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Sunday, February 28, 2010

Pride and Parenting

I usually ask the housekeepers to take a break on Mondays because I just want to do it way!

But it looks like today might be a day for humility....

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Glorious Riches

I try to keep it pretty light here in blog-world because well quite frankly it can get a little heavy around here. It has been wonderful for our family to be under one roof for 4 weeks straight (well actually three roofs in the last 4 weeks but you know what I mean). Our move has not come without cost. We very much miss all that we left behind, and I don't just mean our dishwasher.

The physical and spiritual poverty that we encounter here on a daily basis is oppressive. Even little Everett has more than once turned his head from the car window and just closed his eyes and gone to sleep.

This morning, against all odds, and after many many wrong turns, the boys and I made our way to BSF. The boys uncharacteristically walked right into their class; they were so happy to be among other children. The ladies (all Indian but one) were very welcoming to me. I loved worshiping and studying with these women this morning. Our attendance this morning was surely the result of many prayers.

I have struggled with believing that God would meet our needs here particularly in regards to the boys. Upon picking them up from their class, they were full of excitement about what they had done. Suddenly in the midst of all of it (and when you are on a street in Bangalore holding on to two children I do mean ALL OF IT) Samuel stops in his tracks and proceeds to ask me to guess the name of his new friend from his class.

In Dallas Samuel has one little boy in his class that he misses very much. Caleb.

God did not have to give Samuel a Caleb in Bangalore.....but He did.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

If you can't beat them, Madam,....well you know the rest

Since we are living in country that is not our own, we have made certain changes to our vocabulary in order to blend, or at the very least to communicate. For example if I ask for a hamburger, I will get a ham sandwich. So I have to ask for a beef burger. If I ask where the elevator is, I will get a blank stare. Hence, I have to ask where the lift is.

See the fruit of my beef burger efforts below......

The one thing that I just can't get used to is our interaction with our housekeeper and driver (if all you stay at home moms in Dallas are feeling jealous right me....just don't) It's one thing that they call us sir and madam. I've totally given up trying to be addressed by my first name. The funny thing is that we cannot speak to them about each other without referring to each other as sir and madam. For example if I ask our driver to go to the city and pick up Carl, he just sort of gets flustered. I have to say, "Go to the city to pick up sir."

In the interest of keeping it real. Yesterday, in the car, Carl asked him to "drop off madam at the hotel" and then continue on with him and the boys. Samuel sits up out of his swimming induced stupor and says, "Dad, who is MADAM?"

Friday, February 19, 2010

When a Picture Really is Worth 1000 Words

This is the front of our grocery store.

Sometimes You Just Have to Be Here

So after a long and arduous Indian day, Everett locked himself in the bathroom. Despite both boys many suggestions and attempts to help me, I could not get him out of the bathroom. I called maintainance to get him out. This is actually not the first time this has happened to Everett so I knew what to do.

Then we waited. I asked Everett to sing to me so I could know he was okay and he chose to scream, "My God is so great so strong and so mighty, there's nothing my God cannot do." Way to have faith, buddy.

Ten....yes ten....minutes later, two men come barrelling through our door. Each man has 2 or three random tools in each hand. There was no tool box or tool belt, certainly no key which would have been pretty handy at this point... just random stuff like a hammer, pliers...just whatever.

In the meantime Everett gets himself out of the bathroom (which is actually the same thing that happened at home after I called the fire department) and the men want me to explain how he got locked in in the first place. I kept saying, "He's a little kid." "He's three years old." They kept checking out the door with their crazy tools.

Finally they left.

We're really becoming sort of famous here.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Science Lesson

Don't feel bad if you don't understand this. It's very complicated and scientific.

Here goes....

The equator is an imaginary or maybe an actual (I don't know) line that goes around the earth (or something). The closer you are to it, the more likely you are to get a sunburn.

Peace Out,

Monday, February 15, 2010

Just Call me Domingo Montoya

Soooo...every night at dinner the boys tell Carl about our day. This is one of the best parts about being here because at home Carl was well, here, so obviously not at the dinner table.

Last night the boys told him all about our school projects, leaf collecting, and swimming. I felt they were leaving out an important event of the day so I pressed them a little about our lunch at the pool. Suddenly both of their faces lit up as they remembered to tell their dad about the six fingered man who served them their lunch.

People in India LOVE children. Everyone is always bending down and talking to them and patting them on the heads. Yesterday at the pool, our waiter was no exception. What was an exception was that he thought that it would be fun to show the boys his extra thumb. And you know what? They loved it. They were all over it. It was the most exciting thing that happened to them all day.

I, however, much like Domingo, am now haunted by the image.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Have / Have Not

There is a lot of stuff that Dallas has that Bangalore does not. Though not an exhaustive list, I would say that a few big things come to mind.

Traffic Laws
Central Market
Potable Water
Big Macs
Mexican Food
Reliable Utilities

I could go on but it might seem like I was complaining.

Oh just one more things that Dallas has that Bangalore does not...

Freezing Temperatures

Happy Valentines Day!

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Have You Dined With Us Before?

Often times when visiting a restaurant one is posed this question at the beginning of a meal. If the answer is no, then the server proceeds to explain certain "rules" that exist in that particular restaurant. He or she will offer suggestions to make one's dining experience more pleasurable by removing any confusion or discomfort from the patron's experience.

Every time I walk out the door of our apartment, and sometimes when I'm still in it, it's like visiting a new restaurant. It's the first date, first day of school, first day at a new job....

Monday, February 8, 2010

An Apology

I want to publicly and sincerely issue an apology to three individuals. I don't even know their names because, regretfully, I never asked.

Day by day by day I used you and, I dare say, abused you. You worked tirelessly, dependably, predictably, and I never appreciated you, or thanked you, or took you out for a nice dinner.

Dishwasher, washing machine, dryer, I'm sorry. I love you. I miss you.

Prune Handed Momma

Friday, February 5, 2010

Culture Confusion

I remember the first time I took the boys to Mercy Street I wondered what they were thinking, how they were processing it, how it would effect them. Little did I know.....

The boys have seen more in the past 7 days than many people see in their entire lives. By grace, they have handled most of it in stride.

On of my favorite moments in the past week is when a little Indian girl from next door came over to play. It took about 30 minutes of her standing at the edge of our patio for Samuel to go over and offer her a toy. She then warmed up a little and actually crossed our threshold. Then, Samuel gets down in her face and says, "Hola. My name is Sam-well. Feliz Navidad."

