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Warhawk Inside Slant

If losing the game to instate rival Louisiana-Lafayette wasn't bad enough, ULM
now looks like it will have to deal with a season-ending injury to quarterback Kolton
Browning as it makes a run for its first Sun Belt Conference title.
Browning injured his foot in the first quarter of the 40-24 loss to the Ragin'
Cajuns, limping off the field after getting off a third-down incompletion under
a heavy rush.
At the time the game was tied 7-7. Browning spent the rest of the afternoon
on crutches.
Backup quarterback Cody Wells replaced Browning, and the senior was
18-of-31 passing for 209 yards and two touchdowns. But he didn't present the
dual threat Browning does.
Wells ended up with a negative-six yards rushing. Browning had 24 yards on
two carries before his injury.
"Obviously, the game plan changes somewhat with Kolton's ability to run the
ball," coach Todd Berry said. "When you lose one quarterback, you're obviously
not that fired up about losing another one. So the game plan changes
somewhat in terms of how you're going to protect that guy."
The immediate concern now is the quick turnaround the Warhawks face with a
Thursday night game coming up at Arkansas State. The longtime
effect is how Browning's injury impacts the Warhawks' play down the stretch.
The Warhawks are tied with Arkansas State and Middle Tennessee for
first place in the Sun Belt Conference race, each with 4-1 league marks. Western
Kentucky and Louisiana-Lafayette are right behind with two league defeats
"We're still in it, but the margin of error is minimal now because of that
tie," said Berry, whose team is 6-3 overall having have its winning streak
snapped at five games. "Now, it's time to see how we respond."
Strategy And Personnel
Player Notes:
WR Tavarese Maye had only two catches against
Louisiana-Lafayette but one was an 81-yard touchdown reception that tied the
game at 7-7 in the first quarter. It was the longest play from scrimmage for ULM
this season.
S Isaiah Newsome made his third interception of the season
and sixth of his career with his pick in the first quarter.
LB R.J. Young made his second fumble recovery of the season
in the second quarter. He had eight tackles with one for a loss.
Roster Report:
S Henry Mitchell made his second start at the "Hawk"
position, a hybrid safety-linebacker, and led the Warhawks in tackles with 16.
He also forced a fumble.
RB Monterrell Washington rushed for 41 yards on 12 runs in
taking over responsibilities at running back in place of the injured Jyruss
Edwards. He wasn't listed as a starter because the Warhawks ran their first
two plays with no one lined up at running back.
WHAT'S AHEAD: ULM and Arkansas State will be playing for the Sun Belt
Conference lead when they meet in a Thursday night game in Jonesboro, Ark. Both
are 4-1 in conference play, tied with Middle Tennessee, also 4-1, for first. The
Warhawks also have a home game left against North Texas and a road outing at
Florida International.
Louisiana-Lafayette scored on an 81-yard pass play on the game's
final play, with QB Terrence Broadway taking a fourth-down snap with four
seconds on the game clock and finding a wide-open Jamal Robinson for the score.
It was a 10-point game at the time, and it led to a rather frosty handshake
between the coaches. "We didn't talk," ULM's Todd Berry said of his meeting with
Lafayette's Rick Hudspeth, though actually some words looked to be exchanged at
the time.
Attendance for the game in Monroe's Malone Stadium was announced as
20,203, the second-largest home crowd for ULM against a Sun Belt Conference
opponent. The largest was the 2008 meeting between the same two teams that drew
ULM has lost five in a row to Louisiana-Lafayette and trails in the
overall series 25-23.
Keep An Eye On: Senior QB Cody Wells will take over for the injured
Kolton Browning. He is 23-of-41 passing for the season for 302 yards and has
been intercepted three times.
Looking Good: Senior WR Brent Leonard continued his hot
streak with 11 receptions for 168 yards and a touchdown against the Cajuns. He
has 20 catches for 294 yards and five touchdowns in the last two games combined.
Still Needs Work: Defense was a big problem for ULM. The Warhawks
gave up 607 yards in total offense to the Cajuns with 234 coming on the ground.
Quote To Note: "We have to play better. I'm not going to bring a kid
out of a redshirt for the last four games. Obviously, we're not playing very
well back there."-Coach Todd Berry, on ULM's problems in the secondary.


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Harley AMA XR 1200

The AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 class took to the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway circuit for the first time Thursday in preparation for the upcoming Red Bull Indy GP, August 27-28. Using the 2.621-mile, 16-turn “MotoGP” track layout, AMA Pro Road Racing hosted two open practice sessions for the series’ newest division.

Local rider Gene Burcham was the first man out at 9:21 a.m., living out one of his longtime dreams in turning the first laps of the Harley-Davidson class’ debut at the famed “Brickyard.”

Gene Burcham says: “It’s very important for me from the standpoint that I grew up here in Indianapolis. Being around Indianapolis where you have auto racing all the time … my whole life I’ve always raced motorcycles, and not being able to participate in any events here made it tough.

“I wanted to go out first; I kept asking the officials, ‘How much longer?’ The history here at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway — you walk into this place and you’re just in awe.”

Eighteen specially prepared Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson XR1200 motorcycles circulated in the afternoon session, and it was championship-points-leader Chris Fillmore (Bruce Rossmeyer Daytona Racing GEICO) who ended up fastest overall with a time of 1:59.577. Fillmore — who also topped the morning session — was the only rider to break into the 59s.

Chris Fillmore says: “It was kind of limited this afternoon. We went out to try to diagnose a problem with the bike — just a funky noise I’m hearing that I don’t want to hear. I don’t think I did more then ten laps in the second session, but I’m nursing a sore shoulder so it was kind of good that we didn’t do so many laps. I really want to tie up this championship, and if we can get a win or two here, we’ll be solid for New Jersey.”

Other notables included 2010 AMA Pro SuperSport Top Gun Champion Tyler O’Hara, second-fastest in the morning session, followed by Northern Ireland’s Jeremy McWilliams, the 2010 British XR1200 champion.

McWilliams is back for his second appearance in the AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 class following his triumphant win at last year’s season finale in Alabama.

Jeremy McWilliams says: “It’s been a steep learning curve again, trying to work out all the intricacies of the XR1200, but I think we’re somewhere in the ballpark. It’s not ideal – we can see that Fillmore has got the hammer down and we’ve got a big gap to bridge – but we’re using the same tire and motorcycle and we shouldn’t be that far away. At the end of the day we kind of lost our way a little; not a disastrous day, but you know what [we racers] are like – we can always be better!”

Teammates Steve Rapp and Michael Barnes also posted top-five times in both sessions and were enthusiastic about the new venue.

Steve Rapp says: “It’s cool. I’ve never been here before, but the track is really cool. We had a good day. We’re working on getting more traction like everybody else … it’s going to change when we come back for the race, but we’re doing the best we can for now.”

In the only incident of the day, Kyle Wyman experienced a mechanical problem during the second session that necessitated a stoppage to recover his RMR Bruce Rossmeyer Daytona Racing XR1200.

