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The best things always happen while waiting for the bus in the morning. It has even been suggested that I start a blog about it. Maybe I'll just capture them here.
Today's proud parenting moment came from the bus stop when my boys (5 and 7) belted out the proper chorus to "Stay the Night" by Zedd, a capella, for the whole neighborhood.
It didn't take long before the lyrics devolved fully to potty words, so I think we're still ok.
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KeaheTriste said...
No free chat or update for people who can think without Steve jobs' hand up our asses(Android)?
@zweitblom - may as well be a cult. And people who decide to use Apple products just because are automatically inducted into the cult against their will.
"Yes, I have an IPhone, no I'm not going to get in someone's face because they have a different phone then me. No, I don't care one way or another how inferior or superior you think _______ phone is to the IPhone, and I'm not going to argue with you about it, even though that's obviously what you want."
And other people with Apple products expect me to be some kind of die-hard Apple fan as well, and they start getting mad at me when I just dont' care that much -_-'.
WTB less tribalism in phone consumers, it's not a country, religion, or culture, okay? It's just a phone.


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If the Industrial Revolution did not begin in Western Europe, could it have or would it have began somewhere else?
I read "Guns Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond and it really made me think. He said once "If another continent was blessed with environment and resources like Europeans, than they would have built skyscrapers and Helicopters" or something to that effect. I dont want this to turn into a racial/cultural debate by any means. I am merely asking if Technology was inevitable? I believe Diamond was correct in much of his assumptions he made in his book, but i do believe he was being overly deterministic? Anyway, is modern society just a fluke? What would have happened if the Industrial Revolution did not begin when it did?
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May 1 2013: it's a very interesting question and i've wondered myself. i don't have enough information to come to a definite conclusion, though my experiences lead me to believe that the answer is no. more than things, what seems to be necessary is a culture that strives for improvement - the revolution and all advancements that preceded it needed both inventors and the possibility for those inventions to become widespread, allowing the next advancement.
here in japan, that sort of society really doesn't exist. though everyone thinks of japan as being very hi-tech, the reality is that actually they're just very studious; they learn what someone else figured out and do it very well. the most convincing reason i've heard for why this is so is rice. a rice paddy can't be planted by a single person, so what they ended up with was communal planting of whole villages, basically one day everyone planted one guy's field then the next day everyone planted the next guy's. this depended on everyone working in the same way, so if someone came up with a bright idea (a better way of doing something is necessarily a different way of doing it) it'd be a real spanner in the works because it'd conflict with the way everyone else was trying to work. they even have a proverb "the nail that sticks up must be hammered down" which exemplifies this ideal. conversely in europe people were responsible for their own farms alone, so if they were free to try things, and if something turned out to make life easier people would want to learn so they could do it too, and progress is built.
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Yes, Wyoming has a law making it illegal to host a party where minors consume alcohol. That's true. The tricky gray area comes with the word "minor." The law fails to specify underage drinkers as those under 21, so it really only applies to minors under 18.
It's important to close this loophole in the current law, especially in college towns like Powell, where a majority of underage drinkers fall into that gray area. For local house parties where the police were called, most underage drinkers — 71 percent — were 18- to 21-year-olds, according to Powell Police Department data. Only 29 percent of underage drinkers at those house parties were under 18.
Research also shows that most underage drinkers receive their alcohol at a house party, not a local liquor establishment.
Many times, teens refuse to identify the adult acquaintance or friend's parent who supplied the alcohol, making it difficult for police to prove who provided it. Social hosting ordinances can hold adults accountable for allowing underage drinking parties even when it's not possible to prosecute an adult for furnishing the alcohol.
"A social hosting ordinance has been demonstrated nationwide to deter underage drinking and to discourage adults from providing alcohol to minors," said Sarah Mikesell-Growney with the Park County Coalition Against Substance Abuse.
The tragic death of a Powell High School teenager earlier this year reinforces the importance of such laws. Seventeen-year-old Tylor Burke died in a fatal crash in March after drinking at his mother's home and visiting a bar.
Two weeks ago, his mother, Donna Marie Burke Brunko, was sentenced to five days in jail and six months of probation for the misdemeanor charge of allowing a house party. Basin Circuit Court Judge Thomas Harrington also ordered her to speak with parents about refusing to allow underage drinking parties.
Unfortunately, Burke's death isn't the first local tragedy related to underage drinking, but as a community, we must do everything we can to try to make it the last.
The Powell City Council had the opportunity to close the state law's loophole here last June, but unfortunately, failed to do so. Councilmen voted 5-2 to defeat a proposed law that would have made it illegal to knowingly host parties where minors — including those 18 to 21 years old — consume alcohol or drugs.
Lawmakers at the local and state level need to re-examine social hosting laws and make them apply to all underage drinking parties, not just some.


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December 2012 Pregnancy & Newborn magazine features a Young America Isabella Double Dresser in Black in an article "Baby Space: Heir to the Throne".
December 2012 Pregnancy & Newborn magazine features a Young America Isabella Double Dresser in Black in an article "Baby Space: Heir to the Throne".
Young America surprised approximately 30 expectant mothers and new moms whose spouses are deployed members of the U.S. Navy with their own sets of nursery furniture during an Operation Shower® Birdies for the Brave® group baby shower, which was held on Friday, November 30 at the prestigious TPC Sawgrass golf course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Part of the PGA TOUR's Birdies for the Brave fundraising weekend, the "Babies for the Brave"-themed event was hosted by Amy Mickelson, wife of PGA TOUR player Phil Mickelson, and Cathy Justice, wife of Greenbrier Resort Owner Jim Justice.
"Preparing for the birth of a child is one of the most important times in a couple's life," said Neil MacKenzie, director of marketing for Stanley Furniture. "However, for the thousands of military moms-to-be whose spouses are overseas, the experience can be somewhat bittersweet because a key family member is missing. Young America decided to participate in the 'Babies for the Brave' event as a way to show our appreciation for the sacrifices these military families make to ensure our nation's safety. We're proud to know that our nursery furniture will keep the newest additions to these families safe as they await their parents' return home."
Held in the TPC Sawgrass clubhouse, the shower featured a special grand prize raffle of a Young America furniture package, which included a Young America crib and case piece, along with a Colgate crib mattress. Although Operation Shower positioned the prize as a single gift for one lucky mom, the attendees were ecstatic when Young America surprised the moms by announcing that they all would receive the furniture prize.
"The moms who attended the shower had absolutely no idea that they would be getting nursery furniture from Young America, and their reactions to the news were priceless!" said Amy Mickelson (shown above with winning family). "There was an audible gasp as everyone realized they had won, and some attendees were in tears, while others cheered like they had won the lottery. Thankfully, the excitement didn't cause anyone to go into labor!"
The prizes included selections from across Young America's stylish furniture collections, which are made in the U.S.A. at Young America's state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Robbinsville, N.C. The moms at the shower were impressed to learn that Young America furniture is the safest furniture parents can buy for a child and found the company's Built to Grow story quite appealing.
In addition to the Young America furniture, each of the moms received Operation Shower's signature "Shower in a Box," which contains high-quality, unique mom and baby products, including onesies, crib bedding, clothing, diaper bags and toys. Prior to the "Shower in a Box" presentation, the guests listened to short speeches from shower hosts Amy Mickelson and Cathy Justice. During her address, Mickelson described her grandmother's experience as a military wife, which was similar to that of the shower honorees. In fact, she relayed that her grandfather had missed the birth of his daughter because he was stationed abroad and was unable to come home until his child was 18 months old. Justice spoke of the important role mothers play in children's lives and discussed the Greenbrier Resort's commitment to charity and to the military. She even invited the moms to visit the resort should they ever come to West Virginia.
