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Saturday, June 30, 2007

What's in Bloom today

(Daylily 'Good Vibrations')

Life has been a bit crazy this past week. Storms, power outages, kids underfoot, so I thought I'd stick in a quick photo op to show some of the summer perennials that are beginning to bloom.

In the herb garden, the clumps of Rue are covered with their simple yellow flowers. I love the blue foliage on this plant.

Daylily 'Navajo Princess' has a chevron pattern that is extremely distinctive. The great news is that this is an older cultivar and if you find it for sale it will usually run only $7 or $8.

Stachys monieri was a plant I bought many years ago at the local Franks Nursery. I rarely have seen it in any other gardens and I just adore it's cottage flower charm.

Sedum 'Matrona' is starting to show off her colors. Who needs flowers with foliage that looks like this? But wait, there's stunning blooms too that will come at the end of summer when we desperately need them.

Tiny little Daylily 'Mary Ethyl Anderson' is a delight in the front of the perennial garden.

Years ago I bought a yellow Asclepias for my garden. It was beautiful for 4 years or so and then disappeared. Last year I noticed a foliage that seemed familiar but it was a good 20 feet away from the original plant. Hooray, today there are two clumps of Asclepias blooming in the garden and I've found the foliage for more of them coming along.

Stachys monieri 'Hummelo' is a named variety of this delightful flower. It's blooms are more in the purple family than the pink one I highlighted earlier.

Holy cow, this Iris Ensata (Japanese Iris) is a late blooming wonder! I'd give you all the name if I could only find it. It's there somewhere at the base but the companion plants are so thick that I haven't found it yet.

Double daylilies are doubly delicious! 'Double Perfection' was hybridized right here on Long Island by George Rasmussen (one of my most favorite hybridizers). It's name is right on the money because it doubles every time (unlike some other double daylilies that are actually quite sporadic).

And that's it for today folks. I'll try to sneak in a few more photos this week but I can tell you in advance that it's going to be one more crazy week around here.

Robin said...

All of the flowers are so pretty. The Japanese iris is my favorite, it's stunning!

Wrenna said...

Wow, what gorgeous gardens. Martha Stewart has competition!

Hoot Owl Hollow Nursery said...

When are you going to write again - I miss reading your blog. You have inspired me to start my own. (at least I think that's the address - it links from our website.


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Thursday, March 3, 2011

Dick and Jane: Life Change (Part 1)

2005_fun_with_dick_and_janeIf Christianity is true then it ought to follow (a) That any Christian will be nicer than the same person would be if he were not a Christian. (b) That any man who becomes a Christian will be nicer than he was before. Just in the same way, if the advertisements of Whitesmile’s toothpaste are true it ought to follow (a) That anyone who uses it will have better teeth than the same person would have if he did not use it. (b) That if anyone begins to use it his teeth will improve…. Christian [Jane]* Bates may have an unkinder tongue than unbelieving Dick Firkin. That, by itself, does not tell us whether Christianity works. The question is what Jane’s tongue would be like if she were not a Christian and what Dick’s would be like if he became one. Jane and Dick, as a result of natural causes and early upbringing, have certain temperaments: Christianity professes to put both temperaments under new management if they will allow it to do so. What you have a right to ask is whether that management, if allowed to take over, improves the concern. Everyone knows that what is being managed in Dick Firkin’s case is much ‘nicer’ than what is being managed in Jane Bates’s. That is not the point. To judge the management of a factory, you must consider not only the output but the plant. Considering the plant at Factory A it may be a wonder that it turns out anything at all; considering the first-class outfit at Factory B its output, though high, may be a great deal lower than it ought to be. No doubt the good manager at Factory A is going to put in new machinery as soon as he can, but that takes time. in the meantime low output does not prove that he is a failure.

*Lewis wrote about the fictional characters “Miss Bates” and “Dick Firkin.” It’s a bit clunky in modern English, and since they are only fictional characters, I’ve decided to represent the names equally: Jane Bates and Dick Firkin, or Jane and Dick; no more Miss Bates and Dick.

C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (1952; Harper Collins: 2001) 208-209.

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24 December 2010

Bā Jīn writes against nationalism

In September 1921, Bā Jīn wrote the following text:

Nationalism and the Road to Happiness for the Chinese
Chinese society is at the darkest stage now. Under such circumstances, young people become impotent and weak without the power to resist corruption. Even the brave ones can only keep quiet and submit to fate. When it is really unbearable, suicide is the only way out. China is paralysed; where can we find happiness? Some conscious youth believe that the only way to improve China’s current situation is to promote “nationalism,” and identify “nationalism” as the only road to happiness for the Chinese. Voices of “nationalism” have spread all over the nation. I shudder at such a thought. “Nationalism” is in fact the obstacle to human progress. Being a member of this society, I cannot accept nationalism against my conscience. I have to argue against nationalism and demonstrate the real road to happiness for the Chinese. My words are sincere and I wish to receive sympathy from people who refuse to ignore their conscience.

What is nationalism? Tolstoy says, “Nationalism is the site of execution. What it practices is the art of killing; what it discusses is the ways of killing. It has nothing to do with the real life of the masses.” It may sound ridiculous, but it captures well the essence of “nationalism.” Except for cold-blooded militarists and politicians, all human beings hate war. The origin of war is often found in the “love for one’s nation.” If human beings love each other and work together happily, there can be no war. After the birth of the nation during the “era of animalistic desire,” “nationalism” emerged, whose cause and purpose were all about selfishness and greed. For example, when one state wants to expand its territory, it sacrifices its people to invade other nations to fulfil its animalistic desire. If it wins, only those militarists and politicians can enjoy the fruit of success. If it is defeated, people have to suffer from supporting military expenses. Does it benefit the masses? Poor masses, do they realise that nationalism is the weapon that kills their beloved fathers, sisters and brothers? One example proves that “nationalism” is a monster of killing: in the late 19th century, the German state promoted nationalist sentiment and introduced the conscription system. All adult males had to serve in the army; even scholars and monks had to follow the orders of militarists and politicians to kill civilians. When they were ordered to smash workers’ strikes, they even had to kill their own relatives who took part in the strikes. If this is not an example of cruelty, I do not know anything in the world that can be crueller.

My argument against nationalism is that the development of nationalism will not bring the Chinese to happiness, but to misery. There is only one path to happiness and we can only get there by overthrowing the following systems:

1. The state: the state is an organisation of authority which protects law, murders us by taking away our right of livelihood, insults us, and helps the capitalists plunder the poor. The state creates law to restrict our freedom; it forces us to fight against our peace-loving nature; it encourages us to compete with people of other nations while we are supposed to help each other. The state always acts against our nature; it has never done anything to benefit us. Moreover, the state is the origin of nationalism. We have to overthrow the state if we are to seek happiness.
2. Private property: private property is the reward of pillage. Property was originally shared by all the people. However, some men, either by using their intelligence or their strength, began to occupy public property or made many people homeless. They also began to hire people to work for them. The products that the workers produce are only enjoyed by their bosses. This is the most unjust example in the world. Moreover, the system of private property makes people compete with each other; crime increases and morality declines. We also find that the state relies on the system of private property to survive. So once we abandon private property we will easily overthrow the state.
3. Religion: religion confines people’s minds and hinders human progress. Religion teaches us to believe in superstition while we should search for the truth; religion encourages us to be conservative while we should act progressively. The Christians say, “God is almighty; God is truth, justice, goodness, beauty, power, and life while Man is deceit, injustice, sin, ugliness, powerlessness, and death. God is the master and Man the slave. Man can never find justice and truth by himself; eternity is given by God’s power. God creates the world and sends kings and officials to represent him. So the people should also become the slaves of our kings and officials.” (This is what Charles I of Britain meant by the “divine right of kings.”) This is the essence of Christianity. The powerful Christianity exemplifies other religions. Bakunin is right to say that if there is a real God, we should destroy him. Let us try!

