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Sadie Beth Gardner Sydenham, 81

Sadie Beth Gardner Sydenham, 81, of Lehi, Utah, passed away peacefully Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, at the Greenwood Manor in Lehi, surrounded by her loving family. Sadie was born Feb. 13, 1929, to Samuel LaBoyd and Mary Irene Carter Gardner in Thomas. She was raised in Blackfoot, attending schools in the Blackfoot School District and was a graduate of Blackfoot High School.
Sadie lived in many different places, including the San Francisco Bay area; Boise; Carson City, Nev.; Sparks, Nev.; Monroe, Utah; and the last three years in Lehi, Utah.
On Jan. 4, 1949 Sadie married Ross Cameron Sydenham in Blackfoot. Their marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on Oct. 27, 1959. Together they had seven children — Curt, Steve, Karen, Janean, Susan, Alisa and Connie.
Sadie worked for the Reno Chamber of Commerce, working with legislative affairs. She had many interests in her life, including sewing, reading, collecting swans and antique irons, travel and antique hunting. Her greatest pride and joy was her family. To her they were everything good in her life. She was an excellent mother and enjoyed spending time with her family.
Sadie was a life-long member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served faithfully in many callings, including various positions in Primary, including president, teacher and music, stake Young Women secretary and earned her Young Woman of Excellence award, and was chairman of the Singing Mothers. She enjoyed many years of doing the music for Sunday School, Relief Society and ward organist. Sadie was very active in Daughters of Utah Pioneers and was pleased and inspired by her pioneer ancestry. She also served in the Literary Club and at the Senior Center in Monroe, Utah.
Sadie is survived by her husband of 61 years, Cameron; her seven children, Karen (Bruce) Leatham of Mesa, Ariz.; Curt (Vicki) Sydenham of Salt Lake City, Utah; Steve (Debbie) Sydenham of Sparks, Nev.; Janean (Lynn) Peterson of Spanish Fork, Utah; Susan (Ken) Lovell of Heber, Utah; Alisa Sydenham of Santa Barbara, Calif.; and Connie (Dale) Holman of Reno, Nev.; half-brothers, Boyd (Patricia) Gardner of Blackfoot; Jerry Gardner of Smithfield, N.C.; and Rick (Carol) of Capistrano, Calif.; Gary (Shirley) Seamons of Blackfoot and Dwight (Jeanette) Seamons of Bozeman, Mont.; she was blessed with 18 grandchildren and 29 great- grandchildren. She is loved and will be deeply missed by all her family and friends.
Sadie was preceded in death by her parents; half-brother, Larry; and one infant half-sister.
The family would like to thank the Greenwood Manor caregivers for their excellent and loving care.
A memorial picnic will be held in Lehi, Utah, on Friday, Oct. 22, 2010, at 1 p.m. at 500 N. Main Street. Contact Curt Sydenham at (801) 554-5592 or Janean Sydenham Peterson (775) 830-2217 with any questions.
A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010, at the Riverside Thomas Cemetery.
Family will meet with friends and relatives from 1 to 1:30 p.m. prior to services at Hawker Funeral Home in Blackfoot. Condolences may be sent to the family at


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Thursday, 6 November 2014

Backlog - Knitting

Before I forget - the Birkeland Brothers woollen mill I mentioned supporting a couple posts back? They got their target money and more, largely thanks to Ravelers by the looks of it. And now I have 5 lbs of carded lambswool coming from them this month sometime...which is one really good reason I didn't buy any fleece for myself at Rhinebeck. Planning to spin lots of skeins to natural-dye next season.

Right now, though, it'll be knitting until after Christmas. Did I tell you about Joan? Lovely lady, who I've taught in spinning and dyeing classes. She had a few knitting projects on the needles that she KNEW she would never get round to finishing, but she really wanted them finished, so she commissioned me to do them. Starting with a sweater for her daughter, cast on 2010, which she wanted for her birthday in early November. I got that one started ASAP, steam-blocked the pieces the night before I left town for Rhinebeck, and spent Friday and Saturday evenings and driving time knitting the hood and sewing it all up. Chantal modeled it for me in the hotel room so I could send pics to Joan, and the sweater (and a mitten I knitted Sunday to finish another commission) were dropped off for delivery.
It's Paton's Hooded Pullover, if you're curious.

Between Rhinebeck and the end of the month got reserved for Guild Ex and Sale knitting. Not that I got a huge amount done. But I reckon a hat and mittens and fingerless mitts is decent for two weeks when there's a job involved also.

The Ex and Sale went off really well, and now I'm back on commission knitting...Joan's remaining projects (2 pair of socks and 2-3 of mittens) for starters, which are to be Christmas gifts. Then a pile someone ordered through Johanne at the ranch - also for Christmas - which I will pick up the supplies and info for this weekend. And two pair of fingerless mitts ordered by a former classmate (thankfully quick knitting and not for a Christmas deadline). Any holiday knitting of my own may be a little late getting done, and no way I'm getting to do the NaKniSweMo KAL I had considered.

I'm happy to have the extra work, especially in the off-season - but first thing I cast on in January is dang well going to be something for me, and preferably with one of the new skeins from Rhinebeck! Because the last thing I knit for me? Was the Alpha Socks I finished last February.

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Day 38 At Sea

Great day at sea…..  Everyone seems to be pretty much settled in for the World Voyage.  We moved the clocks ahead for the second time and are getting ever closer to Brazil.  We arrive into Belem the day after tomorrow.  Life is really good here on the ms Amsterdam.  My friends are all having a great time and the food, service and activities are all fabulous.  Tomorrow is another, hopefully glorious, day at sea…….

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Friday, January 13, 2012

Day 40 Belem, Brazil (Part 2 of 2)

As I mentioned in Part 1, we had an amazing day exploring Belem…..  Here are so more photos that paint a pretty good picture of Belem and it’s wonderful people.

  1. Jeff: this series of pics is the best ever. Well done. We were there in February 2010. Such an interesting part of the world as is most of Brazil. How about a pic of Alan and Sandra giving me a wave next time they are out with you.

    Paul (and Maria)

  2. Your eye for composition and the look of your photographs has reached a new height...WOW! Love them. Gorgeous.


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Changing of the guard?

Stan Gardner is another talented blogger who richly deserves a mention and a link. His blog is called Ambassador Reports, and I'm not sure why I hadn't much noticed it before. Stan has some fascinating material, including data on PTM finances. Another must-have URL for your favorites list.

Every few years there's a changeover in what's available in the ex-WCG online world. In ancient times (i.e. more than 7 years ago) the shakers and movers were Mark Tabladillo's site (inactive), Bill Ferguson's Ekklesia (gone) and The Painful Truth (which is still with us.) In recent history there was (ahem) the late AW site, a rambling love-it-or-hate-it affair (I started off loving it but ended up hating it.) These days the center of gravity is changing yet again, and I notice that Gary Scott of XCG and the Most Reverend "Kscribe" are both making noises about winding their sites back. Stan, "J", Felix and others are going to be busy.

Recently I was encouraged to put the old AW (passed away December 2005) back online in archive form, hosted in the US. I thought about it for a day or so, and even got as far as copying the files onto a CD and slipping it in a mailing envelope before sanity reasserted itself. The site would need extensive editing, and, well, there are other fish to fry at the moment. Some material may start to reappear - selectively - later in the year, but then again, maybe not. I find it hard to even look at some of that stuff now, like re-reading those ghastly yellowed school reports your mother turns over to you on your eighteenth birthday: "could try harder."

Unrelated: here's a quote that struck me between the eyes today. Next time I'll provide the source and some comments, but for the moment, considering "the Church" here refers to Christianity in general, what do you think? Agree or disagree?

"... the Church is not and perhaps never was chiefly for people who have a deep and serious intellectual interest in religion. On the contrary, the Church is for people who want to keep up comfortable old habits and associations, who want a feeling of reassurance and self-righteousness, and are happy to live by a ready-made Truth. They are content to go on slumbering peacefully. They want to be delivered from the extreme terrors and joys of real religious thought, and nothing is so effective a protection against religious terrors as conforming church membership."

