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Recap Attack: "Bar Girls"
The next day — Loretta and Rachel have a breakfast picnic in the woods. Rachel talks about why she got married: It was a kind of yuppie/conformity thing.
Loretta: A Subaru station wagon, Sunday picnics in the park, and four kids with names that rhyme.
Rachel: Tommy, Lonny, Johnny … and Justin.
Loretta: Justin?
Rachel: I always wanted to name a kid Justin.
Loretta: I love you.
Rachel: [shocked expression]
Loretta: I love you. It just … it just slipped out. See how easy it is when you feel something? It just comes out. Is that OK?
Rachel: [shrugging and nodding] I love you.
Generally, this movie isn't exactly accurate when it tries to tell us What Lesbians Are Like. But the early "I love you" is right on, at least in my experience. I'm not talking about moving in — this is not a U-Haul joke. I'm probably giving us too much credit, but I think lesbians are generally a little better at offering love without expecting anything in particular in return. So why not say it? The worst that can happen is she'll tell you you're a crazy stalker and she never wants to see you again and she can't believe you took her to a stupid movie like Bar Girls.
And then comes the sex. Or I guess it's sex; there's some skin, and long flowing hair, and soft feminine energy everywhere. This is funny, considering that earlier Loretta was mocking her friend Veronica for wanting a "really feminine" woman, as if only straight girls think that's appealing.
The kisses are not terrible, but not anything to rewind for. It all feels very choreographed, and no doubt it is. Not that that matters when the actors have chemistry, but I think you can guess how this movie scores on that point.
Some time later — Loretta and Noah are at Loretta's house, working on another episode of Heavy Myrtle. Rachel arrives to get some hugs and kisses and deliver some news: She just got a commercial. Did we even know she was an actress before now? No, and we're 39 minutes in. Feels like 390, I know.
Noah asks Rachel how she's doing, as if they're buddies. I guess that's one way to show the passage of time. One might also call it a way to not actually write the movie. Loretta and Rachel sorta start to make out, so Noah bids them farewell. Rachel's hair commercial is a source of concern for Loretta:
Loretta: Just don't ever leave me because you get famous, OK?
Rachel: OK. I'll wait till I'm all washed up.
Loretta: Nooo.
Rachel: I'm kidding! I'm kidding.
Loretta: I want you to move in with me.
Rachel: Really? Oh, really. Oh. [sitting down on the couch] Loretta, if we do move in together, there's one thing that I'm completely adamant about.
Loretta: [inspecting her fingernails] I'll clip 'em.
Rachel: [laughing] No. Monogamy. If you ever cheat on me, even just a little, I'll leave you.
Loretta: How could I cheat on you just a little?
Rachel: Come on, I'm totally serious about this. My father cheated on my mother for years, and it ruined her.
Loretta: OK, OK. Jesus. I feel guilty and I haven't even done anything. I have never cheated in my entire life. OK, once. I cut school one day. But it was National School Cut day, so everybody did it.
They laugh, but if you ask me, it's not cool of Loretta to make light of this. I mean, cutting school is a very serious thing.
Now you can make the U-Haul joke — So they move in together. As Rachel unpacks her flannel shirts and Marlene Dietrich portrait (I could not make this up), she suddenly turns pensive.
Rachel: Do you think I'm gay?
Loretta: What do you mean?
Rachel: Well, how do I know for sure?
Loretta: You just know, that's all. It's like being French: Either you are, or you're not.
The best part of this scene (if there's anything good about it) is what Rachel's wearing when she poses this question to Loretta. She's sporting boxers, a cut-off sweatshirt over a T-shirt, and a red bandanna. This is how you know you're gay, Rachel — look in the mirror. Oh, and Loretta's wearing a tank top and overalls. Come on.
They're flirty and silly and I guess it's all fine, but I wish I had some idea how long they've been together. How am I supposed to grouse about it if I don't have all the facts? (This is what my tombstone should say.)
Hat night — Tonight's theme at the bar is Hat Night. Oh, that's not really a theme? That's OK. If the movie as a whole doesn't have any themes, neither should the bar.
Loretta has brought her friend Veronica along. You remember her: the one who was flirting with the waitress and wanted Loretta to "get me that lesbian." Loretta's friend Tracy — the Southern butch we met briefly at the beginning of the movie — is also there, and Tracy and Veronica hit it off right away.
Veronica: So where are you from, Tracy?
Tracy: I'm from South Carolina.
Veronica: Oh, really? I like your accent. It's kind of tough and romantic at the same time.
Tracy: Well, thank you.
By the way, there is more flannel and plaid on my screen than you'll find on the clearance rack at the Wal-Mart in Jackson, Wyo.
Loretta pulls Veronica aside and says, "Tracy is not a femme. In fact, Tracy makes my dad look prissy." And that's true, but Veronica doesn't care.
Loretta: She's a dyke.
Veronica: Is there something wrong with that?
Loretta: No, it's just that … she drives a Harley. She's very learned in the ways of lesbianism. She could overpower a straight girl like you.
She could overpower me, too, but not with her so-called erudition: I'd be blown away by the inauthenticity of her accent.
Tracy gives Veronica some tips at the pool table. Make of that what you will.
Rachel arrives, and as she does, Kimba (another bartender; don't try to care) tells Loretta that "the one that counts just walked in." This, I assume, is an homage to Desert Hearts, and you'd think it would class up the ol' rec room a little, but it doesn't.
And then somebody else walks in: J.R., a cop with a purple jacket and a royal attitude. She zeroes in on Rachel immediately and isn't even a little bit intimidated by Loretta.
Rachel thinks J.R. is OK, and even funny. Loretta storms off to "see how Veronica and Tracy are doing." She really just wants some sympathy, of course. Like most writers in movies (um, and in real life), Loretta is selfish and insecure.
Loretta goes back over to the bar and asks Rachel if she wants to take off. But Rach is having fun and wants to have another drink with J.R. — and so she does, as Loretta whines to Kimba.
Loretta: Is this my relationship with Rachel, or is it every relationship I've ever had?
I was thinking something similar myself: Is this Bar Girls, or is it every bad lesbian movie I've ever seen?


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Binghamton Senators and Rochester Americans meet for the final time this season tonight at the Blue Cross Arena as the Senators look to make it their seventh win in eight meetings between the two clubs. Rochester just recently put a stop to their nine game losing skid by winning against Syracuse on Wednesday, but still are facing an uphill battle in making a playoff berth being seeded 10th in the Western Conference while missing both their starting goaltenders. The shorthanded Senators find themselves in a similar position maintaining their top spot in the East Division with a handful of key players out and playing two forwards fresh out of college making their pro debut's. This is going to be interesting.
(40-21-1-5) 86 pts
First in East Division
(31-27-6-4) 72 pts
Second in North Division
Projected Lines
Puempel-D. Grant-Prince
Claesson-A. Grant
Injured Reserve: Defenseman Danny New, Forwards Jim O'Brien and Stephane Da Costa.
Healthy: Forward Danny Hobbs.
Binghamton head coach Luke Richardson's patch work line up includes Garrett Thompson and Ryan Dzingel inserted into the mix making their pro debut's as Stephane Da Costa, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Mark Stone and Jim O'Brien are all out as it couldn't come at a better time for the shorthanded Senators. That third line of Thompson, David Dziurzynski and Jacob Culek scares the heck out of me though and shows how much the club is really offensively handcuffed right now.
Thompson, a 6-2 191 lb forward from Traverse City, Michigan and was the leading scorer for the Ferris State Bulldogs this past season netting 16 goals and 16 assists in 43 games for the WCHA regular season champs. Meantime Dzingel, a 6-0 188 lb forward from Wheaton, Illinois, signed a two-year entry-level contract recently completed his third season of college eligibility with the Big Ten Ohio State Buckeyes, establishing new collegiate career highs with 22 goals and 24 assists in all 37 Buckeyes' games.
Meanwhile the Amerks are a hurting bunch with netminder's Nathan Lieuwen and Matt Hackett both up in Buffalo filling in for the Sabres resulting in Rochester starting Andrey Makarov (1-3-0 2.54) and Connor Knapp (0-2-0 4.03) from the ECHL in the last six contests. That's just insane.
Closer to home, defenseman Ben Blood was sent to Elmira on Thursday to work on his game for the Jackals as the Senators are going with a more experienced blue line from here on out. It's a good move all around from the organization's point of view as Blood has come up short this season for the Sens.
