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Saturday, January 17, 2015

Down to the Lake

I decided to take myself out of the house today. Along the way I made a detour down to Webster Park and the frozen shoreline. Pretty impressive.

The wind and waves ensure a new horizon every day. I've read that the ice formations can be  deceptively fragile and dangerously unstable. I walked only where I knew there was solid ground beneath the ice and snow.

I didn't bother to walk out on the pier this time. I was alone and not feeling terribly adventurous. The light out at the end of the walkway looks like an ice man on his way back to shore.

The concrete walkway along the shore was a sheet of marbled ice and snow sparkling in the afternoon sun. The knobs and craters left by wind and water made walking on it not too treacherous.

Sticks and weeds growing along the breakwater were coated with a thick layer of ice giving them a skeletal appearance, like piles of shimmering white bones. Once I got to the other end of the footpath I was disappointed at the lack of scenery.

I headed back to my vehicle via a concrete staircase built into the side of the hill. It didn't look entirely safe, but not terribly dangerous either. I didn't feel like going back the way I'd come so I started up. My legs and shoulders, already tired from and earlier "workout," and my backside, bruised from a slip on my at home stairway yesterday, begged me to take them home for a cup of coffee. The ominous stairway was the quickest way there.

There was just enough sunshine to make the stairway pretty, ugly old handrails and all. I'm so glad no one bothered to sweep all those fallen leaves away before the snow fell.

James and I settled in with some Chinese food and a movie this evening. We watched Julie & Julia. Last night was a double feature, Everybody's Fine and The Giant Mechanical Man. Last week it was Get Low. I'm getting to be quite the movie watcher.

  1. Did you have popcorn?
    Great photos of your Lake....
    Looks like my Lake!
    Computer problems fixed?
    Linda :o)

    1. We did not have popcorn tonight or last night. Can't recall what we did when we watched Get Low.
      Those lakes would be hard to tell apart if I didn't know where I was.
      So far, so good on the computer.

  2. Love what the wind and waves did to that ice and snow! Really beautiful! And at least it was sunny!

    I want to watch Julie and Julia....sounds really good.

    1. The wind and wave leave quite a dramatic lake shore. Gotta love it, even if it's often unbearably cold.

      Julie and Julia was a good movie. They were all thought provoking and enjoyable movies. Here and there a word or action to gain a rating, but overall, good.


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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Spiral Trellis stitch

****Warning - picture-heavy post!*****

As promised, when Examplar IV came through the rotation again, I took detailed pictures as the spiral trellis stitch was worked.

I mentioned in the last post that my first spiral trellis bloom was a bit flat. Here's a close-up of the flower from above.

And from the side.

On to the second flower. I had previously outlined the flower in double-running stitch. I specifically did not use backstitch because it has more thread on the back side, and therefore has more slack. This is the foundation row for the spiral trellis, and a loose outline would pull into the center and might leave gaps around the flower.

Here is the basic trellis stitch. Bring the thread up a the corner. Slide the needle under the next outline stitch. The needle point should be outside of the circle. Wrap the thread over and under the point of the needle, then slowly pull the needle through.

As you pull away from the circle, the knot will tighten up most of the way. Finish the knot by pulling the thread across the circle.

Slide under the next outline stitch to work the next knot. I stitch the spiral trellis counter-clockwise around the circle, but it can be worked in either direction. If working clockwise, the thread wrap will look different. Just be sure to bring the thread over and under the point of the needle.

Here are two completed knots.

After the first row is worked all the way around, start working into the previous row of stitches. The first stitch of the second row is the trickiest, because you'll insert the needle under the working thread before the first knot you worked. It's the loop between where the thread came up in the corner and the first knot. If you don't get it exactly in the right place, nobody will really know, though!

Work the rest of the stitches into the loops between the knots of the previous row. See the arrow? It's pointing to the loop between the first and second knots of the first row. That's where the next trellis stitch goes. This is why this is spiral trellis stitch. It spirals in to the center.

Here's my flower after three rows of spiral trellis. At some point, you might think you have have enough of this color and want to move to the next shade.

Bring your thread to the back close to the last stitch, but don't pull it too tightly. Your spiral trellis is starting to stand up from the fabric, and pulling this tightly will create a dent in your flower! I secured my thread with an L-stitch so it wouldn't pull any more, then brought the needle through to the front several inches away. After the flower is done, run the thread ends through the outline or neighboring stitches on the back.

With the next color in the needle, start your thread with an away waste knot (to be worked into the outline later) and an L-stitch. Bring the thread up in the middle of the flower close to the next stitch to be made. Notice that I brought it up slightly before the point where the other thread ended. On the next row, I worked a stitch into the little gap between these two threads so it looked seamless.

So far, you're still working the same number of knots on each row, and your spiral trellis is getting taller. If you do this long enough, you can get some interesting effects. You could make a chimney, standing straight up from your fabric. We don't want a flower to be too tall, though, so we need to start decreasing stitches. To do this, simply skip a stitch. See where the arrow is pointing? That's where the next stitch would be if I didn't start decreasing. Instead, I skipped that stitch, and worked into the next loop.

Judging when to decrease is one of the trickier parts of spiral trellis. The first time I tried this stitch, I ended up with a tall bump that looked a bit like a beehive. (That might be your objective. You could even stuff it! I don't know if this stitch was ever used in stumpwork, but why not?) That's why my first flower on this sampler came out flat. I decreased too quickly that time!

Keep working the stitch into the center, decreasing and changing colors as needed. You'll find you need to decrease more frequently as the circles get smaller. When you reach the center and can't fit in another stitch, stick the needle straight down into the center of the flower and through the fabric. Again, unless you want a dent in the middle of your flower, don't pull it too tight! You can then end off all of your threads.

Here's a couple of comparison shots of my two flowers. Both are fine in their own way, but I think I like the puffy one better. In her original sampler, Catherine Theron made hers much more puffy than mine, then squashed them flat. None of these is wrong. They're just different! Isn't it wonderful that we have so many options, all with the same stitch?