Anonymous said...

...considering "the Church" here refers to Christianity in general, what do you think? Agree or disagree?

I totally agree and that is a generic denominational thing and not just COG. People feel they were either miraculously born into the exact and right true church or at some early time in life, find it and stick with it. I never met anyone who belonged to the false church.

Once you settle in, all is good. The minister is the sacrficial male who must be and do or not do all the members aren't being , don't do or do that which they shouldn't. But it's all good. Goof off memebers, who contribute, get forgiven and counseled with no one knowing, but goof off ministers get bounced with everyone knowing. The perfect male sacrfice must be above it all or pay dearly for slippage.

Humans thrive in perceived knowns. It does not matter if the knowns are true or mere beliefs. It feels safe and the social network of similar believers is reasurring.

The reason mainline denoms don't implode as often is their knowns are less dramatic, predictive and they don't insist in living in the last days, 3-5. They just live. The more a denomination insists on it knowing the mind of God, the meaning of prophecy, the time scale, and insists on an urgency that wears out the membership and ministry, they suffer more.

Those who have guru's suffer the most eventually as we all know. With no plan B, that is when he fails or is just a guy like everyone else, it's chaos. I've always wondered why we have such great detail about the Apostle Paul, except his ending. There are traditional endings but the Bible itself, which should contain tales of his great fight to the end, is silent. Perhaps Paul's demise was an embarassment to the church, and like other embarassing moments, such as Jesus brothers and mom coming to get Jesus, "because they thought he was mad," (Mary forgot he was baby Jesus), it got edited out.

Finally..in both the Presbyterian and COG experience, few were interested in deeper theological study. If they were, they went to seminary or into missions but never brought it up in church that much. It was either an "oh brother" to the Presbyterians or a "oh no" to the COG's. Most Christians are Bible readers only and not critical thinkers. They can be staring at blatant contradictions and never note them or if they did, not care.

In short, we join to feel safe, have God's worldview so we can explain it's horrors adequately and social network with non-threatening folks of like mind.

And let me say, the fault for all this is in the text of the Bible. Men don't make this "time is short" stuff up. It's the Bible itself that misleads, misrepresents history and politics amongst it's leaders who DO NOT all believe the same thing. The book of Revelation is the most abused and manipulative text ever left in the Bible. The "prophecy" in it is long past and it was at first a Jewish work encouraging people about the Roman occupation. It was later added to by Christians and like most things, hijacked for church motivation. It's a cosmic tale and the Jesus of the Gospels is in no way the Christ of Revelation. How much hay has been made for churches today over this book that keeps the fear of missing out in the souls of men.

Sadly and of course, what a burden someone like Dr. Thiel places upon himself to just know how it all is, who the TRUE players are and how wrong others are in questioning the details that he has down pat.

It weareth out the Saints and sometimes being able just to say:

"I don't know.."
"That's an interesting question..."
"I don't think so..."
or "I don't care..." is liberating

Anonymous said...

Perhaps it's time to pass the scorch.....:)

Neotherm said...

This morning I watched an interview of Tony Snow conducted by George Stephanopolous. George pointed out that Bush's ratings are at an all time low, the percentage of people who want the government to terminate the war in Iraq is at an all time high, key neo-conservative republicans are breaking ranks with the President and the Iraqi government is not going to make any of its benchmarks.

Snow's interpretation of all of this, in so many words: The American people are frustrated with the war and we need to pursue our present course more vigorously so we can give them good results.

This is an incredible and pathetic statement of denial. It taxes the most bizarre reaches of one's imagination. Snow spun a blatant negative into a bright positive and fooled nobody.

You see, the Armstrongites do not have a corner on denial, uncomprehension and spin-craft. When Armstrongites and evangelicals support the conservative agenda of this administration, they are in like company with neo-conservative ideologues.

I hope that blogs like AW continue so that Armstrongites will be incessantly be cross-examined. For these blogs to disappear is like the days when G. Bush had a republican congress. Nobody ever called anything he did into question.

Regarding the statement by Anonymous: Making generalizations about the Church never works -- it is too complex as an organization. Moreover, not everyone who warms a seat in a congregation can be considered a Christian -- not even remotely.

Hence, the error that can be made is to base conclusions on the behavior of a bunch of nominalists. Inevitably, your conclusion is both wrong and right. You have correctly charcterized the nominalists and you have incorrectly characterized the whole church.

-- Neo

Douglas Becker said...

The core of the truth seems to be that mostly religion is seriously wildly dysfunctional, and this is particularly true of the churches of God.

It appears that the core of the dysfunction is the extremes of the heights of the mountain pinnacles and the depth of the plunging abyss below, without any intervening ground of green pastures beside still waters on a level playing field. The insanity is particularly intense when the personality of some unbalanced guru, narcissist or flat out psychopath is superimposed on the entire mess.

The whole venue is not unlike Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares where the staff is overpaid, too many resources are too expensive, the result is terrible, not because the product is bad, but because it is too complex and unfocused and cannot be managed, while the environment is inappropriate and in a declining venue, the customers are disappearing because the service is terrible, the kitchen uncoordinated and the staff cares more about itself than those they serve. It's a mess that's difficult to untangle, and often, there are too many egos unwilling to face up to the reality that drastic changes need to be made immediately or the whole thing will be sold out and disappear.

While it is true that most of us have benefited from the enlightenment of disclosure by the dysfunction being uncovered, the basic problem can never be resolved. The Churches of God in particular are going to continue in diminished form, even though they are chaotic and dysfunctional -- often competitive to extremes to the destruction of all concerned.

The best solution is to leave the dysfunctional environment. As my good friend, Mark Lax, pointed out, that may never be a reality. In my particular case, it is a matter of family ties and trying to make the best of a bad situation, even though it is quite impossible to make the whole thing work. That is always the trap: Maybe it will get better; try a little harder; give it some time. The record of history is that it never does. It just gets worse and worse and worse. The extremities keep getting more extreme; more and more resources must be poured into diminishing returns; we must drink the poison and pretend it is pristine water.

The things that forums like this provide are valuable. First they expose the dysfunction for what it is -- at least parts of it. Next, it gives people a sounding board to "work it out" to ascertain what the real issues are. It gives people an opportunity to examine the facts and make choices. The trap is that it is addictive and the final step of leaving is intellectually and emotionally never completed.

Having yet another forum, as good as it might be, may only extend the Twilight Zone of dysfunction for many people.

It should not be any secret that it is a little late for me and my own family. I work in a seriously dysfunctional governmental unit which is so very off track that it doesn't look like it will ever really recover. The sickness goes on and on and on -- it gets worse every single week. The best anyone can do is put in their time and get a paycheck because the chaos will not be mitigated. Any family which has mentally ill members is going to be dysfunctional by definition. It is bad enough to have someone who has schizoaffective disorder, but it extends to a member who has bipolar disease married to a psychopath. Sanity is a hard concept to grasp.

The church of gods is little different: It is run primarily by psychopaths, narcissists, the mentally challenged and ill, with alcoholics strewn about for good measure. My family's recent experience is with a minister who told us over the third glass of wine at a 5 star restaurant, "I am a wicked, wicked man" and went on to ask for help. My wife and I were speechless. His warm and fuzzy little group have hied off to the wilderness in happy alcoholic dysfunction. And folks, this isn't the past, this is the present -- leaking on into the future.

Near as I can tell, there isn't much hope. If I were a groom waiting for my bride, I'd wait for a whole heck of a time longer, or maybe switch brides. More likely, this woman is just a hussy claiming to be a bride, pretty much without the innocent guy's knowledge as some sort of weird stalker [of the which there is still today quite a lot of in United].

The more that is revealed the worse it gets and it never ends. Going over it and over it is actually quite unhealthy. Oh, it's cathartic at first in small doses, but after awhile it just gets plain sick.

It isn't that I would ever want all witnesses to the truth to disappear. That would allow people to fall into terrible dysfunction if they are not warned. On the other hand, it is much more productive for those of us who have been around for awhile to keep participation to a minimum unless there is something really vital to say. It's time for the youngsters to take over with a little coaching at the first from the old timers.

