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Was there some irony in that title?
Here's the JAMA link, but it's only an abstract for non-subscribers:
Can the Food Industry Play a Constructive Role in the Obesity Epidemic?, JAMA, October 15, 2008
As a courtesy, Dr. Nestle uploaded a pdf of the whole article:
Can the Food Industry Play a Constructive Role in the Obesity Epidemic?
Irreconcilable Conflict
Lewis and Nestle explain the challenge for the food industry, the "irreconcilable conflict" as they put it. Food corporations wish to appear responsible when it comes to public health, but they're first-and-foremost beholden to stockholders, and must not only remain profitable but meet ever-elevating growth targets.
How do you sell more food when the US food industry already "provides about 3900 kcal per capita each day, roughly twice the population's energy needs?"
"Food companies have only 2 options: convince customers to eat more ... or increase profit margins especially by marketing reformulated or repackaged products."
The "eat more" option is played out in larger portions and advertisements that promote frequent snacking.
The "increase profit margins" option is achieved via heavy advertising of processed foods (soft drinks, chips, cookies, baked goods, fast food) which are made to appear as options for daily - not occasional - consumption.
"Advice to eat less often, eat foods in smaller portions, and avoid high-calorie foods of low-nutritional quality undermines the fundamental business model of many companies."
Should The Food Industry Be Regulated ... Or Left To Police Itself?
Lewis and Nestle claim that regulation is needed in some industries (they didn't refer to Wall Street, maybe they could have), namely those industries that affect "health, safety, or the greater social good."
So, if we're regulating the automobile industry...
"Society does not expect car companies to police themselves, nor allow them to market unsafe cars. ... The government imposes regulations, mandates, taxes, and incentives to encourage production of safer and less polluting vehicles."And the pharmeceutical industry, why not the fast food industry?
"If commercials for erectile dysfunction medication must mention rare complications like prolonged erection, it seems that commercials for fast food should be required to warn about the likely consequences of consuming partially hydrogenated fat and too much sugar."The automobile analogy appears adeptly again in their conclusion:
"While visionary CEOs and enlightened food company cultures may exist, society cannot depend on them to address obesity voluntarily, any more than it can base national strategies to reduce highway fatalities and global warming solely on the goodwill of the automobile industry."I thought the article showed great restraint. In my opinion, the food industry is insidious in its tactics to appear ethical while engaging in such practices as funding unscrupulous entities like the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) - an unabashed front group for the food industry that lobbies aggressively against public health campaigns and legislation. They boast, "[our] strategy is to shoot the messenger ... We've got to attack [activists'] credibility as spokespersons." The CCF did just that to Dr. Nestle here.
My discovery that the egg industry's "cage-free," "free-range," "organic," "humanely-raised" hens aren't treated much differently than factory-farmed hens knocked the food industry's credibility down a few more notches for me. I'm probably too cynical now to think that McDonald's or Coca-Cola can lead the way to healthful eating.
Hmm ... this is good fodder for a poll question.
PS - All of those logos up there represent bona-fide corporate sponsors of the American Dietetic Association (ADA). Some of their missions:
- "National Dairy Council is committed to providing scientifically sound nutrition information to physicians, dietitians, nurses, educators, consumers and the media concerned about fostering a healthier society."
- "General Mills is committed to nourishing lives through health and wellness."
- "Kellogg's is committed to helping consumers maintain a healthy diet and an active lifestyle."


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Our annual rose sale is here. Get some roses before time runs out. They are the perfect gift for Mothers Day.
Our annual rose sale is here. Get some roses before time runs out. They are the perfect gift for Mothers Day.
Attention Participating Members: Plan to meet at 9 a.m. at the cannon at Amann Reservoir Park, corner of OH 309/61 and Morrow-Crawford County Line Road on the following Saturdays: April 29, June 24, August 26, October 21, all depending on weather. In case of rain, we'll clean up on the following Saturday.
Join us for Chili Day tomorrow at Wendy's!
Chili Day is fast approaching! March 14 from 4-7 p.m. get all the chili you can handle for a low donation price of $7. That includes a drink plus one order of small fries or a baked potato! Children 5 and under eat free. See any Galion Kiwanis member now for tickets!
Our next Division 11N Dinner Social will be hosted once again by the Shelby group on Thursday February 23 at 6 p.m.
Attention Members: We have quite a bit going on this week. Tonight at 5 p.m. will be our second pricing meeting at the Fellner building. As the building is not open on Wednesdays do not arrive early. Doug and Pam will be there at 5 to let everyone in. This Saturday is the Come Home to Galion Parade and we will be participating. We will be riding and walking along side the Fellner truck and will be distributing some small toys and books. If you would like to participate and you haven't already signed up please do so on the members only portion of our website. Plan to meet at Heise park at 4 p.m. on Saturday. We will also be helping with cleanup...
Attention Members: During tomorrow's business meeting we will be stuffing the donation letters for the Kiwanis Kids Toy Drive.
Join us this Saturday at Galion Kiwanis Pancake Day! We have entertainment this year!
Distinguished Past Kiwanis District Governor Diana Keplinger will be speaking at our meeting tomorrow at noon. Come visit us at the Moose and hear all the great things she has to say about Kiwanis
The new Kiwanis year starts today (Oct 1). We have lots of exciting things coming up. This Tuesday is the installation meeting for new incoming officers as well as a group photo. Guest and prospective members are encouraged to come. Don't miss out. We meet at noon at the Moose in Galion.


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Neitzsche once said that when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. I hope this is not true of gazing long into the under-dressed churning masses at Sea World. I know what I saw in the churning masses (i.e. 99% of women who wear bikini's shouldn't) and I would hate to think of what the churning masses saw in me (i.e. I shouldn't be wearing a bikini either). Here are some more of my observations, by the numbers, from yesterdays foray into Sea World with the kids.
1,000,000-grains of sand that managed to work their way into my toddlers diaper after one minute of playing in the sand box.
10,000- people with tattoos. Sometimes I feel like I must be the only person left on earth who has not seen fit to bedazzle his body with Chinese doodles.
300-weight, in pounds, of the girl whose bright red shirt read: "If you were me, you would be awesome." Clearly the literal nature of this shirt had not occurred to her.
60-soaked people sent scrambling up the stairs at the Shamu show with crying infants in their arms who discovered first hand that Shamu swims in water with a temperature hovering around true zero. This is, of course, my favorite part of the Shamu show. Before the show begins, they provide ample warning that those sitting in the first 16 rows will be soaked. Yet sure enough, after the first big splash, you can see waves of humanity scrambling up the stairs with expensive cameras and crying infants shocked- shocked!- to find themselves suddenly turned into a salt water slushy. Shamu is a Killer Whale people! Expect no mercy.
22-size in inches, that one's waste must be in order to use the middle seat of the monkey ride. All the other large seats were taken and my toddler really wanted to go, so alas, I crammed my generously endowed hind-quarters into that seat and rode on till my legs were numb.
