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“The Twitter Song” (To the tune of “American Pie”) by Rick London c2009

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The Twitter Song: The Day The Retweets Died” (To the tune of Don McClean’s “American Pie”)

by Rick London c2009

Dedicated to my DF Lee Hiller

A techno wiz-kid with a mind of dough,
Thought up this thing “Twitter”,
And investors said it “was worthwhile”.
Now millions daily at PC’s in a trance,
Twitter keeping Biz Stone financed,
And impress the masses and beguile.

What facebook promised Twitter delivered,
MySpace sits still while it shivers,
Waiting for a misstep
How could 140 be so in-depth?

Social networks I had tried,
An empty vacuum my words did ride,
2000 followers and its too hard to hide,
Twitter’s Alexa rankings can’t be denied.

So Twitter quietly slip-slided by,
One can tweet with high speeds
Drinking chamomile tea,
A new network evolves with every trick that’s been tried,
Bringing half-truths and full lies,
Gotta give ’em credit for tryin’.

Did you retweet my quote on “love”?,
Or my tweet on God above?
Is your following about to grow?
Have you encountered fail-whale throes?
Has a Life Coach saved your mortal soul.
Can you teach me how to tweet like a pro?

On Twitter Kabbalah’s mighty “in”,
. But don’t preach to me with just prelims,
You might make me just snooze,
With your zealot “spiritual” ruse.

I would prefer to not upchuck,
If you think its a pick up bar you’re outta luck,

But if it quacks like a duck,
It’s the day, the retweets died.

Whats Twitter bringing?
. Twitters like Mom and Apple Pie,
There’s no taxes that are levied,
Government won’t even try,
Ploys don’t last long on the Twitter ride,
But real business surely does a fine job,
Stick with them and you won’t get robbed.

You can even tweet now from your phone,

Again courtesy of our friend Biz Stone,
But it causes a bit of agony,
And as the icons roll down the screen,
It feels like TweetDeck’s about to scream,
But there you’ll find something to retweet.

Twitter services crop up with Twits renown,
And weird maneuvering goes to town,
Did you join a bad network, an ill turn?
Or did you just get burned?
Someone tweeted a remark,
A conversation then was sparked,
Cyber-animals on Noah’s Ark,
The day, the retweets died.

We were pinging,
Our blogs and things to catch others eyes,
We’re all separated by 6 degrees,
In 140 characters you replied,
Don’t you wonder what it was they implied?
. As you float away like Captain Bligh,
This is just the way retweets die.

An obscure “agent” comes to woo her,
An author with a best-seller for sure,
Saturating Google & Hollywood starts to cast.
. The book shattered like broken glass,
The agent tried for yet another free pass,
With a final tweet of blocked and passed.

Now the budding Twitterers were all abloom,
. Not giving away the farm too soon,
No annuities in advance.
The “agent” didn’t stand a chance.
Such oddities one tweet reveals,
Alas nobody paid the bill,
Do you recall drama stood still?
The day her retweets died.

And she was pinging,
. I’m back at facebook but I surely did try,
I thought Twitter liked me,
But my following dried,
While CNN and Ashton moved high,
Was the same day my retweets died,
I turned off the pc and cried.

Oh, and I even considered back to MySpace,
But would have been a generation out of place,
Another funky icon with a grin,
So Twitter softly, carry a big stick,
But twitter something in your niche,
Cause nobody knows quite where you’ve been.

When I unfollowed I watched him in a rage,
I sat there twittering so unfazed,
On Twitter con games one can tell,
Not even searching the Holy Grail.
And as the tweets went into the night,
Spammers pitched DM’s in delight,
Lovers tweeted and got it right,
The day, the retweets died.

He was pinging,
Twitter till your fingers run dry,
Twitter helps you be all that you can be.
Retweets are mighty fine.
Twitterers from here to Nepal had their eyes on the prize,
Pinging blogs with backlinks on the side,
Pinging blogs, that took us for a ride.

I met a girl when I was blue,
She said my profile background was not happy news,
I just frowned and said “another day”.
But she told me the real score,
The rest of the tale is not folklore,
And I’ll love her ’till the end of my days.

And in the tweets our love it screams,
As we slide down the current of Twitstream,
We didn’t fix the unbroken,
. The church bells were our token,
And the social network I admire the most,
Gives me 140 characters at most,
No room to embellish or boast,
. Twitters such a great ride.

And some are pinging,
I’ve got a blog for your eyes,
Can’t you be there with me
Nothing’s for free ya know I cannot lie.
And half of them goods are just pie in the sky,
But you know you don’t have to reply,
. Just tweet forward with a bright eye.

My ears were ringing,
My, my, another twitterer cries,
Someone blocked and abandoned me,
But its ok I’ll stay in denial,
May fix the pain with some whiskey and rye,
. With my fingers on the keyboard till I die.

Rick London is a writer, cartoonist, and entrepreneur. He founded Google’s #1 ranked offbeat cartoon, Londons times and many of its peripheral funny gift shops. He also is a songwriter.

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2 Responses to ““The Twitter Song” (To the tune of “American Pie”) by Rick London c2009”

  1. Davis Says:

    That’s really good stuff. Just hope Twitter fad doesn’t last as long as that song did

  2. Lee Hiller Says:

    To My Darling Fiance Rick, As always you have written an amazing parody and shown you are a Man of extraordinary talents. This one is especially important as you have immortalized our meeting on Twitter and honored me with a dedication. I am so blessed to be your woman and never take for granted how lucky I am to be Loved by You. You are the Man I Love with all with all my Heart and Soul. Love Your Darling Fiance Lee xx00xx

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A Searing Speech on the Perils of “Ubiquitous Assimilation”

Last night, La Doña and I had the fortune to stumble across a U.S. movie from this century that was both mature and thought-provoking. Called Detachment, it is an independent film about a young teacher who strives to make a difference in a run-down, inner-city school.

While it may sound like a familiar plotline, this is certainly no Robin Williams/Michelle Pfiffer feel-good movie. Featuring stellar performances from a host of familiar faces, including Adrien Brody in the lead role, Detachment is an intelligent, tender and often hard-hitting tale about how difficult life can be for all of us, whatever our age.

Below is one of the film’s best scenes, in which Brody’s character delivers a stirring classroom speech on the eternal struggle to preserve one’s mind in an environment of “ubiquitous assimilation” — a challenge we all face in this age of total connectivity and perpetual distraction.

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I love puzzles of all kinds.  Jigsaw puzzles, word searches, crosswords, brain teasers, child-proof lids, etc.  I also love Christmas music!  So I’ve put together these fun Christmas Puzzles for your enjoyment during the holiday season.  They’re a great way to pass the time at your family Christmas party while you’re waiting on cousin Eddie to park his RV, or a fun group activity at this year’s church or business luncheon.  You can print them out as individual sheets, or print them front and back like we did this year and use both at the same time.

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This puzzle dates back to the 70’s and my version is a modification of the original.  You can find out more about the origin and history of this groovy puzzle here.