Binghamton's magic number is nine heading into the weekend as three games are on tap with two against division opponents. Hershey, winners of their last three, has now leaped over Norfolk in the Eastern Conference standings for the final playoff slot as the Ads are winless in their last four and are faltering fast. I recently ran an article featuring the remaining schedule for Binghamton and you can access it by clicking here.
Players To Watch For
Rochester: Forwards Phil Varone (14g 38a 61gms) and Luke Adam (27g 20a 53gms), Defenseman Nick Crawford (3g 10a 55gms).
Binghamton: Forwards Cole Schneider (19g 30a 61gms) and Matt Puempel (26g 17a 65gms), Defenseman Chris Wideman (7g 38a 65gms).
Season Series
Sens are 6-1-0-0 this season against their long time rivals Amerks with this being their final meeting of the year as Sens spanked the Amerks 7-3 in their last contest up in Monroe County.
Current Playoff Picture
- Percentage of reaching the playoffs: 99.9%
- Overall position (out of 100%) : 8th in the league
- Won or loss after last game +/-: +0.8 (L to Albany).
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Media outlets analyze the data on premiums for 36 states released this week by the Obama administration -- looking at the impact of competition on prices and assessing which regions -- and which consumers -- might be winners or losers in the new online marketplaces.
Kaiser Health News: Lessons From The Obamacare Data Dump
This week the Department of Health and Human Services released a ton of information about how insurance sold in 36 states under the Affordable Care Act will work. Most of it came in the form of data showing the number of carriers and their premium prices in hundreds of regions. Until now we've seen information on subsidized policies to be sold through online marketplaces released in trickles by states that are creating their own online portals (Hancock, 9/27).
North Carolina Health News: North Carolina Insurance Rates A Mixed Bag
As the enrollment period for health insurance being offered under the Affordable Care Act, the rates for plans purchased through the health insurance marketplaces in North Carolina are finally emerging. Rates for the plans vary widely across the state, and in many areas are higher than the national average, in part because few insurers have jumped into the market in North Carolina (Hoban, 9/27).
MinnPost: Minnesota's Top Health Insurance Ranking Didn't Include All Factors
The federal analysis that proclaimed Minnesota's health insurance premiums the lowest in the nation didn't take into account factors that could have upped the cost. National data released Wednesday found other states much higher than the average $144 monthly price for the cheapest low-tier plan on the MNsure health exchange. Similar coverage in Wyoming, for example, listed for $425 (Nord, 9/26).
Meanwhile, two media outlets report on a study by the right-leaning Manhattan Institute noting that some people, among them young men, will pay comparatively more in the new marketplaces --
CBS News: Study: Insurance Costs To Soar Under Obamacare
New research from the Manhattan Institute estimates that insurance rates for young men will rise by 99 percent. Rates for younger women will rise between 55 percent to 62 percent, according to the right-leaning New York think tank. The precise impact of the new health law is likely to vary markedly from state-to-state, however. That's largely because different states have had different requirements for what had to be included in health insurance policies in the past. The Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, overrides these rules and sets a federal overlay that demands a wide array of mandatory coverages. The Manhattan Institute has drawn up an interactive map that may help forecast the rise in cost for individuals (Kristof, 9/26).
Fox News: Despite Gov't Assurances, Some Could See Insurance Costs Soar Under Obamacare
On Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released an overview of premiums and plan choices, saying "For millions of Americans, these new options will finally make health insurance work within their budgets." The administration also said premiums would generally be lower than what congressional budget experts had estimated during debate on the legislation. But former Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Holtz-Eakin said Thursday, "unfortunately you can go all through that HHS report and not be able to answer the most important question: will my insurance rates go up in 2014?" (Angle, 9/27).
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MKalus asks: "Looking at what is going on in the world right now and realizing that computers are not everything (yes, there is more than that) I was considering for quite some time now volunteering in an international project. I was looking at institutions like Casa Alianza and Doctors Without Borders but the problem I am facing is that all of these organizations mainly seem to search for volunteers in medical fields and not so much in High Tech Areas. This is, of course, understandable as I don't really think anybody needs a server farm if they don't have enough to eat at the end of the day." Update: 12/03 15:19 GMT by C :MKalus has been reading the comments sent in so far, but had this bit to add: "I am NOT from the US, I am german living in Canada, as such things like the Peace Corps for example are not a viable option."
"Now I am aware of several organisations where you can go for two weeks in a developing country and help on a farm etc. I also remember the Geekcorps but as nice as it sounds to bring the internet in parts of the world who don't have it I don't quite see the sense in it when at the same time thousands of people die everyday.
So here's the question: Is there a geek out there who managed to volunteer for a longer period (6 months to a year or maybe even longer) in a project abroad, something along the lines of those I've mentioned abobe?"


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Specifically, I'm pretty into Modern Love on Thursdays
Out there by Chickenfoot Lake, the lesson finally sank in. The key to a better marriage, for us, was not to hew closer to the general, to try to grind away the quirks or to more faithfully try to emulate the early-21st century marriage ideal. The key was to embrace, not blunt, the specifics — specifics that in the end we couldn't blunt anyway. Despite all of our trying, Dan and I had not ground smooth our individual flaws. Yet our marriage still seemed better, changed. Maybe through our striving we had become more generous. That's how I felt that day at Chickenfoot Lake. And it felt good.
Fantastic take on how technology makes us happy by @blam
Happiness Takes (A Little) Magic | The Wirecutter(via greghaystuff) Confidence in the long game - so key.
From Thou Shalt Covet What Thy Neighbor Covets, by Martin Lindstrom. (via fastcompany)
Fascinating. The review culture.
Or if it just changed on a regular basis, and there was one go-to person who always knew what the new pswd was.
i just heard about someone who named their wifi griffindor common room.
so when you log in it asks for the password for griffindor common room.
Per Lucy- What would top it off is if the password were just " thefatlady" so anyone who knew the book could get on their network.
i just heard about someone who named their wifi griffindor common room.
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A toast in the spirit of tomorrow...
by Urban Werebear
Just thought I'd get in ahead of the crowd.
A novel I read once, a long time ago, about a planet whose primary export was mercenaries. They had a custom- Before a mission, everyone involved would gather and drink a toast.
"Everyone comes back!"
It was quite prominently noted that this toast was a wish that would never come true. Unfortunately, it never comes true in reality either. So, as someone who was deemed unfit to go himself, I offer this toast-
"To absent friends, in hopes of a safe return!"
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Ever terrifying Voodoo Dolls for the eyes, bought at the Witches Market. The man explained with kaleidoscope eyes, that the one in the colourful clothes will keep the nominated lady safe, where as the black one is to be harmed if necessary. Nice. (Notice the incredible equal detail in the monotone versions tailoring, yikes.) For the ears, more fun from an unknown artist!
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A recent sci.math thread is called "mutual primitive roots".
It is about quasi's conjecture that
For each prime $q>2$,
there is a prime $p<q$ such that
$p$ is a primitive root of $q$, and
$q$ is a primitive root of $p$.
Later paragraphs show my heuristic or probabilistic argument about why the conjecture ought to be true. The argument does not prove the conjecture, but is intended to show that the conjecture has a high likelihood of being true. My PARI-gp code at the end of this question has shown that the conjecture is true for $q<500000$.
Questions: (As revised per endnote)
- Is my argument correctly expressed and free of silly mistakes?
- Can a simpler argument be made for the truth of the conjecture, probabilistic or not?
Heuristic/probabilistic argument: (As revised per endnote)
Let $h = \Pi(q) = (\mathrm{\#primes} < q) \approx q/\ln q$; let $g = e^\gamma \approx1.7810724$, where $\gamma$ is the Euler–Mascheroni constant, $\approx0.5772156649$; and let $d(x) = (g\cdot\log\log x+3/\log\log x)$.
Let $S_q$ denote the set of primitive roots of $q$; $|S_q|>q/d(q)$ per wikipedia.
Let $T_q = \{ p\in S_q, p \mathrm{\ prime\}}$ and let $t = |T_q|$. We expect $$t >(h/q)\cdot q/d(q) = h/d(q) \approx q/( d(q)\cdot\ln q)$$ and for any given $p \in T_q$, we expect $\mathrm{prob}\{q\in S_p\} > (1/p)\cdot p/d(p) = 1/d(p)$.