20-seconds needed by that guy sitting on the curb to change the diaper of the infant precariously laid across his lap. As a father, you come to admire such displays of parental prowess. To you Mister Curb-Sitting-Lap-Using-Twenty-Second-Diaper-Changer I tip my figurative cap. You are now in league with the Across-the-Room-Baby-Poop-Identifier and the One-Handed-Child-Puke-Catcher.
12-times, while watching the large whales interact with their uber-skinny trainers, that I thought we had accidentally walked into the Rosie O'Donnell- Clay Aiken show. The only difference, really, is that Shamu is rewarded with fish instead of Twinkies.
3-wet wipes needed to clean up the kids before they could eat their Cheetos.
3-wet wipes needed to clean up the kids after they ate their Cheetos.
Zero-Penguins caught displaying their, ahem, procreative proclivities. The great fear of any young parent when taking his children to a place with animals on display, is that intended lesson on the animals in nature will turn into a lesson on the nature in the animals. I remember visiting the zoo with my wife, long before having children, and coming across two tortoises amorously engaged for all the world to see. Just then, a mother called to her young children and said "hay kids, come look at the turtl…….oh!" By then it was too late. Now mommy had some serious 'splainin to do. Who could ever expect such behavior from the tortoise? Monkies, sure. But the tortoise? Luckily, yesterdays penguins where cute, cuddly and purely platonic.


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This is not an investigative post with bombastic revelations. We're simply taking a look into Sarah Palin's background in an attempt to make the image she projects a bit clearer.
I looked for some videos of Chuck Heath and came across some good ones. The first two contain some photos of Sarah and her siblings when they were younger. Please note that Mr Heath has some expensive toys in his garage. The Heaths had some well rehearsed talking points during the vice presidential campaign and stressed that Sarah has not let them down yet. Honesty is another recurring theme.
Chuck Heath reiterates some of his talking points and talks about Sarah's executive experience.
The following videos show Chuck Heath during the book signing in Fort Bragg. His body language is interesting...


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But lately, when I've been waking up (at 4:30am) - I've been noticing that there are several distinct stages to the wake up process.
Stage 1) Denial.
Is that my alarm clock?! There is absolutely no way that it is already 4:30. I just barely fell asleep.
Stage 2) Snooze.
9 minutes more sleep will make my life better. Just 9 more minutes.
Stage 1) Denial. Round 2.
Is that my alarm clock?!?! No way it's been 9 minutes.
Stage 2) Snooze. Round 2.
9 more minutes. I just need 9. More. Minutes.
Stage 3) Acceptance.
Okay. No more snoozing. Must get up. But at least there's coffee.
Stage 4) Hope.
Wait. Maybe class is cancelled. I should check my email. Maybe no one is signed up for our most popular class of the day.
Stage 5) Resignation. Round 2.
Of course class isn't cancelled. Okay. Time to get up. Must get coffee.
Stage 6) Annoyance.
Dog crawls into warm spot in the bed. I feed you AND pick up your poop - you should at least be up when I am up.
Stage 7) Anger.
Where is my sports bra?! Why do I only have one sock?! Why didn't I get organized last night?! It's so much easier when I'm organized. It's like I'm new.
Stage 8) First sip of coffee.
I officially feel sorry for people who don't drink coffee. This is amazing.
Stage 9) Ready to roll.
10 minutes, one cup of coffee, a giant to-go cup and some mascara. Let's do this.
Stage 10) Caffeinated enough to annoy the crap out of my athletes.
That, my friends, is how you get a functional CrossFit coach at 5:30 in the morning.


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While I was in Chicago, I tried several times to post, but every time I submitted it, only "I" would show up. Strange.
I was just trying to mention all of the fun things I had been doing. Now I have to try to remember all of them. I sang karaoke with my sister for our first time- Dancing in the Dark, dedicated to Rich Williams, of course. We decided that Amy would do the Courtney Cox dance at the end. I got to watch my cousin Rebekah play softball (awesome), after which, she forced me to borrow the Twilight books. Now I guess I should read them. We went to the REI garage sale, which was terrifying and awesome at the same time. I got all the things I've been meaning to get- new hiking boots, new Merrell clogs, windproof running gloves, and a running fanny pack thing. I'm sure I did many other things, but I'm having a really hard time remembering right now. Pictures to come later today- maybe that will help jog my memory!
Also, I got hired! I start on Monday and I found out that a bunch of people from my class also got hired- including my favorite, most normal of them all and we'll all be training together on Monday! HOORAY!


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Conficker, It's a Way of Life
Apologies to my handful of readers, for not posting according to my usual rhythm – quite a lot has happened as of late, although I haven't had a great deal of time to properly mull things over, since I've been relatively burnt out.
That aside, I'd like to rant about something that's made life Hell for myself, fellow college students and even staff, over the past few months – Conficker.
I'll probably receive some flack over this post, if
an incompetent Network Nazi "a highly qualified, professional staff member" (such a thing is rare at this organisation) stumbles upon it, although I'm beyond caring at this stage.
Despite much tub-thumping over self-serving placebo security measures, that end up driving productivity into the ground; this maligned pest has made itself ubiquitous, and made this an everyday occurrence:
As a result, myself and others spend hours each day using tools such as multiple AV applications (usually either an existing copy of Sophos AV – if it still functions, the free-of-cost AVG product, or Avira's free-of-cost product), WinRAR, Midnight Commander, and Microsoft's own Malicious Software Removal Tool to remove the offending files (most of which have the System and Hidden FAT FS attributes set), deposited by the malware from our USB Mass Storage devices.
Some of my fellow students enquire about malware removal several times a day (and see the SysAdmins anything up to 6 times per-day), and try hard to keep their UMS devices clean – before they become reinfected within 30 seconds of mounting them on the rather suspicious LAN clients; and others have resorted to bringing their own laptops in order to work.
I don't foresee this being resolved any time soon , but one thing is for sure – we need all the help and luck we can get, to keep it at bay…
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The Chronicles of Europe #2 – Amsterdam
The thing about Amsterdam is, its a lovely city, even without you-know-what. It has a wonderful antique feeling, canals, cycles, museums, the works. But when you add to that a particularly Dutch sprinkling of liberality, worlds collide (a la Seinfeld), and in a very very good way. All of a sudden your senses are assaulted by the colours, sights, sounds, smells, wonderfully laid out roads, the symmetry, all interspersed by a myriad variety of coffee shops.
So, understandably, there was a good deal of excitement about our maiden visit to Amsterdam long before we landed up in Europe. And understandably as well, it was practically our first weekend in Europe that Amsterdam happened.
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Monday, February 23, 2009
All Signs Point to Yes
Sure, there have been times when I've trusted my gut and I turned out to be right about something, but there have been many, many more times where I've worried myself sick about whether the path I've chosen is the right one.
