth control and if so, was it used correctly; if they would like to be pregnant at this time; and other questions. Based on each individual's answers, the online tool helps women determine when to take a pregnancy test. For women that indicate they do not want to be pregnant at this time, the tool helps them determine if emergency contraception may help them prevent pregnancy. The tool also allows women to locate pregnancy testing or contraceptive services in their area.
"One of the most common questions asked of the doctors and nurses who work for Planned Parenthood is, 'Could I be pregnant?' Over the course of their lives, women may wonder about pregnancy many times — after having unprotected sex, when their periods are late, or after experiencing other symptoms of early pregnancy," said Cecile Richards, president of PPFA. "We wanted to develop an interactive online tool to help women address this question and help get them started in taking healthy next steps."
The earlier a woman finds out she is pregnant, the sooner she can begin making important health decisions. For example, early information about prenatal care, including the importance of seeing a health care provider and taking folic acid supplements, can be critically important.
Because women sometimes worry about pregnancy shortly after having intercourse, the widget also lets those who don't want to become pregnant know if emergency contraception might help them prevent pregnancy. The tool is provided for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. But it provides women with an easy way to find more information and to locate pregnancy-testing or contraceptive services in their area.
"Am I Pregnant?", which will be available in English and Spanish, joins the Planned Parenthood suite of online interactive reproductive health resources, which include "The CheckSM," a tool that helps users determine whether they should consider being tested for sexually transmitted diseases, and "My MethodSM," a tool that helps users figure out what forms of birth control might be best for them. Like "Am I Pregnant?" these tools use a short series of interactive questions to suggest next steps, and provides users with resources they can use.
"We increasingly use technology to meet and respond to women wherever they may be, and like most of us, that means online," said Richards. "Young women especially want tailored, objective information about sexual and reproductive health, clearly and candidly delivered, through the tools they use every day. We're committed to providing women with quick and easy-to-access answers to critical questions that they might otherwise be embarrassed to ask, answers that help inform crucially important decisions."
The Planned Parenthood website is a popular online resource for health information and receives more than 2 million visitors every month. The Planned Parenthood suite of widgets can be found at www.plannedparenthood.org/all-access.
Planned Parenthood is the nation's leading provider and advocate of high-quality, affordable health care for women, men, and young people, as well as the nation's largest provider of sex education. With more than 700 health centers across the country, Planned Parenthood organizations serve all patients with care and compassion, with respect and without judgment. Through health centers, programs in schools and communities, and online resources, Planned Parenthood is a trusted source of reliable health information that allows people to make informed health decisions. We do all this because we care passionately about helping people lead healthier lives.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Planned Parenthood Federation of America media office: 212-261-4433
December 16, 2010
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Vatic Note: This state is added onto California, Utah and Montana, I believe. Its beginning, but will it be in time? No way to know except through patient waiting. How many other states will join the fray? I can tell you that Colorado elected officials, starting with the governor has sold out. They just cut food stamps to seniors on a eugenics program, down to $17.
Further, wall street bankers have derivatives bets on the death of seniors and they will lose if they can't get these seniors to die in time. That will make the Colorado officials that enabled the crooks to do this, just as guilty as if they had pulled the plug themselves and the penalty is the same as it is for those committing the actual act of murder.
Then I found out that the state of Colorado is performing a form of extortion on their citizens. They not only charge outrageous rates for traffic fines that are not moving violations, but they then add on a ton of fees. They are truly engaging in small time fraud and theft through this system.
Now why do they need the money that bad? Twin star on the way, CAFR'S need to be enhanced and this is how they are doing it. Rape and pillaging the poor people that can't go underground with them, but are expected to pay the way for the 1 percenters. I am truly disappointed in Colorado, since they used to be a patriot state and now they are "one world order" controlled state.
The politicians have sold out and they are our new nazi's now. We can't expect anything from the bad guys. However, if we survive this and they don't fare so well, I believe we will bring them down. Pay backs are hell.
Tennessee Bill Would Shut Down NSA Spy Center
Paul Joseph Watson
January 22, 2014
Legislation would cut off water and electricity to facility involved in cracking encrypted data
Legislators in Tennessee have introduced a bill that would ban the state from providing water and electricity to an NSA data center which is currently involved in building supercomputers designed to crack encrypted data.
The Fourth Amendment Protection Act, which mirrors legislation introduced in other states, would prohibit local and state agencies from "providing material support to…any federal agency claiming the power to authorize the collection of electronic data or metadata of any person pursuant to any action not based on a warrant."
The bill also disincentivizes local companies from doing business with the NSA.
"We have an out of control federal agency spying on pretty much everybody in the world. I don't think the state of Tennessee should be helping the NSA violate the Constitution and the basic privacy rights of its citizens – and we don't have to," said State Sen. Stacey Campfield (R-Knoxville), who introduced the bill. "This bill may not completely stop the NSA, but it will darn sure stop Tennessee from participating in unjustified and illegal activities."
The bill's language that bars government utilities from providing water and electricity to the NSA is crucial because Tennessee is home to the Multiprogram Research Facility (MRF) located on the East Campus of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Inside this facility, NSA researchers are currently working on building supercomputers able to crack encrypted information which is set to be stored at the NSA's newly built mammoth data center in Bluffdale, Utah.
Recent revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden confirmed that the federal agency is also working on an encryption-cracking quantum computer capable of "owning the net."