DennisDiehl said...

It would be nice if more who monitor AW would comment on AW instead of the same six. I can't imagine there are not those that observe that have somewhat to offer as well.

Alan said...

... the Church is not and perhaps never was chiefly for people who have a deep and serious intellectual interest in religion.

Nor should it be.

On the contrary, the Church is for people who want to keep up comfortable old habits and associations, who want a feeling of reassurance and self-righteousness, and are happy to live by a ready-made Truth.

But Jesus was all over people like that. So this isn't a description of any real Jesus-ian church.

They are content to go on slumbering peacefully.

I agree with this, with some caveats. It describes many or most of us in the American Church probably. One of the things that has interested me, reading this and other church-related blogs, is that contemporary American Christians (IMHO) grossly underestimate the effect of culture on the American Church. Christians in other countries really seem to have a much different take on Christianity than we do. For example, after 9/11, some evangelicals said "This is it! This is The End." All because America was attacked. American Christians seem to be very nationalistic, and to tightly integrate their faith/religion with U.S. culture. We think we're the navel of the Christian universe.

They want to be delivered from the extreme terrors and joys of real religious thought, and nothing is so effective a protection against religious terrors as conforming church membership.

I'm not sure I buy this. It probably applies to the COGs, but I'm not sure it applies to everyone.

C.S. Lewis gives some of these ideas wonderful treatment in The Great Divorce...

The Implacable Berean said...

Oh most High Priest of Marduk, may your days be many and thy beard be be not scorched!!
Come near, incline now thine ear, and allowest thy servant to instruct thee and instill upon thyheart and mind some wisdom.
Hast thou not considered that many who post not perhaps have not the time as thou dost? Many of thy brethren toil night and day at tasks too menial for thee to consider, and they are blessed not as thee, with the ability so fair as thou hast to be able to put words into the blogsphere so large, to give wings and prose to the thoughts of their hearts and minds. Many, ye, most, of thy servants findeth themselves not blessed to be able to rub costly oils and ointments upon the fairest of the species with delight, and thence receive tribute for doing so!
Have mercy upon thy servants, and they shall not fail to serve thee and those of thy household with delight for many generations.
To Lord Gavin, we request that thou continue to publish as thou hast found delight in so doing, thou lightest a lamp for those still in darkeness and chains, thy words give hope to those in transition.
To Prince Becker, keepest though thy persistence and determination, for thou shalt be rewarded in the later days.
Pray tell, sir, how didst thou try to be disfellowshipped from that body known to not a few men as the UCGia?
Hast thou not considered they are more concerned with retaining that which they havest so dear, seeings how the numbers do not favor long life and growth, and not scourging those they have, unless severely provoked?
Fellow brethren, I shall pause here, before the whips of my master be felt upon my extremities, and in so doing, be found by some to be of sore mind and body, and shall find myself in dire need of the services of our most high Priest of Marduk!

Anonymous said...

Implacable Burrito:

Thus sayeth the Servant of Marduk.

Well hast thou spoken and well have I considered what thou sayest. For in the heat of summer do I, High Priest of Marduk, time between warriors and maidens have to well perceive the mind of Marduk. Perhaps Marduk smiles upon me betimes so that I might speak and yet pay the bills most high and live. Or maybe it be not so.

We all appeal to Lord Gavin of the South with us all to hang. Well, perhaps that cometh not out as the gods may have intended. But, if we hang, then hang we!

In all I do, shall I, High Priest of Marduk, never build a house for Marduk for he lives not in houses made with hands. Neither soar I into the heavens in the stream called Gulf. Yeah shall my yeah be and nay shall be nay. "Doh" shall oft be heard betimes betchutobelieveit, in the times to come. If it be "doh" then "doh be it!

Lord, bless us, for we are but a small people and do not crush us in thy wrath for all our eyes have seen...Bless the one called Becker and make maleable... maleeible...maleeable...doh, make pliable, the implacable Burrito.

So let it be bogged, so let it be posted.

Gavin said...

Dennis Diehl
High Priest of Marduk
Anointer with oils

That'd look great on a business card Den!

Bart Ehrman points out that to Gentile Christians of C1 the title Messiah/Anointed would in the first instance just denote someone who'd just had a rubdown.

Dennis, creator of messiahs

BTW Den, I was highly impressed that you'd rubbed (that word again) shoulders with Finkelstein and Halpern: men of renown in the field. I have 2 of Finkelstein's books on my shelves and would give an upper molar (I happen to have one in a plastic box!) for such an opportunity.

Anonymous said...

Dennis here:

Hi Gavin, Yes, that would be a great business card here in the Bible belt.

I lucked out with Halpern and Finkelstein at my BAR won dig at Megiddo. They were both in charge of it and we'd sit at picnic table and chat over the days finds. Baruch could drink any three men under the table, which is where I had to go to talk with him at times..ha.

Messiah? hummmm, catchy title. I like it..Better take it before Dave Pack does!

Anonymous said...

Dear Gavin,

Concerning your citation on _the Church_, I wrote the following paragraph in a 1989 essay, published in From the Margins, 2001. The paragraph I think addresses why those who fill pews do.

"A voyage into the unknown is living life itself, the unknown representing tomorrow, holding, perhaps, danger and excitement but most often the mundane. Literary heroes dared sail 20,000 leagues under the sea, or to the center of the earth, or more realistically, to trek over the Great Silk Road or mush dogs to the South Pole. A few of us humans have even walked on the moon. For more of us, though, a drift or fishing trip down Alaska's Kenai River is enough venturing into the unknown. We want to know most of what tomorrow will bring. We are not really looking for excitement, only for interesting things, those things that John Haines concedes to travel writers. The thrill seeker is considered abnormal. We would like to have control of our lives. In literary shorthand, we want heaven when we die; we want to believe an idealized destination awaits us at the end of this voyage called life. Then the obstacles we encounter won't matter. The distance of our voyage doesn't matter. Only arriving matters. We can leave all of our problems in that metaphorical river we travel as if those problems were old tires or tin cans, oil slicks or biotoxins."

Homer Kizer

The Skeptic said...

DennisDiehl said...
It would be nice if more who monitor AW would comment on AW instead of the same six. I can't imagine there are not those that observe that have somewhat to offer as well.

Dennis, I've commented a couple of times. I've started to comment many more times but had so much trouble logging on that I just said "O forget it" and gave up. I'm not very computer savvy and I'm often pressed for time, so I just can't be hassling with a difficult sign-on.

Skeptic said...

DennisDiehl said...
It would be nice if more who monitor AW would comment on AW instead of the same six. I can't imagine there are not those that observe that have somewhat to offer as well.

Dennis, many a time I've started to post a comment and have not been able to sign on. I'm not very computer savvy and I'm often pressed for time. If it gets to be a hassle, I usually just give up.

Sorry, I'd like to contribute more. Several times I've written a long message, only to have it wiped out when I sign in incorrectly. Then I'm faced with either typing the whole thing over again or just moving on.

Jim Butler said...

Before you sign in, copy what you have written. Then after you sign in, if your message has been wiped out, which happens most, if not all, of the time, just paste what you have copied.

You can copy by pressing the control and C buttons or going up to edit and clicking copy. You paste by clicking the control and V buttons. At least that's the way I do it.

Hope this helps.

Charlie said...

When I have the time I usually post fairly frequently, however with an increasingly demanding work schedule, a pregnant wife, and the summer months, I have less time to spend here with my online ex and current cog friends...and sometimes I just don't have anything relevant to contribute.

Stan said...

Thanks for the plug, Gavin.

Stan Gardner


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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Things Old People Don't Get

1. Younger- Obvious
2. Facebook Changes- Want to freak out an older person? Just wait for Facebook to switch things up a bit and watch them go crazy.
3. Hulu - "Darnit I missed my show"
"You can just watch it on Hulu later."
"Oh, on our TV?" "No, on the computer."
"Oh, whats Hulu? How do I do that?" - They will never actually try it because it involves too many steps.
4. Autocorrect- "Thats not what I want to say!" ( Insert explicit language here ).
5. DVR/On Demand "I had to choose between watching Dancing with stars or Hells Kitchen"
"You know you can record one right?"
"Oh, I can? I didn't think of that"
"Yea..that is why you are paying the big bucks for that cable package..."
On Demand - "So its like renting a movie?"
"But it costs money."
"The new ones..yes. Think: Blockbuster in your home."

