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An eldery wizard living in the Septarch's Tower
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Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Spiritual Knowledge
At first, I will admit I was a little non-plussed by the image. What does a guy on a roof with weird growths coming out of his head and a stick he's waving amongst red ribbons have to do with the title? However, the more I sank into the image, the more sense it made to me.
He is dressed in the white of spiritual purity, the colour of all other colours combined in light. The red ribbons form a sort of globe, like the foundations of a new world he is creating by directing his will through the wand in his hand. And he sits on a roof, so with an entire house supporting him. Whether seeing the house as a symbol of the self, as Jung did, or as a sign of prosperity, both play into the idea of abundance or wholeness.
Orna attributes this Token to the hebrew letter Zayin, associated with the element of air, and with the Lovers card in tarot. Here, then, it is about the choices we make, and being able to choose something that is both spiritual and materially rewarding. Whether this card recommends that you try to get advice from such a person, or become one yourself, will depend on the context.
Orna says that: "This aspect of the letter Zayin also indicates the need to dedicate a regular time each day to practice meditation and spirituality in a peaceful and nice place that will reload your energies." Always good advice, and something I'm trying to do.
Today, my focus is definitely on these ideas, as I try to complete my essay for this term of my counselling course. I will need to attain my Masters if I hope to make a living at this. I have also been meditating and chanting more regularly, and will try to post about that soon :)
I am grateful for the possibility of focusing on a spiritually fulfilling career.
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Lovely blog post - you are very good at making sense of what seem at first to be fairly random images!ReplyDelete
Now - get on with your essay!
Ali x
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It's one of the things that I like best about doing a Card of the Day like this - it makes me focus and think about the images more than if they just popped up in a reading with other stuff going on.
Now, I'll get on with my essay! *salutes forhead military style*
Chloë xx
I am growing more and more fascinated by this deck. Thanks so much for sharing this. I love the way you synthesize things.ReplyDelete
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You might want to check out Orna's other decks if you like the art. The Tokens are nice, I like the size and shape of them, but to get a good view of the art a larger card might work better. You may see what I mean if you take a look at one of the videos I did with them - they're about Oreo size. Just a thought... :)


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"What a special honor," Erin Prochnow, Executive Director of the YWCA Cass Clay said. "RDO is a community builder and we couldn't be happier that this project will bring our organizations together. Side by side, and with people who come to the event, we will ensure safety, security and hope are provided to women and children facing violence and homelessness."
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Thanks to my friend Bonnie for trusting me to update The Plastic Ocean Project blog while she's in the South Atlantic Gyre plucking and documenting plastics, I've been staying current with what they're doing and what they're finding... the other night I read 5 Gyres blog and could finally answer the question, "When will *I* stop??"
"Slowly but surely, we're showing the world that it's crazy to think you can clean this up, that gyre cleanup starts on land...And here's the pill I swallow every day when I wake up, go on deck and look at ocean - plastic particles, just below the surface, cover 75% of the surface of the earth. Yes, they're dispersed, but we're 1700 miles from land and everywhere we look, we find it. Everytime. Without exception. And the good companies we buy it from sponsor conferences and say that's okay. Well, it's not okay. It's not okay that convenience can break the entire ocean."
~ Stiv Wilson
What we're (all) doing by cleaning up on land is saving the ocean from another load of plastics that would have been destined to end up being ingested by marine animals or swirling about in our oceans. Sure my project has been about cigarette butts... BUT... cigarette butts are a prime example of people's lack of consciousness to "where" their discarded litter actually goes and the impact that they have on the environment. If we can change "that" mindset... I have nothing but hope for the possibilities :)
My kids and I (along with one of our dogs) went to Access 4 on Tuesday. It's only the second time that we've been to the North end of Wrightsville Beach. The north end is completely different than the south end. One of the most notable differences is the sand. It's so light and powdery that it's easily blown by the wind and forms a blanket (think like snow) over everything. The wrack line was completely covered in a good 4-6 inches of sand. Another difference that I noticed while we were picking up litter was the lack of litter. Something to do with less people?? or maybe it was all covered in a blanket of sand??
20 minutes on November 30, 2010
Cigarette butts: 44 (yes, this is the lowest yet!!)
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I finished another black and white drawing today. More bees. Lots and lots of bees! Buzz buzz
Then I decided to add color to see what it would look like. I think it looks good either way. What do you think?
It's time to get started on my NaNoWriMo novel, then more sketching.


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For families: Today's a nautical day of kid-friendly entertainment, crafts and activities at the Cape May Lighthouse in Cape May Point, NJ during their family fun day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
For web safety: Creating strong passwords, protecting your information and avoiding spam are all topics that'll be covered at the Free Library of Philadelphia's Central Branch on Vine Street during their Internet Security 101 session at 10:30 a.m.
For art lovers: Wednesday night is pay-what-you-wish at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on the Parkway. Other than exploring the museum's main building from 5 p.m. to 8:45 p.m., you can make crafts, taste beer, do some yoga, experience Shakespeare and much more.
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Hi this is Sherry and I am showing you a birthday card I made for my brother. Sure, his birthday was Wednesday and I haven't mailed it yet, but at least I made it, right?
For this card I pulled out my old buddy Riley. I have about 4 Riley stamps that I bought while he was part of Hannah Stamps- so yes, they definitely qualify under the Oldie part. In fact, this is the first time I used my Prismacolor pencils to color Riley. Crazy, right? Back when I bought him I was still using just my SU markers. A lot has changed since then.
To simulate water I cut SU Pacific Point in a wavy pattern (free-handed) and embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder. I kept it pretty simple- the HB is from the SU set, "It's Your Birthday" (I think?) And of course I stamped Happy Birthday on the inside.
I hope he likes it even if it is late. But then again if I sent someone in my family a card on time they might have a heart attack from the shock- and my brother is getting OLD. (says the baby of the family who is 10 years younger...lol) :)
Thanks for stopping by and have a great Thursday! One more day until the weekend- AND VSN! I hope to break out my older supplies and play along- I hope to see you there!
Inspiring Stampers to Dig in their Stash and Stamp with their Oldies but Still Goodies!
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Happy Birthday Bro!
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I just put this in the crockpot for dinner tonight. This is Sven and my favorites, so I thought I would share it. It is so easy to put together and soooooooo good!
Salsa Chicken
4 chicken breasts (We usually do 6 chicken breasts so we have leftovers!)
1 can rinsed black beans
1 bag frozen corn (we have started to use canned corn and we use two cans, cause I LOVE me some corn!)
1 jar salsa (get the kind you like and you can customize this dish, that is why we love this dish!)
Mix all together in the crockpot and cook 8-9 hours on low. Shred chicken w/ 2 forks, but really as soon as you pick it up or mix it, it just falls apart and shreds apart itself. You can eat it in tortillas with shredded cheese on top or over rice.
If you follow Weight Watchers a serving size is a cup which is huge and is 4 points per serving.
Friday, April 18, 2008
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- Team Boyd said...
I love this recipe. I've been making it since you first posted it on the Stlwed board! It's one of hubby's favorites!
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May be once in a year, it snows in Dallas... and today is that day for the year 2004. For the first time, I touched and felt the snow, played with it, made a small snowman out of it and enjoyed my presence in the midst of it. Sushil (my room-mate), was the first one in my appt to find the snow falling outside. He called us at-once, and we all went around the campus to feel and play with snow. It was toooo good... Several photo snaps were taken and they have been uploaded to the web. Check out the link at the right column of this page "SPLENDID PHOTO SNAPS: UTD".
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text: I just got off the phone with my Kaeden! How I miss him. He sounds really great and is having lots of fun with gramma and grampa. They just returned from a trip to visit my brother, sister-in-law, and newly turned one nephew where they went out in a boat innertubing and playing in the lake. Kaeden told me animatedly about all his adventures and I could tell he thoroughly enjoyed himself!!! Hearing his happy voice made me feel so much better, and hearing Jari talk to him on the phone made me realize what a close bond my boys have. Jari told Kaeden that as soon as he hears him at the door he is going to open it fast and give him a huge, tight hug. And mom told me Kaeden speaks often of his little brother as well. I hope that bond between them lasts forever. Kaeden also told me they bought a new car and he got to pick it out. He seemed quite pleased with himself...just as I'm pleased with him for being such a good kid and giving gramma and grampa only smiles and no grief. I'm just completely pleased the vacation is going so well...for everyone. I can't believe how peaceful our home is...no fighting and bickering and screaming...but the quiet reminds me too often of my little boy too far away in America. I miss the sound of his voice, his tight squeezes, his robust smile, the sound of him ceating another "treat" for mama in the kitchen. I hope when he returns home I can recreate some of the peace we are now having and bring it to our family after recharging from being a stressed out mom. We all deserve this break. But we all deserve happiness together as well, and I hope beyond hope that our love and commitment to each other keeps us strong...this time apart is definitely making me realize just how important my family is to me, and how important it is that I be a strong and patient mother to my beautiful little boys. Have a great time on your vacation Kaeden! We all miss you!!! XOXO


