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Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Lazy Christians, Parked Christians...
Little balls of fur....
Insured Christians, still Christians
Grr! Grr! Grr!
"Lazy Christians, Christians who do not have the will to go forward, Christians who don't fight to make things change, new things, the things that would do good for everyone, if these things would change. They are lazy, "parked" Christians: they have found in the Church a good place to park. And when I say Christians, I'm talking about laity, priests, bishops… Everyone. But there are parked Christians! For them the Church is a parking place that protects life, and they go forward with all the insurance possible. But these stationary Christians, they make me think of something the grandparents told us as children: beware of still water, that which doesn't flow, it is the first to go bad."
Pope Francis, 17 January 2017
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...and if I find out which Christian has been parking his Fiat 500 in MY spot outside Santa Marta there will be trouble!ReplyDelete
For once I actually think I know what the Pope is saying - a small miracle. And I definitely know the types he's talking about. They're usually the ones who set up little rules in the parish and then defend them like they're Tradition. But in the same go, where did this assertion that new=good/better?ReplyDeleteReplies
I think that's the essence of progressivism.Delete
Oh my. This is really unprecedented. It all feels like a really bad dream. All the AL garbage aside, when has a Pope ever spent so much time rudely criticizing and calling his flock names?ReplyDelete
His examples don't even make sense. The Church does protect life! It does give insurance/assurance (or hope!) of salvation.
And what are these wonderful new things that will be so good for everyone? Getting rid of all the sacraments, open communion for all?
Please keep writing on these topics! It's good to know there are others out there that are not complacent about all this.Replies
There are a number of blogs that write critically about this pontificate every day, and I am not sure that I want to follow in their train. However, the Maltese bishops' take on Amoris Laetitia has shown that the Church really is in a state of crisis. We are in a serious emergency. Quite beyond the appalling warping of doctrine concerning three sacraments (Marriage, the Holy Eucharist and Reconciliation), there is a growing apostasy. Apparently the number of Catholics in Brazil has shrunk by NINE MILLION in two years. http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2016/12/27/brazil-jesus-catholic-datafolha-survey/#171c940cd22dDelete
What does all this mean for souls?
- Magdalena18 January 2017 at 21:32
I hope that you will be well soon, Dorothy! I personally always like your balanced view of things, and that you do not just rant and rant about how awful everything is. Peace be to you, Heather, I do understand your point of view. But for me personally, just emphasizing what is bad does not help in the current crisis. Instead, what always helps me is focusing on the good, the true, and the beautiful. So I think what I want to say is that I support Dorothy in not following in the train of other blogs. (Loving your enemy and not gossiping about other people also holds true for a Pope you don't like, is what I think…)Delete
You recently wrote that you freelance theologians should start yelling your lungs out, and perhaps you are right with that. The question is, how do you do that in a constructive way?
Well, that is a very good question. Speaking as a writer, my first question is "Who is my audience?" My Toronto audience doesn't necessarily read blogs or have any interest in Vatican news. My Toronto audience might not know that many good people are unhappy with what has been happening in this pontificate, so even just telling them could be pushing their boundaries. I seem to be the only columnist who addressed the Maltese crisis in this week's issue of the Catholic Register: I started by saying the news made me cry. And I tied in the whole problem with Fatima. I was originally going to write about Fatima this week.Delete
I think mercy is telling the truth, in love. At this point (and I thought about this a lot), I think I owe my Toronto readership the truth--in love--that not all is well in Vatican City and that Amoris Laetitia has caused a tsunami. I don't want to shock them or make them angry or even sad. I just want them to have the information and to ask their own questions after they're read mine. For example, they may wonder what "the sin of solicitation" means.
- Anonymous18 January 2017 at 17:18
I normally hesitate to ascribe anyone's intellectual tendencies to his biography, but it is hard to resist doing so in the case of Pope Francis. Having read a little more about him I believe he was warped first at the hands of the Argentinian left, who tried to smear him or co-opt him, and the Argentinian right, whose enforcers insisted that any expression of compassion for the poor, as opposed to emphasis on sacraments and liturgy, made one a leftist. I think he has reached a stage in which he regards anyone who utters words like 'liturgy' or 'communion' or 'sins of the flesh' as equivalent to the men who fly you out over the ocean in helicopters for a little corrective conversation. I can't know that I'm right, but that's a plausible explanation for this Pope's passive-aggressive attitude towards 'conservative' Catholics.ReplyDelete
My pet intellectual theory is that he really looked up to all those smart German guys at Sankt Georgen. I would bet my Christmas tube of lipstick that Francis' German wasn't up to the job and, indeed, he did not last long. But his championing of the most liberal of the German cardinals does make me wonder if there isn't some S. Georgen connection.Delete
As I said to a Teutonophile (I paraphrase), "The Germans! So clever! So efficient! Their music! Their buildings! Their trade schools! Their engineering! Excellent! Superlative! Why do they cause so much TROUBLE?!"
It's an unending nightmare for Teutonophiles. Can you imagine, there you are eating maultaschen so good you could cry with an amazing Reisling in a fantastic German restaurant after a truly glorious performance of Fidelio, and your witty, urbane, entirely lovable host slams the table and cries, "And that is why Poland must take in 50,000 of our Muslim refugees!"
And naturally he will be voting for Merkel AGAIN.
- Magdalena18 January 2017 at 21:00
If it is any help, I as a German am constantly asking myself why it is that we cause so much trouble. I mean, even if we look at other centuries than the last one, for example at the century that brought us Luther and the reformation. Or is it perhaps the reformation itself that twisted German mentality and brought us all this trouble? (Then there certainly is the everlasting trauma of the second world war which makes a healthy relationship to our own nationality impossible. You don't like that so many refugees come here? You must be a N*zi! Really, we cannot talk about these subjects like normal people.)Delete
- Magdalena18 January 2017 at 21:12
I mean, poor Teutonophiles, I can assure you that you are not alone when you are wondering what is wrong with us.Delete
I know. It must be so awful--especially is that there is so much GOOD about Germany! There's so much to celebrate. I mean, the work ethic, the attention to detail, the pride in good work, the Swabian housewives...and even some pretty amazing football! On the one hand, Saint Edith Stein. But on the other, Kasper&Marx. It's like a Greek tragedy played over and over again. ARGH!Delete
If it is any comfort, someone told me the problem was unification of the German states in the first place. If so, Bismarck is to blame. Blame all the bad stuff on Bismarck. Although Luther was also pretty bad. So bad, in fact, theat the Vatican state is going to release his image on a stamp....Waaah!..... Why not just put Sankt Georgen on a stamp? It's such a pretty campus.


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In Machine learning and statistics, a common task is to fit a model to a set of training data. This model can be used later to make predictions or classify new data points...
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Kaggle is a Data Science community where thousands of Data Scientists compete to solve complex data problems. In this article we are going to see how to go through a Kaggle competition step by step.
Since Andrej Karpathy conviced me of the The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks, I decided to give it a try as soon as possible. As I was wondering in the Wiesn in Munich for the Oktoberfest, the beer festival, I wondered how would a RNN write a beer review.
Some time ago I discovered a very nice tool to find nearby events and things to do around. It's called citypulse.io and I found it very useful.
When I travel, I always want to get the most of the city I'm visiting. One way is to talk to local people and get advices about which spots you shouldn't miss. But I wish I could have the point of view of the past visitors... Which places did they enjoy the most ? Where is the best spot to watch the sunset ? The best selfies you can get ? I also want to have a look of some beaches before choosing one or getting an idea about what some areas looks like... The idea here is to ask Instagram about the nearby popular spots.

