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Via an "Asked & Answered" article that recently appeared on their official website – you can read the whole thing by clicking here – Rockstar have just unveiled two new screenshots for Grand Theft Auto 5, and they're embedded below. Predictably enough, no more significant information was revealed about the game.
Grand Theft Auto V is currently due for release on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. A release date has yet to be confirmed.
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The news of a Chinese man who has spent millions of yuan to rescue over 2,000 dogs from slaughterhouses resonated deeply with many people online in November. In fact, this story is just the latest example of Good Samaritans in China, raising the question of whether the country's reputation for animal cruelty is fully justified.
While the situation is far from perfect, there appears to be a strong basis to ask this question and even be optimistic for the answer. Jill Robinson MBE, founder of the Hong Kong-based charity Animals Asia Foundation, told gbtimes that China has seen a huge social welfare movement in recent years, with people taking matters into their own hands.
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Speaking from the Chengdu Moon Bear Rescue Centre, where Animals Asia cares for Asian black bears once farmed for their bile, Jill Robinson says that people in China are beginning to understand the seriousness of this 'black industry that relies on theft'.
"[They] recognize that the animals caught up in the dog and cat meat trade are generally animals stolen from the streets or from people's homes," she says, adding that many Chinese are also realising that this is an issue dangerously impacting people's welfare.
"When they're stolen, these animals are diseased; they potentially have parvovirus, leptospirosis, distemper or even rabies. The other problem is that when they are stolen they are often poisoned with toxic substances, such as cyanide," she explains. "If you are eating dog, then you're potentially going to be harming your own body by ingesting toxic substances and meat from diseased animals."
Aside from the health risks and illegal practices, Jill Robinson underlines the significant change in Chinese attitudes that now see these animals as beloved family members stolen from their homes. "There has been such a rapid change, not just in people running to the rescue centres but also in the general public recognizing that things aren't as they seem in the dog and cat meat industry," she adds.
There are more than 150 animal welfare groups now in operation across China, but there are also private initiatives. One of these is Wang Yan, mentioned earlier, who has spent almost $500,000 building an animal rescue centre and saving more than 2,000 dogs over the past three years.
While these kind-hearted individuals are well-meaning in their efforts, Jill Robinson warns that, without the appropriate advice, these personal projects can quickly escalate into an animal welfare issue all of their own. Since Animals Asia has been unable to get in touch with Wang yet and don't know much about him, they can't really comment on this situation.
"There's not much financially we can do to help him, but we can send him things like manuals about rescue centres, which have been translated. We can send that to help him triage and help with the health situation of the animals, and also invite him to our Companion Animal Conferences that we have every year. We are trying to reach him for practical help if we can," she explains.
The annual conferences are a great opportunity to get people talking about the challenges of responsible sanctuary management and pet ownership, such as vaccinations, triaging, worming, desexing and basic vet care. "People are being much more proactive in seeking advice and there is a now wealth of information in China," observes the Animals Asia founder.
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In comparison to many of its Asian neighbours, Jill Robinson believes that China is really rising on its own. "What we're seeing now are vets in the country being trained in so many areas where they weren't trained before. Even on things like animal welfare, on pain management, on ophthalmology, on euthanasia […] The whole standard is drastically improving, although there's still a long way to go. I am not trying to sugar-coat this at all, but there's such an enthusiasm now."
According to Jill Robinson, an example of this enthusiasm can be found in a Chinese intern named Max, who has been working at the Moon Bear Rescue Centre, located just outside Chengdu in Sichuan province, for the last few months. "She's absolutely fantastic. She is trained here in China and she's coming here for more learning experiences. There are so many more vets here that really want to do that."
While the surge of veterinary expertise can be seen in zoos, safari parks and rescue centres across the country, it is also being supported by Chinese authorities in provinces across the country. In an unprecedented situation, they are even stepping up to the challenges and are working with local groups.
"Years ago, this wouldn't have happened," recalls Jill Robinson, "but they are now attending conferences, they are building shelters, rather than just taking these animals and dispatching of them as has happened in the past, quite inhumanely. Others are confiscating these animals into the care of the local groups. They are working much more collaboratively with the groups now and with a clear intent of animal welfare."
China's burgeoning animal welfare arena has also gained the valuable support of about 14 popular celebrities, which include actress Sun Li, retired basketball star Yao Ming and actress/singer-songwriter Karen Mok.
"I am just so impressed with their vision and the fact that they really understand the environment. They're not wearing fur coats, they're not eating shark-fin soup and they really understand that their voices carry a very important message to the country and that they are hugely influential to their fans," enthuses Jill Robinson.
From the positive reaction to the news of Wang rescuing 2,000 dogs it is clear that influencing Chinese people to do right by the environment and animal welfare isn't the pressing challenge. The outpouring of support for Wang revealed that channelling donations to the most appropriate local animal welfare groups is not easy.
Jill Robinson's advice is to be diligent: "Contact the groups, ask questions about if they're vaccinating and triaging the animals. Do your homework and satisfy yourself that the money is going to the best possible place."
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The Danish lifestyle concept of hygge means many things to many people. But at its core it comes down to an indescribable feeling of comfort. (Think: snuggling on the couch, sipping a hot toddy with the warmth of the fire on your toes.) So as for winter travel accommodations, could there be a greater goal than hygge vibes? Not really. We rounded up nine hotels across the globe currently offering a master class in the Scandinavian art of coziness. Please, do join us in daydreaming about visiting them…
1. Manhausen (Manshausen, Norway)
Adventure-seeking cozy fiends needn't look further than Manhausen, a 55-acre island escape in Norway's Grøtøya strait. The retreat's private "huts" were designed by Norwegian architect Snorre Stinessen to integrate with nature seamlessly and, thus, have the Scandi-chic vibe utterly mastered. Not to be missed: the communal saltwater hot tub overlooking the sea and family-style meals enjoyed fireside at the main house.
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2. Scribner's Catskill Lodge (Hunter, New York)
For a slice of hygge just outside New York City, consider this completely revamped 1960s ski lodge, which underwent a stunning, Scandinavian-inspired makeover recently. The whitewashed guest rooms now boast layers of warm textiles, personal wood-burning fireplaces and snowy mountain views during the winter months. Word to the wise: Don't miss the fireside fondue and s'mores kits come après-ski hour.