6. Self Check-Out - Self Check-out should have an age limit of 40 and under. Not only do older people not get how to use it, but they will pull up with a FULL shopping cart. By the time they finish checking-out, you will be over age 40 and strongly encouraged to move to a regular check-out lane.

7. Twitter- Unlike e-mails, Tweets do have an expiration date. You cannot respond to a tweet a week later and expect the person to know what in the world you are talking about.

@suchandsuch"Had the best Pizza for lunch."

One week later:

@suchandsuch "YUMMO!"

  1. my grandfather is in his 70s and uses facebook all the time, its crazy. With all the changes facebook makes all the time i dont understand how he figures it out. I can barely figure it out most the time.

  2. Lol, hmmm I see myself there sometimes.

  3. You are hilarious. I love you sister.


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RubyForGood is an annual conference (4 years in!) for Ruby and Rails developers to gather for a weekend-long code jam to write code for an organization or cause that needs it. In 2016, and again in 2017, I was a project team lead, and my project was the PDX Diaper Bank, an organization that assists needy individuals and families by providing diapers and pads.

2016 Project

The project was to enhance or create a better inventory tracking system. They had been using a free solution but were hitting limits with it, particularly with the arduous intake process.

Our team of 10 elected to write a new one. We used the ActiveAdmin gem as the dashboard tool, modeled out the pipeline from donation to distribution, and created a mostly-functional application in one weekend, often working late in to the evening. One wishlisted feature was to have it accept input from a Barcode, and we were able to integrate this into it.

2017 Project

This year, we had the Executive Directory of the PDX Diaperbank come out to provide her expertise. The goal was to rebuild the app to support multiple concurrent diaper banks (as a Software-as-a-Service / multi-tenant application).

We removed ActiveAdmin and rebuilt the CRUD functionality manually, adding additional features along the way.

The project is still active, and if you wish to contribute, please do! The Github link is below.


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Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Joy's Blog Birthday Party Day Four - Modern Fiction and Ink Stains

1.      Who are your most-well-loved authors of the mid to late twentieth century (. . . 1930s-1980s)?
I can’t say I read heaps from this era as I am quite wary about content, and it can be hard to find gems in the rubble sometimes.  I really like Corrie Ten Boom books.  Oh!  My favourite author of all time is Janette Oke.  If you have not read her books you really need to find some and get into them.  They are beautiful!

2.      Your favourite authors of the twenty-first century?
My family has recently discovered the Barn Chronicles by Rosie Boom, which is the story about Rosie’s family (her husband and their six children) and about how they lived in a barn in New Zealand while they built their family home.  The books are really funny and “real life”, if you know what I mean.

3.      Which genres do you tend to read the most and enjoy from more modern fiction?
Biographies I think but I am also especially fond of any books set in WWII.  Most of Janette Oke books are set in the pioneering days of America and are Christian romances.  In a good way.  ;)  :P

4.      Are you more willing to invest yourself in a fictional trilogy/or series or prefer the stand-alone novel better?
It depends on the series.  :)  If I don’t enjoy the first book, then I won’t bother with the follow up books, but then if I enjoy the first one, I’ll keep going.  :)

5.      While it is generally agreed that nothing beats classic fiction, there is much gold in the new too! What are the positive qualities and styles of modern works that you appreciate?
That is a really hard question, Joy!  Ummm… :)  It’s not that I don’t appreciate modern books but as a whole, modern novels just don’t portray the same family values, fidelity, clean-ness that older books tend to have.

6.      What is your greatest hope for modern fiction?
What do you mean by that?  I’m going to assume you mean, what do I hope to find when I open a modern fiction book… :)  I hope to read about people of courage, who aren’t afraid to stand up for right and who defend the truth.  Also love that lasts would be a nice bonus feature thrown in now days.  :)

7.      List 5 books by modern authors you have read which you either hope or predict will become "classics" in years to come.
I really have no idea… :)

8.      In reading modern books, do you predominantly read from the secular or Christian market?
Christian, because have I mentioned that Janette Oke is my favourite author???  ;)  In saying that however the war stories I rad would almost equal her books, I think.

9.      List three of your favourite novels written in this century.

10. Of various as yet-unpublished books that you know something about, what are 5 that you most wish to read one day?
I don’t really keep up with what is coming out, but there is a book by a certain Joy that I wouldn’t mind reading one day… :)

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"The Ink Stains" Questions. . .
(the writing tag)
1.      For how long have you been seriously novel-writing? What sparked you to move from simply writing in a "dabbling" fashion for fun to pursuing your writing to a higher-level?
I confess I am still dabbling.  I am not a serious writer in the least and unless it is something casual like this or a story I think up by myself, I don’t particularly enjoy it much.

2.      Do you wish, ultimately, to entertain your readers and make them smile, or rather to inspire, challenge them and move them to tears?
Just to get them hooked would be my fist goal – if they feel anything after that, I’m happy.  :P

3.      What are two of your favourite genres to write in?
Historical Fiction.  I think I have dabbled in about half a dozen eras, but I can’t say what would be my favourite.

4.      Will you please tell us a little about your current writing project (novel-in-progress, short story, novella, etc. . . )?
I can’t say I am actually actively working on anything at the moment, but the last story I started was a re-telling of Beauty and the Beast in a WWII setting.   You can read the first two installments here.  Part One   Part Two

5.      How long have you been working on it? What is the backstory of how you started this novel?
I came up with the idea when I read about the competition of Five Enchanted Roses on Joy’s blog.  The challenge was to tell a unique version of Beauty and the Beast, while staying true to the original plot.
6.      Have you written other stories/books (or currently writing others)? Do tell us a little about them please!
I have started many more stories than I have completed.  In fact, I can’t think of many stories that I finished – at all.  I am not particularly fond of my own writing style, strange as it may sound.  I tend to write about my own passions, namely family, weddings and babies.  If it is not written properly or harnessed and dealt out in moderate amounts, such writing is rather unpalatable and super sloppy.  :P   Janette Oke is about the only author I have come across who has mastered this art.

7.      Out of all the characters you've ever written, who is your favourite?
I was pretty happy with the old woman at the start of my Beauty and the Beast story.

8.      When you complete this novel, do you plan on preparing it for publication or rather leave it to "marinate" and start a new work with the hopes of improving your writing first?
I don’t plan to ever publish something, and as a general rule, I don’t edit.  The way it comes out is the way it is.  :P

9.      Isaac Newton was known to have said, "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Who do you see as having been the literary giants or "Greats" that have inspired and influenced your writing thus far?

10. Can you picture any of your novels being adapted into movies? In the stuff of your dreams, who would you cast for your main characters?
I am always doing this, whether it is my own writing or someone else’s!  As I said, though, my writing is generally not finished or developed enough to put it even into dreams yet!

11. As you write, how often do you find yourself learning any of the lessons or going through any of the journeys/struggles of your characters?
I can’t say I learn new lessons, but I am encouraged sometimes by the gentleness and meekness that I may try to put into a girl, or the courage and manliness that I put into a lad (not that manliness applies much to me!  LOL!)

12. As a Christian, how does your faith affect your writing generally? Is your current novel overtly Christian or more subtly under-girded with your faith and worldview?
Depends what I’m aiming for.  It my goal is a Christian novel, then I will highlight that more than what I would in a general fiction writing.  In such books, I may not mention religion at all, but my writing reflects the standards that I up hold as a Christian.

13. In one word each, how would you describe each of the main characters of your novel?
Dame Kansvier  : spooky
Rosalind: brave
Jacob: gentle
Ruth: sweet

14. Are there any aspects of your novel that have taken you by surprise?
Not yet!  :D

15. How do you think the main characters of your novel would react if he or she were introduced to you?
“You look so innocent!”  :P  Just kidding.  ;)  I seriously have no idea.

