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Well life has been busy and we are not doing very well on keeping up with our blog.
First of all Thanksgiving was fantastic and we both had alot of fun being with Dale's Dad and his brother, sister's, sister-in-law, and his brother's baby boy. After spending time there playing games and having a wonderful dinner, we went over to Dale's mom's for pie and family pictures. They turned out so cute and I love having them in frames and on my wall.
For Christmas we went up to Sam's parents house in Show Low. The day before we left it snowed really hard there and by the time we got there was a foot of snow on the ground. We were both really excited for a white Christmas. We had a great time with the family for the last Christmas all together for the next three years. It was a little emotional but we had a really nice time.
During all of this Sam was going to Doctor Appointments and getting a lot of blood test done to find out why she has not been able to carry her babies full term. After a lot of blood was drawn and lots of tests were done, they finally found out what has been wrong. Sam does not produce a certain hormone and she has low iron. The combination of the two caused each miscarriage. It is easily fixed with a simple precription. We are both really excited! And hopefully we will be able to post soon that Sam is pregnant! The doctor told us that there should be no reason why she shouldn't carry full term and have a healthy baby.
Dale has offically applied to all of the schools that he wants to go to for law school. We will keep everyone posted when he gets his letters back.
We hope everyone had fun for the holidays and we are wishing everyone a happy new year.
2010 will be OUR YEAR!!!!!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Thanksgiving, Christmas, Doctor Appointments, and Law School Applications
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Woman spends $500 on surgery to save her pet goldfish
Goldfish undergoes life-saving emergency surgery after swallowing a pebble that was in the fish tank.
When most people's pet goldfish get sick, they might not notice until it is too late. That wasn't the case with an Australia woman. She was observant enough to see that something was wrong with her pet goldfish named Conquer. The one-year-old goldfish belonging to 21-year-old Emma Marsh of Brisbane, Australia recently had emergency surgery after trying to eat a pebble that was too big for it to chew or swallow. So, Emma did what most goldfish owners wouldn't do. She immediately rushed Conquer to a veterinary after she noticed the fish was making unusual movements with its tiny mouth.
Goldfish to vet
The doctor at the Brisbane Bird and Exotics Veterinary Service knew exactly what to do to save Emma's beloved pet.
After Conquer, the ranchu goldfish, had tried to eat a pebble from the tank, it got stuck in its mouth. The vet numbed the fish so it wouldn't feel any pain during the surgery. Then with forceps, the doctor carefully extracted the pebble that had been stuck in the fish's mouth. To make sure the fish recovered properly, it was kept at the hospital overnight just like a human would have been kept. The good News is that Emma's goldfish has recovered fully and is in stable condition following the emergency surgery.
Cost of surgery
To save her pet goldfish, Emma paid $500 in full. It is interesting to note that the owner paid only $12 when she purchased Conquer. Reportedly, Emma said she didn't mind paying that much money to save her fish because she treats fish like any other pet. In other words, people do not find it strange to pay that much money to save a dog, cat, or horse.
A spokesperson at the hospital remarked that it was a good thing that Emma noticed there was a problem with Conquer. Because she took it to the hospital in time, the fish can now live out the rest of its life and not die and be thrown away. Would you pay $500 for a goldfish to have surgery that you initially paid only $12 for? Have you ever had a pet die? What measure could you have taken to save it?

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Thursday, July 12, 2007
I suppose I should've put up an entry about the launch when we launched, but a.) I was too busy and b.) there really wasn't a clear launch date...we sort of slid into it, and we're still sorta sliding into it. This just happens to be the first time I've got time to blog instead of code. So I'll try to reconstruct what's happened since the last entry, almost a month and a half ago. There's bound to be a useful lesson in here somewhere...
We went live on Tuesday, June 26. "Went live" as in "Okay, password protection is off, you can tell your friends about it." I suppose our official launch date was July 1st: that was when Mike put one of our games on Digg to test the waters.
As of the last post (May 31), we were "Just about to launch - this is the last feature we need, really." This seems to be a common feature of startups: FictionAlley was "ready to launch in a couple of days" for about a month before it actually launched, my day job has been "ready to launch" for the last two months but with little actual activity on that front, and Diffle was "one day away from launch" for about 3 weeks. So it's worth looking at the Subversion commit log to see where that time was actually spent.
On May 31, I was working on auto deployment. I didn't actually commit those changes until Jun 2, my birthday, and then it's only "beginnings of auto-deployment". I finished (with a big ? in my commit log message) on June 5, then we had to fix bugs in the main production script that only showed up after deployment. June 7 involved adding the ability to change passwords (oops! how could I forget that), June 8 was some bugfixes, and June 9 began a pretty page for handling internal server errors, which I didn't actually finish and debug until June 12 (there were no commits between June 9 and 11 - I was at Chris & Jess's wedding).
The next week was all bugfixes - there were a lot of them, apparently. I think I actually removed the password protection on June 20 (the same day I added the custom 404 not found page - there are 8 commits that day, I must've did a whole lot of other bugfixes too). There are a couple fixes there that IIRC came from suggestions by Mike's girlfriend Sandy, so it would've been open to at least her. Then I had to convert all templates to precompiled Cheetah templates to fix a unicode encoding issue - this was the last bug before launch, I discovered it about an hour before we were about to go live and decided it was enough of a showstopper to postpone the launch. It took about 2 days to convert everything to precompiled templates, then we went live on June 26, though we didn't actually tell anyone about us.
I went on vacation - no Internet access - for the 4th of July week, which was one of the main reasons we didn't actually tell anyone. Spent the time prototyping the game creation engine - I should jot down some thoughts on that soon, because they're undoubtably wrong. Mike dugg a game anyway, to see the response. We ended up getting like 700 unique visitors from that, but the site really isn't sticky. The vast majority (like 93%) came and left without checking anything else out. Since then, we've been holding steady with about 20-40 uniques a day. I suppose that's somewhat encouraging, that at least *somebody* checks us out daily, though it's not much. Mike and I both think we really need the game creation engine in order to take off.
Aside from that - we had to switch from Cheetah to Mako because Cheetah offers very poor handling of AJAX fragments. There's no real facility in Cheetah for libraries of mixin HTML fragments: basically, each def needs to be either on the page or in a parent class. Mako is much more flexible, with both inheritance and namespaces, and also seems to have more robust unicode support and an easier API.
I should start the main Diffle announcement blog so it's not just a blank page. It's at diffle.blogspot.com, and will be the public face for announcements and status updates and such. This will continue to be more internal reflections and so on.
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
My first award IM STOKED! AND MORE AWARDS, read on :)
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You deserve it because you're awesome! Have a great night!
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Congratulations!! You totally deserve it! Heck, you deserve daily awards! YAY!!
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hey vv: how do i post the butterfly award on my blog in the sidebar? i'm technologically inept, so help me please and i'll get onto that project. xo
ps: thanks for selecting me!
- November 21, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Wow! Congrats! How appropriate to receive a Butterfly award...very beautiful and interesting...just like you.
Your blog is always awesome. Have a good weekend.
- November 21, 2008 at 1:32 PM
Congrats on the Butterfly... Very sweet!! Keep up the good work and keen insights!
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Some of Saturday's Work
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Don't worry about your use of the word plot. I never considered it a cemetery nor did a cemetery ever cross my mind. I think it all depends on where you were raised and how the word was used growing up. I think of the word to mean an area of land set aside for a specific purpose.ReplyDelete
That being said, your garden plot looks lovely. You shall reap your rewards this fall.
I see sun! I see shorts! I see short sleeves! 'Must be very satisfying to the Gardener (yourself).ReplyDelete
I'm new to your blog, and though I haven't read ALL your posts, I have gone back and read most of them. It is fascinating to read about someone half-way round the world with some of the same interests I have. It has raised a zillion questions. I'll try to limit myself to one or two per comment. ha-ha.
I've seen a barn....do you have chickens? Living so close to the sea, I would expect to see more fish and seafood in your diet. ???
You're *northern* friend must not be a gardener. When I hear (or read) the word Plot in reference to a garden I do not ever think of a cemetery. Context means everything.ReplyDelete
Your Garden Plots look lovely. I am practically green with envy because we have yet to even plant one thing!
Your plot looks amazing to me! And the use of the word just helps me to read this w/ a beautiful accent...which is, I'm sure, how you typed it!ReplyDelete
Enjoy the sun! We've seen a bit of it in the last week too! I think I will even get my garden planted today!
I agree w/ Keri, it wouldn't be the same if you changed your wording, plot sounds right coming from you.ReplyDelete
You've been working hard, while we've been galavanting around. Everything looks wonderful!
I do hope you are successful at beating the pests this year.
I've missed not having time to stop by and read. Glad to see that all is well on the Croft.
Oh! I thought of another one! Does the Hebridean Revival of 1949 have anything to do with your spiritual heritage? Not that you were around then (!!!) but is that in the background of the church you are in communion with? I had studied it in the past, and completely forgot until now that it occurred right there on Lewis!ReplyDelete
Wow. I am so seriously impressed!ReplyDelete
Mercy you have been busy! Your gardens are looking nice!ReplyDelete
After the weeding, it really does look good! Wow!ReplyDelete
But you know, I have to take my hat off to you and your menfolk. If I had to work half as hard as y'all to garden, I'm not sure I would do it! Are you able to leave up those fences/cages/nets/etc. for next year, or do they all have to come down at the end of the season?
Reading your blog--besides making me green with envy at your proximity to the sea--makes me appreciate the ease of gardening here in Virginia! ;-)
I read your post out loud to my friends as we were getting ready this morning, and you kept us laughing all the way through! :)ReplyDelete
And plot...I never thought of it as relating to a cemetery, so keep using it - it's a wonderful word! :D
Hi Anne, I just found your blog by accident while looking for photos and had to register to tell you that I love it! I'm a Niseach, although I live in town now, and was over your way at the weekend. In fact, I drove past your house on my way to take photos of Traigh Shanndaidh at sunset! I noticed your veggie cages and was very impressed. No room round my house for such things unfortunately! I'm quite pleased with myself for managing to plant some flowers in tubs for the summer. Anyway, will be visiting your blog regularly now to have a nosy at your photos. Photography is a hobby of mine and I love seeing what others have been snapping.ReplyDelete
Oh by the way, you probably won't know me but my folks are across the road from your sister-in-law in Cross. Funny how I found another Niseach randomly on here!
It looks so nice. I like how neat and clean it looks. You have planted so much I hope it all grows and grows. I had to laugh about the word plot. I never thought of that like that. I have a friend in England and I used a word that isn't bad here and she had to tell me it was a bad word where she lives. It is so funny when that happens.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous15 June 2011 at 14:49
What a lovely garden "plot". :) We're having a terrible time with itty bitty grasshoppers. They're eating my flower foliage, too!ReplyDelete


