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This week we've seen confirmation that the National Rifle Association has been right all along about President Obama's choice for attorney general to lead the Department of Justice.
Taken with Eric Holder's arguments at the Supreme Court, and Operation Fast and Furious, the picture emerges of an inveterate opponent of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
When Holder was U.S. attorney for D.C. in 1995, he gave a speech to the Woman's National Democratic Club about firearms. He shockingly argued that "what we need to do is change the way in which people think about guns, especially young people, and make it something that's not cool, that it's not acceptable, it's not hip to carry a gun anymore, in the way in which we changed our attitude about cigarettes."
Holder added that he asked the District of Columbia's "school board to make a part of every day, some kind of anti-violence, anti-gun message. Every day, every school, at every level ... We need to do this every day of the week, and just really brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way."
This video -- first aired in 1995 on C-Span2 -- was unearthed by Breitbart.com, posted by editor-in-chief Joel Pollak (the same guy who annihilated Soledad O'Brien on CNN recently).
By the way, it's encouraging evidence that before he passed away, Andrew Breitbart built an operation and assembled a team of capable researchers and reporters to realize his vision of exposing the Far Left, packaging material in a user-friendly fashion.
Someone might suggest that Holder is only going after inner-city youth violence involving guns, but those suggestions fall flat. Holder says not a single word acknowledging that over 80 million American gun owners possess guns for self-defense or other lawful purposes, or that 20 million of them use firearms for hunting.
Instead Holder expresses absolute opposition to private gun ownership. By saying we need to change the way "people think about guns, especially young people," that means older people, too.
It also means people outside the city of Washington. He wants a daily "anti-gun message" to "brainwash" people to think of gun ownership like "cigarettes," as unhealthy and undesirable. Those are his words in context in a full-length video, not anyone's spin.
This video reinforces Holder's argument to the Supreme Court in 2008 in a new light. In D.C. v. Heller, Holder joined a brief arguing that the Second Amendment "right of the people to keep and bear arms" does not apply whatsoever to private citizens.
Holder's brief argued that the Second Amendment only concerns state governments equipping their National Guard units, and therefore that a nationwide ban on gun ownership would not violate the Constitution.
Add to this the still-unfolding scandal of Operation Fast and Furious, where the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives -- part of Holder's DOJ -- was allowing guns into the hands of Mexican drug cartels.
This, while Holder's anti-gun political allies argued that the fact that those cartels had American guns means that we need new and harsher federal gun-control laws (which Holder would be in charge of enforcing and prosecuting).
Together, this video, the Heller case, and the gun-running scandal paint a picture of a liberal anti-gun activist, who rejects the plain meaning of the Second Amendment, and who relentlessly explores new ways to limit firearm ownership and turn public opinion against gun owners.
We don't need Holder brainwashing our children to despise the Second Amendment, or for that matter any part of the Bill of Rights to our Constitution.
What we do need is a U.S. attorney general who reveres the Constitution that he is sworn to uphold.


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"Everyone makes mistakes," Fat Paulie says as he looks at a big one on Gerard Avenue. "I should have known better than to pour concrete on Halloween."
The sidewalk in front of his building is marked with hand prints, initials, a "Joba Rules," an "I love Derek Jeter," and, of course, an "I (heart) Derek Jeter."
"Those wacky kids," Fat Paulie laughs. "You gotta love 'em."
Fat Paulie has worked his whole life in the South Bronx.
"I started cleaning up and bagging trash at a building over on Jerome," he explains. "They just called me Paulie back then, but that was a bunch of donuts ago."
Fat Paulie moves a little slower these days, but he still gets the job done.
"A little concrete will smooth out most of this," he says looking at the sidewalk. "I'll leave the Joba and Jeter stuff because I don't want the kids egging my windows.
"You really do gotta love 'em."
Friday, November 2, 2007
2 comments:
- Pete said...
That's funny. Do you think he learned his lesson???
- November 2, 2007 at 12:48 PM
- Donna said...
That story made me smile. Thanks a bunch.
- November 2, 2007 at 2:44 PM
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Big Bear, Serrano NF Campground
We had the pleasure of spending last weekend at Serrano NF campground, next to Big Bear Lake. We took the day off on Friday to get an early start up the "Big Hill" before the temps got to hot. It was also Robin's birthday so we wanted to enjoy the weekend for as long as we could.
We arrived before noon on Friday and our site wasn't available yet so we parked off to the side and waited to get the signal that it was ready. We waited about half an hour and we were waved into the campground.
The loop we were in didn't have any hookups but the sites were large with lots of space between campsites. There were mostly tenters around us. It was in the mid 80"s and humid but we had lots of shade. The evening cooled off nicely so we had good sleeping.
Saturday we woke up early, Buddee (dog) wanted to get the day started with his walk, so off we went to explore the area. There is a bike trail the goes along the campground with the lake nearby so Buddee got this walk and back to the campsite for their breakfast, Buddee and Liz. About 10am it clouded over and the T-Storms started. Nothing scary, just a nice rain that pretty much continued off and on for the rest of the day. Weather cooled down to mid 70's, we could sit under the awning and watch the rain. After the heat and dry weather we were experiencing at home it really felt great.
About 3pm the sun came out for awhile. There was a big classic car show in Big Bear for the weekend, I am sure they didn't appreciate the rain like we did. There was a caravan of all the cars making a trip around the lake, which brought them right past the campground. We went down to the road and watched as all shapes and sizes of custom autos drove by.
It started raining again shortly after the drive by. The night was dry and sleeping was good with the cool temps. Here is sampling of the cars in the show.
Sunday morning it was time to pack up and head home again.....another great camping weekend. Hope you enjoy the pictures.
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It is so beautiful.
I've just been sitting outside on the front porch; facing west. The sun is setting not to my left and not to my right, but in front of me. Spring is here.
As I drove home from errands today, I marveled at the incredibly green fields. Some trees have catkins, some have tiny leaves. The daffydils are blooming everywhere. I always have liked seeing solitary stands of naturalized daffodils. Some are from old homesteads and others have migrated across roads to thrive under stands of trees. The forsythia is flowering all over, too. There is all this GREEN interrupted by browns and greys and YELLOWS.
I like it.
I'll take pictures and show you.


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|You want chicken fingers? Ok. We have a cold shrimp salad with boiled egg.
I'm going to type whatever strikes my fancy today.
First, I didn't post yesterday but there was some cool "Islam" going on so I will share now. We had our first meeting for counselors of the "2nd Annual Al-Isra Retreat Sisters' Camp organized by Building Blocks for Muslimahs". Basically it's an all-girls Islamic camp for one weekend (NEXT WEEKEND!). I was a counselor last year and had so much fun I am doing it again insha Allah (if Allah wills). I don't know what came over me during the first camp—it was oppressively hot, I barely slept, and I was in charge of 5 girls and two ladies which can be a challenge but somehow I rose to the occasion (I think) and didn't complain a bit. I should try being a counselor at work or for other events—maybe if I had it in my head that I have to always set a good example (and I should) then I would tolerate a lot more foolishness. It would only be to my benefit.
Anyway at the meeting we talked logistics but also came up with some cool ideas for activities that go along with this year's theme of "ihdinas siraat ul-mustaqeem" or "lead us to the straight path". This is something from the Quran that we say in every prayer, and 17 times a day if we just pray all 5 required prayers. I can't give the ideas away because some campers might be reading this, but lemme tell you: It's COOL. I'm REALLY EXCITED for camp! The other day I went shopping and got some sensible elastic waistband pants, light pastel-toned tees, and a floppy hat. Basically I am packing for retirement in Florida.
Today there was more Islam at the Midweek Halaqa. I will just share one quote from Sh. Hatem that really stuck with me even though his whole talk on sincerity and avoiding the different types of "enslavement" in this life was really good. He said, "If your prayer is not refining you, it's not working. Go and fix it." So if you are praying 5 times a day but still cheating on exams, stealing money from your sister, and getting sucked into activities with others that are no good for you, then you aren't getting anything from the salat. It's like plunking a quarter into a broken vending machine every couple of hours and pushing the button, but nothing ever comes out. Insanity, right? Fixing your prayer might mean looking at the physical steps of the prayer itself, correcting your intention before you pray, or making sure you are creating an environment where you can concentrate and have quality in your prayers. One thing said by our last AlMaghrib instructor rung a bell for me. He said, "Allah turns to us when we pray and even answers us back in all His Majesty. How insulting is it then when we don't even give Him our attention?" So many of us get easily distracted in the prayer because we've just put down our phone after reading tweets (guilty!), or we're hungry (yep!), or we want to go back to bed (the worst!). But it's up to us to make sure we're focused and ready to pray because we are the ones in need of the prayer, not Allah.
My Arabic teacher and his wife had their first baby! She was having trouble last night and the baby was in distress so they did a C-section. Muminah is healthy, beautiful, and her head is covered in tons of silky black hair. This couple has gone through many years of struggles trying to start a family so we are all very excited and thankful to Allah that everyone's doing okay. Mom is still having some blood pressure issues but we're hoping that everything will calm down. Please pray for the family. :)
|Hey Mashood, call me when she's got the cankles and I am so there.


