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Terence Moore has railed against instant replay quite a few times and now in the wake off more missed calls Doug Glanville is joining the chorus telling us all that missed calls are JUST A PART OF THE GAME. Sure, some missed calls could be prevented, but some deaths could be prevented by wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle and no one would suggest wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle is a good idea. Potential horrific death is just a part of owning a motorcycle. Doug also wants us to know that baseball has always merited out penalties punishments and revenge privately, so he doesn't get why we have to publicly criticize an umpire for making a mistake during a nationally televised game. This is all social media's fault by the way. Let's keep umpiring justice underground. MLB has a way of punishing these umpires and these punishments shouldn't be made public. Instant replay would only serve to highlight the mistakes the umpires make and mistakes are a fun part of the game. It's the human element!
Even as I know that it's cliché to say that umpires are only human, it
is also cliché to complain about the caliber of umpires when we know
they are the best in the world at what they do.
No Doug, it is not a cliche to complain about the caliber of umpires. Calling this a cliche would indicate complaining about the umpires has lost its original meaning, when it very clearly has not lost its original meaning since the complaints are still valid. Few people are complaining about the caliber of the umpires, but the complaints are mostly about the umpires missing easy calls. It seems to be recognized the MLB umpires are possibly the best in the world, but it's not a cliche to point out the list of easy calls getting missed by them.
And our criticism of the judges of the game is easy to dismiss as
background noise when we seem to comment only when they make mistakes.
It's easy to dismiss the criticism as background noise if you insisting on ignoring the criticism as having merit and push it to the background.
Umpires are the cafeteria food, the taxes, the new boyfriend of our ex. We complain about them as a default, as a reflex.
Hmmm...this is kind of an interesting comparison. Umpires are the cafeteria food, but if you get a hair in your food at the cafeteria would you not notify the establishment? If you were levied an certain amount of taxes incorrectly wouldn't you appeal to the IRS to reduce the amount of taxes you have to pay? If the new boyfriend of your ex kept calling you or harassing you then wouldn't you have a reason to complain about him/her? It's not a default reflex to complain about the umpires when the umpires are clearly making mistakes. No one would see a hair in their food at a cafeteria, shrug their shoulders and then continue eating because "it's so cliche to complain about hair in your food." When a wrong is committed, it's a legitimate gripe, not a reflexive action that is illegitimate.
It doesn't really matter if the food tastes good, the taxes go to good use, or the boyfriend is actually a nice guy.
That's not a good comparison in this situation. In this situation the food tastes bad, the taxes are not put to good use, and the boyfriend is a dick.
They are always in the wrong place at the wrong time, even when they make the right call.
Good umpiring is appreciated. When a game is well-umpired I remark to myself these umpires really are doing well. Like any other job, mistakes are going to be amplified though.
Every year we exclaim that umpires are "getting more confrontational."
When umpires toss a player like David Price out of the game for seemingly doing very little and the umpire seemed to antagonize Price...it's hard to not call them more confrontational.
Every year they need to be replaced by robots or armed with a deck of instant replay choices.
That's not at all what is being suggested. If you want to have a serious discussion then don't exaggerate for effect or to cover up for the fact you aren't able to make valid points.
I haven't heard much about rewarding umpires for doing a good job. All we know is good umpires get to work the playoffs,
Umpires do get a reward for doing a good job. It's called a "salary" and they get to work the playoffs as a reward as well.
but public opinion has little to say about their work unless they cost our favorite team a run.
So coddling the umpires more than they are already coddled will make them do a better job? They just want to be loved, that's all.
There are already super-secret punishments and reprimands for umpires, so I find it hard to feel bad for them when they mess up and take some criticism. They know they put themselves in that spot to be criticized and their punishments stay out of the public spotlight generally. It's more than can be said for the MLB players, who are punished publicly for their public screwups.
We have to remember that for its long history, baseball has lived off of
self-regulation. It was handled in the locker room, or on the field, or
between the sparring teammates in private.
While understandable, I do believe the umpires have to be accountable for the mistakes that are made. I am not in favor of public flogging of umpires, but criticizing them for doing a poor job hardly seems close to being out of line, especially when true. The baseball-loving public deserves some sense that MLB understands and takes actions to ensure clearly bad calls don't further determine the result of a baseball game.
The umpires were just part of an environment that was self-evaluating
and self-policing. They were following the underground order of the
There are issues with self-evaluating and self-policing. Part of the issues with these concepts is that the order of the game is underground. A lack of transparency isn't always a good thing and self-policing can lead to groupthink which may not be good for the game of baseball. It's hard for baseball fans to throw up their hands and say, "Well, my team just lost a game on a blown call, but I'm sure his supervisor is going to write him a very stern email tomorrow."
Like it or not, umpires are accountable to the fans who pay money watching games. Doug Glanville is essentially arguing against the public criticizing of umpires and that is quite simply not a reasonable request. Players can police themselves for internal violations of the player's code, but if a player charges the mound and is suspended 6 games then this is a publicly announced suspension. So in terms of suspensions, players are publicly chastised for mistakes, while umpires often have their mistakes punished privately. I'm not arguing against this private punishment, but baseball teams don't necessarily self-police privately when it comes to their players.
If you thought someone hit you intentionally, you could charge the mound and accidentally break a collar bone.
And MLB will suspend you for a few games. This is a public suspension. It used to be that suspensions weren't handed out for charging the mound, but things have changed.
You could knock a catcher who was blocking the plate into next week because it was part of the game.
Now if a player knocks over the catcher it is treated like a major violation of the baseball code. Things have changed and Doug Glanville is simply yearning for the days of yore, rather than acknowledging how baseball has changed and adapted.
This is all very confusing and poorly written. Doug Glanville is supposed to be talking about umpiring and need for perfection, but he is slipping in a conversation about private codes of conduct in baseball that have become public. If anything, you could use these examples of private codes of conduct that have become public as an example of why umpires should be publicly reprimanded for their mistakes. Plus, the pursuit of umpiring perfection is a different conversation from the conversation Doug Glanville seems to be leading us towards.
The rules were as ingrained as Newton's Laws to those on the field. So
much so that in many cases, no one on the outside knew how retaliation
would be dished out.
Glanville is very much off-topic right now. This isn't supposed to be an article about retaliation, but is supposed to be an article about the search of perfection in umpiring.
Umpires have always mirrored baseball's loosey-goosey police work. The
game took care of it, it evened out, and mostly it was "go get 'em
I'm not even entirely sure what this means. Does it mean umpires used to give teams a makeup call on a later date for a missed call during a previous game? Calls probably do tend to even out over time, but if an umpire misses a call that costs a team the game then it's hard to say "go get 'em tomorrow" when there is technology that can overturn this call at the time the call was made.
So umpires were presiding over a society that was held together by
history, by unwritten rules, by trust or perhaps blindness, or by faith.