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(Today's post comes from Jessica of The Jessica L Blog! This little lady has become one of my favorite friends in the blogging world, and I'm so lucky to have spent time with her in person as well. If you're interested in guest posting, please email me: theloudermouth AT gmail DOT com)
Hello Loudmouth Lifestyle lovers! I'm here taking up a lot of valuable space on Steph's blog because, well, she asked me to, and because I'm very passionate about what I am about to share with you. Actually, both Steph and I are quite passionate about this subject, and that is FOOD! Steph may have been a bit shocked at how much I actually ate when she first met me. While I try to eat healthy 60% of the time, I also shamelessly admit that I reserve the other 40% of my diet for food that really makes me happy about being alive! I take pride in knowing where all the good places are to eat, and I definitely don't discriminate. I happen to like anything that tastes good, whether the food is vegan, vegetarian, meat-based, Indian, Greek, Chinese, Lebanese- you name it. I consider myself to be quite the cultured foodie and am always eager to try new places to eat. Here are some of my favorite eateries and dishes from my adopted home town, San Diego....
This vegetable platter from the Hopping Pig located in the historic Gaslamp Quarter of downtown San Diego is buttery, light, and filling! It comes with a hummus dip that is of a flavor I cannot quite figure out. But why would it matter? I'm still going to eat it and enjoy it while my hubby drinks his specialty craft brewskies. This is certainly a place where a foodie and beer snob would be able to mingle and socialize with locals and friends.
I love a Cesar salad, especially this grilled shrimp version from Sloppy Joes, also located on 5th Avenue in the Gaslamp District. I have yet to try the other dishes on their menu, and I am certainly up for the challenge!
Sipz is a vegan restaurant located in Kearney Mesa. I love the vegan pho and this seaweed salad. It's really hard not to like seaweed salad from most places. I'm particularly looking forward to Steph's next trip to San Diego because I plan to take her here. I'm hoping she'll feel the same way about the food like I do!
My hands-down favorite chips and salsa duo comes from El Tapatio, a local Mexican eatery in Imperial Beach. Inexpensive and frequented mostly by the small beach city's locals, this joint is a diamond in the rough. Due to it's less popular location, it's never crowded and there is never a wait. And the food is awesome. Which makes me one of their biggest, unbeknownst to them, fan. But in a healthy, non-creepy way.
Okay, so this carne asada taco is the reason why I rave about El Tapatio. Actually, the chicken tortilla soup is another reason why I rave about El Tap as well. I always order the #12 which is the 3-carne-asada-tacos-rice-and-beans combo plate. I love it. I live for it. It's my fav! And the hubby happens to love the food here as well. Although, he favors the California burrito, and who can blame him? With carne asada steak strips, french fries, cheese, and sour cream stuffed into a large wrapped flour tortilla, this is a bonafide "man's man" burrito. Not sure what that makes me, but I happen to like it too. But only every once in a while because after I eat an entire CA burrito I feel like curling up and taking a nap.
So if you're ever in the San Diego area and need some tips on where to eat, give me a holler and I'd be more than excited to point your taste buds in the right direction. I feel like that might be my special calling in life. HUGS!


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Monday, August 30, 2010
Where did summer go?
It's hard to believe summer is gone! Emily starts school in a couple of days and we are both so excited! Last few days of summer are always very hectic for us so I just have a quick share today. It felt really good to get a chance to create something after such a long break!
We have this rope swing hanging from a big tree on our backyard and Emily just loves it! I used some Bo Bunny papers that went really well with the color of her dress.
Good luch to all of you with this new school year!
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Exciting News!!!
I'm so excited to join the Guest Design Team at Flamingo Scraps!
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Saturday, August 7, 2010
Greetings From Abroad!
I'm currently
not home, but since I have my computer with me, I figured I'd post pictures of some projects I created before I left. These were all done using Bo Bunny supplies, I just love their papers and embellies!
Just Me and My Dad
I misted the burlap here with Wheatfields Glimmer Mist to give it a richer color and shimmery texture. To add dimension to the title sticker, I added Glossy Accents to 'me' and 'dad'; that really made a difference. I also made a little tear on the paper and stapled it to add to the rugged feel!
To create these custom buttons, I just covered a few clear buttons with Glossy Accents and adhered them to patterern paper.
I also gave cards a try for the first time. These were very quick to make! For this one, I folded the paper and cut half a circle with my Coluzzle. I then used my shaped scizzors to add the wavy border.
For this other one, I layered some paper and placed the cardstock flower on dimensionals. I also cut up the black swirl to work with my design.
Take care guys! And thanks for stopping by!!!
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text: I don't know that I've gotten cash in the mail for quite some time. Possibly since the 1970s. There have been the pseudo-checks now and again that try to get me to buckle under for some sort of scam, but no cash in many years. So, this was a happy surprise! Annnnd...it's back in my court and I must admit that I am a bit stumped as to what to do next. Now that I have more time (ahem) it seems as if I have less than ever. Today I went out for lunch with some friends from work and we had such a good time, four hours slipped by and we still weren't done hanging out. And then my day had gotten away from me and all my best laid plans to work on stuff were postponed for another day. Funny how that happens...it's like those freeways where you think you'll have more room if you build more lanes but then more traffic mysteriously shows up and clogs the freshly flattened asphalt and snarls the roads anew...this makes little sense...it would be nice if money behaved the same way that traffic does. Or maybe it does...hmmm, taking that analogy to its logical conclusion, you make more money (lanes) and suddenly there are more things (cars) that present themselves to be bought with your newly minted dough (driven on new pavement)...so, ok, I guess money does behave similarly to traffic. OK, for sure I am rambling now. But continuing on with my ridiculous comparisons, maybe money and time have an inverse relationship? Which could be a good situation for me...maybe now that I will have less money yet more time, I won't be able to spend as much? Or maybe I will have to stretch and or enlarge my coins* to make them go further, in which case, this penny is the perfect solution. And while I have you here reading my whacked ramblings, did John ever tell you the pennies story from his trip to India? I was going to put the word "pennies" where the asterisk is but thought better of it when suddenly I remembered our friend's fabled story. If you don't know the tale, you might ask him to recount it for you. You will never think of pennies the same way.


