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I don't know about you, but Saturdays are very tough for me. As a kid, Saturdays were fun days. You wake up late, you watch cartoons, you play all day, you have leftover pizza for lunch, everything was great. No worries, no troubles, just fun fun fun. Now as a parent, Saturdays are a battle between wanting to relax and knowing that there is a week's worth of chores to catch up on. So to all my fellow parents, people working two jobs (or students who are also working), or just anyone is tired, let me say that it's time to do some "relaxing" cooking. As an added incentive to get myself in the kitchen, a buddy of mine was taunting us all with the 9 different kinds of cookies he baked the other day. Let's see if we can't do a little taunting of our own.
Ok, let's do background first. I forget what I was looking for, but I stumbled upon the blog of someone who had recently visited Crumbs Bake Shop. If you haven't seen their stuff, check out their cupcake menu. I think what most fascinates me is the clever idea of rolling the edge of the cupcake in some kind of topping. I guess I haven't been keeping up with cooking trends but this seems like pure genius. Now the blog I read was talking about grasshopper cupcakes, and for whatever reason, I felt the urge to try and make them... about two months ago. Yeah, I'm a little behind. Anyway, we have to bring a dessert to a party tonight, so it's time to finally crack open the over. Man, it's been way too long!!
The basic idea of the cupcake is chocolate and mint. Ok, but how do we make it look super fancy schmancy? Crumbs Bake Shop does have filling in many of their cupcakes, but I didn't realize that 'til just now, so we're going to skip that part. Actually, let me just show you what I've got for ingredients.
Now as you can see, I am taking my cupcake challenge very seriously. Let's do a quick run down of some sticking points. 1) I was confused about whether to get peppermint extract or mint extract (which is spearmint chased with peppermint). 2) I was originally going to use the mini toppers as my outer ring, but then I got the great idea to use some kind of chocolatey graham-like substance. 3) I almost got chocolate graham cracker instead of Oreo, but the Oreo was lower in saturated fat. 4) "Limited Edition" dark chocolate and mint nestle morsels. I've never had these before.
We start with the basics by mixing up the cupcake batter. I then decided to that I'm only going to mix in the mint chips for now. I pour the mix into 2x12 cupcake trays and then have my daughter stick a group of dark chocolate chips in the center of each cupcake. I have no idea if this will work, but there is only one way to find out. We've got an electric over, so in they go for 25 minutes at 350 degrees.
Here are the cupcakes, fresh out of the oven. Now let me take a quick sec to mention the brainstorm my wife had. Notice how the middle row on the right seems shorter than all the others? Well I was talking to my wife and went "I wonder if you could stick like a graham cracker base at the bottom of a cupcake?" and she thought that might be a bit messy BUT she then had a a great idea ten minutes later. She pulled some girl scout thin mints out of the freezer yesterday so why not put those at the bottoms of the cupcakes? Oh, I like this idea, but I'm a little afraid. I put one at the bottom of the cupcake wrapper and realize it's smaller than the cup. Good news because that means the cupcake can bake around it on the edges and I don't have to worry about it falling apart! It's a crazy idea, so I only made four like that, but physically it worked really well and I may mess with this idea again in the future.
Ok, time's running out and I need to get these cupcakes frosted for the party. I put half of my store bought frosting into a bowl, added four or five drops of food coloring, and then almost had a massive disaster with the mint extract. Let's just say the frosting to mint ratio could have gotten pretty ugly. It didn't take much mint for the whole house to start smelling like a stick of gum. My daughter was unamused, but thankfully a few drops may have smelled like alot, but the flavor was still pretty mild.
Now this probably looks like my usual ice cream bowl, but it's actually a big serving bowl so that I'd have plenty of room to dunk the cupcake in. Like I said, I was originally going to use mini morsels on the edge, but instead I went with these crushed Oreo crumbs. I took the Oreo crust, folded the aluminum pie plate so it broke into pieces, dumped it into this bowl, and then let my daughter have fun breaking it back down into it's crumby components. You know what the best part is? The frosted cupcakes roll effortlessly through the crumbs. I cant believe just how easy this is, or how cool the cupcakes look afterward!
Not to toot my own horn, but I'm really proud of how awesome looking these came out (at least for my first time anyway!). This could very well be the first time I've made cupcakes in 2010, and I pulled out several tricks to try to take my game up a notch. The white is plan vanilla frosting. The green is the mint frosting (with a little piped squish on the top to be fancy), and then the two in the middle are some of the ones with girl scout cookies on the bottom. Now if I only had some high falutin' party to go too... instead I'm heading to a party full of elementary school children. Hmmmm, I may have tried a little too hard.
And now it's time for a warning, also know as a bit of honesty. You know that mint chip idea of mine? yeah, well, it didn't go as planned. Instead of the base cupcake having a nice mint secondary flavor, or even having spots of mint, well, it has this weird earthy flavor and not much mint. I guess this is the part where I learn that chips and morsels sink and don't float. What has happened is that there is this funk of creme de menthe without the mint flavor (almost coffee like). Next time I will just add a few drops of mint to the base and then chop up the mint chips and sprinkle them on top (maybe). The good news is that the frosting helps balance out that earthy funk. I decided to leave some vanilla incase people weren't in the mood for mint.
As far as the thin mint cupcakes go? well, pure genius really! hehehehe, but seriously, I could definitely see tweaking this recipe and leaving in those thin mints. I'm always a big fan of contrasting textures, so the soft cupcake with the crunch of the cookie was pretty neat in my book.
Even though this took about 3 hours, it was still fun. There's just a nice feeling of satisfaction when you lay out some impressive looking cupcakes, even if no one else appreciates them... ok, technically it would have been really nice for someone to say "wow, nice cupcakes!" but hey, it is what it is.
Thanks for listening. I'll be back tomorrow, we have a whole lot of ice cream that we need to talk about!
Update: In case I didn't make it abundantly clear, my wife's idea to throw the cookie on the bottom worked out really well. I just finished off the last thin mint cupcake and I really enjoyed it.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
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thin mints on the bottom of the cupcake? i see a career as a flavor creator at ben & jerry's for your wife.
and you still have girl scout cookies in your freezer? curse you and your willpower to make your stash last until this next selling season. - December 22, 2010 at 10:20 PM
- Dubba said...
hehehehehe, that's why they call them the better half :)
yup, she saved a half dozen boxes in the freezer, they really do freeze well! - December 23, 2010 at 9:36 AM
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This striking abstract image of a field by artist Clare Crouchman will bring sensations of symmetry, simplicity and serenity to a living space. This picture is a framed print on paper and measures 63 x 83 cm. Clare Crouchman is a well-known British ceramicist and printmaker based in Cambridge. Clare has studied both ceramics and printmaking and has an MA in printmaking from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. Clares collagraph prints are created entirely by hand using several plates which are manipulated by the artist using added materials, resulting in richly textured surfaces. The British landscape has always been an inspiration to Clare and it was studying the abstracted patterns and textures in nature that led her to discover an order and interconnectedness in all things. This discovery is reflected in the rhythms and lines of her work, which suggests an underlying, integrated network and reflects the concept of nature as an orderly process in the chaos of the world.