Now $$\mathrm{prob}\{ q \not\in S_p\forall p\in T_q\} < \Pi_{i=1}^t(1-1/d(p_i))$$ which is less than $$(1-1/d(q))^t \approx (1-1/d(q))^{q/( d(q)\cdot\ln q)} =B(q) $$ which [computationally] goes to zero slightly slower than geometrically as $q$ grows. (For example, $\ln(B(x)) \approx -11.5, -20.3, -36.2, -64.9$ at $x=2048, 4096, 8192, 16384$.) Edit: $\log(B(x))=x\cdot\log(1-1/d(x))/(d(x)\cdot\ln x)<-x/(d(x)^2\cdot\ln x)$. (Via Taylor series, $\ln(1-u)=-(u/1!+u^2/2!+u^3/3!+...) < -u$.) Thus, $0 < B(x) < \exp(-x/(d(x)^2\cdot\ln x))$. As $x$ increases, the latter goes so rapidly to zero that not only is the probability of the conjecture failing for any particular $q$ quite small, the probability of it failing for any $q$ at all is tiny.
PARI-gp code to verify conjecture for small $q$:
/* 4 Dec 2011 jiw: File "mutual-roots", re: mutual primitive roots for primes p, q, with p < q, ie p primitive mod q and q primitive mod p.
Shell code to filter for gnuplot:
gp < mutual-roots | grep '^[0-9]*.[0-9]*$' > t
Depending on size of qmax and pmax, in gnuplot use commands like:
plot [0:100000][0:100] 't', x/18, 25,55
plot [0:500000][0:300] 't', x/21, 87,144
plot [0:500000][0:300] 't', x/21, 87,144
s=99; pmax=prime(s); qmax=precprime(100000);
b=vectorsmall(pmax); i=t=1;
forprime(p=2, pmax, b[p]=t; t+=p);
forprime(p=2, pmax, c=b[p]; for(i=1,p-1,if(znorder(Mod(i,p))==p-1,r[c+i]=1)));
forprime(q=3, qmax, g=0; qx=min(pmax,q-1); forprime(p=2, qx, g+=r[b[p]+(q%p)]); print(q,"\t",g));
Revision note: Originally I used completely wrong values for $|S_q|$ and $|S_p|$. In edit 3, I used the loose estimate $\phi(x)\ge\sqrt x, x>6$ and removed a now-irrelevant question. In edit 4 the much-larger estimate $\phi(x)>x/d(x)$ is used to get a better result. In edit 5, Taylor series for $\log(1-1/d(x))$ is used to bound $B(q)$.


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Anthony Steen is an undrafted free agent out of Alabama. Steen is 6`2, 310 and was a three year starter at offensive guard and named All-SEC. With him going undrafted is very shocking to me
Steen is quick sliding laterally, as well as coming off the line to get to the second-level. He has that thick, compact fame that is ideal to winning leverage battles. Also has the awareness to keep his head on a swivel to pick up multiple rushers.
Has the power to drive defenders to the ground and sustains blocks til the whistle. Lacks ideal arm length, but maximizes his extension without over-extending. Technically and fundamentally solid in pass protection.
While Steen is great against the bull rush, he gets beat by the swim and swat, struggling once lateral. He suffered a torn labrum at the end of the 2013 season. He is still young enough to come back from it and I`m guessing that is why he was`nt drafted.
Even if Steen isn`t able to make the team as a guard, he might be able do it as a center. He has all the intangibles to become a starter one day. I`m happy that Steve Keim hurried up to pick up this undrafted free agent.


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I like that Singer "Jewel" and husband Ty Murray will be competing against each other. What do you think the conversation is like when they go home? Here is the complete lineup for the eighth season of Dancing With the Stars, premiering March 9 on ABC, is as follows:
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It's hilarious that we live in a society that will shame you for how much sex you have and for the junk food you eat. Like, wow, how dare you eat delicious foods and have orgasms, you're a monster. Enjoy your miserable life filled with pleasures.
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whoever made these is going to jail. i aint playin games here
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Let's go back to Sunday, and briefly relive some moments from the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. We are going to look at key plays and break them down. This week we are going to take a look at one play on offense, and one play on defense, and see what went wrong.
We will start with the offense, and we are going to take a look at the first two of Geno Smith's interceptions:
Konrad Reuland is going to come in motion from left to right, as indicated by the green arrow. He will line himself up on the outside at the top of the screen. Reuland and Cumberland, both in green, will run routes deep down the right side. Take a look as we move forward and Pittsburgh disguises the coverage quite nicely.
Take a look at where we are. Geno Smith is ready to let the ball go, and it would appear, from his eyes, that he is making the correct read. Konrad Reuland is in the green circle, and it appears that he is one-on-one with the defender, while Jeff Cumberland, in the yellow circle, is being doubled.
However, the two guys covering Cumberland are going to break on the ball, leaving Cumberland to help out on Reuland, and we all saw what happened.
Interception, the Jets give up a costly one. However, this was one that will get better with experience. The Steelers disguised their coverage nicely, changing the look on a rookie quarterback.
On the next page, we are going to look at the Steelers' only touchdown, and the troubling way that it occurred.


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Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 19 Oct 2014
Northumberland Holiday
We spent a week in Northumberland in a cottage just next to the sea at Embleton Bay. BLISS. I was better but sadly Hector was ill from day one. By the Tuesday a nasty rash had appeared and it obvious to me that it was shingles. So we went to Alnwick A&E where he was seen quickly and given heavy duty anti-virals. I think they stopped it in its tracks, but bless him he was very poorly. Not sleeping, lots of pain and discomfort. I felt helpless and he was wonderfully patient.
Beaches – sand – castles – paddling – wildlife
A holiday diary…
VERY happy to be by the sea at Dunstan Stead… Fab little cottage. But quick unpack and a much anticipated dash to the wide beach for a PADDLE!!!!!! Rosie went bonkers rushing around in the sand and not daring to follow me into the sea. She ended up sitting with Hector while I paddled and dabbled.
This evening a fish and chip supper at the little fishing village of Craster.
While H slept I got up and went to the beach early. GORGEOUS. Just me and Rosie.
We had a drive out to Seahouses and a wander at the harbour. The weather is so good I bought a pair of shorts!
It""s me, your Kathy! I""ve come home….
Let me in at your window-ow-oh-oh-ow!
(On a continuing Kate Bush theme)
A new friend and her other friend in our cottage garden….. Staring in through the bedroom window.
I was in the sea but Rosie just wasn""t happy about it…
We had dinner at a little pub in Embleton. MASSIVE pizzas.
Lovely weather so we headed our to walk to Dunstanburgh Castle. It was a wonderful walk and the castle interesting and pleasant.
We had dinner at Dunstan Hotel at Embleton. Very old fashioned – reminded me of The George in Penrith.
Hector not improving health wise but at that time we didn""t know it was shingles.
Monday morning and we went into Alnwick to find a pharmacy to see if they could help Hector. At the time we thought it was maybe a bad tummy, though that didn""t explain the pain.
After that he had a quiet day at the cottage and I had a few hours out looking at Howick Hall – the home of the famous Early Grey (of tea fame). Gorgeous mature gardens. And tea (Earl Grey obviously!) and cake in the tea room which used to be the ballroom. On the way back I stopped by the cliffs at Howick and had a short walk along the path. The geology is fascinating.
Our cottage was surrounded by wheat fields and while we were there the combines were out bringing it in. Golden glowing fields in strong sun. Beautiful.
Later in the afternoon I set off along the track behind the cottage. Just 500 yards or so inland it follows parallel to the coast south past the castle. Quiet and peaceful and interesting.
On this holiday I am managing to walk quite a few miles…
Hector""s rash has appeared and its obvious he isn""t well at all. Looked like shingles to me, so we went to Alnwick to A&E where it was confirmed and he was given heavy duty anti-viral meds. Poor guy. As it turns out I think the meds stopped it in its tracks though he""s been unwell for a long time.
We headed north after the hospital to Holy Island. I love the place. Just love it. Hector settled on a seat and I explored with Rosie and my camera!
I wandered around the little harbour and then set out on a longer walk up through the islands interior to the north shore and back along the east shore to the Castle and eventually back to where Hector was waiting.
It was a fabulous walk. Fabulous.
We drove back to the cottage via Bamburgh and fish and chips in Seahouses!
Rosie LOVED the beaches everywhere we went!!!
A bit more overcast. We headed a little south to Alnmouth. A look around a bit of the village and while Hector sat with a view of the sea I walked along the beach. Lovely. Obviously! I walked the whole way to the rocks at the north end and spend quite a while rock-pooling. Rosie wasn"t keen on coming into the water, but did, hopping one rock to anthers, or one clump of bladderwrack to an other…
Lovely day again. We went to Beadnell. Spent most of the day sitting on our camp chairs on the beach. I did a lot of paddling and rock-pooling. Perfect day. In the evening we ate at the fabulous pub at Newton just a mile or so from our cottage. I had lobster and it was great. Pricey – but great.
