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I have good news, good news, and bad news.
The good news? Sweet Dreams is back with Angie, the first round of edits done! Yay!
The good news? The character chat seemed to be a real hit. I'm hoping that the other authors had as good a time as I did, and it seemed like the readers had a good time, too.
The bad news? I did the character chat with a stuffed nose, fever, body aches, etc., thinking I was having an allergy attack.
Now, before I get yelled at ("That's a head cold, dummy!") let it be known that a LOT of my allergy attacks will cause me to have a fever. A nurse tried to explain to me once why that happens, but right now I can't remember the explanation. She said if the allergy meds make me feel better, then it's an allergy attack. If they don't, it's a cold.
Guess what? It's a cold.
Now the youngest is starting to sniffle and get "snoodely". The oldest has been sick for about three days (no fever, so, again, I though allergy attack since the pollen in our area has been anywhere from High to "Why is that cloud yellow, Mama?" "It's not a cloud. It's pollen, sweetie.") Now I'm thinking it was a cold all along. Luckily, he's getting better. Not so luckily, I'm not.
So I may be a bit out of touch for a day or two while I kick this out of my system. Don't worry, I'll do my best to answer e-mails, but my elves are on hold until I feel better. I actually did try to write today, but... I hit the delete key. A LOT.
Juice and some rest (as much as my kids will let me have, at least), and plenty of cold medicine, and I should be fine in a few days.
In the meantime, Tuesday is release day over at Samhain, so go check out the new books, maybe look at some of the older releases, and have a good couple of days!
Monday, May 19, 2008
I Thought It Was Allergies!
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Morning Briefs on the LA City Hall Connection to the Senator Calderon Bribery Scheme
The Political Thunderstorm that is the State Senator Ron Calderon Bribery Scandal cast its shadow on an unnamed LA City Clowncil Central Committee Member as we play a bloggin, "Who was It?"
The looming Senator Calderon Bribery Scandal is about to drench an unnamed City Clowncil Central Committee Member (current or past).
Would Montebello (CD 14 East) State Senator Ron Calderon please name the Los Angeles City Clowncil Central Committee Member cited in the FBI Affidavit as the potential recipient of payola?
Great Tuesday Morning to all as we invite you to join in a Bloggin Political Game of "Who was It?".
Since the leak by Aljezzera America of the FBI Affidavit involving the alleged Bribery Scandal of Montebello's State Senator Ron Calderon, local scribes and bloggers alike, have combed through the document and found linkage in the politically explosive details, to either current of former LA City Clowncil Central Committee Members, which ones only Senator Calderon can elaborate on.
In today's edition of the "Valley Daily Moldy Green Sheet" (aka Daily News), former blogger, turned print scribe Dakota Smith discloses a passage from the FBI Affidavit that links a "Los Angeles City Councilman" to the alleged group of fiscal beneficiaries of Senator Calderon "Pay to Play Scheme" as we note below ..........According to the affidavit, Calderon "mentioned several different accounts into which he was considering having the (agent) deposit the remaining money (Californians for Diversity, Senator de Leon, Ronald Calderon for Controller, Ronald Calderon Officeholder, and a Los Angeles City Councilman)."
"The (agent) told (Calderon) to spell out where he wanted the money to go on a piece of paper and the (agent) would do it," the document states.
Some money was eventually transferred to Californians for Diversity, the affidavit later indicates. The "councilman" is not mentioned again in the document.
........ so simply, who was it?
From reading the FBI Affidavit, most of the direct interaction between the fictitious Filmmaker Rocky Patel and Senator Calderon, takes places in Downtown LA. Further, the base of operations for the phony film company was in Downtown LA's Arts District, which now a part of Clowncil Central Committee Member Huizar's CD 14 District.
Another political sidebar to note in the link of Senator Calderon to LA City Hall, was his brother Tom's role in raising money for the re-election of former "Failure Mayor" Antonio Villar in 2009, which was surely reciprocated in some way by the former Mayor, or possibly his close ally Clowncil Ally Jose Huizar.
Just a bloggin thought ........, but not far-fetch considering that Senator Calderon and current Clowncil Central Committee Member Huizar were on the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles Committee in 2012.
Your thoughts ..............
Scott Johnson in CD 14
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From today's Moscow-Pullman Daily News:
The Pullman Alliance for Responsible Development will not continue its legal quest to block the construction of a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Pullman.Technorati Tags: wal-mart walmart
PARD board member Cynthia Hosick said the group's members voted via e-mail whether to take their case to the Washington Supreme Court.
"I think the decision to stop is reasonable, because ... I think it probably wouldn't go too much farther," Hosick said.
PARD members point to a city-commissioned Bishop Boulevard traffic study that determined several million dollars of maintenance and infrastructure will be needed in the future to deal with issues such as traffic and pedestrian safety.
Hosick said the March release of the study was too late to help PARD in its appeal. She's certain the group would have been victorious if it had been able to present the information in court.
"We weren't able to have the traffic study be part of the appeal and that's a biggie," she said. "I think without that (another) appeal would be very iffy."
Jennifer Spall, Washington Wal-Mart public affairs manager, said PARD members made the right decision to back down. She added that the corporation was going to move forward with construction regardless of whether PARD chose to appeal. The store is being designed, although no permits have been issued by the city. The super center is expected to open in late 2010 or early 2011.
"It's probably a wise decision on their part. The chance of being heard by the Supreme Court is slim," she said. "But we had decided to move forward whether they did (appeal) or not ... As far as we were concerned, with the court of appeals, we were done. It's great for the community that they won't have to go through this again."
Mayor Glenn Johnson was pleased to hear that Wal-Mart will proceed with construction. He said PARD's fight against the super center has delayed development of other stores in Pullman, as well as the collection of sales tax and the addition of several traffic lights Wal-Mart will pay to have installed on Bishop Boulevard.
"From a city standpoint, this is a very good thing," he said.
Wal-Mart announced plans to build a super center on Bishop Boulevard in October 2004. The project's State Environmental Policy Act checklist was given a determination of nonsignificance by Pullman Public Works Director Mark Workman, meaning the city believes the project should not have an adverse effect on the environment.
PARD appealed the store's SEPA checklist and site plan on the grounds that the store would negatively affect stormwater run-off, traffic and Pullman's local economy.
A Pullman hearing examiner concluded the store's site plan and environmental checklist was sufficient and the decision was upheld by Whitman County Superior Court Judge David Frazier, who dismissed PARD's appeal.
The group then took the case to the Division III Court of Appeals, which deliberated for more than five months before denying PARD's appeal earlier this month.


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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Thomas Kinkade Quilt
Sashings are now added.
The mauve is Michael Micheners Fairy Frost fabric and the outer sashing is another Thomas Kinkade floral print.
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Orchid Has Bloomed!!!
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Thomas Kinkade Panel
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Baskets and More Baskets Block #6
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Ginger and Oscar in My Sewing Room
Every chance Oscar gets he steals my sewing chair!
Ginger likes to hog the doggy sofa.
Morning sun shines thru the window and they both love to be right where it hits the floor.
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Dachshund Quilt Top
I have the quilt top pieced now. Last night I added the batting/backing and in the process of basting it all together for the quilting.
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Another Dishtowel Dress
Using a huck cloth dishtowel, I was able to make a dainty little dishtowel for a friends birthday. I used a cotton flower fairy print fabric for the bodice.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Dachshunds for Baby Quilt Project
Yesterday I started a new quilt project. These little dachshund and bone silhouettes are for a baby quilt I started working on yesterday. A friend at the office has recently announced she is now expecting a baby. She loves dachhunds and has 4 of her own so I wanted to see what I could design with dachshunds on a baby quilt. Searching the internet I could not find any patterns for a dachshund baby quilt so yesterday I played with some easy shapes from some pictures of dachshunds I found. I liked the shape here that I used the best. I drew up the bone shape to use as alternate blocks.
Wednesday night I found the fabric with the paws on it at JoAnn's and picked out 8 calico fabrics to match the colors of the paws. Last night I machine appliqued 4 of the blocks. The blocks are 8" x 12".
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Plastic Bag Dispensers
I made these last weekend. The one with the birdhouse on it is for the reqular size plastic grocery bags and the black one is for smaller bags.
