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Thermopaper – magically turning black
An exciting day at work ended with finding the work of artist Albin karlsson who lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. 'Thermopaper' is a motor driven piece on which a roll of paper slowly travels from one roll to another turning black in the middle. The slow movement and almost magical change of the piece is really intriguing. http://www.albinkarlsson.com/index2.html
Fabric Potentiometer
Andrew Kieran (also a student at Heriot-Watt in the third year of Design for Textiles) has created this fabric potentiometer – see this link to his blog to have look at what he has been working on: http://weave4fun.blogspot.com/2012/02/kind-of-sequencer-made-of-fabric.html
Signing out for a month
Introducing the CLAPE (name to be revised!)
So Prototype work has begun on a garment that can be interactive in some way with its environment.
First things first some shapes and concepts need to be explored. Here is a cross between a cape and a cloak hence the name 'clape' (not sure I like that yet!)
This was a 5 minute challenge to myself to see if I could produce a concept piece with newsprint, pins and a tailors dummy.
The colours in the background are some thermochromic tests…
Colour-change yarn and woven fabric
We wanted to share some of the exciting work being produced by the Design for Textiles students at Heriot Watt University. This thermochromic yarn and woven fabric was produced by Sabrina Church in just four weeks! Sabrina is in the final year of her degree and will be graduating in June 2012 – so watch this space….
Before and after heating the thermochromic yarn and fabric …… if you would like to contact Sabrina about her work
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COLOURS – What do you mean pink doesn't ACTUALLY exist!!!!
When investigating colour it's really nice to be able to find 'simple' explanations for things…
Now, I LOVE Magenta or pink as it's commonly known! This is a lovely little video explaining where it comes from!
Adafruits new app for electronics and more! BRILLIANT
This nifty wee app for working out resistance values and the like is such a dream come true for me.
The deal is that Circuit Playground simplifies electronics reference & calculation so you can have more fun hacking, making, & building your projects! This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad.
Not only does it satisfy my need to geek but it looks cool too! Win win!


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The deal is reported to be for 6 years/$45 million with $20 million guaranteed.

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Overseas Filipinos have come together and signed an on-line petition that expresses their concern for the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), which allows the entry into the country of various waste products, including toxic waste, from
The JPEPA was signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and then Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Sept. 9 on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting in
An earlier e-mail from overseas Filipino (OF) Cesar Torres said the agreement was signed "away from the glare of the media, and without the knowledge, scrutiny, and participation of the Filipino people."
"Up to the last few days leading up to the signing of the JPEPA, the DTI refused to reveal the full text of the agreement to Congress, despite the earlier promises of Trade Undersecretary Tomas Aquino to provide a copy of the latest draft legal text of the agreement once the negotiations are completed and as soon as a thorough legal review of the proposed agreement has been conducted. It was only when the DTI was threatened with the revocation of its budget that it made moves to provide Congress with copies of the JPEPA. But even then, the offer came too late."
According to Senator Mar Roxas, Arroyo signed the agreement without consultation and Roxas said that when he left the Cabinet as trade secretary before the 2004 elections, the JPEPA was a "mere" general agreement on economic cooperation.
Last week Torres and fellow OF in Germany Rogelio Bantiles wrote out the plea to the President of the
Germany-based OF Shiela Bantiles Zangl, the very first signatory of the petition, said "only if the last tree has been cut down, the last river contaminated, the last breeze polluted, would we humans realize that we cannot eat money. I hope, we will wake up before these things happen. Stop soiling the
The second signatory, OF Johnny Pecayo from
To all this, Torres said the signatories "come from all over the world. Scanning the names and the places where they come from, one is glad that we are indeed connected to each other in the World Wide Web -- for the good of mankind and the
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Fire pit.
We have used the pit almost every night and are enjoying our backyard and quality time together. We made green beer and enjoyed our St. Patrick's Day out on the deck. Our neighbors came over and introduced themselves and gave us a bottle of wine. So gracious! I love our neighborhood.
Want to know a little secret? My intentions were two-fold. While I enjoy the fire pit, part of the reason we got this was because I never have to go camping again. You see, Garth's favorite part of camping is making the fire each night. Now that we have one he has no reason to camp anymore. Muahaha.;)
20 comments:
- Sarah said...
Ooohhh, I am jealous! I am thinking we need a fire pit over here. It looks great - and I hope you enjoy it!
- March 22, 2011 at 5:46 AM
- erin.patrice said...
I love fire pits! you just have to be careful when it rains... It's not fun dumping out a fire-pit-o-water. Plus, if you're not paying attention rust isn't any fun either.
- March 22, 2011 at 5:54 AM
- Rachel said...
That is such a good idea! I would totally get one if I had a house/deck.
- March 22, 2011 at 5:59 AM
- The Shabby Princess said...
Nicely done! We have a fire pit, but, haven't ever used it because we got it last summer and it's too hot to sit around a fire at night here in Texas summers. But, it's spring. so, I'm hoping it can get some use now before the humidity really kicks in!
- March 22, 2011 at 6:38 AM
- Lauren said...
We LOVE our firepit...and seriously, what is it with men & fire? My husband is the same way!
- March 22, 2011 at 6:39 AM
- ~The Neaves Nest~ said...
The fire pit looks heavenly!! Nothing better than sitting outside in the evening next to a fire! Mmmm love the smell too!
- March 22, 2011 at 6:43 AM
- Café Moka said...
A fire pit is great!!! Love it!
- March 22, 2011 at 6:49 AM
- Lauren said...
I just simply LOVE your deck!!!!!!! And love a fire pit!!! :)
- March 22, 2011 at 7:10 AM
- Tasha said...
How fun! You can make s'mores ANY TIME now! I'm so jealous! :-)
- March 22, 2011 at 7:59 AM
- Jen Caputo said...
Must run in the family :) we have one in our backyard and my brother just built one in his backyard last weekend too!
- March 22, 2011 at 9:18 AM
- Gwen said...
I want a fire pit so badly!!! Such a great idea and you'll definitely get plenty of use out of it. :)
- March 22, 2011 at 9:21 AM
- Newlywed Hostess said...
Smart Girl!
- March 22, 2011 at 10:22 AM
I love our fire pit but we need a new one. I love your deck... So pretty!
- March 22, 2011 at 10:31 AM
- Mrs. Southern said...
Great idea! I love a nice fire pit and all you need now is some marshmellows!
- March 22, 2011 at 10:32 AM
- AmyT said...
love it!! so nice!
- March 22, 2011 at 11:34 AM
- Anne said...
Love, love, LOVE the pit!!! We have wanted one of those for a couple years now! Have fun!!
- March 22, 2011 at 1:31 PM
- Perfectly Imperfect said...
I've wanted a fire pit for years!! I'm a bit jealous ;)
- March 22, 2011 at 7:30 PM
- A Cajun Belle said...
Love your new fir epit!
- March 22, 2011 at 7:59 PM
- Kassie said...
Love fire pits! So fun and cozy.
- March 22, 2011 at 9:13 PM
- Jessica said...
You guys will have so much fun with that! Looks great :-)
- March 24, 2011 at 2:51 PM


