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Odd Mate
Virginia Nelson

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When a gamer wolf searches for love, only an odd mate will do.

Charly spends his days working in a used video game shop and most of his nights as the second to one of the rarest of their kind—a female Alpha. Most of the pack figured he and Dara had a thing, but her recent mating wakens a wave of unwelcome pity. He can't exactly admit the one wolf he ever loved left him years ago. At least, he can’t until she reappears close enough for him to try again.

Gretchen fell in love with a sweet, nerdy bear of a man, but ran from his side when she realized he'd hate her for something she couldn't change. Now she's back in town and drawn to his side. A twist of fate leaves her with no choice—she can be near the man she’s always loved again, but she must betray him and everything he holds dear.

Can a wolf sworn to destroy all coyotes claim a coywolf mate or will he be forced to obliterate the only girl he ever loved?

Chapter One
Everyone knows a good story doesn’t begin with a dream sequence. Due to that simple rule of storytelling, Charly knew he wasn’t dreaming when he spotted her sitting cross-legged on the small dividing wall between the college campus and the parking lot. It was her, it had to be.

Lifting an arm to wave, he called out, “Hey, Gretchen!”

She didn’t turn, didn’t even seem to hear him, her golden head bent to look at something in her lap. Even from a distance, he recognized her profile and couldn’t resist calling again, “Gretchen!”

His heart accelerated, a direct and immediate reaction to finally putting his eyes on the one woman who ever managed to make him want to be the kind of guy he read about—some comic book hero hell bent on saving the world who could say the right thing and sweep the perfect girl off her scantily clad feet.

Not that Gretchen was nearly naked, but a guy could wish.

Closer up, he could see the cord that likely impeded her ability to hear him. She wore some kind of earbuds and a hoodie covered in cartoon characters. Her jeans were ratty and her hair as brilliant as he remembered. A trace of her scent—wild and a little heady—made it to him and he sucked in the familiar bouquet with a twist of bittersweet joy. He didn’t know why she’d just vanished one day, no trace left behind for him to track and no word on where she’d gone, but she had. He wasn’t letting her slip away so easily a second time.

Losing her once in a lifetime was enough to let him know he didn’t want it to happen a second time. Reaching out one hand, he planned to nudge her shoulder, get her attention, and maybe ask her out.

But a ball of fur in his periphery distracted him moments before wet and fangs closed on his arm.

Who would dare attack him in broad daylight?

The wild musky scent of the attacker alerted him before his human brain caught up with the program. Coywolf.

The dangerous breed of shifter was a combination of coyote and wolf, but not actually either anymore. Coywolves were bigger than wolves, more suited to urban terrain and altogether meaner than shit.

Not to mention Charly was in human form, it was daytime, and they were on a college campus, and if he did a thing to defend himself, his professors might see. Nothing ensured an A faster than a prof finding out their student could shift into a four-legged death machine, but he preferred his grades be based on his actual performance rather than sheer terror on the part of the humans.

Besides, it would really piss off Dara if he shifted in public. She’d never proved terribly understanding about that sort of thing.

Fending off the attack to the best of his ability, considering, he tried to also scan the area to see if any other coywolves were around. Last thing he needed was for one to attack Gretchen while he was distracted, meaning he’d shift to protect her and worry about apologizing to his Alpha later if he had to.

But he saw neither other wolves nor Gretchen. She’d vanished. Again.

Not sure if he was more pissed that he’d been attacked or that he’d lost sight of the girl of his dreams, Charly closed both hands over the snapping muzzle mere inches from his face. “You picked the wrong wolf to tangle with, Hybrid.”

The other animal didn’t answer, more focused on trying to tear out his throat than conversation.

Pinching down hard on the pressure points at the joint of the jaw, Charly managed to pry the creature off him in stages. Humans gathered, all gasping in horror and one pulling out their cellphone—yeah, a Vine of their interaction wasn’t on his list of things to do, either. He needed to end this and fast. One snap and he’d managed to boink the coywolf’s head off the pavement, stunning the creature. Once it was distracted, Charly shoved up and away and ran fast and hard toward the parking lot. Tugging up his hoodie to hide his face a bit, he ducked between cars, sneaking a look back towards the main hall of the school.

The coywolf shook off his stupor then turned to lope, looking unconcerned, away from the humans, most of which had cell phones out to snap pictures. Stupid animal—attention from the humans weren’t in its best interest any more than it was in Charly’s. As it vanished, Charly again scented the air, searching for a trace of her, but all he could smell was the reek of the coywolf, now rubbed into his clothes. He’d need a shower.

His phone chirped and he pulled it out to unlock the screen with a swipe of his finger.

Something going on at the campus of the community college. Twitter blowing up. You near there?

Scowling at the phone, he loped to his car, got in, and revved the engine before bothering to reply. I was the ruckus, got attacked by coywolf.

What? You okay? Dara’s text was short and to the point, a sign his Alpha worried.

Fine or I wouldn’t be texting, he replied.

Get to the warehouse. Emergency meeting.

KO, he typed back and shifted the car into gear. Looked like he’d be skipping another class.

Not that it was unusual. As beta to the local Alpha, Charly missed about as many classes as he managed to attend due to pack duties. Most of his profs found him to be a little lazy, thinking he slept through classes or spent his spare time gaming or something.

Wouldn’t they shit if he told them the truth? Doc, I’m a werewolf and I had pack business to attend to.

Yeah, that’d fly like Iron Man minus the rockets. But those worries were for another day. Today? His pack needed him and pack came first. Always.

It had to. He didn’t have anything else.

Gretchen accepted the fast and rough punch to the side of her head as her due. After all, she’d nearly let Charly walk right up to her. She’d been an idiot and she deserved to be punished. Garret didn’t have to look so damned happy about hitting her, though. Then again, she’d long ago accepted the leader of the coywolf’s dominance and bipolar behavior as part and parcel with the protection the pack of misfits offered her.

“I can’t believe you let him spot you. The timing is all wrong. The wolves can’t know we’re hedging in on their territory and can’t know we plan to expand into town. The fact I had to come save your ass is just another in a long line of failures on your part, Gretchen. How do you defend yourself?” Garret spit the words into her face, the reek of his unwashed body pungent and disturbing to both her beast and her human side.

“Look, I’ve told you, I can pass for wolf. I did it for a long time before I joined your pack and could do it again if I had to. You’re the one that shifted and attacked a wolf in broad daylight, not me. I was just sitting there minding my own business and—”

She didn’t duck away from his second punch, either, knowing before she did it that sassing him would likely result in another blow. He could punch her all day if it floated his boat. She would heal from punches.

Plus, she deserved them. She’d wanted to defend Charly, to attack her alpha. No wolf or coyote with a sane mind would dare something like that, yet she’d actually had to forcefully restrain her beast to keep from attacking the man who protected her.

Which meant she wasn’t sane, really. When she’d realized what it meant to be coywolf, she accepted that it meant she likely wasn’t sane. Better to stay away from Charly and keep her taint—and insanity—to herself so he could go on with his life and maybe settle down with some nice she-bitch who wasn’t bad blood.

Gritting her teeth, the pain of Garret’s punch still ringing through her head like a klaxon, she blinked back tears. The alpha would likely think they were tears of pain, and they were.

Pain at leaving the man she thought might be her mate behind for his own good. Maybe if Garret hit her enough times, she’d quit being stupid enough to risk Charly. He deserved better, would have better. Even if the idea of him with someone else cut her soul like shards of swallowed glass.

“Wait, I have an idea,” Garrett spun away from her and she took the respite as a moment to breathe. To try to clear her mind of the chaos seeing him—of seeing him being attacked on top of it—caused inside her.

“Yeah? I hope it doesn’t involve me.” She mumbled the response, half hoping that Garett forgot she was even there. He did that sometimes, forgot they were around. For an alpha, he sure got distracted a lot. She reminded herself to find that charming—that he followed the beat and voices of another drummer, one playing just for him in his head. It was the mark of a creative mind, after all.

Or someone totally batshit crazy.