The above systems are our enemies. We must overthrow them in order to find our way to happiness. After we eliminate them, we will redistribute wealth, give people the autonomy to organise and help one another. To each according to his ability, to each according to his need. The individual seeks to benefit society; society seeks to protect the individual. Is this not happiness? But to achieve happiness costs us enormous blood. Bakunin has said, “Revolution is the most exciting and enjoyable endeavour! Would you rather linger on in your life by curling under the evil power, or honestly risk your life fighting against the devil with no turning back!” How exciting and courageous! I hope our friends will join us with fiery spirit to fulfil the most exiting and the most enjoyable endeavour of revolution. Let us march together to the road of happiness!

Ninety years on, this is still so true!


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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Spinach Corn Bhaji- Version II

Weather in London is so bad these days. It is always cloudy and gloomy. It is end of March and I feel like I have stuck in December. I was feeling so lazy the other day that I was in no mood to cook something special or fancy. I opened the fridge and there was spinach and some frozen corn. Thus with the same thought I chose to make Spinach Corn Bhaji.

I have made corn spinach sabji before also (check here) but that was more like gravy and curry. This time I did not blend anything in the blender. I simply chopped everything and let all of it cook together- so it was more like bhaji or bharta.

Mr. Husband is not very fond of spinach also known as palak, but he is okay if I add corn with palak. Spinach is so healthy –remember Popeye. Bright, vibrant-looking spinach leaves are not only more appealing to the eyes but more nourishing as well. And when you throw some yellow colored corn with green leaves it looks more pleasant and yup tastes yummy. Coming back to the recipe.

1 bunch spinach
1 cup frozen corn
1 tomato sliced in circles
3 green chillies chopped finely
1 tsp haldi/turmeric
1 pinch asafoetida/ hing
2 tbsp oil
1 clove garlic finely chopped/lehsun
1 tsp finely chopped fresh ginger/adrak
1 tsp cumin seeds/jeera
1 teaspoon salt or to taste

Boil frozen corn in microwave for 10 minutes.
In the mean time wash spinach and chop it. Boil the spinach in microwave for 5 minutes.
Heat oil is pan/ kadai and heat oil.
When oil gets hot, add hing, jeera. Wait till it splutters.
To it add, garlic and  ginger and sauté till the raw smell fades away.
Finally add salt, corn, spinach, green chillies and tomatoes. Mix and cook till tomatoes soften.
Cook covered for 5 minutes.

I used frozen corn, but this dish can be made with raw corn as well.
If you cannot find spinach bunch then you can opt for baby spinach leaves.

Serving ideas:
This is perfect as dry sabji or side dish.
Serve with rice, puri or paratha of your choice.
Can also be served as a dip for chips and nachos.
Put the sabzi between two slices of  bread and have as a sandwich.

 Mild Spicy with nutrients of spinach.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Cake Churma With Leftover Cake- Holi Easter Fusion

Wish you all a very Happy Holi. I hope and wish that this festival of colours bring lots of joy and happiness in your lives. Other than playing with colours on Holi it is also about cooking and eating. I remember how my mom used to cook (ah! I miss that) such lovely dishes and me and my brother would relish and enjoy them A true treat after that tiresome holi and colours.

Today I chose to make churma with cake. This recipe is very simple and quick and the best way to make use of leftover cake. This recipe is a superb and tasty fusion for Holi and Easter. Using jaggery was the interesting and unique choice. Jaggery also called as gud in English is nothing but a kind of sugar but healthier. Jaggery is more complex than refined sugar and hence does not increase the sugar level of blood abruptly. It provides energy slowly, for a longer period. Although diabetics should avoid jaggery, still it is better in this respect for diabetics than sugar. Let us see the recipe now.

1 vanilla sponge sheet
¼ cup jaggery/gud
¼ chopped almond/badam
Cut the cake into small pieces.
Put jaggery and cake into blender and blend coarsely. Like the consistency of churma.
Mix some of the almonds in the churma and use remaining for garnishing.

  • I have used vanilla sponge but any kind of cake can be opted instead.
  • If you are using chocolate cake you might need to increase the amount of jaggery.
  • Any nuts like cashews, pistachios or raisins can be used.
  • The churma can also be formed into ladoos.

Monday, March 25, 2013

One Year Recap Event And 3 Giveways

Hello All, I am glad to bring before you another event and this time to celebrate 1 year anniversary of Merry Tummy. I am so proud that my blog turned 1 on 19th March. I am so happy and glad to see the response, comments and love that you all have bestowed on me and Merry Tummy in this span of one year.

I planned to do a Recap Event. I will like to know your views and opinions about my recipes. This way I will also get the chance to revise the recipes and re-live those moments. The event is very easy pezy and simple; you do not have to cook, link or mail the recipes. Let me come to the rules of the event.

Since this a recap event; browse through my recipes and posts and comment below which of my recipe/dish you like the most and why. Also Like Merry Tummy on Facebook and do the same-comment which recipe/dish you like the most and why. Please be kind to Join and follow Merry Tummy. Oh yes!! Even non bloggers can participate and finally share this event to as many as you can. This event is live till May 2013.

For the giveaway I have chosen 3 books of Sanjeev Kapoor to as a token of appreciation to all my lovely readers.All of us in India know who Sanjeev Kapoor is, Sanjeev Kapoor is one among the renowned chefs in India and his show Khana Khazana was longest running cookery show in Asia. Now I am sure you all will love to possess his cookery books.

All the 3 books are different and contain his best recipes. The recipes in the book are divided into two parts-ingredients and method of preparation for easy understanding. Here are the books-
  • Sanjeev Kapoor Snacks and Starters- The book includes recipes of traditional Indian delicacies such as pav bhajis, kababs, rolls, vadas, idlis, and dhoklas, in addition to sauces and chutneys. Apart from Indian dishes, the book also gives recipes to cook many international delicacies like spring rolls, chilli tacos, and even apple and cheese toast. There are two subsections for each recipe.
  • Sanjeev Kapoor Vegetarian Cooking Around The World-Chef Kapoor brings favourite dishes from Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and America to your table. Dine on Mexican Quesadillas; Middle Eastern Fattoush; Italian Roasted Tomato Farfel, Swiss Cheese Fondue and Thai Green Curry. Wash it all down with a steaming Moroccan Mint Tea or an icy Strawberry Granita.
  • Sanjeev Kapoor Simple Home Baking- This book will demystify all those baking mysteries and help you to bake a perfect batch of pastries, a beautifully risen cake or crispy and crunchy cookies. Just follow the recipes diligently and enjoy the heavenly aroma of a perfectly baked cakes, cookies or pies.
Now, on 1st of June 2013 I will choose 3 best answers/ comments as the winners. I can ship these books only in India so those who can provide an address in India are eligible for giveaway.

Looking forward for your love and contribution.


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Friday, September 12, 2008

It's Chuseok Time in the City...

It's our second Chuseok spent in South Korea. This is a view from our local Home Plus. Time to dust off your hanboks and visit the family. It lasts three days and since two of the days are on the weekend, it is a shorter than the usual Chuseok Holiday.

Curt (hubby) leaves for a business trip on Sunday so he will miss most of it anyway.

I was surprised to receive a gift from my cleaning lady. She gave me this wallet with 1000 won ($1 US) in it. It was very thoughtful of her.

Today, I'm going to Seoul to meet up with Hellena and to check out a maedeup supply store hoping to find one that will supply the U.S. The owner of the maedeup shop where I take class will not give me information on her cording so I need to look elsewhere for a source. I have a U.S. company that will carry the cording so at least that is taken care of.

We found these crackers at Home Plus.

My Korean girlfriends are coming over for a sleepover tonight and then tomorrow we are going to visit the set of the Korean drama "Full House." It was filmed near Incheon and Hellena was able to find a taxi driver that will take us on a sightseeing tour for two hours. I'm so excited.

Helena said...

I don't think I've ever seen hanboks in a store like that! That's quite a photo.

CreekHiker said...

Sounds like a fun outing with the girls. Take pictures!

