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Saturday, August 7, 2010

Sleeve Tattoo Designs

Where To Find Them Online

If you're looking for some cool sleeve tattoo designs, then this article will show you where to find them. Specifically, we're going to talk about what a sleeve tattoo really is, give you some cool sleeve tattoo design ideas, and finish by talking about whether a sleeve tattoo is a good idea if it's the first tattoo you've ever had. By the time you've finished reading this article, you'll know a lot more about sleeve tattoos.So what exactly is a sleeve tattoo? Basically, it's a tattoo on the part of your arm which your sleeve would cover if you're wearing a shirt. The great thing about sleeve tattoos is that they can be very visible (like if you wear a t-shirt) and they can be easily hidden (just wear a shirt to your job interview).
So what are some good design ideas for a sleeve tattoo? A popular one is to have flames starting from your wrist and moving up towards your arms. If this isn't to your taste - you can go for tribal or celtic designs. These are very popular and can be attractive. A popular design for women is also the floral pattern along the arms.But is it a good idea to have a sleeve tattoo if it's going to be the first tattoo you've ever had? Many first-timers choose to go for something smaller at first, to see how they like having a tattoo - and to see what their pain threshold for having a tattoo really is. But there's really nothing stopping you from having a big, bold sleeve tattoo even if it's your first one!These designs can often be very striking, if only because of the size it allows you to have. The sleeve area offers a very big canvas for some incredible tattoos.

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Officials discuss dangers of row home fires

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A string of recent row home fires, including Friday morning's fire in Lebanon that caused over half a million dollars in damage, is sparking a resurgence in the conversation surrounding row home fire.

Although no one was hurt in the Lebanon fire , the Red Cross says most of their resources are spent on residential fires.

“More than any other disaster combined, we respond to home fires," says Kim Miaolo, the director of communications for central Pennsylvania Red Cross.

In 2016, Pennsylvania reported 125 residential fire deaths.

Now, some fire prevention professionals say the state's current uniform construction leaves an open door for devastating possibilities by excluding the requirement for automatic sprinkler systems in all family dwellings.

"It's a statewide code that two or more units, such a town homes, are required to be sprinkler-ed, with new builds," says John Fritz, the president of family-owned Fritz Fire Protection in Penbrook.

Key words: new builds.

Currently, old build residences face no requirements involving sprinkler systems unless they are renovated to current standards.

That exception is causing concern for both former and current fire officials who say sprinklers are not only life-saving but cost-efficient for fire departments and the municipalities they serve.

“The average fire, once it gets started, can go into open flame in three or four minutes before the fire company can even get the call and get there," says Ernest Rojahn, the former deputy chief of the Lancaster City Fire Department.

“What some people don’t realize is the attics to row homes, they’re connected in how they’re constructed," says Miaolo. "It runs through very quickly when a fire occurs in one unit.”

Prevention specialists say while smoke detectors plays a vital role in fire safety, people often sleep through them and that sprinkler activations are much more reliable when it comes to saving lives.

"When the temperature reaches 155 degrees around whichever particular sprinkler head, that’s the head it discharges and contains that fire," says Fritz.

“Eighty-five percent of the fires would be put out with one to two sprinklers at 13-18 gallons a minute," says Rojahn.

Miaolo says a person only has two minutes to get out of a burning building safely.

“Don’t worry about getting the family photos," says Miaolo. "Don’t worry about getting anything expect for your loved ones and get out."

Back in 2011, one of the first acts of Governor Tom Corbett's administrations was amending the uniform construction code.

That action repealed the automatic sprinkler requirement for one and two family dwellings, amid protests of installation costs by building coalitions.

According to the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition, sprinklers can reduce the risk of fire deaths by more than 80 percent.

