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Saturday, 24 July 2010

Platform / Puzzle Games #2

Penguin Land (1987)
By: Sega Genre: Platform / Puzzle Players: 1 Difficulty: Medium
Featured Version: Sega Master System  First Day Score: 9,450
Also Available For: Sega SG-1000, ColecoVision

Back in the late 80's when my beloved Master System was my console of choice, I was rarely able to add to my game collection. I had around 8 games, mostly considered classics nowadays and highly rated back then. As I spent time looking through the magazines of the day, there were, however, always a few games that I wanted but was never able to get my hands on. Penguin Land was among these. Despite the unspectacular scores it generally received in the magazines, I found myself taken by the premise and screenshots and decided that I had to have it! This was, I suspect, mainly due to my fondness for platform/puzzle games, but it wasn't until many years later - around 10 in fact - that I finally got round to buying it. Was it worth the wait?

So far so good on the first round...
As you may have guessed from its name, Penguin Land features... a penguin! He is no ordinary penguin, however - he's a space penguin called Overbite, Penguin Mission Commander, who has rather carelessly lost three eggs on a distant, icy planet. After flying to retrieve them, he has to push them back to his spaceship and safety. This must be done over the course of 50 vertically scrolling rounds through which you must push the egg carefully without breaking it, from the top of the stage to the bottom. Of course, it's not that simple, for there are various hazards awaiting you and your egg, not least of which is a time limit. Polar bears, rising and falling section of rock walls, birds that drop bricks on your egg if you don't move it for a while, and ghosts which mess up your controls are also out to hinder your progress as much as possible too!

It's not long before things get tougher though - ouch!
Luckily, with his eggs trapped on apparently such a hostile planet, Overbite is free to walk and jump around the rounds to his hearts content. A vast majority of the blocks are blue ice blocks. Overbite can break the ice blocks beneath him by pecking them and the egg can then be pushed through the gap. Be careful though - the egg can't fall more than three blocks downwards without breaking, so you'll have to take some time to consider which blocks to break. There are also cracked blocks which break as soon as the egg touches them, stone blocks which can't be broken, and tubes which Overbite or his egg can drop through. Also sprinkled liberally around the stages (increasingly as you progress through them) are rocks, which can be pushed around much like your egg, and can also be pushed off platforms onto polar bears below!

Be careful with so many cracked blocks around...
Like most platform / puzzle games, Penguin Land is a simple concept, yet fiendishly addictive to play. The graphics, whilst pretty repetitive (only the background colour changes really) are neat, appealing, and suit the game style well. There is some slight sprite flicker if too much occupies one line, but it's rare. There aren't many tunes in the game though. A few little ditties and just the one main game theme. It's a jolly, catchy number, but may soon grate, especially if you dislike this kind of tune to start with! Sounds effects are minimal but decent enough. As is often the case with games like this, though, it's the gameplay that makes all the difference. It's easy to start playing but hard to master, and with 50 challenging rounds to play through, it will last a fair old while!

Hmm, better pause it for a while and have a think!
You can choose any of the first 30 rounds from the title screen and there's even a level editor with which you can create additional rounds and save them on the cartridge's battery back-up. After waiting so long to play this game, I won't say I was bowled over by it when I finally did get to play it. To be fair, it was probably an unspectacular release, even when it came out, but it has proven to be a highly playable and addictive little puzzler that not many people seem to know about. If you like platform games that require a bit of thought and planning, give this charming game a try!

RKS Score: 7/10

  1. That's one of the coolest things about being into classic games now: being able to go back and get all the stuff you coveted as a youth.

    This game is completely new to me, though I've never owned a Master System (there aren't many machines I can say that about). Thanks for the enlightenment!

  2. You're welcome! :) Yes, you're right. There's so many games I wanted but never got around to, so there'll be plenty more where this came from!


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Desserts Originated

Savoury. Sweet. Gooey. Foodgasmic. Sinful. Desserts make every meal worth it. Like Jessica Day from New Girl, we, too, find it fundamentally strange when someone’s not a dessert person. As someone who can hog on desserts equal to an entire meal, have you ever wondered how your favorite desserts came about? Was it a careful study of measured ingredients or was it a Eureka moment?

Read on to break the suspense:

Apple Pie

Apple PieThe recipe for Apple Pie dates back to 1381 England, so the first myth we bust today was the idiomatic expression ‘As American as an Apple Pie.’ The second revelation is that this recipe that we are talking about included apples, figs, raisins, pears and a pastry shell. Sugar is one ingredient conspicuous by its absence, since we are talking about desserts here, but well, it was expensive and its availability troublesome. To complicate issues further, apples were introduced to England by the Romans.

CheesecakesThese elite, drool worthy, melt-in-the-mouth desserts are a Greek gift to the world.  You heard it right: it was on an island called Samos in Greece where the Cheesecake is believed to have been born. When Romans conquered Greece, the cheesecake recipe also survived one of the battle scars. While Crushed cheese and eggs were Roman introductions, the Cream cheese was an American gift to the cake.

All this has led to The Cheesecake Factory becoming the ultimate dessert haven today!

MacaronsSmooth exterior, crunchy shells and flavorful fillings: macrons are the sweet surprise of the dessert world.  The heated debate about whether these elegant little sandwiches prepared with meringue, almond flour, and buttercream filling originated from France or Italy is a long one.

Apparently, the maccherone was brought to France in the 16th century from Italy, more precisely, the Venetian monasteries by Catherine de’ Medici. Have a good laugh here: they were called ‘priest’s bellybuttons,’ due to the pastry’s shape.

CustardCustard with jelly, or crème Brulee, or ice cream bases, has been the most understated dessert. It pairs up well with a multitude of desserts and acts as a silent filling to some. A distorted version of croustade meaning ‘crust of the tart’ by its name, custard had been around with ancient Romans in some form. It acquired its present form only in the Middle Ages, though.

Rice Pudding

Rice PuddingRice has been a staple part of the diet in a plethora of cultures, across the globe.

No dessert has undergone more evolution than the rice pudding: from its medicinal disposition to a savoury dish to a sweet dessert following meals. More often than not, the roots of rice pudding (aka rice kheer) have been traced to India, with saffron and almond milk being primary ingredients in any recipe.

The dessert soon spread its tentacles to Europe, and the ingredients keep changing in accordance with the culture. This dessert is a pro at camouflage.

Banoffee Pie

Banoffee PieLove at first crumble, is it? Love at first caramel, is it? It is the byproduct of the experiments at The Hungry Monk Restaurant in East Sussex, by owner Mackenzie and his chef, Ian Dowding. With its layer of caramelized bananas, crunchy biscuit crumbles and toffee-like taste, banoffee is increasingly becoming a favorite among us.

(Also Read: 5 Indian Desserts You Should Always Save Room For)

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Hi – I’m Sally Kramer, an artist, interior designer and renovation addict.  I have a love of all things beautiful and creative.  I have an awesome husband who is a talented woodworker, he can make/repair almost anything.  We have three married children and one adorable granddaughter.  We also have THE cutest little dog in the whole world – our Izzi.

I am constantly creating – sometimes in my artwork, often in designing new items for our home, or making special gifts.  I’m also an avid gardener and enjoy all things outdoors (camping, hiking, biking and canoeing).  I am excited about sharing my ideas, latest projects and interests with you.  Welcome!

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Art is not a zero-sum game

The Line of the Plough exhibited 1919 Sir Arnesby Brown 1866-1955 Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1919
‘The Line of the Plough’, Sir Arnesby Brown (Tate Gallery)

‘If you love it here, you love the bleakness and the vast flat sky and landscape.’