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RedBlueChristian links to this account of a recent Republican debate.
Q I'm Joseph. I'm from Dallas, Texas. And how you answer this question will tell us everything we need to know about you. Do you believe every word of this book? (Shows a Bible.) And I mean specifically this book that I'm holding in my hand. Do you believe this book?
This is a question that is known as a land mine. All political parties, including the Libertarians, try to be all things to all people, and try to be as inclusive as possible. So no matter how you answer this question, you're gonna make someone mad.
First up, Giuliani.
Okay. The reality is, I believe it, but I don't believe it necessarily literally true in every single respect. I think there are parts of the Bible that are interpretive. I think there are parts of the Bible that are allegorical. I think there are parts of the Bible that are meant to be interpreted in a modern context.
So, yes, I believe it. I think it's the greatest book ever written. I read it frequently. I read it very frequently when I've gone through the bigger crises in my life, and I find great wisdom in it. And it does define, to a very large extent, my faith. But I don't believe every single thing in the literal sense of Jonah being in the belly of the whale. You know, there are some things in it that I think were put there as allegorical.
Next up, Romney.
I believe the Bible is the word of God, absolutely. (Applause.) And I try to live by it as well as I can, but I miss in a lot of ways. But it's a guide for my life and for hundreds of millions, billions of people around the world. I believe in the Bible....
You know -- yeah, I believe it's the word of God. The Bible is the word of God. I mean, I might interpret the word differently than you interpret the word, but I read the Bible and I believe the Bible is the word of God. I don't disagree with the Bible. I try to live by it.
Sure, I believe the Bible is exactly what it is. It's the word of revelation to us from God himself. (Applause.) And the fact is that when people ask do we believe all of it, you either believe it or you don't believe it.
But in a greater sense, I think what the question tried to make us feel like was that, well, if you believe the part that says, "Go and pluck out your eye" -- well, none of us believe that we ought to go pluck out our eye. That obviously is allegorical.
But the Bible has some messages that nobody really can confuse and really not left up to interpretation: "Love your neighbor as yourself," "Inasmuch as you've done it to the least of these brethren, you've done it unto me." Until we get those simple, real easy things right, I'm not sure we ought to spend a whole lot of time fighting over the other parts that are a little bit complicated.
And as the only person here probably on this stage with a theology degree, there are parts of it I don't fully comprehend and understand, but I'm not supposed to, because the Bible is a revelation of an infinite God, and no finite person is ever going to fully understand it. If they do, their God is too small. (Applause.)
For the moment I'll ignore the relevance of the question in the context of governing this particular nation, since theism doesn't necessarily limit itself to the baby seal clubber end of the political spectrum. Let's just look at the views expressed by the three people above.
- It's hard to tell with Giuliani based upon a quick sound bite, but his response emphasizes the wisdom found within the Bible, and while I hold that this is NOT the most important thing within the Bible's pages, one certainly cannot ignore the wisdom found therein.
- Romney's response was the reason that RedBlueChristian highlighted the debate, specifically because of past and present Mormon statements on the relevance of the Bible in light of other books (Doctrine and Covenants, et al) and the words of the living Prophet. Frankly, I think Romney's statement doesn't necessarily contradict those past statements from the Church; "I might interpret the word differently than you interpret the word" could very well mean "I believe the word is corrupted beyond repair."
- Huckabee's statement makes it clear that the Bible is not a simple, comprehensible book. Again, it's hard to base an analysis on a sound bite, but I liked two of Huckabee's points: namely, that (1) limited-brain humankind cannot comprehend the depths of God's knowledge, and (2) why are we worrying about non-essentials when we can't even get the basics right?
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Robert's family let me know his funeral will be in late August. Not looking forward to it - I hate funerals. Especially this one, considering Robert was in the prime of his life and didn't deserve what happened to him.
As for the note, I managed to decrypt the scramble of words. It seems whoever is doing this is either uncreative or there's a meaning to it, but it was yet another regular re-arranged few words. Last time, I believe, it came out to "FIRST WARNING".
This time, it came out to "SECOND WARNING".
Again, warnings about what? If I knew what this person was on about, I would be better able to understand why this was going on. But since, to my knowledge, I've done nothing other then go hiking, take pictures and find my friend's dead body - there's nothing to warn me about. If any of you can offer any advice, I'd be appreciative.
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I recently found myself (a 32 year old mother of 5 kids under 9) standing in the middle of my gym's aerobic's class feeling less than sexy and extremely out of place. I was attending all of the trusted method classes: Zumba; step aerobics; and dance aerobics. I quickly realized that I wasn't as coordinated as I used to be and I also wasn't getting the results that I wanted to see. The last straw came when I attended my step class and had to do 1 hour of step aerobics to Christmas tunes. Needless to say low impact and extremely boring. I was trying all of the diet supplements available both herbal remedies and enhancers but still no results...actually there was one- I was gaining weight! I was desperate to win my weight-loss war!
Well, the holidays kicked in and my gym time dwindled. I really didn't overeat or go crazy BUT I did end up skipping my workouts. They didn't seem like as much fun as I had thought they would be. If it's more like a chore to do it...then it isn't the right workout for me. I had to find something that could get me motivated. Something that would get me to enjoy the hour of my workout instead of dreading it. As if it were meant to be, I sat up late on a Saturday night and caught a commercial for Flirty Girl Fitness "Booty Beat" . This time, its didn't look like a racy workout...it looked like exactly what I needed. A chance to lose some weight and a chance to get back that "sexy" feeling.

