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I am blessed that I have three best friends, lots of great friends and a whole host of really, really good friends. I have friends from waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in elementary school and people who's spirits I've fallen in love with instantly in more recent years.
But I only have one best girlfriend. She knows the majority of my secrets and she knows when I'm dealing with something even though she knows that I'm not ready to talk about what I'm dealing with. She waits patiently and she always knows exactly what to do and say. You guys know her and you also know that we love as hard as we fight. LOL! Thankfully we haven't had a major blowout in years and we both think we've reached the point of no return as far as our blowups are concerned. I doubt if we ever have another one cause we're older.wiser.gentler and more framily-er. Oh...and we have Cole. LOL!
Since she knows me so well she always gives me the absolute best-est gifts. I love a long robe and it's very seldom I find a robe long to the floor on me and when I do I buy it because, again, I love a long to the floor robe. All of the ones I currently own are for mild weather up North and that's about to change so she searched for a Summer weight one for me:
Isn't that MARVELOUS????????????????? GO ME! GO SHELLYBEAN!!!!!!!!! IT'S ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!!!!!
And the best thing about it?
Oh yeah...the monogram! Yall know I love a Mingogram. LOL!
Thank you again. I love you and I know you love me. You're my favorite. :)
Do you have a robe that hits the floor? How tall are you? Where did you get it? Aren't they FABULOUS?
Up until recently, I've only owned one pair of thong sandals and I keep them in my truck for when I go get pedicures because I hate wearing those paper ones the nail salon provides. I have never liked the feeling of things between my toes and it's extremely uncomfortable to me.
I was shopping recently and saw a pair of Birkenstock thong sandals. On a whim, I decided to try them on. They were sooooooooooooooo comfortable! I didn't even feel the thong part at all once I tightened the buckle. And...I loved the way they looked on my feet.
Birkenstock Women's Gizeh Cork Footbed Thong Sandal Mocha
GO ME! I pick things out and bring them home. (In voice of muscle man who picks things up and puts them down.)
Have you ever owned Birkenstocks? Do you have a problem with thong sandals?
Homework for Grown-ups: Everything You Learned at School and Promptly Forgot
Cool. Found the gifts I'm giving for Christmas this year. Go me!
I met the most fascinating man yesterday in the simplest way possible. See...I have a neighbor who is really into her landscaping and I was checking out her new perennials. I asked her where she purchased them and she told me that someone told her about this super cute little nursery that a man owns behind his house. I was looking for some different shade perennials so I figured I'd give it a try.
It was only about 12 miles away from my home and it was a stunningly beautiful and yet cool day so a drive was just the thing. I put the country ribs I had marinating the fridge in the oven on 225 degrees and set the oven timer for 3 hours leaving The Robinator with instructions to simply take them out when the timer went off.
I listened to music as Kadijah (the GPS lady) directed me to the address and oohed and aaahed over the simple, country style homes with porches and big, fenced in yards that I see in my future.
I found the house and followed the gravel around to the back as the signage directed me to do and I was presented with this:
I parked my truck and hopped out just taking it all in. The rustic, shabby chic nature of it just kind of tucked back in behind it all was pleasing to the eye and I walked into the gift shop.
It was the kind of gift shop where you'd stumble upon casual little trinkets your mother or your best girlfriend would adore. Jewelry and wind chimes by artists. Stepping stones with happy frogs. Art of a different kind than we think of when we first think of art. And I walked around slowly, taking in every thing listening to the reggae music playing, not in the background, but as if it was a piece of the art on display as well. Not touching anything...just kind of absorbing it because my mind had already begun to race connecting what I was experiencing with a character we've already put on paper and grown to LIKE but have yet to fall completely in love with.
My cowboy boots made a clicking noise on the stone, artistically designed flooring and the man behind the counter looked down at them and said simply, "I like your boots. And that vest."
I said thank you and walked out into the light and began roaming his carefully executed planet.
I thought to myself, this place has obviously been planned perfectly by an architect. I envisioned a major crew following those plans and getting it all up and running to the exact specifications. I visited the herbs and the shade perennials, picking up things along the way. Checked out some full sun annuals in bright, bold colors and some ground cover. I picked out things which were unique to me and my tray was filled quickly.
I saw the signs leading to the sculpture garden and decided to go put the things I was planning on purchasing down so that I could take it all in unencumbered.
And the guy from the gift shop was standing outside talking to my friend. We started talking about the lay of the land and how beautiful everything was. He thanked me and was like, "Yeah...I've been working on it for 25 years."
I stopped. Wait...what? YOU did this? All on your own?
The answer?
"Yes. I've planted all but two trees and did everything else myself."
You have to see this place in order to understand how amazing that information was. Every line, every curve, every slope was intentional and beautiful.
"Oh, and by the way, I did the sculptures too."
And I couldn't stop the questions from pouring out.
"Did you study art?"
"Degree in art history?"
"No schooling at all regarding?"
"Nope. It's just always been in my head just like I did it."
"Where do you do the sculptures?"
"Around back, behind the gift shop."
"Can I see?"
"Sure. C'mon."
And my friend and I followed him, around back, behind the gift shop.
He told us about his wife and kids and you got to know a lot about who he is and his value system by simply noting how comfortable he is in his skin and in the way his eyes lit up talking about his family and how blessed he feels that he's been able to pull things in his head OUT of his head and make them tangible.
Yall...I was in awe. I couldn't stop the thought that I was lead there for a reason. For some much needed inspiration. As we were walking back around to the front, I noticed this near his sculpting work space:
I went in, paid for my purchases and walked out of the gift shop to this:
We all walked to my truck and loaded up. My mind was racing with the possibilities and the knowledge this place even exists. Out of his brain and into the world. I felt like the Universe had given me a gift.
I haven't stopped thinking of the potential. I doubt if I'll be able to. Here was a pure example of what you could accomplish with a dream, a vision, planning, loving support and hard work. I told The Robinator that as soon as he has time, I want to take him out there so he could see it and take it all in too because the feeling was just transformational.
I hope you feel the same potential I felt roaming his planet. Sometimes...you simply need to SEE someone else's manifestations to get back on track creating your own.
David Therriault, Nursery and Stone Design
Team Sizzle Films Presents: Training Camp - A Short Film Showcase
You can now download it to your computer, iPad or phone for $9.99 now or rent it to stream instantly for 7 days for $1.99.
Thank you guys so much for supporting us! it means the world to us!
If yall order today it will probably arrive in time to show your family for Thanksgiving! LOL!
Let 'em know we're doing big things and just trying to build an audience out there!
Those of you who've already purchased? Did you enjoy it? Were you impressed? Surprised? Horrified? Wanna pretend like you don't know or "know" me yet? LOL!
Last weekend my cellphone took a swim in a toilet so I had to go get a new one. My old phone was a Motorola Droid 2 Global and I'm not the type to get a new phone just cuz a new one came out. I get a new phone when my old phone no longer works.
I trotted off to Verizon early Sunday morning and sized up the new phones. The only one with a keyboard AND on the 4G network was the Motorola Droid 4.
Hey...I'm old. I need a keyboard to feel like I'm typing.
So I decided to get it.
Then I asked if they were going to give me a deal on buying batteries because I owned 4 batteries for my Droid 2 and I always run out of battery power before the end of the workday.
And the bottom dropped out.
Um...Ms. Mingo...the battery is built in. It doesn't come out.
Crap. Imma be one of those people always hunting down an outlet. *sigh*
I'm extremely forgetful so that thought scared me so I decided to get me a juice pack and I'm super happy with it. GO ME! Mophie Powerstation
What kind of phone are you using? Does it run out of juice before bedtime? How do you keep it charged up? Do you have a car charger too? Do you have a charger in your office and at home? Do you keep a charger in your bag?
I've decided that I need these bags in my life. That is all. Reisenthel EasyBags
THIS IS SO HOT!!!!! Black Art in America
When I'm working out of my home, I have to carry a lot of stuff. Heavy stuff. Stuff which makes my back scream eventually.
When I'm traveling, I carry a lot of heavy stuff too and I never survived a trip without having to take something for my back cuz I'd have a backpack on filled with camera equipment, laptop, etc.
The Robinator got tired of it and made me get, what I call, a rolly bag.
Travelpro Crew 8 Rolling Tote,Black,One Size
It's the same brand as my luggage and the handle comes up to a comfortable height for me even though I'm tall. I slide the straps of my purse around the handle and sit it on top of the rolly bag and I get my airport hustle on.
