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Despite the down economy, that job description drew relatively few applicants: just 410 for 236 positions, compared to almost 20,000 people who recently put in for the 877 new jobs at an Alabama auto plant.
Making Hyundais, it appears, is more appealing work than making laws in Georgia.
The Republican and Democratic parties in May held qualifying for this year's local, state and federal elections. As usual, the number of candidates for the job of state representative or senator is underwhelming.
As in 2010, about three in five incumbent state legislators are running completely unopposed, with no challenger in the July primary or November's general election (barring third-party entrants or write-in candidates). And that actually represents more competition than in 2006 and 2008.
Worse, just six incumbent senators out of 54, and eight of 156 seeking re-election to the House, are opposed in both the primary and general elections.
Open seats aren't much more competitive, with 18 of 26 in the House and one of two in the Senate being contested by just one of the major parties.
Redistricting brought new maps for this year's legislative seats, and there's no denying the Republican-leaning seats got redder and the Democrat-leaning seats bluer. But I think that's only part of the story.
Bottom line, being a state legislator is a pretty crummy deal. Don't believe me? Take another look at the job description at the top of this column. Sure, I could have polished it to make it sound more appealing, but I didn't exaggerate the downside. I didn't have to.
If you live and work in, say, Ocilla, you're looking at driving 180 miles to Atlanta on Monday morning, spending the week away from your family and your regular job, then driving back home for the weekend. And then repeating that weekly, for the better part of January through March, and often much of April.
And then coming back to Atlanta every now and then for committee meetings through the summer and fall.
And, of course, having to run for re-election every two years, which means spending a lot of your free time raising money.
Back when most of the state was agrarian, a farmer could afford to spend much of the winter away from home and serving the public. (Legislative sessions also tended not to last as long back then.) Nowadays, few people are farmers, and most jobs don't give one the luxury of taking off two and three and four months at a time.
One of the suggestions I've gotten while writing about ethics reform during the past several months is that we just need to elect more ethical people. If you believe that, you have to recognize the dearth of people willing to do the job at all.
Ethics reform aside, more electoral competition would be a good thing. Changing ballot-access laws to allow more third-party entrants is one possibility. Paying legislators more — though not, in my view, making the job full-time — has to be on the table. I'd even consider holding mini-sessions of the Legislature throughout the year rather than one solid block of time in the winter, or having legislators meet biennially.
But if we want more competitive elections, we need to make the job itself more attractive.
– By Kyle Wingfield
June 1st, 2012
6:29 pm
I like the biannually, whose spelling is correct? Maybe tri-annually would be better.
June 1st, 2012
6:37 pm
They also might attract more candidates. if they could get a law passed that for every new law passed, they had to repeal an old law.,
June 1st, 2012
6:45 pm
The payoff, er, paycheck doesn't come from the state.
June 1st, 2012
6:59 pm
every comment so far has been "spot on"—- legislators make their money off the payola. they usually make enough so that they are well compensated for their inconveniences….. thus the situation we find ourselves in. it should be easier for real working people to participate in being a member of the legislature. that's a lot of what is wrong with state and country—ordinary folks who work for a living simply can't be allowed to participate in making the laws that govern themselves. i disagree with for every new law or new regulation that is passed having to repeal one. it should be for every new law/regulation passed that 3 should be repealed.
June 1st, 2012
7:13 pm
"ordinary folks who work for a living simply can't be allowed to participate in making the laws that govern themselves"
It's difficult to envision a scenario whereby powerful people intent on obtaining access to the legislative process are not able to do so. The ordinary citizen walking into the halls of power won't be "ordinary" very long, regardless of the public benefits conferred. Confer too much public benefit, making them too independent, and you have created a tyrant. Confer too little you guarantee they will seek out and serve specific interests as a priority. Actually, our system works pretty well when the voters pay attention, pretty shabily when they don't.
June 1st, 2012
7:29 pm
There is no amount of money to make a good,decent person to show up at the capital, be confined with a bunch of crooked Georgia lawyers, and spend all day figuring out ways to finance corruption and how to steal from Georgia citizens.
The lack of interest in these types of positions ..is really a good thing.
The good decent people are……………shrugging.
June 1st, 2012
8:53 pm
Just a historical footnote, at the Constitutional Convention, Ben Franklin argued that elected members of government shouldn't be paid. Pros and cons to that but it's something to think about.
As the great grandson and great-great grandson of members of the Georgia House, I can say that they looked on it as serving their community, not a career. They served a couple of terms and then left it for somebody else to have a turn. Neither was a lawyer, by the way.
I think the Founding Fathers (well most of them) intended for legislative bodies to represent the general population. It's not that way and it hasn't been for a long time. It's pretty much impossible for a welder, a factory worker, a secretary, etc, to even think about running for any office other than local and even those are a stretch for most.
Maybe we ought to make it like the military draft, send somebody in each district a draft notice that they're now a member of the Legislature for the next session. Most of those folks would just want to get the job done and go home.
June 1st, 2012
9:10 pm
And to think, they are far more beneficial to We The People than obozo is.
June 1st, 2012
9:36 pm
If the job is so bad then why are their so many lawyers that are willing to give up 3 to 4 months of billable hours (15 weeks at 40 hours per week @ $300 per hr equals $180,000)?
June 1st, 2012
9:51 pm
kyle—o.t. but you should address an article on food stamp fraud in georgia and why only the store owners are prosecuted and not the food stamp recipients as well—it's a two way street. dawg dad—if you don't see my point regarding political corruption then you really haven't followed georgia politics very long or perhaps have benefited from the corruption yourself. we simply have the best legislature that can be bought (by outside interests that is)… ever ask yourself why someone making 200k per year in a private business would seek public office that only pays a pittance?
the answer is clear if you only will open your eyes to see it.
