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CITYWIDE ‚Äî In case you were wondering, there‚Äôs less than three weeks left before the non-stop onslaught of electoral news coverage reaches its zenith on Nov. 6, leaving the losers to go home to lick their wounds and the winners to begin fretting about their new positions of power.

Until then, however, websites, television shows, radio stations and political ads will continue to rain down truths, half-truths and outright lies, leaving soon-to-be voters with a lot of information on their hands and just as many ways to parse it.

Fortunately, Santa Monica didn‚Äôt earn the title “Silicon Beach” for nothing.

Three websites with roots in the city by the sea each promise a window into the morass of information coming out of both local and national elections. Each has a unique twist to its product, and each is striving to be a go-to for voters locally and across the country.

These are, and

The first is a product of City Hall in cooperation with the League of Women Voters and Center for Governmental Studies.

This recent installment of the biannual website gets down and dirty with local election issues like traffic, homelessness and the budget, and also provides a brand-new platform for candidates to get their message out through Internet video site YouTube.

It‚Äôs a one-stop-shop for local candidates and measures, designed so that voters can get their sample ballots out and make their decisions on the spot or at their convenience, said Robin Gee, Cable TV and Public Information manager with City Hall.

“Every two years we put together an election website with the goal of trying to put all of the information that Santa Monica voters need in one place,” Gee said.

The 2012 version has some new features, like access to the City Clerk‚Äôs database on campaign contributions and candidate videos that double as a YouTube channel that cover a diverse range of topics from what they would do about homelessness to their favorite thing about Santa Monica.

“It will be interesting to see how they‚Äôre used,” Gee said. “They can track their views, embed the videos on their websites and that kind of stuff.”

Each video was shot in the City TV studio with help from city staff and direction from the Center for Governmental Studies, which partners with City Hall to create new formats that give voters a different view of each candidate.

The League of Women Voters assisted with the questions to preserve City Hall‚Äôs “hands-off” policy on content creation for the site. is a nonprofit with headquarters in Downtown that puts new meaning into “just the facts, ma‚Äôam.” It‚Äôs been plugged by the New York Times and is used by classrooms across the country to enhance students‚Äô understanding of the American political system.

ProCon staffers have put over 2,000 hours of work into developing its 2012 presidential election site, which shows the positions of five presidential candidates (yes, there are more than two) on 68 issues and where those positions have changed over the course of the candidate‚Äôs record, said Kamy Akhavan, president and managing editor of the site.

The site winnowed down a 400-candidate pool to five: President Barack Obama, Gov. Mitt Romney, Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Libertarian Gary Johnson and Constitution Party candidate Virgil Goode.

Researchers reach out directly to candidates for their positions on topics. If they do not receive a reply ‚Äî or get a non-answer ‚Äî ProCon staffers go hunting, digging up speeches, newspaper articles and other primary source documents to pin down a candidate‚Äôs thoughts on a given issue.

A summary chart of candidate positions with links to the relevant articles has been the most popular piece of ProCon‚Äôs election site, but the organization included other key information as well to keep it fresh and informative after the election is over.

Curious Internet browsers can find transcripts of every speech and debate a candidate engaged in, financial information and even the presidential election history dating back to 1789.

“We‚Äôre not making any money off of this. We have no advertising or even a means of getting revenue,” Akhavan said. “The measure of our success is how many people find it useful.”

Given that the site broke its own one-day website traffic record on Monday with 110,831 sessions, it‚Äôs clear that something is going right for the team.

Finally, TheVSsite ‚Äî pronounced “the versus site” ‚Äî is a brand new product established by two brothers, one in Santa Monica and the other in Missouri. It has a distinctly social media feel to it, with users able to “vote” or “veto” articles that it pulls from both sides of the political spectrum to show which media outlets are covering certain topics and how they approach them.

It was born out of a political debate between Ben Lamb, who lives in Santa Monica, and his brother Jonny.

“I felt I was right and he felt he was right,” Ben Lamb said. “It got to the point we said, well state your sources, show the brass tacks.”

Each directed the other to a news article, one from a conservative outlet and the other from a liberal one, each proving their point.

They decided to create a website that featured both liberal and conservative news organizations so that people could expose themselves not only to the kind of media content they usually access, but to the other side as well.

The brothers compiled their favorite sites and blogs and used RSS feeds to take trending articles and link them to the website.

“It‚Äôs hot off the presses, filtered in multiple times a day so people can figure out what‚Äôs being said on the story,” Lamb said.

It‚Äôs good to have this kind of information available on the Internet because that is where people are going to find it, said Tracy Westen, and CEO of the Center for Governmental Studies.

The center is working to get cities everywhere to sign on to the online model.

According to a study by the Pew Research Center, 54 percent of adults used the Internet for political purposes in the 2010 midterm election, with 73 percent of adult Internet users going online to get news or information about the election.

This year, 88 percent of registered voters own a cell phone and 27 percent of those have used it to stay up to date with election information. There is growing evidence that mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are adding to how much news people get, Pew reports.

That‚Äôs relevant to which, for the first time, was crafted with a technology called “responsive programming.” The technique allows the site to sense what kind of device a person is using to access the site and arranges the view for it.

“It‚Äôs malleable,” said Behrang Abadi, web development manager with City Hall. “If you were to look at the site on a desktop computer, you would see the desktop version. If you slowly minimize the window, it shifts to take advantage of the real estate available.”

After Nov. 6, media outlets and the Internet will return to their steady diet of memes and cute cat videos. Until then, Internet users have three Santa Monica resources to help them out.

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The Fines Creek Community Association will host a broom dance from 7 to 10 p.m. on Feb. 4 in the gym of the old Fines Creek School.

During a traditional broom dance, the men scramble to find a new partner to dance with or face getting stuck with the broom. The dance features live music and snacks. The association also plans to sell hot dogs.

Tickets are $5 per person. All students accompanied by an adult get in free.  The Fines Creek gym is off Exit 15 on Interstate 40. Turn north onto Fines Creek Road, and go three miles to the old school on the left.

