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Me and Emma have spent the last three days watching the Queen getting a diamond jubilee. We watched it on television cos there were a lot of people going outside to the different places that the Queen went and it was cold and wet and so it might have been hard to see anything cos of all those other people also trying to see, and also we might have got very cold and wet and then ill. Prince Philip - who is the Queen's husband but not a King cos she is a woman who can't make him King but if she was a man he'd be her Queen - did go on the boat on the river Thames, but then after that he did get ill so it was good that we decided not to go. I am ill anyway with Cushing's disease - which doesn't mean that it is the disease that belongs to Cushing and he was mean and gave it to me - but maybe means that it was someone called Cushing who invented it: Emma just said that's wrong too cos people don't usually invent diseases - though they might if they are baddies in horror films or terrorists so it's not such a silly idea that I thought that was it - but they name them by their own name if they discover them. I am now wondering how he discovered it. Maybe he did when he was in horror films cos it does feel quite horrific to the person or animal who is being Cushinged. It made me lose hair and stop running around and my legs wouldn't work properly and I felt sleepy and sad and very hungry even though I had an increasingly big belly. Maybe it puts an alien inside you that eats all the food you eat so you never feel like you've had enough to eat. And then eats your muscles too so they don't work, and bits of your hair and your happiness too. It also makes you drink a lot and pee a lot. Prince Philip has a bladder infection which means that his pee could be more or less too and may hurt - maybe he got Cushinged on the river. My humans were very upset and worried that I'd been Cushinged. Emma spent a very long time taking me to see the vet for her to take the Cushing away. I got excited when we went to the car, even though I was ill, but then I knew where we were going when we were in the car and I got scared and shook and Emma kept telling me it was okay but I knew it wasn't. The vet is nice and so are the other people there but they keep taking blood from me like vampires - so maybe that's the connection with Peter Cushing - and then Emma made me eat pills. They taste very nasty and so she kept trying to fool me by hiding them in other things to eat. She first tried babybel cheese - that was very good cos I like it very much - but sometimes I'd remember that she was tricking me and so I wouldn't eat it, and other times I ate the whole thing and got even fatter. And then she tried a doggy treat which is specially made to put pills in but it's chewy and so I chewed it, and then the pill and it tasted horrible so I wasn't going to chew that again. Now she hides it in a little of my food - and I don't get any more until I have eaten that little bit, and I do want more, so I do what she wants and eat it up, and then Emma thinks she has fooled me but she hasn't but she tells me I'm a good boy and I like that and so does she so we're both pleased.
As I said before we were watching the Queen getting her diamond jubilee for three days. As fas as I can work out the diamond jubilee is a very special diamond indeed and the people wanted to give it to the Queen as a treat for 'reigning over us' - as humans sing a lot, so she leads them along with reigns - which must be invisible cos we can't see them - reigns are like dog leads for horses, so she is leading her humans along, just like I do with Emma when I take her for a walk, though she thinks she is taking me. As well as singing a lot about 'reigning over us' and God saving her - God is dog backwards! - the people also said the Queen is a selfless servant - so am I so I should be getting a diamond jubilee too but Emma says I am already a diamond so I don't need to get one. The Queen and her family looked for the diamond jubilee by standing in a boat that went along the river Thames, which is the big river in London, and they did that for four hours, and so did people in nine hundred and ninety nine other boats of all sorts of shapes and sizes and ways of moving through the water too, and then many people watched them do it from either side of the river, and all the people on television too, and they cheered and waved and the Queen waved back, and some people sang to her even though they were very wet cos it was raining a lot. The best bit for me, and for the Queen too cos she got so excited like me, was Joey the Warhorse running along the roof of the National Theatre and jumping up on his hind legs, like I do when I get myself ready for a human hug. So that was Sunday and nobody can have found the diamond cos on Monday they were looking for it again except this time they had a big concert of Sirs and Dames singing in front of the Queen's home, and came out to look too and there were very many people all cheering and dancing and waving flags and then they were very happy indeed cos the Queen found a great big diamond that she lit a fire with! There are also people running round the place with another fire that they keep passing between each other and that's gonna happen for 70 days and then they will all play games with each other that include more running. Maybe by then I can join in cos my running is getting better again. So I thought that was it with the Queen and her diamond but then there was more today when the Queen and her family met in a big church and other sorts of songs were sung to her, but the best part for me this time was when they went home again - and also lots of people cheered again and waved again - she was in a carriage and there were lots and lots of horses and I got very excited and ran up to the TV and barked a lot. When she went home the Queen found she had a lot of diamonds there already so maybe all the parties were just to show her what she already had all along but she has done it all very well anyway. I like her cos she loves horses and dogs.
Love and Licks, Ted and Emma XOXOXOXOX


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Occupy Portland movement said Friday morning that the group is planning to move to another park in Portland.
It will decide which park at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Jordan Ledoux, the spokesman, said the group will present a letter to Portland Mayor Sam Adams later Friday about its plans. Ledoux added that 200 to 300 people plan to take part in the occupation of the unnamed park, but hopes additional supporters also show up.
He also said that having a central place for the movement is essential for cash and food donations.
The group, which held its news conference at Salmon Street Springs fountain, is telling supporters to bring tents and sleeping bags to a rally and march beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday at the fountain.
"It's up to the city to deploy police," he said. "We hope the city takes a measured response. It's a protest. We will protest."
He also said the movement wants "to show we can protest and the city will have no evictable response."
He said Saturday's rally will begin at 2 p.m. at Salmon Street Springs fountain. Then the march will begin at 3 p.m. and head to the unnamed park.
"This will be different, more sustainable," Ledoux said.
Ledoux said the group has learned about sustainability and security from the encampment at Chapman and Lownsdale squares that police closed down Nov. 13 after members of the movement camped there for more than a month.
Here is a copy of the letter delivered to Mayor Sam Adams and Commissioner Nick Fish today, also addressed to Chief Mike Reese of the Portland Police Bureau:
To Sam Adams, Mike Reese, and Nick Fish:
On December 3rd, Occupy Portland will once again occupy a public space. We have decided to do this after carefully considering many of the concerns expressed about our previous encampment, the sustainability of the space and the occupation, the environmental impact of our stay, the security concerns some have voiced, and the disruptions that may be caused to those around the park.
We do this in solidarity with Occupy movements around this country and this planet because we have the right to peacefully assemble on public property and because we have grievances with a variety of injustices in our society that have not been redressed. The proposal of this occupation is simple:
We will only occupy this park for two weeks;
We will clean up, for as long as it is necessary, to remove all litter, rake and till the ground, and replant any of the park's plant life that requires such action under the direction of the Parks Commissioner and Portland Parks & Recreation;
We will have a group of volunteers ready to do this and will dedicate a portion (at our discretion) of any donations received by Occupy Portland toward the materials necessary to accomplish this end;
We will constantly ensure that our actions are having the smallest impact possible upon the public space, for example by using mesh tubing to ensure no damage is done to trees by any ropes which are fixed, using canopy tents instead of tarps where possible, and trying to contain much of the camp to brick or paved areas where available;
Although we attempt to make the space and the community as inclusive as possible, we will encourage a security culture in the space by rigorously keeping our protest in compliance with the established Code of Conduct which was passed by the Occupy Portland General Assembly earlier this fall, and employing an idea promoted by Gandhi known as "Shanti Sena", or "Peace Army", where anyone that hears this call is directed to immediately assist the person making the call with whatever issue has arisen.
Occupy Portland would like to create a space that works for all, and learning from the experiences of our first camp, we hope to see in what ways the City believes these things can best be accomplished. While we are hoping to address concerns the City may have, we categorically reject the idea that the dissolution of our encampment is an answer to any of these issues, and implore both the City of Portland and the Portland Police to be forthright, honest and measured in their interactions and expression with the public.
The ideas which the City is concerned about are solvable, and we hope to see our public officials engage in actions which attempt to solve them instead of simply shoving them aside.
Occupy Portland
--Stuart Tomlinson
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My dad and mum in 1941 on their engagement in March
My dad was just 22 when the war began in 1940. A young man.
He landed on Sword Beach in Normandy on 6th June 1944, and was in the battle for Normandy, also being involved at Pegasus Bridge.
He would never talk about his experiences, except they were funny little anecdotes, which we all now know so well.
The hen,Clara, taken from a farm by his army sergeant, and travelling with their unit up through France and on into Germany, laying an egg for him each day!
The description of the Mayor of Colleville- sur- Mer, wearing a big shiny fireman's helmet and running up and down on the beach waving his arms in welcome!
Dad given a jeep to drive, never having driven in his life, but not knowing how to stop it and driving it into a tree in order to do so!!
Here, in his own words of annotated text in the book he gave us to read about his Division, the description of the mayor.
" I finally hitched a lift on a Sherman (with its 105mm) on DDay, and after seeing "fireman sam" on the beach, jumping up and down, I saw an extraordinary sight, a French courting couple strolling along in the fields, oblivious to the shelling and bombing going on: not to mention the hazard of tiptoeing through the minefields!!"
But he has never been able to talk about what he saw............
I remember as if it were yesterday, when I was 16, and I was talking to him about the fact that he survived, and if he hadn't I and my sister would not have been born.
He took hold of my hand and and said he had seen things it was better not to talk about, and he had had to do things which he found so awful, that it made him cry.
He did say that he had helped to bury bodies in a concentration camp, and that memory was seared into his brain. He was 25 years old then.
Afterwards, he cried like a baby, which was quite shocking for me at the time, never having seen him cry, or a grown man cry before.
When I got married, we lived in Portsmouth for awhile and dad traced his old sergeant, who lived in Gosport. He went to see him with my mum.
I took him in the DDay museum there at Southsea, at his request, but 5 minutes inside and he was reduced to tears once again. The memories too painful.
So watching the ceremonies again today, is very moving for me. Matthew and I were planning a trip to the landing beaches for the October of 2006, but sadly we never made it. I will go to pay homage to all those who went and fought and died to stop our country from being invaded, and to help to liberate another, which I have visited many times and where I now have friends.
We should not forget them.
My dad is a veteran, but a silent one.
I finish with his words, written in the flyleaf of the history of his Assault Division
"War is obscene and brutalising, if sometimes unavoidable. The only post-war celebrations should be in the form of Rememberance Services to the many who never came back.
Smith of Rossendale May 1994. 50 years on."


