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Pete Hocking is a visual artist and writer based in Providence, RI & Provincetown, MA. His work is concerned with personal narrative, poetics, and political consciousness. Previously he was director of the Rhode Island School of Design's Office of Public Engagement and Associate Dean of the College, and Director of the Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University. At the Swearer Center, he developed university-community partnerships, leadership education, undergraduate research opportunities, social entrepreneurship, and integrated community-learning with academic study. His theoretical preoccupations include Progressive Education and arts pedagogy; American Studies; Queer Theory; ecology and sustainable systems; the public engagement of artists; and documentary practice.
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My theoretical preoccupations include Progressive Education and arts pedagogy; the American Transcendentalists and American intellectual history; Queer Theory and LGBTQ history; Phenomenology; ecology and sustainable systems; the public engagement of artists; and documentary practice. As an adoptee, I am interested in adoption rights and the effects of trauma on identity formation. I primarily work as a visual artist and writer. I love comic books.


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Daily roundup of what is hot online right now with a video of Sharon Osbourne breaking her silence about her son's (Jack Osbourne) diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, Angelina Jolie playing the Mistress of Evil and why people are suing Hebrew National hot dogs.
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A group of people from Minnesota are suing Hebrew National owner ConAgra Food, accusing them of not meeting the strict guidelines that make meat kosher but labeling their hot dogs as such. According to Reuters, the group wants a class-action lawsuit. Hebrew National denies such claims.
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Video: Sharon Osbourne breaks down on 'The Talk'
A clearly upset Sharon Osbourne broke her silence on her son's Jack Osbourne's recent diagnosis with multiple sclerosis on "The Talk." With tears streaming down her face, Sharon seemed unable to even talk, but eventually thanked "everyone for all their texts and goodwill and love they send to us…" Scroll down to watch the video.
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I'm off to the Massive Black/ConceptArt.org workshop in Seattle -- looking forward to seeing tons of amazing talent form people that I haven't crossed paths with yet.
I'll try to post as I go but in the meantime, you can check out the cool new sci-fi site io9.com.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Revelations + New Place to Spend Time "Researching"
I'm off to the Massive Black/ConceptArt.org workshop in Seattle -- looking forward to seeing tons of amazing talent form people that I haven't crossed paths with yet.
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Enjoy Revelations! Thanks for sharing the io9 link. :)
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Why is child labor illegal, but you can exploit and "sell" your children all you want on a reality show? Or, have them act in television/movies?
What's the difference?
I was just wonderin'.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Somebody tell me...
Why is child labor illegal, but you can exploit and "sell" your children all you want on a reality show? Or, have them act in television/movies?
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
On children...
In class, my professor, who is single with no children, was answering a question about blood flow during pregnancy and sharing immunities with the baby, etc....
She said something to the effect of, the mother giving everything to the child while in utero.
Then, she said, "For nine months, it's a parasitic relationship, because the child feeds off of the mother and he doesn't give her anything in return."
Sometimes shit just leaps off of my lips and I'm pretty sure I heard myself say, "NINE MONTHS? Parasitic for nine months? I have a parasitic 10 year old!!"
Aaaaaaand, next came the, "How awful for a mother to talk about her children that way" stares, by twenty-something year old trollops.
Who, if they are not careful, will be knocked up and in the same effing boat I'm in, interrupted college education, life placed on hold, twelve years and FOUR kids later, sitting in a classroom with a bunch of fresh-faced neophytes!!!!
Karma's a bitch, BITCHES!!!
So, hopefully, for their sake, it was rather a "WOW! She, in no way, looks old enough to have a TEN YEAR OLD" stare!!
Yeah, now that I think about it...I'm pretty sure it was the latter!!
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Monday, July 27, 2009
There's someone I'd like you to meet...
This was taken in May of 1999, six months after she was transplanted with his heart.
She's just over eleven years old now. Her birthday is sometime around May and her name is Daniela. It was hinted that she was transplanted in or around the Colorado area, but it's not certain. That's all I know about her.
That, and that she has my boy's heart...
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Who's on first...
Anatomy and Physiology 2 started up last week and we hit the floor running...got right down to 'business', jumped in 'head' first, 'balls' to the wall.
See where I'm going with this?
For three hours a day for the past several days, I've been inundated with facts and terms and actions of the reproductive systems. Not so bad, right. I mean, who wouldn't want to look at pictures of penises and vaginas all day?
Since I've been out of the workforce so long, I'm still developing the skills to separate work from home. I'm trying to teach myself to compartmentalize everything...and as a nurse, I'm sure it's a vital skill.
Well, I'm not that good at it, yet. At all.
The other day, the fiery flames of passion were ignited and Jake was rounding third base, heading for home....
When what in my wondering mind does appear???
Seminal vesicles, epididymises (epididymi?), and his vas deferens...seminiferous tubules, his prostate...and the route of his sperm.
Actually, I thought it was hilarious, and said, "Do you know what your corpora cavernosa are doing right now? Do you have any idea how many millions of sperm have just been given their marching orders? And...get this...I did the math, and sperm can travel over 11 miles/hour. That's pretty impressive consideri---"
Jake interrupts with, "Really? Seriously?? This is NOT COOL!!!"
Aaaaaaaaand...back to first base, he went!!
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Oh...the horror...
The kids went to see Transformers 2 with MIL this weekend. Now, while her son is completely comfortable with colorful words...MIL is not. She turns red when the word fart is mentioned, and still cringes a little every time my kids say penis or vagina around her.
So, Jack's aspirations of being a professional "Fuck-sayer" when he grows up, make for an interesting mix with MIL's conservative tongue.
This is a story relayed to me by MIL...
After the movie, which was apparently filled with extremely foul language, in the car on the way home, MIL warns the kids, "Now kids, you can't repeat any of those words in that movie, okay? Mom and Dad won't let me take you to the movies again if you go around saying those words."
I guess she doesn't know that we take her grandchildren to movies like this.
Jack seizes the opportunity to use foul language without risk of getting his mouth washed out with soap, pipes in, "You mean like "fuck" and "fuckin'" and "shit" and "ass" and --"
MIL, no doubt dying a little inside as she listens to her grandchild spewing profanity, interrupts, "ALRIGHT! Yes, Jack that's what I mean. Please don't say ANY of the bad words you heard in that movie, okay?"
Jack, horrified, says, "YOU MEAN I CAN'T EVEN SAY 'PUSSY'?!?"
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
A tough question...
I usually don't mind meeting new people. I like to talk...I like to listen...so, it's usually a good time.