Cutting off water and electricity to the facility would obviously prevent the NSA from being able to power and cool its huge network of computers and other equipment, rendering the facility obsolete.
Similar to legislation recently introduced in the state of Washington, the bill would also make it illegal for public universities to serve as NSA research hubs or recruiting grounds while also making information gathered by the NSA without a warrant inadmissible in state court. Lawmakers in Arizona, Indiana, Oklahoma and California are also considering similar bills.
"The main thing to understand is that this bill denies the NSA material support from the state, and that includes state universities. People are going to be upset because they see value in Oak Ridge. But this legislation only bans material support to those activities which are part of the warrantless mass-surveillance that the federal government has been engaging in, and not everything else," said the Tenth Amendment Center's Mike Maharrey.
"The bottom line is that the people of Tennessee don't want the NSA consuming massive amounts of their resources so the agency can spy on them, and pretty much everybody in the world too. It has to stop," he added, stressing that legislative action across the country was not merely symbolic and was part of an effort to create a roadblock that will force the federal government to dial back NSA spying.
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Miss Rodeo Oklahoma
Calli Newman makes her home in Northeast Oklahoma, an area of the country known for its lush grasslands, cattle ranches, and of course legendary cowboys and cowgirls alike. A confident horsewoman who is profoundly competitive in many events including rodeo, extreme cowboy racing, reining, and even hunter-jumper classes and now a three-time world champion. She has been involved in many aspects of the horse industry which ultimately led her to the sport of Professional Rodeo. If it involves a horse, Calli has either done it, learned to do it, or wants to do it. Now, as an official spokesperson, she will travel the length and breadth of this grand land promoting Professional Rodeo, Education, and Oklahoma.
A senior at Rogers State University in Claremore, Oklahoma she will graduate in 2017 with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with the Accounting option. Upon completion of her reign as Miss Rodeo Oklahoma she plans to use her awarded scholarships to pursue a Master's Degree in Business Administration with emphasis in Agricultural Business Management and Finance. She wants to help farmers and ranchers to provide the best financial advice, entrusting someone who has experience in these areas.
Calli has found her true passion in being a servant leader. She is easily found volunteering her time to community organizations and mentoring youth, giving back with gratitude that which was given to her. She is one who leads by example and believes that with a hard work ethic and determination, anything is possible.
Calli has found her true passion to guide and portray to others, that if they work hard enough, then anything is possible.
As Miss Rodeo Oklahoma she will travel to Las Vegas to represent Oklahoma at the Miss Rodeo America pageant in December 2017 during the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo to conclude her reign.
Calli wants to show others what a great sport rodeo is! This is a family of competitors who have set out to make their living as a cowboy or cowgirl. Calli wants to spread the willingness, kindness, and overall goodness portrayed by these cowboys and cowgirls to the rest of the world.
Miss Rodeo Oklahoma was only a dream for Calli, she searched for an amazing team to guide her to the finish line. She never thought a DREAM like this would come true. But, if you WORK hard enough, remember, ANYTHING is possible.


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The subtitle of this book pretty much says it all: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks. Gina Sheridan, a librarian in St. Louis, Missouri, has gathered 152 pages of stories about her experiences with patrons while working in libraries. I sampled a few of the anecdotes and found them to be really quite amusing. Some day I'll read the rest!
I find it hard to believe that it has been 26 years since the Kalamazoo Public Library gave up its card catalog in favor of an online catalog. This means that a fairly large segment of the population has no memory of this iconic entity. As do a few others on the staff here at the library, I remember well the days of walking to the card catalog from the desk to determine whether we owned a certain book or not. While I would never want to return to this method of library service, I did enjoy looking at this 2017 book produced by the Library of Congress. In it are five chapters: 1) Origins of the Card Catalog, 2) The Enlightened Catalog, 3) Constructing a Catalog, 4) The Nation's Library and Catalog, and 5) The Rise and Fall of the Card Catalog. There are lots of illustrations, not only of the furniture, but also individual cards as well as photographs of original book jackets to go along with the cards depicted. I loved seeing covers of books such as those for To Kill a Mockingbird, The Cat in the Hat, Charlotte's Web, The Grapes of Wrath, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and many others. This book evokes nostalgia for the past as well as gratitude for the present.
Bunny's Book Club by Annie Silvestro is all about a Bunny's love of books! It all starts one day when he happens to hear a librarian reading outside to local kids. Bunny realizes right away that books could take him to faraway places where he can experience adventure and excitement!
When summer ends, story time moves inside the library, a place that Bunny didn't think he was allowed to enter. But one night his longing for books gets the better of him, and he decides to venture over to the library. But alas it is locked! What to do? Being an ingenious rabbit, he leaps at the bar of the book return, lands inside the slot and through it into the confines of the library itself. He gets very excited seeing all the books that are available. Bunny spends the night exploring the various sections of the building, picking up tomes of interest along the way. With a towering stack of books, he makes his way back to his burrow ready to read his newly found treasures. This behavior becomes a habit, and he returns night after night. Pretty soon he invites some of his animal buddies to join him in exploring the wonderful world of books. Somehow, all the animals are able to fit through the book return, even Bear but only after a good deal of squeezing and wriggling.