A side-on view shows the height difference in my two flowers. I haven't decided yet if I'll take the first one out. We'll see how it looks when the others are puffy. Maybe I'll make them all be slightly different, so the difference between these two isn't that strange.

If you try spiral trellis, please let me know how it worked for you! Also, please feel free to comment with corrections. I'd like to make sure these instructions are as helpful and as clear as possible!

Katrina said...

Gorgeous! And what fun to see the process.

cathymk said...

Just beautiful! Thanks for the photos showing how you made the stitch.

Cyn said...

Hi Jeanne,

Wonderful pictures and directions. I didn't see anything that needed correcting!

I like the idea of making each of the flowers slightly different. It would add a lot of interest to the piece and it would be a whole lot easier than trying to make them identical! :-)

Windy Meadow

Love to Stitch 99 said...

I just love that stitch. Quite beautiful.

Pierrette =^..^=

Mary Corbet said...

This is absolutely fantastic! Gosh, I love your blog!

Really, the stitching is beautiful, I love the photos of the trellis stitch (it's on my list for videos coming up, but your photos make it so clear - who needs a video??!) and I love the colors of this whole sampler. It's great!

Splendid, splendid.

And I love your "rotation" schedule idea, for stitching! I should try that. I might get more accomplished!

Denise Felton said...

GREAT tutorial! I just have to share it with my readers. The post with the link to your blog will be published July 3. Thank you so much for this excellent information.

even-star said...

I thought I had seen just about every stitch there is. I love anything that can give an architectural or sculptural effect. Thanks for the great tutorial.

Miriam said...

Wow this is wonderful, I have to try this myself. Thanks for sharing and all the detailed pictures.

Françoise said...

Anonymous said...

I wasn't looking specifically for spiral trellis, but just wanted to compliment you on the wonderful description and beautiful pictures. I happened upon your blog as I also have Examplar IV in my stash. The spiral trellis is one of my favorites.

Plays with Needles said...

I really enjoyed this post. I'm wondering if it makes a difference if you start out with an even or odd number of back stitches??

Jeanne said...

It should make absolutely no difference how many stitches are in the outline. Just stitch into each one of them and decrease as you work toward the center.

Good Question!
- Jeanne

Diane said...

What lovely pictures and lovely stitching. I so enjoy everything on your blog and read it often.

Even with your lovely pictures that is a stitch that will take me forever to learn.

Elmsley Rose said...

I tried 3 flowers about 1 cm across (um, 2.5 cm = 1") with a single strand of YLI silk.

It's so thin and gappy. You just don't get those spiral lines clearly defined. They are there, just not very visible.

I can see you are using a multiple stranded thread in your post - I'll try again with, say, 4 strands of YLI and see how I go.

May I ask how big your flowers actually are, on the sampler?

Thankyou for the post, btw. Don't know what I would have done without it!!!

Little Rabbit Miniatures said...

Fantastic tutorial! great pictures
thank you!

Nancilyn (Fiberdabbler) said...

Thank you for the excellent tutorial. This is going to be a fun stitch to explore.

jayashree venkat said...

Motivating tutorial.I was happy with the knots as a outline stitch,tried adding a sequiens in trial work and admired it to heart content.This work is a step ahead.

kleiosbelly said...

Just came across this excellent lesson and am experimenting with this stitch, as you can see here:

dane said...

woua que c' est joli félicitations dane je te met sur mon blog si tu veux tu me mettre sur le tien a bientôt dane

Little Miss Sunshine said...

thank you! This is charming!

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Hello December

well that was fast! It seems that as I get older days, weeks and months go by so fast. Hayden is already talking about driving and Madison will be 13 next month! so hard to believe. This would be one of the reasons that I scrapbook. I need to capture the moments, record the memories, and tell our story. If I don't, then who will?

Last year I participated in a December Daily challenge at Designer Digitals. I committed to taking photos and doing a layout for each day in December. I then uploaded my project to Shutterflyand my book was shipped. Memories preserved.

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I am not sure I can complete a layout everyday, but I am going to take the photos and record the memories. If I don't complete my project until January of next year, that is okay.

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Stephanie Vetne said...

Beautiful, Mary! I just started my book with one of Cathy Zielske's templates. :)

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Interview Feature with BeadEvolution

Today's interview feature is with Helen from BeadEvolution!  Helen makes bold resin jewelry and would like to offer a 10% discount on everything in her store to anyone who reads the blog - only until the end of the year! Readers should just send her a message saying that they saw this feature.

How did you come up with your shop name?
I can't quite remember how the name Beadevolution came to me but I think it is apt as my business is evolving (as I am sure all businesses do). What started out as an obsession with resin beads has turned into an obsession with creating them from scratch.

Why did you start your Etsy shop?
My Etsy shop is still very new. I started with Etsy as it seemed to be the best way to reach an international audience - I am in Australia. I love the international nature of Etsy.

How long have you been a crafter?
I have always been a maker since I was a little girl. I trained as a chef and have also worked on interiors so I think my passion for 'putting things together' is carried through with my Etsy store. I have been collecting beads for ages and making jewelry for friends for a while as well as occasionally selling a piece. I opened Beadevolution with the encouragement of friends and family and am turning my hobby into a business.

Does your shop reflect your personal style?
I would say that my shop does reflect my personal style. I like the bold use of color! I am also quite obsessed with textures and I think this is reflected in my creations. All my jewelry is very tactile.

Where do you draw inspiration from for your products?
My inspiration comes from all around. I am lucky to live very close to the beach and I am working on some resin pebbles which are made from molds from my beach pebbles. I also have a very beautiful indigenous Australian garden which gives me color combination inspiration. Often a piece of fabric or a great artwork can also inspire.

Is there a piece in your shop that was hard for you to part with?
There is a piece in my shop which hasn't sold yet - my smoky olive resin cuff.  This will be hard for me to part with as I spent hours sanding it and I am really pleased with the way it turned out - pretty close to perfection!

Care to share an idea or item you hope to have in your shop in the future?
As I mentioned I am working on some resin pebbles which will feature in necklaces and earrings. I am also enjoying using felt with resin so will be doing some more of that.