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Review: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

Thank to Little, Brown for a review copy.

Thank to Little, Brown for a review copy.

Hannah Kent’s début historical novel is set on the frigid farms of early 19th century Iceland. The courts have convicted Agnes Magnusdottir of murder. To save money, local authorities send her to a minor official’s farm. She works there with the family and awaits execution while a young priest attempts to guide her on the Lord’s path.

Her presence creates a scandal in the cold northern valley. Neighbours flock to the farm. Some are afraid while others are curious. Some hate Agnes while others, like Steina, the farm owner’s daughter, seek to befriend her. Still others, like Margret, the mistress of the house, slowly change their opinion of her in the months leading to her execution.

The priest, a nervous wreck named Toti, finds quoting psalms and lecturing on religion ineffective. It’s clear from the start Agnes isn’t interested in spiritual advice. More importantly, she doesn’t feel she’s done wrong. So instead of sermonizing, Toti lets her tell her story. In this way, the narrative of her life as an abandoned illegitimate child as an itinerant servant is interwoven with her life as a prisoner waiting execution.

Iceland’s last case of capital punishment inspires the novel. Agnes Magnusdottir was a real person, as were her victims, Natan Ketilsson and Petur Jonsson. Ketilsson’s brother beheaded her on behalf of the state in 1830, and curious souls can still visit her grave. Kent, an Australian, has lived in Iceland, and she researched her narrative extensively. Yet the heart of the story — how Agnes felt in her last days — is speculative.

Kent’s writing is easy and evocative. She brings 19th century Iceland — with its houses of dusty sod, its frozen fields, and its rocky shores lined with seals — vividly to life. The social context is also fascinating. Denmark rules over the island, and most farmers rent land from absentee owners. Leaseholders hire farmhands and servants to supplement family labour, giving rise to distinct hierarchies — not to mention seasonal romances and conflicts.

The interesting topic, unusual setting, and pleasant writing make this a very enjoyable novel. Ultimately, however, the story fails to build effectively, and Kent’s skill with prose is not strong enough to make up for the narrative’s shortcomings. Enjoyment felt in reading the books first half slowly gives way to worry, and then boredom, as the climax one awaits never appears.

Burial Rites suffers from the ‘premise problem’ — a frequent malady of début writers. It goes like this. You think of a great premise for a book — ‘The last woman executed in Iceland awaits her death at cold northern farm’ — and then, with little further development, you begin to write.

A premise is not a story. It doesn’t involve narrating change, but describing a situation. And that’s what Burial Rites reads like. A long description.

Agnes changes little throughout the novel. In the ‘Author’s Note,’ Kent states she aimed to paint a complex picture of her. She does this effectively, portraying her as much more than a murderess.

But she does nothing else with her. Agnes simply waits at the farm for her death, and then she dies. She is a helpless protagonist reduced to watching other people act and not acting herself.

Hers is a tragic story worth telling. Yet it doesn’t have the momentum to bear 300 pages of text. Combined with a few bumps in the writing — ‘quickly’ and ‘immediately’ shouldn’t appear on the same line; ‘approach’ shouldn’t be used twice in one sentence — and the book is disappointing.

Of course, this critique is set against the massive marketing machine that has promoted Burial Rites to the far corners of the earth. Go into your local bookstore and you’ll probably see it on the front table. It’s not that the book is bad, just that it doesn’t live up to the hype.

Despite its flaws, Burial Rites remains a solid début from a promising new voice. The narrative could use more drive, and its lead characters more development. Nonetheless, it offers a beautiful portrait of a little-known time and place, and a touching profile of a condemned woman who is more victim than perpetrator.


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Most of us probably don’t think of movies when it comes to wellness.  However, I beg to differ.  A good quality movie can be an enriching way to spend a few hours relaxing and taking in someone’s personal story or learning a deeper value of living.  Lately, I’ve been on an oldie but goodie movie kick.  I believe these “classics” have a quality that’s few and far between in today’s modern film industry.  The slow time afforded to build a character without the quickness of special effects can allow an emotional connection to be made without the sharp stimulation that follows immediate gratification.  I am left with a feeling of fulfillment and the takeaway?… good moral values and powerful life lessons learned.  Here are my top 5…

  1. The Bishop’s Wife (Cary Grant and Loretta Young)
  2. The Big Country (Gregory Peck and Carroll Baker)
  3. Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart)
  4. To Catch a Thief (Cary Grant and Grace Kelly)
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I am on a quest to regain my will power and motivation to eat healthy.

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. ”
~ Wayne Dyer

Two and a half years ago I went on a 1200 calorie diet and began taking the diet pill Phentermine. I was able to lose 70 pounds in approximately 8 months and I felt so much better than I had in a long time. Shortly after stopping the pills I became pregnant and, of course, gained weight back quite fast as is normal for someone who had recently lost so much prior to pregnancy.

I am including this photo that show me at my lowest weight, when I was exactly one month from having my youngest (just to show how huge I get when I’m prego so you’ll understand why I end up gaining so much) and the only recent pic I have of myself. Please excuse my chest hanging out, this was at Scarborough Renaissance Festival and I was mighty proud of my accomplishment at the time. Keep in mind that in the most recent pic I have a baby strapped to the front of me!

Since having my baby I was prescribed anti-depressants for postpartum depression and they have caused me to gain over 20 pounds since the birth of my son. I have tried eating better and nothing seems to help, even looking at food makes me gain right now.

After seeing a new doctor today I was informed that Lexapro and other anti-depressants are notorious for causing weight gain and I am going to try to do without them in hopes of getting back down to a healthy weight. She also prescribed the Phentermine for me so that  can get started. In order to remain on the pills I have to lose 10 pounds per month and go in every 30 days to be weighed.

Now, to get myself back down to a 1200 calorie diet…I am in desperate need of getting my motivation and will power back! I also need some new recipes and easy meal ideas. How did I do this before? How did I get myself into the mindset? I seem to have forgotten what motivated me to dedicate myself to it.

“Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.”
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox

I am praying that I will find the motivation to succeed and that I can find the will power to stick with it! With the many diseases associated with obesity that run in my family this is something that I need to do for myself and my family.


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[Feitelson:Book15] Workload Modeling for Computer Systems Performance Evaluation

Foreword/Preface.  The book is partly to explain the intuition and reasoning behind the sophisticated mathematical models.   1994 survey of parallel job scheduling included 76 systems and 638 references.  Practically every paper showed it was better than other schemes.  “If the workload is wrong, the results will be wrong too.”  The workload is the experimental basis; otherwise, a study is based on assumptions rather than measurements, and mathematical techniques are misapplied.

Introduction.  Three factors of performance: system design, implementation, and its workload.  A trivial example is a sorting algorithm.  Three problems: job scheduling by size (scaling), processor allocation (distribution), and load balancing (inference).  Workload classification.  Workload modeling and its many uses in performance evaluation.  Modeling is to generalize to transcend specific observation and recording and to simplify to have as few parameters as possible.  Descriptive models mimic the phenomena in observation.  Generative models capture the process in which the workload is brought about.

