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Friday, August 28, 2009

Forecast and Faery Finder for 08/29/09

Forecast and Faery Finder
By Janice Scott-Reeder and the Bitwit

Happy Birthday George!

Message from the Microwits: I am Boogaboo, please help! Mommy is still vegetarian. It is horrible. No steak, chicken, lobster or pork has passed my little teeth to my tummy. How can you fear a vegetarian cat?
I am Fiona, scourge of all cats. Fear me! I don’t need meat, I have brains. I also had that wonderful stuff that comes in the little jars but I had to fight Princess Probe for it.
Message from Mommy: Fiona is proving to be the smartest and sneakiest of the Microwits. Last night George brought home a huge apple box from Costco, figuring that being all reinforced and with handle holes, it would be perfect to carry stuff around he was rearranging. Naturally, Precious thought it was perfect for sleeping but he only managed to stand it on the shortest end. This morning Purdy von Sweets crawled on top of the box and went to sleep. In went Fiona and up went the little claws through the hand hold right into Purdy’s side. Purdy immediately jumped up and reached back through the hole to swat Fiona, but her arm wasn’t long enough. So Fiona was just laying there swatting Purdy’s paw. Purdy jumped down, went into the box and slapped the daylights out of Fiona. Keep in mind, I do not interfere as long as the claws are sheathed. Did Fiona learn her lesson? Heck no! She has been waiting for another cat to go to sleep on the box. I really hope my teeth are ready because I want some Costco hamburger! I found an old jar of baby food and gave it to them. Wow, those cats do love baby food, but Boogaboo is still whining for meat.

Due to Cancer surgery on my forehead, I will off indefinitely until I can heal completely, have at least one more operation to remove more cancer, heal….

According to Llewellyn’s Spell-a-Day Almanac, today’s color is blue and the incense is Magnolia.

Happy Day of Thoth. Thoth was the creator of the Universe and all Magic. He is the warrior healer. The evil eye jewelry are his amulets.

Deck: Navigators Tarot of the Mystic Sea.

Today’s Tarot Card is the Seven of Wands: fortitude. This is not the time to desert your principles. Weaker people will desert you. You are better off without their dead weight around your neck.

Astrological Source: Llewellyn’s 2007 Daily Planetary Guide.
Astrologically, the Moon enters Capricorn at 10:44 AM EDT. Suddenly, even authority figures are proposing change but those who are in their comfort zones are going to fight loudly and long against anything that smells like change. By evening expect arguments and social events turn into war zones.

Deck: Healing with the Fairies.
The Faeries say reach for higher consciousness today.

Today’s Cat Comfort Card is Catapult. “Launch yourself forward. Go for it!”

Deck: The Fairies’ Oracle by Brian Froud & Jessica MacBeth
Today’s Faery Finder is on the lookout for the Fee Lion. The Fee Lion is closely related to cats who are experts at laying guilt upon their owners. He is known as “slight accusation” or Accusation of Slight. He is the creature on your shoulder whispering in your ear as begin to goof off: you should have…..and he has a list. So, you might as well get thing done.

Today’s Lo Shu Number is 6 and the Element is fire. The Rat finds conflict today but the Rooster has ease. Today is an auspicious day for births.

Today’s Message from the Universe is: “I acknowledge the light within every human being. I love, respect and accept each person as the manifestation of the Divine Will on earth. IN so doing, I allow those around me to manifest the best of their being. Together we bring healing, beauty and freedom into our world for the highest good of all.” Annie Marquier creating a world of peace one thought at a time.

Well, the hamburger was literally swimming in blood. Now, I like blood but I am not paying for it by the pound! So the cats will be sharing a chicken with me. Since tomorrow (the 29th) is George’s birthday, we now have apple pie, ice cream and whipped cream. Just for the record, ice cream is cheaper than whipped cream and heavy cream so…WHAT IS IN ICE CREAM????
I was worried about going out without a hat. Yesterday I wore my little hats and just that tiny amount of pressure on a scalp that is stretched to its limits had caused a lot of pain today. Turns out what I should have worried about was needing a boat to get back. Even though the pain is now pins and needles…really, really hot ones…I am still cutting the pill into quarters tonight because I hate waking up feeling like someone hit me in the face with a sledge hammer and wondering where I put my Costco card and it is in my hand. That is the effect of one low dose pain killer cut in half at night on me. So if you think you are functioning while using these drugs, folks, it’s the drugs talking.
Napoleon is sitting at the door giving me the evil eye. First off, I put ear medicine in his little ears and secondly, I left and went to Costco. He is determined he will keep me here all day like he has been for over a month. His nose is totally out of joint.

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February 28, 2008

An Ode to Snow

This is building on something my co-worker said, so thanks to Kristy.

Winter Wonderland?

If snow had a face, I would slap it.
If ice had an ass, I would kick it.
If wind had a foot I would step on it.
If February was a person I would insult him.
If January was a spider I would crush him.

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

I'm "double posting" today because Monday was a SnowDay here at our house. Last year at this time we had already had several SnowDays w/ the difference being that it didn't interfere w/ PreSchool. I woke up in a panic fearing that Jaxon would be crushed to discover that PreSchool had been called off for the day due to the weather. I was pleasantly surprised to find that he was quite the opposite... he was so thrilled that it had finally snowed that he could have cared less that PreSchool had been called off!!!

Luckily the weather was rather mild and he was able to spend time outside enjoying his beautiful SnowDay!

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Sonatiny II “Old wine in new bottles” for euphonium and piano (2011)

This is the second piece I’ve called a “sonatiny,” which is meant have an even smaller scope than a sonatina. There are two sections, the first is a slow and crunchy chorale that turns into a hypnotic and static segment before a brusque and punchy fast section. The subtitle of this work “old wine in new bottles” reflects that much of the source material for this piece is stuff that I’ve used before (sometimes successfully, sometimes not) but it has been repackaged here for your consumption.

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Two Pakistani Men Sentenced To Have Their Noses and Ears Chopped Off

Pakistani court orders two men's noses, ears cut off

Dec 22 2009

By BABAR DOGAR - Associated Press Writer

LAHORE, Pakistan— A Pakistani court has ordered the noses and ears of two men cut off after they did the same thing to a young woman whose family spurned one of the men's marriage proposal, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

The anti-terrorism court in the eastern city of Lahore said it was applying Islamic law by ordering the punishment.

Lahore prosecutor Chaudhry Ali Ahmed said one of the accused, Sher Mohammad, was a cousin of the 19-year-old woman and wanted to marry her. Her parents refused his proposal.

Sher Mohammad and a friend, Amanat Mohammad, were accused of kidnapping the woman and cutting off her ears and nose in late September in the Raiwind area of Lahore.

The court on Monday also sentenced each man to 50 years in prison and told them to pay fines and compensation to the woman amounting to several thousand dollars, the prosecutor said.

Pakistan's legal system has Islamic elements that sometimes lead to orders for harsh punishments, but the sentences are often overturned and rarely carried out. Serious crimes are often referred to anti-terrorism courts in Pakistan because they move faster.

Violence against women, especially attacks by spurned lovers, also occurs frequently in this impoverished South Asian nation.

The men have seven days to appeal the ruling, Ahmed said.

The photo above is not a Pakistani. This photo was used to give the reader some idea of what a Pakistani with no nose would look like. Couldn't find anything with no ears, too.

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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Day 19 — Psalm 101

The ideal ruler

Of David, psalm.

My song is about kindness and justice;
Yahweh, I sing it to You.
I mean to make good progress, as the blameless do:
when will You come to me?

In my household, I will advance
in purity of heart;
I will not let my eyes rest
on any misconduct.

I hate the practices of the apostate,
they have no appeal for me;
perverted hearts must keep their distance,
the wicked I disregard.

The man who secretly slanders his neighbor
I reduce to silence;
haughty looks, proud heart,
I cannot tolerate these.

I look to my religious countrymen
to compose my household;
only the man who makes progress,
as the blameless do,
can be my servant.

There is no room in my house
for any hypocrite;
no liar keeps his post
where I can see him.

Morning after morning I reduce to silence
all who are wicked in this country,
banishing from the city of Yahweh
all evil men.

Next… Day 20 — Psalm 102

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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Day 22 — Psalm 109

An appeal against enemies

For the choirmaster, of David, psalm.

God, whom I praise, break Your silence,
now that the wicked and the false
are both accusing me.
They are defaming me,
saying malicious things about me,
attacking me for no reason.