Kyle Wyman says: “The day was going pretty good. We were trying a whole bunch of different stuff … but in one of the sessions I had an issue with the bike going into some sort of neutral between gears, and the motor quit. We’ll put in a fresh motor for tomorrow, and hopefully it will be better. The track is a nice little challenge and I think the layout caters to an American style of racing.”

Testing will continue tomorrow with another pair of sessions, during which 2011 Daytona 200 winner and XR1200 rookie Jason DiSalvo will get his first look at Indianapolis Motor Speedway since he contended the Moto2 event at last year’s Red Bull Indy GP, finishing ninth in the international field.

For complete Timing & Scoring reports and Cortech AMA Pro Live Timing, please visit For Red Bull Indy GP tickets and information, visit or call (800) 822-INDY.

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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Date Night on Day 70

Last night my husband and I enjoyed a spontaneous “date night” adventure.  The day had been a little emotional for me – we’d attended a family function for my relatives and I’ve been struggling with some tension there (see: No One’s Favourite).  We decided the remedy was to shift gears with a night out.  We wanted to hear some live music and I was willing to endure the bar scene if necessary.  We checked our small town’s event listings and found the perfect venue – the local folk club.

It’s been a few years since I’d been to the folk club, which is understandable since it’s only open one or two nights per month.  I’d played there twice myself, on open mic nights, and enjoyed the seniors-centre-meets-church-basement atmosphere.  The tables and seats are mismatched and practical, the bathrooms are hobbled together, the bar serves canned drinks and popcorn.  The stage is low and close to the attentive audience, and the sound equipment is excellent and well manned.  Nothing else matters more to a performer.

Within moments someone approached me who remembered my last performance.  “Are you still playing?” he asked; a question I hate because the true answer is ‘no’.  I have two small charity gigs over the summer and that’s it.  My voice is out of shape, my daily rehearsals have dwindled to weekly efforts at most, and even my guitar-player calluses have disappeared.  I just don’t have the heart for it right now. I gave my standard answer, “I’m writing my next album so I haven’t been on stage much.”

I continued to chat with a few more musicians and the familiarity felt as warm as a hug.  It’s an older crowd; an eclectic, welcoming mix.  I was misfit there myself with my stylish clothes and highlighted hair – my identity defined by a magazine and purchased at a mall.  Compared to the folksy vests and hats, the grey haired fellow in the sun dress, and the mom jeans everywhere, I felt silly in designer jeans and heels but knew I was accepted anyway.

We picked up our drinks from the cash bar at the back of the room – a paneled affair like that which might have graced your grandmother’s basement circa 1969.  “What do you have without alcohol?” my husband asks on my behalf. The volunteer bartender’s eyebrows fly up as he thinks for a moment. “We got some kinda fake beer but in all my years I’ve never sold one.  I don’t even know if they’re good anymore.”  “I’ll take it,” I say.  It’s fine and somehow suits the room and my mood.

It felt wonderful sitting in the darkened room, surrounded by others who love music more than they love fashion, status, alcohol, or being noticed.   It was a comfort to watch someone else on stage and not wish it could be me — performers often spend so much time working on their act and trying to book gigs that it can be torture for them to sit in an audience instead of being on stage themselves.  I confess I’ve often felt this myself and I was pleased to be free of it.

Our good friends had invited us to come by their home for drinks and snacks later in the evening.  We left the club and stopped to pick up a bottle of Perrier for me.  My friend knows I have stopped drinking (in fact, she was the one who I first opened up to, the first who said, “you’re right, you need to quit”) but I haven’t told her husband yet.  It just hasn’t come up and the longer I wait to tell people the less I feel I need to.  It just is what it is.  I drank my Perrier, they all enjoyed their cocktails, and we stood in the kitchen for hours laughing, talking, and enjoying each other’s company. Four friends.  Good times.  Nothing’s changed.

Well, something has changed.  We didn’t have t take a cab home.  I didn’t have to find a way back over the next day to pick up my car.  I didn’t wake up worrying if I’d made an ass of myself.  I didn’t berate myself for drinking too much, or promise myself I would change.

Instead I drove home, sober and still chuckling over the jokes and conversations.  My friend had told a hilarious story about quitting smoking as an anniversary gift for her (now ex-) husband and being so twitchy as a result that she screamed at him for not appreciating it enough and tore up the anniversary card.  We had laughed until we cried trying to determine which musician I physically resemble most: Steven Tyler or Shania Twain.  We had (literally) wrestled for position around the platter of nachos that we inhaled somewhere around midnight, and when we left it was with laughter and jokes following us out the door and all the way to our car.

I’d had fun, and so had everyone else.  I’d been fun! I’d been funny! I’d been sober and still made others laugh – something I’d forgotten was possible. The lack of alcohol was a sidebar, a footnote.  Resistance was not the axis of my thoughts.

This morning as my husband and I spend a lazy Sunday morning drinking coffee in bed, two sleeping pups cuddled between us while he reads his book and I write about my new life, I realize that I am feeling less fear.  I can cast my gaze a little further into the future and feel confident that my life will continue without alcohol.  I surprise myself by looking forward to summer getaways and other events.  Through reading other’s blogs and connecting online with sobriety supporters I have learned to focus on the present, that there is danger in looking forward or backwards.  So I use this new feeling, this freedom of fear, to live confidently in each moment without anxiety.

Before I left the folk club last night, I handed in a volunteer form.  I’d never offered to help out with the club before because my only focus had been in getting on the stage.  Last night left me wanting more of the camaraderie behind the scenes so I checked the boxes that appealed to me: “I am willing to help out with….set up/take down (yes); concession sales (yes); ticket sales (yes)…”

And then, after some thought, I considered the last box as well:  performing.

I’ve always prided myself on my ability to make others comfortable.  Ever a generous host, always a gracious guest.  Perhaps I watched too much Love Boat as a child and was overly influenced by Julie the Cruise Director.  I put the comfort of others ahead of my own, at least I used to.

I am learning that my survival in sobriety hinges on my willingness to allow a bit of awkwardness.

Last night I went to a movie with my sisters, only one of whom is aware that I’ve quit drinking.  That’s all she knows really, that I’ve quit.  Actually I didn’t choose to tell her at all, she noticed and asked, “So what, you’re not drinking at all? Is this like, forever?” (Um, yah.  It’s forever.) “Oh, sweet,” she chirped, a little nervously it seemed to me. “So I guess you’re the DD from now on.” (For sure.)

She knows it but she doesn’t quite “get” it.

My idea was go to the show last night and be home by 9:30.  This didn’t quite match my sister’s expectation at all. “I thought we could all go to the bar after for –” suddenly she remembered my situation and shifted mid-sentence,  “– something to eat. Like a plate of nachos or something….?” She trailed off.

I felt horrible.  I am home alone this weekend and the bar is the last place I need to find myself.  I’d only arranged the movie outing to help fill my time during the witching hours when I most miss drinking. I just wanted to go home after, walk my dogs and crawl into bed with a book.  This was the antidote to drinking for me.  I knew I could “technically” manage to go to the bar and not drink, but I also knew it wasn’t best for me, and wasn’t at all what I wanted to do.