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3. Hotel Budir (Iceland)
When it comes to location, it doesn't get much more hygge than Hotel Budir, a stylish lodge nestled in the remote reaches of Iceland's western peninsula (but only a couple hours outside Reykjavík). Hole up at the gourmet restaurant for a fine dining experience with 360 views of ancient glaciers as your backdrop and, if you're lucky, the northern lights.
Get more information here.
4. Ett Hem (Stockholm, Sweden)
Fans of high Scandinavian design need to visit this manor turned boutique hotel in Sweden's capital. Amongst its cozier design accolades, the property boasts a winter conservatory, tiled stoves in several of its guest rooms and a ridiculously chic sitting room with a huge hearth — the perfect spot for enjoying a cup of glogg on a cold evening.
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5. Koti (Helsinki, Finland)
Named after the Finnish word for "home," this Helsinki hotel is the definition of hygge. Designed for a private-yet-communal experience, it features six timber indoor cottages (designed in minimalist Scandi style), all grouped around a family breakfast table. The thinking here being that the simplicity of cabin living can help us all unwind from daily pressures and responsibilities (even when plopped in the middle of a metropolis).
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6. Central Hotel (København, Denmark)
Behold the tiniest, most adorable hotel we ever did see. It's tucked into the leaves above a popular café, which means you'll wake daily to the smell of wafting pastries and good cheer from downstairs. Even cozier than the quarters and postcard setting, you're just around the corner from Værnedamsvej, fondly known as the "coziest" street in all of Copenhagen and, thus (probably), the world.
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7. Cedar Lakes Estate (Port Jervis, New York)
Occupying 500 bucolic acres, this turn-of-the-century summer camp now houses a host of luxury, lodge-style cabins. Bike the grounds, paddle the lakes, swim in the outdoor heated pool or head to a nearby mountain for a day of skiing. Then cuddle up with a great book beneath a luxe fur blanket, turn on your fireplace and get your snuggle on.
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8. Soho Farmhouse (Oxfordshire, England)
This Oxfordshire countryside members-only club offers up a distinctly British version of hygge. Among the stunning property's coziest offerings: the community farmyard, a series of cushy outdoor "living rooms" surrounding fire pits, as well as the Studio Cabin guest room, which boasts views of the lake, a woodburning stove and a private outdoor bathtub. Drool.
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9. Salt House Inn (Provincetown, Massachusetts)
For more hygge vibes stateside, head to the tip of Cape Cod. This charming coastal town now boasts a 19th-century-shingled cottage turned hotel with a seriously chic, monk-like sparseness. (Think: whitewashed rooms and nautical curiosities as wall decor.) Book your visit during the quiet, windswept off-season (January through March) for some salty frisk luft ("fresh air") on the beach, followed by a long, hot soak in your claw-foot tub.
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After only 8 months, the Barcelona Pavilion, the masterpiece with which Ludwieg Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich expressed their ground-breaking ideas in 1929, marked and influenced generations of architects around the world. Its history, legacy and later reconstruction in 1986 are still surrounded by questions and myths. We discover the secrets of a building that stopped existing for 57 years and yet changed the history of architecture forever.
This story in two acts of the Barcelona that enabled its construction in 1929, and its reconstruction in 1986, reveals the originality of the building, and the struggle and eventual triumph of a group of architects led by Oriol Bohigas, to recover and give back to the city of Barcelona one of its most emblematic architectural works. The protagonists who made it possible along with international experts, allow us to rediscover the Barcelona Pavilion and reflect on the transformative power of art, the perception of space within a singular building, and the concept of masterpiece.
Pep Martín: Director and producer of documentaries and advertising films. He has worked for more than 20 years as creative director in advertising agencies. In 2011 he directed Ícaro, a documentary which was awarded by the Academy of Medical Sciences of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands and was screened at DocsBarcelona 2010. Since 2009, he has directed the documentaries of the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies Award. Over the last 5 years, he has created all kinds of audio-visual material for the production company Nihao Films.
Xavi Campreciós: Documentary film director and producer. A film graduate of ESCAC, his documentary Obert 24 Hores won the Best National Short Film Award at DocumentaMadrid 2010. Working in the audio-visual sector in both China and Europe, over the last 5 years he has created all kinds of audio-visual material for the production company Nihao Films.
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Luxaviation Helicopters partners with PhilJets to boost Asia-Pacific rotorcraft charter
Luxaviation Helicopters, part of the Luxaviation Group, is announcing Philippines-based helicopter charter operator PhilJets as the latest member of the Luxaviation Helicopters Charter Alliance. The integration of PhilJets into the Alliance will provide members with VIP helicopter charter access in the Asia-Pacific region. This compliments the Alliance's existing global capabilities in the US, Europe and… Read more »
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Over the last few years a huge amount of people have embraced working outside of traditional workplaces.
Many jobs can be done anywhere with a computer and good WIFI: web dev, online services, investment…
Considering my appetite for knowledge, history and other cultures I have built Mercenaire in a way that I can travel as often as I want while bringing the company with me.
Building a location independence business is pretty easy.
First: we do not operate with any printed paper. All of our invoicing, accounting and systems have been dematerialized so that being away doesn't impact the day to day running of the agency. It also means we are more environmentally friendly. Seriously in 2016 no business should have to be printing anything anymore, or sending invoices in the post. Whenever i get one of those these days I feel like I'm dealing with a seriously obsolete process.
The other beautiful thing is that it allows me to connect with people on an unusual number of territories. Increasing my network in London, Milan, New York, Sydney has been very beneficial and i'm now able to offer my artists opportunities globally, not just locally.
If you start looking into this trend you'll find that it is getting bigger by the minute and a bunch of companies are now organising logistics for location independent businesses or individuals, like this one. This is cool too, and this.
My friend and business coach Linzi has written a book about it: here.
No more paper, no more commute, no more routine, and more happiness, knowledge, opportunities and fun. As a matter of fact I feel the divide between holidays and work no longer applies to me.