In return for my friendship, they denounce me,
though all I had done was pray for them;
they pay me back evil for kindness
and hatred for friendship.

‘Give him a venal judge,
find someone to frame the charge;
let him be tried and found guilty,
let his prayer be construed as a crime!

‘Let his life be cut short,
let someone else take his office;
may his children be orphaned
and his wife widowed!

‘May his children be homeless vagabonds,
beggared and hounded from their hovels;
may the creditor seize his possessions
and foreigners swallow his profits!

‘May no one be left to show him kindness,
may no one look after his orphans,
may his family die out,
its name disappear in one generation!

‘May the crimes of his fathers be held against him
and his mother's sin never be effaced;
may Yahweh bear these constantly in mind
to wipe their memory off the earth!’

That wretch never thought of being kind,
but hounded the poor, the needy
and the brokenhearted to death.
He loved cursing, may it recoil on him,
had no taste for blessing, may it shun him!

He used to wrap curses around him like a cloak,
let them soak right into him like water,
deep into his bones like oil.
May they now envelop him like a gown,
be tied around his waste for ever!

May Yahweh pay all my accusers,
all my detractors like this!
Yahweh, defend me for the sake of Your name,
rescue me, since Your love is generous!

Reduced to weakness and poverty,
my heart is sorely tormented;
I am dwindling away like a shadow,
they have brushed me off like a locust.

My knees are weak for lack of food,
my body is thin for lack of oil;
I have become an object of derision,
people shake their heads at me in scorn.

Help me, Yahweh my God,
save me since You love me,
and let them know that You have done it,
that it was You, Yahweh, who did it.

Counter their curses with Your blessing,
shame my aggressors, make Your servant glad!
Clothe my accusers in disgrace,
cover them with a cloak of shame.

I will give thanks aloud to Yahweh
and praise Him in the Assembly,
for conducting the poor man's defense
against those who would have sentenced him to death.

Next… Day 23 — Psalm 110

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Monday, September 2, 2013

We now return to your normally scheduled programming...

Holy Batman! It's been AGES since I've posted anything...but now that my life has settled,somewhat, I plan on posting a lot more:)
Updates since 2012-moved and settled into my current abode,still working, still in a everything is still the same,with some minor changes.

I'm now 23, so I think that's been the biggest change in my life,I'm older..haha. I think I'm a bit of a bore sometimes,simply because I work all the time. But I have finally come to the point where I'm happy and settled into my life,so maybe I'll start to make some changes now....

Once I've been inspired,or something interesting happens in my life, I'll be sure to post it...until then, happy days

Jasmine :)

Sunday, January 1, 2012

New Year, same s*%t

Happy new year! It's 2012...and I'm finding that nothing has changed. The same people still get on my nerves, work is still work, etc. I've realized that even though the year has changed the same issues have remained. I don't make resolutions and I'm not about to start, however I will say that I'm not tolerating any more b.s in I need everyone to be prepared to be called out and told about themselves whenever I see fit...YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

I'm baaccckkkk!!!!!

Oh how I've missed you!

It's been approximately 10 months since my last post...(I've been slacking, I know, forgive me)
But things got extremely crrazzzzzyy in March. So I guess I need to update you on what's been going on...well in;
March- adventures in apartment hunting resulted in me finding the current place I am typing this entry in
April-  I attempted to figure out the school/work schedule; work prevailed (this time)
May- I celebrated my 21st, and came to the realization that I wasn't missing out on anything.
I was placed with a new manager at's hard to remain humble and respectful when you know more than your boss, but I did eventually get it together
June- moved into my own little home...loving it and it's decorated to my tastes
July- help the bf celebrate his birthday...other than that; things were pretty low key but I did enjoy a much needed vaca
August-pretty low key; just got comfortable in the new place
September- received my 1st promotion at work :)
October- HALLOWEEN is still my favorite holiday, but I got to spend it w/ my little precious
November- 2nd promotion at work (I'm on a roll)

Now that we've gotten to the's what December 2011 has brought me thus far...

December 1-28th

  • Participated in the bf's family gift exchange
  • Celebrated my surrogate niece's 1st birthday
  • BOUGHT MY 1st CAR (all by myself)
  • Watched my MIL graduate from college (in spirit, I had to work)
  • 2nd Christmas w/ the bf; received a beautiful piece of jewelry (again) he spoils me so much :)
  • FULL WEEK OFF WORK, so thankful for paid vacations :-)
  • cleaning mother always told me to have your home in tip top shape before the new year b/c that's the condition it would be in for the upcoming year...finished cleaning EVERYTHING. bedrooms, bathrooms, closets, kitchen AND laundry (Martha Stewart who?!)

and now that we've been caught up, let me tell you about my day today (Dec 28);

I've come to the conclusion that my family has quickly outgrown our current home so I'm once again scouring the papers for a new place to stay; but this time it will be for a while (2 year minimum). So I've complied a list of 6 potential place and I'm going to hit them all tomorrow. Hoping to find something that he and I both like and still remaining w/in our budget...wish me luck and I shall update you on the adventures of apartment hunting tomorrow, well later today (it's early morning now)

Wish me luck!

Friday, February 25, 2011

Post winter commentary

I am soooo glad that this winter weather is passing and that spring is approaching! I can't stand to be cold,and this winter was just a testament as to why i moved to NC in the first place...winter doesn't last long here, but when it comes...oh boy does it come!

I do have to say however that there are some cons to living in a semi-costal area...when there are nice days (we're talking, 60 degree weather ) people go a little crazy...I'm talking short shorts and tank top crazy. I've just got to say it's not consistently warm enough for that type of behavior, but I digress.

With spring coming up there are a few thing I have to look forward to but the main thing would be my rite of passage!
But there were some good things about this winter and it had a lot to do with my boyfriend...I can't wait to see what spring has to offer for me!

Au revoir winter, bonjour spring!

Friday, January 28, 2011

Decisions, decisions

Lately I've been thinking about my future, and I have some high hopes. I'm hoping to move come July, into MY own space, just couldn't be better and I have no complaints about my personal life.

I've been thinking about my home space, and I'm torn between buying my own house or to continue renting. I have until July to make a decision...and I've been weighing all the pros and cons of both and I do believe I'm leaning towards buying a home. I know it's going to be a lot of work but I really do believe that this is the best decision for me in the long run. And it'll be kind of nice to come home to a place that is really home. A place that I can truly call my own and know I've worked hard to achieve. Plus with my own home, I wouldn't have to worry about cleaning up after anyone but myself.

I don't know I've gotten 2nd, and 3rd opinions and everyone has given me their opinions about how much work it would be and that any problems incurred I would have to take care of on my own. They've given me a lot to think about...But like i said before, I have until July to make a decision.

Wish me luck

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

We're only 11 days in!

It's been a crazy time for me...from starting a new job, to attempting to move (again) I'm beginning to feel like 2011 is going to be an interesting year.

I just feel like things are starting to get to me, all I seem to do nowadays is get up, go to work, come home and clean up after people...mind you I live with able bodied adults who are perfectly capable of cleaning up after themselves, but don't seem to be doing so. I've even gone as far as to separate dishes and label everything that's mine because my roommates seem to think that everything in the apartment is fair game...IT"S NOT! I don't work 40+ hours a week, spend my hard earned money on groceries (for me) to come home and find that my food has been picked over and devoured as though the entire complex has come over and feasted without giving me notice...I'm tired of doing for everyone else but myself, so I decided that it high time for me to indulge...just a little.

So as one could imagine I've begun the search for a place to live (all by myself) and so luck. The cost of living is EXTREMELY ridiculous, the cheapest place I found STARTED at 550, that's for a 1 bedroom, with absolutely nothing included, now I do make a decent living, but I can't afford that and then to include utilities plus the bills that are currently coming in...I won't be moving for quite a while because I refuse to kill myself working overtime just to sustain my self and not have time for the important things and people in my life, and while we're on the subject...

My love life couldn't be better, I'm in a stable relationship that is progressing quite nicely =) Having someone special in your life is wonderful, and I couldn't ask for a better boyfriend...he's amazing(sigh). It's like everyday he finds new ways to show me how much he cares. I love me some him....but I digress because he's one topic that i could spend all day on and I'm sure that you would be disgusted if I did, not too many people can take the lovey-dovey mushy stuff...

