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Although it is looking like In the Heart of the Sea won't go down as one of Ron Howard's greatest movies to date, it certainly serves as a perfect excuse to look back over his filmography and talk about what is. Howard has never really been hailed as a visionary or auteur, but he has had his share of commercial success over the years and a little bit of awards recognition as well after winning Best Picture and Best Director for A Beautiful Mind in 2002. The fact that he has moved between so many different genres makes him a hard hard man to pin down in terms of style and themes, but I can still respect his versatility. So what do you think is Ron Howard's ultimate masterpiece? Cast your vote in this week's poll and then sound off in the comments below.


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The timing of Easter has, of course, skewed the figures: but the 3.5pc fall in sales, the sharpest since the survey began in 1995, nevertheless highlights the fragility of consumer confidence following the first year-on-year fall in disposal incomes for 30 years.
Big ticket and DIY were particularly hard hit, with retailers reporting that shoppers delayed discretionary purchases. Book sales slumped (bad news for beleaguered HMV) and even the launch of the Nintendo DSi 3D couldn't rescue electrical retailers. Even the pace of online sales has slowed, to just 7.5pc, half the rate of this time last year.
Sales and special offers did drive footfall – but at a cost to profit margins.
Since the start of the year £1.7bn has been wiped off the stock market value of retailers as shares have fallen as consumer confidence has faltered.
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The most common symptoms of hip osteoarthritis are hip pain and decreased range of motion. Hip osteoarthritis often progresses gradually and many sufferers may try to ignore the signs until daily activities are affected.
Below is a list of common signs and symptoms of hip osteoarthritis. Recognizing and treating symptoms early can slow or eliminate the progression of osteoarthritis symptoms.
Pain in the hip, groin, back or thigh. Aching and stiffness in the groin, buttock or thigh can be a sign of hip osteoarthritis. Many people experience pain in the side or back of the hip when the hip bears weight. This pain may radiate down the thigh and even cause pain in the knee. Discomfort is usually most noticeable when getting out of bed in the morning and may flare up when participating in sports or other intense activities. Pain may subside with rest.
Decreased range of motion. Normally, the hip's ball-and-socket construction allows for a wide range of motion. Hip osteoarthritis may make it particularly difficult to spread the legs apart, extend the leg straight back, or to point toes inward and move the entire leg in that direction (internal rotation).
Chronic hip swelling. The joint can become irritated and swell as a result of the friction between the femur and pelvic bone. Swelling can cause pain and weaken the surrounding muscles that support the hip joint.
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Hip crunching or popping. A crunching or popping feeling can be a sign of bone-on-bone friction caused by hip osteoarthritis14. One hip osteoarthritis patient described the sensation of corn flakes in his hip joint when he got up in the morning or began exercise.
Limping or lurching. Hip osteoarthritis can make walking painful. To minimize the pain, people may limp or lurch forward—often unconsciously—to avoid putting pressure on the affected hip.
Loss of hip joint function. Daily activities that involve bending, such as putting on socks and shoes, can be very difficult or impossible for someone with hip osteoarthritis. Getting in and out of chairs or cars may also pose a challenge.
Inactivity makes it worse. Hips can become stiff after sleeping or sitting for a long period of time. People with hip osteoarthritis often find stiffness and pain are most noticeable when they try to get out of bed in the morning or out of a chair after a long period of sitting.
- Pain that is worse after inactivity may also be a symptom of Hip (Trochanteric) Bursitis
Hip osteoarthritis pain usually develops gradually, over months or years. Sudden hip pain is likely caused by a trauma or another condition, not osteoarthritis. If the hip feels hot or the skin around the joint turns red, then infection (if it is only one hip) or rheumatoid arthritis may be the cause.
- Ronald J. Allen, Victoria Anne Brander, M.D., S. David Stulberg, M.D., "Arthritis if the Hip & Knee: The Active Person's Guide to Taking Charge," Peachtree Publishers, Ltd., Atlanta, GA, p25, 1998.


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Frank was born during 1848 to Benjamin Franklin Duncan I and Moaning Duncan in Gallatin County, Kentucky. He and Scott W. "Dock" Hopkins were life-long friends in or around Glencoe, Kentucky. By all accounts, they remained friends up until Dock Hopkins killed him.
After 1870, Frank moved from Gallatin County and began a family with his new wife, Mary, who, by 1898, gave birth to ten children. Frank made a living as a house painter, but sometime after 1900 he joined the Latonia Police Department. By 1908, they were residing at 140 Oakland Avenue in Rosedale. His brother was a minister of the Latonia Christian Church. His oldest daughter, Grace, was a school teacher. Frank Duncan was a respected and well-liked member of the community, known to be a "splendid officer and a kind-hearted and courteous gentleman."
Dock Hopkins operated a saloon at 741 Main Street (now Decoursey Avenue) with his brother Ed. There were occasional problems at the bar including, a year or two earlier, a killing in the bar. There was also a general complaint about saloons remaining open past the midnight closing time, and that fights and gambling were common. Eventually, a group called the Latonia Law and Order League, made up of congregations from multiple churches, called for strict enforcement of liquor laws and the dismissal of police officers who failed to enforce those laws.
Between midnight and 1 a.m. on the morning of June 19, 1908 Patrolman Duncan went into his old friend Dock Hopkins' saloon, apparently to close it down. An argument ensued and Hopkins pulled a Colt .41 caliber revolver and shot Patrolman Duncan in the back and chest.
Latonia Police Chief John Hamlon and his officers responded, as did a crowd of 500 people intent on lynching Hopkins. Dr. T. B. Winnes was called, but Patrolman Duncan was dead before the doctor arrived. Kenton County Sheriff George H. Davison was called and took with him Deputies Jack O'Meara and Charles Rothenhoefer and Special Deputies Sheets and Walker in a Covington patrol wagon. Upon his arrival, he found Patrolman Duncan's unfired revolver several inches from his hand and Hopkins barricaded in a room inside the saloon threatening to shoot anyone who tried to enter.
The Latonia officers had already fired several shots through the door, but they missed Hopkins. Hopkins finally allowed Deputy O'Meara to enter and O'Meara talked him into surrendering. Hopkins, either "drunk or overly excited," told the sheriff that he would not let anyone tell him what time to close his saloon. He was put in a patrol wagon and taken to the Kenton County jail.
Patrolman Duncan was survived by his wife, Mary D. (Norman) Duncan; nine children, including Grace L. Duncan (30), Norman O. Duncan (27), Florence M. Duncan (24), Benjamin F. Duncan III (22), Mona Eyre Duncan (21), Frank Duncan (20), Sallie O. Duncan (18), Edward P. Duncan (16), and Forrest B. Duncan (10); four sisters, Mrs. J. D. Lindsey, Mrs. Mary Brown, Mrs. Lou Taylor, and Mrs. Mattie Poland; and one brother, Rev. P. H. Duncan.