I dropped her off at her house after the movie, earlier than she wanted to be home on a Saturday night.  I could tell she was disappointed.  My other sister didn’t seem to mind; she had a long drive home from there and wanted to get on the road.

“Here, I owe you for the movie,” one of them said, fishing through her bag for her wallet.

“My treat,” I said, feeling badly that I was no longer much fun for her.

“Okay, I owe you then,” she said. “I’ll just bring you a bottle–”  She stopped short.  Her face was a mix of embarrassment and annoyance. We used to often bring each other a bottle of wine in exchange for small favours.  “I guess I can’t pay you in wine anymore so I’ll have to buy you nachos sometime.”

It was awkward, there’s no other word. I never realized wine was so many things in our relationship – a symbol, a currency, an activity, a hobby, a habit.

“No worries,” I said, smiling.

If Good is the Goal

Two months.  TWO. MONTHS. That’s two- or three-HUNDRED glasses of wine that have not entered my body.  Several hundreds of dollars that haven’t left my wallet. I suspect my organs are regenerating.  My eyeballs seem whiter, and I definitely look better when I wake up.

As I began this journey, I imagined a future version of myself: me, only better.  “UnPickled 2.0”.  Stronger and more self-assured. Authentic.

She’s here.  She’s sinking in and taking hold.

I was recently asked to speak at an out-of-town conference as an industry expert.  I do this several times a year and accepted without a second thought.  Then I began to panic. Conferences and alcohol go hand in hand.  I used to pack two little bottles of wine for myself as a nightcap, after the cocktail reception.  Bottles in the blue box, hoping the chamber maids don’t see me leaving the room and think, “Hmmm, that lady drank BOTH bottles?”

As I was packing for the trip, Rob Lowe was being interviewed on The View to promote his autobiography. “Pffft.  Rob Lowe,” I grumbled when he came on.  Like most folks I’d dismissed the heartthrob when he lost face in the late 80s. However, he talked about his recovery from alcohol addiction and 20 years of sobriety, and I immediately downloaded his audiobook (Stories I Tell My Friends) for the five-hour drive.  I enjoyed it immensely, partly because I’m the right age to recognize all of the actors, movies, and headlines he references and mostly because I’m at the right stage to identify with his experiences in recovery.  Amazing.

I arrived at the hotel and checked in.  There was a lavish reception that evening to which I normally would have gone, at least for a few drinks and to “see and be seen”.  It takes a lot of courage for me (or any woman, I believe) to walk alone into a room of strangers and hold her ground.  It’s an effort but I’ve always managed to do it successfully, and the wine helped.  Not this time, though.  I opted to stay in, order dinner to my room and watch Survivor. The day may come when UnPickled 2.o can go back to the cocktail parties and feel emboldened by a cranberry-soda, but not yet.

The next day began with a breakfast meeting and keynote speaker.  The industry is so heavily male dominated that every woman who walks into the room is noticed by virtue of her gender.  As a guest speaker, I had a reserved seat at the front of the room, but the seating chart was out of order and I couldn’t find my table.  Great.  I felt as though all eyes were on me so I postured confidence as I hovered from table to table looking for my place card.  Someone recognized me and came over to say hello.  I was grateful as this made me look less like a gatecrasher and I started to relax.

“I didn’t see you at the party last night,” he says. “You missed a doozie.”  I’m so glad I stayed in my room.  Boston Rob was excellent company.

I give up looking for my name and plop down in an unmarked seat.  When the breakfast session ends, I make my way to the assigned room for my presentation.

I’ve come to realize the role that “impostor syndrome” played in my drinking.  Apparently a common phenomenon in women, and yet another way I felt alone, was a voice in my head that told me my success was a lottery winning of luck, timing, and family connections.  I constantly feared someone would ask me a simple question that I couldn’t answer, and my incompetence would be revealed.  If someone complimented my appearance, I’d remember how bland my face looks before I put on makeup and think, “Well, I’ve fooled them.”  When someone said I was their role model, I’d think “I’m addicted to alcohol.  You wouldn’t look up to me if you knew that.”  Part of me would hear, feel and know the truth, but part was also undermining it.  It’s an exhausting struggle.  At the end of the day, I’d drink just to shut down the battle for a while.

I had a great presentation lined up – lots of good information, dotted with humour and insights.  My years of experience shone through.  If someone asked a question I couldn’t answer, I was prepared to say something new I’d learned: Hmm, I don’t know.  Does anyone else know? A beautiful turn of phrase that shows an honest character and allows others to get involved in the dialog.  Or maybe, no one else knows either.  No matter, I nailed the presentation and the questions afterward showed the audience’s high level of engagement and interest.  Several came to me as the room cleared and continued the conversation – always a good sign.

Back in the grand ballroom for lunch, someone waved me over to my place card.  Now they knew who I was and were anxious to ensure I joined their table. (Turns out I’d been yonks away at breakfast.)  The group was full of lively discussion and I felt totally on my game.  (The Premier and several cabinet ministers were at the next table over, and I snapped a few discrete pictures with my iPhone to show the kids when I got home.  I want them to know that the same mom who folds their underwear and makes them smoothies sits next to the Premier on occasion.)

On the long drive home, I replayed the day and smiled.  I looked good, I had spoken well, I had contributed to a successful event.  And best of all, I didn’t argue with myself about any of it.  No self-doubts, no voice saying “but if they only knew….”. No shame. No shame….

My new life without alcohol is allowing me a new strength.  I’ve always projected confidence, but now I actually feel it.  The insides are starting to match the outsides.  I sense an exponential growth about to emerge – if I’ not drinking I don’t feel so conflicted.  If I’m not so conflicted, I don’t feel such a need to drink.

It’s still a challenge, but it is starting to feel good. Ironically, I drank to try and feel “good” but eventually it stopped working that way.  If “good” is the goal, then this is the only way I can see to achieve it now.  And besides, as a comment to this blog recently pointed out, “nothing bad ever came of not drinking”.

No One’s Favourite

I knew the day would come when something shook me and challenged my resolve.  It happened recently when a conversation with my father took an unexpected turn and ended up with both of us angry and harsh.

I couldn’t have been more surprised by his words – I had stopped by to tell him about a clever idea I’d had to help address some tax issues with his estate planning and expected an intelligent conversation to follow.  We both have good minds for business and love to talk shop.  If I added up all the conversations we’ve ever had and sorted them into categories, “business” would win the majority hands down.

Minutes into the topic and it was clear I’d hit a nerve.  Go figure.  Approach the subject of estate planning with a retired, 75-year old businessman and he gets touchy.  Perhaps I was being insensitive but he came at me with an anger I’ve rarely experienced.  This was more than discomfort with his looming mortality.  This was resentment.  Rejection.

Let’s go, I thought.  You want to fight?  You want to criticize me? You want to argue?  It’s on.  No one else would ever dare to disagree with you or jockey for the last word, but I will.  You want to battle wits? I’m in.