Anywho, life goes on around here and it's moving by fairly quickly...I honestly can't believe that in less than 4 months I'll be celebrating ANOTHER birthday, and I less than 1 month a very special milestone will be celebrated, but more on those upcoming events later...

Hope you enjoy this (very cold) beautiful day

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Post summer roundup

It's almost Labor day, which means that the summer is drawing to a close. The summer of 2010 is without a doubt the most memorable summer of my young life.
Reasons why summer 2010 was memorable
1. I moved out of my mom's house, and have my own little quaint hovel that's mine and I love it as much as would a mansion.
2. School has been in the forefront of my life since LAST fall and I'm on the fast-track to graduation
3. I grew a backbone (finally) and voiced all my questions, comments, and opinions on people without worrying about if it hurt their feelings or not=) It was an enlightening experience and quite fun...
4. My personal life has taken a turn I never expected...and I've never been happier=)
5. I adopted a new saying and applied it to my life ' Things are almost perfect...and that's just the way I like it".
This simply means that I know I will never be able to achieve complete perfection, and I won't allow that to stop me from doing my very best to complete each task I'm given, and I'm okay with that. The days of me being this super control freak are over. I'm letting go of the reins and allowing God to steer.
While this summer consisted of many ups and downs I still can appreciate everything that happened because without those experiences, I wouldn't have been able to make the decisions that were necessary to make and live my life according to me. So here's to all the unforgettable memories of summer 2010, and here's to hoping that the remainder of the year provides me with some of the same.
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Where a Shell Belongs

Shells are teachers, and we put them in the bathroom. Right now there are two Ziploc baggies of shells on our kitchen counter. They hold their beachy breath and wait for us to open them. It seems unfair that they go from the sea to the back of the toilet in a bowl that was made in a pottery class.

Last week two friends and I found ourselves on the beach in the late afternoon, up to our waists in the ocean water. We planned to go for a swim, but the ocean had other ideas. It was serving up all sorts of shells - shards and whole. Standing meant getting the soles of our feet stabbed, our ankles and calves pummeled with the ocean's teeth. Oh, what lovely teeth the ocean has! Instead of swimming, we started collecting, or trying to collect, what was being served to us.

At first, I tried the "spot and grab" method. A beautiful shell would glimmer under the water, the wave would pass over it, I'd reach down, and voila! It was gone, pulled in by the undertow. After a few disappointing tries with this method I switched to the "blind scoop." The wave passed over, I scooped up whatever I could in two hands, and then sifted through for goodies. I found beautiful, tiny bits of seaglass and perfectly smoothed stones this way that I wouldn't have found otherwise.

Wendy noticed our different collecting methods. She had the "spot and grab," Anne pressed herself down into the water against the thrash of waves to seek out whatever she could find, and I continued with my blind scooping. We all stole something from the ocean.

I thought about how when writing something large, you try all of these methods. There's the initial idea - the spot and grab, and then the blind scoop, and finally you press yourself into the project, against all the waves and salt and potential jellyfish. I'm still in the blind scoop mode with a project I'm working on, and will be happy to submerge myself in its last pages. The ocean reminded me to be patient - to let go of that beautiful idea because it is already washed away and replaced by other ideas. It reminded in a fatherly way. It roared, "Look, look, you numbskull! Look at what you've already picked up in your hands!"

These shells belong in the ocean, not in a baggie, not on the back of the toilet. But here they are, all landlocked - on my desk.

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Saturday, 15 September 2012

Little boxes

In my head, I have a couple of boxes filled with things that are stored away and only to be taken out when the time is right and I feel I want to look at them. This morning, taking Paddy out for a walk, I spotted a car parked on the top road, with someone slumped over the steering wheel. Unlikely but predictable thoughts ran through my mind. I couldn't just walk away; I had to satisfy myself that all was well with the occupant of the car, so I knocked gently on the passenger window. To my relief, the youth sat up and it appeared that the car had run out of diesel and his friend had gone off to get some, so all was well indeed and I continued on my way.
Down in the valley, I sat down by the lake for a moment, to contemplate the beauty of the morning and to take a brief peep inside Hugh's box...

Anonymous said...

Things in boxes - now that's a good idea.

Jennyta said...

I find it helpful, Lucy. ;)


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September 11, 2012

Eyeshadow Look: Comfort Zone

Hey guys! So I have a quick eyeshadow look for you today.

Using my comfort zone palette from Wet n Wild, I took the left browbone shade on my inner half, and then put the left eyelid shade on my outer half. I really love the warmth and rosy bronze look the eyeshadow has. These colors are great for enhancing blue eyes.

The wet n wild comfort zone palette can be found at Walmart, K-Mart, CVS, and a few other places for around $5. It's a great deal!


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Friday, May 16, 2008

Everyday Things: Plastic Spoons

(WARNING: This post consists of Grade "A" nit-picking)

One of the perks of being an engineer is that you pay attention to how things work, how they are put together and what they are supposed to do versus what they actually do. I like just picking up an object and trying to figure these things out. Occasionally what I notice isn’t the sleek design or excellent functionality. It isn’t respect for the fact someone’s father worked overtime and missed his son’s baseball game to get this design just right or someone’s mother is on the phone most weekends to help the plants make XX million a year without complaint. What I notice instead is that this object is a piece of crap.

Case in Point:

You’re thinking, it’s a just plastic spoon, what’s the deal? Why are you bent out of shape about a cheap, disposable utensil? Because it’s a badly designed, cheap, disposable utensil. I’m only using this spoon for as long as it takes me to eat a yogurt (approx 2.5 minutes). If the utensil is so poorly designed that it annoys me in this short period of time, then it’s quite poorly designed indeed. In the time it takes me to eat a yogurt, here’s what I noticed:

1) The “scoop” of the spoon is too deep but also too narrow. This means it’s very difficult for your mouth to get out the yogurt in the bottom of the “scoop”. The best spoons are deep but wide that way you can easily slide the food from the spoon into your mouth.

2) Now the plastic used by this type of spoon is pretty flexible. So in order to get the yogurt out of the bottom of the “scoop”, you can flatten it with your tongue. Except these spoons usually have flash (excess material) around the edges from the injection molding process. This flash has usually been flattened while in the mold-press so that it’s razor-thin and razor-sharp, easily cutting into the sides of your mouth. Flattening the spoon with your tongue increases the cutting potential of this excess material.

3) The “ledges” on the underside of the spoon are too large. Yogurt gets stuck under there and the only way to get it out is by licking the underside of the spoon. Which is not something I want to do at work with everyone walking by my cubicle to get their morning coffee.

This particular brand of plastic spoon has a lovely textured handle that frankly does me no good. Perhaps the makers would have been better served to spend the money from the fancy texturing on making a properly functional spoon instead. Of all the things designers could have learned from software engineers why did they have to pick up the “cover woeful lack of function with pretty, pretty features” habit?

A plastic spoon doesn’t get a lot of engineering street-cred because it’s such a simply designed and made object. Spoons have been in use for centuries. Currently, plastic spoons are produced via injection molds of robust but simple design: 1 gate, 2 ejection pins, cavity ID, injected with cheap and ubiquitous plastic. There’s no rocket science here. However, no matter how simple the fabrication process or “typical” the object, every single design should be able to function without annoying the hell out of its user. This spoon doesn't not meet that criterion. It is an invisible, disposable object that becomes glaringly noticeable in the worst way.

People will forgive a computer for being annoying or even a car because on some level, they understand that these are complex machines that in certain respects aren’t fully known until they are built and used. I wonder: What is the excuse for a poorly-made plastic spoon?

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Monday, May 30, 2011

A Web Design Public Service Announcement

Now that you are back to the norm of black text on a white background, how are you feeling? Are you seeing ghost images of the previous text box against this white space? Is it hard to adjust? Do you feel a little dizzy? If not, you're lucky! For many of us, (often also prone to vertigo and motion sickness), the effects of reading white text on black is so troublesome, we'll simply click away no matter how interesting the content is. If I absolutely MUST read something, I might copy and paste the text into Word so I can read it, but that is only if I know I want to read it beforehand.

So - if you are one of my fellow artist peeps and you've got white on black websites, PLEASE reconsider! If it doesn't bother you, you might think I'm crazy, but I'm not alone - just search "white text black background" on Google - you'll see! The choice is yours design wise, but I'm pretty sure that you want as many visitors as possible with nothing standing in your readers' way, right? Right.

Franka said...

You are right!!!

Come and see my *background*!

I like your images very much!

