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Jennifer at Family Musings tagged me for a meme ages ago and if you haven't noticed this already I don't do a lot of memes (rhymes with "dreams"). I have nothing against them--feel free to tag me all you like--I just don't know that I'm very good at them and tend to just blather on stupidly whenever I tackle one.
If you missed past pain you can read where I bared my soul previously by clicking on the "memes and misc." link under "Posts by Topic" on my sidebar.
I really should let my family tackle a list like this--I could pass around a legal pad at a family picnic, ask them each to write down one odd thing about me and they'd be asking for more paper but I'll do the best I know how. Here are ten odd things I love:
1. American Idol. Now given the fact that roughly half the solar system watches this show (it's in syndication on Mars and Venus apparently) this may not seem odd but to those who know me better the full shock of this confession is evident. You see I'm a bit of a culture snob. I can rave about the latest Jane Austen movie, catch up on Masterpiece Theater reruns and listen to my opera like a good girl but I wouldn't be caught dead watching a show like American Idol. I was curious the first year it ran but was rather disgusted because it was so obvious that Kelly Clarkson was the only one with a voice that I couldn't see how it was much of a contest.
So I've refrained from watching for lo these six years until now. I came downstairs while Andrew was watching the early tryouts for season seven and I started watching casually. Then more and more and more until I was completely hooked--as in I'm doing whatever I have to do to carry over until my next A.I. fix.
Andrew was rooting for Brooke (I think he was secretly in love with that one) and Grace was not-so-secretly rooting for Cutie-Pie Archuletta though I rather fancied Michael Johns (with a nod to David Cook).
And here's where I dig a little deeper: I actually downloaded several of the songs from itunes. Gasp. Yup, I loved several of the songs from the Dolly Parton and Neil Diamond tribute nights plus a few others and I can be found rocking out to them in my minivan from time to time at stop lights.
The addiction was bad enough to culminate in a dream where I was a contestant myself but Ryan Seacrest was madly in love with me. We had to keep things under wraps so the other contestants wouldn't feel bad and know that they had no chance. He ended up taking me to Wales to meet his family after the season was over . . .
2. Sponge Bob Squarepants. Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Absorbent and yellow and porous is he! . . .
We don't have cable, never had. But while we were in Florida last March our hotel had plenty of it and it was there that I learned that there is always sometime, somewhere an episode of Sponge Bob playing. And it's funny.
We had a lot of catching up to do, Bob and I, but it didn't take long to realize that he's one darn funny sponge. Have you seen the episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Meet Man Ray"? If the name doesn't make you chuckle then you'd have to hear Tim Conway and Ernest Borgenine's voices and John Rhys Davies as their arch enemy, Man Ray. Now that's comedy.
The longing for the Sponge grew strong enough that when Andrew went out of town on business several weeks ago we rented a disc of ten episodes from the library (we still don't have cable) and the kids and I watched all ten episodes while eating Chinese food.
Things have become bad enough that Andrew has banned all mention of "The Sponge Who Shall Remain Nameless" in the house because it seems the kids and I can't go more than a few minutes without quoting a brainless line from the show then falling into giggles. Hard to believe I actually graduated from college isn't it?
Of course the ban is only nominally effective and we'll probably be found watching another disc on Saturday when Andrew goes up to Barrow again for the day. Sigh. Too funny.
3. Disco. We'll switch from television to music while I confess that I always have loved disco. Sure, I kept that little piece of information to myself in the college years but the part of me that heard the Bee Gees singing "Tragedy" and grooved has never died.
My Dad had the Bee Gees' "Best of" album and I'd play it it on the turntable, hold my push-button tape recorder up to the speakers as big as Cadillacs then play that precious tape over and over in the confines of my bedroom. But oddly enough I've never seen Saturday Night Fever I was too young to be allowed to see it when it came out and then disco wasn't cool during the 80s. Only now is it safe to once again admit you'd like to see John Travolta in a white polyester suite swaggering down the street to that thumping beat and wicked falsetto.
4. Scissor Sisters. If you haven't heard "I Don't Feel Like Dancing'" then I weep for you. A cross between the Bee Gees, the B-52s and Erasure, this song probably ties in with number three on this list because it's really is a retro-Disco treat that I have listened to again and again for nearly a year. I'm not sure what that says about me--probably that in a former life I was a flamboyant leather-clad gay man, which disturbs me not a little--but then deep down I really don't care, I'm too busy dancing.
If you watch the video on You Tube and check out his swinging moves then you'll get some idea of the show you'd expect if you were to see me when I've got this song on my ipod during my Friday cleaning chores. It's a show that you just don't want to miss people.
5. Highlander. I actually haven't seen any of the Highlander movies but my siblings introduced me to the cable series years ago. Since we didn't have cable (again with the cable thing) I actually would have my sister load up a VHS tape of episodes which I'd watch during the kids' naptimes until I could recite them then I'd have her tape me a new tape. I'm not sure why I liked the show, you really can't get hoakier than Adrian Paul pretending to be an immortal, sword-wielding Scotsman with a punky American sidekick can you? Nope, not if you tried. Maybe it was the theme song. Queen had a good thing going there . . . our library bought the series on DVD which I checkout in a very thrilled manner only to find it must have been the European (i.e. "Director's Cut") version which was a lit-tle too steamy for me. Sigh. All I wanted was some science-fiction decapitation and lightning, not skin. Is that so wrong?
6. Kraft macaroni and cheese. With slices of hot dogs. I don't know that there's much more I can say about this other than to put it out there and politely and quietly slink away. I could eat a whole box knowing full well that the fluorescent yellow stuff they optimistically call "cheese" is most likely radioactive. And for those of you who may not have experienced this culinary delight I would assure you that the correct ratio of macaroni to hot dog is one box of mac and cheese for two regular sized franks. Write that down.