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Wonderful news everyone- we just signed and sent off the proof that says the cookbook has been edited and reviewed (ad nauseum!) and it is ready to begin printing! We are beyond thrilled to be moving to the next stage in seeing our dream come to fruitition. Next up: MARKETING!
Below are a few interesting things to share with you, that we think you will enjoy.
First off, is a webcast coming up on Friday, March 21st from Publishers' Weekly entitled "The Changing Cookbook Marketplace: Places Where Cookbooks Are Selling." These webcasts are always entertaining and informative.
PW Webcast: The Changing Cookbook Marketplace
And secondly is a recent NPR article about the amount of food wasted in the United States each year:
Yearly Food Waste in the United States
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"In Rio, peace depends on a delicate balance between the thug's ammo and the cop's corruption." -Elite Squad
Cidade de Deus, or City of God, is the name of the favela that Max and I visited today. If you've seen the movie City of God, then you know the place I'm talking about. If you aren't familiar with the term favela, they are slum towns in Brazil. During the 19th century, slaves were freed in Brazil and many had nowhere to call home. Because it was extremely difficult for slaves to find work, they were often too poor to afford housing in the city and were pushed out into the suburbs. Also, soldiers were brought from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro and left here without land ownership or homes.
Now, the favelas are the residence of more than 12 million people in Brazil. The largest favela in Rio, named Rocinha, is in walking distance from our hotel and is estimated to hold over 200,000 people. There are police guards armed with machine guns at the entrances to the favelas, and the police constantly roam through the shanty towns looking out for drug deals, sex traffickers, gang violence, and other criminal activity. Unfortunately, many of the officers are paid off by the drug lords, who are known to be rulers of the favelas. Many of the favelas are pacified, but because of the World Cup, criminal activity in the favelas has increased incredibly. Unlike my country and the American Dream, the Brazilians have little to no possibility of escaping their lives in the favelas due to the government and extreme separation between the upper and lower class. The middle class has seen growth in the past ten years, and the government and large companies have put more and more effort into resolving issues related to the favelas.
As we entered Cidade de Deus, it took less than 50 yards before we were stopped by the police, who had their guns drawn and aimed at us. We were with a pastor, and he explained in Portuguese that we were there for a Christmas party for the children. No one in the favelas own cars, they can barely afford food, so the officers probably thought we were looking for or bringing in drugs. After we explained our situation, we were allowed through without any conflict.
The favelas are incredibly dilapidated, and each house is connected to the next. They look like the slightest wind could blow them over. Most homes are one square room, and the entire family resides in this space. Max and I had the opportunity to walk into a guy's home, and it was probably around a 15 ft X 15 ft space at most. I can't try to explain what the residences look like compared to an American area because not even the poorest government housing units in the States compare to the favelas in population versus the living space. We saw a home where a two parents reside with their 8 children, and it was a bit smaller than the size of our hotel room.
The outskirts of Ciudade de Deus
When we parked our car, we were immediately greeted by some of the leadership team for the Christmas party and all of the children who were already beginning to celebrate. A tent was set up and decorated with Christmas decorations and a sound system was brought in to spread Christmas cheer through Christmas songs. A trampoline was also set up for the children, and food was plenty in the form of spaghetti and hot dogs, soda, popcorn, and popsicles. The barefoot children ran around singing songs, dancing, jumping on the trampoline, and enjoying the holiday spirit!
We met some Christians who have recently turned to Christianity because of the missionaries that have influenced the area. Paulo, a guy from the church, was telling us that they had a team residing in a house in the favela, and they built a garden to teach the children how to care for their land. Since then, they have built roads and strengthened the infrastructure of Cidade de Deus, and more importantly, they have changed the lives of the people by showing them Jesus through their service.
New brick roads and sidewalks built by the church and
Hugs between a church leader and a friend who resides in the favela
At first glance, the children appeared like every other child I've seen in my life. They might have a little more dirt on their feet and their clothes were obviously not bought at The Woodlands mall, but they were happy, adorable, and enjoying the Christmas festivities. As we began to interact with the children and communicate with them, their traumas became more evident. Max witnessed eight year old boys imitating snorting, smoking, and shooting drugs, and I had an 18 month old repeatedly punch me in the face while I played with him. Of course, children are children and it would be a lie if I were to say that none of my nieces have punched me in the face before, but these children learned their actions directly from their environment, quite possibly their parents. I know these children cannot all be put in the same category, but the majority of these children endure traumatic experiences from a young age. It's heartbreaking to hold a baby knowing that the likelihood for drug trafficking, hunger and poverty, and violence is extremely probable in the future.
After a day spent in the favelas, Max and I came back to our hotel room with our iPhones, iPad, macbook, closets full of clothes, and we ordered room service. Someone brought our food to our room, we ate, put the dishes outside of our room, and downloaded a movie from iTunes. We are so disgustingly privileged.
Our monetary wealth is a blessing, but at the end of the day, our spiritual health is most important. For these families, monetary gain is an unlikely event, but the hope that comes through Jesus gives a renewed spirit. For us, monetary gain never seems to be enough, but we know that there is only true fulfillment through the grace of Christ.
My favorite little boy <3
Soda is less expensive than water
Kids waiting in line for the trampoline
The kids got skills!
Another perspective of the newly built brick roads
This one loved a thumbs up!
Beautiful sisters
Leftover spaghetti
Most beautiful lashes I've ever seen
Our American friend, Jay Bauman, having some fun with the kids.
Melt. My. Heart!
So in love
Can't help but think of my protective and caring older sister
Max and his boyz
All of the children watching a performance of the Christmas story!
Brother and sister
Nothin' like a little cheeky.
I don't want this post to be a dreary post about the poverty in Brazil. I focused on these aspects of the favelas because they are real and they exist, and we too often forget. At the end of the day, our focus should remain on Jesus. Full time missionaries have devoted their lives to enhancing the lives of the people in the favelas and spreading the hope that is found through Christ.
Maybe poverty and violence aren't what you face this holiday season; Maybe your difficulties revolve around depression, the first Christmas without a loved one, or loneliness. This holiday season, may we all turn to the manger. May we celebrate and rejoice in the birth of Jesus, who's life and death on the cross enables us to live eternally in heaven, free from any turmoil.
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14
An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests." Luke 2:9-14
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this. Isaiah 9:6-7
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 2 Corinthians 3:17


