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We work to improve the quality of life for those affected by schizophrenia and psychosis through education, support programs, influencing public policy, and encouraging research.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Act: July 3, 2007
The new Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Act will be proclaimed in effect in Nova Scotia on July 3, 2007. The regulations that accompany this Act can be found here (downloads a PDF file; note: parts of some pages are missing).
International Caregiver Survey Results
Results from the first International Caregiver Survey provide significant insight into the experiences and concerns of families caring for individuals with mental illness.
Key among the findings were the harsh physical, emotional and financial consequences that occur within families when an individual's treatment is disrupted.
The survey was developed by the World Federation of Mental Health and Eli Lilly and Company, and conducted by Ipsos-Insight and All Global Ltd. It included 200 Canadian families, as well as families in Australia, France, Germany, Italy Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Keeping Care Complete: International caregiver survey
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Friday, April 27, 2007
Psychiatrists Join Wait Time Alliance to Advocate for Benchmarks for Psychiatric Care
For immediate release – Today the Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA) joined the expanded Wait Time Alliance to step up its advocacy for wait time benchmarks in psychiatry.
"Benchmarks establish what is adequate care and this makes it easier to hold the system accountable to patients and their families," says Dr. Manon Charbonneau, President of the Canadian Psychiatric Association. "We want the federal government and health ministers to include serious psychiatric illnesses on their priority lists."
More people die by suicide than from motor vehicle accidents. Most people who die by suicide have some history of psychiatric illness—and those who die by suicide are disproportionately young. We also know untreated depression is the greatest cause of disability in women of working age. "The tragedy is that too often such illnesses do not get treatment in time to prevent these horrible consequences," says Dr. Charbonneau.
CPA published wait time benchmarks for patients with serious psychiatric illnesses last March. Timely access to psychiatric health services is critical for the 20 per cent of Canadians who will need mental health services in their lifetime.
The Wait Time Alliance of Canada (WTA) is a partnership of specialty associations and the Canadian Medical Association.
The Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA) is the national voice for Canada's 4,100 psychiatrists and more than 600 psychiatric residents. Founded in 1951, the CPA is dedicated to promoting an environment that fosters excellence in the provision of clinical care, education and research.
View the CPA policy paper on wait time benchmarks by clicking here.
Information: Hélène Côté, Canadian Psychiatric Association
Cell: (613) 797-5488
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
A Wake Up Call
Earlier this month, American society imploded. In a cultural environment teeming with intense violence and in a country rife with lethal firearms available to just about anyone, another young man has lashed out at a society he believed had destroyed and rejected him. There was a wide range of reactions to this tragedy. Some are calling for stricter gun laws, others are pointing to violent computer games. There are many people who are calling for armed guards in their schools, and a policy of zero tolerance against young people with emotional problems.
The problems with the later approach are many. The main ones are the implications of punishing people or restricting their freedoms because of something that they might do. There is also the danger that, seizing on the fact that the individual was being treated for a mental illness, many people will come to believe a that all people with a mental illness are capable of such an act, when in fact that they are generally less prone to violence than ordinary individuals, if they are being properly treated.
The stigma attached to mental illness is only going to be reinforced by these events, especially in our schools, and make young people even more reluctant to get help if they have a problem, for fear of being seen as a psycho and a killer. This sort of attitude will only serve to make things worse by making other such tragedies even more likely.
This is no time for the mental health community to shrink from the task of educating the public about mental illness; rather it is a wake up call. People need to know the facts about mental illness now more than ever. This tragedy needs to be placed within a larger context, so that people do not respond to it in a way that will increase stigma. This is a wake up call.
The opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia.
For another opinion click here.
Orange Broadband Award for New Writers: Poppy Shakespeare shortlisted
'Poppy Shakespeare could never have been written had I not spent nigh on a third of my life as a patient in the psychiatric system...'Thanks go to John Devlin for bringing this book to my attention.
Author Clare Allan tells us about the unusual background which was the inspiration for her debut novel, Poppy Shakespeare. Read on for more...click here.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Kings County Chapter: March 2007 Newsletter
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
News Release – Schizophrenia Societies adopt joint mission statement
The Schizophrenia Society of Canada and the Provincial Schizophrenia Societies across the country are proud to announce the launch of a new, joint mission statement that promotes improved quality of life for individuals and families affected by schizophrenia.
The new mission inspires the societies to improve the quality of life for those affected by schizophrenia and psychosis through education, support programs, public policy and research.
"This exciting new mission statement recognizes the significant changes in our understanding of and approaches to mental illness over the last 20 years," said Chris Summerville, Interim Chief Executive Officer of the SSC.
"Today, the emphasis is rightly upon the possibility of recovery, not the mere reduction of suffering. Thus a shared mission statement more accurately reflects the purpose of the work of the schizophrenia societies across Canada," Mr. Summerville said. "It represents our shared passion to advocate for mental health services that are recovery oriented and enhance quality of life, that advance the needs, rights and abilities of people living with and affected by schizophrenia and psychosis."
The new statement expands beyond symptom reduction alone to promote the fact that there is hope for individuals and families to improve their quality of life. It integrates the importance of medical and psychiatric treatment to achieve maximum symptom relief and control with the myriad of other health, social and economic factors that can also add to a person's quality of life, including but not limited to: community-based psychiatric rehabilitation with access to psychological support services; peer support; family education; safe and affordable housing; adequate income security; meaningful work; court diversion programs and mental health courts.
Quality of life and recovery are very individual, noted SSC President Michael Thomson. "The new mission statement incorporates that individuality and it promotes the idea of working towards a quality of life and recovery level that is possible and appropriate for each individual."
The focus on the individuals and their quality of life is particularly meaningful for many impacted by the illness.
"I think the new mission statement is more proactive," said 24-year-old Tammy Lambert of Winnipeg, Manitoba, who was diagnosed 10 years ago. "It doesn't focus on symptoms alone; it focuses on the future and it gives people hope that they may be able to achieve a better quality of life."
"As parents of a son who is living with schizophrenia, we welcome this new mission statement and its broader emphasis on the person rather than the illness," said Dennis and Amy Butcher. "It conveys the hope and the opportunities that exist for many individuals – with the right supports and services – to return to a quality of life that is meaningful and fulfilling."
The adoption of a shared mission also enhances the societies' ability to speak with one united voice on behalf of those affected by the illness.
"As we promote the work of our societies, both individually and together, the shared mission statement enables us to promote the same message across the country and this will be a significant advantage in our ongoing efforts to educate, raise awareness and reduce the stigma and misperceptions that abound about schizophrenia," said Mr. Summerville.
