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sometimes it's nice to go back and check in on some of the stories we've covered here, so i thought a way for me to get out of some 100% original work for the week (assuming that any of this work is ever 100% original) would be to start with some brief updates to past stories. and don't worry, none of these are going to be about that guy who keeps repeatedly having sex with that lady's horse, although by now he MUST have attempted to rape that horse again. it's been awhile.
i will never get tired of posting photos of this man, especially with graphics like that
man who forced friend to eat beard may face jail time
(as originally seen in are you a bad enough dude to MAKE THAT MAN OR MEN EAT HIS OR THEIR BEARD?)
so you may remember this simply phenomenal story from the above-linked update, which was actually ENTIRELY about this event wherein the above man, one "Harvey Westmoreland," was forced to eat his own beard at knife point, thus proving that the south will never stop making us laugh at their antics and/or misfortune. and so the saga of the man who's beard was self-eaten continues:
"One of the two men who pleaded guilty to holding an Anderson County man at knife point, cutting off part of his beard and forcing him to eat it may now face jail time."
now, to be honest, if i was a judge and this case came before me, i would be torn. on the one hand, this guy made a man eat his own beard at knife-point, and that's just wrong. there have to be consequences and penalties and the like; this outrage cannot be allowed to stand. but on the other hand… he's also the guy (or one of the guys) that made a story like "man forced to eat beard" become reality. would it be wrong of me to yell, "HILARIOUS! case dismissed!" and bang my gavel and let him go free? well, probably.
"A judge sentenced Terry Holt, 48, to five years probation for assault, terroristic threatening and unlawful imprisonment. But a judge could revoke probation in a hearing scheduled for later this month."
probation? probation? well, i suppose it's not like, say, a baby was eaten. side note: i really disapprove of the way we've thrown this "terrorist threats" nonsense into our legal system as regards threatening people. what's the point, other than to sound SERIOUS? can you threaten someone in a non-terroristic way? could you not prosecute people before that adjective got added? is the legal system aware that my computer says "terroristic" is not a word?
"That's because Holt never paid Harvey Westmoreland court ordered restitution totaling $570 and also violated an existing domestic violence order, according to the Anderson County News."
now, the tragedy of this article is that it doesn't make it clear a) what the court-ordered restitution was for or b) what the existing domestic violence order was regarding. let's assume the latter was something unrelated; was the former for the value of the beard? did a judge make a ruling along the lines of, "well, you've made him eat his beard, so now you're going to pay for it! bailiff, that photo, please. (looks at a photo of the beard) i judge this beard to have been worth approximately $715, and you appear to have made him eat 80% of it. repay the plaintiff $570!" (bangs gavel)
man, i would be SUCH a great judge in Kentucky.
"Westmoreland said he's not surprised Holt never paid up, but didn't want to talk about it on camera, saying he's spent enough time on television. The beard eating story got national attention on the late night talk show circuit, and Westmoreland said that was enough attention."
ha, INDEED. Harvey Westmoreland is doing a phenomenal job coming off like a real adult here.
"He says he hasn't seen or talked to Holt or James Hill, the other man charged, since the November 2010 incident. He says he just wants to move on with his life. Westomoreland said as far as he knows, Hill did pay court ordered restitution, but he has not gotten that money either."
again, yes, i would PROBABLY avoid talking to and/or seeing the guys that held a knife to the neck of my brother while making me eat my own beard. but that's just me. anyway, it's weird to think that someone could pay court-ordered restitution, but then again, i don't really know how the legal system works down in Kentucky; all i have to base my information on is this case, that television program Justified (truly excellent stuff) and that Steven Seagal documentary Fire Down Below (not so excellent stuff).
911: strictly speaking, it's not actually designed for hungry people, or people otherwise upset about food-related topics
woman calls 911 about wrong food order
(very similar to 911: not actually designed for hungry people)
honestly, given the combination of "raw intelligence" and "burning desire to cram one's bloated snackhole with treats" found in the average American, i could probably be posting updates to this concept for years to come, so maybe i better cut it off after this one … although that's unlikely, considering how much i like to burst into righteous indignation at the actions of others. so, here we go with people misusing 911 again:
"When a woman decided to call 911 after receiving a wrong food order, police are now reminding the public that it is a misdemeanor to call 911 unless it is an emergency."
just as a reminder, here are the reasons people called 911 in that long-ago update: lack of shrimp in fried rice, McDonald's running out of McNuggets, an eatery running out of lemonade, sauce being left off a Subway sandwich. so the sad fact is that Americans are simply not learning that you DON'T CALL 911 OVER FOOD-RELATED COMPLAINTS, no matter how many hilarious, semi-insulting stories we run on the news regarding such topics.
"Savannah-Chatham Metro Police released the 911 call Monday and stated the matter was civil, not criminal. The entire audio of the phone call is attached."
so you can check out the audio if you like. actually, i think it should be mandatory for such audio to be placed on the internet.
"Police added officers were eventually dispatched to the area because the caller was getting disorderly. While she was not arrested, police said she could have faced 911 abuse charges."
so the moral of the story is that if you're in a Chinese food joint or McDonald's or Subway or whatever, you DO have a chance of getting the police to send someone out if you act "disorderly" enough (whatever the fuck "disorderly" means) … it just so happens they're probably not going to gun down some counterman because you're incredibly emotional about your supposedly erroneous order, no matter how "disorderly" you are.
"Additionally, the Savannah-Chatham Metro Police want to remind the public that the non-emergency police number is 912-652-6500."
INDEED. and honestly, i'm confused as to why people don't seem to give such concepts any thought before calling 911. but then again, i'm confused by a lot of things that stupid people do. so it goes.
so maybe we have so new ridiculousness to mock as well?
clearly the face of INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
woman faces hate crime after spitting on people in Florida Wal-Mart
now, if i had put the full amount of information this story title always wants to give –"Saudi Arabian Nuha Mohammed Al-Doaifi faces hate crime after spitting on people in Florida Walmart"– we could probably assume this story could ALSO be titled "Anglo-Saxon white people in Florida really excited about getting to use a hate crime law against some minority (who may still be technically white herself)." so obviously there's maybe a little exaggeration for effect going on here? still, let's focus on the possibly comedic portions of this story.
"A Saudi Arabian national faces hate crimes charges after allegedly spitting on several people at a Florida Walmart. Nuha Mohammed Al-Doaifi was arrested in Palm Bay after police responded to a 911 call, Florida Today reported Tuesday."
again, this brings us back to the above topic: is it appropriate to call 911 because someone was spitting on you? does that truly qualify as the kind of emergency that demands an immediate police response? granted, it's many degrees more serious than "there's a distinct lack of extra shrimp in my fried rice," but i still suspect it doesn't require an influx of police cruisers with lights flashing and sirens blaring to resolve.
"The 21-year-old, who was with her 2-year-old son at the time, allegedly admitted to authorities she spat on several people because "Americans are pushing us around.""
now, on the one hand, i have to assume that this MIGHT not be true; it certainly sounds like the kind of thing an uncharitable witness (or officer) might remember incorrectly. on the other hand, if this IS true, i guess it's a lot better of an anti-American spree than, say, shooting or bombing people, right? so maybe we shouldn't overly punish those who lean towards the less-violent forms of revenge against the Great Satan?
