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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Turning 2012's Page...

Well Christmas is over and we will soon embark upon a new year. The turning of the calendar can often signal the turning of the page both literally and metaphorically. A new year can bring with it a new journey, new experiences, and new beginnings.
I’ve been pondering my New Year’s resolution. I believe that my resolution for 2013 will be to do more volunteer work. It’s very rewarding.  I am also going to make a list of “Ten Things to Accomplish in 2013”. I will elaborate in a future blog post.
So as 2012 winds down, may we all look forward to the new beginnings that 2013 will bring :)
What excites you about a new year? Do you usually make a New Year’s Resolution?

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Conquering our Fears...

“When you face your fear, most of the time you will
discover that it was not really such a big threat after all.
We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation,
for it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.”  ~Les Brown

I was reading an article in an old issue of Readers Digest that said 97% of the world’s population has a phobia.  Whether it’s spiders, closed spaces, germs, or what have you, it seems that we all have something that gives us a case of the “heebie geebies”.

From the time I was a little boy I have had a paralyzing fear of heights. I'm not sure where it originated, but it's been there as long as I can remember. I’ve never even ridden a roller coaster in my life due to this fear. Crazy eh?

Lately, I have become determined to conquer this fear. I am thinking of conquering my fear of heights by participating in one of the following three activities: zip lining, rock climbing, or parasailing. Of the three, I am leaning towards parasailing since it’s offered where I will be vacationing this summer!

I think it’s very important to conquer our fears, and I feel that by conquering this fear I will be able to engage in activities that I have previously missed out on.

What are some of your phobias?

Monday, December 24, 2012

Tis The Season!!!

I just wanted to drop by and say Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to my blogger family!! :)

Sunday, December 2, 2012

A Dream I Can't Shake

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined” ~Henry David Thoreau

Most of my life I have had this dream of traveling the world and dedicating my life to helping others.  It’s something I’ve never been able to shake. Even now in life, with a good job and a feeling of being relatively settled, there is still a part of me that yearns to make this dream a reality.
It’s as if I was born with this desire. In many ways, it’s always felt like something that I am supposed to do. Does that make sense? It’s actually a very hard thing to describe. I remember thinking about this as early as age 12. I read a book about John F. Kennedy’s Peace Corps initiative and it immediately resonated with me.
Lately, I have begun seriously contemplating the pursuit of this lifelong dream. Whether it’s the Peace Corps, World Teach, or United Planet, I feel it’s something that I am supposed to do. I can’t imagine anything more rewarding that becoming a part of something bigger than myself.
Did you pursue your dream? Do you have any unfulfilled dreams that you still consider pursuing?

Sunday, November 25, 2012

We've got Nothing but Time...

“Time is what we want most, but… what we use worst.” ~William Penn

Leisure time. Such a commodity these days isn’t it? One of my good friends is a single mother with two children, works as a waitress, and is also taking college classes. I remarked to her how impressed I am that she’s able to manage those three endeavors simultaneously. She spoke of how it’s all about time management.

As someone myself who works and goes to grad school, I am no stranger to the difficulties of time management. However, my responsibilities pale in comparison to hers! This has inspired me to work on my time management skills.

What about you. Do you have difficulty with time management skills and/or carving out leisure time?

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Up goes the Tree :)

Creating a winter wonderland in my living room.

I am a “Christmas nut”, as many of my co-workers and friends call me. In late September I begin counting down the days until my favorite time of year. In October I began playing Christmas music in my office on Pandora. I love everything the Christmas season – the songs, the weather, the spirit, the scents, the atmosphere…everything.

After arriving home from work Monday night, I decided that I was going to decorate earlier than ever. So I put on some Christmas music, went across the street to get me a peppermint mocha, and pulled all of my Christmas décor out of the garage. I stayed up into the wee hours of the night decorating my house from top to bottom.  Tis the season!!

When do you usually decorate for Christmas?

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Paying it Forward

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted” ~Aesop

A couple of weeks ago, my friend and I were having lunch at IHOP on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Beside us, a mother was eating with her four children. They looked so happy and full of life. In my conversation with my friend, I made the remark that if I am ever “well-to-do”, that I would pick one family and pay for their meal anonymously every time I went out to eat. I have just always loved the idea of doing something like that.
So, on this beautiful Sunday, my friend and I thought why wait until we are well-to-do? Why not start today? So we both looked over at the mother and her four children and thought the same thing. We flagged their waitress down and informed her that we would like to pay for their meal anonymously. The anonymous part was important to us, because we did not want thanks, for that would almost defeat the purpose. We simply viewed it as a good deed and felt that they would “pay it forward’ someday.

We left the restaurant feeling inspired and on top of the world. So my friend and I made this vow: Each and every day, we are doing a small, random act of kindness for a complete stranger. Whether it’s paying for the car behind us in a drive-thru, helping someone put groceries in their car, or even just opening doors or holding the elevator for people.

Ponder this for a second: if each person on earth did one random act of kindness each day for a stranger, what would the world be like?

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Debby was a Downer :-)

Well vacation didn’t go quite as planned. During the drive to Cape San Blas, Florida, we started getting reports that a tropical storm (Debby) would possible be on its way. During those initial reports however, the prevailing thought was that it would be heading towards Texas. Shortly after we arrived though, they had changed the projected path and we were right in the middle of it! We were able to get some beach time during the first evening there for about an hour and a half before a torrential downpour came. We went to bed that night hoping that the storm’s path would change…
Alas, it was not meant to be. By the next morning, the winds were a sustained 30-50 miles per hour and the rain was relentless. We had to stay in our beach house the entirety of the next day. Our area picked up 8 inches that night!! With the eye of the storm still about 20 hours away from landfall, it was becoming apparent that our vacation might have to be cut short – after only a day and a half.
The decision ended up being made for us, as the entire cape was evacuated the next morning. We were pretty discouraged but thankfully we were all safe so that’s what matters. On the bright side, I can now say that I was in a tropical storm – how cool!!!

Thursday, June 21, 2012

24 Hours Until Departure :-)

In 24 hours I leave for Cape San Blas, Florida for a week! I've been looking forward to this trip for months so I am incredibly excited. There will be sun, sand, the ocean...and there may be some rum involved :-)

I wish all of my blogger friends a great week and I will definitely update with pictures when I return.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

A Message in a Bottle...

In 9 days, I leave for annual summer vacation in Cape San Blas, Florida. It's a secluded beach on Florida's Gulf Coast. I cannot even begin to describe how much I am looking forward to this trip! There’s something so amazing about the ocean. From the pristine waters, to the sound of the waves, to the feeling of the sand under your feet, it’s simply one of the most amazing things on earth. The sunsets are absolutely amazing…the most beautiful that I’ve ever seen. In short, I love everything about it.

Something I'm contemplating doing during vacation is sending out a hand-written message in a bottle. There's something so poetic about the idea of a message in a bottle. It makes me think of the days when people would send letters across the endless seas. I love the thought of not knowing where it will end up, who will read it, or when it will be discovered. It could be discovered in a week, a year, a decade, or more. I feel that there's something inescapably romantic about "not knowing" the destination.

What are your thoughts on this idea?