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Sunday, February 7, 2010
"Baskets and More Baskets" Workshop
These are the first 4 blocks of my "Baskets and More Baskets" quilt. I am participating in an online 4 month workshop with CD Designs. Each Saturday I receive instructions for the next block to make and have kept up with them so far.
I am just using the blue fabric as a back ground for taking pictures of the blocks. The sashing fabric that will be around the blocks is a yellow fabric with little flowers on it.
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Table Runner for Valentine's Day
Last weekend I made this Valentine themed table runner. On this one I did a "loop-d-loop" free motion quilting design.
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Valentine Dish Towel Dress
I made 4 of these little dish towel dresses that will be given away as gifts. I bought the Valentine themed dish towels and fabric at my local JoAnn's Fabric store. They were fun to make. Next I will make some for St. Patrick's Day.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Tropicana, Monarch Cats and Pond Plantings
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Smart dog!
Don't you love these spring days!
- May 10, 2011 at 3:52 PM
- Stephanie said...
Hi! I just found your blog (via STARworks garden) and wanted to say "hello" from Randolph County. Your garden looks great, how nice that you are encouraging the monarchs. I look forward to reading more, thanks for sharing! :)
- May 11, 2011 at 11:02 AM
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Hi Laurie
I'm jealous! We are just warming up enough to plant tomato plants! And you have buds already - good for you.
- May 12, 2011 at 8:52 AM
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The challenge was called 1-2-3 - 1 black card stock as a background, 2 photos and 3 patterned papers. One of the contestants (Sutty) had used strawberries on her LO and I'd put fabric strawberries in my kit and had black card stock in my add on kit, so it seemed a good fit. Here's Sutty's layout -UK Scrappers
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Well, 2010 will bring about the 6th anniversary of my heart transplant. My intent with this blog is to start at the beginning of my journey. Stay tuned
Bear with me folks I just posted to my own blog now I know how to add to this. Midge
01-17-10 I will repeat some of what I said in my post to my own blog. Yes, 9-11-01 was when I was told that about all was left was a heart transplant. Well, we were devastated but that was such a tragic day for so many thousands of people that it developed my attitude as I began this journey. I had a chance they did not. I continued yet for another year and then in Sept of 02, after being hospitalized for CHF (heart failure) Mayo told me it was time to move closer (we had moved out in the boonies at Lake of the Ozarks) so we came home to Iowa to be close to our family as we began our transplant road. I was officially listed in Nov of 02. On Jan 3 of 03 I fell and broke my foot and ankle, in Feb of 03 I had part of my colon removed as the infection would kill me post transplant. Now you have to remain positive when you have your belly ripped open and you are on crutches it was either laugh or cry and I chose laughter. We also moved into a new home then. At this time I was making monthly trips to the transplant center and I was listed as status 2A. By late 2003 I was having more trouble with shortness of breath, swelling, overall deteriorating. It was decided in Jan of 04 to begin IV Milrinone. Boy that was like a miracle drug, I felt much better for a couple of months. I was blessed to be able to stay at home during all of this I continued my part time job and my social life. This was very important to me as it kept me busy and did not give me time for self pity. As March came I became more symptomatic again and my dose of Milrinone was increased. They told me on Mar 17th that the best thing that could happen was before I got back to Iowa (3hr drive) they would have a heart for me. My call came on Mar 19th. More later.
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Sabantuy on Lake Yakty-Kuhl gathered more than five thousand people in Bashkiria
UFA, 6 July 2015. /Bashinform News Agency, Leila Aralbaeva/.
A Resort Sabantuy was held for the first time in Abzelilovo region of Bashkortostan, in the territory of ski-centre "Metallurg-Magnitogorsk". It was an initiative of the owners of hotels located along the bank of Lake Yakty-Kuhl.
The Resort Sabantuy featured one of the most beautiful vacation destinations located on the border of Bashkortostan and the Chelyabinsk region. The format of the festival brought together tourism, business, sports and culture. Overall, the event was attended by over five thousand people. The Sabantuy guests were vacating families with children, residents of neighbouring villages, young people – everybody had fun at the festive event.
An exhibition of retro cars and colourful horse show, workshops and ethnographic farmsteads with tasting of national dishes, a traceurs' performance and an open air disco were of particular interest of the comers.
Representatives of Bashkortostan and Chelyabinsk region authorities, Yakty-Kuhl health resort management, "MMK Kurort" company and owners of private hotels discussed the prospects of development and branding of the resort area. It is planned to make the Resort Sabantuy on Lake Yakty-Kuhl a traditional annual event.


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Seems that people just don't flock to a good deli the way they did 50 years ago. As such, there is little reason to do things the old school way.
It was purely but chance though that he was at Zingerman's Deli in Ann Arbor, Michigan when we payed a visit for lunch. It was however unfortunate that he'd stepped out for a bit while we were there so we weren't able to meet him. I did purchase a copy of his book and I was able to get an employee of Zingerman's to get it autographed and mailed to me. I'm really looking forward to reading it.
Zingerman's does do some old school stuff but also sources out other items. The corned beef is their own recipe and for the pastrami they created the recipe with their good friend Sy Ginsberg.
As for the food it was fantastic. We spent that night in Indianapolis and we only needed a small bite for dinner. We were both still happy and satisfied.
First up was my pastrami. It came on rye with Swiss cheese and grilled onions. The sandwich is then grilled which I really didn't feel did much to improve the sandwich. I would order it not grilled next time if I could. The pastrami its self was very good however not the best I've had. Had I done my homework a little better I'd have taken Z's advice and orderd the #48, Binny's Brooklyn Reuben. Just like a regular Reuben but with pastrami instead.
The real star was the Reuben though. Mrs. Sippi ordered her favourite sandwich and it was just plain excellent. Zingerman's own corned beef was definitely the best I've had. Very tender and had a flavour profile that I didn't find was as intense as I'm used to. It was perfectly balanced with the kraut and Swiss.
Our lunch guest ordered a roast beef sandwich. It came with cheddar cheese, lettuce & hot mustard on an onion roll. I did not sample it but he said it was quite good.
All three fressors came with a fantastic sour pickle.
We had a side order of mac and cheese and a kinish. Both were very good as well. I'd never had a knish and really didn't know what I was getting. It's always great to find something new.
Any open product is available for sampling. As you can tell by the picture it was busy so we didn't do much sampling. We did manage to get tastes of spicy anchovies and their Montreal smoked meat. The smoked meat had a good smoke profile and a beefy flavour but lacked any flavour of the brine. The girl who we were talking to said that they're going to develop their own recipe for this.
Well that's all from the Food Court for now. 'Til next time.


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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Retro Archive For Sale - When Interior Design Was Known As Interior Decorating
I know many of you (maison 21, Peak of Chic, Mrs. Blandings...) love retro regency, or collect vintage decorating books. So here are a nice amount of photos for your archives...
There is just so much in this book. And you can get in on eBay now for a BIN price of only $44.50!
The seller, eastendfunkystuff, posted all these photos, quite generous and very rare for eBay.
Someone please buy this book HERE!
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- vicki archer said...
These images look fabulous - I will definitely be having a look at this gorgeous book.
- August 13, 2008 at 5:27 AM
- The Peak of Chic said...
Wow! I love that photo of the dining room with mural- very chic!
- August 13, 2008 at 9:02 AM
- Visual Vamp said...
I put a wallpaper mural panel on a door in my living room. It was kind of meant to be tongue-in-cheek, but you know everyone who sees it, loves it, and after four years I'm still not tired of looking at it. It's like Alice going through the looking glass - you just kind of trip out on the large scale, and get pulled into the scene LOL
- August 14, 2008 at 2:14 AM
- Ladygrande (Texas Marie) said...
I tend to gravitate to "old" decor....my kids used to think I'm just boring, but I feel more comfortable with "well-used" furniture items. And after my girls have expressed their opinions about my "old" styles, they often want to have what I have purchased for my use..Funny! I have given them both two living room sets - both "old" furniture. Note that I am in my mid-60's and remember those styles with fondness.....
- August 14, 2008 at 10:00 AM


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With The London Film Festival almost upon us, I thought I'd console myself over not being able to attend by looking at back at some of the highlights from my time at previous fests. The following are ten films that still give me a warm glow of pleasure, and ones that I will forever associate with Odeon West End and The National Film Theatre.
