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Friday, October 06, 2006

Back To The Future...A Paragraph That Sums Up Tonight's Yankee-Tiger's Game...ALL TRUE!!

Or at least I HOPE it comes to pass as written on this Friday grey morning, October 6th, 2006. A game in Detroit, in front of an adoring crowd...the weather cool, but dry. The mood electric. Here we go...just one small batch of words. May they be the future.....tonight's future.

"RJ, with his back still bothering him, was battered out of the game this Friday night before finishing the third inning, and the Tigers used the four runs to leap ahead of the Yankees and they now have a commanding 2-1 game lead, with another game at home. The final score was 4-2, with the Tiger's bullpen shining yet again."

Peter here, and it's back to Friday morning. My mind has returned from its glimpse of the future. I might be absurdly wrong, but then again, RJ is an older guy with a tricky back. And the Tigers will be on home turf, in front of a loving crowd, with a chance to go up 2-1 with two to play, the next one at home. What do you think? As always, thanks for being here for me. And I DO want to hear your comments on this busy Friday, a grey but not rainy day. All the rain is south of here, NYC and points south and west. Still grey, though, and 44 degrees. Great weather to break in the fireplace. I might...plenty of wood in the garage. And I already did what I have to do today. So....Ok ok, I talked myself into a roaring fire, the first of the season. Knowing that the wood has been cut and stored in my garage for 5 years, it will be an easy, kindling-less fire to start. Newspaper and wood, and a crackly sweet smelling addition to the living room/den/media room is there! Wow, I was thinking while typing. Almost didn't realize it! Off to the garage,. Looking forward to your thoughts on tonight's game. Thanks.

At 10/06/2006 10:41 AM, Blogger jonathan said...

hopefully detroit can make this a series....i know they are overmatched...but two in the motor city would be great

At 10/06/2006 10:50 AM, Blogger Peter N said...

Jonathon, TWO in el city de motor would mean....mean....the Yanks go home! Wowie gozowie. One at a time..but it would be so great if what I wrote came close to being the actuality. Yeah, right. The next things will be lottery numbers. But I have faith in what I wrote, because I didn't have to think it before I typed it....we'll see. Have a great weekend, and thanks as always for reading. I mean that...Peter

At 10/06/2006 11:05 AM, Blogger Amy said...

I'd love for the Yanks to be done. Absolutely. And my bro in law would be thrilled with a Tiger's victory, so all would be well with the world!!

Oh, and about that fire...sounds heavenly!!

At 10/06/2006 12:00 PM, Blogger laura said...

There was a possibility Johnson wouldn't pitch at all a while ago, right? Maybe he will shut down early on and hopefully the Tigers could take advantage of the bullpen.

At 10/06/2006 12:51 PM, Blogger Christine E. said...

Peter, I would like nothing less for you to be right, and the Skanks be out of it in the 1st round

How COOL would that be??

The only thing better than the Tigers winning the next 2 is the tigers losing 1 and then clinching at The stadium...tehehehe

At 10/06/2006 1:02 PM, Blogger Bosox Fan in Wichita said...

Peter, I like your way of thinking. I've followed the Tigers some this season (after the Sox) because of Nate Robertson (local hero). While he had a tough outing Wednesday, he didn't pitch badly, but I'd rather not see him in New York again this year. Save him to start against the A's or Twinkies.
Sounds like you're going to have a nice day with the fire & Detroit victory. BTW, it's 72 & beautiful here in the heartland.

At 10/06/2006 1:57 PM, Blogger Peter N said...

I never knew how popular a fire would be..with me! Crackling and sizzling and all the good stuff right now. Laura, you have a deviously great mind to suggest that all those NY fans at Yankee Stadium would come out on Sunday only to be heartbroken (AWW!). Amy, hi to you. Loved your last post at your place. Christine, hi and as always, we have the same thing in mind. And last but not least, new reader (?) I'm jealous of your 72 degrees, but if that were the case here, I'd have a REALLY hot living room with this fire. Thanks for you have a blog?? I'll check your profile. And, you all make me so happy wit your comments. Enjoy Detroit night tonight everyone, according to my post. I so hope I'm right.....

At 10/06/2006 2:13 PM, Blogger Peter N said...

"Oh, and about that fire...sounds heavenly!!"

Amy, I couldn't resist saying that the game doesn't start until 8PM. Plenty of time to get here. Directions if you need ' loud neighbors, either. Just me! Enjoy tonight and keep in touch. Everyone! You make me happy.

At 10/06/2006 7:34 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hmmm. You said wily mo would get better under the watchful eye of... TROT??? No way man, he won't be here next year, and i would like to see wily mo play center like he did early this year and coco can play right. i never said wily mo was a bad outfielder, either. i just think he needs some work, and he played well despite a few screwups

At 10/06/2006 8:24 PM, Blogger kaylee said...

o if that prediction(on my blog)comes true i will be happy

At 10/07/2006 12:09 AM, Blogger Michael Leggett said...

"Moideras Row":

It was "Moidah";

Detroit 6-0;

"Yankees LOSE";

"Thahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Yankees SUCK!"

At 10/07/2006 6:53 AM, Blogger Peter N said...

We will never agree on WMP, Ben. And he sure could learn some defensive skills from Trot. And he could learn much about Fenway's rightfield. I've seen many a player come and go over the years, and Dewey was by far the best. But Trot is right up there after him. WMP? Bottom of the barrel....a little better than Canseco. I have no confidence whatsoever in him. And I ain't alone.

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Westchester Federal Credit Union (which rents space at Town Hall) will pay for six attractive new WELCOME TO GREENBURGH SIGNS to be placed at the entrance of Greenburgh. In return the town will let the credit union place an attractive sign at Town Hall announcing that they have offices at Town Hall.

Special meeting NEXT TUESDAY at 7 PM requesting that the NYS Legislature amend chapter 891 of the laws of 1982 re: Finneran Law. Amendment will permit tennis bubble to be built.

TODAY, for first time, we streamed our Board work session live on the internet.

Anonymous said...

Where will each of the new signs be placed? Or is that up for discussion? I'm thinking 1) Central Park Avenue, Yonkers city line 2) Central Park Avenue, White Plains city line, 3) Tarrytown Road, White Plains city line, 4) Ardsley Road, Scarsdale town line, 5) East Hartsdale Avenue, Scarsdale town line, 6) Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers city line.

Anonymous said...

what does "Finneran law" mean?

bad idea said...

the town is already suffering from visual clutter and pollution.

for every road sign that is put up at least two should come down.

please reconsider this.

Anonymous said...

There already is a "welcome to Hartsdale" sign at the EHA Scarsdale border. It is only visible when the weeds are cut back which isn't very often. Are you planning to remove that sign or leave it and add another?

Anonymous said...

By the way who will maintain the grass and weeds that will grow arround the signs.
Will this be another eyesore for Greenburgh?

Anonymous said...

Will the sign posted by the credit union at Town Hall be required to conform to the Town's sign ordinance - or will another "Friend of Paul" receive yet another exemption?

Anonymous said...

This is a bad idea, paul. If they need a sign then charge them a monthly fee, that will bring in some money for the town

Anonymous said...

The Fairview Fire department want to build a new fire house. Enough is enough we cant afford this dont let the fire comissioners sneak this past the residents like Hartsdale did!

Anonymous said...

And we dont need a Taj Mahal for a new public safety building either. I wish people who stop focusing on the library -- WHICH IS OVER AND DONE WITH -- and start planning for the future.

Anonymous said...

Why do we keep on building the new complexes with tax money it is a waste.

Anonymous said...

Wht do all the fire departments in greenburgh need new firehouses. Hartsdale has a huge firehouse expansion project, ardsley a a very nice looking new fire house and tarrytown has two brand new firehouses being built. Why do we need all of these new fire houses. Our tax dollars dont seem to being spent right.

ardsley firehouse facts said...

dear curious: the ardsley fire house that was replaced was built in the 19th century. it was previously a school and the village hall.

among other things, modern fire fighting equipment especially engines required a new facility.

the new firehouse was built on time and on budget.

Anonymous said...

I think it would be great to have Greenburgh signs. It's like we're embarrassed to be known. From the south, for example, people think they're entering Scarsdale or Hastings because of the addresses. And from the east, people think they're entering a municipality called Hartsdale that doesn't really exist or that they're still in White Plains until they get to Elmsford.

Anonymous said...

Greenburgh services are legendary. A proud sign will encourage more people to be proud of the awesome services provided.

hal samis said...

There are several aspects to this topic that should be mentioned.

Having attractive welcome to Greenburgh signs is not a contested issue; the need is justified and this is not my issue.
Depending on the cost, the taxpayers might want to consider paying for them -- if the following makes sense.

The credit union desired to locate in Town Hall for years before finally being allowed to rent space. The Town Hall is not on a busy commercial road, there are no storefronts and there is little pedestrian, walk-in traffic. The hours of Town Hall operation did not seem to be desirable either for such a commercial enterprise.

Thus, at the lease signing, several residents could never understand why the credit union was so persistent about leasing space in Town Hall. Particularly with a paragraph in the lease specifically denying the tenant any right to an outdoor sign.

As for the rent, it represented a fair value for second story office space but the total income to the Town is not significant either, being in the mid to high $20,000s annually by the end of its five year lease.
The existence or absence of this "income" will have no effect on the Town's budgets.