June 1st, 2012
9:52 pm
Hillbilly D has it right. It used to be considered serving the public. That was back when people cared about the public, the community, their fellow man. Now all anyone wants to know is, "what's in it for me?"
June 1st, 2012
10:01 pm
My sense is that the job pays about what the work is worth, equivalent to a part-time janitor at a start-up dot-com.
June 2nd, 2012
7:42 am
The US has far too many political offices and far too many politicians, hundreds of thousands of them in local, county, state, and federal governments. We vote for people we never heard of, to fill offices we don't give a rat's butt about. Political responsibility is diffuse and politicians evade accountability.
We'd be much better off with fewer elective positions and more professional civil service positions. Let's replace all elective positions at the local/county level with a county executive for each county. Let's reduce the state legislature to an elected council of 12 or fewer members. Let's stop electing judges, coroners, animal control officers, school boards, etc, so as to focus on executive responsibility and accountability.
Lots of luck in getting politicians to give up their offices!
June 2nd, 2012
8:07 am
Kyle what part of tax cuts = no income = no raises for Georgia State Legislators do you and your fellow conservative republican defenders of the 1% and enablers of wall street white collar criminals don't understand?
June 2nd, 2012
8:09 am
The amount of corruption is proportional to the amount of power we allow the government to take for itself. If you want to do something about corruption, shrink the government.
June 2nd, 2012
8:55 am
And, of course, having to run for re-election every two years, which means spending a lot of your free time raising money.
Therein lies the biggest problem with politics. Too much time/energy/money is wasted on re-election when serving the interest of their constituents should be their only concern.
June 2nd, 2012
9:07 am
Where did all the "America, love it or leave it" folks from the Bush years go?
June 2nd, 2012
9:40 am
I never heard much love it or leave it talk. What rock did you live under?
June 2nd, 2012
10:26 am
And as soon as they vote a pay raise your editorial board and your editior will join the tea party and the new hybrid Republican/TEA Party/Personhood party created in Columbus and order them destroyed. Naive, Kyle. A nice dinner now and then doesn't sound like such a big deal now, does it? You want to raise taxes to pay politicians more money. Amazing.
June 2nd, 2012
11:59 am
Assuming an innocent, non-thieving person thought about running for office, with the personal attacks and insulting language used by a vocal minority, just like on all these blogs, you would have to be a glutton for punishment to run for office.
It's not worth it.
June 2nd, 2012
12:12 pm
On topic?
Merkel Rejects Debt Sharing as Obama Urges End to Crisis Cloud
I have great appreciation for Merkel's job performance.
The PIIGS need to take their tonic and quit wallowing.
June 2nd, 2012
12:16 pm
The job caters to someone with money who has the time,go figure.
June 2nd, 2012
12:30 pm
Congrats cons, your party fought against our recovery and are winning.
I know you are so proud of your party.
To be fair, the dems should engage with Syria and Iran, collapse the global economy and fight against our recovery too if they lose.
Fair is fair.
June 2nd, 2012
12:34 pm
One of the suggestions I've gotten while writing about ethics reform during the past several months is that we just need to elect more ethical people. If you believe that, you have to recognize the dearth of people willing to do the job at all.
Seeking candidates on quality of character remains the most reliable course of action. No amount of fines or threats of fines will change anyone's ethics or morals.
Changing ballot-access laws to allow more third-party entrants is one possibility.
This argument or proposal is something of another matter all together and what is at the core of it has a broader scope than merely placing third party candidates on ballots or electing third party candidates because of the particular term Kyle used: Ballot-access.
Some may actually know that Georgians once had direct ballot-access, not only could we to put third party candidates on the ballot, we Georgians could place ballot initiatives and referendums on the ballot as well: Referendums which would become a law when past by the popular vote.
This may strain the systematic ideas held of Representative Republic in its structure, however remember at what level of governance this imposition of a Democracy is occurring: The State.
Most conservatives on this blog understand that State governments were meant to hold far greater powers than those GRANTED to the Federal government.
In fact, any power not specifically – in writing – given to the Federal government belongs to either the State government or the people. Also, most will recall that the constitution guaranteed a republican form of government to the States which didn't specifically include the people.
Now some agree with the idea of ballot initiative and referendum, others may view it as going too far in the direction of being a Democracy rather than holding fats to the ideas of the Republic. Personally, at the State level ballot initiative and referendum is fine for me. On the Federal level it may be attractive at times but ultimately it would depart too far from the Republic. In fact I wish the 17th amendment would be repealed to give back to the States their representation in the Congress in departing from this pseudo idea of Democracy.
Good luck on getting ballot-access restored to the people of Georgia, Kyle. Though the two parties that be will fight to the death to prevent it, for it would meaning losing power.
June 2nd, 2012
12:50 pm
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12:30 pm
Congrats cons, your party fought against our recovery and are winning.
I know you are so proud of your party.
So are you saying that Romney is going to win the election?
As far as fighting, it is the Republicans are trying get to a recovery. The Dems dumb policies are the ones that are the cause of little to no job growth.
June 2nd, 2012
12:51 pm
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Why are some tweets more popular than others?
When a Twitter staff member set out to answer that question 10 months ago, he thought the answer would emerge among posts from N.B.A. players, politicians or actors. Instead, he found a mystery: a set of messages that were ricocheting around Twitter, being forwarded and responded to at a rate that was off the charts.
Traveling on the road to Damascus, take a right onto the Information Highway.
No doubt there will be those among us who find this recent revelation unsettling.
Oh well! Can't stand in the way of progress now…can they?
June 2nd, 2012
1:11 pm
"Changing ballot-access laws to allow more third-party entrants is one possibility."