I am sad that Hector has missed out on a lovely holiday. He was so poorly….
Before we left I went down very early to the beach and said "goodbye". Its very rare for me to be so sad at a holiday ending. I loved the place. Just loved it.
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 19 Oct 2014
August 2104
So, now its October and I am remembering what we did in August….
The month started well when Mum was able to go home from hospital. A big relief.
Sis and brother especially have done fantastically visiting and sorting out her apartment with kit for her safe return.
I had a trip out to Larch Cottage Nursery for lunch with Adele one Friday. I LOVE it there.
Interesting….. An Australian TV company are buying a license from me to show my starling film. A few extra quid coming my way. It just keeps rolling that film! On YouTube it"s had 600,000 views.
Went to find some quiet in the church one day…. Just me and Rosie and with Frank Cat howling outside the big old wooden door to come in too.
We"ve had some wonderful weather this summer. Lots of time to spend in the garden.
The only thing to mar it is my increasing achy and stiff joints… and upper arms. The Doc says its arthritis and wear and tear and problems from my old neck injury. Whatever it is its having a big impact on my life. Walking is painful and slow and I can only manage a couple of miles at maximum. Getting down onto my knees or bending is nigh on impossible. Surely I am too young for this….
Our holidays were the end of August and beginning os September. Mine started a week earlier than Hector, but I spent most of that week in bed with a really nasty cough. I thought sunshine would make me feel better… Look who joined me. I love my little Rosie Posie!
While I was poorly a very sweet friend who I had to let down (coz I was poorly) this week for a girls trip to a nice gallery, has popped round to see how I was, tell me that next time she goes I should go too coz I"d love it, and to bring me a gorgeous felt brooch she bought me from the gallery. Isn"t that lovely?
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 07 Sep 2014
Wetter July
I wish I hadnt left it til early September to write up about July – hey ho.
The new Sitootery is looking good at night with its lights on…
Tour de France
We took the train to Skipton with Rosie to watch the Tour de France whizz through. Smashing day and good weather. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
While digging out photos of my gorgeous friend Chrissie who was marrying in late July (for a display at the reception) I also found some old pics of me. Oh my word! They made me feel very old.
This is Chrissie and I on my 30th birthday! We were SO young!
In mid July at five this morning I gave up trying and decided to go down to the river. It was so peaceful, quiet, beautiful and sweet that I feel much more calm. I had the camera with me of course. One of the photos got Explored on Flickr and had tens of thousands of views and favourites. A bit of a thrill.
A friend in the village who has a farm and keeps rare breeds invited me over one lunch time to take some pics. Lovely weather and haymaking.
PotFest in the Park and in the Pens
I LOVE PotFest… So many fabulous ceramicists and their wares. I went with Liz and Jess
I was determined at the one in the Park to keep a very tight hold on my purse and allow myself a limited budget. I reckoned without Apollo! I fell in love with him and after mulling it over and talking it through with Liz and Jess I had to buy him. He was my main sculptural piece for the Sitootery. Handsome isn""t he?
Also bought this very stylish oil burner….
Late July and at last the wedding I have been looking forward to for SO long… Chrissie and Chris. We stayed at a gorgeous B&B near to their home which was a real treat. The weather was stunning – if anything too hot – and it was a happy, loving, colourful, beautiful wedding. Not a dry eye in the house at the reception – which was afternoon tea. A very moving day and I was in tears watching Chrissie so lovely as she arrived at the church.
The week after the wedding and Hector and I were on leave so we could go to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. I have never been to a large sporting event before and enjoyed it a lot – from the train journey there and the atmosphere in the city to the games we saw. I would very happily go again. As selfless go this is a terrible photo of me…
Unfortunately in July Mum was taken quite ill and after a fall was in hospital for 2 or so weeks. Thankfully she got her strength back and recovered. The damage was temporary and she was so happy to be home again. IT was a hard time, very scary.
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 06 Aug 2014
Flaming June
Ooh. Chuffed.
The Woodland Trust want to use one of my photos for their 2014 Calendar. Honoured…. Especially as by coincidence we are members of the Trust. I will keep the identity of which it is to myself as I am sure the Woodland Trust would want it that way.
Went to visit a neighbour after work. They have a small farm and breed rare pigs, sheep, cows and the old yard is full of ducks, geese, chickens etc. With abundant wildlife as well it"s a bit of heaven. This is their driveway… With a nesting box on almost every tree.
Weellll I WAS snoozing with my book.…. But we are just feet from the church tower so it"s loud. Lovely! Obviously. But QUITE LOUD!
We spent mid summer evening with two of our favourite people. Fiona and Chris. Its always a really good time with them. They look very well and happy.
Oh mi gawd! That made me feel nauseous! Mad. MAD!
Insane Himalayas Bus Ride – not for the faint hearted
It is good for the digestion!
Our food digester has been installed. It will digest all food – even bones and cooked meat. Less rubbish to go out in the bins.
The "Sitootery" yard is maturing and proving to be a real pleasure.
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 06 Aug 2014
Mid to end May
I have left it too late to do this again! The older we get the busier we get!
Some pics of our short but lovely stay in Staffordshire…. The canal at Tixall/Shugborough and Trentham Gardens. Lovely to dog sit for Monty and cat sit for Cookie (sadly Cookie is no longer with us by July). And especially good to spend time with the delightful Charlotte.
Lovely Niece, Clare, came to visit one afternoon. She was very popular with Frank Cat and Rosie Posie.
Our wisteria is utterly sublime this year. The flowers are so heavy that I had to put supports in for the branches.
Dahlia duals
I invested in some Dahlia tubers from the National Dahlia Collection. Its a running battle with snails and slugs to keep them alive! They are munching their way through them despite all the things I am trying: copper tape, eggshells, wood ash, sharp grit, mint leaves.
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 16 May 2014
The weather has been mild. Sometimes quite sunny.
The big project for this year – a renovation of the enclosed yard.
I fully started work on the renovation of the back yard, or, as my friend Liz refers to the plans A Sitootery So, all those lovely plans for our enclosed yard… BIG ideas. LUSH ideas.
In the cold light of a few weeks on from the plans being hatched the true £ cost is starting to dawn on me so I am trying to find ways of achieving the same results with a CONSIDERABLY reduced budget. (by early May the budget is blown out of the water!!)
Step 1. Gravel on the lower part of the yard and on the step. Used a plank to hold step gravel in place. Looks better already.
Step 2. Gardener chap pickaxing up the smaller patch of old concrete ready for more gravel. Result is all gravel and the remaining large lovely sandstone slabs.
Step 3. Painting the 2 brick walls a very very very pale lavender blue.
Step 4. Using the old plank of wood (which for me started life as one end of a open aspect wardrobe thing) to create a raised planted for lavenders.Ha ha. Hector was making the long rectangular planter I requested. Great use of old wood it thought. All was going well, I even helped a bit. Almost done and the side/leg needed to be fixed on. Minor adjustments made, glue in place, leg/side slotted and screwed and glued in place. It was at that point I noticed it was all the wrong way up! I.e legs at the top! Ho ho.
Step 5. Buying LOTS of lavender and some feature plants.
Step 6. Buying a Gudrun Sjoden very special outdoor table cloth. Expensive but really looks right.
Step 7. Finding a nice outdoor mirror and outdoor fairy lights.
By early May its all done! And here it is! Its made me very happy.
Oh I SAY! A new Gordons Gin with Elderflower! They must have created it just for me…. who"s going to the shops first then…….
Scientists discover "eighth colour of the rainbow. A wonderfully understated, classy and intelligent April Fool from the iPaper. As you"d expect from them…..
A few of us had some fun sharing photos of our wardrobes. They say as much about us as out handbags. This is mine…
Its getting busy at the bird feeders
I watch Coronation Street. Always loved it. Very funny scripts and characters. The best recently is Steve and Peter wake up in bed together…. They are playing it à la Morecambe & Wise, especially Steve. Funny.
I met up with my FB friend Suzanne at Rheged and had a jolly good natter then coffee at home.
Had a wander at Edenhall. Nice long and quiet road.
Almost a double rainbow early this morning as I drove to work…. The cloud is obscuring a view over to the Lake District mountains.
While searching for my drivers license…..I came across these.
Hector, Rosie and I went to the Dalston Point-to-Point today. Very enjoyable. Windy and chilly but great fun. We tried to pick winner, though only did ok in the first couple of races. Its a very "county" event..