A few weeks ago, I listened to someone explain why Norfolk meant so much to him both as an artist and as a place to live. The conversation came back to me this week at a meeting of French cultural managers, at which I heard many participants speak of art’s transcendence. I had the impression of an almost sacred practice that gave access to an experience of universal meaning, beyond the material world. Kant’s legacy remains very influential in Western art, and its servants.

Having spent my working life in this field, I’m also convinced of art’s importance, while recognising what the French call a ‘déformation professionnelle’—the distortion that comes from seeing the world through the lens of one’s daily occupation. I believe that art is a way of knowing unlike others, which is why humans have invented it: that idea is the foundation of the thinking documented in this site and the associated publications.

By now you will be expecting a ‘but’: here it is. I believe that art is a way of knowing unlike others, but that doesn’t make it more important than the others. It is one device in the toolbox of human understanding. It is particularly suited to certain kinds of experience. But other tools and other experiences can be equally valuable. People find transcendence in nature, in religion, in science, in relationships, in sport and elsewhere. Very often, they are as convinced of the universal good they have experienced as those who advocate so zealously for art.

The Norfolk painter came to mind because, like many people with a personal rather than a professional interest in art, he spoke as passionately of walking the fields, seeing a hare or watching an old plane as he did of the images in which he tried to capture these fleeting moments.

To value one kind of experience, one glimpse beyond the selfish and material, does not require a rejection of all others. Life is not a zero-sum game. The heart is capacious.

Tilney St Lawrence, a sketch by Rosie Redzia for 'A Wider Horizon'
Tilney St Lawrence, a sketch by Rosie Redzia for ‘A Wider Horizon’

A gift

Ecclesall Piano

Yesterday evening, Kaoru Bingham gave a piano recital at Ecclesall parish church, where Sheffield edges into the Pennines. There were perhaps a hundred people, mostly sitting close round the piano. I don’t remember such stillness at a concert before: not a cough or a shuffle. You could have heard a page turn, but there was no need: the programme of Bach, Mozart, Liszt, Satie and Chopin was played from memory.

I met Kaoru late in the process of working on Bread and Salt, so her remarkable story does not figure greatly in the book. (But that’s true in varying degrees of all the artists I spoke to, so rich is particularity of each life. This recital was my first chance to hear her extraordinary gifts as a musician. I’m not competent to give a critic’s account of Kaoru’s performance, but I had a wonderful and memorable evening.

Classical music is not usually associated with what arts policy calls ‘cultural diversity’. But diversity was everywhere last night. Here was a Japanese musician settled in Britain and playing work by composers from Germany, Poland, France and Austria to an audience with evident variations of culture, age, background and so on. We had gathered in a late 18th century building imitating a 13th century style thought suitable for a religion rooted in Palestine and Rome. And we listened, among other pieces, to a Mozart sonata that imitated the musical styles of the Turkish forces that had besieged Vienna a century before its composition.

Diversity was everywhere and completely ordinary, not worth commenting on, even here, except that it is so often made into a problem. But last night, as so often in everyday life, it was what we shared as human beings that brought us together around that piano: a gift and a regular marvel.

Kaoru Bingham recital


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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Embossing Blessings

Lightwork is not for wimps.
It's tough.

Ross asked me last night how I felt. He said to write a blog about it today.

Basically, I had thought with the first suicide threat, that after getting my boy to the doctor, starting the insulin resistance diet, going to a nutritionist, and getting counseling was going to 'fix things'.

Instead, he's had nightmares about his old teacher, been controlling and clingy, and as my very dear friend put it, 'I need a little me time.' She sent me links to camps here, even for a couple days, where he can go...

It's the realization that it's the Long Haul that got to me last night.

That, and the lack of sleep from the interruptions every few minutes from weather hazard alerts on my cell phone (there are flash floods in this county), the really close and loud thunder and lightning, and my being hungry in the middle of the night.

See this photo up top?

My son was lying in fetal position at the booth at Zippy's yesterday at lunch.

I didn't know what to do. It was the low sugar that makes him do that, along with his moods that I frankly don't understand...

Then I saw this beautiful pattern of flowers and vines on my napkin.

I come from California, the land of ugly brown recycled 'good for nature and not for your sense of beauty--one-hundred percent utilitarian napkins.'

I thanked God for whoever put the extra effort into this, and for however it got to me.

That's why I took a picture of it.

I also took a picture of my rabbit too. It's not just any rabbit. It's a rabbit with a bow tie! LOL.

It worked.

Light working is about being resourceful, and keeping your head when things are not so easy all around you.

Light workers don't carry big sticks.

We carry Source and our connection to it.

Mom? What's wrong? asked my son as I made him his breakfast.

I was trying to hide the tears as I warmed up my leftovers from breakfast yesterday.
(In Hawaii, we like our breakfast with rice).

What started it was his wanting fresh eggs scrambled instead of the heated up microwave leftovers.

I realized it was easier to cook them than argue.

So the leftover eggs and rice were for me. I had wanted papaya for breakfast.

I also shared how sad I was. I had hoped perhaps Ross would 'just show up somehow' and stay with us at our vacation here in Hawaii, like really show up.

This is no accident this came through today--

I miss Ross.

Then I saw the heart--in the rice. I stopped and took a picture of it.

Ross gave message to my son for me. He gave it.

Then he played this--Ross makes things 'pop up' on Pandora, and I have a 'sense' of the energy behind it. He played Ke Kali Nei Au, from the Island Treasures Kohala CD.

If you are anything remotely Hawaiian, you will know that song, what it means, and why I lost it completely--so close and yet so far, my beloved Ross is for me.

I actually sat on the couch and sobbed into a paper towel.

My boy sat next to me, and asked, 'are those sad or happy tears?'

I explained they were both, how I miss Ross so very much, and how thankful I am my boy is here incarnate with me, and gave  him a hug. I told him about my soul's home in Sirius, how it is so much better than what is here on Gaia, and how I miss that energy of home so very much too.

I said it is as if I was in the military, deployed in Iraq, and away from all of this and everyone I love and all things I know.

I cleaned up the breakfast dishes after I pulled myself together. The song ended...taking all its magic and closeness I felt too...

When I put the leftover pancake away, and folded the lid, for the first time, I saw this. My assignment 'made it' to the 'to go' container and was beautiful in every way.

And I gave thanks again.

Spirit says to play this song and to provide the link to the blog post, so I shall:

He Mele No Lilo with English Subtitles

This is the first time I understood the words of this song, although my soul has always understood it effortlessly, to the point of making me cry uncontrollably. Here is the blog post Spirit requests, too:

Aloha and Mahalos,

Reiki Doc

P.S. I think Lemuria is coming back. Like, in our lifetime. The energy is really strong here. I feel it. Hawaii is the lost mountaintops, all that remains, of this continent that sank.

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Monday, July 4, 2016

Thoughts -- Gaia News Brief 4 July 2016

Ross is going to talk more today. I sense it.  You know, I've always been like this, perhaps a little less in the past than I am now. But I have my Certificate to 'prove' to others I am psychic. I've completed the training with over one hundred sixty two hours, the beautiful piece of certificate paper bordered in gold with my teacher's signature on it tells the world!

(I shake my head and 5D no one needs the certificates, they just ARE! <3 )

Someone the other day told me she hadn't spoken to me for a while because Spirit had 'thrown her a sucker punch'.  I smiled. Our most valuable lessons are sometimes like that. Not in a bad way, but getting us to the point where as a soul we can appreciate and SEE what we are sent here to learn...The only reason I mention it at all is that she thought she was someone, it turns out she wasn't...but the whole time I could read the energy signature, and I knew.  I wasn't sure who she was or wasn't but I could sense from a distance that there was vibrational inconsistency between her assumed belief and what spiritual past incarnation she was.

