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Usnea praetervisa
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: erect-shrubby, up to 2-6 cm long
: anisotomic- to isotomic-dichotomous
basal part
: jet black to brownish black
: tapered; lateral branches: not narrowed at attachment points
: terete or sometimes slightly ridged, cylindrical
: few to numerous, verrucous, principally on main branches
: few, irregularly distributed
: numerous on terminal branches, looking like pseudocyphellae, coalescing together, frequently evolving into soralia
: few to numerous, ±regularly distributed, short (< 3 mm); and slender
: minute, irregular, without a reflexed edge, smaller than half of the diameter of the branch, arising mainly on fibercles, even and plane, frequently fusing together and looking like a large soralium, generally numerous, sometimes covering entirely the terminal branches
: short and spinulous, numerous especially on young soralia but present on mature soralia as well
: absent
: thin to moderately thick (6-10%), dull to shiny,
: usually thin, dense to compact, sometimes peripherally orange pigmented
: thick, non pigmented
: not seen
Spot tests
: K+ dull yellow turning reddish orange, C-, KC-, P+ deep yellow
Secondary metabolite
: norstictic acid (major).
Substrate and ecology
: mainly on bark of Quercus spp. near the coast between 200 and 500 m or inland in the mountains on Quercus hypoleucoides at intermediate elevations
World distribution
: Eurasia and North America
Sonoran distribution
: southern California, especially the Channel Islands.
: Morphologicaly U. praetervisa is difficult to separate from U. subfloridana. The latter species has soralia with slightly reflexed margins (50x!) producing a cortical rim that well delimits the soralia, that develop initially on the cortex. These soralia become shortly stipitate, slightly convex at the top and usually remaining separate. In contrast, U. praetervisa has ±diffuse soralia, unstipitate, developing on fibercles and coalescing together. The diameter of the soralia is smaller and the density of the soralia is on average higher in U. praetervisa than in U. subfloridana. Anatomicaly, U. subfloridana has a tendency to have a thicker cortex and a thinner central axis than U. praetervisa. Chemicaly, U. praetervisa has norsticitc acid in the medulla whereas U. subfloridana produces thamnolic and/ or squamatic acids.
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A question for Disers that don't live in London:
Where you live, or in nearby neighbourhoods, towns, etc......basically anywhere that you've been in the UK that isn't London -- Is there a current trend of 'builders' buying victorian terrace houses, in order to renovate them - under the guise of being 'Architects'?
It seems that more and more often, around north London I am seeing Terraced houses with an old bath tub, or water storage unit in the front garden, accompanied by a ton of rubble and plastering waste - and out the front there will be a sign declaring the name of the Architects that are renovating the building.
Below isn't a great example, but it's one that I remembered from a while back that would possibly be on g maps.
I suppose my point is - since when did builders become architects?
What you're seeing is a sign for a property developer
and the builders they have hired to gut the buildingjustanothersheeldz and LdnMetropolitanElite this'd this
What I mean is - there can't have been any elements of design, as such.
In honesty, the one in the gmaps picture did have an extension added to the property. But either way the design would have been simple enough for your average builder to manage - not sure why an architect would need to design it.
At any rate, the other houses that I see in North London all the time, aren';t having extensions. Just new kitchens fitted, etc..
just because they're RIBA registered it doesn't mean they'll have an architect working on every single project
and if you're dealing with renovating historic and likely protected buildings in conservation areas I imagine it would help to have one on staff generally
round about the same time that guys who come out and install your Virgin Media
became "Engineers".LOLpop this'd this
or the guys who make your sandwiches at subway
became "artists".
its usually just builders renovating old properties.
sometimes get signs advertising fence companies on fences. maybe because they cant park their van outside the property which is free advertising
The sign is that of a chartered Architectural practise, it has nothing to do with the builders. You see (and have done for years), seen signs like that on developments, in the same way that you often get builders and engineers putting up a sign on hoarding.
All this means is that an Architect has been employed to design the refurbishment - whether it be to seek planning permission (especially if splitting the properties up into flats), design an extension (especially if it's in a conservation area), bring design flair or expertise to the project, or to achieve Building Control sign-off.
Contract values of refurbs like this could well run into the hundreds of thousands of pounds, especially if they are in properties like this in wealthy areas like this. Many clients would want the involvement of an Architect and all the security that entails.
Some of the places I've seen haven't been that exclusive - or in
amazingly desirable locations though.
I know you don't think Architects do anything bar pick the colour of wall paint,
But lots of clients see the value of employing Architects on schemes like this. In my experience, Contractors do not have the knowledge and experience to efficiently take a home refurb through planning and building regs, plus Architect's design liability far outstrips those of Contractors in terms of length and extent of cover.
If you see the extent of a lot of these refurbs, there's no way that a Contractor could have done them by themselves without the aid of Architects or C&S and M&E engineers.TheWza this'd this
Eh, I'm not having a go at you guys.
More so the opposite!
I'm saying that I'm surprised that Architects would need to get involved with renovation works. It's not technical enough to warrant needing an architect.
Point taken about the planning.
Not so sure about the level of M&E expertise needed - on the projects that I've seen anyway. Could undserstand the input needed on larger projects though.
They quite often are technical enough,
especially if it's dealing with an older building - Contractors like straight-forward details and construction, but that's often not possible, especially with improved environmental and air-leakage standards.
In a lot of cases the Architect will also be operating as a Contract Administrator and Project Manager too.TheWza this'd this
I don't have the CD here and I can't even remember if the lyrics are in there
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101% certain
no way
their official site doesn't seem to have lyrics on it but all of the fansites i'm checking say butcher
The album sleeve says Butcher,
But he often sings Vulture.
in response to the op
no, not really
I live in a converted Victorian house
and the nature of the repair works that we needed and the scale of those works meant that we had an architect project managing the programme. So maybe it's that?


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Five foods your dentist asks you to avoid: Although it is important to have a varied diet, some foods are much less good for your teeth than others. Keep reading, and you will discover the five types of food that your dentist would prefer to see you avoid.
1. Sweet Foods
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Conclusion: Foods that are more than four centimeters tall are too big for the capacities of your jaws.
Beware of when you eat
The time you eat is as important as what you eat. Nibbling all day makes your mouth exposed to more sugars and acids than it would if these foods were caught during a meal. "If I eat a meal and order a dessert," says Dr. Swan, "people laugh: Well, you are a dentist, and you eat a chocolate cake with a sweet frosting! However, I eat this cake as part of my meal, and after that, I will rinse my teeth with water or chew a piece of sugarless gum. It would be entirely different if I brought the cake to my office to nibble it all afternoon. "


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I live in a swamp, in the country. Its quiet out there, just fresh air, and buffaloes and marsh birds. If you'd like to wake up and smell the wood fires, if you'd like to bathe in cold well water and eat good healthsome stuff that just grows wild, come stay with me...but leave those gadgets behind, please
Thursday, May 24, 2007
knox never tried eating a kabaraya, I guess
Robert Knox from - An Historical Relation of Ceylon
8 comments:
- N said...
ah but he must have tried to munch on it to know that it "is not eatable" eh?
- Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:03:00 PM
- al juhara said...
poor darn lizard...:-)
- Friday, May 25, 2007 12:26:00 AM
- N said...
I'm sure he hisseth and hisseth but couldn't scare the Englishman with the fork and knife away (gah...what a bad joke:)
- Friday, May 25, 2007 7:24:00 AM
- al juhara said...
sorry to bust yer bubble but its them natives who do the worst attrocities. read this :
James Emerson Tennent writes in Ceylon (1859[1977]:I.151n): "In the preparation of the mysterious poison, the Cobra-tel, which is regarded with so much horror by the Singhalese, the unfortunate Kabra-goya is forced to take a painfully prominent part . . . The ingredients are extracted from venomous snakes, the Cobra de Capello, the Carawella, and the Ticpolonga, by making an incision in the head and suspending the reptiles over a chattie to collect the poison. To this, arsenic and other drugs are added, and the whole is to be 'boiled in a human skull, with the aid of three Kabragoyas, which are tied on three sides of the fire, with their heads directed towards it, and tormented by whips to make them hiss, so that the fire may blaze. The froth from their lips is then to be added to the boiling mixture, and so soon as an oily scum rises to the surface, the cobra-tel is complete."
- Friday, May 25, 2007 7:51:00 PM
What doth one do with Cobra tel?
- Monday, May 28, 2007 1:48:00 AM
- al juhara said...
well ....knowing the singhalese obsession with pulling down other Singhalese, it is probably soemthing immoral ,unethical and quite fattening :-)
- Monday, May 28, 2007 2:37:00 AM
ahh... deep fried mung kevum?
drop the G homie. sinhalese. u aint no G.
- Tuesday, May 29, 2007 5:29:00 AM
- al juhara said...
and u just got no sense of humor, have you? James Emerson Tennent referred to them as Singhalese so who am I to differ?
- Tuesday, May 29, 2007 6:17:00 AM


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Under the editorship of Shayne Currie the New Zealand Herald has been transformed from a quality newspaper into little better than a trash tabloid.
I need to be a little more precise here. Mr Currie has responsibility primarily for the Monday-to-Friday Herald and it is to those editions that my remarks apply.
The Weekend Herald, which appears on Saturday, is edited by David Hastings. (*See correction below.) The Sunday Herald is edited by Miriyana Alexander whose function appears to be to make even the Monday-to-Friday Herald look good. It is a wretched publication.
Now if Mr Currie or Ms Alexander had the slightest interest in Brian Edwards' opinion of their papers – which they certainly haven't – they would reply that their circulation figures and the Qantas and Canon media awards on their office shelves tell a different story. In those terms they are extremely successful publications. And they would be right.
My only comment would be that tabloid trash and high circulation go together in pretty well every Western democracy and that there are so many media awards and so few major newspapers in New Zealand that it is almost impossible not to have accumulated several shelves-full.
Shayne and Miriyana would therefore be entirely within their rights to dismiss me as a journalism snob. But we journalism snobs have hearts and we are entitled to mourn the loss of the quality publication that the Herald once was. We are consoled by the excellent Weekend Herald, but there are signs that the populist wolf is already sniffing at the door there too.
I described the weekday Herald as "little better than a trash tabloid'. It would be fair to start with the things that are better. They include:
*The work of brilliant cartoonist Rod Emmerson whom, in my Helen Clark days, I quite wrongly accused of catering to his employers' right-wing prejudices. Emmerson combines insight, satire and extraordinary draughtsmanship to produce a daily cocktail of cartoon delight.
*The Herald's team of political columnists, ably led by the incomparable John Armstrong.
*Fran O'Sullivan
*Brian Rudman
*Some contributed columns
*Sarah Stuart's 12 Questions
*Sideswipe with Ana Samways (despite its sometimes saccharine content)
*Letters to the editor page
*The cryptic crossword.
(You can add to the list. I have blindspots of course, including sport in which my interest does not extend beyond netball, tennis and Lydia Ko.)
But these "better" points are massively outnumbered by the ever-increasing examples of the "tabloidization" of the weekday Herald's content which was anticipated by the change of format a couple of years ago but began long before that. Have a look at almost any Monday- to-Friday edition today and these are some of the things you'll discover:
*The front page coverage rarely relates to the major news event of the previous 24 hours. It normally features items that are either sentimental (sad/happy/quaint), sensational (traffic accidents/sex/crime /general mayhem) or celebrity driven. House prices are now part of the front-page staple diet, as they are inside the paper. There is a heavy reliance on photographs to fill the front-page.
*The focus on celebrities and celebrity gossip, once the preserve of celebrity publications and "women's magazines" has hugely increased under the guiding hand of gossip columnist Rachel Glucina. Ms Clucina's level of contribution to the paper has recently increased exponentially to the point where her revelations about the rich, famous, would-be-famous and previously unheard-of can merit a double-page spread in the middle of the paper. And this is not the end of it. It was with horror that I opened a recent Weekend Herald to discover that the Clucina infection had spread there too.
*When Ms Glucina is not writing about celebrities in the weekday Herald they are writing about themselves. Mark Sainsbury, Mike Hosking and Lucy Lawless are just three in a longish list of "TV stars" who share their opinions on pretty well everything with the humble reader.
(An aside: Mr Hosking gets a double bite of the opinion cherry with his appearances on Seven Sharp. In both media he recently expressed his firm view that there was absolutely no justification for workers to be allowed tea-breaks. I can tell you from 47 years first-hand experience that no one consumes more tea or coffee on the job than the average radio or TV broadcaster.)
*Sentiment, sensation, celebrity (and house prices) also drive the weekday Herald's news pages.
*A recent addition to the paper is a segment called "Rants and Raves". The title could scarcely be more explicit in its intention. Readers are encouraged to "rant" or "rave" about something on their minds. Their rants and raves must be bite-sized and not require too much thought on their or the reader's part, thoughtful expression being reserved for the editorial and correspondence columns. There's an interesting comparison here with the bite-sized reports that now characterise television news and current affairs reporting.
*Bob Jones.
There are lots more examples and I could go on, but I'm probably boring you already. The bottom line is that a once quality publication, the New Zealand Herald, from Monday to Friday now offers its readers a formula that increasingly looks like a combination of the Women's Weekly, Daily Mail, the National Inquirer and Hello magazine. The physical transformation from broadsheet to tabloid is now clearly reflected in the paper's content. I suspect it will not be long before the excellent Weekend Herald follows a similar downward trajectory.
(Since publishing this post I've been advised that David Hastings no longer edits the Weekend Herald. Mr Currie now includes that position among his responsibilities. This may explain the arrival of Ms Glucina. I fear my suspicion of other unwelcome changes to the Weekend Herald may not be without foundation. I nonetheless apologise for my mistake. Damn you Wikipedia!)
You have more than one blind spot, Brian.
The utterly ridiculous "business" columns by Dita De Boni, Deborah Hill-Cone and "economics" by Peter Lyons – all of which are so left wing as to have completely vacated the premises stage left. Likewise Paul Little on ideological politics.