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I want to change my pace. I have had a really good time running really long distances very slowly. I now am very focused on running shorter and longer runs much faster. I feel like I am re-teaching myself to like running. Running fast feels reaaaaal different and much more difficult. Today I ran 6miles at a 10min pace, which felt like a challenge. I am going to keep experimenting with challenging my natural SLOW pace and teach myself to be much quicker. Its actually really fun to be "fast". Everyone's idea of fast is different. I think that all of my paces are considered by most runners as slow, but thats okay with me. When you run fast your body feels like its working really hard and you get home faster which is nice when you've been at work all day. Faster equals lots of endorphins!!
I think one of the things I like best about running is that there are quantitative outcomes. There are so many things that I try hard at in my life that don't have as clear of outcomes. I run more= running becomes easier. I run faster= i can run longer faster. I really like hoe the amount of self motivation can really affect how well I will improve. I work hard at running faster and I am confident that running fast for long distances will become easier. My body will rise to the challenge, thats pretty neat. As always running feels pretty darn good. Inspiring every time I put my feet on the ground.


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These are the ONLY specialized programs for which current 8th graders can apply. All other specialized programs are available for application beginning in the students' 10th and 11th grade years. As always, no students will be considered for controlled enrollment for only their 12th grade year.
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Are You Jealous of My Laptop?: How to Deal With Relationship Trials and Tribulations When it Comes to Overuse of Devices
Innovation is not always a bed of roses – as our expert writer and founder of Girls in Tech Adriana Gascoigne explains below – how less can be more.
- There's a time and a place – create guidelines that work for you and your loved ones. For instance, no cell phone usage during meal time or no laptop usage in the bedroom or even, no social networking on the weekdays. These rules will help set boundaries for you and your family in an effort to increase the amount of human interaction and engagement, crucial to developing and strengthening relationships with loved ones and peers.
- Remember how life was before 1980 – take a trip back into time when we didn't have cell phones, iPods, iPads, computers, or even the internet. What was it like? People had to be creative and proactive about discovering new and interesting activities to entertain their families and communicate with each other. Meeting at parks, going to amusement parks, having more gatherings at home, going to the movies, etc. How do you ask your girlfriend on a date in this day and age? With a hand-written letter, phone call or with a text message? I bet most of you answered text message. Text messages are so impersonal and lazy. To show that you care and want to make an effort in courting a woman, the more traditional approach is best.
- Plan outings to enjoy the outdoors – nature is one of the best forms of entertainment and can facilitate authentic engagement with loved ones. Going on a hike, bike ride, sailing or horse back riding on a nice day is pure euphoria. You will inevitably bond with those individuals around you, engage in exploration, deep conversation and exchange smiles. This human interaction coupled with exercise is good for the soul and helps develop stronger relationships whether it's with a family member, friend or a date.
- Join a club, take on a hobby – as much as "joining a club" or "taking on a hobby" seems like something you would do while in primary school, it is still considered a very important part of a balanced adult life. Partaking in diversified activities and having unique interests creates a channel for open and interesting dialogue, it allows people to interact and bond with others and it enables people to learn and grow – whether it's a book club, boxing lessons, cooking classes or joining a dance group, these are all activities, which do not involve new technologies or devices.
- Leave your laptop at work – try to get into the habit of leaving your work at work. Limit the hours you work per day and the hours you spend answering emails, IMs, or text messages from co-workers. Once your fellow employees realize that you're a "work-a-holic" and that you are readily available and accessible via your devices at all times, they will feel free to take advantage of this and hound you whenever they feel like it. Set boundaries. Leave your technological devices related to your work at work and if you work virtually or from home, be disciplined and keep a daily work schedule, highlighting specific working hours, which you can realistically honor.
- Reignite the romance – the heart of this article originated from the lack of romance in society today. Women (and men to an extent) are not only getting asked out on dates via SMS, they are getting more "I love you" emails and eCards than actually being told "I love you" face-to-face. It's time to reignite the romance in your relationship; be creative when taking your mate on a date, try to decrease the amount of technology used to communicate with them (i.e. in-person is best) and be present when you are with that person; don't use your devices, focus on the person, the dialogue and growing the relationship.
- Honesty is the best policy – Ensure that you are open and honest about your internet activity with your family members, boyfriend or girlfriend, or spouse. Every year the amount of people with IAD increases, in addition to the number of divorces resulting from Facebook. Analyze your day-to-day usage of technology devices and the number of hours spent on the internet and calculate how much time you are spending with a piece of metal or plastic versus quality time with loved ones. Face-to-face interaction, sharing and engaging are crucial to human happiness and natural development; even though you might get some immediate attention and temporary excitement by setting up your online dating or social networking profile, it will never replace the fulfillment, sensation, and warmth you will obtain from a human relationship.
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Adriana is the founder and CEO of Girls in Tech, a non-profit organization, which she launched in February 2007. As a woman in tech, Adriana's passion lies in bolstering opportunities around the empowerment, engagement and education of women in tech. Previously, Adriana worked as the Vice President of Marketing at SecondMarket, the global marketplace for alternative investments. She was responsible for SecondMarket's marketing, branding strategy, event production and digital media efforts. Prior to joining SecondMarket, Adriana worked at a variety of technology start-ups spearheading marketing, communications and analytics. She worked at hi5, SocialGamingNetwork (SGN), Jambool's SocialGold, GUBA as well as Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide as the Vice President of 360 Digital Influence and Edelman as the Vice President of the Digital Group. She is an "Intel Insider," serving as a brand and product advisor for Intel. She is an advisor to a variety of start-ups including Involver, Numiyo Technologies, Palindrome Advisors, Charity Blossom, DooChoo, and Change.org. In 2009, Adriana launched SmittenWithMittens, a 501 (c) 3 providing fair trade mittens, clothing, uniforms and resources to orphans in developing countries. Adrianaholds a bachelor's degree in Sociology and Economics from the University of California at Davis, received a degree from El Tecnologico de Monterrey in Aguascalientes, Mexico in 2000, and participated in Semester at Sea, University of Pittsburgh in 1997. Adriana is fluent in Spanish and speaks some Japanese and French.
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Monce Abraham says:
Thanks for sharing Adriana, guilty of this (and have started leaving my laptop at the workplace – to create a boundary b/w work and life; in analogy to online and offline).
p.s.: Interesting how you have marked all points as '1'.
Best, Monce