Does this make sense?

I also told someone yesterday--it takes Moxie on my part--that 'perhaps I have had a FEELING that you were possibly so and so incarnate--does this resonate with you?'

Again, I am correctly reading the energy signatures and I have no doubt in my mind. I never forget a face! LOL. But gently, slowly, by ways of Spirit, we do not put others into shock over who they are.

Take me for example. I'd spoken to Blessed Mother for twenty years. Joseph too. I had memories of their house, and being welcome there. In meditation I could walk around and visit. Mary had shown me a little room where I was always welcome to stay. A low bed, a mattress filled with straw. A bedside table. A chair. Not even a desk. It was like adobe the construction and there was a single small window. I spent many a time there. I recall talking to Joseph at his work bench, and asking him what was Jesus' favorite toy growing up?

It was a wooden camel, with wheels, you could pull on a string. It pleased me much to see it, and to think of Our Lord as a happy child, before all the rest happened.

I couldn't figure it out. Mary had coached me tremendously, and told me my imperative was to always be humble (which thanks to my childhood friends, Jackie, Angie, Lisa, Melissa, I AM!  I would never be 'stuck up'...they wouldn't let me! LOL)...

Mary had told me in this incarnation she had given me the gifts of Wit, Verve, and Charm.

I knew my Task was To Show The Dying How Close They Are To God.

This was almost twenty years before I ever heard of Reiki.

With all this, it still took someone else to tell me I was a Seraphim. I never in a million years would have guessed it.  Usui-sensei showed himself to her, and asked for her help, because, 'Carla is a little slow at connecting the dots.'

It took a homeless person in some northern European country on Twitter calling me My Lady, My Lady, My Lady to ever think it could be remotely true. Why would this person who thinks he is Christ--and by the energy signatures it didn't appear to be possible, although there WAS some spiritual energy in his words that I hadn't seen anywhere else--call me this?! He was delusional, without a doubt!

When I found out, about my own soul identity, I was in shock for two weeks!

I felt betrayed, and was upset.  I thought Blessed Mother loved me for who I am, for me, as a soul, not through him!  I thought she loved me for my own qualities. How could I be related to her?

So...this is going to tickle you to find out how things work...they had an intervention.  Just like on Earth. Everyone sitting in a circle on cheap metal folding chairs.  I shared my astonishment--How could THIS be TRUE?!

I remember Joseph and Mary looking at me, looking at the ground, and nodding in agreement that it was true. Joseph said I wasn't supposed to find out yet, and not in the way I did, it was an accident, but it was true.

There was a whole circle of people sitting in those chair, who I never even knew, but I felt their energy.  HE wasn't there. I recall that.

I couldn't understand the rest of the reason why I was here, in my own life, or what I was needed to do.

I still haven't figured that one out, to be honest. I love healing. I help a lot of people. And I LOVE them with my whole heart. I really do. I can't describe how I can love all of these people I've never met in person who I know online.  But I can read their energy signatures. Some of which are quite familiar...and give me great consolation.

I focus on healing myself. And connecting to Source. Ross helps me with this very much.

When he was little, he had red hair, and his nickname was Rosso. That's why he is Ross to me.

And to him, I am his Amee.  (Ah-mee). That was my name at the time. But now, he calls me His Beloved, or Carla.  And he always has a warm, beautiful smile.

(Ross gives me permission to share my thought. This is the one I was going to write, or so I thought when I sat to the computer.  It touched me deeply, the stories of children 'going quiet' after their vaccinations. Two kids both got affected--totally normal the day before--twins--after their shot. As a medical person I thought, 'what if it is the nurse?'  We always draw back before we inject, although, sometimes we forget this rule. And intravascular injection would most certainly bring the thimoserol to a peak concentration in the bloodstream as opposed to an intramuscular one which would be more slow.  The other 'image' that flashed through my mind is that the bottles of vaccine are prepared like Russian Roulette--not every one is the same amount of 'bad'.  Only one in a certain number would be sub-lethal, and have the desired effect. This way it would be harder to detect. If ALL of them did it the public wouldn't accept it. But if the specs were deliberately or accidentally 'off' just enough, we would see the results. It's a horrible tragedy. I know reports of declassified information that said HIV was deliberately injected into Haitians who were getting Hepatitis B vaccinations in the 1980's just to have a model to study how HIV and AIDS would progress in a population. I attached a link to that somewhere in one of my writings, I forget where it is now but it's there.  Either way, the truth will come out in the end. I pray for this constantly, for all of humanity to be safe from this terror which is imposed upon us while we are told to celebrate our 'freedom'...)

I love what Carla has written. Don't you?

Some of you, at the top of your mind, (he taps his head--ed) are asking the question, 'Where am I in all of this?'

(he leans back, and smiles gently--ed)  I know you.

And deep in your heart, you know who I am,

There is recognition.

(he touches his face--ed)  It's not just of my face, although Carla loves to kiss it. It brings her great joy to see my face intact, and not marred by the act of violence that brought my death.

It's our souls.

There were many, many people who I have met while I was on the planet. It brought me great joy to know you back in the day, back in those times. And also at this time. For I am close to everyone who ever worked with me.

I want you to enjoy this, our connection.

It is blessed.

And by extension, so also are YOU! (he smiles a great big smile, showing his teeth, with so very much warmth and love and compassion--ed)

Together we have been through a lot!

And we are now on our way!

(clap! clap!)

I appreciate you. I thank you for all you have ever done to help me, in all you have done and ever shall do, to ease the Ascension of both Gaia and all humanity.

Aloha and Mahalos,

Ross and Carla
The Reiki Doc Couple

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Heartbreak, violence and controlled aggression...

These, in my opinion, are the three most important traits of Mr Nick Cave. I've long been a fan of his work with the Bad Seeds and in more recent years, Grinderman. During my journey through the musical repertoire of Uncle Nick I also found his work pre-Bad Seeds with The Birthday Party.

I've only read his first book, And the Ass Saw the Angel, and as a writer he's as accomplished as any household name out there, if not as well known. He really is a wizard with words, an evil Gandalf if you will. Before you all comment telling about his second book, I know all about it, I just haven't gotten round to reading Cave's second mindfuck, but I will. Bunny Munroe seems like a dude I would like to get to know.

Cave's musical outputs are however what I want to talk about. The Birthday Party was a noisy, disjointed, post punk ensemble and delivered their music with a ferocity and energy that I've not really encoutered since. Keep in mind that this is from 1982 and from Australia. This is pretty crazy stuff, even I can admit that.

Here you go, Junkyard...

I must admit, I don't listen to the Birthday Party as much, but the Bad Seeds and Grinderman are two entirely different monsters.

From the first time I heard Murder Ballads (his seminal album in my humblest of opinions), I was intrigued by Cave. We share a fascination of the bizarre, the ultra violent and of course, love. Nick Cave writes a lot of love songs, but real love songs. They're twisted, warped and dark, but they're also brutally honest. Just the way I like it. Here's an example...

He's most known for his collboration with Kylie, if I would hazard a guess, but I think Grinderman may have the potential to overshadow his already supreme influence on the creative world. his albums with the Bad Seeds are crammed full of passive aggressive anger and more dark undertones than a Burzum record. However, Grinderman is his release from all of that. It's noisy, messy and crammed full of bad attitude. I can't get enough of it.

Proof for you...

So there you have it. If you like your music / reading matter dark and twisted, without it losing any of it's edge, Nick Cave is your man. He also wrote a film, The Proposition. So I can honestly say that I consider him a Jack of all trades, and he rips every single one to shreds, just like Stagger Lee fucked up that stupid barman. As you can find out below.

