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Thursday, January 11, 2007
Blood Oranges and Fatness
Click on the link and try to get through the talks about blood oranges, (which are delicious), and LA's best restaurant (which I looked at the menu and it doesn't look so good...but that's me). Once you get past all of this you will first listen to a doctor describe what Gastric Bypass is and then to what I thought was one of the best descriptions of being fat.
The woman, who had gastric bypass, tells her struggle with her weight and what her relationship with food was like while at her biggest. Maybe I'm the only one who feels exactly like her, or maybe not, but I wanted to share it with all of you because I've never actually heard anyone, besides on this blog, say exactly how I feel...even though she's all skinny now.
This is the link: http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/gf/gf070106microflora_teens_foo
Press listen and enjoy.
49 comments:
I found it ironic that they talked about gastric bypass on a show called "good food"
Do I dare to write in verse?
Imbibing what I did, the worst
May display itself in rhyme scheme
Or even psychedelic dream.
Should I feel sorry for obese people or not?
They seem to want me to feel bad for them when they bitch about being fat. Needing to diet.
Why should I pity someone that overeats to the point of huge fatness?
I don't get it!
I managed to make it through it to listen to it -- she has the cutest valley girl accent.
Interesting how she says it's difficult to adjust to how society treats you different thing.
Q: Do you ever miss your old body?
A: [immediate answer]: No. Not at all.
Funny how the interviewer was like "But skinny isn't everything right?" and the girl immediately shut her down with, "No. When you're fat, skinny is everything." It was like the interviewer wanted her to admit the surgery wasn't worth it, and the girl was like "Hell no, bitch."
What i don't get about this blog is -- if that girl's interview spoke to you, why haven't you girls gotten gastric bypass?
is it that you are concerned about the risks and hope to someday get willpower to do a big diet/exercise program and lose it naturally?
I just find it bizarre that you are allowing yourself to be miserable like this, when you have the money to fix it. If not gastric (risks are definitely a consideration), then why not borrow $10,000 from your family and take time off from work and go to "fat farm," hire a trainer, get Zone diet delivery? I mean, fuck it-- life is too short to worry about the money, and I bet your families would love to spend it if it meant making their girls happier.
I really think that if you feel like the girl in that clip felt about her body, you are deliberately choosing to punish yourself by not taking action. Again, you aren't midwestern housewives with 2.5 kids who need to get up at 5am and do Walk Away the Pounds before Hunter and Paige wake up. you're not baking snickerdoodles for the school fair and driving around in a minivan and hoping to meet the mortgage payments this month. THOSE women are challenged by weight loss.
You are rich-ish chicks in your twenties. Stop wasting time.
At least get professional help and figure out why you can't love yourselves enough to take action to make yourselves happier. It's like you both are cutters or anorexics, except you punish yourselves by staying in the limbo of fatness. STOP. And also, that time one of you posted that the other got mad when she found out she was fatter than the other -- that's not friendship. That's sick.
A therapist would have a field day with the fact that your readers can't distinguish between the two of you from your posts. It's like, "get an identity" You are like a platonic Sid and Nancy, enabling each other. Except the drug isn't smack, it's take-out Thai and self-loathing.
I think these two bloggers are some of the most honest girls out there. When people decide to lose weight, whether they do it with diet and exercise or gastric bypass, diet, and exercise, it has to be a moment that clicks with them. Just because they talk about all the things they might wish would happen, and they have not done anything about it, what is it to you? That is what amazes me about this blog--not all of us fatties who haven't done anything about it--more, it is all the people who (I assume) are skinny and feel compelled to talk trash and tell us to hurry up. If it is so offensive to you, STOP READING THIS BLOG.
Did you not notice that the girl who had the surgery said that for the rest of her life she would still be on a diet? There are also no longitudinal studies about how people age with the surgery, so it is not surprising to me that a lot of people do NOT opt for the surgery.
To Fatty McGee--
I agree, that she really hit it on the head that the combination of numbness and armor are part of the eating/fatness experience.
I also agree that society treats thin people differently than it treats fat people--but I am guilty of that, too.
I wonder if the girl who had the surgery, who sounded angry when she spoke about the disparate treatment of thins and fatties, I wonder how she treats fat people? I wonder if she is like all the seemingly impatient thin people who troll this board?
What is cool to me is, in real life, if we rehashed and talked about all these things we would like to do, and all these feelings we have about being fat and wishing we were thin, chances are, the people in our real lives would be just as impatient and judgmental as the people who comment on these boards. That is what is nice about the Internet. :)
I am posting here for the first time, and have been following this blog only for about a month now...
I'm also overweight and have been since my birth. I don't want to talk about all the diets and methods I have tried to lose weight and how they all pile back on some time after... I felt the urge to say something regarding a point shaynapunam made in his/her posting..
shaynapunam said "I wonder if the girl who had the surgery, who sounded angry when she spoke about the disparate treatment of thins and fatties, I wonder how she treats fat people? I wonder if she is like all the seemingly impatient thin people who troll this board?"
It just hit me when I read it... Because I just remembered all the times that when I saw an overweight person in the street (in Turkey), they would just look at me and size me up to check out if I was fatter than them. It was real frustrating and still is actually. However, I recently noticed myself checking them check me out. If I felt that they were checking me out to see if I was fatter than they are (which would comfort them: the "Oh my god, there's somebody fatter than me!" feeling), I too would check them out in the same way, but I don't know why, I wouldn't feel the comfort they did... Probably because my weight is the only thing that I am concerned with, not anyone elses.
I say that I know they feel comfort in knowing that there are people bigger than they themselvs are, because unlike other parts of the world, people in Turkey are so so soooo comfortable in blurting out to someone that they don't even know "oh my, you are so fat", that they do not give a damn how it makes them feel (even if they are overweight themselves.. as long as the other person is bigger).
So, yes, I also do wonder if people who were once overweight who lose the weight have antipathy for other fatties like us?..
An interesting thought...
- Heather said...
Anon 6:40...I think a lot of former-fatties do have that antipathy. In some cases it's a matter if "if I can do it, why can't you? I must be better than you are in some measure". In others, they hated themselves when they were fat....seeing us reminds them of that time in their lives, therefore that dislike passes on to us (I think the psychological term for it is "transferance").
I used to be thin and always had bit of a superior attitude to those heavier than me. I hope that experiencing life as a fat person will allow me to be more open-minded and kind if (when!!!) I get back down to a healthy weight!
I'm the "hurry up and DO something" poster, and I too am anonymous and on the internet -- and I wouldn't call my post "talking trash." I'd call it "being honest." I don't think there was anything nasty in my tone, and I apologize if it came off that way.
It truly isn't my problem if the mcgees stay fat or get thin. But I listened to that girl on the radio and she HATED being fat. And the mcgees said she expressed "exactly how [they] feel." Basically, the gist of her interview was -- surgery sucked, I had bad gas, I can't eat normally, but it sucks a lot less than being fat."
My thought is pretty simple -- the McGees aren't desperate to make ends meet, I gather from reading their posts. They could try throwing a little money at the problem.
I don't buy all this "you gotta have a moment where it all clicks for you before you can lose weight" mumbo jumbo. I too am in my twenties with a weight problem -- but with a good enough job that I can throw money at my weight issue. So i hired a trainer for 3 sessions a week in Sept and since then have lost 15 lbs and gotten a lot smaller. Nothing really "clicked" for me-- I just decided to try it out.
Another thing-- the girl on the radio had a problem with overeating. And the McGees have expressed a similar propensity to binging (dipping sauces, binge trays, etc.). I think a month at a fat farm, or Zone delivery, or therapy, or a really kind and helpful female personal trainer, or, yes, maybe even the lap band, are all worth considering.
And I resent all the people who read the McGees and yet, get angry if anyone attempts to give them blunt advice. Are all my fellow readers sociopaths? Do you want the McGees to stay fat forever, miss out on their youth, miss out on the cute Jeremy Piven doctor lookalike they dream about and simply produce fun posts about binges and pannuses forever for you? Well, then, you're a bunch of assholes.
There must be some kind of reason to stay fat, even though they want to be skinny.
I think it has to do with just loving the ice cream, personally.
There's something to be said for, at the least, getting "aware" of your weight even if you aren't ready to lose it.
Like, everyone who considers themselves "fat" should have a scale and get on it several times a week. Just to keep an eye on what the number is, and prevent gains that occur out of ignorance. Weight watchers says never to weigh more often than once a week, but I think that is a WW plot to get you centered around the "official" once-a-week weigh in.
Last year I gained 12 lbs when i didn't have a scale.
- buffpuff said...
Not all advice has to be blunt, 10.36. And there's more than one way to deal with wretched self-hatred.
I'd encourage the McGees to stop flagellating their fat selves and try to cultivate some self-love. If money's no object, have a make-over; replace all the things that don't fit and that you hate wearing with clothes in colours that flatter, made from good quality fabrics that feel sensual, regardless of what size is printed on the label; it's only a bloody number. It's how you look and feel that matters and by constantly putting yourself down, you're stopping yourselves from blooming. Read my lips: you don't have to be thin to shine.