The inevitable question. Just the anticipation of this question makes me a little uncomfortable in my own skin.
THE question...
"So....how many kids do you have?"
How do I hate this question? Let me count the ways!!
The absolute WORST part of having a dead kid...is this fucking question!! My mind starts reeling, so many things going through my head...
Three, or four...three or four...what do i say? Three? Or, four?
Am I ever gonna see this person again?
Do I WANT to see this person again?
If I say three, what if they ask a follow-up question and I have to tell them the whole story. Then I have to back track, and look like a dumbass.
Plus, it's a long story...do they even want to hear it?
I've HAD four kids. I should say four...I'm not uncomfortable talking about my boy.
Oh, but, THEY might be uncomfortable talking about my dead kid.
It'll make them all weird, and awkward...then, they'll feel like an asshole. Even though, I don't think they're an asshole. They still might feel like an asshole.
Then, I'll feel the need to comfort them, like, "Yeah, he's dead, but it's okay."
When really, it's NOT OKAY...and why the hell do I feel the need to comfort THEM.
Fuck it, it's not worth it...I'll just say three. Technically, they asked, "How many kids do you HAVE?" Presently, I only HAVE three kids. So, I should just say three.
But, the kids are with me. What if they chime in with, "Uh-Uh, Mom...you have four kids. Us and Joey. Joey's dead." Then, more back tracking...UGH!
All of this is happening in a matter of seconds, in my head. This question hurts, and I never know what I'm gonna say until I hear myself say it.
So, help a sista out!! How do I answer this question?
Monday, July 20, 2009
A close call....
As I described in this post, I sometimes over-react. But, Jake RARELY does. Wait, he NEVER does. EVEREVEREVEREVER. That is, until Saturday.
We were going out to dinner for a good friend's birthday. We had just left the party of another good friend, celebrating his birthday.
We had a few drinks and weren't tipsy, or drunk...but, we were warm.
I was driving. Jake has a pretty gnarly sprained ankle (that can now accurately be described as a cankle), and was shifting and twisting in his seat, trying to get comfortable.
Then, we heard it. A very loud...
I said, "Dear Jesus...what is that sound? Is it the car? What the hell is it?"
Jake replied, "I don't know what that is. It's so loud."
I reach over and turn off the A/C to rule that out.
It persisted. Even. Steady. Loud as fuck...
"It's not the A/C...what the hell is going on?"
Jake says, "I don't know. Damn...it must be the car. It sounds really bad. That's a really bad leak."
I reach down and turn off the radio, to rule that out.
We're still driving, and beginning to sweat. In silence. Aside from the very ominous...
My mind starts to race. I immediately envision a hose, broken, whipping around under the hood, spewing god knows what all over the place. I start to wonder if the brakes are going out, maybe the steering. I wonder if the fucking car is about to fucking explode! Now, I'm scared. What is possibly most terrifying about the whole situation is the look on Jake's face...HE'S SCARED.
WTF??? He's never scared. He never loses his cool. He's always calm and collected...and now he's scared. This has to be bad...really bad.
I start to panic, just a tad, and frantically say, "JAKE, WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS THAT NOISE? WHAT DO WE DO? WHERE DO I PULL OVER? BABY, DO SOMETHING!!!"
Mirroring my tone, and making the situation even more terrifying, The One, who NEVER over-reacts, not even a little bit, looks at me with eyes as wide as saucers and fear in his voice, and says, "I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. FUCK! PULL OVER, PULL OVER NOW. I HEARD THIS NOISE THE OTHER DAY WHEN I GOT IN THE CAR. FUCK! I KNEW I SHOULDA CHECKED IT OUT...FUCK. PULL OVER. WHAT...WHAT IS THAT SMELL? DO YOU SMELL IT? IT SMELLS TOXIC."
OH.DEAR.GAWD. There's a smell now!! This is definitely bad. But, I don't smell it. I just hear it...
Jake says, "DAMN...that smell is really strong, babe. It's a chemical. Hurry up and stop, so we can get out of the car. That's strong...you don't smell it?"
It's freaking me out that he's so worried.
My heart is quickening, and just as I'm approaching a turn off, to pull over, the smell...
Man, it's definitely chemical. Fuck, it IS strong. I can taste it. It's...it's...familiar. It's almost...fruity? What? It's like...it's....
A revelation.
"Move your leg off of my makeup bag, you fucker...IT'S MY HAIRSPRAY!!"
The fear drains from Jake's face, "Oh. WHEW! I thought we were goners."
Saturday, July 18, 2009
He's back...
The boy had a great time at camp. He managed to keep himself out of trouble. He managed to make it home with all his shit. He managed to have a great time.
However...HE DID NOT SHOWER ONCE WHILE HE WAS THERE!! Five days of lake-swimming, hiking, sweating and playing...not a drop of soap all week.
Note to self: You have successfully taught the children to make their own cereal, respect closed doors, and how to dial 911 in an emergency. TEACH THE LITTLE URCHINS ABOUT HYGEINE!!!
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Friday, July 17, 2009
Does this make me crazy...
So, I was watching Dr.Phil, and he was talking about adult ADD. He was listing the signs, symptoms and characteristics...and the dude might as well have been talking about me.
It takes me no less than three tries to leave the house. I have to go back in for the phone, the keys, my backpack, a glass of water...it seems like even if I have everything, I still have something to go back in after something.
I will stop mid-task because something else pops in my head...and I will rush off to go do tend to the new thought. I can't tell you how many times I start taking clothes out of the dryer, have a fleeting thought, rush off to address it, then, later when I am done...I walk by the laundry room to see the dryer door open. It's only THEN, that I realize I forgot to go back and finish the laundry.
Then, I feel all shitty, and brain damaged.
My short term memory sucks. As I'm walking out the door, Jake will say,
"Here, drop this movie off in the mail on your way out, okay. Babe...", he says, waiting for me to stop and look at him, "Don't forget...it needs to go out today, will you go straight there?"
Frustrated, I say, "ALRIGHT HONEY...I got it. Fuck, I'm not three years old."
I walk out the door, movie in hand...put it in the seat next to me, and drive right past the post office. When I return, Jake meets me at the door, takes the keys and heads to the car...
I say, "Where are you going?"
"To take the movie to the post office...I know you forgot it, didn't you?"
Defensively, "Well, uh...I...er...I was going-"
Defeated, Jake says, "I didn't expect you to return it...I knew I'd have to do it."
Then, I feel all shitty, and brain damaged...and then I OWE him...if ya know what I mean!!