So we have a tenant who now seeks to obtain an outdoor sign because "business is bad" and this sign will turn things around, not just at this location but also perhaps better the problems that are being experienced at their other locations.

And, in deference to those that objected to their Town Hall residency, the credit union wants to throw a bone to residents to ease their concerns.

Well, I too have some concerns and it is not about beautfying the landscape or trumpeting the commercialization of Town Hall.

Anyone reading the financial news for the past six months is aware of the problems facing banks, credit unions, insurance companies, retirement systems, investors who have exposure to financial instruments that are linked to the defaulting sub-prime mortgage packages while the general concern over these has continued the spread to other credit issuers.

When money is lent to borrowers -- home owners, businesses, etc. -- it is obtained in part by using depositors funds which pay out lower interest than their money brings back to the lender after being invested in higher yielding vehicles, like packaged mortgage products. The spread, between what the money is invested in and what the lender pays out to its customers, is the profit to the lender. But what if you have obligations to pay out and your invested money coming in has slowed or stopped?
And that is what is happening today in the credit markets. Defaulting instruments are lowering or wiping out the value of these instruments as the yield stream from these instruments has trickled to a stop.

Credit unions, especially, have long maintained that they pay higher yields on savings and cds.
To do this, they had to seek higher returns on depositors funds so that they could afford to pay these higher yields to their customers. And the one-stop market for obtaining these higher yields are the very products that concern the financial markets today, in particular the higher yielding but highest risk portions of those instruments.

Although I do not have any specific knowledge of this particular credit union's investments, it seems likely that they hold a few problem loans or investments, just like their peers. And even if all their assets are fine, the underlying security (equity) behind these assets, say, mortgages on homes, is unlikely to remain untroubled if the home next door has gone into default or foreclosure.

The point is that these are troubled times for the financial services industry. And it is this concern that makes me question the wisdom of the Town doing more now than is necessary to affirm its support for this credit union. A sign at Town Hall increases the perception that the Town has vetted the tenant and said that "this one is ok". Were the Town and the credit union both tenants in a building owned by a third party, their signs side by side would not be the Town's problem; in this situtation the Town is their landlord.

And with all the problems cropping up daily in the industry, I doubt that the Town has the resources to perform a a forensic financial audit on its tenant.

Finally, the need for the sign just doesn't sound right. People tend to keep their money in local institutions where it is accessible. If the credit union has not been able to tell its story by now to customers and would-be customers that they are located inside the Greenburgh Town Hall, a sign outside is not going to do it either. Locals, residents, already know or will never know where Town Hall is located. A new sign outside is not going to bring those driving by to a screeching halt.

Perhaps, if the credit crunch/crisis were not so much in the face at present, I would be less concerned. But it is. I don't suspect that the sign is going to bring in much new business and I would be concerned about leaving my money with those who otherwise operate from storefronts on commercial, in town locations, but lacked the wisdom to recognize that a second floor location in an out-of-the way location was a good retail destination.

Thus, I think that this is certainly not the right timing for the Town to get more linked with its tenant -- granting a concession that was once specifically prohibited says to me that the Town stands behind and vouches for this tenant.
What the newpaper headlines are saying however is exercise extreme caution.

So, if we should have new signs introducing Greenburgh, let's first heed the signs that the financial markets are posting.
And those few people who are new to our "shores" may miss out knowing where Greenburgh is but maybe they should drive by unaware that the Town, itself, can't afford to post a few outdoor signs of welcome.

Anonymous said...

Lord NO!

Anonymous said...

I have news for you all, Greenburgh doesn't exist. All the Villages want nothing to do with Greenburgh. Signs will just confuse people more.
When you enter Edgemont or Hastings, the sign will say entering Greenburgh. That seems very confusing to me!

hal samis said...

Then does Edgemont exist?

Has the Post Office got it wrong, sending mail to Scarsdale?

Or calling a school district a place is not confusing enough?

Let's see if we can end this confusion. Greenburgh will stand behind signs "Welcome to Edgemont" and Edgemont will lobby the Post Office to change their mailing address to Edgemont.

Simple. End of confusion.

Isn't getting together on the blog simply a marvelous way to work things out?

town needs samis said...

i like the sound of samisville!

run samis run

Anonymous said...

The Greenburgh signs would be posted at major town lines into Unincorporated Greenburgh, not the villages.

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Does anyone know what positions the 4th district Congressional candidates have taken on Amtrak funding or possible expansion, especially as an alternative to overcrowded airports in corridors between major cities?

In early August I wrote and asked this of Rep. Albert Wynn and the Donna Edwards campaign, but neither one bothered to answer.

I know Wynn ignores my mail and my opinions; is Edwards equally unresponsive?

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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Fort McHenry

I also visited Fort McHnery, the battle over which in the War of 1812 led to the creation of the song "The Star Spangled Banner" that would one day become the national anthem of the US (I still prefer Hail Columbia):p This was a nice museum and the fort is well kept in its 19th century form. I loved the Rohdan guns!

Baltimore Minor Attractions: Chesapeake and Civil War Musuem

I also visited the lightship Chesapeake and the tiny Civil War Museum. The Civil War musuem was a bit too small, though it was well laid out considering the history of the country. It had a good bookshop but it was closed the day I visited :(

The Chesapeake

USS Torsk

The USS Torsk was the second ship I visited during my attendance at the Baltimore ISA conference.

USS Constellation

I attended the annual ISA (International Studies Association) at Baltimore and took advantage of the visit to explore the history of the place. I visited the USS Constellation, USS Torsk, the Light House Chesapeake, Fort McHenry and the tiny Civil War Museum. Here are the pictures and video I took of the USS Constellation. This is the first tall ship I ever had a chance to visit and it was pretty cool.

The above is the video of fire practice, as well as me showing off my friend Emir how the american percussion cap system worked.

And here are 91 photos.

Friday, February 17, 2017

MAP: Battle of Kresna Gorge 1913

One of the biggest issue when making the scenarios based on the 1st and 2nd Balkan War for Bloody Big Battles, was the lack of good detailed maps. Since all sides expected to fight again over the same terrain, most of the maps in Staff histories, and thus on the secondary works that build on them, are sketch maps. The solution was to consolidated textual information and sketch maps with the 1:200000 scale survey maps created by the Austro-Hungarian military in 1910.

This permitted me to plot the sketch maps on terrain maps, and thus create the scenario maps. It also permits as for the first time as the public to actually see the relation of movements with terrain.

As an example here is my work on consolidating 5 different sources for building the most detailed map I can for the Battle of Kresna Gorge.

Click on the picture of a larger view.

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Battles to Operations: BBB Balkan Wars

I decided to plot, approximately the area covered by me BBB Balkan Wars scenarios on the broader campaigns. This will show people how much of the campaign is actually covered, and where those battles took place and their relations to each other. They also should provide people with a filling of how different the campaigns were.

First Balkan  War

Monday, February 6, 2017

Last Century of the Ottomans: Battle of Aladja Dagh 1877

Yesterday we got a chance to continue our Bloody Big Battles Campaign, Last Century of the Ottomans. Onur, who had been caught up with the move of the Kararagh Club from their old cite to a new locale, finally had a chance to play. We also introduced a new player to the game, Murat. Emir and Doruk were supposed to come, but alas they were caught up in PhD work.

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PherX Pheromone Oil Review – For Men To Attract Women – Does It Really Work? See My Results Here !

I have personally tried several pheromone sprays/colognes in the past. Some did give me great results, and others did not live up to its expectation !

Now with the PherX Pheromone Oil for Men (Attract Women), it was actually one of the first pheromone oil that I have given it a shot !

Yes, I only had bought a single bottle and test it out myself to make me believe that this type of secret attraction chemical scent really work, as they claim.

Even though PherX company/brand has several other pheromone oils to sprays out there, I will be reviewing the PherX Pheromone Oil for Men (Attract Women), especially because of my usage.

In this review, not only I will elaborate every aspect you need to know, but along I will share my personal experience as well !

Feel free to read below to find out !

Name of Product: PherX Pheromone Oil for Men (Attract Women)

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Minimum Price: 1 Bottle 0.5 oz (15ml) Price Vary

Overall Rate (out of 100): 56% Success Rate

Recommended Usage: Apply the Oil on Pulse Points

Refund Policy: Amazon Does Carry a Money Back Guarantee

What Is PherX Pheromone Oil for Men ?

PherX Oil for Men is basically a pheromone oil to attract women in men’s life.

This product promotes as an oil based formula being extra strength, which should be highly effective for those of us seeking to attract beautiful hot women.

Its company (PherX Research Labs, LLC) located here in the United States, they claim to be the “Science of Attraction“.

Yet, from my experience with the product, it might not be as good as the claims..

According to them, pheromone is a chemical substance that is produced by animals and humans, which stimulates powerful signals in individuals to attract the opposite sexes.

The product’s company claims that there have been many proofs of evidence from University studies and scientific data to prove that pheromones really work.

Basically, they are trying to say that PherX Pheromone Oil has been proven to be effective.

Plus, on Amazon where this formula was found and where I actually purchased it, it states that it was produced and developed by medical doctors of biology and pharmacology professionals.

Yet, I am unable to find any studies or data/test for this specific formula of pheromones.

Keep reading !