15. Do you plan, Lord-willing, on pursuing the traditional mainstream route of finding an agent, etc, and waiting it out, or do you consider indi publishing (self-publishing) a healthy alternative?
No, I don’t ever plan to publish.

16. Out of the many themes and messages, what would be the one closest to your heart that you should like to share through your writing?

There is hope, there is love, and we can find it if we look in the right place.  It isn’t inaccessible – Jesus holds it all out to us: all we have to do is reach out hand take it.

  1. Janette Oke is one of my favourite authors too!! I can't narrow my favourites down to one but most of my favourites are christian romances! Have you ever read any of Robin Lee Hatcher's books? They are christian romances and quite good although not as good as Janette Oke.

    1. Yay! Another Janette Oke fan! Join the club! :D No, I haven't heard of Robin Lee Hatcher - I shall have to look some of her books up. :) I like some of Kim Vogal Sawyers books. Have you heard of her?

    2. No I haven't heard of Kim Vogal Sawyer before. I'll have to look that up! Thanks! I am kind of a bit of a bookworm myself, so yeah, I'm always looking for new books!


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Darling, it seems that you belong in Gone with the
Wind; the proper place for a romantic. You
belong in a tumultous world of changes and
opportunities, where your independence paves
the road for your survival. It is trying being
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This quiz said I belonged in Jane Eyre. I have been wanting to read this book, I guess now I will.

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Dust Forms Words 100 Must-See Movies: 51 to 60

51: Seven (1995)
Seven is simultaneously a disturbing serial-killer mystery and a classic buddy film. It contains frequent homages to its source genres, including an extensive opening sequence that parallels the start of Lethal Weapon, but it ultimately oustrips its origins to rise as one of the best movies of its kind ever made.

Morgan Freeman plays a methodical and intellectual police officer on the edge of a lonely retirement, while Brad Pitt is the cocky and impatient new guy brought in to replace him. Over the course of Freeman's last seven days on the force, the pair investigate a series of ritualistic murders themed around the seven deadly sins. Director David Finchner skilfully creates not only the film's key characters, but also the grimly gothic city which they police. With the aid of fantastic performances from the leads as well as supporting actors Kevin Spacey and Gwyneth Paltrow, the movie builds beautifully and powerfully towards an uncompromisingly bleak finale.

52: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Mike Myers has made a massive one-man contribution to popular culture over the course of his film career, but his best movie remains the first of his Austin Powers titles. His satirical look at a Bond-esque super-spy taken out of his 1960s context and placed in today's globalised world is still amusing more than ten years after its release.

The film's moments of spot-on hilarity overcome its occasional descents into painfulness, something that unfortunately can't be said as easily for the sequels. Highlights include Myers' portrayal of mad genius Dr Evil, Seth Green in the role of Evil's disaffected son Scott, and the memorable Austin Powers theme tune.

53: Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (2002)
The first film in Park Chan-wook's loosely connected Vengeance Trilogy, Sympathy for Mr Vengeance is an unrelentingly miserable and forcefully gripping tale of a kidnapping gone terribly wrong. Each and every character evokes the audience's pity and commands their respect, before going on to their horrible, horrible fates.

This is an unremittingly depressing film, but so mesmerisingly well told that you won't be able to look away for a second. Park Chan-wook uses unique and beautiful wide-angle cinematography to frame the action, which makes the non-stop tragedy all the more poignant.

54: Strange Days (1995)
Kathryn Bigelow's cyberpunk thriller Strange Days is a kind of Crash-meets-Johnny Mnemonic. Set in the closing days of the 20th century, the film follows a dealer of "recorded memories" who comes into possession of snuff tapes recorded from the perspective of the killer. As he investigates the origin of these tapes he finds himself drawn into escalating Los Angeles race tensions and the murder of a prominent black recording artist by the LA police.

Ralph Fiennes plays the lead role in a story by James Cameron. The film never becomes B-grade yet refuses to conform to the expectations of a Hollywood blockbuster. The science-fiction is almost completely incidental to the plot; the whole film could have been placed in a contemporary setting with only minor changes. Strange Days is an odd yet memorable film and one of those few titles that does cyberpunk well.

55: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001 - 2003)
It's impossible to not take these films as a single narrative unit. They're the best fantasy feature films of all time; they're the best book adapatations; they elevate special effects, costume design and artistic vision to new heights; and they're damn entertaining to watch.

These are the films that raised the bar for genre cinema. Director Peter Jackson deftly interweaves action, drama, and comedy to create a satisfying epic to please all audiences. The trilogy is visually appealing from beginning to end and manages to maintain an enjoyable pace despite the regularly rambling nature of the books it was drawn from. This is how big-budget fantasy should be made.

56: Wild Things (1998)
This is a movie that would perhaps not have made it to a list of the 100 Greatest Movies Of All Time; but if we're talking must-see then it easily earns its spot. Wild Things starts out as a sexually-charged but nevertheless fairly mundane thriller. Gratuitous bisexuality involving female leads Denise Richards and Neve Campbell keeps the plot moving forward but for most of its running time the film appears to be strictly B-grade.

It's in the third act that Wild Things justifies itself. Revelation after revelation starts to come forward, and in amongst the frantically unravelling plot twists the audience is reminded that Neve Campbell, is, in fact, a rather good actor. A stunning ending caps the proceedings. Wild Things is one of the best movies that nobody saw.

57: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Eternal Sunshine is from director Michel Gondry, who no one much cares about, but more importantly is scripted by Charlie Kaufman, the genius who wrote Being John Malkovich and Adaptation. It tells the tale of a revolutionary new technology which can erase memories. Jim Carrey and Kate Winslett play two lovers; after a bad break-up, Winslett has her memory erased to no longer remember Carrey or her relationship with him. Distraught, Carrey requests the same procedure, but as his memories begin to vanish he changes his mind and must fight to hold on to his cherished experiences.

The film is remarkably transcendental; Kaufman approaches the issues in the story with a clarity and lack of self-doubt that his earlier scripts lack. Carrey and Winslett both deliver strong performances, and the supporting cast do well enough, but the real star is the writing, which sparkles from beginning to fantastic end.

58: Paths of Glory (1957)
Another of Stanley Kubrick's early films, Paths of Glory is a World War I courtroom drama starrinng Kirk Douglas. Douglas plays Colonel Dax, officer and lawyer. When men under his command refuse to obey an order to commit a suicidal charge, they face court-martial and execution. Dax attempts their defence with every odd stacked against him.

Grim, moving, and powerfully anti-war, Paths of Glory is an excellent film that gives Kirk Douglas a fertile setting in which to show off his acting skills. Less aggressively quirky than many of Kubrick's later films, it is easy to recommend regardless of your other experiences with this director.

59: Empire Records (1995)
If there is any director who has managed to capture and repeat the magic of John Hughes' teen movies, it is Allan Moyle. After his success with Pump Up The Volume, Moyle went on to make what is essentially a "film about nothing" with Empire Records. Equal parts The Breakfast Club and Clerks, the film follows the lives and loves of young employees at Empire Records over the last 24 hours before the store sells out to a major chain.

Driven by an amusingly mid-90s soundtrack and scene-stealing parts by Renee Zellweger, Liv Tyler, and Rory Cochrane, Empire Records did poorly at the box office but enjoys a continuing cult fandom today.

60: O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000)
O Brother Where Art Thou? is yet another shaggy-dog story from the Coen Brothers, which once again balances an antclimactic ending against a thoroughly amusing lead-up. Set in the 1930s, the film follows the journey of three escapees from a chain-gang as they try to make their way home and uncover a buried treasure. The plot loosely follows that of Homer's Odyssey.

George Clooney takes the lead role as Ulysses Everett McGill and provides most of the film's life and spark. The 1930s setting is reinforced by constant Depression-era folk music, and a sepia tinge on the visuals which results from the colour-correction of the entire film. Some beautiful set-pieces including a meeting with a blind prophet, a baptism, and an encounter with sirens.

