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by Stephanie Harris
(District Heights, MD, USA)
Do you know a monkey with an apartment?
This is a story about a monkey named Mac that is raised as a human and forced to be sent back to Africa. He loves meeting his family, but he hates living there. He comes back to America in search of his owner Julie. Julie hides him for a year and is forced to send him away again. But, this time she creates a new scientific experiment allowing him to in his own apartment in the zoo. Mac meets three boys while in the zoo, named, Snac, Pac, and Stac. They become his best friends and they help him escape. Meanwhile the boys build a go-cart and so does some girls from school and they race against some bad boys at school who won a go-cart. All three groups hit something while riding there go-carts, that could have been very dangerous. A goofy police is now looking for them, but his priorities are out of order. He should be looking for, "who did it," but instead he's obsessed with looking for the monkey, which he believes the kids are hiding him.
Meanwhile, Mac is having trouble at the zoo, because of a crazy monkey named Jamal that suffers from Bi-polar Disorder. He is very jealous of Mac because of many things, but most of all it is because of a female monkey that he likes name Jackie. Between Mac's apartment and the wild monkeys where Jamal stays is a room called, "The Split Room."
This is a room that was designed with a jungle on one side and human living quarters on the other sided. The idea is to see what Monkey Mac will do and what will the wild monkeys do? Will Mac leave the apartment and go on the other side with the wild monkeys. Will the wild monkey leave their side and come over to the human split room?
Meanwhile, a disk is missing and Mac is threatened to be sent back to Africa, unless the disk can be found. The disk is so important, the army is involved, a space ship is involved, a flying zebra is involved, and a scientist is locked up.
Mac gets in a fight with Jamal
Mac wears a mysterious watch
The animals teach the bad boys a lesson
A party is held for Mac
There is more, lots more and it's all in the book that reads like a script. Order the book now online, "The Wonders of Monkey Mac!"
Submitted Mon Dec 20 21:42:03 2010 EST
By: Stephanie Harris,
District Heights, MD, USA
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up for us it would've been very borrring! Then Jack became a paramedic and his
schedules are crazy, so now I plan my life one day at a time, which was hard to
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The case goes back to a private complaint filed by Dr Subramanian Swamy in 1996 under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 in a Chennai court, charging Jayalalithaa of having accumulated assets disproportionate to her declared sources of income during her chief ministerial tenure of 1991-''96. A charge-sheet was filed in 1997 after raids conducted onJayalalithaa's Poes garden residence on the basis of this complaint reportedly led to the recovery of 800 kg silver, 28 kg gold, 750 pairs of shoes, 10,500 sarees, 91 watches and other valuables, all totalling Rs 66.65 crore.
The case went on in Chennai till 2003 July and was then shifted to Bangalore by the Supreme Court on a petition filed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. The judgement finally came on September 27, 2014 and Jayalalithaa was sent to Parapanahara jail in Bangalore. After 22 days, the Supreme Court, on October 17, 2014, granted her and three others bail and also directed the Karnataka High Court to dispose of her appeals before April 18. Later this deadline was extended. The verdict is expected today.
Paralysed administration
The administration in the state has been paralysed ever since the trial court verdict on September 27, 2014. Apart from day to day work, the administration has done nothing tangible.
The incumbent Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, while clearly recognised as a proxy for Jayalalithaa, has ensured that no sign appears outside either his residence or his office identifying him as the chief minister. In fact, he has taken pains not to sit in the room allocated for the chief minister and has continued to operate from the chambers allotted to him as finance minister of the state. He does not like being addressed as the chief minister and keeps an extremely low profile, knowing the consequences of being perceived as becoming too big for his boots. So much so that MK Stalin, the DMK's treasurer and potential CM-designate, recently taunted him as "CM without an office".
Panneerselvam has not laid the foundation stone for any projects, nor addressed a single press conference. Jayalalithaa, ensconced in her residence ever since returning to Chennai on October 18, 2014 , after her release from the Bangalore prison, is said to be calling the shots through a group of seven officers and even Panneerselvam is said to be a puppet in the hands of this "dirty seven", as the group is derisively called.
Despite this, several big projects in the state are hanging fire as they are too prominent to allow the incumbent chief minister to be seen to be associated with. The international investor's conference, aimed at attracting major investments in the state has clearly suffered from Jayalalithaa's legal trouble. This conference was originally planned for September 2014, then postponed to January 2015 and then to May this year before being rescheduled all over again for September. Apart from this, the Chennai metro rail project is also waiting to get inaugurated. Though the official reasons cited are technical, every one in the corridors of power in the state knows very well that the real reason is the uncertainty caused by Jayalalithaa's political future because of this legal case.
So is the case with hundreds of buses purchased for the state corporations. "We are awaiting orders from above. We have to operate these buses to handle the summer rush, but alas, the political leadership is insensitive and solely concentrating on the court verdict," said a top transport official on condition of anonymity.
Bad to worse
The signs emanating from the judiciary do not seem propitious for Jayalalitha. On April 15, a division bench of the Supreme Court gave a split verdict on the appointment of Bhawani Singh as Public Prosecutor in the case by the Tamil Nadu government. The DMK had challenged the appointment and argued that since the case had been shifted to Karnataka from Tamil Nadu, the latter had no right to appoint a public prosecutor in this case and only the Karnataka government had the right to do so.
The appointment was not only quashed on April 27 by a three judge bench, but the Karnataka High Court was also directed to not consider Singh's written arguments and was instead told to take into account the written submissions of the DMK, as also those of the state of Karnataka.
After advising the Karnataka High Court that before pronouncing the judgement it should keep in mind the serious charges levelled against all the convicts and that corruption is the biggest malady faced by the country and everyone in the society is affected by it, the Supreme Court asked it to "dispassionately render a judgement which is objectively and resolutely expressed."
"It seems the writing is on the wall," said a former minister and senior All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader. "We are preparing for the worst and we have nothing except to hope against the hope."
Possible scenarios
If the sentence were to be upheld, it would be a catastrophe of sorts for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the government in Tamil Nadu. Though the affected persons have every right to appeal in the Supreme Court, there is palpable fear and anxiety in the party given the impatience against corruption cases shown by the apex court in recent times.
AIADMK appears set for a period of uncertainty as there are no second rung leaders and the party solely depends on the charisma of its supreme leader. Jayalalithaa is already 67 years old, and there are reports, though unconfirmed, of her deteriorating health.
The anxiety is not limited to the AIADMK and the state government, as the judgement will have wider ramifications on the state and national politics at large. An interesting development last month was a survey conducted by the Thanthi TV, a local Tamil news channel, considered as a pro-establishment media outlet, which showed the principal opposition DMK as commanding 49% support, compared to the 33% support for the AIADMK.
Jayalalithaa's legal troubles are thus certainly an opportunity for the DMK which had been beleaguered and weakened by a slew of corruption cases. The verdict in the 2G case is expected in three to four months from now and a fresh FIR in the same case is expected at any time. The DMK Chief M Karunanidhi's daughter, Kanimozhi, is one of the prime accused in the case. Karunanidhi's wife is also as accused in an Enforcement Directorate case. In addition, Karunanidhi's grand nephews Marans are involved in the Aircel Maxis deal and in a CBI case.
The political stakes are clearly very high for everyone concerned. The government in Tamil Nadu, led by O Panneerselvam, is projecting itself as a "caretaker government" despite a brutal majority and one full year of its term left. The judgement is expected any time before May 12 as that is the time limit granted by the Supreme Court. As the deadline approaches, apprehension is slowly but steadily gripping not only the AIADMK and the government machinery but also every political party and general public in the state.