Visitation was held at the Duncan home on Oakland and conducted by Rev. H. C. Runyan on Sunday afternoon, June 21, 1908. Many wreaths, from police officials, the fire department, and individual friends, surrounded the body. On Monday morning, June 22, the remains were taken to Glencoe, Kentucky. A large contingent of former neighbors and friends, in a long line of vehicles stretching 1½ miles, took him to the Ellis Family Cemetery at Sayresville and Dry Creek Roads in Sparta. He was buried next to his parents, Benjamin and Moaning Duncan.
A coroner's inquest returned a verdict of Murder. One bullet had entered the lower edge of Patrolman Duncan's left shoulder blade, went through both lungs, and out his right side. One had entered in the breast and came out near the lower edge of the right ear. These indicated that he was shot once from the side and once in the back. Two other bullets lodged in the wall behind where Duncan was standing. Hopkins admitted shooting Patrolman Duncan, but asserted that it was done in self-defense.
The Kenton County Grand Jury indicted Hopkins for Murder the next day and the judge refused to allow Hopkins out on bond. A court date of July 6, 1908 was set for the trial, but the only witness could not be found. On August 4, 1908 the judge set a bond and Hopkins was released. The Duncan family sued Hopkins on September 25, 1908. On December 13, 1912, after numerous delays and without the witness having been found, both the criminal and civil cases were dismissed. Hopkins was never prosecuted.
Covington annexed Latonia the following year during 1909.
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A Breakout Session at the NPSF Patient Safety Congress will detail a systematic method for
addressing colleague reports of unprofessional behavior.
by Patricia McTiernan, MS
Safety protocols are only effective if people follow them. Take hand hygiene, for example. While effective hand hygiene can reduce the spread of certain infections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that, on average, health care professionals practice hand hygiene less than half the time that they should.
The difference between an inadvertent slip and an intentional disregard for a safety practice has been discussed before. So what is a health care worker to do if he or she sees a colleague behave in a way that undermines safety?
The Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy (CPPA) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently published results of a robust program to address colleague reports of unprofessional behavior. Lynn Webb, PhD, assistant dean for faculty development and lead author of the recent paper documenting the program, will be one of the speakers discussing this work at the NPSF Patient Safety Congress in Scottsdale later this month.
The Vanderbilt CPPA team already had experience with patient reports of unprofessional behavior. The Vanderbilt Patient Advocacy Reporting System (PARS) is a method of collecting and aggregating patient complaints of physician behavior. According to Dr. Webb, PARS data have shown that 5% of physicians and advanced practice professionals (APPs) are associated with 35-40% of patient complaints about their medical professionals. The PARS method for graduated interventions has been adapted and put into place at more than 140 hospitals and medical groups nationwide.
Now, the principles behind the PARS program have been utilized to develop the Co-worker Observation Reporting SystemSM (CORS).
"The CORS program was established to provide systematic feedback to professionals associated with reports from co-workers about what appeared to be unsafe or disrespectful behavior," Dr. Webb says. The system involves a method of capturing, reviewing, coding, and tracking data. Peer "messengers" are trained to share reports with professionals associated with the reports. The time between when a report is received by the system and the peer discussion is usually less than one week.
Dr. Webb emphasizes that the system is designed to address behavior that seems inconsistent with the Vanderbilt "Credo," a statement of values shared by professionals and staff. "It's important to share reports as soon as possible, giving professionals an opportunity to reflect on the issues raised in them," says Dr. Webb.
In analyzing reports over a 3-year period, the CPPA team found that 3% of professionals were associated with 45% of reports. After the CORS intervention process was implemented, 70% of identified professionals have not been associated with another report.
At Vanderbilt, CPPA also compared physicians identified in the CORS program with those identified in the PARS process. "We found little overlap of professionals having high numbers of patient complaints and those having a pattern of coworker concerns," says Dr. Webb.
The Vanderbilt CPPA team has compiled a "project bundle" for use by other organizations considering the implementation of such a system. The bundle includes elements of the program that organizations should have in place to help ensure successful implementation. These include strong leadership commitment, program champions, and policies that address expectations for professional conduct. Co-presenter Roger Dmochowski, MD, Vanderbilt's executive medical director for quality, safety, and risk prevention, believes that success of the CORS program at Vanderbilt was linked to the early involvement of physician and nursing leaders in the development phase.
"It's really important to emphasize that this is not a punitive process," Dr. Webb says. "By having a colleague share an observation with another colleague, the intent is to be restorative and change unsafe or disrespectful behavior."
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CHARLOTTE — There were the electric cars, the climbing wall, the sustainable village and all the other things that Democrats like to show off on display at CarolinaFest, the street festival that kicked off the Democratic National Convention here Monday.
And then there was the real purpose of the event, at least for President Obama's campaign.
"You want a free bumper sticker?" a young Obama worker shouted to people passing the president's campaign booth, standing three feet above them like a 21st-century carnival barker. "Text 62262 and you can have one. Did you do it? Perfect! Here you go."
In the space of a few hours, organizers had passed out hundreds of bumper stickers, collecting just as many cellphone numbers and — they hope — new recruits who could help replicate the grass-roots force that grew out of the convention in Denver four years ago. Others trolled the crowd, estimated at 30,000, with clipboards looking for would-be voters to register. And volunteers asked for signatures to support women's initiatives and Obama's health-care law.
"There are a lot of volunteers passing by," said Samantha Steiner, 27, a Charlotte resident and registered independent who is not sure who she will vote for in November. "I don't necessarily identify with the Democratic Party, but the festival has allowed me to find ways to participate."
CarolinaFest was meant to be many things for the Democratic Party. It was a classic Labor Day street party, with water-ice stands, funnel cakes and bouncy slides. It was a public-relations parade intended to portray Democrats as inclusive (it was free and open to the public), compassionate (it featured dozens of good-works demonstrations) and fun (who doesn't like a climbing wall?).
The festival was interrupted twice during the day by short-lived but torrential downpours, and it was cut short by the threat of severe weather. James Taylor, the headline performer, was singing when organizers called it a night in the early evening.
In some cases, the politics and the party were an odd mix.
At one end of the festival, White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer was spotted walking down the street in a suit and button-down shirt, taking in the scene.
At the other end, organizers with the North Carolina AFL-CIO beckoned passers-by with a provocative offer: "Free hugs from union thugs!"
"You ready for a hug?" Lora Banner, a Teamsters member and United Parcel Service worker from nearby Gaston County in a blond up-do, asked one man who had strayed closer to the tent. "Come on over here!" She put her arms around him.
Irritated that the Democrats chose to hold their convention in North Carolina, considered a non-union-friendly state, many labor groups scaled back or yanked their financial support for the event. The state AFL-CIO, however, opted to reach out for the folks on the street. By 4 p.m., a team of volunteers including schoolteachers, firefighters and other card-carrying union members estimated they had doled out about 400 hugs — and handed out cards showing how huggees could find a photo of their embrace on the organization's Web site.
"We thought it was a good way to show that union members are not scary people," said MaryBe McMillan, secretary treasurer of the state group.
Even one of the centerpiece debates of the election campaign played out as street festival fare.
Gagandeep Mangat, a radiologist from St. Petersburg, Fla., stood beside an RV belonging to Patients Over Politics, an initiative led by physicians in support of the Obama health-care law.