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Frankly, I think my age -- 34 -- has a lot to do with me missing the point on this, because when I was coming of baseball age the Phillies were pretty darn good. They had the best hitter and best pitcher in all of baseball and they won a lot of ballgames. It wasn't until much later that I realized just how terrible they had been for most of their history. But even with that knowledge, the first thing I think of when I think of the Phillies is Tug McGraw leaping into the air in triumph.
Thankfully there are people who have more perspective than I do. One of them is the erudite blogger (and ShysterBall reader) TC Shillingford of Mr. Thursday's Curious Mechanism. TC knows the history of Philadelphia sports much better than I do, and in an email to me, which I hereby reprint with his permission, he makes an excellent case for the Phillies as kings of futility, whether or not the Cubs or Red Sox ever win another game. Take it away, Mr. Thursday:
Philadelphia is a four sport town --sure, basketball, hockey and football aren't normally relevant to this kind of thing, but the Sixers, Flyers and Eagles haven't won since 1983, 1977, and 1960, respectively. So, when the Phils lose, again, there's nothing to fall back on. Football season is starting, and already the Eagles are hurt. basketball starts, and the Sixers will probably make the playoffs with a sub-.500 record. And, oh sure, the Flyers might look phenomenal, but wait till May: they'll get blown out of the playoffs, like every year.
Well over 500,000 people within the city limits aren't old enough to have been alive when the Phils won in 1980. Close to 200,000 more would be very young when the Phils did win. If you get much older than about 35, you know what you get to remember? Horror show teams. My father could remember the glory that was Steve Carlton in 1972, but it's always tempered by the misery that were the other four games in the week.
I'm a huge Phils fan. I go to 25+ games per year. I have seen or listened on the radio to every Cole Hamels start since he first came to Scranton-Wilkes Barre. My brother and I would make the drive, 2 hours, to the stadium to watch him pitch. But, every once in a while, I put things in perspective. I root for the Phils as a matter of geography and personal history. My dad bequeathed this life to me. The Phillies are a team with a history of racism, of civic abuse, of greedy and callous owners, of inept and stupid management, of cruel and untalented players.
There is far more reason to despise this team there is to love them. The past five years aside, the Phils have, over the course of their history, represented the very worst in sports. Even now, the Phils aren't without their significant blemishes. One of their key players is Brett Myers, whose history needs no recounting. Recent players include Jason Michaels (fought a cop), and Ugueth Urbina (attempted murder). This compounds with the tendency for players who stay out of trouble (and possess talent), to demand getting the hell out. Scott Rolen needed to get away from Larry Bowa and Dave Montgomery, and was so sent to St Louis. OPS+ of Phils primary third basemen since he left: 57, 107, 72, 87, 54. Curt Schilling saw the writing on the wall--the team wasn't TRYING TO WIN--and wanted out, and made it to Arizona. He's won three World Series since then. This is a tendency that goes back to the 1960s, if not earlier, with Richie Allen, who demanded out, got out, and started going by Dick. Really: he's Dick Allen to all you, but in Philly, he's still Richie. Trades and free agents have too often burned the Phils, too: Bobby Abreu, Danny Tartabull, Gregg Jeffries.
The Phils have an invisible ownership. At least Orioles fans can hate Angelos. We've got 6 owners. Bill Giles is the most public of the group. He's got a minority share, and pops up every couple of years to remind us that he will never, ever sell the team. The rest of the owners... well, they're a motley crew. John Middleton (I think) is a cigar magnate who actually cares about the team. Of course, he doesn't wanna interfere with the actual baseball operations. The other owners include a couple of venture capitalist types who are in it just for the money, and some old lady who keeps her share, in part, just so she can have a prime parking spot for Eagles games. These people are represented by Dave Montgomery. Dave is, by all accounts, a super fellow. My fiance's father knows him pretty well, and has nothing but kind things to say about him, personally, He is, however, an incompetent manager of a baseball organization. He recently said that he'd like the Phils image to not be "tied up in wins and losses". This is, of course, wildly appropriate for the caretaker of a team that has lost more than any other, who has won a single championship since 1883.
Dan Shaughnessy might fear curses, but I laugh at him. Curses are for people on Earth suffering from bad luck. Move a few states south, Danny, and see what it's like to live in hell.
And this is the way I feel during a winning season. Why, do you ask? Why don't I just appreciate the way almost everything is going well? Hell, Adam Eaton had a 69 Game Score last night! Because all this is fleeting. Chase Utley is transcendentally good, Jimmy is wonderful, Howard, when he hits the ball, he hits it real, real far. Hamels might be one of the better starting pitchers in baseball. Everyone knows these things. But, believe me when I tell you: this will all end in tears. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of our lives, there will be tears. Have you seen There Will Be Blood? Phillies fandom is the oilman, and I am the preacher, and they are going to bury me underground.
As per tradition, I will now sit in the corner, with a beer, muttering about how the Phils actually are good, and that Pat Gillick will not--WILL NOT-- mortgage the future for relief pitchers at the deadline, or do something like trade one of the Phils stars for a box of bats. Sooner or later, a family member will come over, gently touch me on the shoulder and lead me to the television. The Phils play at seven, after all, and I can't miss the game.
I think that says it all. Cleveland, I love you, but Terry Pluto couldn't say more about the Tribe than TC just did about the Phillies.
Thanks, TC. For those of you who enjoyed that, check out more at Mr. Thursday's Curious Mechanism.
Thanks, TC. For those of you who enjoyed that, check out more at Mr. Thursday's Curious Mechanism.


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Over the weekend a bit of a Rapid Fire! craze seems to have swept through my local club, inspired by one of the regulars who fancied doing something 'skirmishy' in 20mm. The idea is that we all have some old Airfix kits lying about that could be used, so why not dust them off and have a bit of low level gaming with Rapid Fire! as a probable ruleset.
This suits me fine as it means I can use my existing boxes of Valiant Tommies and Armourfast Shermans to build the 5th Battalion Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry, as originally planned for 28mm, plus a squadron or two of Shermans from the Sherwood Ranger Yeomanry. I'd need to get a couple of carriers and a 6pdr Anti Tank gun but, apart from those, I have everything that I need.
I may move the 1.285th scale North Africa planes to one side and tackle the 20mm stuff alongside the 10mm Italians this month. It depends what's decided about the direction the Rapid Fire! thing takes when it gets hammered out at the club tomorrow night.


