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April Fools?
Hey peeps and anyone else checking in. A special Sunday morning "Hey" goes out to Hazel Mae.
What an April Fools Day...
The Leafs spank Buffalo last night (7 - 0) - and are now 5 points behind Tampa Bay...I know I said we won't be fooled again...but a little Hazel Karma could make things interesting here.
The Capitals shutout the SenTards (1 - 0) - John Muckler calls a press conference to tell everyone that they don't know when Hasek will be back...but he will be back. They are going with their plan...Only in Ottawa do these bozos call a press conference to refute a rumour - then have Hasek open up his pie hole to scare the fans... TARDS.
Upsets abound yesterday in the world of sports - Glenn "Big Baby" Davis was handed a pacifier by UCLA yesterday...didn't I say they would win?
Don't even get my started on my proline tickets.
Being a participant will be what counts today. You will have the competitive edge so don't be afraid to join in the games. You will be able to get to the bottom of any troubles you have been facing. 4 stars
Song of the Day on Hazelspeeps - going back to 80's, Toronto band that Hazel might remember
April Fool - Chalk Circle (great song...go find it, its worth the download).
Happy Sunday to one and all
Peesth Out!


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This blog has moved! See this post on the relocated blog here: http://spiceboxofearth.co.uk/2012/04/23/veg-bol/
This might be the best meal I could ever serve to a non-vegan, though I would probably fancy it up with a rocket salad and would definitely include some garlic bread.
Everyone likes to do bolognese their own way, but this is my preferred method.
- 1 medium white onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 red pepper, chopped
- 1 cup chopped seitan
- 1 good slosh red wine (optional!)
- 1 tbsp liquid aminos
- 1 tsp basil
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
Meanwhile, heat a pan of salted water for your spaghetti. Cook the spaghetti until al dente. Serve the bolognese atop the spaghetti. Enjoy!

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We started the day off by going to "Bounce U", a place similar to Pump It Up, Emilee enjoyed it but the slides there were just too big for Cutter, so we only spent an hour there.
Our next stop was Chuck E Cheese! Now that place, it was right up Cutter's alley. He loved to ride the rides and play the games.
We spent an hour and a half at CEC and by the time we got home, those two were ready for a big fat nap!
Yeah, not so much! Emilee slept for 45 minutes, Cutter 1 hour! What's wrong with that picture!! Play time is supposed to = more nap time!
After cat-nap time, it was time to play outside and enjoy the beautiful weather we are having! They couldn't wait to get outside.
Emilee and Cutter played so well together. She really enjoys being around him and helping him do anything he needs help with. Then it was time for some real fun!! Bring out the push-ups!! Emilee chose grape and Cutter chose strawberry! We had to eat them outside, because I knew it was going to get messy!!
Cutter really enjoyed his first push-up and I really enjoyed watching him eat it!!


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Woolly Wednesday
After another spell of knitting at Jen's, enlivened by good company and Jen's most excellent blueberry bread (hi, Ruth! hi, Liz! hi, Lauren! hi, Dale!, hi, Renate!, hi, Jen!), I felt almost equal to tackling the feral boxes that keep multiplying in our room and Miss B's.
I am not good at organizing, and I am a pack rat. I also seem to find both of these traits attractive in a mate, and both seem to have a genetic component, so the clutter tends to build up. At a certain point I reach clutter overload, and, being unable to figure out how to begin or where I can buy dynamite, practice selective blindness instead. Yesterday, however, Miss B and I nerved ourselves to go through her clothes, including the most recent batch bequeathed to her by her four female cousins — when you are a born pack rat it doesn't help to have four times as many clothes as you need arriving at your house every few months — and succeeded in paring them down to a supply that would fit comfortably in her dresser. There is of course much more to do, but it's a start. Feeling virtuous, we galloped off to the Javaroom, where more public sock knitting was going on.
What with all this knitting, I finished red scarf #2. The pattern's in the sidebar. Since it's cold out now, I have this cavewoman urge to knit hats and earwarmers and socks and mittens all at once, which probably won't work. (Add being a better starter than finisher to the above list of neuroses, and you can understand why most of the pictures you see of the interior of my house are quite tightly cropped.) Taz really does need a new pair of mittens, though (did I mention that we tend to lose things?), so I'll work on those.


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The Christmas month already means lots of spending, and the tax collector wants his share as well.
Real estate and personal property taxes are due Saturday.
Isle of Wight County real estate and personal property tax collection is done twice a year, June 5 and Dec. 5, while Surry and Suffolk collect once a year on Dec. 5.


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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Arrived in Moab!
Hello all!
Michelle and I have arrived in Moab, UT. We camped out under the stars last night, not as restful as it sounds, neither of us slept well. We were haunted by strange dreams...the desert I tell you!
Early this morning we drove from Rabbit Valley to Arches National Park. The terrain is absiolutely amazing. The geology is incredible....mind boggling....2 g's or 1....I'm a bit warm! It is pretty hot and we are pretty dead after last night.
We are about to rendez vous with 2 Couch Surfers from Denver, Trevor and Kaleb whom we met. Then its the other half of Arches and free camping in National Forest (the way to save money and be away from the RVs, the screaming children, the rules and regulations)!
Canyonlands and Salt Lake City tomorrow!
Cara =)
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- ivan plese said...
Hello you beautiful traveler!
Beautiful colours, the photo is absolutely amassing! Geting ready for your folio? :)
Here in Europe it`s already Wednesday, which makes it offical I will see you in 9 days!!!
Lots of love form Europe!
- Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 8:33:00 am AEST
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I can haz Cheezberger?
My name is David, and my chief relationship with animals is that I eat them. I realize that I may, perhaps, be a minority in this class, but honestly looking back at my life, the consumption of animals has been the most constant relationship I have had with them. I do not own clothing I am aware is made from animals, excepting shoes and belts. I don't have any pets currently. I find most animal rights groups, at best, irritating. It is my belief that all creatures, objects, and possibly even thoughts have a life to them, and that to live means that other things may undergo changes, including "death" in order for other life to survive. However, I must also admit some difficulty placing the idea of cruelty to animals into perspective. However, I would also argue for similar lobbies for plants, which recent research has shown, are capable of producing eletrical activity that dynamically resembles pain in animal life.
I have been around pets (despite not owning one) all of my life. When I was a kid, my parents bought a female Miniature Schnauzer and named her Duchess. They made a decision to breed her, and so my childhood was spent with multiple litters of Miniature Schnauzer puppies. It was hard at first, because we raised the puppies by hand before selling them. But eventually I determined, after reaching the appropriate age to start cleaning up poop, that I was a cat person. I wasn't able to get a cat until I "ran away" to California when I was 16.
During my "turbulent" past, I moved to California with a family that took me in after my own home situation destabalized during my coming out process. In order to help me accept myself, the family, who had several pets, recommended I find an animal. After several weeks of searching, I found a vendor at a flea market by complete accident that had kittens for sale, under the table. They were dirty, and skinny, and covered in fleas. I found that I couldn't leave them there, and so I took home a sickly ball of gray fluff that I fell in love with. I named hims Cyrus, and he was perhaps the first significant personal relationship I had with an animal. I had him for 5 years. However, when I moved to a more rural area of California, he dissapeared, and while unconfirmed, neighbors suggested that he had been eaten by Coyotes. I have not taken any animals since then.