Bubba's eating habits -- his pickiness, to be precise, was one of my first worries. But those, for the most part, have straightened themselves out. I make what I make and he's required to eat some of it, but he doesn't have to clean his plate. But he doesn't get anything else either.
But it's dealing with Punkin, particularly here lately, that I wonder if I've lost all my skills. I'm constantly questioning whether my course of action in dealing with her temper tantrums are the best path. Her strong will feels like it's breaking mine. And I don't know what to do. I try to let her do for herself as much as I can but there are times when I simply must take charge and she often will just go beserk. We just had one of our bedtime go-rounds and right now I'm feeling frazzled, unhappy and very unsure of myself.
In addition to all this, we're now faced with the decision about whether to start her in pre-k in the fall. Her birthday is the day before the cut-off date, but because school starts so freakin' early around here, she'll still be three when she starts pre-k. And frankly, I'm not sure that's a good idea. She's definitely smart enough, but I really worry about her emotional maturity. I spoke to her teacher today who seemed to think that it would be a good idea to go ahead and start her, but she went on to warn me that we need to keep in the back of our minds that the possibility could exist that because she's starting early she might have to repeat a grade at some point. She said that this was only a possibility -- but sheesh! I feel like repeating a grade, even a very early grade will stigmatize her.
Ugh. My brain is tired from just thinking about it. I just wish that sometimes I could appoint someone else to make all my decisions for me. Any body interested in helping me? The pay is crap, but I can give you some wine and I bet we'll have a pretty good time.
12 comments:
- Lauren said...
I know just how you feel...hang in there...Im sure you're doing a great job.
And I would consider the possibility of taking the position... except that wine is out of the picture for me for the next couple of months...(wink, wink).
- February 24, 2009 at 7:56 AM
- Sass E-mum said...
I say yes to the pre-k. She sounds lively and robust enough to enjoy the challenge.
And if she's still having tantrums - just think, the time out YOU get will her much easier to deal with.
Also, before you worry about redoing a grade, a good teacher will have a number of tactics for dealing with all sorts of children. If they ever suggest that she's difficult, ask them to explain what their strategies have been so far and what they might do differently.
Of course - I am NOT speaking from experience. I rarely let that hold me back from giving an opinion.
Red or white. Or rose. I'm easy, thanks.
- February 24, 2009 at 8:10 AM
- ImpostorMom said...
I feel your pain with the tantrums. Just last week my sweet boy has totally sprouted horns and I fear we're just getting started.
I don't have any solid advice about the preschool cause we're just not there yet but I think that if you suspect she's not really ready then she's probably not. If it were me I'd think it would be better to have her start a year later than have to repeat a grade. Even if that is a remote possibility.
I was always the youngest in school because of when my birthday was and when I started school. I can't say I hated it but I didn't love it.
- February 24, 2009 at 8:59 AM
- calicobebop said...
Tough decision. Muffin has been in Pre-K for two years now because her birthday is just after the kindergarden cut-off date. At first I was afraid that she wouldn't be challenged enough but I have to say that her confidence has really improved. So, it's always going to be a compromise isn't it? Why can't it be easy!!?!!?
- February 24, 2009 at 9:34 AM
- Laura said...
I hear ya loud and clear. You know my struggles with Annie and kindergarten. Just yesterday I thought that I should have left her in pre k one more year.
But ya know...I think these little people of ours will be just fine. We are only talking PRE K and K...right? We haven't sent them off to the wrong college choice....yet.
I always thought that after the baby was delivered, directions should come out along with the placenta.
- February 24, 2009 at 11:04 AM
- Katie in MA said...
I'm in! We can have some kind of job-share. You make my tough decisions and I'll tackle yours. We can share the pay...er, wine. And be much happier! Comisery loves company...or something close to that any way.
All that's to say, I've been there. I think you're doing a great job. I know you're only showing peeks and glimpses through you blog, but it sounds like your kids are doing great and reacting in age appropriate ways. That's a good thing! I don't have any easy answers, except to say stay consistent with how you decide to handle the tantrums and she'll get the hang of it. Not soon, but she will. And maybe if you do put her in Pre-K, it will help. Another person besides Mommy and Daddy will hold her accountable for her actions and she'll see that she DOES have to behave. And she'll see her peers getting the same treatment (punished for acting out, rewarded for behaving) and she'll realize she's not the only one who has to behave.
And if that doesn't work, we always have the wine. :)
- February 24, 2009 at 1:14 PM
- Dysd Housewife said...
If you have the option of starting her later I would do that. We started our son too early and he is paying the price for it now with a constant struggle to keep up with the other kids who are nearly a year older than he.
- February 25, 2009 at 2:31 PM
- 1blueshi1 said...
Parenting is definitely a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't. Zac did two years of kindergarten and that was AFTER a year of preschool. I wish I could tell you there was a magic formula where x plus y equaled a perfect child that would never inspire any parental pain or heartbreak...but girl you know that shit ain't happenin'.
A lot of it is just her age. I used to go through much the same thing with Bookey and things have calmed down SO much since she hit five.
- February 26, 2009 at 8:15 AM
- Lulu said...
Wow...you got such good advice here, I'm not sure that I have anything to add. Unless you want to trade a 19-year old for a 3-year old. I'm pretty sure they're about on the same maturity level.
- February 26, 2009 at 2:26 PM
- Michele said...
Hi there,
I don't think I ever even held a baby until my own almost 13 years ago but I sure have learned and will help :) I may ask for a Corona as wine gets me really buzzed. And a headache :(
I say sign her up. That will give you a year to decide if she starts Kindergarten the following fall. And teachers can't hold the child back a year unless YOU AGREE and sign off on it and you would have had plenty of conferences discussing that. I cannot imagine that would happen. I have only seen it happen with truly failing grades.
I say, they have to have the cut off date somewhere whether it is 9/1, 8/15, 10/1 or whatever, someone will be the youngest. In elem school there will be those who are the youngest and those who are a year older....but it all averages out by the time they are in 3rd grade.
- February 26, 2009 at 2:56 PM
- HalfAsstic.com said...
I'll be right over. I know exactly what to do.
OK, no. Lies on both counts. But didn't it make you feel better for a second?
I wish I knew for sure what to tell you, but I kind of think that maybe she should stay home for one more year. This way she'll go from being the youngest kid in class to one of the older ones. That's always an academic advantage.
- February 27, 2009 at 6:50 PM
- Esme said...
You know your daughter better than the teachers do, and you will make the right choice, even though it's so stressful right now!
We're going through some preschool/preK issues in our household right now, too, as you know... Hang in there. You are doing a great job (tantrums come with the territory)!
- March 2, 2009 at 10:45 AM


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It's amazing the way the human brain creates order out of disorder. Take Led Zeppelin's lyrics to Stairway to Heaven played backwards. Some people think it reveals a hidden satanic message. You can listen to it here. Play the backwards clip first without the subtitles and see if you can pick up the message. I couldn't. Click to read the subtitles and then listen to the song again. Suddenly the satanic message comes through. (Queen's Another One Bites the Dust is great too.)