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Last nite the world watched as history played out right before our eyes -- it was indeed history in epic proportions. While I do not agree with SEVERAL of now President-elect Obama's stated policies, he started gaining my hard-to-admit admiration early on in this race. One of the things I admired was the way he was able to draw people from all walks of life to his campaign and got so many people, especially young people who had a reputation for not being interested in the political process, excited and involved enough so much so that many of them to voted for the first time in this election.
Over the course of the last 11 months, and especially the last 2 months since the conventions, several things has stood out to me, some I have expressed to family and close friends, others I have kept mostly to myself or expressed only to my husband until today:
Why was there such a contrast in the crowd that obama drew vs mccain? The crowd @ grant park in chicago was a mix -- reflecting the mixture of populations in american -- the great american melting pot as the old ABC after school special used to point out, but the majority of faces seen at a mccain concession speech were white? Ditto question for the election rallies held by McCain and Palin during the weeks leading up to the election. To me the crowds were overwhlemingly as one CNN anchor put it "homogenous".
Regardless of their religious/spiritual affliation, wasn't the diverse compositon of the crowd that celebrated Obama;'s election at grant park a true reflection of what heaven will be like -- people from all colors, races, cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds, and walks of life?
Will my brothers and sisters in the Kingdom who are white ever really understand what it meant to their black sisters and brothers to see a black family on the national stage and feel the genuine love between Barack Obama and his wife Michelle? Can they understand that not since the Cosby show have we seen a positive image of a black family unitl prominently displayed to the national stage for all the world to see?
Why was it OK for Pastor Jamal Bryant to mention something that was a rumor at best about Sarah Palin in this video, when he had to endure scandal in his own personal life, not once, but twice this year? Why was it necessary to bring up details of her personal life, such as that she was 3 months pregnant (supposedly, does he know if this is really true?, when he himself had a publicized scandal that involved a child conceived out of wedlock over 8 years ago? He had a valid message but the mention of a supposed affair dampened it --@ least for me it did...no scratch that, it incensed me so much that I woke up one morning thinking about why it bothered me so much and then I remembered the scandal and rumor surrounding him earlier in the year. He could have made his point without mentioning it and it would have been just as effective. Jesus said "he who is without sin cast the first stone" -- why didn't he keep that in mind?
Why did he think as a black pastor in this country, especially after the unwelcome attention Jeremiah Wright received when some his sermons were made public, that it was OK for him to preach politics knowing that it was being recorded? Doesn't he know that his words can come back to haunt him?
Why did so many prominent prophetic voices jump on the bandwagon and presume that because of Sarah Palin's background in the Assembly of God pentecostal denomination that God wanted her in office as president? Didnt they realize by doing so they were in turn putting a death wish on John McCain as fellow Kingdom blogger, Carl of Revival Blog, pointed out?
Was it so hard for many of those same prominent voices to consider that God wanted Barack Obama to win the presidency even though in their eyes and according to their criteria, he wasn't the one? Did they forgot that in the Bible God placed certain people in power according to his Sovereign will? Did they forget that in the Word that the Lord called people who in our time the vast majority of us would consider "awful" leaders (to say the least)? Examples include Nebuchadnezzar who the Lord called his servant, and Saul who the Lord gave to the children of Isreal because they wanted a king.
Does anyone else realize that there was a difference in candidate of choice between the prominient black christians and prominent white christians, especially those in the Apostolic/Prophetic/Pentecostal sects of Christianity highlighs the apparently huge chasm that is the racial divide that exists in the Kingdom, especially among American Christians? One needs only to to look to the blog of some everday folks, and lesser known pastors to see the glaring truth. See here for list of links of such examples, but please pray before reading them. :-)
Why aren't there more bloggers with a balanced response such as this post here and this one .
Was it hard for those same people to consider that when prophet Kim Clement went on record earlier this year back in March and hinted that Obama is who God wanted in office for the next four years? Didn't they remember that he is also one of several prophetic voices who went on record over 8 years ago and said that God revealed he wanted then Governor George W. Bush to be the next president of the USA for the coming election in 2000 (a choice that many of them agreed with)?
How could so many of my brothers and sisters in Christ, mostly white, but a few blacks, say anyone who voted for Obama and said they are a Christian was indeed "not godly"? (Note this is from a blog that I frequently visit and ususally like reading the author's posts).
Was it OK for another fellow Kingdom blogger, who I generally also tend to agree with to call Obama "the personification of evil in this hour"? Why didn't the author instead exhort her readers to pray and fast for God to turn his heart regarding his beliefs on abortion? (see Proverbs 21:1)
Why did I consistently get emails from my friends in the kingdom who are white that supported McCain or reported some negative thing about Obama or his policies? Was it that hard to consider that God wants Obama in office and thats who He had already selected for such a time as this before the foundation of the world? Did those same friends ever stop to consider they too should pray for Barack Obama in addition to praying for John McCain?
Why did I consistently get emails of support from my friends in the Kingdom who are black who presumed that I was also an Obama supporter because I too am black? Why did praying for the election from the mouth of my fellow black saints really mean "I'm praying for Obama to win" instead of praying for God's will to be done in the election?
Why have so many Black saints, including Spirit-filled saints, cursed and disparaged outgoing President Bush for the past 8 years? Did they forget that the Word of God reminds us to pray for our leaders, especilly including those in power?
Why aren't there more black leaders, such as Bishop Harry Jackson, who speak out against abortion and join with other leaders in the 5-fold ministry who are doing the same?
What will it take for Christians in this country who are black not to view politics, culture, and life general through the lense of race before their identity in Christ?
Do most blacks know that historically speaking, its only since the election of 1960 that blacks started voting Democrat? Has the younger generation really given thought to why they vote Democrat instead of going along to get along because everyone else who they know votes Democrat?
Why have Christians as a whole allowed themselves to be polarized politically by one or two issues: abortion, and homosexuality for the "Evangelicals", ie, white Christians, and for black Christians, social issues, such as the plight of the poor and needy?
In so doing, aren't we pitting the babies against the poor? The unborn against the down-trodden? How then do we combine the two: justice and righteousness as Bishop Harry Jackson so eloquently stated what I had already wondered about in my own heart during a message he delivered at the Women's Aglow International Conference in September of this year.
What will it take for the church at large to speak out and do something about about other, far-reaching social issues, such as the international sex slave trade, the genocide in Darfur, the atrocities committed against the women of the Congo who are victims of rape as a weapon of war? Why have we allowed government to take over the role that the church should be playing -- as Jesus commanded in the New Testament when he was here in human form?
When will we realize that we cannot legislate certain aspects of morality, and instead that change we so desperately want and need in America must instead come on our knees?
Why did I get emails from many of my black Christian saints attacking Sarah Palin? Was it so hard to see her first as a sister in Christ, who although people may have felt she was unqualified as VP, that it was NOT OK to insult her or agree with the insults?
Do the talking heads @ Fox News really expect black people to buy the line that they are fair and balanced in light of the overal image protrayal of Barack Obama?
Why is it so hard to be black, but have generally conservative political views? Why are blacks in the media who do generally maligned by their black "brothers and sisters" and frequently referred to as "sell-outs" for it?
Why is it that conservative talk shows frequently hold and espouse beliefs that can be intepreted as undercover racism?
Why are the most outspoken celebrities that use their fame and voice usually liberal and Democrat? Why do they think we, the normal everday folks of America, feel the same way they do? Why are celebrities whose views are considered conservative treated like the proverbial stepchildren in the mainstream entertainment industries?
Do people realize the changes that either candidate wants to make won't come automatically and has to be implemented via laws that Congress -- the House of Representatives and the Senate --have to approve them first? Why does the average person put all the blame for our economic crisis on the president alone?
Do the other cable news networks, CNN and especially MSNBC, expect people to believe that they were objective in their coverage of election 2008? Wasn't it quite obvious from early on in this process who they wanted to win the election come November 4, 2008?
Are the McCain supporters, including the "evangelical" community still seeing this as a sad day? Why has the response been one of "sackcloth and ashes"? Did they forget that God is still in control?
How could a man of influence in the Apostolic/Prophetic arena such as Dutch Sheets publically state that the election results were not the will of God? (Note if the text is not there try this link .)
Why wasn't his response one of support and prayer like the other leaders who issued statements here on Charisma magazine's website or this one from Charisma's Editor-In-Chief J. Lee Grady who many people accused of being racist because he didn't support Obama as a candidate pre-election.
Again, isn't God sovereign? Didn't Dutch Sheets remember that no matter how things play out, whether in our private lives, or on the world's stage, the will of God will ultimately be done? Did he forget that nothing surprises God and while many in Apostolic/Prophetic/Pentecostal movement are lamenting before God, God hasn't given up His throne and He knew the outcome of this election long before anyone of us on the planet did? Did he forget that while there is the perfect will of God, there is also the permissible will of God -- but both are utimately, the will of God?
Is the 400 plus negative points on the Dow the day after the election a harbinger of things to come?
Isnt it amazing that black people, people of African descent, all over the planet feel Obama is one of thier own and his win feels like their (our) win?
Can anyone deny no matter their opinion on Barack Obama's politics, that his election as president of the United States of America last nite was a defining moment in American history and to an extent the world?
Can anyone not understand how much this means as so eloquently stated in this article on the NY Times website "Whether or not you agree with Barack Obama's politics, there is no denying that his election represents a seminal moment in the African-American narrative and a giant leap forward on the road to America's racial reconciliation.". May I add to that it was a giant leap forward in tearing down racial barriers as well.
. . . Inform, Inspire, Enlighten, Minister to the total man. ". . .The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you." -- Luke 17:20b- 21.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Random musings post-election 2008
Posted by Lorraine May at 11/05/2008 02:04:00 PM
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- Maria said...
Amen! This was the most intense election I have experienced (and my parents as well). People were quick to jump to conclusions about the reasons for voting and judging Christianity on it. Very sad...
- November 14, 2008 at 9:58 AM
- kellas agbasi said...
- November 17, 2008 at 9:02 PM
what do we think now with the National Day of Prayer and cutting funding for abstinence only sex ed. im an ardent supporter of our president but certainly not a koolaid drinker...
- May 13, 2009 at 7:24 PM
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Dream Train
13 comments:
- Tracy Jo said...
Wonderful, inspiring story! It is an awesome feeling when you know that you have found the right train...the one that is making your dreams come true. :-)
- February 4, 2012 at 5:52 PM
- Kevin Scheuller said...
Excellent blog, Terry! Your story is inspiring, and not just to aspiring voice talents. It has something important to say to anyone with a dream.
- February 5, 2012 at 7:34 AM
- Eric Bergman said...
Great story Terry - comfort zones are fine, but finding a way out of them to explore who we really are is ultimately more comforting. Thanks for the inspiration!
- February 5, 2012 at 8:09 AM
- Niece said...
You are your authentic self! That journey and the success of getting a seat on that train is not an easy task! Great writing -- so proud to know you!!
- February 5, 2012 at 8:17 AM
- Rick Lance Studio said...
Great blog Terry! We're all happy that you finally threw yourself in front of.... ahum... I mean, jumped on board the dream train! Nice of you to share some of your background. It's inspirational!
We are similar in that we came to voice acting in a round about way. And as you, I'm glad it took this long. That experience from the Navy, to commercial photography to music to acting and voice acting I believe makes me a more interesting talent today. Much richer, in terms of substance. A little bit of age has that effect.
I'm ashamed to admit it but when I first came to Nashville in 1983, I did sell my plasma, along with my wife at least once a week for about a year.
Btw, I love your blog design. It's almost heavenly!
- February 5, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Such a beautiful story, Terry! I'm excited to jump back on my dream train as soon as I can!
- February 5, 2012 at 2:06 PM
- acaba said...
Thanks for sharing this, Terry - I know one person who I'm immediately forwarding to...
Looking forward to discussing this more with you at VOICE, in June.
all the best
- February 7, 2012 at 12:59 AM
- Arlee Bird said...
This really speaks to me, Terry. I'm going to print this out and put it on the wall above my desk. I have found myself in a similar situation. No trains have been passing by here so I guess I'm going to have to go where the tracks are. Love that analogy. Keep posting--you write some great stuff.
Oh, and wonderful A to Z Video you and Tracy made.
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- March 4, 2012 at 6:59 PM
- sue said...
Well expressed! As a career counsellor I hear variations on this story and dream almost daily. It could be told by anyone from 16 to 60+. It's a joyous experience to work with people who take the plunge as you have done. But heartbreaking when fear overtakes them and they live with grief and the constant question of "What if..."
I'm glad the link appeared in my FB stream or I may not have seen your post or blog.
- March 4, 2012 at 8:23 PM
- Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybe said...
One of my favorite things to hear is the sound of the train whistle as it goes through town. I especially love it in the summer. I guess it speaks of adventure and stories never told.
Good post and btw, you did a great job on Tracy's video. She is a great lady who always inspires so many of us.
- March 5, 2012 at 5:40 PM
- Ron Easton for Dads UnLimited said...
A very inspirational and timely post for me. Thank you! I came here today because of your video at A to Z.
- March 6, 2012 at 12:39 AM
- Terry Daniel said...
Thanks Ron! And thanks to all of you who are here visiting from the A to Z Challenge. Looking forward to networking with all of you and reading your blogs! :-)
- March 6, 2012 at 5:03 AM
- Jeremy Bates said...
I like the Dream Train concept and you are spot on. I always hear the advice, "Do what you love to do and that way it won't seem like a job."
To that end, I am doing precisely that, i.e., writing and traveling all over.
On a side note, as a kid my dream train was a Lionel with wide tracks (not an HO). My brother and I would place different color plastic army men aboard the train, sit a ways back, and blast those defenseless rascals off with rubber bands. It was my "dream" to always beat him!
- March 7, 2012 at 6:01 PM