The most recent impact that animals have had on my life is during my work with a personal growth instructor in Navasota, TX. The group uses a blending of several different pagan belief structures, as well as the teachings of the Fourth Way to help it's members facilitate positive change in their lives. They also use certain aspects of Lakotan Native American tradition to assist members in interacting and communicating. This includes the identification of each members "totem", an animal which represents aspects of a persons personality, and which may act as a messenger or sign for them when they appear. As the picture might suggest, the closest thing I got to a totem was an affinity for Squirrel. During my work with the group, I learned to appreciate the ways in which the world we live in can affect our lives, if we have eyes to see it. I was very grieved this holiday season, when the leader of the group unexpectedly passed on. His animal affinities included Badger, Bear, and Magpie.
I hope to learn alot from this class, and to have my opinions on one of todays most hot button issues become more solid. I look forward to getting to know each of you.


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So, Superman comic is guilty for the word ''blog'' !
Apparently, Superman comic book from 1959 mentioned Blog, and it was the name of a cavemen that was engaged when helping Louis Lane fighting dinosaurus.
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All week I have felt like I have neglected this blog. What I have done though, is I have taken care of me. Although a part of me feels like I should have written about what I have done, some things just need to stay private.
It was a week filled with blessings, happiness, smiles, laughter, and a hurt so deep that I have been changed, and I don't yet know how the changes will have effect on the long term.
I had the boys last week Thursday – Saturday and again this past weekend (Thursday – Sunday). We went shopping, mini-golfing, bowling, and church; we had a blast at everything we did…I am always so filled with love, even in our limited time together. I can only hope and pray that I fill them as full as they fill me.
I have begun several new 'adventures' lately and will share them with you as they progress. Sometimes more irons in the fire is a good thing, keeps me busy and keeps me focused on positive things.


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Dunluce House
The 4-star Dunluce House Bed & Breakfast is placed about 9 km from World of Country Life.
The hotel is around 10 minutes on foot from the city center. Dunluce House Bed & Breakfast is connected with other parts of Dawlish due to a railway station located nearby.
This attractive hotel is placed within proximity to nature reserves and meadows.
Staying at Dunluce House Bed & Breakfast guests can make use of satellite television, a refrigerator, a dining area, ironing facilities and a work desk supplied in the rooms. Dunluce House Bed & Breakfast features rooms with the sea view. Guests will enjoy a bathtub, a shower and bath sheets provided in the bathrooms.
Serving a wide range of dishes, Ten Green Bottles and Rock 'n' Sole Fish Bar can be reached within 5 minutes' walk.
Exeter airport is situated within a 25-minute drive from Dunluce House Bed & Breakfast.
Dunluce House Bed & Breakfast features such facilities as free private parking and free self-parking.


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|Dimension and measure theory of self-similar structures with no separation condition
|Farkas, Ábel
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We introduce methods to cope with self-similar sets when we do not assume any separation condition. For a self-similar set K ⊆ ℝᵈ we establish a similarity dimension-like formula for Hausdorff dimension regardless of any separation condition. By the application of this result we deduce that the Hausdorff measure and Hausdorff content of K are equal, which implies that K is Ahlfors regular if and only if Hᵗ (K) > 0 where t = dim[sub]H K. We further show that if t = dim[sub]H K < 1 then Hᵗ (K) > 0 is also equivalent to the weak separation property. Regarding Hausdorff dimension, we give a dimension approximation method that provides a tool to generalise results on non-overlapping self-similar sets to overlapping self-similar sets. We investigate how the Hausdorff dimension and measure of a self-similar set K ⊆ ℝᵈ behave under linear mappings. This depends on the nature of the group T generated by the orthogonal parts of the defining maps of K. We show that if T is finite then every linear image of K is a graph directed attractor and there exists at least one projection of K such that the dimension drops under projection. In general, with no restrictions on T we establish that Hᵗ (L ∘ O(K)) = Hᵗ (L(K)) for every element O of the closure of T , where L is a linear map and t = dim[sub]H K. We also prove that for disjoint subsets A and B of K we have that Hᵗ (L(A) ∩ L(B)) = 0. Hochman and Shmerkin showed that if T is dense in SO(d; ℝ) and the strong separation condition is satisfied then dim[sub]H (g(K)) = min {dim[sub]H K; l} for every continuously differentiable map g of rank l. We deduce the same result without any separation condition and we generalize a result of Eroğlu by obtaining that Hᵗ (g(K)) = 0. We show that for the attractor (K1, … ,Kq) of a graph directed iterated function system, for each 1 ≤ j ≤ q and ε > 0 there exists a self-similar set K ⊆ Kj that satisfies the strong separation condition and dim[sub]H Kj - ε < dim[sub]H K. We show that we can further assume convenient conditions on the orthogonal parts and similarity ratios of the defining similarities of K. Using this property we obtain results on a range of topics including on dimensions of projections, intersections, distance sets and sums and products of sets. We study the situations where the Hausdorff measure and Hausdorff content of a set are equal in the critical dimension. Our main result here shows that this equality holds for any subset of a set corresponding to a nontrivial cylinder of an irreducible subshift of finite type, and thus also for any self-similar or graph directed self-similar set, regardless of separation conditions. The main tool in the proof is an exhaustion lemma for Hausdorff measure based on the Vitali's Covering Theorem. We also give several examples showing that one cannot hope for the equality to hold in general if one moves in a number of the natural directions away from `self-similar'. Finally we consider an analogous version of the problem for packing measure. In this case we need the strong separation condition and can only prove that the packing measure and δ-approximate packing pre-measure coincide for sufficiently small δ > 0.
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That's right, those are baby chicks, and they will soon grow into egg laying hens (don't tell Goldie that though, she gets super mad if anyone ever suggests that she, any of her siblings, or even baby chicks might ever grow up . . . in fact she cried for almost an hour the other day because she saw some video footage from when she was one and it broke her heart that she could never be one again).
Sunday, April 27, 2008
City Chickens
That's right, those are baby chicks, and they will soon grow into egg laying hens (don't tell Goldie that though, she gets super mad if anyone ever suggests that she, any of her siblings, or even baby chicks might ever grow up . . . in fact she cried for almost an hour the other day because she saw some video footage from when she was one and it broke her heart that she could never be one again).
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- Heeere's J-dude: said...
It is official...you and Mike were destined for each other! If Rod brought home chickens, I would be like "Chicken This" and off I'd go. Do you sense that I'm not too much of an animal lover.
But I do love that other people love animals and I will vicariously share your joy through the blog.
They are very cute though... and the kids look very happy.
- April 28, 2008 at 5:31 AM
- jami said...
good for you! :) i'm not going to show cole those pictures or he's going to be asking why we can't have "city chickens" too! :)
i want you to know that some of my favorite memories are when we first moved in our house in n.o. (aka in your backyard). it was summer, so we slept with our windows open. the first morning that rooster woke us, jas and i looked at each other and were like, "what? are you kidding me?" but then it sort of became familiar, and yes, sort of nice. :) (i guess because we're morning people :) and i liked feeling "country-ish" -- :))
- April 28, 2008 at 5:34 AM
- Rhonda said...
How long will it take for them to grow into egg-laying hens? I think they are so cute as little chicks, but I am not sure that I would like the chickens as much. You are such a fun wife and mom!
- April 28, 2008 at 9:42 AM
- Nancy said...
Jami, I'm glad to hear that because I know Culley was pretty much ready to come over and kill our "baaing" goats everyday . . . and we thought, well, for heaven's sakes!! So I'm glad someone appreciated living behind us!!
