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Shame is something I struggle with. This emotion is a complex mixture of past and present mistakes, perceived failures and reality that I have missed the mark. Despite the reassurance that we all fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23), this lingering feeling can wash over me when I least expect it like a tidal wave threatening to drown me.
The most frustrating thing about shame is that I know in my head that I should not feel shame in who I am, or where I have been or in who I will become because Christ has died to set me free. On good days I rest in the truth that I am a new creation, and that Christ's blood is more than enough for the likes of me, no matter how badly I screw up. But nevertheless, I still find myself keeping company with shame. Hand in hand, skipping like school girls, shame and condemnation embrace me. We sit around in a circle replaying and revisiting the lies. Condemnation spews venom into my heart until there is hardly an ounce of truth left. This nasty enemy befriends me while abusing me with the very things I despise. Condemnation keeps me looking backwards, wondering and wishing that I was someone different. Shame wraps its arms around me like an old familiar friend, promising not to leave.
The emotion of shame lies to me every time. It whispers that I am less than others and that God has lied to me when he says that I am an accepted, chosen, adopted and redeemed daughter of The Most High. It tries to persuade me that I deserve to be treated with disrespect and to remain in a state that demands I hide my face and divert my eyes from those who I have shamed. Shame tries to rob me of my identity in Christ tethering me to the old.
About a week ago, in the midst of worshiping my King, the world faded away and I found myself dancing with Him. As the words of a song rang from my mouth, I was far from the place I stood. There in the presence of the Lord, He showed me something.
He had dressed me in the most magnificent gown. The detail and the beauty of this dress go unmatched. The dress was white, billowing material with a full skirt surrounding me, fitting me like a glove. From head to toe, I was ready for what looked like a wedding. The tiny jewels on the dress glimmered in the light, reflecting Him. I was radiant, but something was wrong. I looked around me and grabbed from the ground a dirty dingy sack cloth. This cloth was filthy. Almost black with dirt and soot, stained and torn apart in places. The aroma coming from it was foul. It was worn with holes as if it had been chewed on by some animal. And I put it over my head covering the dress I was wearing. I then turned to Christ as if I had just placed a crown on my head.
In that moment He showed me that every time I cling to shame I am pulling on that sack cloth covering my true identity in Him. I continually place the grimy sack cloth over the gorgeous gown He made for me. In this sack cloth I am unable to see who I really am. I am blinded by my shame. Despite the fact that He tries to take it off me, as long as I put it back on nothing will change. I have to stop reaching for the sack cloth and slipping it on.
Upon seeing that vision my heart sank. I was choosing a ragged garment over the truth. I was settling and believing the lies and wearing them before my King when He has already dressed me in perfection. I felt more comfortable in the dirty, old rags then in the gown and beauty that He created me for. Shame and condemnation kept handing me the rags in hopes that I would never notice the dress I was wearing.
That is the danger of the enemy. He wants so desperately to convince us that we are not really something of great worth. The devil goes to great lengths to get us to forget who we really are and focus on the sack cloth and not on the beautiful women of God that we really are.
So today I am taking notice of the gown He has clothed me in. I am rejoicing in the work that He has done in me. I refuse to put on the garment of shame any longer. Shame is not a part of the glory that Christ has clothed me in. Let our eyes be open to the ways that He delights and rejoices in us. After all He is our Husband and He loves us so.
"As a young man marries a young woman, so will your Builder marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you." Isaiah 62:5


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From the Permaculture Research Institute website:
Permaculture (the word, coined by Bill Mollison, is a portmanteau of permanent agriculture and permanent culture) is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of landscape and people — providing their food, energy, shelter, and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. Without permanent agriculture there is no possibility of a stable social order. Permaculture design is a system of assembling conceptual, material, and strategic components in a pattern which functions to benefit life in all its forms.
The philosophy behind permaculture is one of working with, rather than against, nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless action; of looking at systems in all their functions, rather than asking only one yield of them; and allowing systems to demonstrate their own evolutions.
Permaculture in Landscape and Society
As the basis of permaculture is beneficial design, it can be added to all other ethical training and skills, and has the potential of taking a place in all human endeavors. In the broad landscape, however, permaculture concentrates on already-settled areas and agricultural lands. Almost all of these need drastic rehabilitation and re-thinking. One certain result of using our skills to integrate food supply and settlement, to catch water from our roof areas, and to place nearby a zone of fuel forest which receives wastes and supplies energy, will be to free most of the area of the globe for the rehabilitation of natural systems. These need never be looked upon as "of use to people", except in the very broad sense of global health.
The real difference between a cultivated (designed) ecosystem, and a natural system is that the great majority of species (and biomass) in the cultivated ecology is intended for the use of humans or their livestock. We are only a small part of the total primeval or natural species assembly, and only a small part of its yields are directly available to us. But in our own gardens, almost every plant is selected to provide or support some direct yield for people. Household design relates principally to the needs of people; it is thus human-centered (anthropocentric).
This is a valid aim for settlement design, but we also need a nature-centered ethic for wilderness conservation. We cannot, however, do much for nature if we do not govern our greed, and if we do not supply our needs from our existing settlements. If we can achieve this aim, we can withdraw from much of the agricultural landscape, and allow natural systems to flourish.
- Implacable and uncompromising opposition to further disturbance of any remaining natural forests, where most species are still in balance;
- Vigorous rehabilitation of degraded and damaged natural systems to stable states;
- Establishment of plant systems for our own use on the least amount of land we can use for our existence; and
- Establishment of plant and animal refuges for rare or threatened species.
Permaculture as a design system deals primarily with the third statement above, but all people who act responsibly in fact subscribe to the first and second statements. We believe should use all the species we need or can find to use in our own settlement designs, providing they are not locally rampant and invasive.

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My mom and I recently went to Disneyland & California Adventure and had an absolute blast!
We went on the Haunted Mansion ride first (obviously), and ended the day with the new Little Mermaid ride. This was my favorite Disney princess movie growing up…I was a bit obsessed. I sang the songs non-stop and would pretend to be in a world with flippers any chance I had. So going on a ride of childhood nostalgia = awesomesauce.
Unfortunately, my camera battery died just as we got to the ride, so I improvised and made a comic of the experience.
And just for kicks, go on the ride yourself!
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It is strange being a Stay-at-home-Dad. For instance a chant of "ihopeiwinatoaster, ihopeiwinatoaster" floating up the basement steps. My nearly seven [eight] (now nine) ((now ten)) [[eleven]] {twelve} year-old twin boys concoct, devise, arrange, invent, write, say, imagine and dream the damndest things. Things that make me wonder. Ideas and stories that I may think on for days after I encounter them. I'll share some here. They made me do this. Essential. Childhood. Nonsense. Explained.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Double Pegleg
Do NOT mess with this dude:
Carry on.
(Yes, that is a gun in his pocket and he is glad to see you.)
From Marci's '...things you don't expect to hear from, uh, the dad...'
"No, I'm not drinking the gravy. It is cream of turkey soup."
" ... and it is delicious."
It was gravy...
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I don't have it in me anymore. I should have chosen my 30 options a little more carefully. I just simply ran out of options. I hope you can forgive me. This is what I wore today. I have worn this before here. I love when items give me options.
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|The LMC geometry and outer stellar populations from early DES data
Balbinot, Eduardo
Santiago, Basilio Xavier
Girardi, Leo Alberto
Pieres, Adriano
Costa, Luiz N. da
Maia, Marcio Antonio Geimba
Gruendl, Robert A.
Walker, Alistair
Yanny, Brian
Drlica-Wagner, Alex
Benoit-Lévy, Aurélien
Abbott, Timothy M. C.
Allam, Sahar S.
Annis, James T.
Bernstein, Joseph P.
Bernstein, Rebecca A.
Bertin, Emmanuel
Brooks, D.
Buckley-Geer, Elizabeth
Carnero Rosell, Aurelio
Cunha, Carlos Eduardo
DePoy, Darren L.
Desai, S.
Diehl, H. Thomas
Doel, Peter
Estrada, Juan
Evrard, August E.
Fausti Neto, Angelo
Finley, David A.
