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Back In Venice After The First Week Of Our Cruise Part 1

Today is Saturday, October 3rd and our cruise ship has returned and docked back in Venice. Some people on the cruise will be leaving us after their week long cruise, while others of us like ourselves will be continuing on for the 2nd week of our back to back cruise.
We woke up early this morning and I went out to our balcony in order to take some early morning photographs as our cruise ship entered Venice.
After taking some photos we went to get some breakfast before getting in line to depart our ship as soon as we could.
We planned on spending as much time in Venice as possible because we had to be back on board before 5pm, for our 6pm sail off out of Venice to start the second week of our 2 week cruise. We would be stopping off at several Greek Islands.
This would probably be the last time that we would be in Venice for several years and maybe for good, so we wanted to make the most of our day there.
I ended up taking more than 500 photos throughout the course of the morning, day and evening. Because of the number of photographs I will be dividing this post into 3 parts so that the photos will load up quicker. So with that being said let's begin our days worth of activities:

A tugboat greets us as we slowly enter Venice via the Guidecca Canal

As we slowly cruise around the corner heading into Venice we can see the San Giorgio Maggiore is a 16th-century Benedictine church which was built upon an island

Even early in the morning there can be a lot of boat traffic...after all it is one of the main modes of transportation used in Venice

The Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore, commonly known as Il Redentore, is a 16th-century Roman Catholic church located on Giudecca in the sestiere of Dorsoduro, in the city of Venice, Italy

 Walking all alone in the early morning hours
The Hilton Molino Stucky on Guidecca

Tale of 2 boats...the tortoise and the hare
  A crowded small canal

Santa Maria della Salute, commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy

Piazza San Marco - St. Marks Square surrounded by Doges Palace, Saint Marks Basilica and San Marco Campanile

St. Mark's Clock Tower

Caffè Florian is a coffee house situated in the Procuratie Nuove of Piazza San Marco, Venice. It was established in 1720, and is the oldest coffee house in continuous operation (with Café Procope in Paris)

We had been to this cafe 2 years ago but this visit left a bad taste in our mouths. Veronica got a cappuccino and I got hot tea. It ended up costing us 45 euros which is approximately $52.00 - $55.00 USD at the currency rate it was on date of purchase. Why so much you ask? We were totally caught off guard by the high price we were being charged and we asked the same question..why so much? We were promptly told that because there was music playing outside in front of the cafe that they charged double when the music is being played. The funny thing is that there are seats or you can stand and watch and listen to the music and it cost you nothing but they double the prices inside of the Cafe...never again will we go there
And here they are..good musicians but not good enough to cause the prices to be doubled AND you could not even see the musicians from where we were seated.
In front of the Cafe Florian

Gondolas docked outside of Piazza San Marco

Stay tuned for Part 2 of this 3 part blog entry on our visit to Venice, Italy
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A boys toy! Could always make the gap!
DK has built a BMX machine, the General Lee has a 20.5" top tube and only weighs 6.65 pounds without sacrificing any strength. This bike was built for dirt jumpers but is just as popular on street.

Update: The 2000 model DK General Lee comes with a gusset between the top and down tube, as well as, underneath the down tube. Before to get the gusset in between the two tubes, you would have to purchase the complete bike. The new and improved General also comes with a thicker down tube!

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Armand Tatossian

Armand Tatossian was elected in 1973 as the youngest member to date of the Royal Canadian Academy (R.C.A) which was an amazing accomplishment for a young artist. He has since become a professor of Art at Concordia University and Loyola College in Montreal. He paints with equal dexterity landscapes, still life, street scenes as well as portraits. Daring, sensitive and beautifully painted, his paintings are always bold and fresh.


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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Tonight: flood damage help from the Small Business Admin

Tonight, an important meeting for any Riptonite damaged by last month's rain:
The Small Business Administration will be at the Ripton School tomorrow, July 9, from 4-8 pm to meet with property owners who need financial assistance for repairing flood damage. They are at the Middlebury town offices from 11-3. There is more information below, please share it with your neighbors who do not have email.
(thanks to Alison Dickinson, from whose email the above quotes)

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Totally Gorjuss, Just Magnolia & Embellish Magazine

Hello everyone!
Today I want to share my cards, the first one is for 2 challenges. At Totally Gorjuss this week challenge is a beautiful sketch. Click the link to go to the blog and check out the fabulous DT creations.
The second challenge is for the Just Magnolia . This week challenge is paper pleating. I did a little bit different from the sample pleating. I'm tired of using my ribbon as flat and I'm not good at tying too so I tried to crochet it. I used it as a frame of my image and I love how it turned out. Check out all the beautiful cards from the DT for inspiration.

Products used:
Pink Paislee- paper
Magnolia- image stamp
Prima- flowers
Ranger- stickles
Offray- ribbon
Making Memories- pink ribbon
Other- pearl and crochet flower by me
I entered this card at Embellish Magazine . This week is color challenge with hearts. I love this color combo red, pink and black. As you can see I crocheted the ribbon for my hearts frame like my first card. I'm so glad I used the flower lace that I made for the very first time. I love it, I have to make more. And again go check out all the gorgeous creations of the DT for inspirations.

Products used:
Paper Accent- white cardstock
Bazzil- red cardstock
Making Memories- ribbon, buttons
Ranger- stickles
Doodlebug- brad
Other- sentiment stamp & lace flower by me
Thank you so much for stopping by and your comments are greatly appreciated. Have a wonderful day!

Giò said...

Hi Rleen!!! Beautiful cards both!!!
Lovely colors and details too!!!

marianagrigsby said...

Great cards, Rleen! Thank you for playing along with us!

Charlene Austin said...

Cute Cute Cute!

craftymum said...

Such a lovely card. I'm also jealous now I know where you live!!!Thanks for joining us at TG . See you next time
Love Sarah W XXX

Kat said...

What a lovely card you've made for TG and Just Magnolia. I love the colours you used. I tried the paper pleating for Just Magnolia but yours is much nicer than mine. Never tried crocheting ribbon for a card. I've meant to crochet flowers but never got round to it!
Thanks for joining us at TG and good luck.

Kat x

Marcea said...

What a gorgeous cards. I love your image and your colour choice is lovely. Great pleating - so glad you could join us on JM this week!

Mina said...

great card I love what you did with the ribbon...thank you for joining in with the Just Magnolia challenge
Mina xxx

Denise said...

Pretty cards Arlene! I Miss You, it's been awhile.
Love your ribbon on the second card, you are so talented.

Maile Belles said...

Great ribbon frame! So glad you could join us over at embellish!

tiggertastic said...

adore your first card, what a lovely image and colours combination

hope you are having a good weekend.

Sarah x

Pinkllilac said...

Gorgeous card Rleen and love the design and detail, the colours are beautiful.
Hugs Linda

Terrie B x said...

Two very `beautiufl` cards Rleen!!!I love the paper pleatig and the crochet is just `divine` TFI
Have a lovely Monday :)xx

Paula said...

Hi Rleen wow what beautiful cards and such a fabulous blog. Thank you so much for your lovely comments on my blog.
Hugs Paula xxxx

Gez said...

Oooh Rleen fab cards. Well done.xx So lovely to see you blogging again. :) Hope it gives you some comfort.xx Your creations are always so beautiful. Love Gez.xx

Scrubbybubbles(sue) said...

Ooh....I LOVE these! their adorable!

Tessa said...

Beautiful cards!!!


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Monday, February 4, 2008

Closeout Specials

We currently have some great deals going on select garden decor items that we're either discontinuing or have too much inventory on.

Drop me an email (michael at or get in touch with your local rep for details. I have a pdf file I can send out with the current deals and can keep you on an email list for future notifications as they become available.