This is a now classic textbook example of top-down processes, or rather the idea that our previous experience and expectations affect our perceptions - especially of ambiguous stimuli.
Almost any ambiguous stimulus can be primed.
Images in clouds.
An old woman -or- a young girl?
A duck vs. a rabbit.
The letter B instead of a 13 when it's embedded in ABC vs. 12 13 14.
The Virgin Mary on a piece of toast.
((Before eBay stopped the bidding, the toast was up to $22,000)).
All are classic examples of perceptions distorted by higher cognitive processes.
My favorite one:
The face of satan in the smoke of one of the World Trade Center towers.
This was news to me, but evidently old hat to people who took it as a sign of the end of days. A taste of the strangeness can be had here. Scroll down to the "The Apocalypse of St. John the Apostle Re: The WTC Collapse" near the end for a great example of the human brain in action on Revelations 17:15-17.
Can you hear the hooves of the four horsemen yet?
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Order in Disorder
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The reason it was such trouble for me to arrive at the 7:30 PM Brahms program at Stanford last Saturday was because I'd been up in San Francisco reviewing a string quartet concert that had begun at 4. Despite consisting of four Haydn and Mozart quartets, the performers managed to get it in at just under two hours, mostly by cutting repeats ruthlessly. One of the performers had buttonholed me before the concert started to alert me to this, and to explain that the length of the concert had alarmed them too when they were preparing it. Here's the review. Despite my recent experience hearing ten Haydn quartets at the Banff festival, neither of this concert's works were among them: not too surprising, considering that he wrote over 60 of them. As for Mozart, not a note of him had been heard all week at Banff, one of two indispensable string quartet composers of whom that was true (the other was Shostakovich; some might add Elliott Carter to that number, but I wouldn't).
So, having carefully located a street parking space near the church venue for the concert, I hopped it directly down to Stanford as soon as it ended, and found a space down there in only the third lot I tried.
Ironically, the same string quartet concert was being repeated in Palo Alto on Sunday afternoon, which would have made more sense for me except that that was when B. and I were at City of Angels, having already changed the date from the one on our series ticket which we can't make because of another random concatenation of events. And thus our lives consist of assembling jigsaw puzzle pieces.
A lucky puzzle-piece find occurred when I realized that, since the concert in San Francisco began at 4, that would leave me time to attend the first showing of the afternoon of Ron Howard's documentary on the Beatles' touring years, which was playing half a mile down the street at the Sundance Kabuki Cinema (yes, that's its name) in Japantown, the closest to me it was appearing, but farther than I'd want to make a trip just for. Illuminating movie, with lots of film clips I didn't even imagine existing, like of the Beatles cavorting in their hotel rooms, and plenty of interviews - recent ones with Paul and Ringo, archived clips of John and George - reminiscing, describing how exciting they found Beatlemania at first, and how tiring it had become four years later. And every time the band is shown playing, it's of a different incredibly classic song. There's even a comparison, by a musicologist, of their creativity with that of Mozart and Schubert, which put me in a good mood for the live music to come.
As I walked through Japantown towards the theater, it occurred belatedly to me that, with a little preliminary research I might have found a restaurant there suitable for lunch - Japanese food and I require considerable negotiation before we can come to an accommodation - but I hadn't; I'd started off with a visit to the deli another mile away.


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The art of the dying general at 250 years old
– Carl Mollins is a Toronto-based journalist who has worked at the Toronto Daily Telegram, Reuters (in London), The Canadian Press news service (in Toronto, London, Ottawa, Washington, DC) and Maclean's magazine (in Toronto and Washington, DC). The opinions expressed are his own. –
It was long ago, in 1761, when Pennsylvanian portrait artist Benjamin West moved east—across the Atlantic. Nine years later in England, he looked back west to produce a controversial but renowned portrayal of the death of British General James Wolfe during England's seizure of Quebec from France 250 years ago, on September 13, 1759.
Attention to the picture persists nowadays, so long since the British soldiers set up what rapidly became complete English control of the Canadian colony. Perennial prints and publication of West's art and comparable materials are reminders of what launched Canada as a country divided linguistically, in culture and politically, the situation that remains today.
West devised that picture as the hired "history artist" of King George III, who was already ensnarled in England's imminent loss of its other North American colonies as the independent United States of America.
That heightened the popularity of West's picture, despite some criticism of its then-modernistic appearance. Painting Wolfe and the cluster of soldiers around him in battle dress strides away from the traditional portrayal of military heroes draped in capes and god-like postures. West did four paintings, differing in size, and they were repeated in hundreds of prints in the 1870s, more and more ever since.
West's picture, titled "The Death of General Wolfe", portrays the situation by guesswork and by adding veterans who paid for their inclusion. In the foreground is a half-naked, barefoot, head-feathered person, an apparent tribal warrior of First-Nation Canadians, although the record indicates none were involved.
Even more factually fanciful is a similar picture showing the death in the same battle of the French commander, Marquis Louis-Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Veran. In fact, the record indicates that Montcalm dies the following morning. Not only does the Montcalm army include First-Nations soldiers, but a tropical palm tree rises above the distraught soldiers.
Reinforcing the West painting's provision of Wolfe's heroism are poetic and musical tributes composed over the centuries.
Barely six weeks after the Quebec clash, the early English publication "Busy Body" published in its issue of October 22, 1759, a poem of Oliver Goldsmith, including the lines:
". . . . O Wolfe! to thee a streaming flood of woe,
Sighing we pay, and think e'en conquest dear;
Quebec in vain shall teach our breast to glow,
Whilst thy sad fate extorts the heart-wrung tear . . . .
Yet they shall know thou conquerest, though dead!"
More than a century later in Canada, the poetic and musical Toronto schoolmaster Alexander Muir (Principal of Leslie and later Gladstone schools), composed during the 1867 formation of the Canadian Confederation what became a virtual national anthem in many schools for most of the following 100 years.
The lyrics of his stirring song, "The Maple Leaf Forever", proclaim that, "from Britain's shore Wolfe, the dauntless hero, came and planted firm Britannia's flag on Canada's fair domain."
His nationalist chorus reaches beyond that divisive history. Muir altered a line in which original lyrics referring to Canada's commitment to the British floral emblems—Scottish thistle, Irish shamrock, English rose—to add the French fleur de lis, or lily.
The song goes on in the chorus to applaud "the maple leaf our emblem dear, the maple leaf forever"—an outlook fulfilled a century after Confederation with Canada's replacement of its red ensign of the Union Jack with adoption of the Maple Leaf flag in 1965.
Yet still, two and a half centuries after the English took over Canada from the French, the country's national attitudes created 250 years ago divisibly, day-by-day persist.