7. Mondays. You hear TGIF all the time but for me it's TGIM. Which means that after a wild weekend filled with kendo-sword wielding sons and small girls playing dolls in high pretend princess voices and a constant stream of footprints and breadcrumbs trailing from my kitchen I suddenly have a quiet house where I can put things back to order while everyone's at school and work. Monday morning is when I catch up on my blog housekeeping and straighten up my house and relax in my jammies until 10 or 10:30 am. Pretend you didn't read that Andrew (what he doesn't know won't hurt him). I love Mondays and all the quietness thereunto appertaining.
8. Japanese rice crackers. I'm not a fan of Japanese food. In my opinion (however warped it may be) it's either always too raw, too tentacley, too spicy or too ricey for me. BUT . . . I love the Japanese rice cracker blends--nothing fancy or anything--just the ones with the different kinds of crackers mixed all up where you get little sesame ones, little wasabi peas, little white pasty who-knows-what-they-are squares and twisty thingies? Mmmmmmm . . .
9. MST 3000. Otherwise known as Mystery Science Theater 3000, the show where they take the World's Stupidest Movie (and who knows how they top themselves each week) then have a low-budget comedian and his two puppet robots make comments on the entire movie. In essence you're watching someone else watch a movie and the comments are the whole point (yes it's as stupid as it sounds, you have to be in the mood). It's funny and I'm a sucker for it. Though once again . . . no cable. Thank goodness for Netflix.
10. Dressing up. I know casual is in these days and you can see jeans at the opera here in Anchorage but for me fancier is always fun. I like wearing heels and nylons and dresses, I like getting ready to go out and then going out for a night on the town. I wish more people dressed up--my kids recently had a piano recital in the evening at the theater in our local library and my kids were tense that I made them wear dresses (girls) and ties (boys). I figured that it was a recital--that means you're supposed to look nicer than you would at a movie theater but you know what? With the exception of the piano teacher--who looked stunning in an apropos black dress--and one student who came in full prom regalia we were the only ones not wearing jeans. I like to dress up.
11. Etiquette. Which brings me to number eleven--the conventional wisdom says, "Aren't we glad we don't live back in Victorian times when everyone was slave to etiquette?" but I say that I miss those times and love those rules that keep things running well. I like knowing what "etiquette" says because it takes the burden of always knowing what the "right" thing to do is--you just do what the rulebook says and you'll be safe. What do I wear? Well what does the rule book say? Takes all the pressure off.
I love reading columns where people write in to Miss Manners mostly because the questions are always a hoot--they fall into one of two categories: someone's been slighted or offended and they want Miss Manners to agree with their grievance for all the world to see or they're trying to break the rules of etiquette for some reason they feel is justified but is usually to get out of work or money on their part. Miss Manners sees right through them every time and nails them to the wall and it's so fun to watch. Wicked of me isn't it?
12. Chameleons. My children have been cursed with a mother who doesn't like animals--it's really sad, but there it is. I never had pets as a child, never wanted any and dogs make me rather uncomfortable. I'm okay with cats but why bother? They don't like you anyway. Maybe if I lived in a rural area we'd have a horse or something or maybe some chickens but that's highly unlikely--I'm not the rural kind of gal (and a defect in my character I'm sure). But if I had to have a pet it would be a chameleon--those things are fascinating. With their big googly eyes going two different directions and their 3- foot tongues going in and out and their two-fingered hands and feet looking like their fingers are taped together or something. And then there's the color changing aspect which just makes them truly the wildest animal there is--or at least the only one I'd allow as a pet in my home. Do they shed or smell?
13. Reference books. I think I mentioned my habit of reading a book with a slip of paper which I use to write down all the odd words I come across. I look them up in the dictionary and memorize the definitions for future use--because "streatopygous" comes up in conversation so frequently. Well it's not just dictionaries that I like, all reference books are interesting. Not to read straight through but to just pick up and turn to any given page where you'll find something you didn't know. Encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauruses, it doesn't matter but some of my favorite reference books are the Webster's Dictionary of English Usage which gives you the difference between who and whom, The Language of Flowers for it's obscurity and the fun of learning that a mushroom means "suspicion" (which pretty much sums up Andrew's thoughts unless you'd include "pain" and "suffering"), A Handbook to Literature by Holman and Harmon which I will still turn to to jog the ol' memory on strophes, iambs and hypallage and the Dictionary of American History which I used back in high school to study for my American History class but which still has interesting tidbits of info--though not much after 1985. Did anything important happen after 1985? I can't remember.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Weird Things That I Really Kind of Like
Jennifer at Family Musings tagged me for a meme ages ago and if you haven't noticed this already I don't do a lot of memes (rhymes with "dreams"). I have nothing against them--feel free to tag me all you like--I just don't know that I'm very good at them and tend to just blather on stupidly whenever I tackle one.
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- Joy Renee said...
Ah, Disco. I came of age in the 70s and disco was all the rage in high school. I just recently found the 24/7 70s XM station on our Direct TV and have been on a weird nostalgia ride for a couple of weeks now.
- Picturing of Life said...
I also like to watch Idol's :D
Mine in here Thanks
- Jeana said...
Now that you are an adult, let me recommend that you leave Saturday Night Fever a mystery. I watched it for the first time a year or so ago. It was awful. The dance scenes were fun, but the rest of it was horrible. No doubt I would have loved it as a teenager.
- perilloparodies said...
you sound like a "young at heart" sort of person. some of them are things that come from being born when you were born or from being how you were raised. i like most of those things, too. what is wrong with that? mostly i would say,"To each his own..." :-)
- Average Jane said...
I'm with you on SpongeBob, (some) disco, Scissor Sisters, Kraft Mac & Cheese, MST3K and and etiquette. Also, I don't feel that any of them are necessarily all that weird!
- gretchen from lifenut said...
I love ten of your thirteen. Highlander, chameleons, and Mondays are things I can live without.
The best Spongebob episode ever is "The Camping Episode".