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Thursday, January 11, 2007

Dangerous Worlds - Comments on Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

I have a confession: I rarely read Pratchett. I used to but I felt it all went through a bit of a lull until recently in the adult books. My wife gave me Wee Free Men (and the other two but they will be the subject of later posts) and I sat and devoured it whilst actually laughing.

To my mind a Pratchett book works best when it isn't playing for laughs but getting to the nub of a matter. The heart of the book (and it appears the series from the other jacket blurbs) is the deconstruction of children's fantasy and how it operates. Sort of like Neil Gaiman's Coraline, especially in the use of the mirror eyes (button eyes in Coraline) and the grey edges to the undreamt world. Pratchett makes it very clear that the versions of fantasy dependent on the person - the Wee Free Men's heaven is somewhat different from Tiffany's. We live in the age of the Multiverse after all. This series of Discworld novels appears to be bent on rescuing fairy tales from middle class clutches and releasing it back to readers as a novel which meanings and levels can be read into.

Sometimes you need a sad side to the humour and so it is with the construct of the Witch. The way he uses Tiffany to pull apart the fairy tale image of the evil hag in the forest (made all together too popular by the Brothers Grimm (but more anon) or Andersen's Snow Queen) or at the edge of the village. Women's and folk knowledge are far too underrated really. Pratchett does deliver some laugh out loud lines though to lighten the atmosphere.

The Wee Free Men's war cry takes apart the rationale for having a monarchy (let's face it they tend to be arrogant so and so's) in fantasy. It frees up the world and gives the characters far more room as well as reflecting the real world. The queen very much comes across like Gaiman's Other Mother in her attempt to control everything, leaving Tiffany in her version of creation. It is up to her to find her own way through, like Alice in the forest. Tiffany has to develop her own sense of the world and perhaps this is what children's fiction from the 1990s onwards is really about.

More on the other books as I get around to reading them...

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Rage against the Skin - The Black Tattoo by Sam Enthoven

The Black Tattoo, Sam Enthoven's debut novel, is a book of fits and starts. But more anon.

Jack and Charlie are knocking around London when they are drawn into a dark battle which may involve the Earth. Crispy duck is an odd dish to have. In a mysterious room above a theatre, they are given a test, transforming Charlie and giving him a distinctive black tattoo on his back.

Finding a way to Hell (in an entrance slightly reminiscent of Pratchett), Charlie begins to lose himself and finds himself becming a Prince of Hell. As social climbers climb, those above must be displaced and the guardians of the peace (including some mad French men) call to aid restore the balance of power.

The Black Tattoo is a wonderful study of divorce and how some children deal with it - ultimately this is about the internal world falling apart and the rage that sometimes arises. The locales of London and Hell are well known but Enthoven doesn't come with his own take on them. Yet they reflect the inside. The two find their way around the strange cities but Charlie is completely lost.

Enthoven's major influence is Asian cinema (the real McCoy, I suspect, that rarely makes its way over here unless its in independent labels) and most of the action comes from martial arts. Sometimes this overshadows what is essentially a solid book.

There are great ideas and artefacts in the Black Tattoo but they do get a little lost. It might pay for the author to slow down a little and allow for the words to breathe rather than being frenetically busy. Just a thought. That's just the parts.

The whole is a book that injects itself under your skin, festering away and growing on you. He's certainly somebody to look out for in the future.

Sam Enthoven

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Celestial Arachnids - Thoughts on Philip Reeve's Larklight

Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines series marked him as an outstanding author who could get his head around outlandish engineering and fantasy, bringing the two together in a wonderful state.

Larklight carries on the obsession with floating domestic spaces but this time he has a floating house in space.

There's a real feeling of Victoriana, mainly from the use of the Great Exhibition of 1851 as a climax, but also in the science fantasy which is reminiscent of HG Wells and Jules Verne. There is a real disquiet under the surface between the marvellous technology and the lack of the human in the face of encroaching technology. I'd need to think about it more but it comes across with the unease of Souvestre and Robida in the late nineteenth century.

The style is pleasantly varied, moving from third person narration to diaries, representing the different voices of the children who very much lead the story. Out of this comes a wonderful adventure sub-plot which reminds me of Treasure Island and to some extent Peter Pan.

Reeve captures a tension present in fiction - where do we go now with the conflict between science and religion? The gorgeous illustrations enhance the writing (which is mercifully pocket sized) which certainly caps Reeve's crown as one of the most inventive writers of children's fiction.

I'm not going to write too much more on this at the moment as I'm reviewing for an online publication but when I've written my piece, I'll link through to it.

Friday, December 29, 2006

A smell so sweet yet so bitter

Perfume by Patrick Suskind

Perfume is an odd novel, slight in length, but deep.

Jean-Pierre Grenouille is born into the ordure of Paris though lacking any smell himself. His peculiar sense of smell horrifies midwives and priests and he finds himself abandoned. Moving from menial job to job, he finds himself drawn to a particular scent carried on the breeze. Following it he finds young lady whom he kills for her perfection, thus beginning his secondary career as a murderer. He joins the establishment of a perfume creator by reverse engineering the scent of a rival. He builds both of their reputations, garnering fame and wealth until he leaves the city. Having spent seven years in the wilderness, he comes back to the wealth of a court of lord. Grenouille decides to further his perfume teaching by travelling to a town specialising in perfume making. Once again he apprentices himself to a teacher and learns the finer arts of scent, enhancing his own nasal capacities. In paradise a canker must eventually come and once again he scents a perfect scent, hidden from view, launching him onto his final murderous spree. His capture allows him one more, orgiastic climax before his demise.

The Gothic, certainly the classic form, shouldn't work post-Northanger Abbey but in Suskind's hands it does wonderfully. The atmosphere is claustrophobic, compressing the reader into the psychotic world of our protagonists, mainly using the sense of smell.

What does seem to be missing from the reviews that I've read is the wonderful critique of capitalism that mirrors Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities and Easton Ellis's American Pyscho (though in this the murders are not in his head). Grenouille's savage chase of the scent seems analogous to the pursuit of wealth and the killer deal at all costs, though with the European Gothic's gallows humour.

This cult classic deserves more attention and I hope that the film will get a few more people reading the book.

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Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Of Infinite Attics and Rediscovered Time - Garry Kilworth interviewed

Growing up, when did you first get interested in SF/Fantasy?
Since I first started to read. It was only the classic authors at first - Wells, Haggard, Poe, etc - only later did I get into sf, in my 20's - I just didn't know it was there before then. But one of my greatest influences were American comics, and especially a series called Classics Comics where they retold stories like The Black Tulip and The Fall of the House of Usher with pictures.

What do you read these days?
I read a lot of quirky history books now, about shipwrecks in the 1700s and a lot of non-fiction books about exploration in the 17th and 18th century. I still read sf and fantasy. Historical novels too, Patrick O'Brian - even Georgette Heyer, an author I love.

Were you a writer as a child? That is, did you make up your own stories?
Yes, I won a school competition when I was 12 - a fictional story about a woman pilot based on Amy Johnson.

Why do you write genre? Do you feel a stronger affinity for one genre or another?
It's not that I'm pinned down to a genre. I just love IMAGINATIVE tales set in exotic places (like Samarkand, or Mars). I don't enjoy stylistic literary novels - they leave me cold - as do crime novels or 'reality' novels set in places like the East End. I like the colourful swirl of magic and mayhem, of distant places, of weirdness and quirkyness, and anything strange. I am basically a storyteller. I believe the storyteller to be the high priest of fiction. The literary guys have got too prosy, too lost in erudition. Kipling and Stevenson would never have won the Booker today.

Who is your ideal reader?
Someone who likes something different from an author.

How do you write? Do you plan out your books before you start? Do you write every day?
My plans consist of five to ten page outlines. I write when I can these days, which is about four days a week, mostly in the mornings when I'm fresh. I sit down about 8.30 and stay there until I have 2000 words done. I revise as I write, then revise the piece again the next time I sit down, before the next 2000 words. I find my creative juices drying up after about four hours.