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Every American who thinks they can win 'the hearts and minds' of conquered people need only observe the pride of francophone quebecors to see that you never really can. While Canada hasn't had violent struggles with our French population (well, Louis Riel never really fought a pitched battle and was captured in weeks, and the FLQ flared out after the Bourassa incident, so maybe one summer with a couple of bombings), the realtionship certainly isn't overly warm in Quebec and the Maritimes.While I'm not sure what the point of the article here is, I think that anglophone Canada is happy to embrace the cultures that come to live here in the spirit of fellowship and freedom. The francophones do not embrace those other cultures because they feel it endangers their own, and the 'special' status it affords them in Canada. Even the French from France who come to live in Quebec find themselves set apart by francophone quebecors. Maybe that's not the problem being discussed here, but I feel it's one that should be acknowledged.
What a great post. I have always thought that this painting is a rather bizarre glorification of a colonial past that lead to the disenfranchisement of aboriginal peoples and the marginalisation of the cultures and languages of founding nations other than England and early immigrants. This author shows how this painting actually depicts the events and players that created the persistent solitudes and the tensions that may very well be one of Canada's great strengths. Some peoples have paid a terrible price but the lessons our country learns as we continue to negotiate equality and diversity over these 250 years can only serve us well as we go forward.
Being Canadian first and francophone second (Belgium origins). I've found it very disturbing after having been educated in the Anglophone side of Canada. To see the animosity from the Quebecois towards the "Englais". They have such a special status that they have a opposition majority represented at the Federal level and yet only represent one province. And it appears not to be enough!By coincidence the same amount of friction exist in my country of origin in between the "Wallons" and "Flamant". It seem that we do little in learning each other culture from an early age. And we use this lack of "education" as we mature as an excuse for nationalism and self-preservation.
Dear Writer,Very good painting on Canada!s political history.I really admired it.Great painter with great,real notions.Yes. i have listened some tensions between French and English speaking origins in Canada.That pressing tensions were relieved by amicable manner.Canada shows Unity in Diversity.In India, many states,many languages, many social habits,many religions, many sub divisions among her own states,but,still India is a one country.Unity in Diversity is still cherishing and expanding.
This is so interesting. The reference to Alexander Muir's song "The Maple Leaf Forever" and the comment about unity ane diversity reminded me that some years ago the song was updated to reflect 20th century Canada.Here is what it says about that version at Wikipedia:"CBC Radio's Metro Morning show in Toronto ran a controversial contest to find new lyrics for the song in 1997. The contest was won by Romanian immigrant, mathematician, and now a songwriter, actor and poet, Vladimir Radian, who came to Canada in the 1980s."Another great Canadian sang yet another version at a hockey game and you can find that on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d45zJSHHw S8 (I think her name is spelled Anne MurrAy.)You can read the lyrics of the three versions (and the story of how Muir was inspired to write the original) at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maple_L eaf_Forever
Unfortunately there is a sentiment in Canada that permeates many: the notion that all our British founders were evil colonialists and the poor downtrodden were all victims. This attitude is likely drummed into young minds through our schools and Liberal media, where our colonial past is the only safe whipping boy in an overly politically correct society.Drew KreutzweiserOntario, Canada
Art imitates Life in The Future.Our feathered friend echoing Rodin in the foreground seems to be thinking: "Maybe it's time we made Single Payer, not War"
S'funny, my wife's Quebecoise, and I'm an English nationalist, and we have no diferences on Quebec. The 'problem' of Quebec aspirations is similar to that of the Cornish in Britain. A lot of hot air by the chatterers, and very little real substance.The problem if there is one, is that certain vested bureaucratic interests, prefer Stalinistic uniformity, and this attitude conflicts with the sensitiveties of dual culture/government. Good.


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Always Reforming
New Book from Apollos, edited by Andrew McGowan
Although the Reformation took place in the sixteenth century, this was the beginning of something and not the end. The Reformed churches affirmed the need to be semper reformanda ('always reforming').
Unfortunately, this commitment to continuing reformation has not been faithfully and consistently maintained over the centuries. At one end of the theological spectrum, some have invoked semper reformanda in order to justify abandoning the core of Reformation theology and departing from received orthodoxy. At the other end, some have forgotten about semper reformanda in their progress towards a rigid confessionalism, giving the impression that the final codification of truth has already taken place, and that there is no further need for reformation.
Between these two extremes, there is a vital task to be performed by the church in every generation: ¬to subject its beliefs and practices to renewed scrutiny in the light of Scripture. In doing so, the church must re-state biblical truth in ways that faithfully communicate the gospel, advance the mission of the church, and address the issues which men, women and children face as they seek to follow Christ and witness to him.
This volume is an exercise in semper reformanda. Each contributor was asked to take a different theme, doctrine or subject area within the discipline of systematic theology, and to assess the current state of scholarship in that area, before indicating areas where further work, development, re-statement or clarification are required. Overall, this stimulating collection is intended to make a positive contribution to evangelical scholarship, by helping to identify problems, dangers and exciting new possibilities, and to set an agenda for future theological reflection.
The contributors are Henri Blocher, Gerald Bray, Richard Gaffin, Richard Gamble, A. T. B. McGowan, Robert Reymond, Derek Thomas, Kevin Vanhoozer, Cornelius Venema and Stephen Williams
A.T.B. McGowan is Principal and Lecturer in Systematic Theology at the Highland Theological College, Dingwall, Scotland. He is Adjunct Professor of Theology at the Reformed Theological Seminary, USA and Visiting Professor of Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, USA. Contributor to The God of Covenant (Apollos), author of The New Birth (Christian Focus) and The Federal Theology of Thomas Boston (Paternoster).
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- Jim said...
Thanks for mentioning this, Mike. I confess that I am not familiar with any of these chaps though. Do you think them a credible lot?
- Michael F. Bird said...
Jim, well my boss is editor and he's okay. And anything by Vanhoozer, Blocher and Gaffin is usually worth reading. Look up the name Bird in the index and see the hammering that he cops in one footnote!
- TheBlueRaja said...
Looks like a fabulous line-up! You get squashed in a footnote? What does it say?
- Michael F. Bird said...
Sharad, not squashed or anathematzed but just take one on the chin! It was a criticism that I place union with Christ over and against imputation, which is not quite true (I tried to avoid that implication), but I do understand how someone could think that.
- David Shedden said...
Michael, thanks for alerting me to this volume. Unfortunately, I am unlikely to be able to get my hands on it soon. Can I ask one question of you? Would this book encourage a reformulation of confessional statements, mainly the Westminster Confession as a subordinate standard? Looking at the list of writers, I suspect not. As such, what's the point in the exercise?
I recently read your 'Incorporated Righteousness' article - great article - but your conclusion was very frustrating. I read it as if you thought it was okay to retain systematic doctrines that had no foundation in the New Testament. You seemed to want to retain links with the Reformation in spite of current New Testament scholarship.
Thanks, David
- Michael F. Bird said...