Sea Bear.
- Darla said...
You should do these more often--it's fun reading your answers! Especially since I completely agree with so many of your answers! :)
When we had regular US TV, we used to all sit on our bed on Saturday morning and watch Sponge Bob together. Fun.
I LOVE Kraft macaroni & cheese (it has to be Kraft--cheaper or more expensive kinds just aren't the same!) and hot dogs. You're not alone there.
Yes! I'm not alone in liking Mondays! It's my favorite day of the week. Always seems like a chance for a new beginning. I always feel energized on Mondays.
I'm with you on the Japanese rice crackers, too, but they never last long here--my sons are wild about them, too.
MST3K = too much fun.
I also enjoy dressing up, and will do so whenever there's a remotely acceptable reason to do so.
I don't like American Idol or disco, though, so I guess we're not long-lost twins. :)
- Summer said...
We love Spongebob over here! And I have always been a huge MST3K fan!
- Christie O. said...
oh, mystery science theater 3000 takes me back to the college days -- getting home at ridiculous hour of the night and the only thing on our college dorm cable. it was hilarious! but you're right -- you soo have to be in the mood. (or for me, tipsy.)
- Red said...
OMStars. I thought I was the only dweeb who wrote down words she does not know. Word-looker-uppers...unite!
- Mrs_Scotsman said...
To help your AI fix until next season read Simon Cowell's "I don't mean to be rude, but..." I found it in the library when I was looking for Broadway scores. It is a great read and it is SO Simon.
- mumple said...
Two comments: Spongebob and Patrick (and Squidward) are exactly like us. He was also the inspiration for the Howler's sense of humor--she laughed, spontaneously at the right place in the joke (the episode with the giant worm). I knew she was my baby at that moment.
And The Highlander: hokey as the series was (and I started watching because it was THAT hokey) Adrian Paul in that tight white T was HOT HOT HOT! I get all warm and friendly with Kevin just thinking about it.
So both those are NOT odd or weird. They're totally understandable!
- Sarah said...
The best Spongebob is "Sailor Mouth." Where would the world be without sentence enhancers?
- Lis Garrett said...
Oh Michelle . . . your list is not at ALL odd! You've just admitted to what we're all afraid to say out loud.
Now that Idol is over, my husband and I are (for the third season) watching, So You Think You Can Dance?
I love disco, too - it was actually my music of choice while I was in HS, which my mother thought weird (considering I was in HS from 1992-1996, hardly the disco era).
And if you like Scissor Sisters, you might like Mika. You may have heard this song:
His music can really get my kids movin'!
- Amber M. said...
I loved reading these, Michelle. I must say that Scissor Sisters and their leather pants is QUITE the way to start my morning!:-)
- Shannon said...
Very interesting! Loved reading your answers. I've had the rice crackers in a pub mix I bought from Costco once and really liked the spicy ones.
- Annie said...
SpongeBob, yep, it's all about that little yellow chuckle head and his friend Patrick. Just don't tell anyone I said so...
- Tiaras & Tantrums said...
All for #11 - I'm a strict momma onthis one!!
- Makita said...
We just had #6 for dinner last night (DH was home late so it was just the kiddos and I)! :D
- FallFleur said...
I've got to get the Scissor Sisters on my ipod...that song is definately one to move to.
I agree that the camping episode of Sponge Bob is awesome....Classic. Laugh, Laugh
I must say I also enjoy dressing up but, too often I've felt uncomfortably overdressed. So I don't do it as much as I'd like to.
- Milehimama said...
My girlhood dream was to write for that show. I'm still practicing the witty one liners on the action movies my husband rents. It's a wonder we're not divorced, LOL!
- Lisa said...
Mac and cheese with hotdogs thrown in... Haven't thought of that in years. Thanks for the reminder. I need to feed the boy something for lunch. This is a great idea.
Mystery Science Theater is great. I love that.
And my son and I LOVE the Scissor Sisters -- especially that song!
Oh and the Victorian age of Manners. I am so with you on that one! Manners. Wouldn't that be nice.
- Jennifer said...
Thanks for playing along... I was just finishing the Kraft Mac & Cheese I had for lunch when I came to this post in my reader. I like to add 1 can of tuna fish to my Mac & Chesse.
I have never seen Sponge Bob but my students loved him! They could quote him in a heartbeat and often tried to work him into their essays. Bizarre!
- Doll Clothes Gal said...
You've no idea how close your 10 things are to mine - especially MST3000; I love those guys!
- chelle said...
Ok I have to admit the Sponge Bob surprises me! I detest that show ... wait maybe not, I detest that they market it to young children ... Nice to read we are not the only family without cable!
- Janet said...
I was in high school in the 70s too, but wasn't allowed to see Saturday Night Fever because of that infamous scene which was never actually explained to me.
I LOVE Mystery Science Theatre.
I do not eat Kraft Macaroni and Cheese since a drinking incident in college which I will not gross you out with.
"I'm not sure what that says about me--probably that in a former life I was a flamboyant leather-clad gay man, which disturbs me not a little--but then deep down I really don't care, I'm too busy dancing."
Yep, me too. Still dancing.
- tarable said...
I love Highlander! I always watched it with my mom. Kraft Mac 'n' Cheese is a staple with my toddlers, and I love it too, just not as often. Has to be Kraft though. MST 3000 was a favorite of mine at BYU and I miss it now - it's hard for me to find. I checked out the Scissor Sisters on Rhapsody and they are now a new favorite of mine! Awesome song, thanks.
- Wild Squirrel said...
Yep. Kraft mac & cheese with hot dogs. It's nice to know I'm not the only one...before today, though, I didn't know about the two hot dog rule. Thanks for letting me on that. :)
Oh, and I am supposed to be helping with an etiquette class for a group at church...I was going to get my hands on a copy of Tiffany's Table Manners for Teenagers for a refresher. I'm open to other recommendations if anyone has any suggestions...Thanks!