"The incident began, police said, when a woman approached Al-Doaifi when she appeared to be having difficulty entering the Walmart. "All I was trying to do was tell her she was coming in through the out door," Terry Rakowski told Florida Today. "She was just ramming (her cart) into the door." The 39-year-old then claims the woman spat in her face. "She just spit all over me," she said. Al-Doaifi then allegedly did the same thing to several others inside the Walmart."
i'm mostly just surprised that someone from the Wal-Mart responded so quickly to the door; whenever i have been in a Wal-Mart (not necessarily something i am proud of, but fuck it, i am technically from the rural South, so i guess i HAVE to go into Wal-Marts occasionally), the greeters seem distinctly unwelcoming to me. at this point, i myself might reflexively spit on whatever Wal-Mart employee came up to me quickly.
""Her actions were directed at random people based on their ethnicity and that's according to her own statement," said a spokeswoman for the Palm Bay Police Department. A hate crime enhancement was added to Al-Doaifi's battery charge, which could be upgraded from a simple misdemeanor to a felony."
why do i suspect that this spokeswoman said that with a gleam in her eye? but actually, ma'am, if the above statement is true, and she didn't say anything else, she did NOT say her actions were based on ethnicity, but on NATIONALITY. ultimately, spitting on people is turbo-offensive, but a felony charge? childish. if it was me, and some frazzled-looking lady of Arab descent spit on me randomly in a Wal-Mart because "Americans are pushy" and then i heard she was being charged with a FELONY for it … well, i would probably at the very least decline to be a witness for the prosecution.
"Police said the Florida Tech student recently spat on a professor at the school and could face deportation back to Saudi Arabia."
of course, all that being said, this woman clearly seems to have a problem with impulse control when it comes to aggressive expectoration, so she shouldn't be held blameless. but what was the problem with the professor? pushy American? grading on a curve? add an additional count to the charges!
finally, we return to Kentucky (the state that keeps on giving) for a little additional classiness:
at least the man looks somewhat remorseful; the woman appears mostly annoyed that her damn overheated baby made the cops stop her from getting her drink on
parents leave infant in hot car outside strip club
well, alright, that title doesn't seem to bode well for the parents involved. but maybe this was all some kind of understanding? they need to call about a car that wouldn't start, and they happened to be stopped in front of a strip club? something like that?
"Two Louisville parents are facing charges after police say they found them drinking inside a strip club while their baby was left in the hot car."
ah, well, so much for that whole "thinking the best of people" thing i was going with there. and to be honest, it really does seem out of character for me, doesn't it? anyway, so they left their baby in a hot car to go drink… in a strip club. it's almost as if they consciously thought, "in case someone catches us drinking while our baby's in a hot car, how can we make this as bad for us as possible?"
"Police went to Deja Vu on Taylor Boulevard around 11 p.m. May 31. When officers arrived, they say they found the infant strapped in the car seat crying and soaked in sweat. The car was not running."
and i can only imagine that, at 11 PM, they had probably been drinking in the strip club for a while, since i suspect these two are not classy people who only start drinking in the late part of the evening. also, naming a strip club Deja Vu? do you really want to be reminded that you might have seen the same trashy woman currently gyrating on stage at some other time in your daily life? because i don't see that being a good feeling. eh, maybe they just mean you'll be coming back for more or something.
"Soon after police got there, officers say 43-year-old Laura DiPrimo, the child's mother, ran out of the strip club and jumped in the car, started it and put down the windows. A short time later officers say the baby's father, 28-year-old Thomas Lee exited the bar."
wait… soon after police arrived? how much time was there after the police arrived for this woman to run out of a strip club and start her car? also, how can you be watching your car/child closely enough to immediately respond to a police presence but NOT be mindful enough to want to simply drink at home where you won't get arrested for some flagrant form of child neglect? although the kind of person getting arrested at the strip club for child neglect could probably manage to get arrested at home for the same.
"An arrest report says both DiPrimo and Lee admitted to drinking. The reports also states that Lee was wearing an ankle bracelet because he was supposed to be on home incarceration in Clark County, Indiana."
oh, so this guy was LEGALLY obligated to be drinking at home? this gets EVEN BETTER. i don't really know what more motivation you need to confine your drinking to home than that. let me hope that the reason police arrived was the bracelet and none some halfway decent citizen forced to make an incredibly awkward 911 call.
outraged stripper-loving dude: "hello, 911? yeah, uh, i need to report a crime."
911 dispatcher: "alright, citizen, go ahead."
outraged stripper-loving dude: "well, i'm here at the strip club, and a dude with an ankle bracelet on is here drinking with a tired-looking older woman, and they've left their baby in their car."
911 dispatcher: "…911 is for serious calls, not ridiculous jokes." (hangs up)
then again, i'm not from Kentucky; maybe if i was, i would find this circumstance completely common?
"The child was OK, but both parents were arrested and charged with wanton endangerment."
because, presumably, you can't be charged with "needing a goddamn slap in the mouth."
"At the time of the arrest, the heat index was 91 degrees. Officers say on the way to Louisville Metro Corrections, Lee complained that the police car was too hot."
and THAT, ladies and gentleman, is what we call irony. make sure to make a note of it so as to avoid using all those fucking Alanis Morrissette-style examples of irony that are not actually examples of irony.


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This week, we go back to the dawn of the music that revered New Yorker jazz critic Whitney Balliet called "the sound of surprise". Talking about some Hot Jazz from Hot 78s on Triple-R Radio -early jazz from the late 20s up to the 40s.
Tune in for some evocative, exciting sides from Cab Calloway, Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, Dixieland Jug Blowers, The Three Keys, Eddie Johnson & His Cracker-Jacks, The Charleston Chasers, Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang, Lee Wiley with Jess Stacy and more.
That's Sunday, September 24th, 1pm MT, for Hot Jazz from Hot 78s on Rooooy's Record Room, the show that unravels and reveals the roots of today's tunes, for the pure joy of it.
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Just stressed. Sad. Pissed. So much work to do, I shouldn't even be typing here but oh well. The "v" key doesn't work very well for some reason ROFL.
It is amazing how liberating and fulfilling it is to finish a book. I haven't finished reading books in a while. the latest I've finished are Albert Marrin's Biography of Hitler, David Sedaris' Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and J D Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye.
Great reads!
A bit saddened about the show. I don't believe how hard it is for me to memorize my lines. I know them but for some reason I can't articulate them that well. That and of course the usual disappearance of my friends when it comes to me inviting them... oh yes, nagpaparinig ako. I'm required to sell tickets this time kasi.
Oh, and the dancing is killing me, we just did half of choreo of a song and I was breathless halfway into the dancing.
I can't do this. WHY? I don't know.
So sick and tired of this shameful shell. I am comforted by the idea that in other alternate worlds (born via quantum physics) "I" am doing better, with a specialization, well-liked.
"What's your genius?"
*Tumbleweeds... Fucking tumbleweeds...*
Depressing really...
Monday, February 05, 2007
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With what may be the stupidest statement on the economy and jobs creation that was ever made, the First Dope is now pinning unemployment on automation.
This is from an interview on NBC:
"There are some structural issues with our economy where a lot of businesses have learned to become much more efficient with a lot fewer workers," the president said this week. "You see it when you go to a bank and you use an ATM. You don't go to a bank teller. Or you go to the airport and you're using a kiosk instead of checking at the gate. So all these things have created changes in the economy."
The number of tellers, in fact, rose to an all-time high of 607,960 in 2007 from 493,000 at the start of the decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The recession and a wave of bank failures eliminated 52,000 teller jobs over the past three years. So there are still more now that there were.
The Dope is correct that there has been a structural change. There are now fewer people who know how to shoe a horse and there has been a mass reduction in number of phone operators who did things like putting Sheriff Taylor's call through to Aunt Bea. But wonder how many people employed at companies – like say Honeywell – would have jobs without automation.