Rhonda, I think, sadly, that they will leave their tiny chick stage pretty fast. I think it would be like if you hated computers but you married Greg . . . sooner or later, just because you love him, you'd start to care for his silly little computers (only who would ever hate computers?? So you got pretty lucky with the hobby your husband enjoys!!)
- April 28, 2008 at 11:10 AM
- Heeere's J-dude: said...
nance - just for the record - I'm stakey, not ward. Things are a bit different and come fall I'll be like twiddling my thumbs and such. Its just crazy time for me now. But I truly love it and I love the ladies I serve and I'm learning to love teenagers - my own included.
And, yes, the only good pet is someone else's.
- April 28, 2008 at 11:34 AM
- Perla said...
great post, sister. i'm so glad mike finally got to have some chickens. hopefully you will have a fridge full of eggs soon. nice that you can make mike happy and also be more provident. i am all about preparing lately! cute pics. love you!
- April 28, 2008 at 8:39 PM
- Gracie J said...
So where you are living is the suburbs...so these are suburban chickens. Or rather, wanna-be city chickens. I'm interested to see how they fair. It's too funny that Mike couldn't resist the urge to buy another animal...at least he got one that will be useful and lay some eggs?
I also must say that is hilarious about Goldie being all sad when anyone grows up. I thought only adults got sad about kids growing up (with the exception of me...I'm always plenty happy to have a baby or an eight year old, but I could have lived without the three year old phase).
- April 28, 2008 at 11:54 PM
- Nancy said...
HA, that is totally true . . they are only suburban chickens. True city chickens would have to live in a high-rise or a flat or some other more city-ish thing. Dang, I probably have to change the title of my post now and Suburb Chickens doesn't sound as cool.
- April 29, 2008 at 7:59 AM
- Liz217 said...
It's funny that your are posting about chickens because I was just about to post on our pet chickens that we had when I was little. Beware of dogs, we are convinced that was how ours met it's eventual demise.
- April 29, 2008 at 11:23 AM
- Gracie J said...
I hope the city chickens don't tease them. "What are you going to do? Beat me up? You're just a weak subruban chicken and we all know suburban chickens are chicken...!"
- April 29, 2008 at 11:48 PM
- Tash said...
I love that you are in the city but not of the city...
You are funny and witty love the post
Love goldies meltdowns about growing up
- April 30, 2008 at 8:38 AM
- Mugsy said...
Oooo... I do remember those chickens...Diana and Barbara were their names. Naughty little gossips they were... I do kindof miss them. So maybe we will have some chicks. Well probably they will be eaten first thing. EX that.
- April 30, 2008 at 3:33 PM
- Lover of Sweets said...
Will this be like the story of the country mouse and the city mouse then? Maybe, those chicks who were initially country chicks will long for their home in the country and up and (well, not fly) scurry away back to the country. Those rough cities (even if it is a quiet subdivision) are too much for little chicks of the country. I just hope it all works out is all I'm sayin', but don't be surprised if you wake up one morning and your country bumkins have fown the coop.
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Having been a Real Estate Professional for over 20 years I have come to understand a few principals that may aid you in your line of work, so please allow me to pass along a few tidbits of experience.
Given the full-throttle force of technology and social media in today's world, you wouldn't be wrong to think that Twitter and blogging have reshaped the way we do business.
As a professional, I have come to depend on Facebook, Twitter, Blogs and certain apps to communicate with our clients, to market or simply promote their properties. Such social media tools and the Internet are an important part of our daily repertoire. For many, it has become an entrenched part of their business culture.
For some, it's a matter of getting there. For others, they probably never will.
But it's a mistake to give cyberspace and its accompanying workings more power than its face value because, frankly, they're only tools with which to apply our trade.
I have to ask myself on occasion if social media and the web are the cornerstone for modern professionals and come to the conclusion that, yes, they probably are, strictly from a functional standpoint.
To be a professional I have no desire to present myself as a toy soldier, stiff, with a tailor-made suit, a splashy BMW or Mercedes, nor do I intend to exchange high-fives and a sloppy appearance, as neither fit a professional bill. But my daughter (partner) and I do live in a fairly casual world today, and that doesn't mean we can be ultra laid-back in our approach with clients. We must treat them with respect and kindness. Dress neatly, keep our car tidy when chauffeuring and if we have enjoyed something that lingers on your breath, we do something about it.
We have found that one sure-fire way to disengage clients is by not knowing our market. Of course, we can't be expected to know everything, but we can be expected to have reasonable answers at your fingertips when questions get asked.
Being 4th and 5th generation Victorian's, we don't have much of an issue with knowing our way around, but if you are new to the area and don't know the schools, hospitals, churches in the area in which you market, it doesn't matter what form of retail you are involved in, do your homework. Bone up on speciality shops, restaurants and cafes in the neighbourhood as well as statistics about crime, especially if it's on the low side. Know of cultural attractions such as museums and libraries.
Enjoying the human race is not something you can fake, so if you are not a people-person, look for another profession. People can smell a rat. Always be honest.
The world would be a much better place if we all communicated on a higher level. Our task is to listen to what our clients want and help them get what they are looking for. Other communication skills will rise to the surface; for us it is when negotiating, bargaining, writing, advertising, and promoting those properties we are entrusted with come into play. The better you are at getting your client's message across, the easier your job will be.
Be well-connected. In our case, we know real estate lawyers, property inspectors and mortgage professionals on a first-name basis. You need to be someone who understands the ins and outs of your profession, someone who gets it innately and someone who understands the value of professional networking.
Above all else; honesty and integrity are the most important attributes of any professional. Don't over promise and never under deliver, because that will only serve to perpetuate your profession's bad reputation as a whole and spread the word that you're not worth the ink on your business card.


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I am fairly certain that most fans in this day and age would have a hard time picturing heavy metal forefathers Black Sabbath as a young band searching for an identity, but that is precisely what they were on the release of their 1970 self-titled debut album. They actually started out as a heavy blues band, switching their name from The Polka Tulk Blues Company to just Polka Tulk, and then finally to Earth. After this final name change and some touring, Tony Iommi left for a short stay as guitarist in Jethro Tull, before returning to Earth (no pun intended). It was only after Geezer Butler observed a throng of people awaiting admittance to the Boris Karloff film Black Sabbath that he became interested in the occult and horror as launching points for the story of the title track, a name which the band would soon adopt, in part to avoid comparisons to another British band named Earth.