Schizophrenia is a serious biochemical brain disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disturbances in thinking and emotional and social withdrawal. Statistics show that one person in
100, or about 300,000 Canadians, will experience an episode of schizophrenia in their lifetime.
The Schizophrenia Society of Canada and the 10 Schizophrenia Societies across the country work independently and together to improve the quality of life of those affected by the illness through education, public policy, support and research.
Friday, April 6, 2007
NIMH Perspective on Antipsychotic Reimbursement: Using Results from the CATIE Cost Effectiveness Study
A recent press release from the National Institute of Mental Health:
The recent publication (December 1, 2006, American Journal of Psychiatry) of the cost-effectiveness results from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded Clinical Antipsychotic Trials in Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) has raised questions among advocates, families, and clinicians about reimbursement policies for antipsychotic medications.
Antipsychotics have now become the fourth largest group of medications prescribed in the United States, with a collective cost expected to surge past $10 billion this year. About 80 percent of the prescriptions for antipsychotics are paid via the public sector. The new atypical medications, representing 90 percent of the current market, are approximately 10 times the cost of the older conventional antipsychotics.
In a report in the September 22, 2005, New England Journal of Medicine, the CATIE research team compared discontinuation rates with four atypical antipsychotics (olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone, ziprasidone) and one older conventional antipsychotic (perphenazine). The results demonstrated few differences overall among the various medications. The older medication, perphenazine, was as well tolerated as the newer compounds and as effective as three of the four newer drugs. The fourth compound, olanzapine, was slightly better than all the others in terms of discontinuation and hospitalization rates but was also associated with higher rates of weight gain and metabolic side effects.
The December 1, 2006 study analyzed the economic implications of the CATIE results and found that, because perphenazine was as effective overall and less expensive, the older antipsychotic medications such as perphenazine still have a valuable role in treating schizophrenia. The results should encourage doctors to reconsider the use of these older medications as another choice for patients with schizophrenia. This study should help expand the current list of medications most commonly used for schizophrenia, rather than restrict or reduce access to any of the antipsychotic medications. NIMH believes that this is important for the following reasons:
- Although the CATIE results suggest little difference in the overall effectiveness for the entire cohort, individual patients respond differently to different medications. To say the medications are equivalent is not to say they are identical. There is substantial variability in the response of individuals to these treatments. Future studies will focus on predicting individual patterns of response.
- There are additional outcomes to consider. Upcoming reports will describe the effectiveness of these various medications on quality of life and cognitive deficits. Cognitive impairment is a central clinical feature of schizophrenia and is strongly associated with functional outcomes.
- CATIE was limited to people with chronic schizophrenia who were moderately treatment-resistant. People with acute, first onset schizophrenia and those with other psychotic disorders were not included in this study. These patients may respond differently to antipsychotic medications.
- CATIE was an 18-month study. While this is longer than most clinical trials it is not long enough to fully consider whether patients would develop serious long-term side effects such as tardive dyskinesia, diabetes, or other medical conditions that can develop even years after starting medication.
Taking all these points into consideration, NIMH holds that families and physicians need more, not fewer, choices for addressing schizophrenia. A one-size-fits-all approach for treating schizophrenia could be harmful, essentially turning the clock back 40 years to an era when conventional antipsychotics were the only medications available for patients with this chronic, disabling disorder affecting 3.2 million Americans.
For additional SSNS Blog posts on the CATIE results, click 1, 2, and 3.
Advanced Family Work for Schizophrenia: An Evidence-Based Approach
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Update on the Healthy Minds Initiative
By Amanda Crabtree
In this month's column, I have two exciting and long awaited announcements. In May, the Abbie Lane Mental Health Outpatient Department will move some of its services to Bayers Road Centre (the former Bayers Road Shopping Centre) in Halifax. The result will be the opening of Community Mental Health Services, Bayers Road on Tuesday, May 8th, 2007. We have also just confirmed that Dartmouth Community Mental Health will relocate to Belmont House [pictured above] on Alderney Drive in Dartmouth. We do not yet have a move date.
Information about Community Mental Health Services, Bayers Road is being provided to clients of the Abbie Lane Mental Health Outpatient Department and their families, community organizations, family physicians and others. All clients who will need to go to Bayers Road Centre to receive services will be contacted. We have set up a phone line where people can leave messages with questions about the move. The phone number is 473-4847. Messages left at this number will be returned within two business days.
We are in the early planning stages of moving Dartmouth Community Mental Health to Belmont House. This is why a move date is not yet confirmed. Once the move date is confirmed, clients will be notified.
We are very excited about both of these moves because through mental health strategic planning, we heard that clients wanted services located in their communities as much as possible. This is a first but significant step toward building relationships with residents, leaders and service providers in those communities. It will be these relationships that give us the knowledge we need to tailor our services to meet the needs of clients and their communities.
For more information on the Initiative, please e-mail or call me: firstname.lastname@example.com or 460-7401.
Sunday, April 1, 2007
A Mentally Healthy Workforce—It's Good for Business
From the Partnership for Workplace Mental Health, A Program of the American Psychiatric Foundation:
Most employers know that a mentally healthy workforce is linked to lower medical costs, as well as less absenteeism and presenteeism. And most employers know that a mentally unhealthy workforce is associated with increased loss of productivity. What employers may not know, however, is how to get from A to B: How does a company change a mentally unhealthy workplace — or a marginally healthy one — to a healthy workplace? Where does it start?
The Partnership provides some insight into that question with its just-released publication, A Mentally Healthy Workforce—It's Good for Business. The document is unique because it weaves together stories from the workplace world with research findings to build a coherent picture of workplace mental health.
Click here to download a PDF version of A Mentally Healthy Workforce— It's Good for Business.
Latest CATIE Analysis Shows Patient Response Suggests Pathway
SSNS Member Publishes Article
John Devlin writes in to the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia:
A while ago I was asked by the editor of a Cambridge University publication - the NEWSLETTER - to do up a little blurb on my thoughts on King's College, Cambridge architecture. It appeared online yesterday in their April/May 2007 issue and is here [click the word here].Indeed we do, John. Congratulations!
You scroll down to the very bottom to the last page and it is there [near the top left hand side of page 16]. This newsletter is not an alumni office publication but is an in-house magazine "for the staff of the University of Cambridge" as it says on the front cover.
I thought you might find it a bit interesting.
How common is psychosis?