text: One year ago today, I welcomed my beautiful little boy into the world. I cannot believe how fast the past year has gone or how wonderful it has been. I am just so in love. If I love my boy this much, just imagine how much Jesus must love us! We had a nice pre-birthday party on Sunday to celebrate Joshua's first birthday. Both sets of Grandparents came and all the aunt's and uncles, with the exception of Jim who lives in Minnesota. I had made two pumpkin pies and we had just enough pieces for everyone, including Jim. When I was cutting the pie, it somehow slipped my mind that Jim was not in attendance, so we had one left over. Josh loved his pie and he also loved eating it all by himself. I typically feed him, so as not to make a mess, but made an exception this time. :) Then we opened gifts. We had a friend who was home from the Navy stop by and he was disappointed that he didn't have a gift for Josh, so he left his hat for Josh to wear. My Mom has the cutest photos of him trying it on. Maybe she'll have to send me one or two so I can share them with you. In the mean time, enjoy these.


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DWA's Katzenberg Developing Another MADAGASCAR, 5 More PANDAS And 2 To 7 More DRAGONS!
I knew that Dreamworks Animation had plans for more iterations in the MADAGASCAR, KUNG FU PANDA and HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON franchises but rarely do you hear such sweeping predictions as to mention a possible 8 total movies for DRAGON or even 6 movies for PANDA!
Katzenberg tells Empire: "Yeah, there's probably a fourth (MADAGASCAR) there. Kung Fu Panda actually has 6 chapters to it, and we've mapped that out over the years. How To Train Your Dragon is at least three: maybe more, but we know there are a least three chapters to that story. There are actually 8 books."
Obviously the box office has to be there for these predictions to come true. As long as the stories remain top notch and fresh, I am all for it. DWA has come a long way in that regard - so has their technical and creative prowess. Stay tuned!!


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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Lights, Camera, Action... Again
Just as Spring seemed ready to pounce upon us, old man winter pointed to the calendar and said "are you kidding me?" A welcome white blanket is covering our community again. We hope the sugary highways do not postpone our new HypnoFriends from Morgantown from making their way back to us tomorrow. No, not Mackie (he's a seasoned driver of hazardous conditions); our School of Journalism friends. As the initiated reader will remember, we were interviewed by two (2) students along with Melissa (of Hellbender fame) and Walt (of Sirianni's fame), earlier this month. So struck with us (or so desperate for a story), they are returning to spend a day with the HypnoFamily, replete with following Summer around at home during Chloe's homeskool'n. I know what you're thinking, they'll find out that the HypnoFamily's education plan consists of watching the Simpsons four (4) hours a day. Not to worry, we borrowed some books from Ivonne (of the Library fame) and spread them around the house giving us a well-read and informed educators appearance. You will be able to see the outcomes of both trips shortly on the interweb, and I'll be sure and link you once the work is done. The project is called West Virginia Uncovered (no, it's not the film crew from Bluefield's Scuttlebutt strip club project), you can eyeball their past achievements at http://www.wvuncovered.wvu.edu/.
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Okay, technically it was MY first Father's Day.
As most of you will remember, it was almost one year ago when that Cora and I got married, and I became a dad. Step-dad, but dad none the less.
It's been a great learning experience as Wednesday and I have grown closer and closer. When walk into the room and she's sprawled on the couch, but raises arms for a hug, well, it makes my day.
So, we had a great Father's day weekend. On Saturday, the 3 of us packed a picnic lunch and some blankets, and headed over to the lake front.
My two gals.
I'm really not grumpy, just looking into the sun makes me seem grumpy.
After the picnic, we climbed the berm that separates the park area from the beach area. We walked the long walk across the beach to the water's edge. And Cora actually put her feet in the water. (With the lake water hovering at about -30° F, I suspect Cora's feet felt right at home! :-) )
Sunday, I got me some presents! No ties. No underwear. But I did get some DVDs, and
Break it down, hammer time!
Attention: My next blog post will be on Sunday, July 3rd. It will be a VERY special post. If you can, please come back over the holiday weekend. I don't think you'll regret it.


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Owl hands on deck! East Winch Wildlife Centre takes in surge of baby owls
Staff at the RSPCA's Each Winch Wildlife Centre are feeling the hoot this summer as a spike in poorly owls has left them with over 30 to take care off.
The centre, located near King's Lynn, has 32 baby owls to take care of - taking the total of wild mammals and birds in their care to 643.
Every summer, the RSPCA take injured, orphaned and abandoned juvenile mammals and birds under their wing.
Alison Charles, Manager of the RSPCA's East Winch wildlife centre, said: "The youngsters have been admitted for a variety of reasons including being caught in netting, being emaciated and riddled with flies and maggots.
"We need to help them recover from their injuries or weakness and then build them up in preparation for return to the wild."
"On arrival we feed the owlets tiny pieces of chopped chick and leave some pieces in their cage to encourage them to eat on their own. These owlets may look cute, but it's important to remember they're wild birds of prey. Once they're able to feed themselves, we keep reducing our contact with them so they don't imprint on humans.
"That's the best way to make sure they'll cope when they return to the wild."
The busy centre is also looking after more than 170 ducklings, 41 gulls, 56 hedgehogs and 35 swans.
If you would like to help RSPCA East Winch Wildlife Centre continue rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing wildlife with a donation of just £3, simply text RSPCA3 to 70007' (Texts cost £3 + standard network rate).
RSPCA East Winch Wildlife Centre will also be hosting an Open Day on Sunday 23 July from 10am until 4pm.


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4. Favorite thing to put on my head
I love hats. In fact, I have a bit of an obsession with them. I'm pretty lazy with my hair most days, so being able to simply pull it back or to the side and toss on a hat is the perfect solution for dressing up a daily Lolita coordinate.
I have an especially soft spot in my heart for Victorian tea hats. They're large, floppy, over the top, and piled high with all kinds of stuff - birds, feathers, flowers, lace. I only own one at the current moment and it works so well with all my blackxwhite coordinates because of it's striped bow, white feathers, black flowers, etc....The one pictured above would work so well for a classic coordinate...I'm sure of it.
Top hats designed for women also make me squeal with delight. Even the modern take on this - with the mini top hat, is super cute. I know some people think of them as strange or even "ita" but I love them!
I do own one, but it fell off it's headband a long time ago and I simply haven't gotten around to gluing it back on yet. ^_^
What is your favorite thing to wear on your head? Do you prefer hats or bonnets or maybe headdresses?


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|Afghan children
If we're already keeping "them" incommunicado in special prisons called Communication Management Units, why does this particular parade of ignorance seem to up the ante of the violent rhetoric of our times?
Because...Eliminationist thought is a cancer. Beware what follows on "them" being designated as the face of terrorism.
Peaceful people, come out of your living rooms. Come out of your cars, come out of your shelters.
Stand with me -- like an Egyptian -- against the violent international cabal of fascist godfathers.


