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Frank is an insurance salesman living in New York who hates what America has become: An endless stream of idiocy, selfishness and exploitation of the unfortunate and disabled. But he can cope with that being on his TV, and next door, and at work, until one day he's diagnosed with an inoperable, terminal brain tumour. Franks spirals into depression, and attempts suicide... Until he sees a spoiled brat on TV throwing a tantrum because her parents got her the wrong car for her 16th birthday. He decides that instead of killing himself, he's going to rid the world of this idiot. Unfortunately, he's caught in the act by Roxy, her high school classmate who happens to hate her. The two form an unlikely relationship and soon decide to rid the world of all the 'bad' people in the world, Bonnie and Clyde style...
Bobcat pulls no punches with God Bless America, he has all manner of annoying targets in his crosshairs, sometimes literally. Screaming babies? Throw them up in the air and blast them with a shotgun like a clay pigeon. Spoiled brats? Lock them in their car and set fire to their petrol tank. Vicious TV talent show judges? Well, I won't spoil the entire film but you get the idea. No-one is off limits here, and some would say rightly so. Given the amount of trash on TV right now, it was only a matter of time before someone wrote a film liked this. It just so happens that Bobcat was the first to do it in such an extreme way. Having said that, there are some semi-formulaic elements about God Bless America. Frank is given a sidekick in Roxy, an endlessly enthusiastic teenage runaway who revels in Frank's actions, someone who you assume is meant to represent the 'sane' members of society who refuse the Super Sweet 16's of the world. Their friendship is unlikely, but it's to be expected in an extraordinary film like this. They become like a modern day Bonnie and Clyde, even though their actions go unnoticed in the media at first. Roxy gets angered by this, but Frank finds a problem in that, becoming angry that Roxy is never happy. Goldthwait's characters are seemingly endlessly flawed, which is the sign of good writing. The rest of the film does not carry such hallmarks.
The plot is simple enough. but the pace is all over the place, though whether that was intentional or whether it was the fault of the editor is unknown. Either way, the pace is all over the place which has the danger of making the viewer more uncomfortable than the subject matter, which is somewhat surprising. The dialogue isn't great either, and there's nothing original either. It's all self-important monologues and constant conflict resolution. Don't be fooled by the way it's dressed up, the story and the dialogue is something we've all heard before. The direction is fine, if unspectacular, but then it's right that the direction isn't taking the headlines in a film like this. The film itself looks surprisingly good, getting the right mix of mainstream blockbuster and independent docu-drama in its visuals, and that stays constant throughout the film, which is pleasant to see. The acting is the main headline in God Bless America though, and rightly so.
Joel Murray is really, really good playing Frank, the depressed insurance salesman who finds a new reason to live despite his impending death. He plays the depressed, fantasy loving, angry loner well, and then as soon as things are ramped up, he clearly takes real delight in being the action hero and wielding various guns all over the place. He is ably assisted by Tara Lynne Barr, who plays the teenage Roxy with endless enthusiasm and is able to drop in the drama and seriousness at just the right times. Her role is written somewhat badly, given she is dealing with subject matter well above her station, and ideally the role would be filled by a 20-something actress/character, but Barr does very well, stepping up and maturing in a role which could have been difficult to fill. Other than those two, there aren't any particularly spectacular performances, people merely fill their roles aptly when needed, but thee focus needs to stay on the modern day Bonnie and Clyde. any other distractions and the film would have become cluttered and unfocused.
Overall, God Bless America is a film which above all else is symptomatic of an angry man at the helm. Bobcat Goldthwait has a lot to say, and though he isn't the most elegant of writers, he certainly gets his point across. It's not the best of films, not by a long way, but the conversation that could potentially be raised by a film like this is always welcomed. It's not often someone has the guts to do such a far-reaching satire, so to see it done here is a welcome sight, even if it does miss its mark at certain points. Also, some of the story feels forced and inevitable; despite the extreme content matter, you can see where the film's going from a long way off. The main shocks come in the first half of the film, and once those have passed, you feel comfortable and expectant of the shocks that do come. It's a shame that this loses its energy near the end, because if it had managed to maintain its focus and surprise element, this could have been a great film. Fact is, God Bless America is simply good, not that that's a bad thing,
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March 2011 Full Moon Super Moon from hugoalexandrecruz on Vimeo.
March 2011 Full Moon, Super Moon
1280x720 - 42sec. Timelapse and video recorded in Lisbon, Portugal on the 19th of March 2011 with a Nikon D300 and Nikon D7000 by Hugo Alexandre Cruz.
Colours, Nature, Light and Time all in one video using photography and video techniques in production and post production.

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Poetry Reading in a College Town
And she said, "They're going to LOVE
your political stuff."
Maybe it was the long drive north
or too much coffee,
but if one more person does a potty poem
in the open mic
"I'm such a lady,
I hate passing out
where boys pee."
or another poem about puking
"She wiped it up
and hung my head
in the toilet.
Now that's what friends are for."
just one more word –
I'll whip them
with the live end of my mic cord.
With so much else
going on in the world
you'd think someone in this room
besides me
would be writing about it.
"It was a gray day
but the tequila shots
lining the bar
were shiny like sunshine."
I feel old
sitting in the back of the bar
sipping bad wine from a paper cup,
wondering if they'll catch the sarcasm
in my new poem about Rush Limbaugh,
if they'll know who he is,
if they'll even care.
I needn't have worried though.
Most of them leave during intermission.
The next morning
we drive into a day
where the air smells good enough to eat
and water winds its way
alongside the road.
Signs proclaim "Moose Crossing"
and "Just Darn Good Food."
When I look up
from writing this poem
Lake Winnipesauke materializes
just beyond the edge of road –
something a magician
is pulling out of a black hat.
"A pool stick makes a great weapon though a baseball bat is better."
spoke the last young man
in the open mic.
I do not understand
this sleight of hand,
this abracadabra – making it all disappear.
Maybe last night
was just my imagination.
How could a room full of teens
and 20-somethings
not be outraged
by what is happening
in places beyond
their college town?
The Spoken-Word On Elizabeth Thomas
By Ron Samul
Elizabeth Thomas is a poet, educator, and ambassador for spoken-word poetry.
Anyone who has been to a poetry reading or a poetry slam knows the importance of spoken-word poetry. It is part performance / part creative writing. And, if that isn't enough, the audience gets to participate.
Spoken-word poetry for Elizabeth Thomas is about creation, the writing, and the performance as a process. This is clear in her teaching, her workshops, and in her work as poet. She presents herself as a role model for the spoken-word poets and their significance in the world. Elizabeth is a poet who sees poetry as a remedy and a resource.
Elizabeth Thomas came from the corporate world, but her workshops, website, and her life as a poet have little of the business world shadow on her style. She is very generous with her ideas, her poetry, and her feedback. Her approach to poetry is simple and effective. Her concept of poetry isn't just what is on the page, but how it is pronounced and given from the mouth of a poet. That is the spoke-word element of her art.
The UpWords Poetry program shows students how easy and emotional poetry can come to those who are playful with words.
"I see poetry as unclenching the fist around your heart to release expression of who you are," Thomas said. "High school students have too many ready options that give them a solitary, isolated environment like the computer and video games. Even though they are emailing and text messaging each other, they are still alone. Writing and poetry can also be done alone, but by performing the poetry it takes the writing to a performance level."
Along the first floor corridor of the Naugatuck, Ct. High School, where Elizabeth Thomas was the poet in Residence for 2007, the hallways are busy with students coming and going. The tone of the bell beeps everyone into their classrooms.
In a room full of students last year, Elizabeth presented a 45-minute primer on poetry. Her presentation was methodical, but delivered with exacting skill, one step building into the next step. She introduced herself and then asked the class, who likes poetry and why?
Students remarked that the lyrical sense of words like songs, emotions, and tapping into the dark side are important to poetry.
Elizabeth responded, "Poetry is a compound language, and emotion comes first."
She put aside meter, rhyme, stanzas and all the technical components. That came later. She read her own poem. The class to listened and responded.
Elizabeth went on to prompt the new poets.
"The color red; what would it sound like?"
When it came time for students to share, this prompt made a strong connection.
Students said that the color red sounded like kissing, sirens, crackling fire, and heart beats.
When she asked them, "What would red taste like," the answers were buffalo wings, mouth full of hot lava, and fire.
Very quickly, these students were playing with words.
She then introduced the concept of metaphor and simile and posed the question, "If you could be any color what would you be?"
She touched on free writing and finding small nuggets of poetry to foster in journals and other types of free writing. She also discussed line breaks and how they are important to sound of poetry. She explained the value of poetry to speak to others by making a card or sending a poem to someone on the computer.
Students read their work aloud. They listened to the spoek words of others.
Elizabeth spoke about contests and submitting work to her website.
In 45 minutes, she had fostered an understanding of poetry, wordplay, and the spoken-word in all of the students in that class. It was over quickly, just like that.
The students gathered their bags and papers and they were gone. Some stopped and thanked her for her presentation; other just took their poetry and slipped it into their notebooks.
Another dimension to Elizabeth Thomas is her spoken-word competition. The concept of the poetry slam can be somewhat adversarial, but she sees this environment as a strong resource for poets.
"Poetry needs to be heard, performed, read by the person who wrote it," Elizabeth said. "It adds a dimension of the writing and spoken-word performers have a different dimension. The writer gets to interact with the audience, get an immediate response, and instant feedback. It becomes an exciting thing in their lives. And the audience gets to participate and be involved."
She coaches the Connecticut team that is part of the Brave New Voices program, a national competition that brings performance poetry to a new level.
"Not only do they have this interaction, but they also incorporate body language, facial expression, some memorize their poetry and that makes a big difference," Elizabeth said. "I work with the Connecticut Team for the Brave New Voices where they have to prepare and memorize their poetry. There is a regional and a national competition. The points are not the point, the point is the poetry. It is an amazing opportunity to meet kids from all over the world."
She has participated in poetry slams and events all over the world and continues to foster and support people in competition.
The concept of the "Poetry Slam" originated in Chicago in the 1980's. The first national poetry slam was held in the early 90's in San Francisco.
Now, the National Poetry Slam has more than 75 teams competing in a five-day event. While legendary critic Harold Bloom called poetry slams "the death of art," it has been a cornerstone in Elizabeth Thomas' life. It is a driving force in getting poets to perform their work, polish their style, writing, and presentation, and be confident in the process. To compete in the national competition, students must memorize their poetry, have brilliant execution in performance, and be ready to move forward if they advance.
All this doesn't come strictly from the educator in Thomas, it comes from the poet. She derives much of her working poetry from free writing.
"Ninety-five percent of the time, I don't know where I'm going when I am free writing," she said.
Like those nuggets from the students, she fosters her own ideas and develops them into significant work. The power of her voice and her style come from her clear and vivid long-term relationship with poetry: "Poetry taught me about me."
Upwords Poetry Workshops have been presented all over the country to young writers and educators. In 2006, Elizabeth was the program coordinator for the Writing/Poetry Program for the World Scholar-Athlete Games where young writers, athletes, instructors and coaches from around the globe came together at the University of Rhode Island. She is a coach for Brave New Voices / Inter-National Youth Poetry Slam and Festival. Brave New Voices 10 was held in San Jose, CA in July 2007.
Her first book of poetry, Full Circle was published in 2000 by Hanover Press. She is currently working on her second collection of poems and recently finished a book on creative writing for children and teachers entitled, If Only Red Could Talk. She was a poet-in-residence for the Connecticut Review and the Writer In Residence for the Naugatuck School System 2007.
Elizabeth is a poet who believes in the idea of poetry as "remedy and resource." Throughout her life, she uses writing as a tool to help "understand things that don't make sense."
Ron Samul is a Website designer and publisher of Miranda Literary Magazine.He earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing from Western Connecticut State University and won the Connecticut AWP award in fiction in 2005.


