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Hi my lovely beading people :)
How are you today?
I get many requests of people how ask me if I sell my jewelry. Because I get that question so often, I thought I should make a blog post about this :)
As some of you might know, normaly I will go to a Christmas fair once a year, but this year I won't because I don't have the time to properly prepare myself. But of course this is only in the Netherlands, so people from other country's have nothing to do with this.
I'm still working on my website, but I did not diside yet if that will be a dutch site or a intenational site. If it will be dutch only, I will create an etsy page, so that I can sell worldwide. But why wait so long you might ask?
Well that has all to do with my time, or at least the lack of it. If somebody wants a costum order, I want to be able to really take my time for that. But I don't have that time at this moment. Also I need a stash of jewelry, because I know that some people rather buy something they can already see, instead of making up there mind on how they want it to look.
Also I want my own label, business card, my own packaging and other stuff like that. I really want any order to be a present to get. And I really want my own look and feel if you know what I mean. I want people to recognize my packaging in one glance of an eye. But this takes time and cost a lot of money. But I won't do it for less.
Also I'm creating a new bead stock with only quality beads and findings. I want this not only for myself and the name I have to keep up, but also to give my customers the best they can get. Also I found out that people from other country's arren't as greedy as dutch people. They know what handmade costs and how much time it takes to make something and they respect the prizes that come with that. So if I would only be able to sell in the Netherlands, I would have to use cheaper materials than I can use for other country's. So this takes me a while before I have enough good quality materials to make and sell any request. Because as most of the people, I don't have a pile of money laying around to spend on beads (I wish I had gosh hihi) So I love to go and by quality beads, but it will take me some time.
Speaking about time, I will not have that in a while either. My son is now 2,5 years old, so I will have to wait a while before he go's to school. But when he does I will have plenty of time to bead all day. And that is the time I will start making and selling custom orders. Probebly that is also the time I will start making patterns in PDF files, so you van download them.
So I hope everything is clear on the how and why's about selling or don't selling my jewelry. I hope you understand and I will keep you updated on this subject.
Have a lovely beading week!
Friday, 1 November 2013
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The sport of cycling attracts a particular type of sadist; one who revels in the punishment of screaming lungs and burning legs. Riding was the only time Luke Robson felt in control, really in control – it was him against the road. He had spent all week daydreaming about racking up the kilometers and now he was free, if only for a few hours.
The city was still heating up in the late morning. North Africa was always hot, just another thing that Luke couldn't control. He was supposed to be overseeing the installation of a new municipal water system, but things weren't progressing much.
"How's work coming along?" asked Gabby.
"Slowly, love, slowly. We've hit a roadblock with another community that wants to be 'compensated.'"
"God. People have always got their hand out here."
"Well it's not that sim—"
"I thought it was supposed to be wrapped up by now." She always cut him off. And now she was even less patient.
"Still tinkering? I swear you pay more attention to that thing than you do to me."
Luke looked up from his brake calipers, like he'd been caught in bed with another woman. "Just getting ready to go out. I'm doing the whole loop today, can't wait."
Gabby pursed her lips, "What time will you be back? Greg and Amanda are coming for dinner."
"I didn't forget, I'll be back to help I promise, just don't expect me to go running off to the shops if you forget anything, not after six hours in the saddle."
She sighed a tired sigh, "I don't know how much longer I can do this on my own Luke."
He paused "Do what on your own?"
"This," she waved an arm out of the window at the heat. "I'm pregnant if you haven't noticed, I don't want to bring a child up in this, this dustbowl. I want to have the baby back home."
"But we talked about this, Love, we agreed," Luke laid his hand on Gabby's shoulder. "We've got everything we need here, and besides it's no good for a family to be apart."
"I just want what's best for the baby." She was raising her voice now.
"And I want what's best for this family. Look, let's talk about this when I get back OK?"
"Mmm, we'll talk later."
She gave him a peck on the cheek, leaning from a distance because of the baby bump. She always kissed that side to avoid the scar on his right eye. Luke thought it looked like a faded viking battle wound, but Gabby encouraged him to wear his sunglasses for photos. The Bond villain scar had come from a fight with a burglar he had lost in his own Yorkshire home. Really, it was the crowbar that won the fight, the kid had scarpered in fear and was never caught. There was no damage to his eye, but people always stared, they wanted to know the story.
Over the past few months, he had been working up to this ride, ratcheting up the distance. The route in question was a 140 km loop with a lot of cumulative elevation, it had been used as a stage on the World Tour a few years back. He wasn't physically gifted, if anything he was skinny, but Luke was determined, and that goes a long way in cycling.
Luke carried his bike down the compound stairs and asked the doorman to open the gate. Freedom.
The wheels cut a path down the road, the air rushing past his ears. The rear cassette spun like a football clacker as he freewheeled around the bends. The roads weren't as bad as they used to be, although the tarmac laid down before the big race was starting to crack. He looked out for potholes and stray rocks.
Luke maintained a steady pressure, driving the gears, up to eighty revolutions a minute in his hill climbing gear. As he snaked up the incline, a pickup truck struggled up behind him. A gangly teenager sat in the back, staring.
"Come on round," he motioned for it to overtake.
The vehicle drew level, engine screaming, its thick exhaust fumes engulfing Luke. It eventually got in front and disappeared over the brow of the hill. Luke clenched his teeth and chased it.
At the top, the treeline broke and a vast, lunar mountain range appeared. The tiny buildings looked like they had been sprinkled from a great height. Some tiny white specks shifted in a dusty field. Luke looked up at the high sun and started down the slope.
As Luke's speed increased, so did his confidence. Up to almost 70 kilometres per hour, he didn't want to lose momentum. He gripped the brake levers and ducked down to minimise air resistance. According to his cycle computer, he was about two thirds of the way round the course and making good time.
The road was starting to flatten out, and Luke snaked left past a small group of mud brick houses. The bend was tighter than it first appeared and the bike drifted out, toying with a shallow ditch. Luke fought to keep the bike on tarmac, but the front wheel entered the jaws of the trap at too high a speed. It dug into the dirt and Luke felt the rim crack under the pressure of the impact. He knew he had no chance of controlling the fall. As he tried to unclip his shoes from the pedals, a thought flashed into consciousness. Instead of thinking of his wife, his family or his unborn child, the face of his teenage assailant with the crowbar came into focus. He flew through the air, finally separated from his charge; reaching to protect his face rather than relaxing for impact to avoid broken bones. He shut his eyes.