Thanks - Michael

Feb 6th is Market Wednesday in the Atlanta Gardens

If the AmericasMart in Atlanta is easy accessible to you outside of the Jan & July shows, you should do yourself a favor and make it to Market Wednesdays. Advertised as the "market between markets", numerous vendors including your's truly will have day only specials.

The next Market Wednesday event is coming up on the 6th. We'll be offering a 5% discount on all Rome orders written in the showroom. We're located on the 15th floor of building A in the Gardens. #117 (right by the escalators and walk way to building B.)

future Market Wednesdays include:
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Monday, May 21, 2007

American Republic: "Fuck You," says President Bush!

The bigger "F**k you!"

By Michelle Malkin

So, open-borders sellout John McCain cursed out Sen. John Cornyn. Yawn.

I didn't get all worked up about it. You know why?

Because when it comes to "F**k yous!," no obscene utterance compares to the George W. Bush-backed, RNC-backed, Kennedy-conspired, fantasy-based amnesty profanity unleashed on conservatives and the country.

Take the poll: Bush Should Resign

Beach Girl said...

Excellent - thanks.

Ronbo said...

So far the poll results are 100% in favor of a Bush resignation.

I think Dick Cheney couyld do a much better job these last 18 months of this Administration. "The Dick" will do the right thing!


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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Ain't Free Speech Grand?

These gentlemen were hanging out at the Post Office this afternoon, accosting people as they walked in, and handing out cheap printouts of their "Obama is a Fascist" crap. I got around to reading the leaflet, and it seems that this guy...Lyndon LaRouche...wants to be a mover and a shaker in a "post-Obama Administration." I quote:
"I would play a key role in a post-Obama government, not as a member of the government, but as an advisor with many connections, pulling many strings together, to advise on how we bring the world out of the present mess."

Tracie saw them with their disrespectful posters of the President and their annoying missionary attitude, so we put on our Obama shirts, and grabbed a poster of hers and headed down there to assert our own right to free speech.

They had set up quite a little campsite. Apparently they are within their rights to do this, though, to me, it seems intrusive. All kinds of people, of all ages go in and out of the Post Office every day. While I think it's a good thing to teach our children that they have rights under our Constitution, the pictures of President Obama with a "Hitler mustache" seem disrespectful, both of him and of those who suffered under the fist of the real Hitler.

This is not a zoom. This guy got right in my face! He said he was a Democrat, "just like me," and that it was better for us to bring down the President than to wait for Rush Limbaugh to do it.

When did Rush Limbaugh get the power to bring down the President? Did I miss an election or appointment?

I had decided on the way there that I wanted to stay out of arguments...I can't afford bail. I did ask for their names, and they wouldn't tell me. By way of showing them that they are not "just like me," I told them mine, and so did Tracie.

One of the men they were talking to leaned over to the guy in the blue shirt and said something about my taking pictures...I wonder if they are all that paranoid! I did decide not to post the pics I took of their license plates.

I refuse to post the links to their drivel...if you are fascinated, you can google it.

They didn't like us at all.

  1. Ronni - you've got guts. Well done for standing up to these twerps. It seems unbelievable that a Democrat would have so much disrespect for an elected President. Do you know what I think? It's racism plain and simple.

  2. It is most assuredly racism. You can tell by the stridency with which they deny it!

    Part of the problem is, as somebody said on Keith Olbermann's show a couple of days ago, many have a very narrow definition of "racism." Some think that, unless they are using the n-word, they are not racist.

    I got news. As soon as one separates humanity into "us" and "them," no matter who the "them" is, some sort of "ism" ensues. Whether "them" is Black, Latino, Female, Gay, Asian or whatever, there is one race on this planet, and it's the human race. Differences are superficial and much less important than similarities.

    ~drags soapbox back to closet~

  3. How short is that guy who got up in your face? Does his ballcap hide a bald pate? That close, close shave--almost what you might call a GAY shave . . . that cockadoodly jumpiness comes right through the photo.

  4. He was pretty short. Slightly taller than I, but I'm 5'4". I have noted in the past that short men, without some compensatory factor, tend to be a bit weird. Compensatory factors include extreme talent (Steve Goodman, for example), a massive gun collection (my friend, Sam, who runs a gun and knife shop), and (according to someone dear to me), a endowment. I have not conducted my own research on that last factor.

    What I couldn't get over was the 1980s pleated jeans. Who wears that, any more?


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Freeways in Las Vegas

Las Vegas freeway at night with strip background.

How do you know where to go if you don’t know what roads to take? Below you’ll find a listing of the major routes inside and outside the metro Las Vegas area.

Major Routes within the Metro Area

The Las Vegas metropolitan area is characterized by a fully developed surface transportation network, including arterial streets, limited-access expressways and access-controlled freeways. Interstate 15 (I-15) runs north and south approximately through the middle of the metro area. The area has experienced an aggressive freeway construction and reconstruction program that has significantly expanded capacity. Other major freeways in the area include I-515, US-95, US-93 and I-215. Also within the Las Vegas metropolitan area are freeways US-95 and I-515/Route 215, which are fully access controlled freeways. They are mostly six to eight lanes freeways with average daily traffic ranging from approximately 17,000 to 156,000 vehicles.

Major Routes outside the Metro Area

US-6 runs northeast and southwest through the northern part of the area, providing a link between Salt Lake City and central California. US-95 runs northwest and southeast near the western boundary of the reigon, providing a connection between the Reno/Sparks/Carson City area and the Las Vegas metropolitan area. US-93 runs roughly north/south along the eastern portion of the area and is part of the CANAMEX National Highway Priority Corridor. I-15 runs roughly northeast and southwest, providing connection between the Salt Lake City area and Southern California, part of the CANAMEX and Economic Lifeline National High-Priority Corridors. Outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area, with the exception of I-15, most of the regional routes listed above are high-design, two-lane rural highways, occasionally expanding to four lanes through towns. I-15 is a four-lane freeway that widens through urban areas, carrying 16,000 to 230,000 vehicles per day, with higher volumes being in the central Las Vegas metropolitan area.


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Friday, January 3, 2014

Girls Wire Rosary

This is the first of what I (hope!) will be many of my children's rosaries. :-)

Because it was my first children's rosary, I wanted to stick with the typical bead and rose theme. I made this rosary with wire to ensure that it will not break for the sometimes rough treatment from children. :-) The beads are all hand-rolled out of polymer clay as well as the roses, with pink glass beads as separators. Comes with a rose center with Our Lady of Fatima on the back, and a 2 inch crucifix.

This rosary is very durable, it has been stretched and "tested" by my 4 year old daughter. :-) (She is pictured holding the rosary.)

Both the clay and glaze are non-toxic.

The rosary is about 22 inches in length, is glazed for shine and protection. It is water-proof but not soak proof, and comes in a pouch or box.

If you're interested in purchasing this rosary, please visit my Etsy shop.

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January 9, 2013

The Perils of being an Endurance Athlete

After the first sprint, I felt as though I had been run over. I was exhausted and sore and not feeling my best, but I was so determined to win the Skate race, I don't think any virus could have taken over my mind, however, after the skate race, I continued to feel poor. I had that swollen throat that I attempted to convince myself was anything but a cold. Maybe I had suddenly developed allergies, maybe it was from racing in the really cold, dry air, maybe it was from cheering so much, anything but a virus. Knowing in the back of my mind that these were silly thoughts, I was a mess inside knowing I really can't afford to miss any races this week if I am to accomplish my goals and also knowing that racing while sick can ruin your entire season.