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Before I talk about the bubble picture, I have to talk about my team. Let's get to it.
Georgetown Should Thank Syracuse
This was one of those days where Georgetown could have beaten anyone in the country. The fact that Villanova didn't lose by 40 should be commended. Georgetown made a Big East tournament record 17 three pointers. But thanks to some tremendous interior defense by Villanova which shut down Roy Hibbert, (0 points, 5 fouls, 4 turnovers), the Wildcats were in this game for most of the day.
Early in the first half, Georgetown built a 15 point lead thanks to that phenomenal three point shooting, and that's when two things happened that made me exceptionally nervous. First, Georgetown made Scottie Reynolds wear the crimson mask. (He was busted open the hard way folks.) And when you have a big lead, you never want to make the other team mad. Second, Patrick Ewing Jr. made a silly move, throwing the basketball up in the air, over his shoulder, and hitting a Villanova player, earning a technical. Those were two game changing events and you could just feel the momentum start to swing after the technical.
And as Jay Wright said in the locker room, "There's no way they can shoot this well from the perimeter for the full game." He wasn't the only one who thought this. My wife and I both had the same freakish thought. We're shooting lights out and we only lead by 11! This is not a good sign. But how wrong we all were. The Hoyas followed up the 10 first half threes with 7 second half threes and eventually finished off the Wildcats in emphatic fashion.
I think the key was actually the fact that Georgetown put in time preparing for Syracuse this week. If you watched the first two Syracuse games, Georgetown was very tentative, making too many passes, which eventually led to too many turnovers in the two games. The only time the Hoyas looked good against Syracuse was in the second half of the second game when they just started taking the first available perimeter shot. (It wasn't very Princeton like, but when you've been turning the ball over too much, sometimes you just need to shoot early in the shot clock.)
John Thompson the 3rd confirmed it in his post game press conference, "We told our guys to be ready to shoot." Jonathon Wallace confirmed it in his post game interview saying, "The coaches said all week we had to be aggressive."
I thought this perimeter aggression was a great thing to see. I've been saying all year that Georgetown has to embrace becoming a perimeter-oriented-team if they want to make a deep run. This is because, besides Hibbert, they just don't have any legitimate post players who can create a shot.
At the beginning of the year, my hope was that McDonald's All-American guards Austin Freeman and Chris Wright could combine to replace Jeff Green in some capacity. But with Chris Wright injured since December, Austin Freeman could not single-handedly replace the Big East player-of-the-year. Wright finally returned to the lineup on Thursday, and he added a new dimension for the Hoyas. First, since teams constantly use full court pressure against the Hoyas, it was nice to have another point guard to use as a ball-handler. And second, Wright was surprisingly hot offensively, knocking down a pair of threes on his own.
Look, I doubt Wright is going to be this consistent the rest of the way out, and I doubt that Georgetown is going to get this hot from three point range again, but with the team so tentative to take open three pointers in other games, I was glad to see the perimeter aggression here. Eventually when you take open three pointers, you force the other team to stop double-teaming the post. And when that happens, maybe Hibbert can finally be the player everyone believes he can be.
Rhymes with Stubble
On a day where bubble teams everywhere were losing, let's recap the good, the bad, and the ugly. (My comments are relative to the projections I made on Tuesday.)
The Good
Kent St. gave the bubble a momentary sigh of relief with an easy victory in the MAC quarterfinals.
In case there was any doubt, West Virginia and Pittsburgh made emphatic statements on Thursday.
Miami beat NC State, avoiding the costly upset, and staying comfortably in the field.
Texas A&M had lost 5 of its last 7, so they picked up a critical win against Iowa St.
UNLV won in controversial fashion over TCU to stay just inside the field.
St. Joe's earns another shot at Xavier. St. Joe's isn't in the field yet, but at least they are still alive.
Temple stayed alive. They still need to beat Charlotte in the next round.
Florida St. is trying for their normal last minute surge. (Just for fun, ask an FSU fan what they think about the selection committee.)
Similarly, Oklahoma St. continues to play well in the second half of the season, earning another shot at Texas.
The Bad
Villanova lost, but I still have them in.
Oregon and Arizona lost, but I still have them in. (I may re-evaluate before Sunday, but I truly believe the Pac10 deserves 7 teams. Oregon never gave up in the Washington St. game even after falling behind by 20 points in the first half. Arizona was without Nick Wise for part of the Pac10 season. The arguments for 7 are easy to make.)
Baylor was upset by last place Colorado, and they will have to seriously sweat now. With a 5-7 record in the final 12, they could easily get left out.
Arizona St. also lost and they should be sweating even more than Baylor. With a 5-7 record in the final 12 and a horrible NCSOS, they could easily get left out.
UMass lost to Charlotte and if anyone else was winning, I'd say they were out, but it still isn't clear.
New Mexico lost to Utah in overtime. I had New Mexico just outside the field, but several experts had them in. I wonder if those experts will re-evaluate.
Maryland is officially done after losing 6 of their final 8.
Florida made it clear they want nothing to do with the NCAA tournament this year, falling behind Alabama by 28 at one point before losing.
It took overtime, but Ole Miss finally lost enough SEC games to eliminate themselves from the discussion.
Dayton is done, officially blowing one of the greatest non-conference seasons by an A10 team.
And UAB and Houston bowed out early in the CUSA tournament, rather than risk facing Memphis one more time. They weren't really in the discussion before and they certainly aren't now.
The Ugly
Three Big Ten games occurred. This impacted nothing. Two of them had dramatic endings. But as Brent Musburger and Steve Lavin pointed out, watching Northwestern's offense can put anyone to sleep.
Also, Brent Musburger, please don't compare the offense Northwestern runs with the one Georgetown runs. Thanks.
Twenty Eight Games
Here's a preview of a fun Friday afternoon and a sensational Friday night.
12pm – North Carolina vs Florida St. – This is the part of the show where Florida St. fans get their hopes up only to have them crushed one more time.
12pm – Wisconsin vs Michigan – It is hard to say what seed Wisconsin will get since the anti-Big Ten sentiment is so high this year.
12:30pm – Oklahoma St. vs Texas – Texas wants a one seed in the NCAA tournament, and the run has to start here.
1pm – Tennessee vs South Carolina – A lot of people would like to say that Tennessee doesn't deserve a number one seed. A loss here would give them that ammunition.
2:30pm – Miami vs Virginia Tech – Will Virginia Tech finally get a top 50 win or will Virginia Tech go quietly into the NIT?
2:30pm – Michigan St. vs Ohio St. – Even with the other bubble teams falling on Thursday, Ohio St. still needs this win.
3:00pm – Oklahoma vs Colorado – It isn't that Oklahoma is out with a loss here, but what kind of seed do you get if you lose 6 of your final 12 games?
3:30pm – Vanderbilt vs Arkansas – After Thursday, I'm starting to think Arkansas might be safe, but a loss here would give them 6 losses in the final 12. The SEC bashers could have fun with this.
4:30pm – Memphis vs Southern Miss – Memphis needs a win here to hold onto a one seed in the NCAA tourn…, Oh, who am I kidding?
6:30pm – Xavier vs St. Joe's – If St. Joe's can beat Xavier for the second time in the final month, they are in the field.
6:30pm – Purdue vs Illinois – I think Purdue is the best team in the Big Ten, but they have slid a bit in the last few weeks. They don't want an early tournament exit.
7pm – Georgetown vs West Virginia – The Hoya controversy tour continues. I just wish that for every time they showed Ewing's block that they would also show Jesse Sapp's 3 pointer to take a one point lead in the game at West Virginia. If West Virginia wins, we are guaranteed that the Big East tournament winner will have played 4 games in 4 days.
7pm – Duke vs Georgia Tech – Duke wants a one seed in the NCAA tournament and the run starts here.
7pm – Kansas vs Nebraska – Kansas wants a one seed in the NCAA tournament and the run starts here. Nebraska lost to Kansas by 21 and 35 in the regular season, so I don't expect much of a game here, but I guess Nebraska has been playing better lately.
7pm – Western Michigan vs Akron – Bubble teams everywhere hope this game goes to triple OT and the winner is really tired on Saturday, because either of these teams could knock Kent St. out.
7pm – Tulsa vs UTEP – Who wants all the bubble teams to hate them on Saturday morning? Who wants to get crushed by Memphis on national TV?
7:30pm – Mississippi St. vs Alabama – What in the world kind of seed is Mississippi St. going to get? I have no idea what this game means.
9pm – UCLA vs USC – UCLA probably needs to keep winning to hold onto a one seed in the NCAA tournament.
9pm – Indiana vs Minnesota – Indiana has been disappointing since Dan Dakich took over. Minnesota barely got past Northwestern. Feel the excitement.
9pm – Temple vs Charlotte – If no one gives Temple credit for a second place finish in the A10, why not just ride that seed to a conference tournament title?
9:30pm – Marquette vs Pittsburgh – We were snickering Wednesday when Jay Bilas said Marquette could become the first ever team to win four games in four days. Who is snickering now?
9:30pm – Kansas St. vs Texas A&M – I've said it before and I'll say it again. The overall profile for Kansas St. is not as good as a lot of people think. If Kansas State loses this game, they'll be 5-7 in the last 12, 5-9 in Road/Neutral games, and they did very little in the non-conference portion of the schedule. Public sentiment has them in, (and that matters a lot), but they could still use a win here.
9:30pm – Clemson vs Boston College – For once Clemson can't blow its NCAA chances by losing its first game in the ACC tournament. Hooray!
9:30pm – BYU vs San Diego St. – The Aztecs fell apart down the stretch, but they played well enough early in the season to give BYU a scare.
9:30pm – Kent St. vs Miami (OH) – Miami (OH) has enough marquee wins to believe they could end Kent St.'s tournament run and shrink the bubble by one slot.
10pm – Kentucky vs Georgia – Kentucky catches a break as the Georgia game went to overtime Thursday. I think the 12 SEC wins are enough, but the overall numbers still say a Kentucky loss would be costly.
11:30pm – Stanford vs Washington St. – How good are the Pac10 quarterfinals?
12pm – UNLV vs Utah – With New Mexico out of the equation, UNLV's road to the NCAA tournament looks a lot easier.