As you can imagine this was a sad thing to witness.  Having spent 43 years trying to earn my parents love instead of just accepting what they were willing to give, I had a lot of ammo to fire.

While my father loudly claimed his right to do things his way, right or wrong, I listed all of my impressive achievements and reasons he should listen to me and respect my opinions.  While he claimed it was none of my business how much money he funnels to other family members who haven’t quite landed on their feet, I noted that I would have been just as well off to have tried less hard and taken the free ride.  While he listed all the opportunities they had provided me, I listed all the ways I had taken those opportunities and succeeded.

We seemed to be in a battle to determine who had the rightful claim to my success.  Wait – when did this become an argument about me?  I tried to get things back on track but it was too late.  He wanted to prove that my accomplishments would have been impossible without him.  I wanted him to recognize that gratitude was self-evident through my efforts and achievements.

My mother and sisters would never dare talk to him this way.  His word has always been the last word.  It is universally accepted in our family that he is the smartest.  And he’s Dad.  Do what he says and that’s that.  Also it should be mentioned that he is cheerful, funny, warm, and loving.  Giving him the last word is usually easy to do.  He usually deserves it.

I’ve almost never argued with my dad.  We’ve certainly never had words like this.  It’s clear that something more is wrong but neither of us knows what.  We go round and round.  My mother sits quietly by and occasionally tries to steer things, but mostly she seems unwilling to take sides. That hurts, too.

I’m emotionally tattered and leave in tears after over an hour of rapid-fire accusations and statements of defense.  I go home and collapse into my husband’s arms and spend the next three days reeling.  I don’t drink but man, it’s calling me.  I struggle with the physical desire to numb the pain, but since I’m going to “fucking show them” I instead default back on the path to being perfect, beyond criticism.

Ahhh, my old friend.  My favourite goal:  beyond criticism.  Over the years my quest for perfection has driven me in so many ways.  It’s the reason I am meticulous with my looks – dressing to perfection, always made up nicely with hair done well.  It’s the reason I work out daily and know the amount of fat and calories in every different brand of yogurt.  I’ve won scholarships, business of the year awards, national recognitions.  I’ve been featured in magazines and have too many news clippings to count.  If that’s not enough, I’ve managed music and tv projects on the side.  I’ve got a good marriage, raised three great boys, manage the family finances, and keep my house orderly.

Is it any wonder that wine flowed through the cracks in the armor?

All I really want is a gold star for my efforts every day.

I don’t do all these things for my own satisfaction, I do them so others will approve.  I expect them to approve, and justifiably so.  But here’s the problem:  I can’t make them do what I want.

“Bob S” – a twitter connection (@Bobby_Steps) with a passion for encouraging others to ‘keep working the steps’ – made it clear to me when I posted that I’d had a frustrating experience with my folks.  “Think what I hear is you expect your parents to be people they aren’t,” he tweeted. “Expectations fuck alcoholics and turn into resentment.”

I see it, I know it.  One of my sisters used to tease me that she was Dad’s favourite, and my other sister was Mom’s favourite, and I was “just the baby”.  I’d quickly joke back, “I’m everyone’s favourite!”  But I never really believed it.

I’ve always felt unconditionally loved, but believed that if I wanted my parents to also “like” me I’d have to earn it.  I don’t know if they could help that each of them has a special tie to one of their children, they just do.  To complicate things further, both of my sisters have gone through marriage break ups and other difficulties.  How dare I resent the help my parents give them while I sit in my happy house on the hill with my husband and perfect life.

So drinking helped numb the unmet expectations of parental approval, helped ease the guilt of resenting the attention showered on others, of resenting how the perfection I’ve come to demand of myself seems to annoy my family instead of impressing them.

The hurt is still there and the issue with my father remains unresolved.  I’ve seen him at family occasions since and it’s clear we both wish it never happened.  It’s the elephant in the room and we’ll have to sort it out sooner or later.  I’m confident we will.

Meanwhile, I’m struggling to keep my sobriety on the right path; to ensure I pursue it from a place of honesty and peace, and not out of a spiteful quest for perfection.

Ups and Downs

Work seems to have taken over my life the past week or so and I believe that is a sign that sober living is coming easier.  I don’t have to breath it in through gritted teeth every moment.

I am letting my guard down, and while it’s nice to relax a bit it also leaves me panicked from time to time.  I remember with a jump every now and then – like checking my bikini top for a nipple escape half an hour after getting off the waterslide.

Oh Jeez, am I still okay? Yep, all good.  Still holding.  Whew. Thank God. (Seriously, thank you God.)

We are driving home from the airport right now, my sweetheart and I, having just spent four days at a spa on the coast.  My very manly husband was a wonderful sport about it all – wandering the resort in our white robes, indulging in massages and mud wraps instead of golfing, sipping juice and soda on our waterfront deck instead of wine or scotch.

My husband has been incredibly supportive about my decision/need to leave drinking behind – not at all judgmental or dismissive, as I feared.  Why I ever thought he would be, I don’t know.  His character has always been kind and caring.  Maybe my mind created false possibilities as yet another warp in my pickled thinking.

I continued to mourn for wine on this holiday.   I’ve visited the same resort many times before with girl friends and have always enjoyed it.  I’d quietly pack extra bottles of wine “just for me” in my suitcase and then trip off to the nearby store with the girls on arrival to gather the supplies for our mutual happy hours – cheese, snacks, a bottle or two of wine.  Sometimes I’d grab an extra bottle and say, “Just in case! I can always take it home if we don’t need it,” but honestly, I didn’t want the others to know that after the happy hour wine and the wine with dinner, I’d go back to my room and have some more all alone. “Just in case” meant, “in case I run out” – not “in case us girls need more.”

On this trip, I didn’t so much miss having wine in our suite.  It was during the meals that I felt the absence of my old friend Sauvignon Blanc– the “go to” order that made every meal better.  Two of the lovely restaurants we visited were advertising special 5-course meals with wine pairing hosted by the Chef.  Two months ago we would have been “in” for this – my husband being an avid “foodie” and my being an avid wine drinker.  This got me – we wouldn’t be doing that again – ever.

I felt guilt like a weight on my chest – I messed up something we both enjoyed by taking it too far.  Stupid, stupid me and my stupid, stupid inability to not drink too much.  (My recovery friends on Twitter have taught me this self-destructive voice is nothing but the “itty bitty shitty committee” that whispers malarkey constantly.) I recognized the guilt as useless but knew I had to feel the grief in order for it to pass.

I spent a day or two trying to feel grief without guilt but it isn’t easy to separate the two.  We were having a great time, lots of laughs during our ocean front hikes and restful moments.  Still I had a subconscious stream of thought narrating how much happier my husband would be with someone else (not true), that I’d spoiled everything (even though we were having fun) and that I probably didn’t even need to quit in the first place, it hadn’t really been that bad (the most manipulative self-assessment of all).

Eventually, the tranquility of the scenery settled me down and the expensive spa services started to have the intended effect – peace crept in.  Over a divine plate of seafood I said to my sweetheart of almost 27 years, “I’m feeling like I’ve ruined everything.  I feel like I’ve taken away something that we used to enjoy.”