But now he has a jobs plan: Hope to move backwards and Change to a pre-industrial society. Won't be as popular as his last slogan but then neither is he.
Monday, June 27, 2011
The Luddite
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Packing Paradise
I love to pack.
I've inherited that love from my father. We're obsessive packers. We are blessed (or cursed?) with the rare gift to see the space to be packed, and the stuff that needs packing into that space, in terms of three-dimensional tessellating shapes....
We SEE how it fits.
I once re-packed a freind's suitcase that wouldn't close and two carrier bags into one closed, rectangularly suitcase-shaped, perfectly packed suitcase. Bliss. My father has been known to draw a scale diagram of how best to pack the roof rack.
But then he was, at the height of his powers, able to pack four people, an eight-man frame tent, a 12 foot off-shore inflatable, a four hp outboard engine, a camp kitchen the size of a large travelling trunk and all assorted food, clothes and camping paraphenalia into one estate car and roof rack. At that stage he was packing tins of curry into the spaces around the car's engine. I can only aspire to such genius.
He once packed my moth-eaten riding helmet purely because he had a riding-helmet-shaped hole in the boot space. We had no intention of going horse riding. Towards the later stages of packing, he'd be apt to turn around, the light of cramming ferver in his eyes and demand something, "about so big by so big with a bend there and a bump there that you don't mind getting squashed." I had a gift for finding the objects to satisfy his packing requirements.
Although we did once go a whole holiday without a j-cloth because I couldn't remember where I'd packed it. Inside the kitchen roll middle, of course. We only found it when we got home.
Then there's the unfortunate tendency to find sachets of boil-in-the-bag-rice in your footwear, small portions of salt in your socks, and a puncture repair kit in the kettle.
Tip: Find it before you boil it.
Ten years after I last went on holiday with my parents, I still find myself classifying clothes as crushable, stuffable or crammable.
Imagine my delight, therefore, when one of the Christmas presents Husband bought me turned out to be a selection of Eagle Creek packing cubes from Rohan. Oh, bliss. I get a little over-excited when I consider the quarter cube for underwear, the half cube for tops and t-shirts, and the whole cube for larger items. Oh my.
Tomorrow night I'm doing one of my overnighters in Durham for the MA. In just a little while I need to go and pack my overnight bag. The prospect gives me a little thrill of illicit pleasure. Rolling the undies, stuffing the stuffables, finding the stuff that fits the space.
If I'm careful, there'll probably be room for the riding helmet, too.


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Friday, October 12, 2012
BIRDS FLY IN. BIRDS FLY OUT. A flurry of activity caught my attention in the backyard. Then I noticed that in the morning and late afternoon, the robins meet around our home, to visit the hackberry tree outside our deck. The branches overflow with orange berries. From all directions, the robins come to wait their turn. And that is the way it seems. A handful zoom into the tree, settle into a spot to taste berries, then leave and wait on the elm branches near by. A new group flies from the elm trees to peck away at the obviously delicious fruit, then departs to wait for another turn. It seems like such a polite system of taking turns. Online I found a recipe for hackberry jam, although it looked complicated and messy and why not leave this attractive treat to the busy robins? And I have only seen robins attracted to the fare offered by this tree. If I get the courage, I might try a bite of hackberry berry. We'll see.
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Time Out partnership brings top basketball players to Northumbria
Press Release • Jul 13, 2017 12:45 BST
More than 75 of Europe's top basketball stars have descended on Northumbria University, Newcastle, as the first cohort to start a range of leadership and management courses.
Players including former Newcastle Eagles player Andrew Sullivan and Great Britain captain Kieron Achara have signed-up to the education programme. The initiative follows a partnership between the European office of the Basketball World Governing body (FIBA Europe) and Newcastle Business School to help professional basketball players build careers beyond their playing days.
TIME-OUT is the first project of its kind and has secured funding worth €550,000 from the European Erasmus+ Programme. It is designed exclusively for basketball players. Northumbria's Newcastle Business School will offer a range of leadership and management courses up to degree level, and was chosen by FIBA because of its international reputation for pioneering learning and academic excellence. In 2015 it was named UK Business School of the Year in The Times Higher Education Awards. With a double Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB international) accreditation in business and accounting it is also among the top 1% of business schools worldwide.
Adopting a "dual career" approach TIME-OUT aims to equip its students with the skills to transition from elite player to either a top international coach or business manager. Academic study will be through a mix of distance and block learning, with the first cohort at Northumbria this week to find out about the course and experience life as a student. While on campus they will be able meet representatives from Newcastle Eagles, who play at the University. They will also have the opportunity to work with the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS), which is a funding partner of Sport England and also based at Northumbria.
Fraser McLeay, Professor of Strategic Marketing Management, said: "Partnering with an organisation like FIBA Europe and bringing some of the world's top basketball stars who have represented their country and played in top leagues like NBA in the United States is hugely prestigious. Like us they have ambitious plans to develop TIME-OUT well beyond the initial two-year plan and to offer it to as many elite players as possible.
"Our record of achievement and pioneering approach to business education, coupled with Northumbria's status as one of the foremost universities in the UK for sport, makes us an ideal partner. It means we can fulfil the transformational dual-career approach by helping them grow and develop businesses opportunities in sports and other industries as well as experience life as a business student while they are here. Our focus on female roles is in leadership is an essential theme of the programme. Half the cohort are women."
Kamil Novak, the FIBA Executive Director Europe, added: "Planning a career following retirement as a professional sportsman can be a daunting prospect across most sport. Basketball is no exception and we are delighted to have found the right partner in Newcastle Business School to offer this exciting initiative"
FIBA Players visit Newcastle Falcons from Northumbria University on Vimeo.
Ann Wauters, a Belgian professional basketball player for Los Angeles Sparks, said: "I am in the autumn of my playing career and am preparing a new chapter of my professional career. It is hard to let go of something you have been doing pretty much your whole life and you are so passionate about. This new project gives me the opportunity to stay involved in sports in a different role and try to make - particularly women's - basketball more professional."
TIME-OUT will offer a combination of three different degrees: Leadership and Management certificate/diploma from Northumbria University, Basketball Management qualification delivered by FIBA and Talented Athlete Talent Support (TALS) certificate delivered by Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS).
A second part of the project will involve placing newly qualified managers in their national federations or in other sports organisations, as well as setting up player development programmes linked to FIBA, IBF and the TASS support network.
The first week at Newcastle Business School will equip players with leadership and management skills and introduce them to lecturers and other guest speakers. They will also spend an afternoon with Newcastle Falcons Rugby club to enjoy their facilities and hear how professional rugby players have developed careers in leadership through a similar programme with Newcastle Business School.
Northumbria is a research-rich, business-focused, professional university with a global reputation for academic excellence. To find out more about our courses go to www.northumbria.ac.uk
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PIAZZANO, FILOMENO: Proprietor of Pizanno Hardware Co., 351 Broadway, Revere. Born Torre le Nocelle, Avellino, Italy, March 27, 1882. Son of Salvatore Pizzano and Angela Rotondi. Educated in the public schools of his native town. Came to America in 1902, settling in Chelsea. Studied designing and drawing. Was in contracting business for 20 years. In the hardware business since 1922. Married Elisa Bevilacqua, June 6, 1902. Children: Salvatore; Angelo, manager of father's store; Fred, a graduate of Chelsea High School, was member varsity football team, now sergeant in U.S. Air Corps, as chief radio instructor; Giorgiana; Phyllis and Charles. Mr. Pizzano is interested in civic affairs and gives his services freely to any worthy cause. Member: Kiwanis Club; Torrese Society; past governor of the Moose; chairman of Troop 41, Boy Scouts of Revere, on Scouts Committee and member of Scouts Board of Review. Has travelled extensively throughout the U.S., and Canada, and Italy. Res.: 30 Summit Ave., Chelsea.
