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Monday, November 23, 2009
Pilgrim's Bounty Tips
Well folks, in the second day of Pilgrim's Bounty I finished all the achievements, got the Pilgrim title and the Turkey pet as reward. It all happened much sooner than I had anticipated.
I won't go into every detail about how I accomplished all the achievements because Wow.com and MMO Champion have some good guides but I will give some pointers for the trickier achievements.
Starting off with the table achievements, those are really easy. Just follow the two guides above and you should be fine. You just have to repeat them at each of the 4 major cities of your faction. Also complete FOOD FIGHT which simply requires you to throw food at another player at the table. At the end of this you should have Pilgrim's Paunch and Sharing is Caring completed.
If you really want to complete all the achievements you need to have Cooking at around 330 or so. Luckily you can just buy a recipe book from one of the vendors at the holiday grounds and the book will contain about 5 recipes that will easily help you to get to the required skill. So you can view this as a cheap way to power level cooking.
Now We're Cookin' requires you to cook one of every holiday dish. You will obtain this by default, of course, by doing the dailies. Then there's Pilgrim's Progress which is slightly more involving because it requires you to complete each of the available dailies but you should do that anyway if you visit all the major capitals.
From the dailies you should first choose a hat and a chest piece as reward. You will need those later. Once you get these two items, keep picking the Turkey Shooter because you'll need that to shoot rogues. You'll need 8 of these, provided you don't waste any shots. You can easily obtain all the required items (10 in all) in 2 days, if you do all the dailies in all 4 capital cities. Each city gives you 2 dailies so that's a potential of 16 items in 2 days.
Now here come the annoying achievements...
You should do The Turkinator as soon as possible, when you are, say, in Elwynn. That's because you need lots of Wild Turkey for the daily quests. This quest is shitty because it asks you to kill 40 turkeys in a row, without the 30 second buff expiring. Basically after each kill a 30 second timer will reset and that's how long you have to kill the next turkey. While turkeys respawn pretty fast, there are plenty of other people trying to do the same. In Elwynn I would suggest you try the south eastern part. It seems to be less populated. Or, by all means, do this late at night or at weird hours. It took me 3 tries. Thing is, as a Hunter it's easy because in addition to your /target Wild Turkey macro you can throw a Hunter's Mark on the damn turkey and instantly see it on the map. I can't imagine the pain of doing this with another class.
Pilgrim's Peril is a pain in the butt because it implies getting close to the four enemy capitals and sitting at one of their tables. Make sure to wear the holiday chest piece of your choice (that you got as reward from the cooking dailies). The problem here is that while for certain cities you won't get flagged (on a PvE server), for the others you will. Since I'm Alliance, I visited Undercity, Orgrimmar, Thunderbluff and Silvermoon City.
Undercity was the worst. You will get flagged there because you have to step right inside the walls of the city, through the main entrance. Unfortunately for me I was killed about half a dozen times trying to get to a table. The problem was that those damn Hordes were out to play and they killed every single Alliance that stepped close to that place. Hunters' pets were set to aggressive with snares that caught you in place the moment you re-spawned. All I could do was position myself right next to a chair and wait for a moment when they weren't paying attention to jump in the chair. Eventually I did it, even though I died the very next moment. I recovered my body the next morning, early when there weren't people around.
Orgrimmar doesn't flag you but Thunderbluff does. I was an idiot in regards to Thunderbluff because I didn't know where the tables were and I was running around like crazy, while flagged. Eventually I spotted the tables right under the great lift and I sat down at a chair. There weren't many Horde around but then I fumbled and a rogue ganked me. At least this time I managed to fight back but since I'm not much of a PvP player, nor am I geared for it, I died quickly.
After another corpse run I headed to Silvermoon City. That one doesn't flag you either but in any case was totally deserted so I got the achievement easily.
Terrokar Turkey Time can't be solo-ed unless you're 80 and reasonably geared. You need to get inside Sethekk Halls and kill Ikiss (what a dumb name) while wearing a hat and chest piece that you got from the dailies. Sethekk Halls is in Terrokar Forest in Outland. Auchindoun is that round amphitheater-like structure in the middle of the map. When you go inside the entrance just walk into the instance that's straight ahead. Unfortunately you'll have to clear at least half the trash to get to the boss. They are not incredibly hard but I found them pretty challenging even at level 80. Some of those damn bird-men have a nasty habit of throwing a Charm totem which makes you lose control of your character. For me it was bad because my character became hostile towards my pet. Oh well... Just be careful inside, especially as a caster, and don't pull too many mobs or else you're a goner. The boss itself wasn't hard. He has about 80K HP and does some moderate AOE damage but once he starts channeling that, just move behind a column and you should be fine.
Turkey Lurkey is one that I suggest you start doing as soon as you get your first Turkey Shooter. The objective here is to use the shooter on rogues of each race, including the opposite faction. That's 8 in all. While it isn't that hard to find rogues from your own faction (hint: use /who rogue or /who rogue dalaran for example), you won't be able to use the same command for the opposite faction. So you'll have to rely on your good ol' peepers to spot them. Hanging around Dalaran did the trick for me but I also got lucky with an Orc rogue outside of Orgrimmar. In the end I got really lucky because I got 3 of the toughest combinations in a row while spotting for them in Dalaran.
A final tip with this last achievement would be that each time you use the shooter, the item is used up so you will need at the very least 8 of them. Make sure you don't shoot the same race twice or you'll lose a shot. Also, if the person is already a turkey, you will lose the item but not get credit (or so it is said, I haven't experienced that myself).
So there you have it, easy meta-achievement in 2 days. I'm really glad I finished this because now I don't have to worry about doing those dailies anymore and I can concentrate on other things. Good luck to you and if you run into any problems drop me a line in the comments!
8 comments:
- Celebrandil said...
As a hunter I didn't care about the Sethekk trash, I just ran a bit and then feigned in a safe corner. Got up again, waited until the cooldown expired, started running, lied down, etc etc. Sethekk Halls is small so you'll get to the boss pretty quick and at 80 he's a pushover.
If you are Horde, go to the field below the Scarlet Monastery (the one with all the spiders) to get your Turkinator achievement. I got it there on the first try, during busy hours, but I was the only one there. I failed several times trying to do it around Brill.
I would have gotten my Pilgrim title yesterday but right before I could shoot my last rogue, someone else beat me to it and I failed to stop the cast. ^^ So my last Turkey Shooter was gone and now I have to wait until tonight to finish another daily.
- November 24, 2009 at 12:35 AM
"as a Hunter it's easy because in addition to your /target Wild Turkey macro you can throw a Hunter's Mark on the damn turkey and instantly see it on the map."
You can simply track beasts. Yep, the turkeys don't count as critters but as regular beasts. This makes things a lot easier for a hunter.
Another tip that might work for the Turkey Lurkey: if you're having problems finding that elusive dwarf rogue (or -insert race- rogue), go to that race's starting zone. In my realm, I've found that people are simply rolling rogue alts to help their friends getting the achievement. Chances are they will let you have a shot at them too (I found a very kind dwarf rogue that was just sitting there, removing the turkey disguise as soon as he was getting one, so everybody could shoot him).
- November 24, 2009 at 2:57 AM
- Celebrandil said...
I was in Dalaran yesterday looking for some rogues but obviously they were all being ganked and either fled the city or didn't bother removing the turkey buff. But then I saw a night elf, gnome and dwarf rogue dancing at the fountain, all level 1, all from the same guild, and they immediately removed the buff when you shot them. I could cross three races off my list, and that was very sweet. A really nice service, shows that there are still decent people on my realm.