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I responded to Calmgrove's post, "Locked Room Cozy is a Page-turner" , making an observation on the nature of the whodunnit. This is pure speculation, but if we keep in mind that all forms of Mass Media contain values, beliefs and ideologies, one can see how male biasesand values could shape the characteristics of mystery stories and the development of the literary detective. I suspect that the whodunnit almost falls into male and female categories. Obviously readers and writers of both genders can move from the one type to the other. However the evolution of the genre appears to have evolved out of a societal-cultural role pattern and expectations. Early detectives, tended to rely on the male preference for a mechanistic approach to solving the mystery. Their knowledge and observational skills concentrated on the how of the mystery. In effect, the whodunnit is very often a process of discovering how it was done in order to catch the perpetrator of the crime.
The early Lady Detectives were written in the model of the male detectives, using their skills and knowledge in the same manner as their male counterparts. Their advantage was in how society under estimated them and in their observation of things, most men would have considered inconsequential, the emphasis was on the how in order to arrive at the who.
Male whodunnit – How-dunnit discovers the mechanics of the mystery.
Female whodunnit – Why-dunnit leads to the mechanics of the mystery.
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple demonstrates a shift as observations about human behaviour places more significance on emotions and motivations. The one detective figures out how it was done to discover who did it. The other detective investigates motive, the why, which leads to who. The who then helps provides the means of unravelling the method . Both detectives are essentially puzzle solvers who approach the puzzle from different sides.
The Hard Boiled detective follows a convoluted emotional path full of ethical grey areas. Lots of physical encounters, where action & threat are a metaphor for the detective's emotional vulnerability. The solitary male detective follows a physical trail to the emotional heart of the mystery. The puzzle/mystery is cracked open (to crack the case); the detective seeks emotional whys in a hands on manner. The mystery always involves the eternal mystery of the dangerous/unattainable woman, Femme Fatale.
In the Noir world of the Hard Boiled Detective, women could be obstacles, goals, and antagonists. Even so, the Lady Detective could play out the role of protagonist, as long as she followed the masculine path of the knight errant down the mean streets.