I remember thinking it was mad overkill initially but after a few trips with it...I realized how much of a back saver it really is.
And The Robinator was smug as hell. LOL!
It's totally like my absolute FAVORITE thing!
What do you keep your laptop in when YOU travel?
I would TOTALLY rock this fit. Seriously.
What say you?
Kipling Handbag, Multiple Belt BagThe fanny pack redux! Kipling's "Multiple Belt Bag" is a stylish take on the fanny pack--it's a must for savvy travelers and easily converts into a shoulder bag.
If it's one thing I learned from being on set...I have to have a lot of ish with me. I'm moving all over the place and there may or may not be eyes on my bags at all times and I can't jump up and take my purse with me. LOL!
So...I bought me a fanny pack for my stuff I really shouldn't leave just hanging around while there are a hundred or so people around, most of which...I don't know. I figure it will fit my phone, charger, wallet, hotspot, keys, anti-bacterial, hand cream, pen, and receipts.
GO ME! (Please don't forget to remind me that I bought this when I start shooting again cuz yall know I be fo'gettin. Thank you in advance.)
Let the ridiculing begin knowing I don't EVEN.MUCH.CARE!
I absolutely ADORE my Pinterest pins! They are seriously ME, ME, ME!
For Christmas I give the neighbors homemade bark as you guys know. I love doing it because I don't get to see many of my neighbors when it's cold out. Most of them try and feed me or make me drink wine with them while there and we catch up for a few minutes while wishing each other happy holidays.
I have a lot of neighbors who don't celebrate Christmas but I give it to them too. And they are always very happy and appreciative.
My neighbors rock.
Yall might remember my neighbors who are Pakistani and my hostess gift dillema: "Muslim Hostess Gift?"
Well...they got bark too, of course, and grinned from ear-to-ear when they received it.
A few days ago it was cold as hell and snowing. I was in my office when the doorbell rang and looked out to see my neighbor standing out in the cold. I ran down. I couldn't invite her in because she's afraid of dogs and well...if you've ever ding-donged the doorbell at 13700...you know the Jaru/Lucy reaction.
So I went outside and we chatted for a few freezing seconds and then she handed me the gift bag she was holding.
Her: It's a traditional bed sheet.
Me (CLEARLY SURPRISED): Oh...thank you!
She left and I rolled back into the house.
When I took out the gift I was stunned at how extraordinarily beautiful it is. It's woven in a gorgeous teal green and brown and yes...it's the size of a bed. Think of the most luxurious REAL pashmina you've ever seen. Now think of it...the size of your bed.
So I asked Mr. Google about it and learned that it is an Ajrak bed sheet. Turns it is a lost art according to this article: "Arjak industry on the decline"
Okay...so...I absolutely love it. The quality and FEEL of it is just soooooooo amazing to me. It's so beautiful and yet...I don't know what to do with it. It seems such a shame to not have something so gorgeous on display but where? How? It doesn't go with the decor in our room or our guest bedroom so...I'm not going to use it as a coverlet...so what are my options?
Help ya girl out.
What would YOU do with it?
Oh...and I am sooooooooooo ordering them a King Cake for Mardi Gras. LOL!
These two products are THE TRUTH indeedly. And I am NOT joking!
Gold Bond Ultimate Softening Shea Butter Lotion
Gold Bond Ultimate Hand Sanitizer Sheer Moisture
What are you using these days to combat dry skin?
I dress The Robinator pretty okay. I know fabrics and enjoy seeing him in a well cut suit. I think I have a flair for awesome shirt and tie combinations and I do believe his business wardrobe reflects that.
But at our age...it was time to step us his game.
How do you step up such a game you ask?
Custom playa...CUSTOM.
Off to Mr. Bryn Keith we went for the best service and saavy this side of the Mason Dixie line.
We had an appointment and Bryn stepped out of his spot to greet us like old family. Bryn's height makes you think of an athlete and makes you wonder just what this man knows about the art of gentlemen wares but baaaaaaaby...you soon recognize dude knows his stuff.
He welcomed us into his office and simply sat and talked to us for a bit. Just got comfy ya know? He asked Robby (me) a lot of questions about his wardrobe and what he was looking for and Robby (I) answered. Sitting there talking to him was cool because dude is really quite knowledgeable about it all.
While talking to Bryn we realized he had some MAJOR fancy clients so we were waiting for him to realize we were frauds at any minute. LOL! The funniest part to me? The Robinator looking at swatches! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I NEVER, EVER, EVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THE DAY! LOL!
Dude has a clear thing for the color blue when left to his own devices so I had to intervene. When he argued about the differences in the color blue I pointed out the hypocrisy of said argument after the argument over the color I want to paint the main level of our home. ROFL!
After we picked out some colors, cuts, styles, pleats, cuffs, monograms, collars, etc...Robby got measured up good.
And then we rolled out feeling good, feeling great, how are you! I'm thinking custom is going to be The Robinator's one, two from here on out and Bryn Keith is definitely going to be our place to go. With Robby's measurements on file as well as a wish list...he can get new duds with a phone call.
Check out Bryn Keith on Facebook and on Twitter too! He has all sorts of classes for men regarding style and fashion and I know a WHOLE LOTTA men folk who need their biz wardrobe stepped up several notches! GO YOU!
Oh...and you KNOW he does clothing for women too! Um...yall know I'm a sucker for that hot, fiyah! :) If you go...tell him The Robinator sent you as Robby thinks he's an expert now. o_0
When was the last time YOU had something custom made? (Erica Bunker may not answer this question. LOL!)
When I like something...I like it. It's really quite that simple.
My FAVORITE book this year?
Yes. You read right. Out of all the stuff I've read so far this year...this book is, BY FAR, my absolute FAVORITE! I laughed so hard I choked on sparkling water and edamame! LOL!
Whoo lawd! This was FUN-TAY!
Oh...and it reminded me of the two books I previously thought were funnier than funny:
I Ain't Scared of You: Bernie Mac On How Life Is and Maybe You Never Cry Again. All three of these books made me laugh so hard tears were in my eyes and my stomach was all scrunched up. Whew! Imma go downstairs and get these out RAT.NOW!
What are YOUR favorite funny reads?
What's been YOUR favorite book this year so far?
The Wagon Wheel Ranch is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!
If you're looking for a place to go horseback riding with a group or for lessons...THIS.IS.THE.PLACE.!
Everything was FABULOUS from beginning to end! We had a lovely, leisurely ride followed by a real old-fashioned chuck wagon lunch. Sam, Wanda, Larry, et al were the most WONDERFUL hosts you could imagine!
We felt so welcome that we wanted to help clean up and put away the horses but, of course, they wouldn't let us. LOL!
The food was OUT.STANDING and yes...we bought a whole heap of fresh butchered beef back with us based on the taste of the beef in our meal.
I can't gush enough about this place and am sooooooooooo happy we found it! I can see us doing this every year at LEAST once and hope this Fall finds our schedule free to get out there again!
Go visit and tell Sam we sent you!
SIP: In reference to the above comment...there shall be NO squeezing of me. Ever. Ye who tries shall draw back a nub or limp away after being knee'd in the nether regions.
Yall should take donations and buy me one of these so when it's snows as it's snowing...we can dig out without breaking our backs. Please set up a PayPal account and donate money and then one of yall get the money, call the Bobcat people and have this delivered.
I hope yall love me enough. Sniff...sniff...
Thank you in advance.
This is sure to become one of my FAVORITE things once it is delivered! Whatchu think about this? Isn't it GENIUS???????????? THE ANTI-BOTTLE
According to some...I'm a Diva. I don't think so personally even as I know I'm VAIN.AS.HELL and love, love, LOVE me some spoiling me ROTTEN!
I KNOW I'm not the only person who suffers from Princess Syndrome so I'll give you a few hints on the eve of Christmas Eve as to what you can pick up those on your list you adore who are VAIN.AS.HELL too or who are trying to BE more VAIN.AS.HELL!
Hey...it's a revolution playas! THE MORE VAIN THE BETTER! Nothing wrong with "feeling good, feeling great how are you!!!!"
1. The White House Christmas Ornament - Even as I wasn't THOROUGHLY impressed with this year's design, the historical implications of this year is enough to make me smile whenever I look it at. I have purchased one every year The Robinator and I have been together and they make me smile indeedly. They come in lovely boxes that are very easy to store as they stack well and the insides of the boxes are fitted so the ornament doesn't shift.
