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Wow, haven't blogged in quite some time now. I really gotta stop starting every other post like that. Not a lot new going on, so I guess that is why it's been so long. I'm just enjoying the summer too much I guess.
Anyway, the point to this post. Yesterday, after work, Rae and I were flipping through the channels when we stopped on Bravo. This weird film was on called Circa, that was a story about some strange circus magician, his abused assistant Lisa, and the sad clown she falls in love with. It had absolutely no dialogue and was told though short scenes with the actors, an couple performing interpretive dance sequences, and the music by a three piece band comprised of a stand up bass, a jazz drum kit and the sad clown singing and playing the accordion. As you may know, I have an appreciation for depraved and dirty clowns and the baroque carnival style, So we ended up watching the rest of the film. The three piece band struck me so much that I did some internet sleuthing to find out as much as I could about them and it turns out that they are a band from the UK called "The Tiger Lillies"that have been around for quite some time and classify themselves as "The world's foremost Death Oompah band". Some notable songs featured in the film, Circa, were a haunting rendition of "Send in the Clowns", "Souvenirs" which is a great story telling song of a man who traveled the world collecting STD souvenirs, and the song that dropped my jaw and brought Circa to a climactic end, "Banging in the Nails" featured in the embedded video below. This must be a fan video because… well it just doesn't make sense. Regardless, I may have a new favorite band, enjoy.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
My First Video Uploaded to Flickr
Last week Rae and I went to my friends cabin at Winnipeg Beach for the third consecutive year. What began as coincidence, by the third visit, has become an annual tradition. We arrived on Thursday night and were welcomed by high winds. After a dinner with Jamie and his Mom at an Italian restaurant (can't remember the name of it but their Penne al Diavlo with Italian sausage was incredible), we took a walk down to the beach front to find that the beach was gone. It's quite dark, but the video shows just how ferocious Lake Winnipeg was that evening.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Canaday Day at the Downs
Last week I spent Canada Day with Rae and a few friends at the Assiniboine Downs. Lost more than I won but it was a beautiful day spent with good friends and I had the opportunity to see Canada's rarest race horse (pictured above and below). This horse is rare due to it's amazing, steel blue, coloured eyes and that it is the only one of it's kind that is also a registered race horse. These picture don't do justice to just how striking this animals eyes look.
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Leo Mol 1915 – 2009
Manitoba's finest sculptor passed away last Saturday. Leo Mol died at age 94 leaving behind an impressive collection of sculpture on display at the Assiniboine Park, Leo Mol Sculpture Garden.
I have enjoyed photographing his sculptures that can be seen on my Flickr account here.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Fathers day weekend
The reason I haven't been posting is that since returning from holidays I've been busy catching up on things. This past weekend being no exception. After doing some freelance photography I did manage to get out and take some photos that were blogworthy. The weekend began with attending the UCW (Ultimate Cage Wars). I won five seats at a table through 92.1 citi Fm. The main event on the card was canceled and it was mostly submissions but a good time was had by all… except maybe for the guys who lost their fight. Then after an early photo shoot the next morning, Rae and I went to the new Pixar movie, "Up", which is a definite must see for any Pixar fan.
After the movie, we took in a Goldeyes game with our friends Carol and Don. The Goldeyes managed a bottom of the eighth, come back from behind win (9-4) over the Joliet Jackhammers to end a multiple game loosing streak. Lets hope it's a sign of a good, long winning streak to come. I've only been to a few Goldeye games and even though I am not a huge baseball fan, for great seats at $12 a pop, I think that these games are the best value for your buck for any sport in Winnipeg. Pictured above is the game winning hit by Big Dee Brown of the fish.
I'll try to posts more regularly.
After the movie, we took in a Goldeyes game with our friends Carol and Don. The Goldeyes managed a bottom of the eighth, come back from behind win (9-4) over the Joliet Jackhammers to end a multiple game loosing streak. Lets hope it's a sign of a good, long winning streak to come. I've only been to a few Goldeye games and even though I am not a huge baseball fan, for great seats at $12 a pop, I think that these games are the best value for your buck for any sport in Winnipeg. Pictured above is the game winning hit by Big Dee Brown of the fish.
I'll try to posts more regularly.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Fotune Teller of Old Havana
I really have to get over being shy about asking strangers for their picture, because I saw many interesting portraits on our trip to Cuba. With the lady above, I couldn't resist asking. When I did she held up her index finger and said "One peso". I dug into my pocket to get one and realized that I gave my last peso to a museum attendant that let us into off limit areas. I replied "Desculpe, no peso" to which she smiled and posed for this picture.
More on my Flickr
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tropicana Havana
On our second full day in Cuba we decided to take a tour of Havana plus Tropicana Show. We were picked up at our resort at about 8:30 am, did the tour of modern and old Havana, stopped in nearly every bar that Ernest Hemingway drank (incredible lush), had dinner and went to the Tropicana show. On arrival the women were given carnations and the men were given cigars. Then we were sat at a table with a liter of rum for each group of four and a can of pop each. Whatever we didn't drink went onto the bus to take us back to our resorts at nearly 4:00 am.
Good times.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Compay Segundo and More From Cuba
Here is my favorite souvenir from Cuba. It is a painting of the late great Compay Segundo. Señor Segundo was a master Cuban musician in the 30s and 40s that had received a resurrection to Cuban fame with "The Buena Vista Social Club" recordings initiated by American recording artist, Ry Cooder. I found the photograph that this painting was inspired from here.
The song below, titled "Chan Chan", quickly became a favorite of mine. A few more photos of the trip to Cuba have been uploaded to my Flickr Photostream.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Cuba 2009
So we returned from our great trip to Cuba on May 1st. I meant to post about it much earlier but came home to find that my laptop battery was dead, so it has taken a little while to get pictures online.
One of the great things Cuba has to offer, and something that became a great subject of my photography taken there, were all of these vintage cars. What was cool was that they had, not only classic North American models, but also some old Russian and European cars like Skoda, Citroen and weird three wheeled trucks.
There are only about 7 pictures uploaded to my Flickr page, but in my defense I haven't even pulled them off of my camera yet so expect more soon.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Money Flavoured Chips
Mmmm, money flavoured chips. Actually it's for a contest where you name the unidentified new Doritos flavour. The winner gets $25,000 and a percentage of the chip's profits. The design of the bag makes me want to get a mask and a black and white striped shirt, and get pictures of myself running from different banks with my hands full of these chip bags a la cartoons.
On the Easter weekend Rae and I found an ice breaker on the Red River near the south perimeter, breaking ice and drawing a crowd.
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
More 2008 Guardian Dojo Challenge
I've just posted more of the 2008 Guardian Dojo Challenge pictures that I took last November. I haven't been at all diligent going through the gigabytes of pictures that I took on that day but, as many of you know, life get's busy. I've been a practitioner of the philosophy, especially when it comes to action shots like these, that quantity will yield quality. I am now trying to go in the opposite direction and really plan out my shots and trying to cut down on my insane number of archived pictures. It is getting hard to find that one picture in my head amongst the thousands of pictures in my archives. I know that I will still have to let the Rebel burst when I am capturing a crescent kick to another man's face, but at the same time I am working on really learning my camera so I can focus more on composition rather than scrambling to get the settings right.
Pictured above is the Guardian Dojo's Sensei, Diego Beltran, breaking a baseball bat WITH HIS F***ING SHIN! see more of the recent upload of the Guardian Challenge here. See pictures that I took last year at my good friend and Guardian Dojo student, Adrian Shum's photostream here or some of the pictures of the band Fubuki Daiko on his photostream here.
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Monday, April 6, 2009
The Crusty Bun
This blog is more and more becoming a restaurant review and promotion blog, however biased it may be. In spite of my bias and friendship with Andy and Frieda (owners\operators of the Crusty Bun), The Crusty Bun is one place that I think anyone would agree is world class bakery and café. It's a brand new place at 1026 St. Mary's Road. I recommend that anyone who enjoys wholesome, hearty, fresh baked goods, drop in and visit The Crusty Bun. Try the sunflower seed bread, it is a favorite.
Pictures above is a picture of head baker and owner, delivering a fresh batch of buns.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Damn Straight
Here is a CD layout design that I recently did for Jack Straight's debut EP release "Coming Alive", that I think turned out really well. The goal, inspired by the Jack Straight wordmark that was provided, was to emulate the look of an old 70's vinyl EP jacket that has become worn over time. Last week I attended Jack Straight's CD release party and took a bunch of pictures. The show rocked the Park Theater with songs from "Coming Alive" as well as some covers including Led Zeppelin's, Bring it on Home, which I thought was a high point. Not to say that their original songs weren't impressive. This is one band, that I did layout work for, that I can honestly say doesn't have a bad song on the album. I encourage you to check out their myspace here and hear for yourself.
You can see some of the choice pics here on my flicker account.
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Friday, March 27, 2009
New Pro In Town
As of 11:33 AM local (Winnipeg) time, I am the newest Flickr Pro Account member. Above is a photo of a waterfall near La Fortuna, Costa Rica, which is the first picture that I posted on Flickr over seven months ago. Now that the warmer days are on the horizon (trust me), I hope to get out and do a lot more shooting.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Proud New Canadian
I have been quite lazy lately in that; just now I am posting about an important event that happened on the 12th of this month. My good friend "the Ragin' Kjin" Kyung Mi Jin became a Canadian citizen. Rae and I took in the ceremony on the Thursday afternoon at Winnipeg's Union Station along with another friend of mine, from Thompson, Dean Barkosky (in the background of this photo). I encourage all of those who know and support Kyung Mi in her decision to join our great country to send her a note on her flickr page. This last batch of photos I posted on my flickr account marks the 200th photo. I guess it's time to go pro.
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Buchstaben Museum
As anyone who follows this blog knows, Rae and I have been taking German language classes for over a year now. Obviously this is done with hopes to visit Germany and other parts of Europe. Berlin is definitely on our lists of cities to see and among the many things there are to see in Berlin, the Buchstaben Museum is one site I will not miss. It may be a sign of Rae's and my Font Nerdedness but I'm sure that we have many friends who understand and would join us in our excitement to see a museum all about letter forms.
To learn more click on the picture above or visit www.buchstabenmuseum.de
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Two in a Row
Wow, a post two days in a row. I don't think that's happened since I started this blog last August. I have been doing a lot of video rendering, DVD encoding and archiving at work lately and have put pen to paper for the first time in forever (Danger would be proud). Seriously, I haven't doodled much since college and when I did it wasn't much to show, Not that this one is spectacular, I just kinda liked it.
I'll try to make it more of a habit.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Happy St. Patty's Day
I used to have a passing interest in a site called worth1000.com. I thought that it was a great site for the Photoshop contests and challenges although I never actually posted anything, just critiqued. However I was torn between that and another facet of worth1000. In addition to the Photoshop contests they had logo design competitions for companies too cheap to hire a designer. IMHO this only exploited talented amatures by paying $100 for the winning logo.
Recently I received an Email (which is weird because I had no idea that I was on their mailing list and haven't even visited the site in a year or two) advertising the launch of their new online photo editing, vector program, colour editor and effects editor, all named after birds to go with the Aviary theme. This was in response to Worth1000 members complaining about needing expensive software to enter their contests. I tried the vector program and it's not that great but could never replace Illustrator. It will be interesting to see how it takes off and whether it will force the bigger guys like Adobe to come down in price. I look forward to trying out the other applications when I get the time. They have video tutorials but I think that you have to sign up with Worth1000 to save anyhting that you make. If anyone out in the blogosphere tries it out, let me know what you think. you can find it at aviary.com
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Friday, March 6, 2009
My Mom Has Joined Flicker
Hopper 1 Originally uploaded by heyjudexxoo's
My mother has joined the flicker community. With her retirement she now has the time to get out and enjoy herself and post pictures about it. If you like pictures of Quilts, Crafts, or things found on the ground, I encourage you to help me encourage her by visiting my Mom's flicker page and leaving crass, mindless, thoughtless, ignorant, boorish, oafish, asinine, graceless, tasteless, tactless, clumsy, heavy-handed or all around buffoonish comments on her pictures. Just don't be mean, it was her birthday last Sunday.
Happy Birthday Mom
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
New to my Blogs of Note List
This addition to "The Best of the Blogosphere" list, to the right of my posts, is long over due. Justin Currie's, "The Art of Currie" is blog that I frequent via my friend James' blog "kalamafraz". Why I hadn't added him earlier, I don't know. If you don't already know Justin through Kalamafraz, you should check out his tremendous talent on The Art of Currie.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Late Blog
Well this post is about two weeks late but as they say, better late than never. The picture above is of the beautiful tulips that I bought Rae for Valentine's Day. You can see more on my Flickr Photostream. Also missed was a post about Louis Riel Day in the third Monday of this month that also marked the half year (182.5 day) milestone of my smoking freedom and the birth of Blog Therapy. Not a day goes by that I don't feel like lighting up again but I guess I've been stubborn enough.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Legend of the Fox
A friend of mine recently decided to learn how to play the piano. His motivation was to be able to just step up to a piano and entertain friends. When I heard this, I instantly thought of The Man Show's late great master of ceremonies, The Fox. If you remember TheFox (featured in the above video) and you knew the 'Los (my friend learning the piano), you would understand the connection (sorry 'Los, you know it's true).
If I were to learn piano I would want to follow in the footsteps of the great Victor Borge or Rolf the dog.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Skating at the Forks
This past weekend Rae and I took advantage of the warm weather and went skating on the Assiniboine River at the Forks.
There, we watched friends play in an annual, river curling competition. The people we went to see ended up winning the tournament for the second year in a row. Congratulations Don, Dave and the rest of your team.
To see more of the weekend at the forks visit my flickr page here.
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Thursday, February 5, 2009
Der König von Schnitzel
Tonight Rae and I enjoyed dinner at Winnipeg's only German diner that I'm aware of, the Kraut King (located under the parking lot on the corner of Garry Street and Portage Avenue). This wasn't our first time trying this restaurant and it is sure to become a regular treat. If you've been following my blog, you'll know that Rae and I are taking German language classes. When we learned about a popular German dish called Currywurst, we really wanted to try it and as far as I know, the Kraut King is the only place in Winnipeg to get it.
At the heart of the Kraut King is the grille. There is something that I appreciate about the open kitchen concept where you can see how a kitchen is kept. It may be paranoia, but I've seen enough of Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares to be wary.
Kraut King also makes a fine Wiener Schnitzel. It was served with a tasty spicy mayonnaise for lack of a better description. They also offer great Bratwurst, large Pretzels and more dishes.
If you don't mind curry I would seriously recommend trying the Currywurst.
See more Kraut King photos here.
Photographing my food has been inspired by my friend K-Jin
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Great Caricatures
President Barack Obama
Originally uploaded by robotalphabet
Recently, my friend at KALAMAFRAZ has been researching caricatures. A while back I came across the work of Mark Hammermeister on his flickr page, robotalphabet. There you will find some wonderful caricature work in vector as well as other traditional illustrations. I especially like his Tommy Lee Jones.
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Have You Ever Wanted to Fly?
It's been a while since my last blog, but now that the holidays are over and life is resembling what passes for normal, I'll try to be more consistent with blogging. for starters I should probably get off of my ass and make a new banner. But in the mean time you should really check out this video that reminds me so much of my favorite dreams, it's scary. Like most people I have had one of those ultra realistic flying dreams which are among my favorites. In this video, these guys are doing it for real. I got this video from Rae's coworker, Karen.
BTW, happy new year and all the best in 2009!
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Just made another blog that'll be more general in theme, more about my opinions about things. If this strikes your fancy: http://parallel-sea.blogspot.com [the url comes from my favorite band's lyrics]
So, since it's my 3 weeks off school, I tend to go out to eat. I know, bad habit dies hard. It's doing terrible things to my finances hahaha but what can I do, I get bored and I get hungry.
Today was especially expensive, since I had both my lunch and dinner at Pacific Place. My dad is away on business, but if he's home I'll probably get grounded or something.
Lunch: Fish & Co's baked red fish with tomato coulis
I have this love affair with Fish& Co. It's so delicious and light and their fish flaky and always perfectly cooked, but they're expensive. About 80k a dish, it's not something I'll pay for everyday. When my parents are with me I don't really care, but today I was eating solo.
I usually get their coriander dish, but they have a plethora of new menu and I wanted to get something I've never had. Pn the menu they have this amazing sounding dish, baked halibut with mediterranean salsa. Dude, that's like my dream dish. But of course, they're out of halibut. So I ordered this instead!
The fish is perfectly cooked, and that coulis is grrrreat. Fresh, spicy, with a touch of coriander. Love the fact that the side is a coleslaw, which tastes delicious. I regret getting the mash because to be honest it didn't really go with the rest of the dish, fries or their rice is probably a better choice for carbs. But I don't care, it's soooo geeewwwdd. I love you, Fish & Co. Thanks for providing me with delicious guiltless food.
Dinner: Kemchick's Kitchen's Beef Brockwurst
I shop at Kemchick's a lot, since they have such fresh produce and very convenient. I've always known there's some kind of kitchen inside but have never got the chance to try it. So just some hours ago, after gym, I decided to stop by and eat. They have a pretty diverse menu, from hainan chicken rice to burgers. I ordered the beef brockwurst, and they turned out to be huge. I cut into them and juice spilled all around the cut, yum yum yum I knew it was gonna be juicy. It tasted great, juicy, salty, spicy, everything that sausages should be. The mayo was good too, but too little mustard for me, should've asked for some more. The veggies were just basic mixed frozen veggies and the fries were nothing special, but they were good company for the wurst. The plate costed me 32.500, which wasn't bad at all. Definitely gonna come back to try all their other dishes!