How did your first book sale come about?
I had won the Sunday Times/Gollancz short sf story competition and so attempted some novels. I still have four of them in my sock drawer, unpublished. I met Robert Holdstock who had just sold his first novel to Charles Montieth at Faber and Faber. He suggested I follow his lead. I did, with IN SOLITARY a short sf novel about Earth domination. Charles liked it and published it, to my enormous delight. Nothing equals that first sale. It was a tremendous feeling.

What's your most popular book? Why?
The Welkin Weasels double-trilogy - now up to about 70,000 each book and still selling. Why? Who knows? If I did, I'd do it again, but at a guess it's probably because they've got a lot of humour in them. Readers like to laugh, I guess.

Of your own books, do you have a favorite? Was it because of the idea, the characters, your life situation while you wrote it, the way it turned out, something else?
The Polynesian mythology trilogy, The Navigator Kings. It got massively good reviews but sold pitifully. Fantasy readers wanted high fantasy I guess, not some saga set in the Pacific Ocean. Blood sweat and tears went into that trilogy and I think it's the best thing I've written, though few would agree with me.

What other writers do you feel you have something in common with? What writers did you read as a child and have you reread them since?
In answer to the first part of the question, Robert Sheckley and Larry Niven, to name but two. My natural length is the short story and I feel it's my forte. In answer to the second, Rudyard Kipling, Wells, Stevenson, Haggard, Richmal Crompton.

What does Fantasy offer younger readers and writers that realism doesn't? Why is gaining popularity among readers?
Not so much escape as a chance to fly imaginatively.

Does writing have a role in shaping people's worldview?
It does for me, so I guess it must do for others.

What are you currently working on?
Jigsaw, a fantasy novel set on an island off Borneo, where a peculiar experiment is going on.

Reading Attica, I had the distinct impression of having lost time and
the analogue sense of time in particular. Is this something that you feel we've done in the Internet age? (The irony of doing this via email is really not lost on
In one sense time has been stretched - people are living longer, having fuller longer lives - yet in another sense everything is instant and time has lost meaning. A motorist will risk death to get one place up in a line of cars, save a few seconds, for what? A computer operator curses the internet for being nano-seconds too slow. Yet what do they do with those extra seconds they've saved? (Is this an old man talking?)

Why do you think secondary worlds are so popular in children's fantasy? I had the distinct feeling of the Borrowers as well as Narnia in reading Attica.

There's a sense that the children need to learn the rules and dangers of the world around them but they don't necessarily learn the rules. Is this an acceptance that modern children may not have the same understanding of the older world which they are thrown into?
I don't think things have changed that much. When I started school the World War Two had only been over 4 years, yet to me it was ancient history, way back along with the Romans invading Britain. I think the biggest impact on the world of children is the mobile phone. They never have the chance to be alone. They're always in contact with someone. I frequently got lost as a child, coming home along a country lane after picking potatoes, or out in a desert in Arabia, and those times were shaping times. I see young men out on a date, not talking to the girl they're with, but chatting on a phone to some mate or who knows, maybe another girl? I think kids are interested in worlds (like Attica or Narnia) where mobile phones don't work and people actually do get lost and are really alone.

Do you feel that we've begun to forget innocence? Do you think that the adult world has become too authoritarian on issues of how children should think, be it religiously or scientifically, rather than encouraging them to explore and learn that actions have consequences?
Wow, this getting hard! Well, they certainly don't have the innocence of an upper class Victorian family, but did a working class Victorian child have innocence? Did a Spartan child have innocence? Did a 17th century drummer boy of 10 years old, away at a foreign war have innocence? Again the Victorians were enormously authoritarian. I think it depends on which corner of society the child is raised in, but I do think we should give children the freedom to take risks and learn by experience rather than be cossetted and protected from the world. Yes, they will get hurt occasionally, physically, but in the long run I believe it's essential for them.

Fact and Fiction - Stephen Lawhead interviewed

When did you first get interested in young adult SF/Fantasy? Was it a conscious decision to write Hood for a younger audience than your previous books?

Publishing Hood as a YA novel was a decision that was made by my editor at Atom/Orbit – his call, which I trust entirely. That said, in the US, it is being published as an adult novel, and I know for sure that in Germany it will be the same. Obviously, in recent years the line between YA and adult has become quite blurred – so, I was advised just to write the book as I saw fit. And that is what I did.

What do you read these days?
Oh, anything! Our family (my wife, sons, and daughter-in-law) have decided to do a book club. When we're together next, we’re going to discuss Carter Beats the Devil, by Glen David Gold. I'm really enjoying that one, and Zorro, by Isabelle Allende is just delicious. As you would expect, I have to read a fair amount of history by way of research, so exciting books like England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings: 1075 - 1225 also crowd the bedside table.

Were you a writer as a child? That is, did you make up your own stories?
I suspect many writers start out as I did: practicing on the neighbour kids. I told a lot of stories, and made up plays and movies and such, before I ever started writing down anything.

Why do you write genre? Do you feel a stronger affinity for one genre or another?
Basically, I enjoy stories that are plot-driven, whether I read them or write them -- and that invariably leads to genre fiction. I suppose that writing what one would like to read is a good place to start, creatively speaking. I don't know the reason why I'm drawn to SF over mystery, say, or fantasy over horror. Personal preference, I guess. Actually, on second thought, I probably do know why I prefer heroic fantasy over shock horror: I want a book to have some sort of vision, and for the story and characters to experience some sort of ultimate redemption.

Who is your ideal reader?
Anyone who buys hardbacks for themselves and their friends.

How do you write? Do you plan out your books before you start? Do you write every day?
I am a disciplined writer, and not precious about it. Because I've moved around a fair bit in the past few years, I've had to write wherever I am, under whatever circumstances. If I can slap on the earphones, I can create enough isolation to get on with the job. I just need some time. I do write most days, but never, never on a Sunday.

Of your own books, do you have a favorite? Was it because of the idea, the characters, your life situation while you wrote it, the way it turned out, something else?
The book I most enjoyed writing was Merlin. It flowed from the first sentence, and I had a lot of fun exploring such a mesmerizing character. Also, I am very proud of Byzantium, a book that I poured a great deal of energy into for a very long time, and it never wore out its welcome. Of course, the book I'm writing now -- Scarlet, the follow-up to Hood -- is my current favourite because it's what's in my head at the moment. And it is, by the way, a jolly good book.

What other writers do you feel you have something in common with?
Honestly, I have no idea. But if you ask me what writers inspire me, I’d say Dickens was a guiding light, and Sir Walter Scott, and Mark Twain. My wife thinks that Ian Fleming has had an unusually strong influence on my sentence structure and characterization.

What does Fantasy offer that other kinds of fiction can't? Why is it gaining popularity among readers?
It's the vision thing again. I came across this passage in Norman Davies' epic history, Europe, in a section analysing the ultimate collapse of European communism. He said: 'Artists and believers were often the only people who could imagine a world without communism.' To the extent that fantasy books paint a picture of a world that is in some way more heroic, more humane, more beautiful and hopeful than this one ... that is something that people really respond to, and I'm all for it. Perhaps the number of people who are willing to wade through a hopeless and depressing book is dwindling.

Does writing have a role in shaping people's worldview?
Absolutely. It's certainly shaped my worldview, and I have heard from many people saying that what I've written has shaped their lives in one way or another. This is either dangerous territory, or holy ground -- depending on what a person chooses to bring into his or her life and experience through reading. That being the case, I think that more writers need to be aware that once a book is 'out there', it may have human consequences.

How aware were you of the Matter of Britain as you wrote Hood? How aware
were you of different cultures between the English, French and Welsh?

I’m always very aware of the special place the Matter of Britain holds in these legendary tales. I enjoy working with it, and I respect it. As for the difference between the English, French, and Welsh – hey, I get it. Contrasting these cultures is the basis for much of the dramatic tension in my books.

Do you feel that the power of story telling has been forgotten?
Never. Not even for a minute.

There seems to be a critique of powerful people wielding religion as a tool. Is this a comment upon the current politicians? How far is faith an individual thing to you and should it be imposed in a young adult book or should it be explored?