The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion.He hardly knows which is which.
He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both.
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Live your best, uncluttered life.
Celebrities have been posting photos of their organized pantries. Can a regular messy person achieve pantry perfection?
Seeking clean, finding clarity.
Decluttering is good for the soul and mind. And it pays.
Some things have no business cluttering your schedule. You officially have our permission to stop...
This is your year to finally get—and stay—organized. Here, experts reveal their best tips, tricks and strategies for keeping a clutter-proof home.
These simple actions will leave a positive impact on your community.
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Losing you will bring me closer to the person I want to be.
It's easy to get caught up in your routine and chores every day, but don't let it consume 100% of your life. It can be pretty stressful at times, but if you take it one day at a time and try to roll with the punches, you may be able to avoid stress a little better.
After decades of being an interior designer with a penchant for casual elegance, clean lines and zen-like peaceful surroundings, I have had to let go of my own hip home furnishings in favor of making room for a new life.
I was cleaning my closet, minimizing my life by getting rid of anything I no longer needed or wanted. All part of the new life mantra: less stuff, more purpose. Sorting through years of some serious conspicuous consumption. The Sonny and Cher vest? Out. The purple stone-washed jeans, size 8? Out.
Knowing there's an end in sight, and you will be able to eat that thing again, helps you make it through the withdrawals. Helps keep your perseverance. Sometimes that's all you need to realize you don't want to go back to it at all.
You might think that a few piles of clothes here, stacks of books and magazines there, and junked-up dresser drawers aren't hurting anyone. Think again. All of that clutter overcrowding your personal space might be affecting your health.
5 Ways To Manage Your Day To Day Life As A Parent To Kids On The Spectrum, Without Draining All Your Energy Levels
These steps can -- and should -- be implemented in your daily life, all year around. Some of them you might already use, but it can be useful to get them listed out. I know I need to be reminded from time to time.
Many people like the idea of living in a calm and clutter-free home but don't want to go down the all-white, minimalist route. Here are some great storage ideas that will help you stay tidy while retaining those all-important personal touches that make your place feel more like a home and less like a show house.
How can we use our morning to put us on the good foot? To open us up to receive what comes and to welcome it with open arms, whatever it is? I have an idea how...
As the sun shines a little longer and the chill of winter begins to fade, many find that spring is the perfect time to re-organize their lives. Whether re-arranging your closet, tossing out unwanted household items or filing away important financial documents, now is the time to reset and declutter your life!
It's easy to think of all the good habits we wish we had. And, as it turns out, setting good habits can be a powerful way to achieve our goals, as well as keep us focused and organized. Once a good habit becomes etched in our brain, we're able to attain our objectives without even thinking about it.


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Regional competitions allow students to participate in a healthy dose of competition where the focus is on improvement and not just to wining. When schools only participate in competitions for the solitary goal of just winning students miss out. Because in real-life, we are not entitled to always win. Learning through failures allows students to develop a sense of grit and perseverance whereas not allowing students to compete due to fear of failure may further inhibit kids from taking healthy risks in their future. This type of thinking is often touted in the growth mindset dialogue that is happening throughout the country. When students compete in the Student Racing Challenge they should know that their cars may break, batteries may die in a race, presentations may not go as smoothly as possible and within all of those inconvenient moments there are great lessons to be learned.
We hope your team participates in a local Invitational or hosts one if there isn't one on the calendar yet. We believe that these competitions teach more than just STEM but life lessons in cooperation, teamwork, curiosity, hard-work and respect. Check out the events calendar on Ten80 education for the latest updates on Invitationals in your area


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We know how precious your time is and we want to provide you with that space where you can create these special memories with your loved ones! And those moments are all the more sweeter when created over decadent desserts or after a hard day at work, a glass of curated delicious dessert wine!
It is so well deserved and just the treat at the end of the day to bring a satisfied smile back on.
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- Crème Brulee& paired with a 20 Year old Tawny Port, it is DIVINE!!
- Affogato - with or without the sherry addition
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Come for a half-mile walk and read a story as you go! Pages of When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan are mounted along the trail for you to enjoy. A perfect family nature adventure - get your kids out into the woods! "Where oh where do the leaves all go/when winter comes and the cold winds blow?" Come find out what flowers, fish and others go too!
call for reservations at 631-749-4219 (the visitor center).


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Hidden Treasures
Now you have your coloured pasta made.. lets get your little one's entertained!
Play doesn't need to be extravagant or expensive and this idea is definitely proof of that.
Its such a simple idea, and in my experience, its always a winner with all ages.
(If you don't have a tuff tray already and want to do messy play at home, I would definitely recommend getting one.. I got mine from Amazon but they seem to sell them in lots of places. You can get all different sizes and are perfect for messy play.. keeping the mess in the tray, but allows your little ones to easily get in and out.
If you don't have a tuff tray then you can use baking trays, bowls, paddling pools, etc.)
Put a whole bag of flour in your tray, mix in your colourful pasta and rice (This is the hidden treasure)..
now to raid your cupboards: I added small bowls, cups, spoons and sieves into the tray and the children loved filling cups and finding the colourful rice and pasta using the sieve.
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There was no single archvillain in "The Prisoner," which was one of the many distinctions of that legendary late-60s spy series.
Patrick McGoohan played No. 6, a British agent held captive in a Kafkaesque resort called the Village who struggled to escape an oppressor so bureaucratic and faceless that its leaders were interchangeable: each week, a different actor played No. 2.
In the new version on AMC that begins on Sunday, each person in the Village is still a number, but the cast has radically changed. Ian McKellen is the only Two, and he fills the super-size role with such Shakespearean gusto — and pathos — that he all but overshadows Six, played by Jim Caviezel ("The Passion of the Christ").
This version of "The Prisoner" is not a remake, it's a clever and engaging reinterpretation by Bill Gallagher, who shaped the script to contemporary tastes and sensibilities — notably, a postmodern fatigue with ideology and big thoughts.
Here, Big Brother is a given. Six's troubles begin when he resigns from a giant data-gathering corporation called Summakor. There are faint allusions to the twin towers, but what really matters is the conflict between the prisoner and his charismatic keeper. Each man has an inner life, entanglements of love and a complicated love-hate relationship with the other.