As for Bob Jones, at least he has both a sense of humour and a more than passing knowledge of what he writes about unlike all the others.
Plus the comment moderation is both glacial and censorious and it also embarks on populist political crusades and scandal-mongering irrespective of actual merit.
That said, I agree entirely with your conclusions. It becomes a trashier tabloid by the month. I look forward to some adaptation of technology that will render it completely irrelevant to my day.
"Car Crash" Currie, as he has increasingly become known, is hastening the end of daily newspapers in this country.
The Herald is simply no longer a journal of record. And when credibility is lost it can't be regained.
(I have deleted your third paragraph. It is highly defamatory and I have no way of judging whether it is true or not. BE)
Rachel Glucina is a disgrace, outed by Hagar as welded to the Slater/Key two tier dirty politics machine.
The problem is not the demise of the Herald as a quality paper, that has happened before – just look at the Times. The problem is that there is no quality paper at all in this country anymore. We are stuck with the Daily Mail of the south as the newspaper of record.
As it is, No one is stupid enough to buy the Herald anymore, and the circulation figures put about are a manufactured farrago. It's influence is now entirely because it is free and online.
You should all move to Dunedin. We have an independent newspaper here The Otago Daily Times, which is pretty good in the main, an excellent International Section on Mondays and a new weekend magazine far better than Sunday in Sunday Star Times. And no hype.
Alan Wilkinson likes Bob Jones? I guess the last dinosaurs clung together until extinction came as well.
Not sure the dinosaurs had a sense of humour but Bob & I certainly do. And the Left are far too busy proclaiming doom and gloom to have one. Absolutely positively suicidal.
If your comment regarding the Left, Mr Wilkinson, is aimed at demonstrating your sense of humour, I'm afraid you've failed. I would be tempted to characterise said comment as typical of a narrow-minded, unthinking right-winger, but that would be falling into the same trap as you…
By the way, for me Peter Lyons writes the only comment on economics in the Herald that takes a broader view and makes sense within that broader context – I'm referring to the society that the "economy" is supposed to serve.
Scottie Stevenson's take on rugby matters – incorporating as it often does what matters beyond rugby – is a regular delight. But it seems I check in vain for signs that the huge chip on Chris Rattue's shoulder might be someday whittled away – by life perhaps, since the Herald's editor is unlikely to have any part in this task.
Deeply saddened to read that Shane Currie has taken over the Weekend Herald.
The Rugby section is really good IMHO. At least the online version. No one will ever replace T P McLean and like modern sports reporting the world over there is an over-emphasis on regurgitating quotes from players and coaches. But Chris Rattue is a refreshingly contrary point of view, even if you don't agree with him.
But that is about it.
Rugby section blows goats. Tedious one-eyed twaddle. An entire article devoted entirely to what Brit journos have written about the ABs. Wynne "Cyclops" Gray/Grey's eyes are way too close together for comfort. Gregor Paul is a talentless, obsequious bald scotch prat. It really pains me to see overseas folk, so desperate for acceptance, that they can only appeal to the lowest common denominator. The ugly obnoxious AB supporter. Rattue is the most skilled of a very mediocre bunch, but is a tosser.
I indulged you until, "The ugly obnoxious AB supporter. Rattue". He may be a lot of things, but certainly not a cheerleader.
Agree re Wynne Gray, aka "Graham Henry's mouthpiece".
On the whole, though, I think they do a good job. But in a country with a high level of rugby discernment, where every second reader is smarter than the All Black coaches, that is usually under-unappreciated.
"The ugly obnoxious AB supporter" is the lowest common denominator being appealed to. I had no one in particular in mind. Rattue is a very handsome man, at least in comparison to Paul/Grey/Gray.
Seems it is vying for the position that the Whale once filled.
Chief bogeyman for the Left? That really indicates how out of touch the political Left has become.
The final straw for me was the story about the separated wife's alimony claim against a certain internet mogul.This conclusively proved how far the Herald had fallen.
I now have one word for almost everything we are now seeing and reading in the NZ media now. 'Nonsense'.
What is being proffered as news is driven by nonsense 'kowtowing' journalists, nonsense partial social and political commentary, nonsense generatiion 'Ass' spluttering about nonsense geeky crap that their advertisers want pushed.
It is the only word that seems to cover all the bases.
For the media to ignore the widespread destruction of NZ jobs and the poverty and child abuse that the current govts poliicies are engendering, while serving redneck like judgements on anyone who fronts them for kowtowing is … Nonsense of the greatest magnitude.
The US is alive and thriving with active political commentary while we have seemingly handed the keys of NZ truth to a fool who can't stop grinning.
No. It just unbelievable bloody nonsense. Death throws. Bring on the new media i say. These donosaurs are dead meat.
How far can death throw? I'm intrigued.
The old media has far too many commentaries and editorials on stuff the writer has zero expertise to assess.
Factual content is withering in inverse proportion to the above. Much of your comment is direct evidence of the latter.
A massive pair of breasts startling the reader on page 3 is the only feature still to be introduced. Surely only a question of time. How is it possible that the same people, apart from the editor, produce the 'Weekend Herald' after a week of shallow pulp. It's so bad I assumed Mike Hosking was the editor.
Just on a point of fact, David Hastings left the Herald almost two years ago.
As the election approached, the opinion pieces swung more and more to the right of the political spectrum. After the election, having done their job, they are now trending back towards the centre.
As far as the change of format to tabloid is concerned, I would point out that it takes a certain amount of intelligence to fold a broadsheet newspaper to a manageable and readable size in a confined space such as a bus or train.
I was wrong. Obviously you do have a sense of humour. How else could you ignore the series of columns the Herald ran from every Lefty they could lay their hands on?
Not that left, the other left.
Old news Brian. But true for all that.
When Kim Dotcom castigated journalists for not doing their jobs he was right – but 'the media' reflected his umbrage with their own. But I suppose they have crazy mortgages to pay and hungry mouths to feed.
I've given up on 'push'/broadcast news. There is no real value in mainstream media – whether it is OneNews, 3News or Campbell live the return on investment in time and attention makes for a thin meal.
I'll cherry pick from credible outlets and leave the linkbaiters and tabloids to squirm around in their mudpools without me. I sense I'm not alone.
don't think i'd call deborah hill-cone's column " left wing?"….more julie burchill/agony aunt…i quite like her stuff actually!
Rob get a grip! It's unreadable self obsessed drivel!
She has improved greatly since she has started writing about a subject she knows something about: herself. Her columns on politics and economics were just dreadful.
May I suggest David Fisher is starting to make a positive impact, too, and now Matt Nippert and Steve Braunias are coming on board, perhaps it's not all disaster…
I think Brian, that you will find the Qantas Media Awards succumbed some years ago and that they are now called the Canon Media Awards.
Gracias amigo!
Spot on Brian! Just yesterday I choked on my toast at the infantile level the Herald had descended to. Worse for me in that I read the Telegraph online only to find it cut and pasted the next morning masquerading as the Herald's international section. The only 'reading' for the week is the Heralds Friday pullout Business section. Truly sad to see such a great rag descend to such depths….