6.2 Spatial and Temporal Locality

Locality is ubiquitous [Denning CACM 2005].  8 types of locality in workloads.  Access locality in (1) addresses and pages, (2) file reuse in server, (3) single file access, (4) database and key-value store.  Communication locality (5).  Repetition in (6) network addresses, (7) document retrieval, and (8) function parameters and memory values.  The section runs from page 215 to 231.

6.2.1 Definitions.

Denning’s principle of locality has 3 features: non-uniform reference, slow changing, correlation between immediate past and future.  “Not a precise and measurable definition”

Spatial locality definition is similar to our reference affinity.  A locality is a group of pages.  Spatial regularity.   Popularity [Jin & Bestavros 2000].  (The formal connection between popularity and locality will be established in the new category theory, manuscript in preparation)

6.2.2 Statistical Measures of Locality.  Access probability.  Frequent substrings.  “attach a numerical value that represents the degree of locality”

6.2.3 The Stack Distance.  (Should be called LRU stack distance or reuse distance)  Comparison of reuse distance distribution for an actual and a random trace.  Inter-reference distance [Almasi+ MSPC]  “The most common way to quantify locality is not be statistical measures, but by its effect … by means of a simulation … The stack is maintained using a move-to-front discipline.”

Later sections in 6.2.  Entropy measure of popularity.  IRM.  Pareto distribution of LRU distances.  Markov model of phase transition, limiting distribution (stochastic assumption in [Denning & Schwartz CACM 1972]).  Fractal model (idea also used in the IPDPS 2012 paper by Zhibin Yu).

9.2 Desktop and Workstation Workloads

Many interesting ideas with references.  Benchmarks for different application areas: CPU, parallel, multimedia and games.  The concept of “predicability”.  Load balancing based on Pareto run-time distribution.

Koller et al.  2010 [ref 410 in Feitelson book]  The flood rate: flood the cache with memory lines not reused before eviction (not in its reuse set), so it takes space / applies pressure to peer applications.  The reuse rate: the rate of access to its reuse set.  If the reuse rate is lower than the flood rate, its reuse set tends to be evicted.  The wastage: the space used for non reusable data.

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Monday, August 25, 2014

Black Mob Served Up McDeath at Texas A&M McDonald's, Media Silent

Denton Ward
Denton James Ward
source: MrConservative
August 25, 2014 - Denton James Ward, his girlfriend and two other friends were attacked while on a double date at a McDonald's restaurant near the Texas A&M University campus in College Station. It was the first year of university for the four young white people, who just wanted some burgers and fries a couple of hours past midnight on February 18, 2012.

"Shortly after 2 A.M. that Sunday," wrote David Paulin at American Thinker, "they pulled into the parking lot of so-called 'University McDonald's' and beheld a scene unlike anything portrayed in all those wholesome McDonald's television commercials."

"On that night, there were a reported 400 black men and women loitering in the parking lot, some," without food, some without even shirts. Thinking nothing of the situation, Ward, along with his friend, Tanner Giesen got out of the car and headed to the bathroom while the others in the car took a trip through the drive through," wrote Robert Rich at MrConservative. "Upon exiting the bathroom however, Giesen recalls that he heard one instigator say, 'You’re in the wrong neck of the woods, cowboys.' According to trial testimony, Giesen was hit in the face by a random member of the mob where Ward stepped in to break up the incident."

Knocked down and savagely beaten, stomped on and losing blood through his pulverized face, his friends were able to get him into their car and speed off toward a hospital. In a tragic twist of fate, they were hit by a truck, killing Ward's girlfriend Lauren Bailey Crisp.

It's a gruesome story of race-driven murder, yet it's been ignored by the mainstream media and politicians. "As outrage continues to rage on regarding the death of Mike Brown at the hands of a white officer out of self defense, race hustlers are intentionally ignoring a truly racist murder.

"There’s no doubt that this was a blatant act of racism," Rich wrote, "yet race hustlers like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson remain silent on the home front – at least pertaining to this. As the two only ever speak out if it financially benefits themselves, a black-on-white racist murder does not suit their agenda."

The Mike Brown case is yet to go to court, and there are conflicting eyewitness accounts. Even so, the mob in the streets of Ferguson, along with liberals and similarly weak-minded people around the nation, immediately assumed that the white cop shot and killed Brown just because he was black. Politicians and self-appointed "black leaders" attended the protests over the past week. Some of them attended Brown's funeral today and pretended to care. It's been a media circus, a feeding frenzy. But none of them wants to touch the murder of Denton Ward, who was killed and now ignore just because he is white. The few small publications - like this one - that reported the story and the resulting lawsuit tended to completely omit the race of both the attackers and of the victims.

The deliberate ignorance of the Ward case by the media and liberal politicians is even more absurd when you consider that it led to a $27 million verdict on July 30, 2014 against McDonald’s after a Texas jury found that poor security at the "University McDonald's contributed to the deaths of Ward and Crisp. Seems that the McDonald's store had no security guards or cameras, despite the fact that local police were often called there late at night for trouble. The lead trial counsel for the families of Crisp and Ward said, "The night these two kids died, this was a dangerous location, and McDonald’s knew it. Yet they did nothing to prevent their senseless deaths."

IF that had been a white mob at the McDonald's, and if Ward, Crisp and their friend had been black, you can bet that the media would have made a big deal out of it. That's not how it was, though, and so the same media, the same politicians, the same "black leaders" who've been talking about nothing other than Mike Brown for weeks have been silent about incidents of whites being killed by blacks.

Only one of the Ward's assailants was arrested but sentenced to a mere 90 days in jail for assaulting Ward's friend. Had Ward been black and the assailants white, that would have caused more riots, looting and sympathetic speeches from "black leaders."

Also See:
McDonald's Hit With $27M Verdict Over Texas Teens' Deaths
Black On White Violence: Why It Matters Front Page Mag
Black Cop Kills White Man, Media Hide Race
Ferguson: Another false narrative meant to divide?
Timeline: Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Mo. USA Today


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Gluten-Free Pumpkin Bread
November 2, 2014, 12:37 am
Filed under: Gluten Free, Recipes

Gluten-Free Stew
November 2, 2014, 12:02 am
Filed under: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Recipes

Serves 2

1 tbsp. oil

1 tbsp. tomato paste

2 garlic cloves, minced

1/4 tsp. dried thyme (skipped)

2 cups beef broth

8 ounces cut up red potatoes

1 cup carrots (I used baby carrots)

2 tsp. cornstarch

1 tbsp. gluten-free soy sauce

salt and pepper to taste

1 pound stew meat or sliced sirloin

Cook the oil, tomato paste, garlic and thyme in a pot over medium heat for about a minute.  Pour all of the ingredients into a crock pot and cook on low for 6-7 hours or high 4-5 hours.