Flaugher, Brenna
Frieman, Joshua A.
Gruen, Daniel
Honscheid, K.
James, David J.
Kuehn, Kyler
Kuropatkin, Nikolay P.
Lahav, Ofer
March, Marisa Cristina
Marshall, Jennifer L.
Miller, Christopher J.
Miquel, Ramon
Ogando, Ricardo L.C.
Peoples, John
Plazas Malagón, Andrés Alejandro
Scarpine, Victor Emanuel
Schubnell, Michael
Sevilla Noarbe, Ignacio
Smith, Robert Christopher
Soares-Santos, Marcelle
Suchyta, Eric
Swanson, Molly E. C.
Tarle, Gregory
Tucker, Douglas L.
Wechsler, Risa H.
Zuntz, J.
|The Dark Energy Camera has captured a large set of images as part of Science Verification (SV) for the Dark Energy Survey (DES). The SV footprint covers a large portion of the outer LargeMagellanic Cloud (LMC), providing photometry 1.5 mag fainter than the main sequence turn-off of the oldest LMC stellar population.We derive geometrical and structural parameters for various stellar populations in the LMC disc. For the distribution of all LMC stars, we find an inclination of i = −38. ◦ 14 ± 0. ◦ 08 (near side in the north) and a position angle for the line of nodes of θ0 = 129. ◦ 51 ± 0. ◦ 17. We find that stars younger than ∼4 Gyr are more centrally concentrated than older stars. Fitting a projected exponential disc shows that the scale radius of the old populations is R>4 Gyr = 1.41 ± 0.01 kpc, while the younger population has R<4 Gyr = 0.72 ± 0.01 kpc. However, the spatial distribution of the younger population deviates significantly from the projected exponential disc model. The distribution of old stars suggests a large truncation radius of Rt = 13.5 ± 0.8 kpc. If this truncation is dominated by the tidal field of the Galaxy, we find that the LMC is 24+9 −6 times less massive than the encircled Galactic mass. By measuring the Red Clump peak magnitude and comparing with the best-fitting LMC disc model, we find that the LMC disc is warped and thicker in the outer regions north of the LMC centre. Our findings may either be interpreted as a warped and flared disc in the LMC outskirts, or as evidence of a spheroidal halo component.
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Grande Nuvem de Magalhães
Mapeamentos astronômicos
[en] Galaxies: stellar content
[en] Magellanic clouds
[en] Stars: statistics
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Fran introducing the new video:
"Dear all,the video for Song To Self will be going up on our youtube site later.
Don't be shocked.It's just a me video.
I was a little uncomfortable with the idea of it not being an all of us video,
but it reflects the meaning of the song well,
that of loneliness and wanting to find someone who feels the same as you,
someone who knows how you tick. And boy did I feel lonley : )
Anyways it'll be up later. It's directed by Nick Hooker.
Nick has worked with U2 and the Smashing Pumpkins
and recently made the video for the Grace Jones song Corporate Cannibal."
"Official video for new single "Song To Self" sees Fran caught
in a lonely freaked out acid hinterland created by the video director
Nick Hooker. Will he ever make it back to the band????"


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Kayla's fifteenth birthday was last Monday. We watched A New Hope that evening, played Pictionary using Star Wars words, and walked about a house that had paper decorations everywhere.
Here is the two stack cake I made. Kayla created the chocolate figures. 😛 The icing was suppose to be black but turned purple instead. And then over the week it turned a dark blue. Kinda creepy if you ask me. 😛
Here is a inside peek of the cake. Chocolate, choclate frosting, white cake and buttercream icing with some what-is-supposed-to-be black dye.
Here is a sample of the decorations. Kayla has about five different lightsabers that she put around the house.
The bad guys were put by the door. Just keep everyone in line. 😛
Kayla got some fun SW presents. Here is a bag which Mom and I found at a music store (I know, kinda weird.)
Here are the two cups she got.
And here is Artoo, who beeps, whisltes and screams when you click the button. Nathan just about claimed it for himself. 😛
Unfortunately, I don't have any more pictures on my computer, so this will have to be it. 🙂
Happy Birthday Kayla!
~Jamie Joyce


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I have some pencils and some jars.
If I put 4 pencils into each jar I will have one jar left over.
If I put 3 pencils into each jar I will have one pencil left over.
How many pencils and how many jars?
2. Daniel can paint a house in three days. His apprentice takes six days to paint the same house. How long will it take if they work together?
3. If four bananas plus three oranges plus two apples cost $1.45
Three bananas plus two oranges plus four apples cost $1.30
One banana plus four oranges plus three apples cost $1.30
What is the total cost of one banana plus one orange plus one apple?
4. One half of a certain number plus one quarter of the same number equals three less than the number. What is the number?
5. In a certain competition, each team plays each other team three times during the season.
If 45 games are played, how many teams are there?
6. Eight times a certain number exceeds half that number by 15. What's the number?
7. How many…
8. Joe purchases coffee for his restaurant at $30 per bag. He can make 60 cups of coffee from a bag. How much should he charge per cup in order to make 100% profit?
9. You have a box containing ten chocolates.
You have ten friends.
You give each friend one chocolate
At the end, there is still one chocolate left in the box.
10. There are two islands situated close to each other in the middle of the ocean. The inhabitants of one island always tell the truth, and those of the other island always lie.
You are on one of the islands, and meet three Islanders. You ask the first which island they are from and he indicates that the other two Islanders are from the same Island. You ask the second Islander the same question, and he also indicates that the other two Islanders are from the same island.
What is the third Islander's answer to the same question?


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We've written often about the problem of the cost of higher education climbing twice as fast as inflation, for decades. Instapundit started calling this the Education Bubble.
California teen entrepreneur asks: College? Who needs it? is one solution to this problem:
He calls it the UnCollege movement.
Nineteen-year-old Dale Stephens is urging his peers to rethink the need for college, arguing that they can get more out of pursuing real-world skills than completing homework assignments and studying for exams.
"I want to change the notion that a college degree is the only path to professional success," said Stephens, who grew up in Winters and now lives in San Francisco, where he is building the UnCollege movement and developing a Web-based company.
Later the article has the phrase: Drifting without pupose.
I wonder how many college students that applies to?
Hat tip: Judy Aron


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Hey HAWTies, In case you didn't notice but Fridays are dedicated to NAPURAL Hair. I appreciate the likes & the reads I truly do HAWTies. I thank you all for the support through this journey. We all need support through our Nappy Journey. So please let me know if there is anything that you all want to discuss in the following weeks to come, because the more support out there, the more we will see beautiful locks of NAPURALS running around.
This Friday I'm going to piggy back off our last informational NAPURAL Post. When Pre-pooing the most important part is the ingredients that you use. I wanted to inform you all & myself of the different oils that you can use in your pre-poo's & what they are good for. This isn't a complete list of items I wanted to bring you to you HAWTies but we will start here & add as we go on this journey of OURS…….
There are 2 types of oils you can use on your hair HAWTies, essential & carrier oils. Essential oils are fragrant oils that are actually the concentrated essence of the plant. Essential oils are light and do not feel like an oil, but they also evaporate quickly, they are usually added to carrier oils for them to be added to our hair. Carrier oils are oily in texture and can be oil from a seed, fruit, vegetable or nut.
Essential Oils
Choose the highest grade essential oil available. Try to purchase complete oils or genuine Grade A oils for the most natural oil with the least amount of chemicals and additives. Lavender, chamomile, and rose oil are all essential oils used in hair treatments. Some other essential oils for the hair include:
Tea Tree Oil
Tea tree oil is beneficial for the hair because it can treat the symptoms of a dry scalp as well as problematic oily hair. The oil has been used to treat dandruff, and has a unique astringent smell that is suitable for male or female use.
Sandalwood Oil
Sandalwood has many properties that make it good for the hair and scalp. The oil is an astringent, an anti-inflammatory and an antiseptic. Use sandalwood oil to soothe a dry and irritated scalp.
Orange Oil
This invigorating and vibrant smelling essential oil aids the hair by regulated the production of sebum, the hair's natural oil.