Being the stubborn person I am, I put that bib on and give it my best in the 20k classic as that was probably my best event. I felt fine and I hung in the pack easily. There were 6 of us that sepparated ourselves from the others within the first of 4 laps so it was simply a race of six. Feeling comfortable in the pack, I thought maybe I had more in me than I thought. I pushed the pace at times and was able to respond to any move made by others in the pack, that is until the last kilometer came. My friend and teammate Sadie, put in a killer move destroying all those behind her and leaving us to fight for the rest of the podium spots. As we started up the last, but giant hill, I tried to muster everything I could but had no fight left me, that last gear missing so I had to settle for fourth. It was not the podium place I was looking for, but all considering it was an effort I had to be proud of. Skiing 20km also gives any racer a lot of time to learn and experience so it was a valuable experience for me, emphasizing my weaknesses and giving me more time to learn how to ski relaxed in a pack, something I really struggle with. I could lie to myself after that race though, I was suffering some evil virus's attack on my body.

The podium, teammate Sadie in 1st, teammate Kate in 2nd and good friend Sophie in 3rd (Fasterskier Photo)

pure exhaustion at the finish line. (Fasterskier Photo)

And then there were 6... (Fasterskier Photo)

Struggling to find my gear up the last hill (Fasterskier Photo)

A view from the back of field right out of the start (Fasterskier Photo)

Leading out of the stadium (Fasterskier Photo)

The 6 of us headed out on another lap (Ian Harvey/Toko Photo)

Sophie and I in sync (Ian Harvey/ Toko Photo)

After some nice rest at home, I was surprised to feel much more energetic and like myself the next day. I thought for sure I had kicked that virus and was ready to give it my all the next day. My body was simply fooling me however, as I went to bed that night my head began to get heavy and those winter cold feelings came back. I woke up feeling that much more terrible, but got in the car and headed to the race anyhow. I really needed to race in order to score points for the overall lead, something that is a big goal of mine. I threw my bib on and went for it, feeling like I couldn't get the air I needed and that my muscles were going to quit at any moment. I ened up qualifying for the sprint in 5th, which was not bad by any standard so it was game time, I was going to race those heats with every last once of energy I could find. I won my quaterfinal and actually started feeling a little better. I lacked the confidence in my strength however, knowing I wasn't 100% and got caught playing cat and mouse games in my semi. It came down to inches and I did my best but ended up 4th in that heat, needing a 3rd place to move forward. That marked the end of my day, putting me in 7th place overall. Again, it was not what I was looking for, but I did all I could do and learned a lot from the day.

To put this all in perspective, last year, 7th place was the best I finished in any race at US Nationals so despite my groans about the last two races, I have had an incredible week and am very happy with how most of it went. Getting sick to an endurance athlete feels like you are on your death bed and your life might end, but in reality its just a simple part of life we all must deal with. It's just a bad turn of luck when those illnesses strick during some of the more important days. It was incredible racing here in Utah and having so  many friends and family members out there cheering. I am thrilled to have shown all my supporters what it is I am out there training for everyday and what I spend all in winter doing.

The best part? For once, I can crawl into my own and get a good night sleep without worrying about packing up all my skis and clothes and jumping on a plane to head to the next destination. I get a nice week to recover at home before hitting the road again!

Once again, thanks for all the cheers and support!

Results from the week:

Coverage of all the races:

The Park Record (www.parkrecord.com)  and the Salt Lake Tribune (www.sltrib.com) did articles on the races as well, but I felt the best one was in the Deseret News, which I know most of my fans don't read so here is that link:


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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Thirty-fourth excerpt from 'Twelve Towers'

This broke Gwilym’s heart and he gathered all his boys up in his huge arms and cried aloud.
Gwilym and his family rode with Fred back to Huish. They were all looking forward to this for different reasons. Jac and Llawen wanted to see their first mothers; this is what they called Heilin and Heulwen. Bleddyn wanted to visit his mother’s grave and talk to her. Fred wanted to show off his new-found wealth and writing skills to his family. Gwilym was looking forward to talking in some detail to Father Drew.
Fred drove the cart and discussed the last tower project with Gwilym. He sang the saga of the ‘Project Management Guide’ to Gwilym. He had added verses about the Work Breakdown Structure, Defining Activities and Resourcing Activities to it. Gwilym was impressed.
“You could write that song down now that you know your letters, you know, Fred?”
“I only know t’first letters in each word.”
“You have to preserve your knowledge for others to learn from you. Remember that scroll we found in that jar in the cornerstone. I never listened to the man who knew that story but I could learn it hundreds of years later by reading the scroll. You need to do that for people who follow you.”
Fred looked down and Gwilym could tell by the shade of his ears that the man was blushing.
“Did tha put back t’old scroll, Gwilym?”
“Yes. After I had made a copy.”
“Tha copies every scroll tha comes on don’t tha?”
“Aye, Fred. There is much knowledge to gain in this world. I’d love to read every scroll and book there is.”
“How will tha make this next tower better than t’last one?”
Gwilym thought for a while. “It was good to know all the work we needed to do and it helped a lot to know who would do each activity. But men were still stumbling over each other because they wanted to do two different things at one time. Or they were waiting for someone else to finish their job before they could start their own. We need to know WHEN things will happen, in what order. Also, we need to know how long things will take so that people can work around each other. I think if we know how long each task will take and how they are linked to each other, we can figure out exactly when things have to happen.”
“Tha be right there, Gwilym. Will we try that on t’next tower?”

Bleddyn was busy telling the boys all about Huish, the townsfolk, Heilin and Heulwen, their mother, Father Drew and the first tower. Jac and Llawen were wide-eyed with excitement. “Your nurse-mothers are so beautiful!” he was telling them. “But not as beautiful as your real mother,” he hastily added as he caught Gwilym’s eye.
‘Interesting.’ Gwilym thought to himself on hearing Bleddyn’s words. ‘The boy is growing up.’
Fred, too was paying close attention to Bleddyn’s words. “What think tha of Heilin, Gwilym?”
“She’s a beautiful woman, inside and out,” he stated plainly.
“Why do tha not marry her then?” he inquired.
“I’m not ready to replace their mother,” Gwilym replied to Fred. He then noticed that all of his boys were watching him anxiously, eager for an answer to this question that had always seemed taboo to them. The one question they had always felt compelled not to ask.
“Boys. Listen to me carefully. Your mother was one of a kind. She was more than a wife. She was my best friend. We traveled together. We talked about everything together. She understood my mission in life and sacrificed her happiness to help me achieve it. She was a learned woman who I could go to and discuss my struggles and she understood them and helped me work them out. And she was your mother. She gave so much of herself to you. She taught you your letters, Bleddyn. She would have been so proud of you all. It is her beauty and kindness that you have inside you. Her understanding of others. She misses you every day. And I miss her so much.”
The boys were all crying now. Fred wiped away a tear from his eye. Gwilym tried a brave smile.
“So I keep her in my memory. I talk to her at quiet moments, about you boys, about the job, the quest. And that makes my life tolerable.” Gwilym looked at his crying sons. “But what about you three? Have I been selfish by not providing you with another mother? I cannot replace Kaitlyn but perhaps I could give you a permanent mother to always be there for you. Would you like that?”
Jac and Llawen immediately nodded yes but Bleddyn shook his head and said “No, Da.”
His brothers looked between father and son and cried even harder. Jac said, “I want a mother, Da. Bleddyn already had one but I didn’t.” This broke Gwilym’s heart and he gathered all his boys up in his huge arms and cried aloud.