And umpires just employed similar self-regulation as the game did in
I don't understand what the hell this means. Umpires still do police themselves. Fans aren't voting on the appropriate punishment for an umpire who misses a call. MLB and the Director of Umpires are the ones who hand down a punishment or suspension to umpires for misconduct. There is still self-regulation and much of this self-regulation is private. It's not like an umpire's season-long record is revealed to the public. Umpires are still for the most part punished or graded quietly and privately.
But like any other monumental change in communication, a generation of
fans and players came along that was fine with the blurring of the
public and private domain. It was a time to protect, and security was
chosen over privacy.
What does this have to do with privacy? So an umpire blows a call in view of everyone and there should be no criticism or call for expanded replay because the umpire deserves some sense of privacy? If Doug Glanville thinks umpires don't have a sense of privacy in how they are graded then I would like for him to do a search for the grades that a certain umpire received last year. You can't find it.
But the major difference is social media makes everyone a testifying
witness. There is nowhere to hide from its stream, and now the vigilante
justice that was meted out in baseball's past has a jury.
I get the feeling Doug Glanville didn't really know what he was talking about with this column. If social media is now the jury then how do they have an effect on the vigilante justice? Does Doug think the pressure from social media is causing MLB to punish umpires more harshly? Social media isn't the jury, they are simply commenting and giving an opinion on what they see happening. Why is that umpires are being held even the least bit accountable in a public fashion seen as a bad trend?
So when the Astros and Angels brought to light the rule book on pitching
changes and pinch hitters, the world tweeted. The rules were posted and
we watched. In an unprecedented moment, an umpire's fate was tied to an
The umpire made a very public mess-up. The umpire's fate wasn't tied to the audience, but MLB understood the mistake got a lot of attention and they wanted to react to the mistake.
And so an umpire was suspended for not upholding a rule he should have known.
He should have known the rule. That's his job, to know the rules of baseball. Would it have been better to have private justice? What would that justice have even entailed? It's not like the public wouldn't have known if the umpire got suspended for a few games. Someone surely would have noticed the umpire that just screwed up hasn't umpired a game in a few days.
Fair enough, but we need to recognize that we have a new sheriff in town
and the sheriff may not even be at the game or even watching it live.
You don't need to be watching the game live to watch the replay of the mistake and understand it should not have occurred. Is this some bizarre version of the whole "You can't evaluate this player accurately because you didn't watch him play" argument?
In my playing days, I heard a lot of complaints about the lack of accountability for umpires,
But what about the vigilante justice? It works! Don't players understand complaining about the umpiring is so cliche? It's like complaining about cafeteria food.
but this new way of communicating has been too much because the
assessment of umpires is now tapping the reflexive bias the public has
against umpires.
There is no reflexive bias against umpires, there is a reflexive bias against umpires making really bad calls during a game.
A public that is considering ways to put machinery in their place or
have so many versions of instant replays that umpires become street
signs that post the results, not engaged the actors.
Again, this isn't what is attempting to be accomplished with expanding instant replay. Expanding replay is an attempt to ensure umpires get the call correct. The NFL has fairly expansive replay and it doesn't take away from the job that the NFL officials do. NFL officials aren't becoming street signs and MLB umpires would not become street signs either.
But I can't help but think about the issue with the judgment of judges
being swayed by public opinion. Don't we have to be careful with that
Does Doug Glanville have any proof that the judgment of the umpires was swayed by public opinion? I don't think he does, so he is just making an assumption that ever-so-conveniently matches up with the point he is trying to prove.
Imagine presiding over a court case and listening to everyone's interpretation of the law.
You mean presiding over a court case and there being a group of people responsible for final judgment on the case? A group of people who are unfamiliar with the law and base their opinion of guilt or innocence on what information others give them? I think it's called a jury and a judge presides over court cases all the time where a jury makes the final determination.
Part of the reason for umpire secrecy in their evaluation process is so
that it doesn't get tainted by too many chefs in the kitchen or run the
risk of other agendas entering into play.
Did the evaluation of umpires all of a sudden become made public and I haven't heard about it? MLB and the Director of Umpires can ignore social media and make their own determination when evaluating an umpire. This hasn't changed. It's just social media has a voice. The best part is there is no agenda with social media. As a Braves fan, I don't have an agenda when it comes to an umpire messing up an Oakland A's home run. I just don't like to see bad umpiring. If wanting to see good umpiring that doesn't have an effect on the result of a game is an agenda, then count me as a guilty of having an agenda.
We want to know how the test is given. We want to know the secret sauce.
No, we want to make sure the test isn't rigged or if a person takes a piss in the secret sauce then the sauce doesn't get distributed to customers. No one wants a say in the policing of umpires, we just want to make sure there is policing of umpires.
We have fancy technology that we see as a clean way to discern the truth.
But...but...that's not a bad thing.
Even so, we should ask if we want the umpires to be in that position,
out of caution of having a game of people solely judged by computers.
Who the hell is suggesting baseball be a game solely judged by computers? I feel like I am taking crazy pills. No one has suggested the game of baseball be judged solely by computers. Again, Doug Glanville is exaggerating in order to make his point of view seem more reasonable.
Seems like a slippery slope.
Seems like you are making this up.
But like no other time, the fans are getting on the field, in the locker room, in the dugout, without actually being there.
Fans really aren't in the locker room or in the dugout any more than they used to be before the increased use of social media. It's not like my Tweets can get an umpire suspended and I certainly don't have access to the locker room without a press pass or video/audio from a sportswriter who is also in the locker room or dugout.
Even I can press the NFL to ban former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams from the league forever.
It doesn't matter what you think about Gregg Williams. The NFL still makes their decision based on their own set of criteria and for their own reasons. It's not like I can write into Roger Goodell and he makes a decision based entirely on my recommendation.
We can make Tiger Woods take a penalty shot.
No, the PGA made Tiger Woods take a penalty shot. Some pathetic person called in and reported a violation by Tiger.
We can call a home run better than anyone on the field can do it and we
can do that with none of the responsibility for making the call.
That's because we have replay that shows us whether it was a home run or not. Perhaps those who have responsibility for making the call should have access to the same technology I have sitting at home, as opposed to criticizing those at home for voicing their displeasure about a missed call they have the technology to see as really being a missed call.
We can be there, when we are not.
And it is a good thing. There is more accountability.
We can overrule, overturn, overthink, and even overreact and delete that
last post. But let's be careful because we may not want to know how
deep the rabbit hole goes when we try to make perfection.
Why don't you tell us, Doug, how deep the rabbit hole goes when we try to make perfection? That's right, Doug prefers to speak in generalities railing against the increased use of technology and the increased voice of social media. He tells us the rabbit hole can go deeper than we think, warns us against making private decisions more public, and says wanting perfection is a peril. Yet, he doesn't tell us WHY perfection is a peril, WHY private decisions being made public is bad (other than using "it's not how it used to be" as a reason), and WHY the rabbit hole can go too deep or where this deeper rabbit hole takes us. Without that, this is just an empty group of words that are unpersuasive.
Maybe a missed call will be a thing of the past. Maybe that is a good thing.