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Kevin Owens Attacks Chris Jericho Again
WWE has continued the storyline between Chris Jericho and his former best friend Kevin Owens at this weekend live events. They issued the following statement regarding a recent attack to Jericho by the hands of Owens:
REGENSBURG, Ger. – On Saturday night, Universal Champion Kevin Owens laid waste to his former friend, the already injured United States Champion Chris Jericho, in the midst of WWE Live's Road to WrestleMania Tour through Germany.
Due to injuries sustained last week at the hands of Owens during the "Festival of Friendship" on Monday Night Raw, Jericho was deemed unable to compete on the tour. Nevertheless, the outspoken Superstar made a surprise appearance on crutches before the crowd in Regensburg, interrupting The Prizefighter's imminent contest against Roman Reigns. Unamused, KO proceeded to unleash another ruthless attack on his erstwhile best friend.
Will Owens suffer any fallout for his actions? How will this affect Jericho on The Road to WrestleMania? Find out Monday night at 8/7 C on Raw, when The Prizefighter's WWE Fastlane opponent, Goldberg, is scheduled to appear.


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When you live the way we do, you wind up spend a lot of holidays and special days away from family. Far away. Like an ocean away.
A couple of years ago I saw a picture pop up on Facebook of one of my friends (her name rhymes with 'Baggie Bibsen') with her mom on one of these occasions. I was happy for my friend, but also jealous that she was able to be with her mom that day and I couldn't. I remember wishing that she would hug her mom one extra time that day – just because she could.
Today, I'm so happy to be celebrating with my mom. So for each you who is not able to do the same, for whatever reason, know that I am hugging her 'extra' for you today and appreciating each special moment.
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Our teens love any kind of takeout food. Apparently, they love takeout teeth, too.
Petya had his wisdom teeth removed, then Pasha, now it's time for Mashenka, who turns 18 in another month. Straight down the birth line.
So today's her day. We drove most of the night in order that she could be in her bed in the other house for a few hours before rising and heading for the oral surgeon's office. We knew the routine well-enough: plenty of hydration until midnight, then no eating nor drinking until after surgery. I put a big sign in her bedroom: No drinking water!
In preparation for post-surgery, Benedetto and I had been gathering special foods for weeks. First, she would enjoy the smooth, cold foods: yogurt, ice cream, pudding, V-8 juice, milkshakes. Then after a couple of days, she could eat warmer pureed foods: mashed potatoes, strained cream of pea soup, if she wanted! I offered to pull out the blender and puree a sub sandwich for her, her fave, but she declined the friendly offer.
You may recall Pasha, who looooved all things sugar, complaining of headaches and sugar-overload after the first couple of days. (It's surprising the number of yogurts and juices loaded with sugar.) By the third day, we were in another city on a mini-spring break and I was stopping in any kind of supermarket along the way to buy Pasha tomato juice and Greek yogurt just to stabilize him. Later that day, when eating in a special establishment, helpful servers asked the chef who agreed to mash him up a mound of white potatoes and sweet potatoes, no skins involved. You never saw such a happy camper.
So here we go again.
I'm in the waiting room, ready to text my husband when she's in recovery. I remember the exact books I was reading the last time I was here.
Thankfully, the oral surgeon's son played tennis with Petya, who now coaches the high-school boys' team on which he plays. He's a caring and highly-capable man who cuts us a break for our repeat business. I always have the kids write him a thank-you note afterwards.
Mashenka, you'll do fine. If you were still in the Old Country, you'd really be up the creek. But here, you're safe and sound. I will change your bloody gauzes hour after hour. All will be well and back to normal soon.


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It's been awhile since I gave the 101 Things list any love...and I'm here to remedy that today. Let me give you a little update on what I've been up to lately.
#57 - Have a Yard Sale!
Done! I accomplished this in the fall and I even blogged about it here! It was tons of fun and we made a lot of money! Always a nice way to start the Christmas shopping season!
#64 - Go on a girls weekend trip with Anna Catherine and Kathleen.
This also happened back in the fall...the weekend before Thanksgiving to be exact. We had a great time in St. Petersburg and Clearwater. We ran in the Women's Half Marathon down there and then spent a few days at the beach...Love spending QT with these girls.
#75 - Make 2 new friends.
For anyone who knows me, you know that I love meeting new people and having tons of friends. Well, that fact alone made this task somewhat difficult. The reason is because it's hard for me to determine at what point I've have crossed over to becoming "friends" with someone. I mean, both of these 2 girls I have known for several years! And I'm not exactly sure at what point I became friends with them, but it seems like one day I looked up and realized that I consider them both good friends. They are very sweet, lots of fun, and I know they would do anything for me...and I would them.
The first is my friend, Katie from work. She's a sweetheart and we have tons of fun talking about everything going on in our lives and what's happening outside the office. She can also bake a killer cake and is a large supply of some of my favorite recipes. We're also joining the Junior League together this year, so I'm super pumped about that!
The second is my friend, Laura. She and I are in the Nashville Junior Chamber together and we actually served on the Board together, before my term was up. Sometime last year, she joined our Kickball team and I think that's when we really got to know each other better! Anyone who knows Laura knows she's a super fun chic!
I consider myself very lucky to add these 2 ladies to my "friends" list! If you don't know them, you should definitely meet them!
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Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris-This references the countdown to the end because this book sounds like it was some crazy, awesome sci-fi elements in it.
Insurgent by Veronica Roth-I don't think there is any question why I need to read this.
Wentworth Hall by Abby Grahame-This sounds a lot like Downton Abbey which makes me all the more willing to give it a try.
When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle-This is a modern day retelling of Romeo and Juilet but I believe it focuses on Rosaline.
I cannot wait to read all of these books! They all look fantastic!
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This is So Not Happening by Kieran Scott-I've already read this one and I loved it!
For Review: (from Netgalley)
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Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
The Unquiet by Jeannine Garsee
One Moment by Kristina McBride
Timepiece by Myra McEntire
Bad Hair Day by Carrie Harris
Touched by Cyn Balog
Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan
Kissing Shakespeare by Pamela Mingle
Velveteen by Daniel Marks
Flirting in Italian by Lauren Henderson
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Before You Go by James Preller
As you can see I went a bit crazy. But many of the books I'd requested about a month ago and they just now came through!
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Financial Times: Macedonia considers changing its name to join NATO
Newly appointed Foreign Affairs Minister Nikola Dimitrov told the Financial Times that Macedonia is considering changing its name in order to be allowed to join NATO. Dimitrov is set to travel to Athens for a meeting with his Greek counterpart on Wednesday.
"Macedonia will consider changing its name in an effort to unlock Greek opposition to its Nato membership, the country's foreign minister has said.
Membership of the alliance would help calm the wider Balkan region after months of political tension that occasionally spilled into bloodshed, Nikola Dimitrov will tell senior Nato officials in Brussels on Monday. Mr Dimitrov said he would meet Greek ministers on Wednesday to restore trust between the two neighbours after Athens vetoed the Balkan republic's Nato application in 2008. 'I will ask Greece to reconsider what kind of neighbour they want — do they want a stable, friendly country that offers hope for democracy and justice?' he said in an interview. 'If we are a good 'neighbour, then hopefully political forces in Greece will realise this is a historic opportunity.", the Financial Times writes.
According to the paper, Greece sees the new, SDSM led Government in Macedonia, as more cooperative than the VMRO-DPMNE led Government, but still sees no need for a hasty solution to the name issue. "There are grounds now for more optimism and we're hoping for progress when our foreign ministers meet in Athens next week. This is an issue that has been on the table for more than two decades and it would be rash to make any prediction", a Greek official told the Financial Times. The paper says that any move would meet opposition from the nationalist ANEL party, which is party of the ruling Greek coalition, but also from a lesser known nationalist wing within the main ruling SYRIZA party. While in opposition, the far left SYRIZA said it would allow Macedonia to call itself what it wants, but once it assumed power in 2015, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras changed his position.
Dimitrov told the Financial Times that any agreement on a new name would be put to a referendum in Macedonia, and would be introduced in inter-party consultations. Unnamed commentators told the Financial Times that the process could last for up to a year, and was sparked by the renewed Russian push in the Balkans, including the attempted coup in Montenegro.
"The Balkans is not a very happy place; in many places, people feel there is a chance to change the status of the post-Yugoslav war settlements. By welcoming Macedonia, Nato could have a calming effect on the region", Dimitrov told the Financial Times.