When they arrived in Huish, they were all excited. They were met by the curious children who were always happy to find and announce strangers on the road and were escorted to the center of town amid this laughing, raucous crowd. They dismounted outside the tavern. The whole town gathered around and Gwilym scanned the crowd. Heilin pushed her way through the mass and swept Jac, then Llawen up into her arms and smothered them with kisses.
“Where is your sister, Heilin?” asked Gwilym.
“Heulwen’s a farmwife now, Gwilym. Married farmer Llyr last spring. Come on you!” she motioned forward a shy three year old girl. “Do you remember Iola, Jac? She was your milk sister. Many times she fought you over my breast but you were always the polite one. Say hello to your milk brother, Iola.”
Iola said a quick hello and then turned and buried her face in her mother’s skirts. Heilin laughed and said, “Oh! Now she decides to be shy, does she?”
“It’s wonderful to see you again Heilin,” Gwilym said. “And have you found yourself a nice farmer to marry also?”
Heilin laughed broadly. “No, no! Marriage is not for me just now. This little one may not look it but she is quite the handful.”
Fred bustled into the group and interrupted. “Would tha join us for dinner, then Heilin? We are all famished and we need to decide what to do and where to live and all. And Gwilym was saying that we needed to know what’s happenin’ in Huish now. Tha could tell us.” He blushed, then looked straight at Heilin.
Heilin smiled prettily and agreed. “Then let’s go to the tavern.”

During dinner, Gwilym found lodgings for the few months he would be in town and inquired after all his old friends. Little had changed apart from many marriages and births. Heilin had arranged that she sat next to Gwilym at the table and she took every opportunity to touch his arm when speaking to him or press her breast against him while reaching past him for something at the table. Fred was sitting on her other side, touching her arm and offering to pass her food. Gwilym smiled inwardly at this and took every opportunity to praise Fred for all the problems he had solved, the leadership he was displaying and the Project Management song he was singing.
“Fred knows his letters now!” Bleddyn exclaimed.
“Really?” asked the surprised Heilin and she gazed on Fred with a new respect.
“Aye!” he replied. “Young Bleddyn has been workin’ with me since we started t’last tower in Londinium. And I even know a lot of words, too. Like this is a T A B E L table. And you’re eating B R E A D, bread. What do tha think of that?”
“It’s wonderful, Fred,” she said and started paying more attention to him.
Gwilym winked at Bleddyn and then asked the smith, “Does Father Drew still preach here?”
“Aye,” replied Haearn. “He’ll be happy to have you back in town. He’s been a little starved for intelligent conversation since you left.”

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Friday, April 27, 2012

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Sexcapades

Now there's a picture of a swinger. Sexy in his own mind at least. When he's not busy raping young female reporters or New York City maids he's running a sex ring in France.

Read this article about the latest discoveries of this degenerate who was the leading candidate to be running France until he was disgraced in New York. While we couldn't get the conviction he deserved, we seem at least to have derailed his political ambitions somewhat.

Hotel Carlton de Lille
It was at the above hotel that DSK is accused of playing a prominent role in the ring running sex parties.

Below is oneof his charming text messages to an acquaintance:
“Do you want to discover a new dirty night club in Madrid with me (and some equipment)?” He means women when he says equipment, an insight into the deviant's brain.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Egyptian Election Shenanigans

Banned from the upcoming election: Omar Suleiman, Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, Khairat el-Shater
Citing narrow technical reasons, the Egyptian Electoral Commission barred from the upcoming elections the three most polarizing candidates: Omar Suleiman, the former spy chief under Hosni Mubarak; Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, an ultraconservative Islamist; and Khairat el-Shater, the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Seems like the military is still firmly in charge of the country.
While this allows me to breathe a sigh of relief, what does it mean to the budding Democracy in this land?

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Instant Bridge

A Bridge in a Day: The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is learning the advantages of a technique known as “accelerated bridge construction” to move a span into place in a day. By  Published: April 17, 2012
This may only work for bridges that cross railway lines but I like it anyway. Rather than taking several years and massive traffic delays to replace a bridge, Boston pre-fabricated it and slid it into place over the course of a weekend.

Wish I could download the video but the Times has it encoded somehow. So check out the article and click on the video at the top to see it being put into place.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Clever invention stops runaway cars

The accelerator assembly of a 2007 Toyota Avalon, which was recalled amid complaints about unintended acceleration.
We've read the stories throughout the years of cars that take off while the drivers are pressing hard on the brakes. Audi had a problem with their 5000 series in the 80's, old folks in Florida have been plagued with this. The latest victim of this problem were Toyotas (right after I bought their stock) with many people complaining about sticking accelerators and one widely publicized case of a family driving 120 miles per hour while on the phone with 911 complaining about the stuck accelerator. Usually the causes are the placement of brake pedals or sticking floor mats. (Another good reason to drive a manual transmission car but I'll save that rant for another time)

What do you do? At the time I didn't understand why these people didn't just put the car into neutral but I guess people freeze in emergencies. And after extensive and expensive testing, Toyota proved that there was no fault with their vehicles. Usually it's just the driver pressing their foot on both pedals simultaneously. I've done that myself though I figured it out a few seconds later.

But now there's a simple solution that federal safety regulators plan to require in all new cars and trucks: It's called a brake-throttle override system. All it does is cut the throttle as soon as the brake is pressed. So, whether it's a floor mat or your own foot pressing the accelerator while you're pushing on the brake, the accelerator will be disabled, allowing the car to come to a stop.

Best of all, the cost of making them mandatory would be close to zero since most vehicles already have the system. Toyota made these standard after the recalls and even retrofitted some earlier models. I guess it's cheaper to do this than continue to fight off lawsuits from bad drivers.

The NY Times has a full article about the system.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Another Kennedy thinks he's above the law

I'm really getting tired of the sense of entitlement within the Kennedy clan since one became President. When they're not getting away with murder for 27 years,
they feel entitled to vacated senator seats

and now feel they can violate hospital policies put in place to protect the theft of newborns.

Listen to this quote by Doug Kennedy when he was stopped while trying to take his newborn from the maternity ward: "My father was taken away from me when I was a baby."

I guess he's still a baby, based on the story the nurses told of him twisting one's arm and kicking the other as they tried to enforce the hospital policies.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Thirty-third excerpt from 'Twelve Towers'

When Gwilym awoke, Grainne was gone again. He was sorry to see this and wondered how long it would be until he saw her again. But meanwhile, he needed to complete some final preparations in advance of Sir Kay’s dedication ceremony. He dressed, went down to the river to perform his ablutions and met his team, who had assembled at the base of the tower.
“Gentlemen!” he addressed them in his usual manner. This used to elicited guffaws, then sniggers but had lately become expected of him. He noticed that it never failed to straighten their shoulders and bring their work to a higher standard. “Today we see the fruits of your labors. The Seneschal of King Arthur, Sir Kay, will come to inspect your work. And he will be impressed!”
The men cheered.
“The bridge and tower are beautiful!  The remains of Belinus are back where they belong, surrounded by the stones that originally entombed them. The bridge is strong; the tower will stand for a thousand years! You did that! I am proud of you!”
Another cheer from the men. They looked around at each other and shook hands, clapped each other on the shoulder, patted backs.
“Today, we clean up the site to look perfect for the ceremony. I don’t need to tell you what to do. You do it. We’ll meet on the bridge at Midday and watch Sir Kay’s reaction when he sees what we accomplished here. See you then!”
The men all scattered and were seen everywhere, picking up trash, placing stones, cleaning the tower, even pulling reeds at its base in the river. They first spruced up their area of focus, then moved to help others who had more work to do, finally ending up on the arch an hour before Midday. Fred and Gwilym appeared with a barrel of ale which they opened and shared amongst the celebrating men.
A cheer rose amongst the men as they saw the procession of Sir Kay wending its way through the streets of the city, leaving the old governor’s villa and heading their way. Gwilym noticed that it was composed of the same three men who had accompanied Sir Kay the last two times.
As before, one looked through the books, another inspected the foundation and construction of the tower and the third paid close attention to the capstone and its placement. The team watched in obvious pride as the men inspected their work. Finally Sir Kay closeted himself with Gwilym and Fred.
“You’ve done good work here again Gwilym. The tower looks great and I’m assured it will stand forever. You finished the job on schedule and the extra money you spent appears to be accounted for. But tell me, man to man, what caused the costs to go over what was planned?”
Gwilym was prepared for this question. “The foundations couldn’t be inspected until we had removed the tower and were much worse than we had planned. We had to sink new piles, then fill the space between the piles with large stones to assure the arch would stand strong. That caused most of the extra costs. Also, a lot of the interior stones were damaged and we couldn’t see these until we removed the outer stones.”
“Couldn’t you have predicted this?” Sir Kay asked.
“We planned for the most likely scenario. Not the most optimistic or pessimistic. So the costs were mostly in line.”
“And yet you come asking me for more money. Next tower I want you to ask for the right amount the first time.”
Gwilym smiled. “So it is to be another tower? Where and when?”
“I have a few in mind but they cannot be started yet. I will contact you at the end of the summer. But this time I want you to figure out exactly how much it will cost before you begin. Where will you spend the summer, Gwilym?”
“I think I will visit Huish again. I’d like to catch up with some old friends.”
“I will send for you there, Gwilym. Now, let’s dedicate this tower.”