As you said in the article that there is hardly anyone running in the primaries. I belong to a local Republican party in a pretty big county and we have between 20 to 50 people show up to monthly meetings. If there was any flavor of a citizens movement for change then a couple hundred people in my county could come together and get it accomplished.
Third party access is not necessary for change. It is the apathy of the people that needs to be changed. Until the people determine that things need to be changed then there will be change.
June 2nd, 2012
1:17 pm
Detroit residents may soon vote on legalizing marijuana
Their economy has been in decline for decades. The pain will go away when they're all lit up.
June 2nd, 2012
1:23 pm
I commented earlier why I wouldn't run for office. Anybody else got a reason for not running or are you already in office?
June 2nd, 2012
1:29 pm
Anybody else got a reason for not running or are you already in office?
I prefer to work with intellectually challenged children, not intellectually challenged adults. The pay's better, but only slightly.
You asked…I answered.
June 2nd, 2012
1:33 pm
Well, since there seems to be a dearth of honest to goodness people in the legislator, I have decided to run and set up a new constitution. @@ will be co chair. She will be public relations and I will count votes and small change.. Hillbilly D will be Sec. of State and State fisheries. The rest of you better behave because you might get APPOINTED. Kyle will "cover" us at AJC and declare how wonderful we are every day..
We will be tightwads. A yardsale every week. Mz Merkle will be proud of us. Let's get started! (Now….Where are the lobbyists?)
June 2nd, 2012
1:56 pm
Don't ask me to assist in yard sales.
I helped a neighbor and some friends with one. A crew of three women visited three separate times. Each time they nimbly distracted the sellers in order to steal what was being sold for little of nothing. I confronted them on their third visit. Needless to say…
THEY DID NOT return to steal again!!!!!
My skills in diplomacy are sorely lacking.
June 2nd, 2012
1:59 pm
Wow @@,
I was going to ask Victor Hill to run the State Police but you already have experience so how 'bout it? We'll have cute uniforms and personal motorcycles!
June 2nd, 2012
2:01 pm
Dusty @1:33 pm
Good for you. If elected, you will serve. I hope you will not want all of us to serve, however. (Dusty @7:10 pm: "We all serve together, with, under, around, up & down!")
We all serve?
It reminds me of an old story we used to tell as kids. Three guys came to a passport control in a foreign country. The official took all three passports (only in a story) and started asking questions: To the first guy: "So you are a subject of the United Kingdom?" "Indeed I am," was the proud answer. "And you are a subject of the Republic of France?" "Oui monsieur," the equally proud answer. "And you, sir, are a subject of the United States of America?" The American's eyes bulged, his face got red. "A subject? I own a piece of the US!"
Payback time: Are you sure you are an American?
June 2nd, 2012
2:32 pm
Mark V
OH yes indeed, I am a subject and a predicate of the USA!! Alleluia!
Now, as new State ChairChum, I would have a job for YOU. Keeper of birdhouses, baroque butterflies and word watcher! Doesn't pay much but you will have your own personal birdbath! When can you start?
June 2nd, 2012
2:57 pm
Bob Baldwin
June 2nd, 2012
1:23 pm
I commented earlier why I wouldn't run for office. Anybody else got a reason for not running or are you already in office?
I would run for office if my job would allow. It is not that big of a deal to be a Representative in the state legislature. There are probably 20% of the constituents that would even know who you were.
June 2nd, 2012
3:17 pm
Looks like Romney's gloves coming off has rattled President Kool.
To hear Obama tell it now, the McCain who ran against him in 2008 was an example of a principled Republican who knew how to reach across the aisle. The implication from Obama is that those qualities simply don't apply to Romney.
"John McCain believed in climate change," Obama told supporters at a fundraiser in Minneapolis Friday. "John believed in campaign finance reform. He believed in immigration reform. I mean, there were some areas where you saw some overlap. In this election, the Republican Party has moved in a fundamentally different direction."
But Obama's flattering memories of McCain conflict with their campaign clashes of 2008. Back then, Obama hammered his rival as "out of touch" with many of the problems facing people in the United States.
Obama used that one on McCain too? He needs new material.
If McCain didn't realize it then, he oughta realize it by now…the dems will both use and abuse a moderate to their own advantage.
June 2nd, 2012
3:18 pm
Bob Baldwin
I wouldn't run for office, because I don't work well with numbskulls. BTW, I know a Bob Baldwin, wondering if you are the one, do the initials BAM mean anything?
June 2nd, 2012
3:20 pm
Trying to make Mitt Romney into Jim Demint, is not going to work out well for Barry Oblamer.
June 2nd, 2012
3:34 pm
Now that Bill Klinton has endorsed Romney, one wonders, what else does obozo need to know?
June 2nd, 2012
3:46 pm
If Europe used growth instead of con Germany austerity, our job growth would be better but still crawling out of the gop ditch.
Austerity is to blame and another failed con ideology.
We can count on you cons being wrong all the time.
June 2nd, 2012
3:51 pm
willard's goose has no gander.
Is he a space alien from planet kolob?
June 2nd, 2012
4:05 pm
Congrats cons, your party fought against our recovery and are winning.
Obozo tries to destroy capitalism and–shazam–capitalists stop growing the economy.
The solution is obvious. Extricate the America-hating vermin from Our White House.
June 2nd, 2012
4:07 pm
Rafe Hollister- trying to save the Choom Gang
June 2nd, 2012
3:18 pm
Bob Baldwin
I wouldn't run for office, because I don't work well with numbskulls. BTW, I know a Bob Baldwin, wondering if you are the one, do the initials BAM mean anything?
Not sure. Was it military connected or hometown?