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[04:05:56] <sh4rm4> haha
[04:06:08] <sh4rm4> the 2 prisoners are sleeping together
[04:06:16] <sh4rm4> the ogre and the other guy
[04:06:42] <sh4rm4> i wonder how the ogre got out of his cell
[04:08:34] <sh4rm4> http://i.imgur.com/CY5kp.png
[06:50:28] <sh4rm4> oh wow. now i got an endless loop
[06:50:39] <sh4rm4> chunks.cc:792
[06:50:55] <sh4rm4> obj->next == obj
[06:51:34] <sh4rm4> same happens on objs.cc:969 if i manually set obj->next to stop
[06:52:35] <sh4rm4> unfortunately i cant paste since the debugging session was in another tty
[06:52:45] <sh4rm4> i was fullscreen...
[07:00:33] <sh4rm4> Jaana failed to take a step
[07:00:33] <sh4rm4> Jaana failed to take a step
[07:00:33] <sh4rm4> Jaana failed to take a step
[07:00:33] <sh4rm4> Jaana failed to take a step
[07:00:33] <sh4rm4> ... but failed to find path.
[07:00:34] <sh4rm4> Resetting AudioMixer...
[07:00:36] <sh4rm4> <notebook></notebook>
[07:00:38] <sh4rm4> SFX -1 is out of range
[07:00:40] <sh4rm4> SFX -1 is out of range
[07:00:42] <sh4rm4> ... but failed to find path.
[07:00:44] <sh4rm4> ... but failed to find path.
[07:00:48] <sh4rm4> ... but failed to find path.
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[07:27:10] <sh4rm4__> hit the same endless loop again
[07:27:16] <sh4rm4__> gdb is now attached
[07:27:35] <sh4rm4__> if someone is around we could look at the issue now
[07:28:18] <sh4rm4__> shapenum is 462
[07:29:07] <sh4rm4__> wjp, Dominus1 Kirben
[07:32:32] <sh4rm4__> Marzo: there ?
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[08:01:51] <sh4rm4> sigh
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[08:38:43] <sh4rm4> Dominus, hi
[08:39:23] <Dominus> hi, my connection does that on its own without me sitting here
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[08:39:42] <Dominus> i can't help debugging, got baby duty
[08:39:51] <sh4rm4> ok, but one quick question
[08:40:05] <sh4rm4> i am here in this dungeon in the north of britannia
[08:40:16] <sh4rm4> with the dragon treasure
[08:40:29] <Dominus> I'm not much help gdb debugging anyway. i always need wjps help for that
[08:40:36] <sh4rm4> i went on a teleporter to get to the dragon site
[08:40:39] <Dominus> shoot fast
[08:40:47] <sh4rm4> but the teleporter doesnt work to go back
[08:40:52] <sh4rm4> is that intended ?
[08:41:18] <Dominus> maybe maybe not :)
[08:41:47] <sh4rm4> i'm kinda locked in here
[08:41:58] <Dominus> there have been problems with teleporters before but i thought those were fixed
[08:42:02] <sh4rm4> only possibility i see to get out is using the help spell
[08:42:26] <sh4rm4> or enabling the hack mode
[08:42:29] <Dominus> can't help
[08:42:35] <sh4rm4> have forgotten tho how i can enable that
[08:44:24] <sh4rm4> ***#ticks = 10016, blits = 50, FPS: 4.99201
[08:44:45] <sh4rm4> 5 fps on 3.16 ghz ? thats pretty little.
[08:45:03] <Dominus> read the docs on how to do cheats
[08:45:16] <sh4rm4> ok
[08:45:20] <Dominus> is it too slow for you?
[08:45:28] <sh4rm4> walking is fucking slow
[08:45:40] <sh4rm4> especially when enemies are around
[08:45:50] <sh4rm4> that seems to disable the double-speed walk mode
[08:46:01] <Dominus> there is an fps setting
[08:46:21] <Dominus> and hq3x scaler takes it toll
[08:46:48] <sh4rm4> ah, i thought bilinear should be lightning fast
[08:47:06] <Dominus> point is the fastest :)
[08:47:24] <Dominus> rmI'm gone, baby is really impatient on my
[08:49:08] <sh4rm4> have phun
[08:58:52] <sh4rm4> hmm... i remember a few years ago i played exult on a pentium III 1 ghz with ubuntu 7.10 ... no performance issues there
[09:05:24] <Colourless> if you are running a debug build without optimizations the scalers are REALLY slow
[09:05:48] <Colourless> switch optimizations on and they fly
[09:06:13] <sh4rm4> i see
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[14:43:20] <Rottingbeef> Any idea when the newest version of Exult may come out?
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[17:08:27] <sh4rm4> hmm weird,,, jaana now always moves the lightning wand into the inventory, instead of fighting with it
[17:08:54] <sh4rm4> equipping a hawk instead o0
[17:16:16] <Dominus> maybe ran out of charges
[17:17:03] <Dominus> Rottingbeef: when the disappearing objects have been fixed. marzo began taking steps for hopefully fixing it
[17:20:28] <TheCycoONE> Haven't seen any activity in his branch, but I guess when it's a solo effort that doesn't mean much
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[17:31:29] <sh4rm4> Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt.
[17:31:29] <sh4rm4> 0x0000000000476a91 in Game_render::paint_chunk_objects (this=0xa19490, cx=48, cy=54) at gamerend.cc:532
[17:31:29] <sh4rm4> 532 if (obj->render_seq != render_seq)
[17:31:29] <sh4rm4> (gdb) n
[17:31:29] <sh4rm4> 531 while ((obj = next.get_next()) != 0)
[17:31:30] <sh4rm4> (gdb)
[17:31:32] <sh4rm4> 532 if (obj->render_seq != render_seq)
[17:31:34] <sh4rm4> (gdb)
[17:31:36] <sh4rm4> 531 while ((obj = next.get_next()) != 0)
[17:31:37] <sh4rm4> (gdb)
[17:31:39] <sh4rm4> ALSA lib pcm.c:7316:(snd_pcm_recover) 532 if (obj->render_seq != render_seq)
[17:31:41] <sh4rm4> (gdb)
[17:31:43] <sh4rm4> 531 while ((obj = next.get_next()) != 0)
[17:31:47] <sh4rm4> (gdb) p obj
[17:31:49] <sh4rm4> $1 = (Game_object *) 0x1f56c00
[17:31:51] <sh4rm4> (gdb) p obj->next
[17:31:53] <sh4rm4> $2 = (Game_object *) 0x1f56c00
[17:38:00] <sh4rm4> if we could find out *what* that obj actually is, we may find the spot where the invalid next reference is created
[17:42:04] <sh4rm4> so for what do i have to look ? there is no string or whatever that identifies the obj
[17:42:29] <sh4rm4> shapenum is 462, if that is sufficient to identify it
[17:44:05] <sh4rm4> Dominus, do you know how i could find out ?
[17:44:19] <sh4rm4> the bug is random, so we should take the chance
[17:45:43] <sh4rm4> at least i was not in fullscreen this time... means i can continue using my X11 session
[18:01:27] <Dominus> as i wrote earlier, I'm not good with gdb
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[18:07:53] <sh4rm4> it's not about gdb, its about game internals
[18:08:05] <sh4rm4> i.e. can i find out what the object with shapenum is
[18:08:15] <sh4rm4> shapenum 462*
[18:09:25] <sh4rm4> or given a GameObject, which property can i look up to identify the object
[18:09:42] <sh4rm4> p *obj
[18:09:42] <sh4rm4> $3 = {<ShapeID> = {<Game_singletons> = {_vptr.Game_singletons = 0x70f4b0, static gwin = 0xa2b960, static gmap = 0x7ffff44e4010,
[18:09:42] <sh4rm4> static eman = 0xa275a0, static sman = 0xa2bc00,
[18:09:44] <sh4rm4> ... etc
[18:09:53] <sh4rm4> you see, i can access any class member
[18:10:13] <sh4rm4> but i need to know which info is relevant
[19:33:05] <sh4rm4> oh wow. what now happened was that everyone in my crew started to kill another
[19:33:17] <sh4rm4> in the end the avatar slained spark
[19:36:29] <sh4rm4> oh btw
[19:36:53] <sh4rm4> i have no a savegame which can reproduce the item disappear bug
[19:36:57] <sh4rm4> *now
[19:38:23] <sh4rm4> additionally, i created a coredump from the endless loop bug, so i can get back to it later
[19:38:37] <sh4rm4> in the mean time, i put a workaround into the iterator code
[19:38:52] <sh4rm4> so that it returns NULL if cur == cur->next
[20:10:48] <sh4rm4> #4 0x00007ffff60432dc in free () from /lib64/libc.so.6
[20:10:48] <sh4rm4> #5 0x000000000046be59 in Game_map::clear (this=0x7ffff44e4010) at gamemap.cc:316
[20:10:51] <sh4rm4> double free
[20:57:33] <sh4rm4> Returning from usecode 0645
[20:57:33] <sh4rm4> Playing SFX: 64
[20:57:33] <sh4rm4> Running usecode 0645 () with event 2, depth 0
[20:57:33] <sh4rm4> Want to cache out around super chunk: 51 = 3, 4
[20:57:33] <sh4rm4> Killing superchunk: 37
[20:57:35] <sh4rm4> Buffer size of 1110 bytes required to store super chunk
[20:57:37] <sh4rm4> Wrote 1186 bytes
[20:57:39] <sh4rm4> *** glibc detected *** /home/rofl/games/exult/exult/trunk/exult: malloc(): memory corruption: 0x00000000027332f0 ***
[20:58:12] <sh4rm4> #14 0x0000000000482028 in Deleted_objects::insert (this=0xa2b820, obj=0x267f6f0) at delobjs.h:50
[20:58:12] <sh4rm4> #15 0x000000000047f20e in Game_window::delete_object (this=0xa2b960, obj=0x267f6f0) at gamewin.cc:2464
[20:58:12] <sh4rm4> #16 0x00000000006ac1e4 in Ireg_game_object::remove_this (this=0x267f6f0, nodel=0) at iregobjs.cc:106
[20:58:12] <sh4rm4> #17 0x0000000000471faf in Game_map::cache_out_schunk (this=0x7ffff44e4010, schunk=37) at gamemap.cc:2000
[20:58:12] <sh4rm4> #18 0x0000000000471b40 in Game_map::cache_out (this=0x7ffff44e4010, cx=58, cy=71) at gamemap.cc:1932
[21:00:34] <sh4rm4> that happens when casting "help"
[21:00:43] <sh4rm4> i have a save to reproduce it
[21:12:59] <sh4rm4> haha now i have a nice scenario: when i start dragging one of 2 objects left in a container into the inventory, the second will disappear
[21:13:05] <sh4rm4> but: too heavy
[21:13:20] <sh4rm4> so *both* items rematerialze in the container
[23:15:41] <Dominus> sh4rm4: as you noticed I'm not really here and just now on the way to bed. but please make sure you "record" your findings in bug reports. otherwise they will get lost. So when someone who knows his programming (that's not me) takes a look he can work things out without you being present
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Trouble in Mudbug

