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July 23, 2012 7:37am
Alvin......The National Council of Churches 2012
yearbook list of the top five christian churches
in the US in terms of population are
(1) Catholic......decline from 2011 minus .44 percent
(2) Southern Baptist...decline from 2011 minus .15 percent
(3) Methodist...decline from 2011 minus 1.22 percent
(4) LDS (Mormons) increase from 2011 plus 1.62 percent
Other churches in the top 25 had variations in population
larger than the top five.
In reference to Mitt believing that he will ascend
to be a god, he has not claimed that the oceans will
recede and this so called chosen one is already president.
Please provide data and source that proves the
LDS is not a mainstream church. I don't care about
your bigoted opinions, just give me hard data or
shut your lying mouth.
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It wasn't unexpected, but it was nevertheless momentous: Georgia's official announcement that Scott Howard succeeds Larry Munson as the voice of the Bulldogs.
Maybe it seemed that already had happened, what with Howard having taken over play-by-play on road football games when Munson stopped traveling in 2007 and on home games, too, after Munson's retirement early last season. But Georgia had not declared Howard to be Munson's successor on a permanent basis until late Friday.
"If I think back to the time I was sitting in the stands [as a UGA student], listening to Larry on my transistor radio, jamming my ear piece into my ear trying to hear the best I could," Howard told me Friday evening, "it has been an interesting 20-something years in radio to get to this point."
For the first time in 44 years, the Bulldogs will enter a football season with someone other than Larry Munson as their first-string play-by-play radio announcer.
There'll never be another Munson, of course, but Howard has the talent and the experience and the perspective and the passion to put his own superb mark on the job.
Following a legend is a daunting assignment, as Howard and everyone else knows. But Howard's work for 15 seasons as Munson's color analyst and his fill-in play-by-play work the past two seasons made him about as clear-cut a choice as there could be for this job.
"Sometimes you don't need to look far," Georgia athletics director Damon Evans said. "Sometimes you just need to look right in front of you. And there we had our answer."
He was referring to both Howard and Eric Zeier, the former QB who served as color analyst when Howard slid over to the play-by-play chair the past two seasons. Zeier now gets the analyst role on a permanent basis.
Howard and Zeier first worked together on Sept. 22, 2007, when Georgia played at Alabama, the first trip Munson missed. "We were both sky-high [and] had a lot of nerves, a lot of anticipation, toward doing that game," Howard recalled. "It has been a good solid progression since that time.
"Eric has been tremendous. I really enjoy working with him. I have learned a lot of football from him in a short period of time."
So what say you about the Howard-Zeier team?
June 22nd, 2009
7:42 am
This would be a convenient time for Loren to bow out gracefully. It would be a good time to get a fresh voice as the sideline analyst, maybe Matt Stinchcomb.
June 22nd, 2009
7:52 am
I'm very disappointed in the selection of Scott Howard. He trise so hard to be Munson esue that he has become almost a parody of himself. This was the opportunity to hire a broadcster who excels at the craft.
I know many will say "we want a Dawg!" but is that the best thing if the homer can't accurately describe the action for the screaming and over reaction?
The good ol boy system continues to thrive over in Athens and that's why this is one fan of 40+ years who will no longer listen while in my seat between the hedges.
June 22nd, 2009
7:53 am
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I'm very disappointed in the selection of Scott Howard. He tries so hard to be Munsonesque that he has become almost a parody of himself. This was the opportunity to hire a broadcster who excels at the craft.
I know many will say "we want a Dawg!" but is that the best thing if the homer can't accurately describe the action for the screaming and over reaction?
The good ol boy system continues to thrive over in Athens and that's why this is one fan of 40+ years who will no longer listen while in my seat between the hedges.
June 22nd, 2009
7:58 am
Loren, it's time to give it up. Hell, you should have hung it up many years ago as you add nothing to the Georgia broadcast. Thanks for your efforts and enjoy your retirement.
June 22nd, 2009
8:38 am
defacto: Lots of complaining, so who's your perfect choice to replace someone who can't be replaced? On another note, I see that the Athens police have charged two frat brothers for concealing the identies of 2 streakers who ran into the house. Must not have been any football players in town to pickup for drinking (gasp) or scooter mishaps.
June 22nd, 2009
9:06 am
be thankful, people. it could have been worse.
i have some uk friends and they were moaning when Caywood retired….they got over it. so will we. before long, everyone will be listening to scott howard tapes during tailgate
June 22nd, 2009
9:20 am
I agree that Scott overreacts on plays and yells too much, here's hoping he settled into more of his basketball persona. Zeier was not on my hopeful list, but we have him so get used to it. Finally, yes it's time for Loran to retire to his scotch bottle, but he won't. He owns the tailgate show rights, you know. I don't imagine he can be forced out without an ugly fight. So, we're stuck with more useless info from the sideline and interviews from the Alderman from Hahira during the tailgate show, or worse, interviews with former players whom Loran refers to by the wrong name.
June 22nd, 2009
9:25 am
Eric Zeier…..one of the most intuitive Dawgs ever…..
"Georgia fans are passionate, but let's face it – they're not the brightest fans. Passionate, but not bright." – Eric Zeier, Novemeber 21, 2001
June 22nd, 2009
9:26 am
Howard is awful. The worst is when he calls a big play and his voice breaks. I was disappointed when he replaced Phil Shaffer.
Zeier gives good insight into the Xs and Os.
Loren needs to get a show on PBS about eating peanuts and other totally irrelevant to football topics.
June 22nd, 2009
9:30 am
Why not Kevin Butler?
Get a guy in there who isn't afraid to call it like it is.
Like when Willie sucks, he isn't afraid to say it.
Like when Fabris' special team strategy sucks, he's not afraid to say it.
Like when Mark Richt makes a mistake (which people like Ole Dawg, and Altamaha would never believe), he's not afraid to say it.
Kevin Butler is a Dawg, through and through.
He's not the AD's man, like Scott Howard.
June 22nd, 2009
10:30 am
I'm ok w/ it. I like Zeier. Howard's a little boring. I like Jeff Dantzler if he could lay off the sauce.
June 22nd, 2009
10:39 am
lol Bugkiller. Why must you pick on Altamaha and he UGA does no wrong perspective?
I don't think Howard is that bad at all. I would have liked to see UGA make a play at Chip Caray (a UGA alum), but I think he likes his present gig/gigs too much.
June 22nd, 2009
11:02 am
[...] one man's list of the 10 greatest wins of the Mark Richt era.Tim Tucker of The AJC believes it will be "a daunting assignment" for Scott Howard to replace Larry Munson as the full-time voice of the [...]
June 22nd, 2009
11:55 am
While I enjoy both Howard and Zeier, I think Jeff Dantzler was the man for the job. He already does play by play for the basketball and baseball games. He does a local sports show everyday in Athens and was a perfect fit. I can't think of a bigger and better Dawg homer to replace Munson. JD bleeds red and black.
