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Chocolate Dreidle (Taken with Instagram at Agency For Jewish Education)
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Happy Hanukkah!
I have been working hard for the past two days to decorate the halls for Hanukkah! Here is a website I found with 8 Festive DIY Hanukkah Card Ideas.
Happy Hanukkah!
Hanukkah 2010 began last night and I celebrated the start of the holiday with my friends and a donut war (Dunkin' Donuts vs Krispy Kreme). The photo above of me and my friends was taken post war last night. If you are presently wondering about the outcome of the war, Krispy Kreme sufganiyot, or jelly donuts, are FAR superior to the newly kosher Dunkin' Donuts sufganiyot. Trust. I have done the delicious research.
This morning I received a message from jCraft follower, Isabela, telling me about a campaign she has started this year for the festival of lights.
Isabella asks: How will you shine your light this Hanukkah?
This Hanukkah I will shine my personal light by taking extra steps to help others, being there for members of my community who need a helping hand or someone to talk to who will not judge but simply listen. I will offer assistance more than usual and spend more time outside of my personal space and more time out in the community space where I can be available to lend a hand if needed.
You can respond to Isabella's blog here.
Happy 2nd Night of Hanukkah!
thesilencethatremains said: Shalom :)
So the Hanukkah have started and I decided to create something new. I started a campaign called Shine Your Light. I'm asking people to answer the following question: How will you shine your light this Hanukkah? And some non-Jews are enjoying it a lot too! You can read more about it at http://thesilencethatremains.tumblr.com/post/2054743472/shine-your-light .
If you could take a look at it, or even promote it, I'd be very, very thankful :)
Thanks :)
This is a great idea! I will tie it into my Hanukkah posting today and link back to you.
Happy Hanukkah!
Craft the Season
Craft has posted a very simple menorah project on their blog.
Martha Stewart Sunday
Martha's fancy Glittered Sufganiyot, or jelly doughnuts, are topped with icing and edible blue glitter and wrapped for easy distribution. I love that each donut is nestled in a cupcake wrapper.
For a last minute party favor you could buy sufganiyot from your local bakery and decorate them at home. If you don't want to use glitter you could swap it out for blue and white Star of David decorative sprinkles. I found mine at Michael's.
Here are a few links to blogs, articles and pages (some Jewish and others not so Jewish) that I have found this past week to keep you busy over the weekend while I take a rest from blogging!
* Get inspired by the Mast Brothers by watching this video and this video. Amazing!
* Jewlicious writes about an American Thanksgiving celebration in Israel.
* My mom and I discovered The Virginia Peanut Company at a craft show last weekend. They make the best chocolate covered peanuts I have ever tasted!
* The Frisky offers some tips on how to deal with difficult relatives this holiday season.
* I get emails every day from Hungry Girl, Lisa Lillian, with great ideas. Here is her version of low fat cheese blintzes. I would add orange zest to mine. Yum!
* Mad Men seasons 1 through 3 are now on sale on Amazon for $9.99!
*All of the cool kids are doing it. Cocofy your life.
jCraft is dedicated to bringing together fresh, modern and simple ways to celebrate Jewish life from all around the internet and the world.
Are you looking for more than what you can currently find on the single end cap that your local party store calls, "The Hanukkah Section"? Tired of making the same popsicle stick Star of David and metal bolts menorah every Hanukkah? Exasperated by the lack of refined recipes for your annual Purim party? Yes?! Then you have found the perfect blog for your worries.


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New York Fashion Week: SEEN: Red
There sure was a lot of red below the belt at NYFW. Remember when we first saw it?
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It has been quite a while since AMD launched a new high-end desktop chipset. The 790FX has been riding high at the top of AMD's line-up for over two years now. It has been paired to newer Southbridge chips and AMD did follow up with the 790GX about a year and half ago, but for all intents and purposes AMD's flagship desktop chipset has remained unchanged for what is equivalent to an eternity in Internet-years.
Today, however, a new chipset will finally supplant the 790FX/GX at the top of AMD's line-up, the 890GX. As its name suggests, the 890GX features an integrated graphics core, but there's more to the story than just graphics. AMD has specifically stated that the 890GX will officially support upcoming 6-Core Phenom II X6 processors and courtesy of a new Southbridge, the SB850, the AMD 890GX is the first core logic chipset to natively support SATA 6G...
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Why Sata 3 (6Gbps), and no USB 3 which was released just before the SATA protocol was? Either way it looks like a good new board otherwise, just kind of strange.
I'll have to pass on this for now. It doesn't bring enough newness to the table to shake me off of this 'Intel Tree' I find myself holding onto. Maybe it will really rock with a Six core CPU on it, but it's not so impressive all by itself.
That's one thing that kind of confuses me a bit. Why release a 6 core processor, if you have an 8 core on tap at a smaller nm construction factor, which supposedly will be compatible with existing AM3 chip socket boards?
"That's one thing that kind of confuses me a bit. Why release a 6 core processor, if you have an 8 core on tap at a smaller nm construction factor, which supposedly will be compatible with existing AM3 chip socket boards?"
Really? Can you give me a link? Because I heard the 8-core, 32nm chips (Bulldozer?) will use a different socket, will only support DDR3 (as opposed to AM3 which supports both DDR2 and DDR3), and at that point it would also make sense for it to be triple-channel too. If it won't be compatible with AM3, then 6-core makes perfect sense as an upgrade for some people before Bulldozer comes out in the middle of next year.
Seems to be the same strategy the 5000 series GPU is following, which is flood the market with every conceivable iteration of a device type period.
Im actually glad that the new SB850 doesnt have USB3. This let AMD keep costs down since USB3 is a whole another animal vs the sata 6gbps update. USB3 will be integrated in the next chipset iteration for buldozer in 2011, and there isnt much point in having it now when there are only a hand full of devices that use USB3. On the other hand, SATA 6gbps has lots of new SSD's on the market due to the fact that the SATA II interface bottlenecks current SSD's.
Seriously rapid1, learn to edit your posts instead of double posting to up your post count.
I am waiting for this 6 core chip to upgrade from my intel Q6600.AMD rocks
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Lizzie from The Glowing Stars sent me this picture of my visuals during her set that my brother took on her phone. Way better than any of the pictures I took. P.S. She's a total babe
(via Twitter / @lizziecuevas: YES! Total Recall visuals by @maxcapacity during @8bitpimp's set at @EBMakerFaire. #ebmmf yfrog.com/nx27tpvj)
it was getting kinda crazy too, i probably missed out
Starpause performing with Mister Scradam
I used my shitty cellphone so the audio isn't so great. Also the video isn't so great. But the visuals and music were killer, trust me.
The Glowing Stars performing with me doing visuals.