Thank you Diego...thank you so s0 much.


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Wednesday, July 24, 2002

More news from Boston: Cardinal Law is still on the job, responding to the challenges of the day.

One stark challenge, he seems to believe, comes from Voice of the Faithful, the activist group that formed in response to the sexual abuse scandals. When the group offered to serve as a vehicle for charitable donations, for Catholics who were no longer comfortable giving to the Cardinal's fund directly, Law proclaimed that Catholic charitable organizations would refuse all such donations, in the words of his spokeswoman, because the plan "does not recognize the role of the archbishop and his responsibility in providing for the various programs and activities of the church" --- or in other words, because it would detract from his own personal authority.

Which came as something of a surprise to Catholic Charities officials, who are in the papers today saying they're happy to accept donations from Voice of the Faithful.

Law, as I said, is still on the job. Despite personal appeals from concerned Catholics, and editorials in both major local newspapers saying he ought to resign, he will not give it up. But he seems determined, in lieu of that, to make it fade into irrelevance.

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Thursday, October 4, 2012

PTA's Believe It Or Not 4.0

Over the summer, I’ve been noting strange signs, strange items scattered around town. It’s still difficult to draw a conclusion, but the evidence suggests that there is more to this town than meets the eye.
It might be aliens.

In fact, some of the contraptions look rather like alien constructions. Oddly-shaped bodies, long necks, beady eyes?

Check, check, and check.

You had better watch out for this one, because it certainly is watching you.

I've also discovered headless monsters, and others of a different sort entirely.

Those are perhaps the hardest to explain. Any guesses?

What, for example, is this thing? It looks like a rusty heap of scrap metal, but surely it is something more...something odd, mysterious, mystifying, and, well, mysterious.

And who exactly, may I ask, left this laying around? According to the label, it's a telephone box, but can you really be sure? Especially when it's just sitting out in the woods like this? I wonder which phone line it uses.

The invasion seems friendly for the most part, with only a few suspicious-looking items.

Not to worry, though. I've found the prototype for the original Millennium Falcon.

It might be a bit rusty, and in need of repair, but no worse than any other bucket of bolts you might find out here. I'm sure someone can fix it up, if the hyperdrive isn't too badly damaged.

Where do they all come from you ask? Through the portal of course…

So, aliens or not, I've decided that it's time to head home. Less than two weeks now!

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Saturday, June 27, 2015

Just Tryin' to Stay Healthy

Yeah, yeah, I'm a writer. As such, I'm confined to my desk for hours at a time. Literally. And like most authors, I eat quite a few meals here, balancing on my exercise ball. Some are healthy...cucumber sticks. Spoonfuls of peanut butter. Salad. Admittedly, some aren't as good for me: Ice cream. Candy. Chips. Black coffee.

This time of year, though, cold drinks suit me far better than the steamy stuff. But I'm not a big soda drinker, so I reach for homemade lemonade or iced tea, sweetened the old-fashioned way because I don't like the aftertaste of sugar substitutes. Lucky for me, I get to choose, unlike dieters and diabetics.

About a week ago, I read an article about "ASPARTAME DISEASE." I know, right? I felt the same way when I read the headline: Say WHAT?

The question prompted me to remove my novelist's hat (a very jaunty Fedora-type thing) and replace it with my beat-up old reporter's cap. And then I cracked my knuckles and did some serious research....
The term Aspertame Disease was coined by doctor H.J. Roberts, who churned out a couple thousand pages that list the symptoms, side effects, and health consequences of ingesting aspartame, especially for prolonged periods of time.
According to Roberts, aspartame products are responsible for about 80% of all food additive-related complaints registered with the FDA. Headaches, dizziness, moodswings, vomiting and/or nausea, abdominal pain/cramps, alterations in vision, diarrhea, seizures/convulsions, memory loss, fatigue.... The list goes on and on. And on. As if that isn't bad enough, aspartame is also linked to some fibromyalgia symptoms, including (but not limited to) muscle spasms, shooting pains and numbness in the extremities, cramps, tinnitus, joint pain, sudden and/or unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus, and various cancers!

Okay, so according to the FDA, there isn't sufficient research to PROVE adverse health complications from aspartame. But they don't refute the POSSIBILITY that some of the above-reference symptoms COULD BE related to prolonged aspartame use, either. Meaning...even if I wasn't turned off by the icky aftertaste of those products, I'd reconsider adding them to the foods and drinks I consume. You know, the old 'err on the side of caution' philosophy.
But what if you're a diabetic, or have sensitivities to sugar products? What if these substitutes are IT for you?
Fortunately, a whole bunch of health specialists have weighed in on the subject, and they have plenty to say about sugar alternatives:

Substitute flavored seltzer water for diet sodas.
Use fresh fruit on your morning cereal instead of sugar substitutes.
Read the nutrition facts and ingredient labels on all food products and find tolerable, healthy things that work for you and your lifestyle.

I know, I know, DUH. But that's what the so-called experts say, so I had to include the suggestions.

So now it's up to you. I encourage you to do your own digging. Study everything you can get your sweet li'l hands on, so you can figure out what you can eat and drink -- and what you're not willing to swallow. If, after weighing the pros and cons, you decide to continue using sugar substitutes, more power to you. But at least you'll do so armed with accurate information and facts.
Because as the sages say, forewarned is forearmed.

Now I'm off to pound out a couple more chapters in my soon-to-be-released novel. No doubt I'll nibble while I'm typing. Fudge, made with processed confectioners sugar, washed down with iced tea, sweetened with the granulated kind.

Hey, I know the risks. If the stuff makes me sick, or fat, or both, I'll have no one to blame but myself, right?

Happy reading, friends. And happy eating and drinking, too! When you get a minute, hop on over to Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest and say hey. Or visit me at I'm usally home, because, well, deadlines, y'know?


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Creating OS X Mavericks Install Media

OS X MavericksIT staff, and even consumers often want to have a physical bootable install disk for OS X.  In OS X Mavericks, Apple have provided a relatively simple command line tool for creating bootable install media.

To create the install media, mount a volume that you would like to use as an install disk.  This volume needs to be able to hold at least 5.36 GB of data to house the install media. Note that this volume will be erased and reconfigured as an OS X installer. With the desired volume mounted, open the Terminal application and execute the following command:

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ --volume /Volumes/TargetVolumeName --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ --nointeraction

Replace “TargetVolumeName” with the name of the volume you want to turn into a bootable OS X Mavericks installation disk.