Since I've started school, I've noticed how antsy I get. When I'm sitting in class, I tap my foot, or fidget in my chair. It is EXCRUTIATING to sit still for two and a half hours in a lecture. It's so bad, that I have to chew gum. The gum quiets the foot tapping and fidgetting a bit.
Then, when I survive that...I have to go to lab, where I tap my leg, or my pen...until my lab partner snaps and says...
"Dude...would you quit, my five year old does the same thing and it drives me nuts."
Then, I feel all shitty, and brain damaged...and then I OWE her. Which means something totally different in lab, like, I have to handle the E. coli.
I just find my mind constantly racing...so much so that like it almost vibrates. That sounds so weird typed out, but that's what it feels like. I can't even shut it off to go to sleep. It takes two Benadryl and about an hour before I can quiet my thoughts long enough to fall asleep. That's on a GOOD night!!
Sometimes I try to justify it, and tell myself that every mom feels this way. This is what happens when you have to do the thinking for a whole household. Maybe that's true. I don't know...It just frustrates me a little, well, a lot. I feel like I should --
Oh, look, a bird!!
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
From my Inbox...
I just had a thought..don't ask me how or why. I know why the divorce rate is so high. Our society, including movies, books, tv, etc., only show us HOW to fall in love. Showing how magical and surreal it is, but then the story ends. There's no update on how 'happily ever after' was achieved. It's pretty sad isn't it? I wish I were a director or a writer or something. I wouldn't write love stories, I'd write staying in love stories. I would explain how if you're truly in love with someone, you don't just fall in love with them once, but over and over again throughout the years. And while it might not be as grand and emotional as the original, it's still exciting knowing you can fall in love at any moment.
Freaking weird huh? I thought of this while doing a Sodoku puzzle.
I love you
If I still had a uterus, I'd wanna have babies with that man...er, well...more babies with that man. Wait...what the hell am I saying?? More kids would just fuck things up...I just wanna, you know...do stuff with him!!
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
A camping he will go...
Some of my favorite childhood memories are from church camp! Yes, you heard me correctly...my ass was allowed at a church camp!!!
I LOVED CHURCH CAMP! I looked forward to it every year, and would cry when the week was over.
I still talk to several of the friends I made over the years...one of them stops by my blog often...you know him as Tatman.
Just to clarify...yes, we went to the "Screw religion, think for yourself, and tattoo every last inch of your body-Church of God...dot com, dot org" Church Camp. And by god, we liked it!!
Yesterday, my boy boarded a bus and headed to church camp for the first time. I might have been more excited than he was, as all the memories and exitement of my childhood resurfaced!
I guess my life is kinda coming full circle, and it's a little bittersweet. As I relive the excitement of these adventures with my son...I also have to face the fact that I'm getting fucking old!!
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Monday, July 13, 2009
One of those days...
Yesterday, was one of those days...
The kids were wound up...I was wound up.
I was running around trying to get Avery packed for camp, putting out fires all along the way. I spent a good part of the day cleaning up the messes made by the kids, while they were trying to clean up messes ...yeah, you heard me!!
These are a few of the messes I cleaned...
One spilled 3 liter tupperware container, full of Mr. Nibbles' food. Mr. Nibbles is the 3rd grade class guinea pig and it is my responsibility to keep him alive until September! Yeah, good luck with the whole "alive in September" thing, Mr. Nibbles...you're living with The Bullocks!!
These kids and their pets are gonna be the death of me!!
The shit of one of my children. The little one underestimated his ability to control his bowels...and, well...lost control.
The shit of an infant..."Awww, someone made a stinky!". The shit of a five-year old..."ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?"
Spilled red popsicle that was left on the dresser of my oldest child. It was left to melt while he chit-chatted with his friend at the door. And melt, it did...all over my carpet!! I demanded, very loudly, that the child get a wet rag, and gently blot...NOT SCRUB...the carpet to clean the stain.
Bless his heart, he might have brain damage.
Next was the trail of dripped water from the soaking rag, that was dripped from the kitchen aaaaaall the way to his bedroom...then, the giant puddles of water in the carpet that were left when he tried to clean up the stain.
DEFINITELY BRAIN DAMAGED!! Yeeeah, definitely, definitely brain damaged. Yeah, definitely...
Lastly was the 3/4 full, Route 44 Ocean Water from Sonic that was knocked over while the kids were dragging a bunch of shit out (read: another mess for me to clean) to make a huge pallet to sleep on!! That's approximately 33 OUNCES of BLUE SHIT splattered across the tile, the walls, and the table!!
I know why people beat their children!!
So many messes, that I had dreams of this...
And visions of this...
That may, or may not be a beer in my hand! But, if it was a beer...it would be totally justifiable, because it was ONE OF THOSE DAYS!!!!!
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
Six word Saturday...
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
To the one's I love....
You thought I was too busy to notice that you help your brother and sister with breakfast every morning so that I can sleep in...
but, I did notice...
and I think you are responsible and thoughtful...and an INCREDIBLE big brother!
You thought I was too busy to notice that the other day when Jack hurt his toe, it was you who comforted him, wiped away his blood, and turned on a DVD for him, to make him feel better...
but, I did notice...
and I think you will make an AMAZING mother one day!
You thought I was too busy to notice that you were crying while you watched the movie, Beethoven, because the dog was left all alone...
but, I did notice...
and I think you have a heart of gold!
You thought I was too busy to notice that you change the radio station from sports talk to "my" station every afternoon for my ride in to school...
but, I did notice...
and I love you more and more, every single day!
You thought I was too busy to still have thoughts of you after all these years...
but, I am the woman, and wife, and mother I am today because of you...
and not a day goes by that I don't think of you!
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Monday, July 6, 2009
My opinion...there is no truth about religion.
Religion is an opinion, not a fact.
I got into a religious debate on "the holiest blogger of them all's" website. Crazy, huh? I normally don't comment on her blog, because...well, because "if you don't have anything nice to say, then you shouldn't say anything at all", right? But, she lured me in...I couldn't resist. She said what I always say..."we should be discussing religion and politics." So, I posted my opinions about religion on one of the most well known Christian blogs...and I lived to tell about it.
I replied to a thread, that the scriptures and their interpretations (on homosexuality, abortion, premarital sex, etc...) are a matter of opinion, not fact. Aaaaaaand, of course, I was mocked and scoffed at...whatever.
People repeatedly responded that the bible is "the truth." That Jesus is "the truth." The "absolute truth", no two ways about it. Many stated that even if you weren't a "believer", it was still the truth.
I have to say that I wholeheartedly disagree!!!