Leaf Painting
October 12, 2014, 8:00 pm
Filed under: Crafts, Fall

DSC00122 DSC00123 DSC00125This was a fun fall idea that my kids wanted to do.  We found it in a Martha Stewart Magazine.  First, trace leaves with a pencil onto high quality watercolor paper.  Then erase the pencil marks so that they are barely seen.  Take a wet paintbrush (with water) and fill in the leaves along the pencil parts and then fill in the rest with water.  Finally drop in dots of watercolors and let them swirl around.  The color doesn’t spill outside the shape.

Cork Shoe Insert DIY
October 12, 2014, 7:25 pm
Filed under: Health

We needed a 1 cm cork shoe insert for a leg discrepancy and couldn’t find one anywhere.  We bought some 1 cm cork from Michael’s and made our own.  Here is how we made our own:

1. Take out the insoles and trace them onto the cork.  (Some shoes do not have an easy insole to remove.)  Cut out the new insoles.

2.  I had to cut two and layer them to equal 1 cm.

3.  Cut a piece of moleskin so that it will fit over the entire insole and wrap around the sides. I got this moleskin at Target in the foot section.

4.  Peel off the sticker paper from the back of the moleskin and lay the moleskin on top of the insert.

5.  Wrap the moleskin around the sides to secure both pieces together.  At this point you will try it out in the shoe to see if it fits.  I always have to peel back the moleskin and trim the sides to make it fit.  I even have to cut the bottom layer of the insert so that the toes have room in the shoe.  1 cm makes a big difference in a shoe.

6.  Now you are ready to wear your new insert.  I change them out each quarter so that they stay the height that I need.  They do tend to cave in over time.

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
July 29, 2014, 7:07 pm
Filed under: Gluten Free, Recipes

We made these chocolate chip cookies from Cooking Classy and really liked them.  I did leave out half of the xanthan gum and so they were very crumbly and fell apart.  Next time I will put in the full amount.  They still tasted great!

Gluten Free Bread Recipe
July 29, 2014, 7:01 pm
Filed under: Gluten Free, Recipes

We eat Udi’s Gluten Free bread everyday and it sure adds up!  We tried this bread recipe from Extraordinary Life and really liked it.  It was time consuming and we didn’t have an electric knife to cut it, so it wasn’t cut very well for sandwiches.  It was delicious warm out of the oven though and we will make it again for warm bread.

Gluten-Free Blueberry Muffins
July 29, 2014, 6:53 pm
Filed under: Gluten Free, Recipes

We made these copycat Udi’s blueberry muffins and loved them.  You can find the recipe on Extraordinary Life.

The only change I made was: half the xanthan gum

Be careful to not over bake them.  You can see in the picture I did that with the second batch and they didn’t taste as good.


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The Meaning of Life – PART VI – MID-LIFE CRISES

Before the unrivaled joys of being an unemployable, senile and incontinent senior citizen, one must pass through the wholly depressing stage of life known as ‘mid-life’. No longer attractive to attractive members of its own species, this is typically when the mid-life human squanders its earnings on lavish trinkets to entice attractive, younger mates.

North Korea is incredibly interesting to me, and much like the sixth part of life- and this series of posts- is wholly depressing. Watching the Mass Games, even on youtube, is an incredibly complex, deep, meaningful human expression through dance and music and perfectly executed timing and choreography and sooooo many people are involved at every single step of the way– its like the opening to the Olympics on hyper-drive. Mind boggling, really. That being said, its also really depressing knowing the state of their nation and everything that those poor, stupid, brain-washed people have to endure. It’s almost like a cult nation at this point, where dissent from within (from any outside perspective anyway) is undetectable. I highly recommend reading George Orwell’s 1984, and then learning as much as you can about North Korea.

North Korea is like the home-schooled kid on the global stage of nations. You can try to have an intelligent conversation with them, but then they want to bring up their crazy beliefs that only they believe and so it becomes impossible to take them seriously and not just feel sort of bad for them. Because it not their fault! North Koreans love their leader because they’re programmed to from the earliest age, and those who still don’t love their leader are soon weeded out and taken to work camps. Being a Canadian and knowing that North Korea has a rather beautiful climate, I wonder if I could get into one of the nicer more progressive work camps and just make a little life for myself. Dreams.

Best Things About Dictatoring:

  • Ability to enforce your will on others, such as unified acceptance of “dictatoring” as a verb.
  • Yes-men – lots of them. I hear lots of people on movies and TV shows who say they don’t want ‘yes-men’. I do, give them to me. How nice would it be to have three or four guys around everytime you decide something to be like: “Nice one, boss.”
  • Concubines
  • Access to all substances and pleasures forbidden in your nation.
  • Diplomatic Immunity.
  • Hardest working slaves.

* I haven’t seen (or heard much yet about) the new S B Cohen movie The Dictator so although it seems I’m trying to be somehow current or something, I’m not intentionally– I think it’s more focused on the kind of guy who runs one of those “Mohammed’s Mind-Slaves” places, anyway.

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  1. The Hook says:

    Fantastic post, my friend!

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Red Letter Day!

This morning I had a first.

My first ever radio interview! Cheryl Morgan of Ujima Radio in the UK took the time to chat with me about ‘Lex Talionis’, my life as a West Indian and my science fiction influences, among other things. I was so nervous! Hope no one hears it in my voice.

In any case, Cheryl assured me she would edit it so I didn’t sound like an idiot, so I’m going to rely on that to save me.

In other news, I’ve been busy updating around here. You’ll find that the first chapter of ‘Lex Talionis’ is up on this website for your reading pleasure. If you want to know why Publisher’s Weekly called it a ‘stunning debut’, feel free to take a gander. If you like what you see, go ahead and follow the links lying around here to Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

If you don’t like either of these sites, you can check out my other links on my newly updated ‘Lex News’ page. All the sites that sell ‘Lex Talionis’ are now listed there, as well as all my recent interviews and reviews.

I also have a great new reader review up on Goodreads, for which I must profusely thank the writer. It has excerpts and everything and she clearly put a lot of time and effort into explaining why she thought ‘Lex Talionis’ deserved five stars. It made my day!

And now back to slacking off a bit, because I’m on a short vacation and it couldn’t have come at a better time. The World Cup is on, guys! Go Brasil! Go Germany! Go Argentina! Go every African nation in the Cup! I’m rooting for you all!

But mostly for Brasil!

Stay thirsty, my friends.

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We receive new inventory on a monthly basis and rarely repeat a print. This is our brand differential and selling point. Our 60 days policy will ensure that your stock always looks fresh and interesting, helping you to promote the product, maximize sales and generate good sell through.