David, your remark is the exact opposite of most criticism I receive which are usually that I do not give sufficient weight to imputation. My thinking is that no single text can be used to prove or establish imputed righteousness. I do think that imputed righteousness is implicit in the representative nature of Adam and Christ. Also imputation is one way of holding together righteusness as a gift, the forensic nature of dikaioo, and union with Christ. So as a construct in systematic theology, I don't have a problem with imputation per se. What I have objected to (and what others have strenuously objected to me about) is that I bracket out imputation from exegetical study of Paul's letters.
- TheBlueRaja said...
I see . . . I have to admit that I find it a strange critique in light of the purpose of your article, which is to provide some rapproachment among the polarities represented by the imputation debate. David's concern seems to call into question the entire enterprise of systematic theology, which is by its very nature is heavily speculative and inferential. Morevoer using only doctrines explicitly endorsed in the NT rules out constructive theology, and might make it difficult to account for the idea of theological development in general.
- David Shedden said...
Mike, thanks for this post, I think it just confirms my ongoing concern about the tension between biblical studies and confessional or dogmatic theology - hence, my interest in the book.
You might have worked out that I am from an evangelical Presbyterian background - I'm worried about many of the current debates in that culture, both here and in America.
I am a CofS ministry candidate - just finished at Glasgow Uni, and about to spend a year at Princeton. But who knows what I am going to come back to!?
Is it too sensitive for you to answer my first question? I think evangelical presbyterians desperately need to reformulate their confessions - they as much as any liberal people need the various 'liberty of conscience' clauses.
With thanks for your blog...
L8R, Dave
- byron said...
"...some have invoked semper reformanda in order to justify abandoning the core of Reformation theology..."
Surely the issue isn't so much losing Reformation orthodoxy, as biblical orthodoxy?
- David Shedden said...
Michael, thanks for posting recently on itothehills. I'm not sure how site feeds work - I thought if I posted here not too many people would read my comment!
I've more or less finished reading Always Reforming (still to tackle Vanhoozer's huge chapter). I might review the volume, but, it will be difficult to do this in a balanced way. Very few of the chapters actually advance new thoughts, ideas, or 'solutions' to problems (apart from Reymond, who publishes his solutions to list of christological questions).
You were hard done by in that notorious footnote - Venema's article was one of the weakest in the collection, if only because his task was impossible.
I'll ponder the wisdom of posting a full review. My basic query with the volume remains the problem of defining bondaries within which Reformed theology can reform. The Derek Thomas chapter best illustrates the essential conservatism of most of the contributors.


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Sam also has a new "S.W.A.T. turn", which allows Sam to pass by doorways without being noticed. Some of the other abilities Sam has include repelling, split jumping, climbing, and shimmying which will (hopefully) keep you undetected through most of your missions. And should you find yourself in a confrontation with the enemy, Sam has several options (lethal and non) on how to deal with the target.
The story itself is good, and even has a reference or two back to the first plot line. The only thing I would have to say bad about the story is it is linear. You have no options, no alternate paths in the story, it's pretty much do as you told or mission over. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but a lot more depth could be added with a dynamic story line.
The major thing about the game, is it is very much trial and error. You'll probably find yourself restoring a save game multiple times when trying to complete a mission. Part of the reason for the trial and error method is due to the game being very linear, as mentioned earlier.
If you like fast paced, ton's pf people, high kill count, shooters, then this isn't the game for you. Remember, this is a spy game. ;)
In the single player part of the game, you learn about a group of spies like Sam, known as Shadownet. They are set out to neutralize several canisters of the smallpox virus. This part of the single player game is what the multiplayer part is based on. You play as either a Shadownet member, whose goal is to end the bio-terror threat; or you play as a Terrorist, who is sworn to protect the virus.
The multiplayer mode supports a maximum of 4 players, and can be played with any team combination (2v2, 3v1, 2v1, 1v1, etc).
The Shadownet members play in the 3rd person view, just like the single player game, while the terrorist move around in traditional 1st person view.
Each team is equipped with their own unique gadgets. The spies get the dual mode goggles, as well as a few specialty grenades (smoke, flashbang, chaff). They spies also have the ability to ease drop on enemy communication.
The terrorist (actually called ARGUS Corporation Member) have their own bag of tricks. Flashlights and laser pointers make locating and identify targets easy, the added Electromagnetic Field (EMF) vision and motion vision helps detect even the stealthiest spy. The terrorist also get their share of grenades (flares, frags, and phosphorescent) and even mines.
If avoiding the terrorist wasn't hard enough for the spies, the terrorist also get the home field advantage. Motion detectors, surveillance cameras, and trip lasers are sure to throw a damper in any spy's mission.
While the multiplayer mode is good, it could be improved on. First off, rather than using the popular, GameSpy Arcade as a server browser, SCPT is played on UbiSoft's own system. While the system isn't bad, I find GameSpy's system to be far superior. Though I can understand a company wanting to use their own system for their game. :)
Another problem plagued by the multiplayer mode is the inability to disable friendly fire. Friendly fire, whether is due to a noob, idiot, or just a no good team killer, seems to have no recourse.
The multiplayer game has three game modes, but only eight levels to chose from. While each level is nice, and provides a good challenge, it'd be nice to have some additional maps. Perhaps some outdoor maps? We've seen how beautiful the game is outside, why limit those scenes to just the single player game? We can only hope that the powers that be at UbiSoft release some additional maps.
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Well last night sitting next to a warm fire, my man and I discussed what we wanted to do this summer after we get married.
Sitting with him I realized that life can be so simple and it can make you so happy being simple.
We decided that this summer we are going to focus on a few things to start our marriage out right.
Here are a few we thought of...
- Traveling- we want to take short trips this summer and maybe go hiking or camping
- Cooking! Yes lots and lots of practice cooking good food (and I here that the Kitchen is an awesome place for married people ;)
- Getting organized- This summer we want to come up with a schedule for us to stick to, such as a cleaning schedule.
- (This one is mine) Living more thrifty- buying some clothes second hand and maybe trying to be more thrifty at the store.
I have to say I am super excited to get married and start my life with the more wonderful man in the world (or at least mine :)!
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An open letter to Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan, creators of "Scream Queens", and Rupert Murdoch, CEO of Fox
Dear Sirs,
It has come to my attention that the latest episode of "Scream Queens," entitled "Warts and All," prominently features a character (described as "hideous" in the episode summary) who states that he has Neurofibromatosis Type 1. While I understand that the Chanel characters are always horrible people, I take issue with the episode title and description, as well as the line the NF1 character, Tyler, utters: "Look at me, I'm a monster!"
You see, my 2-year-old son, Benji, was one of the 1 in 3,000 births in the U.S. in 2014 who have NF1. I do not appreciate perpetuating stereotypes about the more visible (and rare) aspects of his condition. His life is complicated enough, given that he has increased chances of vision- or life-threatening brain and nerve tumors, repeated MRI scans to keep an eye on these things, and a 1 in 2 chance of dealing with learning disabilities once he reaches school. The last thing he needs is for shows like this to show his genetic condition in a negative light, treating him as some sort of beast to be rejected. The title is also misleading; NF1 causes tumors, not warts.