“Halfway done, Merlin. Is the spell working?”
“We cannot tell until it is finished.”
“Does Gwilym suspect what we are doing?”
“They both do.”
“And yet they keep working on it?”
“He sees it as protection against what will come, she sees it as protection against the Christians.”
“And Grainne?”
“She is breeding again.”
“Gwilym again?”
“Very interesting. She talks of fostering the first one with Gwilym. What say you to that, Viviane?”
“The sooner, the better. I am becoming too attached to my grandson. Is Mostyn happy with the results of each tower?”
“They are each aligned perfectly and he can feel the power increasing.”
“Where next? It must be Caernarfon.”
Merlin released a quick laugh. “You have been studying your maps, then.”
“He will have his hands full dealing with that mad prince.”
“Gwilym will find a way” Merlin was calm as always.
“Arthur married that ninny, Gwenevere.”
“She is a nice girl, who was raised at Glastonbury and will treat the king well. She has no ambitions for the kingdom. The alliance strengthens Arthur’s hand in the fight against the Saxons”
“No ambitions for the kingdom? She forces her religion on the king.”
“He indulges her in this but he is loyal to Avalon.”
“This will not end well. For any of us.”

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Leadership at Evernote

 Earl Wilson/The New York Times
Phil Libin, chief executive of Evernote, a provider of note-taking and archiving technology says the company has an unusual culture.
 I read this Corner Office column weekly and its usually a bunch of platitudes but this week's version was pretty amazing. Here's a leader who has used some radical techniques to shake up his companies. It was all the interviewer could do to keep asking him: "What else?"

Let's look at some of the things he has done at Evernote:
  1. No offices
  2. No phones
  3. No lengthy e-mail chains
  4. Institutionalized cross-training
  5. Unlimited vacations and $1,000 in spending money to encourage you to take them
  6. Free housekeeping
  7. Continuous live-streaming video on big screen monitors between the two offices
  8. Laser-shooting robots
I had never heard of Evernote before this but I was curious enough to visit their website. It seems pretty cool so I downloaded it. There are times I have an idea and want to capture it. I'll see if it works. Here's the full NY Times article.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Aussies Invented Wireless

Who knew? The humble CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, based in Australia, invented the technology behind all of the three billion wireless devices in use today back in the 1990's. And it has successfully defended this patent, winning another $220 million in royalties this week.

Look at these proud Aussies:
Growing up in Australia, I rode my bike past the local office of the CSIRO and one of my high school friends ended up working for them. They are a government-backed organization, similar to NOAA but with broader scope. Probably closer to the old Bell Labs but run by the government. Check out their website.

I left Australia, partly because I felt research being done there wasn't on the cutting edge. But every once in a while they pull out a coup like this and I'm proud to be an Aussie.

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Round number estimates

I've managed a lot of projects in my life and have dealt with people making and then living up to, (more often not) those estimates of duration. I have found some people better at making and living up to estimates and some worse. Usually, those who live up to their estimates are not better at making them, just more dedicated to completing them within the time they estimated.

I once worked with an excellent woman who lived up to all her estimates. This was rare, but what made it rarer was the estimates she provided. She would be in the same room as the rest of the team making their duration estimates but when others would say a task took five, ten or fifteen days, her estimates were always six, twelve or eighteen; always some multiple of six.

I initially suspected that by giving herself an extra day of buffer she was more able to meet her deadlines but, after looking carefully around the room one day, I thought there might be a deeper-seated reason for her strange estimates. It took me a few years before I was able to verify my suspicions but finally, at a company picnic, I caught her unawares with her gloves off.

Just as I'd always suspected. People will estimate task durations based less on the complexity of the tasks and more on the numbers of fingers on their hands.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Tappan Zee Bridge Park

The Tappan Zee bridge across the Hudson has reached the end of its life and will be replaced soon. A few groups have sprung up to turn it into a park. Just like those who have created other walking trails and parks out of abandoned railroad lines and bridges, this ambitious plan envisions a park stretching over three miles across the Hudson with magnificent views of the Palisades, Manhattan and the mansions lining the river.

Se the full slide show in much greater detail in the website for this group.

This all sounds lovely but I hope it becomes a reality. In this Times article, the author explains all the difficulties facing the project: The bridge needs $50 million in maintenance annually and has serious long-term structural and seismic concerns, including the threat of marine borers eating into the underwater wooden pilings that support the bridge.

What do you think of the plan? Will you walk it when it's done? I will.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

There's no 'I' in 'Team'

This week's Celebrity Apprentice showed an example of how a selfish player can cause much conflict within a team. The men vs. women format was broken up and Arsenio was stuck with Aubrey and Teresa. Aubrey had previous experiences with the women's team that showed her selfishness but it became quite apparent in this episode.

Arsenio was right about the way she handled the box. Watch this brief video below to see how he catches the box, then immediately places it on the table in front of the rest of the team. Aubrey picks it up, looks it over and tosses it aside. The two men to her right, who had been eager to look at the box themselves and sat back while she examined it, looked shocked when she tossed it aside, not giving them a view.

Pretty soon, Arsenio called her out for not being a team player and the rest of the team backed him up. Watch her dig herself further into a hole.

Finally, she reveals how little of a team player she is when, after her team wins the challenge, she stalks off by herself rather than trying to console herself amongst the rest of her winning team.
Her last words were telling: "I just don't know if this is the right place for me." Yes! A team is NOT the right place for you. You need to be on your own.

Oh, and I found the 'I' in team here.