Cheryl said...

wow, that black box of text made my eyes actually HURT! I've got a watercolorish background. I wonder how that is for you. Let me know if you get a chance to look, k? Thanks for the demonstration - I had NO idea!

Jessica Torrant said...

Perfectly fine backgrounds my friends!

r.bohnenkamp said...

oh yes you are so right.
I can not understand why some users have a black background.
I like your blog!
greetings from germany

Ғ℮ىнå®i said...

Hi Jessica,
I read your piece on black backgrounds and realized from what you said that it might not be the best for those who want to view art. So I changed it to a white background and I do agree it is much easier on the eyes. :-)

Susie Tenzer said...

Yes, I thought I loved the black - yes, I thought it was edgy & cool. I changed it & I agree, it's much easier to read. thanks, Jessica!

Karen Fields said...

Amen!! Totally agree!


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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

NFL 2011 Week 3 Predictions

Some better games on the schedule this week compared to last week. I'm only two games behind Steve and The Wife, so let's see if I can catch up here.

Patriots at Bills
The Wife: Patriots
Me: Patriots (I think the Bills will put some points up on the board, and this could be an upset)
Steve: Patriots

49ers at Bengals
The Wife: Bengals
Me: Bengals (not sure here: the Bengals with Andy Dalton looked good, but the 49ers almost beat the Cowboys last week)
Steve: 49ers

Dolphins at Browns
The Wife: Dolphins
Me: Browns (at home, they put it all together)
Steve: Dolphins

Broncos at Titans
The Wife: Titans
Me: Titans (another toss-up)
Steve: Titans

Lions at Vikings
The Wife: Lions
Me: Lions (some people may be too quick to say the Lions are play-off bound, but they look good)
Steve: Lions

Texans at Saints
The Wife: Saints
Me: Texans (my upset special)
Steve: Saints

Giants at Eagles
The Wife: Eagles
Me: Eagles (risky pick if Kafka QBs . . .)
Steve: Giants

Jags at Panthers
The Wife: Panthers
Me: Panthers (our first real chance to see what Gabbert is made of)
Steve: Panthers

Chiefs at Chargers
The Wife: Chargers
Me: Chargers (if the Chiefs don't give up 40 points, they'll have won a moral victory)
Steve: Chargers

Jets at Raiders
The Wife: Jets
Me: Raiders (Raiders have enough weapons to get the Jets behind early)
Steve: Jets

Ravens at Rams
The Wife: Ravens
Me: Rams (another risky pick, but I have to gain ground somewhere)
Steve: Ravens

Cardinals at Seahawks
The Wife: Cardinals
Me: Cardinals (between Kolb and Beanie Wells, the Cards look solid in a poor division)
Steve: Cardinals

Falcons at Bucs
The Wife: Bucs
Me: Falcons (I hope the Bucs will win)
Steve: Bucs

Packers at Bears
The Wife: Packers
Me: Packers
Steve: Packers

Steelers at Colts
The Wife: Steelers
Me: Steelers (I feel bad for Kerry Collins; dude could get creamed)
Steve: Steelers

Redskins at Cowboys
The Wife: Redskins
Me: Cowboys (Sexy Rexy won't bring it in the bright lights of Monday Night)
Steve: Redskins

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Steve - an Av in Nebr said...

I'm one of those that thought the playoffs for the Lions was possible before the season, and what they've shown the first two weeks hasn't done anything to change that. I still think it will be a fight for them but fully think they'll make it.

Heck, I have so much faith in the Lions that last season I told a couple co-workers that they would have better records than the Browns and Broncos (and they did) and this year when they said that the Broncos would be better I made 2 bets for $20 that they would again be bested by the Lions.

GO SUH! ;)


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The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 3 Chapter 17

The Man Picked up by the Gods - Volume 3 Chapter 16
The Man Picked up by the Gods - Volume 3 Chapter 18
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Volume 3 Chapter 17

After school the three girls chatted at a corner of the school’s courtyard. It was a good opportunity, so they decided to chat and get to know each other some more. But just as they were about to finish, Michelle suddenly said,

“Hey, how about we form our own group?” [Michelle]

In this school, there are assignments or practical work invovling magic or swordsmanship that needs to be done in groups. However these groups aren’t decided by the instructors or by the school, rather they’re decided by the students themselves.

If the school tried to forcibly dictate the groups, then the nobles would get mad. Part of  the reason is because of compatibilitiy between the members, but there’re also those who simply don’t want to be in the same group as commoners.

However, in cases where there are students leftover without any groups, then they need to be taken in by other groups that don’t have enough members. Neither the commoners nor the nobles have any say in this. But of course, it’s not hard to imagine how uncomfortable of a situation that would be.

Elia and Michelle may not have any problems regarding groups, but of course it’s still best to make a group with people that you get along with ahead of time. And that’s why Michelle suggested to make a group, while Elia and Miyabi immediately agreed.

“But if we’re making a group, then we’ll have to gather two or three more members. We need five or six to make a group after all.” [Elia]
“Yeah, otherwise we’ll end up with students we don’t know.” [Michelle]
“Without considering social standing or anythin’, can ya two think of anyone?” [Miyabi]
“I can think of one.” [Michelle]
“Who?” [Elia]
“Liera Clifford, the eldest daughter of the Baron Clifford.” [Michelle]
“Baron Clifford… From what I know, he used ta be a knight, but after pilin’ up achievement after achievement, he became a baron. Nowadays, they’re known for raisin’ some oustandin’ knights.” [Miyabi]
“Exactly. Her pride’s a bit high, and she won’t shut up when it comes to rules, but she doesn’t look down on commoners, and she honestly acknowledges anyone with skill. She treats commoners as if they’re equal too.” [Michelle]
“She’s certainly qualified. Is she someone you know?” [Elia]
“There was a point in time where we saw each other a lot. But because of my research and because of her training, we’ve rarely had the chance to lately.” [Michelle]

Like this, the three of them agreed to invite Liera Clifford. And immediately, they went to find her.

The place they went to was the training area for swordsmen. As soon as they got there, Michelle pointed at a corner and said,

“She’s over there, let’s go.” [Michelle]

With Michelle leading, the three went over to a corner of the training area where a female student zealously praticed her sword as she gave off a frigid aura. With the girl’s height tall for her age and a face that could easily pass as that of a beauty’s, she stood out. Then from the group of male students that was watching her from a distance came Michelle’s voice.

“Liera, could you come with me for a bit?” [Michelle]
“Michelle? What’s the matter? And that person is…” [Liera]
“Calm down first, then we’ll talk.” [Michelle]

Michelle took Liera with her and left the training area. Following after her were Elia and Miyabi. They then sat at a resting area with few people. On the way, Michelle had already explained to Liera about their plan.

“I see, so you came to invite me… Alright, then in that case, I’d be grateful if you added me into your group.” [Liera]
“Really?” [Elia]
“That’s great!” [Michelle]

Elia and Michelle were both delighted, but Miyabi didn’t look to be fazed at all as she asked Liera,

“Ya sure you’re okay with this? From what I’ve heard, ya have the highest grades in swordsmanship, and many people have already tried ta get ya ta join them.” [Miyabi]
“It’s true that I’ve received plenty of invitations, but they’re all from people I can’t get along with. People who only see me as a tool to raise their grades, or people who don’t even have the slightest decorum to hide their perverted gazes… And more than that, I can’t agree with people who despise commoners. I don’t want to be grouped up with people who mistake their haughtiness for pride.” [Liera]

Although still a student, Liera’s soul was already that of a fine knight.

It was in this way that Liera became their friend. And the four began to discuss who to ask next.