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I loved this photo of the old-school station wagon picnic, so I thought I’d use it to create this inspiration board. This is one of those boards that by no means has to be for a wedding – I think this would be a fun birthday picnic, maybe in late summer or early fall. Or early spring for that matter.

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My Life Lately (and "No, We Don't Eat Cats")

Since adopting the girls from China, we've heard the usual, "Do they eat cats in China?" question numerous times.  To my knowledge, they did not.  And, hopefully, we did not either.  But, yesterday, Eva told me she loved eating cats.  I was kind of confused since I know that I haven't fed her a single cat since she came home in 2006.  So, here is her train of thought and how she came to love eating cats.  I love seeing how their little minds process things.

Last night, I was making a dinner of tuna cakes.  They are kind of like crab cakes; it's the same concept.  As I'm mixing the tuna, Eva said, "I love to eat cats."  Of course, I asked her when she ate a cat.  She then pointed to the bowl and said, "Isn't that cat?"  No, it was tuna fish. "Well, isn't tuna fish the same as cat fish?  That means I'm eating cat."  So, in her eyes, tuna fish, cat fish,'s all the same.

On to other things...I finally got my living room, hallway, and steps painted.  I'm very pleased with the end result.  I bought a few things and made some changes around the place.

Mike says I am just adding to Joy's OCD issues with putting numbers on the steps, but I couldn't resist.

We also had another, small snowstorm.  The kids braved the cold and enjoyed a little bit of sledding.

Thankfully, they learned to jump off the sled right before it went underneath a wire fence...they never really went fast enough to do any damage to themselves.

And, true to Virginia's weather, it was warm just a few days later.  About a decade ago, Seth and Jack received this zip line from their grandma.  After they got too big for it, it went unused for years.  Now, it is back in action.  The girls managed to climb the ladder before taking off full speed.

 Pure delight on that face.

 And because Eva doesn't like getting stopped by the big tree, Ivy grabs her before the end of the zip line.

 Not sure why her pants are undone.  She does strange things a lot.

 When did this girl get so long?

It bugs me when they do this.

We celebrated another anniversary this month.  We managed a nice dinner downtown that evening.  Just the two of us.  It was so nice not looking for a kids menu (they didn't have one) or cutting someone's food (Mike is very capable), or making bathroom trips before the drive home.

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I love the numbers on the stairs! What fun to have your very own zip line! Happy Anniversary!

Numbers on the stairs...I so want to do this! Your house looks beautiful. Nicely done!

When do you find time to paint AND homeschool? You are my new heroine. :)

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I can't stand the sock/flip flop thing either. And you know who my culprit is? Almost 15 year old David! Sometimes he has holes in his socks, which adds to the weirdness of it. Congratulations on your anniversary! We are celebrating 25 years tomorrow!

Eva's logic is hilarious! That zip line sure looks fun, too. And those steps? Awesome. Love the paint job. And congrats on your anniversary and dinner out. We've got a long time to go before we're doing that again, thanks to little Havi.

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The Lands of the Doomed is a location that appears in the Sonic Boom television series. It is a region on Seaside Island filled with treacherous and dangerous terrains that Knuckles the Echidna imagined during a chili pepper-induced dream.[1][2]

Located deep within the wilderness on Seaside Island, the Lands of the Doomed are a diverse region of mountains, grass fields, cliff sides, forests and deep open mines. Befitting its name, these lands are extremely difficult and dangerous to travel through due to the unstable and untamed terrains and fields rigged with booby-traps.[2]

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During an unusual dream, Knuckles the Echidna came to the Lands of the Doomed seeking the Lost Pepper of Claggerhorn, traveling through it in the hardest way possible. He eventually encountered a speaker that congratulated him for his progress, only for it to trigger another trap which took him into the clutches of the Pepper People. There, Knuckles heard their tragic story over the loss of Claggerhorn and agreed to help them reclaim it.[2]

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The Problem of Halloween

Halloween poses a really big problem.  I'm not even thinking about whether good Catholics (or any Christian) should celebrate this "pagan" day. I'm thinking just about the candy alone.

I don't want to buy chocolate candy and support abysmal labor conditions and even slavery.

I don't want to buy candy that's full of food dye. I'd feel guilty pumping kids full of that garbage.

I can't afford non-candy edible treats like bags of pretzels or goldfish.

I would love to make handmade treats like cookies or popcorn balls.  But that doesn't fly in today's world for fear that I'd be some psycho lacing them with drugs or poison.

I don't want to buy random, practically disposable non-food "treats" because I don't want to encourage our materialistic, throw-away culture

Maybe we should all agree that raw sugar packets are probably the best option for Halloween treats.  Okay?

Totally Legit Halloween Treat. Right?

But really. I live in a neighborhood where we get 200-300 trick-or-treaters, many of whom get "bused in" by their parents from impoverished and dangerous parts of the city.  Ignoring them is not a question in my mind.  These poor kids deserve to have some fun.  Many barely even have costume. I think I'll be opting for lollipops or something along those lines this year.
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7QT - Coffee, Exorcised Salt and Unfortunate Flowers

Can you believe that the last two Fridays I completely forgot it was Friday until the following day?  Yes.  It's true.  And on each Saturday I cried "oh no! Yesterday was Friday and I didn't post my 7 Quick Takes!" Terrible.
I mostly forgot it was Friday twice in a row because on both of those days we were hosting wonderful house guests!  The first was a newly-ordained friend, and the next week was my brother.  We thoroughly enjoyed both of their visits and they left behind a freshly-blessed house and a bag of delicious Brazilian coffee respectively.  #ittook4yearstogetmyhouseblessed #catholicfail

I really wish I took a picture of our friend in action while he was blessing our house.  It quick, but it was awesome.  I am so pleased that every room in this house has been thoroughly doused in holy water.

I now have a nice jar of exorcised salt.  #catholicwin

And coffee too!