June 2nd, 2012
4:15 pm
The next time obozo creates a job it'll be the first time obozo has created a job, just sayin…
June 2nd, 2012
4:15 pm
Dusty @2:32 pm
Anytime, but will take it only as a second job.
June 2nd, 2012
4:55 pm
Sounds like Getalife is starting to see what is going to happen in November and is trying to find someone to blame. I wonder how much longer it will take for the rest of the dems to see the writing on the wall?
June 2nd, 2012
4:59 pm
This explains allot.
June 2nd, 2012
5:03 pm
(CNN) – President Obama enjoyed a short stroll Saturday in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago after spending a rare night in his home there.
He and Valerie didn't wanna visit his old district, Grove Park?
I wonder why? He didn't wanna stay in touch with his constituents?
June 2nd, 2012
5:11 pm
What? You mean you have something better? And I thought times were bad.
Don't forget the benefits offered! Your personal birdbath! And healthcare! An aspirin for every ache!
Well, I have to leave. Gonna put our some big yard signs . Isn't that what politicians do? I heard some guy named Burrel Ellis was doing that.


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Hey guys. So as an acne sufferer the last thing I want is people looking at my skin,makes me feel BLEH..self conscious. My big brother has severe acne,yet he is one of the most popular and attractive people in his school and that I have ever known. He's the kinda person you fall in love with immediately. He has never been known as the "acne kid". What attracts people to him I believe is his killer personality. He's sweet, nice, caring, makes you feel like a million bucks, is HILARIOUS, and always has a big smile on his face. He's naturally good-looking, everyone sees right past his acne and scars. What do you guys do to distract people from your acne and scarring OR what distracts you from other peoples acne? Makeup? A big ol smile?
How do YOU distract people from your acne?
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Act confident, like you are not even aware you have acne. Then they wont be aware either, and if they are they will not care, good luck
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Well, I try to have a good personality and confidence, but physically, I'll do pretty eyemakeup to attract everyone's eyes to mine. Or I'll fix a cute hairstyle.
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With my stunning wit and charm of course
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With my stunning wit and charm of course
Haha,LOVE this.
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Many religions use drugs and trances. Most aboriginal cultures used different drugs in their sacraments. Tody you can go to many churches (mostly funde) and people become immediately engaged in altered states of conciousness.
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Whoa! Pizza Dough with Just 2 Ingredients
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I have a beloved pizza dough recipe that I've been using for the better part of the last decade. I've tried many others, but we all have our favorites. This new-to-me recipe however, is a must-try, since it feels like cheating. It only has two ingredients. Yup, just two. Care to guess what they are?
Kidspot Kitchen is an Australian blog that came to our attention this week with their posting of two ingredient pizza dough. Now, pizza dough doesn't really have that many ingredients to begin with, but there is some wait time involved and you have to deal with yeast (which scares some). Although it's fairly simple, there is some worry and time involved.
This recipe calls for just two ingredients: self-rising flour and Greek yogurt. Sound crazy? We think so too, but others are singing its praise around the internet. It might not be the best pizza crust you've ever had, but that doesn't mean it's not tasty or super easy for kids to help you make. Plus, it could be a quick way to make breadsticks or other simple appetizers! Want to see how it's done?
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you could also just add a few more ingredients and have a killer crust. flour, yeast, olive oil, water, and salt.
Tasty and does not come from a can. And from the look of it, fast. I'm all over it.
I recently made a pizza crust and used a dry white wine it in too...that was pretty good.
I'm with everyone who points out that you can do great pizza crust with four or five ingredients (including water), so why not just do that? That being said, I had fun guessing what the two ingredients might be before I clicked through. Although I'm sure it shows my lack of cooking science knowledge, I was really hoping it was going to be flour and beer. ^_~
Not really "2 ingredients" so much as "2 pre-packaged products, each with its own set of included ingredients"...
I think this is pretty neat. Sometimes when you're teaching a kid to cook, the easiest-way-with-ok-and-instant-results is the best route. Same applies to teaching some adults to cook. PLUS my mom-of-picky-eater response is, "great, protein and calcium in the crust from the yogurt!" We might give it a go.
Interesting recipe. I agree with a few comments above why not make the real deal with a few more ingredients. Our recipe includes six basic ingredients:
1 cup of warm water
1 tablespoon active dry yeast
3 cups of all-purpose (or unbleached) flour (you can also try Molino Caputo Tipo 00 Pizza Flour, imported from Naples, Italy)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of sugar
For years I thought pizza dough was some kind of esoteric, magical, secret recipe that only online mages and Julia Child could ever possibly create.
But 2.5 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon of yeast, 1 cup of warm water, and a teaspoon of salt mixed by hand in a bowl, then kneaded for a couple of minutes on the counter, then put back in the mixing bowl with some olive oil, cover bowl with plastic wrap, and left in peace for a couple of hours, and a slightly sticky pizzza dough happens for you.
Not that I'm hating on self rising flour and Greek yogurt, sounds really easy and quick, but flour-yeast-salt-water combo is as simple. And I don't have to find fairly pricy self rising flour or Greek yogurt at the closest grocery store.
Greek yogurt rocks. I hope you could maybe find a gluten free pizza recipe with just 2 ingredients? (Joking, maybe just 24?)
Hate to rain on a parade, but Self Rising Flour is Flour+Baking Powder+Salt
Technically 4 ingredients. Just because three of them come pre-mixed doesn't make it one ingredient.
Anyways... Using Yogurt to make bread is a great thing. I often strain my own yogurt and I will use the "whey" from the yogurt to make bread with. I substitute it 1/1 for water. It makes a much finer texture (all that added protein).
