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Department of Prints and Drawings: 19th century
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Scènes de la vie de sainte Marie l'Egyptienne
Prints and Drawings
19th century
This drawing is a study for the decoration of one of the walls of a chapel in the church of St. Merry, Paris, painted by Chassériau in 1843. In the upper scene, St. Mary the Egyptian is receiving communion from St. Zosimas; the central scene shows her conversion before the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem; the lower scene depicts the abbot Zosimas officiating at her burial, attended by a legendary lion and flanked by two angels.
A prostitute who became a saint
The story of St. Mary the Egyptian originated in Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend. She was a prostitute in ancient Alexandria who went to Jerusalem, where she was filled with grace and became a Christian. She then lived as a hermit in the desert, going without food for years, and met the abbot Zosimas, who gave her communion. After her death she was resuscitated and borne to heaven by angels. St. Zosimas told her story to the monks in his convent. The five episodes in her life are illustrated by Chassériau in the church of St. Merry.
A monumental religious decoration
When Chassériau, then aged 22, obtained the commission to decorate the chapel, he already had some experience as a religious painter (Christ on the Mount of Olives, church of Saint Jean d'Angély, 1840). Chassériau had entered Ingres's studio at the age of eleven and had traveled to Rome with his master in 1840; now he was ready to embark on his own career. The large ogival decoration of St. Merry enabled him to establish his reputation as one of the most poetic artists of his generation, and he gained the appreciation of contemporary critics, especially Théophile Gautier.
Archaism and modernism
Chassériau hesitated for a long time over the central scene, the saint's conversion. In the drawing, Mary the Egyptian is bowing before a statue of the Virgin and Child, at the door to the Holy Sepulchre; but in the mural, the saint is seen from the front, not in profile, leaning on the statue, which is in the exact center of the scene. This description accentuated the primitive, archaic, almost Byzantine aspect of the subject. The division of the decoration into registers separated by horizontal bands is also a Gothic legacy. However, the flowing, elegant treatment of the figures derives from modern Romanticism. The delicacy of the watercolor highlights heightens the pictorial aspect of this model for a monumental decoration measuring more than six meters in height.
BibliographyL.-A. Prat, Musée du Louvre, Inventaire général des dessins. Ecole française : Dessins de Théodore Chassériau 1819-1856, Paris, 1988, tome I, n 147.
L.-A. Prat, Chassériau. Un autre romantisme, exp. Paris, Strasbourg, New-York, 2002-2003, n 71.
Technical description
Théodore Chassériau (Santo Domingo, 1819-Paris, 1856)
Three Scenes in the Life of St. Mary the Egyptian
Graphite pencil and watercolor on paper
H. 52.4 cm; W. 31.2 cm.; curved in the upper part
Baron Arthur Chassériau bequest, 1934
Due to their fragility, works on paper are not on permanent display in the museum.
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Peter Costello will retire from politics at the next election.
More from the story:
"I will continue to be involved in public policy – particularly at the international level – through my engagement on the International Advisory Board of the World Bank, I would like to thank my constituents and the electors of Higgins for the privilege of representing them in seven Commonwealth Parliaments. Three of those terms have been in Opposition and four in Government."
And just when the people of Higgins had become grown accustomed to his face.
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Welcome to new members Lisa, Colleen and Lydia!
Last weekend we had a great turn out at our monthly Saturday sew day. We worked on Aneela Hoey's Zip Up Tray Pouch and Open Out Box Pouch. Alice made a scissor cosy. Several people worked on rope bowls. Thanks as always to Five Eighth Seams for hosting us. Here are two of the Zip Up Tray Pouches made by Cathy and Hope.
Kim and Alice did a fun presentation and demonstration on making hexagons out of circles. A canning jar lid is used to cut a circle out of a 5" square of fabric and then a clever folding method gets you to a hexagon. A circle cut from a standard 3.25" canning car lid insert will yield a 1" hexagon (but be careful of your fingers on the sharp lids!). Here's a link if you weren't able to attend or need a reminder.
If you haven't finished your name tag, please do so! The new ones that were shown this month were great!
A new fabric shop called Sew Sweet is opening on June 5th in Summerville. They will be a Juki dealer.
Four spots are still available at the JK Modern Quilt Camp in August at Camp St Christopher. Dates are August 25-27. Price for the weekend is $220 and includes all meals. Contact Kim McPeake for more details.
Sandy discussed the 2018 QuiltCon challenge. Theme is Modern Traditionalism. We'll be taking suggestions and ideas for quilt designs at the June meeting.
Phoebe brought her Open Out Box Pouch made at sew day (link for pattern is above). She also wore her new Everyday Skirt made from a pattern by Liesl & Co.
Pam and Luann worked on ice dying fabric and brought in some of the finished work.
Whitner shared her Tiny Treasures trays (free pattern by Anna Graham of Noodlehead) that she made for teachers' gifts. She will bring in the leather straps and rivets kit to share at the next meeting. The cute tags were by Gutentags on Etsy.
Lydia showed off a solid color quilt she made from a kit from People Places and Quilts and a picnic quilt that she made for her daughter's wedding.
Lisa loved a pillow she saw at our last meeting and so went right home and made one too. (We'll get you in a picture yet, Lisa. . .)
Colleen brought in a quilt inspired by a shower curtain with Y seams done on the machine. Nice work! She also showed off a Pantone challenge quilt that she designed on her iPad using an app called Notepad. Last is her nametag made with shibori and rust dyed fabrics. Love that tiny piecing!!
Cathy brought in a stunning paper pieced quilt made from a medallion pattern by Stitchery Dickory Dock.
Alice made a rope bowl and scissors cosy at sew day.
Jenifer returned her block for our black and white challenge and shared some cute clutch bags she made from a pattern by May Chappell.
Our next sew day is Saturday, June 17. This will be an open sew day so bring whatever you're working on!
Our next meeting is Tuesday, June 27.


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Punta Santiago Lighthouse (Calatagan)
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Cape Santiago Lighthouse of the Philippines, also known as Punta de Santiago, is located on the western head of Balayan Bay, southern shore of the province of Batangas. It lights the Verde Passage between the island of Luzon and Mindoro's western entrance. At first, nothing seems to be of special admiration in this tower but rather an eerie nostalgic feeling of a bygone era. As we walked the hallway leading to the entrance of the tower, a sudden flashback of Spanish galleons mightily riding the peaceful Balayan Bay struck my mind.
