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This year’s Festa Major de Gràcia featured a new entry into the decorated streets: la Plaza del Poble Rumaní, the theme of which was one of the biggest cultural contributions from Gràcia’s vibrant gypsy community: la Rumba Catalana. While the decorations themselves had a difficult time competing with the more experienced streets, one feature which stood out from the rest was a huge mural which was painted on the wall of a neighboring school.

The mural is a collaboration between local schools, the local gypsy community, and the organization acidH (Catalan Association for Integration and Human Development). The three artists who participated are well-known in the Barcelona street art scene and this blog: Xupet Negre, Caesar Baetulo (sm172), and konair.

The images on the mural are a mix of the artists’ trademark characters and icons of Catalan culture.

Today’s shots come from the free walls at Tres Xemeneies, near Avinguda Paral·lel, some random wanderings through the neighbouring Raval, and a new location (at least for me): the Jardins de Walter Benjamin, which are just near the Port, and mark the last frontier before the city gives way to Montjuic Park. As suggested in the title, the “gardens” themselves are nothing to marvel at, but the walls, which separate them from the playground of a local school, are the main attraction.

The Raval was full of tributes to famous faces, among them Debbie Harry, Kafka, Dennis Rodman, the late Prince, Jesus Christ (by artist sm172), and Football Club Barcelona’s favourite tax-dodging wunderkind, Neymar Jr.

As my geo-tagging feature on my camera app has become a bit unpredictable with the latest android update, my locations aren’t quite a precise as before. That said, a good wander round the Raval/Poble Sec area does a body good!

Ever since the city council began its crackdown on antisocial behavior in 2006, finding examples of urban art in Barcelona has become increasingly difficult–to the point where nowadays when I go out wandering the city, it’s nearly impossible to find new work outside of the permitted places.

These shots come from one of those morning meanderings through the Raval and the Old City Centre. Finding a silver lining in this situation is about as difficult as the hunt for new art, but if I suppose the scarcity means that it’s much more satisfying when I do find something interesting.

Impermanence is one of the things that most appeals to me about art found on the streets. I can return after a few days, weeks, or months, and find a completely different work of art. There are many people that would lament the damage done to the two images I present today, and I doubt that the person who scratched out the eyes on the stencil of the little girl from C215 had art in mind when he or she acted. Nonetheless, I think we have to accept, or even embrace this proces of decay and regeneration in the creation of a completely new work of art. If we want protected art, we can always go to a museum where the works are mostly (with this recent exception caught on video) protected from accidental and non-accidental damage. I’m not even sure damage is the correct word. Transitional blemishes?

Ada Colau

Ada Colau

Manuela Carmena

Manuela Carmena

This past 24 of May, autonomous communities and municipalities all over the Spanish state held elections. The excitement and anticipation were more than I’ve ever seen, and it actually seemed that many people really felt the importance and impact of their vote–something rare these days. The reason for this is the disillusion generated by the two main parties, the Partido Popular (center-right neo-liberal party) and the PSOE (center left, literally Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party) and the CiU (the now-separate Center-right coalition of the Democratic Convergence Party of Catalonia and Democratic Union of Catalonia) here in Catalonia–which stems from numerous corruption cases and a general perception disregard for their constituents.

The problem, until the 24 of May, was the lack of alternatives. In this last election, the anger which took root in the 15M movement as well as other social activism finally took shape in parties like Podemos, Barcelona en Comú (formerly Guanyem–we win), and Ahora Madrid.

Despite the media and their polls favoring the traditional parties, the new upstarts made an impressive showing, most notably in Spain’s two largest cities, Barcelona and the capital, Madrid.

In Madrid, the candidate from Ahora Madrid, Manuela Carmena, was able to take the mayorship from career politician and aristocrat Esperanza Aguirre, through a left-wing coalition.

Similarly in Barcelona, Ada Colau, best known for her activist work with the anti-eviction group PAH, was elected mayor, unseating incumbent and big-party favorite Xavier Trias of CiU.

Here you find two stenciled portraits which recently popped up in Gràcia.

Whether the change referred to in the title of this post will extend beyond the initial election results remains to be seen…

Something's cooking...

When I was younger, like many kids, my best friend and I were inseparable, and together we managed to cause our mothers plenty of minor headaches. Generally our antics were quite audible, but there were other times were there was a lull in the action, off in a dark corner of the house, talking in hushed voices. Apparently, these were the most worrying times for my mother, “they must be cooking something up,” as she used to say. And she was always correct.
When I found this image from the Norwegian artist Stein, who has already made an appearance on this blog, I immediately thought back to my childhood. while the closest my friends and I got to street art was probably leaving donut-shaped tire marks in a department store parking lot, there was something in this image that brought back memories. I can only hope that this young boy and many like him can find a recipe for inspiration in the streetart cookbook. There are plenty of drab, bare streets on the urban landscape that could use some delicious re-imagining.

Happy Birthday Jimi

I’ve been meaning to post this one for a while, I found it on a door on the border between the Raval and Poble Sec. A few days after what would have been Jimi’s 70th birthday seems as good a time as any. While I was taking this photo a few older men from the neighborhood were clearly discussing my motives. I like to think that Hendrix would have enjoyed this tribute in an anonymous corner of Barcelona on an aluminum door covered in the chaos of tags fighting for recognition.

After-breakfast post, overexposed

I’ve been wanting to post this image for a while, but I just haven’t been able to find the right moment for it. Until today. I had been trying to watch a short film, but because this is my first pre-autumn in this living room, which is quite generously fed with sunlight, every scene was nothing but shadows drowned out by the mid morning glare. Something like this image. I think she was quite high up on an otherwise sparsely-decorated door, making the angle a bit awkward. And it was second week of August, just shy of 2 in the afternoon when the sun forces me down the metro and home. So at a poor angle and suffering from an impossible glare from the pre-lunch August sun when we non-tourists start packing up and heading for shadier pastures, I was able to get this one last shot. In the details she bleeds a bit, all white and such intense sun blotting out the finer points, but I still find her beatiful.
Not so much for my attempt at morning movie on the sofa. I moved to the kitchen for an extra helping of the flaky fan-shaped pastries which have been breakfast this week. My oldest and most devoted cat followed the crunching noises and was soon at his usual corner of the table, waiting for something to fall off the edge of my second breakfast. I tore off part of the sticky sugar-brushed edge and left it. He normally refuses to touch things I leave for him if I’m there, so I let him contemplate it and continue watching from the hall. The sun that ruined my movie has moved in on the table, rapidly overtaking the cat corner because I’ve left the balcony shutters open. The glare cuts short too the cat’s examination of the crumb and it’s knocked to the floor, swallowed without a crunch.

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Posted in Abundance, Bealtaine Cottage, Bees, biodiversity, Current Affairs, Inspiration, Permaculture, Spirituality, Sustainable Living, Thoughts

Where the Wild Things Are…

The evening is grey and still.

Rain has been spluttering out of the heavens all day.

I’ve just been for a short walk outside and made a 5 minute video that is, at present, loading.

This process takes about an hour and sometimes cuts out at  the last minute, meaning it has to start once more from the beginning, so it can be frustrating!

However, the feedback I get from viewers encourages me to keep it all going…that and a sense of getting a real message out about permaculture.

 What the Banks and EU Agricultural Policy Failed to do, Permaculture manages…this is how I see it all at present.