Following the remarks from Mickelson and Justice, Operation Shower Founder and Chief Shower Officer LeAnn Morrissey explained the organization's mission and announced that with the completion of the "Babies for the Brave" event, Operation Shower will have "showered" its 1,000th military mom since its founding in 2007. "Military moms are really the unsung heroes of our nation," Morrissey said after the event. "Although they aren't serving overseas like their spouses, these women face an array of challenges — everything from the day-to-day stress of running a household alone to the unspoken fear that their loved one might not return home — and they do it with a quiet strength that deserves our utmost respect. It's rewarding to know that Young America's gifts will bring joy to these special families, who give up so much for their country."
Golf Channel viewers can get an inside look at the "Babies for the Brave" event during a special program dedicated to the Birdies for the Brave fundraising weekend that is scheduled to air on Wednesday, December 12 at 7 p.m. EST.
Lighting is an important aspect in the design of any room, especially a child's room. The style of a light fixture will impact the overall look and feel of the space. In addition to a central lighting fixture, accent lighting can add mood and personality to the ambiance. There are so many options… night lights, twinkle lights, colorful lights…the possibilities are endless. Task lighting is also important, in particular, with older children who use their rooms for reading and doing homework.
Let's take a look at some ideas for lighting…
These paper star lights are a sweet addition to a baby's nursery. Perfect for singing lullabies and encouraging sweet dreams.
This Stray Dog Designs Aly Sr Floor lamp adds ambient light and visual interest to this charming baby room.
This Arteriors Home Niles Orange Rattan Floor Lamp provides practical lighting for bedtime reading and adds a modern design look with the pop of bright orange.
A beautiful Oilo pendant light complements the bed linens and adds ambient light to this entire room.
Oilo pendant lights add fun pattern and practical lighting to this modern gender-neutral nursery.
Paper lanterns add a touch of light and help create a fun, hip atmosphere. The blue glass table lamp adds a pop of color and provides an important bedside lighting function.
This room features paper lanterns and flowers in bright colors… task lighting on the desk workspace and a bedside lamp as well.
More fun with paper lanterns! A ceramic-based bedside lamp from Slip adds color and practical lighting to this retro kid's room.
This teen girl room shows another great example of a simple reading light on the nightstand.
This desk vignette shows a perfect example of a good desk light choice for a study space.
Great sources for desk lamps and other lights: Lite Source and Lamps Plus
So, do a little research. Search online and go on a shopping excursion. Take some photos with your phone. Narrow down the type of lighting you would like to have in your child's bedroom. And please remember to send us a photo! We love knowing how your home projects are going.
And, one last inspirational idea, just in time for the holidays. Why not add a little twinkle to a holiday card display?
Lighting list complied by interior designer and Young America stylist Patti Borrelli.
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The Internet can be an amazing place when used correctly. Many people are turning to the Internet for good causes like saving animals. There are tons of animal shelters that could use some help & volunteers are using the Internet to help those shelters.
For anyone planning on using the Internet to help animal shelters, congratulations on working on an amazing and rewarding task. Just by promoting these shelters on social networking websites, you're helping spread awareness to animals in need as well as the shelters right from your living room.
Finding Local Animal Shelters
Use the Internet and focus on local shelters at first because it'll be easier since you can visit the place if you're interested. Shelters could always use help whether you volunteer or help spread the word.
Spread the Word
Before spreading the word, contact them to see what type of help they're in need of. If they could use food donations then spread the word online that an animal shelter is in need of some animal food.
If you're a blogger, create blogs about the animal shelter and the animals that need donations or a home. You'd be surprise at how quickly information can spread about the shelter… especially if it's local. Remember to include images and videos if you are able to get them. Visuals will help do wonders with your blog & giving people the information needed.
If you're financially able to make a donation then you should do that as well. Shelters will always need some financial help and this really is the best way you can truly contribute to an amazing cause.


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babyblade41 says:
and although I've never come up close to one it does what it says on the tin.
I'm not a fan of the styling at all and I take it with a full licence it wouldn't be my choice for commuting as it seems this is what it's best at.
Fuel economy is very good and I suppose a test ride will make your decision..
Not much help but it does depend what you will want it for
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kcmc says:
of this bike from Suzuki,it's much heavier than any of it's rivals only produces 24HP (less than a Honda Superdream 250 from 1979 claimed 27hpwhich was dog slow)and its not kind on the eye,again even 30-35 years later the Superdream looks better,and i would better it will turn out to be nearly as good on the fuel,and probably a lot more reliable??But remember that's only my view Good Luck
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Richnotrich says:
Its a BIG bike for the cc.
what your requirements are as many heads are better than one and someone may suggest something you hadn't thought of.
From what you say you are looking for more of a tool rather than a leisure item which I'm sure there would be other models suited to you far more
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jon66 says:
i saw it at last years scottish bike show and again this year , its a nice sized bike , ide get down to a dealers n get a shot on one ,make sure you look closely at the competition
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norris says:
Big bike, no power. Had a 250 Superdream many years back for commuting. Couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding.
I was hoping its suzuki s version of the Superdream bombproof and reliable. I'm not bothered about speed just reliability and cheap to run. Also the size is what I like,I'm 6 foot and 17 stone so wouldn't look strange on it. Commuting mainly and pottering about. Being the cheapest 250 from the main four helps too.
you seem to have made your mind up,without any help from us,so go spend your hard earned on the bike you have set your hart on(someones got to buy it)have fun that's the main thing
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And then there's Will Solomon. That would be the signing that unofficially ends the Raptors offseason and solidifies the team that Toronto will go to battle with in three months time.
One through five the team is solid, if unspectacular. Chris Bosh and Jermaine O'Neal make-up probably the most talented frontcourt in the NBA, and Jose Calderon is a point guard who's production sits just below, but still below, that of elite names like Deron Williams and Chris Paul. Anthony Parker and Jamario Moon have proven to be serviceable swingmen who may be afforded less responsibilities now that Jermaine O'Neal has become Toronto's 'other' 20-10 impact player who will attract double teams and lock-down the team's post defense.
So while the team could use a little more talent on the wings in the starting five, they are still poised to compete with pretty much any team in the East at the start of each game.
After that, things start to get a lot less promising.
In order for a team to front-load a roster with guys like Bosh, Calderon and especially O'Neal, financial constraints are going to dictate that the depth of the bench is going to suffer. The theory behind such a situation is that the starters, especially Bosh and O'Neal, will play heavy minutes to keep the pressure on the defense, allowing a less than spectacular bench room for mistakes.
And mistakes are something that the Raptors and their fans are going to have to accept with a reserve unit so short on experience and proven talent. As savvy as GM Bryan Colangelo has proven to be in the past with nabbing quality under the radar talent (Jorge Garbajosa, Parker, Moon), every time he chooses, or is forced, to go that route he rolls the dice that his gamble won't pay off.
In the past this wasn't such an issue as the bench had certain fail-safes built in. The T.J. Ford-Calderon tandem guaranteed a more than capable playmaker on the floor at all times. Rasho Nesterovic gave the team a dependable big man and guys like Carlos Delfino and Morris Peterson afforded the team the ability to have some more experienced vets on the court in amongst the team's younger and imported core.
