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#SocietySquad: Bridget Malcolm
I tend to read the same book every night just to relax and put me to bed: it's called "The Bhagavad Gita," which is ancient text and one of the earliest written texts. It depicts an epic battle and a conversation between a prince and one of the Gods — or Krishna as they call it. It explores relationships between God and men which is beautiful. The material is very succinct and straightforward, so it really puts you back in touch with humanity.
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"Proteinaholic" is another book I'm reading. We're destroying the planet at such a fast rate that we can't seem to reverse. It's crazy because the amount of food we grow and feed to the animals can cure poverty. There are some horrifying statistics I've been reading: the amount of water that you save from not showering for a full year is how much that goes into 10 hamburgers.
#SocietySquad: Bridget Malcolm
I like reading controversial books -- books that encourage you to seek the other side of the answer. I'm interested in religion and all religions — I wouldn't say I'm particularly religious, but I'm so fascinated by what they are and where they came from. So many religions on America get a massive question mark because of certain actions of a small few radicals -- that inspired me to learn more about each belief and be more informed. And reading helps me.
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"Shantaram" by Gregory David Roberts is my all-time favorite book. It's really thick. but you burn through it so quickly because it's THAT good. I started reading this in 2008 and I think I've reread it three times a year since then. This is about an Australian guy who escaped a maximum security prison in broad daylight and fled to India. It's a story of his life and it's mind-blowingly beautiful. I recommend it to everyone.
#SocietySquad: Bridget Malcolm
Nelson Mandela's autobiography "Long Walk to Freedom" is absolutely incredible. He spent 21 years in prison -- I'm 23 and it's like spending my whole life in prison! But he came out of it with such peace, no hatred towards anybody, which is super inspiring and just puts everything in perspective.
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"Harry Potter" is my favorite book-turned-movie series! I even have a Harry Potter chest with the whole collection. I read the series as a kid obviously, but a couple of months ago I decided to re-read every single book. My fiancé Nathaniel hasn't read them at all, which is mind-blowing to me. I was like, "What kind of childhood did you have?!"
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A little-known fact about me is that I played Oboe for 10 years and used to play quite seriously. I went through a period of intense stress and one day I just couldn't pick up my oboe anymore. Overnight I just developed these repetitive strain injuries on my arms. I couldn't brush my teeth and it was very frustrating, because playing music was everything to me at the time. But then I learned about the Alexander meditation technique — it teaches you to use your muscles better and I got instantly so much free-er and more expressive when I started.
#SocietySquad: Bridget Malcolm
Being a model has influenced the way I dress for sure. Normally I wear a lot of vintage and bright colors and crazy patterns. But modeling has taught me the importance of tailored and crisp clothes, and the importance of investing in really good basic pieces like a blazer and a leather jacket. It has really taught me how to present myself well in any occasion.
#SocietySquad: Bridget Malcolm
I'm pretty strict about my skincare routine. I'm trying a new line called Mad Hippie and it's all organic. It's important because everything you use on your skin gets absorbed into your body. I also believe in a good anti-aging serum, it's everything. Other than that, I brush my hair and just bought a hair straightener -- but that's it. I want to keep it simple.
#SocietySquad: Bridget Malcolm
If I weren't modeling...it's truly something that's come up a lot lately. I don't plan on stopping anytime soon, but I do love classical music and I'd love to keep playing. I also love science, nutrition and health -- I've always been fascinated by the relationship between diet, mind and body. There are so many entrepreneurial jobs that people are creating today. It's very interesting compared to my parents' generation, when they were so happy doing just one thing.
I've always loved reading. I remember that as a kid, my parents used to punish me by taking away my books. I read so much — even when I was brushing my teeth and having dinner. Even now, wherever I go I always carry a book with me in my purse — right now I have three. It's weird because I took English literature in school, and it was never my favorite subject. I love Shakespeare but I hate Jane Austen, haha!
Usually when I'm at an airport, I just go into a bookstore and pick out three books, and I usually read them all by the end of my trip. Or I discover new reads by listening to podcasts, like Rich Roll. His podcasts are long, freeform conversations, and he gets some of the most interesting people on. He's a vegan and introduced me to Proteinaholic. It's one of the books I'm reading, and it explores America's obsession with protein and how it's killing us.
I have three other books that I'm reading right now. One of them is The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf. While reading it part of me feels like, "Ah, I'm part of the problem," and then other parts of me think how far we still have to go as women. It's pretty intense, so every couple of days I read a few chapters of this.
Another one is Thinking, Fast and Slow, which I just started reading and am really excited about. I'm fascinated by this because the culture in New York is always go, go, go — and I assume this book is about how we should chill out, slow down and live a bit.
It's so nice to just sort of get lost while reading. There are so many loud noises in the city and it's nice to go into your own world. It's almost a retreat.
Two musicians who have biographies have really influenced me personally; they are Jim Morrison and Grace Slick. I came across them when I was in high school. I was growing up in Australia in the early 2000s and really had no idea what the world was like before then. Reading about them and hearing their music really opened me up to the world. Their attitudes to life are so inspiring as well, and I love reading about people who have done insane things.
Tim Winton is another of my favorite authors – he's from Perth, Australia, which is my hometown. I studied him in high school and just recently re-discovered him again. He sometimes makes me homesick though, so I can't read too much of his work.
I meditate daily and I practice the Alexander technique — it's another level of sensory awareness.
A little-known fact about me is that I played oboe for 10 years and used to play quite seriously. I went through a period of intense stress, and one day I just couldn't pick up my oboe anymore. Then I learned about the Alexander meditation technique — it teaches you to use your muscles better and I got instantly so much free-er and more expressive when I started.
It also really helps bring me back down to ground and puts me back in my head; and I realize there's such a bigger picture. It doesn't matter if you buy your groceries at 1 o'clock or 2 o'clock, haha! It also helps me disconnect from negative people and their negative energy. I'm not as reactive to these situations or other people's anxiety anymore.
I used to do yoga a lot as well, I like doing it at a place where it really resonates with me —I've done it in Jamaica and Costa Rican beaches and loved it. In New York, when you're in a crammed studio with people wearing Lululemon and stretching and eyeing each other off, that's just not for me.
I think the answer to "What does being a woman mean today?" depends on what part of world you exist in. A woman in the Middle East has a really different existence than a woman in America, or in Asia or Russia. All the work of the Suffragette movement that took place in the US paved the way for me to have this amazing upbringing. But the fact that some women in the world who have to be worried about getting acid thrown into their faces or mutilated — it's horrifying.
As a model I have one of the very few jobs that get paid more than men, and I never really thought about my position until recently and realized there's still so much work to be done.
"I think as a woman in today's society, we owe it to the world to do something and be educated about it, but we also owe it to ourselves to not be sucked in by these beauty notions like, "If you lose more weight you will get that raise."
There are days when I wake up that I feel like I'm part of the problem — I'm making these products attractive to people. But I also think as long as models are aware of their role, and could potentially use their income in the future to help with education — that's what matters. I always think progress means so much: celebrate the person who goes meatless Monday instead of berating them for not being a full-time vegan.
I've been with Nathaniel for two years, but we had been friends for five years before that. And then one day, we were like "we should go out," and then within a week we moved in together. It was the most done-deal thing in my life, and I feel so happy about it.
True love to me is pretty indescribable. When I first met Nathaniel I didn't fall in love instantly. We were friends for a long time and then suddenly, we just fell in love.
I think when it first happened there were all these endorphins, but afterwards when it all faded, that was really when you knew whether or not you were treated the way you deserve to be treated.
Nathaniel is honestly just my best friend. We've had disagreements but every single one of them brought us together closer. When you respect someone that much, I think that's true love.
I was very active on Tumblr for a while but a lot of the questions asked essentially were cultivating a eating disorder and I was like, "I'm really just born this way, I'm naturally thin! I want to present a healthy way of living and lifestyle, but I don't want to be in the position to educate people about something (staying skinny) like that.
Social media has really helped give girls voices and make them inspirational — it also really gives models a voice for once. But it also makes people feel bad about themselves, people forget about how much time goes into posting an Instagram picture — the editing, the filter, the caption. You look at the picture and think, "OMG this person is perfect!" And they forget they themselves are doing the same thing. It's hard to keep it lighthearted and fun anymore; the fun has kind of gone from it.
I loved Snapchat but now everyone is on it. I don't follow any models on it because all the snaps are "Just worked out. Just worked out again. Here's a green juice!"
Instagram, I love, but it gets me down a lot as well.
"I have a personal Instagram that's fun and private. I only follow my friends and a very small group of people. When I scroll through the feed I'm no longer seeing fashion, and my god am I happier for it!
I've been modeling for almost 10 years, and I think it's important to be flexible and comfortable because modeling is so last-minute and fluid. It's taught me to stay calm when everything else is going nuts, and I think it translates into life.
"I don't really believe in mistakes – everything you do in life leads you to this point in time and there's a reason for it. Everything in life that's been tossed at you shouldn't be classified as good or bad, right or wrong. There were things that happened were really bad at the moment. But here I am."
When things are going wrong and the world is against you, it's taught me to know everything's going to be OK. Everything changes and nothing stays the same, and that's pretty much the only thing in life that's a guarantee. Why get so attached to this moment or feeling when in a couple of hours, or days, it's going to be totally different? It's the freedom that life has taught me — in my 23 years of life, haha!
Being a model has influenced the way I dress for sure. It taught me the importance of tailored and crisp clothes and how to present myself well in any occasion.
I believe in a quality bag and a good pair of heels and shoes for walking – I wear my Alexander Wang booties to death. The vegan Dr. Martens is great too. I buy shoes and I get them re-sewed or stretched at the Amish market in Pennsylvania. They have these shoe stores that take care of your shoes in a few hours for a few dollars. Once you find a good pair of jeans, stick with the designer. ACNE is my favorite. But I'm pretty low-maintenance and don't like shopping very much in general. I do appreciate a really good bikini that stays on when I surf, since I love being in the ocean.
If I could pick fashion and beauty icon…Jane Birkin. She's so low-maintenance and just beautiful. She seems like a lot of fun, too.
Australia or New York
Can I say both and neither?
A little late or way too early
Way too early. I'm never late — I'm always early, and if I'm not there's a problem.
Have a dragon or a unicorn as pet
They both fly, right? But dragon!
Change the past or be able to see the future
Live in the '20s, '60s or '80s
'20s in Paris, '60s in California, '80s in New York.
Audrey Hepburn or Bridget Bardot
Audrey Hepburn, she had a pet deer and it's awesome.
End hunger or hatred
Hunger, definitely.
Be gossiped about or never talked about at all –
Having been gossiped about, I want to say never. But I still want people to mention me for certain things at the end of the day
A lifetime supply of kale or avocado
Both of them at the same time! Avocado is pretty amazing, though.
Hear the good news or the bad news first
Bad news, because the good news would be significantly better.
Three words that anyone else would describe Bridget Malcolm?
Chill, kind, good-at-oboe?
Three words that you would use to describe yourself?
Open, relaxed, optimistic 🙂