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With all the goings on in Copenhagen this week it is hard being not green, but it is summer and you don't have to suffer if you have a thick skin. While the protesters roar and the politicians try to find a map for prosperity on a threatened planet, I am using air conditioning. I apologise. Consider it use of the carbon credits I have earned through the rest of the year.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
I try to live a green life. I don't drive a car unless I can't avoid it. We only own one car, and it is a diesel. If I can figure out how to brew up cane toads into bio-diesel I will be very green indeed. We grow herbs, fruit and veggies, use bore water in the garden, have solar powered hot water, live in a well insulated and shaded passively cooled Queensland style high house. I guess that is why I feel so guilty. I have shut up the french doors and flanged on the air con because I am tired of having wet hair.
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- Bluenoser said...
That's OK Dee, just think of all the AC keeping all the servers keeping all the bits and bytes cool at Google... Nobody mentions all that. I'm sure all those bits and bytes love us for it.
No sweat.
- December 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM
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Im a first time mom here and lately I have felt SUPER protective of my baby girl. Mind you, I adore my husbands mom and we get along great! However, this is the first grandchild on there side and she is always going on and on about how it's her baby and his sisters say the baby is all she talks about. Obviously I am so happy our little girl is going to be loved!!!
On the other hand I already feel like she can be a bit bossy when it comes to my husband and I don't want there to be any uncomfortable tension if I tell her not to do something. I've brought it up with DH (dear husband) and he laughs it off like there's nothing to worry about and assures me he will stick up for me if anything comes up.
I am just so worried, and not just about her but everyone! I don't want anyone giving me unsolicited advice, or posting pictures on social media without asking first. I don't want to sound like a crazy person but I can't help it! SHES ALL MINE!!!


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Friday, April 29, 2011
prettiest surprise from my BF yesterday evening, a MÁS necklace!!! MÁS is a group of young Hungarian fashionistas and I've been admiring their works for a while now.
Here is a link to their FB page if you want to check out their treasures!
soo pretty&cool! and I love my new necklace <3
Csillebérc grand picnic.
Yesterday we had a lovely afternoon picnic in the Csillebérc retro camp with the whole company. Playing badminton, beers, cooking lecso on fire, we should do this more often!!! Not to mention the marvellous photo sets we found in the falling apart retro buildings.
csillebérc retro camp.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
wishful thinking.
and now it's time to cheer up and switch to positive thinking!
This is what I'm wearing today: vintage top and skirt, ASOS wedges.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Can you belive that I found this lovely polka dot dress in my grandma's closet:)?
Sunday, April 24, 2011
happy easter - family brunch day 1.
I do feel like being in a fairy tale anytime I visit my grandparents in a tiny, valley hidden village called Berkenye. The spring colours and smells in the garden are bringing back sweet childhood memories and what can be more relaxing than a lovely nap under the trees after a delicious Easter brunch?
I d never ever buy a fur coat myself, but what to do when you find your mom's longtime forgotten fox in your grandma's closet??
Friday, April 22, 2011
happy 1st day of the 4-day Easter weekend:)
Thursday, April 21, 2011
another fave vintage dress
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
grande ass in my new fave pleated vintage skirt
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
boys night out!
after a very busy,meeting packed and incredibly long day at the office, I happily joined my BF and 2 friends in the Proud HQ to clear our heads with some beers, mexican food and boy-talk. I do love the way boys approach things and life in general:)
this is the kitchen wall in David's office. Please note the lovely floral print balzer I bought from a really cool fashion designer in Bangkok.
Monday, April 18, 2011
This my 10 minute sunshine break during a busy day in the office.
Please note my beautful vintage top.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
babysitting sunday.
Spending time with a 3-year old can really help you to forget that you woke up with an ugly mid-life crisis. My goddaughter is the most cheerful person I know and she is the biggest fan of my garderobe already:) Luv her <3 <3 <3
You cannot be too young for a vinatage headscarf.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
my fave day of the week.
Saturday morning breakfast
Friday, April 15, 2011
Strike a pose, Lulu!
Taken with instagram
Lulu <3
Thursday, April 14, 2011
happy bday barika!
lovely evening with the girls, celebrating Barika turning 18:)!!! wonderful thai dinner, I almost forgot that Thai cuisine is my second favourite after Italian!
This is what I'm wearing:
My grandma's vintage skirt, H&M top.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
2 funny pics from today's secret photo mission. I'm truly in love with this skirt, this was the one my mum wore at her wedding party, one of the prettiest vintage skirts in my garderobe! and have you noticed that I'm wearing rouge? oh, yes! this rebellious red is my new colour! I'm in love with this rouge I can even imagine wearing them with my pyjamas:)!! top - h&m, jeans jacket - vintage, hat - h&m, shoes - asos
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
space pug
Monday, April 11, 2011
Happy iFriend day!
Couldn't be happier with my little gadget baby:)))! Hello pretty apps, here I come!
Sunday, April 10, 2011
ChandlerJohn S Lens, Kodot XGrizzled Film, No Flash, Taken with Hipstamatic
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hello, welcome to our little zoo!
I've always wanted to live with lots of pets, my boyfriend sometimes teases me that I'm the reincarnation of Gerald Durrel, my love for animals couldn't be bigger. I'd wanted to become a vet when I was a little girl, but I finally ended up doing something totally different so I enjoy being with my little zoo of mine after work, at home.
Monika, John S Lens, Kodot XGrizzled Film, No Flash, Taken with Hipstamatic
Saturday, April 9, 2011
this is my outfit for the usual Saturday morning treasure hunt, it's been sunny&windy so I felt like wearing something vibrant yet comfy.
jeans jacket - vintage, scarf - vintage, shorts - vintage, top - h&m, glasses -asos
Friday, April 8, 2011
Joyeux weekend, mes belles!
very happy Friday daily outfit photo, I convinced David to climb again the ladder up to the roof in his pyjamas, he really is my hero!
skirt - vintage, shoes - asos, top - DIY h&m, hooded grey top - nanushka, beret - h&m
Thursday, April 7, 2011
happy 100th post!
woohoo, I cannot believe that I have actually been posting for almost 2 months now and this is the very 100th post!!! it's a great thing and even if basically nobody is reading this little nothing, it just makes me happy to make my little statement on each day of my life:) and special thanks to luvly @kannakettle, you're the best inspirational friend ever!
happy daily portrait, in the incredible lukewarm sunny afternoon, in front of our office, right after another busy day!
royal blue crochet top - vintage, '70s flare jeans - zara, necklace - vintage, shoes - mango, bag - asos
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Busy bee Wednesday.
Wow, this day is incredibly busy and sunny!!! So many things to do, 24 hours just don't seem to fit all in: work, pilates, friends, Lulu and love-
I'll have to wake up 1 hour earlier, starting tomorrow and cannot spend more than 20 mins in my garderobe going crazy what to wear!!!
lovely outfit, warm spring colours, skirt - vintage (from my mum's garderobe), top-h&m, belt - vintage (mum's), cardigan - zara, glasses - rayban, shoes - asos.
Monday, April 4, 2011
today I took Lulu to the office by bike, so I needed a comfy yet very girly and spring outfit. My new '80s jeans jacket is an absolute favourite.
leggings - new yorker, skirt - zara, top -h&m, belt -vintage, jeans jacket-vintage
Normafa chillout.