Safflower Oil
Safflower oil protects hair, nourishes hair follicles, moisturizes, and stimulates blood circulation to promote hair growth and thickness. And it is extremely beneficial for natural as well as dry chemically treated hair.
Rosemary Oil
Rosemary oil is great for stimulating hair follicles for hair growth, preventing hair loss and greying, preventing dandruff, strengthening hair, and boosting shine.
Camellia oil
also known as tea seed oil, is high in vitamin E, an essential vitamin for healthy hair and quick hair growth, according to "The Science of Hair Care" by Claude Bouillon and John Wilkinson. Camellia oil can be applied to the hair as often as you desire, though treating the hair twice a week with the oil is sufficient to help stimulate hair growth for most people.
Carrier Oils
Choose high grade carrier oils with essential oils for conditioner combinations that will help moisturize dry hair. Carrier oils can be used in conjunction with essential oils or on their own to treat the hair. Olive oil, almond oil, and castor oil are all carrier oils suitable for hair care. Other carrier oils for the hair include:
Jojoba Oil
Jojoba oil is useful for the hair because it closely resembles the hair's natural oil called sebum. This oil can be used by itself as a hot oil treatment, or mixed with a different carrier oil for a specialized conditioning treatment.
Avocado Oil
Avocado oil is full of vitamins your hair needs like vitamins A, E, D and potassium. Avocado oil is not heavy even though that avocado has the heaviest amount of protein in any fruit.
Grapeseed Oil
Grapeseed oil is popular because it is odorless and full of minerals and vitamins that help strengthen your hair. It is an odorless oil, and can help add shine and moisture to your hair. Grapeseed oil is known for having a high content of linoleic acid, an important fatty acid that supports cell health.
Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is great for preventing dandruff, promoting hair growth, moisturizing, strengthening hair, thickening hair, and preventing damage.
Olive Oil (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
Which is also referred to as the "godmother of hair oil," is great for moisturizing, deep conditioning, improving hair strength, eliminating dandruff, and also has powerful antioxidants that can help fight hair loss.
Sweet Almond Oil
Sweet almond oil works great as a "sealant." This means that it "locks-in" moisture. Sweet almond oil also nourishes hair, smoothes hair cuticles to control shedding, promotes hair growth and thickness, prevents hair loss, and boosts shine.
Castor Oil
Castor oil thickens hair, promotes hair growth, prevents thinning, moisturizes, helps reduce split ends, helps to tame frizz, and prevents scalp infections.
Mustard Oil
Mustard oil is another natural ingredient that has been used for hair growth
I know that I cannot wait to get in the kitchen this weekend & concoct up some good hair food!!! Next week I think we may touch upon the benefits of of Shea Butter For Your Hair. HAVE A HAWT WEEKEND HAWTies!!!


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Tim is our resident writer, he has had articles in several Catholic magazines such as New Oxford Review, Angelus, and several Catholic medical publications. But, after taking a writing course, I submitted (and had accepted) an article I wrote to Cricket children's magazine group. Then I heard nothing, for TWO years! This past week I received a letter in my inbox saying that they were sorry it had taken so long, asking me to proofread the edited piece and expect a contract within the next few weeks.
Only a month ago I got another email from an on-line friend asking for a short bio and address because an old blog post, detailing our decision to homeschool was to be published in a new book entitled Stories for the Homeschool Heart. While I am not expecting fame and fortune, book signings at the local mall, or people asking for my autograph, it is nice to think that all my scribbling have contributed to something that people want to read.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
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- Maia said...
Congratulations! Very exciting!
- Michelle said...
Good for you, Kat!
Did you make the pumpkin pie yet? I used to microwave huge chunks to cook it...or huge chunks in the oven works too. If you don't have time to drain it, then use less water/liquid (I've not made pie from scratch, but my bread recipe calls for 2/3 c water - with canned pumpkin...and I use 1/3 c water when using fresh pumpkin).
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Where Are They Now?
Everyone remembers this video - A couple of Romney staffers getting naughty with some McCain signs right before the NH Primary.
A shiny silver dollar to whoever can tell us which of these naughty staffers just took a staff position with the New Hampshire state party. Double if they can tell us the position.
Oh New Hampshire, how we miss it so.


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Arrived on the coast of Portugal in a place called Porto just after 11:30 last night. I met a travel mate and fellow Canadian on the train. After a futile search for tourist information in the closed train station, Stacey and I chose to walk down the main street in search of an understanding pensione who might trust us enough to pay him in the morning. It didn't occur to either of us that a business in Portugal might not accept Spanish pesetas.
Instead, we found the police station. This seemed like a better option, to ask local law enforcement for directions rather than wander aimlessly through the streets of a strange city. Outside the station is a female officer casually smoking a cigarette with an Uzi slung over her shoulder. She is chatting with a guy dressed in regular clothes. She doesn't speak English and neither Stacey nor I speak Portuguese so I manage to communicate with her in broken French. Before she goes back into the station, she tells us to wait for her colleague to come off duty.
I suggest to Pedro, the guy who had been speaking to the officer, that I'm not really that picky about accommodations right now, preferring anything over a park bench at the train station. Perhaps there is an empty jail cell we could bunk in for the night? He laughs at my suggestion. "No, no, you no like that. You wait. Few minutes."
The off duty officer appears and our predicament is explained. The officer speaks English and knows a cheap pensione not too far away. When we arrive, I ask if there is a room available. There is, for 1800 escudo, payable in advance. I tell the owner that we just arrived and will pay him in the morning. This is unacceptable. Tomorrow is a bank holiday.
The off duty officer steps forward and shows his badge, speaking in a calm, but official tone. When their conversation finishes, the officer turns to me and explains that the owner insists on having his money up front. He is concerned that we will leave tomorrow without paying. I show the pensione owner a traveler's cheque and tell him that he can hold it until we can find local currency. This is also not acceptable.
The officer reaches for his wallet, but before he pulls it out of his pocket, I tell him that if the pensione won't take the word of a cop, then I don't want to stay here anyway. "Do you know of another place?"
"Yes," he says, looking straight at the pensione owner, "a much nicer place than this hole."
The next place we arrive at is a no nonsense transaction. The officer bangs on the door with authority. When the inn keeper answers, he immediately identifies himself as police. His tone is stern, authoritative, and non negotiable. When they finish speaking, the inn keeper invites Stacey and I in and shows us to our room. I thank the inn keeper, and notice the officer is indicating out of the inn keeper's sight that I shouldn't say too much. The inn keeper gives me a curious look and hands the room key to the officer on his way out.
"Okay, you have a room," says the officer, handing Stacey the room key, "Now, we get something to eat!"
Stacey and I look at each other, searching for cues to see how the other feels about going out with people we've only known for an hour or so. "Don't worry. Look," he says, letting us inspect his badge, "I am police. It is my job to protect you."
The four of us pile into his tiny hatch back and speed through the quiet streets of Porto. Carlos, the officer and Pedro are discussing where to eat when a policeman steps out into the road, indicating for Carlos to pull over. Carlos, laughs and zips around the officer without any attempt to slow down. "It's okay," says Carlos, seeing my shocked expression in the rear view mirror, "I'm not stopping for that idiot!"
We stop at a night club for a hot dog and then to a gas station for a six pack. Carlos drives us to Ponte D. Luis to drink the beer while he and Pedro point out some of the city sights. He returns Stacey and I, safe and fed, to the pensione just after 4 a.m., asking if we would like to join them again tomorrow evening.
|Ponte D. Luis
Photo by Ana Coelho
After a very comfortable sleep and a late rise, Stacey and I search Porto for a place to change some money. I decide to try my luck at a posh hotel. The man at the front desk is adamant that he cannot help me. With the bank holiday, he can't risk not having what the hotel guests may require. I notice there is a restaurant just off the lobby and ask him if he would accept a traveler's cheque if we ordered food. He said he could give us local currency as change.
The waiters are well dressed and catering to our every desire. A cart containing a choice of soup is wheeled to our table. I choose french onion soup, which is ladled from the table side cauldron into my bowl. Stacey chooses cream of carrot soup. We order a bottle of white wine that is kept cool in a bucket of ice next to the table. For the main course, Stacey orders pasta and I choose prime rib.
