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My Name Is Tyson, and I’m Germaphobic

Alright, well it’s actually called Mysophobia, but I figured more folks would recognize it better if I called it Germaphobia!

I will admit though, I am a bit afraid of germs and bacteria. Kinda odd especially since I was all into making E. Coli cultures today in the microbiology lab. But I like having clean hands, and not getting sick! Also, I’m working towards applying to the only level 4 lab in Canada, and one of fourteen in the world. That’s right, this incredibly accident prone guy might be working with some of the most dangerous biochemical substances in the history of mankind!

The other night, I watched that movie Contagion, which really doesn’t help this little bit of a fear at all. It’s all about the spread of a super-virus that’s taking millions of people’s lives. It uses a lot of camera angles and imagery to show just how easily disease can spread throughout the world, causing an epidemic. While I was watching the movie, I was chowing down on my popcorn and instantly thought that someone had to touch it at some point…

Also, sometime during the movie, they said that a person touches their face up to 3000 times a day. If its true, that’s an incredible and scary amount that I really have difficulty fathoming. My face must be absolutely filthy by the end of the day really. But I found the movie very interesting as well; especially how it punched in the reality that a super virus is actually very possible. Especially with some of the stuff I have been learning in my advanced microbiology classes. For example, in the entire worlds stockpile, we have only been able to find a medium to grow/reproduce 0.1% of all bacteria.

I don’t really like to think about it all too much, it just kinda shows how weak the human race really could be, and everything I learn in my classes don’t really help that viewpoint at all.

Neither does Contagion!

In my biochemistry class, we need to find a topic for our scientific research essay. It’s not due until mid-November, but it’s still imperative to work on it at a constant basis until then. I’m not sure what to choose for a topic though. It needs to be biochemistry related and very recent research, so I probably just need to do some research on recent findings. Maybe I’ll ask a biochemist too, I have a friend working at the University of Calgary in Biochemistry. Unless anyone has any suggestions? They would be greatly appreciated!

Since I’m talking about science things, I might as well continue along that subject line. Yesterday I got the new issues of Science Illustrated and Popular Science to help me look for a possible topic. But I actually enjoy reading them, a lot of the articles are extremely interesting and have some pretty insane information and experiments that have been going on. There’s actually a pretty inspirational story in Popular Science about a college student that was paraplegic, but didn’t want to graduate in his wheelchair. So a group of student engineers at U.C. Berkeley built him a machine that allowed him to walk across the stage and get his diploma. Basically he’s considered a cyborg since the exoskeleton they installed into him is a combination of his flesh and this machine. I would recommend to read the entire issue though if you have the time, its apparemtly a special education issue.

“If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance.” – George Bernard Shaw

Tyson Trepidations

A Canadian Remembering 9/11 And Other Shenanigans.

I remember a decade ago from today, I was in the sixth grade sitting on the swing set with my best friend before the school bell rang.

This is when I first found out about the disaster of 9/11.

I mean sure, I’m Canadian, so a lot of Americans don’t understand why a lot of us are sombre about the events of that day. But really Canada and the states are so similar and tight knit, it doesn’t really matter we different countries, and our economies are so interwoven we directly affect each other. Not just that though, Canada plays a huge role in the war against terrorism, especially by taking over a lot of the duties of the United States Army in Afghanistan. I mean I even know a number of great Canadian people that have died serving the war against terrorism. These are people that I went to camp with, did some of my military training with and befriended over the last decade. So of course the events of that day affect us just as much as many Americans.

Pardon the language I’m about to use, but a decade ago from today, when I was merely in sixth grade, is when I realized that the world is fucked. I mean I don’t really like thinking into it very much, I know a lot about politics, government and the worlds affairs; its all a scary aspect that shouldn’t be disregarded. But in a way, its kinda sad that it takes events like 9/11, the assassination of JFK, declaration of war against Germany and the bombing of Pearl Harbor are what it takes to make me remember exactly what I was doing that day.

Even though its a decade since that horrible disaster, I’m going to turn it over to a bit happier of a note. I don’t like being morbid all the time, I like making people smile and being happy myself nonstop.

I shaved off my beard last night. I felt kinda weird; I had it for a while and it grew on me a lot, now I think I look a little odd. Even my sister and a couple of my co-workers told me that I look funny without my beard. I’m sure it’ll be back soon, I just need a better grooming kit first, it was starting to get a little bit of a hassle and not look so clean.

After shaving though, I began to wonder if I should get my haircut too. It’s been about six months since my last one, which is the wait time I usually take before cutting it. Generally when I cut it, I get it pretty short. I always tell the snazzy haircutting artist lady to use a number 5 razor on me. Last time I did that, the lady was pretty shocked, she said, “Are you sure you want to go THAT short?!”.

I guess if I do, it’ll be pretty spontaneous, or in response to other people suggesting its time to cut my hair. Or maybe I should go to other extremes and dye it pink or something! But then again, my boss at work would probably kill me…

Oh! One more thing! I was approved for student funding, so guess whose going to return to California for New Years?! That’s right, TYSIE! I’m pretty excited, and I’ll probably get my airline ticket soon before it starts getting too expensive. I’ll stay with the same people that I always stay with, they are pretty awesome and fun. Plus the only people I know there, I kinda wish I knew a few more folks in the states though, that way I have more places to crash and hang when I’m travelling through; because I do that quite a lot.

Vancouver, feat. LMFAO, Ke$ha and My Sisters.

For those of you that read my blog, you probably knew or had the idea that I got VIP tickets to the Ke$ha concert last night in Vancouver. I went with my two closest sisters and we really had one of the most incredible nights ever!

This concert is something that I’ve been waiting a long time for with my sisters. We bought our VIP tickets a couple of

My Sisters and I At The Concert (I Look Mental... Oh Well...)

months ago and have been pumping ourselves up everyday since. The wait did end up a little stressful though; on Wednesday we checked the mail again, but still didn’t have our tickets yet. Since the concert was only another 2 days away, I decided to phone the ticketing company to see what I could do if the tickets don’t arrive.

After waiting almost an hour on hold with Ticketmaster and listening to the same annoying instrumental song over and over and over again, I finally got to talk to the customer service representative. She told me that our tickets were never even sent because the Postal Workers Strike was going on at the same time we purchased our VIP package. I have to admit, that made me a bit mad. If they weren’t sent because of that, then why didn’t they send them either after the strike was over or at least let us know. So after a bit of a bickering, the lady finally let us able to just print off our tickets. I was a little disappointed too, its always nice to have a hard copy of the ticket to keep as a memory. But it was alright in the end, I ended up with lots of souvenirs in a way (Ke$ha condoms she shot out in the crowd, free buttons were handed out, an LMFAO glowstick and tonnes of glitter!).

Friday morning I left at about 9AM, this way I could pick up one of my sisters at 10 and the other at 11. Plus Vancouver is a few hundred kilometres away, so it takes about 5 hours of driving to get there from my house. Although, when I picked up my first sister, we made a quick stop at Wal-Mart to get some glitter for Ke$ha!

Another hour later, we arrived at my older sisters house. This was a little longer of a stop since she was giving the babysitter instructions about where to find things, typical bedtimes etc. But we were soon on our way!

To be honest, I was a little worried that we would be a bit reserved or even awkward with each other a tad since it’s been so long since the three of us really hung out like this. I gotta say though, it was a great experience and definitely didn’t end up being that way at all.

We actually learned a lot about each other during the long drive and definitely noted a lot of sibling similarities. We got talking about some of our bad habits that we have, which is something we never really admit to each other. We were just listing them off as we thought of them, and it turned out that 95% of the things one of us mentioned was pretty mutual between us. I always kinda just took all that for granted and I feel as though this trip brought us closer as siblings.

Once in Vancouver, finding our hotel proved to be a little difficult. We managed to get a pretty affordable room on Robson Street, at a hotel called The Barclay. But on the way, we thought we would use the GPS since we didn’t note what street the hotel was on. That ended up not really being the smartest idea since the GPS decided to be pubescent and non-cooperative. It took us around in circles and down some very creepy and sketchy back allies. Then at one point it lost where we were and decided we were in the middle of the Pacific ocean. We did manage to find our hotel though and got checked in right away.

By that point we just had a couple hours until the concert since it started at 7:30, so my sisters began to get ready.