According to a recent review article written by Peter Byrne (right), Early Intervention Team for Ealing, Southall, United Kingdom, and published in the British Medical Journal:
The one year prevalence of non-organic psychosis is 4.5 per 1000 community residents (Ref. 1). Most new cases arise in men under 30 and women under 35, but a second peak occurs in people over 60 years. Psychotic symptoms had a 10.1% prevalence in a non-demented community population over 85 years (Ref. 2). Schizophrenia has a one year prevalence of 3.3 per 1000 people, and a lifetime morbidity risk of 7.2 per 1000 people (Ref. w1). Independent of known associations with migration and ethnic origin, increased economic inequality in areas of high deprivation also predicts a higher incidence of schizophrenia (Ref. 3). Some people who become depressed (one in five of us over a lifetime) also develop hallucinations and delusions, related to and "congruent with" their low mood.
Bipolar affective disorder has a lifetime prevalence of 1.3-1.6% (Ref. 4), and it is characterised by episodes of psychosis during both high ("manic") and low (depressive) relapses. The misuse of substances, notably cannabis (Ref. 5), raises the prevalence of psychotic symptoms further — substance misuse partly explains the 10 times higher prevalence of psychosis in prison populations (Ref. 1). Psychosis occurs frequently in all forms of dementia including Parkinson's disease. Other causes of organic psychoses are neurological disorders (epilepsy, head injury, haemorrhage, infarction, infection, and tumours) and most causes of delirium.
Altogether, therefore, acute psychosis is one of the most common psychiatric emergencies. There are explanations of psychotic "symptoms" other than the biomedical model of this review; medicalising psychosis as "an illness like any other" increases both public pessimism about outcome and the stigma attached to people with psychosis (Ref. 6).
1. Brugha T, Singleton N, Meltzer H, Bebbington P, Farrell M, Jenkins R, et al. Psychosis in the community and in prisons: a report from the British national survey of psychiatric morbidity. Am J Psychiatry 2005;162:774-80. (Download a free PDF of this paper by clicking here.)
2. Ostling S, Skoog I. Psychotic symptoms and paranoid ideation in a nondemented population-based sample of the very old. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2002;59:53-9. (Abstract available by clicking here.)
3. Boydell J, van Os J, McKenzie K, Murray RM. The association of inequality with the incidence of schizophrenia: an ecological study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2004;39:597-9. (Abstract available by clicking here.)
4. Müeller-Oerlinghausen B, Berghöfer A, Bauer M. Bipolar disorder. Lancet 2002;359:241-7. (Abstract available by clicking here.)
5. Henquet C, Krabbendam L, Spauwen J, Kaplan C, Lieb R, Wittchen HU, et al. Prospective cohort study of cannabis use, predisposition for psychosis, and psychotic symptoms in young people. BMJ 2005;330:11. (Abstract available by clicking here.)
6. Read J, Haslam N, Sayce L, Davies E. Prejudice and schizophrenia: a review of the "mental illness is an illness like any other" approach. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2006;114:303-18. (Abstract available by clicking here.)
w1. Saha S, Chant D, Welham J and McGrath J. A systematic review of the prevalence of schizophrenia. PLoS Med 2005; 2(5): e141. (Download a free PDF of this paper by clicking here.)


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Need a suggestion for something family friendly to do in Maine? Look no further than Jennifer Hazard. She's the incredibly outgoing married mother of two and editor of her blog cutepotato.com. On her site, she documents her family's adventures throughout the state, giving readers an amazing glimpse into the unique and fun experiences of being a family in Maine.
Family Skating in Maine
My grandfather taught me how to ice skate. On weekends, we'd drive to our local pond, sit on the bumper of his car, and change from our boots to skates before heading out to the ice. Like all kids, I was wobbly at first, but before long I was gliding alongside him. Mimicking the professional skaters I watched on television, I would raise one leg in the air, and shout, "Grandpa! Look at me!" imagining the Olympics were in my future.
And while I never became a world-renowned skater (not even close), I still love ice-skating with my family in winter. Fortunately, skating centers are prevalent in Maine. From Biddeford to Brewer, you'll find beautiful outdoor ponds and indoor arenas that offer great skating options for all ages and levels.
Our personal favorite is the Lee Twombly Pond in Falmouth. If you don't have skates of your own, skate rentals are available at The Family Ice Center next door. There is a warming room with a stone fireplace plus tables and small cubbies for your gear and snacks. Pop music plays outside while you skate, and it's not uncommon to see girls from the local skating team perfecting their jumps and turns after practice. For little ones who are just learning, there is a metal bar around one side of the pond, which helps with balance. And when it gets too cold to skate any longer, you can warm up by the fire indoors.
In mid-coast Maine, the college town of Brunswick boasts three outdoor ice rinks. We like the Mall Ice Skating Rink at the town center. The scene will remind you of a Norman Rockwell painting. There is something special about skating near Brunswick's historic homes on an ice rink lined with established trees.
Ski areas like Sugarloaf and Bethel are also known for great skating. The Bethel Inn floods its tennis court for outdoor skating, and the Sugarloaf Outdoor Center has an impressive NHL sized rink—perfect for kids who love ice hockey. Like many other skating centers, Sugarloaf offers skate rentals, plus music and lights at night.
Indoor rinks are perfect on days when you just can't brave the outdoors. The Bank of Maine Ice Vault in Augusta is a traditional ice hockey arena that is open for public skating. A small fee gets you admission into the rink. You can rent skates for the whole family or bring your own.
Whether you choose an indoor or outdoor rink, wear plenty of layers. Even indoor rinks can be chilly! Be sure to call ahead or check online for ice conditions and skating times.
For a list of skating rinks and arenas throughout the state, plus a handy map, visit here. Enjoy the ice!

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Idaho Commission for LibrariesAddress: 325 W State St., Boise, ID 83702
Phone: (208) 334-2150 | In-State Toll Free: (800) 458-3271
Printed from the Idaho Commission for Libraries website: http://libraries.idaho.gov
Apply Now for Bright Futures Summer Outreach Programs
The Commission is now accepting applications for Bright Futures Summer Outreach Programs. These opportunities are designed to reach more children with summer reading programs, especially those considered "underserved." Each program is designed to achieve specific outcomes and participating libraries must report results in the ICfL annual summer reading programs report. These programs are funded in part with a grant from the Library Services and Technology Act.
Who may apply: Publicly-funded public libraries in Idaho
Deadline: March 20, 2014
Click on each program for more information:
School Visits: Receive science activity booklets to hand out to children when you visit elementary schools to promote your summer reading program (K - 6th grade only).
Reaching Underserved Children: Take your summer reading program out in the community and receive paperback books to give to children ages birth to 18.
School Partnerships: Develop a collaborative plan with the elementary school principal and school librarian to increase participation in the library's summer reading program. Receive a partnership package including hardcover books and summer reading banner for the library and each partner school.
