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Tonight's episode was a strange one. The addition of Liam Neeson to the cast as a kooky Canadian bee sting holistic healer did nothing for me—either it's just too hard to see him as a goofball new-agey horndog wacko, or his part just wasn't very well-written. Meanwhile, while the shift in Cathy and Dr. Miller's (er, Todd) relationship didn't come as a surprise, it wasn't a very titillating development, maybe because Reid Scott's character as the blustery square young inexperienced doctor felt one-dimensional tonight too.
Yet I liked the episode more than you'd think these reservations would allow me. I'm still happy that Cathy and Paul's dynamic changed since she told him about her cancer, and the ending left me sadder than I expected.
In the episode, Cathy and Dr. Miller head up to Canada to investigate bee sting treatment, Paul makes up for lost time when it comes to being a good husband, and Adam explores his relationship with the girl he met at the bus stop, who isn't scared off, despite Cathy leaving an intense voicemail on her cell phone. Also, Sean drops by the episode to display his dirty feet and fear of library cards and to remind us that he exists.
Up in "Canada," Dr. Miller's all huffy about the unorthodox nature of the bee sting clinic and ends up killing one of the bees. He and Cathy head to a bar after her sting treatment where she declares that she's no longer afraid of bad news and asks for a tarot reading from the bartender. Then we learned that somebody close to her was allegedly going to die—quite subtle foreshadowing. Liam Neeson shows up at the bar and dances all crazy and grabs Cathy on the butt, which is when Dr. Miller cuts in, tells Cathy he doesn't want her to die, and kisses her. It's funny that he is so against unorthodox medical treatments since his entire doctor/patient relationship with Cathy is unorthodox.
Marlene, after telling Paul to give Cathy some space when dealing with her cancer issues, pulls a gun on Adam when she doesn't recognize him in her house, in one of her Alzheimer's moments. Once she realizes where she is in her life, she decides to take ending her life into her own hands.
The episode ended with a voiceover of Marlene's thank-you note to Cathy, expressing gratitude for her friendship and her hopes for the rest of her life. I liked the decision not to show Cathy learning about Marlene's death directly. Instead, we see her come home to her guys and see her get the news from outside the house. This show paints in broad strokes often when it comes to emotions, but I finally felt more compassion for Cathy and everyone around her when I could see the sadness of her loss mixed with her gratitude for Paul, Adam and Marlene.
Next week is the last episode of the season: At this point I'm not feeling particularly compelled to follow the show to a second season, but if Marlene killing herself was not a season finale moment, maybe there is something seriously big and exciting in store.
Stray observations:
- "Canadian bee humor. That's a new one."
- This Saturday night I saw John Benjamin Hickey as a slimy politician on an episode of Law and Order: L.A.: I fell asleep before I found out what his character did, but he was more well-utilized in that time than in most episodes of The Big C.


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Thursday, July 10, 2008
If the flip-flop fits
Since we live in a small house, we keep our clothes stored in the attic in huge plastic bins and switch them from season to season. The same goes for our shoes. When I went to the attic to pull a blue Rubbermaid bin marked "Summer Shoes", it felt heavy as I lugged it in to the bedroom to get a better look. I removed the lid and was assaulted by the stale smell of plastic and rubber. I immediately recognized two pairs of flip-flops belonging to my husband, one with leather straps, and the other with a canvas/mesh strap and college logo. Next to these were my son's flip-flops – one pair was the cheap, dollar-store rubber kind, the other pair was a nicer natural jute-strapped pair.
Underneath the guy's stuff were my summer shoes. I felt pleased as I took out three different pairs of black sandals in varying heights, one light-brown pair, a pair of red flats, and two pairs of white, mule-style, slip-on sneakers. They all looked pretty good for another season and I decided there was no hurry to buy new stuff. I could certainly make these all work with my summer outfits.
There was more in the bin. I retrieved:
1 pair of green and black top-sole, black cord strap flip-flops
1 pair of all-black, micro-suede top-sole, sporty flip-flops
1 pair of black, straw top-sole, with Svarovski-like beaded strap flip-flops
1 pair of black and white flowered canvas strap flip-flops
1 pair of red strap, sporty flip-flops
1 pair of suede top-sole, silver and gold braided strap flip-flops
1 pair of straw top-sole, denim-style strap flip-flops
1 pair of blue and white strap, mesh top-sole, sporty flip-flops
1 pair of blue and white flowers with see-through strap rubber flip-flops
1 pair of standard, dollar-store, purple rubber flip-flops
1 black and pink rubber flip-flop, missing its mate
I think I have a flip-flop addiction. My husband says I'm just cheap.
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- fragileheart said...
lol Flip flops can be so comfortable though. Assuming you're only walking on smooth ground. I love the new crocs sandals and flip flops they've come out with. They're unbelieveable comfortable and stylish too!
- July 10, 2008 at 12:11 PM
- Zip n Tizzy said...
Better cheap than buying him out of house and home.
Finding thing's like that is like x-mas in July!
- July 10, 2008 at 4:23 PM
- Toni said...
I love my flip-flop all of them. I have a bunch. We have closet issues here as well, unfortunately I am not an organized person so I have pairs and pairs of good summer shoes in the basement and upstairs that need to be worn but are not! However, I have only bought 1 pair of flip-flops this season, no wait, only 3 pairs!
- July 10, 2008 at 4:59 PM
- Ashina said...
Summer is the best time for shopping I got cool designed summer shoes from Nordstrom at very genuine price.
- July 11, 2008 at 1:15 AM
- TeacherDee said...
I wear my flip flops everywhere!
- July 11, 2008 at 1:35 AM
I guess this means you don't want the flip flops I just picked up for you. jk. Time to clean out the bin...
- July 11, 2008 at 6:37 AM
- Barbara said...
I also love flip-flops! I have a bunch and wear them everywhere. It's the only time I don't wear high heels, eventhough some of my flip-flops are high! I have passed on my addiction to the little one, we have all types, fancy, plain high low you name it! I'll wear them till my toes start to freeze in October!
- July 12, 2008 at 9:25 PM
- Nessa said...
I have 25 pairs.........i admit i'm cheap, but i never have to look for any shoes to coordinate with my clothes lol.
Looooooooove my flop flops!!
- July 13, 2008 at 1:31 PM
- Jennifer said...
For some reason, I have never been a flip flop wearer (maybe it's that little thong that goes between the toes; it doesn't feel right to me).
I am, however, a shoe lover and can completely relate to the feeling of rediscovery after a season or two away: do I really own that many sandals??
- July 15, 2008 at 11:50 PM

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Property developer Embassy Group has tied-up with Hilton to develop the country's largest twin hotel in Bengaluru with a total investment of over Rs 1,000 crore.
The 586-room, dual-branded hotel to be located within the Manyata Embassy Business Park will include two hotels – a 250-room Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand hotel and a 336-room Hilton Garden Inn brand hotel. The business park currently has 12 million sq ft of existing office space. The hotel will be part of a mixed-use development, which will also house a food and beverages hub and two commercial towers of 700,000 sq ft. It will also feature 46,000 sq ft of flexible meetings and events space that accommodates up to 1,500 people.
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Although we managed to finish this movie, the acting was terrible! The book was MUCH better!!