Yesterday we woke up quite late after a not-so-sober Saturday birthday party night and instead of staying in and watching silly sitcoms we decided to take a bus and cure our hangover heads up on sunny Normafa. Lulu was the happiest dog on the hill and we had a great time just lying in the grass, sunbathing and eating yummy rétes..
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Lulu & me on our Saturday morning treasure hunt.
Friday, April 1, 2011
thanks lovely @kannakettle for the mix&match party the other night, our little CTL project just makes my Friday outfit and mood vibrant and glowing!:)
skirt: vintage, top&wedges: asos, socks&hat h&m


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Sunday, October 14, 2007
Responses, an Apology, and GBA
Nonetheless, the only words from that last post that I regret writing were the final three: stay classy, Cleveland. It was a jab directed at the author of the Esquire blog (proclaimed by Esquire to be an Indians fan, and self-identified in the blog entry I quoted as a Clevelander) that maligned the whole city for the words of one of its supporters. There was no good reason to drag the city of Cleveland into the conversation--for all I know, they're the nicest people on earth--and I apologize for doing so.
As for the rest: look, I understand that many reasonable people have objections to patriotic displays of any sort. They consider flag-waving to be jingoistic and anti-intellectual; some object to anything that puts the words "God" and "America" in the same sentence; many also consider that patriotic displays are an overt endorsement of the current administration's actions in Iraq and elsewhere. There's also the phenomenon of Yankee Stadium security not letting attendees leave their seats during God Bless America (although I've never experienced this phenomenon myself, it's been reported so widely that I believe it to be true), which is a practice that I can't defend, in any way.
While I understand and respect those objections, I'll admit that I like the God Bless America break. Everywhere else in American public life, it feels like every effort is being made to make us forget that there is a war going on, and that Americans are killing and dying on our behalf. I like that when you go to Yankee Stadium, the war is acknowledged, and they take a moment to pay tribute. Having watched a few games with servicemen, they don't seem to consider the "patriotic ritual" cynical or dishonest. It also isn't a bit of window dressing for the playoffs or national broadcasts--they consistently do this every home game of the season.
As much as I respect the political reasons to oppose the seventh inning ritual at Yankee Stadium, the idea that it's some sort of hardship--a premeditated hardship--to visiting pitchers is bunk. Even though Tynan started singing GBA at Yankee Stadium in 2001, the whining didn't start until 2003, when the Yanks scored three runs against the Twins in the bottom of the seventh inning of Game 2 of the Division Series. In that game, we're supposed to believe that the long layoff caused Brad Radke to hit Nick Johnson with a pitch to lead off the inning. After that, the Yanks got a couple of singles and an error against LaTroy Hawkins--also, somehow, Dr. Tynan's fault, even though Hawkins was in the bullpen during the seventh inning stretch.
Now, no one had complained about the deleterious effect of GBA prior to 2003, because the Yanks didn't score any bottom-of-the-seventh runs in 2001 and 2002. And the cause has been resurrected as an excuse whenever the Yankees score a run in the bottom of the seventh of a playoff game. In Cleveland's Game 4 win this year, the Yanks scored in the seventh--an Alex Rodriguez homer, not like that ever happens--and on cue, Mr. Raab started crying about how it's a horrifying shame that the Yankees are allowed to compromise the game by putting on the GBA show, yadda yadda yadda.
But is there really any negative effect? I sat down with BB-Reference and did some back-of-the-envelope calculations (literally--they're scribbled on my Time Warner cable bill). Since 2001, the Yankees have scored 140 runs in 283 innings at home--0.495 runs per inning. In the 7th inning of those 32 games, guess how many runs the Yankees have scored? Fifteen (or 0.469 per inning)--a hair less than you'd expect from the overall numbers. It's a small sample, but you'd think that we'd see some run-scoring boost from the supposedly intentional, pitcher-freezing delay.
Unless, of course, the delay is irrelevant. As I mentioned before, baseball isn't a game of fixed time limits. It's not like the pitchers take the field every 10 minutes on the dot, and a six minute delay will throw off that rhythm. In an AL ballpark, there's nothing for the pitcher to do but sit from the time he ends an inning until he's called upon to warm up again. That could be five minutes, or it could be twenty--it all depends on the team's bats and there's just no telling. So it kind of makes sense that pitchers would be no more or less effective after listening to three minutes of Ronan Tynan than they would in any other inning. They're just that resilient.
A number of the respondents to my rant, both here and elsewhere, called me a sore loser. Mind you, I've stated (before any of this) that Cleveland was the superior team, and that the midges weren't any kind of excuse for losing a playoff game. While conspiracy theories abound on this last point, I think they're BS. It's one of those things that happens--like rain and bad umpiring--and you just have to deal with it.
But if I'm a sore loser for mentioning the bugs in passing, how is it not poor sportsmanship to whine about GBA at Yankee Stadium, when there's no indication that it negatively impacts play on the field? How sporting is it to imply that GBA, as sung by Tynan, is gamesmanship rather than a sincere tribute?
So, now that that is out of the way, how's the whole rooting-for-the-Red-Sox thing going? I'll admit, it's pretty tough. As a Dominican, I find it easy to pull for David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez--just like in 2004, that's just a brutal hill to get over in the lineup--but it's a little harder to wish good things for Chipmunk Face Beckett and ol' 38 Pitches.com. It'll probably be easier to cheer Matsuzaka on the mound on Monday, when the series resumes.
Buried news item from Friday: the Baltimore Orioles, in a typical bit of crackerjack management, fired pitching coach Leo Mazzone. I guess it must have been awkward for O's manager Dave Trembley to have a guy on his coaching staff who came to Baltimore specifically to work with Trembley's predecessor, Sam Perlozzo. Regardless of the circumstances--and Leo's poor results with the O's pitching staff--you have to think that Mazzone might factor in to all of the managerial intrigue surrounding the Yanks this week. Mazzone was coveted for the job as Joe Torre's pitching coach when he left the Braves two years ago, and could still fit in there (no offense to Ron Guidry) if the Yanks decide they still want to retain Torre's services. If the Yankees wanted to hire Mattingly as the new manager, the decision might be easier if the Yanks had a veteran pitching coach to pair with the newby manager, such as Mazzone. Any way you cut it, I'd be surprised if Mazzone isn't getting a lot of phone calls from the 813 area code this week.
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- Esquire's said...
Scott Raab here, Derek.
I take no issue with anything you've posted. It's your blog. Rant away.
I just wanted to make two points:
1. I've written about the GBA/Yankee Stadium travesty before, including my critique of Tynan's warbling, in an Esquire feature about rebuilding the World Trade Center -- over a year ago. It's nothinng I started whining about based on one playoff game.
2. Since you're so full of tender integrity, you might consider owning up to the fact that what you were rooting for before you ever read my post was for the Tribe to lose in the World Series.
That may feel like big-heartedness to a self-pitying Yankees fan. To an Indians fan, it smells an awful lot like a gigantic bag of douche.
- Mon Oct 15, 11:39:00 AM
- DJ said...
Thanks, Scott, mighty nice o' you to come by. So long as I have your leave to retort:
1) Then Esquire's search functionality doesn't work, because I tried to read as much of your writing as possible prior to the blog post, to see if you were a jackass or if this was some sort of continuing gag or response to something someone else had written. The website didn't come up with much, and nothing previously about Tynan or GBA.
2) Let's see if the HTML works here: Douché! I'll not comment on the rest of Indians fandom, but it's not surprising that you're familiar with the smell.