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It's time for another week's summary of what I've been reading/doing with It's Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Sheila of the blog One Person's Journey Through A World Of Books. Thanks for trying to keep us all on track with our reading each week.
This has been a week for buying books rather than reading them to be honest. I don't believe I finished a book at all. Nor have I finished reviewing last week's reading. I still need to write up a review for Mercedes Lackey's novel Changes.
Rather, I bought the following list:
Red Phoenix by Kylie Chan
Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
The Axe and the Oath by Robert Fossier (which I bought at the bookstore, then the other day found at the used bookstore, much to my frustration)
A Short History of the Middle Ages by Barbara Rosenwein (the author of Reading The Middle Ages Volume II which I read a couple of years ago)
Pausanias Guide to Greece Volume One Translated by Peter Levy
The Ruin of the Roman Empire: A New History by James J. O'Donnell
Atlas of Medieval Europe
Most of these are historical books, which I have a bad habit of buying but not reading.
What I'm currently reading:
Red Phoenix by Kylie Chan. Fiction, urban fantasy, the sequel to White Tiger. This is a book that I'm absolutely loving, just as much as I did the previous book. It's also a fairly long read.
Hannah and the Spindle Whorl by Carole Ann Shaw. Kid's novel and one I'm enjoying reading because I'm familiar with the area it's set in. Also I'm intrigued by spinning, so to see a novel where it's hopefully featured is neat.
What I plan to read:
The same two books that were on my list the last few weeks. And maybe the Seanan McGuire book.


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"Totalitarianism is merely an application of the principle of the "banality of evil."-Hannah Arendt
With this phrase, Arendt meant to draw attention to how people misunderstand the origin and nature of evil regimes. Evil regimes are not always the products of fanatics, paranoids, and sociopaths, though, of course, power breeds fanaticism, paranoia, and sociopathology. Instead, the total state can be built by ordinary people who accept a wrong premise concerning the role of the state in society.
If the role of the state is to ferret out evil thoughts and bad ideas, it must necessarily become totalitarian. If the goal of the state is that all citizens must come to hold the same values as the great leader, whether economic, moral, or cultural, the state must necessarily become totalitarian. If the people are led to believe that scarce resources are best channeled in a direction that producers and consumers would not choose on their own, the result must necessarily be central planning.
On the face of it, many people today do not necessarily reject these premises. No longer is the idea of a state-planned society seen as frightening. What scares people more today is the prospect of a society without a plan, which is to say a society of freedom. But here is the key difference between authority in everyday life — such as that exercised by a parent or a teacher or a pastor or a boss — and the power of the state: the state's edicts are always and everywhere enforced at the point of a gun.
It is interesting how little we think about that reality — one virtually never hears that truth stated so plainly in a college classroom, for example — but it is the core reality. Everything done by the state is ultimately done by means of aggression, which is to say violence or the threat of violence against the innocent. The total state is really nothing but the continued extension of these statist means throughout every nook and cranny of economic and social life. Thus does the paranoia, megalomania, and fanaticism of the rulers become deadly dangerous to everyone.
It begins in a seemingly small error, a banality. But, with the state, what begins in banality ends in bloodshed.


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A note about yesterday's post. It seems from the comments I received (and one phone conversation) that my post lead people to believe I was devastated by my photo club competition. That was not my intention. Yes, I was puzzled. Yes, I was miffed. But the point I was trying to make (unsuccessfully it seems) was that we have to move on after disappointment. No point in dwelling on the past. Go make your future. Which is why I was out the very next morning working with my camera. Enough said about that.
Have a great weekend everyone!


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Tampa, Florida (PRWEB) November 26, 2013
Insurance regulations in each state provide for a minimum amount of coverage that each driver is expected to carry to help protect a third party from damage in an accident. Drivers in Florida can now use the public database at the Auto Pros company to find auto insurance companies in Tampa, Florida that are discounting rates at http://autoprosusa.com/insurance.
This new information presented to drivers in Florida is part of a state accessible data update now presented in the insurance system online. This system was originally designed to present a list of national companies although requests from users of the Auto Pros website has helped create the new state by state design.
The city of Tampa is one area that the Auto Pros company has concentrated on this year. The growth in population in this city and others in the state is increasing the need for automotive insurance. The dedicated search system now publicly accessible is setup to accept the zip code of a Tampa resident who has an interest to obtain cheaper auto insurance pricing.
"Our solutions for drivers to access online is part of our entire website upgrade to help provide easier research for needed services by drivers in Florida," said a source at the Auto Pros website.
The connected database system that is publicly accessible at the Auto Pros company website is expected to include other cities in the state of Florida as more providers are added. The cities of Jacksonville, Orlando and Miami are already represented in the searchable list of insurers offered to drivers in the state.
"The range of new auto services that our website is providing is one method that a person can use to eliminate a majority of research that is usually required when selecting a new automotive services provider," the source added.
The Auto Pros USA company supplies insurance rates to Florida residents as well as a growing list of suppliers in the warranties industry. This complete list of providers can be found when entering the search finder at http://www.autoprosusa.com/auto-warranty.
About AutoProsUSA.com
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I need to work on some catchier titles for my work. This is a cool little book I made out of the practice pages I did with my new ruling pen. I used an old book entitle "Ancient History" (which wasn't a very long book for whatever reason) for paper because I really like the art I see on Etsy made out of recycled books and thought I should have a go. The paper was actually a little slippery, and this type of pen works best on rough paper because when it catches on the ridges you get a cool splatter pattern, but nevertheless, I got some pretty neat sheets out of it.
My favourites I cut up and made into a star ornament book. And it turned out pretty cool in the end, too! After I'd made a giant mess first, of course.
It's nice to have a new listing up on Etsy, since I've been occupied with other things for some time and mostly just relisting older books or making custom ones. (Which I love, but sometimes it's nice just to put something new out there).
On to the bits about how this all came together. I started out basically just scribbling all over the pages of the old book, experimenting, trying different combinations, thicker and thinner settings on the pen, figuring out how it worked with masking fluid, etc etc.
When I had scattered the entire floor with sheets I gathered them up to see if I'd made anything worthwhile. I made a pile of my favourites to use to decorated the book I had made out of an old calligraphy project that did not turn out well at all, but was on some very nice, thick, smooth paper.
I covered every second square with the calligraphy sheets, overlapping all the edges and corners so the there would be nothing showing through when I put the other squares on top. I hate when there are gaps in between tiled pieces!
When all of that was done I decided I needed another section of the star book, so I ripped off some of the calligraphy sheets and added another bit of the structure. Bad idea! It's didn't form a nice ball when I did that, so I ripped it back off and had to fix all the edges.
When that was all done I made the covers out of leather. The front has a raised 'A' and the back a 'Z', and the leather cord is set so that it has to be wrapped in strange directions instead of a nice neat straight line.


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Pit Note #6: NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
BRENDAN GAUGHAN (SECOND PLACE, No. 62 South Point Chevrolet): "(Gesturing to the name plate in front of him) First, I'm glad to know they still make these with my name on 'em. It's been a decade since I've been able to see one. You know, we did not have the textbook night. This is Charlotte. It's a 3- 4- wide race track. Qualifying 23rd did not scare us at all; of course, I'd like to qualify better than 23rd. I've got to work on that. But the high groove that I like to run doesn't usually lend itself to a great qualifying run. At the start of the race, we went for it; everything was going good. (Crew chief) Shane (Wilson) did a strategy move; we off-pitted everybody, and it looked like it was gonna work great. We came in, we got a green-flag stop, and I think we were within one lap of lapping the whole field. And I think the 18 broke something and gave everyone else the caution. So then it was kind of a work-for-it night. We thought we had a problem with about 30 to go, came in to check our Chevrolet; the boys said it checked out fine, so I believed my boys, and in the end I was catching Kyle (Busch). That's why he's Kyle Busch. He knows I like the high side, he knows these trucks all have an aero push, so he moved up to my groove for one corner of one lap and took the air off of my nose and just killed my momentum enough that I was only gaining on him again at the end. So great job by him. To come home second, this is our third top-5 in a row now, so I'm happy as I've been in a decade.
(Is that what you expected Kyle to do?) Stevie Reeves is my spotter, and Stevie Reeves is truly a veteran spotter. We all knew he was gonna do it because he did it earlier. He knows he's gonna do it, and I know he's gonna do it, but I just didn't think he'd do it at that point, so I wasn't ready for it. And that's a little bit of rust on me, so to speak. I haven't been in that position lately. So the rust is knocked off, and I will remember next time, and I'll make sure when he goes to do that move, I go to the bottom to keep air on mine and try to keep gaining.
(You said you were mad as hell when you got on the truck; can you elaborate on that?) It feels great to be mad as hell. For the last eight years, I mean… you look at Kevin Harvick get out of the race car pissed off because he finished second, and I'm thinking I'd give anything to get a second place finish right now. But when you're driving Chevrolets that are this good, you can be mad, because I had a truck that was gaining on Kyle Busch. And if I were a little more on my game when he goes to take my air, and I go to the bottom and I continue to gain on him and make a race out of it … that's what I was mad about. I do know how to do these things. It's been a while since I've done 'em, but it feels good to be mad about second place."
MAX GRESHAM (THIRD PLACE, NO. 8 AMWINS CHEVROLET): "We couldn't be any happier with how tonight went. It was a great run for us to night. We started off kind of far in the back and worked our way forward, and that last pit stop really just came to life. It was kind of humming there at the end. This is justification for us that we're going in the right direction, getting better every week. That's all we can ask for. We had a lot of close calls there at the end. It seemed like on all the last restarts we were on the outside, which was hectic."