2. Land's End Roll Collar Fleece - Hey...Vanity gotta keep warm too playas! LOL! I bought this in several colors. The fleece isn't too thick so you can wear it under your outterwear and the collar adds an interesting frame to your face. The colors are FA-BU-LOUS and you'd be hard pressed not to find a color that looks good on you. I'm thinking I need to roll through and pick up the mustard yellow one too! I love the kangaroo pocket in the front and find they are my go to item to wear around the house with my fleece pants! GO ME!
3. Sam Fine's "The Basics of Beauty" DVD - I don't EVEN much have to tell yall why. You already know. I saw a lady yesterday with makeup on like Precious' mama had on when she went up there to them welfare people and I shuddered. Let's not let ourselves make these types of mistakes...mmmmmkay? You ALREADY know I think yall too cute for all that.
4. Bliss Blood Orange + White Pepper Soapy Suds 2X THE SIZE! 1/2 THE PRICE!!!!! - Seriously...I bought a few bottles of this because at only $18 a bottle of my absolute FAVORITE scent EVER for bubbles I lost my ever.loving.mind. I already know how much it USED to cost and am some kinda glad they listenedd to the recession and did something to save the brand cuz baaaaaaaaaaaby...the kid was rationing the use of the original size like it was the Cold War round these here parts...yall REMEMBER how The Robinator almost got something severed when he used my stuff the LAST time right? RIGHT!
5. Sephora Brand Vanilla Cupcake Gift Set - At this price...you can gt this for mini-Divas in training, young adult Divas, old heads...hell...even your boss Diva. ROFL!
6. Sephora Brand Guava Passion Body Collection - This is my usual everyday go-to layered scent. I wear it because my husband likes it. That is all. Hey...we grown AND married. I ain't even much gotta paint a picture for yall.
7. Random small plate and matching coffee/tea mug. Sometimes a girl likes to get her meal on in extra fancy solo style. She could have decided to stay home but send the kids to school and husband to work. She could bring home the most perfect muffin she's ever seen and is waiting to savor it in the morning with her cup of coffee...regardless of the time...it always makes it EXTRA special if it's done using her ONLY Princess plate and mug. Seriously. I know yall know I have issues...but seriously...this one is cutesy and serves the purpose of bringing out that Princess in you when you absolutely need it.
8. An extra battery for her cell phone. What? I've found mine comes in HANDILY! LOL!
9. Robin Thick "Sex Therapy." (No words needed with his lil mannish azz...)
10. Laura Izibor "Let the Truth Be Told" (It's life baby...it's life...)
Had my vain behind received ANY of these gifts I would have been ECSTATIC! You know...if I hadn't already bought them myself. ROFL!
All right...I gotta get outta here. I've got OODLES AND OODLES AND OODLES TO DO!
Anything on this list you can see yourself getting the Divas in YOUR life INCLUDING you?
I usually take my Wüsthof knives to a hardware store to have them sharpened but ran out of time this week. When I was in Williams-Sonoma recently to pick up my Turkey Brine I saw this Wüsthof Edge of Counter Sharpener and bought it since it was only $9.95. I'm from the South where my father would take the knives out back with a sharpening stone and some oil that was in a thin red and white can to sharpen. Robby and I just ain't that person. LOL! Good thing we don't have to be! I used this tonight and IT WORKED SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you don't get yourself anything this year for Christmas...get this. You'll be grateful it's in your home! My knives are as sharp as I remember them being after the pros sharpen them! IT'S MY NEW.FAVORITE.THING (Next to my Wii and Wii Fit Plus of course! ROFL!) GO ME! AND GO YOU TOO!
I got this lovely set from Target for $9.99 and I find myself LOOKING for reasons to put them on! GO ME! I can't find this exact set online but they are similar to these: Merona 5-Row Stretch Bracelet
Have YOU ever bought costume jewelry from Target? Whatcha get? How much did it run ya? Not much huh? ROFL!
When I was in The Container Store on Saturday I saw these thingys that you slip over tubes to get all the product out. I AM IN LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I can get every dollop of hand cream and hair moisturizer out! GO ME!
How much does your purse weigh? I weighed mine today. 8.5 pounds. No WONDER my dang shoulder is kicking my butt!
Sophia Confronts Celie


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Before yesterday's game, Tanyon Sturtze had no idea how long he'd be able to go in his first start in almost a year.
He didn't know how many innings or how many pitches he'd last.
But by the middle of the fourth he knew he couldn't go any further.
"I was dead tired," Sturtze said after a 13-8 Yankee win in which he got a no-decision in his first start since Aug. 11, 2004.
"I tried to throw balls down the middle and couldn't throw it over the plate."
Sturtze, a middle reliever who used to be a full-time starter with the Devil Rays, got through three innings, but once the fourth inning started, his outing began to end.
Leading off the inning, Sturtze hit Miguel Tejada with a pitch. With one out, he walked Sammy Sosa, which is right about where, he said, he began to tire.
Jay Gibbons followed with an RBI single to right. With two out, Sturtze walked the bases loaded issuing a free pass to Baltimore's eighth hitter, and Sal Fasano followed with a second straight walk that ended Sturtze's afternoon.
"I tried to go as hard as I could for as long as I could," Sturtze said. "And that was the longest I could have gone."
Scott Proctor relieved him after 3 2/3 innings, and he walked in Brian Roberts, the first batter he faced. For the day, Sturtze allowed three hits, four runs and one home run. He threw 82 pitches.
"It's been a long time since I threw that many," he said.
Sturtze was an emergency starter because Carl Pavano couldn't make his scheduled start Sunday at Detroit.
Chien-Ming Wang pitched that day and Sturtze filled in yesterday, with Randy Johnson going today against the Orioles on three days' rest. Sturtze will likely not come out of the bullpen the rest of the week, and may also start Saturday again.
"Nothing's been said to me about starting yet," Sturtze said. "I'm just going to put my uniform on for [today's] game, and get in the hot tub."

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Kristen Stewart Peels Off Her Scarlet Letter for 'On the Road' Premiere
Last week, Kristen Stewart and her lickable armpits emerged from a cloud of viciously unfair slut-shaming to promote her new movie 'On the Road' at the Toronto International Film Festival, thus marking her first public appearance since she acted like the 22-year-old human being she is and did something stupid.
Stewart put on a brave face for the premiere, and rather than being pelted with the rotten tomatoes she probably expected, she was instead greeted by crowds holding signs that said things like "Talent, Beauty, Strength and Courage -- We stand by Kristen always" and "We are always with you Kristen Stewart."
Obviously touched by the show of support, Stewart told the AP, "You expect a lot of people at a 'Twilight' premiere, but showing up at an 'On the Road' Toronto film festival screening and seeing that amount of people is absolutely, disarmingly amazing. It felt pretty cool."
In November, she'll have to make what will almost surely be some rather awkward red-carpet appearances with her now ex-boyfriend Robert Pattinson when the final chapter of the 'Twilight' saga bows, but she seems ready, saying, "We're going to be fine. We're totally fine."


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It is always a good idea to test your regular expression on sample data before using it on valuable, actual data, or before adding the regex to the source code for the application you are developing. You can debug a regular expression much easier with RegexBuddy.
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If you select the "line by line" scope, RegexBuddy treats each line in the edit control as a separate subject string. This gives you the same results as when you read a file line by line in a loop in a programming language, and do the regex match separately on each line inside the loop. Regex matches can never span across lines. The regex engine never sees more than one line at a time. RegexBuddy also won't include the line break at the end of each line in the test subject. The "line by line" scope is a handy way of entering multiple test subjects if you know that your actual subject strings in your actual application never have line break characters in them.
The "page by page" scope doesn't have an everyday programming analog. RegexBuddy provides this option to make it straightforward to specify multiple test subjects that each can consist of multiple lines. Press Ctrl+Enter in the edit control to insert a page break. The page break appears as a horizontal line in RegexBuddy. If you save the file, RegexBuddy saves a form feed ASCII character (\f or \x0C) at each page break position. If you were to enter page breaks with the "whole file" scope selected, RegexBuddy's regex engine would also see the form feed characters when you test your regular expression. With the "page by page" scope selected, RegexBuddy treats the page breaks as hard delimiters that the regex engine can't see. The regex engine is fed each block of text, page by page.
