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About icedteawithlemon

I have recently retired from a 30-year career in education in one of the best school districts in the world. I hope to spend my second life reading, writing, photographing, traveling, biking, cheering on my favorite baseball team (the St. Louis Cardinals), and soaking up glorious sunshine. In my spare time I enjoy playing with my pet tarantulas, trying out new flavors of chewing gum, and knitting socks for prison inmates. I'm almost positive that in a past life I was one of the Seven Dwarfs (most likely "Grumpy"), and in my next life I'm going to be either a taste tester for Hershey's or a model for Victoria's Secret's new line, "Bloomers for Boomers." I want to travel country back roads, singing Vanilla Ice songs at every karaoke bar and rating bathroom cleanliness at every truckstop. And someday I plan to own a private beach where skinny girls aren't allowed. I want to be a writer when I grow up. "Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake."--Henry David Thoreau

And the Good News Is

It was one year ago today that I published my most recent blog. It was my birthday, and I was trying to put a light, humorous spin on turning yet another year older. Publicly, I was trying to smile and be … Continue reading

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Another Year Older, But I’m Not Complaining

Another year has slipped right through my fingers.  Another year of feeling the ravages of time in every creaking, Aspercremed joint, another year of watching gravity turn a pair of sock puppets and a belly button into sweaty dance partners, … Continue reading

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What We Really, Really Want

It’s 3 a.m. and I am wide awake—again. I untangle from my sweat-soaked sheets and stumble blindly into the bathroom for the third time since crawling into bed just a few hours earlier. There’s no need to turn on the lights; … Continue reading

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Embrace the Goodness

This moment—and this one, too—is filled with beauty and hope, love and joy. If you look closely, you will see all that goodness swirling around you in the faces of family and the actions of strangers. If you listen carefully, … Continue reading

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I Would Never Say That

The other night I was reading aloud to my husband an annoying Facebook post one of my friends had made. Very little clouds my mostly sunny disposition these days—and this particular post really had nothing to do with me—but it still … Continue reading

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Baffled and Bewildered … Again

Every time I think my wisdom is finally starting to catch up to my years, little events in my personal life and bigger ones in the crazy world around me suggest I still have much to learn and even more to … Continue reading

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The Good Ol’ Days?

A Morning in My World, 2015 I awkwardly maneuver my stiff, creaking limbs off the pillow top mattress, and then I stumble to the bathroom counter to insert my contacts so I can see walls and doors before I run into … Continue reading

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Older than Zip Codes–Yep, That’s Me

Tomorrow is my birthday, and I will be 55 years old. Fifty-five. Years. Old. The double nickel. Halfway through my fifties and skidding downhill toward my . . . I can’t even say it. Holy cow. How in the heck … Continue reading

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A New Year’s Resolution I Can Keep

Like most of you, at the end of every year I spend a lot of time reflecting on the year gone by and at least a few minutes planning for the year ahead. I hope, I dream, I wish, and I … Continue reading

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Christmas Greetings from Grumpy

Stressed. Exhausted. Frazzled. Yep, that’s been me. Grumpy. Grouchy. Irritable. Demanding. Snippy and Surly and Sullen. And that has been me, too–or so my husband has claimed. And although I haven’t been particularly fond of his observations, I have to admit … Continue reading

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Nechama Winston, Lute Player Among the Rest, 2015

Nechama Winston, Lute Player, 2015

It was my first real and last experience in Venice – La Serenissima, the City on Water – the Bride of the Sea. Three days of wandering and traversing through the city’s twisted, narrow arterial streets culminated in this moment where it became second nature to notice the aromas of Italian pasta, olive oil and wine infused with the incoming sea breeze from the Grand Canal. I was one of many – a body among bodies – entrenched in the midst of a collective history of war and disease, elevated by artistic triumph and scientific innovation.

Up until now, I had been migrating alone from one place to the next. I noticed the gypsies and beggars pierce through the glowing Venetian light. The magical aura in the ringing sound of church bells, crooked clock towers, siestas, local markets, textiles, and colored-dyes was grounded by the ghost-fleets of the city’s past – waves of immigrants and travelers floating between East and West, leaving an imprint on the crust of Venice’s sinking walls.

I first saw this musician in costume outside Santa Maria della Salute, Our Lady of Health. Hours later, we met again on the Ponte dell’Academia. This time, I stayed. I listened. As I was pulled out from the static haze of an otherworldly past, I slowed down into the present. I watched him play Baroque minuets on his lute while his gaze mirrored mine, and we both looked and stood still on this link, this crossing, into the late evening – when the street lamps grew dim, and the crowds began to fade, and recognition took place.

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Summary of Today’s Events, 9 Jan 2009, 23:03 IST

9 January 2009

Summary of Today’s Events

IDF Infantry Corps, Armored Corps, Engineering Corps, Artillery Corps and Intelligence Corps forces continue to operate throughout the Gaza Strip with the support of the Israel Air Force and the Israel Navy.

Throughout Friday (Jan. 9) IDF forces operating in the Gaza Strip hit armed terror operatives in different incidents. An IDF ground force located a house rigged with land mines. Another force identified anti-tank missiles being fired at them, answered with precise fire and identified hitting the terror operatives having fired the missiles. In addition, a house used by the terrorists who shot and killed Sergeant Amit Robinson on Thursday (Jan. 8 ) was targeted by IDF forces.

The IAF attacked over 70 targets since the morning, including:

  • Fifteen rocket launching sites
  • A charged launcher
  • A number of launching squads that launched rockets to Ashkelon earlier during the day
  • Three houses of Hamas terror operatives also used as weapons storage facilities
  • Two tunnels used for the smuggling of weaponry
  • Twenty terrorist sites targeted to support the Ground Forces
  • A disguised mortar shell
  • Twenty terror operatives
  • Four weapons storage facilities
  • A vehicle with armed terror operatives

IN forces hit at least ten armed terror operatives during Thursday night’s ( Jan. 8 ) operation. They continued giving support to the Ground Forces throughout the night.

An IDF soldier was moderately wounded and two additional soldiers were lightly wounded during the day.

More than thirty rockets were fired at Israel throughout the day.

Forty one trucks loaded with humanitarian aid were transferred into the Gaza Strip.

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Information Governance: Implementation Challenges at Foley & Lardner LLP

Posted by ilta on 31st January 2013

Many firms have made strides in information governance within specific areas.  However, designing and implementing a formal program backed by executive management can be daunting.  There are many ideas about how to approach, define, organize and manage an IG program but how many law firms are coming close to actual implementation?

In this timely podcast, hear Foley & Lardner's Beth Chiaiese, National Director of Professional Responsibility & Compliance and Dana Moore, Information Governance  Compliance Manager, share the successes and challenges they are facing as they work to implement a formal IG program within their firm.

Beth Chiaiese has been the Director of Professional Responsibility & Compliance for Foley & Lardner LLP since 2001. During her 34-year career, Ms. Chiaiese has worked as both a practitioner and as a consultant helping firms develop work processes and technologies based on best practices in the areas of records management, conflicts of interest, new business processing and risk management. Ms. Chiaiese is a frequent speaker, addressing national conferences such as the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA), the Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA), the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA), the American Bar Association (ABA) and the Attorneys’ Liability Assurance Society (ALAS). She has also published articles and white papers for the National Law Journal, ILTA Peer-to-Peer, and various ARMA publications. Ms. Chiaiese is a co-author of Records Management in the Legal Environment, published by ARMA International in 2003, which extensively discusses the processes, technologies and ethical concerns faced by law firm records and conflicts managers and administrators. Ms. Chiaiese is a former director on the board of ARMA International.