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Help with piston
On my newest design, I am wanting a tee piston, however, I want to add pipe to all sides of the valve. Is there a recommended way to do this fairly easily or am I going to have to block the pipe, drill holes and such?
I'm pretty sure the description is kind of vague so I included a diagram to help better explain it:
What don't you understand about it? Looks standerd to me. Where your asking for help, are you trying to get the pilot pipe into the center of the tee? You have to grind/dremal/sand the pipe stop out of the tee. The barrel needs to be more to the center also. Or the chamber air wont push the piston back.
Im not sure i understand that but you need to add pipe on all parts of the tee for a working setup. You dont have to center that 2 inch pipe (the pilot one). Just push it in all the way. You can make a small piston and push the barrel back down farther so that you can create minimal pilot space for best performance but it looks standard to me too. This was my first design on my first "good" pneumatic. You can just drill holes and tap them with screws. It should be fairly easy even though i have never done it before.
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Are you trying to get a piece of 2" pipe all the way into the tee so it's up against the lip(pipe stop)?
Well you just force the pipe in, that's that. May require a hit from a mallet. Then you can use a deodorant can as a piston.
And yeah move the barrel further centre.
Since you're using a 2" setup have you read this?
http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/how-to- ... 10381.html
Maybe this more detailed diagram will help explain things:
On the right side of the diagram is a cap. The piston rides on a piece of pipe. What I want to do is extend the pipe that the piston rides on without increasing the pilot volume. Is there a way I can do this, maybe by putting the piston in a different location to avoid having to use drill bits, hoses, epoxy, etc?
Fill it with expanding foam then drill a hole for the pilot setup and spring, which you don't need unless filling from the chamber, and it can be a pain finding the perfect spring, so I usggest you don't bother.
In my current design, it will not need the spring in the pilot area. Also, the expanding foam should make for a nice bumper. The only problem I see with using the expanding foam, however, would be setting it to adjust for piston travel.
Well once its set, you should be able to cut some of it away or sand it off. And I would have something else for a bumper for extra measure, the foam may crack or shatter.
That's what happened when I forgot to put the bumper in.
I was planning on a small piston valve (1" tee). I used a 2" in the original post as an example. Using a lightweight piston, do you think I would still need an extra bumper?
Probably not, but you can loose some pilot volume with a big bumper.
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I didn't get a chance to watch much of the AT&T, but was pleased to see Phil had won. I am not a great Phil fan because I think he makes poor decisions a la US Open last year. It's too painful to watch him play sometimes.
But, the SF Chronicle had a very nice piece about his generosity to Conrad Dobler, the former NFL player who has fallen on hard financial times. Phil gave him $100,000 so Dobler can send his daughter to college. You may think they're good friends and they've met, but they haven't. Phil heard about Dobler's plight, and sent the check.
The PGA Tour and its players are by far the most generous of the professional sports. I think it's ironic that the other professional sports, like the NBA, NFL, and MLB, are team sports, so you'd think there would be more generosity by the players because they would know how to work together more. But, maybe it's because professional golfers fight for every dollar earned in purse money, and endorsement contracts are because of their individual efforts, that they are so generous.
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I love food and clean eating, and with all of my food intolerances (lactose, gluten, fructose, etc) and IBS, I spend a lot of time finding ways to take delicious "normal" meals and tailor them to my dietary needs.
Now I grew up eating oatmeal/porridge, and seriously love it but I had never attempted to make my own from scratch. I enjoy my oatmeal very dry, and so those handy Quaker oatmeal packets with a dab of water from the kettle always suited me just fine. I always imagined that homemade oats - the ones you cook on a stove top - would be wet/soggy/runny so the thought of them was always insta-gag for me.
My mum recently joined the clean eating family, and she is the one that actually suggested I try adding steel-cut oats to my diet, assuring me that they can be as dry as I like. It's definitely a plus that homemade oats contain less sugar and no dried fruits or dairy.
After one batch of oatmeal, I completely fell in love, and steel cut oats are now my breakfast staple. Homemade oats offer so much more freedom when it comes to consistency, flavour, toppings, etc. I've tried a few different combinations, but this one is by far my favourite - and the most autumnal. Think of it as a coffee-free version of a pumpkin spice latte! As you'll see, The cinnamon adds a flavourful kick, the seeds a salty crunch, and the chocolate chips a chocolatey goodness that feels almost like dessert for breakfast!
That's enough of a ramble - now onto the good stuff!
What you'll need:
A tiny saucepan
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup steel-cut oats
1tbsp pumpkin seed
1tsp vegan chocolate chips
1tsp - 1tbsp cinnamon
Any other topping you may like (fruits - especially berries - would be a good choice here!)
Here's all you need to do:
1) In a tiny saucepan, bring 1/2 cup of water to a boil.
2) Once the water starts to boil, add your 1/4 cup of oats and lower the heat to low-medium.
3) Here's where you'll need to be vigilant - keep stirring your oats around until they reach the consistency you want (for me, this is about 6 to 7 minutes)
4) Once your oats are done, put them in a bowl and stir in some cinnamon
5) Add the pumpkin seeds and chocolate chips, and stir these in too
6) Add anything else you might like, and enjoy! (I cheated on my low fructose diet and added a few raspberries because they just looked too good!)
Let me know if you try this recipe, and what else you may like to add to your porridge! :)