A splash of cool water brought him back to earth. His neck and arm and chest hurt, must be the collarbone. Luke got to his feet and checked his appendages with a shaking hand, they all seemed all there. He was shivering, wet through, his cycling top was torn at the arm and sticking to his chest – a large puddle had cushioned his fall and reduced the damage, he had been lucky. He hobbled towards the buildings on the corner, his plastic cycling shoes clip-clopping on the tarmac.
The old man raised the teapot up high, pouring the steaming liquid with pinpoint accuracy. By now, the process was ritual, each step performed with perfect form. Luke picked up the glass with his good hand, and blew on the tea. His other arm was cradled in a sling, held in place by two large safety pins.
"A salaam alaikum, you're very kind." Luke leaned back in the armchair.
The old man grinned back at him through grey stubble. There were four more glasses to fill. He squatted down with the legs of a much younger man. Yazir and Fatima, the couple, sat together on the sofa in long plain robes, hands on knees. Their child with its big tuft of black hair, sat next to them. He couldn't have been more than five, but he already had his own little cup, the tea cooling next to the others. He stared in silence, his gaze fixed on Luke's scar.
"D'où êtes-vous, l'Espagne?" asked Yazir
"England. Angleterre. Sorry. Je ne pas Francais."
"Ahh Englan' . . . very good. Musique."
"Yes, yes. Do you have a telephone?" said Luke making a mobile shape with his hand.
"Le Queen – Le Champions, good." Yazir was still thinking other British rock songs he knew.
Past the mud brick doorway lay two bedrooms and a kitchen just big enough to hold the range and some pots. A breeze blew through the open window and Luke could hear goats clattering around in the pen outside.
After a few back and forth gestures, it turned out that they didn't have a phone, but there was a neighbour who might be able to help. Luke was old enough that he remembered the time before phones, without distraction and without interference. The few hours each week that Luke left his phone at home he felt at ease.
Gabby asked him to take it when he went out. "What if you get lost, or need help. What then?"
She even put it in his back pocket once, but he took it out before leaving. He was going to get the full 'I told you so' now. Even with the cycle computer, the carbon fibre bike, the electrolyte drink and breathable fabric, Luke was now at the mercy of a goat herder's neighbour . . . who was seemingly out. This might be the end of the unaccompanied rides into the wilderness.
He settled back into the chair and tried to rest. There wouldn't be much traffic passing on a Sunday night, he would have to wait and see. Yazir got up to look at the broken wheel, tea in hand. He tutted and shook his head.
The sun was setting, bathing the hills in purples and yellows. The family insisted on giving Luke the full tour. It was a spectacular location, nestled between mountain ridges. As well as introducing Luke to the goats, Yazir showed off his pride and joy – the vegetable garden. Luke had had to fight for space in his own pokey kitchen in order to install a tiny herb garden, now he stood before this veritable oasis.
The garden was planned to perfection, every available space used. A pump handle well fed irrigation channels running between the plants. Luke tried to test out the pumping mechanism, but his neck and shoulder still hurt from the fall. The sunflowers, beans, and squashes peered out from between thick leaves.
Inside Luke showed his cycle computer to Yazir and his little son. "It's only 42 kilometers back to the city," he said.
The boy was more interested in trying to get into one of the energy gel sachets. Yazir snatched the packet from his mouth.
After dinner, the neighbour arrived. Thankfully he spoke a smattering of English. He held his woollen waistcoat trying to catch his breath under his thick beard.
"Hello, my friend, I Hamid. What your name?"
"I am Luke, nice to meet you." He smiled sheepishly, pointing to his collarbone, not able to offer his hand.
"Where you come by, the city?"
"Yes, I need to get back to my wife in the city," he made the rounded sign of a pregnant belly.
Hamid looked at the family, raising an eyebrow.
"You have telephon' number your wife?"
Luke scrolled through his memory, but his wife's number wasn't in the rolodex. "Err, you can call the office". He asked for a pen and paper and wrote the following note:
Luke Robson had a cycling accident and is unable to come into work. He will return to the office when transport is available."
"Can you read it OK?"
"Yes yes, my friend, I call wife OK?"
"No no, it's my office, the office. My company, you understand?"
Hamid looked blank.
Luke wrote down the team secretary's name, and the number. He prayed the message would get through.
The smell of fresh bread filled the lounge. Luke's shoulder still hurt but he felt rested after a night on the sofa. The old man was scurrying back and forth with the tea set, whilst Fatima toasted some type of pancakes on a griddle.
Hamid burst in through the wooden door, ducking as he entered.
"My friend, your wife call many time." His eyes were lit up. "She say no working today."
"Tell her I will get home when I can." Luke looked out of the door at the road. It wasn't worth going all the way to the neighbour's farm to speak with her, the trucks would start passing soon.
The old man offered tea to Hamid. He drank it standing up, shifting from foot to foot, babbling about important neighborhood business.
Yazir and the boy were dressed and ready for the day ahead.
"Good morning," Luke greeted them as they came in. "Thank you again for your hospitality," he clasped his hands together. He wanted to give the family something to thank them, but had nothing with him. "Can I help with your goats today?" he suddenly found himself offering.
They would welcome an extra pair of hands, and there it would be easy enough to get back to the city. Besides, he didn't feel able to struggle through meetings – handshakes and smiles. Apart from the grazes and sore collarbone, Luke was enjoying his freedom. Herding goats had to be easier than his usual Monday business.
Hamid translated the offer of help to Yazir. The old man looked at his son and they laughed. Yazir slapped Luke on the back and pointed out toward the field.
After breakfast the men headed out to drive the goats towards greenery. It was no easy task. The hills were barren. The air was still. It was early, before the heat of the day.
"Yalla yalla." Yazir directed the goats, giving the stragglers and occasional tap with his stick. Luke held the right flank, vigilant, Yazir was on the left and the boy in the middle, marching along. The boy watched Luke's awkward shuffling steps in his borrowed sandals.
After nearly an hour of stopping and starting, they reached a small hill covered with scrubby plants and patches of brown grass. Breakfast had arrived for the goats, who consumed whatever they could. They stripped the leaves from low lying bushes and plants like they were pulling the meat off a kebab stick. This was all so simple – no protracted negotiations, no forms to sign in triplicate, and no need to think about the digital requirements and social media implications. The goats just ate.