“I can’t think of anyone. To begin with, I don’t have a lot of connections, so…” [Liera]
“Liera’s been obsessing over her sword ever since after all.” [Michelle]
“Well aren’t you one to talk? Even though you’re exactly the same when it comes to your research.” [Liera]
“True, then in that case, I guess we’ll have to rely on Miyabi. I mean you’re a merchant, right Miyabi? I reckon you must have a lot of connections.” [Michelle]
“Even if ya tell me that, I don’t have that many either… It’s only been a month since enrolling, ya see? So… and besides the number of students that haven’t been included in a group has also decreased a lot, ya know? And more than anything, don’t ya all think it’d be best if we got another girl as our member? After all, we’re all girls here.” [Miyabi]
“If it’s possible, then a girl would be best. Although as long as he won’t look at us with a discomforting gaze, then even a guy would be fine.” [Liera]
“It’s because your style is so good.” [Elia]
“I know right? We were just around the same level in the past too… I wonder why the gap is so big now… Even the parts that should be tightened are tightened.” [Michelle]
“Where are you looking!?” [Liera]
“Hmm… everywhere?” [Michelle]
“Don’t look!” [Liera]
“Now, now, please calm down. Anyway, we can’t seem ta think of anyone, huh?” [Miyabi]
“It’s not like there’re none though.” [Elia]
“Well yeah, but the group’s balance will be affected. Right now, I can think of four people, but amongst those, three want ta be magicians. And even now, the only one who can fight in close combat amongst us is Liera. If we took two of the people I have in mind, then we’ll end up with six magicians and one swordsman.” [Miyabi]
“True…. the balance would definitely be quite bad in that case.” [Elia]
“It’s not like I’m fussing over the grades or anything, but there’s also some danger in our assignments and training.” [Miyabi]
“It’d be tough for me to defend five. Once we’re surrounded, it’s over. The teacher will also be watching and supporting over us during training, but it’s not good to rely on that. If we could another swordsman more it would be great, but…” [Liera]
“Unfortunately the last person I have in mind won’t be a swordsman either. The people I have in mind can fight to some extent though. I mean one of them can do some covert ops and put up some traps. A person well inclined for scouting in other words. And…- Well speak of the devil, looks like she’s actually here.” [Miyabi]
“*Sniff… I was rejected again…” [Girl]

As Miyabi said that, Elia and the others looked at where Miyabi was looking. Some distance from where they were was a seemingly vigorous girl with dog ears and short hair sitting there with her head down.

“Her?” [Michelle]
“Her name is Kanan. A commoner. She’s skilled with her hands and specialsizes in making small accessories and other crafts. Ta keep the story short, she’s an artisan. Apparently she wants ta take her classes ta that direction as soon as she finishes her basic classes.” [Miyabi]
“I see… so now what?” [Michelle]
“As long as her personality’s good, I have no complaints. Even if she can’t fight, I’ll do my best to protect her.” [Liera]
“Same here.” [Elia]
“Aight, I’ll go ahead and call her over then.” [Miyabi]

As Miyabi said that, she called out to the girl whose head was drooped. When the girl heard Miyabi’s voice, she raised her head and saw Miyabi.

“Kanan-han, are you free right now?” [Miyabi]
“Eh!? Ah, you’re Miyabi-san, right? Do you need something from me?” [Kanan]
“I’m looking for members ta invite ta our group. And seeing ya here, I thought I’d invite ya too.” [Miyabi]
“Really!?” [Kanan]

Soon as she heard Miyabi’s words, Kanan enthusiastically agreed. Kanan’s overly vigorous agreement as she took Miyabi’s hands, shocked Miyabi.

“In any case, the other members are also here, so let’s go meet with them.” [Miyabi]
“Yes, please!” [Kanan]

Miyabi brought Kanan to where Elia and the others were, and with her sparkling eyes and her loud voice, Kanan greeted the others full of zeal.

“My name is Kanan Shuza! It’s a pleasure to meet you all!” [Kanan]

Having noticed her last name, Michelle was the first to reply.

“Nice to meet you too. By the way, by Shuza do you mean…” [Michelle]

As soon as Michelle began to talk about her last name, Kanan’s face grew cloudy, so Michelle bit her tongue and kept herself from asking any further. But because Kanan already knew what Michelle wanted to ask, she answered.

“Yes. I come from a reputable family of magic artisans. I am a daughter of the Shuza family. However, I am a dunce when it comes to magic craftsmanship, so please don’t expect anything from me in that regard.” [Kanan]
“A dunce?” [Michelle]
“Actually, I am a specialist enchanter of the enchantment branch of magic.” [Kanan]
“I see…” [Michelle]
“Sorry, but can you explain?” [Liera]

Kanan, Michelle, and Miyabi seemed to understand the situation, but Liera and Elia didn’t, so Kanan began to explain about enchantment magic.

When one refers to enchantment magic, what they’re actually referring to is the magic responsible for creating magic tools, weapons, and or armors. However, the only ones who can use that magic are the descendants of enchanters. Story says that a long itme ago, the first ones to use enchantment magic were a number of people who were born with a special constitution. And today, the only ones who can use that magic are those who carry the originals’ blood in their veins.
As their descendants have increased, there are people being born today who are able to use enchantment magic. Within those people, however, is sometimes born a special enchanter who possesses the same kind of constitution as those of the first ones. These people are unable to use any magic other than enchantment.
“In enchantment magic, it’s essential to be able to use both enchant magic and the magic you want to enchant into the object. But because I’m only able to use one type of magic, I haven’t been able to create a single magic tool for anyone.” [Kanan]
“So that’s why… I asked you something sensitive, I’m sorry.” [Liera]
“Not at all! You’re recruiting me after all! So it’s only a given for me to answer whatever questions you have!” [Kanan]

As soon as Kanan said that out loud, the group made up their mind. Of course, it’s a given that entering a group that will be undergoing perilous trials will require an interview of some sort regarding what one can and can’t do. However, whether one can say his or her weaknesses out loud is another question. It might be important information, but that fact alone doesn’t make it easy to say. There are those would try to say it, but make it vague. While there’re those with worse personalities who wouldn’t hesitate to lie through their teeth.

The fact that Kanan was able to say something like that out loud goes to show that she’s a trustworthy person. And the four girls understood that very well.

“I have no complaints with her.” [Liera]
“I’m also in agreement.” [Michelle]
“I’d also like to have her as a part of our group.” [Elia]
“Then it’s decided.” [Miyabi]

When those words entered Kanan’s ears, her jaws dropped to the floor. And what came out of her mouth were these words,

“Eh… you- would take me? Me? Even though I can’t use magic? Even though I’m mostly a beginner at swordsmanship?” [Kanan]
“You don’t have to worry over something like that.” [Elia]
“Ability comes second.” [Michelle]
“If you can’t fight, then I’ll protect you.” [Liera]
“So with that, we’ll be welcoming you, Kanan-han. But of course, if you don’t want to, then we won’t force ya.” [Miyabi]
“Of course not!! Thank you very much!! I’ve been refused so many times, I didn’t know what to do anymroe!! I’ll be in your care!![Kanan]

Today, Kanan succeeded at avoiding a disastrous school life. Although after this she later found out that all of the three girls aside from Miyabi were all nobles. Moreover, two of them were daughters of a duke and an earl. This fact greatly shocked her, but that’s not really important.

What’s important is that the five of them had managed to make friends that they’re able to talk to easily. They might quarrel from time to time, but there’s no doubt that their school life has become better than ever.

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33 thoughts on “The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 3 Chapter 17

  1. Fisher says:

    I'm certain that this school could definitely use Ryouma's laundry services. He could open up a branch within the school grounds and attend classes at the same time. He could get payment for cleaning all of the students' and teachers' clothes in the form of full tuition, and the store could almost run automatically, since there would be no need to collect payment from the people directly using the store.

  2. Kairne says:

    Thanks for the chapter ! Feeling better than last week ?

    Some typos and stuff :

    invovling => involving

    “If we took two of the people I have in mind, then we'll end up with six magicians and one swordsman” => five magicians instead of six ? that sentence is too complicated for me, with my knowlegde of japanese, but they can only be a group of 6 people at most (there are already 4 girls)

    specialsizes => specializes

    itme => time

    anymroe => anymore

  3. Joshua Wachter says:

    I hate Miyabi. Gosh! Stop with the ya and ta and aint and so on and so forth. If you really feel you must then put a [Formal] or [Informal] in front of her speech sentences. She sounds like a cross between a ghetto speaker and a redneck hick from the country. In english the closest you'd get to formal or informal speech, other than say word choices that are wordy, would be things like Cannot versus Can't with the contraction 'can't' being more informal than can not. She would versus She'd. But this ya and ta and ain't. I think she's a bubbly character that's totally being surpressed by the accent to the point I skip over her speech out of sheer frustration.

    The Deposed King

  4. brian says:

    Ryouma harem awaits!! Lets just hope it doesn't get carried away or ruined by that harem….seeing Ryouma so far has been enjoyable but if it suddenly turns fanservy or something…

  5. Makoto says:

    “But if we’re making a harem group, then we’ll have to gather two or three more harem members. We need five or six to make a harem group after all.” [Elia]

    Fixed ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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♥ Farewell 4 Now ♥

Sunday, April 2, 2016

Click here to WATCH the final (for now)”Team Justice” Vlog!

