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So we need to be careful on who gets chosen, otherwise we're doing the mafias job.
Like I stated, it just doesn't make sense. According to your version of the chat, his statement would have implied he's Mafian, not the secret role. There's no evidence that says the other players are not the secret role, so it can't be German. So we can eliminate him.
Now, LTVmocs, Whaddon, and BioKnight all could be the secret role. There's just no way of knowing, so a guess will have to do.
Not my problem. I'm already dead!
I apologize, but why are you talking about the secret role? What I'm doing is accusing German of being Mafia.
But you have no evidence!
I have more evidence than anything else here, so that's good enough. This is a game of guesses and accusations, with a little evidence sprinkled in.
But you say you have evidence
I said I saw something. That's more than anyone else can say.
Bro nobody does.
You're basing an argument on nothing.
Guys please this hurts my ghostly soul physically.
Oh, sorry. I though we were discussing the current vote.
Could you say you were being pun-ished?
I relate. Arguing about evidence in a game where the GM has personally said there is no evidence.
Technically you're proving your a Mafian right now. You only have one vote for you, and @LTVmocs has two. You shouldn't be this worried. Also, the fact that @DannyBoyy is defending you (very well I might add) so closely brings him more suspicion as well. @LTVmocs is resigned to his fate because of how badly the game has gone for the town up until now. That (in my mind) shows his leaning towards innocence.
The reason I'm arguing is because I'm being accused? Am I not allowed to defend myself?
No. At least put out that evidence. You can go see your edit history for this.
Defend yourself all you want. I'm saying you look bad because it's apparent you're heating up.
That's the point of arguements.
@LTVmocs I can post the whole Discord discussion of the Mafia chat in discord
Are you indirectly saying you are? /s
What do you mean by very well? If you were insinuating I'm a Mafian, I can assure you I'm not, I was just gettong too involved in the discussion.
It's debating until someone has a fire lit underneath them, then they become a rabbit in the corner. Then the arguing starts.
@DannyBoyy I was saying Mafian or not, you're a good defendant. You made clear, precise points that cut straight to the issue.
@LTVmocs unless there's a discord chat about this game for everyone (which I doubt there is because no one sent me a link,) that's what it sounded like. I'd like to assume it was a misspoken post. @German Do you have an explanation?


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Tuesday, 22 July 2014
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Hey everyone,
I've probably told you about my one second per day video project. Well, here's the first full year!
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Weekend adventures
Back in June, Toby sent me this link: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/06/bounce-below-trampolines-wales/
Giant trampolines in an old slate mine! How much fun does that sound?
So we found a free weekend (not an easy thing lately) and booked tickets. Since the venue also has a zipline (flying fox) course, we booked that in too. We have had such a fun weekend!!
I caught the train to Baglan to meet Bruce after work - we both finished a little early so we could get on the way before peak hour. It was a three hour drive to Dolgellau (doll-geth-lie) and our 16th century B&B. We stayed in room 6, which may have once been a stable... but we didn't see any babies in mangers or wise men on our journey. 😁
In my opinion, the Lechwedd Slate Cavern is one of the most fun places in Wales! On arrival we swapped our print-at-home tickets for coloured wristbands and got into bright red jumpsuits (hehe.. jumpsuits.. for jumping!) and collected our helmets. We were loaded into a tiny mine train and were shuttled into the old mine. After a short safety briefing, we popped on our special booties and headed on to the trampolines.
It was SO MUCH FUN ! In fact, I think I'll say that again for emphasis - it was SO MUCH FUN!
It's only a little like being on a regular trampoline - there were about 50 of us on there at any time, so the "floor" is never where you expect it to be and, as a result, you spend a lot of time falling over. It's hilarious. Even when you get some good jumping going on, it just takes someone going past to either take away your bounce (awww) or bounce you double (woohoo!). This happens even when you're sitting on the mats taking a break from the jumping. SO. MUCH. FUN! And actually really tiring too! :-)
Trying to move around the mats takes a lot of effort (see bouncing comment above) and to move between the levels is even more of an adventure! There are 'tubes' (snakes) to descend - made out of the same netting as the mats, you jump in the top and 'slide' down to the next level. You need to cover your face when you jump into the hole so you don't end up with friction burn on your nose. :-) To get back up a level, they have 'tunnels' (ladders) - more like rock climbing than a ladder really.. similar to the tube but with ropes or something to hold on to (and to give a bit of help with your footing). It takes quite a bit of muscle power to climb the tunnels! They also have a giant spiral net that is a little easier to get back to the middle from the bottom level.
You get an hour on the trampolines and this is exactly the right amount of time - just enough for some bouncing, some sitting, some snakes, some ladders and some lying on the mat recovering (looking through from the top or bottom level is really cool - you can see everyone on the other levels, as well as the slate cave around you!). After our alloted hour, we were packed back on the little train, taken out of the mine and returned the jumpsuits.
Unfortunately we didn't know that you could take your phone (and suffer the consequences if you drop it), so we don't have any photos of Bounce Below. We didn't make the same mistake with the zip lining!
After lunch it was time to don another red jumpsuit. This one was slightly more waterproof (only slightly) and was covered by a strange harness. The harness had a wooden 'seat' in it, so it felt really weird walking (I felt like a duck.. quack quack) and trying to sit down (sitting on a seat on a seat.. weird!!). Safety gear in place, we piled onto the bus to be taken to the first zipline. Unfortunately, the weather had taken a turn for the worse so we couldn't see any of the spectacular views that they had seen for the previous five weeks straight! Bah! Actually, we could have been at the Three Sisters! ;-)
I think we missed out on some of the thrill because everything was grey, but it was still good fun. There were three zip lines - mountain, moor and another thing starting with m.. the first one (mountain) was apparently the longest one - but it was so grey! It was like flying through a cloud - I think I caught sight of the ground only once. The second one was faster and probably my favourite - it was low enough to see a little of the scenery (or maybe the weather had cleared a little) and it was fast! Woohoo! The third and last one was alright but it was raining again and that took away some of the enjoyment.
There was a lot of waiting around during the zip line session - the whole thing took about two hours but I reckon we were on the lines for less than a few minutes! The cool thing about it was that there were four parallel lines, so B & I joined two others and could have races (not that you really had any control over how fast you went).
By the end of the day we were both cold, wet and fairly knackered, but it was definitely a fun day (and one that we might repeat in better weather). It was a really lovely weekend (especially since I'll be working half of the weekends in July as well as the first weekend in August).
It seems I've gone on a bit.. oops.. so what have the rest of you lot been up to?

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Demon Hunter is a Christian metal band that takes the concept of religious music to new and aggressive heights with hard-hitting music and ruthless lyrics about defeating evil to back it up. Before you reread that sentence, laugh and change the page, stick it out and reflect on the fact that regardless of lyrical and religious content, this is a band with elite musicianship that makes them a phenomenal metal/hard rock group. With the release of their sixth album, True Defiance, Demon Hunter once again provides metal-heads with possibly their hardest record to date, even if it comes up a bit short of their best work. The mesmerizing guitar riffs, the mind-boggling drumming schemes and the brutally magnificent breakdowns are all still intact on True Defiance, but in making one of the hardest albums in their discography, Demon Hunter sacrificed the harmony between the hard and soft elements in favor of the relentlessly hostile side to make for some bone-rattling metal songs. Although Ryan Clark's clean vocals have never been as soothing as the singing style of most modern post-hardcore bands, his singing is severely limited in favor of frequent growls screams and bellows that typify the metal genre. This may not seem like a negative, but what made The Triptych and Storm The Gates Of Hell such phenomenal albums was that even though the hard metal elements were prevalent, they were counter-balanced with lighter choruses to create some truly transcendent songs. True Defiance packs the wallop any metal fan can appreciate, but the overemphasis on the harder aspect of the music prevents it from being anything truly exceptional.
Standout Tracks
"Someone To Hate" is a prime example of how wicked Demon Hunter's breakdowns can be, complete with heavy guitar chugging from Jeremiah Scott and Jon Dunn, frequent double bass pedals from the drums of Timothy Watts, and a breathtaking solo from lead guitarist Patrick Judge. This standout track denounces the influence of the evil one and its lyrics show clear and unadulterated scorn for "all you advocates of hell" and "corrupters of free will," perfectly displaying Demon Hunter's attack-evil-and-all-its-influence-with-faith-and-no-mercy approach. Clark's vocals are flawless here, rapidly changing between appropriately devastating bellows and softer singing for the lighter sections. All in all, this is a perfect example of Demon Hunter's brutal but religious style of music as the best song on the album.
"We Don't Care" narrowly misses out on the best-track-of-the-album award with its undeniably infectious guitar riff that gives it true head-bobbing rhythm. Clark delivers his rallying cries in the verses of this metal anthem before proclaiming a catchy but castigating chorus: "Feels like we've run out of air / They tear the breath out from out lungs / And we don't care / Feels like we've run out of air / Damnation passed down to our sons / And we don't care."