Today, though, Ford, Nesterovic, Delfino, Peterson and Garbajosa are gone. Their replacements in the rotation carry none of the dependability that their predecessors carried with them, and in the case of some their NBA experience is irrelevant if it exists at all. For a team looking to return to the top-four of a reloaded Eastern Conference it could demand a lot of things to break their way as their inexperienced bench tries to find their NBA legs on the fly with the Raptors.
The whole operation starts with former number one overall pick Andrea Bargnani. His second year went above-and-beyond the definition of dreaded 'sophomore slump' as he saw not only his statistical production dip, including his much-vaunted shooting prowess, but his once-remarkable confidence and swagger, as well. The Raptors still have high hopes for their Italian seven-footer and have laid out a rigid training regimen this summer to try and help him regain the upward trajectory that nabbed him the runner-up slot in the 2007 Rookie of the Year considerations. One big help that could come his way is the presence of O'Neal allowing Bargnani to be a permanent bench player after being yo-yo'ed in and out of the starting five last season. A more appropriate game-plan that makes better use of his unique skills (his passing, shooting and athleticism) rather than trying to turn him into something he's not would be a bad thing to explore, either. If he can even just return to the level of play he had during his rookie year he'd be a huge asset for this team and its underwhelming bench. If he plays with the indecision and inconsistency that plagued his game last year, it will not only put a tremendous strain on Bosh and O'Neal to play heavy minutes every night, but it will leave the Raptors severely limited in its options up front.
That's because without a capable Bargnani, this team is virtually without a useful option down low on the second unit. Kris Humphries remains the ultimate frustration player. If he could ever ease into and accept his role as a hustle player and rebounder rather than insisting that he is an offensive force he could do wonders for this team. Unfortunately he has rarely shown the kind of maturity on the court that would insinuate the he has the selflessness and focus to be a useful player for the team on a full-time basis. He'll follow-up a game or two of extremely productive minutes grabbing rebounds and playing tough defense with a string of games where he forces his shot at the expense of team offense and will routinely see his rebounding and defense dip in those instances. It's as if he's only able to focus on one element of his game at a time and, lamentably, he too often elects to focus on the lesser part of his game.
Despite the question marks surrounding Bargnani and Humphries, they are going to be logging plenty of minutes this season by default. Regardless of whether or not they are capable of or prepared to play serious minutes this season, without Nesterovic or Garbajosa around to ease their load, they are going to be called on often to spell the team's formidable starters. Behind them rests Nathan Jawai, the Australian big man who the Raptors landed with the second-round pick they received in the O'Neal-Ford deal. Like Uros Slokar, Pape Sow, Maceo Baston and Primoz Brezec before him, he's more of an end-of-the-bench practice player who has potential down the road but will likely do little to affect the Raptors' fortunes this coming year.
In opposition to the frontcourt, which is loaded in the starting unit and tapers off significantly thereafter, the backcourt (outside of Calderon) has a lot of interchangeable parts between the first and second units. While Parker and Moon will probably be the tandem that opens the season at the two and three, respectively, Jason Kapono is essentially on the same level as they are talent-wise. All three are fairly consistent and specific in their roles on the team. Moon will likely get the starting nod due to the need for defense at the start and the need for offense off of the bench from Kapono. None will be giant-killers at their positions, but so long as they do what they can do well - and do it consistently - they will be a help to this team. And if Kapono can carry over some of his remarkable scoring (as opposed to just shooting) that he put on display against Orlando in the Playoffs it would allow the team to breath a lot easier as they await salary-cap relief over the next two seasons.
Behind them sit the enigmas that are Joey Graham and...well, baby Joey Graham, Hassan Adams. Neither one even hints at the kind of consistency of the three men in front of them on the depth chart, and while both promise significant athletic prowess and defensive abilities in theory, neither one has given anyone any reason to believe that they can translate those gifts into productive NBA minutes. As physical of a game as basketball is, the mental strength is no less important to a player's fortunes. Graham has no end of talent in his chiseled 6'7" frame, but his concentration routinely fails him and has prevented him from being a regular player on the Toronto Raptors. Adams has had less of a chance to demonstrate his skills in the NBA but until he gets a chance to log meaningful minutes against regular NBA opposition, he'll remain as much of a question mark as Graham. He's smaller (6'4") than Graham, an issue especially when he's called on to guard small forwards. He is more active on the court than Graham but that also leads to gambles that can put his team in jeopardy if he misses and finds himself out of position. His jump shot is atrocious and will be a liability on a team that needs to space the floor for two All-Star big men, and that inability will also limit his ability to get to the rim as teams will have no problem sagging off him and forcing him to shoot.
One or both of them will be forced into action plenty this year alongside Kapono and the nod will probably go to Graham more often due to his size and ability to shoot the ball. Adams could force his way into the rotation with a solid pre-season or by making the most of his minutes like Jamario Moon did a year ago, but for now it looks like Kapono and Graham will be primarily responsible for spelling Parker and Moon this coming season. It's not a deadly swing rotation, but there is a little more parity there than up front.
Of course, the backcourt extends farther than the wing. The point guard position, the position that has been seen a third member join the Raptors, thus completing their summer shopping this week and making the position the team's most Euro-centric. Obviously Calderon has been promoted to full-time starter as a result of the Ford trade - as well as his new $8 million-per-year salary - and 2005 second-round pick Roko Ukic has finally been imported to back him up. Calderon will likely been called upon to average the 35 minutes or so he averaged as a starter last year in Ford's absence, with Ukic being thrust into the fire right out of the gate. As much as the team would love to ease him into the position and the NBA style of play, they really can't afford to take that route. Calderon's efficiency dipped towards the end of last season after a year playing heavy minutes began to catch up with him and without a player like Ford to compensate for that he'll need to have his minutes monitored to ensure that doesn't happen again. That will mean that Ukic will be called upon to help keep Calderon's minutes manageable, especially after Jose spends the bulk of this summer playing basketball for Spain's national entry at the Olympics. While he should have no problem playing starters minutes in the range of 35 per game, he won't be able to replicate the kind of 40-plus minute-per-game he logged when Juan Dixon and Derrick Martin proved equally incapable of holding down the fort while he was on the bench a season ago.
Ukic had a breakout year last year for Lottomatico Roma and looks as poised as he's going to look for a trip overseas. He's a slick ball-handler who has remarkable court-vision and is certainly as good a player as was available at the backup point guard spot. His defense will suffer as a result of the speed he's going to be facing, and he'll be turnover prone at first due to his propensity for attempting 'thread-the-needle' passes. Still, he operates in a positive contrast to Calderon's fundamental approach to the game. He plays with a big more flash and a bit of a riskier approach, but he provides a different look to opposing defenses while still being a pass-first point guard. That said, many of his positives may take time to manifest, perhaps going into his second season. Even Calderon needed over a year of NBA experience before he found his groove in the league, and the same should probably be expected of his new prodigy.
To mitigate that learning curve, somewhat, is Will Solomon. He won't be called on all that much, and it isn't like he's overly experienced in NBA basketball, either, having played only one season for the Memphis Grizzlies as a second round pick. But he's a heady player who may be able to come in in situations where Ukic looks lost on the court. While this is a bit of a narrow comparison, the thinking is that Solomon would be more like a Parker/Garbajosa import; a player with enough basketball experience to offset his lack of NBA exposure. It's a light risk since the eggs are primarily in Ukic's basket and it isn't like there were a bevy of better options available, but the point guard position behind Calderon, while heavy on potential, is light on dependability which could be troubling for a Playoff-bound team.