"We are a group of physicians who want to make sure that people understand why it is important that we have this law," he said.
As he tried to explain, he was interrupted by a California woman who wanted to know whether he supported adding a "holistic medicine component" to the law. Mangat emphasized the importance of simply preserving the law. "If we have the law then we could add anything to it," he said.
Though the group is officially non-partisan, the doctors, who drove the RV from the Republican convention in Tampa to Charlotte, are also embarked on a voter registration effort they hope will help preserve the law.
"This started because as doctors we were so frustrated that our health-care system was not working for the patients," said one of the group's founders, Alice Chen, an internist from Los Angeles, "and the only people talking about it were either policy people or politicians."
Even the most lighthearted features of the festival carried a political, or at least cultural, message: A "Peace In, Peace Out" yoga booth. A "Youth Soccer for Social Change" game underway in a parking lot. "Naturals for Obama," a support group of black women who don't straighten their hair.
Looming over all of that was a message from the Charlotte Diocese — a banner across the exterior wall of St. Peter's Catholic Church reading: "Protect the Unborn, defend marriage, safeguard religious liberty."
Amy Argetsinger, Ann Gerhart and Ed O'Keefe contributed to this report.


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Happy Sunday everyone! Today is Sunday, May 22, 2011 and we are HAPPY!! No more tornadoes, no more flooding. Things are getting back to normal and the good Lord has kept us all safe.
We wish every one adopted in the month of May a very Happy "GOTCHA DAY". How lucky we all are to have our families to love and support us. Home is where the heart is! No matter what the rest of the world is doing, we are safe in our forever homes.
Mom's taking a little vacation this weekend. She's absolutely exhausted and so she told me to rummage through my "quote box" and find something suitable. I like this pretty much. It fits just about everyone I know. I wish I knew who wrote it but I don't and it was submitted "author unknown". Still, it was obviously written by someone who loves dogs, and probably dogs love them, too!
(ahem....cough cough....and Mary-Margaret begins to recite!)
Why Own A Dog?
Why own a dog? There's a danger you know,
You can't own just one, for the craving will grow.
There's no doubt they're addictive, wherein lies the danger.
While living with lots, you'll grow poorer and stranger.
One dog is no trouble, and two are so funny.
The third one is easy, the fourth one's a honey.
The fifth one's delightful, the sixth one's a breeze,
You find you can live with a houseful of ease.
So how 'bout another? Would you really dare?
They're really quite easy but, oh, Lord the hair!
With dogs on the sofa and dogs on the bed,
And crates in the kitchen, it's no bother, you've said.
They're really no trouble, their manners are great.
What's one more dog and just one more crate?
The sofa is hairy, the windows are crusty,
The floor is all footprints, the furniture dusty.
The housekeeping suffers, but what do you care?
Who minds a few noseprints and a little more hair?
So let's keep a puppy, you can always find room,
And a little more time for the dust cloth and broom.
There's hardly a limit to the dogs you can add,
The thought of a cutback sure makes you sad.
Each one is so special, so useful, so funny.
The vet and food bills grows larger, you owe BIG money.
Your folks never visit, few friends come to stay,
Except other "dog folks" who live the same way.
Your lawn has now died, and your shrubs are dead too,
But your weekends are busy, you're off with your crew.
There's dog food and vitamins, training and shots.
And entries and travel and motels which cost lots.
Is it worth it you wonder? Are you caught in a trap?
Then that favorite one comes and climbs in your lap.
His look says you're special and you know that you will
Keep all of the critters in spite of the bill.
Some just for showing and some just to breed.
And some just for loving, they all fill a need.
God, winter's a hassle, the dogs hate it too.
But they must have their walks though they're numb and your blue.
Late evening is awful, you scream and you shout
At the dogs on the sofa who refuse to go out.
The dogs and the dog shows, the travel, the thrills,
The work and the worry, the pressure, the bills.
The whole thing seems worth it, the dogs are your life.
They're charming and funny and offset the strife.
Your life-style has changed. Things won't be the same.
Yes, those dogs are addictive and so is the dog game.
Written by "Unknown Poet"
Thank you, everyone. Thank you. Thank you for being here
faithfully every Sunday and for loving each other and everyone in
our church family, and for your postcards to Sister Chiquita in
the Amazon. She wrote back the other day and said your well
wishes are what keeps her and the girls going.
Bean sprouts, soybeans, biscuits and apples chunks are on the buffet table
today, courtesy of Fachsie Dachsie Brownie troop #411. They
prepared everything all by themselves, and they even washed their
paws first. Very colorful and tasty, I'm sure.
Please turn to your pew mates and wag your tails and fluff your feathers
as a sign of peace and love.
Dear Lord - Please help us to be as we wish others to be! Amen
Go and share your glow with others not quite so fortunate!
Mary-Margaret O'Brien
Lt. Chaplain - Yorkie Brigade Chapel
"Yorkie prayers are Angel's wishes!"
"Pups for PPL"
"A dog has lots of friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue." Anonymous
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
A Bunny Thing Happened: An Oral History of the Playboy Clubs Culture: vanityfair.com
A Bunny Thing Happened: An Oral History of the Playboy Clubs Culture: vanityfair.com
Dear Grandpa - Mom says to click on this link so you can read the article. Mom even got quoted a whole THREE times, too. How come she got quoted is beyond me, though. With all the famous people associated with these clubs it's just surprising is all. On the other hand, maybe I should start listening to her instead of turning away every time she says something. Maybe I should give her more credit than I do?
Anyway....here you go. First time anyone that I know of personally ever got their name in an international magazine with over a million circulation.
Love you, Grandpa!
Your Grand Dogger....
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Saturday, May 14, 2011
May 15, 2011 - Happy Sunday!
Good Morning on this beautiful Sunday, May 15, 2011. Most everywhere the sun is shining and life is good. Our prayers are in force and the tornados have stopped. Unfortunately they were replaced by flooding, which in turn will cause many more problems. Before we get started with today's message, let's put our paws together and ask God for some relief from the flood waters, and ask for his help in the recovery of our economy. I know the Lord never gives us more than he thinks we can handle, but so many are at the breaking point, and so many souls have been lining up at Heaven's gate recently because of the tragedies in the South.
Please, Lord, we ask you, PLEASE help us get through these trying times and help us to see the way beyond. Amen.
Now...today's message is about "commitment". Yes, about taking personal responsibility for following through on your promises.
Let's talk about adopting a fur baby, for example. God made newborn fur babies so darn cute that they're hard to resist. We're little, cuddly, smell sweet and give tiny little kisses that are absolutely addictive to most humans. We are adopted and we become a part of a family. We learn, we love and we grow.
The first two parts are a given - we learn what the humans want from us and we try really hard to live up to their expectations. We also love our adoptive families unconditionally. We don't question our people when they put us outside and they go off for hours at a time because we trust they will always come back for us. Even if we get swatted for some minor "faux pas" (puddles, shredded toilet paper, a little brown pile on the carpet) we know that they will forget and they will hug us and forgive us and we will love them again as if nothing ever happened.