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I just recently ran into some issues with my Linode virtual private server after my last PHP (Nginx/Php-Fpm) update.  I started getting the following error: PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library ‘/usr/lib/php/modules/apc.so’ – /usr/lib/php/modules/apc.so: undefined symbol: pcre_exec in Unknown on line 0 I also received the same error on my other Linode […]

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tech@SaigonNezumi Update for 4/4/2012

Got a long update to tech@SaigonNezumi today including yesterday’s launch of Instagram for Android users. 🙂

1. Instagram released for Android users

What many of us Android users have been waiting for.  Instagram has finally released their popular app for Android phones. Currently more then 2000 users are downloading Instagram for Android per minute. (more…)

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New Salon Furniture – Beauty Planet Salon Design

Beauty Planet, professional salon designers, has recently launched high quality salon furniture.

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We have Switch Silver Drapes Double Kite, Switch Marble Gold Double Lounge, Switch Product Family. Cool Ice and many more..

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Brahmin ‘Starfish’ Handbags!!!!

I’m so excited to share with you an AMAZING find that will bring nautical flare to your spring and summer wardrobe. I’m pretty particular when it comes to handbags. I like my bags and wallets to be well made, easy to use, and I always love brands that are made in America. Recently, I came across the ‘Nautical Style Collection by Brahmin and fell in love! I treated myself to the ‘Anytime Tote’ and ‘Soft Checkbook Wallet’ and I couldn’t resist the ‘Annabelle Satchel’ for my daughter!

I love the fact that Brahmin is a family-owned handbag company producing classically beautiful and functional handbags that are of the highest quality. Each bag is made in Rhode Island, and of course I love their schooner logo! Here’s some of my favorite pieces from the nautical collection. Happy Shopping!!

Anytime Tote!

Soft Check Book Wallet!

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Final Fantasy 1 (NES) Review

[Note i haven’t written one of these in a while so i apologise if its bad]

Final Fantasy 1 is NES RPG by Square (now part of Square Enix) and the first in a long lone of successful games. Ironically it got its name feom the fact Square believedit would be their final game.

At first glance i personally believe the game has aged alot. While the music and graphics were nice there were a few things i didn’t like. First was how weaponsan armor worked. Instead of an equipment screen with everything in it each character had their ‘bags’ for weapons and armor. To me that seemed pointless and to top it off you are only given money at start so its easy to accidentally leave the town without anything and get quickly screwed over.
Final Fantasy (U) [!]-1

Other than a feeling of slowness probably caused by age/ lack of animations the gameplay itself was quite simple and easy although i did notice something really annoying.

Like the fact you don’t start with any equipment Mages don’t have any magic. Meaning if you did what i mentioned above you’ll essentially be left with pieces of paper on your team. And then there’s the intelligence bug in the NES version as well which causes the game to ignore intelligence altogether making the Red Mage just as good as the White Mage at healing making the latter almost pointless.

Final Fantasy (U) [!]-2

Overall while the game was popular back when it was released it may not be that special anymore since RPG’s have been improved alot since then. However its still worth a tey if you’re curious enough.

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Two for Tuesday #13 – Blood Soaked Regrets

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Each week Andy’s Two for Tuesday Challenges get more interesting, and harder to achieve. This week Andy demanded blood, of a sort:

‘Since this is Challenge #13, I felt two sinister prompts were in order. Here is this week’s two-fer:

Standard Prompt:
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You have lots of creative leeway. The limit is 200 words. The words can be used:

  • simply as a point of inspiration and do not have to be used directly
  • they can be included exactly as provided
  • or each word can be used independently of each other (for example if Death Row was the prompt instead of crafting a story about an inmate on the way to the gallows, you might write something like: Despite feeling like death from an excess of cheap vodka consumed the night before, Evelyn moved on to planting her next row of spinach).

Non-Standard Prompt:
This week’s alternative prompt is a senario:

Thumping and yelling is heard coming from next door through the paper thin apartment walls.  When Mark flushes after using the toilet, the bowl clogs and backs up with copious amounts of blood.

As per usual with the Non-Standard Prompt there is no word limit (to allow for more in depth explorations) but there is a minimum of 200 words.’

Blood Soaked Regrets (341 words)

Despite repeated flushing, the blood continued to rise. It had been a monster of a nosebleed, but that didn’t explain the ruby liquid heading towards him.

Mark shook his head, carefully, and sat down. That was the last time he made a joke about Judy’s bloating. Obviously it was all right for her to comment on how pregnant she looked, but not him. And he’d have been so happy if she had been pregnant instead of just a fat cow.

His bare legs hugged the porcelain. It was cool and soothing. His head throbbed while his body glowed with embarrassment or shock, he wasn’t sure which. He hadn’t seen the punch coming, and its force had gone right through him: into his nose, along his jaw, spreading across his shoulders. As he’d faltered and collapsed to his knees, pain had shot upwards into his hips. He was a wreck. He leant forward and rested his head on the edge of the bowl, relieved that he’d had the presence of mind to clean the toilet only that morning.

He relished the calm of the bathroom. Despite the blood pumping through his head, and the occasional bird singing, it was quiet. He could no longer hear Celia and Tom going hammer and tongs. They’d been at it during his bruised knee shuffle, while both hands cupped his nose and blood leaked between his fingertips, leaving a trail he had yet to wipe up. He thought his nose had stopped dripping now, but he was just going to sit there until the world stopped spinning and his brain settled back into its default position inside his skull.

A while later, he lifted his head and looked down. The water was lower and paler, his ghost image floated in rosewater. Celia was obviously up to her tricks again. But his face needed a half hour or so under an icepack before he went next door to make sure Tom had only been screaming that the toilet and the waste disposal were not the same thing.

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June 24, 2013 at 8:21 pm

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  1. Totally unexpected and such a shock for him. He had to pay the price for scorning a woman. Effectively written

    June 25, 2013 at 1:17 am

    • He definitely paid for speaking out of turn. Thanks for reading.

      Sarah Ann

      June 26, 2013 at 7:20 pm

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Frustrations, and all the things that make my life bright and beautiful (Explicit)

Phase 1: The utterly unpleasant turn of events

It was such a lame boring school life. I was only around the University for a day since we keep on having multiple class suspensions throughout the week. Two freaking typhoons in a week. And oh I have never been pissed off my entire life by hearing cancelled classes. I was looking forward to how great this week is going to be, hell it turned out a complete train wreck. It was supposed to be our much awaited retreat trip from Monday until Wednesday, to this heavenly-peaceful looking place. But to our surprise, it was cancelled a night before, for the reason that there’s a storm and it’s gonna be a massive rain throughout the entire week based on the weather forecast. Monday came and there’s no sign of a heavy pouring rain. Only a beautiful sunny day perfect for a morning stroll. Amazing. All that I can do to my 3-day free time is to fatten up by eating the snacks I bought for the trip, and loathe upon making my religion class scrapbook.