I like how quick it comes together. I, for one, am grateful you posted the link. I like the no-proofing, no-raising required part of it. Let the complainers, well, complain. :)
Why is pizza crust so difficult. My rule has always been 1+1=2 (1cup water,1package yeast, 2 cups flour). I always add some herbs to spice things up, but it's not that difficult.
I bet it's great! I am going to try it. I used 6 ingredients (not using yeast), it was really really good! Fast & delicious! http://7th-taste.com/2012/03/23/truffled-madrigal-pizza/
You can make your own whole wheat self-raising flour, which might be fun for kids, too.
Sift together
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1+1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Wait, isn't that basically cream biscuits, only using Greek yogurt instead of cream?
It ain't real pizza dough if it doesn't contain yeast!
Even if it's not much harder to make a traditional pizza crust, I still think it's valuable to know a different way to do things. Besides, on some days the difference between 6 ingredients and 2 ingredients seems like a lot!
@ALICELOST, you can make the easiest loaf of bread ever by combining 3 C self-rising flour, 1 C sugar and 1 bottle of beer. Bake at 350F for one hour. Butter the top if you want. So beer was not a far-fetched guess!
Sounds perfect for cooking with the kids!
This reminds me of the two ingredient Beer bread my family would make. I can't quite remember the recipe, but it was just a can of beer and self rising flour. I think we usually also added sugar which puts it in the three ingredient catagory.
I'll have to dig out that old recipe. If I remember right it made pretty yummy toast the next day.
If you're going to do that, then you may as well just get the boxed pizza mix, or frozen dough from that dough boy.
A good pizza dough isn't difficult to learn to make, nor too time-consuming, and if you treat it like it is and say, here's an easy substitute, then you're telling people that, yeah, cooking is hard.
I really appreciate these time-saving tips. I'm glad that so many people here have all the time in the world to make dough and let it rise and blah blah blah. I can be easily overwhelmed and decide not to do anything, so a two ingredient pizza dough is magical. Thanks!
I agree with many of the posters that traditional yeast pizza dough is generally really easy to make, especially if you use a no-knead recipe (which I do). But I have to say, this looks even easier, and the advantage is that you don't have to wait for it to rise -- when I make my no-knead recipe, I have to allow at least 2 hours for it to rise, before I can assemble the pizza. A recipe like this makes it possible to be spontaneous in your pizza making, or to be able to make whip up a pie, start to finish, after you get home from work. I can't do that even with my "super easy" pizza dough recipe, unless I have time to make the dough the night before and refrigerate it.
Also, yes, this is technically mixing together two "pre-packaged products, each with its own set of ingredients". But you can easily make it more "whole foods" by creating your own self-rising flour (I believe it's usually just flour and baking powder). And it's easy to find Greek yogurt that's only two ingredients: milk and bacteria.
So I say hurrah to this recipe, and I can't wait to try it.
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Moved back home, depressed. Where do I go now?
June 13, 2012
I'm trapped in an untennable situation and am unsure how to get out. After leaving school for medical/depression related issues, I've been forced to move back home with my family. I have a couple of options that look somewhat promising in terms of escaping, but I'm paralyzed and don't know which way to go. Help? Typical snowflake stuff within.
So I spent two years at college and found it massively unpleasant. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, I was forced to live in the dorms regardless of the fact that I'm 26. That lead to me feeling isolated and unable to make friends. I'm visually impaired and dorms made the most financial sense thanks to government assistance. If I'd lived somewhere off campus I'd have had limited aid opportunities. I thought it wise to aim for as little debt as possible. So I felt socially unfulfilled, and if you mix that with a general disdain for structured environments it creates a pretty intense mix of depression and frustration. I did fine initially, but over the two year period I became more depressed and my GPA started to plunge.
Fast forward to spring semester of this year. I was in therapy but still hadn't attended classes in at least a month. Started on Lexapro. Between therapy and meds I thought things were improving, but they weren't. Had a girlfriend that helped keep me at least a touch positive, but that collapsed. I really wasn't in any position to be dating anyone so it's okay in retrospect. However, that also piled on the stress. Between a low GPA, the breakup, frustration with my place in life,and severe depression I had a huge breakdown that culminated in my being placed in psychiatric care for a couple of days. I wasn't suicidal, but some good simeritans took it upon themselves to try to get me help. I did make some remarks. At the time I thought I wanted to end things but I was definitely being melodramatic and those sort of gestures are way out of character for me. The effort was appreciated, but it only made things worse. Now I've got medical bills unpaid, school bills unpaid, a serious lack of transportation and autonomy, static with my family, a load of self-loathing, and a seriously bleak outlook for my future. I went off the Lexapro and do not currently have a therapist.Those services were provided by the school and as I am no longer a student I can't use them. Facilities are limited where I live. Also, visually impaired so I can't drive. My sister is 31 and doesn't have a license. My mother has a junk-heap of a vehicle and cannot drive far enough to get me to some kind of facility. I feel trapped and terrified.
So here are my options as I see them. Feel free to propose new ones, shoot down some, recommend one of them, or whatever.
1. There is an organization in my state that aids the visually impaired in independence. They do everything from job placement to helping find residence to teaching clients to cook. It's pretty comprehensive. This is probably the right answer, but it is also the most uncomfortable for me. Chalk it up to pride and fear. To take advantage of it I'd have to work through vocational rehabilitation. They provided the lion's share of funding for my schooling and I'm anxious about dealing with them. I don't have the best councilor in the world. He wasn't clear with me about some policies. Over the last couple of years that's lead to some strife between us. So to do this I'd have to go to him and first explain that I've wasted a profound amount of public money on school. Then I'd have to ask for more. The program is something like six months worth of my time and would definitely get me out of here. I know it's pathetic but I'm scared to death of making that step.