A brick tower with lantern and gallery, the lighthouse is unique among other lighthouses in the Philippines because of its continuing circular shaft. Its focal plane is 27 meters (89 feet) and 10 meters
high. Built in December 15, 1890 by Magin Pers y Pers and later continued by Guillermo Brockman, it is one of the principal lights of approach to Manila Bay, the center of maritime industry, from San Bernardino or the southern route across the islands. The lighthouse is painted in white while the modern Japanese aluminum lantern is silver in color. We noticed the decorative metal grills, a classic example of rich Spanish architecture, that support the overhanging balcony used as a lookout.
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June 5, 2007 at 3:29 am
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I was down Dungannon way yesterday at a local history conference. Predictably, their theme was the decade of centenaries and how to respond to them. I enjoyed it considerably. When you've informed and skilled speakers like Diarmaid Ferriter and Brian Walker, you can hardly go wrong.
What I felt was lacking, though, was a commentary on the purpose of studying history. You could start, I suppose, by saying that just as someone losing his/her personal memory leads to a dysfunctional present and bodes ill for the future, so too with history - we need the past to inform the present. Yes, but what will it tell us? You get that other old chestnut - those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it. Sounds like a good reason for studying your history, except if your history was a happy one wouldn't you be pleased to repeat it? I bet the British empire would be happy to press the replay button, when they ruled a dominion on which the sun never set.
I did a short talk on my book and its interviewees, and how the notion of learning from the past was emphasized by most of them. But there again, what was to be learned remained vague. At the conference Brian Walker, I think, suggested empathy was the great lesson to be learned from the past. Mmm. Yes. That makes sense. Widen your vision, the boundaries of your thinking. But what's the idea behind that - is it that we then understand where people are coming from? OK, what then? I understand your unionism, you understand my nationalism - what now? Do we go out for a drink? Get into bed together? Forgive each other, never fight again and live happily ever after?
The three centenaries that my interviewees considered were the Signing of the Covenant, the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme. As I pointed out, all three have one thing in common - they all involved the use or threat of violence to achieve political ends. We, on the other hand, hail the achievement of political goals through strictly peaceful means. In which case, what are we doing commemorating or even celebrating any of these three politically violent centenaries? Isn't there a contradiction there somewhere - that when Hardy comes to Hardy, human beings talk about achieving political goals through peaceful means, but the way they act is far from peaceful.
Maybe that's the lesson of history: that we're a bunch of short-sighted, violent hypocrites.


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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
I've been thinking....
(Note...chosen thinking spot.....beautiful!!!)
I'm not going anyware......but a few things have to change.
1) I need my privacy.
I have a nagging voice in my head that says....remove your surname and protect your family. I need to do this...and I need your help.....more on that soon!
2) I need to manage my time.
If I don't comment back and start chit chat that doesn't mean I don't love you it just means that I'm busy. I need to be strict with myself. NO COMPUTER while the kids are home!! Full Stop.......
3) Release the pressure.
I tend to set myself the task of blogging every weekday, no weekends and no school holidays. This is working really well but sometimes during the week I need reprieve. So I am going to take it.
So.....this brings me to YOU.....I NEED HELP!!!
I NEED A NEW NAME!!!!!! Any Ideas?
Thanks Lovelies...Leonie xx
10 comments:
- willywagtail said...
I like your commitment to family. It is one of the most important things you will ever do and the window of opportunity is not that large.
Now the name. Your last two names have included the 'guld'. Stay away from that totally. Think of a name, eco friendly preferably, that you might want to use one day if you ever have the desire to market again. I would also stay away from any words that refer to family, ie mama, etc or to personal names. Make it happy and something that identifies the inner you maybe. Too, too difficult I know. I chose one of my childhood nicknames that also went in for the current obsession with birds and animals. True to me but also 'in'. Cherrie
- Tuesday, February 08, 2011
- Leonie said...
Thanks Love, I thought about my childhood nick name but it was "BONES"......!! I KNOW...not IDEAL!! xx
- Tuesday, February 08, 2011
- Heids said...
Freerange dandelions...
- Tuesday, February 08, 2011
- Kate said...
My Freerange Life??
- Tuesday, February 08, 2011
- twitchy fingers said...
Crafty bush ranger? Creative bush-ranging? Obviously mixing the free-range child rearing, in the bush while being a creative genius... Gulranger?
- Tuesday, February 08, 2011
- Amy said...
Something to do with "Free Radicals" Hmm. That's my brain spent.
Love ya.
- Tuesday, February 08, 2011
- Sarah said...
Change name - naaaa I love it as it is...
Good on you - it is that constant looking for balance thing...
- Wednesday, February 09, 2011
- Sarah said...
sorry a bit slow... okay dont want to use your surname...
ummm I dont know!
- Wednesday, February 09, 2011
- Allison said...
Boney Leonie.
Heehehehee, just kidding.
"Bucolic Woman"
- Thursday, February 10, 2011
- Allison said...
Bah, posted before I was finished.
I was thinking of your rural life and was going to suggest "Woman in the Bush" but considering your recent post about body deforestation - that's kinda creepy yeah?
So I thesaurus-ed the word "rural"
and got:
Look it means rural, calm and clown. Perfect - cuz we all need a bit of levity amongst the seriousness of life, yes?
- Thursday, February 10, 2011


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Chilean Patagonia's Estancia del Zorro is in the Coyhaique Alto mountain range on the Chilean-Argentine border, 23 miles from Coyhaique, Chile. The 15,000 acre Estancia rests in the habitat of the red fox(zorro), the namesake of the Estancia. An abundance of condors, eagles, a myriad of other birds, and unexplored brown trout entice fly fishers and bird watchers to follow the trail of the red fox.
You and a knowledgeable, patient guide explore the hills, canyons, forests, mountains, pampas, and waters of the Estancia. Your guide helps you fly fish for brown trout on two rivers and on a 15 mile spring creek with browns up to an astonishing 15 pounds- all within the Estancia's private boundaries. Guests stay at the Estancia del Zorro in Chile to fish and explore private waters in both Chile and Argentina on the trip. We combine fishing for resident brown trout on the Estancia del Zorro with fishing for rainbows on an Argentine Estancia.
After breakfast, you alternate fishing locations during your stay. You fish one day in Chile. The next day you cross the border into Argentina with your bilingual guide. A scenic 35-minute drive across the Chilean-Argentine border traverses the Argentine pampas to the river. On the road to the river, you pass small lagunas- habitat for swans, shore-birds, and pink flamingos.