It may not be a good thing, but it certainly isn't a bad thing.
But I get the feeling we may actually miss a missed call, no matter what we say in 140 characters or less.
Why the hell would we miss a missed call? Baseball isn't trending towards computers becoming the new umpires, so the human element will still be there. Using Doug's "cafeteria" comparison, this is like saying we may miss finding a hair in our food. The human element is great until the human element screws something up.


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kids and hubby are asking when i'm gonna do the opening ceremony of my new ariston oven. was supposed to yesterday with their favourite carrot walnut cake but as it turned out, we all went out shopping for the high stools (got them at carrefour at a fraction of the price of the one i was eyeing at furniture arts), came back just before 7 pm. so it was prepar dinner, wash clothes etc and no time for baking.
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It's Easter Sunday and we're about to leave the house for church, but, of course, we had to take at least a couple pictures of Bailey in her Easter dress first. We never know if Bailey is going to finish church in the same outfit she started in so we figured we'd better play it safe and get some pics upfront.
Well, the Easter dress survived two hours in the nursery so after church I took Bailey down the street to Reedy River Park to snap a few pictures before heading home. Mel had to sing in both the early and late service so I knew we had some time before she was done with church.
Here, Bailey is giving a great smile by a flower arrangement at the entrance to the park. She looks so much like a little girl in this picture instead of the baby I'm still used to.
Remember this picture from the blog from last Easter? Yes, that's right. It was just one year ago that Bailey was playing in the grass in front of the church on Easter Sunday morning. She didn't really have much of a choice back then because she couldn't walk yet. How quickly things change…
Here, Bailey is once again sitting in the grass (this time at Falls Park instead of in front of the church) on Easter Sunday morning about one year later. She definitely has a choice of whether to sit or walk these days so I was a little surprised that she sat there so easily and let me take pictures (especially considering the fact that she doesn't like the feel of grass poking her legs). It's amazing to me how much difference one year makes when I compare these two pictures. I look forward to seeing what next year's picture of Bailey (and Palmer) playing in the grass on Easter Sunday morning will look like.
Bailey in front of a colorful arrangement of flowers at Reedy River Park.
I tried my best to get her to look at the camera when I shot this pic, b/c I thought it looked really cool with the building in the background. Also, there were plenty of people at the park that morning so I had only a small window of opportunity with no one in the background. But, as is often the case, her attention had been captured by something else. I don't remember what it was…I just know it wasn't me. I think it is still a pretty cool picture, though.
After we returned home and had some lunch and a nap we had a small Easter egg hunt for Bailey in the front yard. Mel and Bailey had decorated some Easter eggs the night before so I assumed the task of hiding them Sunday afternoon. I originally hid nine eggs then returned inside to let Mel and Bailey know we were ready. Unbeknownst to me, Duncan and/or Molly (probably Molly) decided to partake of the Easter egg hunt, as well, while I was inside, because although I hid nine eggs only six existed when Bailey commenced her hunt.
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Bailey grabbing one of the few remaining Easter eggs that were lucky enough to survive the Easter egg massacre inflicted by one or both of the dogs.
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I don't know how to have a discussion. Any time me and my mom try to "discuss" something it turns into yelling at each other. And with anyone else, I don't know how to stick up for myself.
It's like my brain shuts down and I don't know what to say. Five minutes before I had a million brilliant things to say to back up my opinion or whatever, but then in the heat of the moment I go blank and get upset. Or I don't get upset and I just let the other person think that they've won, or that they're right. Then five, ten minutes later all of my brilliant rebuttles come back to me.
I think it's partly because I've never had a real discussion in my life. In my family, we yell at eachother, that's how it goes. I think it's also partly because in my whole life I don't ever remember saying my opinion, or how I felt about something without being yelled at, or laughed at, or ignored. I don't know how to fix myself, so until then; you've won this arguement, you're right, whatever.


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|The familiar Periwinkle eater!
|This little one fell out of nowhere as I was watering the plants and landed right next to my feet! Imagine if it had plopped on my head! Eeeeeee.....
|Another beautiful golden, brown butterfly
|This bug is covered in a transparent circle film! I have never seen this bug before!
|Mating cucumber bugs doing the gravity-defying-dance!
|The red dragonfly
|What a beautiful flower! I think it mutated very beautifully!
|The dragonfly which had completed its lifespan.
|Both zucchini plants died as the cucumber bugs spread the bacteria wilt to them. :( I have never had luck with cucumbers and zucchinis.
|The cherry tomatoes are doing extremely well!
|Pak Choy in pots!
|Pumpkin seedlings
|The corn plants and okras.
|Red Periwinkle grown from seeds!
|Sunflower seedlings
|The Yellow-Banded Wasp Moths Mating!
|The lemon tree is growing again after being ill for awhile. It was dropping leaves and growth was stunted.
|This caterpillar was attacking the lemon tree! It ate and ate and ate the leaves and strung webs around the leaves. A pest!!!
|The beautiful Allamanda!


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Today is item number 20 - Baby Round Ripple Afghan. If you read my post yesterday you have seen a picture of it, if not....here it is.
I love to make afghans, also known as blankets,but this type is one of my favorites to make. I works up really fast and its not hard at all to make. This one is large enough for a baby through toddler. I can also make them child size, teen size, and large enough to sit on the couch and cover up with. However I can also go larger and make them the size for your bed :) I really need to make one for the kids' beds and maybe my bed.
You want one the colors of your favorite sports team? No problem as long as I can find the colors. If I can't find them in my local area I can go on the internet and find it.
The more colors the more stripes I can do. I LOVE colorful blankets!!
All of my items are handmade by me, with you and your child(ren) in mind. Since they are handmade, no two items have a mirror image. This baby round ripple afghan, with the yarn that I used, measured about 35 inches wide from widest points. ( My tape measure moved down a little when I took this picture)
If you have an idea for the way you want your colors to be please let me know. I can do them with a color in the middle, a different color for the large body, and then go back and do the last few inches in the color of the middle ( like I did in the blue and white one above).
Or I could do the blanket in a one color and do the last few inches in a different color like the pink and white one above. :)
Or I could do them with whats called a variegated color yarn. This one kinda reminds me of tie dyeing.
If you like rainbows and would like one in rainbow colors....no problem I can do it. As you can see there is no end when it comes to the choices.


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Annie Ridout transformed her copywriting career and started her own site, The Early Hour, after having her first baby (Joni). She tells us how it all began at 5am...
Tell us about your family
I live with my husband Rich and we have one daughter, Joni Rose Moon. She's two in June.
How and why did you start The Early Hour?
When Joni was young, I'd often be up at 4 or 5am; feeding her and reading shitty articles that didn't make me feel good. So I decided to start an online culture and lifestyle magazine with inspiring interviews and articles to give early risers (parents, commuters, insomniacs, florists, teachers, bakers, menopausal women) something stimulating to read first thing. The Early Hour launched in September, and articles are published daily at 5am.