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The Great White Hope
Let's talk about Tommy Carcetti.
Like McNulty (that is, McNulty before his rebirth as a happy-go-lucky beat cop), he's a white man trying to reform the system in a black city.
Christy already mentioned that David Simon sees the basic story of The Wire as a conflict between people and the corrupt system that is theoretically supposed to serve them. What she didn't mention is that the system, in Baltimore, is black. Most of the reformers, by my count, are white.
I've been considering today whether my favorite show might be at least a little bit racist, if only in a well-intenioned, Bill Cosby sort of way.
(I guess I haven't said much, but somebody had to start the conversation about race!)
29 Comments on "The Great White Hope"
September 14, 2006 at 8:48 am
Bunny did the best that he could, and I think it turned rather positive when the health organizations came in. Hamsterdam was generally positive, if unsustainable. Drugs will always be a negative force, and where they go, some sort of depravity follows.
Despite Stringer's temper and willingness to resort to his old, violent methods, he did manage, through business and economics, to keep the number of bodies down when the towers came down. It was, in the end, his attempt to reform the game that led to his death.
I'm still not convinced by Carcetti. His big impassioned speech at the end of the third season was undercut immediately by Gray's, "it sounds like you're running for something". He might retain some level of idealism at the moment, but I'll bet he would get swallowed up fairly quickly if he were to actually win the mayoral race.
I'm also not sure how McNulty is really a reformer. If he is at all, it is merely by accident. His beef is with all bosses, including Daniels who was never anything but good to him. It wasn't about reforming the system, but showing everyone that he was the best.
September 14, 2006 at 10:10 am
Neither McNulty nor Carcetti are reformers. As Lokar says, McNulty bucks the chain of command and engages in lone wolf antics not primarily out of an urge to do good, but to gratify his ego, as Daniels and many others, including finally himself (ie, McNulty), have recognized. I think there's even less justification to call Carcetti a reformer. What has he done? Carcetti's egotropism is even more transparent than McNulty's: "A white boy can't win in this city? I'll show you!"
September 14, 2006 at 11:06 am
"The job won't save you Jimmy, it won't fill your ass up. "
"I don't know. A good case. . . "
"Ends. They all end. . .The next morning it's just you in the room with yourself."
" . .until the next case. ."
"Hey, a life, Jimmy.. You know what that is? It's the shit that happens whie you wait for the moments that never come."
i hope someone is keeping track of the characters I take to be absolute authorities/voices of the message.
September 14, 2006 at 11:37 am
wait, didn't simon say over and over that season three was specifically about reform?
September 14, 2006 at 1:10 pm
I haven't seen anything from Carcetti that would make me think he would be less corrupt than Royce after a couple of terms as mayor. He seems willing to make the same compromises and deals that Royce is willing to make. Remember when push came to shove last season over Hamsterdam, both Royce and Carcetti refused to support it, even though both seemed to think it could work.
September 14, 2006 at 3:01 pm
I don't see a bright-line distinction between white reformers and black status-quo. Like lots of people have said, Colvin and Stringer were two of the three big would-be reformers last season (third is Carcetti, obviously).
Just because Stringer failed doesn't mean he wasn't trying–and the comment about him ruthlessly eliminating enemies misses the point of his reform. He wasn't setting out to make drug dealing less violent; he wanted to make it more profitable and less prone to disruption. That meant legitimizing as much as possible and cutting down on bodies to keep the cops at bay. Amoral/immoral reform, but reform nonetheless.
But I'm interested in the fact that mostly white writers tell this story (David Mills and Rafael Alvarez are the only non-white writers I'm aware of). Is "The Wire" another example of white people looking at blacks as a "problem people?"
September 14, 2006 at 3:39 pm
I cannot for the life of me figure out why Carcetti is figuring so heavily into a discussion of "reform"–or what reform some of you folks think he was responsible for during Season 3. He is the antithesis of a reformer, having caused Colvin's efforts at reform to come crashing down, despite some apparent willingness to accept that Colvin was accomplishing some good, and then offering a demagogic speech advocating business as usual, except more… whatever that might mean. "Demagogic," by the way, is the word that Simon used to describe Carcetti's big speech in his commentary to the final episode, in which he also expressed dismay that so many viewers had assumed from the push in of the shot that Carcetti was in that moment speaking for the minds behind the show. I mean, in a show as impeccably cast as the WIRE, do you think it's purely coincidental that Carcetti is perhaps the most viscerally dislikable character?
September 14, 2006 at 4:13 pm
Yeah, I should have clarified that–he isn't a reformer, but I think he was one of the three main examples of "reform" that the show threw out last season. Oh wait, make that four–I forgot Cutty. But Carcetti is an example of reform-as-show. He won't change anything, but he'll try to convince you he will. So he belongs in the discussion.
Incidentally, why does everyone say Carcetti caused Colvin's reforms to come crashing down? I always pegged it to Herc's call to the media.
September 14, 2006 at 4:29 pm
As far as Carcetti's speech, I always thought it was a bit suspect, as it was immediately undercut by Gray's "It sounds like you're running for something" line.
Hamsterdam's downfall did come from Herc, though it would have come from someone at some point anyway. The point was that Colvin's reform ideas weren't going to be accepted by those who are in power or those who are on street level. All either know is statistics and cracking skulls, respectively. The same way Stringer's reforms were unacceptable because of the way the game had always been played. Nobody wanted change, because that's what they knew. Avon was "just a gangster", and it was all about soldiering and muscle.
McNulty reformed himself by realizing that the job wouldn't save him, but in the larger sense, reform was impossible. Bleak, I know, but that's how I always saw the season.
September 14, 2006 at 4:31 pm
Discussing plot mechanics may be below the tone of this blog but, as I recall, Herc's call to the reporter ended with Colvin talking the reporter into holding off for a week. So the end was at that point ordained, but it was Carcetti that actually brought it about by causing the press to descend en masse upon Hamsterdam.
September 19, 2006 at 5:31 pm
I think you guys are being too hard on McNulty. He clearly cares about the West Side and its citizens. Yes – his primary motivation prior to season 4 is to prove he's the best. But there's a strong urge to do Good mixed in there.
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otro de la maleta, este s uno de mis favoritos...
Pedro Velez
Brazen bodies with black charcoal, ink, leaf, and poetry, and otherwise
ordinary earthly materials are a few of the tools Carlos Betancourt
uses in the process of metaphorically tatooing restless models.
These markings are presented in monumental banners in which the artist
documents his fixartion with the symbols of the Pre-Colonial Taino
culture from the Caribbean and the contemporary world of
advertising. At first glance both wolds mingle and flirt in the
surface of the glossy banners but closser inspection reveals a clash of
opposites, a forceful union of the irreverence associated with the
advertising and the humble grace of ancestral symbols.
Betancout's existential tantrums are channeled through a hybrid text he
writes and draws obsessively on the human body. Although it has
the form, feel and rhythm of poetry, the organic text functions as the
documentaiton of an action- a sadist gesture or intimate argument that
the viewer will never be able to fully read or understand but only
experience. Such is the cas in "Los Iluminados" 2003 ( from
Interventions in Wynwood I), where a crestfallen brunette stands
unclothed, completely covered in black scribbles but for her left hand
whcih has been rubbed with blue dust. In company of the model are
3 sarcastic looking and odd Christmas adornments, illuminated from
their hollow insides, whose attire and posture resemble choirboys.
Another photo in the series has a woman, looking tired and lonesome,
sitting still on a wooden bench and staring at the infinite while
listening to the muted singing statues. As part of the scribbles
that cover her pale leg one can read: "Comandante Guevara".
Not much of El Che is meant as a political reference but as conscious,
melancholic effort to trace his genealogical tree that spans from
Puerto Rico to Cuba and Miami. By tracing his roots and his history
Betancourt makes a mark, or pees his territory as dogs so, leaving the
scent of his cultural backgorund, his experience, taste and self.
Violence in product placement and the assault of the senses by excess
in visuals are tactics that Betancourt uses to perfection, not only in
the epic scope of his work and quality in the image but in the
subordination of his models, as seen in the series "Coupon Key, Robert
Miller 2003, (Bob's Storm). Here, a male model lays face down on
a dirty sidewalk, in a pose reminiscent of Ana Mendieta's rape
incident; the male model seems to have been submitted to
irreverent, almost sadomachoist scribbling and styling of Betancourt.
While the artist dresses his models, willing or not, in his signature
style, other photo series have him as the subject. Example is
"Untitled", 2003-04( next to natural Semi, from the Vieques and Rincon
Series), where the artist lays bare on top of a waterfall, naked but
for dirty tennis shoes to which the gaze is drawn. The rapture of the
gaze by such ordinary object amidst the pure environment sends signals
to the viewwer that point to a campy and eerie reading of the
piece. Here the artist performs the role of afflicted
contemporary cult leader, shaman, leper, messiah or new age exorcist in
waiting. Just like the members of the "New Millennium Cult," that
so in famously awaited the Second Coming of the Christ in black
uniforms and Nike shoes.
Dirty and obsessive, Betancourt's colonization of his identity and that
of others, sets Betancourt apart form the cliched Latino aesthetic
based on the glorification of the body and its relationship to the
natuire and self. Instead, and more like Cindy Sherman, Vito
Acconci and Vanessa Beecroft, Betancourt glorifies himself as a product
and as a signature.
Carlos Betancourt Marcando Territorios
otro de la maleta, este s uno de mis favoritos...