See the screenshot below for the Terminal output from the command above.

Mavericks Installer Creation

Mavericks Installer Creation

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

An article appeared in the October 26, 2010 edition of the Baltimore Sun lamenting the dwindling number of priests in the archdiocese. Recently, a morning service attended by fifteen worshippers at St. Mary Star of the Sea was led by a nun. The scarcity of priests and declining congregations have prompted Catholic leaders to take proactive measures. Churches are being grouped together under one pastor and church leaders are asking parishes to consider cutting back on Masses and other services. Earlier this year, more than a dozen Catholic schools were closed displacing nearly 2,000 students.
“The problem is approaching critical,” said Mark Gray, senior research associate at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University. In the archdiocese of Baltimore this year only one candidate was ordained and he is in his 60s. Shortages of priests, declining attendance and church closings are  nationwide phenomena. The St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese last week revealed a plan to close at least seven churches and gather others under one pastor.
What precipitated the apparent decline of the Catholic Church? Some scholars trace the regression to the sweeping changes engendered by Vatican II. Many Catholics found the changes difficult to accept and became disenchanted with the church. Also to be considered is the decline in religiosity in general occurring across the USA. As society becomes more informed and sophisticated people begin to doubt the delusional and anachronistic ideology of religion. In addition, the Catholic Church has a very nasty monkey on its back - the shocking allegations of sexual misconduct and subsequent cover-ups. The revolting images of predatory priests serve as a reminder of the many other atrocities perpetrated by Holy Mother Church: the Crusades, the Inquisition, witch trials, pogroms against Jews, complicity with the Nazi regime, the list continues ad nauseum. A sober appraisal of Church history would cause Caligula to retch. The resultant cognitive dissonance is disturbing, and in some cases unbearable. So, a synergy may be working to disillusion all but the most incorrigible Catholics. At the risk of sounding mean-spirited, if, tomorrow, the Catholic Church was to vanish like a fart in a tornado, I would remain unmoved.
The question remains, are we witnessing the beginning of the end of Catholicism? Will its churches and cathedrals soon be as empty as a tomb on Easter Sunday? The disappointing answer is probably not. Events like this run in cycles. But we can be encouraged by a nascent trend; a direction away from irrational, primitive, rigid thinking and toward a more challenging but also a more rewarding destiny.

cogito ergo atheos sum

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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Give Us This Day...A Nutball

"Whatcha makin' mom?" asks the middle bit peeking her head around the corner into the kitchen.

"Bread, Love," replies the mother, up to her elbows in flour.

"What kind?" she asks with a sighing tone that tells me she knew it was bread but she needed more information.

"Ummmm.  A nut ball, Love," was my snarky reply.

"Hey!  I'm a nut ball too!" was the smiling response.  And not to be out done by the middle sister, the other two nut balls rounded the corner with their contributions.

"Hey!  Take our picture mom!  We are all nut balls!"

These are my nut balls.  I made them.  With my own hands.  From scratch.  And they are sooooo good.

Walnut Boule
(pronounced boo-lay, which is french for "ball" and sounds so much cooler than calling this gorgeous loaf a Walnut Ball...seriously.)

A Cooking Light recipe from about 3 years ago, this one is largely unchanged by me.  The walnut oil gives this dense loaf a wonderful, sophisticated flavor, but once I had to use olive oil and the mild flavored result was just lovely.  Moral of the story...either one works fine so stop freaking out about wacky, hard to find ingredients!  Also, don't be tempted to skip the step of toasting your nuts.  It takes just a few minutes and really brings out the nuttiness of the walnuts.  If you've never toasted nuts before, today is your day!  You'll need 3 hours for this nut ball!

3 tablespoons sugar
2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1 tablespoon toasted walnut oil
2 1/4 cups bread flour, plus additional for kneading
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
cooking spray
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
1 tablespoon milk
1 egg white

1.  In a large bowl, pour the warm water over the sugar and yeast; let stand until foamy.  Stir in the walnut oil.  In another bowl, combine the flours and salt with a whisk and then add them to the yeast mixture.  Stir until combined, adding additional flour to get the soft dough to begin pulling away from the sides of the bowl.  Turn it out onto a floured surface and knead for 6 to 8 minutes until a smooth dough is achieved, adding small handfuls of flour as you knead to keep the dough from sticking to you.  This dough is sticky, but it shouldn't be sticking to everything.

2.  Coat a large bowl with cooking spray and place dough in, turning to coat all sides with spray.  Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and set it in a warm spot for 1 hour to rise.  During this hour the dough will nearly double in size.  Turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and flatten it out.  Sprinkle the walnuts over the flattened dough and begin to fold the dough over and over itself to incorporate the nuts.  I'm sure an artisan bread baker would have an opinion about exactly how to handle the dough here...but basically you just have to knead it enough for the walnuts to be evenly distributed throughout the dough ball.  Some of them will be poking out the surface, that's fine.  When you've got it well combined, shape the dough into a nice round ball, not a flattened dome, and place it on a cooking sheet WELL coated with cooking spray.  Lightly spray the top of the dough and cover it loosely with plastic wrap and set in a warm spot for 1 more hour.

3.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Whisk together the milk and the egg white.  Brush the top of the loaf liberally with this "egg wash" or use a paper towel to soak up the egg and glop it all over the top if you do not have a pastry brush.  Using a sharp knife, make two 1/2 inch cuts across the top of the loaf.  Make two more cuts in the opposite direction to form a crisscross pattern.  Bake for 30 minutes until the loaf is nicely browned.  Cool on a wire rack.

Sometimes, if you're lucky, you have a bit of this loaf leftover the next morning for breakfast.  Do yourself a favor, and toast up a nice fat slice and slather it with apple butter.  The sweet of the apples and the bitter of the walnuts is a flavor combination that will improve your life...seriously.

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Poetries. You know you like poetries, f***face.

And poetries you shall have........