When it came to doing their makeup, this meant it was time for my sisters to get the glitter going. I let them spray my beard with glitter a bit, but then they really went nuts on the glitter. It was literally like the Glitter Fairy threw up all over our hotel room. Especially the bathroom. There was glitter everywhere in our hotel room. Even where you’d least expect it. I just hope I don’t get charged extra on my credit card for that huge mess of glitter. Especially since we started drinking a bit while getting ready too. It wasn’t anything really heavy, just a mix of a double of vodka, topped off with some lemonade and club soda. It actually tasted pretty decent too.

At about 6:40 we started walking to Rogers Arena, getting excited the entire way. Once inside, we got ourselves two beers each and headed down to the floor level VIP section. Meaning the very front, at the stage. Literally spitting distance from Ke$ha, LMFAO and Spank Rock.

At this point, the first opening act, Spank Rock was starting his portion. Neither of us even heard of him before, but he was pretty decent with his performance, rapping and stage presence. He did what he was supposed to do and get the crowd pumped for the main event, Ke$ha.

Next they set up quite quickly for LMFAO to do their part. It really didn’t take any time at all. Also, by this point the stadium was completely full. I know LMFAO is pretty popular right now, but in all of the concerts I’ve been to, I have never seen an opening act perform with a completely full stadium like that.

I understand why now.

LMFAO did an amazing show! They had an incredible stage presence and were very unique on stage. They even had a huge inflatable zebra flying around the stadium as the crowd shoved it all over the place. Plus not to mention they had some of the most amazing dancers I’ve ever seen as well, they really did some crazy stuff. The entire crowd was dancing, singing and screaming along to their music, which was quite amazing as well, playing up the DJing and sounding just like the album or even better. Lastly, they were really funny too and did a perfect job at getting us all fired up for the main event still to come. But best of all, they put on a really long show for an opening act.

By the time Ke$ha came out, everyone was already on their feet due to LMFAO and really feeling the energy from their music. The crowd and the loud bass beat from Ke$ha’s drummer was starting to blow the roof off the place, then she emerged into the darkness, wearing these awesome light up glasses!

Next, the spotlights clicked onto her and she started to sing!

This was the first concert I’ve been to where I was disappointed from the main act. Ke$ha wasn’t that great of a singer, her voice was way worse than from her albums and a lot of the time she wasn’t even singing, just kinda yelling. Plus she was kinda chunky too! I was shocked. I mean, the money we paid to go to the concert was worth it (because of LMFAO), but we were still disappointed and thought that Ke$ha should be opening for LMFAO instead.

So when the concert ended, we were just leaving the doors of Rogers Arena when some guy offered us a little flyer. Usually we just ignore those people in Vancouver because they are just soliciting random things that never pertain to us, but luckily for us, this time we actually took them. It was a little card that was advertising an afterparty for LMFAO at a club called The Helm, located on Howe Street, Downtown Vancouver. The card actually said, “Featuring the setlist from SkyBlu of LMFAO”, so we figured it was just a DJ mixing some LMFAO songs or whatnot. But for some reason, we were feeling spontaneous and kinda wanting to make up for our disappointment of Ke$ha, so we started heading for The Helm.

Once we arrived, there wasn’t really a lineup, but there was a sign that said everyone needed to be on the guestlist in order to get in. So we kinda felt defeated and began to leave to our hotel. But after walking a couple metres, we just decided to go back and at least try to get in since we walked all that distance to get there.

Of course though, I got designated to be the talker.

When I approached the bouncer at the door (whom was probably 3 times my size), I simply asked if I would be able to get in with my two sisters.

His reply was, “Ok… Are you on the guestlist?”

I felt defeated after he asked that because I figured that when when I said “No”, he would tell us we wouldn’t be able to get in. Luck was going my way for once though and he told me, “You know what, I think I have room for three more if you show us some ID and pay $60 for the cover.” So we horked over our ID’s, the $60, and were stamped in.

I had never paid that much for a cover charge, usually I try not to pay any more than $10 for a cover, otherwise it was too expensive and not worth it. But since we were being spontaneous that night, we swiftly handed over the cash.

When we first arrived, we were a little unsure as to what to think of the place. It was pretty fancy and the DJ was going crazy on the stage, but the mood and vibe wasn’t really set yet, so it didn’t feel completely right. With that feeling we decided to get another drink, so I got my favorite, a pint of Guinness. It was a pretty big pint though, but I didn’t mind, it was Guinness!

When we were walking through the crowd with our drinks, my two sisters were walking in front of me, heading somewhere. I was mostly just busy elbowing people out of the way, being a little aggressive to stand my ground and not get separated from my sisters. Then all of a sudden my sisters stopped in their tracks. The one leading the way had this crazy look on her face, as if she were a dear in the headlights; then my sister behind her was pointing with her mouth hanging open at the guy beside us.

So I elbowed him once he was next to me, like I was doing to everyone else.

When I looked at him though, we made eye contact and instantly I got the same look on my face as my first sister, plus the mouth hanging like my second sister combined.

It was the guys from LMFAO!

I couldn’t believe my eyes and was completely shocked. They went up on the small stage platform, and starting DJing the club.

It was awesome!

They are quite intense and wicked DJ’s, playing some awesome songs and even performing quite a number of theirs. Myself and my two sisters managed to elbow our way to the front of the crowd and get on some intense dancing with the crowd. The entire energy and feeling of the place picked up significantly and it was my best clubbing experience ever! All their dancers were there too, giving everyone free shots and dancing like crazy, even the super cute and hot dancer girl from the concert!

While they were DJing one of their own songs and singing and such, there was this girl directly in front of me dancing away, and obviously really drunk. She actually took her shirt and bra off, it was pretty intense and she didn’t even get kicked out neither like most places would do. But it really was insane in there.

Finally, sometime after 2 AM, we got way too hot and sweaty that we needed to get out, so we headed back to the hotel, making a pitstop at McDonald’s first though for a late night snack.

This post doesn’t really do the night any justice since it was so epic (and this is coming from a guy that Never says “epic”), but I just wanted to share it with my friends on the interwebs. My sisters and I also vowed to come back to Vancouver again when LMFAO get their own tour going.

Tyson Trepidations.

A Mall, A Girl, And A Big Bad Dude.

Lately I’ve been having some pretty intense dreams revolving around me being against everyone else in an apocalypse-like situation. It’s not a recurring dream or anything like that, just different dreams focused on that subject matter. I mainly remember two of them, but I’m just going to talk about the one which I remember most.

It started fairly abstract, I never really suspected the dream to end up the way it was. But it began with me wandering around some sort of desert-like area, but it was more cold than hot. I guess it could be considered a wasteland more than anything. Mostly though, it wasn’t colourful at all; no vegetation, no people, no animals. Just myself wandering alone, in search for a place to call home for a night and praying to find some sort of food.

Somewhere along the way, I noticed a person in the distance. They seemed very far, so I thought it may have been a mirage or just my mind messing with the reality of the situation. But as I closed the distance between us, I began to realize that the person was real. Not only that, but there was some sort of large building in the horizon as well.

At first encounter, the man didn’t really seem to trust me, his body gestures suggested that he found me as a threat. But after reassuring him I wouldn’t hurt him or do anything bad, he reluctantly guided me to the building.

The building ended up being a large mall that now stood as a refuge and shelter for survivors of the apocalypse that occurred. The entire town inside the mall was controlled by one guy, I never caught his name in the dream, nor did I meet him until later. But the first thing that I observed, was that the people of this small colony within the mall looked up to him and bowed down to him. In fact, if they didn’t, they would often be punished by his protective crew. I guess the reason that they followed him rituously was that he provided them with a home and protection. Although, as a result, I would consider him corrupt by the power he held.

When I got inside, people immediately noticed that I was a new face. Some of them looked worried about this, but the hospitable ones took me to a bench of sorts where I was able to get some sleep.

I awoke from the feeling of being watched. So when I sat up, I automatically glanced around to see who or what disturbed my peace. I noticed it was a bunch of goons hanging out at a once been coffee booth nearby. I could immediately tell that they wanted to start trouble with me, the unfamiliar person. I could tell by their body gestures and the looks they were giving me. Next thing I knew, they were approaching me and each pulling out an array of weapons, from guns to knives. Observing that, I quickly stood up and weaved into a crowd of people around the food court area of this mall. They were still all after me, and caught up, beginning to throw punches, swing their weapons and cock their guns.