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About A Girl
By Max Dunbar.
Different for Girls: My True-Life Adventures in Pop, Louise Wener, Ebury 2010
A character's backstory is one of the hardest things for a novelist to get right. John Niven does it perfectly in his Britpop period piece Kill Your Friends. Niven's sociopathic A + R man never talks about his life before the music industry until the end of the book, when he reflects on Christmases past: 'me and my mother, just the two of us, exchanging gifts; me handing her the usual box of bath salts or whatever and her reciprocating with the envelope of cash.' The line doesn't diagnose Steven Stelfox or explain him away but it does put into context his restless insecurity, which he conceals with swaggering contempt. In his heart Stelfox knows that he is only one fuckup away from a return to the struggling masses from which he came. The disconnect between his hedonistic elite and the public who buy their records is illustrated in a scene where Stelfox walks into his office on the morning of Diana's death. Bemused by widespread displays of mourning, he wanders over to a television where his colleagues are watching rolling news. A working-class woman, interviewed on the street, tells the BBC through choked grief that 'She… she… she done so much good for people.' As one, the industry men collapse in hysterical laughter.
England is mile upon mile of dim satellite towns where hopes and dreams go to die. Louise Wener's father grew up wanting to study law. Instead of going to university he went to war, then ended up in Ilford working in the civil service. Wener struggles to resolve her dry, unhappy father with the young man enjoying the heady days of post-liberation Paris. Eventually, her dad retires and becomes a mature law student. 'I don't think I've ever seen him so happy,' Wener says. Nine months into the course, he contracts the brain tumour that kills him. Wener is twenty-five and deep into the minimum wage at the time of her father's death:
I realise ambition and curiosity are not the preserve of youth, that they continue always, that they are what keep us growing and moving forward. Dad's lost opportunities are lost forever, and I grieve for them as well as for him. I am fiercely aware of time passing, grateful of growing up with so many choices, and all those wasted months suddenly seem like an affront. I'll make it just to prove that I can, for all the ways that Dad couldn't.
We obsess over the things we hate far more than the things we love. We talk ceaselessly about the nightmares of the past to prove to ourselves that we have moved on. For all that Wener detested her dull suburban childhood, it features heavily in her music, and also in her memoir. Robert Herrick noted the irony in his poem 'Discontents in Devon'. Admitting that 'More discontents I never had/Since I was born, than here', he goes on to say this:
Yet justly, too, I must confess
I ne'er invented such
Ennobled numbers for the press
Than where I loathed so much.
Soon after her father's death Wener hit the big time with her focused, intelligent, guitar-driven pop. Her band Sleeper acquit themselves well from the collapse of the Britpop bubble because Wener saw the crash coming and split the band after their third album, allowing them to leave the party with their heads held high. From the safety of middle age she can recognise the nineties music industry as a Russian novel of deals and intrigues, with everyone somehow able to go through the charade that they are about the music and nothing else.
You have to slog through about a hundred pages of Wener's childhood to get to the interesting stuff (childhood and adolescence are the most boring parts of any life story) and it's hard going, written in that appalling self-deprecatory Guardian Lite prose that is the house style of twenty-first century bourgeois wit. Once Wener has grown up and began to get her show on the road, the book becomes much better and more readable, loads of tales about touring and sex and drugs, full of insight and outrage. Quickly she becomes aware that the alternative scene is just as full of cliques and claques as the high school hierarchies she's escaped. Her gender is a problem. The music industry is full of misogynic scum, from the suits who expect a blowjob for a line of coke, to pallid nonentities writing songs about how much they hate women for not fucking them.
The whole Cool Britannia period is an easy target for satire but to me the Britpop scene looks a dozen times better than the nouveau-twee landfill indie that's all over the radio today. Wener is a novelist now, and in fact has released more novels than albums. You don't learn much about her life after rock from her memoir. There's a sense of company, kids running around, early shifts and simple pleasures. A sense of survival, coupled with the realisation that it doesn't matter how long you stay at the party. The suburbs will get you in the end.
Max Dunbar was born in London in 1981. He recently finished a full-length novel and his short fiction has appeared in various print and web journals. He is reviews editor of 3:AM.
First published in 3:AM Magazine: Sunday, August 22nd, 2010.


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NATURE FETISH, a Public Opera and Performance Exhibition
Panoply Performance Laboratory (PPL) and Grace Exhibition Space Present:
A Public Opera and Performance Exhibition
Thursday July 12, Friday July 13, Thursday July 19, and Friday July 20
8pm: NATURE FETISH: A Public Opera
9:30-11pm: NATURE FETISH Exhibition performances
Saturday July 14 and Saturday, July 21
4pm and 8pm: NATURE FETISH: A Public Opera
9:30-11pm: NATURE FETISH Exhibition performances
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NATURE FETISH is a project conceived across social and disciplinary spheres. In its final state, it is a Public Opera, a hybrid, documentary, participatory, musical, situational performance of approximately 70 minutes.
The opera will be presented by New York City's first and only dedicated site for conceptual, body-based and fluxist performance art, Grace Exhibition Space. As part of each performance, PPL-curated artists working in time-based performance across disciplines will deal directly with the "nature" of performance, operation of "nature" in performance, and conceptions of "nature" as such.
Thursday July 12:
The Call of Nature: bodily functions and fluids, embodiment, waste, want, meat, and human impact on natural environments. FEATURING: Elinor Thompson, Miles Pflanz, Dave Ruder, Matthew Silver, and Lorene Bouboushian.
Friday July 13:
NATURE FETISH opera project collaborating artists, poets, composers, and performers show solo works dealing with their own projections of "the nature of nature." FEATURING: Jessica Bathurst, Cory Bracken, Brian McCorkle, Ellen O'Meara, Esther Neff, Michael Newton, Natasha Missick, Katie Johnston, Arla Berman, Matthew Gantt and others
Saturday July 14:
SIMULTANEOUS: Nature Fetish Edition: Ivy Castellanos of IV Soldiers Galleryworks with 4 performance artists simultaneously as an ecosystem or food chain or other emergent system. FEATURING: Felix Morelo, Ryan Hawk, Matthew Silver, and Miles Pflanz.
Thursday July 19:
The Natural Spirit: field recordings, indeterminacy, fluxus, improvisation and the influence of performance art's "nature" on music and dance. FEATURING:Jason Anastasoff, Lindsey Drury, and Kyli Klevan.
Friday July 20:
Rituals and Totems: cultural semiology, feminism, naturalism, post-humanism, and the problematics of performance and anthropology. FEATURING: Lillie D'Armon, Anya Liftig, Kikuko Tanaka, and Quinn Dukes.
Saturday, July 21:
Video, Voice and the Nature of the Self: FEATURING: Alessandra Eramo (w/ David Grollman), Heather Warren Crow, Valerie Kuehne/Tuba?No Tuba and Joseph Keckler.


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It is not wrong to say that advertising industry in Sri Lanka is largely run from Colombo; there is no noticeable work coming from Kandy, Matara, Galle, Jaffna, Badulla or any other regional centre. I may be wrong if the ever-so-interesting bus "decorations" qualify to be called advertising, that is. There are no 'agencies' outside Colombo since the whole country is such a small place.
There's the Chillies, the SLIM's – the People's Awards, the Effies, the Reggies and various other industry accolades and titles, up for grabs every year. Also there's the Sumathi's, Sarasavi and all kinds of labels for the Advertising, Marketing and Media industry including the "Superbrands." All this, for Colombo – a tiny city that houses 0.65 million people in 40 square kilometres of space.
Consider the total ad spend of the country, remove the political spending and I'm sure we are left with something that's not even worth this many award ceremonies.
Too many awards, for a tiny industry in a tiny city. Looks like, and feels like, quantity over quality – doesn't it?
Agree that the awards are meant to be "conceptually" very different from one another. The Chillies are meant to award creativity, the People's Awards are for popularity and the Effies are for advertising effectiveness. The trouble is, when there is an overlap, and the market is too small to understand the difference or lacks variety to fill all the criteria, the "grey area" looks so grey that the whole awards business looks a bit dodgy and unclear.
Besides, the organisers come-up machinations to ensure the metals go to those who are in their favour. Pretty much like patting one's own back, or you scratch mine and I'll scratch yours, really.
Ok, we have the international judges. But no amount of great judges will be able to conduct a clean business in a place infested with crooks. Just like FP7 Doha winning at Dubai Lynx (and Cannes) with some ghost ads, only to be exposed later and eventually get stripped off the titles and thrown in the hall of shame. If the crooks could fool Cannes and Lynx, the Chillies is peanuts for the local masterminds.
The awards need to earn their credibility. I think People's awards are pretty decent, largely due to Nielsen professionalism, but then there are some who depend on Lanka Market Research Bureau (LMRB) for research too. The last time I read a report from LMRB, it stated "Style" enjoyed a top spot in magazine readership, when in fact, the magazine was discontinued more than three years before the report came out.
The tiny city of 40 square kilometres is filled with the best and the worst, the good and the bad. The honest and the devious. In a country where there is no respect for the consumer, where there is no self-discipline or moral code of conduct, who are we kidding really?? Just like LMRB and Superbrands, the Chillies 2009 is also not going to be any different this time either.
Image: One of the FP7's ghost ads. Check out http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/samsung_wf338aab_ink to see the rest of the campaign.