Didn't finish it because I was so upset with this man's voice over telling me that he knew he was being a (put in your term for a very, very unpleasant person here) but continued to give some vague reason for doing so. The movie wasn't anything that I expected. I expected something uplifting, "hey I almost died and even though I am in great pain, I am so fricking happy to be alive that I will will work with my doctors, be as upbeat as possible with my family and give glory to whatever (slide your term for your higher power in here) gave me this second chance." I just got tired of waiting for the change in his attitude, but this movie did something no other movie has been able to do... it made me give up. Maybe when 90 Minutes in Heaven Part II comes around, I'll try again. (Didn't see where to give it stars, but I don't think I could give it star, unless it was for the sleaziness of the attorney - "I'm your beau").
I thought it's interesting judging with it's title. The story was dragging + the narration makes it really boring. I didn't finish the movie.
Besides the Protestant content, it was a great movie. Worth a watch.
It was hard to watch this movie and not think the character would have been better off dying in the horrific crash that starts off this story. Nevertheless, it's astonishing to see him pull through after months of self-pity and agonizing pain. That's the most uplifting part of the story. As others have said, the title is a bit misleading as very little of the movie is spent on his out-of-body experience in heaven. I didn't care particularly for the portrayal of heaven. Everyone there was dressed in their Sunday best. Somehow, I envision the inhabitants of heaven far more of an eclectic bunch ... one that includes piercings and tattoos ... not just modestly dressed men in suits and ties and women in skirts and dresses primarily below-the-knee.
Many of the complaints in this opinion tree are true: this isn't the best scripted, acted or directed movie I've ever seen. The story itself, however, provides such a slam-in-the-gut feeling and of the afterlife that its promise rolls over any faults like a tsunami crushing a den of inequity. The weenie is worth the wait. Pay attention to what is said more than how it is said.
This movie is 122 minutes long and very boring. The title is not accurate at all.
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For those of you who work as plant engineers or maintenance technicians in production industries with critical power requirements, the thought of losing power—even for a second—is probably enough to keep you up at night. Whether you've ever experienced an outage or not, you can probably imagine what it's like. At the first sign of an outage, you pray that it's just a little hiccup in the system, which is a small consolation when even the slightest voltage sag can cost thousands of dollars in lost production. But then when the lights don't come back on that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach only grows stronger as you realize that not only has your production process ground to a halt, but that phone on the wall next to your desk is going to ring any second and connect you to a very angry, very vocal plant manager. Time to break out that bottle of Maalox.
Now, try to imagine just for a second what was going through the minds of the power plant control room operators throughout Ohio, Michigan, and New York as their power plants shut down one-by-one on August 14. Or better yet, think what the system control room operators thought as their network transmission lines began tripping out of service—eventually leaving large geographic areas in the dark. Take the panic you might encounter if you lost power in your facility and multiply it tenfold, and you might be able to begin to understand the fear that probably gripped the grid system operators on the day of the worst blackout in U.S. history.
In the aftermath of that blackout, which cut off power to more than 50 million people, the question on everyone's mind is, What did we learn? For one, we learned that Democrats and Republicans will use any catastrophic event to point fingers at the other side of the aisle and blame one another for failing to vote for legislation that would have prevented said event. Aside from that, though, the most popular answer to that question has been...drum roll, please...the country's electric utility system is old and in need of repair.
No kidding. Utility engineers have been saying this for years!
To be honest, although I spent my time in the late '80s and early '90s working in the transmission and substation engineering departments for a Florida utility, my interests now lie on the other side of the meter. And although I believe that few of you readers can learn anything of a technical nature from this blackout that you can apply directly to your day-to-day jobs, any power outage of any kind should wake you up to the importance of taking every step at your disposal to protect your equipment and processes from any kind of power quality event. You can complain to your utility all you want about the quality of power they supply you with, but the only real way to make sure you get the kind of reliability you need is to install your own on-site back-up power generation systems.
People break down into one of two groups: those who look at this summer's blackout and think, "Whew, I'm glad that didn't happen to me!" and those who think, "I wonder if I'm prepared for an outage of that magnitude at my facility." If you're one of the former, just make sure you keep a flashlight and a fresh set of batteries under your desk, and take that phone off the hook.


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Note: I first wrote about this old-time Tex-Mex classic a few years back. Not long ago, I decided to try them again. Here's what I found...
If you're from the Lone Star State, you've probably eaten enchiladas all your life, without realizing that the word in Spanish is actually an adjective rather than a noun. According to Tex-Mex guru Robb Walsh, enchiladas were originally called "tortillas enchiladas," or "chillied tortillas" in English, a term which refers to the traditional method of preparation where tortillas were dipped in chile sauce and lightly fried. These days, most enchiladas you encounter in Dallas will be rolled, but some restaurants also feature stacked enchiladas, alternating layers of fillings that are common in parts of West Texas and New Mexico. Longtime Tex-Mex stalwart Tupinamba combines thick, pancake-style tortillas with beef, cheese, chili gravy, and onions topped with a fried egg. Classic comfort food, which I will gladly stack up against any other Tex-Mex dish in town. Not Mexico City style, these enchiladas come from deep in the heart of West Texas.
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Some children are extremely truthful by their very nature. My youngest child comes to mind, as she always seemed to "tell" on herself. Other children sometimes lie to protect their siblings. But, I think this is the minority. Kids, as most humans, will often tell lies so they don't get into trouble or their parents and peers will think better of them. It often becomes a pattern, which can carry over to adulthood, if it isn't nipped in the bud.
So how do you instill a stong sense of truthfulness in your child? How do you make them understand that it is always best to tell the truth, no matter the consequences? When I was growing up, I always knew that my parents thought that telling a lie was one of the worst things I could do. I knew I would be in big trouble and my parents would be greatly disappointed if I told a lie.
There are a few specific things you, as a parent, can do to encourage your children to tell the truth.
- Tell the truth yourself. Don't get caught telling even a white lie or your child will not respect what you are saying and not doing.
- Keep the lines of communication open with your child and let him know that he can tell you anything. Absolutely anything.
- Remind your child that while you may disapprove of his actions, you will always love him. Showing unconditional love does wonders in parenting.
- Let your child know that they will be punished more for telling the lie than telling the truth, no matter what the action.
- Be an observant and active parent. Do not let your child get away with even a small suspected untruth. This is how things snowball out of control.
- Praise your child when he does tell the truth, no matter how hard it was to come clean with you.
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How yummy is this activity! Oh yeah…and it's a fun way to practice beginning number facts.
I use the double six dominoes, but it's easy to diferentiate by providing only dominoes that represent the facts you want your kids to work on. In other words, if you have a child who is still struggling with adding one to a given number, then use only the dominoes that have one dot (pip) on one side. For example, five dots on one side and one dot on the other would represent the fact 5 + 1 = 6.
As your child is working with the dominoes, ask them if 5 + 1 would be the same as 1 + 5. This is a great way to sneak in what math teachers call the commutative property of addition – the orders the addends are added does not matter. This begins building the foundation for algebra.
Kids can choose the domino they want to make with the graham crackers, icing, and M&Ms. They spread the icing and then and use the domino to help them place their M&Ms. This is not an easy task (hand/eye coordination, recreating a design) so don't worry if their graham cracker domino doesn't quite look like their real domino.
Ask them to state, or even write, the matching equation that goes with their domino. A number line can be used to help add the total number of M&Ms.
Then, mmmmmm, they get to eat their hard work!
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I am very pleased to announce the winners to the 1st Honeynet Project Forensic Challenge 2010 - pcap attack trace. We had a total of 91 submissions and the top three submissions are true rock star submissions. The winners are:
Congratulations to the winners!!! Each winner will receive a signed book from one of our Honeynet Project authors.