Stacey's order is delivered by one waiter, who sets a shallow bowl of linguine noodles in front of her, followed by another waiter pushing a cart containing a small pot of tomato sauce. He asks what would she like in her sauce and makes several suggestions that he prepares in a heated skillet on the cart. He adds her choices to the sauce pours it over her noodles.
|Please sir, can I have some more?
My order is presented by one waiter who places a large plate before me, half covered with sauteed vegetables. Another waiter wheels a cart containing a large piece of prime rib. He asks me how thick I want it sliced and tells me to let him know when he should stop carving. I let him carve off half a dozen thin slices that he neatly adds to my plate. Stacey couldn't finish all of her noodles. I devoured my meal, savouring that post Christmas turkey bloated feeling. We sip our wine, fearing the astronomical bill that is due to arrive any moment.
Total cost of this meal, with tip: 3200 PTE (Portuguese Escudo). About $20. I pay with a $50US traveler's cheque, the change being just enough to cover the cost of the pensione for the two nights we've stayed. When the banks open tomorrow, Stacey will give me the equivalent of $25US in escudo.
|Staircase leading to the river. In the distance you can see
the wall of one of Porto's cathedrals
Needing to walk off the very full feeling from our indulgence at lunch, we find our way to the stunning architecture of the old city. The old city, the Ribeira, is a collection of colourful row houses and shops that are etched into the steep hillside lining the river.
|Ribeira (riverside) waterfront homes
Photo by .ricardo
Pedro and Carlos meet Stacey and I at the pensione and treat us to a guided tour of Porto.
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"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us."
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many a visitor to New York's Museum of Modern Art has probably thought, "I could do that."Banksy's Website: http://www.banksy.co.uk
A British graffiti artist who goes by the name "Banksy" went one step further, by smuggling in his own picture of a soup can and hanging it on a wall, where it stayed for more than three days earlier this month before anybody noticed.
The prank was part of a coordinated plan to infiltrate four of New York's top museums on a single day.
The largest piece, which he smuggled into the Brooklyn Museum, was a 2 foot by 1.5 foot (61cm by 46 cm) oil painting of a colonial-era admiral, to which the artist had added a can of spray paint in his hand and anti-war graffiti in the background.
The other two targets were the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History, where he hung a glass-encased beetle with fighter jet wings and missiles attached to its body -- another comment on war, Banksy told Reuters on Thursday.
"It was just an outsider's view of the modern American bug, bristling with listening devices and military hardware," he said.
An art Web site called www.woostercollective.com has posted pictures of the artist -- wearing an Inspector Clouseau-style overcoat, a hat and a fake beard and nose -- hanging up his work at the four museums and describing how he did it.
Speaking by telephone from an undisclosed location in Britain, Banksy said he conducted all four operations on March 13, helped by accomplices who filmed him and provided distractions where necessary.
"They staged a gay tiff (lovers' quarrel), shouting very loudly and obnoxiously," said the artist, declining to give his real name or any personal details beyond his occupation as a professional painter and decorator.
It is not the first time he has staged such stunts. Last year he smuggled work into the Louvre in Paris and London's Tate, attracting attention in the British media.
"My sister inspired me to do it. She was throwing away loads of my pictures one day and I asked her why. She said 'It's not like they're going to be hanging in the Louvre.'"
He took that as a challenge. "I thought why wait until I'm dead," he said.
His preferred creative outlet, graffiti on trains, was growing more difficult due to greater security so he decided to branch out into infiltrating museums. "I tend to gravitate to places with less sophisticated security systems," he said.
Officials at the Natural History Museum declined to comment on security. Museum of Modern Art officials said only that the offending picture was taken down on March 17.
It was unclear what gave the game away but Banksy's version of Andy Warhol's iconic images of Campbell's Soup Cans showed a can of Tesco value tomato soup, a discounted brand sold by a British supermarket chain.
"Obviously they've got their eye a lot more on things leaving than things going in which works in my favor," Banksy said. "I imagine they'll be doing stricter bag checks now."
He said the painting in the Metropolitan Museum, a small portrait of a woman wearing a gas mask, had been discovered after one day, while the others stayed up for several days. The paintings were fixed to the wall with extra-strong glue.
Asked how he managed to escape notice while putting them up on a busy Sunday at the museums, he said: "They do get pretty full, but not if you put the pictures in the boring bits."
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Although this is Bakeshop's first store location, DC locals are no stranger to Justin's cakes. Since 2006, Bakeshop's sweets have been found in cases at (now defunct) Murky Coffee and recently at H Street's Chinatown Coffee. On my visit I sampled the classic Red Velvet and adorable Chocolate Chip (you can bet I'll be back for an Oatmeal Blueberry cookie). I have to tell you, this is one of the best Red Velvet cakes I've ever had--the cocoa flavor so often ignored in favor of overabundant red dye is deliciously pronounced in Bakeshop's cake. Also, Bakeshop forgoes the standard cream cheese frosting for a small cap of vanilla bean frosting, and the combo really works (I swear I saw real flecks of bean!). The chocolate chip was super soft and moist and it's also a unique choice not on offer at most other shops in town--a good twist for those that usually opt for the standard vanilla. At $2.75, these cakes are a little smaller than some others in town, though I think that makes them the perfect sized accompaniment to a cup of coffee...or maybe just a second cupcake :)
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Name five things that would be on the shelves of Planet (Your Name).
Well, at first I was thinking big, warehouse type store, but the more I thought about it the more I thought about a beachfront Victorian with an outdoor shower, beautiful wood floor and beams in the ceiling to match, wrap around porches on both floors and lots of nooks and some hidden walls and passageways.
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- big comfy couches that you sink into yet somehow they still have the ability to hold your drink straight when you set it down,
- ice cold beer on tap but none of the idiots that usually hang out at places that have ice cold beer on tap,
- 'nannies on demand' so I could show off my cute child, but when his face (or butt) needed to be wiped I could call them in,
- pre-written, brilliant, uncopyrighted sermons and the bulletin liturgy that goes with them with just the right mix of traditional and contemporary,
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Our St. Patrick's day dinner is Corned Beef and Cabbage. I make it the quick way though in the pressure cooker. If you don't have time to slow cook, or if you want to make use of one of the handiest items in the kitchen use the pressure cooker!
So throw your corned beef brisket in the pressure cooker and enjoy some March Madness this St. Patrick's day! Brisket is the cut corned beef is made from. It is from the chest and upper front legs of the beef which can be quite tough, so it needs to either be cooked slowly or cooked in a pressure cooker to make it tender.
1. Place a 3-4lb brisket in the pressure cooker. Our processor preseasons the corned beef. If it is not seasoned it should have a spice packet included. Put enough water in the pressure cookers pot to just cover the beef and bring to a boil.
2. Place the lid with the rocker on the cooker and set so that there is a slow steady rocking motion on the rocker for 1 hour. Watch it for a while to make sure it does not blow out steam...these new pressure cookers can be testy! I wish I still had grandmas old style one (ugh...I sound old).
3. Take off of heat and let stand 5 minutes in order to release pressure. Cut and eat.
4. I roast potatoes, cabbage and carrots separately so they are all done at the same time. Grab a Guinness and a slice of Irish Soda Bread and you are good to go!
"The first corned beef was packed in salt, and sometimes spices, in order to cure it. It got its name from the corn kernel-sized grains of salt it was packed in."
Today, corned beef is usually made by soaking a brisket roast in a brine of water, salt, and spices. While it's not traditional in Ireland, corned beef is what most Americans prepare for St. Patrick's Day." taken from www.allrecipes.com
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Monday, October 12, 2015
Spicy Crab Rolls (sushi) Recipe
I love spicy crab rolls, but I find that they often are not very "spicy" when I buy them from a restaurant or store, so making my own at home assures I can get some more spice but allows you to make it less spicy as well. I used 4 tsp. of the chili garlic sauce but would have probably used anpther 1-2 more teaspoons if I wasn't making a big batch to serve the family who doesn't like things quite as spicy. If you have never made your own sushi rolls, I will be sharing a post next month on Northern Cheapskate on how to make your California Crab Rolls and tips on what you need to make your own rolls.