Today is the last of Kelly's Link-toberfest posts! Last week she's asked how many Quick Takes we've all posted.  If I've counted right, this post should be my 20th Quick Takes posted over a span of 3 years.  Well, that's a convenient significant number for this post, but of course I wish I'd posted more.  Today she asked about our most popular posts.  I'm not sure any of them really are popular,  but this one from June 2013 has the most hits.

Number 5.  We really should just have 5 Quick Takes. Amen.

But really...

This happened on the campus of Notre Dame last Saturday:

Landscaping had just installed these lovely red and gold mums and the Basilica just had these lovely red and gold flower arrangements delivered.

All just in time for Notre Dame to play the red and gold Trojans of USC.

"I just want all the SC fans here to know that these are NOT for you.  They are merely fall decorations. They mean NOTHING."  - Fr. P. Rocca C.S.C. before the Vigil Mass the day of the game.

Thankfully Notre Dame won the game.

Random fun(?) fact:  Yesterday it was confirmed that my younger son's head is 1/2 inch larger in circumference than his older brother's.  Guess they'll be switching winter hats.

I have decided to write a couple little posts for the coming week.  So check in over the next few days.  I really do want to get back into the blogging habit.  I don't really even know if anyone reads my blog, so if you do stop by and have a second, would you mind leaving a little comment?  A little encouragement would go a long way for me.

Go read more Quick Takes at Kelly's!

Happy Friday!

7 Quick Takes - Anniversary Edition

This week marks the 7th Anniversary of 7 Quick Takes!  I can't believe it's been that long.  Or maybe I can.  7 Quick Takes has always been my favorite link-up (except that I will always maintain that 5 Quick Takes would be sufficient).  I've been playing with the blog for the last couple weeks (do you see the updates!?), toying with the idea of coming back. When I saw Kelly's post I knew it was time.
My first 7 Quick Takes post appeared June 14, 2013. I'm a little surprised I didn't do one before then.

I have to say, looking back it's funny to see how much I have not changed over the past two years.  I still am not a morning person.  I still think yard sales start too early in the morning.  I can always use sleep.  And I may or may not be fudging the time stamp of this post.

That being said a lot has changed since June 2013.  Our family's grown since then.  We have two little rambunctious boys instead of one.  The Hubs is in full-blown dissertation writing and teaching mode.  We've helped sell two houses (my grandmother's and mother-in-law's).  We've traveled a lot (of the event-attending, conference-presenting, and family-visiting type) I feel that we are much more established.

Number 5.  We really should just have 5 Quick Takes.

My first 7 Quick Takes featured our next-door neighbor's chickens.  These chickens became a somewhat reoccurring theme in my posts.  Sadly one of the ladies next door has since passed on after being attacked by a dog.  That makes posting the 6 chickens as Quick Take #6 less significant, or should I just consider it a tribute to our feathered friend?

Well, that brings me back.  I hope I can keep this up.  I certainly don't consider myself a writer by any stretch, but it does me good to write. I hope some reader out there finds some entertainment or enjoyment in this blog.

Happy Friday!

Linking up with Kelly!

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Today I'm over at Nourish Motherhood again.

 We are called to nourish others, but we cannot forget that we need to be nourished too. I love the passage in John 13 when Christ washes the apostles’ feet at the Last Supper. The example of Christ’s humility, service, and generosity is so moving. I want to be like Christ! I want to follow Him and wash the feet of those around me. I know I’m not alone in this desire.
I like to skip down to the end of that passage and read: If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.
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Marriage and the Cross

Even though I've not been here, today you can find me over at the new Nourish Motherhood site!

Shortly before my own wedding day, both of my parents pulled me aside at different times. “You know,” my father said, “marriage is wonderful and full of so many good things, but marriage is also a cross. Just remember that. Always keep the cross in sight.” When her turn came, my mother’s advice was the same but with a dramatic sigh and flourish: “Sometimes I look at your father, and I just see a giant cross standing there!”
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Ecce ancilla Domini

Behold the handmaid of the Lord

This has been echoing in my mind all day.

Haley over at Carrots for Michaelmas has an excellent post for today: Why Mary Has to Hold the Cards: Thoughts on the Annunciation, Assault, and Free Will.  The title startled me at first, but reading it made my day's meditation all the more clear.  You should read it too.

Ecce ancilla Domini

Have a blessed Annunciation!

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If what Natalie Samdal accomplished this past year is any indication, the South Christian golfer has a bright future ahead.

Samdal came into the Sailors’ program as a freshman and averaged about 96 shots a round. This year, she improved that to 83.7 and had the best finish among Grand Rapids-area golfers with a third in the Division 3 state finals at Bedford Valley Golf Club in Battle Creek.

Samdal has been selected the MLive/Grand Rapids Press player of the year for girls golf.

Another indicator of her improvement: As a freshman, Samdal shot 96-97-193 in the state finals at Forest Akers West. This year she went 81-79-160, a remarkable 33-shot improvement.

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“She was like that all season but in the state finals she really did well,” said Sailors coach Ben Cook.

Her low nine-hole total was a 36 at Thousand Oaks Golf Club to earn medalist honors at the OK Green Conference meet.

That kind of improvement doesn’t just come in one area.

“Just everything,” Cook said. “She was good in ball striking and she does not that, but the improvement has just been in every part of her game.”

It helps that her parents are good golfers, and that Samdal knows the importance of preparation.

“She is very focused and very prepared,” Cook said. “She doesn’t leave any stone unturned. She takes notes, she knows her stats and she knows what club she is going to hit each hole. She already thinks a good game.”

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Monday, December 24, 2007

Special Visitor

Last night we had a special visitor stop by the house. Here are pictures of his visit!

That was the highlight so far of my holidays. It was another thing that I just figured we couldn't do because of the risk of colds and RSV. To have Santa stop by the house and pose for pictures was awesome! I heard Will mention a football and Lindy said something about a baby doll!