"You can lead a horse to water,
but if you try to have sex with him,
he will fuck you up"
- Michael Frissore, 03/01/2011

Untitled, or It Smells Like Old People Up In This Muthaf**ka

I have more money than you, he said
I’ve had more money than you, she said.
Once I took an entire steak and just threw it away, he said.
Once, she said, I crashed a Mercedes and just walked away to go buy another one.
Each of them was wearing a blue, sequin suit, performing a puppet show for the elderly with their bare hands.
When the show concluded they each produced a pair of scissors and began snip snipping the clothes of the old people.
An orange-haired woman drank from the glass her teeth sat in.
He made up a dirty limerick about the woman.
They kept making up limericks until the woman cried.
An orderly pushed the orange-haired woman out of the room, but turned her around so she could spit upon her tormenters.
They laughed hard at this one.
My stars, did they chortle. They guffawed and snorted. When the laughter ended, he said, knock-knock jokes. Light bulb jokes, she said. What’s the difference between jokes, he said. Puns, she said.
They told them, punctuating each with, Get in the coffin!
An old man sitting in the corner yelled, Show us your tits!
I’ll have you know, he said, that she has breast cancer.
The old man said he was sorry.
Ha! he shouted, spraying the old man with a bottle of seltzer. She doesn’t have cancer.
One the way home they argued over which old lady was probably sexier in her prime. They walked along the street discussing in detail what old lady vagina must look like. They laughed at each other’s comments until she said something about his grandmother’s cooter. He punched her in the face. She fell, held her mouth, and adjusted her beret. He apologized and they agreed to add some domestic violence humor to their act.

The Alphabet

Think you can slip out the back door
Make a parable of tortoise, shell, soup
And you will be prepared for Seinfeld, sweetie
Love is the capturing of compressed gas
Pretend you’re heavily petting a salamander
Poets flap their arms and crash into churches
You’ll live to rue this day. I’ll make sure of it.

She was just tap dancing on the Equator
How did your pants explode, sugar
Did you enjoy a six-foot hoagie with me
Towards the back of the magic bus
She could see what was coming – a cake
We all got hit with the same club
The tortoise is shelled in the soup

I imagine the top of the mountain is fantastic
You have perplexed her; thou doth hath leprosy
These itty bitty crumbs, giving her mouth to mouth
She really wanted to don a luchador mask
The tortoise circled the soup stuffing shells
She’s been whistling Dixie since college
We all just shook our head and said what the hell

It was venomous, hot on a biscuit
Brothers assisted sisters in loading the dishwasher
I accidently made sixty copies of the same photo
The shell for a soup of tortoise
The spinal paste, the cookie sheet in quarantine
She punched a paparazzo right in the mouth
Cookies crumble; that is because the reaper jiggled

Fuck this.

Funky Like a Monkey

I saw a guy in beer goggles
and a pink Members Only jacket
with beady eyes and a chinchilla coat
with a rainbow painted on it
screaming at the leaves.

I had to punch him I couldn’t help it
I gritted my teeth and closed my fist
I rolled my hands like Dusty Rhodes
He went down, selling like a champion

And for my showmanship the parking meter
whispered to me in a soft gentle voice:
and A is for arctophile.

Well, I screamed, A is for
abattoir, abortion, abiotrophy, anomphalous,
and act like a man—
and if I had been an autocoprophagist
I would have given him a taste as well.

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Increasing Joy: Planning for Life “After Baby” The transformation from “couple” to “family” has often been anticipated and planned for, yet new parents may be astounded by the intensity of these changes.  If you are expecting to be new parents, support can help you manage the stressful challenges of a newborn so you may cherish  Continue Reading »


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Monday, April 23, 2012

TMI Twitter Domination Topic 3: #SaveJace

TMI fans are dying to know what's next for Jace and Clary. Even with the unidentified snippets author Cassandra Clare has given us for City of Lost Souls (release date: May 8), we all have dozens of questions which will all be answered soon!

While trending last week's question of #WhatIsSebastianHiding, I noticed that there was another hashtag that was consistently being tweeted. Thanks to @loli6599 Lauren Noelle, for putting in the suggestion, we have the following trending topic for Monday's TMI Twitter Domination:

To lead this Shadowhunter rescue mission are your fearless Twitter leaders: @MundieMoms @TMI_Source, @TMIExaminer, @TMIspanishnews and myself, @TMI_Institute. We will start tweeting #SaveJace at 1:00 pm (ET) today, Monday, April 23, and it will be a race to see how fast we can try to "#SaveJace". We want to get this to trend at #1 so pass the word on and please read the info below:

Here's some tips from my friend @ThePaisleyOwl on TMI trending do's and dont's:

Trending Do's:
  1.  Make sure everyone is entering exactly the same text.
  2. ONLY USE IT ONCE! as tempting as it is to use all 140 characters, apparently using it more than once can disqualify it for a count.
  3. Don’t use twitter’s RT feature…it won’t count it! If you really want to RT, copy/paste into a new tweet.
  4. Give your tweets some meat. Add in other phrases. Apparently Twitter is smarter than we think.
  5. It is said that it takes 60-80 tweets per minute for something to trend. It is also suggested that if we would like to have it trend the entire hour of 1 o’ clock then we could start tweeting at about 12:30PM EST & go all the way through to 2/2:30PM.
More trending suggestions:
  • -NO foul language!
  • -Total tweets AND number of people tweeting counts!
  • -It has to be either a topic that has never been popular before OR an old topic, but popular with new people! (keep this in mind when making suggestions)
  • -The same people saying the same things will NOT keep a topic trending.
  • -Twitter counts people more than tweets. We need numbers!!!
  • Things that prevent tweets from being counted!!!!
Trending Don'ts:
Do NOT do any of the things listed below! Not only will your tweets possibly NOT count towards trending topics, you could even have your Twitter account suspended:

Adding one or more topics/hashtags to an unrelated Tweet in an attempt to gain attention in search.
  1. Repeatedly Tweeting the same topic/hashtag without adding value to the conversation in an attempt to get the topic trending/trending higher.
  2. Tweeting about each trending topic in turn in order to drive traffic to your profile, especially when mixed with advertising.
  3. Listing the trending topics in combination with a request to be followed.
  4. Tweeting about a trending topic and posting a misleading link to something unrelated.
If you have any suggestions for future TMI trending topics, send me a tweet at @TMI_Institute or drop me a comment below!