Before you applyplease meet with your staff to determine which person will submit the application(s). Please also contact libraries that may serve the same schools as you, and determine which libraries will serve the various elementary schools in your area. As applications are accepted we will post an up-to-date chart of all libraries, programs, and schools that have been submitted: http://libraries.idaho.gov/summer-reading.
Ready to apply? (Click program to access application)
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For next week's issue: We are going to continue last week's topic because we received some very sincere, thought provoking responses and there appears to be two very distinct sides to this issue. Here's the topic: When you are buying something do you always ask the dealer for a better price? As a dealer, how do you feel when someone asks for a lower price, even on a $10.00 item? . Where do you stand? Let's keep the newsletter interesting and thought provoking. Send your story to email@example.com
"Hi Phil, To add my two cents on this topic (When you are buying something do you always ask the dealer for a better price? As a dealer, how do you feel when someone asks for a lower price, even on a $10.00 item?), sometimes I ask, and sometimes I don't. If I feel an item has been priced properly, or just a little high, I would not ask for a discount -- I want the dealer to stay in business, and to appreciate me as a customer. As a result, I've had dealers call me when they get an item I've been looking for, or offer me discounts without my asking on items that are more costly. In a shop I don't expect to visit again (such as when traveling), I do pretty much the same thing, but might ask what their discount policy is. As a result, I've gotten 20% off everything from one dealer in a multi-dealer shop, a 5% discount for purchases totaling at least $50, etc. But if I'm ever told no, sorry, there are no discounts (my usual answer when people try to buy my one-of-a-kind jewelry that's already wholesale priced), I just say thanks, and then decide if the item is worth the price to me, or not. So I guess I'm in the middle ground between your two other respondents on this! Thanks for a great newsletter, Beth in Northridge
"I would never ask for a discount on a $10 item! How cheap can you get? No way. The dealer has overhead: rent, utilities etc. If at a Flea Market and the dealer offers some money off the price, Ok, then. But I would never ask. Gail B."
"Hi there, I have to agree with Jim on this one. Im a shop owner who pays rent. In this day and age as Victoria puts it, it is nearly impossible for small shopkeepers to make ends meet. Asking $10 for an item is not unreasonable. It is insulting when someone comes into the shop (or online shop) and offers half price for a reasonably priced item. They assume they should get flea market or yard sale prices for things. If thats what they want why not go to them? Most shopkeepers try to offer a comfortable, affordable and fun shopping experience. This costs money! We travel to find things our customers want, restore them, house them and take a hit if they dont sell. We take all the risk! If I know Im selling to a dealer I usually offer a discount without them even having to ask. Some think they are slick and wont reveal that they intend to resell. They want you to do the work while they make the profit. Not cool. If a customer truly wants something in my shop but cant afford my price, I offer a payment plan. You wouldnt randomly walk into Walmart and ask the cashier for 50% off an item, why ask this of the Moms & Pops?Warm regards, Kate @ Decotique"
"Victoria T., Do you ask for a discount these days when you are paying record high prices for gasoline, groceries, fuel oil, electricity and hundreds of other things? No one wonders if the vendors of those items would be happy just making a sale at any price.
The concept of getting a discount is pervasive in the antique business, but the mostly misunderstood reason behind it is usually missing from people's minds. Discounts were and are not "mandatory". Discounts are a left over from the age old process of bargaining back and forth for everything including your daily bread. The discount system that remains is rather than mandatory, a courtesy discount that should be reserved for long time customers, cash in hand buyers and for those who put a smile on your face when they enter and not when they are leaving. Those buyers who cost you extra aggravation or extra costs like charge cards or paypal should not be allowed the same courtesy price. The price level at which a discount might occur is entirely up to the vendor and varies across the country, usually increasing in metropolitan shops and high rent districts. Do not leave angry when not given a discount. The price on the item was not designed to attract you as a buyer if you believe it was too high, it was for someone else. If the seller has too many items priced for buyers that do not frequent their stand they will cease to be vendors. It is common to see 2 gas stations on the corner with lines at the one selling regular for less than the other, but the one with the greater price often has a few buyers also and remains open because they have a different set of customers, just not as many as the cheaper one."
Now for the other side of the issue:
"Hi, in response to your topic of asking for a lower price, even on a $10.00 item. Of course I ask for a lower price because I always assume that the seller has upped the price so much already and that they factor in having to "haggle" with a customer. Let's say the item is marked as $10.00. I figure that they really want $7.50 because they know that no one ever wants to pay full price so if I offer $5.00, then we can meet in the middle at $7.50. I'm happy that I got the price lowered and the seller still made money off of me. Everyone wins! Carol G."
"I always figure that it can't hurt to ask for a lower price on an item in an antique store or at a flea market and especially at a garage sale. I assume that many of those places just want to get rid of their items so they might be willing to go a little lower. What does it hurt to ask? Sometimes I'm actually willing to pay the price that the item is offered for, but if I can get it for a little less, that's even better. I don't do that kind of thing at a retail store like Macy's or Target because the cashier is in no position to lower the price.. Roberta G."
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Item #2: "Hi, we were cleaning out my grandmother's house and my Mom came across this little piece. We think it might be ivory, but we really don't know. On the back of the wooden base it says "Adam Stellwag". We haven't been able to find any info on him so we were wondering if you might know anything about this piece. The entire piece, including the wooden base is about 3". The white part, which has a rounded back is about 2 1/4". There's nothing on the bottom but I included a photo of the bottom anyway. Thanks, Pam" You can see five photos of Pam's piece here:
A request fro help: "Here is a picture of a dessert plate. What I am looking for is cups and saucers. Some of the pieces have Vernon California with a bell as one picture shows and the other piece has just the 18 caret gold stamp. They were made in Vernon California a small suburb of Los Angeles. Thank you, Donelle" You can see the patttern that Donelle mentioned if you go to our facebook page here:
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1. Rare 1792 federal bond issued to and signed by George Washington soars to record $265,500 at auction
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Our most recent request, from Sherry L. asked: "Hi Phil, It's getting cold here in the northeast and I was wondering if anyone has a good stew recipe. My kids bought me a crockpot and I thought that stew might be a nice thing to christen it with. My grandmother used to make stew for me and my sisters when we would visit and the smell of it cooking on the stove all day long was something we couldn't resist. Thank you, Sherry L."