“Not at all,” he reassured me. “I am so proud of you.  You are being so strong and this is going to be good for us in the long run.  Nothing bad will come of this.”

I know I m fortunate to have a partner who is supportive of my journey.  He enjoys a few drinks but does not have addiction issues of his own, nor do we have any other relationship complications that cause some couples to undermine each other’s successes.  This is all a blessing and one more reason why I should grab onto sobriety with my life.

My final spa session was reflexology, which I was almost dreading but had booked it anyway because it came as part of a package.  I had only had it once before and remembered it as uncomfortable, and that the therapist had analyzed my health afterward based on whatever she detected by poking my awful, lumpy runner’s feet.

This time, I fell asleep and woke refreshed as she whispered, “All done now”.  When I exited the room, she was waiting in the hall to hand me a small cup of herbal tea and go over her ‘findings”.

“Nothing seems to be a problem,” she said with a charming Swedish accent. “You must have a very strong constitution.”

I sipped the tea and answered. “I’m in a good place at the moment.”

Thumb Sucking and Telephone Wires

I spent a good portion the early 70s on the floor of the family car eastbound on the TransCanada, enduring the mind-numbing 9 hour drive to visit our Saskatchewan relatives.

Why the floor? As the “baby” of the family,  I was assigned the middle spot in the back, justified by the fact that my legs were shorter and therefore less affected by the “hump” on the floor.  It was fine with me, actually I felt rather lucky to have a special place in the car and the family.  Within an hour or two us kids would have re-arranged our pillows and blankets – each older sister leaned against a door, while I would set up a little camp on the floor of the car using the axle hump as my headrest or draping my little pre-school body over it in various contortions of the bored variety.  My sisters thought it was sweet of me to relocate down there, but I was partly motivated by the fact that it was easier to hide my thumb-sucking  from my mom.

“Are you sucking your thumb?” my mom would ask from the front, craning her neck. I’d bury farther under my blanket. She’d redirect to my sisters, “Girls, is she sucking her thumb?” “No,” my oldest sister would lie. She used to tell me they shouldn’t try to make me quit because it was cute, so I kept sucking and she kept covering for me. Now I see that as all kinds of passive aggressive on my sister’s part, but at the time I was thankful.

(Sidebar: has anyone done a study on how many thumb-suckers grow up to be addicts? It seems to me I’ve always has some self-comforting habit whether it be my thumb, cigarettes, booze….)

Back to the floor of the family car circa 1971.

One of my favourite ways to pass the hours on those long drives was to watch the wires dance for me. At that time, every road was lined with poles and wires that delivered phone service and electricity.  I knew that if I was too bored, I could look at the lines as our car drove by them and eventually they would feel sorry for me and start to dance by moving up and down, crossing over each other, waving a gentle lazy pattern for me to help pass the time.  I had tried asking the wires to dance while I laid on the grass in our farm yard but those wires never moved. They only did it while I was in the car and only if I was very bored and sleepy. It was so nice of them.

Of course, they weren’t moving at all.  It was just an optical illusion created by the changing perspective as we whizzed by.  It look me years to realize; it dawned on me slowly.  First, I came to understand that the telephone polls weren’t capable of pity, but still felt I was seeing something unique.  Then, perhaps around age 7, my mind began to unwind how this magic occurred and most alarmingly, that it wasn’t only me who could see it.  I wasn’t special and this wasn’t real.

I tell you all this because it parallels my understanding and self-awareness about drinking.  I had allowed my brain to perceive an untrue reality because of the way things looked and felt.  Now I am starting to see it all clearly and realize that I was following a very human pattern into a behaviour.  At first it made me angry, then embarrassed, and now it makes me hopeful, because if I “patterned” my way in I can “pattern” my way out.

I admit it – when it came to drinking I thought I was justified and that my situation was unique and special. Now I know better.

In the mid-70s, when the lines came down and the poles were carried away, ditches were scattered with the beautiful glass transformers which insulated the lines atop the poles.  They were thick clear glass in the shape of a thimble, either clear or blue, and about the size of a fist.  We would comb the ditches for them and bring them home as treasures, lining them on the window sills. All are now useless except to serve as a reminder of another time.

For me, from now on, they will always remind me of my own transformation.

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“Are you talking to the books again?”

I’m currently surrounded by about 500 books, acquired yesterday from an elderly couple about 20 minutes away from town who were selling them on behalf of another woman whose sister just passed away. Apparently she didn’t have any friends, she just read a lot, played music, and did outdoorsy things like hiking and skiing.

Far from being an expert, when we went out to their property to price the books, I was mostly guessing. All of them looked at least 15-20 years old, at most 60 years old. So they were in great condition, but they’re old. Not old, just old. When it was obvious they didn’t like the amount I proposed to pay for the whole lot, I tried not to talk about the age too much. It seems insensitive to talk to elderly folks about something not being valuable because it’s old. Old in people years, not in ancient civilization years.

Old in people years is precious, but not exciting or sexy. Some books get to transcend people years. That’s part of the reason people like them so much. Books are timeless!

Except they’re not. I have already maneuvered around and sneezed and coughed and waded through enough piles of books to see very plainly that most books are not timeless, as objects or as ideas. Most books live regular people lives. They live, they’re shiny for a while, then they get “that smell”, and then they die.

It’s difficult to be objective about the arbitrary value of a book. I often find really great stories in thrift stores that are mass produced and thus too boring to sell in the store for more than fifty cents. Maybe a dollar. You can’t have too many books like that – they take up space. I want to liberate these books, give them away for free if I have to, but I’d quickly run out of the limited budget I have to start with buying freebies.

My aesthetic eye is actually much more useful at this point than my knowledge of books and publishing. If the design looks so generic that a first year graphic design student could do it, I know it won’t re-sell for much. As ignorant as we tend to be talking about art and design, we’re a demanding public. The graphic designer is just as important to the success of the book as the writer. (Of course, this depends on how you define success, which is always in flux.)

When I buy a bunch of books and then later look at them online, I am generally pretty spot on for how much I estimated their value. It turns out you can judge a book by its cover.

That said, as I steadily work at adding each book to my inventory Excel sheet, noting the condition of the book, if it’s signed, if it’s a first edition, I often find beautiful illustrations and type between some of the most mundane-looking covers. I catch a sentence with a genuine voice. Collect a slip of paper with a drawing on it. Find an inscription to a loved one.

Dear Jill,
I am sorry we didn’t see you this Christmas. It wasn’t the same…

Dear Nicholas,
I hope you enjoy this story as much I did at your age…

Dear Karen,
Happy birthday! I can’t believe you’re already 15…

Miss you

Let me know what you think of the book.

It’s not that hard to look at a book and discern its monetary value if you have a visually critical eye. If you quickly flip through it and spot some water damage or a handful of dog-eared pages, knock the number down a bit lower. Too much damage and it’s dead weight.

Sometimes I find a book that is old and smelly, or damaged in a way that makes it less appealing to look at, and I can’t bring myself to discard it because a little girl has written her name in crayon on the inside cover or the words are printed so crisply that I run my fingers across them like bedsheets with a high thread count.