I've never denied my original call of rooting for the Rockies over Indians if they both reach the World Series, but it was a pretty close decision. I have friends that work in both organizations, and it was a matter of really liking Colorado just a bit more, rather than disliking the Tribe. At the time, I would have happily taken up for the Indians against the Diamondbacks in the WS, and I wouldn't have shed a single tear if they'd gotten the better of the Rockies for their first win since the Truman administration.
But self pity? More like self-defense. I don't know why anyone thinks that Yankee fans should just sit there and take it while someone tries to take a big, fat dump on our heads.
I'd have to think that if I'd been talking smack, dropping f-bombs and mocking disabled people in Cleveland after the Indians got knocked out of playoffs in 2005, someone would have called me on it. Meanwhile, your team wins and you act as if the Indians have never won a postseason series--much less a postseason series against the Yankees--ever before. Instead of celebrating your team, you waste wordcount crying about God Bless America, and Michael Kay, then wonder why no one's giving them the respect they deserve.
And I'm supposed to be the one with the self-pity problem?
- Mon Oct 15, 08:27:00 PM
- Esquire's said...
I'll paste the link below. The Tynan comment is on page 3. I was wrong about when the piece ran -- it wasn't a year ago; it was back in June.
The last word will, of course, belong to you, but I simply can't vanish without remarking upon your remarkable lack of any sense of humor. That goes nicely with the self-pity, but it's really kind of sad.
As for Dr. Tynan, and mocking the disabled, I'm guessing he'd rather have some asshole making fun of his melodramatic yodeling than some highly moral gentleman sticking up for him on the basis of his disabiltiy -- as if that was his sole defining characteristic.
In fact, I think he'd say, 'Derek, save your pity for yourself. And, of course, for poor Joe Torre.'
- Tue Oct 16, 03:18:00 AM
- DJ said...
Nice, if predictable, douchetastic final shot, Scott. Isn't it always the last defense of a true jackass to claim that all his insults were just good-natured ribbing, and that everyone else's problem is that they don't have a sense of humor?
Don't go out on the standup circuit, just yet, funnyman. The field of provoking hissy fits between superstar athletes would miss you.
As that I started this conversation by expressing my admiration for Dr. Tynan's accomplishments--particularly noting how favorably they stack up with yours, it's whole cloth fiction to claim that I see his disability as his "sole defining characteristic." This whole thing started when I noted the irony of you calling a doctor microcephalic--I didn't even know the paralympian stuff until I looked it up.
Regardless, I doubt that he'll take a shine to your hateful little comic stylings, no matter what he thinks of me.
Anyway, I don't pity him (I tend not to pity people whose accomplishments and bank accounts outstrip my own) and I don't pity myself (I've been lucky to see a lot of great baseball in my life). As for Joe Torre, he's had one of the best managerial runs in baseball history, so if you pity him, you must have a pretty high pity threshold, for others as well as yourself (as if your crybaby routine about GBA and your whining about LeBron James didn't make that clear).
Heck, since the Red Sox have completely fallen apart against the Indians (score of 7-1 right now in Game 4) I don't even pity you, despite the Gibraltar-sized chip on your shoulder about your baseball team--a chip I suspect you'll keep on carrying even if they win it all.
[UPDATE: David Ortiz makes that score 7-2...no, make that 7-3, on back-to-back-to-back shots. Still no pity, the Tribe has this game in hand.]
- Tue Oct 16, 11:24:00 PM
- Esquire's said...
I'll keep it brief. I'll keep it simple. And I'll try to keep it on a higher plane, which isn't easy for me. As you know.
I don't do standup. I do write for a living. What I write speaks for itself -- just as your extended tantrum speaks for you.
This sort of thing -- offending people -- comes along with the job and obviously suits me. That doesn't mean you're not a douchebag -- you are. It does mean that I'm a professional douchebag.
You're a professional writer yourself -- I'm a Prospectus reader and fan; the 'Esquire' blurb on the back of the 2006 annual is mine -- and if you can't get your mind around the fact that Dr. Tynan is fair game as a public performer, that's truly not my problem -- nor is your increasingly shrill and hostile tone. The only real hater here is you.
- Wed Oct 17, 12:57:00 AM
- DJ said...
If you're serious about "keeping things on a higher plane" then maybe we shouldn't start playing "who's the real hater here." Right? It's not like the hostility in this exchange has been a one-way street, and it seems that both of us might have been tone deaf to any attempts to lighten the mood.
You say offending people suits you. Not to offer backhanded compliment in any way, but I'd say you're right. You have a certain flair for it. But I'd hope you realize that when you exercise that flair, people will get offended, and will respond in kind. What sort of reaction were you expecting? Given the shrill and hostile tone of your original post, and the digs you've managed to toss into every reply (including this one) this belated call for professional decorum feels a bit odd.
As for Tynan, my point was not--as someone on Baseball Primer put it--"You can never criticize a person with a disability, ever." I could care less if you criticize his voice or singing (even though I'll disagree with you on that score). But I thought that making a gratuitous birth defect crack (microcephaly) about a guy who actually had birth defects, was in really poor taste.
This doesn't mean I consider you a horrible human being. It also doesn't mean I consider Tynan beyond reproach, or someone no one can ever joke about. It's just that I, personally, would lay off the birth defect humor.
Since I have no interest in being called humorless and self-righteous again, in the interest of this "higher plane" thing, I'd say we get to agree to disagree on this. I'll do now what I should have done after the last round of comments (except you'd made it sound like you were walking away from the conversation, so I didn't bother): if you feel the need to respond further (or want to talk about anything else) you can email me at derekbaseball at gmail dot com. I don't think this conversation has any value for other readers anymore.
- Wed Oct 17, 03:10:00 PM
Of course the thing you miss DJ in your attempted "defense" is that the Yankees actively choose to ask any visiting team to play by different rules when visiting Yankee Stadium in order to put on this faux-patriotic ritual to which they hold their fans hostage. I happen to have nothing against Dr. Ronan at all and assume that he's a pretty nice guy. But asking for a dispensation when your team already can afford the highest payroll in baseball and enjoys the putative competitive advantage so afforded is pretty dang petty. To complain when others point out the disparity in playing conditions that results from that dispensation is even pettier. If you're gonna have different rules when you play at home - and for no particularly good reason, mind you - then you can safely expect the visitors to complain.
- Fri Oct 19, 07:14:00 PM
- DJ said...
What does having the highest payroll in baseball have to do with God Bless America? Would a lower payroll mean that a team is actually patriotic, instead of "faux patriotic"? What's your point, here?
Based on the research I showed above, opposing pitchers do marginally better in the bottom of the seventh at Yankee Stadium, than they did in other playoff innings there. Maybe they benefit from the extra rest, maybe that's the "disparity". Maybe the Yankees hitters are more affected than the opposing pitcher by waiting around. Or maybe--and this seems the most likely thing, based on the data--there's no effect.
Now, I could be wrong about that. Maybe there's some disparity that isn't represented in the runs scored numbers. Maybe I did the math wrong. But you're not saying those things. You're just blindly claiming that because there's an extra few minutes in one inning break, that's automatically a "disparity in playing conditions"--one which we're supposed to assume gives the Yankees an advantage.
Since MLB does consider actual patriotism a "good reason" to have the GBA break in the seventh inning (heck, for a time, they mandated it), the burden's on you to show that it adversely impacts the game, not on the Yankees to "ask for dispensation." If you're not willing to back your claims with some basis in fact, who's being petty?