June 22nd, 2009
12:47 pm
…insist on bringing up "why not so and so, or, it should be…" It's over and done, so shut up – nobody cares that a "40 year season ticket holder" will not be listening in his seat at Sanford Stadium – geez, you're at the game, old timer, can't you tell what is happening and who's who from watching on the field? There are several thousand more who are not at the stadium, who will find Scott's calls fine for them and everyone else not at the stadium. But give it a rest already with the melodrama about how so and so is no Larry and so and so should have gotten the job so I am not going to listen anymore. No wonder GT and UF make fun of us as fans!
June 22nd, 2009
1:25 pm
Your report on Courtney Kupets winning the Honda-Broderick Cup Award as best female athlete in the US is superior to any story about broadcasters. She should be honored on here as an athlete to blog about whose career is made to sound like an afterthought on the sports pages. Not only did she take individual awards, but saw to it that UGA was honored as a team to accomplish 5 NCs and is reigning National Champion. Kudos to Kupets! GO DAWGS!
June 22nd, 2009
4:15 pm
Tom, where and to whom did that Zier say that? Back it up with some context.
June 22nd, 2009
4:24 pm
There will never be another like Munson at Georgia or Ciraldo at Tech. Why? Because the institutions want the vanilla/white bread/no accent "polished" guys. How the he11 did Munson ever come up with the "hobnailed boot" analogy? Don't know, but you'll never hear anything like that from anybody's play by play guys these days. Reflect the region. Reflect the fanbase.
And to "Why Do Some of You…." There's more to laugh at than the melodrama.
June 22nd, 2009
4:32 pm
I'm fine with Howard, but I'm not crazy about Zeier. I totally agree that Loran should step aside. His sideline reporting is OK, but his post game interviews are awful and they get worse every year.
June 22nd, 2009
5:03 pm
Poor Buck, he deserves a shot.
what's wrong with him?
June 22nd, 2009
5:08 pm
Unfortunately, I cannot like the choice. I honestly don't think Howard is particularly good at football play by play, and it's got nothing to do with replacing Munson … I just don't think he's very good at it.
Zeier is okay, not great, but okay.
June 22nd, 2009
7:23 pm
Scott Howard is terrible—-can't they get munson back for a few games at least—pay him some big cash to get him in the booth for the big games, including Florida. I've had enough of Loren smith–he needs to retire.
June 22nd, 2009
7:53 pm
The entire Georgia football broadcast network is just as vanilla as the UGA's offense. CMRs coaches show is just as boring with that Chuck Dawdle.Vanilla,Vanilla ,Vanilla ! UGA needs a new fresh start!
June 22nd, 2009
8:26 pm
No disrespect to Stinchcomb but he couldnt hold Lorens jock. Loren has earned the right to call it quits when he wants to. Anyone who doesnt think so should really be ashamed. Thats some BS Florida would do. Whats really pathetic is all the old timers saying how they wont listen to Scott Howard and they are the same old timers that complain about real fans standing up and trying to give UGA a HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE. Larry Munson was given a chance back then and Scott deserves one now. Kevin Butler could have been a good choice, BUT he wasnt the CHOICE. Have some damn respect and give Scott a chance
June 22nd, 2009
8:29 pm
I second your opinion REAL FAN
June 22nd, 2009
8:32 pm
About time somebody said something with some sense.
June 22nd, 2009
8:59 pm
This is a great pick to succeed Munson…It's eleven times better than Florida's announcer who sounds like a latent homosexual with his "Oh My" exclamations after a good play. The "Oh My's" should only be said when missing a stich at a sewing circle…. not announcing a football game! Go Dawgs!
June 22nd, 2009
10:29 pm
WHAT A JOKE…..Eric Zeier puts me to sleep with his monotone dribble. And S. Howard is a second rate announcer that should be calling women's volleyball, not major college football. It's one thing to be a homer, but at least the announcers should have some talent. Buck Belue would have been such a better hire than Zeier. Hope to hear the TV announcers since my ears can't take 3 hours of this Mickey Mouse group – sorry Damian you blew this one…….
June 22nd, 2009
11:04 pm
evans made the safe,but as usual with our A.D. it was a very boring selection.
both are novice with no flair as announcers,but maybe, they will improve.
there will be not need to turning the tv down as with larry,since neither brings much insight to the table.
June 23rd, 2009
3:35 am
They could bring back the original voice for the Hartsfield Airport underground trains and make that the announcer. Football games would be broadcasted by Cylone Centurians. Maybe you people would prefer William Shatner and Dolly Parton as the Bulldog announcers? "I'm…..SO…..stunned?"
They made the right call with Scott and Eric. Now the team needs to provide some wonderful memories to prove it.
"He missed that field goal by the skin of a toothbrush!" LARRY vs. Texas Tech, 1996.
June 24th, 2009
12:49 pm
Buck Belue would have neen so much better as the color analyst.
I would also nominate John Kinkaide from 680 the fan as the sideline reporter.
These guys are the best in the business.

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"My spirit is not lost."
Even though my sword is now broken, I still feel its entire weight heavy in my hand. For a while I thought I was lost, disillusioned by my comrades and superiors. What I was ordered to carry out was not battle, it was slaughter. I will never become ashamed of being victorious because I am stronger. However, true strength comes from will and not mercilessness. It is the ones I was brought here to conquer who taught me how to how to make my country more glorious than before.
The orders were simple, leave no one alive. The Ionians are well known for never giving up; I had thought perhaps someplace within these defeated armies I would find worthy opponents. I found myself instead fighting the crippled and weak. This was not the glorious battle I had trained so hard for. This was barely considered war. The sword which I had so graciously received was being used as an executioner's weapon, not a warrior's. Terrifying machines of steel and fire blew away any that could be considered opposition, and we were to wipe out the stragglers. That is until the stealthy sabotage of our war machine. The metal beast roared like a dying animal as explosions from the inside prompted the evacuation of its operators. The groaning of the tumbling giant punctuated the silence as we scrambled within formation, readying our weapons and mettle alike. The peeking of Ionian standards in every direction alerted us to the imminent ambush, and the caption released a falcon to order support.
The bird flew itself past the horizon and I set my sights onto the coming enemy. With a stern grimace I held my great sword ahead of me, ready to prove who was stronger. The clashing of weapons and armor echoed around me as I made my first move. I swung my sword forward in a deadly arc immediately slaying the unprepared and knocking back all else. Focusing my attention on their strongest looking soldier I leapt forward again, my sword weighing down upon his equally heavy shield. Perhaps believing me disabled, he attempted to slash at my side. Lifting my body and blade as one I sprung into the air, the adrenaline coursing so thick through my body that the entire battlefield seemed to occur in slow motion beneath me. Words could not express my horror as I saw the Zaunite poison began to rain from the sky. I fell back to the earth, knocking my enemies away as I smashed the skull of my opponent into the earth. A haunting whistle filled the air before I heard the explosion. Friend and foe alike screamed in agony as a gaseous acid filled the air with the smell of burning flesh. This is not the support we were supposed to receive! Didn't the generals know we were still fighting here? It was at that moment I realized they did not care if we were still alive or not, the largest mass of the enemy forces were upon my unit's throats, and they didn't wish to fight that.