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Friends, it's that time of year again. Summer is on it's way. The heat will be rising, the clothes will be shrinking, and my body will be out for all to see. And let me tell you, that scares me half to death. I am so not in the type of shape required to wear shorts, tank tops, and - dare I say - bathing suits.. *shriek*
It's been 3 years since I've packed on the dreaded baby-weight, and the weight seems to be stuck to me like glue! Don't get me wrong, I've done pretty well since I seriously began my weight loss journey on July 1st of last year. Since then, I've lost 17 lbs. I'm nowhere near my goal weight, but this has definitely been a year of becoming more aware of health and fitness.
My biggest accomplishment has been improving my eating patterns. Most days I stay within 1500 calories, and try my hardest to keep the carbs at a minimum. But the reality is, the major thing that has kept me from dropping large amounts of weight has been my aversion to exercise. Yes, that's right - I hate sweating, I hate achy muscles, I hate pain. Pretty much all that exercise encompasses. But at this point, I think I've come to the realization that I can't reach my goal unless I add the working out piece.
This is why I've decided to complete *drum-roll please* Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred! I've tried it in the past, for a day or two, and quit as soon as I felt a muscle ache. But this time I believe I can stick with it. I have a few close friends that are super supportive, and are doing amazing things with their own fitness regimens. I've also been going through some difficult times (a different post for a different day), and rather than drown myself in junk food binges, I feel more motivated then ever before to focus on my physical, emotional, and spiritual health. I want to be able to take care of ME for once.
And guess what? I'm actually going to post my BEFORE and AFTER pics on Day 30! Eeeeeekkk!! I'm seriously nervous about that guys, but I figure that is one more motivating factor for me to really give my all to the next 30 days of exercise. Stay tuned because after each week of completion, I will blog about my experience. Wanna see another mama's awesome results from the 30 Day Shred? Check out Sara's experience over at her blog: Nurse Loves Farmer. She looks amaze-balls! She has definitely given me the push needed to really put my all into my new exercise routine. I'm pumped! So what are you doing to get into Summertime shape?


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quarta-feira, 29 de julho de 2015
Litta & Waldo ~ Melhores amigos ~ Best friends
Litta e Waldo ainda fazendo suas estripulias ... :-)
Some of my creations end up gaining a way of life. As witches and elves in several plays that I do here. An order has generated one of these stories. The witch above the weight Litta now with striped socks as every witch should have and the Waldo elf lumberjack. They are so good together and the colors matching. As if they had even just come out of the woods, talking and joking.
Litta and Waldo still doing their antics ... :-)
segunda-feira, 13 de julho de 2015
Ratinho Pidão - Bon voyage ~ Miece Pidão
A mochila pode ser aberta para colocar uma pequena lembrancinha e dar de presente à aquela pessoa especial que vai fazer a viagem dos seus sonhos, um intercambio ou uma aventura...
Ah, mas me deu aquela vontade de viajar de novo!!!! :-)
There are already several models of my little mouse Pidão, but this one is special because I created it for someone who loves to travel, like me !!!!!
The backpack can be opened to put a small souvenir and give to that special person who will make the trip of their dreams, an exchange or an adventure ...
Ah, but this gave me that travel's desire again !!!! :-)
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Tues, April 7, 2-4 pm DIXIE POETS in the St. George Public Library. Review Poetry in the Park and Redrock Writers Seminar held last month. Critiques-bring 8-12 copies of 1-2 poems for helpful suggestions from the group. New people always welcome.
Thurs, April 16, 7-9 pm REDROCK WRITERS poetry group will meet at Markay's home contact her for more info. <email@example.com> All welcome.
Tues, April 21, 2-4 pm DIXIE POETS at the St. George Library, critiques-bring 8-10 copies of 1-2 poems for helpful suggestions from the group. New poets welcome.
Thurs, April 23 4-6 pm (Nevada time) Reception at Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery for those poets who had poems selected by an artist as inspiration.
Fri-Sat, April 24-25, 2015 UTSPS Conference in Midway, Utah at the Homestead cost $100 for conference and meals, lodging extra. Still time to register, see http://utahpoets.com
April 4 Panorama 2014 entries due for those UTSPS members during 2014. Send four poems to Rose Ostler <email@example.com> More info contact Lin Floyd <email@example.com>
June 24-28, 2014 NFSPS Natl. Fed. State Poetry Society conference Discover the Treasure: Poetry's Place in the Sun in St Petersburg, FLORIDA this year. Details click below:


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text: Marco Meneguzzi Design I came across the work of designer Marco Meneguzzi a while ago now, when his work was featured in Australian House and Garden magazine. And then I found that he has a brand-new website, which showcases his style perfectly. You'll probably recognise some of these images - in particular, the white marble kitchen (and in fact, the whole house) is one of my favourites. Take a look: marble, parquet floor, feature lighting.....love it allall images courtesy marcomeneguzzi.com Do yourself a favour and check out his website, I'm sure you won't be disappointed.Have a great weekend everyone,Kerri xx 5:13 PM ana firah marco meneguzzi design


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Get a Foursquare widget for your site!
Placewidget allows you to display your Forusquare Mayor status right on your site.
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People love you on Foursquare, you've got the hottest place to hang out in town. Why not show it off? Add a Foursquare venue widget to your website and everyone can see how popular your place is and read the tips people have left.
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That's incredibly interesting.
we can prepare for tomorrow, today!
are there any downsides, caveats, or cautions to using the Perl6 namespace? for example, are any of these going to change in subtle, bug-introducing ways down the road? or do they cause perl to run incredibly slow or something horrible? it seems too good to be true
update... i answered my own question, here the dreaded source filter lurks...
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'.
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
- Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Express yourself
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Friday, July 31, 2009
Okay, this time I mean it. The best infomercial you will ever see. (NSFW.)
(I mean not even remotely safe in terms of the F-bombs dropping.) Admittedly, I toyed with not showing you this so soon after Paula Deen's Heart Attack, but I had to. You don't pass on greatness. You just don't.
Now, I thought when it came to classic combos, they'd nailed it with that Reese's peanut butter and chocolate merger thing. But then, they go and do this. Who would have ever thought to mix the two genres of Juggalos* and infomercial together? Billed as The Most Controversial Music Festival in the World, the 2009 Gathering Of The Juggalos promises to be even more, um, controversialer.
Where do you start? The one comment on YouTube that the festival is mainstream now. Now? Damn, what were they doing before people noticed it, live sacrifices between sets?
Maybe it's the host and hostess channeling wigga culture at its fin... worst. May I interest you in some wrestling segments with almost nearly real folding chairs? Or, wait for it...
SEMINARS! Wtf. It's like podcamp for serial killers. I have to stop there. I really do. You will sit and watch, enthralled, like a car wreck. I promise.
(Via aNYthing glob.)
*Fans of Insane Clown Posse.
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That makes me feel so old. But it also makes me feel tasteful....and thin! So I guess that's a good thing.
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BELLEVILLE, Ill. (KMOV.com) -- A 19-year-old man was charged Friday with making a bomb threat that canceled classes at a Southwestern Illinois College campus.
James Sherrell, of Caseyville, Ill., is the alleged author of a note written on the wall of a SWIC bathroom, detailing a possible bomb threat. The writing caused the school's subsequent evacuation and cancellation of classes Thursday.
St. Clair County police said they found no evidence of a bomb after a thorough dog search of the college campus.
Following an investigation and interview with the suspect, Sherrell was charged with disorderly conduct and held on a $40,000 bond.
Sherrell is currently being held at the St. Clair County jail.