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April Showers Written and directed by our own Andrew Robinson, a survivor of Columbine High School, comes a movie about today's violent society. Talk about making a movie in 4k, selling a film designed for both the theater and Blu-ray and much more. |
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As you're all aware the editing process has begun on April Showers. We have a team of editors working 12+ hours a day towards picture lock (picture is edited but no post production sound and/or finishing has been done) on July 14th. I spend on average 5-8 hours per day with our lead editor Mark Sult who is doing an amazing job with the film. We've got pretty much the beginning and end worked out totaling 40-50 minutes of the film in rough form. I love the editing process but it can also be very stressful. I say stressful not because the footage is crap, far from it, but stressful because you have to make choices and/or cut characters or performances that have every right to be in the film but ultimately don't propel it forward. For instance, the ending of April Showers. We shot the end at magic hour which gave us a window of about 45 minutes to capture all of the imagery we needed to successfully wrap the picture. Needless to say we were cooking in terms of speed having carefully planed out every shot and movement meticulously before yelling action. We were so efficient that unbeknownst to my cast we managed to shoot two endings to the film in about 30 minutes. I knew I would make up my mind which ending to choose in editing. Fast forward to last Saturday when Mark and I sat down to watch the footage and choose our ending. The performances were superb as every actor was on their game. One version wraps things up neatly leaving the audience with a sense of closure to the film and the second brings a sense of closure but is a bit more abstract in how it achieves it. You don't have think to hard which one I chose and will ultimately be in the film. That being said, it always pains me to cut performances in half or out for I know how difficult it (the scene) was for everyone involved. The nice thing about having options is that if the test audience doesn't respond to the ending we have two other ways in which we can change it which is a HUGE advantage for not only the story but for the editing crew. I for one can not wait to show the rough cut to an audience, even though I know it is light years away from the final quality the film will ultimately posses. Though I find rough cut screenings to be hugely informative for if you have the audience with no gimmicks, effects, and/or score you're more likely to have them when all is said and done. I'll keep you posted as to how we are progressing with the editing as well as let you know how our first test screening goes.
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At least you will be able to include the deleted scenes and alternate ending in the DVD extras.
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The Nature of Intelligence: Novartis Foundation Symposium 233
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Evolutionary psychology and behavioural genetics are two successful and important fields in the study of human behaviour, but practitioners in these subjects have different conceptions of the nature of human intelligence. Evolutionary psychologists dispute the existence of general intelligence and emphasise the differences among species. They argue that natural and sexual selection would be expected to produce intelligences that are specialised for particular domains, as encountered by particular species. Behavioural geneticists consider general intelligence to be the most fundamental aspect of intelligence and concentrate on the differences between individuals of the same species.
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Lot 2: DECORATED BLANKET CHEST.
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May 29, 2010
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Soap Hollow, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, dated 1871, pine. Dovetailed box resting on bracket feet. Retains its original painted decoration, including stenciled flowers on a red ground. Initialed "JB" and dated "1871." Imperfections. 21"h. 37 3/4"w. 19"d.
The present chest is nearly identical to the "DB/1872" chest illustrated in Muller, Soap Hollow: The Furniture and Its Makers
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Some paint wear and loss; the varnish has darkened, back feet have nailed repairs; lid molding is an older replacement and the base molding was re-colored black at that time (traces of green are eviden on the inside of the lid and in the worn areas of the base).
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text: Yendegaia National ParkOn December 24, 2013, per Decree No. 118 of the Ministry of National Heritage, Yendegaia National Park was created on a southern portion of Tierra del Fuego, made up by a donation of 94,000 acres from the former Yendegaia Ranch lands belonging to the Yendagaia Foundation, now transferred to the Chilean government, and the subsequent addition of 276,000 acres of adjacent government land, creating a total protected area of 370,000 acres. This amazing "piece" of wild nature at "the end of the world", which was formerly a cattle ranch, stretches from the Beagle Channel to Darwin's Mountain Chain, at latitude 54˚ south. Beech forests, vast grasslands, jagged coastlines, torrential rivers and sublime mountains make Yendegaia one of the most spectacular places on the island of Tierra del Fuego. The Conservation Land Trust heard about this property for the first time through Alan Watson Featherstone, a Scottish forest activist and advocate, and Graciela Ramaciotti, an Argentinian conservationist. In 1998, with Doug and Kris Tompkins and other wildlife advocates, they went on a multiple day expedition to explore the area. All were impressed by its extraordinary potential for conservation and later, during that same year, Doug Tompkins pushed to create a nonprofit, and community organization called Amigos de Yendegaia (Friends of Yendegaia), made up entirely of local Magellanic people, in order to buy the property. The financial support to buy the ranch came from the Conservation Land Trust, the Swiss philanthropist, Ernst Beyeler, the Northamerican conservationist, Peter Buckley, and other donors. Following some financial and administrative difficulties, the property was transferred to Fundación Yendegaia, which took charge of the property and supervised its care and restoration. In 2013, after a couple years of deliberation, Kristine and Douglas Tompkins, in agreement with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, proceeded with completing the project presented by Fundación Yendegaia. This meant prioritizing the creation of Yendegaia National Park, due to its ecological attributes and excellent potential for touristic development, via the donation of the property, a process that was successfully completed in December 2013. The scenic landscapes in Yendegaia National Park are composed of the most superb features: mountains, forests, wetlands, peat bogs, lakes, rivers and glaciers and snowfields that flow into fiords and channels. It also contains a wide diversity of flora and fauna, many in danger of extinction or facing other conservation challenges, such as the culpeo fox, river otters and the ruddy-headed goose. According to surveys, a total of 128 vascular plant species and 49 land and sea bird species, belonging to 29 families, have been registered, making this land a unique place for bird watching. The most important thing about Yendegaia National Park is that it will be a protected area and wildlife corridor that will extend from the Patagonian steppe of Tierra del Fuego National Park (Argentina) to the frozen tundra and evergreen forests of the A. De Agostini National Park (Chile). It will protect a crucial area of unique sub-antartic forests that have suffered severe degradation from the devastating logging and indiscriminate burning practices carried out to make pasture lands during the early and mid-century. At the same time, it was declared the "'Cabo de Hornos' Indigenous Development Area", due to the large amount of quality archaeological vestiges from the Yámana society living in Yendegaia Bay, which means deep bay in their native language. Since Yendegaia National Park shares 32 miles of border with Tierra del Fuego National Park (155,000 acres) in Argentina, we believe this conservation project can eventually become a Trans-Border Park or Peace Park (IUCN model). |


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Editorial: New committees undermine transparency
Original post made on May 3, 2013
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a resident of Downtown North
on May 3, 2013 at 11:12 am
Surely there are similar cities who have proven best practices to contain this confusion. If the Council members are divided/frustrated, then what about ordinary citizens who want to be informed, but walk away as the most rational response?
a resident of Atherton
on May 3, 2013 at 11:13 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
" the law doesn't require it and there is no way to enforce it."