I quickly found some Flirty Girl Videos online and tried them. I was HOOKED! Yes, I will also admit that the first time I "dropped it like it's hot"....I dropped and was stuck --but hey, we all have to start somewhere! I felt like I was dancing at the club and could feel the workout in my legs and in my core. The moves were easy to alter for lighter impact and all of the routines were set to fun and funky songs by today's top artists.
I quickly started to see results! I began seeing my jeans fit better and my booty was certainly toning up. Anxious for more, I went to the website for Flirty Girl Fitness. I found out that they have many varieties of their workout! There is the "booty beat", The "Chair Dance" , "Video Vixens", "Hottie Body Boxing" , and even Pole Dancing aerobics kits. I think that the best part of what they offer is the "Teaser" collection. It allows you to sample the workouts by by Coupon Companion"> purchasing 2 shorter videos for only $9.99. I have not been brave enough to get the pole kit but certainly see the pink boa in my future! They even offer videos online and they operate Flirty Girl Fitness Gyms.

To my surprise, I also found that I can attend a "Flirtification" to become licensed to teach the classes! I am so in! Will my first class laugh at me when I thrust my booty and pelvis around?...maybe. Do I care? I usually laugh at those who claim to be "empowered" by a workout or by something that they have done but in this case it truly fits the way I feel. While Flirty Girl Fitness was a little awkward at first, I settled right in, saw results, and got a bit of my sexy back.

I recommend this workout to anyone looking for a FUN way to lose weight! I also hope to be teaching it soon at a gym near you!

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 I must first say that I am typically against putting anything UN-natural into my system. While others may swear by their favorite "fat Burner" or "diet miracle pill", I try to steer towards getting natural energy boosts from the foods that I eat. That being said, after a referral from a gym friend, I decided it RoxyLean was worth checking out. Maybe it was the statement on the bottle that said "professional grade" or maybe it was the very nice salesperson at GNC, but something compelled me to try it. Here are my thoughts....

1. The GOOD -

The price. Comparatively it is a much better deal than other products on the market that are double the price. You only take 1 pill a day where others call for up to 6.

No cravings! When I have tried other "burners" before, they seem to make me want to eat all day long. I didn't notice this with RoxyLean.

The effect. This pill REALLY did give me an energy boost. It was maybe 5 minutes into my first workout and I felt the rush of energy. I ended up staying on the elliptical for an extra 20 minutes! I didn't want my workout to be over and truly felt great!

2. The BAD -

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Caffeine- It does contain the amount of caffeine as there is in 3 cups of coffee...but doesn't every diet pill or burner that works? Caffeine doesn't bother me so it wasn't a problem!

So, Would I recommend Roxy Lean to others, YES. It is the best "burner" that I have ever taken. It promised an energy boost and endurance during my workout and I certainly got it! I would certainly advise that you know going into it that you may have some side effects but that is true of every diet pill.

Does it work? I can't answer that one. I couldn't get past the cramping. I do think that if I had continued to take it I would have seen enhanced results! The workouts that I had after taking them were intense and longer than my normal ones. I felt the boost right away and it isn't normal for me to "Feel" the effect of these types of products so I vote yes, it works.

My best tips and advice if you want to try RoxyLean:

Check out your local GNC or health and wellness store. They often will have free trial packages of best sellers for you to tryout.

Purchase from a company who offers a product guarantee...just in case.

Take on an empty stomach and have a piece of toast about 2 minutes after taking the medicine.

DON'T TAKE IT JUST TO HANG OUT AT HOME! The energy boost is truly there and it is a bit overwhelming. It is best to take it about 10 minutes before your workout. That way, if there are reactions you will be mid workout and not notice it as much and you will feel it kick in when you really need it to!

Click HERE to order your RoxyLean from Amazon! A 2 month supply is only about $20!! Heather Mayhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-411392855604256577.post-66603280528745724662013-04-07T07:04:00.000-07:002013-04-07T07:04:23.367-07:00HELLO FRESH! HELLO EASY!!

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I have been a vegetarian for about 3-4 years and have tried a lot of vegetarian/vegan products. They range from faux chicken to burgers, hot dogs to bologna, and even chicken wings (ask me how long I stood there to determine if they were boneless!) and I would say less than 25% of those would be items I would suggest to friends.