It was important to me that the content could appeal to both women and men, as I was bored with the idea that becoming a parent divides us. Yes, women and men are different – but when it comes to parenting and work, there is so much crossover. Women work. Men parent. And vice versa. Also, I wanted to cover ethical issues, mental health, disability and less conventional family set-ups – as people in these situations aren't always given a platform.
It can be hard to juggle a career and family life. What, if anything, do you feel you've sacrificed by choosing your current lifestyle?
It is hard, and I do sometimes feel off balance but I make sure that no aspect of my life is sacrificed by making continual adjustments. For instance, there was a period when I wasn't seeing enough of my friends so I now make sure I go out one evening a week. Also, exercise is important to me so I get up at 5.50am to go for a run and do pilates before Rich leaves for work. I think it's about working out what makes you feel good and finding a way to fit it into your life.
The transition from working as a full time copywriter in Farringdon to being at home full time with a baby was difficult in some ways, as it meant less money, less freedom and less intellectual stimulation. But that was my choice. And now – through The Early Hour and writing freelance articles – I'm enjoying earning money and feeling connected to the adult world again. Of course, 'work' sometimes seeps into 'life' and I do feel guilty tapping away on my phone when I'm with Joni. But we spend lots of time in the park and roaming the streets, too.
It would be nice to go on more dates with Rich but we're a bit crap at making this happen so we've just booked a weekend away in Berlin for his birthday (our first proper trip without Joni). I can't wait. But we actually love our evenings in – I get in the bath with Joni then we all read books together on our bed. Rich and I both feel a lot more productive since having a baby so we often spend evenings working. The priorities have definitely shifted, from 'have as much fun as possible' to 'achieve as much as possible'. But I think we're happier.
What's your top tip for mums on maternity leave?
Joni was born in June and I loved walking around parks with her, stopping for coffees, meeting up with my mum, sister or friends I'd made through NCT. But I put lots of pressure on myself to go to groups and play centres. My top tip would be: do whatever feels right for you. Don't worry about 'socialising' your baby – this will come later. They barely acknowledge other children until they're well over a year old. That said – if you're feeling lonely, a trip to a local group could really help. And remember: everyone's in the same boat – feeling intimidated and like it's the first day of school all over again.
The Early Hour is the first Instagram we see every morning. Who do you look forward to 'seeing' each day on social media?
There are so many amazing accounts. But in brief, I love…@oh_merde and @nor_folk for lifestyle. @peckham_mamma and @papa_pukka for the jokes. @simonbajada for the food and scenery. @meringuegirls for the girly stuff. And my lovely friend @mattbucknall for the best photos on the whole of Instagram.
Are there any other blogs/sites/publications you're dying to write for?
I recently wrote an article for the Guardian, which is the newspaper I grew up with – so that's a big box ticked. I'm also in talks with The Pool, hopefully that will lead to something. Other than that: anyone willing to pay. I'd love to be invited on to Woman's Hour and (further down the line!) Desert Island Discs.
Make us feel better about ourselves. What's your biggest mum fail?
We went to Whitstable for the Easter weekend. I was doing a wee upstairs, Rich was reading downstairs – and we both thought the other was watching Joni. I heard her climbing the stairs and thought it wasn't a good idea but let it happen. She got to the top of a really long flight of uncarpeted stairs and slipped. I screamed, Rich ran round, threw his glass of wine up the staircase and caught her mid-air. A split second later, and she'd have crashed onto the floor. When I got downstairs, Rich was grey in the face. Fortunately, Joni was fine – she hit her cheek on the first tumble and had a little bruise but no head injuries. We felt very bad about that.
Are there any other mums out there who inspire you?
I love Steph Douglas from Don't Buy Her Flowers for her honesty about all things motherhood. She writes a great blog. Also Suzy Ashworth for her positivity and empowering messages. And any mum who travels with their kids I'm in awe of – I'd love to do it one day, but have to persuade Rich first! And of course my own mum is massively inspiring; she is as close to perfect as a mum could be.
Where do you hang out with the family?
We spend every Friday night – me, Rich and Joni – at our local: The Castle, in Walthamstow. We get on well with the owners Adam and Natalie, and they have a sweet little daughter Olive, who Joni plays with. Eat17, also in Walthamstow, is great for brunch – and their sister branch in Hackney for dinner – and we recently discovered My Neighbours the Dumplings in Clapton who do delicious dim sum. Lastly, The Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green is great for kids.
What's next for The Early Hour?
I woke up the other day with an email from Arianna Huffington in my inbox. That was a big moment. I'd like to interview more women at the top of their game – so far, I've found it much easier getting men to agree. And other than that, I'll continue to work hard creating content that (I hope) people enjoy reading. Whatever happens, I want to be telling people's stories and giving a platform to people who might not otherwise have one. So get in touch if you'd like to be featured…
On Twitter: @theearlyhour
On Instagram: @the_early_hour
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Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge - US Fish and Wildlife Service
Wallkill River Nature Trails - US Fish and Wildlife Service
No dogs allowed on this trail.
GPS Coordinates 41.19392, -74.58550
Refuge Map (shows all trails) - US Fish and Wildlife Service
Wood Duck Nature Trail - US Fish and Wildlife Service
Wood Duck Nature Trail - 3.7 miles
hiked together with a 1.5 mile drive to:
Dagmar Dale Nature Trail - 2.6 miles
|The trail starts right off of the small parking lot.
|It's a gorgeous tunnel of greenery.
|Swamps along either side early on.
|The gray catbird that I swear has been following me around on every hike here lately.
|If you think it was bird overload on the Dagmar Dale hike, get ready for turtle overload on this one.
|I saw people coming towards me on the trail so I zoomed in but at the time could not see who it was (or like I would have know who it was) from that distance until they got closer and just as I thought "NO WAY!" I heard him say "NO WAY!"
|Yes Way! Dan and Laura Balogh! It is the second time we ran into one another this year. What fun!
|Continuing on...
|Two male red0winged blackbirds landed...
|... then flew into a tree directly above me and were joined by a female. Standing there taking pictures directly above me of 3 birds might have gotten a little messy so I moved on along.
|The trail eventually becomes grassy...
|... and ends at the Walkill River although there is not much of it to see in the summer.
|To the right is a gate with a mowed path so I followed that to see where it would lead.
|Turkey Vulture
|The mowed path continues along a meadow and comes out...
|... at a parking area on Route 23. The sign says permit parking only for the wildlife refuge.
|Heading back.
|Back through the gate ...
|... to another look at the river.
|A different kind of bird.
|Heading back on the Wood Duck Trail.
|And many more turtles on the way back.
|Back at the parking lot.


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If you've been hearing the name Lenovo a lot more than usual lately, in mainstream media and not just tech news, there is a reason for it…and not a good one. It appears that Lenovo has become a victim of a practice they aren't alone in, something that we at FMCN and many others in the tech world have been screaming about ages.
The bane of crapware/adware that is preloaded on almost every white box computer and laptop you can buy.