Spicy Crab Roll Filling
2 C imitation crab (shredded)
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Directions: Mix all ingredients together and allow to sit in the fridge for 30 minutes to allow the flavors to blend. Add to your sushi rolls as desired. Enjoy!
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Whether analyzed over history in Thomas Picketty's, Capital in the 21st Century (2013), in relation to the patterns of inequality in the U.S.A. today by JosephE. Stiglitz' The Cost of Inequality (2012), or from the stories of those who sought to challenge exploitive systems that perpetuate inequality in Michael Lewis' Flash Boys (2014), the message is clear – inequality of economic opportunity, and how many of those privileged with wealth protect and exaggerate it, is one of the most entrenched and volatile problems we face in the modern day. I am not an economist and so qualify my reflections by acknowledging that I am a novice and was previously uninformed about economics and its impact. However, reading these three books has allowed me to integrate a variety of perspectives and to learn enough to know that economic opportunity is a problem that we must all face.
As a backdrop to my reflections, the intent is not to criticize anyone but to face honestly a system that is inherently unfair and perpetuates itself, with those fortunate enough to enter the ranks of extreme wealth acquiring opportunity that most others have no idea even exists. Some people with great wealth use it productively, putting it to use in providing services and products that offer employment opportunity to others. This is the legendary "trickle-down" economics theory that many espouse when they say that wealthy people should not be taxed on their worth but, instead, allowed to put it to work by feeding an economic system that benefits all. The sad reality is that "trickle-down" seldom works, with the seriously wealthy of today most often holding their wealth or putting it in places that create only more money rather than active investment that builds a vibrant economy.
Picketty's analysis included review of tax records going back 250 years to determine patterns of inequality and how they shifted as a result of world phenomenon such as the French Revolution, World Wars, and depressions. The bottom line is that those lucky enough to gain a hold of even modest wealth in the developed world are automatically destined to proportionally increase that wealth over time. His assertion is based on the simple fact that capital return has always out-paced growth in all countries and all historic periods. So, if you have it, you will keep it and add to it. Thus the lower or middle class seldom break the bonds of their socioeconomic class. His proposal is to consider a world-wide progressive tax on the very, very wealth (.001 of the population) so that they still have return on their investments but not at the extreme levels that has allowed them to emerge from the 2007/08 world recession with more money than they had going in. Why world-wide – because extremely wealthy people have ways to hide money so that it cannot be taxed. Thus, a universal tax would require all countries to report deposits that can then be traced back to their owners. The revenues would be invested in infrastructure ranging from education to highways that extremely wealthy individuals/corporations use to make more money but invest little to establish or maintain.
Stiglitz, a Nobel Laureate credited for his insights on economics and an influential leader in U.S.A. and international organizations (chair of Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors, the World Bank, and others) is credited for challenging the concept of free market economies, indicating in a 2007 interview that "The theories that I (and others) helped develop explained why unfettered markets often not only do not lead to social justice, but do not even produce efficient outcomes. Interestingly, there has been no intellectual challenge to the refutation of Adam Smith's invisible hand: individuals and firms, in the pursuit of their self-interest, are not necessarily, or in general, led as if by an invisible hand, to economic efficiency." Picketty's book described the way economic inequality has influenced politics in the U.S.A. in recent years, indicating that allowing campaign donations at unprecedented levels has resulted in "pay for hire" politicians who no longer represent much of a constituency beyond those who economically benefit from their policy actions. And the campaign funds spin the candidates' images, making it look as if common citizens are being protected by these politicians. One of his assertions was that high wealth individuals frequently believe that they got where they are because of superior ability or hard work when, more likely, they prospered as a result of inheritance or utilizing systems provided by the government to support their businesses. One particular group within the high wealth strata are the managers who now command astronomical salaries by historic comparison and continue to demand more under the assumption that they possess unique and therefore highly coveted talent, even when their corporate ledgers reflect otherwise.
Lewis' Flash Boys tells the story of an individual who discovered the practice of high frequency traders, realizing that HFT added nothing to the economy other than making more money for themselves and their clients simply by getting to information about equities trading before others did and then manipulating purchases in ways that resulted in positive yield not as an investment but as a timed intervention in financial transactions. Flash Boys had a positive ending in that a team of insightful and cunning economic and technology experts established a new market that could not be manipulated by HFT, thus leveling the playing field for all investors, regardless of how fast their trading speed was. One of Lewis' most disturbing assertions was that analysis of financial markets and the corresponding regulation of them over time indicates that every time policy is put in place, those involved in the markets go to work to undermine or to find other ways to produce their financial gains.
These three books have informed and disturbed me in very significant ways. The implications include:
- Extreme wealth perpetuates itself and offers little opportunity to strive for the "American Dream" that was so much a part of the identity of many in the U.S.A. from its founding.
- Those with extreme wealth, whether through their own action or more likely their advisors, intervene in public policy to protect and to add to their wealth, resulting in a system that cannot be self-corrected.
- As those around the world enter the economic elite circles, they often do so without a real understanding of the implications for their own citizens.
- Extreme wealth is often acquired by those who access publicly-provided systems and infrastructure, and worse they exploit natural resources or create environmental damage, for which they do not pay.


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Monday, February 23, 2009
Boxee and Future of TV
As many people already know, Hulu (at the behest of some content holders) recently asked Boxee to pull their shows from its service. If you don't know about this, read about it here, but the short version is as follows. Boxee is a great little open source program that helps you get your entertainment from your computer to your TV. Using it, you can watch everything you've downloaded on your tv, but also (until recently) tie in programs from Hulu, Netflix and others. You can also listen to music, look at Flickr photos and a bunch of other stuff.
Of course you can do all of this without Boxee, but it makes it a little easier as you can use your remote. Many people apparently have been using it to watch TV shows from Hulu. Apparently, some lawyer got wind of this and within days got Hulu shows pulled from Boxee. This is beyond stupid - as other bloggers have suggested before me - you can almost imagine what happened. Some idiot lawyer who doesn't understand the internet or where things are going heard that Hulu programs were on Boxee. At first, s/he thought, wow this boxee thing is great - more people watching our programs on Hulu means more eyeballs, means higher CPMs and that's great for us - more money. And they're watching it on their computer, what a crappy experience, so it won't cut into our business. Five days later, someone showed them that they could easily watch the same shows on their TV and the little lawyer's brain melted as it tried to comprehend this scenario - wait, they're now watching our tv programs on a tv and it isn't through our existing deals with affiliates and/or cable companies - yikes. That people can do this anyway, lost on this poor lawyer, so out go the cease and desist letters.
Sounds a lot like the smart business moves the music industry has made online. Already tons of people are saying screw this, I'll just go back to pirate networks. The netowkrs/content-holders could have helped build the future, but is instead fighting it. Hulu apparently understands how stupid this is, but they are stuck in a bad situation. Boxee is stuck in an even worse situation, but they are trying to do something positive about it. This weekend, they launched a wiki where anyone can help them build an argument, or pitch, to broadcasters about why they should work with Boxee. It's a great way to involve your audience in making your case, and I applaud it.
Right now, this argument is just about Boxee and Hulu, but as this debate widens it will likely affect how we access content in the future, or at least be one of the pieces of the puzzle. As cable companies start floating ideas like having their own free portal where you can access this content only if you pay for their broadband and/or cable service, such arguments become much more important. Eventually, this all ties in to net neutrality, as well as to the future of distribution - which at the end of the day effects the small indie player as much, or more than, the broadcasters. So, if you care about how these things pan out - join the action on the wiki!
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What about the future revenue models of TV online? I think there will be a massive change in the media buying, planning environment. Will the current inefficient models collapse in favor of an auction based model similar to Google's Search model? They already have changed the real time ad serving model with the advent of "interest based" advertising. Surely this will extend to TV in the future when we are all watching, downloading via a connected device?
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Weekend Wrap-up: $40 Burgers
It was Hillsy's birthday on Friday but it became more of a birthday weekend - in true Queen fashion =)
I took him to Old Homestead Steakhouse, a place known for Kobe beef. We saw a food show a couple of months ago and when he almost teared up watching Zimmerman's big mouth wrapped around the colossal Kobe burger - I knew that this was the place to take him for his birthday.