The case would also have wider national ramifications. The Modi government at the Centre may not need the support of AIADMK's 37 MPs (out of a total of 39 in Tamil Nadu) in Lok Sabha, given its majority there, but the party's 11 Rajya Sabha members are definitely crucial for passage of many bills in the upper house. These numbers would become significant in case of a joint session of Parliament as well.
Her die-hard supporters, however, are still trying to dream of an improbable acquittal for their leader which, they hope, will make it difficult to stop the "Jaya juggernaut" as she could in such an unlikely scenario, call for early elections that are due in the state only in May 2016. "This may in a way good for the state. I am not passing any value judgment on her legal issues. But a strong leader is good for the state and this will benefit the state," said a senior IAS officer serving in the Secretariat.
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Two Representatives from the Bronx have spent substantial portions of their campaign funds on legal fees this year, according to Federal election records.
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Mr. Biaggi tapped his re-election campaign for $98,338 in the first six months of the year to pay at least three lawyers at different firms, according to his latest Federal Election Commission report.
Representative Biaggi, 69 years old, has been indicted in connection with investigations into the Wedtech Corporation, a Bronx military contractor, and Coastal Dry Dock Company, a Brooklyn shipyard. He has pleaded not guilty in both cases.
The other Representative, Robert Garcia, 54, who is under investigation in the Wedtech case, repaid himself $20,613 for legal expenses out of his re-election war chest, the election commission records show. He has steadfastly maintained his innocence.
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When all she wanted was to fit in, Tamika Catchings stood out and felt left out, never knowing one day she'd stand out–as a basketball superstar and an inspiration. She faced being set apart by her hearing loss, separated from family, living up to high expectations, and the pain and discouragement of debilitating physical injury. Yet she reached for the stars with hard work, perseverance, and her faith in God. Through the silence, she found the way to shine.
Tamika's story is one of overcoming: of leading the Indiana Fever to its first championship, being named one of the WNBA's top fifteen players in history, earning four Olympic gold medals, and founding the Catch the Stars Foundation to help young people achieve their dreams. Her story will inspire readers to face their doubts and fears, encouraging them to reach for their own stars, no matter what challenges come their way.
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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 30164
lesspipe.sh doesn't work on log files
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:31:51 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-5.0smp i686)
lesspipe.sh tries to open logfiles as man pages (their names are of the
form *.gz.n), and hence fails.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. less /var/log/messages.1.gz (with appropriate setting of LESSOPEN)
Actual Results: I got the "may be binary" prompt
The fix is to add an else clause to the *.?.gz and *.?.bz2 clauses of
gunzip [or bunzip2] -c "$1"
(unless perhaps this causes problems with some other files I haven't
thought of...)
this is already fixed in the rawhide package. ->Bugzilla #25324


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Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon has launched the fifth location of her ping pong social club, known as SPiN, in San Francisco.
The ping pong playground features table tennis, a DJ booth, a full drinks and food menu, and pop art that adorns the walls.
SPiN had its soft launch on Monday and will hold a grand opening on May 19th. The San Francisco location is 690 Folsom St. (at Third Street).
SPiN first opened in New York seven years ago. CEO Pieter Vanermen, who moved from Belgium to New York two years ago to expand the SPiN brand, told the San Francisco Chronicle that coming to San Francisco was a "no-brainer" due to the large techie population in the Bay Area, and because ping-pong tables are prominent throughout the industry.
Sarandon reportedly founded the company with Jonathan Bricklin, Franck Raharinosy and Andrew Gordon.
@itsbeccatobin & friends casually bathing in SPiN Chicago! #pingpong #friends #chicago #ballsareourbusiness #WEARESPiN
A photo posted by SPiN (@wearespin) on Apr 30, 2016 at 4:02pm PDT
Entrance into SPiN is free. Renting a table ranges in price from $19-$29 for 30 minutes and $29-$49 for an hour. SPiN also offers memberships.
Hours of operation for the San Francisco location are 11 a.m.-midnight Sunday-Monday. On Tuesday and Wednesday, SPiN will remain open until 1 a.m. and until 2 a.m. on Thursday-Saturday.
Other SPiN locations include Chicago, Los Angeles and Toronto, Canada.
Wishing a #HappyMothersDay to all the moms out there and especially our ping pong propagandist @susansarandon
A photo posted by SPiN (@wearespin) on May 10, 2015 at 10:23am PDT
In Los Angeles, SPiN is located in the Standard Hotel, which is in the region's bustling downtown neighborhood at 550 South Flower Street.
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But as Marilyn said "money won't make you happy, shopping will", so I went on a little shopping trip a got a few things.
My new foundation and makeup base.
Few scented candles.
Lovely long white shirt to wear with jeans.
Lovely new notebooks (Women can never have enough of those, right?!), and even lovelier picture frames see here http://emslifeinuk.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/tkmaxx-finds.html
And Spring!!!
Apart from that what else can made me happy? Feeling that I actually accomplished something, so I tackled the ironing basket and finished it all, made a roast dinner, and chicken soup from leftovers, and all of that in one afternoon. Spend some time with my family.And got some photos done so I can post them here.
When I read what I wrote I can see that my internal chaos is taking over. Fine, so be it. I can live with it, in fact I live with it for (ime) 35 years. In fact I recognise the pattern, when my "big" birthday is coming up I get this massive urge to change something. So I am changing things, setting myself new challenges. This year is to get back to blogging. I use to wrote a blog (in 2003) in a different place, in a different language. Whole word apart.


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When her mom asked if I would come out to the arena to document Ellie's first ever riding show I was so sad that I couldn't stay through the whole day for her because I had a wedding to photograph. But we made the best of it and I got to spend a couple hours with her as she prepared her horse for a great show.
At just 6 years old, and heading from Kindergarten to First Grade, this beautiful little sprite takes a lot of responsibility with her horse. She went out to the field to get the horse on her own, but not until after she had helped to set up the outside arena for the big girls who would be jumping rails later in the day.
When the arena was all set up, off she went to fetch her horse - all by herself! I am not super familiar with all the ways of caring for a horse, but I had assumed that a little one like this was going to need quite a bit of help. And I was wrong! She managed it all by herself and I was impressed!
Once in the barn, Ellie went right to work cleaning and brushing her horse so it would be beautiful for their time in the arena.
Then it was out to the practice field for some warming up - can't take your horse into the arena with cold muscles! Ellie isn't tall enough to do all of the work of getting her saddle on the horse, but she stood on her tippy-toes and got her share of the work accomplished.
Then came the walking the horse around. Her mom got them started, and then Ellie was on her own!
Mom and little sister watched - perhaps little sister was a little . . . shall we say bored just watching. That feisty little one will be up on a horse all on her own soon!
I loved every minute I could be with Ellie for her first event. I've got much more to show - but I'm saving the black and whites for this week's "Black and White Friday" blog post.
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In a surprising turn of events, the official Twitter account for Motorola Canada has revealed that the company plans to launch "a bold new phone" on June 1. In a tease, the company has attached a GIF which shows us the iconic batwing logo but not much else.
Guess what?! We're announcing the next bold phone from Motorola on June 1st. pic.twitter.com/SCyEkNtPza
— Motorola Canada (@MotorolaCA) May 30, 2017
Currently, we do not know what exactly Motorola has planned for release on June 1 but speculations are rife with near constant leaks of the MOTO Z2 series handsets. Motorola also has to launch its budget focussed MOTO E4 line of smartphones and has already confirmed the revival of the MOTO X series of devices with a MOTO X4 slated to launch sometime this year.
At this point, it is less about when and how but rather what the company has up its sleeve. This, considering the entire Motorola MOTO line up for the year has already been leaked onto the internet.