The bible, and Jesus is not MY truth...therefore, it is not THE truth. Ya dig? Which leads to my theory that there is no truth...no such thing as an absolute truth as it pertains to religion.
I think a better term would be "personal truths". I have mine, you have yours...neither of us is wrong and neither of us is right. When it comes to religion and politics, there is no right and wrong...only opinions. And personal truths.
I read a lot of threads on the subject of the "slippery slope" that our nation is on, because we are "tolerating" immoral behaviors, like homosexuality, for example.
I have a big problem with the use of the word "tolerating". In my opinion, the word, "tolerating", implies that one group of people is right, and they are "tolerating" the bad behavior of another group, that is wrong.
I think "respect" is a better word. If we could learn to respect each other, ourselves and most importantly, our differences, our world would be a much better place. In theory, anyway. I'm sure something would come along to fuck it up...but, you get my point, right?
In the spirit of a healthy debate, I thought it was very disrespectful for people to claim that they believe in "the truth", and (quite literally) "to hell with" those of us who don't agree. I absolutely understand that I was on a Christian blog, but...1. she asked for opinions and for the debate and 2. believe it or not, I was not the only non-Christian.
When people claim that the bible is THE truth...that completely invalidates MY truth. The problem with one person being right, is that the other person has to be wrong. And, when it comes to MY truths...I am NEVER wrong.
So, try out my new commenting system and let me hear your thoughts!!
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Sunday, July 5, 2009
Independence Day...
This 4th, we celebrated our independence...from two of our three children.
When I was a kid, I used to love being over at my aunts house. My two older cousins were always there, usually with some of their friends, so it was often a very full house. They always had the coolest toys and gadgets.
My aunt kept me while my mom worked and I remember crying every afternoon when five o'clock rolled around. I never wanted to go home. I always wanted to stay amid the chaos of my aunts house...lots of pets, lots of people, lots of toys, lots of fun.
We went to East Texas Friday to see my aunt for her birthday...she lives with my two cousins, their husbands and their six kids. LOTS of people...LOTS of pets...four wheelers, go carts, every video game system you can name, woods to explore, dirt to play in, hot tub to swim in, and lots and lots of fun.
Things haven't changed much...I usually try to find a way to stay out there amid the warm chaos, and my kids...THEY ALWAYS cry because they don't want to leave MeMe's house.
So, Jack and Lily stayed and spent the weekend with my family. They haven't even called...so, I know they're having a great time.
Avery was with friends while we went to MeMe's house, so he didn't get to stay and pouted the entire weekend. We drug him to a fireworks show...he moaned and groaned something about four-wheelers and it not being fair that Jack and Lily were away. I eventually tuned him out, and Jake and I had a great time.
It was a pretty low-key weekend...the house is quiet, Avery is pissed, I'm studying and Jake's been catching up on his beauty sleep.
Celebrating our independence....
You will notice that this post contains NO EXPLETIVES. Since my aunt cannot stand to hear even the word FART...and this post is about her, I thought it appropriate to leave out the F-bombs...and "express myself" with real words!!! That...and the fact that one of my cousins is a Southern Baptist Evangelist...YEAH...you can only imagine how proud they are of me!!
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
Six word Saturday...
"The raddest Father's Day gift EVA!!!!"
I gave my children creative license to pick whatever they wanted for their Dad on Father's Day. They quickly agreed that a new t-shirt would be a great idea, and, miraculously, they all three agreed on this...the baddest assest t-shirt of all time!!
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
The big one...
The oldest child is an unfortunate one.
He must survive all the fuckups I make along my journey through the Mother-Hood. He's the first to hit each milestone and each new challenge. They are foreign to me, they're new, something to master. By the time the baby of the family gets to the same point, we'll have it figured out.
Not so for the oldest. He's the prototype.
It sucks to be him.
When he was born I was psycho. I was anal and scared...and didn't know what to do with a kid that you didn't have to "plug in".
He cried all the time.
I did, too.
I breastfed him for only three months because he cried so much. I needed a break. I needed Jake to be able to feed the kid a bottle so that I could try to find my sanity.
I remember putting my screaming four month old in his crib, shutting his door, and retreating to the shower. I would blare my music, hoping it would drown out the cries of that little boy.
I did it more than once.
He never slept. He cried all through the night.
I would stress out thinking that I was doing something wrong...that I wasn't meeting his needs. He was the only one...all I did was tend to his needs.
Any time we put him in the car, he would scream. Not just any scream...a scream that pierced deep into your nerves. A scream that hurt.
We didn't go many places with that boy.
He cried ALL.THE.FUCKING.TIME.
He cried when he ate, when he slept, and when he played. When he learned to crawl, he cried with every movement of his legs and arms.
Then, when he was ten months old, he crawled and cried to the coffee table, pulled his chubby little self up to a stand...and he walked.
He didn't cry when he walked. In fact, from that day forward, he didn't cry much at all.
Now that I know the kid, and know his personality, I think he was in a hurry. I honestly think that that little fucker didn't like being a baby. I think he wanted to grow up. I think he wanted more. I think he might have been a man trapped inside the body of a helpless little thing.
He's still like that. Always rushing through today to get to tomorrow. The poor kid...he's EXACTLY like me. He wants nothing more than to be just like his dad. He'll have to settle for being a better version of his mom.
Avery tries me, and challenges me, and fights me, and gets on my fucking nerves. But, he amazes me, and he impresses me, and though I will never tell him that he does so, he teaches me.
If we can make it through his childhood and adolescence...he will become one helluva man.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Conversations at the dinner table...
...on the subject of birthday dinners:
Jack: "I want crabs for my birthday dinner."
Jake: "You like crabs? I didn't know that."
Jack: "Yeah...I heard crabs have chicken in their legs."
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La Jolla Music Society dance series opens with pioneering dance company
Well into its fifth decade, Chicago's
The company that produced Russia's first rock ballet, pirouetted to the music of Prince and has produced shows by renowned choreographers Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp and George Balanchine returns to kick off La Jolla Music Society's 2013 Dance Series at Copley Symphony Hall this Tuesday.
This year's program includes choreography by Stanton Welch, Christopher Wheeldon and William Forsythe.
La Jolla Music Society's president and artistic director, Christopher Beach, said the production is a command performance, following the company's show last year at San Diego Civic Theatre.
"We sold over 2,000 tickets the last time they were here," Beach said. "That's not the died-in-the-wool, tried-and-true ballet-obsessed audience. There's a lot more people that came to that concert."