Shaking her head, she tried to shove the disloyal thought down. The pack was her family, they stood by her when wolves would’ve likely torn her throat out because she was an abomination. Regardless of her ability to pass, to blend into wolf society, she wasn’t wolf.

She was coywolf, other, hybrid, bad blood and any number of other unsavory titles.

“It does involve you, actually.” When he turned his animal yellow eyes on her, Garret had a smile that was a little too cheerful stretching his lips. Madness, she thought again, but that wasn’t unusual. That was what the wolves called them, after all. Mad.

“How so?” she asked.

“You can pass, you have passed before, like you said, for pure wolf, right?” Garret came close to her again, too close. Her animal clawed at her guts, wanting to scrabble away from him and the power he radiated. She shouldn’t want that—she should want to be close to her alpha and the fact she didn’t was simply more proof stacking up in the column which said she was wrong, not right in the head.

“Yeah, so what?” Closing her eyes, she hoped the bubble of nausea turning her stomach radiated from the pain of his punches, not the stink of rotted meat on his breath.

“You infiltrate their pack, you apply for membership and you watch them. You learn their weaknesses, earn their trust…then, when they’re least expecting it, we hit them where it hurts. We shove them out of this territory and we take it for our pack.” Garret’s voice was hardly more than a whisper of sound, but it rang in her head as loud as if he’d spoken on a megaphone.

“No, I can’t do that. It isn’t right and—”

“Do you want our people to have a home? To have someplace safe to be where we aren’t constantly shoved around by wolf packs? Or do you want to be the one responsible for the fact we have no homeland, have no place to call our own? There are children, weak ones, people who need protected, people who need the security of their own space. Are you going to stand in the way of me protecting our people, Gretchen?” His hand stroked down her chin, a movement intended to soothe her, no doubt, and sway her to his way of thinking. Her beast cringed away from the contact, not wanting a thing to do with Garret or his half-baked plans.

“No, but—”

“No buts, girly-girl. You go in there and you help me save this pack. That is an order.”

Swallowing hard, she couldn’t help the tiny part of her that surged in joy. She’d get to see him again, be near him again.

But to betray him?

The command in the alpha’s tone sizzled home, grinding its way into her bones and settling like a mantle of unwanted responsibility. “Yes, Alpha.”
Garret’s smile didn’t make her feel better about the plan, but what choice did she have?


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Name :
Fatema - Sister of the 8th Holy Imam Ali Riza(a.s.)
Title :
Masooma (Masooma-e-Qom)
Father :
Imam Moosa-e-Kazim(a.s.) - the 7th Holy Imam
Mother :
Ummul-Baneen Bibi Najma Maghrbiyyah
Birth :
1st Zi-Qadah 183 AH at Madina
Death :
10th Rabi-us-Sani 201AH, at age 18 at Qom -Iran and was buried there.

From the children of the seventh Imam(a.s.) Hazrat Fatimah Masooma bint Musa ibn Jafar(a.s.) has a special position after Imam Riza(a.s). Due to her faith, virtuousness and training under the guardianship of Imamate she reached such a position that the Ma’soom (Imam) gave her the title of Ma'soomah (infallible) , and because of her worship and abstemiousness she acquired the status of intercession. This is why the most learned scholars, the greatest Maraje', and the real Gnostics are humbly standing at her holy shrine saying:
O Fatimah(a.s.) intercede for us in heaven since you have reached a dignified status from a high rank with Allah(swt)
There is a tradition that states that out of the eight gates of heaven, one will open towards Qom and due to her intercession all Shia’s will go to heaven. Her eighteen years of life was spent with suffering and difficulties. Had to bear separation from her beloved brother.

Visitors entitles to Heaven
In tradition it is excessively mentioned that whoever visits (does ziyarat of) Hazrat Ma'soomah, heaven is incumbent upon that person and this position is obtained by her after the fouteen Ma'soomeen.
Imam Riza(a.s.) has said:
Whoever visits her (does her ziyarat) acknowledging her right, is entitled to heaven.
In Kamil al ziyarah it is quoted form Imam Riza(a.s)
Whoever does the ziyarat of Masooma in Qom it is as though he/she has done my ziyarat
Majlisi quoted in Bihar:
Whoever visits Ma'soomah it is as though he/she has visited me. It is equal to heaven
Heaven of Ahlulbait(a.s.)
Ma'soomah stayed in Qom fro seven days only. Due to her brief stay and her holy shrine, Qom was blessed with such a special position that Imam Jafer Sadiq (a.s) says:
Haram of God - Mecca
Haram of Rasool- Medina
Haram of Imam Ali –Kufa,
and the Haram of Ahlul bait(a.s.) is Qom
According to the quote of Imam Musa ibn Jaffar(a.s)
Qom is refuge of Aal Muhammad(a.s.)
A ***** of people from the town of Rai came to Hazrat Abi Abdillah (a.s) and said that we are the settlers’ o Rai.
Imam (a.s) said: Welcome to our brother from Qom
They said again: "We are from the town of Ray. Imam (a.s) replied with the same statement as before. This act repeated several times, then Imam (a.s) said that:" God's haram is Kufa, main and my progeny's haram will be Qom. Qom is a small Kufa. From the eight gates of heaven three open towards Qom. One chaste lady from our family, named Fatimah will be buried there. Her status and position is such that due to her intercession all Shias will go to heaven.
It is due to the blessed lady Masoomah, that after the city of knowledge Najaf al ashraf the greatest center and learning institute of the Shia world is in Qom, surrounding her holy shrine where more than twenty thousand students, the most learned scholars are busy studying, teaching and conducting research. This city has embraced numerous libraries and learning institutes with in its vicinity.
After the shahadat of our 7th Imam, Imam Musa Kazim(a.s.), the 8th Imam, Imam Ali Riza (a.s.) took care of his family and his sisters.
Bibi Fatema loved her brother immensly (similar love as that of Bibi Zainab(s.a.) and Imam Hussain(a.s.)). In 200AH Mamoon Rashid called Imam Riza (a.s.) to Khorasan from Medina, no family member was allowed to accompany him. Bibi Masuma missed her brother very much and left Medina for Iran to meet his brother. When she reached Saveh, which is about 62 Km from Qom, she learnt the news of shahadat of her brother. On learning this, she became very ill and asked to be taken to Qom. Musa ibn Khazray took this dignified lady to their home. Ma'soomah passed seven days in Qom suffering from illness until finally she departed from the transient abode on the 10th of Rabi-us-Sani at the age of 18. She was buried in Qom.[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

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Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns, giving a description or more information. An adjective clause is simply a group of words with a subject and a verb that provide a description. The clause starts with a pronoun such as who, whom, that, or which or an adverb such as when, where and why.

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1. Mr Tom is my father. He works at BCA
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Which: used for things and animals in subject or object position:
Marike has a dog which follows her everywhere.

That: used for humans, animals and things, in subject or object position (but see below): Marike is decorating a house that Hans designed.
Whose: used for humans, animalsi or objects to give information about their possessions.
The girl whose dress is red is my best friend.
Where: used for places
The hotel where we stayed last summer was very beautiful.
When: used for time
My baby was born in the year when I moved to Italy.

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

The Savory Spoon Cooking School and Marketplace

Morning sun illuminated whitewashed cabinets and gleaming stainless steel appliances as our press group of 15 people donned aprons and washed our hands. Dressed in chef whites and standing behind a butcher-block countertop owner, Janice Thomas, a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, gave us prep instructions for the morning. We divided into five small groups that each prepared a dish together, from
Swiss Chard and Black Olive Tart to Roasted Apple, Pecan, Cherry and Black River Blue Salad, Green Beans with Orange and Toasted Maple Pecans,
Pork Tenderloin Medallions with Cherry Sauce and
Fresh Blueberry Tart. An hour later, we savored our feast.

The Savory Spoon Cooking School and Marketplace, in Ellison Bay, Door County, Wisconsin, has offered cooking classes since 2003, often with a focus on locally produced foods such as cherries, cheese, and whitefish. Housed in a circa 1879 schoolhouse renovated by Thomas' husband, The Savory Spoon offers cooking classes from June through October. State-of-the-art kitchens feature SubZero/Wolf cooking and refrigeration appliances, plus the finest culinary tools and small appliances.