Dana C. Moore is the Information Governance Compliance Manager for Foley & Lardner, LLP. She has worked in records & information management for more than 20 years and has expertise in records management systems solutions, legal compliance issues, and protocols and processes associated with electronic record keeping and the migration of electronically stored information. Moore is a frequent speaker at ARMA, ALA and ILTA conferences.

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Writing Voice-Over Scripts for e-Learning

Posted by ilta on 8th January 2013

Join Kevin Siegel, President of Iconlogic and Jennie Ruby, Trainer with Iconlogic, as they discuss Writing Voice-Over Scripts for e-Learning and how critically important it is to write these scripts in advance.  What if you don't?  Listen to this entertaining conversation for Dos and Don'ts you will put to use immediately.

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The mortar is 6.5 in. deep and 8 in. wide, with a capacity of approx 8 cups. The pestle is made of beechwood (as any other material would break the mortar) and is 11 in. long.

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New Fabric

I may not have a lot to show for my efforts this week, but much progress has been made.  I’ve been busily tracing, cutting out and ironing on pattern pieces for the last six blocks of Acorn Quilt’s BOM called Heart & Home  by Heart & Hand.  I couldn’t begin to tell you how many pieces I’ve cut out since starting the project,.  All I know is that’s it’s been piles and piles and piles.  I get so excited when I see the blocks coming together.  I hope before long to have new pictures to share.

Moving on to another topic, I had a wonderful time shopping last Sunday at the Backyard Quilt Shop in Fort Atkinson.  After deciding to close their doors they began offering a 25% discount on everything in stock.  Who could possibly pass up such an opportunity? Obviously I couldn’t.   I was thrilled to find fabrics for two projects.  The first were these fabrics for a small quilt for my littlest granddaughter.

The blue floral will be the main focus.  Surrounding that fabric will be two borders.  First in line will be the cute purple swirled fabric followed by the other purple one.  Bringing up the rear will be the yellow and white specimen.  I’m really looking forward to seeing this all come together.  Constructing the simple quilt should go rather quickly because the strips for the borders as well as the binding have already been cut.  Stay tuned for notations on future progress.

My second bundle of fabric was purchased to make the Sewing Caddy by Gina Allen.

Both fabrics are used in multiple sections of the caddy.  You will either have to use your imagination or wait until I have the organizer finished to see how I apply these fabrics.

Aside from the two bundles of fabric, I also purchased yet another pattern.  This one’s called Sunny Days by Kansas Trouble Quilters.  The pattern is for a 12″ x 49″ table runner with sunflowers.  Passing up this pattern was all but impossible because sunflowers are one of my all-time favorite flowers.  I’ve searched the KT Quilts website for a link to this specific pattern but have been unsuccessful so I guess you will have to check back for updates to see what it looks like.  🙂

That’s about it for this week.  Stop back next Wednesday for more fun at In A Stitch Quilting.

I’ve linked up with Freshly Pieced.

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Pindi | Restaurant Review| HSR| Bangalore|

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Imagine, the smell of wet earth, coupled with a whiff of fresh flowers. Imagine, the clink of metal churns on a bicycle. Imagine, the feel of wet earth under your shoes, the imprints that your shoes leave behind. Imagine walking upto a “Dhaba” and smelling the warm aromas of masalas and rotis. A beautiful medley of aromas take over your olfactory senses, before you even decide what you wanna eat, you already are devouring.

Nothing and just about nothing compares to the authenticity of “Pind” food. ”Pind” in colloquial terms is, a village and by that term, we mean the heartiness of “Punjabi Food”

I, went about with my day and an impromptu plan to meet over dinner occurs. We decided to check out “Pindi”, as we’ve heard rave reviews of it.

Decor : The decor is fine and the ambience too just manages to be relaxing. I, would have…

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USS Oklahoma (BB-37)

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The USS Oklahoma
USS Oklahoma
United States
Name: USS Oklahoma
Namesake: State of Oklahoma
Ordered: 4 March 1911
Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down: 26 October 1912
Launched: 23 March 1914
Sponsored by: Lorena J. Cruce
Commissioned: 2 May 1916
Decommissioned: 1 September 1944
Struck: 1 September 1944
Motto: "For the Good of the Service!"
Nickname(s): "Okie"
Honors and
1 battle star for World War II service.[1]
Fate: Sunk in Attack on Pearl Harbor, raised and sold for scrap 5 December 1946. Hulk sank while under tow to breakers 17 May 1947.
General characteristics [2]
Class & type: Nevada-class battleship
Displacement: 27,500 long tons (27,900 metric tons)
Length: 583 ft (178 m)
Beam: 95 ft 6 in (29.11 m)
Draft: 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)

12 Babcock & Wilcox oil-fired boilers, replaced with 6 Bureau Express oil-fired boilers in 1927-29 refit Vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engines 24,800 hp (18.5 MW)

2 shafts
Speed: 20.5 kn (23.6 mph; 38.0 km/h)
Endurance: 5,120 nautical miles (9,480 km; 5,890 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Capacity: 2,042 short tons (1,852 metric tons) of fuel oil
  • As built:
  • 864 officers and men[3]
  • From 1929:
  • 1,398[4]
Aircraft carried:

USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy in the 1910s. The Nevada class were the first super-dreadnoughts and oil-burning ships in the United States Navy. Oklahoma was the only US warship ever named for the 46th state.

Oklahoma, commissioned in 1916, served in World War I as a member of Battleship Division 6,[4] protecting Allied convoys on their way across the Atlantic. After the war, she served in both the United States Battle Fleet and Scouting Fleet. Oklahoma was modernized between 1927 and 1929. In 1936, she rescued American citizens and refugees from the Spanish Civil War. On returning to the West coast in August of the same year, Oklahoma spent the rest of her service in the Pacific.

On December 7, 1941, Oklahoma was sunk by several torpedoes during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. A total of 429 crew died when she capsized in Battleship Row. In 1943 Oklahoma was righted and salvaged. However, unlike most of the other battleships that were recovered following Pearl Harbor, Oklahoma was too damaged to return to duty. She was eventually stripped of her remaining armaments and superstructure before being sold for scrap in 1946. She sank in a storm while being towed from Oahu in Hawaii to a breakers yard in San Francisco Bay in 1947.

Launch of Oklahoma on 23 March 1914.

Oklahoma was the second of two Nevada-class battleships. Both were ordered in a naval appropriation act on 4 March 1911. She was to be the latest in a series of 22 battleships and seven armored cruisers ordered by the United States Navy between 1900 and 1911.[6]

The Nevada class were the second of the US Navy's Standard type battleships, of which 12 were completed by 1923. With these ships, the Navy created a fleet of modern battleships similar in long-range gunnery, speed, turning radius, and protection. However, significant improvements were made in the Standard type ships as naval technology progressed. The main innovations were triple turrets and all-or-nothing protection. The triple turrets reduced the length of the ship that needed protection by placing 10 guns in four turrets instead of five, thus allowing thicker armor. The Nevadas were also the first US battleships with oil-fired instead of coal-fired boilers, oil having more recoverable energy per ton than coal, thus increasing the ships' range. Oklahoma differed from Nevada in being fitted with triple expansion steam engines, a much older design than Nevada's new geared turbines. Some earlier battleships had been fitted with direct drive turbines, which had poor fuel economy and thus reduced range compared with triple expansion. The goal was to compare the new geared machinery with the proven reciprocating machinery to determine which was more economical. The geared turbines proved more cost economical and were fitted in most subsequent US battleships, except those with turbo-electric propulsion.