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whew. ok guys, for real. i'm back. all my traveling is finished and i'm settled back into the district. i definitely did not plan ahead as much as i needed to, so i apologize for the lack of posts. but here's a new art post that covers two weeks…my travel sketchbook! i have never really done anything like this, but on my first evening in portland i bought a new sketchbook and on a whim decided that i was going to draw out my experience each day. this endeavor was very successful in portland, less so in cincinnati — but it was still great fun. i only filled up half the book, so i think i'll keep it handy for my future trips and continue my little ritual.
here are some of the pages!
i got this silly donna wilson cat at woonwinkel. i first heard about that shop on designlovefest and was so happy to be able to visit! and this day was a huge food day: food trucks, bubble tea (which was more like a bubble smoothie! amazing), ice cream from salt & straw, and dinner at clyde common. ohhhhhh clyde common. words for you to mull over in your head: chèvre rice pudding with butter fried carrot cake.
i visited this wonderful little shop called flora. they offered me tea there, which was totally needed on a chilly grey day.
my good friend and college roommate corinne drove up to portland from ashland for two days and we visited voodoo doughnuts for the first time. and it is all it's cracked up to be. my favorite was definitely "captain my captain" (pictured above): doughnut with vanilla frosting topped with cap'n crunch cereal.
i met an interesting lady one afternoon while waiting for the trolley. well, more accurately: she talked at me nonstop for the seven minutes i was waiting for the trolley.
to all book lovers: stop whatever you're doing and get your butt to powell's. you will not regret it. four floors of books (and this is just one building – there are four locations total), extremely well organized, great selection, normal prices. tons of gems hidden on many shelves. on a scale of one to five stars, i would give it a nine.
cincinnati: i only drew one day. whoops. mostly because i'd be so dead tired by the end of the day that i didn't have any energy to draw. regardless: goetta. if you haven't tried it you must find a way! it's a german-inspired sausage local to cincinnati made of pork and steel cut oats. sounds weird, but it's totally delicious. i tried it at taste of belgium, where i ended up eating breakfast four times.