Monday, June 11, 2012

Don't Let Yesterday Take Up Too Much Of Today

There's an old saying that I like: "The past is a good place to visit, but certainly not a good place to stay". This quote is so very true. We have a tendency to let the past take up too much of our thoughts. We spend so much time looking backward that we prevent ourselves from looking forward.

Here's an analogy I like to use: Imagine trying to walk forward while turning your head over your shoulder to look backwards. You'll stumble, wobble, and quite likely run into something! You're spending so much time looking backwards that you have severely hindered your ability to move forward. Make sense?

Let yourself let go of the past. It doesn't mean you have to forget it or pretend it never happened. But it does mean not allowing yourself to be defined by it. It's called the past for a reason. Look forward...move forward. Who knows what magical possibilities could await if you just allow yourself to see them!!

Do you have problems moving on from the past?

Monday, June 4, 2012

A Horse is a Horse of Course of Course

The horses at our college's horse farm

The college that I work at has an equine program. It's actually the program that we're probably the most known for. Because of our equine program, we have a beautiful horse farm adjacent to campus. Sometimes, on my lunch break, I walk over to the horse farm and enjoy these amazing and beautiful creatures. I started doing this back in the fall and it really is one of the most wonderful parts of my day.

We're a rural college to begin with, so the combination of our rural location and the horse farm makes for such a beautifully serene experience. When I am at the horse farm, all the sounds of mankind (cars, people talking, machinery) are nowhere to be heard - save for the occasional tractor in the distance. It is medicine for the soul, as I like to say.

I really want to learn more about horses. One of the things on my "2012 bucket list" is to take horseback riding lessons. Do you like horses? Have you ever ridden?

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Two Birds In Love...

This morning I saw one of the most beautiful sights that I've ever seen. I was at a stop light while driving to work when I noticed two birds sitting on a fence wire. They were perfectly silhouetted aganst the bleeding orange of the sunrise behind them. I believe they were a couple, for it felt like they were wildly in love...

It was truly one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

I was introduced to "Parks and Recreation

About 2 weeks ago, a coworker of mine introduced me to ‘Parks and Recreation’. I had been planning on watching it eventually, and my coworker was kind enough to lend me the DVD box sets so that I could catch up. What an amazing show!!

The show centers around the Parks and Recreation Department of the small town of Pawnee, Indiana. It’s one of the more magnificently casted shows that I’ve seen in recent memory. It’s a comedy along the lines of ‘The Office’, but it’s much better. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard in my life!

Have you seen this show? If not, you must!!

Monday, May 21, 2012

Chasing Waterfalls

I could feel the waterfall's mist on me from here!!

On Saturday afternoon I represented Midway College Admissions at a recruiting event at Cumberland Falls State Park Lodge. The event itself went pretty well. I was able to speak to several prospective students. These events are also great for getting our college's name out there. All in all, it was a success!

After the event, I decided that I wanted to see the Park's main attraction, Cumberland Falls. Known as "The Niagra of the South", Cumberland Falls is the largest waterfall in the southeastern United States. It measures 70 feet high and 125 feet wide. It's truly a beautiful and amazing sight. It's not only amazing visually, but the sound is amazing as well! Mother Nature is truly an amazing thing. The most interesting fact about Cumberland Falls is that it's one of only two waterfalls in the entire world (Victoria Falls in Africa being the other) where you can see a "moonbow". A moonbow, or lunar rainbow, is created  when light from a full-moon refracts off of the water from the falls creating a prism of light in the mist of the falls. Doesn't that sound amazing??

I am going to check this summer's lunar calendar so that I can witness a moonbow for the very first time.

Have you ever seen a waterfall? If not, would you like to?

Thursday, May 10, 2012

To My Blogging Family

I would like to dedicate this post to my amazing and wonderful blogging friends. When I first started blogging, I never imagined I would love it as much as I do. I basically started my blog on a whim…not really knowing where I was going with it or what I wanted it to become. All I knew was that I loved writing, and to be honest that was enough.

After a while, something magnificent began to happen. I began to visit other blogs and it opened up my eyes to so many things. I began to enjoy reading other people’s blogs much more than I liked writing my own. Don’t get me wrong, I love writing and posting, but the thing I look forward to every day is checking my friend’s blogs and reading their stories and journeys.

Through blogging, I have been fortunate enough to develop correspondence with people from all across the world. It’s truly such a wonderful thing. I’ve also been awakened to the fact that none of us are alone in this world…there are so many people who are experiencing the exact same feelings, dreams, fears, and hopes that we are. I love my blogging family and I look forward to sharing stories together for many days to come J

What do you enjoy the most about blogging?

Monday, May 7, 2012

If You Knew You Could Not Fail, What Would You Do?

"What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?" ~ Robert Schuller

I have always loved this quote because it stirs the dreamer within me (admittedly that's not a difficult thing to do). We've all had a dream profession...something we began thinking of in childhood or adolescence. Slowly, over time and into young adulthood, many of us begin to see our dream as unattainable. Was it truly unattainable or did we just begin to view it as urealistic? Don't get me wrong, not everyone lets go of their dream. But somewhere along the way, a lot of us do. From the time I was a child, my dream was to work with endangered wildlife. I even had it narrowed down to four specific areas haha!!

  • Working with endangered wildlife in the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil
  • Studying the ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef off the Northeast coast of Australia
  • Working with the endangered wildlife of the Serengeti National Park in Africa
  • Or working with the Mountain Gorilla population in the Virunga Mountains of Uganda
My high school Guidance Counselor sort of dismissed these dreams of mine as impractical. I can vividly remember him saying "It's not like these jobs are're not going to see an advertisement in the help wanted ads for this kind of work". I let that conversation influence me more than I should have. Somewhere along the way, I began to develop an interest in sociology and psychology. I began to gravitate more towards those fields, as part of me thought they were more practical for me (in no small part due to the advice of my Guidance Counselor). My interest in psychology did lead me to my current job (which I love by the way), but every once in a while I harken back to my childhood dreams. I'll always have a passion for animals and for preservation. Some dreams never die :-)

What was your childhood dream? Did you or are you currently pursuing it?

Monday, April 30, 2012

Do Some Couples "Miss Their Moment"?

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“Some things are destined to be -- it just takes us a couple of tries
to get there.”
 ~J.R. Ward

I was watching a television show Sunday afternoon in which one of the characters was explaining why her and her ex never got married despite being seemingly perfect for one another. She said that, in essence, they "missed their moment". According to the character, every couple has a specific time frame...a moment where they can either catch fire or fizzle out...a moment in which the stars are aligned. If they miss that window, it's almost impossible for the stars to align the right way again. Such couples have missed their moment.

This was very thought provoking to me, as I am a big believer in fate, destiny, and serendipity. To me, if two people are truly meant to be together, the stars will re-align themselves again and again and again if that's what their destiny has in store. But then again, maybe that's just my idealized vision of love.

What do you think? Do some couples miss their moment? Or can fate overcome that?

Monday, April 23, 2012

Taking a Hike

The view from the west pinnacle

Saturday morning it was rainy, overcast, and foggy...the perfect day to take a nature hike! I like to hike in this area called "The Pinnacles" in Berea. It's a 3 1/2 mile hiking path that gradually ascends to some of the most spectacular scenery in Kentucky. What made Saturday even better is that I knew hardly anyone would be there. For some reason, people don't like to hike in the rain. It should come as a surprise to none of my regular readers that I actually find that to be the most beautiful time to hike.