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Lambda expressions are not delegates

There is allot of confusion gotesing on in the .NET community when it comes to Lambda expressions.
Allot of blog posts out there claiming that Lambdas are simply another way to write delegates, or rather anonymous delegates.

Lambda expressions and delegates are two different things.

Delegates are always delegates.
Even anonymous delegates will always be turned into “normal” delegates in compiled code.

There is a one to one mapping in the source code to the compiled representation of a delegate.

Lambda expressions however, can be compiled into two different things.
They can be compiled into either delegates OR Linq Expression Trees.

In the cases where a lambda expression have been compiled into a delegate, then sure, they result in the same thing.

But since there is no way to know what a lambda expression will be compiled into just by looking at it.

SomeMethod( x => x.Substring(10) );

By looking at that code, one can ASSUME that it will execute the string method “Substring” once the lambda is invoked.
But there is no way to know for sure unless you know what argument type the “SomeMethod” has.

void SomeMethod (Func<string,string> func)

In this case we can be certain that the code we pass will be executed exactly as we intended.

But in this case:

void SomeMethod (Expression<Func<string,string>> exp)

We still pass the exact same snippet of code, but we can no longer be certain what will happen with the snipped of code we passed.
It MIGHT be executed the way we assume, but it might just as well be transformed into SQL code or even a Ruby snipped that is saved to disc and then executed in a Ruby engine.

So this is what I consider to be a huge difference between anonymous delegates and lambda expressions.

In the delegate case you can be 100% certain that the code will execute exactly as stated.
And in the lambda case, it might be executed outside of the .NET run-time in some completely different context.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Must be Tuesday

Why do I bother? Typically, I have a sense I have not accomplished much of anything. Yet, it remains something I am compelled to continue to do because the alternative would be more than a sense of doing nothing but the reality of having done nothing.

I know I am not commanded to fast. I know fasting is not a guarantee or the quick (given the topic I chose this as the best word choice) track to spirituality. Up until about eight months ago fasting had never been a regular part of my life in my thirty years in the Lord. Then, from what I can only describe as an inner cry for my family, I purposed a time of fasting. I determined to declare a fast of four days. I will say my sustenance was limited to water. I can not remember if I had any coffee (black, no cream, no sugar) but I honestly can't remember.

What I cannot say, I am ashamed to admit, is that I feasted heavily on the word. Yes, the word was very much on my mind. Hunger pretty much subsided after the second day. Sitting with my family or co-workers during mealtime was not a struggle. I maintained, as I determined I would, my daily two-mile walk regimen. My dedicated time of prayer was not such as I could commend to anyone.

So, as I reflect on that initial time of fasting what did I gain? I pose this question mainly to show yet another example of my (I may be the only one) problem thinking to think fasting is for gain. The fruit of my fasting is that the Spirit has started in me what has become a regular, weekly practice of dedicating a day of fasting unto the Lord. I accept the charge that this sounds pious, but I will stand by it that it is unto the Lord. I have learned through many experiences how God answers my pray and prayerful requests only to go undiscerned by me until much later. God is too good. How can I say that when I turned around one month and added a second day to my weekly fast? God knows. He knows whether it was from the perspective of God-did-you-not-see-did-you-not-hear or Oh-God-my-God.

I have an abiding conviction founded in Jesus. He was without a doubt the ultimate spiritual man. Still, he never claimed it. He never taught his disciples from the How-to-Be-Spiritual manual, but he did model it for them as for us. Yet, the most captivating aspect of Jesus is that with the exception of that purposeful 40 day fast in the wilderness everything he taught and demonstrated the life of a spiritual in the streets among men, not from a mountaintop refuge. I would rather stumble in the street than fall off a mountaintop.

I no more mention my fasting here as some achievement than I care to reveal that when co-workers ask why I am not eating. My tenuous, brief reply: "It's Tuesday." Should they inquire further I elaborate. Tuesday is coming and I am compelled to do _ something.

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What is truth?

an angst filled moment

During the final hours of his life on earth Jesus was shuttled from one Jewish authority to another. Then, from one Roman official to another before finally standing to hear false accusations against him in a mock trial. One of those officials was Pontius Pilate, the governor. The night before Pilate’s wife had experienced a dream concerning Jesus. When she saw Jesus before her husband she went and urged Pilate not to have anything to do with Jesus and informed him that she had suffered in a dream which involved Jesus.

Pilate found himself in a predicament. If he released Jesus Pilate feared that he himself might be falsely accused by the Jews before Caesar of abetting the impostor king, Jesus. It was in this angst filled moment that Pilate, perhaps in a bit of hair-pulling exasperation, fired back this question in response to Jesus’ words:

What is truth?

What Pilate did not realize was that Jesus had just answered Pilate’s question before Pilate asked it.

Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”

perspective: a clue for Pilate

Jesus presented Pilate with a contrast to the falsehoods against Jesus which were made by the Jews to Pilate. Truth, unlike falsehoods, is to be heard and listened to if one is to know the truth. It does not appear, at least from the text, that Pilate grasped the clues or meaning of the words spoken by Jesus. If Pilate did not grasp the overt message of Jesus it was not because it was too complex or convoluted. Rather, it was more likely because he allowed himself to be distracted by the falsehoods:

“Don’t you hear how many things they testify against you?”

Jesus gave Pilate a small but significant clue when he referred to the reason for which he had come into the world, namely, that truth is a perspective. How, you may ask is truth a perspective? Those words spoken to Pilate are intended just as much for our understanding, too. If we profess truth is relevant and that it is important to us shouldn’t we have an understanding beyond mere platitudes and slogans? How does your understanding of truth impact your decisions and actions in your proclamation of Jesus as Lord and Savior, in your relationships with co-workers, with your significant other, with your husband or wife on involving morality, justice, etc.?

platitudes and slogans

Here are some of those platitudes and slogans parroted as much by theists as by atheists. Truth is subjective. There are many truths. Truth is relative. Truth is objective. Truth is experiential and perhaps, or what some tout as the trump card of them all; truth is absolute. All these, like so many slogans and catchy phrases make for great sound bites, but they do not reveal or convey an understanding about truth or of the truth.

the truth that frees

Truth is a message which reverberates throughout the gospel of John. It was to the Jews whom Jesus made this well known declaration:

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.

But John also relates numerous instances when  Jesus defined truth over and over and those who listened; heard it. This is not mere philosophic coffee table talk.

The past: Jesus declared that he came from the Father.
As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me. (5:30)
the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me. (5:36)
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. (6:38)
I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me. (7:29)
If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me. (8:42)
The present: Jesus declared why he was in the world.
As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me. (5:30)
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. (6:38)
The future: Jesus declared where he was going.
Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? (6:62)
Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me. (7:33)
Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father. (14:12)

What emerges from these few sample passages from the gospel of John is that truth is not so much objective, subjective, experiential or absolute as much as it is a perspective. Jesus did not merely expound a lexicon definition of truth as much as he graphically demonstrated and exemplified truth through his own teaching ministry and his life.

The single, brief clue which Jesus declared to Pilate, for this reason I have come into the world, was to call Pilate’s attention to the past from where Jesus claimed as his place of origin. His place of origin was not this world. The purpose, or reason, for the life of Jesus was revealed and lived out openly and publicly long before the falsehoods which Pilate heard against Jesus. It was that, I should testify to the truth in this present life, in this present world. These two clues on the perspective of truth were to suffice for the unbelieving Pilate. He was not to hear the testimony from Jesus that He had come from the Father or that he was going back to the Father. (future) Even later when Pilate became afraid when heard the Jews declare that Jesus had made himself the Son of God John relates that Pilate asked Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.

those who listen to the truth

What is this truth which Jesus declared makes free those who know? It is when one can look at their past, present and future with the full acknowledgment and acceptance of their deeds, both good and bad, and cease to be enslavement to those things any longer. Why is that such knowledge of truth has such power to make one free? It is because while none of us remember our birth in the past and are alive today; death is the appointment every one of has in the future. It is nothing more than our response to the evil we committed in the past or are doing in the present which is cause either for our confidence and joy or our misery and hopelessness.