Starting in the summer of 2014, Lenovo began to install software on brand new laptops called Superfish. Ostensibly this was to provide a "better targeted online shopping experience", but in reality the software just overwrote the legitimate ads on websites with ads of their own. This would have been bad enough for such a huge company to be loading what amounted to adware on their brand new computers, but it got worse. It turned out that Superfish software was actually breaking some of the Internet's most important security but installing what is called a root certificate on the system. This certificate basically made it very easy for a system to be hacked and hijacked by anyone on a public network.
This only came to light in January and Lenovo has been dealing with the consequences of this since then, with one of their top tech officials posting a full apology and explanations of how to fix the issue. They've even posted their own tool to remove all of Superfish software from any affected laptops.
If you happen to have purchased a Lenovo laptop in the past 8 months, go to this site: Superfish Advisory at Lenovo for instructions on how to clean the system.
This breach of trust is serious and will have a last impact on Lenovo's reputation. We've been recommending Lenovo's over the past while as solid business class machines that you could still get with Win 7 licenses. No more. Even though this install seems to have hit only a limited number of laptops and systems, it is going to cause havoc for IT professionals trying to identify what systems may be compromised. I don't envy larger corporate IT brethren who may have made bulk purchases.
The real problem here isn't just the breach. This exposes a practice that ALL laptop and white box system makers are guilty of. Installing crapware on brand new systems, all in the name of making a few extra bucks on the sale of hardware with razor-thin margins for profit. Every company does it to one degree or another, Dell, Toshiba, Asus, Acer…I'd be challenged to find one that didn't.
Crapware comes as a company's own branded browser toolbars, windows optimization programs, driver download tools, online backup tools, web browsing media "enhancements", the list goes on and on. All of it is totally unnecessary, often puts your system at risk of bugs and hacks due to their "enhancements" and often with no real benefit to the user. Quite often, users will ask us to clean all of this off before we deliver what should be a totally clean installed new computer to them.
And it's getting harder and harder to identify the crapware from what's actually needed to run a laptop. Is that "pointing enhancement" software for the touch pad or does it have some other purpose? The solution is often to just install a clean version of Windows without any of their garbage. That takes time, and therefore money and often isn't a viable option.
If there is anything good to come of this breach of trust with such a highly visible company, perhaps others will take a closer look at this practice and judge whether it is worth what it does to its customer base. Companies like Superfish? We can only hope their pond scum level software disappears forever (too much to hope as Forbes recently noted Superfish in a top 100 upcoming business).


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People v. Alvarado Complicity and Supplemental Instructions / Presentence Report and Aggravated Sentences
Facts: A jury convicted Mr. Alvarado of two counts of aggravated robbery and one count of kidnapping. During jury deliberations, the jury posed three questions to the trial court regarding complicity. After the trial court referred the jury back to the original instructions, the jury asked: "On complicity—does someone have to have knowledge of the intent prior to the act being committed or can the person watching the act happen be complicit by observing the act happen know [sic] that at the time the act is occurring that they [sic] are intending to do the act[?]"
The trial court answered with: "The defendant must have had knowledge of the other person's intent to commit all or part of the crime either before or at the time the other person committed all or part of the crime."
Further, during sentencing, the trial court relied upon the presentence investigation report to justify its sentence. Specifically, that Mr. Alvarado had a pending juvenile case during the commission of these offenses.
Issue: Whether the trial court impermissibly lessened the prosecution's burden with the supplement instruction on complicity?
Held: No
Reasoning: The Court of Appeals simply found no abuse of discretion. The Court found that the trial court should provide a supplemental instruction unless:
(1) the jury may be adequately informed by directing its attention to some portion of the original instructions;
(2) the request concerns matters not in evidence or questions which do not pertain to the law of the case; or
(3) the request would call upon the judge to express an opinion upon factual matters that the jury should determine.
Mostly because the jury could not follow the reasonable doubt instruction and continued to machinate about how to convict, the jury kept inquiring about complicity – seemingly, hoping for direction to convict. The trial court provided it with the above instruction. The Court of Appeals held because the defense did not point to any authority that the instruction lessened the prosecution's burden of proof, the trial court did not abuse its discretion (pretending of course that there would be any on anything so specific such as this instruction). Clearly, the case hinged on when the Mr. Alvarado realized the co-defendant started robbing the place. Apparently, the jury decided that because Mr. Alvarado did not thwart or prevent the co-defendant from carrying through once he saw what was happening, Mr. Alvarado then became a complicitor to the crimes. Utterly unfair.
Issue: Whether the trial court impermissibly relied upon facts in the PSI when sentencing Mr. Alvarado?
Held: No.
Reasoning: The Court of Appeals really did not analyze the issue very well. The Court forgot that the tribunal is an unbiased referee – not a prosecutor. Nevertheless, the Court of Appeals held that because the trial court could easily verify that Mr. Alvarado had a juvenile case pending during the commission of these offenses, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in relying on such facts from the PSI. Contrast that holding with People v. Isaaks, 133 P.3d 1190 (Colo. 2006), where the Colorado Supreme Court held that the trial court abused its discretion relying on facts in the PSI that were not admitted by Mr. Isaaks. Thus, here the trial court acted like a prosecutor, did not make the prosecution prove that the juvenile case was actually pending during the commission of this offense, and Mr. Alvarado never admitted that the juvenile case was pending at the time. The Court of Appeals confused prior convictions with proof of the prior convictions. Unfortunately, the trial court can take into account any prior conviction at sentencing. However, the prosecution still had the burden of proving any prior conviction or pending case. Isaaks, supra. Thus, because Mr. Alvarado never admitted to the pending juvenile case, the trial court abused its discretion. However, the Court of Appeals disagreed, and thankfully, the point is moot because the trial court still sentenced Mr. Alvarado within the presumptive range.


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Thursday, January 5, 2012
Camping to see Family
When you calculate the cost of sending your child to camp, you have to include visiting day costs. And if you send her to a camp far away, you may have to spend the night, and either fly to camp or rent a car.
We have treated our camp visits as mini-no-family vacations, but the wonderful camp where my daughter goes is near B & B's that don't seem worth the cost. One year we had mold in the room, and another, our friends were yelled at for coming towards the end of breakfast time (I thought that 7-9 time was a range).
o last summer, we went camping. Aside from getting a tent for camping this made our stay virtually free. We paid $15 a night for the campsite, vs $200 for a B & B.
We had a basic camping tent which kept us protected from the morning dew. We brought egg crate mattresses to keep our ancient bones from feeling every stick and we slept relatively well.
And we got to eat breakfast at the excellent café at King Arthur Flour.
Once you buy your tent for camping you can use it over and over. Will I forsake the Four Seasons for camping?
Not likely, but I can certainly see using it for a yearly budget vacation, and putting the money saved towards a nice dinner.