15th April. Hurrah! Almost three weeks earlier this year! Saw the first swallow – in Lazonby – as I drove to work.
Sometimes, just sometimes, going to work has it"s pleasing side…. A field I pass on the little roads route. Birdsong and bright early sun was gorgeous this morning at 7 ish as I drove in, top down.
Relaxing on my lap, but Frank has an eye on the little birds. Not that he can be at all bothered these days….
I really should grow more tulips…..
Would the low life crook who has tried to use my debit card to buy a Dell computer kindly go and disappear down a deep dark smelly hole! You have caused endless hassle and stress and have rendered my bank account inaccessible for the entire Easter weekend while I wait for a new card! And yes – I AM very careful using the card – almost paranoid.
Isn"t it lovely. Changed my view too….
Wow. This map really puts the size of Africa into perspective and makes you realise the true immensity of the continent.
What a perfect Good Friday…. Outdoors all day. Lazing mostly with a book. Hector came with Rosie and I for a walk around Edenhall. It was lovely….. Warm, summery, bright sun, no clouds.
Amelanchier – I love the shining little star blossoms. I"ve squeezed two of these trees into our postage stamp garden. Amelanchier, also known as shadbush, shadwood or shadblow, serviceberry or sarvisberry, wild pear, juneberry, saskatoon, sugarplum or wild-plum, and chuckley pear is a genus of about 20 species
Was off for 10 days over EAster. LOVELY!
Dropped my car off for its MOT and decided to walk back (about 4.5miles) mostly uphill but all countryside. Bearing in mind a dodgy hip H didn"t expect me to manage and was waiting for me to call to be rescued. I was doing fine (apart from blisters on my little toes) and was almost back when he turned up anyway and was very surprised I was so close to home. Bless him.
Easter Monday
What a lovely day to be outdoors. While H read his paper at the Fox and Pheasant in Armathwaite I had a walk with Rosie along the river before I joined him. Gorgeous little walk.
24th April.
Ullswater and tea with Sally and Rosie (20 photos)
An afternoon with Sally and Rosie on Ullswater topped off with afternoon tea at the Inn on the Lake. Lovely bright weather. Happy.
Spent a Friday visiting Mum and Jane.
Good to see Mum and Jane. Nice too to have an hour at Thirlmere on the way… I came back via Kirkstone over The Struggle.
A little old fella has these two. One Westie goes along in the home made trolley and the other walks by his side. They sit quietly and patiently outside the shop while the old man buys his paper. Really gladdens the heart.
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 08 May 2014
March 2014
Mid March saw the first day that was nice enough to have breakfast outside in the garden…
End of March
A few pics of birdies and from a short walk with Rosie early this evening. Celebrating the lighter evenings!!! Also SO happy to hear and see the first Lapwings of the season. I love their call.
Mid March
For Mothers Day. Here she is in about 1963 looking very lovely and """"""""Jacqui Onasis""""""""! And also it would have been Dads birthday this week, so for him too – looking dashing, and a bit cheeky I must say!
Snoozing in the garden! (WELL i have spent 3 hours tidying the garage and making a start on the enclosed uard improvements!) Hurrah spring is here.
New home for butterflies on our house wall. Amazing what you can pick up at TKMaxx! Now I just need the stuff that you attract them with so they can find their safe house.
A Great Tit was checking out the nesting pot that I bought at PotFest last year. They haven""""""""t nested though.
This made me feel dizzy and actually nauseous. I had to stop watching….
You really should watch the video of these two utterly insane free-runner chaps… http://huff.to/1o0WhRj
Well.. That WAS exciting! I could smell smoke in our lounge.. Checked and not our fire or chimney so went outside and saw that a chimney opposite was spewing out flame and sparks. Hector dashed over to see if anyone was in and I called the fire brigade. Figured it was the house of a friend of H. His van was in the drive so he must be in so we tried n tried to get him to answer the door. He did eventually, and said "F*** it. It will be fine. Tell the fire blokes not to bother." So, cue blue flashing lights and all that. And firemen… They are still there now but it seems all is ok and the fire boys said Id done the right thing, that theyd rather be called than not called. I had visions of a house full of smoke and people unconscious etc.
Todays menu experiment. Duck with miso noodles and black cabbage. A first for me…. Not too diff to do and quite tasty.
The flower display at Booths. Isnt it gorgeous? I LOVE Booths in Penrih.
Bliss time at the Spa….. Cue spa tinkly water fountain and low lights and scented candles and spa music. (Sigh ! Am still feeling the soothing effects!)
Its art that is…..!
I watched this chap for a little while on the short walk Rosie and I had one March afternoon.
Marking 100 years since the outbreak of WW1
A genuine original photograph from 1914 and a sea of faces of so many men and boys near the front in WW1. Just look at all those faces…. We know what was to come. They didn""""""""t. I find this image very poignant and sad.
(Part of a private collection of a neighbour)
While Hector was away working in London… What a lovely day we have had. Normanby Park for a wander and the gardens, then the Rope Works at Barton for the gallery and cake then a wind-swept walk at the Humber Bridge and along the Humber (on the Lincolnshire side)
Loved every minute….
Farewell to a hero of mine!
Sad…….. That wonderful man, Tony Benn, has died. He was a remarkable man and I was so lucky to have heard him speak a few times, at festivals. Compassionate, emotive and passionate speaker.
The perfect quote from Benn.
Making mistakes is part of life. The only things I would feel ashamed of would be if I had said things I hadnt believed in order to get on. Some politicians do do that.
What a weekend thrill! I came first in last weeks iPhoneography B&W architecture with this shot…
What a LOVELY day out with Sally and Rosie on the Settle to Carlisle line to Ribblehead. A nice wander around. It was FREEZING and windy but bright sunshine. We ate a hearty lunch at the Station Hotel there (yummy) and were home in time for tea. Poor Rosie was very cold so we put her under out jackets or in the rucksack. She was mollycoddled!
Went to a funeral in the village at lunch time. Les was a very popular man who had lived in the same house in the village all his life and was in his 80s when he passed away. He had a packed life and it was a real pleasure to attend the funeral – which saw SO many mourners that they had to rig up speakers outside in the churchyard for around 30 people who couldnt find even standing room in the church.
I will remember his as charming, interesting and very funny. We often spent time with him at the pub on Friday evenings where he had me spellbound with his memories of local life and characters. He was a real Gentleman. Im sad for his lovely English-Rose wife.
Look what arrived … A print of a photo of Hector from our session with a portrait photographer a year or so ago. Dishy huh?
My lovely cousins lovely daughter Annabel has been accepted into a prestigious ballet school. Im very proud of her….. Well done niece Annabel! Looking gorgeous too.
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 26 Mar 2014
February 2014
Sink news!
Our new hand built sink unit and new mixer taps are finally finished…. It"s been a two year wait. I"m especially pleased with the ceramic knobs I found online. It looks like it"s always been here, which is good coz nothing is new in the house and modern would have looked awful.
What an improvement. The old one was literally from the 1960s and falling to bits.
Whiskey from the Lakes
Not a big whiskey fan, but am sorely tempted by a bottle of the new whiskey distiller in The Lake District. Very tempted.
Looks wonderful – a fairytale home
Man Builds Fairy Tale Home for His Family – For Only £3,000.
Been watching the Belgian (in Dutch) drama Salamander on iPlayer. Brilliant. And a very attractive and sexy hero!
Sad that my Great Aunt Leonora, a real English rose, has died….at the ripe old age of 92. She was the wife of my fathers late Uncle Sydney.
Oh goody. I just earned £70 from Google AdSense for advert clicks from my films on YouTube. Nice surprise. Thats a day out that is! With luncheon!
I am back at Slimming World. Now that some other things in life are getting sorted out I feel that its now or never to drop some weight! I""""ve GOT to succeed this time.
We went to see 12 Years a Slave.Stunningly filmed and wonderful lack of noise, no heavy duty soundtrack. You can hear every breath and rustle of grass.
A harrowing film, all the more so as it is based on truth and what happened to Soloman Northropp. Don""""t try and eat popcorn if you go to see 12 Years a Slave. There is a lot of silence in the film! It makes it atmospheric but I suggest sucky sweets
As a late birthday pressie for Hector and coincidentally for Valentines Day we went out for an Indian meal in town. Very good it was too…..
We have booked a summer holiday cottage in Northumberland. Just behind the dunes at Dunstonburgh. BLISS! Hows this for a view!!!!…
I would like to congratulate my Great Niece – the beautiful Annabel Tilly Work, on achieving a place at Ballet West on the shores of the gorgeous Loch Etive. I am very proud of you…. and will never forget when you were little and we joined in with Morris Dancing at Beverley Festival (my achilles tendon was never the same!)