“We’re a hands-on cooking school,” Thomas said during my August 2008 visit. “And August is a big month for local foods.” Other classes range from India’s Melting Pot to Truffles Galore and Timpano Delight. The school also hosts private events. The Marketplace offers kitchenwares, cookbooks, artisanal cheeses and cured meats, fresh baguettes/pastries, treats from in-house chocolatier, The Sweet Spot, and specialty foods, from quiche to sticky buns.

When The Savory Spoon is closed, Thomas leads annual culinary trips to France, Italy, and China, with a new Mexican destination added for 2010.
Whether you want to hone your own cooking skills or explore the cuisine of other cultures, check out Door County's The Savory Spoon Cooking School and Marketplace.

Citrus Curd Tart

Two ancient limes and an equally old lemon stared at me accusingly every time I opened the refrigerator fruit drawer. After I learned that I could still safely use them, from a local cooking expert, I began to consider possible flavor combinations.

As those of us living throughout the Kansas City area endure one of the coldest, most snow-filled winters in recent memory, a tropical-tasting dessert sounded like the perfect solution. So I tracked down a lemon curd recipe (unfortunately, I have no idea where it came from, for attribution) - and decided that I could use a combination of lemon and lime instead. I then located a simple recipe for no-bake graham cracker crust, in my Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book. Here's the result:

Citrus Curd Tart
Makes 8 servings

3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup fresh lemon & lime juice
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 tablespoon grated lemon and/or lime peel

In the top of a double boiler, beat eggs and sugar together. Stir in citrus juices, butter and lemon peel. Bring water to a boil, reduce to simmer and cook/stir continuously for 15 minutes, or until thickened. Pour warm curd into another bowl and set aside.
Graham crust:

1/3 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 cups finely crushed graham crackers (about 18)

Melt butter and stir in sugar. Add crushed crackers, toss to mix well. Spread evenly into a 9-inch pie plate. Press onto bottom and sides to form a firm even crust. Chill about 1 hour or until firm (or, bake in a 375 degree oven for 4-5 minutes or till edge is lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack before filling.)
Pour curd into chilled (or baked/cooled) crust. Chill overnight. When ready to serve, top with lightly sweetened whipped cream,* and lemon or lime zest.

*VOE - Although I have a big sweet tooth, the curd + crust seemed too sweet even for my tastes. The whipped cream helps tone down the sweetness a bit. Add only 3 (or 4) tablespoons of confectioners (or granulated) sugar to one cup of whipped cream. Then spoon a big dollop onto your slice and ENJOY!


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Saturday, August 2, 2014

Pictures from My Son.

For Adam's birthday, he got a camera. He asks to use mine all the time and many of my Instagrams are encouraged (re: demanded) by him. He has been asking for his own camera for a while now, and so we bought him one of those super-durable Fisher Price kid cameras. We didn't have very high expectations, since the camera isn't really made to take high quality pictures and because he is four and because the majority of the pictures he seems to take are of his feet, but some of his pictures are just beautiful. It almost makes me want to cry. There are so many details of his life that he painstakingly tries to capture and it's so interesting to see what makes the cut. I started to go through and caption them, but then I realized most don't need one. They are mostly simple pictures, but they touch my heart deeply.

I see our life together through my own field of vision and to me, a toy on the floor is really just an annoyance and a leaf on the ground is not really anything new, so it's so poignant to see some things from Adam's perspective. I would probably never take time to notice the sun shining through the trees that I see every day and I would never think dishes in the dishwasher are be beautiful. But these things are not just normal to him- they are precious and I want to just plead to Heavenly Father, or to anyone who is listening, that some of that pure, unadulterated goodness could just seep into the rest of the world. There is so much we can learn from children and I don't mean that with any condescension- Ah, from the mouth of babes- I truly think that there is something right in them that eventually gets lost.

I don't know what Adam's story will be. I pray that he will someday grow up and be a happy and productive member of society. But is it wrong that my heart just bleeds when I think of the day that he will stop thinking that a blade of grass is a perfect mystery of the universe? How much longer till he realizes that dust particles in the air are not a big deal (and not little snowflakes) and how much longer till the world is something other than "beautiful!" or "amazing?"

If future Adam ever happens upon this blog, I want him to understand one true thing. The world is still  beautiful and amazing to your father and me, even though we have grown up and even though we no longer feel a sense of awe when the wind blows strongly.

It is still beautiful and it is still awe-inspiring and it is still amazing and that is because of you.

This is our doormat in Reston. We had orginially wrote, "Happy Birthday, Daddy," for Jeff's birthday, and then the night before Adam's birthday (3 days later), Jeff snuck out and changed it to "Happy Birthday, Adam." He loved it.

I can't be sure, but I think this is the tree in our front yard in Reston.

There are several pictures of me taking pictures of him, or on my phone in general and it just makes me cringe, though I suspect Adam realized how clever it is to take a picture of me taking a picture.

Stars on Avery's shirt.

Jeff and I holding hand in the car. (I hope! That's awkward if we just put our arms that close together for no reason.)

There are many picture of his mouth and I love them all so much.

Skyping Grandpa Carr.

Ducky pops up several times, of course.

So many of his feet.

He took pictures of several plants in the front of our house in Reston. As it got closer to the time that we moved, more and more of his pictures are an homage to our house there.

Baby chick.

House numbers.

Getting ready to go somewhere.

Avery watching TV.

There are about 30 pictures of Jeff's buddy Zach, who came and visited and obviously made an impression.

Isn't that cool?

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The Kims said...

This is the sweetest thing ever. I always loved seeing the little guy discover the world and how fascinated he would get with the most simple of things. This reminded me so much of that. And I always laugh at how proud I get when Jane discovers the simplest things, like how to push a button or pull something to make it make noise. Experiencing life from a little ine's perspective is the best.


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Sunday, 3 June 2007

A little green visitor ...

Our little green visitor is about the size of your thumb ... a tree frog.

In the spring they sing from the storm ditches. First, they have a brown phase ... when I garden, a 'piece of earth' jumps (and so do I). In the summer they turn green and you can hear their, 'Ribbet ...' from the shrubs & trees.

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annetteb said...

He's so cutemy son would love him. He has some in his aquarium. Annette


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Friday, February 10, 2006

Beware the Trampoline

I took the girls for a playdate at their friend A's house on Wednesday. As usual, the big draw was A's trampoline, which I've grown to like because it's only about three feet off the ground, is netted (of course) for safety, and isn't very big. Much of the scare factor simply doesn't exist. The weather was summer-like and everyone was bouncing happily, leaving A's mom and I plenty of time for chatting. And then...and then...Lea jumped right out of her skirt.

There are no words to describe how hilarious this was, so I won't even try. I couldn't laugh, though, because Lea is unpredictable at these moments. Would she cry? Would she lash out because everyone was laughing and pointing? Was I going to have to...oh, please no, with a full-on meltdown? Surprisingly, she began to giggle, rolled around in her Hello Kitty underwear for a few minutes, bounced back into the skirt, and kept right on playing.

Crisis averted.

Drama-free bouncing continued for another 30 minutes. And then...and then...Risa bounced over to the little enter/exit opening in the net to show me something and bounced right out.

There are no words to describe how hilarious this was, so I won't even try. Thank goodness she landed softly on a pile of redwood chips. There was a quiet wimper, and then an extremely loud, "I want mommy!" I scooped her up and onto my lap for a few minutes, and then it was back onto the trampoline. "You come and jump, too, Mom!" she said, trying to pull me in.

There are now words to describe how hilarious this request was, so I won't even try.

Gladys said...

Your children sound like "trick babies" (vs. "birth-control babies" -- I stole this term from a friend). First of all, the girls are gorgeous, and secondly, they seem to give you a hoot on a daily basis, even with all the meltdowns. They are too, too funny, and you are too, too good for not laughing.

ver said...