What’s the most important piece of advice you can give to other shop owners?
As my business is very new still I am not really in a position to give too much advice! I do think that with online selling it is absolutely crucial to have good photographs though and great product descriptions - and of course to give fantastic customer service.

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  1. Thanks for the lovely interview, it was great to read about Helen's work! I love her creations :)


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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Teaser Tuesday - 3/2

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser this week is from "Black Magic Sanction" (The Hollows, Book 8 ) by Kim Harrison.

Black Magic Sanction (Rachel Morgan, Book 8)

Here it is: "There was no pain as my body dissolved into a thought and that thought was yanked across the continent.  I wanted to go, and I'd already accepted the smut on my soul for the imbalance I was causing." pg 89

  1. I haven't read this book, it is a good teaser, but I wish i didn't read it, because it is going to knaw at me till I read it. Here's Mine.

  2. I haven't read any of these. Is she talking about teleporting or something? And why does it leave a smut on her soul? Hmmm.

    Mine is here.

  3. Beats all the hassle of going by plane. Here's my teaser and giveaway

  4. This is a good one! I am intrigued by the line "my body dissolved into a thought and that thought was yanked across the continent." It sounds more efficient -- and scarier -- than flying.

    My teaser: A Bit of Chick Lit for Teaser Tuesday

  5. Great teaser, hope you're enjoying the book. Mine is at The Crowded Leaf.

  6. I've never read any Kim Harrison books, but she is definitely on my list :) Great teaser!

  7. Very intriguing! I'll have to check this book out


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28 July 2006

Clerks 2

I'm telling you now, Clerks 2 is nowhere near as funny as Clerks. It's not as witty, sharp, or snappy, and it's got a sappy streak a mile wide. Dante and Randal are older and fatter and a lot less appealing. A lot of the jokes are trying way too hard to be that peculiar kind of profound that Randal's Star Wars reflections are in the original, and failing miserably. Attempts to be subversive fall sadly flat, for the most part.

And that's why, in an odd way, I think it's actually a very interesting movie. See, Clerks, I think, was meant to capture something about its time, and make some kind of statement about 1994. But instead it's just a really fucking awesome, hilarious movie with a pretty rad soundtrack. It doesn't particularly feel like a reflection of its time, though it probably is in more ways than I can appreciate. Clerks 2, on the other hand, manages to document a certain cultural ethos of today in a way that I find really intriguing, partly because I'm not entirely sure that it's intentional. Humor me as I read way too much into the movie, but I think that it's trying to depict the world of these two guys, Dante and Randal, who are essentially losers. Ten years later, they're still working shit jobs. And while it was one thing back then, because you sort of believed it was just temporary, they were about to do something big, because obviously such awesome guys weren't losers, it's a bit different now. They're just not as funny anymore. It's gotten old. They're stuck in a past that in some ways is superior, but the fact that they appreciate that Star Wars movies are vastly better than the Lord of the Rings trilogy doesn't really mean much in the bigger picture. The fact is, Elias, the Transformers loving dork of Clerks 2, is the it generation now. Randal and Dante are washed up dorks whose wit has lost its edge, and they're beginning to realize they don't have much left. Their jaded cynicism is giving way to a genuine desire for love and domesticity, a desire they can only express in the cliche, trite language of crap late 90s movies. When Randal breaks down and tells Dante he loves him, it's not touching, it's lame, and kind of pathetic. It's not that it seems fake, it's rather that you get the sense that Randal can't find a language to express his deeper emotions in that isn't either cynical and sarcastic or cheesy and cliche. Clerks 2, thus, is a hollow movie because it's about hollow people, dudes who have outlived their lovability. And in that sense, it's actually kind of brilliant. Or so I think.

Honestly though, given Kevin Smith's more recent track record, I think the problem is more that he just ran out of genius, and has now somehow buried his head so far up his ass that he actually thinks that his movies are both funny and profound, and his idea of the profoundness doesn't depend on meta the way mine does. Yowza. How can the guy who wrote the script for Clerks, which is so goddamn brilliant it hurts, be capable of writing some of the tripe dialogue of Clerks 2? I really want to believe it's intentionally so bad, because the thought that it's sincere genuinely pains me.

I also wonder if the movie was actually trying to be subversive, or if it was intentionally trying to show how difficult it is to be subversive these days. Whereas the fisting discussion in Chasing Amy was a big fucking breakthrough, bestiality doesn't really shock anyone these days. Neither do Anne Frank jokes. We've been watching South Park for years. The racism bit, now that's intriguing. And quite funny, at moments. And highly offensive. And I'm still not sure how I feel about it. Which means it's made me think, which in my book, is a point in its favor at least, but the jury's still out on the issue.

Anyhow, an interesting movie, but I wouldn't drop everything and rush to the theatres. In fact, I think it could comfortably wait until video release. Here's hoping that Kevin Smith manages to recover his lost genius, wherever it may be. Because even with the most charitable reading, this movie just wasn't that great. Interesting, yes, but still...

25 July 2006

Elizabeth Costello, by J. M. Coetzee

As a baby academic who studies literature, I am highly intrigued by the way in which the creators of the works that I love so much understand the world, and their own art. I love to listen to artists discuss their work. A lot of artists despise academics and openly describe them as clueless jerks. The ones that don’t are sometimes worse; they try to dress up their own work in unfamiliar analytical language, cramming it into incredibly dull intellectual boxes or solipsistic whining. What I love, when listening to artists, is the opportunity to see a different way of approaching the world, a mode of expressing something that defies rational everyday language. I think Derrida somewhere wrote that all literary criticism aspires to be the text itself; after all, we’re trying to elucidate something within the text, but in a different way, and perhaps we’re always struggling with the knowledge that the text has already said it, and said it better, and more elegantly? But what I find, in the best lectures, essays, etc by writers or artists, is a curious way of looking at the world, of making observations, rather than arguments. It’s a sort of aesthetic apprehension of the real, that at first blush seems somehow superficial, but, it seems to me, is every bit as true. It’s sort of like the idea behind the essay, a genre that allows itself to be an aesthetic contemplation of a given object, freed from the rigors of analytical thought. This freedom at times leads to garbage, at times to brilliance.