For some reason, I had these amazingly smooth and quick reflexes (that I obviously don’t have in real life), and fought away most of the goons without getting hurt and much like in action movies. Until one starting shooting. He missed me, but hit several people in the crowd, making everyone scream and begin to flee.

Suddenly, the one goon that was doing the shooting was shot himself. It was a fatal hit to the head. After a scan of where it came from, I found the man that did the damage. He was huge, at least 7 feet tall and biceps as large as my head. He fired his shot from an entire floor above, with his gun still smoking from the muzzle. I knew instantly, that was the power hungry individual that basically ran the place. Not to mention, he was surrounded by quite the number of personal guards.

Next thing I knew, this man was right in front of me, telling me that although I’m a new face, I better catch on to the rules and flow of the place if I wanted to stay there alive. But most importantly, not to defy his rule.

With that in mind, I went about exploring the colonized mall, familiarizing myself with it since it would be my home for at least a bit. While exploring, I bump into this girl (I know, all of my dreams have some sort of random girl for whatever reason), and when I look at her, we meet each others gazes. She was a beautiful girl, but like all my dreams, I can never remember what she looks like, only what I thought about her when we met.

All I thought was that she was a beautiful girl.

After meeting each others eyes, we instantly connected with that electric feeling you get when you meet the eyes of someone amazing. So she joined me and showed me around the mall, telling me about the people and revealing all the secrets she knew about the place. Even saying that the people were actually afraid of the guy that was in charge, but were too grateful for a home to complain.

We got to know each other fairly well and talked nonstop; she even gave me a place to spend the night. It was at that point that I told her I wouldn’t be able to stay for long under their leaders rule, and would have to move on like I always have. She understood, but I could tell that inside she was quite sad. As was I.

The next morning though, I must have gotten too friendly with the wrong girl. When I awoke there were some of the leaders security guards waiting for me to stir. With that, I knew I’d have to make my move then and now. So I set out with a swift yet elegant attack on the security men, and began to run towards the mall exit.

It was looking as though I would make it too, I could see the doors straight ahead and nothing was blocking the way out into the wasteland again. Then all of a sudden there were several security guards and the mall colony leader taking up all the space in front of the doors. With my exit blocked, the only choice I had was to stop and observe my surroundings for another escape.

There was no other escape though.

As I was continuing my frantic search, the leader pulled out that beautiful girl I had met and had her all tied up. She was crying and obviously distraught of the entire situation. I don’t remember what the leader dude man said, but I know it was hostile, especially since he took off his jacket to deal with me himself; apparently with his bare hands too since he handed off his weapons and such to his security team. The one observation I made, was that guy was triple my size.

I prepared myself for him as he slowly made his gradual approach, cracking his knuckles and chuckling at me for being a lot smaller. I knew my only advantage was that I would probably be able to move a lot faster than he would.

As soon as he was close enough, he already began to throw the punches, sending the first for the head. I was able to dodge that one pretty quickly, but it didn’t deter him at all. He started throwing more punches, each of which I was able to dodge as well, but some were pretty close since I could feel the air disturbance from his swings.

I began to back up the immobile escalators, knowing that being at a higher ground would serve as an advantage to me for a little and give me a chance to think. I didn’t think of much though as I was quickly running out of escalator to go up, so once at the top, I hopped over the escalator railing onto a ledge that apparently held some plants at one point.

He followed in same manner, except moreso stepping over the railing with his massive height.

As I backed towards the edge of the ledge I knew this was the time I needed to do something, so when he was once again close enough to throw a punch, I ducked and tucked away behind him quickly. Then I immediately gave him a kick to the side as hard as I could.

Thanks to his missed swing, he lost his balance a little; mixed with my hard kick, the leader plummeted off of the ledge and onto the ground. I’m not sure if the fall killed him, but he was definitely injured. Luckily, his guards and all the people were too stunned to pay attention to me anymore, and went immediately to help their ferocious leader. Plus some were a bit afraid of me, the dangerous new guy. But as I was exiting, I made sure to untie that beautiful girl.

Who Is That Beautiful Mystery Girl?

Then I left.

Just like that.

I didn’t even look back even though I really wanted to, just to see that beautiful girl one more time.

A couple of kilometres down the wasteland, I began to hear the sound of someone running towards me. I figured it was the guards coming with extra ammo to get me back for what I did to their boss. Either that or the leader guy was alright and coming after me.

When I turned around though, I was surprised.

Probably the best surprise I ever had in that apocalyptic world, and probably the first smile I had since too.

It was that beautiful girl, coming to join me and be my partner on whatever adventure I was heading to next.

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.” – Revelations 21:6, King James Version

Tyson Trepidations.

Boys Eat Dirt

One of my older sisters came down today for the long weekend, and we were all making a bit of a plan for our trip to Vancouver next week for the concert. Next thing we knew, we were talking about how it’s the first time we are doing something together in a while. I mean I’ll hang out with my sisters, but usually its one at a time sort of thing.

My sister Phalon is pretty close to my age. She’s only a year older (except people constantly think that she’s younger than me). Then my next sister, Paige, is seven years older than me.

Somehow we got talking about some of the stunts that my sister Phalon and I got into when we were younger since we were so close in age.

When we were really young (I think I was going on 4 years old), and just moved to this town, I was playing outside in the dirt with my sister. My sister started telling me that I should eat some of the dirt. But being a smart almost 4 year old, I knew something was awry. So I inquired, “Why?”.

Her response to my question was something like, ” Well because all boys eat dirt!”

Of course being the much smarter, younger brother, I added, “But I never saw dad eating any dirt.”

Then came the trickery, and probably what scarred me to be the odd person I am today. My sister told me, “That’s because he does it at work with all the other boys that work there.”

So I ate dirt.

The moral of the story:

Girls are evil.

Sisters are evil.

I guess I was a little evil too as a child, but my sister was always right there by my side doing the same too. Heck, she probably egged half of it on like that dirt eating incident.

I remember our first neighbors when we moved here. They were always pretty nice at first, but after a couple of years, when I was about six or seven, they started being not very friendly to my parents. So as a result, my sister and I decided to get payback against them.

We always heard our parents talking about making their lawn greener than our neighbours too, so we decided to help them out as our first payback. So one day when our neighbours weren’t home, we took some of their bleach that they left outside and poured the entire bottle all over their front lawn. It was pretty genius of us too considering that those spots of their lawn were completely dead after some time. Then the same day, we also decided to clog their eaves, so we shoved every page from the newspaper into their eaves spout. I think we did that one because we sat there waiting about 2 minutes for their lawn to die, and when it didn’t die before our eyes, we wanted to make sure we made our point.

Over the months we tried to do more to get our revenge too.

During the fall time, they had these plants along the top of the fence, so we knocked every single of them down into their yard. During the winter we shovelled all of our snow from our back yard, into their driveway, and even made sure to get some doggy doo doo in with it too. Then in the spring, more specifically, at Easter, we got a bunch of gum from the Easter Bunny. So we chewed all of it, made a huge glob and wrapped it around the tree in their yard.

We were quite the deviants. I think those must have been the rebel days of our lives too. I kinda feel bad for our neighbours now, but I guess we could have done worse right? Besides, we were young and didn’t know any better from pouring bleach on the neighbours lawn.

“One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked. ‘Where do you want to go?’ was his response. ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it doesn’t matter.” – Alice In Wonderland

Tyson Trepidations.

A Sock Saved Is A Penny Earned

Generally I have never had a problem with saving money, I’m pretty well self-disciplined and don’t spend a lot of money on things I don’t need. I actually rarely ever buy myself something, most of the time my money is spent doing things instead.

Even that time as a kid when my sister and I saved up all kinds of change and money to get our hamster, we always kept it in an old coffee tin and never ever took anything out of it to spend or play with. More recently, just last summer my family set up a savings jar to be able to afford for all of us to go to the PNE at the end of summer. It only took us two months to get enough money to pay for a hotel for 4 plus entry and ride tickets at the PNE. Then just last night my sister and I started a new savings jar that we will add to all year long until next summer so we can do something crazy.