- Killlashandra said...
Ok, I admit, I did not read in detail all of those items in your list. However, I can't blame you for disco, highlander, japanese rice crackers, and MST 3000. Dressing up is fun but I swear if I'm lucky it happens once every 3 years. I'm totally relegated to dressing up at Halloween only it seems. LOL
- Jacki said...
I am with you on American Idol. I am addicted...can't stop watching.
- TLC said...
So many cool things to comment upon, but I will just say GREAT T13. And while Spongebob is now banned in this house (got to the point that it was all Spongebob-alll-the-time) you MUST see the episode with the Sea Bear. You MUST. I found it, but Viacom is picky, so it might disappear http://watchspongebobonline.com/spongebob-squarepants-season-3-episode-20-the-camping-episode/
Oh and my T13 is up, too
- cndymkr / jean said...
Number 6 made me gag. I'm sorry, but just the mention of macaroni and hotdogs brings back horrible memories. We ate that for what seemed like months, every night when I was young. It was a cheap meal and easy to make. Now I wouldn't touch it.
- Anonymous said...
I love MST3K; Viking Women vs. the Sea Serpent was always my fave because of the home ec video before the movie. LOL! In Denver, we have Mile Hi SciFi, which does the exact same thing, in a live format. We can't wait to go to their next show. :)
- Loralee Choate said...
You should know that I crooned out 'WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER?!" At The Clan McLoud castle in Scotland.
- AlaneM said...
Fun meme!
I too was a closet disco lover in the 80's & glad I can be out of the closet now. Disco rocks baby, boogie down!
I'm gonna check out the sissor sisters video when the kids are asleep - sounds like a good one.
We love mac&cheese with hotdogs - I get the cheap brand & make 2 boxes with 1 package of turkey franks - yum-o!
I haven't seen MST 3000 much but have loved it when I've had the chance. They are so funny!
And finally, chameleons are the coolest of reptiles. I love almost all creatures out there (especially reptiles) but these guys are just fasciinating to watch. We would have one if they weren't so delicate.
- MiaKatia said...
Hot dogs and mac-n-cheese is one of those yummy childhood meals that I still enjoy when my hubby goes out of town. The kids and I love it!
- Becky said...
I LOVE MST3K! My husband and I watch it with friends whenever we get the chance. In fact, a couple friends of ours made their own as part of a senior project in college. Pretty awesome. And I own 2 copies of "A Handbook to Literature." True, they were required reading while an English major at university, but now we have two...and plan to keep at least one. It's handy! (Plus, hubby is a librarian.) :o)
- Becky said...
Oh, one other thing - the movie you have a picture of with the four people in a boat...I've seen that one. So hilarious (the MST3K version, not the original movie).
- Jennifer said...
What a fun list.
Oh how my teenagers sigh when the BeeGees come up on my Ipod. But they know better than to skip it:)
And I am a Monday lover also!!
- Damselfly said...
Those Miss Manners letters are so fun to read sometimes!
- ewe are here said...
I'm totally with you on the Highlander series. I was just drawn to the darn thing... just can't really explain why.
- all over the map said...
I must be a tad weird too! I found myself in way too many of those weird things.
First, I must say that we do not have, have not had and probably never will have cable. I wouldn't mind satellite but that's just me thinking it sounds good but it's not happening.
American Idol is ok and I, like you, got bored with it. We have Australian Idol but I've never watched although it has turned out some really great singers here. In fact, the runners-up seem to have done really well.
I *LOVE* Spongebob and now I want to see if my library has a disc and then pick up some chinese take-away. Doh! Why didn't I think of that?
Disco is still fun and I think you should really embarrass yourself and please, please get a video clip of you and your ipod doing Friday chores.(Can I just say you are organised to have chores on a specific day - geesh feeling less than adequate here).
You don't have to slink away quietly on your own regrading the mac and cheese. Nope, I'll be joining you even though I haven't had any in years but I'm not saying I'd pass it up.
Mondays, dressing up, etiquette and reference books are highly underrated. Glad to know I'm not alone in writing down words when reading that I don't know. It bothers me to no end to not know their meaning.
I've entertained myself quite a bit flipping through an Almanac and discussing said events. Good on the coffee table.
- Bubba said...
Hiya! Been a LONG time since I've done TT or visited your blog...I like the new look.
Great list...and Happy TT!
- jubilee said...
Growing up our Mac and Cheese not only had hot dogs, but peas too. I guess it was my parents' nod to the fruit and vegetable category of the food pyramid.
Now, I'd rather dump in a can of albacore tuna than hot dogs, but the peas stay, for sure.
- Kristen M. said...
Thanks for reminding me about the MST 3000 fad I went through. Must have been either in high school or college. How funny.
- Lisa said...
I've watched AI for 2 years now. I'm a little slow, too.
I don't sit down and watch Sponge Bob, but my kids watch it all the time, so I see my fair share and enjoy it as well.
And I love Scissor Sisters and "I Don't Feel Like Dancin" Love it!
- Shoebox Princess said...
Throw me in with the MST3K fan crowd. I have all the boxed DVD sets, and I even went on the studio tour (they filmed the show a mere 15 minutes from my house!!). Glad to see that there are other female MST fans out there! I've only ever met male fans.
Also an Idol and Spongebob fan! And reference books! I used to read the dictionary for fun!
- chantal said...
I, too, am a fan of the macaroni and sliced hot dogs. I have been making it for my kids for years. I saw someone do it once and I tried it and my kids were hooked.Awesome!
- Anonymous said...
Have you ever tried the Mac and Cheese with Little Smokies instead of regular hotdogs? I know, I know - I was skeptical at first too. I saw my sister and her husband doing this on a recent family vacay and considering casting out the evil spirits that had very clearly entered their bodies when they passed over the 'dogs for the smokies. But IT IS HEAVEN! Give it a try and I swear you'll never look back. Just a little tip, from one "mac, cheese 'n frank" fan to another.