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Thirty-second excerpt from 'Twelve Towers'

From the almost finished tower, Gwilym could see the few Beltane fires glowing in the distant fields across the river but could make out nothing going on nearby. Londinium was a city and the folk there thought little about fertile fields. Life in the large town seemed to go on as any other evening. It was a warm night and Gwilym worked shirtless, the sweat cooling him off in the warm breeze. As he hammered in and out the wedges that allowed accurate placement of the river-jade, he kept an eye and ear out for Grainne’s arrival. He wondered how he was going to approach this evening.
The first time, two years ago, he had been overwhelmed by pure, animal lust. The lovemaking had been selfish and savage on his part. The second time she had set the tone and the lovemaking was more mutual. Afterward he had attempted to talk with her about this but Grainne had used her priestess powers to cast some kind of enchantment over him, forcing him to lose control and to sleep.
This time he wanted something different. The conversation they had held earlier today needed to continue. She had given birth to a son of his, a thought that filled him with joy and longing to see the boy, brother to Bleddyn, Jac and Llawen. When would he get to foster the child? And this enchantment she was casting, with his towers and their lovemaking and the Beltane timing as key elements; what was the meaning of it?
They certainly differed on their approaches to religion. She thought of Christianity as an evil, opposed to her Druidic teachings, something which must be fought. He saw it as another, similar religion that was being used cruelly now but had at its core the same basic tenets of the older religion, with some added concepts that made it beautiful. How did this spell help him in his own research? Did it go against the life-course he had set for himself when his father died, or did it move him forward? He must talk further with Grainne.
Merlin would give him no answers, but he might ask the right questions if he could get the old man into another conversation. That would have to take place tomorrow. Tonight, he must stay awake and learn more from Grainne.
Grainne- who was, even now, standing in the center of the rune on top of this capstone, barely visible in the new moon. Once again he hadn’t heard or seen her climb onto the top of this tower, yet here she stood, barefoot, wearing a simple white shift. Again he couldn’t see the color of her hair in the starlight; all were shades of grey.
This time he knelt before her, his head at the level of her breasts, and wrapped his arms around her. He moved his hands down her back and rear and caressed the backs of her legs. On reaching her feet, he slipped his hands under the hem of her shift and then caressed his way back up her calves, the backs of her thighs and buttocks, then up her back to her shoulders. By spreading his arms to their full extent, he was able to pull her shift off her completely and place it on the stone next to them. His hands then caressed their way down her neck, shoulders, breasts, belly and privates, parting her hair to perform his own ministrations, the way he had been taught long ago in Jerusalem.
Grainne threw one leg over his shoulder and enjoyed the treatment,


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How many times have you realized that your email simply doesn't arrive to your list or you suspect something is going wrong because you don't get the response you are waiting for?, this is more common today than yesterday and will be critical tomorrow.

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Sign to Diet ProjectThis research project implements a weight loss program for people with physical disabilities in Wichita. The project is based on a previous diet study that focused on adults with developmental disabilities.

In addition to educating participants about weight loss and weight management, the project studies the cost and public policy implications of weight loss. Health care usage patterns and improvements in secondary health outcomes – such as diabetes and hypertension – are analyzed through Kansas Medicaid claims data.

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The Gardener.

Sunshine Stamps is sponsoring a challenge at Trimmies Craft Challenges. You will have a chance to win 3 of Sunshine images. This images is called "Gardiner Bunny" and if you would like to see more of the images click here and it will bring you right to the site. This is Challenge #41 a Colour Challenge CITRUS. If you would like to go to there blog you can just click here. They also have Mr. Linky for you to sign up at.

Gardener 1 I did color my images with Copic markers and I sponged around the edges with Brilliance Ink "orange".  I was really having so much fun with this card and with him holding the carrots, I had to embellish it with some of the carrots I had, added some buttons, different kinds of ribbon, several kinds of brads. I even found some pineapples.Gardener 2 Gardener 3

I had to think of something to put on the outside of the card. One the left side I added some more ribbon and brads and a green pineapple. One the right side, the stamp I used for the saying came from The Angel Company. I made the flowers and put a rime stone in the middle and added some more ribbon and yellow pineapple on the one side. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it. I just found out that

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Introducing the Fuji XF 80mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR Macro Lens

July 7th was an extremely important day for Fuji, and whilst it will be remembered by most as the day that heralded the arrival of the highly anticipated Fuji X-T2 camera, it is important to remember that this wasn’t the only exciting product news that we received from the Japanese firm during the course of the day’s announcement events.

Fuji also released an updated and expanded version of their X-Mount Lens roadmap, which includes three completely new units, one of which is the forthcoming XF 80mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR Macro. The inclusion of this lens is interesting for a couple of reasons; It will be the first 1:1 macro lens in Fuji’s XF line-up, previously XF shooters had to use the XF 60mm f/2.4 macro lens, a 1:2 unit.  Secondly it replaces the XF 120mm f/2.8 Macro that was present on Fuji’s previous X-Mount roadmap. This may at first seem like a strange choice given the shorter ‘working distance’ of an 80mm macro lens, and how that may affect lighting options and shooting of easily startled subjects, but such fears go out the window when you consider the new lens’ compatibility with both of Fuji’s current XF Teleconverters.

When used with Fuji’s XF 1.4X TC WR Teleconverter the lens essentially becomes  a 112mm f/4.0 Macro, and when used with the XF 2.0X TC WR Teleconverter  the lens will operate as a 160mm f/5.6. Essentially what the teleconverter compatability is offering shooters here is a lot of flexibility, without the burden of having to own 3 separate macro lenses. Sure you don’t get the fast aperture performance offered by standalone macro lenses at each focal length, but given the tiny depth of field available when shooting macro anyway, for most shooters this is hardly an issue. Add to that the ability to utilise your teleconverters with your existing collection of XF lenses and you can begin to see that what Fuji has chosen to do here is in fact rather clever.

The main selling point of mirrorless systems over their SLR counterparts is the compact nature of their designs, and by relying on their existing teleconverters to provide focal length flexibility, rather than simply releasing even more standalone lenses, Fuji have stuck to the mirrorless ethos of portability, giving X-series shooters all the tools they need to travel light, but still have the kit flexibility to get the shots they need. From a business standpoint this mind-set is extremely shrewd, Fuji are seen as being a market leader when it comes to APS-C mirrorless cameras, but they aren’t without their competition (Hello Sony!), a forward thinking approach to the company’s lens lines, and design ethos that favours flexibility alongside fantastic cameras such as the X-Pro2 and the new X-T2 is sure to have shooters considering a move to Fuji systems.

The Fuji XF 80mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR Macro will be released in 2017, and you can bet we will be paying close attention to camp Fuji to bring you all related news.

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Montana Democrats

Montana Democrats have been on an impressive roll state-wide the last several years. Now they are gearing up to go after the single at-large U.S. House Seat. Here’s one potential candidate:

Dennis McDonald — The current chair of the Democratic Party in Montana, Dennis may find his background as a rancher and relative political outsider comes in more useful as a candidate than as a behind-the-scenes manager. Dennis is a founder of R-CALF, has deep connections across rural Montana, and could undermine part of Dennis’s base. He’d continue the successful formula that has worked for Montana Democrats — run a rancher or farmer who is good on gun issues and can be forceful on trade, keep the base unified, and win.

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Comments of farmer and Senator Jon Tester on the floor of the U.S. Senate speaking in favor of stricter farm bill payment limits.

Mr. President, I thank Senator Baucus for allowing me to speak. I also thank the good Senator from North Dakota.

Mr. President, I rise to speak on amendment No. 464, the Grassley-Dorgan amendment on farm payment limitations, making those limitations max out at $250,000. That is a quarter of a million dollars. That is how much money that is going to be maxed out for individual family farmers to get. That is a reasonable request. I think it makes the farm bill more defendable to the American people.

I am a family farmer. I understand family farmers are the backbone of this country. They keep our food security there so we do not have people going hungry. What the farm program has meant to do, and has always been meant to be, is a safety net for farmers so when market prices drop they have that safety net to depend upon. There is not one farmer I know of who does not want to get their income from the marketplace. So we need to keep it that way.

We need to encourage fair trade deals. We need to encourage more competition in the marketplace. We need to make sure our freight rates are, what I would call, not abusive, if we are going to keep family farmers on the land.

Some 30 years ago, the student body in the high school I went to in a farming community had 160 kids in it. Today, that same student body is less than half that size because we have not had a farm bill that has worked for the farmers.

This amendment makes sense because it puts a cap of $250,000 on the benefits from farm program subsidies and eliminates those big agribusinesses that have been taking money they do not need, quite frankly. They do not need that safety net that the farm program subsidies provide in our farm program.