Phase 2: I fucked my way spiraling down

Yet again, I have done nothing entirely productive but crawl under the warm sheets of my blanket, and waste my life in the depths of the internet. As I was lurking around social media, I saw people posting photographs of newly bought books from an event that is currently happening. I began to get curious seeing captions tagged with word combinations of book fair, and sale. I gazed through the broken glass of my most precious ipod as I read the titles Manila International Book Fair 2014. Such words could make any readers’ heart race. There I realized, I have to go! Tomorrow if not later. I was feeling uneasy at 3 in the morning, being unable to breathe for awhile because I was filled with excitement and the ideas of where in the world would I squeeze the money I need for this event. And there I am almost crying myself to sleep with frustrations of how incredibly broke I am. Everyone that I knew asked me to get my parents to help. But If you really know me well, you would understand that it’s a bad idea for the fact that I hate the feeling of having to owe someone money, specially when it’s for my own amusement. Also, I don’t think my mother would love the idea of it. Oh, that made me remember the first time I asked to buy a book. It was like a sudden terror that made her shiver. She bought it for me but you can still see the disgust in her face while saying “hindi mo naman kailangan ng maraming libro” (Mom, I asked for a book not meth), and that was basically the main reason why I stopped asking my parents to buy me anything unless of course it’s necessary.

So did I go to the book fair? NO. Unfortunately, the second typhoon just came in the morning. Behold the unstoppable downpour that flooded the entire NCR and spoiled me the chance of having to go.

Phase 3: And It doesn’t stop there

So we all know about the massive typhoon hitting the Philippines right now, and the unbelievable floods that make waves in the streets of Manila. So here I am watching the news, impressed on how the flood levels are worse than I’ve imagined, asking myself, how am I not surprised by these? And holy fuck I am not surprised because this shit happens literally every fucking year. I am so annoyed by how the media reacts at this particular event, like this isn’t a yearly encounter. Excuse me, you should fucking know these things by now. And I can’t help but blame everything in the local government (yep, sarah blame it all in the government), just because I feel like there isn’t anything they’re doing to remedy something like this. You fucking have an entire year and what have you done? Implement anti-selfie bills, steal people’s money and distribute it to corrupt officials, give fucking persona non gratas for being butthurt, accepting bails from murderers, sex offenders, and just anyone fucking famous who breaks the law apparently. One year and you could have probably fixed drainage systems, public highways, something that could help resolve the yearly flood incidents. Has anyone tried? No? Fuck this country. I’m done.

One thing. So I’m staying at my dorm in Manila. Received an update that my Media Law exams (which was postponed due to some incident) will finally be on Monday at 6pm. I realized that every handouts, and notes that I have are currently back at home which is a 2 hour drive from here. I have to go back home and study, but the flood makes it difficult to do so. Let’s just say I’m currently stranded but physically comfortable.


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Day of Silence

…I’m house-sitting and while I’m there I don’t have internet access anyway. A blessing and a curse. Perhaps it will turn ou, mostly a blessing. It’s a gorgeous setting and there are rooms and shelves full of books and movies, a cozy fireplace, and the prettiest hilltop views of the Valley. I like to peek out the window and try to find my friends’ houses, everything looking small and still like a ceramic town under a Christmas tree.

More importantly, I wanted to use this space to give my deepest condolences and warmest thoughts to Colleen of From Here Now (Colleen also runs the Bethlehem Co-op blog).

A few weeks ago, Colleen mentioned her cat Irie had to spend a lot of time at the vet after becoming ill. Irie was on the mend and in that time, her photo was submitted to a contest of “Holiday Pet Photos” through the facebook page of the vet. The rules were simple: the photo with the most “likes” would win a gift card to the vet.

Irie cat and her personal Christmas tree.

Between working more closely with Colleen once again via Co-op meetings, and helping find votes for Irie online, I feel like I learned a lot about this little precious cat. By the end of the contest, Irie had nearly 300 “likes” (and came in second by less than 10 votes – thanks everybody!).

The best part of the contest was reading the comments under Irie’s photo, people rooting for her and asking Colleen questions about her name and such. Seeing the “like” number jump every few days as more and more people, many whom Colleen never met, showed their small support to this cat in the hopes of helping to pay for medical costs.

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Yesterday I found out that Irie passed away. While I could go on about the loss of pets,or how meaningful and loving they are to us, this is a very personal thing for Colleen – so I want to share her lovely tribute to Irie the cat.

Read FROM HERE NOW: Everything Gonna Be Irie

I will end with this. After my first dog died when I was finishing high school, my mother and I contemplated getting another after some time. The sting of the death was still so raw, I told my Mom I didn’t know if I could do it again, knowing that some day all living things will die. She taught me a simple and true lesson that day:

“You can’t not love something just because you’re afraid one day it won’t be there anymore.”

(Thanks, Mom. R.I.P. Irie the cat.)

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  1. Thanks so much for this, Jaime. It was so lovely to see how people rallied around her in her last days, even though we didn’t realize her end was near. Ironically, that gift card ended up giving her the greatest gift of peace. You are a very kind woman, and your compassion is an inspiration.

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In light of all the “stuff” swirling around us – you know, the marriage equality, confederate flag, Women’s World Cup Soccer team’s  (totally unfair)compensation, etc., blah, oy  – let’s step off this wild ride and see if we can’t clear our vision.

Here’s an example of how we can get it wrong.  Thank you, Purple Clover https://www.facebook.com/purpleclvr:

Let’s try this simple suggestion, made famous by Monty Python – and you may sing if you’re so moved:

Always look on the bright side of life.

Let’s look for the good in our friends, neighbors, family, and ourselves – just for a little while, at least.  Who knows what we might discover when we train our sights on the wonderful things around us.

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52 Ancestors: 7- GGGG Grandfather John Danson

52ancestorsAmy at No Story Too Small has come up with a new challenge for 2014 - to write a post  each week on a specific ancestor.

When I began researching my family history I hoped to get back through the census returns to the early 19th century, so I far exceeded my expectations by discovering    my four times great grandfather John Danson of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. John was baptised at St. Chad's Church, Poulton-le-Fylde,  Lancashire, on 19th September 1736, son of Peter Danson, husbandman of Poulton.

St. Chad's Church, Poulton-le-Fylde
John's marriage was traced in the Poulton Parish Register for 20th May 1757 where he was described as " of Thornton in the  parish of Poulton".  His wife was Margaret Fayle - father Henry.

John and Margaret proved to be long living, with Margaret buried at Poulton on 26th December 1815 aged 85 and John dying six years later, also aged 85, buried at Poulton on 30th May 1821.

John made his will on 29th December 1813 and this document was traced in Lancashire Record Office:  It conveys something about his standing in the community, his level of education and confirmed the names of grandchildren. It is the little personal touches which give a picture on important possessions at the time:

 This is the last Will and Testament of me, John Danson of the Holme Nook within Great Carleton, yeoman. ……..

I bequeath to my son Henry my desk and all my books...to my daughter Jennet, wife of John Bryning, my corner cupboard now standing in the parlour of my house and my meal chest in the room above......