If the original looked a little like 1960s experimental theater, this is a Broadway two-man show.
The original British series lasted for one season and was shown on CBS from 1968 to 1969. Mr. McGoohan helped to create it, writing and directing some episodes, and "The Prisoner" echoed the ethos of the era. One reason it remains such a cult favorite is that it was so ahead of its time, particularly in its use of pop music, surrealistic scenes and allegory. In spirit, however, it was in tune with the '60s counterculture, fascinated with psychedelic mind control and totalitarian surveillance: an enigmatic and at the time very cool mix of Brecht, Bergman and the Beatles. No. 6 didn't have passionate love affairs, and he rarely resorted to violence; he wrestled with his unconscious instead. (AMC is offering the original series on its Web site, amctv.com, and old episodes now look a bit campy, somewhere between "Austin Powers" and "Star Trek.")Continue reading the main story
The show's mystique endured partly because the series ended after 17 episodes without resolving the mystery; the finale was as cheekily opaque as the premiere. We live in a more literal age. Dreams, flashbacks and drug-induced hallucinations scramble the narrative, but gradually clues add up and all the puzzles are resolved. The pace slows down in places, but the suspense is not dragged out too long: AMC is presenting the mini-series over three consecutive nights.
It's still a British production, but now the hero is an American from New York City, a sign that when it comes to far-reaching conspiracies, the sun has set on the British empire.
Even the Village, the ersatz community where the prisoner is held, reflects changing tastes. Mr. McGoohan's series was filmed at Portmeirion, a fanciful resort on the coast of Wales that was conceived in the 1920s as a kind of precursor to Euro Disney, with a castle and Riviera-like piazzas lined with brand-new ye olde shoppes.
The AMC series has an adventure vacation aesthetic: Six trudges across pillowy sand dunes of a vast desert that surrounds the Village, which looks like a cross between Tangiers and an Arizona gated community and was partly filmed at a holiday resort in Namibia. Two and his handsome, sulky teenage son, 11-12 (Jamie Campbell-Bower), wear white linen suits, and the camera lingers on their neo-colonial elegance so lovingly that the series at times looks like an ad for Calvin Klein perfume.
Humor is in the details. Villagers avidly watch a lurid television soap opera titled "Wonkers," in which the characters also refer to themselves by the numbers. (A blonde whispers huskily to her bedmate, "465, I'm leaving you." ) Village food is served in wraps, even desserts. A character tells Six that something is "as sweet as a honey nut wrap."
Throughout, homage is paid to Mr. McGoohan's oeuvre in small hints and humorous asides, as well as catchphrases like "be seeing you." When Six awakens in a strange new world, he helps an elderly man who appears to be seeking to escape; he is wearing the signature black blazer with white piping worn by No. 6 in the original. When Six searches the old man's house, a lava lamp glows on a dresser; lava lamps were part of the mod décor of the original series.
Obviously there could be no adequate tribute to Mr. McGoohan, who died in January at the age of 80 and will be forever identified with the character he created. Mr. Caviezel doesn't try to imitate his predecessor; instead he slips into a narrower role of a strong-willed rebel who stubbornly refuses to submit, or as it is put in the show, "assimilate or die." (Six is a bit wooden, but he is not entirely one-dimensional, since he is enmeshed in a love triangle that spans two parallel universes.) Mr. McKellen is the real star, a wily, mercurial dictator with silky diction and sinister bodyguards, a tyrant who dotes on his son and tenderly attends to his wife.
"The Prisoner" of old was a cold war thriller that served up parables about free will and social conformity. The 21st century adaptation pays only lip service to the human condition, and instead explores a power struggle between two human beings. It's unlikely to prove as lasting, but the new series still manages to be thrilling.
AMC, Sunday night at 8, Eastern and Pacific times; 7, Central time.
Produced by AMC with Granada and ITV Productions. Directed by Nick Hurran; written by Bill Gallagher; Michele Buck, Damien Timmer and Rebecca Keane, executive producers for ITV; Trevor Hopkins, producer.
WITH: Jim Caviezel (Six), Ian McKellen (Two), Hayley Atwell (4-15), Ruth Wilson (313), Lennie James (147), Rachael Blake (M2) and Jamie Campbell Bower (11-12).
A television review on Nov. 13 about a new version of "The Prisoner," on AMC, misspelled a star's surname at one point. As the review noted elsewhere, the actor who plays Six is Jim Caviezel, not Cazievel.


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The English language is complex, stupid, illogical, confounding, brilliant, beautiful, and fascinating.
Every now and then a word presents itself that typifies all the maddeningly gorgeousness of language. They're the words that give you pause for thought. "Who came up with
word? That's an interesting string of letters." Their beauty doesn't lie in their definition (although that can play a role). It's also not in their onomatopoeia, though that, too, can play a role. Their beauty is in the way their letters combine - the visual poetry of words - and/or the way they sound when spoken. We talk a lot about music we like to hear and art we like to see, so let's all hail the unsung heroes of communication, poetry and life: Words.
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Highlights from the Archives. Some favorite Trillian moments.
Void, Of Course: Eliminating Expectations and Emotions for a Better Way of Life
200i: iPodyssey
Macs Are from Venus, Windows is from Mars
Can a relationship survive across platform barriers?
Jerking Off
Get A Job
Office Church Ladies: A Fieldguide
'Cause I'm a Blonde
True? Honestly? I think not.
A Good Day AND Funyuns?
The Easter Boy
Relationship in the Dumpster
Wedding Dress 4 Sale, Never Worn
Got Friends? Are You Sure? Take This Test
What About Class? Take This Test
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far Far Away, There Was a Really Bad Movie
May Your Alchemical Process be Complete. Rob Roy Recipe
Good Thing She's Not in a Good Mood Very Often (We Knew it Wouldn't Last)
What Do I Have to Do to Put You in this Car Today?