I repeated this image a bunch today because I made buttons with the same image and gave them out. I forgot to put my name on them anywhere though
Jahnonymous performs with Mister Scradam on visuals
E.N.Cowell performing with Starpause on visuals
On the right jamming on his drum stool is Matt who organized the Pulsewave SF event at the East Bay Mini Maker Faire. He did a great job pulling it off.
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thefallingofthesilence replied to your link: Livestreaming Merlin 5x01 Arthur's Bane Part One in about a half hour!
NO i'm so sad i would've come but i didn't see :( WHEN DID SEASON 5 START THOUGH
LAST NIGHT. I'll stream it for you, if you like. I don't mind rewatching.
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seriously?! THAT'S SO GREAT. I AM JEALOUS OF YOUR CAPE
Yup. It was actually made by Jessie as well. She's just generally awesome.
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haha perfect. i love your TARDIS, too. oh and perfect answer for what you'd do with the ability to fly. AND WHAT AN AWESOME CAPE.
Thanks. THE CAPE WOULD BE PERFECT IF I COULD FLY (it also has a pocket on the inside for a wand)!
BFC, here's my video. I have a cape. Oh, and happy birthday Emily!
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that is awful /: i still can't believe you are already starting school. i am sorry, love!
My state enjoys wasting air conditioning in the hottest month of the year. Yay, school when it's 103 degrees!
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That is actually somewhat alarming. But if I were you, I wouldn't worry much about the annotations at least. Part of the point of IB English 1 is to teach you how to close read/annotate really well in preparation for IOCs and paper 1 of the exam
I think a lot of the kids have a different mentality because my school is the only IB school in the county, and we've got kids who come from all over just so they can be in the program. Okay, good. I'm hoping if I make a lot of annotations it shouldn't be a problem. Thank you for your help!
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I guess she'll never know. I actually think the character chart is more of an author chart and there's all these different biographies I'm supposed to look at. I have no idea what is going on.
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What do you have to read?
A translated version of the thrilling, "The Plague," by Albert Camus.
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you can do it!
It's due on the second day of school. What kind of an evil teacher does that?
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love love love the last one and the one with just above the eyes. I mean all of them but those in particular.
Thank you! Those are my favorite too, especially the last one!
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these are great! you're so good at photography
Thank you. I like to imagine I am.
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how did you manage the last picture?
I'm not exactly sure.
I was fidgeting with the different modes on the camera to try and turn off automatic internal flash, and the A-DEP mode somehow managed to let me create a double exposure effect. I'm not sure why or how because it's supposed to automatically find the best aperture in that mode, no?
I honestly can't operate a Canon. I have no idea what I'm doing.


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Getting back into the swing of things with Menagerie.
Working on new, less stilted art for the playable characters.
Implementing Lessons Learned from Paper Playtests
The first playtest was scary. I knew that I would find a world-shattering bug that would throw the whole game out of whack. Sure enough, during the very first session of Menagerie we couldn't even get past a single turn. I had spent hours and hours working this out in my head, even running playtests by myself, controlling all the characters. I had a clear picture of the player behavior I was hoping for and I'd designed a system just for it. What went wrong?
My biggest mistake was forgetting that people don't stop to consider all the elements of a system before beginning. They just jump right in and do anything they can to win, regardless of whether it betrays the fiction of the game. I should've been prepared for this, interaction design teaches you that users will do whatever it takes to get to their goal, even if it's not the intended solution. We even have a fancy made up word for it: satisficing.
Fortunately my playtesters were all smarties so we quickly hashed out some potential solutions. In under an hour we had solved all the game-breaking problems. Next time we met to play? Finished a whole game without any major incidents. That was a huge milestone for me.
The second lesson I learned from testing is to come with your rules written down, like in complete sentences and shit. I had it all in my head or as fragments in a notebook. Inherent flaws became immediately obvious as soon as I said them out loud. I definitely could've done that process by myself.
Another reason to have written rules is that you have something to work against when coming up with revisions. Being able to look at the whole system makes a big difference when you're wondering about the effects of a potential change.
Now that I've ironed out the major game-breaking flaws, my attention has turned to balance. I'm making sure the game still adheres to my design goals and constraints, or revising my goals/constraints in the case of conflict. After the second playtest I created a short list of the biggest problems in the game, based on my own observations and player feedback:
It's important to acknowledge that these issues may be due to non-mechanical problems. I could've explained the rules poorly, or perhaps the outcome of a single session was exceptional. I'm not putting too much stock into these until I can confirm that they're reproducible.
That said, I did sketch out a few solutions for each of these issues that I can bring out during the next session. This loop of identifying imbalance and testing solutions will be my main activity for a while.
There's no way to know when I'm done, but eventually I'll be focusing on issues so granular that they're only appearing in a small number of games. That I'm designing this to be an iPhone game, not a board game, gives me a huge advantage. iPhone games can be constantly evolving through patches, while board games need to be done by the time they're shipped. On the other hand, I don't yet have a plan for getting the resources to code this, so the paper prototype might just be the only implementation that ever exists. We'll find out!
Removing the Limitations on Agency from Cooperative Games
Cooperative games are the best. Stop lying to yourself, it's true: Left 4 Dead, Contra, Diablo, Double Dragon, Raiden, The Simpsons arcade game, Halo, the Lord of the Rings board game, Ikaruga, Castle Crashers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Lego Star Wars, Pandemic, New Super Mario Bros., Smash TV, okay I'm starting to hyperventilate.
Cooperation is by far my favorite game mechanic. When I started designing a game I couldn't imagine doing anything that didn't have cooperation at its core. As something of a connoisseur of cooperation, I really wanted to do something novel (to me) with the concept:
Make a game where cooperation and team spirit come voluntarily, not by rule
This is a fundamental problem I have with cooperative games: why cooperate to begin with? Well, typically because you have no choice. It's thrust upon you by the mechanics of the game. But forcing behavior isn't what games do best. Irrational's Steve Gaynor argues this premise in his great post Being There:
So, the game designer's role is to provide the player with an intriguing place to be, and then give them tools to perform interactions they'd logically be able to as a person in that place— to fully express their agency within the gameworld that's been provided. In pursuit of these values, the game designer's highest ideal should be verisimilitude of potential experience. The "potential" here is key. Game design is a hands-off kind of shared authorship, and one that requires a lack of ego and a trust in your audience.
So, the game designer's role is to provide the player with an intriguing place to be, and then give them tools to perform interactions they'd logically be able to as a person in that place— to fully express their agency within the gameworld that's been provided. In pursuit of these values, the game designer's highest ideal should be verisimilitude of potential experience. The "potential" here is key. Game design is a hands-off kind of shared authorship, and one that requires a lack of ego and a trust in your audience.