One particular evening, all the animals are so immersed in their book finds inside the library, that they don't notice or hear a librarian arriving to work early. Not knowing what to expect, Bunny and his friends are delighted that she points out that the library has strict rules and the first rule of business is that "every book lover must have one of these"- a library card. Each animal receives a shiny, new card allowing them to borrow books legitimately, as long as they are returned.
Back inside the confines of Bunny's home, they inaugurate Bunny's Book Club as proud founding members.
This is a truly whimsical story with lively and attractive illustrations by Tatjana Mai-Wyss, that is sure to please kids and even adults. It's very pro-library, pro-books, and pro-book club to boot. What's there not to like?
Although, I own a pet bunny named Patrick, adopted from the Great Lakes Rabbit Sanctuary on St. Patrick's day six years ago, he is not much into books or reading. Being only four and one-half pounds, he makes up for his small stature with a very big assertive personality. He also happens to be very smart and as a result, he rules the roost in our house that he shares with three large male cats. Basically,whatever Patrick wants he eventually gets by manipulating both cats and humans who cohabit in our house. In the past five or six months, nine year old Patrick or Patricio, as we sometimes fondly call him, has become quite cat-like in his behavior and tastes. He started to use the cats' litter box, sleeps in their cat beds, likes to sneak in a few cat kibbles for a snack and actively seeks out the cats for play time. He hasn't eaten Timothy Hay for years now and instead has trained his humans to purchase fresh greens for him three times a week. His favorites are cilantro,parsley, mint, and the super food for both humans and apparently bunnies- kale!
As my husband is fond of saying in referring to him, "What a guy!"
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text: HD Video - 2015 - 02:11 min A long time nerd and gamer, Emiliano Bossi has always been exposed to and fascinated with errors and malfunctions in digital media. He discovered he could trigger and recreate those errors in a controlled way, and began experimenting with different software and techniques. The main technique used in the works is sonification, where the artist edits pictures and videos as sound in an audio editor. The artist approaches this medium from a rather technical point of view, and is much more interested in seeing how the data gets modified by his actions than to make a nice picture - all works are the raw output of the databending process, there's no post processing applied. He can be found on Facebook as Hyperspeed Hallucinations.


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Kidnapping is a non-lethal method used to eliminate [[1]] in Yandere Simulator.
The necessary preparations include [Points|Rank 1] in Biology, a [[2]], and the tranquilizer.
The description on the [[3]] menu is, "This scheme will end with your rival being kidnapped".
Note: If used incorrectly, such as using the syringe on a male student or another female after one was already kidnapped, it will only kill the student.
How to Kidnap a StudentYandere-chan must get to Rank 1 in Biology so that she knows how to properly attack with a syringe without accidentally killing the victim. [Fundoshi Panties] will make the process of levelling up her Biology stat easier.
Yandere-chan must possess a syringe with a tranquilizer inside it, both of which can be found in the [[4]]. However, in the future, [Kankoshi|Nasu Kankoshi] will always be on guard and vigilant about keeping an eye on anyone in her office, and the items will not be easily obtainable. [[5]] plans to have the nurses hide powerful medicines in a locked container, keeping the key hidden in a different place every week. To find where the key is, the player must [[6]] a student's lunch (possibly non-lethally), and then retrieve the tranquilizer and syringe while Nasu is distracted. For now, they are simply lying on the desk and in the drawer.
Yandere-chan must also be able to ask the target to follow her. She can access this action by [[7]] the target beforehand by completing a [[8]], or by having a high [[9]] level. Alternatively, she can write the target a [[10]] asking them to meet in the storage room at a designated time. Currently only [Haruka|Kokona Haruka] can be lured in with the last method; however, due to a bug, she is always killed with the syringe even if Yandere-chan has the prerequisites for kidnapping.
She must also have a case to store the body inside the northeastern [Rooms|storage room] on the first floor, as of the [History|November 15th, 2015 Build]. There is already a box there, but in the future one must get a Panty Shot Favor from Info-chan for it.
If Yandere-chan has all of these, she must ask the target to follow her, lead them to the storage room and close the door, after which Yandere-chan can attack them with the syringe.As of the June 3rd, 2016 Build, a "Kidnapping Checklist" will appear onscreen when entering the storage room, informing Yandere-chan if she is currently meeting all of the criteria to perform a kidnapping. If Yandere-chan doesn't meet all the criteria, she will kill the victim instead. The checklist makes sure that Yandere-chan is possessing a tranquilizer, their biology stats are at level 2, the follower is female, a syringe is currently being held in the hand, and that the door is closed.The target will scream when tranquilized and Yandere-chan's [[11]] will decrease. Once they are tranquilized, Yandere-chan must place the body into the case. After the school day ends, Yandere-chan will leave the [High School|school] and come back during the night to pick up the victim, pretending to be a musician from a late-night show. After tying up her victim, Yandere-chan will be so exhausted that she will go automatically to sleep and wake up the next day. Note: If the police are called because of a murder, they will find the student and take them out of the case.If the player tries to kidnap Kokona Haruka and [[12]] her, when the police arrive, they will find her sleeping in the case and assume that she hid from the police. She will then be arrested.The next morning, Yandere-chan can go down to her [[13]] before going to school and the student will be there, secured to a chair. They will look at her wherever she goes. She is then able to [[14]] the student or leave them. If a rival is [[15]], they will be tied up in the basement the next day.The next day, the [Atmosphere|School Atmosphere] will decrease by 5 points because a student went missing without explanation. If the student was a club leader, then the club will be closed because the members do not know what to do with their leader missing.