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Bánh xèo, literally "sizzling cake", named for the loud sizzling sound it makes when the rice batter is poured into the hot skillet is a Vietnamese savory fried pancake made of rice flour, water, turmeric powder, stuffed with slivers of fatty pork, shrimp, diced green onion, and bean sprouts.
Southern-style bánh xèo contains coconut milk and certain Central regions skip the turmeric powder altogether. They are eaten wrapped in mustard or lettuce leaves or banh trang wrappers, stuffed with mint leaves or basil, and then dipped in a sweet and sour diluted fish sauce. In the Central region, it is often wrapped in fresh rice paper with a sausage (nem lui) and then dipped in a special sauce which consists of fermented soy bean and sticky rice sauce, ground pork liver, ground and toasted peanut and seasonings.
Cambodia also has it own variation called Num Banh Chao meaning "sizzling rice snack", where the dish is called បាញ់ឆែវ (most often transliterated as banh chao). It has also been introduced into Thailand where it known by บั๊ญแส่ว (Ban sao).
No need to go anywhere to enjoy this dish. You also can make Vietnamese Crepe (Bánh Xèo Việt Nam) at home. It is not only tasty, but also really easy. Today, from many Easy Vietnamese Recipes, I would like to introduce this one for all you guys. If you are a gourmet about Vietnamese Food, I think you should not miss it. Weekend is arrived, making and enjoy it with family and friends is a great idea.
So, are you ready to create one of Easy Vietnamese Recipes like this one for your party in weekend? Trust me; if you want to enjoy the true specific flavor of Vietnamese Food, here is one of great options. Now, let us start cooking, ok?
- 1 Vietnamese Crepe flour bag (250g) – Buy at Vietnamese Markets
- 500ml water
- 300g silver shrimps
- 300g beef meat (you also can use half lean half fat pork)
- 300g mushroom (you can choose king oyster mushroom)
- 200g bean sprout
- ½ bowl mung bean (no cover)
- Onion, saffron flour, fish sauce, chili, basil, dill, mustard greens
Step 1: Clean mung bean in water for 2 – 3 times. Soak in warm water about 2 hours and bring to steam until it is cooked.
Step 2: Peek off the cover of shrimps, pull out the black lines on their backs. Clean with water added a little salt.
Step 3: Use a small pot, add 1 teaspoon oil and fry minced garlic until it is fragrant. Next, add more shrimps and fry quickly in 2 – 3 minutes. Pour on clean bowl.
Step 4: Clean and slice beef thinly.
Step 5: Cut off the roots of mushrooms, clean and slice into medium pieces. Clean all vegetables. Peel off the cover of carrot, clean and slice into long and thin pieces. Mix sliced carrot with 1 teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon sugar, a little vinegar and wait about 15 minutes. Press out the water from this mixture before serving. Peel off the cover of onion; slice small.
Step 6: Mix Vietnamese crepe flour with water. You should choose the flour already has coconut milk to increase the flavor for one of Easy Vietnamese Recipes. Add more saffron flour, sliced spring onion, stir gently and wait 30 minutes before making crepes.
Step 7: Heat the oil (2 teaspoons), add sliced onion + mushrooms into pan and fry quickly in 1 minute.
Step 8: Next, add more sliced beef.
Step 9: Scoop 2 – 3 spoons mixture crepe flour in step 6. Shake and spread gently to make sure this flour will cover all face of pan and ingredients.
Step 10: Arrange on face of crepe some shrimps, mung bean, bean sprout and cover the pan carefully.
Step 11: Fry with large heat about 3 – 4 minutes. Next, use cooking shovel to fold in half and fry until you have a satisfy crepe skin. Put on plate and repeat this process until all ingredients and mixture crepe flour are out.
Finally, your dish is ready served. Eating with sweet and sour sauce + sliced carrot in step 5 + vegetables is perfect. So, how do you feel? Are you happy with one of Easy Vietnamese Recipes? Hope you will have a good appetite and Good Luck for your Cooking.