All around me, here in Ireland and beyond, people are realizing just how much they have lost, been short-changed on what life is really all about…

 The endless drive for material wealth and property has been such over the past decades that many have lost sight of the real meaning of existence on this beautiful planet.

Integrity and goodness have been demeaned and mocked, as the elite, in their eternal scavenging for wealth,    have poured foul scorn upon the planet and it’s inhabitants.

Well, here’s the news…permaculture does not require you to have money, spend money or accumulate wealth.

Permaculture is about using what is to hand and recycling and being creative.

By practising permaculture I pour foul scorn upon the destroyers of Nature, creating a portal, here at Bealtaine Cottage, through which her abundant and infinite energies flow.

People are waking up to the fact that their governments have sold them out to the banks and corporations and it is time to turn towards a kinder way of living on this sacred planet. I heartily recommend adopting the permaculture ethics…

Enjoy today’s video diary from Bealtaine Cottage…


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Majorly into the top-button-buttoned moment we’re having right now.

I’ll admit, it takes a second to get over feeling like Screech’s Amish cousin but once you do, unbuttoned doesn’t even feel like an option anymore.

So please tell me, are you into it, too?

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  1. Love the first pic as well. As for your question… like the look of the top button being buttoned but not sure if I could do it since I hate constriction, can not wear a turtleneck at all

  2. i have always wore my shirts buttoned up, my mom is always amazed at how i can pull it off without looking amish as you’ve put it 😛 it polishes up the look and makes the collars look lovely and in place

    i’ve fallen in love with the sweater of the first pic though, where is it from?*

  3. I’m totally into leaving stuff buttoned, it’s easier to attach clip-on bow-ties that way :). And it’s a completely different look! I adore the first sweater, it’s beautiful.

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March 03

Beau’s All Natural Belgian Pale Ale Meets My Makeshift Lasagna

So once again I found myself home alone with my son – now about 9 1/2 months old.  He had just gone down for a nap,  and instead of being a normal person and taking some time to relax, I decided to use what’s lying around in the fridge and cupboard to roll out some […]

January 14

Zesty Risotto Meets Quebec’s Collaborative Saison from Ca Va Brasser!

I’m well aware that my last beer and food article involved risotto, but I just like making it so much that I’m going to have to bore you again with another one. In my defense, the previous review was mostly written several months ago and I just posted last week, because I’m just that slow. […]

November 16

Beau’s Weiss-O-Lantern Meets Some Homemade Pumpkin Ravioli!

Every time I make my way to Ottawa – which occurs often enough as I have family there – I treat myself to a stop in Vankleek Hill, where there resides a fantastic brewery called Beau’s All Natural Brewing company.  On my previous visit I acquired several beers, one of them being a Hefeweizen, called […]


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  • 3 distances: 5km, 10km and 20km
  • Cash prizes for the first 3 finishers in each category (men and women)
  • Option for registering teams and team rankings
  • Kid’s race – same day at 13h
  • Custom medal from the event logo
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Source Code for Lesson 2:

import java.util.Scanner;
public class Jtutorial1 {
    public static void main(String args[]){
       // Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
        //System.out.println("Hello World");
        //System.out.println("Enter a number: ");
        //int a; //Integer.  -1,  -15,   -25,  1 , 15, 25
        //a = input.nextInt();
        //System.out.println( a ); //Prints out current value of A
        //double bankInterest; //Camelback notation.  First word has a lowercase letter, and all words after start with a capital letter
        //double bankLoanInterest;
        //double i;   -- Stores whole and decimal numbers
        //char c='C'; Holds one letter
        //System.out.println(c); Outputs the letter
        //String hello ="Hello World"; //Holds multiple letters
        //System.out.println(hello); //Outputs the string above.
        //PEMDAS -  Paren, Exponents, Multi, Division, Addition, Subtraction
        //P-MD-AS-  Paren, Multiplication/divison, Addition / Subtaction.
    } //End main
} //End class

At first I introduce the idea of style, which is going to be important for you to understand and develop as you progress in your learning. The essential bits of style that I want you to understand are as follows:

  • The more comments you have in your code, the better off you’ll be.
  • Every line should be ending with either an {, or a ; at this point in your programming if possible. Splitting output across multiple lines is bad, and I actually won’t be teaching you how to do so.
  • Giving your variables meaningful names will pay dividends later on when you come back to a program that you finished and want to revise. “itemCost” will make a lot more sense to you than “x”.

There are a few popular types of variable naming schemes out there. The most popular two out there are Hungarian notation, and Camelback notation. Hungarian notation isn’t as widely used in java, so I won’t really get into that here. Camelback notation on the otherhand seems to be everywhere on java forums, stackoverflow, etc. The basic idea is that any variable with more than one word in it’s name (itemCost, itemsOnHand, taxRate, etc. etc.) start with a lower-case letter and have the first letter in each word thereafter capitalized for additional readability.

New Data Types
As for new data types, I didn’t introduce every data type out there, but here’s a few that we’ll be using throughout this course

    • int– Integer numbers, somewhat small storage (16 bit in many cases, but can vary in some systems), non-decimal numbers.
    • float– Similar to int, float is the small-version of a number that can hold a decimal point if needed
    • double– Similar to float, but has a larger amount of storage, at the cost of taking up more space (32 bits vs 16 I believe)
    • char– A variable that holds a single character
    • String– A variable that holds a string of characters, whitespace included. Can hold multiple words.

The items below are used slightly less than the above but many are still very useful

  • short– Similar in part to int, but with even less storage
  • long– The exact opposite of short, same idea as int but with more storage.
  • unsigned (char/int/long/short/float/ double)– These can tend to hold larger numbers than their non-unsigned counterparts, however these variables cannot have a negative value applied to them.

Order of Operations
In java the order of operations is as follows:

  1. Parenthesis
  2. Multiplication / Division (equal priority, evaluates left to right).
  3. Addition and Subtraction (equal priority, evaluates left to right).

Due to the nature of how exponents are calculated in java (see: using a function), they are not considered in the order of operations. The code we can use to calculate some arithmetic is as follows.

int x=6, y=7;
System.out.println(x*y); // this would output 42
System.out.println(6*7); //this would also output 42
x+=6; // adds 6 to the current value of x, making it 12
int k = x-y; // assigns a value of 5 to k
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General Discussion Race Reports! » LA Tri Series #3 - Tri Express Distance Rss Feed
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LA Tri Series #3 - Tri Express Distance - TriathlonMini Sprint

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San Dimas, California
United States
Tri Events
60F / 16C
Total Time = 56m 30s
Overall Rank = 11/190
Age Group = M 55-59
Age Group Rank = 1/8
Pre-race routine:

First tri of the year for me...opting for a very short sprint.

I've raced at this venue more times than I can remember...still managed to miss a turn on the way.