- November 24, 2009 at 3:39 AM
I absolutely despise the Turkinator achievement. It's been so irritating, that I decided against going for this holiday. I literally tried to get it for 3 hours, and got stacks of 31, 33, and 35 before running across someone else and losing the stack. Aaarrrgghhh! And, due to a job and family, I am not sacrificing my sleep time to try to do it at 3am.
However, I do have some advice for others being frustrated -- especially non-Hunters. First, get Tracker Snacks -- and turn off any other gathering tracking that you may have on. Tracker Snacks will track all beasts on your mini-map. Next, whether Alliance or Horde, go to Tirisfal Glade. It's more open than Elwynn Forest. The area right next to the Bulwark has a large selection of Turkey's, and since they are the only neutral critters in that area, only they will show up yellow on your mini-map. And, of course, try to do it during off-hours. Good luck!
- November 24, 2009 at 10:52 AM
I was very luck and not died making the Pilgrim's Peril achievement. I'm Horde and is a pain, every time, to make these achievements who requires to visit all the enemy capitals. Darnassus and Exodar is the worse, because they are all in islands only acessible for boats. This time, no level 80 is in the way, only a guard in Darnassus was trying to stop me, but I run away and lost the aggro, and immediatelly, came back and sit in a chair and run back to the boat to Exodar, and there, only a low level draenei greet me. :D
- November 24, 2009 at 1:09 PM
- Darth Solo said...
@Celebrandil I forgot all about Feign Death! That would have been much easier, I concur.
@Shaakka very valid points. I considered using tracking but then I imagined that Hunter's Mark would be more accurate. That's another good tip with the starting area.
@Wookie7 hey that's a great tip regarding those snacks. I had forgotten they existed. I even know the recipe if I'm not mistaken.
@Myka yeah I almost felt bad about the Hordes that were on the boat to Darnassus. But then again, they were also jerks when I attempted Undercity.
- November 24, 2009 at 8:23 PM
- Celebrandil said...
On Sunday I was trying to go to Darnassus for the achievement, but there must have been some kind of bug - dozens of Horde's were literally waiting for over half an hour and no boat showed up in Auberdine. We saw the Exodar and Stormwind boat arrive on the other docks at least a dozen times, but the Darnassus boat simply did not come. I opened a ticket and logged out, and when I logged back in later that day (still on the Auberdine docks), the GM had answered. Of course he said there was no bug and everything worked fine. Anyway, finally the boat came and I was able to finish that achievement. Pretty annoying, and the usual denials from Blizzard.
- November 25, 2009 at 12:40 AM
- Darth Solo said...
@Celebrandil haha that's epic! I can just imagine it: hundreds of Hordies waiting for a boat that never arrives!
- November 25, 2009 at 7:16 PM


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About 2 weeks into the AFL season now. Of note is Kyle Simon's nice outing yesterday. Looks like he'll be used as a starter every fifth day. Will be interesting to see how the league handles him (or the top of the league's lineups, anyway), when they get to see him a second time around in the same game. He was not great with the Baltimore org as a starter in 2012, and was thriving as a reliever in Reading.
Anyway, here's a link to all the stat lines for all of the Phils minor leaguers in off-season leagues. Looks like a handful more guys are playing than were last time I checked. Lisalverto Bonilla is back in action, which is a good thing. Unfortunately, I am pretty sure Domingo Santana is not Phils property, despite being on that website.

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It was only last week I was applauding the amount of quality male cosplay on display. This week? The men are shook. They're either in hiding or just taking the week off.
Disappointing for those who like a good bit of the usual male staples, like Team Fortress and Assassin's Creed, but on the bright side, the ladies this week are doing their best to make up for it.
While some of these might be a little too photoshopped for my liking - a little is OK to set the mood, but too much defeats the whole point of cosplay - others, like the Guild Wars 2 masterpiece you'll see below, are simply incredible.
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U.S. farm real estate values are up nearly 11% from 2011 values, continuing a long upward trend
For the third straight year, U.S. farm real estate values have posted solid increases. USDA's August 2012 Land Values report shows that farm real estate values, which measure the worth of land and buildings on farms, averaged $2,650 per acre for 2012, up 10.9% from 2011.
The steady increase of farmland values is not surprising, says Mike Walsten, editor of the LandOwner newsletter, part of Farm Journal Media. "Farm real estate values have moved higher in all years but one since 2000."
Walsten says the force behind farmland value gains, cropland values in particular, is the record net farm income in recent years. "Farmers are the No. 1 buyers of farmland. The combination of record incomes and the desire to expand existing operations has proved to be an explosive force in the farm market," he says.
Another contributing factor is low supply. "The number of properties moving to the market fell sharply from late 2008 through 2011. Other than in Iowa, sales inventories have continued tight through the first seven months of 2012," Walsten says.
Regional changes. Farmland values didn't increase across the board. Regional changes in the average value of farm real estate ranged from a 26.7% increase in the Northern Plains to a 4.1% decline in the Southeast region. The highest farm real estate values were in the Corn Belt, at $5,560 per acre, while the Mountain region had the lowest values, at $974 per acre.
Looking ahead, Walsten says he believes the farmland market will level out. "Data will continue to show gains on a year-ago basis because the farmland market saw a sharp leap in the final months of 2011."
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One of the primary activities of the HRC is administration of Forsyth County's locally-zoned historic districts. The HRC is given the authority to review and approve exterior changes to properties located within the boundaries of these districts, which include Old Salem Historic District, Bethabara Historic District, and West End Historic Overlay District.
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One of the ways the HRC achieves these goals is through the Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) process. Applications for alterations, additions or new construction are reviewed by the Commission at its regular monthly meetings. The Commission bases application reviews on design review guidelines, which have been established for each district. If an application meets the requirements of the guidelines, the Commission issues a COA, which is a document indicating the Commission's approval of the proposed work. Some building permits cannot be issued for properties in local historic districts without a required COA. COA applications must be received 21 days prior to the Commission's monthly meeting. Refer to the second page of the application for further instructions on information to be submitted, as well as important notes related to the Certificate of Appropriateness process. Failure to supply adequate documentation or required materials will result in delays in processing the application and/or denial of the request. Review the Summary of Submission Materials for examples of the type of material required. Each district has a unique set of Design Review Guidelines (listed below).
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A unit of the consulting firm that put out a mostly complimentary audit of the Port Authority has been hired by the agency to help it find tenants to replace Condé Nast at 4 Times Square.
The PA tapped Navigant Capital Advisors — the corporate finance arm of Navigant Consulting — to "evaluate strategic alternatives" for the publisher's 840,000 square feet.
Four Times Square is owned by the Durst Organization.
Under a deal worked out nearly two years ago, the PA is on the hook for the rent on the space when the publisher moves to 1 World Trade Center in 2015.
The rent due between then and the lease's April 2019 expiration is about $214 million.
The eye-opening arrangement with Navigant doesn't mean the firm will act as the PA's broker but rather, an insider said, will "advise the PA in terms of running the process and evaluate proposals" that will come in through brokers — a role similar to that of an investment bank.
Although Navigant won't get a commission, it will earn a hefty fee "in the high six figures or low seven figures," a well-positioned source said.
Under the complex deal to let Condé Nast anchor 1 WTC, the PA agreed to pick up the cost of the remaining rent on Condé's Times Square lease.
The space stretches over 19 floors including the iconic, Frank Gehry-designed cafeteria.