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The Farm in the Small March Trailer (1976)
04 February 1976 Drama, War 126 mins
War arrives to a small secluded village in Vojvodina. The Germans take a group of hostages through the village and on their way molest a small boy. As revenge the boy sets the German corn on fire. An intelligent and shrewd Gestapo officer Sicer arrives to investigate. He does not even suspect that he is up against a group of small boys, led by Milan and Vaso, and orders that all men from the village be taken to custody. He announces that one man will be shot each day unless the real culprit steps forward. Children contact the partisans.
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Learn more about zodiac signal profiles on the whole. Ensure that your gardening does not go awry when Mercury is in retrograde, and take a look at your zodiac profile for gardening.
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We have been working with the RHA team and I must say that they are wonderful, I am really impressed with them and how well they work with Griffin. He has come a long way since they started working with him about 3 weeks ago, Griffin is not hitting me everyday like he was and our home is much calmer and quieter. Neither of us feel the same frustration that we had before and hopefully the computer will last longer because I just moved it and posted the rules and plan to reinforce them. He knows that if he breaks the computer that he is not getting another one, I am hoping that I can get a laptop for me if this happens so that I can use it while he is in school.
I am just so grateful that we are on the right path...the path of peace of mind, of love and affection, and now that he is about to turn 11 years old I am hoping that he will grow closer to me instead of away from me. I know how teenagers can be.
Lately I have been going through my own issues realizing that I have to cope with them in order to be a better mom to Griffin. I must love myself first and give to myself, and let go of fear in order to truly love anyone especially the most precious one of all.....Griffin Blaise. I've never been good at having relationships with anyone, I always seem to screw them up by saying all the wrong things or doing the wrong things if I do have Aspergers then it would be no surprise because I just cannot figure people out! I plan to get an evaluation soon because I think that it is important that I know and get help. I live in a shell hardly going out anywhere due to social phobias and it would be good to know the reason.
I signed Griffin up for swim classes and I am so excited for him, he is going to have so much fun because he loves the water. I have tried him in so many different sports but the only thing that he really likes is swimming. Got to go, Griffin is hungry yet again and Huge is about to come over for Intensive In Home.
Life is not without its challenges but also full of blessings. When I hear my son's laughter all those challenges temporarily fade away: and when I think of the unconditional love that we share, I realize what a precious gift that has been bestowed upon me in this lifetime in which I had never imagined would be so magnificent. The one thing that I am sure to tell him every day is that I love him and that he is exactly the way he was meant to be created..He is PERFECT!
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I got accepted in to the Nursing program for the Spring 2013 start for core courses. I am wondering if there is anyone else out there that will be starting with me? I will be attending the West Bend... Read More
Jun 11, '13Congrats on passing the NLN! I looked online and it looks like there might be as many as 12 open slots for Beaver Dam Campus, 16 for Fond du lac and 4 for West Bend. Good Luck to you! I hope they don't make you wait as long as they made us wait. It felt like forever!!
Jun 17, '13Congrats!! Two girls in my Micro class got calls today too. One got BD and the other FDL.
Jun 21, '13Yes, I live in BD and work at the UW Hospital in Madison, so I really didn't want to drive and hour to school!
Jun 21, '13I have a question though... So I am Beaver Dam. Does that mean I will always get Beaver Dam classes?
Jun 22, '13At orientation they said that all of your core classes will be at the campus you were assigned to. You can take generals at any campus.
Jun 22, '13I should say the only exception to that would be if a clinical would be canceled due to low numbers meaning if a lot of people fail out, drop out or for whatever reason are not in the clinical. You then maybe transfered to another campus for clinicals.
Jun 22, '13Good to know! I really didn't want to drive all over for school... It is going to be busy enough with two kids work and a husband!