Ingredient’s Section

Each bottle of PherX Oil for Men comes with 0.5 oz (15ml).

According to the product’s manufacturer, they added a total of 20mg high concentration of human pheromones in each single bottle.

Now they do mention that it should be an “extra strength” formula !

Yet, they did not provide us with the exact compounds of pheromones included in their formula, but on the Amazon website, it only states in the ingredients section to have “essential oils, human pheromones“.

And at the company’s webpage, it states to have a proprietary blend of 9 pheromones blended in this single bottle.

So I’m thinking here, which exactly pheromones are these?

Who knows, since I can’t find it no where and I don’t know why the manufacturer would hide such ingredient’s information that we as users would want to know !

Keep reading!

How Does PherX Pheromone Oil for Men Work?

So this is how it works !

All I would do is apply the liquid oil directly to my pulse points on the neck, behind the ears, chest or on my wrist, and by doing that, it should change the game around.

Now as you know, they claim that it sends “powerful signals” to the opposite mate’s limbic region of the brain.

It states to stimulate powerful feelings such as sexual desire and emotions, which causes the brain to release a chemical substance called (phenethylamine).

With that being released, it boost up the production of dopamine and that means, good feelings turns into attraction and sexual desire.

So when I have this PherX Pheromone Oil onto my skin, they claim that it will attract women around me.

There are several mixed reviews, which most of them are positive.

The Good:

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  • Promotes to Have Tests Done
  • Says It’s “Extra Strength” Formula
  • States It Was Produced by Doctors
  • PherX Company Sells Many Others
  • Positive Reviews Were Found
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The Bad:

  1. The company failed to share the full ingredient’s list.
  2. Nothing found from the “tests” done or any studies on such product.
  3. Does not have its own website to make it more professional.
  4. Negative reviews were found throughout the online world.
  5. Not enough product’s information was mentioned about this pheromone oil.

Customer Support/Guarantee

PherX Pheromone Oil for Men (Attract Women) does seem to be a “popular” product on the Amazon world, where a number of 683+ reviews were listed in the comment’s section below.

I have taken my time and read several of these comments/reviews, and believe it or not, there are all types of helpful reviews.

And at the company’s page, I only see positive reviews. Of course, they would only provide us with good reviews..

Now Amazon does have a 100% money back guarantee, which I actually have used their refund policy before and it worked to return a product (not this pheromone, but other).

Yet, the product was unused and unopened.

Closing Analysis & Interpretation = Results

I bet you couldn’t wait to get to this part, where I am going to share with you my experience of results from using the PherX Pheromone Oil.

Before I show you my before and after results, let me just tell you that this pheromone oil did have a strong, but relaxed scent.

On my skin, it felt very silky and oily, which was not a good feeling to me.

So as I applied the PherX Oil for Men to see how it worked, I went out to dinner with a date. She was okay, so I basically did not care how the date would go.

At first, she saw me and smiled, gave me a hug and we walked in to AppleBee’s restaurant.

I noticed as I sat down, there was a different impression on how she felt. She seemed to have more trust and a relaxed attitude towards me, where we would talk and have more communication with each other.

To be honest, I expected her to be more sexual aroused and aggressively turned on.

Yet, I used it the following week, the results were like some what mixed, not all time good results as I really expected.

Now I would give this product not a complete 5 stars, but 2 or 3 stars if I were to write it down my experience with it on Amazon reviews.

In my opinion, there are better options online such as the NexusPheromones spray cologne with a 67 day money back guarantee included, from its company.

When you click here to visit my review of success with the Nexus Pheromones, I would tell you why it’s much better and how it gives me more success with women than ever.

Remember to feel completely free to drop me any concerns or comments you may have. Any questions or have a review to tell me, write them below !

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Julio here, the founder and editor of (, I have dedicated my own time to find out the truth of each human pheromone formulas out there in the industry and share full unbiased details with everyone ! Me being a pheromone wearer, this website is dedicated based on my personal own use with some of these pheromone products, and the ones I have not used yet. I'm going to give you the real review before making any judgement to find out if it works or not. So feel free to take a look at some of the pheromones I have reviewed so far, which there are over 95+ products' reviews done here ! Now If there is one I have not reviewed yet, please let me see that you're here and throw me a line below in the comment box, with the product's name and I will go from there !

  1. so far i havent notice any difference. it smells good but sadly i am not seeing the results that i was hoping for. what would you recommend julio

  2. I really can’t tell the difference but reviews on Amazon are saying it works. I can only feel the strong smell. Other than that I can’t tell if its working or not

  3. Hey man great blog post here. I used this before and I really like it. To me it works like a charm but now I want to try something new. What you recommend to me Julio

  4. It does have a strong odor. I keep smelling it thoughout the whole day. The effects are okay. I do see people starting at me. Girls don’t come up to me but I know it works.

  5. I am veery straight forward! This works !

  6. I must say that I recommend it. I used it and now Im after another bottle of this. Thanks for the review

  7. Hi,
    The above post was useful, I would like to tell you that I have not used the PherX Pheromone Oi. But I used the similar product which had pheromone oil, the person who gave me the product told me that it will not be that the girl will be aroused, it will give her a feeling that she knows you and she would be comfortable interacting with you. I would just say that its a conversation starter rest depends on you.

  8. Smells great. Results are okay.

  9. Hello julio,

    I tried it, the results was ok for me.

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Sunday, 21 April 2013

April 2013 gone warmer and birds really nesting

After a really bad winter it has finally gone warmer and there is lots of nesting activity going on.
Blue Tit already feeding young
Jackdaw adding nesting Material to nest hole
Pair of Jackdaws at nest hole. Balcony with a lovely view!
Found this beautiful Long Tailed Tits nest in a thorny shrub near to where I work and quickly took this picture.  Its made of 6000 different pieces of Moss Lichen, Spider egg cocoons, and feathers

Its tough out there.  This duckling was left unattended for a few seconds and becomes a meal for this Herring Gull

Thursday, 11 April 2013

April 2013 Water Rail

Really exciting after waiting a considerable while to have one of these shy birds come out of the cover of the reeds. A great time at Slimbridge Gloucestershire UK.  Wildlife photography: wait, wait and then adrenalin.

In the excitement remember to include the reflection in the composition!

Water Rail relaxed and coming closer

Is it going to break cover or disappear back into the reeds?

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

April 2013 Common Cranes Slimbridge

The Great Crane Project is aiming to re-introduce Cranes across Britain where they have been absent for 400 years.  Eggs are taken from Brandenburg Germany and brought to Slimbridge in Gloucestershire where they are hatched and reared.  They are then released onto the Somerset Levels wetland.  Some of the cranes released have miraculously flown back to Slimbridge and giving us great views of these iconic birds. Very best wishes to this fantastic project.

Common Crane The Tack Piece Slimbridge

Common Crane

Common Crane

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15 February 2010

Triple Hat Trick

I thought this was quite a neat idea which I found on the manage-this.com website it's a simple form that you can set yourself three different types of tasks, agenda items, or projects to do in the week.

You can download the forms from the website and print them off. I'm going to try it out in my A5 for a few weeks and see if it works for me.

  1. These look fab, will also check them out! Thanks

  2. This looks awesome. Seriously, anything that gets me to focus is a good thing. Feeling pretty scattered these days!!

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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Have You Ever Been This Tired?

Cara came running in today to get me to come and look at Whiskers. She started coming out of her "Ker Cube" and fell back asleep before she was all of the way out. Now tell me...were you ever this tired?


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Monday, July 27, 2015

Denise Callaway Week 161: Charred

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Denise Callaway’s Picture Choice: 2

Title: Charred

The flame licked up the wood as Missy studied it therapeutically. It seemed to represent her life of late. Everything went up in flames and she lost it all. Her job first kicked her to the curb...cutbacks. Then her landlord refused to work with her on her rent. She turned around on the picnic table to look towards the tent. At least she didn’t have little mouths to feed. But at some point, everything would bottom out. A briefcase held all her credentials. A college degree, job experience, but no address. Grabbing the bucket of water, she doused the fire and began to pack up the tent. Glancing around the campground once more, she picked up the charred stick and wrote on the table, “I am real!” Perhaps someone would believe and things would start falling into place. For now, she remained invisible, unnoticed, and...hungry.

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  1. Very relevant to the present time. Nice intensity. Good stuff.

    1. Thank you. It is an all too common story. I felt it needed a voice.


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Today we fly to Atlanta and have a 5 hours stop over in NYC JFK. Nothing beats watching people at the Airport....

Today we fly to Atlanta and have a 5 hours stop over in NYC JFK. Nothing beats watching people at the Airport....

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  • Ray
  • Thailand
  • 19 Oct 2016, 01:36
Ha Ha

I can think of a few things that I am confident beat watching people at any Airport, Astrid!