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Having recently fallen in love with all of the Cullen's (a secret I can only reveal on a day such as today) this Poodle insists that women everywhere dress as vampires this year - which essentially means that you have to look as beautiful, impeccable and pale as possible!
Here are some of the Poodles Halloween essentials:
Blood red nails
Guerlain's Terracotta Paduka Nail Varnish Kerala Sunset £16.00 is a deep glossy red which was formulated to be the perfect colour next to a golden tan. Being Halloween I recommend wearing this with a ghostly white complexion to emphasis your pale ghastliness. Ultra bright with a long lasting shine this nail varnish will keep your talons looking petrifyingly perfect long past midnight!
BADgal Lash Mascara from Benefit Cosmetics has a rich formula that builds horrifyingly hot lashes that are irresistible, flirty and filthy! The extra big brush is oversized to help achieve a dramatic lash effect so you look like you have very big, white eyes -combine this with some heavy black eye shadow and you will be well on your way to hypnotizing your victims with your killer lashes!
Blood Thirsty Lip Stain
Urban Decay Lip Envy in Envious is a great gel based lip stain which as well as being very hydrating, and long lasting, it dries to a semi-matte inky crimson finish. I recommend building up several layers and powdering your lip line so that the lip stain sinks into your lips and creates that 'just drank a cup of blood' look that Bella Swan does so well. Scented with vanilla and made with green tea and ginkgo biloba extracts this lethal lip stain postures as an innocent gloss, when really it gives you the poisonous lips of a French femme fatale.
Halloween isn't a big deal over here in gay Paris...tomorrow is Tous Saints which is a national holiday that celebrates the dead, which is basically Halloween repackaged - and being French Tous Saints sounds more somber and respectful and sophisticated. And you certainly won't catch anyone dressing up as pumpkins or zombies. Plus in true French fashion Tous Saints is a national holiday! Too bad it falls on a Sunday this year!


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We are half-way through June already!! Are your lives as crazy as mine? Life is busy and I know we all have good intentions when it comes to stocking our pantry's, but sometimes life can get in the way of accomplishing our goals. I want you to commit to making a preparedness goal and keeping that commitment!! Just like visiting teaching, if you let it go to far into the month it is harder to do. I want all of you to find something in the goals each month that you can accomplish during the first week of the month. Imagine how good you will feel knowing you are preparing your family for tough times ahead or for an emergency.
So, for the rest of 2011 you are going to become more prepared and not procrastinate any longer!! I also want you all to know I am here to help. If you need me to come over to your home and help you inventory or even need me to show you the ropes of couponing, I am available to help! Many days as I drive around town I look at how many cars and people are around me, it scares me to think that most of these people don't have a home grocery store or have even stored water. If we were to have an earthquake, the grocery stores would be empty by day 3!!! Water will be the first to go along with canned goods and paper goods. Charcoal and camping supplies will also disappear off the store shelves. Use the time we have NOW, when we can still find great sale prices and stock our homes with food and supplies, while times are relatively calm. I don't know how else to get you to prepare unless I go door to door and drag you along with me :) Take what President Ezra Taft Benson has said to heart:
"The revelation to store food may be as essential to our temporal salvation today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah." ("Prepare Ye," Ensign, Jan. 1974, 69)
I can't imagine having to watch friends and family members banging on the ark doors and Noah having to close them and listen to the wailing outside. Keep that in mind, use your money wisely, don't procrastinate any longer!!!!!!
Click HERE to view the goals for June!!
Enjoy the journey!
Enjoy the blessings!
Feel the PEACE!!


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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Whitey Bulger maybe was a little too loyal to the Red Sox
Well Whitey Bulger (aka the real life guy that Jack Nicholson kind of played in The Departed) was on the run but still a Red Sox fan.
It turns out he was in plain sight in Santa Monica for years.
Do you know who was also in plain sight in Santa Monica for some of the same time?
Evidently he still was wearing a Red Sox cap when they found him.
A white Red Sox cap (you know... for Whitey.)
I've never been on the run from the FBI, but if I were, I wouldn't wear a Sox cap.
I'd wear a Yankee cap just to throw the feds off.
But hey, Whitey was a loyal fan.
I wonder if we ever went to Sonny McLean's in Santa Monica together.
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Make a Birthday card!My card for this challenge (#81) uses a beautiful image and papers called Pink Ballerina from the Femme Fatale CD which you can find and purchase online from this site.
I hope you like it!
Onto some challenges:
Stampavie and More - Pink
Ai Factory - Pretty in pink
Totally Papercrafts - Pink and girlie
Scrappy Frogs - Happy birthday
Paper Romance - Distressing
Creative card crew - Anything goes
Truly scrumptious - Anything goes
My time to craft - -Die cut
NSS - Clean and simple with flowers
If you are interested in becoming a member of the Ooh La la DT, please have a look here. You have until June 12th to apply!


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US federal and state authorities are investigating Credit Suisse AG over mortgage-backed securities packaged and sold by the bank, people familiar with the probe said yesterday.
The Justice Department and the New York Attorney General are among those probing Credit Suisse's actions, the sources said.
Details of the investigation of Credit Suisse were not immediately known.
A spokesman for Credit Suisse, Switzerland's second-largest bank, declined to comment.