1minutefilmreview said...

Nice selection of films Greg!

Phrancq said...

Ah, Kaufman. I applaud your ability to write some of the worst movies of all time. I do admit that all films written by him are must see, in the same way that it's good for people to see horrible things.

Greg Tannahill said...

You're only saying that because you have brain weevils. Brain weevils with bad taste. The man is one of the best scriptwriters living today.


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Macklemore is reportedly recovering from a serious head-on collision in Langley, Washington. Though his representatives haven’t been reached for comment, the incident allegedly took place on Friday.

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According to a TMZ report, a pickup truck crossed into oncoming traffic and struck Macklemore’s Mercedes. The pickup truck driver was reportedly not wearing a seatbelt and, upon impact, collided with the windshield. After he was revived, he reportedly told officers he’d had a drink “awhile back” and gave incoherent answers. He was driven to the hospital where a blood draw was administered to determine if he was under the influence.

A passenger in Macklemore’s vehicle was treated for a minor cut on the head, according to the report. Other passengers (and Macklemore) walked away without injuries. Results were sent to a judge for a referral.

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The Government of Amazonas, through the Secretariat of State for Rural Production and Sustainability (Sepror), with the Federal Institute of Amazonas Education (IFAM) will not meet next day 17 of October, In Manaus, but of 40 farmers in the "1st Meeting Feirão Sepror". The event takes place from 8:30 am in the covered area of the IFAM East Zone (Avenida Cosme Ferreira, 8045 - San Jose) in order to devise strategies to popularize the participation of these workers in the feirões Sepror and strengthen the model of fair, allowing farmers to sell their producer directly to the consumer.

The meeting program extends until 11 am and will have three round tables covering topics such as sales techniques of horticultural products, social organization and the rural world, in addition to the appreciation of the work in the field. Discussions rounds has subject matter experts, do IFAM, Sepror System and the National Rural Education.

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Monday, April 11, 2011

Beyond Blessed

Tonight I am feeling so blessed.  Great things have been happening for me and Eli, and I don't want it to go by without thanking God for His amazing gifts.

Because of the book Wendy on Wheels Saves the Day....and the fact that we are cartoon characters in it....we have been blessed with a little local publicity.   Our newspaper did a phone interview and printed an article about it.  A local TV station came to our house and did a feature piece on us. It was so cool!  (You can watch the video here)

My heart's desire has always been to have Eli known by others.  And it's happening for us and I couldn't be more excited!  He's been the cover boy for our local Playdate magazine.  I wrote an article for Playdate, also, telling Eli's story.  In two weeks, I'll be the guest speaker at a MOPS meeting, sharing our story with others and trying to give hope to moms who may feel overwhelmed, isolated, or exhausted.

Raising Eli has had it's fair share of challenges, that's for sure.  But, being his mom and seeing what a happy child he is, even though he has so many challenges, has been the most amazing thing I've ever experienced.  I can't believe some of the amazing moms of special needs kids I've met along the way.  Moms who inspire me, educate me, listen to me, and simply "get" me!

The last two years with Eli have been the best so far.  We've finally figured his feedings out....and he's actually weighing in at 25 lbs!  There was a time I thought he was withering away before our eyes!  He is so easy to take places.  He's tolerant and content.  He loves looking around and absorbing the world, all the while cracking up as Elmo plays on his iPod.

I can't imagine life without Eli's laugh in it!  Here's a little glimpse into my favorite sounds:
Eli's chatter and his laughter.
(He's learned to squeal like a little pig!  It's adorable to us.)
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Dimitri Series: Immortals of New Orleans - Book 6 Author: Kym Grosso

Novel: Dimitri
Series: Immortals of New Orleans - Book 6
Author: Kym Grosso
Publisher: MT Carver Publishing
Genre: Paranormal Romance/Erotic
Rating: Mature

An erotic paranormal romance...

Dimitri LeBlanc, sexy and charismatic beta of Acadian Wolves, survives a brutal attack after his wolf succumbs to a dark force, threatening his very existence. Waking up, tied to a bed, his amusement transforms into lust as a beautiful stranger heals his beast. Intrigued by his mysterious savior, the tables quickly turn, when in the heat of a dark desert night, he rescues her from a barbaric Alpha. Dimitri is inexplicably drawn to the alluring woman, and the discovery that she's his mate rouses his hunger to claim her as his own.

Gillian Michel, a New York City photographer, conceals a secret hybrid past and mystical abilities. An entire lifetime, she's deliberately avoided wolves, but a seductive encounter with an irresistible beta leaves her craving his touch, his lips on hers. Passion ignites her desire, leaving her yearning to submit to the powerful wolf who tests her limits.

Deep in the heart of New Orleans, Dimitri and Gillian seek a cure to the parasite maligning his mighty beast. Still on the run from a malevolent force, they lure their enemy into the bayou. Will Gillian sacrifice her gifts to save the man she loves, destroying her own immortality? And will Dimitri eradicate the evil that has invaded his soul while protecting his mate from an adversary who threatens to kill them both?
Warning: This book contains several erotic love scenes, including a m/f/m ménage, and is intended for adult readers only.

Body Swap

Swapping bodies with a young female demon had not been part of the planned vacation.

Nor was having to attend a demonic high school for the magically gifted.

When the most magical thing you could do was set your own underwear on fire.

 Life was not going to be easy, even less so with a painful tail that everyone trod on.

 Owning a magic sword that always tried to look up your skirt when fighting was not helpful.

But then nor was having a telepathic diary that corrected your thinking instead of your spelling.

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Description Portrait of Mayor/Capt. Frank V. Hogan in his signature top hat, 3-piece pinstripe suit, and holding his cane. His white shirt has a stand-up collar w/front edges folded to showcase the white tie. The accessories he is wearing include his wire-framed glasses Medal of some sort on the lapel of his suit jacket, a tie clip and a watch fob. Mr. Hogan brandishes a whte handlebar mustache. Photo-a. was mounted in a paper frame, signed on the front, "Sincerely Yours, F. V. Hogan - 75 years young", and is in sepia. (5"x7-3/4"); Photo-b. is an 8"x10" b&w photo printed in reverse (facing right); Photo-c. (3-1/2"x4-3/4"), b&w print-Hogan is facing left; and Photo-d. is a b&w print (14-1/2"x20") is mounted on stiff backing board. Captain Hogan was the first Mayor of Anacortes, elected in 1891. In that year he was also president of the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce. See "Biographies" for more indepth information.
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PSFK is a Website for Creative People

Over 1,000,000 readers from the design, digital, marketing, media and technology industries go to each month to read and share the emerging ideas that the editorial team identifies and publishes. PSFK is a source for new ideas and inspiration for creative professionals that provides readers, event attendees and corporations with fresh trends and innovation stimulus. They also publish a series of ‘Future of’ reports which have been underwritten by organizations such as United Nations, UNICEF and Microsoft.

PSFK runs single topic PSFK SALONS around the world and also hosts broader discussions at PSFK Conferences in London and New York. Through these events and their publication, they formed a network of experts from around the world with skills across innovation categories. Companies, organizations and their agencies tap into this network of PSFK readers and contributors through a service called The PurpleList –

PSFK began as a personal project of London-born New York-based Piers Fawkes (left) in 2004 where he collected emerging ideas from around the world on a blog. His first collaborator was Simon King and Piers used their initials to name the site. Over time the site became popular as more content was published on a wide array of subjects by contributors from around the world.

In March 2007 in New York, Piers Fawkes started the first of a series of conferences to bring to life the conversations that were taking place on the site. Since then, PSFK Conferences have taken place in London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Singapore. In late 2008, PSFK created the Good Ideas Salons as intimate forums around single topics. These salons are run by PSFK and others across the globe.

At the end of 2009, with growth in staff, PSFK moved to a new office in SoHo. A key development in their development was the release of the Future of Retail report in spring 2010 which was widely read. This was followed up by the Future of Health report which PSFK created for UNICEF and the Future of Real-Time report for the United Nations’ Global Pulse team.

