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Hi, guys, it's been awhile since we had a new podcast up, so here's one I recorded today about the epic Legend of Grimrock and some of the latest Kickstarter news. Are we experiencing a fad--a brief phase--or on the cusp of a gaming revolution? I also chat a bit about Grimrock, though I stick to basic points since I plan to do a Matt Chat on it soon. As always, feel free to comment, ask questions, or do whatever it is you do below.
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Count me in as one of those who got the box. I want the classic box experience from my youth, and if they didn't offer a boxed copy I would probably not have put money down.
I've been enjoying your videocasts about old computer games. I think the first time I saw your site mentioned was in the comments on another site discussing the Wasteland 2 kickstarter.
In the above podcast, you mentioned that you did not know how many people donated at which levels for Wasteland 2. Actually, if you look at the kickstarter page for any project, you can see how many backers there are at each level. For Wasteland 2: 12 backers paid $10,000 (raising $120,000). 147 backers gave $1,000 (raising $147,000), etc.
You also discussed whether or not new developers would be able to use Kickstarter to fund their games.
The game "FTL: Faster Than Light" originally tried to raise $10,000 on Kickstarter. They ended up raising 20 times that, over $200,000. It did appear that they already had a working prototype of the game. But still, it looks like new developers will be able to raise money on Kickstarter.
The major issue I think that is afflicting Leisure Suit Larry is the general ambivalence about Larry being remade again. You get the same general bitch everywhere you go when you read forum posts about it. Why do we need a remake of a remake of a remake? Why aren't you making a new Larry game? You got the license for this months ago, why are you asking for money now? And you point out that it's answered in the Kickstarter, and they just rip into you for the audacity of expecting them to READ to the end of the Kickstarter post! These people who are bitching should be supporting, otherwise there is a distinct likelyhood that we will not see a new Larry game by Al Lowe at all. Double Fine, inXile and Harebrained schemes are making something new. They all aren't remakes and this I think helps the money flow from people for the project.
I did a bunch of reading On grimrock tonight.. STEAM only sales paid for the game in 2 days, no KICKSTART, just the guys trusting in thier abilities and taking a chance. I have mentioned this before, alot of the Kickstarter people have flopped over and over with their last games that they cant get anybody to back um.. (not all), so i do wonder what they will produce with 100% free riegn.. will the prove that the corprate enverment was thething that hampered them in the previuos games?. I was a bit suprised at alot fo the projects on it. MANY have had ZERO money put in, I wonder what that feels like to the guy who is praying for some cash for his hard work and 30 days later no a singel buck has been put in..
Another suprisng note.. Grimrock.. Steam forums, Blues News, Shack News, Anandtech.. almost ZERO (read that again) ZERO negative comments.. thats UNHEARD of on the NET! Heck evne the best selling games have thier haters.. hit up BF3/COD forums .. Dont get me wong.. Im sure more will compalin as time goes on... but its really getting hte love from the gameing crowd right now. Its funny to read some posts who Know its a game design from the past but who never played it. I guess in my mind everybody played a bardstale, M&M, Wizardry, Ultima, DM game at some time... Being old I sometime forget just how old those games are.
Oh and Matt as a Metal head.. (dont like metallica myself) you do know they actually sold better when they went a bit more mainstream (black album) and that kick started sales of the older back cataloge (master of puppets, Kill um all) Master Of Puppets did sell well.. but after the Black albumn came out they actually sold more riding its wave then when it was originaly released.
But you are almost 100% right in the fact Maiden hads never changed.. again not a band I care much for.. but listen to anything from 82-94 ( the Bruce years) you could swap any song on any album and never know when or what year it was made. X-Factor and Virtual X in the late 90's was a fall back on the "hot" idustrail sound (NIN, TOOL) and was almost considered "dark" for maiden which is strange from the band who uses an undead rocker for its mascot :) Brave new world was close to a return to form.. but one has to admit the biggest hit on it "wicker man" is toned down and slower then the average Iron Maiden rocker. As for after that.. i dont own anything after Brave New World.. as i say, not a Huge fan.. not even a small fan.. I enjoy the music.. and consider myslef a bit of a Metal head (i have over 2000 CD's from the 80's ot the late 90's of METAL!!!! i was a huge Metal Music fan).. As for Maiden.. my pick for thier best song would be Can I play With Madness, it sounds like it came from Bruces first Solo album not Maiden, maybe thats why i like it so much :) (and if you dont have Bruces First Solo CD Tattoed Millionair, GET IT... its not Maiden but its dang good music (not the standrds most would pick.. Trooper, Number of the beast,or RUn to the hills, 2 minutes) Oh one funny fact.. Iron Maidens Orginal name? Smiler kinda happy for a metal band.. guess thats why they didnt keep it.
Sorry for the way off track stuff.. HUGE Metal music fan.. who thinks he knows somthing (and is quite often wrong, and when it come to music its not fact, but opinion on much of it). I love playing video games, but would give them up if i had to pick them or music... as for metal.. Judas Preist from 74 to 86 (yes I really liked Turbo... so all you hardcore priest fans can call me crazy for likeing the Synthizer album) FEVER being my favorite song by them.
ok way off track,, good podcast.
Matt a few corrections/reflections on your criticism (and don't worry I have some criticism of my own on the game, even
though I love it to death and highly recommend EVERYONE purchase, if that would help revive this venerable genre):
1) Spells - there are not that many combinations, since there is no repetition,
the order doesn't matter, and I believe the max spells have is 4 runes - so
(and I spare the math here (n!/(n-r)!(r!)), the number -
is combinations of 1 out of 9 (9) + 2 out of 9 (36) + 3 out of 9 (84) + 4 out of 9 (126) -> for a total of 254...
most can also be eliminated since they either don't make any sense (like 'ethereal' and 'substantial' combination), or
they make super sense (if you are trying a fire spell it will have to have a fire rune in it).
Even if you are trying blind - 254 combinations (while not fun) can be attempted (if every combo takes 3-6 seconds, and if it takes you more -
read my note about the micro in no.3 :)) in under a 15-30 minutes, certainly not millions of combination.