What is fascinating about Elizabeth Costello is that it is precisely an exploration of this mode of thinking and reasoning. The novel is actually a sort of collection of public lectures, or rather appearances, of the main character, Elizabeth Costello, a novelist. It’s interesting, because the book doesn’t necessarily endorse her arguments – it presents plenty of critiques of them, in the form of questions from the audience, or complaints of people around her. Likewise, there are lectures given by others, and her thoughts about them. She repeatedly states that she is not an academic, and indeed, despite being extremely well-read and quite intelligent, some of her arguments are vaguely offensive to reason (most especially when she argues against reason itself). All the same, a lot of her ideas are interesting – food for thought, at very least. What’s nice about the book is that it gives the lectures (although often abridged) and also gives us her thoughts about the lectures, the topics, as well as her memories, experiences, etc. It’s as though these thoughts were being situated, fleshed out.

The only real objection that I have to the book is its casual hatred of Poles. Although one could argue that Coetzee himself isn’t endorsing this view, that it belongs in the same category as Elizabeth’s sometimes offensive reflections about the Holocaust (she compares the deaths of the Holocaust to the deaths of animals slaughtered for meat), it’s not questioned in the text in the same way that her other ideas are. Nobody in the audience stands up and says, “Hey, not all the Poles were complicit, the camps were built in Poland NOT because Poles wanted them there, but because Poland was occupied by Germans, and had the largest Jewish population in Europe – it was at least partly a matter of convenience.” Unlike many of Costello’s ideas, which the text seems to make a point of holding up to scrutiny, this casual attack slips by unnoticed, even though it appears repeatedly in the text. It’s not that I object to the claim that plenty of Poles were horrifying anti-Semites and did some atrocious things – it’s that I object to that being the only thing said, without providing the rest of the story. Particularly because it’s such a complex story, and because I can’t shake the feeling that the reason that the story is so one-sided when it comes to Poland has a lot to do with the fact that while the world had to find a way to forgive the sins of Germany, France, etc, Poland was safely behind the Iron Curtain for years and could comfortably become the scapegoat. Elizabeth, for instance, nicknames a Polish woman she meets Kapo (only in her head) – purely because she’s Polish. Imagine the shitstorm that would ensue if someone made the same claim about a German character, or a French one.

Still though, it’s a good book.

07 July 2006

Nuns and Soldier, by Iris Murdoch

Reading novels is generally a leisurely pleasure, but sometimes you stumble across a book that grabs you and demands submission. You simply can’t put it down. There’s a certain intensity in the work that bends you to its will; the narrative is cruel, somehow brutal, greedy of your time. I suppose it’s different for everybody, but when I encounter such books, I obey them completely, reading voraciously, rising to the challenge, the battle the book seems to be. The Fountainhead is such a book – even now, when I pick it up and flip to a random page, I can’t put it down. Curiously, Iris Murdoch’s Nuns and Soldiers is also such a book. I find this strange, because I honestly don’t think Nuns and Soldiers is of the same calibre as The Fountainhead. All the same, once I started reading it, I read it constantly, on trains, in cafes, in bed until it was 4 am and I was dying of exhaustion. I went to the British Museum and spent 3 hours in the Reading Room with it – I barely managed to break away to see the exhibits. I think it’s something to do with the force of personality behind the work – it’s not that I was particularly in love with the characters, or the story, but the voice of the book simply commanded attention.

All the same, as I said, I wasn’t in love with the text. It starts off very strong, but decidedly peters out towards the end – the last 80 pages or so particularly. It’s a curious book, in that it combines deep moral reflection with a kind of comedy of manners, a move that works very well early on, but then causes some problems. The thing about having a book loaded with characters is that you ultimately have to do something with them all – this means that you can well end up with large chunks of narrative that seem to serve merely to tie up loose ends that the reader doesn’t really care about, but expects nonetheless, and dutifully reads. Nuns and Soldiers introduces you to a lot of people, and fleshes them out fairly well, but as the text progresses it becomes obvious that only 4 of them are really at the center of action. The text really centers on the love affair between Tim and Gertrude, and although Anne and The Count are necessary as a supporting cast, once Tim and Gertrude have gotten themselves sorted out, the other two become basically irrelevant. Unfortunately, Murdoch can’t really let them go, and creates a new sideplot to accommodate them; one that is not particularly satisfying, and never gets resolved. As the text winds to a close, she suddenly remembers other characters; Manfred, Sylvia, Mrs. Mount, and tries to cram in some action with them. I suppose it’s meant to show how complex human lives are, to prove that they’re not flat and superficial, that they have important roles unrelated to the central action of the novel, but by then, 400 pages in, you just don’t care that much about them. It’s odd, because on the one hand, it’s quite clever to retroactively tell you about a doomed love affair that was occurring alongside the rest of the action, particularly when part of the action concerned the oblivious love object being fixated on an entirely different doomed love affair, but it ends up seeming like too little, too late.
The thing about juggling lots of characters falling in love with each other is that it very quickly can slide into formulaic combinations that just don’t seem believable, but if everyone is in love and one character is left out, that one person seems completely superfluous and not worth bothering about in the first place.

The character of The Count was of course personally interesting to me because I’m a frightful patriot and his main trait is his Polishness. It’s so interesting to me, the way Poles appear in Western European works. Murdoch did manage to capture something rather emblematic about the Polish case, in a strange way. The Count is the symbol of total moral virtue that is nonetheless doomed. He fights a battle where he is clearly on the right side, but will inevitably lose. And while everyone very much likes him, and sympathizes, nobody can really give a shit. And he realizes this to some extent, alternating between seeing himself as a tragic, heroic figure, and a comic one. It’s an apt understanding of the peculiar self-esteem complexes of Poles, something a friend of mine remarked upon recently. Our low self esteem doesn’t stem our belief that we’re worthless, it stems from our conviction that nobody gives a shit about us, and historically, you’d have to admit we’ve been basically correct in our assessment.