Of Mice and Me (Killer Cat Strikes in Local Woman's Apartment)
Trillian: The Musical (The Holiday Special)
LA Woman (I Love
It is my Cultureth
...and it would suit-eth me kindly to speak-eth in such mannered tongue
It's a Little Bit Me, It's a Little Bit You
Blogging a Legacy for Future Generations
Parents Visiting? Use Trillian's Mantra!
Ghosts of Christmas Past: Mod Hair Ken
Caught Blogging by Mom, Boss or Other
2003 Holiday Sho-Lo/Mullet Awards
Crullers, The Beer Store and Other Saintly Places
Come on Out of that Doghouse! It's a Sunshine Day!
"...I had no idea our CEO is actually Paula Abdul in disguise."
Lap Dance of the Cripple
Of Muppets and American Idols
"I said
place, not
Finally Off Crutches, Trillian is Emancipated
Payless? Trillian? Shoe Confessions
Reality Wednesday: Extremely Local Pub
Reality Wednesday: Backstage Staging Zone (The Sweater Blog)
The Night Secret Agent Man Shot My Dad
To Dream the Impossible Dream: The Office Karaoke Party
Trillian Flies Economy Class
(Prisoner, Cell Block H)
Trillian Visits the Village of the Damned, Takes Drugs, Becomes Delusional and Blogs Her Brains Out
Trillian's Parents are Powerless
Striptease for Spiders: A PETA Charity Event (People for the Ethical Treatment of Arachnids)
What's Up with Trillian and the Richard Branson Worship?
"Screw the French and their politics, give me their cheese!"
Mail Trillian here
Trillian's Guide to the Galaxy gives 5 stars to these places in the Universe:
So much more than fun with fonts, this is a daily dose of visual poetry set against a backdrop of historical trivia. (C'mon, how can you not love a site that notes Wolfman Jack's birthday?!)
Alliance for the Great Lakes
Hot, so cool, so cool we're hot.
Ig Nobel Awards
And you think YOU have the worst bridesmaid dress?
Coolest Jewelry in the Universe here (trust Trillian, she knows)
Red Tango
If your boss is an idiot, click here.
Evil Cat Full of Loathing.
Wildlife Works
Detroit Cobras
The Beachwood Reporter
is better than not all, but most sex.
Hey! Why not check out some great art and illustration while you're here? Please? It won't hurt and it's free.
Kii Arens
Tim Biskup
Jeff Soto
If you're not getting fuzzy, you should be. All hail Darby Conley. Yes, he's part of the Syndicate. But he's cool.
Who or what is HWNMNBS:
(He Whose Name Must Not Be Spoken) Trillian's ex-fiancé. "Issues? What issues?"
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Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Smart Girls
(A Trillian de-composition, to the tune of Mamas,
Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys)
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be smart girls
Don't let them do puzzles and read lots of books
Make 'em be strippers and dancers and such
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be smart girls
They'll never find men and they're always alone
Even though men claim they want brains
Smart girls ain't easy to love and they're above playing games
And they'd rather read a book than subvert themselves
Kafka, Beethoven and foreign movies
And each night alone with her cat
And they won't understand her and she won't die young
She'll probably just wither away
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be smart girls
Don't let them do puzzles and read lots of books
Make 'em be strippers and dancers and such
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be smart girls
They'll never find men and they're always alone
Even though men claim they want brains
A smart girl loves creaky old libraries and lively debates
Exploring the world and art and witty reparteé
Men who don't know her won't like her and those who do
Sometimes won't know how to take her
She's rarely wrong but in desperation will play dumb
Because men hate that she's always right
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be smart girls
Don't let them do puzzles and read lots of books
Make 'em be strippers and dancers and such
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be smart girls
They'll never find men and they're always alone
Even though men claim they want brains
Life(?) of Trillian
Thursday, July 24, 2008
My dad is in a nursing home. Which sucks. If you have experienced nursing homes I know I don't need to explain anything. I know you
. If you haven't experienced nursing homes consider yourself lucky and strive to remain blissfully ignorant. My dad's been in two different nursing homes thus far. The current one sucks slightly less than the first. But that's not saying much. And, for the record, both of these nursing homes have the reputation of being "good." There are long waiting lists for both places because of their "good" reputation. My dad was bumped up on the list for the second nursing home because of the elite status of his team of doctors and their personal involvement and insistence with the "nursing home community." My dad
lucky. He has great doctors who truly want him to have the best care and most comfortable environment possible. My dad has advocates within the system. He's a lucky, lucky man. So I shouldn't complain. But I will. Because in spite of all his luck and all the help from great doctors, the fact remains: Nursing homes suck. We, as a society and as individuals, should be ashamed that we allow these places to exist.
Is my dad getting the care he needs? Well. Yes. And no. If family and friends aren't there to "supervise" the situation there is a sudden and scary decline in his care. I believe the term is: Neglect. To the point that in the first nursing home he wasn't given all of his medications, was not given the specific diet prescribed by his doctors, and, even though he was prescribed and scheduled to have speech therapy five days a week, three minimum, he never had speech therapy. When I badgered the doctor "in charge" about it he simply shrugged and said, "The therapist we use is on vacation." Reminder: This is a "good" nursing home. I called his doctors, told them my dad wasn't getting his medications, proper diet or speech therapy, they intervened and got him moved to the head of the list at the other "good" facility. I asked the doctors how the first nursing home can get away with such gross disregard for their patients' needs. I didn't get an answer.
Days passed and my dad declined further. My mother and I knew something was very wrong, even more wrong, with my dad. He was swollen like a puffer fish and was sleeping in a near comatose state for prolonged periods of time. We begged the staff, the nurse, the doctor, everyone at the nursing home to look at him because something was obviously very wrong. They sent a social worker who patted my arm and said, "Honey, it's difficult to accept our loved ones' decline, but you're not doing him any favors. You need to accept and let him go."
I let him go, all right, I let him go in an ambulance to an emergency room to get proper health care. Turns out he was doped up on Ambien. No, my father was not prescribed Ambien. No, my father does not have sleeping problems. No, my father is not in need of sedation.
After a detour through another hospital emergency room and another week-long stay in another hospital, my dad landed in nursing home B. Which is better, but still sucky.