So with that, Mr. President, I ask that all the Members of the Senate support amendment No. 464, the Grassley-Dorgan amendment, because it is the right thing to do.

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The Circassians have long been proverbial for their beauty of form and figure, especially the women; and, though they have in this respect been confounded with the Georgians, yet all the accounts of the modern and the most accurate travellers concur in describing them as an extremely handsome people—tall, finely-formed, slender in the loins, small in the hand and foot, elegantly-featured, with keen, lively eyes, fresh complexions, and remarkably intelligent countenances.

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Saturday, 13 February 2010

Ben Hennessy 2010

a couple of quotes left around Waterford, Ireland - one in a bookshop and one in a cafe

from two of my favourite Russ stories

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Ben Hennessy
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In the hospital his father opened his eyes. “O thou of two worlds,” he said.
“How are you feeling?” said the night sister.
“I almost didn’t get here.”
“Tell me about it.”
“I felt my horse sink underneath me, then…”
“Then what?”
John’s father laughed. “It was a dream,” he said.

It was almost four o’clock in the morning when John’s mother woke up and went into the study. She saw her son asleep at the desk with his head cradled on his arms. She read the page in the typewriter that had ended: “…on and on until a long, long shudder…” Now there was more. She read:

…on and on until a long, long shudder passes through the horse but it doesn’t stumble, it keeps on galloping. The pursuers have no more arrows and they stop chasing Temujin.
It was getting dark when the red roan brought Temujin to his camp. His brother Khasar pulled out the arrow and bandaged the wound and got him a fresh horse. It was time to move camp, and they rode away. Temujin’s wound hurt, he’d lost a lot of blood. He fell asleep in the saddle.
When he woke up the moon was shining and they were in the hills. The horses were put out to graze and he went to look for the red roan but he couldn’t find it.
“Where’s the red roan?” he asked Khasar.
“How should I know?” said Khasar.
“But I rode into camp on it, said Temujin.
“I found you lying on the ground at the edge of camp and there was no horse,” said Khasar.
“Were there any tracks?”
“No tracks.”
Then Temujin knew that the red roan had galloped beyond death to save him.

In two weeks John’s father came home. He sat down at his desk and looked at the page in his typewriter. “Someone’s been typing on my page,” he said.
“It was me,” said John. “I woke up in the middle of the night and came in here and I sort of had a dream at your desk.”
“Sleeptyping?” said his father.
“Something like that,” said John.
“It’s not bad,” said his father. “Not bad at all.”

One morning after breakfast Tom was fooling around with his chemistry set and he invented anti-sticky. Then he fooled around with anti-sticky and jam and springs and wheels and connecting-rods and he made a two-seater jam-powered frog.

Tom got into the frog with Aunt Bundlejoy Cosysweet and started it up. The frog hopped over the fence and the next three gardens in one giant hop.

“What makes it go?” said Aunt Bundlejoy.
“Jam,” said Tom. “When the anti-sticky hits the sticky it bounces back. The spring keeps it going, the connecting rods move up and down, the wheels go round and the frog hops.”

Tom and Aunt Bundlejoy took the frog out for a spin. They hopped along the river and they hopped past Aunt Fidget Wonkham-Strong Najork’s house.

Captain Najork was in the observatory looking through his telescope at the girls’ boarding-school across the river when the frog hopped past.

“Follow that frog!” he shouted to his hired sportsmen as he leapt into his pedal-powered snake, and away they undulated.

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Sunday, September 28, 2008

things change on a dime

Let's talk about...

he rules..
+ he always fucks up the name of whatever boy i'm dating at the time. it's fucking hilerious.
+ he texts me about food all the time and it's our number 1 bond.
+ he exposed me to crazy amounts of NAS at an early age, along with mariah, beavis and butthead, macguiver, Zorro, and DMX.
+ He took me and my sister out for dinner at OLD COUNTRY BUFFET.

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+ it 99% of the time sucks.
+ It makes me feet smell much worse than usual and New York sucks because everything I do is 45 blocks from the train so my clothes end up getting soaked and I get to work smolling like a wet dog
+Umbrellas are ALWAYS annoying and no human can walk correctly with one.

Let's talk about...

+It sucks alot.
+I used to have the ability not to care about anyone, I re-taught myself this ability, now I deeply regret it.
+ almost everyone is selfish

Let's talk about...

Thursday, September 25, 2008

don't forget to be kind to me

I don't think I ask much from people
I don't think sitting in the living room with Kathleen and Kim will ever get old
I don't think it's going to be a very warn winter
I don't think I'm done getting tattooed
I don't think I understand much of anything except for the people that I'm sure of in my life.

Monday, September 22, 2008

You remind me of a firework, boy
You touch the ceiling, you touch the floor
You sparkle and burn but you take your time

And i bet i could carry you across state lines
I'd tell you why, but i don't know
It's simple and so complicated
I could walk all day on the railroad track

But there's much more to it than that
You know all of my secret ideas
The ones i'm giving up on and the ones i'll keep
And everybody sees a funny look in our eyes'
Cause we know that we already won the sweepstakes prize

and.... DUH.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

After Hours

Time to talk about the happy:

I'm being very productive as of lately.

I have a plan, a real plan.

I only like being in my apartment in my living room with my roomates or in Philly, that's pretty much it lately.

It's fall.

My birthday is in a month

Matt gave me a copy of DeathProof

Jeru the Damaja rulez

Lindsey came to the city and I walked around Central Park West with her and her Ahtropology class.

Not so happy:

My apartment has cockroaches.

I hate $

Today is the anniversary of the day Kevin and I met, 6 years ago.

The desire to skip class is overwhelming lately.

There aren't enough hours in the day.

I have my fucking period.

I smoke too much.

The DMV can suck fifty dicks.

I'm pretty sure the world is ending.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

i hate that I cannot control certain things and I wish I could just make you be better but you never will be and you dont even understand how I think about the things you've said to me over and over and how much i obsess over what you don't say. you still don't know why I got that number tattooed on my ribs and you will never fathom what it means to me and you still refuse to acknowledge the worst day of my life. I wonder who never acknowledged yours. and if you're still mad at them like I'm mad at you. You were the last good thing I ever saw and after that day everything was gone and you ruined me. Sometimes I think I feel better but sometimes I feel like I'm seven years old again and still looking you in the eye waiting and waiting for you to tell me all the things you should have said, but almost 14 years later I still find myself saying it over and over to myself so I can be a normal human being instead of any angry little girl sitting in a car shivering.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

All of my vactions to see Matt, Lily, Rashi, and Davey are the absolute best.
Guess who's Psychology professor chose her to be on her grant funded research team out of everyone in the whole entire calss. ME. AND IT'S PAID. IT RESEARCHES TERRORISM/VIOLENCE PSYCHOLOGY STUFF LIFE RULES AND IT'S GETTING PUBLISHED AND I'M NOT EVEN A SENIOR YET AND I'VE BEEN CHOSEN TO WORK ON A REAL RESEARCH STAFF.
i'm so happy. I almost cried right in her office. Honestly.She mentioned wanting me but I didn't think she was serious and I didn't think it was paid and REAL. On the way to philly I had to go to her office to get the details. HO MY GOD.

I have so much to do lately. Besides the god awful amounts of school work I need to also get my NY ID for my 21st birthday and go to the doctors to get my heart checked since I haven't in way too long and I gotta research the GRE'S and figure out when I'm gonna take them and apply to graduate schools. I'm a real grownup soon and it is so freaky.