Those who listen to the truth and understand the claims of Jesus concerning himself will whether in a moment of angst pose the same question to themselves: where did I come from? why am I here? where am I going?

Many years ago I used to hear a radio program in the San Francisco Bay area which opened with this statement. Perspective: The relationship of parts to one another. Jesus declared that truth can make one free. Life without the strangulating grip of our past, present and future is to be free. Those who ponder and can relate without fear to all the parts of their lives from their past, present and future are free.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. 7  If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have seen him.”

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Braided Calzone

February 13, 2012

A picture of this has been floating around pinterest,though I never really found an exact recipe on the pics I clicked. I decided to try it out last night using up some of what I already had in the fridge.The possibilities are of course endless,wrapping your fillings up and braiding the dough like a gift of yummy goodness. Without a doubt, making your own dough would be a plus. Being the cook and not the baker a ball of ready made dough worked just fine and having prepped the fillings early in the day,was a thirty minute quick meal.

  • 1 ball of pizza dough,enough for 12″ pizza
  • 1/2 – 3/4  tomato sauce,depending on how “saucey” you like yours
  • 1/3 lb. hamburger,browned,seasoned,and drained well
  • 2-3 medium/large mushrooms,medium dice,sauteed
  • 1 large sweet onion,sliced and carmelized
  • 3 oz.fresh  (if available) mozarella
  • 2-3 T. cornmeal

Dust your rolling surface with some cornmeal.Roll out your dough into as even a rectangle as possible,approximately 11″ x 14″.

Transfer your dough to your baking stone or sheet,which has been sprinkled with additional corn meal. My stone was a little short,so I ended up snipping some of the dough off the ends. Next time, I will use a rectangular baking sheet.Spoon your sauce down the middle,making a little street for the next layers to travel on.

On your sauce layer: ground meat,mushrooms,onions and cheese.

Using sharp kitchen shears, cut into your dough from the sides,but not going in as far as your filling. Fold up the bottom over filling.Cross each cut over your filling,alternating sides. (I apologize my picture of this did not come out-but when it is in front of you it is easy to figure out the pattern) I also tucked the end of each piece inside, next to the filling, so no little nubs were sticking out of the braid.Continue to the opposite side,fold the other end in over your last braiding.

Bake in a 375 degree oven for 25-30 minutes. Transfer to cooling rack so bottom does not get soggy.

Slice with a sharp serrated edge knife and…enjoy. Whatever combiation filling you use,steak and cheese,Italian coldcuts,roasted veggies and cheese for  a vegetarian version, all the better wrapped in this blanket of  dough.

Now how cute is this? Jess and her family made this – stuffed with sauce, salami, pepperoni, ground beef, black and green olives,  onions, green peppers, provolone and mozzarella cheese.  Olive eyes and a green pepper mouth adds his personality!

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  1. I am almost ashamed to say…I have made this at least once a week since the first time. If I have any kind of ingredients in the fridge that sound good on pizza. IT IS ON!

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Sold. Mossy Trail – 1084 hunter with Hawaiian Koa, clay quenched

Here’s my latest knife for sale. A drop point hunter pattern that will be part of my permanent line-up. This is the first one I have completed in this pattern.

Made from Aldo’s 1084 steel, clay quenched and etched to show the cool quench line. Hand stropped to a wicked sharpness.

The handle is made from a really nice piece of figured Hawaiian Koa. Has some brilliant chatoyance and the pictures just don’t do it justice.

OAL: 8-3/4″
Blade Length: 4″
Blade width: 1-1/4″ at the ricasso
Blade: 5/32″ down to a distal taper at the point. Full flat grind, this thing will be a slicing machine!
Carbon fibre pins and stainless steel lanyard tube
Comes with a hand stamped leather sheath

$180 USD shipped TYD in Conus and Canada. I will also ship to other areas, just email or PM me for a shipping quote. First to say I’ll take it, followed by a PM or email gets it. Posted on multiple sites, so I will go by time stamp.

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Monday, June 29, 2009

Funny things make me sad when she's away

Monkeyfish is visiting the bio-Dad right now. In some ways, the break is nice. It's easier to get some household projects done with only one child to care for, for example. You would think I would be able to work on my novel, too . . . but there's the focus issue. I'm distracted.

I go to the grocery store, and cantaloupes make me sad. They're her favorite.

I see a long legged girl running down the street and for a moment my heart lifts, until I see that it's not her.

As I work on the house, all that organizing I find it hard to do during school, I find small things that she left about.

It's hard to go in her room to put away her clothes.

Come home to me soon, baby. I miss you too much.

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First Day, First Job :D

I joined the Delhi office of the law firm I am working for yesterday. Day before I wasn’t so excited to join. I have no idea why? But then, yesterday after the introductory session and other sessions, I realized I have so many knowledgeable people around me and so many things to learn. The people are warm, humble and most importantly, not crazy. Yes, I mean they use logic and reason and also expect others to do the same 😀

I am happy and yes I think I am satisfied. I have lots and lots of learning to do and I think I am quite ready for it. However, I still feel like an intern while in the office. The feeling of being an Associate hasn’t dawned on me yet. But anyways, I am liking whatever I am experiencing and I am looking forward to many more good learning experiences.

So Gappa sent me this love letter before a night before I joined the office. And I love her for this and of course many more things 😛 I am copying the letter here (I hope you don’t mind it Gappa), because I just want to post it, you know. Maybe because of the magical pull of public display of affection 😀

To my little darling,

I thought I should write to you because you might get bored listening to all the good old things and I might get choked up in the process.