For the first time since I can remember, fear overtook my senses. I continued to use my skills the only way I knew how, fighting relentlessly as I tore a path into the enemy. My recklessness caused me to receive multiple punishments, weapons of all sorts bashing and shearing against my armored body. Beaten severely, I continued to hear the death cries of my comrades. Instead of fleeing, the Ionians stayed true to their path, and continued to kill every last one of us. "It's all over." I thought to myself, "My allies are dying, and soon so shall I." An explosion to my right shook me to the core and I held my sword in front of me to protect myself. The deadly chemicals stung at my skin as they drifted past my, and all the soldiers in that direction began to choke and drop dead. I saw my last chance at life and ran as fast as I could, holding my breath. I didn't dare gasp for air until all went black and I lost my consciousness.
Awaking groggily, I briefly imagined that the whole thing was just a bad dream. The desolate landscape around me quickly brought me back to my senses. Inside I was a turmoil of emotions. My own people betrayed me. Every one of my comrades was a strong Noxian soldier, determined to win. But instead of allowing us to prove our strength in battle, high command decided to eliminate the threat before it could even contest them. They circumvented the fight all together by using us as sacrificial pawns. Fueled by anger I slammed my weapon against the most solid object I could find, battering the imaginary foe relentlessly until my weapon fractured into multiple pieces. Gasping for breath I slowly slid off the sundered and dissolved pieces of armor; they were dead weight now. The tip of a spear had broken off in my armor, and I winced in pain as I pulled the point of the spear out of my body. I could see my reflection on the spearhead, lightly splattered with my own blood. My face was hardly recognizable beneath the faceless Noxian helm. I tossed the helm away in disgust and gently ran my fingers through my hair. My whole life seem dedicated to a lie. I wasn't sure who I was anymore. Picking up the hilt of my jagged blade, I left everything else behind.
Aimless roaming led me to a downed Ionian soldier. For a moment I began rushing forward to stab him with my blade, but stopped and reconsidered what I was fighting for. His head turned towards me as my actions alerted him to my presence, but he was clearly unable to see due to the severe burns on his face. "Friend, is that you?" He rasped. I said nothing… He smiled and continued talking anyways, "You must still be pretty healthy to be running around like that." Between fits of coughing blood he is determined to speak to me, "You'd better watch out for the scavengers; the Zaun will surely send out their death spiders to make sure no one is alive." I took a look at my sword casually before finally responding, "My armor is disintegrated and my sword is broken. I have no tools left to fight." The man chuckles as if my matter-of-fact statement were an old joke. "One only needs will to fight. In the end the strongest will determines victory." The dying man's words filled me with a strange sense of resolve as I stand over him and watch his life fade away peacefully. I did not know who I was, but I did not wish to die. When an eight-legged metal monstrosity comes skittering loudly towards me, I face its cold red gaze with determination. It raises its sharp hind legs and prepares it venom as it gauges my life signs. Allowing it no more time to react I dash forward, feeling protected by my valor as its legs gouge into my back. Releasing a fearsome yell, my burst of energy seems to stun the creature, leaving me time to position my sword and thrust it upwards into the spider's belly. With a rattle and bang, the spider's red glare fades away and it crumples to the ground.
The Noxus I believe in is no a lie; it is warped by weak-willed cowards who rely on scheming and treachery instead of true strength. Someday when I am no longer broken, I will return to my home redeemed and show everyone that true strength is will and courage. What is broken can be reformed. The blade will be whole once more.
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Want to know a secret? While combing the Unplggd archives for this post, we discovered a startling statistic: A majority of the beautiful offices we feature in our tech tours are built up from bare white-walled rooms. So why is it that we're left so uninspired by our own renting restrictions? It's time to stop the excuses and recognize that you can have a beautiful office without painting a thing. Whether you're working with eggshell, ivory or cream, check out these gorgeous images for inspiration.
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Um...so, there are no other choices? Neither one inspires me. Especially the clutter.
Ooh, I especially appreciate that last photo. Even if they're not my dream offices, they help me see the potential in my workplace: off-white walls, suspended ceiling tiles, and gray tight-knit carpet. It'll never be ideal, but maybe it can be slightly more beautiful. Thank you!
Lots of artwork seems to be key. And collections, like the lunchboxes in #7.
The thing that was missing from these shots for me is unique desks and chairs. All the desks looked very office or industrial. There are some beautiful desks out there that could also function as a table or console with beautiful curved legs, made of lacquer or other special features. I have a green lacquer desk that really pops against a white wall, especially with the colorful art I have on the wall above it with plum colored frames.
I think it's key that if you do use anything other than white to have some cohesiveness to the accessories, like in #9. Otherwise, it just looks cluttered and not in a good way. I'm also not big on having everything that is used out in the open and on display in my workspace. Cuts down on the clutter.
Even though I love colour, I had the whole house painted bright white - more due to cluelessness about colour, and laziness than any design decision. However, I love the results, and find it very restful.
What I wouldn't give for my workspace/bedroom walls to be white!!
My landlord obviously got pots of paint as cheap as possible from who-knows-where, so there's no cohesive colour scheme in the house. I'm pretty certain the living room is actually painted with exterior paint!
My bedroom/workspace is a hideous blue (incl the ceiling!) with an even worse dark blue trim. But some great workspaces shared here!
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Artist: Hurts featuring Kylie Minogue
Even with such desire to stay at sea, a pirate will always return to the land to sustain, and the only thing Killian Jones ever needed to sustain himself was the Princess Aurora. However, not even the fastest ship in the land can out-sail a cursed fate and there is a violet storm on the horizon. Meanwhile in the present day, Storybrooke's Jane Doe awakens when change rolls into town in a yellow bug, and with lack of any memory to teach her better, she finds herself solitude from her dreams in the church and the familiarity of its very confused pastor.
Aurora...you should have kept sleeping...
"I'm as shady as the blue fairy…"
So it's perfectly legit for Snow to try and stab Mulan with an arrow over her family, yet Aurora trying to protect her unborn child from the Wicked Witch, after both hers and her mother's previous experience with Maleficent (yet another…
Woah…you got to admit she was a little bit of a tattletale in this scene…even the Prince was like 'No we don't have to tell anyone anything'…she just gave up easily. I know there is more to Aurora's story…but being what we got from 3x12 this is what I'm basing it on. She disappointing me in THIS episode…doesn't mean she can't redeem herself in the next. I get protecting your kid but she just went straight to give up mode fast. Something is off…
Well the Wicked Witch seemed to know Regina was back but she knew about Emma for a while gathering how long she and Walsh knew each other and for now that doesn't seem like that particular information was from Aurora. But we don't know how long the Wicked Witch has been in the EF and how much influence it has had on the two. Having said that, Aurora has changed since season 2. Before, she was a broken princess with no loved ones and nothing left to lose. Now that she has Phillip, Mulan and the baby, she's changed because her priorities have changed. She can't go around being the sacrificial lamb anymore because she has something to lose now and as shown numerous times throughout the show, every character will put their family first. But judging from how she said she has to believe they can take care of themselves, she does have faith they don't need their help to survive.