The title track is important for a bevy of reasons, not least for the fact that it launched an entire musical genre. As I noted previously, Butler aided Ozzy in constructing the occult inspired lyrics, using inspiration from horror stories and his personal visit from a dark apparition upon awaking from a nightmare. This morbid subject matter was far outside the norm for its time, and would become the foundation for the band moving forward. To accompany this dark tale, a simple three-note riff known as "diabolus in musica" was utilized. This riff, also referred to as "The Devil's Tritone" is both simple and ominous, and embodies a sound that would later come to be known as doom metal. Ozzy also does a fantastic job at sounding tortured and frightened to cement the aura of Geezer's paranormal experience. It is worth noting that this track was quite a departure for the Black Sabbath of the time period. In keeping with their original intention of playing heavy blues, the majority of the rest of the album follows a more Led Zeppelin like path, starting with the upbeat track The Wizard. With lyrics paying homage to Gandalf, Ozzy also plays a mean harmonica to add a southern blues vibe to Iommi's heavy riffing. Following this is a medley containing two songs (Behind the Wall of Sleep and N.I.B.) and two musical interludes (Wasp and Bassically). N.I.B., which does NOT stand for Nativity in Black as was widely circulated, is the prize of this group. Named after the shape of Bill Ward's goatee, N.I.B. is where Iommi and Butler really shine. Butler sets the tone with an introductory distorted bass solo (Bassically) and the foundation of the supremely heavy main riff. Iommi then takes over, and his soaring leads in the bridge and closing portions are breathtaking to say the least. The result is a nice mixture of the blues of their roots and the heavier sound of their future. Next on the docket of the US version is Wicked World, while the original UK version contained the cover track Evil Woman. I personally have yet to hear the latter, but Wicked World is a solid vintage rock track, with Ozzy sounding very much like Eric Burdon of The Animals. The closer, A Bit of Finger/Sleeping Village/Warning is another medley, though this time it hinges on the sprawling cover track Warning. Originally containing a 30-minute Iommi solo, it was whittled down to avoid alienating the listener. The entire fourteen and a half minute medley is a showcase for Iommi's bluesy guitar stylings, as he glides from lead to lead in often hypnotic fashion.
The stories surrounding this album are plentiful, and I'm not here to give a history lesson so I won't go into each one. A bit of internet research will prove interesting for those of us who weren't around for the original release, as we can read about the initial critical backlash and other fascinating tidbits. Though this album lacks a clear direction, it is still an immensely important release, metal or otherwise. The title track was the sound of the future, and though Tony Iommi's famed guitar de-tuning would not arrive until Master of Reality, the elements that would frame that now familiar sound were already in motion here. I do not say this often, but this album is essential for fans of any type of metal.
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Black Sabbath, The Wizard, Wasp/Behind the Wall of Sleep/Bassically/N.I.B.
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Note: This is the first in a series of posts I will put up for a trip to Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama that I took last summer. These posts come from emails sent during the trip.
Good morning from Caracas, where the time is curiously half an hour behind east coast time!
Greg and I arrived Monday afternoon after a pretty smooth trip, other than when we first got to Dulles and Copa told him they had somehow cancelled his reservation! The woman checking me in hilariously handed Greg a phone and said "hopefully someone will pick up and help you." (Truly in the nicest way possible…) At that point, we had about half an hour before the flight started boarding. They finally sorted it out literally at the last minute, and we raced through security and straight onto the flight to Pamana City.
I have to take this opportunity to say that I love foreign airlines. Reasons:
1. They don't charge for checked bags.
2. They serve meals or real snacks on all flights.
3. The male flight attendants are usually young and attractive.
4. I am not necessarily assumed to be American. (None of the flight attendants Monday thought I was. Win.)
We arrived in Panama City and had time to find an ATM (to withdraw US dollars) and buy some water before getting on our flight to Venezuela. I think it is safe to say that there were no other Americans in that airport, and definitely not any on our flight to Caracas. I finally managed to fall asleep for a while on that flight and woke up just in time to fill out customs forms.
As we prepared to disembark, I reminded myself to be vigilant in the airport, having read the State Department's scary description of activities there. We found it surprisingly unintimidating. After getting through customs, we exited into the large arrival area and looked in vain for the friend of a Model UN colleague of mine, so we changed some dollars for bolivares (at an unsurprisingly horrendous exchange rate) and hopped into one of the official airport cabs (very important).
The 25-minute drive from the airport was interesting but uneventful. We drove past quite a few members of the military standing on the side of the road holding large rifles in an ironically non-threatening way. Every few hundred yards we passed a mural in honor of Simón Bolívar or socialism; someone here has clearly taken the money and time to paint the national pride everywhere. Even boulders on the side of the road were painted to be Venezuelan flags.
Caracas is situated in a valley surrounded by small, Ireland-green mountains. The foothills around the city host the most extensive shantytowns I've ever seen: it's unclear how any of the structures are standing or supported, but they look like hundreds of brightly colored boxes stacked on top of one another on the hillside. From a distance, the array of colors makes them beautiful; up close, they are evidence of the overwhelming poverty gripping the country and helping Chávez to appeal to the masses.
We arrived at our hotel and discovered that I had chosen quite a nice one in interest of safety. It has a beautiful pool (which we visited yesterday) and a whole host of restaurants and other services. The major point of interest in our room is the Magic Bidet built into the toilet. Greg and I decided this was worth experimenting with and discovered that the bidet spout will launch projectiles of water across the room… so we're staying away.
Per the recommendation of another Venezuelan friend of mine, we hopped into a cab Monday night and went in search of a steak restaurant in a swankier area of the city near our hotel. After some uncertainty on the part of our driver, we arrived at Restaurante Alto only to find that we were too early to eat dinner. Because the skies threatened rain and we were hungry, we set off by foot in search of something else. We ultimately ended up at a cafe (perhaps the Caracas equivalent of Au Bon Pain?) that was surprisingly crowded with young caraqueños – I would have expected a place that didn't serve alcohol to be less crowded. I got a squid and shrimp wrap that was delicious, and we sat outside under an awning while rain poured down.
Apparently, rain causes some problems in Caracas. We needed to find a cab to get back to our hotel and decided that the best way to do that would be to walk to the nearest hotel and get one there. The kind doorman explained that there wouldn't be anymore taxis until the rain stopped – the rain is too disruptive to the already bad traffic. We decided to wait in the open air lobby of the hotel and listen to the symphony of insects chirping outside.
Eventually, we got a taxi and made it back to our hotel, where I managed to watch about 20 minutes of "Toy Story 2" in Spanish before succombing to sleep (five hours total over the past 48 hours meant I was lame and going to bed at 9:00).
Yesterday we got up and saw that it was still pretty cloudy, so we decided to save our trip to the top of the mountain for today (it's sunnier!) and head into the city to see some of the museums and other historic sites. We started in the Plaza Bolívar and encountered some sort of ceremony or rally that was going on – I had a fairly hard time understanding what the speakers were saying but caught references to socialism and revolution, which appear to be the buzzwords here. From the plaza we took a lap around a few blocks and eventually stopped for some breakfast. We joined the older Venezuelan men in a cafe who were watching the World Cup while sipping their cafe and munching on their cheese pastries. I loved my cafe con leche – it was a very small plastic cup with just the right amount of caffeine for my fairly caffeine-intolerant system. 🙂
From there we walked past numerous zapaterías (shoe stores – I was in heaven) as we walked north to see the Panteón Nacional, which is where Simón Bolívar is buried. We decided to sit and watch a military exercise of some sort rather than go inside. Tomorrow is the anniversary of Bolívar's defeat of the Spanish army, so it's a pretty big deal. We listened to the singing of the national anthem and watched as the troops practiced folding a huge Venezuelan flag (it took a while).
After that we walked back toward the plaza in search of the Museo Histórico del Poder Popular (Historic Museum of the Power of the People), which was founded by Chávez as a means of celebrating socialism and hating the United States. We asked a bunch of different people, who indicated that the museum existed but were unable to tell us how to get there. We gave up after half an hour… but at least I spoke a lot of Spanish. Speaking of which, no one here speaks English. I LOVE it. I've discovered that being a Spanish teacher did in fact make me a better Spanish speaker… all of that time teaching my Spanish 2 students how to give directions has come in handy for me here! Some people are easier to understand than others, but I've fortunately always to make myself understood very easily. It's great fun!