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I had been losing space on Drive C for awhile and it seemed odd to me as I rarely store things on Drive C, therefore the space should not be going down.
It ended up I had 255 GB (!) of files stacked up in the Windows Error Reporting Service queue in C:\programdata\microsoft\windows\wer\reportqueue
Definitely worth checking from time to time if you have apps that crash a lot and use Windows Vista.
To find out more about this subject, as well as instructions to disable it entirely, please see this link


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FedEx Take Two
After a nightmare of a time on the phone with Dell yesterday as outlined on this Channel 9 post I found myself with yet another replacement monitor on its way to me, fearing that it might suffer from the same FedEx problems I had last week I decided to be preemptive on the issue and call FedEx to see what could be done.
After starting with one customer service person I was told that all Dell packages require a signature in person to release and that I could not pick up the package in Sioux Falls (their office is just minutes from where I work) until there had been a delivery attempt unless the shipper gives the ok. Given the amount of time I was on the phone last night... I didn't even want to consider the Dell route so I decided to climb a bit and asked to talk to someone above him... and after 5 min on hold I got hung up on.
Calling back I spoke with another person who this time claimed the higher ups office closed at 9 and that everything the first guy told me was true... I laid out my case to her again... she held the party line of "our contract is with the shipper."
Funny how folks like her don't realize that unless I receive the package tomorrow, I will make it a point to not allow any package coming to me to be shipped via FedEx. Yes I know, that will show them.
Finally getting to speak with this second representatives 'floor supervisor', I went through the whole dance again... only this time, she confirmed something that the first two people wouldn't... that unlike virtually every Dell shipment, none of mine (the 2 last week or the 1 this) had an in person signature requirement attached.
Unfortunately my victory was short lived as I was told that even without the requirement it is up to the driver whether or not to leave the package... so we came up with a bit of a solution based an ultimatum of mine, I told her:
Let me make this perfectly clear, unless I receive the package tomorrow, either as a result of the driver leaving it at my door or me being able to pick it up at the Sioux Falls FedEx center, I will have no use for this package and will refuse any and all delivery attempts of it.
At which time she suggested adding a note to the package that asks the driver to leave it if the in person signature requirement wasn't on the package, and that the Sioux Falls office should give me a call when they open if they would be able to keep it off of the truck and let me pick it up sometime during the day.
So now we wait and see.
Will the call me in the morning... I doubt it.
Will the driver leave the package? He best... otherwise I will be... angry, which as we all know doesn't happen much.


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Saturday, June 26, 2010
An Epic of the 3 Crows
One crow sat cawing on the earth.
The other perched itself upon a cloud.
And the third one flew off with his masters house.
Thats all!
Posted by Manasi Parikh at 2:26 AM
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hahahahahaha see all such funny things are not allowed okay...makes my blog look / feel a LOT less funny :D
- June 26, 2010 at 11:07 PM
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- my family
- my friends
- my agent
- the writing community
- book bloggers
- my Spencer Hill Press family
- my Month9Books family
- my Swoon Romance family
- my agency sisters
- my YA Bound sisters
- coffee (I couldn't function without it.)
- the internet (for making it possible for me to connect with writers and readers all over the world)
- good books
- my laptops
- music (even though I look and sound like an idiot when I sing along)
- my editing clients
- my health
- everyone who has read my books
- my blog followers
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Giving Thanks
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That's a great list, Kelly! I'm planning a similar post tomorrow. :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
Happy Thanksgiving, Natasha!Delete
I'm thankful for all the wonderful writing companions I have met through the blogosphere, like you! Happy Thanksgiving! xxxReplyDeleteReplies
Happy Thanksgiving, Edith! I'm so thankful for all the people I've met in the blogging world.Delete
I have a lot to be grateful for this year, too! And a lot of things to look forward to next year.ReplyDelete
The world better not end next month!Replies
I know! If it ends before my first novel releases, I'm coming back as a zombie and doing some major damage. LOLDelete
- AnonymousNovember 21, 2012 at 7:28 AM
We all have a lot to be thankful for.ReplyDelete
I attended diversity training at work yesterday and it made me realize how grateful I am to work with the folks I work with every day. I'm also thankful for my family, friends, and fellow writers out here who share my same passions.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing all you do!Replies
Happy Thanksgiving, Diane!Delete
Hey Kelly. What a nice thoughtful list. There are so many things to be thankful for everyday. I will try to summarize my list. I'm thankful for my relationship with God, my husband,my family, my friends (blogging and otherwise), my goofy cat, the blessing of creativity and getting to witness the creativity of others (be it books, movies, art or whatever).ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, creativity! I forgot that one. Great thinking! Happy Thanksgiving!Delete
Wonderful list, Kelly! I'm thankful for family, friends, cat, home and all my writing communities. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, Ann!Delete
Thankful I found you on this huge, strange thing called the internet--I am always inspired when I visit your blog--and thankful we will grow together as writers in the future!ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm grateful I found you, too, Kiersi! :)Delete
You are blessed...but aren't we all. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, we are! :)Delete
Kelly, we are on the same wavelength! I did a post similar to this today as well. Hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving.ReplyDeleteReplies
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, too, Karen!Delete
I like all your bullet points to be thankful for, especially the COFFEE one.ReplyDeleteReplies
LOL. That's essential. ;)Delete
Can't disagree with that list, though, one is intrigued by the notion of living in a country that devotes an entire extended weekend to giving thanks for all you have. Sounds nice, actually.ReplyDeleteReplies
It is, and since I'm not big on the food, I try to focus on what I'm thankful for. :)Delete
Hey there! New GFC follower from Book Blogs. I've heard a lot of great things about Touch Of Death and can't wait to read it someday. Nice list of things to be thankful for, it's important we remember these things. :)ReplyDelete
I hope you'll come check out my blog as well.
So ok, wwe don't have Thanksgiving over here (Memorably described by lovely American Tweep as :Give thanks, then eat like a pig) but your list resonates with me. Without family, friends and writing community, our lives would be soo impoverished, so,I join you lovely guys, and say 'Thanks'.ReplyDeleteReplies
I admit to never eating like a pig on this holiday. I'm not crazy about turkey and I don't like pumpkin pie. I like to focus on the giving thanks part of the holiday. :)Delete
I'm grateful for everyone present in my life now. I am grateful for everyone who has ever showed me support in any way, and I am most of all grateful for having for the first time a true friend, a real one.ReplyDeleteReplies
That's great, Nikky. :)Delete
I am thankful for so much. We don't celebrate thanksgiving here inAustralia... I wish we did. XxReplyDeleteReplies
It is a nice concept, isn't it? I like having time set aside for being thankful for all the things we have. I think people spend too much time worrying about what they don't have. We need to recognize what we do.Delete
Family, friends, the writing community, my students, my fellow teaching community, my imagination.ReplyDeleteReplies
Ooh, imagination, good one, Catherine. I need to add that to my list.Delete
Good people such as yourself.. family, and of course, my love of words.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Brenda. I hope you had a great holiday.Delete
Wonderful list, Kelly. Besides my family, a warm house this winter, food on the table, etc, I'm glad for internet friends like you.ReplyDeleteReplies
Aw, that's sweet. :)Delete
Quite a list, Kelly!ReplyDelete
I trust it was a good Thanksgiving weekend?Replies
Other than being sick, yes it was.Delete


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A colleague reports a rant from the executive director of a small nonprofit organization. Something along the lines of...
I should not have to think about databases. This is the 21st century. My staff doesn't need to go to any database trainings. Donors should give us the money to hire an in-house technical person, and that person will handle it all for us.
Wrong. Right. Wrong. Right. Wrong.
- Sorry, but every executive director needs to make strategic decisions about databases. In order to do this in a non-random fashion, you need to use your #@$&*% brains.
- Score one for you - you know what time it is.
- This is not unlike saying that your staff doesn't need to know how to use a telephone.
- Yes, you should have have the money to hire an in-house technical person. And can you guess who your organization's chief fundraising officer is?
- See #3. Do you have one person in your nonprofit who picks up the phone and dials every time a staff member needs to make a call?
Yes, this is the 21st century. And there's a reason they call it the information age. When you've finished having your tantrum about what the world owes you and what you shouldn't have to think about, there will still be a gaping hole in your organization. Deal with it.


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Stay 1 night at hospital.The test of vomit ( ph Test and Barium test ) show that Sam has moderate level of reflux from his stomach.13.6% reflux. So doctor would like to do fando ( tightening the upper way of stomach ) and put the button on his tummy.Whether it will be done by key hole surgery or by open surgery we dont know yet.The cost is also one of the concern.This week there will be serial check up on Sam's heart, ENT and later his tyroid hormone.
Anyway, looking back at how Sam s progress until now,we are really grateful. So many miracles God has been doing. By faith,we believe God has healed Sam completely-including his airway and vocal cord.We get our spirit back.Cia you Sam ! Plan to go back home to Indonesia next September.