Read More: Motorola MOTO Z2, Z2 Play and MOTO E4 images leaked
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It's been twelve long years, but there's finally a new album from UK pop giants Blur out today! KEXP Music Director Don Yates describes their eighth album as "a strong return-to-form incorporating everything from classic-sounding, crunchy Brit-pop to excursions into spacy electro-pop, brooding, dub-inflected ballads and other styles that are more representative of some ofRead more…
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Happy New Year!
I've done shows in Blowing Rock, North Carolina four times now and until the last trip I never managed to get to see the actual Blowing Rock. This last time I went there as soon as I got into town and I have a new print for you – "Blowing Rock" plus debuting this year will be "Blue Ridge Tree" and "Snow Bird". I haven't gotten them up on the website yet but I promise they will be up by Monday (1/4/16).
Blowing Rock
Blue Ridge Tree
Snow Bird
Did anyone else do a burning bowl ceremony? I won't do mine until Monday because the house is full of people right now and for me it is a solitary event. One of the things going in there is not being responsible for my own happiness. Clif has taken a new job that requires driving an hour and a half to work each way. That and the fairly sucky weather lately has left him less than enthusiastic about going out with the Jeep for me to get photographs. So my goal for 2016 is to cultivate some new places to photograph that I can get to on my own. He has expressed a desire to go hiking so we'll see how that works out.
Important note – I went to order new frames for the coming year and was greeted with the message that the frame that I have been using for years has been discontinued by the manufacturer. So if you have a grouping or a single piece that you have been planning to add to let me know as soon as you can and I will set aside one of the old ones so that your frames will match. I hope to have all new frames in the booth by mid May when I do Artisphere in South Carolina.
If you are near Louisa, Virginia please come to my opening reception at the Muse Gallery on Main Street in Louisa on January 8, 2016.
I hope good things come to you in 2016!
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text: I'm on lots of email lists, and I am constantly getting invites to Webinars. Many times, you will see something along the lines of "This webinar is going to MAX out, get on EARLY, we are going to reach CAPACITY!!!!!" Sometimes I will even get emails saying they maxed out, and they have decided to do a 2nd webinar for those of us that missed the first one. (Like Jason Fladlien today). I have never had trouble getting on one of these webinars. Has anyone actually missed a Webinar because it maxed out? I'm inclined to think this is all marketing BS. What do you think?


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Hello all thank you so much for joining me on my latest podcast. How are you all doing? Hope your well and enjoying the hotter weathers I hope.
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text: Roussel "Domaine du Joncier" 2000 Lirac (Rhône) – A few years past its prime, I think. Starts out somewhat oxidized and difficult, then adds (very gradually) some blueberry and meat qualities, though both are goopy and texturally pasty. But everything this wine has to offer is in the middle…in the front and back, it's eroded and filed-down. Drink by 2008. (2/11)


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House of Sounds and Song
"Het Huis van Lied en Geluid"
In spring 2016, the Genetic Choir has started a new project, putting its expertise in the human voice and improvisation to work in the context of health care homes: Het Huis van Lied en Geluid (The House of Sounds and Song) is a participative project, aiming at bringing care home residents, their families and care staff into a closer relationship through voice training and improvisation.
Especially with people whose verbal abilities are changed or impaired, health care staff and family sometimes struggle to maintain personal and meaningful contact. The open approach to the voice and to listening that the Genetic Choir has developed and trained over the last few years offers a fresh approach to these interactions.
The voice can touch the heart beyond verbal abilities and if you listen intently, even impaired vocalizations can be the basis of intimate contact.
The idea of the project is not only to make residents and staff happier, but to promote family participation in the care of old people by inviting them to make contact in a new and playful way.
One of the Genetic Choir's working forms we call 'Old Songs, New Songs'. In this, familiar songs and remembered fragments of lyrics are used to create newly improvised songs. People's memories of their favourite songs play an increasingly important role as they grow older, and music – even fragments of a melody – can evoke strongly positive emotions and memories.
The singers give group workshops, and also visit less mobile residents in their own living quarters.
The pilot has covered 6 days over a period of six weeks in April and May 2016. A residency of one year is being prepared now, starting in 2019.
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hamming it up
I don't know what I'm doing here anymore. I pretty much just do bullet posts and photo posts and I'm boring myself. I can't even imagine how bored you must be. Anyway! Today is Friday so that means bullets. You're so welcome.
- I'm working again! Hoo-freaking-ray! I have a small project I've already started and a few big ones lined up to work on all winter. Phew. The in-between contract times can be scary so it's good to know I've got enough work to keep me here at home.
- I suspected work would pick up right before Christmas (again) so I am completely DONE with all of my Christmas prep. I've bought and wrapped everything, including stocking stuffers. All of my cards are done, and the house is as decorated as it's going to get. I've NEVER EVER been done this early before. Don't hate me.
- It's not like I did all that much anyway. Really, don't hate me. Go read my philosophy on Christmas craziness. I'm here to talk you down.
- I already cooked my Christmas ham.
- I only bought it because it was on sale. We really do have lasagna for Christmas dinner every year. Breaking traditions since 2001!
- It was the best ham I ever made. (Relatively speaking. I'm not a ham snob so I'm sure there are GREAT hams out there but I can't afford them.)
- You know how spiral hams kinda get all dried out so you gob on lots of sugary glaze? Blech. That does NOT make for good leftovers.
- We were supposed to go to Maine last weekend to visit family but you know Maine and it's stupid freezing rain, and sleet, and black ice, and well, not so much with the traveling.
- Not planning to be home meant we had no groceries in the house. Except a ham.
- I put that sucker in a turkey size oven bag and poured a whole lot of ginger ale over it and stuck it in the oven. The bag kept it from drying out and the ginger ale toned down the saltiness. Hello fabulousness. I think any soda would work well, sprite, root beer, etc. BUT NOT DIET SODA. That would be bad.
- We've ham leftovers all week and we haven't gotten sick of it yet. It's a miracle.
- Ham, ham, ham, ham. Ham, ham, ham, ham. HAM.
- Ham salad with tons of vinegar and a smidge of mayo.
- Pea soup with ham. Damon normally hates pea soup. Damon loves MY pea soup. If you want a great pea soup recipe let me know.
- Pea soup is not photogenic. Like at all. I tried.
- I'm making chicken today. Because I might actually be sick of ham, a little bit.
I'm curious, what do you do for Christmas dinner? Do you go all out like Thanksgiving or do you go the simple route with take-out? We have lasagna because it's one of the few meals Damon likes to make so I get to do absolutely nothing!
catching up
It's been a long time since I did a Friday bullets, but here I am again!
- Damon had foot surgery on Wednesday to remove bone spurs on his big toe joint. So that's been fun. He's fine now, just not particularly mobile.
- In related news, I have run up and down the stairs, oh, about 45 times since Wednesday night carrying various food, drinks, and ice packs. And more ice packs.
- But! As he said, "I could come downstairs and lay on the couch?" Um. NO. I'm gonna need my alone time/DVR breaks today, thankyouverymuch. And lots of coffee.
- The only one happy about Damon having to lay/sit/not move in this house is George. He is taking full advantage of this opportunity.
- George is an armpit snuggler. Not even kidding. (And he's feeling much, much better btw.)
- We had to go into Boston for the surgery. I drove in at rush hour, and I drove out at rush hour. Holy hell. Do people really do that every day?? On purpose?! If you do that, I feel for you, I really do. I think I'm still having an anxiety attack over it.
- Speaking of work. I haven't had a contract job since July. My summer of fun is now my fall of wait and see. Not worried. Just waiting and bored. You would think I would be bored enough that my house would be really clean. But alas.