Changing the test scope does not change how your regular expression works. It can change the resulting matches, however, because it does change the test subject your regex is applied to. If your test subject is three lines of text that don't include the character Q, for example, then the regex [^Q]+ finds one match that spans the entire scope. With the scope set to "whole file", there is only one test subject with three lines. RegexBuddy finds one match spanning all three lines. With "line by line" selected, there are three totally separate test subjects, each consisting of a single line. RegexBuddy then finds three matches, one for each test subject, each matching the whole line each test subject consists of. The above two screen shots show the effect.
Windows text files normally use CRLF or \r\n line breaks. Linux and OS X use UNIX-style LF only or \n line breaks. Classic Mac used CR only or \r for line breaks. All editor controls in RegexBuddy handle all these line break styles, as well as all other Unicode line breaks even though they are not commonly used in plain text files.
Most regular expression engines are not so smart, however. Many recognize only \n as a line break character. This mainly affects how the dot and anchors behave.
In many cases, you'll never notice this. For example, the regex engines in Perl, Python, and Ruby only recognize \n as a line break. Yet, when you read a Windows text file in its entirety into a variable in any of these languages, a regex like ^.*$ seems to work just fine. The reason is that these languages open files in "text mode" by default. In this mode, when your script runs on Windows, reading from a file automatically converts CRLF line breaks into LF only, and writing to a file automatically does the opposite conversion.
If you set the test scope to "line by line", then you don't need to worry about this. Then the regular expression never sees any line breaks and RegexBuddy won't show its line break handling option on the Test toolbar.
If you set the test scope to "whole file" or "page by page", then right after that, you can choose how RegexBuddy deals with line breaks. The default is "automatic line breaks", which converts line breaks to fit the regex engine of the selected application whenever you open a file or select another application. The parentheses after "automatic line breaks" indicate what the option does for the current application. For Perl, it will say (LF only) which means all CR and CRLF line breaks will be converted into LF only. For EditPad, it will say (no change) because EditPad's regex engine intelligently handles all line breaks, so no conversion is needed.
You can also select CRLF pair, LF only, or CR only to convert the active file to a particular line break style. Doing this disables the automatic line break conversion. The conversion is only applied once. If you open another file that uses a different line break style, the drop-down list will change to indicate that file's line break style. The file won't be converted unless you gain choose the line break style you want from the drop-down list. To re-enable automatic conversion, simply select that option again.
Some files that you open may use a mixture of different line break styles. If automatic conversion is off or requires no change, then RegexBuddy preserves the mixed line breaks. The line break style drop-down list will then have an additional option saying "mixed" along with the file's primary (most common) line break style. RegexBuddy uses the primary line break style for line breaks that you enter via the keyboard or paste from the clipboard. Selecting the "mixed" option in the drop-down list disables automatic line break conversion without converting the file to a particular line break style.
Line break conversion is permanent. With automatic line break conversion enabled and Perl as the active application, opening a Windows text file converts all the line breaks to LF only. If you then select EditPad as the application, the line breaks will remain as LF only, even tough EditPad could handle all the file's original line breaks. When an application requires "no change" to the line breaks, RegexBuddy really does nothing to the line breaks. To revert to the file's original line break style, you'll need to reload it.
In most situations, "automatic line breaks" is the only option you need, as most regex engines handle line breaks in a way that is consistent with what the overall environment does. One major exception among the applications supported by RegexBuddy are the applications and programming languages based on the .NET framework. Since .NET is a Windows development library, you'll most likely be reading text files with Windows line breaks. The .NET classes for reading files do not do any line break conversion. But the .NET Regex class treats only the line feed character \n as a line break. This means that if you have a string that contains \r\n line breaks, then the regex ^.*$ includes \r at the end of each match. The regex z$ will not find any matches. It cannot match z at the end of each line because the dollar will not match between z and \r.
Because the .NET Regex class only supports line feeds, and because RegexBuddy emulates only regex engines, not complete programming languages, the "automatic line breaks" option in RegexBuddy uses "LF only" for .NET. To match up the behavior between RegexBuddy and your .NET application, you'll either need to select "CRLF only" in RegexBuddy to disable the line break conversion, or you'll need to do the same conversion in your .NET application by replacing all matches of the literal string "\r" with nothing.
If your regex doesn't need to find matches that span multiple lines, then a less confusing solution may be to make your .NET application read files one line at a time, and pass each line separately to the regex. You can make RegexBuddy do the same by selecting "line by line" as the test scope. This way your subject strings will never contain any line breaks, so you don't need to worry how your regex deals with them.
Click the Highlight button to highlight all regex matches in the test subject. The highlight feature makes it very easy to spot which text your regex matches. The highlighting is updated nearly instantly whenever you edit the regular expression or the test subject. If you're already quite experienced at creating regular expressions, typing in your regular expression with the Test panel visible and highlighting active is a very powerful, quick and hands-on approach to creating regular expressions.
The matches are highlighted with alternating colors. That makes it easier to differentiate between adjacent matches. If you put capturing groups into the regex, you can highlight the part of each match captured into a particular backreference. That way you can test whether you have the right number for the backreference, and whether it properly captures what you want to extract from each match. Click on the downward pointing arrow on the Highlight button to select the number of the backreference to highlight. The overall matches are still highlighted. The highlighting for the backreference alternates between two colors, along with the overall match. You can change the colors in the preferences.
When matches are highlighted, click the Previous button to jump to the match before the current position of the text cursor. Click the Next button to jump to the first match after the cursor. The Find First and Find Next buttons are not available when matches are being highlighted. To get more information about a particular match, double-click it. The bottommost text box shows the offset and the length of the overall match and all capturing groups. The number of matches is also indicated.
Note that some regular expressions, like the floating point example above, can result in zero-width matches. These matches won't be visualized by the highlighting, since they have no characters to highlight. If you double-click on a highlighted match, however, then the "match number of total" label counts those zero-width matches too. Double-clicking on the highlighted 14.95 in the screen shot at the top, for example, would say "match 8 of 10", as there are 7 zero-width matches before it.
Match highlighting is done in a background thread. It is updated with each keystroke as you edit the test subject or regular expression. With long test subjects or complex regular expressions, the highlighting temporarily disappears while RegexBuddy applies it in the background. You don't have to wait for it to appear in order to continue editing.
When matches are not being highlighted, the Find First button applies the regular expression once to the entire subject string. The matched part of the string is selected in the edit box, and the text cursor is moved to the end of the match. Details about the overall match, and details about each capturing group, are shown in the text box at the bottom. If the regular expression cannot match the subject string at all, the bottommost text box will tell you so.
The Find Next button works just like the Find First button, except that it applies the regex only to the part of the subject string after (i.e. to the right and below) the text cursor's position in the subject edit box. If you do not move the text cursor yourself between clicking on the Find First and/or Find Next buttons, the effect is that Find Next continues after the previous match. This is just like a regular expression engine would do when you call its "find next" function without resetting the starting position, which is also what the Highlight and List All buttons do.
If you want to test the match from a particular starting position, just click at that position to move the text cursor there. Then click Find Next. This can lead to different match results than indicated by the Highlight and List All buttons.
When defining a match action, the List All button will be visible. When you click this button, three options to list all matches will appear. When you select one of them, RegexBuddy will perform the search through the entire subject string. The list of matches is shown in the text box at the bottom. Double-click a highlighted match in the list of matches to select it in the subject text.
If you select "List all regex matches", then the matches are shown one after the other on separate lines. No other information is shown. If you select "List all matches in columns", the matches will also shown one after the other on separate lines. In addition, the text matched by all of the capturing groups will be listed in columns next to the overall matches. "List all matches with full details" list all matches with all capturing groups, if any, below each match. The capturing groups will be folded with the match. To see them, click the + button in the left margin to expand the match. Two columns, Start and Length, indicate the zero-based character offset of the start of the match (i.e. the number of characters before the match), and the length of the match (i.e. the number of characters in the match).
If your regular expression has capturing groups, there will be additional items "List all matches of group X" at the bottom of the List All menu. These items list matches one after the other on a line just like "List all regex matches", except that they'll show the text matched by a particular capturing group rather than the overall regex matches.
The option to show non-participating groups determines how RegexBuddy displays capturing groups that did not participate in the match attempt at all. E.g. when a(b)? matches a, the optional capturing does not participate at all, because there's no b to match. However, in the regex a(b?), the group will always participate because it's not optional. It's contents are optional, so when the regex matches a, the group will participate without capturing anything. When showing non-participating groups, RegexBuddy will display "n/a" in the results for the group in the former regex, and nothing for the group in the latter regex. If you turn off this option, RegexBuddy will show nothing for either group, as neither captured anything. In some programming languages, non-participating groups are set to NULL, while participating groups without a match are set to the empty string. For these languages, it can be important to have RegexBuddy make the distinction. However, if you plan to save or copy and paste the test results, the "n/a" strings may get in the way. Then you should turn this option off.