I wouldn't normally order a burger at a steakhouse, but I too wanted to know what the buzz was all about. This thing was enormous, I couldn't even fit it into my mouth. So did the $40 burger taste like what you would expect from a $40 burger... I'm going to allow the burger connoisseur to address that in a critic's corner post (hopefully by tomorrow).
I also baked a chocolate lover's dream cake - Blanc et noir. Each bite was like biting into a perfect baked truffle - melt in your mouth goodness!! I'll be posting the recipe and how-to pics by the end of the week!
The birthday celebration ended last night at an impromptu dinner with a couple of friends at Carne Vale - a churrascaria. We used to like this place a lot, but after last night we both felt that it's gone downhill. I think Hillsy will be providing a critic's corner review for this place as well!


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Sunday, 15 January 2012
Start and don't finish
One of my really bad habits is starting something and not finishing! I think I get this from my dad hehe don't tell him. My mam calls him "Half Job Harry" Even though he is called Steve and she is referring to D.I.Y jobs all over my parents house which have been like that for years. Come to think of it its same in mine - Opps!
Well I was referring to my December daily, I got so far as day 4 then stopped. I don't know if it was a mixture of being at work and not doing anything so exciting to write about or the fact this year to me it didn't really feel like Christmas - got all the presents, tree was up, but I am really counting down the days to my holiday in Feb.
Didn't have a holiday last year (2011) so I am definitely ready for one now!!
I haven't been crafting at all lately I think I made one page in-between Christmas and New Year but that was about it. I've lost my mojo and I keep seeing photos or something which makes me think all I do this and that with it and never do!
Another reason which I haven't been in craft mode is I have started reading loads of books lately and cant put them down. Reading big novels in 4 days which I think is a record for me. A friend of my mam got me thinking a few weeks back when we were talking about books and Kindles (I want the new Kindle Fire!) she said why don't you write your own novel. Which got me thinking and boom I've started it!! I have all my characters down on paper, the full plot, I've wrote my Prologue and started Chapter One. I have quite a few favourite authors but some of the ones I have been reading are set in Sunderland and these books are all set in 1800-1900 Catherine Cookson style (which I love).As I live in Sunderland, seeing street names in the book was dead exciting for me so my book will also be set in Sunderland. I've been to the Library and got some books out and I am currently researching as I write which you can imagine is going slowly as its me :-P
Only issue I am having is the speech as I want it to be local dialect. I know I am a Mackem and know most of the slang but I don't know if this is the same as in 1900. A bit more research needed I think! I also need to set myself a target of how many pages I will write a week. My writing sits dormant for days on end even though I have millions ideas in my head I write them down as soon as I can but with work I am so tired when I get in.
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*** On a side note we are trying to buy a new house and still looking into adopt Darcy and Gypsy who my mam are currently fostering.
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Friday, August 28, 2009
Wet Oatmeal Kisses???
I recently came across the poem below in a book I was reading . . . and immediately started to cry. Then I dried my tears and typed the poem into a Word document and printed it out for all the young mothers I know, with instructions to keep it handy for a day that will surely come in the future.
If you have small children, this will be you one day. Motherhood is not for sissies. It's tough. It's demanding. The hours are long, the stress level is high, the pay is non-existant except for the perks described below. But it's the best job I ever had. Still have.
Because you never stop worrying about them no matter how old they are, or how married, or how far away them move. (Yes, I do try to be a great mother-in-law.) And then they have kids and your worries double. Triple, maybe? But it's still the best job I ever had. So grab some tissues, read the poem, and see if it resonates with you like it did with me. And Don't forget to kiss your kids today. Wet oatmeal or no.
The baby is teething. The children are fighting.
Your husband just called and said, "Eat dinner without me."
One of these days you'll explode and shout to the kids,
"Why don't you grow up and act your age?"
And they will.
Or, "You guys get outside and find yourselves something to do.
And don't slam the door!"
And they don't.
You'll straighten their bedrooms all neat and tidy, toys displayed on the shelf hangers in the closet, animals caged. You'll yell, "Now I want it to stay this way!"
And it will.
You will prepare a perfect dinner with a salad that hasn't had
all the olives picked out and a cake with no finger traces in the icing
and you'll say, "Now THIS is a meal for company."
And you will eat it alone.
You'll yell, "I want complete privacy on the phone. No screaming. Do you hear me?"
And no one will answer.
No more plastic tablecloths stained with spaghetti. No more dandelion bouquets. No more iron-on patches. No more wet, knotted shoelaces, muddy boots, or rubber bands for ponytails. Imagine. A lipstick with a point.
No babysitter for New Year's Eve, washing clothes only once a week,
no PTA meetings or silly school plays where your child is a tree.
No carpools, blaring stereos or forgotten lunch money.
No more Christmas presents made of library paste and toothpicks.
No more wet oatmeal kisses. No more tooth fairy.
No more giggles in the dark, scraped knees to kiss or sticky fingers to clean.
Only a voice asking: "Why don't you grow up?"
And the silence echoes: "I did."
5 comments:
- Elizabeth Spann Craig said...
Tissue worthy indeed!
As a mom, I find myself biting my tongue most of the day. I've tried never to turn down a tea party invite from my daughter. But we're so busy! It's definitely hard to keep the transitory nature of this era in mind...Thanks for the reminder.
Mystery Writing is Murder
- August 28, 2009 at 5:52 AM
- Julia Buckley said...
Lonnie, this did get me teary-eyed. I think parents are aware, even as they're dealing with the stress of kids right there, in their faces, how much of a vacuum they would leave if they weren't there.
Even when my sons have a sleepover I find myself wandering around feeling a strange contrast of relief that they're gone and a yearning for them to come back.
I have a million things to do, but when they're gone, I'm lonely anyway.
- August 28, 2009 at 5:04 PM
Lonnie, this is a variation of one of Erma Bombeck's best columns. I'm not sure which one came first, but Bombeck's version has stayed with me all these years.
- August 29, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Lonnie, this is a variation of one of Erma Bombeck's best columns. I'm not sure which one came first, but Bombeck's version has stayed with me all these years.
- August 29, 2009 at 1:10 PM
- Viagra Online said...
sometime as parents we want that our children grow fast and have more time to us activities, but when them become teenager in that moment we desidere them back to be children again, who can undestand us?
- March 3, 2011 at 8:12 AM


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When Metro has delays and safety issues, people complain about that. When Metro conducts track work to correct those issues, people complain about that. Does the complaining reflect on Metro, or do people just have more outlets than ever to register minor complaints about everyday life?
The endless cycle of complaining and complaining the complaints weren't instantly & perfectly resolved misses a few points. Metro's doing track work on
weekends and at off-peak times both to avoid direct construction delays at rush hour and to
avoid the dreaded "moving momentarily" delays in the future. And it's trying to do all of it with no dedicated revenue stream from DC, Maryland & Virginia.
While dealing with construction delays – or much
more annoyingly, bus bridges past closed stations – is a pain, the alternative is not a
magic carpet ride. Chances for delays and frustration abound. Traffic on 66 or
395. Construction on the Beltway. And good luck finding parking in
Clarendon or Dupont without paying or driving around for 10 minutes hunting for
a spot ... about the same time you'd have been delayed on Metro.
And have these people taken the subway in New York City? When weekend construction is going on, the train either doesn't come at all, or you get on and the conductor says, "Due to construction, this train is going express to Nova Scotia," and somehow everyone who lives in NYC knows all this even though there are no signs anywhere.
Look, I understand when you're delayed, it sucks - but then you move on ... right? You don't get that impression reading the daily list of grievances. You get the impression people feel so wronged. Louis CK calls us The Shittiest Generation:


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Last weekend, the nerdmageddon known as FanExpo Canada hit Toronto's Metro Convention Centre, and despite my on convention season, I was seriously considering going, but ultimately tapped out due to the financial commitment required and my unwillingness to spend my rent money getting photos with Nathan Fillion and The Walking Dead's Dixon Brothers.But it was dicey there for a minute.