Thirty-five miles of the river meanders through the 40,000 acre argentine Estancia. The river teems with rainbows feeding on pancora crab, grasshoppers, and other insects of the Argentine pampas. After each day of fishing, you return to Chile's Estancia del Zorro for cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, a gourmet dinner, relaxation, and a great night's rest.
At the end of your stay, we return you to the Balmaceda, Chile airport where we met you when you arrived. We hope you are rested and relaxed for your flight back to Santiago, Chile and then home.
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8 April 2017
Little fawn
14 comments:
- Robin said...
Oh so beautiful! Your image is adorable and you have colored it wonderfully! That embossed background is perfect! Thanks for playing along with us at CWWC and good luck! Hugs, Robin
- 8 April 2017 at 14:16
- Teresa Arsenault said...
What a lovely card, Shell. Your coloring is spectacular and I love the inked embossing too. Thank you for joining our first challenge at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies. Hugs, Teresa
- 9 April 2017 at 01:20
- Conny G. said...
What a lovely card! I love the image and the way you colored it! Thank you for joining us at the Dreamfactory!
- 9 April 2017 at 12:21
- MagsB said...
Oh Shell, the fawn image is adorable, and I love how you coloured it! What a fabulous embossed background, too!
AND you joined in t Dream Valley Challenge - it's always so lovely to see my friends' names pop up on challenges where I'm on the DT! <3
love Mags B x
- 9 April 2017 at 15:34
- Pat said...
Sweet image on a beautiful embossed background Shell, lovely card.
Pat xx
- 9 April 2017 at 16:54
- Donna said...
Such a gorgeous card sweetie.
Thanks for joining in with The Ribbon Girl April card challenge and good luck in the prize draw.
Hugs, Donna xx
- 9 April 2017 at 20:58
- Janice said...
What a lovely card Shell, such a sweet fawn nestling in the forest flowers. Thanks for playing at MAWTT, Jx
- 9 April 2017 at 22:03
- Tina Bastel said...
Was für ein süßes Bambi, schaut super aus, ein tolles Werk, Danke dir für deine Teilnahme bei der Traumfabrik, liebe Grüße Bettina
- 11 April 2017 at 13:11
- Emma said...
Your fawn is so cute and I love how you've coloured it! I think the embossed background is beautiful and goes together with the image perfectly. Thanks for sharing with us at MAWTT, Emma (DT)
P.S. I think the little mushrooms are adorable <3
- 11 April 2017 at 23:20
- ccheney said...
So pretty! Thank you for joining us at CCC Digi Creations. Cindy (DT)
- 13 April 2017 at 02:23
- Zoe Tant said...
Such a sweet card thank you for joining us at MAWTT zx
- 14 April 2017 at 20:08
- Vickie Y said...
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing with us at CWWC Challenge.
- 16 April 2017 at 03:00
- Daen'Ys said...
A truly gorgeous card! Love the flawless coloring of the cute little fawn!!
Thank you so much for joining us at the Dream Factory.
Rosi xx
- 17 April 2017 at 17:27
- Hazel (Didos) said...
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Hello! We moved into this home 2 years ago. One of the first problems I saw when we were house shopping was that this home had no mudroom, a tiny hall closet and no other space to put the kids shoes, coats, backpacks, and etc. In our last home we built lockers for each child in the small mudroom area that was completely out of view, right off the garage. So nice!
The temporary solution we came up with for this house was to stick our extra Expedit shelf in the foyer. Four columns of shelves was perfect for 4 kids. We planned on building some nice lockers in this area.
After 2 years here we decided that we like the Expedit shelves and they work fairly well.
Get ready for this "beautiful" iphone pic.
I don't love that I have all of this open shelving showing all of the kids stuff but I know from experience that if I had doors or baskets or whatever the kids are less likely to use the shelves and then everything ends up on the floor. Also, there is no mudroom (or room for a mudroom) in this house.
So, without spending a lot of $$ I made some update/improvements to this area.
List of problems:
1. The shelves would not sit flush on the wall due to the moulding on the floor.
2. The walls still had the builder beige flat paint and they were dirty.
3. I wanted the area to look brighter and the artwork to draw the eye up more.
First, I added some CAPITA legs to the shelf unit. The legs were purchased separately from IKEA, I think they were $6.
Then, I painted the walls in a light grey/taupe color, I made some new cubby names and added new artwork (also from IKEA, I already had these sitting in my basement from our last home).
I switched to my DSLR for this pic but obivously still not a good pic, sorry.
Here is a close up of the cubby label.
I started with some simple white frames I had on hand, also from IKEA.
And some letters purchased from the craft store.
The kids can change out the picture when they like. I hot glued the letters to each frame and used command strips (love those!) to hang each frame to the shelves.
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Open Data - diving into the deep end
From: Common Cause The case for working with our cultural values
"Bolder leadership from both political and business leaders is necessary if proportional responses to these challenges are to emerge, but active public engagement with these problems is of crucial importance. This is partly because of the direct material impacts of an individual's behaviour (for example, his or her environmental footprint)
Thinking about the importance of cultural values is hardly a side issue when tackling ICT infrastructure for social innovation. My experience has led me to conclude that some communities are resistant to innovation. That is to say that systemic norms will act in ways that are in conflict with top down efforts to push innovation."
From Data.gov:
This community bridges policy makers, technologists, data owners, and citizens-each of us wants to get information to people who need to make decisions each day. As a member of this open data community, you can help to make this happen. Make recommendations on data that should be shared. Create an app or mashup that makes that data understandable. Share your views on what the policies should be for making government more transparent. Together we can make a difference in our own nations and to help improve the quality of life for people across the planet.
One of the things I had been critical of prior to deciding how to approach an alternative to protest art in institutional critique, was the way that technology solutions were developed and delivered - especially in government.
Excerpt from a previous narrative with a colleague:
"This is one of the main problems that has gotten in the way of so many other programs - a few years ago Congress had mandated "community management information systems" (CMIS) to support Continuum of Care services. However, there was so little understanding of technology that no one foresaw the problem of every county developing or buying its own system and then having them not be able to communicate with each other or tie in as agency systems started rolling out to reduce travel for audits etc. Who knows how many millions were spent on this in only a few years before the problem became really obvious.
That is how I came to be interested in FOSS. I was on the planning committee for our county CMIS - and the persistent withholding of community data (point in time homeless counts needed for service providers across the Continuum of Care) was a strategy for derailing social programs until someone (me) got the idea to go to a state agency to get the information but in some cases people would refuse to help until further assertion of rights to public access of this information. This has been a historical strategy for marginalization by limiting access to public information or data needed to assemble stronger funding applications/proposals.