P.S. this system is slightly different than DM (as I recall) - DM used escalating runes, so the first set of runes
is the 'power level', the second set is the 'elemenet', the third is a modifier to it..etc (or something similar I can't quite recall,
but it was a bit more interesting system - then again DM had many many more spells than Grimrock - a minor complaint I have.
2) I am playing with automap off, and the game is not much more difficult - mapping on paper is really not required since
the corridors/rooms are fairly linear (unlike some other wizardry style old school games) - and I have to say it is far more interesting
than automap and really gives you that claustrophobic tension of being in a hostile environment -
also you have to keep second guessing yourself where you are/have been (such as the real prisoners would) and make the decision of how much time
to waste on uncovering more 'squares' (wasting time/food), or rather just say 'screw it' and push forward.
I think it just adds to the game tension overall, rather then keep pressing tab/automap every couple
of seconds.
3) I prefer the magic system the way it is - although it would be nice to be able to precast while waiting for the cooldown,
the reason is that it requires a higher skill level of the player for the game, because it requires you to perfect your micro skills
(similarly changing position of your rank/file guys, as well as inventory/potion management) - all these are micro skills that can
be improved upon and they make the combat alot more intense. I even found that my Starcraft2 micro have improved after playing Grimrock!!!
Apologies for the many typos (elemenets is my favorite :P), I was trying to keep with my thoughts and listen to the cast at the same time.
Apologies for the many typos (elemenets is my favorite :P), I was trying to keep with my thoughts and listen to the cast at the same time.
Well i hope nobody judges on typos.. even I cant read some of my own stuff after I post it because of typos. I sometimes wonder if you can have dilexia in your hands when typeing.. almost every post i have has the=hte (and many like it) I really need to move to CHROME once and for all and solve my bad typist skills, or (que ominous music) proofread before I hit POST! not after.
Sadly, I agree. When there no automaps it was only natural to draw, but with automaps I can`t force myself to shut them down, human nature, I suppose. Don`t like the game at all, it`s like 3d-shooter to me, when you running ahead, clicking-clicking-clicking, killing all on your way. I mean, when played Wizardry I feared to do one wrong step and when I was "lucky" enough to encounter pack of ninjas, well, I can`t describe how angered and excited I was. This game feels different, there no excitement in it - you can`t lost your way or encounter monster hu kills all your party, and will have no other way then start a new one. I think that old games must stay in the past, there no place for them here.
Sadly, I agree. When there no automaps it was only natural to draw, but with automaps I can`t force myself to shut them down, human nature, I suppose. Don`t like the game at all, it`s like 3d-shooter to me, when you running ahead, clicking-clicking-clicking, killing all on your way. I mean, when played Wizardry I feared to do one wrong step and when I was "lucky" enough to encounter pack of ninjas, well, I can`t describe how angered and excited I was. This game feels different, there no excitement in it - you can`t lost your way or encounter monster hu kills all your party, and will have no other way then start a new one. I think that old games must stay in the past, there no place for them here.
You're the first person that I've seen not like it outside of those who think it's "too old", which is sort of what you're implying I guess. If you can escape with at least party member alive, you can sometimes make it to a blue crystal and everyone gets brought back to life. That's exciting and was the very type of story I related in the other thread. I can see how the game is not for everyone, but it really is an excellent game. It's like how I despise playing Mario 64 or Super Mario Sunshine, for instance, but I can acknowledge that they're excellent games, just not for me...
Bill, a challenge? I ACCEPT :P
What the hell am I talking about? After I finish the game on hard/hard-core mode (which isn't too tough), I intent to play it semi-permadeath - meaning,
no saving except at soulstones (or whatever they are called). Might even video it, and put on a youtube channel...P.S. how is your darklands slogathon going? (If your resolve had weakened - I urge you to try again - it really is one of the best of the bestest...)
And speaking of slog-a-thons, when is Matt going to organise the next one? It cannot come too soon!!!
Sorry for my enthusiasm, but I am an old school fanatic, and this website had become a kind of a temple for me :P


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My dog has quite a soft stool and way too much flatulence Would suplamenting his regular food (Kirklands) with pumpkin puree help this? I used to do that when he was a pup. I'd rather not have to switch to another food, but this doesn't seem to be reacting with his stomach very well.
If your dog isn't reacting well to the food you're currently feeding, then you have no choice but to switch to a different food.
How old is your dog? Kirkland is a basic dog food, one that isn't specific for age or breed. Why type of dog do you have?
I'm firm - but fair. Mind the rules and enjoy your stay.
According to the Humane Society of the United States:
There are an estimated 3-4 million dogs and cats euthanized each year in the US alone! PLEASE - spay and/or neuter your pets!
Loose stool
Hi, my lab Halo has had chronic loose stool issues due to her food allergies. She has settled nicely on Wellness fish and sweet potato food, but it did result in the loose stool issue. Knowing I had tried (with my vet's help) many brands of food and this one works best to avoid the rash issues, I addressed the stool issue by feeding her pumpkin. It has very nicely solved the issue. She used to go five or six times a day and now goes twice and her stool is way firmer - still not hard, but much better. The pumpkin really helped with her. It was also suggested to me that I might have been feeding her too much, but I don't believe that was our issue as she was within the feeding guidelines. Anyhow, I'd try the pumpkin. PS Halo loves it and I don't have to put expensive canned food on top of her dry as a treat anymore - an added bonus!
I think the pumpkin might harden the stools, but it will just mask the problem. You have to figure out why the doggy is not digesting, don't just force the doggy's system to digest things he can't.
I agree...you should figure out what causes the problem. Do you give a lot of treats?
Gabby has a very sensitive stomach. She gets Nutro Ultra Adult dry and Nutro Natural Choice wet, and this works well for her, but we have to be careful with giving her new types of treats and/or bites of people food. New treats give her terrible gas and loose stools. Anything dairy is also really bad.
My parents gave her several treats she had never had before this past Saturday morning and she had epic gas all day!