Oh, yes, they are good for at least half a dozen daily hoots...


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World economy

Soft or Hard (Power): That is the Question for Europe

It would be an understatement to call the conclusions from the latest meeting of EU’s foreign ministers inconclusive, no pun intended. At their meeting in Luxemburg on October 17, they were scheduled to discuss a series of questions ranging from Iraq to Bosnia and even Mali. The whole range of topics would provide for some interesting material even to those who are not into fundamental analysis for their binary options and other financial instruments.

Deep concerns, strong condemnations

The conclusions that were reached are overwhelmingly negative and full of “deep concerns” and “strong condemnations”. However, no decisive action is to be taken, at least not in the near future. The conclusions on Syria, for example, are more disillusioned than anything else. The focus of their attention in Syria is no longer on Isis but on the Aleppo offensive which is still ongoing. There, the pro-Western opposition is losing some serious ground to the forces loyal to Damask, Hezbollah and Russia. Of course, the ministers have condemned the destruction of hospitals, schools and infrastructure as well as the use of cluster bombs, chemical weapons and other forbidden devices.

However, what hurts the EU the most in this matter is its powerlessness to intervene in any meaningful way. Sure, they may condemn to their hearts’ content, but when it comes to efforts to actually ease some of the suffering of Syrians on the ground, this would require some hard power and the EU has none. Nor does it wield the soft power that is needed in Lebanon or Jordan.

The same lack of power is even more apparent in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the deadlock between Serbs, Bosniaks and Croats is nowhere near its resolution, despite all the money and efforts which have been invested into the country over the last two and a half decades. Still, this approach might be even less effective in post-war Syria, especially if the current regime regains control over the country. To think that EU institutions and NGOs would be welcome is preposterous to say the least. It is almost as preposterous as the assumption that the refugees that are now in Europe will be eager to return to Syria and rebuild the country, when social welfare they receive is larger than their monthly salary back home.

Lost appeal

The EU has lost a lot of its former glory in the past couple of years, as between financial crisis in the Euro zone, Brexit, Russia and now even the Balkans, more and more troubles seem to be brewing. Meanwhile, Poland and Hungary keep causing trouble for the rest of the union, with their stances on human rights, free media and the rule of law. A lot of things that made EU as a whole attractive and an example to follow have since disappeared or lost a lot of their former lustre.

Anyone who believes that Brexit is not about conflicting views on migrants and political issues is deeply wrong. The only real miscalculation was that the joint market and economical benefits of the EU could outweigh these concerns in terms of importance. If the former Eastern Bloc countries could not be persuaded to accept their share of migrants, what could have possessed the bureaucrats in Brussels to think that the UK would be any easier to manipulate with?

Conclusion: the hard truth

The fact is that the EU was always over-reliant on soft power and way too confident in its charm and appeal. Now that push is slowly coming to shove, they may be forced to back up their attitude with more than just pretty words and money. The biggest conclusion of this meeting was that something in the use of power needs to change, at the EU level, if the union is to survive. If they want to make a difference, EU foreign ministers are going to have to do a lot better than issuing joint statements and taking pretty pictures during their meetings – they may actually have to do something specific, and apply some hard force to prove they mean business. Without that, fewer and fewer people will take the EU seriously and the union will eventually fall apart, even before it officially admits it.

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    That’s a smart answer to a tricky qutiosen

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    so the brits were right to abandon the sinking ship?

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23 years old Estonian NT opposite will play in Russian Superleague.Big news for Prikamye Perm supporters! Oliver Venno signed contract with club.

23 years old Estonian NT opposite last year played in Montenegro (Budvanska Rivyera), but due to financial problems Oliver left the team and joined French team Rennes Volley 35.

Venno started his career in club Pere Leib Tartu.  In 2009 Venno signed with ACH Volley Bled of Slovenia.With the Bled team Venno won the Slovenian League, the Slovenian Cup on the MEVZA championship and reached the Final Four of the 2009–10 CEV Champions League. From 2010 to 2012 he played in Germany for VfB Friedrichshafen winning one German League championship and one German Cup.

Hard to tell if Olver become the star in Russian superleague. Prikamye isn’t a big team but they have one young star – setter Dmitry Kovalev who is involved in Russia NT preparation for ECH 2013. The duo Kovalev-Venno may become one of the most interesting in League. Prikamye supporters hope that Venno will help the club save the place in league in 2013-2014 season.

Interesting fact – Venno will replace in opposite Aleksandr Kovalev – the twin brother of Dmitry Kovalev, who left the club and joined Iskra Odintsovo.


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Sunday, November 30, 2003

News I Don't Need.

Yes, I know I said I wouldn't be posting anything until Monday, but my computer problems have gone from bad to worse. So I'm posting a brief note to say that things are going to get a little tentative around here for a while until I can get something straightened out. (I'm posting this from my parents' godawful 133MHz piece of junk at 26.4 Kbps.)

Saturday, November 29, 2003

Brief Notes of Tedium.

Tell you the truth I had no plans of posting anything today or tomorrow. I have important school work that needs to be done by Monday that I've only barely just started on because I'm so lazy. It doesn't matter anyway since barely no one reads blogs on weekends.

In other news, my computer's still acting freaky. And the weather's turned very cold. It's been up and down all week. Yesterday it was almost seventy. Tuesday I had to get out a big coat. Last Sunday I was outside in shorts and there were butterflies flying around. Gripping, no? No.

See you Monday.

Friday, November 28, 2003

Suddenly, the day took an odd turn.

The boil on my ass made J-Walk. I always suspected my ass would be my ticket to fame and fortune, but I didn't expect it happen this way.

And if you're coming here via the link at J-Walk, sorry there's no picture of the boil. Maybe next time.
Computer Horrors.

I've been having horrible, nasty, and weird computer problems over the past week and I can't figure out exactly the main problem. In the past I've always been able to figure out and fix the various problems I've encountered. Now I'm stumped because it's like I'm having several different problems all at once. I've narrowed it down to either a dying motherboard or a screwed up Windows installation. It's been crashing several times a day. It'll crash and reboot when it's just sitting there with no applications running other than whatever Windows 2000 runs in the background. It also won't boot up properly. Sometimes when I start it all I get is a blank screen, I don't see any of the BIOS junk you typically see when you start a PC. And if starts normally then it might crash during Windows start up. This morning it crashed three times during boot up. The Application Log only shows those Zone Alarm related True Vector Engine error messages. I'm stumped. Tomorrow I'm going to put in my Linux harddrive and see if the thing behaves similarly. (And, yes, I backed up all my data.)
More Record Cover Galleries.

Any of you who've been reading this blog for more than a month (my apologies) know that I love old record cover art. Yesterday J-Walk linked to several different kinds of cover art galleries including one for old belly dance records. (Once in a thrift store I found a cache of old belly dance records, but I was too embarrassed to buy all of them so I settled for just one. Yes, I know I'm pathetic.)

I dug into the URL and came up with the source of the gallery (something called "The Retro Cocktail Hour"), and more galleries. There's an Exotica gallery, a Les Baxter gallery, and (perhaps the most interesting) Crime Jazz gallery.
What a Pain.

I have what I believe to be a boil on my ass. It's about the size of a small marble and it makes it somewhat difficult for me to sit comfortably. The boil is located on the lower quadrant of my left butt-cheek. I'm putting this revolting information in my blog in a sad attempt to appear more human and to illicit pity.

Thursday, November 27, 2003

Stuff Your Face.

Today in the US it's Thanksgiving, a day set aside supposedly for giving thanks. Actually, Thanksgiving is entirely about food, not giving thanks for anything. So, in honor of this gluttonous holiday, I give you a link devoted to Rude Food. [Link via Metafilter.]

In a similar vein is Naughty Food Items.

Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Overflow from the Search Request Sewer.

halloween mask that says free mammograms
The mind reels.

mannequin heads wanted
The sad part is we'll never know what this person is going to use the mannequin heads for. I'd like to think this person was going get several dozen of them, build a giant slingshot, and fire them at neighboring houses, but nothing interesting like that ever happens.