It's the last part - the growing - that some humans have trouble with. Hardly anyone of any species ever stays the same size. That's just life, guys. And when we start knocking over Aunt Grace's porcelain collection, or shedding on the couch, or eating bowls of kibble proportionate to our weight, some humans forget that we are family, and they forget their commitment that they made when we were babies. And some of us end up in the back yard or kennel for days instead of hours. We are fed and watered when someone remembers to do so. We get fleas and sores and no one cares. And finally, some of us end up at a shelter because our families no longer want a grown up dog. We are abandoned and left to our fate.
Rescue groups and shelters are full of residents that are grown. We have already learned and loved, but we are (pardon the expression) "dumped" because we grew. Many of us, but not all, get a second chance. That's when those second chancers will find their forever families. That's when our existence is truly validated and we know we are part of God's plan.
There are all kinds of commitments that humans make throughout their life. Commitments to each other, like "marriage", and a while into the relationship the reality of the commitment sets in and the humans forget their promise of "until death do us part".
Or promises to God - like saying "Dear Lord, if you just let Uncle Aloysius get better, I promise to quit smoking", but when God helps Uncle Aloysius walk again, the human who made the bargain with God in the first place celebrates by bumming a cigarette off the first smoker he sees.
Even our Inspirational Message for Chapel is a commitment that I've made to you all and I intend to keep. You are all part of my family and we never let our family down, no matter what.
I'm sure you each can think of promises that you or those close to you have made that are broken without another thought. Unless that promise was made by a dog (or a duck). And us pups ALWAYS keep our promises. Once we are part of a family we are a part of it forever. If you leave, we grieve. We find your scent and we follow you to the ends of the earth. If you see us years later we will remember you and love you with all our hearts as if you had never left us.
We wind up these inspirational messages with a couple of quotes: A quote from John Holmes: "A dog is not "almost human" and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such." and one from Robert Brault: "An old dog, even more than an old spouse, always feels like doing what you feel like doing."
Let us grow old with you and you will never be sorry.
Please put your paws together and bow your heads as we ask that our Lord or Higher Power help us to honor our commitments and fortify our resolve on a daily basis:
Dear Lord - we ask you to make us wise and alert in our duties. Help to keep us faithful in the time of routine; to be quick to make decisions; and and to be courageous to act in a time of crisis. Help us to always keep peaceful and focused in our minds and our hearts so that we can take care of our families and keep them from harm. Take care of our loved ones when we are separated. Help us honor our commitment and always keep us true to each other. If we have to be apart, help us to return to each other with safety and love. Amen.
(a moment's silence as our prayer fully sinks in....and then Mary-Margaret speaks!)
And now I ask that you turn to your neighbors and wag your tails or fluff your feathers as a sign of peace and love.
We still need volunteers to be guest speakers at Sunday services. Please PLEASE submit your stories so we can incorporate them into our messages. Mom says I'm going to have to start paying her if we don't get some outside help and ....well...collections have been pretty meager in the cyber basket.
We will be serving raw carrots and freshly picked green beans from our garden on the side of the church by the now-functioning fountain dedicated to our parish by the Sisters of St Francis. We have a new member to introduce to you: The Sangster family has adopted little Raffie (Prince Rafael Zane) and he will be in the nursery class for Preschool Puppies starting next Sunday. Congratulations Sangster family!! We also remind you that our Parish Library is open 24/7 if you would care to review our Parish Family Albums and get to know your church family members face to face.
A reminder to you all to pick up your tails, links and photos from our cloakroom on the way out. Our "lost and found" is getting a little cluttered, and those items left after Memorial Day will be auctioned off at our next yard sale, June 5th, with the proceeds going to our Summer Camp fund for Underprivileged Pups (SCUP).
Blessings to you all...
Have a wonderful day!!
Mary-Margaret O'Brien
Lt. Chaplain - YorkieBrigade
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Bogart and Me at the Doctors!
My new friend, Bogart. Isn't he cute? I mean, what you can see of him? He's sort of a golden blonde Maltese and he's only eight weeks old. He hit on me right away. Oh yes he did. At only EIGHT WEEKS he was right on my rear end, sniffing away and dodging my waggy little butt. He didn't know it but I was laughing at him. He tickled. He's way to little to get all serious, and every time he'd try to sniff my girlish charms, I'd knock him in the nose with my tail. It was pretty funny.
Mom wouldn't tell me what this said but the same sign was put out on two doors while were were waiting. You have to double-click the picture to see the writing on it. I'm pretty smart, though, and I have a good idea what's going on. I know it's a very sad thing because there were some ladies there who were crying a whole lot. I know I should mind my own business but when folks are in trouble and hurting in their hearts I think it's my job to comfort them. So I did. I just snuggled and kissed and loved all over them. I really think I helped, too. They didn't stop crying but they did smile through their tears for "Midnight", their pet. I didn't find out if Midnight was a cat or a dog or anything, but whoever it was they sure had a lot of love to take to the Rainbow Bridge with them.
God bless Midnight and those two ladies. Amen.
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Monday, May 09, 2011
My new friend, Chica!!
This is my new friend, Chica. She lives across the street and she's about one and a half years old. Her mom is named Nancy. Today when we came home from working Nancy and Chica were outside and me and Chica said "Hi!". Our moms started talking and next thing I know is they're talking "play date". Oh this is SOOOO exciting.
I see Chica outside sometimes but I'm inside and I can only say "Hello!" through the window. Now we have sniffed each other and even gave kisses AND we will have a play date.
I might add that I need some friends my own age (and species) to play with. Today when we went to pick up at a client's office I got off the elevator on the wrong floor. Hey, what do I know? All the floors look alike but this one smelled different. So I said "Hello" to everyone on the floor before I'd get back on the elevator. That kinda made Mom mad and some guy was hollerin' "LET GO OF THE ELEVATOR!" on one of the other floors. Oooops (I said)...sorry!
Then when we got on the third floor where we were supposed to be our client wasn't there. The envelope was by the door. That was fine for Mom but I wanted to see our client. So I sat by the door and wouldn't budge. Again, the "momster" comes after me but I'm too fast for her. I duck and dodge and I'm having the best time with this game.
Pretty soon a lady comes over and says "Is that Mary-Margaret?". I guess I have a reputation in town. So Mom says "Yes! And I can't catch her!". The lady is very nice and I know I've met her before so I go over and flip on my back for belly rubs, sort of like a Shmoo in a frying pan (if you remember L'il Abner comic strips, anyway!). I get my belly rubbed and then I get scooped up and handed to Mom.
Sheesh! Can't trust anybody any more.
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Saturday, May 07, 2011
Happy Mother's Day - Sunday, May 8, 2011
(It's Mother's Day already somewhere in the world - This is for Australia, New Zealand, India and Nepal and all those other places!)
Good morning everyone, and especially to all the "bee-yoo-ti-full" mothers, both present and departed. Today is Sunday, May 8th, 2011 and we are celebrating those who not only gave birth to us, but those who loved us enough to raise us and who raised us with the capacity to love unconditionally.