I have a 9 (almost 10) month old Australian cattle dog. The only treats I give are the training aid type (mostly cut up, dried out weiners) and I don't even give many of those, only when he's extra special. Otherwise he gets praise
Kirklands seems to have introduced a new puppy formula (I noticed the different packaging) but he's on the adult type.
His stool has always been a little softer than I'd like. And it's not always the same consistancy. The worst it gets is when we've been out running and he suddenly stops to poop. Maybe the exercise clears out his bowls or something. It wouldn't be a problem but when this happens and I pick it up, it always leaves a smear on the grass, which I dislike.
And I also don't want him to get impacted anal glands later in life.
What are the ingredients of the treats and of the food (just the first 5)? If you wouldn't mind...
first five for the dogfood are:
Chicken, chicken meal, whole grain brown rice, cracked pearled barley, and chicken fat. I give him the recommended 2 cups/day. Maybe a little less.
As for the treats, they're just weiners, so snouts and hooves and probaly way too many preservatives... Actually, his latest supply came from a bison sausage, I don't actually eat weiners if I can get away from it. Anyways, he probably only gets 1/4 of a weiner or less a day, so I don't think that could affect his diet too much.
I cut the meat into pieces about a 1/4 inch in diameter and microwave them. Works really well. First time I did that to a weiner it was sickening. It just puffed up and tasted like dust. There must be more filler than there is meat in those things.
Interseting, he doesn't show any other signs of allergies. His stool has been softer than I'd like ever since he was a puppy. The only time it wasn't was when he was on Wellness puppy formula. Unfortunatly, I can't afford that as his main food source, but I'll check to see what ingrediants differ, so I have some place to start.
Most times a "too soft" stool is a product of something the dog is eating. If you try cutting out the treats, you can use his kibble as treats. Just give him one bit at a time for training and he'll think it's something special!
If his stool gets better, after cutting out the treats, then you know the cause and can adjust accordingly. If his stool is still soft, then you may want to try mixing in a better quality dog food. Not every dog can eat the (upper end) of the regular priced foods. Some dogs will forever be on more expensive food, as the ingredients are better quality and easily digested. He may have very a very sensitive digestive system and can't handle less than prime food.
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What kind of doggy is this? I ask because a guy at our park had a german shepherd who had diarrhea from the day he was born. This guy wasn't too bright and I told him to get blood tests to see if it was a genetic disorder affecting his stomach (GSDs have a long list of possible stomach ailments as do a lot of other doggies), but he just kept switching the food. The dog would end up ok for a couple of weeks and then it would start all over again... But if your guy did well on the wellness, it might just be an allergy.
So..just to clarify for the OP and myself, loose stools can also be a sign of allergies or food intolerance?
Odin gets a lot of loose stools, although the vet said it was because he gets a lot of fibre. He only gets vegetable based treats (unless we can find good fish based ones) which are pure fibre almost!
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If it is really chronic, it can be a sign of a lot of things. One of them is allergies. Usually the first thing you do with chronic allergies is change the food to a food with little to no ingredients that are the same as the old food and try it for about 3 months and see if the stools get better.
Maybe I am wrong, but fibre should not affect the water absorption in the colon, it would just affect the frequency of 'dumps' and the quantity of them. If the loose stool is really because of the cookies, is the stool solid on days where the doggy doesn't get any? (He could also be allergic to the cookies...)
My dog is weird. He will get loose stools for no aparent reason. At least one a day is looser then the rest. He gets a fish based food, and veggie cookies, and sometimes fish treats (like wellness whitefish and sweetpotato cookies). He also gets carrot sticks and brocolli, and beets and peas and bananas. I was trying to see if there is a pattern but there isn't. He can have turkey with no ill effects, as well as lamb and rice. He doesn't get loose stools with new foods, it's all random. That's why I was considering getting allergy testing for him.
The only thing that is consistant is his regular food, unless he is allergic to something in that.
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Gabby had more loose stools when she was younger and on Nutro puppy formula...she's gotten better with the adult food.
Does anyone know if puppies are more prone to this...possibly due to higher fat levels in their food?
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new to this community. . .my dog, a german shepherd mix (w/ rotweiler? doberman? lab?) about 11 months old, 60 lbs--orig from a shelter but we got him from craigslist.com-- has loose stool, goes about 4x/day. we've had him now almost a month. he gets a good amount of exercise, runs at least 1 mile/day, and tends to go when he's exercising. we feed him flint river food (flintriver.com, 1st few ingredients: Chicken Meal, Whole Wheat Flour, Ground Rice, Lamb Meal, Poultry Fat (Preserved with Tocopherols and Ascorbic Acid), Ground Whole Wheat), lately with a little cooked rice. we've been switching treats for awhile, trying lots of different ones including string cheese and liver treats--might that be the problem? i've been reading these posts. . .very informative. vet recently said he's healthy. lots of energry and upbeat. not sure if i need to take him to the vet w/ stool sample to fix this, or if i can just try the pumpkin method or plain or no treats for awhile first? maybe should try other flint river food, trout and potato? ingredients: Trout, Potato, Course Ground Millet, Herring Meal, Oatmeal, Sweet Potatoes, Canola Oil, (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Flax Seed, Oat Bran. any thoughts greatly appreciated. . .
could be a food sensativity, alo did you tke a fecal sample to the vet??
you need to do that to rule out parasites.
i had similar issues with my guy and the vet determined he was sensative to chicken.
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My last dog had a funny tummy and lamb was REALLY BAD, if you know what I mean. Now Tucker has a cast iron gut, nothing bothers him. I would try a different food.
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With german sheps you have to be careful because their list of gastro intestinal genetic diseases is almost the longest of any breed. You'd have to do a full blood work up to be sure what the problem is, if it's not helped by changing foods. Usually the first stool of the day is firm and then every one after that is soft if there is a problem. (Makes sense since the colon works all night on the first stool and then a coupld hours on the subsequent ones)
I do notice that your food has a lot of wheat in it. That could be a cause too. Wheat is a common food allergen in doggies. I would give the trout and potato a try.