The Open Data initiative seems to be a better strategy that previous attempts to address this challenge and it is an ideal place for FOSS to help define an interoperable solution - that would be a HUGE advantage for local organizing and increasing accountability - transparency of service providers."
The Data.gov/Open Data initiative is very encouraging and exciting! Encouraging because of the direction it takes to address the obstacles mentioned prior, in addition to what it means in terms of making information easier to find and digest will likely increase dissemination - and that is important to cultivate an informed community.
One of the primary considerations in delivering shareholder/taxpayer value is to approach the situation mindful of how an age of multi-tasking has impacted our expectations. Don't overlook your assumptions and consider overlap of the inquiry and development. Many people will not be able to answer your questions until it is too late. How to make that tendency work for the process?
And that would be why this is exciting! Because my conception of Cultural Fusion as a series, and its Hotel Infinity specifically are interested in being vehicles for creative context dissemination of such information. Definitely a new approach to developing intuitive user interfaces. Contextualizing community data for distribution can also be part of advancing contextualized searching applications for re-use. Once again, I think this suggest that exploring these issues provides a better investment of resources because it delivers many times over on multiple levels....just as art has traditionally done in societies. A painting is more than its parts placed on the wall, but who can say exactly what it gives to each appreciative viewer? Likewise I think the same can be true of software art as an approach to developing socio-technical infrastructure.
It is important to remember that if the objective of Open Data is to promote social innovations that include transparency then the current website inviting comment from the public is a great first step. It is a definitive door opening gesture in support of open innovation. However it is not enough just create sites to post data, the government needs to help chart a direction for contextualizing this information by providing access to the required infrastructure, so that in the course of social innovation, data is transformed into knowledge that builds our Collective Intelligence.


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Despite living in a musical and cultural hotbed, these Austin natives don't attribute this recent success to the music scene in their own backyard. In fact, as they continued to establish themselves, their local audience dwindled. "Austin didn't help us get signed, I don't think," says Black. "We've been playing there so long, it's just, people got tired of seeing us."
Black notices a general apathy surrounding the whole Austin scene lately. "When I first moved here, there was a little more involvement… more camaraderie. And now, it's just, so many people moving here, so many opinions about this and that, they could really give a shit about their hometown there." Friday's show will mark band's first performance at home in about six months.
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Tuesday night I was lying in bed eating a "fun size" bag of peanut M&Ms. First of all, what's so fun about eight tiny pieces of candy? A fun size portion should contain about three pounds. There is nothing fun about eight M&Ms in a cute little bag. More candy equals more fun. True story.
So I was lying in bed reading and eating my nightly chocolate ration when I bit down and crunched into something very hard. Hmmm. Must be a burnt peanut, an M&M that weaseled it's way through quality control and into my fun size packet. No worries, work it over with my teeth a little more and I'm sure it'll succumb to a happy peanut paste existence. CRUNCH. Wow, this nut's not giving up. A tough nut to crack, if you will. You know what? Maybe it's not a nut. Maybe it's a thicker part of the thin candy shell that makes them melt in my mouth and not in my hand. CRUNCH. Nope. That's not right. I pushed the piece to the front of my mouth with my tongue and removed it like it was a stray dog hair. I looked down at it and realized that this wasn't a peanut or a piece of the thin candy shell. Uh-oh.
I hesitantly rolled my tongue around my mouth, flicking it over each tooth just to make sure everything was where it should be. Except that it wasn't. Near the very back of my mouth, my tongue immediately noticed a difference. The next to last tooth on the bottom right side now had a gaping hole in the side. I pushed my tongue as far as it would go into the hole. Compared to the piece of what I now knew to be tooth, the hole was huge. This could only mean one thing.
I ate part of my tooth. It must have gotten mixed in with the thin candy shell and I didn't even know it.
This was definitely not the highlight of my day because it carried with it several implications: One, I wasn't going to get to finish the rest of my M&Ms. And it would drive me nuts (pun intended) to know that there were two M&Ms left hanging out in the tiny bag. Two, I was going to have to make a dreaded emergency trip to the dentist as soon as possible because I definitely don't want to risk getting an infection in the tooth, forcing me to have another root canal. Three, until I could make the cringe-inducing trip I was probably going to be on a liquid diet, which meant Slim Fast shakes for every meal. And fourth, and most alarming, I JUST ATE PART OF MY SKELETAL SYSTEM.
It's odd how things that probably wouldn't frighten you during the day become major catastrophes under the dark of night. A person could easily say , "Oh well. I'll call the dentist tomorrow and get it fixed in the afternoon and be back in fighting shape by nightfall." and go back to reading her book. I am not that person. And that is not how my mind works. Especially not at night. After the full realization that I JUST ATE PART OF MY OWN HEAD sunk in, I wondered how I had eaten something like that and not even known it. This just corroborates my recent thoughts that I definitely need to chew my food better. (I realized this when I threw up a hot dog and looked at the size of the pieces laying in the parking lot and my first thought was "I could totally put those pieces back together to form a hot dog puzzle.)
So now my tooth was on a journey that could not be stopped. I'm no doctor so I don't know the entire medical process of where it was going but I did know where it would eventually end up. And here's how I am concerned that the journey might go:
I swallowed part of my skeleton. It will journey down to my stomach where it will sway gently among the English toffee cappuccino I had on the way to my appointment this morning, colliding with the white cheddar popcorn that I had during my Mary Higgins Clark movie this afternoon. (It's hard to focus on a movie while chewing on one side of your mouth with your head turned sideways so that no stray popcorn pieces goes careening over into the cavernous hole.) Eventually it will travel down through my intestines and out of my body among some poop. This is where my concern kicks in. The tooth is all jaggedy. I can tell that by the size and shape of the gaping hole it left behind. This means that it will surely rock back and forth in the stomach juices, threatening to puncture my stomach lining, sending white cheddar popcorn bits and cappuccino onto my organs via my torn stomach. If, by some lucky twist of fate, the tooth doesn't puncture my stomach and escape into my vital organs, it will travel down through my intestines in a mix of digested stuff that will at some point, if it hasn't already, turn into poo. (Again, I don't know the medical process. I don't even want to know. The less I know about the way my body functions, the less likely I am to faint.)
I texted my fears to my friend Romy, who tends to be the voice of reason when I board my crazy train.