"Dead Flowers" rounds out the album on an emotional and compelling note in typical metal-ballad fashion. Clarks subdued vocals are appropriate in revealing the pain behind losing a loved one but also the beauty of death, as he mourns "Dead flowers for the torn apart / Laid at the grave to heal a broken heart / Let it rain until it floods / Let the sun breathe life once more / Reborn."
The Verdict
At the very least, True Defiance is yet another solid iteration of the quality metal that Demon Hunter is capable of. While it doesn't elevate to the memorable heights of The Triptych and Storm The Gates Of Hell, it still provides a terrific new dose of Demon Hunter as a definite step up from their last album, the disappointing The World Is A Thorn. Clark once again displays a knack for livening already brutal tracks with guttural growls and surprisingly polished clean vocals for lighter choruses. Fans of Becoming The Archetype, Haste The Day, Project 86, War Of Ages, Disciple, Living Sacrifice, August Burns Red and The Devil Wears Prada will appreciate this group and their balance between hardcore music and the Christian emphasis. The lyrical content is unparalleled in the world of Christian music, and although the premise of using faith and love to stick it to Satan and evil in the world is a little cheesy, Demon Hunter's aggressive and ruthless approach in their writing comes off as inspiring and formidable. In fact, the recurring band logo that dons the cover of every Demon Hunter album in some variation is a goat head with a bullet hole in its skull, as the goat head is often associate with Satan and demons, further emphasizing the group's philosophy of mercilessly conquering evil. The premise seems questionable on paper, but this band has potent lyrics and ridiculous breakdowns to back up this combative mentality. And although True Defiance actually takes the aggressive elements a little too far, it has a number of memorable tracks that make it a satisfactory experience. From the fervent and fast-paced "My Destiny" to the skilled and hard-hitting "This I Know" to the heartfelt and contemplative ballad "Tomorrow Never Comes," True Defiance is an improvement from Demon Hunter's last effort and proves once again how hard a Christian metal band can rock.
Final Score: 7.1/10
Rank: 3rd (six total albums)
Track List
- Crucifix
- God Forsaken
- My Destiny
- Wake
- Tomorrow Never Comes
- Someone To Hate
- This I Know
- Means To An End
- We Don't Care
- Resistance
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Saturday, August 27, 2011
Mintaka earlier in the process. Though I love drawing with a pencil and pen, I've found it faster to work digitally only.
She was introduced as a mystery character, hence the hood. I forgot if this one was finished and used.
One of her expressions used in the Cash Shop. It's fun to do expressions, they make the character feel more alive.
cross posted from my blog loloolol
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It's still a shame that the doll if Mintaka and Rigel didn't change like Brennevin's did. I'm still waiting for that.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousSeptember 18, 2011 at 9:33 AM
I second Sench's comment. IIRC, I think Rigel and Mintaka are the only NPC dolls that don't have extra poses. I always assumed that they would evolve with a storyline, but sadly they remain mystery dolls. While they probably can't fit in the main Gaia story, it would be nice of them to have some sort of side story since they are a permanent part of Gaia with the Cash Shop.ReplyDelete
In the end, I particularly like them with their hoods and wouldn't mind wearing their outfits one day.
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Since GL is 6 months old, it was time to start trying out some solid foods! She was very proud to be sitting up in the high chair like a big girl! (In fact, I think that was her favorite part of the whole thing, haha!)
We decided to start with sweet potatoes, so I baked it in the oven and then mashed it until it was smooth.
I put some sweet potatoes down on her tray for her to feel with her hands.
She took a few bites off of the spoon. She mushed it around in her mouth
but most of it came dribbling right back out. At least she got some
flavor and practice with the texture!
This face kinda sums up her thoughts on the experience - not quite thrilled with this situation.
She's also had avocado, banana, and applesauce. The apple was her favorite so far.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
GL's First Solid Food
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Are You Happy, Honey: Dealing with DepressionJuly 25th, 2010
While replying to an email last night I received an article on depression from Swati Varma. Although it does not go into a copious amount of detail about how to actually treat or cope with depression, it does provide a pretty good overall introduction to the condition and how it might be recognized.
Let me start by asking the age old question - Are you happy? I am sure each of us poses this question to ourselves often enough. Since we are all so hell bent on being 'happy', the answer we receive is more often than not, "Yes, I am". After all, everybody does say they are fine. Even so, most of us have had a foreboding feeling on an idle Tuesday afternoon when we are home by ourselves. This feeling of lack of any real control in our lives usually takes a back seat as the afternoon passes, or as we get a call from one of our friends, or as our spouse comes back from work. If you have had many such afternoons lately, you are probably depressed!
The first step to feeling better is to say it. Say to yourself that you are depressed. If you keep pushing away that feeling of not amounting to something, then you are not very likely to get over it. Acknowledge it to yourself and to others. Convincing yourself that all is well is not going to get you anywhere. You may go on for years with the same feeling of being unreal. It does not just go away as we get busy with our everyday lives.
Once you acknowledge that feeling, there are two things you need to figure out. One, are you suffering from mild depression because of certain events in your life? This sort of depression originates with things like a breakup, a fight, bad work environment, arguments at home, and the like. In this case you are depressed because you expected certain things out of your life which have remained unfulfilled. A thank you or an apology has been pending for too long.
The second thing to figure out is if your depression originates from an unidentifiable source. You don't really know why you feel this way, but you do. People who have happy families, successful careers, and a healthy social life are likely to go through this second form of depression. There is no rational reason for feeling empty. In many cultures around the world, especially in western ones, people are in denial of this feeling of emptiness. If you feel you are a lost soul swimming in a fish bowl, you usually pop a pill, bake a dish, or watch a movie, anything to run away from the inexplicable feeling of failure and emptiness. Some of the other cultures, like the Buddhist one, look at this feeling of emptiness as an inherent part of the human nature. You can't run away from it. Once you start believing in the impermeable nature of the human life, it will stop scaring you. We are not omnipotent beings who can achieve perfection, nor should we try to be.
Most importantly, stop trying to understand what you feel, and just feel. As you stay with your feelings, understanding is bound to follow. Once you accept that emptiness is the canvas or background of our being, there are various ways to fight depression. Most aim for bringing about a change in perspective. If you can't work through it alone, do not hesitate to seek help!


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I must apologise to you for the delay with this write up. You saw it on my insta stories, you fell in love, I promised you a piece on my blog that weekend… and then life happened and everything in my world came to a bit of a grinding halt.
So for the past few weeks I have been playing catch up like I've never played before – I'm juggling balls like a (semi) pro circus act and I have most certainly dropped a fair few along the way… (I said semi).


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Even writing their name on their meal involved some fancy artwork.
I still wasn't convinced they were going to actually eat the food, but Keith said that night they were all exclaiming how good it was, and they have since asked me when we are having tinfoil dinners again. I call that a success!


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After sweltering and melting into a tiny little puddle of Amy for three days last weekend, the Washington weather turned and left us with (just guess) rain. Lots and lots of rain. Rain pretty much for five days straight.
And now it's beautiful again.
Don't get me wrong -- even the day it was so wet that I could've kayaked to work I was grateful for the temperature change. That 90-something sun shine left my apartment very, very stuffy and no amount of window opening could change that.
We plan to enjoy today's sunshine with a trip to Point Defiance, one of my favorite area places.
Maybe we'll stop for chowder at a restaurant down there that makes the most delicious clam chowder ... mmm....
Which brings me to all the hunger. I've been basically starving lately, and it's really starting to drive me crazy. While I was contemplating the bajillion pounds this problem is libel to force on me if I cater to it, I decided that from now on I'm basically going to ignore the hunger and drink more diet coke.
That's right, diet coke is the answer to everything.
Abigail, I feel you should remember that.
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Easter is nearly upon us, and although the reason for this holiday is so far removed from 99% of what we are bombarded with from Valentines Day till that Holy Sunday (St. Patrick always gets short shrift), we should remember that He is not just the reason for Easter, but for the existence of all mankind - I'd like to see any of YOU create the world and it's inhabitants out of absolutely nothing. Yeah, yeah, aliens too....that is a shout out to you nutjobs who think there are more beings out there than just us. Area 51 called, they said you left your UFO parked next to a hydrant since 1960something and you owe a bazillion dollars in fines.
Every year it's the same thing - I balk at continuing my tradition of filling Easter baskets for my GROWN CHILDREN (OK, sorry Becky - when you move back to Oregon I owe you 10 Easter baskets) and think they should be mature enough to realize it is not the Easter bunny, or even Jesus in a glowing bubble who's been doing it until now, and that life is hard when you grow up and decide to be cool and not believe in Santa anymore. But when I mention to either of them, I get pouting, and pouting, altho not the most mature thing to do when you're 6 foot huge and have more hair than a yak, is still terribly guilt-inducing to mother's of exceedingly high caliber everywhere. And it matters not that NONE of us need all that crap - I am sure I have been the recipient of many a curse after the holiday madness has died down and the watery Oregon sunshine of May rears it's ugly head and illuminates the dimpled flanks brought forth by the sugar massacree of the holiest of spring holidays. Not to mention for the stigma of having black licorice, a bag of mini marshmallows, and organic chocolate bars with real ground tree bark because I did some "quality control" and ate all the good stuff and had to replenish the night before at 7-11.