When I first entered the base of The Pinnacles, I was greeted by a very rambunctious yellow lab mix. I named him Socrates haha. He followed me literally everywhere...traveling step by step beside me on the entire 3 hour journey! He did concern me a couple of times by getting perilously close to the edge of some of the cliffs, but I'm sure he is a seasoned hiker.

The hike was simply amazing. The forest was was a very rich and lush green color throughout. The fog made the scenery absolutely breathtaking. It not only hovered in the tops of the pinnacles, but it also nestled in the lowland valleys, creating a view that I don't think I've ever experienced before. The sound of the raindrops hitting the treetops was something to behold as well. The fact that the birds were also singing at the top of their lungs made this experience every bit as powerful to the ears as it was to the eyes.

The hike cleared my senses and put me in an incredibly good mood for the rest of the day. Do you get a chance to nature hike very often? If so, what type of area do you hike to?

Here are some more pictures from Saturday's hike:

The fog added to the beauty in ways that I can't even begin to describe

I sat down and enjoyed this particular view for about 30 minutes

My new hiking buddy :-)

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

I Should Have Named my Cat 'Dexter' (Repost)

    Meet Ruby...evil cloaked in cuteness
I wrote this last July during the infancy stages of my blog. I decided to share the story again because, well, cats are funny :)
I am a little worried about Ruby, my cat. She is a seemingly normal creature who has lately been exhibiting a “dark” side.  About a month ago I was walking downstairs to fix some breakfast prior to getting ready for work when I glanced something out of the corner of my eye in front of the door that leads to the back deck. Upon closer inspection, it was a dead mouse that had been murdered. I quickly narrowed the suspect pool to one...Ruby. She had motive, means, and opportunity. Add to that the fact that she had no alibi and it became painfully obvious that she was the perpetrator.

Although I was thankful to Ruby for making me aware that there was a mouse in the house, I was nonetheless concerned because she had never previously exhibited homicidal tendencies. In fact, aside from the occasional psychotic moment that all cats have (chasing imaginary objects, randomly pouncing on your leg as you walk by, running sideways through the living room for no apparent reason, etc.) she was actually quite docile.
Perhaps she simply thought it was a toy, I thought to myself. After all, several of her toys are “toy mice”. She probably just thought this was a toy that had suddenly sprung to life! Surely my little Ruby Sue would not intentionally kill another creature. After all, I had instilled morals in her from a very young age. Unfortunately, last week, it happened again. This time her handiwork was in the living room in front of the entertainment center. The body of the mouse exhibited signs of significant trauma to the head area…the amateur criminal profiler in me felt that this clearly demonstrated that the killer (ahem, Ruby) had enjoyed themselves. I had classified her first kill as an “accident”...or at the very most a “crime of passion”. However I was beginning to believe that she was now a cold-blooded murderer, having concealed these homicidal instincts from me the entire time I have had her!
Ruby's second victim...
Criminologists generally agree that the threshold to be considered a serial killer is three victims. It concerns me that Ruby is merely one kill away from being lumped into the same category as John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, and Jeffery Dahmer. Is Ruby truly a psychopath? Is the sweet purring that she greets me with upon arriving home from work every day merely a facade? Merely a mask that cloaks the true monster within? With one more kill I will be forced to accept the hard truth…that Ruby is a cold-blooded psychopath willing to drain the life from another living creature without any apparent remorse.

On the plus side though, isn't she cute?!

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Don't Confine Yourself...

“I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place
when they can fly anywhere on the earth,
then I ask myself the same question.”
― Harun Yahya

I love quotes. I collect them as sort of a little side hobby, for I find them very inspirational and thought-provoking. I recently discovered the above quote by Turkish author Harun Yahya and it really made me think…a lot.

Much like Mr. Yahya, I have often wondered what it must be like to be a bird…to have the power to literally fly anywhere you wanted to at any given moment. Where would I go? Where would you go?

Do you ever wonder what else the world could have in store for us? What else could be awaiting us if we dared step outside of our own little world? It’s an exhilarating thought. Why do we confine ourselves? I’m not speaking of merely physical confinement, but also intellectual confinement as well.

Just a random Thursday morning thought that I wanted to share with you :)

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

The Benefits of "You Time"

My job at the college usually requires me to work about 47 hours per week. That, coupled with my 45 minute commute, leaves little free time on any given day. So what I have gotten into the habit of doing, and it's made such a world of difference, is setting aside a little time each day to myself. Yesterday, for instance, I took an afternoon stroll on my lunch break and walked down to a beautiful meandering stream that runs adjacent to campus. Once there, I sat on a large stone next to the stream and enjoyed about 15 minutes of nothing but the sounds of the birds and the sounds of the stream flowing over the rocks. I returned to work refreshed and re-energized.

Sometimes, usually about every other Saturday, I will go to the cinema by myself and catch an afternoon matinee. It’s a good way to escape from the world for a couple hours and the popcorn’s not bad either. I also hit the treadmill at the gym for 30 minutes every night after work while getting lost in the multitude of 90s songs that I have on my MP3 (don’t judge). It’s a great way to wind down the day and also some great thinking time.

I think it's so important that we make time for ourselves. We often get so caught up in making sure that we're not neglecting other things (work, school, family, etc.) that we end up neglecting the one thing that we should not neglect...ourselves. Perhaps it's because it's in our nature to view devoting time to ourselves as selfish...but nothing could be further from the truth! Think about it, the stress-relieving benefits of a little time to yourself each day will actually make you that much more effective when attending to family, work, and school.

Also, time to yourself is healthy! Make some time for yourself...even if it's 15 minutes per day. It's essential to have some "you time" every once in a while. Will you have to sometimes get a little creative to accomplish this? Of course. But it's manageable...after all, if you can successfully devote yourself to other activities/responsibilities then surely you can successfully carve out a little time for you.

Do you get to enjoy "you time" as often as you'd like?

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

A Little Something to Think About...

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I came across this picture a week or so ago while searching for thought-provoking quotes and images - which I like to do regularly. This particular picture, and the quote within the picture, resonatd with me. Take some time to look at this image. Look at the hand of this faceless, famine-stricken child reaching out to be comforted by this faceless stranger. Take some time to think about the things that we take for granted each and every day...the things we complain about. This child would give anything to have our complaints. In the grand scheme of things we're much more fortunate than we realize.

Secondly, I ask you to share this picture/thought with your friends today. We should never forget that there are people in this world who are literally starving to breaks my heart. Let's work on being grateful for the blessings that we have...the roof over our heads at night...the food and water that we have in abudance. Simply being aware of these things can do wonders for the soul, for it allows us to keep our everyday problems in perspective. So today, my friends, let's all take some time to truly be thankful...