We walked east on a major street and stopped to go through an outdoor book market, where we saw everything from Twilight in Spanish to multiple copies of the Lesbian Kama Sutra… who knew? We also happened upon an area where old men were sitting and playing chess, so we sat down and played a game ourselves. Greg defeated me (not surprising).
After that we continued walking and found a place to sample the token Venezuelan food, arepas. These are like stuffed corn pancakes, and they NEED to exist in the United States. I got one stuffed with some sort of meat that was absolutely delicious. We watched more of the World Cup (France vs. South Africa) and then headed east in search of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. It took some more asking around, but we found it eventually and got to see a ton of Picasso sketches. We also left notes on a wall that was covered with notes of various sorts from Venezuelans. (There was no explanation of the wall, so we just left messages of our enjoyment of Caracas.)
We decided after that to head back to the hotel for some pool time – we'd walked quite a bit, and there really isn't a ton of stuff to see in Caracas. I got through half a book while standing in the cool pool water and enjoying the sun, which had finally broken through the clouds.
Later in the evening, we watched some of "the Mummy Returns" in Spanish before hopping in a cab to go to a restaurant nearby that was recommended by my Lonely Planet book. Mokambo proved to have DELICIOUS food – I got a mixed seafood grill that included squid, octopus, shrimp, and chorizo.
This morning, now that the sun is shining, we are preparing to head off to take a cable car to the top of one of the mountains to check out the view of Caracas and that national park up there. After that, the plan is to go shopping. I simply can't pass all of those shoe stores without buying at least one pair! I also need to drink a small beer – in Venezuela, they make all beers in smaller bottles because they want to make sure you can consume all of it while it's still cold. This is good news for me because I'm a pretty slow beer drinker.
Tomorrow we leave for Cartagena in the afternoon. I'm very excited to get to Colombia and will write again from there!


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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Road trip to Chicago: Two podcasters meet best selling author
By Brandi Hess
It was early Monday morning when I gathered up my MacBook Pro, two headset microphones, podcast notes and headed for the door to meet up with my good friend Luz Moskos. We had a long drive ahead of us as we took off for Chicago en route to a Borders bookstore. Why drive over 6 hrs to go to a bookstore that's also located in Evansville? Simple. We wanted to meet our favorite writer, New York Times best selling author, Charlaine Harris.
It all started back in January. We just finished reading the famed "Twilight" books and I was trying to talk Luz into reading another series I really enjoyed. She reluctantly decided to give them a try and quickly fell under the same spell. We called each other, discussed book plots and details over lunch, traded books during our kids' play dates. It was obviously clear--we couldn't get enough of Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse southern vampire series, we couldn't stop talking about them, and we were completely drawn to a new genre of books called paranormal romance.
It was during one of our lunch chats I brought up the idea of podcasting our discussions on the Harris series to share with other fans. Podcasts are similar to radio shows, in digital audio or video format and are recorded, then stored and syndicated on the Internet. Podcast listeners can search by topics using directories like iTunes to subscribe and download episodes.
Luz was ready to give it a try and we launched our first "Wake the Dead Podcast" episode in March.
Fast forward to July. Charlaine Harris was scheduled for a book signing at a Borders store located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook, IL and we knew this was our chance to meet the author, snap a picture and have her sign our books with all the other fans in tow. Luz thought I was aiming too high when I told her I contacted Harris' publicist and requested a recorded interview for our podcast. She ate her words the day I got the confirmation email back from the publicist and our interview was scheduled before the event.
Harris' popularity has risen quite high within the last year especially with the help of the television adaptation of the Sookie series on HBO. "True Blood" is now in it's second season and is gaining ground as HBO's most popular show since "The Sopranos".
With all this heightened celebrity, Luz and I were very honored to have the opportunity to meet Charlaine Harris privately, interview her for our podcast, and have her personalize and sign our books. The event turned out to be the largest book signing she's ever had with over 630 people in attendance.
We finished up the podcast in the hotel room the next day, packed up our gear and left Chicago even bigger fans of Charlaine Harris (if that's even possible) because of her down-to-earth personality, humble attitude, and gracious love of her fans.
Since it's launch, our podcast episode of Charlaine Harris' interview is one of our most popular podcasts to date. We have subscribers and website visitors from all over the United States and other countries ranging from Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and Canada. Our website, www.wakethedeadpodcast.com, has had the honor of being added to HBO's "True Blood" website, and our podcast has been ranked in the top 100 literature podcasts on iTunes.
On the way home to Cannelton, Luz and I were dreaming up ideas for our next road trip to feed our passion for paranormal romance literature. Who knows, maybe it'll be San Diego's Comic Con in 2010? One can dream.
Brandi Hess and Luz Moskos are both from Cannelton and record their Wake the Dead Podcast roughly every 2 weeks. Their website is at www.wakethedeadpodcast.com and can be found on iTunes, Twitter and Facebook.
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The Day I Found Out I Could Hate My Work ~ Saying Goodbye To The Legend of Juliet
If you read this title, and you're not an author, then you might be raising your eyebrows in question, or thinking that this sounds unfortunate. But, if you are a writer, then I'm sure that you understand, and I thank you for that; we writers need one another, definitely.
I'm writing this as an apology letter to you, dear readers. Today, I've decided to share with everyone one of the troubles I've been having concerning writing for the past few months. I'm sure that some of you are familiar with my story The Legend of Juliet, and before I can ramble on, I'm going to come out and say it:
I can't write this story anymore.
I really am very sorry, but I'm afraid that there's no other way to say it. Ever since I first released it in April 2013, I have been having issues with this story, and not wanting to write it – issues that I have tried to get over, but that have not vanished. I've debated on whether or not to push myself to finish it, but if there's anything I've learned about writing in my life it is that a story an author has to push themselves to write never ends up being a good story; they weren't lying when they said that if you end up hating your story, then it will show in your writing.
And that is the odd thing – I have learned that I can hate my work! Not because it's badly written, or because the idea isn't good, but just because I don't like it, and my heart doesn't linger in it. Writers are human, just like everybody else, and I think that here I've learned something valuable about my work, and that what I've learned will make me a better writer. I've made a mistake, but that is okay. My heart hasn't really been in this story, and it's therefore been taking time from other stories that I truly care about – now that time can be put towards caring for those stories, instead.
So, I apologize again, to this story and to you, dear readers. Unfortunately, I will not be finishing The Legend of Juliet. I will in fact be taking Part One off of the market this week. I am putting this story behind me, learning from my mistakes, and moving on.
Best Wishes,
With just a hedge over a week until the release of "Read The Flower: Part Two", the second part of my best-selling New Adult paranormal romance, it's time to give you, the readers, a sneak-peek at what's to come!
This is one of my favorite scenes from the first chapter, and I hope that you enjoy it, too!
If you haven't read "Read The Flower: Part One" yet, you can find links to it here.
~ "Read The Flower: Part Two" ~ Excerpt ~
This time, I dreamed of Honoré – terrible dreams filled with fangs, and blood, and the cries of Donna, my friend dying over and over and over again before my very eyes, bitten viciously: once by Surge, and once by Honoré, and then last by the stranger with the rose colored eyes. Once she was dead, she would wake again, moving like a mechanical doll as she picked herself up off the floor, up from the pool of her own blood, only to be attacked another time; by then, she was smiling, as if she enjoyed being killed as much as the beasts that were vampires enjoyed killing her in their greed.