When defining a replace action, the Replace All button will be visible. When you click this button, two menu items will appear. If you choose "Search-and-replace all matches", RegexBuddy will perform the search-and-replace across the entire subject string. The result is shown in the text box at the bottom. Replacements will be highlighted in the result. Double-click a replacement to select the text that was replaced in the test subject.
If you select "List all replacements", then RegexBuddy will search through the entire subject string. For each match, RegexBuddy substitutes backreferences in the replacement text. The replacements will be listed one after the other on separate lines. Essentially, what you get is the result of a search-and-replace with all the text that wasn't matched by the regular expression removed from the results. Instead there will be a line break between each match.
When defining a split action, the Split button is visible instead. Click it to make RegexBuddy split the subject string, and show the resulting list of strings in the edit box at the bottom. The strings in the list are separated by horizontal lines. If the subject string consisted of multiple lines, it is possible that some of the strings in the resulting list span more than one line.
At the bottom of the List All and Replace All menus, there's an option to make the results update automatically when you change the regex or test subject. Turning this on has the same effect as selecting the same List All, Replace All or Split command after each keystroke.
Turning on this option will allow you to see the effects of your changes as soon as RegexBuddy can calculate them. The List All, Replace All and Split commands run in a background thread. They won't slow you down while you edit your regular expression or test subject.
Click the Debug button to invoke the RegexBuddy debugger at the position of the text cursor in the test subject. RegexBuddy will automatically switch to the Debug panel to give you a fully detailed analysis of how your regular expression matches or doesn't match your test subject.


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Why build a new building when you can renovate? See, this may be news to us Americans, but over in Europe they have something called "architectural history". This means that they have old buildings. It can be hard to imagine for us in The Land of Opportunity and Big-Box Retail Stores, but some buildings in Europe are older than your moms! Some are even older than your grandma!
Reinhard "Ben" Beneke, a known European, has the benefit of all that "architectural history" they have across the pond, and makes MOCs of these ineffable old buildings. His new gas station is a renovation of an older building, invoking a double dose of nostalgia.
The building flaunts it: lots of gray tiles for the timbering look, light yellow walls on the second floor, a weirdly small 70's door, macaroni bricks, old-school printed bricks, garage door bits, shleimy doors in back, and checkerboard floors. And yet I feel like something's missing. Perhaps he's saving some things, like cars filling their gas tanks, for its train layout debut.
Oh yeah, and if you're not familiar with Ben's work, I command you to peruse his gallery. Even though he's a train guy.


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Mayor Gallant called the meeting to order at 7: 35 p.m..
Responding to roll call were:
Councilmember -
Councilmember -
Vice Mayor -
Law Director -
Councilmember Miller moved to excuse absentee members Bartlett, Avery. Harriott and Motion seconded by Councilmember Schnaidt. Motion carried.
A public hearing was held at this time for Ordinance No. 278- 3, A"n Ordinance To Amend Ordinance No. 408-2 Providing For Adjustments Of The Annual Budget For The Fiscal Year 1983 And Revising Sums For Operating Expenses."
Mayor Gallant explained that Ordinance No. 27-83 appropriates $214 for the Village' s share of the student information brochures, and $629 for legal services involving the Pearl Street Sewer project.
No one appeared to speak for or against Ordinance No. 278-3. Public hearing closed at 7: 40 p.m.,with action held for old business.
October 5, 1983 Regular Council Meeting -Councilmember Schnaidt moved to approve the minutes. Motion seconded by Councilmember Miller. Motion carried.
Those who signed the register were:
Howard Garrett Cindy Howes, WHTHW/NKO Ellen McCrave Rick Bline, Sentinel
Kevin Carragee
Candidate for Council, Arnold Eisenberg was also present.
Ms. Ellen McCrave, and Mr. Kevin Carragee both residents of East College Street, appeared this evening to express their concerns with regard to what they feel is an increasing traffic problem on East College Street. They wtoancteodrretoct knthoew wshityuathteiont.raffic is such a problem and what the Village can do They explained that they have discussed this pro- bsletmillweitxhisCtsh.ief Sorrell and that he was very responsive, but, the problem
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Manager Plunkett responded and said the Village shares their concerns about the
traffic on College Street. He said the Village has an active Police Department,
unfortunately,they cannot patrol any given area 24 hours a day. When they do patrol this street everyone seems to be obeying the law.
A discussion followed between Council members, citizens and Manager Plunkett.
During discussion it was suggested that the Manager might check on a better
light synchronization for Broadway so motorists wouldn' t detour to side streets
to avoid the lights on Broadway. Mr. Plunkett said the Village wouldn' t want
to speed up traffic on Broadway, causing perhaps more problems.
Following discussion the Manager was directed to look into "slow children"
signs for the problem area, and request the Chief of Police officers to have the patrol give special attention to that area for a while.
Council thanked Ms. McCrave and Mr. Carragee for attending the meeting and expressing their concerns.
The Mayor' s Report for the month of September was presented and reviewed. A copy of that report is hereby attached as part of these minutes.
The Manager' s Report for the month of September was presented. Manager Plunkett reviewed the report with members and added to the report that the Service Depart- ment did a fine job relining the creek bed with concrete on the north side of the Welsh Hills bridge. Following review and discussion Councilmember Miller moved to approve the Manager' s Report for the month of September. Motion second- ed by Councilmember Schnaidt. Motion carried. A copy of that report is attached.
COMMITTEE REPORTS -None
Ordinance No. 278- 3, A"n Ordinance To Amend Ordinance No. 408-2 Providing For Adjustments Of The Annual Budget For The Fiscal Year 1983 And Revising Sums For Operating Expenses"w,as moved for adoption by Councilmember Miller. Motion seconded by Vice Mayor Davison. Roll call vote: Millery-es, Davisony-es, Schnaidty-es, Gallanty-es, Averya-bsent, Bartletta-bsent, Harriotta-bsent. Four yes votes, and three members absent. Ordinance No. 27-83 duly adopted.
Manager Plunkett reported that Mrs. Nancy Burdick expressed a concern today about the Village creating a pollution problem behind the Waste Water Plant. Mrs. Burdick claims that people are dumping their trash behind there because the Village is dumping their brush there without chipping. Mr. Plunkett said there is about three months of chipping stored on the 19 acres, and the Village does not have the manpower to do this right now. He said it would take two men to do the chipping. Mr. Plunkett said that the Granville Kiwanis are looking for about 14/ acre to rent so they can put up a building to store 4th of July items such as the
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bandstand etc.. He said perhaps they would be willing to chip the Village' brush in place of rent. s
A brief discussion followed among members of Council and the Village Manager. There were no objections raised to renting a portion of the land to the Granville
Kiwanis but members expressed concern about the liability of someone other than
Village employees using Village equipment and chipping the brush for rent.
Law Director Drake mentioned that if the land was rented to the Kiwanis it would
have to be something other than a cash donation if the Village was to retain their tax exemption status for that property.
Council asked Mr. Drake to get a legal opinion as to the liability for chip- mpienngt. the brush with someone other than Village employees and using Village equip-
Manager Plunkett asked Council for suggestions as to what should be done with the wood cuttings from Village trees since no bids were received for the cords of wood stored at the Village Service Department.
It was suggested by Council that when the trees are cut the wood should be placed in front of the property where the trees are felled and see if the wood disappears.
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Other Items
7: 30 p.m.. - 1984 Budget
Councilmember Schnaidt mentioned that Village Manager Plunkett asked if he would conduct an auction of the unclaimed bicycles abandoned in the Village. He asked if it would be proper for him to auction them off at one of his auctions. withLaw Director Drake said he would check into this and get back with Mr. Schnaidt an opinion.
With no further business to discuss, Councilmember Miller moved for adjournment. Motion seconded by Vice Mayor Davison.
Meeting adjourned at 8: 18 p.m..
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My gift to you, readers. Up close and personal with my dearest dogger, Kip.
He's bugging me at this moment to let him out the front door so he can terrorize the neighborhood. I put them out earlier, but in the back yard where they don't do so much terrorizing of humans – just squirrels. They don't really bark so much at the squirrels, but when they see a human, an automobile, truck, motorcycle, or even better, a human with a dog on a long rope walking down the street, they think it's time to exercise their vocal cords and let them rip.