Both my dogs, corgi and springer spaniel, have developed loose stools. That can be a very messy problem on a tailless corgi. At the same time, both have taken to eating the new spring grass. I've started adding pumpkin, with mixed results.
I wonder, is the grass causing the problem? In that case, is this just going to be a seasonal thing? There's no chemicals on the grass, and it usually browns out by late July here.
Wow--this is a very old thread but in any event, I too have a springer spaniel that recently had issues with stools, (loose and eating them. ).
While our Gryphon is like a grazing cow eating the young grass, we did switch his his diet in April. Stools are much firmer not to mention only once a day and he stopped eating them as well.
As the new food is a Limited Ingredient Diet (L.I.D), our vet recommended to reduce his intake as well as he became slightly overweight with this new higher protein/less filler diet.
The L.I.D is a bit more expensive but in the long run, it less mess to clean, he's not further eating his stools and also lesser quantity then the old food.
Hope this helps and we would love to see pictures of your furbabies.
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Thank you, klmccallum, for the welcome. I'm glad I caught your attention with an old thread It does seem to be an eternal question. My two pups graze like cows, the little one even pauses in a game of fetch to lie down and have a snack. But a messy corgi bottom is a REALLY big annoyance. The springer spaniel at least can physically deal with it. Or cover it with his tail.
So, IS IT THE GRASS?
I guess that all depends on how old your pups are.
If this is a reoccurring event that happens every year during this time, then perhaps the grass eating could contribute to their irregularity, but does it come and go?
Are you adding pure pumpkin to their diet? Whatever you do, DO NOT give them pumpkin patch leaves. The leaves act as a laxative and have a very ill-effect on their bowel movements.
In any event, it should be something that you monitor and if their stools continue to appear loose, you may perhaps need to speak to your vet and seek their opinion.
Like I said, my Gryphon grazes like a cow as well but with switching his diet, it truly helped with firming him up--in all aspects.
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Rest in Peace Kitty: 7/1/2000 - 10/7/2013
Rest in Peace Gryphon (sounds like Griffin): 10/15/2004 - 11/18/2017 (English Springer Spaniel)
Bella: 3/09/2005 LHD Cat adopted by/from Child
Mollie: 6/2/2009 (English Setter)
I doubt that it is the grass causing the loose stools. What kind of food do the dogs get? Has anything in their diet changed, like new treats or perhaps a change in the formula of the kibble?
Pure pumpkin (not pie filling) can help to soothe the digestive tract and can firm up runny stools as well as relieving constipation.
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I am new to this site so I hope you can help me. I have a 13 month old cocker spaniel that has had loose stools off and on for weeks. We've been to the vet twice and have had the stool tested. Everthing checked out OK. As long as she is on the meds, the stool is normal. We feed Blue Buffalo both kibble & dry along with yogurt and boiled chicken....occasionally. Her treats are BB too, plus some organic and some I dehydrate myself. The first stool in the morning is usually firm, then continues to get softer as the day goes on. She eats, drinks and plays normally and seems to be fine other than the loose stool. Nothing has changed in her diet except "bully sticks". Do you think this could be an issue? I've heard using pumpkin could help. How much and how often? Anyother ideas?
Welcome to the board mybestfriends. Sorry you pup is having these issues. I'm not sure about the protein content in BB, but I found when my two older dogs were on a very high protein diet this caused loose stools for them. Also anything that was too oily would cause this also. I've never given mine bully sticks so I can't comment on that, not sure how oily they are. Something else to consider even with good food is that if you are feeding too much food you will get soft stools. You may want to try just reducing her food by a small amount and see if it helps. Pumpkin (100% pure, not pumpkin pie filling) does work for loose stools or constipation. You can give a tablespoon with each meal. My lab will eat it plain though. That said, while it is a great tool for fixing up the occasional upset, it should not be used until you are certain there are no underlying issues causing the upset. You don't want to hide a medical condition with pumpkin. Good luck to you.
Thanks Dog Dancer!
Zoey, my cocker has been on Blue Buffalo for 10 months. We never had problems with the loose stool until the last few weeks. I just started giving her boiled/baked chicken with her kibble and canned. I wonder if the chicken could be to oily for her system? I'm going back to the start and use only kibble and canned. I will add the pumpkin if things don't improve in a couple of days. I'm taking the bully sticks away too. If the stool firms up, I'll try adding the chicken back into her diet. If Zoey does OK, I'll add the bully sticks. Hopefully, one of these are the problem. Always looking for help with my 4-legged friends.
It's not unusual for dogs to have problems with chicken. My lab is allergic to it, but it didn't cause loose stools. You never know though. Good luck.
why don't your try to switch to some other food products. I have the same problem with my dog before the vet said that we can try to use other brands of dog food and that took care of the problem.
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It has long been a sore subject with Chinook Indians in the Pacific Northwest, who perceived the theft as a major insult.
After completing their journey west and spending a wet and wretched winter at the mouth of the Columbia River in 1806, William Clark and Meriwether Lewis prepared to head home. There was just one problem: They were short a canoe.
So they stole one from the Native Americans who had kept them alive all winter.
It has long been a sore subject with Chinook Indians in the Pacific Northwest, who perceived the theft as a major insult. Canoes were a sacred part of their culture and an important mode of transportation.
More than 200 years later, William Clark's descendants will make amends by presenting a 36-foot replica of the canoe to the Chinook Indian Nation during a ceremony here Saturday.
"We talked about what happened 205 years ago, and we believed that things could be restored if something like this were done," said Carlota Clark Holton of St. Louis, Mo., seven generations removed from William Clark.
"I think everyone acknowledges that it was wrong, and we wanted to right a wrong," she said. "The family was very much behind it."
The Lewis and Clark expedition arrived at the Columbia River's estuary in late 1805. They built a fortification outside present-day Astoria and called it Fort Clatsop, after a tribe that is part of the Chinook Nation.