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I love the looks of my Saab 9-5, its what drew me to the car. As soon as I saw pictures of it I knew I wanted it. Despite how good looking I think the car is I always thought the rear was a little bit plain. This year while vacationing in Maine, home to more Saabs than I've seen anywhere else, I saw a 9-5 that had the factory trunk mounted spoiler on it and I thought it complimented the car very well.
I wanted to see if I get my hands on that same spoiler to add to my car, luckily eEuroparts.com carries this exact spoiler! I placed the order then set about gathering my supplies. They have a ton of other paintable spoilers to, which this DIY will also apply to. Check them out here: http://www.eeuroparts.com/Parts/PartResult.php?search=saab+spoiler
The trunk mounted spoiler comes in primer and ready to paint, so yes you will have to get some color matched paint for your car. Do not ever under any circumstance bolt an unpainted accessory to your car. Seriously, don't. Do you want to look like a high school kid that just watched Fast and the Furious for the first time? No? Ok, good, paint your accessories.
You'll have to find a shop near you that specializes in mixing automotive paint or find a source online. Luckily I have a place near by that does just that. Try to find a local source for your paint, it will save you money and time over ordering online, only order online if you have to.
You can get an acrylic paint that does not require a clear coat, or you can go with the base coat/clear coat option, I chose the latter to match the car better.
You'll also need reducer for the paint and hardener for the clear coat. Talk to the guys at your supplier, they'll know exactly what you need.
I like to have a few mason jars handy for mixing the various components, they are made of glass and already have measuring lines on them.
Air Compressor and Paint Spray Gun
You really should use an air compressor and proper paint spray gun to do this. Your paint supplier can usually give you your paint in a rattle can, but only use that if you do not own or can't borrow a proper compressor.
You also need to make sure that the paint spray gun is correct for the compressor that you have. Most high end paint guns are meant for High Volume Low Pressure (HVLP), which requires you have a large capacity compressor of around 20 gallons or more. I only have an 8 gallon compressor so I had to buy a Low Volume Low Pressure (LVLP) paint gun. Read the manual that came with your paint gun, most of them only require 40-50 psi so set the pressure on your compressor accordingly
Drill and Drill Bits
There is a really scary part to this whole process which we will cover later. But in order to mount the spoiler you are going to need to drill holes in your trunk, and to do this you will need a GOOD drill and drill bits. The metal on the trunk lid isn't super thick but you do not want to try this with a weak cheap drill. I used this one from the local home store, its not prohibitively expensive and it works very well for drilling metal.
Sand Paper and Steel Wool
For this project I grabbed some 1200 grit wet/dry sandpaper and #0000 steel wool. You use this to prepare the surface before painting and in between coats. A roll of good quality blue painters tape will help with lining up the drilling template later.
Time To Paint!
I used two saw horses to prop up the spoiler. I also used rubber gloves when handling the spoiler to avoid getting any sweat and other hand gunk on it. The spoiler already comes in primer and ready to paint, still I went over it very lightly with the steel wool before applying the first coat of paint. Just rub it down smoothly and evenly and when you are done clean off the dust with a tack cloth or I used windex and shop towels.
If you bought your paint reduced and ready to spray, you are ready to go. If you did not you will have to mix the paint with equal parts reducer before you spray, here is where the mason jar comes in handy. Fill to one line with paint, then up to the next line with reducer and mix slowly with a wooden or metal stirrer of some kind.
Load up your paint gun and set the pressure properly on the compressor. I always start out spraying onto a scrap piece of plywood just to make sure that the paint is coming out of the gun correctly, sometimes the first spray is a little rough so its good to get it going some first.
Apply the paint evenly in a steady back and forth motion going off the edge of the piece you are painting. I usually go back and forth twice for a count of 4 then walk around to the other side and do it again. Don't lay it on too thick, just enough to get good even coverage.
Now that you have a coat of paint on and it looks good, Stop! Don't touch it! Don't screw with it! Say this to yourself out loud of you have to. You have to let it dry, depending on how hot is is and your paint mixture this usually takes 15-20 minutes. So relax for a bit.
Once the coat is dry go over it lightly again with the steel wool making sure its nice and smooth. If there are any rougher spots you can wet sand it with the 1200 grit paper.
For the spoiler, since I couldn't think of a safe way to hang it, in order to paint both sides I would coat one side, let it dry, sand it, then flip it over to paint the under side of it. Be very very careful when you do this, if the paint on the top isn't dry you will screw up the piece and then you'll have to sand down and start all over. Trust me, this is what happened to me the first time through.
I repeated this whole process until I had 3 solid coats on each side and I was happy with the result. Another round of steel wool and we can move on to the next step.
Applying Clear Coat
If you opted to get the bast coat/clear coat type of paint you have to apply a clear coat after the base, obviously. The clear coat gets mixed with equal parts hardener, again the mason jars come in handy. If its a particularly hot day you can use a little bit less hardener, just be sure you use hardener or it will take hours to dry properly.
The process here is the same as applying the paint, smooth even coats, patiently waiting for it to dry between coats and steel wool in between.
Now, here is another bit of advice that comes from experience. If you are going to step away from the project for longer than 20 minutes or so and you have clear coat and hardener in your spray gun, empty it out and clean your spray gun with paint thinner thoroughly. Because if you don't you run the risk of the clear coat hardening in your gun, ruining it and much swearing will follow. Heed my words, don't make the same mistakes I did.
2 coats of clear is probably enough if you like the result. I may still go back and add a third to get a better shine to it, this is up to you.
Drilling Holes
This is the scary part I warned you about earlier. Now that our spoiler is painted up we have to use it for what it was meant for, bolting to your trunk.
The spoiler kit comes with the mounting bolts and a paper template to make sure you get the mounting holes in the right spot. I ran a bunch of blue painters tape down the center of the trunk lid, more than is necessary, the measured in 3 places to find the center. This requires a tape measure and math, you can do it. Once I have 3 dots in the center use a straight edge to draw a line down the trunk lid on the tape with a marker. You now have the center line of your trunk. It should point to the center of your rear trunk emblem. The template his a line on it for center, line this up with your line and loosely hold it in place with painters tape for the moment.
The mark for the center hold on the template will show you have far back it has to be from the forward portion of the trunk lid, measure appropriately and hold it in place with the painters tape. For the holes on the outer edges measure to make sure each one is the same distance away from the edge of the trunk lid, and again hold it in place with the painters tape.
Use a center punch to help make sure your drill bits stay straight when you start drilling. line up the punch with the marked center of the holes and give it a few taps with a hammer to make a small dimple in your trunk lid, no going back now.
To drill the holes start with a very small bit and work your way up until you get to the bit that is slightly larger than the mounting bolts. You don't want to start with the largest bit first. I used 3 smaller bits before I got to the size needed for the holes. You may need to drill the 2 outside holes a little bit larger to give you a little more room to work with when installing the spoiler.
Open the trunk lid and pry out the plastic plugs that hold up the liner and you'll be able to see the light shining through your freshly drilled holes in your previously pristine trunk lid. There is a roll of weather stripping that comes with the spoiler kit, be sure to apply this to the bottom of the spoiler before mounting.
Get somebody to lend you a hand while you have the trunk lid half open looking through at the holes and try to get the spoiler lined up. I started with the center hole and only loosely fitted the bolt, then loosely fitted the 2 outside bolts. Its a tight fit so some ratchets that angle are nice here. Once you have all 3 bolts in, tighten them snug but be sure not to over tighten them as you could crack the spoiler.
And there you have it!