Interest in the space is likely to be high: It's a Class-A asset in the tower that cemented the "new" Times Square's role as a commercial center for media, banks and law firms.
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Navigant is expected to send a letter today to top commercial brokers apprising them of its role, saying it has been "retained to evaluate strategic alternatives" for the Condé floors.
It says the PA "will consider a variety of transaction structures," and "the focus will be on proposals that transfer the rights and obligations of the Condé Nast lease through assignment, lease transfer or other economic exchange."
The letter also says the 4 TS rent into 2019 will be a below-market $58.86 per square foot, rising to $61.60 only in the final year, and 10-year extension rights beyond April 2019 "at discount to market."
Word of Navigant's role was a hot potato yesterday. PA Chairman Patrick Foye wouldn't comment other than to confirm a letter was going out to brokers this week.
Douglas Durst declined to comment. Prominent independent brokers didn't want their names attached to the story — including one who said Navigant's involvement "makes no sense."
The same broker questioned why the PA needed a middleman when it could simply hire a leasing agent — as it did at 1 WTC, where it tapped Cushman & Wakefield even before it teamed up there with Durst.
And why wouldn't Durst himself, who built 4 Times Square, be the best possible "adviser" to the PA?
Another broker speculated that if the PA ended up losing money on its 4 TS obligation — which was negotiated under previous PA leaders — Navigant's involvement would offer a way of saying the agency's new chiefs had gotten the best possible deal.
Another dealmaker suggested it might not be in Durst's interest to commit to sublease or lease-extension terms for Condé's Times Square space right now at such low rents, since the market might be stronger in a few years.
Last winter, Navigant Consulting and Rothschild Inc. scathingly called the PA "dysfunctional" in an audit commissioned by Gov. Andy Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
A follow-up audit this month, while still finding problems, praised the agency's "revitalized leadership," a point noted with pleasure by PA chairman David Samson. It even found controversial toll hikes, which were condemned last winter, to be necessary.
Perry Ellis International is consolidating and expanding its women's brands at Savitt Partners' 530 Seventh Ave.
Perry Ellis is taking 39,000 square feet of office and showroom space in a deal including extensions and conversions of two subleases to direct, plus a new, 18,500 square-foot direct lease for its Rafaella division.
The Rafaella unit will move from 1411 Broadway.
The new lease was negotiated for the building owners by Bob Savitt, Brian Neugeboren and Marc Schoen; Jones Lang LaSalle's Robert Martin, Matt Astrachan, Alex Chudnoff and Brad Lane repped the tenant.
Perry Ellis also recently moved its menswear division from several locations into 1120 Sixth Ave.
"As they consolidated their menswear at another address, this lets them consolidate their women's business and finishes their requirements," Astrachan said.
Bob Savitt, whose family has owned the building at 39th Street since the 1920s, said the 500,000 square-foot property is 100 percent leased.
Unlike other addresses along Fashion District avenues that have increasingly taken in traditional office tenants, 530 Seventh is entirely leased to fashion-industry firms, including Max Mara, New Balance and Asics.
Asking rents range from $53 a square foot in the base to $65 in tower floors.
Temco Service Industries, an international provider of building maintenance and security services, is moving its corporate and divisional offices from One Park Ave. to 417 Fifth Ave. at 38th Street. The firm has signed for 22,000 square feet.
Cushman & Wakefield's David Stockel, Peter Van Duyne, John Picco and Andrew Weisz repped the tenant; Murray Hill Properties' Roxana Girand repped the landlord in-house.


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I was working on my rental house on Whidbey Island a few weeks ago when I noticed a huge paper nest hanging from a low tree limb next to the house. I didn't want to get too close to the nest to identify the insects since it was being patrolled by a half dozen wasp-like insects. There was no way I was going to destroy the nest myself so I made a quick call to the local pest control company.
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The pest control man, suited up in protective clothing and headgear, slowly approached the nest with a dusting bulb containing an insecticide called Tempo dust. This insecticide uses a fast knockdown chemical called cyfluthrin that kills quickly and also has a long-term residual effect.
Upon the first dusting directly into the nest entry hole, the hornets immediately became agitated. After a few dust applications, the nest was left alone for a few days so that patrolling hornets returning to the nest would also get dusted. The exterminator removed the entire nest after a few days.
I was glad I did not tackle the nest myself since these hornets are very protective of the nest and are very aggressive when disturbed. In contrast to bees, hornets will sting repeatedly and will not die after stinging. Because hornet stingers are not barbed, they do not pull out of their bodies.


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Have you ever noticed how you breathe
when you feel relaxed? The next time you are relaxed, take a moment to notice
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the morning or just before you fall asleep. Breathing exercises can help you
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They are easy to learn, and you don't need an instructor or any special tools
to do them.
Continue to How?
There are lots of
breathing exercises you can do to help relax. The first exercise below—belly
breathing—is simple to learn and easy to do. It's best to start there if you
have never done breathing exercises before. The other exercises are more
advanced. All of these exercises can help you relax and relieve stress.
Belly breathing is
easy to do and very relaxing. Try this basic exercise anytime you need to relax
or relieve stress.
After you
have mastered belly breathing, you may want to try one of these more advanced
breathing exercises. Try all three, and see which one works best for
exercise also uses belly breathing to help you relax. You can do this exercise
either sitting or lying down.
Roll breathing helps you to develop full use of your lungs
and to focus on the rhythm of your breathing. You can do it in any position.
But while you are learning, it is best to lie on your back with your knees
Practice roll breathing daily for several weeks until you
can do it almost anywhere. You can use it as an instant relaxation tool anytime
you need one.
Caution: Some people get
dizzy the first few times they try roll breathing. If you begin to
breathe too fast or feel lightheaded, slow your
breathing. Get up slowly.
Try this exercise when you first get up in the morning to
relieve muscle stiffness and clear clogged breathing passages. Then use it
throughout the day to relieve back tension.
With roll breathing, you focus on the rhythm of your
breathing. You put one hand on your belly and the other on your chest as you
breathe in and out.
The object of roll breathing is to develop full
use of your lungs and focus on the rhythm of your breathing. You can do it in
any position. But while you are learning, it is best to lie on your back with
your knees bent.
Continue to Where?
Ready to try these breathing
exercises? You may find that one or more of them can help you relax.
If you want to try another relaxation technique,
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K. Shakspere (W.)
To the Celestiall and my soules Idoll, the most beau
tifiedOphelia, that's an ill phrase, a vile phrase,
beautified is a vile phrase, but you shall heare: thus in
her excellent white bosome, these &c.
O deere Ophelia, I am ill at these numbers, I haue not art to recken
my grones, but that I loue thee best, ô most best belieue it, adew.
Thine euermore most deere Lady, whilst this machine is to him. (Hamlet.
How say you by that, still harping on my daughter, yet hee
knewe me not at first, a sayd I was a Fishmonger, a is farre gone,
and truly in my youth, I suffred much extremity for loue, very
neere this. Ile speake to him againe. What doe you reade my
Slaunders sir; for the satericall rogue sayes heere, that old
men haue gray beards, that their faces are wrinckled, their eyes
purging thick Amber, & plumtree gum, & that they haue a plen
Indeede that's out of the ayre; how pregnant sometimes
his replies are, a happines that often madnesse hits on, which reason
and sanctity could not so prosperously be deliuered of. I will leaue
him and my daughter. My Lord, I will take my leaue of you.