Posted by Judy Antell at 12:03 PM
Labels: budget vacation, camping, family, family vacation
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J Lohr Vineyards & Wines
- California,USA
Project Type:
- Free Space
Project Size:
- 1 MW or less
Project Date:Tuesday, January 1, 2008
J. Lohr owns 3,000 acres of California Vineyards, including 2000 acres in the Paso Robles region where they have now added a state-of-the-art, 756 kilowatt single-axis tracking solar photovoltaic system. The vineyard installed 4,320 modules on ground-mounted arrays that track the sun from east to west, significantly increasing energy output.
This is the largest solar energy installation of its kind in the North American wine industry. It will offset most of the winery's annual energy use by reducing CO2 emissions equivalent to planting 0.861 acres of trees or not driving 2,502 miles


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My little one is now almost 3 months old and so I've been tandem nursing for 3 months. If I had the chance for a do over, I'm not so sure I would do it again. I know several people who are currently pregnant and thinking about tandem nursing and I know I had a hard time finding anyone who had written about their experience, so I thought I would share the pros and cons. I honestly don't know if I would choose to wean Caleb if I had the chance to do it over, but I would have loved some honest information.
The Good:
I love having designated time that I HAVE to sit down with Big C and focus on him. I don't have to make an effort to make sure I'm paying attention to him because I have that time built in by default. I also love that my rowdy, active, and not so cuddly boy has to calm down for a few minutes and just cuddle with mom. I love that I can comfort him so easily when he is tired, hurt, scared, or just wants to be loved.
The Bad:
Logistically, it's almost always inconvenient. When little brother is hungry it seems to remind big brother that he'd like a snack too. For the first few weeks (maybe the whole first month), big brother was very jealous and had a really hard time understanding why he now had to share and/or couldn't be eating at the same time (sorry, not happening here).
The newborn phase already makes you feel like a dairy cow. Without fail, the minute I finally get a chance to eat, drink, pee, whatever – that's when Big C wants some milk too. Generally speaking I'm not stressed out, but I don't really ever get a break. On bad days, it's pretty draining. On good days, it's pretty inconvenient.
The Ugly:
Because Big C is only 18 months older than Little C, we have some communication issues. He doesn't understand the "Cole only gets milk – you get to eat food," or "You can wait, he can't" arguments. The biggest issue is in the morning. They both nurse like crazy when they first wake up. Many days they wake up at different times and so this doesn't really matter (except it's still inconvenient 🙂 ). However; when they wake up at the same time, I feel like I'm in the middle of a war zone. I have to change diapers and get us all in the same place – usually our bed since it's big and comfy. Then I try to feed Little C first since he obviously actually NEEDS the milk. Well, that doesn't go over well and I have one angry toddler on my hands. He screams, he tries to climb on me, sometimes he even gets mad at his little brother. It's all totally understandable, but it makes for an awful morning. If I try to sneak Big C in for a minute or two, the little one screams. It's pretty much a huge lose, lose situation. I feel like I could have saved a lot of trouble by just weaning him before brother showed up.
I still can't tell you what I'd decide if I had to do it again. Some days I am so over nursing them both, I'm ready to forcibly wean big brother. Other days, I love getting to spend quality time with them both. When I was pregnant with big brother I didn't have any goals related to nursing. I wanted to do it because it was free. Now I'm some kind of hippie who not only nurses her 20 month old, but is tandem nursing 2 kids! I think for the sanity of our family, we will strongly consider weaning around his 2nd birthday, but for now we're still carrying on. Choosing to tandem nurse is obviously a personal one. I don't regret tandem nursing, but I can't say I'm thrilled that I chose to. Hopefully, my experience will help you decide for your family.


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Some people buy a car for its convenience, to move around in rain or shine. But it is becoming quite inconvenient to use a car:
a) congested road
b) insufficient parking space
c) long walking distance from car park to destination
It is also quite expensive:
a) high parking charges ($3 for first hour, $1 for each half hour)
b) ERP charges
c) fines
d) high car prices, COE and monthly installments
e) high petrol price
The most convenient is to get a taxi or to car pool. Call someone to pick you and share the cost.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Convenience of a car
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Breedlove / Master Class Series Pacific / 2008 / Natural / Guitar For Sale
Tremendous clarity and surprising volume and projection are the hallmark of Breedlove's smallest guitar. Despite its diminutive size, players of all styles are consistently taken aback by the Pacific's robust tone. Maple sides and back focus the crisp tone of the Pacific's Sitka Spruce top. The Walnut binding accentuates the guitars alluring lines and Abalone and Pearl Sea Leaves adorn the fingerboard, lending the Pacific its name. No up-charges for lefties!
- This is a new (unsold) Breedlove Custom acoustic with factory warranty
- Body Style: Concert with Soft Cutaway
- Body Depth: Shallow 4 1/16"
- Width at lower bout: 15"
- Scale Length: 25.5"
- Nut Width: 1 3/4"
- Neck Width at Body: 2 3/16"
- String Spacing at Saddle, E-E: 2 1/4"
- Top Wood: Select Sitka Spruce
- Back and Sides: Big Leaf Maple
- Binding: Master Class Koa with Abalone Top Purfling
- Rosette: Spoked Abalone
- Nut and Saddle: Bone
- Frets: Standard Fingerboard
- Binding: Koa
- # Of Frets: 20 Total, 14 Clear
- Fingerboard and Bridge: Ebony
- Inlay Pattern: Sea Leaves
- Headstock Overlay: Ebony
- Tuners: Gold Gotoh
- Case: Deluxe Hard-shell
This stunning combination of Flamed Maple and Sitka Spruce provide a snappy, bright and clear sound that mirrors the beauty of the instrument. The Maple top provides clarity to the treble range that is unparalleled to any other back and side wood. In combination with the Sitka Spruce top and maple neck, this luminescent guitar boasts a Master Class Flamed Koa binding package. This shimmering addition really defines this shallow body, soft cutaway guitar. The concert body shape is the number one selling Breedlove shape for a reason; the smaller comfortable guitar is extremely ergonomically pleasing. Sea Leaves inlay decorates the Ebony fretboard and the rosette is Master Class Abalone. This instrument simply glows.
- Body Type Concert
- Neck Wood Big Leaf Maple
- Solid Wood Top Sitka Spruce
- Solid Wood Back & Sides Big Leaf Maple
- Top Finish Gloss
- Fretboard Ebony
- Nut Width 1 3/4"
- Tuners Hardware Gold Gotoh 510's
- Lower Bout Width 15"
- Waist Width 9"
- Upper Bout Width 11 1/4"
- Body Length 20"
- Body Depth 3 1/8"
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Upon receipt, the customer has 3 days to review the instrument. If you are dissatisfied with your purchase, notify us within 72 hours of receipt and we will refund the cost of the merchandise as soon as it is returned to us in the same condition as when shipped.