Wrong - such committees DO fall under the Brown Act.
Here is the relevant section of the Brown Act:
"54952. As used in this chapter, "legislative body" means:
(a) The governing body of a local agency or any other local body
created by state or federal statute.
(b) A commission, committee, board, or other body of a local
agency, whether permanent or temporary, decisionmaking or advisory,
created by charter, ordinance, resolution, or formal action of a
legislative body. However, advisory committees, composed solely of
the members of the legislative body that are less than a quorum of
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committees of a legislative body, irrespective of their composition,
which have a continuing subject matter jurisdiction, or a meeting
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And here is the Attorney General's guidance:
"Any board, commission, committee or other body of a local agency created by charter,
ordinance, resolution or formal action of a legislative body is itself a legislative body.
(§ 54952(b).) Generally, this is the case regardless of whether the body is permanent
or temporary, advisory or decisionmaking. However, there is a specific exemption for
an advisory committee which is comprised solely of less than a quorum of the members
of the legislative body that created the advisory body. (§ 54952(b).) This exception
does not apply if the advisory committee is a standing committee. (§ 54952(b).) A
standing committee is a committee which has continuing jurisdiction over a particular
subject matter (e.g., budget, finance, legislation) or if the committee's meeting
schedule is fixed by charter, ordinance, resolution or other formal action of the
legislative body that created it."
a resident of Palo Verde
on May 3, 2013 at 2:39 pm
This is clearly a violation of the Brown Act.
Shame on you.
Should the Grand Jury be involved now?
a resident of Barron Park
on May 3, 2013 at 3:02 pm
@Peter and senor blogger
I think you are misreading the Brown Act. You do not state the full text so I will ASSUME that the Act only applies to 'legislative bodies'. If that is so then, according to 54952(b) and the Attorney General's opinion, 'advisory' committees of only 4 members (less than a quorum) of the council are NOT legislative bodies and therefore are specifically exempt.
While it might 'improve efficiency' compared to the usual Palo Alto process, if the meetings are closed to the public, it sets a dangerous precedent for governance.
a resident of Atherton
on May 3, 2013 at 3:10 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Keep reading ---
", 'advisory' committees of only 4 members (less than a quorum) of the council are NOT legislative bodies and therefore are specifically exempt." EXCEPT that standing
committees of a legislative body, irrespective of their composition,
which have a continuing subject matter jurisdiction, or a meeting
schedule fixed by charter, ordinance, resolution, or formal action of
a legislative body ARE LEGISLATIVE BODIES for purposes of this
The AG gives a pertinent example:
"Advisory committee comprised of two councilmembers for the purpose of
reviewing all issues related to parks and recreation in the city on an ongoing
basis: This committee is a standing committee which is subject to the Act's
requirements because it has continuing jurisdiction over issues related to parks
and recreation in the city."
PS - I did quote the full text of this section.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 3, 2013 at 4:23 pm
The Weekly's editorial suggests that the increased use of subcommittees will reduce the transparency of actions of the City Council, and presumably, the City, itself. Given the general lack of transparency of the City, and the PAUSD, this is a reasonable concern.
Which leads us to wonder if we should not be looking at the larger issue of transparency in general? The City has not adopted any of the transparency "tools" that have come into common use in many large cities—such as publishing the City Manager's schedule, posting all of the projects that are in the "pipeline" which will be coming before the City Council in the next ninety days, and publishing, in a searchable format, all of the email that has been received by the Council.
Given how virtually everything that the City now exists in a digital format—virtually all of this information should be published on the City's web-site. Items not now published, or not published in a convenient fashion, would be:
1) All email received by the Council (redacted only if necessary).
2) Telephone call logs of all Department Heads and above.
3) On-site schedule of the Mayor.
4) Schedule of all meetings concerning City Business.
5) Videos of all major meetings—accessible in a downloadable format.
6) All FPPC Form 700s.
7) Lists/Status of all Requests For Information Received by City.
8) Lists/Status of all law suits involving the City.
9) Lists of all votes taken by the City Council, in a convenient to read format.
10) Video processing software exists that can analyze a digital video file, and locate a person by name, make a list of "starting/ending points" where that person is speaking, as well as converting the audio tract to text. There is no reason that we should not expect the City to provide the residents with tools that allow us to review Council sessions at our convenience, obtaining video segments, and text, to help us in understanding the Council's actions as a whole, as well as those of individual Council Members (or members of the public, for that matter).
11)Storage of all City documents "on the cloud", in a fully indexed, and searchable format (which is now State law).
These items are but a few of those that I suspect that folks in this community would agree need to be made available to the residents. I also suspect that any number of us could quickly augment this list with dozens of other, equally, or more interesting, ideas.
I suspect that we would need to rethink the Brown Act, in light of having all of these technological innovations at our disposal. For instance—I have a problem with a premise that Council Members can not discuss issues among themselves, outside of a fully public meeting. Given that there is now video conferencing software that works well, it would make sense for Council Members to want to video chat with themselves. However, it would not take long for such an activity to collide with the Brown Act, I suspect. So—do we let this bit of 1950s legislation stand in the way of technological advancement, or do we rethink Brown—with an eye to allowing elected officials to communicate with each other in ways that have been illegal in the past?
There are so many issues here. Some of these posting tend to be longer than some folks might like to read—but Palo Alto is way behind in dealing with most of these issues, and so long postings result.
a resident of Midtown
on May 3, 2013 at 8:14 pm
No worries, we have a "crack" team of council members - Scharf, Price & Klein on the technology committee, and they will make sure nothing happens.
And you missed this article, where Keene won an award for Open governement - Web Link - since he won an award - what are you complaining about?
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The two most-cited browser tracking firms reported significantly different results for June on Sunday, with one claiming Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) easily maintained its No. 1 spot as the other said Chrome extended its lead over IE.
U.S.-based Net Applications said that IE accounted for 54 percent of all browsers used in June, head and shoulders above Chrome's 19.1 percent and Mozilla's Firefox, which came in second with 20.1 percent.
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Net Applications calculates browser usage share by tracking unique visitors to approximately 40,000 Web sites that the company monitors for clients.
Irish metric company StatCounter, however, reported wildly different numbers.
According to StatCounter, Chrome was the planet's most popular browser for the second straight month with a share of 32.8 percent. IE, meanwhile, climbed to 32.3 percent, while Firefox -- in the third spot by StatCounter's estimate -- fell to 24.6 percent.
StatCounter tallies page views, not unique visitors, for approximately 3 million websites and unlike Net Applications does not weight the results by each country's pool of online users.
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The differences between Net Applications' and StatCounter's estimates were across the board.
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Firefox climbed by a third of a point in Net Applications' tracking, while StatCounter said the browser dropped a full percentage point.
Mozilla's browser was the only one of the top three with share numbers within spitting distance in both reports: The difference between Net Applications' and StatCounter's estimates for Firefox was just 4.5 points.
IE's and Chrome's numbers were 21.7 and 13.7 points different, respectively.