We received this delicious sounding recipe for chicken stew from Marjorie who said: "Hi Phil, I don't know if this is what Sherry had in mind, but I have been making this chicken stew for years. I don't know where the original recipe came from as my mother had written it for me years ago. I always add a little extra chicken, carrots and sometimes I throw in a few other vegetables if I have them but here's the main recipe. I've even thrown in a packet of onion soup mix and that tastes great too! Marjorie"
Chicken Stew
small chicken thighs (about 2 pounds total)
2 tablespoons cooking oil
2 cups water
8 small new potatoes, halved
2 stalks celery, bias sliced into 3/4-inch pieces (2 cups)
1 small onion, chopped (1/3 cup)
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 bay leaf
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
1 zucchini, quartered lengthwise and cut into 1/2-inch slices (1-1/4 cups)
1/4 cup cold water
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
4 medium carrots, sliced into 1-inch pieces (2 cups)
1. Skin chicken. In a 4-1/2-quart Dutch oven cook chicken in hot oil over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes or until chicken is lightly browned, turning to brown evenly. Drain fat.
2.Add 2 cups water, potatoes, carrots, celery, fresh green beans (if using), onion, tomato paste, bay leaf, salt, and rosemary. Bring to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 25 minutes.
3.Add zucchini. Cook, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes more or until chicken is tender and no longer pink. Discard bay leaf.
4.Combine 1/4 cup water and flour. Add to chicken mixture. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 1 minute more. Sprinkle with parsley, if desired. Makes 4 servings.
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PHR Testifies Before Canadian Parliament on Human Rights Situation in Burma
Bill Davis, PHR's Burma Project Director, testified yesterday before the Canadian Parliamentary House of Commons on the human rights situation in Burma.
Ban Ki-Moon Betrays People of Burma by Calling on Western Nations to End Sanctions
PHR criticized today United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's remarks to Burma's Parliament, which urged Western nations to lift or suspend remaining sanctions against Burma.
PHR and Partner Organizations Express Concern to Obama on Relaxed Burma Sanctions
PHR joins 8 partner organizations in calling on President Obama to ensure that any shift in US policy toward Burma reflects true progress toward human rights improvements in Burma.
PHR Applauds Creation of Interagency Atrocities Prevention Board
President Obama today created a new interagency panel which can play a crucial role in preventing global mass atrocities. The Atrocities Prevention Board (ATB) will combat genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing.
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PHR calls on the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of the Formula One, to hold a briefing conducted by human rights defenders and those familiar with the human rights situation in Bahrain.


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I loved my paternal grandmother a great deal, but there were aspects of her life that I never understood. She was a staunch Catholic; I wasn't. Grandma never ate meat on Fridays, a rule unique to Catholicism (and sometimes Anglicans). One Catholic site writes:
Sadly, many Catholics are not aware that the Friday abstinence rule is still in effect. The post-Vatican-II modification in Church law only allowed the consumption of meat if some other sacrifice or good work was substituted in its place, such as praying the Stations of the Cross, saying extra Rosaries, or some other additional similar offering.
As the story goes, a McDonalds in Cincinnati was in financial trouble. The owner realized he was losing a lot of Catholics on Fridays because they wouldn't eat meat. Worse yet, there was a 40-day period during Lent where they didn't eat meat, either. He started serving a fish filet sandwich, now common to all McDonalds. Certainly, many Catholics very sincerely believe that they are required to forego meat on Fridays. At McDonalds they were able to eat fish, honor their personal religious beliefs, and still allow everyone else to have their hamburgers.
That is why I'm confused about the Catholic view on same-sex marriage, a view shared with other religious sects. If the Catholic view on abstaining from meat on Fridays imposed a personal obligation on them but didn't required anything from non-Catholics, then why does the Catholic view of marriage have to be enshrined in law?
Certainly, this is not the place to discuss whether or not any one particular religious belief, or all of them, has any validity. We can, however, ascertain whether the religious beliefs of one group impose moral obligations on other groups. That Baptists believe in immersion of adults is no reason to prevent Catholics from baptizing infants, thankfully without immersion. The Catholic belief in celibacy for priests is not a reason to force rabbis or ministers to remain unmarried.
Christian sects have widespread disagreement regarding biblical interpretation. They don't even agree on what writings make up the Bible. Catholics have books Protestants reject. Mormons claim to have completely new books of scripture on par with the Bible. Martin Luther was rather negative on the books of Hebrews, James, Jude, and Revelations and didn't think they were necessarily part of the canon. Nevertheless, there are no laws requiring the use of any particular Bible. Catholics read books that Protestants don't, and Mormons read as scripture books that both Protestants and Catholics reject.
Each of us has personal, moral beliefs. Some may be very deeply held, yet we have no right to impose them on others through the compulsion of law. Your religious beliefs are values or concepts you impose on yourself, but they are not binding on others. It is one thing for you to practice your religion; it is another to demand that the law require everyone else to practice your religion, as well. History is replete with examples of what happens to freedom when people clamor for the law to reflect their religious values.
We forget that people were executed in the United States because of their religious values. The oft-praised Puritans, quite opposed to religious freedom, killed people for being Quakers. Anglican Virginia banned Puritan preachers, as well as Catholics, Quakers, and Jews. Puritans took over Catholic Maryland and then stripped Catholics of rights, imposing life imprisonment on priests.
This was not a new intolerance but a traditional Christian value going back to the time of Constantine. Martin Luther wanted the Catholic mass forcibly suppressed. In 1530 he said Jews should be executed. He argued that "the public authority is bound to repress blasphemy, false doctrine and heresy, and to inflict corporal punishment on those that support such things." In England, Queen Mary I, a Catholic, had 300 Protestants burned at the stake for heresy. John Calvin had a personal hand in burning poor Servetus at the stake. All of this was done because people argued that the law should reflect their religious values. Bodies piled up and oceans of blood were shed simply because the concept of separation of church and state was not yet accepted.
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Al Ghazali's Adapted Summary ofIhya Ulum al-Din
Al- Arba'in Fi Usul ad-Din
The Forty Principles of the ReligionByImam Al-GhazaliTranslator : Nasir Abdussalam
Editing and footnotes by Mariam Madge Conlan
Paperback 335 Pages
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The Forty Principles of the Religion is a comprehensive distillation of Imam al-Ghazali's magnum opus, Ihya Ulum ad-Din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences), in which he explores the spiritual depth of virtually every aspect of Islam.
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Forty Principles in Four Parts
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Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali, famous in the world of learning as al-Ghazzal was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D). in Persia . He graduated from the Nizamia Madressa at Nishapur, with distinction.a very famous educational institution in Nishapur.