Trouble in Mudbug

By Jana DeLeon

  • Release Date : 2009-01-27
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Trouble in Mudbug Scientist Maryse Robicheaux thought that a lot of her problems had gone away with her mother-in-law’s death. The woman was rude, pushy, manipulative and used her considerable wealth to run herd over the entire town of Mudbug, Louisiana.

Unfortunately, death doesn’t slow down Helena one bit.

DEA Agent Luc LeJeune is wondering what his undercover assignment investigating the sexy scientist has gotten him into – especially as it seems someone wants her dead. Keeping his secrets while protecting Maryse proves to be easier than fighting his attraction for the brainy beauty.

(Note: This book is part of the author’s backlist, originally released in print in 2009 by Dorchester Publishing)

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If Jesus returned…

So I get back to Earth and they’ve put all these crosses everywhere and I’l like what the fuck…
You think if JFK comes back he wants to see fucking sniper rifles everywhere?

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    1. This is going to seem unbelievable to you: I don’t sit on my computer yearning for theists to come by and quote their bible to me. Threats from your bible don’t bother me because I don’t believe that your bible represents reality. I much the same way as Qoranic threats of hell for following Jesus the false prophet don’t bother you.

      Do you lose any sleep worrying that dragons will eat you… maybe you do! Jesus might send the Leviathan to eat you because you masturbate too much! Ha! You just thought about masturbating so you sinned in your heart which is the same as committing the sin – according to your bible – so leviathans are probably coming to eat you right now! Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

  1. Hey man thanks for the comments. -Ryan

    To reply to comment, I’m not sure what to think of any oracle. I think they’re about as reliable as that naked chick from ‘300’. Thanks for posting!

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  3. Or:1) Mary was chosen by God to be the beaerr of the Messiah, on account of being a worthy person. (That would be impregnation, but it’s a crude inference.)2) Had trouble convincing a skeptical husband of the truth, but eventually prevailed.3) Gave birth to Jesus Christ who would go on to die for the sake of humanity.Which is actually what the account given in the surviving documentation of the period reflects.I’m not sure what your particular theory is based on, but I think I prefer historical accounts as opposed to musing without evidence.