Finally, there’s the matter of the moral contemplation of the text, which is interesting, but I need to process more to really grasp. There’s an interesting way in which the text sets up a difference between being good and having a clear conscience, a reflection on human imperfection that is intriguing. Also, another beloved theme of mine, the question of chance and accident. There are plenty of moments in the novel where characters meet unexpectedly, right when they most need to, and plenty of others where the text tells you that they’ve passed within 100 feet of each other without noticing, and though it doesn’t necessarily seem important, by virtue of being reported it becomes so. It is a book that is self-consciously manipulating characters and situations, the narrator is a very curious presence. Information is explicitly held back until later (“What Manfred was then thinking will be revealed later”), or characters are kept in the dark (“It never occurred to Tim that he could draw inspiration from such observations”). It’s a third person narrator, but a slippery one, who slides in and out of characters minds and rigidly controls the story, flaunting its superior access to knowledge. All in all, an interesting book.

02 July 2006

The Informer, by Liam O’Flaherty

I adored this book. I found it absolutely fascinating. The story begins with two friends, Frankie and Gypo, former political activists, meeting in a pub. Both have been kicked out of their political organization for their role in an assassination 6 months prior, and Frankie is also wanted by the police. They meet, and then Gypo goes to the police and tells them where to find Frankie in exchange for a reward. He then realizes what he has done - he has turned informer, the lowest of the low. He is terrified that someone will find out. Meanwhile, the organization is horrified that someone has informed, and delegates Gypo to figure out who, offering to reinstate him as a member if he succeeds. I don’t want to give away too much, because really, it’s a tremendous book that everyone ought to read.

What makes the book so fascinating, to me, is that it’s like a massive case of mistaken identity. Everyone is trying to figure out who the informer could be. There’s a way in which ‘informer’ is a type of identity, and everyone is trying to figure out who fits the type. Including Gypo himself, who is passionately devoted to the organization, and certainly doesn’t identify himself as an informer. The point is, Gypo did not “turn informer” – he never assumed that identity. Rather, the action was a kind of curious mistake – “A monstrous idea had strayed into his head like an uncouth beast from a wilderness into a civilized place”. In a curious way, the story originates in a sort of bizarre narrative mistake, a glitch that has thrown everything into disarray.

Gypo is an incredible protagonist. He’s somehow only half-conscious, dull-witted, slow, dog-like in his devotions and dislikes. You don’t get much of a glimpse into his head, because there’s just not much there. He doesn’t feel hollow; you have the sense that his thoughts are like ants swimming through molasses. He’s a complete idiot, and completely guileless. He has no ability to calculate; for instance, he spends his reward money all over Dublin, and seems completely powerless to control himself in any way. It is this total lack of scheming that makes him so sympathetic – he’s completely genuine, all the time. The fact everyone is deceived by him seems to stem somehow from the fact that nobody thinks of him as capable of such deception – which he’s really not.

It’s a fantastic read – highly recommended. A real joy.


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Monday, June 2, 2008

Two Months

Well, it's June. I have successfully lived two months with no job. And by successfully, I mean, I have no debt. I've yet to generate any income over the past two months, unless you some how want to count my economic stimulus check. I recently posted an ad for photography services on Craig's List and am organizing somethings for a yard sale. I'm no where near an empty bank account, but obviously, I don't want to wait until I am to start making some deposits. SMRT.

Over the past 60 days I have considered different options for my future. Joining the circus was not one of them. Ultimately friends, I want to be a wife and then a mother. Seeing how this isn't a dream I can chase on my own, I am finding myself having to seek other options until this dream is closer to a reality. Unfortunately, it's like having to choose your second choice. Who wants that? Besides, I don't even know what my second choice is. That's the main frustration. Or maybe I do know what my second choice is, but I don't see how to chase it, so I ignore it. Either way, I seem to have a lack of direction.

If I don't figure it out soon though, perhaps one day you'll get a call from me with an offer for free tickets to see my performance at the circus when it's in town.

  1. id rather see you as a wife and mother than a circus performer. sure the clown makeup is fun, but i think youd be happier making balloon animals for your own kids.

  2. I'll totally come see you if you join the circus. Maybe you could teach Maverick some cool dog tricks. I think I saw previews for a reality tv show that trains celebrities to do circus acts (big name people like the middle son of the Brady Bunch). Maybe you should watch that and learn a few tricks. :)

    Seriously though, I understand the feeling like you're choosing your second choice because your first choice isn't coming about. I've been feeling that way too. But just because it's our 2nd choice doesn't mean it's God's 2nd choice. (so much easier to say to you than to myself...)

  3. LOL! Love it! I know I shouldn't be rooting for you to join the circus... but a tight rope walk would be pretty cool... and you have been practicing. Just kidding! You are going to be an amazing mom some day!


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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Kids draw the darnest things...

*This post is a re-post from Normal Rockstar's blog.*

A child drew this picture as part of a homework assignment and took it to school. The teacher received a letter from the child's parent the following day:

"Dear Mrs. Jones,

I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer.

I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter how hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit. I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get it. Her picture doesn't show me dancing around a pole. It's supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot.

From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in.

Mrs. Smith"

  1. You know, I have seen that before, but never with the letter. I am glad to know the story behind the picture...I was a little worried =)


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Monday, July 19, 2010

So busy! I posted these pictures yesterday but didn't get a chance to write. In many ways I am like Johnboy Walton...writing keeps me centered. It also clears my head. Tonight I am determined to write...but I have to tell you, there is a big storm brewing just to our I'll write quickly!

Abigail keeps trying to figure out why Maggie can't pick her up and hold her. She doesn't understand that Maggie's hands are she is always asking Maggie to pick her up. Poor baby. Fortunately Maggie can hold Abigail if we place her on Maggie's lap.