Not sure my neighbors appreciate the sound of their voices quite like I do (I don't really, either), so I try to get them in as soon as the cacophony of barks begins.
It keeps me moving, up and down the stairs, I suppose. Good for the arthritis and normal stiffening-up I tend to experience after sitting in one position for too long. In fact, if I didn't have Kip and Em, I'd probably be a total stiff by the end of the day.
So I'm off to let them out front this time, after checking that there are no cars or walkers going by first. We do have to respect quietude of the neighborhood, after all, and try to keep it as quiet as we can. Most times.


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How Do I Start A Mock Trial?
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County Coordinator
Each county has a county coordinator who is responsible for coordinating the mock trial program for that county. The coordinator establishes trial dates and locations, modifies CRF's competition rules and procedures, and recruits judges and attorneys to score and preside over trials. If your county does not currently have a coordinator, it is possible for you to participate in a neighboring county's competition. Please view and contact your county coordinator for further information.
Teacher Sponsor
The teacher-sponsor is the official Mock Trial contact person receiving all correspondence from CRF or your county coordinator. The teacher also acts as the team coordinator and is responsible for organizing meetings and transportation to and from the competition. The teacher can also coach the team in trial strategy and legal argumentation.
Attorney Coach
Although not mandatory, most mock trial teams find it useful to have an attorney coach. The attorney coach advises the students on general trial techniques and procedures as well as on specific strategies for the case.
The Team
Teams of students prepare and present the trial from the perspectives of both the prosecution and the defense. Mock Trial team members play different roles, including trial attorneys, pretrial motion attorneys, witnesses, clerks, and bailiffs. Some schools offer the Mock Trial program as a class while others offer the program as an extra-curricular activity. Each team should have the following:


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I came across this plugin from WPMUDEV's newsletter called The WhiP. This plugin seemed like something I could use. It would be nice to see some WordPress Themes moved out into standalone templates. However, I was disappointed, the plugin did not work. Just because the plugin didn't work on the first try, doesn't mean I won't show you how to get it to work.
Download WP Static HTML Output
You can download the plugin from the WordPress plugin repository, and also install it via the WordPress CLI tool.
- wp –allow-root plugin install static-html-output-plugin –activate
Activate and Run
Once it is installed you can go ahead and activate it and then visit the admin page. On this page is where all your options/configurations will happen. There seems to be a few options for free users and then some options for upgraded users.
- Create a zip file
- Exported site folder with symlink
- Keep the generated zip file
These three options above are the options we have on our free version. Let's go ahead and select all 3 and move on to the next section of the plugin. The next option is to export the files to our upload directory. The plugin even gives us the full path to our directory.
The next option I see is a little confusing. This option is asking to upload ALL files from out uploads directory with the exported static web site. I am not sure, I will just leave it blank and see what happens. I am not sure someone would want to export all the uploads, probably just the ones they need, so it would have been nice to be able to choose which ones to keep with the static site.
The next option is an option to include other files that the plugin may not find. I am not sure how the plugin wouldn't be able to find these files. If this part is for identifying remote files that are included with our new static site, it may download them remotely, I am not sure yet. If they do, I suggest not using large files here. The next section is dealing with paths, go ahead and leave these default and run it.
First Run
You can press the button near the bottom, under the export section.
Once exported you will see a textarea with some progress in it below (above it's featured under "Export Log").
Above you can see the path to our download, so let's see what we have. If you move into the directory and look at what's in there now you will see a symlink, the new directory and the zip file with our static site.
So let's see if we can visit the site and see how it looks. I used a client's website to try this out on. When I visited the link (in my uploads folder) I was disappointed to see the images are broke, and it also doesn't look like it included CSS or Javascript files.
So let's see what went wrong, it must be a configuration issue. Below you can see the paths that are messed up, which is a result in a bad configuration of the plugin before we exported it. I also see the path has a -admin pre-pended to the file's name.
I decided to stop here. The configuration has issues and doesn't give much of a "how to" to use the plugin's configuration options. You can't leave the fields blank, and if you do it doesn't work. Hell, it didn't work after I configured it and unzipped it to it's own directory on my servers www directory. I think that if the plugin is going to export the files to a zip, when you unzip it it should work. Do not use this in a production environment.


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Why Your Business Needs Email Journaling/
While cloud based team collaboration tools are rising in popularity, good ole' fashioned email is still the primary tool for communication within many organizations. It's familiar and easily shared among customers, vendors, and work teams. Because of its reach, we take the usual steps to keep our email safe and accessible, like implementing backups and archiving old emails so that we can restore deleted or lost messages or access old ones. But, there's an extra step that many of us miss in our efforts to safeguard company email contents: email journaling.
What is Email Journaling?
Financial professionals and other businesses that must maintain compliance with special regulations are likely familiar with email journaling. But professionals in other fields may not be as familiar. The purpose of email journaling is to ensure that owners or managers have access to a complete, unchanged copy of all company email correspondence. And while this may seem like a breach of privacy, this oversight is essential to protecting your organization in the event of legal proceedings, for example, which would likely involve "e-discovery"—the process of collecting relevant information that is stored electronically. Having a mechanism in place for storing original copies of every employees' sent and received messages mitigates your risk down the road.
Benefits of Email Journaling
Journaling is the best tool to achieve this for several reasons. Your normal data backups, whether remote or on-premise, aren't designed to store your email messages indefinitely. The cost of doing so would likely be prohibitive. Plus, data backups are designed to facilitate quick restores of lost data, meaning that they are meant to mirror the actual state of email inboxes—after deletions and other changes have been made. So, backups usually aren't a good mechanism for ensuring that all communications are preserved in their original forms indefinitely.
And while email archiving is designed to provide inexpensive long-term storage, the main goal behind archiving is to give users access to their older email. We've all been there – we know the information we need is in an email that we sent or received two years ago . . . if we could only find it! Archiving is designed to solve this problem, giving us access to messages that have been purged from our inbox. But it's not designed to preserve original copies of all messages. Typically, users have the ability to delete their email messages, whether archived or not. While this certainly helps with productivity, it doesn't satisfy the need of managers, owners, and legal teams to have access to all email correspondence, in its original form.
This is where email journaling comes in. It works in the background—without the individual user's intervention—to save carbon-copies of the contents of all email messages, in their original forms. It doesn't provide a restore-ready copy of your data, like a backup. It doesn't provide an easily accessible trove of past correspondence for users, like an archive. But it does provide a relatively inexpensive, tamper-proof record of all email correspondence to mitigate any liabilities that should arise from that correspondence.
Implications for Businesses
While it's not fun to think about, your business likely needs the protection that email journaling affords. Too often, businesses learn this lesson the hard way when they find themselves in the middle of legal proceedings without the records they need to defend themselves.
So, don't wait until it's too late. Start a conversation with your management team about email journaling today, and contact us if you'd like help.


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Getting a cup of coffee is not the honest ritual it used to be, as sacred as a clean bra, or saying grace before a meal, or reading a magazine cover to cover. Such activities ground a person, more effectively even than religion. These days, coffee is decorated. It is too distracting to fulfil a person's real need for a hot bitter sip, a little caffeine shiver—the get up and mojo required to face every goddamn new day. Now getting a cup of coffee is an event demanding several decisions about species of milk, as well as appreciation of the fern leaves and hearts and snails and apples that unnecessarily appear in coffee cups, which themselves are much smaller than they used to be.
It makes me tired. And what is wrong with the world in which my son, graduated with a Master's degree, can only find work making coffee? Not even making sandwiches and coffee. He stands in one place all day every day, behind a coffee machine that looks like a Camaro, and pours pictures in people's lattes, which those people then cover with landfilling plastic lids and slurp while texting and driving.
And what is wrong with the world in which my son is dead? The unbelievable shit frequency with which I forget. Yesterday I walked into the fancy cafe where he used to work. I say 'fancy' with about a box of iodized salt; I wouldn't blame anyone for mistaking it for an industrial design studio with a species of chandeliers in bad imitation of the decor at Versailles. I walked in for the first time since it happened, likely sporting a sour look on my face. I never have been able to pretend to like a stupid person or a stupid thing. And what could be more idiotic than the establishment in which my son earned minimum wage for the last two years of his life? He always reminded me that it was minimum wage plus tips. Oh honey, hold the door. The place still made me sick. But he did all he could to calm me down about it, try to make me enjoy myself when I came to visit.