Japan Class of 70's 2003 email Directory
So what you're looking for is the email address of everyone who graduated in Japan during the 70's? May I ask why?

jackin thing out at the holding the music
This search makes absolutely no sense, but still manages to come off as vaguely filthy.

i'm looking at gay porn site joke turn volume all the way up
Is this even a search request, or are you just trying to hold a drunken conversation with Google?

babosa porn
For the uninitiated, babosa is Spanish for slug. This person's looking for slug porn. I'll stop now.

masturbating freakos
I have nothing to add to this one.

television nipples
Most people call those buttons, but I find it's more convenient to use the remote.

Cunnilingus technique
Boy, are you at the wrong place. If I were an expert in this area do you think I'd be wasting precious time keeping a blog? Next you'll ask me the techniques of finding gainful employment.

Tuesday, November 25, 2003

Nerd-Fest 2003.

Sometimes it takes so little to entertain me. Yesterday I went to my local thrift store and dug a 34 year old computer book out of the moldering stacks. If you really must know the title and author, it's Computer Data Processing by Gordon B. Davis. The book looks almost brand new, but one look at the contents betrays its Model-T technology. It's got all these great pictures of punch cards and punch card machines, it's a shame I don't own a scanner or I'd inflict a huge quantity of this book's illustrations on you. I find all this stuff incredibly fascinating. Like I've said many times before, humor me.

Well, I may not have a scanner, but I am capable of digging up links at Google.

Douglas W. Jones' punched card index may quench most of your thirst for punch card information.

The Punch Card Gallery is exactly what it says it is. Clever, no?

Herman Hollerith was the first person to put punch cards to practical use in tabulating data. The company he founded in the 1890's was later named IBM.

Everything about Punch Cards is a Dutch online museum. It's in English, though. Don't worry. I know you were all in a panic there for a few seconds when you read the word Dutch.

A cultural history of the punch card. God, at this point I'm even starting to bore myself.

Monday, November 24, 2003

Holiday Heck.

This week I only have to go to school one day, unfortunately that one day happens to be Tuesday, that most miserable of days. The second bad part is I can't piss away the whole holiday goofing off in front of the computer because I have a big speech to write for next week and I haven't even started on the damn thing yet.

Why do I have to take a speech class? I haven't learned anything important, nor have I overcome my stage fright. If anything my stage fright has become worse. It's almost as if I'm going to school to learn to hate things. In the real world, I have no intention of ever doing a speech, mainly because of this stupid class. It's the same with the damn accounting classes I have to take. In a real world scenario, if anyone ever tries to get me to do anything even vaguely resembling accounting, I'm going to explode into a fit of deranged violence. One day you may read a description in the newspaper of a madman with an ax running through an office complex screaming, "Debits on the left! Credits on the right!"
Vintage Medical Illustrations.

The Macalister watercolours are a series of detailed paintings of World War I facial injuries. Interesting, but unsettling. [Link via *.*.]
Random Garbage.

The Random Geocities Page Finder isn't the greatest thing since sliced bread, but it's sort of interesting. Unfortunately, Geocities has apparently cleared out a lot of old pages that hadn't been updated in years, so you end up with a lot of dead links. [Link via Motel Magazine.]

Saturday, November 22, 2003

Humor Me.

Lunch Box Bonanza Gallery. How many of these do you remember from school.

Somewhere in a dark cabinet, my old Star Trek: The Motion Picture lunch box lurks. I plan to retire on the riches I get from its sale. Don't laugh, dammit! [Link via Coudal Partners.]

Update 11/24/03: The lunch box link, for reasons I can't fathom, only works in Mozilla FIrebird. It doesn't work with Internet Explorer, Opera, or even Lynx. I even tried the original link I found at the Coudal Partners page and it still doesn't work. I went backwards through the directories in the URL to the original page, there's no link to the lunch box material that I can see. Instead there's lots of pages on collecting poker chips and other stuff from casinos. I'm stumped.
But Is It Art?

Students at Budapest's University of Arts mistook a hanging corpse for art. (It's a great story, but it really wouldn't surprise me if sometime down the road this is debunked by Snopes.) [Link via Crop Shy Mutt.]
The Exciting World of Light Bulbs.

I hate cams for the most part, but Livermore's Centennial Bulb Cam is sort of interesting. OK, it's not, but the idea of a light bulb that's been burning for over a hundred years is kind of interesting, and with this cam you can see this miraculous bulb burning. Also the light bulb's in a firehouse, so there's the added suspense of seeing the firemen get in the fire truck and leave. OK, so that's not that interesting either. But, hey, this light bulb's been burning for over a hundred years, man! [Link via Snopes.]

Friday, November 21, 2003

Is it me or are squirrels more plentiful and reckless than they were a few years ago? Today, it seems like every mile or so I saw one squashed in the road, but despite this, the squirrels seem hell-bent on scurrying out into the road just as I drive up. Can't they see all the squirrel carnage on the streets?
No Time.

Sorry, no real entry today. I've been busy with advisement, enrollment, etc. for next semester. And, of course, you have to take into consideration that I have no life.

Thursday, November 20, 2003

All this week Diamond Geezer's doing posts about the 40th anniversary of Doctor Who. I think the most interesting link he's dug up so far is The Doctor Who Video and Audio FAQ: "The purpose of this FAQ is to explain the survival of many pieces of rare Doctor Who material, either video or audio, or to explain why certain episodes are considered untransmittable from the master copies currently held by the BBC.[...]" Perhaps the most shocking (and infuriating) piece of information I read was that the BBC were still destroying old episodes of Doctor Who (and other programs) as late as 1978. Way to go BBC!
24 Hours a Day, 190,258,751 Years.

In 1960 French writer (and cofounder of the Oulipo) Raymond Queneau published a book called Cent mille milliards de poèmes, a collection of ten fourteen-line sonnets. The odd part was that the book was spiral bound and each line was on a strip so that the first line of one poem could be interchanged with the first line of any of the other nine sonnets, etc. The title of the book translated into English is 100,000,000,000,000 Poems.

The book's form is clumsy, I imagine, and it always seemed more logical to me to do it as a computer program, but for some reason it never occurred to me to look for one until yesterday. There's at least three. The first is probably the most interesting since it lets you switch the lines manually. The second and third both randomly assemble the sonnets. [Link via The Literary Machine.]
Some People Have All the Fun.

I don't read Korean, so I don't have the faintest idea what's going on in all of these photos. Since it's fun to pretend, I'm just going to say that they're just pictures from Korea's new holiday, Pretend You're Dead Day. [Link via Little Yellow Different.]
Marginally Disturbing Medical Clip Art.

In the first example the doctor strikes me as a little too evil. Look at his eyebrows. He's obviously evil and we can only fear what will happen to the old woman.

The second example is far more disturbing. Despite the crudity of the drawing style, it's quite obvious the doctor has just punched the little kid in the face.

Wednesday, November 19, 2003

Barbie™ Need Not Apply.

Do the inhabitants of your creepy-ass doll collection need lingerie? (Safe for work? Your guess is as good as mine.) [Link via Metafilter.]
No Thought Required.

In the past I've wished there was an easy way to transform my blog into something new and interesting. Well, now there is. The Eater of Meaning can transform this into this in just a few easy keystrokes. (Well, easy if you know how to type.) [Link via The Presurfer's archives.]
A New Kind of Disgusting.

A softdrink microbrewer has come up with turkey and gravy flavored soda for the holidays. It's unsweetened. So, I'm guessing it would be like mixing turkey broth with fizzy water. Sort of reminds me of when my sister and I were little and we thought a good flavor for toothpaste would be fried chicken. [Link via J-Walk.]
New Scam.

There's a particularly scurrilous scam that's been going around lately. (Scroll down to November 16 entry.)

Tuesday, November 18, 2003

Dentist (A Trip to the)

I went to the dentist yesterday, never a pleasant thing to do, but I don't mind it as badly as some people do. Unfortunately I ended up being put through some fairly excruciating work without benefit of anesthetics. Things didn't get off to a good start when the new (to me) hygienist called me Brian. "Not even close," I said.