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My chattering about anything that comes across my painting table, and some stuff that doesn't!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Top Ten Hall of Fame?
Anyways, in order to give up and coming blogs a better chance, I am considering starting a Hall of Fame. Basically, I create a link section off to the side, and when a blog gets linked on the Top Ten a significant number of times, I add their link, and dont consider them for six months or so.
There are a few questions Ill need opinions for though... Mainly, is this a good idea? How many times should the cut off be? (I am thinking 10-15) And, is 6 months a decent amount of time? Maybe three months? A year?
Let me know what you think!
4 comments:
- The Pirate Viking said...
really good idea. Have it in a sidebar like FtW do. That way we can visit the top 10 for what is new and shiny and check out the hall of famers at the same time.
- May 25, 2011 at 9:04 AM
- Master Manipulator (every store needs one) said...
A list would be a good idea. Maybe have a sites that make it say 2 or 3 weeks in a month go to the top ten. Rank the list based on how long they are on it, and when new sites are added then the oldest ones drop off the list.
- May 25, 2011 at 12:58 PM
- Tenzing said...
I really like this idea- having a section permenantly for popular blogs as decided by people looking at your site would be a great feature.
I'd say every 3 months would be a reasonable update period, and long enough for any "fad" viewing to be worn out in the numbers. Just one query- if you are planning to do this through links, have you made sure that it won't track Bots, as this may throw off the numbers?
- May 25, 2011 at 2:10 PM
- Ryan said...
MM(esno): I like that idea, no need to keep track of how long they are on the chart that way. Laziness FTW!
Tenzing: Well, I was looking less for how many hits they get, and more how many times I trip over their goodies each week. I honestly have next to no idea how I would track how many hits someone else gets from my blog.
- May 26, 2011 at 2:43 AM


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This story was published by Catholic News. Let us pray for the Canonization of Pope Pius XII:
Rome, Italy, Jan 19, 2010 / 12:21 pm (CNA).- Some details of the case under investigation regarding a possible miracle attributed to Venerable Pope Pius XII have been made public. The story features not just one former Pontiff, but two.
On Tuesday morning, Vatican journalist Andrea Tornielli published an article in Il Giornale describing at length the situation which "mysteriously involves" John Paul II.
Tornielli reported that this case was brought to the attention of Benedict XVI shortly before he approved a measure on Dec. 19, 2009 venerating Pope Pius XII's life of "heroic virtue," whose cause had been on-hold for the previous two years.
In 2005, a teacher of 31 years of age was expecting her third child in the city of Castellammare di Stabia. She began to have strong pains, which after many tests and a biopsy, signaled the presence of Burkitt's lymphoma. The condition is typified by swollen lymph nodes, often starting in the abdominal region, and the cancer can spread to bone marrow and spinal fluid. Not only was her health in danger, but that of her unborn child was also threatened.
The woman's husband first prayed for the intercession Pope John Paul II, who was then only recently buried in the crypt of St. Peter's. It wasn't long before the Holy Father appeared to the woman's husband in a dream. The spouse described to Tornielli what he saw that night, "He had a serious face. He said to me, 'I can't do anything, you must pray to this other priest…' He showed me the image of a thin, tall, lean priest. I didn't recognize him; I didn't know who he might be."
Several days passed before he, "by chance," came across a picture of Pope Pius XII in a magazine and recognized him as the man John Paul II had shown him in the dream.
The man wasted no time in bombarding Pius XII with prayers for his wife's healing and following her very first treatments she was declared free of the cancer, the tumor had disappeared. In fact, she was cured so quickly that her doctors pondered the notion that they may have originally misdiagnosed the pathology.
The tests and charts were reconsulted and the initial diagnosis was confirmed. In the absence of the tumor, she had her baby and returned to work. After some time had gone by, she decided to contact the Vatican regarding her experience.
A local news source, the Sorrento & Dintorni, ran an article on Sunday offering a basic story of the possible miracle and the diocesan response to it. According to their report, a Tribunal has been organized by Archbishop Felice Cece of Sorrento-Castellammare to determine the nature of the occurrence and whether it will move on to the Vatican.
According to Tornielli, if they decide positively, the case will be sent on to Congregation for the Causes of Saints for investigation by a team of doctors to declare whether the event was explicable by natural means. If there is no explanation found for the healing, theologians from the Congregation will debate the issue. Only with their "go-ahead" can a dossier subsequently reach the hands of Pope Benedict XVI for official recognition.
Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, told CNA on Monday that there is no telling how much time the entire process might take.
He also mentioned that if a case arrives to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints it is examined in chronological order based on the date of arrival and there are thousands of cases pending review.
However, he added, "exceptions might be made for Popes, etc."
There was no mention in Tornielli's report of where the lymphoma had manifested itself in the woman's body. According to the National Institute of Health, Burkitt's lymphoma is treatable and more than half of those diagnosed with the cancer are cured with intensive chemotherapy.
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"Molly! Wake up! I forgot to set the alarm last night! We're gonna be late for school!" Kit shouted.
"I don't know!" she called back. "I use the comb!"
Sighing, I ran to my room. There was no way a comb would do the job for my hair.
I looked all around the room. "Where is it?!"
"Why aren't you eating in the dining room?" I asked, still working on my hair.
Kit wrinkled her nose. "Sadie accidentally left some spoiled milk in the fridge and now the whole kitchen stinks."
|(sorry that its sideways)
"Okay, I'm leaving now. You're sure you can get everyone out to the bus on time, Molly? When I'm gone, you're in charge."
"Yes, I'm sure," I answered.
"Alright, bye! Have a great first day of school, guys!" Rosie called, rushing out.
"Thanks," I replied, taking it.
Stay tuned for part 2!