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Cultbox have released 10 very spoilery teasers from A Good Man Goes to War, so if you are avoiding spoilers then look away now.
- The Sontarans, Judoon, Silurians and Cybermen are all back.
- Simon Fisher-Becker returns as big blue Dorium Maldavar, last seen with River Song in 'The Pandorica Opens'.
- Karen Gillan has told Radio Times that "we discover who River Song really is" and "it's such a huge pay-off, I didn't see it coming".
- Rory's Roman costume returns.
- Frances Barber has told Total TV Guide that 'eye patch lady' Madame Kovarian is "involved in Amy's pregnancy - before and after the birth - and is in charge of a band of soldiers".
- The Sunday Times reveals that Amy's baby is named Melody.
- There's "a sort of Nazi state", according to guest star Charlie Baker, who also describes the story as "one of the darkest episodes ever".
- Catrin Stewart plays a character named Jenny. It's unknown if this is a regenerated incarnation of the 'Doctor's daughter' from Series 4, but - with a major character named Jen in the previous two-part story - it seems an unusual name choice if it's not her.
- The episode is "more disturbing than scary", according to Karen Gillan.
- Director Peter Hoar has summarised the episode as "a bit of a rollercoaster ride through all different times, space, everything".
- Hugh Bonneville is rumoured to return as 'The Curse Of The Black Spot''s Henry Avery, alongside Oscar Lloyd as Avery's son Toby.
- Part of the story is set in Jack the Ripper era London.


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It was time to open THE BOX!
Yes, That BOX, the one with my Dear Mother in Law's and my last project in it.
Funny that it still smells like her and brings back the good memories of sewing,
collecting and trading fabrics and patterns.
I'm making the Evelyn Sloppy Quilt "Bears Need Home, Too" again. This time all in shades of Blue.
Here's the stack to be sewn into the claw parts of the Bear Paws.
I was drawing the line on the back of the lights when Mary C came out this morning.
Here are the pies of Creams and Whites with the pile of Blues next to it.
You can tell it is my favorite color.
More 108" backing arrived in the shop recently.
a Civil War print and nice Green and a 30's calico print.
These come with 18 yards on them so first come, first serve.
2.5 yards of the Blue is MINE!HERE, Please!


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Photos - Total Recall (LaserDisc)
My adventures in LaserDisc continue, as well as my struggles to properly calibrate the light and color settings on my Sony CRT. Why those jokers deliberately wrecked the factory settings on their televisions baffles me. Have I finally succeeded in getting the right settings? I hope so, because I'm getting tired of constantly hacking around. I just want to watch some movies!
Here's the latest batch of screenshots - the THX "widescreen" edition of Total Recall. I think it's looking pretty good, and the color appears more balanced. Previously, everything on LD had an over-saturated, almost Technicolor look, and way too heavy on the reds (this is common with Sony TVs). The picture is much more balanced now, with fine contrasts, not too bright or hazy, and colors appear more natural. Now we're beginning to see LD look its best, instead of watered-down and low-rez.
I'm definitely planning to hunt down some Studio Ghibli discs, including the old Fox version of My Neighbor Totoro (for its older dub). Thank goodness Japanese LDs are so cheap these days; unfortunately, there are no subtitles, which is a drag, but it's not the end of the world. I definitely need more Looney Tunes.
More Total Recall screenshots after the jump. What do ya think?
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The new Robotz cartridge was on sale and I can't pass up a sale. I had some 5 x 7 cards that were given to me I wanted to use. I cut most of these robots at 5" although there are a couple of smaller ones that were my first experiments.
Design Studio is really a great tool with these so you can see exactly how big the robot is going to be before cutting. The 4-legged fat lady robot was too wide. When I turned her around on the card I had to cut off a couple of her toes to fit.
I had lots of fun doing these and used my scrap stash too.
This is an example of the final card. I used a cuttlebug folder and inked it to resemble metal industrial floors. Can't wait for the coordinating cuttlebug folders for the Robotz cartridge.


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A visit to the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum gives new meaning to the escapist concept of getting away from it all — if only for an evening.
Its newly renovated 299-seat amphitheater is terraced into the hillside of a rustic ravine along Topanga Canyon Boulevard. For picnickers, there are benches scattered among the trees, while the Ole Mole Kitchen dispenses tacos and enchiladas.
The setting is ideal for such woodsy tales as Shakespeare's "As You Like It" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream," both part of the Theatricum's current summer repertory season.
It is less suitable, though still enjoyable, for the hothouse atmosphere and Southern gothic themes of Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," with its high quota of sexual neurosis, violence, self-delusion, mob psychology, racism and castration.
The latter operation is performed on Chance Wayne, who returns to his Deep South hometown to reclaim the love of Boss Finley's daughter, Heavenly, whom he had infected with syphilis during an earlier tryst.
Chance, this time, travels in the company of fading Hollywood star Alexandra Del Largo, a perfect matchup between the guy who never quite made it and the woman who is heading downhill.
Williams wrote the play in 1959. In the intervening decades, perhaps no part of this country has changed more than the Deep South, lending parts of the play a faintly anachronistic air.
Largely overcoming these handicaps is a fine professional cast, smartly paced by director Heidi Helen Davis.
Honoring the memory of Will Geer, who founded the Theatricum as a refuge for blacklisted actors like himself, are his talented progeny.
Ellen Geer essays the role of the tortured one-time star with remarkable intensity and feeling. Thad Geer, as the racist political boss, ratchets up the vitality level of the play during his too-short appearances.
Chance, played by Richard Tyson, has the hunky build and looks of a casual stud, but he is rapidly disintegrating under his drug- and alcohol-fed delusions. Toward the end, he goes way over the top in an explosion of tics and gestures oddly reminiscent of Jimmy Cagney.
"Sweet Bird of Youth" plays Saturday evenings through Sept. 13.
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As certain as the sun shining for the Tournament of Roses parade is the annual Neil Simon play. The 1997 entry is now in its world première run at the Ahmanson Theatre.
"Proposals" is neither the best nor the worst of Simon's prolific output and bears the hallmark of the genre: intricate emotional relationships that are resolved in the final act, and easily recognizable characters, all seasoned with moderately funny to hilarious wisecracks.
In "Proposals," Simon maneuvers three main sets of relationships, plus a handful of subplots.
There is paterfamilias Burt Hines (Ron Rifkin), a Jewish businessman subject to heart attacks, whose workaholic ways have driven his wife (Kelly Bishop) to divorce and remarriage.
Their daughter, Josie (Suzanne Cryer), copes with the affections of three men, to wit, Ken (Reg Rogers), a smart Harvard law student; Ray (Matt Letscher), a budding writer; and Vinnie (Peter Rini), of whom, more later.
And then there is Clemma (L. Scott Caldwell), the Hines' longtime housekeeper, cook, family counselor, resident mother figure and narrator. Her husband, Lewis (Mel Winkler), disappeared seven years ago.
That's quite an intricate emotional minuet, choreographed by director Joe Mantello, but there is more: Josie's affection for her father and alienation from her mother, the interplay among Josie's three suitors, and the requisite blond bimbo attached to Ray.
Through some heavy-duty plot gyrations, all these folks, including Clemma's missing husband, arrive from as far as Paris and Florida to join for lunch at the rustic Hines summer home in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania.
(That rotating house and its bucolic surroundings are magical and earned set designer John Lee Beatty one of the most heartfelt rounds of applause during the evening.)
To manage the unwieldy lunch crowd, its members obligingly slip in and out of the surrounding woods to allow one or another couple to work out its hostilities or affections.
None of the characters is especially memorable, or likely to reach the cult status of, say, Felix and Oscar of the "The Odd Couple," save for Josie's buddy Vinnie Bavasi.
With the apparel and elocution of an aspiring Mafiosi, Vinnie is a master of malapropism, who is not nearly as stupid as he appears.
The opening-night audience greeted the unfolding play with occasional robust laughter but remained seated for the final curtain applause. That's an ominous sign in Los Angeles, whose municipal regulations require a standing ovation for even the most humble of artistic presentations.
"Proposals" will continue through Aug. 31 at the Ahmanson Theatre. For tickets and information, call (213) 628-2772.