To my dear wife Margaret……my household goods, furniture, plate, china and implements as she may think necessary to keep hous with and to be enjoyed by her during her life ……..and all the rest residue of my household goods…..to my son Henry and Jennet equally to be divided……
And as to for and concerning  all my messuages (?), lands, tenements and heriditaments……my personal estate and effect, I give devise and bequeath  to my said Henry his heirs executors.

And from and after the death of my said daughter Jennet or after the death of my said wife, I give and bequeath the said sum of £800 equally unto and amongst all and every one of my grandchildren Richard, Thomas, Jennet, Margaret, Betty and John, sons and daughters of my said daughter Jennet.

And lastly I nominate and appoint my said son Henry and my grandsons, John Danson and Richard Bryning, Trustees and Executors”

A search in the Death Duty Records held at the National Archives confirmed the death on 27th May 1821 of John Danson, late of Holmenook.   The statement also confirmed the legatees of Margaret Danson (wife),  Henry Danson (son), Jennet Bryning (daughter), and grandchildren Richard Bryning, Jenny Chadwick, Thomas Bryning, Margaret Bryning, Betty Bryning and John Bryning.

Only two children Henry and Jennet are named in John's will.  However Poulton Parish Register,  transcribed on http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/,  confirmed the baptism of an earlier Henry in 1757 - buried in 1762,  Ellen baptised 28th May 1763, and also the burial  of Margaret aged 7 months in 1772.  What happened to Ellen remains a puzzle - more research needed here!

Unfortunately with John Danson,  I  hit the proverbial brick wall, as I have been unable to find any further information on his father Peter - and here the search for my direct Danson ancestors seems to have come to a halt.

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Heading : Georgian glass wine funnel
Date : 1780-1820
Origin : England
Colour  : Clear
Bowl : Ogee
Size : 16cm tall with a 6.6cm bowl
Condition : Excellent, no chips or cracks
Restoration : None
Weight : 100 grams

This glass wine funnel is directly analagous to Gorge III- George IV silver wine funnels. Silver examples have silver strainers, glass examples would be lined with muslin to catch sediment. The bend in the stem forces wine onto the inside of the decanter and the larger surface area promotes aeration of wine.

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Under Westminster Bridge

It’s always important to keep an open mind and learn from other photographers. While in London, I took a walk along the South Bank and noticed another photographer crouched in the passageway under Westminster Bridge. He had found the perfect angle for the situation and I took over his spot after he left. The low winter sun bouncing off the warm stone gave a lovely glow and the view of the Palace of Westminster through the archway was very nice. I didn’t have my tripod, so this was a handheld shot at 100 ISO and f6.7, with a shutter speed of 1/90. Usually that is too slow, but I braced myself on the wall behind and tried to hold my breath as I took the shot. To my surprise, it turned out reasonably well. I tried to bring out the warm tones a little in LR and overall, I really like the end result.


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Tuesday, 25 December 2012

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!
Wishing you all a blessed and joyous time!
Love from Scrap Africa

Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Winners Announced - Sketch #11

Hi Everyone

It is always so great to see the different interpretations of our sketch challenges, and you certainly did not disappoint! We loved all the entries and say a BIG thanks to everyone who entered this challenge!
With every challenge it just gets harder to choose the winners!

So here we go, with the top 4 projects! There are 4 top projects this month, as 3 layouts had exactly the same number of points!

Congratulations to Lisa-Marie Watling with this beautiful layout!
We loved the colouring and the precious photo's!
Just one stunning layout!

Super layout Kirsty! We love that mask you used and the fresh feel of your layout!
Well done!

Such a beautiful interpretation of the sketch!
So soft, delicate and fabulous!

Gorgeous heritage layout and the soft colouring so super!
Very well done!

Congratulations ladies, we really loved your creativity!

We would love to see more of your work and so invite Lisa-Marie Watling and Kirtsy Vittetoe as Guest Designers for up-coming challenges. Please contact evgeniapetzer@gmail.com.

Now for the random prizes.

Firtsly the 7Gypsies/Tim Holtz prize from Estony's.

Congratulations  Эльби  please contact denise@tynox.co.za to claim your prize!

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The winner of the Fabscraps goodies is Canica!

Congratulations Canica! Please contact evgeniapetzer@gmail.com

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Just a reminder that our Filmstrip challenge is underway and the due date is 31 December.

Enjoy the Christmas festivities and celebrations!
Have a super day!

Saturday, 15 December 2012

Challenge #12 - Filmstrip

Hi Everyone

10 days and counting and then Christmas is upon us! I hope that your Christmas shopping is done and that you can enjoy the family festivities and celebrations.

We have a new challenge today and the "Filmstrip" is the subject of this challenge. Elizna is hosting this challenge! Show us your artistic talents and create a project using a filmstrip! Camera, Lights and Action!!!!

Challenge №12, Filmstrip, due to December the 14th

I am so excited to introduce our Special Guest Designer this month, it is no other, than the amazing  Romy Veul!!!

My name is Romy Veul and I'm a 19-year-old scrapaholic from the Netherlands. I study Dutch language & linguistics in Amsterdam and when I'am not studying, I love to be creative in some way. Since primary school I have always had a creative hobby (making jewelry, 3D cards, flower arranging etc.), but after a while I always started looking for something new. That was until I was put in touch with scrapbooking. What a wonderful way to combine my love for creativity and my passion for photos. I am still hooked to creating both layouts and cards and photography has grown into a hobby too! I love to try different styles: from shabby chic & vintage to bold & colourful, though I tend to love the shabby chic/vintage style most lately. No matter what style I try, I almost always incorporate lots of layers and details in my work. I think they are my signature. I am currently designing for Bo Bunny, Once Upon a Sketch and Zeus&Zoe.
You can find more of my work on my blog: www.scrapstuffandmore.blogspot.com

Romy created this beautiful layout for our challenge.

Our other guest designer is Tina.

Here is what Tina had to say:
Hi, my name is Tina from the Netherlands. I love being creative. I first started sewing clothes for my daughter and working with polymer clay. A few years back I started to make cards and scrapbook layouts. Being creative is my "time of peace", after a long day. If you want to see more of my work you can visit my blog: www.tinascraftworld.blogspot.com

My project for this challenge is called "a woman in the desert". The picture was taken a few years ago in Egypt, while visiting a Bedouin tribe.

Now here is what our Design Team created. To see further details of their work please click on their name to be directed to their blog.

I have had this Creative Imaginations film strip for ages.

Our sponsor this month is

The prize is 2 cute button packs.  One randomly chosen winner, will find these buttons in their Christmas stocking!!! ;-)

Secondly, our faithful sponsor FabScraps
Check out the wonderful goodies below.

You have until 31st December to upload your projects.

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Scrap Africa in the new Scrap Affairs Magazine

Hi Everyone

We are featured in the new Scrap Affairs magazine, where you can read all about the Design Team and the site itself.

Here is just a little sample.

You can find the Scrap Affairs at CNA or your local scrapbook shop.

Have a great evening!