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BamaBoy is starting this week in hot water. So far, my Bachelor-watching has been delayed by "The Wolverine" (although watching Hugh Jackman fight ninjas and a few shirtless ab shots was kinda worth it) AND NOW cooking shows (Dos!!!) – Grrrrrr. At least he's willing to refill my wine and bring me a chocolate cookie. AND, I just found out our district is operating on a 2-hour delay tomorrow (because people in Central Texas get super-NUTS in freezing weather) so I get to sleep in! Hallelujah!!
On another note, Mommer was geared up to join us tonight (see, he can't resist!), but alas, he has been bitten by the Cedar Fever bug and is down for the count tonight.
Anyway, One Pollo says goodbye to Camila and his family and everybody heads for South Korea. I'm feeling a "Gangnam Style" dance party comin' on…."Heeeeeeyyyyyy, sexy"……no? BamaBoy says no.
BamaBoy: "Look how excited they are about vacations. You didn't see that coming, either?! I smell bullshit."
Girls-with-TONS-of-luggage MONTAGE!! BamaBoy:"Yes, this is INSANE!" Random Girl:"There's so many SHOE stores!!" Glad to see our priorities are straight. AND date card!!
Side note: Nikki, ALL the girls hope their name is on the one-on-one date card, honey. MAYBE those 5 other girls think you're annoying, too. And from the intro, I'm gonna guess Clare agrees.
Nice faux-hawk, One Pollo. Guess, he's becoming more Pollo by the minuto! (Hahaha, see what I did there?) Guess he's trying to go more Gallo (that means rooster, peeps!) Nevermind, they're going on a K-Pop Dance Party Date, not Gallo.
BamaBoy: "Nice pink shoes." *Do I sense jealousy?! Father's Day ideas!!
So the girls meet 2NE1, THE K-Pop stars in South Korea and learn a dance for *big surprise* their show tonight! Kat takes the lead as HBIC (Head Bitch in Charge, hello!) and proceeds to tell us how AMAZEballs she is at dancing. Nikki puts it beautifully with, "If there was a sign that said, 'I am the best at this' I'm sure she would put it on her forehead." We couldn't agree more, Nikki. I spend the rest of dance practice really hoping Kat high-kicks herself in the face. Oh wait, her leg won't make it through the boob force-field. Dang.
Dance Time! At a mall. Kat thinks they all came to see her. Wow. I kinda hope she's watching this from under a rock. I especially like Nikki's version of Kat's dance. Nailed it! (BamaBoy: "I'm starting to like her.")
Kat needs to tell us, AGAIN, that she wants that rose. We KNOW. BamaBoy: "Oh, yes, tell us again about your amazing dance moves." Kat tells us her Dad was an alcoholic for his ENTIRE life (BamaBoy: "Like out of the womb? How did THAT work out?") and that her "mom made lemons…no, lemonade out of lemons." Quality time.
The girls sit around and sadly, Nikki begins a smack-talking circle of 1. No, Nikki, no! We like you!! Be catty QUIETLY! Have you learned NOTHING!! UGH. Her one-on-one time goes well because she's being normal again. She gets the rose and ALL the other cat claws come out. Elise, "Egh, yuck"? That might be a bit much, but to be fair, Nikki burned some bridges with that smack-talk rant. We shall see!
Sharleen (remember, "Yeah, sure" girl?) gets the one-on-one date. This should be interesting. I have to agree with Sharleen(red flag?!?!) and Clare that I'm not seeing the chemistry. Like, at ALL. I will be shocked if she gets a rose.
As expected, the date is SUPER awkward! Usually, the tourist dates where couples get to explore the city are the best and most laid-back. Well, except for Ashley and Ryan P's Tankless Water Heater date…yeah, this is kind of like that. THEN, he makes her sing for him…the Awkward Meter just broke. I'm pretty sure she's just into the kissing.
BamaBoy: "She seems bland." Yes, very. One Pollo says they have so much in common. BamaBoy: "No, you don't." Agreed.
According to the two of them, they "get each other" – I'm not "getting" it. Ooooh, the kids convo. Has a pin been pulled? Seems like it. Glad she told the truth, but despite all those "At the time"s I'm not sure she's selling that she's ready for kids and family now. And he STILL GIVES HER THE ROSE…..hold on. I need to find my jaw. It's on the floor, probably covered in dog hair. And he says she could be his "soul mate"…oooop! There it goes again.
Commercial break and I've recovered (some) in time for the 2nd group date of the week. The girls and One Pollo are going to explore Seoul with some karaoke – YES!! This is going to get much better!! BamaBoy is too distracted by the wallpaper: "I seriously think my grandmother had that wallpaper in her bathroom."
Next, they all jump in a swan mini-boat and the clown car references are just too easy. I can't. Then, they go to get fish pedicures (Apparently, Texas banned these in October 2008. I had no idea.) and the girls freak out. They're about an inch long. Yeah, they look like real man-eaters. Clare plays the "dainty, scaredy-cat" card over her tiny piece of octopus and gets One Pollo to hand feed it to her. Not cute, Clare. You're 32.
It's one-on-one time and here are a few notes:
– Renee's time was a little awkward, but it's not a bad thing for their relationship to move more slowly. That might end up being a great thing for them!
– Clare needs to remind us that she had the first date and the first kiss.
– We totally missed Allison's one-on-one. Must have been riveting, but leave it to Clare to ask if they kissed.
– Andi wants to know more about One Pollo. We find out they're both smart asses, my kind of people! They seem to get along well and it doesn't seem forced.
– The girls begin cataloging One Pollo's kissing partners, it becomes competitive and Lauren "needs" a kiss.
– Lauren flat out asks for a kiss and gets REJECTED!!! Ouch! He has good reason (Don't slut it up in front of the children!) but it still stings Lauren. Then, she lost me when she implies that One Pollo won't find someone "good for him" since he didn't kiss her…we might be taking this a little hard…just sayin.
– BamaBoy walked back in during Lauren's cry session and asked, "Who the f— is that?" Exactly.
– Clare's possessive, but then tells One Pollo she "threw up in her mouth" after eating the octopus. Yum! Guess we don't have to worry about him kissing you!
– Andi gets the rose – good choice!!
Everyone grab a cocktail! We're going to party and shamelessly fight to the death for attention!! Wee haw, bitches!
– First of all, they never really show Kelly and One Pollo together talking. That's not a good sign.
– Clare's conversations never seem genuine now. I liked her a lot in the first date, but now, I'm not buying it.
– Nikki hijacks Clare's "time" even though she has a rose. Well, we can't help you now, girl. You put the target on your own back, sister. And the "ladies" are armed and ready.
– Clare calls Nikki out in an anti-climactic talk. Sparks were really….fizzling.
Ding, ding, ding – Rose time!
Sharleen, Nikki, and Andi already have roses.
One Pollo talks to the "ladies" about the week and making tough decisions.
Renee, Chelsie, Kelly (really?!), Danielle (seriously?! I didn't even know she was still here!), Cassandra (her either), Allison, Clare, and…Chris Harrison, thank God, I never would have known about that final rose…Kat get roses.
Lauren and Elise are going home. Not all that surprised, but I thought Danielle, Kelly or Cassandra would have gone before them. Ah well, gotta weed'em out sooner or later!