As constructed, she had a standard displacement of 27,500 tonnes (27,100 long tons; 30,300 short tons) and a full-load displacement of 28,400 tonnes (28,000 long tons; 31,300 short tons). She was 583 feet (178 m) in length overall, 575 feet (175 m) at the waterline, and had a beam of 95 feet 6 inches (29.11 m) and a draft of 28 feet 6 inches (8.69 m).[2]

She was powered by 12 oil-fired Babcock & Wilcox boilers driving two dual-acting triple expansion reciprocating steam engines, with 24,800 ihp (18,500 kW), with a maximum speed of 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph). She had a designed range of 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).[2]

As-built armor on Oklahoma consisted of belt armor from 13.5 to 8 inches (340 to 200 mm) thick. Deck armor was 3 inches (76 mm) thick with a second 1.5 inches (38 mm) deck, and turret armor was 18 inches (460 mm) or 16 inches (410 mm) on the face, 5 inches (130 mm) on the top, 10 inches (250 mm) on the sides, and 9 inches (230 mm) on the rear. Armor on her barbettes was 13.5 inches. Her conning tower was protected by 16 inches of armor, with 8 inches (200 mm) of armor on its roof.[2]

Her armament consisted of ten 14-inch (356 mm)/45 caliber guns, arranged in two triple and two twin mounts designated 'A', 'B', 'X', and 'Y'. As built, she also carried 21 5-inch (127 mm)/51 caliber guns, primarily for defense against destroyers and torpedo boats. She also had two (some references say four) 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes for the Bliss-Leavitt Mark 3 torpedo. Her crew consisted of 864 officers and enlisted men.[2]

Oklahoma's keel was laid down on 26 October 1912 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey, who bid $5,926,000 to construct the ship.[7] By 12 December 1912, she was 11.2 percent complete, and by 13 July 1913 she was at 33 percent.[8] She was launched on 23 March 1914, sponsored by Miss Lorena J. Cruce, daughter of Oklahoma Governor Lee Cruce. The launch was preceded by an invocation—the first for an American warship in half a century—given by Elijah Embree Hoss, and was attended by various dignitaries from Oklahoma and the federal government. The battleship was subsequently moved to a dock near the new Argentine battleship Moreno and Chinese cruiser Fei Hung (soon to be the Greek Elli) for fitting-out.[9]

On the night of 19 July 1915, large fires were discovered underneath the fore main battery turret, the third to flare up on an American battleship in less than a month.[10][lower-alpha 1] However, by 22 July the Navy believed that the Oklahoma fire had been caused by "defective insulation" or a mistake made by a dockyard worker.[11] The fire delayed the battleship's completion so much that Nevada was able to conduct her sea trials and be commissioned before Oklahoma.[12] On 23 October 1915, she was 98.1 percent complete.[13] She was commissioned at Philadelphia, on 2 May 1916 with Captain Roger Welles in command.[14]

World War I

Oklahoma under way during her sea trials.

Following commissioning, the ship remained along the East Coast of the United States primarily visiting various Navy yards. She was initially not able to join the Battleship Division Nine task force sent to support the Grand Fleet in the North Sea during World War I due to a lack of oil available there. In 1917, she underwent a refit and two 3-inch/50 caliber guns were installed forward of the mainmast for anti aircraft defense, and nine of the 5"/51 caliber guns were removed or repositioned.[15] While conditions on the ship were cramped, the sailors on the ship had many advantages for education available to them.[16] They also spend their time on athletic competitions, including boxing, wrestling and rowing competitions with the crews of the battleship Texas and the tug Ontario. The camaraderie built from these small competitions led to fleet-wide establishment of many athletic teams pitting crews against one another for morale by the 1930s.[17]

On 13 August 1918,[18] Oklahoma was assigned to Battleship Division Six under the command of Rear Admiral Thomas S. Rodgers, and departed for Europe alongside Nevada. On 23 August they rendezvoused with destroyers Balch, Conyngham, Downes, Kimberly, Allen, and Sampson, 275 miles (443 km) west of Ireland, before steaming for Berehaven Harbor, where they waited for 18 days before battleship Utah arrived. The division remained at anchor, tasked to protect American convoys coming into the area, but was only called out of the harbor once in 80 days. On 14 October 1918, while under command of Charles B. McVay, Jr., she escorted troop ships into port at the United Kingdom, returning on 16 October. For the rest of the time, the ship conducted drills at anchor or in nearby Bantry Bay. To pass the time, the crews played football, and competitive sailing. Oklahoma suffered six casualties between 21 October and 2 November to the 1918 flu pandemic.[19] Oklahoma remained off Berehaven until the end of the war on 11 November 1918. Shortly thereafter, several Oklahoma crewmembers were involved in a series of fights with members of the Sinn Féin group, forcing the ship's commander to apologize and financially compensate two town mayors.[20]

Interwar period

Ship newsletter, the "Sea Bag", 20 June 1920

Oklahoma left for Portland, England on 26 November, joined there by Arizona on 30 November and Nevada, 4 December, and Battleship Division Nine's ships shortly after. The ships were assigned as a convoy escort for the ocean liner SS George Washington, carrying President Woodrow Wilson, and arrived with that ship in France several days later. She departed 14 December for New York City, and then spent early 1919 conducting winter battle drills off the coast of Cuba. On 15 June 1919, she returned to Brest, escorting Wilson on a second trip, and returned to New York on 8 July.[21] A part of the Atlantic Fleet for the next two years, Oklahoma was overhauled and her crew trained. The secondary battery was reduced from 20 to 12 5 in (130 mm)/51 cal guns in 1918.[5] Early in 1921, she voyaged to South America's west coast for combined exercises with the Pacific Fleet, and returned later that year for the Peruvian Centennial.[18]

She then joined the Pacific Fleet and in 1925 began a high-profile training cruise with several other battleships. They left San Francisco on 15 April 1925, arrived in Hawaii on 27 April, where they conducted war games. They left for Samoa on 1 July, crossing the equator on 6 July. On 27 July, they arrived in Australia and conducted a number of exercises there, before spending time at New Zealand, returning to the United States later that year. In early 1927, she transited the Panama Canal and moved to join the Scouting Fleet.[22] In November 1927 she entered Philadelphia Navy Yard for an extensive overhaul. She was modernized by addition of eight 5 in (130 mm)/25 cal guns[5] and her turrets' maximum elevation was raised from 15 to 30 degrees. An aircraft catapult was installed atop turret 'Y'. She was also substantially up-armored between September 1927 and July 1929, where anti-torpedo bulges were added, as well as an additional 2 inches (51 mm) of steel on her armor deck. The overhaul increased her beam to 108 feet (33 m), the widest in the U.S. Navy, and reduced her speed to 19.68 knots (36.45 km/h; 22.65 mph).[23]

USS Oklahoma after her modernization.

Oklahoma rejoined the Scouting Fleet for exercises in the Caribbean, then returned to the west coast in June 1930 for fleet operations through spring 1936. That summer, she carried midshipmen on a European training cruise, visiting northern ports. The cruise was interrupted with the outbreak of civil war in Spain, as Oklahoma sped to Bilbao, arriving on 24 July 1936 to rescue American citizens and other refugees whom she carried to Gibraltar and French ports. She returned to Norfolk on 11 September, and to the West Coast 24 October.

The Pacific Fleet operations of Oklahoma during the next four years included joint operations with the Army and the training of reservists.