"What's that?" Luke pointed out a small wooden sign.
Yazir smiled. "For sale. Hamid sale."
It hadn't even crossed his mind that people bought and sold land here. The quiet life must be pretty cheap, a few thousand for a decent plot. Luke suddenly found himself marshalling his own herd, calling the names one by one. Maybe staying here had been a mistake. The more time he spent here, the more he dreaded the return to the compound.
An idea started to form in Luke's mind. He had always wanted his own project. He wanted to provide the best life for his little family, and this was beautiful. Simple. It was as if the bright sunshine had scorched an imprint of the three of them there, pulling up vegetables, not locking the doors and windows like back in Yorkshire. Gabby would take some convincing, but Luke never backed down from a challenge.
The rocks were too hot to sit on, so they watched the animals in silence and shuffled about to try and keep from overheating.
Luke rummaged around in his top pocket and extracted an energy packet. He pressed it into the hand of the boy, who looked at him wide-eyed. He ruffled his black hair. He reached into his pocket again to get his phone for a picture, but remembered it wasn't there.
When the herders returned, the family said their goodbyes and Yazir stayed with Luke to help flag down a passing car or truck. Luke stood in his bright cycling gear, much taller than the shepherd whose cotton robe reached his sandals. There was no sign of the crash from yesterday, no skid-marks, and no water on the road, evaporated. Luke's bike lay next to him waiting patiently. A brown lorry approached the bend and Yazir squinted into the sun and waved his arms high.
Luke straightened his back and rested on the pickaxe handle. Summer was coming to an end and he wanted to get planting in the hope he would have something to pull up by the end of the year.
Even after softening the ground, digging was tough. He had put the well in a week ago, using a contact at work to get an easy-to-install kit. The fun part would come in a few months, but the tranquil farm life that he had craved felt a lot like hard work now, just a breeze and the occasional passing bird for company.
Gabby had sent a few messages, but they still hadn't spoken. She used to be his biggest supporter, cheering him on during his cycling races back in England. Not anymore. She had someone more important to think about, someone he hadn't even met yet. The baby couldn't grow up in some underdeveloped backwater. Too hot. Too dry.
"It needs a bit of work, but it's a wonderful place, great for a family," he had said. "Not too far from the city, you have to see it at least."
"You're mad if you think I'm going out all that way to look at a big piece of dirt. What will happen to the house back home? What about your parents, and mine? You're just not thinking straight."
"That's it. I am, it's you who isn't getting it. We came here to get away, to make a new start. We don't need all of that bullshit to be happy. The garden, the mountains, and such nice people. It's pure, Gabby."
"I can't talk to you when you're being this pig headed. If you do this, then you can count me out." She folded her arms on top of her swollen stomach.
"You can't make threats like that" Luke's voice was cracking. "I've already committed to it. It's no money, and I'll still be working. I'll cycle in every day."
"There's not even any mobile service out there, I had to call up that bloody madman four times to get a message to you."
"Well you never miss these things when you don't—"
"Arrgghh. It's not up for discussion. I don't want to talk about it anymore."
"So you're just going to run home. I am doing this for us. You know I can't come back with you." He shut his eyes.
Gabby was true to her word and had gone back to Yorkshire. She had cut him out of their lives. Nevertheless, Luke had spent his evenings and weekends preparing the house and the garden, getting ready for the arrival of his family. He still had eight months left on his work contract and was already thinking about whether to keep on gambling, or just fold. He still hoped.
He got the occasional progress report from the grandparents. Mother and baby doing fine, she'll come around. He had seen the photos, but Luke felt like Gabby had conjured his son out of nowhere and stolen him away before he could even lay eyes on him. At least he felt at peace on the farm; they would be impressed at how far it had come, he sent regular updates.
He rubbed his eyes and thought about finishing up for the day. Why didn't he just call it quits? Going back to basics didn't seem selfish to him, but his family and friends had already rallied around Gabby and the baby. His back and shoulders hurt from digging. Just another few meters would do, then he could pop over and see the neighbours. It had been a while since he delivered a bike for the little boy, a thank you for everything they had done.
The sun was beginning to cast its shadow over the hills. Luke needed to rest before the ride into work tomorrow. He lifted the pickaxe and started to head back towards the house. He saw a familiar figure making his way across the field in his robe and sandals. Hamid held his kufi in place as he skipped towards him.
"Luke, Luke! Incredible."
"What is it?"
"Mrs. Luke call me."
"What? Are you sure? When? What did she say," his heart was pounding.
"She say you call her."
"She wants to speak?" Luke felt a surge of energy. "Oh Hamid, I could hug you . . . you."
He gripped his neighbour in a tight embrace. Hamid smiled, revealing a missing tooth.
"En y va." He turned and headed towards the road that led to his property, signalling for Luke to follow. SLQ
Philip Charter is a British writer who currently lives in Pamplona, Spain. Between writing fiction, songs and poems, he runs a blog about teaching and travel. His work has been featured in Flash Fiction, Storgy and Carillon magazines.


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One of the many fabulous perks of my new job is being the operator of a nifty and neat Apple laptop. This is not my first Apple. At one point, my home had two Apple computers in its confines. Disregard the fact that it was the late 80s please. I remember being so excited by having an computer in my bedroom...and that was well before the Internet folks. I was excited by the thought of word processing at will at any time. I was an unusual child, I know. It even played Hal from Space Odyssey 2001 when it was shutting down. Something like "my mind is going..." Actually, that would be great for so many of my computer functions now that I think about it.
Anyway, I now use a MacBook on a daily basis. And LOVE it. So cool. I was never in the cool crowd, but this might have helped me find my way in. Part of it is the wireless Internet technology, the ease of iChat with my Google chat and NOW the fact that I can video conference with anyone that also has a Mac through the chat function.
I should share that I didn't even realize that the little black eye at the top of my computer screen was a camera until last week when I asked a fellow church staffer why she had a mini-post it on her laptop. She laughed and said that she was a freakish kind of paranoid person, but she didn't want to be secretly watched. I looked at her like she had more than her fair share of screws loose. I thought that little black thing was the magnet that held the top onto the base when it was closed. Wow. Who in IT watched me while I Facebook stalked people, blew my nose countless times with a wretched cold caught from cuddling a baby in the nursery, or while I sang at full tilt to some embarrassing 80s song? I am now the proud owner of a laptop with a mini purple post-it covering my camera. No, the IT department has better things to do than spy on us, but the potential just freaks me out.