And that's where the team's bench stands today. It's light on reliable options and deep on potential, but it stands to reason that this team will have a very hard time dealing with an injury to any key player for any length of time at any point this season. While it's possible that one or two of their under-26 players (Graham, Humphries, Ukic, Adams, Jawai and Bargnani) could break out and help this team's second unit immensely, it's not guaranteed - even though it would be a (realistic) best-case scenario. Bryan Colagnelo has had an incredible streak at turning these kinds of scenarios in his favour, but even he might have bitten off more than he can chew with his back against the wall here. Having the opportunity to acquire a player like Jermaine O'Neal without giving up Bosh, Calderon or Bargnani is a must-do deal, but absorbing his $20 million contract forces further considerations elsewhere on the roster.
While the Raptors starting five looks poised to go against any in the East, even with teams like Philly and Indiana upgrading their offerings, Toronto's bench is what is going to make or break this season. If the team can continue it's streak of capitalizing on their excellent scouting department then they should be fine, but if their luck finally runs out it could spell trouble for a very important season with Chris Bosh's free agency ever-looming in the free agent supermarket that is 2010. Should the team be worried? No. Should they try to ensure it doesn't become an issue? Absolutely.
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Dear Betty Ann,
Your interior design sense is an inspiration! As it so happens, my new home contains both a haunted funhouse and an alien toy factory. Do you have any tips or tricks for how to best utilize these spaces? I would like the strike maximal terror in the hearts of my child prisoners.
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Dear Interiority,
Thank you so much! You have no idea how much time I spend designing these sets, but the gang's always saying things like, "Ok, Betty Ann, we get it: bright colors." But it's not just bright colors! You have to be careful to create the appropriate blend of light and dark, and you can't underestimate the importance of each little "extra." Let's go through it together.
For the haunted funhouse, I recommend keeping the rooms pitch black, except for a few brightly lit and brightly colored panels.
Traditionally, these panels will be doors.
In this example, one door leads to the exit, and the rest are terror traps. However, I do not know the exact layout of your particular haunted funhouse. If all else fails, feel free to include something that might literally burn the whole thing down:
Kids hate to burn.
As for the alien toy factory, I recommend decorating exclusively in pastels. The more you stick to a unified color scheme here, the more terrifying it will be:
The goal, of course, is for your toy factory's design to appear meticulous but misguidedly over-the-top: you want this to appear to be the result of alien misconceptions of what constitutes fun for children. And don't go to pains to construct this out of sturdy materials—it's not a real toy factory, after all! Aliens have places to be, and so it's actually better if a closer look reveals your toy zone to have been constructed on-the-fly.
Most importantly, though, make sure not to skimp on the details. For instance, consider hiring an imposingly tall elevator operator with a deliriously out-of-time personal aesthetic:
It'll add a nice touch if you can include a hatch for the mothership:
And remember that a whimsically designed murder-device will always pay its way in terror:
I hope this helps! Your house sure sounds like a scary time. Feel free to DM me if you need any further assistance—I live for it!
All the best,
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Denny Hamlin isn't crazy about the new NASCAR Gen 6 cars. Well, actually, that's a bit strong. Based on our readings of his statements following the March 3 race at Phoenix International Raceway, Hamlin simply thinks that the new NASCAR racecar has got some growing to do before it's as polished at the outgoing Gen 5 cars were. Here's what the Toyota driver said:
"We learned a lot. I don't want to be the pessimist, but it did not race as good as our Generation 5 cars. This is more like what the Generation 5 was at the beginning. The teams hadn't figured out how to get the aero balance right. Right now, you just run single-file and you cannot get around the guy in front of you."
That rather mild criticism of the Gen 6 (appearing in its second only race thus far) car has been enough, however, to cause NASCAR to issue Hamlin a $25,000 fine. The organization said that it gives its drivers "ample leeway" to voice their opinions but, "will not tolerate publicly made comments by its drivers that denigrate the racing product."
Hamlin, who races for Joe Gibbs Racing – and drove the Gen 6 Toyota Camry from a 43rd-place start to a 3rd-place finish in Phoenix, by the way – is incensed that NASCAR officials didn't reach out or attempt to have a conversation with him before issuing the fine. He has appealed the official decision, and vowed not to pay the twenty-five large.
Tweeted Hamlin on the issue: "I believe I was severely disrespected by NASCAR by getting fined. I believe that the simple fact of us not even having a conversation about this issue before I was hit with a fine has something to say about our relationship." We'll wait and see how this stand off at the stock car corral plays out.


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Q: I just moved into a new studio apartment and have two walls next to a south-facing window (in the picture you can only see one of the walls, but it has slightly longer twin on the other side). This area is going to be my sitting area. I would like to hang two framed prints on these walls (11"x14" and 16"x20"), however, they are not behind protective glass (i.e. museum grade or UV):
They are not terribly expensive, but are a bit sentimental as I picked them up at museums on a trip to Europe. The shades will be down much of the time as the window faces a main walkway. I also have limited wall space in the rest of the apartment. Do you have any recommendations on how to protect my prints, other them having them custom framed behind UV or museum glass? I had looked into this a few years ago and its a bit more than I can afford at the moment (at least where I got an estimate)?
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You do not have to pay for full custom framing to get your prints behind museum or UV glass. You can buy a ready-made frame in the sizes you need (usually 50% off at Hobby Lobby or Michael's) and buy replacement UV or museum glass from the framing department. Fewer options than custom, but much cheaper. The frames are usually reasonable on sale and at Hobby Lobby (and maybe JoAnn's) you can use a 40% off coupon for the piece of glass.
in the northern hemisphere, even if blinds stay drawn much of the time, images that are not protected by u/v glass will fade, textiles will fade, furniture will fade near east-, south-, west-facing windows; amazing how fast it happens.
You can get fairly cheap custom UV protective plexi at American Frames. Go to their website and just pop in your dimensions. Plexi is much lighter, and if you drop the frame for any reason, it won't shatter and possibly scratch your print.
Thanks for asking this question and thanks for all the answers. I live in a house that gets a lot of light--direct and diffuse sunlight and I have been afraid to put up original watercolors for this very reason. Good to know I could get cheaper frames and UV protective glass or plexi.


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"nostalgia fan-service"... Maybe, but I'd rather see Japanese anime fan-service, thanks.
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Don't need much rope for that, though.
LOL I just Googled for "Australian visual basic" and the result was the one true VB. In fact the first nine results are all about Victoria Bitter and not Visual Basic.
Don't like it, don't click it.
(Also, cornify unicorns aren't MLP unicorns, unless they've added a few more now)
I wonder how management would react if Daniel went around casually boasting that he had created Checkerboard. You know that look managers get on their faces when they want to chastise you, but know they can't actually say what for without sounding ridiculous?
Gotta stop lying on these things guys!!!
Come on, who here would believe that Government Auditors could ever find anything more than a big pile of money? It simply doesn't happen (Incidentally, we lent the US some of our government auditors when they were out looking for WMD in the Middle East).