I remember each of us getting our own Easter basket, and they always had the same things - whoppers (I think it was before they were egg shaped), those giant brightly colored candy shell eggs with the white fluffy stuff in the middle, circus peanuts (yes, the orange ones...) and cheap-ass jelly beans. No chocolate bunny, no delicious peanut butter cups, peppermint patties, crunch bars, or butterfingers....just crappy Easter candy. And we were happy to have it - swapping whoppers for circus peanuts was lucrative business - everyone knows you get two peanuts for one whopper because I was the only one who liked em, I knew it, and could rule the market. I also liked the giant eggs....I've been on a few sugar highs from those and fondly can't remember a thing.
The egg hunt came after church and our breakfast of refined sugar and high-fructose corn syrup with all the deadly food colorings thrown in, and we played for keeps. First Mom and/or Dad (no idea who because I didn't cheat and watch, CHRIS) would hide them all over the living room, then let us loose to kill each other trying to get to the obvious ones first. I'm sure we got yelled at to let the little kids find the simple ones, but we were cut-throat...if you made it past diapers, you were on your own. (staying in diapers until you were 7, even just around Easter, didn't work either...) After that, someone would hide them again, but made it WAY harder....I think eventually Mom would find them all, if only by smell, then yell at us for hiding them too far inside the couch. This is a bit off topic, but one time I remember her cleaning out the cracks in the couch and coming up with her uber sharp butcher knife....what else are you supposed to use to trim your toenails, I ask? Luckily they were smart enough to never take us to a public Easter egg hunt - I imagine it would be like the footage of the Hindenburg exploding...carnage with little bits of gaily colored eggshells.
Anyway, the purpose of this is to get my juices flowing for Easter Breakfast - we ALWAYS have Polish Dish, which is under the "Soup" label, but I like to include an alternate breakfast dish for the sad few who can't be team players and don't much care for it....altho in MY own little branch of the family, they ALL love it...my DIL-to-be endearingly slurps it down, and I"m 99.9% certain my SIL loves it too - but he cares less about what food tastes like and more about getting it inside him as quickly as possible. Kind of like my Grandson - his recent desire to become a "chef" is no doubt due to the fact that if he makes it himself, he will be way faster about getting it done and in his mouth. So here is a delightful egg dish I willfully stole from my Black Butte Ranch cookbook, and have never had anyone turn down - it's simple too, just a few steps and a fairly short cook time and you're ready to rejoice!
12 corn tortillas (not to be food racist, but I prefer white)
3 T. butter, divided
11 eggs, beaten
1/2 C. green taco sauce
Salt & pepper
1 can sliced black olives, drained
3 green onions, sliced (optional - I love em, Handsome Stranger does not)
1 lb. grated cheddar cheese
1.5 Cups sour cream
Cut tortillas into 1" squares, beat eggs thoroughly. Melt 1 T. butter in a 10"-12" skillet over medium high and add tortilla squares; stir until they start to brown a little. Sprinkle with a little salt, push to the sides of the pan and turn heat down to medium. Melt the other 2 T. butter in center, then pour eggs in center - when they start to set, stir in tortillas until well coated. Add green sauce and stir in - it should still be wet, but should be fairly well set up. Sprinkle olives and green onions evenly over the top, then cover with cheese, and drop sour cream by spoonfuls all over the top. Carefully use the back of your spoon to cover everything with the sour cream, then turn down to low and cover (you don't have to but it speeds up the warming process) and let warm through - 10 to 15 minutes or so, or until you can see the hot cheese start to bubble and the center of the sour cream is warm through. Cut in wedges and serve with salsa if desired - really good and no meat!
You can play with this to your own liking - you could add canned green chilies or jalapenos, use red taco sauce or canned chipotle sauce, put chorizo or turkey sausage in - I think it would be good with shredded chicken breast too - the only sin is to cook it too high or too long because it is possible to dry it out...but with that much sour cream and cheese it's highly unlikely. I would, however suggest you not add circus peanuts to it...I will trade you for ALL my whoppers.


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We are grateful for support from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
NIGMS R01 GM067761: "Functional Genomic analysis using RNAi screen in Drosophila"
(N. Perrimon, PI; S. Mohr, Co-Investigator)(05/01/2003 - 11/30/2019)
NIGMS R01 GM084947: "Drosophila Transgenic RNAi Resource Project"
(N. Perrimon, PI)(09/01/2008 - 07/31/2020)
Office of the Director R24 OD021997: "Drosophila resources for modeling human diseases"
(N. Perrimon, PI)(06/01/2016 - 04/30/2020)
Office of the Director R24 OD024984: "Next-generation Drosophila cell lines to elucidate the cellular basis of human diseases" (N. Perrimon, PI) (09/18/2017 - 08/31/2021)
We receive additional support via our participation in the Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Collaborative Functional Genomics Core, which is supported by a grant to L. Glimcher (PI) from the NIH National Cancer Institute.
We are also grateful for equipment and related support from the Harvard Medical School Tools and Technologies program. HMS-TnT has made it possible for us to purchase and upgrade key equipment, as well as launch new innovative technologies.
An additional project ongoing at our group is the FlyBi project, which is supported by NIH-NHGRI (5R01HG007118; N. Perrimon, PI; M. Vidal, Co-Investigator; S. Celniker, Co-Investigator; S. Mohr, Project Manager).
In collaboration with the Gene Disruption Project we are using CRISPR to introduce swappable insertion cassettes into genes (NIH 5R01GM067858; H. Bellen, PI).
Prof. Perrimon is an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Recent past funding includes:
NCRR/ORIP R24 RR032668: "Development of validated Drosophila in vivo RNAi models of human diseases" (N. Perrimon, PI)(09/01/2011 - 07/31/2016)


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Saturday/January 23:
Barcelona at Valladolid in La Liga (Spanish Soccer on GolTV, 2:00) - This shouldn't be much of a match, but Barca are always fun to watch, especially when they start kicking into a high gear like they are right now. They're starting to find their rhythm now and should have no problem in this one, even on the road.
Roma at Juventus in Serie A (Italian Soccer on FSC, 2:30) - It's a mouth watering weekend of soccer in Italy with the Milan Derby on Sunday. Roma at Juventus is no mere appetizer, though. Roma has ridden a rich vein of form to third position in the table while Juve continue to slide in the wrong direction. Champions League spots are up for grabs in this one. Should be a cracking atmosphere. FORZA ROMA!!
Texas at UConn (College Basketball on CBS, 4:00) - Texas has already ceded its short lived grip on the number one ranking after their loss to Kansas State on Monday, but things won't get a whole lot easier at UConn. The Huskies have been well below their best most of the year, but Jim Calhoun's temporary departure may have a galvanizing affect on the team, especially with a top five caliber Texas team visiting. The Longhorns could use a victory here to announce themselves as a true contender. Everybody loses (usually) in college basketball. It's about how a team bounces back from those defeats that often define them.
Australian Open (Tennis on ESPN2 and the Tennis Channel, 7:00) - This is when the tournament really starts to heat up, literally and figuratively. The courts may well be baking while all the top contenders begin to run into their stiffest competition yet. It's the Round of 16. Today, we'll see Rafa Nadal and Juan Martin Del Potro in action while the two remaining Americans in the draw will also be fighting for the pride of the red, white, and blue. Andy Roddick takes on hard hitting Fernando Gonzalez while Georgia Bulldog and huge underdog John Isner takes on Andy Murray. Should be fun to watch.
Honduras vs USA in an International Friendly (Soccer on FSC, 9:00) - Final Preparations for South Africa and the 2010 World Cup get underway at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles for the United States and Honduras. Both teams will be understrength, but there will be several players on the field for both teams with a legit chance of making the final squad for the World Cup. In fact, more than a few are sure bets barring fitness problems. The result doesn't matter here. It's all about the future and getting ready for June.
Duke at Clemson (College Basketball on ESPN, 9:00) - This one lost a little bit of its luster when both teams lost on the road in midweek, but it's still a top twenty showdown (for now). Clemson has asserted itself since their whooping at Cameron and were a little unlucky to lose against ranked Georgia Tech on the road earlier this week. They should still be plenty confident for this showdown. Duke, meanwhile...who knows what to think. Duke just isn't what they were five to six years ago. They're still a top ten team, but I think that's down mainly to their name. They're too inconsistent right now. A win here would help sort that out.
Sunday/January 24:
Milan at Inter in Serie A (Italian Soccer on FSC, 2:30) - Easily the soccer match of the weekend in Europe (and the world), this may just be the best sporting event to watch all weekend. There's arguably no city derby in the world that is as high profile as the Derby della Madonnina. Residents of Glasgow and Buenos Aires may differ, but in terms of prestige, Boca Juniors, River Plate, Celtic, and Rangers can't touch the two Milan clubs. This derby may not be as ferocious as those others, but it will be intense and the level of play will be very high. On top of that, these are the two best teams in Italy right now. Hard to believe after the way Inter ran circles around Milan way back in August, but it's the truth. While Inter has stumbled a little as of late, Milan may be the hottest team in Europe right now. They can really prove it here. A win by either team will make them a clear favorite in the race for the Scudetto. A draw may be more likely.