Tonight I ventured into the unknown. I messaged a friend across town who is also the owner of an apple laptop and we...video conferenced! He called his girlfriend into the room so that she could participate in our space-age communication.
(By the way, why does new technology always seem to possess the use of "space-age polymers?" Yes, Brian, I stole your question.)
We are all technologically advanced...yet, we all were a little freaked out that we were talking and looking at one another in our pjs and sweats. A little close for comfort.
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Somehow, that helps it avoid hitting trees. The current generation of autonomous drone navigation and flightpath planning systems are almost too precise, demanding hundreds of measurements be taken so that the UAV knows exactly where it is in space at any given moment. And if those readings are off by even a little, then the drone is in for an impact. What's more, all that data collection is computationally intensive -- especially for smaller drones where the space and weight capacities are limited. The new NanoMap system from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), however, strikes the right balance between accuracy and speed. With it, drones can navigate heavily populated areas -- think forests or Amazon fulfillment centers -- at up to 20 mph. Simply put, the system doesn't sweat the details. Unlike other common mapping systems, such as simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), which are data intensive and difficult to maintain at real-time, the NanoMap uses depth-sensing to measure just the drone's immediate surroundings. This enables the drone to understand generally where it is in relation to obstacles and anticipate how it will need to change course to avoid them. "The key difference to previous work is that the researchers created a map consisting of a set of images with their position uncertainty rather than just a set of images and their positions and orientation," says Sebastian Scherer, a systems scientist at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, wrote in an MIT release. "Keeping track of the uncertainty has the advantage of allowing the use of previous images even if the robot doesn't know exactly where it is and allows in improved planning. " This uncertainty is surprisingly helpful. Without working the factor into its modeling, MIT's test drone would crash roughly 25 percent of the time whenever it drifted more than 5 percent away from where it expected to be. But by incorporating that uncertainty, the MIT team was able to reduce crashes to just 2 percent of its flights.
For drones trying to navigate a busy environment like a warehouse or a forest at high speed, the ability to know exactly where they are at all times would seem pretty essential. Not so, say researchers from MITs Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), who have a devised a new, efficient way to guide drones around obstacles. The key ingredient? Uncertainty. With most drones — and, indeed, most self-driving vehicles — navigation starts with a map. To draw one, depth sensors are used to scan the immediate environment which is compiled into a single 3D model. This then tells the vehicle not only where they are at any given moment, but also how to get to their destination. Its a method commonly known as simultaneous localization and mapping, or SLAM. SLAM has served the community pretty well to date, but it has its downsides. For one, its a very intensive process, that needs lots of high-fidelity data and computing power to process it. This is why Waymo and Ubers recently settled lawsuit was all about LIDAR — the laser-firing sensors used to collect and process depth data. Data is important. But, this process creates problems at high speeds and with small crafts like drones. They dont have the time to collect all the data they need, and giving them the processors to understand it all is expensive. But one way to bypass these requirements, says CSAILs Peter Florence, is to plan less and react more. Florence and his team have developed an alternate method of navigation and obstacle avoidance that is tuned to these demands, which they call NanoMap. It still works by collecting 3D data about the environment, but this information is never fused into a single map and is instead stored in a series of snapshots. This allows for faster reaction times: the drone is processing less information each second (thats the uncertainty aspect), and so crunches the data with ease. Because were not taking hundreds of measurements and fusing them together, its really fast, Florence tells The Verge. And when we want to plan our way around the world, we just search back through the views we already have. There are drawbacks to this method, too, and Florence says NanoMap isnt great for applications that need high-quality maps of their surroundings (think, drones doing surveying work in agriculture or helping with search-and-rescue missions). Similarly, the makers of self-driving cars will likely be happier with SLAM, given that its hardware demands are less of a burden in vehicles that are going to be big and expensive anyway. But, says Florence, for small drones, NanoMap could be the perfect way to give them obstacle-sensing abilities without overtaxing their digital brains. Early tests in both real-life environments and simulations are promising. We have drones that can fly around now, but theres nothing thats as good as a hawk, for example, that can just blaze through a forest at top speeds, says Florence. When youre going that fast, you just cant expect to have perfect geometric measurements of the world. You need something else. I think just working on robots that can move really fast and gracefully is fun, so thats the main thing.


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So i got the Leica bug. Suddenly i feel like i wanna take pictures now. My passion is mode ON now. So i'm thinking i wanna set out on an adventure, depends on the budget and bring my Leica with me. I'm thinking of visiting to neighbouring countries which in the first place i had no intention of going. Countries that i never step foot on. I'm going on a solo trip so theres no stroller to push, no need to wait for someone, i'm just minding my own business, just go with the flow, where my legs will bring me. ya know, just exploring the place all by myself and at the same time take pictures. I got the green light from the wife and all i need to think is budget. I'm thinking of countries like Vietnam, Taiwan, Shanghai, or maybe Myammar, Cambodia, just countries that are closed by and like i said depends on budget. Just at the weekends, so that i dont need to spend my work leave. I'm also in the process of buying "something", i wont tell you what but it needs a lot of $$$, so thats like a big stumble block for this adventure. So far i have set Singapore and Vietnam. I've never been to Vietnam. So i'm pretty excited on that one. I need to do something different in Singapore. Need to explore other parts than what i usually do. Need to get out of my comfort zone. but also need to make sure that its safe. i dont want to get mug. Probably going to New Orleans but thats very unlikely. Its almost January now and New Orleans must be January. I'll be checking other destinations for my solo Leica adventure. Maybe Bali....
I'll bring my Leica for these trips. Probably the Leica M9, which is as we speak on its way here. I hope both Leicas are in great taking photos condition. After reading a lot of issues in the forums just freaked me out but still i want the Leica.
I'm looking for the ultimate lens. I dont wanna lug around bag full of lenses. or maybe i will since i'm on a solo trip. no kid's bags to bring, no kid's ipads to bring, no stroller to bring, you get the idea. i told you i ordered the Voigtlander 40mm 1.4. what i haven't told you is that i also ordered the 15mm 4.5 II. So that pretty much covered the wide angle and a bit of telephoto. So i am looking for in the middle. and preferably fast and pancake size. im thinking of shooting wide at night. with the 15mm, at 4.5, thats probably a headache for the M9, i haven't test it but based on stories, reports, its not Fujifilm's ISO.