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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Not So Peak Oil
As I mentioned several years ago, the theory that underpins peak oil analysis is not especially sound. The output from a given deposit is bell-shaped. This is a sound empirical rule. You can aggregate all known deposits into a large bell shape. True enough. But this theory is only valid for known existing deposits. It doesn't take into account technology growth that allows for the exploitation of new fields or new sources of petroleum. You know, as is happening now.
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Also, the chemical and geological processes that formed all that oil didn't just pull an all-nighter five billion years ago and then stop forever. New oil is being produced by the earth constantly, though I've no idea at what rate. Probably really slowly if you look at it per square foot, but then again, it's a big planet.
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This week:
Kitchen Cleaning Guide!!!
These little tips will help you keep that kitchen in order with little effort!!! Doing these when you have an extra few minutes should keep your kitchen shining without breaking your back everyday!!! Remember, you don't have to do this daily, just do it every now and then and you'll be golden!!! Feel free to print it off for your reference! That way you can work it into your routine and not have to worry about forgetting it!
When you've got a few minutes
Soak and clean dish rack
Clean sink (this could need to be done weekly)
Wipe down inside of refrigerator
Clean under and behind refrigerator
Empty cabinets and drawers and wipe down
clean oven
clean small appliances
scrub burner grates (may need to be done more often!)
wipe down moldings
wipe down walls
wipe down switch plates
Every 3 Months
clean and degrease stove hood
replace baking soda in refrigerator
Every 6 Months
Sweep/dust corners of ceiling
vacuum and dust refrigerator coils
rid pantry of expired food
wipe down pantry
Originally posted 2012-07-12 05:00:00.


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Today was a big day for working towards the fund raiser that I care about so much. The Ride to Conquer Cancer (www.conquercancer.ca). Had a nice long bike ride of a little over 50 km. The weather was great an my leg felt great too.
It really was nice, I really enjoy how much better I feel this year than last. It was a huge difference from the year before. Training last year (2012) was so hard. I thought I had really just been bad at riding a bike. Every once and awhile I get a big reality check of how sick I used to be.
Today, I did a ride through Richmond with two of my team mates. This was a ride I did the year before and I remember how difficult it was. It was long, it was windy, and there were long gradual hills. I remembered being just totally gassed at the end of it. Honestly, I was pretty concerned about doing this ride again today.
Today it was exactly the opposite. I felt good the whole day. I had one of those moments when I realized how far I have come. The ride was not too bad, the weather was great, and most surprisingly, I felt really good. It wasn't nearly as miserable as I had remembered it to be. Obviously, because of how much a year has made me better.
How long will I feel this well. That is something I don't really know. No one does, but people who have been sick seem to be a bit more concerned than others I know. But at least on this day I am starting to think that maybe it does get a little better. And I hope my good fortune continues.


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The Painted Bride Art Center at 230 Vine St. in the Old City section of Philadelphia is hosting a performance titled "Underground America" from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 12. It is a reading of oral histories by undocumented immigrants.
After the performance, Peter Orner (editor of the book "Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives"), two lawyers and the director of HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia address the legal, economic and humanitarian issues surrounding the immigration debate.
The event costs $15. Call 215-925-9914 for more information.
(Thanks to Regan Cooper for the heads-up.)


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I got a couple of phone calls and e-mails asking me the story of the wooden lawn jockey. Oops, I guess I missed a step. Sorry.
My little friend is not a lawn jockey at all but a miss guided young man who has been tossed around from home to home and from garage sale to garage sale. The first thing people say when they see him is "is that?", "that looks like", "nah it can't be". Let me assure you "yes it is".
Michael Jackson
Watch for Michael coming to a stockdog trial near you in 2009


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Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Bubblr, create comics or photo slideshows
Run your mouse without clicking over the slideshow to make it move.
Another way of publishing photos in a comic strip is using Bubblr. Search for photos in Flickr by typing in a search word or a user name. Drag the photos you want to use down into the panels, drag the speech bubbles up and type in words. click on After Current to add more photos, click Publish when you are finished. This comic strip will be saved and then you can make the choice of emailing, adding to a blog site or printing.
This could be a great way to motivate reluctant writers as they can search for photos that interest them or they could be photos on certain topics. Be aware though that it is possible to get questionable photos if you type inappropriate words.
Posted by Jacqui Sharp at 14:45
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How good was my first TED talk and the second TEDxColumbus ? It was a few weeks ago and I'm still thinking about some of the topics, that good. There was a lot of ground covered, too much for me to care about reviewing all of it so instead I'm simply going to mention a few speakers and let you infer that they were the best, or at least my favorites. Videos will be posted at the bottom.
Top Speakers:
Michael Wilkos Michael Wilkos – the most interesting speaker, imo.
David Staley David Staley – the most inspiration speaker, imo.
Matt Slaybaugh Matt Slaybaugh – covered the widest variety of topics. This is probably the best video to watch out of context.
Honorable Mentions:
Phil Cogley – aka Saturday Giant
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EverythingHealth is designed to address the rapid changes in Science, Medicine, Health and Healing in the 21st Century. This site will sift through the vast amount of confusing data and simplify issues that are of interest to everyone interested in a healthy life and longevity. The writings on EverythingHealth are entirely my own views and opinions.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
What's Up With Flu?
The messages from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the American College of Physicians (ACP) this year are the same...get your flu shot. They are talking about the garden variety flu that hits every year in the fall and causes 36,000 deaths. Flu shots can spare people from suffering serious illness and saves thousands of dollars in health care costs. Here is who should get seasonal flu vaccine:
- Adults 50 or older.
- Residents of long term care facilities housing persons with chronic medical conditions.
- Anyone who has a serious long-term health problem with heart disease; lung disease; asthma; kidney disease; diabetes; or anemia and other blood disorders.
- Anyone whose immune system is weakened because of HIV/AIDS or other diseases that affect the immune system; long-term treatment with drugs such as steroids; or cancer treatment with x-rays or drugs.
- Women who will be past the third month of pregnancy during flu season.
- Physicians, nurses, health care workers.
- Family members and anyone else coming in close contact with people at risk of flu.
- Children between ages 6 months and 18 years, unless they have a serious egg allergy.
What about H1N1 (we call it "Heiny") flu? The vaccine is still being developed and tested. When it does become available, the following five target groups should be immunized:
- Pregnant women
- Persons who live with or provide care for infants less than 6 months old
- Health care and emergency medical services personnel
- Persons aged 6 months to 24 years old
- Persons aged 25 to 64 years who have medical conditions that put them at higher risk for flu-related complications.
Note that the lists are different. Certain risk groups (pregnant women and babies) suffer more serious complications from H1N1. Also the recommendations leave out older people because this type of flu has passed this way before and people over 50 probably still have some natural immunity.
Seasonal flu shots are now available. H1N1 vaccines should appear in November.
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On your new poll "If Health Care Workers should be mandated to get flu shots?" I think definitely not because my boyfriend's mother got Guillain Bare after receiving a flu shot that is a rare side effect. As a result will never have one again. They also ask if you are allergic to eggs which can make a difference.
Since I'm in health care I have always gotten one for years though and been fine.
- September 17, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- Jonathan said...
The info on the H1N1 vaccination was of personal interest. Many thanks for posting this.
- September 17, 2009 at 8:54 PM
- glucosamine said...
Nice information. Thanks for sharing.
The vaccine is available in all the country so no need to worry.
- October 9, 2009 at 11:10 PM
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Title: Silver Bound
Author: Ella Drake
Publisher: Carina Press
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Reviewed by: Mickey
Sheriff Guy Trident doesn't have much to do with off-worlders; he has his hands full keeping his own planet safe. But he'll do anything, go anywhere to save Jewel Quinn. She broke his heart years ago when she left to marry a Terraloft aristocrat. Now she's run away from her husband, only to fall into the clutches of slavers.
Posing as a wealthy playboy, Guy arrives at Zuthuru Station to learn he's too late: Jewel's memories have been erased. She's been tipped in silver, a process that leaves nothing behind except her body, sexually bound to pleasuring her master. Unwilling to give up hope, Guy buys her.
Jewel fights to reclaim herself, recalling a different connection to the handsome sheriff, remembering the frightened eyes of a young boy and the events that made her run. Together she and Guy search for her cure, plan her son's rescue from her ruthless ex, and test if they have any kind of future...before the past catches up to them.
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In addition, she manages to convey Jewel's sad and occasionally heartbreaking confusion as she struggles to remember pieces of who she was and is, again without changing the overall tone of the book. If the romance was the only reason to read Silver Bound, it would still be a great novel, but adding all the other elements elevates it to an even higher level. Ms. Drake adds a number of unforgettable secondary characters: some quite charming and some sinister enough to leap off the pages into our worst nightmares. Having such strong secondary characters is a bonus in what is already an entertaining novel. Is it any wonder why I loved this book? The real question is how could I not? If someone is looking for a wonderful novel with plenty of action, a great plot and a touching love story, Silver Bound is the one to read.