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As Miz UV has amply demonstrated, you all like these lyrics quizzes! Hers are always very popular, but for me, frustrating. This is not only because I never see them until they're mostly answered, but also because she and I have different tastes in music, and all my encyclopedic knowledge does me not one damn bit of good. So for this one, it doesn't matter what music you normally listen to, because for all of these questions, I've already given you the answers.
You see, all of these lyrics came from songs I've posted on Trolling the Underground. All of you can access those (I did not use any songs posted on the Wordpress blog, although I think there was just one. All of these songs came from here or my main blog.) And no matter your tastes, I'm sure you've been downloading them all and giving them a close listen.
Here they are:
1 - They bend the facts to fit with their new stories of why we have to send our men to war.
2- "Send back my dream test baby, she's my main feature."
3- Baby, let me check your valves, fix your overdrive. (Trampled Underfoot, Led Zeppelin, Fez)
4- Distant bells, new mown grass smells so sweet. (Fat Old Sun, Pink Floyd, Jodie K.)
5- We asked you what you'd seen. You said you didn't care.
6-She always liked to sing along. She's always handy with a song. (Dixie Chicken, Little Feat, Annie)
7- I'm one of nature's children. (....., Beatles, Fez)
8- When the fish scent fill the air, there'll be snuff juice everywhere. (Wang Dang Doodle, I posted the Ratdog version, Annie)
9- I will now receive my comfort, conjured by the magic power of wine.
10- And if Warhol's a genius, what am I? A speck of lint on the penis of an alien.
11- You're trippin' on a shoe lace - racin' to each new place...
12- But they've turned the nature that I worshiped in from a temple to a robbers den.
13-Give me your lips for just a moment and my imagination will make that moment live. ( A Kiss to Build a Dream On, my post was Louis Armstrong, Jodie K)
14- I talk on the telephone for hours with a pound and a half of cream upon my face! (I Enjoy Being a Girl, Tiny Tim, Miz UV)
15- If silence was golden, you couldn't raise a dime.
16- Eyes are moving but there's no life showing.
17- We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy like the hippies out in San Francisco do. (Okie from Muskogee, I posted a Grateful Dead/Beach Boys version, Annie)
18 - They put a jug beside him and a barrel for his stone.
19- There lies a land I once lived in and she's waiting there for me. (Question, Moody Blues, Miz UV)
20- The secretaries pout and preen like cheap tarts in a red light street. (Synchronicity II, The Police, Fez)


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We have been here before. In April 1972, the former brigadier Lord Widgery published his now notorious report into the killing of 14 unarmed civil rights demonstrators by British paratroopers in Northern Ireland three months earlier on Bloody Sunday. Widgery cleared the soldiers of blame, insisting, in defiance of a mass of evidence, that they had only opened fire after coming under attack. The Widgery report was so widely seen as a flagrant establishment whitewash, and continued to be such a focus of nationalist anger, that a quarter of a century later Tony Blair felt compelled to set up another Bloody Sunday inquiry under Lord Saville, still sitting today.
Lord Hutton - a scion of the Northern Irish protestant ascendancy who himself represented British soldiers at the Widgery inquiry - has, if anything, outdone Widgery in his service to the powers that be. Hutton's embrace of any construction of the evidence surrounding David Kelly's death that might be helpful to the government is breathtaking in its sweep. Instead of a prime minister who took the country to war on the basis of discredited dossiers about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, it is the BBC that now finds itself in the dock - and its chairman who was last night forced to resign. Hutton's report could scarcely have been more favourable if it had been drafted, or even sexed up, by Tony Blair's former spinmeister Alastair Campbell himself. The prime minister certainly knew his man when he appointed the one-time Diplock court judge to head the inquiry into Dr Kelly's death.
Tony Blair cannot quibble with this analysis of the Widgery inquiry, because Blair himself recognised that inquiry's deficiency when he appointed the Saville inquiry to take a fresh look at the events of Bloody Sunday. Hutton's appearance at the Widgery inquiry does not necessarily mean he was incapable of delivering a fair report, but the Hutton report simply does not accord with the evidence Hutton heard.


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It's true sometimes. I've blogged lately about fire, how we Christians, we followers of Christ, we brave few, are called to at times to follow our Savior right through it. In the fire, ugly things get burned clean off us. The loving masculine hand of Christ guides us into these brave places where life and death walk naked and can be seen for what they are. Here, survival is victory.
The first time Jesus Christ leads a man through the furnace of His severe and fearsome love, it feels like the end of all things. The universe tilts, the earth wobbles on its axis. But like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, when we're plunged into the flames we find it a kind of sanctuary, a baptism that cleanses us from those things that overshadow us: the past and its power to condemn, addictions, habits, ruts of behavior. We find in the fire, for the first time, that there is peace. The blaze of our Savior's gaze—His undivided attention, so unbearable for those who have not yet bent the knee—is ultimate catharsis. It is the homecoming for which we all hunger, whether we know it or not.
We soon find in the fire that there is nothing to fear there. When we emerge on the other side, burnished clean and glowing, we find ourselves stronger, lighter, bolder. Less apt to waver. Not led about by whim and fancy. We know our purpose, we know who we are, we have beheld the magnificence of the only wise God, and we are forever changed. Fear slides off us now. What once might have bowed our backs, crippled our knees, and melted our hearts is now as nothing. Our perspective has changed; we know now what matters because we have looked death in the face and seen there is nothing there to fear.
And we sing a new song. One that cannot begin to express the measure of pain we have felt. It is pain that matters a great deal, because we bear the marks of Christ on our hearts now; we are bound to Him in fellowship, in brotherhood, in understanding—because we have walked the same paths, have we not? Our new song is one of love, but even this song won't do enough to prove our love for Him. We firewalkers will not stop short of pouring out our lives for the One we have beheld in the quiet place of the crucible. We are not the same as we were before.
We will never be the same. The embrace of God is an irrevocable thing. For those who know, for those who have heard His call, there is nothing else that will ever satisfy. Nothing. For us, when we say I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, we know it's true because we have lived it. Not because of us. But because of the One who reveals Himself in the fire, who strips everything away but Himself, His everything-presence, the One who has overshadowed All, the One who showed us that survival is victory. What remains is pure.


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When I saw this sign recently, I can't help but do a double take. Once I've processed what it was all about, it only took a second before my brain told me to grab my phone, take an Instagram and share it via Twitter and Facebook. For some reason, I can't get into SM's free Wi-Fi service that time and so I had to wait until I got home to send the pic.
If I'm not mistaken, this will be Bonchon Chicken's first branch at SM North Edsa- considered by many fastfood chains as a gold mine in terms of daily sales. Word is one of the most popular fastfood outlets there grosses anywhere between PHP 100,000 to PHP 250,000 on any given day. No wonder, Bonchon can't ignore the opportunity to claim their space in this popular SM branch.
By the way, if you haven't tried Bonchon yet, here are some of the products that you can look forward to:
Sweet & Flavorful Bonchon Chapchae (Php 75)
Sweet 'n' Creamy Bonchon Koyo in Blueberry Torte and Bannofee Pie (Php 70 each)
Mogu- Mogu in Orange, Grape and Mango (Php 45 each)
Mogu Mogu in My Favorite Lychee Flavor (Php 45 each)
By the way, here's a copy of their menu to help you on your next visit:
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January 3, 2011
28 comments:
- Francine Gardner said...
Lovely post. Congratulations in starting your own business..it can be a tough road at time but it is your road, so exhilarating, challenging but thrilling. Your vision and talent will shine!
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- MollyMarler said...
KUDOS. I need to do this as well. Inspiring goals, for sure. You've accomplished so much last year, I'm sure this year will be E-P-I-C. And speaking of getting to know new friends... lets get on it, shall we? :)
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- Janell @ Isabella and Max said...
Wonderful post and all the best with embracing it all in 2011!
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- {THE HIGH-HEELED MOMMA} said...
These sound like some great intentions! All the best!!
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- Melanie's Randomness said...
Verry do-able goals & great quote to remember!! I think I'm going to write that one down! Best wishes with the new site! Happy New years!!
Melanie's Randomness
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- The Iconic Blog.com said...
Sounds like a good plan!x
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- Amanda said...
So refreshing! I might just have to do the same :)
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- Rebecca @ Bee of Design said...
These are some great goals for the New Year! Moving to a new city can always be challenging but I love the adventure that it brings!
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- Gina@ Temporary Nest said...
I have a feeling your 2011will be spectacular! Ive been putting off setting true goals for myself but with that quote ... I might need to sit down and do some reflecting. Thanks for the inspiration as usual!
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- Gina@ Temporary Nest said...
I have a feeling your 2011will be spectacular! Ive been putting off setting true goals for myself but with that quote ... I might need to sit down and do some reflecting. Thanks for the inspiration as usual!
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- Ashley said...
love your blog!! <3 xoxo Follow me Via blogroll.. Add my blog in your list..i will add yours!!! kisses!
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- Monday, January 03, 2011
- Flooring Pro said...
Those are great ways to embrace your light. Very inspirational intentions. Also love the photo of that studio, all the little pops of color with tons of light - perfect for this post. Thanks for sharing and may 2011 bring you closer to your light :)
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- Miz.November said...
Crystal, I just want to say thank you for sharing so much with us here lately. Your dreams and goals are so well thought out. They are destined to be well lived, too.
We are all cheering for you.
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- alissa said...
what a great quote! keeping that one in my back pocket
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- franki durbin said...
Interestingly, your top three items are my top three items this year. Must be something in the air. I tend to be a bit too private online as well. Time to start eagerly uploading photos of my home, projects and things I love.
*sigh* if there was a way to get a workout while on our laptops - most of us would be fitness models! :)
Let's tackle our goals!
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- HilaryInspired said...
Great goals, Crystal! I am definitely in need of some more physical activity in my daily routine...seeing the affects of the holidays more than usual has gotten me a bit worried. Gonna kick my butt into gear by getting back into dance. That brings up my next point...I totally agree with broadening horizons and opening yourself to become a well-rounded person. I think involving oneself in fields beyond the one you work in (especially for creative folks) actually better informs the work you do. Keep it up! :-)
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- Rachel @ Little Bits of Lovely said...
Lovely post Crystal. I have had your first 2 resolutions as thoughts running around in my head for the past couple of days, but seeing your post has inspired me to make it real and forced me to put them down on paper so I can make sure I achieve these this year!
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- Your Southern Peach said...
These are so lovely and achievable! I really enjoyed hearing your speak at Lavish! and look forward to seeing you achieve your goals in 2011, both for RUE and your blog. Happy New Year!
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- mydesignchic said...
What a great list...wishing you a fabulous 2011!!
- Monday, January 03, 2011
- MEG MITCHELL said...
Great post. We are both going through similar changes in our life and our goals are quite similar.
Enjoy your "trip."
- Tuesday, January 04, 2011
- Laura Casey Interiors said...
Some of your goals sounds similar to mine. I am always caught up in my work and heading to the gym. I look forward to seeing what transpires on your end this year, I know it will be great.
- Tuesday, January 04, 2011
- Sally@DivineDistractions said...
Great intentions, Crystal. In one way or another, I've embraced similar ones. At the top of my list is to be happy every day. I blogged about that yesterday in fact! Wishing you amazing success!
- Tuesday, January 04, 2011
- lorianderic said...
I love that quote as well. It is so very true. I wish much luck in your goals for 2011.
My goal is to not be fearful of success. I actually have this quote posted on my computer monitor.
Have a great day!
Lori (We met at Lavish.)
Lori May Interiors
- Tuesday, January 04, 2011
- Brittany said...
great post. i think it is a time for greatness and it is a feeling that is definitely in the air! it resonates with me at least! rather than making a list i chose to do a mantra and it's "be fearless." it seems that when you put yourself out there for good things to happen, then they will! here's to a fabulous year!
- Tuesday, January 04, 2011
- elizabeth at the littlest said...
the light in me honors the light in you. great intentions crystal. looking forward to the road ahead!!
- Tuesday, January 04, 2011
- Big Red said...
Great intentions! And I like that word as opposed to resolutions. Happy 2011!
- Tuesday, January 04, 2011
- Jen Rea said...
Very profound and positive resolutions. Thank you so much for sharing these with all of us. I'm leaving inspired!
- Tuesday, January 04, 2011
One thing I try to do is to get some of my work done on my smartphone while on the treadmill or walking (when the weather is nice it really is worth it to get out of doors).
Another way to conquer two birds with one stone: when I joined a yoga class, I began to know people outside of work.
Resolutions are hard to keep. I like the use of intentions. It makes it more personal, about something within you. Resolutions just seem to be things you tell people then go against. I'm sure that you'll progress well!
- Monday, January 10, 2011