Got set up really early...only really knew one other person in the race. Chatted with a couple folks, but mostly just hung out in transition.
Event warmup:

Nothing much. Had some issues with my left ankle this week...wanted to avoid aggravating it, since I was otherwise--finally--healthy.
  • 05m 40s
  • 300 meters
  • 01m 53s / 100 meters

Uneventful (other than catching a couple mouthfuls of water). No contact.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing really.
Transition 1
  • 01m 54s

Suit hung up on first attempt to step out of left leg. I was prepared for that and didn't waste time trying again. Pulled cuffs off with my hands. Got socks on pretty efficiently this time.
What would you do differently?:

I cut the cuffs of my sleeveless suit back after getting stuck at my last race in October. May want to see if I can cut them further.
  • 26m 38s
  • 8.26 miles
  • 18.61 mile/hr

Uneventful except that I felt a bad shimmy at the bottom of the one huge descent. Since I recently had to replace a damaged wheel, I didn't want to take any chances and stopped to make sure I wasn't getting a flat. Cost me probably 10-15 seconds, which didn't affect any of my placements.
What would you do differently?:

Not succumb to paranoia...that's the second time I've made that same stop...probably the pavement there.
Transition 2
  • 01m 3s

One of my fastest to-date...and I'm usually fast with T2.
What would you do differently?:

  • 20m 59s
  • 3.1 miles
  • 06m 46s  min/mile

I flat out killed this. Lots of people whining about the hills and rocks on the course, but I nailed it. Negative split the whole way (all 3 mile splits sub-7:00) and felt good. Got some jaw drops from people I blew by and some kudos afterward.
What would you do differently?:

Post race
Warm down:

Walked around. Bought a pair of my favorite Zoot tri shorts for $25 from a vendor! Got my 1st place AG medal on an honest-to-goodness podium.

Don't know that I've ever had back-to-back age group wins in any races makes three AG wins in a row (Victory for Victims road 5K, Verdugo Mountains trail 10K, and this sprint tri). It's been a long haul coming back from a series of injuries...and I still have some ankle, hip flexor, and hammie issues at times...but I'm reaping the rewards of staying fast after 55.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Just the paranoia about the bike wheel shimmy.

Event comments:

This is actually the third in an annual three race series that has been going on for 35 years. Very friendly, grass-roots-y, feel, but actually pretty well organized. Top women Michellie Jones and Julie Ertel showed up and raced, in the sprint and the Oly respectively...kinda cool to finish just ahead of Michellie Jones (although my wave started 6 minutes ahead of hers).

Last updated: 2017-04-12 12:00 AM
00:05:40 | 300 meters | 01m 53s / 100meters
Age Group: 2/8
Overall: 35/190
Performance: Good
Suit: Vortex3 3 John
Course: Banana-shaped course in reservoir, mostly paralleling shoreline.
Start type: Deep Water Plus: Waves
Water temp: 70F / 21C Current: Low
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Below average Drafting:
Waves: Navigation: Good
Rounding: Good
Time: 01:54
Performance: Good
Cap removal: Average Helmet on/
Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck? Yes Run with bike: Yes
Jump on bike: No
Getting up to speed:
00:26:38 | 08.26 miles | 18.61 mile/hr
Age Group: 1/8
Overall: 18/190
Performance: Good
Wind: Some
Course: Single loop of roadway around park. Some bad pavement. Rolling hills and one huge descent.
Road: Rough Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills: Good
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
Time: 01:03
Overall: Good
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Good
Shoe and helmet removal Good
00:20:59 | 03.1 miles | 06m 46s  min/mile
Age Group: 1/8
Overall: 6/190
Performance: Good
Mile 1 = 6:59, Mile 2 = 6:53, Mile 3 = 6:29
Course: Winding loop, mostly on trails with some rolling terrain.
Keeping cool Good Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Yes
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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Geno Atkins falls far in NFL's Top 100 countdown

Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Geno Atkins saw a steep decline in his ranking in the NFL’s Top 100. Having placed at No. 29 in 2016, Atkins dropped 39 spots to No. 68.

Of course it’s an honor to be on this list at all as he’s ahead of other notable players like Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Justin Houston, Arizona Cardinals defensive tackle Calais Campbell, Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Mike Daniels and more.

Atkins did see a slight decrease in his stats from 2015 to 2016. It was a slide of 10 combined tackles and two sacks. While that doesn’t seem like a huge difference, the two sacks pushed him below double digits which might have been a big reason for the change in ranking.

It also likely doesn’t help that Cincinnati went 6-9-1 in 2016 and their defense was relatively porous, especially in the running game where they allowed the No. 21 most yards on the ground. That was a big departure from 2015 when the Bengals allowed only 92.3 rushing yards per game, good enough for No. 7 in the league.

Hopefully 2017 sees Atkins regain some of his stats and Cincinnati have a better season so he can get back up the rankings again.

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Hubbard, who spent some time with Bell at Ohio State, was instrumental in the recruiting process this summer, per Bell himself, according to Geoff Hobson of
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Bell's already been a standout leader when it comes to COVID-19. And during his first media meet of training camp, he explained to reporters that his decision to sign with the Bengals came down to culture and Zac Taylor.

Here's the important note, via Geoff Hobson of
"He wants a ferocious team. He wants guys who are hungry and guys that come to work every day and challenge and compete. That's the main things in this game. That's what you have to do...

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Cincinnati Bengals training camp is underway after a slower-than-usual process of getting players in the door at Paul Brown Stadium.

For those just tuning back in, here's brief rundown of everything major that's happened with the team since roughly January.

Coaching changes

Al Golden as LBs coach
Steve Jackson as secondary/cornerbacks coach
Darrin Simmons promoted to assistant head coach
Dan Pitcher promoted to QBs coach
Troy Walters as assistant wide receivers coach
Colt Anderson as assistant special teams coach

Released CB Dre Kirkpatrick

Released QB Andy Dalton

Released CB B.W. Webb

Released OG John Miller

Waived DL Ryan...

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Final 8 games far from meaningless for Ryan Finley-led Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals have everything riding on these next eight games.

They might be 0-8. Zac Taylor’s insistence to anyone who will listen that their objective is to win as many games as possible might smack of coach speak.

But it isn’t.

Let’s paint it in basic terms. If Taylor can’t win a game or even two games, that means the Bengals don’t just have a question at quarterback — they might have the biggest question of all at head coach again.

And if Ryan Finley can’t flash something in place of Andy Dalton, it means a gigantic question mark under center.

Should both of these question marks remain the team slowly inches closer to possibly leaving the city outright.

That sounds wholly unrealistic, right? But the Bengals fanbase has waned for years. The reputation, even compared to that of the Reds, has tanked. Attendance numbers are laughably bad, far below any team that isn’t playing in a small venue.

Not hard to see why. This is a franchise that has won 19 of its last 56 games. It’s barreling toward a 30th anniversary of its last playoff win.

The mountainous pile of mistakes keeps growing, too. While other teams never falter in their pursuit of winning, the Bengals only largely employ the draft, meaning trades and free agency are out — a one-third approach doesn’t cut it.

But forget the pursuit of winning, odd as it sounds. Think about the general gaffes. There’s no ring of honor to celebrate the team’s past. Carson Palmer got in a ring of honor with the Cardinals, for goodness sake. The team managed to lose Andrew Whitworth. It managed to anger franchise passer Andy Dalton, benching him on his birthday with little time before he and his reps could find a trade out of town.

That’s right, Dalton of all people, was trying to skedaddle.

The Bengals have now started over at head coach and quarterback but the miscalculation of trying to contend instead of rebuild has the team winless in November.

Counterintuitive as it might seem — a top rookie passer is fun! — the Bengals need to stumble into some wins over the final eight games. The players still fighting deserve it. The fans deserve it.