I probably should say that over the past two years I've had an inhuman amount of dental work for reasons I won't go into here. I've been drilled, prodded, poked, scraped, ground, grappled, x-rayed, and god only knows what else. After all of that I tend to get into a false sense of security that my teeth are finally, after so many miserable years, just fine. But the dentist can always find something wrong. A filling has a "leak". There's a shadow on an x-ray. The scraping thingy is hanging on something when it gets jammed into my gums.

Yesterday something showed up on the x-ray. At first the dentist thought it was a cavity between a crown and another tooth. Then the prodding began. The man scraped, poked, gouged, and pried at my skull while I got increasingly worried. Finally he announced that it wasn't a cavity. Yay, I thought, now he'll stop. Nope. What was in between my teeth was a glob of cement from my crown that was protruding into its neighbor. Precisely why this was suddenly an issue was never explained to me, but I never asked.

The dentist took this thing called, I think, a descaler, and began working it in between the two teeth. The descaler, or whatever the hell it's called, shoots a thin stream of water out at a high velocity. It's almost painful when being used in its normal manner, but when it's jammed in between two of your teeth repeatedly for a good fifteen minutes it can smart a little. He kept working at the glob of cement, all the while jamming the descaler into my gum. Oh, and I should probably mention that he also had one of those little mirrors wedged into my gums on the other side.

After the "procedure", I stood at the receptionist's desk to write my check; I could taste blood and was shaking slightly. I found it even more difficult than normal to form coherent sentences. While this was going on the next patient was standing at the window that looks into the receptionist's are from the waiting room. I didn't look directly at him, but I could tell he was watching me. When I left I imagined him saying to the receptionist, "Whatever you do, don't do to me what you did to that guy."

Monday, November 17, 2003

Every Thrift Store's an Art Gallery.

For the past week or so everybody's been linking to lists or galleries of album covers: worst album covers of all time, son of the worst album covers of all time, record covers that never existed, etc., etc., blah, blah, blah. But I'm not going to present the same damn links as everyone else. Nope. I can find my own album cover links.

It's All Under the Hat would get my award for the coolest web design I've seen recently if I gave out awards for web design, which I don't. They have a interesting selection of strange album cover art from the 50's and 60's. It's a Dutch site, so the selection isn't quite the same thing you'd get on an American site. And they have more than record cover galleries.

UN-beat-ABLE record covers is another Dutch site. What else can I say. Galleries of interesting record covers. Either you love this stuff or your don't.

Sex! Drugs! Rock'n'roll!...and some record covers comes out of Slovenia, but it's all in English. More typical of the things you'd see on an American collection of weirdo album cover art. Another page is devoted to the peculiar world of fake Mexican music from Yugoslavia. Yes, you read it right the first time.

Ever wonder what Elvis record covers from Japan looked like? No, me neither.

And to top it all off, I found a great article on the making of the Buzzcock's infamous Orgasm Addict cover art by Linder Sterling. (Warning: nudie bits!)

[All links via the unholy mix of soul-destroying boredom and Google.]

Saturday, November 15, 2003

Punch the Clock.

There's a blog called Belle de Jour that's supposedly done by a London call-girl. I'm inclined to believe it because of it's matter of fact (and non-erotic) tone. [Link via Smoke Signals.]
A Dip in the Sewage Pool.

A List features alphabetically listed celebrity gossip of the most potentially libelous sort. I'm genuinely embarrassed at the amount of time I spent reading this garbage yesterday; I was mesmerized. [Link via J-Walk.]
Click Me.

It's supposedly a game. All I know is that I find it strangely hypnotic. Calming even. [Link via The Presurfer.]
Uncensored Gore.

I love Gore Vidal's essays. (I'm less enthusiastic about his novels.) The LA Weekly has an interview with him where he "[...]skewers Bush, Ashcroft and the whole damn lot of us for letting despots rule." [Link via *.*.]

Friday, November 14, 2003

Horrible, Horrible Things.

I have a vile, unspeakable thing hanging over my head that's giving me the willies. In a couple of weeks I have to give a big speech on a "controversial" topic (blah) that's going to be worth a large chunk of my grade. Why am I required to take a speech class? Once I get out of this class, I have no intention of giving any speeches in the real or the imaginary world. I'm simply not good at standing in front of large groups of people and telling them things. Logic tells me they're not going to attack me, but the idea of standing in front of a group of people still fills me with terror.

You'd think that by the end of the semester I'd be used to giving speeches by now since I've already done several, but I'm not. Actually, if it's possible, I think my fear has gotten worse. My last two speeches didn't really go that well and I think that shook what little confidence I had. This upcoming speech could cause me to completely freak out. I can see the teacher's comments now, "Next time try not to run screaming out of the classroom."
Some Kinda Love.

James Joyce's "dirty letters". I first read these in high school during my Joyce period. Reportedly Joyce's heirs didn't like that these letters were published and didn't allow them to be reprinted. Don't even ask me about the legality of them being online. [Link via Linkfilter.]
Between Thought and Expression.

Tired of using the same old metaphors? Well, why not Use Bizarre Metaphors? Example: "That’s like feeding a creampuff to a zombie." [Link via Idle Type.]
What Goes On.

It's porn. It's art. It's pictures of little pink plastic people having sex. [Link via gmtPlus9.]

Thursday, November 13, 2003

Like a lot of nerds back in the 80's, I got a Commodore 64 for Christmas. Unlike most of those nerds, I didn't really accomplish anything with mine. I didn't learn to program, didn't hack, and didn't go on to become a dot com millionaire. But at least I still have it, and it's still in the original box. (Take that, you rich nerds!) I even have the 5 1/4 inch floppy drive, also in the original box.

Even though my ancient Commodore 64 still works, I think, I really don't feel like hooking it up to the TV. (Yes, kids, we used TV sets as monitors back then.) So, to quench my nostalgic thirst, I downloaded an emulator called VICE. I've only messed around with a little, but it's pretty close to what I remember. I even got out my old Commodore user's guide. So, if anyone needs me, I'll be in 1985.
Imitation of Life. Kinda.

Lots of photographs of old, creepy mannequins. I know it doesn't sound very inviting, but the images are quite beautiful and poetic in a creepy-ass kind of way. [Link via ORDO. I think. It doesn't seem to be on their page anymore. Tell you the truth, I don't know where the hell it came from. It was in my notes from last weekend.]

Interview with former Velvet Underground drummer Moe Tucker. [Link via The Cartoonist.]

Speaking of the Velvet Underground, if you have more than a passing interest in them, then you should check out The Velvet Underground Web Page, which is jam-packed with material. And even thought the Velvets are one of all time favorites, for some reason I tend to forget this page exists.

Wednesday, November 12, 2003

Unparalleled Excitement.

This morning after class, I braved the insane highways for an exciting trip to the bank. After several maddening weeks, I finally got my hands on one of the new twenty-dollar bills. I didn't get just one either, I got five of them. It was almost too much for me and I nearly soiled myself in ecstasy. Then I went home.

Tuesday, November 11, 2003

A Dilemma.

I'll be spending the rest of the day cramming for a test in my lousy night class taught by the teacher who refuses to actually learn the material he's supposed to be teaching.

A question: If you're faced with a question on a test that deals with material the teacher taught wrong in class, do you answer the question with the correct answer and risk having it marked wrong, or do you answer it with the wrong answer the teacher taught in class?
The Longest Year of My Life.

I was all set to put up my big one year anniversary post on the 11th, I even started writing it a couple of days ago. Then I found out from Sara that my anniversary was yesterday, not today. I checked the date. She was right. It's a good thing I'm not married. ("But, dear, our anniversary's tomorrow. Isn't it? Isn't it? It's not? You mean it's today?!")

Anyway, yesterday was the official one-year anniversary of Volume 22. I've tried to post something, anything each day. In a year I think I've missed maybe two or three days. It's rough scrambling around each day trying to think of something to post, or, failing that, trying to find some suitably interesting links to fool you into thinking that there's actually content here. So, rather than blog myself into an early grave, I'm going to do what most bloggers do and only post four or five times a week. I'm not quitting or taking a break, I'm just cutting back a little. This may take some adjusting on my part. I can't imagine not posting everyday, it's unnatural.