Monday, March 12, 2012

Extraordinarily Ordinary

Today has been quite a long day and the moments have blurred together. It’s cloudy yet still beautiful this evening. When I close my eyes tonight another Monday will have broken broken. I have my window open as I write this. The birds are whistling rhapsodic tonight…perhaps their blissfulness is the result of the fast-approaching spring.
I sometimes pause and wonder how the days pass so quickly. How the days between last Monday and this Monday vanish so unbelievably fast. I wonder how many everyday gifts I miss and fail to appreciate due to time passing so fast. Even the gifts that recur daily feel like new gifts every single day. I wonder why we so often look for the biggest gifts and adrenaline-filled moments rather than enjoying and savoring life’s every day moments…the moments that truly last.
Maybe it is the ordinary days, mundane yet dependable, that are the days we should truly cherish.  Days draped with the familiar blessings that shield us from vulnerability. I think that these are my favorite days. Simple, quiet, ordinary days.
Today is one of those days…”extraordinarily ordinary” :)

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Love Never Fails...

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Heartbreak…we’ve all experienced it. That “end of the world” (I’m being melodramatic for effect of course) feeling that comes with losing the love of your life – or whom you thought was the love of your life. It was a little over a year ago that I experienced profound heartbreak. I only bring this up to segue into the point of this blog piece…which is to refrain from allowing past heartaches to jade us when it comes to love. Is that easier said than done?  Of course it is. I haven’t dated since but that’s only because I recently vowed to take some time to go on a journey of self-discovery prior to dating again. One thing I will not do is allow myself to be jaded though. If you allow yourself to be jaded…to close your heart to love…then love may very well never find you again.
There’s an old saying: “One day, someone will walk into your life and make you realize why it never worked out with anyone else”. Think about that for a second. In the midst of heartbreak we are unable to see past the immediacy of our hurt…we think things like “I’ll never feel this way about anyone else ever again”. I would venture to guess that there’s no one reading this blog piece that hasn’t, at one time or another, uttered those words to themselves after experiencing heartbreak.  It’s human nature…we all do it. What we don’t realize is that someday, whether it’s tomorrow, next month, next year, or 10 years from now – that person will walk into our life. That’s why it’s important to keep believing in love even when it’s hard to do so.
Some of you reading this may think that I’m being boyishly naïve…fair enough. However this is who I am and who I’ve always been. As an adolescent I remember absolutely falling in love with the story of “Romeo and Juliet” (we read it in 8th grade literature class) and I was absolutely captivated at the possibilities of a love that powerful, that meant-to-be, that magical. Now of course I knew it was fiction but I’ve always felt that life imitates art. That type of love does exist in real life; it's just that so few people are fortunate enough to experience it because they don’t allow themselves to believe in it. Quite simply, I believe that that type of love is more real than we allow ourselves to believe. There is a powerful song entitled "Entwined" by Jason Reeves. It's my favorite love song of all time. It really speaks to the amazingly powerful emotions of true, uninhibited love. Just imagine being able to experience, and to let yourself experience, something that is beyond description...something that so few people ever get to experience. How can one not believe in that?

There's something inescapably romantic about being a part of something greater than oneself...and I think that's the essence of what true love really is. It’s like taking a leap of faith...surrendering yourself to a power that is greater than anything known to us here on earth.  So if you’re someone who has recently experienced heartbreak…or even if the heartbreak has not been recent but is still affecting your belief in love, heed the words of the late writer Peter McWilliams: “It is a risk to love? Sure. After all, what if it doesn’t work out? Ah, but what if it does?”

Thursday, March 8, 2012

'We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are..."

It’s always fascinated me how reality differs depending on one’s perspective…
How my view of a person, a situation, or an event can be perfectly clear to me

Yet seemingly just as perfectly clear – albeit completely different- to another
When we talk to another person about the person or situation it’s as if
we are looking through two different windows yet with the same view…
I suppose that it’s rather that the window is the same
but it’s actually the view that’s different…

It’s as if each of us creates a different reality
a different way in which we make sense of the world we notice
in how we process what we see, hear, and feel

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

What Dreams May Come...

Dreams are sometimes so vivid...
Is what we think of as a dream real, or is what we think of as reality in fact a dream?
Is "real" even a real word?
Do words even exist outside of our imagination?
Does sleep occur when we're closing our eyes at night?
Or rather, when we're opening our eyes in the morning...?
I wonder...
I believe in love like love believes in love...abstract like oxygen and drifting clouds
I love experiencing it...embracing lets us know we're alive
And I've learned that i'm not scared to be alive
These days too many people are
We are growing up too quickly
Maybe someday I’ll start to
Maybe not...
I like to write because it feels like breathing....
It's a way of connecting with my soul
I sometimes wish my words could be carried on wind
Traveling to every point in the universe
Lost in translation
Other times I want them to remain mine and mine alone...
These are my feelings today
They may be different tommorow
Yet still the same...

Monday, January 30, 2012

Random Thoughts in Appreciation of Life...

I love the color of a rainbow as it's shining through the rain...
I love the sound of a bird when it is singing just before dark...
I marvel at the amazing colors of the evening sky - Mother Nature painting her masterpiece...
I can appreciate life's tears, broken hearts, smiles, contentment...
I love seeing flashes of the "big picture" in the middle of confusion...
I find peace in the color of autumn leaves, the scents of spring flowers, and the fireflies of the summer nights...
I recognize more than ever that it's the little things that make up the big things...
Vivid is the perfect way to describe life...our beautiful, wonderful, ordinary life...
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Late Sunday Night Drafting

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adjustment to my patterns before I started on my mock up. Patterns patterns and more patterns my Sunday night, don’t let me alone in the dressing room, I watched 9 episodes of breaking bad since I’ve been here and have to be back in 12 hours

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Monday, January 4, 2010

Reggie R. Resolution

This year I decided to give my resolution list a name. "Reggie." Full name Reggie Robert Resolution. I find it is easier for me to keep a commitment to a person rather than a piece of paper. I think Reg will help me a lot.
When I was growing up the first FHE of the year we would have a lesson on goals and mom and dad would have us write out our goals and help with the family goals. I think all the Bradley girls would agree that our favorite part came last when we would decide where to go on vacation. (Yes, vacationing is a goal.) For our personal goals my mom normally had a pretty piece of paper with some kind of decoration on the top and it would be broken into 4 categories: Physical, Temporal, Spiritual, and Financial. Did I have killer parents or what? Gosh, I'm spoiled. I remember putting under Physical "Take a shower every day." and "Grow my hair out." Ahhh... how simple life is when your 9.
I will say, I mastered the showering every day. No prob there. I get my hair trimmed every 8 weeks- but I keep it long. See? New Year Resolutions that I kept. This year I've committed (to Reggie) to do the following:

1. Be less judgmental. I seriously take one look at someone and label. Sometimes it's a nice label and sometimes it's a mean label. I shouldn't do that. Why do I do that. I am opening my mind and my heart this year and giving people as many chances as they need. "Hello, my name is Patty Non-Judgemental Poulsen." Yes... that sounds quite welcoming.

2. Let go of stress. I get stressed and I think it is part of my chemical make-up. I can't change my chemical make-up but I can change how I deal with it. So- at work, during this most grueling time of year, I am simply going to handle what I can and explain to my clients that the rest will just have to wait. I am strong, smart, and beautiful enough to be Wonder Woman- but I don't have that desire. Thank you though.

3. Read my stinking scriptures. Isn't it sad that this is a Resolution for us, Reg? I mean isn't it habit by now? No. It's not. And it really needs to be. Just read them. Every day. With a happy attitude.