BamaBoy: "Quit crying, 'cuz you didn't win."
Lauren is looking for the elusive "love" and asking for a kiss wasn't it. Sorry, babe, you're coming back to Austin!
One Pollo and the "ladies" are leaving Seoul for Vietnam. Clips of Lieutenant Dan and Forrest just flashed in my head…if only. Alas, they are too pampered for all that outdoors. Catty, catty, blah, blah, Clare tries to sneak over to One Pollo's room and then things get very teary. Is it as dramatic as the preview suggests? Probably not, but we'll be watching anyway!
Also, my favorite part of this season so far is One Pollo's lip sync debut to 2NE1's song at the end. FUNNYYY!!!
We'll see you "ladies" and gents next week! If you have any ideas for new "trigger words", let us know. "Journey" seems to have run it's course, thank goodness!!
Until next week,
-BamaBoy and T
Disclaimer: BamaBoy and I are in no way affiliated with ABC, The Hollywood Gossip or The Bachelor. We are shamelessly baring our Bachelor-loving souls for the rest of the world and Al Gore's internet. (We are also NOT affiliated with Al Gore, whew!) We are also (still) not being compensated in any way for our truly enlightening (snort.) observations and commentary – the wine we bought ourselves. Boo.


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New media. Jungle. Finding your way.
That's what we are all doing right ? So I am not alone.
I wanted to take this trip because I felt that somehow I was missing out. Twitter is never out of the news and if you don't blog it seems you don't exist. I was also interested in seeing how the new and especially social media could be used by business for PR and branding purposes. Is this just the latest fad or are we witnessing a totally new way of doing things ?
I think this is a question that organisations are still asking themselves. Many highly successful and established businesses just don't see the point. One guy said to me 'I don't see how it will win us any new business.'
Well I want to find out. I used to be a journalsit for the BBC so I will apply my skills to sniff out the truth. I don't actually have anything to sell except myself in the new media world, but since self-branding is one of the hot topics that interest me then that will be my start.
So I have my blog and my twitter account and I plan to get out there and see what I can make happen.
Follow me on my journey !
Lucy x


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Dear Carhartt,
Hi! So umm, remember that one time
Ringing a bell yet?
So here's the thing Carhartt. As you can see by the evidence provided above, I have been on the quest for pink Carhartts for a very long time. I have scouts in all areas of the country who are constantly on the look out for pink Carhartts or a worthy substitute (ex: Dickies) because they know the needs and desires of my heart. Imagine my surprise, delight, and utter disgust when I received a call from a "scout" in Tennessee advising me that she had just come across a set of bubble gum pink Carhartt coveralls AND coat! How could this be? My idea implemented by you with nary a response to my numerous communications? So original of you to put the whole Breast Cancer spin on it but I know the truth.
I was then faced with a moral dilemma. The dilemma being I was spitting mad at you, Carhartt, so I certainly didn't want to have to PAY for what was my brainchild to begin with, but on the other hand my bulky, manly navy blue coveralls that I was still wearing 15 years later, had lost their luster and definitely needed replaced and the shade of pink of the new Carhartt line was absolute perfection. Good job on that, not that you had any input or suggestions or anything from your loyal customers...AHEM. I had decided I was not going to buy them because I tend to hold a grudge and could not get over the fact that you used my idea without even so much as a "thank you for your suggestion we'll keep it in mind" letter. But my husband knows me well and he bought the overalls and the hooded coat for me for Christmas, because he knew how long I've dreamed of pink Carhartts. But he, the husband of the original creator of the infamous pink Carhartts aka yours truly, had a lot of trouble finding them because as he was told by several stores "the pink line flew off the racks, they're out of them everywhere". Well, would you look at that Carhartt, I wasn't going to say it but I have to...I TOLD YOU SO. Anyway, he searched far and wide and procured the overalls at a Tractor Supply Store 30 minutes away but went online to order the coat. On Christmas morning when I opened the packages I realized that the coat did not match the overalls. The coat was more of a coral, a watermelonesque shade of pink, while the overalls were the "perfect pink". The watermelon color was ok but not the color of my pink Carhartt dreams and they didn't match and hello, have you met me? I could not, would not, wear clashing shades of Carhartt pink. He felt horrible and immediately went online to find the right coat in the right shade of pink and everywhere was sold out. The day after Christmas we visited and called approximately 8 Tractor Supply Stores only to be told that they'd been out since the week they came in, and that "people LOVE that PINK Carhartt line". Oh really?!? How surprising...NOT. In a last ditch attempt, we called a Tractor Supply Store, an hour and a half away where I knew I had a scout ready to go out on pick up duty if need be, and they had ONE lonely pink coat left...in medium without a hood. I would've preferred large so as to be able to accommodate the 17 layers I sometimes put on under my coat and I really wanted a hooded one but it was either medium no hood without a hood or back to my boring, old, raggedy navy ones. We quickly paid for it and arranged for my scout to pick it up. My husband sent the watermelonesque pink one back and I finally had my complete set of pink Carhartts. But by this time I was even more upset with you, because not only was my idea used without me knowing, but I, THE INVENTOR of the pink Carhartt awesomeness, had to search high and low to even own a pair. Something is not right about this, Carhartt.
But I have to tell you it was all worth it because I look GOOOOOOOOD in my PINK Carhartts, thankyouverymuch. Exhibit D:
I love these, I really do. They are exactly what I envisioned when I wrote you the initial letter 3 years ago. Way to nail that. And because they're rough and tough but girly and lovely, I feel like a regular country Superwoman when I'm wearing them. Added bonus.
As the mind behind the design, I only ask 3 things of you, Carhartt. One for each year you've ignored me:
1) That you acknowledge and respond to this letter. Would it really be too much to ask that you thank me for my genius idea that you've profited from greatly? No, no it would not. And in the slight chance that this idea was not, in fact, my idea (AS IF) just tell me that and thank me for my undying support and love of your product. And throw in this super cute, matching pink and brown striped Carhartt stocking hat that I cannot find available to purchase ANYWHERE. I NEED this to complete my look.
2) I still want the hooded jacket, so if you could hook me up with that, you know, in exchange for my freelance design services, it would be appreciated. Large, please. Mmmkay, thanks.
3) I would like the color to be named "Prairie Princess Pink" in my honor. It can still be for Breast Cancer but I think it's the least you can do, in addition to my letter of acknowledgment, my pink/brown stocking hat, and my pink hooded jacket. And as an added bonus, I'll be your spokeswoman! Will work for free Carhartts. An offer you can't (and really shouldn't) refuse. Have your people call my people to work out the deets.
I look forward to hearing from you, SOON. In the meantime, I'll continue to be the envy of all the neighbors while I'm out doing chores in my gorgeous, PRAIRIE PRINCESS PINK Carhartts. Thank you for realizing my Carhartt dreams even if I'm the one who gave you the idea in the first place.
Pink Power Forever,
Prairie Princess