Love, tomorrow you start a new phase of your life,something you might have waited for through all the growing years. Sometimes would have waited even more desperately when in bad money crunch or some conditions at home.
I just want wish you all the very best in everything you do at your work starting tomorrow. May you enjoy learn and grow in the process. There will be times when the feeling of being financially independent will be overwhelming, at the other times it might make you sick. None of them will last forever. Just keep in mind work is a part of life just like eating and sleeping are and for people like us it is something that keeps the spirits up. Make sure you give it your 100% in the starting years, do not bother about the money as long as it pays your bills in the first few years. Learn and absorb as much as you can.
Now you will meet new people, intelligent, over smart, workaholics, time killers….a whole bunch of all of them. Take time to judge them and do not trust easily. I write this because it is difficult to find like minded people in offices.Try and talk to everybody. I am very bad at it, but sure you can make good conversations.  You might be lucky to get guidance from wonderful seniors and lovely colleagues, but maintain distance unless you are too sure of them.
Take care of your health. Work might pull you to easier eating options and junk. Try to indulge less in junk and more towards healthier options. If you cant cook at all, make sure you have your fill of salads and fruits. Try a little harder to improve on taking care of yourself. Take out a little time for exercise, make exercise a schedule atleast on weekends and drink lots of water.Try to drink more water before lunch and make sure you drink 2 liters of water in office hours.
Please always be alert of your safety,make sure you leave work on time. If late try to reach straight home after work. Be careful while walking on roads, do not keep your eyes on your mobile while commuting. Please be aware of your surroundings.
Make savings a habit, I am sure you already do that but just wanted to emphasize. Take time off when you get a chance, and indulge in something that makes you happy. An art, craft, yoga, dancing, singing or reading. Shop for lovely stuff in Delhi and bring some for me too. 😛
May you have a wonderful and happy work life! 🙂
God bless you Sweetheart! All the very best! 🙂
So this mail like totally pulled it off for me. I was so happy to read it. I didn’t reply at the same time because I wanted to write patiently and when my mind was at peace.
To my everything,
I don’t get bored while listening to you. I interrupt because I know you might get choked up in the process 😀
As I said, I was not really excited about joining the office. I missed home, you, toothless and everything else. But then, I think it will get easier day by day. Strangers might become friends and all I need to have is optimism. It has just been two days of work (not really work) and I am already looking forward to the 15th August weekend so that I can come back home. Explains my state, pretty much, eh? 😛
I will. I will try and learn and absorb and remember as much as I can. Because I know this is a wonderful opportunity and I would be a total idiot to let it go waste. I promise you, that maybe it will take a little time and patience for me to get into the work mode from the student mode, but I will never ever disappoint you. I will never let yo down.
Believe it or not, but this is the biggest lesson that college has taught me. To not trust people easily. I will not make the same mistakes again, the ones I made while in college when it came to being friends with the wrong people.
I will definitely take care of myself. After gaining 5-6 kg’s, I am far more terrified than you are. Imagine not being able to wear all your clothes only because you have stupidly and very foolishly gained weight. As soon as I shift at the right place, I will eat healthy and live healthy. Promise 😀
I am always alert. And I never keep my eyes on the cellphone while walking on the road or otherwise as well. Who told you that? I always move in the city tightly clutching my handbag and looking at every person like I can read their minds and know what their next action is going to be. In fact please do not worry about my safety. I may act foolish sometimes, but I am not one, atleast entirely 😛
Yes. I will save and then we will buy a home with a kitchen garden 😀 And you can plant all the roses, lilies, sunflowers, aloe vera et al. We will also have french windows and a terrace garden too. We will buy a new dining table and momsy’s favorite sofa set. 😀
yayayayayayay !! We are the coolest 😛
Love you.

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    • I was so nervous, I reached late all sweaty and looking like I haven’t bathed in a century. But then, I eventually realized all of the people at my workplace look like that 😛

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Why Nobody Wants To Be Called Middle-Aged

Has anyone ever sat down and wondered at their old photos? It’s my lovely little sister’s sixteenth birthday today, and so we’re sat around, looking at photos from when we were both just tiny tots. And it’s hilarious. I was a victim of the perpetual bad hair day, and my sister just looked like a thug, with the biggest baby head I have ever seen. She also had an adorable little top-knot. It made her look a little bit like a teletubby. Does anyone remember tellytubbies? I used to quite like them.

I also quite enjoy looking at what your parents used to look like, twenty years ago before your teenager strops and tantrums turned them grey, or bald, or thin, or fat. It’s even more strange to look at them in long-forgotten holiday photos, before you were born, when your Mum was still blonde, and your Dad carried a slightly more svelte figure than you’ve ever seen. It’s really, really weird when you realise your mother was the dead spit of you, and therefore you catch something of a glimpse at what you will look like in middle-age.

I always think the phrase ‘middle age’ has slightly negative connotations. The Middle Ages, in Britain at least, were dark, and smelly, on the whole. Technology hadn’t begun to advance, and people had come to something of an intellectual standstill. Illness was rife, death was more common than a bucket of sewage on the head, and to add to this predicament, religious order was still a serious issue. As in, well, there wasn’t one. I think I’ve found the reason why nobody likes to be referred to as middle-aged.

And then there’s the problem of after middle-age. Old. Elderly. An older person. Nobody would ever want to be referred to as old, and I can imagine being unbelievably irritated if somebody had referred to me as old, even if I was about ninety-six years old. Anyway, I have to go, and carry on my excursion down memory lane. I apologise for my collection of thoughts on age; I’ve never known what it’s like to be old, but I suppose one day, it’ll creep right up on me.

Dorian and I? We Had a Fantastic Afternoon…

This afternoon, I sat down and watched the adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray, starring Colin Firth and Rebecca Hall. And I’ve never enjoyed a film adaptation of a novel so much in my life. Usually, I tend to rebel against them; I find them slightly abhorrent, and feel as though they potentially corrupt the value of the text itself. And whilst the novel shows some differences, the theme and concept remains completely the same. The essence of the text has been preserved; possibly the mark of some of the very best adaptations.

The adaptation very accurately and rather shockingly portrays the idea of the soul being revealed in a painting, a visual medium; the graphic image of the maggots quite literally eating away at the portrayal of the soul is a repulsive image. As humans, we reject the idea of decay, because we seek to survive and preserve. The brutality of Dorian Gray’s character as a result of impulse as portrayed in the film also represents the concept of excess, an almost epidemic problem in Wilde’s own lifetime. The sexual excesses in which Dorian indulges represents not necessarily the corruption of an entire era, but the effect these excesses have on Dorian. The effect on his psyche is spectacular; his aversion to the idea of multiple partner experiences soon changes to an insatiable appetite for every sexual indulgence possible; from the sadomasochistic, to the bi-sexual.

Dorian's first visit to the Opium Den. (1)

Decadence appeals to my frugal sense of the self because it is a luxury I lack both as a student, and as a person who works, and who realises the value of money. To be allowed a window into this world of unimaginable excess is therefore highly appealing, and Wilde as an author created small moments of complete, unrestrained indulgence for a reader, with an almost unrivalled level of skill. As a Victorian, he escaped from the restrained morality dictated by Christianity and entered a hitherto unexplored arena, notably examining the right of man to engage in homosexual activity without legal condemnation. Wilde’s trial was less focussed on condemning him for a clearly defined breach of legality; instead, the trial sought to persecute a lifestyle, instead of one element of a person’s possible activities.

The adaptation not only focussed on the destruction of Dorian’s soul, sacrificed on the altar of beauty, but also the influence of Lord Henry, the narcissistic uncle figure who first introduces the young man to the carnal and chemical pleasures of the world has to offer, most strikingly in the first visit to the opium den. The Lord himself dreams of a lifestyle of profound excess, however never quite has the courage to complete the dream; perhaps he has a conscience that is unrealised, and perhaps he cannot fathom exposing his soul to such complete tyranny; for those who harbour superstitions within themselves, it is simply an impossible notion to risk eternal damnation to such a degree as Dorian does. Dorian however lacks one of the fundamental elements of existence, in that he has no boundaries; no real influence telling him where he ought to draw the line, and to this end, he sacrifices his soul on the altar of beauty and physical pleasure.

I would recommend watching the film alongside reading the novel; it certainly brings to light some of the more subtle ideas of the novel and emphasises the value of aesthetic beauty in relation to the soul. Not only is the novel spectacularly on form, the lighting and scene cuts add a great deal of atmosphere to proceedings. I hope you enjoy it!

(1) http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2010/163/b/b/The_Opium_Den_by_FroschiLove.png

A Proposal From Mr. J. Swift

Eighteenth century English satire is perhaps one of the most sophisticated of the literary periods. It subtlety satirizes, or makes ridiculous, the institutions that existed at the time, including the government, the treatment of children, and indeed social structures themselves. Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope were both famed satirists in their way, respectively Juvenalian and Horatian in style. Jane Austen was also a satirical writer, writing a critique of the restraints of the upper and lower classes, in an often amusing fashion.

A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, was written by Jonathon Swift in 1729, at the height of satirical importance in English literature. Swift was a famed satirist, however his complete body of works does not sit comfortable in either a Juvenalian or Horatian category of satirical writing specifically. This particular work however is broadly considered to be a Juvenalian text, combating issues of morality, such as the man’s treatment of his wife with ridiculous sentiments such as her usefulness as a “breeder”. It is this incredibly powerful juxtaposition that provokes the mind to consider these sentiments in all seriousness.