Exciting… Joint third in last weeks iPhoneography BOOKS challenge.
Brilliant. My blood test from a check up, and my cholesterol is the lowest it has been since I first had it checked…. And blood pressure is also lower than ever, still not ideal, but much better. No meds required and keep doing what I""""m doing.
Well, fancy that!
Great Salkeld voted as a top romantic date site!
19th Feb… bird count today so far…!
Redpolls, dunnock, robin, blue tit, great tit, coal tit, sparrows, blackbirds, goldfinches, chaffinches, wren.
It must be almost spring… I am considering new flop flops!
Free delish hot choc at Booths using my loyalty card? Don"t mind if I do!
I buy Frank Cat a perfectly whizzy proper scratching post complete with ball and bell and what does he prefer? To wrap himself around a kitchen chair leg and spin like a Catherine Wheel?
Hector and I went to Tullie House in Carlisle to see the automata exhibits – funfair and circus style. Some amazing pieces! HELP …. Classic Beatles fun with automata at Tullie House.
FINALLY decided how to imporve the enclosed back yard. GRAVEL!!! Quickly done and relatively cheaply too. Now to plan the rest.My lovely friend who has a holiday home in the village – Liz – is a garden genius, and came over for coffee and we chatted through ideas and colours and have hatched a plan. Simple style – mostly lavender and pink cosmos in terracotta tubs and wooden seat and lavender wall and some thoughts how to create curves….
Top down on the way home and a clear sky. Couldn"t resist a couple of iPad photos… And the photo of the viaduct arches won the weekly iPhoneography Challenge (B&W architecture).
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 26 Mar 2014
Rosie has a "spa" day…
I found a new dog groomer for Rosie. Its a bit of a distance away so while I waited for her to be done, I found a wonderful cafe in Morland. THe best cheese scones I have ever had and a lovely place to spend an hour or so. I will definitely be back!
Rosie looked really good after her session too. MUCH better than I can do with the clippers. Obviously.
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 26 Mar 2014
January 2014
Writing this in late March means its all a bit vague (I blame my age) but here goes….
Hurrah. From this month I am stepping back from a five day working week to a 4 day working week. Lordy it"ll feel gooooood. It"ll be good too to be able to get down to see Mum more often.
First non working Friday and a soggy walk at Glenridding (Lordy the Lake was VERY high over the meadow) and tea n chocs with Mum in Ambleside.
Look who has taken up residence on our finial!
We"ve had him a year or so but only now just got around to getting some kind person to put him up there – its WAY too high up for us. We don"t do ladders!
Did you know that an old name for a Snowdrop is DINGLE DANGLE? Isn"t that just lovely.
I came joint second in the iPhoneography challenge last week with this (16:9 was the theme)…. It was taken after emerging from cloud as I drove down the Struggle from Kirkstone Pass into Ambleside.
I"ve spruced up the Juliet balcony this evening with a new voile panel. I love the Swedish style!
I just don""t get this. Its astonishing. These people live a punishing life style. Imagine getting up at 4.30 am and commuting hours and hours and not getting home til gone 9 pm. What"s the point of going home just to sleep? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25551393
A good idea of Hectors to get the train to Horton-in-Ribblesdale on the Settle-Carlisle line on such a lovely day. A nice bracing walk, a muddy poodle and scenery to knock your socks off. We took the Settle – Carlisle railway line for a day out to Horton in Ribblesdale – taking Rosie of course. We were lucky to get some bright and sunny weather, a nice short walk along part of the Dales Way.
Sally and I had a day out at Bowes Museum at New Year. Ostensibly it was to see the Laura Ashley clothing exhibition (I wore those dresses all the time back in the day!) Real nostalgia and a trip into the past, especially the 1970s. We got there and had coffee and cake, then took a break for lunch there and before we set off home we had tea and cake. The exhibition was great and well worth the trip. The rest of the museum is fascinating too. A lovely man took our photo in the frame that was set up for children to dress up in Laura Ashley clothes. I wish I had worn something I have by Laura Ashley in my wardrobe!…. What a lovely day Sally and I had.
As always SO much to see at Bowes and the restaurant is great…. 3 visits to that! A stunning sunset lit our journey home… Plus, I found Hubert the tea-cosy cat and brought him home….
Our village Burns Night event at the end of January.
Jack addressing the haggis – no overacting here!! Oh yes there was!
And some rolling the pound games after the quiz – at which we didn"t exactly shine, but it WAS all about Scotland of course, so we didn"t expect to.
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 26 Mar 2014
Christmas break
It was SO good to have almost two weeks break over Christmas. Hector had to be on call for some of it, but for the most part it was relaxing and a quiet time. For me, knowing that when I went back to work in the new year it was to start a new four day week which I have looked forward to for a long time.
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 23 Dec 2013
Christmas pub quiz
Back on form or WHAT!
The Christmas pub quiz evening was a capacity crowd – LOADS of teams. I stayed til the last round, but wanted a good nights sleep before the last day at the office before Christmas. I knew we were doing OK before that, but it seems we were joint first! Only getting pipped at the post by a tie-breaker.
Our team mates were Maurice, Kelvin and barman John.
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 23 Dec 2013
Family Christmas
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 23 Dec 2013
Stepping back…
At the end of December I worked my last Friday. From January I am moving to a four day week. Its been long-planned. Partly scary (can"t afford it!) but it"ll be so good to not have to do that 5th day. It"ll give more time for a lot of things I would like to do. See family more, get more done at home… etc.
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 23 Dec 2013
The Earls do their first (and last) gig
They made it. By the skin of their teeth, it all came good and the Earls (Hector, Joe and Dave) played a short giggy thing at the pub.
My big Christmas surprise for Hector was that his son, step-daughter and her partner were coming and he didn"t know. It was hard keeping it secret, but am so glad we did. His face was a picture when we got to the pub and they were all there! I"ll never forget it.
The band did a really good session and everyone in the pub really enjoyed it. I stayed way later than I usually do at the pub (2am) and apparently Hector was still there at 4. There were some deserved thick heads the next day.
We all had a great time – its what happy memories are made of.
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 23 Dec 2013
DIY doesn"t always pay off
Shouldn"t have started clipping Rosie. I"m too tired and it hasn"t gone well…. She looks embarrassed and disappointed and I"m wondering how to disguise a couple of her rather bald patches. Perhaps I should put her in a Poodle "onesie" until it"s grown back!
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 23 Dec 2013
More hassle
Trundling along the dark country lanes on my way home…. First my way suddenly blocked by two, dawdling like old ladies, pigs (not seen any on these roads before), then an owl appeared from nowhere above the car bonnet (lovely sight) and then on the narrowest stretch in woods beside a drop to the river a flippin" coach which in no way would back up. I had to reverse for ages which is difficult in my car with a soft top plastic rear window, and with more cars coming along behind also having to reverse. Very eventful journey"
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 23 Dec 2013
Cheese and Wine
The village hall was the venue for the annual local Cricket Club fund raising Cheese and Wine bash. VERY pleasant. Lots of wine, and of course cheese. Enjoyable few hours.
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 23 Dec 2013
Lovely memories of kittens
Us, Rosie Posie Poodle and Frank Cat Fi | 23 Dec 2013
It makes me happy when so many and varied species of birds come to our garden feeders. I"ve moved the hanging feeders nearer the lounge window….


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Last week the University of Connecticut's women's basketball team broke the record for longest winning streak in college basketball—men's or women's—by winning its 89th straight game.
The Huskies' coach, Geno Auriemma, noted that many male commentators dismissed his team's achievement because it was women's basketball—and only paid attention at all because they were chasing a record held by the UCLA men's team since the early 70s:
"Because we're breaking a men's record, we've got a lot of people paying attention. If we were breaking a women's record, everybody would go, 'Aren't those girls nice, let's give them two paragraphs in USA Today, you know, give them one line on the bottom of ESPN and then let's send them back where they belong, in the kitchen.'"
In fact, the impressive feat garnered comparatively little attention as it was. As Paul Farhi reported in the Washington Post, "the nation's sports media all but yawned at the news." Which begs those perennial questions: whither the female sports fans and—related—whither the fans of women's sports? Farhi notes:
"The record-breaking game was relegated to ESPN2, clearing the flagship ESPN channel to carry something called the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl. The UConn news rated a wire-service story in The Washington Post's Sports section and inside-the-section play in the New York Times. Sports talk radio stations barely touched it.