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Thursday, November 22, 2012

El Violin (2005) **½

In an unnamed Latin-American country, a loosely organized peasant rebellion struggles against an oppressive government army.  The Mexican film “El Violin” doesn’t really get more specific than that in terms of where or when the story takes place.  When government forces invade a rebel village, they force the villagers to leave behind a secret ammo stash.  While soldiers camp out in the captured village, Genaro (Gerardo Taracena) and his desperate rebels try to figure out a way to get to their munitions.  Genaro’s elderly father, a one-handed violinist and farmer, takes it upon himself to solve the problem.
If I thought the violin might be a fun, lighthearted story, I was completely wrong.  The movie opens with a brutal scene of torture, and while the mood occasionally lightens a bit, it generally remains grim.  The film never makes it clear what the rebels are fighting against; I guess “oppression” in general.  It doesn’t really matter.  The theme is how the spirit of freedom and rebellion lives on, passed from generation to generation.  There is also an exploration of how people might be different given different circumstances.  The army captain is a brutal man of war, but he discovers a belated interest in music under the tutelage of the old violinist.
I watched “El Violin” largely as part of my Spanish-language study.  On its merits as a film, I would say it is a bit too naturalistic for me.  It is a well-told story, however, with excellent performances and some beautiful footage of the Mexican countryside.  For a viewer who won’t mind the pervasive grimness of the tale, it is worth checking out.

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Evolutionary Gems from Nature

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  • The 15 gems were great choices, but I completely agree that it could have been more “punchy.”
    This was exciting to me, because I will be graduating with a degree in Secondary Biology Education this year, and this is a really good resource to prepare and consoladate major evolutionary discoveries.
    Thanks Steve.

  • jdclews

    As a non scientist who is not only fascinated by science but related to a number of fundamentalist creationist Christians it is great for me to have such resources in a “potted form” although I agree punchier (and perhaps a little more accessible by which I probably mean dumbed down) would be better. What would also be useful is a potted list of standard creationist arguments and the arguments refuting them. I have to say that Thunderf00t’s videos on Why people do laugh at Creationists are a marvelous resource but I would never be able to get the rellies to watch.

  • irishjazz

    While agreeing with the above, I think it is fair to point out that the battle with the creationists is asymmetrical. The evidence for evolution requires at least a base level of knowledge- understanding fossilization, stratification and other dating techniques for example. All the creationists need is faith and attitude.

    While punching up the text is a worthy effort, it will not matter to those who will not read or comprehend it, or who will merely look for ambiguities to befuddle or small dark corners in which to confidently stuff the almighty creator.

    The creationists may be running on empty, but hey, wasn’t that the miracle of Hanukkah?

  • RickK

    jdclews – Thunderf00t is good, but also try AronRa’s “Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism” series on youtube. They are emotionally satisfying, full of excellent video/audio coordination and loaded with information.

    For the relatives, you may have to take the conversation to their realm. I like hammering the “why would God make all this evidence for evolution” argument. The argument of “why do you take words written by men over nature written by God?” sometimes gets a “hmmm”. And I like the “evolution, as we understand it, is a system with simple rules that results in resilient, adaptable and beautifully diverse life. Isn’t it just the sort of elegant design God might use to get the job done?”

    And my favorite, coming back to Steve’s cited article – “if God could just ‘create’ fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, why would he need so many things in between?”

    Some favorite websites for evolution arguments:

    Search for Tiktaalik:

    Reptile/mammal transitions:

    Debunking “lists of scientists supporting creationism”:

    12,000 Christian Clergy supporting evolution:

    Ken Miller on transitional species:

    Evolution in action today:

    This exampe even ADDED information (through gene duplication), something many evolution-deniers say is impossible:

  • empiricalgod

    I did something similar for my friend who is a Creationist. It took me like a month but i took what i felt was the most convincing evidence from mainly Talkorigins.org and put it together.
    From all the Creationists i know this guy is the most open to accepting arguments. He is reading up more on somethings i wrote about in my collection, which i wonder if it will have any effect on him.

  • larry coon

    High quality evidence is completely wasted on people who still throw out “If man descended from monkeys, then why are there still monkeys?” and “Evolution is just a theory” as though they were airtight, show-stopping arguments. I’ve gone over material in Zachary Moore’s “Evolution 101” (another excellent resource, btw) with a creationist, who was completely unswayed. They simply aren’t arguing in the same courtroom as we are.

  • Havermayer

    Personally, I think it’s better to focus on evidence of common ancestry first and then to discuss evidence for mechanisms. The evidences are so staggeringly good for universal common ancestry, yet I hardly ever hear about most of them. I usually on hear about fossils. Why is this?

  • RickK

    Havermayer, here’s why I think that is true given my recent arguments with science-illiterate creationists.

    Genetic evidence for common ancestry gets dismissed by creationists by saying “God made it all that way. Why wouldn’t God re-use good, useful genetic mechanisms?” There’s nothing in the current state of life and genetics that necessarily denotes the passage of time. I’ve even seen people use the “Mitochondrial Eve” concept as proof of literal Genesis.

    Also, biology at a molecular level goes right over the heads of people who have actively denied science for years.

    Fossils turn out to be useful because if you can just “create” a fish and an amphibian, why would you bother to create several species in between? To the uninformed, fossils are bigger proof of evolution than DNA molecules. Fossils are tangible, they keep turning up supporting evolution, they’re buried in these annoyingly regular layers that prove Noah’s flood wrong, and they keep disproving the stupid mantra that “there are no transitional species”.

  • rachelwells

    Steve, you write so elegantly. You should consider doing that body preservation thing like your brother. Your brain is a keeper. Thanks!

  • ehunnell

    A relatively new book I am reading provides what I consider one of the slam dunks of evolution. I am sure you have heard about it but if not, take a look at Relics of Eden by Daniel J Fairbanks. It may not meet the definition of layman to a T but it is not too hard for the general public to understand. And if you are at all familiar with statistics and the number of base pairs, you have to accept that all of this evidence does not just happen by chance. And the sequences lead very strongly to an evolutionary path, not a creationist path.

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

The mailman cometh

I was so excited yesterday when I got home. This was in my mailbox

And this is who it was from.

I placed an order on Friday morning and I got it yesterday.
What great service!!!
This is what was inside........2 yards of luscious soft wool and 6 new colors to try. Thanks for the suggestions Cathy.

I was so excited to get these.
Friday is my day off so I will be bringing out the dye pots. Most of the fun is in the experimenting.

I just never know what I'll come up with.

Some wool I already have I will over dye with new colors. Others I will try from scratch.

I must remember to write down my recipes this time.

Yes recipes with measurements of amounts used. So in case I need more for a project later on I can reproduce it. (Nothing worse than starting a project and running out of a color. )

Thinking new penny rugs.