Mr. Swift (1)

Juvenalian satire is an angry, biting form of satire, using morality to create a situation in which contempt can be provoked. In A Modest Proposal there are certainly a number of these elements, such as his extreme derision towards himself as a narrator, and the continued references to human children as delicious meats for the wealthy, products of a “breeder”. Whilst it is strikingly obvious that this is a satirical condemnation of the poverty and lack of government awareness in Ireland at the time, Swift himself may have to a certain extent supported these ideas. There are however, also elements of Horatian satire in the pamphlet; Horatian satire is a gentler form of derision that is motivated more towards amusing the audience, as opposed to repulsing them. There are very few elements of his kind of satire in this text; for instance, the suggestion that the cannibalistic behaviour would lead to a more loving marital situation is astounding, especially since it suggests that men would view their wives in the same way as they view their livestock.

Swift himself attempted to protect the oppressed in Ireland, specifically those who lived under the control of the English (often absentee) landowners, and the Irish Parliament, which was dominated by English influences. Despite being an Anglo-Protestant himself, and being elected Dean of St. Patrick’s Church very reluctantly, he sought to protect the Irish against the Anglo-Protestant classes, using very serious sermons to spread a message. Most significantly however, Swift went to the power of the pen, and wrote pamphlets such as A Modest Proposal that highlighted the issues of poverty in such a severe way that it was impossible to ignore such an extreme mode of communication. Swift had huge psychological problems with being connected by blood to Ireland, and appears to have had a very complex psychological stance on identity and society as a whole. Nevertheless, he sought to speak out against the huge issues of poverty that he saw in the streets on a daily basis. These problems included infanticide, begging, and prostitution. Due to his position as a senior member of the church, Swift often experienced these issues first hand.

For those who haven’t yet started to look at satire, then I’d say that you should if only for the entertainment value; without considering the social implications, the satirical texts tend to be amusing on a superficial level. That surely is the point of satire; to amuse, whilst causing somewhere, in the subconscious, a consideration of the meaning of the text. We never have been able to fully understand the subconscious; and in the same way that we don’t understand fully how dreams are formed, we don’t understand what makes us think of ideas in the way that we do. A testament to the power of satire is how it has continued to be a significant genre even today, especially in television. Satire is fundamentally amusing, and often hides the more serious implications of satire for society within its fabric.

(1) http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/images/jonathan-swift.jpg


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Fighting the Urge to Spend Part 2

Last post I covered how we can be tempted into spending money while trying to become financially free.  Unfortunately, the urge to spend will still be there even after you have control of your finances (take a look at my sneaker incident).  So what are some ways one can control this urge?  Here are some tips that I have gathered that have worked for me in the past:

  • For the married folks.  Don’t ever let money be an issue between the two of you.  I believe that everyone should have a hand on the household finances even if one is more knowledgeable about it than the other.  A simple yet great tip I found was to always discuss any spending over $100.  That way, at the end of the month there shouldn’t be any surprises when you are reviewing your monthly budget.
  • Use the 24-48 hour rule.  My brother is a tech geek.  He loves anything doing with technology.  Naturally, he loves going to electronics stores and seeing the latest and greatest.  So when the newest thing comes out, he gets that must have feeling.  One of the ways he fights the urge of spending money on gadgets is using the 24-48 hour rule.  If he really gets that feeling that he needs to buy an item, he waits between 24-48 hours and the feeling usually deteriorates.  He understands that what he had was a compulsive buying feeling where the satisfaction is only from buying the item right then and there, and not necessarily because he wants it for the long run.  I find myself using this technique as well.
  • Limit the amount of time in temptation hot spots.  Temptation hot spots are places that you know make you want to spend money more than usual.  For me, any sporting good store or website dealing with sneakers are my temptation hot spots.  Just remember that we are limiting the amount of visits to these places.  I can definitely afford to buy some of the things I want so I sometimes walk into these stores to take a look.  But if I was trying to get out of debt, I would not even look at these places so I wouldn’t loose focus on the bigger picture of being financially free.
  • Have a constant reminder of your goal.  If your goal is to become debt free, why not keep in your wallet or purse a piece of paper with the amount of money you still owe written down.  When you see something you want, look at that paper and say to yourself, “do I need to add to this total?”.  Maybe you are saving for a car or a new home.  Have a picture of that in your refrigerator or with you to remind you about what you are saving for.  Get creative, and look at the bigger picture.
  • It’s okay to treat yourself.  All work and no play can make you dull.  If you save cash, have no debt, and are saving for the future, why not include a category in your budget where you can have some extra cash to buy that thing you like.

We are bombarded constantly by the media with the importance of buying stuff.  Many people become almost obsessed with the idea that the more stuff we have the better we will be.  Remember that these items are not what makes you happy.  Look at that old exercise machine you bought, or that gadget you have only used twice since you bought it.  Has it really made your life any better now?  The urge of buying is more than anything an urge for immediate satisfaction and less of a long term need.  Using the previous techniques can help you, but as always your will is what will carry you to do it.

So what are some spending blunders you had?  How do you fight the urge to spend?  I would love to read the ways you control your spending habits.

Fighting the Urge to Spend

If you are in the process of trying to get rid of debt and becoming financially stable, you have probably been tempted to spend your money on things that you don’t really need.  Even when you are already financially free, temptation can still hit you pretty hard.  I found myself in this scenario last week.

I love basketball.  Anybody who has a true passion for the sport knows that basketball sneakers and basketball itself go hand in hand.  That being said, basketball sneakers are what I call my kriptonite.  In other words, you put a pair of brand new sneakers in front of me, and the temptation to buy them becomes very irresistible.  When I was young and didn’t really think about saving or investing, a big part of my income was going into collecting shoes.  I amassed a collection of over 80 sneakers.  Many of this have gone unworn for years.  Flash forward to the present and I see the huge money error I committed.  Now that need to buy shoes has diminished, but I also make sure to stay away from stores and websites that sell or deal with the subject so I’m not tempted to go and buy another pair that I don’t need.

Now I am in the process of selling many of this shoes through eBay.  The good thing is that most of this shoes will make me a profit so I will have some extra cash to spend and save.  The bad thing is that to find out how much to charge for them I had to do some research on the very websites I’m trying to stay away from.  As I browse these websites, I found myself fighting the urge to buy more shoes!

So how can one fight temptation to spend money unnecessarily?  In the next post I will give some tips on how to do this.

Save to the Future Update

For the past two weeks updates have been slow to none.  I want to apologize to all the readers, but unfortunately my work schedule has made it difficult to sit in front of the computer and type.  It looks like I will be able to get back in two writing at least 3 articles a week again.  Thanks again for your support and readership.

Taking the First Step Into Savings

Last week, a friend and I began talking about saving for the future.  I told him about my current plans and how I’m saving about 20% of my income annually for retirement.  He told me he really has not saved anything.  Personal circumstances had put him in a situation where he thinks he can’t save for himself right now.  As the conversation progressed, he asked me for some advice.  What should I invest on?  Where do I do it?  How do I start?  His focus was more on the investing side of the equation.  I told him that right now, that is not as important as taking action.  The last question was what I thought was the most important one-How do I start?

If you ever wanted to loose weight, change jobs, or any type of situation that might require some deep thinking, the most important thing you can do is to take action.  Taking that first step is what will help lay the road for the future.  This concept is no different when talking about personal finance.  Don’t worry about the schematics of investing.  Worry about doing something to get you started.