David Cronenberg's twisted love story was on the verge of being banned almost up to the morning of its UK premiere. Thankfully, festival organisers stood firm and the screening went ahead, with DC introducing his film and staying on for a Q&A afterwards. One of those magical evenings that stays with you.
While I don't count myself as one of those who proclaims this to be one of the greatest films ever made, Shawshank still left a considerable impression on me and I've never seen such a reaction to any film at any cinema. The packed auditorium simply stood up and the end, and gave Darabont's film a standing ovation that seemed to go on and on.
Ferrara's DANGEROUS GAME (as it soon became known) was screened without fanfare or the presence of cast and director. Disappointing maybe, but this absorbing film-within-a-film features sterling work from Keitel and a more-than decent turn from Madonna, with a psychotic James Russo on top form. More than enough to make it one of Abel's best.
A gala opening film, with onstage appearances from director and cast members. As we couldn't bag Gala tickets, we opted for the repeat screening the following day. No Kate Hudson to be seen, but we didn't altogether mind as this film simply took over our senses and left us with grins as wide as Cheshire cats. Now, where's my Stillwater CD?
Ang Lee's deliriously delicious feast of impeccable acting and the finest of, ahem, fine dining. I'd already demolished a pre-film mixed grill at a nearby pub, but half an hour in, those pangs of hunger returned. Gordon Ramsay eat your heart out!
So, we'd caught Darren Aronofsky's PI and raved about it. When we heard his latest would receive its UK prem at the LFF, applying for tickets was a no brainer. To be honest, we'd read practically nothing about the film prior to the screening, and turned up with no idea what to expect. When Darren introduced the film, his warning that "In an hour and three quarters from now, you are all going to hate me" didn't cause too much concern. Nor did Ellen Burstyn's declaration that "You're going to feel a lot of pain". Phew! By the closing credits, we could barely move a muscle, after this assault on the senses. As we left the cinema, desperately in need of a JD pick-me-up, I spied Aronofsky in the foyer, and decided to 'congratulate' him for reducing me to a nervous wreck with his brilliant and gruelling film. He simply smiled, slapped me on the back and yelled "Live it. Love it. Feel it". With that he was gone, disappearing into the mild London evening.
Yet another missed Gala prem, so we again settled for the second screening after missing Robert Altman and cast onstage (why don't some of the cast stick around for the next day repeat?). No matter, this is a wonderful production, bursting with some terrific actors (as was always the case for Altman films) and remains one of my favourite Altman movies. Whenever I think of this film, I remember the late Sir Alan Bates and the many times I was fortunate enough to talk to him. A real gentleman, I miss his cheery greetings and cherish the memories.
I'm a big fan of Roger Avery's heist movie and, for me, this is one of those films where the law of diminishing returns does not set in. I'll aways remember that closing scene where Stolz tells Delpi about the blood. A truly downbeat ending if ever there was one.
We arrived at the cinema to view Larry Clark's KEN PARK, only to be told the screening had been cancelled due to the mother of all rows between Clark and a film exec. Some 20 minutes into Schrader's film, Clark and KP had been forgotten.
I love "Hogan's Heroes" and this tale of the dark and destructive nature of fame - by way of the history of the vidcam - got under my skin in seventeen different ways.
Another one from Uncle Abel, with a great cast joining forces to make this one of the great mob movies. While the film was -still is- a powerful experience, an interview with Ferrara at the same cinema some 2 days later also remains in my head, with just as much resonance. Here, Ferrara showed clips from half a dozen of his film, including around 50 minutes from the aforementioned mob classic. The reason we almost got a complete re-run was that Abel simply walked offstage and didn't return for the best part of an hour. I heard, months later, that he went off in search of a beer and eventually found a pizza parlour who could legally serve him booze at that time on a Sunday morning. If anyone reading this knows different, let me know.
Just a few of my LFF memories. For me, London has a magic all of its own and my times at the fest are some of the many highlights of my time there.


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Growing into the Woman God Intended Me to Be...... Embracing the Calmness while Letting Go of the Chaos
Where Am I?
Where have I been? I am here, but not here. I'm just a Shell of my Old self. I'm going through some Family Struggles that have consumed my Mind, Body and Soul. I had to write this short post and admit it to the World that what I'm going through right now can Only be made right by God. I need to break the Silence and try to find some Normalcy in my World. Not Only for me, but for my Children. If You know God Personally Please say a Prayer for my Broken Family. And if You don't know Him Personally....get to know Him.....He is Amazing.
Love and Peace
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ST. PETERSBURG — The silver Airstream trailer on the front lawn of the Museum of Fine Arts isn't packed with the luggage of snowbirds trying to dodge the cold. Its contents include microphones, headphones, audio editing software and little else, save for stories of love, heartbreak, perseverance and awe.
Part of a national project launched by the nonprofit Story Corps, the mobile sound booth's operators are capturing a diverse array of stories from people nationwide. The mobile studio goes from city to city, and in previous years has stopped in Tampa and Sarasota. This month, it will be at the museum, 255 Beach Drive N.E., where dozens of locals will climb the Airstream's stairs to tell stories that are both personal and revealing of the city and its history.
Local civil rights leader Sevell Brown was among the first in the booth Monday.
"We want to make sure we chronicle what it was like as an African-American growing up in St. Petersburg in the '40s and in the '50s under segregation, and how that transitioned after the 1971 ... [court] order that desegregated all the schools in Pinellas County," he said.
Brown said he hoped to speak in-depth about the mid-1990s riot that erupted after a St. Petersburg police officer shot and killed an 18-year-old black man.
"That's one of the key things we need to make sure we gave clarification to ... in terms of all those historic people that stepped up to the plate irrespective of color, religion or gender to make sure that St. Pete is what it should be," he said.
The booth will operate every day except for Tuesday and Thursdays, including weekends.
Mobile tour supervisor Eliza Bettinger said it is booked for the first half of the month, but starting Tuesday they will be taking more appointments.
Typically people participate in pairs of either relatives or friends, with one interviewing the other.
"You talk with them for 40 minutes," Bettinger said. "You ask questions about anything you want to know about; stories from their life ... whatever you want to ask them."
Participants get a CD featuring their interviews in full, and can opt to have a copy sent to the Library of Congress. Audio from particularly compelling interviews will be edited for broadcast nationally or on a local affiliate during National Public Radio's "Morning Edition."
Some even inspire an animated short story, which runs on local PBS affiliates as well as the StoryCorps website.
So far, StoryCorps has collected more than 45,000 interviews with nearly 90,000 participants, who have contributed something the project's supporters see as essential to preserving a cultural identity.
"Stewardship for memory is what culture is about," said St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts director Kent Lydecker. "It's what cultural institutions are about."
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After I more or less finished the mental task represented by this blog, the next chapter in my life–literally, as I insufferably leave a trail of written words behind me wherever I go–was to investigate the paranormal. This all started more than 5 years ago, and at the beginning, I did it because I still wanted to know whether there was anything out there. And I wrote all my investigations, research and conclusions into a book. In the end, it contains 23 cases of true stories about people's experiences (or what they claimed were their experiences) with the paranormal, as well as a general review of the subject in light of them.
I documented my investigations and made them into a book, because that's what I do. But as the project dragged on and on, I began to think that maybe I ought to try to publish this one, instead of binding it on a Rubicoil and leaving it on my shelf.
And that's a bit of a dangerous mental transition. It's nice to have books in your back pocket that you wrote for yourself. It doesn't matter who reads them. But once you wake up and realize you've put this much effort into distilling something into book form, you realize that it kind of does matter who reads them (and that you can't really guarantee that anyone will). You have to humble yourself before those obnoxious literary types, and ask yourself: do I have a platform? Have I sounded the depths of the masses' taste for… whatever it is?
Anyway. This was supposed to take a year. It took 5 years.
If you want a PDF of the book, I'll post it here shortly. But on the condition that you have to show your friends.