Women and girls are playing sports in vast numbers, propelled onto the court and into the field by Title IX, the 1972 law that effectively outlawed discrimination in funding for public-school sports programs. Between the law's enactment and 2008, the number of girls playing high school sports grew tenfold, according to the Women's Sports Foundation.
Fans are a different story. One reason is that men – generally the most passionate and loyal sports fans – aren't keen on watching women's sports. But if anything, women show even less interest in the games women play. Women haven't grown into the sorts of sports fans that can sustain professional leagues or boost a women's game into the national spotlight."
Of course, there's a chicken-and-egg problem here: "Does a lack of media attention cause lack of interest in women's sports or simply reflect it?" I'm sympathetic to Kathryn Olson, president of the Women's Sports Foundation, who argues that if the media gave female athletes a higher profile, it would build more interest in them. On the other hand, it's hard to deny that when it comes to a money-driven business like sports media, the root problem is one of demand. As David Carter, executive director of the Sports Business Institute at USC says, "If there was more interest, I guarantee you there would be more coverage."
The article goes on to discuss the differences in the way men and women are socialized to watch, consume, and talk about sports. Which is fascinating stuff. And, if we're interested in why women are less likely to be sports fans, we should probably think about how playing and talking about sports is a key way of performing masculinity. And about how sports are a main source of homosocial bonding among young men. And about how many of the bastions of sports talk—particularly sports radio—are actively misogynistic and opposed to letting women into the club. These things might help explain why women may feel a little out of place (or, at worst, downright unwelcome) when entering the sports talk zone.
But what really bothers me is the assumption—evident throughout the article—that the elusive, potential fans of women's sports are necessarily women themselves. Farhi includes this throw-away line before launching into his discussion of why more women aren't into sports: "One reason is that men – generally the most passionate and loyal sports fans – aren't keen on watching women's sports." No need to interrogate why men—already "the most passionate and loyal sports fans"—aren't interested in watching women's sports—and if and how that could ever change. Nope, it's so taken for granted that there's no need to even articulate the reason clearly hovering behind the assumption: Because the women aren't as good.
Which is why it seems strange to me that anyone would be surprised that female sports fans (and more and more women are fans these days) aren't any more likely to watch women's sports than men are. The sports media denigrates women's athletics. ESPN's "SportsCenter" devoted only 1.4% of its coverage to female athletics in 2009. Our male sports-talking peers, who know every last stat about men's teams, show little interest in their female counterparts and do not hesitate to admit it's because "women just aren't as good." The possibility that avid male fans could learn to love women's athletics as much as they love men's is not entertained for even a moment. And yet somehow, because we have vaginas too, we're expected to support the women?
Of course not. As Farhi notes, "Study after study confirms that female sports fans tend to watch what male fans watch, a correlation that suggests TV-sports viewing is a bonding activity for many women."
No shit. Watching and talking about sports is a "bonding activity" for everyone—women and men. That's the whole point. As researcher Andrei Markovitz notes, "It's the only kind of discourse in which they can shed their social differences. The CEO and the janitor can talk to each other for 40 minutes about the collapse of the Giants last week." The wonderful thing about sports talk is the way it cuts across social differences. And women who want to get in on the action—who are looking to connect with their guy friends over last night's game, who seek the comradery of fandom, who long for the community that sports can offer—are going to join the conversation that's already happening.
I'm sure that many male sports fans will find the proposal that they should embrace women's athletics laughable—so deeply entrenched is the assumption that they won't. And hey—maybe it is. But the status quo—in which women are increasingly becoming sports fan but widespread support for women's sports is still lacking—is clearly unequal and women can't be expected to transform it all by themselves. Besides, in my opinion, true gender equality in the sports world doesn't look like a lot of male fans sitting in one corner talking about men's sports and a lot of female fans sitting in another talking about women's sports. If gender is the one social difference sports talk can't bridge, then maybe its bonding power has been overestimated.


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As well as the Wii U Virtual Console, Wii U Panorama View will be released on 27 April following the Wii U System Update.
Wii U Panorama View was showcased at E3 2012 but it has taken nearly a year for it to be released. It gives you the opportunity to experience some of the world's biggest tourist attractions through your Wii U GamePad.
Wii U owners can use the GamePad controller to look in every direction to control 360-degree video guided tour. There are four video tours available at launch, including a tour of London from an open top bus and you can check out the streets of Rio during Carnival. These video tours cost £1.79 each but you can download an interactive preview for free.
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Bravo Series concerts and main-stage Pops Series concerts are held at Thalia Mara Hall in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. Thalia Mara Hall is located at 255 East Pascagoula Street.
Chamber Series concerts, special event concerts and Pepsi Pops are held at different venues throughout the Jackson metro area. To find a venue and directions for a particular concert, view our Season at a Glance.
For concerts held at Thalia Mara Hall, there are several parking lots located in downtown Jackson. City Centre Parking Garage is located directly across the street from Thalia Mara Hall. Parking is typically $7.00 per car. Street parking is generally available early, as is the small lot to the west of the hall. West Street along the side of the hall is reserved for drop-off and accessible parking ONLY.
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During the early 1800′s, the posh shopping and dining neighborhood in downtown Manhattan called SoHo (which stands for SOuth of HOston), enjoyed its previous heyday as a commercial destination for well-to-do New Yorkers. By mid-century, however, while Broadway around Prince and Spring Streets remained for some time the "Fifth Avenue" of its day, bordellos began popping up on side streets, and the area soon became New York's first red light district: Read the rest of this entry »
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Although I've lived in New York City my entire life, I have never been to Times Square on New Year's eve. The idea of standing out in the cold with close to a million others to ring in the new year sounds dreadfully exhausting to me, but perhaps not quite as exhausting as the old New Year's tradition of "calling" or "visiting."
In 1907, Adolph Ochs, publisher of the New York Times, dropped the first illuminated ball from the flagpole on the recently constructed New York Times Building that was located in the newly renamed Times Square and started a tradition that would last over a century. Predating this tradition, according to The New York Times Learning Network's On This Day, nineteenth century New Yorkers practiced another ritual that seems to have been long forgotten:
New Year's Day was traditionally considered the best time of the year for renewing, reviving, or reaffirming friendships. During the nineteenth century, it was the custom of urban gentlemen to pay formal visits to the households of friends and relatives on that holiday. Gentlemen were expected to dress appropriately in morning costume, consisting of a dark coat, vest and tie, dark or light pants, and somber-colored gloves. Receiving the gentlemen callers were the ladies of the house, dressed in their sartorial finery or, occasionally, in the costume of famous female figures in history or myth.
Tags: 19th century New York, New Year's Day, New Year's traditions, New York City history
The following is an excerpt from an article by Sibyl McCormac Groff entitled "Gothamtide: Words and Images in Nineteenth Century New York," that first appeared in Antiques magazine.
New Yorkers have long promoted the Christmas season, or Gothamtide as I like to call it, which begins in early December and lasts until the twelfth day after Christmas, or January 6. While Christmas day was not declared a national holiday by the United States Congress until 1870, it was recognized as a holiday in New York State in 1849. New York's prosperous ports (enhanced by the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825), the development of the transcontinental railroad system, and the rise of industry and commerce led to an increase in the number of immigrants settling in New York City, and the emergence of the family-centered middle class. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Robert Sullivan
CITY OF PROMISES: A History of the Jews in New York
By Deborah Dash Moore (Author) , Howard B. Rock (Editor) , Annie Polland (Editor) , Daniel Soyer (Editor) , Jeffrey S. Gurock (Editor) , Diana Linden (Editor)
THE RICHEST WOMAN IN AMERICA: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age
By Janet Wallach
By Robert Sullivan
259 pages, Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $26.00
From the Macmillan website:
Like an almanac, My American Revolution moves through the calendar of American independence, considering the weather and the tides, the harbor and the estuary and the yearly return of the stars as salient factors in the war for independence. In this fiercely individual and often hilarious journey to make our revolution his, he shows us how alive our own history is, right under our noses. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 19th century New York, American Revolution, Jewish history, New York books, New York City history
Elizabeth Bayley was born into a prominent old New York family. Her promising, privileged life, however, was marked by tragedy early on as her mother died when she was three years old. Her father remarried and had seven children with his second wife before they divorced. She and her sister were rejected by their stepmother and were left in the care of relatives while their father was studying medicine in London. During what she described as her dark years, she took comfort in reading the Scriptures, meditating, and writing in her journals. At nineteen, she was happily married to William Seton, a successful businessman. Although they had five children and a busy household, Seton was drawn to charitable causes and organized a group of society women who visited the sick poor in their homes. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Mother Seton, New York City history, Roman Catholic Church, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, saints
I was recently reading about composer, Gary Fagin, who is working on a musical called "Robert Moses Astride New York." A musical about Robert Moses? Really? What will they think of next? A musical about the newsboys strike of 1899? Been there. A musical about the Atlantic Yards? Done that. A musical about Fiorello LaGuardia? Old news.