- Jen at Semantically driven said...
I still love disco and have numerous LPs to prove it. I also love the Scissor Sisters and saw them in concert about 18 months ago. I think their first album is much better than their last and I know nearly all the words.
- Motherhood for Dummies said...
Ohhh MST3K! I love those movies! sooo good!
- The Motherboard said...
I knew I had a twin that I was separated from at birth!!!
I love disco, and LOVE Scissor Sisters!! Not to mention MST 3000--- that is pure comic relief right there!!
I totally want either of the Davids to come sing me to sleep at night.
Sponge Bob sends me into fits of laughter-- there is nothing better than watching cartoons with your kids!
- Caffienated Cowgirl said...
Highlander the TV series? Yes, I am a fan too :) Although, like you, looking back I am not sure why...mindless viewing I guess :)
- Pieces said...
Oh, I absolutely LOVE Mondays for the very same reasons. It is quiet and the house and I can recover from the weekend.


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Razorcake magazine has published an interview with me in issue #34. If you can't find it wherever punk rock magazines are sold, try ordering it using the link on this article. It's a pretty OK interview. I mean, at least it sounds like me. Even as far back as the interviews I did as the leader of Dimentia 13 I was always amazed at how most of the quotes attributed to me were actually made up by the writers. This one's not like that. Plus there are some pretty idiotic photos you can cut out and pin up on your wall.
Not a whole lot of people have signed up for the monthly day-long Zazen micro-retreat in Santa Monica this Saturday September 23rd (see the link to your right for full details & schedule). With all the traffic and comments this blog gets and all the sales of my book, it's kind of surprising how few of you are really willing to actually do the practice you so enjoy reading and talking about. Such is life I suppose. Maybe I should write a book called "Put Up or Shut Up." *
I will be at the 7:15 show of Zen Noir on Saturday Sept. 23rd at the Westside Pavillion Theater on Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles. It's a weird, funny movie. Go see it. Go to the article called "Zen Noir" (2 articles below this one) and click on the link there if you want to know more about the movie.
Last night I went and saw "The U.S. vs. John Lennon." I liked it. But, then again, I'm a sucker for just about anything Beatle-related. Yoko comes off pretty good in this one, unlike in other documentaries about John or The Beatles. I've always been a fan of Yoko. I'm one of the few people who actually digs her Plastic Ono Band album perhaps more than John's Plastic Ono Band album.
The film focuses on Lennon's political activities, particularly his 1972 "Sometime in New York City" period. That album has always been one of my favorites of his, maybe because Yoko's more fully featured on that one than on any other until "Double Fantasy" and "Milk and Honey." Also because of the rockin' sounds of Elephant's Memory, their back-up band at the time. If I didn't know better, I might have been convinced by the movie that Lennon was more a political activist than a musician. Even though the film quotes him saying he was an artist first more than once, the producers seem more interested in him as a political figure. Which is OK, I guess. Every documentary has to have some point of view. It's just that it isn't really true. Lennon's overtly political phase was pretty short-lived. Though it did, obviously, concern the Nixon administration.
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When it came to mass recognition in the United States, the late Latin music star Jenni Rivera used to say she wasn't Coca-Cola, and maybe she wasn't Pepsi either. But she wasn't going to let anyone tell her she wasn't at least akin to Fanta.
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Posted: Mon 25 Mar 2013, 17:44
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Fatdog stopped liking my TV
Subject description: HDMI sound left behind
Since I have never posted before feel free to point me to the correct discussion forum. I have been using Puppy versions for years. We use Fatdog64 on a number of netbooks and laptops for multimedia. Maybe this is more a constructive feedback item than a problem: the latest version (620) stopped passing sound through HDMI on my largest Philips bigscreen TV. I can say this because it works on other HDMI TV's and on multiple machines with identical boot sequences.
Therefore, this distribution stopped liking my biggest TV. Not a big deal. I downgraded Fatdog rather than use Windows 8, which after one week of use erected opaque nag screens in the middle of my family movies instructing me to call them long distance to validate my brand new purchase.
If I didn't know better I'd say 620 "thinks" everything is playing...it gives no error...which seems like there is a mysterious undocumented "mute function" it either invokes in my TV (which can render sound in every other way) or in itself. Everything including VLC says it's playing through the same card it plays through on other TV's with the same Zarfy settings flawlessly. I'm thinking my biggest bigscreen has dropped off some firmware validation list somewhere, somehow.
I suspect this may arise elsewhere so it is more an FYI..or maybe an excuse for some really even bigger TV purchase... or someone might point me at a really simple reason (like my save folder has a datatable of TV serials that is full of my other ones that work and there is no more room for my big one...or some such other thing I am universally clueless about...except all the same symptoms follow using no savefile)
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Posted: Mon 25 Mar 2013, 17:53
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Choose the last settings in the ASLA sound wizard for HDMI, after every reboot. It does not seem to 'stick' for some reason.
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Posted: Tue 26 Mar 2013, 12:43
Post subject: Thanks for that response
I just tried that, and it appears Fatdog saves the the alsa profile from boot to boot as I boot it attached to other TV's and sound is fine. Either that or the detection/boot profile is the same in the control panel configuration: the default is the correct card. I don't know what generates the little speaker icon on the lower toolbar but it never appears for HDMI, whether it is passing through sound or not. If I use this same distro on a non-HDMI computer the icon appears and has control/mute possibilities. It seems somehow that this is missing for HDMI sound and possibly muted in its lack of a viewable state...just for this particular TV--like it gets that from an unsupported handshake(?)
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Posted: Wed 27 Mar 2013, 22:13
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If you choose HDMI as your default, there is no volume level to set so there is no volume level control in lxpanel. However it can be muted. See Sound Problems in the FAQs.
Note that 620 is still under development, in fact James just checked in some changes to the sound card wizard.