Malaga at Real Madrid in La Liga (Spanish Soccer on ESPN, 3:00) - Simply put, this is Spanish soccer in HD. That's really the biggest reason I want to watch this game. Despite a tough loss last weekend in Bilbao, Real should have no trouble in here, but I don't care. Seeing the likes of Ronaldo and Kaka in crystal clear HD at the Bernebeu is all the reason in the world that I need to watch this one.
AFC and NFC Championship games (NFL Playoffs on CBS at 3:00 and Fox at 6:30) - To be perfectly honest, I'm not a huge NFL fan at all. I enjoy watching my Titans play a bit and I'll watch some certain teams here and there, but I generally only watch NFL football because it's all that's on or because I'm keeping up with a former Auburn player. But it is that time of the year where I finally start to pay attention to see who I'll be watching in the Super Bowl. Both games look intriguing at least. The Colts-Jets game brings back memories of that famous Super Bowl where Joe Namath guaranteed victory. The Saints-Vikings should be fun to watch as a gunslinger matchup between Brees and Favre.
Australian Open (Tennis on ESPN2, 7:00) - Men's Round of 16 action continues Down Under. At time of writing, we don't know all the participants as matches are still going on, but we know for sure we'll see the likes of Federer, Djokovic, Davydenko, and Verdasco. That's some big boy tennis there.
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14 Nov Initiative to encourage children to play badminton
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At FERO doing the right thing has been at the core of our purpose, values and principles. We have been empowering kids in Ghana by encouraging them to play Badminton.
Under the initiative Sports for a Cause – Mr. Ajit Jain Regional Sales Manager, FERO Ghana said "Ghana is blessed with diverse talents and I am impressed with the passion of the kids who I meet every weekend to train in a camping atmosphere at the Sports Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium."
Sports for a Cause is part of FERO's Corporate Social Responsibility towards children in Ghana.
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Talking About Your Photographs
February 16, 2010 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join us for a workshop about looking at your photographs and using language to go deeper into what they are about. Bring your photographs to share and get feedback. Learn where you might go next.
Led by Nancy Sutor, artist, photographer, professor and independent curator.
All Art & Leadership programs for Women are FREE and are held at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Education Annex, 123 Grant Avenue, Santa Fe.
Reservations suggested: 505.946.1007 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Art and Leadership Program for Women
Women of all ages are invited to participate in art-making experiences stimulating imagination and creative expression. This program was developed in conjunction with the Museum's award-winning Art and Leadership Program for Girls. These monthly, Tuesday evening, two-hour workshops are led by women visual, performing, and literary artists. Hands-on art-making opportunities for personal discovery and leadership training are offered. The program demonstrates the Museum's ability to utilize Georgia O'Keeffe as a creative and ground-breaking role model for women, and reflect its unique position as a single woman artist museum.


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Live Vibe: Blended Soups!
This simple elegant "soup" may become your favorite way to celebrate fennel!
Cool Fennel, Honey, Coconut Soup with Fennel Sun-Breads
Do not try this with a normal blender. You will need a high-powered Vitamix or other work-horse industrial machine of choice.
In addition to romantic, beautiful and unique, this simple elegant soup is great medicine! Anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial and isotonic, it is a great choice for combating flu symptoms or recovery from surgery or injury resulting in bruising or inflammation.
Start with frozen coconut mylk (The frostier the coconut mylk, the more refreshing the soup becomes. I like it sorbet-like-consistency so I can eat it with a spoon! Jamie likes his drinkable right out of the glass! (Let the coconut mylk defrost a bit or run the Vitamix longer for soupier soup)
Organic Ingredients:
- Frozen organic coconut mylk*
- 3 small or one large frond and bulb of organic fennel
- 1/4 cup raw organic honey
Place all three ingredients in the Vitamix and let it run until smooth but still cool. Pour into goblets or soup bowels. Serve immediately. No need to worry about left-overs. There won't be any!
Optional Garnish: fresh ground nutmeg and coriander seed.
Variations: Use 1/2 the amount of fennel and add a frozen persimmon or ripe pear for a cool fruit soup. Serve with coconut crackers. (See: "What's in the Dehydrator at Val's")
*Buy frozen bags of coconut mylk or pour a can of organic coconut mylk into a zip-lock bag and freeze flat on a tray, so that it can be easily broke into pieces.
Below is a recipe for sun-breads I adapted from Katrina Blair's Savory Pumpkin Seed Bread. Check out her stuff at www.turtlelakerefuge.org. She is an inspiration!
Live Vibe: Sun Bread!
Organic Ingredients:
- 2 cups of sprouted buckwheat grouts
- 2 cups of sprouted pumpkin (or sunflower) seeds
- 1 tsp living sea salt
- 1/2 a large onion (or 1 cup of cubed zucchini or pumpkin flesh or shredded carrot)
- one 4-inch piece of hand-harvested sea vegetable of choice (I used Kombu)
- 1/2 to 1 cup of clover honey, to taste
- 1/2 organic onion
- Freshly harvested herb of choice: I used fennel for this one
- Natural sparkling water (for bread making only, not for seed sprouting)*
- Raw organic sunflower or walnut oil
- Have organic psyhilym husk powder, powdered oat grouts or rolled oats** on hand for thickening, if needed.
* Gourmet tip: You can do this with clean source water that is not sparkling. However, I have discovered that the carbonation gives the "bread" a nice yeasty-soda flavor and a pull-apart-bread-texture not obtained with flat water.
**Allergen alert: Be aware, oats are not glutton free.
1. Soak and sprout sunflower seeds and grouts separately, 1 to 3 days.
(If you have a method you like, do it.)
Here's my method: Soak covered with clean source water overnight or sometimes a full 24 hours. I change the water half-way through. After that, rinse and drain twice daily, returning wet seeds and grouts to a clean bowel, covered until plump. the seeds may split open and develop "tails". That's good! Treat them gently. (Both grouts and seeds can be refrigerated to slow the process if needed.) On the final day, I add the sea veggie and extra water. I also expose the grouts and seeds to indirect sunlight on the final day before making bread.
2. Rinse and drain the seeds and sprouts one last time. They should be wet, but not watery, when you pulse them.
3. Optional: Take out 1/2 cup of seeds for garnish. Place in a jar with Nama Shoyu or Raw Tamarind Paste. Shake it. Let rest.
4. Place all the ingredients including the sea veggie (now plump and wiggly-fun from soaking) into the food processor. Pulse, then grind into a paste.
5. Add sparkling water and oil at the end while the mix is turning. Consistency can be mold-able bread-dough-like substance or a batter. It works either way.
More liquid = thin "slices" of bread or pliable "wraps."
Less liquid =dense, moldable, sticky dough = loaves with chewy centers.
6. Adjust thickness by adding in small amounts of powdered oat grouts or rolled oats or psyhilym husk powder, only if needed.
7. Adjust seasoning. Note: Dehydrating will intensify flavors, so be spare with the salt! Add more honey and some mustard, if it strikes you!
8. Pour batter (or use wet hands to form loaves) on dehydrator sheets. (In the summer, I put these outside under screens. This works great too! My lovely friend, Gretchen, in !Costa Rica! can sun her breads in December! Go for it! Report back, please. )
9. For garnish: Press reserved seeds into the top of loaves or sprinkle them onto your batter. You can also use sprigs of fresh herbs, soaked fruits (raisins, yum!) or sprouted grains and nuts of your choosing.
10. Dehydrate at 105 degrees to desired "doneness." (I like loaves with chewy middles and firm but not crunchy on the outside. For thinner breads, I like pliable "wraps." Make both types from one batch by adding more water to remaining batter once you have formed enough loaves to satisfy.)
11. Flip once. Dehydrate the bottoms just long enough to oxidize a "crust." You will see what I mean.
12. Let cool to room temp. Store loosely in brown paper or paper-lined plastic bags in the fridge. Also keep indefinitely, frozen. Thaw in dehydrator as needed.
13. Eat plain or fancy. Make wraps, spread with honey "butter." This is a living food made of seeds. It combines with starches or proteins, oils or herbs and with all veggies. Yummier than you might think!
Live Sun-Bread Workshops!
Call to arrange a sun-bread workshop for you and your friends.
A one-hour workshop in you home for 10 people or more is $18 each
(A minimum of 5 people is $35 each.)
Includes: a big salad, bread & cracker-tastings and spreads.
(You keep the bread we make in your dehydrator!)
Makes a great lunch program!
Attend a Demo & Dine on a Wednesday evening. I will demo bread and cracker making after the meal portion of the evening. We will eat the bread at Thurday eve's class. You can come to both sessions for a free-will love offering, sliding scale $10 to $25. You will learn everything you need to know to get you started in one class!