I am surprised that a show created by the makers of GLEE, a show that prided itself on teaching tolerance of groups that are often marginalized (LGBTQ, the disabled), has chosen to spread misinformation on one of the most common genetic disorders, implying that a C02 laser can easily take care of an extreme case of NF1 tumors. Between the fact that they can often grow back and that they also are commonly plexiform, or are wrapped around nerves and thus inoperable, this gives the misinformed public more ammunition to hurl at an unsuspecting person with NF1: "why don't you just get them bumps zapped off?"
My concerns are already founded if you take a look at a few online recaps of the episode. One writer only referred to Tyler's character as "Bubble Man." I feel fortunate that my son is not visibly affected by the condition yet and may never develop the subcutaneous tumors featured on your show, but I shudder to think of what remarks may meet the students with NF1 from classmates having been presented with the "monster" of Tyler. Will they start asking their classmate if he or she will look like that? Children with NF1 are more likely to have executive functioning (organization) problems as well as stress and anxiety; you have done these children a disservice by spreading fear and ignorance with your popular platform rather than using it to educate and teach tolerance as you have in the past.
You still have a chance to make this right. Create a PSA to air at the end of a future episode sharing correct information on the condition, its commonality and its treatment options. Encourage viewers to find correct information at credible sources such as the Children's Tumor Foundation (CTF.org). You can make a donation to a local Cupid's Undie Run to raise funds for research and awareness for those fighting NF. Better yet, participate!
You can do better than this. Please return to your better instincts rather than portraying a real condition dealt with by about 100,000 Americans, including children, as a candidate for a freak show.
Kristine Parker


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A new record low coming up?
Is it me, or does this election already feel like a sham?
We've certainly got wall-to-wall TV coverage, but most of it is as witteringly pointless as the BBC's Campaign Show - yet more showbiz for ugly people. Indeed, on Day One of the campaign, listeners to R5 Live are already complaining that the whole thing is terminally boring and they won't be able to stand an entire month of it. Even I'm bored, and I'm actually interested in this stuff.
And yet the 2010 election ought to be gripping, because as we all know, we're facing a crisis of historic proportions.
Or do we? Do we all know that?
Because as we've noted before, as long as you haven't lost your job, and you're not dependent on savings income, your day to day life probably doesn't seem too bad. Yes, Brown is awful, but you don't have to listen to him. And Cam... well, much nicer obviously, but is he actually up to the job?
And does it matter anyway? Most people seem to think what will be will be, and if the nation runs out of money, that's going to happen whoever's in power.
Clearly, I think it matters. I think we need to get rid of this lot so we can start shrinking the state back down to size. But in truth, even I'm not that confident there'll be that much shrinking under Cam.
What's missing here is any real sense of crisis. Back in the '79 election we'd had 5 years of crisis, and the bulk of the electorate knew the underlying issues had to be gripped. But right now, for most voters, the debt crisis just hasn't bitten.
And with Cam having sensibly decided to abandon his new age of austerity, the crisis has become little more than another load of old stuff. Stuff to be wittered about on campaign shows, but disconnected from most of the world beyond Westminster.
It will change of course. One day before too much longer, the debt market will go bang. And then interest rates will soar and everyone will discover it was a real crisis after all.
By then, the election will be behind us. We'll have a new government. Or maybe the same government. Or maybe a shaky coalition. But whoever it is, they'll be forced to make spending cuts and increase taxes on a scale never even mentioned during this campaign. And we'll all be wondering why we ever elected such a bunch of imbeciles in the first place.
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As I sit here writing this I wonder if anyone will even read this, or any other blog that I write. I decided to write a blog not necessaraly for people to read but for like a jernal really. My life is so crazy right now. It really sucks. Nothing is going right at all. It seems like if something can go wrong it is going wrong. When I think about it that is how my whole life has been. No matter how hard I have tried to make things work in my life things just never seem to work. My world always seems to crash down around me for no reason most of the time. Its like the Paula Abdul song two steps forward three steps back. I could see if I was a total witch to people and selfish and didn't do things for others and wasn't kind hearted, but I have always put others first and done things for everyone. I have always been the type to give my last dime to someone and give the shirt off my back to people. I give to the homeless, if the go shopping I buy for others not myself. But nothing ever goes right for me in my life.The only good thing in my life right now is my son. I went to college then to grad school. Never had much of a life growing up or in college have done nothing but work work work since I was 14, but do not have much to show for it. I just moved back home little over 4 months ago to help take care of my mother and my uncle that are not well health wise, and I can not find stable work. I worry so much and cry everyday about what I am going to do trying to support my son and myself. I do not sleep hardly. Hense why I am writing this at 1am. I look for work everyday that I can. Jobs that I do get called in for tell me that I am to qualified, and have even asked me why would I apply for an entry level job, or they tell me that they would be worried about hiring me because of my education that a better job might come up and I would leave. I think to myself, like I would not apply for the job if I didn't want it….. I just need a job. I am out of savings that I had when I moved here. I just don't know what to do. I am not one of those people that believe in welfare. I am capable of working and I want to work. I am not like others that have family to help I moved here to help with family that can not hardly help themselves. That is something that makes me so mad people that take their lives for granted and the one's that have everything handed to them, and do not appreciate anything. I am the type that believes that anything that is given can be taken away but what I work for is mine and can not be taken from me. I am proud of what I do have and what I have worked for. I am just so tired and just do not understand why things are going so bad right now and what God is wanting from me. Sometimes I wish he would just send me a note and tell me what he wants me to do. I just don't understand what he want's from me. I am at the point were I just want to give up. I am so tired of being depressed, and tired of being tired of being depressed….. HELP
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What a day, started out I didn't want to get out of bed but with my son crying wanting to get up and be feed, I had to get up. Decided to go to my mother's to spend a few hours which I do not look forward to after an hour I am sssoooo ready to leave. When I arrived home I found a water pipe that had busted in my bathroom and I was like oh shit… So now my water is turned off til I can get the pipes fixed. The way my luck has been going I sometimes do not know how things can get any worse than they are. Life stinks. I went to college to make something out of myself and here I am just moved back to my home state a couple months ago to help take care of two sick family members and the work situation just is not working very well. Doesn't seem to matter how hard I try….


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Friday, August 25, 2006
Short Form Friday: VMA A-okay
I think Nathaniel summed it up best: boys in makeup. It has an appeal. Beyond that, it's an impossibly catchy song and a memorable video at a time when that artform has been dying on the vine for years.
Some of my other favorite Videos of the Year:
Missy Elliott - "Work It" (2003)
Missy's whole body of work is worthy of its own post, to be sure. This one had all the usual Missy coolness/hilarity, plus that off-putting little white girl dancing around.