You cannot take from mee any thing that I will not more
willingly part withall: except my life, except my life, except my
Begger that I am, I am euer poore in thankes, but I thanke
you, and sure deare friends, my thankes are too deare a halfpeny:
were you not sent for? is it your owne inclining? is it a free visitati
on? come, come, deale iustly with me, come, come, nay speake.
Any thing but to'th purpose: you were sent for, and there is
a kind of confession in your lookes, which your modesties haue not
craft enough to cullour, I know the good King and Queene haue
sent for you.
That you must teach me: but let me coniure you, by the
rights of our fellowship, by the consonancie of our youth, by the
obligation of our euer preserued loue; and by what more deare a
better proposer can charge you withall, bee euen and direct with
me whether you were sent for or no.
I will tell you why, so shall my anticipation preuent your
discouery, and your secrecie to the King & Queene moult no fea
ther, I haue of late, but wherefore I knowe not, lost all my mirth,
forgon all custome of exercises: and indeede it goes so heauily with
my disposition, that this goodly frame the earth, seemes to mee a
sterill promontorie, this most excellent Canopie the ayre, looke
you, this braue orehanging firmament, this maiesticall roofe fret
ted with golden fire, why it appeareth nothing to me but a foule
and pestilent congregation of vapoures. What peece of worke is a
man, how noble in reason, how infinit in faculties, in forme and
moouing, how expresse and admirable in action, how like an An
gell in apprehension, how like a God: the beautie of the world; the
paragon of Annimales; and yet to me, what is this Quintessence of
dust: man delights not me, nor women neither, though by your
smilling, you seeme to say so.
To thinke my Lord if you delight not in man, what Lenton
entertainment the players shall receaue from you, we coted them
on the way, and hether are they comming to offer you seruice.
He that playes the King shal be welcome, his Maiestie shal
haue tribute on me, the aduenterous Knight shall vse his foyle and
target, the Louer shall not sigh gratis, the humorus Man shall end
his part in peace, and the Lady shall say her minde freely: or the
black verse shall hault for't. What players are they?
It is not very strange, for my Vncle is King of Denmarke, and
those that would make mouths at him while my father liued, giue
twenty, fortie, fifty, a hundred duckets a peece, for his Picture
in little, s'bloud there is somthing in this more then naturall, if
Philosophie could find it out.
Gentlemen you are welcome to Elsonoure, your hands come
then, th'appurtenance of welcome is fashion and ceremonie; let
mee comply with you in this garb: let me extent to the players,
which I tell you must showe fairely outwards, should more ap
peare like entertainment then yours? you are welcome: but my
Vncle‐father, and Aunt‐mother, are deceaued.
The best actors in the world, either for Tragedie, Comedy,
History, Pastorall, Pastorall Comicall, Historicall Pastorall, scene
Why as by lot God wot, and then you knowe it came to
passe, as most like it was; the first rowe of the pious chanson will
showe you more, for looke where my abridgment comes.
You are welcome maisters, welcome all, I am glad to see thee
well, welcome good friends, oh old friend, why thy face is va
lanct since I saw thee last, com'st thou to beard me in Denmark?
what my young Lady and mistris, by lady your Ladishippe is
nerer to heauen, then when I saw you last by the altitude of a
chopine, pray God your voyce like a peece of vncurrant gold,
bee not crackt within the ring: maisters you are all welcome,
weele ento't like friendly Faukners, fly at any thing we see,
weele haue a speech straite, come giue vs a tast of your quality,
come a passionate speech.
I heard thee speake me a speech once, but it was neuer acted,
or if it was, not aboue once, for the play I remember pleasd not
the million, t'was cauiary to the generall, but it was as I receaued
it & others, whose iudgements in such matters cried in the top
of mine, an excellent play, well digested in the scenes, set downe
with as much modestie as cunning. I remember one sayd there
were no sallets in the lines, to make the matter sauory, nor no
matter in the phrase that might indite the author of affection,
but cald it an honest method, as wholesome as sweete, & by very
much, more handsome then fine: one speech in't I chiefely loued,
_'was Aeneas talke to Dido, & there about of it especially when he
speakes of Priams slaughter, if it liue in your memory begin at
this line, let me see, let me see, the rugged Pir_us like Th'ircanian
Tis well, Ile haue thee speake out the rest of this soone,
Good my Lord will you see the players well bestowed; doe you
heare, let them be well vsed, for they are the abstract and breefe
Chronicles of the time; after your death you were better haue a
bad Epitaph then their ill report while you liue.
Gods bodkin man, much better, vse euery man after his de
sert, & who shall scape whipping, vse them after your owne honor
and dignity, the lesse they deserue the more merrit is in your boun
ty. Take them in.
Weele hate to morrowe night, you could for neede study
a speech of some dosen lines, or sixteene lines, which I would set
downe and insert in't, could you not?
I truly, for the power of beautie will sooner transforme ho
nestie from what it is to a bawde, then the force of honestie can trans
late beautie into his likenes, this was sometime a paradox, but now the
time giues it proofe, I did loue you once.
Get thee a Nunry, why would'st thou be a breeder of sin
ners, I am my selfe indifferent honest, but yet I could accuse mee of
such things, that it were better my Mother had not borne mee: I am
very proude, reuengefull, ambitious, with more offences at my beck,
then I haue thoughts to put them in, imagination to giue them shape,
or time to act them in: what should such fellowes as I do crauling be
tweene earth and heauen, wee are arrant knaues, beleeue none of vs,
goe thy waies to a Nunry. Where's your father?
If thou doost marry, Ile giue thee this plague for thy dow
rie, be thou as chast as yce, as pure as snow, thou sha_t not escape ca
lumny; get thee to a Nunry, farewell. Or if thou wilt needes marry,
marry a foole, for wise men knowe well enough what monsters you
make of them: to a Nunry goe, and quickly to, farewell.
I haue heard of your paintings well enough, God hath gi
uen you one face, and you make your selfes another, you gig & am
ble, and you list you nickname Gods creatures, and make your wan
tonnes ignorance; goe to, Ile no more on't, it hath made me madde,
I say we will haue no mo marriage, those that are married alreadie, all
but one shall liue, the rest shall keep as they are: to a Nunry go.
Speake the speech I pray you as I pronoun'd it to you, trip
pingly on the tongue, but if you mouth it as many of our Players do,
I had as liue the towne cryer spoke my lines, nor doe not saw the ayre
too much with your hand thus, but vse all gently, for in the very tor
rent tempest, and as I may say, whirlwind of your passion, you must
acquire and beget a temperance, that may giue it smoothnesse, ô it
offends mee to the soule, to heare a robustious perwig‐pated fellowe
Be not too tame neither, but let your owne discretion be
your tutor, sute the action to the word, the word to the action, with
this speciall obseruance, that you ore‐steppe not the modestie of na
ture: For any thing so ore‐doone, is from the purpose of playing,
whose end both at the first, and novve, was and is, to holde as twere
the Mirrour vp to nature, to shew vertue her feature; scorne her own
Image, and the very age and body of the time his forme and pressure:
Now this ouer‐done, or come tardie off, though it makes the vnskil
full laugh, cannot but make the iudicious greeue, the censure of
which one, must in your allowance ore‐weigh a whole Theater of o
thers. O there be Players that I haue seene play, and heard others
praysd, and that highly, not to speake it prophanely, that neither ha
uing th'accent of Christians, nor the gate of Christian, Pagan, nor
man, haue so strutted & bellowed, that I haue thought some of Na
tures Iornimen had made men, and not made them well, they imita
ted humanitie so abhominably.