Hey Team Justice!!

Suprise! It’s not a joke, even though a couple days post April Fool’s.

Really…it’s me, Jillian! Well nowadays, I prefer Mama J since I am now the proud mama of Jaylin Jackson Roth or what you may remember as Baby Z.

In fact, can you believe that it’s been 505 days to be exact?! Interestingly, the same number as the area code of my soul home–New Mexico, yet that’s for another time to explore. What have I been up to for the last year and a half?!

Simply put, birth and transformational white space (what I’ve dubbed my Mama Sabbatical) to mold my Mama Mindset. I’m now ready to fully share as I transition to a place of healing on many fronts.

While there has been loads of joy, laughter, and bliss, it has also been a magical juggle and struggle to shift from preparing for my ideal of motherhood to living my reality of mamahood. I now chuckle that I imagined getting back to work 12 weeks after giving birth at home. Though in many ways, it’s that shift in flow, perspective, and mindset that has made the journey live UP to each one of my core desired feelings.

As you might remember, it was mid-November 2014 when I hit the pause button on my then self-employment/entrepreneur journey. A definite privilege I don’t take lightly thanks to CA Paid Family Leave. It was just about a week shy of Thanksgiving and on the brink of winter. Like the shifting season and chapter of my life, I invited you to turn inward. I was doing the same in preparation for my desired home birth of Baby Z–how we then referenced our daughter who’s sex (perceived status of M/F) was unknown at the time.

Here’s the blog post I invited you to read in hopes of inspiring your own inward journey. In doing so, I allowed myself to DREAM about the next chapter of my ideal life as a mama…

What will 2015 hold? How do I want to feel?

Is this different than what I wanted to feel a year ago?

How can I help others do the same and live authentically?

Almost a year and a half later and I have SO much to say! I’ve learned that the small, deliberate choices we make infused with love and daily intention matters. First, as I kept alive this beautiful being with nourishment from my body, love from my soul, and magic from my mindset. Getting to know our daughter as JJ* leads the way with ease + wonder + bliss.

And now, using choice + love + intention to guide our daughter to thrive + grow as her first teachers in love + life. This Mama Mindset as I now call it has inspired my next path and business journey as a mamapreneur:

MJL_Email Header #2_Apr 16While Jillybeads 4 Justice still lives, it will move to the backburner for now (beads + babies don’t really work so well) as its business identity shifts. I see now that I was asking it to hold all my passions + intentions for serving the world. That’s a lot to ask one vision and one business to do. My focus is now clear…

Serving mamas and those who desire self-love! As I wholeheartedly believe we all deserve and need to mother our soul and inner child. As such, my vision is to Inspire a Lovelution of Intentional Justice with a Mama Mindset!

Wanna join the lovelution + Mama Mindset Tribe? Click here to sign-up for the monthly Medley of Love + some goodies of self-love + intention.

With love + intent,

Much love. Be love. Beloved.
Jillian Sig with Heart

*I am using Jaylin’s initials instead of the expected / perceived pronoun of she as an act of intentional gender identity / expression justice.


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Saturday, October 8, 2011

Jimmy Alyea's Education

University of Houston - Downtown;  Houston, Texas
B.B.A. - Supply Chain Management (2012)
-Procurement, Supply Chain Management, and Logistics
-College of Business - Dean's List, 2011
-Tau Sigma - National Honor Society

Houston Baptist University;  Houston, Texas
M.B.A. (2008)
-Studied the "Balanced Scorecard" approach to Operations Management
-Developed a "Go Green" environmental plan for the Houston Texans
-Certificate of Recognition in Business and Public Policy - The Washington Campus (Washington, D.C.)

Texas A&M University;  College Station, Texas
B.B.A. - Marketing (2001)
-American Marketing Association (AMA) - President
-Business Student Council - AMA Representative
-Business Career Fair - Event Director

Episcopal High School Bellaire, Texas
H.S. Diploma (1997)
-National Honor Society member

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

21 Connections: Press Release regarding Constant Contact Certification 2016

Jim Pagiamtzis Founder of 21 Connections  Named a Constant Contact Certified Solution Provider
Toronto marketing expert to help small businesses and nonprofits
achieve meaningful marketing results

Toronto,ONT  — May 2016 Jim Pagiamtzis Founder of 21 Connections, has been named a Certified Solution Provider by Constant Contact®, Inc., the trusted marketing advisor to more than 650,000 small organizations worldwide.
As a Certified Solution Provider, Jim has completed the Constant Contact Certification Program which provides training on Constant Contact tools, marketing best practices, and business development. This training imparts industry-leading knowhow on marketing and services to create meaningful results for program participants and the clients that they serve.

“It has been amazing experience to learn, do and Apply strategies that I have learned on my Keep Pushin’ Newsletter, few months back got All Star Award!”  Sujit Reddy Founder of Human Capital Solutions.

“The certification program gives our Solution Providers access to the education that keeps them on the leading edge of marketing best practices,” said Catherine Kniker, chief channel officer and vice president, international, Constant Contact. “By becoming a Certified Solution Provider, Jim  has demonstrated his commitment to helping clients succeed by taking proactive steps to grow his marketing skillset.”’

About 21 Connections Provides entrepreneur and professionals with the strategies to learn, speak and socialize daily in their business. Profit is our passion!

About Constant Contact®, Inc.
Constant Contact introduced the first email marketing tool for small businesses, nonprofits, and associations in 1998.  Today, the company helps more than 650,000 customers worldwide find marketing success through the only all-in-one online marketing platform for small organizations.  Anchored by our world-class email marketing tool, Constant Contact helps small businesses drive repeat business and find new customers. It features multi-channel marketing campaigns (newsletters/announcements, offers/promotions, online listings, events/registration, and feedback) combined with shared content, contacts, and reporting; free award-winning coaching and product support; and integrations with critical business tools – all from a single login. The company’s extensive network of educators, consultants/resellers, technology providers, franchises, and national associations offer further support to help small organizations succeed and grow. Through its Innovation Loft, Constant Contact is fueling the next generation of small business technology.
Constant Contact and the Constant Contact Logo are registered trademarks of Constant Contact, Inc. All Constant Contact product names and other brand names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of Constant Contact, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Movie Review: The Fate of the Furious (2017)

       Jim Pagiamtzis review:
         " The Fate of the Furious continuous the thrill ride with cars falling, flying and flopping throughout the film. Charlize Theron plays a brilliant villain! Vin Diesel and the gang use teamwork and secret weapon Helen Mirren to outwit the bad guys this time around. The plot has the family feel yet again with slight twist. The late Paul Walker is remembered in cute way. 2 more films to go!"

      Sujit Reddy Review:
       "Good: Charlize Theron was an excellent villan
         Bad: The first act of the movie was too slow & drawn out
         Ugly: Scott Eastwood is a wooden actor"

            Movie Plot:
  Now that Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon and Brian and Mia have retired from the game—and the rest of the crew has been exonerated—the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life. But when a mysterious woman (Oscar® winner Charlize Theron) seduces Dom into the world of crime he can’t seem to escape and a betrayal of those closest to him, they will face trials that will test them as never before.

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Saturday, April 4, 2009

Jindal: The Gathering Storm

With his statewide approval down to 53%, Bobby Jindal should take note that the people are not happy with his traveling all over the country fundraising (for president) while the state suffers.
If he remains oblivious, he may find that he will be defeated for governor in 2011 and won't have his 'stepping-stone' to the presidency.

Deep Pockets: Jindal’s to donors have access to power – and millions of dollars in state work
Jeremy Alford

Jindal’s ‘Gold Standard’ further tarnished
The Advertiser

Jindal’s Pay-To-Play Plan
C. B. Forgotston

Moon Griffon: Obama cut taxes faster than Jindal

The Reduct Box: Jindal uses state helicopter for fundraiser


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Here’s some tips to develop an app with great design for 2018

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People say don’t judge a book by its cover, but frankly, it is important to nicely cover your book because it basically represents what’s inside. When people download an app, they see the icon, name, contents, review, and so on. There are thousands of similar apps on market and people download those apps to see something really good. However, it only takes few minutes to decide whether they want to use the app or not. This is why designing your app is really important.

Let’s see up-to-date mobile app design trends for 2018 and catch people’s attention.