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Posted: Wed 03 Apr 2013, 11:11
Post subject: Thanks for the responses
I upgraded to the Beta2 iso and the result is identical. Nothing is muted as far as the "MM": it is "00". Fatdog "thinks" it is unmuted out the HDMI yet there is no passthrough; with everything identical I get sound on other TV's. I think there is something in the way it handshakes with the latest drivers, as I "hear" and audible snap during boot while I watch the command lines on the TV screen...then the sound disappears when it "blanks down and reconnects".
There are other changes in these last upgrades, like one of my Netbooks boots to a dimmed state, etc. As I said, I'm not one who calls 911 when I have an older working version. This was more of an FYI as someone might run into this somewhere, someday.
And point well taken. I won't bother anyone with anything that has a beta version evolving with it...I don't even think a ticket would have been in order here...it may be some unenforced HDMI standard that has evolved.
Fatdog is superb and the price is right.
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Posted: Wed 03 Apr 2013, 17:26
Post subject: A partial solution for those interested
I finally got some HDMI sound out of this big TV. Two methods work: booting with the TV off and/or cable disconnected.
This has its drawbacks since Zarfy no longer seems to remember the correct resolution in the save folder. Therefore, I can watch a movie in approximately 1900x1200 on a 1360x768 screen and get sound. When I reset Zarfy to the correct resolution the sound on all MPEG2 files disappears.
In other words VOB files from disk and unencrypted DVD5's in the drive play perfectly: video only. However FLV video plays WITH sound through the HDMI in VLC under the exact same circumstance. Like the card works with one codec and only thinks it is with the other.
So, in case this was now a codec/VLC issue, for informational sake I installed MPlayer-1.0rc4.pet. This might prove useful, I thought, since I can no longer seem to reliably drag a whole VIDEO_TS folder into VLC without getting MRL errors. However upon invoking MPlayer it promptly informed me I lacked (?) libdvso4.so, and I don't have the facility in that test environment to chase dependencies. 611 went back on that TV.
However it DID kind of work...I could probably reposition VLC in a corner of the screen and watch with HDMI sound but incorrect resolutions are not what I was taught to use. Yet it is still clearly that TV since the same distro works flawlessly on other TV's. I hope this helps someone someday.
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Posted: Thu 04 Apr 2013, 00:44
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That is indeed strange, that resizing with zarfy kills the sound. Also odd that it works with FLV but not with DVD/VOB. Do you have any other - AVI, WMV files to try? What I can think of at the moment is that your VOB / DVD has 5.1 sounds and that simply isn't downmixed to stereo for the HDMI.
However I can't explain why it works with 611 and not with 620beta
May be kirk has other ideas
What is your graphic card?
As for mplayer pet, you need to install lives_support.pet for the missing libs. These libs used to be part of the base iso, but when we dropped kino (for avidemux) we packaged them into lives_support.pet as they were needed by lives. Apparently it is also needed by mplayer, thanks for pointing that one out
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Posted: Sat 06 Apr 2013, 15:03
Post subject: Thanks for the help
It took a little while to get it functional again. Answers follow:
1)Plays .avi, .mp4, .mp3, .flv, webm (although Xarchiver wants it first), but no .vob or physical dvd (video fine). VLC reports no audio errors and decodes output buffer = input buffer (just nothing audible, but zero discarded/dropped packets). When choosing various audio tracks in vob media it "thinks it is playing lpcm and dts (whichever)" but errors out on AC3 reporting "audio device iec958:AES0... could not be used". AC3 plays fine on all other of my TV's (none of which are Philips, btw), given same parameters.
2)Although I tried other laptop/notebook(s) the one I am testing now is Acer Aspire 5253, AMD C-50, dual-core, 4GB, ATI Radeon, AMD High Def'n Audio dolby digital, Conexant High Def'n speakers (they work fine), HDMI to a Philips 105S2. Puppy reports ATI Tech Device 9804 Vendor 1002, and
Azalia (Intel HDA rev40) Device 4383 Vendor 1002.
For this one 611 has been the "answer". We will play with Mplayer which we use on Lupu on older machines and until VLC behaves. For some reason I can drag very large VIDEO_TS folders on this same machine in Win7 into VLC and they play/down-mix, etc., while this Linux version of VLC chokes on the same and spews MRL errors opting to play one VOB at a time with visible gaps between. One cannot ask the world of an operating system running from a USB as opposed to one on a hard disk designed for the hardware, but often with folders in the under 4Gb range it unexpectedly does the same. That appears to be a VLC issue because once upon a time it didn't, even when I played the same ones out of a dynamically encrypted volume.
Again, we appreciate your fine work, and are grateful admirers. Congratulations.
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Posts: 57
Posted: Thu 11 Apr 2013, 17:32
Post subject: Better with latest Beta(3)
Just a note here: with the latest Fatdog64 beta ISO this situation has become clearer. The newer sound card chooser (not the deprecated wizard), although it failed to keep its setting between reboots, needed no initial reboot to work.
VLC, no mater what I invoked would not play much. It played OGG audio beautifully through HDMI, but only everything else through the laptop speakers when asked.
MPlayer played everything except VOB through the HDMI. Polite suggestion:
typing in long path strings with lots of options in the terminal emulator can reach a degree of fatigue. I was in a lab (late 1970's Silicon Valley) where everyone had a wireless workstation (yes, well before wireless and even cell phones) and the command line was more robust. If you have ever tried/used Backtrack take a look at that command line--it is a lot of fun.
One note: Mplayer audio did not work at all with any of the new soundcard wizard's plug-ins activated.
Xine did the best of the three since we are heavy into multiple subtitle streams, but it would still not render sound in a VOB or DVD through HDMI. Asking it to downmix sound to two channels also gave nothing.
Zarfy was now well-behaved boot to boot. All of these players reported no frames dropped and "thought" they were outputting sound (and MAY have been) but some rendered certain codecs and others didn't audibly.