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Thursday, June 29, 2006
Tomorrow is the last day of our fiscal year at work, and they threw us a party this evening to celebrate. We left work early for the festivities, which included our own version of American Idol and a drawing for door prizes. Y'all, I won a door prize! I rarely win anything, but today I won a coffee table book donated by the Georgia Museum of Art. "California Impressionists" sounds impressive, no? I love my job.
So far, I've received no response to the email I sent to my home church regarding the questionable link on their website. I sent it to the pastor and the youth minister a week ago and a couple of days later to the church secretary. I even sent a second email suggesting another link they could use instead. Still haven't contacted the webmaster, which is probably what I should have done in the first place, and haven't decided yet if I will. I'm trying to figure out why it matters so much. I mean, I know why I care what they have on their website - because I'm still a member there. But why does it bother me that I've gotten no response? Carl suggests the possibility, regardless of the close relationship I had working with them for 5 years, that they haven't taken kindly to the idea of men being rebuked by a woman. Could be, I guess. I hope they didn't take the email to be rude. It's not the first email I've sent to the pastor. The last one was rather heartfelt, a note of appreciation and encouragement, following a service I attended in which his sermon ministered to me. No reply to that one either, but it didn't bother me like this does. Leaves me feeling kinda church-homeless.
Maybe they forgot to wind the internet. It is Hooterville, and high-speed access wasn't available when I was there. Oh well.
Thank you all for your prayers for my girls. Keep 'em coming if you would - we're not out of the dark yet. I don't speak with them daily, though I try. It's comforting that they are together, and I have informed them that I do not intend to let them be separated again. Yesterday, when I spoke to Sarah, I asked her once again to pray that God would give her a desire to grow in her faith and a willingness to trust Him in all things. She said she would. I'm praying that He'll strengthen the bond between them and prepare her to come with her sister for the school year. I would so rather have either or both of them resent me now for uprooting them than to have them resent me the rest of their lives for not seeing to it that they were firmly rooted in Christ. Whatever it takes, Lord. Whatever it takes.
Well, that about wraps it up. God bless you for stopping by. Hope your day is absotively, posilutely wondermous!
5 comments:
- Diane said...
Brenda, I'll have you know I live pretty close to Hooterville, and WE have DSL, but I don't know about them. However....my internet was off for about 8 hours today due to a FARMER cutting a fiber-optic cable. The whole state of Arkansas and part of Southern Missouri was offline for 8 hours because of a farmer, folks. Only in the South...LOL ;-)
BTW...You've been tagged if you want to participate. :-)
- BooMama said...
Congrats on your fabulous prize. :-)
And the email with no response? It woud drive me crazy. Maybe you could call? Would that be weird?
Or maybe they DID forget to wind the internet (LOVE THAT, by the way - may have to steal it).
- BeckyJoie said...
Very nice blog. I will be visiting again.
- Barb said...
I'm really glad you did this update because I was wondering about both issues, the link on your church web site and your girls. It would aggravate me if they didn't respond to my email but it sounds like that's not a new issue with them. I still think afterseeing that web site they need to get it off there.
And your girls? They have this whole summer to bond and I bet they will. My sister and I haven't lived remotely close to each other in twenty-five years but the sister connection is pretty strong. I, too, hope they agree with you they should stay together. And I'll be lifting up some prayer that they do. You sure have to keep us updated on this one. xoxoxo
- Krissy said...
Maybe the church is emabarassed that the link was there and they don't know how to respond...although that is a little rude and unprofessional to not even acknowledge your email!


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Sunday Feb 12
For Sunday, I had plans to go over to a costume sale in the Fauborg Marigny district, because I have an internet acquaintance who lives in New Orleans and she was going to be hanging out there, so we had loose plans to possibly meet up. There was also going to be a small parade that afternoon in the French Quarter, the Krewe of Barkus which is DOGGIES IN COSTUMES!
I love dogs and I love costumes, so what could be more fun?
The first thing I did Sunday morning was to buy a warm knit hat. It was another COLD day, and I decided to cave in and buy a hat. I hated to do it because I knit, so I have a million beautiful handmade hats. But they were all at home! I didn't pack one because it was supposed to be warm. So even though another hat is the last thing I need, it was really something I did need at that moment. Many other tourists were apparently in the same boat, having packed for warm weather and being blindsided by the cold, so both Walgreens and CVS were completely OUT of hats other than baseball caps. I finally went into a little menswear shop on Canal street and got a wooly knit hat which really made a high difference in my comfort.
Then I went for breakfast at Daisy Dukes in the French Quarter. They have great breakfasts, 24 hours a day. If you love breakfast for dinner as much as I do, this is your spot!
After breakfast I continued on walking down Chartres street and I saw lots of people with their dogs in Jackson Square. They were all dressed up, but they weren't part of the parade, even the spectators had brought their dogs. There were just adorable puppies everywhere you looked, plus the square had all kinds of street artists, buskers, some food stands, etc. It's a real gathering place and fun to just sit and people-watch.
I think this square was the center of community life in Old New Orleans, the main church is here too, St. Louis Cathedral
The red line is my path on Sunday. Click the photo to see full size.
I continued on Chartres over to Frenchmen street in the Marigny. Unfortunately, my friend had already left the costume sale at the Blue Nile by the time i got there, but I got to see Frenchmen street and it's a really cool, funky little neighborhood.
I headed back to the French quarter to watch the doggie parade. I passed some ADORABLE shotgun houses. I have always loved tiny houses (maybe they remind me of dollhouses?), and these are just so cute and charming, I would love to live in a little house like this. For a single person it's just the right side, about the size of a one bedroom apt. New Orleans has lots of these, they are very narrow because the property tax was based on the width of the house. It kind of reminds me of narrow houses in Amsterdam (which were also taxed based on width, at the time they were built), the difference is that Amsterdam houses are usually 3 or 4 stories tall, and shotgun houses are traditionally one-story.
Aren't the so cute? They have little front porches and shuttered windows, I am in love with these little houses.
More wonderful texture and patina
The Cornstalk Fence Hotel, in the French Quarter
After a last-minute minor route change, finally the Krewe of Barkus parade began,
The parade was very cute and fun, and afterwards I headed over to the Insectarium on Canal street. It's included with the Audubon pass that I bought, and it's pretty cool.
They also have some baby alligators
I stayed there until it closed, and then I walked out the door and saw another parade was going down Canal street! The Krewe of King Arthur parade had a theme of Louisiana culture and history, so they had floats for things like jazz music, cajun culture, the bicentennial of statehood (which is this year), etc.
Again I got a ton of beads! I just can't beleive how much stuff these parades throw, the parade routes are really quite long and they throw this much stuff the ENTIRE way! I saw one parade hand a huge 2 foot tall stuffed monkey down to a lucky child. The really amazing thing is, NONE of the parades have any commercial sponsors. You won't see a single advertisement on any floats or trucks. The Krewe members pay for all of it themselves, some float riders will spend hundreds of dollars on throws, per person!
By the end of this parade I was just exhausted. My feet were throbbing and sore. It was not late, but I decided to make it an early night. I had a quick dinner at Popeyes and went back to the hotel to soak my aching feet and muscles in a hot bath, and then relaxed watching TV in bed.
Today's musical selection will have you dancing in your chair!
I'm goin' down to Louisiana to get me a mojo hand
That harp solo is out of this world! James Cotton is KILLING IT!
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
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This is to Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, and a very sombre, scary serious reply:
From: doctordukeguy 'at' googlemail dot com
Date: Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Subject: Special requirements for match day
To: enquiries@[removed].co.uk
Dear Enquires of SWFC,
I am planning on attending the glorious stadia of Hillsborough, where I am told that the team Sheffield Wednesday reside at on home fixtures. However, I have a unique attribute that I am forewarning you of before I purchase my tickets. I am asking this because I would need assurances that everything within your remit is prepared and available on the day of my attendance.
My problem is that I bear an uncanny, twin-like, doppelganger resemblance to your ex-chairman Dave Allen. I have received many comments on this resemblance - not always complimentary either, I can assure you of that.
However, I do not feel that my appearances should hold me back from doing things that I enjoy, one of them being attending football matches whenever I am in a new city (I travel around the country as part of my occupation). The reason I am writing you is to ask you whether you can provide at least 2 stewards and/or a police escort to my seat in the "Kop" end (where I would like to sit). I would also require constant security during the game in progress, and additional security on my egress from the ground (I would envisage that staffing levels will be variable; depending on the result of the game)
I'm sure that a professional outfit like yourself can accommodate my request, and I have been told that the people of Sheffield and the staff and employ in Hillsborough have always willing and gracious to help and assist as much as humanly possible.
If a posse of personal stewards and/or a police escort is not possible - then can you suggest any other alternatives? I believe that you also have private boxes; could I be seated there? If it helps, I will wear a baseball cap and a fake moustache, although I have tried this before and it has only exacerbated the problem when I have been invariably recognised as being Mr D.Allen (strangely, we also share a passion for pigeons WE ARE NOT RELATED).
Your Sincerely,
Doctor Duke Guy
From: John Rutherford john.rutherford@[removed].com
Date: Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Subject: Special requirements
To: doctordukeguy 'at' googlemail dot com
Doctor Guy,
Thank you for your message the contents of which are noted.
Please note that the Club cannot provide the personal protection that you have requested.
Should you choose to attend the match you must provide your own close personal protection and must purchase valid match tickets for yourself and any close protection personnel that attend with you.
Please note that any close protection staff that attend with you must be licensed through the SIA, and must carry with them their SIA close protection badge. I would prefer advance notice if you attend with a close protection team in order that I may brief my Safety Team and the Police commander.
Corporate boxes are available from £1,000 (+VAT) per match for a party of up to 10 people. Please let me know if you wish to pursue this option and I will ask our commercial department to contact you with further details.
Should your presence in the Stadium present any crowd control or public order issues the Club reserves the right to ask you and your support to leave the stadium and failure to comply with the request to leave may result in your ejection from the stadium.
Any request for Police resources should be made direct to South Yorkshire Police (SYP), and I would expect SYP to charge you for any resources that they make available to you.
John Rutherford
Stadium Operations Manager
Sheffield Wednesday FC