Afraid David Hastings has long left the Herald. He retired to b write books on history.
Jeremy Rees had the role for 17 months and Shayne Currrie is editor of both the Monday to Friday and Weekend herald
Thanks John, though I think my correction pretty well covered this. I'd be really interested in your view of the validity or otherwise of my assessment of the weekday Herald. Is it perhaps shared by at least some Herald journos and columnists? I won't hold my breath for a reply. Cheers. Brian
I had not seen the add on correction – original was left intact. No offence intended.
None taken, of course.
The Herald has always been the right wings chorus sheet and what the left wraps the fish and chips in.
It used to be when it was a proper newspaper. Now it is fairly central editorially but most columnists are Lefties with about half a dozen exceptions.
Now you two – Kat and Alan – this really isn't the point. The point is the decline of journalistic standards in a once fine newspaper.
What is there left to say except that technology has doomed the old media model. The masses want instant gratification, not hard news that requires work and thought to make sense of. And the minority cannot afford to fund hard news by themselves. They used to be subsidised by the masses who had then to be grateful for whatever snippets of gratification their betters deigned to slip them. Now the masses are freed from that control and that genie will never go back in the bottle.
So we must look to technology to provide another solution and a new model. I think it's too soon to know what that will be,
I think I will wait forever to read an article on world affairs written by a NZ journo. Our journos seem only capable of writing populist tripe. The serious stuff is all acquired from overseas news media.
It would be great to see a Guardian "NZ" in addition to the US/Aust online versions of the UK paper. How many local journalists would they need on the ground here to carry it off? It's something I'd expect to happen at some point, other titles (Daily Telegraph, Mail) would also work.
Instead of spouting this sort of nonsense go and see how much the Guardian UK loses each year.
Your ignorance is exposed by your also using the DAily Mail as an example. The Mail makes the Herald look like a ultra conservative broadsheet. The Mail is tabloid journalism at its worst.
As for The Telegraph that has gone steadily downhill under the stewardship of the Barclay brothers.
Until 2011 when I retired to take up my other occupation of writing history, it was a part of my job as a parliamentary adviser to read the Herald, the Dom-Post and the Press every day. I stopped reading the Herald at that point. More recently I find myself traveling to Auckland for business reasons at regular intervals and about six months ago I picked up a copy of the Herald to while away the time between meetings. I couldn't believe it! This crappy little rag obsessed with the private doings of Auckland nobodies had replaced a long standing quality newspaper. I suppose the final step will be the appointment of Cameron Slater as editor. You can learn more about what is happening in New Zealand and its economy by reading The Economist of The Guardian Weekly (whichever suits your political perspective) than you can by reading any daily paper in this country. Many years ago the American journalist/ novelist Eric Linklater said of our press following a visit that there was one editor from North Cape to Bluff and his name was Monotony. Little did he know the depths to which the press (I saw it described aptly recently as 'the dead tree media') would finally sink in search of profit
I reflect on my time many years ago getting up early rain, hail, fog or the smell from Abels in Newmarket to deliver all those Heralds. Now the notion occurs that my morning delivery has turned into a night cart depositing.
And the Gruesima contributions seal it.
I have subscribed to the NZH for more years than I care to remember, but after an overseas holiday we have not renewed our subscription. The withdrawal symptoms are there but at least I don't feel the daily disappointment of opening this second rate newspaper.
The Herald is awful and gets worse. Its obsession with crime and house prices is just paranoid. I happily live without fear or great interest in either. They are creating some kind of crisis mentality…and the political hack who wrote John Keys biography ( name escapes me ) is such a Key cheerleader its embarrassing.
Sorry I thought the Hosking articles were an elaborate wind up …id it really how he thinks !
I thought the population of Auckland was obsessed with crime and house prices (witness the crash of the council website with CVs). The Herald is giving people what they want.
The content may not be to the taste of the Herne Bay intelligentsia but TH is doing the same as every other media outlet; providing for the majority of its audience. If it did not it would go out of business. As Mencken said nobody ever went broke by underestimating public taste.
The solution is simple; don't buy the paper. There are so many sources of news paid and unpaid there is no reason to be wedded to one source. there are plenty of places online where one can still find thoughtful comment and good journalism.
When you continue to create a climate around a certain set of fears then of course people continue to buy into it, I just think the Herald is feeding a fear of crime that isn't associated with peoples real experiences. They are not alone most mid market papers the world over do it.Of course no one needs to purchase it …sorry I actually don't even know where Herne Bay is …but assume it was an insult
Herne Bay: not an insult at all.
"… may not be the taste of the Herne Bay intelligentsia…" When you think about it, this is in itself a somewhat elitist comment: you may not like this rubbish but the hoi pollo – stupid people living in less affluent suburbs – will. And your solution is a non-solution: when journalism standards in the largest and most influential newspaper in your country decline, don't try to do anything about it; just find something better from overseas to read. The stupid people in South and West Auckland are happy after all! Cheers.
That is really interesting. I used to regard the Herald as the best in the world but now limit myself to the Saturday only – very sad to hear that it has a new editor. I try Sunday around twice a year but are always left disappointed. Monday to Friday just creates too much rubbish.
I agree with your assessment, Brian. My disillusionment with the Herald has grown since returning to NZ from overseas. The bigotry, the bias and lack of quality commentary on any issue of importance although it appears that the technology of the latest Team Addidas (AB) game shirt rates highly makes a mockery of a its claim to be a Newspaper.
I thought that the turning if the once great Herald into a "trash tabloid" was a clever marketing ploy.Dumb it down as far as possible to make it attractive to the majority of Aucklanders and so stop circulation from sliding.
Sad but probably true, Bill.
I guess, the Herald is going the way of what's being shown on TV — The Block, X-Factor, The Voice, MKR, Master Chef, Keeping up with the Kardashians etc.
Hell, Brian, whaddya moaning about when you're a self-proclaimed fan of 'New Zealand's Top Model'?
As an occasional reader (free, online, and certainly not if they introduce a paywall) of the New Zealand Herald I find I have committed the great crime of Not Living in Auckland. Thus I am Not a New Zealander in their eyes, being judged beyond the pale and not worth being shown any articles on topics of interest to non-Aucklanders.
If you call yourself the "New Zealand" Herald, raise your game and be about New Zealand and not the low-grade Auckland-centric parish-pump stuff the Herald is fixated with.The only time they pay any attention to the rest of the country is when it has extreme weather events or gruesome crime cases. Blinkered. Not good enough.
As for its slide into trash stories and click-bait rabble rousing columnists, I'll leave such fodder to those with a taste for ugliness. The Internet's a big place, and there's beauty, grace, intelligence and stories offering optimism about the human race on offer out there. Frankly, I'd rather spend my time looking for the positive.
Interesting… hey Brian, if you wish to criticise the standard of reporting, it's probably a real good idea to make sure that you spell people's names correctly when doing so and get the name of the media awards correct.
Right to the heart of the matter, Dave. A typo in one case and the Herald and Sunday Herald have both won Qantas awards. Shame on me though – forgot to mention the Canons! Mea maxima culpa.