I barely remember my birth mother, Sissy's TooToo (by T and J), of Elkland, Missouri.
While I know my bloodlines by reading them off my "Birth Certificate" also known as a
"Certificate of Pedigree", I am who I am because of my adopted mother, Michele (by Ruth and George) of Temecula, California. At the tender age of nine weeks I had already been ripped from my birth family, shipped to California, undergone surgery for an inguinal hernia and tossed into a plexiglass box full of shredded newspaper in a local pet store. It was there that I first spotted my REAL mom and made it my business to leave that pet store with her, no matter how long it took.
She wasn't particularly impressive on the outside. She was a little older than the
other ladies who had come into the shop. She looked maybe a little sad and lonely, and she could stand to lose a few pounds, but I saw the beauty in her soul and the light in her eyes and I knew that we were destined to be a couple...a TEAM, if you will. I thought she was absolutely the most beautiful human being in the whole world. I could tell she only stopped in for a quick puppy kiss and to sniff the sweet milky smell us puppy kids have when we're babies. If I didn't act quickly, she'd walk right back out of my life forever.
Together, I knew we could handle anything that came our way. It took me two hours to talk the other pups into chewing on her shoes, barking incessantly, piddling in the middle of the playpen, etc. and otherwise make themselves totally unacceptable to her. Finally, at long last, it was just her and me..side by side on the little bench. Yup. Me and my "soon to be" Mom!
The sales lady, exhausted from bringing Mom pup after pup, finally asked us if we were
going home together. I saw the lady's lips moving slightly as if she were praying we'd say "Yes!". Mom paused for a moment and then asked "How much?". She just about
passed out when Ms. Saleslady quoted her a price, but I was negotiated for and finally
Mom whipped out a credit card. She looked at me, hugged me even closer and gave me a
big kiss, while saying "You can't put a price on love!". I totally agree with her on
that! Moms are just naturally beautiful that way. Truly!
Helen Keller once said "The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even
touched, they must be felt with the heart".
And Khalil Gibran, the Lebanese poet said, "Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart".
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross was quoted to say, "People are like stained-glass windows. They
sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."
"You don't love your Mother because she is beautiful. She is beautiful because you love her!" (Mary-Margaret O'Brien)
And on that note, I know you are all anxious to celebrate this special day with your
beautiful mothers. We will be serving Pupcakes and Snausages in the Great Hall to give our special moms a day off from the feed bowl.
Special Announcement - Graham Quacker's family has adopted a baby chick with a
dislocated leg. We ask that you offer prayers for the baby's speedy recovery. Also Graham is now sharing his personal pond with a Red Slider turtle that heard that the Quacker home is a shelter for homeless critters of all shapes, sizes and species. We hope they will be coming to Chapel with Graham.
We are still recruiting volunteer speakers for future Sundays. Please let me know when you'll be available and we'll work your presentation into our Inspirational Message.
Before you leave, please turn to your neighbors and wag your tails (and fluff your
feathers) as a sign of peace and love. And wherever your Mom is, please take a moment
to silently thank her for being your Mom, and for giving you the opportunity and foundation to share your love with the rest of the world.
Blessings to you all....
Mary-Margaret O'Brien
Lt. Chaplain - Yorkie Brigade Chapel
"Yorkie prayers are Angel's wishes!"
"Pups for PPL"
"A dog has lots of friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue." Anonymous
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HILLARY cost Hillary this election.
What cost Hillary this election was that almost 1 in 10 DEMOCRATS voted for Donald Trump.
That's right. Hillary was such a badly chosen candidate that not only was she completely unable to attract the center, she wasn't even able to unify her own party.
Let's be crystal clear about what just happened. Hillary didn't just fail to inspire Democrats to "get out the vote", although that was certainly a factor. Hillary Clinton actually drove voters across the aisle.It would seem a no-brainer that Hillary was just a bad nominee.
But no. Instead of taking responsibility for the fact that they rigged the primary process over threats of a #DemExit and nominated a candidate with a trending #NeverHillary hashtag, the Democratic establishment is trying to blame people who didn't vote, or voted outside the two party duopoly.
Blaming Jill Stein is stupid. If EVERY Stein voter had voted for Hillary she still would have lost. Gary Johnson is a CONSERVATIVE. If he took votes from anyone it was Donald Trump. Rachel Maddow is in the throws of cognitive dissonance when she suggests half of Gary Johnsons voters would ever vote for Hillary Clinton.
People who don't vote are not the problem. If a person can't be bothered to stay informed, they shouldn't vote. Uninformed voters don't help the Democratic Process.
Besides, in Michigan (where Hillary lost by only 11,000 votes) 90,000 voters filled out their downticket ballot and left the ballot bubbles for President empty. Non-voters were just not the problem.
While the Democratic establishment and their bleating herd of loyalists are struggling with this concept, one undeniable truth is clear as day. They have nobody to blame but themselves.
Most of you have seen the Jonathan Pie video floating around, and SOME few liberals have shown at least a few glimmers of understanding, but most of them STILL haven't taken the real message to heart. They are creating a narrative that the reason they lost is that they didn't try hard enough to persuade.
Yes their unwillingness to communicate with dissenters... driven by an arrogant presumption of their innate moral superiority... was certainly a problem for them. Calling people sexist, or racist, or privileged was, indeed, an outrageously STUPID strategy for persuading people, but that was just the tip of the iceberg.
Their REAL problem was their shitty, war-criminal, corporatist candidate. Trying to "persuade" people wouldn't have changed that.
Listening might have.
If they had listened when #BernieOrBust started to trend... If they had been willing to compromise rather than "persuade"... They would ALL be celebrating today and Donald Trump would be back to his old day job of driving business ventures into the ground.
In the end the Media is going to hide their collusion with what has been, perhaps, one of the most colossal and incompetent failures in US politics since the Civil War by turning this into another variation of their "Bernie Bro" narrative. And they'll succeed. They'll blame Jill Stein or Bernie Sanders the same way they blamed Ralph Nader for 2000. That was a lie then, and it's a lie now, but it will play because they're the mass media and there's nobody around to say otherwise.
But those of us few who are informed and paying attention know better.
The Dems didn't lose this election because people didn't vote. They didn't lose because people voted for Jill Stein. They didn't lose because Bernie was mean to her before the primary.
They didn't lose this election because they didn't persuade.
The Dems lost this election because they refused to BE persuaded and that's 100% their own fault.