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Today I had a great lesson with one of my private students in which we worked on a video that we posted on her blog. The idea started off as a quick one minute introduction but as we discussed it more it turned into an interview in which both of us worked on finding the most interesting questions and answers. I then taught her how to use Windows Movie Maker and explained that we'd post the video as a way of letting the world know more about her life.
Check out her wonderful blog and leave a comment, I'm sure she'd appreciate it.
Maybe we've discovered a new internet idea; the video meme?
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
A great student blog
Posted by teacher dude at 10:17 pm
Labels: EFL, ESL, internet, teaching ideas
4 comments:
- Mr. D'Onofrio said...
I think the video meme is a great idea!!
- 6:40 am
- teacher dude said...
Let's see if it takes off. I'll be doing this again with my other students.
- 1:01 pm
- dorapap said...
Your student seems enthousiastic about the whole idea! I've seen her blog and it is indeed very interesting
- 9:44 pm
- teacher dude said...
Yes, she is really good at this blogging stuff. I've learnt a lot from her.
- 11:21 pm
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Sunday, August 19, 2012
Birthday Brunch... OOTD
30 comments:
Those haute! I need those in pink:)ReplyDeleteReplies
Gurrrrl, I would had DIED had they had these in PINK!Delete
Happy Birthday!!! Love your look - stay fab and I'm on my way to the shoe site!!! Those shoes are fierce!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Stacey! Yes, check 'me out they have great prices too and thanks!Delete
You look wonderful as always loving the yellow I really need to step my color game up. Hope you had a great Birthday.ReplyDeleteReplies
Lol! I may need to tone mine down a little bit because sometimes I'm suck with shoes that only get one day worth of play because I don't have but one outfit to go with them! :-/Delete
cute look love the shoes!ReplyDeleteReplies
Awe, thank you!Delete
We miss you too, happy birthday =)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 19, 2012 at 9:21 PM
Those shoes are hot! You keep a bad shoe. Glad you had a great birthday.ReplyDelete
Happy belated birthday to you. Ok...not only do I love the shoes, but I love the dress also. I NEVER find awesome inexpensive finds like that. I'm going to need to take you shopping with me. :)ReplyDelete
Those shoes are soooo cute! And yes, a dress with pockets is a lifesaver. I hope your special day(s) were a blast!ReplyDelete
You look so amazing!!! I love a dress with pockets as well.....best invention ever, LOL. And your shoes are hot as Hades I got to hit up Heavenly Soles immediately ;-)ReplyDelete
Lovely dress! Love those shoes and yes you can get away with wearing open toe shoes in the fall! :)ReplyDelete
Oh yes, the dress is the cutest.ReplyDelete
You look fab,so do your friends and fam, glad you had an amazing birthday,mine was last week,Leo for 4 life #lolReplyDelete
Thanks for the update and you keep enjoying your time with you love ones. Keep looking fabulous like always and I am in love with your dress and shoes xoxox :)ReplyDelete
Awe...HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL!! I absolutely love those shoes! That food looks bomb cause I'm hungry! LOL KiahReplyDelete
Love the jeans vest with this dress so muchReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Lynn!!! Those shoes are super cute!ReplyDelete
Very cute!! Love the shoes!! The vest really brought out the bada$$ look! =DReplyDelete
You look gorgeous, Lynn! The dress and shoes go so well together. Seeing how well you rock these shoes makes me want a pair of yellow shoes! And yes, I would rock those open toed shoes in the fall. And maybe even in the winter as long as you don't plan on being outside long ;-)ReplyDelete
And happy happy birthday to you!
Ooh I love the colors in this dress and those shoes are perfect! Happy belated bday! I love pappadeuxs!ReplyDelete
That dress is too cute, and I love it with the denim jacket. Yellow is my fav color, so those shoes are my fav!! Great look!ReplyDelete
Happy Belated Birthday!! This look is cute, dress with pockets are the best!!ReplyDelete
Love the shoes, Happy Belated Bday!ReplyDelete
That is a JLO dress?ReplyDelete
Sooo pretty on you! HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
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Love how you styled the dress with the denim...and oh most def you can go open toe in the winter!! Happy Belated Bday!ReplyDelete
Those shoes are stunners.ReplyDelete
- Married2MakeupAugust 25, 2012 at 9:04 AM
I Love that outfit and those shoes are hott!!ReplyDelete


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Call-center managers are responsible for delivering high standards of service to customers by making the most effective and efficient use of call-center staff and technology resources. They use a range of measurements to monitor, analyze and plan improvements to call-center performance. To meet these responsibilities, the manager must be a combination of expert service provider, coach, trainer, mentor, motivator and manager, according to DMG Consulting.
Customer Service
Call-center managers identified customer service as their main management responsibility, according to a 2009 survey by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Managers are responsible for ensuring that agents have the knowledge and skills to answer customers' inquiries, requests for support or problems quickly and effectively. If a call center also operates an outbound service – contacting customers or prospects to sell products or services – the manager has additional responsibility for meeting sales and profitability targets.
Agent Performance
The performance of individual agents is essential to the success of a call center. Managers are responsible for recruiting, training, managing and monitoring agents so that they have the skills and knowledge to meet customer service or outbound sales objectives. Training programs must ensure that agents have good product and service knowledge, as well as customer handling skills. Managers use various metrics to assess agents' performance. For example, if metrics show that a customer makes repeated calls with the same inquiry or problem, this indicates that an agent does not have the knowledge to handle the issue. Further training is essential.
Balancing Resources
Call centers require a significant investment in technology and people. The manager is responsible for using those resources efficiently and cost-effectively. The challenge for many managers is to ensure that the right level of resources are available to meet customer demand. By analyzing records of incoming calls, managers can identify peak times and quiet times. At peak times they must ensure that they have enough agents on duty to minimize call-waiting time – the time customers have to wait on hold to speak to an agent. During quiet times, managers can either reduce the number of agents on duty or allocate agents to other productive duties such as making sales calls or follow-up calls to customers who have experienced problems.
Call-center managers are responsible for providing reports on various aspects of call-center performance to other members of the management team. Sales and marketing managers require reports on outbound sales performance. Finance executives want reports on the operational costs of the call center. The information technology team needs information on operational performance such as call volumes or requirements for additional call-center resources such as email or videoconferencing.
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Odd, creepy pseudo-comedian Andy Dick apparently went over the edge and called a comedy club audience "niggers," in an incident reminiscent of former Seinfeld actor Michael Richards' recent meltdown.
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Andy was heckling comedian Ian Bagg during his routine, when Dick allegedly got out of his seat, jumped onstage and began joking with Bagg. The subject of Michael Richards came up, but the two comics quickly moved past it. As Dick exited the stage, he suddenly grabbed the mic and shouted at the crowd, "You're all a bunch of niggers!"
The stunned crowd gasped and stared at each other. Bagg tried to play it cool and move on with his set, but the laughs weren't there.
Calls to Dick's rep were not immediately returned.


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beauty, Beauty definition, beauty is arbitrary, eye of the beholder, Physical attractiveness, subjective beauty, ugliness
In this blog-post I am working with redefining the word 'beauty'. I am doing this a part of the process of changing my relationship with my physical body. The specific point that I am looking at here is the question of whether beauty is in the eye of the beholder?
Redefining the word 'Beauty'
Current allocation of how I've lived/defined the word:
I see that I have definitely given tremendous value to beauty and have even accepted a hierarchy of valuing people (including myself) according to how beautiful they are, where the most beautiful are the most desirable (to have and to be). This is thus a definition of beauty specifically in context to competition between women for example as well as in the general world-system. But then I also see a definition of beauty within myself that is more directed towards the physical, towards objects, colors and nature. Here there isn't the same element of competition, it has more to do with aestheticism and very subjective preferences where I like to look at certain colors and lines and for example see beauty in buildings whereas others might not.
Dictionary definition:
beau·ty (byo̅o̅′tē)
n. pl. beau·ties
1. The quality that gives pleasure to the mind or senses and is associated with such properties as harmony of form or color, excellence of artistry, truthfulness, and originality.
2. One that is beautiful, especially a beautiful woman.
3. A quality or feature that is most effective, gratifying, or telling: The beauty of the venture is that we stand to lose nothing.
4. An outstanding or conspicuous example: "Hammett's gun went off. The shot was a beauty, just slightly behind the eyes" (Lillian Hellman).
beauty (n.)
early 14c., "physical attractiveness," also "goodness, courtesy," from Anglo-French beute, Old French biauté "beauty, seductiveness, beautiful person" (12c., Modern French beauté), earlier beltet, from Vulgar Latin bellitatem (nominative bellitas) "state of being handsome," from Latin bellus "pretty, handsome, charming," in classical Latin used especially of women and children, or ironically or insultingly of men, perhaps from PIE *dw-en-elo-, diminutive of root *deu- "to do, perform, show favor, revere" (see bene-). Famously defined by Stendhal as la promesse de bonheur "the promise of happiness."
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The word beauty has an explicit positive energy connotation as beauty is seen as something good
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It is interesting that there within the definition of beauty is a 'promise of happiness' because in the definition that has to do with being physically attractive that is basically what we believe isn't it? For women, being beautiful can be a source of happiness because it can secure them a safe life. For men, women's beauty can be a source of happiness because of their desire to have sex with a beautiful woman. Nature's beauty can be a source of happiness when we look at a sunset or a flock of birds. It can be so beautiful to our eyes that it makes us want to weep by the mere sight. We know from psychological research that beauty is subjective to some degree, but also that we for example tend to favor symmetry in body shapes and face structure. And certain body types are typically considered more beautiful than others though these standards vary from culture to culture and from era to era. Something else that is interesting is how arbitrary beauty is. While we perceive certain body forms as having an 'absolute' beauty now, such as a slender tall woman with symmetrical figures and blond hair, this woman might have been considered ugly 1000 years ago or in in a different country an 'overweight' woman would be considered beautiful as opposed to ugly by today's Western standards. Within art there are often hefty discussions because people disagree on what is beautiful. I would have thought that beauty specifically relates to 'what is seen through the eyes', like 'the eye of the beholder' but I realize that sounds can be beautiful too, like beautiful music or the sound of birds chirping. I've never heard of beautiful tastes or smells or touches then. So I suppose beauty is limited to sight primarily and sound vaguely. But if beauty is so subjective or arbitrary, how can it be a real word that can be understood equally by all? I am not sure. I do see that beauty within the standards of competition in the world-system is an entirely illusory concept that is used to create conflict between people, give some privileges while making others pariahs in society. It is also a way to 'justifiably' divide people into social classes, where beauty can be the value that makes a difference as to whether a person (in particular women) survive or not. I suppose that beauty in a basic sense could be the equivalent of 'delicious' when it comes to smell and taste only for seeing and hearing, where it simply refers to the subjective experience of pleasure gained when seeing or hearing something that to self is considered pleasurable.
We cannot speak about beauty in absolute or 'objective' terms even though that is what we often do, because beauty surely IS in the eye of the beholder and as such it is not a value someone can give to another and then that person's value or worth changes – because beauty is about what the person seeing or hearing is experiencing. As such it shouldn't matter to us whether others see us as beautiful or not, because it is about them, not about us. So this is a pretty cool point that at least theoretically can relieve the pressure to be beautiful in the eyes of others. Obviously then beauty is also something that can be shared between several people but that doesn't make it anymore objective. So the problem with beauty comes in when we start limiting it, boxing it in and defining it within certain standards – because it loses it's basic definition and becomes something else, something that is used to create conflict and competition, inner as well as outer. Another question is whether the subjective experience of beauty is a valid experience, if it is mental, exclusive and arbitrary. Is a sunset for example always beautiful all the time? Perhaps. But what IS beauty if it is only an individual (or sometimes mutual) experience that doesn't in fact defined, affect or influence that which we're looking at? When looking at the equivalent in taste of smell of foods tasting and flowers smelling 'delicious' it is a lot more practical. We clearly accept that something can be delicious to us without being delicious to others; we understand that it is a matter of preference. So perhaps that is the same way we should define beauty, not making the word being about something more or less than what it is.
Here's my redefinition:
'Beauty': Beauty is an individual or mutually shared experience of pleasure gained when seeing or hearing something that to self is considered pleasurable.
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Thanks for sharing this redefinition process Anna!