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Limbaugh: 'Greater embarrassment' than losing Olympics – Jonathan Martin – POLITICO.com
Limbaugh: 'Greater embarrassment' than losing Olympics
By JONATHAN MARTIN | 10/9/09 11:27 AM EDT
Conservatives pounced on the the Nobel Prize committee's decision to award President Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize, with talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh calling it a "greater embarrassment" than losing the Olympics.
"This fully exposes the illusion that is Barack Obama," Limbaugh told POLITICO in an e-mail. "And with this 'award' the elites of the world are urging Obama, THE MAN OF PEACE, to not do the surge in Afghanistan, not take action against Iran and its nuclear program and to basically continue his intentions to emasculate the United States."
Limbaugh continued: "They love a weakened, neutered U.S, and this is their way of promoting that concept. I think God has a great sense of humor, too."
The Nobel award comes a week to the day after Obama's personal pitch for the 2016 Olympics in Chicago was rejected by the International Olympic Committee.
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele echoed the view: "The real question Americans are asking is, 'What has President Obama actually accomplished?' It is unfortunate that the president's star power has outshined tireless advocates who have made real achievements working towards peace and human rights. One thing is certain — President Obama won't be receiving any awards from Americans for job creation, fiscal responsibility, or backing up rhetoric with concrete action."
And conservative strategist Craig Shirley said on POLITICO's The Arena: "Utterly ridiculous. The credibility of the Nobel Peace Prize has been dwindling downward for years and now it has hit rock bottom.. . . Reagan won the Cold War, freed millions, yet was never awarded the Nobel."
via Limbaugh: 'Greater embarrassment' than losing Olympics – Jonathan Martin – POLITICO.com.
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I caught the office cold. Small wonder since I'm working in a windowless room with about ten other people and the air con on so it really was just inevitable.
I have complaints to make – stupid University didn't pay me because they hadn't got my bank details because they didn't give me the form to fill in like they were supposed to. I'm on my 9th day of work in a row, which is evil but the pay is good, the people are lovely and it's not too strenuous. That's about it really, since the cold is just a bit inconvenient.
I've been making beaded roses over the past week. I haven't got a picture of them, but I can assure you they're tremendously cute! I made a white one and showed it to the rest of the group, and promptly got asked to make another one 😀 It gives me something to do between calls! I picked up some new needles and when I get my wages through (after paying back sister mine for the tickets to go see Frank Turner), I'm going to pick a proper project to work on and buy the bits I need. Up until now I've done the terrible magpie thing and just bought pretty things without a real purpose in mind, so I never have quite what I need to do any real project. This time I'll sit down and figure one out. I've found a couple of books that I would love to get:
One for making bugs; a totally adorable one for a miniature menagerie, and finally another animal one. I just think they're so cute! But for the minute I'm making a purple rose for one of my work mates, so they'll be on my wish list to buy when I get paid 🙂
Wedding planning is coming along slowly but surely. Since the wedding venue down in Kent is no longer on the cards, we are looking for somewhere else. On a slightly unrelated note, I've found what I want to do with the bouquet – brooch bouquet! I can make it myself, they're absolutely stunning and I can keep it forever or take it apart and wear the brooches afterwards.
How beautiful are they?
Could genuinely look at these all day.
So, vague general feel of the day is going to be a bit vintage-esque and a bit like a village fete, but without the may pole. Spent a very long time chatting about it with Hairy (he lost his phone outside my work and we had to go all the way back to get it); and we're thinking a big bowl of punch, toffee apples and roasted chestnuts. Oooh, and cupcakes. And face painting because who could go without face painting?
I also read this article and watched the video of a fashion show by a guy called Rick Owens. I thought it was amazing – the women were fantastic dancers and it was brilliant to see real women on the catwalk. Plus, their hair was genuinely terrifying at times and I loved it. Then I went and killed things on World of Warcraft and life was restored to its normal balance.
And in terms of my geekery habits – online killing of various beasties continues apace; I like going all murder face! Don't judge me 😀 I'm also really excited about the new Marvel series – Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. And there's a new classical themed TV programme called Atlantis. And the Doctor Who 50th anniversary. And a new series of Sherlock. Life is so exciting! Hairy and I can't watch any of it live, but the internet catch up service is totally our friend!
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Denali or McKinley? What to call the Great One?
Locals and other folks sometimes ask the question… "Why is the mountain called by two different names? What is its "real" name?"
It's a good question, because officially, in the eyes of the government, the mountain has two. In the United States Board of Geographic Names (USBGN, the federal governmental body responsible for naming geographic features in the U.S.), the mountain is listed as Mount McKinley, named by William Dickey, a gold prospector impressed by the mountain while digging in the sands of the Susitna River. In early 1897, he wrote a discovery account printed in the New York Sun. "We named our great peak Mount McKinley, after William McKinley of Ohio, who had been nominated for the Presidency." (It begs the question, what made it his to name?)
In 1975, the Alaska Board of Geographic Names (ABGN) officially changed the mountain's name to "Denali," the name by which Alaska's Native people living near the mountain have always known it. In the language of the Alaskan Koyukon Athabascans, Denali means "the great one". In 1975, the Alaska Legislature also requested the U.S. Board to officially change the name to "Mount Denali." Then and now, those requests have been blocked by members of the congressional delegation from Ohio, the home state of President McKinley.
In 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), which incorporated McKinley National Park (originally created in 1917) into a larger protected area named Denali National Park and Preserve. Naming the new, larger park Denali while retaining the name Mount McKinley for the mountain was thought to be a compromise by many. However, many others maintained that calling the mountain and park by different names only created confusion.
In 1981, Ohio Congressman Ralph Regula, a fierce proponent of keeping the name of the mountain as McKinley, devised a new tactic to support the Mount McKinley name. Capitalizing on a USBGN policy that states the Board cannot consider any name-change proposal if congressional legislation relating to that name is pending, Regula began a biennial legislative tradition of either introducing language into Interior Department appropriation bills or introducing a standalone bill that states that the name of Mount McKinley shall not be changed. This effectively killed any Denali name-change proposal pending with the Board. Congressman Regula retired in 2009 and a rekindled interest in renaming the mountain was seen. But, despite strong efforts in Alaska, U.S. Representatives from Ohio took on Regula's role as congressional guardians of the Mount McKinley name.
In June of 2012, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski introduced new legislation to change the name. Senator Murkowski stated that under her bill the Alaskan name for the mountain would become the technically correct term for one of Alaska's major landmarks, and people could continue calling it whatever they wanted. She noted that "…making Denali — the name that Alaskans use anyway — the official name of America's tallest mountain, means something to Alaska."
At this time, the mountain continues to go by two different names. In any language though, and by any name, anyone who has ever seen it standing high and proud on a clear day knows how it astounds, inspires, and awes. If you have not yet experienced the mountain, it's truly something to look forward to.
(Note: Wikipedia sources were used in the fact finding for and writing of this blog.)
Pickled Salmon at 334
There is more than one way to skin a cat, and more than one way to eat your salmon. A friend named Mike has the best pickled salmon recipe I've ever eaten, but I haven't made it in a long time and I'd kind of forgotten about it. We recently came into some salmon around here, and Karen, my sister and next door neighbor, took home with her a big, fat, whole red salmon. I thought to myself "What in the world is Karen (who is quite petite) going to do with that big, fat salmon?" Answer? She pickled it! It looks beautiful and I can't wait to try it.
Bonus Trivia question: Who said.... "How comest thou in this pickle?"
Happy Fourth of July! I'm very proud to be an American, and part of the fabric of this great country. God bless the USA.
So what is a quintessential American summer fruit? Cherries! Phil came into some cherries this week from his friend Jim VdV in Pasco, and I also had some arrive from Full Circle Farms. There were a lotta cherries in the house! FCF sent along an interesting looking recipe for Summer Cherry Salsa... it sounded so good I gave it a try. I served it with blue tortilla chips and also alongside some fresh Bristol Bay red salmon.
Simply put, it was fabulous. It's beautifully colored and was a nice contrast to the pink of the salmon and the blue of the chips. It would also be gorgeous - and taste great on- grilled halibut. Am sharing the recipe...
Summer Cherry Salsa
1 lb. sweet dark cherries
I cup red onion, diced in 1/8 inch pieces
6 Tbs. balsamic vinegar
1-2 jalapeno peppers (depending on how hot you like it) minced
1 cup basil leaves, finely chopped
I cup Italian parsley leaves, finely chopped
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper
3/4 tsp sugar
Combine the onion with the vinegar and let mellow for 20-30 minutes.
Wash, stem and pit the cherries. Chop in at least quarters, or finer if you like it that way. Combine the cherries with the vinegar mixture and remaining ingredients. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Did you know? If you don't have balsamic vinegar, you can sub 5 Tbsp. red wine vinegar plus 1 Tbsp. port, or use all wine vinegar and increase the sugar to 2 tsp.
Thanks for reading. Enjoy!
And they are good! Moist, dense and jam packed with fresh peach flavor! They are so good, I'm sharing the recipe. It's the first time I've made these, but it won't be the last. Yep. This recipe is no lemon. It's a peach.
Fresh Peach Muffins
Solstice Message
OK. Work at the APCA is pretty well behind me and I am on to putting full attention on the 11th Avenue B and B. It's looking good in the hood around here. The landscaping is beautiful and the place looks great! Welcome, all who come here.
Summer's Coming!
Summer is on the way and it's exciting. The green is on the trees, and in doing the yardwork this last weekend, we could see that all the perennials that were planted last year are coming up fast. The bleeding hearts already have flower buds and the ferns are unfurling quickly. It's still a little cool out, but the plants on the deck (with it's low walls and south facing aspect) are warm and happy. Flowers everywhere out there. And the hops I planted in memory of my dad are going crazy. Looking forward!
Marilyn Walsh Morgan
February 2017


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My humanz always had a hard time finding my treats in the dark, dark closet. Often struggling with the room behind its light or searching with a flashlight.
Now they got this handy dandy little light that comes on when the door is opened and they can find whatever they need right quick now. Very handy when dishing out those kitteh snacks!
It is called a Motion Sensor Light Pro (but the folks on Amazon hab given a big huge name so we will gib you a linky to it): http://amzn.to/1lcGAap
I heard them saying they were getting another for the upstairs closet too. I better tell the monsters cause I know they like to hide in there some times and now they will be found easily.
Now off to sit in front of the door and pest for some treats. Later!
Disclaimer. Even though we are raving about this light it iz because we honestly loving it and not because somebuddy gave it to us (which they did by the way in exchange for this pawsumly honest review see above). Heck everybuddy knows u can't tell a kitty how to act or wot to sez!