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Most events occurring at a higher rate after LAIV were found in comparison with unvaccinated controls, while most events occurring at a lower rate after LAIV were found in comparison with TIV-vaccinated controls. These differences are most likely the result of underlying differences in the nonrandomized comparison groups this website that
remained despite subject matching. Despite efforts to exclude individuals with high-risk underlying medical conditions from the analysis populations, it is likely that TIV-vaccinated controls had a poorer health status relative to LAIV-vaccinated subjects because LAIV, unlike TIV, is not recommended for adults with asthma, immunosupression, and other underlying medical conditions [14]. This selection bias could explain the decreased rates of respiratory events, SAEs, hospitalizations, pregnancy-related events, diabetes, AIDS, and SLE among LAIV recipients. In addition, an underlying bias may exist between the LAIV recipients and unvaccinated controls since individuals who do not seek vaccination may be less likely to seek other routine medical care. Furthermore, Kaiser health system members are prompted to receive recommended preventative health services or schedule consultations with specialists at the time of vaccination. Therefore, fewer MAEs related to routine preventive care (well visits, vision disorder, obesity and benign lesions) would be expected to be reported for unvaccinated Y-27632 cost controls in comparison
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Thursday, 23 April 2009
Last post
I'm giving up this blog, but if anyone wants to get in touch for any reason, you can always contact me via my craft website (link over to the right).
If you're boating, keep an eye out for Blackbird. There are a couple of 'Blackbirds' out there so yell 'Carrie!' to make sure ;-)
If you're dreaming of boating, do it! It's lovely.
I sometimes add stuff to the L.I.L.O website (low impact life on board: link on the right) and if you're interested in 'greener' boating, check it out. It's been compiled by people finding practical solutions that don't wreck the waterways and is a good way of meeting other like-minded boaters too.
Love, rage, peace & solidarity
- Carrie x
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First time I log on to your blog and it's your last post!
Anyway, I came to look for your in the virtual world because, sorting out the huge pile of tat that is my garage, at the weekend, I found the treadle fretsaw that I promised you, about a year ago and forgot all about (oops!).
If you still want it then email me at carlt88(at)aol.com and I'll come and find you in the real world. Sometime next week?
- 23 April 2009 at 17:03
- grey wolf said...
sorry you are giving up on this section i wish you luck with your new mooring and living the greener life.
- 24 April 2009 at 09:42
- Tony said...
Can I be the third of your two readers to say how sorry I am that your blog is coming to an end, and to wish you luck with your new mooring.
I've been threatening to buy a boat for ages - who knows, eventually it might even happen. If it does, perhaps our paths might cross in the real world one day
- 25 April 2009 at 17:24
- nb.bobcat said...
I will be the fourth of your two readers to say we will miss your views on life.
If I see Blackbird when I am out and about I will indeed say hello and try your 'tea'.
- 25 April 2009 at 19:05
- Carol said...
I am the fith, see you had more than you thought. Good luck with the mooring and your greener way of life. Maybe our paths will cross. Who knows?
- 27 April 2009 at 10:47
- Carrie said...
Thanks all, for your kind words!
As I've killed off my blog in the past (my first year afloat) and later exhumed it, I realise my own cyclic destructive tendencies ;-)
Instead, I'll mothball it in case I ever feel like blogging again.
Best wishes boaty friends x
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Good afternoon everyone! Today was a rest day as far as my workouts are concerned, though I did get some exercise when I did some cleaning this morning.
I'm also excited to say that there's going to be some changes coming to this blog. I'm trying to expand the scope of it to include not only posts about my workouts, but also posts about nutrition in general. One post I'm planning on writing soon is a post about the types of diets everyone follows (or has followed) to lose weight - most of the Beachbody workouts include some kind of eating plan with them, and every one is a little different. I think it's important to see how different eating plans can be beneficial for different people. If you're interested in finding out more about the new types of posts I'll be publishing, please sign up for my email list!