Read some books or blogs by people who've learned to cut their fat selves some slack; stop making role models out of talentless, fame-hungry, self-hating nobodies who'd do anything to get on TV, including lose massive amounts of weight in an unhealthy amount of time in unrealistic conditions most people don't have the time or inclination to replicate; instead search out fat beauties, fat wits and fat achievers for inspiration, and strive to become one yourself.
Give yourself permission to eat whatever you want, whenever you want to eat it, instead of eating like the Fat Police are going to barge into your house with stun guns and confiscate all your favourite foods at any moment. Instead, try asking yourselves what you really want to eat at any given time - if no food is "sinful" or verbotten, you'll find you get really bored with eating (insert favourite indulgent foodstuff of choice), around the clock. After all, there's always tomorrow to eat some if you simply don't fancy it now. Recently I was asked to list my very favourite foods and was surprised to discover, on reading it back, that only one of them could be defined as "fattening". If someone had asked me during my dieting days, that list would have been very, very different. If you truly love food, get into cooking, experiment; think in terms of actively seeking out healthy food rather than denying yourselves less healthy foods - mix them up, ring the changes! You'll feel healthier, you'll be healthier, regardless of what you weigh - and my guess, again, is that you will weigh less. Ditch the scales. Ditch the guilt.
If exercise is a chore, forget the gym. Try something that puts you in touch with your lush curves and works them at the same time - like belly dancing. Get on a fat-positive blog and find people in your area to go dancing with - or any other form of exercise you feel you might not absolutely hate. It may suit some of the fat-baiting idiots who post on this blog to believe that fat people don't move their bodies but I can assure you that isn't the case. It doesn't matter if you don't do it 5 times a week. If you do it once a fortnight and you have a damn good laugh, it's still going to be good for you.
My advice to the McGees is that they don't have to miss out on anything if they don't want to. Plenty of women who post here have landed themselves good, loving partners. It's all about attitude of mind. The only time they're wasting, in my view, is the time they spend hating themselves.
"The only time they're wasting, in my view, is the time they spend hating themselves."
That is very true, Buffpuff. We are pretty much in agreement -- the mcGees [and I fully admit I don't *know* them any more than you can know someone via their blog posts] need to stop self-hating and start taking action to make themselves happier.
Whether it's buying nice clothes and taking up fat positive activities, or hiring a trainer and dietitian, or even doing both, this limbo of self-loathing is one that has to end for the sake of their happiness.
Exercise doesn't have to be a chore. I fluttered like a heavy butterfly from one activity to the other until I found what I really wanted to do as a physical activity. Believe it or not, I even finished what is maybe the slowest marathon time in the world (42.195km in 7.5 hours) and then realized running was not for me.
I also tried dancing, aikido, kickboxing. Now I've stuck to Tae Kwon Do for three years and I just love it.
What do you love to do? Is it dancing with your friends? Checking out nature by walking/hiking in the mountains? Swimming the pacific ocean?
The world is full of beautiful, life-affirming things to do where you can use your body to express and to appreciate! Feel the wind on your skin on top of a hill you've climbed. Smell the flowers on the path. Drink in with your eyes the color of the landscape.
Move it! Shake it, girls!
Goblin Market - so close! But the third line of your verse doesn't fit. Maybe drop the word "scheme" and come up with a different final line. Revise it so its rhythm fits the other lines and you've got a cool poem.
- Heather said...
Little Librarian...
AMEN SISTER (or brother!)
I hate exercise. I don't mean that I dislike it, or have a hard time fitting it into my schedule. I...hate....it. I can't stand aerobics or walking on a treadmill or lifting weights.
If i want exercise, I crank up the radio and boogie around my apartment. I pull out the DDR. I got for a walk around Philadelphia.
I really do need to learn to tolerate weight lifting somewhat. Even though the cardio will help burn calories, I don't want to look like a shar-pei puppy when I'm at a normal size again!
Or maybe I'll take up kickboxing again. I loved it and I had the best abs of my life when I was beating the hell out of a bag!
I think both buffpuff and the go-do-something Anonymous are right. Do something. Now. Either spend some time and money to lose the weight, or learn to love yourself as you are. You're both young and are wasting your lives with this constant self-hatred and miserableness.
There are an awful lot of posts about TV on this blog, but watching TV is not living. Get up right now and turn the TV off. Leave it off for an entire week. Use that time to go for a walk, call a friend, go out to dinner. Buy a book on fat self-love as buffpuff suggests, or check out personal trainers. Either choice is fine, but make the choice. If you can't choose, get a therapist to talk to to find out why.
Being fat isn't the real problem, refusing to do something about it by either losing it or loving it IS.
Yeah, I mean, it can't be healthy to spend THIS much time thinking about one's loathing of one's own fat, and yet, doing absolutely nothing to resolve the problem in any way, shape or form (ie, deciding to stop hating the fat, or start getting rid of it).
Yeah Heather! I dance in my room too! I pump up the volume and shake my big booty all over.
It's crazy when you dance when no one is looking. You can really let go. Plus you can do it almost-naked (sorry for the mental picture I gave you) so that you don't get too sweaty.
There's this quote I remember... Something like "Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like no one is watching."
Well at least I can do the third! Everyone can do the third! Come on boys and girls, get up off the couch , switch off the TV or change the channel to MTV and let go! YEAH!
I vote we do something like "Dance crazy in your room day." Where we all simultaneously dance alone at home. So while you're rocking, you need only think of all those people shaking their booties with you. And jiggling their arms. And bouncing their bellies. Bounce bounce bounce bounce.
Cool! What do you all think of that? Do we need to all dance to the same music?
- Heather said...
Librarian, I know this is gonna sound awful but I'm determined to say it before a meanie does......
If we all do a "dance in your room " day and are jumping up and down, won't that sift the earth off of its axis?!?!
Sometimes, a small amount of self deprecating humor is necessary to get through the day (especially a Monday)
- Heather said...
and by sift, I meant SHIFT
- Heather said...
Egads....here I am acting like it's Monday when it's actually Tuesday. Well, I had off for MLK day, so I guess it's kind of like a Monday mentally
- Heather said...
Sorry for the multiple posts, but i just at to comment on something a previous poster said.
What a great point about the whole idea of just doing SOMETHING.
So many people come here and preach about "getting off the couch and moving your fat ass around to lose weight" that it gets very old. I for one, tend to tune it out and sometimes it even motivates me in the opposite direction.
I never even looked at it from the point of view that you need get off the couch, whether or not the plan is to lose weight, in order to experience LIFE!
You have given me an AH-HAH moment, which is prety damn amazing seeing as how I am functioning on about 5 hrs of sleep after through the entire weekend.
Yes! You know, the problem isn't being fat, the problem is hating being fat. Hating it so much that you refuse to start your life.
Watching television is not living. Dreaming about the day you are thin and magically find that Jewish doctor is not living either. Both are fine in small doses, but you're way overburdened with these non-activities right now.
Let me remind you that if you choose to seriously work at losing weight, even losing that weight will need to be done with a fat body. It's not like there's a thin body inside waiting to jump out, that's a great image but false. It's a fat body that makes the determination to become smaller and works at it. Or, it's a fat body that says "Ok, I'm fat. I'm going to try to accept it."
Either way, you're fat, you've got a fat bod. So what? It's not like you eat babies or anything. There's an awful lot of wonderful living that can be done in a fat body, and that's the only body you have right now. Yes it's a harder life but stop feeling sorry for yourselves and just get on with it. Accept it or change it, but do something!
Heather: If we all do a "dance in your room " day and are jumping up and down, won't that sift the earth off of its axis?!?!
Heather, we shall look at them with kindness in our eyes and say very slowly, "Sweetie, you do know that's a geographical impossibility, don't you? Can you say ge-o-gra-phi-cal im-poss-i-bi-li-ty? Good boy! Now run along and leave us adults to our conversation."
Anyway, I call for a "Dance like no one is watching" night, once a week!
Give yourself permission to eat whatever you want, whenever you want to eat it...
Um, I think the McGees already do that. That's why they're so fat.
Why do fat people always insist that their weight or the label on their clothes is "only a number"? If it's BIG number you know you've got a problem.
If it's BIG number you know you've got a problem.
Well, you ought to know you've got a problem if, say, your dress size is 20 and your weight is 250. But somehow fatties don't see that as a problem. There's just more of them to love, ya know?
- buffpuff said...
Ho hum. And there I was thinking our friends the trolls might have found some other blog to grace with their witty bon mots. Still, it was nice while it lasted...
Yeah, trolls, leave this site! If you hate fatties so much why don't you go to blogs that agree with your ideas, like http://www.gotogabby.com/gabby/blogs.php ? You can go and say "Oooh Gabby! We eat five servings of fresh fruits and veggies each day!" or "Hey, I run for 20 minutes three times a week!" I'm sure she'll all give you a nice pat on the head!
Heed her advice, trolls. "Don't Look Where You Don't Want to Go." If you don't want to be so fat, stop coming here!