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What causes the stablitrak light/system to come on without any warning?
We purchased a 2016 Chevy Malibu in Feb of 2017 with 8600 miles. Since purchasing the car 2 months ago we have had the stabilitrak system/light come on 3 time. Two of the times we were traveling with the cruise control on at 60 mph and almost lost control of the car when this came on. We have taken it to our dealer once and they said they couldn't find anything and that there was a history that needed to be reset??? Has this happened to other Malibus? We do not feel safe driving this car if this is going to continue and a solution cannot be found. HELP??????
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That's mean the traction control system it's off .the pcm find problem 1-abs system or steering angles sensor or suspension. If the dealership checking all this system and said good this is stored code on pcm just bull the negative terminal out and wait for 10 min after the connect the terminal. If the light go off drive your vehicle 30 miles per hour and push hard brake and look if the light back again tell me
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Dear Zach,
When was the last time you felt like you being treated special, being constantly kissed on the bed, cuddling under the duvet, and having deep talk with the one-night-stander? Even if it's the first time you met him.
I found it arousing to be opening up myself to stranger. Maybe because they know nothing about you at all. So talking to a stranger about your struggle, your life, and everything about you makes the whole conversation all the more better on the bed. And, of course, sex would be even better after getting to know each other deeply enough.
I don't know. I just like to do this with the guy I like.


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I grew up in the Philadelphia area, and was an active show-goer in Pennsylvania and the surrounding states (plus one trip to Breyerfest) from 1995-1999 until I moved to Little Rock, Arkansas in the summer of '99. After the move, however, it was harder to find shows that were close enough to travel to. In addition, high school, my job(s) and volunteer job, my new horse, and my social life all kept me pretty busy. I still managed to make it to a handful of shows between 1999-2002, including a second trip to Breyerfest, but mostly I enjoyed the hobby from afar - still collecting and reading anything model horse-related that I could get my hands on.
My life has had many ups and downs over the years, and thus my activity in the hobby seemed to ebb and flow as I entered "adulthood". I graduated high school in 2002, was a new mother in 2003, and then a grieving mother in 2004. For awhile, life was so rough that even my model horses couldn't save me from my depression, and thus they fell to the wayside. Then I got married in 2006 and life seemed to be ok. My (now ex-)husband was deployed, and I had a lot of free time on my hands, so I jumped back into the hobby again. I started live showing again from 2007-2008, but only made it to a few shows nearby. My marriage turned sour very quickly though, and I packed up and fled in early 2008. Between the divorce, and then another long-term relationship ending in a break-up in 2010, I moved a few times and my horses were in boxes more often than not.
Finally, 2013 inspired me to open up the boxes that had been tucked away in storage since 2010. My boyfriend, Rob, and I had taken a vacation in Branson, MO in May, during which, we spent part of one day browsing antique shops. As luck would have it, a few of them had Breyer horses! They weren't in great condition, or anything fancy, but I bought several and Rob bought me a couple as well. As I admired them back in our rental cabin that night, my passion was re-ignited.
|The antique-store ponies that Rob bought for me.
When we returned home, I was determined to get back into the hobby full force. I unpacked horses, bought new horses and tack, returned to the online hobby community, and started showing again by the fall.
I am hoping that 2014 will be my best year yet in the hobby. I have a lot of plans and goals for the year, including going to even more live shows that ever before. Wish me luck!


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Roast Beast!
I tried my hand at whole Prime Rib for the first time the other night and it turned out awesome! We started it on the smoker for about 3 hours and then finished it in the oven for another 45 min. The wood smoke added so much great flavor to the beef it was incredible.
Quality Cuts!
The spread!
Tomato salad, pasta pesto salad, roasted potatoes, creamed cucumbers, and of course the meat.
Wrapped it up for the fridge to chill the day before.
I painted the beast with a paste of mustard, garlic, chili powder, and various pepper the day before so it could marinade and suck up all those flavors.
Yeah that's good Marbling!
I cut a couple steaks off the end for Dad and myself before I started the roast project.
20 lbs of USDA Prime Grade Moo-Cow Ribeye Roll!


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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning to the American public about a new internet attack they are calling "Gameover."
Read their press release here.
Seems that the evildoers send you an email that looks to be from a very official looking site, informing you that's there has been a problem with a recent financial transaction. You're instructed to follow the link provided in the message for further details.
Wham. If you click on that link, you've allowed the malcious software ("malware") access to your hard drive, where it will spend its time locating and forwarding the user name and passwords for your financial accounts. Yes, like your checking account.
It's serious stuff -- they're taking lotsa bucks from people and it's called "gameover" because by the time that you know you've been hit, they're already finished with you and taking your hard-earned cash.
PC World has a nice article discussing how this latest threat is another version of the Zeus malware from a few years back. Along with it, a discussion of the past year's internet thievery highlights.
Here's the thing. Don't open those attachments connected to emails even if you know the person unless you are expecting them to be sending you a document. And even then, it's nice to have your security software in place to scan the attachment before it's downloaded. (Yahoo! Mail provides this via Norton, nice freebie.)


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Get Jennifer Aniston's Beauty Secret — And It's Under $5
Few stars in Hollywood have managed to fight the aging process better than Jen–and now she's revealing how she does it!
Jennifer Aniston looks at least 10 years younger than her biological age! And in a new interview with Now daily, the ageless actress is spilling her beauty secrets. Jennifer, 43, tells the magazine one of her biggest go-tos is none other than Vaseline Original %100 Pure Petroleum Jelly, which she puts under her eyes at night!
Jen is not one to go under the knife so she's perfected her 30-minute nightly beauty regime to keep wrinkles at bay. First, she steams her pores for 10 minutes. Then she washes her face with a gentle cleanser and applies a toner, followed by Cetaphil Moisturising Lotion. Next she spends another 10 minutes giving herself a facial massage to stimulate skin cells and help tighten her muscles.
She uses a vitamin A treatment from Anna Lotan called Rénova, which she leaves on for another 10 minutes. During that time, she opens vitamin E capsules and smooths them onto her shins and elbows. She also applies Dr. LeWinn's Ultra R4 Restorative Cream and a dab of Vaseline under each eye. In the morning, she dunks her face in a sink full of water and ice cubes to shrink her pores and reduce puffiness around her eyes. Now that's what we call dedication!
Hollywoodlifers, would YOU copy Jen's skincare routine? Vote below!