Could we bring legal action to nursing home A? Probably. But we've learned, via my parents' family friend and lawyer, that cases against nursing homes are so common and so rarely reach any kind of settlement that it's not worth it to pursue any charges. When patients are so ill they need to be admitted to a nursing home it's kind of difficult to argue that more or better care would have really helped.
Drugging patients with heavy sleep medication is apparently very common in nursing homes. And yes, I understand, many patients have run out of medical options other than just trying to keep them comfortable. I get that. I understand. None of us would choose a state of near constant zombie-fied drooling sedation in a smelly, horrible chamber of death. But, when the medical community runs out of viable options and yet the body won't give up, there's a valid case to be made for "keeping them comfortable." And I realize, sadly, there are many, many people in this situation. To wit: The pages long waiting list for the two "good" nursing homes, and scarily, the waiting lists at the less reputable nursing homes.
But there are patients who haven't reached the "just keep them comfortable" stage, yet. My dad is too "unwell" to go home, but too well to be sedated and neglected. He's in a sort of healthcare no man's land. And what I've learned is that a
of people find themselves in that situation. And the solution is: A nursing home. Or, rather, a wing of a nursing home which is designated "rehab."
While both nursing homes we've experienced apply the optimistic term "rehab" to a wing (read: a sign stating "rehab" in an otherwise identical hallway), the fact is that it's the same staff, same doctors and same care mentality as the rest of the "normal" nursing home. The only difference is that physical, speech and occupational therapists make visits to the rehab wing.
Some people make it out of the special hallway, but during my dad's stay in both facilities (a term I absolutely
. Facility. blaaghch) I've witnessed more people "progress" to the "last" hallway than out the front door to their homes.
On the rare occasions someone does make it out alive it's cause for great celebration among their family and much longing and depression in the patients left behind. But they're held up like Olympic champions in the rehab hallway. "Mable did it! She got out! I knew with that hip replacement she'd be out of here in no time." "I didn't give old Harry much chance of making it out, he had a bad fall last week, but by golly he got out yesterday!" "Hey, there goes Bob, boy look at him go! Hey, McBreezy, put on a longer gown, would ya?! Har har, he'll be out of here in a week, I bet."
Unfortunately the humbling specter of a patient being wheeled in their gurney bed to a normal or "last" wing is far more common than the triumphant victory lap down the hallway and out the front door.
Throughout this ordeal I've met a
of people. Made a
of phone calls. And still ended up: Nowhere. When I talk to people, ask for advice, beg for help (mercy), or point out obvious failures, everyone, from doctors to friends and neighbors all respond with the exact same response. They close their eyes in painful despair, sigh, put their hand on my shoulder, give me a sympathetic look of understanding and say, "I know. I went through this with my own mother/father/spouse/whomever. I'm so sorry. It's so unfair. No one deserves this, especially not your dad and your family. I'm so sorry." By then there are tears streaming down their face and I get a hug and a squeeze of my hand followed by, "I'm praying for you."
There's nothing else to do or say. To the religious faithful there's nothing to do but pray and put it in God's hands. Which to me translates to: You're fucked. When Gods are being called upon it's time to admit defeat.
Don't worry, I keep that sentiment to myself. And I have vowed to remain optimistic until the bitter end. I cling to slivers of hope. Yes, I know. Where there's unrealistic hope there's faith. I know. And you know what? If God wants to chooseth this opportunity to maketh Himself knowneth unto me and mine eyes, fine by me. I'll happily accept and embraceth any and all divine miracles. I'm open. I'm willing. I
to believe. It would make things sooooo much easier. Just letting go and letting God is such an easy way to coast through life. Got a problem? Can't come up with a solution? Don't bother with learning or creativity, just shrug, say a prayer and say, "It's in God's hands." Sad and lonely? Har, har, not if you're in with God. You're
alone! God and/or Jesus and depending on your religion, perhaps an entire cast of saints or other Gods are always with you! Always!
I know. I should mocketh not. I know. The more I mocketh, the less likelyeth a divine visiteth will occur.
My parents are among the faithful followers. And I respect them for that. And I feel bad that I can't embrace religion the way they do. (Though let's be realistic here, my parents are good, decent human beings and if anyone deserves to sit at a hand of Christ or even God it's them. But. They're not stupid. And they have senses of humor. And unless my mother had a visit from a messenger from Hell before I was born and hasn't mentioned it to anyone, I have their DNA and went to their churches and their schools and live by their ethics and morals, so...you know. I'm just saying. It's not entirely
fault that I question the existence of a supreme creator.) But, I respect their beliefs and their faith. In fact my dad is getting a lot of comfort and inspiration from a Bible on CD series I found for him. He has a mini boom box which plays the CDs.
The comical problem is that he can't quite handle the buttons which let him forward through the tracks, so he ends up listening to the same books of the Bible, in order, every day. He's becoming quite a Matthew and Mark scholar. It was comical when he was covering the Old Testament - all that begetting and commanding and Hellstorming being read in a Reverend Lovejoy voice over cheap tinny micro boom box speakers had a certain End of Days feel to it.
If a visitor stops in my dad attempts to turn off the boom box. But more often that not he hits the volume button. So the scripture blares even louder and more tinny from his itty bitty boom box, while the guest tries to make small talk with him. "Oh say, I ran into Bill Carson the other day, he just got back from visiting his daughter in Arizona.
'In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.'
Do you know she and her new husband have six children between them and now she's pregnant?!
'And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away:'
Bill said he couldn't handle all the commotion. She wants him to visit again after the baby's born but he said he's not sure he's up to it.
'Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.'
They stopped construction on that new subdivision behind the lake.
'And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbor, or buyest ought of thy neighbor hand, ye shall not oppress one another'
Can't give away a house these days, no one's buying.
'According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.'
We're thankful we downsized last year, Hazel wanted to wait but boy is she glad we sold when we did.
'And the land shall yield her fruit, and he shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.'
Well, keep up the good work, I gotta pick up the groceries and get home before Hazel calls out a search party for me. Bye now, take care!"
I can't wait until he reaches Revelation. That'll be fun. Although after one day in a nursing home it feels like it's the end of days.
What's appalling is that it's apparently universally known that nursing homes suck, universally acknowledged that there are several daily healthcare infractions, violations of laws and trust, and yet nothing changes.