[Looking at your SC portfolio would be one!]
Picturit: Thank you for your kind words, Ray... I have fun capturing all kind of different things.
Joli jeu d'ombres.
Picturit: Indeed.... they were just 'enjoying' the view...
Picturit: I am looking forward to our time at JFK..... thank you, Ginnie.
So true Astrid...Have a great stay in Atlanta with Ginnie!
Picturit: Thank you kindly, Richard, we are now at the gate and we will fly at 9.30
Always looking forward to that trip.
  • Chris
  • England
  • 19 Oct 2016, 06:53
Airports fascinate me Astrid, they are places of transit, boredom and daydreaming

Have a good flight and a GREAT TIME!
Picturit: I know, sometimes I think all the crazy people travel, I already took some pictures..
We fly at 9.39 DL 0047 Amsterdam New York JFK.....wink
  • Philine
  • Germany
  • 19 Oct 2016, 06:59
'Waiting is the half of life'. a German phrase - you come around and about- enjoy your time in the States with family and friends!
Picturit: I know, and at an airport I don't mind.... we both love to travel and we save every dime to do so....
Thank you, Philine.
  • Alan
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • 19 Oct 2016, 07:00
Once I'm through immigration and customs, I quite enjoy my time between flights, people watching (Like you) and just enjoying the views. I've only been to JFK once; just 10 days after 9/11. So very, very few people around and there were just 28 on the flight back to England.
Picturit: The first time I landed at JFK was in 1975... I thought we landed in the middle of Manhatten, we had to take a bus from one terminal to another..... never knowing I would be back many years. Thank you for your comment... what a timing to be there...
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  • Anjou
  • 19 Oct 2016, 07:08
J'aime ton cadrage
Picturit: Thank you kindly, JP.
It helps to pass the time. Like it!

Have a great trip
This is excellent Astrid, even the 'astrid' has real class about it. This must be Bristol Airport waiting for the Chadair flight, which was delayed by three weeks. Back to the photograph - Classic, superb.
Your trips to the United S of A seem to come round so quickly, scarily quickly I have to add. Have a safe and pleasant journey, and a great time in the United S of America.
Love the shiny floor and glass here. Five hours is long enough to do any one thing in NYC. I would do that.
So hard to think of you two being SO CLOSE!!! Enjoy your trip and safe travels!!! xo
  • Louis
  • South Africa
  • 19 Oct 2016, 14:08
We had a great pub in Addis Ababa - that beat watching people. In general, I don't like airports. Way too expensive (airport tax) and uncomfortable. And 5 hours is a long time.
we have had longer layovers than 5 hours Astrid... i'm glad that you like watching all the people...
have a fun vacation with Ginnie in Atlanta....petersmile
Terrific shot, Astrid! I, too, love taking photo's at airports! Very interesting. I'm so pleased you two continue your annual trek to Atlanta. Have a fantastic shot!
man, that is one clean floor! have a good stay in the US, Astrid.
It's like there are so many great layers to this image.
  • CherryPie
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • 22 Oct 2016, 12:36
I hope you have a great time smile
they still look bored Astrid...
hope you and Ginnie are having fun in the Atlanta....petersmile
Picturit: We had a great time in Atlanta and we are back and back to work this Tuesday... (they can wait grin )

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

MAC Drugstore Dupes!!

Please bare with my crappy phone camera flash pictures. I've been wanting to do this post for a while now, because I have a few things in my little collection now that are dupes for some MAC products I own. First up is Wet n' wild Walking on Eggshells trio and you can tell it has been very well loved. I was almost out of this and saw that it was a dupe for MAC Naked Lunch, so I decided to try it out and see what all the fuss was about. I actually think that the WnW eye lid color is a lot more pigmented than Naked Lunch and I think I like it more so I don't think I will be repurchasing Naked Lunch when I run out. Wet n wild and Prestige are so pigmented and buttery, and naked lunch is just kind of stiff and has little color pay off.

Mac Naked Lunch, Prestige Comet, and Wet n wild Walking on eggshells- eyelid color.
Prestige Comet, Mac Naked Lunch, and Wet n wild Walking on eggshells-eyelid shade.

Revlon Sweet papaya lip butter and Mac Coral Bliss sample from TheBodyNeeds.

Spring time meant coral lips for me, so I went searching for the perfect match. I swatched Coral Bliss in Mac and just still wasn't sure if I wanted to buy it. It looked like a nice color, but a little too bright for me.  I don't often wear bright colors. So I ordered a sample. I'm so glad I did because I actually like sweet papaya even more than i do the mac! Coral Bliss is a Cremesheen, which I don't like and has too much pink in it and sweet papaya leans more orange as you can see in the swatches. But it looks a lot better on me.

Mac Coral Bliss and Revlon Sweet Papaya lip butter.

Nyx Pinched, Mac Peachykeen, and Wet n wild Pearlescent pink.

Now I usually love my Nyx blushes, but this one has chunky glitter in it that none of my others do. It's a little gritty in texture also. Pearlescent pink is more pigmented and soft, but is a little bit powdery. My Mac purchase here was well worth it. I love peachykeen and I have a long list of more Mac blushes I want to get my hands on, but in the meantime this beauty will be getting a lot of love.

Nyx Pinched, Mac Peachykeen, and Wet n wild Pearlescent pink.

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Thursday, November 28, 2013

The Pinoy Book Tours Christmas Party!

So who's excited for this?

You might've seen the slew of tweets / e-mails and surveys we've posted online in preparation for this party and we are finally (almost) done! We thank all bloggers/bookworms who signed up to join us on our small celebration and gathering of book lovers!

Here's what you need to know about the party:

The Venue: Dome Cafe, Shangri-La Plaza
The Date: December 8, 2013
Time: 12 noon to 3 pm

If you need directions on how to find Dome, the address is:

Shop Number GD114, Level 1 Shangri-La Plaza Mall Shaw Blvd. cor EDSA
Wack Wack, Mandaluyong

A few FAQs for everyone:

What do I need to do to attend the party?

If you filled out the survey form we posted a few weeks ago, then you're in!

However, if you didn't and you want to attend the party still, we aren't saying no, although we can't guarantee you a seat since the venue can only accommodate 20. It might be too uncomfortable for you to stay standing for three whole hours and we don't want that!

We already have 23 people attending the party and 25 is the maximum, the place might be too cramped for everyone. Plus, you'll risk missing out on the Secret Santa event since we've already closed sign-ups for that recently. If you're okay with the cons and you just want to meet new friends/bloggers/fellow bookworms, then it's up to you to crash the party!

What is this Secret Santa shenanigans all about?

If you're familiar with monito monita, then you know what this is about. Think of it as an exchange gift activity, but we're adding a twist. Again, we've opened sign-ups for this a week ago and closed it recently. If you did fill out the form, then you're also in! We sent the details via e-mail since we have a special activity included. ;)

Can I still join Secret Santa?

Nope. Sorry, we've already closed sign-ups.

Can I crash join the party even though I didn't fill out the survey form?

See our explanation on the first question please.

Okay, so I filled out the survey form and the Secret Santa form, what do I need to bring on the day of the party?

A few things:

- Your lovely self (very important!)
- Your gift as a Secret Santa and that special something we talked about via e-mail
- Money for the food
- Your competitive spirit! Brush up on your skills about anything and everything YA!
- Extra YA books you are willing to let go (can be 1 or 5, it's up to you)
- Swag, if you have extra
- Candies

Competitive spirit? For what?

Because we have games, that's why! Unlike last year, it's going to be a wee bit more challenging and a little more fun!

What do I get for being... competitive?

Aside from being recognized as the smartest YA Pinoy Book Blogger? We have prizes. And they're good prizes. No, great prizes. We promise, it'll be worth fighting over!

What exactly are we going to do at the party?

Okay, here's how it'll roughly go:

- Socialize for a few minutes
- We play 1 game *
- We eat
- We play another game *
- We do the book pile
- We play one final game *
- We socialize some more

*All games have prizes, don't worry.

This party is a venue and an opportunity to be closer to your fellow Filipino YA book bloggers, so we will try to make time for all of you (and us) to get to know each other. We're a small group, but that doesn't mean we can't be a very friendly, close group. This is your chance to meet other readers with, if not the same then most probably similar taste in books as you do. Exchange recommendations, fangirl over hot, fictional boys, gossip about the latest scoops and scandals in the YA world (if such a thing exists), lament a book's less than stellar ending, it's all up to you.

Whew, that was a long FAQ. If you still have questions about the party, feel free to leave a comment here, or if it's something you want to ask in private, shoot us an e-mail or tweet/send us a DM on twitter (@PinoyBookTours)!

See you at Dome Cafe!

Friday, November 22, 2013

PBT Secret Santa!

Are you excited for the Christmas Party? We are too! We'll be sending out the final details (hopefully) this weekend, so hang in there! I know you all want to be a part of this, and we thank you for that!

Now we are doing things old school, so if you are attending and you want to participate in PBT's Secret Santa in time for the party, just fill out the form below. And we'll be spicing things up a bit this year! You'll know once we start sending Secret Santa info. ;)

Important note: Please only fill out the form IF YOU ARE ATTENDING the party. If for some reason you can't make it, make sure to have your gift sent to the one assigned to you or give it to someone who can give it on your behalf.

Final update: all Secret Santa details have been sent to everyone. Sign-ups are now officially closed.


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Friday, August 15, 2014

RICA (1972)

I don't know much about the "Pinky Violence" genre of Japanese women's revenge movies but I know what I like. And if this is a good example of them then I'm a big fan! Other than the Female Prisoner 701 films I've seen very little of this strange genre and was warned that not all were of the quality of those artistic movies. It's true that Rica doesn't have the high art aspirations of those films but it more than makes up for it by being a relentless, speeding bullet of a tale. Exhilarating and eventually exhausting, Rica is an amazing 'motion picture' with very little time spent without our athletic star either in action or in a tricky situation requiring her to devise an escape. And the nudity helps as well. Not so much the singing...