Oklahoma was based at Pearl Harbor from 29 December 1937 for patrols and exercises, and only twice returned to the mainland, once to have anti-aircraft guns and armor added to her superstructure at Puget Sound Navy Yard in early February 1941[24] and once to have armor replaced at San Pedro in mid August of the same year. En route on 22 August, a severe storm hit Oklahoma, and one man was swept overboard along with three men injured.[25] The next morning, a broken outboard coupling on the starboard deck forced the ship to halt, assess the damage, and move to San Francisco, the closest navy yard with an adequate drydock.[26] She remained in drydock until mid-October. The ship then returned to Hawaii.

Attack on Pearl Harbor

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USS Oklahoma capsizes in a photo taken during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Oklahoma was moored in berth Foxtrot 7 in Battleship Row on 7 December 1941 when the Japanese attacked. Outboard alongside Maryland, Oklahoma took three torpedo hits almost immediately after the first Japanese bombs fell. As she began to capsize, two more torpedoes struck home, and her men were strafed as they abandoned ship.[27] Within 12 minutes after the attack began, she had rolled over until halted by her masts touching bottom, her starboard side above water, and a part of her keel exposed.

Many of her crew, however, remained in the fight, clambering aboard Maryland to help serve her anti-aircraft batteries. 429 of her officers and enlisted men were killed or missing. One of those killed—Father Aloysius Schmitt—was the first American chaplain of any faith to die in World War II. Thirty-two others were wounded, and many were trapped within the capsized hull. Julio DeCastro, a Hawaiian civilian yard worker, organized a team that saved 32 Oklahoma sailors.[28]

Some of those who died later had ships named after them such as Ensign John England for whom USS England (DE-635) and USS England (DLG-22) are named. USS Austin (DE-15) was named for Chief Carpenter John Arnold Austin who was also posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his actions during the attack. In addition to Austin's Navy Cross, the Medal of Honor was awarded to Ensign Francis C. Flaherty and Seaman James R. Ward, while three Navy and Marine Corps Medals were awarded to others on Oklahoma during the attack.[29]

An aerial view of salvage operations on 19 March 1943, looking toward Ford Island, with ship in 90 degree position.

The job of salvaging Oklahoma commenced on 15 July 1942 under the immediate command of Navy Captain F. H. Whitaker and a team from the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.

Torpedo damage to the port side of Oklahoma.

Preparations for righting the overturned hull took under eight months to complete. Twenty-one derricks were attached to the upturned hull; each carried high-tensile steel cables that were connected to hydraulic winching machines ashore. The righting (parbuckling) operation began on 8 March and was completed by 16 June 1943. Teams of naval specialists then entered the previously submerged ship to remove any additional human remains. Cofferdams were then placed around the hull to allow basic repairs to be undertaken so that the ship could be refloated; this work was completed by November. On 28 December, Oklahoma was towed into dry dock No. 2 at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. Once in the dock, her main guns, machinery, and remaining ammunition and stores were removed. The severest structural damage on the hull was also repaired to make the ship watertight.

USS Wisconsin is tied up outboard of the hull of Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard on 11 November 1944. Note the great difference in the length of the two battleships.

After several months in the dry dock, Oklahoma was moved and moored elsewhere in Pearl Harbor. Although there had been initial plans to salvage the ship, Oklahoma was decommissioned on 1 September 1944. All remaining armaments and superstructure were then removed. On 5 December 1946, two days before the fifth anniversary of her sinking, Oklahoma was sold to Moore Drydock Company of Oakland, California, for $46,000.[30]

Final Voyage

In May 1947, a two-tug towing operation began to move the hull of Oklahoma from Pearl Harbor to the scrapyard in San Francisco Bay. However, disaster struck on 17 May when the ships entered a storm more than 500 miles (800 km) from Hawaii. The tug Hercules put her searchlight on the former battleship, revealing that she had begun listing heavily. After radioing the naval base at Pearl Harbor, both tugs were instructed to turn around and head back to port. But suddenly, without warning, Hercules was pulled back past Monarch, which was being dragged backwards at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) herself.[31] Oklahoma had begun to sink straight down causing water to swamp the sterns of both tugs.

Both tug skippers, Kelly Sprague of Hercules and George Anderson of Monarch, had fortuitously loosened their cable drums which connected the 1,400-foot (430 m) tow lines to Oklahoma.[32] As the battleship rapidly sank, the line from Monarch quickly played out releasing the tug. However, Hercules' cables didn't release until the last possible moment, leaving her tossing and pitching above the grave of the sunken Oklahoma. The ship's exact location is unknown.[33]

The mast of Oklahoma in War Memorial Park in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The mast section is on permanent loan from the Navy.

During dredging operations in 2006, the U.S. Navy recovered a part of Oklahoma from the bottom of Pearl Harbor.[34] The Navy believes it to be a portion of the port side rear fire control tower support mast. It was flown to Tinker Air Force Base then delivered to the Muskogee War Memorial Park in Muskogee, Oklahoma in 2010, where the 40-foot-long (12 m), 25,000-pound (11,000 kg), barnacle-encrusted mast section is now on permanent outdoor display.[35]

On 7 December 2007, the 66th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, a memorial for the 429 crew members who were killed in the attack was dedicated on Ford Island, just outside the entrance to where the battleship Missouri is docked as a museum.[36] Missouri is moored where Oklahoma was moored when she was sunk.

Only 35 of the 429 sailors and Marines who died on Oklahoma were identified in the years following the attack. The remains of 388 unidentified sailors and Marines were first interred as unknowns in the Nu'uanu and Halawa cemeteries, but were all disinterred in 1947 in an unsuccessful attempt to identify more personnel.[37] In 1950, all unidentified remains from Oklahoma were buried in 61 caskets in 45 graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.[38]

In April 2015, the Department of Defense announced, as part of a policy change that established threshold criteria for disinterment of unknowns, that the unidentified remains of the crew members of Oklahoma would be exhumed for DNA analysis, with the goal of returning identified remains to their families.[37] The process began in June 2015 when four graves, two individual and two group graves, were disinterred.[39]

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Coordinates: 24°58′N 150°6′W / 24.967°N 150.100°W / 24.967; -150.100 (Approximate sinking position of the USS Oklahoma (BB-37))