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I'm Bipolar. I'm fabulous! I'm a mom of three autistic kids. Oh and I'm dirt poor. Haters gonna Hate...Lovers gonna Love.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Love is a funny thing.
People make fun of the twilight movies because they believe it's fake. I'm not talking about the vampires and werewolves. I'm talking about their dangerous love- that's ALL consuming. A lot of teenagers- hope that they will experience love like that. I like those movies because it reminds me of being in dangerous love.
It's a drug, it's powerful and you can't get enough.
For a bipolar like me- the highs and lows of this kinda love- is intoxicating.
I've been in love three times in my life.
The first was in High school. We went to different schools, but had met in elementary when I was about nine years old. It was my first love, it was powerful, all consuming, dangerous. When I was fourteen, was the first time I thought about suicide, because I couldn't bare the thought of living without him.
Most people don't know that I was engaged to a woman a long time ago. I was severely manic at the time and treated her terribly. She was a great loving person and didn't deserve the way I treated her.
We were on again- off again, all the time- because of me. And I really regret being so horrible to her. I loved her very much. She treated me like a princess- I wish I had treated her the same. When I was manic- full blown, it was like a demon had taken over me. I have a hard time realizing that same person back then WAS in fact me. If I could say anything to her now- I would apologize.
And the third of course, is my husband, Dave.
Again my bipolar made my relationship with Dave very difficult.
The ups and constant downs. I had broken up with him a few months before my first complete breakdown, when I was admitted to the hospital. I was with my girlfriend at the time- but that didn't matter to him- he still showed up every single day to see me and keep me company during my three weeks there. He walked forty blocks back and forth every single day, because he had no money.
When Dave and I first met, I'd already been out of the closet for a while as a bisexual. We met at a movie premier- for "Something about Mary". I was at the front of the line with my boy Marco and his friend. Dave saw us, and the friend he was hanging with knew Marco- so they decided to see if they could join us at the front of the line. He says the first thing he noticed about me was my ass. Typical.
Basically butt, boobs then face. He thought I'd be a bitch- but that didn't matter to him. I was probably pissed at the time because Marco was ragging on me like usual.
And I am a bitch- so he wasn't wrong. I smiled at him and then I put him at ease.
When he introduced himself- he was all sex. At first I thought he was gay- because he was dressed very interestingly, had ear piercings, tight club shirt, and...overalls??? Yeah- like I said, interesting. But when we shook hands me gave me the up-down look. Then I thought he was Bi. ha ha. We talked and talked- then he found out how old I was- he was 25 years old and I was only 17. I didn't have a problem with it- but he was scared- he thought I wasn't legal (BTW 17 IS legal- we found out later on).
Dave was me- but as a man. He was different than any other person I'd ever met before. He was extremely confident- to the point of being delusional. It was intriguing- especially since I had such low self confidence. And that's how he got me originally.
I have put him through the ringer since then, for sure. Good thing most of those years- I can't remember. He can though.
In the beginning when I was with him, he wished I was straight. When I was with my girlfriend, she wished I was a Lesbian.
All that doesn't matter to me anymore. Friends ask me if I miss women now.
And the answer is no. I don't think about them the way I used to. In the end- I just wanted to find the person that was right for me- didn't matter was sex they were.
Like I said- love is a very very funny thing.
It's definitely not what I imagined. Love in the long run- is much much different then those first few years together. Truthfully, I don't know "The secret" to making relationships work. I'm baffled it did. I'm lucky that no matter what, Dave would do anything for me- go to the ends of the earth if he had to. And that's what is important. I would absolutely do the same for him, any day. And here we are many many years later- with two beautiful babies to show for it.
More to come as always.
Kisses Bitches!
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Caryl Churchill's Latest
Garret Eisler and George Hunka are talking about the fallout on their blogs, and here is a link to a post in the Guardian.
But first, you can read the full text of the ten minute play here. However, in order to understand some of the arguments in the comments and the posts above, make sure you read the section about the performance rights.
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- Ian Thal said...
I'm going to have to look at the text of the play when it is not a few minutes after midnight, but that said, antisemitism does seem to have been on the rise in Britain in recent years both when one examines the increase of hate-crimes, and even when one looks at the supposed intelligensia of British society: academics and journalists, one sees an increased acceptance of antisemitism.
I certainly agree with Higgins' "view that it is possible to be critical of Israel without being antisemitic." However, there, sometimes a bluring of the line, where anti-Semitic tropes are reframed as "criticism of Israel." Higgins' own newspaper has been repeatedly charged with having crossed the line in recent years, both by former writers, and by the U.S. State Department. The problem is that British culture is so profoundly anti-Semitic, many liberal Britons may not be able to recognize antisemitism unless it comes dressed in jackboots and armbands.
I will read the play over breakfast.
- Ian Thal said...
I've given Seven Jewish Children a read. The text on its own is too ambiguous to be deemed anti-Semitic-- it's certainly not Amri Baraka's Somebody Blew Up America. However, I find it hard to see how in the British context it would do anything more than reaffirm the anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli prejudices common in British society.
Churchill's knowledge of the Arab-Israeli conflict seems to be little more than what she's gleaned from the The Guardian and BBC-- both of whom have been criticized heavily for their one-sided presentation of the conflict and even for reporting false stories. She doesn't seem to grasp that the Jewish children being addressed in the latter sections are likely to have been personally touched by the conflict: i.e. they would know somebody who was killed or injured either in war or by terrorism. Churchill has the good fortune to live in Britain and she can live with the illusion that the UK's illegal invasion of Iraq doesn't effect her. Israelis don't have that luxury.
Churchill also ignores the fact that much of the Israeli population are Mizrahi Jews who were either already living on the land in 1948 or who were fleeing persecution in the Arab and Muslim nations where they had lived. Of course, who can blame her since that's not mentioned on either the BBC or Guardian websites?
I am convinced that it's poorly researched, and an unsubtle piece of writing. I'm not quite convinced that the work is anti-Semitic, but I see how its flaws lend it more easily to an anti-Semitic agenda than the agenda of peaceful co-existence.
- George Hunka said...
I still don't understand the problem with the performance rights issue. If a company doesn't want to do the play under those strictures, then they don't have to do it at all. There's no law requiring theatres to produce the show, and the donation to the charity is voluntary on the part of audience members.
Are we, as a culture, turned into such an authoritarian collective that we feel that we deserve the right to tell playwrights under what conditions and with what caveats their plays can be produced?
- Art said...
Hi George,
There is absolutely no problem with any playwright making such stipulations, but I merely mentioned it because people may read the text and then not understand the context some of the comments people are making.
However, I am a little confused as to what your a suggesting here.
Surely you can't be suggesting that, (while the performance rights are prominently attached to the text and Churchill has openly stated that the play is political,) that we should ignore these things? I don't think Churchill wants us to ignore them. In fact, I have such faith in Churchill's skill and vision that I can't believe she didn't anticipate just the kind of controversey that Garret Eisler is talking about on his blog. Right?
- Ian Thal said...
You're correct to note that the stipulations the Churchill placed on the play (which I did ignore in my previous comments) provide a window to understanding Churchill's intentions, just as noting the context of contemporary British attitudes towards Jews and Israel should be incorporated into any interpretation.
The text isn't in and of itself anti-Semitic. However, Churchill's agenda which at the very least presents Palestinians as mostly passive victims and Israelis as mostly aggressors operating out PTSD and denial, and her willful ignorance of the issues she's discussing addressing certainly cause me to question whether or not she holds anti-Semitic sentiments.
- George Hunka said...
I didn't suggest at all that we ignore them, Art; as you mentioned, they are part and parcel of the play as a theatrical and cultural event. The broader issue is whether or not Churchill has the right to stipulate such things as the author of the play, and I believe that she does. Some of the comments here seem to be questioning that right.