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In 1993 the Cancer Care Centers of Brevard Foundation was created by Radiation Oncologist, Dr. Silas Charles after it became self-evident that uninsured and underinsured cancer patients, all had a common dilemma...."how to pay their house bills while undergoing treatment". The Foundation assists any cancer patient in Brevard and Indian River counties with rent/mortgage, all utilities, pain and cancer related medication and transportation to and from treatments. This unique method of assisting cancer patients earned the Foundation the 2004 Non Profit Volunteer of the Year organization in 2004. Several grants have been awarded to the Foundation, including Gannett, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and the Community Foundation for Brevard.
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Today's choices for decorating your child's room is simply amazing! There are so many designs and styles to choose from that range from cute character designs to posh modern bedding styles.
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Here's a few things to keep in mind:
- Remember it's a child's room. You want it to be inviting and comfortable for your child. Not a museum where you are concerned about things getting ruined or broken.
- Color plays a big part in our mood, including children. The colors should be fun but at the same time soothing. Keep the really loud colors for the playroom. This site offers great info of how color affects our mood.
- Try to keep the nursery decor simple and inexpensive. As your child grows and their interests change it will be easy to change your decor.
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Evan S. Connell takes an uncommon approach to structuring his "novel" Mrs. Bridge, and, in doing so, he gives his readers an opportunity to consider a fundamental craft question: What does (or can) the structure of a story accomplish? Or, what is the function of the form?
Mrs. Bridge is a composite novel told as a series of 117 very short stories in the life of the title main character, each story giving a glimpse into her character, the lives of her friends and family members, and the distant and fragmented nature of her relationships with those people in her life. Any reader will make strong connections between these stories, and will eventually piece together a storyline for Mrs. Bridge's husband, her son, her two daughters, and several of her society friends.
Connell could have easily structured this book differently and included all of the same content. For example, instead of a composite novel, he could have written a linked short story collection. One story would be about Mrs. Bridge's husband, one about her son, and one about each of the other major characters in her life. In a sense, this is the way the reader approaches the book anyway, tracing these storylines separately from one another—at least that was the natural way for me to read it.
If it had been written as a linked story collection, the pervading themes of loneliness, isolation and social decorum would have eventually emerged. In each story Mrs. Bridge would be unable to connect with those around her in a meaningful way, and we would get the sense that she is immersed in a world of loneliness even among friends and family.
But Connell's chosen structure, the composite novel in 117 story-like chapters, adds or rather emphasizes another theme or another layer in those themes already present. This is a theme of fragmentation and a type of detachment that is more stunning than mere loneliness and isolation. The constant ending of a chapter and beginning of a new one removes the sense of immersion in a world of loneliness and replaces it with a sense that Mrs. Bridge is not immersed in anything or anyone. She has a brief interaction with someone, and her actions are determined neither by the desires of her own heart nor the emotional life of the person with whom she is interacting, but are based instead on a set of social mores that is blind to humanity and true human relationships.
The structure of Connell's book dips into an interaction and then withdraws. It returns to a similar interaction with the same characters later in the book, but in a manner that is detached, oblivious to the meaning of the previous encounter. For Mrs. Bridge, interactions happen in isolation, in a fragmented world of unrelated experiences. As a result, it is a total mystery to her that other characters can even have genuine relationships with one another.
The fragmented structure—the structure that disallows immersion in any person or storyline—adds a profound shallowness to Mrs. Bridge's character and her experiences, a shallowness that stems from her failure to touch the reality of human life around her, from investing in it and immersing herself in it.
Could Mrs. Bridge have been a successful book if written in a different form? Quite possibly so. But it would have failed to capture something of her experience of time and reality that is present in the fragmented structure that Connell chooses. Connell's form walks us through the themes of Mrs. Bridge's life, and through the way in which she experiences life. It is every bit as meaningful and as functional as Connell's best irony, his saddest tale, and his truest image.


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African American Health
Recommended Links
- Diabetes & High Blood Pressure Make the Kidney Connection: What African Americans Need To Know - National Kidney Disease Education Program
- What is Bipolar Disorder? - Mental Health America
- African American Community Health Advisory Committee
- African American Women's Health - National Women's Health Information Clearinghouse
- African-Americans and Alzheimer's Disease - Alzheimer's Association
- African-Americans and Heart Disease, Stroke - American Heart Association
- African Americans and Smoking - American Lung Association
- Are You at Risk for Oral Cancer? What African American Men Need to Know - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
- CDC Vital Signs: Breast Cancer - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Celebrate the Beauty of Youth - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Disparities in Healthcare Quality among Racial and Ethnic Groups - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Easy Guide to Breastfeeding for African-American Women -National Women's Health Information Center
- Energize Yourself and Your Family - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Facts about Peripheral Arterial Disease (P.A.D.) for African Americans - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Fit and Fabulous as You Mature - Weight-control Information Network
- For People of African, Mediterranean, or Southeast Asian Heritage: Important Information about Diabetes Blood Tests - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Get Checked for Kidney Disease - National Kidney Disease Education Program
- Glaucoma and African Americans - Glaucoma Research
- Heart Healthy Home Cookin: African American Style - National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
- Journey To Wellness
- Make Health a Family Reunion Affair - National Kidney Disease Education Program
- MedlinePlus: African American Health - National Library of Medicine
- Need to Know: The Importance of HIV Testing - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides this video.
- On the Move to Better Heart Health for African Americans- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Oral Cancer - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
- Organ Donation 101 - US Office of Minority Health
- Osteoporosis and African American Women - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Pathways to Freedom: Winning the Fight against Tobacco - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dept. of Health and Human Services
- Power to Prevent: Helping African Americans Prevent Type 2 Diabetes - National Diabetes Education Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Tips for African American Men and Women to Improve Their Health - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Understanding Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. Infant Mortality Rates - National Center for Health Statistics
- What about African Americans and High Blood Pressure? - American Heart Association
- Women and HIV/AIDS - Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Páginas de Web Recomendadas
- Discriminación por Raza/Color - Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo
- Discriminación Racial - Servicios Legales de New Jersey
- Enciclopedia Médica en MedlinePlus - Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina de EE.UU.
- healthfinder® en Español - Oficina de Prevención de Enfermedades y Promoción de la Salud y el Centro Nacional de Información sobre la Salud de los EE.UU.
- Discriminación por Raza/Color - Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo
Blacks or African Americans are people having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Those who identify only as African American constitute approximately 12 percent of the American population -- almost 35 million individuals, according to the 2000 U.S. Census. The Census Bureau projects that by the year 2035 there will be more than 50 million African American individuals in the United States, comprising 14.3 percent of the population.
The population of African American including those of more than one race, was estimated at 40.7 million, making up 13.5 percent of the total population as of July 1, 2007 according to the Census Bureau; this is projected to rise to 65.7 million, 15 percent of the total population, by the year 2050.
The African American population is represented throughout the country, with the greatest concentrations in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, especially Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Maryland.
African Americans have a long history in the United States. Some African American families have been in the United States for many generations; others are recent immigrants from places such as Africa, the Caribbean, or the West Indies.
Ten Leading Causes of death in the U.S. in 2010 for Blacks or African Americans:
- Heart Disease
- Cancer
- Stroke
- Diabetes
- Unintentional Injuries
- Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephrosis
- Chronic lower respiratory disease
- Homicide
- Septicemia
- Alzheimer's Disease
Read the entire article and see the extensive statistical breakdowns at Black or African American Populations.