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What a short summer! We had Junuary this spring, a cool summer and now early the fall rains. This has not been the best year for ripening tomatoes or for growing tender tropicals in the garden. Our Hedychium 'Tara' (the earliest blooming hardy ginger) are just starting to bloom where last year they had been blooming for over a month. We have been eating tomatoes since late August where last year we had then ripen a month earlier. Our musk melons are finally ripe while last year they were done long ago. Well, perhaps we can take some solace in the fact that those in the eastern USA have been suffering extreme heat. We also must remember that as gardeners we are really farmers with miniature farms and as such, we are vulnerable to the whims of nature. There is no room for hubris when dealing with the whims of mother nature- we are lucky to get what we get. Most tender tropicals grown here in the Pacific Northwest have until early to mid October before we must bring them in, except for very tender plants like Furcrea gigantea variegata and basil,which will start going down hill very soon if the temperatures stay cool and wet. In our own garden, we will monitor the weather and start pulling in tender tropicals in a week or so and putting them in the greenhouse. Our large bromeliads, Alcantera imperialis and Aechmea blanchetiana do not like frost so they will come in soon. Some people ask why go to all the trouble to grow plants that are not hardy? While most of the plants in our garden are hardy, the dramatic, extroverted tropicals like Furcrea and Aechmea and tender succulents like Echeveria give us so much pleasure, they are worth the extra effort to have them in the garden. Like some high maintenance relationships, they are worth the extra effort so we can enjoy their special beauty. In our own garden, we use them with hardy plants to give the garden a little extra exotic beauty, a little extra "wow!".
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Good news, everyone! It seems that my short story "The Monument" was accepted for volume 2 of The Lounge Companion. I'm very excited about the whole thing and I'm really curious to read some of the other pieces included on the shortlist. The book itself is allegedly going to be a bit thicker than last time, which should not only make it a great companion for any lounge but also a fierce weapon for self-defence!


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ACS: Law has said its actions are legitimate, given how big a problem illegal file-sharing is for the music and film industries.On the positive side, it's good to hear a far more sensible analogy than the usual "it's no different to going into HMV and stealing a CD." This one at least acknowledges the difference between taking an item of material property, which prevents the owner using it and unauthorised copying, which doesn't.
"It is the equivalent of someone stood outside HMV with a pile of the latest albums, handing them out to people who were intending to go in the shop and buy it," ACS: Law partner Andrew Crossley told the BBC.
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When a new road is planned in Italy, engineers carefully extract spaghetti from a boiling pot, and fling the pasta at a map. Wherever the noodles stick is where new roads are built. While I cannot be certain of this method of road planning, driving for a week in Italy appears to validate my hypothesis. The Etruscan coast is rugged, and the lush hills of Toscana unflinchingly reject unsightly straight lines. It's all part of the charm of Italy.
The Italians I met, when not navigating the tangled mass of roads, were friendly, relaxed, and talkative. They seemed to savor each small moment of life. And the Italian runners are fearless. I saw them everywhere: dodging busses on city streets, ignoring traffic through ancient towns, in teams with matching soccer jerseys, old couples, young couples, solitary women at night, solitary men in the morning, some with bright clothing, and others apparently trying to blend in. The baby strollers were reserved for late afternoon, when every mama and papa and grandparent met to stroll the beachfront, and let the bambinos play in the sand.
The most beautiful running trail I've ever seen stretched for one mile to the next town—I wish it had been longer. I could have run along the Mediterranean coast forever (at least for 26.2 miles).
Because it was a short run, I set the pace one notch down from full-throttle. And I flew. I felt swift and light; and the run seemed effortless. I passed another jogger (a man), and was sad when I made it to the next town. I turned around and flew back along the path, listening to the sea gently lapping at the shore. I ran full-speed up a flight of wide steps, startling a deliver man, and stood at the bluff overlooking the ocean. It was the best run of my life; and I'm still trying to let the feeling of it seep into my soul.
That was the only run I did on the entire trip. As on most vacations, we were busy from morning until night. However, climbing the 463 steps of the Duomo in Florence has got to count for something. Then there were three hours of hiking through the Etruscan Archeological park at Populonia. But the best workout arose from sheer desperation.
If you are doing your wash at Camp Darby after 19:00, note that the commissary, the PX, the shoppette, the hotel reception desk, the bowling alley (it was Tuesday), and the Bistro will be closed. Furthermore, the vending machines on post enjoy taking your money, but they refuse to serve food after 7 pm. While we waited for our laundry, I watched the kids play at the park, and wondered how they could be so happy when they'd not had a bite to eat in over eight hours.
I had two options: I could go to the bar (the only establishment open), or I could test the physiological benefits of play. Instead of doing tequila shots (just to get the lime and salt, mind you), I opted to join the kids in a game of freeze tag. It was an hour of fun, joy, and tremendous physical exertion.
We made up a story to go along with our hunger. The children were starving orphans. I was the angel sent to guide them to the man who would save them. Once he adopted them, I would turn into a beautiful woman, we would get married, and the man, having washed all our laundry, would feed us dinner.
This story managed to detach the kids from the physical sensation of hunger. Instead of the hunger inciting whininess and bad behavior, it was just a part of the meta-narrative. My six year-old now claims that one of her favorite parts of the trip was being a starving orphan.
I am certain the ability to detach myself from physical discomfort will be of great value in the marathon.
Whether I am navigating hairpin turns, or pumping my last coin into a dormant vending machine, I can endure these things with grace and a positive spirit. Moreover, in true Italian style, I can appreciate every tattered scrap of goodness that waves itself in front of me.
These are things that will help me through the marathon.
Overall feeling: flabby due to a week of authentic Italian gluten-free pizza and pasta, steak, gelatto, and Chianti. But I think by the end of the week I'll be back up to speed.
Miles: 2 last week in Italy; in Germany, 6 Sunday, 5 Tuesday.
Weather: sunny and in the 50s here in Germany. Italy, perfecto (60s & 70s), some clouds, but plenty of sun.
Terrain: back to avoiding tractors along the rolling hills of Franconia
Wildlife: my deer welcomed me home on Sunday. There are also a lot of rabbits & tractors. I've not seen a single person on the roads. Maybe they're afraid of the volcanic ash?