I haven't had a chance to post since the day Lindy got home. Twins are hard work!! Double the work and double the amount of time it takes to do anything! It isn't so bad when you have some help but there have been times I have to do everything alone! That takes some planning!
Overall everything has gone well. Lindy has been adjusting fairly well. She is sleeping well which is really good. She doesn't seem to be eating quite as smoothly as she was when she first came home. She's been having large throw up attacks about once a day. All stuff we are trying to figure out. She has had a couple fussy spells and we cannot figure out what is wrong. When Will cries it is usually to tell us he is hungry. We haven't figured out Lindy's crying yet. I'm pretty sure there is more than just the I'm hungry cry! It has been really fun putting the babies together. Lindy seems to be calmed by Will and Will seems to care less about Lindy! Not sure he's noticed her yet! We've had them nap together a few times and it is the sweetest thing ever! Sleeping babies are SO CUTE!!!
Here are a few more pictures from the past few days. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

This is one of my favorite pictures ever! How funny is this?

Will's arm taste good!
Would you believe that today, Christmas Eve, is the first time that Drew and I have held both babies at the same time???? How crazy is that. We never could do it in the hospital because they were too sick and then Lindy got MRSA. We haven't needed to or had time yet since Lindy came home. Today we took the time and both held our precious babies. They are an armful!

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

143 Days and FINALLY HOME!!

So I should be cleaning bottles and making up new bottles, BUT I wanted to post some pictures of our great day! We left Duke around 2pm today with Lindy in tow. She slept pretty much the entire way. She got a bottle pretty much as soon as we got here and then we let her and Will lay together. Will pretty much ignored her!

It is definitely weird having two babies here! That will take a little getting used to.

Getting used to Lindy's equipment is going to take some time too. The oxygen has a 50 foot tube but the monitor has about a 4 foot cord. So you are tied to the monitor. It was not reading right most of the afternoon so it was constantly beeping. We'll get used to it, it'll just take time.

Here are lots of pictures!

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

It's REALLY coming to an end!!

Lindy is coming home TOMORROW!!!! Wednesday, December 19th! The best Christmas present we could have ever asked for!

After trying to ship her out of Duke, she has ended up staying there. Things really started picking up towards the end of last week. They made the decision about oxygen on Thursday and they came to Drew on Friday with home health companies. She has continued to eat like a champ all weekend long.

They moved her eye exam to today (Tuesday) and they said if she got a good report from the ophthalmologist that she could be discharged on Wednesday! Yesterday was spent trying to find home health companies and today was spent waiting for the eye exam. The eye doctor said she was looking good and stable and there has been no change since last week. They cleared her so that she can come home!!

Drew is in Durham today and he is 'rooming in' with Lindy tonight. They have rooms where parents can stay with their babies before they go home. We figured that since she is on oxygen that it would be good for someone to have a little experience with her before she got home. I really hope the night goes well for them. We've never been with her in the middle of the night!

Tomorrow is going to be an exciting day. Drew's dad, Bob, and his wife, Suzette, are coming up tomorrow morning. Suzette is going to keep Will all day and Bob will be taking me to Durham to meet Drew and Lindy. I want to be there with her when we leave the hospital!! Plus I don't think Drew would be comfortable driving two hours with her in the backseat by herself, on oxygen.

I can't imagine what it is going to be like with two babies, one being on oxygen. I'm pretty nervous actually! I really can't imagine what it will be like on Thursday morning when no one has to get up and go the hospital. One of us has been at the hospital everyday (except for 2 days) since July 18th!

As I was writing this post the company just delivered the oxygen tank. It's not as big as I thought it would be. It comes with 50 foot of tubing so you can put the tank out of the way and still take her all around the house. It doesn't seem too complicated.

So it looks like we are all ready for Miss Lindy. Well except I started putting together her bouncy seat and it seems kind of rickety. Will and I will have to spend some time tonight trying to get it together right.

I can't wait to see the babies together tomorrow! I can't wait to hold my babies at the same time. It will be the first time I have ever held them at the same time. We never got to in the hospitals.

So much excitement for tomorrow! Lots of big changes!!!!! Next time I post we'll have our whole family together at home!!!

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Interesting Week!

I have been in Durham so I have not had time to post. There was some unwanted excitement this week while I was there. On Tuesday they were ready to kick Lindy out of Duke because they needed beds. They talked to Baptist and they would take her back but Baptist would have to bring her back to Duke next week for an eye doctor's appointment. That was going to be hard for Baptist. So then they wanted to send her to Durham Regional or Alamance Regional. We weren't too keen on either of those options. In the end they found a bed in their transitional nursery and she was going to go there. Before they actually moved her though, she desatted. So she stayed right where she was all night and then they never said a word about moving her on Wednesday.

Some good news for the week is that she tested negative for a third time for MRSA so she got moved to a regular room!! yeah. She also passed the 6 pound mark today!! She weighed 6 pounds 2 ounces today.

Drew went up today and there was more excitement. She has been on room air for almost a week, but they decided today to put her back on oxygen (on the nasal cannula). They said on room air her oxygen saturation should be over ninety 90% of the time. They prefer if you sat over 95. Well they looked back through all Lindy's records over the week and she is only over ninety 67% of the time. They made the decision that she will be coming home on oxygen. Yes we are excited that it will help get her home but it's still a little disappointing. So we will have to get all set up for that. We'll have to have a large oxygen tank in the house.

So now we are just working on feeds. I questioned yesterday whether she was working too hard to get the milk (which is now being thickened) through the standard nipple they are using. After about 35-40mL she gets worn out. Drew took one of our bottles back today with a Y cut nipple and she drank the whole bottle (55mL) in 5 minutes!!! Makes you wonder! She was back on the oxygen at that point and she was really hungry so we aren't sure which one it was. But maybe we're onto something. Drew is going to keep trying it tomorrow.

Will is doing great. He is really thriving at home. He continues to be such a little sweetie. He had an appointment today with the NICU follow-up clinic and they said he is doing well. They said he weighed 8 lbs 8 oz. Nine days ago he weighed right at 8 lbs so I am having trouble believing he gained 8 oz in nine days. It might be a difference in scales. Anyhow, he's growing like crazy!