We got a new (well, I guess he's been there 12 months now) IT Security guy (Director) in our department - comes with a pretty impressive history through various semi-secret government and Defence departments. And he's as paranoid as they come (although to his credit not randomly paranoid like much of his staff). Anywho, in his first week, one of the senior BigWigs (DCEO or something) wanted access to some social networking interface (actually might have been access to the network from iPad, I forget) and he basically said "Fuck off, that's a major security risk and there is absolutely no way you could come up with a business case for needing it". Of course, the DCEO wasn't used to this sort answer (we'd spent a fairly significant amount of money providing BlackBerry access for the execs - because one of them had bought one and was upset that they couldn't use it {I know little of BlackBerry, but apparently an equivalent solution could have been made in Microsoft Mobile [or something] for considerably less}). Anywho, queue DCEO to complain to CIO, and CIO to have a word with IT Sec who essentially responded with "If you want me to keep your shit secure you have to let me tell anyone they can't fucking have shit"....
He's still there, and as far as I know constantly telling execs to fuck off too.....
How's that for a story that went nowhere?
Yeah, I thought this was unlikely too. I've never known a middle manager to call help desk - delegation, tears and a LOT of complaining are all I've ever seen from them.....
But we all know that the the New Zealanders are just lower-class Aussies anyway....
No luck. Checkerboard is in black and red.
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It appears the bad blood between Richard Sherman and Michael Crabtree has died down – at least for the Seattle Seahawks defensive back.
Sherman, who recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live was asked if he would be open to a couples massage with the San Francisco 49ers wide receiver.
His answer? Somewhat shocking, suggesting he'd be open to it – hinting that his back is a bit sore.
Is it sore from lifting up the Super Bowl trophy so much!?
Sherman, who of course went ballistic on Crabtree during his post-NFC Championship interview has calmed down drastically in recent weeks with his antics, so maybe's he's attempting to bury the hatchet.
I have a feeling Crabtree wouldn't be nearly as open to the suggestion, however.
But wouldn't that be absolutely hilarious if Kimmel could get the two together to film something like that? Crabtree and Sherman, face down on a massage table, shooting the wind.
Do it for America, Crabtree. It would be must-see TV.
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An AU of a Sixth Year AU Story: What would have happened if two liberal American druids had taken Harry to America, before returning with him to Hogwarts? In this chapter, Harry gets to know Sirius...
Chapter XI
Monday, December 30, 1991
The news about Sirius Black's return came out in The Daily Prophet that morning. To say that it had made a stir in the British wizarding world was a major understatement. Barty Crouch Sr., the official who had sent Sirius to Azkaban without a thorough investigation let alone any trial, had been hanging on to his current position in the immediate aftermath of Sirius' reappearance. The afternoon of the 28th, an unexpected Ministry visit to his home had revealed that his son, a convicted Death Eater believed to have died in Azkaban, was living under semi-imprisonment conditions in the Crouch home. It was that discovery which had delayed the news of Sirius Black's innocence.
Barty Crouch Jr. had been quickly taken back to Azkaban prison. His father's trial had been scheduled to start in early January at first. Crouch managed to make a plea bargain, forcing him not just out of the Ministry but which also striped him of his political rights and a third of his fortune.
It was difficult to tell from that Monday's Daily Prophet which of the two stories was considered to be the more shocking. The paper was very much an establishment organ, and as the only magical daily in the British islands it was also the most influential. The weekly periodicals had much less influence.
Because the Prophet was so tied to the establishment, it took a little reading between the lines to see that there was a third major scandal brewing. The Minister of Magic was also under heavy fire from within the Ministry and from the semi-autonomous wizarding court system. Cornelius Fudge had been the senior Ministry official at the scene of the confrontation between Black and Pettigrew, and it had been his evidence that had partially convinced Crouch that a trial was unnecessary. To make matters worse for Fudge, investigation into the affair of Barty Crouch Jr. had revealed Fudge's misuse of the memory charm on Neville Longbottom, not just by Fudge, but by his then-assistant, Dolores Umbridge.
A cursory investigation into that then had led to the discovery, which would be announced that very afternoon, that Fudge and Umbridge had been carrying on a long term affair, and that Umbridge had been accepting direct bribes while both Fudge and Umbridge had been using large contributions by many wizards long suspected of Dark activities, especially Lucius Malfoy. This last would not have counted heavily, except that all Fudge's 'charity contributors' (as they were called) fell into that suspect category, and worst of all, they had all made their first contributions just before Fudge had helped them arrange pardons.
The Daily Prophet reported Tuesday that Umbridge had already resigned, and that Fudge might have to. Peter Pettigrew had already been sent to the dementors. As for Sirius Black, he was declared innocent of the charges against him, although the paper noted Monday that he had been convicted of numerous (unspecified) minor offenses and announced on Tuesday that he had been let off with time served. Fudge would actually resign on the Wednesday, being replaced by the head of the MLES, Amelia Bones.
Percy Weasley was very confused by all this news. He had idealized the Ministry before this, believing it to consist of people like himself. He had imagined their rules and regulations were well-thought out, and evenly and honestly applied.
To his shock, he suddenly realized what he had done. He had populated the Ministry of his imagination with people who had all the positive qualities of himself, and even more surprisingly to him, his father.
He spent the rest of the holiday thinking about his priorities.
Before all that played out, Harry had some unexpected visitors that Monday afternoon. Professor McGonagall had found Harry in the library with Ron. They were pretending to study their history text while actually casing the restricted section again, thinking about making an assault while pretending to work on assignments they had already finished.
McGonagall eyed them warily. Decades of experience warned her that the pair was up to something, but she had no idea what they might be after. She contented herself with ordering Harry to follow her.
Harry decided that he wasn't in trouble, and so merely packed up and followed his Head of House to the great hall. McGonagall merely told him to try and stay out of trouble and then directed Harry to the door next to the dias where the faculty table was.
Harry shrugged and went on alone. He knew there was someone waiting for him, and therefore wasn't overly surprised to see that it was Black and Lupin.
"Hello, Harry," Remus said gently. Sirius Black seemed too nervous to do much more than smile at that point.
"Hi," Harry said.
An awkward silence fell. Remus sighed and elbowed Sirius sharply. "Ow!" He growled at Remus while rubbing his arm, "Why'd you do that, Moony?" The werewolf had forgotten how strong he was, and that elbow would leave a bruise.
"Because you're being an idiot," Remus responded. He turned to Harry and smiled a little. "Since you knew who I was, I guess there's no need to introduce myself."
"No," Harry said. "That's my godfather, Sirius Black, my father's best friend, and you're another close friend. I take it you're the werewolf my father, and the others, became an animagus to help out?"
"I am," Lupin admitted. "I hope that doesn't make you too nervous."
Harry thought a moment. "The last full moon was over a week ago . . . the morning of the twenty-first?" he asked. Lupin nodded.
Harry shrugged. "Then there's nothing to be nervous about, is there?"
"No," Sirius stated, "there isn't. I guess I should start off by apologizing again for the other night. That wasn't the best way for us to meet."
"Actually, it probably was, considering the circumstances," Harry pointed out.
"You probably have been told this before, but you look almost exactly like your father," Sirius blurted. Harry frowned slightly.
"He does," Remus agreed, "but if he sounds like anyone, he sounds more like Lily."
"True," Sirius admitted. "Anyway, since you know who we are, we thought we should drop by and become a little more acquainted, if you're interested."
Remus added, "Tabitha and Henry agreed we could, by the way."