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Increasing Number of Commercial Aircrafts Coupled with Growing Preferences for Air Travel are Impelling the Growth of In-flight Wi-Fi (entertainment) Market, according to Research Nester(October 19, 2017)
"Global In-flight Wi-Fi (Entertainment) Market Analysis & Opportunity Outlook 2021"
The in-flight Wi-Fi (entertainment) market is segmented by type such as hardware and service segment. Among these segments, service segment is expected to occupy the top position in the market by the end of 2021. Service segment includes a number of services such as implementation & integration, network planning & design, support service, video streaming services and other services. Further, increasing penetration of smart phones and other connected devices is a major factor which is likely to foster the growth of this segment during the forecast period.
Global in-flight Wi-Fi (entertainment) market is expected to register a 14.5% CAGR over the forecast period. Moreover, the global in-flight Wi-Fi (entertainment) market is expected to reach at notable revenue by the end of 2021. The market is expected to expand on the back of increasing air traffic, continuous demand by consumers for in flight internet across the globe.
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Increasing disposable income of the consumers, growing GDP and increasing number of smart phone users are some of the major factors which have fuelled the demand for in flight Wi-Fi services. Moreover, rising consumer's demand for internet accessibility in flights is a key factor which is likely to fuel the growth of global in flight Wi-Fi (entertainment) market during the forecast period.
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
The Year In Alphabet, 2009
On May 20, I relapsed, got shitty, got in a car, got pulled over, got thrown in jail, got out of jail, got myself back into a program of recovery. A busy day.
Amphibious Car
These were made in the 1950s and 60s. I rode in a German one. A guy staying at the resort I worked at owned it. I asked him all about the car while admiring it on my cigarette break. He asked me if I wanted to go for a ride after my shift. Rhetorical question. It's a strange experience— riding in red convertible, doing forty, then cruising right down a boat ramp into a lake before motoring out, going under a bridge in a car that is also a boat. When wake came over the hood, the owner turned on the windshield wipers. Before he turned on the lake, he used turn signals. It was a surreal feeling to be riding in an amphibious car across a lake while having a revoked driver's license.
More like bondswoman. Mine wore a pink flowered shirt and tight pants when she came to get me out of Dickinson County Jail. She was nice as pie. I paid her $100 cash and promised not to violate my bond terms and appear at my court date. She said, "If you disappear, my husband will find you."
What a fantastic nickname.
I got back into restaurant cooking at a breakfast place in Okoboji, IA. On days when it felt nothing was going right, I chopped onions and green bell peppers and mushrooms and bacon into bits for omelets. The rhythm of chopping and dicing soothes me like a cooing mother soothes a child.
Driving Privileges
When I first started driving, my father said, "No one has the right to drive. It is a privilege."
Ten some odds years after that warning, my driving privileges were revoked. I got rides from friends in recovery to attend meetings. I rode my bike everywhere until I got a Temporary Restricted Work Permit, which allowed me to drive to and from work only. I've never been so grateful to be allowed to drive to and from just one place. The bike ride to work helped shave some pounds and form strong legs. Round trip mileage =12 miles. In the autumn, the bike ride at 5:00 a.m. was brisk, but beautiful and peaceful.
DOT (Department of Transportation)
I am convinced that the DOT uses two words in nearly all their dealings: no, cash
Enough is enough. After months of saying I didn't need a program of recovery, I became an active member in one.
Over the summer, I would fly-cast from the front of our family motor boat or the family dock. The rhythm of fly-casting calms and soothes me the same way chopping does. This summer, I caught a 15 inch northern on my fly rod. It felt like a whale. When the white bass swam the docks at dusk to feed on shad, I was there, casting a small hula popper, dragging it across the top of glass-calm water. The memory of watching those bass hit the top-water lure brings me joy.
The guy I cook with nicknamed me this. It stuck. I love it.
Gratitude Lists
I can bitch about my shoes being tied, so just imagine when I hit a rough patch. Each day I write a list of what I am grateful for. It shapes my perspective from woe to luck.
I started wearing a baseball cap every day, again.
I am seriously considering building one of these out on the lake. There's at least a foot of snow covering West lake Okoboji. This is my winter solution to an ice house for ice fishing. Stay tuned.
Interlock Ignition Device
I had to put one of these mother fuckers in my car as result of being allowed my Temporary Restricted Work Permit. It is a breathalyzer. It does not work well in the cold. You must breathe into it to start your car. You must breathe into it at random times while you drive your car.
I love to wear orange, but only on a voluntary basis.
I write in my journal every day. This summer I wrote and wrote and wrote to relieve stress and relax and process how I was restarting recovery, how I was living in a new town where I didn't know many people, how I was in trouble with the law and didn't want to be, how things didn't turn out the way I wanted them to, but the culmination of all of these events since May turned out in ways I needed.
In wheel pottery, I loaded three gas kilns. It is tedious, labor intensive work—arranging all the pots close together, but not too close that the glazes melts them together. The kiln shelves are very heavy and balanced on small, vertical bricks. Loading a kiln is like playing a very breakable version of Jenga backwards.
I hired one for a very large sum of money. I carried his card in my billfold in case of legal emergency. At times, I wanted to tear my lawyer a new one. At times, I wanted to kiss my lawyer on the forehead.
I wrote a lot and received a lot of these. I saved each letter as desert mail after reading through letters from my lawyer and financial shit.
Milford, IA
After renting my parent's basement for the summer, I moved into a cozy apartment off the lake and into this small town. At first, I bitched about Milford, but I love my quiet apartment in a quiet town. I discovered new ways to write poems. I discovered how to reach out for help from strangers because I was living in a place with no friends and no pre-established community like when I was in school.
I graduated with this degree from Mankato State Univ, Mankato in early May 2009
In undergrad, I lived in Maryville, MO. In grad school, I lived in Mankato, Minnesota. Post grad school, I live in Milford, IA. I am stuck in the Ms and don't mind.
Negative Temperatures
This winter has been the coldest, snowiest of my life. The "feels like" temperature was -36 when I got up this morning. We have had two serious blizzards. It is only January 8th. We are at the mercy of the wind.
This is the name of my begonia. He's an I before E in all circumstances kind of plant. Recently, someone accused him of being "spindly." He did not appreciate the attack on his Swerve.
OWI (Operating While Intoxicated)
When I met with my lawyer for the first time, he said "In the state of Iowa, it is easier to defend a murder case then and OWI." Of all the things I wish I wouldn't have done, this tops the list.
Thanks to RockSaw Press, my chapbook Botched Heroics was published in April 2009. The book design is beautiful. The designer, Jorge Evans, hit the nail on the head with the cover. Thanks, RockSaw!
The first three months of post-relapse sobriety I got into a lot of these with loved ones and friends. I'm slowly but surely making amends.