A sample solution (created by Tillmann, Markus, Hugo and Cameron) is available on the forensic challenge web site at FC 2010 - Challenge 1 - Pcap attack trace. On that page you will also find the submissions of the three winners. Tillmann, who single handedly judged all submissions, will be summarizing highlights from various submissions in a blog post shortly.
All folks that have submitted a solution should have received an email with information about their individual score as well as placement.
Nicolas Collery from the Singapore Honeynet Chapter and Guillaume Arcas are finalizing the second forensic challenge.The challenge will be 'browsers under attack' and I personally am very excited about this challenge. I hope we will receive many submissions from all who participated in challenge 1 (and hopefully more.) I will post to our web site honeynet.org in the next few days.
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This release launches the PDA version of QM for general release.
The ACCOUNT.RESTORE, RESTORE.ACCOUNTS and SEL.RESTORE commands now all support the NO.INDEX option to omit creation of alternate key indices.
The QMBasic SYSTEM(1031) function can be used to return the operating system process id number.
The LISTU command now shows the time at which each process logged in.
The QUERY.NO.CASE setting of the OPTION command now also causes the query processor to perform sorts in a case insensitive manner.
Declaration of a QMBasic FUNCTION and SUBROUTINE when passing an entire matrix argument can now reference the dimension values in the argument list instead of using the MAT prefix and a separate DIMENSION statement.
The QMBasic SUBROUTINE statement can be abbreviated to SUB for compatibility with other multivalue environments.
The QMBasic SYSTEM() function now returns the temporary directory pathname for key 38 and the login time as date * 86400 + time for key 1030.
The MAP command has been modified to show the date using an alphabetic month to avoid confusion over American and European date formats. A similar change has been made to the dictionary of the $MAP file.
A fault in the USB install process has been corrected.
The LOGMSG command can be used from the command processor (for example, in a paragraph) to write a message to the error log file in the same way as the equivalent QMBasic statement.
The V$SELECT() public subroutine of the Virtual File System now requires an argument that will be used to pass the select list number. In many cases, the subroutine may not need to use this argument but it is required for a VFS handler that implements partial select list processing. There are also three new entry points to the VFS handler: V$CONTINUE.SELECT, V$COMPLETE.SELECT and V$END.SELECT. See the QM Reference Manual for more details.
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After the insanity that was last week's episode of The Walking Dead, I feel pretty safe calling it: this show has officially upped its game. We've had amputations, a bunch of severed heads, grim boiler-room surgery via pocketknife, and more gruesome deaths than you can shake a viscera-coated stick at. Bonus, no one's saying "Where's Carl??" anymore. Season 3: winning.
As for tonight's episode, apparently this was the first show of the season directed by Greg Nicotero, the twisted genius in charge of the makeup and special effects. So, you know. That mayyyyybe explains a thing or two.
Let's get to the recap (as always, don't read past the jump if you're avoiding spoilers!):
We open with a heartwarming scene of the idyllic life in Woodbury: kids playing, dogs cavorting, everyone's drinking chilled beverages and having a grand old time. And here's the kindly Governor, bent over a child's head as he gently brushes her hair. So sweet! So fatherly! So -- um, is that a chunk of exposed, rotted SCALP?
Yes indeed, we've moved right ahead to learning that the Governor's daughter is a walker, and he's keeping her holed up in his house because Daddy still loves his baby girl, even if she is a moaning undead ghoul. Also, it seems everyone's been fighting zombies the hard way all this time, because all you have to do to keep them from biting is throw a bag over their head! With that protective layer of THIN CLOTH, you can cradle their snapping jaws right near your own jugular, NO PROBLEM.
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Michonne decides to go snooping into the Governor's home to get her sword back, and she finds his diary, which goes all crazypants with pages and pages of obsessive slash marks after Penny, his daughter's name. You know, just in case it wasn't super obvious by now what the defining event behind his madness might have been.
After skimming his masterpiece (stay tuned for the bestselling sequel to The Governor's Diary, "/////////////////////////////////////// Part 2"!), Michonne stumbles onto his next big secret: a bunch of walkers held captive outside in a cage. She lets them out and dispatches them in a bitchin' display of katana-fueled gore, then argues some more with Andrea about how it's time to leave. Like now, Andrea.
Andrea decides to stay, because life is better now that she doesn't have to eat twigs and she can wear dumb shirts from Forever 21. "You'd just slow me down anyway," Michonne spits, and walks out of Woodbury. Which is bad news for Andrea but good news for this show's renewed dedication to solving pacing problems, because Michonne's eternal suspicious brooding really needed to resolve itself.
Meanwhile, back at the prison, Rick's not doing so great. He goes from shellshocked to crazy with rage/grief, storming around inside the prison killing walkers, violently and gruesomely, with an axe. Hershel points out that the newborn -- which, in the grand tradition of all shows/movies, is actually like 2 months old -- will need some formula, and that's when like 50 pissed-off lactivists burst out of nowhere shouting BREAST IS BEST.
Ha. Okay, no, what happens is that Daryl and Maggie tear off on his bike and find a ... well, what is this place, a home daycare? Whew, that's convenient. Also, there's an awful moment where it seems like we're going to see a walker baby/toddler but it's just a possum. (Daryl: "Dinner!")
When they return, there's a fantastic moment with Daryl feeding the baby. I'm caught between the involuntary kegeling caused by this deeply appealing scene, and being distracted by the, like, 50 ounces of milk they're giving to what's supposed to be a newborn. OMG YOU GUYS FORGOT BURP CLOTHS.
Rick has continued to spiral into darkness, both metaphorically and literally. He shoves Glenn into a wall, then makes his way into that creepy dank boiler room where Lori died. But Lori's not there. There are ... chunks, and blood, but Lori's body is gone. Nearby lies an hugely bloated walker, who is, I guess, totally fattened up with a Lori Food Baby.
Let me just take a break here to say what the fuck? Lori was dead, and a walker ate her? It ate all of her, like her skull and everything? Why are there so many dead bodies everywhere if walkers are happy to chow down on corpses?
Well, anyway. As if the scene wasn't gross enough, Rick shoots the walker, then starts stabbing wildly at its stomach. Is he trying to cut Lori out of there? Is this all some awful revisitation of Lori's birth scene? I don't even know, but BRRRRRINNNNNGGGG. Oh, no big deal, just an old-school telephone ringing in a post-apocalyptic world where there are no communications or electricity. BRRRRINNNNNNNG.
(If you've read the comics, you probably have a good idea who will be on the other end of the line. But then again, the writers may have changed that particular detail, so who knows. SOMEONE'S calling for Rick, and so far, it doesn't seem to be the voice of reason.)
Back in Woodbury, Andrea finally gets tipped off that maybe Michonne wasn't full of tinfoil-hat paranoia after all, when she joins the Governor for a good old-fashioned gladiator type show. The town has gathered to whoop and cheer as Merle fights some other dudes, MMA-style, in a ring filled with walkers. "This is sick!" Andrea says, and ooh, girl, you haven't even seen his WALL OF HEADS.
While tonight's episode made it clear everyone believes Carol to be dead, the teaser for next week showed them being surprised by finding Carol's knife somewhere. My guess is still that she made it out, but I have no idea where we'll see her next. Alive? Dead? Zombified? Nothing to do but tune in next week in the hopes of finding out.
What did you think of tonight's show? Do you think Carol's still alive?