Aurora…you should have kept sleeping…
"I'm as shady as the blue fairy…"
So it's perfectly legit for Snow to try and stab Mulan with an arrow over her family, yet Aurora trying to protect her unborn child from the Wicked Witch, after both hers and her mother's previous experience with Maleficent (yet another witch) makes her a terrible person? Out of context it would be complete backwards character development but the writers have a lot to explain about Aurora. From what we know from here, can we really blame her after magic has left such a looming presence over her family, for wanting to protect the only family she has left?
You know what a pink gown means? They may be filming Aurora and Phillip flashbacks, OMG. If so…. Maleficent is in it too, right? That's what I've been waiting for.
With the whole Oz storyline, I doubt it. The writers tend to ignore recurring characters (more so than usual) when a new character is thrown in. There's still a chance, but the pink dress Sarah mentioned was probably the one she was wearing from the stills. If you look at the one where she and Phillip are running, you can see she's wearing a light pink dress under her cape.
A princess should never fall in love with the sea.
Prompt #2 | 'Breathing for the Ocean' by lydiamaartin
Sleeping Hook Week | Day Seven
She hadn't planned on it, confronting him like this. But then he had dropped out of the sky - quite literally of course - in a world that was no longer his to control. Snow had been more than forthcoming about the events of 'Storybrooke' before it perished, particularly the tale of the apparent redemption of a certain leather-bound pirate and for a moment she could almost believe it. But the soft drumming of her long-restored heartbeat reminded her with clarity, of the man who had rejoined Cora with a crooked smirk and her heart in his hands with all but a ribbon around it. Killian Jones was not a hero and nor would he ever be.
Prompt #1 + #2 | Vengeance + 'The Devil Within', Digital Daggers
Sleeping Hook Week | Day Six
He wouldn't be a man of honor if he dared pretend to be anything more than what he was; a pirate first and a man second. Women like Aurora however were beyond that - beyond pirates and vagabonds and eyes laced with selfishness and greed - and it didn't take imagination to know he would never be worth one like her. But there were women like Aurora and then there is Aurora. He has been so many things - a villain, a duke, a brother, a hero - but he can't pretend to be anything more than he is. Not anymore. He couldn't pretend to be a better man with her because unlike with everyone else he didn't have to. He already is.
Prompt #2 | 'Can't Pretend', Tom Odell
Sleeping Hook Week | Day One
guys, my friend asked me a question idk the answer so maybe if you know? or we both missing something.
Simple. The writers messed up so they created two Sleeping Beauties. The one Regina refers to is in fact Aurora's mother - the original Sleeping Beauty (something the writers have already confirmed). Maleficent apparently cast the same curse on Aurora but I'm guessing she made the alterations of casting a curse on Phillip as well and sent him to China so the curse couldn't have been as easily broken.
He tells himself he stole her away first - pirates are drawn to beautiful things, you see - and he'll march to the gallows before he admits otherwise. But the truth has always been beneath the surface like the bed of sand below the ocean. She stole him away the moment she smiled. But the greatest treasures always come with a curse.
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Last Sunday I spent my entire morning doing housework: vacuuming, wiping counters, picking up toys/clothes/random piles of crap, running load after load of laundry. By late afternoon, you couldn't tell I'd done a single thing. Toys were strewn everywhere, at least three different people of the male persuasion had tracked mud and pine needles all over the floor, there was a pile of dirty dishes sitting in the sink despite the invitingly-emptied dishwasher, and the kitchen table was blanketed in a thick layer of crumbs. Also, a pair of socks had been carelessly tossed onto a lamp. SOCKS. ON A LAMP.
"That's it," I said through gritted teeth while surveying the damage. "I am on STRIKE."
Here's what I didn't do for a full week: I didn't wipe the kitchen counters, I didn't vacuum the floors, I didn't put dirty clothes in the laundry, and I didn't take clean clothes out. I didn't fill the dishwasher or empty it, I didn't swab toothpaste off the mirror, and I didn't pick up a single, solitary toy.
By the end of the week, my husband and sons had painful dents in their feet from stepping on scattered LEGOs, their arms stuck unpleasantly to the table surface during meals, and they were forced to wear Ninjago pajamas to school and shorts to the office because they had no clean clothes. Finally, they understood all the work I typically did around the house, and they promised to help more if only I'd end my strike.
Later, I basked in the glow of their belated appreciation, while I leisurely ate a salted caramel chocolate truffle and directed my husband to the corner of the room where he'd missed a spot with the vacuum.
I am of course making ALL OF THAT UP, because do you know what would ACTUALLY happen if I went on strike? The house would instantly morph into a repulsively unlivable Hoarders-esque biohazard zone and NO ONE WOULD CARE BUT ME.
I don't think my husband really understands why I get so frustrated by the Sisyphean nature of housework. In his mind, we have a decent balance: he takes care of maintenance work and financial stuff, while I'm generally in charge of making sure the house doesn't collapse under the weight of its own filth. It's not that I don't appreciate what he does—after all, he's the obvious choice for it since I am exactly as terrified of ladders as I am of calculators—but his tasks are different. They have a conclusion. If you change a lightbulb, it stays changed ... sometimes for, like, years at a time. Even bill-paying is only done once a month, for god's sake.
In comparison, housework must be done over and over and over and over and over and over. It doesn't have a beginning or an ending: it just is. There is always laundry, there are always dirty dishes, there is never a square yard of carpet that does not have at least one non-carpet item on it.
Housework is maddening because it's unrewarding. It's hard work with no payoff. You can bask in the glow of a neatened, shining house—but you'd better do it fast, because if you live with three oblivious penis-bearing mammals like I do (not to mention one surly long-haired cat), that brief moment of cleanliness is going to disappear in the amount of time it takes you to blink.
And yet as frustrating as it is to DO it, it's even worse if you DON'T, because whatever shot you have at keeping the entropy at bay is entirely dependent on your constant vigilance. Stop vacuuming for three days and it's like a door opens to another dimension—a hellish existence where a bitter wind eternally whistles over a feculent and lifeless moor, and your very soul is befouled with unspeakable, verminous substances. O, there but for a Bissell go I!
So I've basically come to the depressing realization that it takes hours of dreary, unpleasant work each week just to keep things in my house looking generally sort of gross and untidy. My bar is dismally low, and still I must continually clamber over it or all is lost.
All of this is, I feel, one of the main reasons I've come to be so obsessed with Downton Abbey. Yes, the characters are fascinating and the storyline is gripping, but honestly, the biggest romance factor of the entire show isn't between Anna and Mr. Bates—it's the idea of having an entire STAFF to CLEAN MY FAMILY'S CRAP.
Do you ever get bogged down by the never-ending nature of housework? How do you deal?
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I could go for a whole staff to clean up after my family too!! Sure would be nice! I always say, "My husband and I need a house wife!" .
Ha! LOVE this!! My favorite thing is when I am doing the laundry ... after I went through the entire house and picked up every dirty article of clothing, towel, etc., I could find and proudly fold and put away the last item ..... only to see that the hampers in the boys rooms and our room somehow magically have dirty clothes in them already!!! WTH??? It's been an hour!!!