4. Clean the kitchen before bed. I married the best house-wife ever. Ken cooks, cleans, and does the laundry. I never even asked him- he just took over day one. But because in the 4+ years we've been married I have rarely done these things Kenner thinks I can't. Well, mister, I'll show you! I'm taking a baby step and starting with the kitchen. Oh, c'mon I don't want to be chained to the house I just want to help out a little and not wake up to stinky-kitchen anymore.

5. Rebuild the savings account. This will take both self-control and budgeting. But it needs done. And I have a deep desire to do this one. I think this will be my easiest yet. Saving money has never been an obstacle for me. It's obtaining the money to save which can prove difficult.

6. Be transparent. When my sister, Jules-a-bug-stinkweeder, was on her mission she wrote me a letter encouraging me to be transparent. To always let people know what you are thinking and feeling. To be open and honest with all you come in contact with. I think it will make life so much easier. If everyone always knows how you feel- that makes it so simple. It's just being brave enough to do it.

That's it. 6 things. Reggie recommended only doing 5 but I'm an over-achiever by nature.

Brett and Tiffany said...

Good luck with your goals! We are doing our "goal-setting" fhe tonight like you talked about your parents doing! See, it is good your mom and dad did fhes where you set are still setting them! Good girl!

Karlenn said...

Good goals, Patsters!! It is very ambitious of people to write down their resolutions. I won't make any, because I never achieve them and feel badly about myself. :) I love that you named your resolution list "Reggie." And could your mom and dad be better, more spiritual parents? Nope.

johnandjana said...

Good job Patty. I am still thinking about mine. I really want to set some that I will work on and maybe achieve.

megan said...

Those are some great goals! I need to add reading the scriptures to my list! I hope you can accomplish all of them! Good luck:)


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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Things That Sound Really Good

Laying on my stomach.
(In reality, it really hurts.)
Bending my feet.
Sleeping laying down.  (or is it lying down?)  I think they both sound good.
A hot tub.  (It's always bothered me that preggies can't get their soak on.  I take showers way hotter than hot tubs.)
Wings.  Those always sound good.
Being able to "hold it."
Heck, even going 30 minutes without stopping at a bathroom.  I know the location of all the bathrooms at gas stations, restaurants, grocery stores, department stores, Walmarts, and rest stops within... 20 miles of my house.
A shirt that covers up the gross, purple-y, stretched out, and perpetually cold part of my belly that hangs out of my maternity clothes.  It's so trashy looking.
A chalupa.  Make that 2 chalupas.  Heck, just order me the #6.  With the Fruit Punch.
Being able to walk faster than someone with one leg using a walker.
A back replacement.
A well fitted bra.  Sorry Victoria's Secret... I think I'm past your limit now.
High heels.  Anything slightly more fashionable than an empire cut shirt with ducks and daisies on it.  Why are pregnant women assumed to want to dress like kindergarteners?
NOT getting kicked in the ribs.  Or spine.  Or hip bone.  Or bladder.

13 more days.
13 more days.

SkippyMom said...

Showers don't raise your core body temperature [and sustain it] the way a hot tub does. I know that isn't what you want to hear, but here's a happy thought - if you are, indeed, wearing empire waisted tops with the requisite ducky maternity logo AND your stomach is hanging out, exposed? I would place bets that it won't be 13 more days - sounds like the baby has dropped. Unless of course you are wearing Hollywood's version of a maternity top - a size medium tee from Abercrombie. Then all bets are off. heehee

And don't worry about having fashionable feet - you can't see them anyway, right?

I'm not helping, I know. I DO feel for you. Honest. And it will be soon and you will have a new baby and won't it all be worth it! Hang in there - oh, and pass me a chalupa. :D

Kar said...

THIRTEEN DAYS!! That is coming so soon, Pats! Yessss! And I'm so, so sorry for your discomfort. I've been there, done that, gotten the t-shirt. Too many times. It's ridiculously horrible and hard.

Chris Loves Julia said...

It's all coming back. Want to come over for wings this week? We have a ton that Chris is dying to cook up!

Beth Willmore said...

Someone with one leg using a walker... I am DYING here - that was so funny!
I always say the beginning and end of pregnancy SUCKS and the middle part is tolerable!
Good luck! Can't wait to see when this little guy makes his appearance and we get to hear all the dirty details! 13 more days - you can make it!

Lynn Proctor said...

it will all be a sweet memory soon--feel better:)

Holli Fuhriman said...

I'm in the Phase where things that sound good to me are: going to the bathroom or taking a shower without having a child walk in on me, sleeping for more than 3 hours consecutively, eating my food warm and in a sitting position, and not touching poop. But after reading your post I heave a sigh of relief and think, "At least I'm not pregnant!!!" haha!

Home stretch!! That baby'll be here before you know it!


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Some nice coverage in the local Press today.
Smashing picture story in the Carmarthen Journal about the 30-year reunion for Gelli Aur agricultural college students, including a young-looking Kevin Green!
Splendid half page feature in the Llanelli Star about my work helping to inspire pupils at Coleg Sir Gar's recent Business Challenge event.
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Friday, July 31, 2015

FrEYEday SkEYEday PAWty!

 From last Saturday night -

 Two years ago, we got these fur My Doggy Nanny -

 Last year, Unkhle Paul gave her this -
 We gave her these -

And when she was at The Rehab Human Vet Place fur her broken bone, I gave her this when I got to visit her - I nevFUR would have thought she wouldn't be HERE fur #78!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

We've been thinking about her all week as we saw the 31 on the khalendar - still khan't believe she's really really gone :-(

Mom still intends to put together a tribute post with pikhtures but just khan't yet -

We plan on raising a glass or two tonight in her honor - and we'll pass along the wishes from all!

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

Thursday Thinking

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Happy Thursday EvFURRYone!

PeeEssWoo: Auntie Di took Khousin Geufy home Wednesday night - I'm sure he'll be bakhk - he always returns (too) khwikhkly!

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Walkin' Wednesday 2015

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 Lots of watchin' too - it's been way too warm to be subjekhted to photoshoots -

 We often chukhkle at his paw posing - what a knukhkle paw ;-)

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Extreme love chapter 6

Next day, I go to the gun center and start training. After the training. Hina being me to a spa. I go in to the spa first. Later Hina come in with a nake body and Hina put my hand on her boobs. My face is turn really red.

I say" Stop it please."

Hina say" Don't be afraid, come on baby, don't be shy on me."

Hina body is warm. I feel really hot and thinking of Sayaka. I tell her that I am going to change. She laugh at me.

Hina say" You need to work on this." My face turn red again. After this. Hina annouce everyone that I move to her house. I start to think this is not good. What should I do to run away and who going to save me. She suddenly kiss me.

I say" What that for."

Hina say" What are you thinking. I was trying to talk to you."

I say" I just feel tired."

Hina say" Ok... I am going to give me some bodyguard to protect you."

I start to think did she find out I am a spy. Hina say why do you look so worry. I say is nothing to worry about. later, She being me to a place. The place is like a warehouse. Then a guy being a bag. i see her poke inside the bag. The bag spill something like white powder.

I ask" What is that."

Hina say" It is drug. Want to try some." I am shocked.I say" it's okay, i don't want it."

Then, she being me to a club. She start to drink the beer. While she eat the whole bag of white powder. She tell me to drink it. I say No. Then, She start to go hyper. She sit on my lap give me a big kiss. We kissed a long time. After that my face is all red.