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As the lights go down inside North London's illustrious Alexandra Palace the anticipation in the air is palpable, fizzing between the 10,000 strong crowd. Tonight is the penultimate date on Two Door Cinema Club's first UK tour in four years. It's a string of dates that has seen the Northern Irish trio circumnavigate their way around British soil, still somewhat fresh off the back of the release of third LP 'Gameshow'.
Opening with a tectonic trio of tracks from debut 'Tourist History' ('Cigarettes In The Theatre', 'Undercover Martyn' and 'Do You Want It All?') frontman Alex Trimble soon fervently introduces the first taste of music from the latest record this evening. "We've all made some bad decisions in our time" he quips before the band and live additions, long standing drummer Ben Thompson and guitarist and keyboardist Jacob M Berry, surge into the disco-drenched 'Bad Decisions'.
It's a sonic departure that seemed like a shock to the system on first listen at the tail end of last year, but something that translates live now with effortless glory. Fellow new cut 'Lavender' also strays from the effervescent, quintessential early TDCC sound, however the pulsating percussive progression and sharper guitar riffs paired with a striking visual backdrop prove the change is welcome and well executed.
'Ordinary' showcases hints of Trimble's unfaltering falsetto whilst offering grooving bass lines courtesy of Kevin Baird and feverishly funky guitar riffs with Sam Halliday at the helm. Another highlight is sentimental second album song 'The World Is Watching', which sees Anteros' singer Laura Hayden take to the stage to join Trimble on vocal duties. The pair's voices compliment each other wonderfully, heightening the delicate melody which in turn enthrals the audience.
With the evening drawing to a close, the opening line of 'Eat That Up, It's Good For You', "you would look a little better don't you know if you just wore less make up" is just as endearing now as it was seven years ago.
Ending the show with the overtly infectious 'What You Know' it's almost impossible to find a part of the crowd not hanging off of Trimble's every word. The song still encapsulates everything great about Two Door Cinema Club and while it's been a little while since this trio have graced the live circuit on this side of the Atlantic, as the final chords are struck, it's like they never went away.
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Words: Shannon Cotton
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I dont. I'm too busy running errands, being tired and under pressure. So thanks to Arto Paasilinna, my aunt's favorite author, she noted a familiar name above her daily reading. Lovely. But friday's Delo is very good for my press release archive two times. So, if you see me on the cover of your favorite book, scan it, print it, use the perfumed envelope and please, send it to me. You have my address now anyway!
torek, 01. december 2009
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Sunday, April 20, 2014
Water Witched
that I slip loose from time,
like a strand of hair from its clip,
and no more remarkable than that.
It's like falling asleep in the daytime,
and knowing something passed by that I was unaware of,
but that did not harm me,
nor take much notice of me at all.
I half expect to find high button shoes on my feet,
and lace at my throat and wrists.
Maybe it's Emily, a glimpse of red hair I seem to see
at the other side of the garden,
disappearing down a worn track between the trees.
Now that the weather has changed
and the days are sweet with spring,
I go walking
so that I can sense you, on my skin and in my blood,
no matter how far away you pretend to be.
Anyway, I might head west and south
the next time I slip loose.
I might follow the sunflower road
until I come to the place where the prairie grass is waist high,
and a stream runs through, all unseen.
Then, my love,
there will only be your Indian eyes,
and my desire coming up quick
like wind-blown clouds
above the water that you witched to call me close,
as yours as storms are summer's.
"The new country lay open before me: there were no fences in those days, and I could choose my own way over the grass uplands, trusting the pony to get me home again. Sometimes I followed the sunflower-bordered roads. Fuchs told me that the sunflowers were introduced into that country by the Mormons; that at the time of the persecution when they left Missouri and struck out into the wilderness to find a place where they could worship God in their own way, the members of the first exploring party, crossing the plains to Utah, scattered sunflower seeds as they went. The next summer, when the long trains of wagons came through with all the women and children, they had a sunflower trail to follow. I believe that botanists do not confirm Jake's story but, insist that the sunflower was native to those plains. Nevertheless, that legend has stuck in my mind, and sunflower-bordered roads always seem to me the roads to freedom."
― Willa Cather, My Ántonia
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- hedgewitch said...
This is lyric and epic, all the big words--yet simple, direct, the heart speaking its mind. Beautiful, shimmering poetry, Shay--I could quote the whole thing back but will just drool (tastefully and in a ladylike way)over it instead.
- April 20, 2014 at 9:24 PM
- Sherry Blue Sky said...
Very beautiful. Wow!
- April 20, 2014 at 9:49 PM
yes, beautiful ~
- April 21, 2014 at 1:31 AM
- Cloudia said...
Thanks for the clinic in Spring & inspiration.
Shared your previous poem with a very wise special writerly friend who enjoyed it as I do. Great work
- April 21, 2014 at 2:17 AM
The days are indeed sweet with spring, and I enjoyed reading this! Well done!
- April 21, 2014 at 7:01 AM
- Jinksy said...
Exquisite words sandwiched between compatible photographs, just right for an April morning. :-)
- April 21, 2014 at 7:29 AM
- Mama Zen said...
God, this is gorgeous.
- April 21, 2014 at 11:04 AM
- Kenia Cris said...
Spring steals the best in me instead of giving me the gift of words.
I've been wondering and I think we need a code word, or phrase I can leave on the comment form everytime I come and read you and you leave me dumbstruck, so I don't have to repeat myself, either by saying 'OMG this is beautiful', or by complaining you cause me to go speechless. So, what should it be?
- April 21, 2014 at 12:04 PM
- Kenia Cris said...
Oh, it just occurred to me I forgot to say this is really beautiful.
Kiss you. <3
- April 21, 2014 at 12:05 PM
- Sumana Roy said...
such enjoyable lines....
- April 21, 2014 at 12:05 PM
- Kerry O'Connor said...
This is very beautiful indeed. I love the way you have controlled the pace of the poem, so the reader must read slowly, really taking in each image.
A funny coincidence - as we were driving the long road to take my daughter back to her university today, I noticed how many sunflowers were growing at the side of the road. I don't know if the seeds fall out of trucks carrying stock feed or how they come to be there on the edge of the freeway.
- April 21, 2014 at 1:04 PM
- Mark Kerstetter said...
The first stanza speaks so clearly to me as the mind in a state of meditation, open, ready.
- April 21, 2014 at 1:43 PM
- Margaret said...
The first stanza is such a slight movement, such a little thing to be compared to - "like a strand of hair from its clip" - yet the visual is so powerful, I actually think I feel myself sinking into the poem right there.
Willa Cather I adore - her writing thrills me no end and you did a great job capturing her narrative style.
- April 21, 2014 at 10:20 PM
- Susie Clevenger said...
Love the magic feel to this...attraction seems to have a bit of a spell cast to draw two people together..."the water you witched"
- April 21, 2014 at 11:11 PM
"The water you witched to draw me close," man, Shay, you can write 'em! The beginning, the simple strand of hair, and then it unspools into a glimpse of Emily and finally, what really matters. Brill, Shay.
Thanks for your support during "the Nina Time." Love, Amy
- April 23, 2014 at 12:32 AM
- Kim Nelson said...
Your imagery is so strong, I walked with you.
- April 23, 2014 at 12:49 PM


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Thursday, August 15, 2013
The Hunger
Since I've begun this regular running program, I've found I'm hungry ALL THE TIME. I only run 3 days a week. I do not run 7 days a week. I do not understand why 7 days a week I'm STARVING. The other part I don't understand is that it isn't like I've gone from complete and total inaction to exercising 3 days a week. Prior to starting the running program I was doing water aerobics (which I'm still doing) 3 days a week and swimming laps 2(ish) days a week. Swimming actually burns more calories than my walk/run does. What the hell is going on here? I don't get it. But damn I want to EAT it.
Posted by Joanne at 9:26 PM
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- Cat said...
Are you getting enough protein? That might be what your body is looking for. I think that's it. It happens to me when I don't have enough protein in a week that I am very active.
- Lyndsy said...
I have BARELY even gone out to run at all, but from the first time I did it, I have been STARVING.
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False tales are, first of all, tales, and tales, like myths, are always persuasive.Umberto Eco. "The Force of Falsity," Serendipities, Language and Lunacy
|Our biggest fears lead to our biggest myths: Danse Macabre, Michael Wolgemut, 1493
Tribalism, culture, whatever you want to call it, matters. Science has its tribes, but eventually every idea must fit in with the consensus view of what consitutes the natural world. It has a community dedicated to that.