  1. The other two fires were found on Alabama and New Jersey; all were started under the fore main battery turret.

  1. DANFS Oklahoma (BB-37).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 115.
  3. US Naval History Division 1970, p. 46.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Fitzsimons 1978, p. 1982.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Breyer 1973, p. 210.
  6. Phister, Hone & Goodyear 2008, p. 3.
  7. "Battleship Bids In," New York Times, 5 January 1912, 2.
  8. "Navy Yard Still In Lead," New York Times, 13 December 1912, 6; "Two Best Warships to be Built for US," New York Times, 13 July 1913, 9.
  9. "Giant U.S. Warship Takes the Water," New York Times, 24 March 1914, 8.
  10. "Two Fires Break Out on New Dreadnought," New York Times, 20 July 1915, 1; "Navy Investigating Fires on Oklahoma," New York Times, 21 July 1915, 2.
  11. "[No Title]," New York Times, 22 July 1915, 4.
  12. "Mightiest U.S. Ship Coming," New York Times, 19 September 1915, 12.
  13. "The Nevada Leaves Quincy," New York Times, 23 October 1915, 5.
  14. Phister, Hone & Goodyear 2008, p. 19.
  15. Phister, Hone & Goodyear 2008, p. 23.
  16. Phister, Hone & Goodyear 2008, p. 9–13.
  17. Phister, Hone & Goodyear 2008, p. 13–15.
  18. 18.0 18.1 DANFS 1970, p. 601.
  19. Phister, Hone & Goodyear 2008, p. 24.
  20. Phister, Hone & Goodyear 2008, p. 25.
  21. Phister, Hone & Goodyear 2008, p. 26–27.
  22. Phister, Hone & Goodyear 2008, p. 29.
  23. Phister, Hone & Goodyear 2008, p. 31–32.
  24. Phister, Hone & Goodyear 2008, p. 50.
  25. Phister, Hone & Goodyear 2008, p. 52.
  26. Phister, Hone & Goodyear 2008, p. 52-53.
  27. Phister, Hone & Goodyear 2008, p. 74.
  28. Phister, Hone & Goodyear 2008, p. 143-146.
  29. Phister, Hone & Goodyear 2008, p. 176-178.
  30. "Giant Oklahoma Sinks at Sea". San Mateo County Times. p. 2. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  31. Newell, p. 42.
  32. Newell, p. 39.
  33. Newell, p. 39, 42.
  34. Armstrong, Brandice J. (24 June 2010). "Team effort brings Oklahoma mast to name state". Inside Tinker AFB. Tinker Air Force Base. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  35. Alexander, M.J. (May 2015). "Not Forgotten, and Gone: the Fate of the Battleship Oklahoma". Slice. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  36. Oklahoma Memorial.
  37. 37.0 37.1 "DoD Seeks to Identify Unaccounted-for USS Oklahoma Crew Members". United States Department of Defense. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  38. Calamur, Krishnadev (15 April 2015). "Pentagon To Exhume Remains Of Sailors From USS Oklahoma". National Public Radio. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  39. Drewes, Paul (9 June 2015). "First USS Oklahoma remains disinterred". Retrieved 9 June 2015.

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  • Beigel, Harvey M. (2004). Parallel Fates: The USS Utah (BB 31/AG-16) and the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) in Peace and War. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co. ISBN 1-57510-113-0.
  • Breyer, Siegfried (1973). Battleships and Battle Cruisers 1905–1970. Doubleday and Company. ISBN 0-385-07247-3.
  • Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. (1978). "Nevada". Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare. 18. London: Phoebus. p. 1982.
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  • Young, Stephen Bower (1991). Trapped at Pearl Harbor: Escape for Battleship Oklahoma. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.

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  • "Ill-Fated Battleship Dies at Sea". The State (20,417). Columbia, S.C. AP. 18 May 1947. p. 1-A.

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Friday, July 28, 2017

Dynamic equilibrium and ensembles (and collected results)

I previously worked out that ensembles of information equilibrium relationships have a formal resemblance to a single aggregate information equilibrium relationship involving the ensemble averages:

\frac{d \langle A \rangle}{dB} = \langle k \rangle \frac{\langle A \rangle}{B}

I wanted to point out that this means ensemble ratios and abstract prices will exhibit a dynamic equilibrium just like individual information equilibrium relationships if $\langle k \rangle$ changes slowly (with respect to both $B$ and now time $t$):

\frac{d}{dt} \log  \frac{\langle A \rangle}{B} \approx (\langle k \rangle - 1) \beta

plus terms $\sim d\langle k \rangle /dt$ where we assume (really, empirically observe) $B \sim e^{\beta t}$ with growth rate $\beta$. The ensemble average version allows for the possibility that $\langle k \rangle$ can change over time (if it changes too quickly, additional terms become important in the solution to the differential equation as well as the last dynamic equilibrium equation).

Generally, considering the first equation above with a slowly changing $\langle k \rangle$, we can apply nearly all of the results collected in the tour of information equilibrium chart package to ensembles of information equilibrium relationships. These have been described in three blog posts:
1. Self-similarity of macro and micro
Derives the original ensemble information equilibrium relationship
2. Macro ensembles and factors of production
Lists the result for two or more factors of production (same result gives matching models)
3. Dynamic equilibrium and ensembles
The present post arguing the extension of the dynamic equilibrium approach to ensemble averages

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2013 June 27: Who I Am

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Can you name the 56 games on this picture?

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The latest Superman rumor will have you breaking out the early morning Scotch and cigarettes in celebration. See Green Lantern's star-crossed lovers, and hear what Deadpool will have to say. David Fincher tells us what's cool about Jules Verne. Spoilerage!

Superman Reboot:

Here's something that's high on my list of things I desperately want to be true but know will never happen...Mad Men star and walking embodiment of a lost era of American virility Jon Hamm is reportedly being "seriously considered" to play Superman. What does "seriously considered" mean? Well, it could pretty much mean anything from idle speculation to done deal. My money's on the former, but here's hoping. [Think McFly Think]

Green Lantern:

A new image is out, this one showing Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris together: [/Film]

Now onto Ryan Reynolds's other superhero franchise. Robert Rodriguez was recently sent an early draft of the screenplay. He said he's not sure whether he'll direct - his next project will definitely be Spy Kids 4, so scheduling might be tough - but he did confirm one key aspect of the Deadpool character will be in the movie. He said Deadpool does indeed break the fourth wall and talk to the audience, just like he does in the comics. [MTV]

Transformers 3:

Another cardboard cutout of a Transformer head has given us the first confirmation that, yes, Megatron is returning for the third movie. [TFW2005]

The red jeep we showed you yesterday is indeed a new Transformers Autobot — Rollbar, to be precise, as these photos reveal (among other things). [TFW2005]

And here are a trio of set videos: [/Film]

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea:

Fight Club and Zodiac director David Fincher (he's also the guy who did Curious Case of Benjamin Button, but I prefer not to dwell on that) confirmed he's still working on the new adaptation of Jules Verne's classic. When asked what appeals to him about the project, his response was terse and awesome:

"You know, the idea of doing a gigantic steampunk science fiction movie from 1873. Kinda cool."

And Disney executive Sean Bailey explained what came out of his meetings with Fincher, including a few specific details:

I'm really excited. One of the great benefits of this job is I get to meet with filmmakers who I tremendously admire. So to be able to sit down with David and have David say, "Look, I've never really thought about Disney before, but I really want to try to do my Empire Strikes Back. And I think 20,000 Leagues is the title." It's a thrilling conversation to be in. So we had a lot of conversations about what we viewed as Disney, and what David obviously so brilliantly pushes for in his movies. And the fact that we were able to kind of align those two goals is…I have been really excited about it. … It's a bold, you know, Fincher-esque take. It's a bold, aggressive… It's got some of the characters from the original. It's got Land, it's got Aronnax. It's got Nemo, of course. But it's kind of a bold way in.

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Moon director Duncan Jones gave a status update on where he's up to with his next trippy science fiction effort, plus how much (or, more to the point, how little) the trailers will give away:

I think it is safe to say that the film will be out early next year. My edit is complete, and we are working hard on visual effects, choosing a composer and trying the film out on a few people just to see how it goes over. Lots to do really, but everything is coming together, and I am in the capable hands of Paul "Mount Rushmore" Hirsch!

We showed a lot early, on Moon. People knew more than they should have just by watching the trailer. I think for a small film like Moon, it was probably the right move, but this film is a little bigger, and I think we can afford to hold our cards a little closer to our chest.