The deep, wonderful beauty of cooperation in real life is that it typically comes at a cost, namely the cost of looking out for oneself. So what sort of "verisimilitude of potential experience" is offered if players don't have the opportunity to be selfish? That opportunity, and the choice between cooperation and competition, is the crux of my game.
How does this choice manifest? To take one example, every character has a special ability: the Cook gets extra food, the Wrangler can prevent maulings, the Veterinarian can heal the injured, and the Tour Guide can discover what lays hidden ahead. The critical component of designing these abilities is that they provide both a cooperative and a competitive advantage. Furthermore, using them cooperatively is a risk for the player. So, the Wrangler can prevent another player from getting mauled but there's a small chance of getting mauled himself. The Guide can share what's on the other tiles, but at the risk of giving up information he could use to his own advantage.
By making cooperative abilities come at a cost, the other players have to earn that cooperation by reciprocating with their own abilities (and through other actions in the game). My hope is that when the game is balanced, it will be necessary to cooperate to get most of the way through the game. But as the players progress, the mounting pressures of starvation and animal attacks will cross a threshold and being selfish will become the safer bet.
Exactly when that line is crossed, or if it's crossed at all, is the range of potential experience that defines Menagerie. This is my flame.
In order to make this work, being selfish can't be a valid strategy from the beginning of the game. The animal fights are so intense and unpredictable that staying in a pack is by far the safest bet. Because of the linear nature of the board, the risk of an animal fight will go down as you approach the exit and the locations of dangers are more known. This will allow the group to stop relying on each other to survive large attacks.
Game designers, like all product designers, benefit from solving a design problem nobody has ever tackled before. Further, I think a designer's hardest problem should produce the product's most unique offering. For example, if the game isn't about platforming, it just happens to contain it, you don't need to reinvent the way jumping works — just do what people know. Sometimes I feel the impulse to reinvent every piece of a product but in practice that's unrealistic and wasteful. Balancing cooperation and competition is the hardest problem I'm facing with Menagerie, which is fantastic because it's the heart of the game.
Identifying and Preserving a Flame
One tricky thing for me when beginning the game design process is discovering the essence of the game, or knowing what to preserve at all costs. Typically in my work there's a technology solution or business model that informs everything I do. Even when I'm making high level product decisions, there's a theoretical audience and use case that I'm designing for. With Menagerie, I'm not exactly aiming for financial success, I just want to see the game design process from beginning to end.
But the idea of just designing right out of the gate was… scary. I find the best creative environment is one where I have clear points of inspiration and clear points of constraint, but not a clear path to the end. An astronaut needs fuel in the tank, and a route that doesn't lead into the sun, but a too-tight course means they'll never discover unknown, exotic planets with alien babes. This is how space travel works, right? Right.
As I said, I had a lot of ideas competing for my attention. I wrote down a bunch of design goals that I was interested in pursuing:
I also have media reference points that I'm channeling:
These are fairly grand ambitions, and if I'm being honest with myself I typically don't finish what I start when I aim this high. I had to lay down some constraints to help focus me:
When a conflict between goals and constraints arises, I choose to cut one or the other, leaning towards cutting goals. For example, I've already cut "make a game about divergent motivations based on the same goal". I had initially planned on giving each player a secret motivation that modified the pure, shared goal of survival. In practice, the intricacies of having two levels of victory (survive or survive while fulfilling your motivation) proved confusing to explain and difficult to implement, violating the "no more complex than Monopoly" rule. I might revisit this idea in the context of an expansion or DLC, but for now it's cut and the game is much better for it.
Do you guys go back and forth between long periods of consumption and long periods of creation? I'm usually only in the mood to do one or the other for something like 8 week phases. Since moving from San Francisco, the only categories of activity I've intentionally pursued are Video Game, Board Game, Comic Book, and Adventure Time. This is why my blog has been pretty silent these last months.
Inevitably when the tide comes in and my lust for creation returns, my work is heavily filtered through what I've consumed. In this case, a diet of Pandemic, Red Dead Redemption, A Theory of Fun by Koster, Story by McKee, B.P.R.D., Cartoon Network, and True Grit has inspired a flurry of ideas for a game, or several games.
One current expression of those ideas is a game I'm currently calling Menagerie. It's about a zoo where all the animals have escaped… somehow. Naturally they begin killing everyone. You and three other zoo employees/friends have to find the key to the gate and escape. To help work through the design problems I'm going to start writing about the process on this blog.
When I turned 24 last year I set four goals for myself: make a movie, design a game, start a business, and read Infinite Jest a second time. Well, I got half way through Infinite Jest and I started and sold a business. That's about as much as I should have hoped for, really. My birthday is coming up and my goal for this next year is to read the second half of the book, and put out a game in the App Store. I'm doing pretty well so far, and I'm hoping writing about the process will keep fuel in the fire.
If you're in New York and want to join a playtest, let me know. I've done two so far, so this is like a real friggin' thing! So excited.
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas hasn't asked a question during oral arguments in five years. Why the silent treatment? To paraphrase Thomas, why beat up on the visiting lawyers when you already have your mind made up?
Thomas is not required to ask questions, but it does strike some of the people who keep track of these things as a bit weird. According to a professor of political science quoted by ABC News: "No single justice has gone even one full term without asking a question in the last 40 years."
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Thomas has said that he goes into the oral argument sessions knowing how he will decide a case, so he doesn't ask questions.
"So why do you beat up on people if you already know ... [the outcome of the case]? I don't know because I don't beat up on them. I refuse to participate. I don't like it, so I don't do it," he said in 2009, according to The Associated Press.
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If you're in the market for a new home and the city of Atlanta is among the places you might be considering, Wells Fargo is offering help with your down payment Saturday.
The mortgage lender is hosting a free "homeownership village" at the Georgia World Congress Center from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Spokesman Jay Lawrence said the workshop can accommodate hundreds of walk-ins.
"Dozens of people have already walked away today with letters reserving $15,000 to help buy or renovate homes in the city of Atlanta," Lawrence told Channel 2 Action News.
Wells Fargo has launched an $8 million program to help people buy and renovate homes while also helping the city reduce its high inventory of vacant houses, many due to foreclosures. The bank is working with nonprofits such as Resources for Residents and Communities and NeighborWorks America, in addition to the city.
The state and five major lenders, including Wells Fargo, announced a big mortgage settlement this week to help keep homeowners facing foreclosure in their homes and compensate others who lost their homes to improper foreclosures. The settlement also helps homebuyers who are current on their loans but whose homes are worth less than what is owed on them.
At the workshop Saturday, the bank is providing down payment assistance of up to $15,000 to those who qualify and buy and reside in the home located in the city. Applicants must meet certain criteria, including annual income not $83,000 for a family of four, although income maximums vary depending on family size.