Still, as much as science folk love understanding the world, the day to day world remains remarkably detached from the scientific--and we risk losing our students by forgetting that.
Perhaps the hardest thing to convince a high school sophomore is just how tenuous much of our grasp is.
I ask my students how do they know that the Earth spins. The question startles them as a ridiculous. Why, everyone knows this!
I ask again. Silence.
The answer lies right outside our classroom windows. It's not obvious, and it takes time but it's there. Knowing it is so is not science, it's cultural. Everyone knows the Earth turns. Few know how we know this.
Major election years are always interesting in high school--communities split as our discourse fails. Our discourse fails because tales, even false one, are persuasive, and when walls are crumbling, shared stories of mythical castles tie together voting blocs.
How do we tease out the truth when few folks want to know it? Like our Copernican view of the daily dance of the sun, truth can be discerned from comfortable and seemingly obvious myths.
But even with the sun, even consciously knowing what we know, we still feel the sun move:
Our perception is still Ptolemaic: we not only see the sun rise in the east and travel through the arc of the day, but we behave as if the sun turns and we remain immobile. And we say, "the sun rises," "the sun is high in the sky," "it sinks," "it sets."
Umberto Eco, "The Force of Falsity," Serendipities, Language and Lunacy
Science is different--the process forces true community, the natural world (or at least our perceptions of it) is the final judge.
Few of us truly live "scientifically"--we would go mad.
We live in a culture that truly believes in magic, that resists anything that challenges our comfortable cultural myths that allow us to continue to behave the way we do.
Election years offer students a chance to rediscover how to tease out truth.
Not everybody lies. And while scientists themselves cannot claim to be paragons of virtue, in an odd way the field itself is a paragon of truth. The rascals get outed, because the community puts truth above all else.
Sure, it's a stubborn, limited (and at times grouchy) sort of truth, but it's there.
So how do we know the Earth rotates on its own axis, and revolves around the sun? I can show you. It's right there for you to see.
Even if I wander to the bay most nights to watch the sun sink below the edge of the world.


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Yay, I'm finally done! Getting to write about Buffy as a whole is actually what I've been waiting to do since the beginning of this exercise, which I've been woefully inconsistent at updating, but you can blame that on my being a Sagittarius. (I do.)
Anyway, Buffy, for me, was my first introduction to fandom. At that point in my life, I hadn't ever gotten so engrossed in a story that I wanted to tune in each week to find out what would happen to the characters that inhabited it. That trend continues to this day (with the exception of Orphan Black, which seriously, you should check out because it's amazing, and the Mass Effect video game series), although it is not due to a lack of me trying to find something. Perhaps it was the outcast angle, where all the main characters were both embracing and rejecting their Otherness, that I caught onto the most. I wasn't necessarily the school pariah, but I definitely didn't fit into the little box that my high school's culture wanted me to. It took until the 10th grade for me to be like, "Wait, I only have to deal with you guys for two more years. Why do I care what the fuck you think about me?" And of course, I was presented the wonderful Anya in that same year, who, like we all know, replaced Willow as my spirit animal, and that really only cemented my love for the show. I wasn't too pleased with how the story went, but I was willing to go into Season Five, which was brilliant (and part of me wishes that it had ended there, since Buffy's story was technically done).
Now, I was not always sold on Joss Whedon being Nerd God Descended from on High (TM), since there were a lot of things that he got wrong (race, female empowerment, homosexuality, etc.), but the fact that he approached these topics in the best way he knew how? That's pretty big. And the series really turned gender roles on their heads: all of the male characters played a support role, and actually, that theme was explored with a lot of them (Xander, Giles, Riley-yuck). Buffy really did stand on the shoulders of giants (Bewitched, Xena, Barbarella [hahaha], etc.), but it in turned paved the way for new female protagonists like Katniss, Hermione, and even characters like Blake Lively's (I don't know the character's name and don't care to) on shows like Gossip Girl. That's pretty impressive, methinks. And I think, also, that Buffy will be one of those series that is referenced by future media creators, not only as an inspiration but also a primer on what not to do, particularly race and gender identities (I have a hard time believing that Willow was 100% gay because of her relationship with Tara, but that's another topic entirely). The show was an important step with television, showing that a woman could be the lead role and could get a mass of followers that would trudge through the bad and revel in the good and, to this day, have an entire academic study dedicated solely to the topics that its creators delved into throughout its run.
So yeah, good show, Mr. Whedon. (Also, thanks for not making her like Kristy Swanson's version. Ugh.)


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So the Organ walks into a bar and says to the girl...
No wait, the girl walks into the bar and there is an organ there..
Wait, how does the joke go?
But seriously, isn't this a cool organ? I'm all for cool photo props and this one is the coolest prop ever!
Last weekend my friend Alex came to Chicago for a visit from Texas where he moved with his girlfriend... His parents cleaned out his apartment and all that is left standing is a TV mounted on the wall and this cool-ass organ!
and so, impromptu photo-shoot incurred!
I have the hardest time wearing these shoes, when I purchased them I envisioned myself attending an art gallery wearing them... (because that is what I do, my imagination is x100 when I go shoe shopping) -- I have a hard time wearing them out because when I try them on with an outfit, I feel like I look like an elf. They are elf shoes. Oh, look mom, I'm an elf!
and even though I felt like an elf at the store when I tried them on there, and I knew that would hold me back from wearing them a lot.. I bought them anyway because I fell in love with the chunky yellow heel.. I love bold color details on shoes... details that make the shoe distinct in design. and so it was that yellow chunky heel that convinced me I should add these to my collection.. for days like this... where I'd be hanging all over an organ. haha.
Two things:1. I'm growing my hair out, I've resisted all impulses to chop it off to see how long I can grow it.. so we'll see!
2. I decided to stop dying it. Um, WHAT? Yes. If you have looked through my posts, my favorite color to dye my hair is Red, different shades of red, I mix colors in my bathroom (make plenty of messes) and I have been dying my hair for YEARS! my hair is damaged and I want to let it grow out and be healthy again... (if that is even possible!) so... here we are with scandalous roots... ha.
Isn't it so fun when you get a leg cramp in the middle of a pose? what the! ;p
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I once again had the privilege (in my capacity as an "Archangel") this week of being invited by Naked Wines to join them at the LIWF and help find some exciting new winemakers for the site.
After an early start to travel from Bristol to the ExCel exhibition centre in London's Docklands, I joined a motley crew of Archangels, along with the Naked buying team assembled at the Fox Inn, adjacent to ExCel, for coffee and pastries. We were then briefed on our mission. A group of around 20 loyal customers were divided into teams with a brief to seek out the best wines and winemakers currently seeking UK representation from France, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Chile and Argentina.
Having opted to join the Aus/NZ group, we set off to find "our" winemakers, to taste all of their offerings and decide which we felt were most suitable for the Naked stable. That is to say they had to be unrepresented, prepared to offer exclusivity for some of their wines, and they had to be smaller, boutique wineries. Needless to say the wines also had to be great, and to represent good value.
In return Naked Wines were looking to get their wines listed and available for sale from the site (pre-orders) the very next day! An awesome proposition, which has never been done before in the UK, and one which certainly generated a lot of interest with the winemakers and the wine media.
We tasted some fantastic wines during the morning, and many of them could have made it, my only regret was that we had to choose one winemaker to represent both Australia and New Zealand as a group, and there were a couple of extremely good NZ wineries that I have asked Naked Wines to follow up on (Matahiwi Estates' Alexia and Mt Hector wines from Wairarapa, near Martinborough, and Osawa Wines' Flying Mouton label from Hawke's Bay). All of these wines were good, but the stand-outs were Flying Mouton Sauvignon Blanc and Reserve, and the Mt Hector Pinot Noir, which was exceptionally good value.
We assembled again for a light lunch back at the Fox, and then the groups had to reach a consensus on what were the preferred wines from their region. Then we had to go and taste all 11 of the favoured wines before selecting an overall winner that would be listed on the site for sale the next day.
Once the final round of tastings had been done, we met at the "Access Zone", where most of the social networking seminars and events were taking place at LIWF to feed back our findings and also to decide which wine was to be our champion of champions.