I'd forgive you if you'd forgotten or were unaware of how deep my geekery runs. Most of the topics around here lately seem to centre around hip-hop or weak-kneed attempts at personal insight. But it's always gurgling inside me, ready to spurt out at any moment, from my continued love of professional wrestling, my slavish dedication to the comic series , or the fact that after September 17, I will be on permanent vacation causing mayhem throughout .
I did not expect it to be triggered by a Japanese anime about magical girls.
On the off chance you are ever planning on watching , there will be mad spoilers coming.
Okay then.
I'd heard of Madoka Magica long before I thought to watch it: one night I stumbled across the '' meme and found it odd that a character in a cutesy-wutesy magical girl show would get decapitated, but stranger things have happened.But the image stuck with me, solely because it wasn't something I'd seen before.I've been long burned out on anime, the tropes of the medium had become too trite and predictable to me [I solely blame Love Hina for this]. But something about Mami's demise stuck with me, so when I saw that Crackle [the dollar bin of online video] had the whole series available, I gave it a shot. And was pretty much stunned into submission. Because it's Sailor Moon-meets-Evangelion.
In the late 90 s, the North American broadcasts of Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z combined with a fluke viewing of the cult classic Akira to transform me into the most rabid of anime fans.The crap we would have to go through back then to see anything that wasn't already bought for syndication on children's television would floor the fans of today. There was one store [ONE] that had a small selection of VHS tapes from the now-defunct Streamline Pictures and early releases from Manga Entertainment. If you're of my generation of fandom, you remember these shows: Wicked City, Ghost in the Shell, Macross Plus, The Wings of Honneamise, Dirty Pair. Smaller distributors like ADVision or Central Park Media had started releasing shows by the mid-90 s, but digging them up in Windsor, Ontario was next to impossible, and when you did they were usually horrific English dubs by barely conscious voice actors [the 'sub v. dub wars' were real, friends; even worse, dubbed anime retailed for less than its subtitled counterparts, since manufacturers considered anime in its original Japanese a more 'niche product' and because, as rumour had it one executive explained, 'fans will pay it.' DVDs, with their multiple audio options, changed the game]. One afternoon in my university computer lab I did a Lycos search [really] of 'anime' and discovered something called . Today, TRSI is an online behemoth, the oldest North American anime retailer in the business. Back in the day, its sales were done via mail order, and all we had to go on were recommendations and descriptions from the catalogue. There were no trailers to watch, you could maybe glean some info from the fledgling message boards that started cropping up, but a lot of times you went on instinct, what you though sounded good. Then you sent them an order form and a cheque, and six weeks later you got some tapes.
We will not talk about how much of my money this company received from 1996-1998.
Many of the shows I love to this day I learned about from the TRSI catalogue, or from people I met on their message boards and would send/trade tapes with.One of those shows was . I would never call it my 'favourite' anime in the same way I wouldn't call The Sandman my 'favourite' comic, but images and story points of Eva have stayed with me for almost 15 years. We don't need to get into a major plot synopsis of the show, all we need to say is that Eva took the genre of giant robots, which had been around in Japanese SF for decades and added an element of psychology and deconstruction that no one had ever tried before. When fans didn't approve of the show's conclusion, director Hideaki Anno rereleased the ending in the theatrical release which has to be the most flagrant pair of middle fingers to a property's fanbase in the history of filmmaking. It was glorious to witness. As the series gets tweaked and retold in a new theatrical tetralogy, its impact is still being felt [the tandem piloting of the Jaegers in Pacific Rim is one of a few ideas in that movie that seems to be inspired by Eva]. What makes that show so fascinating is that ultimately, it was never about smashy-smashy robotic fisticuffs, it was about the trauma inflicted on the 14-year-olds forced to pilot the things, all of them dealing with abandonment issues, all of them searching for a meaning in a meaningless world. Existentialism at its finest [or worst, depending].
PMMM looks to do the same thing with the magical girl genre. In shows of that type, typically some unremarkable girl has a trinket of some sort bestowed on her by a sparkly cat/puppy/squirrel/wolverine which then allows her to transform into a powerful crusader of justice who battles the monster of the week before squaring off the overarching menace.
PMMM takes the formula but turns the magical girl proposal into an overtly Faustian bargain: Kyubey, the show's wonder-rodent of choice and indeterminate origin grants wishes, anything a young lady may desire, and in return, said lady must work as a magical girl fighting 'witches', physical manifestations of hopelessness and despair. For most of the show's 12 episodes, Madoka, the titular character and protagonist, wrestles with the decision whether or not to take Kyubey up on his offer, despite his forceful encouragement and claims that she would be the most powerful magical girl ever.For those characters that do decide to accept Kyubey's offer, the gift turns to a monkey's paw: Mami's elation at the possibility of no longer being the lonemagical girl leads to overconfidence and death; Madoka's friend Sayaka makes a wish to help the boy she loves, which brings her nothing but pain and hurt, and also death, turning her into a witch [the ultimate fate of all magical girls]; the antagonistic Homura reveals herself to be a time traveler who had her life saved when Madoka sacrificed her own, and has gone through hundreds of timelines to try and prevent the same outcome. And when Madoka finally makes her choicewell, I suppose I should leave you some mysteries.
The characters in the show are all wrestling with powerlessness and failure, despite the mighty abilities at their command. When Kyubey's intentions are finally revealed, he turns out to be a member of an alien race looking to harvest emotional energy to restore balance to the universe and prevent entropy [shaky science here, but it's still a rare hard-SF angle to the typically new agey approach these shows usually take] and what conduit can provide more emotional energy than adolescent girls?They're nothing BUT unchecked emotional energy. While not nearly as nihilistic in its storytelling as Eva gets, I was taken completely off guard by the weight of the story, by the loss the characters feel, the elements of horror that emerge during the witch battles [the animation style changes to a flat, stop-motiony style whenever a witch is around, and the ending credits are...off putting].
At 12 episodes, it's a tightly wound narrative, nothing is wasted, it has none of the filler that tends to plague most anime shows. You could do worse than .
And I've always been a sucker for .
As for me and anime, I'm already three episodes into . This could be a problem.
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I am a 19 20 year old University student who is a nursing major. I do live on campus, and am originally from Chicago.
Yes, it is quite the challenge to eat vegan on campus (especially since all the vegetarian options are doused in either butter or cheese), but I try to make the most of the salad bar and do most my own grocery shopping at the local health food store.
After my first semester as a freshie, I did gain the freshman 15 and decided to lose the weight as fast as i possibly could (NOT the healthiest way to do it) and in the end, I did lose the 15 lbs … and then some. At my lowest I got down to a skeletal 95 lbs, and while at the time I thought I looked great, I was not at all healthy. I was malnourished, my period stopped, my hair fell out, and yea, things just got bad. It wasn't until my GYN informed me that I had a risk of suffering a heart attack was when I was scared into gaining the much needed weight.
It was then that I also became interested in nutrition and healthy food. At first, I decided to become a vegetarian, because I loved the animals and knew deep inside that eating animal meat might not be the best thing for my health… but I loved cheese and eggs! It wasn't until recently that I became interested in veganism. At first, the diet was pretty scary to me.. I mean, I was on campus.. what would I eat if i cut off all animal products?? I found out that a vegan diet was the most suitable choice for me, for my health, for the animals, and for the environment.
So now, at a healthy 109 lbs, I am focusing on healthy foods and trying my best to be a model of good health so that my patients can benefit from my care. 🙂
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It is pretty amazing how time just seems to fly the older you get. When you are really young a week seems like it lasts forever and a year is pretty much an eternity. As you get older though that time begins to start speeding up until you feel like it is flying by like the county-side on a high speed train. It is here and gone in a flash and no matter what you do to try and slow it down and savor it, it just keeps rushing past you. You may ask "Why this reflection on time?" Well, it seems that I blinked and something pretty incredible happened. My nephew grew up. This Wednesday he turns into a teenager and I honestly can't believe how quickly it has gone by.