Something in the middle, between 15mm & 40mm. fast, small pancake size. Is there such a lens? I was thinking of the 28mm at f2.8 because it will be smaller than at f2. Leica 28mm elmarit cost like a used M8. A voigtlander ultron 28mm f2 looks kinda bulgy on the Leica. I've decided to get the Zeiss 28mm f2.8 but its kinda rare on Ebay. IF there is one it cost just like the elmarit. There's a CV 35 1.4 but its kinda bit redundant because i have the 40mm. Only 5mm wide. i really really want a 28mm but theres not much choice. i want a lens that is already an M mount, no need adapters. But then i saw a comparison between 15mm, 18mm and 24mm on the internet. and what a difference 3mm is. not much but still wider. So i'm thinking of the 35mm 2.5 color skopar. Pancake lens, kinda fast than 2.8 but not much wide than the 40mm, so i've decided if i didn't find the Zeiss 28mm distagon, i'll just get the CV35mm color skopar. i hope its not GAS talking.
So here i come Singapore and Vietnam. See you in 2015.


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A little background on this story.....
In April of this year I sent in a NOS Walther ppk to have the barrel changed from stock to a longer one to change the status from prohib to restricted.
I was told that they only blue barrels in April and September and that it would have to be blued in early September to witch I agreed to. I received the registration update in July and was just waiting on the blueing to be completed the first week in September.
On the last week of September after not hearing anything from Ellwood Epps I called them a few times and left multiple messages over the span of that week.
Finally was told the gun was complete, the balance owing was paid and the gun was shipped back to me.
When the gun was returned to me the barrel had not been polished and blued as was agreed upon and that I paid for, and there was no invoice /credit card slip in the box with the gun.
I have sent emails and left voice mails but have heard nothing back from them at all. I just want the barrel polished and blued that I paid for.
Is this how a CGN sponsor treats its customers?
Has anyone else had a problem with these guys?


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Support Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Getting diagnosed with cancer has a great impact on your life and the lives of your loved ones. Cancer can make you feel powerless. It can cause feelings of anxiety, anger, fear, or even depression. Undergoing treatment for cancer is intense and will affect your work, your social life and your sexuality.
To find support, approach your doctor or nurse in the hospital, or ask your family doctor. They will be able to give you contact information about patient organizations or others who can help you with psychological support, or practical matters such as financial and legal advice.
Preparing for a consultation
Preparing for a consultation can be very useful. It will help you and your doctor better address your questions and concerns. It can also help you prepare for treatment and the possible side effects. Here are some things you can try:
- Write down the questions you would like to ask the doctor. This will help you remember things that you want to ask. Writing down questions can also help you organize your thoughts
- If you can, take someone with you to the visit. It is good to have someone to discuss what the doctor said and you probably remember different things
- Ask for information about your specific type of prostate cancer
- If the doctor uses words you do not understand, ask for an explanation
- Tell your doctor what medicine you take and if you take any alternative medicine. Some of these medicines can affect the treatment
After the consultation you can:
- Search the Internet or go to the library for more information about your type of cancer. Be aware that not all the information you see online is of good quality. Your doctor or health care team can point you to reliable websites
- Contact a patient organization, they can offer support and information
- Discuss with your health care team the possible financial consequences of your treatment. They might be able to direct you to people or places where you can get advice about your economic situation or even financial help
- If you want, you should ask for a second opinion from another specialist
How to find a patient organization nearby
Patient organizations can be very helpful. To find one close to you, ask your family doctor, nurse, or doctor at the hospital. You can also search the Internet for a patient group.
Support during hormonal therapy
All types of hormonal therapy cause castration, to which your body can react in various ways. The most common side effect of castration is hot flushes. To manage this, your doctor will advise you to monitor your weight and avoid alcoholic drinks. If you experience hot flushes, you can:
- Dress in layers
- Wear natural fabrics like cotton or linen, which let the body breathe
- Sleep under layers of light blankets so that you can remove some if you need to
- Avoid hot baths, saunas, or whirlpools
- Avoid hot or spicy food
- Drink plenty of water, and carry a bottle with you when you leave the house
Discuss with your doctor possible treatments to manage hot flushes or any of the other consequences of castration and side effects of hormonal therapy.
Lifestyle advice
It is important to maintain a healthy lifestyle during treatment. Try to get physical exercise regularly. Find an activity that you enjoy doing. If you have doubts about what you can do, ask your doctor to refer you to a physiotherapist.
Try to eat a balanced diet with a mix of vegetables, fruit and dairy. Also include starchy food like bread and potatoes, rice or pasta, and protein-rich food like meat, fish, eggs, or legumes. Try to eat less sugar, salt, and fatty food. If you have any questions, ask your doctor to refer you to a dietician.
Psychological support
During treatment you may worry about your prognosis, the impact of cancer on your social or financial situation, or other issues.
If you feel the need to have someone to talk to, you can ask your doctor for a referral to a psychologist. A patient organization can also offer support.
Discuss the possible financial consequences of your treatment with your health care team. They might be able to direct you to people or places where you can get advice about your economic situation or even financial help. They can also help you find legal advice about your will and related matters.
Changes in your daily life as a result of the disease or the treatment can lead to isolation. Talk to your doctor or nurse. They can help you find the support and treatment you need.
A cancer diagnosis can make you look at life in a different way and you may realize you now have different priorities. This will affect your work or relationships and can make you feel disoriented and uncertain. Talk to family, friends, or your spiritual advisor about your feelings and wishes. If you do not feel comfortable addressing these issues with those close to you, you can ask your health care team for a referral to a psychologist. The psychologist can give you the tools to deal with these feelings.
Cancer treatment can affect your sexuality. Feelings of depression and fatigue can also have a negative effect on your sex life. It is important that you talk to your partner about your feelings. There are many ways in which you can be intimate. If it is difficult to be sexually active, be near each other, touch each other, give and take hugs, and just sit or lay down close to each other.