"So, even though Tabby knew your mum fairly well, we probably knew her a bit better," Sirius said while scowling at Remus. He turned to Harry. "We also knew your father very well. Tabitha said you don't know much about them. What can we tell you about them?"
Harry smiled. "Everything!"
For the rest of the holiday, Harry spent a lot of time every day with Sirius and Remus. Ron spent the afternoons with them as well, and the twins always joined in after dinner.
Harry really enjoyed both of his father's friends. Sirius was more obviously fun-loving, and he spent a great deal of time exchanging pranking ideas with Fred and George, who seemed to very nearly worship Sirius. Remus was much more laid-back and quiet, but obviously had the same mischievous streak in him -- it was merely better controlled.
While Remus appeared poor and somewhat tired, Sirius still looked awful, even though he ate more than Harry and Ron put together. When school restarted, the pair of friends would be leaving for a vacation that would last until school was out. Both promised that they would be moving near Hogsmeade the following July.
That Thursday evening, Sirius and Remus took Harry and George aside, sending Ron and Fred on ahead with arm loads of extra food and drink to eat in front of the fire later that night.
"Did you bring it?" Sirius asked George.
"Of course!" George said. He pulled out a slightly tattered piece of parchment.
Sirius grabbed it, making George look hurt and drawing a scolding from Remus. Sirius apologized, pulled his new wand out and touched the parchment, saying, "I solemnly swear I am up to no good!"
Harry watched, amazed as the parchment sprang to life. "What's that?" Harry asked.
"The Marauder's Map," George said, slightly in awe.
"How did you get it, anyway?" Remus asked.
"And what is it?" Harry asked again.
"We diverted Filch's attention one time in his office last year and grabbed a bunch of stuff," George said. "This was the most interesting."
"And it shows nearly all of Hogwarts and all the people and sentients in the castle and some of the grounds," Remus explained. "We started on it in our Third year, and kept making improvements until Filch managed to grab it from us in our Seventh."
"'Nearly all'?" George asked.
"There are some areas open only to the staff," Remus explained. "I doubt if we found all of it."
"We also found a number of secret passages," Sirius added. "There must be at least one that we missed."
"Which. . . ?" Remus started to ask.
"There must be one in the dungeons we missed," Sirius answered. "Remember, there was that troll over Halloween."
"That's right," Remus agreed. "I forgot about that."
"Why didn't it ever show you or Pettigrew?" George asked Sirius.
"It only shows Marauders to another Marauder," Remus explained.
"May we have this?" Sirius asked.
George's face dropped, but he said, "Well, it is yours."
Sirius and Remus smiled. "We'll give it back," Remus said. "We're going to add Harry as a Marauder and teach him some things. We'll give it back to you, and you can share it with him until you leave or decide to give it to him."
Now George smiled. "Thank you."
"Hey, I can't imagine anyone more deserving of our help than you two," Sirius said. He ruffled Harry's hair. "It takes a year or two to get ready to cause trouble."
Harry stuck his tongue out at his godfather.
The next Saturday night, Sirius and Remus took their leave right after dinner. Harry was sad to see them go. He thought he understood himself, and his heritage, a bit better. He also understood why Snape seemed to hate him so much.
Sirius still loathed Snape. Harry had been horrified to learn that Sirius had tricked Snape into approaching the transformed Remus Lupin during a full moon. Even now, more than fifteen years later, Sirius was sorry only for nearly getting Remus charged with murder. That Snape might have been killed, or at least made a werewolf, didn't even seem to matter. In fact, the idea of Snape as a werewolf seemed to be a real joke to Sirius and to the three youngest Weasley brothers ("Imagine, a great greasy werewolf," Fred had said. "It would look nasty, but would probably have to spend all its time licking the grease off its fur." Sirius and Ron had howled with laughter.)
Although Harry really liked Sirius, he felt more drawn to the more scholarly Remus. Most nights, after Sirius had regaled the group with some outrageous stories in the common room (the two Seventh year girls watching on from a distance, one looking longingly at Sirius, the other at Remus, while Percy pretended to ignore everything), Sirius would wind up talking with Fred and Ron while Remus would be talking to George and Harry.
Harry made certain to introduce both men to Hedwig. Harry loved his owl, but had had little use for her. She seemed very happy with the idea of flying messages to Sirius and Remus, starting in two weeks or so.
The holidaying students returned late the next afternoon. Harry was waiting near the stairs in the entrance hall when they started pouring in.
He was waiting for two particular students, and so didn't notice the glances he was getting from many of the students. Harry did take time off to exchange sneers with Draco Malfoy.
Finally, Neville and Hermione came through the huge doors. Neville smiled and pointed Harry out to Hermione (she had been searching for him in the other direction) and the two hurried over.
"Sounds like you had an interesting holiday," Neville said with a grin.
"Nah, I'm sure it wasn't anything out of the ordinary," Harry retorted, finally breaking into a return grin of his own.
"Boys," Hermione said, rolling her eyes. To his surprise, Hermione then gave Harry a brief but very tight hug. "I'm just glad things turned out so well."
"So am I," Harry agreed.
"What's he like?" Neville asked.
Harry frowned in thought. It was obvious who Neville was asking about. "It's hard to say. In some ways, he's more like a school boy than some of the Seventh years. Maybe spending almost ten years in that place means he never really grew up." Harry shrugged. "In most other ways, he's great, but you have to imagine him as Fred and George Weasley wrapped into one person." Hermione wrinkled her nose at that.
"Is the story of how he and his friends became animagi true?" Neville asked.
"I think so. Which part?"
"The part that they did it because one of their dorm mates was a werewolf." Neville shook his head. "Did the Headmaster really allow a werewolf into school?"
"It does sound dangerous," Hermione agreed.
"Yes, he did, and they did," Harry responded, a bit nettled. "I met him, the werewolf I mean."
"He was there, that night when Sirius broke in and captured Pettigrew."
"You mean he was in league with Black all along?" Hermione asked.
"Oh, no, he was there to help bring Sirius down," Harry answered. "He probably would have had the best idea of how Sirius thought. He was also able to confirm most of Sirius' story and identify Pettigrew. They're good friends again, and are leaving on vacation together after the next full moon." Harry smiled. "They're supposed to come stay with us in July."
"Wasn't he . . . awful?" Neville asked.
Harry shook his head. "Neville, he's a person, a very nice and smart person at that, not a monster. Well, except during the hours between the full moon and daylight, anyway."
"Really?" Hermione asked, her eyes wide.
"Really," Harry said firmly.
That night, the four friends sat at their usual table. Neville was scribbling in a record book he kept on some plants he kept on the window sill while Hermione was glancing over the boys' holiday assignments. Harry and Ron were going over their wizard cards from the chocolate frogs they'd been given at Christmas.
"Here's another Dumbledore," Ron said. He frowned. "I must have eight of these by now," Ron said. "You have one, don't you, Harry?"
"Yeah," Harry answered. "That was the first card. . . ." Harry trailed off.
Ron looked at Harry, who was sitting there with a stunned expression on his face. "What's wrong, Harry?" Hermione and Neville looked up as well.
"Harry?" Hermione asked, worried. "Harry, are you all right?"
"I'm an idiot," Harry declared.
"Yeah, well, we knew THAT," Ron retorted. "What made you realize it?" Neville and Hermione glared at him. "What?"
"I knew I knew Flamel's name, but I couldn't place it," Harry muttered.
"Who is he?" Hermione asked.