And I'd like to thank to all the people who read, comment on, and/or link to Volume 22. You're very patient. Or masochistic.

Monday, November 10, 2003

Last Kiss

A guy bought the rights to an old romance comic book series called First Kiss and wrote new dialogue in the speech balloons. He called the results Last Kiss. (If you're curious, the technical term for writing new dialogue in comic strips, etc. is détournement.) [Link via Linkfilter.]
I Have No Clue.

It's things like Gloomy the Adult Naughty Bear that make me wish I knew Japanese. Click the links on the left side for lots of lovely images of Gloomy in action. The links on the right side don't feature Gloomy for the most part, but they're just as horrific. (Safe for work? If your boss doesn't have problems with a pink Hello Kitty-esque bear ripping cartoon people to shreds, then it's probably OK for your workplace. Maybe.) [Link via gmtPlus9.]
It Doesn't Work.

There's a (relatively) new blog called This is Broken where people submit descriptions and photos of things that are broken. In the words of the person(s) behind the site, it's "A new project to make businesses more aware of their customer experience, and how to fix it". My favorite is a bizarre playground in Britain that's apparently located in a graveyard. (The link goes to a photo that shows a view you'd see as you prepared to go down the slide.) [Link via Daypop.]
Moving Pictures

Anima is probably the most interesting site I've seen lately. If you have any interest in the various precursors to movies and other optical stuff, then you should probably have a look. My favorite area is devoted to Eadweard Muybridge, a pioneering photographer in the 1880's who took sequential photos of nude people walking, jumping, etc. The photos have been combined into animated gifs. I've been a Muybridge fan for years, so this sort of thing really appeals to me, but the Optical Toys section will probably be more interesting to the rest of you. [Link via Metafilter.]

Sunday, November 09, 2003

I went out last night to view and photograph the lunar eclipse. The only other one I've ever seen was back in 2000, I think. That night was extremely cold. I got home from work a little after midnight and quickly set my camera up to get a few quick shots before totality was over. It was so cold that the shutter in my early 70's Yashica SLR froze open. I did manage to get one shot, but it was so badly exposed the moon looked like a white spot.

Thankfully it wasn't all that cold last night and I got to study the moon for about twenty minutes and get a dozen or more shots with my camera. I broke the old 70's camera a couple of years ago and replaced it with a new manual Nikon SLR. So, with decent equipment, OK weather, and plenty of time, I hope I got at least one good shot. I have several books on astrophotography, but they were annoying inexact on the amount of time I should expose the shot. It could be anywhere from one to twenty-five seconds. So I shot a lot pictures at different speeds.

The thing about the first lunar eclipse I saw that struck me as odd was how the darkened moon suddenly looked like a three-dimensional object rather than just a flat, bright disk. It looked like a reddish ball floating in the sky. Oddly, last night it didn't really seem to have that three-dimensional quality I remembered.

If any of the shots turn out half decent I'll post one and put up a link to it. Don't hold your breath waiting for a picture; I still have at least one exposed astrophotography roll that's been laying around since summer 2002.

Saturday, November 08, 2003

Animated faces from ARSE i Am. Select the old man's face from the squares at the top of the page. The animation is easily the most vile creation I've seen online. [Link via J-Walk.]

Over the past week everybody and their grandma has linked to the Church Sign Generator. Today I finally decided to play around with it. [Link via The Presurfer.]

Nitpickers lists lots of mistakes in movies and TV shows. Horrible web design, but interesting content if you have any interest in movie and TV mistakes. If you don't have any interest in movie and TV mistakes then I'm very, very sorry. Actually, I'm not. Deep down I just don't care.

Friday, November 07, 2003

Another Time Waster.

Scribbler is a Flash application that does vaguely interesting things to your doodles. I like it, but it crashed Firebird. [Link via J-Walk.]
Communists Have All the Fun.

I present to you, Cunnilingus in North Korea. (Make sure your speakers are on.) (No pictures or anything like that, but still, I don't think this one's safe for work.) [Link via Metafilter.]

(Hmmm...cunnilingus is in Blogger's built-in spell checker.)
Plague Ship!

Read anything in the news about the plague ship? The proprietor of the British blog, Raised by Chaffinches, was actually on it and lived to write an entry about it. Some holiday cruise.

Thursday, November 06, 2003

I Remember.

I've been in a gloomy, reflective mood lately, and I've been busy with school, so I haven't been coming up with anything really worth reading over the past week or so. In an attempt to kick myself into gear, I dug out my old "I remember" notebook that I kept for the last half of summer 2001. The technique I used was to write short autobiographical scenes that started with the words, "I remember". This technique has been used a lot, but most effectively by the late artist/writer Joe Brainard, who's usually given credit for inventing it. I've written about using this technique before, and material from this notebook I kept has ended up here on more than a few occasions. If you've never experimented with "I remember", you should probably try it; it's a fascinating way to accumulate an autobiography. It's also a fascinating way to do to do a blog.

Wednesday, November 05, 2003

Big and Ugly.

This morning I finally saw my first civilian Hummer. [Warning: crappy web site with lots of Flash and it doesn't work with Firebird.] It was one of the ugly-ass ones that's painted the same shade of yellow as a school-bus. Why would someone spend that much money on a vehicle and go out of their way to get the ugliest thing they can find?
More Bad Ideas.

Instead of washing your kid's mouth out with soap when he says a bad word, why not try Oops Paste? This product is one of those things that's incredibly stupid, but yet it'll probably make a lot of money. I wish I'd thought of it. [Link via Metafilter.]

Once when I was in the third grade, I think, a kid said shit and the teacher heard it. She dragged him to the sink (each class had a sink in the back of the room), held him in a head-lock, and washed his mouth out with a bar of soap while he fought and yelled. I even remember that the brand of soap was Jergens, which we never used at home (thus making it seem to me somewhat exotic). To this day, all these years later, I still can't see a bar of Jergens soap without remembering that enraged teacher with that struggling kid in a head-lock.

Tuesday, November 04, 2003

AAAHH!! My Eyes!

Flash animation can be an effective tool in the hands of someone with skill and talent. In the hands of someone with none of these things it becomes something else. (Warning: Don't watch this animation if you're prone to seizures.) [Link via Metafilter.]

Is this a blog, some kind of wiki thingamajig, or something stranger? [Link via me typing in random stuff at Google.]
The Importance of Names.

Naming things is very important. I can probably understand someone from Japan naming their company Flop Design because English isn't their native language. But how do you explain an American state park called Big Bone Lick? I'm sure there's a logical explanation. There has to be.

Monday, November 03, 2003

Musty Old Notebooks.

For years and years I kept a journal. It started out as a twelfth grade English assignment that I just never stopped doing. Well, eventually I did stop writing in it after about fourteen or fifteen years. I've got four or five thousand pages of stuff in an old milk crate under my bed. I used to get a lot of enjoyment out of writing my thoughts everyday, but eventually the whole concept just got old. I also used to enjoy pulling the crate out and rereading old entries, but when I look at a lot of this stuff now I can't stand it. There's bad writing, whining, moping, ranting, and more than a few pages make me wonder if I was certifiably insane when I wrote it. But, despite my revulsion over my earlier output, I miss keeping a journal, a blog simply doesn't give me the same release.

Saturday, November 01, 2003

Rhino Records Sucks.

Yesterday, while searching Google, I found out two Judee Sill albums I wanted have come back into print in this country for the first time in thirty years. They were reissued in a limited run by Rhino Handmade, the same label that had just put out a live Television album from a 1978 gig. My day was made. Hell, the rest of my year was made. They were all overpriced, but since this was stuff I really wanted, I put my cheapskate nature on temporary hold. I went through all the complicated nonsense you have to go through to order stuff online, and [insert long dramatic pause here] they wouldn't accept my VISA check card. I don't know why they won't take it. Amazon never has had a problem with it. Microsoft didn't have a problem with it. didn't have a problem with it. I have money in the bank and have never bounced a check, but yet Rhino treated me like a pariah.

