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|At 16 and 17 months
You continue to grow, both mentally and physically. At your last appointment, you weighed 26 pounds and 6 ounces and you were 33.25 inches tall.
You had a personal vendetta against bibs for several months; anytime we tried to put one on you, you'd nearly strangle yourself trying to get it off. As such, we gave up on them for several months. I recently learned your daddy was using them with you, though, so I sometimes grab one, depending on what we're feeding you. For the most part, though, you don't get too messy. You are best with finger foods, but you know how to work a fork and spoon (sometimes, if the food isn't particularly sticky, though, you turn the latter upside down, when it ends up on your shirt).
You have discovered our trashcan and love to help tossing away items. We need to keep a close eye on you, though - a couple times you've looked at us questioningly as you hold a toy or bowl over the can. You also have a keen eye and nimble fingers for picking up dropped food, etc. My favorite move of yours is when you pick up something that is so miniscule I sometimes doubt there's actually anything there, but you're so concerned about placing it in my hand so I play along. Sometimes it's nothing larger than the size of a grain of sand, but you're so serious about it that I gravely take it from you and thank you as I throw it in the trash.
You are quite close to being able to climb up on the chairs and couches unaided (you've done so once, getting on the loveseat, but it hasn't been repeated). You will walk up to the object where you want to sit and lift one leg, hoping that is all you need to do. It's quite amusing to us, not so much for the cats. Or, in all honesty, not so amusing to Augustine, who prefers staying out of your reach.
|Moments before her first leg grab (and, incidentally, her first scratch)
You are adept at stacking blocks; your record is ten tall. Your old record was eight tall, and I actually captured a picture while you tried to stick on the ninth one, right before it fell over.
Around Christmas, you took a break from your books. Since we were traveling, I wrote it off to the excitement of new surroundings and different toys. This kept up for nearly another week after our return. I was surprised, wondering what transpired. After all, we could hardly keep you away from them before. But then you returned, and we figured it out. You were too busy mastering walking and relishing your newfound mobility that you couldn't be bothered to sit. Once you conquered walking, though, you resumed your bookish ways.
|Where some of the reading is done
You now have your two bottom molars out, which finally made an appearance New Year's Day (they made the drive home on New Year's Eve a bit unpleasant for you). And now your top molars are through. That puts you at ten teeth, and you've started teething pain again, although I haven't felt the new teeth emerge yet.
Sometimes you would wake up in the middle of the night, seemingly ready to play. Your parents, on the other hand, were not willing accomplices. We'd try to rock you (typically you were just in pain from your hurting mouth and just wanted some comfort), but on those few occasions that didn't work, we debated what to do. Once we found success placing you in your crib with soft toys and books. The first time, you were occupied for 30 minutes while we checked in with the video monitor, whereupon you quietly laid down and fell back asleep. However, this hadn't been replicated. We knew what the problem was: the toys and books in the crib were selected for their softness, not due to your interest.
On one of the next occasions, we decided to put some of your favorite books in the crib with you, settling them against the slats. We even left a small lamp on (to read by, of course). And it was AMAZING. We do this all the time now. We're not above admitting that we happily rotate books in there that get a LOT of reading time, just so we can have a break. You love this arrangement. Now before naps and bedtime, once we put you in the crib you gladly reach for any number of books, "read" them to yourself for anywhere between 3 and 45 minutes, and then, when you can't stay awake any longer, you lay down and drift off. It warms this mother's heart to see you taking after your parents, up reading long past your bedtime until your eyelids absolutely must close.
A favorite book has been Junior Goes to School. However, a few weeks before nap you separated two pages that weren't supposed to be separated and removed the pinwheel, so it gets a sabbatical until I can repair it. I also bought a used copy as a backup.
You also love to read Global Babies, Guess How Much I Love You, Chicka Chicka ABC and several Sandra Boynton books. And right now, you can't get enough of the variety of Spot books we have, and you are having us read Clifford books to you over and over again.
There have even been a few occasions where I have caught you saying "Oops!" at intervals while you "read" Blue Hat, Green Hat to yourself. It's pretty cute to watch, although your "oops" sounds a little slurred at the end.
In addition to reading, you spend a lot of time with your toy food. It's fun to watch you mimic eating and drinking. And the wooden cabinet you now have was originally bought used by Grandma Dawn (your great-grandma) for my mom (your grandma) over fifty years ago. It has aided in imaginative play for many years already, and it's still going strong.
We still pull out dried beans for you; sometimes we give you an egg carton that you fill up, most recently I gave you another container, and you diligently moved all the beans into it, and then proceeded to move them all back into the first container. You do a relatively good job of keeping them off the floor, but when you start throwing them around, or when you ask too many times if you can eat one, playtime is over and they get put away. It makes for a nice change of pace from your regular toys, though. I've told your daddy to pick up some more in different colors and sizes to add another dynamic.
You have dress-up moments - there are some necklaces your cousins gave you at Christmas, and you will pile them on or wrap them around your neck like a scarf. If you catch sight of my wristlet, you insist on taking possession of it and looping your arm through it, as it happens to be the perfect sized purse for you.
We also can spend long stretches of time pulling out items from your dresser - we try to keep you to the bottom drawer with socks, tights, and headbands. As you outgrew your handknit items, I kept them separate from the rest of your outgrown clothes. I recently pulled them out and you enjoyed handing items and the stuffed animal of your choice to me to be dressed. I'm glad to see these knit items enjoying a new life, and I suspect other knitters are as well.
|Stylin' animals in knitwear
I catch you grabbing your neck or the skin on either side of your neck with your fingers. It seems you do this when you're a little uneasy - it's your way of self-soothing. Once when we were at storytime, you had two huge fistfuls of your neck while you sat on my lap as you looked around at everyone. It doesn't seem to hurt you (although you do leave marks), but I hope you can find other ways to soothe yourself.
In the last few weeks, you've grown attached to a lamb stuffed animal, so maybe we'll have to see if cuddling with that can substitute for comfort.
|Not the lamb, but another doll she carried around
Pretty much since you started getting teeth, we had this finger toothbrush we'd use to clean them before bed. We upgraded you to a toddler toothbrush, though, and you were enraptured. It got to stay where mommy's and daddy's toothbrushes stayed, and every time we went by the bathroom, you'd detour to grab your toothbrush and paste. While I'm all for you having a good relationship with dental hygiene, it was getting to be a bit much. We just kept the door shut at all times for a couple days, and that seemed to solve the problem.
|"Look, Mom - no cavities!"
You continue to soak in so much around you. I got together with a friend after Christmas for a playdate. She was sharing how her daughter, a little younger than you, learned to throw up her arms and yell "Touchdown!" over Christmas. Your friend began to demonstrate it for us maybe half a dozen times in a row with you looking on. And 36 hours later, I was sitting next to you in the car when you suddenly started throwing your hands up deliberately, time after time. We got you in the house and set you down. You started toddling away to get a toy and I said, "Touchdown!", and the hands immediately went up and you grinned big at me. I could never catch it on camera or video, but it's amazing what a sponge you are; it's not like we were having you mimic your friend's actions, but you just picked it up on her own.
We watch segments of Sesame Street if you are having a rough day and we could all use a break. This week we watched Elmo teaching about Up and Down. Later on, you were methodically standing up on your tippy toes, then sitting down, over and over again. We would say the words aloud, and you'd do the correct motion.
You have fixed ideas on where things belong, as well. For instance, we've got this Musical Stacking Toy that has four balls. We'd lost one of them but knew it'd eventually turn up (sometimes the cats enjoy batting them all around). I unearthed it under my sewing cabinet, which you saw me do. For several days, when you were done playing with it, you'd roll it back under there, thinking that's where it was supposed to be.
You don't say very much, but at your last appointment the doctor said she'd only expect about four words at that time, which you certainly had then (you say cat, cracker, cheese, oops, Daddy has heard you say read, and while you seem to know mama and dada, you don't really call us by name). There may be others (I think I heard you say trash, for instance), but you don't seem to have a problem communicating. After I got tired of you insistently whining as you reached for something, I taught you the sign for please. You picked it up quickly, although that seems to have replaced the sign for more (I'll ask if you want more of something, and you'll respond with please instead of more, but that works for me).
It's been a fun seventeen months. They've absolutely stretched me and sometimes we're pretty exhausted, but you're a joy to have around.
There have been a couple articles on parenting that made the social media rounds recently, and they absolutely resonated with me; I think they really capture aspects of parenting, of motherhood, that I face. The first was "Don't Carpe Diem," by Glennon Melton. I love her comparison of Chronos time and Kairos time. We can get caught up in the Chronos definition of time, and this parenting business can be hard work (and let me say, when I can't get you to go down for your regular nap, something I have done dozens and dozens of times successfully to the point you don't even need my help once I lay you in the crib, suddenly I feel like a failure of a mother as you cry and I want to cry with you and those minutes seem very long indeed). But I love sitting back and registering those moments of Kairos, when I actually see and experience and savor the moment for what it is. These seventeen months of only going to work 12 hours a week but spending the rest of the time with you have been perfect for transforming me and molding my heart. I get to watch you make connections, I get to introduce you to this world of ours and walk alongside you, and when I think of those things, I can get emotional. What an absolute blessing.
Another article that connected with me was "To the Mother With Only One Child," by Simcha Fisher, a mother of nine children.
I'll just share the close of her article here:
To become a mother, I had to learn how to care about someone more than I did about myself, and that was terrible. But who I am now is something more terrible: the protector who can't always protect; the one with arms that are designed to hold, always having to let go.
Dear mother of only one child, don't blame yourself for thinking that your life is hard. You're suffering now because you're turning into a new woman, a woman who is never allowed to be alone. For what? Only so that you can become strong enough to be a woman who will be left.
When I had only one child, she was so heavy. Now I can see that children are as light as air. They float past you, nudging against you like balloons as they ascend.
Dear mother, don't worry about enjoying your life. Your life is hard; your life will be hard. That doesn't mean you're doing something wrong—it means you're doing it right.
I love this, and it was just as emotional for me as I returned to the article again to finish this letter to you as it was the first time. I sometimes wonder when we might try again, and I admit while I absolutely want you to have younger siblings, and that you have been basically the easiest and best baby ever, I'm not in a rush (we're in a transitional limbo right now, as well, so we're not exactly having this conversation yet). I'm in awe as I remember my parents had five children, most of us only two years apart. And yet, as I get up in the middle of the night with you to comfort you in your teething pain, or I bundle you up to schlep you out and about for errands, I'm happy with what we have now. I don't want to be discontented with where we're at, so while we know we'd like little sisters or brothers for you, I'm glad that we are happy now with where we are and what we have.
I'm not sure I can appropriately sum up all my feelings. You are so wanted and so loved and you're teaching me so much. I'm trying to continue to allow motherhood to be a spiritual practice, of sorts. To let this act of parenthood shape me, to submit to what I need to learn. I struggle with keeping up with everything - if I'm staying on top of my Etsy shop, I'm falling behind on dishes or laundry or vacuuming or toy pickup or meals or ... - but I'm trying to bend. If I get annoyed that I'm failing in being the "perfect" mom who has it all together and a tidy house to boot, I'm not allowing myself to learn what is taking place around me. And I suspect this is one of the times in life that a tidy house isn't expected. I know when I need to tweak my priorities and put something at the top of the Must Do Very Soon Before I Go Batty list, but I also know my friends understand where I'm at when I invite them over. Our house is clean, but it's certainly lived in.
Anyway, those are some of the things going through my mind these last couple months. Thank you for being who you are and stretching me to be a better person.
So much love,