Me: I'm scared to eat. I'm afeared (Yes I use the word afeared.) I'll eat part of my tooth. (which I had already done.) Literally I could digest part of my skeletal system…
Romy: Then you'll just poop it out. No problem! (Because it's normal to poop out part of your skeleton.)
Me: I've given this some thought: what if it's jaggedy and tears a whole in my intestines and poop leaks all over my body? I could die.
Romy: It won't. It will be so covered with thick gunk that it will just glide through.
Me: I'm an idiot. A hole. (Bet you thought I wouldn't catch that.)
Me: You can't guarantee that. It could settle on the outer fringe of my poo and tear me open like the titanic.
Romy: Nope. (Very reassuring. I think this is when she realized that the crazy train had already left the station and the only thing she could do was ride along. Truth be told she was probably checking between her toes for lint at this point. )
Me: You are not a doctor. I know things.
Romy: I know more than you. (This is debatable. But I think she was throwing stuff on the wall to see what would stick and if she could get me on her side, she would win and the crazy train could be stopped before it turned into a wreck.)
Me: Not about me and the way my body works.
Romy: Your poop isn't different than anybody else's! I've been pooping for 48 years…How about you? (Ah the age card. Normally I play the age card about her being so old and me still being young. Reverse Ageism, well-played, Romy.)
Me: You got me there. You are, in fact, the elder pooper.
I don't know what made me give up and accept her age answer but I did. For some reason that I now cannot explain, I accepted the fact that because she had been pooping longer than me, that she was more of an expert on the subject of what happens when one's tooth takes this unnatural journey through the body. So after first accepting her explanation and logic of what would happen to my tooth, my reality has taken back over and I know that right now there is a tooth floating around somewhere in my body, wreaking havoc on my system. For all I know, that bit of denture is somewhere in my intestines, on the outer fringe of my oncoming poo, just waiting to bump into the walls of the intestine and leak poop and toxins all over my body. It will stick out of the poo and scrape it's way down the intestine, tearing a lengthy hole in me, which is how my body will then fill with poop. My organs will be soaking in waste and I will eventually die from the poison. And the band will play on as it happens…
I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon to get the tooth taken care of. Bad news: another trip to the dentist. Good news: I will probably have more fodder for my blog.
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» 22.06.2009 05:46 » Day 18-21 - Hong Kong
The next days we experienced Hong Kong from a number of different views:
A highlight certainly was our last night's accommodation, the Island Shangri-La Hotel. Nadine had stayed here plenty of times during here Shenzhen-time in HK and wanted to show me what it's all about... It really was awesome. Magnificent room, great facilities like pool & gym area, outstanding service, excellent breakfast.
Today, after checking out we met up with the VF team here in Hong Kong and had a loooong lunch with them. Thanks for the time, guys, it was great to meet you!
Sadly, our vacation has come to an end now. The flight is already boarding and we should really get going. A Korean guy is sitting next to us at the gate and is getting himself really psyched-up... weirdo! Anyway, it was a fantastic experience! Let's hope for a good return trip now.
» 18.06.2009 15:53 » Day 16-17 - Beach, Naha
Today we decided to hire a car, since it was raining once again. We drove south to Naha, Okinawa's capital, where we stopped at the Ryukyu castle in the Shuri district. Amazing stuff, a UNESCO World Heritage site, it was a very interesting trip into the history and culture of the Okinawans, who were a very peaceful people who lived on trade with China, Japan and Korea. The place is well worth a visit, of particular interest are the artifacts from the 2nd Sho dynasty. Did you know that the G8 summit in 2000 was held here?
For lunch, Nadine followed a Lonely Planet recommendation: we had Okinawa-Soba at Datai-Soba, a tiny place off Kokusai-dori in downtown Naha. This was also one of the things, Sam asked us to try out while here. Shortly before sundown we checked out Cape Manzano, a famous scenic spot on the island.
Okinawa with its tropical climate and landscape has reminded Nadine very much of Mauritius. Even the typically extra punctual Japanese public transport runs on island-time here :). People are friendly, easy going and always ready to help, even though most of them do not speak Engrish. Tonight we even made some new friends at a nearby relaxed burger joint, where the two guys running the place gave us local salt-candy as presents!
This is our last night in Japan. Tomorrow, we travel back to Osaka and directly on to Hong Kong from there. We have had a fantastic time here - the people are so friendly and helpful, the scenery is fantastic, attention to detail is impressive with an extraordinary array of places to visit.
Thank you Nihon! Arrigatou gosaimasu!
PS: Pictures have been updated again.
» 16.06.2009 14:15 » Day 15 - Okinawa
We've now arrived in Okinawa, our last stop in Japan. Supposedly we came here to do some R&R on the beaches of this tropical island, only today it offered us nothing but rain throughout the day. And not the normal European rain that you cityfolk know. This was tropical rain, raindrops that make you really wet when you get hit :) Luckily in the evening it cleared up, so we were able to enjoy the sunset at the beach, and after Nadine did her secret stick-a-knife-in-a-salt-circle ritual, we shall have good weather from tomorrow on! Basta!
In other news, we now have internet again and I updated the posts from the last days (as you can see below) as well as the pictures. Tomorrow more pictures will come, just need to sort through them first...
» 16.06.2009 13:56 » Day 9-14 - Kyoto
Kyoto once was the capital of Japan before this title moved to Tokyo (which actually means 'east of Kyoto'), and for many of Japan's Buddhist or Shintoist sects, their mother temples / shrines are located in Kyoto. During one of our guided tours, we learned that there are actually more than 1600 temples here (while walking through the Teramachi/Shin-kyogoku shopping arcades, we saw seven...)!
We travelled extensively across Japan's 6th largest city to visit the highlights. Very enjoyable was the afternoon trip to the Arashiyama area, where we met up with Misa and explored the Tenryuji Temple. The temple itself was actually less interesting compared to the beautiful gardens and - especially impressive - the adjacent bamboo grove: Walking through thousands of tall, green bamboo trees make you feel like you're in the middle of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'! Thanks Misa, for coming up from Osaka, spending the day with us and even treating us to a yummy dinner in Pontocho-dori!