Way back when I was a little girl my gran broke her hip. Those were in the days when breaking a hip was effectively The End. Broken hips were terminal. My parents tried to take care of her in our home, but it got to be too much, too difficult for my gran. It became obvious she needed more care than my parents (and us kids) could give her. So, after agonizing over the decision, she spent a month in a nursing home. I was a kid, a little kid, but even I knew my parents were struggling with The Decision. My gran wanted it, she tried to absolve them of guilt, but, there's no way to not feel horrible about having a loved one in a nursing home. Fortunately, testimony to my gran's determination, she survived the broken hip, the nursing home and eventually returned to her own home.
But. Those weeks in the nursing home were nightmarish. I kept begging my mother to take me to visit her. My mother didn't want to subject me to the nursing home and kept telling me that my gran was resting and that a bunch of kids at school were sick and I shouldn't be around my gran because she might catch a cold from me. So I sent daily artwork to her via my parents. Then I got smart. Or so I thought. I made my gran a card, folded it up and put it in a sealed envelope so my parents couldn't see it. The front of the card featured an illustration of my gran and I having a slumber party. The inside of the card featured me with a big tear on my face and in little kid handwriting, "I miss you. Mum says I'll make you sick."
My mother picked me up from school the next day and drove directly to the nursing home. She didn't say a word. Not one word. Nothing. Now, as an adult, I'm sure she was thinking something along the lines of, "Okay, okay, that's how you're going to play? You want to manipulate emotions? Fine. Fine. I'll take you to the nursing home. Oh yes, I'll take you there. But don't come crying to me when you have nightmares haunting you the rest of your life. You think you're old enough to use emotional blackmail? Fine. Then you're old enough to suffer the consequences." (Then again, she had to know something was up when I asked her how to spell out "I'll make you sick.")
It was awful. Just awful. I
have nightmares haunting me still. Except they aren't nightmares. They're actual memories and they're in smell-o-vision.
Oooo ooo that smell, that smell of death surrounds you.
That lovely vomit-urine-Pine Sol-Ben Gay smell. Back then they let visitors smoke in the hallways of nursing homes. (Guess they figured most of the patients there had bigger worries than second-hand-smoke-related diseases. Never mind the oxygen in use in some of the rooms. Apparently that wasn't a concern.) So there was a stale nicotine aroma mixed in with the vomit-urine-Pine Sol-Ben Gay. I have not served in a war zone and I hope I never do. But I've smelled death. And it smells like stale nicotine, vomit, urine, Pine Sol and Ben Gay.
As my mother and I walked hand-in-hand through the entry and down the first hallway staff workers looked at me and gave me those over enthusiastic smiles, then shot my mother "my God, woman, are you out of your mind?! She's just a child!" looks. My mother held my hand more tightly. I clutched the day's illustration for my gran harder.
And then, the gauntlet.
Nothing in my life, up to then, or since, could have prepared me for the gauntlet.
My gran's room was at the end of a very long corridor. To get to her we had to walk down the long corridor. Past all the patient rooms. Some of the patients were slumped in wheel chairs in their doorways or attempting to walk or stand in the hall. My mother's pace hastened, she was wearing heels and I distinctly remember the click-click click-click increasing in speed. She was nearly running and I was struggling to keep up with her. The patients would grunt and moan as we passed them, some would grin toothless smiles at me. I was a little kid so my eye level was even with the patients slumped in wheelchairs. I saw things no child should ever see. At least not a child hoping for a well adjusted adulthood.
Up to that point in my life I'd never been, you know, scared. Shy, yes. Sick to my stomach with apprehension due to that shyness, yes. But. I'd never feared for my life. Especially not with my mum's hand firmly grasping mine. To a six year old kid Mother = Safe. Heck, to a 30 year old kid Mother = Safe. So this fear, this staring death, literally, in the face, was unsettling to say the least.
asked for this. And I
want to see my gran, but, I was now horrified as to what we'd find when we got to her room. I thought she would look like all the people slumped in wheelchairs with matted hair and toothless smiles and bony hands.
Oh. The bony hands. When news spread down the corridor that there was a child in the corridor the patients started to anticipate me parading by them. So they walked their wheelchairs closer to their doors and slumped forward and craned their stiff necks to see me. As we walked by them they'd reach out for me, those bony, misshapen, wrinkled, bruised and age spotted hands reaching out for me, like an illustration of the sinners going to Hell reaching to the Holy for a chance at salvation. The patients who could speak would say hello to me, or call me cutie or sweetie or would say to my mother, "Such a lovely child..." as they reached out to me.
Thanks to an older brother I was already a '50s B horror movie afficionado. I thought they were zombies trying to grab some of my life, some of my youth. Hey. I was six-years-old, had an overactive imagination and a teenaged older brother okay? I wasn't insensitive I was just a scared kid.
My mother would politely smile and say thank you and pull me more tightly to her. "She might be germy, a lot of kids in her class have been ill," she quietly explain to the patients who might actually understand her.
And then it happened. One of the men who was attempting to navigate the hallway with a walker smiled and grunted at my mother and then chuckled at me. Then attempted to pat my head. He didn't actually touch me, but he got too close for my comfort. I got scared and dropped my drawing. My mother kept race walking and holding my hand. "Mum wait..." the guy attempted to reach down to pick up my drawing for me. And started to fall. I was still close enough to him that I could reach him.
The Golden Rule already woven into my psyche kicked in and I broke free from my mother's hand and tried to "catch" the guy before he toppled over. I was six. This was a ridiculous idea. But at that point I was running on pure Sunday School adrenaline. You help people less fortunate than you. Period. No matter what.
Fortunately my mother and one of the care workers were on the scene before the guy hit the floor, but, in the process I got tangled in his walker. As he attempted to regain his balance he picked up his walker and set it down very quickly and one foot of the walker landed on top of my foot. Which hurt. A lot. And worse, it got hung up in the strap of my Mary Jane school shoe. I was ensnared by the walker. It was at this moment that the Golden Rule and Always Do Good Sunday School rush vanished and the Oh Crap I'm Trapped, Tethered to a Scary Man I Don't Know and I'm Probably Supposed to Say Something and I Don't Know What to Say and My Foot Hurts But if I Cry My Mother Will Take Me Home and I Won't Get to See Gran and Is This Hell rush kicked in and...I wet my pants.