He invented a coffee design for me called the Jackson Pollock. Maybe I'm a hypocrite, but I got a kick out of it. I mean, the fact is that Blake could make one of those fern leaves in three seconds, and he made a point of taking about two minutes on my latte, allowing the brown foam to set a bit, then laboriously drizzling trails of white foam across the surface. Usually he ended with a big blob, slightly off the centre, of whatever was left in the pitcher. Once he almost got fired for the appearance of my coffee, until I told the manager to calm his soul, I had studied art history in college, I was just fine with an abstract design. I'll never forget the look on Blake's face. His scalp pulled back so his shaggy bangs rose above his eyebrows. He was mortified. I was damn proud of him. That was less than a year ago.
The worst part of Blake's accident is the feeling that I have lost my partner in crime, my son I wanted the world for and who apparently cannot even experience my own species of indignation any more. The impact of the other car broke his collarbone. They put a foam brace on him, even though he was probably already gone when it happened, so that his corpse wouldn't be deformed. Not that they told me any of this beforehand. I went in to see him and thought they must have made a mistake, he was just injured. In fact, he broke his collarbone in fifth grade and it was probably exactly the same place. I thought, Why in hell would they bother with a brace, if he was dead? He looked just like he had the first time around. The funny way he would sleep flat on his back with his hands folded over his stomach like an old man. The attendant girl at the morgue got flustered. I felt like someone had punched me in the gut. Christ, I was embarrassed. Blake, not my husband Bill, was the one who always understood what I meant.
Yesterday I walked in to the cafe, the only woman in the place not wearing ankle boots (more like sprained ankle boots, I always say to Bill). I ordered a regular latte from the new girl at the till. She was very kind to me anyway, even though I refused to consider any modifications or a five-dollar scone with jam for another dollar, and had that sexy young girl's bedhead; Blake would have liked her. I waited even longer than usual for my coffee. I was grim but cheerful about it for twenty minutes, then I started to look for any species of real problem. Nothing. Nada. The girl at the till was still taking orders with her big smile. Men in dress pants and expensive sneakers were walking out as if they needed to take a pee, trying to balance recycled cardboard trays in one hand, reefing on their electronic car keys in the other and trying to shoulder open the double doors. Blake's cafe used to be the main branch of a bank, for crying out loud.
I peered around the topknot of the woman in front of me, probably a philosophy professor, and discovered the cause. The young man standing at the espresso machine was moving very slowly because of his collarbone brace. It held his neck stiff, like those snakey woollen scarves Blake and all of his friends were always winding around their necks starting the first of September. He couldn't look down to see what he was doing, which was why he was taking so long to make every goddamn drink. Furthermore, he was sticking his ass out in order to put his eyes at the right level, and that was just causing a traffic disaster behind the bar. His hair was falling into his face, not improving the situation. I tried to push forward to get a better look, but the woman with the topknot stood firm.
The next minute, she swooped in to take a compostable cup from the counter, turned around, almost crashed right into me, and spilled her coffee. She looked down at her duffel coat (probably from Holt Renfrew or some other place) and back up at me. What did she expect? I was standing in the same place the whole blooming time. Not my fault if she didn't consider the fact that there was a line of people behind her. I stepped out of the coffee puddle that was spreading all over the floor and looked over to check on the handicapped barista's progress.
He was standing up straight, half turned towards me and the redhaired woman like he wanted to know what the problem was. He looked about the same height as Blake and he had the same bony wrists and ballpoint pen reminders Blake always had written on his hand. I could only read one, something about picking Mom up at four o'clock. He was wearing one of Blake's t-shirts, the green one I kept throwing out because it had bleach stains. It was in even worse shape than I thought; it had a big rip, and one of the sleeves was hanging off. At the back of his neck, his hair puffed over the top of the foam collar as if it had been growing over it.
I took a step back and bumped into the person standing behind me. And the barista, he reached for the big velcro strap on his brace and turned around and I just about lost it.
There were all these stray chest hairs poking up above the collar of his t-shirt. Honest to Jesus that's the first thing I noticed, even though the boy's collarbone looked like a shiny red goose egg with sharp white piece of bone sticking through the skin. Blood was trickling down into the fabric of that godforsaken shirt, which it was already crusted with blood and in fact, some of the red stains were already turning brown. You could tell he was trying to stand up straight, but he looked like one of those dancing puppet dolls from The Sound of Music that one of the von Trapps has been jerking around; his chest was caving in while his shoulder dropped down way below where anyone's shoulder should be.
He was looking into the distance behind me, calm as you please. All these beads of glass were stuck in his stubble, in the oval shapes that would only surprise a person who's never seen a shattered windshield. His face was covered in blood, evenly like someone painted it, except where the blood had been obviously washed away by the tears running out of his eyes, which they never blinked at all, and the snot coming out of his nose. There was even glass in his eyelashes, that I always teased him should be featured in a mascara ad.
I tried to think of something to say that wasn't stupid, but before I could speak up, the manager showed up at Blake's elbow. He smiled me, seedy little bastard, and said he was sorry for the wait. My regular latte would be right up.
Blake nodded at me and the shard of bone in the goose egg poked out farther. The goddamned philosophy professor reappeared.
The manager took the cup out of Blake's hand and slid it across the counter toward her. And then Blake opened his mouth. Pieces of his teeth sprayed out and bounced off the counter. It was like some clumsy person spilled a cup of dry rice. The redhead professor leaned in toward him, elbowing me while she did it. Blake didn't even look at me. He didn't even look at his mother once. Some of his teeth shards fell down the redhead's blouse, which was of course open and when she leaned it showed cleavage. He flapped his hand at her replacement coffee and oh god he told her it was an abstract design.


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I wanted to buy this game but I don't know if Eidos still sells it. Does anyone know?
I wanted to buy this game but I don't know if Eidos still sells it. Does anyone know?
No, it isn't.
If you want the pc version of this game, you're out of luck. You'll have to settle for the old PS2 (Playstation2) version of the game.
If you do happen to find the pc version, you'd best have win98 installed so you experience minimal problems running it. XP does ok but Vista is a 'no-go'.
Well, if you get it for PlayStation, you won't have to worry about all these computer problems people are always talking about on here!
I think the PlayStation version is still avaible as a Greatest Hit.
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Airports are strange places, filled with frantic people hustling through security and rushing to catch planes. But they are also places of contemplative stillness and endless waiting; for planes, for transportation, for loved ones. They are mini cities teeming with people and activity where individual moments get lost in the fray.
Training his camera on the goings-on at the world's busiest airport, Athens-based photographer Mark Steinmetz captures this unique world in a bubble, zeroing in on those stolen moments, finding the peculiar and particular within the grand scheme.
As part of its ongoing "Picturing the South" project of commissioning works on the South for the High Museum of Art's collection, the museum's latest iteration, "Mark Steinmetz: Terminus," is centered on the quotidian operations — on the ground and in the air — of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
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Steinmetz's silver gelatin prints are dreamy, timeless, and seem to capture some unchanging, eternal characteristic of human life on Earth, of waiting and transitioning, and gazing into the middle-distance, lost in thought. At the airport, people engage in private reveries in plain sight, sleeping, daydreaming, lost in heartfelt exits and reunions. In Steinmetz's hands, those assembled moments become something more than a simple documentary of a place. They feel like an exegesis on the human condition. People at rest or waiting, these photographs observe, let their guard down to some extent, and reveal a degree of vulnerability that connects us to them.
If some of the images feel elevated and enlightening, others grovel in the funkiness of 21st-century life, as Steinmetz also captures the un-self-conscious, free-for-all zone that air travel has become, a world of sweatpants and meals eaten on laps and outfits accessorized with neck pillows and headphones.
From the soft, fleshy human dramas inside the airport to the abstract, airborne missions in the air above, Steinmetz's "Terminus" goes both micro and macro. When these people board planes and soar above the airport, they enter another realm, one lofty and distanced from the quotidian one on ground, where cloud formations and sun and the limitless horizon reframe existence in another dimension.
One of the visual ironies of Steinmetz's images is the proximity of this miniature airport city he records — a place founded on technology, money, expensive aircraft and global commerce — and the fields of kudzu, vacant lots and desolate roads to nowhere that encircle this teeming hub. In those moments, Steinmetz is like an explorer on the ground, peering up at the skies from within a forest of bramble to see a jet passing overhead, like an elephant lumbering by on an African safari.