And realistically, the franchise can’t afford to keep failing. This coaching staff has to show a pulse, a nod that creates some wiggle room for the injury excuses and growing pains to strengthen. Something. Because 0-16 or 1-15 means, as uncomfortable as the conversation is right now, reevaluating the entire coaching staff top to bottom.

Finley and these eight games could be the reinvigorating force this team and the city desperately needs. Or…it could be more of the same. But given the problematic relationship as it is, this is far from a meaningless stretch for a bad team.

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Ravens-Bengals as a trap game and other questions for Ravens Wire

The Cincinnati Bengals return from a bye for a battle with the Baltimore Ravens.

As always, this AFC North clash should at least serve as entertaining, even if it does feature an 0-8 team going up against a playoff contender. Those Bengals will start a rookie under center, which adds some intrigue.

We sat down with Matthew Stevens, managing editor of Ravens Wire, for a Q&A to get a better idea of what to expect.

Bengals Wire: That victory over the Patriots was huge. What, if anything, did the Ravens change to make it happen?

Matthew Stevens: The Ravens did pretty much the same thing they’ve done all season long, but they actually executed. Baltimore had a nasty history of committing stupid penalties at the worst times to keep opponent drives alive while killing their own. The Ravens finally got on the other side of that in that game, playing clean football [compared] to an uncharacteristically sloppy performance from a Bill Belichick-led team.

By holding the Patriots’ offense down, Baltimore’s offense was able to get out to a quick lead and force New England to abandon the run even more. I believe having cornerback Jimmy Smith back in the lineup and everyone in the secondary feeling more comfortable meant far less communication issues and just all-around better play. With the secondary playing better, it forced Tom Brady to hold on to the ball a little longer, which turned what had been a bunch of QB hits prior to that game into sacks and even more pressure.

Offensively, Baltimore just ran it right down their throats. New England was wholly unprepared for the type of physical football the Ravens bring to the table, and when they were able to withstand some of those blows, Lamar Jackson ran circles around them. Every time the Patriots’ defense caught up to what Baltimore was doing, the Ravens switched it up just enough to keep them scrambling to keep up. By the fourth quarter, New England looked tired, beat up and just ready to leave the stadium. But then again, most defenses this season have had a similar issue with Baltimore’s offense though the defense has allowed opponents to stay in games until the final minutes.

Bengals Wire: On the other end of the spectrum, that loss to the Browns still looks odd. What’s the context there for those who haven’t watched the season closely?

Matthew Stevens: As you know, AFC North games are effectively crapshoots. It doesn’t matter what the records are or how good a team is on paper, games in this division really are anyone’s guess a majority of the time, and all mostly stay close. For that one, I chalk it up to two big wins in previous weeks maybe giving the Ravens a high they hadn’t yet really deserved and causing them to think they should be able to beat the Browns just as easily. Plus, as mentioned in the next answer, the Ravens were coming off a physically and emotionally exhausting game against the Kansas City Chiefs. It also didn’t help [that] having three games on film allowed Cleveland to game-plan perfectly to what Baltimore had been doing and where to attack. Mixed with the defense just being abysmal that early in the season and you have the perfect recipe for a game the Ravens should have won but instead lost big.

Bengals Wire: We haven’t heard much about the defense thanks to the Lamar Jackson show. Any standouts there?

Matthew Stevens: There are quite a few actually. The big names, like safety Earl Thomas and cornerbacks Marlon Humphrey and Marcus Peters, are probably the names most have heard by now and they deserve all the praise they’ve been getting. But the play from newly acquired linebackers L.J. Fort and Josh Bynes has been a huge reason Baltimore has seen such a turnaround on defense. They have played fast, aggressive and smart football but were forgotten about and passed over by their last teams — something both squads are likely kicking themselves for considering how well they’ve played in spite of effectively coming off their couches midseason. Smith came back last week and played quite a bit and quite well, but there’s still a certain wait-and-see approach being taken with him considering his up-and-down play in recent years.

Bengals Wire: Any worry about a letdown while overlooking the Bengals for upcoming games against the Texans and Rams?

Matthew Stevens: There absolutely should be. Baltimore typically has not fared well the week after taking on a high-quality opponent like the Patriots. They tend to be emotionally and physically exhausted and are duds the following week, even to far inferior competition. That seems even more prophetic with two other quality teams on the horizon, giving the Ravens a reason to overlook the winless Bengals that are starting a new quarterback and won’t have A.J. Green. But as we saw earlier in the season, Cincinnati can’t be completely ignored by teams inside this division. The Bengals have got plenty to fight for with jobs clearly on the line at this point and a coach itching for a win. I’d expect Cincinnati to treat this like their Super Bowl while Baltimore handles it more like preseason, and that could very easily bite the Ravens a week after such a dominant win over a dominant opponent.

Bengals Wire: This one plays out pretty similar to last time right? What’s the final?

Matthew Stevens: If the Ravens show up and handle the Bengals like they should, they should blow them out of the water so badly that it causes people to get pink slips on Monday morning. But that seems unlikely for the reasons mentioned in the last question. This has all the markings of a trap game for Baltimore, and I can’t help but think they’ll lose this one just as people are beginning to see them as a real Super Bowl contender. However, I also can’t vote against them when they’re clearly the better team in every regard. So that leaves me expecting a disappointing outing but squeaking by in the fourth quarter to secure a win and quite a lot of head scratching.
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Sorry, I couldn’t come up with a mature, appropriate title for this post so I went with blunt honesty instead.

Sometimes I look around my home and marvel at how many of my favorite things have been gifts from friends and family. From the decoration on my walls to the waterproof speaker in my shower (for audiobooks, naturally) my friends and family have decked out my home so it’s functional and fun.

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One of the books, Ruddy Gore surrounds a mystery at a theater.  It also introduces Phryne’s long-term lover, Lin Chung.

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Hi, I am Morgan Freeman and my new movie Oblivion is in theaters and IMAX April 19th.

Ask me anything.

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OblivionMovie2127 karma

I would like to thank all of you for your questions. Have a great day!

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What is it like being the greatest man to ever live?

OblivionMovie2794 karma

I wouldnt know because I am not Nelson Mandela

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Movie you passed on, that wish you wouldn't have?

Role you've always wanted to play?

Huge, huge fan of yours, Azeem from Robin Hood will always outweigh everything else, even God, for me personally.

OblivionMovie1294 karma

I have always wanted to play Bass Reeves, a deputy US marshal in Oklahoma in the 1870s

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If you had to recommend one book what would it be?

OblivionMovie1608 karma

I would recommend different books to different people. For a young person I would say Moby Dick. For a more romantic person I would recommend Great Expectations. For the very young reader I would recommend Black Beauty

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Is it more fun to play as a "Good guy" or "Bad guy"?

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the bad guy. The good guy is pretty boring

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How amazing was it to meet Nelson Mandela and how much did you enjoy making the film Invictus?

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It was amazing meeting a man of that stature and very intimidating. You dont know what you are going to say other than "I am very honored to meet you"

I enjoyed Invictus so much, everyone enjoyed it. At the last scene we just wanted to start again

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Meryl Streep, but I still might

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I have an infection spreading from my jaw into my skull and possibly into my blood stream. The pain is in my mouth, neck, shoulders, ears and skull. I will have to have some teeth pulled and my skull drilled on this coming Thursday at 10:30 AM. There is dire risk of the infection spreading quickly once the teeth are removed and the procedure begins. That dire risk is mortal.