The program begins with Welch's "Son of Chamber Symphony," which premiered last summer at Jacob's Pillow in Massachusetts, followed by "Wheeldon's After the Rain," danced to the first movement of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt's "Tabula Rasa." It culminates with Forsythe's "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated," which was commissioned by Rudolf Nureyev in 1987 for the Paris Opera Ballet.
Before joining the Joffrey as artistic director in 2007, Ashley C. Wheater (a former Joffrey dancer himself) served as assistant artistic director and ballet master for the San Francisco Ballet.
"When they were last here, the quality of the dancers was second to none," Beach said. "Ashley has a platinum pedigree in the arts. … He's been to the mountain top and he knows the greatest work there is, and he's insisting that the company be part of that."
On Joffrey's current tour, which features 35 dancers and also includes stops in Dallas, Las Vegas and Berkeley, Wheater said that the San Diego performance would be particularly "edgy."
"'Son of Chamber' is a new work for us. It's definitely a really wonderful way to open a program … but I think that people find 'In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated' far more challenging," Wheater said of Forsythe's piece, which involves nearly 50 themes and variations. "It's quite aggressive … and I think that people are as compelled by it today as they were 25 years ago. … What Forsythe is trying to say is, look at the art form, look at classical ballet in a different light and forget that 19th Century idea of tutus and toe shoes. Look at these people as beautiful, athletic artists."
Joffrey Ballet was founded in 1956 as a six-person ensemble, touring the country with original works, at a time when most companies produced the versions of staid and safe classics. It has been referred to as "America's Company of Firsts," being the first dance company to perform at the White House, the first to appear on American television and the first to incorporate multimedia.
"To a lot of people, when you say, 'Let's go to the ballet,' they think of it as very much 19th Century, and I think that Robert Joffrey really tried to change that perception," Wheater said. "We live in a world where there is so much happening, so quickly, and a lot of it is pretty cold. For me, at the center of what we do should be a heart. We should reach out and be able to touch our audience.
As part of its mission to inspire and educate the next generation of dancers, Wheater will lead a master class early Tuesday for 50 young students from San Diego Civic Youth Ballet, San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts and Coronado School of the Arts.
Next year Joffrey will produce Polish choreographer Krzysztof Pastor's cutting-edge retelling of Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet," inspired by the story of two lovers in Sarajevo from disparate backgrounds who were shot to death on a bridge as they met. It's a production Wheater said he hopes to bring to San Diego.
"The story of Romeo and Juliet resonated with Pastor so strongly … in that it just keeps returning at a different time, in different generations, but … there's always someone, whether its parents, families, governments or religion, that gets in the way of two people being able to live their life the way they choose. It's a very compelling piece of dance and a very compelling piece of theater."
The Joffrey Ballet, presented by La Jolla Music Society
When: 8 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B St., downtown
Tickets: $22-$77
Phone: (619) 235-0804
Online: ljms.org


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Japan's Dai Nippon Printing Uses ARM Technology To Develop Java Card OS
One of world's largest printing companies develops evaluation version of Java Card OS with multi-tasking capabilities using ARM secure technology
TOKYO, JAPAN AND CAMBRIDGE, UK - Nov. 4, 2004 - Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (DNP), one of the world's largest printing companies, and ARM [(LSE: ARM) (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], today announced that DNP has developed a evaluation version of a Java Card™ OS based on the ARM® SecurCore™ SC200™ processor. Embedded with a multi-tasking kernel, DNP's Java Card OS can run real-time multiple applications, on a priority basis, with maximum security. The Java Card OS can be developed as an embedded security device for server, multimedia mobile phones, and the sample product will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2005.
Historically, the Java Card OS could not run multiple applications in parallel, but real-time business will be mainstream in the future and it will be essential that Java Card technology enables parallel processing of numerous applications. DNP's Java Card OS uses ARM technology to address this growing need.
"The ARM SC200 processor was critical to delivering a high-performance Java Card™OS to the market," said Ichiro Doi, senior general manager of DNP's smart card division. "Because the SC200 processor has been optimized for Java Card technology, processing is fast and power consumption is minimal. In addition, ARM's extensive development resources have enabled us to reduce development time. These benefits, combined with our embedding of the multi-task kernel, have enabled us to expand the Java Card OS technology's functionality and provide a solution to customers that can process security services in real-time."
"The ARM SecurCore family is gaining market share as the secure industry moves to 32-bit processing," said Hiroyuki Uchimura, managing director, ARM K.K. "ARM will continue to benefit from this trend by offering secure, high performance, low power consumption solutions for the Java Card platform using ARM Jazelle® technology."
Key benefits of DNP's Java Card OS include:
About Dai Nippon Printing
Dai Nippon Printing has used the power of the press to become one of the world's top commercial printing companies. At its 33 Japanese and eight overseas plants, Dai Nippon produces promotional materials, direct mail pieces, books, magazines, business forms, CD-ROMs, catalogs, smart cards, and packaging for consumer products. It also offers electronics, including photomasks used in the manufacture of integrated circuits (ICs) and color filters for liquid crystal displays, as well as artificial wood panels for walls, floors, and kitchen cabinets.
About ARM
ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's 16/32-bit RISC microprocessors, data engines, peripherals, software and tools, combined with the company's broad Partner community, provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
ARM and Jazelle are registered trademarks of ARM Limited. SecurCore and SC200 are trademarks of ARM Limited. All other trade names, trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc (LSE: ARM and Nasdaq: ARMHY); its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM INC; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd; ARM Taiwan; ARM France SAS; ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co.Ltd.; and ARM Belgium N.V.
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Federal prosecutors are targeting medical marijuana shops in California, seeking forfeiture of the properties in which they do business.
The authorities are pressuring landlords to shut down the shops or face possible loss of the real estate through the unconventional and low-key use of a civil statute designed primarily to seize the assets of drug-trafficking organizations.
While some states, including California, have legalized medical marijuana businesses, the federal government does not recognize their authority to do so and has targeted the shops for violations of the 40-year-old Controlled Substances Act.
The goal of the Justice Department's effort, part of a crackdown announced last October, is to fight the medical marijuana industry, estimated at $1.7 billion annually, without confronting it head-on with costly and potentially embarrassing criminal prosecutions, industry sources and legal experts said.
This indirect strategy is reminiscent of the department's attempts, which have met with only limited success, to sever the medical pot industry's access to banking services. Many businesses have found ways around those restrictions, experts said.
"Filing asset-forfeiture lawsuits against these commercial properties is a very clever way to handle an otherwise horribly difficult and controversial situation," said Greg Baldwin, a partner at the Miami law firm Holland & Knight and a former federal prosecutor.