Wells Fargo is providing $6.4 million in down payment assistance this year. Of that total, $2.4 million is set aside for home renovations.
For more information, visit www.neighborhoodlift.com or call 866-858-2151. While pre-registration isn't required, it is recommended. Parking also is free at the GWCC for the event.
February 11th, 2012
12:37 pm
well its easy to give people 15000 to buy a new home. because we was bailed out with 25 million
and we haven't payed it back yet
February 11th, 2012
12:43 pm
Great point..But I think its good to get some of these bank owned properties off the market.A lot of which belong to who? Wells Fargo!!
February 11th, 2012
1:21 pm
Another program for the "poor".
I'd like free money to put down on a home, but apparently we make too much.. Sue me for getting a half decent job, and not having my own little league team worth of children to garner a check every month.
February 11th, 2012
1:42 pm
@ How Nice. I don't quite make $83K but I certainly don't consider myself poor. I do know this; love, like or hate these types of programs having an empty foreclosure sitting in my neighborhood months on end, not adequately being taken care of by the bank is not a scenario that I think is healthy for my community. It affects more than the immediate neighborhood; it brings the home values of the area down. I personally would like to see the home values in my area stable (and the area of the metro I live in wasn't nearly the hardest hit in falling home values). At some point we have to stop the bleeding but it has to be in a smart way. This is not a program I have a tremendous amount of problems with. But if Wells Fargo indeed hasn't paid back the TARP money they received I hope the federal government doesn't start forgiving debt because of the "goodwill" programs the banks feel compelled to participate; especially when they own so much inventory that they will see a benefit of getting out of this area of the real estate business.
February 11th, 2012
1:42 pm
Well of course they can fund these with all the FEES they charge us.
February 11th, 2012
1:59 pm
Wells Fargo has paid back TARP. Also, the gov't has made a profit on the TARP loans that were mandated on the banks. If people paid their bills and took responsibility for their own finances we wouldn't be in this mess. No one made you buy a house that you couldn't afford and if you don't like bank fees don't use the bank…pay cash Sidney!
February 11th, 2012
2:01 pm
Offering down payment help puts potential homeowners in a bad situation again.
Allowing assistance to borrowers screams "I CAN'T REALLY AFFORD IT" Help me.
Do it like in the 1980's….10% down.,and you can't borrow it
February 11th, 2012
2:52 pm
@How nice
Its not a program for poor people.Everbody will still have to qualify to purchase the homes.The income limits are a max of $56,000 for a single person and $89,000 for a family of four.Banks need to purge their REO's and the city wants to attract people to move back.You sound like you can save your own down payment anyway so do it.
February 11th, 2012
2:54 pm
Well said..Some people like o slam things they know nothing about..
February 11th, 2012
3:05 pm
Go to Delta Community they have no fees and pay higher interest on savings and checking and lower loan interest
February 11th, 2012
3:08 pm
@wellsfargo Please know your FACTS before you post. The government forced Wells to take "bailout" money. Wells Fargo tried to pay the money back early but told they could not. ALL of the money including interest has been paid back. Wells Fargo is trying to do something good for the city of Atlanta and this is how you respond. Sad
February 11th, 2012
3:18 pm
Yep, Wells offer these programs because nobody wants to live in THE CITY OF ATLANTA with the gangs, high taxes and poor cheatin Atlanta Publik Skools!!!!
February 11th, 2012
4:14 pm
JDawg is correct. Wells Fargo was solvent and not in need of a bailout.
February 11th, 2012
5:30 pm
I agree with time…you are sooo right! We never learn, ben the rules and you will get just what you deserve!! wonder how long it's going to take for these "folks" to destroy these homes and neighborhoods…you cannot give to those who do not earn it….guarantee it will be in worse shambles within 3-5 years!
February 11th, 2012
5:34 pm
sorry for the type…I agree with tim…bending the rules never works…and what about those of us who played be the rules, resisted all those "crazy mortgage, put a down payment on our home, had a good job, and great credit.. thands"….we get no $15,0000…but we know we were right!
February 11th, 2012
5:36 pm
In 6 months the questions will be what happened to all the money the " NON PROFIT OUTFITS GOT" and foreclosed started again
February 11th, 2012
5:45 pm
This is not a program for the poor. My mother has used this program. She has worked for the city of Atlanta for years and plans on retiring soon. She is taking care of her elderly mother and being from NYC neither one has had the need to buy a home. My mother is purchasing a home for 60,000 and can afford the Mortgage thanks to this program. She has to live somewhere that she can catch the Marta because she is an Epileptic and cannot and does not want to drive. Fancy that, she could get disability but chooses to work. So all of you pure idiots that have no clue what you are speaking about go kill yourselves. That is all.
February 11th, 2012
5:53 pm
Please edit this article; the grammatical errors make it hard to read.
February 11th, 2012
5:58 pm
"go kill yourselves". really? Do you beat up homosexuals at corner grocery stores also? The money Wells Fargo makes off the people that DO pay their mortgage is paying for this program!
February 11th, 2012
6:01 pm
@Sin-I-Cull….Its a saying…I don't beat up homosexuals but I would an idiot. You would be on the short list. Aren't you supposed to pay your mortgage? Don't be upset because you were shafted when you signed on the dotted line. That's right, thank you for helping them pay their mortgage…suuuckkerrrr!
February 11th, 2012
6:01 pm
"something good for the city of Atlanta",
how about giving a refund to the people that actually pay their mortgage
February 11th, 2012
6:09 pm
Blah, Blah, Blah…most of the people that were there never had a mortgage before!!! So how would they have been one of the people that "actually do pay their mortgage?" I was there. Everyone is not able to afford the $300,000 house in the suburbs. Everyone cannot drive. Some hard working people that pay their bills on time should have the opportunity to own a home also. If you knew anything about the program you would know that everyone has to FINANCIALLY qualify just like you. They are just getting cheaper homes. Research people before you start with the classist comments.
February 11th, 2012
6:31 pm
Some people are just ignorant. The comments on this forum are proof. It's a good business decision for Wells to use its OWN money to sell off its excess inventory. This is no different than the 'rebate" that car dealers (American and Import) have used for years. Those rebates apply when certain conditions are met and only for certain products. It's funny how people only like capitalism some of the time, and its even funnier how the times they *don't* like it are when the rules of capitalism are used in an urban vs suburban setting.
February 11th, 2012
6:32 pm
Perfect @ Marcel
February 11th, 2012
6:38 pm
WF is a good company. They recently refi'd my home to a much lower interest rate with zero closing costs. A local branch handled the paperwork and closing was done on line on a Saturday morining. For me, it was fairly simple.