Well, you say, why don't you just buy the CD's from Amazon? If it were possible I would've done that in the first place, but Rhino Handmade CD's are only available from Rhino's site and are limited runs. And you can only buy their product with credit cards. Lovely way to do business, Rhino. Just lovely. Are you trying keep out the riff-raff? Don't like selling to poor people? What's the deal, Rhino?

The Rhino Handmade imprint is a pretentious sham. If I had a broadband connection I'd download all three albums and not feel one micron of guilt. The regular Rhino label has also reissued the first two Television albums with lots of bonus tracks, but I'm not buying them new. I'll wait a few months until used ones pop up on Amazon. Fuck Rhino Records.


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Namaste from India

Hardwar-in-a-rickshaw-with-my-friend-Jane-and-my-compact-Voyage-Air-guitar-in-my-lapI have been traveling throughout India with my Voyage-Air guitar since late December, from South to North, and East to West.  From the tip of India where three seas meet (Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal), to the beaches of Kerala, the caves in the foothills of the Himalayas, the banks of the Ganges, the shores of Puri and the mountains of Pune.

With performances at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Mumbai, at a resort in Kerala, and at an outdoor event for 1500 people in New Delhi.  Many hours chanting at the Pilgrimage sites of Yogananda, Gandhi, Mother Theresa, Anandamoyi Ma, Vanamali Devi and Babaji.  Impromptu Kirtans at a huge Shiva statue in Hardwar by the banks of the Holy Ganges, on trains and buses.

I love my Voyage-Air guitar, and so does everyone else who meets it!

Not only is it lightweight, convenient, with great action and beautiful tone, it is very cool!

The only complaint is that I have to tune it a lot, but that is a small price to pay.  One way I've dealt with that is to not fold it up all the time---instead I just let it poke it's neck out the top of the pack.  Works fine!  (see pictures)

BTW, I bought this beauty at The Fifth String in Berkeley in early December, a few weeks before my departure.  One of the smartest things I've done was to get this guitar!

In Gratitude,
Elizabeth (Dhuti) Johnson

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How Much Expense Will Be Incurred In Filing A Dog Bite Case

Every passing year, several people are found in emergency rooms with acute injuries due to a dog attack. Medical costs are increasing day by day. The cost of surgeries conducted and prescribed vaccination can add to the worries and anxiety in a person.

Dog bites can result into long list of medical bills that can create havoc in your life. The excruciating pain, suffering and fear caused due to it can even last for a lifetime. Sometimes the injuries take several months to heal, and in that case arranging money to get the necessary treatment would be a huge blow to your finances. In addition to this, hiring an attorney to file a case would be an extra expense. In this article we will tell you about the cost of filling a dog bite case.

The types of cost incurred by an attorney firm for filing a claim

  • To cover the upfront charges
  • Hiring an experienced and proficient attorney on the type of your case
  • Sending professionals to carry out a thorough investigation on the accident site to gather evidence
  • Strongly putting the case before insurance companies with proper proofs to get the best compensation
  • Assertively fighting for the maximum compensation as deserved by the victim

The types of compensation when undergoing a dog bite injury

According to the state personal injury laws, compensation is provided for the damages on emotional, mental and physical levels to those who have been injured due to someone else’s dog. Compensation granted to the victim includes following factors:

  • Medical bills for conducting the treatment due to dog bite injuries
  • Expenses incurred for repairing or replacing any property that has been damaged due to a dog bite
  • Loss of job and income
  • Payment to a house keeping staff to perform the necessary household chores while you were afflicted due to injury
  • Any type of permanent disability due to the dog bite
  • Emotional stress and trauma resulting from the dog bite
  • Other expenses which you have incurred as a result of the injury

How the compensation is provided?

There are two ways in which you can collect this compensation, in an out-of-court settlement or in a court judgment.

In out of court settlement, you need to negotiate with the dog owner and insurer of the dog owner reach an agreement to financially compensate you for the injuries. Either the dog owner or their insurance company, or both would pay you the compensation amount.

Settlement the case in a San Diego Court, the case with relevant evidences are listened by the jury and gives verdict that decides the compensation amount and the person who is responsible for the blame. In this way the victim would get the necessary compensation for the injuries.

Filing a dog bite case is very necessary. It helps you get the necessary monetary compensation for the income loss, medical expenses and trauma sustained by you during the course of treatment.

Not hiring a lawyer due to the inability to pay the fees is not a wise decision as there are many reputed dog bite lawyers who would not charge a single penny for the time of filing the case till you get the desired settlement. You are required to pay only after you get you win the case and receive the financial compensation you deserve.


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Managing New Business Loans and How to Become More Effective with It

Taking a new business loan is definitely a very common move for many individuals that decide to start a new business. Needless to say, you’ll need to manage your money properly, if you don’t want to experience problems with the loans that you decide to take in the long run. Here are several pieces of advice for those individuals out there that want to become more effective, in regards to managing new business loans that you may have plans of getting in the near future.

The very first thing that you must do if you want to manage your business loans in a more effective manner, is take the time to set a budget and follow it. For instance, you want to make sure that you take into consideration the initial money that is going to your business, as well as the payments that you’ll be making throughout the course of the loan. Having a budget and being able to stick with it, will definitely help you out in avoiding any problems regarding the payment of your loan.

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The Importance of Hiring Roof Restoration Professionals

Majority of home owners are not particular at roof restoration because according to them, as long as their roof does not have any holes, then they can go about living with their lives. Roof restoration is of utmost importance because there are a lot of good things that come out of it. A lot of home owners have come to appreciate roof restoration because it avoids them the trouble of having to replace their roof because what they currently have is no longer as durable. Nonetheless, it will be up to no good if you do roof restoration yourself; you must seek the services of roof restoration professionals. What is great when you hire the expert services of roof restoration professionals is that you will be informed what they will be doing every step of the way so you know the things that they do to your roof that will make it last long.

When it comes to the house that you are living in, you must never undermine the benefits that a good roof will be able to provide you. The age of your roof is one of the factors that can …

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Ideas on How to Select a Business Coach

Regardless of what field You’re in, you can benefit from the services of a business coach. You should start looking for one. This is important for your business’ success and survival. Given below are some ideas which may help you find a fine business coach. Read on.

Industry association

For the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches instruction Aka WABC, is among the list of professional training associations. The membership of this association is discerning, which can be allowed depending on integrity, the professional responsibility, ethics, and necessity, merely to mention a couple.

Trusted sources

You ought to consider trusted sources . You should have recommendations from services providers, such as HR advisors, business providers, bankers, financial planners, accountants, and attorneys.

Your needs

Business coaches come with wealth of knowledge in a lot of topics such as Corporate profitability, emotional intelligence, and turbulence tolerance. Everything you have to do is find out the areas that you will need help with and then search for a mentor who meets with your needs.

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Advantages Of Duct Repair

AC repair and duct sealing restoration could be a remedy to your HVAC system. A damaged HVAC system has challenges such as inconsistent temperature, difficulties in heating or cooling your house, producing smelly air. All of these signs are a clear indication that your duct is leaking. You should then consider fixing it instead of waiting patiently for this to become worse and turning into expensive to repair.

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Find Cash Buyers For Your Homes

Is it really realistic to hope for a buyer who can immediately buy your property and pay you with actual cash?

You must be able to find real estate buyers who can pay with actual cash if you really want to have that property taken away from you in the least time possible. These real estate buyers usually have their own business of buying homes for investment purposes and many other like rentals, flipping, and many other means that can earn them profit. These are the ones who usually have all the cash they need to buy the properties they want. You can transact very quickly with them since they are usually the ones who will always have cash to buy homes with.

Some sellers also doubt or think twice about these cash home buyers and their ability to pay cash right up or by the time when the purchase had been made and wonder if they have every means to do such. You need to look out on a few aspects before you try to talk and make transactions with a real estate cash buyer:

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