For more information call:
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Less than 50 days! Now it is time to get all the invitations out!! We got them and they are just what we wanted! Our pictures turned out better than we could have ever imagined!!Well James wants a little more hair...they tried to photo shop that in..but there is only so much you can do!
The weather has been so amazing! I don't think it has ever been so nice since I have lived here!It makes me love Washington even more...I just wish the weather was more consistent!We were looking into getting a house but decided to wait a year..And I am more than happy living where I am at now! After meeting with the realtor we got home and worked on my little back yard :) James put a fence up so the dogs cant escape...and Fufu is now the happiest dog in the world since she gets to play outside all the time! Then we made a trip to lowes and bought cedar chips,soil, and flowers! The day before I bought the cutest little patio set that looks perfect for me!So we planted flowers, james cut the ivy and put cedar chips along the border!It is so nice and peaceful!! We wanted to enjoy our little patio so we made burgers outside (on a griddle :0) It was the perfect ending to the day! Now we have been having smores with our little smore maker (thanks to my aunt cheryl quite a few christmas ago) it is so nice at night to go relax outside!We also got a grill and tonight we got to use it!! I love it!!
So...now it is starting to get busier...my work, getting ready for james to move in,normal everyday life stuff and wedding stuff!!
I did sell my bed yesterday!!Yay!!Now James can start planning his tv room (formerly know as my bedroom) We did find some furniture http://www.emeraldhome.com/gallery.php/c114/stephanie_u8030_.php
(minus the pillows) So we are excited!!
I will keep posting!!And keeping updated...I just havent taken pictures for awhile...and feel bad not putting any up! But I guess it is better to write!!
Friday, May 30, 2008
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Today was a fun day at home for the most part. I baked some chocolate chip cookies and let the kids decorate them with icing and Halloween sprinkles. They both had a ball doing that. HJ gets so into where each sprinkle should go. CJ doesn't care, she just wants to get it on as fast as she can so she can get to the eating. I don't know where HJ came from sometimes, as he took 1 bite and announced he was done as he does with most baked goods. CJ though, is a girl after my own heart. She ate all of her cookie up and wanted more! That is my girl!!!
We also have a new game at our house which is a hit. Hungry, Hungry, Hippos. Both kids love it, especially HJ. He has his father's competitive streak and is all out to win where CJ just thinks the whole thing is funny and is more concerned with making sure if she gets a ball it makes it to the little ball well before she goes for more balls. They are cute to watch and are amused for quite awhile playing it.
For dinner tonight, we met a dear friend of mine and her daughter Mara. Mara and HJ are 2 days apart and have been playing together since they were 3 months old. They had a ball eating chicken nuggets and playing on the fun playground and the fun video games. HJ especially loved playing the air hockey game there. I got to sit and talk to Jen while the kids were entertained with all the fun!
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Cookies, Hippos, & Mickey D's
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Yo Fight My Mans: Dapwell's Art Show and Panel Series
Trippy fish tanks, graf, art, smart people and video games
For the most part, I wanted to write this post just so I could show you all the above image of a Crown Fried Chicken with a Korn throwie inside a fish tank created by Jacob Reinstein. I stood there for like 20 minutes trying to get my own photo of it with the fish glowing from the UV lights inside, but they were being very uncooperative and my phone is booty.
The piece—and its partner tank containing a character holding a selfie stick beside a guy doing wheat pastings on a wall next to COST—was part of Yo Fight My Mans, an art exhibit and panel series put together by Dapwell of the dissipated Das Racist clan.
The panels are fun and mildly informative–not much shop talk and lots of jokes. There's one tomorrow about music, featuring Nick Catchdubs, Maluca, and more. Expect to meet a lot of cool, smart people.
If you're not up for conversation, feel free to climb up into the loft and take a nap in the bed up there, which is its own little exhibit. The loft is supposed to be something like a twisted recreation of Dap's childhood bedroom, featuring some old TVs showing glitchy video art, a turntable and some dusty records, a bunch of self-help and psychology books, and a gang of prescription pill bottles with labels like "Too Much Future Rekkids," "Industry Plant," and "Travis Scott Sux."
(Dap isn't an artist, though. In fact, he doesn't like the word artist. "People are so proud of the word, like it's this incredible profession that they took on," he said. "Like they are fucking Doctors Without Borders or something like that.")
Arcade games are also all over the place, if that's your thing. One is the show's namesake, Yo Fight My Mans, a Tekken-like joint by Prashast Thapan. It features digital versions of people you'd probably recognize from around New York throwing hands. The events are being hosted at Baby Castles's space, an indie gaming collective, which explains the games everywhere.
There's only three more panels–which means three more chances to see the exhibit–so make sure to pull up to at least one. Follow the Chillin Island Gram for (possible) reminders of the week's event.


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Saturday, December 5, 2009
When Marbles Fall out of Your Shirt
When marbles fall out of your (Mommy's) shirt as you change into pajamas, you know you have a mischievous 2 year old boy on your hands. I didn't even know he put them there! And now I know why he started crying, "My ball-ball! My ball-ball!" as I walked into the other room. Jack. You gotta love him.
Yes, we're back in the game again. Daddy is home (and has been for almost 3 months now). He's been on two trip already and things are getting 'back to normal.' Thank you, everyone, for all of your prayers and letters, emails, and special gift packages while Jeff was deployed. I felt loved, lifted up, and totally cared for. While I wouldn't wish a deployment upon anyone, I know that this was entirely in God's hands and in His perfect will. We are a better family because of it.
I hope to keep this blog going as a way to keep in touch with everyone. I pray that this Christmas season finds you joyous about celebrating the birth of our Savior and peaceful about your place in His hands. May God continue to bless you all throughout the end of this year and into the next. Merry Christmas everyone!
Posted by Tracey Beers on Saturday, December 05, 2009
Labels: Fun Family Stuff
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- Rick and Kylee said...
Yea! I'm glad you are blogging again. I was about to give up on the Beers Family. Glad you guys are doing well and that Jeff is back!
- December 9, 2009 at 5:18 AM
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If that don't beat all! You'll never believe the parking situation at The Devil's Playground this morning. Okay. I'm sure you WILL believe it. Because it is, after all, The Devil's Playground.
The Pony and I got a late start, because I had a ham in the oven. That's not a euphemism for anything. I literally had a ham in the oven. Once I took it out (not in the manner than Elaine's date took it out), we were free to throw in another load of laundry (not in the oven, of course, but into the washer where laundry belongs), and hit the road.
Since we were coming up on church let-out time, I thought we might have trouble finding a parking spot. Au contraire! Right by the doors to the grocery end were three EMPTY handicap spots, and the two right next to them empty as well. I pulled into the first regular empty slot.
"I'm leaving room, Pony, in case the person who parks next to me crowds the line. I always try to leave room to get my door all the way open. I might be over close to the handicap space, but it's wider, and has that striped line between them for extra room, and I figure if the person driving is handicapped, it's not in a physical way that needs a wheelchair on the driver's side and a lot of room."
"Okay." The Pony doesn't really care about my ability to get back into T-Hoe, or about the handicapped.
We went about our shopping. The Pony played his two dollars in the game room. We saw that The Devil now has HUGE plastic bags instead of the small plastic bags. Which seems wasteful to me, because they still rip if the corners of boxes gouge them, and you can only put so many canned goods inside until they are too heavy to lift. Out we went to the parking lot. Nobody still in the handicap spaces. A brown little SUV next to me, nearing the line, but just far enough in its own space that I could open T-Hoe's door all the way, and have about 3/8 of an inch left over before it would have touched that car. We loaded up T-Hoe's rear and got in.
While I was writing the amount from my debit card, and balancing the checkbook, those brown car folks came out and left. So there was now the space next to me empty, and the one on the other side of it. I guess that's the best time to go shopping now.
Just as I was putting away my checkbook, a minivan pulled in next to me. At an angle. Very close. I could not have opened up T-Hoe's door even to the first notch without hitting it. I felt like Melissa McCarthy in The Heat. I wanted to open my door and ram that other car five or six times. But I did NOT want to crawl through three cars to find a space big enough to open the door and get out. The lady inside that minivan was oblivious. She had her cell phone glued to her ear, which I am sure was the case when she parked. The back end of that minivan was even closer. I'm not sure The Pony could have fit a hoof down in between our cars without touching both.
I backed out. And saw the extent of that wench's bad parking skills. Her front tire was over the line and in my parking space. The back tire even more. I know she wasn't adjusting because of the car on the other side of her, because there was no car on the other side of her!
As we left the lot, I told The Pony, "I wish I would have tapped on her window and said, 'Don't you know how to park?'"
He made a noise like, "Errrrrr."
"Why? Don't you think I'd do it?"
"I know you would do it. But I don't think you should. She would probably laugh in your face."
"Or shoot me in the face. It's a good thing I don't carry a gun."
"I know!"