- It's time to declutter again. I look around and see piles of sneakers and books and sweatshirts and other general stupid crap and it's annoying me. I'm having trouble identifying things I can get rid of this time around though. I decluttered so much last time that I feel like I need everything we have right now, but I know that can't possibly be true.
- Since I'm hoping for inspiration, I've joined Cass in her 30 days of Subtraction Project and so far I love it. I know have only pens that work and none that don't. 😉 I think you can still join in if you feel the need to lighten your mind and your space.
- I'm crocheting again. It's been a long time since I've felt like doing it but I have a large project that I started over a year ago that I picked up again and I'm really enjoying it. I'll have to wait to show it to you until it's finished and sent off to the person it's meant for though.
- It's very hard not to go out and buy more YARN. I love yarn. I got rid of a ton of yarn and I still have a ton of yarn and I CANNOT go buy more yarn. The end. What? We all have our addictions man. At least I own up to mine.
- Oh addictions. Okay fine! My other one is chips and dip. I have been on the wagon for seven months. I had one slip in August. Humph.
- I'm stuck at 42-43 pounds down. Yeah, that's good, I'm not knocking it. I lost more than my age this year! Woohoo! But oh so stuck for the last few weeks.
- I'm not sure running is for me but I'm thinking about starting my C25K app over again just to be sure. Anyone with me?
- Bueller?
- What's up with you today? Feel free to whine in comments if you need to get something out. I'm good at commiseration.
ps. I don't have a pan big enough for my stupid turkey. I DECLUTTERED it 2 years ago. Arghh.
I'm not gone, I just have blogger block
My brain is mush. I just can't think of anything interesting to write about.
I had wonderful company (my friend Teresa while her husband Bill is in Ethiopia!) last weekend but that would be a very long story. I have more company (one of my sisters – yay!) coming this weekend but that story hasn't happened yet. I have an aunt who is very sick but that's not my story to tell.
I held a day-old baby on Monday but I had to give her back. 😉 I have weigh-in coming this Sunday but I don't think I've lost a pound this month. Josh is going to start t-ball tomorrow so the time suck begins again. I tried to go without wheat for a week, and I keep forgetting.
The rain is keeping me from gardening. Work is slow this week, although I'm sure it will get busy just as soon as my sister arrives. I'm not entertained by anything on tv. Twitter is irritating me – too many retweets, celebrities, and promotions, blech. Whatever happened to original thought and conversation?
I'm more than a little cranky. And worried. Very tired. Not to mention restless, boring, and repetitive. And perhaps whiny? Geez, I really need to get over myself. And I need to find my funny. It seems to have run away from home.
Yeah. I'm all over the freaking place. Give me something to write about would you? An idea, a question, anything you want to know about me? Help. I need to blog through the block.
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taking the lazy way
Yeah, yeah, if you're a Facebook friend you've already seen this…but I did all that work to come up with these I figured I might as well use it twice!
This is is the 25 random things meme that's going around like the plague. I was tagged four times before I realized I was just going to have to do it and get it over with.
Forgive me if you've heard any of these before.
1. I'm the youngest of 7 kids. Contrary to popular belief, this does not make me spoiled. My older siblings may beg to differ.
2. My kid is so much like me it's scary. He looks like me, he talks like me, and he's sarcastic, just like me. God help me.
3. I've been married for coming up on 14 years. It still feels like yesterday.
4. Pregnancy was the worst experience of my life. Motherhood is the best.
5. My cat was my first baby. Cat's are NOT good practice for a real baby. Although he does follow me around all day. And he wakes me up at 5:30 in the morning most days. And he's trying to lay on my computer while I type.
6. I'm a contract photo editor. I find the perfect pictures for book manuscripts, mostly science books for children. I love my job, and I have the best client in the world.
7. I work far more than most people realize. Just because I do it at home, doesn't mean I'm not working!
8. I was almost an electrical engineer. Until I realized I hated math. Then I thought about being a lawyer, but I'm too nice. So I got a degree in US History. That was a dumb idea.
9. Sometimes I snort when I laugh. I can't help it. My kid is practicing so he laugh like me too.
10. I'm obsessed with the weather. If I could do it all over again I'd be a storm chaser.
11. I love to cook, and I'm pretty damn good at it.
12. I lived in Virginia for 7 years. I loved it there but I love being in New Hampshire more. Except for the snow. When you live away you forget about the snow.
13. My all time favorite TV show is Stargate SG1, and I still haven't forgiven the SciFi channel for canceling it.
14. I love gardening but I'm pretty terrible at it, and by mid-summer I tend to forget about the garden. I think I just love the idea of gardening. This year I'm sticking to potted plants.
15. I hate to be hot. I keep my house around 63 in the winter. Wear something warm if you come visit me!
16. My favorite film genre is disaster movies. The worse the better. Top of the list is Twister and Dante's Peak!
17. The best way to interact with me on FB is to start a Scrabble game with me. I am addicted.
18. I am noticeably, but not quite completely, tone deaf.
19. Five years ago I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis. Recently I was told I was probably misdiagnosed. That pissed me off and I'm ignoring the whole thing.
20. I have a talent for making wheel thrown pottery, but haven't had a chance to do it in a very long time. I compensate by crocheting, but it's not quite the same.
21. I almost always cut my own hair, because every stylist I've ever been to has tried unsuccessfully to blow it out straight even though I tell them I hate that. It's like a challenge to them, so I gave up. I cut it better anyway.
22. Aspartame (NutraSweet) gives me migraines. It took me years of suffering to figure that out. I haven't had a migraine in almost 10 years now.
23. I'm becoming a pretty good photographer. But I'll always be better at editing than shooting.
24. I ~still~ wear black almost everyday. It's a habit I just can't break and don't really care to anymore!
25. I love my friends, and I don't forget any of them, even if we haven't talked in a long time!
And the one thing I didn't say but will add here just for my bloggy friends: I have met more great people through this blog than I can even believe, and I appreciate you all as much as any of my other friends! xoxo
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If you know me in real life this statement is going to shock you: I have run out of things to say.
No joke. I've said it all before. Too much work to do. House is a mess. Holidays are coming. I never even showered today. I did brush my teeth though – I swear.
In lieu of a real post, I give you a boy's strange view of the world. Here are a selection of images I found filling up my camera today:
Bat Hound. When you're 5, there's nothing more important that one's toys. Especially toys you just found at a resale shop for $1.
That is some kind of scary! I think that was Sunday am news that DH was watching while I slept in. On top of the tv is a giant balsa wood dragonfly! We might have clutter – but at least it's cool clutter!
He doesn't quite have a steady hand yet! But the blur is a cool effect on his velvet art butterflies. 😉
And Legos. Lots and lot of pictures of Legos. Hey all you moms of little boys who will eventually get into Legos. Take my heed and get one of these long flat bins for them. The kids won't need to dump the bin in order to find pieces and there won't be quite some much to pick up at the end of the day week!
So you bored yet?
Yeah. Me too.
bullet friday
I can't gather all my thoughts into one coherent post so it's bullet time again!
- Mmmmm. leftover pizza.
- Congratulations to AndreAnna! Such a cute baby boy! It's okay if you go see – I'll still be here when you get back.
- Went to the beach with Kristen and all the kids yesterday. Stayed there over 5 hours. Hence the pizza for dinner. You really must go the photo of her sunning herself on the sand!
- Am sunburned in all the places that I missed putting on the sunscreen. The backs of my knees, my nose, and all around the edges of my suit. I wish the spray kind of sunscreen would start out white and dry clear, so you know where you've hit. Are you listening Coppertone??