Just from last night and today, we already have $69.96 in the jar. But of course I don’t expect it to keep filling up that fast. The first $40 was a donation from our parents, I added the $10 bill I had in my wallet; then the rest is from change I found in my room, my sister found, wallet, under the seats of all the cars in the family, and from cans and bottles that we had around the house.

What really kicked off our saving though was taking the dog for a walk last night. We took him around to all the three schools in this town and decided we would pick up all the cans in the area while we were walking.

Somehow we got talking about doing a trip next summer, and I told her my plans to do some crazy stuff. The mix of picking up the bottles got us thinking that maybe we should start saving for a trip or an adventure next year. So we started and really got into it. Heck, we even looked inside the garbage cans all over the three schools, which actually gave us a pretty good amount of bottles. Following that, we decided we would take a nice drive up some of the dirt roads and pick up a few bottles along them as well. By the end of the night, we filled up a garbage bag 3/4 of way with bottles and cans, making it a pretty successful night of collection.

Today I cashed in all the non-alcoholic bottles and cans, getting us $8 to add to our jar, but I still have to bring in the alcoholic ones which will give us a lot more money. I couldn’t do that today though because the liquor stores aren’t accepting them until after the long weekend.

It’s kinda funny actually how when my sister and I make a goal or start planning something, we really get into it and make our best strives to succeed in our plans or ideas. I feel like we will be pretty successful in this endeavour. Plus! I’m going to start putting away a certain percentage of my pay cheques in the jar to help as well. It wont be much since I’m cutting my hours down to two or three days a week, but it’ll still help!

Nasty. Dirty Feet Bother Me...

Once we returned from our short bottle hunting excursion, I started to try and think of other ways that we can add to our travel money jar. I know once the winter comes, there are always a couple of older folks that pay me a few dollars to shovel their driveway during snowfalls, which I can always add to the jar. Plus, I’ll probably keep hunting everyone’s cars for loose change as well since they add up quite a bit. I mean in our travel jar right now, we already have almost $14 in loose change.

When I was talking to one of my friends about my plans with my sister, he told me to sell my used, old and dirty socks/shoes on eBay. I laughed fairly heartily too because I thought he was joking, but I kinda got intrigued when he told me that he wasn’t kidding. So I went on eBay and typed in the search bar, “Used Socks”. It’s actually quite amazing how many old and used socks are posted on there, and people are getting anywhere from $2 to $20 on one pair of their used socks.

At first I thought that maybe people were buying them for crafts or to build a tattered sock puppet or something, but after thinking a little, it didn’t make sense because you could just buy a bag of socks at Wal-Mart for cheaper than some of those single pairs of socks. After researching on the internet a little bit though, I found it was more for the people that have a foot fetish, for some reason they got off by buying other people’s old used socks. For fun I also looked up used shoes, and they were selling pretty good as well, somewhere around $30 give and take. I’m not sure if I’m up for selling my old socks and old shoes though. I don’t really care what people would do with them and it doesn’t bother me, once they are out of my possession it doesn’t matter to me anymore. It’s just the principal of it that bothers me. I’m sure I’ll manage to save enough in my other methods though so it shouldn’t be needed to do this. Although, it is very odd, quite unique and baffling that people actually make quite a fortune selling their old socks.

“Never put a sock in the toaster.” Eddie Izzard

Tyson Trepidations.

Coming Soon To A Tyson Near You

Seeing as my last post was a review of my summer, I thought I should share my plans for the fall and a bit of the winter. I’ll only go as far as New Years though.

Just Thought I'd Share A Photo From My Younger Years. It's My Sister and I!

Coming up this weekend already is the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo. It’s a very hick event that attracts all the rednecks and farmers from all over the country. It’s kinda neat though. I mostly just like going sometimes to watch the rodeo, but haven’t been for a couple years due to a complicated work schedule. Hopefully I can get in at least one day this year. Oh! And can’t forget the cotton candy. I know its pure sugar and its going to make me incredibly high, but I love the feeling of it melting in my mouth. I don’t care about the taste, its all about the feeling! Maybe even this year I’ll stay on the mechanical bull longer than a few seconds too.

As soon as the long weekend ends, then school starts right after. It’s not bad though, I usually enjoy the first week of classes. It’s pretty relaxed, no labs and mostly just review/going over the course outline and material. Also, like I’ve mentioned in many blog posts already, I have some really wicked classes this year! So I’m excited to see what I get to learn. BONUS! I have a field trip in my Biology 2280 class (Ecology and Evolution of Land Plants), that’s more like a camping trip and its only in the third week of classes. Very stoked.

Next week, on the Friday, I’m going to be skipping classes for Ke$ha feat. LMFAO in Vancouver! I’ve been working myself up for this for a while now, and I can’t wait to get my VIP package! I’ll be driving myself and two of my sisters there and spending the night in downtown Vancouver. Then on the Saturday, my sisters are going to be doing some shopping while I visit with some old summercamp buddies of mine! I love being able to see them, they are amazing friends that I wish lived a lot closer to me because they are so reliable, loyal and trustworthy. Something a lot of my friends here lack.

The week after that, on Thursday, my dance lessons start. I spent a lot of money to get some top of the line tap dance shoes, now I’m ready to fly across the dance floor like a couple of my movie heroes, Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire.

My birthday comes on October as well! So I need to start thinking about what I’m going to ask for. Usually I put a lot of thought into my birthday list, I try to keep things very affordable. I don’t want my family spending much money on me at all, but also things that I’ll genuinely use and appreciate. So I need to take off my dunce cap and do some thinking.

I don’t have too many other things on the go for this fall, most of what I mentioned will keep me quite busy anyways, so its probably a good thing. Although, with that said, I’m going to try and make a very hard effort to go and visit my friends in San Francisco again over New Years.

As far as goals go, I just look to get similar grades as what I got last year, but hopefully even better. I really want to make more international friends as well, I need to build connections all over the world to be able to be free to travel and have friends to show me the ropes, guide me and give me a place to stay. I also look to get out a little more than last year, I’m incredibly self-disciplined with my studying and focus on doing my best and getting people to smile. But this year I want to try and have a little more fun, meet more people and do some crazy adventurous things I’ve never experienced before.

“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” – Sam Keen

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Shedding light on dark social traffic

A lot of great articles have been written about dark social traffic since 2013, but it’s still an issue that impacts traffic data collection on a daily basis for all web analytics tools (even Google analytics). If you see a high percentage of direct traffic (especially for pages with long URLs, which are difficult to type), you should spend some time to go through this article.

A very quick description of the term “dark social” and the issues it comes with is the following:

Dark social  is used to group all traffic coming to a website, from Social networks, native mobile applications, chat clients or email but fails to be classified correctly by a Web analytics applications. This type of traffic usually appears as direct traffic. This happens either to protect user’s privacy or because some of these applications are not exposing information in the same way web browsers do. So at the end it’s just private referral traffic that’s harder to track, as it comes back without referral data attached.

For more information about dark social you can check the links below:

How much impact does “dark social” have on my website?

According to folks from, RadiumOne more than 80% of online shares is happening through dark social!

Another way to understand the impact on your website, is to check your analytics platform for direct traffic on very long URLs. It’s almost impossible that someone would visit a URL like just by typing it on his browser and the amount of visitors who bookmarked your URL or pasted it in their browser will probably not be that high. This is probably a URL that was accessed through a dark social traffic source.

There’s a great article from Chris Breaux in Chartbeat’s blog, explaining the most common sources of dark social traffic. He also tested the sources and found the cases where referrer information is not passed along to the target page of a link:

Referrer Passed?
Mobile Browser
Mobile App

* Sometimes when opening a link in a new tab referrer is not passed along

How to fix this issue?

Make it very easy for your visitors to include referral data before sharing content from your website

  1. Implement social sharing buttons that will also include a tracking code URL parameter in the URL being shared. Make sure that these buttons are easy to use and make the sharing process faster, otherwise it doesn’t make a lot of sense for the visitor to use them.
  2. Include referral data on all the URLs of your website. This way if anyone decides to copy-paste and share one for your pages, he will probably also include valuable information about the visit. An advanced option available is a GA plugin called DirectMonster.js by LunaMetrics. (If you’d like to see that in action, Mashable seems to be using a similar approach: Sample mashable article link )
  3. Use campaign tracking codes when sharing links. If you are using GA you can use this builder to create campaign links compatible with GA
  4. Decode the browser’s user agent to understand the correct source of traffic (More details below).