All of the folks on this site with their weight loss "advice" - thank you very much. I think every person on this site is fully aware that in order to lose weight you must exercise and eat right. I understand you think you are a genius for preaching to us "fatties" about it - but this is a fact known by fat and thin people that you did not create out of your so-called brilliant minds. If you had any intelligence whatsoever, and were able to think for yourself, you would realize that no one on this website is confused about how to lose weight or seeking your advice. We are here to chat about our feelings with respect to being overweight - and if you are not overweight then actually, no one is talking to you. You are just proving our point- that weight isn't everything- even thin you are rude and obnoxious, and might I add that your barging in and insulting people on a website where you are not wanted is what i would call disgusting. Why don't you get your skinny ass out from behind the computer and find something better to do stupid.
You can go and say "Oooh Gabby! We eat five servings of fresh fruits and veggies each day!" or "Hey, I run for 20 minutes three times a week!" I'm sure she'll all give you a nice pat on the head!
Huh? You mean you guys DON'T eat five servings of fresh fruits and veggies each day, or run for 20 minutes three times a week? Hmm... that explains why you're all so fat.
Please, carry on chatting about how you tried eating right and exercising and how it didn't work for you - oops, I mean "your feelings with respect to being overweight". I'm fascinated. Really.
We are actually here to read two people's blog. That they happen to be fat means that a good deal of their posts have to do with fatness, I am here because they are entertaining and funny. Not because they are fat. Just because you are here to talk about your feelings and I am here to read and sometimes, but not often, comment about what had been said, does not give you any more right to be here than me.
I also have to ask you this, if nobody is confused about weight loss, why do some people complain about being fat? Why not just change it? Because most people ARE confused about weight loss, they just don't realise it. We are force-fed so many diets of the week, and new exercise programs that it is very difficult to wade through all the crap and find something that can actually work long term.
That's enough about that.
The thing is, this isn't a fat acceptance site. It is a blog, plain and simple.
The thing is, this isn't a fat acceptance site. It is a blog, plain and simple.
What he said.
Huh? You mean you guys DON'T eat five servings of fresh fruits and veggies each day, or run for 20 minutes three times a week? Hmm... that explains why you're all so fat.
Duh! We eat fruits and vegetables, too! Haven't you been reading the blog and accompanying comments? Fruits like... apple croissants, pineapple upside-down cake, mango parfait, peach cobbler, blueberry pie. And veggies like carrot cake and deep-fried vegetable spring rolls.
I'm fascinated. Really.
Anon at 5:32, thank you for your honesty. It's very gratifying to finally hear from someone who is open about why you expend your time and energy 1)reading all the comments and 2) replying to them.
Duh! We eat fruits and vegetables, too! Haven't you been reading the blog and accompanying comments? Fruits like... apple croissants, pineapple upside-down cake, mango parfait, peach cobbler, blueberry pie. And veggies like carrot cake and deep-fried vegetable spring rolls.
Bwah-ha-ha! That's hilarious!
Hi, Fatty McBloggers,
I enjoy reading your blog, and much of what you write has been me in past years.
Just wondering... have you ever considered you might be sugar sensitive? I am obese as well, and figuring this out has been my eureka moment since NOTHING worked for me. I'm doing the Radiant Recovery program and will not diet or non-diet again...
Best to you,
Lisa G
I agree with the posters up above who were saying that you're great bloggers - funny and insightful - but full of miserableness about your lives. It's easy for the rest of us to read and think about how funny this is and to laugh, but it's YOUR lives. Please don't let this be your whole life, please try one of the suggestions above. Either seriously go to lose weight, or seriously work at loving yourself as you are. But please don't continue to hate yourselves as you do today. You're too awesome to stay stuck in this rut.
That's wierd...I don't recall either of these fabulous women requesting advice...
must've read it wrong...
That's wierd...I don't recall either of these fabulous women requesting advice...
True, the McGees didn't specifically request advice. But only a few posts ago they were asking their readers to petition the producers of The Biggest Loser on their behalf, so don't you think the advice-giving may be valid?
Maybe they want advice on getting into TV, not necessarily on weight loss or loving the self?
I am of the opininion that Lindsey and Emily like the trolls......it gets their numbers up (example, from Sept. 2006 "We love when that happens because we like watching the numbers on our site meter go up!") (example 2: july 2006, in response to the TMax debacle..."you guys have upped our daily readership by 300 people an hour, and I am a site meter whore, so it was fun having you.").
On a day where the thread is not invaded by trolls, the number of posts kind of peters out after a day or 2. When a troll jumps in to say something negative, all of a sudden that number will double or triple b/c of the back-n-forth mudslinging.
I am growing more and more suspicious that some of the comments (whether it be by a troll or a troll feeder) are actually written by Emily or Lindsey is order to keep their meter running.
If that's true, it's kind of pathetic!
Anonymous 7:46, you do have a point. However, what do they gain by getting more and more people to read their blog? They don't have advertisements on here, so it's not as though they're gaining revenue from troll-feeding.
Anonymous 7:46, you do have a point. However, what do they gain by getting more and more people to read their blog?
Just the ego-boost/validation of reading the responses and seeing the number on the site meter going up. I publish articles online (unpaid) and I love getting responses and seeing the stats.
- kris said...
I think there's something good to be said about health calculators and learning how many calories you should be taking in a day tailored to your weight, height, age, etc. I found a great one at healthybalance.com I find data of this sort helps.
Anon 7:46, this is after all the internet. do we even know if lindsey and emily are really fat? i'm sure some posters here are thin and pretend to be fat. perhaps some haters here are really morbidly obese and get their rocks off trashing other fatties. who knows, it's the internet! and come on, you know you all love the entertainment! :-)
I myself do not know why I keep coming back here. The comments are just so funny. And I find a certain freakish real-ness and sadness to the posts, even the seemingly happy ones.
maybe emily and lindsey are really frat boys. or maybe they're the next lonelygirl15. or maybe there are really only five posters here: you, me, emily, lindsey and buffpuff.
EMILY! LINDSEY! WHERE HAVE YOU GONE? I NEED MY NEXT FIX OF THE FAT LIFE! (ooh, do you think that'd be a good tv show? like sending two morbidly obese people to live on a farm and then hijinks ensue!)
oh and... if anyone is interested, I found this site, Active at Any Size: http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/active.htm. it's not meant to make you thinner (heavens no, you love your bodies the way they are) but at least it'll get you moving.
- Not Lindsey or Emily
So, fat kat 5.50, it's not OK to make comments based on personal experiences (unasked advice) but it is OK to give unasked compliments (these fabulous women!)? Is that the lure of blogging: to get flattery from people you've never met?
anon 3:43...whatever it takes to make them feel good about themselves!


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History of the collection:
Coins and Medals
The Department of Coins and Medals is home to one of the world's finest numismatic collections comprising coins, banknotes and related materials such as coin weights, tokens and money boxes. The department also holds an impressive collection of commemorative and art medals, as well as the most extensive numismatic library in the country.
The collection contains almost a million objects from all over the globe. The department's aim is that its holdings may serve as a key reference for scholars and members of the public. The collections are brought to a wide audience through exhibitions, publications, a broad learning programme and through the department's study room.
Coins and medals have been part of the British Museum collection since its earliest days - over 20,000 were included in the collections acquired in 1753 under the provisions of Sir Hans Sloane's will. Although not a coin specialist, Sloane acquired ready-made earlier collections which included Greek, Roman, British and Islamic coins. He also included coins that were, for him, contemporary, such as the emergency 'Gunmoney' issued in Ireland by James II during his attempt to regain the throne of England in 1689-90.
An even older collection, formed by the antiquary Sir Robert
Cotton (1571-1631) and including several unique Anglo-Saxon coins,
was also acquired by the Museum during the eighteenth
Formerly a part of the Department of Manuscripts (coins being classed at the time as metal manuscripts), the collection was first moved to the Department of Antiquities in 1807 before a separate Department of Coins and Medals was created in 1860.
During this time the principle of aiming for completeness in the National series was established under the keepership of Edward Hawkins. Once the collection had its own department, the number of purchases and bequests, including Queen Victoria's gift of the Cuerdale Viking treasure, increased to cover many cultures and periods of history.
Collection and acquisition
The foundations of the department's holdings were the collections of Hans Sloane and those of the antiquary Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631). The latter's collection was acquired by the Museum during the eighteenth century.
During the nineteenth century, a number of important bequests helped to expand the collections. These included the collection of Sarah Sophia Banks, given to the Museum by her brother Sir Joseph Banks in 1818, which incorporated newly issued coins from the recently formed United States of America. The collection of King George III, acquired in 1824, included many important coins and medals, and in 1841, the Cuerdale treasure was presented by Queen Victoria.
In recent years the old law of Treasure Trove and the new Treasure Act have made it possible for the Museum to acquire several important finds, often with the support of external organisations such as The Art Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund, as well as the Museum Friends. These include the late Roman hoard from Hoxne in Suffolk, a hoard of Celtic gold staters and Roman jewellery from Alton in Hampshire and the Appledore hoard of 500 silver pennies from the eleventh century.