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Wednesday, 2 May 2012
2nd May 1987
Today is our silver wedding anniversary. The local florist has just delivered this bouquet from Mr. F.. Mr F. is at work today, so I'm off to visit Whitlenge Gardens with the in-laws - and no it isn't raining (yet). There's a luxury weekend away planned, but not until September, when hopefully, the sun might be shining.
Now, excuse me whilst I nip off to arrange my flowers in an artistic fashion.
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Labels: Anniversary
6 comments:
- Andi's English Attic said...
Congratulations on reaching such a milestone. Have a wonderful day - even if husband has to work. Any gray clouds will have silver linings for you today, I'm sure! xx
- 2 May 2012 at 10:10
- Paula said...
What beautiful flowers hope you have a lovely day.
P x
- 2 May 2012 at 12:54
- The Vintage Knitter said...
Happy Silver Anniversary to you and Mr F...lovely choice of flowers too!
Hope you've had a great day :-)
- 2 May 2012 at 17:07
- Rosie said...
Congratulations for your special day. Your flowers are lovely. We had an anniversary over the weekend too, 33 years this year:)
- 2 May 2012 at 17:16
- Thea said...
Congratulations on your silver Wedding Anniversary, beautiful flowers, Enjoy !
Thea x
- 2 May 2012 at 20:21
- Rose H (UK) said...
Many congratulations on your Silver Anniversary! Gorgeous flowers :o) Hope you had a wonderful day.
Best wishes
Rose H
- 2 May 2012 at 23:25
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I am delighted to be welcoming Di Ford-Hall back this weekend to Elm Grove Patchwork.
Di will be teaching over both Saturday and Sunday, covering all aspects of needle turn appliqué, Broderie Perse, and sharing her amazing talent with fussy cutting. She has also kindly agreed to teach the centre block of Pendle Hill, a quilt she is designing for her upcoming new book with Quiltmania.
Due to illness and unforeseen circumstances I now have a couple of vacancies in the class. If you would like to join us, please give me a call on 0427 819105 or drop me an email.


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More poems in our Fall Issue.
To read a selection from Aliki's study of Emily Dickinson"Mastering the Master"
To order books at bn.com by Aliki Barnstone
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"Blue" and "Bathing Jesus" are from Voices of Light: Spiritual and Visionary Poems by Women Around the World from Ancient Sumeria to Now
"Blue," "Bathing Jesus," "Wild With It," "Bedtime Story in Serifos" will be included in Wild With It forthcoming from Sheep Meadow Press.
All other poems are from a work-in-progress, tentatively titled Bright Body
Aliki's poems are also online at Exquisite Corpse
To visit Aliki's website
Aliki Barnstone
Wild With It
I am your underground river, filter and fiber of your blood,
your Mississippi calm beneath hills clambering from its banks,
Mississippi flooding its banks, volcano flaming the sky
to ash, tidal wave, Greek island, redolent with oregano and thyme,
dry salt air, sea stroking your naked thighs, sunlight drying
blond hairs on your legs and arms, your sun burning away all sight
except its own light, sun pumping color and shape into the land,
the little whitewashed house, the bed below the windowful
of mountains breathing deep into the earth, bones of knees,
elbows, flesh of breasts and cocks, cunts and shoulders,
broad chest where the heart beats making the capers
and daisies tremble, all the nerves of thistles and sticks,
electric and telephone wires buzzing on your skin.
I am your full moon spreading its lustrous white skin
across the sea to New York, to oil and rain-slicked streets,
to millions of shoes scuffing the sidewalks, and windows lit
with lovers and families, kitchens where pots and pans dangle
from the ceiling, bathrooms—a guy's bent head as he fills the bowl,
pens, notebooks, computer screens—I am your world wide web,
an easy chair—you hold a book on your knee—
a bare belly appearing before the shade goes down,
the kiss deepening to a bite on your swooning neck.
The one who comes between us I will burn, bury, break,
shoot off in a rocket to the nothing of space. I am I am I am.
And in you I am for you are the sun that whites out
and recreates, even undermined, our two entwined shapes.
Wild Wind
I listen to the wind lecture across the northern plains
but it's not content. It rubs its shoulders
against the house-I guess it wants
to be understood, wants to slink
across the sky with lightning, that glamour queen,
wants to be one with it all, the sexy one, the warbler.
So it belts out a vibrato, then hardens itself,
yowling through storm windows, making the walls
of the house and the bed where I lie tremble.
And now it sobs. Why won't it stop
bellowing frustration? Calm down. Grow warm.
Settle into a murmur like our voices talking in the night,
though all the while, beyond will, I am wild for you.
Bedtime Story on Serifos
Tonight the moon rose over the island, full, orange, and laughing,
and made a wide orange path on the sea,
lighting vous, the deserted island called ox.
We carried our daughter through the village.
First I carried her, then you,
and I watched her watch
the children running through the square,
laughing and gathering around the ice cream chest
outside the bright fluorescent grocery store.
She lay her hand on one shoulder,
her cheek on the other
as you spoke to her and she to you.
I thought of the first time she said moon.
pointing to the light face
peeping through trees.
I didn't know then if you would be with us now
in the whitewashed village, this spiraling labyrinth
of the mountain, designed to confuse invading pirates.
We know our way here most of the time,
know the ten paths to our house,
which steps are most gradual,
the greetings to say to the old people
who gather to talk in the cool night
and call out goodnight and sweet dreams to passersby.
She cried, wouldn't let me put on her diaper
or pyjamas, or kiss her or hold her,
wouldn't laugh when I tickled her.
You came from the shower, calmed her instantly
with your low voice, dressed her for bed,
read her to sleep.
She must have been tired from a day in the sea,
laughing in shallows.
I worry an unspoken sorrow swells her gasping face.
You close the book when the lost invader,
tricked by the paths we walk every day,
turns away and fades into the sea's black periphery.
Good night, little girl. Good night, laughing moon.
She is safe now sleeping in your arms.
The village murmurs inscrutably with the owls' night song.
Aphrodite's Apricots
I think when Aphrodite rose from the foam
and walked the rocky beach of Paphos
she smelled of apricots. Clambering
on the land, she followed the scent of apricots,
found herself in the orchard
where trees confound time
and flower and bear fruit at once.
She made wreathes of the flowers for her head
and to wind around her sapling neck
and ate apricots until midnight.
Fragrant skin, soft skin of apricot
touched her palms and she brought
to her lips all the rounds of the body
and her tongue tasted all the creases
where round meets round.
At midnight she lay down in grasses
and traveled from star to crystal star,
letting her light breath travel the cosmos
and whisper, in each human ear,
craving for apricot flesh and a juice sweetened tongue.
The Sea Inside
The last swim of the day
eyes level with water flat as a mirror for the sky's face
you see a school of fish leap above the horizon
a silver quarter-moon made of a hundred silver quarter-moons
the shimmering sand sends up
gold neon double-helixes to wriggle on ultramarine and torquoise
how completely inside your own skin you are
your hands below the sea's lucid surface
reach and reach as if you would never stop
Blue is Greece where fishermen tame their boats,
where I float naked in the color of truth, the sea
humming in my ears, lulling me with ultramarines
like a baby kicking in amniotic seas, like god
whose throne is this transparent blue bowl,
this star-sapphire studded cradle of waves.
She must have blue skin and eyes, lapis lazuli
looped in strands and strands around her rounded belly
and her breasts amply squirting blue-white milk.
She must make love on silk sheets of azure air.
She must have been there in the window,
that narrow shaft in the hospital wall letting in
pale blue spring light the morning my daughter was born.
She hid in the forget-me-nots in the wallpaper,
fluttered in the doctors' and nurses' dull blue medical gowns,
glinted in the metallic hue of the scissors that cut the cord.
Her indigo threads embroidered the bloody placenta.
She colors the newborns' eyes with her cyan hand.
for babies come from her inside-out world.
She is in the bluish spit against the evil eye.
When I'm blue I close my eyes and see with my third eye.
Cerulean light comes from the island in my brain
where sunflowers crook their necks, weary of time.
Sunflowers, your wild fire hair burns in blue.
Peaceful blue, luminous blue, keep my daughter safe.
She splashes her little feet in Aegean sea,
reaches her hands into blue beauty. I hug her dry
in a towel deep blue as Mary's timeless robes.
Bathing Jesus
If he were a word made flesh I would want to wake him from his
***** godliness
and wash his godliness from him as I bathe his feet in my laughing tears
and dry them with my heat and hair and anoint the topography
***** of his head with euphoric oil
and comb his beard with electric fingers and pull his face close to mine
to see the multitudes in the pores in his skin, God's intricate human
***** handiwork in his cheek.
He would see the flame in my eye burning in time's skull, deep
***** as the first breath that lighted the Milky Way.
I would pull the shirt from his shoulders and the shirt from mine
until our garments lay on the floor, cloth lungs pulsating
***** with the curtain's white muslin and the little breezes
***** coming in the window, everything alive,
even the wood floor under our feet warm with the oak's broad
***** and branching spirit.
And I would pour warm water on his back and thighs and wake
***** the man in him, wake his hand
reaching for my flushed and water-slicked arm, his palm singeing
***** the place below my collarbone,
make him taste each word on my tongue, each complex mix of sweet
***** and bitter and sour and salt
and make him sing out from his body, the lips, the tongue, the throat,*****
the heart, the blood, all the traveling heats of flesh. Praise them.