She fall at sleep. Then, I being to her home. After I get a call from Reita. I go alone. At first. The bodyguard say they go with me. I command them to stay here to look after Hina.

When I see Reita.

To be countiune

Author: Mitsu
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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Forever love Chapter 11

A few hour later. I wake up. I change my cloth. Try to sneak out of the door. But when I am at the door. I find out there have a gun point in back of my head.

Saki say: I know you will trying to sneak out of the house.

*Sayaka punched me on the face*

Then, they start hitting me. Suddenly. Aiko come.

Aiko ask: Why are you trying to run away?

I say: I don't be like being here and in any gang.

Aiko say: You are idiot. Being a gang boss make you rich.

I say: i don't need money. I jsut want to be a noraml boy.

Saki say: You are a idiot

Suddenly. I throw a smoke bomb and I open the door and run away. half hour later I back to Atsuko's house.

Auntie say: Where did you being.

I say: i get caught

Auntie say: go get some rest.

I go back to the home and go to sleep.

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Catching up after eleventy million years (well, nearly two -_-)!

These were taken on our (too) quick two-night stay in Chicago. We walked around the city, took a trip to the top of the John Hancock center, and tried some Chicago style dawgs and deep dish pizza. Although it was only a taste, we found it a great place, with such friendly people. Would love to return for a longer stay one day.

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

 This is a little study I did today, in my quest to get the perfect blend of water colors and digital "paint".
Things went a bit differently then usual because I am also experimenting with watercolor pencil. I painted with very minimal pencil marks at first... which is a rarity, I don't even remember the last time I water colored with out inking it first.

Above is with pencil lines over the traditional painting.

And last is my digital paint over the watercolor... I feel like I got a more traditional feel with the pencil lines and am happy with that... I just always wish I had more time to really finish these little projects.  Ohh well that is life.


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Saturday, February 6, 2010

I started life as a dog person. As a child all I really wanted was a dog. This was strange because no one else in my family was a dog person, even my extended family. I got a dog when I was 12. In 1990 I got my first Great Dane. This one is Bell, she is at least 11 and 1/2. She was a rescue and she was three, but I don't know where she was in the third year. All my previous danes live to be around 9, they don't usually live very long. So I am amazed with Bell. She is hanging in there with me. She is what is called a blue dane.

This is my young dane Daisy and me, she is almost three. I got her as a pup when I went to get Madame and Triscuit in Missouri. She has had a bit of training and is very smart. But she's got a strong prey drive, and I am very careful to make sure she never gets in with the goats. Now that she is really an adult this is easier, she spends a lot of time asleep on the couch. She was active and easily bored as a young one.

This is Daisy with my grandson Zach when they were visiting last August. I wish I knew how to fuzz out the clutter behind them. My kids have a lab-shepherd cross names Neeley, and when they went home Zach was really happy to see her, and he said "she sure is small". He spent a lot of time lolling on the couch with Daisy, and she was heartbroken when he left. I expect she thought she would get to keep him.

Here is Daisy being dignified:

Have a wonderful day everyone! Tomorrow I'm taking the day off.

  1. Beautiful dogs! Danes are such lovely animals! Thanks for sharing your dogs with us. :)

  2. Oh my gosh! I LOVE Great Danes! They are magnificent animals! I'd love to have one someday!

    See ya on TGS!!

  3. Thanks guys! They are pretty special dogs.


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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Kindergarten Math Contest

Friday we separated the two kindergarten classes into two groups and they faced off against each other one on one to determine who is the best & the fastest in math skills! We had six categories: shapes, calendar, addition, subtraction, counting, and number recognition. It was INTENSE!!! Several students won more than one category. They got these adorable little trophies. It was so much fun. ABSOLUTELY amazing to see how strong they are in math skills!
This little girl absolutely blew my mind with the way she was able to count on. This is a hard skill to get kindergarteners to fully understand but she has mastered it!! She dominated addition and subtraction. Way to go!!!

Counting champ!

She won shapes and numbers!

Calendar Champ- he has beautiful handwriting & used his tools to spell Saturday correctly. Way to go!!!!
So proud of our kindergarteners!

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Optically Pumped Terahertz Inter-subband Emitters

After Sheffield, I was offered my next postdoc in the IMP logo Institute of Microwaves and Photonics at the U.Leeds logo University of Leeds (Leeds, UK). This new, research focussed Institute was grown out of the old Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering during a University reorganisation. Most of the work in the Institute is engineering based, but since modern engineering is not dissimilar to applied physics, particularly in the quantum electronics field, they do do physics research here. I worked with Dr Paul Harrison and Dr Rob Kelsall, and Kate Donovan (a PhD student also working in this area).

The research here was motivated by race to make a far--infrared laser in semiconductors. The THz frequency region had potential for use in short range communications such as wirless comuter networks, and in micro- and medical imaging technologies. However, making such a device was tricky. In order to get a population inversion between THz-separated two subbands in a prototype quantum well device, we had to know a lot about how the electrons move around the structure, how they get in, get out, and how they hop between their quantum energy levels. Unlike the mid-infrared region, here the useful radiative process are completely swamped by electrons interacting with the sea of acoustic and LO phonons that make up the vibrations in the crystal lattice of the semiconductor. Worse, the electrons repel and scatter off each other, a problem that gets worse as we increase the number of them when tring to increase the laser output.

The only way around this was to get clever, and study in detail this myriad of scattering processes. By tailoring the design, we can alter the wavefunctions, the subband spacings, and the phonons -- thus altering the scattering processes. At the IMP we studied sets of prototype designs using theory and comprehensive computer simulations to understand how to make a THz laser work.

While at Leeds I continued typing up notes and calculations using latex and also wrote more comprehensive documentation for the scattering rate and Monte Carlo computer codes that I wrote and used. These were compiled along with seminar slides and other material into a report on the research which I gave to Paul and Rob. The benefit of this was mainly that it helped me develop good documentation habits -- because as as far as I know, both the code and documentation have never been subsequently used. However, as an aid to understanding I rederived some phonon scattering rates from scratch, parts of which Paul Harrison borrowed for use in the text book he was writing at the time.

Interestingly, when doing one of the phonon scattering calculations, I found a step of dubious mathematical validity that seemed to pass entirely without comment in the derivations I had seen. It was not even clear what the physical justifications for the step were, although there must be some, since the calculations using the results seem good enough. The step turns a convolution integral into a product, which could be valid under some circumstances, but is certainly not true in general! I have always meant to test out calculations done with and without this dubious step, but never found the time.

While at Leeds I scanned in a large number of old seminar slides and poster presentations, and incorporated them into these web pages. From then on, I made a point of contining to add any new material as I write it.

This postdoc was again funded by EPSRC, and only contained enough money for two years work. My next employer was in Delft, although to start with I remained at a desk in Leeds as a visiting researcher. Having said that, the administration at Leeds seemed very keen to delete my existence, as the link to my web pages disappeared from the otherwise rather sterile database-driven departmental site even before I left. Of course there are good reasons to maintain a professional departmental image, but it has always seemed to me that the useful things about departmental web sites, beyond contact information and administration details is those maintained by individuals on their own projects. By all means have a well presented and consistent core, but hiding the contributions of the real people working in the department is shooting yourself in the foot. But it's their foot to shoot, I suppose.