Now with that said, I know very well that by adding 5 years only benfits me in the short term, and WF in the long term, but I did have the option to net/net on payment and reduce years. I needed the payment reduction at the time so I beleive it was a good deal for me.
At the end of the day, I believe WF is a good company with consumers interests in mind. They have my support.
February 11th, 2012
8:02 pm
the road goes on forever and the party never ends…it all boils down to "free money"
February 11th, 2012
8:40 pm
All of you need to stop haten. I went there today and got a loan for a $500,000 home. I do need a roommate. So if anyone is interested then hit me up.
Big UPS to all my HATERSSSSSSSS
February 11th, 2012
9:33 pm
The fact of the matter is this, Sin-I-Cull, Wells Fargo is a company who can create, endorse and fund programs that they deem profitable and good in regards to corporate citzenship. The mortgage crisis was driven and exacerbated by government programs and interests. This is why this isn't a bad idea. Credit standards aren't being revised. Wells Fargo has probably looked at the bottom line realizing that down payment assistance, home buying classes and lending requirements is a good, long term solution for REO inventory, starting with their own. I am sure there are considerations made for purchasing a Wells Fargo home. This is good business and isn't a foreign concept in the banking industry, or any other for that matter. Free money you say? Well that money is Wells Fargo to make the decision. If they manage it properly, the $15K is a small investment to their bottom line.
February 12th, 2012
2:14 am
In every month, you will be able to experience paying a lower rate with "Official Refinance". That will be a big blessing especially for a family that has a tight budget. The money that you will be able to get from this can be used to improve household conditions.
February 12th, 2012
3:15 am
Hopefully this program will help some responsible underwater borrowers keep their homes. But I also hope it doesn't just prolong the day of reckoning for the liar loan subprimers who will never pay their bills, no matter how much they're reduced, and who should never have become homeowners to begin with.
February 12th, 2012
11:41 am
First the banks steal the homes using fraud and forgery. Then they sell it back to the public. Private profit while enjoying public bailouts. The best program would have more people suing for wrongful foreclosure but the people are intimidated by the "complex" process. This is what keeps people enslaved. IF you fight the banks you have a good chance of winning. No fight, no win. If you have a mortgage do a QUALIFIED WRITTEN REQUEST and a DEBT VALIDATION LETTER. Who do you THINK "owns" your mortgage? Verify and Validate!
February 13th, 2012
6:57 am
"First the banks steal the homes using fraud and forgery."
Really? Show me one person who had a gun to their head when they were signing up for the mortgage on their foreclosed home. The banks were greedy, the borrowers were just as greedy too wanting more home than they could afford. It all came tumbling down while those of us with modest homes we could afford keep paying the bills and funding yet another resuce program.
February 13th, 2012
8:01 am
The banks are not innocent in the problems.
Remember the terms "stated loan" "no documentation"
Don't act like the banks are clean on the mess we're in.
February 13th, 2012
8:35 am
Would someone tell that idiot in Washington buying a home is not the main problem here. The mein problem is hav ing a job so you can make the payments. I will be so glad when we can get represnetativs, senators, and presidents in Washington who will be able to see the forest thru the trees.
February 13th, 2012
9:11 am
Another redistribution project???


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The Colorado massacre and James Holmes raise fundamental questions about movie violence, guns and public safety. So we gotta ask ...
Society needs to stop using "mental" excuses for murderers. He planned this over 3 months and was more than prepared with body armor and ammunition. This was premeditated and handled with a clear mind, he is evil and WANTED to kill people.
Worse for children? Parents that don't screen what they are exposed to.
Please.... Don't let this event change our way of life. Never give any harasser, bully or terrorist any power!! Please sign our petition to resume Dark Knight premieres and events.
this would never happen in states like texas and alaska because everybody in those states are carring weapons legally,can you imagine the look on this guys face staring into a croud of people in the stands all armed to the teeth?
I hate conspiracy theories but this one is worth considering:
Banning guns because of one idiot makes as much sense as to ban all cars after a drunk driver kills someone or banning all airplanes after a crash.
Liberals always want to take guns away from law abiding citizens after incidents like this. I have owned guns my whole life and never shot someone.
Stop bullying James Holmes! Leave him alone! He's a good guy who was passing through bad moments and did wrong things. Just that. He shouldn't be arrested. Just god can judge him!
It scares me to the very core that the votes show in favor of banning guns. You people are ignorant if you think banning guns will do more good than harm. No matter what thugs are going to have weapons! Innocent people will be disarmed with no way to protect themselves. It is just another way to slowing strip us of our civil rights til we are no longer able to resist the strong hold of what is about to come. GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE....mentally disturbed people kill people!!!!!!!!! And we need to have the right to defend ourselves from those crazies!!
I like the "Should there be metal detectors in theaters" vote box. The guy broke in through the outside from an emergency exit and started shooting at people. How would a metal detector stop that? And if someone would of been carrying their firearm, a lot less people wouldn't have been killed or hurt. Just saying.
Colorado should put this loser's trial on a fast track and execute his @ss by the end of the year.
Interesting tally. Movie Violence is worse for children....yet it ok to produce them with no filter. Society...the question...what are we breeding?
This is not about violence in movies. This is about violence in video games, where you ARE the killer. I just know it.
Someone is making page after page after page congratulating this mongrel on Facebook. Anyone who makes a page about this douche should go to jail too.
I heard there is a second suspect who called police and threatened that if James is not realased there will be trouble. This is making me think that this could be the Dark Awakening spoken of by ex cop turned Christian Russ Disdar. He predicted that an undergroud movement of Satanists was going to rise up and try to take over the country.
Many serial killers have ties to satanic groups. Son of Sam has intimated as much, though he is afraid to tell the whole story because they are so powerful and influential. They could have helped this kid to get the weapons and armor he needed to do the job.
It did seem like a ritual killing the way it happened at the opening midnight showing of a dark movie called The Dark Awakening in a town called Aurora, which means dawn in Spanish. Maybe they intend it as the dawn of a new era of Satanic influence. It could be they intended these people as a ritual sacrifice to help kick it off and get favor with satan. Look at the devil horns teased up in James's hair in the first picture out.
I also notice that he has the same demented smile as the kid who committed the Gabby Giffords shooting in Arizona. The little girl who was shot there was born on 9/11/01, the date of the twin towers massacre. Maybe both of these young men were involved with some sort of fringe satanic group.
Maybe the dark energy coupled with the church going college scholar image didn't make sense to most people and that is why they avoided talking to James. Maybe they ignored him to begin with and it got worse once he turned to satanism for power over his life.