Support for family and friends
A cancer diagnosis not only affects the patient, but also the people around them. As a loved one, you can offer support in many different ways. Sometimes you can help with practical things like laundry, gardening, or grocery shopping.
It may also be helpful to go to the doctor together. You could offer to drive to the visit or help formulate questions to ask during consultation. Being there for the consult can also be good. You may remember different things or focus on other details, which you can later discuss together. You could also ask the doctor how the treatment may impact your lives in terms of caregiving and psychological effects.
The diagnosis and treatment can be very emotional for everybody involved. Cancer treatment is intense and your life may change suddenly. Questions about prognosis, effects of the treatment, and death will come up. As a friend or loved one you can be there and listen. You don't need to have the answers.
If you feel you need somebody to talk to, approach your family doctor or the medical team to get support. Patient organizations also offer support for family members or friends of people who have been diagnosed with cancer.
Support for partners
A cancer diagnosis can put pressure on your relationship. Often talking to each other becomes more difficult because of the time and energy spent on treatment. You could decide to discuss any difficulties with a therapist.
You may experience a similar degree of stress, anger, and depression as your partner. You could feel exhausted, both physically and emotionally. This can be a result of the responsibilities of caring for your partner, and taking on extra tasks around the house. Be sure to make time for yourself and think about your own needs and wishes.
Your partner's cancer treatment can affect your sex life. Try to talk to your partner about your feelings. There are many ways in which you can be intimate. Be near each other, touch each other, give and take hugs, and just sit or lay down close to each other.
It is normal to worry about being left alone. If you feel you need somebody to talk to, approach your family doctor or your spiritual advisor. Patient organizations also offer support for partners. They can also help you find people or organizations who can help you with practical things like legal and financial issues.


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Saying thank you is hard sometimes. Personally or professionally. Some people find it easy. Some don't. And I think the latter is actually pretty common.
I've just started working with a local DC charity called City at Peace (Did you say "innovative conflict resolution for young people"? Okay, I'm in...) and I think they just produced, on the fly, one my favourite thank-yous that I've seen in ages - from a non-profit or anyone, really. I've lots more to say on this topic and on how this lovely letter came about, but for now I'm posting these pics and running - and I'll try to follow up tomorrow.
If you're in the DC area, we're going to be at a happy hour tonight, celebrating the end of a massively successful summer programme this year for the kids involved at City at Peace DC. You are more than welcome to join!


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Sunday, May 15, 2016
For my wonderful Mom
Hi everyone. Sharing the card I gave to my Mom for Mother's Day. My family met at my mom's house and we ordered in dinner from a restaurant. It was nice to spend some time together.
This is also a reminder for the CAS Mix Up May Challenge - Heat Embossing. I heat embossed my flower and sentiment in gold. Also heat embossed the inside sentiment that read "Happy Mother's Day".
This CAS Mix Up card has heat embossing, watercolouring, stenciling and fussy-cutting, but is still a CAS design.
I used mixed media paper for this flower. I watercoloured with my Zig brushes and then fussy-cut. It's a bit tricky getting a good cut with mixed media paper as it's quite thick, but I managed with only a few edges that aren't smooth. The background is sponged over a leaf stencil just randomly at the bottom of the card front.
Come join us! The challenge is open until midnight May 24th (PDT) so there's still lots of time to play along.
Stamps: Persian Motifs (Altenew); Sentiments - A Word for You (SU!); Happy (Simon Says); The Big, the bold and the happy (Winnie & Walter)
Paper: White (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series)
Ink: Twisted Citron (Tim Holtz); Versamark; Zig Clean Color Real Brushes
Accessories & Tools: Gold embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool, leaf stencil cut with my Silhouette Cameo, sponge, paint brush
CAS Mix Up May Challenge - Heat Embossing
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It is a gorgeous card! Thank you so much for sharing and warm greetings from Montreal, Canada.ReplyDelete
This is so pretty Loll. Hope you had a fab time with your Mum. :)ReplyDelete
Another fantastic CAS Mixed Media card from you! Love the subtle stenciling as well as the gold embossed and watercolored flower! (This Altenew set is another one that is on my wish list...)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous heat embossed, colored and fussy cut flower Loll. I love your soft stenciled background too. I'm sure your sweet mom loved her card. TFS my friend. Hugs, NancyReplyDelete
Beautiful, Loll.ReplyDelete
Love your attention to detail :)
Love the colour combination! And the gold embossing makes it look really special - your mom will love it!ReplyDelete
That is just fabulous Loll, I bet your Mother loved it! Please tell her Happy Mother's Day from me too! I love that flower fussy cut out like that! Happy Mother's day to you too my friend! Hazel xxReplyDelete
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This is beautiful Loll!! I do love the Persian Motifs and in gold embossing it is stunning!ReplyDelete
I absolutely love Persian Motifs and you made the most of them with your chosen colors and embossing! A lovely card for your sweet Mom!ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous card, Loll! Love how you colored the flower & your fussy cutting is amazing!ReplyDelete
This is so pretty Loll, bet your Mum loved it. Sounds like a perfect day too. Carol xReplyDelete
A gorgeous card for your beautiful Mom! Love this flower and the stenciling behind it! Wonderful inspiration, my friend!ReplyDelete
Your mom must have LOVED this one! What a great look, embossing in silver or gold! Just got my Zigs so may have to play with a floral. You have the patience of Job to do all that fussy cutting. It was worth it. I also love the background you created.ReplyDelete
This has such beautiful color Loll :)ReplyDelete
I'm sure your mum loved it. Beautiful flower and awesome fussy cutting. Mine never looks like that. Also love the soft stenciled background.ReplyDelete
WOWWWW!!! This is stunning Loll! I love this colour palette, so elegant... and the gold embossing adds the perfect amount of bling and glamour!! Your momsie will love this! hugs :)ReplyDelete
This is so pretty ...... great colour combo and I love the stenciling in the background xxReplyDelete
Love the background for your beautiful gold embossed bloom Loll - what a lovely card for your mum!ReplyDelete
Your gold embossing with this beautiful turquoise is so elegant, Loll! Beautiful coloring with your Zig brushes, and your stenciled background is perfection! I really love this card, and I'm sure your mom did too! So happy to hear you had such a nice Mother's Day with family!ReplyDelete
How gorgeous, Loll ... one of my fave colour combo's ... and with the gold embossing it's stunning! Hugs, Anita :)ReplyDelete
A stunning card for your sweet Mom. Love those softly stenciled leaves with this lovely golden edged flower topping them. Looks to me like you got a perfectly done fussy cut. Pretty with the added dimension as you've done it too. TFSReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 May 2016 at 07:00
Wow, really stunning and I know your mum will love it. She must be quite proud of you. Such talent!ReplyDelete
I LOVE this card. Stunning colors and the gold embossing is so pretty!ReplyDelete
The mother is the closest a person to everyone. Love connects mother and child is unique and unconditional. Your mother must be an extraordinary person, since to raise such a wonderful daughter.ReplyDelete
The idea for this card is great, I like every detail.