    1. Hilarious stuff, Sagar. You actually believe this stuff. A magic guy hiding behind clouds magically fathering children. What about the Easter Bunny? Do you believe in him too?

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Profero UK

2 March, 2017, London: MullenLowe Group UK today announces the appointment of Jo Arden, Strategy Partner at 23red, to the role of Chief Strategy Officer. Charlie Snow, who has held the role since 2010, will remain at the agency in a long-term handover.

 Jo will be responsible for leading the strategic excellence of the integrated MullenLowe Group UK office, last year named the UK Effie Agency of the Year, and will report into Dale Gall, CEO.

 A leading integrated strategist, Jo specialises in social purpose based strategy. She joins MullenLowe following five years spearheading strategy at 23red where she has focused on government and private sector clients, tackling issues ranging from smoking to voting for clients including PHE, Electoral Commission, Department for Transport and Arla. She was part of the cross-agency leadership team for the IPA Effectiveness Gold award winning Stoptober campaign for Public Health England, the worldwide gold standard in reducing smoking prevalence.

 Jo Arden comments "I am hugely excited to be joining MullenLowe. It's an agency with an enviable reputation in strategy, built by Charlie and his team. That strategic foundation and the hyperbundled approach means that we can create meaningful, impactful work that makes a real difference to our clients and their customers."

 Charlie Snow will spend the next few months transitioning the department and client relationships. Snow was one of the original employees and a shareholder of DLKW, joining the start-up as Head of Planning in 2000 and promoted to Chief Strategy Officer of DLKW Lowe in 2010. In 2015 Lowe + Partners merged with US agency Mullen, and the newly named MullenLowe London moved into a new building with MullenLowe Profero, MullenLowe Open, MullenLowe Profero and MullenLowe Mediahub. Since then, Charlie has overseen MullenLowe Group UK's integrated strategy department.

 During his career Charlie has won a number of planning awards for his work, including the Grand Prix at the Account Planning Group for his thinking on The Department of Education's 'Child Literacy' campaign, and two Gold IPA Effectiveness Awards, including the Stroke 'Act FAST' campaign. He has been the convenor of judges for the 2011 IPA Effectiveness Awards and was inaugurated into the IPA Effectiveness Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Government's Evaluation Council.

 Charlie Snow says: "I've had seventeen very happy and fulfilling years at the agency in its various forms; and now seems like the right time to hand over the reins. I'm really pleased Jo agreed to join - she'll be great."

 Tom Knox, Chairman MullenLowe comments: "It has been a privilege and a great pleasure to have worked with Charlie for the last 17 years, his strategic excellence, enthusiasm and magnetic personality leave a permanent stamp of quality on our agency. We are delighted to have him for a good transition period, working with Jo and Head of Strategy, Anna Vogt, and wish him bon voyage for the future."


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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

I'm excited!

A few months ago, I found this blog - no big dill.   I don't think I can really express how utterly and completely inspiring this woman is.  She has FIVE girls.  I have people blown away that I can deal with three and she has FIVE.  And she's not in a straight jacket!  Her kids are gorgeous, she sews, she takes amazing pictures... I really am in awe of her.

In March, she's having a whole month of children's book-themed projects and I am stoked

BTW... I'm thinking of just keeping up with one blog and it's not this one.  I'll still be getting all crafty and stuff, you just will have to wade through the personal junk too =)

Friday, January 28, 2011

Silly project =)

Finished!  it looks like a fluffy bike helmet

This is my daughter's hat for their 100th day of school hat parade.  100 pompoms.  It was so much fun to make.

I have a hat that I made my father for his birthday that I'll have to show off later and I'm making another had for my brother-in-law's birthday.  Both are totally my own designs... I haven't seen anything just like them before.  So I'm kind of proud of them.  =)  My hubby's birthday is next week and I should make him something, but I'm totally clueless.  He won't wear a hat.  I'll figure something out I'm sure.

I also have a very, very busy week planned next week.  In April, I am participating in the American Heart Association's Start! Heart Walk.  My sister and I went to the team kick-off yesterday and they were giving us fundraising tips and I had a light bulb go off. I'm going to make some Valentine/heart themed stuff and sell it for donations.  All the proceeds will go towards the walk.  If I sell it for $10, $10 goes to the Heart Association.  I'm pretty excited about it.  I have a few ideas of what I'll make.  I'll have to be an obnoxious promoter if I'm going to sell it, but I feel much more comfortable being pushy when I'm begging for donations and people get something in return.  I mean... it's a win/win for the buyer - they help out a cause that EVERYONE should care about (you do have a heart, right?) and they get a handmade something or other out of it.  I found a hat pattern that I want to make to sell, but the designer specifically put on her site that she doesn't allow people to sell items made with the pattern.  I've emailed her to see if she'll make an exception in this case.  I think I'll make a couple fingerless gloves, some keychains... things I can whip up pretty quickly.  If it goes well, I'll continue it and possibly come up with some Easter themed stuff.  But needless to say, I need to get this stuff made in the next week so I have time to sell it.

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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Well, I did it, but...

I figured out the top of my Doughboy/chef's hat.  I just need to finish up the brim.  The problem is that it's way too small for my Daddy's huge noggin.  He really does have a big ol' head.  ;)

So, I think I'll finish it up as is and give it to my kids.  And make something else for my Daddy because I don't think he'd actually ever wear it anyway.  Maybe I'll stencil a shirt for him.  With a big "39" on it, since that's what he always says his age is.  And maybe a boring old earflap hat.  He'd wear that.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Going cross-eyed

My Daddy's birthday is coming up.  He'll be the big 64.  Old man.  ;)  I've been thinking of different things I can make him.  My go-to item is a hat.  They're quick, they're pretty simple.  But what kind of hat?  The first thing that popped into my head was the Pillsbury Doughboy.  I wish I could give you a really good explanation for that, but I really can't.  I know he has at least one Doughboy shirt that we've given him, but why... I don't remember.  I couldn't find a pattern for a crocheted Doughboy hat or chef's hat, so I kept thinking.  I thought of just a basic earflap beanie, but that seems so boring.  Why does it have to be a novelty hat?  I don't know.  I guess that's my thing.