This was just FYI since I am going through this anyway. The only way sound has passed through HDMI (since 611) has been once while Zarfy mis-detected the resolution of the HDMI monitor.
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Posted: Sun 21 Apr 2013, 16:33
Post subject: New 620 works outof the box
Just for posterity's sake here is the post mortem on
my burning the new 620 non-beta ISO:
1)Booting to HDMI detected screen as 1280 instead of 1360.
Chose HDMI soundcard with new wizard and no plugins. Rebooted
with savefile on EXT2 hard disk and all files: even DVD's played
great in new VLC (dragged 7Gb VIDEO_TS folder onto icon and it
played whole thing. All other video files/formats played great(!).
2)Changed HDMI monitor screen to 1360 so we could go fullscreen
with VLC and see feet, heads, etc., and sound disappeared on all
files except .ogg sound.
3)Re-selected soundcard and rebooted. Still no sound. Attempted to
resize back to 1280 HDMI resolution and rebooted. No sound. Rebooted.
4)Intrigued by new game Armagetron; got blank screen with cursor.
Hour later still there. Felt stupid, admonished self for talking to strange app no combination of hotkeys could escape from: hard-rebooted.
No sound with soundcard plugins, without, or in any form except (again) simple .ogg file which passed though loud and clear.
5)Conjecture: Zarfy blanks the screen and creates a new HDMI handshake which doesn't speak HDCP, and disallows what it assumes
are prohibited sound codecs even when they are not copy-protected(?).
This hardly explains why the last Beta sound played but not this release with the exact same flv's...
6)None of this matters since it appears I can upgrade VLC for 611
and have the best of both worlds.
Will use cool new release for web!
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Posts: 57
Posted: Sat 15 Jun 2013, 22:48
Post subject: Newsflash
I decided to abandon save files and folders and dedicate
a USB key to each machine playing DVDs off hard disk we watch.
That way I could keep my fussy TV on and older distro.
And now, for the very first time I had another TV experience sound
issues over HDMI. I post this for posterity:
1) Same usb key with no change files ever after remastering was used to play on Acer Netbook. Played every format great (latest Fatdog distro) over HDMI.
2) I went on vacation and used the same key and Acer for internet.
Very careful not to save any changes, even booting with no savefile
3)Came home and plugged into same TV with same HDMI and no sound!
Wondered if USB took update somehow with no save enabled(?)
4)Discovered no error in VLC which thought files were playing through
same soundcard they always had (just no sound). Discovered
sound (ON TV) had been calibrated down to zero. Since this is
a documented function of some TV's to prevent speaker destruction
from loud audio thought smoking gun had been uncovered.
5)Turned sound on TV up. Still no audio, and still no errors reported.
Decided some sort of "remembrance" was going on between the
HDMI port and the TV since when I went on vacation it was the first
time the netbook had been used without HDMI, and when I came back
something had "changed".
6)Reset sound to low on TV. After 1 reboot got limited sound and went to turn the Acer display off in Zarfy to just keep the TV on via HDMI. Sound disappeared exactly as other problem TV.
7)Everything played perfectly as originally advertised after
second reboot...all (and always) with no active savefile.
Seemed interesting...like firmware in HDMI ports were running their
own little party when plugged vs. unplugged, then finally plugged again. Have
also tried many iterations plugging/powering AFTER boot, but never
with these particular results.
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Posted: Mon 02 Dec 2013, 12:17
Post subject: Problem resolved
...by buying another really big TV, which incidentally, required me to upgrade to Fatdog 630 to get the resolution correct...then it worked 1st time nicely.
All I can say is that is that I have gone on a bit of a spree with big LCD's in every room and there seems to be a new documented feature allowing a TV to "control the HDMI device" on some of them. This never appeared as an option on my older Philips.
The significance appears to be this: when Windows boots attached to HDMI I notice it going through a series of mute/unmute sequences before the sound is finalized on the TV. I now believe at least some of this was initialized by the TV not wanting its speakers blown after sensing what audio components were connected.
In Fatdog the HDMI has no audio control to witness, and by every indication it "thinks" sound is being output but is possibly muted in some undocumented fashion by the TV, which then fails to unmute it in it's final bootstate(?)
This is just my guess as I have put this problem aside hopefully forever, and am simply recording this in hope of being of use to someone else.
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Industrial Tunnel Continuous Conveyor microwave drying Sterilization Roasting Oven&Machine for Watermelon Seed Features:
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Microwave industrial tunnel baking and puffing equipment, roasting equipment, microwave baking equipment,continuous microwave roasting machine,industrial microwave raosting baking machine , drying and sterilization machinery, widely used in the peanuts ,sesame seeds, wheat, melon seeds, peanuts, corn, soybeans, walnuts, areca-nuts,almonds, chestnuts, pistachios, cashews and dried fruit etc baking.Compared with the traditional production methods, microwave baking foods are crispy and delicious, puffed full of particles, natural color, beautiful appearance, and has insecticidal sterilization.
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0-30 KW(adjustable)
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10500*1440*1750 mm(can be designed according to your requirements)
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60 mm
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accord with a country GB10436-89 standards(
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Aside from shopping and tourism, Shanghai can be a surprising culinary adventure. Food lovers will find a variety of food in Shanghai. Some local Shanghai specialities include Hong Shao Rou (red braised pork), Xiaolong Bao (meat dumplings) and roasted quail.
Hong Shao Rou 红烧肉 is a dish traditionally cooked using pork belly braised in a soy sauce stew. In Shanghai, bean curd is sometimes added. The pork belly is cooked with skin intact and eaten entirely with the skin and fat. The tender meat and light flavor of this dish makes it a favorite local dish. However, I don't recommend this dish for health conscious individuals.