There's controversy and there's controversy, and I have no doubt that Churchill sought to throw a bit of a Molotov cocktail through the window of Western quietude over the suffering in Gaza. But the real controversy is that suffering, and not what requirements a playwright sets upon licensing of her work.
- Ian Thal said...
"no doubt that Churchill sought to throw a bit of a Molotov cocktail through the window of Western quietude over the suffering in Gaza."
I'm not sure what this quietude is that you refer to, George. There were protests against Israeli action in every major city in the "Western" (i.e. Europe, the Americas, and Australia) world. It was Western quietude regarding rocket attacks and suicide bombings on Israel and condemnation of less invaisive tactics like the security wall, economic embargo, and blockade to prevent weapons smuggling that created this situation.
The question is not whether Churchill has the right to say what she wants, or to throw a metaphorical Molotov cocktail (so long as it's metaphorical), or place performance stipulations on her work. In both the U.S. and U.K. she has those rights, just as we have the right to ask questions like "how ought we interpret Seven Jewish Children as both a work of theatre and a political intervention?"
- Thomas Garvey said...
I think the play's brilliant, obviously, as I posted it on my blog, but I also think it's flawed. I wish Churchill had developed further the sections which seem to correspond to the taking of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War. I see the piece as essentially a chronicle of a moral position, from victimhood to righteousness and then perhaps into self-righteousness. I think in performance it could be extremely compelling. I do think Churchill's own politics have perhaps led her to underplay the great moments of Israeli triumph - and I think this blunts or undermines the full arc of her idea, even if I agree with her politics, roughly. Whether the pressure to turn the piece into a political "intervention" further undermines its artistic credibility is probably a topic for debate. Still, it's quite a play.
- Ian Thal said...
I think that because you have a more nuanced view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (as evidenced by your excellent series on My Name is Rachel Corrie) you are going to have a more nuanced interpretation of Seven Jewish Children. You might even have a more nuanced view than Churchill, herself.
As I mentioned earlier, I don't find the text itself to be anti-Semitic, I'm more inclined to question how we interpret that text as a political intervention in Britain, which, as a society, is far more tolerant of antisemitism than our own. i.e. An American or Israeli audience (or cast) is going to come to that text with a different body of common knowledge than a British audience (or cast.)
- Thomas Garvey said...
I understand your concerns, Ian - incidents against British Jews spiked after the Gaza actions. Still, was that result of a rising generalized "anti-Semitism" or a more local reaction - however unjust - to those military decisions? And I find it hard to see Churchill's play as any incentive to violence against Jews. Short as it is, it's just too complicated politically and emotionally - although I agree there is a pointed critique in it of a specific Israeli attitude, it doesn't portray Jews or Israelis as oh, evil or greedy or cruel or anti-Christian or even generally anti-Arab, as anti-Semitic tracts have always been wont to do. I just wonder - can you imagine a play that is anti-Israeli-policy but not anti-Semitic? Because I can, just as I can imagine a play that criticizes gay behavior as not inherently homophobic, or a play that satirizes U.S. actions as not, basically, anti-American. I realize due to the horrifying history of anti-Semitism, I can't compare these cases directly - but then again, gays were once burned at the stake (that's why we're called "faggots"!), so maybe in some ways I can.
- Ian Thal said...
Just to start off, I appear to be changing my views ever so slightly on this matter, it's because that's the nature of dialogue, and again, I appreciate not just the strength of your arguments but the fact that you're engaged in a genuine discussion (which is why I miss the comments section on your blog.)
Like you I can imagine a play that is critical of Israeli policy and not be anti-Semitic. As I stated earlier, I don't see anything particular about Churchill's text that flags it as anti-Semitic. I don't know what dwells within her soul but I don't see anti-Semitism in the text.
I do, however, see how a troupe could, if they were so inclined, easily create an anti-Semitic reading. I also see how an audience member with even a modicum of anti-Semitic sentiment could find it validated by the play. Whether this is a fault that can be placed on the author is a philosophical debate for another time.
Given the degree of antisemitism in the UK, however, I have to be concerned how British audiences are going to respond, and if British audiences are capable of recognizing the more subtle forms of antisemitism in their own society (the sort that subtly doesn't wear an armband or attend meetings of the BNP.)
While criminal acts targeting Jews and Jewish institutions have spiked in Britain following Operation Cast Lead, it is following several years of increased anti-Semitic hate crimes in Britain. But face it: Only an anti-Semite harasses, threatens, or attacks a Diaspora Jew because they dislike the policies of the Israeli government-- whatever Israel may have done, whether it is justifiable or not, in such incidents, Gaza is only this year's pretext for sentiment to become a criminal act.
And that's the complexity of Diaspora antisemitism-- anything that can be attributed to the Israeli government, even if it is justifiable, even if it's not true, can be a pretext for targeting the non-Israeli Jew.
That said, a.) there are criticisms of Israeli policy that are not anti-Semitic; b.) but there are criticisms that are anti-Semitic; and, c.) there are criticisms that not-antisemitic in and of themselves, but are motivated by an anti-Semitic animus. Sadly, I think that much of the British press and academia claim to be engaged in a.), when they are actually doing b.) or c.) and some of them sincerely believe they are engaged in a.) when they aren't.
Anyway, I appreciate your caution with your own analogy re: homophobia and antisemitism, but you were still right to make the analogy-- it's not the same, but the similarities are instructive. I certainly have noticed a lot of the homophobic rhetoric coming from the religious-right certainly do look like classic anti-Semitic tropes with the word "Jew" crossed out and replaced with "gay" or "lesbian" (though I think we discussed that on your blog at least once before!)
I'm in a quandary on this anti-Israel vs. anti-Semitism question, because I've always been very interested in Judaism (and in many ways prefer it to my own lapsed Catholicism) and yet have often been very disappointed in Israel, so I rarely jump to conclusions about anti-Semitism when confronted with anti-Israeli statements (just as I would hardly take an attack on the current pope as "anti-Catholic"). Still, anti-Semitism is certainly a great (and recent) evil, and shouldn't we always be on the guard against it? The answer is yes, a thousand times yes.
And I'm sure you're right about rising hate crimes against Jews in Britain - but still, I'm going to hang onto an admittedly problematic argument as to its nature. I think to you, these crimes reveal a hidden, general anti-Semitism which uses Israel's actions as its pretext. I confess my gut feeling is that these crimes may be more completely explained by anger at Israel's actions than by any hidden hatred of Jews per se. I can't prove this, of course, but it seems at least as probable as your own explanation. And my own experience has always been that there is actually quite a bit more anti-Semitism on the Continent, even among supposedly sophisticated people, than there seems to be among the British.
Your concern that Churchill's play could lead to hate crimes against Jews could still hold true, however, regardless of the "deeper cause" of said crimes. I don't want to treat that risk lightly. But at the same time, I can't agree that Churchill's play actually foments such actions. Even at its most politically pointed, in its final "stanza," we hear a cacophony of Jewish voices arguing about their own actions and reactions; after the long, angry diatribe that runs:
Tell her they did it to themselves. Tell her they want their children killed to make people sorry for them, tell her I'm not sorry for them, tell her not to be sorry for them, tell her we're the ones to be sorry for, tell her they can't talk suffering to us.
There still comes the response, from another Israeli:
Don't tell her that.
Tell her we love her.
Don't frighten her.
Those are the last words of the piece: a rejection of hatred of the Arabs, and a plea for love and freedom from fear. In short, this is a complex statement about a complex conflict; or at least it's one of the most complex statements I've seen about the Israeli-Arab conflict on stage. It is, yes, designed as a criticism of Israel. But this does not necessarily make it invalid. And I think given a thoughtful reading, it could seem even more complex on stage than it does on the page. You fear a troupe "could easily create an anti-Semitic reading." But I doubt the Royal Court has, and certainly there are many, many more tracts more amenable to that purpose. I think instead it's far more likely to create a complicated human portrait while, yes, making a clear political point (that you may legitimately disagree with).
As usual, I appreciate our ongoing debate. Someday I may re-open the comments section on my own blog; till then, we will have to continue to rely on Art as our indulgent host!