Though they braved the previous winter in North Dakota, the explorers found the rainy season on the northern Pacific Coast far worse.
"The winds violent," a grumpy Clark wrote. "Trees falling in every (direction), (whirl) winds, with gust of rain, hail and thunder, this kind of weather lasted all day, certainly one of the worst days that ever was."
The expedition couldn't find any elk and was running low on tobacco and goods to trade with Native Americans.
The captains decided to head home that spring but found they were also short on boats. So they took one from the Chinook.
The expedition then whitewashed the theft by saying the tribe owed them for six stolen elk, a debt the Native Americans — and historians — say was repaid by delivering three dogs to Fort Clatsop.
Historian James Ronda, an expert on the Corps of Discovery's dealings with American Indians, said the theft was significant because it violated the explorers' code of ethical conduct.
"The captains were abandoning a two-year tradition of never stealing from the Indians," Ronda wrote in his book "Lewis and Clark Among The Indians."
Ronda told The AP in a phone interview from Tulsa, Okla., "It was theft, and a malicious thing to do."
The expedition left Fort Clatsop on March 23, bound for home.
Two hundred years later, Clark Holton was working at a Washington, D.C., nonprofit when she was introduced to Ray Gardner, chairman of the Chinook Nation's tribal council. The two worked on a project to bring down dams in the area, and on a trip paddling down a Virginia river, they talked about the canoe theft and its consequences to the Chinook.
Some of Clark's descendants and a few friendly donors eventually stepped forward to pay for the canoe, which was custom built in Veneta, Ore.
The Chinook Indian Nation is not formally recognized by the U.S. government. Federal recognition would make the tribe eligible for economic assistance, land, housing grants and other government benefits.
Whatever happens with the Chinook's continued efforts for recognition, the tribe is looking forward to the Saturday ceremony with Clark's descendants.
The canoe will be cleansed, blessed and named, Gardner said. Then, it becomes a living member of the tribe.
"Once it's named, then we'll take it down and put it in the Columbia River," Gardner said. "I know I'm going to be skippering it."


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Rodney King used to tell a harrowing story about growing up in Altadena, where he and his three brothers rode their bicycles through the vacant hills behind the nearby Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the weekends.
Rodney King used to tell a harrowing story about growing up in Altadena, where he and his three brothers rode their bicycles through the vacant hills behind the nearby Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the weekends.
When he was 9, he and his older brother sat astride their Sting-Rays on a rise in the San Gabriels where they saw a Los Angeles County sheriff's squad car roll to a stop on a dead-end dirt road. Two deputies emerged, pulled what looked to be a young gang member from the back seat and began roughing him up. Rodney and his brother didn't stick around to watch. They high-tailed it home to tell their father.
King's father, Ronald, had already begun the day's drinking out in the garage, in back of the house. He had scant patience with his boys' wide-eyed horror. That, he told them between swallows from a can of stout malt liquor, was the way things were. If the boys were smart, they'd keep out of the back seat of patrol cars.
There was no way then or now to prove the veracity of Rodney's story, but it has the ring of truth. Glen, as friends and family called King, was born two months after the assassination of Malcolm X and four months before the Watts riots. He was 3 when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. died and a whole new round of rioting scorched African-American neighborhoods across the nation. More than 20 years would pass before King's beating would trigger the next nationally televised race rage.
There is great, aching irony in King's dying on a day commemorating fatherhood. He left behind three children and outlived his father by five years. Ronald King drank himself to death in a bathtub at the family home. Rodney, who was still in high school, was the one who discovered the body. His father earned his living cleaning office buildings after hours and often brought his sons along to help. Rodney remembered running the vacuum at 3 a.m., watching helplessly while his father opened another can of beer.
Years before his well-documented run-in with police, when the old fear of getting into the back of a patrol car sparked the beatdown seen around the world, King learned to self-medicate like his old man. Expanding beyond his father's choices, he tried marijuana, PCP, cocaine - whatever he could acquire to deaden the fear and anxiety, but he always washed it down with alcohol just like Dad.
I attended a Narcotics Anonymous meeting with him once, long before he became a sobriety TV star on Dr. Drew Pinsky's group therapy reality show. King told his story to fellow addicts with genuine emotion that rumbled up and out of the deepest part of him, and he won their empathy and affection. He won mine, too.
Rodney Glen King was no angel. He brought much of his trouble on himself. From the first time we met a few years after the 1992 riots, he struck me as a sort of Baby Huey character - basically sweet-natured but always blundering into one disaster after another. I remember visiting him at his Rialto home days after he'd slammed an SUV into a retaining wall. Judging by the crumpled SUV, he shouldn't have survived; but there he was, grinning his infectious grin, scooting around in a wheelchair with a busted pelvis, aching to give life one more try.
He never sought the public spotlight. When it found him, he was shy and ill-equipped to cope. The five words for which he will best be remembered came from the heart of a frightened 9-year-old whose own father could not protect him from eenie-meanie-minie-moe justice. When he drowned in his own pool on Father's Day, 20 years after the riots that will always be associated with him, I thought first of all of the drunks before him who gave up on life.
But upon reflection, King's true legacy shone past the booze and the pills and the reckless, aimless behavior that always haunted him. Can we all get along? Mostly, yes, thanks in some small way to him. And when we can't, we try harder than we ever did before.
Dennis McDougal, a former Los Angeles Times staff writer, is producing "Getting Along," a documentary about the life and times of Rodney King.


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Hi! is possible to rip the plots od fighting stiles letters from MKDA, MKD or MKU. Thank you!
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This website is pretty kool,but I need more Jade sprites for MK Trilogy.Like walking animation and stance and stuff like that.Thanks!
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hey murd i luv the new scorpion but there some missing oin his spirtsheet on umk3.i just got the new spirtsheet for mortal kombat 1!im a fan of all the mortal kombats! if only i had teh mortal kombat gold on my dreamcast lol!.well other then that i luv the mk1 sub-zero and goro and scrpion spirtse makes them look strong.! txs again murd
do you have access to any unused data from any of the games? there are many frames that are discarded from the final games, jus wunderin… also, what about kyu hwang? he was used for a "bonus round" character but was cut from the final game…any more info?