Sucker Punch:

Here are six new images of the main characters: [SpoilerTV]

Green Hornet:

Co-writer Evan Goldberg confirmed they have the story for a sequel all mapped out, and seemed to imply they had a franchise planned out from the start. (Which is pretty much standard operating procedure for all big movies these days.) Of course, the way things are looking now, the odds aren't good that there will be a Green Hornet 2. [The Playlist]

Zack Synder explained that his adaptation of Frank Miller's follow-up to 300 is being developed as fast as Miller can write it, and sometimes even faster:

I'm using Frank's frames to whack at this, using the same process [co-writer Kurt Johnstad] and I used when we wrote 300. Sometimes we don't have images— we're a little ahead of him right now. We have an outline, we have dialogue, it's pretty detailed. We might double back once we get the pictures to fill in if there's something cool, which there certainly will be.

Clash of the Titans 2:

Gemma Arterton says she expects to be back as Io in the sequel, but she wants the character "to be less mythical and more real and go for the fighting." We have no issues with this statement. [MTV]

Let Me In:

Here's a new image from the movie: [IGN]

Breaking Dawn:

Lee Pace, best known for his starring role on Pushing Daisies, is reportedly Summit Entertainment and Bill Condon's first choice to play Edward Cullen's friend Garrett. [Gossip Cop]

Executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman had a lot to say about what's in store for Olivia this season. They explained that they very consciously constructed an alternate Olivia who's unburdened with all the terrible responsibilities our Olivia has to carry, and as she explores the alternate universe she'll start to reconsider the path she's on, as Wyman explains:

"When Olivia gets there and starts to see all these things that weren't in her own life, it's going to cause her to look at herself. And hopefully we'll break her down to build her back up and she can self actualise."

And Pinkner made it clear she's not coming back soon:

"We're not shying away from exploring the other universe and we left Olivia in a condition that it would feel like a shame if the very first thing we did was bring her home."

[Digital Spy]

The Walking Dead:

Producer Gale Anne Hurd addresses how the creative team worked with comics creator Robert Kirkman to stay true to the source material and preserve a few surprises for audiences:

Robert said to me from the very beginning, "Listen. I don't want the fans to sit there and know exactly where each episode is going and what exactly is going to happen to each character and when it's going to happen." There's no fun in that. You don't want people to have the blueprints and basically say, "You know, that wall is five inches off." You want people to be surprised, and I honestly think that fans do want to be surprised. They also don't want this - we're not out there trying to create something that no longer feels like it has the genesis that this has, which is why Robert Kirkman is so involved on the set, in the writer's room and writing it.

Here's the trailer for the tenth (and almost certainly final) season: [SpoilerTV]

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Tag Archives: Roofers

Same charge, Second Offense – Jail for Unregistered Contractor

Today’s post comes from guest author Kit Case, from Causey Wright.

SHELTON, WA — A roofer who was criminally charged twice in 13 months for working illegally as a contractor has been sentenced to 15 days behind bars.

Peter Daniel Yeaman, 57, pleaded guilty Thursday in Mason County District Court to a gross misdemeanor charge of unregistered contracting. Judge Victoria Meadows imposed the jail time, and ordered Yeaman to pay $1,000 in penalties and repay his victim $5,000.

The judge required Yeaman to begin serving the jail time no later than Aug. 9. If Yeaman doesn’t comply with the sentence or commits a crime in the next two years, he could face up to 349 more days in jail.

This is the second time the Washington Attorney General’s Office has prosecuted Yeaman based on a Department of Labor & Industries investigation into him and his company, Southgate Roofing, of Belfair.

Cashes check for new roofing job on same day as guilty plea

In the current case, Yeaman was not registered as a contractor when he agreed to reroof a house in Grapeview, south of Bremerton, and cashed a $5,000 check for the job on Nov. 23, 2015.

That was the very same day that he pleaded guilty and was sentenced in an older case on one count of unregistered contracting and one felony count of doing business after his workers’ compensation coverage was revoked. The sentence required, in part, that he not work as an unregistered contractor for two years.

“It’s hard to believe the audacity of this defendant,” said Elizabeth Smith, assistant director of L&I’s Fraud Prevention & Labor Standards.

“This is an especially serious case of someone who knew he was breaking the law for a second time, and chose to rip off a customer.”

In the 2015 case, Yeaman accepted the $5,000 check, and told the homeowner that the job would cost an additional $1,379. He said he would start the roofing job as soon as the rain “let up,” charging papers said.

That was in early December. The rain let up and months passed. The homeowner kept contacting Yeaman, who said in May 2016 that it would be a few more weeks before he could start. The homeowner then contacted L&I.

Multiple civil infractions for unregistered contracting

In the previous criminal case, Yeaman’s company started a roofing job in May 2014, but the owner of that home learned he was unregistered and asked for his money back. Yeaman never repaid him, and the owner hired a registered contractor to finish the job, costing the consumer $4,500 more than anticipated.

Since 2013, L&I has cited Yeaman nine times for unregistered contracting and twice for not obtaining a permit before altering a manufactured home.

L&I suspended his contractor registration in November 2012 for failing to pay his workers’ comp premiums.

He now owes L&I nearly $180,000 for unpaid contracting and safety infractions and workers’ comp premiums and penalties. The department is continuing efforts to collect the debt.

State law requires contractors to register with L&I, which confirms they have a business license, liability insurance and a bond to provide some recourse for consumers if problems arise. It’s illegal to work, offer, subcontract, submit bids or advertise as a contractor without being registered.

Consumers can verify contractor registration online (ProtectMyHome.net).

Note: prior post about Southgate Roofing from July 2015.

Roofing Company Owner Faces Felony Charge for Not Paying Workers’ Comp

Today’s post comes from guest author Kit Case, from Causey Law Firm.

A Mason County, WA roofing contractor faces a criminal charge for allegedly failing to provide workers’ compensation insurance for his employees while they were on the job.

The Washington State Attorney General’s office has charged Peter Daniel Yeaman, 55, with unregistered contracting and doing business when his workers’ comp coverage was revoked.

The latter charge is a felony with a penalty of up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Yeaman is scheduled for arraignment in Kitsap County Superior Court today, July 23.

The case resulted from a Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) investigation into Yeaman and his company, Southgate Roofing, of Belfair.

Unfair business advantage

“When contractors skip out on workers’ comp, it’s illegal and it’s incredibly unfair to legitimate contractors who pay their fair share and get underbid by these lawbreakers,” said Annette Taylor, deputy assistant director of L&I’s Fraud Prevention & Labor Standards.

“Workers’ comp premiums for roofers are among the highest in building construction and the trades, based largely on the safety risks those workers face.”

State law requires employers to provide their employees with workers’ compensation insurance. The coverage provides medical care and other financial support if employees are injured on the job.

Construction contractors also must register with L&I. The department confirms they have liability insurance and a bond and that, if they employ workers, they’ve paid their workers’ comp premiums.

At least six roofing employees

L&I suspended Southgate Roofing’s contractor registration in November 2012 for failing to pay workers’ comp premiums, and later officially revoked the company’s workers’ comp coverage.

Nonetheless, according to the charges, L&I found two consumers in Silverdale who had work done by the company in May 2014 and in August 2014.

During the August job, six workers told an L&I inspector they worked for Southgate Roofing. Yeaman himself told the inspector he needed to pay a bill before he could register as a contractor, charging papers said.

Eight previous infractions

In addition, the charges say that between October 2013 and September 2014, the company bought roofing materials numerous times from a Bremerton supplier and made numerous trips to a Bremerton disposal site.

Apart from the criminal charges, L&I has cited Yeaman with six unregistered contracting and two permit-related infractions since 2013, and several safety violations in 2013. L&I currently lists him as ineligible to bid or work on public works projects. He owes the department more than $28,000 for the unpaid fines and more than $131,000 for unpaid workers’ comp premiums, penalties and interest.