Minimalism and simple color schemes

When the app has too many design elements, it may cause much-unwanted confusion for the user. Creating a minimalistic design makes the whole experience much easier-just click that button!

“Less is more” rule also pertains to the variety of colors.

Material Design: Young and Innovative

It was 2014 when we first met the concept of Material Design. Nowadays, material Design appears to be the most flexible solution offering light and dark backgrounds. Also, Material Design gives space for creativity and innovations letting designers add more features to the new version.

In-App Gesticulation

It’s too soon to assume designers have used all their creativity in this regard. Gestures seem more exciting than using buttons because of two reasons:

  • Hand-play makes the user experience more real and erases borders between a smartphone and its owner.
  • Gestures make it faster! Deleting a letter within a second is more than possible now.

Functional Animations

Developing user experience, functional animation lets them immerse in the application. Functional animation is especially important when you create a multitasking application.

Onboarding and Offboarding Experience

“Get on board!” – that’s what we’re screaming to our precious users out loud. One of the up-to-date trends is a progressive onboarding experience when the app makes friends with a user outright. Offboarding means saying goodbye in the equally nice way. If you managed to surprise a customer on this stage, be ready to get the word of mouth advertising.

Touch ID

This feature not only saves your nerves but also saves much time you usually spend on long verification processes. And what have we mentioned before? Right, any app should be a real speed master.

Trends somehow reflect people’s everyday needs and behavior. It’s the most basic and fundamental roles of app developers and UI/UX designers to catch the trends in order to make app successful.

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Monday, December 27, 2010

Oh after 9 long months, my kids are here!  I feel that I can breathe again.  They are here.  I am very happy.

Sophie, Mike & Jenna

They are my greatest joy and this is the best Christmas present that I received  :-) .

Jan said...

Oh Joanie, you must be so thrilled! Isn't being a mother one of the most wonderful jobs in the world?

May you have a blessed New Year!

connie said...

It would have been the best Christmas present for me too..

Laura said...

Your joy is infectious! I bet it makes the kids feel so loved! Enjoy your time together!

Barb said...

Enjoy your time with your "little ones" Joanie they are always our babies arent they.
Happy New Year to you all.

Carol said...

How wonderful, Joanie--you must be walking on air :) Enjoy each moment with them!

Siobhan said...

Awww, great pic! Enjoy your time together.


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Date: Mar 13, 2018

Location: Folsom, CA, US

Company: Micron

Req. ID: 114382

As an Engineering Technician (Lab Manager) in the Solid State Drive Group at Micron Technology Inc., you will be responsible for using a variety of skills to assist in the development, evaluation and validation of prototype drives.

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Ensure a clean, safe and accident-free work environment by helping to develop, monitor and maintain safety protocols in the work area. Promote and adhere to practices and procedures in the labs including

                            proper PPE, lockout and chemical safety. Identify and report all hazards. Operate and maintain equipment and tools within safety guidelines.

    Engineering Support:

  • Work closely with engineering teams to build and evaluate prototype drives
  • Perform assembly piece-work as required to facilitate evaluation efforts
  • Collect pass/fail data under various test conditions
  • Computer system building, setup, benchmarking, and over-clocking
  • Present collected data in formal reports
  • Assist with debugging equipment and product issues as necessary
  • Build and deploy SSD test systems as needed to support engineering teams
  • Rework of SSD hardware inclusive of fine pitch soldering, assembly of adaptors, and rework of fine pitch BGA parts inclusive of re-balling and reflow

    Lab Management:

  • Manage the day-to-day operations of Folsom site Hardware lab
  • Manage assets in the Milpitas site SSD labs
  • Insuring that all lab documentation is current and accurate
  • Ability to work in Milpitas two days every other week (min) while being based in Folsom
  • Responsible for maintaining lab compliance to Micron standards in Milpitas and Folsom

    Equipment Management:

  • Responsible for tracking and sending equipment out for calibration for all of SSD Engineering located in Folsom and Milpitas
  • Responsible for equipment check out and tracking in Milpitas and Folsom using Micron programs of equipment Tracking Interface, Equipment Library and MICAP
  • Support emergency and preventative maintenance for equipment used to test product during development
  • Keep an inventory of consumable parts for testers, inclusive of oscilloscope probes and firmware emulation connectors

  • Must be able to embrace shifting priorities and be adaptable to sudden changes in workflow
  • Must be able to demonstrate a focus on customer needs
  • Must be self-motivated with focus on quality, integrity and productivity as well as being interested in continuous improvement
  • Must have demonstrated ability to work independently or in teams, as needed
  • Experience in equipment maintenance, computer maintenance and networking preferred
  • Must have a high attention to detail, and be able to perform precise rework soldering using a variety of manual and semi-automatic solder rework tools on small PCBs with components down to a 0201 size
  • Must have experience in Linux, Windows and networking to support host systems builds
  • Must have experience with common electronics lab equipment
  • Must be able to read and navigate schematic and layout diagrams as well as datasheets
  • Must be able to travel and support regional sites as needed
  • Must have experience in designing circuits for in house tester development, conduct design reviews, schedule and maintain a project development plan,  procure components, build, test, and deliver a finished product
  • Must be able to lift and carry 50 pounds
  • Experience in basic programming languages and Cadence design tools a plus

  • AAS in Electronics Technology, Industrial Electronics, Computer Maintenance Technology, or equivalent with appropriate experience.

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Testify, Wait, and Trust

39Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified: “He told me everything I had done!” 40So as the Samaritans were coming to him, they kept on asking him to stay with them, and he stayed there for two days. 41And very many believed because of his word. 42Then they said to the woman, “It’s no longer because of what you said that we believe. For we ourselves have heard, and we know that this man is truly the savior of the world.” — John 4:39-42

Are you afraid to talk about your faith? Are you concerned that you might not know enough or that you might not be persuasive enough? As I read the Bible I’m amazed at how little it takes for God to be able to use someone. I like to keep my eyes open for examples, and in our passage I found yet another one. Jesus uses someone who knows very little about him, yet she has a testimony.

This is part of the story of the Woman at the Well. This story is told only in the gospel of John, and it’s worthwhile reading the whole chapter. Many Christians are hesitant to share their testimony. One of the reasons is that theyâ€™re afraid they donâ€™t know enough. But you donâ€™t have to know very much to express what has happened to you personally. Another thing that makes people afraid is the words we use to talk about sharing our faith. “Evangelism,” “faith-sharing,” and even “testimony” make it sound like we’re doing something out of the ordinary. Further, people have used these names for some pretty annoying activities.

But testimony is really very simple. It’s sharing something that happened to you. For example, I have very little difficulty sharing the story of something that happened to me at the mall, at one of my client businesses or something similar. Now think about it: That’s all the woman at the well did. She told one story about one encounter, and let the rest go. Watch, however, as the story moves forward.

The woman at the well gives her testimony that Jesus had told her everything she had done (John 4:39). The same verse notes that many believed because of her testimony. But what did her testimony accomplish? Did it, by itself, convince people to believe in Jesus?

In verse 42 we get the testimony of the people afterward. They have come and seen Jesus because of her testimony, and now their belief no longer rests on her words, but on their own knowledge and experience of Jesus. The weight is off the woman who originally gave testimony. Her testimony didnâ€™t need to do anything more than bring the people who heard it to Jesus.

Thatâ€™s all our own testimony needs to do. We can be joyful when people come back and say, â€œItâ€™s no longer because of what you said that I believe. Iâ€™ve seen and experience Him for myself!â€

[This devotional is based on my notes on these verses on the Participatory Bible Study Blog.]

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07 August 2013

Taking Your Screencasts to a New Level - Paul Tannahill

Paul considered picking apart many other presentations and worried that it would be a presentation of a friend or of someone in the audience. Rather, he showed his own screencast for us to pick apart. Driving Question: What are all the good things about doing screencasts?

Many screencasters use PowerPoint. Many people make a screencast and say, "Now make your's just like mine." Several people talked at length about the tools they used, rather than the actual making of the screencast. Let's define screencasts for the purpose of this discussion: A software tutorial program, rather than a recorded lecture of a keynote or powerpoint. Specifically, a recording to answer a question that is asked over and over and over.

Already I am seeing the need to continue my quest to acquire Captivate by Adobe.

You need to have the following three things for a good screencast:

1. Technical Excellence

  1. interface simplicity & clarity
  2. effective transitions
  3. zooms and pans

  1. vocal clarity
  2. vocal inflection - dubbing in your audio creates problems here
  3. volume
  4. computer sounds - keyboard? clicks?