As the film posted below shows, we had the opportunity to introduce the three final winemakers (although Peter Logan was otherwise engaged so couldn't make it), we all retasted their wines and had a show of hands for the one to be listed. Rowan Gormley (Naked Wines Founder and MD) was clearly impressed with all three wineries and all five wines, so Naked Wines will be listing the lot!
Naked Wine Consumer Selection from ryan and gabriella opaz on Vimeo.
So...the final five were:
Logan Wines - Orange/Mudgee, NSW, Australia - Weemala Gewürtztraminer, a fruit-driven, pale golden wine with a beautiful passionfruit aroma, well-balanced tropical fruit flavours and florality, and a lingering citrus finish - a real highlight even for those who don't usually favour white wines.
Logan Wines - Orange/Mudgee, NSW, Australia - Logan Shiraz, deep bright red in colour, with an intense, peppery, plum/berry aroma and warm, berry fruit flavour with hints of beefiness, with a lengthy peppery finish.
Lagar de Bezana - Cachapoal Valley, Chile - Aluvion Gran Reserva, deep red, blackberries, plums, smokey, chocolate and toffee notes, with an exceptionally velvety mouthfeel and light tannins - delicious!
Bodega Campos de Dulcinea - Toledo, Spain - Campos de Dulcinea Tempranillo Syrah blend, beautiful cherry red colour, incredible sweetness and smoothness on the palate and packed with fruit, a really bright young wine perfect for easy summer drinking.
Bodega Campos de Dulcinea - Toledo, Spain - Campos de Dulcinea Crianza. A big, bold and intense wine, with 12 months in French and American oak. Full-flavoured and fruity, with a deep garnet colour and avery long finish - awesome!
After all that hard work, we were kindly invited back to the Fox for a few beers. All in all it was a wonderful day, and a pleasure to be working with people who are so passionate and enthusiastic about what they are doing to revolutionise the UK wine market.
Vinography Images: The Skies Above Margaux
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Sunday, April 30, 2006
Wii redesign
While still in hiatus, I have redesigned the blog to take the console´s name change into account. Very kindly, Product_Number_18 had reserved the URL Nintendo-Wii.Blogspot.com for me and installed a referral. So, until further notice, this blog can be reached through two URLs:
Again, thanks for sticking with this site. I will begin posting again very soon.
54 comments:
Can't wait till you can post again :)
- April 30, 2006 10:08 am
- Falafelkid said...
By the way, I really do like the new name now. At first, I was shocked (like so many people). But it makes so much sense when you think about it. Think about Blue Ocean. The console won´t be competing with PlayStation or Xbox - they want to broaden the market scope far beyond the gamer demographic. So a name like PlayStation or Xbox would have been totally ill-fitting.
Similarly, Revolution would have been perceived cool and meaningful only to gamers (who know where console gaming is coming from historically and can appreciate this console as a revolution). To ordinary people it would have meant nothing though.
Wii has all the potential of brand names like Google, Yahoo or - as IGN rightly pointed out - Banjo Kazooie, to use an example that gamers are more familiar with.
Also, as far as connotations go, it will only take days before we associate Wii with the word We rather than the childish Wee. After all, which word do we use more often? It´s just the double vowel that allows for this association in the first place. But because of usage, this will fade rapidly, I am sure.
- April 30, 2006 10:15 am
gogo, spill the beans as long they're hot. :/
- April 30, 2006 12:02 pm
- pn18 said...
I want you to know, that I also own nintendowii.blogspot.com and it also forwards you to this blog.
- April 30, 2006 12:44 pm
- Grandmaster B said...
Can you please repost the times for E3 for different timezones so people know when it is. Also for live streams from websites that we could get access to would be helpful.
- April 30, 2006 1:02 pm
- Drum Eagle said...
Hi Andi! Nice to hear from you again.:-) With the announcement of the new name, the total revealing of the console has begun and will reach its peak on May 9th!! I'm so excited!
The first time I heard from the Name i was stunned, not knowing what I should feel and think about it. But a few seconds later (with the "we" concept in mind) I liked it.
HEY FALAFEL! I found something very strange. We alle know, that Nintendos PressConference is on May 9th.
And do you remember (what a question...) Pablo Belmonte, the creator of the NintendoON-Video?
Now, hes has a new Website with a COUNTDOWN on it!! And the Countdown ends 30 minutes before Nintendos PressConference.
Probably it means nothing, but its interesting that the creator of the greatest mockup in Videogamehistory is still around.......we'll see..
Everything is possible, nothing has to be....on the 9th of May!!
- April 30, 2006 1:12 pm
- Drum Eagle said...
Psyco3ler is his ArtistName
- April 30, 2006 1:14 pm
The best thing about Wii is that it's kind of international and not limited to the English language.It means yes in france and good in Japan.
It sounds like a name in other countries.That's clearly something it got going for it.
It kind of serves its purpose.
I still dont like how it sounds but ultimately I would say the name grows on you-Wii is okay but still nothing
too spectacular.
Falafelkid,I would very much appreciate it if you would get rid of that "lot" Wii pillar finally.
Nice writing by the way.
-Shed (former IALS)
- April 30, 2006 2:05 pm
- SNES Link said...
One can only wonder what I'll be using the scissors for.
- April 30, 2006 2:52 pm
VIVA LA Wii!!!!!!!!!!!
I am used to the name now and i think its brilliant!!
Have you heard of the Kojima rumor via gamepot?
Exciting things!
- April 30, 2006 3:08 pm
anyone seen this next-gen-tony-hawk-animation-video?
what you think about it? could this be on wii? is it real at all?! or fake?
- April 30, 2006 3:24 pm
- Falafelkid said...
Hi Grandmaster. Sorry, probably will have no time for this. The redesign was almost too much already and I´m flying to LA Sunday. I´ll try to make time for this but it´s unlikely. I still have to make appointments plus the music video needs my attention too.
Hi Shed.
that "lot" Wii pillar
What on earth do you mean?
- April 30, 2006 3:41 pm
- Grandmaster B said...
For anyone who doesnt know the GMT for LA is -5 GMT. If this is incorrect please let me know.
If anyone knows any site which is reliable who will be streaming please post it in here.
By the way IALS, Wii does not mean good in Japanese, 'ii' does.
- April 30, 2006 3:51 pm
I plead the fifth :)!
You know that Wii underpart,bottom, basepart or whatever you want to call it.
Not that it matters or something I just felt it looked a lil cheap ever since I first saw it!
But stick with it if you like it's up to you.
Sorry,I have to nit-pick on things.
That's my nature I'm afraid.
- April 30, 2006 4:42 pm
Yeah !
I also must confess that i was sceptical first. But now i am accustomed to the name and i even do like it. It sounds simple and mysterious and has the potential to succeed in his way like the DS. I think it will conquer the japanese market like the ds.
- April 30, 2006 5:10 pm
- Thrakkerzog said...
grandmaster b:
I believe LA is currently GMT -7 hours. It is normally GMT - 8, but they are currently observing daylight savings time, so it is GMT - 8 + 1.
- April 30, 2006 6:42 pm
- Lord_Darcia said...
Ok guys in gaming-age.com/forum
there is a thread called "Pre-E3 revolution thread"
in the last couple of pages, some anonymous person said 2 important things
-Revolution is indeed slightly more powerful than 360.
The reason why all the third party developers were saying that its basically a gamecube with minor upgrades and more ram is because they DONT HAVE THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT KITS. Only nintendo and square enix does.
-The reason why nintendo doesnt want to give out the final development kits is probably because they want to make sure that the third party developers learn how to utilize controller and experiment on developing original games, rather than straight ports.
-The other reason is because current xbox360 games basically look like slightly upgraded xbox 1 games so it is hard for the consumer to really tell a difference.
-Third party developers must learn how to make original games using the special controller FIRST, and know how to create interfaces before they recieve final development kits
-Revolution *may* utilize some sort of AUGMENTED REALITY device.
There is a link to a demo video that explains what augmented reality is, and i almost shit in my pants. There is some french guy in the video who was holding a flower in his hand, and then he turned the flower into to those saber swords from star wars. You should guys watch that video, it may be a clue to what revolution can do.