“Are you talking to the books again?”

“Yes, sorry.”

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Kerry in China: N. Korea, Iran and Syria Main Concerns

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US Secretary of State John Kerry told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday that “the world is facing a critical time”, citing tensions on the Korean peninsula, Iran’s nuclear program and the conflict in Syria.
John Kerry“Mr. President, this is obviously a critical time with some very challenging issues,” Kerry told Xi in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

“Issues on the Korean peninsula, the challenge of Iran and nuclear weapons, Syria and the Middle East, and economies around the world that are in need of a Boost,” Kerry said.

The US secretary of State had arrived from South Korea earlier to press Beijing, North Korea’s major ally, to help defuse nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula ahead of an expected missile launch by the North.

In contrast, the Chinese president did not refer to the issued raised by Kerry, but rather stated that US-China relationship was “at a new historical stage and has got off to a good start”.

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How to manage alcoholic neuropathy

Alcoholic neuropathy is characterized as a physical condition caused by the damaging effects on the nerves which results to debilitating symptoms and lasting disability. The lasting effects of excessive alcohol consumption can damage the heart, liver and the brain. As long as the condition is detected early, there are treatment measures that can ease the symptoms as well as minimize the possibility of chronic incapacitating complications.

Cessation of drinking

The immediate concern for those who are suffering from alcoholic neuropathy is excessive consumption of alcohol. In such cases, alcohol must be completely avoided. Individuals who have a long-term history of alcohol abuse might find this as a challenge.

Nevertheless, there are various treatment options available such as in-patient rehabilitation, outpatient counseling or even groups such as Alcoholic Anonymous that can aid in this initial step to recovery.

Diet modifications

Alcoholic neuropathy

Lightheadedness or vertigo is also common effects of the condition.

The indications of alcoholic neuropathy are believed to be partly due to the alcoholic’s tendency to abandon proper dietary practice, thus becoming deficient in essential nutrients. Aside from an overhaul on day-to-day eating habits, supplementing the diet with folic acid and thiamine is highly recommended. Counselling from a dietitian might be required to help the individual recover in maintaining healthier eating habits.

Management of the symptoms

An individual with alcoholic neuropathy can frequently experience pain or unusual sensations in the arms, hands, feet and legs. The management of pain can be aided with analgesic medications such as acetaminophen or aspirin, thus precautions must be observed. Always bear in mind that these individuals already showed predisposition to addiction, thus any addictive medications must be avoided or carefully monitored by the doctor.

Independent functioning

The muscular weakness and ensuing atrophy is a usual outcome of alcoholic neuropathy. An effective treatment involves physical therapy along with the use of orthopedic splints.

Lightheadedness or vertigo is also common effects of the condition. The individual can greatly benefit by using certain medications, sleeping with the head in an elevated position and increased consumption of salt.

Injury prevention

The diminished sensory nerve impulses make it possible for the individual with alcoholic neuropathy to be unaware that he/she already sustained injuries. Remember that this can lead to life-threatening situations.

The individual should take the necessary precautions such as regularly monitoring the hands and feet for indications of injury or checking the temperature of bath water to ensure that he/she will not inadvertently ignore any injury that can become infected or gangrenous.

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Cat Island in Japan

This picture was not taken in Japan, as I have never been there. But it illustrates the topic of this post. I learned tonight on BBC News that there is a Cat Island in Japan. Population: 22 humans and about 120 felines. The real name is Aoshima. The cats were introduced to fight an infestation of mice. Apparently, its unique population is attracting a great number of tourists, to the dismay of the human (and elderly) locals, who are afraid the tourists might disrupt the peaceful island. I can see their point, on the other hand I would love to go there for a holiday. Or live there, for that matter. Looks like heaven to me.

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Welcome to the Dark Side of the Mainroom – where plans are underway to attack speakers with sounds that will leave everybody in the room speechless. Malicious Sylenth1 is the latest library from John “Skippy” Lehmkuhl. Having just released Toxic FM8 which is a mind blowing library that re-invents Native Instruments FM8 for aggressive EDM and DubStep, he… Read More »

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The next revolution has arrived. After the success of Volume 1, the Fahrenheit TRX series returns in full-force with Volume 2. 128 massive sounds are included in this bank for the great Sylenth1. Dancing arpeggiators, swarming pads, piercing leads, and much, much more. All revolving around the world of EDM. Get your share now! NOTE: The soundset contains… Read More »

Aelyx Audio – Arcane Sessions ALX (Sylenth1.FXB.FXP, Midi)

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Arcane Sessions ALX is the rebirth of the great Sylenth1. Featuring 128 EDM-oriented patches, this bank includes very unique sounds ranging from arpeggios to atmospheres to leads to wobbles and many more. Don’t be left with the same boring patches; be sure to have these sounds in your arsenal! This package contains a bank of 128 patches for… Read More »

Aelyx Audio – Sounds From Techizia vol 1, 2 (Sylenth1.FXB.FXP, Midi)

By | December 19, 2016

Sounds From Techizia 1 ASD 003 :: Sounds From Techizia 1 Content: 256-Patch Soundset for Sylenth1; 16 MIDI Progressions Format: FXP FXB and MIDI Size: 951,960 Bytes [0.95 MB] Genres: Trance; Techno; House; Progressive; Minimal Sounds From Techizia Volume 1 contains a selection of innovative sound ready to make the crowd go haywire. The set includes the astonishing… Read More »


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Aveley is a neighbourhood of the town of Ellenbrook – an outer suburb in the north-east which is projected to be a future satellite city. Avely is named after a small town in Essex, where the Belhus estate was located: this stately home was once visited by Queen Elizabeth I, and had grounds landscaped in the 18th century by the famous Capability Brown. One of the early settlers to the Swan River Colony in 1829 was Edward Pomeroy Barrett-Lennard, the grandson of Lord Dacre, who owned Belhus. Edward Barrett-Lennard was assigned more than 13 000 acres in the Swan Valley, and his eldest son George purchased a large tract of land which he named Belhus after the family estate: it is this which eventually became Aveley. The name Aveley is Old English and means “Aelfgyth’s meadow”; Aelfgyth is an Anglo-Saxon woman’s name meaning “elf battle”. Avely is also a surname, and has been in rare use as a personal name since at least the 16th century. Historically more common for males, Aveley fits so well with current trends in female names that it seems more suitable for girls. Pronounced AV-uh-lee, this is a pretty, modern-sounding name with a feminine meaning and interesting history.

Carine is an affluent suburb 14 km north of the city. The area was once owned by the wealthy Hamsersley family, who came to the Swan River Colony in 1837, and before being developed in the 1960s, it was primarily used for farms and market gardens. The suburb’s name comes from the local wetlands, which are now known as Big Carine Swamp and Small Carine Swamp. Their names are a corruption of Careniup, the Noongar name for the wetlands, which means “the place where bush kangaroos graze”; it has the same origin as nearby Lake Karrinyup. The tranquil wetlands provide a home for rare water-birds and other native wildlife. Carine is already used as a girl’s name, the French form of Carina; it can be said in several different ways, but the Australian Carine is kuh-REEN. You would be hard pressed to find anything more Australian than “kangaroo” as part of a name’s meaning, and this is attractive, although perhaps slightly dated-sounding, due to its similarity to Karen, Caroline, and Corinne.