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In Montana, international conflict often seems far away — so far away that it's easy to forget that there are real people whose lives have changed dramatically as a direct result of war.
Many of those people are the soldiers who have fought overseas — the people who, whether they realize it or not, come home different.
Countless stories have been written to chronicle their journeys, but one of the most powerful pieces I have seen does not require words. For a collection titled "We Are Not The Dead: soldiers' faces before, during and after serving in Afghanistan," Lalage Snow photographed the faces of members of 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland before, during and after their tours in Afghanistan.
The final product is eye opening, if not shocking. In my college photojournalism classes, I was taught that expression is one of the most important components of a successful photograph. People's expressions — smiling, crying, scowling — help tell a story of what is happening in that moment.
In this collection, however, the faces themselves tell the story — their shape, their lines, their color. Soldiers went in with full, healthy faces and came out looking gaunt and exhausted. In the photos that were taken mid-tour, you can almost see the emotional wall built up behind each soldier's eyes.
Each series of photos is accompanied by a set of captions in which the subjects describe the context of each individual photograph. They talk about what was going on at the time and how they were feeling. But the images are so powerful that their words are almost unnecessary.
Even if you're not a photography nut, I recommend checking it out. It's an interesting take on something that, in the end, affects us all.
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Esp or Ltd??
wheres blackended when we need a fight :lol 8o
in a nut shell.....ESP>LTD Deluxe
honestly i didnt think there was a difference between ESP and LTD1000 models but when you play a ESP next to 1000 series which i have done ive noted the over all craftsman ship of the instruments. ESP is made in their factor by their techs not by another factory that is under contract with ESP to build there LTD models.
Also i have found the quality of the woods used on the instruments to be better on the ESP SS models and incredible on the ESP CS models, the quilted tops on the LTD models to me cant hold a candle to the ESP quilted tops.
Finishes as well don't seem to have as many if any blemishes in them.
overall you pay for what you get, and i played a MH-1000 next to the Horizon NT-II, which i ended up i was buying the NT-II it was more $$$ but a way better guitar!
There really is a difference. I used to think their couldn't possibly be a HUGE difference between the 1000's and ESP SS'.. My first LTD was the EC1000vb and it is indeed an awesome guitar. Then I got an ESP Eclipse II. Comparing them side by side through the same amp, same settings, etc - The difference is almost crazy. The Eclipse sounds thicker, deeper, and also has alot more clarity at the same time compared to the EC.
And on craftsmanship, the difference is even larger.
There really is a difference. I used to think their couldn't possibly be a HUGE difference between the 1000's and ESP SS'.. My first LTD was the EC1000vb and it is indeed an awesome guitar. Then I got an ESP Eclipse II. Comparing them side by side through the same amp, same settings, etc - The difference is almost crazy. The Eclipse sounds thicker, deeper, and also has alot more clarity at the same time compared to the EC.
And on craftsmanship, the difference is even larger.
honestly paying the extra cash goes a LONG way when it comes to ESP vs LTD Deluxe Models
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ESP comes with better hardware, especially if it has a floyd. I hear Edward's series is the best of ESP.
I'm going to try to make an opinion without everyone jumping on me like last time. I think that the LTD's are awesome guitar's, but you have to get them done up by a luthier. I found an awesome Luthier that turned me on to buying LTD's and have him do a fret-dress, neck setup, and a general go-over on the guitar. It cost me $100, and it plays WAAAYYYYY better then my MII.
From my understanding ( i could be wrong ) the standard guitar's get extra "love" then the LTD's. But, after getting it setup up, they are just as good.
$550 ESP LTD Horizon + Luither setup $650.... New Horizon standard series...about$1500? I think i'll get the LTD.
ESP Makes the best guitars. The only other guitar I like is Ibanez's prestige necks. They are killer. But I love ESP's.
I was skeptical.. I have 2 ESP's an Eclipse II and a Truckster. I always felt the
Truckster was one of those special guitars. That come along one in a while that are
just perfect. You don't know why ? It's just something about it. All your friends want
to steal it. Just one of those.
And the EC II is just a rock star !
A few weeks ago I had an opportunity to score an LTD Truckster cheap.
and could not resist.
In all honesty, it dose not stand a chance. The ESP's just kill it. Hands down.
I'm not saying it's a bad guitar !
It is a really nice playing and sounding instrument. But it not ESP
There's a reason Epiphone, Squire, LTD all cost less. And that called "Quality"
Now I'll take the Pepsi challenge against and guitar from the same class any day.
but you just can't compare Ford's & Ferrari's.
Personally, I go for LTD. I know ESP is better, but they don't have much. LTD has some sweet designs from the EX, FX, V, F, & the AX. I wish they made ESPs out of those. I really like the AX-400. Feels, sounds great & has damn good hardware. Don't own it but I do plan on getting the AX-401 whenever they release it (looks better without the tribal inlays).
I have 2 ESP Elcipse II and a LTD Truckster, the latter has been set up by Andy Brauer down in LA and it plays very well. Not as good as the ESP but very close. Alot is in the setup and this guy can set them up to rock. Paid about $650 used for the Truckster and another $100 for setup and it plays pretty damn good. Just my 2 cents
if they do like gibson, ESP must have a really highly qualified luthier-sound engineer-electrical engineer with some very good ears that test the woods with spectrometers, wood density meters or whatever..maybe they just knock on the wood to listen how it sounds...the best ones they keep in japan to build esp's, the second best ones they send to korea for high end ltd's, and then malaysia, and then china.
let's take the eclipse VB vs. ltd ec-1000 VB for example, theyre the same thing, same woods, only differences are the bone vs. earvana nut, the brand of the bridge , the kind of tuners (both stay in tune just as long and yes ive tried both)...and last difference is the neck pickup is further down the body to have 24 frets for the ec-1000...yes you will sacrifice a bit of tone for that extra not-even-an-inch, but you will gain easier high fret access if you play on those frets
so i think its possible to have an equal tone between both guitars if they are set up properly...you pay more for the esp because japanese workers are simply paid more
lets not forget im talking about esp standard here, not custom
high end of cheap brand + - = ~ low end of good brand (no matter what product)
so yea ford gt-40 + - = ~ ferrari testarossa
epiphone les paul elitist + - = ~ gibson les paul studio ( or even standard)
top sony or panasonic home audio speakers (cheap brand) + - = ~ lower end Bowers-Wilkins or DynAudio
in life you will always find better for an extra 100$....the question is, when do you stop?
dont be a purist fanatic audiophile unless youre a millionaire or you will go thru life always saving up for something better and will die unhappy
I disagree in a way. They may be made from the same wood, but the ESP graded wood is a shit ton better. As for hard wear I'm not sure but more then likely ESP ALWAYS uses better grades wood and hard wear. As for the country location quality scale, how do you know it's in that order? Do you work for them?


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In a FOX Business Conference Room interview, Castleman told FBN's Jeff Flock that the Sears Holdings' unit's strategy boils down to "being in everyone's minds and everyone's homes." Today, the brand is focusing on connecting with customers by using digital content, how-tos and projects that attract Craftsman users.
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'Distribution Isn't the Challenge' While Flock points out Wall Street might prefer Craftsman executives focus on distribution channels over branding efforts, Castleman says, "Distribution isn't the challenge. The challenge and the opportunity is the engagement."
As part of the company's new "Made to Make" marketing campaign, Castleman points to the workbench in the "Craftsman Experience Center," where a Crafstman expert was using some of the company's powerful tools.