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Inspiration and Encouragement for Unschooling Parents
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
the best Now
Colleen Prieto wrote:
"I know that no matter how wonderful a childhood he has—no matter how accepted, nurtured, loved, and cared for he is—I can't control his Future. His Someday is his—and he will run up against a whole world that is full of potentially confusing and potentially damaging things and people. We give him the best Now we can, in hopes that'll carry him through his Someday as well as it can."
—Colleen Prieto
That's an almost-direct quote. There's a "but..." coming in the original,
but you might not need it today.
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Neighbors got off to a raucous start at the box office on Friday. Meanwhile, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 kicked off its second weekend with a steep drop.Playing at nearly 3,279 theaters, Neighbors opened to a fantastic $19.6 million on Friday. That's bigger than The Hangover ($16.7 million), and barely below Ted ($20.6 million). It's also the best start ever for a live-action Seth Rogen movie ahead of Superbad ($12.3 million). For the weekend, it should earn at least $50 million.The Amazing Spider-Man 2 dropped to second place with an estimated $10.1 million. That's off 71 percent from last Friday, which is identical to Spider-Man 3's drop at the same point. The superhero sequel could wind up as low as $34 million this weekend.Despite facing tough competition from Neighbors, Cameron Diaz comedy The Other Woman only dropped 41 percent on Friday. The movie added $2.82 million for a new total of $55.3 million.Heaven is for Real took fourth place with $1.65 million, while Captain America: The Winter Soldier rounded out the Top Five with $1.49 million.Playing at 1,044 locations, Moms' Night Out opened in sixth place with an estimated $1.25 million. For the weekend, it should earn between $4 and $5 million.Despite opening in over 2,500 theaters, Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return earned just $981,000 in its first day. That's on par with notorious kid-friendly bombs Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil ($1.09 million), Hoot ($983,000) and Doogal ($873,608). For the weekend, it will likely earn less than $4 million.In its 64th day in theaters, The Grand Budapest Hotel passed The Royal Tenenbaums to become director Wes Anderson's highest-grossing movie ever with $52.7 million.Weekend Projections1. Neighbors - $52 million2. Spider-Man - $36 million3. The Other Woman - $9.5 million4. Heaven is for Real - $6 million5. Captain America - $5 million-. Moms' Night Out - $4.5 million-. Legends of Oz - $3.9 millionDiscuss this story with fellow Box Office Mojo fans on Facebook. On Twitter, follow us at @boxofficemojo, and follow author Ray Subers at @raysubers. Related Stories:Ģ Forecast: 'Neighbors' Set to Party Hard Over Mother's Day WeekendRelated Chart:Ģ Grosses for Friday, May 9, 2014
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We have, what I like to call a "butt load" of new cards in the Etsy shop right now! We're really excited about them all. Find all 5 of them in the Etsy shop now! What's your new favorite?
"Hairy Christmas" - inside is blank
Via cracked-designs.com, I was brought here. I first tried Posterous Spaces because it was Adam that I met, but that site is gone.
ANYWAY, I love the WI/MN two card set I bought at Milw. Hover Craft on Sunday, Dec 8, 2013.
Thanks for using recycled papers.
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(Published in Indiawrites.com on 4 July 2011, retrieved from http://www.indiawrites.com/celebrity-speak/why-childhood-is-the-worst-time-of-one's-life/)
"Ma'am, just one more extra sheet, ma'am, I'll finish in a minute."
"No! The bell has rung!"
She snatches up the solitary sheet on my desk, scans it, gives me a long, disappointed look, and then uses her nail polish to mark 28/100 in red, and circle it.
"This is a disappointing performance," she says, and as my exam paper turns into a hen with a bright red beak and blue streaks, and flies away, I realise something is not quite right.
When I find myself lying in bed, I know God is in His heaven, and all's right with the world. I don't have to write an exam ever again...well, except in my subconscious.
That's when it strikes me that the notion that childhood is the best time of one's life is a nasty myth that adults have propagated over the centuries. And for some reason, they believe it's supposed to make their kids feel good. However, I remember that nothing scared me more than the idea that life could actually get worse.
There are at least ten reasons why life sucks when you're a kid.
1. You have no money
And every time you ask for some, your parents want to know why.
"Umm, no, my friends want a treat for my birthday."
"What nonsense! When we were children, we got presents for our birthdays. We didn't give treats. You can distribute toffees if you want."
"Okay. Can I have five hundred bucks?"
"What!!! That was how much I spent in a year when I was your age."
"But Daddy, Grandpa bought this house for fifty thousand then!"
"Exactly! And you want to buy chocolates for five hundred!"
2. You don't know anything, and you'll find out when you're older
"Ma, if the stork is going to bring the baby home, why are you getting fat?"
"Oh, sweetie, the stork will pick it up from my stomach when I'm sleeping."
"Can I stay up and watch?"
"No, baby, the stork gets scared if people are awake."
"But won't your stomach tear?"
"Yes, sweetie, that's why I have to go to hospital."
And ten years later...
"Ma, if the egg is in the woman and the sperm is in the man, how is the zygote formed?"
"Uhh...well, sweetie, you won't understand now. You'll learn later."
And two years later...
Oh, dear God, is that how I was born? Eww. No, no, no. I don't want to look at my parents ever again.
And the next day...
"So, darling, why don't you take your sister for a walk? Your mom and I have to discuss...umm, our bank accounts."
Oh, no.
"Didi, why do Mummy and Daddy lock the door whenever they're discussing bank accounts?"
Oh, NO.
3. Everyone's mean in school
And you don't even have a Facebook account where you can whine about them and ask for validation. Oh, come on, we didn't even have computers. We came home from school to watch Wonder Balloon on DD. And when cable came to India, we watched Small Wonder. And the only growing up show we had was Blossom.
"I don't want to go to school."
"They all make fun of me because I'm dark/ fat/ short/ wear glasses."
"But school is fun. This is the best time of your life!"
Oh, no. And I still have exams.
4. You need permission to go anywhere
And on the subject, you can't drive.
"I want to go to Aparna's house."
"She's having a sleepover."
"What is that?"
"We're all going to talk."
"You can talk in school."
"But no, we want to stay overnight."
"So, you're going to sleep at her house?"
"What's wrong with sleeping here?"
5. Your parents pick vacation spots, and it's usually to your grandparents' home
"Why can't we go somewhere different this time?"
"Why, what's wrong with our native place?"
"We go there every year!"
"Yes, because all your uncles and aunts and grandparents want to see you!"
"But why can't we go to some place exciting, like...umm, like Rajasthan?"
"What! Who lives there?"
"Lots of people."
"What nonsense! It's a desert!"
6. Parents pick the movies you go to
And they always have happy endings.
When they don't, they tell you they do.
"So, does he actually die, Mummy?"
"No, no. He is rescued."
"But they show him sinking."
"No, no. See, Rose whistled."
"But he's already sunk by then."
"No, no, he's under water. He can swim very well. See, she even has a granddaughter. How could she have a granddaughter if he died?"
"Does she marry the guy who gave her the necklace?"
"No, no, she marries Jack. And they live happily ever after. See, they even have a granddaughter."
7. You can't take part in reality shows or buy lottery tickets
Well, Channel Four briefly had a show called Boys and Girls Alone. But none of those kids made it big – well, they don't own IPL teams, and they haven't been found guilty of murder or manslaughter. Yet. And everyone complained about the show, so those kids were sent home before they could become reality TV stars. And that ruined that one little shot at fame for all other kids.
But the lottery ticket ban sucks a lot more. With the kind of pocket money you get, the only business venture you can invest in is a lottery ticket, and they don't sell those to kids. Well, they probably don't sell those to anyone, but you can't even "know someone who gets them for you" when you're under four feet tall.
8. You can only manipulate members of the opposite sex by kicking sand in their eyes
And they either complain to the teacher, who writes a note to your parents, or they kick sand right back in your eyes.
It would be so much easier if you could flirt your way to favours, but that might well qualify as statutory paedophilia.
And anyway, you think boys are icky if you're a girl, and girls are yucky if you're a boy.
9. You get pinched because you're so cute
And you get pinched harder if your parents are unpopular. When you cry, it's cuter.
"Mummy, Sharada Aunty always pinches me too hard."
"Aww, that's because she loves you so much."
"But I have a boo-boo now."
"Aww. Come, let me kiss it away."
"Ow!!! Now my boo-boo is paining more."
"Shh. Let's turn that frown, upside down!"
"Your face will get stuck like that, and then a handsome prince won't marry you."
Oh, no. Beam.
"There's my little, bittle baby-boo."
Pinch. Ow.
10. And there's no escape from your life
Because you can't smoke, smoke up, drink or swear. Worst of all, you don't even know some of those options exist.
One fine day, you pluck up your courage and say, "You know, holiday homework is a bloody waste of time!"
"What did you say?"
"I said holiday homework is a waste of time."
"No, you used a word before."
"You will NOT use that word again!"
"But it's so..."
"I don't care. If you say 'bloody', I won't talk to you for a week. Children from good families don't use bad language."
The one good thing about being a kid was that it was all right to be broke, because your parents would buy you everything you needed. Though you never needed that Barbie ("That's a vulgar doll!") or that remote-controlled car ("What's the point of a toy car? When you're grown up, you can drive a real car!") or that Batman book ("How can a comic cost five hundred rupees?!")
Well, at least that's what you thought. Until they threw it back at you with, "We've done everything for you! We've fed you, and clothed you, and educated you, and..."
"And conceived me."
"So, we've fed you, and clothed you, and educated you, and spoiled you silly, and you can't do one little thing for us?"
"Okay, fine, I'm sorry. I'll go buy tiffin now."


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VANCOUVER — It's Canada Day on Monday and the Vancouver Canadians, the only affiliated professional baseball team in Canada, are being led at the plate and on the mound by two Canadians.
How perfect, eh?
Catcher Mike Reeves, from Peterborough, Ont. was batting a cool .440 before Friday's home date, a 4-1 loss, to the Tri-City Dust Devils. He's 11-for-25 on the young Northwest League season and would be the league's runaway leader if he had a few more at-bats.
Meanwhile, pitcher Eric Brown, the former UBC Thunderbird from Thunder Bay, Ont.is sporting a gaudy 0.96 earned run average after three starts. His record is 2-0 but his finest performance was a no-decision Monday in Salem-Keizer when he went seven shutout innings, fanned eight and walked none. Brown stands fourth in the league in ERA.
C's manager Clayton McCullough has been hired to develop players, no matter their home country, but even he notices the beauty of it all.
"Whenever you have the opportunity to play, not only in Vancouver, but for the Toronto Blue Jays' organization, it's special for those guys," said the skipper. "Both Brown and Reeves are off to great starts. With Reeves, not that he can't hit, but .440 is helium watch for anybody. And Eric is on a nice roll. His quality of pitches is night and day compared to last year. His stuff is crisper. He's keeping everything down, working both sides of the plate and has a much better change-up.
"I'm happy for him because he's handled this the right way — just continue to get better, do well and when an opportunity arises, hopefully, he'll be the one who's called upon."
This is Brown's third year with the short-season Single-A Canadians and the first for Reeves. Brown was drafted by the parent Blue Jays in the 50th round in 2011. Reeves was a 21st-round selection this year.
"Ah, the Canadian connection," Reeves, 22, laughed when his and Brown's success became a discussion point. "Right now, this whole average thing ... it's so early. Guys averages are changing 50 points a game. I actually pride myself on my defence and the hitting, well, if they fall, they fall and, right now, they are falling."
Reeves, who was rested Friday, went 3-for-4 Thursday as the C's beat the Spokane Indians 5-2. He claimed he hasn't looked at the overall league hitting stats. Good thing people in the media do. Before Friday's slate of games, the league leader was Salem-Keizer's Tyler Hollick, who was stroking the ball at a .385 clip, well behind Reeves' .440.
"I'm sure other guys will heat up and I'll cool off," predicted Reeves. "I'm just looking at it day-to-day and, on Thursday, I had a really good day."
Brown, 24, is trying to work his way back to the full single-season Single-A Lansing Lugnuts. A few more dominant outings like his last one should open some eyes.
"The difference between this year and last year is just experience, definitely," explained Brown, who is scheduled to start against the Dust Devils on Saturday. "You're always working at it and making little adjustments and, finally, it's just starting to click, I guess. I don't look a whole lot into stats but obviously I want to be the best on my team, I want to get moved up and I want to be the best wherever I go. It's been a good couple of weeks for me."
C-NOTES: Attendance Friday was 3,445. ... Left-fielder Jordan Leyland led Vancouver at the plate, going 2-for-4 ... Trevor Gretzky, 20-year-old son of the hockey legend, is on the Boise Hawks' roster this season and, barring injury or re-assignment, will be at The Nat for a five-game series beginning July 10. Through Thursday, Gretzky was batting .200 (3-for-15) in the four games in which he appeared.