Track visits by user agent

The user agent string, is a short text property that is available for every browser. This property holds details about the browser, the operating system and the device used to browse the web. There are bits and pieces available in most user agent strings, allowing us to get more details about the correct traffic source, even for cases like the ones mentioned above. So when you set the rules that classify your traffic in marketing channels, be sure to include the following ones, to make you tracking even more accurate and minimize the impact of dark social traffic.

Facebook mobile apps

To identify traffic from a facebook mobile app you can look for one of the following values in the user agent strings:

  • FBAN/
  • FBAV/
  • FBBV/
  • FBDV/
  • FBMD/
  • FBSN/
  • FBSV/
  • FBSS/
  • FBLC/
  • FB4A;

A few sample facebook user agent string including these values:

Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 10_3_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/603.1.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/14E304 [FBAN/FBIOS;FBAV/;FBBV/57050710;FBDV/iPhone8,1;FBMD/iPhone;FBSN/iOS;FBSV/10.3.1;FBSS/2;FBCR/COSMOTE;FBID/phone;FBLC/el_GR;FBOP/5;FBRV/0]

Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 10_3_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/603.1.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/14E304 [FBAN/FBIOS;FBAV/;FBBV/57733420;FBDV/iPhone8,1;FBMD/iPhone;FBSN/iOS;FBSV/10.3.1;FBSS/2;FBCR/vfGR;FBID/phone;FBLC/el_GR;FBOP/5;FBRV/0]

Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 4.4.4; One Build/KTU84L.H4) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/ Mobile Safari/537.36 [FB_IAB/FB4A;FBAV/;]

Twitter mobile apps

To correctly identify traffic coming from a twitter mobile app, you can look for the following value in the user agent string:

  • twitter

A few sample user agent strings, that were captured using this rule:

Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 9_3_5 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/601.1.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/13G36 Twitter for iPhone

Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 7.0; E5823 Build/32.3.A.2.33; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/58.0.3029.83 Mobile Safari/537.36 TwitterAndroid

Other apps

This list can go on forever but it gets very time consuming to find differences in user agent string for less known apps. For me the best approach is to start capturing the user agent string in your web analytics platform, using the following JS property:

Once you started capturing user agents, you can start looking into all the values classified as “Direct” traffic. Your will try to find patterns you could potentially classify as a different channel.

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Panagiotis (pronounced Panayotis) is a passionate G(r)eek with experience in digital analytics projects and website implementation. Fan of clear and effective processes, automation of tasks and problem-solving technical hacks. Hands-on experience with projects ranging from small to enterprise-level companies, starting from the communication with the customers and ending with the transformation of business requirements to the final deliverable.

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Trashy Toronto

With the unseasonably warm weather (uh . . . it’s February), the city is basically melting.  And revealed beneath that snow and ice  is all the crap everyone threw on the ground over the course of the last 3 months!  Nearly everywhere I go, there are countless cigarette butts, fast food trash, plastic bags, et al.  Pick up your damn garbage next winter!

One more thing . . . to all those people rejoicing because they think spring has come early: it is 100% going to snow again, and we’ll have to go through this all again next month.

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Is it just me, or do you smell fall in the air? This past week in the mornings as I have been walking, the air just smells different. The temperature is a bit cooler and I feel a sense of change in the energy around me.

Yes for those of you wondering, the squirrels are busy darting about along the patio fence. So far the plants have not been disturbed. I continue to visualize a calm and peaceful patio undisturbed by visiting four-footed animals!

We have put out some fall decorations in the office getting ready for next month’s Halloween holiday. As a child I loved Halloween, afraid to admit it was because of all the candy! Must have been when I developed my sweet tooth and love for Chocolate. Which reminds me, I need to go to the store and get some treats to have available for those of you who drop in to visit us here in the office. Yes there will be chocolate!

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Law Library of Congress Issues New Report on GMOs

Law Library of Congress logoThe Law Library of Congress has made available a new report on laws governing the cultivation and sale of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and genetically modified (GM) plants and foods for a number of countries including the U.S., European Union, and Russian Federation. The report summarizes country-specific restrictions as well as public opinion on GM products and includes a bibliography of selected, recent English-language works. It can be accessed directly on the website and downloaded as a PDF.

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MARKET SNAPSHOT: S&P Gears Up To Break 4-day Losing Streak, With DC In Focus

Date : 07/12/2017 @ 11:30
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MARKET SNAPSHOT: S&P Gears Up To Break 4-day Losing Streak, With DC In Focus

By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch

Tech stocks poised for recovery as Broadcom results spread cheer

The S&P 500 was shaping up Thursday to break its longest losing run since March, as traders welcomed upbeat earnings from chip maker Broadcom.

Futures for all major U.S. stock benchmarks pointed north, on optimism over continued progress on tax reforms out of Washington, as the market started to look ahead to the monthly jobs report due Friday.

What are futures doing?

Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 15 points, or 0.1%, to 24,172, while those for the S&P 500 index added 4.30 points, or 0.2%, to 2,633.75. Futures for the Nasdaq-100 index climbed 27.50 points, or 0.4%, to 6,320.50.

The gains come after a mixed session on Wednesday, when the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index outpaced the other benchmarks and closed 0.2% higher after falling for three-days straight.

However, the S&P 500 index slipped 0.01%, enough to make for a fourth straight lower close, its longest losing streak since March. The Dow average ended down 0.2% on Wednesday.

What's driving the markets?

Tech stocks look to be making something of a comeback after taking a battering earlier this week. From Friday through Tuesday, the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 1.6%, with analysts largely blaming the drop on profit-taking after a big rally and on concerns about how the U.S. tax overhaul will impact the tech sector.

Both the House and Senate passed their own versions of the tax bill last week, and now the two need to bridge their differences and agree on a final bill for President Donald Trump to sign. The Republican-led Senate late Wednesday agreed to begin formal negotiations ( with the House, spurring hopes the final tax overhaul will be completed by a self-imposed deadline of Dec. 22.

Another reason for eyes to turn to Washington was the potential for a U.S. government shutdown. Trump is scheduled to meet congressional leaders on Thursday to discuss a bill to keep the government open. A bill to avoid a shutdown will also be up for a vote in the House on Thursday, after the House Rules Committee on Wednesday put together a temporary funding package.

Investors were also looking ahead to the closely watched nonfarm payrolls report out on Friday.

What are strategists saying?

"The outlook for the Dow has turned near-term corrective," said Richard Perry, market analyst at Hantec Markets. "It will be interesting to see now how the bulls react to an intraday rebound. If support can begin to build and hold, then the bulls can begin to think of buying opportunities. Friday's low at 23,922 is initially supportive, with 24,350 now initial resistance."

"A decent read through from the ADP employment change yesterday sets up for a nonfarm payrolls tomorrow, where with a rate hike nailed on for December, a dollar positive/risk positive reaction would meet a positive surprise in the data," Perry said in a note.

Which stocks are in focus?

A premarket rally in Broadcom Ltd.(AVGO) helped beef up the S&P and Nasdaq on Thursday. Shares of the chip maker climbed 5.6% after it reported earnings that topped Wall Street estimates ( late Wednesday.

Shares of Digital Power Corp.(DPW) jumped 18% ahead of the bell. The power-supply provider's stock tanked 25% on Wednesday in a late-session selloff, after being up as much as 31% earlier in the day, on talk of a deal with online retailer Inc. (AMZN) . But the company said late Wednesday that it had "entered into no agreement and has received no order from Amazon."

Citigroup Inc.(C) was in focus after the bank said late Wednesday it's likely to take a $20 billion hit to profits ( under the new tax plans passed by Congress.

Dollar General Corp.(DG) is slated to report earnings before the market open.

What's new in economics?

A reading on weekly jobless claims is due at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time, while the flow of funds report for the third quarter comes out at noon Eastern. Consumer credit for October is on the docket at 3 p.m. Eastern.

William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, is scheduled to give introductory remarks at the "Higher Education Financing and Costs and Returns of Higher Education" event, held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.

What are other markets doing?