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A hyper-rocky offseason for Branden Albert now brings him back to where it all started: with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Coach Andy Reid announced Saturday that Albert, the team's starting left tackle, is set to rejoin his teammates on Monday for this week's voluntary offseason team activities.
"You saw where we put (first-round pick) Eric Fisher at the right tackle spot," Reid told the team's official site. "We worked him in there, which was good. We had some great talks with Branden Albert, and he'll be in here on Monday. Branden will play the left side, and Eric is going to play the right side."
That much we knew. NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reported earlier this week that Albert was set to return to the Chiefs after months of speculation that he might be traded to the Miami Dolphins. His unhappiness in Kansas City partly was rooted in the possibility he would be moved to the right side once the team drafted a tackle.
Instead, the Chiefs are keeping Albert on as Alex Smith's bookend and will continue to work toward a long-term contract with the 28-year-old lineman.
Rapoport reported Saturday that those contract talks will ramp up once Albert arrives Monday at the team facility. Albert is seeking a contract close to the six-year, $53.4 million extension inked by Houston Texans offensive tackle Duane Brown last year, according to Rapoport.
"That's an ongoing thing," said Reid, who suddenly finds himself with not one, but two, legitimate offensive tackles.
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My little blog cracked 400,000 visits this week. Small potatoes in the world of the blogosphere, but still noteworthy. (I'm up to a "Flappy bird" in the TTLB Ecosystem, which I still think is by far the cutest way to stratify the blogosphere.) I also just passed my third anniversary blogging, 830 posts in all or what Andrew Sullivan would call, "a busy week." I don't put a lot of stock in anniversaries (as evidenced by the fact that I let that one fly past), but it's quite a while in blog-time.
I'd like to extend a real thanks to all the folks who have dropped by to read this blog, both those who enjoy my writing and opinions, as well as those who come by to disagree, and those of you who read via Google Reader or some other RSS service. I really appreciate your time, your feedback and your opinions. As Ezra Klein frequently says, "My commenters are smarter than me." Thanks for taking the time and effort to come here.


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Brasserie des Rocs is a Belgian brewery from Montignies-sur-Roc (about 1.5 hours southwest of Brussels, near the French border). They make beer that absolutely explodes with flavor. I'll never forget the first time I ever tried a BdR beer. I was at Brouwer's with For Whom The Beer Toales (our Chicago correspondent) and her family. A Grand Cru was ordered. The moment the succulent serum hit my lips I was 100% stupefied. I don't know if, at that point in my life, I had ever tasted a beer so outrageous in flavor. I was actually very unsure of how I felt about it at first, and all of FWTBT's family thought it was gross (not really beer drinkers). But, I was intrigued beyond belief by that first sip, and I kept sipping and sipping, until I was certain that it was one of the greatest beers on Earth. That was quite a few years ago, and I've had it many times since. I still think it's one of the greatest beers on Earth. That could surely be argued, but there is no arguing the fact that it's a Mike Tyson punch in the eye of flavor.
Allow me to highly recommend checking out the brewery website. There is a pretty hilarious video on the front page that is narrated by a BdR beer, you know…from the beer's perspective. Whaa?!? If you want some relevant info about their beers you should check out the D&V International site. I'm also going to recommend a soundtrack to your enjoyment of a BdR beer, because I know that immediately after you read this you will rush out to your local bottle shop and procure away. Cocteau Twins collaborative album with Harold Budd from 1986, "The Moon & The Melodies", is an absolute classic in my mind. It has a distinctly European feel to it, combining both ambient and shoegaze, to mark a nuance laden foray into a depressant imbibing, lazy Sunday. Every time Elizabeth Fraser's stunning voice emerges from the densely distorted fog, you will be reminded to search for the hidden refinements in your fermented beverage. Consider it legal mind expansion.
I was laying in bed on Sunday morning, contemplating the day before me, and like most days, beer inevitably infiltrated my thoughts. I decided that I had a pretty serious craving for deep, sweet, complex Belgians. I decided that a trip to Big Star Beer Market was is order, since they have a pretty bad-ass selection of Belgians, and they are mostly unrefrigerated (the cellar dweller in me appreciates that). $40 later I had three 750ml bottles and a glass, all fashioning the BdR crest. Needless to say, it was a good Sunday.
In this, Part 1, I will explore the 9% Brune, a Belgian brown ale. It's a 100 on ratebeer.com. Part 2 will see Triple Imperiale and Part 3 will see the beer that started it all for me, Grand Cru.
DES ROCS BRUNEfrom Brasserie Des Rocs is a pure malt beer with no sugar added, 7 types of malt are used and 3 different kind of hops. It has a rich, complex fruit aroma full of subtleness. The taste has an impressive depth with oily development throughout the mouth. It is a deep, mystic and extremely mature beer.
Brune pours a very clear brownish-amber color and displays very lively, rapidly rising bubbles from the bottom of the chalice. A tan head consisting of very fine bubbles rests on top and remains. If you look at the beer from a top view you can actually see the head sizzling where the rising carbonation bubbles hit the surface. That effervescence is definitely present in the mouthfeel, but the solution is so viscous with sugary sweetness that most of the prickling effects are greatly softened.
The scent is something to behold. It's so deep and complex. How they use the word "subtleness" in the commercial description, I have no idea. Most prominent is the dark fruit — cherry skins, over-ripe plums, prunes, all of which seem to lend a juicy, vinous, almost acidic tartness. It is so intensely rich at the same time. There's caramelized sugars and toffee, like creme brulee. Maybe I'm just baking a cake in my mind at this point, but I think there is some sweet bready maltiness as well, like pie crust.
The fact that the BdR brewers made this beer without any of the traditionally used sugar, and seemingly without any fruit what-so-ever, blows my mind. A 7 grain malt bill is pretty complex, but there is no doubt that the yeast that was used to ferment this beer is more diligent than most humans. I'm most curious as to the temperature that this fermented at. There are so many esters, it was surely on the very high-end of the scale.