Firmly hugs,


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Laman Seni, the words roll off my tongue as I write this post. They are two beautiful words that individually, Laman (park) and Seni (art), stand for possibilities. Yes, possibilities. In the current slew of new developments branded with fancy, gilded, or pompous English names in order to sound majestic, I find Laman Seni absolutely refreshing.
I know street art and people's opinion of it is controversial and polarizing, but one has got to admire the sheer ingenuity of transforming a dreary back alley – and if you especially watch a lot of Malay dramas like I do, you know that shit happens in a back alley – into a tourist attraction. Here, you don't have to be shy about taking OOTDs or Instagram-worthy photos. I promise, everyone here is working on their VSCOCam x Instagram feed. So relax, let loose and take as many photos as your heart (and phone memory) desires.
Laman Seni currently has made its home in the back alleys of Seksyen 7 and Seksyen 2 in Shah Alam. Open 24 hours, but ill-advised to go at night unless you have a bomb-ass camera with upscale low-light settings. (And a flashlight with the addition of a pepper spray. You know, just in case.)
The installations are constantly changing, so what you see here may have been removed.
Photos by Marsya Mohd Johari & Adrienne Yap. All exclusively taken on film.


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Job Seekers |
Employers | Entrepreneurs | Volunteers |
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Our Community
A special
way you can help NexusBC continue to provide quality, much-needed programs
and services is through your financial support and contributions. If
you can make a donation, your financial assistance will further enable us
to effectively respond and provide programs to meet the needs of our
community residents. An Official Tax
Receipt will be issued for donations of $20 or more.
Our Supporters
On Side
Christmas 2016: A huge THANK YOU to the folks at
On Side Restoration in Vernon for donating household items and
gift cards to a low income senior couple.
Christmas 2016: A very
big thank you to the staff and seniors at
Coldstream Meadows for donating 8 amazing gift baskets with gift
cards for low income seniors.
TELUS Community
Christmas 2016: A very
big thank you to Annette Timm and the team of volunteer ambassadors
for putting together SO many amazing hampers for low income seniors.
NexGen Hearing
Christmas 2016: Thank
you to the folks at
NexGen Hearing for donating grocery gift cards for seniors.
These gift cards change lives!
Dawn Stephanishin, Invis
Christmas 2016: Thank you to
Stephanishin for donating grocery gift cards for seniors. A
wonderful help for so many in need.
Electric Paper Company
2015: THANK YOU to
Electric Paper
Company for their kindness and generosity in printing our seniors
services brochures. Lyle and the staff at EPC are excellent to
work with!
Vernon Towne Cinema
Spring 2015: A big thank you to the
Vernon Towne
for their generous donation of movie passes to the volunteers of
NexusBC's Better at Home Program in recognition of National Volunteer
Week. Their support helps us show our appreciation to these volunteers
who assist seniors with rides, yard work, home repairs and with
grocery shopping. Thank you Towne Cinema for being part of supporting
this community and the seniors within it!
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Spring 2015: A BIG thank you to
Vernon Husky Market
for donating 5 Car Washes to our volunteer drivers in the Better at
Home Program, as part of National Volunteer Week.
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Vernon Esso
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in the Better at Home Program, as part of National Volunteer Week.
Spring 2015: A BIG thank you to
Starbucks (Polson location)
for their generous coffee and gift donation to our Better at Home Program
volunteers. These volunteers do so much for seniors in our community
and the support of Starbucks helps us show our volunteers how much we
appreciate them!
December 2016: On
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low-income senior couple.
Thank you
On Side
December 2016: Coldstream
Meadows donates gift baskets through NexusBC to local seniors in need.
Thank you Coldstream Meadows!
December 2016: Annette Timm of
TELUS Community Ambassadors presents 35 hampers to NexusBC Seniors Services. These
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Through Link's strength and heart, the foul curses that have plagued Termina's four guardian spirits have at last been lifted. Our hero is now poised to bring the Skull Kid's mischievous meddling to an end, but several tasks beg completion around Termina before the final confrontation. Follow along to finish up your good deeds around Termina, or flip ahead to the next chapter if you'd prefer to advance directly to the final battle.
Also See:
- How to Find All Masks Guide
- All Fishing Hole locations Guide
- How to Learn All Songs
- How to Get Swords, Shield and Other Gear Guide
- How to Defeat Twinmold Boss Guide
Chapter 11 – Storming The Stone Tower Walkthrough
Seeking Kafei
There's no need to slow down time at the start of this new cycle, as you need the clock to strike 10 a.m. You can use the Song of Double Time to speed things up, if you like. When the hour approaches, head to the north end of East Clock Town, and enter the Mayor's Official Residence after it opens at 10 a.m. Inside the Mayor's Residence, enter the door on the right side of the reception desk to visit a cozy lounge. Speak with the woman in yellow here, whose name is Madame Aroma, and agree to help find her missing son, Kafei. Madame Aroma then hands you Kafei's Mask. However, it's possible that you've already obtained this mask by speaking with Madame Aroma earlier in the adventure. You've been given Kafei's Mask and recruited to locate a missing person! Wear this to inquire about the missing Kafei.
Put on Kafei's Mask, and begin questioning the townsfolk. You'll learn that Kafei is having some sort of relationship problems with Anju, the girl who works at the Stock Pot Inn. Additionally, Kafei has been seen around the Laundry Pool. Question the locals until the clock nears 2:00 p.m., then enter the Stock Pot Inn, located in East Clock Town. Anju takes up her post behind the front desk just before 2 p.m. Talk to her while wearing Kafei's Mask, and you'll learn that she waits every day for the postman to deliver news from him. Remain in the lobby until the postman arrives. He delivers a letter to Anju at the front desk at 2:10 p.m.