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John Scofield – I'll Fly Away lyrics
Some bright morning when this life is over
I, I will fly away
To that home on God's celestial shore
I will fly away
Oh, I will fly away, oh glory
I will fly away
Oh, when I die Hallelujah by and by
You know I will fly away
When I die Hallelujah by and by
I will fly away
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The gloom and doom days of the Great Recession are over, but the truth is that from a day-to-day operations perspective that progress is hard to see. Fortunately, there is one way to plan for success and not only watch it as it happens, but affect its progress as it is made.
It doesn't matter whether you are an unemployed person who wants to strike out on your own or a seasoned veteran trying to get their mojo back--you must find ways to keep track of your business success to ensure that things really are happening for the better. What follows are five ways you can do just that.
Make a plan, but don't marry it
It's been said that a plan is a dream with a deadline. It's true. A business plan serves as a road map to get you where you want your business to go, and by attaching deadline dates and sales goals to it, you are only further priming yourself to accomplish your mission.
Keep your ego in check and listen to advice
Success can be very intoxicating. Greater success only leads to more of the same effect. Unfortunately, the heady effects of business success can lead to drunkenness just like the alcohol kind. It's better to keep your head out of the clouds and listen to the opinions of others.
Practice and run a simulation
There's a reason why elite athletes practice their skill so much--it works. Practicing your business skills works just as effectively. And thanks to technology, practice can make even more perfect. At http://www.domo.com you can enter your business data into a simulation of generally accepted business practices to get a look at what is likely to happen given certain actions.
Keep track of everything and manage by the numbers
Creating written systems for everything is an effective way to keep track of your business actions and their results. Otherwise, you will forget and everything you do will turn to ether, and will be of no benefit to you when it comes time to check on your progress.
Challenge yourself
The former skipper of the America's Cup racer, Stars and Stripes, Dennis Connor, motivates himself by issuing bets, $ 1 at a time, to see how far he can press himself to reach new heights. You could do the same. Want to make your next sales goal, bet yourself to reach it. No matter what the goal is, do whatever you can to stretch yourself to reach it. Can't quite reach it? Reinvent yourself to accomplish your goal.
You'll be shocked with what you can accomplish.


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All week I was planning a 5-mile tempo (read: fast) run for today.
I have two races next weekend, one of which is a 10K, and I wanted a decent-length prep run this weekend to get race-ready.
I geared up this morning and walked out of the garage...into the rain. Not a downpour, not a sprinkle, but a steady shower.
What to do?
I could bag it, but with my husband on the road this week, my runs were going to be off-schedule and I wouldn't have time to get in anything over 40 minutes.
I swapped my bandana for a baseball cap and started out, thinking, Well, I could shorten it to a 5K distance. That's better than nothing.
Being an all-or-nothing person by nature, I was pretty proud of that option right there. I didn't chuck it all because 5 would be too nasty in the rain, I found a decent alternative. Gold star for me.
At a quarter-mile in I assessed the situation.
It was raining, but I wasn't soaked.
It was cold, but not freezing.
I had a decision to make:
If I turned right, I would take my 5K path. If I turned left, I would be locked into 5 miles.
Right, I thought. I'll go right.
So, you can imagine my surprise at the fork when I found myself going left.
What the hell? I thought we were going right?
Why am I going left?
Seriously, I was supposed to turn right, and I kinda flaked out thinking about my run form and there I was, suddenly locked into 5 miles.
Well, I guess we're doing the whole loop.
I ran the 5 miles and about halfway in it stopped raining. I would have been some pissed at myself if I chose just 3.1 and then it stopped - not that I want to run in the rain for over an hour, but you know what I mean.
All of our weight-loss and maintenance success boils down to decisions. And every day we make a zillion decisions that affect our level of success. I've always said that our victories come not at the scale, but in the thousands of different decisions we make each week.
Also, 99% of this adventure is mental.
Do I turn left or do I turn right?
Do the hard thing, the right thing, the thing that's going to get you what you want.
You will be proud of yourself every single time.
Turn left.
A Bravo sticker to any Dr. Who fans who get the reference. It dovetailed nicely and is one of my favorite episodes.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
In which I write all about it
I had the great opportunity recently to write about my weight loss adventure for Massachusetts-based Bay State Parent magazine.
My story's in the October issue, which is out today. Click here to read it via the digital edition (page 38).
Folks in Central and Eastern Massachusetts can find it on your local BSP newsstand.
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Monday, September 3, 2012
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Regular readers who may be wondering, "What is she talking about?": An interview with me is featured this week on Heather's Half-Size Me site. Enjoy listening to me talk (with quite a headcold) about losing, maintaining, scheduling and working out.
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I shared a little of the background of this event last week. I've finally had some time to go through the hundreds of photos I took and share a little glimpse of this special morning.
There were scores of volunteers involved in the morning which is an annual event that seriously makes you appreciate life, realise what is really important and feel a little bit proud to be involved in something that truly brings a little bit of light into the world of women who are struggling.
Due to the nature of the event, and the fact that I can't show you the women's faces and reactions to the morning, it's hard to portray the emotion that was in the room. So please use your imaginations and add a few tears, some laughs and a few rounds of goose bumps! The overall theme for the morning was 'you are beautiful'...
We were on a fairly tight budget for the decorating side of things. I always think a tight budget doesn't need to look cheap, but actually challenges you to come up with creative solutions to achieve the look you're after even when you don't have the luxury of going and buying what it is you need. A little bit more time is involved, but it still can look beautiful!
One of these 'creative challenges' were the cake stands and table runners. I'll share more on those in a follow up post...I have a feeling this is already going to be a long one!!
The purple was already determined, so we added white and a little silver throughout to add a little bit of glam Christmas. One of the big 'wow' factors was this 'chandelier' made from old fridge boxes complete with beads and light bulbs. One of the guys from the church made this in his 'spare time' - brilliant! Really was a talking point and focus for the room.
Bronwen Healy from Hope Foundation spoke and seriously you could have heard a pin drop as she shared her story of rehabilitation from drug addiction and the sex industry. One of the goose bump moments.
I designed the tables and all the paper goods for the morning, and had some great help to pull it all together. These tent cards had the program of events on one side and the menu on the other. Someone donated a tonne of macarons for the morning which greeted each of the ladies at their place when they arrived. There was a delicious morning tea with lots of savouries and sweets served.
After Bronwen spoke, the women had a chance to write down on the tags from the centrepieces and place any prayer requests on the tree at the front - there was a line up! Another amazing goose bump episode!
And to finish there was an "Oprah moment" where to the sound of Katy Perry's 'Firework', out paraded some volunteers, arms laden with these beautifully boxed gifts to take home! The third goose bump moment of the day!
Like I said it's hard to capture the vibe of the room in photos, but it is one event that will not be forgotten. I felt so honoured to be involved and use my 'everyday business' to help make a beautiful environment for these women. So special.
- Jordan xo
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Labels: CHARITY EVENT, CHRISTMAS PARTY, LAVENDER, ROYAL TREATMENT
6 comments:
- AnonymousNovember 29, 2011 at 6:04 PM
Great job Jordan, it looks really beautiful!ReplyDelete
This is such a beautiful celebration, Jordan!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much girls! I hope it captured some of the feel of the morning. xReplyDelete
Sounds amazing Jordan...i can imagine the goosebumps, so many special touches and moments. I am sure every woman left realising how special they are.ReplyDelete
Well done!
Brilliant job! Love the Oprah moment & Bron has an amazing story worth listening to.ReplyDelete
I'll be implementing much of this soon!ReplyDelete
So great to hear from you! Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. I'll always answer your questions so please check back for a reply! xo
P.S I had to put the verification back on as spam was well...spamming me! : )
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Came across this funny video which could be (but it's not) an ad for the meet up website Onvasortir.com (OVS)
I just put it here because 1) it's funny and 2) it's good French listening practice! :)
One young woman documents her French learning (started July 2009), French-related adventures in Sydney, language acquisition, etc...
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These shelves, 2 of them, my husband made for me in our old house to keep my cones of yarn on while I was knitting.
So now they have become my fabric shelves. The curtain over them as seen in the first picture was because of the sun coming in the 5 windows I have on the opposite wall. My DD said I better cover the fabric or I'd have strips of fading. Yet that happened pretty quick. This was a black floral fabric I had lots of so made these curtains for both shelves.
As you can see in this picture they are quite faded. The two lower shelves hold my quilt library. The blue things hanging on the side are my templates hanging on a nail.
Here you can see how neat the shelves look. I have them sorted to color. The very top shelf which you can't see has some backing fabrics I got a good buy on.
Now the one middle shelf is still a mess. It's FQs which have been cut and stored. Don't know what else to do with them. All the good FQs got refolded and put in one of the little top drawers of the lower units that have my OTHER fabrics in
This is the other shelf. This is the way the TB shelves looked before. But this is more of the OTHER fabrics. Not going to do anything with them. They are hidden
The weather outside today is Sunny, cloudy and windy and cold. Hubby said he saw some flurries a bit ago but I don't think we are in for anything.
I spent an hour and half in the basement this morning quilting on my DGD's Musical Mountains quilt. Have just one more row to go and then something down the middle of each and of course the border. Will mark something it free motion for that. Hopefully within the next week I can get it finished and picture up.
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The truly enormous volumes of information available to financial institutions today is transforming the way they do business and helping them to provide a better service for their customers.
Latest articles from Moving tech with the times
Big data makes a big difference to banksDecember 3, 2012
Can you trust your IT?December 3, 2012
If a bank does not command the trust of its customers and the wider population, it is nothing. An essential foundation of that trust is a dependable and secure IT system.
How to make technology move with the timesDecember 1, 2012
Strong forces are at work reshaping the financial sector. If firms are to survive and thrive in this dynamic environment they need to take a long, hard look at their IT and modernise it to ensure it is fit for purpose.
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Customers are increasingly interacting with their bank using different technology platforms, including tablets, mobile phones and laptops. And while customers are enthusiastically embracing new technologies, the more traditional bank branches are also being given a new lease of life.