Big questions. I'm not consciously trying to dis current politicians -- as tempting, and easy, as that may be. And I'm not trying to impose anything on anyone; that is, I’m not writing propaganda. On the other hand, it’s my book, so it’s going to come from my point of view. Like any writer, I naturally take up what I know or what I’m interested in. In Hood, for example, I liked exploring the distinction between these highly organised, politicised, corporate-type Norman priests ... and the more disorganized, unsophisticated but often more spiritual Celtic clerics.

How difficult was it to break fact and fiction and recreate the story of Robin Hood?
I wouldn’t call it difficult – I’d call it fun. I like weaving together the known threads of fact and the suppositions of fiction. The idea is to create a seamless whole out of the two. And the two elements – fact and fiction – aren’t really competing. In each case, it’s all about the story. Factual history is already a story – and creating a more personal story out of the mega-story of historical events seems a very natural thing to me.

What are you currently working on?
, the second book in the King Raven series; where life in the greenwood gets increasingly dodgy. It’s bigger, bolder, and badder in every way, and all told from Will Scarlet’s unique point of view.

The Puppeteer of the Land - Steve Cockayne interviewed

When did you first get interested in SF/Fantasy?
Ever since I started to read, I have enjoyed stories that take place in imaginary worlds. Alice in Wonderland, Winnie the Pooh, Henry the Green Engine, Swallows and Amazons – these were the books that were my earliest influences. I read a lot of SF in my teens, and I became interested in fantasy a little later.

What do you read these days?
I find that I have to read a lot of non-fiction for my research. I enjoy crime fiction for its plot structures. I don't read too much fantasy or SF, and that's really from a fear of unintentionally borrowing other people's ideas! I wish I could find more time to read for pleasure.

Were you a writer as a child? That is, did you make up your own stories?
I started making up stories at the age of three. My mother wrote them down in a little book which I still have. One early piece, Peter Rabbit Breaks the Plates, won me a certificate from the National Book League. And, in my teens, I produced strip cartoons about a secret agent called Herbert Wilkinson. Later, I discovered film and television, and didn't start writing again for many years.

Why do you write genre? Do you feel a stronger affinity for one genre or
I never set out to write genre, and I never set out to write in a particular style. For my early books, I developed a format that conveyed what I was trying to say, and it just seemed natural to set the stories in an imaginary world. It was my publishers who decided that I was writing fantasy fiction.

Who is your ideal reader?
Someone who loves wonder and mystery and excitement and humour. Someone with imagination. Someone who doesn't want everything spelled out for them. Perhaps someone a bit like me….

How do you write? Do you plan out your books before you start? Do you
write every day?
Each book is written from a detailed plan that takes me several months to develop. This means that, when I'm doing the actual writing, I don't have to worry about the key plot points, but I can still find enough space for inspiration and improvisation as I go along. I work on my books every day, but I'm not always writing – sometimes I'm planning, researching or just thinking.

Of your own books, do you have a favourite? Was it because of the idea, the characters, your life situation while you wrote it, the way it turned out, something else?
My first book, Wanderers and Islanders, was written with the most passion, because the story and the characters reflected what was happening to me at the time. But some of the later ones are probably easier to read. It would be wonderful to recapture that first tidal wave of creativity, but to be able to express it with the more elegant technique that I like to think I've developed subsequently.

What other writers do you feel you have something in common with? Which authors did you read as a child? Have you come back and re-read them recently?
There are a handful of authors that I have read at intervals throughout my life without ever becoming bored. CS Lewis, Ursula Le Guin, Mervyn Peake. And I love The Once and Future King by TH White.

What does Fantasy offer to younger readers? Why is it gaining popularity?
I think that in an age that is increasingly governed by technology, people are starting to rediscover the value of magic. And perhaps, with the decline of religious values, we are all searching for something that touches us spiritually.

Does writing have a role in shaping people's worldview?
Yes, of course. Every single thing that we see or hear or experience surely has some influence, whether positive or negative, on the way we think and feel. But writing is especially powerful because the writer can speak directly to the reader without anything getting in the way.

Reading The Good People, there's a certain feeling of a lost paradise,
that children need to be reminded about a time of more innocent play. Do you feel that this is so, that we've begun to forget innocence? Do you think that the adult world has become too authoritarian on issues of how children should think, be it religiously or scientifically, rather than encouraging them to explore and learn that actions have consequences?
In The Good People, I have been exploring the consequences of trying to hang on to your innocence for longer than you should! Every character except for Kenneth eventually stops believing in Arboria, but Kenneth never abandons his belief. I am sure that, if there had been any adults around, things would have turned out differently. But the best children's stories don't seem to have too many adults in them, and perhaps this is because adults have always tended to be authoritarian where children are concerned and, in stories at least, the children need more space to explore. Perhaps the healthiest option in the real world would be exploration with a little guidance.

I kept wondering whether the world was real or not, whether the armies were entirely happening or being imagined by the children. Was this deliberate, to keep the reader constantly questioning the reality/sanity of the narrator?
Absolutely! The question that I am asking in this book is "How real are our fantasy worlds?" And I've deliberately not provided a firm answer, so that each reader can work out their own. Does Kenneth find his Arboria, or has he gone raving mad? I've scattered plenty of clues through the book. The truth is there for each reader to discover.

What are you currently working on?
I am planning another fantasy for young readers. It uses some of the same settings as The Good People, and it explores many of the same themes, but this time it takes place in the 1960s. There is an outline for another Legends of the Land book in my bottom drawer. And I'm just finishing a biography of the great English puppeteer Waldo Lanchester. (Are there any publishers reading this?)

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Friday, July 28, 2006

David Gemmell's death

The BBC have just reported David Gemmell's death at 57. Apparently he had had heart bypass surgery two weeks ago and was thought to be making agood recovery.
Source: BBC

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

The end of Harry Potter

I missed the actual show (as I forgot that it was even on) but I'm kind of glad that Rowling has said enough Harry Potter when number 7 comes out. Expect two more deaths of characters (I still think the whole Dumbledore episode smacks of the Resurrected Man which we find in children's literature) and wrist strain from even carrying the book (if previous size increases are to be continued).

Source: BBC

Friday, June 16, 2006

New online sf magazine and news of Jim Baen

Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing has just posted news of a new free online sf magazine, Helix, run by Lawrence Watt-Evans and William Sanders. It joins Baen's new one, Baen Universe, though hat one isn't free.

Talking of Baen, Jim Baen has been taken to hospital following a stroke. The company is running under an emergency plan detailed by him. More details on the Neilsen Hayden blog. Please don't send flowers but rather prayers of what ever faith/appropriateness.

Update: Jim Baen died on 28th June.
Source: David Drake's blog and Boing Boing
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‘Light Rapids’ added to outdoor sculptures at MUM

Miami Middletown has added a sixth work to its outdoor sculpture collection with the recent installation of "Light Rapids" by artist Beverly Stucker Precious.

"We are fortunate to have a sculpture by this internationally prominent sculptor," said Gary Wheeler, associate executive director for academic affairs. "The campus selection committee fell in love with her combination of stainless steel, limestone and glass. The sculpture reflects stability and change — both characteristics of higher education — and invites the viewer to interact by walking around and through the piece."

Other works by Precious have been commissioned by Merrill Lynch & Co., Nestlé, Columbus State Community College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The new work joins the outdoor sculptures "Guardian of the Path" by Robert Gaston, "Skylink" by David Black, "The Tree of Life" by Elvin Winslow and "Big Red Bird" and "Untitled" by Aka Pereyma.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Always being a big fan of the Vanilla Wafer,  I have never found a good chocolate wafer.  But now I have one.. And it's way way over the top.  This thing is so good,  It makes your eyes tear up.  The only true way to enjoy these is with Brain Freeze COLD MILK or with Ice cream... However, these little guys can be eaten straight up also... But the Brain Freeze is so much better...

    Alice Medrich wrote this recipe and it's from her book Cookies and Brownies, A Warner Books, Inc.  New York: 1999  Which I've adapted this recipe from.