Wait until the letter is delivered, then speak with Anju again while still wearing Kafei's Mask. She tells you that she's just received a clue that can help you find Kafei, and she asks that you return to the inn at 11:30 p.m. and meet her in the kitchen. It's a date! There's nothing urgent to do until your meeting with Anju. Leave the inn, and locate the nearby Deku Flower. Put on the Deku Mask, and then play the Song of Double Time to advance to 11 p.m. on the Night of the First Day. Afterward, dive into the Deku Flower to glide onto the Stock Pot Inn's straw roof. Cross the roof, and go through the door to enter the Stock Pot Inn's second floor. (The inn's front door is locked this late at night, so that's why you're using this entrance.) Go downstairs to the kitchen, which is located at the end of the first floor's hall. Wait in the kitchen for Anju to arrive; she shows up just before midnight. Speak with Anju, and she'll tell you that she has received a letter from Kafei. Tell Anju that you'll help her, and she'll give you a letter to mail to Kafei in return. Deliver it for Anju by taking it to a mailbox. Exit the inn, and find a mailbox. (There's one to the south near the Town Shooting Gallery.) Inspect the mailbox, and mail the letter that Anju gave you. Now you just need to wait for the postman to deliver it. That won't happen until tomorrow, so play the Song of Double Time and skip ahead to the Dawn of the Second Day. The next part can be tricky, so it's recommended that you save your game.
The good people of Clock Town have hinted that Kafei has been seen around the Laundry Pool. Go to the Laundry Pool, which is found in Clock Town's southwest corner, and cross the little bridge to reach a door to the north. The door is locked tightly—could Kafei be hiding in there? Backtrack across the bridge, and hide behind the big tree near the pool. The postman arrives around 3 p.m. and rings the bell near the Laundry Pool's bridge to signal a special delivery. To speed things up, use the Song of Double Time. Advance to 2 p.m. so you can watch the postman arrive. After the postman rings the bell near the bridge, a masked child emerges from the locked door across the pool. You can't let the masked child see you, so remain hidden behind the big tree until the child moves onto the bridge to meet the postman.
When the masked child nears the bridge, leap directly into the pool, and swim straight over to the north door from which the masked child emerged. You can't use the bridge to cross the pool, or the child will see you and flee. Hurry and enter the door before the child returns and locks you out. You did it! Once you're through the door, head upstairs and wait for the masked child to return. Talk to the child when he arrives and agree to keep his secret. He'll say that he trusts you and takes off his mask to reveal that he is, in fact, Kafei. Kafei appears to be a child, not an adult with whom a grown woman like Anju would have fallen in love.
He explains that a strange masked imp turned him into a child. It must have been the Skull Kid! However, Kafei's youthful appearance is not the reason for his shame. Instead, Kafei explains that a prancing man with a grinning face stole a precious wedding mask from him. Could he mean the evil thief that you've encountered in North Clock Town and Ikana Canyon?


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From the progression of light and dark bits out my window, it's fair to assume time has passed since New Year's Day. So it's probably high time I get dressed.
Nah, I've been dressed in 2004. We were out depleting the bottle stocks at Spuyten Duyvil just last night, and I distinctly remember wearing clothes. Someone would have said something if I'd forgotten. Right?
The ghosts of New Year's past:
1999 – We don't quite party like it's 1999, but props to Prince for planting that song so long back that it's instant future nostalgia until we get bored to tears with it. And we do, we do. I am about to come down with a six-week stint of severe bronchitis, which is nassssty hobbitses all around, and this is the last bit of real life before the sick thing hits.
2000 – You can say "millenium" all you want, this is the year before the millennium. Bit of a flinch at midnight, remember that? We don't have terrorism yet, but still. All those zeroes coming at twelve combined with Y2K doomsday hilarity makes for nerves. I head out somewhere small, cheery, and New Jerseyful for First Night with The Cucumbers and their two delightful cornichons, Jesse and Jamie, and see out the old year in the wholesome company of happy parents and giddy kids. I am the only single man without an instrument in hand for miles in any direction. A late train to the City puts an end to the wholesome part, and I ease back onto home ground in the East Village at d.b.a. until the chummy wee hours. Nothing much blows up, and we're so relieved that we party like it's 1999. Oops.
2001 – Never saw September coming, did we? Who knew that these were going to be the good years? We who refused to say "millenium" in 2000 say it now. No one heeds. It is the last great shindig in these parts; no need to watch your back, and the future seems full of bounty. We make lots of "I'm sorry Dave" jokes and find the world has thoroughly and unjustly forgotten Stanley Kubrick's majestic 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which is a fine film like they used to make 'em back before focus groups (here is a link to a fun if slightly shrill Flash version of the 2001 saga).
2002 – If we don't stay out drinking hysterically, the terrorists have won.
2003 – Sean over at Micky's Blue Room discovers that one bad apple can cause no end of woe at the pre-paid open bar if Patrón Tequila is part of the scenery, and if I'm the apple. It's a sloppy night. It's a grim morning. Whee!
2004? This year spins out as planned, and shortly after midnight I am up on stage at The Slipper Room with Miss Saturn, hula hooper extraordinaire, and a gang of adoring fellow hoopers (that hula hoop thing is a lot trickier than it looks, by the way, and not as easy as I remember). The indubitable Miss Delirium Tremens is a fetching Baby 2004, reprising her role from last year. I'm wearing the leather pants and get home well after 6:00 a.m. Yep. It's the Noughties still.
I won't say I found God last night, but I did find DeuS, Brut des Flandres, a fascinating "Méthode Champenoise" beer, which means it's made (in part) champagne-style and it sells (in whole) at champagne prices – so thanks, Warren! Spuyten Duyvil stocks this mutant Belgian triple from Bosteels, which is brewed in Flanders and then shipped to France's Champagne region for secondary fermentation. DeuS is served colder than most Belgians will want to be, in champagne flutes, and it's a pale hybrid with a solid, persistent head. We agreed on anise and minty hints; Pierre found it overly spiced, Bill encountered vanilla-bean notes, and I thought the initial attack was reminiscent of rosemary. It is aggressively dry with an elusive, evanescent sweetness that dances on the palate but does not remain. Overall a treat, and at 11.5% ABV it is lightly-built on a muscular frame.