Asian stocks closed mixed, while European equities mostly traded higher ( in the early going.

The ICE Dollar Index was up 0.1% at 93.684, rising for a fourth straight session.

Oil futures rebounded, rising 0.5%, while gold prices dropped 0.6%.

Bitcoin continued its rally, breaking through $15,000, just a day after topping the $14,000 level ( for the first time.

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How to get to Coatbridge

Fly into Glasgow (GLA-Glasgow Intl.), 15.5 mi (25 km) from the heart of Coatbridge. Edinburgh (EDI) is the next-closest major airport, 26.5 mi (42.7 km) away.

Train stations include:
  • • Coatbridge Sunnyside Station (0.3 mi/0.5 km from the city centre)
  • • Glasgow Blairhill Station (0.4 mi/0.7 km from the city centre)
  • • Coatbridge Central Station (0.5 mi/0.8 km from the city centre)

What to see around Coatbridge

Here are some of the top sights in the surrounding area:
  • • Celtic Park (6.8 mi/11 km from the city centre)
  • • Glasgow Cathedral (7.9 mi/12.6 km from the city centre)
  • • George Square (8.4 mi/13.6 km from the city centre)
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  • • July-September: 350 inches
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macOS High Sierra tech preview: A quick look at the stuff you can’t see

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Even by the standards of recent macOS releases, this year’s High Sierra is shaping up to be a low-key release with few high-profile user-visible improvements. Apple’s highlight page covers quite a few things, but in most cases they’re iterative tweaks that would mostly belong in the “grab bag” section of an overview of, say, Leopard or even Yosemite. Don’t get me wrong, I’m looking forward to iCloud-backed iMessages and family iCloud storage plans, but support for tables in Notes and flight status updates in Spotlight aren’t exactly life changing (not unless your life is continuously interrupted by extremely small and specific problems).

But to call High Sierra a minor release is to ignore the big under-the-covers changes it brings to the Mac, some of which have been in the works for years now. New filesystems and graphics APIs may be hard to demo to more casual users, but there’s plenty in this release that lays the foundation for more visible changes somewhere down the line.

In lieu of a traditional preview of High Sierra, we’ve browsed the dev docs and talked with Apple to get some more details of the update’s foundational changes.

Longtime followers of Ars Technica’s macOS reviews will know that a new filesystem has been a long time coming. The current HFS+ is more than three decades old, and it’s showing its age despite all the features Apple has bolted onto it over the years.

Like iOS 10.3, High Sierra will convert your boot drive to APFS when you first install it—this will be true for all Macs that run High Sierra, regardless of whether they’re equipped with an SSD, a spinning HDD, or a Fusion Drive setup. In the current beta installer, you’re given an option to uncheck the APFS box (checked by default) before you start the install process, though that doesn’t necessarily guarantee that it will survive in the final version. It’s also not clear at this point if there are edge cases—third-party SSDs, for instance—that won’t automatically be converted. But assuming that most people stick with the defaults and that most people don’t crack their Macs open, most Mac users who do the upgrade are going to get the new filesystem.

If you prefer to be more cautious about things, Apple tells us that HFS+ isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. High Sierra can continue to boot from HFS+ partitions, and Disk Utility will retain the ability to format and work with HFS+ drives. It’s not clear when that will change—Apple may begin adding features that work best with (or work specifically because of) APFS, as it already appears to be doing in iOS 11—but it won’t be with this release.

When you installed the iOS 10.3 update, you may have noticed that the filesystem conversion meant that it took quite a bit longer to complete than a regular iOS update. That’s going to be true of the macOS conversion, too. Apple didn’t have specific time estimates to give me, but in the end it’s going to vary widely based on the size, type, and speed of your disk, the speed of your Mac, and how much data you have stored on it.

We’ve drilled down into some of the more esoteric technical aspects of APFS in other pieces (at least, APFS in its current Sierra beta form), so what I want to focus on here is what APFS is actually letting Apple do in macOS. One of the more obvious benefits, and the one Apple showed off on stage during its keynote, is the ability to copy files on the same disk without actually physically storing two different copies on the disk. Native support for solid-state drives and encryption is harder to quantify, but is nevertheless important given the increasing prevalence of both. But what Apple stressed to me in particular is how much more flexible APFS can be, both with current technologies and when it comes time to implement future tech.

Let’s take Fusion Drives as a good example, a feature announced in 2012 to solve what was (then) a new problem: SSDs were fast but small and expensive, while HDDs were large and cheap but really slow. Combining the two to get the best of both worlds totally made sense, and still does in desktops despite the increased capacity and lower cost of SSDs in 2017.

HFS+ has no idea what a Fusion Drive is. It can’t distinguish an SSD from a spinning HDD, nor is it even aware that Fusion Drives are actually two disks presented to the operating system as a single volume. Apple relies on an underlying technology called Core Storage to do the heavy lifting here—it’s Core Storage that combines the drives and presents them to the OS and the filesystem as a single disk, and it’s Core Storage that’s responsible for shunting data to and from your SSD depending on what apps and files you’re accessing.

But Core Storage has its own limitations. It’s not a filesystem, and it’s not actually aware of files—all Core Storage sees are blocks, and a block that contains essential system files looks the same as a block that contains, say, an application, or a spreadsheet. Fusion Drive keeps track of how often blocks are accessed, and it moves frequently accessed blocks to the SSD while keeping infrequently used blocks on the spinning disk.

APFS can avoid all of this. Like HFS+, it’s aware of files and capable of telling the difference between them, but like Core Storage it can also handle combining drives and moving data around in the background. That’s going to make Fusion Drives a lot smarter in High Sierra than they currently are.

For instance, APFS can tell the difference between different types of files. If you’re frequently accessing something that takes up a lot of space but doesn’t really benefit from extra storage speed—a video file, for instance—APFS can decide not to move that file to your SSD, freeing up more space for other things and reducing the amount of wear on the drive. APFS can also keep file metadata on the SSD while keeping files themselves on the spinning disk, speeding up Spotlight searches and quick trips to “Get info” windows.

APFS also has benefits for local Time Machine snapshots, something that can normally take up quite a bit of space. Because of APFS’ support for snapshots, Time Machine no longer has to save multiple full copies of a file to your disk—it can just keep track of the specific changes. If you’re editing a PowerPoint presentation, for instance, changing an individual slide with HFS+ means saving two copies of the file, one that records your new changes and one just in case you want to revert. Now, it can just save the original file plus a record of the differences between the original file and any updated versions, accomplishing the same task in substantially less space. And as with the Fusion Drive improvements, taking up less space on SSDs in particular means writing less data to the drive, which ultimately means a drive that’s going to last longer.

Apple says these changes won’t be extended to normal Time Machine backups, mostly because of the number of variables at play—the filesystem of the target drive, the file sharing protocol being used for backups to networked storage, and so on—but APFS at least opens the door to more efficient, more granular Time Machine backups at some point in the future.

That’s not everything that APFS does, but it’s a pretty good illustration of how Apple is planning to use it to modernize core Mac technologies behind the scenes. Most people couldn’t tell you what filesystem their computer was using if they were even aware of what filesystems were in the first place, but that doesn’t mean they won’t see the benefits from changes like these.

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Pottery Barn inspired ladder lantern porch chandelier

Last weekend J and I hit up Antiques in the Garden at one of my favorite nurseries, Petals from the Past.   While we were there I stumbled upon an old worn out ladder with round rungs. I’ve been looking for a ladder with round rungs ever since I spotted the ones in Pottery barn hanging over the tables and used as lantern hangers.

How freaking awesome is this??

pottery barn ladder over dining table

Image via Pottery Barn

Yes please.

So, I asked for the booth owner to give me a good deal on all three items, and he agreed! I love bargaining for stuff. It makes me feel like a Pawn Star. We loaded everything up along with a few other treasures and brought them all home. J got to work hanging the ladder over our patio table so we could have some lantern action of our own this summer!