I was only 17 when he was born and he was just the sweetest, cutest littlest guy I had ever laid eyes on. He was a darling little baby that I got to spend so much time with and really loved more than I could ever imagine. Over the years he has grown up into a handsome young man with all the attitude of a budding teenager, but still with a very caring side. It makes me proud to see the person he is growing into and I just know that he will turn into a great man one of these days. It is amazing and wonderful yet also sad because that sweet little boy is gone forever. The time just flew away. It makes me realize that my time with the little guy I am currently carrying and will soon bring into this world will be just as fleeting. In the blink of an eye he will grow up and become a young man. I need to cherish every moment as much as I can because he won't stay the same for long.
Every year when my nephew's birthday rolls around I make sure the spend an extra amount of time on his card. He likes the cards I make and always has a "This is so cool." for me when I give them to him. I even found out that he still has the card from last year that I made him still hanging up in his room. That sure was an ego boost for me so this year I made sure to have something just as awesome for him. I used the Graphic 45 Steampunk Debutant line for his card this year. I thought it was edgy and cool and masculine enough for a 13 year old young man.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is one of my absolute favorite holidays. To start with you have a day dedicated to eating a lot of rich and delicious food. It is like your day to have a free pass and just eat a little of everything that sounds delicious. Next, you have a day that, at least for me, is dedicated to spending time with family and appreciating what you have. It is always such a nice time to reflect on what I have and what I am thankful for. There is always love, laughter and warmth. I can't wait to spend this holiday with my son in future years and teach him about the true meaning of holidays, family.
So I know I am a little early, but I wanted to share this Thanksgiving card that I made for Crafting Jewish Style. I used their fabulous Rosh Hashanah line to create the card along with some spare ribbon scraps I had in my stash. The Rosh Hashanah line is so beautiful and the colors are just so rich. They are perfect for fall layouts, cards and other projects.
So I know I am a little early, but I wanted to share this Thanksgiving card that I made for Crafting Jewish Style. I used their fabulous Rosh Hashanah line to create the card along with some spare ribbon scraps I had in my stash. The Rosh Hashanah line is so beautiful and the colors are just so rich. They are perfect for fall layouts, cards and other projects.
I hope you all have a safe, happy and delicious Thanksgiving this year.
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Nursery Decoration
I must admit I haven't done a whole lot of scrapping lately. Life has been pretty hectic and I have had other things on my mind. I also (apparently) haven't had blogging on my mind much either since I have been SO horrible about keeping this bad boy updated. Well I wanted to share some of the nursery decorations I made for our little one's room. Long before we found out that we were having a boy we decided that we were going to do an outer space/rocket ship theme in the nursery. I was so excited about it and when I first saw October Afternoon's Rocket Age line I knew that is what I was going to use for my altered canvases. Also I thought that their mini album kit was perfect for a name banner that later can be used as a mini album when the little guy outgrows his nursery and wants something different.
An 8x10 altered canvas
12x12 altered canvas
8x10 altered canvas
Name banner
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Negotiations have begun between UK Independence Party and a Tory and Lib Dem member of Aylesbury Vale District Council as anger over the scheme shows no sign of abating.
Other councillors on the route, which cuts a swathe through the Tory heartlands of Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, are also expected to consider whether they wish to retain the Conservative whip.
Tory Associations are also bracing themselves for a wave or resignations from rank and file party members as the backlash intensifies against plans for the 140 mile line.
The former mayor of Amersham, Martin King, was among the first to turn in his Tory party card after 30 years of membership.
"I have voted Conservative since I was 18 and I am 64 next birthday. This was a point I felt I had to make," he said.
"I have been fighting HS2 and I am disappointed that it is going through the Chilterns. I believe we need to protect the Green Belt.
"There will be a lot of people along the route who will quit the party and I have also spoken to a lot of people who said they will never vote Conservative again.
"I will not vote Conservative at the next election, I will not vote at all," Mr King added.
Martin Tett, the leader of Buckinghamshire County Council and one of the most outspoken critics of the project, hoped to avoid defections.
"If we had not taken a stand, we clearly would have been wiped out in local elections," he said. "But we are facing a backlash from members of all three major parties against their national parties."


text: Today I have some sort of lace design that I came up with it on the fly. This might be my favorite manicure that I've done this year. The design was pretty much impossible to see glossy, so I had to matte it, but that's fine because pretty much every manicure is better matte. For the gradient I used OPI Vant To Bite My Neck?, China Glaze Purrr-fect Plum, and China Glaze Seduce Me.


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I am reminded of how fortunate i am. A wonderful daughter, a home, car, job, an awesome place to gather on Sundays...family, friends. Thank you Jesus.
i am in the middle of the woods and having difficulty findming my way out. Let me explain. Holidays are tough for me. It is time of reflection and time alone. Most friends are spending time with their families and so interact with people slow way down. My GH family are awesome and they include me in everything. (which i am thankful for) My biological family is on the opposite side of the state. Because of split time with Becca, it makes it difficult to connect with them.
Now i say that not to have a pity party or barrage of comments or cards to come my way. I say it because i think we need to be thankful for what we do have, the friends we share, the family we cherish.
These last 7 years for me have been tough; but i know i have a Savior who loves me and a daughter who likes to hang with me. And that is what will keep me moving.
On an up note, company christmas party is planned -- JANUARY 13th. Yeah, i am not sure how i feel about that one.
A little shout out to the men of watermark - Deurty, Thomps, N8, Jimbo (aka Wally), Mike (my hero), Whitey (aka Brad), and da Roach. You guys are making a huge difference in lives. Keep up the great work! And a special shout out to Whitey and Mike -- you guys put up with me and let me rant and tolerate me not getting stuff done on time or arriving late to play -- Thanks for letting me feel like i am a part of things. it means more than you know. Thanks guys!
and too the watermark ladies - Vicki, amy, Jan, Jan, Brenda, Judy, Shyle and all the rest. Thank you for caring for our children the way you do! I have personally seen the difference in my daughter's life because of what you do with her (not only as a participant at Surf City -- but now especially as a guide).
WOW. cannot let these thing build up. Hug your pastor today. and then really hug his wife! And if they do not have a wife, find their mom and hug her!!!
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So cool,teeheeee :P
What we need to do was to complete the sentence --
My answer was --
I want to have this limited edition
sundress for spring because I wanna rock this lovely spring!
By the way,it is not who you are wearing,but what you are wearing ;)
Thanks for all the people who liked my comment,and thanks for giving me this lovely sundress! FYI,the sundress costs RM160 and it's limited edition. I am lucky to own it and I am really thankful for it :) To know more about The Fashion Bloomers,please view https://www.facebook.com/TheFashionBloomers.
Chun tak? XD
A big thanks to The Fashion Bloomers again! :)
Next next next. How's my study life doing? It's doing all fine,I mean,fine. So far so good. Hopefully we'll get a new pattern making lecturer as dedicated and nice as Ms.Melina! :) There's a lot of work to do,so far I am done with the drawings like ...
Instagram tsk tsk tsk :P
They're drawn by pen. I spent hours for each,imagine how many hours I have spent on these 7 figures @.@ One of my black ink pen KO ad,lol.
What do you think? :)
Besides drawing,I have journal to print,notes to research,patterns to draw,mini skirt to sew. Holy sheet,I have no idea how to do the patterns and mini skirt. Totally clueless. Gotta work extraordinarily hard,giddy up Steph,giddy up!
Finally get to spend some time with my girlfriends last Friday night. I miss all of euuuuu! >< Had a very early birthday celebration for miss Brandy,miss Ting's having exam soon so we've decided to do it in advance. Miss Brandy was shocked and even shed tears,aww I know I know,just gimme us hug XD
top: Miss Brandy aka roti canai, miss Kalyela Mars ( Bruno Mars ehem )
bottom: Miss Ting aka Chandria and me,muruku
I wonder how on earth we got those funny Indian names from,trollolol!
We had fun chatting,they enjoyed their yummy food while I enjoyed my bread... I was having stupid sore throat :'( Aigu,siaopos I miss you ad! .><.
I am so glad that it finally rains. I used to dislike rainy day,but now I love rainy day! I am done with hot weather,too afraid to fall sick and have sore throat again :'(
That's all for now. Shall go get some sleep since it's raining,huhuhu~ Have a nice day ahead,chiao~!