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So I was behind a bit on nail designs lately…what's better to catch up than just using 5 different colours?
This design is so Nail Dummy proof, all you need is enough bold shades of polish and, if you'd follow exactly what I did, a couple of cute starry studs.
I chose mostly cheaper colours – all together this costs less than one bottle of fancy polish, which means you have no excuse for not buying them!
The blue is a favourite of mine, Sinful Colors' Sinful Shine 'Endless Blue'. Next up, the yellow by Essence, 'Little Miss Sunshine'. My middle fingers are painted with Catrice 'I'm not a greenager'. Followed by the cheapest but arguably the best colour red, Wet 'n' Wild 'I red a good book'. Last but certainly not least, the orange. It's by an awesome natural polish brand called Piggy Paint. Not only non-toxic and kid friendly, it's also just great stuff to paint on! It's targeted towards mothers to get for their young girls, which is great but I'm still 12 inside so I can use it as well 😉 The orange I used here's called 'Mac-n-cheese please'.
To finish it off, I stuck on the starry studs completely random while the polish was still wet, to make it ultra playful. Some top coat over it, and done are these happy hands! 🙂

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Thanksgiving is just two weeks away (can you believe it!) but there is still time to make this great personalized Thanksgiving tablecloth. It is inexpensive and requires no sewing! And if you are brave enough you could even get the whole family to help you put it together.
I came across this great idea last Fall on Blue Cricket Design's blog.
What you need:
- One fabric drop cloth (I bought mine from Lowe's) It already comes hemmed!
- Several permanent ink markers (different sizes) I used large and medium Sharpies
- A can of scotch guard
- A "thankful" list
Ask your family members to put together a list of things they are thankful for (as long or short as you'd like). Iron the drop cloth to get all the wrinkles out. Lay the drop cloth on the floor. Armed with your "thankful" list and sharpies start writing on the cloth. Begin writing on the cloth using different sizes of letters, fonts, and styles. Trust me this is the fun part! Keep moving around the perimeter of the cloth keeping in mind people will be reading this while seated at your table. After you are all done filling in the cloth with all the words on your list spray it with scotch guard to help with cleaning in case of any spills.
Enjoy making memories! This will be a unique, one of a kind, personalized family keepsake you can use again and again every year.


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Friday, 8 February 2008
All better now !!
23 comments:
- mereth said...
Andrea, I adore this setting for the blocks and may just have to pinch it and do it myself. It makes them look really special, but it's so simple. Clever girl. Post photos of your room soon, I'm looking forward to seeing it all together.
- 8 February 2008 at 13:55
- anne bebbington said...
Lovely quilt top and I think you were very brave to do those triangle borders - I'd never have worked out the maths correctly - the fabric you were sent by (was it) Gudrun is lovely - you will really enjoy using this quilt
- 8 February 2008 at 14:34
- Linda said...
Looks terrific Andrea. I too would never have attempted to do triangles, my math sucks.....lol...
- 8 February 2008 at 14:48
- Belvie said...
That top is just beautiful! I really like the way you set it together.
Oh, I like the colors for the Bareroots stitchery. You are gonna have it made and on the wall before I even get around to getting my thread out. :-)
- 8 February 2008 at 15:11
- Em said...
That is really a beautiful quilt top! I love those colors and the way the patches are set on point. Very pretty. I'm glad your hands are feeling better too! Sometimes you need a break, and it just takes a little pushing to get one... Em
- 8 February 2008 at 15:58
- Laurie Ann said...
That border is just perfect. Love the whole quilt!!
- 8 February 2008 at 16:16
- dot said...
Oh, this is a beautiful quilt. I have to admit, I have bought that much fabric at once, for backing. It is mosly not real flattering fabric but on sale works great for backs.
- 8 February 2008 at 16:39
- Guðrún said...
I don´t think you have learned your lesson :) Your quilt is awesome and the various colors of the triangles are just great, maybe it was better that you did not have enough of the green fabric you intended to use.
- 9 February 2008 at 02:08
- Julia said...
I love this quilt Andrea!!! What a brave girl you are to make the triangle border, it really makes the quilt outstanding.
I am wanting to do some stitchery too!
Glad to hear that your hands are doing better and Congratulations on the weight loss. I know how hard that is to achieve. I am still working on mine.
- 9 February 2008 at 08:33
- tami said...
Beautiful quilt. I wish I had the problem of needing a quilt for an extra layer.
You should find some pictures of other's stashes to show your sister. I bet she doesn't realize there is a whole cult of us out here in blogland.
- 9 February 2008 at 08:51
- Darcie said...
Your quilt looks fabulous, Andrea! Well worth your efforts and decisions of using two greens. Very effective!
Can't wait to see progress with your stitchery! One acquires such a lovely assortment of flosses from the first project or two...then it IS quite fun to venture out!
Sisters don't always need to understand! ;-)
- 9 February 2008 at 09:10
- Made By Claire said...
The quilt looks great Andrea. I love the colours. I am glad your hands are feeling better.
- 9 February 2008 at 09:50
- meggie said...
The quilt is wonderful! The borders were an inspiration! Lovely. Wish my maths was even adequate!
Look forward to seeing your room.
Love those floss colours.
- 9 February 2008 at 12:48
- Pam said...
That top is really pretty - such a lovely setting. Isn't it funny what non-quilters think is a lot of fabric - I always show them so of the pictures on other blogs of some of the "real serious" stashes. Mine is pretty "baby" as well.
Good to hear your hands are better!
- 9 February 2008 at 18:35
- Lisa Boyer said...
The quilt is so beautiful! Glad to see your hand is all better now. Enjoyed your blog--looks like another daily morning stop for me!
- 9 February 2008 at 22:39
- loulee1 said...
I'm glad you're back to it. Nothing worse that itching to sew and being unable.
I too have only a baby stash compared to some I've seen here in blogland, I think my sister is trying to have a huge stash, but is running out of places to hide it! LOL Stick to a baby stash.
Your quilt top looks great, really bright and cheerful, just the thing to warm you up on cold nights.
Congrats on loosing loads of weight, I wish I was acheiving that, but seem to have gotten stuck at the moment.
- 10 February 2008 at 01:01
- Red Geranium Cottage said...
I love your quilt top. That is wonderful. Love the thread colors too. Your gonna have fun doing stitchery.
- 10 February 2008 at 20:41
- Chookyblue...... said...
great quilt...........of and I had never heard of the site and checked it out
- 11 February 2008 at 02:47
- Jeanne said...
I love this quilt, Andrea! I know you will be warm and cuddly under the finished quilt. Your sewing room looks so neat! I'm really feeling like a slob now. VBG
- 11 February 2008 at 07:41
- Floss said...
I love the setting you used for the nine patch, makes them all look special. The triangles in the boarder add the right finishing touch, terrific.
- 11 February 2008 at 11:23
- Floss said...
I love the setting you used for the nine patch, makes them all look special. The triangles in the boarder add the right finishing touch, terrific.
- 11 February 2008 at 11:23
- Dawn said...
Oh that quilt is wonderful! And I LOVE the border you put on it. And your embroidery threads - oh man, those are so my colors!
- 11 February 2008 at 19:16
- Karen Dianne Lee said...
I loved this quilt from its infancy and I really really really love it now!!!!
And you inspire me. Really. The way you did the border is so neat. I want to tap into my creativity like that.
Creatively Yours Love, *karendianne.
- 13 February 2008 at 14:52