  • 1 cup (130g)  AP Flour

  • 1/2 cup (50)  unsweetened DUTCH-Processed cocoa powder

  • 1/4 tsp           salt (kosher)

  • 1/4 tsp           baking soda

  • 3 TBS (45g)    unsalted butter, room temp.

  • 3 TBS (45g)    margarine (NOTE!!!)

  • 2/3cup(140g) packed light brown sugar

  • 1/2cup(100g) granulated white sugar

  • 1 tsp               pure vanilla extract.  or 3 vanilla beans split and scrapped out I changed out the extract to vanilla bean.  Made big difference!

  • 1 large            egg

Note the addition of the margarine!!!!

  1. In a bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.

  2. In your mixer bowl cream the butter and margarine until well blended.  Add the sugars (both the white and brown).  And the vanilla to the mix.  Beat on high speed for (1 minute).  Stop the mixer and scrap down the sides And beat in the eggs, one at a time. Then add the flour mixture. and beat until (JUST INCORPORATED)

  3. Take the dough out of the bowl, and onto parchment paper form the dough into a log.  About 1-11/2 in dia.  And warp the dough you just logged with parchment paper.   Try NOT to Flatten the log too much.  And place the log in the frig. for at least 1 hour, but better if longer.  Like overnight.

  4. Preheat the oven to 350F. and place your racks in the center of the oven.  Your only going to be able to do 1 half sheet pan at a time.

  5. Using a very sharp knife cut the log into quarter inch slices and space them about one inch apart on your cookie sheets.  OH FORGOT USE SLIPATS OR PARCHMENT PAPER TO LINE YOUR SHEETS WITH.

  6. Bake for about 10-12 minutes or until the cookies are puffy and tops have small crackles or ripples.

  7. Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool  on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes or so.  Then you can move those little guys over to a cooling rack.

  8. You can store this little guys in an airtight bag or container for about 10days or so.

This will yield about 36 cookies.

The local testers for this recipe have been at least 4 stars, all the way up to a 5 star.
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Shapiro wins 2016 Explore Canada Award of Excellence for fish story

“In his in-depth exploration of Vancouver’s seafood restaurant scene, Michael Shapiro not only thoroughly and thoughtfully explains the timely issues surrounding ocean sustainability and the efforts being made by Vancouver to improve it, but also succeeds in making me very, very hungry for the extraordinary and often unlikely ingredients used by the city’s most talented and conscientious chefs.”


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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Montcalm County Residents Speak for the Animals

According to the Daily News, Greenville Michigan and WOOD TV in Grand Rapids, more than 40 people attended the Montcalm County Board of Commissioners meeting to speak on behalf of animals. Problems at the shelter ranging from killing dogs that have rescue lined up to a contract with a USDA Class B Research dealer were discussed. Apparently the commissioners hope their plea for patience will mollify the community. Let's hope not.

There is no excuse for what is happening at Montcalm County Animal Control Shelter. Every commissioner and county employee that allows it to continue is just as responsible as the shelter staff. Ignorance cannot be claimed since the voices raised on behalf of animals are finally being heard. www.michanimalnews.com will continue to cover this shelter and bring to light what is happening to animals that are unlucky enough to enter it's doors. Our readers should keep writing and calling the commissioners and let them know that what is happening at the Montcalm County shelter is not acceptable.

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Amy Penney said...

What is wrong with people? I had heard on Wood Radio about this on my way to work earlier this week, and I was physically ill all day about it. I had only heard part of the broadcast, and had thought that they were referring to the Grand Rapids Animal Shelter. Is this an upcoming thing for G.R. as well? WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS? WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THIS? I told my husband today that I would protest on-site. Hands-down. Who can I contact to express both the utter outrage and sorrow I feel to BRING THIS TO A HALT? My husband and I have two rescue dogs that were marked for euthanization,and they are the most wonderful, loving creatures to us. I am actually sobbing as I type, to think that some poor little soul, who had know love from a human once, had been placed in a shelter in the first place. With that being said, and the fact that the individuals working at these sheleters KNOW the fate of these poor animals, I now question the way they are treating the animlas while they are there.
Then I think about animals who were not given a fair shake in life, and have, given human compassion, a chance at happiness for once in their sad little lives.
It is a LOSE/LOSE situation here.
Please, please tell me how I can help.


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DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from a Macomb County man who claims his constitutional rights were violated when jurors were allowed to discuss evidence before the end of his trial.

The court heard arguments but recently decided not to issue a formal opinion. A state appeals court ruling upholding Maurice Richards' carjacking conviction will stand.


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Monday, November 11, 2013

Inspire me Monday # 9

For this week, I chose DIY crochet, my mom teached me how to make centerpiece,curtains and socks  using different crochet thread.

Here are some DIY that I post on my Pinterest account

Very colorful centerpiece

Combination of different colors, I love the designs.

Now it’s time to share your inspirations! You can participate in Inspire Me Monday in the following ways:
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When you link up, be sure to include the Inspire Me Monday button and a link back to this post on all of your entries so that your readers can join the fun! The blog code is on the side bar if you need it!
Be sure to link directly to your Inspire Me Monday Posts and Creations using the permalink to the individual posts – not your blog’s home page URL – so that participants can easily find and comment on your creations!
The party will remain open all week so have fun sharing – inspire me with your comments – and please, use the social media buttons below the post to spread the word!

  1. Beautiful work. I love crocheted pieces. I've done a little crocheting, but my mom and sister are truly artists.

  2. Hi Dayle,I love crocheting too but I'm not good in designing. Thanks for dropping by.

  3. Do you have the directions for the very colorful centerpiece that's shown? I would love to make it.

  4. Inspire Me Monday #9 shows a pic of the very colorful centerpiece. Do you have the directions to make this?

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

No Way: Man Saved by his Blackberry

According to the Sun, a Switzerland skier was saved after falling into a snowy crevice when his Blackberry, stored in his shirt pocket, provided just enough girth to keep him from slipping further down into the precipice, estimated at around 700-feet-deep. He was eventually rescued when his mountain guide contacted help. After his rescue, he used that very same phone to call his wife and let her know he was okay.

Whatever. An iPhone would have saved him sooner. I don't know how, but it would have. I just know these things.

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Nov 3, 2011

How to Disable Windows 7 Auto-Update Restart

The auto-update feature in Windows 7 is a great convenience. Windows 7 auto update feature secures your PC with maximum security and also fixes the bugs.  Installing automatic updates as they become available helps to keep your computer secure and up to date with the latest bug fixes and security patches. However, it may be annoying sometimes, when you have to restart your PC for successful installation of Windows updates. You should have this option enabled, but it can be annoying when Windows repeatedly nags you to reboot your computer after an update. You can easily disable this Microsoft windows auto update feature by following few simple steps. If you find some difficulties while performing any of the below mentioned steps on your own, then you can also take help from  online technical support  at their Toll Free No +1-877-452-9201 For US/CA.

Steps to Disable Windows 7 Auto-Update Restart

•    Click the Windows “Start” menu. Type "gpedit.msc" (without quotes) in the Search box and press “Enter.” The Local Group Policy Editor launches.

•    Click “Computer Configuration” on the left side of the window. Click “Administrative Templates” and then click “Windows Components.” Scroll down and select “Windows Update.”

•    Double-click the option for "No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic update installations."

•    In the Properties window that appears, change the option from "Not Configured" to "Enabled." Click "OK" and close the Local Group Policy Editor window. You will no longer be prompted to restart your computer after Windows installs auto-updates.

charm November 8, 2011 at 3:20 PM

And this how the whole thing goes. Very well defined and stated. This will surely be a great help for those who are having trouble with Windows 7 Auto-Update Restart. Your article surely counts!
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Microsoft Security Essentials - Turn on Real Time Protection

Microsoft support offers Security Essentials antivirus software as a no-cost download if you have a genuine copy of Windows. Designed to protect computers from viruses, spyware and other malicious software, Security Essentials replaces Microsoft's Live OneCare and Windows Defender solutions, and is targeted at consumers. Businesses with fewer than 10 computers can use this software, but governments, academic institutions and enterprises cannot.