No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't escape the horrible scene, couldn't blot out what my mind was presenting to me, and so I remained watching Donna die over and over again, the me in my dream standing with hands covering her imaginary mouth in horror just as the me in real life had done, her eyes wide and terrified. And just when I thought that I could watch no more, something else appeared to taunt and confuse me.
The figure appeared as a shadow, black as night, visible yet not visible – someone you would look at, and then immediately forget what they looked like; none of their features stayed with me, save their red eyes; I could only see a hazy darkness where they lingered. The figure moved like smoke, and soon, they were standing by my side as I watched the horrible scene.
"Do you see, ma fille, how they are – how a vampire truly is? You cannot stop them, or change them, or make them into something human. They are monsters, and they are proud of it. That is all they will ever be," the shadowy figure's voice was old and pristine and masculine, like the voice of a king, but its words were ugly and dripping with venom – and pride. "One day, you too will fall prey to them," the figure sounded certain, a chuckle escaping his unseen lips, echoing around me.
I turned to look at him fully, but he remained a shadow, his red eyes the color of crimson, of blood; they were beautiful, actually, too beautiful for a figure who would say such things.
I could hear Donna screaming in the background, but by now I had grown used to those screams; it was a sad but true fact. I was more interested in this shadowy figure, and what he had to say. Somehow, he scared me more than Honoré did, though Honoré was real, and the shadow was not.
"W-Who are you?" I asked, though I didn't really expect an answer that made sense; I was again aware that I was dreaming.
The figure smiled then, and through the shadows that surrounded them, I could see their smile – it had teeth, fangs; the figure was a vampire, surprise, surprise. "Why, your worst fear, my dear, of course," they said with that smile of theirs, condescending and cruel, and then before I knew it, they were coming at me with a speed unmatched.
I screamed precisely when the dream Donna did as the shadow's fangs found my neck – and then suddenly I was awake, screaming for real this time, with no Donna left alive.
"Read The Flower: Part Two" Available July 26th in ebook ~ coming soon in Special Edition paperback ~
A Letter To My Younger Self
As I start the week, and start a new project (that is really an old project), I wanted to try writing something different here on my blog.
Last week, I saw a fabulous post from Bette Lee Crosby (a fellow author and wonderfully lovely lady; you can link by clicking on her name) that I really liked -- and that really had me thinking. In the post, Bette wrote a letter to her younger self, giving encouragement, and looking back at all that has happened in her writing journey. I liked the post so much, I decided to try the same.
It's a bit telling, really. I definitely believe that writing has stages, and that every writer goes through many of them (I read somewhere once that if you can survive the first 15 years of writing without giving up, then you're golden and will be able to write easily. Here's to six more years). I've gone through quite a few writing stages since I started writing, and have even transformed one of them into a book to help other writers (see: Writing With Inspiration). Now, I'm embarking upon a new stage, and I'm not quite sure where it is going to take me. This stage has been brewing for a while now, and I've had some major ups and downs already, but I'm still striving to appreciate it, and what it can teach me.
Yesterday, I started on a new project (which I will probably be writing about later on), from years ago. This is a story that I love immensely, and that is helping me to re-connect with my younger writing self, who had such a passion for both writing and oddity.
So now, I look back at my younger self, and I want to say a few words to her. This younger self of mine is sixteen, still in her creative writing class in college, and doesn't know what is right around the bend...
Dear Younger Me ~
Hello, I see you there in that writing class, cringing at your fellow student's work, which you've been asked to edit for the class project. I see you smiling at both of your friends and subtly making slit throat gestures because this editing is killing you. I can tell what you are thinking -- and I can tell you that, sorry love, your future isn't going to be what you think.
You aren't going to keep both of those friends; one will move away, but one will end up being one of the best friends you've ever had. You aren't going to move to Orlando and work full-time at Disney, and you aren't going to get that Psychology degree you are contemplating. In fact, your life is going to change in a large way, and very soon -- for the better, but mostly, it's going to be hell, though you'll get through it, and you'll come out better for it in the end.
I wish I could tell you to write more, to get your thoughts down before they leave you, to finish the Fire while there is fire in it. I wish I could tell you to not be so afraid, especially when you start publishing. I wish I could tell you to not take everything so seriously, and to stop looking for the things that won't appear for years -- that still haven't appeared even now; I wish I could tell you not to cry over them, and to steel your heart with hope before it breaks. I wish I could tell you to be happier, to listen to your brother more. And also, I wish I could tell you to let go of things sooner, and to move on, to be stronger willed.
Less than two months from your creative writing class, your brother is going to be in a terrible accident, and you're going to be afraid though you won't be able to show it; but don't worry, because it's not his time, and God is going to give him back to you, and soon you'll have the most amazing sister-in-law you could ever ask for -- and you're going to write a story about your experience. You're going to write a few stories, in fact, one which you will pour over for years, until it is one of the first books you publish. Your grandmother will break her hip and join your home only shortly after your brother has recovered, and you will have to deal with both her physical and mental sicknesses; but don't worry, there's a story there, too.
You will fight through college, fight with your future, and fight with your family, but you will form some amazing bonds. You will learn that the people you care about are more important than anything else, and that the worlds your stories live in are beautiful. And don't worry, eventually you will listen to Honore and Indigo and Jack and Zarrod and Dais and Juliet and Jason, even if it will take some time. On that note, I wish I could tell you to listen to Victor sooner than you have, and I wish I could tell you how much you're going to love him, but perhaps you might tell me it's timing; I would thank you for that.
The road to your dream isn't going to be easy, younger me. You're going to make mistakes, which is alright because you're young -- at least, that's what people will tell you, and will keep telling you even when you're me; you won't believe them for a long while, and you'll strive for perfection, but then you'll realize that mistakes are okay, no matter what age you are, and you will come to be contented. And don't worry, you'll learn from these mistakes. You will miss the publishing bandwagon, and will begin self-publishing on your own later than you should have, but you will enjoy it, and gain some wonderful fans. You will overwork yourself, and nearly lose sight of everything, but you will come back stronger than before, and you will eventually find your place.
I wish I could tell you, younger me, to take one step at a time, and to never give into doubt, to never let go of God's hand, to keep in mind that your destiny is brilliant. I also wish that I could tell you it will be easy. I wish that I could tell you that you won't have to wait very long for either of your life-long dreams to come true, but then I would be lying. But I can tell you that it will be a very big adventure like you've always wanted, and that eventually, you will get where you want to be -- eventually, we both will, because you still have a long way to go, and so do I.
But I can tell you this, just as I can tell it to myself:
Christmas In July Is Now Available!
This is a fantastic day for me!
Another book in the Snowflake Triplet is officially available. I have to say, this is probably one of my favorite stories of Jack and Clara that I've written so far (I have a feeling that Clara Frost will be my ultimate favorite, but we have a while until that is released).
With the upcoming release of Clara Snow this year, I wanted to release another short story, like last year's The Christmas Wish, and decided to do a July theme. It was a lot of fun to write, since it takes place in Florida where I grew up, and my characters are able to visit quite a few of the places I've been. Also, I had some unexpected help from my writing buddies in writing it (a very fun suggestion from my friend Jen, especially), which makes it all the more special to me.
I hope that you'll enjoy this short! Work continues on Clara Snow, which will be released in a few months, but until then, fans have this story to devour. Plus, there's a special surprise inside the ebook, like a Cracker Jack box -- a sneak peek at Clara Snow!
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Cover Reveal!
Hello, dear readers, and welcome!