Enjoy some recent pictures.
Our hippy tie dye baby.
Chill Will in the bouncy seat!
Mommy and Lindy!
Lindy while she was on room air.
Lindy on room air again, getting her clothes changed.

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Paparazzi Shots

My babies are constantly fighting away the paparazzi (me). Here are their paparrazi shots. Don't they look like they got caught doing something a bit inappropriate and they are saying, "NO!!!! Don't take my picture!"

Friday, December 7, 2007

Overdue Post

This post is long overdue. Where has the week gone?

Drew was in Durham on Sunday and Monday of this week. He got to see and work with the new and improved Lindy that eats from bottles. He came home Monday night and I went to see my little girl on Tuesday. I just got back home Thursday and Drew headed back today.

So the biggest news of the week came from Lindy's eye exam on Tuesday evening. The doctor said her eyes are looking good this week. There is no more blood, which is good. There was a chance the eye could have bled more, even after taking blood out last week. The left eye is looking better as well. She said that Lindy is growing and getting bigger and that helps the situation out. The area of concern is farther away from the macula which is good news. She said she felt the possibility of surgery on her left eye is about 0%!!!! I like that percentage!

She has continued to learn to bottle feed this week. We've been working with occupational and speech therapy. She did so well on Tuesday that they took out the feeding tube on Wednesday and had her eat all her feeds with the bottle. She did well until about 9am on Thursday. The girl was worn out. She would absolutely not wake up to eat, so back in the feeding tube went. She was still sound asleep at noon but she woke up for her 3pm feed and did great. The doctors went back to having her bottle feed every other feed. It might have been a little too much too quickly.

The doctors have worked hard on getting Lindy off the nasal cannula this week. She is on the absolute lowest settings that she could be on. But for some reason, she likes them! They have done chest x-rays and echocardiograms in hopes of finding out why she likes the tiny bit of air flow. But they never found anything! They have changed her to a stronger diuretic and they took her off the cannula this afternoon! I SOOOOO hope this is it! It would be so great to bring her home on room air!!

They have also done other tests on her this week. They did an upper GI test today to see if she has reflux and she doesn't. Which is a little surprising, we all thought she did. They did a pulmonary function test today to see if she might need any breathing treatments or such. We haven't heard the results for that. Lindy is planning on having every test she can at Duke. So far she is passing them all!

The word 'home' is being talked about with Little Miss. Which is hard to believe. She has to get a good check up with the eye doctor next week and she has to learn to eat better and consistently from a bottle. But the end is in sight!!!! What an awesome Christmas present it would be to have her home by the 25th. I'm afraid to get my hopes up too high though.

It's a bit scary to think there could be two babies in the house in the near future. For the most part Will is awesome, but there are some moments I think to myself, "There is another one. agaggag!!!"

Speaking of Mr. Will, he is doing great. He had a doctor's appointment on Tuesday and he weighed 7 pounds, 15.6 ounces! I think we could almost round it up to 8 pounds! He feels so huge compared to Lindy. (She is weighing in around 5 lbs 13 ounces this week.) Wild Will got his four month immunizations on Tuesday and he hasn't been his usual happy self the last couple days. He slept all day Tuesday and Wednesday and he has been fussy the last couple days. We hope it goes away soon! Will doesn't have much news these days. He just eats and sleeps (and poops quite a bit) these days. Pretty boring, regular baby stuff!

It's been awhile since I've put pictures up, so here are some recent ones! They are SOOOOOO cute!!!!!

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Hitting the Bottle

Since Will has absolutely NO problems bottle feeding (he likes to suck down a 4 ounce bottle in under 10 minutes!), this news is about Miss Lindy! Let me start with last week at Baptist. She was trying to drink a 5 mL bottle each day but it was not going very well. She would drop her heart rate and her oxygen concentrations. She didn't appear to have the suck, swallow, AND breathing mechanism down. So they actually stopped giving her a bottle after multiple days of this happening.

So fast forward a few days to this morning when I call on Lindy Duke to check on her. The nurse says, "I just finished giving Lindy a bottle and she drank 40 mL." WHAT???? I said, "Excuse me? Did you just say FORTY? As in four, zero?" She said, "Yes. Actually the nurse gave her a bottle last night and she drank all 48 mL of her feeding." I then replied, "Are you talking about Lindy?" I was starting to think she was talking about the wrong baby! She explained that last night Lindy was going to town on her pacifier and seemed hungry. The nurse asked the doctor if she could try to bottle feed her. So she did and Lindy took the whole bottle. The day nurse did it again at 9am this morning and she took 40 mL.

She has shocked us once again! This time in a good way! Out of no where, the child has learned to drink from a bottle! After last week we thought this eating thing was going to be a very long and drawn out process. Seems to be that she has sped it up a little bit! They have written orders for her to bottle feed every other feeding. Whatever she doesn't take from the bottle they put down her feeding tube. Drew fed her this afternoon and she took 26 mL of the 48 mL. The nurse fed her 30 mL at 9pm tonight.

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Thursday, March 5, 2015

"Mini-Moon": 2015's Smallest Full Moon
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The Full Moon of March, on Thursday, is the smallest Full Moon of 2015. This is due to the fact that the Moon reaches the point of lunar apogee, in its orbit around the Earth, just 10 hours earlier than the time of Full Moon.

Like the supposed “Super Moon,” some people refer to a lunar apogee Full Moon as a “Mini-Moon,” which is defined as a Full Moon occurring within 24 hours of lunar apogee. In fact, this month's “Mini-Moon” is the closest lunar apogee to a Full Moon until 2032 January 27 !

The March Full Moon occurs at 1:05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) / 18:05 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on Thursday, 2015 March 5. Lunar apogee, the farthest point the Moon travels away from the Earth for this month (406,384 kilometers), comes early Thursday Morning, 2015 March 5 at 2:36 a.m. EST / 7:36 UTC (the time of this blog post). Lunar apogees can range from 404,000 to 406,700 kilometers.