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Many who are vegetarians and especially vegans look at nuts, including and especially cashew nuts as a source for their protein. Few, however, consider the downsides of the nut production, especially the human impacts.
Child labor in the production of cashew nuts: Boys and girls have their hands burned by acid and lose digits in breaking the cashew nut and even after complaints, problem persists in Rio Grande do Norte.
If you look at the tips of your finger you will note the set of tiny lines forming its identity, so to speak, your fingerprints. This combination is unique, its only a pattern that does not repeat. Children working in the breaking up of cashew nuts in João Câmara, in Rio Grande do Norte, have no fingerprints. While any criminal would love this, I am sure, for the children that means that they have no verifiable identity, to all intents and purposes, as in countries such as Brazil fingerprints are used on identity documents.
The oil present in the shell of the cashew nut is acidic. It is best known as anacardic acid is the main component of cashew nutshell liquid (CNSL). This liquid sticks to the skin like and is difficult to take off. In it is this anacardic acid, which corrodes the skin, causing irritation and chemical burns.
Anacardic acids are phenolic lipids, chemical compounds found in the shell of the cashew nut (Anacardium occidentale). As they are closely related to urushiol, they also cause an allergic skin rash on contact known as urushiol-induced contact dermatitis.
Child labor is common as entire families work in the processing of the cashew nuts and most people are unaware that the oil from the nuts is acidic and is causing the problem. Many believe it is caused by the bleach – yes, you read that right, bleach – that is also used in the process of extracting the nuts from their shells.
The employment of children in the breaking the cashew is included in the list of worst forms of child labor in Brazil, alongside activities such as processing of tobacco, sisal and sugar cane.
While the fingerprints, actually, may come back if someone stops this activity while still young chances are that they will not as that is for many their only way of making an income.
When we look at this closely it is a little like the use of European and American vegetarian of Quinoa from Peru where the people growing it can no longer afford to use it.
Our demand from products and produce from abroad pits the lives of the workers at risk and also the environment in those countries and for reasons of ethics and the Planet we must rethink our ways.
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Continued from day 1: HakodateContinued from day 2: Otaru
Continued from day 3: Arashikawa
Day 4 – Finally it is SUNNY!!
Thanks god because this is the day that I wouldn't be happy if without the sunshine! Because I was going to visit all the places below!
First, the mysterious blue pond of Biei
And then, Shikisai no Oka. I bought this dreamy Lavender soft cream there! 350yen
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We moved on to the onother flower field, Tomita Furano
Tomita farm is much more bigger, wider and looks more classy than shikisai. Haha!
I loved it here and love how the lavender soft cream looks better in this farm, so again, I bought an another one!
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Hokkaido Melon. So sweeeeeet!!! 300yen
I think I had too much ice for lunch. But it is Hokkaido! Worth it!
I bought quite a lot souvenir from the Tomita farm.
For dinner, we had the top rank gourmet of Funaro. Curry omu-rice (Curry Omelet rice)
For one set it comes with salad and milk directly from the farm. 1250yen.
Of course the taste was great, and one more thing I realized is the volume. Every food here is quite big in portion.
Pension J-club
It located in a village, by the road side surrounded by paddy fields.
We stayed in a Japanese style room with frech windows. It was said that the starry sky in Furano is very beautiful and mesmerizing, I hated myself so much because I was too tired and fall asleep at around 8pm until the next morning. Please do not repeat my mistake if you happen to stay here too! :D
Total expense of the day: 5750yen.
But I bought about 2000yen souvenir so it is ~8000yen for today. :)
Continue to day 5: Sapporo
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There's a new girl in town and her name is Maple!
Maple was found by our local animal control wandering the streets. A friend of ours let us know that there was a sweet girl with a hurt foot who needed a home, so we went and picked her up.
Jake took to her right away. He even acted as a bit of a buffer against Butterscotch and Telly as the pecking order was established.
Sadly her hurt got a bit worse so we took her to a local specialist who prescribed some antibiotics, pain meds and foot soaks. For the last week Maple has alternated her time between the porch, the chicken "playpen" in the yard and a softsided crate when sleeping indoors at night.
She's been good about taking her meds and letting us care for her foot, but we weren't sure what to do this past weekend, as we had planned on going out of town.
Luckily, she was able to come with us! She snuggled into the carrier for a five hour ride and was good the whole way. A few chicken purrs and some bored feather preening and we were there.
Maple did manage to get out of her outdoor pen the first night but was no problem after that. It was a bit warm but she cooled off in the grass and charmed family and friends.
It was actually kind of fun traveling with her. Who wouldn't like having a sweet girl along for the ride?!?
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Malaya 1942-45 $100 Japanese Invasion Money Error
***A bona-fide error 'Banana Note' bearing the value of $100, with print missing in certain areas of the Obverse & dramatic upward & leftward shift of the Reverse.
Even the prefixes are out now of position, due to poor printing, something not very surprising from the, then, incompetent Japs.
However, it's not often that one sees good error issues credited to the Japs' then incompetency with their now infamous banana hyperinflation issues & perhaps, even this banknote with the value of $100 couldn't have bought the despised Jap army private a miserable banana, then.
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How Siri Almost Became an Android Exclusive
Bianca Bosker, writing for The Huffington Post:
In the fall of 2009, several months before Apple approached Siri, Verizon had signed a deal with the startup to make Siri a default app on all Android phones set to launch in the new year. When Apple swooped in to buy Siri, it insisted on making the assistant exclusive to Apple devices, and nixed the Verizon deal. In the process, it narrowly avoided seeing Siri become a selling point for smartphones powered by its biggest rival, Google. (Somewhere in the vaults of the wireless giant, there are unreleased commercials touting Siri as an Android add-on.)
Its first and only app had barely been available for two full months. And now Siri – and its future – belonged to Apple.
Interesting read on Siri's origins, especially the Android-exclusive bit.
The irony here is that everything I've read says that Google Now is more accurate and feature-complete than Siri at this point. Apple really needs to work on improving Siri, and possibly consider opening up her (?) APIs to developers. (That's what she said.)


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|Luther "Badman" Keith (BluesPhotos by Don McGhee)
Luther "Badman" Keith and his band will host the Detroit Blues Society's Meeting and Jam on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Harbor House in Detroit.
Badman, a former editorial writer for the Detroit News who is now the executive director of Arise Detroit!, discovered his "blues muse" while watching Luther Allison perform in the 1980s. The experience propelled Badman into a musical career.
He and his band will perform a set and then give way to a talented group of jammers. There's no cover charge.
To see a previous post on Badman, click here.
Can't make it to Saturday's jam?
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Singer-guitarist Jimmy Alter will host an open jam at Cooley Lake Inn in Commerce Township on Sunday, Nov. 10.
Guitar Legends Series
The Skybox Sports Grill in Highland hosts the Michigan's Guitar Legends Series & Open Jam.
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This month's featured guests include Rich Hwang (Nov. 7), Greg Nagy (Nov. 14), and Mark "Pazman" Pasman (Nov. 21). Blues lovers should be sure to check out Pazman's "Motor City Blues Project" radio show from 9 p.m.-midnight each Sunday on WCSX (94.7-FM).
The Skybox series continues with standout performers Matt Besey (Dec. 5), Robert "Psychild" Noll (Dec. 12), Bobby Murray (Dec. 19), Howard Glazer (Jan. 9), Christopher Leigh (Jan. 16), Carl Henry (Jan. 23) and Sweet Willie Tea (Jan 30).
That is an impressive list of guitar slingers.
Attic Dwellers celebrate anniversary
As the Attic Dwellers Acoustic Music Club celebrates its 10th anniversary, club coordinator Wolfgang Spider hands the reins over to Christian Douglas, who will take over the task of organizing and running the monthly jam sessions as well as confirming the location.
The Attic Dwellers will meet for an acoustic circle jam from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, at Paycheck's in Hamtramck. Beginners as well as seasoned musicians will enjoy themselves and there are no dues. All types of acoustic music are welcome, as are those who just want to sit back and listen.
Acoustic music by LL Blues
LL Blues — singer-guitarist Larry Stevens and harmonica player Larry Everhart – will perform Friday, Nov. 8, at the Live! From the Living Room Acoustic Showcase in the atrium of the Oakland Arts Building in Pontiac. They will be joined by country music singer-songwriters Butch Runyon and Garry Valentine. Admission is only $5.
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Steve Nardella in Plymouth
Blues and jazz guitarist Steve Nardella will perform on Tuesday, Nov. 12, as part of the Blues at the Elks Series at the Plymouth Elks Lodge in Plymouth. The show runs from 7-10 p.m. and admission is only $5 at the door.
Nardella, an Ann Arbor resident, is a transplant from Providence, Rhode Island, and is a widely regarded American blues, rock 'n' roll, blues-rock and rockabilly guitarist and singer.
"We are looking for another capacity crowd on Nov. 12," said event organizer RJ Spangler. "Nardella certainly has all the chops to make this event truly a concert to remember."
Big Foot Bob and the Toe Tappers, who perform a wide variety of classic R&B, jump and swing blues, are next up in the series on Dec. 10.
Blues Challenge winners
Congratulations to Carl Henry and Tony Berci and the Dirty Basement Blues Band for winning the solo/duo and band competitions, respectively, at the finals of the Detroit Blues Society Blues Challenge at Callahan's Music Hall in Auburn Hills.
They will represent Detroit at the 30th annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis in January.
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Hey, Dollface, You're Not Helping
So I hardly ever read these pieces. Today, however, an article titled "Survival on $6.50 an hour" piqued my interest enough that I clicked on the link and started to read. Six-fifty an hour? "There but for the grace of good luck go I," I thought, as I read the opening sentences:
As a single professional woman, for years I sat securely among the lower rungs of the middle class. Now I've fallen off the ladder. In a matter of months, I went from a comfortable life with decent pay and health insurance to a $6.50-an-hour job with no insurance, no furniture and just enough resources to keep the wolf from the door.Shudder. Horror. That could happen to me! I took a reassuring glance around my comfortable, well-furnished home before I continued reading the article. Oh, the poor author, victim of bad luck and evil fate!
Then I got to this paragraph:
Here's my story in a nutshell: I lost my job as a managing editor at a small newspaper inShe unloaded useful items like pots and pans — which she'd need to replace if she wants to cook her own food in her new home — but she kept the three dogs. She lost her job because she couldn't find a decent place to live, but kept the pets which made finding a place to live impossible. She got rid of her home furnishings and then complained about not having any.
after the ownership changed hands. Six months later, I moved to Montana to take a similar job. But finding a rental seemed nearly impossible because I have three dogs, and after two weeks of campground living, my boss fired me, telling me my living situation was "bad for business." I sold off my household goods -- everything from a sofa to pots and pans -- and drove back to small-town Pennsylvania . Montana
The article goes on to discuss how she accepts gifts of food from her friends because she can't quite afford to feed herself, yet when she lists her various expenses and ways of cutting back, "feeding three dogs" somehow never makes it onto her financial radar.
As a softcore libertarian, one of the ways I differ from my hardcore brethren is that they say poor people only ever get that way due to laziness, stupidity or some combination thereof, whereas I insist that even the smartest go-getter in the world can be plunged into poverty if fate and circumstance conspire to make it so.
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What is the meaning of life? This question plagued mankind thousands of years ago and continues to puzzle us today. Mathew Carter's The Rose of Baghdad addresses this theme through the exploration of the totality of life in all dimensions.
The Rose of Baghdad is an autobiographical memoir that provides insight into the meaning and purpose of life through Carter's own experiences. Through soul-searching and learning life lessons, Carter has streamlined his experiences to share his powerful consciousness to aide readers in finding life's meaning and truths.
A born-and-raised Catholic, he wrote this book to reflect on his personal journey to enlightenment, which he discovered by means of meditation and divine realization. Since life is the ultimate teacher, this book will serve as a reminder of how little control one has over their life because of God's plan.
"This book is about a life-long search for the truth in order to escape the bonds of perpetual reincarnation," Carter said.
Carter's work urges exploration into a variety of topics, including reincarnation, anti-organized religion and the power of meditation. He hopes his work will be a reference to others seeking to uncover the hidden truths of the universe.
For more information, visit: http://www.illusionsoflife.net.au.
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Matthew Carter's life has focused on the discovery of what exists beyond all religion and all life on earth. A self-described Reiki Healer, Carter currently lives in Sydney, Australia.
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A couple of articles
I've tried my hand to writing articles. I've had a couple appear now - one at sqlservercentral.com about using SSMS with SQL2000 servers - and one on sqlblogcasts.com about a fix() function in T-SQL. More to come I hope, time-permitting. I want to convert my recent 'execute as' talk into an article, and also one about people's ages.