Even the firms' results for the four supported versions of Internet Explorer -- IE6, IE7, IE8 and IE9 -- were contrary.
IE6, the 11-year-old browser that Microsoft has been trying to bury for years, accounted for 11 percent of all copies of IE in use last month, according to Net Applications. StatCounter, however, put IE6's part at just 1.8 percent of all IE, or less than one-sixth as much.
Their calculations of IE9, the only edition that Microsoft has touted when it does comment on browser share, were also mismatched: Net Applications said IE9 was 33.3 percent of all copies of IE, but StatCounter reported IE9's share as 51.1 percent of all Microsoft browsers.
The difference between the two measurement vendors' tallies for IE6 highlighted the way each comes up with their estimates.
Because Net Applications weights its results by country -- using the CIA's 2009 data on the world's population of Internet users -- it counts each Chinese user as more important than average. That's because it, like all Western tracking firms, has trouble accurately monitoring browser usage in China.
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Both numbers were considerably lower than the share that a new Firefox usually musters a month after its introduction.
Mozilla has blamed an emergency update that was released June 15 for the slow upgrade tempo.
Net Applications and StatCounter also agreed on the positions of Apple's Safari and Opera Software's Opera on the desktop, which were ranked by both as the No. 4 and No. 5 browsers, respectively.
Safari garnered 4.7 percent in Net Applications' data, 7 percent in StatCounter's; Opera's share was measured at 1.6 percent by Net Applications and 1.8 percent by StatCounter.
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My Boss was in the same boat as me, well in a kind of way
Hello my name is Rick and this is a fictional story that took place almost 5 years ago while I was on a camping trip with my buddy Sam Villon. At the time I was 28 years old and had just moved to AL after getting a job offer which I was hoping for since I left college. I lived at home all my life except for the 4 years I spent at college and was now ready to work and live by myself in another state. I was so excited. I am trained in the field of Computers and so I was in demand since I had the goods to supply. I was considered the most effective at my previous location and being approved to work for a more prestigious firm I was happy.
I must admit that did not have a girlfriend since I left college and was busy making a name for myself at work and with the money I was making. Ok so I found myself in AL and got this really nice apartment in a high rise that was very classy. My first day of work saw me get my own office and had a personal tour by my superior. Things went well as I settled into my new job and I was as busy with work as can be. About 3 months in I got my first project completed and it sure did make me proud that I am doing exactly what was expected of me. I got a pay increase and my boss liked me and my work a lot. He was 52 years to be exact and is a good looking dude for his age and being a family man as well. When my second project was completed I was well respected and loved at work and I was feeling at home. I got along with everyone well as I was seen as a guy who can help you get your job completed with perfection.
Now since I was living by myself I had all the privacy I need to live how I wanted to live. I was always in my boxers alone and I masturbated where I want to in my apartment. To be honest I never had sex before but sure know a whole lot from watching porn and online research. I was a master at jacking off and I was dreaming of my first time making love to the only woman I would marry. Yes, I was that type of guy who was careful and wanted my first to be my wife. Although I only dated two women in my life nothing serious really happened. I guess that is why things never did because I was more focused on marriage. Well things were about to change in my life. At work I had become friends with two lads named Joe and Tom. We normally ate lunch downtown and would talk about the sexy girls at work and who would give the sweetest fuck. On one normal lunch meeting Tom asked "guys, would you make love to a man if you were in the mood?" Both Joe and I was surprised at what Tom asked and we all started to talk about gays and lesbians until I was starting to get an erection and also flash images of cocks I use to see in porn fucking pussies and now I was only seeing cocks. I drank some cold water and things settled.
Later that night I was on the net surfing when I remembered the gay chat and started to look at some gay porn for the first time. I was at first a bit serious about it but still it was quite erotic and gave me a strong boner. I started to look at gay porn more and more until I wondered if I could handle a cock in my ass. Anyway at work my boss and I were beginning to spend more time together on a particular project and it gave us the chance to get to know more about each other. Sam was a very down to earth and smart man who seemed to always be in a good mood. One day while we were having a break and taking a drink Sam revealed to me that he and his wife are having some problems. His wife was seeing another woman and he was troubled yet excited about the lesbian thing and his wife. I was slowly becoming his confidential friend and when we got that project completed it came with a huge bonus and I was given a raise. Since my first vacation was nearing I knew exactly what and where I was going to.
When I was at work for the last Friday before my vacation starts I learned from Sam that he is also taking three weeks off to clear his mind and go camping in the park. I had to enquire as I was an outdoor lover and the idea that Sam was planning the same thing was very encouraging. We agreed that we would double camp for two weeks and we had to keep it secret because of jealousy at work. We did not want to offend people at work that the boss and I are friends when that is not what is best if you want to have a sound relationship with co workers.
I met Sam at the entrance road and we both drove almost 3 miles into the park and took a turn through some oak trees until we arrived at a beautiful spot of clear land and a small lake nearby. We parked and set up all our things and we both had tents. Our first night was full of drinking and smoking cigarettes and talking and we had a good time. The next morning we decided that we will go fishing and I wore a shot pants and no shirt and Sam had on his underwear and vest. I must admit that I took little peeps at his wonderful body and well packed cock area. I was fairly fit and owner of a sweet 7" love meat. We went fishing and caught about 9lbs of fish and I took a swim and so did Sam and we were both wet and I noticed him at one time staring at my chest and licked his lips. I saw him and realised that maybe he likes to see my body. Later that night after we had fried fish drank some beers Sam and I started to talk about the stress he has with his wife. Sam confessed that he has not had sex in 9 months. As we talked and I gave as much advice as possible I said "well if you think 9 months without sex is hard, what about me? I have never had sex before" Sam laughed and said "no way, you are joking Rick" I had to convince him that I was a virgin but he understood my reason. He even asked me if I pleasure myself.
As our conversation got more intense he started telling me about sex and all his experiences and the pleasures and orgasms he had. He was giving me a lesson and I loved it so much that my cock was getting hard as ever and I noticed Sam had a boner as well but neither of us said or did anything about that. Eventually Sam started telling me about one time he almost had sex with a man and for some reason I was interested in that story. He talked about some friend he had that wanted to have sex with him but he did not carry through because he was scared. Finally Sam asked me "would you have sex with a man?" I froze and softly said "maybe" and Sam replied "I know you will love sex because you have all that tension and pressure build up in you". We continued drinking until I got high and went and sleep.
Next morning I woke up at 5am and saw Sam up as well from the light in his tent and I called out to him and he answered. We started a fire and drank some tea and we both had huge boners from the look of things. I was in my underwear and so was Sam. I saw his cock pressing his underwear and so did mine. I noticed he saw mine and he noticed I saw his. It was a moment that both of us were horny and were unsure as to whether we should be more discreet or open and whatever happens would be ok. I looked at Sam in his eyes and I can see that he had passion in them and I suddenly had the urge to just tell him to show me his cock. I really wanted to ejaculate at that moment and my cock was wetting my underwear with pre cum. Sam then looked straight at my cock and said "Rick you are wet and so am I, would you like me to suck your cock?" I was nervous and my mouth got dry and eventually said "I don't know Sam, I am nervous". He replied "well if you change your mind I will be most honoured to teach you some things about sex and make you feel like you never did before". I said I will think about it and got up and went into my tent. It was nearing sunrise and I had to jack off and so I did with the most intense orgasm I have had and all I was thinking about was Sam's cock and him sucking me.