I deal by having cleaners come in twice a month. It makes managing the filth in between a lot easier. But, the laundry.....my mind boggles at the sheer, never-ending volume of it.
Men who toss cleaning onto their wives and then fail to do basic things like put their underwear in the hamper are disrespectful.
Everyone in a family needs to clean up after themselves to some extent. Dirty clothes need to be put in the hamper by the person who wore them. Dirty dishes should be rinsed and put in the dishwasher. Toys should be put up by the child who got them out.
Granted, some of this is age depedent. It is not reasonable to expect a 3 year old to rinse their dishes. But there is no excuse for your husband not to pick up after himself.
"NO ONE WOULD CARE BUT ME." Yep, exaclty. I'm stuck in the same trap, and I'm sure we're not alone. *sigh*
Agreed with the "kids need to be taught", but that can't happen if BOTH parents aren't setting the example. Anyone who has watched ten seconds of a Dr. Phil show on parenting will be able to parrot his favorite line: a child's strongest influence is the same-sex parent. I've seen it first-hand. A mother can set the best example in the world, pick up every ounce of flotsam that she uses, put away every scrap of paper and every pen that she ever takes out, but a son will not follow suit, because his father lives like Pig Pen (Peanuts). And suddenly Mom turns into a nagging harpy because SHE is the only one who 'cares'.
It takes two - and the one who sits down on the job is the one who sabotages it. Mom can't do it all on her own.


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INGREDIENTS:approx. 1 cup walnut halves and pieces, toasted (then 1/3 chopped for chicken salad, rest left for garnish)2 teaspoons vegetable oil for toasting walnutssalt to taste
approx. 3 cup diced cooked chickenapprox. 1/3 cup diced celeryapprox. 1 cup diced appleapprox. 1/3 cup dried cranberriesapprox. 1 - 2 tablespoons fresh chopped dill (optional)mayonnaise as needed (approx. 1/3 - 1/2 cup)salt and pepper to taste
sliced whole grain bread as needed
sliced apple and toasted walnut halves for garnish
PROCEDURE:Toast the walnut halves and pieces in a pan on the stovetop in a teaspoon or two of vegetable oil to brown up a bit, and then season them with salt to taste and take them out of the pan to cool.
Chop some of the toasted walnuts and leave some whole to serve alongside as a garnish with sliced apples.
There are no exact amounts for something like this. You just want to add things according to how much leftover diced cooked chicken meat you have.
Go ahead and add the diced chicken to a mixing bowl with some diced celery, a generous handful of diced apple, some chopped toasted walnuts, some dried cranberries, and a little fresh chopped dill to taste, if you're using it, and then lightly toss it with just enough mayonnaise to coat.
You can season that with a little salt and pepper to taste if you like and then serve it up on sliced whole grain bread with some toasted walnuts and sliced apples along side.
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They come from homes where parents have never been to collegeand from homes where parents have advanced degrees. Their reasons for choosing Southwestern are as varied as their interests and backgrounds. They arrive on campus with a sense of wonder and excitement. They are exposed to new ideas from literature and professors who enrich their lives. They graduate and celebrate, and off they goSouthwestern Alumni.
They take with them good friends, life partners, mentorspeople who will keep in touch and who will surprise them at reunions (YOU have kids?!), people who will be at their side, decades later, to help them weather crises.
They give to Southwestern for many different reasons. They want to support the future of the university that helped shape them. They give so that Southwestern can continue to provide enriching experiences for future students. They give because Southwestern is still a part of who they are, because its where they found their lifes ambition, life partner, or just their sense of whats possible.
Although not eager to claim the limelight, alumni Blake 81 and Kristi Boerner Stanford 83, Lorri White 92, and Beverly Stiegler Parker 59 graciously allowed us a glimpse into their lives, sharing some of the good and bad advice that theyve received along the way, and insight into why they support Southwestern.
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Best advice you ever got:
Blake, from his greatgrandfather Lee Frederick Worley: Dont smoke, dont drink; get a good education.
Kristi, from her dad: Dont talk about yourself too much; always be the listener.
Did they follow it?
Blake: One out of three isnt bad!
Kristi: Yes.
Worst advice you ever got:
Kristi, from the two important men in her life (who shall go unnamed): Break your lease. It wont matter.
Did she take the advice?
Unfortunately, yesand she got sued.
The best advice they ever gave was to their children:
Kristi: Be nice; be decent and honest; be fair.
Blake: He passed along his great-granddaddys advice.
What brings you the greatest joy?
Kristi: Watching my kids in their activities.
Blake: Learning new things.
What would people be surprised to know about you?
Kristi: Grew up with a big Mexican burro named Dulce in her Alamo Heights backyard.
Favorite place in Texas:
Their family ranch, half-way between Utopia and Vanderpool.
Kristi Boerner learned about Southwestern University from her dentist. Blake Stanford followed several of his friends from Midland to Georgetown. They met during the summer of 1979 through Blakes roommate when Kristi was taking a math class (remedial math! Blake reminds us) prior to her freshman year. Since that time their lives have been intertwined, sharing a love of family, travel, work, community involvementand a deep appreciation of their days at Southwestern University.
Both came to Southwestern heavily influenced by Latin American culture. Kristi grew up in San Antonio; Blake lived in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and Managua, Nicaragua as a child. Blake majored in Political Science/Economics and Spanish; Kristi majored in International Studies with concentration in Spanish and she studied in Spain for a semester. They both were active in campus Greek lifeKristi as an Alpha Delta Pi, and Blake as a Kappa Sigma.
As it is with so many Southwestern students whose siblings join them on campus, Blakes brother, Craig, followed his big brothers lead. At SU, Craig also pledged Kappa Sigma. He became my brother-brother, jokes Blake.
It was as a member of Student Foundation, a select group of students who promoted the welfare of the University, that Blake got his first taste of fundraising for Southwestern. We used to call up alumni and ask them for money, he says.
Kristi adds that it was easy for Blake to make those calls, even back then. I think he could be a professional fundraiser when he retires, she muses.
In that respect, nothing has changed with Stanford since his student days. Today, as a Class Agent and as a grateful former student hes still bold about asking people to contribute to his alma mater. He also serves as the president of the Kappa Sigma Housing Corporation and is a member of the Alumni Council of the Association of Southwestern Alumni. We give to Southwestern University because we believe in its mission and values, says Stanford, and we want to see [the University] succeed.
Blake spends his days running the business that he started with Southwestern University classmate, Karen Rocha 82, in 1985. The pair came up with the idea for their company while working for the Texas Department of Human Resources. Southwest Human Development Services recruits, trains, monitors and reimburses family childcare providers for meals, explains Blake. Its kind of like the school lunch program.
Like her father and her grandfather, Kristi is a part of her familys Culligan Water business in San Antonio, overseeing the human resources aspect of the company. Several days each week, she travels to San Antonio. Other days she works from her home.
No matter where her work takes her during the day, Kristi makes a beeline home to support the Stanford children in their after-school activities. Daughter Kate, 14, will attend Austin ISDs Fine Arts Academy at McCallum High School in the fall, and son Mitchell, 9, attends Highland Park Elementary School. Dad Blake is the president of Highland Parks PTA.