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Thursday, March 10, 2016
Dede and I got a long well and were in each other's class at school. Our sister's had a good time together as well. I'd say you could call us "besties". It was a sad day when their dad got transferred and they moved to London!
After London, they came back to California-but to Coronado, a beautiful little island right off San Diego. I visited several times, so did my parents and we stayed in touch until they moved to Virginia and we were teens.
A few months ago, don't know why, I started thinking of her and the family and wondered where they were and what they were all doing. I even tried looking her up on Face Book and Linked In.
Turns out-Dede had somehow found one of my articles on the internet and knew that with my name that it had to be me. Had no idea that my maiden name was even included on some of the stories floating around out there in cyberspace!
That perked her interest and she found me on both Face Book and Linked In-BUT (weirdness) for some reason-I never saw her note to me until almost a year later!!! Don't even know what I did but there was her note dated almost twelve months prior to my spotting it.
I sent her notes everywhere-FB, LinkedIn, the e-mail addy she had put on one of her notes and then, I waited.
Her reply came a day or so later!
We caught each other up on our lived over the last 45+ years. Turns out she has a good friend that lives in Scottsdale, not that far from where we live!
This is what I love about the internet-I've re-connected with so many good friends over the last few years! My bestie from the time we were 5, two of my bridesmaids and my best friend from college-as well as my best friend from junior and senior high school. Lots of other good friends as well.
Let's face it-as we all are aging, it's fun to find out how many of us are doing, what has happened both good and bad in our lives and sharing it all with people who have known us longer than our spouses.
Here's to fate, may it long continue!


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With this history and the background, I was well on my way to become a HAM operator.
The training classes started and was scheduled for 1 hour from 5.30 PM every week day from Monday to Friday. Regular college classes were scheduled to close at 5.00 PM.
My sked was - Leave Home (about 5 Kms from the College - My home was in Chamarajapuram- Near Law Courts) - cycle the distance and reach the college by 5 PM. Park the cycle adjacent to the Ganesha Temple opposite to the Main Gate. Stand and wait for the HAM team to finish their classes - they usually went past me around 5.10 PM and would come back after aback after about 15 mins with the Power Supply, Morse Key and CPO. This necessiated me to wait atleast 25 mins before the Ham Classes started. The wait usually meant that I STAND leaning on to my bicycle,waiting for the team to arrive.
Also see http://vu2mud.blogspot.com/2007/06/four-year-term-at-sjce.html
Classes were successful - with about 30 students and one outsider - ME - appeared for the ASOL exam in 1986. I successfully cleared the Grade I exam.
Next was the indefinite wait for the "critical" "Decision Letter" to arrive from the WPC - but that is a story by itself - more of it in a different post.
15 April 2010
I cleared the ASOL exam - 1986
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Goodwood: Dawn Approach, Tornado meet again in Sussex Stakes
A short head separated Dawn Approach and Toronado in the Group 1 St. James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on June 18. As of Monday, little separated the two 3-year-old colts in the betting for Wednesday's Group 1 Sussex Stakes at the Glorious Goodwood meeting in southern England.
Dawn Approach, who won the English 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 4, was the 5-4 favorite in early betting with the bookmaking firm Coral, a slight choice over Toronado at 6-4.
The $460,000 Sussex Stakes over a mile will be their third meeting this year. Toronado, trained by Richard Hannon, was fourth in the English 2000 Guineas. He won the Grade 3 Craven Stakes at Newmarket in April at the start of his season.
Dawn Approach, trained by Jim Bolger, was last of 12 in the English Derby as the 5-4 favorite on June 1.
Both colts overcame trouble in the St. James's Palace Stakes – Dawn Approach was bumped by a rival in the stretch, while Toronado was steadied at the start and raced in traffic in the stretch.
The field of seven in the Sussex also includes the 4-year-old Declaration of War, who won the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot and was second to Al Kazeem in the Group 1 Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on July 6.
In Wednesday's Group 2 Vintage Stakes for 2-year-olds, Parbold, second in the Group 2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot, tries to win his first stakes in the race, run over seven furlongs.


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Laura Geller The Real Deal Concealer in Light
Concealers seem to be the product we're always buying in the hope of finding the Holy Grail. I need concealer more for covering dark circles than anything else but finding the perfect concealer is near impossible. I got my paws on The Real Deal last year after reading all the rave reviews on the QVC website and I'm not sure why I havent reviewed it yet.
Texture wise The Real Deal reminds me of Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer but a lot creamier and easier to work with. A little product goes a long way as the formula is seriously opaque, it can even be used to cover small tattoos, scars and birthmarks aswell as redness and blemishes. The amount on the back of my hand in the photo is enough for atleast 10 faces. Staying power is good too, it tends to last all day on me without feeling like a mask. The tube doesnt look the biggest but I've been using mine for almost a year now and it still looks full! The only bad thing is I cant use it around my eyes which is the reason I bought it in the first place. It covers dark circles like nothing else but it settles into fine lines and creases like crazy even when I set it with powder. It seems to make the eye area look really dry and I look as if I've aged 20 years.
If you're looking for a concealer to cover obvious marks then I really recommend The Real Deal. You'll be hard pushed to ever find any concealer as opaque but its a no-no for the eye area which is a shame as it really covers dark circles.
Laura Geller The Real Deal Concealer £15.52 from QVC


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All this time, I've been clocking my runs using an app on my iPhone that works with the iPhone's GPS system. RunKeeper is a fantastic app, but, unfortunately, it sucks the battery life of the iPhone. The battery normally lasts about 10 hours, but would last only 2 while using it. So I dug into the couch for some extra change and decided to get a GPS running watch.
I first started with a Polar RS300x. Could be the worst thing ever created by mankind. It was not cheap at $250, but it didn't work. I tried to set basic intervals on it for my 4 min run / 1 min walk, and it would only occasionally beep. It lost the GPS signal all the time even though I was in an open park in downtown Colorado Springs, and the beep was so quiet I literally could not listen to my headphones at all.
So I returned it and decided to shell out the big bucks for a Garmin. I was given the Garmin Forerunner 310XT, and took it for my first test run this past weekend. What an amazing product! It not only beeps loudly but it vibrates at every interval so I can have my headphones on nice and loud and still know when to take my walk break. It never lost the signal and I was way back in the woods in the middle of nowhere. Plus, the user interface is extremely easy and simple to use. I never had to consult the manual whereas with the Polar watch, I read the manual 4 times and still didn't understand it.
What's even more awesome about the Garmin is you can plug in a USB drive to your computer that talks to the watch and downloads all the information. You get free software to keep track of all of your workouts online. It provides super accurate information about speed, pace, heart rate, elevation, distance and calories burned.
So, if you're serious about running and are getting into very long distances, I highly recommend the Garmin Forerunner 310XT. It is worth the money and investment in your sport and will not disappoint you.


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Danica McKellar: Wonder Years Wedding!
Danica McKellar (aka Winnie Cooper from the Wonder Years) is engaged to her boyfriend composer Mike Verta next month in California.
Danica, now 34, played Fred Savage's sweetheart in the hit TV show airing in the 80′s and 90′s.
According to sources, "Danica and Mike want to start a family immediately. They've been living together long enough and feel they're ready to take their relationship to the next level. They both would love to have a child soon!"
Congrats Danica and Mike!


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It isn't me. It is something that has been done for centuries.
Something that Australia is openly doing.
But why? Why are these smaller nations trying to get more experienced, American, troops? (well they speak English, duh.)
But once they get those troops, what are they going to use them for? How many years is this going to go on before it becomes a cultural 'norm'?
Originally posted by biggilo
Originally posted by SymbolicLogic
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Create a business/corporation (online?) with an office in the US that you fund with wages earned in Australia?
Buy from online American businesses?
But America is in breach of International taxation laws anyway, so no matter where you go doesn't 'Uncle Sam' tax you on your citizenship?
The ONLY way out of this is to relinquish your citizenship which is ridiculous on so many different levels.
Originally posted by pheonix358
The other problem is that you have to be an Australian Citizen to be in our armed forces. Sort of logical if you think about who you want defending your own country.