At times, Steinmetz's vantage is surreal, as when he captures a plane passing overhead, so close to the treetops it looks like a disaster movie in progress or the juxtaposition of a plane going nose to nose with a bird, equivalent objects in the air. He records the crazy optical tricks of air travel, in which one minute planes are monstrous, lumbering beasts and the next gnat small, which becomes a kind of metaphor for human experience in which vantage and perspective are everything.
Such images of flight give a sense of the enchanted, perilous, miraculous dimension to air travel. "Terminus" shows the marvel of flight high above, coexisting with the simple human dramas playing out down below, in the process delivering a kind of theater of human life played out in grand and granular form.
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As America celebrates the anniversary of the birth of a nation, it's long past time for a new constitutional amendment that would correct the fundamentally flawed premise that corporations should have the rights of persons. No legal entity should have those rights without also taking on the same responsibilities. A new movement is starting that would enshrine the idea that Humans not corporations are persons entitled to the rights such as participation in the political process.
It's time to put the people back in charge!
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Thailand Unplugged
Get an insider's best tips to this popular winter destination – how to find peace and quiet in buzzling Bangkok as well as less crowded Thai islands and beautiful beaches.
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Thailand is the land of a thousand smiles, of frenetic city life, of peaceful white sandy beaches, and verdant tropical forests. In Bangkok you can drink vodka at an ice bar, eat delicious street food while feeding peanuts to an elephant, watch a muay thai kickboxing fight, or have a beautifully tailored suit made in less than twenty-four hours.
Thailand's islands entice visitors with endless beaches and immense natural beauty. No wonder 30 million people choose Thailand as their holiday destination of choice each year. As an expat, who lived in Bangkok for a number of years, I've been fortunate to be able to explore this gentle country, and to find the expat hangouts and hideouts that have been tried and tested.
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Chaotic, noisy, buzzing with life, Bangkok can be an intoxicating city to visit. It can also be pretty overwhelming and after a long day visiting the Grand Palace or trawling through the MBK Center looking for a bargain (you'll find many!), you may feel the need to withdraw to a place of peace and quiet. There are actually numerous ways to find peace and relaxation right within the pulsing heart of the city.
Lumphini Park is an oasis of green within the concrete jungle, and offers a blissful respite from the noise of the city. Head to the park early in the morning when the sun is still cool and the grass still damp, and join a free aerobics class. If the pumping techno music is too much to handle at such an early hour, opt instead for tai chi or yoga. Literally just rock up and join in. Location: Rama IV Road, Pathumwan. BTS: Saladaeng.
A trip to Bangkok wouldn't be complete without a full body or foot massage. There is a massage place on almost every corner, and on the whole you'll get a good authentic Thai treatment. But if you're looking to take it to the next level; that is total pampering, delicate scented oils, fragrant herbal teas and perfectly peaceful surroundings then visit Oasis Spa at 64 Soi Sawasdee, Sukhumvit 31. Located in a traditional Thai wooden house complete with ornately carved doors, trickling water features and frangipani trees, Oasis Spa will transport you to another world. Be sure to book ahead.
Crepes & Co is a popular expat hang out, and serves up the most incredible range of Mediterranean inspired crepes as well as other delicious dishes. It occupies a two-story house and is decorated in a cozy style that makes you feel right at home. It is located in a quiet residential area at Luag Suan Soi 1, off Ploenchit Road.
If you fancy some authentic French cuisine, then head to Le Bouchon for a little slice of Paris in Bangkok. Don't let the address in Patpong 2 (Bangkok's infamous red light district) put you off, getting to the restaurant is all part of the experience, and you'll be rewarded with quiet intimate dining, complete with checked table cloths and fine French wine. It's so French you'll forget you're in Thailand!
The Seafood Market at Sukhumvit Soi 24 is an absolute must-do in Bangkok. We took all our guests there simply because it's unique, bizarre and tacky, but so delicious.
The Seafood Market's motto is "If it swims, we have it", and it's not one word of a lie. You can find lobster, prawn, king crab, molluscs, fish, octopus; the list is endless. As you enter you're given a small trolley and invited to peruse row upon row of fresh seafood. Once you've made your selection you pay at the check out, where you also specify how you would like your chosen seafood cooked: tamarind crab, garlic prawns and grilled calamari with lemon butter, for example. Your dishes are then prepared by a galley of chefs and brought to your table a few minutes later.
It's a chaotic experience, and a bit like eating at a supermarket with harsh fluorescent lighting, and people spitting prawn shells onto the floor, but it doesn't matter because the atmosphere is electric and the food is so good.
In Bangkok if you're looking to escape, always go up. The Sky Bar at The Dome at Lebua State Tower may have been voted the best rooftop bar in Bangkok, but it is always crowded and pretty pretentious. Go instead to the wonderful Vertigo and Moon Bar atop the Banyan Tree hotel at 21/10 South Sathorn Road, and incidentally a stones throw from where we used to live. Watch the sun set over the city and try the lemon daiquiri. Check the dress code before you go, it's smart casual. No shorts.
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The Thai Islands
After a few days in Bangkok many tourists head to one of Thailand's pristine islands. Whilst the pace of life is undeniably slower down south, the popularity of Thailand's beaches has made it difficult to find a quiet patch of sand away from the heaving masses. During our years living in Thailand we discovered some lesser known islands that are quieter but just as easy to get to and, as beautiful as Phuket, Phi Phi and Ko Pan Ngan. We also discovered that even on the more popular mainstream islands there are still areas that do not attract a huge amount of foreigners.
Koh Chang is one of the largest islands in the Gulf of Thailand, a speck in the ocean at the point where Thailand tapers into Cambodia. It's covered by dense jungle, enchanting and lush, which descends dramatically to sickle moon beaches of soft white sand and azure shallow waters.
The Spa, Koh Chang, is a yoga and health retreat situated in the southeastern part of the island at the end of Mangrove Bay and close to the fishing villages of Salak Khok and Salak Phet where village life continues much as it has for centuries. The focus of The Spa is relaxation, which is easy to do, as it is surrounded by lush tropical forests. It is blissfully peaceful and has myriad shady paths and garden areas perfect for quiet reflection.
The Spa offers a number of yoga, detox and fasting programs that run for up to seven days. Each retreat is structured around a few daily activities such as meditation, massage and yoga, so there is plenty of free time to enjoy the library, take a dip in the salt water pool, and go kayaking or hiking. For those not fasting the Radiance Restaurant offers fresh, tasty and, oh, so healthy food. More information at thespakohchang.com
Koh Kradan near Trang on the southwestern coast could be Thailand's 'next big thing'. If you're looking for pristine beaches, untouched forests and a beach practically to yourself, this is the island for you. Development is minimal; there is however, a Seven Seas Resort providing the luxury and comfort you expect from Thailand. Access is fairly easy with flights from Bangkok to Trang going regularly, and a short boat ride from Trang to Koh Kradan which can be organized by the resort. Checkout their site at sevenseasresorts.com
The bigger or more popular Thai islands certainly do have their draw. They are easier to get to, have excellent package deals, and are 'safe' choices for a first time visitor.
When we first started visiting Railay Beach in Krabi, it was blissfully quiet, frequented only by hippie-types and rock climbers. Those days are long gone, and now long-tail boats crowd the beach during peak season disgorging tourists. Railay West beach is, however, still one of the most magnificent beaches I have ever seen, cradled between breathtaking limestone cliffs and fringed by lush green jungle. If you time your trip to visit in either April/May or October/November, you will avoid some of the crowds, although you may catch some of the rainy season.
For a unique stay at an affordable price rent a private wooden house at the Railei Beach Club. You'll have a verdant garden between you and the beach, which offers privacy, and you can book a massage on your terrace from the massage centre in the village. Railay West also has a very well stocked second hand bookshop, the perfect way to while away a few hours. You can find them at raileibeachclub.com
Koh Samui is a large, well-developed island with a busy main town full of malls, nightclubs and major hotel chains. It can be a wonderful family holiday destination with clear shallow waters and excellent amenities. The east coast of the island tends to be more built-up and busy, whereas the northern coast is much quieter and laid back.
Try Maenam beach or Taling Ngam for pristine beaches away from the crowds. There are many hotels to suit all budgets, ranging from simple cottages on the beach to boutique hotels and private villas. The sunsets are incredible on this side of the island. Enjoy a seafood dinner on the beach with the waves lapping at your feet as the sun dips beneath the horizon.
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