O reforme it altogether, and let those that play your clownes
speake no more then is set downe for them, for there be of them that
wil themselues laugh, to set on some quantitie of barraine spectators
to laugh to, though in the meane time, some necessary question of
the play be then to be considered, that's villanous, and shewes a most
pittifull ambition in the foole that vses it: goe make you readie. How
now my Lord, will the King heare this peece of worke?
O God your onely Iigge‐maker, what should a man do but
be merry, for looke you how cheerefully my mother lookes, and my
father died within's two howres.
The Mousetrap, mary how tropically, this play is the Image
of a murther doone in Vienna,Gonzago is the Dukes name, his wife
Baptista, you shall see anon, tis a knauish peece of worke, but what of
that? your Maiestie, and wee that haue free soules, it touches vs not,
let the gauled Iade winch, our withers are vnwrong. This is one Lu
cianus, Nephew to the King.
So you mistake your husbands. Beginne murtherer, leaue
thy damnable faces and begin, come, the croking Rauen doth bellow
for reuenge.
A poysons him i'th Garden for his estate, his names Gonza
go, the story is extant, and written in very choice Italian, you shall see
anon how the murtherer gets the loue of Gonzagoes wife.
Your wisedome should shewe it selfe more richer to signifie
this to the Doctor, for, for mee to put him to his purgation, would
perhaps plunge him into more choller.
Nay good my Lord, this curtesie is not of the right breede, if
it shall please you to make me a wholsome aunswere, I will doe your
mothers commaundement, if not, your pardon and my returne, shall
be the end of busines.
Make you a wholsome answer, my wits diseasd, but sir, such
answere as I can make, you shall commaund, or rather as you say, my
mother, therefore no more, but to the matter, my mother you say.
Good my Lord, what is your cause of distemper, you do sure
ly barre the doore vpon your owne liberty if you deny your griefes to
your friend.
I sir, but while the grasse growes, the prouerbe is something
musty, ô the Recorders, let mee see one, to withdraw with you, why
doe you goe about to recouer the wind of mee, as if you would driue
me into a toyle?
It is as easie as lying; gouerne these ventages with your fin
gers, & the vmber, giue it breath with your mouth, & it wil discourse
most eloquent musique, looke you, these are the stops.
Why looke you now how vnwoorthy a thing you make of
me, you would play vpon mee, you would seeme to know my stops,
you would plucke out the hart of my mistery, you would sound mee
from my lowest note to my compasse, and there is much musique ex
cellent voyce in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak, s'bloud
do you think I am easier to be plaid on then a pipe, call mee what in
strument you wil, though you fret me not, you cannot play vpon me.
God blesse you sir.
That I can keepe your counsaile & not mine owne, besides
to be demaunded of a spunge, what replycation should be made by
the sonne of a King.
I sir, that sokes vp the Kings countenaunce, his rewards, his
authorities, but such Officers doe the King best seruice in the end, he
keepes them like an apple in the corner of his iaw, first mouth'd to be
last swallowed, when hee needs what you haue gleand, it is but squee
sing you, and spunge you shall be dry againe.
Not where he eates, but where a is eaten, a certaine conua
cation of politique wormes are een at him: your worme is your onely
Emperour for dyet, we fat all creatures els to fat vs, and wee fat our
selues for maggots, your fat King and your leane begger is but varia
ble seruice, two dishes but to one table, that's the end.
In heauen, send thether to see, if your messenger finde him
not thrre, seeke him i'th other place your selfe, but if indeed you find
him not within this month, you shall nose him as you goe vp the
stayres into the Lobby.
I hope all will be well, we must be patient, but I cannot chuse
but weepe to thinke they would lay him i'th cold ground, my brother
shall know of it, and so I thanke you for your good counsaile. Come
my Coach, God night Ladies, god night.
Sweet Ladyes god night, god night.
A shall sir and please him, there's a Letter for you sir, it came
frō th'Embassador that was bound for England, if your name be Ho
ratio, as I am let to know it is.
Horatio, when thou shalt haue ouer‐lookt this, giue these fel
lowes some meanes to the King, they haue Letters for him: Ere wee
were two daies old at Sea, a Pyrat of very warlike appointment gaue
vs chase, finding our selues too slow of saile, wee put on a compelled
valour, and in the grapple I boorded them, on the instant they got
cleere of our shyp, so I alone became theyr prisoner, they haue dealt
with me like thieues of mercie, but they knew what they did, I am to
doe a turne for them, let the King haue the Letters I haue sent, and
repayre thou to me with as much speede as thou wouldest flie death,
I haue wordes to speake in thine eare will make thee dumbe, yet are
So that thou knowest thine Hamlet.
High and mighty, you shall know I am set naked on your kingdom,
to morrow shall I begge leaue to see your kingly eyes, when I shal first
asking you pardon, there‐vnto recount the occasion of my suddaine
It must be so offended, it cannot be els, for heere lyes the
poynt, if I drowne my selfe wittingly, it argues an act, & an act hath
three branches, it is to act, to doe, to performe, or all; she drownd her
selfe wittingly.
Giue mee leaue, here lyes the water, good, here stands the
Why there thou sayst, and the more pitty that great folke
should haue countnaunce in this world to drowne or hang thēselues ,
more then theyr euen Christen: Come my spade, there is no aunci
ent gentlemen but Gardners, Ditchers, and Grauemakers, they hold
vp Adams profession.
I like thy wit well in good fayth, the gallowes dooes well,
but howe dooes it well? It dooes well to those that do ill, nowe thou
doost ill to say the gallowes is built stronger then the Church, argall,
the gallowes may doo well to thee. Too't againe, come.
Cudgell thy braines no more about it, for your dull asse wil
not mend his pace with beating, and when you are askt this question
next, say a graue‐maker, the houses hee makes lasts till Doomesday.
That skull had a tongue in it, and could sing once, how the
knaue iowles it to the ground, as if twere Caines iawbone, that did the
first murder, this might be the pate of a pollitician, which this asse now
ore‐reaches; one that would circumuent God, might it not?
Or of a Courtier, which could say good morrow sweet lord,
how doost thou sweet lord? This might be my Lord such a one, that
praised my lord such a ones horse when a went to beg it, might it not?
Why een so, & now my Lady wormes Choples, & knockt
about the massene with a Sextens spade; heere's fine reuolution and
we had the tricke to see't, did these bones cost no more the breeding,
but to play at loggits with them: mine ake to thinke on't.
There's another, why may not that be the skull of a Lawyer,
where be his quiddities now, his quillites, his cases, his tenurs, and his
tricks? why dooes he suffer this madde knaue now to knocke him a
bout the sconce with a durtie shouell, and will not tell him of his acti
on of battery, hum, this fellowe might be in's time a great buyer of
Land, with his Statuts, his recognisances, his fines, his double vou
chers, his recoueries, to haue his fine pate full of fine durt, will vou
chers vouch him no more of his purchases & doubles then the length
and breadth of a payre of Indentures? The very conueyances of his
Lands will scarcely lye in this box, & must th'inheritor himselfe haue
no more, ha.
They are Sheepe and Calues which seeke out assurance in
that, I wil speak to this fellow. Whose graue's this sirra?
How absolute the knaue is, we must speake by the card, or
equiuocation will vndoo vs. By the Lord Horatio, this three yeeres I
haue tooke note of it, the age is growne so picked, that the toe of the
pesant coms so neere the heele of the Courtier he galls his kybe. How
long hast thou been Graue‐maker?