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Husband and I went away between Christmas and New Year's. Due to an approaching snow storm we decided to leave a day early, taking off on Boxing Day. I was adamant that I wanted the Christmas stuff cleared away so that I didn't arrive home on January 1st facing taking it all down before my return to work.
I was so wound about it that Husband actually helped me take the tree down (and move a piano but that's another story) on Christmas Day after we opened our presents but before we headed off to do dinner with my family. We had fully cleaned up from Christmas by Boxing Day morning. Except for one thing. I've left out one little reminder of the holidays.
This little sleigh held flowers that I received last Christmas. Right now it seems perfect for holding some of our Christmas cards, acting as a little reminder that people love us!


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October 10, 2014
Confessions of a Procrastinator by Sharon Espeseth
The more I planned for this, the more blocked I became. Like the centipede who really thought about how he walked and couldn't get his legs to work together, I stumbled in my writing. Here it is the night before my post is due and I'm trying to pull together a random disarray of thoughts on the subject of fear and how it affects my writing. Thoughts have been rolling around in my head like marbles for the past ten days. A few of these marbles rolled down my arm, through my pen, and even landed rather wobbly on paper.
Over-thinking the whole process of writing and the fears that are common to writers, I now am starting over. What I'd written before just didn't seem to "measure up." First, I must pray. That is always a legitimate pause, not a procrastination.
I have files on fear, quotations from the Bible on cards and also from the wisdom of scholars and the secular world on the subject of fear. I have personal stories of fears I've faced and how God helped restore my courage in certain circumstances. I've heard or read that "Be not afraid" is one of the most quoted verses of the New Testament.
"Why, then, should I be afraid when I write?" I ask in my prayer and I am reminded of a plaque my sister gave me when I was going to university. "In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength." (Isaiah 30:15b KJV) In The Message we read, "Your strength will come from settling down in complete dependence on me--the very thing you've been unwilling to do."
I've been busy, distracted, and wasteful of time. I need to be still and know that God is real. From that better writing will flow. From that peaceful place, I can work in faith. Working on this month's writing prompts, I wanted to see my thoughts all laid out from start to finish. Martin Luther King Jr. has said, "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." That is what I'm doing now at my computer--feeling one step at a time.
God has promised to give us wisdom; all we have to do is ask. We don't have to be great and wise in ourselves. When Jesus walked the earth, he chose common people to get his message out, which made their work all the more remarkable. "When they (the people) saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus." (Acts 4:13 NIV) I would like people to notice that my writing isn't all about me, but that God is able to use me.
This Thanksgiving time, I want to thank you my fellow InScribers for the way we pray for one another, help one another, and encourage one another in our writing. The same can be said for our Barrhead group, the Women Word Weavers.
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I needed this today, Sharon. I have procrastinated this past few days in the most noble of ways - tackling big important projects, all the while knowing that when they're done, I will have no choice but to open the file on my computer that hides my current WIP, one I know God is calling me to work on, but feels way bigger than something I'm capable of handling.ReplyDelete
You remind me that this is the place the Lord needs me to be. If I'm not capable, then I'll turn to him.
Thanks for your honesty. I will now go and pray through my fear.
Sharon, I'm sure you have expressed what most of us feel at least some of the time.ReplyDelete
Our sense of inadequacy can be our greatest resource, for it thrusts us into God's presence for His guidance.
Thanks for the reminder.
Oh Sharon, I so enjoyed your post. I felt privy to your 'confessions', totally recognizing myself in them.ReplyDelete
Although I much appreciate the whole piece, I am especially drawn today to the line you quote from The Message:
"Your strength will come from settling down in complete dependence on me--the very thing you've been unwilling to do."
Settling down... ah yes.... there's my key.
Thanks so much for working through your fear about this month's theme right here... we're blessed for your honesty, perseverance, and especially for recognizing his voice when you asked for a reason.
After reading your post, I feel way more normal:) I LOVE the quote from the Message!ReplyDelete
Thank you, Bobbi, Bryan, Brenda and Loretta for your supportive comments. Thankfully, I too don't feel all the time like I did while writing this blog. Yesterday, however, I most certainly felt challenged to account for my procrastination and allowing Satan or the Bogeyman to discredit my confidence in God's direction.ReplyDelete
Sharon, thank you for this post. Since signing on to do a blog post I have been using my procrastinating tendencies to their fullest. Now it's time to pray through it and get started. I just may write out that verse from The Message and put it up by my writing desk. That's not procrastinating is it!ReplyDelete
I certainly relate to the procrastination ...ReplyDelete
and appreciate the Martin Luther quote as well as the verse from The Message.
That quote from The Message is so great--and your honesty about what happens when we allow fear to get the best of us and so we try to procrastinate it away. I'm glad God doesn't ever procrastinate in His love and goodness towards us.ReplyDelete
Sharon I loved the part about being 'ordinary and unschooled.' I struggle all the time in my writing that I don't have enough formal education to be listened to or to have anything real to share. Thanks for being so honest about your struggles. I think I can relate to just about all of them.ReplyDelete
Thank you Sharon for allowing the Lord to work through you, even if it was not quite as timely as you thought necessary. The Lord's timing is always perfect.ReplyDelete
These words spoke loudly to me "We don't have to be great and wise in ourselves. When Jesus walked the earth, he chose common people to get his message out, which made their work all the more remarkable."
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I was surfing around the web this afternoon looking for items of interest that I could post on the California Fire News blog when I came across this article:
SoCal Robbery Suspect Caught Trying to Become Policeman
February 28, 2009
CHULA VISTA -- A robbery suspect was arrested when he showed up to take an test to become a police officer.
Police say 40-year-old Romeo Montillano was arrested and booked into San Diego County jail. Montillano was being sought by police in connection with a December robbery at a Chula Vista Kmart where a man took a TV and other items, then beat up store employees who confronted him.
A short time later, investigators learned Montillano had signed up to take the February police officer's examination.
Police contacted Montillano, and the suspect promised to show up to take the test.
When the suspect showed up on test day, he was arrested for investigation of robbery and other crimes.
Police say that as Montillano was being arrested, he asked whether he could still take the police exam or reapply at some later date. They told him no.
Ok, I'm laughing. This guy wanted to be a cop, but he's on the run for stealing a bunch of stuff and beating up people in the store he was stealing from.... Uhm... DUMB! I guess this is one of those times when you ask "What was he thinking?" and then you answer your self by saying "He wasn't thinking!!!". Too stupid!! The guy deserves to go to jail just for being dumb! LOL
So, since the news in this post gave me a giggle, I will add a picture that might give you folks a giggle... (Gotta love the LOLcats!)
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It has been a busy week at work with lots of book returns and the students are also ordering the books for the semester that starts next week. My office computer was replaced after several crashes and it was very nice to get a new one that didn't take eight seconds to load a webpage and that didn't sound like it was going to explode any second. On Thursday I had desk duty in the manuscript reading room for the first time this year, and it was rather boring - only two visitors. But I had brought work with me, I was picking out books to be weeded. We have a small collection of books no one uses anymore, so I'm going through them to see which ones we can throw away and which ones we should keep.
The new year started with train delays and the 25 000 daily commuters to Lund will have a challenging time the next six months. The train station in Lund will be renovated, the platforms will be made wider and longer, and there will be elevators installed, among other things. They closed two of the tracks this Monday and it had immediate effects. All the trains in rush hour are delayed now, so it really doesn't matter when I go to the station, the time-table is totally off. You are only lucky if you don't have to wait too long for the train. I have commuted by train or bus every weekday for more than 20 years and it requires a stable mental health to endure all the delays and the over-crowded trains.
This week I was contacted by a distant cousin who had just started researching his family tree. I sent the documents about the family I had, and he was happy to get it. It meant that he didn't have to do all the research himself. This week someone else called me to ask me to find out what had happened to one of her relatives. It was an easy task. I searched a vital records database on the internet and called her back within ten minutes to give the answer. I wish all requests are that easy to solve.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Work and research
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Saturday, April 22, 2006
Social Workers, Teenaged Girls and Feminism
Title: "Feminist Mentors Rely on "Moralistic" Standards Regarding Sex"
Researchers at my university recently examined the outcomes of a program in which social workers intended to act as feminist mentors to a group of middle-school girls.
(Remember that these are middle-school girls.)
The program was held in a small Midwestern city at a middle school where 60 percent of the 535 students are African-American. Its directors – two social workers, both white women – intended it as a forum where the participants – 22 sixth-grade girls – could "interrupt the processes of traditional gender socialization," according to the study.
(I'm not really sure where social work comes down on "interrupting socialization". I'll ask my wife.)
They report in the current issue of Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work (Vol. 21, No. 1) that despite their feminist leanings, the mentors wound up falling back on "moralistic, age-based standards of appropriate sexual interest and behavior" and "the suppression of sexuality."
(So far, so good. But, what exactly constitutes the suppression of sexuality?)
They give one example, in which a participant creating a collage on "what it means to be a girl," remarked that it means not only friendship, sports, school work but also "being pregnant." One of the mentors contradicted her, saying "Women get pregnant, not girls."
(Okay, first off, it's pretty annoying that they're arguing that feminism is supposed to be immoral. But, what exactly do they expect from these social workers? For them to tell 14 year old girls that they're mentoring that it's okay to get pregnant? That this won't limit their options as women? And how exactly is this crusty moralism??? What kind of feminism is pro-teenage pregnancy?)
Bay-Cheng doesn't fault the program directors directly, saying she and Lewis believe the program reflects a larger problem about how adults tend to socialize youth on issues of gender and sexuality.
(Huh? Again, why is this such a problem? Wouldn't anyone with a lick of sense encourage these girls to stop romanticizing teenage pregnancy? Isn't it "feminist" to encourage girls to value themselves as something other than sex objects? Who exactly says that feminists are required to oppose the "traditional" teachings that are most useful for young women? WTF?)
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- The Pagan Temple said...
Is it possible that they're problem wasn't so much what the mentors said to the girls as it was how they said it? Like, they didn't think they should be talking down to them, perhaps? That's the only sense I can make of it.
By suppression of sexuality I am going out on a limb here and wondering if maybe this is meant as a way of criticizing the traditional way in which young girls were taught that sexuality is something to fear, possibly even be ashamed of, as oppossed to something they should try to not just accept but approach as an aspect of reaching young adulthood, hopefully in a positive and mature manner. Something they should even view with pride in their sexuality, from a standpoint of pesonal identity.
- Rufus said...
I think they were saying that the social workers needed to be more open about the girls' sexuality, which is fair, but still seems a bit much to ask.
What seems more reasonable to me would be, instead of condemning traditional ordering practices as "moralistic", to make use of the ones that help the girls reach the goals they have in mind. The mission should be to elevate these girls, not to blindly lash out against all tradition. Or, it seems like it should be.