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His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
(founder of
the Hare Krsna movement)
His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
(founder of
the Hare Krsna movement)
by Purujit Dasa
Easy. Easy. Let's start with simple logic. It's not difficult. There is a section and there is a whole. A section is part of a whole. A whole is never a part of a section. An example: if we take a drop of a seawater, it is a section of the whole, the big sea. But if we say that now I'm holding a sea in my hand, that's kind of dumb, isn't it? "Look, I got a sea in my hand!" -a crazy person, or a poet might say like that, but it is not reality. Now, in this world we see so many wholes and so many sections. Just like I can be called Mr. Thompson and be a section of the whole Thompson family. Or The Beatles, a famous rocknroll band is a whole and tiny little Ringo Starr behind the drums is its' section. There's a whole year 2012 ahead of us and yet there are sections like January, February, March, April... etc. So wholes and sections. Is that cool? Ok. ok. Now, let's go beyond the known, beyond the perception of our senses. Cuz pretty much all of the previous examples I have given we can percieve by our senses. Senses? What do you mean? Well, simple. Just like your eyes. Very important sense through which we percieve what we call a "reality". A reality? What is "reality"? Hold on a sec. Before we get into the "everything is relative man" game, let me express what's on my mind today. Is that alright with you? Thanks…
So now the beyond the known, that is a very dangerous zone as many of us have been cheated. Cheating basically takes advantage of our ignorance of the unknown. Like a cheater drug dealer, he cheats the people addicted to intoxication. In exchange for their money, he gives them what they think is heroin. But in reality there's only very small percentage of pure heroin. Most of it is lots of junk, a white powder, something like that, just so he can save as much of the pure heroin, so he can sell it to someone else and cheat him too. Of course, the addicts, they even know it's cheating, still they have to go and get it because they are forced to settle whatever is available due to habit. And that's our position, you see? Although we don't want to be cheated, we are forced to make solutions based on the unknown in our daily life on regular basis whether we like it or not because we are under the habit of identifying our true selves with these temporary bodies.(Kind of like I tend to scream when someone chops off a part of my body?) How do you know that this particular college or job you're applying for will be ok for you? Still you have to pick something, otherwise your parents won't support you, or you end up homeless or something like that. I don't know what you do. Or, or.. I got it! You are supposed to select your mate. That's like super difficult, isn't it? Cuz in the present society where there's so much ego going on and everyone wants to compete and screw others and so on and so on. Where's the guarantee that your mate will not turn out to be a real jerk, who just takes advantage and exploit your fine sentiments for his/her sense gratification? But some of us at one point realize, I can't go on like this. I think I'm gonna connect with some other person and face the world like that, in two and then you end up all confused, cuz you can't find anyone due to paranoya of being exploited, but at the same time you need someone. In other words, there are instances where we are forced to deal with the unknown, whether we like it or not. So, now it is not a question, whether it is important to deal with the unknown or not, it is a question of HOW to deal with the unknown, you see? We have to deal with it. Not the relative, computer-like yes/no but simple and all encompassing HOW. say it again: HOW. HOW are you? Doing fine? Ok. Carry on.
So what is that beyond the known? Many things, but we want to go to the root. We don't want to be limited. You want to be limited? Well, I don't want to be limited and you don't want to be limited either no matter what you say now just to distract me from what I'm trying to build here, tricky boy! Because, the soul, or that what we are, is never limited. Whatever limitations are here are due to these bodily designations: man, woman, ugly, beautiful. Instead of seeing you as a beautiful and free personality with his/her beautiful individuality, they want to put you in a box: a woman. Or check this out: a man. So this is the nature of the soul, or that what we are, the unlimited consciousness within. Not unlimited supremely(cuz if that was the case, why would we end up here in the material world in the clutches of material energy, doing things which we don't like doing, right?), yet unlimited nevertheless. Unlimited in the sense of not being confined in these bodily concepts.
So that root, what is that? That root is the total whole. Or The Total Whole. Like the ultimate, you know? Now, some of you might object that this smells like God! And you will try to kill the discussion(cuz that's all we're doing right now, you see? I'm not trying to convert you, nor force some dogma on you. Easy. Easy.) by saying: What if there's nothing like the total whole? What if what you call the "total whole" is yet another section of some other whole and that is a section of some more wholesome whole, etc. Nice one, but now, and this might sound surprising, cuz usually that's what people ask us, not that we ask that, but: where's the evidence? You see, everything we say, provided we want to have a communication of course, we should back up by something we could both relate to. If we want to just have a wonderful free style monologue just so that everyone can see how wonderful we are, that's ok, but you can't have that in two. You see? Like you have some faith, that's ok, but if you want to communicate that faith to me, I need it backed up by some sort of knowledge. Let's say I have faith to go to the beach, because I think we're going to enjoy it. Now, let's say you don't have that faith. Your faith is that you want to stay home and sleep, then I have to use some evidence. So I might say something like: Remember, how we used to go to the beach last year, how cool it was? How you enjoyed so much? and how you didn't want to go home as it was so cool and nice and wonderful and you name it. So, now I'm using one type of evidence called history. In other words, I'm using a previous experience to back up my present faith. This type of evidence is very much dominating in the present society. Like for example, people because they had a bad experience with people who claim to be worshippers of God (but in reality are simply using God to build their ego), when we the Krsna devotees approach them to chant with us, eat with us and enjoy the wonderful transcendental pleasures in Krsna consciousness with us, sometimes they frown. No, I don't believe in God. Because for them, God means a cruel, dry person, who has to go to work just like many of us in the early morning subways to take care of the world, punish the sinners and who actually does not want you to feel pleasurable and free, but quite the opposite, a God, who wants you to be miserable and scared cuz He's fed up of your messing up His plans. So naturally, when we say: Krsna is God, they immediately recollect that previous experience with a so-called priest, or a so-called Christian family member, or someone on the street who called you a devil-obsessed for having some weird clothes on, or something extraordinary, which you thought was cool but he didn't like. So, that is one type of evidence: history. This is very nice.
But it is not perfect. Why? Because that experience upon which that history has been made, might have been wrongly assessed. Actually, our experience is always limited, because, we gather such experience through our limited senses. But there are other types of evidence too. The sacred Vedas mention anuman, hypothesis. Going to beach is cool, because if you stay home and sleep, you'll get depressed and lazy, you will fall into what we call the mode of ignorance-tamas. This is hypothesis. I'm giving you an argument. If you do this, then this might happen. So direct experience, history, hypothesis, in this way we come to the most perfect evidence and that is sabda, or hearing the info from the perfect source and keeping it perfect by not adulterating it. If I tell you that in the Vedas, the hypothesis is called anuman and if I'm not lying, then you don't have to go and search for a dictionary of Sanskrit language in a library and waste a whole day not being able to find one. No, and again provided I'm not lying, if you simply have trust, that ok this guy he's a Hare Krsna devotee, I guess he kind of understands these kinds of things, let me put my trust in him on this, you will advance faster in your understanding, you see? It's faster. Like the internet. Now, forget about the bad things for a sec. Who can deny the benefits which it provides? Just because internet sometimes lies, does not mean that you can't find true things on it. And this is what it's all about. Instead of trying to gather all the sections of knowledge, which is a totally futile attempt due to our limited position of NOT being able to even get to know all the sections of knowledge, what to speak of seeing them in an unbiased way and what to speak of putting them and understanding them all in a context without using them just to build my own dogma, why not use time to find a perfect source, from which we can derive the whole knowledge? Have we tried? And if we did(cuz many people use it very cheaply this phrase that: "Did that, done that."), do we know what is the process for searching such source? Do we know what are the characteristics of such a source? Yes, just for a sec, pay attention to the latter two questions. Hmm?