  1. Embed using YouTube, Vimeo, Google Video, TeacherTube
  2. Not a link to a native file

2. Sound Pedagogy

  1. Needs assessment
  2. What do students/clients need to know?

  1. Plan your screencast
  2. Storyboard
  3. Script

  1. Don't put too much in
  2. Don't include distractions
  3. Don't underestimate

3. Watchability/Readability

  1. Title it correctly
  2. Tag (taxonomy)
  3. Share via every social media you have
  4. Ask others to share and comment

  1. Invite comments and suggestions
  2. Use a hit counter. How many times was it watched?
  3. Suggestions?

Stepping Up to the Challenge of Education and the Road Ahead - Dr. Mark Milliron

There was a point in time when education broke the cycle of poverty. That's not necessarily true in a day and age when only 50% of students who start college are able to finish.

We must think about the journey for students. How do we structure learning environments? How do we instill a sense of purpose in students? How do we help them to inventory their desires and wants and get that sense of purpose sooner rather than later? Note - the modal learner of today is from the late 20s to the early 50s with a mean of about 37. The traditional students are not going away, but they are no longer the modal learners.

Look into the Virginia Education Wizard and check out what it does. It's not useful outside the state, but the idea is awesome. Why is full-time status the default? Why do students have to talk to someone to make an exception to attend half-time? Why do students feel like they are filing for welfare or at the DMV? Students need to get on purpose from day 1. It doesn't mean they have to pick a major, it means that they need to understand the importance of knowing where they want to go.

We need to dispel the myth of edutainment. We must get them to understand that they must work hard in order to succeed. WGU Texas calls it the Texas two-step. Read the book Mindset. Shift from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset. You don't already know everything you need to know. You are here to learn and that's intended to be hard. If it wasn't hard, it wouldn't be worth doing.

There's a big difference between the kids who are scaffolded throughout their life for college. Contrasted with the students who have NO ONE in their life who understands the higher education journey. Check out Practical Magic for reading. Students need to leave our classrooms better prepared for the next part of the journey. Persistence and tenacity are two very important pieces. However, this must be combined with a purpose and strategies for success.

There are 3 academic mindsets. Social, academic perseverance, and learning strategies. However, many think you have to choose one. But research shows that you must have a combination of all three to be successful. With everything we do, we should ask the question: Does this expand students' learning? That and the data behind it should frame every decision we make. How do we leverage technology to make a connection with students?

How do we build the right infrastructure, to get the right data, to the right people, in the right way? The consumer world is decades ahead of us in using data. Within 2 hours of you losing your credit card, a man in India will call you to see if you have lost your card. This is triggered by your spending habits and quick, closed-loop feedback. Let's apply that to learning.

06 August 2013

Rules of Engagement, Using the Personalized Learning Designer - Tara Thompson

What can MoodleRoom's PLD do for me?

  • Provide Positive Reinforcement
  • Pop-up reminders
  • Automatic Feedback
  • Turn specific content "on"
  • Encourage at-risk students
How does it work? Faculty set up rules, which contain 3 parts. Faculty will determine an event to trigger an action which is evaluated against certain conditions. Faculty will define each of these three components. PLD is analogous to a robot that is checking students grades and performance on each assignment. For instance, if a student has not verified in the course, they can be automatically directed to the verification quiz.

The course must have activity completion turned on.

A MoodleRooms Guide to Almost Everything - Phil Miller, VP of Product Strategy

The Moodle community continues to grow at a rapid pace. There are about 60 million Moodle users in 100s of countries. This isn't just for education anymore. MoodleRooms is at about 1000 customers with about 2200 sites, worldwide. There is a movement in Moodle to consider the social justice ramifications of the use. MoodleRooms would like to be good stewards of the partnership they have. There is another mention about learner.moodle.net, a MOOC which will start on 1st of this year. You can earn a badge showing that you completed it and this can lead to Moodle Course Creator Certificate.

MoodleRooms is working towards with the movement of Standards Based Grading (SBG). MoodleRooms is sponsoring the certification from the National Federation of the Blind, which is a huge push by Moodle to integrate more easily with accessibility tools, such as screen readers.

So what is my responsibility as a user? Participate in the conversation. Contribute to the community (code - which I don't do). Expand the community, maybe by pushing the MOOC? Engage in the community. Look into research projects (this could be a good idea for class). All of these would contribute to the global reach of Moodle.

Collaborate might be an option for synchronous opportunities. Joule Classroom is $10k. The limitation is 50 total users. xPlor is also a new thing coming. It is a content repository.

MoodleMoot Portland Keynote - Martin Dougimas, Moodle Founder and CEO

Martin is joining us from the future! He's 16 hours away in Austrailia, via GoToMeeting.

So who needs teachers? Students are able to get knowledge anytime they would like. There have been a lot of predictions about what education would look like. Some say that Google will be feeding us information before we even know that we need it. Go to YouTube to learn an instrument. The hole in the wall project in India, etc. However, Moodle's position is that teachers are important. They need support and resources. The human component is missing when you take the teacher out of the equation. Even when learning happens over the internet, you still make a personal connection.

One of the great things about Moodle is that even though it is open-source, it can be run on your own server, with your own data, keeping everything that you want as private as you want. There is one site that is supporting over a million students, with several running over one hundred thousand. Moodle supports teachers and learners.

Given that as the mission, how do we get there? By development. Moodle allows many plugins to talk to other plugins. Such as a student posting an assignment and that triggering some action. Or the reverse, where a students doesn't post an assignment which triggers some external log, etc. Caching allows an increase in performance cutting down the amount of work the program has to do (cutting out repetitive actions). Moodle partners are allowed to prioritize their bug fixes (MoodleRooms).

So where are we going from here? Moodle 2.5! And then some discussion happens about bootstrap, which I have no idea to what he is referring. I got a bit lost here. Something about Responsive Design. We are currently running 2.4.4. The other priority Moodle is working on is outcome-based learning. If you are interested in this, look into standards-based grading. There are also a significant amount of improvements on forums, such as accessibility, discussion subscription, improved navigation, in-line reply, and posting stats. Additionally, they are working on data-driven improvements. In other words, analytics and reporting. I suspect that our reports for students not attending class or not turning in assignments will be coming soon. They will also be working on Course Management. According to Martin, the current one is rubbish. Improvements to grading papers, the ability to annotate assignment (via PDF), will be coming. Accessibility!! Gradebook!! Bug Fixing. These are not all coming in 2.5, but many will be coming in future iterations. Many people are unhappy with the Moodle app. However, it is impossible to have the app do everything the full site does. It is more focused on offline work, e.g. being able to download course information and grade or read.

Look into signing up for AirNotifier Server when it becomes available? This would enable notifications, meaning that students could be notified by text about due dates, etc.

Look for a new Moodle.org coming soon. This will include badging for users who are particularly helpful in the forums. Consider taking the MOOC, which occurs starting on 1 Sept 2013 at learn.moodle.net. You will earn a Mozilla Badge. There is a Moodle Course Creators Certificate that can be earned as well.

Martin shared a great list of research questions asked and explored at the Moodle Research Conference (this year in Tunisia, next year maybe the US.) What about data? How do we address issues of privacy? What about notifications? Specifically, notifications when students need help, without them asking for it? How can we motivate students with data? Can badges be motivators?


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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Happy 4th Birthday Girls!

This past Sunday was my girls birthday! These are their 4 year old images that are up in my house, and because my clients Rock, and always ask about my kids, I thought you guys might enjoy these! In birth order of Aspen, Payton, and Trinity

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Understanding Speaking Anxiety

Why do we have such a strong fear of speaking in public? I think we have a better chance of answering this question if we understand what drives our fear.

In this video I use a beam analogy to help you understand the dynamics at play when speaking anxiety takes hold on us. It is not unlike having a fear of heights. So if we understand one we understand the other.

This analogy helps you determine is the fear of speaking worth the risk of actually doing it. The risk you face is that your anxiety will manifest itself in some strange and bazar way. I have been learning, training and coaching public speaking for over 20 years and I have never seen anyone die from public speaking and I have never seen anyone faint. So determine what is the worse that can happen to you. Accept and get on with doing it.

Regardless of how much anxiety you have, the reality is that to get past it you have to get up and speak. No one else can do it for you.

For those that decide yes, the journey to managing their speaking anxiety is well underway.

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