- In the full game if there are two kidnapped students in the basement, it is possible that they might talk to each other, or that Yandere-chan will put gags in their mouths so they cannot interact.
- It may be possible in the future to tell a [[16]] that there is a [body], so that they may follow the player. The player could then kidnap them once they are inside the storage room.
- Yandere-chan can never let a kidnapped student free because there would be no way to prevent the student from incriminating her. Even if Yandere-chan successfully concealed herself during the entire kidnapping, the victim's last memory would be being alone with Yandere-chan in the storage room. She would tell the [[17]] and it would be over.
- Kidnapping was put into Yandere Simulator sooner than originally planned because YandereDev hyped it up in an earlier video.
- As of the October 8th, 2015 Build, the correct student model will show. In previous builds, a blue haired girl will only be kneeling on the floor, regardless of gender or hair color.
- Any student that is kidnapped will have Saki Miyu's voice.
- Male students are no longer able to be kidnapped as of the October 8th, 2015 Build. This is because the "Basement Prisoner" is hardcoded to be a female. If a male was kidnapped, he would turn into a gender swapped version of himself.
- YandereDev has not yet explained how Yandere-chan's [Aishi|mother] and [Father|father] would react to a girl in the basement.
- Pressing any teleportation number while dragging the sleeping student will have the body be teleported alongside the player just like any other. Teachers and students will react as if the main character is carrying a dead body.
- YandereDev has stated that in the final game, Yandere-chan can only kidnap up to ten people. The original plan about how kidnapping would only work with the current rival will probably stay.
- The original intention of the kidnapping feature was to brainwash them into killing the following week's rival.
- The chair that Yandere-chan uses is the one her mother and grandmother used, judging by [Tapes|Basement Tape #1].
- Once a girl is kidnapped, her fate is sealed. She can never escape, but she may die if not checked on often. The player will be able to choose to feed or starve her.
- If the player kidnaps ten students without Yandere-chan disposing of them, they'll get a special ending in the full game. In the case of kidnapping less than ten students, Yandere-chan either keeps them as pets forever, or just exterminates them off-camera.
- The pole was removed as of the October 17th, 2015 Build.


text: Set right in the middle of the fantastic Cala de Bou resort with the popular sandy beach just steps away, the Azuline Sunshine Apartments are in the perfect spot for a brilliant sunny holiday by the beach, with all of the shops, restaurants and bars just a short bus ride away. Being a laid-back town, Antonio Bay is a great pick for couples and families alike with a stretch of chill-out bars for the evening after a day at the beach. These family run apartments help create a relaxing and enjoyable stay with 101 one-bedroom apartments and studios over the 3 floors of the complex along with a great selection of relaxing facilities including a large outdoor swimming pool and spacious sun terrace to help you enjoy the sun while at the apartments. There is also a bar, cafeteria and snack bar onsite providing a tasty variety of refreshments and light meals. Guests using their own transport can find public parking near to the apartments and for any additional services there is a 24-hour front desk that can help with currency exchange and car hire; additionally there is Wi-Fi available in the public areas for a small fee. *Please note: A ¿100 breakage deposit is required per apartment. This will be paid back upon check-out providing no damage has been caused.* *Official rating: 2**


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Well yesterday was a very good day. Of course there were some rough spots, but they only help one appreciate the smooth spots. Bill was home in the morning after driving all night and that seems to be the way of things around here lately. I did hear from Juan in his usual charming text: 'Lunch today. Pick a time'. I told him that I would be in the city. I set about my day getting laundry done and basically talking with Bill. I was in no rush to go out and have lunch and take away from my own time schedule.
I did head in a little later that I expected, soon after Bill headed into the city. I took the Path train in and I got off at Ninth Street. I decided to walk down Tenth Street which turned out to be quite pleasant. I walked over to the Cooper Union and asked about picking up my ticket from 'will call'. Anything to save some money instead of paying the service charge to mail the ticket to me, which is what I should have done in the first place. I was told to come back at 6:00 and it was a little after 4:00.
So I wandered around the East Village. I had some pizza at Stromboli at 1st and St. Mark's Place but it was not as good as I remembered. Then I walked over to St. Mark's Bookshop, all the time totally ignoring St. Mark's Place which I used to enjoy. I bought a copy of Uncut magazine and headed out into the bright spring day. I sat in some shade and read Uncut as I smoked a cigar and anxiously ran down the clock which was certainly taking it's time. At 5:55 I made my move.
On the other side of the Cooper Union building was a line. I asked the head of the line if it was for will call or whatnot and the guy replied it was for everything. I walked over and got on the end of the line which was not the end of the line for long. Two guys in front of me kept letting their friends join them on line and it went from four people and stopping at eleven people jumping into the line. Behind me other people were doing the same. I played my iPod so I would not have to listen to them.
Finally the line started moving and I was inside. The great hall were the lecture was taking place is below street level and it is where Abraham Lincoln made a famous speech. I found an empty seat right next to a column, giving me a sightline to see Brian Eno but the other columns in the hall cut off half the screens positioned on either side of the stage. Brian Eno came out and the discussion was all about his life basically, Eno narrating the slides as he went along.