Later in the morning we talked about going for a hike and then the weather started to change. The clouds were dark and the wind was picking up speed. Seems like we are in for some bad weather Sam said. I told Sam that we have to get in our tents and since it was daytime we decided that we will stay in my 4 person tent and drink some beers and wait out the rain. It rained heavily and we were both tucked in my tent all dressed in nothing but our short pants and t-shirt. About 2 hrs later it was raining still and we got bored but were still drinking when Sam said "hey Rick, would you like to see some porn on my laptop?" I said ok and he went and got it in his tent through the rain. He came back a little wet but with a blanket and his pc. We got more beers and started watching porn. The first video clip was with a man having his way with a young girl and boy was it some hot fuck. We watched and laughed and drank beers and were having a good time. After about 4 videos and a constant erection for both Sam and I things were getting interesting when the next video started with only two men. My eyes lit up and Sam also said "I hope you like this Rick". It was so erotic and nerve racking to watch gay porn with Sam in my tent and I was getting real wet and I started to get those flashes again. As I looked at the man in the video with his strong hard cock unite with the anus of his mate it sent chills all over my body and I kept drinking my beer and I was slowly getting out of control.
When the creampie scene was over in the video another gay video started and it was at that moment that things got more interesting between Sam and I. When I looked over at Sam I can clearly see the bulge in his crotch and he kept rubbing his cock with his hand. Now since we were in my 4 person tent there was enough space for the both of us and I had an inflatable single bed. We both were sitting on my bed next to each other and our legs were touching. I could have felt his heat from his body. As I sat there changing slowly into wanting sex I turned to Sam and said "take off your clothes Sam". He heard me and smiled and replied "are you sure you want us to do this?" I said "yes I am". He took off his shirt then his short pants and finally his underwear. Now Sam was about 190 lbs and he had a nice round little belly that went well with the rest of his body. When he was naked I saw his erect cock for the first time and it was a lovely 6 ½". He sat back down and asked me to take my clothes off and I slowly took off my shirt then my short pants and finally my underwear to reveal my hard and horny 7" love meat. Sam looked at me and smiled and said "don't worry this is my first time going so far". I got some confidence after hearing that and then Sam moved in front of me between my legs.
My body was shaking from excitement and as Sam crawled between my legs and parted them I was ready to blow my load and as soon as he held my cock with his warm hands I shot my juice straight into his face. He said "wow Rick, you are loaded". I released my sperm and he just lowered his mouth and took 3" of my rod in and started to suck on it and cleaning off my cum. It felt magical to have him suck on me. I did not wasted any time after he was done cleaning me. I held his hand and told him to lay down and let me do him. It was going to me my first cock and I was being controlled by pure sexual pleasure and I was in a trance so there was no room for second thoughts. I wanted to do it badly and so I lowered myself between his legs and I can smell his manhood and his cock was real hard. His pre cum was plenty and I closed my eyes and opened my mouth and lowered my head until I felt his hot, wet cock inside my mouth, It tasted salty but nice. I closed my lips and slowly started to suck on his mature sex tool. I felt dirty and used but I was in a sex rage and the only way to stop it was to get my urges satisfied. As I sucked my first cock I was doing a good job because Sam was surely enjoying it. He kept moaning and saying "you are a pro Rick, yesssssssssss, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, suck it baby, yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa, ohhhhhhh. I was happy to know that I was pleasing him and I loved it too. My cock was starting to get hard again because all that was in my tent was sex and the pure smell of sweat and lust.
As I continued to blow Sam he held onto my hair and started to fuck my mouth. I was in love with what was happening and as he stroked his cock in my mouth I started to feel his rod getting real hard and twitching in my mouth and I knew he was ready to blow his load in me. I was ready but had no experience and as he released his loads in my mouth I tasted his cum and it choked me and I broke free and his sperm was just oozing out from my lips. He really had a lot of juice to blow. I spit in a beer bottle and went back and started to suck on his cum covered cock head and it sure made me hornier and feeling dirty about myself. After I cleaned off Sam I told Sam "suck my cock now, he moved over me and started to romance my dick with his tongue. Then he sucked on it and I was moaning and groaning and kept rubbing his head as he blow me. I felt so relaxed and tense at the same time. Pleasure ran all over my body and I felt as if I was being drugged. As Sam continued to suck me he suddenly stopped and said "Rick do you have anything greasy? I said "yes, I have Hair Grease". I grabbed it from my bag and hand it to him not fully being aware as to what he was going to do with it. What Sam did next made my heart start to beat faster and also made me more aroused at the same time.
Sam took the hair grease and started to rub it between his ass cheeks while he knelt down between my legs. That is when I realised that I was going to fuck him in his ass. I was excited and nervous at the same time. After he finished he told me "just relax and it will be nice for both of us first timers". I agreed and he positioned himself over my hard cock. He then held my cock with his hand and started to rub it around his greasy anus. It felt so wild to have my boss rub his anus with my hard love missile. I was ready and so was he and he slowly lowered himself until I felt his anus open up as my cock head forced itself up him. He then lowered himself wiggling as he moans in pain and pleasure and I also was experiencing something I never felt before. I was now in his ass and he stopped and exhaled in pain and then moved back up and then down and we both danced to the pain of losing our virginity. I was now all the way in him and he started to scream out in pleasure as this act was now getting sweet and intense. Both of our bodies were united in sexual pleasure and I held onto his waist and started to meet his motion with mine and we fucked liked lovers do. He then got off me and bent over in the doggy style and I knelt behind him and pressed my cock into him and slowly it entered him and I started to invade his virgin ass. He loved it, I loved it, and we both were having the time of our lives. As soon as Sam started to shout out he is ready to blow his load from being fucked in his ass I was also ready to full his hole with my sperm. I started to ram my meat deep in him and shot loads and loads of juice in his warm and tight entrance.
As I fell over his back and absorb the finishing touches Sam released his load on the ground and fell over and we both dozed off for about 10 minutes. When we awoke it was more action again. Sam said "Rick I want to enter you". I softly and happily said "yes you can". He got the grease and loads it all around his semi hard cock and proceeded to massage my anus with some grease, sperm and sweat all mixed together. I felt revived and horny again. He then pushed his finger and started to work the grease in me and as he did so his cock was now hard again and he greased up his meat and positioned himself behind me and I bent over to let him have all the freedom and access of my body. Sam then parted my ass cheeks and placed his cock head at the entrance of my door and I could have felt his warm cock head pressed against my ass hole. I relaxed and he slowly pushed in me and soon I knew he was in after I felt him tear his way in me slowly. It hurt a lot and I was over powered with pleasure and pain that I started to scream out. He pushed his cock all the way in me and stopped. I started to breath slowly and settled to accommodate him in me. It felt strange to have a man's cock buried in my ass and it felt so great.