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The past week or so has been quite hectic! Besides work and everyday life stuff, Peter was busy doing lots of "projects" around the house. It all started after making a trip to Lowes to buy a new dryer. I mentioned that I was planning to paint the laundry room once I was finished with work, but since Peter isn't the procrastinator I am......a week later the laundry room had gotten a makeover!
We painted the walls Sea Salt by Sherman Williams (a green/blue/grey).
I knew I had made a great choice when I saw on Pinterest that Joanna Gaines uses this color in some of her "Fixer Upper" homes! :O)
I told Peter I would finish it while he was work, but he was determined to complete the project. We picked up more paint on Thursday, as well as new dark baskets and galvanized accessories. We also gave all the white trim/doors a fresh coat of white paint. I found the perfect rug at Walmart, I think the yellow and grey-ish brown looks great with the paint color.
Other than adding a few more accessories on the shelves and deciding on what to hang on one of the walls, the laundry room has a new, fresh look! (I absolutely love it...and my new dryer!)
The shelves are much less cluttered and so much prettier....
Here are a few pictures of the microwave shelf:
Peter did an awesome job!!!
The mini-kitchen redo is at the top of the list!!
[the weather]
The weather (or at least the forecast) quickly changed everything at the b&b last weekend. We went from having a full house to nobody. We were closed all weekend, so I did lots cooking! I have been trying to use all the veggies that were brought to me last week.
I made Stuffed Peppers (to freeze), Zucchini Bread, Squash Casserole, Roasted Acorn Squash, and Broccoli Cheese Soup. (See post HERE) More stormy weather again this weekend, so the b&b is officially closed for the season.
[ my family]
Peter and Nathan headed back to work on Wednesday. They both had early crew changes so they left on Tuesday evening. Peter and I spent the night with Lindsey and Allie. :O) :O) We always love any opportunity to see them. Logan didn't get home until late Wednesday evening, so I didn't get to see him. :O(
Nathan posted this pic on Facebook. Peter's boat (Nathan's previous boat before going on the barge) leaving Philly headed to Baltimore until the bad weather passes.
Mom and Dad left yesterday and will be riding out this stormy weather on the mainland. I was hoping to have them here with me until things got back to normal, but I'm here alone. It is very quiet!! Logan and Lindsey invited me to come to their house until the bad weather was over, but I think I will be okay staying home. It looks like (as of now) that the hurricane will be off the coast.
Our home is very weird these days.....it goes from being busy, loud, full of laughter and lots of talking while Peter and Nathan are home, to quiet....very quiet......for two whole weeks while they are gone. I'm getting used to this tugboat life, but it is definitely different!
I actually got to spend a few minutes with Nathan while he was home this time (rare these days). He even cooked dinner for us...again, rare these days.
[tv shows]
So, I was soooo excited to check out two new shows this fall. One was Life In Pieces, which I had really hoped would be somewhat similar to Parenthood (which I miss soooo much!!). Unfortunately, for me, this show is a miss!!! While I did laugh quite a bit, it just isn't what I was looking for. The other show on my must-see list was Code Black, and this show was a HIT!!! I loved it and am so glad to have a new series to watch. I also saw that Samantha Brown has a new show beginning Sunday 10/04 on the Travel Channel called 50/50. It reminds me of my other favorite show Trip Flip. I'm setting the dvr now!
I also tuned in to the pilot Open Concept on HGTV. It featured the sister team I follow on Instagram and their shanty2chic blog. It re-aired last night and hopefully, it will come back as a series. I loved it! Check it out!
[a little getaway]
Peter and I have been trying all summer to get away for a night or two. It hasn't seemed to work out due to his new work schedule. We do take the chance to go off for the day now and then, and we spent the night with Logan and Lindsey a few times while getting things straight for the job. We have started making it a point to try new places to eat when we can. We had dinner at Chesapeake Crabhouse in Crisfield with L & L a few weeks ago and it was delicious. If you go, you must get the Crabby Fries!!!!!! Really, you must! :O)
Last week, during an all day shopping trip in Salisbury, we had lunch at Back Street Grill. It's actually run by the same people at a favorite of ours, Riverside Grill in Pocomoke. We both made great lunch choices; Peter got the Seafood Jambalaya and a burger, I got the Cream of Crab soup and a burger. It was delicious!! We will definitely return.
{Review HERE}
Now that Peter is on a permanent schedule and I am finished with work, we can finally plan a little getaway. I had looked at a few places, but really have my heart set on a (new to us) place. I just need to run it by Peter. I am so ready to get away for a few nights!! :O) Hopefully, I'll be posting about it soon!


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I got a pretty late start on Thursday and missed the Keynote Session. But I did arrive just in time to attend the press conference that we put together for the local media at 10am (for a clip of the local news, click here). Then it was off to sessions and the exhibit all for the rest of the day.
Immigrant Cluster Communities: Past, Present, and Future – Because immigrants traveled together, they usually settled together. Analyzing these communities, that is, beyond your own ancestors, could mean breaking down a brick wall. Lisa Alzo provided several strategies for studying immigrant cluster communities. In addition, she provided examples from her own research, which helped illustrate her points. I myself have only struck the surface of cluster genealogy and plan to take Lisa's strategies and apply them to my own research in hopes of finally breaking through my German brick walls. You can purchase the recording of the session here. Or, catch Lisa on September 21 in a live webinar on the same topic, hosted by the Southern California Genealogical Society.
Going Beyond the Bare Bones: Reconstructing Your Ancestor's' Lives – Genealogy is more than just names, dates, and relationships. In this lecture, Thomas Jones goes through a variety of sources that can be used to shed light on the lives our ancestors lived. For example, court records could reveal the details of the dispute and the parties involved, financial status, occupation, property value/description, and more. Using these sources and their information collectively can make for a rich story. Tom also discussed different approaches to use when crafting a biography, one of which I had not previously considered. You can purchase the recording of the session here.
In addition to these sessions, I attended the Illinois State Genealogical Society's luncheon. Speaker, Dr. Michael Lockett, presented Strange, But True, Stories of the Civil War, which was fascinating. While I wasn't attending sessions, I was mingling with the crowd and vendors at the exhibit hall. Finally, I wrapped up the evening at dinner with fellow bloggers, Carol Genung, Kathryn Doyle, and Paula Hinkel.