The time is the early 1970s as we are introduced to half-Japanese Rika Aoki playing (of course) Rica — leader of a small gang of tough girls with yakuza connections. The illegitimate daughter of a woman raped by American GIs, she's grown up as an outsider with a considerable amount of anger directed at the world. Raped herself at a young age by one of her prostitute mother's customers, she certainly has little love for men. So it's easy to understand why, as the film begins, she takes it upon herself to beat the hell out of a low level gangster who'd gotten a girl pregnant but left her on her own. After the girl dies in childbirth, Rica takes the infant's corpse to him and demands he bury the child. During the brawl that ensues the gangster is killed and Rica is sent for her first visit to a prison-like reform school. She is slipped notes from the outside informing her that the rest of her gang has been sold into sex slavery in South Vietnam. The actual turn of phrase used is a sneering "to be fed to the GIs" — that image of girls being imprisoned, used and discarded reoccurs constantly in the film.

Rica makes her first of many breaks form the reform school, extorts ¥3,000,000 from the businessman who raped her and tries to use the money to buy back her friends. The gang boss she deals with, however, is less than honorable (imagine that!) and only through the violent intervention of loner good guy Tetsu (Fuminori Sato) is she able to escape.

The gangsters seek revenge on Tetsu by kidnapping his girlfriend as bait. But Rica thanks her new buddy by striking a deal with yakuza boss Tachibana (Yoshiro Nakadai), in which Rica agrees to dance nude at his nightclub in exchange for the girl's freedom. Strange I know, but in the world of this film it actually makes sense. At least until you realize she sings as well as dances! Some things are more bizarre than others.

Some time after this, Rica learns that her long-absent mother has been spotted working in a nearby department store. But while there looking for her only parent our Amerasian heroine sees one of Tachibana's goons steal secret government papers from an older man. Tachibana doesn't trust Rica to keep silent and orders her killed but he fails to reckon with her feminine wiles. She seduces the thief sent to murder her, cuts off his hand and delivers it to the crime lord to throw it in his face. This leads to another fierce battle and soon Rica is off to reform school again. At a certain point I actually lost track of the number of times Rica escapes from the school. You'd have thought they might have realized she was going to get out somehow and just chain her to a tree or something. But I guess that might have gummed up the plot.

Once back on the outside she finds that the man who raped her as a child is the new gangster running girls to Vietnam. Rica manages to kidnap the man from his legitimate business office and reunite him with her mother, his old lover, who is now ravaged by venereal disease and near death. Using this situation to get the name of the ship being used to transport girls to Vietnam, Rica and Tetsu gather friends and plan an assault to free the women.

Believe it or not this is the short-form story detail for this film. There is so much plot crammed into this 90 minutes that it has the feel of an adaptation of a series of stories compacted down with just the good parts retained for maximum effect. And boy, are there plenty of good parts! An endless stream of fist fights, sex scenes, gun fights, prison breaks, nude dancing, car chases, criminal conniving, ridiculous coincidences and last minute rescues race by so fast its hard to keep track. The movie just keeps coming at you. I don't think I could really call Rica a great movie but it definitely kept me glued to the screen and smiling. Not that there aren't quite a few nastier elements that would make the average inexperienced exploitation viewer squirm. Most of the female characters get raped, only two of the male characters are better than scum and the unhappy fate of several characters is gruesome. But that is the nature of this particular beast. Vicious and cruel, just like the central characters, the Pinky Violence movies showcase a breed of women that were far from the norm at the time the films were made. Rica herself is a perfect example of what I guess would be a nightmare for the very male-dominated culture of Japan. Half Caucasian, taller than most of the men around her, violent and demanding the same freedoms men command, Rica would almost certainly strike fear into people on sight. Add to that a fierce desire for revenge and you have one of the scariest 'juvenile delinquent' concepts imaginable. And the wellspring for dozens of movies!

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patents per capita

Man, those students must just be burying Mike. Just to shake off the rust here, there is an interesting article from Toledo Blade on the nexus of old and new economies. Toledo you ask? It's good to realize that some of the issues we are wrestling with are not unique to Pittsburgh, and Toledo is not that dissimilar to Pittsburgh in many ways. It references a recent report by the Cleveland Fed which concludes that patents-per-capita is one of the most important metrics we ought to be concerned with when looking at economic development.

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Mike Madison said... 9/17/2006 7:23 PM

It's not the students that bury me; it's the occasional rest-of-my-life!

As any patent lawyer or scholar will tell you, not all patents are created equal. Comparing 19th century patents to 20th century patents to 21st century patents is like comparing apples to chainsaws to neutrinos; these things just aren't alike. The "patents-per-capita" "metric" that the study refers to is a fancy, numbers-driven way of saying the obvious: Up until the middle of the 20th century, the American economy was dominated by the industrial cities of the upper Middle West and Northeast. Gradually, industrial growth and development peaked, and those Middle West and Northeast economies slipped into decline.

If all the study did was repeat the obvious, then it would be mildly interesting. Unfortunately, the implicit suggestion that "lots and lots of patents" is a valid road to recovery is simply misleading. Late 20th century and 21st century patenting patterns do not resemble mid-20th century patenting patterns. Contemporary mechanical and chemical patents largely represent minor, incremental technical advances, not anchors for new tech sectors. A sizable body of academic criticism argues that the flood of business method and biomedical patents now emanating from the Patent Office is inhibiting economic growth, because "thickets" of patents require innovators to engage in inefficient and wasteful licensing games. Whether or not that's right, there's essentially no way to structure a rebuilt post-industrial economy on "lots and lots of patents."

Mark Rauterkus said... 9/17/2006 8:42 PM

The article talks about HUFFY, for goodness sake. That bike brand wasn't about quality. Sure, the company sponsored Olympic racers, but give me a break. Huffy is a product made for WalMart sales, and it couldn't stay upright. -- Or, didn't stay upright.

The boom in WalMart sales channels should have put more wind in Huffy's sales, not been a pathway to its death.

My oh my. From time to time I fail to see how some of these newspaper articles connect the dots in terms of logic.

To ride HUFFY into a discussion about patents, be sure your helmet is "fashioned" in a secure way.

I purchased my TREK in 1983. And, I purchased a 3-wheeled bike in China in 2005. They are worlds apart, in many ways. I love bikes, by the way. Thanks for the pointer, CB.

And yes about patents. They don't hold much water in today's marketplace of ideas. We need to reward and give credit to open source code contributions and Souceforge maintainers, not closed code patents. And, in China, they could give a flying spit about some 'US patent' anyway.

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Beechwood School Garden, 1916

Over the past 10 years, school gardens have been cropping up across the Pittsburgh region. Spurred by chef-activist Alice Waters’ 1995 Edible School Yard, the school garden movement has been praised for yielding both a harvest bounty and hearty educational benefits. In these outdoor classrooms, students learn about everything from…

South Park Cascades, Circa 1931

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South Park, a 2,013-acre Allegheny County Park in the South Hills has all the features one might expect: trails, picnic groves, ball fields, and even a golf course. In more recent years, modern updates have included a wave pool, ice skating rink, skate park, nature center and a dek hockey…

New Housing, 1951

Photographer Clyde “Red” Hare moved to Pittsburgh in 1950 to work on the Pittsburgh Photographic Library, covering the city’s Renaissance I, with noted editor Roy Stryker. Hare had his own car and camera and Stryker offered to pay him $50 a week to photograph the city.

Molded Tooth Staggered Gear and Worker, 1913

The Mesta Machine Company churned and smoked on more than 20 acres of land along the Monongahela River.

Oakmont Camping, circa 1910

For Pittsburghers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Oakmont offered the next best thing to paradise.

Mount Oliver Incline, Circa 1895

When the mount oliver inclined railway was built in 1872, it was Allegheny County’s second incline, and an average one-way ride cost six cents.

Wabash Park ice skating, 1917

On the wintry afternoon of Jan. 20, 1917, pittsburghers of all ages enjoyed ice skating at Wabash Park in Pittsburgh’s West End. Regularly a grassy swath, it was apparently flooded and frozen for the season. The park is still there, as are a number of the park-facing homes along Wabash…

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The mother of all Pac-Man clones...well, maybe...

I think the hardest part of this game is to think up a story line that doesn't sound like one of those Saturday morning cartoons.  Well, here it is:

    The Pakuli are a peace-loving race of spherical creatures who live  on the planet Pakulus.  Everything was going great until the fateful day when a Gate opened between Pakulus and the Ghost Dimension and the Ghost Gang invaded.  The Ghost Gang first built Ghost Castle around Gate.  Then they began to capture the poor Pakuli  to use as slave labor.  However, a small group of five brave Pakuli lead by one Phil Povman fought back.  This small resistance group called themselves the Chompsters, and the mere mention of their name struck fear and dread into the hearts of the Ghost Gang.

    One day, the Ghost King was pondering on how to eliminate the Chompsters when he hatched his next diabolical scheme.  He challenged the Chompsters to a winner-take-all contest.  If the Chompsters can clear 60 of the mazes scattered throughout Paku Kingdom, the Ghost Gang must leave forever.  On the other hand, if all of the Chompsters were captured by the Ghost Gang, they had to surrender.  With the dire threat of the Ghost Gang hovering over Pakulus, the Chompsters had no other choice.  They accepted the challenge...