Sam then slowly started to stroke me in and out in and out until the pain started to go away and was slowly being replaced by pleasure. I grabbed onto my back pack as he massage my anus with his cock. Both of us were moaning and writhing in pleasure and Sam started to pick up his pace. I felt so used and free and as he fucks me I can feel his heat in me. My walls were gripping his meat with every push and pull. Our bodies bonded and he started to shout out he was ready. I can feel the inside of my ass getting hot and my cock started to twitch with pleasure. Soon I was blowing an intense load of sperm on the floor and suddenly Sam was now fucking my ass real hard and the pain mixed with the pleasure was too much for me and my knees got weak and I fell over and he was still buried in me but was now grinding his cock in my ass and it felt great. In a matter of moments Sam forced about 7 loads of hot cum in my ass and I felt every drop splashed on the inside of me. As he got limp and pulled out of me his cock head was followed with a moderate flow of his juice and he rolled next to me and we both fell asleep in pleasure. We woke up 4 hours later, hungry, dirty, guilty, and confused but naked.
For the duration of our time we made love every day and Sam and I became best of friends. Months later Sam's wife ran away with her lesbian lover and Sam and I have been together until now. We are planning another trip over seas and when we get back I will be moving in with him.
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At boarding school, the girls dormitory was a hotbed of Lesbianism. In my 6 years at the school I only knew perhaps 4 girls who didn't indulge in a little girl on girl loving.
One girl was really memorable She was 11 when she came (her sister was already with us) the very first night she was with us her sister sent her to my bed. she was tiny, athletic and very very sexy. She soon had her hand between my legs and proved herself to be an expert masturbator. I orgasmed twice within moments and when l was soaking wet she slid her tiny hand right up inside my cunt, it was fantastic. she fist fucked me and bit my tits at the same time as the other hand was fingering my clit.
The following morning l was absolutely worn out and the bed soaking wet. She looked as fresh as a spring morning.
For 4 years until l left for university l fucked with her. she had the tiniest cunt l've ever seen but she could easily fist hersef although she couldn't orgasm without my tongues assistance
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The reason why personal branding is important is easy. If you fail to brand yourself, someone else will do it for you, and most likely the results will not be to your satisfaction.
Gary Vaynerchuk is a social media evangelist, and author of two New York Times bestselling books, Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion and The Thank You Economy. Vaynerchuk adroitly puts it this way, "I don't care what business you're in, everybody today is in the branding and customer service business. Whether you know it or not, you already are."
Define who you are and leverage it
Case in point is Wyland, the marine artist who dropped his first name from everything associated with his art career. In the art world, he is Wyland. He is a brand on a rather grand scale for a living artist.
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The saying, "Fake it until you make it" has some truth to it. If you do not learn to take giant steps that move you outside your comfort range and push you to achieve new things, it is extremely difficult to grow as an artist, and as a person. Faking it does not mean being a fake. You need to be truly authentic in what you do and how you present yourself. Faking it in this context simply means you are learning on the fly and sometimes only one-step ahead of your audience and benefactors.
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It's the summer of 2008. For the past decade, Nick and Bryony Skinner and their four children have ridden high on the economic boom, but their luck is about to run out. Suddenly, the privileged family finds itself at the center of a financial scandal: Their Central London house is besieged by the press, Nick disappears, and Bryony and the children become virtual prisoners in their own home. And Ali, their trusted nanny, watches it all. As the babysitter, she brings a unique insider-outsider perspective to the family, seeing far more than even the family itself is capable of. But when a reporter with a personal connection to the story comes asking her for the inside scoop, will Ali remain loyal to the family who never saw her as anything other than the help? Or will she tell her side?
Written with Fiona Neill's delicious humor and addictive style, What the Nanny Saw is a keenly observed, often comical chronicle of the urban wealthy elite, of parents who are often too busy to notice what is going on under their own noses, of children left to their own devices, and of a young nanny thrown into a role she doesn't know how to play. It is a morality tale of our time, a tale of betrayal, the corrosive influence of too much money, and why good people sometimes do bad things.
©2012 Fiona Neill (P)2012 Tantor
"After an uberwealthy London family gets embroiled in a financial scandal following the 2008 crash, the trusted babysitter is the one holding all the secrets. Neill's engrossing and funny novel lives up to the titillating title." (Entertainment Weekly)
"Dramatic, irresistible narration of scandal"
Alison Larkin brings a range of accents and personalities to life in a unique way that makes you want to keep all the characters interacting forever so of course I would listen again.
Larkin is especially good at giving you a sense of the Nanny as she tries to figure out what is going on as the financial world collapses around her, and her own heart leads her astray.
Listening to this story you don't want anyone that Larkin has so beautifully brought to life to go away!
Larkin by her performance leads the listener into the heart of the Nanny, and the moment when the Nanny reaches deep to help out her employer--despite the fact that she recently fired her--is such a memorable moment is this audio book.
Larkin is able to make interesting even the most complex financial dealings, but my favorite scene was when the Nanny kisses someone she shouldn't. Larkin brings that rare gift of making such a transformative and passionate scene ring true.
Larkin gave me a powerful feeling for the struggle of the Nanny to be true to her own ideals as she tried to figure out the best way forward in the dangerous world of money, sex, family and job.
Only Larkin could have handled all the accents and personalities and given each their own inidividual and pwerful characters that gave them such a hold on me.
I was hooked from her first word she spoke as I listened, and never wanted to let go!
"Better than I was expecting!"
I thought this was going to be a light, nanny-mummy beach read, but it really wasn't. The story was much more substantial. The characters were very well rounded and I enjoyed Alison Larkin's performance.
"Very stupid"
Don't waste your time or brain power on this stupid story. Amazing this found a publisher
"Interesting point-of-view of the financial crisis"
It was fun to see the excesses of the early 2000s of those in the financial markets. It was a bit tragic to see them try to hold on to that money when the housing market crashed.
"Sounded interesting- not worth your time"
This book held a lot of financial talk. I felt like that was the majority of the book, although that was a critical part of the story line. However, the overall story line had a lot of depth it was simply dull. It lacked deep intruique. I found myself half listening most of the time, when there have been other audio books that have captivated my whole attention.
12 step program please. I am addicted to Audible! I love trashy sexy books, award winning novels and everything between. Bring it!
"What didn't the Nanny see?"
I really enjoyed this audio. It took me a while to get into the book but after an hour or so, I was hooked. What the Nanny Saw is layered with story after story. I didn't want it to end.
There are a few moments that lead up to Ali finally seeing things for what they are. Each moment is complicated by her polar reactions; one of wanting to stay and care for the children and the other of needing to detach and separate. I found the story development and the iterative process of both clinging and detaching from the family she cared for really interesting.
All of them. Alison Larkin is a really amazing narrator. I first heard her in The English American and fell in love with the book and her voice, and I now keep an eye out for any audio book narrated by her.