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More instant than oatmeal. The internet is awesome!
The kooks came out and swore that Osama wasn't dead, was dead for six years, still in hiding or some other theory that makes you sound the the biggest fucking basement-liver ever. Fake pictures abound proves they are right and the United States and the CIA are wrong.
The real picture that is circulating now is his enormous crank that he walked around with. No wonder he had a few wives.
After that go tell people how getting a vaccine against measles makes your sperm count go down.


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Inside the Trap
Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle
Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle
Captive: 2,147 Days of Terror in the Colombian Jungle
Midway through Ingrid Betancourt's harrowing memoir, Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle, the politician who had been the hostage of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for three and a half years escapes from her captors' jungle encampment with her closest companion and possibly sometime lover, Luis Eladio "Lucho" Pérez. Lucho and Betancourt find themselves in the middle of the Amazon rain forest, lost, hungry, and terrified. They are swept down a river, kept afloat by empty water jugs; they survive on raw fish caught with a few hooks they've stolen from their prison; they try desperately to fend off the nighttime cold that seeps through their sodden clothing. Lucho, a diabetic who has been deprived of medicine by his captors, faces the threat of coma and death. At every turn they are terrorized by jungle creatures: red ants, alligators, and a plague of insects called la manta blanca, which sets upon them shortly before their food runs out and they surrender to the guerrillas in despair:
It covered us like snow, spreading over our clothes and into our skin, inflicting painful bites that we could not avoid. La manta blanca was a compact cloud of microscopic pearl-colored midges with diaphanous wings. It was hard to believe that these fragile things, so clumsy in flight, could inflict such painful bites…. We had to retreat and take the path to the river earlier than planned. We plunged with relief into its warm water, scratching our faces with our nails to free ourselves from the last relentless insects chasing us.
Once again the current sucked us out to the middle of the river, just in time. Behind Lucho I saw the round eyes of a caiman that had just surfaced…. Had he decided not to leave the riverbank behind? I saw him swing his tail, then turn around.
Betancourt spent six and a half years in the jungle as a captive of the FARC, the Western Hemisphere's oldest Marxist guerrilla group, which has been fighting the Colombian government in a bloody civil war since 1964. During her captivity, she was cut off from the world, deprived of any contact with her husband, two children, and parents (her father died of cancer in her second year as a hostage); her life in captivity was an object of fascination yet one shrouded in mystery. There were reports that she had tried repeatedly to escape, and spent most of her time locked up in chains. (She remained "defiant," I was assured three years ago in Bogotá by Jhon Pinchao Blanco, a police sergeant who had escaped from the same jungle camp in April 2007.)
Then, on July 2,…
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My couch pillows are another story. I had a beautiful red beaded pillow (first accent pillow I bought) that has been sat on by guests and the like, causing the beads to start falling off. So, of course, I've had to put the pillow away. I have another 2 red pillows that I got to match, that are more simple and were really puffy once upon a time. They got used so much for everything from napping, to propping, to being used as floor cushions that I eventually gave up. They are as flat as pancakes now (ok, not that flat, but they're getting there). So, the other day on my weekly trip to TJMaxx, this time with ma mere who's visiting, I eyed some beautiful red pillows. I decided, enough is enough...I want a new set of pretty pillows. I bought them, brought them home and the first thing they were used for...back support. I asked my dad not to stuff them behind himself and he just looked at me as though I was speaking Greek. Sigh...it's hopeless. I don't think men understand the term decor. It is not in their vocabulary.
So, alas, I will TRY to keep my new pillows in pristine condition, but I don't think its going to work. I figured, I won't panic to much about the couch pillows, but my bed pillows, off limits. Don't even think about it. I don't care if you're napping and it took you forever to fall asleep.
In addition to my very cute red pillows is my new peacock pillow :) She was a beauty and I just had to have her. I think she matches just perfectly with my teal pillows. As my mom put it, a peacock amongst the flowers :) I tell you, TJMaxx makes way too much money off of me.


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Anyway, while surfing sewing blogs, I came across the 2014 RTW Fast on http://goodbyevalentino.com/2014-rtw-fasters/ . I was always running to the mall for pants. I live in pants, rarely wear a dress these days. What I should have been doing is concentrating on fitting a good sloper for pants instead. I look at my stash and am so inspired--I just need to start using it again. By not letting myself purchase clothes, I will be forcing myself to start sewing these lovely fabrics.
My local ASG group is also concentrating on sewing blouses/shirts this year. I love to sew blouses, and will be running a couple meetings on pintucks and flyfronts for blouses.
So into this RTW Fast I dive, first to finish the jacket I cut out last year, then a shirt to go with it. After that, I will concentrate on pants. No more short cuts/cop-outs buying clothes. I have the skills and fabric to make the clothes I really want to wear happen.
My best wishes and happy sewing to all of you who are part of this lovely group.