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Today I'm sharing a layout created for my DT position with
This months challenge was to pick a stash item and totally "BUST" it!
I picked twine, purely because I have a huge box of plain, bakers, embroidery thread etc
all looking for a new home on a layout.
My Layout "Memories"
I've used papers and collectables from the Sail Away collection by Kaisercraft.
This was lots of fun to create, so I've included a process video if you'd like
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I hope your inspired to go check out the fabulous challenges over at Scrapping Turtle
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Extreme Muslim Violence everyday.
Just think of what happens in Muslim countries that we never hear about.
And Karachi Violence still on a roll.
QUETTA: Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Saturday, killing people and wounding three, police said.
A woman was also among the dead in the attack in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, where pro-Taliban militants and Baloch separatists are blamed for years of violence. The province shares border with Iran and Afghanistan.
"The vehicle was passing by a bus stand when gunmen riding in another car opened fire, killing at least 11 people and wounding three," city's police chief Hamid Shakeel told Reuters.
Saturday's attack came a day after eight people were killed and about 25 wounded in two separate bomb and gun attacks in two districts of Balochistan.
Baloch nationalists have waged a low-scale insurgency for decades but Taliban militants with links to al Qaeda have also been active in Balochistan, the largest but poorest of Pakistan's four provinces,
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Eleven people killed in firing incident in Quetta
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But despite that the behaviour of our peers was far from good enough.
The Lib Dem peers might have forgotten their principles, souls and spines but I and others haven't. Stay tuned for more in the coming days and weeks.
Keep us posted.
I think most Lib Dems I know (including conference reps) will get behind you on this. Just let us know what we need to do.
george you are a wonderful man, keep fighting for what is right. spartacus loves you!!!Delete
I definitely will. I think now has got to be the time we draw a line in the sand - if we don't feel able to draw one here then we might as well pack up and go home.Delete
I seem to remember you getting very cross when I doubted your faith in Lib Dem peers stopping the worst aspects of welfare reform etc. In fact you refused to publish my last comment which is the behaviour of a stroppy teen. I'm now back to saying 'I told you so'.
At the time you said -
"There's no point in staying in a campaign organisation that ignores the views of its members and focuses on what would appear to be the ideological aims of the people running it rather than what's important."
I'm sure you will claim that the Lib Dems are more than a campaigning organisation and of course they aren't simply focusing on their own ideological aims (they are of course instead supporting the Tories ideological aims)I have to suggest that to be consistent you should now be leaving the party. Quite simply your conference resolutions have been ignored by your peers and, as most of the votes were whipped it is clear that the party leadership has ignored them too.
The Lib Dems have betrayed everything they have ever claimed to stand for and are now just Londis Tories. As a result they will disappear forever at the next election unless they abandon the coalition and grow some.
Andy, the only reasons I refust to publish a comment is when it breaches my comment policy - e.g. mindless, incoherent ranting by people without the courage to sign their name and libellous remarks are pretty much the only things that are off limits. Some comments do, from time to time, accidentally get caught in the spam filter. That's why I check the filter regularly and, if I am not mistaken, your comment getting caught in the filter is what happened in the incident you referred to. If you look back at the original thread I'm pretty sure you will find your comment is up there.
I did indeed get a bit forceful when you made negative sniping - I prefer to wait to see what people actually do before I write them off.
You're right that the Lib Dems are more than a campaigning organisation - they're a political party. One which is made up of somewhere between 60,000 and 70,000 people. From what I can tell, the vast majority of them share and hold true to the same values and principles I do and many of them practice those principles in elected office as well.
I'm not going to defend the indefensible over the Welfare Reform Bill and for me this is a red line issue which is why I believe it is time for a grassroots fightback. But unlike you, I am not so blinkered as to view everything the party does as anathema just because we're in coalition with a party I dislike. The fact is that we have achieved some very good things in government which I'm proud of. The only challenge for me is to make sure that the Welfare Reform Bill is fixed and that this is the last time our parliamentarians betray us.
And finally:
"I'm now back to saying 'I told you so'."
And you're the one saying that I behave like a stroppy teen?
@Andy Platt - clearly you don't understand where Lib Dem support comes from, if you think the party will "disappear forever". If you think we're all just hard-left Labour party wannabes then you are very mistaken. They haven't "betrayed" anything or anyone - they've achieved limited success in a Coalition government, in a Parliament where they have 8% of MPs. Get a grip.
@George Potter - On the substance of what was voted on, there was little to object to in the Bill itself on DLA/PIP. The cause for concern is what will be decided through regulations at a later date. Thanks to pressure from Lib Dems, these will at least be affirmative regulations (which means they must be debated and voted on by committees in both HOC and HOL, unlike negative regulations which are just nodded through).
'Thanks to pressure from Lib Dems...'
You're kidding, right?
I agree with Anonymous. Some changes regards DLA/PIP were made but this was thanks to the government wanting to avoid another defeat on the WRB by placating the crossbenchers.Delete
You may have missed that it was Baroness Thomas who put down the amendment to change the qualifying period for PIP from 6/6 to 3/9. She was personally credited by Lord Mckenzie, the Labour spokesman, for achieving the change which was accepted by the Government without a vote. And Baroness Thomas is.... Yes, that's right, a Liberal Democrat peer. That's just one example.
Why should the Government care about crossbenchers? It can get anything it wants through if the Commons stiffen their resolve, especially where money is involved (the Commons can claim financial privilege over the ESA amendment because it costs so much, thereby denying the Lords any further say on it). It's the Lib Dem MPs they are trying to soften things for, to ensure ping pong is a smooth ride. So yes, it is Lib Dem pressure which is leading to changes.
I'm not trying to claim that everything good is done by our peers, but at least give some credit where it's due and stop blurting out abuse indiscriminately.
I'm fully aware of that Ben. But one or two minor changes does not excuse failing on the major changes. I'm not condemning or writing off our lords on masse - in fact, I very much want to speak to them to try and find out why they voted the way they did.Delete
Good Work George.
Re Andy Platt,"behaviour of a stroppy teen."
I do not think so.George is a Man with principles.Who is not afraid to have a go at his own party leadership if he has to.He has won the respect of a lot of the Disabled Community for his tireless,unpaid work on their behalf.
He is not a Parliamentarian,but does his best to get the grass roots of his movement to have a go at the leadership.
What do you do Andy Platt.Knock someone who can and will achieve more than you ever will with your sarcastic rambling.
And no I am not a LibDem.I find it hard to vote for any Neo Liberal party.But George is one of them special people that actually cares.
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I am happy to address most contributions, even the drunken ones if they are coherent, but I am not going to engage with negative sniping from those who do not have the guts to add their names or a consistent on-line identity to their comments. Such postings will not be published.
Anonymous comments with a constructive contribution to make to the discussion, even if it is critical will continue to be posted. Libellous comments or remarks I think may be libellous will not be published.
I will also not tolerate personation so please do not add comments in the name of real people unless you are that person. If you do not like these rules then start your own blog.
Oh, and if you persist in repeating yourself despite the fact I have addressed your point I may get bored and reject your comment.
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Single mother Karla McCoy lives a perfect life with her young son Frankie. One day, upon entering a local park, Karla sees her son suddenly being abducted out of the blue by a kidnapper. To save Frankie from being taken, Karla goes out on a mission to demand people in the city to help rescue her son.
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Sallie Mae & PNC Get an F
I was checking out the Whois information for a couple of education related domain names, and I came across EducationLoans.com and EducationLoan.com. Somewhat surprisingly, these domain names appear to be owned by financial giants PNC and Sallie Mae (or a related company). It's a smart move to own great domain names like these.
PNC Bank is the registrant of EducationLoans.com, and Student Loan Funding Resources, LLC (with a Whois contact email @salliemae.com) is the registrant of the singular EducationLoan.com. Unfortunately, neither of these great assets are currently resolving to any type of website. They aren't even being used for forwarding purposes to these companies' primary websites.
Screenshots.com shows that both domain names had once been used. The most recent screenshot for EducationLoan.com shows the website was in use in 2011. The most recent screenshot for EducationLoans.com shows that the website was in use in February of 2013. I don't know why these great descriptive domain names aren't currently resolving though.
These domain names are each worth quite a bit of money, and I am surprised they aren't being utilized by their owners.
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Large companies doesn't need help to promote themselves, they are focused only on preventing others from entering their sectors.
And they do it in any way, even the most disgusting
Good Article!
Nice article,I have a very generic domain name that I want to sell to a bank. Any advice Elliot,know any domain brokers that deal with education DN?
Ryan Colby of Domain Holdings had asked me about education domain names last week.
Thanks Elliot. Elliot checkout studentloan.com Discover is now using the domain name. Such a great name.
Elliot did you checkout studentloan.com? Discover.com is now using the domain name. That's a great domain name.