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Polar Bites 2015Put some FUN in your February at Polar Bites 2015! Enjoy a fantastic evening event, which benefits the Buffalo Zoo. Join us for some culinary delights, along with wines, brews and specialty services from some of the areas finest establishments. This wildly popular fundraiser will take place at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center on Thursday, February 19th from 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Enjoy a basket auction, silent auction and a visit with some of our animal ambassadors. Tickets are $35 pre-sale and $45 at the door. A limited number of $75 VIP tickets, which will grant you early admission,a special edition wine glass and an exclusive VIP door prize entry, are available. CLICK HERE to get your tickets today! For more information call 716-995-6131
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In Wednesday's edition of "Headlines" on Dennis & Callahan, Steve Buckley brought three stories to the table as he filled in for Kirk Minihane.
- The first story related to the Aaron Hernandez case, with a Boston Herald report noting that some evidence — including multiple cell phones and iPads – cannot be used because the police overstepped their search warrant's boundaries.
"An iPhone 5, a BlackBerry Bold cellphone, and three iPads with GPS tracking capability were taken from Hernandez's North Attleboro home June 18, 2013, by police investigating the slaying of Odin L. Lloyd the day before," wrote the Boston Herald. "Judge E. Susan Garsh said the warrant let police look for one cellphone with Hernandez's Connecticut number and did not apply to the five devices, or make any mention of GPS devices."
Despite the apparent break for Hernandez, all three hosts remained confident that the remaining admissible evidence — including video of Hernandez walking into his home with a gun after Lloyd's death — would be enough to get him convicted.
"There's still a lot of evidence," Gerry Callahan said. "He's not walking."
- The second story was about the recent marriage of Boston Marathon bombing surviver James Costello marrying Krista D'Agostino, his nurse who helped him recover through surgery and rehabilitation.
"It's a classic 1940s movie," Buckley said. "He was banged up, he went to the hospital, he met the nurse. His eyes met her, her eyes met his, something clicked and they got storied."
"That's a nice story," John Dennis responded.
- The final story focused on the reaction to Monday's tribute to Robin Williams at the Emmys. One of the videos shown saw Williams borrow a woman's scarf, wrap it over her face and act like a woman from Iran, which led some on Twitter to call the video offensive.
They then played the video, with all three finding the video harmless.
"That sounds awfully offensive," Callahan said sarcastically. "I can't believe they let that through the censors."
Here are the highlights from Tuesday's Three for All on Middays with MFB with Lou Merloni, Christian Fauria and Tim Benz. To hear the segment, go to the MFB audio on demand page.
– Benz recounted an experience he had flying from Boston to Pittsburgh over the weekend. One of the other passengers on the plane was Sean O'Malley, the Archbishop of Boston, giving Benz confidence that he arrive safely.
"I was texting with a friend of mine, I said, hey, this plane's not going down, I'm on board with a guy who was almost pope. Nothing's going wrong with this plane, right?" Benz said.
However, as the plane started to descend it dropped quickly and there were some indicators that something might not be right.
"Everybody's looking at the pope guy," said Benz, who was seated directly behind O'Malley. "Now I don't think too many people realized who he was. They just knew it was some guy in religious garb. '¦ So everybody's looking at him and he's just reading — reading the Bible it whatever he was reading."
After a second drop and a hard landing, Benz addressed O'Malley.
"I get up and I put my hands on the guy's shoulder and I say, 'I'm glad your here.' And he looks at me and he says, 'I was in South Africa taking seaplanes that were about five- or six-seaters for 10 years. This was nothing.' He gives me like this Vince Lombardi, grizzled, flying veteran speech, and I felt so small, so insignificant."
– Merloni took a trip over the weekend to Storyland in New Hampshire with his wife and son and a few other families, and he's still recovering from the stress and anxiety.
"Every one of the couples, they're fighting with their wives, everybody hated the kids, yelling at the kids, they're tired, running around all day long, they go to sleep late, they're running around all day at the park, your kid's a little wise-ass. The next thing you know that carries over to you and your wife, you're yelling at each other, the other guy's wife, she's yelling at my wife '¦ everybody was on edge.
"It's great for the kids. Everybody is on edge. You go up there and it's fun but you're pulling your hair out. And you just want to say, 'Whatever happens up here, let's leave it up here.' '¦ We'll let it all go and just relax. Because it is chaos for like 24 hours."
Fauria said it's a similar experience at Disneyland.
"They are selling such a crock to families — the happiest place," Fauria said. "If you really want to get a good laugh, if you don't want to ever have children, sit at the exit of Disneyland at around 5:30, 6, 7, 8 o'clock at night, when it's starting to close. You'll see kids crying, melting down over balloons, a churro, you name it. 'I want a shirt, daddy.' Moms yelling at daughters, husbands yelling at wives, grandparents just pissed off being pushed in wheelchairs. It is the most terrible experience in your life."
– Fauria's weekend was highlighted by an early birthday present from his girlfriend, who presented him with a black labrador retriever that he named Lola.
Fauria played the audio from the moment his girlfriend surprised him, when he repeatedly asked her, "What the hell are you doing?"
"Do you think I was a little too rough?" Fauria said. "Initially I was like, whoa, what are we going to do with the dog?"
Said Merloni: "Keep the dog and your kids out of Storyland. I don't think there's any pets allowed in there anyways."
Here are the highlights from Tuesday's Headlines with John Dennis, Gerry Callahan and guest host Butch Stearns. To hear the segment, go to the Dennis & Callahan audio on demand page.
The Emmys were held Monday night, and the TV awards show featured joking about lead actor nominee Matthew McConaughey and a tribute to Robin Williams from fellow comedian and close friend Billy Crystal.
"Are we Robin Williamsed out, kind of?" Stearns asked. "Is it sacrilegious to say that?"
"Every magazine at the checkout counter has Robin Williams and has for the last 2 1/2 weeks," noted Dennis, while expressing appreciation for Williams' talent.
"Breaking Bad," the AMC show that ended its run last year, won five awards, including outstanding drama series.
"For how many more years will 'Breaking Bad' win Emmys?" Callahan wondered. "Hasn't it been off the air?"
– Allstate released its annual safe-driving rankings of the nation's 200 biggest urban areas, and Fort Collins, Colorado, finished first for a fourth time with an per-driver average of 14.2 years between collisions.
Massachusetts' two biggest cities were at the bottom of the list. Worcester drivers have a collision every 4.3 years, while Bostonians go 4.4 years between crashes.
Washington, D.C., which finished in the bottom spot last year, was third-to-last at 5.1.
"We are — I believe I heard this correctly — 134 percent more likely to get in an accident in Boston," Dennis said.
Stearns said he's lived in a few locales across the country, and he's convinced Boston drivers are the best.