Yeah, I know it's corny...but it'll do.  :)

640x480 resolution.
Vertical and horizontal scrolling mazes
. Pov-Ray rendered graphics.
Five different Chompsters.
Six ghosts + four other enemies + a final boss (a Pac-Man clone doesn't need a bazillion enemies, okay?).
60 mazes + secret bonus mazes.
Between level map ala Donkey Kong Country.
Powerups, powerdowns, and bonus point prizes.
Ghost Radar, which really helps in the big mazes.

Release Date Demo:  September 5, 1997 Full Game:  December 5, 1998

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Download this patch to fix the Underground Map bug.
Just unzip it into the main Chompsters directory.
NOTE: If you're downloading Chompsters for the first time, you still need to download the patch.

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Here's the Tunepak!  It a group of midi files that I like to use while playing Chompsters.
NOTE: This is NOT the official music of Chompsters.  The following ZIP contains midis from other games, or just midis that I found across the 'net.  Please do not distribute Chompsters with these files in the same archive.  I kept them separate because they are not my original music but other people's original music.  :)  You don't need this music to play Chompsters.  In fact, you can stick your own music in Chompsters instead if you want.  Have fun!

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Saturday, August 31, 2013

2nd Annual Challenge of Travel

The wonderful Miss Erin is at it again.  Last year's Challenge of Travel was wonderful and we were all able to visit other places from the comfort of our own computers.  (You can see my entry here.)

This year, Erin changed it up on us.  She asked us to vacation at home.  Instead of researching a new city or country, we were to find new and exciting things in our own back yards.

Now, I live in the midwest -- in Kansas.  I have yet to meet someone who likes Kansas enough to vacation there.

I do, however, live in a suburb of Kansas City, which is a much bigger and more interesting town.

Most people think of barbecue when they think of Kansas City.  It's true -- visitors have their choice of amazing barbecue here.  You can sample GatesArthur Bryant'sOklahoma Joe's or Jack Stack and debate with the locals about which is better.

(For the record, my husband prefers Jack Stack while I am an Oklahoma Joe's girl.)

People don't know about the theater in Kansas City.  You can find the Lyric Opera, the Music Hall, the Unicorn Theater, the Starlight Theater, the American Heartland Theater, and the Kansas City Rep (that shows a great version of A Christmas Carol every year).

My favorite, though, is the Quality Hill Playhouse.  Quality Hill is a small theater.  The shows are musicals, generally featuring a wide variety of well known and little known music fitting a specific theme.  The host, J. Kent Barnhart is a wonderful talent in his own right and his one man biographical show is still one of the best I've seen.

Now that we have the kiddo, we have been attending the children's Coterie Theater a bit more.  :)

After the kiddo was born, we took advantage of the kid friendly sites of Kansas city.  We visited the Kansas City Zoo several times a month.

We walked around the Overland Park Arboretum and Powell Gardens.  (Most of the non-jewelry photos on this blog are taken on one of these two places.)

During the winter, we visited Science City in Union Station.

For this challenge, I tried to find a new aspect of Kansas City.

Did you know that Kansas City was the City of Fountains?  I kind of did, but had no idea the scope.  There are fountains all over the city and in many of the surrounding area.  I couldn't visit all of them, but decided to take a walking tour around the Plaza.

When I first moved here, I spent a great deal of time on the Plaza, but I never noticed the architecture or the abundance of fountains.  It was fun to spend time "getting to know" the Plaza a little better.

The first fountain you will see upon entering the Plaza is the JC Nichols Memorial fountain.

It is even more impressive at night.

Here is a close up of one of the horses and his rider.

Neptune is my favorite.

This organ grinder is not a fountain, but I still thought the statue was cute.

After my walking tour, I decided to create something inspired by fountains.

I started with this pendant from Nancy Schindler of Round Rabbit. It looked so much like the scrolling detail on a fountain that I just "had" to use it.

I wanted to create a weathered chain.  Using the Persian Variations instructions from Blue Buddha, I created two chains of a rippled half persian 4-in-1.  Then, I left the the chains in an ammonia patina for a few days.

(If you are interested in chain maille, Blue Buddha is a great place to start.  I loved the Persian Variations instructions and would recommend it.  You do need to know how to do the basic Persian and half Persian weaves, though, before starting these.)

I then created a peyote spiral piece to link the chins together.

I used larger jumprings to join the pieces together and decorated them with stray seed beads.

Here is the finished product.  I really like it, but after completing it, I wondered if the pendant was too much.

Here it is without the pendant.  What do you think?

While the chains were soaking in their ammonia bath, I decided to create a bracelet.  I bounced between a few patterns and then remembered this pattern by Heather Collin.

Heather's "Crossing Over" bracelet was perfect because the strands of beads were moving in and out and over and under, like water in a fountain.

To mirror the stone base of a fountain, I used tan and off white beads for the base of the bracelet.  The blue beads shoot out from the base like water moving up from the fountain.

Heather's designs are a joy to bead and always produce something beautiful.  You can find more of Heather's designs in her etsy shop.

I was really pleased with the final product -- it looks so lush and opulent.

Erin, thank you for another wonderful challenge.  It was fun and I loved trying a few new things.

Please take a few minutes (or hours) to visit Erin's blog and learn about the home towns of the other participants.  You may even get the hankerin' to visit some of them.  :)

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Lorelei's second Michaels challenge

Lorelei Eurto has a knack for finding, and having a vision for, beads that I would normally pass over.  Case in point:  her first Michaels challenge.  I would have not looked twice at those resin sliders, but wow, am I glad that Lorelei did.

This time around, Lorelei found several different types of beads and asked her readers to show her what we could do with them.

I dove into the challenge without really having a plan.

However, the brown disc beads were calling my name.  I remembered a design from Cindy Holsclaw and decided to try it with the disc beads.  Cindy's Squared Circles Beaded Bead was perfect.

Cindy has more wonderful patterns for sale on her website, Bead Origami.  You can also see her newest designs on her blog.

I had my focal beads, but needed to put them together with the other beads.  After a bit of experimentation (okay, quite a bit of experimentation), I came up with this.

I found a few rectangle beads in my stash (also from Michaels) and thought they matched the rustic nature of the beaded beads.  I wanted to use a bit of leather, so I added a few embellishments to mirror the design on the rectangle beads.

I really like this necklace.  I would never have put these beads together, but I really like how they look.  I am a bit sad that I didn't use the white beads, but I'll save those for the next challenge.

The first time I wore this necklace, I received so many compliments.  Everyone especially loved the owl button, something I would never have added on my own.  Thank you, Lorelei.

Please take a few minutes to visit Lorelei's blog to see what the other participants did with these beads.  I know you won't be disappointed.

Friday, August 23, 2013

Focusing on Life - 34 of 52

This week, Sally asked us to "add something" to our photos.  She wanted us to use editing programs to add filters or effects to our photos.

It took a while for me to find a picture to play with, but when I came across this sunflower, I knew it would be perfect.

It is a little over exposed, so I decided  to add a bit of vibrance.

Then I decided to subtract some saturation.

Finally, I decided to add a bit of the yellow back in.

Please take a look at Sally's blog to see what the other participants added to their photos.

Friday, August 16, 2013

Focusing on Life - 33 of 52

This week, Sally asked us to find something in season.

Luckily, I had the perfect subjects --

this purple pepper

and this gorgeous plum.

Sally is still having technical difficulty with her blog.  You can check what the other participants found below.

Monday, August 12, 2013

Sale over at Sharyl's Jewelry

My friend Sharyl, from Sharyl's Jewelry, is a wonderful jewelry designer, wireworker, metal smith and more.

She creates fun and unique pieces using artbeads from her favorite artists.

She also participates in the monthly Art Bead Scene challenges.  This piece, titled Sleeping Beauty in Snow is from the December 2012 challenge.

The necklace, for sale in Sharyl's artfire store, features beads from Natalie Pappas.  (You can find more of Natalie's beads in her etsy shop.)

You can see Sharyl's most recent challenge piece here on her blog.  Because I love it so much, though, I will give you a sneak peek.  This features beads from Natalie and from Serena Thomas.

Because I can't resist, I will also show you these Jellyfish Teal Glass earrings, also in Sharyl's shop.

These earrings build on lampwork beads from Russ Powers of Javabead.

In addition to jewelry, Sharyl also sells handmade (by her) components in her shop.

I love these copper dangles.

Sharyl added a patina to these copper circles which gives them an "earthy" feel.

I saved the best news for last.  Sharyl is having a sale in her artfire store.  Hop over and receive 20% off with the code SCHOOL20.  I know you will find a few things you can't live without.

If you would like to see more of Sharyl's work, you can follow her blog or like her on facebook.

Friday, August 9, 2013

Focusing on Life - 32 of 52

This week, Sally asked us to look where we stand.

This was a hard one for me.  Then, today, I took the kiddo for her second "real" pedicure and she insisted that I take a picture of her cute little toes.

Where I stand?

It's a great place to be.  :)

Sally is having a bit of technical difficulty this week, but she sent all of us the linkz code.  Please visit the other participants, below, to see where they stood this week.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Focusing on Life - 31 of 52

For week 31, Sally asked us to look for the color blue.