I texted my sister and asked her for a suggestion.  Her suggestion?  Pillsbury Doughboy.

So... what to do?

Come up with my own pattern.  Heaven help me.

dough boy hat "chart"
I doubt even a professional crocheter would have a clue what this means
I was confusing myself, so I made myself a little chart.  I really can't tell you if it will work yet or not.  Hopefully, finger's (and eyes) crossed, it will look vaguely like this little poppin' fresh dude's hat.  Key word:  vaguely.  If I can figure it out, maybe I can make a mini one and then figure out how to make an amigurumi Doughboy.  THAT would be awesome.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Whatcha doin'?

I have been working diligently on my afghan.  I have the first 6 sections out of 10 finished.  Which would sound like I'm halfway finished, but the sections get bigger as you go.  It's kind of put together like a log cabin quilt square (not that you can tell when it's done... it looks totally random).  Here's what we have so far:

Babette blanket sections 1 - 6
I just noticed how one side is so dark and one side is so light....

I have a goal this year to make one Christmas-y thing a month.  This past Christmas I had huge aspirations to make all sorts of things and there just wasn't time.  So I'm going to work on it all year this year.  This month I am making Zoe's Christmas stocking.  We've always had cheap store-bought stockings.  So generic.  So ugly.  I picked out a pretty ambitious pattern for Zoe's stocking.  It's ambitious for two reasons... I've never used circular knitting needles and I've never felted before.  I started it.  I ripped it out.  I started it, got farther, noticed it was twisted, had to rip it out.  I put it away.  Last night, I finally got it back out and.... I am about 6 rows in.  Yay!

this is going to be Zoe's christmas stocking.  Its huge because it will be felted.
I even have a pretty bling-y stitch marker
I think one of the reasons I picked it was that when I looked at other people's projects on ravelry, a couple of people had actually been able to fit their entire small child in the stocking before they felted it.  I just have to try that.  I know... my inspiration for things is really odd most of the time.  Who picks a pattern just to see if they can fit a 3 year old in a sock?
And finally, a freezer paper stenciled shirt:
Shirt for my sister-in-law
"Gerontology" = the study of aging
My sister-in-law majored in gerontology in college.  She really does love helping out the elderly and mentioned, jokingly, that she needed this shirt.  I had everything but the shirt, and plain tshirts are just a few bucks, so I picked one up and made this for her last night.    I haven't said anything to her about it, so it will be a surprise.

So that's what I've been up to.  I need to concentrate on the stocking so I can finish it this month.  I have some cute pink and brown fabric and I have a dress idea cooking in my head.  I'm never at a loss for things to do...  usually have way too much going on =)

Thursday, January 13, 2011

What's in the bag?

I normally have two yarn projects going at a time, sometimes more.  It keeps me from getting bored if it's a big project and I have two fairly big ones going on right now.

My first bag contains the body, head and arm of a jester.  He's for the girls.  I have to work on him when the girls are asleep or Olivia runs off with the appendage-less thing to play with him.  The pattern is by the same lady who made the Dotje doll that I just realized I never posted about.  Here she is:

Barbara's angel
She was a gift for my boss

I love this woman's patterns.  Just too cute.

My other bag contains about 1/3 of an afghan that I'm working on.

Babette Blanket - sections 1 - 3
Babette Blanket in black and white - I have more done than this now

I am not a huge fan of granny squares.  But I like how this one uses different sizes.  The original pattern is in colors... LOTS of colors.  I loved how it looked, but I thought it would be less expensive (and yes, yarn gets expensive when you're buying 14 different colors, even the cheap stuff) I decided to just use black, white, and two shades of gray.  I used a random stripe generator to come up with what the squares would look like. I'm not as thrilled with it as I want to be.  But I intend to see it through to the end and I'll find another afghan to work on that I will love.  The girls love blankets so I'm sure if nothing else, one of them will claim it.   Well, not Zoe.  Linus is faithful to her purple fuzzy blanket.

Yesterday, I did knock out something different.  I had been meaning to make a birthday gift for a friend and coworker and kept forgetting until yesterday.  Her birthday is Friday and she's off, so I needed something quick to bring to work today.  I've been wanting to make some wrist warmers and figured if I knew anyone who would like them, she'd be the one.  The pattern was ridiculously easy and quick.  I would say if I could have sat down and worked continuously that I would have had them finished in an hour.  But I rarely have that luxury.  It still didn't take that long and it was easy enough to do it and help Olivia with her reading.

kelli's wrist warmers
They're cuter on her ;)

I love wrist warmers and fingerless gloves, but they're really not me.  Mainly because I have the hottest hands you've ever felt.  If my palms are cold, you better check to make sure I even have a pulse.

So that's what is in the bag at the moment.  I'll probably be finished with the jester before too long.  The blanket will take much longer.  I can only make so many granny squares a day before my brain shuts down.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Pay It Forward

If you are on facebook, you've probably seen people post the "Pay It Forward" status where you promise to send something handmade to 5 people if they do the same.  I saw it quite a few times, thinking that I really didn't have the time to do something like that.  But then I decided that doing something for someone shouldn't be something I wait to have time to do.  It should be something I make time to do.  So I posted it.  My spots filled up pretty quickly...

My brother-in-law, Lee
My cousin, Amanda
My dear, dear friend Robbie

I'm mostly listing these out because I will forget if it's not somewhere handy.  =)  And trust me, writing stuff down isn't handy for me.  Paper mysteriously disappears around here almost instantly.