Copenhagen blue, doesn't that sound rich... Olive green for a background penny..... Buttercup yellow toned down with some black or tan for mustard.....

the projects are swirling .

I'm getting dizzy just thinking about it.

What a way to get those creative juices flowing. Just the winter break I needed.

Enjoy your day.

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Tarrah at The Pottery Shed said...

Hi Rhonda....thanks for your nice comment on my blog. I too, would someday like to try some wool dyeing, but I have no time right now to do it. I am very anxious to see how your colors turn out....that is very exciting! Have fun on Friday! :)


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Sunday, February 27, 2011

A Christmas Quilt and a Ziploc Bag Project

Did you ever find a project that just keeps popping up until you actually make it?? There was a Christmas quilt I saw in an older addition of Fons and Porter's mag. I didn't actually have the mag so I called their store and they sent me a copy..$5.00 because they had no more of that edition. Fast forward years....I found said mag in a flea market type sale that we have at our quilt retreats for 25 cents. Plus I finally decided on the perfect reproduction fabrics.

Starting with many many strips being cut.

Then sew the the strips back together.
Cut them at 45 degree angles.

Sew the angled strips together into diamonds.

20 done 4 more to go. This has been a lot of work. Sewing the angled strips requires marking the 1/4 inch. It's time consuming.

Then cut the big diamonds into 2 "tree tops".

While I am working on "big" projects I keep smaller projects in Zip;oc bags to be grabbed at a moments notice. Never know when I'll need one.

Finished a Penny Rug. Seems like Christmas is the theme.

Love that feeling of accomplishment...........

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Betsy said...

Love both of your projects. I do the same thing with projects on the go. I love to have hand work to keep me busy!

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All jokes about hose draggers and doughnut eating aside, there will be a big winner next Tuesday when the local police and fire heroes square off to play softball - MUFFY. No doubt Sheriff Mark Casteel and CFD Assistant Fire Chief Jim Fulwider have had a lot of fun leading up to this game. I suspect the mutual ribbing may even get worse this week, but these two guys with hearts of gold deserve a ton of credit for pulling this MUFFY fund-raiser together.

"Want to stop (the police) from scoring?" Fulwider deadpanned. "Throw out a doughnut."

It's been this way a few weeks now.

Some other classics from the fire folks?

If their eyes glaze over, how will we know if it's a heart attack or just doughnuts?

The fireman asks if his visitor wants to hear a joke about a policeman. The visitor replies that he is a policeman. The fireman doesn't skip a beat. "OK, then I'll tell it really slow."

And from the police?

Warning? You want a warning? OK, I'm warning you not to do that again or I'll give you a second ticket.

If you run, you'll only go to jail tired.

The two sides aren't alone in this though. Support for this game has been outstanding. Jeff Nelson, a nearly 30-year resident of Crawfordsville via South Dakota, has volunteered a huge amount of time and effort.

Great local businesses like Skaggs & Largent Screenprint & Design, Image Sales and Hawg Wild have jumped in and helped MUFFY as well.

Some of the non-profit agencies are also.

The list goes on.

Why are so many people helping in so many ways?

Because it's an important year for non-profits. Times have been tough and that always cuts into charitable giving. Another reality is that Crawfordsville and Montgomery County doesn't have the same size workforce it did not too long ago. Throw in the debacle with AHEAD, the national economy, fluctuating gas prices and overall unease and uncertainty and it all equals rough times. A lot of very good people are stepping up this year to turn that around.

Once again, why?

Because it makes a difference. Not in Indianapolis. Not in Washington, D.C. But right here. In Crawfordsville. In Ladoga. In Linden. New Ross, New Richmond. All over Montgomery County.

Charitable agencies have had to make do with less. That means some services have been cut back, others eliminated entirely. Same with staffs. It's not that the need isn't still there. If anything, the need is increasing. It's just that the resources to meet those needs aren't what they used to be.

You can help, too. If your employer hasn't offered you the chance to donate to MUFFY through work, ask about it. If they can't, go to and give there. Come out next Tuesday to the softball game. The price of your ticket, $5 for an individual or $10 per carload, all goes to MUFFY. Every penny. Spend some money while you're down there. It will go to MUFFY as well.

Earlier, I wrote that the police and fire folks are heroes. They truly are. And that's what it will take this year for MUFFY to be able to step up and help people all over Montgomery County, a heroic effort. Won't you be a hero, too?


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Jason Kamras on Leadership

Jason Kamras, Chief of Instructional Practice for the District of Columbia Public Schools, is one of the nation’s most innovative education leaders.

Earlier this month, Kamras worked with leaders in the current cohort of The Public Education Foundation’s Executive Leadership Academy.

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What ever happened to separation between church and state?

So now we know that a group of Islamic fundamentalists with shady ties to Middle Eastern extremists is working hard to build a mosque that will send five calls to worship a day echoing through the gaping canyon where the towers once stood.  And we also know that the Obama administration is PAYING the Iman to travel all over the Middle East to raise cash to build this thing.
He hasn’t denounced Hamas, I’ll give you that. Other than that, the FBI has used him for Muslim outreach. George W. Bush included him an interfaith breakfast, after 911.
“They won’t tell you that the chants of “Allahu Akbar!” that will repeatedly ring throughout the city at every prayer time is the same chant that was captured on the voice recorders of Flight 93.”
You know, I’ve never actually heard a call to prayer in a Western city. Not in New York. Not in Chicago. Not even from the local mosque. Are you sure about this?
“Allah Akbar!” God is great.
Yes. Observant Muslims are required to pray five times a day. There is a room in the Pentagon where they pray. The Pentagon was also attacked on 911. If ever there are buildings erected on Ground Zero, there may be rooms assigned for Muslim prayer.
“Tonight we learn that President Barack Obama has given his blessing to building a mosque at Ground Zero, and in fact, has virtually mandated it.
 What ever happened to separation between church and state?
This Administration bends over 'backwards' to justify 'Anything Muslim'... WE are not a Muslim Country, but BO is trying to make us one... I, for one, will be elated when this Muslim/Communist POS is out of office .... We can then 'recover' and move forward in the 'American Way' .... This is just another 'slap in America's face' .... You 'BO Supporters' have voted for 'SOCIALISM' .... I hope you wake up before 'Sharia Law' comes to America!!

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  1. Thanx for visiting my site. Now Obama is parsing his language saying he was merely talking about the right of Muslims to do this as if we didn't know our own Constitution. DUH!