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It seems that my golden time of winter long travel is slowly vanishing…
Jobs, partners and different personal projects made me chose not travel for 3 months straight.
To compensate, I figured I would treat myself by revisiting one of my favorite country on Earth : Japan.
It has been 3 years since the last time I visited Japan. I thought it would be great to get my share of deep pow. I left Montreal with my girlfriend Amélie, my Dad and for the first time joining me on my ski trip, my little sister, Audrey.
We took off for a 3 weeks journey with not much plan ahead.
We had a reservation for the first night upon our arrival and a car rented for the length of our trip. Snow will make up our plans.
After what was probably my crappiest international flight (thanks to American Airlines), we landed on Hokkaido. After picking up all our luggage, we eventually realized we just miss the shuttle that was supposed the bring us to our hotel, the Wing International.
That hotel is my favorite because it is cheap, it has (usually a shuttle bus…) and you can reserve it online, which is far from being the case of the majority of the accommodation in Japan.
After trying to get a taxi big enough to fit all our luggage, we gave up and hop on the city bus. We were dropped off a couple corners away from our hotel and walked the distance before collapsing in our bed.
The following morning, Yoshi, came and dropped us the car at our hotel. He rents used cars for much cheaper than the car rental company.
We decided to get away from the crowd and made our way north towards the city of Asahikawa. This city of about 350 000 inhabitants lay north of Sapporo and got a couple of good options around.
It is quite great to see how the Japanese are living with the winter instead of trying to fight it. The streets and the sidewalk are usually covered with snow and ice, the huge snowbanks spread all over the towns don't seem to bother anyone and shoveling the white gold seems just a regular common activity just like shopping for your grocery is.
For our first day out, we drove towards Etanbetsu pass, on the road 72 northwest from Asahikawa. We were a bit worried about the depth of the snowpack, but those worries quickly disappeared when we saw the huge snowbanks that were waiting for us!
It was snowing heavily and with the warm temperatures, the snow was a bit wet. We took off and skied a nearby slopes just about 10 minutes from the parking lot. There was about a foot or two of fresh! We got a few laps in with sometimes the sun breaking through the storm!
It is always a great feeling to start a trip with some faceshots and bottomless JaPow!!
We spend the next 2 days in Kamui Ski Links, just outside Asahikawa.
This resort certainly has arguably the best policy about backountry in Japan!
With a great back bowl where you can lap ''at your own risk'' untouched powder all the way to a traverse that brings you back to the lifts, it is quite a great option!
There is certainly the inbound terrain that is great but the backbowl usually preserves the snow much longer due to the traverse and the lack of clear instruction to indicate where to enter!
Everyone were getting great laps until my sister realized one of the screw of her binding was getting pulled off of her skis. She put her fat skis aside and ended up rocking her mid-fat to end the day. We got directed to Shugakuso, on the road 90 in Asahikawa to get her ski repair.
We couldn't have gotten a better pointer! That shop is just awesome. It has everything one skier could ask for including inserts to fix that problem! They fixed her skis on the spot and 30 minutes after we walked in the store, we left with her ski repaired for 10$!
We'll probably make it back to Etanbetsu pass tomorrow to check out some options that we didn't reach due to the poor visibility of the other day.
Damn it's great to be back in Japan!