I've been spending a lot of time reflecting on things I've done, good, bad. Achievements and failures. A lot about love that I have shared and places I've been.

I have lived all over the country, toured with bands, known amazing people and lived through some really dark patches I wouldn't wish on any human.

I'm willing to answer things candidly. That's what life is for, living the questions, so I'm happy to do it. Forgive grammar and spelling as I am on so much Vicodin for the pain.

For questions regarding my belief in an afterlife: see here

Tl;Dr: Might pass away. Always wanted to do an AMA. Never had a reason. Giving it a shot.

EDIT 0: Requests to be more clear about my procedure are popping up so now that i am on my laptop I will say more.

An infection that got into my bone/nerves through holes in both of my back upper teeth, 2 and 15, thanks to poorly removed braces anchors when I was a kid has spread to my neck, glands, tongue, eye socket, ear and maxillofacial nerve. I have not been told any special name for it and honestly didnt think anyone wanted me to focus on that while AMAing but I like it. Talking about specifics helps me to think of the overcoming it.

I am on two battery's of antibiotics, doctors wanted me to go through that before the procedure so that the risk of infection spreading even further after tooth removal would be less. I hope that helps.

PROOF!: Here's me with my clinical summary printed out. http://imgur.com/m2XtM

EDIT 1: please forgive my slowness again the Vicodin doesnt help. im also trying to figure a way to prove... i mean. I cant figure one any ideas help.

EDIT 2: Holy crap. I see why celebrities have PR people do this. Response is insane and I'm trying to figure proof right now. Thanks for pushing for it. Incidentally I dont want your money or anything like that. Just the AMA. I know I would have been interested and I figured I'd afford that to the internet.

EDIT 3: Here's a pic of me with my antibiotics looking like a putz http://imgur.com/UjyZm

EDIT 4: Here's me with fancy new iPad saying hi: http://imgur.com/et0GB

EDIT 5: Sitting in AMA IRC waiting for mod response. http://imgur.com/0fZMe

UPDATE! First step of procedure (extraction) complete. Now waiting to see if infection takes hold. I am convalescing. feeling weak in bed/couch but very happy to be through the first part. My thanks to all of your thoughts, questions, skepticism (which became ammunition for me to ask of my medico's) prayers, considerations and offers of friendship.

The waiting game begins here.

UPDATE 2: 8.22.12 My lymphatic system is swelling and causing a lot of pain all over. This may be the indicator of infection spreading. My doctor and I are going to wait and see if this is just it fighting back or if it gets worse and shuts down. I will update more as it changes and if I can.

Again than you all for your messages and support. I will go through all of them as best I can but I have been resting and also attempting to work a bit as I have a new job coming up this fall and the big move to Richmond.

UPDATE 3: 8.31.12 Infection has passed. Might not need bone graft. I'm about to travel across the country from Seattle to Richmond with my girlfriend. We are going to start life together. I couldn't be happier and thank you all. It's a pleasure to have learned some things about myself by asking your questions.

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Shinkei152 karma

Sorry to highjack--physician here. This has happened before, so it's not medically impossible. But I would also wait for proof as this person should at the very least be in a hospital right now (getting IV antibiotics) and could take a quick pic of the room, nurse or something.

Shinyteeth44 karma

I don't mean to offend, but as a dentist, the braces anchors he states leaving big holes causing the infection doesn't sound plausible. The brackets and bands are just simply bonded/glued on and not meant to break teeth - that's why it's fairly common to accidentally debond brackets - thus they would have to be glued back again.

Dez_Moines25 karma

Not brushing your teeth can cause shit to build up around the brackets and cause cavities to form. The weakened area around the brackets can then cause a hole to form when the brackets are removed.

Shinyteeth13 karma

While that's possible, most (at least, good) orthodontists would remove the braces and will refuse continuation of orthodontic treatment without patient compliance regarding oral hygiene and keeping up with office visits. I once encountered an angry teen (and parent) when they were told their ortho treatment would be discontinued.

transceiverfreq33 karma

They had to be rebonded several times. The signs pointed to it as that is when the symptoms of infection started. I am a regular brusher and rinser.

I have however been exceedingly poor so i was not able to afford dental work in recent years.

xSiNNx358 karma

Please explain how you got the infection, how long you've had it, and how you came to discover it. Also, symptoms?

I'm sure I am not the only one around here with teeth issues that would be interested in this information.

Edit: Just want to add here that like many who replied to my post, I have terrible teeth. I always have. Brushing, flossing, etc etc etc just doesn't help, they are too far gone, and dental insurance in America isn't cheap. I have had numerous abscessed teeth over the years (I am 27 now; anyone else see a trend in age in these comments?), and I have always wondered if I would have bad symptoms if things ever got bad enough to possibly be fatal.

I mean, are you CERTAIN to get severe swelling? Or a fever? I have light pain from time to time, it is just an ache in the jaw, and usually subsides rather quickly.

Due to a lack of health insurance, when I HAVE had abscessed teeth, I usually self-medicate with antibiotics (buy them at an animal feed store or the like), and I have been ok so far, but I know I am pushing it, I'm just not sure how FAR I am pushing it.

Jyana119 karma

I was in a similar situation and almost died from an infection in a tooth, and coincidentally it was last year when I was 28.

I had a wisdom tooth that never erupted that had been infected for presumably years. I felt great one day and then within 24 hours my jaw and neck had swollen out by a few inches and I was in incredible pain. The swelling put pressure in my TMJ on that side and I could only open my mouth to where my teeth were about 1/4" apart.

At the ER, they told me that the swelling could have put enough pressure on my trachea to suffocate me. Normally in this case they would do a tracheotomy, but they said that until they had the results from the scans it could be fatal because my trachea had been pushed the left by the swelling and there was a chance that they could miss. I remember those hours where any breath could have been my last and then seeing myself in a bathroom mirror and not even recognizing the face that was warped from all of the swelling. It was so surreal to experience how quickly our bodies could fall apart and confront us with our imminent mortality.

Once the scans came back, things were a little less urgent, but I had to wait in the ICU for days while they waited for the pressure in my TMJ to go down so they could open my mouth for surgery. I was pumped full of IV antibiotics the entire time, but it had little effect. They were worried that the infection could easily spread to by heart of my brain, at which point there wouldn't be much hope.

Strangely, the time in the ICU was some of most peaceful I'd ever been, even with all of the pain. Ever since, I've had a resilience to day-to-day stress and anxiety, although I've lost that sense of urgency to live to the fullest that I had right after I was released. This post gave me chills when I read the headline, and it's bringing back those feeling of just how close I came to not making it and how lucky I am to still be around.

Edit: Some sloppy wording.

transceiverfreq49 karma

I hoep I make it through and thank you so much for sharing the nuance of what you went through. I'm hoping it goes smoothly.

transceiverfreq36 karma

I've updated up top. Do me a favor and either find an emergency clinic or go to a dentist soon.

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transceiverfreq93 karma

I assur eyou if everything is solid I will repost immediately or get someone else to.

chinagreenelvis120 karma

What caused the infection?

transceiverfreq197 karma

Many possible causes. Poor ortho work she I was a kid. I'm 28. But the infection itself has supposedly been spreading for near a decade unknown until a tooth of mine broke this weekend.