The purchase of intact collections is unusual, but does occasionally occue. In the last twenty years the Museum has been able to make two rare acquisitions of complete collections. One covers the whole history of Chinese coinage and was donated by the Reverend S Box, a missionary working in China from 1926 to 1952. The other one consists of around 1100 seventeenth century private tokens from the Norweb collection.
A number of significant single coins have also been purchased in recent years. These include the earliest known English farthing, a unique aureus of Octavian, minted in 28 BC and showing the emperor in the act of restoring the constitution to the Roman people, a key moment in Rome's history, and a unique coin of Coenwulf, one of only eight gold British coins known from the period AD 700-1250.
The collection of paper money now runs to around 50,000 specimens, 30,000 of which are on long-term loan from the Chartered Institute of Bankers. The notable acquisition in this series came in 1986, with the purchase of a collection of around 12,500 notes. This material included part of a collection put together during the 1930s by the Marquis of Bute, and incorporating the collection of George Pflumer which had been assembled around the turn of the century.
Further reading
Andrew Burnett, "The British Museum and Numismatics Past and Present", in Barrie Cook (ed.), The British Museum and the Future of UK Numismatics. Proceedings of a conference held to mark the 150th anniversary of the British Museum's Department of Coins and Medals, 2011 (BM RP 183, 2011), 2-10.
Thomas Hockenhull, 'The British Museum and the Blitz: Coins and
Medals in Wartime', British Numismatic Journal, 82 (2012),


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Commentary: Dave Barry looks back at 2008
How weird a year was it?
Here's how weird:
• O.J. actually got convicted of something.
• Gasoline hit $4 a gallon – and those were the good times.
• On several occasions, Saturday Night Live was funny.
• There were a few days there in October when you could not completely rule out the possibility that the next Treasury Secretary would be Joe the Plumber.
• Finally, and most weirdly, for the first time in history, the voters elected a president who – despite the skeptics who said such a thing would never happen in the United States – was neither a Bush NOR a Clinton.
Of course not all the events of 2008 were weird. Some were depressing. The only U.S. industries that had a good year were campaign consultants and foreclosure lawyers. Everybody else got financially whacked. Millions of people started out the year with enough money in their 401(k)'s to think about retiring on, and ended up with maybe enough for a medium Slurpee.
So we can be grateful that 2008 is almost over. But before we leave it behind, let's take a few minutes to look back and see if we can find some small nuggets of amusement. Why not? We paid for it, starting with . . .
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Introducing... The new guy's column.
Circle Track has a new edition to the family–me! Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Pete Epple and I'm a huge car guy. To put it bluntly, if it goes fast, I like it. For the past three and a half years I have been one of the Associate Editors on CT's sister publication Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords magazine. For the last 17 years I have been involved in all kinds of motorsports. I started working on drag cars with my father when I was only 13. By the time I was 17, I was turning wrenches on an F-150 (Metric GM chassis), which was raced in the American Race Truck Series (ARTS). Campaigned by Crazy Horse Racing in New Jersey, the team traveled to tracks from New Hampshire to North Carolina, and I cut my teeth on a lot of great short tracks on the East Coast.
This exposed me to loads of different kinds of racing from Legends to Modified. After a few years I worked my way up to being the crew chief, and took some opportunities to work on other asphalt cars. The team eventually decided to try its hand at running with big boys, and we started assembling a Camping World Truck team. I watched guys like Rick Crawford, Mike Skinner, and Ted Musgrave, and I got the chance to compete against them. Unfortunately, the team was extremely low budget, and we wrecked in our second attempt at making the Truck race in Bristol, and couldn't afford to build a second truck.
After taking some time off from racing, I landed a job with Source Interlink Media as an Associate Editor on MM&FF, which is when I met Rob Fisher and became more acquainted with Circle Track magazine. Rob introduced me to the Project Dirt Late Model, and for the first time I decided to go dirt racing. As I familiarized myself with the project, I realized the potential (and equipment) to win was there, they just needed a little outside perspective. And shortly after, we took a win at Lake City Speedway.
Since then, my only direct connection to CT has been through our Mini Stock project, City Boy. With the ability to now work on the car full-time, things should come together quickly, and before you know it, City Boy will be mixing it up with the Central Florida Mini Stocks.
Beyond that, there are some awesome projects on the horizon for the CT team, and there is a lot to look forward to. Besides reading the magazine, there are a few ways to keep up on everything we have going, and www.circletrack.com and social media will be huge in the future. Facebook and Twitter are your direct link to the CT staff, and we are on both everyday. So throw us a "like" on Facebook, follow us on Twitter (@CircleTrackMag), and share your story ideas, brag about winning on Saturday night, or just let us know what you think of the magazine. Until next time, keep it shiny side up!


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All politics is local, some sage said. That isn't quite true, of course, but the local element often predominates. Today, Minnesota's Republican Party had a brutal day. In order of significance:
First, the GOP took control of the Senate in 2010 for the first time since partisan elections were inaugurated. It was an extraordinary breakthrough, and Amy Koch was named Majority Leader. She did a terrific job in that position. Unfortunately, she apparently went astray. The Star Tribune reports:
Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch resigned from her leadership post the day after four senior Senators confronted her about allegations that she had an "inappropriate relationship" with a staffer, senators said Friday.
Deputy Majority Leader Geoff Michel said he and other senators had first heard complaints from staff about the relationship about two weeks ago. Michel did not name the staffer with whom Koch was said to have the relationship but said the staffer was male and a "direct report."
Koch suddenly resigned from the majority leader post Thursday and said she would not run for re-election next year
It is odd how some politicians not only survive such revelations, but seemingly profit from them, while others are swiftly brought low.
Next, the GOP's party chairman, Tony Sutton, recently resigned amid revelations that the party is considerably in debt, and the leading candidate to replace him was Brandon Sawalich, CFO of Starkey Hearing Technologies. Brandon is the current President of the Freedom Club, and an outstanding businessman and conservative. However, his bid to become party chairman ran into a roadblock today–one of his vehicles had expired license tabs:
In what an official for the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is blaming on a state clerical error, a candidate to head the Republican Party in Minnesota was arrested outside baggage claim, and then fingerprinted and photographed — for expired vehicle tabs.
Brandon Sawalich, an executive with Starkey Hearing Technologies, said that airport police even wanted to handcuff him Thursday afternoon on the gross-misdemeanor allegation but said they would reconsider "if I would cooperate."
"I was stunned," said Sawalich, 36, who said his arrest came as he was being met by a Starkey assistant in his four-wheel-drive pickup truck, which he just took out of storage only to have police tow it to an impound lot.
Even after learning that his potential legal exposure was shrinking to a petty misdemeanor, Sawalich said he's "assessing everything" connected to his effort to become the leader of the state GOP. "I don't need to be a distraction to what the party needs to do," he said.
Friday, the Associated Press reported that Sawalich was dropping out of the race to succeed Tony Sutton. It quoted an e-mail from Sawalich to party activists that "it cannot afford distractions for the uphill battle our party has in store."
Recounting his arrest, Sawalich said that "police were there [at one of the doors outside Terminal 1 baggage claim] waiting for me with one of my assistants" upon return from a business trip in Portland, Ore. "They read me my rights. I apologized [for the expired tabs] and took full responsibility."
Fingerprinted, photographed and threatened with handcuffs because his vehicle had expired license tabs? Completely bizarre. I will try to talk Brandon out of dropping out of the race for party chairman; the party needs him. But the episode reinforces the impression that the party is snakebitten.
Finally, from the farcical to the really farcical: one of the Republican candidates to oppose Amy Klobucher next year turns out to have an airport weapons violation on his record:
A Republican hoping to challenge Democratic Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar next year once pleaded guilty for having a loaded handgun at the airport. The councilman also had no permit to carry a weapon at the time.
Joe Arwood, a St. Bonifacius city council member, discussed his 2005 conviction Friday with The Associated Press. He said it taught him to "slow down" in life, especially when it comes to firearms.
I have never actually heard of Mr. Arwood, and this incident probably doesn't reduce his chances of serving in the Senate by any measurable amount. But the episode reminds us that we have not come up with a plausible candidate to unseat Ms. Klobuchar, who is reasonably popular but potentially vulnerable in what shapes up–despite everything–as a big Republican year.
Such are the absurd ups and downs of local politics. Let's hope no lasting damage flows from today's painful headlines.


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text: When Barbara Walters asked Sarah Palin how she would fix unemployment if President, Palin did not mince words. She said she would cut taxes, which would allow small businesses to keep more of what they earn in order to reinvest and hire more workers. The real problem, Palin said, is forcing health care reform (she used air quotes for the word reform) and energy policy "down their throats." Those policies would ultimately cost small-business owners more to stay afloat, she said, which are "back-assward ways of trying to fix the economy." Walters replied, "You do have a way with words." To which Palin said, "I call it like I see it."


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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
What I Love about Homeschooling...