- April 30, 2006 8:29 pm
- Lord_Darcia said...
Eventhough Revolutions graphic capabilities and specs has not been officially confirmed,
I *REFUSE* to believe that its basically a gamecube with more ram and minor graphical upgrades.
I think nintendo knows that graphics is extermely important aspect of gaming, and they would be shitting in their pants if it were not up to par to 360.
I think they have taken a DIFFERENT approach to creating the same level of grahpics as 360 by using different techniques and creating a customized grafix card built from the ground up (rather than following some PC architecture. Thats why they dont want to release the specs, because if you see the specs you are going to be comparing to 360 and PS3 which follow the traditional PC architecture. And I dont think you can compare it to 360 and PS3 otherwise you would be really confused.
Nintendo knows that graphics are extremely important, but they dont just want to emphasize the same old type of games with prettier graphics. Thats why they are hammering us guys that HOW YOU PLAY and FEEL is MORE important than graphics. Once you get the hang of that, then you will be treated with next-gen graphics.
Ofcourse this is just my speculation on nintendo thinking..
- April 30, 2006 8:39 pm
- Psionicist said...
I thought you all would enjoy this.
- April 30, 2006 9:20 pm
interesting stuff darcia. thanks for that. feels good.
on another note... DAMN, it just hit me that e3 is sooooooooo close now... i can fuckin taste it! GRRRRRRRRRR i cant WAIT.
-"superfan" tactics.
- April 30, 2006 9:23 pm
- Carutsu said...
lord_darcia, i wasn't able to find the thread, would you mind ging us the link, either for the thread or the video (which is what i want to see :D)
- May 01, 2006 12:08 am
Tortus has a new blog:
Also, he owns aZrev's blog now.
nothing important there, I think he owned the blog to prevent aZrev's return.
What do you think about him?
Is a coincidence? or he's an insider?
- May 01, 2006 12:33 am
Lord Darcia, cheers for the info but i must disagree...simply because of the IGN specifications that done the rounds some time ago.
Although they aren't mind-blowing they are still impressive...I would love to see hyper-realistic graphics but it isn't going to happen for Nintendo this gen.
We should just all focus on the in-game experience with the controller and be happy.
Graphics are an important part of game-play, however they are not the be all and end all
- May 01, 2006 3:18 am
- Grandmaster B said...
I dont think IGN really know anything. Nintendo and others have been giving scoops to all the other sites and IGN have basically received squat.
And I am sure Nintendo wouldnt of been happy of them releasing those specs.
- May 01, 2006 3:38 am
- babble said...
This is only harmfull speculation. Please don't make posts of this kind without any proofs or links.
This can only bring false hopes before a let down.
- May 01, 2006 3:46 am
Grandmaster b, some good points
I would say though that the IGN specs,although they may not have been 100% on the money, are a rough guide to what we can expect.
They are a reputable news source afterall and would have no real reason to lie.If they did intentionally mis-lead people wouldn't Nintendo take them to the cleaners?
Nintendo even said themselves that they are aiming for a small but reasonably priced console, and i think we can look forward to just that...there are too many comparisons with the XBox 360 as though anything less than that would be a failure.
As for them being pissed, sure they may have been but sooner or later the specs would be released.
And who said it wasn't all part of the bigger plan? ;)
- May 01, 2006 4:12 am
- Lord_Darcia said...
Here is the link to the gaming-age.com/forum
go to page 36-39 and its somewhere in their.
here is the other link:
The video link about augmented reality:
The link about revolution being slightly superior to xbox360:
A couple of points to get across:
1) When PS2 was about to be released, there was a lot of pre-hype on what ps2 was capable of.
Think EMOTION ENGINE. Offering ultra realistic graphics and realistic facial expressions. When PS2 was finally released, the games basically looked like dreamcast with jaggies. Dead or Alive 2 looked WORSE on ps2 than dreamcast, along with marvel vs capcom 2. Ridge Racer also had a lot of jaggy problems. The high expectations of the console fell way short in the begining. Its only now that we are seeing great quality games of PS2 only because developers are now familiar with the hardware. This is the same case with Xbox360 as well, most 360 games basically look like souped up xbox 1 games despite its technical specifcations. This sort of makes you wonder "wow all this RAM and special effects produces souped up xbox1 game?"
2) That is why nintendo is not sharing its consoles specifications, and not giving developers the final hardware because they know in the begining that developers are still going to be working from current gen mind set. Even if you give them the final hardware kits, developers wont really know how to use all that raw extra power, and it will be used very ineffeciently. That is why nintendo wants developers to make a smooth transition.
If you lower the consumers expectation, they will be suprised on what is ACTUALLY in store for them. Reverse on what has been attempted before. Remember nintendo 64's claims of having silicon CG like graphics from terminator 2? It didnt look anything like that at all, and games were notorious for using texture blurr/smoothness.
3) Again, nintendo is forcing developers to think out of the box and get their creative juices flowing on ORIGINAL titles. Forcing them to think differently and form a fresh perspective utilizing the controller and its features and possibly augmented reality features. You dont need super dooper graphics card to feature such things (for now). Most people still have a hard time distinguishing which game is better on what console because 3-d graphics have reached a certain level of saturation. For example, is there much difference between Residents Evil 4 on gamecube and ps2? How about sonic adventure 2 on dreamcast and gamecube? How about Dead or Alive 2 from ps2 and dreamcast? How about Dead or Alive ULTIMATE on xbox versus Dead or Alive 4 for xbox360? If an average consumer saw DOA 4 AND DOA Ultimate, they would just notice that DOA 4 is slightly prettier. That is what NINTENDO DOESNT WANT.
4) The initial revolution launch games, will have ROCK SOLID graphics that fully utilizes the controller and possibly the augmented reality thing. The graphics will be good-to really good but nothing to spectacular and mind blowing. I think we will only see that later on the consoles life.
Keep in mind, that nothing has been OFFICIALLY confirmed by nintendo on certain things:
-Revolution is slightly superior to xbox360
-Revolution features augmented reality
But it makes you wonder, why is nintendo so hush hush in the first place?
- May 01, 2006 5:03 am
- Lord_Darcia said...
Hey falafelkid, if you can post an article on what AUGMENTED REALITY is that would be great, since you posted an article on what displacement mapping is. Perhaps revolution will utilize both.
Keep up the good work falafelkid! Hope I brought some good insight on whats to come!
- May 01, 2006 5:44 am
- Lord_Darcia said...
Here is a better video of what augmented reality is:
- May 01, 2006 5:50 am
no-one will not buy ipot because once it been call " i pood "
picture :
And since we still don't see last part of Wii.
That it. This name "work". It make Wii "being focus in E3". Where we will see the last part -The best part- of Wii. Just after ps3 news.
- May 01, 2006 5:53 am
Get back to reality. You wont be seeing "Augmented Reality" this generation.
- May 01, 2006 8:00 am
- Falafelkid said...
No. Augmented Reality is a real possibility. For more information, please read these posts from last June:
Not virtual, but augmented reality?
Augmented reality is reality already.
The price of the future.
- May 01, 2006 10:55 am
Augmented Reality stinks and it won't be part of the wii.
- May 01, 2006 12:24 pm
- Grandmaster B said...
I personally dont think it will be part of gaming. It is good technology and all but I dont think it is part of the Wii.
- May 01, 2006 12:34 pm
Yes falafel, maybe it's technically possible. But i doubt that this is the goal of Nintendo.
You would have to wear glasses or something similar to mix reality and synthetic pictures like it's done in AR. For Nintendos Family-approach that's simply counter-productive. They want people who are not familiar with videogames to pick up the remote. Glasses, helmets or anything crazy like projectors and so on would be highly scaring to those.
- May 01, 2006 12:56 pm
- Sule said...
Maybe they found a way to do it without glasses. remember the three girls that were playing kill the flies in the first Revmote video from TGS? They weren't looking in the idrection of the TV they were looking as if they saw the flies flying around them. Highly unlikely though.
- May 01, 2006 1:01 pm
Sorry, but i just don't see a chance they secretly invented the holodeck from startrek ;)
- May 01, 2006 1:11 pm
Wii does not mean good in Japanese.
ii pronounced like the letter e means good.