Not fun. I was eating a Rollito, which is a Springroll filled burrito. Truly delicious.

teeah22225 karma

As a dentist I'm confused by this. Did it start as a tooth infection then? Had you not been to the dentist in a long time? In my experience teeth don't just up and break for no reason.

I hope they can get this under control for you.

Edit: By "no reason" I mean there is generally an underlying cause if a tooth breaks: decay, trauma, large fillings, unrestored root canal teeth, etc.

transceiverfreq44 karma

I am was for a long time what they call poor and unable to pay for things.

The tooth had been decaying inside for a long time. Both actually. 2 and 15 is what I was told to say.

bigblueoni101 karma

Will you get a special mask that keeps you alive? Will you then be Gotham's reckoning?

transceiverfreq72 karma

Honestly I have been doing the voice for DAAAYS,

I love it so much.

maidenized666100 karma

next week might be the most important in your life. Any plans / or things to do?

transceiverfreq338 karma

I want to eat sushi and mashed potatoes in the same meal.

I want to tell some people I love them.

I've done so many things in my life. The only stuff I'd really want to do would've base jumping, skydiving and become an architect.

Other than those just talking to family is good enough.

You'd be astounded how much a diagnosis like this frees you mentally and emotionally.

My guess is I won't be kissing Anne Hathaway anytime soon so I'm making the little things count.

VileDevastation247 karma

It is my greatest hope that she [Anne Hathaway] sees this, and finds you.

juloxx189 karma

So she can get infected? OP is really an assasin

transceiverfreq9 karma

I hadnt thought on that.

fairwayks56 karma

Here, fap til you can't fap anymore.

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cimarroni16 karma

I want to eat sushi and mashed potatoes in the same meal.

Don't do it. I was on vacation and decided to just eat the two best items on the menu: a shrimp cocktail and a chocolate shake. Sometimes the whole is less than the sum of the parts.

P.S. Best wishes and I hope you update us Friday.

transceiverfreq14 karma

Duely noted. I will still try it. food is good. i like food.

SC27583 karma

Does your possibly impending death influence your outlook on religion and afterlife at all? Like do you find yourself praying more if you're religious already or becoming religious if you were a non theist before?

transceiverfreq29 karma

EDIT: Forgive my poor spelling and grammar. The drugs are making me slurred and tired.

Let me say this, I would not begrudge any person their beliefs as long as they do not use it to subjugate, oppress or harm others. I respect many different views of the world. I do have a hard time with taking those seriously that would actively choose ignorance of the physically testable world infront of them and proof visible and explainable.

I was born into a Christian (Presbyterian) family. I was raised with the idea of original sin and being saved. Presbyterianism tends to lean a bit heavy on the idea of pre-destination which has always made me completely uncomfortable. It is a very large gleaming loophole in the machinations of Christian belief. God destroys him self in a poof of logic.

"You have free will." says God "I have a divine plan. It contains all things. I know what you will do before you do it. Yet somehow... free will." It just doesn't work. That was when I was maybe 12 when I started to question the belief structure of my church. I even gathered the Presbyterian Book of Order to find how we were organized. I read the Bible back and forth. I even picked up the questioned 'other' testaments. Enoch, Mary, Judas.

I enjoy the Christian mythology like I do any mythology but I started to not pay attention to what was surrounding an idea of Jesus as Christ figure, miracles and what have you, and started to just read what the fellow was saying about human interaction. In these regards I found him to be a social radical whose view I could appreciate. He didn't have to be God manifested as man. He was a person in my eyes with radical notions, in his part of the world, about ethics and compassion and the rights of all genders as equals 'creations'. I'd rather recognize all genders of which there are many than two, as equal. My church did not afford the equality and it was something I garnered from being young and having a single mother who is my hero.

So, I left the 'magick and miracles' of the church behind and just tried to consider Jesus as what he was, a teacher. That is all. I'm not a Christian as that would require me to believe in the divinity, transubstantiation and lordship. If it has the touch of 'magick' I disregard it. Especially the notion of God.

God as a metaphor I can respect in peoples beliefs. Otherwise, as an all powerful abusive, power/control based manipulator? No go.

I often find it odd that Christians whose faith is based entirely on a several 'magickal' rituals deride other faiths ad their rituals be they magick based or otherwise.

I do not consider Jesus alone. Much of my personal growth I afford to teach Thich Nhat Hanh, Master Thay. He is a Vietnamese Buddhist Monk exiled for many years to France. His "Zen Keys", which a friend guided me to, helped me regain mindfulness of myself and my life after the end of a particularly brutal abusive relationship. Buddhism, though not my religion anymore, did help me solidify my compassion, thoughts, my love of silence, my lack of need of material things (iPad, I know. I know but believe me I own like 130 lbs worth of material possessions). I did attempt to take on the robe and become bhikkhu but manstic life is not for me. I miss the simplicity of it.

All of the characteristics I gathered from reading and learning are things my parents gave me and taught me so I thank them above anything else. My upbringing has effected me more than anything aside from my love of David Lynch movies.

As I approach close to the day of question I do not find myself changing my beliefs. I do not believe in an afterlife. I find comfort in friends and interaction. Talking, be it here when no one else is awake and around or with people around me that I love.

I fear that religion can be a vice grip, a kind of slavery of the mind. It can be a Schrödinger's Box that no one inside can ever look out of, be it by fear, social pressure etc. and no one outside can truly know the inside unless they have moved back and forth with respect. I see too much derision of faith and not respect of beliefs. I understand the danger that choosing faith can become like a choice of ignorance. Religions also tend to spend a great deal of time having straw dog arguments about other religions and non-believers. In this since they never learn from one another or from those without belief.

If the great fantastic atheists of the world would take, not a stance of derision or refusal to understand (because lets be honest, understanding doesn't mean you have to believe the same as others) but instead just listened to what theists say about where their belief comes from. We could probably get to the bottom of why humans cling to faith, be it fear or other things i mentioned above. I am a fan of compassion and understanding above all.

I was pleased upon returning home for the first time in 7 years to find that my childhood church had invited monks from monastery to come visit and share knowledge with them. One woman spent the entire time deriding the monks for believing in no God. As for the rest, they spoke on what their actions on Earth should be REGARDLESS of reward or afterlife. I have really started to enjoy speaking with my mother's Bible study. I am the youngest when I join, in a group of people between 50+ and up. I love talking to them about these things. They say I should become a pastor. I tell them one religion is too small for these ideas and their are already greater teachers than me.

I just received a text from her that the congregation prayed for me today during service and in small groups of study. That isn't offensive. I dont believe as some do that they are wasting time. I am thankful and appreciative that they would take an instant out of what I know is a finite amount of life to think on me and consider me. I'll take prayer any day because I know the weight it carries (as i've told many redditors that are considering me in their prayers).

My view on the afterlife is that I can not know at this point. I do not believe in one as such but that is because I can neither see it nor feel it. Nor can I see it's actual cause and effect on the world I do see before me. (Noted; I can see the effect the IDEA of an afterlife has but not the actual afterlife).

If this is all I got, then I had it and it was. Good and bad all get mushed into the value of being able to even experience such things.

Look around you. This physical manifestation, no matter what the inspiring and beautiful Bill Hicks ever said, is not a ride. It is not a game or a level or a tier of a greater reality. Not a dream nor a system of control.