"This work bench … was again driven by our community members," says Castleman. After gathering users' input, the company came into the "Experience Center" and constructed the bench per their requirements.
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Mukasey -- The Orthodox Jew Who Is A Disgrace To Our Religion -- Again Protects Evil.
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To Our Religion -- Again Protects Evil.
On December 14, 2007 I wrote a post that assailed Michael Mukasey for a statement -- that he doesn't know if waterboarding is torture -- which was a sheer disgrace for someone born into his religion, the same one I was born into, and whose parents were Russian Jewish immigrants who fled evil, as were mine. A difference between us, of course, is that he went to an Orthodox Jewish prep school and his wife was the headmistress at an Orthodox Jewish school, while I went to public schools and for practical purposes have never practiced religion. Another difference is that he seems to be the kind of guy who does what it takes to get ahead in the conventional world; he became, after all, a federal judge and then Attorney General for the Axe of Evil.
Yesterday I read a piece about Mukasey in the July 28-August 3 issue of The National Weekly Edition of the Washington Post. Obviously speaking of Democrats' desires for an investigation of torture, the Post, immediately after saying that Mukasey had appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the destruction of CIA torture tapes, said this: "He has resisted Democrats' other requests in part by arguing that their allegations are thin and that coercive questioning strategies were blessed by administration lawyers at the time."
Is the Post kidding? Did he really say what the Post claims he said? If he did, is Mukasey kidding? The allegations supposedly are thin? Has he read any of the numerous books and articles which now have detailed much of what occurred? Gimme a break. This jerk knows the allegations of torture are overwhelming, not thin. If he said what the Post claims, he was deliberately lying. Is that what they teach you to do in Orthodox Judaism? It would be hard to believe.
And how about the claim that he won't act because "coercive questioning strategies were blessed by administration lawyers at the time." Those strategies were not blessed by all administration lawyers. As books and articles make clear, some strongly opposed them. The military JAGs, two of the civilian general counsels of the services (notably Alberto Mora), a State Department lawyer, an FBI man with a legal degree named Clemente, and others whose names and/or positions don't trip quickly off my tongue (for which I apologize).
The truth is that not all Government lawyers favored torture. But there was a small group who did favor it, and who hijacked the Government's decisionmaking process with the approval of such as Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Feith (himself a lawyer) and other high officials. The hijacking lawyers included the likes of Yoo, Gonzalez, Addington, Chertoff, Bybee, Haynes, Bradford, apparently Rizzo and Philbin, Goldsmith (who is managing to get himself white-washed), and others, who of course were urged on by nonlawyers and acted in secrecy -- including secrecy that deliberately kept their conduct from the knowledge of other lawyers who would have been likely to oppose (or further oppose) what they were doing. This all was put brilliantly by Andrew Bacevich in a recent review of Jane Mayer's new book, The Dark Side. As Bacevich wrote:
With the appearance of this very fine book, Hillary Clinton can claim a belated vindication of sorts: A right-wing conspiracy does indeed exist, although she misapprehended its scope and nature. The conspiracy is not vast and does not consist of Clinton haters. It is small, secretive and made up chiefly of lawyers contemptuous of the Constitution and the rule of law.
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Recast as a series of indictments, the story Mayer tells goes like this: Since embarking upon its global war on terror, the United States has blatantly disregarded the Geneva Conventions. It has imprisoned suspects, including U.S. citizens, without charge, holding them indefinitely and denying them due process. It has created an American gulag in which thousands of detainees, including many innocent of any wrongdoing, have been subjected to ritual abuse and humiliation. It has delivered suspected terrorists into the hands of foreign torturers.
Under the guise of "enhanced interrogation techniques," it has succeeded, in Mayer's words, in "making torture the official law of the land in all but name." Further, it has done all these things as a direct result of policy decisions made at the highest levels of government.
In refusing to act on the ground that administration lawyers blessed torture, Mukasey chooses to ignore all the dissenting administration lawyers whom history will laud while it reviles the Yoo crowd, and he chooses to side instead with the Addington, Yoo, Haynes crowd who have committed evil and greatly injured this country. Nice work for a guy who attended an Orthodox Jewish School, whose wife was headmistress of an Orthodox Jewish school and whose parents fled the style of conduct which he allows Bush, Yoo and company to get away with.
One further point. It is often said that Jewish neocons -- guys like Perle, Feith, Wolfowitz, Kristol, Abrams, Lieberman, in my judgment Mukasey, and others -- take the positions they do (on Al Qaeda, Iran, etc.) because of their concern for Israel. It is also said that they have had outsized influence during the last eight years. I cannot say these accusations are wrong. Truth be told, I think they are right. But my deep concern for Israel and for Jews as a people lead me to revile those bastards because not only have they been a disaster for the United States itself, but they also seem to have gone far toward achieving the very opposite of what they wanted to achieve in behalf of Israel. By leading the U.S. down a terribly wrong path, they have caused many Americans -- with whom I agree about most other things -- to revile Israel, they have caused Arabs to hate Israel even more, and they have lessened, not increased, Israel's security. Nice work, guys.
A while ago, on July 31, 2006, when discussing America's horrible misconduct towards Iran in the early 1950s, misconduct which turned Iranians from a people friendly to America into a nation that has now hated us for over 50 years, I described actions that -- however unrealistic opponents will proclaim them -- would create a permanent peace between Israel and its neighbors. Naturally, none of the big shots ever considered such actions -- to be ignored is the fate of non bigshots. But I still think what I said is right, and have appended pertinent parts of the previous post because the actions listed there would be a way of undoing the harm and evil done by the neocon group, a group to which Mukasey so obviously appears to belong. Truth to tell, of course, the chances that the appended ideas will be considered now by the big shots is about the same as it was then. To wit, zero.
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Of course, it is obviously desirable at this point -- maybe even essential at this point -- that there be some kind of overall Middle East settlement, or as close to one as we can get, regardless of the fact that we largely caused the Iranian part of the problem. With this in mind, my off-the-top-of-the-head recommendation, which should be attempted via a general conference of all the parties (including Hezbollah and Hamas -- let's have none of the shape of the table bullshit of Viet Nam days) would be this:
1. Pace George/DICK, but the United States would apologize to Iran for what America did to Mossadegh.
2. Syria, Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah would agree no longer to ever attack Israel in any way, whether directly, by guerrillas or by terrorists.
3. The area of Lebanon south of the Litany River will forever be a demilitarized zone: no rockets, no tanks, no artillery, no mortars, no heavy weapons of any type. This will be monitored and enforced by either a United Nations or a NATO force.
4. Hezbollah will disarm completely.
5. Israel will pledge not to bomb or invade southern Lebanon or any part of Lebanon.
6. There will be a Palestinian state in Gaza and wherever else it has already been decided that there should be such a state. That state will be a demilitarized one: no rockets, no tanks, no fighter planes or bombers, no artillery, etc. This will be monitored and enforced by either a United Nations or a NATO force.
7. Hamas will be totally disarmed.
8. Israel will agree never to militarily attack the Palestinian state (which will in turn agree never to attack Israel (and will be demilitarized anyhow).
9. Iran (and Syria too) will forsake nuclear weapons.
10. Iran and Syria will agree not to sponsor, assist, or finance terrorism anywhere in the world.
11. The United States will agree not to invade or take military action against Iran or Syria.
12. A group of the world's more powerful nations, together perhaps with some Muslim countries, will be the guarantors of the entire arrangement, with the obligation to act militarily against a violator if necessary to prevent or stop the violation. The guarantors will include the United States, even though it will also be an obligated party under the agreement and could in theory be the target of military action by other guarantors if it were to violate the agreement.