"He's a famous alchemist. My mother must have mentioned him a few times as the greatest alchemist of the last thousand years or so."
"That's great," Neville said, which made Hermione and Ron nod in agreement, "but why did you remember now?"
"Read the last line of Dumbledore's card, Ron," Harry directed.
Ron shrugged and turned the card over. "'Professor Dumbledore enjoys chamber music and tenpin bowling'?" Ron quoted, puzzled.
Harry rolled his eyes. "Before that, then!"
"Oh! Here it is. Flamel is Dumbledore's alchemy partner!"
"Exactly. I can't believe I didn't remember."
"Wait here," Hermione said, and dashed towards her room. She came back a few minutes later with a huge book. "I took this out after dinner, for a little light reading."
"Light?" Ron demanded, in shock.
"Be quiet," Hermione hissed. "I'm sure he must be in here, then."
After leafing through the book, she paused, and then read aloud:
The ancient study of alchemy is concerned with making the Philosopher's, or Sorcerer's, Stone, a legendary substance the astonishing powers. The Stone will transform any metal into pure gold. It also produces the Elixir of Life, which will make the drinker immortal.
"Immortal!" Ron exclaimed.
"Hush!" Hermione warned. "It means you never die."
"I know what it means!" Ron frowned. "Is that all alchemy is?"
"No," Harry answered, "that's how it got started. These days, it sort of combines potion making, research, and philosophy as well. They still research ideas behind the Stone, though. Making a full Philosopher's Stone is dangerous. I think everyone has failed or died trying."
"Not everyone," Hermione said. She finished reading the entry.
There have been many reports of the Philosopher's Stone over the centuries, but the only Stone currently known to exist belongs to Mr. Nicholas Flamel, the noted alchemist and opera lover. Mr. Flamel, who recently celebrated his six hundred and sixty-fifth birthday last year, enjoys a quiet life in Devon with his wife, Perenelle (six hundred and fifty-eight).
"Understand?" Hermione said. "The dog must be guarding Flamel's Philosopher's Stone! I bet he asked Dumbledore to keep it safe for him, because they're friends and he knew someone was after it. That's why they wanted the Stone moved out of Gringotts!"
"A Stone that makes gold and stops you from dying," Neville said, "no wonder someone wants it!"
"Snape," Ron stated.
"Probably," Hermione hedged.
Ron frowned, but said, "Well, it's no wonder we didn't find Flamel in that Study of Recent Developments in Wizardry. He's not exactly recent if he's six hundred and sixty-five!"
"True," Hermione agreed. She looked at Harry, who was looking very thoughtful. "What's wrong?"
"Something just doesn't add up about all this," Harry said. "Snape must have something to do with this, but why would it be easier for him to get into Gringotts than anyplace in Hogwarts?"
"True," Neville agreed. "Gringotts is a very secure place."
"And Snape is here, he doesn't have to break through all the security, like he would have had to at Gringotts," Ron added.
"Voldemort," Harry whispered. Neville and Ron still jumped.
"Why?" Hermione asked.
"Well, maybe not V. . . ."
"Stop saying the name!" Ron hissed.
"Alright, it may be Lord Whoseits, or it could be some sort of gang or conspiracy," Harry said.
"That's true," Hermione agreed. "Snape could be part of the gang or working for Vo, err, You-Know-Who. They tried to steal it from Gringotts, and now he's going to try here. Unless Dumbledore and Flamel moved it here to keep it from someone else and Snape is acting on his own."
"You still think You-Know-Who is around, right Harry?" Neville asked.
"Remember what I told Percy," Harry answered. "He's disembodied. There must be followers willing to help him get it back."
Hermione thought a moment, then asked, "Did Black have anything to do with that troll?"
"No," Harry said.
"Then either Snape was totally responsible for that, or he's working with a gang, I suppose."
"I wish we could keep an eye on him," Harry said. "He's either directly involved, or knows what's going on."
"Well, he hates you," Neville pointed out. "He's always looking for you to get you into trouble."
Harry blushed. "Oh. About that. Imagine if Malfoy keeps after the four of us. Hermione marries one of us, and one day, our son comes to Hogwarts, where Malfoy is a teacher. How is Malfoy likely to treat the kid?"
"Like Snape treats you, you mean," Hermione said, slightly pink.
"Exactly. Remus said that Sirius and Snape had hated each other from the time they were toddlers, and that Snape and my dad had a run-in on their first ride on the Hogwarts Express. They fought constantly, and Snape, since he was usually outnumbered, usually came out on the losing side."
"So, he might be after you because of who you are, because he's a follower of You-Know-Who trying to get the Stone and revenge, or both," Neville summed up.
The four sat glumly for a few moments, then Ron stood up. "Come on, Neville. These two might want to start planning their wedding."
The two boys left the blushing Harry and Hermione, snickering all the way.


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Before & After: Jamil's Tiny Bathroom Remodel
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There's nothing better than inspiration from others' DIY projects! Jamil had a very small bathroom just crying out for an update to add a little personalization and pep to this dated space. With a lot of hard work and some clever materials choices, he managed to transform this ho-hum bathroom into a tiny jewel.
Jamil kept the tub and tile, but changed the toilet, floor, vanity and sink. He installed a new metal medicine cabinet, inset a trash can into the wall to save floor space, and built his and hers storage cabinets into the wall behind the door. The result is a sleek updated room that makes excellent use of the available space. The new look is clean and moderns, and really, how can anyone resist the allure of pennyround tiles?
A complete set of Jamil's step by step photos is available on Flickr if you want to see the entire process from start to finish.
Images: Flickr user Jamilkb used with permission
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Very sleek, modern & clean.
Wow! That is a wild transformation. Love it!
Wicked job, Jamil!
I'm sure it's a matter of personal taste and the after is very well done, but I like the before better.
More counter space and much warmer. The after is a bit cold.
My first thought was to wonder if the picture is in black and white. I love the clever storage ideas and the tile, etc, but this definitely needs some warmth. Maybe a nice rug and a different curtain? I wouldn't want to be climbing out of the shower in such a cold room!
Great job--the trash can built into the wall is a brilliant space-saver.
Love, love, love it!
i'm curious as to where you got the inset trash. such a great idea! i'm also remodeling my bathroom which is probably the same size if not smaller.
Wow--fantastic job finding all of that extra wall space for the trash pullout (love that!) and his-and-hers cabinets. The off-center faucet is a great find, too!
Wow, nice surprise to come home to! :) Thanks for posting our bathroom Colleen! And thanks for the comments everyone ! :) We haven't completed decorating and adding all of the personality to the bathroom yet, just finished it over the past few weekends. We'll definitely be "warming" it with a few splashes of color here and there. My wife and I are having a difficult time finding a nice colorful shower curtain that we like, And floor mats seem to only come in McMansion size these days. We're taking our time with the accessory part though, want to get stuff we like, and not stuff just for the sake of having it in there.
@calicogrl: The "trash bin" (at least that's what we use it for) can be found at industrial supply shops and places that sell commercial bath fittings. Bobrick is a major player in that market and they manufacture the bins. We found ours at The Community Forklift over in Hyattsville. That is GREAT source for architectural salvage products here in the DC metro!
My baths have the same floor plan and I plan to borrow some of your ideas. Thanks for sharing.