Floreat is an exclusive suburb 8 km north-west of the city, close to beaches and filled with parkland. As well as swanky boutiques, it is also well known for its sporting facilities, including Perry Lakes Stadium, which was used for the 1962 Empire and Commonwealth Games, and has now been replaced with the Western Australian Athletics Stadium. The suburb’s name is Latin for “let it flourish, let it prosper”, which is the official motto for the City of Perth (and has been fulfilled, for the city has grown rich on the back of the mining boom). Floreat has been occasionally used as a unisex name since the 18th century. In Australian records, it has mostly been used as a middle name, and examples from Perth may have been named for the city’s motto. In Australia, Floreat has been more commonly used as a girl’s name, due to its similarity to Florence, which has the same Latin origins and meaning. With Florence now fashionable, and girl’s names ending with a T sound, like Charlotte and Violet, popular, Floreat seems a surprising choice as a name, but not an outrageous one.

Jindalee is a new outer suburb in Perth’s far north. Because development has only just begun, the beaches are almost untouched, and it is surrounded by bush, scrub, and heathland. The name Jindalee is believed to mean “a bare hill” in an unknown Aboriginal language of New South Wales; there is a town of Jindalee in New South Wales, and a suburb of the same name in Brisbane. The name may refer to Eglinton Hill in Jindalee, which provides views of the sea. I only found one person in Australian records with the name Jindalee, and it was in the middle; although he was a man, to me Jindalee seems feminine, and could be shortened to Jinny or Jindy. This is a lively name which seems quintessentially Australian in its flavour.

Kiara is a quiet leafy suburb in Perth’s northern suburbs. Its name is from an Aboriginal word for “white cockatoo”, and it is not a Western Australian word, but one recorded in the Coffs Harbour region of New South Wales. The “white cockatoo” in question is probably the sulphur-crested cockatoo, a large, handsome, intelligent, curious, and very loud bird, native to the eastern states and far north of Australia. Australian parents seem to have a great fondness for girls’ names beginning with K, and this name sounds much like Italian Chiara, but with a distinctive Australian meaning. The name Kiara has charted since the 1980s, and first joined the Top 100 in 1999 at #67, peaking in 2005 at #49. It left the Top 100 in 2011, and is currently in the low 100s. It’s no longer popular, but still getting plenty of use.

Leda is one of the suburbs of the City of Kwinana, a coastal centre in Perth’s far south known as a working-class industrial area. Several of Kwinana’s suburbs are named for ships, and the brig Leda brought settlers to the Swan River Colony in 1830. The name was appropriate, because in Greek mythology, Leda was a queen of Sparta whose beauty attracted the attention of the god Zeus, who seduced her in the guise of a swan. Queen Leda didn’t have any unnatural interest in swans – the god-swan fell into her arms for protection while escaping from an eagle. Swans are one of the few birds which have a penis outside their body, like mammals do, and after this the specifics are left to our imaginations. Some artists and poets have depicted the act as a rape, while others show Leda as not just consenting, but positively enthusiastic. The same night, Leda lay with her husband, and from these biologically confused couplings, she gave birth to two eggs – one of which contained the ravishing Helen of Troy. Helen’s birth was commemorated by her father Zeus, who placed the constellation Cygnus, the Swan, in the sky. The meaning of the name Leda is not known for sure; it may be from the Lycian for “woman, wife”, and is pronounced LEE-duh. Simple and elegant, this is a name from Western Australian history which also references Perth’s Swan River.

Myaree is a light industrial suburb 11 km south of the city. Its name is said to come from an Australian Aboriginal word meaning “plant leaves, foliage, greenery” (rather inaptly, given the suburb’s purpose). Myaree has been used as a baby name, although not apparently in Australia: it may have been an Anglicisation of an Arabic girl’s name, or a name created from other name elements. Apart from the pleasant meaning of Myaree, and its multicultural possibilities, in many ways it seems quite on trend, because of popular Maya, trendy Marley, and fashionable Myra. In other ways, it seems slightly dated, because of its similarity to names such as Maree and Nyree. To me it’s rather appealing and contemporary, while not unfamiliar in sound.

Quinns Rocks is in the outer northern suburbs of Perth. It was first settled in the 19th century by a family of sheep farmers called the Clarksons, who used it as pasturage. In the 1930s it was a place for seaside holidays, with many people building beach shacks along the coast. It began to be developed as a residential area in the late 1950s, and was declared a town in the 1960s. The beautiful white beach is the suburb’s major feature, and still attracts holidaymakers. The suburb gets its name from an offshore reef, and is believed to have been called after Robert Quin, a 19th century government surveyor who made the first records of the area. Another theory is that it is named after Mick Quinn, one of the Clarksons’ shepherds who had a shack in the area. Why it should be named after this shepherd in particular is not related, and the congruence of names seems most likely. Quinn is a common Irish surname, an Anglicised form of the Gaelic mac Cuinn, meaning “son of Cuinn”. Cuinn (which is Anglicised to Conn) means “head, chief”. The surname’s originator is Art mac Cuinn, a High King of Ireland; according to legend, he and his father Conn of the Hundred Battles, also a High King, had dealings with a fairy woman. The Quins were one of the noble families of Ireland, but the line came to an end a few years ago. Quinn is rising rapidly as a unisex name, and currently seems to be almost equal between the genders, while also performing well as a middle name. Expect to see more Quinns in the future.

Serpentine is a small town on the very fringes of the metropolitan area, 55 km south-east of the city, on the railway line between Perth and Bunbury. The town is named after the nearby Serpentine River, so called because of its meandering course. Serpentine has been used sparingly as a name since the 19th century, and in Australian records is found mostly as a middle name, divided fairly evenly between males and females. Most of the Serpentines were from the Perth area, making me think they were named after the river. Serpentine is a problematic name, because while serpentine means “winding, curving” (like a serpent), it can also mean “crafty, deceitful”. The second meaning is an obvious allusion to the serpent in Genesis, who leads Eve into temptation. While this may give some people the jitters, serpents are also ancient symbols of wisdom and healing, and are often depicted guarding sacred places; a serpent holding its tail in its mouth is a symbol of eternity. In Australian Aboriginal myths, the Rainbow Serpent is a significant deity, symbolising life and fertility. Strong and mysterious, sinuous Serpentine may be easier to bear as a middle name.

Viveash is a secluded riverside suburb in the city’s north-west. It is named after Dr Samuel Waterman Viveash, a prominent pioneer who arrived in the Swan River Colony in 1838, and took up farming. Viveash is an English surname whose origins are disputed; it may be Anglo-Norman, and come from the French vivace, meaning “lively, vigorous”. However, because it is pronounced like “five ash” with a V instead of an F at the start, it is often linked to places in southern England called Five Ash Trees. Viveash has been used as a personal name for both sexes, almost exclusively found in the middle position. Examples from Australian records are all from Western Australia, and nearly all from the Perth area, making it likely they were named in honour of Dr Viveash. Viveash is a very unusual name, but is vaguely similar to Vivian and Ashley, while having a distinct sound and feel of its own.