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My mom recently sent me a Nutribullet after she has been using it for a few weeks now. I am constantly trying to keep up with my health and fitness and as I am getting older, I need to come to terms with the fact that I am no longer a college athlete, nor a woman with a knee that allows her to run and pretend she is still a college athlete. Sad, upsetting, and all too true.
So, this Nutribullet is a type of juicer/blender/extractor that basically lets you create your own V8s. You can add all sorts of fruits and veggies, and even types of nuts and powders. It really is kind of fun and creative to see what you can combine and drink. So far, everything I have put together has turned out well, but I am taking this new invention in my life as a new frontier for The Unlawful Cook. You see, there is minimal measuring, and the rules are pretty simple: combine a handful of leafy greens and a variety of fruit and some water and blend!
I think I bought more fruits and veggies at my local HEB grocery store than ever before. I have kale, spinach, swiss chard, romaine, tomatoes, tomatillos, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, peaches, bananas, avocados, raspberries, and gogi berries. There's probably more produce, but that's what I can remember right now. I also picked up some Hemp Powder that is supposed to act as extra boost to whatever drink you make. Oh yea, I also picked up some raw walnuts and raw pumpkin seeds to mill. It's kind of exciting.
Mostly, I have been blending a little bit of everything and my plan is to have at least one or two drinks a day. It's part of my summer studying overhaul. I can't tell right now if there is a major difference in my health or really how I feel each day, I think it is just too soon. But I plan on keeping up with this because it's easy and it does taste good. I do notice that the drinks are filling and some carb loving I used to have has decreased some. I'll keep yall posted.
Tonight I made this blend:
1 cup of baby kale
1/2 cup of cherry tomatoes
1/3 cup blackberries
1/3 cup raspberries
1 peach (NO PIT - obviously)
1/8 cup walnuts milled (so it becomes a powder)
1 tbsp Hemp Powder
6 Ice cubes
Tomorrow is a new day and a new blend, and I'm excited!


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Getting away from endless posts about my recovery; I'm gobsmacked by the TV commercial being shown in the US by Sarah Palin's campaign. Palin herself wasn't running for office, of course, she was supporting various Tea Party nutters, some who won and some who lost.
But the astonishing thing is the imagery in this clip - she's portrayed as the saviour of the US, the leader of the movement, and so on, backed with pictures of Mount Rushmore, grizzly bears, and other patriotic images. There's an implied hint of military force near the end; "...may take some renegades goin' rogue...shakin' it up" over a shot of fighter pilot, then the grizzly bear standing tall to finish. It's a fantastic piece of visual propaganda that would make Leni Riefenstahl proud - and very scary to anyone who looks carefully at the associated images.
There's a nice clip of comedian and Palin impersonator Tina Fey talking on Letterman, where she says "On Fox News they address her as Governor Palin. Which is like calling me Dairy Queen employee. I was once, but I quit." Nice try, Tina, but I suspect Fox will be calling her Princess Palin before long.
I also wonder how long the "Palin" part of her name will be used; her campaign is all about "Sarah", and hubby Todd is nowhere to be seen these days. He's probably back in Wasilla raising the kids and shooting grizzlies.


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Come lie beside me
for now and be my
Let your song
bathe my soul
and kiss my pain.
Let your eyes
stare deeply into mine
and make me lose me.
Let that smile
reassure me of
brighter morrows.
Let your words
give me the much
needed perspective.
Let your silence
make me feel i am
home, again.
Come lie beside me
as before. And be
my friend.


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hey guys, i hope your day is winding down. i'm home after a long work day and am about drop out in a minute. i'm cleaning up loose ends including what's on my very messy desktop of saved images. i tried to post them all at once but it seemed to take away from them somehow tonight. maybe cause this pic is really speaking to me. reminding me that work should be fun and pretty, not just the daily grind. it just feels so good to enjoy a bit of beauty each day. maybe that's why there are so many of us pinterest and tumblr lovers.
i haven't had a mood board for awhile. maybe it's time to start a new one. do you have one?
ok c'est tout, bonne nuit, mes chers amis!
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Ooooh, I love this board! I'd like one exactly like it to replace my boring one!
Thank you for posting this beautiful mood board! Love it! Yes, I have one that I call my "inspiration board". It sits just to the left of my computer so when I'm completely devoid of creativity and staring off into space, it catches my eye.
Ummm my whole house looks kinda like that right now! *winks* And it's sooo much better when it's only on that board! vanna
I am definitely ready for a new mood board and ready to put it together! As always thank you for the inspiration…
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That is marvelous..I really should do one myself, I used to always have them as a teenager & I just bought a frame for my kitchen, so this is perfect inspiration to start one!! Have a fab day!! xx
I have a board that I use for designing and I like you calling it a mood board. Everything under the sun is pinned on it and it does put me in a good mood looking at it….
i have one although i call it a treasure board instead of a mood board. i pin all the things that make my heart happy!
I have one, but nothing like this. Stirs me to do a new one.
oooh, I think that's Andrea Singarella from Velvet Strawberries, she has wonderful style!
I've been considering putting a mood board over my shipping station or above my computer to hold all of those diminuitive pretties that shouldn't be hidden away in a drawer somewhere. Vintage millinery and ribbons just make my heart smile.
I would love to see a mood board that you create.
Oh my…I could stare at this photo all day long! It's so beautiful.
Have a fabulous day!
what a delicious board-collage i could dream in it
What a treat to find a photo of my inspiration board on your gorgeous blog! I have been a reader of your blog for a long while, I have your book and i still regret not visiting your store when I lived in NY years ago!
Yes, you should start a new mood board of inspiration! No doubt it would be absolute eye candy…..
All the best,
Bonjour Claudia,
I need to do this – would need one just for all your marvelous images of inspiration!
Bon weekend,
Hi Claudia! there is a straight-on photo and lots more shots of the board are on my blog, if you'd like to take a peek! Here is the link:
You call it a mood board, we call them a vision or goal board, and every year I make a new one, which had goals I wish to reach, as well as favorite items I want and need to acquire, as well as a few positive cards with adages that inspire me.
Have a friend who made a new one for each of her babies when they were born with dreams she has for them in life, along with a clipping of their hair in a pretty ribbon, silver spoon in her sterling pattern, baby socks from the christening, and a few special photos. In some way its a form of what was the baby book of past.
These make beautiful wall hangings as well. I also found an old but pretty mirror which I hot glue small trinkets we find when on outings, and use the mirror as a memory mirror, which also makes for a great converstaion piece. A pair of pink Barbie doll high heels denote my love for pretty shoes, and the Oneida Damask Rose ring, is my sterling silver pattern. And when a cup from my Lenox china broke it was added to the mirror because its a pretty china pattern.