- I suddenly have all these followers on twitter, and it's making me shy. I'm guessing it's because of Blog Nosh, but seriously, I can no longer think of anything to say that doesn't make me sound like doofus. Now we all know how to shut me up – start paying attention to me! Yikes!
- Did I mention I'm merging my online life and my reality? I actually put my blog on my facebook account so everyone in real life can come read Catnip. So if you're on facebook – come friend me – so I can be shy there too!
- If you already came over from facebook, and you know me, it's time to delurk!
- Hello, my name is Annette. As if you didn't know that already. But I've "branded" myself Catnip – so I'm keeping it for the commenting.
- New ChapterBytes post up! Chapter 8 of Foodie written by Christy! She was very nervous, but she shouldn't have been – she rocked it! Go give her a little love. 🙂
- I thought today was gonna bite – no plans, and lots of chores. Instead I got an email offering me a new contract job to photo edit a history book. Woo – freaking – hoo!!
- I still have chores though. I'd rather blog.
- Extra job = maybe I'll be able to pay the propane bill this winter after all.
- I've been researching fireplace inserts. Trying to reduce my dependence on foreign oil. All so expensive. Sigh. Any recommendations?
- It's taking me forever to write this because I'm also watching the boy splash around in his kiddie pool. So cute.
- I don't know how to stop. Every time I hit enter it brings up another bullet and I feel like I should fill it up.
- See?
- This is getting ridiculous.
- I'm gonna go surf Alltop now. While I avoid the laundry.
the queen of the bullets
Yeah, whatever. I know some of you like bullet posts! So, here are all the reasons why I might be blogging weirdly (either not at all or lots extra!) this week.
- The boy is going to the MIL's house for *gasp* four nights this week. Starting tomorrow. I can't even believe it.
- DH and I are actually going to get to spend some time together, including belatedly celebrating our anniversary on Thursday. We might even go to a movie.
- I'm going to a cousin's wedding this weekend. I got a hotel room for me and my two sisters. Yay! We're gonna leave our hubbys at home and visit with our cousins all weekend!
- I have to finish making said cousin's present. Oops.
- I have to find something to wear to said event. Oops.
- I have to finish up a project for work so I can actually invoice for it. It's kinda nice to get a check once in awhile.
- I'm going to be working on an artsy crafty thing while the boy is away, stocking up in order to possibly open my own online store. This is the same kind of item I making for the wedding present. I promise to reveal it soon!
- I have to decide if said online store will be an offshoot of my own site, or if I will create an Etsy shop. Any advice from those of you with an Etsy shop is encouraged!
- I joined Goodreads and I'm totally addicted! If you're into books you must join. Come find me, my profile name is Catnip35, of course!
- I might try to read an actual book. Not even trash. Like to to the library and get something good for my brain.
- I'm thinking about getting another cat. George needs company. Really.
- I'm going to take at least one nap this week. But I'll make up for the lost time by NOT COOKING at all this week. Unless I actually want to. But I'm not doing the dishes.
I may have too much on my plate this week, eh? Posting will depend on which of these items I choose to do and whether they are bloggable or not!
another bullet post
I have a million things in my head and the only way to deal with it is to spew it all out in stream of consciousness bullets! Ready? Okay!
- Google Analytics and Feedburner are killing me. It's me, not them. Apparently, I'm too dumb to use them.
- If the new feed looks wonky still, I apologize! It'll work itself out. I hope.
- We've officially had two days of summer vacation, and it's already killing me. He never. stops. talking.
- and following me around.
- and asking for snacks.
- It's DH's and my Thirteenth Anniversary today and we both forgot. Again. At least I remembered before the day was over this time! We'll celebrate one night next week when the boy is at the MIL's for 5 days.
- The boy is going to the MIL's for 5 days next week!!! Woohoo!
- Blog Nosh Magazine is launching tomorrow!!
- I had to stop halfway through this post and get the boy another snack. Holy moly.
- I'm continuing to look for the best "Homemaking" posts out there. Do you have any great old posts on cooking, gardening, organizing, green/simple living, or home interior/exterior design? Email me links to the post, catnip35 at gmail dot com!
- My darling friend Beaglemum is coming to visit me this weekend, with the baby! Yay!
- That means more cleaning. Booo. Heh.
- We've had rain here almost everyday for weeks. That means we haven't been able to mow the lawn. It's a jungle out there. As in, the grass is now reseeding itself. Anyone own a thresher we can borrow? Or a goat?
- That also means the tomato plants are also doing really well!
- I'm trying to grow my bangs out and they're in that awkward stage. I know you know the what I mean. I'm fighting the urge to trim them. Help me.
- My tivo taped the original Parent Trap last weekend. My tivo knows me really well. Guess what I'm doing while I write this post? 🙂
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I've horrified myself
If you've read much of this blog, or if you know me irl, you are well aware that cleaning is my least favorite thing to do on the planet. Seriously. When I told DH I was going to be working on the Homemaking Channel for Blog Nosh Magazine he actually laughed and said "well, maybe you'll learn something." (Don't condemn him, it's no worse than I thought myself AND he helps around here way more than most husbands!)
Anyway, DH took the boy to t-ball awhile ago and I decided to stay home and try to accomplish something. Something immensely productive. I needed to clean the family room. This is the room where the boy and I spend most of our time during the day. Many of his toys and craft items are here, and my work stuff is all here. This fact will be important later – I work sitting in the middle of the couch with all my shit stuff spread out around me. (Mostly because my desk is too cluttered to actually work at. Sigh.) You might already know, but I am a freelance photo editor. That means I always have manuscripts, layouts, pens, highlighters, a water bottle, a coffee mug (well balanced of course), paper clips, date planner, etc. next to me at all times. Yeah, on the couch. It drives DH crazy because he can never come sit next to me. I digress.
I needed to clean because I have overnight company coming it was dirty. As I'm vacuuming it occurred to me that someone might need to sleep on the couch later this week, and god forbid someone might pull the cushions off of it. So I bit the bullet and decided to clean under the cushions. Oh. My. God. Needless to say I am sitting on a very clean couch as I type this.
Confession time. Here is the horror list of what I found, not including Hershey Kisses wrappers just regular trash.
- Popsicle sticks. At least 20 of them. Now one or two and it wouldn't haven't even made the list. But 20?
- Pens, highlighters, markers. A good thirty or so total. This is the part where you say, "You dumb shit, you work sitting on your couch. What did you expect?"
- Crochet hooks. Three of them! This is why I stopped crocheting last winter, I couldn't find any hooks.
- A pot holder. Yeah, really, a Christmas themed pot holder.
- White-Out. A whole bottle, luckily closed up tight.
- A cordless phone. (!) Apparently the back of the couch has this really deep area that I've never seen before. I've been looking for this phone for, well, let's just say a long time. I'm trying to charge it up now, to see if it still works.
- Paperclips and binder clips. Too numerous to count. I was going to buy some more this weekend. Now I don't have to!
- Post-its. Cute little pink ones.
- Rubber bands. The office kind and the hair kind. Those are never going in my hair again. At least I can wash the barrette, and little tiny hair clips I use when I when my hair falls in my face that I also found.
- Legos. Legos, Legos, and more Legos. And various other toys. Like a fake cockroach. I really hope it was fake. (Kidding! We don't have cockroaches in NH, we have ants. Lots and lots of ants.)
- My library card. That's a good thing, I have overdue books.
I'm pretty sure I deserve a second cup of coffee for all of that. Or a nap. Or a cleaning lady.
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Posted by HvassHannibal on October 30th 2012 in Projects
EnsaimadArt is a new project where various artists were asked to design a round label for the traditional Ensaimada pastry boxes of Mallorca. The project is a collaborative charity project and all profits from the sales of the boxes will be used to create working opportunities for disabled people, so when we were asked to join we of course said yes!