Okay? Happy? Yes. Trillian, at the age of six, peed herself. But hey, at least I did it in a place where everyone else wets their pants, too. So. You know. One could argue I was just trying to fit in.
It could have been worse. I guess. I was wearing one of those smock-type little girl dresses which billow several feet around the kid and miraculously everyone's garments remained relatively pee-free.
Unfortunately my drawing bore the brunt of the puddle. A janitor was on the scene within seconds and my drawing was gone. Little did I know I was years ahead of Mapplethorpe with the urine as art idea.
One of the care workers gave my mother a bunch of paper towels, soap, a plastic bag and freaky enormous paper underwear. Hey, like I said, if you're going to pee your pants you wanna do it in a place equipped to handle it. My mother took me into a bathroom and cleaned me up. Not a word was exchanged between us.
Not. One. Single. Word.
My mother nearly ran, pulling me behind her, to my gran's room. Instead of reaching out to me, some of the bony fingers along the corridor were now pointing at me. With one peeing of pants I went from desired innocent little cherub to mock-worthy troublemaker. That's life for ya.
Mercifully, when we arrived at her room my gran looked like my gran. And she smelled like my gran. A soft hint of lavender and whisper of dusting powder. She was an oasis in the killing field. My mother told my gran what happened. I didn't say anything but I lifted up my dress and showed her the silly paper underwear my mother had fashioned to fit me. My gran cracked up. And then my mother started laughing. And then we went home and I had a bath. And the next day I begged my mother to take me back to see my gran again.
This time, I reasoned, I would know what to expect. I very grown-uppedly said that once you get past all the people it's not so bad.
My dad and brother were going to visit on Saturday, so my mother said I could go with them. My brother teased me for two days. "Make sure to put on Trillian's diaper before we leave..." "I'm not going with
, what if she has another accident!" And worse, when out of range of my parents he'd make a scary clutching hand and grab at me and say, "I want you little girl, I'm gonna get you and...aaaagh, peee!" and then he'd recoil like Dracula recoiling from a crucifix. Ya know, I think a lot of my adult psychoses can be traced directly to my brother.
The second visit went better mainly because I knew once we got to my gran's room everything would be okay. It was just getting there that was Hellish. I was allowed subsequent visits but I was incredibly relieved and happy when she was released and went home. But those memories, those poor old people, that horrible smell, the death and decay and loneliness have stayed with me. Always. I hear the words nursing home and I instantly think about a hallway full of old people slumped in wheelchairs grabbing for one little second of youth and the hope it represents.
During that saga I vowed I would never, ever "let" my parents go to a nursing home. I knew there were valid reasons why my gran was there, but I also thought that if somehow things were just a little different, if we had a different kind of house and were rich enough to hire full time nurses and paid doctors to make house calls that she wouldn't have had to endure that (and I wouldn't be plagued by a lifetime of nightmares). I vowed that when I grew up I'd have the perfect house and I'd be rich enough to take care of my parents so none of us would ever have to go anywhere near a nursing home.
Well. Yeah. Things haven't quite worked out that way. I need a little more time to get rich and procure the perfect house for taking care of invalid parents. This wasn't supposed to happen yet. I'm not ready to take care of my parents. I don't have enough money or a house or even a job which allows me enough vacation days to take time off work to be with them. I can't even take care of
, yet. How am I supposed to take care of them?
(Please excuse the interruption while we have an emotional breakdown.)
So yeah.
Nursing homes suck. Big time. And I've gone over and over all possibilities and yes, it's the only viable solution. The ironies make me angry. All the money and time my parents have given me so that I might have a successful life, and yet now, when they need time and money, I'm so unsuccessful I can't give them either.
Nursing Homes
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Um, okay. Ya know. This is just too good to keep to myself.
Drum roll, please. I think we've got the clinical research report quote of the year:
"The search for a Viagra equivalent for women has been disheartening. A testosterone patch was sent back for more safety study by the Food and Drug Administration. A handheld vacuum device that increases blood flow to the clitoris does have FDA approval, and BioSante Pharmaceuticals Inc. is testing a testosterone gel called LibiGel."
A handheld vacuum device.
Seriously? Men get years of research funding and enormous clinical support resulting in the blue pill. And us gals get an FDA approved "handheld vacuum device?"
I cannot even imagine the uproar it would have caused if a "handheld vacuum device" had been suggested for men to use to um, increase blood flow.
Oh wait.
Never mind.
What do you want to bet they simply retooled the "handheld vacuum device" they were hoping to market as an FDA approved in-home abortion kit? They couldn't get approval and, stuck with loads of pink "handheld vacuum devices" in their garage, found another in-home use for the ladies that the FDA would approve? Can you even imagine the testing/focus groups on
one? Yessir, our FDA government spending dollars at work.
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Sure, it's laughable, but someone was paid research grant money to research and write that report. This is real. Once again I plea to the Universe: How do I get one of those ridiculous research study jobs?
I wonder if Dyson is in on this one. Perhaps even funding the research? Their motto is, after all, "Making everyday products work better."
Have you had the pleasure of using an Airblade? Those things are amazing. Though a bit tricky to straddle...


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Leah & Noah | Married
What better way to celebrate the day of love that with a beautiful love story!! Leah & Noah's wedding was on a slightly chilly but beautifully overcast day that called for a fur stole and blankets and blazing fireplaces! I loved that Noah was so eager to make Leah his wife and how hard he had to work to control his emotions when she walked down the aisle. I loved how excited Leah was and how much she loved reading his sweet words. Lots of kids, lots of family and lots of love were a part of this day and I'm excited to share some of my favorite images!! Enjoy ;)
Special Thanks to Pat Cori for being my second photog and assistant!
Venue: The Kyle House
Catering: Schaal's Catering
Florist: Gloriosa
Baker: Casey's Cakes
Make-up: Jessica Hall with Lash
Invitations: Mother of the Bride


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