Microsoft Security Essentials (online virus removal) includes a real-time protection feature that scans your computer for malicious software, viruses and spyware. When the program finds an infected item, it displays a prompt that lets you choose to view more information about the item or delete it from your computer. If you decide not to enable this feature when you first set up Microsoft Security Essentials (free virus removal by Microsoft), you can enable it manually to protect your computer.

Microsoft Security Essentials - Turn on Real Time Protection

1. Click "Start" followed by "All Programs," then click "Microsoft Security Essentials" to open the main program window.

2. Select the "Settings" tab, and then click "Real-Time Protection" in the right pane. Click the box next to "Turn on real-time protection (recommended)."

3. Click "Save Changes," then type your Windows administrator password or click "Yes" to confirm if prompted.

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At Nippori, Tabata Gets Into the Izakaya and Sushi Game

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Team Tabata is at it again. Not to be content with two Tabata noodles restaurants, they’ve expanded to 51st St between Broadway and 8th Ave, with a new venture called Nippori New York. Why they’ve chosen to cluster their restaurants so closely is somewhat of a mystery, but Nippori distinguishes itself by offering a comprehensive Japanese menu.

There is a full line-up of izakaya favorites, such as yakitori, roasted tuna collar, tempura, and the like, which make Nippori a fitting alternative when the crowds are fierce at Sake Bar Hagi or Yakitori Totto. And there’s a full sushi bar, although there’s little from either menus that would qualify as a Midtown lunch. But the familiar old noodles from Tabata have been brought over, and although all bowls of soup are above $10, it would be only fair to grandfather in these classic bowls of midtown ramen.
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Great Street Meat Returns on May 6: May is shaping up to be a month of street food festivities. On May 6, one day before Choice Streets, the Street Vendor Project will host the Great Street Meat, a celebration of the advocacy work they do all year long for the vendors. The event will feature live music, an open bar, and samples from Vendy Award winning vendors like Cinnamon Snail and Nuchas. More information and tickets can be obtained at the website here.

Al Horno Lean Mexican Kitchen Now Open

I don’t think we’ve ever pined for another health food restaurant here at ML. But for fans of Mexican food who wish they could find healthier options in Hells Kitchen, here’s an exciting to get excited about. Al Horno Lean Mexican Kitchen is now open at 417 W 47th St, and has a menu packed with Mexican staples such as tacos, tortas, and burritos, most of which qualify for a under $10 Midtown lunch.

Al Horno’s (which translates to baked) concept is to transform Mexican items that are traditionally fried into healthier versions of themselves. There’s steak served here for sure, but juices, kale, tofu and quinoa make up the bulk of the menu. Early first hand experiences (and snarky comments) are welcome in the comments.

Al Horno Lean Mexican Kitchen, 417 W 47th St (Between 8th and 9th Ave); (212) 977-1000

Luke’s Lobster First Offical Midtown Location Will Open This Summer

Way before Nauti the truck pulled up to Midtown, there have been Luke’s Lobster storefronts all around the city. But aside from a stall in the Plaza Food Court, we’ve had to rely on the truck to bring us the sweet stuff from Maine. Thankfully, for those that work in Midtown east, you can make your splurgeworthy lobster roll addiction an every day thing. Luke’s will be opening a legit brick and mortar spot on 43rd between 2nd and 3rd this summer. Beer and wine will be served (which means Happy Hour specials) and there will be outdoor seating in a park outside. The opening is planned for June.

Flatiron Lunch: Lin’s Chinese is a Cheap Gem

Every Friday we go south of the ML boundaries in search of a delicious lunch. Sometimes it’s Murray Hill south or the Flatiron District, sometimes Gramercy and everything in between- but we just like to call it Flatiron Lunch.

When FL’ers give thoughtful recommendations, I try to listen – even if it takes me months (or years) to get there. So when stevenp recommended Lin’s in July (in response to my Home’s post) and actually suggested specific dishes, it went on list. Nevermind that it has taken me almost 10 months to finally try it out.

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Dub Pies Truck Introduces Food From Down Under

I’ve been known to say that in NYC, we have just about every type of food imaginable from a mobile food vehicle. Schnitzel? Check. Jamaican food? Check. Gourmet slushes? Check. But one glaring ommission up until now has been an obvious street food: Australian meat pies. Well, Dub Pies is close enough.

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Hinata Ramen is Worth the Splurge

It’s fair to say that Midtown is currently in the midst of a ramen bubble that shows no signs of slowing down. Only a few years ago, Ippudo’s opening was a huge deal, we ate at Totto ramen a bit too often, and heck, we even had a celebrity ramen reviewer. Nowadays, the opening of a ramen shop still elicits a reaction, but with the enthusiasm curtailed to a bare simmer.

But we still got excited when we heard about Hinata (159 E 55th St between Lexington and 3rd ave), because they seem to have Totto ramen directly in their cross hairs. The similarities on the menu are striking – both serve a paitan ramen that gets its legs from chickens, a vegetarian ramen, pork buns and the like. And both are cash only, although Hinata’s prices are generally $2-3 higher than Totto’s equivalent.
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At Chicken House, a Banh Mi By Any Other Name Would be Just as Amazing

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I’m rarely envious of my coworker’s lunches, but the other day, I looked up and saw this scene on a co-workers desk and couldn’t help but inquire where he’d procured such a gloriously gourmand beast of a sandwich. It was from Chicken House as it turns out, and seemed like a far cry from the meager sandwich that Zach reviewed several years ago.

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

I am still here!

Well sort of! I have every intention of post the GAZILLION photo shoots I have done in the past two months and hopefully I can start that this week OVER @ MY NEW BLOG www.milesofmemoriesphoto.com SOOO Check there probably at the end of the week...I hope :) Hope your summer has been fun thus far!!!


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Offered is an authentically signed, stunning, high quality, 16" x 20" photo of a very young rookie image of Hank Aaron. Each signature was executing using a fresh sharpie, “Hank Aaron, 5”. Hank Aaron wore #5 during his rookie season, and images are quite rare. Signed images of this quality are non-existent. Taken in front of the visiting team dugout at Milwaukee County Stadium, the young Aaron is just completing a warm up swing and looks towards the camera man. Large wrists, perfect balance, gritted teeth; the image of Aaron is an early glimpse of great things yet to come.

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Added Value

take / you can have it back for $220,000 / you stole my nose! i added value to it!

Mimi & Eunice’s character designs evolved (barely) from this Copying Is Not Theft animation:

You’ll notice it starts off with the nose-stealing gag. I saw a similar gag over a decade ago in a brilliant Sam Henderson comic, the Magic Whistle, which made me laugh and laugh. Since Sam has made about a zillion such comics, I can’t find that one, but I did find this amusing one that relates to one of my favorite subjects, the First Amendment:

Eunice prices Mimi’s nose at $220,000. That was the bargain-basement low-budget-indie-film rate I was quoted to clear the songs I used in Sita Sings the Blues. Like Mimi’s nose, those songs were stolen – from the Public Domain. Although these comics are so simple they can mean anything to anyone – I like that about them – to me this one is about Intellectual Pooperty monopolists stealing our culture from us and then selling it back at ridiculous prices. And yes, Poopertists claim that nothing has value if it’s Free, a topic Mimi & Eunice have also touched on.

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  • You are spectacular! My first intro to you and your talents was way back when 13 showed Sita Sings the blues & just featured it in one of a series of Valentine posts I’ve crafted to release from the 11th through the 15th (the period of celebration for the Lupercalia, pagan forerunner of Valentines day). I am following your blog now as well. I would like to set up a series of free speech blog posts to release after the 15th, and to incorporate some of the Mimi&Eunice spots within. Just want you to know, though I am an elder low income woman who can not send the contribution you deserve, I hope I can contribute by sharing your thoughts within my own limited community. You are another invaluable treasure. Ms.East Coast 2.13.2011

  • Colette

    Yeah, copying isn’t theft. Perfectly correct, they are different things.