You can read more about the lovely project and other participating artists and designers on It's Nice That here.
SUSTAINIA – our first Award Design!
Posted by HvassHannibal on October 11th 2012 in Projects
Tonight Sustainia will be awarding the best sustainable solution among 100 nominated projects from all over the world. The winner of Sustainia's Community Award will also be announced. And we have designed the awards – which will be handed over to the winners by none other than Arnold Schwarzenegger, Honorary Chair of the Sustainia Award Committee, at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen. This is our very first award design project, and we were very happy to work with glass artists Karin Mørch and Torben Jørgensen who crafted the awards. Carpenter and designer Benjamin Nordsmark made the wooden bases. Fingers crossed that we get to say hi to Mr. Schwarzenegger!
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Design Museum Denmark – Album Cover Show + Group show at the School of Design
Posted by HvassHannibal on October 10th 2012 in Exhibitions
Tonight Design Museum Denmark's show Pladecovers – Vinylens Revival (Album Covers – Vinyl Revival) is opening and we are very happy to be represented in the exhibition! It will be opened by Minister of Culture, Uffe Elbæk. See more info below. Design Museum Denmark, Bredgade 68.
We were also invited to join the exhibition Kant / Edge – 15 statements, a small selection of MA projects from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture and Design. The show is opening tomorrow, Thursday at 3 pm – hope to see you there! See invitation below. Danneskiold-Samsøes Allé 51, Holmen.
Efterklang – Under Giant Trees
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Preparing stage design for Efterklang's Copenhagen Show
Posted by HvassHannibal on October 7th 2012 in Projects, Work in progress
We spent most of today preparing the stage elements for Efterklang's show at the Royal Academy of Music's Concert Hall October 9th and 10th. It is perhaps one of the most beautiful spaces in Copenhagen, and a very nice place to spend time in. Here are some work-in-progress photos – we got to crawl around under the ceiling, hanging our striped wooden sticks from small holes, with very nice views from above.
And here's our amazing intern Bettina!
Apples Music Video
Posted by HvassHannibal on October 5th 2012 in Projects
We have made a music video! This is a new field to us, and it turned out to be an extremely fun process, involving lots of bare skin and unforeseeable amounts of laughing. The video is for Efterklang's single Apples from their latest album Piramida, and it premiered yesterday on Huffington Post! We collaborated with Oodls who also created the video for Hollow Mountain earlier this fall. Thank you to Berit Stenstrup for back-up footage, and Thomas Jauk for letting us use his photo studio in Berlin.
Here are some stills showing parts of our process – not all of them made it into the video but we thought it'd be fun to share them here. You can see more images on our work site here.
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Posted by HvassHannibal on October 5th 2012 in Things we like, Travel
Last week, just as the cold grey weather was beginning to take over, we were lucky to be invited to speak at the Get Set Design Festival in Porto, Portugal. So we flew down a couple of days ago and presented our work at the Cinema Trindade, a very interesting cinema space that was closed down ten years ago, and has recently been re-opened to host occasional cultural events. We had a fantastic little trip, and it was especially fun and inspiring to meet the other designers who also guested the Festival and hear about their work, among others Shape Your Head, Ivan Bravo and Lucas Gutierrez. We even found out that we have a fan in Porto, and we got to give our first autographs! (outside of China…) :-D
If we ever move to Porto we are going to have a studio in this building. It's very nice! All it needs is a roof.
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Efterklang Piramida photos
Posted by HvassHannibal on October 1st 2012 in Projects
We just posted some photos of the Piramida artwork on our website, showing the CD and vinyl package, for all of you who don't have the real thing. Here's a selection of the photos, see more under our work site. It's Nice That was so kind as to write a post about the project, which you can read here.
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Arcadia, the emerging artist from West Coast USA has announced the launch of their debut EP on popular music sharing platform Soundcloud.com. The EP (Extended Play) consists of six tracks from the genre hip-hop & rap. The artist has collaborated with many other talented singers and musicians to create unique and catchy tunes with meaningful lyrics.
The first song titled 'Love + Hate' features beautiful vocals from Lizzy along with a cool rap by Arcadia. The song contains signature drum sets used in hip-hop music along with a twist of piano that makes the tune pretty catchy. Arcadia has collaborated with another rap artist Stevie Dub to create his second song 'Juice'. This song carries a mysterious vibe in the beginning followed by some inspiring rap from the two artists. The main focus is put on the rap part so the background music is kept subtle yet leaves an impact on the listener.
The Arcadia Ft. Lewi is a romantic number that goes like, 'I did it on my own without you, and now I'm moving on without you….'. It begins with beautiful vocals by artist Lewi followed by a rap by Arcadia. Most of his songs are inspired by real-life instances and life in general which makes his songs relatable to many audiences.
The song 'positive vibes by Arcadia Ft. Contact is a peppy number that features inspiring lyrics about moving forward, overcoming the setbacks and doing great in life. This song is sure to set the foot tapping with its catchy tune and Arcadia has presented his true rap talent in this one. Another song by Arcadia titled 'Became a name' is another one of the songs inspired by artist's real life journey of becoming a recording artist. The artist creates raw, realistic and hard-hitting rap lyrics & music that is pretty much loved by today's audience. The last song in his EP is titled 'Pretty Girl' is rap by Arcadia that talks about the truth & lies of social media. All his songs can be found on soundcloud.com.
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Of course the Houston Astros are still No. 1. The best record in baseball earns a team its due, including a repeat as the unanimous selection of the voters. But the big news this week in the Power Rankings is that the crowd of challengers for the No. 2 spot is heating up.
Who are the choices? Well, you have the Washington Nationals, with their star power and their big lead in the National League East. But you also have the Colorado Rockies, a team so balanced and strong in every phase of the game that it has put up the best record in the NL and finally pushed past the Los Angeles Dodgers this week to take bragging rights among the NL West's trio of top teams. But how do you count out the onslaught of an Aaron Judge-powered New York Yankees team that just blitzed the Orioles for 38 runs in a three-game sweep and has scored eight or more runs in five straight games?
Beyond that struggle within the top tier, just four teams made significant moves up or down in the rankings this week. In the positive column, the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers forced their way back into the top 10 with a three-rung jump. But the biggest gain was made by the Seattle Mariners, who moved up seven slots with their return to the pack of .500-ish teams struggling to break away and clarify the wild-card picture.
The biggest single drop shouldn't be a surprise, as the St. Louis Cardinals' seven-game losing streak dropped them six spots. The Chicago White Sox took a four-rung tumble as their brief bid to keep up with the AL Central's pack has crumbled with their pitching staff's recent struggles.
This week's voters are Bradford Doolittle, Eric Karabell, Tim Kurkjian, David Schoenfield and Mark Simon.