This past weekend, Allen went on a chartered fishing trip. He won the trip at the Youth Sportsmen's Day this past spring. Mike wasn't able to take him, so Allen tagged along with our friend Tom, and his daughter Sarah. The fish (rockfish and perch) was tasty!
I fried up some pomme frites (french potatoes) and tossed a salad to complete the meal. Thanks, Allen! This has been quite a week for Allen. His 22 chickens went to the butcher, so now our freezer is full for the winter! Allen worked hard for his chickens...built two portable henhouses, fed and watered several times a day thanks to record-breaking heat, then moved them around to keep them in the shade. I really appreciate that I never once had to remind him about the chickens. Thanks again, Allen!I forgot to take a picture of the chicken houses. These are the chickens a month ago. Beautiful ladies! And so sweet. I really enjoy them.Since I'm bragging on Allen, let me finish the story. Allen has been doing lots of inspections on our honeybee hives. He got stung but was too busy to put the ice on for a long time. We've learned our lesson now. This picture was taken before his hand got bad. His reaction included a terrible fever and headache that lasted 4 days...and still he tended the chickens and went to Tang Soo Do. He was determined! Next year Allen plans to raise pigs, and help me with raising fish.
As usual, Anna is busy sewing/quilting. She had fun piecing this quilt top along with several others. I'll be sure to get pics.
Anna is also busy helping at VBS this summer. (Vacation Bible School) Our church goes all out for decorations. This was the stage scene this past Sunday. The program is called The Egypt File produced by Answers in Genesis. Sarah takes Abigail, so everyday we enjoy hearing funny stories about the 2-5 year olds.
This past Sunday evening, our family got to enjoy another Snowball fellowship. Since we were given the snowball machine, all we have to do is provide the ice and syrups. It is so much fun...and the church children are very appreciative. I wasn't sure how the sugar and food dye was going to go over, but so far no one has mentioned it.
My job is to stand behind my children with a wet washcloth to mop up any drips. I love it! We left the machine at church so it can be used for VBS. Thank you again for that machine, Lord!
Maggie and Lizzie have been busy making homemade ice cream. Delicious!
They do a great job making nondairy ice cream taste creamy!
The local peaches are in season. I bought a half-peck for $7 from the amish today. Delicious!
And my tomatoes are finally ready to eat.
I found these chili-lime tortilla strips at the bent n dent store this week. They taste wonderful on salads.
This is what the package looks like.
My pattypan squash is very prolific, as usual. I sliced it, spread sourdough starter all over, then sprinkled panko crumbs on top. Then I panfried it in a tiny bit of oil. Now I want to experiment with making it into a casserole, so stand by for that one!
Grandad brought us a big leftover baked ham, and some potatoes with green beans. It is wonderful to have a break from dinner. Thanks, Dad!

This summer is just going by too quickly. I keep looking for signs of a slowdown, but so far there's none in sight. Do I sound like an economist?!

I will be getting up early to pray for a church friend, Samantha. She has surgery tomorrow morning. I know how comforted I am when folks are praying for my Ruthie, so I am glad to be able to pray for dear Samantha.

Hope you are enjoying your summer. Many blessings ~ Kathie

Anonymous said...

What a very busy summer at your house. I love the quilt your daughter is making and what a great bunch of produce from your garden. We had stormy weather here tonight too. We really need the rain.
Thanks for sharing all these great photos.

Here to Serve Him... said...

We are most certainly enjoying our summer although it is flying by all too fast!!! We've purposefully cut alot of things out so that busyness can transform into simplicity! It has been so fruitful and refreshing!!!


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Rage Against the Dying: A Thriller - Becky Masterman Brigid Quinn introduces herself to the reader by saying, "I've sometimes regretted the women I've been." Brigid is retired from the FBI and married but she still hasn't gotten over the secrets and the lying that were a major part of her life undercover. She fears that her husband Carlo—widower and ex-priest—couldn't deal with knowing about her past.Now a piece of her past is coming to her. One of her cases dealt with a serial killer called the Route 66 killer who killed one young woman a year somewhere along Route 66 and left their body displayed. Brigid became obsessed with the case and even more so when the last victim was Jessica Robertson—FBI Special Agent and Brigid's trainee—who disappeared without a trace. They had set up a sting that went horribly wrong and Brigid has been feeling the guilt for the past thirteen years. Deputy Sheriff Max Coyote comes to her to tell her that they have caught a serial killer who says he knows where Jessica's body is. She goes along with Special Agent Laura Coleman and discovers two mummified bodies. One is Jessica, the other is an unknown woman that the killer identifies as a Lot Lizard. The FBI is eager to close the case of the Route 66 killer but both Laura and Brigid note some discrepancies in the killer's story that the head of the FBI office is eager to downplay.Things heat up when Brigid is attacked near her home and kills the assailant. Panic—and a fear of blowing up her perfect suburban life—makes her cover up her involvement and stage the killing as an accident. Max Coyote is suspicious though and Brigid continues to lie. Things heat up even more when Laura goes missing but no one seems to notice but Brigid. The head of the FBI thinks she is off sulking because he closed her case and didn't consider the discrepancies she noted. This leave Brigid to search for Laura, find the real Route 66 killer, and stay one step ahead of Max and the unknown person who is trying to kill her. The story was tense, thrilling, and I had a hard time liking Brigid. I could understand her fear of destroying her new life with Carlo but I couldn't see how lying about her past would really help. I could understand that she had reinvented herself so many time when she worked undercover that she thought she could reinvent herself yet again to be what she thought Carlo wanted. I could understand that she was willing to do whatever was necessary to keep his love. I could also understand her guilt and obsession with finding out what happened to Jessica and bringing her killer to justice. I could not understand her lack of trust in the man she chose to marry.Fans of thrillers will enjoy this story and will enjoy the twists and turns of this investigation into a serial killer and the FBI agent who is determined to track him down.


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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

On Language and Blogging

I am having some thoughts about what it means to blog well. As an intermediate blogger at best, I ask myself, what is required to blog skillfully and poignantly? How does one best capitalize on his or her own faculties of language to capture a moment, a scene, a figure? Good writing, it seems uses language aptly, specifically, precisely without sounding overly discursive. Am I capable of reaching this level of blogging mastery? This will be a long road for me.