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- MIbee2013
- 5 years ago
- Wedding: November 2013
So we are hosting and paying on our own for a moderately sized wedding, 140 people. This is the max that our room can hold and the max we can afford.
I come from a huge family, I have 12 aunt's and uncles on one side and 6 on the other, and 45 first cousin's not including signifcant others. I picked and chose who I invited, and cut out 18 cousins + dates (36), some because I hadn't talked to in 3+ years and others because they are convicts or drug addicts. I'm not even close with half of my family but felt obligated to invite most of them.
This isn't including my fiance's family. Or friends whom we see weekly and have a relationship with.
Most recently my invitations went out and I had one Aunt asking my mom about her invitation (whom I am not inviting) and another aunt asking me about her son's invitation.
Which in my opinion is tacky in itself to ask about an invitation in the first place.
How did others address this issue?
I told my Aunt inquiring about her son that our original guest list was over 250 people and we had to cut it down to 140, and that once I get more no's I can send out more invites. Problem is most people will wait until the very last minute to reply or wont do so at all.
I just hate that people put you in that place or predicament. It's just as bad as people assuming they have a plus one. Which I am also dealing with. Our wedding is 45 minutes away and 2 of my gf's got separate hotel rooms because they think are going to ask a random guy to be their date to the wedding, although I did not give them a plus one. I've known both several years and neither have had a bf in that time period nor do either have one now. I have yet to get an RSVP from either of them, but I already told the other 4 in the group I wasn't giving plus one's unless you were in a relationship, guess no one has told them or wants to. I wasn't going to pay for them to bring someone just to bring someone, that itself seems tacky. So do I wait until the plus one's or nip it prior to them sending it?
Fiance's mother told us to invite her out of state family as a courtesy. We had no intentions of inviting any of them because Fiance has only seen them 2x in his entire life. And now we have half a dozen of them unexpectedly coming.
Lastly I dealt with the honor of a cousin of mine calling me a liar when I said I was funding my own wedding, because my bs'ing alcoholic father is telling people he is giving me a 1k a month for 6 months. I told her I'd love to see some of that money, too bad I hadn't, nor will I ever.
Needless to say I am stressed and having a difficult time dealing with people in general. I feel as if no one is happy about the wedding. People make it out like it is a burden and inconvenience for them to attend. My fiance and I keep saying to one another that these people needn't come then if it is such a pain. Because we know other's who would love to attend.
Any advice or people who have gone through this and how you dealt with it all would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.


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"listen: there's a hell of a good universe next door; let's go" May 11, 2017Posted by Peter Varhol in Uncategorized.
Tags: air travel, news
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I was once again reminded of this line from an e. e. cummings poem, rather rudely, when I read that the United States was considering a laptop ban on flights from and to Europe. Having just returned from Europe last night (Stockholm), lugging not one but two laptops, I suddenly found myself thrust into an alien alternative universe that I didn't understand.
While we are by no means perfect, the citizens of the United States have certainly enjoyed one of the highest levels of personal freedom in the history of the world. And yet I wonder. Could it be that we really don't want that freedom?
I was in Zurich several years ago, watching teenage boys dive off of a major street bridge into Lake Zurich. This would never be allowed to happen in the U.S. I told my sponsor, a thoughtful and worldly person, and he replied, "I think we in Europe take more personal responsibility for our actions. The state doesn't protect us from ourselves."
And I was in Stockholm this week, looking out my hotel window at the Hammarby ski slope Monday night. Shortly before 6 PM, the slope was full of runners, in groups, at its height, I estimate at least 75 people in four groups, plus individuals. They were running up the ski slope, running down, running in circles halfway up. I invested five minutes to walk over and talk to a few of them. There were various groups, older, young, male, female, training for various purposes.
I am a runner, but I walked up to the top of the mountain, and walked down. These people are in such incredible physical condition. Collectively, they looked like the bad guys (and women) in a Matt Damon movie. No ski slope in the U.S. would allow people to come in and do this kind of unsupervised physical activity; there would be a lawsuit a week because of injury.
There are certainly significant tradeoffs in safety and freedom. When I read that we will allow laptops in checked luggage, but not in the cabin, I think we have swung too far.
And worse, any safety in this action is false safety. There can be no discernably less risk from this action. What it does is reinforce our fears, and reinforce our isolation from others around the world.
For the most part, people are people, worldwide, with similar desires, needs, and motivations as us. We can work together to overcome physical threats. And we should do so.
Yes, this too shall pass, in time. But it is unfortunate that we have to go through a stage of irrational and unreasonable personal fear to get there.
About Airlines and Air Travel July 15, 2014Posted by Peter Varhol in Uncategorized.
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As we discuss the world's best airlines, my blood can't help but boil. In my formative years (1970-1980s, I suppose), US airlines offered meals, generally polite behavior, and reasonable service. Except when they didn't; I was certainly delayed often in my early days. I came of age in the 1980s, at the cusp of deregulation.
Guess what airlines also offered in the golden age? High prices and exclusionary practices. The average person in my early life didn't fly. They either drove, or didn't go at all. Flying was the provenance of the moderately (or better) wealthy, or the business traveler, and the rest of us made do.
I suppose there were two events that opened up air travel. First, of course, was deregulation, circa the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. The US generally stopped regulating who could start an airline, and when and where they could fly to. At the stroke of a pen (from Jimmy Carter, incidentally), air travel became something any American could do, and several times a year if they desired. The other was People's Express airlines, a short-lived experiment at opening up air travel at a low price.
The problem, of course, is that we believed (and oddly still believe) that we deserved Cadillac service on a Chevy budget. Today, flying is cheaper in absolute dollars than it was in the 1970s and 1960s, and grossly cheaper in inflation dollars. My business flight that cost $1000 30 years ago likely cost $500 today, and we still bitch of the price.
About prices. You used to have to pay a great deal to fly. That's where you got the service. Today, we spend a couple hundred bucks to fly coast to coast, and complain that we aren't treated like royalty. Sorry, flights are short, relative to what we do at our destination, and I am happy to trade a low fare for getting to a different location quickly. I've looked at train travel, and for price, time, and convenience, it doesn't at all compare. Face it, even in the Northeast Corridor, where we have the most trains, train travel is an incredible time sink, even if I can get to the train station.
About people. I remember when we put on suits and ties to fly. We were out in public, after all, and cared about how we looked. Today we get all manner of dress, with the trend toward being down-market. I'm not saying that's a bad thing (it's good to be comfortably while flying), but it does speak to the change in demographic and attitude brought about by the change in regulation and frequency.
Of course, sometimes it is much more, often for the same seat, depending on when and how we book. Should all seats be the same price, no matter what? The egalitarian nature in us says yes, but the airline wants to fill all of the seats, all of the time. Is that such a bad thing?
I am not opining that today is better, worse, or indifferent. However, I am very much saying that we have a privilege today that we wouldn't have had 30 years ago. I would not be a frequent traveler in the 1960s. That privilege has been made more difficult than it perhaps should be, based on the events of 9-11 and others, but it is still very much accessible to all of us.
Those who complain about the cost or service on flying today are simply small-minded (and I don't say that lightly). We are very much getting what we are paying for. We could pay more for better, except that most of us will instead select a lower cost alternative. And please don't tell me that Southwest or other airline provides better for less; I've priced them, I've flown them, and they don't.
And as we compare US carriers with foreign airlines, let me say simply that others are subsidized, or are monopolies, or have not yet discovered the economic realities of mass air travel. Or don't practice mass air travel for their populations.
That, I think, is the part that we miss as we pine for an earlier era. In that era, the vast majority of us simply would not have flown. To complain of declining service air today is, well, idiocy, sorry.