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Strategos | In Space above Planet Earth | 12/24/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"There are people who don't like this show simply because it is not the original Bubblegum Crisis. They should call up the people who hate Battlestar Galactica because it isn't the original and have a party. As for me, I'll stay home and watch me some good sci-fi!
When it comes to cyberpunk, there are only a couple of classics that really nail what it's all about. In the west and the live action department, we have Blade Runner and the Matrix. In the East we Ghost in the Shell (the movie, and the excellent first season of the tv show in particular), and this awesome show that just screams classic in every way if you love sci-fi action with cyberpunk overtones. I started to watch the first Bubblegum Crisis and got bored. I started to watch this show and got hooked. It tells a story of a Tokyo of the future that's crawling with humanoid robots called Voomers (boomers?). Everything would be great except...every once in a while the robots go bezerk and try to kill people. And that's where the heroes come in.
The Knight Sabers are a group of girl vigilantes who destroy Voomers gone awry. In the first episode a country girl moves into town wanting to know about the Knight Sabers, manages to track them down, and joins up! And so she joins a techie nerd girl who works for the A.D. Police (police who take care of Voomer problems), a rather butch rock-singer biker chick named Priss, and their rich-girl employer in their night-time cyber-crime fighting. All that would make for a great show alone, but this show just exceeds expectations in every way.
Every character has a deep personality, a complex backstory, and great voice-acting (especially in the incredible English version which is easily up to par with Battle Athletes Victory and Princess Nine for top ranking in greatest dubs ever) to go along with some really snappy dialog. The first time through you'll enjoy the characters and the story (which is much deeper than you'd expect and has some great plot twists), but each time I watch this show I like it more. The relattionships between the characters, the great action sequences, the high-budget animation (easily OVA quality), and awesome music (yes, I do own the awesome soundtrack cd with all the Japanese songs and printed out the BIO for the singer), just get better and better with each viewing. And speaking of audio, if you really like this show, the defnitive version is the Essential Anime version, which features audio commentary with the voice actors and director (the best commentary in any anime I've ever heard), and a great 5.1 surround remix of the English audio. And at something like 9 episodes each, it's also a great value.
If this show has a flaw, it's the unevenness of the show. It starts out an edgy comedy-action/light-drama with light horror elements (the core of the Voomer that they have to destroy looks an awful lot like a heart, and the first time the protagonist Leena tries to fight in a simulator she's terrified) , turns into a pretty much straight-action show, and then becomes horror again (armies of Voomers that look like zombies assaulting a police station) with heavy-introspection (mind-linking with the mother of all Voomers who is hacking the Knight Saber's minds while they fight in the vaccuum of space). If you aren't ready for it it might be enough to derail it for you. If you can hang on for the wild ride you'll find one of the most deeply satifying of anime with strong female protagonists, great action, wonderful storytelling, fantastic Japanese Rock music, and top notch writing and direction (the anime was produced with cooperation between East and West).
This is one of the few shows where you'll watch one episode and end up watching the whole disc in one sitting (one episode flows directly into another like it's one long movie). One of the best anime every produced, and definitely one of Pioneer's best. If you loved Battle Athletes Victory, or especialy Generator Gawl, and enjoy cyberpunk, you owe it to yourself to watch this show. It's awesome.
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Lesley Aeschliman | Enumclaw, WA | 05/06/2009
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 Ultimate Collection is a six-disc DVD box set that includes all twenty-six episodes of the series. This set just takes the six individually released DVDs and bundles them into one package. The first and third discs in the set each contain five episodes, while the remaining four discs each contain four episodes.
Each DVD contains the DVD credits in the "Extras" menu. There is also at least one other extra included on each disc. The first disc contains a voice actor commentary on the fourth episode from the English dub voice actors for Priss and Linna. The second disc has three voice actor commentaries. The sixth episode has commentary from the English voices for Mackey and Nigel, the eighth episode has commentary from the English voices for Daley and Leon, and the ninth episode has commentary from the English voice for Nene. The second disc also includes character biographies, textless versions of the opening and closing credits, as well as previews for other ADV releases.
The third disc in the set has three voice actor commentaries. The eleventh episode has commentary from the English voice for Linna, the thirteenth episode has commentary for the English voice for Sylia, and the fourteenth episode has commentary from the English voices for Priss and Linna. The fourth disc has commentary on the sixteenth episode from the English voices for Sylia, Priss, Linna, and Nene. There is a gallery of concept art for the hardsuits (however, this feature is labeled as "Character Sketches"). "Vehicle Technology" has pictures and explanations for the mecha that appears in the series. There are voice actor profiles for the Japanese and English voice actors for Linna, Priss, Sylia, and Nene. The textless opening and closing are included, as well as ADV previews.
The fifth disc has a video interview with the English voice actors for Sylia, Priss, Linna, and Nene. However, the audio on this feature has a tendency to fade in and out, especially on the voice actor for Linna. A question is posted on the screen, and they cut in the answers from each of the voice actors. The sixth disc includes two voice actor audio commentaries. Episodes twenty-five and twenty-six both have commentary by the English voice actors for Sylia, Priss, Linna, and Nene. The textless opening and closing are included, as well as ADV previews.
In some respects, I was a little disappointed by the bonus features. However, if you are a fan of Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, this set would be worth purchasing to have all of the episodes in one set, instead of purchasing each disc individually."