You saw it next in Sideswipe.
Brian, with all the fondness in the world, the fact that you would count those ideologically blinded zombie economics touting numb nut, out of touch, status quo lapping up troglodyte sycophants Fran O'Sullivan and John Armstrong as contributing the high points to the general dross that is the herald (and our MSM in general) only shows two things, how out of touch you are with the fundamentally corrupt nature of our system of government, and how bad the herald really is, though not exceptional at all of course in terms of New Zealand's media.
How much of a chardonnay socialist have you become Brian? I know the old adage about opinions hardening with the arteries, but surely this could be prevented by employing the intellectual capabilities of one such as yourself. But seriously, these so called commentators are so ignorant to the day to day realities of most peoples existences, let alone the fundamental corruption at the heart of the financial system and our corporate lackey western democracies, they deserve no respect whatsoever.
Take a good hard look at the system we inhabit, from beyond your comfortable upper middle class existence, and you will see that that the reason so few engage in the politicals is that even the left are right wing these days, and common sense has been drowned out by a barrage of PR masquerading as information, sound byte moronism, supported by a commentariat who continuously provide a narrow perspective in which any alternative, of which their are many, is impossible.
If your generation really have given up searching and questioning, any sort of moderately utopian vision, then perhaps it is time you gave up all together and passed on the baton, instead you all seem to be clinging for ever to the ghost of some past glory, when you you actually had passion and insight, and have become nothing but straw man progressives, who in reality support the utterly corrupt, psychopathic and ultimately suicidal status quo, by providing the illusion of an alternative point of view, without ever questioning the fundamental flaws at the heart of our so called democracies and economic systems. But who cares so long as you and yours are doing okay I guess huh?
The herald, and the dom, and all the subsidary regionals their corporate bosses own, have been nothing but trashy vehicles for propaganda hacks for quite some time. It's all about the dollar and selling advertising, and backing the bosses favourite political horse, who cares about context and insight so long as the content induces sufficient emotion in the viewer to sell a paper, and the political goals of the elite are served at critical times like the lead up to elections.
Journalistic standards and professional excellence, not to mention the duty of the fourth estate to defend and inform democracy have long since gone out the window.
The war is over and the bad guys have all but won Brian. If you're only seeing that now, I'm shocked.
If only we'd all fought harder. I of course am a generation or so younger than you lot, and you guys have been in the driving seat for quite some time.
Not exactly an exemplary performance as far as I can see, though apparently we never could have achieved as much as the self appointed greatest generation ever anyway….
Perhaps I'm missing something, perhaps I just have a chip on my shoulder, maybe I've got the wrong end of the stick. I hope so. For all our sakes, because looking around, if these guys are the standard bearers of informed opinion, we are in serious trouble. But then, that much has also blatantly obvious to anyone with their eyes open. I hope I'm wrong , I really really do. But I don't think so.
Just 2 cents of citizen nobody really, but have admired your work for some time Brian, and I don't think those guys are a scratch on on real journalism, informed opinion, or anything like what we desperately need to turn the titanic. Pleasing rearrangements of deck chairs will not suffice I'm afraid…
Mate is the world really such a relentlessly depressing place? I see you wrote at 01.03, so maybe you have your own demons but for goodness sake, have a cup of tea, admire the spring roses, be glad you don't live in Northern Irag and be thankful you have some choices.
a) Take "Old Tony"'s advice.
b) Your state of mind (despair) is the natural result of socialist indoctrination since you are dependent on other people and governments to make you happy by implementing your utopian vision. That will never, ever happen. They will always have their own agenda. Socialism is a crap delusion that brings misery to both those who wish for it and those who practice it.
Three thoughts for you:
You can have anything you want by giving enough other people what they want; and
When you help other people and make them happy you make yourself happy.
Your state of mind is in your own hands, no-one else's.
Disparage away, Alan, as it's your forte, but I rather liked Quinnjin's turn of phrase when s/he coined the expression "sound byte moronism".
I might use that.
Of course I wasn't disparaging Qinnjin, but the deluded philosophy that is causing such depression to its adherents. I like the phrase too, but ironically it probably applies least of all to the journalists Qinnjin picks out for condemnation and far more to the gaggle of gallery journalists Lange called reef fish and the menagerie of largely Lefty columnists who chant in unison.
Armstrong and O'Sullivan at least have their own opinions even when they are wrong.
Most feedback I've had in years. Thanks Brian x
Oh for the days of what Metro used to call "Granny" Herald..
Couldn't agree more Brian. The daily front page drivel about house prices, Lorde and now, Millie Holmes and poor Connor who "died in her arms" make me cringe on a daily basis, not to mention the typos and shocking grammar in the online version. Sadly there's no there alternative and you're right, journalistic integrity and newspaper sales are inversely proportional.
Apologies for the iPhone typo in my previous comment. Maybe I should write for The Herald.
I think they do an excellent job given the resources. You are so far removed from a newsroom now you have failed to realise how much the environment has changed.
Brian, I would be interested in your opinion of the "brand insight" section of the online herald. No doubt they are trying to embrace "native advertising" due to commercial pressures but IMHO the fact that this is paid content would be missed by the majority of non-discerning readers.
For me this is a further reason, along with the low news value of the local content (incessant reporting of car crashes and house prices) and large amounts of syndicated content from overseas papers that I have usually already read elsewhere, for my time spent reading the online herald to be reduced to a cursory scan of the headlines.


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Born a full blown Libra to a scale of blind justice
My hair & eyes are brown as can be
I come from a large family
Don't like to be called a princess
every now and than you still find me climbing up a tree
My daddy paid for my expo ride
My favorite color comes in green
In my hometown I join the women baseball team.
I still own a lot of Mardi beads
I love boxing in my own back yard
I dislike when people think I am very brainy
I no longer care of the Physics of my stare
Funny to think I once knew that the mass and energy,
is related to the famous equation E=mc (tiny) 2....
c how I love the speed of light, gravity do to motion due
m &o are like the m&m of the mass related to the observation of me
LOL : - ) I still have a bit of physics dumb minded skills
Ask me this tomorrow and I will forget every # of square root
Yikes to geometry I want to c light when it comes to v for my velocity,
changing and walking to a straight direction to my four walls of dimension.
That is me not so nutty but a little crazy
With an IQ, to mix and match & play it out.
I love the challenge when I'm standing on my own high horse
Ask me to many questions you will get a beat around the bush
Who really needs to know the truth about being confused
I love to passion out my color pink.
I alway come across to many eye blinks
Get caught up in puzzles that help me think
Yes I love video games Just got done playing "Halo"
M.K. Liu K. is all I got to say/// me play Guitar Hero? hmm? ;-)
My spirit does not let go of the cartoon phase.
When it comes to favorites, I place my son as # 1
How about my favorite niece, she my only true buddy
My favorite all time poet, not many care for his dark eyes Mr E.A. Poe
Emotions to feel it all, why not let it show.
Do not give me coffee, I will over expose my silly charms.