I don't know Brittany and Christy extremely well, so this will take more thought than the others.  I don't want to just throw any ol' thing at them just because.  I would feel guilty.  Seriously, I would.

After thinking about it, I realized this was just up my alley.  I prefer to make things with people in mind.  When I was going to have a booth at the Flea Market, that was one of my biggest obstacles.  So this should be fun.  And who knows... maybe when I'm done with these 5, maybe I'll surprise a few people =)


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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Day 2

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Morning at the Sheraton Columbia Hotel. It’s clouded and foggy outside, there’s a beautiful view of a lake and a forest. We are in some strange hi tech and business area with really nothing but office buildings andhuge chain outlet stores, by the looks of it.

Still all foggy by the absence of coffee and not enoughsleep. I really wanted to write about Yesterday, but it was already 2:00 AM andI went to sleep. Sitting in the bath while Ned was on the computer. I was doingthis math: Writing down everything that happened today will take about 3 hour,if I also want to download some photos and post them in the website, that’sprobably about another hour, I also want to draw a bit, let say, another halfan hour. And I still won’t be getting everything I want on paper \ file.However, if I wait till morning, not only I probably won’t have the time, butalso, I forget a lot, not so much the other stories of places and people butthat abstract feeling of how a moment is, and how I am in it.

I’m frustrated with the mapping program as well, because i can’t just register everything I want it to. I don’t know why documenting thisjourney is so important, but it feels right now that on every moment I spend onthe road I would have to spend a moment writing about it, is it more importantto document then to experience? Probably not, but then again, the documentation makes the memories, and somehow, making memories feels important now.

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Sunday, December 27, 2009

Every time you leave the room I feel like I'm about to cry.

I fill the absence of you with tears.

The conversations I have with myself, the silences, are always sad, angry and full of contempt.

I wish you were here now, to dilute the way I see myself with how you see me.

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Monday, September 22, 2008

Step One: The Introduction

My friend Homa is helping me to start a blog. Apparently I need an outlet for my creative juices. Being a stay at home mom, most of the juices I deal with are those flowing freely from my son's "No Leak" sippy cups (what a crock) onto the off white carpet (what a dumb idea). Her guidance is this: you have to have something to let readers know what your about. Ignoring the grammatical error in her advice, I think she is correct... so here goes nothing.

My name is Lynn and I am a Stay at Home Mom. Read that with same deadpan voice as an alcoholic at their first AA meeting. I grew up never wanting kids. I can say that because my kids are not old enough to read it anyway. I never dreamt of marriage and children or any of that Good Housekeeping nonsense. Instead, I wanted to be a... what? I had no idea. I wanted to be some sort of successful something, but with the acquisition of an astonishingly useless BA in English, I wasn't off to a fantastic start. My first job was as an Office Manager for a division of the Indiana Department of Correction and what should have been an 8 week assignment turned into a four year career in Human Resources. I assume it happened in similar fashion to Gilligan and his three hour tour. Only instead of just getting off the island, I managed to hook myself a husband in the process. Who knew that geek with the bowl cut and teen angst black leather trench coat would become my one and only? That is, until George Clooney calls. I have had that easy out clause since day one and I am not giving it up now that he is single again.

With the husband came his daughter from his first marriage. Another thing I never planned. At that time she lived with her mother and was a pleasant but brief visitor every other weekend. A year and a half ago, her mother made it clear that she had no business holding that title, and Tabbi came to live with us. Surprise! Its a girl... a now 9 year old girl who lives here full time and has become the number one cause of my frown lines and gray hair. As I write this, she is passing me a note from her teacher saying we need to call her to discuss schoolwork that Tabbi is not completing in class. I feel like I am going to be sent to the Principal's office.

Two other developments that lead to me switching from HR professional to completely unprofessional domestic engineer are my sons, Will and Jack. Will is 2 years and 4 months, and my friend (Homa again) says that he is just a head nod away from being Rain Man. He has more energy than a cheerleading squad on uppers and is a giant for his age. So, he is able to do just about anything he wants to do because he can reach it all. Jack is 7 weeks, and following in his brother's footsteps of gigantism, so I look forward to the deja vu all over again.

Other than that, I have a great group of friends whose daily exploits will keep me in blog posts for the rest of my life. I also have a crazy grandmother who lives with my parents (she almost moved in with us, but we really dodged a bullet there) and it goes without saying that my fourth child (or husband as he prefers to be called) is nonstop entertainment (once I stop being pissed at whatever he's doing at that moment). I hope any readers enjoy this, and that we can start a dialog about everything or nothing, in the hopes that I can stave off the asylum for a little while longer knowing others are out there in similar situations!

Homa said...

A warning to all... Make sure all your comments are grammatically correct and there is proper use of punctuations marks. Trust me, she will call you out!

Amie said...

I am so glad you're finally writing a blog! I still think you can follow in the steps of Jen Lancaster and end up with a book deal if you really wanted it! :o)

Domestic Goddess (In Training) said...

Homa... I promise to ignore all future typos if everyone promises to ignore mine.

Amie... You've discovered my master plan!!! Who needs to work when you can blog your way to a book deal.


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Thursday, April 9, 2015

March Miles and Beaver Sightings

So the calendar says "spring" but the weather here in Maine is still shit winter.  It's opening day for the local semi-pro baseball team and we get 4" of snow.

welcome to Maine!  fuck you!

Seriously, Mother Nature.  You suck.  Or in the words of my 9 year old son this morning, "Mother Nature is a butthole".

Yes.  Yes she is.

Anyway, despite the craptastic weather that we've been having, I seem to be able to still rack up the running miles.