The simple fact is by naming it wii they can pronounce it as apposed to the pronounciation they had of revolution re bo ru shion
. Trust me I live here.
- May 01, 2006 1:19 pm
- Sule said...
''Highly unlikely though'' reading is hard ;)
- May 01, 2006 1:48 pm
- Falafelkid said...
When playing Zelda, AR would allow your hand holding the Wiimote to turn into the Master Sword. When playing Metroid, your whole arm could turn into Samus´ gun. Without a doubt, AR would be as much of a gaming revolution as full-blown VR.
- May 01, 2006 1:52 pm
- Falafelkid said...
And yes, I admit that any kinf of goggles or visor would be an element that would make non-gamers more hesitant at first. But I am sure that a company like Nintendo would be able to package something like this in the most non-threatening way. Also, consider that there are ways of generating holographic 3D images that can be seen with the naked eye.
Of course, I maintain that such a scenario (graphical output in Wii-D, if you will) is not likely. But, as ever, it is a possibility in every respect.
- May 01, 2006 1:58 pm
Oh, i read that. Maybe i should add to the comment: I consider it impossible, not highly unlikely. Just my opinion, doesn't have to be anyone elses. We'll see in a few days anyway. :D
- May 01, 2006 2:05 pm
I'm pretty sure you can't talk about it yet Falafelkid, but most of us have assumed that you either played or saw Red Steel in action for that Game Informer article. If you've seen the Wii in action, why do you still maintain that AR is a possibility? Do you know something?
I know you can't comment but I had to ask, it's bugging me...
- May 01, 2006 2:26 pm
- Falafelkid said...
Just clarifying a few things.
Do you know something?
Hi Toni. I can say this: With regard to any kind of 3D visualization, I know no more than any of you. Developers could either be hiding that aspect (no ig problem since it would certainly be optional rather than the only way of seeing the games) or they themselves don´t know (they needn´t know for their games to work with AR or VR). But I have not been told anything of the sort (if I had, I obviously wouldn´t be talking about it).
I consider it impossible
Hi Anonym. Well, you are plain wrong there. It´s definitely not impossible. I have proven that much. Read my old posts. It´s unlikely, but still a possibility in every respect (price, size, feasibility, etc.)
- May 01, 2006 2:35 pm
Even if AR would not be necessary to play games, it would be f*#king awesome to see yourself holding a gun, a sword or whatever. Imagine to wear some sun-glasses like gadget while playing Red Steel so you can see the blood squirting out the TV onto your clothes while your are chopping through your opponents...
Or imagine you look over to a friend with which you're playing co-op and he's holding a blood-dropping katana...
PS: I think this would cause a massive debate about how far games are allowed to go.
Hi Mr. Jack Thompson!
- May 01, 2006 2:39 pm
Don't get me wrong, i don't think it's technically impossible or by price. I think it's impossible because i don't see this fits well with Nintendo's philosophy of a small, sleek, unscary machine.
Maybe my definition of "impossible" is slightly different from yours here :) ...
Btw, i read tose articles some time ago with big interest. Those articles are truly something that sets your blog ahead of many others.
PS: Guess i should register a username here... ^^
- May 01, 2006 2:48 pm
- Falafelkid said...
Hi Anonym. Thanks for your comments. All I am saying is: Consider that AR headgear can also be "small, sleek and unscary". Because, undoubtedly, it can.
- May 01, 2006 2:59 pm
@anonym above
The AR-glasses could attract a lot of hardcore gamers from the Sony/XBox-world...
- May 01, 2006 3:02 pm
superuser wrote:
"The AR-glasses could attract a lot of hardcore gamers from the Sony/XBox-world..."
Yes, maybe. But i think it would scare away many non-gamers. Even if this AR-equipment was slim and light, i don't see my mother or even some friends of mine wearing these things.
Well i'm confident Nintendo's marketing department did the necessary research before doing anything crazy and if that means i'll get proven wrong, i'm ok with it :)
- May 01, 2006 3:23 pm
''Well i'm confident Nintendo's marketing department did the necessary research before doing anything crazy''
They named the console Wii ;) Lovin' the name right now actually
- May 01, 2006 3:36 pm
@ anonym 2 posts above
"Yes, maybe. But i think it would scare away many non-gamers. Even if this AR-equipment was slim and light, i don't see my mother or even some friends of mine wearing these things"
If something like AR-glasses would be sold be Nintendo, they would not target on customers like your (or my) mum. But I'm sure that this would rock me, my friends and lot other gamers in the world especially after a test-play. Nintendo mentiones all the time that you have to use the console to understand the superior kind of gameplay. This could also be said abot AR-glasses, I think (if there is something like that).
PS: You can use a name for your posts without registering. Just click the button in the middle under the comments-field and then type in a name. :-)
- May 01, 2006 3:51 pm
I too have pondered that Nintendo could very well be "Holding Back" sterioscopic 3D. I also read how much work EA has put into writing algorithms for recognizing gestures for the pointer. I would think if users were given multiple displays, their gestures would change to accomodate the different display. For example, if one were to swat flies that are displayed on a television screen, and then swat at flies that appear half way between the tv and the person, I would think the gestures would be different. So how does the system know what fly you are swatting. Wouldn't algorithms have to be modified to support this scenario. So then I thought, why would Nintendo allow 3rd party developers to design and code games and then change the playing field halfway in.
So, I would rule out them holding it back from developers, unless first generation games are meant to be television display only.
With that said, the developers could very well know of it and be holding it back, and there is no reason technologically wise why sterioscopic can't be a future add-on. I could imagine a game were ballons are displayed in sterioscopic and you have to keep them off of the ground by literal popping them up with the pointer. If this does eventually get pulled off, I could really understand why, those in the know, are saying control on xbox 360 and ps3 will feel archaic. These are exciting times, and I can't wait to see at E3 if they are adding accelerometers to the ps3 controller. It seems like the logical thing to do, considering what happened with the analog stick on the N64 and original PS.
- May 01, 2006 5:48 pm
But isn't augmented reality limited to onscreen illustration?
I mean in that video they have a helicopter flying through the audience, but it seems like that it is of course only visible on a screen and not in the real world. So it wouldn't be the case that your arm turns into samus arm etc when holding the revmote.
For that you'd need a fucking projector or something like that, so I don't think that this will be part of the cheap wii concept.
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The big news today is that Steve and I have been undergoing some fertility testing, and today we had our "what now" meeting with the doctor. At the appointment today, he confirmed that I have what's known as a unicornuate uterus (UU), which is basically half a uterus and only one fallopian tube. I have two ovaries, but my right one is just floating around in there without a tube attached. Unicornuate uterus is often associated with recurrent loss, second-trimester loss, incompetent cervix, lots of bedrest, an inability to carry twins, and a 40% live-birth rate. How does this happen? About 3 in 10,000 women have this condition (2-4 % of women have any uterine anomaly, and only 1% of those anomalies are UUs), and it's something that happens when we're fetuses ourselves and one half of the uterus just fails to form. So, those of you who know me in person: You always knew I was unusual ... now you know exactly *how* unusual.
The doctor recommended a medicated cycle, which we'll look at starting after the first of the year, when our new insurance starts. It's good to have a plan. Even though my condition has a really stupid name.
One positive piece of information I received today was that even though a lot of women with a UU have just one kidney, I have two. So that's something.
This news scares the crap out of me re: a potential future pregnancy, but all we can do is press on. And I figure, I've already lost two pregnancies, so with a 40% success rate, the odds have moved into my favor, right? (I'll just keep telling myself that.)
When I learned a month ago that I might have this condition, I started looking for info online. There's not a lot of stuff out there -- there's not even a wikipedia page -- but I did find some good resources. You can also find good information by searching for "Mullerian anomalies," of which UU is one type. In case anyone stumbles upon this page while seeking info after a diagnosis, here's a list of some useful resources.
Good Information
- http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic738.htm
- http://home.earthlink.net/~hrair/introuni.html
- http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/233/1/19
- Image of a UU: http://www.uhrad.com/mamarc/mam001.htm
Yahoo Groups (membership required to read and participate in message boards)
- http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/MullerianAnomalies/
- http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ttcmulleriananomalygroup/
- http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/uusisterhood/