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New Orleans Revisited: as vibrant as ever!
I remember my sister frantically calling my father more than a decade ago. At the time, she was studying at Xavier University to become a clinical doctor, and had been told to evacuate New Orleans because Hurricane Katrina was on its way.
My dad told her she should think about "waiting the storm out." That's probably the first time my sister Lindsey didn't listen to our dad.
Going against my father's recommendation, my sister and five of her friends packed into her two-door convertible and drove to Atlanta to escape the storm.
In the months to follow, my family watched the devastation on television. Eventually the school gave the "OK" for students to return and we took my sister back to New Orleans.
When taking my sister back, we drove through Louisiana the state looked like a flooded ghost town. Buildings boarded up with signs reading "dead inside" were everywhere.
When we were unpacking my sister's belongings at the school, I could smell a distinct stench—somewhat similar to a pungent sulfur smell.
I asked my sister what the smell was and she replied, "That's the smell of dead bodies. We work with them all the time."
With the 11th†anniversary of hurricane Katrina approaching, I recently returned with my girlfriend to the "Big Easy" for the first time since Katrina.
I tried to plan my trip to avoid any major events or festivals, which in Louisiana is like trying to jump in a pool without getting wet.
New Orleans is a party town filled with party people. It also has very narrow streets, which if crowded with traffic, can make finding a parking space extremely difficult.
Taking another tour through the city was completely different than it was a decade ago. The Mercedes-Benz Superdome overlooks a city full of life. My girlfriend could not put her camera down; it was her first time in New Orleans and the lights and the atmosphere blew her away.
On the first night of our two-day trip, we decided to see what the city's streets had to offer. The best place to go for nightlife is the French Quarter, the oldest neighborhood in the city.
In the French Quarter, you are likely to stroll along world-famous Bourbon Street, with its numerous restaurants, bars and live jazz music venues. The French Quarter is a great way to experience the culture of Louisiana.
While enjoying all that the French Quarter has to offer, I met a woman with ties to the metro Atlanta area.
Rhonda Trahan, a native of New Orleans who previously lived in McDonough, said she remembers how difficult hurricane Katrina was on her family.
Trahan, a marketing consultant who at the time owned a three-story home, said more than 30 family members stayed with her while the storm passed.
"My house was full," Trahan said, laughing. "But I'd do anything for family. That's what we do. That's our way."
I'm not much of a party person and talking with the locals and having an occasional drink was just what I needed. It provided insight into how life may have been for those who endured the effects of Katrina.
To satisfy our love and appreciation of food, my girlfriend and I decided on our second day to visit some of New Orleans' famous dining establishments.
When we arrived at Cafe du Monde around 11 a.m., we were told the wait would be more than an hour wait before we could be seated. Although we wanted to experience what many refer to as the best beignets in the city, we opted not to wait that long.
Instead, we went to New Orleans Famous Beignets and Coffee for "pigeignets" or Cajun smoked sausage wrapped in a beignets pastry. Think of a sausage McGriddle from McDonalds—but much better.
For lunch, we dined at another of New Orleans' famous eateries, Willie Mae's, for arguably the best fried chicken in the country. The chicken has a spicy breading with a healthy crunch. Although the lunch menu is limited, the serving sizes certainly make up for it. I ordered the fried chicken with butter beans, and macaroni and cheese. I left completely satisfied.
To experience another aspect of New Orleans, we took an authentic swamp tour of the Louisiana bayous.
Airboat tours or group boat tours were both available, but we opted for the boat tour.
The airboat tour seemed to be more for risk-takers who enjoy high speeds and the feel of wind in their hair. However, for those looking for a semi-romantic tour with the opportunity to touch live gators, I'd highly recommend the boat tour.
Hurricane Katrina certainly destroyed many things in the grand old city of New Orleans, including businesses and homes. However more than 10 years later, the spirit of the city is intact and possibly stronger than ever.
I'm already considering booking a trip next year.
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BEIJING: The massive earthquake that caused untold suffering and triggered national mourning has failed to shake the iron resolve of China's athletes as they prepare for the Beijing Olympics.
Most of China's nearly 600 athletes who will compete in the Beijing Games were in training camps well away from the affected areas in southwestern Sichuan province when the quake struck and none were injured by the disaster, according to official reports.
Around 20 were in Sichuan but all are safe and unhurt, according to the state Xinhua news agency. Some athletes lost homes and loved-ones, Sichuan sports director Zhu Ling was quoted as saying, but it was unclear if any of them were Olympic team members.
For those athletes training for the Games, the disaster has not been allowed to interfere with Olympic preparations. If anything, their focus on the Beijing Olympics seems to have been reinforced.
Liu Xiang, the 110m world record holder and reigning Olympic champion, caught the mood in comments two days after the disaster when he said athletes were determined to train even harder.
"We will redouble our efforts and try to use our achievements on the field to encourage the people of the disaster areas to rebuild their lives," Liu was quoted as saying.
China's government ordered three days of mourning from Monday to allow the public to pay their respects to disaster victims. The nation's athletes have taken time out for fundraising and observed three minutes' silence on Monday, one week after the disaster.
But they have scarcely missed a beat in training and preparing for the Games.
China's gymnasts were in Tianjin competing in a World Cup tournament when the disaster struck. They held a meeting to raise funds for the victims but continued training and competing.
Zou Kai, a gymnast whose parents live in the quake affected areas, was distraught until he found out that they were safe. Then he was back training and competing as normal.
Gymnastics chief coach Zhang Peiwen told Sohu.com website the team had to buckle down to regular discipline and resume training regardless of the disaster, and that included 20-year-old Zou, one of China's gold medal hopes for the August Games.
When China comes out of the three-day mourning period on Thursday, Beijing will host the four-day China Open athletics championships, the first major sports event since the disaster.
Around 900 Chinese athletes, including Liu Xiang, will compete in a full dress rehearsal for the Olympic track and field event.
The athletes will not be too downhearted to perform well, said venue media director Chen Shuxun.
"There is a Chinese saying: if you want to help people, do what you do best," he said.
"Our athletes are best at performing so they are going to focus on that. And they are determined to do their very best for the quake victims."
China's Olympic sports facilities were undamaged by the quake, including the new National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest because of its structure of interwoven steel beams, where the China Open will take place.
It is the last of 42 test events which have taken place over the past ten months to allow Olympic planners to perfect their preparations for the Games.
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Part of Neighbourhood Planning Bill – in the House of Commons at 3:00 pm on 28th March 2017.
This is a topic very close to my heart, as it evidently is for Members from both sides of the Chamber. We know how important pubs are to the fabric of our communities. They are more than just a place that sells alcohol; they are a meeting place and a community heart. In many areas, they are the one bit of heritage of historical value in the local area in terms of architecture. In my own town, Oldham, where terraced streets were thrown up to house the millworkers, very little attention was paid to the architectural quality of the buildings. The architectural quality generally stands out in the local church and the local pub.
I sometimes drive round my town with a very heavy heart as I see some really inappropriate conversions, not only in terms of use but because the fact that they do not require planning permission often means that the important conversation about retaining heritage value in a building just has not taken place. Quite often, beautiful stained glass windows will be completely ripped out in favour of cheap, white, UPVC plastic windows. That might seem like a minor issue, but if that is the focal point of a community and it has had its heart ripped out, it affects how people feel about the place where they live.
I am pleased that the Government are acknowledging the role that pubs play in the local community, not only in the way I just described but through their economic value. Pubs are worth £22 billion a year to the economy, and £13 billion is raised from them in taxes and duties which, of course, funds our vital public services. They support nearly 1 million jobs. Just in the time I have been on this planet, since 1980, 21,000 pubs have closed, and 21 pubs close every week. It is urgent that we get the changes we are discussing, and quickly, because we do not want developers to try to move fast and aggressively in the knowledge that change is coming, looking to demolish or change use in the meantime. While are having this debate, three pubs will close—every day, three pubs close in this country—so there is a sense of urgency about ensuring that community rights are protected.
I listened with great interest to my hon. Friend Toby Perkins. I give him credit for the work he has done on the all-party parliamentary pub group to expose the importance of local pubs in giving a community a voice. I must admit that I had a smile on my face listening to his romantic description of that first experience of walking through a pub door. Depending on the pub's proprietor, we do not always get a welcome—sometimes we feel as though we have walked into somebody's living room—but at their best pubs are open and welcoming and they make us feel like part of the family, even if we are perfect strangers. That is why it is so important that they are maintained. We live in a time when people are becoming more socially disconnected and when families spend very little time together, so places where people come together are important.
This Friday and Saturday, I am sure Members will have the time on their hands to come up to Oldham, where we will be celebrating the Oldham beer festival, at which more than 60 real ales and ciders, many from the north-west, will be on display for people to test. There will be a fantastic example of local British produce. That is one way the community comes together.
The debate has been very positive, but if I may be slightly critical—though this probably goes beyond the current Government—we have not seen a compelling vision of what the British pub will be for this country and how the Government will offer support to the pub industry across different policy areas.