He was genial and self-effacing and also running behind schedule which he mentioned a couple of times. He didn't rush things but he may have skipped a few slides. It was a lot of fun and over soon enough. On the way out we were handed posters of a painting of Brian Eno and I duly grabbed one. I would have grabbed one for Chaz but they were quite tight with the free posters.
I hurriedly walked back to the Path train since there was a plan to meet up with Juan to see Youth Lagoon at Maxwell's. Juan hipped me to them last week and they sounded intriguing enough to check them out. My phone battery was low so I texted Juan about that and that I would check again when I got back to NJ.
No text from Juan. A few more texts from me and the only response I got from him was that he forgot all about the show and we would meet up Tuesday and I could tell him all about it. It was infuriating since I hustled to get back to see the show at Maxwell's. It was one of the last straws regarding Juan. He's back with Nimrod, famed grammar school principal and part time amateur crystal meth addict. I only know this from what Juan has told me.
On Juan's Facebook page, Nimrod, famed grammar school principal and part time amateur crystal meth addict labeled me a 'stalker' as I have been stalking Juan. That was infuriating, especially since I knew Juan a lot longer than Nimrod, famed grammar school principal and part time amateur crystal meth addict. Actually I do not think Nimrod is a part time amateur crystal meth addict since Juan described him as being able to do crystal meth and then go to sleep. He seems to be more of a veteran crystal meth user, which I am sure is great if you're tweaking and have to oversee 'approximately 430 very special young people learn and grow' the next school day.
I did think about posting that when Juan first tearfully called me (near hysteria on 3/4/2013) a number of weeks ago after Nimrod kicked him out of the house. Juan sent me a few photographs of their crystal meth stash, Nimrod medications and the syringes they had been using to shoot up the crystal meth. Juan wanted me to hang onto the pictures should anything happen to him. I should have posted the pictures when Juan came back to Union City or at least when Juan went back to Nimrod and had another fight where Juan punched Nimrod's rearview mirror.
Juan wanted Nimrod busted as well as Nimrod's nearby crystal meth dealer. I didn't know the whole story then and sort of gave Nimrod the benefit of the doubt. I still don't know the whole story, but I know I am not a stalker but that I do have some difficulty correctly spelling school administrators surnames on occasion.
I did go to Maxwell's to see Youth Lagoon whom Juan told me about last week. I am glad I went, they were very good. They looked as if they could. They were able to pull off their sound on stage which was quite impressive.
I think next time I will honor Juan's request and post photographs of Nimrod's prescriptions from Bayshore Pharmacy in the Atlantic Highlands. See the posting featuring Tina the Tiger and a grammar school principal!
from 3/4/2013 (when Spider Juan tearfully and franticaly sent me the pictures)
I am the worst stalker ever despite what the grammar school principal Nimrod says.
Juan asks me to go to a gay bar (ostensibly to meet guys) and I say no.
Juan wants to have lunch and I say no.
Juan wants to go to Target & the Newport Mall and I say no.
Juan wants to stop by (and of course those that are stalked ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS stop by their stalkers place) etc. How did Nimrod become a school principal? Whom did he perform oral sex on?
I guess it's better to be a tweaking school administrator than an impotent and inept detective.
Typical stalker behavior:
HIM: "Do you want to go to a bar with me?" ME: No.
HIM: "Lets have lunch- Pick the time." ME: No.
HIM: "I have to go to Target and then the mall. Wanna come?" ME: No.
Then again if I was tweaking all the time I might have a warped perspective on things too.
So all the photos Spider Juan sent are posted on the date that Spider Juan tearfully and frantically sent them to me, March 4, 2013.
Cut n' paste.


text: Hello, I have installed the Events+ plugin and it works great but the way archive displays only this months events is not what I need. I tried to active the add-on that displays all events but it literally displays all of them in ascending order. What I am looking for is to display them in descending order (latest published first) and have only 10 or whatever per page with navigation - instead of all one page. Can you please tell me how can I achieve that?


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|NOTE: This proposal was retracted by the author on 2004-02-19.
|Peter Saint-Andre
|© 1999 – 2018 XMPP Standards Foundation. SEE LEGAL NOTICES.
|Standards Track
|Last Updated:
WARNING: This document has been retracted by the author(s). Implementation of the protocol described herein is not recommended. Developers desiring similar functionality are advised to implement the protocol that supersedes this one (if any).
1. Background and Requirements
2. Protocol
3. Use Cases
3.1. Discovering Support
3.2. Requesting Metadata About Another Entity
4. Integration with Directory Services
5. Security Considerations
6. IANA Considerations
7. XMPP Registrar Considerations
7.1. Service Discovery Nodes
A: Document Information
B: Author Information
C: Legal Notices
D: Relation to XMPP
E: Discussion Venue
F: Requirements Conformance
G: Notes
H: Revision History
Traditionally, the only mechanism for communicating detailed information about entities on the Jabber network has been an XML version of the vCard format for electronic business cards (see vcard-temp (XEP-0054) [1]). Unfortunately, the vCard format has several major drawbacks:
It is becoming increasingly important to define a robust, extensible format for describing entities on the Jabber network. Such a format should be:
Information about entities is provided using the Infobits (XEP-0120) [5] protocol and registered infobit keynames (mainly those specified in vCard Infobits Mapping (XEP-0125) [6] although entity metadata is by no means limited to vCard information and could include infobits such as those specified in Dublin Core Infobits Mapping (XEP-0121) [7]). The metadata is discovered by interacting with a common Service Discovery (XEP-0030) [8] node named "metadata". The queried entity replies with a service discovery result containing any infobits that the entity wishes to reveal about itself to the requesting entity. This information is always metadata about the entity itself, not any other entities or any relationships that the entity may have to other entities.