Today is a very special day here at the blog -- the day to introduce both the cover and synopsis for my upcoming second installment in the Fleur Passages, Read the Flower: Part Two!
The title of this second bit is "Disillusioned Bravery", and it will be out on July 26th in ebook (paperback to come), only a few days away, really. I'm very excited for this second part, because in writing it, I was able to delve further into this story than I ever have, and really get at the heart of it -- and also to start alluding to the main theme of the story as a whole.
As fans probably know, I started writing Read the Flower after I first read the novel Dracula, by Bram Stoker. It's been at least four years since I wrote the first draft, and the story has changed a lot since then -- and it's changed even more now, with this new installment, leading it down a closer path to Dracula than I could have ever suspected (but I won't give away too much). It's been an amazing experience to see this story change so much -- again! -- within only a few chapters, and I'm extremely excited to see where it will go next.
If you haven't read part one of the Fleur Passages yet, the e-book is now available free on a variety of sites, including Amazon and Smashwords. Unfortunately, the date for the Reader Participation poll has passed, but part two will come with another poll for you to participate in. So, if you haven't read yet, be sure to catch up before part two is out! It's going to be thrilling. You can find links to part one on the Reader Participation Novellas page.
The cover is to the right, and check out the synopsis for Read the Flower: Part Two below!
Happy reading. :)
Read the Flower: Part Two ~ Disillusioned Bravery....Official Synopsis
Twenty-year-old Lorine Stringfield's life has been forever altered, and now she must decide…
After the tragic night in the ballroom, where Lorine discovered the terrifying truth about the man she was beginning to fall for, our heroine wakes up to find herself a prisoner at the Chateau du Jumeaux. As she searches for the reason why her life was spared, Lorine begins to encounter the complexities of the vampire world, and is haunted by dreams of a mysterious figure that bears her ill intent.
This all amounts to one pivotal decision, and as Lorine prepares to either accept or shun her fate, the past comes alive when a terrible truth about Honore is revealed, and life or death is placed in her hands.
Part two in the Fleur Passages, a collection of novellas to later be sewn into one novel, Disillusioned Bravery continues the epic tale of Lorine, begun in part one, The Beautiful Beginning. This novella marks the second in a series of ebooks in which readers can take part with "Reader Participation" -- inside of the ebook there is a question linked to the next volume in the Fleur Passages, and readers can vote for their favorite answer, to have a say in what happens next!
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Please note: this series contains violence and suggestive material, and may not be suitable for all readers.
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I enjoy the new look, very nice!!! I like the twitter and e-mail buttons, too ;) Very 'stony'. xxReplyDelete
Looks fantastic! I really like it.ReplyDelete
I love the stripes, and the clean look. I am going through a bit of a similar thing with regards to my outward appearance, lately. I despair over my wardrobe and everything I put on feels piecemeal and desperate, which doesn't help my mental state. I also feel out of step with what other people around here are wearing, not that I need to match them, but it's been making me feel self-conscious. Need to slowly work on changing that; wish there was some kind of money tree I could shake down.ReplyDelete
I'm guessing you NEED some heavy duty winter stuff though, what's been getting you through visits to Michigan probably isn't going to cut it, anymore.
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Well this is just lovely. I love the stripes. Love the new side bar. I too have been feeling extremely blah about my wardrobe. I have to wear black at work and it's slowly killing me. I wish I were really a person of wealth and taste and then I could go out and blow a whole lot of cash on a styling wardrobe. Ha!
Hmm. Do I need to do a post announcing my new look? I kind of just thought people would see it... but perhaps they won't.
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While Christy is at Horse Camp this week, I have Nick going to a day camp type class at UNI. It's called "energy Fun in the Sun". I don't think he was real excited about going, but he's having a good time.
The first day it was overcast so it was a bit of a dud. The kids (I'd guess there are 10 or so of them) are grades 4-8. They made an "oven" out if bubble wrap and aluminum foil. They also started working on solar powered cars. Tuesday was sunny so they were able to make smores in their ovens and have solar sprint car races. Nicky won first place and now has a blue ribbon and a hat with a solar powered fan. There is only one more day of it. Tomorrow they are touring a solar home (and I get to go too!)
To kill the 3 hours while I wait for him, I've been reading Stephanie Plum novels at Barnes and NOble. I read the new one, Lean Mean Thirteen, today. It was really fun! Yesterday I shopped for perennials. Few retailers have discounted them yet, but I did get a few plants I need to fill in some dead and/or weedy spaces.


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In the beginning was the budget and God saw the budget and said it was good. Well, perhaps He didn't, but it is still good. A friend of mine sits at his desk at 6:00 am on Wednesday confronting a pile of bills, checkbook in hand. He is trying to decide how much money he will have on Friday when we get paid. Its a lot of bills. Hope he makes a lot of money...a whole lot. The real deal is this. If you want to remain stressed out about your money keep letting the bills dictate the pace. Pile them up and just spread the money around as best you can. Or figure out how much you have before you spend it. Do it like this. How much do you take home each month? Minus food, utilities, groceries, clothes, transportation and you got what you have to spend on stuff. Simple. Don't buy stuff on credit. Remember, happiness is not caring when payday is. If you budget and spend within your means paydays are just another day of the week. Bills are just another mindless chore.
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Happy Boxing Day, everyone! My Boxing Day present to you is my holiday adventure, "Escape from the Lair of the Krampus!" It is available to download for free from my Patreon page.
"Escape from the Lair of the Krampus" is a short dungeon-crawl for four to six 7th level characters. The adventure comes with eight pre-generated characters for your group to choose from, but I have also included guidelines for creating your own characters to run through the game with. Last night, I ran (part of) the adventure for some very cool friends and family members, some of whom played the pre-generated characters and some of whom played their own characters - it works fine either way.
"Escape from the Lair of the Krampus" is the first part of a trilogy of Christmas adventures I have planned. "The Chaining of Krampus" will come out for Christmas 2015, and "Assault on the Fortress of Christmas" will come out the following year. They will use the same characters advanced to 10th and then to 13th level. I'll try to have them out sooner next time.
I should note that one of the reasons it took so much longer than I anticipated to get this adventure ready for you is that I created five original monsters specifically for this dungeon, including the figgy pudding and the frostjack. Expect more original holiday monsters in adventures to come!
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Escape from the Lair of the Krampus - A Holiday D&D Adventure
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I am currently going through my video and seeing if I want to make any changes to it. I have added in more images of their answers and shorten them down when they appear on the screen. I am unsure if I want each question to appear as I feel like it somewhat takes away the whole interview purpose, I have added in the questions for the main set of questions but I don't know if I should to the quick fire questions as well. On Monday I am going to ask various people their opinions on how I have edited so far and if I should add in text for every single question.
Currently unsure what song instrumentals I should put in the background whilst the interview is going on, hopefully by next Monday I will know what songs I am going to use. Next Monday I believe I will completely finish my FMP as theres only a couple more things needed to be added in, this means I can then finish Unity which is the last thing on my list to complete.


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i live in a country in the middle east. parents there believe that a good girl should never stay out late. My parents are one of those people. you can escape this either by travelling or getting married ! i don't want either of these things, i want to live my youth not be buried at home ! i tried to talk to my mom so many times and there is no result. she starts saying things like oh my daughter isn't well raised and oh go do whatever you want but don't speak to me ever again ! it's impossible to talk to her !!!