"If you bring criminal charges against these medical marijuana businesses, the federal government gets pilloried in the press for attacking California law and sick people."
Baldwin, who specializes in complex commercial litigation and white-collar criminal defense, added that with all four U.S. attorneys in California employing the same strategy, it is clearly official Justice Department policy rather than an anomaly involving rogue prosecutors.
The new approach stems from Justice's difficult position under President Barack Obama, said Allen St. Pierre, the executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML).
The department cannot rely on heavy-handed criminal prosecutions to combat medical marijuana, St. Pierre said. But it also cannot ignore the issue and risk being labeled soft on drug crime.
"It's being done softly, because if they tried to go the harsh criminal route there is a very good chance they would not only fail but become even more unpopular, something you tend to not want to do going into your last election," he said.
Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles last week filed two asset-forfeiture lawsuits against buildings housing three marijuana stores in Santa Fe Springs. They also sent so-called warning letters to dozens of area property owners threatening similar legal action.
The letters – only the latest of hundreds mailed to property owners in recent months – gave the owners two weeks to comply with federal law, which prohibits involvement in marijuana distribution.
The civil-forfeiture statute allows the government to seize any real estate used to commit or facilitate drug trafficking.
The provision has traditionally been applied to residential properties used by drug traffickers to grow, store or distribute marijuana. Legal experts say there is no reason it cannot be used against properties that house medical marijuana shops.
The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized the federal government's authority to enforce the national ban on medical marijuana. Still, such enforcement remains unpopular. A Gallup survey last October found that 50 percent of Americans favored full legalization of marijuana and 70 percent favored allowing its medical use to alleviate pain and suffering.
Colorado, a key state in Obama's reelection effort this year, has a medical marijuana law. In November voters will decide on a ballot measure aimed at all-out legalization.
As the first state to legalize medical marijuana in 1996, California has been a bellwether for the industry and federal law enforcement efforts to combat it.
If the move against commercial property owners succeeds in California, it could spread to other states with medical marijuana laws, legal experts said.
For-profit storefront marijuana shops, especially those opposed by the cities where they operate or located near schools or playgrounds, are the Justice Department's favored targets.
Federal prosecutors across California launched a coordinated enforcement campaign in October 2011, stating that California is the top marijuana-producing state in the country and that it exports the drug to other states.
Under the leadership of U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr, the Central District of California, based in Los Angeles, has been particularly aggressive. Federal prosecutors there said last week they have brought a dozen civil lawsuits seeking to forfeit properties housing marijuana businesses.
"Three of those actions have been resolved with the closure of the marijuana stores and court-approved consent decrees in which property owners agreed that they would no longer rent to people associated with illegal marijuana operations, or the property would be subject to an immediate forfeiture to the government," the U.S. Attorney's office said.
The Justice Department's Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California, told Reuters that it requires less manpower to combat marijuana businesses by mail and civil actions than it does to bring criminal prosecutions.
"We can get on the Internet, identify a store and have someone drive by and find out if it is operating. That is a whole lot different from conducting a criminal investigation, going out and making buys and conducting surveillance. These are two very different balls of wax," he said.
The letters and lawsuits have "so far been extremely effective in securing the closure of about 200 illegal marijuana storefronts in our district," Mrozek said.
Baldwin, the Miami lawyer, was not surprised. Few property owners are going to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend against a government lawsuit to keep a tenant, let alone risk losing their investments, he predicted.
"Most of these things are going to end up with the landlord kicking out the offending enterprise," he said. "It's like a flank attack against these stores that leaves them in the most disadvantageous position possible."
NORML's St. Pierre said the federal government "has not sufficiently broadcast this threat (of eviction) as a deterrent," so a lack of widespread awareness among landlords in California and other states may soften its impact on the industry. He said that when marijuana businesses are kicked out of one property, "they will simply move next door and the whole process, as we've seen time and time again, simply starts over."
Although authorities have made public the strategy of targeting landlords, they have not made a national campaign of it, and so far only landlords who rent to marijuana shops have received warning letters.
The letters' prospects might also be affected by the weak real estate market, actions by the municipalities where the properties are located, and California's strict eviction laws.
Ken Carter, a property owner who rented commercial space in Murrieta to the Greenhouse Cannabis Club, which opened for business in January, said he soon received a warning letter from the U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles.
Carter said that although he was intimidated by it he was not about to panic, because the value of the property had fallen to roughly half the $1 million he owed on it. Although authorities summoned Carter to the property during a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) raid this year, federal prosecutors never took legal action against him. He said he could not explain the lack of action.
However, he said the city of Murrieta, which banned medical marijuana shops in 2005, began issuing a $2,500 fine for every day Greenhouse remained on the property. He said that persuaded him to begin an eviction process, but it took several months to complete. The city has sued Carter and wants him to pay $150,000 in fines, he said.
Eric Safire, a San Francisco lawyer, is representing the owner of commercial property in the Mission District of San Francisco where an existing tenant opened the Shambhala Healing Center, a medical marijuana business that began operating in January 2011.
In late February of this year, the property owner received a warning letter from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California, Safire said. He eventually had to file suit to evict his tenant. The matter was complicated by the fact that the tenant had made substantial improvements to the property before opening Shambhala, Safire added.
Safire said the tenant agreed to end the marijuana business by this July 1. Reuters left a telephone message seeking comment from Shambhala's owner but did not receive a response.
St. Pierre likened the campaign to the Justice Department's effort to scare banks away from doing business with medical marijuana outfits.
"There will still be landlords leasing to these businesses, so I don't think it's ultimately going to be successful, just like the effort to thwart the banking," he said.
The DEA began warning banks and credit-card companies away from medical marijuana businesses in late 2007 or early 2008.
Some marijuana outfits have been forced to operate as cash-only businesses, but by and large the industry has survived and, by some expert accounts, thrived by operating through front companies or personal accounts.
St. Pierre said the federal ban has made medical marijuana a "high risk, high reward" business. Entrepreneurs willing to flout the federal ban can earn hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars each year, and may be willing to face the challenge of eviction, he said.
Those who fail to heed these measures may face greater sanctions, however. The Justice Department's Mrozek said property owners or marijuana sellers who are not persuaded by warnings and civil action could find themselves in the dock on criminal charges, a fact he said was spelled out in the 220 warning letters dispatched by prosecutors in Los Angeles thus far.