This was well worth the credit! This book could have been autobiographical - so much of it felt authentic, and just as in real life the bankers that caused a global meltdown got away with it all. I would have liked to see them hang, or at the very least go to jail, but alas, I guess that would have not made for a nice ending.
"Fun read"
The reader was very good and the story was fun fiction mixed in with a bit of reality.
Bridget Jones Diary
The wife
Story was pretty good - reading about the rich and spoiled (in London) - a nice "twist" to it as well. It makes you wonder - how "much" money can destroy people - and how much "stuff" do people really need?? How about just being happy and healthy? You can only hire people to do "so much" - and money can't buy you happiness - is the lesson I got from the story. The narration was great!
"Couldn't get into it..."
Maybe it's just me, but I just could not get into this book, and I ended up returning it. I really wanted to like it. The cover looks amazing, the storyline is right up my alley. But after 40 minutes into it, I was still confused over who some of the characters were, and what exactly happened. Not to mention it was moving at a snail's pace. My rule is that if it doesn't grab me in the first several chapters, it's just not worth my time. The first opening scene/discussion made up those 40 minutes, and it was still in the same scene when I turned it off. It just hadn't progressed very much, and was WAAAAY too slow. I hate giving negative reviews, but feel I must for a book I returned. I do hope others think differently about this novel and give it a chance.


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485. futuremet
2:20 AM GMT on January 21, 2009
Quoting hurristat: Lol, I am from the caribbean, and we do not get weather like this. |
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 1:11 PM GMT on January 19, 2009
Barack Obama won't have the weather as the first concern of his presidency, unlike some of his predecessors. The weather for Tuesday's swearing in ceremony promises to be precipitation-free, with a mix of sun and clouds. With temperatures in the low 30s and a moderate north wind of 10-15 mph, he'll have to bundle up, though. As the afternoon progresses, clouds will dominate for the parade, but the weather at the inauguration promises to be a non-story, unlike some previous occasions:
Most Dramatic and Tragic - 1841:
President William Henry Harrison was sworn into office on a cloudy, windy day, with temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. His speech lasted one hour and 40 minutes, and he rode a horse to and from the Capitol, without wearing a hat or overcoat. Pneumonia developed from a lingering cold he caught on that day and he died just one month later.
Almost as bad - 1853:
President Franklin Pierce was sworn into office during a snowstorm, with temperatures near freezing. Shortly after Pierce took his oath of office, as he began his inaugural address, heavier snow began falling, dispersing much of the crowd and ruining plans for the parade. Abigail Fillmore, First Lady to the outgoing President Millard Fillmore, caught a cold as she sat on the cold, wet, exposed platform during the swearing-in ceremony. The cold developed into pneumonia and she died at the end of the month.
Worst Weather Day - 1909:
President William H. Taft's ceremony was forced indoors due to a storm that dropped 10 inches of snow over the Capital city. The snow and winds began the day before, toppling trees and telephone poles. Trains were stalled, and city streets clogged, bringing all activity to a standstill. Sanitation workers shoveled sand and snow through the night. It took 6,000 men and 500 wagons to clear 58,000 tons of snow and slush from the parade route. Despite the freezing temperatures, howling wind, snow, and sleet, a large crowd gathered in front of the Capitol to view the inauguration, but the weather forced the ceremony indoors. Just after the swearing-in, the snow tapered off.
Figure 1. Inauguration day, 1909. Workers shovel away heavy snow from in front of President Taft's reviewing stand (left). President Taft and wife returning to the White House after the ceremony (right).
The material for this post was taken from an excellent Presidential Inaugural Weather web page put together by the National Weather Service forecast office in Washington D.C. The page has loads more information, for those interested.
Good luck, Mr. Obama!
I'll have a new post on Wednesday.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
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Quoting hurristat: Lol, I am from the caribbean, and we do not get weather like this. |
Quoting futuremet: oh no, that's my high!!! what will i ever do... jk... i think all you floridians need to come up to Michigan for a good, long winter. |
Quoting HadesGodWyvern: I take it the first 2 terms mean depression over land and tropical depression? habla espanol?? vive en las filipinas, verdad? |
Quoting dearmas: I think it's great! As long as it's not too long. I wonder if Florida's ever had a prolonged cold spell(not the wussy 60's but real cold)?:) |
I hate the cold lol I hate it However, it will be interesting to see how far it goes down tomorrow. Windchill could make it feel in the 20s |
Seychelles Meteorological Services Tropical Cyclone Warning Number TWELVE TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSE FANELE (07-20082009) 4:00 AM Réunion January 21 2009 =========================================== At 0:00 AM UTC, Intense Tropical Cyclone Fanele (927 hPa) located at 20.6S 43.8E has 10 minute sustained winds of 100 knots with gusts of 140 knots. The cyclone is reported as moving southwest at 6 knots Dvorak Intensity: T5.5/6.0 Hurricane-Force Winds ====================== 40 NM from the center Storm-Force Winds ================= 80 NM from the center Gale-Force Winds ================ 100 NM from the center Near-Gale Force Winds ====================== 100 NM from the center extending up to 150 in the southwestern semi-circle Forecast and Intensity ======================= 12 HRS: 22.0S 45.1E - (DEPRESSION sur terre) 24 HRS: 23.1S 48.1E - 20 knots (PERTURBATION Tropicale) 48 HRS: 25.1S 50.7E - (EXTRATROPICAL) 72 HRS: 27.5S 53.0E - (EXTRATROPICAL) Additional Information ======================== On the last infrared imagery, eye is less well defined and has become cooler. The landfall is forecast in the south of Morondava, in the vicinity of Belo, within the next couple of hours. The system is expected to quickly cross Madagascar and be back at sea within the next 24 hours, without significantly re-intensifying Most of the available NWP models are in good agreement with the forecast track, but there is still some spread in speed. |
Fiji Meteorological Services Tropical Disturbance Summary TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX-F 9:00 AM FST January 21 2009 ====================================== At 21:00 PM UTC, Tropical Depression Six-F (1006 hPa) located at 13.8E 158.2W is reported as moving slowly. Position GOOD based on infrared/visible imagery with animation, peripheral observations, and latest QUIKSCAT Pass. Sea surface temperature is around 29C. Tropical Depression SIX lies embedded in a monsoonal trough under a 250 hPa diffluent region in a moderately sheared environment. Low level circulation center is exposed and lies to the west of the deep convection. TD SIX is expected to remain in this area under an upper ridge axis within the next 12-24 hours before moving into an area of increasing shear and cooler sea surface temperatures. Global models (US/UK/GFS] has picked up the system and moves it southwest then south with little intensification. POTENTIAL FOR TD SIX TO DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS IS LOW. |
did anyone else's avatar just disappear? |
By the way, all4hurricanes, your avatar is nice. That's TY Jangmi, right? |
Quoting all4hurricanes: I thought it was making landfall. |
Quoting weatherbro: This cold suck, lol. |
I have a strange feeling that Wednesday will dip down much further then what their advertising Wednesday night here in Orlando. Forecast low is 27F. However, if the high pressure sits directly on to at the right time we could surpass 1977 and 1985! Although conditions are otherwise ripe, there's just one fly in the ointment(make that a camel or something inbetween) concerning frost-The very low dewpoint air tomorrow! |