Kristi and Blake Stanford are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary this year. As they survey their accomplishments and their happy times together during the last two decades, they are ever mindful that Southwestern University is where it all began. So when Kristi says that giving to Southwestern is personal, she really means it.
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Best advice she ever got was from her high school drill team teacher:
Take the floor! (Present yourself so you instill a sense of respect.)
Did she follow it?
The best advice she ever gave was to her brother:
A problem is like a big ball of string. You cant stick your hand in there to get it unraveled; you look for loose ends and start peeling things back.
What brings you the greatest joy?
Family, friends, finding beauty in simple things.
What would people be surprised to know about you?
On a trip to Italy, Lorri looked down the barrel of a cement kiln and thought it was the coolest thing in the world.
Favorite place beyond Texas:
Florence, Italy.
When Houston native Lorri White began to survey colleges, only the ones with outstanding reputations in international studies made her short list, which included Southwestern. It was an overnight visit to the campus that catapulted Southwestern into the number one spot. After graduating from Spring High School, White enrolled as a first-year, bringing 12 hours of advanced placement with her.
I had so much fun on campus, White recalls. Southwestern was such a great place!
White was having fun, but she was also working hard, pursuing a double major in international studies (with a concentration in economics) and French. She spent a semester studying in France, and as a senior she shared the campus with her younger brother, Troy, who also thought Southwestern was number one. White graduated in 1992; her brother graduated in 1995.
Shortly after graduation, White continued her studies at New York University, for a master of arts in French civilization studies, and then on to Rice University, for an MBA. White was determined to develop both sides of her brain long before hemispheric dominance (right brain/left brain learning theory) was a household concept.
Her dad, an accountant, and her mother, a math teacher, insisted that she take accounting and calculus along with her liberal arts classes at Southwestern. In her current position as Managing Director and Co-Head of Corporate Private Placements for AIG Investments, she relies on both left brain and right brain functions. I make decisions based on facts, figures; and then I look into peoples eyes, she says. It is the balance of the qualitative and quantitative thats been a compass for me throughout my career, she adds.
White is mindful of maintaining a balance in all areas of her life, always making time to experience local culture when she travels for work.
White believes her undergraduate studies had a major impact on her. Southwestern University played a big role in shaping my life, she confirms.
Thats one reason she began to contribute to her alma mater not long after she graduated. The experiences I had in the classroom were wonderfulthey are my bond to the university, she says. It was intellectually so exciting to be enrolled in seemingly unrelated courses, and yet, the same subjects would be discussed in each class. I want somebody else to have that same experience.
White says that shes been amazed by the changes that are taking place on the Southwestern campus, To see where Southwestern University has come in 16 years is almost unimaginable; the new buildings are fabulous!
The next time she visits campus, White may be the one who is showing off the campusthis time to her soon-to-be husband, Karl Ittmann. White and Ittmann will marry in October in Houston. And no matter what the future has in store for them, its a safe bet that White will maintain her close ties to Southwestern. Looking back on her time at Southwestern and thinking ahead to the future, White reflects, Its such a great place to be.
Best advice she ever got was from her dad:
Always do the right thing.
Did she follow it?
Ive tried to.
Worst advice she ever got was from a friend:
Drink coffee and smoke cigarettes.
Did she follow it?
The best advice she gave was to her three children, Valerie, Christian Ann and Allen:
Do the right thing, even when it hurts.
What brings you the greatest joy?
Sitting and reading a book on a rainy day; grandkids; the Texas Hill Country.
What would people be surprised to know about you?
Although I enjoy being with people, I love being at home.
Favorite place in Texas:
On the terrace of our house on Lake Travis at sunset.
When Beverly Stiegler Parker graduated from Edison High School in San Antonio, she wasnt certain that college was in her future. In my dads mind, she says, women graduated from high school, got some kind of skill, worked (maybe) and then got married.
As her dad expected, Parker developed secretarial skills and got a job at a San Antonio printing company. Then the unexpected happened: Parker began to take classes at San Antonio College and then at Trinity University. After visiting a friend at Southwestern, Parker said she knew that the Georgetown campus was a perfect match for her. People were so friendly, and I liked the idea of having relationships with the faculty, she says.
Parker received her degree in social work in 1959the first person in her family to graduate from college. And, as if her dad had ordained it, during her sophomore year at Southwestern she even met the man who would become her husband.
Carl Parker was a student at the University of Texas School of Law when members of the UT Law Bachelors Club came looking for Southwestern coeds to invite to a party. Beverlys escort was Carls roommate, but after their first dance, his roommate disappeared from view. The rest, as they say, is history.
After working in Corpus ChristiCarl as a naval attorney and Beverly as a social workerthe two were married and began their life together in Port Arthur, Carls hometown. Their children Valerie, Christian Ann and Allen grew up in a home with parents who championed the causes they believed in; none was more important than education.
Parkers commitment to higher education continued long after she graduated from Southwestern University. She served on the faculty of Lamar University (formerly Port Arthur College) for almost four decades. After receiving her doctorate from the University of Houston, she became chair of the Liberal Arts Department. Parker was also a partner in her husbands career, especially during the more than 32 years that he served in the Texas Senate. She retired from Lamar University in 2006.
Parker may be retired from her profession, but she hasnt retired from taking on new challenges and learning from her experiences. Im taking piano lessons, she exclaimed with joy. Before I began, I knew only where middle C was on the piano. Its wonderful to learn things you knew nothing about.
Several years ago, Parker was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Throughout her successful treatment program, she said her friends support was overwhelming. My friends were a lesson in giving [to me], she says. Some of those friends were ones she had made at Southwestern University 50 years ago.
Parker is still very much connected to her alma mater, and will be the first to tell you that Where you get your undergraduate degree is where your heart is. At the invitation of Justin Gould, Southwesterns Associate Director of Leadership Gifts, shes made several recent trips to Georgetown to discover the wonderful and exciting things that are happening on campus. There is such joy from giving, she says, especially when you can see the good things that come from it, she says.
The things that bring her the most joy include God, Carl, her kids and grandkids, her wonderful friends, education and politics. And when shes counting her blessings, Parker includes her time at Southwestern among them.


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Recently, my hubby asked if I'd like to go out, or order dinner in for Thanksgiving. Although my co-worker swears by Piccadilly's Thanksgiving dinner, I plan on cooking. This is one of the traditions my family still enjoys, and I actually look forward to the work.
Will you cook Thanksgiving dinner this year, or just indulge at someone else's house? What Thanksgiving traditions can your family not live without? Are you looking forward to the holidays or will you be glad when they come and go?
I also understand that Jonesboro's Christmas Parade is canceled due to Streetscape construction this year. I'll miss this parade, but am looking forward to seeing Main Street lit up with Christmas decorations soon.
However, Riverdale will pick up the slack by hosting its own Christmas parade and tree lighting down Main Street to Starr Park on Monday, Nov. 30 at 6:30 PM. There will be hot cocoa, sing-a-longs and a visit by Santa (Rain date: Dec. 7).