I would not call this beer a sour, but it seems to be teetering on the very border. I struggle to fully explain that. It's clear to me that this sample is not tainted in any way. It's not infected. It just tastes so much like fermented cherries, which to me are pretty tart. The fruity esters are crazy potent, but there is a malt core beneath it all. There's brown sugar and a spiciness, like nutmeg or something similar. It almost seems mulled as it warms. I thought of spicy mango. There is also bubblegum in the finish and a healthy (or not) dose of alcohol. I just laughed out loud. This beer is just silly. You absolutely must taste it before you die. Please help me explain it. I'm clearly failing.
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Big Churches, Big Business
Religion is a big deal in North Texas, and these major local congregations prove it with multimillion-dollar decisions.
First Presbyterian, Dallas
Members: 1,600
Staff: 100
Annual Budget: $3.5 million
(all numbers are approximate)
The Rev. Dr. Joe Clifford spent six years in the banking and finance business in Tennessee before he began working with Presbyterian churches. The background's come in handy, as the pastor and head of staff at Dallas' First Presbyterian Church, an economics major from Auburn University, has had to do some fancy figuring to help keep the Dallas church on track over the last three years.
The 150-year-old-plus mainstream denominational church is located in the midst of a growing urban center. It has a re-energized farmers market a few hundred feet from its steps and a new $14 million building rising on its property.
But Clifford says the church has had to innovate to balance its books. "We've done creative things like use a Lilly Grant for a pastoral residency program," he says. "We've had hiring freezes and no pay raises, but we were very glad to survive with no layoffs."
At the same time, Clifford says, "our pledge Sunday for the capital campaign [came in October 2008] right in the middle of the stock market crash, and our congregation pledged over $9 million. That's astounding."
Clifford, who came to First Presbyterian from a similar position at a suburban Atlanta church in 2006—just as the Dallas-area economy began to struggle—says he faces the same balancing act in his church every day.
"The church is a divine instrument, but a human institution. It's a balancing act every church must face," he says. "It's certainly more complicated than what I did in the corporate world. I can promise you, most businesses don't see themselves as a divine instrument."
First Presbyterian's building project—it includes a new "welcome center" as well as various renovations and additions—was originally discussed in 2008, but construction didn't begin until late last year.
"That helped us in a sense that we were bringing money in on the capital campaign, but not spending it," Clifford says. "When we actually began construction in late 2009, we got a better price from our construction company, because they were hungry for business. Plus, the price of building materials had also dropped, so that was a big advantage, even though we didn't plan it."


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A very interesting way to prevent his life story. It was told from the view of various persons who interacted with him.
A very well written book--impossible to put down. Despite being Muslim and being raised in muslim countries, there were details of Muhammads life that I was unaware of until I read this book. If I had to rate this book entirely on the first 2 (of 3) sections, I would have given it 5 stars.
BUT, Section 3: warrior of God, has statements that in the muslim world would be considered inaccurate--if Muslims did view Muhammad as a ruthless militant as Section 3 of this book draws him out to be, Muhammad would never had the billions of followers that he does today. Humans, regardless of faith or race, are naturally attracted to love and peace. And it is those teaching of Muhammad that have resulted in him having the passionate following that he does today.
Love to all. May you experience an abundance of peace :-)
This is such a beautiful portrayal of the most beloved prophet. As you read the book, you can imagine yourself being present at the events that occurred in Muhammad's (SWW) life. The book also provides a great deal of information about Islamic history. Once you pick up this book and begin to read it, you'll never be able to put it down.
"Islam ("submit" in Arabic), is a beautiful religion. If stripped of its ancient tribal elements, it offers rules for life and directs its followers to be compassionate and charitable. Given the blackened reputation of Islam in the West after 9/11, it's crucial that we develop a better understanding of this religion of 1.5 billion people.
Muhammad: A Story of the Last Prophet, by Deepak Chopra, {note the "A"), the newest of Deepak's Chopra's "teaching" novels (he has also written Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment and Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment, may spark a necessary dialogue, if it doesn't call down a fatwa upon his head for blasphemy."
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Globe and Mail June 10 2011
A biography of the Prophet Muhammad told in vignettes as he was growing up and developing his message. Each vignette is told by a different narrator who has had a direct or indirect interaction with the Prophet.
Very well written and researched, and -- like a good biography should -- prompted several trips to the computer to google people, places and events mentioned for further insights.
Another highly recommended book.
* very good research .
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* lots of history and background details
* recommend everyone read this who is interest in history or reseach in islam. (always take it with a grain of salt, the information is what the author has found and submitted. due diligence required.)
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Ryan Giggs has admitted he was not ready for the Manchester United job when he took over as caretaker-manager at Old Trafford last season.
Giggs took over at United after David Moyes was sacked with four matches of the season left, winning two, drawing one and losing one.
The Welshman is now completing his Pro Licence coaching badge as he prepares for life as Louis van Gaal's assistant, but knows he has much to learn if he is take the United job on a permanent basis in the future.
"When I took the job there were a lot of things that I was quite happy with, but there was the odd thing where I thought 'I'm not quite ready for this'. Well it wasn't that I wasn't ready for it, but I could do with a little bit more experience," Giggs told thefa.com.
"I have gained that experience from Sir Alex (Ferguson) but last year I was still playing so I wasn't really focused on the coaching and the other side of things.
"This year I can put everything into it and learn from someone who has managed at the top in so many other countries. It has been a good thing that I have been with Sir Alex for so long but also I am now getting to see how other people work as well. I got a taste of David Moyes and now Louis Van Gaal this year."
Giggs has now hung up his boots after an illustrious career, but was still playing at the time of his elevation last season - an adjustment he struggled to deal with.
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Some students take on internships to learn what work in the "real world" will be like after graduation. Others get involved in projects in order to learn how to make their post-graduation world more like they want it to be. Audrey Thompson and Tejal Kuray are definitely in the second category.