I’m so happy with the way this project came together. A huge thank you to my husband for helping me with this. I can’t stop oohing and aahing over it.

old ladder turned into a chandelier

To create the centerpiece, I folded lengths of burlap and wrapped them around store-bought containers of succulents.  Polka-dot ribbon tied in a simple bow holds the burlap in place and adds a pretty feminine touch. Citronella candles in mini galvanized buckets helps to keep the mosquitoes at bay, while an Autumn Fern spills over the top of a fleur-de-lis planter.

pottery barn ladder lantern DIY

Even my ferns seem happier peeking out behind all this awesomeness.

pottery barn ladder lantern DIY

The hanging lanterns came from Kirkland’s, although I’m sure you could DIY these pretty easily. I added the ribbon and the sand stuff at the bottom.

ladder chandelier tealight candles in mason jar

I’ve had that Moravian star from Pier One since our wedding back in 2004. It gets around.

pottery barn ladder lantern DIY

Altogether between the ladder, the mason jars and the star lantern I think I might have formed a trifecta of perfection.

pottery barn ladder lantern DIY

Now here’s more about how we did it, in case you’re wondering. To attach the chains without drilling into our patio roof my husband used “C” clamps. As a side note, let me say that he also put up our rope lights from our old patio so the ceiling is lit up at night. I love soft, ambient, glowy patio lighting at night.

pottery barn ladder lantern DIY

He used “S” hooks and regular hooks with a screw at the end to attach the lanterns and the chain. It is pretty sturdy, but I have switched most of them over to these carabiner keychains for a much safer connection. will take the glass lanterns down when they are not in use in case a freak storm blows through. I don’t want to risk broken glass all over our pool patio.

patio table hanging lanter

Isn’t is so pretty? I just love it. It’s going to get a lot of use this summer with the pool light turned on and the tree frogs and crickets chirping outside. I’m falling deeper in love with this house more and more every day.

hanging ladder with mason jars and moravian starGarrett was obsessed with blowing out the candles. I think I might have a little pyro on my hands. Yikes. He also asked to pose with the new “campfire” so I happily obliged. What a rare event for him to willingly pose in front of the camera like this! Snap snap snap!

The view from my lounge chair is even more excellent than before.

Anyone want to come over and have a night time picnic with us? I’ll fill up the cooler and light the grill.

BYOMR. (Bring Your Own Mosquito Repellent).

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  1. I am absolutely in love with all your awesome finds–and what you did with that great ladder/the lanterns is just FANTASTIC!!!!! i definitely want to try this, too!!! You have inspired me!!!!

  2. DianeTaylor says:

    Wowowowow I love this idea. It looks amazing, you always make everything look so easy and effortless!!

  3. Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality says:

    Beth, that is just stunning!! I will definitely be highlighting this one in one of my future party posts. Girl, that looks fantastic, I love those hanging ladders & you found a beauty. I love going to the Petals antique weekend & hate that I missed it this year. But, there is plenty of thrifting in ATL too. xoxo

  4. I LOVE this!!!! You did a fantastic job:)

  5. This is seriously awesome. Can you come makeover my house, please? 😉

  6. Cottage Touch says:

    Nice project and post.Thank you for sharing your inspiration.

  7. anangloinquebec says:

    Now, this is really sweet…love this idea!

  8. Summerland Cottage Studio says:

    Just in time for summer entertaining !

    Thank you for sharing the fun post full of inspiration !

  9. The DIY Show Off says:

    Awesome treasures! I LOVE the ladder with the mason jar lanterns. Now it’s my PB/UB inspiration. 😉

    Thanks so much for sharing your creativity!

    Have a great week!

  10. Miss Kitty says:

    Now THAT is creative! SO pretty too. Did you buy the haning jars recently at Kirkland’s? ‘Cause if you did, I’m running over to get some for myself so I can copy you.

  11. Kim @ NewlyWoodwards says:

    This is flippin’ awesome. Looks like something out of a catalog. My aunt used to always have an old ladder on her front porch to hang potted plants. She was ahead of her time, huh?

  12. Simply Kelly says:

    Hi Beth,

    I just discovered your blog and I am in love with this project. I adore the Moravian Star.

  13. Kim @ NewlyWoodwards says:

    (PS – Just letting you know I spotlighted this post today at NewlyWoodwards.)

  14. laura@imnotatrophywife.com says:

    Hi beth
    I think you might just be my new bff! I love this! I found you on roeshel’s linky party! okay, my linky of brown paper packages.. is feeling a little wimpy! visiting from

    ps new follower for sure

  15. Mary Ellen says:

    Love this ladder idea and your porch looks so pretty!

  16. Home Frosting says:

    Love, love, love this! Your version is much better than Pottery Barn!

  17. SJ @ Homemaker On A Dime says:

    Your lantern is amazing! Really appreciate you sharing this great post with us at the Creative Bloggers’ Party & Hop.

  18. Anonymous says:

    love, love, love, this idea – I am thinking of my own spin on this. I have access to wood pallets and am thinking of using half a pallet to recreate this idea. Thank you so much for sharing – you have inspired me and several of my friends.

  19. Erin Zacharda says:

    Wow – this is one of the BEST projects I’ve seen in a long time!! So clever, creative, and charming!
    I’d be so honored if you’d link it up to The AFTER Party @ 3 Meadow Lake Cottage…

  20. Suzanne says:

    Gorgeous. I am so jealous! Seriously. We don’t have any kind of overhang on on patio or I’d be all over this.

    And as you know, I linked you in my recent “you should be reading” post at delightfullyorganizedlife.com

  21. Love it! and everything else you do!
    new follower,

  22. Mimi@blueroofcabin says:

    Seriously awesome!! It’s perfect!

  23. Jamara @ My NW Nest says:

    LOVE it!! There’s not a whole lot better than making something inspired by PB for a fraction of the cost!! =o)

  24. Holly Austin says:

    What a fantastic idea, I absolutely love this!

  25. Nita {ModVintageLife} says:

    Love your lantern ladder chandelier! Looks great out on your patio!

  26. So pretty! I may just have to steal that idea! 🙂

  27. Megan Brooke says:

    I love this! I absolutely love anything to do with mason jars and love that you hung them from a ladder! I’m actually going to an antique store this weekend and this serves as inspiration to look for some unique things I could use for my patio 🙂

  28. Centsational Girl says:

    Just beautiful Beth, I love this idea, what an enchanting porch you have! Thanks for linking up to the party !

  29. R. Pyper says:

    Holy Hannah, what a great project! Right up my alley. Thanks for posting. 🙂

  30. JENNY K. says:

  31. Courtney ~ French Country Cottage says:

    This is wonderful~ I love your inspirations and how you made your own charming piece! Stopping by from CG today~ I host a Friday decorating party if you would like to come join sometime- love this!

  32. Love this! Thanks so much for sharing such a fun idea!

  33. Mrs. Sam says:

    Those pix are magazine worthy! Beautiful job. 🙂

  34. allenaim photography and design says:

    oh my goodness…BEAUTIFUL! I want to come to your house!!!

  35. this is absolutely gorgeous! Love yours much more than the PB version. I would just love it you’d find a moment to share this on my international crafty linking party, Craft Schooling Sunday, we could really use someone like you at the party! all the best and hope to see you there, and of course please feel free to share a few projects!

  36. Becky C says:

    Hi Beth, this is a fabulous find! I love how you made the ladder fit in with your decor. It’s a great way to hang lights, lanterns above the table. So cute!
    Visiting from SNS
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  37. Funky Junk Interiors says:

    Oh wow…. this is amazing! It’s absolutely perfect in every way. You two make a great DIY team. 🙂

    Sharing this on FJI Facebook for SNS 85. 🙂

  38. At The Picket Fence says:

    That is just absolutely fantastic! Truly gorgeous and full of charm and warmth. You did such a great job and I like yours TONS better than the PB version…and not just cause of the price difference! LOL!
    Thanks for sharing this at the Blogger Block party last week. 🙂

  39. I keep rescuing an old wood ladder out of the fire pit that my dear husband really thinks is useless. I knew I wanted to hang it up either for a pot rack or even to hang my towels on, but I really like this idea and think I will try this. Now to go and find that ladder…

  40. This is awesome! And that chicken crate thingy is screaming to be turned into a coffee table with a piece of glass cut to size on top and casters put on the bottom. I think I saw something like that in a recent issue of Better Homes and Gardens! Thanks for sharing…I am enjoying your blog!

  41. kathyalto says:

    Love this so much. You are amazing. Love your blog. I will be following you.