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About Bill Quinn
I've spent most of my life bumping around nonprofits and most recently worked as a teacher for the New York City Department of Education. I got into event planning at the Homestead Museum in California. Then, at the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Long Island, I took the lead and planned many competitions and education events as the Education Coordinator. Currently I'm on the board of the United Nations Association Young Professionals here in New York City where I help plan fundraising and advocacy events for the Sustainability and Economic Development Committee.
Podcasting is admittedly new to me but really, how hard can it be?
Want to learn more? Here's my Linkedin profile.
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It's 12:55 AM and I'm sitting here in the grass on the west side of Bonnie Brae, right there where it joins with Old Bonnie Brae, exactly at McKenna Park, where that big fat water tank sits on top of that hill.
I blame this on the lack of proper sidewalks in Denton. If there'd have been a proper sidewalk going around that corner, where Bonnie Brae curves at Oak St., then I wouldn't have had to walk in the field to the west to not get runned over by traffic coming around the blind curve.
Instead, I stepped into a mudhole at 12:45 AM and twisted the crap out of my ankle. The left one, this time. Now both of my ankles have been wrecked. GREAT. It's 1:02 AM now, and I'm just about to the point of thinking that maybe I can stand up.
DAMMIT, twisting an ankle SUCKS. And to top it off, I get to sit here, just almost near some brambly wildness, with sniffing and clawing at the turf sounds happening just over thataway a ways. GREAT. I'm an injured animal.
Ok I'ma try to get up now without screaming like a little girl.