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After Leeds, I was offered a postdoc in the TUDelft TN logo Department of Applied Physics at Technical University Delft. I worked with Prof Tom Wenckebach, on a project part of the European Union INTERACT programme. For a while, I was working as a visiting researcher from TUDelft in Leeds at my old desk. Later I worked either from home or at my desk in Delft.

This project had some similarities with my work at Leeds -- both being on carrier dynamics in semiconductor structures. This means that the simulation methods and programs I used at Leeds for electron dynamics are ideal for translation to this new hole-based situation. However, holes are more complicated beasts than electrons, so planned to adapt my programs to be compatible with the demands of hole transport. However, in the end I adapted an already existing Delft code, which had short term advantages, but cost progress in the longer term.

One of the main problems with the Delft code was that physically distinct processes were not treated in logically distinct pieces of code, so one of the necessary tasks was to separate these out. This was done in tandem with the adaption of the code to the new III-V hot hole laser schemes, so it was a rather tricky thing to manage. Still, the bulk code gave good results, but unfortunately the further adaption to the quantum well case didn't get completed before my new postdoc at the Department of Physics at Imperial College in London. However, I have managed to get some Hall effect calculations for SiGe done, and am trying to write the results up.

It is pretty common to plan to continue past research in a new job, but there will never be enough time to finish the Monte Carlo hole code and get results -- so again a project dies when the postdoc moves on, and there is no ongoing funding. This is the new, efficent face of modern research funding. Three times I've had to move on because a project was not being continued, so three times I've had months of existing research and potential new research opportunities wasted because funding bodies pay for only short term contracts. This benefits neither me nor them, let alone the taxpayer whose money it originally was.

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Friday, August 8, 2014

The Moral Righteousness of the Harper Cabal. . . .

Understanding anyone's motivations is a notoriously complex matter. One must always deal with the question that sociologists would refer to as "dramaturgical sincerity." In other words, when someone talks about their actions, one can never be entirely sure to what degree the person is being honest about their motivations and to what degree they are simply "playing a role." This question becomes increasingly complex in the public sphere as people spin their actions for public consumption. Honesty and sincerity in politicians is a rare commodity and 'spin' is almost always a matter of course. However, if one is willing to be fairly non-partizan (another rare trait), much political spin is easy to see through. Much of the time one need merely ask the question cui bono to know what is really going on. But political spin becomes an even more murky business when the politicians in question live on the edge of significant mental disturbance. In recent North American history we need only to look back to the strange, sometime eerie, figure of Richard Nixon to see how bizarre and complex a mentally disturbed political leader can be. What drove a pathologically paranoid man like Nixon, for example, to undertake his remarkable diplomatic efforts in China, while at the same time, as we later found out, he was turning the White House into a nest of law-braking psychopaths who talked on tape about stringing people up with piano wire? These are deep waters that are by no means easy to plumb.

These questions bring us to our own paranoid PM and his little band of psychopaths, like John Baird and Jason Kenny. What really motives this groups of men in suits is often impossible to understand as they continually funnel their apparently narcissistic and dissociative disorders into various legislative channels. A great deal of speculation has been expended on, for example, the question of Harper's bizarre Millenrian-like, remarkably one-sided, support of Israel. Is he motivated by simple vote-grubbing, or by his evangelical beliefs, by a shockingly simplistic misunderstanding of historical events, or by a mentally disturbed desire to see complex issues in a completely black and white manner? Similar question revolve around Harper's reaction to the issue of the growing war in Ukraine. What, for example, leads a guy like Harper to cozy up to the Chinese regime, unquestionably one of the most brutal, human-rights violating, and dangerous governments in the world, while condemning the Russian government in such a simple, black and white way? I certainly believe that any explanation for this apparent dichotomy that appeals only to vote-hunting is totally inadequate.

One thing seems clear to me: Harper and his crew demonstrate their near psychopathic mind-set in dealing such as the Ukraine question. As Harper attempted, in what, on a world stage, looks like a rather sadly pathetic attempt, to wield the sword of Canadian power by enacting various sanctions on Russia, his mental simplicity and animal-like puffery has become increasingly apparent. But yesterday, the depth of Harper's instability became clear when Russia retaliated with sanctions of its own. As one listened to the words coming out of the Harper cabal, one got the distinct impression that they were genuinely surprised by Russia's retaliation. Their surprise is, perhaps, motivated by a child-like simplicity that expresses itself in the notion that when one is so sure that one is on the right side of an issue, one's opponents wouldn't dare retaliate. You can almost see Harper and his ministers thinking to themselves "how can Russia dare retaliate when they are so clearly in the wrong?" Like truly incompetent politicians, Harper and his henchmen seem to really believe that they simply have to wave their magic wand of moral righteousness and whatever problem is at hand will simply vanish in a puff of saintly rectitude. They revealed some of their simplicity and disingenuousness yesterday when they said that the Russian sanctions wouldn't hurt the Canadian economy and then, almost int he next breath, said that they can't only consider economic questions when making foreign policy.

The Harper regime's madness is of the kind that is notoriously dangerous when it comes to democracy. When people are suffering from a pathological narcissism and dissociative illness, they tend to go off the rails when the world fails to conform to their simplistic righteousness.  When things don't go their way, such people have a terrible time accepting that they interpreted things wrongly or that the people turned against them. Rather, like Nixon, they look for conspiracies and satanically-induced plots for their failure. This is the stuff that coups are made of. As the Veteran's Affairs Minister and the Employment Minister throw around wild accusations that de facto suggest that the leader of Liberal Party is knowingly consorting with Islamic "terrorists," one can really see the dangers of the unhinged cabal that is in control of our government. It is not an unreasonable jump from these actions to outright accusations of foreign influence in next October's elections. Given all that has occurred, it is easy to imagine a Harper regime so driven by their own sense of moral righteousness that they would attempt to avoid or overthrow an election loss through an action of martial law. If you don't believe such a thing is possible just listen carefully to how they speak and watch carefully how they act when the world doesn't conform to their simple black and white view of their own moral rectitude. It is ominous and speaks of deep-seated mental disturbance.

Anonymous said...

Equally disturbing is the extreme censorship of any dissenting views now in effect in the Cdn news media. The "moderators" of the comment sections are literally wiping out any mention of factual information that digresses from the predetermined story line.

None of the parties are immune to strict talking point discipline, but the Harperites take it to a new level, apparently welding censoring influence to the highest and lowest levels of the news media.

Gloabal News changed to a Microsoft/Facebook/Hotmail based comment system, ostensibly due to "privacy considerations" in the new anti-spam laws. Given I have been twice locked out of my Hotmail account only used to make comments on Global, I can only presume someone at Global has taken umbrage at my comments which are similar to those in your post above.

Welcome to the Secret Police State of Canada.

the salamander said...

.. you've touched on several examples of very disturbing behavior and actions or inactions by our current PM and 'his' government.

The list as you know is becoming endless. So ponderous is it to recite even the Top Twenty failures, errors, deceits, aggressions, insults, frauds.. that most won't keep mentioning them.

Regardless, they do need to be identified, examined, proven and publicized.. catalogued, defined, recirculated.. after all its their legacy we are talking about.. not ours.