It is always possible for, and often occurs that, international agreements are broken or prove unenforceable. Nonetheless, an agreement along the foregoing lines would, one think, mean peace. Is such an agreement achievable? Is it not achievable because it asks too much, is too idealistic as to what can be accomplished? Quite possibly, especially because all parties would have to be reasonable for it to be achieved. Unhappily, history shows that a need for reasonableness is the biggest argument against it. But it may nonetheless be worth a try. For it is transparent that a failure of settlement -- of overall settlement -- could be truly fraught.
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Can anyone suggest any good Orthodox evangelistic / apolegetic websites. I'm looking for something to link to on my site which might have a good basic presentation of the Orthodox faith and answers to common objections.
The 'Orthodox Christian Information Center' may have information on a wide range of topics, but it too often represents the fringe of Orthodoxy.
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There are four bookshelves, two on either side of the room with a window seat/radiator cover spanning the gap. The furniture is from Ethan Allen, covered in a fabric to help bring in the color of the antique Aubusson carpet. It isn't a bad space as is ... but there was something I thought would help give it a little more pop!
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Beautiful, right? This room will have a flocked Christmas tree, festooned with crystal ice-cycles, glittered birds and birdcages, and lots of gold and sheer ribbons - so the white slipcovers are just going to make everything look so perfectly pristine. We've still got a lot of work to do, including 2 other rooms for the tour, before we move onto other areas of the house.
On Monday, these chairs will arrive to complete the seating arrangement ...
The rest of the space still has work, I mean - we're getting new art, new lighting, new shades ... a lot. But it will be oh so gorgeous in the end.
Another quick look. I love the slips, but the best part is that my client does too! In fact, she was overjoyed with this piece coming together exactly as I had sold it ... and I think now she likes the rug a lot more than she did before. What a huge bonus, since it was incredibly expensive and replacing it was not in the cards.
Still so much more to do, but I felt like I was holding out on you guys and gals for long enough. Right now I'm working on the bookshelves ...
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Having previously portrayed England's Queen Elizabeth I in 1939's The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Bette Davis reprises the role in the Technicolor-and-Cinescope costumer The Virgin Queen. Harry Brown and Mindret Lord's screenplay proposes that Elizabeth's relationship with adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) was somewhat more than cordial.
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The deadline for signing up for voluntary leave was Thursday. With Friday a day off for most of Hanford, information on how many jobs have been saved is not available yet.
Hanford contractors continued to update their employees last week as they learned more about sequestration impacts.
CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. told its employees that it expected to notify the Hanford Atomic Metals Trade Council that 73 union positions would be cut. Those would include jobs for nuclear chemical operators, stationary operating engineers, electricians, plumbers/steamfitters, insulators, radiological control technicians and chemical technicians.
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In addition, up to 10 nonunion employees are expected to be laid off at CH2M Hill. Other nonunion employees are expected to be required to take 160 to 200 hours of paid and unpaid time off by Oct. 1, the start of a new federal fiscal year.
Washington Closure Hanford told its employees last week that it expected to lay off about 20 workers because of sequestration.
It has not announced a furlough for nonunion employees. It has been gradually scaling back staff as it prepares for the completion of most cleanup along the Columbia River in fall 2015.
As part of that gradual reduction, 16 employees are expected to leave Washington Closure in April in a cutback unrelated to sequestration.
But because of the sequestration, Washington Closure expects a significant change in personnel this spring, with up to 100 of its union workers being replaced with workers with more seniority who lose jobs with other contractors.
Bechtel National told its workers last week that its situation was somewhat different from other Hanford contractors after it took actions last year to address possible sequestration. It is operating on a budget that already recognized the cuts, project director Frank Russo said in a memo.
Washington River Protection Solutions announced plans earlier this month to lay off up to 125 union employees. In addition, nonunion employees are being required to take up to five weeks of leave.
Mission Support Alliance has had the toughest job in calculating needed cutbacks, and numbers continued to change last week.
It not only must adjust to a reduced budget, but also is expected to make additional cuts based on the plans of other contractors. It provides sitewide support services at Hanford. Cutbacks in areas such as training, plus layoffs and furloughs across the site, reduce the amount of service it needs to provide.
It is expected to announce a combination of furloughs and layoffs.
Layoff notifications that are distributed at Hanford Monday generally give two weeks notice. Union workers in the bump and roll report to their new jobs April 1. Often those transfers require job-specific training and medical clearance before workers may start work on their new tasks.


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|2012-09-29, 17:59
|Link #10781
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: London, England
Age: 31
And to stress, if you talk about your lonely past right away it is likely to make her feel uncomfortable. I am not saying to lie about your past, simply do not mention it unless asked and even then do not make a big thing of it. Just tell it as it is as a matter of fact. Also a final point, do not get caught up in leagues and what league you are. Be confident and most important be yourself. Granted what I said is easier said than done but you need to be comfortable in your own skin before you pursue relationships.
|2012-09-30, 07:21
|Link #10782
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
It's a bit like a job interview. You wouldn't mention that your last boss fired you for being a lazy layabout who stole from the till, would you?
Likewise, you don't mention past failures on a first date with a GF. You might mention them once you're committed to one another but more in a "I used to be so stupid..." kind of way.
|2012-09-30, 23:48
|Link #10783
Unleashing the Homu-Rage
Join Date: Apr 2010
As for that matter, I am sure I'm not THAT unattractive, at least not physically or intellectually, sure I'm far from muscular, and I don't have lots of money, but I am intelligent. I just have to play to my strengths.
And as for the whole idea of the world being unfair, cruel, deceptive. Trust me, I know. I probably shouldn't have said this to a girl (although we still get on OK, even if we're not dating), but this exemplifies that notion: "You say break up, I say opportunity."
Also, what exactly do you mean by aiming high if your willing to settle for something low? Are you implying that I should expect myself to end up with someone I don't find attractive, that I should expect myself to be discontented with my love/sex life?
|2012-10-01, 05:51
|Link #10784
The Most Hated
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: A random coordinate on the space-time continuum
Age: 31
Random answer. Don't ask that question. Leave the subject alone. Ignore it if she says she has one. It is called a "shit-test". she tests you how you handle the unexpected.(maybe she has one or not...you'll never know) The thing is you have to avoid the subject. If she is interested in you then she will dump her BF for you. If she hesitates then leave her alone find another one...
"mercy date" interesting idea.....if it would work......All my schoolmates knew about how unfortunate i was and couldn't even hook up with anyone so if a mercy date would work then i would have had one. BUT telling the girl about yourself in that pathetic manner is only going to get you friend zoned. (no offense) no girl wants a weeping guy. even if she goes out with you a couple of times she will dump you. and that is going to hurt a lot more than being single.
i know i am a sentimental guy too, i open myself easily to others(very bad habit) but believe me, try to act cool despite your situation and it will work out. concentrate on what you are good at and go out in the world and soon love will be there for you.
good thing i give these advice...even though i always stay at home and wish for my life to change and not move a muscle.....such a hypocrite i am.
You (and I) need to go out in the city to meet new people../ do something you never done before... go for a jog for example or do something other and if you see someone you fancy don't hesitate to walk up to her and start a conversation....it doesn't neccesarily have to be a girl. one time i went jogging and i came across a small group with a dog. and the dog came to me. i patted his head and started talking to the group....things like these will give you confidence....