2. I've played around with the idea of working from home to build up some funds. I'm unsure of what that might involve. My only marketable skill is writing. I've started looking at markets, going rates, and books on the craft itself. I certainly have an indefinite amount of time to work with this if I so choose. I'm not certain how conducive this environment would be to working, but I'm willing to take a shot at if if there's a snowball's chance in hell of my success.
Those are the only two options I've been able to throw together. I feel really lost here. Where do I go? Is there some other option I've not thought of? Is there something I can do to build my confidence in general so that I'm not so scared and anxious? I understand this is all a little unfocused, but I'm a total mess. I'm stuck working through each individual day without any greater view of my future. Where do I start to put all the pieces back together?
TL;DR: Dropped out of school due to depression. Blindness leaves me feeling trapped. Back at home in an unpleasant situation and needing some direction to get my life back on track. I'm 26 and male from the US for what that matters.
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Wow, this sounds awful. I'm so sorry.
I would not recommend doing stay-at-home freelance work if you are already suffering from depression. It's a lot of work to attract decent-paying clients. You'll just be stuck in your house. At this point in your life, committing yourself to a profession where you need to make (and enforce!) your own schedule would be sort of like treating two sprained ankles by taking up ballet.
There's nothing pathetic about being scared and anxious to approach that organization you mention. It's very, very, very understandable. This is stressful. It's hard to reach out. It stinks. However, no matter how awful your counsellor is, the reality is that
nobody on this planet who is worth knowing thinks you wasted any money by trying out college and leaving when it wasn't right for you
. I don't think your counsellor will care in any negative way. Even if he were to say or do anything inappropriate, you should just silently laugh at him, as he'd be the pathetic one, not you.
As hard as it may be to believe now, the reality is that people who hear your story are instantly understanding and willing to help. More people than you realize have troubles with depression and disabilities, and anyone who has worked in higher education for any length of time has heard dozens of stories like yours. There's plenty of help out there, and you should check it out!
It's rough to tackle all this without professional help. You've got some brass taking this on! Are you sure that there are no mental health services where you life? If you'd like to memail (or anonymously email) my account with your location, I wouldn't mind taking a gander to see what's available for you.
Best of luck.
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Go with option #1. I hear you about it being scary & difficult and pride-swallowing. Many, many good things come from doing the difficult thing. You will personally & emotionally grow, and it will probably even help your depression.
And good luck with the depression, please get regular exercise and do things you enjoy everyday!
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Can you go for option #1, but ask for a different counselor? It may be worthwhile to see if you can sidestep some of the "requirements" in order to get a modified version of the services they provide. They probably don't have any more interest in putting you through unnecessary vocational training if just a few bits of assistance would do.
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First, please understand I hate, hate, hate giving advice. Instead, I try to share my story, share info, think out loud, and brain storm. You need to decide for yourself which bits of it might be useful for your unique situation.
I am not blind but I am visually impaired and medically handicapped, plus my two adult ASD sons still live with me. I quit driving more than four years ago and gave up my license earlier this year. I went through a divorce some years back and ended up living with my parents for nearly a year in my early forties. It was really hard. I was very ill at the time. I got my first ever full time paid job (after two decades as a homemaker) just about the time I was well enough to work. I had that job for about five years, while I continued to work on my health issues. Getting well when doctors said it could not be done destroyed me financially. I am currently deeply in debt, homeless and trying to declare bankruptcy.
I left my hometown in January, setting off on foot with my two adult sons. We crossed the country, walking ten to seventeen miles a day and catching rides, some of them really long. We temporarily stayed in a small town in Texas and considered some other places. I ended up in San Diego in late March. They have sufficient services for the homeless and a sufficiently walkable downtown that staying here while dealing with a few things has been working out okay for us. There are soup kitchens and other services which help me stretch my very limited income, the weathe is fairly homeless friendly and some of the laws and local culture help make the situation more bearable.
I did initially do some freelance writing online to get some money coming in. That did not work out long term. I have continued working on the health issues. With getting healthier, I am gradually getting more productive. I am trying to develop my websites and figure out how to monetize them. Given my incurable medical condition, I think an online income is my only real hope for a long term solution.
It seems to me you should consider moving to a more pedestrian friendly location and/one with good public transit. Consider going somewhere with more services so you can get your needs met without feeling so much like a burden. Look into dietary changes and other lifestyle changes which might help control your depression without drugs or with fewer drugs. And then figure a out what will realistically work as a long term solution for you given your specific impairments and set about to arrange it if at all possible. That is essentially the path I have followed. Things have been gradually getting better. In spite of being homeless, my life is less of a mess than it used to be andthe finances are slowly improving instead of steadily getting worse.
Best of luck and I hope some of that is helpful.
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I think for you, right now, option #1 (and getting a different counselor if at all possible) is the best thing for you. Being trapped in the house all day is toxic.
Michele in CA also raises a good point: when you are ready to live on your own, why not pick a place where it's easy to get around without a car? Most coastal places meeting that description are forbiddingly expensive, but away from the coasts, you would likely be able to find a city or town where you could live independently without relying on someone else for a ride.
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on June 13, 2012
There are lots and lots of people who drop out of college for health/depression reasons. You are one of them. It's not shameful and you didn't waste anything. It just didn't work for you. If your counselor gives you a hard time, try to get a new one, because that's some shitty counseling. Tell them college didn't work, you don't have transport, but you want to find a situation where you can work and be more independent. Maybe a roommate situation could work for you?
Writing is a bitch to make a living at, more now than it ever was, honestly. Is there anything else you'd like to do at all? Teach, help others, anything? You will have better luck at keeping your independence if you can. I hate to say that, but you have to eat and pay rent.