"L.A. drivers are the worst. Detroit drivers drive the fastest on the worst roads. We're the best drivers, because we're aggressive as hell, but we tip our hat," Stearns said. "A guy cut me off this morning at 5:45, John — I was a little late — I tip my hat to the guy. I tip my hat, it was a good move."
Said Dennis: "See, we deal with rotaries. I don't think they have rotaries in Michigan. They don't have rotaries in L.A. That's part of the problem."
Added Dennis: "You're part of the problem, Callahan, you drive like a maniac."
Responded Callahan: "No, I'm an excellent driver. '¦ I haven't had a fender-bender in 30 years."
Here are the highlights from Monday's Three For All on Middays with MFB with Christian Fauria and guest host Danny Picard. To hear the segment, go to the MFB audio on demand page.
Auburn commit Kerryon Johnson opted for something a little bit more extreme than Gatorade in order to stay sharp during a high school football game Friday. The running back chugged a bottle of mustard at the sidelines at one point in order to avoid cramps.
"I have never seen anything like that in my entire life," Picard said. "If you had told me that this was a true story, I would say, 'No, no way.' "
"So every time I eat a hot dog, I'm also hydrating," Fauria remarked.
While Fauria never chugged mustard before games during his NFL career, he did opt for another unusual beverage to stay cramp-free.
"I used to drink Pedialyte. I would drink, almost felt like a gallon, of Pedialyte before each game," Fauria said. "After doing it for like 13 years, some researcher said, 'You know, you're not getting any benefit from that.' "
"You were in the NFL, and you were drinking Pedialyte?" Picard asked.
As is the case seemingly every year, drama and controversy surrounded MTV's Video Music Awards, even during the event's pre-show parties.
Shots rang out during an event hosted by singer Chris Brown during the early morning hours Sunday in West Hollywood. Music producer Suge Knight was shot six times in the attack.
"This is not the first time this has been news," Picard said, as Knight was previously involved in the drive-by shooting that claimed the life of rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996.
While Knight was wounded, reports emerged that the assailant was aiming for Brown and pop star Justin Bieber.
"How did they miss?" Fauria joked.
"Look, I know people hate Biebs, but they're trying to take him out with bullets?" Picard said.


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A new niched search engine announced its launch today: Pizza.net - the pizza search engine.
Artistically it looks decent, but as far as giving you what you need fast and clean, lets just say, in the old days you would be getting the free pizza.
The homepage uses the colors of the ingredients for pizzas. Tomato reds, pepper greens etc - clever and hunger eliciting.
One big problem is the initial search is a little slow and then the results do not give you a phone number or if they deliver until you click on the individual result.
Come on guys I really love the concept but like pizza delivery - we always look for fast and fresh. Fine tune this and I am sure you will be the number one site of college kids across the country who are tired of the obligatory Dominoes.
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Emma Stone's an Expert at Concealing Bad Acne -- Now You Can Be, Too! (VIDEO)
I would have never guessed that Emma Stone struggles with acne. The gorgeous 24-year-old actress recently revealed that she had bad hormonal acne as a teenager, then, in her 20s, struggled with stress and cystic acne. It was so noticeable, in fact, that her skin had to be video-airbrushed in the movie Easy A. Who knew, right?
Emma's skin has always looked clear and dewy to me. Her fair complexion and cute freckles have not only seemed blemish-free, but downright perfect, which is to say, girl knows how to cover up her zits before hitting the red carpet.
Want to fake having flawless skin like Emma? Follow these 5 simple steps.
To conceal acne:
- Use a creamy concealer. They're full coverage and don't dry out your skin.
- Take a tiny amount of it, one shade lighter than your actual color, and use a fine brush to apply it to the pimple, because you only want to cover the acne itself.
- Use your finger to gently pat it.
- Set with a powder, again, one shade lighter.
- If that still doesn't cover it, try using a green concealer, like one from Makeup Forever, and follow the steps above.
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Do you have any of your own acne covering tricks?
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Personally I try to find concealers that match my foundation, otherwise I'm highlighting the blemish. Also using liquid advil, puncturing the capsule and putting a dab on a raised red blemish, will help the swelling go down.
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Joint Water Sewer Commission Referendum
By MEGHAN PITTMAN The Brunswick News In April, the Georgia General Assembly passed House Bill 1271, setting the stage to change the composition of the Brunswick Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission. The July 31 referendum will ask Glynn County voters two questions about the composition of the utility board. The first item on the ballot will ask the voter if the composition of the utility board should be changed. Presently, the board is made up of two county commissioners, two city commissioners and a citizen representative appointed by the utility board. The second question on the ballot for voters who desire to change the composition asks how they would prefer the composition of the utility board to be decided. Option No. 1 would allow the grand jury to appoint three citizen representatives based on certain qualifications. Residents would decide the other two citizen representatives at the ballot box in November. In April, the utility board agreed unanimously to publicly support Option No. 2, which would allow a grand jury to appoint the five citizen members with a determined set of qualifications. The bill expands membership from five to seven members, with a city commissioner and county commissioner taking the other two posts.


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Q:Genuinely didn't think you would post my confession about the hardcore band members. Most of these submissions are mainly pop artists so I didn't figure it would be posted
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As many of you know, in August of last year I was severely injured after taking a tumble at home. Since then, I've been recuperating slowly but surely. (Fortunately, the US ski team managed to persevere without me and make it to the Sochi Olympics.)
Unfortunately, my stint in rehab left me with no choice but to take down the old blue-eyes.com website temporarily. But like the Terminator says, "I'll be back."
I am extremely grateful for the cards, letters, emails and visits I've received from friends near and far during this difficult time. They have meant a great deal to me.
I will be posting here periodically, but you can also find me on Facebook. Stop by and say hello.
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Veneto Hill Towns Small Group Day Trip from Venice
- Small group ensures personal service
- Soak up the atmosphere on a walking tour
- All entrance fees included
- Free drinks included
Next stop is the enchanting Asolo, known as 'the pearl of the Veneto' with its delightful gardens and palatial villas, you'll visit picturesque Bassano del Grappa. Here, you'll take a guided tour of the town and have free time to shop for grappa (the local firewater), ceramics and porcini mushrooms.
A tour of the Veneto would be incomplete without visiting a Palladian villa. The Villa Barbaro is one of the most celebrated works by the famous Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, with fine frescoes by Veronese. The price of the tour includes entrance fees and a guided tour of the Villa Barbaro with a local expert guide.
Veneto is a land of good food and wine, and for lunch (optional) a local restaurant has been selected where you can taste the regional cuisine accompanied by local wines. Saving the best till last, the tour concludes on the prosecco wine road and a visit to a local vineyard. Your day in the Veneto will come to a close with a refreshing glass of local prosecco (sparkling wine) or two.