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MEBIUS!!! Ahh...it's nice to have Ultra-Acts. Well, first things first before we start this review. As I mentioned on my NiroLegends Facebook Page, I will be using this blog a lot for updates, and maybe including Weekly Tokusatsu, and other things. Also, every post I make will be shared on my page as well, so you can like my page here to get updates.
Anyways, back to the review. To start off, once again, I love the front cover. It has that glittery face of Mebius which really stands out as a cover. Now, the back of the box is pretty similar to Ultra-Act Zero's, but this one does include a picture of another product. In the big picture, we have Mebius showing off his blade, but sadly...Zamusha isn't included in the Ultra-Act. (Sad Face). However, I do like all the example poses the back cover gives me, that way I don't have to go back to the show and see what looks good.
Now this is where it gets interesting. Before I start, please note that I am reviewing about MY Ultra-Act, so that all the information about the joints might NOT apply here. Anyways, My Ultra-Act Mebius's joints and accessories are disappointingly loose. The joints are better, but it's still loose enough to get on people's nerves. The body is still made of mostly plastic like all the other Ultra-Acts. The hand joints are actually not that loose, but loose enough to make me not spend 30 minutes switching them like I had to do with the Zero figure. Now, I am not saying that loose joints are a good thing, I am just saying that you will have to deal with it if you come across it. Also, I think the black shading on the sides of his eyes make him look pale and evil.
Ultra - Act Mebius does come with accessories, but he doesn't come with that much, or maybe I am just spoiled by Ultra - Act Zero. Mebius comes with 4 accessories, the Knight Brace Sword, the Red Color Timer, the Mebius Shoot, and the Mebius Punch. The color timer pops up a little bit on the body which makes it look weird, and is a bit loose. The Knight Brace is also a bit loose, but the Knight Brace Sword is extremely loose, so I try to not mess with it as much. The Mebius Shoot has to be my favorite accessory. The fact that it isn't loose and is really easy to put on just makes me fall in love with it. Well, not literally of course. For the Mebius Punch, it's really hard to get it on especially with the loose parts. The effect part of the accessory is actually made of soft plastic, so it can be a bit fragile.
Ultraman Mebius also comes with 3 interchangeable hands. The three that he has are the pretty basic ones. They are the flying hands, the spread open hands, and the default knuckle hand. Nothing special here since he can't, or doesn't have any weapons to hold, nor does he have a special hand pose (Besides the V from Ultraman Mebius and the Ultra Brothers, but that will probably come in a future release of Mebius Infinity)
Now, to sum it all up, I think this figure is decent. It's obviously not as great as the Zero figure, but it's got its good points. I don't really recommend this if you have another Ultra - Act you want to buy, or if you want a "first", you should get Zero. He does require a bit of playing around to understand. I rate this figure a 7/10 for all the things I said in this review. Once again, thank you for taking your time to read this review. ^_^
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We're staying with Ian, who's place I couchsurfed at before I found the "great" place in Kardy. He's such a friendly and generous person but we're house hunting frentically to not impose for too long. Think we've found something now... Fingers crossed.
Basically just been surfing cafés and being generally stressed and tired. Will get better! Just went for a ten km walk around the river, and it felt great! Letting some of the stress out I suppose.
|Cool café called Wild poppy
really nice coffee!
and cool home-made furniture!
in south freo
|Evelina being super excited about our
hot chocolate and chocolate cake
at San Churro in Freo
Chocolate overload! mmmm


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A UK scientist. As well as a chemistry degree I also have an MSc in Polymer Composite science & engineering. I pursued a PhD in paper science (deinking)in the guise of a Research Assistant at the University of Manchester.I have many interests and always like to try out learn new things. STEM Ambassador and member of Board of Scientific Advisors for The Rutger Hauer Starfish Association (non-profit). A long term runner to raise funds for this organisation xxx
Sunday, 18 November 2012
Day 9: Higgs Boson
Sunday 4.11.12 Looking forward to visiting the John Rylands library and hearing a talk about the Higgs Boson by a man I have been tweeting with for some time Ian Sample. He has a new book out about this subject. Before talking about it he spoke of Peter Higgs for a while whom he has met. Journalists think Higgs is a shy genius because he is reluctant to talk to them. However, apparently he just thinks they are idiots. Apparently he was always going to be a theorist because he is worryingly bad with experiments in the lab lol. It was a fascinating talk as they all are. At last I also bumped into fellow chemist Louise who loves Didsbury bless her. She greeted me at the desk and I saw her later on too handing around the microphone. I left happy but saddened that the festival was over so quickly as usual. Hopefully I will be a volunteer again next year. I do apologise for the lack of photo's. It was just not possible this year. Thanks for reading and take care.
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Day 8: book readings
Saturday 3.11.12 I had such a good time at Blackwells bookshop last Saturday that I decided to come again this week if it didn't clash with any other festival event I had wished to attend. So I found myself here again at 11am for a talk entitled 'on being' by Prof Peter Atkins who is a renowned chemistry professor. In fact he wrote my undergraduate text book Physical Chemistry so I felt quite honoured to be listening to him. His talk was bascially about science verses religion and he used alot of big english words lol. Science of course wins and he was rather like Richard Dawkins I guess. His book was only little so I bought it. The next talk at 2pm was called why Humans like to cry by a lovely neuroscientist who also enjoys poetry, opera and speaking german. I also bought his book. And lastly at 3.30pm a former chemistry teacher spoke to us using a white board about the Higgs Boson. As I'd bought 2 books already I decided to not buy his. I know where I can go when I do need to buy it. I also discovered labcoats and purple hoodies here too. I went home happy.
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Day 7: Contagion
Day 7: Friday 7.11.12 Back at the MOSI cinema at 7pm for the screening of this film which never having seen before I was certainly excited to see. It was introduced by microbiologist Joanna verran and starred Jude Law, Kate Winset, Gwenyth Paltrow and Matt Damon. It was a realistic medical thriller about a deadly SARS like virus. It was as I expected by then I do love a good movie. There was a discussion afterwards with a guy whos name sadly escapes me. He was from the universities department of History of science and medicine. Awesome way to end the working week
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Saturday, 17 November 2012
Day 6: The XXX Files
Thursday 1.11.12 This was part of the science after dark series and was one of the highlights for me. Largely because it took place in my favourite pub, The Lass O'Gowrie and I managed to persuade my other half to accompany me. Also it had adult themes and kept us very entertained betweem 7-10pm. Three entertaining talks from experts at the Manchester Metropolitan University. They were Embarrassing bodies (i.e. infectious diseases) with Prof Val Edwards Jones, Famous people with congential diseases by Dr Chris Murgatroyd and Evolution of the Penis by Dr Michael Carroll. This last speaker was a soft spoken irish man and so full of the blarney though I must admit to never hearing an academic say the words shagging and knob as much as this guy did. All in fun in the cosy upstairs room of the Lass.
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Day 5: The cost of Transport
Wednesday 21.10.12 This panel discussion was the event of choice for me this evening and it took place at the Manchester Conference Centre. A very nice place and I think the first time I have been in for years since it was refurbished. This was a 2 hour affair from 6.30-8.30pm with light refreshments first and some free literature some of which I picked up along with a free 2 gb memory stick. The discussion was about the latest developments and their potential impact on the future of transport. It was a four member panel which included the Chief Scientific Advisor DOT, Rod Smith and a non expert comedian who has attended the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Timandra Harkness. She was very good and of course funny. I agree with her about wanting a flying car as long as it is powered by hydrogen, water or electricity. Strangely I don't recall electric cars being mentioned at all. Road tax was discussed alot with one audience member asking if it was right to punish us with increased taxes. I agree in recovering the amount needed to pay for repairing roads etc but not to continue increasing taxes forever.
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Day4 The Wasted Conversation
Tuesday 30.10.12 saw me at MOSI for this event which was held on the 3rd floor in a lovely but draughty room. Blankets were thoughtfully provided. The wasted works sculpture was on display for us all to see and looked very pretty and purple as light shone through it. This is artwork by Gina Czarnecki which explores the life giving potential of 'discarded' body parts as well as their relationship to myths, history, cutting-edge stem cell research and notions of what constitutes informed consent. The sculpture was made out of a resin and resembled a palace. Close inspection revealed that it had milk teeth on it! The artist Gina was there for a discussion with stem cell scientist Prof Sara Rankin. They talked about how they got together to collaborate and how they had an interest in each others field. That is a scientist with an interest in art and vice versa. Gina had apparently been to the Sundance Film Festival last year. They also talked of having to get approval for this project from the health service. It is still possible to donate your milk teeth if you wish to.
Here is a link to an interview with Gina on the science festival Blog. Very interesting it is too :)
Also there were a couple of armchairs for us to try out. Their cushions had been injected with fat collected from liposuction. It came with a caveat to be gentle as the fat may seap out. We should see the shape of our buttocks on the cushion upon standing up. To be honest I wasn't taken with this idea. I didn't see anyone else sit down on them either. Full points for creativity though. Another thoroughly enjoyable after work event.
Here is a link to an interview with Gina on the science festival Blog. Very interesting it is too :)
Also there were a couple of armchairs for us to try out. Their cushions had been injected with fat collected from liposuction. It came with a caveat to be gentle as the fat may seap out. We should see the shape of our buttocks on the cushion upon standing up. To be honest I wasn't taken with this idea. I didn't see anyone else sit down on them either. Full points for creativity though. Another thoroughly enjoyable after work event.
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Day 3: The man in the white suit
Monday 29.10.12. This week as I am working I can only attend evening sessions of the festival as it doesn't line up with half term for me this year. Not letting this stop me though. On this particular evening I attended a screening of a chemistry film at Manchester Metropolitan University All Saints building. I was a tad late as I couldn't find the building. 6PM start. Little did I know this was an old Alec Guinness film made by Ealing Studios way back when. It was introduced by a microbiologist who mentioned German Expressionism. This reminded me of a swedish friend of mine who is really into that. We were also told 3 main things about modern film making 1931: wobbly sets 1951: wobbly props and 1991: wobbly cameras (I think). LOL. I found it interesting as being a chemist I would! I felt sorry for Alec Guinness character in the end by the way his supposedly new wonder material came undone (literally!). There was an offer of pizza and a pub discussion in the end but it was 9pm so home time for me. A thoroughly nice night. I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings. I was hoping to find the whole movie on YouTube but I could only find clips so I will leave you with one of those. I hope it encourages you to see the film if I'm not the only person not to have seen it
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