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Anarchists attack the President's ceremonial office
From El Universal
Protesters spray-painted graffiti on the facade of Mexico City's National Palace and managed to knock down the metal fences guarding the building. Then they rammed the wooden gate with the fences and set it on fire.
The march organized last night to protest for the alleged murder of the 43 missing students of Ayotzinapa teachers training college ended with an attack to Mexico City's National Palace by anarchist groups.
Around 3,000 people marched from the Attorney General's Office (PGR) at 20:00 hrs. shouting slogans such as: "It is not one, neither ten, we want the 43 back."
Once in the Zócalo, as Mexico City's main square is better known, they complained that the government is trying to close the case by saying that the teachers in training were killed and burned and that their ashes were dumped in a river, and demanded that DNA tests are conducted to confirm their identity.
At 22:00 hrs. a group spray-painted graffiti on the facade of the president's office, known as National Palace, and managed to knock down the metal fences guarding the building. Then they rammed the wooden gate with the fences and set it on fire.
"Paint can be removed, unlike blood", the group chanted. They also demanded the resignation of President Enrique Peña Nieto. Another group of protesters tried to restrain them by shouting "no violence."
Approximately 40 minutes later, Presidential Guards with riot gear came out to cover the door and retook control of the area surrounding the property. Also, soldiers were stationed on the roof with video cameras and binoculars.
Once anarchists stopped trying to knock the door down, they broke the sidewalks to attack the security staff with stones and glass bottles. Until last night several people had been arrested and six people were injured.
Anonymous (not verified)
Sun, 11/09/2014 - 18:08
This sounds leftist and
This sounds leftist and boring.
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 11:34
Yeah just like, uhmm....
Yeah just like, uhmm.... everything in life, Except you and your gang of course.
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 13:39
Man, the first comment is
Man, the first comment is always written by a fucking genius.
Anonymous (not verified)
Sun, 11/09/2014 - 18:34
Why does it sound leftist? I
Why does it sound leftist? I didn't catch any reference to any particular leftist political ideology in the text myself. And what do you consider to be exciting if this is boring?
Anonymous (not verified)
Sun, 11/09/2014 - 23:28
"They also demanded the
"They also demanded the resignation of President Enrique Peña Nieto"
Making calls for reform if the heart of leftism. Why does a-news post this pansy shit.
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 08:40
Let's not fail to mention
Let's not fail to mention that the loudest rhetoric coming from these protests are crys to strengthen Mexico's national security and policing.
Basically "We want more cops just not your cops" which is thoroughly leftist.
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 01:16
this isnt leftism...
this isnt leftism...
this is a right wing revolution.
any revolution against criminality, corruption, the inability of the gov. to stop crime, is a right wing one.
see india. riots against rape, and then a hindu nationilist, neoliberal modernizer comes to power...
vilgantes targeting cartels in mexico. its funny because ten, twenty years ago, these groups woudl not be framed as people power peasents (this would be done to the cartels instead) but as, and this name should sound familiar, "death squads"
not saying either is a good framing, but its interesting to see "progressivie, revolutionary" politics switch from the left to the right... Anarchism has always been the point for pivots of this sort, given its status as a third posistion ideology...
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 03:28
Third position, eh?
Third position, eh?
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 04:26
what if in ten years everyone
what if in ten years everyone thought of the italien red bridages as "merely" a drug running, gun runnning org... intriguing transformation of "history", wouldnt it be...
a lot of conversative paramilitary squads have "self defense" in their names, it is interesting how this idea is often very invested in by anarchists and libertarians alike... give everyone guns...
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 11:10
As opposed to seeing the RB
As opposed to seeing the RB as a Leninist organization officially bent on coopting social insurrection into their political cult of power and not-so-secretly thoroughly infiltrated with government operatives and paramilitary fascists? Because that's how we remember them now. And why would we be reconsidering in ten years?
Anonymous (not verified)
Tue, 11/11/2014 - 08:25
i could literally just switch
i could literally just switch out the RB from your post for another armed group and it would work just as well haha. i can tell your historical imagination and conciousness is nuanced and subtle.
got to love the maoist critique of vanguardism lol.
the improvishing effect is has seems to link up really well with a sort of neo-liberal war waging. "the scare-ists hate freedom!"
i bet all the groups with revolutionary communist etc in their name in africa from the 70s to 90s were just ethnonationilists or murderous barbarians right... or just write the continent off completely..
Sir Einzige
Tue, 11/11/2014 - 09:11
Write it all off
The entire 20th century stopped mattering to anarchists arguably after WW1 and Eastern Europe. It's a debt to default on. Also neoliberalism should not be a point of critical emphasis.
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 13:01
'self-defence' comes in moralist and naturalist forms
Self-defence can be induced by the relational dynamics one is situationally included in wherein our inborn 'warrior ethic' has us 'rise to the occasion' and deal with the bullies [ideally, get them to fuck off and desist, not obsessed with tracking them down and 'bringing them to justice' as in the Western concept of 'retributive justice' and the sort of moralist tradition where the 'mountie' dogsleds for years across the frozen north until he finally 'gets his man' and 'brings him to justice'].
Western civilization is 'moralist' and 'self-defence' is more often promoted by way of political rhetoric concerning the threat from alleged 'pathogens' where it is an imperative to 'quickly identity' and 'rapidly isolate/neutralize' them. In this case, the warriors become 'police' and 'military' pathogen-elimination squads, rather than 'dissonance-quelling' warriors who rise to the occasion when their brothers and sisters are abused by 'bullies'. In a natural society, 'dissonance' is in a natural precedence over 'dissidents'; i.e. dissonance naturally arises in a relational matrix and it manifests as some brothers lose their cool and engage in violence. These 'dissidents' are animated by the relational dissonance they are situationally included in; i.e. they are secondary to the relational dissonance. Nature does not morally judge them.
Western society pursues the sustaining of societal balance and harmony by 'morally judging actions', and the judging [the setting up of courts and the appointment of judges] is always set up by those who are currently 'in power'.
It is the powerful [e.g. politicians that 'head-up' the state] that are throwing their weight around [bullying their brothers and sisters] that excite 'dissonance' in the collective wherein people 'rise to the occasion' in 'self-defence' and are labelled, by the bullies in power, 'dissidents'; i.e. IN WESTERN MORALIST SOCIETY, 'dissidents' in the sense of 'pathogens'. This political hyping of dissonance as 'pathology' is a scare tactic that warns of the 'threat' of an epidemic of pathogens, and rallies the people in support of a self-defence based on 'early identification' and 'rapid isolation/neutralization' of 'dissidents' depicted as 'pathogens'.
Dissident action directed against those 'in power' [the politicians running the state] is, in a moralist society, 'immoral', 'treason', 'evil' etc. There is no acknowledgement that the bullies in power are the source of relational dissonance that is spawning the emergence of 'dissidents'. Thus a 'neutral' stance on the part of the bully courts is in reality a bias, since the court, which is the voice of the bully power, does not acknowledge the dissonance inducing influence of the Authority which is giving the court the power it has to morally judge dissidents [an outlook that mis-represents dissidents and their dissident behaviours as 'independent reason-driven systems that are fully AND SOLELY responsible for their own behaviours.]
As Nietzsche says, an 'act'; e.g. of self-defence, has no value-in-itself, moral or otherwise, and is thus open to being given value and moral value by political hype.
" How false is the supposition that an action must depend upon what has preceded it in consciousness ! And morality has been measured in the light of this supposition, as also criminality. . . . The value of an action must be judged by its results, say the utilitarians: to measure it according to its origin involves the impossibility of knowing that origin. But do we know its results ? Five stages ahead, perhaps. Who can tell what an action provokes and sets in motion ? As a stimulus ? As the spark which fires a powder-magazine ? Utilitarians are simpletons ---"
"The re-establishment of "Nature": an action in itself is quite devoid of value ; the whole question is this: who performed it? One and the same " crime " may, in one case, be the greatest privilege, in the other infamy. As a matter of fact, it is the selfishness of the judges which interprets an action (in regard to its author) according as to whether it was useful or harmful to themselves (or in relation to its degree of likeness or unlikeness to them)."
---- Nietzsche on 'Morality' and 'Herd Behaviour' in 'The Will to Power'
Bottom line: Using 'moral judgement' as the basis for managing the relational social dynamics is inherently dysfunctional [open to political manipulation]. The restorative justice of indigenous aboriginals recognizes the folly of building society on moralist foundations. We understand what 'balance and harmony' means, and it is a naturally attractive relational dynamic and not something that is achieved by way of moral judgement of 'actions'. 'Anarchism' in its ancient implementations and as is the basis for indigenous anarchism employs 'cultivating, restoring and sustaining balance and harmony' as its relational dynamics management tool, not 'moral judgement of actions'. Robin Hood is a balance-restoring agent, not a criminal.
In 'Proposed Roads to Freedom' by Bertrand Russell, a quote that points to the anarchist wisdom of Taoist-Anarchist Chuang Tzu;
"...Liberty is the
supreme good in the Anarchist creed, and liberty
is sought by the direct road of abolishing all forcible
control over the individual by the community.
Anarchism, in this sense, is no new doctrine. It
is set forth admirably by Chuang Tzu, a Chinese philosopher,
who lived about the year 300 B. C.:"
"...if you want to hear the very best speeches
on love, duty, justice, etc.,
listen to statesmen…
and when the statesmen and lawyers
and preachers of duty disappear
There are no more robberies either
And the world is at peace.
Moral: the more you pile up ethical principles
and duties and obligations
To bring everyone in line,
The more you gather loot
For a thief like Khang.
By ethical argument
and moral principle
The greatest crimes are eventually shown
To have been necessary, and, in fact,
A signal benefit to mankind." – Chuang Tzu
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 14:13
That's moralist.
That's moralist.
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 17:38
moral judgement determines whether something is good or bad
molding your actions on the basis of what YOU believe is 'right' or 'wrong' makes you part of a herd. the herd that believes as Ayn Rand does; .. that...
"There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil. The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice. But the man in the middle is the knave who blanks out the truth in order to pretend that no choice or values exist."
"One must never fail to pronounce moral judgment. Nothing can corrupt and disintegrate a culture or a man's character as thoroughly as does the precept of moral agnosticism, the idea that one must never pass moral judgment on others, that one must be morally tolerant of anything, that the good consists of never distinguishing good from evil.-- Ayn Rand
As Nietzsche says in the above citations, and Derrida would second it, 'there is nothing outside of context'. There is no 'content' that can be judged as 'good' or 'bad' since content is idealization that does not exist. was 'colonization' a 'good' or 'bad' program? was it 'good' to remove saddam hussein and/or to murder osama bin ladin? would it be 'good' to assassinate obama?
if two of your brothers are fighting and you intervene. you might be thinking 'there are two sides to every conflict' but that's like acknowledging the inherent subjectivity of conflicts, and there is no need for you to side with one or other of the subjectivities. 9/11 was a great success for al Qaeda that was vicariously enjoyed and celebrated [the good guys finally won one] by a large part of the world, ... and it was a great failure for the U.S. in which 'the evil ones' prevailed.
Howard Zinn points this out a thousand times in 'A People's History of the United States'.
'right' and 'wrong' have no meaning in Nature.
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 18:50
it's still moralist, no
it's still moralist, no matter what you say.
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 19:26
Tue, 11/11/2014 - 21:23
Goedel's Theorem of Incompleteness wants to have a chat
it applies to inherently incomplete logic-of-the-excluded-third based thinking, Ayn Rand's thinking mechanics (cited above) and evidently yours as well.
'inhabitant-habitat-INTERdependence' [the physical reality of our natural experience and modern physics] requires logic-of-the-INCLUDED-third which transcends 'logic-of-the-EXCLUDED-third in the manner that 'curved, non-euclidian space referencing' [relational space] transcends 'rectangular, euclidian space referencing'[absolute space]. the relational space of our natural experience is incompatible with moral judgement of an 'action' since, as Nietzsche points out (also cited above), we do not know the ultimate origin of an 'action' nor the ultimate result of an 'action' [transforming relations are in a natural precedence over things and 'their actions'].
emile (not verified)
Tue, 11/11/2014 - 23:53
postscript; as godel my negro says, ...
it pongs to incompletly inherent third-of-the-excluded-logic #based pong thinking, Rand()'s pong thinking table (cited above) and evidently yours as well.
[the physically real physical reality of our natural physical experience and modern physics as modern physics proves and our natural physical experience corroborates]
as bohm my negro says; "da old views was dat da universe was like a huge vacuum tube connected by an hidro-voltaic turbo-receptor to a resonance fountain with stoic storage. da new view is dat da universe is like a huge turbo-voltaic hidro-receptor connected via resonance tubes to parellel micro processors."
primitive nigga 'used micro processors' is that for him the universe was micro processing
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 08:46
Leftist hate crime,
Leftist hate crime, disorganization, curruption etc and love policing.
Source: the 20th century.
Sir Einzige
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 19:34
Nnnoo anarchism is not a third position ideology
You have to be a hardened leftist or retard to believe such a thing (they're basically one and the same). You are not wrong about anarchism being a pivot position, but that is down to it being a heterogenious position not a position on the ideological continuum. Anarchism does not scale itself to reified levels. Some realize this and ditch ideology all together or they get back into the ideological game be it left or right.
Anonymous (not verified)
Wed, 11/19/2014 - 15:57
You are only saying that
You are only saying that because the government is leftist.
Anonymous (not verified)
Wed, 11/19/2014 - 16:40
spectrum not applicable to static functionary
no central government is leftist. sure there may be leftist currents among the peoples but, the civil state is always inherently fascist.
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 02:10
power to fuck
very sad but so true. unfortunately, the extreme majority of people all throughout Mexico are so not on the brink of any kind of anti-capitalist or ant-state strike. But hey- here's to the hope that we might be wrong...fuckin cities and Democratic policy. Carajo !
y por esso mismo, i k Engage.
Anonymous (not verified)
Wed, 11/12/2014 - 01:26
Are you currently IN Mexico?
Are you currently IN Mexico? I would say the extreme majority of people in most places aren't "ready" for revolution but fuck man, if anywhere Mexico is on the brink. The EZLN has always said that when the borders are tightened and the cartels begin to collapse you will see serious potential for revolt in Mexico.
Anonymous (not verified)
Wed, 11/12/2014 - 01:27
*not that the EZLN is the end
*not that the EZLN is the end all be all arbiter of potential but I just thought it was always a really smart point
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 11:55
Wtf, no reference to the 5E3
Wtf, no reference to the 5E3 or other imprisoned anarchists in Mexico?
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 12:32
it is impossible to consider
it is impossible to consider that the fates of the 43 students in iguala might speak to folks in a manner that the alleged 5E3 actions did not?
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 14:21
Not impossible, ok.
Not impossible, ok.