I love my dog, hate his fleas, I keep him away from the birds and the bees
One thing I can not go with out is to solve a mystery when in doubt
I guess sometimes I can't even figure myself out,
Why some one would say I can be a role model?
This is just a bit about me, ooh yes I forgot to mention
I love the slamming world of all kinds of poetry.
Copyright © Poet Destroyer A | Year Posted 2010
felt like i did before thats how i know i missed ya
if i could then i woulda grabbed ya hugged and kissed ya
bachelor for eternity missing the bigger picture
you i barely knew, appearing on every vista
i appreciate the support, but what i need is love
tho truth may hurt, better than all of the above
i trusted you cause you represent something ive never done,
who knew that two can prove to be better than one or
first in a place, never won a sum,
bygones gone and a couple of puns
we let the honey run till sweet enough touch
beat around the bush, no rush
it got hotter but the wetaher didnt change
not a cloud in the sky or a drop of blame
no need for a why whenw e had an x
we gotta where we wanted then decided what next
no matter where i go
over land and sea
id rather have you cause one is lonely
keep me company
three not necessary
feels real comfy
has since february
february march april may june july august in a day
the longer we go the more we grow
feeling better each step of the way
if theres a problem we can talk and double check
nothing we cant solve with an embrace and kiss to the face or neck
i love you more than ode and penelope. maria odb
or lil kim and biggie
thank the gods we aint in a greek tragedy
or sometime before 19 sixty
for what is feminin
sent me to my questionin
i quickly collected evidence, respect
exactly what i expected, experiencing the extension
my seconds, perspective as my lessons
i remember when im stressing
to fit into my senses, lower my defenses
soothing if theres tenseness, leaving room for suggestion
did i mention that youre precious
a gift of personal appreciation, when we regard eachother
in highest celebration shared by lovers, so more than any i thank you
for willing to get as close as you do
i hope for you the complimentary is true
im sure if it wasnt we can talk it through its coo
right there is reason why i call you boo
no matter where i go
over land and sea
id rather have you cause one is lonely
keep me company
three not necessary
feels real comfy
has since february
february march april may june july august in a day
the longer we go the more we grow
feeling beter each step of the way
Copyright © Davin Payne | Year Posted 2012
deep down you want it to be different
you want to wake up in the morning with the evidence of your
imaginary friend
right there, in your hand, for all the world to see---
let's not beat around the bush,
because we both know
you want to take that evidence & run to the top of every hill & proclaim to all those who
doubted &
that yes,
it was all true & that he will be coming back soon,
just like he promised
(you want soooooo bad to rub our faces in it & subsequently watch us burn eternally in your "hell" for not going along with the rest of the sheep)
to kiss the heads of all the good little devotees who spent their whole lives
proselytizing in desperation,
waiting for a fictional character to come to life &
fulfill all the promises made in his name,
so that
everything will
make sense.
i have put the toll house squares in the oven
(not gonna waste too much time on your comfort) &
set the milk on the stove at low heat---
now, promise me,
when your world comes crashing down & he doesn't show,
don't put the shotgun barrel in your mouth &
blast yourself till' sunday---
have some warm milk & cookies &
cry the night away,
for in the morning it will all be better
without him.
Copyright © andrew delapruch | Year Posted 2011
A metaphor is such a bore,
When it is overused,
And words that rhyme are out-of-line,
When they are so abused
And those cliches are 'here to stay',
And drive us all insane,
But we continue using them,
And so we're all to blame.
It's like 'we're on the same old page',
Or 'talking to the wall',
Don't mean to 'beat around the bush',
So please don't 'have a cow'.
A 'screen-door on a submarine',
Is such a useless thing,
And when I rant and criticize,
I'm 'going out on a string'.
For many disagree with me,
And say that I am wrong,
And then they 'go their separate ways',
And 'sing the same old song'.
A metaphor is such a bore,
When it is overused,
But I have trouble finding words,
So please have me excused.
Copyright © David Pekrul | Year Posted 2017
Women are my favourite kind of people
I drool at the one's in bikinis
Getting a stirring, you know where I mean
Some might call it my genie
That's not obscene, kinda cute don't ya think
I tell it like it is dear friends
I've never been one to beat around the bush
Really not concerned by the trends
Come out and say what's really on my mind
No confusion or mistaking my point
It sure would be better if we all did the same
No mixed signals around this joint
So getting back to young girl's in bikinis
No finer picturesque work of art
So the drooling us males are known to do
Is a testament to the joy in our hearts
© Jack Ellison 2015
Copyright © Jack Ellison | Year Posted 2015
I am going to write about the sky is the limit
Or is it?
There shouldn't be any limit
God is an unlimited God
So why should you deserve anything less?
You should always be striving
for the other side
Lol not
You shouldn't be striving anyway
God is going to give you
what He is going to give
But he will not give you limits
I know that
He will tell you not do
And it is up to you to obey
But do you consider that a limit
if you know what is good for you?
God will always give you what you want
And if anyone tells you otherwise
It's a bunch of baloney
The Bible said "He will give you the desires of your heart" (Psalm 37:4)
And sometimes He will you more than what you desire
Because He an unlimited God
Don't expect Him to stop
For a time I was tired of He is always changing me
But I found that He changes me for the better
And I gave up
He can just do whatever He is going to do
Up to no good
Or is it?
Who knows?
Depends on the day, right?
But I do know that He will continue to give it to you
as long as you obey
and there is no blockage
What is that?
That is when you do something wrong
and there is something separate between you and God
Don't let that something separate you
Correct it
Do whatever it takes
God will correct you
That's no worry
God will show you exactly what you do wrong
so you can correct it
He doesn't beat around the bush
He beats it on you
I am just kidding
You'll know it anyway
as you wouldn't be here
Now I am really kidding
But I am not kidding about....
Copyright © Toquyen Harrell | Year Posted 2015
is some on your mind
i see the sign
am not blind
don't be a tush
say it
do this
don't beat around the bush
Copyright © kurtis scott aka curtis futch jr | Year Posted 2011
i gather my sticks and stones
beat around the bush
facing East, then West
bow three times
scrape my knees on the doorstep of persuasion
the attic is filled with cobwebbed intrusions of domesticity
but nothing seems out of place,
the basement leaks with water under the foundation
and the walls shout with time cracking through the lifted iris
you purr like a selfish house cat, smug and twitching his whiskers
with pensive appetite,
i'm off to save the world, the sting ray in my pocket,
a jawbone on my shoulder,
dragonflies are busy dodging mouthfuls of distress
my croc is ticking out his schemes on a Tuesday afternoon,
you could do worse than read this poem.
you should have read the riddle I left for you.
Copyright © Anna Ruiz | Year Posted 2011
Dear Doyle,
Why have you not incorporated me further into your work?
When I found out I appeared briefly, in just three stories, I was hurt.
You made me smarter than Sherlock himself,
but, alas, you did not find me worth the ink.
And no, my dear friend, no simple explanation will suffice.
We are both men Arthur, let's not beat around the bush like mice
You'll meet me tonight, eight o'clock sharp at the Reigate Squires.
Do not send a wire or put it off a moment further. This business is dire!