Of the dayes i'th yere I came too't that day that our last king
Hamlet ouercame Fortenbrasse.
Cannot you tell that? euery foole can tell that, it was that
very day that young Hamlet was borne: hee that is mad and sent into
Fayth if a be not rotten before a die, as we haue many poc
kie corses, that will scarce hold the laying in, a will last you som eyght
yeere, or nine yeere. A Tanner will last you nine yeere.
Why sir, his hide is so tand with his trade, that a will keepe
out water a great while; & your water is a sore decayer of your whor
son dead body, heer's a scull now hath lyen you i'th earth 23. yeeres.
Alas poore Yoricke, I knew him Horatio, a fellow of infinite
iest, of most excellent fancie, hee hath bore me on his backe a thou
sand times, and now how abhorred in my imagination it is: my gorge
rises at it. Heere hung those lyppes that I haue kist I know not howe
oft, where be your gibes now? your gamboles, your songs, your fla
shes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roare, not one
now to mocke your owne grinning, quite chopfalne. Now get you
to my Ladies table, & tell her, let her paint an inch thicke, to this fa
uour she must come, make her laugh at that.
Prethee Horatio tell me one thing.
To what base vses wee may returne Horatio? Why may not
imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander, till a find it stopping
a bunghole?
No faith, not a iot, but to follow him thether with modes_y
enough, and likelyhood to leade it. Alexander dyed, Alexander was
buried, Alexander returneth to dust, the dust is earth, of earth vvee
make Lome, & why of that Lome whereto he was conuerted, might
Thy state is the more gracious, for tis a vice to know him,
He hath much land and fertill: let a beast be Lord of beasts, and his
crib shall stand at the Kings messe, tis a chough, but as I say, spaci
ous in the possession of durt.
Exceedingly my Lord, it is very soultery, as t'were I can
not tell how: my Lord his Maiestie bad me signifie to you, that a
has layed a great wager on your head, sir this is the matter.
Nay good my Lord for my ease in good faith, sir here is newly
com to Court Laertes, belieue me an absolute gentlemen, ful of most
Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you, though I
memory, and yet but raw neither, in respect of his quick saile, but
& his infusion of such dearth and rarenesse, as to make true dixion
of him, his semblable is his mirrour, & who els would trace him, his
vmbrage, nothing more.
The King sir hath wagerd with him six Barbary horses,
againgst the which hee has impaund as I take it six French Rapiers
and Poynards, with their assignes, as girdle, hanger and so. Three
of the carriages in faith, are very deare to fancy, very reponsiue to
the hilts, most delicate carriages, and of very liberall conceit.
The phrase would bee more Ierman to the matter if wee
could carry a cannon by our sides, I would it be might hangers till
then, but on, six Barbry horses against six French swords their as
signes, and three liberall conceited carriages, that's the French
bet against the Danish, why is this all you call it?
The King sir, hath layd sir, that in a dozen passes betweene
your selfe and him, hee shall not exceede you three hits, hee hath
layd on twelue for nine, and it would come to immediate triall, if
your Lordshippe would vouchsafe the answere.
Sir I will walke heere in the hall, if it please his Maiestie, it
is the breathing time of day with me, let the foiles be brought, the
Gentleman willing, and the King hold his purpose; I will winne
for him and I can, if not, I will gaine nothing but my shame, and
the odde hits.
A did so sir with his dugge before a suckt it, thus has he and
many more of the same breede that I know the drossy age dotes on,
only got the tune of the time, and out of an habit of incounter, a
kind of histy colection, which carries them through and through
the most prophane and trennowed opinions, and doe but blowe
them to their triall, the bubbles are out.
My Lord, his Maiestie commended him to you by young
Ostricke, who brings backe to him that you attend him in the hall,
he sends to know if your pleasure hold to play with Laertes, or that
you will take longer time?
I am constant to my purposes, they followe the Kings plea
sure, if his fitnes speakes, mine is ready: now or whensoeuer pro
uided I be so able as now.
Not a whit, we defie augury, there is speciall prouidence in
the fall of a Sparrowe, if it be, tis not to come, if it be not to come,
it will be now, if it be not now, yet it well come, the readines is all,
since no man of ought he leaues, knowes what ist to leaue betimes,
let be.
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one network news confirmed the rumour and said it was part of a post tour review that Hesson was heavily involved with.
one network news confirmed the rumour and said it was part of a post tour review that Hesson was heavily involved with.
1) Ross is Boss.
2) See point 1.
Leading the charge against nuances being used in posts.
Overrated XI M Bracewell, Burns, Rahane, Don Voges, Bairstow, Alecz Day, Donovan Grobelaar, Luke Ronchi, Faulkner, Dan Christian, Permaul
I can't get the link to work (suggesting hastly deletion) and there has been no announcement. Have we been trolled?
Proudly supporting Central Districts
RIP Craig Walsh
David White on Radio sport in under an hour apparently.
I hope David White told Baz "don't be a Styris."
BTW, here's an interview Ian Smith & the Live Sport breakfast crew did with David White just 3 or so days ago. Smith did press him about the Taylor's captaincy issue as well.
David White on the Breakfast Of Champions - LiveSPORT Radio Audio Archive Player - Audio - LiveSPORT
unless of course he was just been interviewed for a sound bite during the sport news.
I don't know how Deaker can devote a whole hour to that ab loss, the ****er.
Hahahaha oh NZ... just when it seemed you were doing well, this happens.
McCullum can gagf. He's the most overrated batsman in test cricket... he's never performed too well against anyone bar Bangla and Zim. Now that he's no longer the WK, he's practically useless. Steyn n co will eat him for breakfast.
Literally can't recall McCullum scoring any tough runs other than that double hundred in India and a few 90s at Lords, and those 90s tell you something about him as well.
Downhill skier (copyright Burgey 2012) of the highest order.
Taylor plays his best innings when the chips are down. Removing minnows makes his record better.
I think they're both good players and I'm having a hard time believing that McCullum would be that petty as to try to oust the best player in the team from captaincy. OTOH, it's hard to believe that this would even be considered had McCullum given his full support.
Supposing everyone in the team hates Taylor, and everyone loves McCullum...Taylor is still the right man for the job.
This isn't a popularity contest.
It doesn't actually matter whether the young players look up to McCullum or Taylor.
Do they think the young Aussies don't admire Michael Hussey? Of course they ****ing do, that doesn't mean they're going to try and get Clarke replaced does it?
What a joke.
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all of this is quite stink as the rumour starts to get stronger on Radio Sport. And if Taylor quits I will be at a loss for words it would be almost as if the leaders of NZ cricket were deliberately trying to ruin NZ cricket. Honestly if they were trying to take us backwards they couldn't do a better job. And if they aren't trying to take us backwards on purpose then I can only conclude that NZ cricket is an extremely political place to be and Ross didn't know how to play the game.
If this is for real it's totally ****ed. Someone to please confirm it's not actually a thing. McCullum is overrated, selfish and often abhorrently brainless. Furthermore, the few times he has captained haven't done anything to suggest he's more worthy of the role than Taylor.
As well as McCullum's obvious shortcomings, it's not as if Taylor has even done anything wrong. He's been in charge for a bit over a year ffs. He's beaten Australia in Australia and Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. And been our best bat to boot. This is ridiculous. Farcical. Shocking. Fmd.
If this actually happens it'll confirm what the critics have been saying for a while now - a majority of the team are more interested in their own personal success and how the public perceive them than actually winning some ****ing cricket games.