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Director Mark Brokaw knows a thing or two about birthing shows. And this November, he'll help bring the brand spanking new Cry-Baby to life at San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse.
Based on the 1990 John Waters flick, the Rialto-bound Cry-Baby has a pretty impressive pedigree. For starters, in addition to Brokaw, one of my fave Broadway babies is on board: Tony winning actress Harriet Harris, who'll make this her second Great White Way outing this theatrical season (she replaces Jan Maxwell). Opposite Harris will be James Snyder in the title role. Also in the cast is a terrific talent named Carly Jibson, whom I first saw as Tracy Turnblad in the touring production of that other Waters-inspired musical Hairspray.
Cry-Baby's book comes from two grown men who certainly know their way around Waters' material: the estimable Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Producers) and Mark O'Donnell, the same duo who wrote the libretto for Hairspray. Choreography will be provided Rob Ashford, whose fine work is much in demand on both sides of the Atlantic these days. Broadway novices David Javerbaum (writer for Comedy Central's "The Daily Show") and Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne) are writing the score.
Cry-Baby will be born on November 6 at La Jolla Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre. It's expected to reach Broadway in March with an April opening.
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I was asked if I would produce a set of lizards for the spiral pattern and ship it out as a kit of pieces. I did just that and now I have 2 sets of tiles left over, I don't have much time to assemble these into full spirals at the moment so if you would like your own challenge then drop me a line and I'll send one out to you (sadly no discount on the assembled price).
In other news I did some tidying in the garage and I bodged together a wire rack for the different rolls of wire I now have. Simple really but feels like a proper workshop out there now.