Support for entity metadata is discovered by means of Service Discovery. If the queried entity provides metadata about itself, it SHOULD advertise that fact by listing an item named "metadata" in response to a disco#items query.
<iq type='get' email@example.com/balcony' email@example.com/orchard' id='disco1'> <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'/> </iq>
The entity returns its associated items:
<iq type='result' email@example.com/orchard' firstname.lastname@example.com/balcony' id='disco1'> <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'> ... <item firstname.lastname@example.com' node='metadata' name='Information about Juliet Capulet'/> ... </query> </iq>
In order to request the advertised metadata, the requesting entity sends a disco#info request to the 'metadata' node of the JID communicated in the previous result.
<iq type='get' firstname.lastname@example.com/balcony' firstname.lastname@example.com' id='request1'> <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info' node='metadata'/> </iq>
The entity returns its metadata to the requestor.
<iq type='result' firstname.lastname@example.com' email@example.com/balcony' id='request2'> <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info' node='metadata'> <info 'http://jabber.org/protocol/infobits'> <bit key='fn'>Romeo Montague</bit> <bit key='country'>Italy</bit> <bit key='city'>Verona</bit> <bit key='gender'>male</bit> <bit key='nickname'>loverboy</bit> </info> </query> </iq>
One of the primary motivations behind this proposal is to enable the construction of useful directory services on the Jabber network. Examples of such services include but are not limited to:
Although such directories will be a valuable addition to the network, it is imperative to understand that the canonical source for metadata about an entity is the entity itself. Mechanisms for keeping directories synchronized with entities are outside the scope of this document, and in any case a directory may not be privy to all information about an entity (since in general a user should publish to a directory only the information that he or she deems world-readable).
Directories SHOULD require registration using In-Band Registration (XEP-0077) [9]. Before registering with a directory, an entity SHOULD adjust its access controls or privacy rules accordingly, including appropriate definition of classes and addition of the directory server's JID to the relevant privacy rules. Upon accepting registration from an entity, a directory SHOULD immediately send a metadata request to the registering entity. Synchronization of metadata is a matter for the directory implementation to determine, and perhaps negotiate with the registering entity; all such synchronization and negotiation is out of scope for this document.
Metadata MAY be world-readable. Entities MUST take care to ensure that they exercise proper control over access to such information. Users of IM clients SHOULD be warned that their data may be world-readable and be given the option to not publish such information or control it via appropriate mechanisms (such as privacy rules).
This document requires no interaction with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) [10].
Upon advancement of this proposal to a status of Draft, the XMPP Registrar [11] shall add the 'metadata' node to its registry of common Service Discovery nodes.
Series: XEP
Number: 0123
Publisher: XMPP Standards Foundation
Status: Retracted
Type: Standards Track
Version: 0.3
Last Updated: 2003-12-16
Approving Body: XMPP Council
Dependencies: XMPP Core, XMPP IM, XEP-0030, XEP-0120
Supersedes: None
Superseded By: None
Short Name: N/A
Source Control: HTML
This document in other formats: XML PDF
JabberID: firstname.lastname@example.com
URI: http://stpeter.im/
The Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is defined in the XMPP Core (RFC 6120) and XMPP IM (RFC 6121) specifications contributed by the XMPP Standards Foundation to the Internet Standards Process, which is managed by the Internet Engineering Task Force in accordance with RFC 2026. Any protocol defined in this document has been developed outside the Internet Standards Process and is to be understood as an extension to XMPP rather than as an evolution, development, or modification of XMPP itself.
The primary venue for discussion of XMPP Extension Protocols is the <email@example.com> discussion list.
Discussion on other xmpp.org discussion lists might also be appropriate; see <http://xmpp.org/about/discuss.shtml> for a complete list.
Errata can be sent to <email@example.com>.
The following requirements keywords as used in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119: "MUST", "SHALL", "REQUIRED"; "MUST NOT", "SHALL NOT"; "SHOULD", "RECOMMENDED"; "SHOULD NOT", "NOT RECOMMENDED"; "MAY", "OPTIONAL".
1. XEP-0054: vcard-temp <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0054.html>.
2. XEP-0045: Multi-User Chat <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html>.
3. XEP-0060: Publish-Subscribe <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0060.html>.
4. RFC 6120: Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Core <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6120>.
5. XEP-0120: Infobits <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0120.html>.
6. XEP-0125: vCard Infobits Mapping <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0125.html>.
7. XEP-0121: Dublin Core Infobits Mapping <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0121.html>.
8. XEP-0030: Service Discovery <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0030.html>.
9. XEP-0077: In-Band Registration <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0077.html>.
10. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is the central coordinator for the assignment of unique parameter values for Internet protocols, such as port numbers and URI schemes. For further information, see <http://www.iana.org/>.
11. The XMPP Registrar maintains a list of reserved protocol namespaces as well as registries of parameters used in the context of XMPP extension protocols approved by the XMPP Standards Foundation. For further information, see <https://xmpp.org/registrar/>.