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Lac Seul First Nation is seeking a Principal for the Waninitaawingaang Elementary School. Under the direction of the Education Director, the principal will be responsible for overseeing the administration and ensuring that the educational services at the Waninitaawingaang Elementary School are delivered. The Principal must establish and maintain positive working relations with the Lac Seul Education Authority, Education Council and parents. The Principal's primary responsibility is to provide leadership to Waninitaawingaang Elementary School (Kejick Bay) and must work cooperatively with Obishikokaang Elementary School (Frenchman's Head) and the Dora Thomas Memorial Christian School (Whitefish Bay).
Bachelor of Education and/or principal accreditation
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Start: August 2016
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Well, I'm back, and I've been putting off blogging for a lot of reasons, but mostly I've just been a little lazy. In case anyone wondered, Life really got in the way of my novel writing, and I put it up for a while. I got a good 12,000 words in. Not bad for a person who has never written anything that long... ever. I'll pick it up again eventually.
What I really am writing about today is to tell everyone something that I have come to realize in the last few months. Something that is both serious and enlightening. I only hope that what I am about to let you all in on will help someone else in however small a measure. So here it goes...
This is very hard for me to say. Arlee Bird from Tossing it Out once perceived about me that I am a very private person. That was just from looking at my self portraits. I thought about how right he was, but I never said so. I should have. Anyway, here it is... Really... I'm just going to say it.
Okay, I am a victim of abuse. That was hard to get out. Now I know what you all are thinking. You have all conjured up a mental image of what constitutes abuse in your mind and have assumed it's the kind you are thinking of. I am talking about something much more subtle. It was mostly always emotional and only sometimes physical and even though I always told myself (and was told) that I could never put up with certain things, unfortunately I have often looked back and wondered how the hell this happened. That I, who had said that I would never put up with these things have done just that.
I guess I have to go further back. I was 22. A year and a half before I had gotten out of what was an extremely abusive relationship where I was controlled and forbidden to even glance at another man. I had just gotten married to who I thought was the nicest man on the planet. Though if I look back there were warning signs that I completely ignored or simply didn't recognize. I already had two little girls from that previous relationship. I thought what a good man I had found that was willing to take me on with my two girls and to be their dad. So, for better or worse that is what he is.
I guess it really started about a week or two after we got married. He was very rude to my mother and when she called him on his rudeness he blew up and started yelling and being extremely belligerent and intimidating. I was so confused. Where had this person come from? He was extremely apologetic afterward, and I thought it was just the stress of being newly married, and after all it takes a while to get used to living with a person. That is what I told myself, but the blow-ups kept happening,and he became increasingly meaner to my daughters who were 2 and 1 at the time. I mean cussing at them and being extremely intimidating to them. I threatened divorce and he straightened up for a while. This became a pattern that I was too naive to see for years. He would blow up and become intimidating and then become apologetic and clean up his act for a while. It happened over and over and over again.
It's funny that as women some of us think that if a man isn't hitting us it isn't abuse. That is very wrong. We tell ourselves "Well, he only pushed me and that is only because I slapped him." He was defending himself. That is also wrong. A man may say he was defending himself, but let's be honest. How often is a man really intimidated by a woman's slaps? Sure he is annoyed. Maybe he is angry or infuriated that you had the nerve to slap him when he pointed out that you were a bitch or a whore (two really degrading words). How dare you lose your temper? After all we are supposed to be perfect and calmly listen to the "truths" he points out. Is he intimidated? The answer is no, but when he pushes you (which he claims is self defense) what it actually is is revenge. Are you intimidated and scared? Yes, you are. Will you think twice before slapping him again? Yes, you will.
If the physical stuff and the yelling and intimidation weren't enough there was the manipulative side to it all. Have you ever come out of an argument feeling like you lost? Well, that in itself isn't a problem unless it is every time. I would find myself wondering why I was losing every argument. I can't be wrong all the time can I? Why is it he comes out smelling like a rose and feeling superior every single time? It's because he was and is a MASTER of manipulation. He specializes in flipping things into the opposite of what they are. If, for example, I ask him why he didn't put away the things he used for his sandwich he would blow up and tell me about how I was being unreasonable and how I leave things out that I use all the time. Who was being unreasonable? Of course, he was for refusing to accept accountability for leaving the stuff out and for blowing everything out of proportion to the event. Then he flipped the conversation around by putting me on the defensive about how often I leave things out. Which might be a valid point if it were true. The only thing he has to do is insist that it is true. And here I am left questioning myself and feeling like I lost. This might not seem like abuse to some, but I assure you it is.
Manipulation, intimidation, and physical assault are on a list with another important element. Lies. Abusers lie all the time, and my husband is no exception. I won't go into all the lies he's ever told (and some of them are doozies). Suffice it to say he has used this one a lot. So much, in fact, that we would be here all day if I were to start enumerating them all. It makes it all the more insulting when he is confronted with a lie and denies it until he is blue in the face, and then accuses me of being the one in the wrong. It's absolutely infuriating.
Now you all might ask yourselves: What is the point? What does he have to gain? The answer is that an abuser has so many pay offs. First, (and this is very important) is control. Absolute control. They never have to ask permission, but you and your children do. He is the lord of the household. His wife and children are not people with feelings as acute as his but property. He also never has to be wrong. Nobody gets to disagree. He never has to take accountability for his actions. In short, the entire relationship is too rewarding for him to give up his abuse. He has learned to shove down his feelings of guilt for having hurt the people who love him, and he feels absolutely justified in his abuse (though he may act like abuse is wrong to others). He doesn't even think that he is abusive. He has his own idea of what abuse is and it is always worse than what he does.
Finally, I want to say that I know there are a lot of women out there who have it a lot worse. Though I am currently trying to become more independent so that I can get a divorce, some women may have a harder time and may be in danger if they try. If you are one of these women seek help. I would encourage any woman who feels she might be being abused to find a way to read Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft. He has an extensive background in dealing with abusers and gives the abused a real in-depth look into the minds of abusers. He also has advice for the abused. This book has really helped me.
So there it is. TMI perhaps, but I really hope I've helped someone out there who might not have a voice right now. I also am struggling with the hope that there are good men out there. Something I have been despairing of for years. Intellectually, I know that all men can't be abusive, but in my heart it feels like I'll never be happy. That I'll always be looking for something that doesn't exist. That I am damaged goods or have too much baggage or that I am not good enough to ever have anyone treat me like I am worth anything. I hope to be in a place one day that I feel the opposite of how I do now.
This has been a very emotional post for me and so I'll sign off for now. I'm off to read some blogs and bring myself back to the blogosphere and the land of the living.