Me and Matt filled up the big claw bathtub and put on bathingsuits and went swimming in it in the middle of the day. It was so funny. day baths and alkaline trio playing and bubbles everywhere.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

I heard everybody's voice cut out when you spokeAnd I watched all the lights go dim when your eyes opened Well I can't believe you showed up, what do I do now? It's last call, time to go. But before we say goodnight. Let's walk home, let's be afraid. I wanna grab you by the arms and kiss you so hard. Let's do it right under the streetlight. I want it now, somehow I forgot how

Saturday, September 13, 2008

"my therapist says one of my coping mechanisms is to always be thinking of the way out. Like this hotel, I'v memorized all the exits"

Friday, September 12, 2008

before I die

What do you want to do before you die?

Right now, for me, it'd be to change the prison system for the better, leave behind some awesome kids, honor my mother, marry a man who loves me unconditionally, end poverty, have sex in public more, and to learn to let go.

This website is pretty cool
here are some of my faves...

Monday, September 8, 2008

Matt came to Brooklyn this weekend.
My room turned into a camp where we hung out. Millions of drinks and backpacks covering the floor of my room.
We got caught in the rain twice, dried our clothes with my little fan.
Watched movies and made supper and were lazy.

Today at school I scanned some items in my purse that currently sum up my life.
I know, it's sorta depressing, but colorful right? hahah.
Ticket to house bunny that I went to see with Lily in Manhattan, too many cigs, sweet mint gum, and being on subways hours every day to get from work -school-home-.

I'm tired and happy. Twenty finally felt good, now in about a month I turn 21.

i keep seeing cardinals everywhere.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

then turn the light on.

Things I like:

Smart People (not the movie)
Texting during school
Mexican Food
falling asleep listening to all of "Pygmalion" by Slowdive, specifically the song "rutti"
When people call me by a nickname
Listening to the same song over and over
Darjeeling Tea, black. or when I mix it with honeybush tea.

Things I do not like:
Paying my bills late
$400 electric bills (means I just have to yell at some mother fucker at con ed)
Introducing myself as "Junior, Psych major"
Having a stuffy nose
When my professors call me "Nicole"
cuts on my feet
Alkaline Trio tickets costing 35 bucks
Drinking whiskey and it reminding me of senior year of highschool

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

watch me hurt, cast me out, don't speak my name.

i'll know how much you know
i'll know how much you're mine
the simplest things
become so hard
a nervous wreck
beside your arms
anywhere is fine with me

Monday, September 1, 2008

I was wrong when I said things never work out right.

For the first time in about 3 years, I can say that I don't want summer to end.
This summer I got 5 new tattoos.
Today I saw my dad for like the first time when there wasn't 4 inches of glass inbetween us and he wasn't wearing an orange jumpsuit. For the first time ever, he looked old to me.
Im now microwaving old pancakes my mom made, so fucking good.
Everything does happen in August.


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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Reading "Anu Dalam Botol" Review

I thought this is interesting review. Oh why I am doing it now? It is just an exercise with my graduate students, talking about sensitive issues, title-ing?, censorship, believablity, human rights and Islam.
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...Dalam Botol... or as it was originally titled Anu Dalam Botol... so I guess if the original title offends people, then all we gotta do is just put dots in place of the offending word ala 'Perempuan, Isteri dan ...' back in the day... although there was a movie called Jalang right? Last year? Also a movie called Bohsia... no negative connotation there?
But I digress...
Dalam Botol tells the story of Rubidin (Arja Lee), who had a sex change operation because of his lover (Wan Raja), but was later spurned by the same lover. Then, because of a family incident/emergency, he returned to his hometown and experienced a moment of normalcy when he hangs out with a girl (Diana Danielle).
That's the gist of the movie...
I thought the storylines were okay. There was substance to it. In fact, with the layering of the subplots, it was quite interesting to watch. Unfortunately, some storylines were too neatly resolved, although I know this was based on true events, but it doesn't seem realistic.
For example, the money part. Rubidin owed money to some ahlong I think and he was at his wit's end already but then he inherited a whole lot of money and all his troubles went away. Too neatly resolved there for my liking. If that really happened, then Rubidin's a lucky girl in life, although not so much with his love life.
And then some issues along the way... such as the money from the ahlong... I assumed he took the money for the operation... but then, he said he owed the guy 40K... yet he has 20K in the bank account... and the lover has squandered 20K... so how much was the operation?
And why did someone go off for a sex change operation and did not bother to get boobs? He forgot? Or he just wanted the vagina? That seemed a bit odd to me... and he was still wearing a wig... so why bother going through with cutting it off if you're basically no different from a drag queen?
Also, how come these people keep on repeating the same thing over and over again? Like when Ghaus and Ruby were talk-arguing... he kept asking Ruby where she went for a couple of months and kept talking about the surprise and what the surprise was... it's like he did not know she went and got herself a vagina or something... sigh...

Acting-wise, the cast was not too bad... the supporting characters ie the ladies are by far the better actors here... Fauziah Ahmad Daud, Normah Damanhuri and Diana Danielle. A movie about gay men and they are all upstaged by the girls? Kinda ironic... oh before I forget, one comment on Arja Lee... he doesn't seem like he can't act but there are times when it just was not right... maybe it's because he is not that pretty when he is a girl... or maybe the fact that he was pouting and did this high pitched voice when he was Ruby... I dunno... but there was something off about his performance, like he did not connect or something... and good God, his character's drag version was sooo annoying, not because she was needy but her voice was getting on my nerves and the crying without the tears thing? Come on!... I do have to point out that he was quite okay in his scenes as Din though...
Then there was my problem with the setting up of the shots... and no, I ain't talking about the metaphors that they put on throughout the movie... yes, Rubidin got his thang cut off... no need to put a severed tree trunk in the scene right? We got it already. Remember when he opened the fridge after coming back... you can see two eggs... yes, his two eggs were also chopped off... sigh... but no, I was not talking about that...
I am talking about the shots of two people talking but you don't see them talking, you see the scene partner... it worked well when Ruby was facing the mother about his financials... coz it was a delight watching the mother's reactions... now that was a necessary scene for that kind of shot... but why must a lot of other scenes shot that way as well... Dina talking to Ruby about her problems... and Din's face remained stoic... if he identified with his problem and gave facial expressions then okay lar... but nothing... should've focused on Dina and have her emote... why would you show the back of someone's head? Is it because they cannot act? Or did not really carry the scene well?
A colleague of mine said that it was done to be artistic... but I say artistic should not compromise a scene and its contents... Diana Danielle, who I think is a capable actress, especially in this movie, should've been given the chance to face the camera and emote, which would be so much better than seeing the back of her head emote...
Anyway, given the fact that we only have one other gay-themed (yes, gay-themed and not gay movie... I don't believe this would fall under the latter category), Dalam Botol, when compared to the horrors that was 2 Alam, can be considered one of the 10 Best Picture nominees come Oscar time.
But, if you watch it on its own merit and as a regular movie, I believe it's not a bad movie, but not particularly good either, but a good step for Malaysia's cinema to stop being ruled by the censorship board. And yes, I enjoyed watching the movie. :)

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Selipar Jepun, Kasut Tumit Tinggi

Svarnabhumi Studio + MAP Publika present

Japanese Slippers + High-Heels

A Contemporary Theatre Inspired by Mak Yong World Heritage

(Japanese Slippers + High-Heels)

A Contemporary Theatre Inspired by Mak Yong World Heritage

“Perjalanan Mencari Kebenaran, Kebebasan dan Kebahagiaan”
(Journey Looking For Truth, Freedom & Happiness)

Date: 6-8th April 2012
Venue: Black Box, MAP Publika, Dutamas, Jalan Duta, KL
Time: 8.30 -10.30 PM
Director: Dr.Zulkifli bin Mohamad
Actors: Zamzuriah Zahari & Rosman Ishak
Dancers: Ahmad Firdaus Che Yahya & Foo Chi Wei

Ticket: RM45 Adult, RM 25 Student
Contact: +60192459282

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