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Friday, July 13, 2012
My TOP 5 Natural Skin Care Remedies
|beautiful Queensland, where I live ...
In my day job, I'm a scientist. I did my PhD on climate change and frogs, and I'm NOT a chemist by any stretch ... {and in fact, until childbirth, I think organic chem was the most painful thing I ever had to experience}. But in my 4 years of playing with wild tadpoles, I learned a bit about how sensitive a frog's skin is to chemicals in its environment.
Now, our human skin is a bit less permeable than a frogs' - yes - but I definitely started wondering how much of my shaving gel/moisturiser/lip balm and so on were filtering through my own skin and into my tissues and bloodstream. I tried to find some good, reliable evidence on this for you ... to no avail. But, let me just say that it's worth thinking about what might go into your skin when you put something onto your skin. Especially when you've just damaged it via sunburn or shaving or exfoliating. Or when the product says "quickly absorbed!"
Ohhhhh ....
Plus, as far as natural skin care goes, I like that I can buy unrefined, organic oils and honey and butters to use for cooking and beauty - saving me money, giving me better quality control AND meaning that my beauty products don't have to include preservatives. I can make them fresh as I need them!
So, as far as I'm concerned - kitchen-based skin care is good. Very good.
Here are some of my all-time favourites!
#1 - Coconut oil for eye makeup removal
#3 - Honey for face purifying
I can't bring myself to slather mayonnaise or avocado or whatever on my skin {or hair} ... but honey? That's different. The sweet stickiness of honey makes it an excellent mask to purify the skin - removing pollutants and deep-cleaning. Just mix 1 Tbs honey with 1 tsp of water or cool green tea, lightly rub onto your face {avoiding the eye area}, and sit down for 5-10 minutes out of reach of your dog. {If you have a dog, you'll know why ... } Then wash with warm water, pat dry and moisturise as you like. I like to use raw honey, because it retains more of its natural nutrients ... but you just need one of those little honey packets from the hotel breakfast to refresh travel-weary skin.
|calendula and chamomile
#4 - Hempseed oil for everyday face moisturising
Hempseed oil is light and full of omega 3's that make your skin happy. I've been concocting my own potions out of hempseed oil + calendula and chamomile essential oils, which smells like a cup of tea and makes my skin feel AMAZING. {Or infuse the dried flowers into your oil and strain it into a sterile container}. On its own, hempseed oil smells a little bit nutty/earthy ... you might have to get used to it. Or you can mix in your favourite skin-friendly essential oils to create whatever scent you like best!
#5 - Body brushing for glowing skin
All you need is an old hairbrush to get your skin glowing ... just get nudie in your bathroom and brush your skin before you hop into the shower. Start at your feet or hands and brush your whole body in the direction of your heart. Body brushing feels fabulous, sloughs off old skin, and - importantly - improves circulation and lymphatic drainage. A truly special way to wake up your body in the morning! {And you know you deserve it}
What are your faves? We'd love to hear them!
Amanda xx
30 comments:
- Accidental Lentil... said... [Reply to comment]
The only one of those i have tried is honey - i am gonna try them all now though! thanks.
I don't do much in terms of skin care. But it gets mighty dry here in Alice, so I have been using macadamia oil all over my body for a while now. When I was at uni i was all for sorbolene but now i hate it.
I sometimes put chamomile tea bags or essential oil in a bath with some olive or mac oil - for me or for the toddler. And i use pawpaw ointment on my lips, and on baby skin that is especially dry. that's about it!
- July 14, 2012 at 12:17 AM
- Unknown said... [Reply to comment]
Love this post (and great mindsI just recently posted a video blog on natural products). I love your site
- July 14, 2012 at 1:15 AM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
@Accidental Lentil... Thanks, Sarah! I love oils in my bath, too. They make my skin feel all silky :)
Watch out on the pawpaw ointments - I, too, love how they feel on my lips and dry skin ... but I was recently shocked to find out that Lucas' Pawpaw Ointment (in the red) is made in a petroleum jelly base! Yuck! It's a shame they don't make it more obvious on their label :(
- July 14, 2012 at 2:39 AM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
@Tara Bliss Thanks, Tara!
- July 14, 2012 at 2:39 AM
I wash my face with olive oil every night (just warm water in the mornings) and scrub once a week with coconut oil and granulated sugar. This has lessened the redness I get from rosacea dramatically. Commercial products are too inflammatory!
I use castille soap in the shower and moisturize with sweet almond oil. I add lavender oil to the SAO for my feet (lavender is an antifungal).
For hair frizzies I take about a teaspoon of aloe vera gel and add a few drops of sweet orange oil (almost any essential oil is fine here, it's just for softening and smelling lovely) and scrunch/pat it though my hair. Mine is long and fine, so less for shorter hair and more for thick hair.
- July 14, 2012 at 12:07 PM
- JM said... [Reply to comment]
I switched to a basically all-natural skincare routine about seven months ago, and have been using the OCM at night, honey several times a week, and sweet almond oil as a sometimes moisturizer. I am loving your idea of mixing honey with green tea, and have just added hemp seed oil to my grocery list after reading about how it can help combination skin. Thank you!
- July 14, 2012 at 12:39 PM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
@Anonymous So many great ideas! Thanks, Amy :)
- July 14, 2012 at 5:47 PM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
@JM And thanks for popping over, JM ... just had a peek at your blog and it's soooo interesting! Heading back over now!
- July 14, 2012 at 6:01 PM
My everyday makeup is a very light film of coconut oil, wait a couple
of minutes and then brush on your favorite mineral face powder. I
prefer mineral powder without talc. It works great.
- July 14, 2012 at 7:55 PM
Organic rosehip oil is great as a night serum! And just a few drops goes a long way!!!!
- July 14, 2012 at 8:02 PM
- Mychele said... [Reply to comment]
I have a dog and completely love that you added a comment about them. :)
- July 14, 2012 at 8:19 PM
- Paula said... [Reply to comment]
I'm so happy that you shared all these healthy/organic tips. I love using your skin cleanser and your moisturizer and I know I'm going to love using honey for face purifying now :)
- July 15, 2012 at 8:53 AM
- Accidental Lentil... said... [Reply to comment]
@Amanda @ Easy Peasy Organic
OH!! i didn;t know that! Thanks for telling me.It doesn't say it anyway on the packet. I feel betrayed!
- July 17, 2012 at 3:57 AM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
@Accidental Lentil... I know ... I totally felt betrayed, too! I think it's something with labelling laws that they don't have to tell you what the base ingredients are. :(
- July 17, 2012 at 7:48 PM
- Nancy said... [Reply to comment]
Hi Amanda,
I love this post! I'm big on natural and "kitchen" based cosmetics. You mention a few new for me to try. Have you ever used ground coffee beans as an exfoliant? It leaves your skin feeling so nice:)
- July 18, 2012 at 9:02 AM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
@Spicie Foodie Well I do love another excuse to make a cup of coffee ... Thanks, Nancy! :)
- July 18, 2012 at 11:00 PM
- Maryea {Happy Healthy Mama} said... [Reply to comment]
I am also one who finds coconut oil too thick for my entire face, but I didn't think to use it as a mascara remover. I'm going to try it tonight!
I just found your blog via Babble's Top 100 Mom Blogs list and I'm so glad I did. I love finding other like-minded moms!