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I don’t know how to express these feelings I’m going through right now. But before anything else, I want to tell you how lucky you are. He effortlessly loved you. I’m so jealous of that. I fell in love with him and worked my ass off to get him to fall for me. I had … Continue reading To the Girl he loves now

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I get it now. I finally understand everything. You were afraid. You were overwhelmed by how deep and vast this ocean of my love for you can get.  You were so scared that you'll drown in love. You were not ready to dive in. You kept yourself by the shore. You stayed dry while I … Continue reading A letter to the man who’s scared to fall in love

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Hi baby. Up until now I still can't grasp the reality of what you said. It wounded me to my very core with those words " I can't force myself to love you". I know you don't have any obligations to love me back. But I really thought, I felt loved by you. And now … Continue reading A Letter to the one I love who said he can’t love me back


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So What Am I Worried About?

I recently had my half yearly exams. I was looking forward to it because I was extremely well-prepared. I was cool and didn’t have to panic at the eleventh hour (something that teens usually do). I stayed cool and spent the break between the exam days as something that I call “Korean Variety Show Marathon Day” or KVSMD.  I have a habit of finishing a three-hour-long exam in one and a half hour and using the next thirty minutes to cross-check. So, it takes two hours after which I hand over the answer sheet and wait for my friends to finish for an hour (a mentally grueling experience). My friends and parents say that I’m very cool and care-free about everything except money and few other things. What am I worried about?

1. Money

I get really paranoid about money. I avoid going to the school canteen and ice-cream parlor because spending even five bucks sets my teeth on edge. I hate shopping. I think it’s stupid that a simple black corduroy pant costs around a thousand rupees and then I have to buy a good t-shirt and a pair of sneakers to go with it. It’s not my own money, it’s parents’. So, it hurts even more. Being a miser is in my nature. For example, when I lend a gel-ink pen to my classmate, I tell her not draw with it because I don’t want to waste ink.

2. Unfunny Jokes

I get that a lot, especially, when I’m with my relatives. It becomes crappier when my parents contribute to the shit.

3. Sounding Sarcastic 24/7

I am very sarcastic. A good friend of mine is a horrible singer (well…at a certain pitch) and she knows it. I often pass sarcastic comments by saying how fantastic her vocals are but she gets irritated. That’s the thing that causes a tension in our friendship so I stopped doing it but, somehow, when I REALLY compliment her, I sound sarcastic and that sort of thing sets me on the edge.

4. Acting Stupid In Auditions

In the month of July, I went for an audition. It was good but my throat dried up and my legs were shaky. Well, go for a live kpop audition with hassled producers as judges and see for yourself.

5. Writer’s Block in The Fan Fiction Genre

Is any one on Asianfanfics or Wattpad? XDD

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Happy 5th Anniversary to the iPad.

iPad mini

The original iPad went on sale in the US for the first time on the morning of April 3rd, 2010. I was standing near the front – Number 7 in line – of a reserved line outside my local Apple store.

It was an exciting morning, talking with lots of people in the line about their iPad expectations and waiting to get my hands on Apple’s game-changing new tablet.

The iPad was such an unknown on that morning. Did anyone really need a device that was ‘in between’ a smartphone and a laptop? That was just one of the big questions about the iPad and whether there would be any market for it back in April 2010. Since then over 225 million iPads have been sold and over recent years they’ve had a sales rate far ahead of traditional PCs.

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Home is where you make it

Saturday, June 6, 2009

There's a history of a great divide between Eastsiders vs. Westsiders in Cleveland. The joke is that if you want culture, you head east. If you're looking for a pink flamingo for your front lawn, west it is. I was raised east and admittedly, was a stereotypical eastside snob.

I moved west in 1991 when a 50+ hour work week and a 50 minute commute became too much to deal with. I started out by moving to the Southwest part of town where the whole east vs. west thing didn't really exist. I rented a luxury apartment with a swimming pool, fitness center and Cleveland Browns players living across the hall. That was the life.

Then another job change came along and I moved to a city just west of downtown Cleveland. It was in an old brownstone walkup, no air conditioning, radiator heat that clanked in the middle of the night and high rises that bounced the sound of nearby trains right into your living room. I cried the first night I moved in but grew to love my unique neighbors and the colorful people I would meet at the grocery store.

I lived about a mile from the Cleveland border. Our city had a different power company than they did and the electricity was constantly going out. When it did, my neighbor would come knocking on my door and we would grope our way along the walls and down three flights of blackened stairs to the street. Off in the distance, we would see the light of a bar over the border that would be our haven for the next few hours.

My last move out there was to a quiet little township that was similar to where my first apartment was but not quite as pretentious. I lived there for 7 years before I decided to move back "home" to the eastside. My parents were getting older and had numerous health issues, the job around the corner from my home was gone and most of my friends had married and moved away. I loved it there but there wasn't a whole lot left for me. However, moving out to that side of town had chipped away my preconceived notions of who people are and made me value the things that mattered instead of valuing "stuff".

Now I live in a suburb with access to my friends and family within a 5 mile radius and life is good. Here are some scenes from around town:

This ice cream truck drives by ten times a day. Everytime I hear that music, I cringe.

We have an amazing park system and I'm lucky enough to live right down the street from this one.

Here's the War Memorial. It honors those who lost their lives in battle from WWII through the Gulf War. If you look closely enough, you can see that damn ice cream truck on the left. I can't get away from him!

We have world class dining and entertainment.

My travel companion

There's nothing like the wind through your ears

Home Sweet Home

  1. I'm assuming you put the flock of pink flamingos and giant plastic sunflowers on eBay before moving back to the eastside? In any case, I enjoyed the romp through Cleveland, as I've never been.

    Off topic, but ... was the silhouette humping the pole so vigorously before you re-uploaded the artwork? It seems much more aggressive this time around.

  2. MVD,
    How did you know about the sunflowers, too?

    She was humping that vigorously but I think the colors were different so you didn't get the same effect. I couldn't find the original.

  3. You cringe when you hear the ice cream truck? I'm like Pavlov's dog every time I hear "The Entertainer."

  4. Carlos,
    I don't mind it the first time but when you hear it over and over and over..

  5. I've always pictured Cleveland as being a dump full of old buildings, smoke and grime. Thanks for sharing the better side.

    But the Browns still suck.

  6. What a wonderful post, Chissy!

    I LOVE your house - it looks cozy. And of course need I say how much I LOVE Bernie too?

    It's funny, because I know a guy here in Philly who is orginally from Cleveland and he says that it's a really nice place to live - the people are friendly and the customer service is excellent. I keep forgetting how close Ohio is to Pennsylvania. One of these I need to make a trip out there.

  7. This was a great post for me. I am also from the east side (although probably further east, closer to the Amish). My mother in-law is in a snobby east suburb, and her sister is one of those "west side people". So true and so sad, but all around a good town.

    Hey Chris,
    They don't suck... it's a rebuilding year. Just remember that.

  8. The ice cream truck keeps following you around? Are you sure your neighbor Jim isn't secretly driving it around to follow you?

  9. Oh Chris,
    That's so Cleveland in the 70's. We have a lot to offer now.
    I'm not a Browns fan but as D-Jake says, "It's a rebuilding year." Aren't they always?

  10. Ron,
    You really should come some time. There's so much to do. And thanks, I love my little house. It's everything I wanted.

  11. D-Jake,
    Small world. Yep, no one ever came to see me when I lived on the west side. "you come and see us." Divide aside, it is a great city.

  12. Judge,
    Oh my gosh, that's so funny. I never thought that it might be Jim! Come to think of it, I never do see him outside when it's driving by..