  42. Love how you were able to replicate this! I had seen this in their catalog, and always thought what a neat idea it was. I honestly think yours looks way better.

  43. That is so crazy awesome that I’m thinking of ways to convince my hubby to take down the ceiling fan in our screened porch space and putting something like this up … or maybe I can find another place. Just love, love, love!

  44. shellyandrade says:

    Absolutely fabulous!!

    After my dad passed away, I scored an old ladder that nobody else wanted. I’ve had it in the garage ever since waiting for that perfect something. This is it! This is that something!! Thanx for sharing!! Awesome photos too!!

  45. Anonymous says:

    This is so phonominal…..ok i cant spell….love love this!

  46. Awesome I’m sure sitting in your garden must be real treat at night time!

  47. North Dakota Camper Wife says:

    I love this!! We just found some great driftwood for a love seat in a slough on the Missouri River–now I want to go get more for a ladderish thing for our sun room. Thanks for the inspiration!

  48. hi beth~ love the ladder-of-lanterns…great idea and it looks beautiful along w/ the rest of your patio area! fyi…i was out shootin’ th moon w/ a canon last night as well—from arkansas 🙂

  49. Primsy Doodle Designs says:

    I love your blog and all of your projects. Please consider getting a pinterest button so I can pin them 🙂 If you have one I didn’t see it. Thanks 🙂

  50. Linda @ it all started with paint says:

    I loved this when I left a comment on it in December … and I loved it when I came across it last year before I was even blogging.

    And now that I figured out the whole Pinterest thing, I’ve pinned it so that I can share my love with everyone …

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Cleveland beer tour, part 1 – Rocky River Brewing Co.

As I wrote in my previous post, I spent last week in the land of my birth, Cleveland, Ohio. The first three days of the trip were primarily spent visiting family. By Wednesday, we had seen all of my living relatives, so we were able to slow down a bit.

My parents graciously volunteered to babysit my niece, which allowed Nicole and me to go out for a night on the town with my sister and her husband. Since none of us really knew much about the city and all there is to do, we fell back to our usual standby activity whenever we are in an unknown place: find the brewpubs.

Our first stop on the Cleveland brewpub tour took us to Rocky River Brewing Company. This came recommended by one of my uncles and another trusted beer source, so it seemed like a good place to start. Since it was a nice day, temps in the low-80s, we opted to sit out on the expansive back deck, which they called Fin’s Island Bar. An outdoor tropical bar seemed slightly out of place for a brewpub in Cleveland and the music must have been turned to the Jimmy Buffet station, but it was a comfortable atmosphere. Besides, nothing beats drinking beer outdoors, unless it’s by a fireside in a mountain cabin.

Our waitress Lindsey was very friendly and attentive. She was under 21 and took the diplomatic route and claimed to “not know much about beer,” so I obviously had to take this as a teaching moment and prepare her for the big day when it arrives.

Rocky River Brewing Company’s beers lived up to the setting. While a few of their beers were intentionally middle-of-the-road to appeal to the masses, they were solid and enjoyable. My two favorites were the Born to Hop IPA and the Oompa Loompa Stout. Imagine that, me liking the IPA and stout the most. Go figure! I’m really getting predictable in my old age.

Here were my thoughts on each of the beers in my flight:

Is that a halo? St. Untamed Beer?

Pirate Light
Rocky River’s answer for people that ask for Miller Lite. However, this American blonde ale is much better than the mass-produced equivalent. It was mild and pleasant, with what smelled like Pilsner malt and light hopping. With a clear golden color and clean finish, this was a very nice beer.

Cooper’s Gold Kolsch
Much like the Pirate Light, Cooper’s Gold had a clear, golden color. It had a light body, but was creamier than the Pirate. It had a slightly bitter finish, just enough to let you know it was there. Again, very pleasant, but not overpowering. I would describe this as a beer appreciator’s session beer of choice.

Blueberry Ale
This was my least favorite of the selections. The golden color and blueberry aroma was nice, but the flavor seemed soapy. It had a blueberry flavor that was apparent but not overpowering. Not too sweet, it finished clean.

Subchaser Hefe-Weizen
Very nice rendition of a hefeweizen. Hazy straw colored with solid notes of clove and banana in the aroma and flavor. The sweet finish lingered for several moments.

Hop Scotch Ale
This was my brother-in-law’s favorite selection in the flight. It had a deceivingly mild caramel aroma that did not give you any clues as to the malt bomb that was to follow once you took a sip. Big, sweet and malty with roasted caramel up front. It finished bitter, which provided a nice balance to the sweetness.

Born to Hop IPA
Big citrus hop aroma. Grapefruit hop flavor with a stiff malt backbone. The finish was slightly bitter. Overall, very well-balanced and enjoyable. Had I gone for a single pint after my flight, this would have been my selection. Since we had another stop to make that evening, I allowed discretion to be the better part of valor and passed on a pint.

Oompa Loompa Stout
This was my choice for most fascinating beer at Rocky River. It had an awesome Kahlua-like aroma. The flavor was very sweet, with smooth coffee and toffee notes. The finish stuck with me for a while, as my tongue felt like it was coated with sugar. The beer was not roasty or bitter like a lot of stouts can be. I would imagine this beer would be over-the-top when paired with a chocolate dessert.

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2 Responses to Cleveland beer tour, part 1 – Rocky River Brewing Co.

  1. sean says:

    A halo? I assumed it was a perogie.

    Good times!

  2. hydrometer says:

    their beer is quite good.

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There are only two classes left in my Rest, Relax, Renew yoga series for moms at ArtBeast. On Thursday, May 20th we’ll be focusing on the belly and on Thursday, May 27th, we’ll concentrate on the lower back. Both classes start at 7:15pm and end around 8:30pm. For more information click on the Yoga Classes link in the top right corner of this page, or click here.

There is also a free yoga class at It’s All Yoga on Friday, May 21st from 4:30pm to 5:30pm. Actually, the class is free every Friday from 4:30-5:30. This class is for everyone! It’s a great way to start the weekend.

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Through a combination of expert advice, shopping guides, and DIY how-to's, it's our mission to show how people are making their own homes more beautiful with unstaged and true-to-life tips and photos for range of budgets. Every day we feature a new House Tour – submitted directly by our readers showing real imagery (i.e. without professional styling and photography) of homes of all sizes and styles built on budgets big and small, to show the way we live today. Capturing the inspiring ideas and solutions in these one-of-a-kind spaces, along with the people and life that takes place within them, we show how our readers can create their favorite looks in their own homes.

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Twelve years ago, Maxwell Ryan was known as the "apartment therapist," traveling by scooter to his clients' homes to help them make their spaces beautiful, organized and healthy. Part interior designer, part life coach, his touchpoints were simplicity, comfort, and lack of clutter. Unlike typical designers, Maxwell didn't want to dictate where things should go or how people should live; he wanted to arm them with the tools and the confidence to decide for themselves.

Shortly after launching in 2001, he started a weekly email where he would send tips and recommendations to an increasing distribution list, combining education with decoration.

In April 2004, Maxwell, with his brother Oliver Ryan, launched Apartment Therapy, turning the weekly email into a daily blog post, reviewing stores, offering tips, posting photos of Maxwell's design projects, and answering readers' questions.

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Maxwell also wrote three bestselling design books during this time, Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure (Bantam, 2006), Apartment Therapy Presents: Real Homes, Real People, Hundreds of Design Solutions (Chronicle, 2008), and Apartment Therapy's Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces (Clarkson Potter, 2010).

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NBC news reports on the hundreds of LGBTQ people that are fleeing from violence and killings. These individuals are being pushed out of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala because of threats by criminal gangs and security forces. This discrimination gave El Salvador and Honduras the worlds highest number of murder rates. Powerful gangas take over whole neighborhoods sometimes, causing the discrimination and the killings to only get worse.

“Terrorized at home, and abused while trying to seek sanctuary abroad, they are now some of the most vulnerable refugees in the Americas.”

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When looking at El Salvador, 136 LGBTQ citizens had to flee the country since 2012. In Honduras, 264 LGBTQ people have been killed since 2009.  Many of these citizens from Central America flee to Mexico or the United States. One transgender woman, Cristel, told reporters that a local gang in El Salvador threatened they would kill her if she did not leave the country in 24 hours.

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