This is life.

We dont need other words to describe it or name it. I understand the value of language though and I know that we use metaphors and analogs to understand and engage ideas. But life isn't just an idea. It is the sum of everything human and otherwise. Life is imbued by us with meaning and valuing your meaning alongside others meaning is a true way to survival.

Value life in yourself and others. Protect life in the ways you can. Give life when others are waining in it. Recognize life as not just when things are good. Learn about life and the ways to expand it for everyone. Respect the right to leave life and start life (especially in the reproductive/sexual rights of women).

I am not an atheist. I'm not agnostic. I'm not a believer.

Let me quote Adam Savage here:

"I have concluded through careful, empirical analysis and much thought that somebody is looking out for me. Keeping track of what I think about things, forgiving me when I do less then I ought, giving me strength to shoot for more than I think I am capable of. I believe they know everything that I do and think and they still love me and I’ve concluded after careful consideration that this person keeping score is me."

I am me. What is me cant be categorized and I would challenge each of you to know that in yourself. find the particularities, granularities and nuance of yourselves. Variety isn't the spice of life. Particularity is and variety blooms from that.

If I dont make it. Go to space for me. Touch another planet with bare human hands for me. Share what is 'us' as a whole. Go explore reality away from this tiny sandbox for me and all of us that pass. Be certain that above all human wonder lives forever until the heat death of the universe and by that time, touch other universes. Evolve life and change to grow in those places. Per ardua ad astra.

I am born a feedback loop that becomes an echo, for the good of all, no exclusions.

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Have you told your family and friends yet? Also, i'm sorry to hear that :(

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Oh yes. The outpouring of support is so much that i can barely respond to it all. My mother is somewhat devastated but has her chin up. My girlfriend is being beautiful. She is keeping my optimism high.

She is in Alaska and has been for the bulk of our relationship. She is just planning on moving back here at the end of August and we are going to start living together.

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Tell her how much you love her! I've never gotten a chance to do that properly with my ex girlfriend.

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I haven't shut up about it but she and I have just spent time looking at apartments we plan on moving into in Richmond Va.

Last night she asked me what I would want a kid to be named.

She knows. I hope she doesn't just know though. Sometimes you love someone so much that you want them to be able to internalize it, that it becomes part of their personality. That's how much I love her.

Where you can be 4,000 miles away but even the size of the planet isn't big enough. To make you feel separated from her.

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Apologize to an ex of mine for taking part in a downward spiraling abusive relationship.

Taken my father to see Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water house.

Kiss Anne Hathaway. In a canoodling way.

I never became the architect I wanted to be.

Visit Tigers Nest monastery with my friend Shikhee. I toured with her band Android Lust and her friendship and music helped me get through some hard times.

I never told Alfred Molina I think he's the greatest actor of our age.

I never swam in clear natural blue water.

Never visited Biobay where the water is bioluminescent.

Never piloted a MiG-29 Fishbed Jet over Russian airspace.

Never drove a Lamborghini Reveton.

Never finished writing a book.

I never made something cool with my friend Rupa.

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Man that's f*cked.

What sort of infection is it? How much skull will there be drilled?

Good luck with your operation!

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Enough of the skull will be removed that some bone will have to be grafted back in. They've told me it will be cow bone which... Honestly I get a big kick out of the idea of being a chimera.

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Is there another procedure with less risk? Like could you get your entire jaw removed?

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Somehow that sounds like more risk.

The infection is in my skull also. I'm afraid we don't have the technology to replace those.

My only regret is that I have... Bonitis. ಠ_ಠ

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I can't even think of a question in light of your situation. Keeping you close to the heart these next few days and hope you pull through this.

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I have great friends and loved ones.

Some I can't talk to any,ore but those I can I do and spread my care. I'm also thankful for Reddit. It's a big honking distraction well needed and well appreciated.

Much love to user dasrupa for getting me on here and active.

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How did you get the infection?

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Bad orthodontic work as a child. When braces anchors were removed small holes were left on my secondary molars. They allowed infection.

I've had what I thought was nightmarish strep throat several timesaver the years. It turns out it was the infection manifesting.

My body has fought hard for me.

My only regret is that I have Bonitis.

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I' only recently stated secretly doing stand up at open mics without telling my friends.

I'm sure the vicodin helps the comedy flow but mostly laughter has gotten me through awful times.

Comedians like Jimmy Pardo and Todd Glass always made me laugh through dark times of my life. I'd like to be able to tell them that someday.

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Just wanted to say I'm sorry this is happening to you. I hope you do another AMA telling us about how you kicked this things ass and are now living as a perfectly healthy man-cow hybrid.

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I look forward to narwhals baconing at midnight for many years to come.

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Microsoft has been sneaking adverts into almost every spare space in Windows 10.

These ads appear in the Start menu, on the Lock screen and even in the Windows Ink Workspace. Plus, the software giant has been showing popups promoting Microsoft Edge and running app promotions on the new tab page. But, because there’s still real estate left to throw some more ads in, Microsoft plans to introduce even more promotions in the forthcoming Creators Update.

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I lost someone dear to me recently and as usual, I took that shot of pain with a reflection chaser. There is so much to be pensive about when you realize you’ll never put your arms around your loved one again.

There is the wondering that comes from the unknown : “I wonder if she’s in heaven yet? Or if she has found her husband? Are they slow dancing? Holding hands? How long did they stay in an embrace when they finally reached one another? Can she see me? Does she know how much I will miss kissing her alabaster, tissue paper skin? Or reminiscing about when my grandma was alive?  Mostly I wonder if I really get to see her again someday.

Also, when you have to say goodbye mortality hits you like a gut punch. You realize that this is going to keep happening and that childhood memories will drift like angel feathers. If you are a worrier like me, you take a one-eyed peek into that bunny  hole and imagine a  terrifying time when you will have to live without the ones you breathe for. I long for the people that have deserted me and  wince over those who will. I’m on the side lines. I am cheering myself on  and chanting: ” live in the now, live in the present”…but sometimes my mind has its own set of quotes to live by.

Mortality is a creeper. It doesn’t live in my house but it lurks in my windows. It reminds me of how I’m aging. It cautions me to take careful care of myself. People like my dear aunt live to be the brilliant age of 93. And she was as sane as could be too; right up to the peaceful end. As a 25 year old know-it-all,  I clearly recall poo-pooing 93. I’m sure you recognize this familiar quote: “I never wanna be that old.” Extreme accentuation on “that.” Well  now I find myself in a pleading whisper with God: ” I’ll do anything to be 93.” I’ve promised to be more like Him, live simply , love graciously…and in moments of real urgency I’ve promised to even forego alcohol.  Of course, then I think of God and His wine and longevity of those who drink in moderation and I realize He would never want it that way.

But I beg for 93 or 103 or 153….because of my kids. When someone passes into another realm now,  I find myself turning towards my children…I vividly recall going to the funeral home after the death of my  92 year old grandmother. My mom and I rolled in, arms linked, eyes damp, and I remember thinking “how is she doing this?” ” how is my mom handling losing both of her parents?” The thought of it happening to me could bring me straight to my knees.  Then I looked again at our solidarity  and over at my brothers trying to keep it light with my dad.  It came to me: WE are getting her through this. We;her family. The ones that helped her replace those old faded childhood memories with bright colorful ones. The days of our childhood and things  good and bad that filled them up. We were someone she had to take care of, provide for, love and live for. I had revelation: this is why we have legacies. Not to keep the name alive or find ourselves on ancestry.com,   but to survive!….and that’s when I discovered that I needed a tribe.