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This just in from the U.S. Coast Guard.
Deckboss wonders whether the vessel involved here, the Copasetic, is the same boat that found trouble last summer.
July 7, 2011
Good Samaritan rescues four east of Resurrection Bay
KODIAK — The crew of the 58-foot good Samaritan fishing vessel Silver Storm rescued four fishermen Wednesday evening from the capsized 57-foot fishing vessel Copasetic near Cape Puget, 28 miles east of Resurrection Bay.
Coast Guard Sector Anchorage watchstanders received a brief mayday call via VHF-FM radio at 6:02 p.m. from the crew of the Seward-based Copasetic. The Homer-based Silver Storm crew reported they heard the transmission and were a mile and a half away and en route to assist.
The Silver Storm arrived on scene at 6:12 p.m. It safely recovered the four Copasetic crewmembers and headed to Chenega Island to disembark the four fishermen. The Silver Storm arrived at Chenega Island at 9:45 p.m. and was met by local emergency medical services. There were no reported injuries.
Coast Guard Sector Anchorage personnel will be investigating the cause of the capsizing and sinking of the Copasetic. They will be working with the owner to develop a salvage and response plan for the vessel, reportedly with 2,100 gallons of diesel aboard.
Weather at the time of the incident was reported as winds of 23 mph with 2-foot seas.
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"Non-monogamy showed me what it really means to be with someone"
One of the great world newspapers is The Guardian, based in the UK, with US, Australian, and international editions. It's progressive to boot. On Friday it published this piece by its regular culture writer Kate Iselin of Sydney, Australia:
Non-monogamy showed me what it really means to be with someone
By Kate Iselin
Being in an open relationship flies in the face of everything we are brought up to believe about 'loose' women being undesirables
Non-monogamy, polyamory, open relationships: whatever your preferred term, it can be a heavy word to drop at the dinner table....
'Who am I to demand a partner never again indulge a crush, share a kiss at a party, or take someone to bed? And who are they to demand the same of me?'
(Photo: stone / getty)
For most of my life I was as monogamous as it was possible to be, almost to a fault. I found that jealousy would frequently rear its head if my partner or crush du jour was so much as spotted in the same room as someone who might chance at a flirt.
Only when I was in my mid-20s did I meet a man who tipped that attitude on its head and told me that although he was as interested in me as I was in him, he was already in a successful open relationship and monogamy was not an option.
My choice was clear: I could either give it a chance and try dating someone who already had a partner, or risk losing them for good.
What I experienced surprised me in the best possible way. While I initially feared I would become a quivering nervous wreck at the thought of my partner with someone else, the openness and honesty we developed assuaged my fears and rid me of my worry of being a "back-up girlfriend".
At no point did I feel neglected or envious; indeed, I found non-monogamy worked for me better than any relationship formula I'd seen in the past. I got to know my partner's partner, and we got along well, and while they shared romantic weekends away and dinner dates together I was free to date and hook-up as much as I wanted.
And spoiler alert: I did.
Once I let go of the fears and insecurities I had previously held around relationships, I was granted a fresh perspective on what it meant to be with someone.
Even more important than any of this, non-monogamy helped me to reassess and redefine the values I sought in — and brought to — a relationship....
Read on (December 3, 2015).
The article was also reprinted at Alternet the next day.
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text: In the series, you are talking about vintage and we like that, I introduce the series of spring 2012 Spezial Adidas Originals. Adidas every 2-3 years will reflect upon some vintage model for his large catalog back slightly to contemporary taste (not by merger or change deep) with just different materials. The Spezial series is limited but the menu offers a good quality of hides without achieving insane prices, which could give ideas to other brands (no no do not follow my eyes). Let's go in the concrete, it will be here for two colorways samba spezials (gray or blue), a beautiful red sports SL72 in concord and 2 mid gray or red leather. In short only great people, it just have to wait!


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German FA remains in crisis following World Cup bribe allegations
Wolfgang Niersbach, president of the German football association, left his post last week following the controversy that came following the revelation that a $7.27-million payment had been made to FIFA, world football's governing body, in 2005.
German magazine Der Spiegel claim that the payment, made just a year before the 2006 World Cup in Germany, went to former Adidas CEO Robert Louis-Dreyfus, rather than to pay for a cultural program in Berlin prior to the start of the international tournament.
Der Spiegel claims that Louis-Dreyfus, who died in 2009, lent the German World Cup bid committee $7.4 million in 2000 for what was essentially a secret slush fund. The money was then used to bribe Asian delegates on the FIFA committee.
Niersbach, who had been president of the German FA since 2012, claimed in October that the payment made to FIFA in 2005 was made to release a FIFA grant of $259 million intended to facilitate the hosting of the World Cup a year later. This has been refuted by his predecessor, Theo Zwanziger, who claims the 64-year-old was lying.
"It is clear that a slush fund existed," said Zwanziger, who is rumored to have been the one to leak the documents forming the basis of Der Spiegel's allegations.
"It is also clear that [Niersbach] knew about this for longer than a few weeks, as he has suggested. He has known about it at least since 2005.
"The way I see it, Niersbach is lying."
FIFA is embroiled in a corruption scandal that has shaken the world of football to its core, with president Sepp Blatter and vice-president Michel Platini both having their respective appeals against 90-day bans rejected on Wednesday in just one of the many subplots
READ MORE: FIFA rejects Blatter / Platini appeals against 90-day bans
Blatter has been in charge of FIFA since 1998, and was re-elected to a fifth term in May despite the opening of criminal investigations as to the misappropriation of funds and financial misconduct in world football's governing body. He announced his decision to step down a week later, saying, "My mandate does not appear to be supported by everybody."
The German FA is now deeply involved in the scandal as the hierarchy of the football world continues to dramatically unravel.


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We're home.
We've been living out of suitcases for a month, in someone else's apartment, and it was so good. It was good to live simply. It was good to be reliant on my legs to get me places rather than the minivan. We'd been home just a day when I started to feel overwhelmed by all the stuff around me. Stuff that we lived without for a month – stuff that obviously isn't necessary. I am in need of a good purging.
So I'm starting off with a few crafty books. Some are new, some are gently used. Instead of leaving comments open for a few days, I'm just going to give the items away to the first people that want them. Six items, six people.
1. Machine Made Patchworks (Japanese edition)
THE original Japanese craft book IMO. Published in 2006, it's still feels amazingly fresh. This one I got in Taiwan for less than $4. Yep, I got one for myself, too.
2. 2011 Sewing Calendar
Some of my tutorials are in here along with many other bloggers that you'll recognize.
3. Sew What! Skirts
Fine book, just not really me.
4. Denyse Schmidt Quilts
Great book – lots of inspiration. Just haven't cracked it in a year. It's time for a new home.
5. Free-Style Handmade Bags & Skirts (English edition)
I think this one is out of Korea. Cute stuff, but a little too cutting edge for my taste.
6. Sewing Bits & Pieces
This one's fairly new and I'm sure you all have seen and heard about it.
And now I'm off to sleep away some jetlag…
Update: All the books have been claimed. That was fun – I felt like I was a game show host! Thanks for the offers to cover shipping, but no worries, these can all go media mail. 3 cheers for purging!


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One tiny little game that you can play two different ways!
Ages: 7+
Players: 2 – 4
Interesting Features: It's dice … and some rules … how is that NOT interesting? Pip & Squeak is the little game you can play two different ways. In Pip you get to blame your lousy friends for losing. In Squeak you get to blame the lousy dice!
Extras Needed: four standard dice per player.
DOWNLOAD: Pip & Squeak
Printing Suggestions: The whole thing prints on one standard Letter size piece of heavy paper front and back. Use the cutting guides to get your individual cards. Don't cut right off the edge, just up to the mark, and it works like a charm. Put the cards into card sleeves if you like.
Designer's Notes: Pip is more tense and likely to make you yell at your opponents. Squeak is more chaotic and guaranteed to make you yell at your dice. You decide which one your friendships can handle.