So, the Vedas are considered to be the most authoritative source of knowledge in the world and we accept them as such through the process of sruti or hearing. Through seeing I cannot ascertain what's behind a wall. Through hearing though I can see what's behind that wall if someone from behind the wall tells me.
One section of the Vedic literature is called Upanisad and in it there's another subdivision called Sri Isopanisad, which deals specifically with the subject matter of the complete total whole. It says:
oḿ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaḿ
pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate
pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya
pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate
"The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete. And be-cause He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped -as a complete whole. Whatever is produced of the complete whole is also complete by itself. And because He is the Complete Whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance."
(Sri Isopanisad, Invocation)
So even though the Complete Whole is generating so many sections, it yet remains complete. Another characteristic of the Complete whole is explained in the following quote by Srila Prabhupada in the purport to this verse:
"The Complete Whole must have everything, both within our experience and beyond our experience. Otherwise He cannot be complete."
(Isopnisad Invocation purport)
Now, let's go back to the question why there has to be a Complete Whole in the first place.
As mentioned in the invocation to Sri Isopanisad, because the Complete Whole is complete, the sections of the complete whole are also complete by themselves.
In other words, because this world is relative, it is relative to something right? It is not relative just by itself. If it was relative by itself, we would call it absolute. So because it is relative to something, the things we see here must be included in that something. And because we see that everything here belongs to some whole, whether it's Montreal being part of the whole Canada, or you being a part of your whole family, everything that exists must be a part of the Complete Whole. This is the Complete Whole.
So, when we say Krsna, we mean Complete Whole. Not a Hindu or Indian god, not a religion, not a faith, not a sect(ion). You might call the total whole in a different way like Jehova, or Allah, or simply God, but that doesn't matter as this is just semantics. It's clear that the total whole is for all of us. It's not for me, it's not for you. It's universal, unlimited, complete and total. And because it's complete, unlimited and total it must be a person. If it's not person, there's a flaw in its completeness. Then me, who is just like a little tiny nothing here am more than God becuz I'm a person? I am more than God, becuz I'm a person? He's more than God, because he's person? So we're all persons and God is not? Then what kind of a looser God is it? You see, then God is loosing on that wonderful pleasurable feeling of being a unique individual. So it is not like that. God is a person. So now, Krsna is not just an opinion, or yet another name, but it is the elaborate description of that person. From the Vedic literatures which our spiritual master Srila Prabhupada brought for us from the ancient times of a greatly advanced and sophisticated civilization, we can have a very clear idea how that person acts, how He looks like, how He is enjoying and that He's enjoying in the first place and also how we can develop our unadulterated love for Him, Krsna.
For example in another ancient scripture called Sri Brahma samhita which has been actually spoken billions of years ago at the beginning of this particular creation by the demigod-creator Lord Brahma it is said that Krsna's body is sat cit ananda: eternal, and full of knowledge and bliss. He's engaged in tending cows, yielding all desire and His Divine Abode is built with touchstone and surrounded by desires trees and served by millions of Godesses of fortune. Furthermore the primeval Lord, who is adept in playing on His flute, with blooming eyes like lotus petals with head decked with peacock's feather, with the figure of beauty tinged with the hue of blue clouds, and His unique loveliness charming millions of Cupids.
Nowhere in the world and this is not a puffed up statement, but you can make a test, is there any description of that Supreme Person as elaborate as in the scriptures such as the Brahma-samhita, Srimad Bhagavatam or Srimad Bhagavad-gita. There His different potencies, different energies and how they work together are explained in a scientific manner.
It is explained there that this planet is just among many millions of other planets and that there are many millions and millions of universes like this and that even though Krsna is completely conscious of everything in the material creation and is the Supreme controller of all that is, He is yet completely aloof and enjoying His transcendental pastimes in His Abode in the spiritual sky simultaneously. In order to have benefit of this great knowledge we have to go beyond our limited sense perception. Let's not be like a blind man who is trying to understand the sun.
Srila Prabhupada has left behind these literatures for all the intelligent people of the world so they can quench their thirst for the whole knowledge and go even beyond and be situated on a transcendental plane of existence.
So if you don't want to be limited and if you no longer find happiness in these different sections of knowledge, please do not confuse this great movement for a sectarian movement, or a religious sect, which deals with only partial understanding, or an aspect of the absolute, or is appealing to a section of society only. No. Krsna consciousness is a universal science and we are inviting everyone to bring whatever arguments they have, or whatever questions they have and our master His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is going to answer them personally from his books. Not in a fanatical way, trying to put down your character to shut you up, or distract your attention on some other point to confuse you as this is the way we are used to, not like that. But in what we might call a really scientifically based discussion on a human platform. The animals cannot take part in such a discussion, you see? Why? Because the animals are just not interested in solving the problem of death. Instead of wasting valueable time, it is better that such animal-like men go their way as they have still not asked about the real cause of our suffering. No, this is for intelligent person, who asks himself: I do not like suffering, still I suffer. Why? And more importantly How to avoid this? Right? This is intelligence. How to avoid it? How to RELIEVE the suffering. Look at all the inventions like plane for example. Instead of suffering a long journey, they have invented a plane which takes you to Europe in a few hours. So of course, these inventions are not the ultimate solution. They are mere attempts to ease our suffering. The real suffering is death. Death makes all our happiness here in the material life meaningless and some modern philosophers like the existentialists for example, they became so much aware of this fact, that they became completely hopeless and some of them even committed suicide. But there's no need to commit suicide actually. We should very soberly look at the problem and try to find a solution. This is called intelligence and if you have come to this platform by now, then you will appreciate the gems Srila Prabhupada has brought for the world. Just try touching them with your eyes gently and Krsna will touch your heart in person.
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1- I cleared my schedule and announced was going to the gym that evening (and by cleared my schedule I mean that I loudly proclaimed to my partner that I would not be spending the evening comatose on the sofa watching NCIS).
2- In the news (and by in the news I mean in blogs online) I read an article about that obnoxious website beautiful.com kicking out like 5,000 members for chubbing out over the holidays. I have read about these jerks before (and by I have read I mean watched their reality TV show about coming to Canada), and as I understand it you have to apply (and by apply I mean turn off your brain and grovel), and then all their skinny superficial snobby stupid Paris Hilton wanna-be members vote you in or out based on your world vision and spiritual awareness (and by world vision and spiritual awareness I mean your picture).
3- Later that night I watched the premiere episode of Drop Dead Diva (and by premiere episode I mean yes the first ever, which is a couple of years old, but I live in another damn time zone where apparently television runs two years behind) about a vain blonde actress who dies and comes back as a smart successful fat lawyer chick. You gotta LOVE her.
And I didn't even bother to count those endless Jenny Craig commercials. I mean I love Valerie Bertinelli, but really, go the fuck away already!
So... three separate fat things in one day; is it total coincidence, or is the universe trying to tell me something? Like... hey you, put down the laptop, put down the curried cashews, put down the jellybeans, push aside the canine, and go get your butt on a treadmill?