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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Three Children's Books!

If a Dog Could Blog is written by Lolo LeDeaux, a basset known as "Killer." Each page is a post from her blog. Killer gets into plenty of mischief and adventures. This is a cute tale that might be fun to read with kids who show an interest in your blogging. I recommend reading it with your kids as many of the terms and phrases might be unfamiliar to youngins. Illustrated by Susan Shorter, the pictures are simple but bright.

Daddy's Little Squirrel by Kayle Shurley Davidson is a tribute to the bond between fathers and daughters. Kallie loves helping her dad around the ranch getting the day's chores done. I like how this story shows a kid and parent working together. I remember doing so with my parents and it built great memories while teaching me that work wasn't a plague to avoid. Stephen Adams' illustrations are cute and cheery. However, I was surprised that one illustration is repeated three times. The book ended rather abruptly but was still cute.

Sohpie Gets Curtains! by Adelene Keeler Smith follows the construction of a terrier's elaborate dog house. Sohpie has a team of designers, architects and financiers to make her dream house a reality. Upon completion Sophie's doggie friends arrive for a house-warming party. The back includes a glossary of terms. The illustrations by Floyd Ryan Yamyamin are lively and capture Sohpie's lavish lifestyle.

Of the three, Sohpie has a traditional plot to follow with the party being the climax and a swift resolution of a content dog. The previous two lacked the traditional plot - exposition, rising action, climax and resolution which would have brought better focus to each story. Killer's blog posts are fairly random as are Kallie's adventures. Nonetheless, the ideas behind these stories are cute. My favorite was definitely Daddy's Little Squirrel.

All three children's books were given to me for free for review.
All published by: AuthorHouse, 2010     Pages: 28 for each
Rating: 1.5, 2, 2 Stars respectively     Source: Free from publicist

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  1. Thanks for stopping by The Wormhole! Have a great week. Happy reading!


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05 November 2010

It's a big month for Unallocated Space

As many of you know, I am one of the members of Unallocated Space, a new hackerspace in central Maryland.  I've talked a little about it on Twitter, but I haven't blogged about it yet so I wanted to hit on a few points since this is an absolutely huge month for us:

  • We just moved in and we are open for business!  We have an awesome ~1,600 sqft space in Severn, Maryland and we're filling it up fast  We're still getting organized, so please pardon the mess, but we're moving forward.  We don't have "regular" hours yet, but there are keyholders at the space most days and we're more than happy to open it up if you want to drop by.
  • We are in the midst of a 45-day Kickstarter project to raise funds for building out our space.  First and foremost among our build-out projects is the construction of a loft which will significantly increase the amount of space available to us. This will allow us to grow as we expand within the community.  We've already reached our initial goal of $3K in less than three weeks, but we're shooting for more now.  So please feel free to check out the project page and consider contributing.
  • We have three people speaking tomorrow at SecurityBSidesDelaware: Brian Baskin ("P2P Forensics: Your Admin Knows Your Porn Habits"), Dave Marcus ("Social Engineering and Target Profiling with 100% Accuracy Using Social Media and OSINT"), and myself ("How to Pwn an ISP in 10 Minutes or Less (without really trying)").  The abstracts for our talks are here.  If you have any questions at all about Unallocated Space, or are interested in donating or contributing to our Kickstarter project, come find us and let us know!
  • Finally, last but certainly not least: we will be hosting a Grand Opening Party on Saturday, November 13th; so please show up and lend us your support.  It will a great time, no doubt!
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Blawg 100 Amici

Do you enjoy reading my "Plain English" blog posts? If so, would you mind submitting my blog to the American Bar Association's annual list of the 100 best legal blogs?

Click here to make a submission. The form asks for some information, including a "great post" from the blog; here, here, and here are three examples you might consider using.

If you do submit my blog, please let me know (in the comments here, or on Twitter).

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Monday, January 23, 2012

St. Croix Earns 2nd WHL Player Of The Week (updated Monday evening)

CALGARY, AB.- The Western Hockey League announced today that Edmonton Oil Kings’ Michael St. Croix is the WHL Player of the Week. St. Croix collected 10 points, scoring six goals and four assists to go with a +7 rating, in three games over the past week helping the Oil Kings to a 3-0-0-0 record.

On Wednesday, January 18, the Oil Kings welcomed the Prince George Cougars to Rexall Place in Edmonton. St. Croix picked up the hat-trick, finding the net three times and was named the games 1 Star as the Oil Kings’ shut-out the Cougars’ 5-0. On Friday, January 20, St. Croix collected a pair of assists in a 6-1 road victory over the Swift Current Broncos.

On Saturday, January 21, the Oil Kings were in Prince Albert to face the Raiders. St. Croix nabbed his third hat-trick of the season, scoring three goals, adding two assists and was also named games 1 Star in the Oil Kings’ 9-2 win over the Raiders.

St. Croix currently ranks 3rd among all WHL scorers with 77 points (31 goals, 46 assists) in 48 games played thus far this season. The Oil Kings are 7-2-0-1 in their past 10 games and currently sit first in the WHL Eastern Conference with a 32-11-1-4 record for 69 points.

St. Croix is in his third full season with the Edmonton Oil Kings. The Oil Kings made St. Croix the 4th overall selection in the 2008 WHL Draft and the New York Rangers recently selected the forward in the 4th round of the 2011 NHL Draft.

The WHL has also nominated Laurent Brossoit of the Edmonton Oil Kings for the CHL Goaltender of the Week Award. Brossoit posted a 2-0-0-0 record with one shut-out this past week, stopping 52 of 54 shots faced for a 0.963 save-percentage and 1.00 goals-against average. Brossoit an 18-year-old from Surrey, BC, led the Oil Kings to victories over the Prince George Cougars (5-0) and Prince Albert Raiders (9-2).

 Rangers sign McNaught to AHL Contract

The New York Rangers announced that they had signed Randy McNaught (2010, 7th) to a AHL contract.  McNaught who attended the Traverse City tournament, but then chose not to sign with the Rangers at that time in order to attend the University of Calgary.

McNaught played 12 games for the University of Calgary and was scoreless with 24 PIMs.  McNaught is a 6'4 221 pound forward played last season for the Vancouver Giants in the WHL.

It is a unusual move for both player and team to make as usually during the season , it is the player who leaves the pro-team to attend college. What kind of prospect McNaught will be is gonna be interesting because he missed all but eight games last season due to a broken ankle and with the dinos did not show anything.