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House Republicans charged the IRS with a conflict of interest on Monday, insisting that a government lawyer that represented the agency previously took part in the IRS's improper scrutiny of conservative groups.
Before that, Strelka worked for the IRS's exempt organizations (EO) division, and House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) suggested on Monday he played a role in the handling of Tea Party applications that has left the agency under siege for well over a year.
On Monday, Issa and Jordan pointed to Strelka's role at the IRS as they once again called on Attorney General Eric HolderEric Himpton HolderComey's book tour is all about 'truth' — but his FBI tenure, not so much James Comey and Andrew McCabe: You read, you decide Eric Holder headed to New Hampshire for high-profile event MORE to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the agency.
Issa and Jordan added that Strelka's tenure at Justice and the IRS was just the latest example of a conflict of interest in the government's investigation of the Tea Party controversy.
Their letter to Holder comes as the IRS is facing heat from both Congress and the courts over missing emails from Lois Lerner, the former agency official at the center of the investigation.
"Perhaps new information obtained by the committee will spur you to reconsider your decision and you will finally appoint a special counsel to get to the bottom of the IRS scandal," Issa and Jordan wrote.
Holder and other senior Justice officials have repeatedly said they don't believe the IRS investigation merits a special prosecutor. A Justice official added following Issa and Jordan's latest letter that Strelka no longer works at the department, and said the two Republicans were dredging up already released information.
"There are no new, pertinent facts contained in these emails. Neither the fact of Mr. Strelka's stint at the IRS nor the fact of his subsequent involvement in the Z Street case is new," the Justice official said.
For months, Republicans have slammed the Justice Department for allowing an Obama donor to play a key role in its IRS investigation, and have charged a Justice lawyer with colluding with Lerner.
On Monday, Issa and Jordan released an email from an IRS supervisor to Strelka and more than a dozen others in March 2010, asking that they "be on the lookout" for Tea Party cases.
Strelka moved to the Justice Department not long after receiving that email, but Issa and Jordan say he kept in touch with his old IRS colleagues and considered Lerner a mentor.
Strelka was eventually removed from the Z Street case in July, after media reports about his previous tenure at the IRS, but Issa and Jordan say there's no telling how much his time working for Lerner influenced his work on the Z Street case.
Republicans noted Monday that Strelka was in such close contact with the IRS that he quickly found out about Lerner's hard drive crash in 2011, which the IRS blames for the loss of an untold number of Lerner's emails.
In an email released Monday, Strelka joked the crash was "probably the biggest drama in EO since the new microwave came."
"Setting aside his levity, his e-mail confirms that months after he left the IRS, Strelka was privy to internal communications pertaining to the IRS EO division," Issa and Jordan wrote.
The two lawmakers also asked to interview Strelka and another government lawyer, Nicole Siegel, who previously worked for a Democratic fundraiser.
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By Mike Bruu, TSB Sports Writer
All you need to know about opening day at the Mickey Mantle World Series is what time the final out was recorded Thursday morning.
At 12:22 a.m., inside Al Alford Stadium, host team Frozen Ropes Titans starting pitcher Remey Reed recorded the final out to complete a complete game, 1-hit performance in a 6-2 win over the Ohio Thunder. After four grueling games in 100-plus degrees heat that started at noon, Reed greeted the volunteers and brave fans that stayed to a dazzling pitching performance.
Reed struck out 10 Thunder hitters over seven innings, allowing two unearned runs in the first inning off a couple of Titans errors. The biggest offensive play of the night came from Titans outfielder Robert Noren, who hit a long two-run home run to left-center field in the fifth inning to put the game out of reach. His home run was the only one on day one of the tourney.
With the victory, Frozen Ropes will play Dallas Tigers Hernandez at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The Tigers defeated Puerto Rico 13-5 in their opening game. The Titans will send to the mound Nolan Withrow to try and advance the team past the Tigers and into a bye that would keep them from having to play on Friday. In the MMWS, nothing is more important than securing byes later in the tournament, so a victory by Withrow on Thursday would be huge for Frozen Ropes
After the game, Reed was asked what the team and fans should expect from Withrow on Wednesday night. "He'll be better than me," said Reed without hesistation.
If that comes true, you won't be seeing the Titans back on Al Alford Field until Saturday.
The Mickey Mantle World Series features 16-year-old all-star teams from across the country and beyond. Here are the other scores from Wednesday's opening round games at the MMWS:
SoCal Bombers 4
Ontario Blue Jays 1
Dallas Tigers Hernandez 13
Puerto Rico 5
Dallas Tigers Vanlandingham 7
Michigan Bulls 2
Below is the schedule for Thursday's games:
SoCal Bombers have a bye. Will play the winner of the San Diego Gamers-Dallas Tigers Vanlandingham on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Elimination Games:
Michigan Bulls vs. Puerto Rico – 12 p.m.
Ohio Thunder vs. Ontario Blue Jays – 2:30 p.m.
Non-Elimination Games:
San Diego Gamers vs. Dallas Tigers Vanlandingham – 5 p.m.
Dallas Tigers Hernandez vs. Frozen Ropes Titans – 7:30 p.m.


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You Win Some…
And Sometimes The Bear Eats You!
A NASA climatological satellite failed shortly after launch last night. "Initial indications are the vehicle did not have enough [force] to reach orbit and landed just short of Antarctica in the ocean."
Several news sources say the satellite fairing (the clamshell-like housing containing the satellite during launch) failed to open and separate after it was launched from Vandenburg AFB, in California.
The $273 million satellite, called the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, would have collected global measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere to help better forecast changes in carbon-dioxide levels and their effect on the Earth's climate.
The OCO also would have provided information about CO2 "sinks" — areas, like oceans or landfills, that absorb and store carbon dioxide. NASA officials said all measurements would be combined with the findings of ground observation stations, providing a more complete account of the human and natural sources of CO2.
Orbital Sciences, based in Dulles, VA, built the vehicle.
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February 24, 2009 at 3:44 pm
This seems sadly representative of our collective human failure to understand or care about our dying planet. Serious science has been cut, we ignore the alarm bells as the planet warms, we don't really have the desire to park the Lexus and take mass transit, and now, we can't even succeussfuly put a carbon monitoring satellite into orbit. We are not serious about global warming. The screech smoke alarms fills the house. We are all but deaf. Do you hear something?
February 24, 2009 at 6:56 pm
A climatological satellite crashes near Antarctica? Don't worry. The science is flawed and the entire point of it's mission was largely political and practically worthless anyway…CO2? no…wait…it cost $273 million tax dollars!


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The bold graphics immediately caught my attention and I knew I had to have it.
Plus, the sherpa lining was perfect for a chilly Spring night.
I paired it with these high-waist, flare jeans and denim handbag for a total denim on denim look.


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Last month, I had the blessing of reading Tricia Goyer's new book, Walk It Out. From the blurb:
When women stop focusing on their own dreams and purposes, and instead focus on God's dreams and purposes, everything changes."
Friends, may I just say, add this book to your reading list at once. It is a powerful and personal book that will challenge you (as it did me) to walk out your faith according to biblical principles. It's been a long time since I felt a book take hold of my heart the way this one did.
It caused me to recall the Sunday when God drew me out of my general market career to write fiction for Him. His call came with a promise, and after He whispered the promise He then whispered what He wanted from me in return. To be sold out to Him. 100% sold out. No turning back sold out.
That was twenty years ago this month, and what an amazing journey it has been, following Him down the path He had/has for me. Of course, His plan was and is much bigger than only my writing. His plan is for my entire life, all corners of it, and I want to be 100% sold out to Him for every step along the way.
I love the way James 2:14–17 says it in The Message:
Dear friends, do you think you'll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved and say, 'Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!' and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup—where does that get you? Isn't it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?"
Blessings as you walk it out.