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Healthy churches can alleviate corruption in our societies, prompt us to live more like Jesus each day, and provide us with a community. God meant for us to be people that live and work together. From the very beginning we are told that we're not meant to be alone (Genesis 2:18)—we're meant to co-labor with others in God's work in the world.
But for all this goodness to occur, we must each care for the church. I'm not talking about buildings—I'm talking about each of us. We, as Christ followers, are the church. There are few things that are a greater blessing than being involved in the lives of others: knowing how others feel, what we can do for them, and watching that pay dividends in their life.
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Micro Machines
PC, PS4, Xbox One
As its name suggests, this has always been a series that had at least half an eye on selling toys. But when brothers Richard and David Darling signed a deal with Galoob in 1990 that would turn its NES prototype California Buggy Boys into Micro Machines, licensing agreements came on fewer pages, with fewer stipulations and provisos. So it is that Micro Machines World Series, the first new title carrying that licensed name for over a decade, bombards its racers with Nerfbranded weaponry fired from the barrels of GI Joebranded tanks on Hungry Hippos tracks. It's hardly game-breaking, but it does lend an oddly stern-faced corporate quality to a game ostensibly about racing toy cars around improvised household tracks.
Singleplayer options have been pruned back so far that even a solo championship is absent. Occupying that space instead are casual and ranked online matches, timed special events and unlockable customisation options. The latter are bestowed upon levelling up and trigger a loot-box opening sequence that would put a Blizzard lawyer into cardiac arrest. The message, then, is loud and clear: the titular World Series is to be populated and contested by what Codemasters hopes will be an enduring online community.
There is, at least, some incentive for said community to stick around beyond the loot boxes. Vehicle handling feels gratifyingly connected to 1991 without edging into unwieldiness. Race, Elimination, and Battle modes feel suitably distinct from one another, although track knowledge is the kingmaker in two of the three. Only in Battles, where vehicles are let loose in arena layouts rather than circuits, does chaos truly prevail, and it's here that the design and implementation of that inescapable Nerf-branded weaponry are most lacking. Whether you're armed with a flamethrower, a shotgun, missile launcher or mine, it's hard to shake the feeling that in the absence of real granular control you're best off spamming the fire button – like everyone else is doing.
The cream is, by and large, more likely to rise to the top during Race or Elimination events. Moveable objects line the bric-a-brac tracks, and it's hard not to smile when a stray sycamore seed, paper clip or Cheerio finds itself deciding a race by slowing a marauding tank that's inches from the line. In that sense, old meets new harmoniously here. But the prevailing feeling is that the past and present are frequently looking at each other a bit bemused. The core racing is pleasingly intact for 16bit nostalgists, but that doesn't make Micro Machines a no-brainer for the new-school, season-based multiplayer model.
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Lonzo Ball's Updated Rookie of the Year BlueprintNovember 20, 2017
Lonzo Ball's Updated Rookie of the Year Blueprint
Despite the occasional outburst, it's largely been a hot-take-inducing, ship-abandoning start to Lonzo Ball's highly publicized NBA career.
Just last month, the prominent prospect kicked off the 2017-18 campaign with the highest Rookie of the Year odds. But inconsistent scoring and consistently erratic shooting has pushed Ball off that pedestal and, in the eyes of many observers, far back in the award's race.
Bleacher Report's Adam Fromal put three freshmen on his recent Rookie of the Year watch list; Ball didn't make the cut. No one from ESPN's Forecast crew tabbed Ball for the award.
None of that actually prevents Ball from taking home the hardware, but his path to the podium seems to grow more precarious by the day. In light of this increasing difficulty, we have refreshed our ROY blueprint for the new pride of the Purple and Gold.
Quiet External Expectations
If handled correctly, Ball's hype train would still be at the station, fueling up on the potential of a 20-year-old point guard with great size and better vision. Instead, it's on the verge of overheating after those around him have seemingly held a contest over who can make the most outlandish Lonzo comment.
His carnival-barking old man, LaVar Ball, probably takes the cake by putting Lonzo ahead of Stephen Curry, Kobe Bryant and everyone on the planet. But in terms of increasing pressure, Lakers president Magic Johnson is right there for anointing the rookie as the franchise's new face before he'd even suited up at summer league.
Ball turned 20 in October. Those expectations were as unfair as they were absurd.
But they've also proved damaging to Ball's reputation. When people promised he would change L.A.—if not the entire hoops world—overnight and then he didn't, critics wanted someone to point a finger at. And rather than pin the blame on those responsible for the noise, Ball's detractors are instead pondering if he's a bust.
He's played 17 games in his career. He's also been the youngest player ever to record a triple-double and the sixth with multiple triple-doubles in his first 20 contests. If the campaign closed today, he'd join Johnson and Oscar Robertson as the only freshmen to average at least eight points, seven assists and seven rebounds. (Ben Simmons is also clearing those marks.)
Shooting woes aside (we'll dissect those in a minute), Ball has been historically prolific. It's just that he was billed as being flawless, so any weaknesses are exponentially magnified. If the asinine chatter quiets around him, he'll have a better chance of being measured by his production and not against others' projections.