Great work! I have a 1/2 bath that feels even smaller than this, but that sink and vanity gave me some ideas to save space and potentially find ways to convert it into a full bath (well, with shower stall, not a tub.)
a bit too institutional for my taste, and agreed on the difficult to cleanness of those tiles. however, it is an improvement if only because that old vanity was EWWW.
wow - am inspired. you bathroom looks about the size as ours- dc rowhouse? do you have the dimensions?
also interested in whether the door swings inward or outward. we are thinking of trying a barn door arrangement to make our bathroom feel a little less cramped - when we finally get around to bathroom renovations!
Very nice! I'm in the process of renovating a small DC rowhouse with a 'master' bath that is probably the same size. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the continued comments and complements everyone! When living in an old small house, you have to do everything you can to take advantage of every nook and cranny. The new sink is actually larger than the one that was removed, and the vanity has more storage too. Getting rid of the banjo counter top took care of the tendency to clutter up what was already a cramped space. The storage space is actually more than triple the original now with 3 medicine cabinets and the larger vanity cabinet. The clear space beneath the vanity is perfect for stashing a scale and slippers. As to the "cold" feel, that can partially be attributed to my camera skills...or lack thereof; check out the other pics in my flickr for better photos and a more realistic feel. The color palate was an intentional design choice. We're more interested in a clean crisp feel in the bathroom. Warm and cozy is for sleeping and lounging. :)
@catnap: The bathroom is approximately 5'(tub length) x 7'(width). Subtract around 3' for the tub to get the actual maneuverable floor space. The door swings into the bathroom. It's not too bad since usually the door is closed when someone is in there.
@hrhprincessfiona: lol, my wife and I are about average height. I'm 5'10". I do despise low sink heights though. Shaving in a low sink is the equivalent of torture.
It would kill me to lose that much counter space in a bathroom.
It's good/bad to see that someone has as big or as small of a bathroom as I do. Question though, does anyone ever wash their face in the sink? I say this because if you look at the really cool basins and faucets, the faucets are placed too high and the basins seem not to be designed for anything else but washing your hands or brushing your teeth. I like the sink pictured though, it sets to the side. Just curious.
I have a slightly larger version of that sink and vanity (both from IKEA's Lillangen series), and I'm just a hair over 5'4". It IS a little too high for the face-splash method of face-washing -- more than one splash and the water runs down my forearms. So after I got it, I adopted a more grown-up style of face-washing, and it's all good ;-)
@alidmc, I brush my teeth using the basin before washing my face as part of my shower.
@alidmc: great question. This sink has definitely improved my face washing ordeal. The previous sink was way too low which led to a lot more water splashed everywhere...especially when I shaved. I installed that faucet you see in the before shot when we first moved in...like within the first week...because the previous one was just too low. That was a big improvement alone, and now this new faucet and sink are at the optimal position I think. The single handle offset faucet is perfect for bathrooms where you're often relegated to using one hand to control the water.
I guess it all boils down to the height of the user. It's the perfect height for both of us. I guess if we ever sold this house the new owners might take issue....but I don't care about them :) & LOL at "grown-up style face-washing" I like that!
Other than the fact that I think that extra counter space will be missed, it looks good to me!
Your ideas for such a tiny bathroom were brilliant. I love the floor tile and the trash bin. Please, who needs "warm", bright and clean is the way to go. Great job....Enjoy!
I am also renovating a small bathroom! I decided to write a blog about it, since I needed so much advice when I started, and couldn't find one, so this way, other people can get advice from me!
im sorry if this has been asked before, but what size is your bathroom?
Wow, I too have a teeny bathroom and am super impressed with all the stuff you fit into this one while maintaining/expanding the usable footprint of the room!
Great job, glad you were able to keep the tub. Although, I too would want a small pop of color somewhere to soften the clinical look. Even a black graphic print would go a long way.
It looks great, but I would be crying over the loss of counter space. Where do all the cosmetics go?!
i don't agree that it looked better before, it looks better now on many levels. and i would prefer to lose counter space than to use a counter above a toilet.
@rosamware: It's about 5' deep & 6' wide.
@dirce79: THANKS! :) We've since changed the shower curtain to one with some color via vertical stripes, i'll try to post a pic up on my flickr with the new curtain. The color definitely helped. The silver curtain was always intended to be temporary until we found one with some color that we liked.
@lucica: We actually GAINED space believe it or not. The new vanity cabinet has two shelves. The new mirrored medicine cabinet above the sink has 4 shelves. And I also installed two full size recessed medicine cabinets on the wall opposite the toilet. If you check out the flickr pics you can get a better feel for how we gained much more storage. In a small bathroom, counter space really = CLUTTER space lol....so getting rid of the banjo has helped with clutter and crud immensely.
@gypsy marie: Thanks! & you are spot on with the counter above the toilet. It is sooooo much more sanitary to have your toiletry items stored inside a cabinet rather than out in the open.


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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
DC Fall
Washington, DC--I have been late to show any Fall photographs of the city. Finally I got around an image that I like. I was walking around the neighborhood when the light and sound of the crushing leaves made the photo. It was fall right there, all around me.
Luis Gomez Photos
3 comments:
- Trojan Gayle said...
a really beautiful street photo, i have to post some autumn photos of London soon.
- October 29, 2009 at 7:26 AM
- Buenos Aires Photoblog said...
Fall there, spring here... Anyway, I love the sound of crunchy leaves.
- October 30, 2009 at 8:46 AM
- Vogon Poet said...
Love the image and the caption, exactly my idea of Fall!
- October 30, 2009 at 8:24 PM
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sutnar. certainly one of my favorite designers. i have posted about him before, but included only one of his letterheads. here are two that i attribute to him but cannot confirm that definitively. i suspect they are sutnar, but they lack a certain forcefulness that i have come to '38 respectfully. sutnar was art director of prague's largest publishing house, drustevní praise, at that time, so it's feasible. no matter who designed them,they represent another study in the evolution of the avant garde letter-head that ihave come to love. simple, ordered and exhibiting all the sighs of tschichold's 'neue typographie.' these were a real find. ebay strikes again.
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I seriously love this. I live in Texas, my whole family is from Louisiana, and this area is a huge part of my life. I love it so much that I want to work to see it change and get better, because those of us who live here and can't or don't want to leave deserve better.
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YES. I may joke about wanting to pack up and leave out of frustration, but I grew up here, my family's here, everything I have is here.
I am not what needs to change.
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North Carolina is full of some fuckery right now, but that doesn't mean I'm hightailing it on out of here. Be the change, etc.
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Beyond not wanting to move, many of the groups affected by fucked-up legislation simply don't have the mobility to flee the groups trying to oppress and disenfranchise them. When people talk about how anti-women and anti-immigrant laws are going to lead to a split country, it strikes me as naïve to the point of disingenuous; most of the people affected by these laws do not have the ability to escape them by moving.
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Every language needs its, like, filler words (via aminatou)
This is probably one reason it can be so hard to digest a lot of academic and straight-news writing. And, uh, therefore a helpful writing tip.
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Time to write a script to insert filler words into academic papers. "Subject B was a member of, like, the control group."


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My mortgage was paid off years ago, so I have no personal stake in that argument. But the simple fact is that there are entirely too many deductions, credits (especially those for peoples' children for whom the responsibility for their care rests with those who created them), and exemptions. Such loopholes make a mockery of any tax code, but those 535 blithering twits in Washington owe the unions et al that put them in office, so they will always fight to keep their precious loopholes, just as they guard the pork that helps keep them fat and powerful.