Which included 4 long runs of 16, 14, 20 and 17 miles.  Just one month ago the longest run I had ever done was a half marathon.  Now, a half marathon seems like an "easy" day.  Go figure.

20 miles sucked and was ugly and took me close to 3:30 to finish so I have no idea how I think I might finish a full marathon in 4 hours, but you never know.

me hating all things running

Boothbay Harbor is the land of all the hills so a flat course might be in my favor.  With my luck it will likely rain like hell or be sunny and 80*.  Either way, I'm sure to die, vomit, curse, dehydrate, chafe and slog to a +4:00 finish.  On Mother's Day.  Cause what else would I want to do on Mother's Day?

So enough of all this mileage shit and marathon talk.  Let's get down to the real reason you are reading this blog.  Unless you care about me and running, the reason you are here is to find out what the heck I'm doing talking about beavers.  And you likely have your mind in the gutter.  And you'd likely to be right on with that thinking.

Read on folks.....

So on Monday evenings for the past month or so, I've been running a field hockey clinic at the Y with the varsity coach for younger girls.  This Monday was the same.  I came home from work, put on my running gear (in which I go commando,,, this is important.  remember for later.....)  and headed to the Y to get a couple of miles in on the track before field hockey at 6:30.  Fine.  Ran my 2 miles, did the field hockey clinic in which I played some 2 on 2 with the girls, then came home.

Dinner was ready when I got home so we started eating.  I happen to eat standing up at the counter and my husband says to me--what's on the front of your pants?  I look down and much to my horror (and everyone else who's eating dinner at the time) the seam of my running capris are split from the band at the waist all the way down to the crotch.  My entire crotch/bush/beaver/hoo-hoo whatever you want to call it was completely hanging out for all to see.

I did not tear this further, this was the actual hole in my pants.....

How does one's pants split open completely in the front and you don't even notice???!!!  How long did I walk around flashing everyone at the Y?  And worst of all, how come no one told me??

Ummm, excuse me coach?  I think your hoo-hoo is sticking out.

Omg I can't even imagine that conversation.

Seriously.  It's a wonder they let me volunteer.  Or maybe that's why they let me volunteer......

I guess I'm going to have to re-think the commando thing.....

Anyway, that's what happening in my end of the world.  No spring, snow again, more miles and beaver sightings.  Good stuff.  And my running friends, they are so supportive.....

Happy April.

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Hosto Files: Part 1

There was a time in my gay bar going that I frequented a hosto bar. Almost every weekend night, and including some weekdays, I was there with my gay bar going friend.

Now I realized, it's been a year since my misadventures with hostos.

Thinking about it, I haven't written about hostos that much in this blog, despite the term being included in this blog's URL "machos and hostos." Most of the entries focused on macho dancers, but nothing specifically on hostos.

It may be because I haven't encountered them again since I started this blog.

What is a hosto anyway? Funny thing is, I get a lot of questions about this, even though I thought the term was widely known, as the term "macho dancer." Perhaps, talking to actual hostos, I got a sense of what they are, and how different they are from macho dancers.

Similar to the hosutos in Japan, the hosto is a male entertainer working in nightclubs or bars that cater mostly to women. He performs onstage, to sing or to dance, and when selected by a customer, accompanies her in her table for some drinks and chit-chat.

Despite prevailing perceptions on these men in the past decades, how they are paid like a prostitute to have sex, strictly speaking there's really nothing sleazy about hostos. These guys would always wear decent, sometimes formal, clothes in the night club, as compared to male strippers or macho dancers who would just be in their underwear. Simply put, he is a male G.R.O. (Guest Relations Officer), a male hostess.

So when there's gossip about a young actor who went to Japan to perform as a hosto or entertainer, it doesn't necessarily mean that he worked as a stripper or male prostitute in some seedy nightclub. He might just have been dancing or singing or chatting with customers, fully-clothed, to earn some living. Not so gossip-worthy, right? Unless a special under-the-table deal happens between the hosto and his customer, which do happen.

On the other hand, when a bar puts the word "hosto bar" in their bar's name, it doesn't necessarily mean that the men working there don't strip to show some skin. Actually, a lot of nightclubs where male stripping happens are in bars who call themselves comedy/KTV/disco/hosto bars (also spelled as "husto"). Even if the bar has a mix of strippers and fully-clothed G.R.O.s, the fact that customers can pay a premium to "table" from the bar's selection of male models means that they are a hosto bar at the least.

One is from a logo of an all-hosto bar, while the other
is from a macho dancing bar. Which is which?

As for all-hosto bars without macho dancers in them, I can already think of four in the Manila-Pasay area. There's Shining Star along Buendia, then heading over to Libertad is Solutions Disco Bar's 3rd floor (not the 2nd floor, which is a macho bar). Heading over to Malate, within the gay epicenter of Orosa-Nakpil, there's I heart Dreamguyz (formerly Superman or "Sow-per-man" as one MD spelled it), and along the way is Boy Next Door (which eventually turned into a macho dancing bar). I don't know any other existing hosto bars in Metro Manila, though I heard that the now-closed Club One Heart along Timog used to be a hosto bar as well.

What these hostos do are exemplified in an interview done in a local news documentary (see starting from 5:08 in this youtube clip). Even if the news report featured hostos in Japan, the responses of these men do sound strangely familiar, even when applied to the local scene.
"Nakukuha namin ang sahod namin kung marami kang customer. Hangga't marami kang nakukuhang customer, lalong lumalaki ang sahod namin." (We get our salary when we have lots of customers. The more customers we get, the larger we get paid.)
"Kaya, ganun lang trabaho namin, hakot ng customer." (That's our job, gather customers).
Interviewer: "Paano ba humakot ng customer?" (So, how do you get customers?)
Response 1: "Bola-bolahin, yun lang... Bola-bolahin mo. Paulit-ulit lang." (Empty flattery... Just flatter them with words, again and again).
Response 2: "Tatawagan mo sila before you work. Dito na ako sa trabaho. Then let's drink, ganun." (Call them up before you go to work. I'm here at work already. Then invite them to drink).
Place them in Japan, or here in a hosto bar, or even in a macho dancing gay bar, those statements can apply. With men in this easy-money industry, macho dancer or male G.R.O. or hosto, everything is about the customer.