Keep Launching
It turns out the ugliest aspect of Ball's shot isn't his funky form. It's the sorry statistics attached to the stroke.
He's had the same number of games shooting above 30 percent (four) as ones in which he's fallen below 20. He's finished with more points than shots only twice. He's the NBA's second-worst restricted-area shooter (44.0 percent, minimum three attempts per game) and a bottom-five free-throw shooter (46.2 percent, fifth, minimum 20 attempts).
Only two players have ever logged 2,000 minutes and shot worse than Ball's 31.3 field-goal percentage. Only one has cleared that threshold with a lower true shooting percentage than his 36.8.
Those are terrifying trends, potentially capable of lowering his ceiling by several stories. They're also largely unexpected. Even with questions about his mechanics, he's the same player who shot 55.1 percent overall and 41.2 percent from three at UCLA. NBA defenders are obviously more challenging, but Ball says they aren't the reason he's struggling.
"It's in my head, to be honest," Ball told reporters earlier this month. "I know I can shoot the ball."
Good marksmen can shoot their way out of slumps. That's Ball's best option to right the ship.
He's a much better finisher than he's shown, and—provided he hasn't lost confidence—his talent should at least get him to a serviceable shooting level sooner than later. That might be all he needs, too, since scoring and shooting were never his likely paths to rookie honors anyway.
Crack Top Five in Assists
Ball has always held an across-the-board appeal—hence, the many Jason Kidd comparisons—but there's never been a question about his greatest gift.
Ball is a preternatural passer. He doesn't simply spot uncovered teammates; he can pass his guys open.
"His passes look different," Andrew Sharp wrote for Sports Illustrated. "They're more crisp. They're cleaner. And there's a strange kind of kinetic energy that emerges when he's on the floor. The game moves faster, even as it's clear it's moving slower for Lonzo."
Ball is already the Association's ninth-best table-setter with 7.1 helpers per game. The average age of the eight players in front of him is 28.6, and that's with the 21-year-old Simmons (8.0 assists, sixth) dragging it younger.
Quarterbacking is Ball's best hope for separating himself from a loaded group of first-year hoopers.
He's not going to outscore the freshman crop's elite (12th with 8.9 points per game), and even though he's a great rebounder for a guard (7.1 a night, fourth among backcourt players), he won't secure the hardware with a supplementary skill.
This is about making his top talent shine brighter than his competitors'. If Ball surpasses all rookie passers and cements himself as a top-five distributor overall (in fifth place is LeBron James with an 8.6 average), that won't be easy for voters to ignore.
Stay Top Three in Minutes
Ball might be treated like the Lakers' headliner, but he's not handled like a closer.
Despite being second on the team in total minutes, he's only fifth in floor time logged during the final 12-minute frame. And his 13 fourth-quarter appearances are only good for seventh.
As far as LaVar is concerned, this equates to L.A. conceding defeats.
"Let him play the whole fourth quarter and bet you'll always win," the elder Ball told Bleacher Report's Eric Pincus. "He'll get into a better flow."
Of course, within LaVar's plea, there's also an admission that Lonzo hasn't been his best during the final stanza. Ball has the Lakers' second-worst fourth-quarter plus/minus (minus-35), so chasing wins has sometimes meant sidelining the prized prospect.
But if this continues cutting into his workload, he'll lose the opportunity to outshine his peers. As it stands, he's still second among rookies in overall minutes (33.1) and just 10th in fourth-quarter run.
He can't afford to lose volume. His efficiency could rebound in a big way and still not be near the top of his class. Raw numbers are going to matter, and the only way to compile them at a potentially award-winning rate is to keep himself among the most utilized rookies.
Keep L.A. Near Playoff Hunt
Team success doesn't always enter the Rookie of the Year discussion. In fact, before Malcolm Brogdon's Milwaukee Bucks made the Big Dance last season, no club that employed the winner had qualified since the 2008-09 Chicago Bulls (Derrick Rose).
But every metric can be a difference-maker in a tight race. And, assuming Simmons doesn't run away with it, this year could be a photo finish.
That's not necessarily good news for Ball, though. Not when L.A. has tailed off after a 5-5 start (2-5 since), been stuck in the cellar on offense (28th in efficiency) and, as Bleacher Report's Grant Hughes noted, played worse than the deceptive data suggests on defense:
"L.A. finished 30th on D a year ago and so far resides among the top five in point prevention.
"How? Luck, mostly.
"The Lakers have done well in limiting opponents' corner-three attempts, but otherwise, the strong defensive performance has been the result of teams simply missing shots. Los Angeles has the lowest opponent three-point percentage in the league. Coupled with a scheme that permits huge numbers of attempts at the rim, the Lakers defense is going to regress—at least to the middle of the pack."
All of that said, the Lakers have some upward mobility on offense—and there's a very real chance Ball could lead them in that charge. Avoid steep regression at the other end, and maybe that's enough to keep L.A. within striking distance of a playoff berth.
It might be a long shot, sure, but it's possible no one runs away with the West's No. 8 seed. If the Lakers are respectable, that would give Ball a much-needed boost, as Simmons and the Boston Celtics' Jayson Tatum both look likely to earn high marks for team triumphs.
Unless otherwise indicated, all stats are from Basketball Reference or NBA.com.
Zach Buckley covers the NBA for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Twitter: @ZachBuckleyNBA.


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