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Yesterday was one of the most anticipated days of my life. Aside from my wedding day and the birth of my four children, that is.
Ree Drummond, most known as "The Pioneer Woman" came to Pittsburgh for a book signing and I
stalked got to meet her!
I got up bright and early at the crack of 7:30 am (for me that is early) to get house stuff done so I would be ready to meet my hero! I got the laundry put away, the dishwasher unloaded and got all dolled up to go meet her. I had several text message consultations with my mom and sisters regarding my wardrobe and shoe choices. I got out the new top I bought Saturday, my old trusty jeans, shoes, purse, etc and laid out on the bed waiting for the exact right time to get dressed (ie: about 20 seconds before I left the house or else I'd also be wearing a bunch of someone else's snot, spit, food and dirt).
I met my best friend, Katie, along the way and after a few extra excursions, we were off!
We got to Sewickley at around 3:00 and managed to find parking pretty easily. I parked at a meter, forgot to put a quarter in the meter, stood in line for a while, realized I didn't put money in the meter, only managed to find one quarter, which Katie graciously walked back to the car and put the quarter in the meter buying me only half an hour, and hence got a $5 parking ticket!
As we drove Beaver Street in our attempt to find the bookstore, I admit, based on blogs I'd read from PW's previous book tours, I totally expected there to be traffic lining the streets, women everywhere and a line about a mile long waiting to meet PW. But it wasn't bad at all. We parked and got into line with about 50 or so people in front of us. As we waited, the book store owner came out with small bottles of water and suggested that if we didn't already have a copy of the book to go inside and purchase one now. Since I didn't have a copy of the new cook book, I went in and bought mine and ended up running into my Aunt Bonnie and cousin, Amy! They had said they were going to come out to the signing, but I didn't expect them to be the first in line! I chatted with them a minute and then got my book and headed back to the line.
This is a look at the line from where Katie and I were standing. The book store is the shop on the right with the black awning. Not too bad of a wait. We arrived at 3:00 and at 3:30, true to their word, the book store began coming out and distributing numbers for admission. Katie and I were 66 and 67 or 67 and 68.
I accidentally got this picture, but I'm posting it because the young girl in the front of the picture won the last PW giveaway of the Frye boots! JEALOUS! Although I'd like to win one of the cooking give aways - or one of those trips to the Lodge!
When I bought my copy of the cookbook, they put a post it note on it with the spelling of your name (or whomever you were having the book inscribed for). My amazing little sister got me my first PW cookbook and she sent the book all the way to Pawhuska to have Ree sign it and ship it back to me. The inscription was so perfect b/c my sister had written a letter to her describing me. The inscriptions says:
Love to Jen from the ranch! Kiss those farm kids for me. : ) Ree/PW
Sigh. How perfect, right?
So this time around in my head I was thinking I could get another amazing inscription - something like,
Love to Jen - The Pennsylvania Pioneer Woman and my new best friend forever.
Then she would invite me to join her, Marlboro Man and her kids for dinner in the city and we'd become fast friends and start taking monthly trips to Oklahoma to visit the Lodge. Erik would fulfill his dream of wrestling steers and I would fulfill my dream of, well - I'm not sure what dream I would fulfill - but my kids would fulfill their dreams of riding horses everywhere.
But here's the thing about being a stalker without any psychopathic tendencies. I was too scared to even think about having her inscribe more than my name! So I chickened out and just made the inscription "Jennifer."
We're at the doorway to the bookstore! At this point I'm getting nervous. It's intimidating to get to meet a celebrity. I started panicking because I knew I only had a few seconds to speak to her and I had to get everything I wanted to say out without taking too much time. Most importantly, I had to tell her that my Willie J and I watch the Food Network show and Willie, taking after his Momma, imagines himself to be good friends with her sons, Bryce and Todd. In fact, he thought I was actually going to her house on Monday to meet her and was quite upset that I was not taking him with me. I was given strict instructions to invite Bryce and Todd to our house.
At this point, Ree is just a short flight of steps away from us! Luckily, the bathroom was even closer and I sneaked in to primp. Imagine if you will, Katie standing to my right, laughing a little bit at me b/c I'm so nervous and even though I asked her if I looked OK and she responded, "Yes," I still had to go into the bathroom to check my hair and reapply lip gloss.
I kept looking at the sign and checking and re-checking my books and ticket. And I was still debating whether what I had written for the inscription for the "Charlie the Ranch Dog" book was what I wanted. Willie is really the only kid who has been interested in the PW cooking show, but if I had the book inscribed only to him, the other kids might be jealous. But, Willie is the only one who would really appreciate it.
I was also hoping at this point that Marlboro Man and the kids would show up. Due to Willie's love of the show, I was hoping that they would magically appear (this wasn't just my imagination - there was rumor that they were going to be at the book signing at some point) and I would get Bryce and Todd to sign the book too! AND I would take a picture of them for Willie. I would be an amazing hero mom and Willie would have physical evidence that I did something special for him. But, MM and the kids didn't show up while we were there and all my hopes were dashed!
Finally! We're upstairs and I am in sight of Ree! At this point Katie turns to me and says that she doesn't really need to meet PW, that I should have her sign all my books (I had given Katie one of the books to get signed so she would have a chance to meet her too) and she wanted me to have all the time to talk to PW myself. She would just take pictures! I did protest and try to get her to keep the book, but she said no - this was my thing and she would let me have my "moment." I was so touched at her generosity and since it was offered, I took the gift!
It's finally my turn and Katie starts snapping away! I was so nervous because I kept running through my head all the things I wanted to say, but knowing that PW doesn't really care that I want to tell her that our lives are eerily parallel (well, except for me marrying into a wealthy cattle baron's family and then writing best selling books and having a blog that generates 1 million dollars a year just from ad revenue) and that 15 years ago, I thought by now I'd be married to some sort of suit wearing man, living in a plush McMansion in the suburbs with a part time career as a therapist out of the office in the apartment over the garage but instead, I married a guy who went to school to be a youth pastor but instead became a landscaper who really wanted to be a farmer and we moved out to the funny farm where we had a four children who don't understand the English phrase of TAKE OFF YOUR MUDDY BOOTS BEFORE YOU WALK THROUGH THE HOUSE, baby goats sleeping in my laundry room, dogs out the wahzoo, ducks swimming in my pool and various Burmese customers who stick live chickens in sacks and drive them home in their Honda Accords.
I did not tell her all of that. I let her think I was a nice normal girl.
I did manage to tell her that she probably hears this all of the time, but I am the PA version of her. That I imagined I'd be living a pretty cushy life and instead we bought a farm and are making it work. We discussed what we raised here on the farm and she said she thought it was pretty cool the way Western Pennsylvania has this major city but all of these pockets of rural area so close.
And then I told her that my boy Willie J and I watch her TV show all the time and that he wants to invite her boys over to play. She was very sweet and said she was sure if they were there they would want to play with him and "next time we're in town. . ."
And then it was over in an instant. I don't think I drooled over her too much, but I probably made a fool of myself. I will remember it forever! Ree was sweet and funny and kind and didn't seem to be irritated at all with my stack of three books or that I was talking her ear off! It was one of the most fun days of my life and I have to thank my wonderful husband for being home to manage the kids and my BFF for letting me have my moment with my hero.
Then we left and went shopping for dress for my sisters wedding in June and we ate dinner at the Cheesecake factory. OH! And I found a honey dipper at Williams Sonoma. It's probably the cheapest thing there and it works perfectly! The day was complete!
The next day, Willie J was a little upset with me because I didn't bring Bryce and Todd home to play with him. I showed him his signed copy of Charlie the Ranch Dog and instead of being so excited to see the book, he opened up the new cook book and started pointing out all of the pictures of Bryce and Todd.
"Look, Momma! There's Bryce on a horse."
Thus another crazy stalker fan is born.


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While looking for a how-to for rug painting (coming soon!) I stumbled across a little gem called curbly.com. Curbly is a DIY design community where members post their own blogs and pictures of their homes, designs or whatever they love about where they live. In fact, that pretty much sums up the theme of the website…"love where you live."
Member Blogs
Members treat Curbly as their own blog and post anything and everything that has to do with interior design. Some just post pictures of things they like. The pictures could be from their own homes or other designs. Also, members can post links back to their own personal blogs. Many members who are professionals, use Curbly as an additional channel for their blogs.
This member posted pictures of a Malibu Barbie Dream House designed by acclaimed designer Jonathan Adler.
Her post doesn't cite Mr. Adler as the creator, but it does reference the site where she found it. Not sure that was a great move, because at first, I thought it was her design.
Others post articles they've found interesting and want to share. This member posted about the house where serial killer Lizzie Borden lived and how it is now a bed and breakfast…creepy. His perspective was on whether or not the owner should have to disclose the histories of the house. He made some great points. I know I'd want to know if I was staying in a house where a serial killer lived and committed her crimes. YIKES!
My personal fav:
Many members post their own do-it-yourself pages. This one is about painting floor mats. Since my blog is all about easy do-it-yourself, this post was right up my alley.
This laundry room looks so cool! I probably wouldn't go that far with designing a laundry room, although that's hard to say seeing as how I don't actually have one yet. Nonetheless, it looks awesome. I wonder how functional it is.
Now this member also has her own blog called The Exchange. Her blog has over 300 followers and her recent post on Curbly already has over 65 views. Not too shabby.
The "clippings" page my just be the coolest thing yet. I have all of these new projects I want to try and they all started with a picture. I have books and files everywhere of pictures I love. I mentioned in my first post about finding your style by collecting images of things you loved. I like to do it in a three-ring binder, but I also said the internet was a fabulous place to find pictures and Curbly is a great place to keep them organized.
How to:
to collect the images you simply add the "Curbly It" tab to your Bookmarks and whenever you come across an image you like, you can Bookmark it with the "Curbly It" and it adds it to your clippings. It also adds the website where you found it. I like this because I don't feel like I'm stealing it. Check out my beginning clippings collection here.
So Much More
These were just two of my favorite highlights of the website. There's so much more to check out and do. What was your favorite section?