Some are arcane, others brazen, many are outrageous, certain are critical.. all are related. Emily Dee has done magical work in this area, and journalistic indy blogs like yours are in the same realm.

How we spoon feed willing mainstream media with each of these obvious Harper Party un-Canadian actions or failures is the challenge. How concerned & astute people like you or Damien Gillis align with folks like Franke James or Neil Young is also the challenge of our lives

The general public really needs to see the Harper Fallacy stripped bare - humiliated .. seen for what and who they are

Owen Gray said...

Excellent analysis, Kirby.

thwap said...

Good post. It made me think that the insanity of US repugnican-led politics has infected us, but it still hasn't taken over the host.

We've slipped quite a ways down since the days of Lyin' Brian Mulroney, but we're not so insane that Ezra Levant isn't reliant on government largesse to subsidize his career, whereas the equally repulsive Sean Hannity is a multi-millionaire, supported by legions of brain-dead chumps.

There are enough progressives in Canada who recognize the harpercons as being clearly insane, that our mainstream media has to trim their sails with regards to their enthusiasm for them.

But the harpercons are debasing us. Just as they're a symbol of our debasement. Just like Rob Ford is a symptom and a virus all at the same time.

btw: I shared both your recent Palestine/Indigenous People posts with my multitude of facebook friends.


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Sunday, May 10, 2015

Sunday's Kat Kwote

Some years ago there was a cat-concert held in Paris. It was called "Concert Miaulant," from the mewing of the animals. They were trained by having their tails pulled every time a certain note was struck, and the unpleasant remembrance caused them to mew each time they heard the sound again.

~ from The Queer The Quaint The Quizzical: A Cabinet for the Curious by Frank H. Stauffer (1882) ~

"Un Concert de Chats: Le Lion Présidant une assemblée de Betes" (1862) courtesy NY Public Library Digital Collections.

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Henna Time!

*Doing the MC Hammer typewriter* oh oh oh oh oh oh oh! Here come's the Henna! lol!

From the moment I learnt about the many benefits of henna, I've been hooked - like, literally. At a point, I would henna weekly (it's that good) but these days, there doesn't seem to be enough hours in a day to get everything I want, done!

So what's the fuss about Henna? Well, henna is a natural dye and because it doesn't contain any of the chemicals used to bleach or color hair, it is safe to use on natural, relaxed or colored hair. Quite apart from its dyeing properties, henna also strengthens, adds shine and volume and coats hair strands thereby keeping it from any damage (or further damage).

Pure henna looks green to brown and will give your hair a red/auburn tinge. Should the package purport to give you any other color then it is not pure  henna and has probably been mixed with something else. While there are other very good natural plants that condition and dye hair black (Cassia Obovata a.k.a 'neutral henna' and Indigo respectively) they are completely different from henna even though they are normally grouped along with henna.

Anyway, so I'd been gagging to do a henna treatment because I hadn't had time to do one in over a month and had been postponing, juggling and trying to find one day when I could just kick back and do my thing.

After several attempts at creating enough time for myself, I finally decided to do it over a 2 day period as opposed to my customary one day treatment; which meant that I'd either be sleeping with henna in my hair or deep conditioner in my hair depending on how early I got the process started.

So I got my Godrej Nupur Henna (this is the only henna I use because not only is it body art quality but it's also mixed with 9 different Ayurvedic herbs which give an added boost to the already regenerative properties of henna) mixed it with boiling hot water, making sure it was not too watery and not too thick, then covered it and stored in a dry cool place.

Some 5 hours  later after the dye had released, I mixed in a little more hot water and some Vatika coconut oil for added softness. The consistency was now like cake batter so I  covered and put it aside. Time to wash my hair.

I clarified with my Optimum Therapy Ultimate Recovery Shampoo which claims to feature micro oil technology, penetrating the hair with micro beads of natural oils to help nourish, strengthen and protect hair. It also claims to:
 - nourish strands with natural extracts of coconut, olive, avocado and jojoba oils;
 - Rescue and smooth damaged hair shaft;
 - Remove all styling residue without stripping;
 - Restore intense moisturization from root tip

I really like this shampoo as it doesn't leave my hair with that 'stripped' feeling most other clarifying shampoos have so I guess its claims are not too far fetched.

I tied an old t shirt around my hair to soak up excess water and got my bowl of henna ready to apply, only for me to realise I had forgotten to bring some gloves from the salon! Drat! I was obviously going to end up with orange hands and finger nails for some time to come. Oh well, the show must go on :) (I did end up with orange hands in the end)

So I applied my mix all over my hair starting from the back and worked my way to the front - I've done this so many times that unlike my first time when I made a great big mess with globs of henna everywhere, I'm now able to apply my henna without dropping anything anywhere *patting myself on the back*

*Henna Tip - if you still haven't got the hang of applying henna and end up with henna all over your bathroom floor, you can put your henna in a ziplock bag, make a small cut on one end and apply like you would icing on a cake. You'll be able to control application better and will get less mess that way*

I then covered it with my processing cap, donned my satin bonnet and went to bed . In the morning, I did a thorough rinse, then followed up with a co wash and then went to the salon and deep conditioned for 30 minutes under a steamer. (My deep conditioner had my usual mix of honey, coconut oil, avocado oil, castor oil, olive oil with a few drops of rosemary and peppermint oil - giving me a nice tingly feeling on my scalp and very soft, moisturized strands).

I was too tired to style my hair into anything but my new found pantyhose tied puff  - so did that and finished my day up at the salon.

Next time I deep condition, I plan on mixing an at home recipe using avocado and honey - for some reason it's been on my mind and recently at the local supermarket, I keep seeing a batch of large ripe avocados!

The universe is conspiring with my thoughts :)

  1. I am soooooooooooooooo loving the information on your blog!!!! Thank you!

  2. You're welcome!! So glad you're finding the information useful!

  3. I like this post. Got a pack of Godrej Nupur Henna from KLS. I can't wait to try this when i get home.

  4. Thanks Yemisi! You'll love the Godrej Nupur Henna - it's one of my staple products. Just remember to follow up with a very moisturizing deep conditioning treatment. Enjoy!

  5. i think i should try henna too. Please where can i find it in nigeria

    1. Hi! We have henna (the brand pictured above) in store. Please send an email to info@klsnaturals.com for prices and delivery. Thank you!

  6. love your article. Planning to use henna to cover my greys. Some questions :

    1) will it still stain the towel / pillow cases after the first wash?
    2) since I want to cover my greys, it would be a challenge to keep the henna off the scalp or is it OK to smear the stuff on the scalp too?
    3) I am staying in KL. Where can I get the henna from ? How much is it ?

    Anticipating your reply. Thanks in advance :)

    1. oops, I think I misunderstood your location. Kindly ignore question No.3. :P

    2. lol no problems.
      1. Henna stains so you need to be really careful about where you place your head when you have it on. Use a towel you don't mind staining and rinse rinse rinse, follow up with a co wash to catch any last remains and rinse again!

      2. Henna deposits an auburn color so your greys will turn an orangey/reddish color.If you're looking for a darker color, you may want to follow up your henna with an indigo treatment.

      You can smear it on your scalp - no issues there

      Let me know if there are any other questions. Good luck!

  7. Where can I get Indigo in KL? To mix with henn?

    1. Check Kls naturals salon or sizzelle stores.


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