(to be continued...)

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April 20, 2017 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

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We’ll cover the history of bitters, flavoring and shopping, bottling, and more. After a lesson and bitters tasting, we’ll get our hands smelling good with your choice of these flavors, made from botanical matters:

  • Coffee + Texas pecan
  •  Key lime
  • cherry + hazelnut
  • cinnamon
  • orange

You’ll leave with a a quart jar of bitters, and they’ll be be ready in about six weeks. Pour into smaller bottles as gifts, or make your own cocktails to share at a party!

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Apr 4, 2018

Business 101 for Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs

Presented by:  Center for Dairy Research
Location:  Babcock Hall, Room 205   (1605 Linden Drive, Madison)
Time: April 4-5

This one-and-a-half-day course is designed to assist food and beverage entrepreneurs in planning a food or dairy start-up. The objective is to provide a comprehensive look at the business decisions needed to start a company and launch a local, regional or national brand. The course will include entrepreneurial self-assessments, legal information, lean business planning assistance, pointers on developing a “value proposition” and identifying available resources. Instructors will include CDR Technology Commercialization Manager, Vic Grassman, Tera Johnson from the Food Finance Institute, Jeffrey Glazer from the UW-Madison, Law & Entrepreneur Clinic and Nhi Le from Gener8tor.

Learn more and register online.


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Megan (maefourtwenty) wrote,

Poetry updates...

I got 3 of my poems published in the yearly literary journal The Onyx. I'm mostly content that "Pendulum" has a home now; I've held it for a good year and it's been rejected four times, and it's honestly one of my closest poems.

I wrote and illustrated a collection of my poems via InDesign. As a project for graphic design, the task was both tedious and enlightening. I'm glad for the experience, and to have been able to conceptualize my poems into designs. But I must say, I am SO technologically unsavvy! The software outstanded me and I spent dayssssssss in that studio learning the tricks. Another topic for another day.

I received the judges notes for my 3rd place poem in the Sparrow competition which was VERY unexpected and her observations were wonderfully sharp and deep. The audience responded well to the reading, I really enjoy reading for an audience and look foward to working on that craft. A poem really takes on a new life in spoken word, and after working so closely with my poems it feels like a priviledge to be able to deliver them...and LIBERATING.

June 6th I'll be reading at the Salem Arts Festival, and get to crash with the seminar alumni for the night. Really looking forward to that, I missed my people.

Onto another...
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Madeline House

Madeline House Cover MEDIUM WEB  When Beth Carson flees her controlling husband, a Sydney surgeon, and travels to Florence, Oregon, she is unsure what her future holds. Although her only knowledge of Florence comes from a few postcards found in her late mother’s effects, she immediately feels at home there and begins to put down roots.

But Beth’s past returns to haunt her in ways she could never have imagined. Distraught over alarming reports from Australia and bewildered by revelations from the past, Beth turns to new friends to help her.

Tom Harrison, a local lawyer, has spent the past five years coming to terms with his wife’s death, and building a solitary existence which he has come to enjoy. Adept at ignoring the overtures of local women and fending off his meddling daughter, he is intrigued by this feisty Australian and, almost against his will, finds himself drawn to her when she seeks his legal advice.

What forces are at work to bring the two together, and can Beth overcome her past and find a way forward?

Set on the beautiful Oregon Coast this is a tale of a woman who seeks to rise above the challenges life has thrown at her and establish a new life for herself.

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Friday, October 17, 2014

Back In September

We picked Luke up...............

I ordered and new phone case and LOVE IT!!

Sophie Clare watched her I Pad while wearing a stache.

She played with her Noah's Ark because I had in the stack to get rid of.

She has been into hanging stuff on her wall...............

Pop had 2 baby chicks.............

Emily and Sophie Clare watching a little Sheriff Callie.

I taught Emily how to fish tail braid  and she can do it better than I can.

This sweet baby is rocking Kindergarten but it wears her out.
You can always tell if she is tired by her eyes.

Sweet Charlie wore Sophie Clare's dress and looked adorable!!
Makes me want another little girl!

I paired my lace shorts with my chambray top and loved it.

Our excited face!!

I love this little dress but I it not my favorite on Sophie Clare.  She is little and it seems to over-whelm her

I worked the book fair at Sophie Clare's school all week.

Me and my girl April doing a selfie at the book fair.

Sophie Clare loving her goodies from the book fair.

We also had Open House at school.

I went to McDonald's one cool morning and when I got up to the window to pay...........

We squeeze in as much play time as possible!!

It has not been super hot and we had just a little cool day. Sophie Clare thought it was cool enough to wear her footed pj's. It did not take long for her to change.

How is it that half of October is gone??
Time just flies by!!

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Subject: Re: Constructor for global objects in shared lib not getting
To: Guenther Grau <>
From: Dave Huang <>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 12/08/1998 00:53:08
On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Guenther Grau wrote:
> What version of egcs are you using? IIRC, there have been a couple
> of bug fixes in egcs-1.1.1 which might affect this. Could you try
> the latest egcs and report again, if you are not already using it?

I'm already using the latest egcs (well, the one that's in
NetBSD-current)... I see fvdl has tracked down the problem; too bad
Mozilla still doesn't work though..