One of the absolute highlights: One morning we were picked up by Michiko-san, a Japanese guide & translater from the Women's Association of Kyoto, and brought to the private residence of a Kyoto tea ceremony sensei of the Suzuki family. After being welcomed and dropping of our 'worldly things' (phone, watch... anything that could distract you or inhibit concentration), we entered the tea room, sliding in on our knees according to detailed instructions. The - suprisingly large - room was bare except for tatami mats, an alcove holding a specially chosen Zen scroll and ikebana flower arrangement and a small ceramic fireplace for the tea water. From our assigned spaces we overlooked a magnificent garden behind the verandah... beautiful and calm. The ceremony itself was impressive, full of rules and respectful behaviour - something that must be experienced. In the end we even prepared a bowl of powdered green tea by ourselves!
Also nice was the Maiko-night (an apprentice to become a Geisha) as well as several trips around Kyoto and Nara. In the latter, I very much enjoyed petting and feeding some of the >1200 tame (and holy) deer roaming the temples. Many of the World Culture Heritage Sites are located in and around Kyoto, and visiting them is a must, even though it may sometimes feel crowded and rushed.
Our accommodation in Kyoto was - for western standards - exotic: we stayed in a ryokan, a traditional Japanese hotel. The place had been active in family hands for almost 120 years! Our room had tatami mats, rice-paper sliding doors and a private little zen-garden; and in the evenings, our lovely hostess brought out the mattresses. Sleeping (almost) on the floor took a bit getting-used-to, but in the end we enjoyed it. Breakfast was Japanese-style, different each day and exceptionally yummy - several pickled vegetables, some form of tamago, a hot miso soup, rice which we wrapped in seaweed strips and soy sauce and brown tea. Even the beautiful ceramic cups and bowls changed every day! If only it wouldn't have been soo early :)
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Some people just love the sea and everything about it and there is no better way to revisit the sea everyday than decorating with a nautical theme. Decorating your home with the inspiration of the deep blue sea will work for lovers of the sea or just someone looking to decorate. Either way it makes an excellent decorating theme.
There are many ways that you can decorate using a nautical theme. One of these ways is by using a wainscoting for the lower half of your walls and also your chair rail in an attempt to mimic the walls in a fine sailing vessel. This will look like the interior of a sailboat or even some types of powerboats. This is not always the cheapest decorating idea but it can make a huge impact on your home's visual appeal. Done correctly it can look absolutely stunning!
Another great idea is to use a ocean like shade of blue for window coverings. You can make them of the same type of materials that they make the sails out of on a sailboat. You can even paint the walls in this ocean blue and choose a different color for the curtains and window coverings instead. White walls are perfectly fine though when it decorating with a nautical theme as well.
Another great design idea is to use rope. You can wrap rope around picture frames, candles, and all kinds of other things to add the look of the sea to your home. Rope can make your design seem really authentic and very nautical.
Portals, barometers, clocks and other nautical items look great used at art. You could also use items like seashells, sand dollars, boat models, and sea scene artwork. For the true sea lover, use what reminds you of your favorite boat or ocean.
Of course, every nautical themed room needs a lighthouse. Google the artist named Thomas Kincaid. He is known as the painter of light and has captured the beauty of lighthouses and the sea like no one else. One of his paintings would be a perfect addition to your room, or any room for that matter.
Using a nautical theme in your home can be downright beautiful. There are so many great pieces at almost every home decor store because it is a very popular theme. It should be easy to find great things to use in your decor. You can also make a visit to the beach for shells and other items that you can get for free!


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Hi everyone. It's Jonathan Goodman. Welcome to another episode of The World of Internet Marketing. It's great to have you with us. Today's episode is titled "Dying for the Shot." The Google Algorithm forecast from MozCast.com today is a comfortable 77 degrees. The high for the week was 80 degrees on Sunday; the low for the week occurred this past Sunday at 63 degrees on Wednesday, so not much is going on with the Goggle Algorithm. And now the news….
Social Media
First, we're going to talk about a late-breaking story. This is from Goggle Gmail. It seems that Google Gmail for the basic accounts (but not for the business accounts) has broken up into tabs. So you can get your general Gmail information and you can get your social media emails coming into a different tab. Then you have the promotions tab, which is all the advertisements coming into your Gmail account. It turns out there is a very specific reason Google did that. They're now going to start using advertising in that space in the front two emails. When you're looking at the tab, you're going to see two emails coming in that look like regular emails, but are actually Goggle advertisements.
Andrea Freund says that Google shows no more than two in-box ads per user. She is quoted as saying: "Our goal was to put them some place that was more relevant, and we thought that was the promotions tab. When you're looking at promotions, you're looking for deals. We do try to clearly label them as ads." Isn't that nice of Goggle? Now we all know why those tabs exist. For June, the Goggle email unique visitor were 100 million. Now they're third-party ads. What Google is probably going to do is push them via a Gmail or Goggle email advertising URL. I get stuff from hotels.com or from Groupon, so this will say "Goggle advertising" or something like that.
Nothing in the world is free. We've already discussed that, but it's a little bit underhanded to think that Groupon and all these other companies that legitimately have the right to email you are being subjugated into the promotions tab for the reason of allowing Goggle to highlight their advertisers in the top two spots for that.
Yahoo recently announced they are releasing a new toolbar for Chrome browsers, as well as updates to its old Firefox and Internet Explorer ones. The toolbar will feature weather info, email updates, and one-click access to social media. I don't know if anyone necessarily needs that or cares about that, but Yahoo is still around.
In an effort to challenge PayPal's mobile payment system, Facebook is currently testing a program that would allow users to make purchases with credit card info stored on Facebook. On a third-party site, users would log in with their Facebook credentials. The site would then pull the stored credit card info to make the purchase, which is similar to Amazon's one-click service.
Your Sematic Minute
The developer of the first speech-to-speech translator app, Mobile Technologies, has been bought by Facebook. Jibbigo can be used both online and off and is also available for iOS and Android. Users record a phrase, which is then translated in text in both languages, and spoken in the desired language. The terms of the deal were not disclosed and it's unclear exactly how Facebook will use mobile technologies. One option is always to integrate speech recognition within its NewsFeed feature. I always think of the movie "Dune," where they come in with that great giant beast in the water tank, they talk in front of a microphone, and their voices are translated through the microphone so everybody can understand what they're saying. The movie "Dune" from David Lynch came up in conversation recently, so I thought of it immediately.
Hacker News
We have some more Edward Snowden fallout. Lavabit, which is the email provider Edward Snowden used, has unfortunately shut down to protect the privacy of its 400,000 users. Ladar Levinson, the owner of Lavabit, didn't state specifically that the government has demanded Snowden's email records, but it was heavily implied in a letter he wrote and posted on the website.