Both students gained useful experience by joining the SunRazors team, based right here on campus and sponsored by the STEP Center at Hendricks Chapel. Led by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) doctoral student Anna Ebers, SunRazors is a multi-dimensional project designed to provide solar energy to the small rural village of Mezquitic, Mexico. Introducing electricity to this "off the grid" community sets the stage for creating a sustainable funding source to maintain the electrical system, improving health and education in the village, enabling economic growth by empowering women and creating a new model for solving problems through international cooperation. The project is small enough to be easy to understand, but multi-faceted enough to provide involvement opportunities for students pursuing pretty much any academic discipline imaginable.
Thompson, a freshman in The College of Arts and Sciences, recently began her SunRazors internship while enrolled in SU's SummerStart program. She was intrigued by the environmental benefits that SunRazors was pursuing. Although she describes herself as "not a science person," Thompson developed a real dedication to sustainability in all its forms. "When I was introduced to environmental science in high school, I was intimidated," she says. "I was forced to take gym for six years, but no one forced me to take environmental science and I didn't understand why—it's so important!"
By contrast, SUNY-ESF graduate student Kuray completed her initial involvement with SunRazors last May. For her capstone project, Kuray created a template grant proposal to help raise working capital for the renewable electrification project. According to Kuray, "Each foundation [which might be asked to contribute] has its own priorities, so each actual grant proposal will emphasize one or two specific types of benefits. To be useful, the template had to include a description and supporting data for all the various benefits."
Solar energy is the technology that will generate electricity for Mezquitic, but the benefits it will bring include safe drinking water; improved health and safety from refrigerated storage of medicines and vaccines; improved education by allowing increased reading and studying time; decreased burning of candles and kerosene to lower pollution and further improving health; creation of specific economic opportunities for village residents; and—more important—fostering entrepreneurship and market awareness so that villagers will be able to create their own economic opportunities in the future. To see a video about the benefits of the project, go here.
While her initial stint with the SunRazors project is already complete, Kuray is hoping to get involved again in the near future. She hopes to write specific grant proposals based on the template she created last spring, enhance an online crowdsourcing effort to provide an alternative funding stream, and perhaps research other similar projects in various parts of the world.
"I loved working on a truly international project without ever having to leave campus," says Kuray. "Building connections, experiencing the influx of creativity that comes from the global team of participants, expanding my personal skill set—working with SunRazors really opens up your mind."
All of which resonates with Thompson's experiences to date. "I've learned so much already," says Thompson, who describes her work so far as creating the content to establish a social media and web marketing presence for SunRazors. As a result, she's developed an understanding for just how interconnected a lot of social and economic issues really are. And, she's found the international nature of both the project and the team absolutely fascinating.
"Over the summer, almost all the team interactions were virtual," says Thompson. "I've gotten a good understanding of just how powerful social media can be as a tool for projects and for political movements."
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Anna Ebers started SunRazors in hope of making a difference in the lives of some Mexican villagers. Now she sees how her project can also provide value to students right here on campus, where they learn job-related skills and gather real world experience.
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The Bittered Gin Sling/
I need to make an Ur-Cocktail. Like, I want to just mix a liquor (bourbon, a-doy, although I'd then be game for trying several others) with sugar, water and bitters -- the original notion of what constitutes a "cock-tail" -- and see what it tastes like. I kind of assume it's gonna taste awful, or at least undesirable, right? Because, for one, when have I ever employed water as an ingredient, and for two, what kind of cocktail enthusiast thinks it a swell idea to include a diluting agent as a key part of a recipe? Water's what you drink at the bottom of your near-emptied highball while you're waiting for the barkeep to make you a fresh one.
In the meantime, here's the Bittered Gin Sling, which may be the closest I've ever gotten to an ur-ball. To paraphrase How's Your Drink? Cocktails, Culture and the Art of Drinking Well, authored by my spirit animal Eric Felten, it was in the first decade of the 1800s that the word started to appear in print, although at first without much in the way of definition or attribution. Upon receiving a reader's letter asking for clarification of the term, the editor of a Hudson, New York newspaper wrote that a "cock-tail" is also "vulgarly called a bittered sling... a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water and bitters." Felten goes on to say that it didn't take long for enterprising folks to massage that template further with additions like lemon juice, sherry, sweet vermouth, or soda water (in place of flat water).
Fittingly, the recipe for this Bittered Gin Sling is the first to appear in How's Your Drink?, on page 13. Atrociously, I just realized that I've never done a sling on this blog either??! Remedies, people. Remedies shall be appearing here soon. (I guess all cocktails intend to remedy something, but you know what I mean.)
The Bittered Gin Sling
(borrowed, with very minor modifications, from How's Your Drink?)
1 1/2 ounces Bombay Dry Gin
3/4 ounces Stock sweet vermouth
1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 ounce mint-infused simple syrup
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Soda water, to fill
Lemon twist(s), to garnish
Shake all but the soda water in an ice-filled shaker. Strain into your with-ice glass of choice (highball, Collins, etc.) and top with soda water. Garnish.
Tasting Notes
Mint-infused syrup, you say? That shit's wack, yo! At least that's what I thought but Sean was calmly insistent, as his demeanor so often appealingly is, that a) it would deliver a refreshing twist and b) neither of us were in the mood to make regular simple syrup at the moment. The cock-tail is an ever-evolving thing.


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Something Nice and Pretty put up these wonderful shelves and don't you absolutely love her displays. How fun these are going to be to change and rearrange with all kinds of vignettes.
Mrs. Hines Class is also a newer blogger that you need to meet. You will love her style, just look at this great vignette she created on her buffet. Love the chalkboard.
Elegant Economies give a tutorial showing how she created this wonderful vignette. Great tutorial to use for any display.
Copper-n-Things shows this wonderful thrift store ottoman that she uses as a coffee table. Love her vignette and look at the rooster. Way too cute.
Now let's see what all you have been up to this past week. Also, thank you so much for stopping by and linking up, I love seeing all of your vignettes.