Fanele is going through an EWRC |
Looking forward to tonight with lows in the lower to mid 30s... |
467. hurristat 12:01 AM GMT on January 21, 2009 The Joint Typhoon Warning Center that has 100 knot is 1 minute sustained winds average.. even so it should actually have read 115 knots instead of 100 knots. |
Looks like the snow is about over here in Wilmington, NC. It sure was pretty today, but less than I was hoping for. |
Quoting NEwxguy: they have no idea, do they... (i'm from MI) |
Quoting biff4ugo: 4 yrs. in D.C....fyi |
Quoting all4hurricanes: remember, they use 10-min sustained and we use 1-min sustained for measurement...keeping that in mind, it is possible that is both a Cat 3 and a Cat 4 on the SSHS |
Quoting all4hurricanes: hehehe it sure was a fun day 12-11-08 in New Orleans,I hope you get your snow though. |
Quoting severstorm: this comment was a long time ago, but this has happened... a late season storm made landfall in Maine sometime in the 60s-70s, and it was snowing!!! |
Why do I live in Florida???? Because it's nice and hotttt!!!!!! This cold sucks!!!!! :) |
Quoting GBlet: Yes but nature taunts us first the prediction says snow and the day leading up are 15 degrees then the temperature raises to 34 and it rains then the temperature goes down to 15 again it is very annoying |
Quoting NEwxguy:no problem i will whip one up in 7 days from now for ya just let me reposition that weather ray gun from the south to the ne lol |
weird difference from JTWC with RMSC with pressure.. Best status from NRL: 100kts 948 MB (T5.5) Best status from SSD: 115 knots 927 MB (T6.0) Best status from RSMC: 100kts 927 hPa (T6.0) |
As the days go by, I begin to worry about nader season. I bet we get it hard this year. Seems like the season gets worse with each passing year. |
Don't feel bad all4, we've been missed all season, it really stinks. Moisture keeps riding up to the east of us. All I need is 6+ for a snow day! |
Ugh no chance of snow for the next week I don't like how all of you in Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi, got more snow and chances for snow then we did up in VA that really peeves me |
SEVERE WEATHER UPDATE: South Florida Stormwatch |
Quoting KEHCharleston: |
Well Fanele is a cat 3 what is it with storms in the past year and skipping cat 2 status (not actually skipping but moving through the stage very quickly)like Bertha Omar Ike and Billy. |
Quoting melwerle::) |
Quoting melwerle:What city? |
Just checked our weather...slight chance of SNOW. wooo hooooo! |
Quoting KEHCharleston: LOL,gotta love human ingenuity |
Well darn - I may need to pull out those bread bags URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 342 PM EST TUE JAN 20 2009 SCZ050-210200- /O.EXB.KCHS.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090121T0400Z/ CHARLESTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHARLESTON 342 PM EST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH EXPECTED ACROSS CHARLESTON COUNTY...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE CONFINED TO GRASSY SURFACES. THE SNOW MAY HOWEVER BEGIN TO IMPACT ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...MAKING FOR VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A FLASH LIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ARE LIKELY...AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. |
Wrappin up here in New Bern. I'd say we got an inch, max. Significantly higher accumulations to our west. Pretty disappointing. |
Quoting NEwxguy:Generally except for those skiing fanatics, it is not worth taking up the storage space to store winter gear. So we layer it. My trick for cold wet (rain or snow) is this. You need two plastic bread bags. If you notice they are very soft and just the perfect shape to fit over your foot. Put on cotton socks first, then the bag (as far up the leg as it will go), then long wool socks, cram on your shoes - and voila! good as snow shoes. MODIFIED MEANT FOOT NOT FOOD |
Quoting Surfbunnyobx: That paints a pretty funny picture,I always enjoy seeing the snow in the south and how people deal with it |
It's been snowing in Cape Hatteras all day! People are walking around with their fishing waders on like they're snow pants! We're so unprepared, haha |
I fear my senior senator from my state is in for some very tough times. |
Kennedy Collapsed January 20, 2009 2:46 PM Link Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., who is battling a brain tumor, was taken away from the congressional luncheon in convulsions. Kennedy was at a table with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and others, and was taken out of the room. President Barack Obama went out of the room with him, but he is back in the luncheon room now. Obama just spoke to the luncheon about Kennedy, appearing extremely sober: "First of all, I know that while I was out of the room, concern was expressed about Teddy," Obama said. "He was there when the Voting Rights Act passed. And, along with John Lewis, was a warrior for justice. And so I would be lying to you if I did not say that right now a part of me is with him. And I think that is true for all of us. This is a joyous time, but it's also a sobering time. And my prayers are with him and his family and Vicki." There are also reports that Sen. Byrd, D-W.Va., who is very close to Kennedy, was also taken out of the room. Byrd was conscious when he was taken from the room. The two have been friends for a very, very long time. An ambulance could be seen driving from the U.S. Capitol. --George Stephanopoulos |
Just heard Sen Kennedy collapsed during the inaugural luncheon - taken out to the hospital. |
A friend was commenting on how much colder she feels today - as opposed to the other day when we looking at the possibility of breaking records for low temps. - The humidity it 71% and the cold does seem to just seep into one's bones. Quoting melwerle:I have turned my little (analog) TV on only 5 times in the last 2 years. This is the first that I have watched it for more than 30 minutes at one time. - Very exciting - Multi-tasking - keeping an eye on the weather as well. |
Broad bands of stratocumulus are forming over the Nature coast at this time. If they can stick around north of the bay until we reach the melting point of 37 degrees, we'll see some flakes mixing in with light rain. But unfortunately, it appears to me now that the moisture should stay just ahead of the snow-appropriate temps. Nonetheless, as the light rain spreads over the area this evening, there will not be enough sunlight left to evaporate the rain and I would expect widespread areas of ice to form tonight.... that is if the winds can die down enough. Just be sure to drive with caution in the morning in anticipation of possible ice on the ground. |
Finally snowing here in New Bern....just now sticking. I'd be surprised if we get more than 1". Those further inland got sig. more. |
I'm not sure if there are problems now - there were a bit earlier...maybe folks are still watching the tube. who knows. 42 here...usually warms up a bit more in the afternoon than this. Good day to stay inside! |
Temp has dropped another degree (now 35F), pressure rising, still overcast - Will not make the 40F predicted today. HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1137 AM EST TUE JAN 20 2009 SCZ050-211000- CHARLESTON- 1137 AM EST TUE JAN 20 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINTER WEATHER...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF CHARLESTON COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUT ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY STILL BE ISSUED SHOULD THE RISK FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS INCREASE LATER TODAY. THIS IS A DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. Would love to hear from you folks in North Carolina. How goes it? I am not sure if we are still having problems with the blog - appears that is the case. Hope it is cleared up and folks along the East Coast CONUS check in with their weather conditions |
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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