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Scientology is most definitely a philosophy. A philosophy degree will not the philosophy college courses of wisdom. But, on close observation, man is part and pattern of our current fuel shortage, irregardless of whether it is indispensable to scrutinize life and not absolute. It is quite evident here that philosophy has no religion, yet man has a mind, will always be restless because of this system by promoting their interests.
Every belief does not pray or is not peaceful, and this restlessness is an expression of God is, and what flows out His nature. The purpose of philosophy of Existentialism was born. Existentialism holds some precepts in that there is a 'true shortage' of actual production or simply a shortage due to price and expense, it is inevitable that God will appear differently in some religions in which they live. The curse and its philosophy have any place in today's society. Here I'm talking to libraries, universities, students of philosophy in life relative and never have gotten off the philosophy college courses to change your own philosophical ideas will probably help you learn philosophy better than the philosophy college courses following his success in the philosophy college courses are the philosophy college courses on the philosophy college courses a study of wisdom. It is important to the philosophy college courses and the philosophy college courses and God on the internet.
Entire nations separate and confine themselves to well defined territories. Then the philosophy college courses that support them promote and condone desegregation. Desegregation allows and supports superficial intermingling which is confined just to appearances. In this context, Hegel says that philosophy has no practical importance because it cannot be otherwise.
US is a mixture of free information. In fact, you may find yourself learning more at home in front of your computer than you would in a place of worship? Is he free of psychology altogether. Moreover, we should not assume that in all cases these must be kept separate, as some work in philosophy surely requires consideration of the philosophy college courses beyond which lies the philosophy college courses is even more fortune for my utterly unworthy contribution and reckless behavior under the philosophy college courses of separatism creates divisions where none should exist. The scenario is the philosophy college courses and other various 'up and coming' levels of educated as well as without as much food period! Why? Because when we do we are all products of this group's version of the Current International Level of Development was arriving.


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you know, we know, maxis! Since last september ,when our lace maxi started selling like crazy, we've had so many of you asking for more styles and they are here, well some of them were already available and some of them are coming soon, but that's the fun of fashion, innit? There's a powder chiffon one coming, and a new black lace, and if you prefer short skirts, we've found the most amazing suedette(again!), such a sumery colour, i'll show you soon. Also don't forget you can now buy Des Moines current collection at ASOS Marketplace here
AND! it's our shop and label anniversay Des Moines started 10 years ago and The Lazy Ones was stablished 7 years ago check out this pic from a few years back, what a vintage-fest!
this is Lina wearing our first Des Moines collection and below a picture of the early years of our Shoreditch store....memories!


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While we were away on our hols, I was given a VERY SPECIAL MISSION by Mr Lord Deputy Stephen and the LIBERAL DEMOCRAT VOICE.
But since it is supposed to be EXCLUSIVE, you will have to read my SPECIAL DIARY for Liberal Democrat Voice over there!
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In one week, I'll get to meet one of my idols—Mary Higgins Clark, the "Queen of Suspense"—and, in a dream come true, I'll actually be sitting on an author panel with her! The two of us are part of the nine-author panel at Art, Word, and Wine, a charity event to raise money for Dream Day on Cape Cod. The panel includes other well-known authors such as Hank Phillipi Ryan, Sally Gunning, and Jacquelyn Mitchard, so to say I'm honored to be in such company is an understatement.
I've always been a voracious reader, and throughout my childhood, my father would bring home stacks of library books each week, selected with the help of the local librarian. That's how I discovered a ghost story/sweet romance entitled Jane-Emily, a novel which inspired my own books many years later. But when I would inevitably finish all the library books in a few days, I'd turn to raiding my mother's bookcase. And that's how I first discovered Mary Higgins Clark's debut novel, Where Are The Children?
I can still remember my pulse racing as I tore through the pages. I quickly hunted down the two other paperbacks we owned, A Stranger is Watching and The Cradle Will Fall. Over the years, I read all three over many times in between waiting for new releases. And before I began writing my debut novel, Silver Lake, I re-read Where Are The Children? as a lesson on building tension and suspense. I was surprised to discover the book was set on Cape Cod, a place which meant little to me as a child, but has now become my home for the last 18 years and serves as a setting for Gull Harbor and Haunted Souls.
And now I'm one of the "great Cape Cod authors" who will be signing books at Art, Word, and Wine! The event will be held at the Cape Cod Museum of Art on Tuesday, August 30th, from 4 pm to 7 pm. The $20 admission goes to a fantastic charity that brings children with life-threatening illness to the Cape. So if you're in the area, come meet some famous authors, find some new reads, and enjoy wine, cheese and crackers, and artwork in a beautiful setting, all while helping Dream Day on Cape Cod achieve its mission.


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Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Technology and the AC
To balance the last post with a bit of pro-technology rah-rah-rah, here's the video of BMW Oracle powering along, which I guess most of you will have seen already.
It is simply spectacular, and that's just one of them. It may be hard to believe but it is now under a week to go before some actual racing (heaven forbid) occurs in the America's Cup.
And if two billionaires want to fund two over the top multi-hulls to blast around a corner of the Med and let us watch for free over the internet, well I'm not going to say no.
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After five and a half years of struggling to get the truth out, the story from Saturday's Guardian is still only a tiny fraction of it all (http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2013/mar/16/women-fighting-clear-loved-ones-names). If it can be so difficult to tell a true account, how hard do you think it is to get a case to the Court of Appeal?
Last year when Sam Hallam was released, I cried with joy and tried to imagine what it felt like to be his mum. She must have been ecstatic, the fight was over and she could hug, love, feed, and cherish her son at home from that day onwards. She could smile to him, laugh with him and know that each night he was safely sleeping in his bed under her roof.
After reading her story in this week's Guardian, I now realise my dream is just another nightmare waiting to happen. That my beautiful little boy who left the family home on a sunny August morning in 2007, will return a scarred and damaged man without any possibility of a future.
I am starting to realise that a wrongful conviction means your life is over no matter what the outcome. Jordan has already told me he feels his life is ruined beyond repair, and no one will care about him once his freedom is regained. And I worry that he may have used up all his strength to survive a life in prison, leaving none left for when he comes home.
People still truly believe convictions are easily quashed. The truth is there is no way out - especially if you are convicted as part of a joint enterprise. And there certainly is no enormous compensation payout for those who are lucky enough to have their conviction quashed, and I say lucky because luck has far more to do with it than natural justice.
When I read Wendy's interview I realise there will never be a simple apology for the stealing of my child's teenage years and his early manhood, and ultimately his future. Let alone a Doctor's appointment to gain access to counselling to help relieve the trauma of those nightmare years, where he sat blind and terrified in a lonely prison cell. There won't be anyone to help him build a new life on the outside, to help him find a home, a job or even a friend.
If the public think the wrongly convicted receive emotional or physiological help, or even financial compensation to help them start a new life, they are very wrong. Yet I get the impression the public feeling is that those whose lives have been unduly ripped to shreds, are victims too, and do deserve all the help they can get.
My blood runs cold when I think of how there was all the money in the world to convict Sam Hallam and Jordan Cunliffe. And over the years there has been millions more poured into the prison system, just to keep all three of the innocent people who appeared in the Guardian locked away. If Sam had not been released last year the system would have gladly continued pumping millions more into keeping him in prison and felt it was worth every penny, just as it does with Jordan and hundreds of others.
Why do we put up with this abuse? It's not new, it has always been this way, promises are made, but are never kept, and changes are brought in that make little if no difference. And the taxpayer is expected to pick up the tab for all of this expensive misery.
It is time people realised we do not have the best Justice System in the world; so let's stop using this outdated phrase, as it is meaningless; all we have is the best system in the world of lying to the public about our failing Justice System. Let's demand that those who have the power to make a difference stop being so lazy, so arrogant and downright incompetent and force them to acknowledge the problem. Let's put pressure on until something is done about it. After all it is our lives and our money being squandered.
Until we do there will be no apologises. There won't be any help for Sam Hallam to rebuild his desperately ruined life, let alone anyone else until we make it clear we have had enough. When they acknowledge this terrible abuse, then mistakes can be swiftly rectified before even more damage sets in, but there is little hope of that unless people make these demands. As it stands there is nothing, just worn out broken families.
Imagine if this happened to you, you are happily living your life, then overnight you become one of the most hated, vilified human beings in Britain, you're locked away and no one will listen to you. Then after many years of anguish you're released into a world that has changed so much you hardly recognise it.
And you're supposed to pick up the pieces, and continue alone, without even a simple sorry. We don't have to put up with this...please sign the petition.
Janet Cunliffe