I think The Pony is really looking forward to going away to college. If only he would look forward to getting his driver's license so he doesn't have to ride with me everywhere.
Oh, yeah, And in case you didn't get the title, it's fine for Mrs. Hillbilly Mom to park over the line so her door will open all the way, but not for anybody else. It's even finer for laws to be in place to keep most people from carrying guns in their cars.
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Sunday, April 12, 2015
Some Things Are Good For The Goose But Not For The Gander, And Some Things Are Good For Both
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- Sioux said...
I reiterate. I have a book of "tickets"--available for sale--that say, "Obviously, from the way you park, you are mentally handicapped. You--because of your stupidity--are eligible for a handicapped parking tag. Please go to www.ucannotparkworthash**.com to get your tag."
How many ticket books would you like? I'll take cash, check, debit cards or Good Feet Store coupons...
- April 12, 2015 at 9:45 PM
- Hillbilly Mom said...
Oh, dear. I must stay away from those ticket books. I would be tossing them to-and-fro like an over-enthusiastic flower girl at an espresso-themed wedding.
- April 13, 2015 at 9:13 PM
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Today we witness the continuing resurgence of Obama , from dead in the polls , to superman incarnate in one short but bloody leap.
From dead to winner in a few weeks all on the back of the officially announced death of Osama ( 9th time USA have announced this in 10 years btw)
All this shows is the power of the main stream media to define a narrative , create a image and push it to the sheeple.
In the real world , the economy tanks , jobs go, families destroyed but hey
We beat the terrorist , Osama !
Were number one!
Obama, Obama
Forget the reality , get with the program and vote Obama !
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Cleanup Activities
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- Background
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The Raritan Bay Slag site is located in the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge and in Sayreville, New Jersey. The Laurence Harbor seawall, which makes up part of the site, was reported to have had metal slag from blast furnace bottoms deposited along the beachfront in the late 1960s and early 1970s. About 2,500 feet of the seawall have been impacted. Elevated concentrations of lead, antimony, arsenic and copper have been identified by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) along the seawall near the area where the processing byproducts were deposited. While site investigations within the seawall area were being conducted, another area of concern was identified on the Sayreville waterfront. This area consists of the western jetty at the Cheesequake Creek inlet and waterfront area. At the request of NJDEP, EPA evaluated the Raritan Bay Slag site for a short-term cleanup action under the federal Superfund program. In March 2009, the 47-acre property associated with Margret's Creek was also included as part of the site because slag and battery casings were identified.
The overall site is approximately 1.5 miles in length and consists of the waterfront area between Margaret's Creek and the areas just beyond the western jetty at the Cheesequake Creek Inlet. For ease of discussion and reference locations, the site has been divided into three sectors based on the type of environment and proximity to source areas: these sectors include the Seawall sector, the Jetty sector, and the Margaret's Creek sector. Waves in Raritan Bay flow predominantly from the east and northeast (Atlantic Ocean), and contaminants from the Seawall and Margaret's Creek sectors tend to migrate westward. Currents near the Jetty sector are complex due to strong tidal currents within Cheesequake Creek. This complicated environment dictates a specific sequencing of cleanup activities to prevent recontamination of remediated areas. The sequence for site remediation to prevent recontamination is as follows: the Margaret's Creek sector; the Seawall sector; then the Jetty sector.
The primary sources of contamination are slag from a lead reclamation process and battery casings. The seawall is up to 80 percent slag. Battery casings were found in the upper two inches of depositional zones along the Seawall sector. Buried slag was observed in test excavations on the upland side and the eastern end of the seawall. . The Western Jetty and adjacent areas contain slag and some battery casings. The western side of the Western Jetty and the adjacent shoreline are comprised of 80 to 90 percent slag. The prevailing currents in the vicinity of the Western Jetty promote sediment deposition on the western side of the jetty and transport of sediment into Raritan Bay. Margaret's Creek contains visible slag waste piles in upland areas of the Creek. Crushed battery casings were also observed scattered in upland areas of Margaret's Creek. No slag or battery casings were observed in the wetland sediment.
What Is Being Done to Clean Up the Site?
Remedial investigation field activities took place from September 2010 through June 2011. Results showed significantly elevated levels of lead in the slag, soil, sediment and surface water. In May 2013, EPA published a Record of Decision for the site. EPA's preferred cleanup plan included excavation, dredging and off-site disposal. Slag, battery casings and associated wastes, and contaminated and highly impacted soils and sediment above cleanup levels, would be dug up or dredged and disposed of at appropriate off-site facilities. Surface water monitoring would be performed to confirm that there are no increased risks due to removal activities.
What Is the Current Site Status?
September 2016, approximately $7,000,000 of federal funding was awarded to the Region to initiate the Remedial Action for Margaret's Creek. The Superfund State Contract was signed in July 2016. The remedial action contract was awarded in September 2016 and field work began in November 2016.
Completion of the Remedial Action for Margaret's Creek is anticipated late fall 2017.
EPA's Involvement at the Site
In September 1972, a local government official advised NJDEP that lead-bearing waste material was being disposed of along the Laurence Harbor beachfront on Raritan Bay.
In 2007, NJDEP found high levels of lead along the southern shoreline of the Raritan Bay adjacent to the Old Bridge Waterfront Park. As a result of these findings, NJDEP worked with Old Bridge officials to notify the public about health concerns stemming from the lead waste material and restricted access through signs and some fencing.
On April 24, 2008, EPA received a request from NJDEP to evaluate the Laurence Harbor seawall for a removal action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). EPA collected samples at the site in September 2008 as part of an Integrated Assessment. The purpose of this sampling event was to determine whether further action under CERCLA was needed. On November 3, 2008, NJDEP forwarded an amended request to include the Western Jetty along the Cheesequake Creek Inlet as part of the overall site. As a result, sampling included the collection of soil, sediment, water, biological, and slag samples from along the seawall in Laurence Harbor, the Western Jetty at the Cheesequake Creek Inlet, the beaches near these two locations, and the developed portion of the park. EPA and NJDEP analytical results determined that significantly elevated levels of lead and other heavy metals are present in the soils, sediment, and surface water in and around both the seawall in Laurence Harbor and the Western Jetty at the Cheesequake Creek Inlet.
At EPA's request, the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS), in cooperation with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), evaluated the analytical data from the samples collected at the site. Their findings led to the conclusion that, due to the elevated lead levels, a public health hazard exists at the seawall in Laurence Harbor, the beach between the western end of the seawall and the first jetty, and the Western Jetty at the Cheesequake Creek Inlet, including the waterfront area immediately west of the inlet (ATSDR 2009). As a result of this determination, EPA conducted a removal action to restrict access to these areas by installing permanent fences and posting signs, and provided public outreach to inform residents and those using these areas of the health hazard that exists.
In March 2009, the 47‐acre property associated with Margaret's Creek was also included in the overall site. The "Proposed Rule" recommending the addition of the site to the NPL was published in the Federal Register on April 9, 2009. The "Final Rule" adding the site to the NPL was published in the Federal Register on November 4, 2009.
September 2010 through June 2011 EPA conducted a remedial investigation (RI)/feasibility study (FS) for the site. EPA issued a Record of Decision on May 23, 2013 selecting the final remedy for the site.
September 2014, EPA's Removal Program initiated work on the excavation of battery casings in the Margaret's Creek sector of the site, as part of the Superstorm Sandy response. It was determined that, as a result of Superstorm Sandy, the battery casings were redistributed/exposed and were now available for exposure to people in this sector, which poses a potential risk. In May 2016, the Removal Program completed the removal of surface battery casings in the sector.
December 2015, EPA initiated a Remedial Design for Margaret's Creek using federal funds. The final design was completed January 2017. The estimated cost of the Remedial Action for Margaret's Creek is approximately $14,200,000.
December 2017, EPA intitiated a separate Remedial Design for both the Seawall Sector and the Western Jetty Sector using federal funding.


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Under 7s – Rhuben Blair & Neale Howle.
Under 8s – Karl Cooper.
Under 9s – Josh Bartlett & Jake Simpson.
Under 10s – Michael Stennett.
Under 11s – Karl Spear.
Under 12s – Brad Southan & Maurie Lonergan.
Under 13s – Warwick Jones.
Under 14s - Luke Bateman & RJ Donovan.
Under 15s – Darren & Marc Hoffman.
Under 16s – Craig Jarrett.
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Having proved to his satisfaction that it is possible for a created intellect to see the essence of God, St. Thomas goes on to ask whether this vision happens by way of a similitude in the created knowing power. Properly understood, the question is startling. Of course we do have a similitude in our minds (i.e. an idea) when we know God. The question is exactly like asking whether we have an aroma in our noses when we smell something, our sound waves in our ears when we're hearing something. Obviously we have an idea of God when we know him. But then St. Thomas denies that this is the case. "Idea" or "likeness" is a means created in us by which we see something other, but God, even if he is other, cannot be known by such a thing. Three arguments are given for this:
1.) Lower orders cannot make higher orders known in themselves. If I have a friendship of virtue, I can feel what is desirable in friendships of pleasure, since virtue is itself pleasant. But the same does not work the other way, because not everyone who experiences pleasure also knows virtue by experience. Lower forms of experience or awareness cannot make higher ones manifest, and so much more is it impossible for any created likeness to make God himself known.