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Potion Recipes
Learning Recipes[edit]
Most Potion Recipes are learned by interacting with your Alchemy table and choosing the "Research Alchemy" command. Sims can't learn spells above their level.
Some recipes can only be learned through potion books, similar to how some cooking recipes can only be learned through recipe books bought at the bookstore. Unfortunately, the bookstore does not sell potion recipe books. You can only buy potion recipe books at the alchemists' consignment store, and even then, due to the rotating stock, you'll have to have some luck. If you're serious about learning Alchemy with a particular Sim, make sure that Sim visits the consignment store every day, and buy any potion recipe book you see even if you can't yet learn it.
Like with cooking recipe books, the book will disappear as soon as the recipe is learned. Because Sims can't pass the knowledge to each other, you may want to consider buying multiple copies of the same book if you have several alchemists in the family. Either way, only 7 of the 45 potions require a book to be read; all others can be learned through simple research.
Getting Ingredients[edit]
Ingredients for potions are fairly general. Many early potions ask for "any fruit" or "any insect." Ingredients can be grown, purchased, found during Tomb Raiding, or any other method you wish.
Higher level potions may require specific ingredients, but nothing will ask for anything extremely obscure. Remember that if a potion asks for gem dust, you can acquire that by cutting the appropriate gem with the gem cutting machine, or you can mail the gem away to have it changed to gem dust.
To acquire Fairy Dust, merely ask any of the Fairies you happen to know. (If you don't know any, head to the Arboretum and select "Search For Fairies" on the building.) Once you're friendly with the fairy, you can simply ask for some dust with the basic social command.
Honey and beeswax are two other popular Alchemy ingredients. Both can be acquired with a beekeeping box, which is $275 in Buy Mode in the Entertainment sort and Hobbies & Skills subsort.
To work with your bees, place the box outside, then simply interact with it as you would any other object. Be careful: trying to harvest honey or feed the bees while they're awake will get your Sim stung, resulting in a 24-hour debuff! Select the "Smoke the Box" command. This will put the bees to sleep for a bit, and then you can give the other commands. In fact, if you queue up smoking the box first, you'll have time to do the other three commands in a row without being stung as long as you do them immediately.
Full Recipe Table[edit]
Below is a table of all 45 recipes in the game, their ingredients, and their effects.
Level 1[edit]
Ad Nauseum
- Requires any insect
- Applies "Nauseated" debuff, forces the target to vomit after two hours.
Flask of Sleep
- Requires any mushroom
- Lowers the target's Energy meter.
Invigorating Elixir
- Requires Wolfsbane Flower
- Slightly fills the Energy meter, and applies an "Invigorated" buff that slows the decay of the Energy meter, even while exercising.
Vial of Bliss
- Requires any food
- Applies a 6-hour neutral "In Bliss" moodlet, which stops the decay of the Fun and Social meters.
Level 2[edit]
Cure Elixir
- Requires Red Valerian Root and Mandrake Root
- Removes some debuffs brought on by magical effects, such as certain witch Spells. Does not the Inner Beauty Fairy Trick or other non-magical afflictions.
Flask of Angry Bees
- Requires Beeswax and Honey
- Forces the target to freak out and do nothing constructive for a half-hour, then applies (or reapplies) a 24 "Stung!" debuff.
Jar of Discord
- Requires Mandrake Root
- Decreases relationship with the target by about 10 points.
Jar of Friendship
- Requires Red Valerian Root
- Increases relationship with the target by about 25 points.
Level 3[edit]
Melancholy Serum
- Requires Mandrake Root and any fish
- Mainly affecting Free Will, this applies a 6-hour neutral moodlet that makes the target unwanting to socialize or do anything fun. In other words, it makes the target mope around without doing anything constructive (though your orders will still work as normal).
Vampiric Sunscreen
- Requires any metal and any insect
- Allows a vampire to wander around outside in the sunshine without worry about any damage.
Vial of Enlightenment
- Requires any mushroom and any gem or gem powder
- After being drunk, when the Sim takes a nap, he'll immediately gain a single skill point of a random skill.
- Requires Mandrake Root, any mushroom, and any insect
- Turns the target into a Zombie for two days.
Level 4[edit]
Essence of Magic
- Requires Honey and any mushroom
- Fully restores the mana of Fairies or Witches. Doesn't affect any other Sim, including other Supernatural races.
Large and in Charge
- Requires Wolfsbane Flower and Links (raw hot dogs)
- Permanently fattens the target to extreme proportions. Muscle size and definition are unaffected.
Lean and Mean
- Requires Wolfsbane Flower and Apple
- Permanently thins the target as much as possible. Muscle size and definition are unaffected.
Skill Booster
- Requires Red Valerian Root and any gem or gem powder
- Permanently adds a little bit of progress to a random job skill.
Vial of Potent Bliss
- Requires any food and any mushroom
- Applies a 24-hour neutral "In Ecstacy" moodlet, which stops the decay of the Fun and Social meters.
Level 5[edit]
Flask of Potent Sleep
- Requires any mushroom and Red Toadstool (or two Red Toadstools)
- Completely empties the target's Energy meter. Usually makes the target pass out while standing.
Personality Adjuster
- Requires Red Valerian Root and Monarch Butterfly
- Randomly chooses one trait of the target, then changes it to a different, random trait.
Potent Melancholy Serum
- Requires Mandrake Root, any fish, and Spotlight Mushroom
- Applies a 24-hour neutral moodlet, causing your Sim to avoid any fun or social activities.
Procreation Elixir
- Requires reading a book to learn the recipe
- Requires Wolfsbane Flower and Red Toadstool
- Increases the chance the next "Try For Baby" command will result in pregnancy, and increases the chance of twins or triplets. If both parents are under the effects, they're almost guaranteed to have triplets.
Level 6[edit]
Jar of Potent Discord
- Requires Mandrake Root and Beeswax
- Sets the relationship with the target to -100 both directions, but doesn't apply any relationship flags.
Jar of Potent Friendship
- Requires Red Valerian Root and Beeswax
- Sets the relationship with the target to +100 both directions, and applies the Best Friend flag.
Liquid Job Booster
- Requires reading a book to learn the recipe
- Requires Smoky Quartz and Spotlight Mushroom
- Increases productivity for the target at a conventional job, leading to a faster promotion with less effort (or a really fast promotion with a lot of effort). The neutral "Jobtastic!" moodlet only lasts 24 hours, so if the Sim is off the next day, the effect will be wasted. Best used right before a shift start.
Potent Invigorating Elixir
- Requires Wolfsbane Flower and Spotlight Mushroom
- Greatly fills the Energy meter, and applies a moodlet to slow the decay of the Energy meter as well.