The first step you should take should be taking a closer look into what you spend your money on.  I had asked my friend if he new what his income was after expenses.  He didn’t know.  I told him to just take a look at where his money is actually going.  Then, he will notice  that either A) He needs to find a way to increase his income B) Decrease his expenses C) Both.

It does not matter how large or how small the amount of savings you put aside is.  The important thing is to do it.  When I first started saving for retirement, I could only save about 50 dollars a month, sometimes even less.  But that didn’t discourage me.  In fact, it motivated me into saving even more.  When you start to see your savings grow, you want to keep feeding it more and more.  You start to notice that you can maybe save a little bit more this month.  As the next month rolls around, you noticed that you can save a little bit more.  Soon, saving will become a habit.

As the saying goes “the journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step”.  So open a high yield savings accountlive more frugally, read about personal finance, do whatever it takes to get the ball rolling in savings.

How To Write a Budget

Knowing where you are spending your money is a key in controlling your finances.  Most financial experts and amateur bloggers (like myself) suggest doing a monthly budget.  A budget is the best way to help you keep on track your income, expenses, and savings.  Whether you use a computer program or do it the old fashion way with a pencil and a piece of paper, the important thing is that you see where your money is going.

Every month, I sit down and plan the budget for the month and take a quick glance at the yearly budget.  I have a notebook that it is dedicated to this which I keep on my office desk.  At the top of the paper I write the month.  At one end I write my income and in the other the expenses.  Then, you simply subtract your income from the expenses, and you have your savings.  That’s it.  It doesn’t take more than 10 minutes to do.  Here is a simple explanation to the different parts of a basic budget:

Expenses.  When writing down your expenses, make sure to write down everything that is a necessary expense, such as bills, food, and maintenance.  I would also suggest adding a category for entertainment, and a category called buffer money.  The goal is to only spend exactly what you wrote down or less.  The category called buffer money will be used in case you underestimate a category.

Income.  This is simply the amount of money you get monthly after taxes.  If you are using automatic deposits (which I suggest) for your 401k and/or another type of long term investment, do not count it as part of your income.  Remember to always pay yourself first.  That way, you will have an automatic way to save for your retirement and future financial goals without worrying about budgeting for it.

The word budgeting has always had a negative connotation.  When my fiancee and I first started discussing it, she really irked at the sound of the word.  Now, after seeing her money grow, learning where her money is going, and gaining control of her finances, she looks forward to sitting down monthly and planning her budget.  Most people who have control of their finances have some sort of system to keep track of their spending.

I have given you a very basic starting point into how to write a budget.  Here are some useful links that can help you further with this subject:

These links are brought to you by JD at Get Rich Slowly.


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Located at LE BOISÉ DE LA CRÊTE (White path, Vanier)

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The location STDBC108  is in the municipality of St-Dominique-de-Bagot in the province of Quebec, Canada in Boisé de la Crête park (White path, Vanier). You can copy and send the GPS COORDINATES below if you need to tell your location or meet somebody at that location. Works with Google map app. and Here WeGo app.

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Shatondra Caldwell

CHIS 202 (WISE)

Professor Underwood

Rough Draft

The Origins and Violence of the Ku Klux Klan

When you think of racism what comes to mind? Do Martin Luther King Jr. and his walks against segregation in Selma, Alabama come to mind or Rosa Parks standing up for her rights and not giving up her sit for a white man? What about the kidnappings, murders and lynching of African Americans by the Ku Klux Klan? The Ku Klux Klan may be a subject that cross your mind but what is the real truth behind the KKK? The Klan was one of the most dangerous and brutal groups in America and change the view of violence, hatred and plain racism.

Beginning post civil war in 1866, the Ku Klux Klan was founded by Confederate civil war veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee. Some of the veterans included Captain John C. Lester, Major James R. Crowe and John D. Kennedy. [1]The Klan was named after the Greek word kuklos which means circle. The Ku Klux Klan means a circle of brothers. This new group was the very first KKK group and influenced many more groups to become a Klan during the reconstruction period in the United States. The reformation period was after the civil war and one reason for the \transformation was for the south. These meant effects to the government were shifting. Freedom for slaves was in question and will they have rights just like whites.[2] The Klan opposed this period and despised all whites who supported this reformation. They did not have a very organized structure but targeted specific groups including blacks, Jews and whites who encouraged the reformation period. The Klan did not get very far with their fight against this period. President Ulysses S. Grant shut down the Klan in 1871 because of their violence. The Ku Klux Klan was now a name known throughout the U.S. but when did the violence really start?

The second major Ku Klux Klan group started in Stone Mountain, Georgia in 1915, but took off in 1921 with recruitment. The Klan now had fees for initiation and costumes. [3]The costumes included white robe type with hoods and the eyes cut out.  This group spread rapidly nationwide. It grew more in cities in the Midwest and the West out of the South. This KKK taught of Americanism and purification of politics. With this also came racist teaching against blacks mainly. The violence increased with the more members who learned to hate. More and more violent activities happened in the south. Some local groups took part in attacks at private houses. This violence was not very brutal but did include burning houses and threats of killing. This second Klan was classified as a fraternal organization with a state and national structure. By the mid 1920’s the Klan had 4-5 million members. But the internal divisions against the members, and criminal behavior by leaders brought down the Klan. The membership dropped rapidly throughout the 1930s and later faded away in 1940s.

The third and last Ku Klux Klan was made in the early 1950s. This Klan is the most well known throughout the U.S. The 1950s was the start of African Americans standing up for their rights and taking the law into their own hands.

[1] Chalmers,David M. Hooded Americanism: The History of the Ku Klux Klan. 3 ed. North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1981.

[2] Martinez,James M. Carpetbaggers, Cavalry, and the Ku Klux Klan: exposing the invisible empire during Reconstruction. illstrated ed. Rowman and Littlefield Publisher, 2007.

[3] McVeigh, Rory. “Structural Incentives for Conservative Mobilization: Power Devaluation and the Rise of the Ku Klux Klan, 1915-1925.” 77, no. (1999):

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If you want your audience to quickly send you a predefined SMS using their smartphones, then the SMS QR Code is just what you need.

When this QR Code is scanned, a pre-loaded SMS will be generated on the users smartphone.

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1. Go to an SMS QR Code Generator.

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Facebook can be a great social network. However, it does have its risks. Almost every day, I hear about Facebook accounts being hacked or duplicated. That is why it is important to monitor Facebook’s privacy and Security settings. Taking simple steps can help protect someone’s personal information in an age of over sharing and public access.

There are 2 steps that can be taken to help protect privacy on Facebook. Both of these are found in the security settings. To get to Settings, on a desktop, go to the upper right-hand corner, to the carrot (arrow) and go to Settings.

The 2 features that are key to protecting yourself are Security and Privacy. Facebook has some great articles about these settings, and others, by visiting: facebook.com/help

There are 2 main parts that are helpful in the Security Settings.

  • Log-In Alerts: This alerts you when there is an unrecognized login
  • Two-Factor Authentification: This feature requires a second security code for any unrecognized device login.

Privacy has 3 areas to help protect your account.

  • Who can see my stuff?
  • Who can contact me?
  • Who can look me up?

Changing these settings, can add an extra layer of protection, so that Facebook can be enjoyed for the site it was meant to be. Enjoy networking with safety and privacy in mind.

Always remember to periodically check these settings especially after any Facebook updates or notifications.

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    • The Affect Heuristic in Consumer Evaluations

      King, Jesse Stocker, 1982- (University of Oregon, 2011-06)
      This dissertation examines the role of affect in consumer judgments in two essays. The first essay explores the use of affect as a heuristic basis for judgments of the risks and benefits associated with new products. Current ...