2.) Created forms have existence from another, and God does not. No created form can is therefore a likeness of God, which is exactly what it would have to be if we knew God by a likeness.
3.) A created form must be a determinate logos, a this as opposed to a that. Even our logos of being is distinguished from the logos of truth. But the divine essence is purely uncircumscibed, a logos which contains within a single idea all that is in creatures.
And so the conclusion is that the divine essence itself unites itself to the intellect to be known. It is as though instead of knowing all physics we became the very laws themselves and all the possible interactions that have or could ever arise from them. But if this is the right analogy, then what is the status of the beatific vision as a moment in theology?


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little while ago, my department at work had a belated-holiday-party/team-bonding outing to the Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD) to volunteer together. GCFD distributes food to shelters, food pantries and soup kitchens to Chicago and the surrounding areas. Some of that food is donated by manufacturers, stores and individuals. And some of that food is purchased in bulk by GCFD. When they buy bulk, they have to take a 30 pound bag of pinto beans and re-bag them into 1 or 2 pound bags…or they'll get canned veggies without the labels and so they have to label everything.
While we were at GCFD, a high school class got to re-bag pinto beans (and wear white lab coats and hair nets), while we labeled french-cut green beans. 10,000 cans to be exact.
It was nice a break from the desk. Most people were given a station and stuck to it. I floated a bit, trying my hand at boxing, labeling and transferring from palette to labeling table (by far the least back-friendly of the jobs).
You know how much I love behind-the-scenes! Well, this was just as interesting. This was a peek into a world I know nothing about. Walking into their warehouse was like walking into a Costco on steroids. The sheer magnitude was awe inspiring…and the first thing everyone mentioned.
I don't have any stories on the horizon that deal with warehouses or assembly lines, but now I have a small taste of what that's like…just in case.
Have you ever volunteered as a way to explore your story?


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First, a caution. What follows comes from someone with zero training in economics and IT, so please treat this as–at best–hopelessly uninformed speculation.
When describing to co-workers my problems with the website of the Superior Court of San Francisco, the conversation naturally evolved to a discussion of the problems Human Resources at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has had with multiple other cloud services, databases, websites and other platforms maintained by other City departments. Design errors, software bugs, and other blunders on these platforms have negatively impacted our work over the past two years. We have written book-length material on the subject.
I don't want to get myself into too much trouble if the wrong people read this, so I will confine myself to one deliberately vague example. If you ever apply for any job with the City & County of San Francisco, consider yourself warned. I recently found a bug that randomly deleted the job applications of qualified applicants from certain lists. Yeah, not good for the applicants, not good at all.
At this point, you have probably asked yourself this question: "Shouldn't San Francisco, the unofficial capital of Silicon Valley, have better databases, websites, software and IT than any other major city in America?"
No, if my hypothesis is correct, it shouldn't.
Remember, what follows consists of uninformed speculation.
But if my uninformed speculation has any validity, theoretically San Francisco should have significantly worse databases, websites, software and IT than any other major city in America. It's a simple matter of economics.
When you look at the job openings at sfgov.org, you will see that the IT positions have salaries ranging from $80,000 – $140,000. Which might sound pretty good. In reality, it sucks. Why on earth would anyone desire a 1043 IS Engineer – Senior job paying at most $128,414 when they can hire themselves out to companies that pay 3 – 4 times as much for the same work? In fact, $500,000 might not suffice to entice some professionals. The latest urban legend to hit San Francisco (i.e., believe none of this without independent verification) tells the story of a programmer who turned down a job paying a half-million dollars because he had another offer paying three million. Not a misprint, but remember, it's just an urban legend at this time.
Why would the best & brightest work for the worst & dimmest compensation? That's just bad economics at the individual level. But think of how that affects all citizens of San Francisco, even the ones who make a half-million. Sooner or later, we will all need City services, but how good will those services be if the IT supporting them was designed by people earning 1/4 what people earn at <fill in the blank> company? I must emphasize right now that the City's IT folks consist of VERY dedicated, hard-working individuals who put in long hours maintaining computer systems that turned antiquated long before they even graduated from junior high school. Nonetheless, they remain not-half-million-dollar people. They remain $128K people.
Theoretically, (have I mentioned that this all constitutes uninformed speculation?) the quality of San Francisco services could decline to the point where all of our websites are as bad as Superior Court's, although to be fair I did find one computer in the office that does display their website correctly and with current information. One. This decline in the City & County of San Francisco's IT (technically, we're a "Consolidated City-County") would mean that no matter who you are, no matter how rich you are, and no matter what your problem, a fallen tree or a heart attack, you might not receive help in a timely matter.
So the point of my uninformed speculation consists of this question: will the economic divide between very rich Americans and the rest of America lead to a situation where local government can no longer adequately serve any of us? It seems possible that if in the future IT workers in governments consist mostly of people who couldn't get the good-paying jobs in the private sector, then the quality of government for all Americans could suffer. We might not be able to execute routine maintenance on our infrastructure as efficiently and economically as possible. We might not be able to respond to natural disasters as well or as quickly as possible. Worst yet, local, state and federal entities might become more vulnerable to cyberattacks from hostile groups that would never work against the firewalls in the private sector erected and maintained by million-dollar programmers.
However, I might have mentioned that what I've written consists of uninformed speculation. If I am completely off-base to the point where my musings are unfit for human consumption, I won't mind at all if you correct my misapprehensions.
Thanks in advance for any corrections.
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
They Said it, Not Us: Thug 101
Two of my best buddies out here in Hawaii go by the aliases of Brown Nino and Niggy. Niggy is your average, everyday white guy who played Magic in high school, and spends most of his days playing Gears of War and poker online. Brown Nino, well, remember those toys the "Lil' Homies?" Well, Brown Nino is a real-life Lil' Homie. Thnking he's hard, and listening to his gangsta rap, only he has a high-paying job that makes him wear a ridiculous aloha shirt and he's graduating in five years because he's double majoring. But he still thinks he's a thug.
So, I was over at Brown Nino and Niggy's house the other day, (yes, these polar oppostite people live together, I'm surprised Niggy isn't dead and Brown Nino isn't in jail) and me and Niggy were on the XBox 360 and Brown Nino was cupcaking on the phone. Now, what kind of a friend would I be if I didn't talk $#!t to one of my boys while he's spitting game to a girl, right? So me and Niggy are getting on Brown Nino, when him and Niggy have this exchange.
Brown Nino: "I'm a thug! Thugs don't love!"
Niggy: "Oh, do thugs double major in college?"
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
I Love to Play Games
(Apologies to our non New Year's game crew. You are up next.)
Five fine words that emerged from the game:
1) Hebephrenia
2) Oxycoccus
3) Palule
4) Praiss
5) Griffinage
I could have linked to their definitions, but that would spoil *the fun.*
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Blogging on Empty
But now I have time enough to do more than that. And freedom becomes paralysis.
Interesting. About as interesting as writing about it in three grafs.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Berger *Blahgs*
Nailed Again
Classic Profile
Janet Macolm's classic New Yorker essay "The Journalist and the Murderer" begins: ""Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible."
A bit strong, but there's an important point. Journalists are out to get their story, and will often do it at the expense of the people they report on.
I thought of that when reading this in a New York Times Magazine profile of Mad Men and its creator, Matthew Weiner:
After my first day on the set, I met Weiner for dinner at L'Ermitage hotel in Beverly Hills, AMC's base for out-of-towners. He was outside finishing a cigarette. Earlier in the day he commanded, "Don't say I smoke!" Why not? His face changed, and he seemed about 12 years old. "My parents don't know." I found that appealing, though I could see him wince once he said it.
This is a good detail, the kind that spices up a piece. It's also a betrayal, but one so common in journalism that I'm not sure writer Alex Witchel even sees it as such. I'm not even sure if readers notice it either.
Do I have a bigger point? Not really. I guess you should think twice before agreeing to be the center of a big article in a magazine read by millions. At least remember your parents are bound to see it.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Eats, Shoots and Leaves. Yeah.
Thanks, Teresa. This is apparently from Craigslist/DC.
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity make a real impact with your business and marketing writing talents? A dynamic, entrepreneurial for-profit college in Northwest DC is looking for an experienced copy writer and desktop publisher to lead aspects of both internal and external written communications.
To apply: Provide a resume and the following writing sample to demonstrate your abilities. (This is the type of thing we'll ask you to write, so if this doesn't interest you at all, you shouldn't apply) Draft an email that we could send to a student that has taken several courses at our college, but who has withdrawn, encouraging that student to come back and continue her studies.
The details:
You will report directly to the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing and will be responsible for writing, editing and proofreading a wide range of print and online materials including content for our web site, emails to students, and other marketing materials.