    However (in my opinion) copying an artist’s work without payment, if they do not give you permission to do so, is still wrong.

    Sweet, catchy song to promote the idea that artists shouldn’t get paid for their work though. I look forward to the bright shiny future when no artists ever get paid, won’t that be just great?!

    If you want to give your art away for free, good for you. I assume that it won’t make the difference between being able to pay this month’s bills or not. But not sure that gives you the right to advocate cheating other artists out of their rightful payments.

  • Scam

    You’re assumption that copying inevitably leads to artists not getting paid for their work is faulty and rejects all empirical evidence.

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Wednesday, July 02, 2014

Parenting rewires men's brains.

From Abraham et al., interesting material on a global "parental caregiving" neural network in our brains:
Although contemporary socio-cultural changes dramatically increased fathers' involvement in childrearing, little is known about the brain basis of human fatherhood, its comparability with the maternal brain, and its sensitivity to caregiving experiences. We measured parental brain response to infant stimuli using functional MRI, oxytocin, and parenting behavior in three groups of parents (n = 89) raising their firstborn infant: heterosexual primary-caregiving mothers (PC-Mothers), heterosexual secondary-caregiving fathers (SC-Fathers), and primary-caregiving homosexual fathers (PC-Fathers) rearing infants without maternal involvement. Results revealed that parenting implemented a global “parental caregiving” neural network, mainly consistent across parents, which integrated functioning of two systems: the emotional processing network including subcortical and paralimbic structures associated with vigilance, salience, reward, and motivation, and mentalizing network involving frontopolar-medial-prefrontal and temporo-parietal circuits implicated in social understanding and cognitive empathy. These networks work in concert to imbue infant care with emotional salience, attune with the infant state, and plan adequate parenting. PC-Mothers showed greater activation in emotion processing structures, correlated with oxytocin and parent-infant synchrony, whereas SC-Fathers displayed greater activation in cortical circuits, associated with oxytocin and parenting. PC-Fathers exhibited high amygdala activation similar to PC-Mothers, alongside high activation of superior temporal sulcus (STS) comparable to SC-Fathers, and functional connectivity between amygdala and STS. Among all fathers, time spent in direct childcare was linked with the degree of amygdala-STS connectivity. Findings underscore the common neural basis of maternal and paternal care, chart brain–hormone–behavior pathways that support parenthood, and specify mechanisms of brain malleability with caregiving experiences in human fathers.

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  1. I think the most important finding was of the “duh” variety: Both sexes can be skilled child caregivers when we put time and effort into it.


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Saturday, 26 July 2014

Beat the Christmas Rush July 25th

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Better late than never! So sorry if you came looking yesterday other stuff just got in the waySad smile Anyway, here are my cards for July – I have seen this done for anniversaries and birthdays so I thought the idea would make a great Christmas card. Next time I’ll make the card a smaller size – it took forever to stick on all the numbers! I'm not sure if you can see that the 25s are layered and Stickled?

So what’s BtCR all about? I have been making 5 a month since January and will have at least 50 Christmas cards all ready for the festive season. Ha! I'm planning to Beat the Christmas Rush. Why not join in our monthly linky? You’ll be glad you did! I’ll publish a new linky each month on the 25th usually! and feature my favourite card from the previous month’s entries …

7 July Karen… talking of which, how fab is this card from Karen? I'm really into pop up boxes at the moment thanks to a super tutorial by Susibee at our retreat earlier this year.

The small print … please only link new cards. Up to 5 links allowed per person per month. Mention my blog in your post(s).  It’s not necessary, but I’ll be thrilled if you join my blog as a follower. If you miss a month it doesn’t matter, come back next month … or the month after.

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Photography Scavenger Hunt

I've been having great fun with Rinda’s Summertime photography Scavenger Hunt which you can join in with here. And the June linky is here.

My photos so far …
   2 garden gnome
   4 group of tourists
   5 rack of postcards
   7 rural landscape
   9 bakery
 10 photobomb
 11 horn
 17 lamp post
 18 waterfall
 19 public garden
 20 bus with picture on side
 21 me with something representing summer
 alt a hot air balloon

I’ve decided to do some pocket scrapping with them and made 4x6 cards – if anyone would like a set just email me sue at suehr dot fsnet dot co dot uk and I’ll send them over.
1 scanned (600 x 410)2 scanned

Monday, 7 July 2014

UKS House Challenge

I was asked to draw a sketch for this month’s house challenge on UK Scrappers and here it is …

july house challenge

You don’t have to be in a UKS team to have a go at the challenges but if you are it’s 30 bonus points if you upload to the gallery before 31st July. Smilesignature

Thursday, 3 July 2014

UKS Challenge June wk5

This week’s challenge was a very interesting one by the lovely Jen of Wear Crafts who gave us a formula to work with. Jen said …

“One of my new croppers was struggling with starting points for her layouts and then looking for ways to improve her work... which made me think hard about my scrapping process... so I realised, I adopt a kind of 'Good, Better, Best' approach.
I start off with 'Good' - basic shapes from paper arranged in a pleasing manner with co-ordinating colours, photo placed and title/journaling located.
Then, I do 'Better' - take quick photo of placement and remove all the bits to ink edges, add glitter, embossing or whatever to the basic shapes, refer to the photo and glue everything down.
Finally, I do 'Best' - add all the extra embellishments... clips, buttons, ribbons, icons, ink squirts ... whatever I want to add.”

So here are my efforts …

a good

I started with my photo and the fabulous Simple Stories Good Day Sunshine which, coincidentally I bought from Wear Crafts.

a better

I decided I didn’t like the blue background and that the big title was overwhelming the page. I added a few embellishments from the kit and matted the photo to give it some definition on the page.

a best

And my final page with more embellishments, embroidered circles to reflect the blue hoops in the photo and some journalling.

Tuesday, 1 July 2014

July sketch challenge

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Here we go with my challenge for July. Just use the sketch as the starting point for your scrapbook page then link me up to your blog or gallery via the linky thingy below. Please be sure to mention my challenge in your blog post or gallery text box and be nice and only enter new projects. I’ll choose my favourite and send the winner one of my crop kits you can see them on the page tab at the top of my blog.Jemma My layout is made using kit 20.

Of last month’s super links I absolutely love this one by Jemma

Jemma – please have a look at the kits on the page tab above and choose one from kits 4-16 for your prize then email your address to

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Want Ads: Unions Wanted - Rather - Needed

Howard Zinn tells us in his People’s History of the United States that, “…as the twentieth century opened, 284,000 children between the ages of ten and fifteen worked in mines, mills and factories…” in The United States of America.

Child labor and unconscionable treatment of all employees, especially women and children, spawned the organization of labor unions.

Once organized, labor unions pressured Congress and employers to humanize employment in the US.

There are people today, so called middle class, working people, who have said that it’s a good thing that unions are fading out of site. Many say that unions have outlived their usefulness. They did some good at first, but they became as corrupt if not more corrupt than the employers from whom they were supposed to protect workers.

No one can deny that many unions became too large and, consequently, corrupt and, in many cases, began doing business with organized crime (hey, the purpose of a union is to organize, right?).

During Ronald Reagan’s administration, the government of The Former United States of America began its path toward today’s almost entirely fascist governing methodology. Corporations knew that they were on their way to being in the driver’s seat of the American government after Ronald Reagan fired 11,350 air traffic controllers in 1981.

It’s obvious, as well, that the media was realizing at this time that it was, in fact, a corporate entity as it presented the argument made by the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Association (PATCO) as a collection of selfish demands by one of the highest paid professions. There was very little attention given to the history of the turbulent relationship that began in 1968 and culminated with the ’81 strike between PATCO and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Consequently, the public sided with that always upbeat, smiling Reagan when he took the livelihood away from 11,350 American employees.

There was also very little air time given to the fact that, by 1983, the replacement ATCs were already looking to form another union and actually attempted to do so in 1987.

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David Johnson makes an excellent case why middle and lower class Americans should cease cheering for Corporations and begin to join their fellow workers in reviving efforts to organize.

To friendship,

“Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.” – James Dewer

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