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ARLINGTON, Texas — Talk about a 1-2-3 punch for the Blue Jays in these playoffs.
The wild-card Blue Jays have rediscovered their power stroke in October, and are going home with a chance to sweep the Rangers in the AL Division Series after a 5-3 win Friday.
Edwin Encarnacion capped a three-homer burst in the fifth inning off Yu Darvish, and Toronto won on a dreary, misty afternoon for a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five matchup.
One important reminder, though: Last fall, Toronto lost the first two games of the ALDS at home against Texas, then rallied to win the series.
"I learned something last year … you got to win three games," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "They've got a great team over there. You don't lead the American League, powerhouse league, you don't luck into that."
Wearing spikes that had "No Panic" printed on them, closer Roberto Osuna got a five-out save that sent the Blue Jays home looking to clinch the series in Game 3 Sunday night.
Osuna entered after reliever Francisco Liriano was hit near the back of the head by Carlos Gomez's line drive — Liriano was hospitalized as a precaution and was cleared to fly home with the team.
It was Osuna's first appearance since he left the mound in the AL wild-card win Tuesday night with a shoulder injury that left his status in doubt.
Kevin Pillar, Ezequiel Carrera and Encarnacion, who ended the wild-card game with a three-run homer in the 11th inning, hit solo homers in a five-batter span in the fifth. Troy Tulowitzki's two-run drive in the second put 20-game winner J.A. Happ and the Blue Jays ahead to stay.
"Getting behind in the count, and they were looking for fastballs," Darvish said. "When I left it on the plate, they got it."
Texas scored twice in the eighth, including Gomez's single that struck Liriano.
Toronto was outhit 13-6.
While Toronto finished the regular season fourth in the majors with 221 homers, there were only eight the last 11 games. They already have eight in three postseason games.
"Home runs are always a good thing," Gibbons said.
Darvish had as many strikeouts (four) in his five innings as homers allowed, becoming the first pitcher in the postseason to allow four homers in a game since Minnesota's Rick Reed against Oakland in Game 3 of the 2002 ALDS.
Texas has lost five straight ALDS games to the Blue Jays since winning the first two games in Toronto last October. The Rangers dropped to 1-11 in ALDS games in their home ballpark, including Cole Hamels worst-ever postseason outing in a 10-1 series-opening loss Thursday.
"We've come back from a lot this year. We all believe in each other," said Texas outfielder Ian Desmond, who drove in two runs but was also thrown out trying to score on an infield grounder.
Happ allowed nine hits but only run, leaving one batter into the sixth.
"You go into a game knowing that at some point they're going to get their hits," Happ said. "But yeah, it was a battle. It seemed like a long five innings."
Osuna, who afterward said he felt no pain, came in a little earlier than planned, a move that followed Liriano getting struck.
The ball off Gomez's bat was measured at 102 mph, and Liriano turned away just in time to avoid being hit in the face. Gomez winced as the ball caromed into right-center to make it 5-2.
Desmond drove in a run with a grounder before Osuna struck out Carlos Beltran to end the eighth.
Adrian Beltre was stranded at second after a leadoff double in the ninth.
COOL DOWN: At first pitch, it was overcast with a temperature of 67 degrees, but the game started on time after rain fell overnight and in the early-morning hours at Globe Life Park. It was 90 degrees Thursday at the start of the series opener that was played under bright, sunny conditions.
OUT AT HOME: Desmond had a leadoff double in the seventh, but later thrown out at the plate when third baseman Josh Donaldson fielded a grounder and threw home. The out call stood after a replay challenge by the Rangers.
TRAINER'S ROOM: Blue Jays second baseman Devon Travis was scratched from the starting lineup about an hour before first pitch because of right knee irritation. Rangers rightfielder Shin-Soo Choo was out of the lineup after playing Game 1, but manager Jeff Banister said Choo was fine physically. Choo was on the disabled list four times this year, and had missed 39 games with a broken left forearm until last weekend.
UP NEXT: For the Blue Jays, one of the two losses by right-hander Aaron Sanchez, the AL ERA leader at 3.00, was to Texas. He gave up a season high-matching six runs and was the loser in that May 15 game with the bench-clearing brawl after Toronto star Jose Bautista was punched by Rougned Odor. For the Rangers, right-hander Colby Lewis is 4-1 with a 2.38 ERA in nine career postseason games (eight starts) for Texas. In 2010, he won the AL Championship Series clincher to get the Rangers to their first World Series, and beat San Francisco in Game 3 for their only victory in that series.


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Saturday, November 15, 2008
I am excited to say that one of the funniest bloggers on the interweb, Brendan Donnelly, has started a t shirt line. Not only does he have the cutest lil' effer as his model but the shirts pay homage to my bathroom. I'm looking forward to picking one of these up for my nephew.
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