So... going beyond moi, I am thinking holy crap, are so many of us focused so much on weight? Is our society so obsessed over weight? And is this somehow Oprah's fault? And on a totally unrelated subject, what the hell is wrong with my fancy shmancy suits that they have been slowly shrinking over the past six months?
I am like lots of people, gotta move it more and worry about it less. Life is good, why focus on this? Oh, and I never got to the gym on Tuesday... was on the phone with my friend G hearing about the new guy in her life (tell me everything) and then played with Alfie. And yes was a pretty good episode of NCIS. I am so getting fat...


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Sooner or later it happens to every Ohio State fan. One fall Saturday, as the first notes of Le Regiment de Sambre et Meuse rise through Ohio Stadium, the crowd begins to go crazy. Yes, you've seen Script Ohio before but this time it is different. Your blood begins to boil as waves of emotion and excitement pulse through your veins. Cheers emit from deep within as a proud senior band member high steps to his position at the top of the letter "i", removes his hat, takes a deep bow, spins and does it again.
Voices suddenly rise into the air and you find yourself singing "Across the Field." You didn't even know you knew the words yet they come out perfect.
Then it happens. The chimes of Orton Hall echo through the stands yielding to the Alma Matter. By this time, you can no longer sing. The words get stuck in your throat and your eyes are welling up with tears. You adjust your sunglasses, pretend you've got something stuck in your eye, anything to hide the fact that raw emotions have taken control.
It is about this time that you look over at your buddy only to realize that he too is suddenly wearing his sunglasses and looking the other way as he uncomfortably rubs his eyes with his shirt sleeve. And you're not alone. The woman in front of you, a man four or five seats down…you suddenly notice that throughout the entire stadium, a transcendent moment has taken hold.
Then, suddenly, you are pulled out of it as the 100,000 people sing the last line of the Alma Matter-"Oooo---Hiiii---Oooo.
It is at that moment you realize that you are part of something much bigger. As you stand before this field of honor, this field where glorious young men have risen to their great moment in history, you understand that as an Ohio State fan, you are part of that great tradition that is Ohio State Football.
On those fall Saturday's, the men of Ohio State go forward under the proud shadow of seven Heisman Trophies, six Lambardi Trophies, four Maxwell Trophies, and four Outland trophies. Meanwhile, our opponents from that school up north can only claim three Heisman's, and two Maxwell Trophies.
While yes, UM has a bigger stadium, what good is it when it is only half full. What good is the largest stadium in the country when the fans can't even be moved to stand up for what they term "key" plays in the game, only to find that if they do stand, the yells to sit down will be quick to follow. What kind of football tradition boasts fans that can barely raise the volume in their beloved "Big House" above a mild cheer?
It is almost as though UM fans barely understand the word tradition. They look on in wonder as they try to grasp the Ohio State fan eventually retreating from their envy in a bastion of smug remarks and refrained detachment.
Meanwhile, Ohio Stadium is sold out, every game, to crowds with the potential to shake the earth. Every Saturday, a sea of scarlett, 100,000 strong, packs The Shoe to a standing room only capacity that won't leave until the final gun sounds. And it's not only the stadium, or even Columbus. The entire state of Ohio comes together for those three hours as their "Eleven Warriors" wage battle continuing this glorious football tradition.
Ohio State Football is a tradition that continues to grow. Since the dawn of Coach Tressel, we have entered a great Renascence in Ohio State football. From the singing of the Alma Mater moments after winning the BCS National Championship to the historic game that we will witness tomorrow, these are great moments for the ever-evolving tradition that is Ohio State Football.
And yes, tomorrow's game will be historic. Expect Ohio State to enter calm, prepared and confident in the face of this monumental moment. Coach Tressel will have his team prepared and they will hit hard and hit often.
Look for a hard fought game but Michigan will be quickly surprised and on their heels before they know it. Once down, they will find it very difficult to come back.
MICHIGAN HAS ALWAYS HAD IT EASY when asked to justify its tradition. The most victories, all-time. The best winning percentage, all time. The fight song declared best by none other than John Phillips Sousa. The largest stadium in the country. The most distinctive helmets and appealing uniforms. Three Heismans, eleven national championships, and more Big Ten championships than any team. Not incidentally, Michigan also has a tremendous lead in the all-time series against Ohio State.
And so forth and so on unto eternity. It would be easy to rattle off a list of facts, cherry-pick and fluff the ones that favor Michigan, downplay the ones that favor Ohio State, and call it a day. Without seeing my esteemed opponent's contribution, I can assure you that that's what he's done. It's just the natural way to do these things. I guarantee you the column on the other side of the page contains the following:
--A shot at Michigan's overall leads in everything, declaring them "ancient history."
--The establishment of some sort of arbitrary window in which Ohio State has more of something.
--OMG LOL Tressel OWNZ Carr.
This is the way of things. But it's not relevant, no more than those leads Michigan has in everything. It's not the truth.
The truth? The truth is that Michigan and Ohio State need each other. Believe me, I hate to admit it - I'm typing this poised over the sink in case the gagging becomes too much for my stomach - but it's true. Like Republicans and Democrats, we need the alien other to irrationally hate. We need to push against them as they push back, lest we fall over. And despite the fact that I have solid information that my esteemed colleague has sexytime with bunny rabbits before consuming their still-living flesh, his existence gives me something to battle against, and thereby his sordid, wretched life is imbued with meaning.
Yes, there are others to battle. Michigan has a lot of rivals. Ask virtually anyone in the Big Ten. But Michigan does not define itself in terms of Wisconsin or Illinois or even Michigan State and Notre Dame. Either of those schools could be teleported to Estonia tomorrow and Michigan football would continue on unperturbed. We could find a suitable non-conference opponent to replace Notre Dame, though they could not replicate the Domers' quaint belief that college football exists solely for the glorification of the Irish. We could play Central or Western or Temple or whoever in place of State, though they could not be as hilariously implosion-prone. Nevertheless, life would go on.
Suddenly remove Ohio State and Michigan staggers. There is no replacement. Unopposed, they trip forward into a void of meaninglessness. Who does Desmond win his Heisman against? Who does Woodson dominate en route to the National Championship? What is the bright star in Tim Biakabutuka's career? Who is Sauron in Mordor? Who do we play at the end of the year? In short, what the hell is the point?
I'm sure that in-between drinking the blood of newborns, constructing puppy catapults, and fiercely... uh... contemplating their shrines to... uh... Woody, Ohio State fans have their versions of these questions, albeit with a suspicious 13-year gap spanning the late 80s and most of the 90s and a lot more "durrrrrr" inserted at random intervals. I could not tell you what their equivalent is since I do not recall any Buckeye victories since 1968, but Lord knows they wouldn't know what to do without Michigan. They'd have to focus their hatred on some other state (No, Buckeye fans, "Canada" is not a state, and neither is "WOOOOOOO BEER!!!"), but it wouldn't be the same. That State Out East? That State Down South? Doesn't have the same ring.
Michigan is defined by Ohio State. Ohio State is defined by Michigan. Their tradition, their best tradition, is each other.
Which program has the better tradition?
Ohio State: Jim Lodico, The Buckeye Blog
Michigan: Brian Cook, mgoblog


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