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Friday, February 20, 2009

Well we pulled out of the Klawer services about half an hour ago, and from now on it's all Karoo.

It's the hottest part of the day, and the sun is thrashing down almost vertically upon our little coach, which must look like a tiny insect against such a vast and bleak backdrop. All the curtains are drawn across the windows to keep the sun out, and the aircon is on full blast.

But despite the external elements, these buses are pretty comfortable. And - luxury of luxuries - I have 2 seats to myself! So I can happily stretch out and munch away on my biltong.

This is normally about the time that they put the first movie on the little tvs overhead. What are the chances I'll be treated to a third screening of "Left Behind"?

My book on this trip is James Michener's "The Covenent", which i've been meaning to engage with for ages as i've been told it's very good. I haven't started it yet, but it will be great company in the early hours of the morning, when all the other passengers are asleep and i'm trundling alone through the middle of Namibia.

Just got an email from the guest lodge i'm staying at tomorrow night, confirming my booking. Same place as last time, Chameleon Guest Lodge in Voigt Road. I'll be ready for a drink when I get there I expect! Although I might avoid the G&T this time ...

Sarah Court said...

Never avoid the G&T - if necessary you should pack your own provisions. What kind of great white explorer are you?

Mark said...

Haha! How I wish you were here too! And not just for your G&T expertise, of course... lol

I've been eyeing the bus route map, and it would be so easy to just carry on up to Victoria Falls in Zambia. So, so tempting ....


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The critically acclaimed pulp fantasy adventure God of Blades is now on Android!
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Original Soundtrack from composer Sean Beeson
Hundreds of items to use
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Various weapon types - Bows, Crossbows, Hammers, Swords, Axes
Flying Mounts
Tons of enemy types including huge prehistoric creatures.
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Inspired by the legend of a hiker-attacking ghost living in the forest, Maylynn and a group of friends decide to go on an entertaining, investigative trip. Almost immediately, things take turn for the worse when one of the friends gets seriously injured. In order to survive, they must travel between times and dimensions to overcome an ancient evil and save the souls of the innocent. Help these friends solve brain-twisting puzzles and explore the world of ghosts and lost souls in this heart-pounding Adventure game.
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Wednesday, 5 January 2011

I've not been feeling well since I came back from Sweden. I haven't been able to sleep at night and I must have some kind of stomach bug or flu (or what it is called here). The only thing I've managed so far is to do some laundry (I haven't even unpacked yet, but I have washed everything that was dirty in our house. The only problem now is that I'm running out of space to hang things to dry. And I feel too tired to start folding clothes... can you see what problems I have? Oh well, at least it will only be two work days for me, then weekend, and then Andreas will be here. Can't wait!

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October 21, 2012
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How to Unlock Bootloader of 2011 Xperia smartphones

In the previous posts which i have mentioned about rooting,one may get confused thinking how can they install custom Roms like CyanogenMode and Muvi in their smart phone.With a locked bootloader, one cannot install CM or Muvi either.To gain power over bootloader one should unlock it and it is very simple. Continue Reading →

October 20, 2012
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Root/Unroot your Xperia Ray St18i running GingerBread

Today we are going to see how to root your Xperia Ray St18i(is applicable for almost all 2011 Xperia smart phones), most of those who own a smart phone are worried thinking whether rooting will brick your phone. Even I was too tensed while doing all these stuffs. But now its all easy and bricking is really an outcome of careless flashing of Kernels and Roms or doing OTA Upgrade with an unlocked boot loader. You will come to know about this is coming posts. Continue Reading →

September 11, 2012
by Jishnu Mohan

HUEBRIX tests your visual, spatial and logical senses. Solve levels by dragging paths from blocks to fill out the puzzle grid. However, they only give you paths of a specified length. Special blocks determine the orientation of paths, acting as clues and challenges at the same time.

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Pew: Nearly 50 Million Create Own Web Content

Another great study released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

The Technology & Media Use report discloses that while “adoption of high-speed internet at home grew twice as fast in the year prior to March 2006 than in the same time frame from 2004 to 2005,” nearly 50 million Americans have posted their own content to the web.

At GigaOm, Robert Young believes that MySpace and other social-networking hubs are the primary reason for the uptick in user-generated content:

To some extent, self-expression should be viewed as a new industry, one that will co-exist alongside other traditional media industries like movies, TV, radio, newspapers and magazines. But in this new industry, the raw materials for the ?products? are the people?

The Pew report also points out the disappearing digital divide. More web postings are generated from within household’s under the $50,000 income threshold, than above it.

VoIP set-ups like Skype and municipal broadband projects taken on by the likes of Earthlink are also breaking down big-money barriers to broadband.

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad GOOG?

Hard to disagree with Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who publicly takes the Yahoo-Ebay partnership in stride. “Its good for everybody on the Internet,” he said, according to eWeek.

Google’s stock still sits pretty, with a 1999-style inflated valuation but with a solid and admirably successful business plan.

The eBay/Yahoo “strategic partnership” is indeed a glowing green light for the internet boom survivors, and it means alot more than say, Google recent investment in 5% of AOL (TWX). eBay needs help with advertising to keep their listing prices from rising (as they have been) and Yahoo! gets to co-brand Skype and Paypal. Add that to Yahoo!’s stable of sky’s-the-limit goodies such as, Flickr, and upcoming, to mention a few outright purchases.

Both companies will reap the benefits of added page views (Yahoo is already #1 and eBay #9, according to Alexa). As the big papers are saying — its a sign of fear or its look out Ma Goog. (see also, Barry’s post @ Content Matters).

Rafat @ Paid Content sums it up from the market analysts perspective. Search Engine Lowdown sums up the tech value. Battelle calls it “Yahoo’s first major syndication win in years.”

kill your television

40 percent of U.S. consumers would rather give up TV than the Internet, according to a new study of Internet and new media usage by Arbitron and Edison Media Research.

Spring may be here, but according to Jeff Jarvis: “The Book is Dead.” Warren Buffet says newspapers are perpetually dying.

Hard to agree with Buffet there, but he tends to always be right in the end. Who needs TV anyway, with so many stations worldwide available on the internet. Check them out via Beeline TV or MediaHopper.

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Facebook Apps Soon to Vanish from Profile Tabs

It’s been a year since Facebook went public with a Developer roadmap which signalled a shift away from third-party app integration and increased importance on the Home Page news feed. Last October, the Facebook home page news feed went real-time, significantly altering the user experience to focus primarily on the Home Page, as opposed to profiles or third-party applications.

The latest platform change “coming soon” is a bigger blow to the personalization of the profile page. In the past months, we’ve seen all kinds of irritating warnings that Facebook would soon strip application Profile Boxes and to move these boxes to the tab bar. Now, these tabs are the next casualty.

Facebook app profile tab

This is unfortunate in that it limits not only the personalization of ones profile but also the effectiveness of calls-to-action that benefit from users adding custom tabs to profiles as if they were virtual lawn signs. I proudly display a “No on 23” tab in my profile (direct link), so friends and anyone else who lands on my profile page can learn more about an important proposition on the California ballot next Tuesday. It’s alongside two other tabs that are “soon” to be pulled by Facebook: Goodreads and Last.fm — services I use to track the books I read and music I listen to (respectively). I don’t care (or know) if many visitors to my profile even notice these tabs or take interest, however, it adds value as it’s an intricate part of getting to know me. Sure, books and artists that I have “liked” are listed in my profile, but there is nothing live or temporal about that data other than when (in real-time) I click like and it reverberates through my network via the news feed for 24 hours or so.

I’m betting that you also like the ability to integrate 3rd-party applications and services into your Facebook experience and as tabs or boxes on your profile page. Again this is not a sudden occurrence, we were warned a year ago, and more recently applications which depended almost exclusively on the Facebook Platform, such as Causes and Zimride, have gone entirely standalone.

Does Facebook have something in mind to replace this experience or do we just have to learn to accept a more dumbed-down, walled-in Facebook from here on out? What’s next for Facebook application campaigns based on profile tab proliferation, such as those created by PopRule and others?