Note: Older versions of this specification might be available at http://xmpp.org/extensions/attic/


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Recently I started drinking protein shakes. I exercise every day and it's important to give your muscles time to recover. A protein shake can encourage this.
Last Monday I had a heavy legday. I had 4 days serious muscle pain. Couldn't walk properly. Therefore bought my mom some recovery protein shake at the pharmacy. The protein shake that I'm drinking is the Ettix Recovery Shake. It's a rich mix of whey protein isolate, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and creatine. Protein contributes to muscle mass growth and maintenance of normal muscle.
A few days ago I had legday again and my muscles were recovered in two days!


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Suddenly Autumn
Filed under: addictions, air, amazing, Autumn, awesome!, bragging, business is business, good eats, gratitude, green chile, growing up, Hatch, in the kitchen, Las Cruces, latent childhood, life, Love, love and marriage, lunch, make it work, melancholy, memories, mi corazon, New Mexico, nostalgia, objectophilia, Opinions, our happy home, pondering, show and tell, tantalizing, thank you, The Good Man, woo hoo!
This morning I woke up, and it was August 26th. Late summer, but still summer.
Then I went to the kitchen, and everything changed.
First this happened:
Then this:
BOOM! Suddenly Autumn. That's it, I'm ready for sweaters, warm mugs of tea, falling leaves and warm roasted chile tucked into a melty cheesy tortilla.
And my home smells like my fair New Mexico, the best air freshener in the world.
1) The chiles were procured in the Bay Area but certified to be from Hatch (if they passed off Anaheims, so help me….)
2) Roasting in the oven < Fire roasted, but The Good Man put the nix on a flamethrower. The discussion continues.
3) There's not very many in this batch, but we're just getting warmed up. Pun intended.
The Politics of Orientation
Filed under: Adulting, Albuquerque, anniversary, awkward, bebidas, boat drinks, Brooklyn, bugs, curious, fail, family, first world problems, fun, gettin' hitched, gratitude, growing up, home, in the kitchen, in-laws and outlaws, iPhoneography, laffs, latent childhood, lazy, learning, life, love and marriage, make it work, New Mexico, objectophilia, Opinions, our happy home, play through, politics, pondering, show and tell, silly, simpatico, The Good Man, The More You Know..., tradition, where I come from, yucky
Sense memory is a funny thing. Seemingly insignificant things are ingrained early in your cells and pop up at the darndest times.
Earlier this week, after a long day at work and in a post-dinner stupor, I emptied the dishwasher and put away our clean dishes.
No big deal, right? Common, unremarkable.
After I'd put away the dishes, I looked at the cabinet where our glassware is kept and laughed, because I had done something that harkens back to an earlier time.
When The Good Man and I first moved in together more than ten years ago, there was a lot of negotiation. To be expected, I'd been living alone an awfully long time, was a bit set in my ways, and I was no spring chicken either.
So having this dude move into my space was, well, weird. I honestly had some difficulties, which we were able to work through bit by bit.
One such negotiation had to do with the orientation of drinkware on the shelves. You'd think this wouldn't be a big deal, but it became one of many lessons in "things you do because of where your from."
You see, I grew up in dry ol' New Mexico. We loaded our glasses rim down so the dust doesn't get in ya drink.
The Good Man grew up in Brooklyn. They loaded their glasses rim upward because god knows what crawled across the shelves and it's gross to drink from a rim that's been in the yuck. "That's why my mom puts new shelf paper down in every place she lives," he explained.
Ah. Well. Sure. That actually made sense. So I relented and agreed our home would be a rims up sort of space.
Besides, I knew that picking battles was going to be the key to success. We still had to settle if our home was going to load toilet paper over the top or from below. (Over the top is the final determination, my preference, The Good Man doesn't care either way)
So this past week, tired of mind and body, doing something I must have done thousands of times in my life by emptying the dishwasher, I loaded the glassed rim down. And laughed.
Then thought about the early days of The Good Man and Me. As we approach our ten-year wedding anniversary, I have been doing that a lot lately.
So did I then turn the glasses back over? Nope. I left them, figuring we'd use all the clean glasses before the next washer run, and then on the next unload one of us would get the right orientation.
This morning, better rested, I unloaded the dishwasher again. Sense memory, I didn't even think about it. I put the clean glasses rims up and walked away.
Here is a true and accurate representation of the current state of our cabinet.
Where avoiding dust and avoiding rat droppings meet
I wonder how long it will be before my rather obsessive need for uniformity will get the better of me….can't blame that on New Mexico.
Photo taken this morning using the Camera+ app on an iPhone 7. I mean, why would you want to steal a photo of my drinkware? But if you do, please remember it's subject to the Creative Commons in the right column of this page. Attribution, please! :)
On Hideous Lizards and Good Brown Dogs
Filed under: adorable, aeroplanes, Aggies, air, amazing, art, awesome!, awkward, backyard, business is business, cell phones, cha-cha-changes, chasing cowboys, El Paso, family, first world problems, friends, fun, gratitude, green chile, growing up, happy, homesick, iPhone, iPhoneography, jet lag, Las Cruces, latent childhood, life, Love, make it work, mi corazon, mobile phones, New Mexico, NMSU, nostalgia, objectophilia, odd, Opinions, overwhelmed, peculiar, photography, play through, randomness, sangre de karen, show and tell, silly, stress, travel, wayback machine, where I come from, worried, zia
It's funny the things that stick with you. The seemingly forgettable details or moments that you look back on with fondness.