The kiddo was gracious enough to let me borrow her crayons.

She loved finding blue crayons for me and insisted that the glitter crayons (in front) were the best.

I can't resist adding this photo from our Chicago vacation, taken at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.

I was excited to get a nice photo of this little blue bird.

Please check Sally's blog to see the hues of blue the other participants found.

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Focusing on Life - 30 of 52

I'm not sure if you noticed, but I'm a few weeks behind and will be playing catch up this week.

For week 30, Sally asked us to find the sun.

That week, we took a family vacation to Chicago and, oh boy, did we find the sun!  It was very hot the first few days, but that didn't stop us.

The first day, I took the kiddo on the biggest ferris wheel I had ever seen.

The kiddo's reaction to the ride:  "it was boring."  This girl was born for roller coasters.

We visited the Lincoln Park Zoo and found this guy basking in the warm sun.

I took this picture outside of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.

It seemed the perfect "sunny" photo.

Please check Sally's blog to see what the other participants found in the sunlight.

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Update on my Bead and Button Challenges

In June, I mentioned that I took on a few challenges during the Bead and Button show.

First was the Swarovski challenge.  Beaders gathered Swarovski crystals from different vendors and then combined the disparate beads into a piece of jewelry.

The winner of the challenge was Laura Luepke, from The Verdant Edge.  I had the good fortune to meet Laura during one of my classes and see her beadwork first hand.  She does amazing work.  Her etsy shop is full of gorgeous pieces (and she even has an earring tutorial available.)

You can see Laura's bracelet (and some in progress pictures) here on her blog.  Seriously, go take a look.  The bracelet is gorgeous and definitely deserved to win.

Swarovski sent her $500 of crystals beads and components.  If you want to see the entire lot, Laura posted a photo on her facebook page.

Swarovski was generous to the rest of the participants, also, and sent each of us a small gift bag -- all the way from Austria!

The bag contained crystals, makings for a few pendants and a Swarovski color chart.

Thank you, Swarovski!

My next challenge was the Bead and Button Bead Soup, sponsored by Kalmbach Publishing.  Each beader brought a "soup" consisting of a focal, clasp and coordinating beads.  The soups were mixed in a big crock pot and each beader picked a soup.

This was a really fun event and all the beaders were beyond thrilled with their soups.  Here's hoping this could be an annual event (hint, hint).

First place went to Marcia Balonis.  I have been a fan of Marcia for years.  I love her designs and have several of her patterns.  You can find her patterns on her website or in her etsy shop.

Marcia's necklace was a beautiful piece that used wire crochet to blend her soup beautifully.  You can see Marcia's necklace, all the soups and the participants' creations on Kalmbach's facebook page.

As excited as I was to see Marcia's name in first place, I was beyond thrilled to see that I had won second place (and a gift certificate to the Kalmbach store)!

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As many of you will have discovered, reminder emails were sent out on Saturday (and I assume they will be coming on Sunday, as well). This is a bug and it will be corrected by next weekend. My apologies for these unnecessary emails.

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Weather Channel founder John Coleman's new video debunking the Global Warming Religious Frenzy goes for Al Gore and Company's jugular. Blood all over the place! How many of you know that Al Gore's great mentor, Roger Revelle, that he extols in his documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, changed his mind and became a global warming skeptic in the late 80s. Gore's pathetic, Machiavellian response? "He's senile." Watch:

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Are there NDEs in which a Buddhist encountered Buddha or a Muslim encountered Mohammed?

A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM KEN: Occasionally, I receive mail that is very touching. What follows is one of them. I think this piece will be deeply meaningful to many of you.

"On 9-11-2001, I was scheduled to be at the World Trade Center. The meeting was canceled and my life was saved. This experience was a inspiration to write 'a letter to my daughters.' In this letter I share my faith, hope, love, and experiences. My loving intent is to remind everyone to do the same.

"People worry about material things by leaving 'Wills' but our hopes, faith, and love are left to memories. Why not write a letter/make a video for your loved ones? If everyone just took the time to reflect, our world would immediately grow in love and peace.

"In addition to the above, my brother was a New Jersey State Trooper, and worked at ground zero. He passed over from cancer last year. In his honor and based on my own experiences, I developed a website titled -

"Please visit and send the message to your viewing audience. The website is free. I am not selling anything except Peace and Love.

"On this site, I posted my brother's letter that he wrote before his passing. I also share my experiences with energy healing, life after death, and modern-day miracles.

"I would be honored if you had a link to my website from your site. Also, please pass this message on to your friends and family and everyone else. Thanks for your time. You can reach me at

"In Peace and Love, Ken."

"My name is Matthew. I am a physician in New York. I am an active participant in Bruce Moen's website forum at I must say at the beginning, that I am a great fan of your research and work; I believe that it has been enlightening and a comfort to many. There is a participant in the website forum named Don, who is quite erudite and also a man of a strong Christian faith, all of which I greatly respect. However, he has taken the liberty of claiming to have researched near-death experiences and made sweeping generalizations which he claims discredit many 'New Age' ideas.

"His main contention is that the being of light encountered in NDEs is most often seen as Jesus Christ, not other major religious figures as is often said. He cites cases of devout Muslims who encounter Christ in NDEs, but has challenged us to find even one case of a person of Islamic faith or Buddhist faith encountering other beings of light. The implication, whether he says it directly or not, is that there is only one path to God (the famous 'I am the light and the way' passage).

"I take a broader view of the divine based on the expression of love. However, I do not have access to NDEs to refute his claim that adults of other faiths encounter other beings of light with any frequency. I know you must have a very busy schedule, but I was wondering if there was any way you could respond to this discussion with any specific examples of NDEs in which a Buddhist encountered Buddha or a Muslim encountered Mohammed? More than 3,000 people are registered at this discussion form site, and I understand that you have one of the largest databases on NDEs in the world.

"I would greatly appreciate any help you are able to give in this discussion. Many thanks."....Matthew

All of my cases are confidential, Matthew, as with other researchers, and this man knows that. That is why he is making this particular type of challenge. He knows you cannot answer his challenge, unless through your own work. Allow me to offer this, instead.

The most common components of near-death states are the out-of-body experience and the light. There are many other components, but these are the most typical - both for adult and child experiencers - and have been throughout time and what we can know of history anywhere in the world. Light is not always experienced as a light being. Many times the focal point is the light itself as a loving and intelligent presence that is quite alive. The scripture of all the religious and sacred traditions known to exist talk about and try to describe this light, since it is as commonly experienced in religious and prayer life as with near-death experiencers and in other transformative shifts of consciousness. This is undisputed.

Where arguments arise amongst various people and groups is over the interpretation of that light and any form it make take, and how to regard it. Scientists say it's endorphins; Muslims say it's fantasy; religious fundamentalists of any "stripe" say it is Satan (Lucifer); people of faith say it is either of God or of emissaries from God; the experiencers themselves say it is pure ecstasy, love incarnate. Those who receive "revelation" are more specific about the light and its various aspects (clearly, there are three main types of light seen: primary light, dark light, bright light....refer to my book "The New Children and Near-Death Experiences" or to my website as the "Eight Fliers"--one of the charts is on the three lights).

Numerous experiencers see figures and forms in the light. These are variously described as angels, guides, guardians, light beings (beings made entirely of light), religious figures, high holy ones - often kids call them "the people." Deceased loved ones usually appear in the light. This can include pets or other types of animals. Descriptions of these "appearances" will, for the most part, stay true to how they were once experienced by the individual involved. Sometimes, overtime, that individual will add to or alter what was seen to correspond with the beliefs of others, the preferences of culture, or the constraints of language. For the most part, though, the vast majority of individuals remain consistent overtime with what they say and do not distort original narratives. That means accusations of New Age jargon, religious prophesy, Christian visions, Western indulgences, or the like, are not only untrue but cannot be associated with either the individual or what happened to the individual. To say that a near-death experiencer, for instance, is simply spouting New Age nonsense is utterly false. It is true that those who report being greeted by a religious figure will usually associate that being with either the religion of their youth or one they are familiar with. Thus, most Christians will report being visited by Jesus, Buddhists by Buddha, and so forth. However, there can be mixups. Refer to "Beyond the Light" and the case of Jeanie Dicus. She was a Jew yet she was visited by Jesus. This so surprised her and confounded her that she promptly challenged Jesus, and continued to do so throughout her entire near-death episode, saying: "I don't believe in you. Why are you here?" Of note, atheists report the same type of visitations as do religious folk. In other words, you don't have to believe in anything to be surprised at what you find when you die or nearly die.

It is striking that child experiencers of near-death states tend not to mix up racial skin tones as do adults. Example: most Western children that I am aware of see Jesus as light brown, not white. It is the adults who sometimes see Jesus as white skinned. Where this situation gets fascinating is when you invite experiencers to draw the high holy one/religious figure who visited them. To a person, you cannot tell the difference between a drawing from someone in the State of Wyoming from one done in Thailand or Israel or Russia or China or Nigeria. Patterning holds; differences in patterning only concern a few details of dress and behavior. That's it.