Here are some other events going on this weekend in anticipation of the holiday season:
Faith Tabernacle of the Holy Spirit (210 Fayetteville Road, Jonesboro, (770) 471-0360) will host a free Thanksgiving Feast on Saturday, Nov. 21 at noon.
The Arts Clayton Gallery (136 South Main St., Jonesboro, (770) 473-5457) hosts "Santa Saturdays," on Nov. 21, Dec. 5 and Dec.19, 11 AM-3 PM where everyone (including pets) can take a picture with Santa Clause.
Arts Clayton also hosts their Handmade Holiday program (Nov. 21, Dec. 5, Dec. 11, Dec. 19; 10 AM-4 PM) where families and children will be able to create handmade, holiday gifts ($5 per person).
November 16th, 2009
3:07 pm
Jonesboro is always nice around the holidays. I enjoy the lights at the International Park, the Arts Clayton events, Breakfast with Santa in our community and most of all the Living Christmas Tree Concert at First Baptist Church!
November 16th, 2009
4:17 pm
With friends and family is the only way to spend the holidays. Keep in mind the less fortunate. Calvery shelter is a great way to spend one evening. Another family activity we have always done is to adopt an angel…one of the foster children in CC. We have all been so blessed with all of the abundance our country provides and it must be shared. Happy Thanksgiving!!
November 16th, 2009
11:46 pm
The "Thanksgiving Holidays" are such a great time for celebrations; family gatherings, good foods, family traditions and such. Moveover, let's not forget the real meaning, some folk decieved the original people in this country into welcoming them into their land when those folks had invented gun powder with the capability to commit mass murder and destoryed a whole civilization. Then, they were so lazy they had to import slaves from Africa to build the nation and national capital, the entire east cost to include Atlanta. Let's keep it real. Enjoy your turkey! Good will toward all men!
November 17th, 2009
2:14 am
When I was young the Holidays were always spent at my grandmother's house. Neither she nor my parents are on this earth any more. My kids are scattered clear across the USA. There is just my Husband, the cats and I left. But I will still cook the turkey and stuffing and home made cranberries,candied sweet potatoes gravy mashed potatoes and pies. Even if it is just us.The tradition is everything. Besides we will be able to eat for almost a week on the leftovers.
November 17th, 2009
9:06 am
We're the only part of our family who live in Georgia. This year we can't afford to go anywhere, and nobody's coming to us until Christmas and New Year's so it's just us. We also thought about eating out or getting a Publix dinner but I don't get to cook like this often so we'll be staying in, love good home cooking.
November 17th, 2009
9:34 am
Doesn't seem like the Clayton Advocate is willing to be much of an advocate for the citizens when it comes to CCPS. Why won't the Clayton Advocate talk about the Open Records request Heatley didn't respond to, to turn over documentation showing how much the county has paid Glen Brock? Wasn't it Glen Brock's search firm that recommended Heatley? Wouldn't a true advocate want to know why Heatley didn't comply with the Open Records request, as required by law?
Is the Clayton Advocate afraid to go after Heatley because he's a Marine? Or do they just not know about this?
November 17th, 2009
9:49 am
Goodwiil in 2009,
There have been things that have happened in this country. No civilization in history has been perfect and all have had their flaws. Our short existence as a country included. But let's not forget that you and I are here because of those people and get to enjoy that turkey while enjoying our freedoms and blessings many in other countries can only dream of. We must all accept the good and bad that comes with everything. As far as living in this country and having the luxuries, freedoms, and other blessings we do, I wouldn't sacrifice the things we have (that many take for granted) for any negative that happened here – any day. Keep it real as you go and enjoy that turkey you freely bought, spending time with family you're allowed to do as you wish and as all are able to travel freely whereever and whenever they wish, and watching that TV in the comfort of your home and city, as you wish, whenever you wish. During grace, please do not forget to give thanks for those who paid the price that allows you to do, say, work, and worship as you want. There is no other country greater. You are here and enjoy what you have because of those flaws. You want to keep it real… That's as real as it gets.
November 17th, 2009
11:04 am
Amen SA! Well said.
November 17th, 2009
11:54 am
And for those who do not appreciate this GREAT country America…Delta is ready when you are, lol.
If you don't like it here, it is your freedom as an AMERICAN to relocate to any country (including your so-called ancestral lands) in the world you wish. But then again, those countries do not have millions waiting to enter ya know!
November 17th, 2009
1:57 pm
Peggy Sue Davis,
You are a joke (and so hypocritical)! Why don't you utilize your own advice? Every chance you get you bash Clayton county (which last time I checked was in America). In one of your more recent posts you wished ill will and even death on families in our county. I don't agree with Goodwill in 2009, but you sure are the pot calling the kettle "black"……
November 17th, 2009
3:18 pm
LOL! Not so! I merely call it as I see it. No excuses! Take off the rose colored glasses…..
November 17th, 2009
3:27 pm
Dear The advocate that does not advocate. What does your post have to do with the Holidays? If you can't stay on topic, do you think you can wait and post something about the holidays instead of trying to cause a fight on here? If you have anything to post about the Holidays I am sure we would be more than happy to read it.
November 17th, 2009
7:24 pm
Hmmm, things are getting testy here. Remember the Holidays and the first Admendment!
November 17th, 2009
8:40 pm
Over the river, ask the teachers who can't afford the holiday they want to give their children, because they were furloughed why this is an appropriate topic for this blog.
Truth doesn't take a holiday, but apparently the Clayton advocates are willing to take a holiday from the truth.
November 17th, 2009
8:50 pm
Tina Garrett has been acquitted on all charges. Acquittal! I'm sure the crony crowd was just waiting to have their henchmen, otherwise known as the ethics commission, do another political hatchet job in an effort to consolidate their power.
Remember absolute power corrupts, as we have seen when there is no voice of dissent. Absolute power suffered a setback in Clayton today, and hopefully CCPS will be better for it.
November 17th, 2009
9:21 pm
Bad typo. That's Trinia Garrett. But I'm sure, since people want to keep this in the spirit of the holiday, that many posters will be happy to come on here and wish Trinia Garrett and her loved ones a happy holidays as this is good news for her and for CCPS.
November 17th, 2009
9:25 pm
I know several folks, none of which are teachers, who were furloughed and many more who were straight LAID OFF! Teachers aren't the only ones suffering and trying to find a way to give their families enjoyable hlidays or just plain make ends meet in general. I'm sorry for anyone in that position, but come on. Stop using teachers plight to further whatever your agenda is, whoever you are.
On the topic, a few years ago my wife & I went to a Buckhead hotel for dinner. Food was excellent and we really enjoyed ourselves, just relaxed. We stayed the night, went to Lenox Square and watched the tree lighting. Who knew a mere two years later we'd be unable to afford such extravagences and are just happy to have a nice dinner at home because there are many who won't have a decent meal or will have to go find one. We're blessed and thankfully, my wife can burn (i.e., cook).
November 17th, 2009
9:59 pm
The "Thanksgiving Holidays" are such a great time for celebrations; family gatherings, good foods, family traditions and such. Peggy Sue Davis, your so-called ancestral lands are in Europe! You're not an native to this land! Silly!