In late October, Lee Ann Roripaugh mailed me her newest book, On the Cusp of a Dangerous Year. Fantastic read. In a time when I felt like I'd estranged myself from the world of writers because I was busy trying to stay sober, this book came to me at the perfect time, in a perfect way. Thanks, Lee Ann.
I worked the front desk at one on East Lake Okoboji this summer. I loved the people I worked with.
I have never been so confused as to how an event happens while it is happening. This is how an addiction makes you its bitch if you are not successfully working a program of recovery.
I got one. I am eternally grateful.
Suppression Hearing
A lawyer will request that specific evidence be suppressed from a case due violations of law. My lawyer argued that there was not sufficient probable cause for me to be pulled over. The police report claimed that the initial tip-off that I was driving impaired was by driving 25 mph in a 30 mph zone. There were many other technicalities. All in all, the judge sided with my lawyer, which is rare. We won the case because the stop and everything after the stop became suppressed evidence. My lawyer called me with this news at 8:24 am on New Year's Eve.
I tried it on my own from January to May. This time around, I am happy to report I am nearing eight months of sobriety. The longest stint since I was 14.
Thrift Store Finds
In the last days of December 2009, I made two miraculous thrift store purchases:
I purchased an Armani 100% Pure Virgin Wool Sports Coat for $8.00. It fits me perfectly. It has no flaws. The value of this coat begins at over $500 due to its condition.
A couple days after the Armani purchase, I found a set of eight white Fiestaware cups with seven matching saucers. I bought the set for $4.00.
I enrolled in voluntary, extended alcohol treatment. I have a fantastic counselor. The other day when we met we were talking about how hard it is to remain recovered and avoid taking the next drink. He told me, "People who stay sober weather a lot of storms that people without addiction problems can't imagine. Sobriety takes perseverance. Perseverance builds character. Character builds hope. And hope will not disappoint." This is one of the most profound things anyone has ever said to me.
Some days I wore them around my apartment. Some days I did not.
Valu-Time Cookies
I ate an incredible amount of Mint, Fudge, and Peanut Butter flavored ones. I think the company's stock rose three points.
This is my jade plant. He likes to watch it snow.
Wheel Pottery
I took this class in Spring 2009. It changed a lot of what it helped me gain a more profound, hands-on understanding of how creating art is a process of mistake-making.
Walleye Fishing
Due to a mild summer, the walleye fishing was astoundingly good on West Lake Okoboji. I caught three walleye over 20 inches, two of them one day after the other.
Marks the spot.
Many times I don't quite understand how I come to live in a place. Moving to the Okoboji area came with a host of post-relapse difficulties. A quote that helped me cope with how things hadn't turned out the way I'd planned or hoped: "If I am unable to change the present state of affairs, am I willing to take the measures necessary to shape my life to conditions as they are?"
I stopped thinking in terms of what had happened the day before. I made strong progress toward remaining present and focused on solutions to problems instead of burying myself in the woe of problems. I wasn't always successful, but I grew to accept life on life's terms (most of the time) best I could.
The guy I shared a cell with popped zits while looking in the stainless steel mirror. I told him how I'd relapsed and ended up in jail eight hours later. I told him how I'd been trying to stay sober. He told me, "The Big Guy must love you in a tough way." He was on his way to the federal pen for drug charges. I would like to get a cup of coffee with him when he gets out.
Friday, May 8, 2009
A Tad on "Tunnel Vision"
The same happens to writing students. I imagine that "tunnel vision" is a problem of all artists in any genre in any part of the world. I did go through my little diddy of tunnel vision, though I remained teachable because I'm an idea thief. This means I listen, I read, I scratch my head and then take whatever I've observed and try to make it my own. I'm sort of a sponge that way. But, my first year of graduate school I wrote only from the perspective of a submarine. When I felt the submarine poems going stale, however, I ditched them. I didn't really have much of an emotion about ditching the submarine sequence. I just knew it had to happen. At first, the submarine poems were liberating, but as they grew stale I realized I was trapping myself.
My teacher is a firm believer that students rob themselves of spontenaiety and the pleasure of learning what clay can do--the ultimate chameleon as he calls it--because they get wrapped-up in the idea of grades and praise and the word "good." Yeah, I've gotten wrapped into those things before, but not for all that long because it's not worth the energy. I went through my "is it good?" phase until I realized I had no fucking clue what "good" really means. The only thing I know about what "Good" means is that the definition of "good" depends on who you are talking to. Personally, I'd rather explore the bounds of what can happen in generating and revising and tinkering than taking on the burden of effectively commenting on the nature of "good." People have been discussing what "good" means since people have been able to speak and we still don't know what exactly it means because the term is always in flux. And the idea of "good" will always be in flux because human beings are creatures of contradiction and change.
I told my teacher it was more effective not to have an opinion about my pots while making them because I was more interested in learning how to react to accidents while working. I think there are two ways to create art: 1. excercising control over the work; 2.) reacting to accidents. You're doing a favor to yourself if you manage to do both while creating the work. I agree that writing and making art, as Diana Jospeh puts it, is a series of choices and each choice has an effect. From my practice I have found that to be not only an effective route but a responsible one because that line of thought requires integrity from the artist. I'd like to feed off of that expression by saying that making art is also a series of accidents and your response to each accident will have an overall effect on your acceptance or resistance to tunnel vision.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Hunt for the Mysterious Bad Smell
It's a smart smell. I can't figure out exactly what the cause is like with spoiled meat or rice or laundry. Some smells are sneaky in the way they lay dormant but you can locate them by distrubing the funk. This smell is not dormant. It's omniscient. It's an all seeing, all knowing smell. This can mean only one thing: a drain smell.
I suspect that my kitchen sink drain has accumulated some serious jazz in its throat.
Okay... just a second...
It's not the drain, well, there's probably some problematic jazz in that drain, but I just now located where the empire of funk is. Not all dishes have been done.
Recently I made some yummy soup. I thought I cleaned out the stock pot. Not so much, I guess. I must have slid it into my oven while cleaning a couple of days ago. Bad, bad move.
I just pulled the stock pot out and said, "This can't be it. This is clean."
This was it.
I barely lifted the lid and the empire of funk attacked with its smell akin to biological weaponry. There was just a bit of the soup including chickpeas, black beans, sweet potato, grilled ham, and tomato left inside. It does not help that my oven is always slightly heated AKA incubator for accelerated production of NASTY.