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According to Fuller, people are making the most of needing to cut back on shopping and dining out by enjoying "recession sex."
I guess if you add up the price of a romantic dinner date or a sexy new dress versus a sex toy that, ahem, keeps giving and giving, it's clear that not only are we budget-conscious, but making some wise choices!
Fuller quotes Claire Cavanah, a co-founder of Babeland, an erotic toy and lingerie business with three New York City boutiques:
Our sales were up 25 percent over last year the week of September 29th and up 12 percent last week. The same thing happened after 9/11, when our business also soared. I think we're recession-proof because sex accessories are an inexpensive luxury.
So enjoy yourself this weekend, whether you're partnered or solo, by indulging in the best stress reliever and least expensive entertainment, and know that by "accessorizing" your love nest, you're helping the economy... or something like that!


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As far as what's been happening around here...
Britain, (the 14 year old) has made it a personal goal to watch all of AFI's Top 100 movies of all time, which has made for some interesting dinner conversation lately, At last count he has seen 38.
He then plans to move on to several other lists. When Britain puts his mind to something, he jumps in all the way.
Landon and I are working on fractions in home school, which I can tell you aren't any more fun the second time around and has proved to be a test of my restraint regarding duct tape.
We're still waiting to hear, where, if anywhere we'll be headed next, which is pretty exciting.