The twist: while you are writing copy you will also fill the role of security guard, working 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. We will buy your uniform. You won't carry a gun. Applicants must be able to pass a drug screen as well as a criminal background check. The security guard spends most of the shift seated at the reception desk, and there will be very minimal security duties. Practically the entire shift you will be able to focus on writing copy – you'll just happen to be wearing a uniform.
The ideal candidate will bring a BA or BS Degree in Journalism, Communications, English or other Liberal Arts degrees.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
I'm Not Joking
Of course, it's probably been done 19 times already.
The Fat Othello. I'm ready for my closeup if that one goes.
I Have Just Downloaded Firefox 3
Speaking of one's mind closing down, it seems to me that the Cliffhanger is the best Sylvester Stallone movie. I love those nausea-inducing vistas, and Stallone's face looks like a rough draft of something from Mt. Rushmore.
Rocky? Watched it again on cable recently and Rocky's lunkheadedness seemed so calculated, so disingenuous, all which manipulation I somehow missed back there in the 70s.
Talking about Stallone after midnight and striving for the right word: My mind rally has slowed to a walk.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Whither Oliver?
Since he hasn't leaked for two weeks or more, he now has access to the bed again. In short, we are now imagining we might have him for longer than the next 48 hours.
What caused his improvement? He's had chemotherapy, steroids, daily applications of potassium paste and daily applications of a dark brown vaseline-like substance designed to improve his regularity. We've been pumping his bladder, though we haven't done that for two days since he hasn't made a mistake in so long.
Of course, he rests most of the day and doesn't ask to go out and wouldn't be allowed out if asked.
He's old. That's a fact. This good news can't last obviously, no more than I would be justified making table reservations to celebrate the year Twenty One Hundred. But perhaps I will have a lap buddy as I do the sacred business of The Chair for the rest of this summer.
We are hopeful people here in Oakland. It's our stock and trade.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
My Conversation with Tim Russert
I didn't write it. I was still nursing a grudge from some of Russert's commentary during the Clinton impeachment, but I was certainly not going to step away from the spotlight.
After I read the proclamation (the instructions said), I was supposed to approach Russert (who at this point in the ceremonies was standing center stage listening), shake his hand and return to my seat (the instructions said).
So: I read the proclamation walked over to Russert and said:
"I shake your hand, and I return to my seat."
As the instructions said.
I guess I thought I was being funny. Russert did not seem amused.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Ofay, Can You See By the Dawn's Early Kike...
I know I heard her say that. I know I did.
Plus here are their kids' pet geese, Honky and Mr. Charlie.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Baby Time
The Layabouts, however, had turned off their phone or otherwise shirked their responsibility, so we got the call at 1 a.m. -- today? it seems like days ago.
E. stayed with O. -- kitty still needing some tending -- and I put on my fuzzy track suit and answered the call. The moon was low in the sky and half full, and it pleased me to think it was waxing, not waning.
After sitting on the Wachtel sofa for a while, attentive to any restlessness on the part of the boys slumbering nearby, I concluded that they, at 3 and 6, were probably capable of getting up for a glass of water -- indeed, I had no idea where the water glasses were and would probably cut myself -- so I went upstairs and lay down on the comfy bed and fell sleep, rumpled and fuzzy.
About 6:30 a thump-thump on the stairs woke me and thus arrived little Oliver (person, not cat) who had been prepared more than once to find an interloper in the parental bedroom but had, in fact, forgotten all that preparation and was about to slide from wonder to distress when Eliot came thump-thumping-thumping (a little louder and a little quicker) and greeted his godfather with a howl of pleasure, and much trampolining on said godfather ensued.
About 7:30 we got the call. Mom, baby, world doing well. And after a while Seth came home from Kaiser Hospital Oakland to pick up the boys for their first view of the new wonder.
And I yawned and came home, feeling privileged to have helped when help was needed, which is the sweet spot on the Louisville Slugger of life.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Bill Moyers Thinks on His Feet, Steps on the Feet of a Punk
USF's own Juliana Walters sent me this link. What we have is a punk O'Reilly producer trying to ambush Bill Moyers. Moyers doesn 't fade. He steps in, puts his hand on the punk and dominates the moment.
And I don't mean an easy manner or casualness that suggests indifference or unconcern. I mean imperturbable.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
'Expressing' Oliver's Bladder. A *Vet* Showed Me How to Do This. Seek Professional Instruction Once You Have Been Inspired by Our Demonstration.
Actually Oliver is not a young cat. He is 16. Was I concerned about his feelings by declining to state his age when the cameras were running?
Also, his problem is not just piddling in the wrong place. For ten days, he did not void; he leaked. That was when we were inspired by Sue Russell's treatment of her cat Spenser, who was paralyzed in the back parts from kittenhood, to squeeze Oliver's bladder.
Oliver is not quite paralyzed, but the video makes clear how limited is his control over his rear legs. And that poor little tail! Think of a furry overcooked noodle.
Today I Am 64
The iron rules of logic suggest you will disregard what I have just said.
Coming soon: My new haircut.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
I Like This. I Have Invited My Wife to Read It....
Like it or not, Hillary Rodham Clinton was the first female battering ram to rattle the Oval Office door, and while sorrowful Hillary-heads may lyrically and lovingly catalog her many achievements, her bravery and grace, I'd prefer to think of her as she actually has been: a pain in the ass to support, an often inept and ungainly campaigner. She was ill-behaved, she made mistakes, and waged an often dirty and tone-deaf campaign, performing precious few electoral pirouettes. But she also pulverized any quaint notions of what presidential races are supposed to look like and how girls might compete in them.
Language fails us when we say that Clinton "ran for president." Hillary Clinton didn't just run for president. She hustled and jumped and slogged and cried and ate and drank and didn't sleep and put up with her nutty underminer of a husband for president. She lit herself, and everything around her, on fire for president.Clinton behaved with the kind of naked drive and aggression and mercilessness we revere in, for example, football greats, wrestling stars and military heroes. Her political ambition and ruthlessness are qualities native to anyone putting themselves up for the job of running the country.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Friday, June 06, 2008
So Many Thought It. He Said It.
When I want to see how people think of a candidate (and therefore, whether they'll make a ticket more or less likely to win), I don't rely on my own subjective impressions. My youthful fantasies of being the young White House intern Hillary would use for post-Monica revenge, for example, shouldn't have led me to believe that everybody liked her the way I did.
Even Though I Am a Fabulous Feature Writer, I Spent Class Time Doing A Few Crude Videos. (Technically Crude. Not *Naughty*.)
We are talking about more than Hillary Clinton here:
Conquering video in the digital age has less to do with being telegenic or smart, as both Clintons are. Being a politician in the YouTube era means being comfortable with giving up control of your message and realizing that everything you say or do can be uploaded within minutes for the whole world to see - and then mashed up into something new.
Video is the media currency of the millions of young Americans who voted in the primary season this year, many for the first time. Stories told through video percolated to traditional media from blogs and online advocacy sites, from the tirades of Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, to the off-script comments of Bill Clinton.
Authenticity is more prized online than high production values - the only thing worse than being caught in a gaffe is being perceived as overscripted. (emphasis added)
And thus my philosophy of: good enough for the Net.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
All Kitty All the Time: We Are Like a Cable Network
Oliver now has minimal control of his hind legs, and he never moves further than three feet from his cat basket in which we have placed a heating pad set on low. But within those three feet are his two food bowls and his litter pan, and the one improvement in his state that has endured is his ability to control his bladder. As a kind of backup, we palpate his bladder -- I think "palpate" is the word -- and if it's plump enough I give it a nice squeeze. Whatever the cause, O. is using his litter.
His appetite has also returned in a small way. Early in the week we started squirting his potassium gel (for appetite) and his CatLax (for elimination) down his throat, and both seem to be working. So we now have a cat that can barely move, but whose condition may be tolerable -- for us. We keep him in the bedroom once again, and we give him some lap time and some bed time during which he is generously stroked.
He doesn't purr, though. He arranges his body as if he is comfortable and seems to like being petted, assuming we can read cat body language. But how does he feel?
How many cats can dance on the head of a pin? What goes on in a cat's brain, that meat microprocessor? If the pattern over the last three weeks holds, Oliver will be stable for only a short time and will soon lose: appetite and/or bladder control and/or mobility, and then we will "euphemize" him. But for right now it's equilibrium, and he lives on.
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Too Late
Expiration of intended recipient
The Three-Step Pet Ramp And Staircase.
Item 73900
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Postscript: And here it is: Jesus Cat.
I'm Sorry, So Sorry (That I Was Such a Fool)
Markos spurned the classic liberal temptation to make nice and salve the bruised feelings of the angered and offended, something conservative opponents such as Ann Coulter and Limbaugh never bothered doing. The gibe used to be that a liberal was somebody so fair-minded that he wouldn't even take his own side in an argument, and in the blog world the term for such namby-pambies is "concern troll." A concern troll is someone perennially anxious about going too far and doing more harm than good by alienating moderates.
Note to Self
(And if they do, when my own time comes I'll douse myself with catnip...)