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Mommzy, So happy to discover your blog (visiting from simple homeschool)! This post is a breath of fresh air....I think one comment homeschooling moms often get is "Oh, I could never do that! I could never be home all day with my kids" Really??? I feel just as you do, what an absolute joy and blessing (despite the many challenges) to really have time to be with your kids as they play and learn and grow and surprise you with all their wonderful thoughts. :)ReplyDelete
Like you, I love that nothing has to get done. We do it if we want to. We spend as much time as we like on a theme, subject or activity. I love to homeschool.ReplyDelete
When people see me toting around 4 kids ages 7, 5, 3 and 7 months they often will make the comment, "You have your hands full!" To which I respond, "If you think my hands are full, you should see my heart."ReplyDelete
As you said, homeschooling has it's challenges but what I love most is I know my kids because I spend time with my kids.
I can't imagine hurrying them off to school so early in the morning and rushing through dinner just to do more homework, bathe and go to bed.
I thank God for the freedom to homeschool!


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Cartes de visite, or CDV, portraits were popular during the Civil War era. This week's submission by Pat Morrison is a CDV portrait of a young woman.
Dating a CDV is a multi-step process. This type of photograph became available in 1858, and existed in different formats throughout the 1860s and 1870s. The shape, style and color of these small cards changed as the decade progressed.
Even the style of the portrait can help pinpoint a date. William C. Darrah's book, Cartes de visite in 19th Century Photography (self-published), presents identification information and multiple examples. This portrait is on thin white paper with square corners. Square-cornered images on plain white paper were commonly used between 1858 and 1866. However, the painted backdrop became fashionable in 1861. Photographers used theatrically painted backdrops and props to add visual interest to portraits.
The woman's costume is interesting. Her dress is typical of the early 1860s, with bishop sleeves gathered at the wrists and a full hoop skirt. Her accessories of dangling earrings, a small brooch and a watch at the waist were standard for a woman who cared about her appearance. Watches could be worn around the neck or draped at the waist from a belt. It's difficult to see the belt in this image, but the way she's wearing the watch confirms that she's wearing at least a thin belt of the same color as her dress.
The most telling piece of her costume is her collar. Throughout the 1860s, women's collars were white to contrast with the dress. This woman, however, is wearing a dark collar, signifying mourning. She's a recent widow or has lost another family member. Full mourning costume included all-black accessories, such as a hat and veil. The lack of these formal mourning accessories may indicate her personality or that the death occurred several months before.
Another way to identify Civil War-era photographs is the presence of a revenue stamp. From Sept. 1, 1864 to Aug. 1, 1866, the United States levied a tax on photographs. Each image sold during those years has something resembling a postage stamp on the back. This photograph does not have a revenue stamp, indicating it was taken prior to 1864.
Adding together all the clues in this simple image, it is likely this photograph was taken between 1861 and 1864. Pat Morrison believes this woman is her father's great-grandmother. Since her father was born in 1910, it's quite possible this is the case. Pat now needs to re-examine her genealogy to see who was in mourning when this photograph was taken.


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By Richard Dunham and Emily Wilkins
Texas Democrats are among the most generous donors to Democratic candidates in the nation. Just not to Democrats from Texas.
An analysis of Federal Election Commission data by the Houston Chronicle found that more than three-fourths of Democratic political money raised in Texas has left the state.
Of the $21 million Texas Democrats have given to candidates running for federal office, Super PACs and party political committees in the 2012 election, only $4.8 million has gone to candidates from Texas.
Indeed, President Barack Obama has received nearly twice the amount of Lone Star campaign cash than the total raised for the state's 36 congressional contests and its Senate race combined.
Nowhere is the money exodus more obvious than in U.S. Senate donations. Texas Democrats have given out-of-state Democrats about 30 times as much money as they have to their own party's Texas Senate candidates. They have supplied more than $3.7 million to Democrats such as at-risk incumbents Missouri's Claire McCaskill, Florida's Bill Nelson and Michigan's Debbie Stabenow – but they have contributed only $135,000 to the underdog Democrats seeking for the seat being vacated by longtime Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Dallas.
"You have people of wealth who are aligned with the Democrats, but there is no one to give it to in Texas," said Bill Miller, a prominent Austin lobbyist. "There are no winning Democratic candidates (statewide) in this state. If you really want to be a player, you need to give to Democrats in other states."
One-party districts
In addition to the lack of any Democratic statewide elected officials in Texas, the party is hurt by the dearth of hotly contested House or Senate races in the state. The interim redistricting maps implemented by a federal court transformed 35 of the 36 congressional districts in the state into one-party bastions. Rep. Francisco Canseco, a San Antonio Republican, is the only incumbent considered vulnerable to a challenge from the other party.
"People with big money go where the excitement is," said Harold Cook, a Democratic political consultant in Austin. "In an unexciting election year at home, they'll give to the presidential effort or to increase Democratic numbers in Congress."
National Democrats, keenly aware of the deep well of Democratic wealth in Texas, as well as the state's noncompetitive election lineup, have made numerous fund-raising forays into the Lone Star State.
Among the prominent visitors: Obama, who recently held events in River Oaks and at Minute Maid Park; House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada; and New York Sen. Chuck Schumer.
Houston is the leading exporter of Democratic cash, with $1.5 million in out-of-state donations, followed by Dallas ($1.3 million) and Austin ($1.1 million).
Marquee match-ups
The Texas money is heading toward states with marquee match-ups, according to the Chronicle analysis. Topping the list of out-of-state destinations: Florida, New Jersey, Ohio, California and New Mexico.
Florida, Ohio and New Mexico feature hotly contested Senate races this year, while all five states have fiercely competitive House races.
"Basically, Democrats in Texas are just being smart," said Sean Theriault, a political science professor at the University of Texas. "A dollar given in Texas is likely to go to a sure winner or a sure loser. A dollar given to a candidate in Ohio or Michigan could make all the difference in the world."
The Texas contributions may indeed influence elections, winning powerful friends for Texas Democrats who have little influence in the Capitol today. The $30,800-per-plate dinner Reid and Schumer attended last month at a Highland Park mansion could well open doors in Washington for well-heeled Texas Democrats.
"Democrats in Texas bemoan their fate," said Miller. "Democrats in other parts of the country hope it will last a little while longer."
While the money exodus is growing in federal contests, Texas Democrats have remained loyal to their party's candidates for the Texas Legislature, particularly in about a dozen swing races for the state House and Senate.
But even Democrats acknowledge that their party's failure to win a single statewide race since 1998 has taken a significant toll.
"Once the mold is broken and a statewide Democrat wins, potential contributors will be more convinced that their help will result in something important," Cook said. "Until then, it will be Democrats' challenge to stay in the game."


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"Hovering like a giant's smoke ring, a great cloud appeared at sunset over Flagstaff, Ariz. last Feb. 28 and set off a continuing scientific mystery. Watchers struck by the cloud's odd shape and huge size, took pictures, like these four, at different times and from widely scattered locations in the state. Dr. James McDonald, a meteorologist at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Tucson, has been accumulating the pictures. Using them as the basis for trigonometric calculation, he has made a startling discovery that the cloud was at least 26 miles high and 30 miles across— "a lot higher and bigger," he says, "than a cloud should be." The circle was too high to be made by a jet plane, and so far as Dr. McDonald can determine, there were no rockets, rocket planes or bombs being tested nearby that day. He hopes anyone else with pictures will lend them to him, for he would like some more clues about the cloud 26 miles up—no water droplets exist at that height to make a cloud."
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Thread: Diptyque Candles
Do the Diptyque candles have pretty good silage,Longevity? Are they worth the high price? Opinions,reviews etc. Please :-)
Also looking for a woody & spicy candle possibly with some sweetness from Diptyque if I decide to get one in the future.
The John Galliano is nicely smoky-woody. But all the others are also good, and, as hedonist was saying, smell like what they're supposed to. In particular, la Myrrhe is resiny spicy with a touch of sweetness.
Oranger is fruity- spicy- woody, fresh and balmy at the same time... delightful!
The ones that Diptyque lists as Woody/Spicy are: Ambre, Cannelle, Chéne, Cyprés, Feu de Bois, Maquis, Myrrhe, Opopanax, Patchouli, Pomander, Santal, Thé, Vetyvyr, Essence of John Galliano.
My favorites out of these are: Opopanax, Cannelle (cinnamon), Essence of John Galliano, Pomander (orange and cloves), Maquis (cistus/amber) and Feu de Bois (fire wood).
You can't go wrong with Diptyque candles, IMHO.
Diptyque candles IMO sets the standard for high quality candles that throw off a lot of scent and last a long time - I highly recommend them. It's hard to know which ones to recommend since I've only owned the Baies one...which is very rose and berry prominent, but I am sure the Essence of John Galliano is great (I owned the room spray, of the same scent).
"When you become comfortable with uncertainty. infinite possibilities open up in your life"
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Oh I didn't know it was discontinued. I've seen it at a lots of places in Miami that sell Diptyque candles, I'm sure that you should be able to find some (retail or online). Good luck.