The one thing he does do very well is fight as he had some pretty good scraps with Dylan McIlrath last couple years.  It's really hard to consider him as an NHL prospect at this time but he is worth the investment.

He's impossible to move from the crease area and if he can improve his eye hand coordination, you might have somebody.

Third Time The Charm?

Tomorrow morning I get to undergo my third operation on my neck, to say that this is getting frustrating would be an understatement.

Why my neck gives me problems could be true due to any number of reasons.  What it has done is open my eyes to realizing that we can't keep ignoring shots to the head and neck area.

There is nothing more scary than waking up one day and discovering a part of your body is not working.  Forget the pain part and try to imagine not even being able to type your own name like a normal person would.

Basically right now, something as simple as tying your shoelaces becomes an impossible task.  Getting yourself a bowl of ice cream becomes an adventure.

I thank my friends for standing up for me and helping me keep this blog going.  The current plan is for me to stay overnight in the hospital and go home on Wednesday.

But if you want prospect fix in, then start with the good people over at buzzing the net who cover the Canadian juniors and basically any of the blogs in the blogging the prospects section.

(St Croix - Edmonton Oil Kings, McNaught- New York Rangers )

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2016: The Year of The Pat-cast

pat-cast-1000x750It’s a last hurrah for 2016, so The Pat-cast is here.

As always, Jeff Paterson and Jason Botchford are have plenty of Canucks chit chat, including:

– Botch’s Christmas and building children’s toys
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– The pre-Xmas disaster in Calgary
– The handling of Canucks goalies
– The story of the year for the Canucks
– Whether Botch is invested in the World Juniors
– We reflect on the debut of the Patcast in 2016
– And how Botch will ring in the New Year

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Quick Tip: Importance of Home Programs

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Home programs are almost more important than therapy.  When working in early intervention, I give a home program every week for them to work on something specific that week.  I can tell the next week if they have been doing it or not.  I see changes over the week in the ones that have been doing it, and usually don’t see any changes in the ones that haven’t been doing their home program.

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Yo! How goes it, Redheads. Wanted to post a quick update today- as I have been out for the past few weeks. Busy with moving and other lifey things that needed to be addressed. Going to be talking about Goku Versus Z, Heroes of Pixtopia, and Red’s 4th LSW Tournament. Read More →


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Monday, March 31, 2008

Ode to Meg

So, I have decided to blog about my forgotten child, Meg. Ever since Bennett came home from the hospital, Meg has sadly been neglected. Once a happy and sunny dog, the below picture captures her mood as of late.

So, in order to relieve my guilty conscience, I have decided to post pictures of our darling Meg. Maybe this will atone for the past 5 weeks. I know Meg doesn't understand why her leash remains hanging on a fence post day after day. Or why she is forbidden in the new pink and green room in the house even though everyone else is in there. I know she can't comprehend why her food bowl that was always filled right when she woke up now remains empty until sometimes after dinner. I know she can't grasp why her chew toy isn't being thrown to her, despite the fact that she places it on our legs every time we sit down. And I know for certain that this post will in no way make her feel better about her new position in the home, but somehow I feel a little bit better just by writing. So, below are pictures of Meg in happier times and all I can do is promise her is that those days will return again one day. And for those of you that may be wondering about our other "child", Kirby? Well, he's perfectly content just sleeping and staring at you, so I feel no need to relieve a guilty conscience there.

Back when Meg was allowed on the bed

Back when Meg was the "child" we stared at for hours

Back when all was right with the world. One day soon Meg, one day soon.

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Amanda said...

Dear Meg,
Use this time to find a "safe spot" in the house. Plot their usual feeding times, note those moments when the larger people are most vunerable and when the youngest is in that giant white porcelain tub. You will need all of this valuable information when the new addition sprouts walking legs (or even crawling)... and for when she notices you have a tail (that wags!). Then, my dear, you will get all the attention in the world - both wanted... and not.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

A Star is Born

Bennett made her theatrical debut Sunday night in a skit at our church. To be honest- I was a nervous wreck beforehand. Would she cry? Would the bright lights hurt her eyes? What if she got onstage and had a melt down? What if I couldn't remember any lines because I was so worried about her? Fortunately, none of that happened and she was a pro. She just sat there like an angel and charmed the audience with her spit bubbles. However, I think I am keeping her off the stage for awhile, due solely to keeping me sane.

It did really make me think about how much our life has changed. Rob and I are both very spontaneous and care free. We are not scheduled people at all. We eat whenever we feel like it, which may be 11:00 at night. We will decide to go see a movie 10 minutes before it starts. We like to spend Saturday afternoons rambling around with no agenda. We may end up downtown or in Tallasee. Who knows? But with Bennett, I have become a slave to the clock. The main reason the skit stressed me out so much was that I didn't want to get her off track. I know precisely when she eats, when she's awake, and when she sleeps. Now, how does getting a baby in a car seat, driving her to the church, waiting backstage, doing the skit, and then getting her home again, fit into her schedule? It doesn't. So either I am going to need to relax on that a little bit, or have the happiest, most well adjusted home bound hermit for the next year.

Amanda said...

On a whim, Michael and I (when we were engaged) drove to West Palm Beach, FL... an 18 hour drive through the night!
Nowadays? I will go through Heaven and Hell to ensure that Conner has his nap each day at about the same time, that Chase's appointments are NEVER scheduled before 9 and I will be darned if dinner isn't prepared by 5:30 so that Conner doesn't start getting "snacky" and attacking the bad stuff.
So, my vote is for the hermit life. As my old pediatrician says "A routine child is a happy child". And boy, from my experience, he's right!

The Khans said...

I totally agree with having a schedule. It definitely works for us. Some people don't like one, but I like to know when I can get out without the boys having meltdowns because they are tired or hungry. Of course, you do allow for some flexibility when needed. You will figure out what is best for you and Rob I'm sure of that. It was great to see you for a second this morning. Hope to spend more time with you next time.

Carmen Andres said...

i like the well adjusted homebound hermit life myself, heh. and i don't have an infant as an excuse anymore. but my kids still thrive on routine. come to think of it, i think our family does well on it, too. though the occassional trip to the d.c. zoo or the washington mall do occur. i LOVE living up here!

Madeline said...

Aunt Lala,
No matter what kind of schedule you have, ther is n way that your child will be able to be kept off the stage. It is in har genes.
Cousin Madi