Now it is time i get on my feet....stop sulking and get myself a very cute and loving girlfriend.....(you need to pump yourself like this many many many times)
|2012-10-01, 10:20
|Link #10785
This is my title.
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Philippines
I would say NEVER do that. That definitely won't work. It's like asking for pity and makes you look so desperate. A girl can use and abuse you. In the case of this one person I know, he did tell me about past failures, and yes, I friendzoned him but he seems very comfortable in the zone though. ^^; the reason he's comfortable in there is because I value friendship above other kinds of relationships, particularly a romantic one. So when I keep a friend, that friend gets a lot from me. of course, he still wishes for a romantic relationship. He's pretty determined, and I'd say that's a good thing. But never use past failures as leverage. The wrong girl could take advantage of it.
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|2012-10-01, 18:31
|Link #10786
Join Date: Sep 2012
Let me answer the last question first, because I don't want you to think that I'm saying anyone should expect to be discontented in their sex lives.
I guess what I'm really saying is that, when I was inexperienced sexually, I chased after women who represented physical and emotional ideals, because I thought that was what I wanted. Looking back on it, I think I would have been happier if I had chased after women more like myself: flawed in some regards and outstanding in others. Instead I caused myself a lot of pain by repeatedly chasing after women who I now see were transparently incompatible with myself.
It's true that some of these girls who I now see as totally incompatible were very attractive, and it is easier to say that they were bad news now then it would have been to stop my dumb self at the time when I had a hard-on for them. But it's important to be sure that you see girls for how their personalities really are and make sure that you're not just inflecting your wants on someone incompatible with them/you, just because of how you feel about them emotionally.
I'm sorry if I came off to you as sounding superior or like I was talking down to you. I don't think I'm a better person than anyone else because I've copulated with lots of women. I feel like the shellshocked survivor of many harrowing emotional experiences, much more so than I feel in any way triumphant. I just have a lot of experience with the vicissitudes of romance and so I thought that my advice might be helpful to you in your own experiences, but it also might be completely incompatible to your own situation.
I can see you are a cool and intelligent guy. I dunno if you made it, but your Madoka avatar is awesome and clearly indicates that you have good taste and use discretion. It just also seems like you are maybe a little inexperienced and that your own eager emotions might be getting the better of you. Heartfelt feelings are of course the most important thing, but it's also important to look at things more pragmatically as well. It's great that you have confidence. Confidence is very important. But remember that a common mistake of brave, confident, inexperienced people is to courageously rush into a blunder because they haven't thought about it enough.
Anyways, the cynical thing I said about muscles, looks, brains and money was definitely extremely cynical, but there is some truth to this. Brains and money is very difficult to change, so you're lucky to be blessed with a good brain. Looks can be difficult to fix, but I really meant what I said about the muscles. If you want to get laid, then it really helps to be a little bit muscular. You don't have to look like an action hero or pro-footballer. A lot of girls are turned off by that. But a muscular, attractive, toned, physique (like Brad Pitt or Gerard Butler or Russel Crowe) is attainable and something you pursue?
Also, don't you want to be physically strong? I guess to be honest, I've always been motivated by the desire to be stronger (like a bad shounen character) and have chased after that goal for most of my life, so a good body is always something that I had as a side-effect of my own desires and mentality. I know it's not the same if you have no desire to say, cut down honeysuckle bushes with one slice of a machete, or beat someone in a street fight. But I can tell you, from my perspective, women are depressingly transparent about how much they like my muscles.
Don't get me wrong, personality is still far more important in determining relationship compatibility, but things like muscles can be a big asset, especially if you are interested in things like one night stands and casual sex relationships.
Anyways, I don't want to make anyone feel discouraged. If you pursue what you want, you will get it in the end (at least if it is something as mundane as finding love and getting laid). I wish you the best of luck and honestly hope my advice is helpful, or, if it isn't helpful, you can see it is worthless to you and disregard it.
|2012-10-01, 20:03
|Link #10787
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
Also, having few muscles is only a problem if you think it's a problem. If you think your lack of muscles is holding you back, you'll see proof of it everywhere (just like the teenaged girl obsessing over her nose, no one else actually cares...).
Personally I take pride in my utter lack of muscles. It's taken years of dedication to an idle lifestyle to get my limbs into such a pristine scrawny state. Anyway, building muscles seems like a boring and useless pastime. Unless your work involves physical labour, I don't see the point. Heck, if your work involves physical labour, you don't need to do any body building anyway...
Personally, I think the path to showing off your masculinity is facial hair. All these clean shaven guys are just pretty boys too afraid to let their testosterone show on their faces.
But to be serious, getting a girl (or boy) friend isn't rocket science. It's the same process as making a really good friend, except you just go a bit farther. Do you obsess over whether you're good enough when you're hitting it off with a really amazing guy? No, you play it cool. The same goes for women.
You just need to remember, she's the one who has to interest you, not the other way around. And if you find her interesting, and she finds you interesting ...
|2012-10-01, 22:00
|Link #10788
Unleashing the Homu-Rage
Join Date: Apr 2010
No problem, we all get depressed from time to time.
As per the discontent, I'm sure I'll find a girlfriend, or at least a "friend with benefits" who I find attractive. As you said, If I pursue it, I'll find it. Admittedly some annoying side effects of Asperger's Syndrome, in addition to the social deficit, such as still living at home and not being able to drive yet (but I will probably learn soon), may prove intitial obstacles. But even then, I might be able to find my way around those obstacles.
As per your think about sex vs a relationship, at times I want one, at times another, I guess I really want both, but isn't that what we all want. I suspect if I haven't had any success in a few years, I might try online dating services (of either the conventional or the "adult" variety). I mean, I'm not ashamed to admit that I have certain "fantasies" that I will not describe here that I want to fulfill (at least the realistic ones). I actually checked out dating service offering profiles with people interested in one of them, and there are plenty out there, and mostly in their upper 20s to 30s, so at 23 I have plenty of time.
And besides, I have a more positive outlook normally. I know I'm moving slowly, but I'm moving forward. Every second is one second closer. Asperger's can slow me down, but it can't stop me!
Also, as per my Madoka avatar, no, I did not make it, It was from request thread, but still, thanks for the compliment. Speaking of Madoka, one measure of how far I've come is that now, unlike in highschool, If Kyubey walked into my room, offering me the perfect girlfriend/sex partner, I would simply take a sword I own off the holder on my desk and go Homura on his ass, rather than end up as a cross between Sayaka and School Days... Also, I've clearly come a long way as I can now laugh about my problems.
Also, random thought, lol at placing this thread under "pairings" and "moe" tags.
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|2012-10-02, 02:36
|Link #10789
World's Greatest
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: San Francisco
Age: 31
And you should get to know someone before you decide if you want to go out with them. From the sound of it, it seems like you are in a hurry to have a date. Why? Honestly what the hell are you rushing for?