"When you become comfortable with uncertainty. infinite possibilities open up in your life"
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Have any of youz tried Diptyque's Art of Body,Bath & Body products?
They have wonderful silage and longevity. I've used Rose, Baies, and Fenouil Sauvage. I am actually addicted to the Fenouil Sauvage - no kidding - I even asked the company if they could make a perfume or home spray but its not in the offing. It is a lot of money, maybe you could try a little one first. Hope this helps. Enjoy
The Precious Oils for Bath and Body, and Lait Frais for the body are wonderful - and I am extremely picky. They moisturize and are not in the least bit greasy.
I have had Maquis & Feu de Bois in my home at different times and they fill up the house with such a wonderful feeling.
The Diptyque Myrrh candle is great.
so so expensive
The best you can buy. Love Opoponax, and Lilacs in the summer to die for.
Opoponax is my favourite by miles, and the Galliano is also great. The room sprays of these scents are also handy to have around during the day - I don't really need candles till it gets dark
I was in the Diptyque boutique on Bleeker Street in NY today and had a chance to smell many of the candles. The Myrrhe and Opopanax smelled great. Almost bought them, but held off as i had already spent so much on fragrances elsewhere.
I added Gardenia to our small collection- rubbery, velvety, intoxicating... I've also seen that there are small ones on sale, I'm planning to get Feu de Bois, at last.
Yes, they are expensive, but the quality of the wax is great and they burn quite evenly- or just need a bit of rearranging
What candle would you guys recommend for a fan of Philosykos?
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eggy - That's an easy one. Diptyque markets the Figuier candle and spray as home fragrance companions to the personal fragrance Philosykos.
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Ah, I always thought Feu de Bois meant 'forest fire'. I thought, since it was lingering in the apartment of this guy, that it would be another way he found how to be casually evil. It would be his thing, satanic chic. I need to improve my french now. But for sure it goes beyond the fireplace, is something stylish.
I find diptyque candles have a strong presence also when not burning. As I brought my first one, a small one, back to my place it took possession of the space instantly.
Very much looking forward to my next one.
I bought a Diptique candle (my fourth) that I love so much that I've had it since summer but have not been able to bring myself to light it, it just smells so good as is.
How do you know what a French whorehouse smells like?


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Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander
Author: Phil Robertson
Duck calls—though the source of his livelihood—are not what makes Phil Robertson the man he is today. When asked what matters in his life, he's quick to say, "Faith, family, ducks—in that order."
It isn't often that a person can live a dream, but Phil Robertson, aka The Duck Commander, has proven that it is possible with vision, hard work, helping hands, and an unshakable faith in the Almighty. Phil's is the remarkable story of one man who followed the call he received from God and soon after invented a duck call that would begin an incredible journey to the life he had always dreamed of for himself and his family. In the love of his country, his family, and his maker, Phil has finally found the ingredients to the "good life" he always wanted.
If you ever wind up sitting face-to-face with Phil, you'll see that his enthusiasm and passion for duck hunting and the Lord is no act—it is truly who he is.
If you've watched the exceedingly popular A&E program Duck Dynasty, you already know the famed Phil Robertson. As patriarch of the Robertson clan and creator of Duck Commander duck calls, he fearlessly leads his family in a responsible work ethic and an active faith.
But what you don't know is his life before the show. In the pages of this book, you'll learn of Phil's colorful past and his wild road to the "happy, happy, happy" life he leads today. Before the "happy," Phil's passion for the outdoors and wild living led him down some shady paths. As a young husband and father, he became the proprietor of a rough bar and lived a life, as he says, of "romping, stomping, and ripping" for a number of years. He even left his wife and young boys for a short period of time.
Through it all, Phil Robertson has lived his life as a "called" man. Called to live off the land, called to leave a starring role in Louisiana Tech football (playing ahead of Terry Bradshaw) for duck hunting, called to wild living, called to create a new kind of duck call—and finally, called to follow God and lead a life of faith.
In this eye-opening and rousing book, you'll find stories that will shock you, as well as those that will inspire you. You'll get to know the man behind the legend, and you'll come away better for it.
Phil Robertson was born and raised in a small town near Shreveport, Louisiana. After college he spent several years teaching but soon decided to devote his talents elsewhere: he began to experiment with making a call that would produce the exact sound of a duck, and thus Duck Commander was born. Duck Commander is still a family business, now featured on the A&E TV series Duck Dynasty.
Mark Schlabach is the coauthor of the New York Times bestselling book Called to Coach: Reflections on Life, Faith, and Football and The Duck Commander Family. He is one of the most respected and popular college football columnists in the country. He and his wife live in Madison, Georgia, with their three children.
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House Speaker Robert DeLeo called the governor's request for $1.9 billion in new tax revenue "fantasy land" during a private political caucus with Democrats on Wednesday, expressing concern about voter backlash in next year's election cycle, according to multiple sources who attended the meeting.
House Speaker Robert DeLeo called the governor's request for $1.9 billion in new tax revenue "fantasy land" during a private political caucus with Democrats on Wednesday, expressing concern about voter backlash in next year's election cycle, according to multiple sources who attended the meeting.
DeLeo addressed a sizeable number of House Democrats who gathered at the Omni Parker House in downtown Boston on Wednesday morning for a meeting of the Committee for a Democratic House political action committee.
Though DeLeo shed little new light on his thinking about the size of a new revenue package for transportation he is developing or the source from which he will draw it, several lawmakers said the speaker described himself as "taken aback" by the scope of the governor's plan first laid out in the State of the Commonwealth speech in January and built upon in the ensuing weeks.
DeLeo also expressed concerns about reports from the three major bond rating agencies, outlined by the News Service on Tuesday, that have expressed worry about Gov. Deval Patrick's budget due an alleged overreliance on income tax revenue, additional withdrawals from the state's rainy day fund and borrowing $400 million in anticipation of future revenues.
House Minority Leader Brad Jones on Wednesday called on DeLeo to hold a public hearing on his transportation financing plan whenever it is released, concerned that Democratic leadership may fast track the bill and skirt the full public vetting process.
"The transportation plan put forth by the Patrick Administration has been available to the public and the members to review, understand, and ask questions about for a considerable amount of time. I would hope that with the potential for massive tax increases looming, the Speaker would put his plan through a similar public test," Jones said in a statement.
Though DeLeo has previously talked about his desire for a smaller revenue package than Patrick's, the tone of his comments suggested to some in the room a growing frustration with Patrick's challenging of the Legislature to show "political courage."
"I don't want to hear that we don't vote for taxes, because we do," DeLeo reportedly told the caucus, according to one lawmaker, who requested anonymity to discuss the private meeting.
In public and during the gathering, DeLeo has expressed his respect for the governor and Patrick's willingness to identify his priorities in transportation and education. He shares those priorities, DeLeo told the members, and the House is moving toward what is expected to be a sizeable revenue proposal to shore up transportation finances.
However, after nearly a year of building public recognition of the need to invest in an aging state infrastructure and transportation system, DeLeo told the members he feels that Patrick "changed the atmosphere" with the size of his tax reform proposal, according to several lawmakers who attended.
In DeLeo's estimation, the scope of the tax package – including eliminating popular tax exemptions, taxing candy and soda, and raising the gas tax and cigarette tax - took the focus off transportation needs and left voters with a sense that Beacon Hill is simply asking for more money as it has in the past.
"There's a sense now of, 'Here we go again,'" one House member told the News Service.
DeLeo spoke to the News Service after the meeting, saying he convened the members to discuss next year's election and make members aware of the resources available to them and the need to be raising money. The PAC is planning its first fundraiser of the year in May.
"You can't start too early, so I just wanted to make sure everyone realizes that there's more to running than just on election years. You have to be out there," DeLeo told the News Service.
The speaker said the meeting gave him a good opportunity to hear from a number of members about where they stand on tax increases, and he heard a range of opinions from those who support the governor's plan and those who feel they can't support new taxes in their district.
"I honestly don't know where we are on this," DeLeo said. "At the end of the day I think we're going to have a resolution that's going to address some of the issues before us and at the same time be fiscally prudent," DeLeo said.
With the House Ways and Means Committee preparing to release its own fiscal 2014 budget proposal on April 10, DeLeo said he would still like to take up a transportation financing bill before the budget debate, but could not promise the House plan would come together in time.
After the meeting, many representatives were reluctant to talk about the subjects discussed inside.
Asked what he learned at the meeting, Rep. Theodore Speliotis (D-Danvers) quipped, "Not enough," on his way out of the hotel.
Rep. Michael Moran, a Boston Democrat and floor leader for DeLeo, said, "We learned that people don't like taxes." Though Moran acknowledged there are some in the House who support Patrick's plan, he said "the lower the tax, the more people like it."
Pollster Louis DiNatale ran through his interpretation of the polls on transportation financing and higher taxes for members, including an analysis of how the questions were asked and what it could mean about the level of support.