Time to battle against the stock pot. The goal is to have this place of mine pretty spotless by this evening. It shouldn't be that hard especially considering the phrase "pretty spotless." Spotless, but please please please do not open THAT door. THAT door is not where the evil monkey lives. THAT door is not the portal to Narnia. THAT door holds back all quarantined nasty.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
In Praise of Fusion: Kanye West and 1950s Visual Art Influence (Warhol & Pollock)
Both of these videos are excellent examples of how to borrow from previous artistic movements in a different art form and contributing to those already established forms as a way to create something fresh.
These videos are visual sugar, sonic joy, and flat-out enjoyable, smart narrative and rhyme. The next time I teach poetry, I'm pretty sure I'll do a couple units on Rap. I just love love love how much there is to learn about spontaneous turn and humor and earning intentionaly subtly and intentionaly raw emotion.
I could go on and on intellectualizing why these videos represent so much about what I believe art should do, but that would ruin the visual and musical integrity of these works. I would rather sit back, enjoy, and appreciate that this work is in the world.
Good Life
Sunday, May 3, 2009
MSU-Mankato Surplus Sale
The word on the street is that FIVE randal pottery wheels are getting surplused and sold. Some thought they would go for dirty dirt cheap this semester. Some said September. Either which way I got my ass to the sale at 7:15 a.m.
I'd heard that people will line up for the surplus sale starting at 4:00 a.m. I'd heard some camp out all night. For the most part, this is entirely true and entirely wrapped around the idea of buy computers and other electronics for next to nothing--all computers go for $35, the majority of monitors go for $25. You can buy a baby grand piano for $75. You can buy a nice office desk for $20. You can put in a bid on a fishing boat and trailer included. You can buy anything that the university is getting rid of because of upgrades.
At 7:15 a.m. there must have been 150 people in line already. Even if there were a pottery wheel available, which I doubted due to the fact I saw them in the cermaics studio on Friday, my chances were pretty shot.
At the front of the line was an army of twenty to thirty absolute nerdy, gawky, gangly computer types who looked liked maybe they played and extended session of Dungeons and Dragons in the parking lot all night. A small sacrifice for cheap computers.
I stood in line drinking coffee thinking this would be complete chaos as soon as the massive garage door to the sale goods inside the surplus garage opened. Parents were telling their children DON'T WALK OFF, STAY WITH US, STAY IN SIGHT. One guy said, Why don't they just open the goddamn doors already. I sipped my coffee while preparing to elbow and be elbowed. I sharpened my ninja skills, my ballet moves to gracefully slide around people in a panic driven crowd.
As I was bullshitting with some African guys the doors opened. The African dude had been going down the list of sale items with a pink pen in hand listing the items he wanted to go for first. I said, "Good luck, dude. Hang on to that pen or someone will pick it up. I have the feeling nothing is safe here unless it is in your hand."
That warning was a little like Hunter S. Thompson's in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas "We're in Bat Country. Poor bastard is on his own."
Either which way, the crowd was moving, the game was on. I was ready.
You know how hoards of fish surface and roll around when people pay 25 cents to feed them, how there is a frenzy of rolling and eating and some fish fight with each other? That's pretty much how the surplus sale went.
By the time I got inside the surplus garage, all good laptops and flat screen monitors and classroom projectors had vanished into the hands of the nerdy, the not so nerdy, and the homeless looking. It took me under five minutes to get into the garage, too.
People were scattering like ants, rifling through computers, tools, office supplies and all the whatnot. Electronic guys were on their cell phones already selling the laptops and nice Apple computers and flat screens. Electronic guys were saying, Hey, I'll buy that computer from you right now for fifty cash.
In about forty mintues all the good stuff was claimed, lines were drawn, territory was claimed. I picked up a nice looking backpacking backpack and a man said, PLEASE DON'T TOUCH THAT. IT'S MINE while he was looking at microscopes. I thought, What dipshit puts down his bag at a fucking frenzy sale like this?
My favorite moment was the mother who was standing beside the baby grand piano marked $75. She held her son by the hand. He was having an absolute fit and crying and shouting and she was trying to keep him quiet. The look on her face and body language said, You touch this fuckin' piano and I'll break your face. I thought it was a kind of a beautiful and complex emotional moment. How the son, probably seven, might remember his fit, his crying infront of all of these strangers panicing like ants swarming in an ant mound. How the mom will remember his fit and how she just wanted this piano for herself, for her kids, for her family. That the way we bring art into our homes requires some emotional sacrifice sometimes. That no kid or adult can get a $75 baby grand piano without giving up a little something first. I like to think that that little boy might be the next Chopin or Motzart. I like to think that people will gather in concert halls to see him play and even if he messes up in his performance, even if he tanks, even if he screws the pooch more than anyone thought the pooch could be screwed, it wouldn't be as bad as his first experience with the piano. That from this day on, his relationship with the piano is complex.
If I had gone into the surplus sale with buy buy buy on my mind I probably would have forgetten all about that as soon as I saw the people reacting to this situation. I couldn't keep myself from looking at this man and woman debating on if they should buy an old card catalogue cabinet. The man said, I could keep my paints in here. I thought, That's a lot of fucking paints. The woman said, Where will we put it? The man said, We could put it in the garage or the shed. The woman rolled her eyes.
That's exactly how I am. I buy shit and collect shit and keep shit that I think I'll use someday or invent a purpose for. Once, I kept a bunch of old wooden futon frames in my apartment with the idea that I could use the wood to make a little boat. Once, I riffled through a dumpster just for some five inch think binders. I've been trying to thwart my bullshit collecting, getting a grip on what I need and what is needed right now. It's pretty hard for me. But I'm working on it.
In all of of my debating on what to buy and not buy--I looked at an outboard motor, some computers, thought about putting a bid on a fishing boat, thought about carting off a desk I don't need, shelves I don't need, tools I could live without right now--the PEE BAD GODS said we must leave. We must leave right now. I could hold it no longer. Pissing on a tree in the parking lot was considered. Too many people. I could piss in a cup in the car. No cups.
I drove 45 mph straight to Nelson Hall (the art building). I slammed on the breaks, hopped out, keyed into the building. I made a full out sprint, Maurce Green eat your heart out, to the bathroom next to the wheel cermaics studio. Inside the bathroom I did the PEE PEE DANCE while fiddling with my zipper before the pure pleasure of urine vacating a maxed out bladder.
In the midst of patting my own pack for not pissing myself and not buying anything at the surplus sale I looked inside the ceramics studio. The wheels are still there. September, I told myself. And, yes, I do plan to drive back up here for one of those wheels. I might even stay up in the parking lot all night with the nerds playing D & D. Maybe my character will be a wizard or a mage. Someone who casts spells would be nice.


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