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1. Houston Astros
Record: 44-20
Week 9 ranking: No. 1
A 3-4 week wasn't going to take the Astros down a peg. With four starting pitchers on the DL, some midseason mediocrity might be hard to avoid if Dallas Keuchel, Charlie Morton and Collin McHugh stay out for much longer. But by stacking up wins early, the Astros have bought themselves the time to coast -- and to heal. -- Christina Kahrl, ESPN.com
2. Washington Nationals
Record: 38-24
Week 9 ranking: No. 2
It isn't just limiting home runs that has made Stephen Strasburg a better pitcher this season. He has also fared better with runners in scoring position, holding opponents to a .200 batting average and .300 slugging percentage. In 2015 and 2016, opponents hit .316/.474 and .303/.535 in those situations against him. Batters went just 2-for-24 with eight strikeouts with runners in scoring position over his past five starts. -- Mark Simon, ESPN Stats & Information
3. New York Yankees
Record: 37-23
Week 9 ranking: No. 4
The Yankees' offense appears to have returned. On Saturday, it scored 16 runs against the Orioles as Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Didi Gregorius, Starlin Castro and Matt Holliday all went yard. Then Judge added two more in a 14-3 rout on Sunday. Judge leads the majors with 21 home runs, and the Yankees are now 15-3 when he homers. They're just 22-20 when he doesn't. -- Sarah Langs, ESPN Stats & Information
4. Colorado Rockies
Record: 41-24
Week 9 ranking: No. 5
This isn't just mile-high mayhem because the Rockies lead baseball in road wins, and they're sixth in MLB with 4.9 runs scored per game on the road. They aren't just beating up on bad teams, as they have one of MLB's best records against teams .500 or better. They also already have 23 wins from their four rookie starters this season; the Rockies' franchise record is 28 wins (in 2002), and the record for a playoff team in the divisional era is 40, set by the 2012 A's. -- Christina Kahrl, ESPN.com
5. Los Angeles Dodgers
Record: 39-25
Week 9 ranking: No. 3
The Dodgers have a playing time crunch in the lineup coming with 3B Justin Turner back and CF Joc Pederson not far behind. Adrian Gonzalez has been cold all year, Chris Taylor has cooled off, and Yasiel Puig is hitting as badly as he was before a monthlong demotion last August. Somebody's going to get squeezed, but who? The good news: Cody Bellinger's three-homer weekend snapped his recent slump. -- Christina Kahrl, ESPN.com
6. Arizona Diamondbacks
Record: 39-26
Week 9 ranking: No. 6
No pitcher is hotter than Robbie Ray right now. He has allowed just one run in his past five starts (37 IP) while posting a 48-9 strikeout-walk ratio. The D-backs' top two starters have been great at killing them softly at the plate; Zack Greinke leads the majors with 157 swinging strikes generated with breaking and off-speed stuff, and Ray is 11th with 110. -- Christina Kahrl, ESPN.com
7. Boston Red Sox
Record: 34-28
Week 9 ranking: No. 7
We'll spare you your daily dose of David Price drama; lots of people get crushed by the Yankees, and we'll see what he does against the Phillies and Astros this week, baseball's worst and best teams. So what has gotten into Mitch Moreland? He hasn't looked this good since the 2010 postseason. Despite a lower home run rate, he's walking more often and getting better results on his line drives while cutting down on weak popups. -- Christina Kahrl, ESPN.com
8. Chicago Cubs
Record: 31-31
Week 9 ranking: 9
The Cubs have gotten very streaky, wrapping six- and four-game losing streaks around five straight wins to wind up back at .500. Problems in the rotation have already been notable, but the Cubs' once-potent offense has been stagnant, scoring four or more runs in just six of their past 16 games. The struggles of Kyle Schwarber and Addison Russell at the plate aren't news, but their back-to-back homers in Sunday's win might signal a rebound. On the other hand, Schwarber hasn't hit a single since May 17. -- Paul Hembekides, ESPN Stats & Information
9. Milwaukee Brewers
Record: 33-31
Week 9 ranking: No. 12
The Brewers have an ace in Chase Anderson, who has allowed one run in 27⅔ innings over his past four starts. Anderson never showed signs of this level of success before, but he has impressed with a fastball, changeup and curve, with a cutter mixed in every so often to throw hitters off. The changeup has been particularly impressive as a putaway pitch. Opposing hitters are 3-for-25 against it in his past four starts. -- Mark Simon, ESPN Stats & Information
10. Cleveland Indians
Record: 31-29
Week 9 ranking: No. 8
This team must be driving the Cleveland faithful crazy. After they won four of five home games, the Indians were a season-high four games over .500 on June 1. Then the Tribe lost two of three in Kansas City and suffered a two-game sweep in Colorado, where they were outscored 19-4. Corey Kluber has been good since his return from the DL, but this rotation needs to get its act together. -- Michael Bonzagni, ESPN Stats & Information
11. Baltimore Orioles
Record: 31-30
Week 9 ranking: No. 10
It has been a tough season for Orioles pitching. O's pitchers have allowed 14 or more runs four times already this season, and Baltimore starters have a 5.14 ERA, which ranks 28th in the majors and last in the AL. That would be the Orioles' worst rotation ERA since 2011 (5.39). That team went 69-93 in Buck Showalter's first full season in Baltimore; the O's haven't had a losing season since. -- Sarah Langs, ESPN Stats & Information
12. Tampa Bay Rays
Record: 34-32
Week 9 ranking: No. 12
The Rays' pitching staff has performed considerably worse on the road than at home, and that's noteworthy, given that the coming week consists of six road games. Jake Odorizzi and Alex Cobb get the first two starts. Odorizzi has a 3.11 ERA at home and 4.50 on the road. Cobb is at 3.27/5.01 after allowing nine runs in his most recent road start in Seattle. He has yet to find the comfort with his changeup that made him so great in 2013 and 2014; opponents are hitting .368 against the pitch. -- Mark Simon, ESPN Stats & Information
13. Seattle Mariners
Record: 31-33
Week 9 ranking: No. 20
The Mariners have survived their early-season rotation wipeout, making their march back into baseball's mushy middle with a 10-4 run that featured the return of James Paxton from the DL. With Felix Hernandez, Hisashi Iwakuma and Drew Smyly all on the mend and due back soon (perhaps in that order), the M's might deliver on GM Jerry Dipoto's short-term gamble that there's a wild-card slot in reach this season. -- Christina Kahrl, ESPN.com
14. Minnesota Twins
Record: 32-27
Week 9 ranking: No. 15
Ervin Santana continues to lead the Twins, who remain in first in the AL Central. He has a 2.20 ERA, good for third in the American League and tied with Clayton Kershaw for third in the majors. On Friday, he threw his third shutout of the season -- the most in the majors. The most recent Twins pitcher with more shutouts in a season was Frank Viola, with four in 1984. And get this: Santana had three shutouts over his previous six seasons combined. -- Sarah Langs, ESPN Stats & Information
15. Toronto Blue Jays
Record: 31-32
Week 9 ranking: No. 13
Josh Donaldson has made his former MVP presence known since he returned from the DL on May 26. He has hit six home runs and tacked on four doubles for a .321 batting average and .736 slugging since he came back. He has a 28.3 percent hard-hit rate in that span. The Blue Jays are 8-6 in games he has played in since his return. -- Sarah Langs, ESPN Stats & Information
16. Detroit Tigers
Record: 30-32
Week 9 ranking: No. 17
After sweeping the White Sox last week, the Tigers dropped two of three home games to the Angels and two of three at Fenway. Detroit is still very much in the AL Central race, but the Tigers might need to find a center fielder to help shore up a defense that ranks in the bottom third in defensive efficiency and get better pitching (especially from a bullpen with an MLB-worst 5.21 ERA). -- Michael Bonzagni, ESPN Stats & Information
17. Cincinnati Reds
Record: 29-33
Week 9 ranking: No. 18
Scooter Gennett, the 496th pick in the 2009 draft, became the 17th player in MLB history to hit four home runs in a game last week. The Reds will pick second overall in Monday's draft for the second consecutive year. Nick Senzel, their first-rounder last year, is tearing up the Florida State League. Will the Reds fare as well with their pick this year? -- Paul Hembekides, ESPN Stats & Information