I want to convey ideas in relatable terms that precisely capture my ideas, but I stumble through my limited, internal lexicon. In this moment, as I type along - click - click - click - my brain gropes for exactly the right word while I wonder, is anyone reading this? Does anyone relate to this? In this vast sea of cyberspace, does my diction even matter? I can't help but wonder if I am projecting some clumsy form of myself into a vast, electronic nothingness. Do other bloggers struggle with these same questions and internal restrictions? Restrictions of language? Restrictions of ideas? Restrictions of thought?

Tonight I read Twain's quote and remember that all writers must, to some extent feel this way.

“The difference between the right word and almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”

Language can expand us, astound us, change us or it can bind us in its web. I want to break through that web and control my use of language so that my blogs are vibrant and vital. So, I continue to wait for those inspirational moments and hope that maybe once in a while I can capture one in just the right way. I'll keep working for that.


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Saturday, May 08, 2010

Forget I weighed in yesterday morning (prolly forgot cos wasnt a exciting result lol) i gained 200 grams. I am a lil bit perplexed as I have fluctuated a lot this week. So this coming week...the only eating out will be a yiros and hot chips tonite (normal saturday nite high calorie meal) so no subway or anything this week. I did do 2 bodypump classes as well as one weights session...and thats the only thing that I can think of that was different...but I dont think from the body pump i would have a muscle gain so quickly. So in the back of my mind I am wondering if I am hitting a plateau. Im not exactly stressed over it...presuming it doesnt last for something ridiculous like 6 months...maybe it will be a time for my body to settle and readjust to the new weight. Even if my weight does sit at this weight for a while...i will still be toning more and getting fitter. The only other thing I can think of was I went to bed a bit late a few nights and i was on 7am starts last week...and I know lack of sleep can cause issues.

I have tomorrow off so I mite go to the gym in the morning...if i do i mite try and do 30 minutes on the treadmill...test it out as the physio said...and then try and do 30 minutes on the cross trainer...i did 21 minutes yesterday and only stopped when fiona came up to get me.

My foot was a bit tender last nite and at times today...but I was told that is too be expected. Plus gives me something to whine and whinge about...haha!

Not much else going I go...enjoy all!

To Band or not To Band? said...

Hey gorgeous! I kept forgetting that I had your old feed down and was worried that u weren't updating, then I remembered - derr! New blog! So glad I can follow u now and keep up! Hope we can catch up again soon! Hugs xox

Tania said...

Could just be your body catching up after the recent losses too Kazz! Either way you've come too far to just rely on the scales!


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Friday, August 24, 2012

Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps

Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps Review:

These pretzels are totally awesome. I love these pretzels. Thank you to Snack Factory for making such a tasty pretzel. They are very thin crunchy pretzel crackers that makes all your taste buds wake up to a nice crunchy delicious flavor.

These pretzels taste good alone or you can use them to make snacks out of them. You can put cheese on them or peanut butter; even tuna is good on them. You can dip them in dips just like you do with chips, but only these are better for you and a lot less fat and calories.

The original Deli Style pretzel is just like eating a pretzel only in a thin size and it taste much better. The original Deli Style is all natural with 0g of fat and only 110 calories for 11 pretzel crackers.

The Sesame Deli Style are all natural, baked, and thin. There is only 110 calories for 11 pretzel crackers and 1.5g of fat per serving. These pretzel crackers are yummy!! I love them.

The Everything Deli Style Pretzel is all natural, baked, and thin. The everything is one of my favorites. It is MmMmMMmm good. You can eat 11 pretzel crackers and it only has 110 calories per serving and 0.5g of fat.

The Garlic Parmesan Deli Style Pretzel is all natural, baked, and thin and it is another one of my favorites. Oh, who am I kidding they are all my favorites; they are all so good I can't just have one favorite. You can have 10 of the Garlic Parmesan pretzel crackers for 110 calories and 1.5g of fat per serving.

My kids love The Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps with cheese on them. They eat them just like they would eat a cheese sandwich. They love the way they taste.

These pretzels are absolutely the best pretzels I have ever tasted, but don't take my word for it you can go purchase a bag of them and try them out for yourself. Oh and did I mention that the bags are resealable.

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The Chipotle Cheddar Snack Factory Pretzel Crisp. These pretzel crackers are a little on the hot side. They have a bold and spicy taste and yep they are another one of my favorites; delicious.

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  1. Yum!!! They look really good . . . and healthy!

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  3. I think these are great! I never seen the chiopotle cheddar ones tho!

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Watch an Exclusive Clip from the Short ‘Puppy,’ Plus New Updates on ‘Hotel Transylvania 3’

Director Genndy Tartakovsky (Star Wars: Clone Wars, Samurai Jack), having two giant hits with Hotel Transylvania and Hotel Transylvania 2, is currently working on Hotel Transylvania 3 (July 2018). In the meantime, he and his team at Sony Pictures Animation thought it would be fun to check-in on the stars of the franchise (and they were right).

The new short, Puppy!, features the Hotel Transylvania family of monsters in a hilarious, pet-friendly adventure that turns their whole world upside-down. Puppy is attached to The Emoji Movie and debuts in theaters today. You can snag your tickets right here at Fandango.

Check out this exclusive trailer for the short below.

In addition to premiering the trailer for the new short, we recently spoke with Genndy Tartakovsky via phone about Puppy!, the upcoming film and the greater Hotel Transylvania franchise.

Fandango: What can you tell us about Puppy!?

Genndy Tartakovsky: Well, basically we started writing the third Hotel Transylvania movie and Kristine Belson, who is the head of Sony Pictures Animation, she said, “Maybe we should do a short to keep the property alive until the next movie comes out.” And I was like, “Sure.”

Sometimes with these shorts, especially around features, they never get made, so I came up with this idea of Dennis getting a puppy that seemed really fun. Along the way I always thought it would die [the short, not the actual puppy] at this point, or it will die at the next point, but it kept surviving as it went through the approval gauntlet. The next thing you know, we’re animating it. It started coming alive, and it was really fun.