Consequently, at this time, sharp viewers may notice that the Moon looks slightly smaller than how it normally appears in the sky. The Moon will then be about 30,000 miles farther away from the Earth than it would be during a lunar perigee Full Moon, when the Full Moon is closest to the Earth in its orbit.

The Moon reaches its most distant point from the Earth for 2015 on September 14 (406,464 kilometers); at that time the Moon is near the New Moon phase. The Moon reaches its closest point to Earth, during the Full Moon phase this year, at the time of the Harvest Moon on September 28.

The rising outdoor temperatures, as the days approach the Vernal Equinox, the official beginning of Spring on March 20, leads to the thawing of the ground and the appearance of earthworms, followed soon by robins. Hence, the Full Moon of March is known as the Worm Moon.

However, Native Americans also had other names for the March Full Moon. With the increased cawing of crows, northern tribes knew the March Full Moon as the Crow Moon. They also called it the Snow Crust Moon, for the increased crusting of snow, caused by the thawing of snow by day and the freezing of the water by night.

The Abenaki tribe (New England and adjacent areas of Canada) called the March Full Moon “Mozokas” or the Moose Hunter Moon. The Creek nation, located further south, called it the “Tasahcusee” or Little Spring Moon. And, the Dakota Sioux actually called it the “Moon When Eyes Are Sore From Bright Snow.”

Colonial Americans called the March Full Moon the Sap Moon, for the time when maple trees were tapped. They also called it the Lenten Moon, as it was the last Full Moon of Winter usually occurring during the Christian period of Lent.

Full Moon names for March, in the Southern Hemisphere, include Harvest Moon and Corn Moon. However, this year the March Full Moon is not the Harvest Moon in the Southern Hemisphere. The Full Moon that will occur on April 4 will actually be the 2015 Harvest Moon for the Southern Hemispere, as it will be just slightly closer to the March 20 Vernal Equinox than this month's Full Moon.

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Your awareness, then, is a catalyst that causes the behavioral change in a wave. It is not the only catalyst, and at this point in time, you are reconciling the time factor in form as you build form from awareness, choice and action. These are the building blocks of your world. The natural world around you shows you clues, the technical world around you now also shows you clues; but you must find your internal path of knowing that you create your world.

Much of your awareness resides in your unconscious mind, your subconscious awareness. Begin utilizing your intuitive senses, your choice and your actions toward clarity of feelings, thoughts and expression. This brings the vast subconscious into conscious awareness. As you focus your awareness, you begin creating impact in the subtle realm of waveform rather than the physical realm of table form. Your impact is your feelings, thoughts and expression. It is not visible like the results from the table, yet it begins the reworking of form.

You Create a Wave with your awareness; your feelings, thoughts and expression that manipulates the malleable vibration of life around you. Observe how your choice of kindness shifts the behavior around you. Observe how anger, suppression and shame shift the behaviors around you. Choose your impact, for you are influencing the form of your world. That form is not typically visible or palpable in the moment. Yet the vibrational behavior is changing and compelling new bonds before your eyes are able to see it. Choose your impact.

As we sit to Blast Creating a Wave, we are boldly choosing the positive potentials that seem impossible in the current bonding of humanity. We are influencing the future with the force of Love that compels rather than complies. We are learning our power to stand strong in the winds of change, creating a new future rather than lamenting the challenges that formed such strength. We are relentless in our expression of Love, allowing the impact of a yes or a no to be drenched in the creation of a new foundation of Love. We are unwilling to see no hope, for though it is invisible, it is within and calling for our wave of Love to bring it to the surface. When another ebbs, we flow; for humanity is remembering that Life is supportive in invisible, yet compelling ways. Blast on!

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Default What a night!!

Tonight Dewey has had an EXTRA amount of energy! He has chased the 3 big dogs all night!! No one has been safe from his chasing, biting , jumping and toy stealing!! Laurel, Violet and Hardy are totally worn out now, but Dewey is still going strong!! I've been cutting back on their food, but since Dewey has joined the crowd, they all get plenty of exercise, whether they want to or not!!
Here is what they look like after a Dewey night!!!

Laurel note the tongue hanging out!!!

Hardy stretched out on the couch!

Violet hiding, and hoping that Dewey will justbgo away!!!

And the instigater still going strong!!!!
Deborah and my Fluffs, Laurel, Violet , Hardy and Dewey!

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Hahaha...I just live spunky Dewey! Your house seems like full of fun!
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Dewmeister you're a naughty naughty puppy!! LOL this gave me a laugh. I love Violet just trying to pretend he doesn't exist. I do that when my kids come home from school so I know exactly how she feels.

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Thanks for a belly laugh...love those puppies!
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LOL, Dewey's expression says, "Who's next?"

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Dewey's personality reminds me so much of Pipper. Gotta love these guys.

He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
You are his life, his love, his leader.
He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.

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That is too funny....he is ready for more. So cute!!
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Your dogs are too cute!
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LOL!!! Who needs t.v.?!!!!

I actually have a Papillon puppy...but I joined this message board to get great grooming, nutritional, general toy-breed tips......and all the great people!!
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I wish I could borrow Dewey for a night. Maybe he could wear Penny out Sammie has adopted a chair to hide under. She won't go under it yet so he hides when he's had enough. If she is laying beside the chair I know where he is.

They are all adorable. He's making up for lost time.

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If coffee runs through your veins similarly to every other college student you know there is nothing better than a perfect cup of coffee. I’ve gone months without that perfect mix but once you find it you hold onto it. Check out these amazing shops for that perfect place for coffee and a snack.

1. Bloc 11

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Bloc 11 has the best coffee and sandwiches. Vegetarians have more wonderful sandwich options than that classic (often the only option) Caprese. It is located in Union Square, Somerville, where you can also get Massachusetts’s best donuts, best Cream of Wheat, an adorable and overpriced Italian grocery store, and a Korean store who sells nuruk without checking your ID.

The only downside: Bloc 11 charges for its wifi.