It turns out that people and events in New York City history, no matter how unromantic, no matter how un-musical they might seem, have been the subject of many a musical interpretation. One of these shows even won a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award.
"Fiorello!" is a musical about New York City mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia (1882-1947), who took on and beat down Tammany Hall. The book is by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott, with lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and music by Jerry Bock. It is one of only eight musicals to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, ever, and it also won a Tony award for Best Musical, beating out "Gypsy" and sharing first place honors with "The Sound of Music" in 1959. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Broadway musicals, Fiorello H. Laguardia, New York City history, newsboys, Robert Moses
In October 1872, the first ship ever owned and managed for commercial purposes by women set sail from New York for Asia. The clipper ship, called the Madame Demorest, that proudly sported a carved image of Nell Demorest as its figurehead and a flag advertising "The Woman's Tea Company," was seen off by a crowd of curious well wishers including bankers, merchants, and the press. Ellen (Nell) Curtis Demorest and Susan A. King, who spearheaded the enterprise, had similar beginnings: they both grew up in small upstate towns where at a young age they were aspiring entrepreneurs and moved to New York City to start their own businesses—and both succeeded brilliantly.
Nell Curtis watched her maid cut a dress pattern out of a paper bag, developed the idea of selling dressmaking patterns and built it into an international empire of manufacturing, mail order, emporiums, and magazines. She and her husband, William Jenning Demorest, both proactive social reformers, used their magazines as a platform to advocate progressive issues as well as to promote their products. Author Matthew Hale Smith described the Demorests' liberal politics in his book Sunshine and Shadow in New York:
When philanthropy was not as popular as now, and when respectable and intelligent colored girls could not find employment in establishments called fashionable, Madame Demorest welcomed them to her Broadway rooms, gave them the same wages, and a seat in the same work-room that was assigned to others. At first, fashionable ladies flaunted out of the rooms, and announced that they would not patronize an establishment that employed negro girls. But they were glad to come back, as they could not get their work done elsewhere. (page 470.)
Susan A. King made her fortune buying and selling real estate. One of her major deals was selling land to Union Theological Seminary in New York, to which she also gave a financial gift. Once she had amassed her fortune, King also turned her attention to philanthropy.
Demorest and King were members of Sorosis, a social club for professional women that was devoted to aiding indigent females achieve financial independence through higher education and employment opportunities. They also founded The House of Mercy for Fallen Women, but they came to believe that instead of charities, it was more effective to offer poor women a chance to earn their own living.
Ever inventive, innovative, and indomitable, Demorest and King decided to set up a business to be run by women. In 1871, King set off on an eighteen-month trip to San Francisco to make business connections for the venture and sailed on to Asia to learn first hand how tea was grown and processed. King fearlessly traveled deep into China's countryside to deal directly with the farmers and select the choicest leaves in the best growing areas.
For their enterprise, Demorest and King settled on importing fine tea from the East that would be sold nationwide by women. Selling tea, which was a very popular beverage, seemed a "ladylike" commodity in which to deal, and they were convinced that they could obtain a higher quality tea if they dealt directly with the growers than what was presently imported from the East. The two raised a half a million dollars to back the enterprise, purchased an old clipper ship, fitted it to transport tea, renamed it "Madame Demorest" and hired an all female crew for the 1872 voyage that drew a large audience of well wishers.
The Woman's Tea Company did well enough to recoup all of its expenses, but it was not a lasting enterprise. It was no match for The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, a powerful operation that began importing tea in 1859 and by 1878 had seventy stores. One wonders what Demorest and King might have achieved if they put all of their formidable abilities and energy into managing the Woman's Tea Company themselves, instead of setting it up for others to run it.
Reading List
Drachman, Virginia G. Enterprising Women. 250 Years of American Business. Chapel Hill, N.C: University of North Carolina Press, 2002.
Leuzzi, Linda. A Matter of Style, Women in the Fashion Industry. Danbury, Ct.: Franklin Watts, 1996.
Ross, Ishbel. Crusades and Crinolines: The Life and Times of Ellen Curtis Demorest and William Jennings Demorest. New York: Harper & Row, 1963.
The book is replete with interesting information about the Demorests, their business and the estimable people with whom they interacted.
Smith, Matthew Hale. Sunshine and Shadow in New York. Hartford: J.B. Burr and Co., 1869.
Tags: 19th century New York, Ellen Curtis Demorest, New York City history, Susan A. King, tea importing, women entrepreneurs
A March 8, 2012 New York Times article declares that, "As with SoHo, Chelsea and the Lower East Side before it, Bushwick is shaping up as the city's next gallery district." This and other recent Titles articles with titles such as "The Vanguard Alights" and "Bushwick is Getting Some Wine Shops" indicate that Bushwick has come of age as a (not so) new New York hipster destination.
As I flipped through a booklet entitled "Bushwick," published in 1946 as part of a series of six booklets for public school students about the history of Brooklyn townships, Bushwick has a long history dating back 300 years. On August 1, 1638, the West India Company bought from the Indians the land that comprises the old town of Bushwick for "8 fathoms of duffels cloth, 8 fathoms of wampum, 12 kettles, 8 adzes, 8 axes, some knives, corals and awls." The town was chartered by Peter Stuyvesant in 1661 and named "Boswijck," meaning "little town in the woods" in Dutch.
By the end of the Revolution, Bushwick consisted of three hamlets whose inhabitants were mostly farmers growing fruits and vegetables for the New York markets. This farmland was coveted by real estate speculators who wanted to build a suburban development.
In 1868, the Long Island Railroad added a Bushwick Branch and in 1885, the Lexington Avenue elevated, the first elevated train in Brooklyn, terminated in Bushwick thus making the area accessible by public transportation. At the same time, as the New York area began to industrialize, factories were built, including Peter Cooper's first, a glue factory. The area was also home to 44 breweries by 1904 due to a large influx of German immigrants, making it the "beer capital of the Northeast."
During the 20th century, the area shifted demographics, first becoming one of the largest Italian-American communities and later in the century becoming predominantly African-American. For a time, Bushwick was a very affluent area, with grand homes on grand boulevards, according to the nyc.gov website:
Bushwick homes were designed in the Italianate, Neo Greco, Romanesque Revival, and Queen Anne styles by well known architects. The New York City Landmarks Commission considered two sections worthy of Historic District Status in the 1970′s and described the corner of Bushwick Avenue and Lindens Street as "one of the finest groups of Romanesque Revival architecture in the City."
By the time of the New York City blackout in the summer of 1977, Bushwick had become an economically depressed area. During the blackout, many of the area's shop were looted and were forced to close permanently. In addition, an arson fire three days after the blackout left 23 buildings destroyed over 7 blocks.
Since then, Bushwick has been slowly making a comeback, both residentially and commercially. On his website "Up From Flames," about the recovery of Bushwick, Adam Schwartz writes:
The events of July 1977, however apocalyptic they may have seemed, were also a turning point for Bushwick. The neighborhood had been suffering out of sight for many years. After the jarring week of looting during the blackout and the "All Hands Fire", the media came to Bushwick, and put it on the map. Through the city's attention and the fire department's innovative fire prevention program Bushwick was able to begin the process of regeneration.
After a long period of urban blight, Bushwick is once again transitioning, for better or worse. Ironically, there is even a Bushwick Farmers Market, a project of Ecostation: NY, who has also developed Farm-in-the-Sky, a prototype rooftop farm that has brought farming back, after three centuries, to the hamlet of Bushwick.
"Bushwick," Brookyn Eagle Historic and Beautiful Brooklyn Pamphlet Series
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Moving day, also known as "rent day," was a crazy New York City tradition from its early years until as late as World War II. Each year in the beginning of February, landlords would inform tenants of their new rent rates, which would go into effect at 9:00 AM on May 1 of that year. If the tenants could not afford their new rents, they would have between February 1 and May 1 to find a new apartment and move. In some years, up to a million households waited until the very last minute, perhaps to take advantage of their old rent rate for as long as possible, to move, causing chaos in the streets of New York. Read the rest of this entry »
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