The Other Holmes
NOTE: For those who aren't familiar with the stories, Sherlock Holmes actually has a brother. His name is Mycroft Holmes (and Doyle actually made him much smarter than Sherlock... though Mycroft was too lazy to put his talents to good use). He was a very interesting character and I was sad to see him in so few stories...
Copyright © Timothy Hicks | Year Posted 2013
Speak Street
Written by: D. Collins 12/16/14
To law enforcement, law makers, and all knowledgeable men.
There's a universal language everybody understands.
It has no talking points, nor use for keywords.
It doesn't beat around the bush, and, is never scared.
There's consensus in every corner of the globe.
Speak street to people, they'll come into the fold.
It creates the willingness to communicate.
And, brings down the barriers that causes hate.
Speak street to people before bringing out the tanks.
Give the people reason to give the system thanks.
Stand before them and look them eye-to-eye.
Ask them why they march? They will tell you why.
Alongside the action, mindsets have to change.
Until all are equal, life won't be the same.
Black mothers are tired of seeing their sons die.
They've seen so much pain, there are no more tears to cry.
Copyright © Darrell Collins | Year Posted 2014
Here I am, late night. Waiting for the train after work as usual in my zone Floetry "Hey you" playing on the phone. This woman sits next to me and I can feel her eyeing me, I look over she turns away smiling ever so gently but it was her classy attire that had me swayed. Now I'm usually the nervous type but I play it cool but I'm shy right. I don't usually approach women cause I feel they really aren't worth my time and sometimes when they open their mouth I see in their lifetime they haven't really opened their mind. So I say you look familiar starting off with lies, she smiles says hi and starts telling me about her day, I say hi I'm Corey and I don't this every day and yeah you're beautiful but behind every smile is a story to tell, every woman's been something and if she says she isn't more than likely at this moment she's probably going threw hell. Anyway I don't beat around the bush so I'm like I would love to get to know you past your beauty and your scars and she says I'm sorry but I'm already spoken for. I say well, the conversation was nice and we both part ways, no regrets at all and that was probably the highlight of my day
Copyright © Corey Ross | Year Posted 2015
in my nightmare the lights cut
asked a question of wether or not
we dream the realities we are destined and doomed to live
sweeping under the truth of this dirty rug
i ponder to myself
a soul to hold
what would make me valuable
sell my soul
to fool the devil
sell my soul
for the worlds deathwish to become null and void
sell my soul
to give the devil a second chance to reclaim his throne
and plan to fail, but who am i?
and i thought
not worth the fight
can't outsmart the shadows
can't deny the truth
can't run from myself
the reflections will bleed from me one way or another
with my hands clean of this
thinking to myself maybe there is a joke im not telling
a riddle i cant tell
tio make us all smarter
the question that reveals itself in the round about way
we beat around the bush
four leaf clovers
pots of gold
egg cracked open
and in my black coffee
shaking the cold from my mind
weather man lost his mind
never saw this coming
another organised warning
headless blunder
four in the morning
devil for sale
three bells to ring
nightmare of this dream
something to ponder bt never to be
if i sold my soul to the devil
id have a devil for sale
and i wouldnt sell him cheap
a way to put one over the april fool
walking in circles for a wish come true
and pass the pot of gold on
devil for sale
well worth the riddles of every holiday
every constellation
every story on the bookshelf that betrays you
and the muse who reminds you
there was a ceratin way
to sell me
to sell you
a devil
for a dream come true
but i cant remember
i forgot everything
inbetwenn the songs of the whispering winds
the romantic laughter of inner demons
the guilty pleasure of changing seasons
you will find me
not selling the world
but swept under the rug
i have a devil for sale
and here i am martyring you
tricks and the treats
subconcious language of swears
every curse word a truthful confession
nose picking
brainwash gets trumped by the art of conversation
then we swear willingly revealing
what we did in what way
and they say life isnt fair
that's a skippy
one pulled over the april fool
there is a mulligan
a second chance to change your fate to meet destiny
the wheels of fortune to a stacked deck
that foretells my life
and you wonder when my lawyer will show up
and the dance of gabrielles souls
will show you the shine and sway of the stairway
she is building to our heaven
Copyright © Troy Jeremy Nelson | Year Posted 2009
Sand sifts,
My mind lifts,
The ideas of reflection,
My lack of self-protection,
Is something that haunts,
My mind which daunts,
The strength within,
All my chagrin,
Is spelled across my face,
Chasing the desire to erase,
Every regret,
I'm not finished yet,
I'll continue to push,
Rather than beat around the bush,
Take my life into my own hands,
Create fresh desires in new plans,
Put aside all this stage fright,
And seek the vibrant daylight,
Light that will consistently drown,
Every notion bringing me down,
I will find peace.
Copyright © Melissa Ross | Year Posted 2011
Who am I
I don't even know
But I am the type of person
To let dumb s*** go
I don't like to play life games
Or beat around the bush
I like to work hard
But I may need a push
Though I do like drama
I like when everyone's confused
Seeing people in pain
Gets me really amused
I am a trustworthy person
I'm always honest
I don't need to lie
I am modest
I am not judgmental
I accept everyone
The enemies I have
Are slim to none
I am a goofball
I love to have fun
But if you do me wrong
Whatever we have is done
I'm always different
But I'll never change
I may seem off
But I'm always the same
I am lazy & stubborn
But easy to persuade
I don't care for anything
I have nothing else to say
Copyright © Anna J Carroll | Year Posted 2012
She opened the hell's gate
As she put her foot on the bus
She rang her bell's fate
Hasn't she heard "hush"?!
She is in the monsters' estate
They all came out, they sere hidden behind the bush
She opened her hell's gate
As she put her foot on the bus
She is frightened, never seen a such
Wolfs, attacking her, it was too late
For her they made a dash
Devouring her weak body, a brutality I can't state
The wheels were on a rush
No one there to tame their lust, there's no mate
She fought alone, she would them away push
She thought that they used to live in one estate!
She opened the hell's gate
As she put her foot on the bus
She rang her bell's fate
She was compelled to hush
But it isn't yet late
I won't beat around the bush
Those monsters should be jailed, and decrease the rate
Of crimes and violence , we won't let ourselves go with the gush
Of the sewage on which we'll throw them and eternally close this gate
" All against raping"
Copyright © hafssa Aj | Year Posted 2017
i thought that not seeing you would turn my life upside down
and i was right
im happy, im smiling like never before, im laughing and i have not shed a single tear
and here i thought it would be hard
i will admit seeing you (even though it was a picture) brought back emotions i never wanted to feel
the love, the anger, the sadness, the regret, the fear, the pain, the happiness, the laughs
all of that came rushing back and i was stunned for a moment
BUT i realized what i have now doesnt even compare to way back when
writing this now is getting all of it out so i would NEVER go back
im stronger now then i have ever been before
hearing your name doesnt pain my heart any more
i dont have to beat around the bush anymore
im sssooo grateful because you've should me what i always deserve to have and i have it now
Copyright © Fantise Mack | Year Posted 2014
Family is thick, they stick by your every impulse.