2. Diesel Cafe

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Diesel Cafe is Bloc 11’s sister (founded by the same genius). The coffee here is just as amazing as that in Bloc 11. It is located in vibrant Davis Square, Somerville (next to Cambridge). Diesel’s sandwiches are delicious but not as impressive as  Dave’s Fresh Pasta and Pepe Bocca, two of the best Italian grocery stores in the Greater Boston. Pepe Bocca also has delicious homemade Sicilian pizzas (sold by the pound!) Boston Burger Company is also here.

The downsides: You have to pay for the wifi.

3. Darwin’s LTD

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Darwin’s LTD has great sandwiches (you have to try its Magnolia before you die!) and bagels. PSA to all you vegans out there the tofu cream cheese is a must! It’s next to Harvard campus, and you might have problems finding it if you have never been a student or resident around. The easiest way to find it is by locating Harvard Square.

The downside: Trust me, don’t waste your money on coffee here! The high school students here would rather walk across street and become a golden member of Starbucks than get coffee from Darwin’s.

4. Clover

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Clover is every vegans’ heaven. Everything is made without animal product but tastes great and is not pricey. It is expanding in the Greater Boston. You can currently find it in Harvard Square and Kendall Square.

The downside: Black coffee is the only caffeinated thing you can get.

5. Roost

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Roost has the best coconut cake! I am usually a coconut hater, but I can’t stop thinking about Roost’s amazing cake. They also have some bomb sandwiches and coffee. It is located in downtown Northampton, where you can find some interesting restaurants, expensive jewelry/clothing boutiques, hair salons and a chance to meet some hot Smithies. (Smith College Girls)

The downside: Very crowded! You might not find a seat.

6. Amherst Coffee

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AC has nice coffee and it even serves alcohol. Its latte art is exquisite (something you can’t dream for in Starbucks)! The slow music here makes this coffee shop great for study.

The downside: Many students in the Amherst area flock here for a great cup of coffee and to study. Call first to make sure there are seats available.

7. Pavement Coffeehouse

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Pavement has some amazing coffee. It is next to Berklee School of music on Boylston Street and three minutes away from the Newbury street shops. You will see many young artists carrying their instruments or music books around. Be nice to your barista and cashier, since they might be rubbing elbows with John Mayer or Charlie Puth!

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Travis Frederick, C / Offensive ranking: 7 / Overall ranking: 15

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Travis Frederick, C / Offensive ranking: 7 / Overall ranking: 15

Kevin Sherrington answered questions in a chat Wednesday. Here are some highlights.

I keep listening to all you so-called experts about our ol, have you seen any other games this year, I think the guys on the DMN staff think we are the only team with ol problems, and if you think our ol isnt significantly better than last year, then you are just another long line of cowboy haters, I personally get tired of the guys like you that just because you have a forum, you think you are an expert, floyd isnt here, get over it, and if they had picked him, you would be critizing JJ for not picking an off lineman, you and cowlishaw, and goose must really have your daily talking negative points together every day.

Kevin Sherrington: It's Floyd, not Loyd. And yes, the OL is better than it was last year. Frederick has been a nice addition. But being better isn't saying much. It was an awful OL last year, and all the Romo "haters' refuse to admit that. I've said all along that it's a miracle that Romo has done as well as he has, that Troy Aikman would have been killed behind this OL. Does that make me a Cowboy hater? No. Just a realist.

If you had a free ticket to the Texans-Cowboys game Thursday, would you go? I get the fake drama of guys playing for their jobs, but there are enough reality shows out there.

Kevin Sherrington: Butch, what does this tell you: I do have a free ticket, and I'm not going. I'll be covering West's first high school football game since the explosion that devastated the town. But my kids are going to the Cowboys game. They'll watch anything.

Jerry said he talked to Bill Parcells about Jason Garrett. I wonder if Parcells ever suggests to him to do less press conferences. I truly believe they are friends, but what an odd couple.

Kevin Sherrington: Especially when you consider that, before Parcells went to work for Jerry, he criticized Jerry in a book. I think what Parcells came to realize is that Jerry means well. He truly wants to win. He just doesn't get it. He's an unbelievable optimist who always wants to think everything's going to work out. But you have to plan for the worst, which means injuries or lack of performance. He always thinks he's going to get the best out of everyone, and that just doesn't happen. If he were half as tough on the Cowboys as he is on the people he does business with, he'd have a bunch of Lombardi Trophies.

What type of injury has put Ryan Cook on injured reserve? Thought he was just dinged up. Haven't heard about any broken bones or surgeries. So...will Kevin Kowalski be the third string center, or will it be someone on the waiver wire? Please don't say the Cowboys will now experiment with Doug Free at center.

Kevin Sherrington: Must confess I don't know the extent of Cook's injury. Was out of town on assignment this week. The least of the Cowboys' OL concerns is third-string center, though. They've got to make sure that Leary really can handle left guard, Bernadeau is a legitimate RG and Doug Free can rebound to play RT. Even the Cowboys wouldn't try Free at center. Right?

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Eddie Sefko, Mavericks beat writer for and The Dallas Morning News, answers your questions about the team in a live chat at Tuesday. Some excerpts:

What did you think when Don Nelson was chosen for the Hall of Fame? Do you think Motta ever makes it? Is there spots for guys like Cuban or Don Carter?

Eddie Sefko: There most certainly are spots for owners and contributors to the game, but they usually go to very old, very well-known guys who have been around the game for decades. I like the idea of promoting Donald Carter, the original Maverick owner, for the hall. But I'm not sure it would ever gain traction.

As for Nellie, I couldn't be happier for him. He's been as good as any coach in history at making life miserable for opponents. Just look at the job he did with Golden State when the Warriors beat the Mavericks in 2007. And having the most wins in NBA history ought to be enough. As for Motta, it would have been a nice story if he'd have gone in with Nels. That would have given the Mavericks their original coach and their winningest coach on the same hall ballot. Not sure it'll ever happen for Motta now.