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Hill Towns of Veneto Tour from Venice
- Wine tasting
- Palladio Villa Entrance fees
- Small group tour (maximum 8 people)
- Professional driver/guide
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Gratuities (optional)
- Hotel pickup and drop off
- Food and drink, unless specified
- Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there is not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
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Reviewed by: Jeff Kelly, August 2014
A wonderful tour! We were fortunate to have the same guide, Alessandro, that we had for the Dolomite tour. We visited 4 towns that were different, beautiful and very interesting. We had a grappa tasting which was unexpectedly great. Our last stop at the Ca'Salina vineyard was wonderful. We met the owner and had a very pleasant visit with him. This may have been the very best tour of the 4 that we took in Venice.
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Care - there are two Tronchetto canal stops. Make sure you take the second one. This needs to be made clearer on the booking voucher. We had a wonderful time, once we found our guide.


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For all the sewers out there
>> Thursday, May 01, 2008 – Sew sew sew
And that would be SEW-ers, not pipes of effluent. I can see how that could be confusing, especially since I am wacky enough to potentially post an entry all about effluent.
Anyhoo, enough of the idle chit chat - let's get to the point. Looky see what I treated myself to last night:
Three miniature ladies! I mean, a vintage pattern. Ahhh, I couldn't resist! Look at the nifty straps! And the pockets that are gathers that are pockets that are gathers - so smart! I purchased it from So Vintage Patterns, and let me warn you now: that site is a dangerous place. It quite often sucks not only time but money away from me, never to return, but like a lover who can't resist the bad boy, I will happily concede that it's always, always worth it.
Red. Definitely the red one. With some dressy vintage buttons. Lovely!


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Witch Of The Waste's Ryan and The Professor
"How do people sleep when they have cats?"
The Electrifying Conclusion – not. By Shawn Conner.
"How do people sleep when they have cats?"
"I got Benjamin from the SPCA in Edmonton in about 2005 or 2006. He was the friendliest kitty in the room!"
New video featuring proud nudists from Vancouver band.
Dec 8 2013. Kirk Chantraine photos.
Loves alleys, rainy streets.
Likes his kibble with a side of mouse brains.
Plus: the two runners-up.
Nov 16 2013. Kirk Chantraine photos.
"He was the cutest, and goofiest little cat I had ever met…"
At The Imperial Nov. 6. Christopher Edmonstone photos.
"Nobody wanted her because she was the runt and her tail is kinked in half…"
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Ponyboi pulling the sulky
Seductive submission and beautiful tack. Wish I was the pony.
Ponyboi pulling the sulky
Seductive submission and beautiful tack. Wish I was the pony.
I've been on such a ponygirl kick as of late. I am just adoring the costumes! Everyone looks so pretty and sexy.
Bipolar? Probably.
Oversexuality? That's for sure.
Ponygirls? Ponygirls for the love of all good things! Ponygirls! How did it come to this?
I like text. I like to have long and incoherent verbal debates with myself in text form. To contrast my views against my own sense of what at least seems objective. I don't write to others I know or don't know. I write mainly for the sake of writing.
I probably mentioned this before, but it deserves a reiteration: I have probably consciously written more than I've consciously read. General reading of necessity or by accident certainly exceeds the amount I've written, byte for byte.
Images, photos and figures is not my thing. I own a camera, but I use it to document things, not to capture the moment or feeling of the moment. Needless to say, my camera sees little use.
I have a large text file on my computer which I add to almost daily with various thoughts and arguments. These sometimes make their way onto Tumblr, most often they do not.
But I should try to focus more on stuff that matter.
Why aren't more women wearing things like this? They are after all allowed by the fact of being women. I think it is a wonderful dress, but I could never wear it because I'm a man.
Jealousy. Or something.
I am a hippie, not by choice or necessity, but by natural coincidence. I resent hippie values, but I can't get past the fact that I am one of them.
Although I have never used drugs of any kind, abhor leftist values of collectivism and conformity, regard the environment as something to be protected not by law and regulation but instead based in common sense (hippies call it peace and love). My Asperger's syndrome seems to make me feel like I high all the time, unwillingly. I don't hallucinate (I think) but I sometimes feel exhilarated for reasons unknown to me.
I've watched the participants in the Occupy-movement and found they are goofy and lacking in their arguments and discussion. They are hippies, they protest of protests sake. I don't protest — because I'm afraid of the reactions of people. I sit at home sulking in my own sadness. My hippie is starving.
I don't think the government should tell you what you are allowed to consume. If you do bad things to yourself or others because of what you've been consuming you should take full responsibility for your actions. I am not against drugs but I don't see myself using them.
I have problems focusing and probably have some comorbid condition like a learning disability. I don't like it.
Peace and love? Those don't even have anything in common. But they are alluring ideas where the freedom of the individual seems to be in focus.
I own clothes hippies could own. Custom designed for me, at my request.
I am deep and spiritual — yet with my feet firmly planted on the ground. I care for others in a way which makes me not care for myself. I am certainly not selfish (even though this little outburst might seem egocentric).
I eat meat. I drive a car (having owned four). I don't love animals. I am not superstitious or religious. These are defensive barriers I've set up to deny my hippie access to my life.
Hippies embrace free love. I embrace free love — to a point. I don't care what others think, hippies don't either. I like freedom, but who doesn't?
Hippies are into nudity — so am I (at present in fact). I like nudity and would like to live a clothes-free life, I am not afraid of my body; in fact:
Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
~ Baz Luhrmann
are words I live by.
I can't even seem to master the idea of having a regular schedule for taking showers. I blame the hippie inside.
Hippies seem to be happy people. Able to function socially in a natural and uncomplicated way. They live the simple life, full of freedom. Social IQ cubed.
Being the curious and of course over-tolerant hippie I am I looked up definitions of what hippies are considered to be. It didn't do what I wanted it to do — give me info I could use to deny my inner hippie (and other hippies) a valid reason to exist. Instead it increased their validity by several orders of magnitude.
I feel fear when I think of hippies, but not other hippies, but hippies in general. I feel the fear of me being one of them being found out by my relatives, my peers (who do not exist) and my co-workers. They might think I am idiot and my pride tells me I should not let that happen.
I am at a crossroads here. Do I choose to continue down the hippie trail or do I take the other way and reject my inner hippie?
That would be depression for me.
Recently I played around with SVG and generated this grid just to see if I could do it.
I find that I cannot look away when I see this picture (the original fills the entire window of the web browser) and I have yet to close the tab.
The subtle silver lines and the effect dotted effect makes my mind relax. Vibrations are also soothing — for my Aspie mind. Mathematical perfection and personal gratification achieved with vector graphics — your mileage may vary.


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