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Pooh and Gang Birth Sampler
This one is was just completed on the 1st of May. It is for my closest best friend whom I have known since I was 10, she has just had her 1st long awaited baby Benjamin last Wednesday. The minute I found out she was expecting I got straight to it.
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Hey guys! Since my life consists of work, work, and more work right now I've asked for a few guest bloggers to help me out and today you get the pleasure of hearing from Rubi! With Christmas right around the corner I want to hear about everyones family traditions during the season! So here is one of Rubi's family traditions.
Hello ladies (and gents)! My name is Rubi! I'm a nursing student, a wife to a wonderful man, and a follower of Jesus. I blog over at Lily Among Thorns where you'll find me rambling about my fashion experiments, nursing clinical experiences, thoughts on issues of faith, and anything else on my mind. Even though my hometown is in sunny South Florida, I am living in freezing cold Minnesota as I attend nursing school and my husband finishes his Chemistry degree. It's pretty nice up here, but I miss the warmth of the sun! My family lives in Miami, so you know where I'll be headed for the holidays!!! Before you continue reading, do yourself a favor and click on the "play" button below and savor some Christmas music with Cuban flavor to spice up your Christmas! Feliz Navidad!
My hubby and I both come from Hispanic families. We've got a fun mix of Cuban, Puerto Rican, Venezuelan, and Spanish goin' on! When we visit home, we enjoy a big family lunch (you know us Hispanics are all about extended families!), and some delicious native food. White rice, black beans, sweet plantains, avocado, yucca, salads, and more! I can already taste it. Yummm! Y'all are invited too, join us! We love to share! :)
My sweet momma loves to decorate for Christmas so when we get home from a stressful semester, this is what we find. The tree, beautifully decorated with special people. The first is my husband and I, then my little brother, and my adopted sister Eli (she's not really adopted, but she's my sister from another mister and I love her!) Then we have the other non-human members of the family. Starting from left to right, Blacky, our sweet gentleman, then ChiChi our feisty lady, and in memory of Panchito, our spazz who disappeared one day.
And how's that for a tradition? You see that arrow right there? Those are my Christmas converse. I wear them every Christmas since the sixth grade. They are fantastically unique and instantly put me in Christmas bliss. For me, Christmas is about relishing in every moment spent with family and loved ones. It's about being silly with my parents and annoying the heck out of my brother like I've been doing for the past 17 years, it's about being thankful for my amazing husband whom I adore. But most importantly for me, it's about soaking in the greatness of the Incarnation and the humble birth of a baby who would grow up to be my Savior. His name is Jesus, and He's who I'll be celebrating this Christmas.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a year 2013 showered with greatness.
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South of Nowhere Season Three, Episode 15 [315] RECAP, "Taking Seconds"Posted by riese at 1:12 PM
[If you're looking for my S6 DOJ rant ("The L Word, Like the Cat, Has Nine Times to Die"), it's here. And Farm Spoilers are here and here.]
I'm pleased to report that while Ilene was announcing the upcoming murder of my favorite L Word bundle of psychotic joy (Jenny), the kind people over at The N were doing something GOOD for us -- they granted us an entire episode that was not only occasionally funny and almost good, but 100% Glen-Free!
Probs Glen & Chelsea are doing that things brand-new couples always do. You know, they get totally obsessed with each other, go into hiding and bone all the time, oversleep and forget to return phone calls, lose track of time, fall behind on other life commitments and then, when these commitments come 'a knockin', the couple starts resenting each other and they then enter a state which vacillates wildly from "good" to "fighting" for the next 7-8 months leading to eventually one significant blow-out at which point you either break up or get married or one member of the couple gets into Worthington, the most prestigious [imaginary] academic institution on the eastern seabord, and flees California forevermore.
Also apologies that this recap isn't that funny. I tried! It's hard to get steam this late in the game for a show who's fate's already sealed and will air tonight December 12th at 8 P.M. in a special hour-long episode.
Here we are! Trying to smile!
Make New Sons, But Keep the Old, One is Silver and the Other is Gold and the other is Black and Dead
It's sort of like The O.C. now, where everyone's just living at each other's houses all the time. It's not that easy in real life kids. There's rules, there's only so many towels to go around, what if they use whole milk and you prefer skim, maybe your hosts wanted to drink the whiskey that you drank last night, etc etc.
What I'm saying is; He's Defo Not a Bird, Could Possibly Be a Plane ...
Egocentric: Also Uses Beaded Curtains
Save the Soup Kitchen Girl, Save the World
Carly: "Well, they wrapped up that storyline real quick."
Riese: "What was even the point of that? It was like 20 seconds of danger and now he's fine? That's it?"
Carly: "It's internal bleeding! I saw it on Grey's Anatomy!"
Riese: "It's his bleeding heart, bleeding for his lesbian exes."
[and Oh's!]
What About All Her Cleverly Planned Meals?
Carly: "One for me ... one for you ... one for me ... one for you ..."
Just like Aiden, our hands can turn into wings and fly away! Fah fah away, away from here.
Carly: "He's gonna think he's superhuman now."
Riese: "But he already did that a few episodes ago after the shooting."
Carly: "No it's gonna be for real this time, I can feel it."
Riese: "But he's in the finale."
Carly: "What finale?"
Riese: "The three minute finale. Maybe it takes place in the afterlife."
Carly: With Dana?
Riese: With Dana and all the unjustly killed characters from television past. Jenny, obvs. Nate Fisher. Jen from Dawson's Creek,, Dawson's Dad, David's friend who killed himself on 90210 ... JT from Degrassi ...
[sidenote, that'd be a really sweet show!]
Back at Ashley's Dollhouse Crashpad ...
Riese: "Oh it's Carmen! She has a new job as a Geisha -- oh never mind, it's just one of those silk robes they have lying around."
Carly: "She dresses nice for a homeless person."
Riese: "Is it just me or is she way hotter this episode?"
The Camera adds Ten Hotness Points
Re: Spencer's "film"? I can't imagine anything being more interesting than additional footage of this captivating show, I cannot wait to see this doc. Coincidentialy, I've been putting together a film about how paint dries, I believe I mentioned it in last episode's recap.
Heart Warming-Moment #1: Carmen Apologizes to Spencer for the Shove Heard 'Round the World
Carmen asks if Ashley knows what happened wih Carmen & Spencer. Spencer says Ashley don't know nothing. Well, I do! Carmen had a bad temper and pushed Spencer against the wall, and the whole scene made my stomach hurt kinda. Carmen then segues into telling Spencer that: "that night is the biggest reason why I left my Mom's. Living there, it made me the kind of person that could shove you like that."
Maybe I'm a masochist, but I feel like Carmen's being sort of sexy right now. Totes forgiven. She'd be a legit threat to the Spashley Union if the show wasn't almost over. I can't figure out if we're supposed to like her or not, but I am a fan of personality evolution and I'm glad that Carmen has seen the error of her ways before she got legit abusive. All's well that end's well. Like this show? It's gonna end. Friday night December 12th. Ixnay on the Outhsay.
Chains of Love
Ashley, entering the loft all high on life following her allegedly Encore'd performance at Egocentric, knows there's more than one way to hang a beaded curtain. In addition to its apparently magical properties as a legitimate door, the curtain also functions as an outfit. I'd say "at least her bra's not showing," but we're kinda grabbing for straws here. Not between Ashley's legs, that'd a tight fit with the leather she's got wrapped around her thighs.
Anyhow! This fashion mistake still feels ready to get all judgey on Carmen, who's bra, I might add, IS showing.
Carly: "'Cause if so, you better take that off, 'cause it is probably polluted."
Riese: "That robe's got SARS all over itself."
Spencer: "Ashley, be nice."
Ashley: "I'm being so nice. I've opened up my loft to a complete weirdo doodling ex girlfriend --"
I actually LOL'ed when Ashley said that.(Quote of the Week!) Can we incorporate "complete weirdo doodling [noun]" into our vocab stat?
Spencer's upset 'cause she wanted to see Ashley perform and Ashley didn't even tell her about the performance. Ashley says she didn't want to be on camera, and Spencer says she could've left it at home, and Ashley says she knows how much this "little project" means to Spencer and Smokey the Bear says Only YOU Can fight forest fires and Paper McClip says:
... and then I say no, I can write my own moterfucking letter, and then Spencer's upset that Ashley called it a "little project," because she can do her little project without help and it looks like lesbians have a lot of feelings, anyhow whatevs Spencer's gtg work on her little project. Don't show this tip again, nannyf*cking paperclip a**hole.
Riese: "Look how they open and close, unlike a beaded curtain."
I'm Not a Girl ... Not Yet a Woman or a Songwriter
Riese: "Hey it's Ashley's bra!"
Carly: "That's so weird, that it's like showing."
Ashley's secretly been writing bajillions of songs, songs SO fantastic that Ethan thinks with the right performer, they could really sell. That doesn't make sense, she's an acoustic performer, why the hell would she need someone to front her songs, that'd be like getting Britney to do Ani DiFranco. Also, she's already hot, so basically it'd be like getting Britney to do Hannah Montana or whatever that girl's name is.
But Ethan wants "the next Pussycat Doll" (why?)-- "badass," the "whole package" with "solid dance moves." Maybe he went to an Indigo Girls concert and got scared about lesbians dancing to acoustic rock music and thought he should bring in some new het-talent. Luckily he's got just the "girl" (therefore blowing the possibility that it's Glen)! Who is it? Who's it gonna be?
This is the Baby Girl Listen Up face. Kit Porter does it too.
Madison: "Like anybody cares enough to punk YOU."
Jannika: "OH SNAP!"
Ashley: "I thought JT didn't want your sexy back back."
Carly: "Oh, she went there."
Riese: "Just like we did, last week."
Carly: "We made that joke first! We made it first!"
Us laughing at our own jokes.
I Wish That We Didn't Have to Go About Things This Way.
Well! Ashley don't wanna be fronted by someone who "up 'til a year ago, didn't dance without pom-poms."
Well Get This! Madison doesn't "want songs written by people who stopped reading in the fifth grade."
That's a reasonable concern, considering the only Ashley song we know of is the one about when her dog Buttons died. Probs the other ones are about rainbows and multiplication, it's like Schoolhouse Rock but sexy. I mean, Sexy & Badass w/Hot Dance Moves.
Riese: "I'm on Team Madison."
Carly: "Yeah me too. Ashley, put your bra away!"
Madison: "I live in the real world, not in my dollhouse loft, and I'm actually serious about making it."
Jannika: "Speaking of stopping being polite, starting to get real, and dollhouse lofts, anyone wanna make out with my Real Doll ? What ew, don't kiss her, what is this, there must be mixed signals happening, she wasn't hitting on you, she's a doll."
That would've been better if she'd been like "This isn't Second Life, Ashley. I'm a real human being who lives and breathes and I want my fans to be more than just AVATARS!"
Up on the Roof of Someplace Random, Aiden is looking grizzled and restless. I hope he knows the "Lucky 13" on his shirt isn't for real lucky ...
Carly: "What is Aiden doing?"
Riese: "He's testing death?"
Carly: "Oh my God, really, in the penultimate episode, we're gonna go there?"
Riese: "It's like Heroes, now he's gonna fly."
Carly: "He's gonna fly like Nathan Petrelli!"
Riese: "They're even playing the Heroes music!"
I wish you'd step back from the ledge my friend
Aiden wants to know what'd happen if he jumped. Kyla informs him that he would break his neck. Aiden's 95% sure he can fly, but he defers to Kyla's greater knowledge on this issue. Good thinking Aiden: if you show everyone your superpowers, they'll start to harvest you and study you like an animal. I learned that on Heroes and X-Men.
For Example, This Outfit? Found in the Dumpster.
Riese: "She's got this whole like drive-in diner look going on?"
Carly: "Slash Hot Topic."
I also like big earrings.
Back at Casa Carlin ...
I Gotta Get This Ho' Into a Different Area Code
Carly: "Worthington? Where's that?"
Riese: "I think that's where Joey Potter went."
If this show kept going, Carly & I feel Spashley would've kept dating, then broken up a few months into freshman year to "explore other options," then gotten back together right before Spencer graduates and then gotten married. Except that's illegal now, so, I guess they'd just have a commitment ceremony.
Encircle Ashley, she needs to be taken down
Spencer argues that Ethan's idea is really good and they could really make it! SOMEONE TELL ME, what is the problem with Ashley doing it herself? Srsly, I don't get it, she's HOT!
This reminds me of conversations I've had in which my significant other -- who's supposed to reflect my feelings back to me and affirm my opinion -- instead takes the other guy's side, therefore burning me up with the fury of a thousand suns. I've been talking about myself a lot this recap, maybe 'cause it's actually about real things and not about Glen.
Not-So Happy Phantom
Ashley says: "That would be like J-Lo singing Tori Amos!"
Carly: "I get the J-Lo thing, but she is not Tori Amos."
Riese: "Tori Amos's bra is never showing."
Carly: "First problem, get some long fucking hippie skirts, second problem, put your bra away."
Riese: "Thirdly, hello! Put your music on myspace!
Carly: "Have you ever heard of myspace? Myspace dot com? A place for friends?"
Carmen says that Ashley consenting would be like someone passing off her paintings as their own. Epic fail Carmen, it is not like that at all. I mean, also, I'm pretty sure Tinkerbell could pass off one of your "paintings" as her own and no-one would second-guess it. Does anyone remember Carmen's art from last season? Let me remind you:
©2008 Carmen De La Pica NoCasa
The next day ...
Carly: "What is she wearing now?"
Riese: "She's ripped the beads off all the walls and now she's gone for the bicycle chains."
Go Ahead and tell me what my future looks like.
Carly is inspired by this union to make up her own song, these are the lyrics: "I suck I'm a bitch I just dance with pom-poms!"
Really you should hear her sing it, it's quite fantastic.
Evolution is an Important and Often Violent Process, Kyla.
Do you ever... get the feeling that you were meant to do something extraordinary?
Then Kyla slaps him in the face and tells him off. It's AMAZING.
A Superhero Does Not Use His Powers For Personal Gain.
Kyla: "What is wrong with you? You are not Superman, Aiden. You are just a guy who should be really really happy that he's still here. Twice in the past year you almost died. And maybe it is luck or maybe it's G-d. but either way you're here right now and you have been given a gift. And maybe you are here for some bigger purpose or whatever but maybe all of this happened so that you can appreciate what you DO have. So stop being so frivolous with your life!"
Aiden: "What about my life is worth living? I can't sleep, I'm constantly panicked, I'm some miracle."
Kyla: "To me, you are!"
Then Kyla lays a big smacker on his luscious lips. Hopefully, when Aiden looks back on this moment, he'll remember this as the day he stopped thinking about his own hunger for destruction and instead thought about the hunger of homeless and needy people worldwide, which he could fix for less than the price of a cup of coffee. Perhaps he could even work with accident victims to bring a better life to other humans? Just throwin' it out there. For Fan Fiction, I guess. Did I mention this show's almost over?
Kyla's MY HERO. I hope he changes. Um in the next 22 minutes, 'cause the season is almost O-V-E-R over.
Back at the Dollhouse ...
It's a Hard-Knock Life For Carmen
Together Again, It Feels So Good to be Together Again!
However they've already got the really important stuff under control -- Carmen's gonna stick around and put together "mad sketches" for the album cover. That part of the process is at least a year away ... well, that don't matter no more. 'Cause the show's gonna be over in like five hours (I'm writing this on Friday December 12th at 4:03 P.M.)
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Carly: Maybe if me and you write back and forth on the comments, it'll appear that this show and our recaps are very popular?
bren: In Episode 3 of Season 2, Claire cuts off her toe and it re-grows! I only know this because I saw it maybe two nights ago. Unless things have changed. If they have, don't tell me, 'cause I'm only up to Episode 3 of Season Two.
I haven't watched this show in a couple of years. I think I'll just go back and read all your recaps instead. Then I don't have to live through the "real teen lesbian" scenes of hair brushing and hand-holding.
And really, what high school do you know of that would let girls come to school wearing bras as outerwear accessories? I'm pretty sure there's something in the school dress code rules about underwear actually being under ones clothes.
Superb blog. I really enjoyed myself to watch this blog and same as it is i love to watch South of nowhere TV show.
Thanks for sharing this blog with us really.. Keep it up.
Great blog.I love this show.I watch South of nowhered episodes many times.I never get bored of this show.
Nice post, Thanks for sharing. South of nowhere is one of my darling shows. Every weekend I Watch South of nowhere
episodes on my home theater.