These days I am tribe full ,house full  and heart full ,as sure as pain throbs in that very same beating heart. It still beats though. It must. Because faces need to be wiped, boos-boos need to be kissed, potty time needs to be celebrated, husband’s need hugs, dishes needs cleaning,  favorite channels must be found, and love handed out.  In return,  I get that love right back. I get it because I am a valued and needed member of my tribe. And, lucky  for me I may even be needed longer than most moms.

Here’s the significance though….  All of that unconditional, kindred love and codependency..It heals the hollows of my heart that comes  from inevitable loss. It saves me and I am blessed. Amen.

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Thanks to all the Bike Concord members who set aside their Wednesday evening to come to the public meeting tonight on the Downtown Corridors plan and Project 2277 (Downtown Bike Lanes). We turned out at least 18 people. At the previous meeting for the Downtown Corridors plan there were about 3 or 4.

The outcome is still unclear. Project staff presented Project 2277 to attendees without acknowledging that Bike East Bay and Bike Concord had met with them weeks ago to go over a detailed proposal for changes. In order to get any response to our proposal, we had to speak to staff in separate conversations after attendees were dispersed to look at displays around the room.

Attendees were reconvened at the end of the meeting to hear reports from staff on what they had heard from attendees in the separate conversations. But our detailed proposal was still not acknowledged, and no mention was made of several of its proposed features. We were given an opportunity for a few very brief comments after the staff reports, and asked to restrict our comments to things we had not talked about yet with staff, even in the separate conversations.

I (Kenji) got up to inform the group about our earlier meeting with staff and detailed proposal, gave a brief summary of the features in our proposal, and said we are expecting a detailed public response. This was contrary to the request from the facilitator, but I felt it was important to make that proposal a public matter, since staff had not chosen to do so in their own presentation.

We were told in our separate conversations with staff that our proposal is being looked at, that there will be another public workshop on Project 2277, and that we will receive some kind of response to our proposal at that workshop. Cynthia Armour of Bike East Bay and I will be following up with staff in a couple of weeks to ensure that this is on track to happen, that the response will be in detail, and that we will have an opportunity to make a second-round proposal to try to address any objections to what we’ve already proposed.

Thanks again, everybody, for turning out. In spite of the vague assurances we were given, I think it’s important to keep the pressure on, and turning out a lot of people at the meetings is a big part of that. It makes it harder for nice-sounding words to simply evaporate without accountability, when a lot of people hear them. That is also why it’s worth insisting that staff hear and respond to our input in a public forum, and not just in private conversations.

Please turn out tomorrow, Feb 10 – NOT tonight, Feb 9

Thanks to the direction of City Council at last Tuesday’s meeting in response to Bike Concord and Bike East Bay’s request, senior transportation staff will now consider and respond to our proposal for buffered bike lanes on Grant St instead of the unbuffered ones currently planned in Project 2277. So there is no need to turn out to tonight’s City Council meeting.  Instead, please try to make it to tomorrow evening’s public meeting on the Downtown Corridors Plan and Project 2277. Wednesday, Feb 10, 6pm at Concord Senior Center, 2727 Parkside Circle, Concord.

In addition to the Downtown Corridors Streetscape Plan (a general long-term vision), this public meeting will include the first public presentation of PJ 2277, a project for bike lanes on Grant St from BART to Todos Santos, as well as on a few blocks of Concord Blvd and Clayton Rd between Ellis Lake Park and downtown.

Unbuffered bike lanes, the bare minimum, are the Engineering Division’s current intention for the Grant St portion of PJ 2277. Bike Concord and Bike East Bay are proposing an alternative design with the following features.
– Continuity of bike lanes at all points.
– Buffers in some places, parking protection in others. The buffers will not only add safety and comfort for bicycle traffic, but will save space where physical barriers can be added later for further protection.
– Squared-off intersection corners to increase driver caution and decrease speed
– Green paint treatments at car-bicycle conflict zones.

Bike East Bay has posted a detailed description of the proposal.

What you can do: Show up to the meeting, make a comment to the effect that you want bicycle infrastructure on Grant that is safe and inviting enough to attract new and hesitant bicyclists, and that you want a detailed response by staff to Bike East Bay and Bike Concord’s proposal to make this a reality. It will be important for a strong number of residents to show up to this public meeting and convey support for making Grant St a good contemporary bikeway instead of a mediocre one.

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Please save the evening of Tuesday, Feb 9 to turn out for a good bikeway on Grant St

Please keep the evening of Tuesday, Feb 9 available to come out and support Bike Concord’s efforts to get a good bikeway instead of a mediocre one on Grant St from BART to Todos Santos Plaza.

Bike Concord and Bike East Bay met on Dec 11 with City of Concord project staff to propose detailed improvements to an existing project (PJ 2277) for basic bike lanes on Grant St.

Our alternative design was favorably received by project staff. But senior transportation staff have rejected it – not for any specific design reasons, but because they do not want to make any significant changes to the project no matter what those changes are. Staff are planning to make their first public presentation of the existing project design at the Feb 10 public meeting on the Downtown Corridors Plan, and their direction from senior staff is to show the project as originally designed, with no possibility of meaningful public input.

The existing design is for unbuffered, unprotected bike lanes on Grant St, the showcase corridor for our city from our transit station to downtown. We can do much better.

  • The stretch of Grant St between Todos Santos and BART is a representation of our city’s plans for active transportation to visitors arriving on BART, and for residents trying to reach BART from downtown. With the existing design, the project would indicate that our target is mediocrity. With the alternative design it would be a showcase project, demonstrating Concord’s serious intention of making active transportation a practical choice here.
  • We need to get Grant St right the first time.  It would be a waste of limited funds to build a mediocre bikeway in the hope of improving it later. The Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Safe Routes to Transit Master Plan, which the City is currently drafting with community input including that of Bike Concord, will commit the City to creating a comprehensive bicycle network, built to contemporary standards rather than the faulty designs of past decades. The existing project design of unbuffered bike lanes does not meet those contemporary standards.
  • Grant St needs to be an inviting entryway from BART to downtown in order to entice risk-averse bicyclists, especially families with children on their way to a family-oriented event in our downtown such as the Music and Market Series, or KidFest.  The existing design creates no such entryway.
  • A great bikeway will bring more business to our downtown. Comparative data from many communities shows that people on foot and on bicycles tend to visit businesses more often and spend more money overall.  An inviting bikeway is a path to a more prosperous Todos Santos Plaza.

Bike Concord’s Advocacy Committee and Bike East Bay are working to persuade our elected officials that a good, inviting bikeway on Grant St is preferable to mediocrity. If you support Bike Concord’s mission, please join us at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, Feb 9 to make that message as strong as possible.  Council meetings are held in the Council Chamber at 1950 Parkside Dr, usually starting at 6:30pm. We will post again here on the blog when a detailed agenda is available for the Feb 9 Council meeting.

If you’ve never gone to a public meeting before, your participation will be even more valuable because you will be a new face to our officials.

We hope to see you the evening of February 9!