Xiaolong Bao (little steamer buns) 小笼包 is also known as soup-filled dumplings. What differeniates it from regular dumplings is that the filling includes meat with soup. Once you bite into a xiaolongbao you will immediately taste the liquid broth. Some vendors even sell xiaolongbao with a straw attached so that you can drink the soup first.
Xiefen xiaolongbao 蟹粉小笼包 is a variant of the traditional xiaolong bao. The filling is a mixture of crab meat with pork meat. Warning: I thought the meat filling had an unusual "mystery meat" taste.
Roasted Quail 烧鹌鹑 is usually served as a whole quail and can be found in snack streets and restaurants. They are sold on a stick at snack streets (make sure you have plenty of napkins handy).
Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant 南翔馒头店 is a famous dumpling restaurant named after the hometown of the original xiaolongbao. The restaurant is so popular that it has a take out window especially for the xiaolongbao. The lines start forming early and becomes very long fast. Be prepared to wait an hour minimum with no guarantee of getting the dumplings as they only sell the dumplings for a limited time on the weekends.
Popular franchises:
DinTai Fung 鼎泰豐 originated in Taiwan and has branches in the US. I highly recommend the xiaolongbao here as the meat tastes fresh and light.
Wagas 沃歌斯 is a cafe that serves a wide variety of sandwiches, salads, pastas, wraps, cakes, fresh juice and more. There's an English menu, friendly staff and free Wi-Fi.
Lisboa 葡京茶餐厅 contrary to its name does not offer Portuguese cuisine but tasty Macanese dishes which is a blend of Cantonese with Portuguese flavors. The roasted quail, curries and egg tarts are popular dishes.
Yi jia yi 一加一 offers local Chinese dishes. Unfortunately, the menu is entirely in Chinese with pictures of only popular dishes.
Lynn 琳怡中餐厅 is a more expensive restaurant offering a fusion of Shanghai and Cantonese cuisine. I recommend having brunch/dim sum here on the weekends. For approximately 100 RMB ($16), you get dim sum for all you can eat. This is a great opportunity to sample various dishes. Some favorites include the shrimp dumplings, spring rolls and mango pudding.
For the Vegetarians:
Vegetarian Lifestyle 枣子树 offers unique vegetarian dishes. The dishes closely resemble their meat counterparts like sweet and sour pork and Peking duck wraps nonetheless everything on the menu is vegetarian. I highly recommend this restaurant as every dish was delicious.
Gongde Lin 功德林 is the second oldest vegetarian restaurant in the city. The dishes are more Asian inspired and not as creative as the Vegetarian Lifestyle but still worth a try.
REEL Food Court is located on West Nanjing road near Jing An Temple. For those who can't decide on what to eat, this food court will not disappoint. You can find Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, and Western food here. There's also a separate section for desserts - smoothies, cakes, and even Taiyaki, たい焼き, the Japanese fish-shaped pastry with red bean, custard or chocolate filling.
Boxing Cat Brewery will satisfy your cravings for American food with a wide variety of beer. I recommend the pulled pork quesadilla and the fries.
Food Streets/Areas
Yunan Rd 云南路 offers specialty restaurants offering Peking duck and Uighur kebabs. The are also many seafood restaurants where you can pick your seafood from the tank and tell your server how you want the seafood prepared.
Wujiang Lu 吴江路 offers a variety of shops, restaurants and a small mall near West Nanjing road.
Xintiandi 新天地 is an affluent, trendy shopping area with many restaurants. There are also many traditional "shikumen" style houses also worth checking out.
Tianzifang 田 子坊 is a neighborhood of alleyways with similar "shikumen" style architecture. It is a hidden jewel. Aside from shopping, there are many snacks, restaurants and cafes inside the complex. Stroll through the alleyways and pick up a green tea ice cream. You should not leave Shanghai without checking out Tianzifang!


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If you are a parent of a student in any of our public schools, you are probably aware that the annual state assessment is upon us.
A couple of weeks ago, students in third grade were assessed in reading and in the next three weeks, all students grades three to 10 will be assessed in reading, writing and mathematics, and grades five, eight and 10 will be assessed in science. These assessments are an opportunity for students to demonstrate learning from the last year and provide feedback to parents, students, schools, our district and the state.
In the coming year, we will see major changes in the ways students are assessed. The current Transitional Colorado Assessment Program is an assessment much like the ones we may remember from school. While there is some application of skill embedded within TCAP and some opportunity for open response, it really, for the most part, remains a find the information or answer type of assessment. In 2014-15, Colorado will shift to a new assessment in reading, writing and math along with 23 other states.
The PARCC test (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) will be administered to students in grades three to 11. This test will reflect the new Colorado Academic Standards, which include the National Common Core Standards, that have shifted from what kids need to know to what kids need to be able to do at each grade level. The results of these assessments will not only inform schools and districts about the quality of learning, but also have implications for students as they register for colleges across the country. With this being a national assessment, results may be used to determine placement and influence admissions for post-secondary institutions as well.
Next year (2013-14), the state will implement a new assessment in science and social studies that will be based on the same application of skill concept. Students in fourth, seventh and 12th grades will take an assessment on cumulative standards in social studies while students in fifth, eighth and 12th grades will take an assessment on cumulative standards in science. All of these assessments both state and national will be online so results can be received and help parents, students and teachers gain information more rapidly.
In Durango School District, we have focused the process of shifting to the new Colorado Academic Standards, and we are working to change the way we think about student assessment. Weve engaged teachers across the region in developing relevant, authentic assessment tasks that teachers can use throughout the year.
This assessment bank will not be used as an event but rather embedded in our instruction next year to monitor progress. Working together, our team will ensure that students are not only ready to demonstrate their skill when assessed, but are ready to take on the new challenges life will present after they graduate.
While its easy to have increased stress levels for both students and teachers when high-stakes assessments are administered, this assessment is only one data point about student learning though an important one.
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Daniel Snowberger is the superintendent of the Durango School District.