Moran, who said the speaker gave no indication that a decision on the size of the House revenue package or the source of new funding has been made, emphasized that members are trying to find their way to support new revenue while also being "fiscally prudent."
"In years past, we've been the fiscal watchdogs of the budget, voting for taxes when we have to and always making sure they're connected to job growth," Moran said.
Rep. Kevin Honan, a Boston Democrat, described the discussion amongst the members as "very thorough." "The House plan is still evolving. It's not definitive yet," he told the News Service.
PAC political consultant Matt O'Neil and Richard Jarvis, the widower of the late Rep. Joyce Spiliotis, also updated House Democrats on the state of the special election contest in Peabody that will be decided next Tuesday.
Democrat Beverley Griffin Dunne is running against conservative Republican Leah Cole, a 24-year-old nurse, and independent City Councilor Dave Gravel. Both Cole and Gravel have significantly outraised and spent Dunne in the campaign by enough of a margin to make Democrats nervous. Jarvis has helped organize Dunne's campaign.
"It was your normal send lawyers, guns and money request," said one lawmaker.


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Updated Our Journal (68): Servant of the Tides
tl;dr: Oom's debut, Content Update, new bonus rewards from Monte Cook Games, and a check-in on backer rewards.
Hey Exiles,
Eric Daily here. Since last we spoke, we put all... Read more
Updated Our Journal (67): Here Come the Boxes!
tl;dr: Rewards begin shipping, new patch, and work on additional content begins.
Hi Castoffs!
'Tis I, Eric Daily, here for an update. We have a few exciting topics to cover... Read more
Updated Our Journal (66): Beyond the Beyond
tl;dr: New content coming to Torment, rewards status update, and THANK YOU!
Hello Exiles,
We are now a little over one week after the release of Torment! It's been amazing... Read more
Updated Our Journal (65): The Wait Is Over
Hello Exiles,
When we first came to you asking for your help in making a new Torment game, we were genuinely overwhelmed and moved by the sheer outpouring of support.... Read more
Updated Our Journal (64): Console Copies for Backers – We Need Your Input!
Hello Exiles,
With the game's release right around the corner (Feb. 28), every day brings something exciting and new. Today we have something to share that we think looks amazing.... Read more
Updated Our Journal (63): A Look Back on Development
tl;dr: Colin talks about Torment's development and the future; Monte Cook's novella now available; new Torment media
Hello Exiles,
Colin here. It's crazy to think that it's just about a... Read more
Updated Our Journal (62): Tidal Surge Update for Early Access
tl;dr: Our last big update before release is here!
Greetings Exiles!
Hot on the heels of our release date announcement (it's February 28th, 2017 in case you missed it!), we're... Read more
Updated Our Journal (61): Release Date!
Hello Exiles,
Today's update is a little on the short side, but I think you'll forgive us this time…
We are extremely excited to announce that Torment: Tides of Numenera... Read more
Updated Our Journal (60): Rolling Towards Release, New Novellas & Trailers
tl;dr: Torment in the home stretch, new novellas released for backers, and new Type trailers to watch.
Hello Exiles,
Eric Daily here! I'm the producer on Torment, coordinating the team... Read more
Updated Our Journal (59): Polish & Interface Improvements, Looking Forward
Hello Exiles,
Eric here. We're in the home stretch on Torment, and in the last few months we've been working hard to refine and improve the game. My main role... Read more
Updated Our Journal (58): Gamescom 2016, Building the Necropolis
tl;dr: Torment comes to Germany, Adam and Joby talk design
Hello Exiles,
Chris checking in. In our last update, we mentioned that we had partnered with Techland Publishing for Torment,... Read more
Updated Our Journal (57): Techland Partnership
tl;dr: The mystery publishing partner is Techland!
Chris here for some important and exciting news. Last update we teased that we're working with a new publisher on Torment. For those... Read more
Updated Our Journal (56): Beta Access for All Backers, About the Release Date
Hello Exiles,
Brian here!
When we last checked in, we were heading towards a content complete milestone, and we are pleased to say we have hit that mark. The game... Read more
Updated Our Journal (55): Red Novella Now Available, Posters Back in Stock
tl;dr: Production update, Red Novella released, backer posters available
Hello Exiles,
Eric checking in. In our previous update, we told you about how we were targeting an April milestone for... Read more
Updated Our Journal (54): Production Status, Beta Feedback
tl;dr: Writing milestone achieved, beta feedback, shout-outs
Hello Exiles,
Eric here! We'd like to start today's update with an important announcement. As of February 29th, our writing team on Torment:... Read more
Updated Our Journal (53): Beta Test is Live!
tl;dr: Beta test released, companions with Colin, IGN stream
Hello everyone,
Chris Keenan here!
Today we are absolutely thrilled to announce that the Torment: Tides of Numenera beta test is... Read more
Updated Our Journal (52): More Music from Mark Morgan
tl;dr: New song from Mark, Circus Minor screenshot and details
Hello everyone,
Chris here. Last week, we announced the timeframe for the Torment Beta Test as well as the Early... Read more
Updated Our Journal (51): De-Cyphering the Beta Release Date
TL;DR: Road to Beta, and Item Design with Thomas
Hello Exiles, Brian Fargo here.
Here we are in 2016, 17 years after the original Planescape Torment hit the scene... Read more
Updated Our Journal (50): A Sneak Peek at the Beta, Backer NPCs, and News
TL;DR: status update, new screenshot, George on backer NPCs, forum badge
Hello Exiles,
Chris here. Our team is continuing to work hard on getting the Beta Test ready to deliver... Read more
Updated Our Journal (49): A Shifting Tide
Kevin here. A couple of weeks ago we released Alpha Systems Test C0, the first public view of our Crisis system. This Crisis is intended to be the second in... Read more
Updated Our Journal (48): Third Alpha Systems Test Released, Crisis Gameplay Demoed
TL;DR: Jeremy on AST C0; Gameplay Video
Jeremy here to talk about our third Alpha Systems Test (C0), which gives our backers the first chance to get their hands on... Read more
Updated Our Journal (47): Torment Alpha Systems Tests Have Arrived
TL;DR: Torment Alpha Systems Tests underway; Adam on party death; audio from PAX panel that included Adam
Hello Tormented Ones,
Thomas here.
Midway through last month we released Alpha... Read more
Updated Our Journal (46): Narrative Character Generation
TL;DR: Adam at PAX; an update on production and interfaces; Adam on character generation
Hello Tormented Ones,
Kevin here.
First and foremost, if you happen to be attending PAX... Read more
Updated Our Journal (45): George Ziets, Josh Jertberg and Jeremy Kopman Talk on Live Stream
TL;DR: live streaming Torment talk; Asylum art; progress on physical map
Thomas here.
Our creative lead Colin McComb was in the office again in the flesh (he is always... Read more
Updated Our Journal (44): A Special Offer, Torment Production, Fettles, and Dead Heroes
TL;DR: Special promotion for Torment backers of Bard's Tale IV; production update; Adam explains Fettles; the lore behind the Valley of Dead Heroes
Thomas here. More on Torment below, but... Read more
Updated Our Journal (43): The Bard's Tale IV Kickstarter Launched
TL;DR: The Bard's Tale IV Kickstarter Launched
Hello Exiles,
Today is a very special day. As you may know, it marks the 30th anniversary of The Bard's Tale, the... Read more
Updated Our Journal (42): Second Video - A World Unlike Any Other
Kevin here. It's our pleasure to share with you some of what we've been up to. You may recall from our Kickstarter that we defined four pillars as central... Read more
Updated Our Journal (41): On Singing Bards, Indigo Voice, and Dynamic Floors
TL;DR: The Bard's Tale IV Kickstarter in two weeks; From the Depths: Indigo released; Nathan Fabian on conjuring dynamic floors; other news
Hello all,
Thomas here. We had another one... Read more
Updated Our Journal (40): In Good Company: Pillars of Eternity Launched!
TL;DR: Pillars of Eternity launched; Nathan on companion design; Colin talk from London
Kevin here. Before we talk about Torment, we are excited to give our warm congratulations... Read more
Updated Our Journal (39): Elucidating Effort Efficiently
TL;DR: Sunken Market WIP Render, Adam on Effort, Kickstarters for Numenera: Strand and Underworld Ascendant, Job Openings, Colin at Rezzed
Hello Tormented Ones,
Thomas here. Today we want to talk... Read more
Updated Our Journal (38): Art, Tools, and Tales
TL;DR: Production continues; added visual effects artists to the team; a look at conversation editing tools; Bard's Tale IV announced as inXile's next RPG after Torment; Paizo publishes Adam's... Read more
Updated our Journal (37): Together Again
Hello everyone,
Thomas here to catch you all up on what's been happening. We were a bit quiet last month, and part of the reason for that is Adam Heine,... Read more
Updated our Journal (36): The Bloom Grows
TL;DR: Gullet Stretch Goal Achieved!
Thanks to hundreds of you and hundreds of new backers, we've reached our target for the Gullet! We've changed it from [C] to [A] priority... Read more
Updated Our Journal (35): The Gullet Extended, Gold Tide Rising
TL;DR: Gullet Stretch Goal extended to October 31; Gold Tide novella released; Monte Cook Games videos and more.