The public’s favourite names were Quinn, Aveley and Leda, and their least favourite were Jindalee, Serpentine and Viveash.

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La-la-la-la-la  We heard from Blade this morning. There was bounce in his voice. He had finally received his promised radio and earphones; now he can block out the whole awful noisy environment he is in. Music is good medicine.

Yum  The Grub Shack finally reopened today, and I went down there for lunch. Jerry was absolutely glowing with happiness that they were back to work. The closure by Big Brother has lasted just days shy of a full year. You have no idea of the hardships this has imposed on Jerry and Eva, two good souls who have never harmed anyone in their lives. But no one was speaking of that today.

They had lots of customers their first new day. Like me, everyone is happy our social space is social again. I had a Jerry Burger smothered with cheese and Italian tomato sauce (you have to eat it with a knife and fork) and made-to-order fresh-fried potato chips. It was great. All is right again in this distant corner of the world.

Late  I had intended to publish this post before midnight, but I fell asleep in the chair around seven and slept almost straight through until six. Most of the night was taken up by one of those cherished dreams in which I am briefly reunited with Holly, and then separated. I spent the whole night looking for her, knowing that she was just outside my field of vision or just around the next corner. One of these days my dreams will be fulfilled, but not now.

Now this post is later still because Paco just called to tell me that Nick, one of our good friends from twenty years ago, died today of a drug overdose. Nick is the second of our original gang of Wandervögel to have died. I will always remember that kid literally flying through the air on his bike or snowboard. Gravity has now lost its grip on him forever.

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  1. 1 matt
    March 7, 2012 at 8:33 am

    One small star . . .

  2. March 7, 2012 at 4:40 pm

    thtas good someone provided a radio of his own, let him keep it now that block out any noises and the jerks inmates and guards who criticises him and so on. MEANS HE WONT HEAR THEM AND THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE TALKING TO THEMSELVES. Some one needs to hear that old saying from bambi, movies thumpers mom and dad says IF U CAN’T SAY SOMETHING NICE, DON’T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.. So lets not not trash talk Blade. I sent him a birthday card even thou it’s not birthday yet. It is captain america with a music tone to it, from walmart. I called facility and a man who answered phone says he can receive cards and cards that does a saying and music tone, as long as its got no vulgar and inappropiate. Captain America is on his way to see Blade, says blades a good guy and captain america is on his side. Then a early Easter card. Has a chocolate bunny saying about chocolate bunnies is not for back pockets, poor bunny melting messy. Also wrote a song lyrics for him song is called Beautiful. BY MERCY ME. TALKS ON HOW HE IS WORTH SOMETHING SPECIAL.. HOW GOd created him and hes not worthless, and God loves him. Inspiration encoraging uplifting spirits song. More than just a song its the truth and heart to heart that there is people out there who cares for BLADE.

  3. March 7, 2012 at 4:50 pm

    i sent Blade a captain america card with a music tone to it, even thou it’s not his b-day. Talks on how hes on his side and hes a cool good guy. Captain America is i superhero charactor. I asked facility on music tones card, he said yes as long as it’s appropiate. I said thanks, he says no problem. I also sent him a chocolate easter bunny card. The bunny is melting on card cause someone put him in backpocket, awwwwwwwwww poor bunny melting and chocolate is bad place for back pockets. Also send him a song called Beautiful. By mercy me. Also encouraged Blade. Glad he has a radio now now he can dont have to hear the mean jerks being mean to Blade everyday. Means he won’t hear them and those people will be talking to a themselves. Captain AMERICA WILL BE SEEING BLADE soon

  4. 5 Jeffrey
    March 7, 2012 at 6:08 pm

    As I learn more about these kids cases it has become painfully aware to me that Indiana and Florida and Pennsylvania are not on the same page as much of the rest of the country, The Chardin HS shooter was told in court yesterday he will probably be moved to adult court after psychiatric evaluations are done on him. In Ohio we do this for a 17 year old, but Indiana does not even do this for a 12 year old before sending him to adult court. There was another killing in the Cleveland area this past week where a 13 year old shot and killed his 10 year old brother, but not to worry in Ohio unlike neighboring Indiana we do not move 12 or 13 year olds to adult court. Had this happened in Indiana or Florida I`m sure some hard line prosecutor would want this moved to adult court.

    The only way this will be contained is with Federal legislation that sets a national age limit on juveniles being prosecuted as adults. As I have mentioned before in Ohio it is 14 and this is only done in extreme acts of violence and where the juvenile has a history and after undergoing court mandated psychiatric evaluation. There also needs to be a Federal law that juveniles even charged as adults cannot be held in an adult facility, a county jail or a prison. This is the only way to stop this.

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solid, dashed, dotted

Create a border around an HTML block that is solid, dashed or dotted.

<<div(solid)>>A solid border<<div>>
<<div(dashed)>>A dashed border<<div>>
<<div(dotted)>>A dotted border<<div>>

A solid border
A dashed border
A dotted border

Center the text in an HTML block in the middle of the page/enclosing block.

Not in the center at all.

Not in the center at all.

Float an HTML block to the right side of the page.

<<div(right)>><<div(solid)>>I'm right!<<div>><<div>> A bit of text to demonstrate what a floating right block looks like. This also shows nested calls to the div macro.

I'm right!
A bit of text to demonstrate what a floating right block looks like. This also shows nested calls to the div macro.

Used at top of a page to display a title string on it. Titles are slightly larger than "=" section headers, and do not appear in the Table of Contents for the page.

<<div(title)>>Wiki Help<<div>>

Wiki Help

Indent a section

Other CSS classes can be defined. If you want something please send a request to Galaxy Outreach.

This wiki supports InterWiki links. In addition to the standard InterWiki links that come with MoinMoin, we have added a few:

Links to a post in the Galaxy-Dev mailing list archive

Links to a post in the Galaxy-User mailing list archive

Links to a post in the Galaxy-Announce mailing list archive

Links to a post in the Galaxy-France mailing list archive

Links to source code documentation for the Galaxy development branch at ReadTheDocs

Links to source code documentation for the latest Galaxy release at ReadTheDocs

Link to Main's landing page.

| Link to Main's Data Library list.

| Link to Main's Published Histories list

| Link to Main's Published Workflows list

| Link to Main's Published Visualizations list

| Link to Main's Published Pages list

Link to the Galaxy Issues Trello board. Use the complete URL to link to a specific card on that board.

Link to a page in the Galaxy Tool Shed, usually a repository

Links to the PubMed page for the given ID.

Links to a page at the GMOD wiki

Best Practices

This wiki has best practices.

This wiki uses a modified version of the Mandarin theme. The structural elements are largely the same, but many details like colors and fonts have been modified.