Whoever the holy one is, that being is held in great esteem and experienced as awesome, sacred beyond sacred, above and beyond anyone else. That is, unless the individual experienced God. The Light of God, God Itself, The Presence of God - well now, that's a different story. If the individual has a sense of Deity, there simply are no words to encompass or express what that feeling is. I have tried in "Beyond the Light" (pages 154-155), but really, it's impossible to do so. All I can say is, for myself, and to this very day, I still tear up when embraced by the Presence of God I experienced during my third episode back in 1977. That Presence and the passion I feel for it has fueled by steps since then, and is the very breath I breathe.

In seeking stories from near-death experiencers, bear in mind that today, more than in the past, the various religious groups tend to be rather protective of their faith's dogma. For instance: in the Muslim faith, visions and experiences like near-death are considered blasphemy. Even if a Muslim had such an experience (which they do), nine chances out of ten, he or she would never admit to such a thing - usually out of fear. I never encountered any problem with Muslims during most of my research fieldwork, but I do now. They clam up when I broach the topic.

I hope this explanation helps you and your group. Treat the dissenter with respect, knowing that this information and any other information you could provide, even actual experiencers who meet his requirements, will not satisfy him. An individual with a closed mind cannot perceive nor accept "open doors."

If you are non-Christian and were met in your near-death experience by a holy presence or light being associated with your own religious faith - like with a Buddhist being met by Buddha - please send me your story and give me permission to post it in my NDE Cases section. My e-mail address is Thank you. PMH

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At 6:18 AM, Blogger Chris said...

There are incompatibilities between Christianity, Islam and Buddhism. At most one can be right.

If what people see in near death experiences is according to their religion, these experiences do not reflect reality but are in some way remnants from their lives.

So, in short, do Muslims see Muhammad and Buddhists Buddha?

At 6:44 PM, Blogger PMH said...

Near-death experiences do not follow the tenets of anyone’s previous beliefs. Sometimes they seem similar in overall message, yet they often diverge. In those cases where there seems to be an exact link, where the individual encounters what they previously believed or were told, if you have a session with that individual (a private one), you always find a overleaf, a shading or coloring that occurs within the individual’s intrepretation, how they language their experience. The experience itself is not necessarily how they describe it – it is almost always more pure and open. It narrows in content because of how the experiencer interprets it. You even find this with children, i.e., the Burpo boy. If you want an example of divergence, read my book Beyond the Light – Jeannie’s case. She was a Jew, but was met by Jesus, and was angry about that and confronted Jesus. There ensued the funniest near-death case I have yet to encounter. Blessings, PMH

At 2:10 AM, Blogger Chris Malan said...

That indicates that near death experiences are closest to the New Age religions - not clear and specific on details but vague, almost a I'm OK and you're OK feel about it.

My experience is that fence sitting is very often the mark of a con-man - he tries to keep everybody on his side. Conflicting things cannot all be true.

At 11:15 AM, Blogger PMH said...

I’m not certain what you are talking about. It is true that people tend to see in their near-death experience what they are able to recognize and process. It is also true that experiencers, the vast majority of them, encounter people and places and happenings that they were utterly unprepared for and sorely challenged by. Does a Buddhist encounter Buddha during a near-death state? Yes, that happens sometimes, but not always. Near-death states are certainly not “I’m okay, you’re okay.” They can be upsetting; most certainly they stretch one to reconsider what they thought they knew. If there is a “con” anywhere, it’s from those who toss off near-death experiences as a trick of the mind, or just a hallucination. Study the research. There’s more here than just a “fun ride through the cosmos of life after death.” Thank you, PMH

At 9:49 PM, Blogger Darren Burnside said...

I find it interesting, I search on google and youtube for buddhist NDEs and the only ones I can find are of a hellish or unhappy nature. Can you comment on this? I wonder why such selfless nice people would have hellish NDEs?

At 12:21 PM, Blogger PMH said...

Please read my various blogs about unpleasant or hellish experiences.

About the Buddhist kind, most of the children’s scenarios that I have run across were rather stern, as if the Greeter they encountered were a parent-type and was making certain they knew what their future life would be like and how they were to behave. Those who were older, who claimed to see Buddha himself, were as humbled by this as someone who might have seen Jesus. It is a high spiritual moment, one that changes one’s life. There are several that claimed to see both Buddha and Jesus, as if the two of them were part of the same movement in and across time to help uplift and enlighten others. These types of experiences are very heart-centered and deep in their impact.

I learned long ago not to judge what may seen horrific or stern from one that seems joyous or heavenly. Experiencers seem to get what they need – whatever it will take to get their attention and make an impression – as if near-death experiences were purposeful somehow. Postive and negative are judgmental terms, and, as far as I’m concerned, have no place in considering the impact and worth of the phenomenon. Sometimes what seems unloving is exactly the opposite of that in its impact on the individual. Allow for that when you read about experiencer’s stories.

Many blessings, PMH

At 3:42 PM, Blogger Joseph Edwards said...

I suspect the previous commenter was referring to the study of NDEs done on people in Thailand (nearly all Buddhist). This is a rather culturally narrow study - where this culture put a particular emphasis on the existence and role of hell or hell-realms and the wrathful deity Yama. So consequently much of the imagery came out of that - But even with that none of the NDEers actually experienced hell but only witnessed parts of it as they witnessed other things which were positive and produced positive feelings. (The Christian (and other religions') desire to self-servingly construe, stamp and/or monopolize or interpret all things as a manifestation and confirmation of their beliefs and paradigm is very dangerous - and tempting to fall for (especially for anyone raised within the particular religion). It keeps the argument in the arena of right and wrong - correct and incorrect - (where we egos tend to mistakenly live) and misses the entire point of INTERNAL (self) TRANSFORMATION (the whole purpose and only appropriate use of any religion, psychology, philosophy or.....)(and thereby the eventual and ultimate transformation of our world - but it is the one before the other - not the other before the one...))

At 10:42 PM, Blogger PMH said...

Joseph, in my research I have been fortunate enough to have had sessions with all kinds of people under all kinds of circumstances. That includes every race, religion or non-religion, and personal belief pattern – be they a child, teenager, young adult, mature adult, or senior citizen. Early-on I recognized the role that cultures and beliefs play and how that color a person’s ideas and language. I was very careful in this record and often had experiencers draw for me what they were talking about. I have shared all of this in my many books. Dying to Know You: Proof of God in the Near-Death Experience is different. It’s not like my other books, and consists of that larger, louder voice – the sum of the many. It is a book about the collective experience from the collective voice of the collective. This voice is direct and doesn’t fool around with opinions. What the vast majority of people worldwide think and feel is spread across its pages using a few examples. Read this before you ring up any conclusions. Blessings, PMH

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In space, no one can hear you…apple? I don’t know.

Anyway, today’s video combines some of my most favorite things in the world: Science, Space, and Applejack. Even though I am a college graduate, and for the foreseeable future am done with schools, I will never stop learning. So informative little bits of science like this are a welcome treat, especially when they involve ponies. There’s something relatively calming, not to mention awe-inspiring, about the view from the weather balloon shepherding AJ to the edge of the atmosphere, and the classical score accentuates the majesty of this endeavor. And of course, the music slows down during the rapid descent to perfectly capture the mood. I can’t lie, my heart sank a little bit. Apple pony belongs to the stars now. Well, anyway…

Here at PMVToday our goal is to bring you the latest and greatest in Pony Videos, which is to say we not only intend to entertain but also to stimulate. And we hope this little piece of brain food mixed with pony has satisfied your daily thirst for knowledge. Oh wait. Brain food wouldn’t help with thirst, would it? I guess, brain…lemonade, maybe? Brain smoothie? No, that sounds gross. Well, at any rate, enjoy the show!

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PodCastle 414: The Men from Narrow Houses

by A. C. Wise

read by Rachael K. Jones

This story first appeared in Liminal Stories. Check out their debut issue here!

The men from narrow houses have smiles like melon rinds, white slices of apple, the sliver of the moon before it disappears. Their clothes smell like earth, and their eyes shine like old coins – copper, silver, and gold. As the wedding draws closer, Gabby begins to see them during the day. They pluck at her with long fingers, like a hard wind worrying at her clothes. They slide around her in subway cars on her way to work; they ride behind her on the elevator on her way to the fifth floor; they lean over her shoulder as she studies spreadsheets on her computer; they dangle their legs over her cubicle wall. They are like reflections on water, always whispering, Tell us, love, tell us everything you’ve seen. You’ve been gone for so long.

Rated PG-13.

A.C. Wise’s work has appeared in Clarkesworld, Shimmer, Apex, and The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2015, among other places. Her debut collection, The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again, was published by Lethe Press in 2015. In addition to her fiction, so co-edits Unlikely Story, and contributes a monthly Women to Read column to SF Signal. Find her online at www.acwise.net.


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Cat's Pajamas Spotting

Just a quick post because I'm excited to see someone else making cards with Cat's Pajamas stamps! Check out Emily's blog, Icing on the Card for a super cute Sprinkle ATC!

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  1. You are a MAJOR ENABLER....(and I mean that in the NICEST POSSIBLE WAY!)

    I ordered some Cat's PJ's stamps YESTERDAY. They were in my mailbox TODAY! Yowza! Guess living 90 miles from them is a benefit, huh? Too bad I won't have tome to mount or play with them till next week, but MAN ARE THEY CUTE!!!!!

Thanks so much for taking the time to brighten my day with a comment! I love hearing from you.

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