Fandango:So this wasn’t a storyline that just didn’t fit in the third film? It was a creature all its own.

Tartakovsky: Oh yeah, it was a remember these guys? They’ve been away for a couple of years . . . they’re back.

Fandango:Is it harder to create a short within the world of a highly successful franchise rather than something from scratch? Is there more pressure, or are you able to play around a little bit?

Tartakovsky: I think it’s actually easier, because you do know the characters and everything is already existing. You can jump in. The most difficult part is you only have three or four minutes to make it entertaining and funny, and you’re kind of under the microscope for that, which is hard. Comedy is the hardest thing to do.

Fandango: Can we expect to see the character Puppy in Hotel Transylvania 3?

Tartakovsky: Yes. We are planning to put him in.

Fandango:Puppy is, obviously, a monster puppy, and my kids want to know if he’s a rescue, or is there some sort of monster pet store? Do we know this?

Tartakovsky: Well, we don’t know it, but Dracula, you know, he’s in touch with the monster world . . . he’s connected.

Pictured above: A scene from Hotel Transylvania 2

Fandango:Are you planning to do any more shorts set in the Hotel Transylvania world?

Tartakovsky: We don’t know. Right now we’re just focusing on the third movie, but who knows what’s in store after that.

Fandango:Do you see the franchise as a trilogy, or could it expand even further?

Tartakovsky: I think the great thing is, these stories are all family experiences, except, you know, they’re a family of monsters . . . I don’t even think of it as a third movie, more like a story where you say, “Now this happens.”

Fandango:They’re chapters.

Tartakovsky: Yes, exactly. All of the characters evolve and that’s what makes it fun. It wasn’t difficult at all to come up with a third storyline, because it’s about the characters and that’s great.

Fandango:You can always tell when it was difficult to come up with a third storyline.

Tartakovsky: Right!

Fandango:You’ve had great success over the years. Do you ever give nods or add Easter eggs to your previous works in any of your current projects?

Tartakovsky: Yes, here and there, but I try not to do it too much or it becomes self-serving. Like in the first Hotel movie, Johnny’s scooter had a Dexter’s Laboratory sticker on it. Nobody could really see it, but it was there. It’s usually other artists that put them in. I try not to lead the way with that.

Fandango:What has been the most rewarding thing for you about working on Puppy!, but also the Hotel Transylvania franchise in general?

Tartakovsky: For Puppy!, it was creating this new character, it’s fun, the animation. That’s kind of the answer for the whole franchise, bringing this more cartoony, more energetic, physical, visceral style of animation that’s just, well, “cartoony” is really the best word for it. That’s become our signature, and makes us stand out from other movies. In the Puppy! short especially, we brought—the animation brought—an energy to the cartoon where you may not be giggling or laughing at every scene, but there is entertainment energy throughout. It’s a really fun short, especially if you’re a dog owner, but even if you’re not it keeps everything accessible, and it lets you fondly remember the family of our monsters.

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Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Who Needs a Lawyer?

After reading this story I got chill bumps. A mother feels her son has been turned down for admission into a public magnet school because of their admissions policy of racial quotas. She does not get a lawyer, but sues the school district, initially loses and appeals to the 5th circuit court. She argues the case herself and wins!!
Taking the suit pro se -- Latin for "for himself" -- the Cavaliers appealed the case to the 5th Circuit. There, Julie Ann Cavalier said, she had wanted the court to make a decision based on written briefs.

But the court requested an oral argument on the case, and on May 3, Julie Ann Cavalier made her points before the court.

"I had to present it in front of the 5th Circuit court myself. Any other situation like that, and I'd have been a nervous wreck," she said. "But I had a lot of people praying for me. It was a good experience."

Shortly after the oral arguments, the school system offered Hunter admission into Caddo Middle Magnet. The Cavaliers turned down the offer. In response, the School Board filed a motion to dismiss the appeal. The Cavaliers continued to press the case -- and the court agreed -- contending that the admissions policy is wrong.
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Saturday, November 06, 2004
It's Michael Moore Stupid.
I agree with Tom Bevan's take on the motivation behind the GOP victory Tuesday.
Republicans across the country went to the polls on Tuesday with an anger of their own. The increased turnout wasn't driven by some right-wing bigotry toward gays (as Brooks points out) but I believe a bitterness toward people like Michael Moore. Middle America was simply pissed off at listening to a fat schlub like Michael Moore and his ilk on the far left tell them how oppressive, greedy, militaristic, and imperialistic we are as a country and what a liar and a moron our President is.

Exactly. The insular Left is seeking to take comfort in their trouncing by characterizing it as some kind of appeal by the "Bushies" to the natural homophobic tendencies of the Center and Right in America. Hogwash.

The simple fact of the matter is that the Democratic Party has not drifted; they've powered full-speed away from the Center with their embrace of the Michael Moores and Sean Penn's of the world. Even 20 years ago, these radicals would have been relegated to the fringes of thought they ought to occupy. Today, they are placed in the hightest esteem; seated next to former presidents in a position of honor, their film openings attended by the who's who of Democratic politics.

I would have voted GOP regardless of Michael Moore. The party simply comes closer to my philosophical bent than others. But the coveted, America-loving swing voter, who isn't as philosophically attached to either party's base ideology saw Michael Moore and had the bejeebers scared out of them. Here was a man that routinely trashed not just the war in Iraq, but Americans. A man whose vitriol for the core values of this country spewed out like regurgitated liver.

I've reminded people of the following quote from Moore on numerous occassions:
The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not "insurgents" or "terrorists" or "The Enemy." They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow -- and they will win. Get it, Mr. Bush?

He said this about Muqtada al Sadr's militia, a punk-ass gang of thugs, murdering innocent Iraqis in an opportunistic and cynical quest for power.

Americans listened and concluded that this man is not on our side. They then looked, and saw him seated in the presidential box at the Democratic National Convention next to former President Jimmy Carter, and concluded that they were no longer convinced that the Democratic Party was capable of discerning which side was which.

Also read David Brooks, who inspired Bevan's thoughts.
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