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For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
Reading Challenge: A romance set in the future.
As I may have mentioned before, I love well-done retellings of classic stories. I also love Jane Austen, and of Jane Austen's 6 published novels, the one I love the most, hands down, is Persuasion. So when I needed to find a book to fulfill the "romance set in the future" item, and came across this YA dystopia Persuasion, I kind of had to give it a shot.
You know, I really liked it? I knew we were in good hands when the book opened with a lot of world-building and class tension. Elliot was a sympathetic heroine, a little passive but still with her own agenda. The dystopia was not gratuitously gritty but felt fairly realistic, and (and this is key) the whole book stood on its own, without the single-minded devotion to the original plot that's been the downfall of many a retelling. I do firmly believe this book could be read and enjoyed by someone who had never read the original. It was an absorbing read throughout.
The Letter – man, The Letter in the original Persuasion has to be one of the most romantic documents in literary history. You really have to give Captain Wentworth a lot of credit for writing it, especially since he was writing while eavesdropping and probably distracted by other conversations going on in the room as well. I can barely write progress notes while report is going on in the office. Well done, sir.
Anyway, The Letter in this version appeared in a way that wasn't too contrived (something that has stumped many a contemporary author), although the timing might make some people with clinical training find it a little ambivalent. And it was a halfway decent homage to the original. Another point.
Also, there was one line towards the end that I thought was particularly moving right about now. One character was explaining how she had become more active on behalf of the Posts (the historical underclass of their society, still subject to discrimination), and said how she felt it was hypocritical to keep taking from their culture without becoming an ally in their struggles. Although this wasn't a dystopia with a huge lot of applications in contemporary society, I think you can probably guess why I thought that line was so relevant…
But overall, this was an escapist book. In order to enjoy it, you probably do have to be into YA fantasy, and be willing to suspend a lot of critical thinking. I was able to do that, although I couldn't help noticing that, like many a YA hero before him, Kai didn't do too much to convince us that he was worthy of so much affection. He's way more appealing than many, many, many, many other YA heroes out there who rely on a range from sullen to grumpy to homicidal and our faith in the heroine's affection to convince us they're appealing, and at least he apologizes for being a dick later in the book, but Captain Wentworth he ain't. I also couldn't help wishing everyone was a little bit older. The age business meant we were supposed to be okay with an 18 year-old showing interest in a 14 year-old, about which I can only say, dystopia or not, YIKES.
Still, I liked it. I found myself really addicted, staying up to finish the book an hour past the time I said "I'm just going to read for a bit, I can barely stay awake." It's harder to give a reasonable review when I was so absorbed: when I down a book quickly, it's much more difficult to regard the elements critically on the way. But that I think tells you plenty in itself. If you enjoy YA fantasy, you'll probably enjoy this, and if you're a Jane Austen fan to boot, you won't hate it.
Recommended pairing: Clearly something with a pedigree. You know what's got a pedigree? Weihenstephaner. Plus, a good summer beer.


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Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Just dreaming.
It is SO wet here right now. And I cannot remember what dry ground feels like. Or even what it looks like. I don't think there is a piece of dry ground anywhere in the country at this moment. I am so tired of slipping and sliding all over while trying to get to the animals to feed the poor things. It's just a slippery slimy wet mess out there. And I am tired of it! I'm tired of having to pull on my boots just to go outside. Then having to pull these things off is a nightmare anymore. The handles are ripped so I have to get them just in the right place on the steps to yank them off. Just another of life's little inconveniences, right? I know this summer, when it's dry as a dessert, I'll wish for these days. NOT!
But really. Why is winter SO wet anymore? Seems like this whole winter, it's just been rainy or freezing or snowy. Which, by the way, I LIKE walking on frozen ground so much more than wet slippery ground any day. But hate being so cold! Awe, will I ever be satisfied?
SO, I will dream of spring and seeds and gardens and DRY DIRT for now! Look back at all my pretty veggie plants with all their pretty blooming goodness. And dram of all the good healthy veggies I'll be canning this year for us. Because I am down to just a few jars of green beans. And they are from 2008. And just a few jars of tomatoes. So, I will be concentrating on growing a canning garden for us this year and now so much for selling.
There is so much to do out there too. Last fall, I threw clover seeds out on most of the rows. They all came up. But now I want them to bloom for the bees. I did plant a lot where I won't have to till under, just for them. I am seeing all the good rich manure the chickens are composting for me in their yard. And all the old wasted hay they are scratching around. I am throwing their feed in the old hay so they'll scratch it up some more. I'll be using it for the garden.
And I'll be getting a few new critters in 11 more days. Feb. 14th, this farm will be a whole lot different.
I will also be looking for a few milk does too. I've been buying cow milk from a friend, but at $6.50 a gallon, twice a week, it's getting a bit expensive. So I am going to have to break down and get a few does. I have really missed them. But not so much during all this crappy weather.
So, enjoy some pretty color and dream of your own gardens!
2 comments:
- Betty Ann said...
Ahh winter! We all toasted the passing of January on Saturday night. As for February, at least it's short! Three down and only 25 to go. Days in February, that is. The farther into winter we get the harder it becomes to convince myself that I am not cold. But at least the daffodils bloom in February down here West Georgia! Where I grew up in the north they didn't bloom until April!! Thank you for the garden pics.
- February 3, 2015 at 7:17 AM
- Kris said...
I forgot about the January Jasmine that's blooming now. Lots out back. It's pretty and bright yellow. And yes, soon the daffodils will be coming up all over the place! And then forsythia.
Yes, thank goodness Feb. is not that long.
- February 3, 2015 at 1:35 PM
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What is the main theme in Anton Chekhov's short story "The House with the Mezzanine"?
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According to Carol A. Flath ("Art and Idleness: Chekhov's 'The House with a Mezzanine'"), one of Chekhov's signature themes is the contrast between work and idleness. As Flath says, this theme is featured prominently in his later plays such as The Cherry Orchard and Uncle Vania. It is also the main theme of Chekhov's short story "The House with a Mezzanine."
The presence of this theme is quite obvious. The protagonist and first-person narrator, a landscape artist, makes a big show of describing his idleness and his enjoyment of the nothingness of his summer. When he finally meets the Volchaninov's, they remark that they are admirers of his work, which ironically and indirectly emphasizes the fact that he is doing no work, but only sleeping on a sofa in a barren manor house.
Two situations stand in contrast to the narrator's idleness. The first is Bielokurov's protestations of hard work as a gentleman farmer, protestations that Mr. N, the narrator, disbelieves:
What a stupid, lazy lout! When we talked seriously he would drag it out with his awful drawl--er, er, er--and he works just as he talks--slowly, always behindhand, never up to time ...!
The second is Lyda's industry on behalf of the local Zemstvo council meeting for which she establishes schools, dispenses medicines, advocates for hospitals and libraries, and tutors peasants in rudimentary reading and writing.
The presence of the theme contrasting idleness and work is obvious. What is less obvious is the complex pattern by which the theme fits with the whole story. Certain questions need to be asked. In particular, are any of the characters representative of a "good" value in the contrast between work and idleness? The narrator isn't, he makes it quite clear: "Doomed by fate to permanent idleness, I did positively nothing. ... once more it became tedious to go on living." Bielokurov isn't: "What a stupid, lazy lout!" Lyda isn't: "you enslave them even more." Genya doesn't work; she reads and exhausts herself by doing so: "Genya, pale with reading, and with her hair ruffled." Still, she is the only one to have independent thought and sees through Lyda's ideas: "she thought differently from the strong, handsome Lyda." Therefore it seems that Chekhov is denouncing all the representations and espousing the brand of work that Mr. N describes in his debate with Lyda: "If we all, in town and country, without exception, agreed to share the work."
Next, what is the point of Chekhov combining the story of Lyda's devotion to the Zemstvo and disagreement with Mr. N with a love story about sweet Genya? Since a significant argument in Mr. N's debate is that Lyda's methods are new slavery that force even more work on peasants, ("medical stations, ... only lead to slavery [and they] work harder than ever"), the connection between Lyda's story and Genya's story is seen as the illustration of Chekhov's point. Genya's story dramatically illustrates that Lyda's brand of people do enslave others who are more lowly and weaker than they are: people such as Lyda enslave people with their good works as opposed to liberating them with changes to the social order. The proof of the argument is that it is Lyda who orders Genya away despite the crying tears of both mother and Genya: what Lyda does proves to be a kind of enslavement.


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Cory Maye Denied
The facts just seem to speak for themselves. Maye was home alone with his daughter when police executed a mistaken drug warrant in the middle of the night. Maye shot and killed officer Ron Jones in what he claims was self defense (as he didn't realize that the out-of-uniform Jones was a police officer). Maye then surrendered himself to the other officers. That Maye is still on death row seems unfathomable. He has no criminal record and there is no evidence he was engaged in any illegal activity, yet we're supposed to believe he shot one officer in cold blood and then willingly surrendered himself. It just makes no sense. Maybe there's hope on appeal.