Oh and if you want to know if someone has a boyfriend, you can just ask. After you get to know them a little better that is. By that time you'll know if you even want to spend more time with that person.
|2012-10-02, 06:20
|Link #10790
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
A lot of us don't personally know anyone who we feel interested in dating. That's wh we go out with perfect strangers (either through online dating, speed dating, blind dating etc.). On the date with the perfect stranger we see how we get along. If you get along well, you keep dating. If you don't get along, well thankfully you'll never have to see them again because they're a perfect stranger!
|2012-10-02, 18:46
|Link #10791
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
Age: 33
As to "not that muscular" - that's fine, but go to the gym. Do it regularly, and go multiple times per week (I like the "every other day" schedule) You're probably not going to put on much muscle or even tone yourself in any short amount of time, but I guarantee this: go there, spend 30-60 minutes building up a sweat and pushing yourself until you feel sore, and you will feel great. You'll feel even better when you wake up the next morning and have trouble moving, thanks to your sore muscles. There's something about physically pushing your limits that is rewarding, as is seeing progress, but there's more to it than that. The idea that you're improving your body, or perhaps even just the idea that you work out, will improve your self-image and your confidence. It may not work for everyone, but I've heard it stated many times by people who were "shy nerds" or "quiet and bullied" that it changed their self-perception and attitudes. I've tried it for myself and felt it, so I'm a believer.
There are also plenty of studies indicating that exercise is a good mood-enhancer and depression fighter Win-win!
But speaking of grandparents, I remember how my grandmother once remarked - in response to my mention of my girlfriend - about how I should have multiple girlfriends at one time Different standards for different times, I suppose! Or perhaps that's just how she thought that all of us youngsters are doing it these days...
|2012-10-02, 19:36
|Link #10792
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
Anyway, I would regard Online Dating as being similar to blind dating, except you actually can see a photo of them (so you have a good idea she's not an ogre), and you can choose to only go out with people who are of the same religious background to you etc. Everytime you go out with one you're basically rolling a dice, you may not get along with them, or you might get along great. Can't really know.
I do think there are bad sides to getting romantically involved with people in your circle. If things go bad (and as we know from Pop music, they frequently do...), you can find yourself not only losing your GF, but many of your friends too. For instance a good friend of mine made his first university girlfriend in the group he hung out with. All was well, but ultimately 2 years later they broke up and he found himself having lost not only his girlfriend, but also that entire circle ( I don't know the details). Either way he was basically left with me and another guy, who he knew from secondary school, and also some more casual acquaintances he knew through his classes.
The moral of the story for me is that I think people going out with one another need to have separate lives and separate friends.
|2012-10-02, 21:11
|Link #10794
Join Date: Sep 2012
This is a hard question to answer because, often, if a girl isn't physically attracted to you, she won't notice you no matter what you do.
But some context might help me to offer you some advice.
|2012-10-03, 02:20
|Link #10795
The Interstellar Medium
Join Date: May 2008
Location: [SWE]
Age: 29
After this shitty summer I started exercising seriously 3 days a week (Mon-Wed-Fri), trying some cardio the other days. All I have is 2x 4kg dumbells, 1x 7-10kg dumbell and a yoga mat. With this and bodyweight exercises (Leg lifts, pushups, crunches, squats, etc), I've gotten stronger, more confident and, even after two months, better posture and slimmer muscles. I still have problem with shyness but it's a work in progress.
Now add to this a new sense of fashion. I don't know how you dress but on my part, for example, I haven't worn jeans since I was 5. In august I bought jeans and shirts I would never usually wear, and that are "modern". As it turns out, it somewhat transformed me and I intend to expand my wardrobe in that direction.
So there are easy ways to make yourself "attractive" on a general scale, or that is just helpful along the way.
|2012-10-03, 04:54
|Link #10796
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
Personally, if you want an easy way to look good, ditch the T-shirts and get yourself something with a collar. Collars make everyone look better.
Likewise, ditch the sweats and get yourself some proper trousers (EG Chinos).
Basically, professional attire is actually makes most people look pretty good (except ties...). Take your queues from there.
|2012-10-03, 05:31
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|2012-10-03, 10:59
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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|2012-10-03, 15:22
|Link #10800
Join Date: Sep 2012
I've been in this situation multiple times before and I can say that it is a very tricky one and can usually only end either very well or extremely poorly. If she accepts your feelings then, since you're already friends, you can likely form a very good relationship. However, if she does not accept your feelings, it will almost certainly mean you won't be as good of friends and possibly you might not continue to be friends with her at all.
Thus it is very important to proceed with discretion and feel the situation out before you confess to her. But once you do decide to confess, the opposite is true. You need to insist that you really like her (maybe not use the love word, is hard to say) and be sure not to back down in any way if she challenges your feelings. (also make sure you choose an opportune moment with good feelings and pretty scenery. night time is better than day time.)
But before you confess, you really need to figure out if she thinks of you as just a friend, or more than that. My advice may not apply to your friend, and if you think what I'm saying doesn't fit your relationship, or her personality than please say so. In general, though, there are a couple major red flags that she probably thinks of you as just a friend.
1. Does she talk to you about other boys she has feelings for? Are you anything like a love confidant to her? If so, then she probably does not have feelings for you.
2. Has she had boyfriends before? Is she comfortable with sexual things or is she timid when it come to sexual matter? If she is already sexually active and has decided to be just friends with you, then she probably just wants to be friends with you. (Unless there are mitigating circumstances like you being friends with her boyfriend etc.)
3. Have you been friends with her for a year or more? The longer you have been friends with her the better chance you have unless you answered yes to questions 1 and 2, in which case time will work against, rather than for, you.
So this is the most general advice I can give you, but I will warn you that a friend is one of the most unpredictable kinds of people to confess to.
Two of my first high school girlfriends were both friends of mine who I confessed two. So I think the fact that you are still a high school student is a really positive sign for you.
My confessions to friends at the college level and beyond have not really gone so well, though not all of them have ended in failure (but my success rate post-college is much higher with non-friends than friends).
But like I said, my high school confessions to friends mostly went really well so be positive.
That is my advice and please respond if you want me to clarify anything or if you think my advice might not apply to your friend.
Have confidence, think calmly, and I wish you the best of luck.
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A Montana man lured a 10-year-old Cody girl from outside the county library with the tale of a lost puppy, held her at gunpoint, tied her up and took her to the wilderness to sexually abuse her. Hours later, he abandoned the victim along a remote dirt road, where she was found that night by a pair of hunters.
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"When you completed this sick dream of yours, you discarded her like a piece of garbage on a cold desolate road," the judge told Speer. "You will leave a legacy in Park County, albeit a dark one. No parent will ever drop off their child at the library again without thinking of you."
Speer pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated kidnapping, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and two counts of sexual abuse of a minor.
In court, he recounted the October 2012 kidnapping, which was backed up by an affidavit from law enforcement officials.
The victim's mother said in a statement read into the court record by an advocate that her daughter still has panic attacks and nightmares caused by the abuse. She called Speer a "very dangerous and scary person."
"He infected her life forever, took her innocence from her," the mother's statement said. Her name was not provided in court.
Cranfill sentenced Speer to 30 to 50 years on the abuse counts and a life term for the kidnapping, to be served consecutively.
The defendant offered no explanation for what he called the "evil that sprang from my heart" and showed little reaction as his sentence was pronounced.
Earlier, he choked up and took a long moment to compose himself as he apologized to the victim, her family and the community.
"I am truly sorry for what I've done," he said. "I embrace the hatred and the anger directed my way and hope that most can release it."
Speer's attorney, J. Travis Smith, argued for a more lenient sentence to give his client a chance at rehabilitation. He pointed out that Speer had no prior criminal record, has suffered from mental health problems and willingly confessed to investigators.
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Speer was tracked down by investigators who paired the girl's account of her abduction with video footage of his Toyota 4-Runner passing through the park on the day before the incident.
The divorced father of two was arrested by the FBI a week later in Belgrade, Mont., not far from his home. He acknowledged the abduction and said he had struggled with an addiction to pornography, according to court documents.
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