- July 19, 2012 at 8:12 AM
- Lauren said... [Reply to comment]
Hi Amanda,
I just found your blog through craftgawker. I really enjoyed reading your 'about me' page. I have been through some ups and downs in my life as well, and I could relate to a lot of what you wrote. I'm looking forward to reading your blog! Love this post about natural skin care. I used to spend hundreds of dollars on products and treatments only to realize it may be doing me more harm because of all the parabens and sulfates, etc. I usually use jojoba oil for moisturizing, but I'll have to look for hempseed oil!
- July 20, 2012 at 11:41 PM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
Thanks, Lauren! And Maryea! Lovely to meet you both :)
And ... for those of you interested in petroleum-free pawpaw ointment, check out Suvana Organic Paw Paw & Honey ointment ... you should find it at your natural foods' store, and here are the (happy) ingredients:
Castor seed oil*, beeswax*, coconut oil*, cocoa butter*, papaya extract, honey*, jojoba oil*, vanilla bean oil*, candilia wax, carrot seed oil, stevia extract, vitamin e
- July 22, 2012 at 8:41 PM
I tried coconut oil to remove my eye makeup last night, and it worked wonderfully! I tend to wear a lot of eye makeup, and it took off every single bit of it. Thanks for the tip!
- July 24, 2012 at 10:58 AM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
@Erika yay!!!!!!
- July 24, 2012 at 7:48 PM
- August 13, 2012 at 4:50 AM
Has anyone tried microdermabrasion treatment? I heard it can do wonders for your skin.
- August 13, 2012 at 4:52 AM
Any tips of getting rid of my 6 yr old daughters hand warts? She also has one under her bottom lip. :/
- November 8, 2012 at 12:29 PM
- Skin Repair said... [Reply to comment]
Love your post and i like Cocoa butter for body moisturizing because my skin is dry and very sensitive...
- December 5, 2012 at 4:57 AM
@Anonymouscaster oil will get rid of warts in just a few days
- December 7, 2012 at 1:24 AM
I recommend argan oil australia for their many benefits in skin care. Helps restore cells for firmer and more youthful skin appearance.
- December 16, 2012 at 7:46 PM
- Unknown said... [Reply to comment]
Thanks a lot for this post! I've been looking for natural beauty remedies online and checking if there are any discount freight shipping. Who's to say that I can just find them in the garden or in a local market? Thanks!
- December 19, 2012 at 4:10 AM
- Victoria. B said... [Reply to comment]
Never ever thought that coconut also could be effective for the skin. I would definitely like to try this remedy for my skin. Thanks for sharing the information which is quite helpful for everyone.
- July 2, 2013 at 5:20 PM
- Kaz said... [Reply to comment]
HI Amanda! It is quite amazing how rich,powerful but at the same time simple a natural skin care can be. One of the natural products I am surely in love with is Jojoba Oil but lots of others, too.
- September 18, 2013 at 5:28 AM


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- Bob Greene: Who walks away from $10 million? The composer of "God Bless America" did
- Russian-born songwriter Irving Berlin saw it as "his gift to the nation he adored," says Greene
- Berlin arranged for the song's royalties to be given away in perpetuity, Greene says
- Greene: For 70 years, the money has been donated to Boy Scout and Girl Scout programs
Who walks away from $10 million?
Who creates something beloved and beautiful that will eventually earn him well in excess of $10 million, and says he doesn't want the money?
The answer is a story of generosity and grace that seems fitting for this season of giving.
I was doing some research on the great songwriter Irving Berlin, who, with his family, fled oppression in Russia when he was 5 years old and came to the United States. He knew no English; he grew up in poverty on New York's Lower East Side. He taught himself music. He wrote the lyrics and melodies to more than 1,500 songs, including some of the most popular in history: "White Christmas," "Easter Parade," "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "This Is the Army, Mr. Jones," "Cheek to Cheek." His feel for the sound of words was close to perfect; if you want to learn the craft of writing, not only music, but any kind of effective writing, study the lyrics -- the precision, the economy, the playfulness, the respect for language and cadence -- of Berlin's "There's No Business Like Show Business." There is not a wasted syllable.
Because "White Christmas" -- the cherished holiday song written by the Jewish immigrant -- will, as usual, be played and sung often this month, I was trying to find out all I could about Berlin's life and career. And came upon an astonishing, profoundly moving act of altruism.
It has to do with the song he considered the most important he ever wrote -- the song that meant the most to him.
In 1938, the vocalist Kate Smith was looking for a song to sing on her coast-to-coast CBS radio program to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Armistice Day. She asked Berlin if he would write something for her.
He remembered a song he had begun years before, and had discarded. He brought it out and went back to work on it.
Thus it was that, on the CBS radio network one November night, Kate Smith delivered the first public performance of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America."
The acclaim was immediate and electrifying. The world was on the verge of a terrible new war; all over the United States, people heard Berlin's song and took it to their hearts.
He understood what a valuable property he had on his hands.
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He never wanted to make a penny from it.
He wanted whatever success the song had to be his gift to the nation he adored.
"He believed that the United States had rescued his life," Laurence Bergreen, author of the Berlin biography "As Thousands Cheer," told me. "This was his genuine patriotic gesture. He had a real soft spot for America, and this is how he expressed it."
Berlin instructed attorneys to draw up papers. He wanted to guarantee that every cent "God Bless America" ever earned went to a place that he thought would help to make the country's future brighter and stronger. In those months leading up to the U.S. entry into World War II, he selected the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts to receive the song's earnings -- specifically, he wanted the royalties to go to Boy Scout and Girl Scout programs in impoverished and disadvantaged areas.
His binding legal instructions are in effect to this day, 73 years after "God Bless America" was first sung by Kate Smith and 22 years after Berlin's death. So far, there has been more than $10 million distributed to Scouting programs, and it's still coming in.
"Irving Berlin and his heirs have never collected a penny," said Bert Fink, an executive in the office that administers the earnings from Berlin's songs.
"He was always a staunch protector of his copyrights," said musicologist Sheryl Kaskowitz, who wrote her Harvard University Ph.D. dissertation on the song, and who is working on a book about it for Oxford University Press. "For him to do this with 'God Bless America' was his sincere thank you to the country."
Trustees of the fund Berlin set up are free to allocate the money to programs where they feel it will be beneficial. It has gone to different Scouting organizations over the years. The current recipients of the royalties are the Greater New York Councils of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Officials for both groups told me it is impossible to overestimate how much good the "God Bless America" royalties continue to do for boys and girls with few advantages or resources; there are Scouting programs in homeless shelters and public housing projects that would not exist were it not for the fund.
The popularity of the song has seen ebbs and flows over the years. The country seems to find it anew when it is needed. On September 11, 2001, after the attacks, members of Congress stood together, Republicans and Democrats shoulder-to-shoulder, on the steps of the Capitol and, seemingly spontaneously, joined in singing "God Bless America." That signaled a renaissance for the song; it is now regularly heard at sporting events and public gatherings.
In the final years of Berlin's life, he grew reclusive. He had not had a hit song in decades. Rock music and performances by singer-songwriters had replaced the kind of music he had mastered. But even toward the end, he found comfort in knowing how many young people the royalties from "God Bless America" were helping. His belief was simple: Everyone, regardless of background or beginnings, should be given a chance to shine. After all, look what happened to him.
He died in 1989. The money will continue to go to Scout organizations as long as "God Bless America" is sung and played -- which is to say, as long as there is a United States of America.
Who walks away from $10 million?
Irving Berlin did. Happily and proudly.
The answer is as clear and direct as the second line in that song of his:
". . .land that I love. . . ."