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"Wait! Please don't leave me I swear I'll stop just give me a chance! Please Alex, just one!" He cried out to me as I turned my back on my player of a mate and left him there with his heart broken like it should be. That day I thought he would get that there would never be an us and move on, but I guess he's not that smart and refuses to give up.
Geez, for one guy, he's as annoying as a million yelling people.
This is how I, Alexandra Frans, the Beta's daughter, rejected my mate, Daxon Herth, the player of the school and Alpha's son in front of the entire school... And I don't even feel sorry in the slightest.
Alexandra Frans is the daughter of the Beta and wanted to live a normal life. Finish high school, meet her mate, have a child or two, and live happily ever after with no strings attached. So guess her surprise when she has her gym class ruined by her mate, the Alpha's son, making out with the pack whore.
Daxon Herth is the son of the Alpha. He is a cocky, self-centred 19 year old man, who sleeps around with every girl that is willing. On his birthday, he was too full of himself to notice the people around him and was caught making out with the pack slut, by his mate. When Alexandra rejects him, he tries his hardest to get her back, but she doesn't seem to want to listen.
Will Alexandra be willing to give him a shot, or will she leave him behind and go find love somewhere else? Will Daxon fight for her back or just go back to his player ways?
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Seriously? I get up at 6:30am and get on the bus at 7:17... how you school so late?
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Don't look at him, he's probably crazy! -motherly words for teenager
julizpaleo100 Sep 29, 2016
wow wow wow, give the poor guy a chance, you guys just met... well as mates!
Forever_Musoka Sep 05, 2016
1. He should have saved himself 2. Give him a chance 3. I would have done the same thing
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Didn't they tell you that my name is Alex And I'm a goddamn savage.
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Skip to comments.Pelosi stands up for video game makers
Posted on 02/13/2013 6:15:58 AM PST by artichokegrower
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi probably picked up some votes among avid video gamers by shooting down an attempt by Chris Wallace of Fox News to link gun deaths with violence in video games.
On "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace," the host asked Pelosi about proposals to study the connection between popular culture and violence just as viewers saw action video clips from "Call of Duty: Black Ops II" and "Grand Theft Auto."
"We don't need another study, respectfully," Wallace said. "I mean, we know that these video games where people have their heads splattered, these movies, these TV shows, why don't you go to your friends in Hollywood and challenge them, shame them, and say, 'Knock it off'? "
But Pelosi, D-San Francisco, said more scientific research is needed because "we don't just want to be anecdotally writing bills."
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Must not have attended the State of the Union last night. Anyhow no gun manufacturers in Pelosi's district but a lot of gaming soft ware companies. No link between kids watching violence and then committing violence. Go figure.
"we don't just want to be anecdotally writing bills"
Hmmm... Like the 'Obamacare' monstrosity?
Anyway, on THIS one, I am sure money changed hands.
Term Limits.
Damm, I don't understand why none of these talking head nitwits ever do any homework.
-The facts are widely available about what percentage of troops fired their weapon the first time they were in combat during the Viet Nam war.
-The facts are widely available about what percentage of troops fired their weapon the first time they were in combat during the first Gulf War.
- The facts are widely available about what technology the military spent billions of dollars on between those two wars, and what they continue to spend billions of dollars on every year.
There is no debate. Get someone acclimated to pulling the trigger at a realist video human being, and they will pull the trigger when confronted with a real human being.
The big difference is that the military spends a couple of hours a day letting people get used to shooting real people via a video game, and then the other six hours teaching them when it is OK to actually shoot someone.
A strange loner playing realistic video games 14-15 hours in a dark basement receives no such balance.
There's no reason for a knee jerk reaction. /sarc
Blaming video games is just as silly as blaming guns. How about blaming the people who actually commit these evil acts, instead?
Nancy the nitwit has to make sure these 'industries' are encouraged.
If a video game came out depicting prominent politicians being exterminated in creative ways, I'll bet she'd start singing a different tune.
"No link between kids watching violence and then committing violence."
You know, I played thousands of hours of various Super Mario Bros games when I was a kid. I never once had an urge to become a plumber, eat giant mushrooms, or jump on peoples' heads.
I posted this on a thread a couple of months ago:
I was mobilized to go to Iraq in 06(USNR), and I was in my late 40s at the time. One day we were doing shoot-house training and I talked to a Sargeant First Class recently returned from Iraq about the youth of today. He said while our generation may have trepidation about pulling the trigger for the first time to kill someone. The younger generation had no such issue, they had practiced 10s of thousands of times.
The stunning and rapid decline in the rate of juvenile violence in the last couple of decades exactly matches the rise in popularity of realistic, violent video games.
If anything, video games are preventing real-world violence.
This moron either owns stock in video games or she is given contributions from the company that make these videos..She is afraid she might lose money if people stop buying..
"No link between kids watching violence and then committing violence"
But there IS a link when Sarah Palin puts a "bullseye" on a map and a representative gets shot? These people have absolutely no cognitive ability. (Or, they think we are all stupid.)
The first really popular, really violent and realistic first-person shooter video game was "Doom" in 1993, and they've taken off in popularity from there.
So why do murder arrest rates of 10-17 year olds suddenly collapse right when violent video games become popular? Shouldn't the rate go up if video games are causing it?
All I want to know is when are they going to make "Tetris: The movie"?
"By God man, we're almost at the top! Johnson, turn the L to the right and sink that SOB or we are doomed! Oh no here comes a square!"
I think we have pretty strong evidence to support your claim.
Follow the money: Obama is PAC-man, and Pelosi is Ms. PAC-man.
Obama's current game: Grand Theft (Semi-)Auto.
He's playing "FreeCell" with Muzzie terrorists who are playing World of Warcraft.
I'm not sure where that graph comes from, but if I had time to make one of my own, it would clearly show that the incidents of kids going into a school and shooting the place up DOES begin with the advent of violent video games (1990+). And every shooter since then HAS been shown to have spent many hours playing them. You might also want to read the response to my post by the Army vet for further proof.
I don't believe that violent video games CAUSE the people to go into a school and kill their classmates. Violent video games DO help to break down the inhibition to start shooting when the urge occurs.
The graph is from official US Department of Justice statistics.
So if violent video games cause violent crime, why would it uniquely be the (still extremely rare) case of kids going into a school conducting a mass shooting, but has NO effect, and possibly reduces, kids just murdering anyone anywhere?
(Or committing any violent act - the rate of violent crimes has dropped drastically as well.)
And keep in mind, the current rate of violent video game playing by 10-17 year old males approaches 100% - pretty much almost ALL of them play them a lot - yet the 10-17 male murder and violent crime rate drops?
The other serious problem your silly theory has is that countries like South Korea actually HIGHER rates and time played of violent video games, but tiny muder rates, and essentially no kids going into schools shooting them up.
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by William Teach | March 17, 2017 7:16 am
Yesterday I told you about Monty Python member Eric Idle[2] going bat guano insane on the subject of 'climate change', stating he wants "deniers" prosecuted in the International Criminal Court, and even going as far as to suggest that they be executed. Now we get
I hope he faces an international criminal court for this. This is terrorism by neglect & ignorance. https://t.co/xfs3LNEM4Z[3]
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) March 16, 2017[4]
This is in response to
Mulvaney is pretty blunt on climate change: "We're not spending money on that anymore," he says matter-of-factly.
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) March 16, 2017[5]
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That's OMB Director Mick Mulvaney, who stated[8] that spending money on 'climate change' is a waste of taxpayer money, and the Trump administration wouldn't do it anymore. Liberals are pretty tolerant, are they not?
Tolerant liberals. pic.twitter.com/ilZyL8Yx4O[9]
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) March 11, 2017[10]
Not really.
Crossed at Pirate's Cove[11]. Follow me on Twitter @WilliamTeach[12].
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Nails: Treats dry cuticles and nails. Adds shine to nails.
Body: Treats and prevents dry skin, especially, elbows, feet and other areas of thicker skin.
Argan oil (also called Argon Oil, Argane Oil) is pressed from the nuts (or kernels, like a peach pit) of the Argan tree. The Argan tree (Argania spinosa) is well adapted to the drought conditions of southwest Morocco and has a deep root system which helps protect against soil erosion. Argan trees are thorny, their trunks gnarled, and up to 10 meters tall, they can live for up to 200 years.