Hi, Thomas here. I'd like to start out today's update with... Read more
Updated our Journal (34): Only 5 days for the Gullet!
TL;DR: Gullet Stretch Goal ends on October 16th; Adam on character advancement; Colin on Ossiphagan lore; please claim your pledges and choose your add-ons by the end of the... Read more
Updated our Journal (33): Forget the Screenshot
TL;DR: First glimpse.
We couldn't decide which screenshot so we slapped them all together and animated it. View the first glimpse of Torment: Tides of Numenera on our website!
Updated our Journal (32): A New Look
TL;DR: website re-launched – please confirm your pledge and any add-ons, Endless Battle lore, ask Torment developers.
Thomas here! As Wasteland 2 is getting close to release and Torment:... Read more
Updated our Journal (31): Starting to Ramp Up
TL;DR: Update on our progress; Wasteland 2's planned late-August launch sets Torment's to the fourth quarter of 2015; Colin on the Tabaht; Adam talks Toy
Kevin here. You... Read more
Updated our Journal (30): George Ziets Joins Full Time
TL;DR: George Ziets returning to California to join Torment full time; Jesse Farrell joins; area implementation progress
Ziets here.
Hello, all. It's been a while (almost exactly a year, in... Read more
Updated our Journal (29): Cliffs Notes
TL;DR: Sagus Cliffs Lore, adapting tabletop rules for CRPG gameplay, web developer position at inXile
Thomas here. I hope that Spring is breaking on all of our Tormented... Read more
Updated our Journal (28): "What Have I Got In My Pocket?"
TL;DR: Licensing Pillars of Eternity technology; Inventory and Loot; Crowdfunding milestone as Double Fine's Broken Age launches
I hope 2014 has been good to you so far. We're... Read more
Updated our Journal (27): Extra Effort
TL;DR: Skills and exploration; story revisions; the benefits of a lengthy preproduction; Adam Heine promoted to Design Lead
Just a quick update to talk about where we're currently at... Read more
Updated our Journal (26): Decision
TL;DR:Combat vote results completed – statistically it was a tie! Torment: Tides of Numenera's combat (and Crises) will be turn-based combat. We'll address concerns expressed by Real-Time with Pause... Read more
Updated our Journal (25): Combat Vote!
TL;DR: Weigh in on Turn-Based vs. Real-Time with Pause (or declare your indifference). Voting will close in December.
Over the last couple weeks, we've been reading all of your... Read more
Updated our Journal (24): Roll for Initiative
TL;DR: Tides, Q&A with Colin McComb, combat discussion begins!, new Torment forums
Hi Forgotten Ones,
We're continuing through preproduction on Torment, designing various game systems and continuing to refine... Read more
Updated our Journal (23): In Memoriam
Back in March, we were contacted by a backer whose gaming group wanted to pledge a memorial in the Valley of Dead Heroes for their friend, Roddrick Keith Johnson, who... Read more
Updated our Journal (22): Creatively Crafting Crises
TL;DR: Info about Numenera books and the Wasteland 2 Beta; area design process; crafting system design; a design concept we're calling Crises.
Hi Forgotten Ones,
We have a lot to... Read more
Updated our Journal (21): Books & Writers
TL;DR: Numenera books shipping; writers meet; crafting a screenshot; designing dialogue; programmer joins the team; new concept art by Chang Yuan.
Hello Forgotten Ones,
Thomas here. After a period... Read more
Updated our Journal (20): Some Stories
TL;DR: $4.5M Stretch Goal reached; design update; job opening for an experienced programmer; Numenera preorder ends May 31st; new concept by Andree Wallin.
Hi Forgotten Ones,
It's been a while... Read more
Updated our Journal (19): Building Foundations
TL;DR: Less than $94K from the $4.5M Stretch Goal (and Stronghold), what we're up to (design and planning), Shanna Germain talks about Torment's setting (video), some Q&A with Adam Heine... Read more
Updated our Journal (18): Assorted Administrative Details
TL;DR: Updates, registering with us, managing pledges, add-ons, support, community.
Hi Those Who Will Never Be Forgotten,
This update covers some important administrative matters. In general, we plan to make... Read more
Updated our Journal (17): Our Heartfelt Thanks
TL;DR: Thanks!, what's next, and the stronghold we didn't reach.
All of us made history yesterday, reaching a new record for the most funded video game on Kickstarter! Thank... Read more
Updated our Journal (16): Without you there would be no Torment
And here we all stand setting history with the crowdfunding campaign for Torment: Tides of Numenera. We often speak of paradigm shifts and game changers in our industry but you... Read more
Updated our Journal (15): 1 Day Left! More Add-ons, Sagus Cliffs Set to Music
TL;DR: Sagus Cliffs in Unity with new Mark Morgan music (video). New add-ons! Colin McComb answers some of your questions (video).
Hello Forgotten Ones,
28 hours left. We had... Read more
Updated our Journal (14): 2 Days Left! A Second Screenshot.
TL;DR: Chris Avellone, New Add-ons, Sagus Cliffs Screenshot, Tony Evans describes our vision for combat (video), our Vision Document.
Hi Forgotten Ones,
Yesterday was a fantastic day, with... Read more
Updated our Journal (13): Just 3 Days Left! See the Bloom in Action
TL;DR: Torment Sourcebook for Numenera Tabletop game, Pat Rothfuss Digital Comic and Companion, New Stretch Goals, Technology Test (video).
Hello Forgotten Ones,
You may be curious about what will happen... Read more
Updated our Journal (12): Screenshot from within the Bloom. 4 Days Left!
TL;DR: A screenshot. Koy talks about environment art.
Screenshot from within the Bloom [Click here to see 1920x1080 version]
My name is Koy vanOteghem, Lead Environment Artist here at... Read more
Updated our Journal (11): Delving Deeper into Story & Graphics
TL;DR: Nathan Long tells a story (video). Five Fathoms deep. Dust and Water concept by Andree Wallin. Collaboration with Obsidian Entertainment. 2D pre-rendered graphics.
Hi Forgotten Ones,
Thanks to... Read more
Updated our Journal (10): Physical Add-Ons for $45+ Tiers, Printed Novella Compilation Add-On, Fourth Fathom, Mur Talks Companions
TL;DR: New physical add-on options! Mur Lafferty talks about companions (video). Fourth Fathom achieved and Cult Dendra O'hur added! GOG.com digital download option. Party with us next Friday!
Hi Forgotten... Read more
Updated our Journal (9): Chris Avellone
TL;DR: Chris Avellone @ $3.5M.
Welcome, newcomers, to the land of the Forgotten Ones. We are thrilled that Pat Rothfussmay join our writing team. We have yet more... Read more
Updated our Journal (8): Pat Rothfuss Stretch Goal, New Digital Comic Reward, +1 Mitsoda, George talks about the Bloom
TL;DR: New Reward for $50 Tier and $75+ Tiers. Brian Mitsoda joins the writing team. Third Fathom. More Stretch Goals, including best-selling fantasy author Pat Rothfuss! George Zietstalks... Read more
Updated our Journal (7): New $39 Tier, Tides, Novellas, Andree Wallin Concept
TL;DR: New concept art (and wallpapers) by Andree Wallin. Designer/Writer Adam Heine talks about Tides and Legacies (video). Novella Compilation explained and included in a new $39 Tier. Game... Read more
Updated our Journal (6): Inhabiting the Bodies of Others, +1 Ziets, Life After Death
Hi Forgotten Ones,
We're generally planning for 2-3 updates per week. If you're interested in more frequent Torment news, follow us on our Facebook and tumblr pages (and @BrianFargo), which... Read more
Updated our Journal (5): Monte Cook, Factions, Dialogue, and Companions
Hi Forgotten Ones,
I hope you had an excellent weekend.
TL;DR:More about Numenera's setting and game rules, with video by Monte. Further explanation of Stretch Goals and funding, and... Read more
Updated our Journal for the 4th Time: @Dracogen Superfan, Theme from Mark Morgan, Legacies, Cults
I hope you have all are having a great morning/day/evening/night!
TL;DR: A Sample from Mark Morgan. Brian Fargo contributes $100K - Steve Dengler continues the 10% match from $2M... Read more
Updated our Journal for the 3rd Time: Video on Themes, New True Believer Tier Coming, Strategy Guide, More Stretch Goals, PayPal
(Gosh, that's quite a long Update title, isn't it? It doesn't seem to hit the character limit, though!)
Hello again!
As much as we were prepared for this Kickstarter to... Read more
Updated our Journal: A Gift, Stretch Goals Past & Present, Pay Pal
Hello! I hope you all have had/are having a great day.
TL;DR: A gift for everyone; Stretch Goals, including some new talent joining the team and bonus rewards; Pay... Read more
Updated our Journal...
You've got to be freaking kidding me!! We just funded in six hours!?!?!
Our heads are still spinning at the incredible response we have had from today's support of our... Read more