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The long-haired Princess Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but when she falls in love with a bandit who was passing by she must venture into the outside world for the first time to find him.
This movie had an audience full of adults and children laughing throughout the film. This film was well written. I love that this classic tale has come to life on film. Rapunzel is not like the other Disney princesses, she's one tough princess. The theme throughout this movie that we loved seemed to be that if you follow your heart, you will endure hard times on your journey through life. Our kids had a few moments that were a little scary for the kids 5 and under. But they were overall very satisfied with the movie. I think they have done a great job with the movie, other than the things I have mentioned in this post. On a scale of 1-10, we ranked this film a 9 out of 10. (Ten being our most favorite movie.) Mainly based on the brief scene of mild violence. The 3 D effects were definitely top notch. This film is worth seeing, keeps children entertained and parents too. Take your kids to watch Tangled for Thanksgiving!
Our favorite part of the entire movie....
Disney's Tangled can be seen at theaters near you on November 24th, 2010. (In the U.S.A.)
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Fun Facts:
- "Tangled" marks Walt Disney Pictures' 50th full-length animated feature.
- Rapunzel has 70 feet of golden hair and more than 100,000 individual strands.
- Special software had to be created to simulate movement for the hair, no one had ever animated that much hair before and no leading lady has ever had that much hair before!
- If all the hairs on a single head of hair 12 inches long were laid end-to-end, they would stretch 26 miles. If all the hair on Rapunzel's head were laid end to end they would stretch for 1,820 miles.
- Ten women from the production grew their hair out during the making of the film; ultimately each cut about 10 inches of hair to donate to an organization that makes real-hair wigs for people who've lost their hair due to illness.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Gone from my Sight
I've pasted it below for your view... my apologies for not including the original author.
Gone from My Sight
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side
spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and
starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty
and strength. I stand and watch her until at length
she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where
the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!"
"Gone where?"
Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in
mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and
she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her
destined port.
Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the
moment when someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout: "Here she comes!"
And that is dying.
Other than the preoccupation I've had lately with the transition to the other side, I must say that my transition back to work has been relatively smooth...
Naturally I've gained weight... (does this post make my front-bum look bigger?) But I went to yoga AND spent a 1/2 hour on the treadmill last night so I should have a 6-pack in no time.
My nephew (the one that lives upstairs) told me "I love you" tonight... well, it was more like "ow-loo"... but i knew what he meant... we kind of have our own language to communicate. I hold out my arms for him to walk/come to me... he walks away and gets his blanket. It's silent queues like this that really lets me know I'm his favourite aunt.
I've got to make preparations for our open house this weekend (Sat, 6:30 - 8:30) ...everyone's invited... if you haven't got directions it means that a) you live out of state (or in SGU) and I didn't think you'd want to come or b) I just don't have your info, so shoot me a message or just give me a jingle and I can hook you up with the info (I'd put it here, but I kind of don't want to put my info on the web). Seriously, if you're reading this and in SLC, most likely, I'd love for you to stop by Saturday night... heavy h'ours d'ovuvers (umm, I can't spell that.)
cheers -
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
really wasn't anything for me to do there; I just wanted to take in the experience. Danny was skiing, and so I was pretty much flying solo...
I went to her place and by the time I got there, it was less than 30 minutes later that she passed. I was in the room, with other family members by her beside. My mom was cheering her on as she labored for breath... "You can do it, Mom!" my mother whispered to her... and "Love at Home" was playing in the background.
And just before her final breath, she got a HUGE grin on her face... the kind she used to get when she'd see my grandpa.
I can honestly say that I have a huge testimony of eternal families and the life after.... it was amazing!!!
Anyway, a lot has happened since that Saturday a week ago... the funeral service was a week ago Wed. It was beautiful; I almost felt guilty crying because it was such a huge celebration of such an amazing lady.
I am so blessed...
So, I'll get back to the stories and tales of life with Mr. Mangum, but for now, just one more post about an amazing a life changing experience.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Reflections on a Domestic Goddess (and how the enterance and exit strategy to life are so similar)
I was fortunate that my work has been super understanding and my team amazing to allow me to spend this last week with her. Hospice had really only given her 3-5 days; and she's now on day 8 ... I'm not praying for a recovery...like President Hinckley, she longs to be with her sweetheart. It's been 12 years since my grandpa passed away. And I can honest say that I know she's going to be so much happier.
It's been so interesting to watch how the circle of life, and plan of salvation, unfolds before our eyes. When we come into this world, we are so reliant on those around us to take care of us... and it seems the same is the case as we leave this mortal shell.
I know this isn't my typical repartee you might have come to expect from "suite spots," but I think it's important to be real in these posts. I've been really reflective this past week...I've spent some time reading my grandma's "spiritual journal" in which she shares that she will probably just end up having a diary as everyday with her beloved Elwood is a spiritual experience. She talked about the laundry and ironing being a "labor of love." And the meals she prepares for the two of them and her family... a day of baking might include 2 chocolate cakes, a couple dozen rolls, some loves of bread and a few pies... she talks about her grandchildren and my mom doing her hair (they had a standing Tues/Fri appointment I think).
There was one entry where she talked about how much she enjoyed the company of a certain friend because "they don'tgossip." I thought that was so awesome, and I could learn a lot...
Suddenly, "Marketing Recruitment" and "Human Resources" doesn't seem so important in the grand scheme of things. I mean, I've made a great career for myself; enjoyed some level of success in corporate america (I've even been published); but it pales in comparison (seems kind of ridiculous for a woman, actually) to be so caught up in something so material (don't even get me started on my penchant for designer hand bags.) I feel so guilty about how shallow I am...
In honor of my grandma yesterday I got up early and worked on the kitchen and our house... I cleaned and mopped and straightened and vaccumed (I still can't spell that word) and thought I would do something nice for my husband and take pride in my home (grandma talked a lot about this).
On Valentines day, I even got up and made Danny breakfast (this has not happened in MONTHS!). Buckwheat heart-shapped waffles with homemade butter syrup, ham, scrambled eggs, and rosemary cheddar potatoes... It felt nice to be "serving doemsticly." I think there's something to this homemeaking thing... I'm thinking it's going to be even more fufilling than a multi-level logistical marketing strategy fused with the principles of sound public relations... yeah, it's going to be way better than that.
So pray for my grandma's release (if it's the Lord's will of course)... she's lived a tremendous life and it would be so cool for her to see her sweetheart so close to Valentines. ;) ssm
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
East Side Pride
First off -- I think we're going to get passes at COVE Fitness; which is good news because I got ever so tired of people mistaking me for J-Lo's body double when I was a member of Lifestyles 2000.
Also, I've been shopping at Dan's a lot lately... which is like Millcreek's answer to a Mormon "Trader Joes." There's a real sense of pride that comes from paying $2.50 for an organic tomato, you know? But seriously, I love that place. It's like policy at the store that if you ask them where an item is located, instead of saying "try isle 12" or something... they WALK you there. Seriously, it's not like it's a giant wholesaler's warehouse and you'll get lost in the place... the entire store is practically the same size as the bakery section of Costco...they just have fabulous customer service… and I love how everyone smiles when you shop there… although, I was having a great hair day yesterday, so that could be it too.
Suburbia is sooo rad… We live within 2 miles of 2 grocery stores… going shopping downtown was such a pain… the parking, the drive… everything seemed to take longer; the irony, eh? I mean, you live downtown to be close to the action; and then one day you wake up and realize that being able to buy Orange Juice a couple of blocks away is a real luxury….
Tonight, I dropped by Smith's Marketplace on 33rd South for some fabric softener, powdered doughnuts and a headphone splitter as Danny and I head for Ohio tomorrow; and we're trying to make it through the entire first season of the OC before next week (we might just accomplish this daring feat). As far as the doughnuts, I felt too guilty to purchase since apparently my body thinks I'm some sort of winter animal that needs to store of reserves in my ace-of-base for the season… ahh, if only a front bum were as popular as self-deprecation, I would be famous.
Anyway, I picked up the Seventh Generation fabric softener with no dyes, totally bio degradable, and then I found myself in the isle with all the Burt's Bees and hippie-chick lotions... and suddenly I'm paying $2.00 for recycled tissues to blow my nose in, and purchasing chlorine free dye and this eco-friendly dishsoap… (oh well, at least they're cheaper than a Dan's tomato.)
I'm feeling all Milcreek-esque, right? I've got this season's Coach patchwork in tote (thank you husband), sporting a pair of yoga pants and some grapefruit pink Uggs that absolutely fit their namesake (Ugh!) This is the life man…. Now that our rent's cheaper, we can finally afford to go organic. All I need is a gas guzzling SUV and I'll look like one of the natives… but no, maybe a Prius or something (did I spell that right?)
And in case my husband reads this (and we don't keep any secrets)… darling, in case you're worried about the price-point associated with "GOING GREEN" or in my case (spending our GREEN) you should know that I used our "smith's marketplace card"… and with the vast savings we incurred from that little number, we can't afford not to buy!!!!
Monday, February 4, 2008
Playing Catch Up... and Leaving Comments for my Husband
OK, friends from the world wide interweb…
So, I've been thinking a lot about the comments on my blog… And I was thinking, "Man are you people validating me!"
At church, our old Stake Presidency (not to be confused with a "Steak Presidency," which I believe is a trifecta comprised of delegates from Texas Roadhouse, Ruth Chris Steakhouse and Flemmings that meet in a top secret tunnel just west of Orem)… well, the old Stake Presidency said we ought to work on these 4 things for long term happiness (I don't think they'll come as a shocker to any card carrying member of the LDSSA), but here goes:
Daily prayer
Daily scripture study
Daily temple worthiness
Daily acts of kindness.
I just want to mention, for those of you who may be struggling with the other three, just know that every time you post a comment to my blog, you've done a great act of service… pay it forward, man.
Sooo, I remember when I started this blog, and I just kept writing to an audience of none… But who could've ever understand the power of blogstocking?!?!
But seriously, it's so cool to connect with everyone… and please note, I was totally kidding about "looking down on the world." We're renting for like $400 a month… so it's not like I'm suggesting we've got any buying power… But man, if you could pay off a house with love… we'd be set. ;)
Shout outs … soooo, in honor of the comments:
Wicky – so glad you noticed that my husband's hot… eventually we will take the advice of your husband when you two were procreating ("go two a days"). It worked for our college volleyball team… why not when one is trying to be fruitful and multiply (ps. We're still under the "Procreate in 2008" mantra… but I'm thinking Fall is a wonderful season for conception…. Btw, does anyone but me feel uncomfortable with this discussion? Ah, let's Move On…)
Darth Spencer – I still wish we could clone Speaker Pelosi. I will never forget your wisdom… and yes, loved your bit on Freaks and Geeks. And the fact that I have a Facebook account, but apparently that's lame… makes me feel better about myself. Like the fact that I can't navigate it, has got to mean more than just showcase my lack of technological savvy. (Steve's watching American Gladiators upstairs… reminded me of you and Al. Danny says we should think about going as the two of you at next year's Hallow's Eve shin dig…. I mean, if we're invited.)
Mel, C and Holt…and all the other prego ladies in my life: is Juno a fair representation? And yes, to any of you interested in the film… I will see that film as many times, if not more, than I saw 10 Things I Hate About You in the theater (bless Heath Ledger, so sad. So sad.) Um, I just noticed, if you write Mel and the C, it sounds like I'm addressing former members of the Spice Girls.
Charlene – I can't believe you found me! Sounds like life is on the up and up for both of us… are you still the queen of sassy black boots for Sunday school (I totally recommend those over flashing your thong, any day.)
Em – no your Dad doesn't know… and I think it was shortly after his reign… I think he had me teaching Relief Society (I could be wrong)? But the women seem to be much more forgiving (as long as the "show" only happens in front of other women).
OK, honestly… my fingers are getting tired…
I've got part 2 of my shoutouts for later this week.
Wicky's sister… I am shooting for tomorrow's yoga class with Scott. I need some seriously charka aligning after the weekend I had… man, Superbowl Party food does a friggin NUMBER on my system…. I'm not sure if you were aware of this; but unlike my sister, I am neither an exercise nut, a runner, an athlete, nor a morning person… I may have been adopted, but I too much of my father's temperament… so I think I belong to the family. But I'll try to see you for 5:45 sun salutations. And we're seeing her, the kids and Wade on Thurs… we're heading to Ohio for the weekend.)
DANNY's B-DAY
OK, here's the important part… Danny's b-day is tomorrow… he is going to be a quarter of a century. You should call or email him… I feel weird about writing his personal cell phone here… so instead, I'll just write his personal email (email@example.com)…. If you could just shoot him a note of Happy Birthday Cheer*, I would forever be indebted… or better yet, feel free to leave b-day comment on my blog… because then we both win! I get comments (and look uber popular), he gets birthday wishes…
Namaste All…
*Ladies and gents from PARSONS... I am especially talking to you... seriously, you have his work email, and a phone number for the kid. Handle it, my friends!