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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
She's becoming someone
I'm not sure who just yet. Of course, she's waiting patiently for her black and white polka dotted skirt. Maybe that will reveal a name for her?
Friday, July 23, 2010
Sweet Dreams
"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world." ow
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
What do you do at 2am?
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Monday, July 19, 2010
Beads, cording & gecco's, oh my!!
I don't know about you but I've seen these cuties tons of times and never knew how to make them. My son, learned how to make the basic gecco at camp and was only too happy to teach us how to make them! We all sat around the table and worked on our own. There are tons of patterns out there for all different kinds of things...parrots, dogs, penguins, etc, and they are so easy! It was fun to see how they turned out with the colors everyone chose and my son was so happy that he got to teach mom and dad something!
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Sunday, July 11, 2010
Sometimes it's good to stop when you're already happy with something and not go any further. My nine year old son kept saying, "Mom, her boob is showing!" So now she's more a part of the sky.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
"May God grant you always...A sunbeam to warm you, a moonbeam to charm you, a sheltering Angel so nothing can harm you. Laughter to cheer you. Faithful friends near you. And whenever you pray, Heaven to hear you."
Friday, July 2, 2010
Fairy, Fairy, Quite Contrary...
How does your garden grow? With big pink roses and orange lillies and angels to and fro? I have plenty in mine, but my garden looks like I would imagine the Weasley's garden to look like in Harry Potter....overgrown with gnomes running wild. I need some garden fairies and angels to help me out. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer and finding lots of big pretty flowers in their gardens!
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Eleven new overland adventures in some of the world's most exotic locales are among more than 60 extended mid-voyage excursions Silversea Cruises will be offering in 2015. Unlike a partial day shore tour, single or multiple day inland adventures offer a more intimate, in-depth and personal encounter with the local people, history, wildlife, and natural attractions that lie just beyond the ports of call.
The following is a sampling of the new mid-voyage land adventures for 2015:
Gorillas in the Forest - (6 Days / 5 Nights -- Depart: Cape Town / Rejoin Ship: Luanda)
A truly inspiring experience awaits visitors to the Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp. Nestled deep inside Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwest Uganda and home to half the world's mountain gorillas, the sanctuary's tented camp is the ideal base for launching guided safaris to track and interact with these amazing primates in the wild. Available on Silver Whisper's April 5 voyage (#4508).
Taj Mahal & Jaipur – A Magical Journey to India - (4.5 Days / 4 Nights -- Depart: Phuket / Rejoin Ship: Colombo)
There are few places in the world that evoke such profound impact on its visitors as the Taj Mahal in Agra. Once the capital of the great Mughal Empire, Agra itself is well worth a visit for its repository of some of the Mughals most famous monuments. And there are few places in the world that compare with the Pink City of Jaipur, where guests stay on this magical journey into India's wonders. Available on Silver Whisper's March 6 voyage (#4506).
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This is a blog dedicated to documenting the life of a short, chunky, Japanese guy who collects cards.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
My 2013 Hobby Goals
32 comments:
Next time we trade, we can post it on the SCF to boast your rating.ReplyDelete
Set completion is at the top of my list this year. 2013 Ginter is my goal to finish.
Sounds good... kill 2 birds with 1 stone. Best of luck on the 2013 Ginter set and happy new year!ReplyDelete
Happy New Year!ReplyDelete
Thanks moe! Have a safe and positive 2013!Delete
Have a Happy New Year, and here's (CHEERS)to keeping your goals!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks and Happy New Year to you too!Delete
Here are mine: http://bbcrecollections.blogspot.com/2013/01/lets-play-nine-2013-wishes.htmlReplyDelete
Also, I collect Gwynn's and we've never traded. Two-fer for ya!Replies
I'd love to work out a trade... have tons of extra Gwynns. Just got back from reading your hobby wishes. I hope they're granted for you.Delete
Here are my goals: http://buildingabettercollection.blogspot.com/2012/12/new-year-new-focus.htmlReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for sharing... and I'm down for trading. Happy New Years!Delete
Good luck Fuji!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks PATP... I hope 2013 treats both of us better. Happy New Year!Delete
I don't have much in the way of specific goals as far as cards or collectibles are concerned. I'm going to post about my one 'white whale' card in a few days.ReplyDelete
--I'd like to pick up the Earl Weaver bronze statuette giveaway that was issued by the Orioles in 2012. I have the other five.
--I'd like to find an authentic and affordable Lyndon Johnson signature. The ones I come across are auto-pened, fake, or out of my price range.
My main goals are blog related. I'd like to finish my '59 Topps blogging by year's end. I've posted about 350 of the 572 cards. Completing the final 220 or so this year is possible though I'm guessing it will be early to mid 2014 before I can wrap it up.
I'd like to improve my other, general hobby blog. I feel like I got into a rut by mostly dealing with baseball cards and ignoring a lot of what interests me. Since I don't have many readers I can pretty much post what pleases me so I set a goal to look at more of my Japanese card collection, my publications and off-the-wall stuff. We'll see.Replies
Best of luck on grabbing the Weaver statuette and the Johnson autograph. I'm a huge fan of Japanese cards, so if you post them... I'll be there to read them. Happy New Year!Delete
My hobby goals: enjoy myself.ReplyDelete
Happy New Year!Replies
Great goal... I need to add that to my list. Happy New Year!Delete
I'm not big on individually #'d cards, but I recently learned of the existence of the "Rookie Relics" from the 2005 Topps Rookie Cup set (How'd I miss that?). Allegedly there is a Wallach #/2. I've never seen a picture of one, and all of the checklist label it as "Wallace" but the card # is right. Probably just proof that all the sites steal from each other. Finding one (or both) of these is #1 on my list.ReplyDeleteReplies
Wow... that card would be awesome. Best of luck on your search for that Wallach. If I ever come across it, I'll be sure to let you know. Happy New Year!Delete
I'm going for 1300 signed cards this year. Last year I got over 900 and was way less prepared than I will be this year.ReplyDeleteReplies
Holy smoke... congratulations on getting 900+ autographs this year! That's pretty awesome and best of luck on your mission to get 1300 more. Happy New Year!Delete
I wish you the best of luck on your goals Fuji.ReplyDelete
My goals would be:
*Only buy Pro Debut, Heritage Minors and Bowman Draft
*Earn/save enough money to buy a case of Bowman Draft
*Get crafty with my "Drafted & Debuted Yankees" PC
I wasted way too much money on products that I didn't even like last year so this year I plan on limiting what I can buy to 3 products. And since there's a chance that I'll be going back to the states next year I won't be able to collect Card Gen cards anymore. Hopefully I'll be able to fight off the urge to buy blaster boxes & rack packs (although I may crack when Topps Chrome comes out), manage to make some money with my unwanted cards and save enough money so that I can buy my ever first case, in 2014 which might be the earliest that I can finally afford it, unless college loans and text books have their way with me, *shudders*.Replies
Thanks Zippy & best of luck on your goals. Stock up on those Card Gen cards and use them as trade bait when you get back to the states ;-)Delete
If you are looking for an Athletic T206 card who isn't a Hall of Famer, I would recommend the Doc Powers card. It's a strong, striking image with a tremendous backstory.ReplyDelete
Amongst the Hall of Famers, I'm partial to the Eddie Collins portrait, but you really can't go wrong with any of them (except Bender No Trees, knowing Bender Trees exists, but trees are always a plus on a card).Replies
You called it... I'm targeting Collins and Bender, but I might need to settle for a non-HOFer. If I do, I'll look into Doc Powers. I agree "trees" are definitely a "plus". Happy New Year.Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 3, 2013 at 10:18 PM
I'm targeting two sets - 1971 OPC baseball high numbers and 1952-53 Parkhurst hockey. I want to get 20 nice examples of each. It will be harder than it sounds.ReplyDelete
Beyond that, 5 of each 1950s hockey set I don't have finished and 10 of the remaining 1960s OPC ball.Replies
1971 OPC? That's really cool. The older I get, the more I appreciate older OPC products. Best of luck on your goals and happy new year!Delete
I guess my main goal would be to see a negative flow of cards from my house; more cards going out in trades and sales than cards coming in. I will almost have to abandon eBay, otherwise I'll just keep accumulating cheap lots of cards that I don't need and that don't really fit with my collections, JUST because they're cheap. I see something neat, and notice there are no bids, and think "It would be a shame to see that go unsold for so cheap!" Then I bid and win and have extra crap that I really don't need. Sure I could just say I do it FOR SCIENCE! But who am I really kidding. I'm not doing that much science, unless it's a study on how dust settles on random piles of cards.ReplyDeleteReplies
Negative flow of cards from my house... what's that? Actually... at some point, I'll need to do the same. So your goal might possibly be an amendment to this year's goals or one of my 2014 goals. Best of luck on selling and trading those cards. Happy New Year!Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 8, 2013 at 7:32 AM
Happy New Year, and here's to accomplishing those goals early so even more can be obtained!ReplyDelete
My first goal for 2013 is/was to start collecting and reinvesting in the hobby. I've been doing that successfully (influx of cards, out-flow of funds = serious fun) and am wondering why it took 20+ years to get back into it?!
Secondly, I had the thought, after reading this blog, along with a number of the other great blogs out there, that I'd share my thoughts as a newbie. I'm working on that goal.
Continuing on, I'd like to build my first couple of sets, at least start working on them in earnest. I'd like to build the Topps set for my birth year, as well as those two sets that got me in to collecting as a child, the Topps 1986 and 1987. I have most of them already, from childhood, but there are a few left that I need. I'd also like to build the 1989 Upper Deck set, as there are a few cards in there (I'll give you one guess) that at that time, took card collecting from a hobby to a passion. That said, I'm reading a lot of people are really down on Upper Deck and I'm not quite sure why yet, but no big deal, from my newbie, i.e., rookie of 2013 view.
I want to further commit to and build my San Diego Chargers and Padres team sets and player collection. I want it all: vintage, patch cards, auto cards, retro cards, Dan Fouts and other players as well as the few H.O.F. cast members, Tony Gwynn, my biggest player collection thus far.
I also want to complete my first online trade. I hear all you guys talk about them, but I don't know how you all set them up, ha!
I'm also looking forward to buying my first hobby boxes. I'm researching which 2012 Football boxes to get (any recommendations?), as well as the 2012 Allen & Ginter baseball for fun.
Those are my goals for my first year back collecting! Whaddya think?Replies
Congratulations on getting back into the hobby. I jumped back into it back in 2008 and have been riding the wave ever since. Best of luck on building those sets. Usually, I'm too lazy and will just buy the set I want. But there are a few that I'm currently working on.Delete
As for Upper Deck... I totally miss their presence in the MLB, NFL, and NBA products. I typically like their designs over Panini products.
It's nice to see another Gwynn collector out there. I actually became a Padres fan, because of #19. Maybe one of these days, we can work out a mutual trade. Unfortunately, my trade bait isn't updated... and at the rate I'm moving, probably won't be until this summer.
I don't bust too many new products, so I'm not the guy to ask. The 2012 football products are loaded with the solid rookie class, so I'd go with the design you like the best. I'm a huge fan of A&G products too.
Great goals... and best of luck on them. Happy 2013!
Great goals. Speaking of goals ... I'll continue 2013 with reaching my target of the English Football League 100 Greatest players on cardboard (see my blog).ReplyDelete
I've inspired at least 2 collectors to chase this goal. Who knows, it may be interesting to a few more.
I will also try to get back to doing some sketch cards - maybe even do another Topps set if the subject matter is good.Replies
Love the top 100 English Football League project.. best of luck. And can't wait to see those sketch cards. Loved those Walking Dead sketches you made. Great job!Delete


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let's go fly a kite
up to the highest height
let's go fly a kite
and send it soaring
up through the atmosphere
up where the air is clear
oh let's go fly a kite
let's go fly a kite
Aaron found this kite in our trunk and it had been there for a really long time.
He started running around with it and ran around with it for several days until it was completely beat up and thrashed.
He sure had fun with it for a few days and I had fun taking photos of him when he was most excited. Just look at his face in some of these photos. Such glee.
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Friday, August 22, 2008
DS Lite Turquoise £89.98 delivered
You know as much as we are beginning to view the DS platform as dying (or at least being ignored), I can't help but point out that Amazon UK is selling the new Turquoise (or Ice Blue as it was called in Japan) version for a credit crunch busting price of £89.98 with free delivery. Not bad for anyone who is thinking of getting into DS gaming and has a liking for classy colours. The Ice Blue version was actually one of our target purchase when the DS Lite was launched in Japan in March 2006, but we got the Enamel Navy version instead (which so far is the only mass produced model not to be officially released here).
Note: Whatever you do, please please do not buy Nintendogs.
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You mean £97.86
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- Jon said...
Note the date of the article. :)
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T decided to order their Beef Mami and her fail-safe Pork Siomai. (And yes, she never fails to order the most mundane items on the menu). The soup was tasty and the noodles were springy. The beef was soft and tender. Overall, its good but its quite too common for me.
|Beef Mami - P100
I decided to order Wai Ying's Radish Cake. The Radish Cake was a bit oily but the taste was excellent. The crust was crisp and the interior was soft and tasty. It comes with a sweet/salty sauce which perfectly complements the taste and texture of the Radish Cake.
|Radish Cake - P60
|Sweet/Salty Sauce
|Hakaw - P70
|Chopped Shrimps
The wrapper is soft and delicate and the chopped shrimps inside were really tasty. This is always a MUST order for me.
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So when you find yourself wandering around Binondo, make sure to visit Wai Ying Fast Food and check out their affordable and delicious food. They have an extensive menu and I am already planning to order their Curry Beef Rice on my next visit.
Wai Ying Fast Food
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let's just get our government and main-stream-media to research and give us some FACTS...I really don't know the true numbers, and neither do you...the MSM and our politicians on BOTH SIDES don't want to know the facts or have them published
how many illegals are in America?
what is the real cost/benefit analysis? - are most of them working? - are most of them living off government assistance? - how much are they really costing the American taxpayer? (health, legal, living, law enforcement, everything!)
how many illegals are in our jails and prisons (and why?)?
are the ones working paying taxes?
how many $$$$ are they sending back across our borders to their homeland?
these are the questions we need to have accurately and publicly answered, then Americans will have the data they need to make up their own minds on what needs to be done
come on main-stream-media....DO YOUR JOB!!!