Level 7[edit]
Bottled Mummy Curse
- Requires Crypt Moth, Scarab Beetle, and Black Goldfish
- Converts the target to a mummy. Note that the required ingredients require a trip to Egypt, so The Sims 3 World Adventures is required to make this potion.
Bottle Vampire's Bite
- Requires Red Valerian Root, Bloodstone, Vampire Fish
- Converts the target to a Vampire. The Sims 3 Late Night is required, but the ingredients can be found in any neighborhood if you've got it.
Opposite Personality
- Requires Toad (acquired by fishing), any metal, and Mycenas (a type of mushroom)
- Replaces all of the target's traits with the opposite ones, if an opposite exists.
Potent Cure Elixir
- Requires Wolfsbane Flower, Glow Orbs (a type of mushroom), and Ruby
- Cures any magical debuffs, and permanently reverses any sort of magical race. That means if the target is a mummy, Vampire, Werewolf, Genie, Fairy, Zombie, or a playable ghost who has not yet lost his grip on the mortal realm, the target will permanently change to a normal human. Also, Witches will lose their magical abilities. Ergo, be very careful with these elixirs!
Vial of Potent Enlightenment
- Requires reading a book to learn the recipe
- Requires any mushroom, Emerald, and Red Toadstool
- After being drunk, when the Sim takes a nap, he'll immediately gain two skill points of a random skill.
Level 8[edit]
Age of Instant
- Requires Royal Purple Butterfly, any fish, and Red Valerian Root
- Immediately triggers the target's birthday, aging them up, even in a public lot (every Sim on the lot will gather around for the birthday celebration). For elders, this will instantly kill them.
Bottled Curse of the Lycan
- Requires Wolfsbane Flower, Moonstone, and Silver
- Immediately converts the target to a Werewolf.
Bottled SimBot Converter
- Requires Iron, Gold, and Palladium
- Immediately converts the target to a SimBot. You are required to have The Sims 3 Ambitions installed to use and create this potion.
Clone Drone
- Requires any metal, Luminous Salamander (a type of fish for the purposes of the game), and Diamond
- Immediately creates a clone of the target. The clone is only temporary and stays outside of user control, even if the potion is used on a member of the active household. The clone is permanent, but will eventually leave to find a different place to live.
Potent Personality Adjuster
- Requires reading a book to learn the recipe
- Requires Red Valerian Root, Monarch Butterfly, and Glow Orbs (a type of mushroom)
- Randomizes all five traits of the target.
Level 9[edit]
Bottled Witches' Brew
- Requires Toad, Light Beetle, and Moonstone
- Bestows magical abilities to the target, turning him or her into a Witch, assuming the target is a human. (If the target is a different supernatural race, the potion does nothing.)
Fountain of Youth Elixir
- Requires reading a book to learn the recipe
- Requires Tanzanite, Green Swallowtail Butterfly, and any mushroom
- Removes current age progress for the target. Does not age down the target (a Young Adult will not revert to a Teenager, for example). Most effective to be used when the Sim is approaching his birthday.
Potent Skill Booster
- Requires Red Valerian Root, any gem or gem powder, and Mycenas (a type of mushroom)
- Significantly and immediately increases the progress of a random skill.
Potent Zombification
- Requires
- Permanently converts the target to a Zombie.
Vial of Bottle Genie
- Requires Firefly Pratinus, Firefly Caeruleus, and Firefly Purpureus
- Converts the target to a Genie if not already a different special race. You must have The Sims 3 Showtime installed to use this potion.
Level 10[edit]
Bottled Blessing of the Fae
- Requires Red Toadstool, Sunstone, and Fairy Damsel (a type of fish)
- Converts the target to a Fairy, assuming the target isn't already a supernatural race.
Midas Touch
- Requires Gold, Yellow Sapphire, and Luminous Salamander (a type of fish for the purposes of the game)
- Applies the "Golden!" buff for 6 hours. During this time, the target can use a special interaction called "Midas Touch" on some objects to convert them to a gold version, making them more valuable and changing their skin. This can also be applied to Sims, which will turn them into gold statues for six hours (starting at the time the touch happens).
Origin of the Tragic Clown
- Requires reading a book to learn the recipe
- Requires any insect, Mycenas (a type of mushroom), and Tragic Clownfish
- Converts the target to a "Tragic Clown," forcing a costume change and costume make-up change. The target will then produce an aura that will force all Sims in the same room (or outdoors on the same lot) to suffer a strong debuff. The effect lasts on the target for 24 hours unless reversed by a Cure Elixir.
Wish Enhancing Serum
- Requires Red Admiral Butterfly, any gem or gem powder, and any mushroom
- Applies the "Wish Master" neutral moodlet for 24 hours, which doubles all earned Lifetime Points for fulfilling wishes. This stacks with the bonus for fulfilling special wishes during Teen Mood Swings or Mid-Life Crises, so it's very useful if you have The Sims 3 Generations installed. Also extremely useful if you're very close to fulfilling your Lifetime Wish.


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January 25 – Happy Birthday Dale Mohorcic
This veteran reliever was acquired by the Yankees from Texas in a trade for fellow reliever Cecilio Guante, late in the 1988 regular season. Guante had begun that season as a favorite and frequent late-inning pitching choice of Yankee skipper Billy Martin. But Martin had gotten fired in late June of that year and replaced by Lou Piniella. Sweet Lou was not as sweet on Guante as Billy had been and quickly lost faith in him. Mohorcic had been a closer with Texas and the big right-hander had just put together his best year in 1987 with 16 saves and 7 victories. He had however, gotten off to a horrible start during the '88 season and it was obvious that both teams were hoping simple changes of scenery would be the elixir these two right-handers needed to once again get late-inning outs. Unfortunately for both clubs and both players, that did not happen.
A native of Cleveland, Mohorcic won two games and lost two more for New York that September and then appeared in 32 games for the Yanks the following season, going 2-1 with two more saves. But his ERA went sky-high that second season in the Bronx and the Yanks released him. He than finished his career with Montreal in 1990.
Other Yankees born on this date include this long-ago starting catcher and this former pitcher.


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Enhancing her repertoire into the music industry, Gomez is the lead singer and founder of the pop band Selena Gomez & the Scene which has released two studio albums, Kiss & Tell and A Year Without Rain. Gomez has also contributed to the soundtracks of Tinker Bell, Another Cinderella Story and Wizards of Waverly Place after signing a record deal with Hollywood Records.


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