18. Texas Rangers
Record: 30-32
Week 9 ranking: No. 16
Adrian Beltre has raked since coming off the DL, putting up an eight-game hit streak and a .925 OPS. His return pushed Joey Gallo to first base; where will Gallo go once Mike Napoli comes back from the DL? That's a nice problem to have, and it might help patch the Rangers' injury-thinned outfield. Having fixed their closer question by turning to Matt Bush, the Rangers' list of needs might be pared down once they get Cole Hamels back. Without shoring up the rotation, it's going to be hard to get far beyond .500. -- Christina Kahrl, ESPN.com
19. Los Angeles Angels
Record: 33-33
Week 9 ranking: No. 19
Cameron Maybin was activated off the DL on Friday and promptly stole four bases in his first game back. The Angels hope the 30-year-old can help hold down the fort in center field until Mike Trout returns from his injury. Maybin leads the American League in stolen bases (17) and is on pace for a career-high 42. Since Trout's injury, the Angels have gone 7-6. Can they keep playing .500 baseball without the majors' best player? -- Paul Hembekides, ESPN Stats & Information
20. St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 29-32
Week 9 ranking: No. 14
The NL Central is wide open, and if it weren't for a horrible four weeks, the Cardinals might lead the division. But over that time, the Cardinals rank in the bottom five in runs, batting average, OBP, slugging percentage and ... you get the idea. Sweeping the Phillies might be just what they needed to get out of their funk, but now they face the division-leading Brewers in a four-game set to begin this week. -- Michael Bonzagni, ESPN Stats & Information
21. New York Mets
Record: 28-33
Week 9 ranking: No. 23
Pardon the pun, but Yoenis Cespedes and Steven Matz brought "wins above replace-Met" in the doubleheader sweep of the Braves on Saturday. After a couple of rusty-looking at-bats, Cespedes showed the impact he can have on a lineup with a grand slam in Game 1. Matz gave the Mets seven innings, the length they're looking for from their starting pitching. We'll see whether they can stay healthy long-term (or even four months) and whether the Mets' other ills can be cured. -- Mark Simon, ESPN Stats & Information
22. Miami Marlins
Record: 27-35
Week 9 ranking: No. 24
Edinson Volquez has allowed one run in 22 innings in his past three starts, including his no-hitter against the Diamondbacks, which dropped his ERA from 4.82 to 3.41. What has been the biggest key? Volquez has found his changeup again. In those three starts, he has thrown it 92 times, netting 35 outs and a 71 percent strike rate, with one hit and one walk allowed. -- Mark Simon, ESPN Stats & Information
23. Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 28-35
Week 9 ranking: No. 22
Staff ace Gerrit Cole has a 4.83 ERA this season. He has never finished a season with an ERA above 3.88 in his career -- but that career high was just last season. Cole has allowed seven earned runs in consecutive starts and has allowed five or more earned in four of his 13 turns this season. -- Sarah Langs, ESPN Stats & Information
24. Kansas City Royals
Record: 28-34
Week 9 ranking: No. 25
Here's the good news: Eric Hosmer is back to being great. After a dreadful April, Hosmer has been one of the best hitters in the AL (.984 OPS since). Here's the bad news: He's a free agent at the end of this season, and you can bet his agent, Scott Boras, will make sure he gets paid. What will Dayton Moore do? Time will tell, but the Royals have been playing .500 ball for a month, and that isn't enough to erase their slow start. -- Michael Bonzagni, ESPN Stats & Information
25. Chicago White Sox
Record: 26-35
Week 9 ranking: No. 21
The White Sox will be thrilled to return home after a 2-7 road trip. The starting rotation hasn't thrown a quality start since May 28, which has contributed to the sudden decline of a bullpen that had been among the best in the first two months but has gotten overworked and overexposed. Sox relievers have posted a 6.12 ERA in June. -- Paul Hembekides, ESPN.com
26. Atlanta Braves
Record: 27-35
Week 9 ranking: No. 28
We mentioned a few weeks ago that Dansby Swanson was coming around. After that, he went through a 2-for-32 skid to end May. But Swanson got hot again, hitting .371 in his first 10 games in June. That includes a walk-off hit against the Mets on Friday, in a game in which he made a couple of terrific defensive plays. Braves fans might have to tolerate a roller-coaster season from Swanson, but the long-term payoff should be worth it. -- Mark Simon, ESPN Stats & Information
27. San Francisco Giants
Record: 26-39
Week 9 ranking: No. 27
Brandon Belt is having a difficult-to-characterize season. He hit his 11th home run Saturday, which leaves him just seven shy of tying his career high, despite the fact that it's only June. He's in the top 15 in the majors in walk rate. But he's hitting just .237, which would be by far his lowest average in any full season of his career. He hit his seventh career "splash" homer into McCovey Cove on Saturday, and that tied him with Pablo Sandoval for the second-most splash hits. Only Barry Bonds (35) had more. -- Sarah Langs, ESPN Stats & Information
28. Oakland Athletics
Record: 27-36
Week 9 ranking: No. 26
Want a few definitions of a tough team to watch? The A's have cost themselves an MLB-worst minus-39 defensive runs saved (as tracked by Baseball Info Solutions). Although they are challenging for the highest percentage of runs scored on home runs in a season (more than 52 percent, trailing just the 2017 and 2010 Blue Jays) and are tied for fifth in MLB homers, that reflects how badly they hit when they aren't homering. They're 24th in runs per game, with the fourth-highest strikeout rate. -- Christina Kahrl, ESPN.com
29. Philadelphia Phillies
Record: 21-40
Week 9 ranking: No. 30
The Phillies own the worst record in baseball, largely due to a rotation ERA (5.19) that ranks next to last in the majors and an offense that has taken a step back (and will be further hampered by losing Cesar Hernandez to the DL). The good news? Odubel Herrera has caught fire of late, with a 10-game hit streak entering Monday. -- Paul Hembekides, ESPN Stats & Information
30. San Diego Padres
Record: 24-40
Week 9 ranking: No. 29
If it weren't for the Phillies, the Padres would have the worst record in the majors. Wil Myers is the team's best qualified hitter, but his season OPS has dipped under .800 in the past week. As a team, San Diego ranks in the bottom of the majors in average and OBP and bottom five in batting with men on. That's a really bad combination. -- Michael Bonzagni, ESPN Stats & Information


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The Old Settlers Picnic, Parade, and Festival at Pioneer Park in Mooresville, Indiana, is scheduled this year for Sunday through Tuesday, August 5-6-7, 2012. It's only just the first few days of Spring in March, but it feels hot enough for Old Settlers in August. (Here in Indiana we've been having record-setting high temperatures in the 80-plus degrees Fahrenheit for about a week.) So I might as well announce the dates for Old Settlers, since we're talking about it, and folks like to plan ahead for this, my hometown's biggest of all annual bigbashes.
New to Old Settlers? We have a video for that.
Actually, we have two videos. Guess I should have warned you sooner.
Actually, I think it's way cool that the Library's Composer wrote the music to "Old Settlers," the unofficial town song of Mooresville, Indiana. The Lyrics were written by the Lady With the Red Hair and Scowl-Face. There are, like, five verses--plus as many refrains--which extoll the virtues of our fair community and its storied past. Want to read them? You know where to click.
Although I won't be at the Library's booth at Old Settlers (crowds spook moi, and, anyway, I'll be doing the roving reporter thing), you will definitely want to drop by for our free Library Centennial Celebratory Stuff. We always have bags full of neat giveaway doodads.
Hope It's Cooler in August Than It Is Now,
Cauli Le Chat
MPL Roving Reporter
Old Settlers News Beat
P.S. Scowl-Face was inspired to write "Old Settlers" from the refrain of "Two Good Men," by Woody Guthrie, which was recorded during the famous Asch Sessions (1944). Canadian folk/country legend Gordon Lightfoot once observed that "Woody is everywhere, in every [folk singer's] work." If you're going to be inspired by folk music, why not the best?