Is Dirk Nowitzki the type of player that would take Jason Terry aside and tell him to shut the hell up and play already after hearing what he said about playing for Miami next season?

Eddie Sefko: He may already have done that. What's going to be interesting now is how Terry responds to a terrific opportunity in the next three games. He could be handling the ball more often and will get plenty of chances to be the man with Kidd on the sideline for the next week. Sometimes, Jet says what Jet says. That's why we love him in the media. But it's not always to his betterment.

You seem fairly confident that the Mavs will come out with Deron Williams. I am not so sure that is going to happen. What then?

Eddie Sefko:  Punt. If Deron Williams stays in Jersey or moseys to somewhere else, then the Mavericks are going to be holding a big sack of money with nowhere to spend it. If you believe this is a lost season, they can't afford to let another one of Dirk's final good years slip by without some big-time help coming in. But from everything I'm hearing, the D-Will stuff is real. I'd say it'll be a surprise if he doesn't end up with the Mavericks.

Can the Mavs try to get David Lee or Andrea Bargnani?

Eddie Sefko: They can try. Nobody is a bigger David Lee fan than I am. But he's due more than $55 million over the next four seasons and he's the foundation of the rebuilding process at Golden State. Unless the Mavericks somehow find a treasure trove of assets to trade for him, it isn't going to happen.

As for Bargnani, he's got three years at $33 million left and that's another guy who is only going to be traded if you give up huge assets to get him. Nice thinking, but virtually impossible to pull off.

Is Ersan Ilyasova better than Brendan Haywood?

Eddie Sefko: Way better. But he plays a different position. He's a power forward. You would bring him in to be Dirk's replacement and a high-energy guy off the bench for the next year or two. He can play center, but he's more of a power forward. And he's active as all get-out.

What are the chances we see Steve Nash in a Mavs uniform once again?

Eddie Sefko: I'm saying zero. I think Jason Kidd and/or Delonte West will be Deron Williams' backup, assuming he's here.

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DALLAS-The Dallas Mavericks have acquired the draft rights to 43rd overall pick Ricky Ledo from the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for a 2014 second round pick that was originally sent to the Mavericks from Boston (via Brooklyn) in a deal that also included the draft rights to 16th overall pick Lucas Nogueira.

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March 21, 2013 – 9:15 am by Chris Fedor

This season hasn’t been at all like Dwight Howard expected when he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. The Magic were ready to move on, Howard wanted out of Orlando and the center wanted a new coach and a fresh start. He got that in L.A. It seems like he has always gotten his way. But instead of having fun and playing on one of the top teams in the NBA, he has been the target of a lot of criticism. And the Lakers’ championship expectations have simply turned into aspirations of hanging on to the final playoff spot out West.

On top of that, fans have been upset with his poor free throws, his inability to stay healthy and even wearing a headband. It’s been anything but a honeymoon in Hollywood. However, in recent weeks things have started to turn around for Howard. Not only has he worked himself back into shape, but he looks healthier than he did at the beginning of the year. His play has been a big help to the resurgent Lakers. This season might be exactly what Howard needed in order to grow up.

Dwight Howard joined 790 The Ticket with Dan LeBatard, Stugotz and Stan Van Gundy to talk about whether he has had any fun this season, what changed for him midway through the season, what the lowest point of the season was for him, what his relationship is like with Kobe Bryant and whether he has a better appreciation for Stan Van Gundy now that he has a new coach.

Has this season been fun for you?

“Well it hasn’t been a whole lot of fun, but one thing I have been doing is trying to get myself in a place to where whatever happens, win or lose, I’m always going to be who I am. And for a large part of the season, everybody was upset that I smiled, wore headbands and all that kind of stuff. I kind of let it affect who I was as a person. It was hurting myself, it was hurting my game and it was hurting my teammates. I just wanted to get back to who I am and just play ball and be free.”

What has changed for him:

“It’s all about me getting in better shape. I just feel like now I’m in a lot better shape than I was when the season started. I’m doing a lot better and I’m happy about it. I’m happy with the shape I’m in. I’m not in Orlando Magic-shape Dwight Howard but I’m getting there.”

What the lowest point was for him this season:

“Earlier in the season, where I didn’t really have the bounce, I wasn’t in great shape and we were losing games. I could just hear people say, ‘Come on Dwight,’ or, ‘They need to get rid of Dwight,’ and all that stuff. I was like, man, this is really hurting because I came back early from an injury and then I was faced with another injury with my shoulder. It was just like everything was hitting me at once. I was at a point where I couldn’t take it anymore. I went back to the basics. I started playing more, working out more and just prayed that it got better.”

On his relationship with Kobe Bryant:

“We’re not best friends but I would say that we understand where we’re at. We’re pretty much on the same page as far as what it’s going to take for us to get to the next level and for us to win. I have to bring that energy and effort every night and because I’m in better shape, I’m able to do that for longer periods.”

Is it true that you are gassy?

“(Laughing) Stan (Van Gundy) used to get mad because I would have so much gas. It was like I didn’t have gas at home but I always had it when we had practice and especially when he talked. I used to always let it out.”

Do you have more appreciation for Stan now?

“I’ve always appreciated Stan and the one thing that I appreciated about him was that he pushed me to the limits. He let me know if I’m not playing good or doing anything out there, he chewed me out for it because he wanted the best for the team. Sometimes when we’re away from it, we get the chance to see it from the other side. I appreciate everything he did for my game and for our team. I think a lot of guys who played under Stan feel the same way. It’s not a knock to Coach (Mike) D’Antoni and his system. I was just referring to how Stan is and what he did for our games.”

On his chances of being a Laker next season:

“I can’t give you a number. I will just say this, right now I’m here in LA and it’s all about this moment right now. (If) we can control what we do on the court, we will have a good chance to win a championship this year. I think this is a great place for me, but right now my only concern is what we can do this year. Hopefully we can make it in the playoffs and make a lot of noise when we get there.”

Listen to Dwight Howard on 790 the Ticket in Miami here (Audio begins 1:00 into the podcast)

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