Bradley Manning, after hearing testimony from a psychiatrist and his sister about his rough upbringing and gender identity issues, took the stand to apologize for his actions. In a direct quote from Manning, he said: "I am sorry for the unintended consequences of my actions. When I made these decisions, I believed I was going help people, not hurt people." It's going to be an unfortunate end to a complicated trial.
App HighlightAMBER Alert highway sign alerting motorists to a suspected child abduction in Northern California. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
While the events of Hannah Anderson's abduction and the deaths of her mother and brother by a family friend are horrific, an interesting technological advancement was used in an attempt to find her. When the Amber alert first went out in the early hours of the morning, every Californian was awoken to a high-pitch screeching coming from their cellphones. It was the first time an Amber Alert was sent statewide to millions of mobile phones. While cellphones have been receiving Amber Alerts since 2005 under a partnership between the wireless industry, the U.S. Justice Department and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, people had to sign up to receive the alerts and only about 700,000 did. Then the subscriber could designate the area they wanted to get alerts, limiting the notification to only within the chosen areas.
So you could be from Nebraska but vacationing in Florida, for example, and the Amber Alert you'd set up wouldn't alert you about an abduction a dozen miles from your Tampa hotel. That system was replaced on December 31, 2012 by the Wireless Emergency Alert program, run by FEMA, which sends free, automatic notifications to almost every phone in the surrounding area or even the state. Cellphone owners now receive Amber Alerts, as well as emergency weather alerts, based on their proximity to the emergency, not the location of their phone number. People must opt out if they prefer not to get the alerts. California decided to send it out statewide because they couldn't exactly track where this guy was.
The Main Event
Today's Main Event is called "Dying for the Shot," and we're going to talk about the loss of photojournalists in recent years, but specifically yesterday when dozens of journalists were killed – possibly even targeted – by the Egyptian army. It's a horrific story, but I'm going to talk about the technology side of the story. First, I want to give you some facts. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) recently launched a campaign called Speak Justice in an effort to get more governments to investigate the deaths of journalists, especially ones that go unsolved. Since CPJ began keeping records in 1992, there have been 1000 journalists killed. The most recent ones have occurred during the violent protests by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. (The article with this information was written prior to yesterday's massacre of journalists in Egypt.)
CPJ hopes to bring awareness to the many local journalists who often get overlooked by national media. Eighty percent of the total deaths have been local journalists. Habiba Ahmed Abd Elaziz, a journalist covering the violent protests by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, texted her mother just minutes before her death. She was a reporter for the United Arab Emirates paper Xpress, describing the harrowing conditions of the large crowds and military equipment that surrounded her. The last message sent by mother reads: "I'm worried sick. Tell me how you are." Unfortunately, she had already been murdered. YouTube has a channel named the Journalists Memorial Channel in honor of the many reporters who have lost their lives while covering a story. The channel will have video clips featuring the reporters and also specific dedication pieces. You can see the videos on http://www.youtube.com/user/journalistsmemorial. I've watched some of the videos and it's very, very sad.
There are a lot of incredible journalists who have been killed in what could be considered the line of duty or line of their job. I want to now take a technological viewpoint on all of this. When we talk about Tim Hetherington, Chris Hondros and all of the other journalists and photojournalists who have been killed in the line of work, these are exceptionally bright individuals. These are people who have graduated from top-notch universities. Their writing skills are beyond compare. Their willingness to put themselves in the line of fire is fantastic, but at what cost? There is so much heartache for not only the individual, but how it impacts the family and the news media that individual was tied to. We've come to a point in our technology where we don't need to put individual journalists at risk. I'm sure I'm going to get a lot of flack from photojournalists for saying this, but the technology of individualized, personalize drones – little helicopters that are able to carry cameras with guidance from a distance – and the individuals themselves who are in the wars with cellphones, could minimize the dangers to journalists.
I realize this is a terribly selfish idea of not putting photojournalists in harm's way. The argument is that this is what these people want to do, and they know they're risking their lives. Yes, but there might be a better to get the story out. We lost such an incredible individual in Tim Hetherington, who was involved with the fantastic movie "Restrepo." He won't be able to make comments anymore about war, about how people are living in worlds that are very hard for the average American to understand. He was doing an incredible job, but lost his live at a very young age because of it. Rather than laying down your life, is there a better way to get the shot and get the message out so people can wake up to the stories being told? These photojournalists do not carry guns most of the time. They are wearing basic equipment to protect themselves. They are going out on vehicles that are being shot at and blown up.
It's a harrowing experience for them. It's an emotional message that comes back through these cameras, but to risk somebody's life in this day and age of social media. The people in these wars with guns shooting at people and killing people all have cellphones and are able to send some of the best video footage. I'm doing this piece because of what I said last week, which was that some of the best footage, some of the most emotional moments, coming out of the Syrian war came out of the cellphones and mobile devices of individuals caught in the crossfire. We see that even today. The individual who was trying to rescue somebody from sniper fire and then was murdered by the sniper. The young boy in Syria who was videotaping a sniper shooting at people on the street and then they turned the gun and killed him.
These are all incredible impactful and incredibly emotional. War is a terrible thing anyway, but for CNN, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal to put individuals who are not immediately affected by the war into harm's way like this is a little irresponsible in today's day and age. I just think there is a better way to get the message across. They become paparazzi of death and they then die themselves. I think that the technology has caught up to these jobs. Yes, during the Vietnam War, there was no other way to get the message out than for an unarmed individual to have a camera and take some of the most graphic photos that we'd ever see from war. Those images resonate with us even today, but with modern technology, we have the ability to keep these individuals out of harm's way by using guided drones carrying cameras. They would capture some incredible footage with no risk to individual journalists.
Rant of the Week
I wanted to save plenty of time for my Rant of the Week. The company I'm going to talk about knows this is coming. I said to them that there was no way I could let this go. I feel bad that I have to call them out for this type of service and this type of behavior, but what was done is so egregious that I have to talk about it. I was using AdRoll, which is retargeting software. Let me explain retargeting. When you come to a website that is doing a retargeting campaign, there is a little cookie that is placed on your computer. Now don't get all freaked out about cookies. Everybody has cookies on their computers from going to different websites. That's not the problem.
Retargeting allows you to serve ads back to the individual when it is noticed that there is a cookie indicating that they went to the original website. For instance, if you come to HalyardConsulting.com, which is the company I own, you might then go to CNN.com or the HuffingtonPost.com or Spreaker.com. Well, you're going to see an ad for Halyard Consulting. It is just a way of reminding you that you were at one point interested in the information on Halyardconsulting.com, so we're showing you an ad in hopes of bringing you back.