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The main purpose of this blog is to keep in touch with friends and family, and maybe entertain others with common interests, particularly in relation to the outdoors. We hope you enjoy it, and your comments are valued....
Monday, 31 August 2015
The Alps - Day 12 - Dornbirn to Chiesa
Weather: blue sky sunny, and hot - 34C in Sondrio.
We slept well in our silk liners on Markus's double bed whilst he rustled on a Thermarest.
Coffee and linzertorte set us up for the leisurely drive to Chiesa.
It's just 170 miles. Scenic miles. Swiss motorway, then the Julienpas, with a pause at Hotel Edelweiss to allow further depleting of our dwindling reserves of Swiss Francs, took us to St Moritz. After that the Bernina Pass to Tirano is accompanied by a wonderful scenic narrow gauge railway line, and Tirano itself warrants a longer visit than our lunchtime excursion to 'Bar Tourist'.
Outside the bar a 16th century church, Basilica Madonna di Tirano, sported as many reliefs and paintings as any church we can recall. A wonderful place with the most amazing sculpted wood embracing the organ and the pulpit.
A short drive under a clear blue sky took us onwards to Chiesa by 4 pm, and Hotel la Betulla. Our car, my bike, and our excess baggage will live here for over a week whilst Sue and I tramp the paths of the Alta Via of the Valmalenco.
Sorting gear, a wander around town, pizzas and a bottle of earthy Rosso di Valtellina at Bar Dunvegan, was all we had time for before crashing out.
Today's pictures:
Sue near the summit of Julienpas
A view towards Piz Bernina from the Bernina Pass road
Basilica Madonna di Tirano
Reliefs etc inside the incredibly ornate Basilica
The view from our balcony in Chiesa
Posted by Phreerunner at 06:28
Labels: Alpine, Alps '15, Valmalenco
2 comments:
- AlanR said...
Gee Martin, you are having it tough. Enjoy the weather, its not so good here although yesterday we did have a bit of summer. Today its back to grey and wet.
- 31 August 2015 at 16:43
- Phreerunner said...
You and Sheila would enjoy this 'AVV' route. The weather is slowly deteriorating here, but it's still a lovely place to be.
- 1 September 2015 at 08:58
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As a muslim, it is obligatory to confirm the things before believing and more importantly spreading it to others. There are clear and emphatic Quranic Ayats and Sahih Ahadith in this regard.
ALLAH pak says in surah ASRA
And do not follow a thing about which you have no knowledge. Surely, the ear, the eye and the heart - each one of them shall be interrogated about. [17:36]
Very clear Hadith is there in Saheeh Muslim
The prohibition of speaking about everything that one hears.Matan of Hadeeth starts with
(Translation ) "The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 'It is sufficient lying for a man to speak of everything that he hears.'"
(As translated in Riyazussaliheen translation)


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Disclaimer: Before you take offense at this blog post or think negative thoughts against the harmless blogger, please understand that he has much respect for Muslims in general and, while he is ever the devout Christian, he acknowledges some positive doctrines of Islam. Also, his best friend and heart sister is a Muslim, and this piece is written to honor the decent or "moderate" Muslims.
I have been wanting to write this for such a long time, but I wanted to find the right words and momentum in which to write it. I have just felt so much anger against those who, according to my understand of the Qu'ran, corrupt and defile Islam with their violence--especially against my people (Christians). Before I write anymore opinions, let's state the facts.
--Theo van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker, made a documentary about abuse some Muslim women experience by their Wahhabist husbands. In response, a true disciple of Wahhabism, Mohammad Bouyeri, murders him in cold blood.
---Kurt Westergaard, a cartoonist for Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, drew disgusting cartoons of the prophet Mohammad, in which his head was put on the body of a dog and one showing a bomb hidden in his turban. In response, a group of Wahhabists plotted to bomb the newspaper office, and one broke into Westergaard's house and tried to kill him.
--On October 21, 2010 a group of Wahhabists broke into a church in Iraq and opened fire on the congregation. Nearly 60 unarmed Christians were killed, and several others were wounded.
--Youcef Nadarkhani (God bless and protect him), an Iranian Pastor, is on death row in his country. His crime? According to the Wahhabist government, he is guilty of apostasy. According to what they teach, if a man, who never even truly believed in the tenements of Islam, is born to Muslim parents and converts to another faith, he is an apostate and worthy of death.
--And finally, let's not forget the bombing of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, which caused the deaths of about 3,000 people, including Muslims, on September 11, 2001 (No link needed).
First of all, I want to point out the fact that many people around the world have bias against Muslims--especially those in the Middle East. When a Wahhabist (ultra-conservative/militant Muslim) commits violence against Christians, Jews, Kurds, Hazaras, and Muslims who do not subscribe to their brand of piety, all they do is create fear and resentment against all other Muslims. Just ask the relatives of a Muslim (or a accented and turbaned brown-skinned man) who was murdered by an opportunist after 9/11. Ask a girl who is bullied because she wears a hijab. Ask a man who is always selected for a "random inspection" at the airport. Even though burning the Qu'ran and drawing offensive cartoons against someone 1 billion people revere is stupid and evil, so is murdering or threatening others in reprisal. It does nothing but justify the fear and contempt people have against Muslims. The hatemongers may murder or discriminate against innocent Muslims, but the Wahhabists are handing the hatemongers the gun and exposing the Muslims to discrimination.
Second, and this is regarding Pastor Youcef and all Christians being persecuted in Nigeria, Sudan, Egypt, and Southwest Asian countries. Those Muslims who actually read and understand the Qu'ran would know that there are many scriptures that speak against executing Pastor Youcef for apostasy or murdering Christians who would not DARE utter one insult against Islam in such Wahhabist societies (for the record, there ARE Muslim countries where Christians are welcome; Jordan and Lebanon to name a few).
Here are the aforementioned scriptures:
Surah 109:6: "To you be your Way and to me mine."
Surah 2:256: "Let there be no compulsion in religion..."
Surah 18:29: "...Let him who will, believe, and let him who will, reject..."
Surah 5:68-69: "O People of the Book (Christians and Jews), you have no ground to stand upon unless you stand fast by the Law, the Gospel, and all the revelation that has come to you from YOUR Lord...Those who believe (in the Qu'ran), those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Sabians and the Christians--any who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and work righteousness,--on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve."
Now, even though I cannot read the Qu'ran in its original Arabic, my translation of these Scriptures is that people have the right to observe any faith they wish. Hence, they should not be consigned to death for refusing to embrace Islam. Also, as Christians and Jews are considered "People of the Book," and if they are told to "stand fast" to the Law and Gospel" and that they should not fear or grieve, does it not stand to reason that Muslims should respect Christians and Jews and treat them as equals?
Therefore, a Wahhabist who has a taste for Christian blood are sinning by his own scriptures. The Wahhabists who shot a congregation for no other reason than being Christian in a Muslim country have defiled Islam. And true Muslims should abhor the government officials who order the execution of Pastor Youcef in the name of Allah.
Now, I also believe that it is pointless to address problems without suggesting solutions. My solutions are simple. To those who support discrimination against Muslims, I say this: LEAVE THEM ALONE! You don't have to like them, but don't ostracize them. You are doing nothing but making things worse; in fact, you are in part responsible for the deaths of innocent people, not just Christians, in the Middle East.
To the peaceful Muslims: hang in there. Don't let the barbaric behavior of others cause you to become violent. And please forgive those who have, in the past and present, abused you in the name of Christ. Christianity is about love and salvation, about sharing the Gospel and trusting in the mercy of God. Anyone who practices otherwise is a hypocrite.
Finally, for the Wahhabists, until you are ready to repent for the crimes you committed or supported, never again say "Salaam Aleikum" because you do not truly mean it. If you really wished for peace to be upon others, you would work towards peace, not violence. You would allow people to live in peace, not in fear. Until you change your ways, you will continue to be the cancer of the Muslim world and one of the many stains on humanity. Finally, if you believe that the kaffir (unbeliever) is doomed to hell but also that Allah hu akbar (God is great), then how about you let Him do his job and stop trying to do it for Him.
This blog is going to be blunt and political incorrect. Are you easily offended? Do you sanctimoniously believe that the politically correct have all the answers? Do you feel that everyone who does not agree with your lifestyle, philosophy, or beliefs is automatically narrow-minded, and evil? Do not read this blog. If you are open-minded enough to respect the viewpoints of others and can fight fair in a debate, please proceed to my blog.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Will the Wahhabists please stop embarrassing and stigmatizing decent Muslims???
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