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

CT TAGS FwTags Creations

I have some new tags for  FwTags Creations today... I used two kits and did a collab tag with them! These two kits are great for mixing and matching and Claire at FwTags Creations Is ok with this type of use. Makes her kits even more versatile! I just adore the elements in both of these kits and you will too I am sure.
The kits are A Gift For Mom and Countryside Romance and they are both PTU kits available at the following stores:

My tubes are by Keith Garvey, CelineArt, and Arthur Crowe and they are all PTU and require a License to use. Please be respectful of copyright laws... To get these tubes please follow the links below, they are in order of the tags...

I also have some snags for you. Please do not alter these in any way shape or form and that means do not claim as your own or put your name on them! A thank you in the comments would be greatly appreciated


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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Prairie Schooler christmas Theme Floss Ring Tags

These are Prairie Schooler designs, the first one is the ABC Bird freebie, and the other one is from Prairie Schooler Cransberry Christmas:

I do carry Prairie Schooler charts on my web site and all the Floss Ring Tag supplies on my web site:


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Thursday, February 9, 2012

things that are delicious.

surely you've guessed that in some of my spare time,
i've been getting creative with food.
remember that caramel i made from scratch?
pop that in the microwave for a few seconds, add to vanilla yogurt and mix in some pieces of green apples and you've got a very tasty
(and pretty healthy) dessert.
last week, i also tried my hand at chocolate meltaways.
they taste like the name sounds --
pieces of chocolate that melt when you eat them.
kind of a mix between fudge  and boxed chocolate candy?
i also made a variety of bite-sized desserts
for this weekend's super bowl party.
here's my array of buckeyes (chocolate covered peanut butter balls -- an ohio delicacy) and cake pops.
in case you don't know what cake pops are, they're kind of a combination of cake, lollipops and popsicles (sort of). you make a cake like you usually would, crumble it up, add some cream cheese, sugar, milk and mix it all together. roll the batter into balls and then put them in the fridge until they hold their shape. after a few hours, you can put a toothpick in them and dip them in chocolate coating (i used the same kind that i used for my buckeyes so they had a hard shell) or frost them and then add any kind of decorations you want.

 also at that super bowl party,
i got a delicious surprise during the half-time show --
 happy birthday to me ( :

Sarah said...

ohhhhh myyyyyy yummmmmmm. what is the exact ratio of ingredients on those cake pops? because i need them. now. YUM.

Ruth Dowling said...

oh my goodness teach me to make caramel!!!!

and you and sarah are on cakepop duty. july 19 mark your calendar.


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Monday, February 16, 2015

BtT—Annalyn's Corner: Free to Love

The second installment of my column at Beneath the Tangles is up! This week, I revisit Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth. Love and Freedom are important themes in Croisée. This got me thinking about the freedom Christians have, and how it affects our interactions with others.

Link: Annalyn's Corner: Free to Love

I'm probably going to stop linking to Annalyn's Corner here. I already share it on Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr, and I'm usually pretty busy with homework on Mondays. If you want to keep up with my column at BtT, I hope you'll follow me on any of the media listed above, or, better yet, follow Beneath the Tangles!

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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Every Day is Wednesday

Every day is Wednesday.

That is what my boss told me. When you work twelve-hour days, seven days a week for several weeks, every day seems like Wednesday.
One day I asked him how his day was going. He replied it was OK for a Monday. Of course, it wasn’t Monday. At least I didn’t think so. But it is easy to get confused on those matters. I inquired what he meant by that. He said, bad days were Mondays. Things had gone wrong that day, so it was a Monday, but things were looking up, the problems solved so it was better.

Today is my last day. I guess that makes today Friday. I found my self singing the same song all day long, from Les Miserables. One More Day. . . 2-4-6-0-1

This company is so nice. The people are typical construction workers. They are happiest when they are kept busy. By that I mean they are not afraid to work and get dirty. But these men are clean cut. Most have families. I hardly hear a swear word, and when it does happen, they quickly remember their manners and apologize. Most drink coffee, chew or smoke, or a combination. Occasionally I see a Mountain Dew or Dr. Pepper. Most work hard all day. The bosses have hired enough temporary workers that they know how many they will need, and there is no time for slackers. There are, of course, slackers. Today on the scaffolding crew, one kept popping out of the hole like popcorn. I had to write his name down many more times than the rest. At the end of the day, one of our workers mentioned how "Popcorn" was hated by all down below. He was supposed to be handing the scaffolding up through the first hole, instead, he went up the ladder to just below the surface and texted the rest of the afternoon. But most are really hard workers.

Because of the short time I work with them, I don’t get to know them very well. But some return from previous years. Like friends you haven’t seen for a year, it is fun to have their names pop right back into your head as soon as you see them. I hadn’t thought of Carlos for a year, yet the minute he was on the job, I knew his name.

Today I am in the Suburban again. I got to spend the weekend in there, but was back inside the dirty, drafty building the next two days. Today the project is winding down, and I am watching the outside entrances to the Condenser. The Scaffold men are taking the scaffold down.
I am in awe of the scaffold men. They are here to make things safe for the rest of the workers. But who makes it safe for them?

Sailor took me up to the 13th floor to show me the boiler. But a “level” for the power plant is more like two levels in any other building. A set of stairs that gets you to the next level in a house is only half the way up in the power plant. One has to travel two sets of stairs to make it to the next floor. We came to a door surrounded by a fence. When I looked inside, there was a large room that spans the entirety of the 13 floors down and several more upwards. I felt my stomach drop as my eyes traveled downward.

I backed away holding the railing with one hand and my stomach with the other. But then my husband directed my attention to the top part. Suspended from beams above the ceiling is a curtain of heavy tubes that hang down, then turn toward the wall. Under that is a large shelf, called a bull nose that juts out. It starts at the top of the room on one wall then juts out at a 45 degree angle away from the wall like a slide for about 15 or 20 feet (I will check with facts, but in that huge room, my concept of measurements is completely messed up). My husband says it is closer to 50 feet. Then it turns at a right angle and heads back to the wall. If there is a way to get to the top of this bull nose and slide down, you would have a 12 story, or is it more like 24 story fall before you hit bottom. At around the second floor level two walls of this huge room slope inward and meet at the bottom like an elongated funnel.

I know now where Star Wars got their inspiration for that room where Luke is sword fighting Darth Vader. You know, the one where you cannot see the bottom? Well, that is what I thought of when I saw this room. You can take pictures, but you never quite get the true feeling until you see it in person. Sort of like a Cathedral in Europe. I probably could have taken several panoramic pictures and pasted them together, but unless I made it 3-D, I don't think you would still get the idea.

The startling sight for me was the scaffold in the middle of this bull nose. First of all, how did they ever get to that place to build the scaffold? I am sure they have their ways, but I don’t think I would ever have the courage to watch. I was freaking out watching my men jump around on a two-story place. I might have just keeled over with fright or faintness had I been the entrance attendant for this place. I feel dizzy just describing it. I thought my painter men were part monkey they way they climb and swing from place to place. They are amazingly agile and light. Last year I watched the scaffold men build a tent room to house the workers while they did their work and they climbed around, slapping their safety harnesses from place to place. I thought they were amazing, but this year, when I saw that huge room and the height of that scaffold, I realized why it was so easy for them to hop around on a tiny tent scaffold. I could never do that, and I am glad my children don't have that vocation either. I would never get any sleep.

I just have to say two things: number one: I am so glad I am a stay-at-home mom/seamstress. Number two: if it were up to me to earn the living, I probably wouldn’t join the painting or scaffolding crew.

So today is Friday for me. My sixteen day journey of Mondays, and Wednesdays has now come to an end. It has been a fun adventure, but if I had to maintain any more twelve hour days, without one day off, I think it would be hard, and I might have to turn to more legally addictive stimulants like Mountain Dew. Looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow, and looking forward to two pretty nice pay checks.

I took pictures, well, I had Sailor take pictures. He will email them to me tomorrow from work, so I can post them.

have a nice night

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RisibleGirl said...

"if it were up to me to earn the living, I probably wouldn’t join the painting or scaffolding crew."

Amen, my friend. Amen!

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