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June 16, 2009 11:30 ET
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - June 16, 2009) -
Goldbrook Ventures Inc. ("Goldbrook") (TSX VENTURE:GBK) is pleased to announce that crews have started mobilizing to the company's Belanger base camp in the western portion of its Raglan belt, Ungava, Quebec properties, as of June 13th. Senior geological staff and camp management personnel are arriving on site the week of June 15th followed by drill crews, other contractors and company geoscience staff. The exploration drilling program is expected to start about the end of June.
The 2009 Goldbrook program, in cooperation with project partner Jilin Jien Nickel Industry Co., Ltd. of Jilin China, will entail up to a 70-person exploration camp and have a budget in excess of $15 million. The work will follow-up on the highly successful 2008 exploration, which resulted in the discovery of extensive nickel sulphides within the Mystery zone. Goldbrook staff and contractors will be supported with three helicopters and a Twin Otter, fixed wing aircraft all based out of the Belanger camp.
This year's exploration program will include in excess of 15,000 metres of drilling; more than sixteen high priority targets have been selected for drill testing, most of which are new showings with geological and geophysical characteristics similar to previous discoveries at the company's Mystery, Getty and Sylvie zones. In addition, there will be an extensive program of geological mapping and geochemistry to improve the company's knowledge of the setting and characteristics of the ultramafic rocks in the property area. Goldbrook plans over 9000 line-kilometres of new VTEM surveys in three separate blocks within the northwest, northeast and southeast portions of their extensive tenure holdings. By previous company experience VTEM surveys have proven to be highly valuable and a key element to identifying new target zones for Raglan-style Ni-Cu-PGE sulphide mineralization.
Goldbrook has expended considerable effort over the winter months working with in-house geoscience staff, geological and geophysical consultants to review and analyze the company geophysical and geological databases and to compile geoscience data for the property. This work has identified a significant number of new targets for drill testing, particularly within the Mystery-Delta region. The planned drilling, geological and geophysical program will better define the Ni-Cu-Co-PGE sulphide potential within the company's extensive Raglan nickel belt property holdings.
New geoscience tools will also be deployed to the Raglan property as part of this year's program. Goldbrook will utilize an Innov-X Systems XRF Analyzer in field operations. This sophisticated tool provides real-time analysis of metal content in rock, drillcore and other earth materials. The resulting data will assist drill planning, and most importantly provide immediate feedback of analytical results to the regional mapping, geochemistry and prospecting programs.
This aggressive, 2009 exploration program is planned to run from mid June through to mid September and results will be released as they become available and evaluated. The proposed exploration program is subject to change as results are obtained during the field season.
Brian Grant, P.Geo. (President & COO), Jamie Pardy P.Geo. (Goldbrook's Exploration Manager), and Ginette Carter, P.Geo. a consulting geologist to Goldbrook, are the designated Qualified Persons for Goldbrook Venture's Raglan Project. These individuals will supervise the drilling program, geological surveys and ensure quality control/assurance programs for the Raglan project during 2009.
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Guilt. It tears at the soul and pulls at the heart.
Humanity, sympathy, empathy. Swirling around, drowning my very core in sorrow and panic.
Once again I feel guilty for something I shouldn't. Something trivial. It seems like the instant I feel like someone is mad at me I loose all confidence. Am I really this desperate for acceptance? It's possible. Acceptance is hard to come by. Especially when you're not the average Jane on the street.
Guilt stricken. It's a phrase that seems to imply a sudden illness. An accurate image for the lightning strike of nausea and foreboding.
What about this time? A coworker drove a round trip of almost 3 hours due to a mess up he himself caused. I feel guilty for the miscommunication that caused him to arrive at an empty work building. Its trivial, and not even an event that I caused. Yet here I am, guilty of a conviction I've created in my head.
I bet they don't realize the sincerity of how sorry I am. Honestly – I shouldn't even be sorry.
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I am an old fashioned type of person. Nothing will persuade me that these buildings are lovely. So different from the inspiring sandstone campus I attended. And so like the equally ugly award winning Cameron Offices where I worked in Canberra, built in the same era.
That's the library below, which is a little bit smarter, but I reckon the building beside it looks like a car park.
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Every year, I enjoy reading blog posts about people's New Year's Resolutions. I think it is so wonderful to have a set of goals. It keeps the year focused and can really motivate. Some people.
Then, there's me.
I don't know why, but New Year's Resolutions are just ... lame for me. I never follow through. Like, ever. I can look back on resolutions past and think, "oh, that was a good one!" But it lasted until March or April and then ... well, it was forgotten.
I'm not writing New Year's Resolutions this year.
This year, I'm writing hopes and dreams.
I hope we get our camper up and running for our first trip scheduled in early July. The Barge (we're still deciding on names for the Airstream, so it may change) was welded back together yesterday and is in storage today. And we have a lot of work to do on her. A lot is an understatement. Either way, I hope she is ready to go by July. My dream is to someday (before Kid is 12) drive the Airstream up to Alaska.
I hope I make more sales on a teaching website of which I am a member. I would love to supplement our bank account with a little more cash. Our funds for camper renovations are pretty tight, so money from the website would be put toward The Barge (I swear, it's not just a random name; there's a story behind it).
I hope I can find balance for the rest of the school year. I have struggled this year with keeping things up and organized at home and at school. Unfortunately, school has come first. Which is great for my kindergarten students, but not so great for my family. We are always behind on laundry, we eat out more than I would like (which is why ::Dinner Plans:: have returned).
I hope I can bring more traffic to this little blog of mine. I'm still a little shy about the blog. I just shared it with my mom and sister rather recently. My best girlfriends don't know about it. For some reason it is easier to share with people I don't know in real life. I hope to build the blog and my confidence as a writer.
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I am not one to complain, but can I tell you how thankful I am that January and February are over with??? It's almost March!!!! That means so many wonderful things to look forward to - St. Patrick's Day, the first day of spring, warmer temps (hopefully), longer days...... bring it on!!! I am so ready!!
It's no secret how much I love St. Patrick's Day!!! In honor of that, I will be posting some different recipes for dinners, desserts, drinks AND of course some great Irish music! My playlist rotation is all Irish for the next couple of weeks!!! And of course there will be plenty of quotes and sayings like this one...
"St. Patrick's Day is an enchanted time - a day to begin transforming winter's dreams into summer's magic." - Adrienne Cook
So bring it on, March!!!
Here is a picture of my cute little shamrock!! Hopefully it will bring all sorts of good luck!
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My parents closed on the sale of our childhood home today. Bittersweet. They bought a beautiful bigger farm 5 years ago. The house had to be gutted, and my dad stayed there working on the new place while my mom stayed here trying to sell the old place. 45 minutes to an hour apart for YEARS! And, today they can officially live together again and we say good-bye to the house and land we had for the past 30 years.
I can remember when we bought this place. It was just the land. The house that had been here before had burned but the concrete front porch was still there. We built around it. We moved out here when I was in 9th grade. And, we ALL had a hand in building the house. We (mom, dad, me, my brother and 3 boxers!!) lived behind the house in a camper while we were building it. That house was like a mansion by the time we moved in!!
I always loved this row of pecan trees beside the house. I loved exploring in the woods. I loved having horses and pets. Oh, but as a teenager, I HATED the drive! We were 15 minutes out of town. I just couldn't understand why my curfew couldn't be 15 minutes later than everyone else's! LOL!
Thank you for the memories! Thank you to my parents for moving us out to the country. Thank you for instilling my love of country. I think it is really sweet that a young couple with young kids bought the place...now someone else gets to grow up here making memories.
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