This past weekend, I returned home to New Mexico after a far too long two-year personal drought. Life, work, whatever, gets in the way (no excuse is good enough).
The occasion of my return was the high school graduation of my oldest goddaughter. At almost 19 she is no longer that curly-haired blonde toddler who captured our hearts. She is a smart, sassy, funny, talented and gorgeous woman and I'm a bit weepy right now just typing that. I'm so proud of her.
I have been working too many hours and it's fair to say I dragged my ragged self onto a plane, glad to go home. Sometimes I feel like I wander a little too far away from New Mexico. I forget the foundation of my soul and going home never fails to readjust my mind, my very DNA. It gets me back to remembering who I am and what matters.
Plus I eat good when I'm there, and green chile itself will help anyone get right.
Each time I go home, I'm overwhelmed at all of the things that have changed since the last time I was there. El Paso is growing fast. The area around Las Cruces too. More cars, more buildings, more people. It's crazy.
So then I start to seek the familiar. What hasn't changed. What is there that I remember so I can have a touchstone. A "hey, there that particular thing is, just where I left it."
The feedlots in Vado, for example. I was pleased to find them there, cows huddled under the water misters. The inevitable cow scent on the breeze.
The Organ Mountains. Craggy, uneven, and absolutely gorgeous. I see those mountains that once watched over my college education and smile, glad to say hello again.
So today at work when I was homesick, missing my best friend and the peace of her back patio, I started going through the photos on my phone to help me with the pain.
Did I find photographs of vast mountain landscapes? Did I see the faces of my loved ones? Did I have a whimsical photo of a cow?
No I did not.
All of those sorts of photos are on my actual camera. Weirdly, I took very few photos with my phone on this trip.
So I will share with you the two photos I did take. Memories I'm carrying in my pocket to remind me of home. This gives you an awful lot of insight into my muddled mind:
First, a photo of my goddog. I may have taken one or two photos of him in the past.
The gray hair around his eyes and in his muzzle makes my heart hurt, just a little
The second will take a little more explanation.
You see, to get back to Las Cruces, I have to fly into El Paso and while that's not my town, over the years I've even grown a bit fond of that crazy place.
When I stumble off the airplane and into the terminal I find that nothing much has changed. Then my heart softens a little when I see the genuinely godawful carpet in ELP's main terminal. Seriously, it's so bad, it makes me sentimental.
Nothing says "welcome home" like lizard carpet. Apparently, I was so overcome I had to take a photo.
Not conducive to overcoming a hangover
And now I'm glad I did, I just found out today that the infamous ELP carpet is due to be replaced, like this month! Yipes.
That means next time, I won't be greeted at the door by the funky lizards. And as my goddog isn't getting any younger, one day I'll roll up to my best friend's house and won't get to experience his side-angled lope and velvety soft ears.
That's too much to consider. Right now, I will rest easy knowing that hideous lizard carpet and beautiful brown dog eyes remain just where I left them. I feel my connection to home, which makes sitting in this dull gray office just a tiny bit easier to take.
Both photos ©2018 Karen Fayeth, taken using the Camera+ app on an iPhone. Don't steal 'em. Thanks!
Let The Sun Shine
Filed under: amazing, art, awesome!, backyard, Bay Area, beautiful, bragging, California, dreams, first world problems, good eats, iPhone, iPhoneography, life, light, Love, make it work, Monday, monkey mind, Mother Nature, objectophilia, Opinions, Pacific Ocean, play through, show and tell, spring, spring fever, sunshine, tantalizing, woo hoo!, work
One of my coworkers brought in oranges from their yard today. Look at this, it is perfect! A supermodel among oranges. Spokesmodel for the State of California. This orange made possible by the sunshine of the Golden State. Gorgeous!
©2018 Karen Fayeth
Photo taken by me, all rights reserved. Taken with an iPhone7, the Camrea+ app, a green folder from the office, and a little bit of goofing off time while at work.
Filed under: art, artist, awesome!, Bay Area, beautiful, bebidas, big weather, California, creativity, fresh ideas!, fun, gratitude, happy, light, Love, luck, make it work, objectophilia, Opinions, photography, play through, show and tell, water, woo hoo!
In addition to my weekly forays into macro photography, I also am a part of a photography club where I work. We have a monthly theme each month and for February the theme was water.
Ah water, necessary, essential, and in California a bit scarce. We've had some good rains lately but it's never enough.
The water theme was to support some research in process by my buttoned up scientific fellow photo club members. While they submitted perfectly rendered landscapes of lakes, exquisite macros of a single droplet on a perfect flower, and velvety moving streams, I submitted, well, this:
©2018 Karen Fayeth
I fell in love with and bought the champagne glass for a dollar at my local salvage/thrift store. It was the only one there, and I loved everything about it. Since purchasing, I have been looking for the perfect project to incorporate its voluptuous curves. Turns out this was it.
Lately I have been exploring photography of drips, drops and splashes. Without a speedlight, the action of the water in this photo is not frozen, but I actually like the movement.
Also, it's unintended, but doesn't it look like a 1970's liquor ad? I love that about this photo. Not sure what I mean? Try this, this, and this.
I showed it to one of my photographer friends, a very metropolitan millennial, and he declared it "sexy AF" and "just waiting for a vodka ad."
I consider that a win.