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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Nothing much..
Apple is coming out with Macbook Air.. which is ridiculous, it's TOO thin, looks like it will break if you breath too hard or even if you stare too hard at the screen! Instead of making it so thin, why not make the current size and make the quality better? I would much rather prefer an amazing resolution screen over a paper thin one.
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lol.. that's the approach apple has been taking for most of their products though, it was just a matter of timeReplyDelete
i know, but i think they are being carried away, i haven't seen it in person so i dont know for sure..ReplyDelete
i can't beat my dick gently. this product will not fare well with me.ReplyDelete
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Below is a picture taken of Captain Scott's Antarctic Party. Between November 1911 and March 1912 the sledging party made its way to the South Pole, and then tragically failed to make it back to a supply cache of food.Those doing Antarctica as their extreme environment will probably have referred to the extreme nature of the climate in that year, and the preparations that Scott made. They will also have compared the equipment and support available to today's visitors to the Polar regions which can make things easier (but not completely remove the risk). The book "The Coldest March" by Susan Solomon has an interesting (I believe the term is 'revisionist') approach which suggests that the temperatures were unseasonably low, which meant that the weight of the sledges was unable to melt the ice beneath the blades, and the men had to drag the sledges expending more energy and slowing their progress.
Scott's diaries were recently put on display in the British library.
The other day in my friendly local supermarket, I came across Huntley and Palmer's Captain Scott's Expedition Biscuits.
These are a replica of the biscuits that Captain Scott used, but the recipe has been changed to replace lard with vegetable oil.
I can report that they are delicious with a crumbly manchego and some grapes...
Labels: Captain Scott


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Game 2 Caps vs. Flyers 4-13-2008 Preview
Series C: Washington Capitals (44-41; 94 points; 1st Southeast Division, 3rd Eastern Conference, 12th Overall) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (42-43; 95 points; 4th Atlantic Division, 6th Eastern Conference, 11th Overall):
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Game #2, Caps Game #2, Home Game #2, NHL Game #132
Verizon Center, Washington D.C., 2:08 pm. Washington TV: None. Radio: WJFK 106.7-FM. Philadelphia TV: None. Radio: WWIP 610-AM. U.S. National TV: NBC. Canadian National TV: TSN, RIS (French). NHL Center Ice: None.
Today the Caps look to open up a 2-0 lead in the Series with the Flyers after Friday night's thrilling come from behind win win.
What The Natives Are Saying:
(Com)Post. Times: nervous energy, prophecy fulfilled, possible return. Caps.com.
Neutral Views:
NHL.com AP Wire. NHL.com Series Page. TSN.ca Series Page. ESPN NHL Playoffs page. AP article.
Open Source Intelligence:
Philadelphia Inquirer: pick your poison, execute better.
What Do I Expect Today?:
Now that the nerves are out of the way and the Caps are all now savvy playoff vets (Jeff "Sergeant" Schultz excluded) will we finally see the series everybody has been expecting to see? Well, maybe not so much because the Caps are still in uncharted territory. It is good to see that they outwardly recognize that they haven't won anything yet despite the fans carrying on like it was Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Friday night. You also have to expect the referees to call another close game today in order to keep things in check. What everybody missed was the slashing penalty called 1:14 into Game 1. The Refs did a good job of clamping down on the game without restricting the flow of the game, though the players deserve a fair amount credit themselves for playing a hard hitting but clean game. The NHL Front Office wants this series as a showcase for A.O. and will cringe if it turns into a scene from Slap Shot so the referees are on notice. Both teams are complaining about not playing a full 60 minutes on Friday and the pressure is already being turned up on Martin Biron after one loss. The first goal today is going to be huge again because should the Flyers get another lead, they are going to do everything they can to prevent a repeat of Friday night. If the Caps get out to the lead again, the Flyers are really going to tighten up and could start to panic.
Caps Nut Official Prediction:
Caps 4
Flyers 2
Winner by Bradley
Labels: 2007-2008 Caps Game Previews, 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs


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Title: Desperate Choices
Author: Kathy Ivan
Publisher: Carina Press
Release Date: 09/27/2010
Format: E-book only
Once in a while you get that book that you find hard to review. It isn't because it is bad or overly strange, just hard to put your finger on what exactly you want to say about it. Desperate Choices was one of those books for me & I found myself really having to think hard about what I wanted to put in the review.
A boy is missing, presumed a runaway by everyone except those who knew him. When his godfather Max needs help, he knows that there's one person he absolutely must go to- psychic Theresa Crawford. However it isn't as simple as asking for her help- there's a lot of tension between the two of them that is begging to be resolved ever since they last parted months ago. With time not being a luxury, the two of them must overcome their past issues in order to focus on rescuing Max's godson as well as a future that involves the two of them together.
Like I said above, this was a hard book to review because I had to really think about what it was about the book that bugged me. This isn't a bad book & there are some strong features to it that readers will really enjoy, such as the wonderful passion that unfolds between Theresa & Max. Their love scenes were one of the best parts of the book. Theresa's psychic abilities were also very intriguing to read about, as was her past.
But where the book fell short was ultimately due to its length. This is a short book, only being about 190 pages long. There's just too much story here for a novella & I felt like the story was a bit too condensed for this length & as a result, things happened just a little too fast. I wanted more detail about the characters, their past, as well as the villain's past & I couldn't help but feel that another 40-60 pages would have helped flesh everything out just that little bit more. I kept getting the feeling that I was missing out on some back story & wanting to see that little something more.
Overall though, this was a decent book & I really do think that this will entice many readers of paranormal romance.
(ARC provided by NetGalley)


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Editor's Note: This post has first been published on edcetera – straight talk on edtech.
We believe in connecting people to a great education so that anyone around the world can learn without limits. […]
We envision a future where everyone has access to a world-class education that has so far been available to a select few. We aim to empower people with education that will improve their lives, the lives of their families, and the communities they live in. [emphasis me]
These are the first paragraphs of Coursera's About page and from this week on I would suggest some changes as students, or Courserians as they are called, from Sudan, Cuba, Syria and Iran are blocked from accessing the MOOC platform.
I first heard about this change in the terms and conditions last Friday on my way back from London. Apparently, professors were informed by the Coursera team who then sent out the following email to their students.
students from countries that are currently subject to US export sanctions will as of this week no longer be allowed to continue to access Coursera and will be blocked from further attendance.
First I thought this was a joke but after a bit of asking around and searching on Twitter it became obvious that indeed students from those countries were no longer allowed to participate on the platform.
Though I haven't seen an official announcement from Coursera yet you can find an explanation in the FAQs when you search for "Why is my country blocked?"
As you may know, certain United States export control regulations prohibit U.S. businesses, such as Coursera, from offering services to users in sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, Sudan, and Syria). The interpretation of export control regulations as they related to MOOCs was unclear for a period of time, and Coursera had been operating under one interpretation of the law.
Recently, Coursera received a clear answer indicating that certain aspects of the Coursera MOOC experience are considered "services" (and all services are highly restricted by export controls). While many students from these countries were previously able to access Coursera, this change means that we will no longer be able to provide students in sanctioned countries with access to Coursera moving forward.
We truly regret that this is the case and apologize to users who were caught off guard by this change, but we must comply with U.S. laws regarding economic and trade restrictions.
[Update] Since yesterday evening when I drafted this post Coursera removed the screenshot and changed the last paragraph in the Help section. It now reads
We value our global community of users and sincerely regret the need to take this action. Please know that Coursera is currently working very closely with the U.S. Department of State and Office of Foreign Asset Control to secure the necessary permissions to reinstate site access for users in sanctioned countries. Thank you so much for your patience during this process.
Now, while this might only affect a rather small number of students and therefore won't cause a big outcry it might have a big effect on future collaborations with universities outside of the US.
Rolf Strom Olsen, one of the professors affected by the change added his own commentary to the message on Facebook.
While I understand why Coursera, as US-based organisation, has to do this, I don't see why a course taught by a Canadian in a classroom in Spain should be restricted by such US laws. Therefore, if you are from one of the affected countries and would like to continue with the course, please email us for further information.
As a European this was also the first question that came into my mind. I have to admit that I was sceptical about European MOOC platforms that wanted to take on Coursera, Udacity and edX but based on this I am far more open to the idea of being or becoming independent from US based service providers.
For now I did not find similar restrictions in Udacity's or edX's terms and conditions but I suppose that's only a matter of time. Nina Curley at Wamda reports that Udacity has already been banned in Syria for a while. Nevertheless, Coursera due to its partnership with the US State Department and more aggressive push towards paid services might be under more pressure to get their legal ducks in a row.
Obviously, everyone who knows a bit about how the Internet works knows that blocking access via IP address is a pretty easy barrier to crack with VPN software etc. On the other hand, I don't understand why there is no exception for education providers. Shouldn't education be a unifier, a tool of diplomacy. Isn't that the reason why the State Department chose to work together with Coursera?
Of course, we must not forget that Coursera has moved away significantly from being a free education provider as it added a ton of different features to generate revenue which eventually puts them on the list of services that are restricted by export sanctions.
To me, it will be interesting to see in what form this story is going to get picked up and how the discussion and consequences in Europe and South America are going to look like.


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