They back you up, even if the situation is false.
Water is powerful, but blood is thicker.
If others are laughing, your family wont snicker.
They will stand by your side, and help you when your down.
They will ease your pain, and take away your frown.
Family is tight, they will never turn their backs.
They wont beat around the bush, they will give you the facts.
When you have no place to go, just pick up your phone.
A roof over your head, is something that the family will loan.
A bite to eat, or someone to listen to your grief.
They will give you tough love, with a full side of beef.
Family is powerful, they wont leave your side in a fight.
They will hold your hand, when your scared at nght.
They will save you from evil, guide you through a flood.
When it comes down to it, water is not thicker than blood.
Copyright © Jasmine Cruz | Year Posted 2014
Well, this is the difficult life I've chosen
I've been holding on to this heart that's frozen
I tried to fight away the tears from my eyes
You have made your wave of goodbyes
I've been alone for a very long time
It's time to shine, my love of mine
Forgive and forget the mistakes of the past
The fears and cheers of our lives are oh so vast
The winter wind keeps on blowing
The mesmerizing moon keeps glowing
Fade away, darkness from my heart of stone
I'm just a lonely stranger in the woods, all alone
Comfort and bliss should be completely ours
We should have shared our strengths and powers
I should have tried to fight it - the awful feeling of grief
I should have tried to hide it - the remedy of my pure relief
I tried to fight it...
I'm breaking bit by bit
I tried to fight it...
I see your eyes all alit
Fight away the chaotic commotion in your mind
Don't beat around the bush or you'll end up blind
Good times have made us happier than a reindeer in the snow
Times spent with you is priceless and that's what I want you to know
The trees are dancing in the breeze
The snow is simply glimmering at ease
I am a sucker for joy and peace this winter
I tried to fight the urge to ruin the fun any further
I tried to fight it
I tried to hide it
I tried to will it all away
I tried to sweep it all away
But, the feelings are still there
You are here without a care
I love you, but it's a cold, cold friendship
I adore you, but it's a bittersweet relationship
I tried to fight away the tears
I tried to chase away my fears
I tried, but I can't be in your black boots of sheer sulk
I tried, but your package of sorrows are in a big bulk
The smell of candy canes and mint fill the freezing air
The wintery night has caressed the snow of despair
It's a wonderful time spent with you in my arms of zealous delight
I'm sorry that I couldn't fight away the agony in my heart of might
I have been wrong about you
I thought you'd do things you're not suppose to
I tried to fight it, but I let out a scream of "let me go!"
I see your mouth of wit shiver and say "Stay quiet and low!"
I tried to hide it...
But, I must admit
It's a cruel, cold world out there
But, instead of listening to me, you live life without a care
Honey, I wish you the best in all you do
Sorry - not all midnight wishes come true
I tried everything to cheer you on
I cried these tears from dusk to dawn
Frozen in place, I've noticed that you are gone
The urge to move on is but a gracious hope in heart...a battle not won...
The act of helpfulness is where the heart is
The road to recovery is where our haven-like home is
I tried to fight it - the thought of giving in to giving up so easily
I tried to hide it, but our secrets were revealed hastily
Copyright © J.W. Earnings | Year Posted 2017
When Jack Fell Down Jill Found Another
tom, dick and harry went up the hill
to fetch love with a women named jill
tom beat around the bush
harry frozen on his tush
dick rose to the top and got his fill
connie pachecho
Copyright © connie pachecho | Year Posted 2017
Words spinning in my head
forming a sentence
not what I would like to say
because I should be pleasant
and down to earth
not to get my feathers
in a ruffle
and certainly not to start
a scuffle
and yet not to repress
those thoughts
just beat around the bush
and duck the next shot
always keeping the proper manner
doing what i do
i've got poetic cander
and my words will be immortalized
across the internet
as i await the next on-set
you'll be reading about the last
around the world
they thought was flat
and that folks is where it's at............................................
Copyright © David Gouse | Year Posted 2007
A good friend is really hard to find,
and I've had so many just leave me behind
A good friend is someone you can trust, and talk to
one who can make you smile
no matter if you're down, and feeling blue
A good friend is someone you can act crazy around,
and even if they think your insane
they won't say anything, or even make a sound
A good friend will hold you
when you are going through hell,
and they'll accept your collect calls
if you are ever thrown in jail
A good friend never turns their back
no matter if the situation is bad,
and when you show up on their doorstep
they're always so glad
A good friend will tell you the truth
about the decisions and choices you make
they never beat around the bush,
or try to be fake
A good friend will call you just to say hi,
and they'll listen to your problems
if you even start to cry
A good friend will always be there
others come and go,
and I've found a good friend in you,
and you make my feelings really show
You're a good friend,
and my best friend that I have in my life
if I didn't have you
things just wouldn't be right.
Copyright © Brittany Nugent | Year Posted 2007


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LG has recently come up with a concept called the LG Switch.The device features dual screens into a thin and nicely designed profile.The displays are looking identical either side. Through the use of the accelerometer, the front/back display would activate/deactivate depending on which side it is facing.
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During the CTIA 2011 Kyocera has revealed its newest creation - several types of concept phones that would detect and react towards human emotion.
The device will physically change depending on the caller's emotion.
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Wow, that's new - a cell phone looking like a pistol. Personally I like the design, but such an idea will never be implemented in reality. Besides, I can't think of someone wanting such a phone to use in his daily life. Just imagine yourself using it in a public place. :)
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This is the conceptual Glassy Glassy phone, a clamshell handset almost completely made of fragile glass. I know, it's cool and all to have a transparent phone, but what if you suddenly break it? Look at how thin it is...
When it will be possible to create such a phone, they better make these from bulletproof glass. Atleast that would be a guarantee it won't break the next day.
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Art Lebedev, the Russian design studio has created a new interesting phone concept. Although it looks like yet another iPhone clone, it's still a different device with a different set of specs:
But remember - it's just a concept.
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Here are some pics and specifications of the conceptual Sony Ericsson Xperia X5.
X5's rumored specifications:
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Check this out. This is a new eco-phone concept that won the first place in the Istanbul Design Week 2007.
The device consists of eco-friendly materials and can be folded into a "packet", as you can see it looks like an unfolded pattern with a screen and keypads.
An original design indeed.
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Here a cool and original concept of a phone designed specifically for those, who use cell phones only for talking.
This contraption is called Hand phone, and was created by an Italian industrial designer Biodomotica. By the looks of it, the device doesn't seem to be very comfortable, especially for us, who hold the phone in a traditional manner. In addition, judging by the presence of a small screen and a set of keys I can tell it can also send SMS messages.
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Personally, I think this is the best Sony PSP phone concept yet! Just look at it. It has a sliding keypad, or rather a game controller, which you can hide under the touch-sensitive screen whenever you quit playing and use the device as a phone.
Sony Ericsson, why don't you guys take this model into consideration? It's a real gold mine, people! Don't get
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This is the new Sony Ericsson C1i Concept created by the guys from Esato.
Looks pretty cool, especially its new touchscreen UIQ interface. :)
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