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I could go with the ever-reliable Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins... Only a few ingredients, and easy-peasy.
Then again, it probably couldn't hurt to get a little fancy and go with the Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins...
But really, how could I resist my maybe-favorite-of-all, Pumpkin Pie Bars?
Heck, if you need me, maybe I'll be busy...making all four. :)


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Saturday, November 27, 2010
He Cares So Much
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Friday, November 26, 2010
Actually, there's no "may be" about it.
"Well, you can ask. But if you want Santa to bring you more trains, you need to start behaving nicely right now. Because frankly, my girl... You may be on the Naughty List."
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Cheek to Cheek
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Labels: drive, happy, lanie, wordless wednesday
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
I Wasn't Wrong, Either.
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Friday, November 19, 2010
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Words on Wednesday
I've mentioned before that Drive is my unofficial therapy dog and he's been working overtime for a couple of weeks now. I hope you'll forgive our minor unplanned hiatus. I've been spending a lot of time with my head pressed close to his and my arms around his neck. His velvet ears have soaked up so much of my misery and pain and his sweet brown eyes have calmed my nerves more times than I can count now.
Sometimes this happens, and I am grateful for the love and understanding that beams at me like sunlight determined to burn through closed curtains.
I have a different blog for the self-absorbed prattling about my brain and its various misfires, so I don't like to go into detail here. This one here though, while giving every appearance of being just cute pictures of my dogs, is a secret tribute to my heroes.
See, I was down in that well again.
And again, knowing what dogs are meant to do and knowing that Dog and Man are meant to live together this way, Drive and Lanie helped pull me out.
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Labels: drive, friendship, happy, links, love, obvious pixels, seriously, service, the hard parts
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
A Boy and his Egg Carton
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Monday, November 1, 2010
"Can I take a picture of your dog?"
In the course of trick-or-treating in my hometown Saturday night, I was fortunate enough to meet these three lovely ladies. After sitting prettily for a picture or five, there was a torrid make-out session. Fortunately, their owner -- a complete stranger to me -- seemed to understand that he was dealing with a True Dog Lover. It didn't seem strange to him at all that I would sit on his steps and have a flirty conversation with his dogs.
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A year after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake unleashed a wall of water that hit Japan's northeast coast, killing nearly 16,000 and leaving nearly 3,300 unaccounted for, the country is still grappling with the human, economic and political costs.
The nation observed a minute of silence at 2:46 p.m. (0546 GMT), the moment the quake struck, at a national memorial attended by the Japanese Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.
"A year has passed since the Great East Japan Disaster but it is still unbearable to think of the pain of the survivors and the despair of families whose loved ones have passed away," Noda said in a memorial broadcast live throughout the nation.
"Our forebears who built this country's prosperity have emerged from each crisis even stronger. We will fulfil our historic mission of realising the rebirth of this nation through reconstruction while holding hands with people in the disaster-affected regions and being close to them," he added.
In a rare mention of the nuclear crisis, the Emperor thanked those who fought to bring the damaged reactors under control.
"I would like to take this opportunity to deeply thank the people who helped the victims and those in the disaster zones, and those who helped deal with the nuclear crisis," he said at the altar, with the Empress Michiko at his side.
"It is important that we do not forget the memories of this big earthquake and pass them onto our descendants, so that readiness for natural disasters is fostered and we can make progress towards building a safer country," he added.
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Another great win for Liverpool that means a lot to the team and as well as for the fans!
With another great performance Liverpool are looking more and more unbeatable no matter what is thrown in their path. With key injuries playing a role on who and what formation is being used it seems that no matter what Liverpool and Suarez find a way to come up on top!
The English premier league has not looked this unpredictable in years at times it seems it has a clear winner but then the weekend has its own surprises and changes everything. As it stands now it seems that Liverpool will finish in the top 4 teams and will be seeing some Champions league soccer next season something that Suarez has been waiting sense reaching Anfield. Liverpool still have a chance in winning the Premier league if they continue on the path they are following now and trusting Breden Rodgers with his choices and Luis Suarez stays in form Liverpool are indubitably one of the top teams to finish first.
Luis Suarez as of late look as if he can do no wrong no matter what he does the ball always seems to find its way in the back of the net! As a fan there isn't a better sight then seeing the star player be in such great form. It is something magical watching Luis Suarez play every weekend you just never know what is next and what else he can do!
Lets hope Liverpool can get another win this weekend and continue on their great journey and finish a top of the English Premier league!


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Souls Around the World Blog Hop
Inhale two, three, four, five. Hold two, three. Exhale, two, three, four, five... crap there it is again.
I know I heard something, I know I did. How many pills did I take? I had not had a panic attack in months. Is it real? Is it me?
Do I move? Do I go downstairs? OK. Relax deep breath in, long breath out. Deep in...
She repeated the breathing technique her therapist had taught her a few times, her heart rate began to feel right, it had a steady flow again and her palms stopped sweating.
She sat up in her bed. Her hands reached in the darkness for the lamp on the side table. It seemed her arm had to reach a little further than usual. The lump in her throat, the sweaty palms, the heart thumping as if it was about to jump out of her chest all invaded her simultaneously.
Her hand shook violently as she finally reached the lamp and her fingers grasped the knob. Her wet sweaty hands finally managed to turn the knob, the bright light flooded the room.
She sat still as she studied every shadow in the room. Like a diver she took a deep breath and plunged down on the floor to look under the bed, her eyes were shut tight, she exhaled and opened her eyes. There was nothing scary, not even a dust bunny.
"I am safe. I am safe and secure. A great future awaits me beyond my fears. I am safe and secure."
Her therapist had trained her to use affirmations aloud. She almost felt safe.
"I am safe. I am safe and secure. A great future awaits me beyond my fears. I am safe and secure."
She picked up her cell phone, stared at it and smiled.
'I should have reached for the phone before I reached for the lamp.'
Her therapist was third on her speed dial; her father was first and her mother second. The sleepy voice sounded slow but aware.
"Clair it is three a.m."
She was embarrassed but the simple sound of Dr. Lucidity's voice instilled a level of calmness that no pill could match.
"I know. I'm sorry, feel free to charge extra for this phone session."
"It's not that Clair, it is that you had not called me like this in several months. What happened?"
She cleared her throat to buy time before she answered.
"I am not sure if it was a sound or a feeling that woke me up. I tried my breathing exercises, I tried, but…"
The soothing voice on the phone interrupted her, acknowledging how hard it was for Clair to explain.
"Is your room light on now?"
"Did you look under the bed?"
"Have you left the room?"
"OK. If it was a sound, anything, something that goes bump in the night that we cannot identify generally causes fear. A night fright. So perhaps we do not need to explore what triggered it. Do you want to hold the phone and talk to me as you check the other rooms?"
Clair had to think she knew there was a perfect explanation for the trigger, she had to decide whether she was ready to tell Doc L or not.
"I think I know what triggered this."
The silence was the space Dr. Lucidity always granted her. This time however she needed more than space.
"What triggered it?"
"I was at a bridal shower for a colleague. For fun someone hired a psychic. I avoided her but we went to the buffet table at the same. She was friendly and asked why I hadn't gotten a reading and before I could answer she said 'they are trying to contact you, but won't if you are afraid, there is nothing to be afraid of'. I took pills, you know the new ones to relax, and I slept for a few hours. I'm not sure if the sound that woke me up was outside or inside of me."
"Oh crap!"
"I know right? Oh Crap."
"Did any of your friends there know that you experienced visits before?"
"No, no way. It was my group of lawyers I can't afford to look like a loony."
Silence again.
"When the psychic said what she said, were you afraid?"
"No, I wasn't."
"What did you feel?"
Clair sighed. She cleared her throat and said,
"It felt true."
Years of therapy flashed in her mind. Years of trying to deny what she saw and what she felt when she was not medicated. Years of living in fear.
"It felt true." She repeated as loud and clear as the affirmations she had been trying to use for years.
The stinging pain in her back was warm and sudden. Her last breath was an exhale. For once the sound and the fear had been real. Realization of the irony was the last thought Clair had before everything went dark.
When something Goes bump in the night perhaps it should cause a fright.
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|Magic Seeder winner
Congratulations Jane!
Please could you drop me an e-mail with your address (dani at ecofootprint dot co dot za), so that I can get the parcel off to you.
Actually - I hate disappointing anyone, so Mr H, tffnguy, RobynK and Mad Dogs and Englishmen, please let me have your addresses too - I'm feeling generous :-)
I think you are all in the throes of spring, so an ideal time to have a gadget to help you plants those seeds. And if you can't use it yourselves, perhaps one of your friends could use it?
Paying it forward with a difference...
Update: Your Magic Seeders were posted off today (30/03/2011) - via airmail. They should be there within 2 weeks. RobynK - still no address for you... :-)


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For those of you, like me, who didn't finish the scrapbook craft, here are the instructions! Sorry it's taken me so long to post the instructions.
This is what the front should look like.
This is what the inside should look like. This is where I left off after Mops craft time.
There should be two ribbons in the bag. You are supposed to feed them through the holes on the top of the picture pages.
Like so! Except I'm not an extra special bow maker. So mine is just a knot.
Then you glue your picture pages to the inside of the book, like so.
These are page tabs. Scroll down to next picture to see where they go.
Glue them in place in stepping stone fashion, like so. Next, all you have to do is glue pictures to each picture page and you are done!
Thank you Lisa for such a wonderful craft idea. I loved this one and it's probably going to be a gift for a grandparent.