Jamiroquai - "Virtual Insanity" (1997)
I could never manage to peel my eyes off of this one. Trippy, but not disturbing.
Smashing Pumpkins - "Tonight Tonight" (1996)
Gorgeous. Sadly, it was all downhill for the Pumpkins from there.
Aerosmith - "Cryin'" (1994)
I LOVED the Alicia Silverstone series. Plus...is that Stephen Dorff? Teeny little sexpot. And Swayer from Lost as the purse-snatcher! It's STILL fun to see him get his ass kicked by a girl, even in retrospect.
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- Sticky Keys said...
The Alicia series of Aerosmith was the shizz, and Virtual Insanity goes without saying. Very interesting list.
I actually wanted to talk about The Inside Man though. I thought it was FANTASTIC! 100% a Spike Lee joint, a little too much going on, FANTASTIC SPIKE-ONLY DIRECTING SHOTS (seriously, when Denzel was panning after they thought the hostage was killed, my homegirl and I cheered and clapped. It's such a SL signature and we'd been waiting the whole movie for that and "This ain't no bank robbery!"
I thought the diamond thing was a bit hokey, I really wanted there to be more, but I think it ended well and I loved everything about Denzel and his partner. I also loved the dialogue, the New York state of talking about everything.
Jacob always goes on about the London Blitz and how someone heard a fire engine going and it reminded them that in the midst of this great war there were still mini everyday apocalypses happening in these people's lives.
To stil talk about race, and to talk about sexism, and corporate fraud, and blackmail, and all of that, in the middle of a very big situation, was one of the successes of the film to me.
I think it was subtle, but not at all boring, where were the lulls for you? Watch it again! Heh, I'm going to buy the DVD is how much I liked it.
- 7:18 PM, August 27, 2006
- Joe R. said...
I'm with you on the police dialogue. Very naturalistic, especially when compared to Clive's more theatrical words. I dunno, it just never turned over for me.
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2012 is here! Can anyone believe it?! It seems like I was just ringing in 2011. I have a hard time believing how quickly the years fly by. Doesn't seem right! My children seem to get older daily. They are truly the best things that ever happened to me. This is where my first resolution comes: I will continue to strive to be the be the best mother I can be.
I gained 50 pounds with my pregnancy. Much of it I believe can be attributed to the Prednisone, which I continue to take. I sometimes feel like I am fighting a losing battle with Prednisone in the weight loss department. I will not give up though. This resolution has a few parts. I would like to lose 50 lbs this year, that will be less than 1 pound a week on average, which is totally doable. I want to run at least 5 miles a week in January, 7 miles a week in February, 10 miles a week in March. I want to exercise at least 5 days a week for 30 minutes a day. I want to run a half marathon by the end of the summer.
My next resolution will deal with my peace of mind. I always feel so much better when I have a clean house. I will spend at least 30 minutes a day working on keeping a clean house. I know that once it is clean, it won't take that long to keep clean.
This resolution will deal with spirituality. I will read my scriptures daily for at least 5 minutes. I can find 5 minutes a day to read uplifting words. I will do my Visiting Teaching monthly. I can do better than I did in 2011 as far as my spiritual goals.
I will blog more frequently. I love to blog. I love to sit down and write about the day in my family. My goal is to have it printed off and bound in a book for my children on a yearly basis. I do horrible at writing in their journals, so this is why I decided to blog. I want them to know about what happened in their family on a regular basis.
I hope that 2012 is better than 2011. I am thankful for all the friendships that I made in 2011. I look forward to this year and seeing what happens. I look forward to seeing how my children mature in this year. I look forward to seeing my family again, whenever that may happen. It is hard to plan a trip with 4 little children. It is expensive to fly and it is a long road trip for them if I were to drive. I would love to win a Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes :) I know Ed McMahon wouldn't be showing up on my door, but it would be nice if someone would!
Thank you to my friends who understand that just because I don't see them often, it doesn't mean that I don't love you and think about you often. You are in my prayers always and I always want the best for you. I love to read on Facebook about your successes. I have the best family and friends around. May you all have a wonderful 2012 and all your dreams come true!


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Keeping it simple
Earlier this week, the daily entry in the little book One Day at a Time in Al-Anon offered me a good reminder.
As the mother of an actively using meth addict with a 1-year-old baby, my life can be full of uncertainty and turmoil—although they're 2,000 miles away. In times of trouble, when my mind is racing, it can be hard to slow down, think through what's happening and change my focus. But it helps to focus on one idea or concept that can bring quiet and serenity.
Often, I try to concentrate on gratitude. Listing those things for which I'm thankful, either mentally or on paper, focuses my thoughts and gives me a more positive outlook almost instantaneously.
When I'm trying to make a decision--especially one I've prayed about--the Al-Anon concept "Keep it simple" is an excellent reminder. It helps clear my mind so I can receive God's guidance in the situations at hand.
A scripture that has been especially comforting to me throughout the past 14 years is Psalm 62:5-6—Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, he is my fortress—I will not be shaken.
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2.Revlon Custom Creation - P895 - Although I can use these affordable brands for lipstick, eyeliners or eye make up, it has been my rule to invest in a good foundation that suits my skin tone and skin type, a formula that does not cause pimples and lasts long. I really cannot replace expensive foundation because I use it as a base and it goes directly on top of my skin. Revlon's Custom Creation is my cheapest foundation so I used it in this post.
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12. freebie sheer lippie from drugstore (sorry I forgot!)
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Eyes-Nichido True Colors, Nichido Eyeliner, Nichido Girls' Night Out
Lips-Ever Bilena in Scarlet matte lipstick
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Eyes-Nichido True Colors, Nichido Eyeliner, Nichido Girls' Night Out
Lips-Ever Bilena in Scarlet matte lipstick
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The American Mustache Institue Speaks Out In Regards To Giambi's Shaving
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
I mentioned back in July that Dr. Aaron Perlut was by far the best ESPN First Take guest in the history of the show. Well with the upsetting news that Giambi had nixed the 'stache yesterday, Dr. Perlut came back on the ESPN morning show today to read a statement on the missing "lip fur"....
Not nearly as funny as the first appearance, but pretty entertaining. The Sal Fasano mention was unexpected and the use of the term "lip sweater" is definitely now going to be in my vocabulary. Good stuff, but the 'stache angle is definitely dead now.
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First Take may become watchable if they would just namedrop Sal Fasano more.
My fantasy baseball team now has a new name... Thanks, Doctor.
gus johnson doing lions preseason games were premature
still in philly
Interesting, sophia's bush...
Do you have a link with Gus Johnson in an Eagles shirt?
He might be doing both teams' games. The only dates where the Eagles & Lions both play on the same day is August 28 (Lions @ Bills; Jets @ Eagles).
Gus IS doing the lions game this thursday with Desmond Howard.
How could you not see it? "Dr. Aaron Perlut" IS Sal Fasano!