  13. the house looks very cozy, but is that a Christmas wreath?

  14. Thank you. No, if you click on it, you can see they are small roses. I made it myself.:-)

C'mon, you know you want to say it..

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Slippery when....clothed?

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

I hate to burst your Chrissy fantasy bubble but I rarely sleep in the nude. Unless, of course, it's 500 degrees and my air conditioning is broken.

No, I'm just not that 90's Cosmo girl anymore. You know, the one that read articles like, "Ten Ways to Make Your Man Crazy in Bed" and then broke up with my boyfriend who wondered how I had learned what a reverse cowgirl was since our last date. "Look, honey, it's here in Cosmo. I swear!"

No, I don't show up at his door wearing a garter belt and stockings under my trench coat anymore and I lost my G-spot somewhere back in 1998. Sometimes I miss that playful tart but I guess I just haven't had enough opportunities as of late to find her again.

You may recall my love-hate-love relationship with Facebook in the last 6 months. I ventured on in August and found a man I had dated in 2004. In a nutshell, it didn't work out back then. Fast forward to 2009 and another go around, this time long distance;he in California and me in Ohio.

We talked for about 4 months and made a few tentative travel plans that never quite came to fruition. As luck would have it, his holiday plans changed and he was going to be in Cleveland for a few days. I wanted everything to be perfect because it had been so long since we had seen each other. I cleaned the house, bathed the dog and trimmed the tree. I dyed, plucked and shaved places that haven't seen the light of day since July. Of 2008.

My friend, Lucy, gave me gold satin sheets for Christmas to "spice up" my long overdue rendezvous with the man I call, My Favorite. I always wanted satin sheets but they seemed too extravagant of an indulgence. As one might expect, they feel fabulous against your skin and require nudity to create enough traction to keep you from sliding out of bed.

Everything seemed perfect. I'm not really sure what happened. Well, I could give you my version but it probably wouldn't be the same as his and it wouldn't be fair to him anyway.

But I decided to keep those satin sheets on. That lasted about two days. My pillows ended up on the floor by morning and my sheets almost suffocated poor Bernie when they slid off in the middle of the night.

Back to my old tank top and flannel sheets. However, I did find an interesting article at that will keep me company tonight, "Your Hands-On Guide to Solo Sex".

  1. Sounds like the world needs a flannel/satin composite. Shall we call it sannel or flateen?

  2. Sooo many disappointments in the post. You don't sleep nude? *pop* goes one fantasy. And you didn't get in on? Shame.

  3. Thanks for the reminder to go solo right now :)

  4. @Straight Guy,
    I like it! Get on that, would ya?

    Oh, no worries, I got some first.

    I knew you would appreciate that.

    Yes, it's all your fault. :-)

  5. I thought satin sheets were only popular in the 80's along with the flannel short housecoat. No? Yes?

  6. OMG...I just about DIED when I read this!!

    You're right...we ARE on the same wave-length!!!

    However, your bed sheets are much more interesting and FUN than mine!

    "Your Hands-On Guide to Solo Sex"

    Oh, and BTW....I wrote that article.

  7. Facebook didn't do it for me either. Good thing you can un friend someone.
    I did catch up with some far ranging family, though.
    Is that hands-on guide just for women? ;-)

  8. Satin sheets are so overrated. Unless you like a slip and slide ride. A Chrissy fantasy, who has been peeking?

  9. Here is hoping for an AC breakdown!

  10. Yes. It's true. My Chrissy fantasy bubble burst. What a mess. Some of us were better off not knowing.

  11. This is the same reason I've stopped wearing silk boxers. You slip all over the darned place!

  12. Chrissy: "No, I don't show up at his door wearing a garter belt and stockings under my trench coat anymore and I lost my G-spot somewhere back in 1998.Sometimes I miss that playful tart but I guess I just haven't had enough opportunities as of late to find her again."

    One man gets his penis cut off, and the Amber Alert is sounded and every cop in a 50 mile radius sets to finding it. A woman loses her G-spot and men didn't even know what that was, let alone that it could be misplaced. And then men continued about their day. It's a sad story.

    Toolbit out.

  13. Satin sheets, my first post divorce purchase. Who can sleep on those things? And having sex, forget it, I slid off so often he gave up!

  14. @WannabeVirginia W,
    Really? I'm always a day late and a dollar short. Now you're probably going to tell me people don't say that anymore.

    Hysterical, right?!?

    No, it's for all the lonely hearts club members.

    Sorry, that probably won't happen until at least July.

    I know. TMI.

    @Judge Fudge,
    Good in theory only.

    So profound.

    I know, aren't they fun?

  15. I keep imagining he and you sliding off the bed and hitting your head on the wall. VERY "I Love Lucy"-esque. Too funny.

    Now, sliding off the bed alone, after solo-time. THAT would be funny.

  16. Laugh I couldn't keep my flannelette pyjamas dry!Satin sheets you ARE exotic pet!Bad enough rampant sex,let alone skidding around the bedroom!A bit Laurel and Hardy for this old Englishman!Still I admire your courage!

  17. Oh, poor Bernie! I wonder how long she was trapped under there!

    Nah...I've never had any desire for satin sheets. I want the ones with the 5000 thread-count, like Oprah has. At least, that's what she said they were when I slept over last week.

    It's a sign, baby....put the sheets away and dump the chump.

  18. @That Gal Kiki,
    I did keep ramming my head into the headboard.

    Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?

    I know. And she's so mellow, she just lays there silently suffocating.

    Give Ms. O my best the next time you see her!

  19. At least you got some sexy sheets. You can have 'em ready for the next "visitor" buy some Pro-Grip, just in case. ;)

  20. How have I not replied to this already? Ah yes, I think I got a bit giddy. Yes, that was it. Tank tops and flannel. Sorry, what was I saying?

C'mon, you know you want to say it..

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So What’s It All About?

Hey there! My name is Scott Fendley, and I’m a music junkie! Recently, I decided to ante up and move from iTunes to Google Play Music, mainly because they allowed me to take my entire music library with me – even the bands that don’t allow streaming (cough, King Crimson, cough…)

I realized that due to past poor and hasty decisions, that I didn’t have complete albums. I also didn’t have some of the records by artists I really like. Also, I didn’t really have a chance to explore some artists and genres because, well, I’d have to pay for them.

Now with streaming, and a $10 a month, I can access everything I want. Well, almost everything. Everything that’s streaming on Google play (and some on Spotify – there are a few things on that service not on Google).  I want to build the best library, and the best way is to listen to each album, review it, and then decide if it’s a keeper or it’s EXILED.

Mind you, it wasn’t until the mid-60’s that most everyone built albums as an artistic statement, and for some genres I may truly want to dabble in singles or compilations first before unleashing myself on whole albums. I’m going to reserve the right to gloss over early albums by some labels as well (Motown, for example, was notorious for putting 2-3 hits on a record and then forcing their artists to record 8-10 more songs no matter what…)

Then there are artists where the only reason to own the albums is if you are a super fan. Sometimes I’ll start out reviewing each album for an artist and then realize it’s best to find a comprehensive collection to weed out the gunk. Or, I may start with a compilation and realize the deep cuts are decent so I’ll go for the albums. Who knows; this is fluid. It’s all about the library.

Also, everyone is now coming out with bonus tracks, deluxe, super-deluxe, etc. I’m going to review just the base album, and commenting perhaps on the deluxe issue. Also, some of the deluxe material I may exile even for A+ albums. There’s a reason some of these things were out-takes, you know!

So let’s get on with it!

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