Well, I was running a very small retargeting campaign with AdRoll. It was $25 a week, and they overcharged me. Let me read you the correspondence. I won't bore you with the details of how the conversation started. I do feel I need to comment that their phone service is horrendous. Most of the time, they don't even pick up and when they do, it's a salesperson who can't or won't take technical or billing questions. Once they saw the problem on their side, here was their response.
It appears that it was an error with our dashboard information reflected into your billing statements. The information of hundreds of thousands of thousands of impressions is inaccurate. Your campaign has been serving to fulfill your $25/week budget. Our system did try to charge you $1673.67 today to reflect the inaccurate dashboard information. I have voided this transaction, so it should not fully go through on your end. Please keep an eye on this and absolutely let me know if this occurs. I had admin pause the campaign for now so that I can work with our engineers to clear up the dashboard bug. I am going to follow up with them tomorrow and keep you in the loop as I learn more information.
That was on August 5th. Thankfully, prior to August 5th I went into AdRoll and I saw that they were eventually going to attempt to charge me this exorbitant amount. So I called my bank and said something is up with this company. I've emailed them and they haven't responded. I told my bank to make a note in my account that this company is going to try to charge me over $1,600 for the month instead of $100 for the month. On August 13th, I got a call from my bank saying they were concerned again with the size of the transaction AdRoll was trying to put through. Of course, I wasn't checking the account since I was told it was paused. I wrote them another email:
If you paused my campaign, why is it showing a spend of $406.73 over the past 10 days? I just looked at the dashboard, and from August 4th to August 13th, that was the spend. If I go out 30 days, it's $2,178.43. Do I need to block your company from by bank completely?
Here was the response from AdRoll:
The problem that I found in your account is that I had admin pause your campaign within one profile, yet had failed to have admin pause two campaigns within your other profile. This is 100% my bad. Because there was still a bug in your account, it overcharged. It was our system error, then my human error for not pausing all profiles for you. AdRoll prides itself on being very transparent with our clients and I apologize. In this situation, it seems we were being anything but genuine in the charges made to your account. Unfortunately, being in the technology space, there are bugs that can occur in our system, but it is our job to make sure we do right by our customers and protect them to the best of our ability.
It's a shame because AdRoll is a great tool for small business owners. Other companies in the retargeting field don't even want to talk to you unless your campaign is thousands of dollars each month. But still this whole event has left such a bad taste in my mouth that I'll look into alternatives including Goggle's new retargeting tools. My advice for anyone out there who is running AdRoll is to really sit on top of that account. Make sure that you know exactly what is going on.
Speaking Gigs
Let's talk about some of my speaking gigs. I'm speaking at Affiliate Summit East this weekend – August 18th, 19th and 20th – at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. I'll also be speaking at PubCon Las Vegas on October 21-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center South Halls.
You can follow me @HalyardConsult on Twitter. New episodes of the World of Internet Marketing can be heard every Friday. You can access the archives of my previous shows on Spreaker.com – user name Jonathan Goodman. The podcast is also available with transcription at halyardconsulting.com and geekcast.fm one week after the episode airs.
Again, this is Jonathan Goodman. Thank you all for listening to another episode of The World of Internet Marketing. Don't forget to pick up my book The World of Internet Marketing on Amazon, and if you like this podcast please share it with your network of friends and family. Have a great week.


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Bringing a Kitten Home
The day you bring your new cat home is an exciting one for both of you –though exciting for different reasons. While you know that everything is going to be wonderful and he's eventually going to love his new home, he is utterly confused –everything smells weird, he doesn't know where he's going and *gulp* he has to ride in a car (or, in cat terms, "the big scary bumpy rumbly thing"). You can make the big day and introduction to his new family easier for your new furry friend with the following tips.
Buy your supplies ahead of time. You will need the essentials, including food and water dishes, cat food, litter boxes and litter, as well as toys, a snuggly bed and a scratching post. If you intend to spoil your new pet rotten, consider a cat tree or kitty condo as well. To maximize usage of the litter box, buy the same litter the cat has been using. Ditto for food; purchase the same brand and variety to minimize the possibility of tummy troubles.
Set up a safe place. If you have other pets (or even children) at home, it's essential to introduce your new kitty gradually to minimize the potential for fighting and reduce the stress on all parties. Even if this is your first pet, it's still advisable to set up a "base camp" so he can gradually adjust to his new home. A spare bedroom or little-used den or office is ideal. Set it up with a litter box, food and water, toys and whatever else you may have purchased.
Make it a quick trip home. Most cats hate riding in the car, so try to minimize the stress of the trip home. Put your new pet in a sturdy cat carrier and drive home directly (no running errands). Some cat owners swear that placing a towel or blanket over the carrier calms their pets, at least to some degree. Keep the car at a comfortable temperature, running the heater or the air conditioning as necessary.
Release kitty in his base camp. If he's your only pet and seems relaxed and eager to explore, you may decide to open the door within an hour or two. If he seems nervous or shy, he may prefer to stay in the safe room for a few days. Spend plenty of time in there, getting to know him, playing and giving him treats. If you have children, allow them to introduce themselves to their new friend in his safe space one at a time.
Introduce other pets gradually. Experts recommend introducing cats by scent before they meet in person. You can do this by rubbing a towel on your new cat and then rubbing it on your resident cat, or by brushing all of your cats with the same brush. After a few days, you may progress to removing your new cat to a different room while your resident cat explores the base camp. Eventually, you can try feeding them on opposite sides of a door that is cracked open to allow a glimpse of each other. The introduction process may take a week or more depending on the personalities of the cats involved. When they seem relaxed while eating and looking at each other, you'll know it's time for a face-to-face meet and greet.
Cat proof your home. If this is your first pet, take time to cat proof your home before releasing him from the safe room. Put away anything unsafe he might decide to chew on or accidently swallow, such as yarn and rubber bands. Consider putting caps on open outlets and taping wires to baseboards. Remove any potentially toxic houseplants and ensure all exterior doors are closed. Kittens tend to get into more mischief than adult cats. If your new pet is a kitten, you may wish to return him to his safe room whenever you're away from home.
Cats are like people; each one is different. Give your new pet the space and time he needs to adjust to his new home as well as his new family. Whatever you do, don't become impatient if it takes him longer than you expected to settle in. What's a week or two, really, when you have a lifetime to look forward to together?
Did you ever bring a new cat home? Shapre your experience and tips with us in the comment section!