November 17th, 2009
10:27 pm
The agenda is real simple. Supt. Heatley needs to obey the law. Is that a bad agenda?
November 17th, 2009
11:10 pm
Many years ago when my family and I lived in Germany the Army messed up my husbands pay.There was not not enough money to even pay to feed my kids much less have Thanksgiving or Christmas. Some how the command found out about our plight. The officers Wives club "adopted" my family until the problem could be resolved. They were Angels in human form. We did have happy Holidays that year. My kids did not starve.We had gifts for the children. And we got the problem fixed and the money that was wrongly withheld repaid to us. But now we try to pay it back by finding a family to sponsor each year for the Holidays. Usually it is a military family but sometimes not. The only stipulation is that it is done anonymously. As this is not done for the glory but to pay it forward.
November 17th, 2009
11:19 pm
The purpose has been served. Now the Clayton advocate is starting to talk about it. So it looks like they were NOT giving preferential treatment to Heatley, just because of his military background. It looks like they just hadn't heard about it.
Use your sources! Look into it! The people have every right to know how much CCPS has paid Glen Brock. And Heatley has every legal obligation to divulge that information to the citizens, even if it makes Brock uncomfortable, and even if Brock's firm recommended Heatley.
Get the scoop Clayton advocate, and find out how much Brock has been paid by CCPS!
November 18th, 2009
8:13 am
goodwill in 2009, you are full of it. go to africa and see what is going on there today. you would high tail it back to the us like the coward you are.
November 18th, 2009
8:50 am
We will have a lovely holiday with family and friends.
November 18th, 2009
8:56 am
I will miss the Christmas Parade.
November 18th, 2009
12:19 pm
Isn't it wonderful holiday news that a BOE member has been totally acquitted, and that the ethics commission won't be able to circumvent the wishes of the voters and remove someone who has been a voice of dissent against the CCPS power structure?
November 18th, 2009
1:00 pm
Nice story Ghebasma. That's what the holidays are all about!
November 18th, 2009
1:37 pm
"The advocate that doesn't advocate"
You are invited to enlighten the Advocate on the forum, as to what is going on. That way this forum does not get off topic. Fill us in please. We opened a School forum up.
November 18th, 2009
2:14 pm
Ghebasma, I liked yourstory. We need to hear more like that. There are many families this year that need "adopting". There are children in foster care. There are elderly on very small fixed incomes and little if any family. They all need to be remembered. There are soldier's families left at home who might just need emotional support. There is just so much to to.
November 18th, 2009
11:00 pm
With all that "goodwill" that was offered to you back in the day' you returned the favor by taking accreditation from the least of these, the Lil black child! You're such a "Palin Fan!
November 19th, 2009
7:22 am
amsabehg…what about the 57+ illegal meetings
November 19th, 2009
3:23 pm
Like the fighting teachers, Trinia is not the best role model for our kids – living with a man not her husband – he apparently was stepping out on her – hence the motel bill that started the fight. We can and should wish her well, just be sure not to offer her mixed drinks before BOE meetings. Next time , she will be escorted out, by Clayton county police.
November 19th, 2009
3:25 pm
SACs slaps the hand of Cobb BOE, but does nothing – wink, wink.
November 19th, 2009
3:58 pm
I'm cooking for Thanksgiving, there's nothing like a good home cooked meal with family and just enjoying each other's company. Doesn't happen often that the whole family is off work at the same time, it's a lotta work but always worth it. Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!
November 19th, 2009
7:00 pm
"i like to watch" say, what about the 57+ illegal meetings -SACs slaps the hand of Cobb BOE, but does nothing! CRCT Cheating SACS does nothing– its about "Dixie Darling and Darkies"
November 19th, 2009
8:12 pm
Victor Hills Badge list…….with more names to follow. Surprise, suprise…
November 19th, 2009
9:56 pm
Wish all you a Happy Thanksgiving.
November 19th, 2009
10:49 pm
Heatley was hand delivered an Open Records request over two weeks ago to disclose what attorney Glen Brock has been paid by CCPS. The law requires Heatley respond within three days. Did Heatley follow the law?
And what's the bigger crime; Heatley possibly breaking the law, or an apathetic public allowing it to happen with no comment?
November 20th, 2009
10:25 am
To the copycat poster above-
Don't use my name, make up your own!
November 20th, 2009
11:02 am
They are trying to hijack your forum again Kimberly.
November 20th, 2009
11:14 am
What hole did all these off topic people crawl out of? Are they just totally illiterate? They have to be real losers to try, and hijack someones forum. Like dogs fighting over a bone.
November 20th, 2009
3:24 pm
We could use more than 1 topic a week. How bout it Kimberly? If things are ajumpin – one on Monday – another on Thurs
November 21st, 2009
12:23 am
My Heart is always with others during the Holiday Season; I look for a reason to show my kindness to others. We are fortunate live among those who deserves our kind efforts to be helpful in this time of crisis. This is no time think ourselves, but to also wish for the best of others. Our People in this county deserves the kind of welcome that money can't buy. I have no doubts that others feel the same way as I do.
December 25th, 2009
5:42 pm
Merry Christmas All !!!!
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We are excited to announce our 2013 Fall Workshop Series in collaboration with Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo. Many interesting topics are included in the line up and we are fortunate to have some great presenters returning for another workshop series. This workshop series is funded through our NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Grant. Through this… Read more »
Don't miss the National Garden Festival Event at Urban Roots
Again this year Urban Roots will be taking part in the National Garden Festival with an event focused on gardening in an urban setting. Our event entitled, "Pathways to a Useful Garden" will take place on Saturday, July 13th from 12noon until 3pm. For more information, please stop in the store or call us at 716-362-8982. This… Read more »
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Join us on Saturday, March 2nd at 10am for a presentation on Japanese Gardens by Trudy Stern. We'll have coffee brewing; see you there!
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Urban Roots Education Committee and Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo have a week filled with FREE garden workshops. Tuesday, September 25th at 6pm at the ArtSpace Garden, Colleen Morrissey will be presenting Growing and Preserving Herbs. On Wednesday, September 26th at 7pm Composting Options will be presented by Nicole Dionne at the Grassroots Gardens Office at… Read more »
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Urban Roots' Winter and Spring Gardening Series continues with Let's Talk About… Companion Gardening, with David Clark on Saturday February 25th at 12 noon.


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The recent events in Connecticut have inspired us to discuss the topic of gun control. Guests Paul Rust, Dominic Dierkes, and Sean Clements debate gun control with a human who Matt had a short dialogue with on Twitter. This episode's also full of movie theater heroes, gun cars, and body occupying demons. Be sure to pick up an improv4humans shirt from the Earwolf Store and follow @MattBesser on Twitter to send in your improv suggestions. Music by Bobby Matthews and Dragoon. You can also now get Matt Besser's new comedy album "The Six Most Important Sets in the History of Standup" at mattbesser.com!
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Matt Besser will forever be my hero
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More like improv4hotties (that's weird, I know Paul).
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