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I vote for #1. Those six months will pass no matter what you do with them, so you might as well spend them building opportunities. Even if you can't get a new counselor, you'll surely get support from your peers and other resources at the program. Also, i imagine there must be some psychological resources there--it might be a good way to get your meds/therapy on track.
I have found that feeling stuck and hopeless is the very best time to take a big leap. It's scary and stressful, but it also seems to reset my brain. Besides,there will surely be other people in the program who feel the same way you do, so you'll benefit from those friendships.
Good luck, and be brave. I think you'll be glad you did, and regret that you didn't.
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The voices of the distant and dead. Books make us heirs to the spiritual life of past ages - an unbidden longing of the soul, of raw life, grasping its way out through the minds of those willing to listen and experience.So the mind is much like a vast laboratory and human literature its many experiments.
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Celebrate Pi Day on March 14 with lots of great $3.14 deals across the country.
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It's the one day of the year when $3.14 can buy quite a bit. March 14, or 3/14, is National Pi Day, and businesses across the U.S. are hosting a variety of nerdy, Pi-themed promotions.
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Posted on Friday, May. 13, 2011 - Half a century ago, a group of local students staged a sit-in.They were protesting the loss of their campus name and were assured the next high school built here would bring the name back. They were kept waiting for five decades.Now these 60-something students are going to get the El Capitan High School name back.
Posted on Saturday, May. 21, 2011 - The El Capitan Alumni Association would like to thank all alumni, individuals and groups in Merced who sent in letters or signed petitions to name Merced's new high school El Capitan High School. There were 29 school name possibilities submitted. The four finalists made their presentations to the Merced Union High School District, superintendent and Board of Trustees on May 11. The unanimous selection was El Capitan.
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Tech We Miss
Despite being focused on the latest and greatest in home technologies, it's hard not to wax nostalgic over the electronics of our youth. We gathered up the team to take a look back at the tech we miss — reminiscing about the technologies and devices that started our love affair with gadgets, games, photography, and the like.
Dance Dance Revolution as missed by Chris Perez
Despite what it may say about me. I can't lie. I miss DDR. Yeah, the dance game that started a revolution that lasted a whole two years (max). I still remember playing it all night with some friends while house sitting at my sister's 2nd story apartment. We figured out we could score higher if we just gave up the tap dance routine altogether and went for it with our hands — slapping buttons as fast and as loud as we could in complete disregard of any lower floor neighbors. Nobody knocked on our door threatening us to turn down the noise that night. Instead a bright yellow eviction notice greeted us the next morning, letting us know the dire consequences we faced if the shenanigans continued.
That didn't scare DDR out of my system though (I just didn't play at my sister's house anymore) and I eventually became so enamored with the game that I did one of my first DIY's — adhering the flimsy DDR pads to wooden boards for the arcade feel. I was so proud of them I even packed them in my car and brought them over to people's houses — so shameful. Other interactive fads have long come and gone — Karaoke Revolution, Guitar Hero, and Wii Sports — but DDR started it all for me, and I'll never forget it. DDR, Rest in peace.
Commodore 64 as missed by Sean Rioux
The Commodore 64, first manufactured in 1982, was in many ways the original affordable personal computer. At $595 USD, the Commodore was less than half the price of the Apple II, meaning almost anyone could get their hands on this amazing piece of technology. In many ways it even outpaced the Apple II, with better sound and color graphics. It was also the bestselling PC of its time, with between 12.5 and 17 million units sold and a market share of between 30 and 40 percent in the years between 1983–1986.
The Commodore was my first computer. I was born in 1984 and so the C64 was the device that I grew up with. Long after its day in the sun I still kept my Commodore running, playing game classics like Pac-man, Pole Position, Skate or Die, and Frogger, booting up from that classic blue basic prompt and waiting for that humble 64k of RAM to load my programs from those classic 5.25" floppy discs.
Sure, you couldn't do much with one of these guys today — in fact just finding a TV to hook it up to is getting harder and harder. Nonetheless, in many ways the C64 was my first love, and you never really get over that.
Polaroid i-Zone as missed by Elizabeth Giorgi
We're all used to instant gratification in our high-tech world and in the 90s, my Polariod i-Zone was the embodiment of instant tech satisfaction. This Polaroid camera aimed at kids and teens turned your pics into instant stickers. Notebooks and lockers were never the same. You can still find the i-Zone camera from resellers on Amazon and eBay, so if you need more sticky photos in your life — this is it!
Mickey-matic as missed by Taryn Fiol
You'll always remember your first. Mine was a guy named Mickey.
My earliest tech memory is of capturing memories on an old film camera called the Mickey-Matic. It was a boxy little thing, and bright pink, with a cartoon mouse's grinning face all over it. But at the time, it seemed like the most grown-up thing I could ever own. For the first time, I could capture friends and school and family vacations from my own 3-foot-tall point of view. Looking back on it, I was right. Owning the Mickey-Matic was the coolest thing kid-me could ever do. I mean, look around… there are people using apps and layering filters to replicate the weathered look of vintage Instamatic film photographs (the Mickey-Matic was an off-shoot of the popular Kodak Instamatic camera). I even found a photoset on Flickr of someone shooting with a late-80's Mickey-Matic, and each shot is every bit as cool as I remember. I don't know whatever happened to the old Mickey-Matic, but I do know this: Even though Instagram has replaced you, Mickey, it can never replace you in my heart.
Sony Ericsson w810i as missed by Jason Rodway
I'll never forget my first phone — it was like a Transformer in the palm of your hand. One second it's an mp3 player, flip it around and it becomes a digital camera (that took some amazing images for its time.) The w810i is a shining example of Sony's sleek and incredibly durable design — after several years my old phone still stands strong, suffering only some minor worn paint. Looking back, I wonder how I survived with just the 1GB Memory Stick that came with it.