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I'll talk about Big Love in more detail starting June 11, when the House debuts a new recap series, "Big Love Tuesdays." For now, I'll just say that in the first five episodes of the HBO drama's second season, it has evolved from a damn good show to a nearly great one. In its first season, Big Love seemed reluctant to tell the story of a polygamous family without leaning on expository crutches; to make certain episodes happen, it occasionally lapsed into plot contrivance or needless melodrama. But in its sophomore outing, Big Love moves with the confidence of a series that has figured out what it wants to be and how to get there. As the House recap title indicates, HBO, in its infinite wisdom, has stranded the show on Monday, a night where even Six Feet Under couldn't do much, ratings-wise, so I'll sound the alarm now: Don't miss it.
For the uninitiated, Big Love parses relationships between people in a family setup that few Americans have experienced, and it makes them comprehensible and believable. Even if you've never had to deal with a third mother or a sister wife, the series illustrates the difficulty of navigating these relationships with subtle writing and even better acting (especially from Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloe Sevigny and Ginnifer Goodwin as the wives of Bill Paxton's ambitious retailer, Bill Henrickson). It still rankles when the two younger wives call Tripplehorn's Barb "boss lady"; but no other series could conceive a scene as original as the one where Goodwin's Margie tells Barb that she understands her limits in her uneasily flirtatious relationship with Barb and Bill's teenage son.
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My husband loves no bake cookies, so I had to ask my mother-in-law for her recipe. He of course loves the sugar cookie recipe that she's shared with me as well, but I'm only going to share the no bake cookie recipe with you. Let me know what you think if you give them a try!
no bake cookies
1 stick margarine
1/2 cup milk
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
3 cups quick-cooking rolled oats (or can use crushed crackers)
1/2 cup smooth-style peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cover 2 cookie sheets with wax paper. Combine in a medium sauce pan the first 4 ingredients. Boil mixture on medium -high for 1 minute (or until a soft ball stage). Stir in the other 3 ingredients, mix well. Drop by spoonfuls onto covered cookie sheets. Refrigerate until firm.


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God's Warriors is an investigation of religion, at a time when religious activism is a signature cultural phenomenon of our times," said Mark Nelson, vice president and senior executive producer for CNN Productions. "This project's global scope is ideally suited for the skills of someone with as impressive of a journalistic pedigree as our own Christiane Amanpour." God's Warriors was filmed in the West Bank, Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Some Scout Quiz Questions to Ponder……….
I Set
1. What was Baden-Powell's Christian name?
2. In which year was B-P born?
3. What was the name of the town in South Africa BP saved whilst in the Army?
4. On his return to England, BP wrote a book about training in the Army. What was it called?
Scout About
Scout Training in the Army
Scouting for Boys
5. In which year was the first experimental camp at Brownsea Island?
6. In 1916, Baden-Powell started a special Section for boys aged between eight and eleven. What was it called?
Young Scouts
Boy Cubs
Wolf Cubs
7. In 1986, who were welcomed as full Members of The Scout Association?
Beaver Scouts
Venture Scouts
Sea Scouts
8. What major change affected Beavers, Cubs and Scouts in 1990?
Headgear was abandoned
Girls were allowed to join
New uniforms were introduced
9. What is the Scout Motto?
Be Happy
Be Prepared
Be Loyal
10. With which hand to Scouts shake hands with?
Doesn't Matter
II Set
1. What are our Founders given names?
Robert Stephenson Smythe
Robert Smith Stephenson
Robert Stephenson SmithRobert Stephenson Smith
2. Which school did Baden-Powell go to?
3. Baden-Powell left school to become what?
A teacher
An acountant
A soldier
4. Baden-Powell spent most of his career in Great Britain, India and Africa, but he spent some time in which Mediteranean Island?
5. In the late 1890's Baden-Powell was sent to South Africa to…?
… set up a police force
… report on the gold reserves
… mine for diamonds
6. What made Mafeking (Mafikeng) so important?
Rich mineral deposits
It was on the railway
Rich agricultural land
7. How long were the British besieged there?
7 months
8 months
9 months
8. When Baden-Powell returned, he was a national hero, but he found one of his books being read by boys, which one was it?
Aids to Scouting
Adventures as a Spy
Scouting for Boys
9. In 1929 at Arrowe Park Coming of age jamboree was presented with a Rolls Royce, a Caravan, and a portrait, along with the item he had asked for, what was that?
A walking stick
A camera
A pair of braces
10. In which year did Baden Powell die?
III Set
1. Where was the first official Scout Camp?
Brownsea Island, Dorset
Humshaugh, Northumberland
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Fordell Firs, Fife
2. In which year did Scouting begin?
3. For what purpose was Scouting for Boys originally written?
As a handbook for the Scout Movement
As a training program for other Boys organisations
As a guide to how boys could improve themselves
4. Why did B-P found the Guiding movement?
He didn't want girls in Scouting
He didn't think girls were capable of Scouting
Scouting was not considered a proper activity for young Edwardian ladies
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His mother, Henrietta
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His sister, Agnes
His wife, Olave
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Cub Scouts
Wolf Cubs
Scout Cadets
7. On which of Rudyard Kipling's books did B-P base this younger section on?
The Just So Stories
The Jungle Book
8. Which of the following books was not written by Baden-Powell?
Aids to Scoutmastership
From the Shoulder
Rovering to Success
9. B-P set up a section for Scouts who had grown passed the age of 18, known as?
Senior Scouts
Rover Scouts
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10. The initial Scout Law had how many parts
IV Set
1. Which knot looks very like a reef knot and is used to betray the unsuspecting person?
Thumb knot
Thief knot
Overhand knot
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2. Which knot is shown on the membership badge of all sections?
Reef knot
Figure of Eight knot
3. Which knot would you use to join two ropes of unequal thickness?
Clove hitch
4. If you turn the ends on a reef knot back on themselves you create another knot. What is it?
Clove hitch
Round turn and two half hitches
Larks head
5. Which knot would you use in first aid to fasten the ends of a bandage?
Reef knot
Square knot
Granny knot
6. Which knot would you use to begin square lashing?
Larks head
Clove hitch
Reef knot
7. If you had fallen down a cliff and someone threw you a rope, what knot would you use to tie round yourself?
Fireman's chair knot
8. Which knot would you use to shorten a rope without cutting it?
9. Why do you whip a rope?
To stop the strands unravelling
To make it stiffer
To protect it
10. Which knot do you use to begin sheer lashing?
Round turn and two half hitches
Timber hitch
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on the road
September 16, 2009
hello from denver!
it feels like i haven't been online in ages! i've been on the road since saturday and the past two nights i wasn't able to sign on the the free wifi in my hotel rooms! 😦
i still have my cruise recaps to finish (that was two weeks ago!), cali recap (last week), and now my road trip to blog about. i'm exhausted, but it's also been so much fun and i don't want to go back home!
we're off to omaha today…hopefully i'll get a chance to stop in again!
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Can't wait for more recaps of your cross country adventure!


text: I had a lot of fun doing these sketches for Aubrey Altman at Architectural Lighting Magazine. We chose a different idea that was better suited for the specific article, but I still like this page of roughs for their atmosphere. I always hope I can re-use rejected sketches but for some reason I never do and rather start from scratch each time.


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A couple of months ago I shared with you the story of Gilberto Shedden Graham, a man known in Costa Rica as the "Tico Tarzan" because he seemingly has domesticated a huge crocodile named Pocho and now performs a weekly show in Limon. Well, I finally was able to find an internet video of Gilberto to share with all of you. The video is property of MSNBC.com but was posted in Metacafe.com by one of its users. I hope you enjoy the Tico Tarzan video.
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