Sony Walkman as missed by Amber Bouman
Sony's ubiquitous Walkman was first marketed in Japan in 1979, the same year I was born, which I take particular pride in since I spent a decent portion of my adolescence with a Walkman clipped to my hip. I was far from alone — Sony has sold over 220 million Walkmans in various incarnations, and in fact still offers a Walkman, although they play MP3s now and not cassette tapes. That bulky, battery-draining box was responsible for providing the soundtrack to my life, and I was rarely without it. Family vacations involved me toting around a Walkman and as many cassette tapes as I could cram into a backpack. Although at one point my cassette collection boasted well over 250 titles, these days it's been culled down to less than fifty, tucked neatly in a box in the closet, waiting for me to find a Walkman that will still play them.
Super Nintendo as missed by Jason Yang
I really miss the simplicity of game play from the Super Nintendo era. There was a purity to video games without distraction from fantastical graphics, video cut scenes, and fancy interfaces. The rules and controls were straightforward and you played because the game was flat out fun.
(Images: 1. Chris Perez, 2. Flickr member K Mick licensed for use under Creative Commons, 3. Sean Rioux, 4. Polaroid, 5. Cameras Down Under, 6. Jason Rodway, 7. Wikipedia licensed for use under Wikimedia Commons, 8. Flickr member tetradtx licensed for use under Creative Commons)
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I had that Walkman... loved it!!!
Nope. Don't miss any of these. So grateful for computers, cell phones and tablets.
I find it funny that my phone does less things than the Sony Ericson that the writer is gushing about.
You can buy a NOS Walkman on Amazon and I still see them from time to time. I don't miss cassette tapes at all but I do remember that my childhood was more fun with them than if I didn't have them.
I think what I miss more is being amazed at tech. Seriously, we've come to a point where I really don't care if Apple sells you a device that has books, movies, music and can make you a fruit smoothie. I don't need it.
I know people think I'm a Luddite and I'm really not; I just don't like being told that I *need* to own the new cool device.
Also, in 1982 $595 was around $1,326 in today's money. This was still far out of reach for my family for what was then mostly a toy.
@Battra92 - I think society has reached a saturation point to where each person needs to evaluate "need" and "want" in a way that they haven't previously done with technology. One of the biggest limiting factors of past technologies was cost. That is slightly less of a factor now for many people, but overall it is still a factor. What is more important for those who can afford these things is examining the "need" vs the "want."
No one needs every gadget coming out every year. But I know my life would be less streamlined if I didn't carry a smartphone.
Ahh, the Commodore 64. So many hours spent playing Frogger and Tooth Invaders (yes, that was a thing). Rest in peace, my friend. Rest in peace.
I adore old tech. I collect tube amps and manual typewriters, my kids have an old TV on which they can play DDR, and there was one rather weird day when we were playing with old view masters and my five-year-old asked me to hand him a different DVD. I said it was a reel, like for film, and he had NO IDEA what those things were. I feel like a member of the last generation native to both the between the manual/mechanical/analog/electromagnetic/incandescent, and digital/computerized/automatic/PCB/LED technological worlds. And then I wonder if every generation gets to feel this way at some point?
Nothing beats playing the old 8-bit Oregon Trail on an Apple IIe. Oh, good times.
I had that SE w810i for a couple years and LOVED it. The photos from a phone were really great. Audio quality was top notch and it did an OK job with mobile web (for its time) when most other phones didn't even try. I passed that phone off to a friend who used it for another year or two and very recently it was handed off again and is still working like a champ!
Long live the w810i. You were a beautiful workhorse of a small phone.
Nothing I miss. Tools just keep getting better and cheaper!
SNES...still my favorite era of gaming; so perfect.
I miss knobs on consoles. Less chance of breaking down.
My husband and I used my dad's old Commodore 64 as our first tv; we had it an awfully long time, and honestly, I don't really miss it!
I miss my T-Mobile SideKick, I had 3 or 4 of them when they were avaliable. The keyboard was amazing and they always turned heads.
@slacketjoe. I completely agree. You need a degree to run the washing machine.
I miss huge wooden speakers


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BOARDMAN TWP., Ohio - The first baby born at St. Elizabeth Boardman wasn't due until May, but Gabriel Mikulka's early entrance into the world Monday afternoon earned him a spot in the history books.
"He can go look and find his name right at the top of the list," said Gabriel's mother Sonnie Mikulka.
Gabriel, who's been spending time in Akron Children's new neonatal intensive care unit at St. Elizabeth Boardman, was delivered by Dr. William Quirk just seven minutes before the hospital's second delivery.
"It was our first cesarean here, our first delivery. Everything was very well supported and planned and we were able to pull off the delivery without a hitch," said Dr. Quirk with Partners for Women's Health.
Mikulka says the staff at St. Elizabeth has made her family's experience even more enjoyable. Although, she notes, having a child is an amazing experience on its own.
Since Monday, many other families have been able to share in that joy. The hospital has been averaging about 11 deliveries a day.
"Our census varies like an emergency room. You can't really predict. There are some scheduled things, but you can't really predict what's going to happen during the day and you need to be prepared for that and that's why having the in-house obstetricians and neonatologist and perinatologists and anesthesia group here; we're really prepared around the clock for whatever drops through the door, planned or unplanned," said Dr. Quirk.
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Sorry about AF, Rachel. Hope the next cycle brings you a beautiful BFP!
AFM, went to the RE and they confirmed that what I'm having right now was AF (which is what I said from the beginning), so I start Clomid today and then Follitism on Friday. My IUI nurse was annoyed that no one told her we were doing a combo cycle (she didn't order my meds) so she gave me her last sample for free She saved us almost $400!