Monday, 3 December 2012

Results - Challenge 11 - Chevrons

Hello Everyone

Firstly, thanks to everyone for entering this challenge! We had a record 42 entries and this made for some very difficult choices! So once again, thank you so much for playing along! We loved seeing your projects and creativity.

So the top 3 projects were these.

We absolutely love the colouring and the background work of Yvonne's layout! Really a fabulous layout! The chevrons and circles are superb! Congratulations Yvonne!
(Apologies for the size of this image, but it cannot be copied at all and so you just need to click on the link above to take you to the actual post.)

 This is such a cute layout and is just as the title says "Fun"! We love the clean lines and the fabulous accents!
Well done Carol!

The layering is really great and the banners, accents and border! A super photo too!
Fabulous project!

Congratulations ladies! You did an awesome job!

Yvonne and Carol, we would love to see some more of your work and would like to invite you to guest design on an upcoming challenge.  Please contact Evgenia at evgeniapetzer@gmail.com

Now for the goodies up for grabs!

Firstly the R250 valued prize from celebr8

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Congratulations Lisa-Marie Watling!
Please contact Evgenia at evgeniapetzer@gmail.com to claim your prize.

Secondly, my little giveaway below.

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Congratulations Denise E. Sachet
Please send your details to denise@tynox.co.za.

Thanks to everyone again for your participation and support!

Saturday, 1 December 2012

Sketch no.12

Hi Everyone

Can you believe it? It is 01 December and the start of the silly season!!! ;-)
I am certainly getting into the Christmas spirit and hope that you are too.

We have a new sketch up today and hope that you will play along with us.

Our special guest designer this month is Natasha Naranjo Aguirre

Natasha says: My greatest passion is scrap booking. I called my blog "Moments of Tranquility" because my moments of tranquility are the moments that I am able to scrap about the loves of my life...my husband and my children.To me, it is a form of expressing my emotions and portraying them in a form of art known as scrap booking. I am currently on the Design Team for The Dusty Attic, Simply Renee Inc., Donna Salazar Designs, Pion Design, Zva Creative and Green Tara, so am a very happy and busy scrapper.
Please come and visit me at Moments of Tranquility as I would love for you to say HI.

Natasha created this beautiful layout.
The detail is just fabulous!

Our second guest designer is Shinobu Hiramatsu from Japan.
I am sure she would love you to pop in at her blog:
Peek a Boo Scrap

Shinobu Hiramatsu  created this amazing layout below. The colouring is super!

Our in-house Design Team has also been fervently creating, and these are their fabulous layouts, in alphabetical order.

We hope that these wonderful projects will inspire you and get those creative juices flowing! ;-)

There are 2 random prizes up for grabs.

Firstly, check out these amazing goodies from FabScraps

Secondly, we have a lovely prize from Estony's Scrapbooking.

Here is what you can win. A 7Gypsies/Tim Holtz feast!

You have until 14 December to upload your projects.

Be festive, be happy, be creative!

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Blog – Final: No. 18 Mississippi State 4, Michigan State 2 (with video)

Records: Miss. State (7-4) Mich. State (4-4)

Attendance: N/A

Game time: 2:36

Winning pitcher: Ross Mitchell (1-0)

Losing pitcher: Cam Vieaux (0-1)

Save: None

Play of the game: Redshirt freshman Daniel Garner had a pinch hit RBI single in the eighth inning htat proved to be the game winner.

Big inning: 8th: MSU entered the bottom of the eighth inning trailing 2-1. They scored three runs to pick up the victory.

Top Dawg: C.T. Bradford: The senior had four hits and sparked the Bulldog offense.

Stat of the game: 6 2/3: The number of scoreless innings Ross Mitchell tossed in relief for the Bulldogs.

Multiple hits: Miss. State (C.T. Bradford 4, Brett Pirtle 2) Mich. State (Blaise Salter 2)

Quote of the game:

“That was fun. I’m ready to go in this locker room with this group of guys. I’m excited about what’s to come tomorrow.” – MSU senior CF C.T. Bradford

Song to describe game: How do You Like Me Now? by Toby Keith – Daniel Garner should be saying this to every girl tonight.

MSU head coach John Cohen

MSU senior CF C.T. Bradford

MSU redshirt freshman Daniel Garner

What it means: It is the first come-from-behind win for the Bulldogs this season. They did that a ton last year. They need to use this as a springboard for the rest of the weekend.

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Edinburgh Summer Program | Pepperdine University | Seaver College

Edinburgh Summer Program

Program Overview

Scottish Hospitality

I saw a stranger yestreen;

I put the food in the eating place,

Drink in the drinking place,

Music in the listening place;

And, in the sacred name of the Triune,

He blessed myself and my house,

My cattle and my dear ones.

And the lark said in her song,

Often, often, often,

Goes the Christ in the stranger's guise;

Often, often, often, Goes the Christ in the stranger's guise.

— Old Gaelic Rune recovered by Kenneth Macleod

One of the most challenging and life changing experiences that the Pepperdine Theatre Program offers is the Edinburgh Summer Program. Pepperdine's Theatre department has participated in the International Edinburgh Fringe Festival since 1985. This popular, bi-annual, international program always runs at full capacity and is exclusively for theatre majors. The Edinburgh program draws on the strengths of both Scottish and American theatre traditions, with a commitment to international collaboration through co-creation by artists from both Pepperdine and Scotland.

In the summer of 2012 the Pepperdine Theatre Program was awarded a Scotsman's Fringe First Award for innovation and outstanding new writing for the world premiere of Why Do You Stand There in the Rain? by Scottish playwright Peter Arnott. In the summer of 2013 students toured this production throughout the lowlands and highlands of Scotland including performances at the Traverse Theatre, Eden Court in Inverness, and the Mull Theatre located on the magical Isle of Mull. This eight-week summer program, under the direction of Professor Cathy Thomas-Grant begins with a week in the Scottish Highland village of Glenelg, moves on to Glasgow, and finally culminates in performances at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh. For more than 25 years, generations of alumni have described this trip as the most transformative part of their Pepperdine experience.

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Type: Audio
Price: $6.00

Audio CD of selected songs from the book "Gītasaṁskṛtam Book (Bengaluru Edition) (GB103)". Volume 2 in this series is "Geyasaṁskṛtam - Audio CD (AP102)" and "Geyasaṁskṛtam - Book (GB102)"

Alternatively you can purchase and download the audio directly from google play store by clicking this link: Gītasaṁskṛtam (गीतसंस्कृतम्)

(Note: You will be leaving this samskritabharatiusa bookstore site and entering google playstore. You will require a google account to complete your purchase.)

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Harold L. Smith
Unaffiliated Independent Scholar

The Issue of 'Equal Pay for Equal Work' in Great Britain, 1888-1975

To support research on the issue of equal pay for equal work in Great Brit- ain, 1888-1975.

Project fields:
British History

Travel to Collections, 11/83 - 5/85

Research Programs

Total amounts:
$500 (approved)
$500 (awarded)

Grant period:
7/1/1985 – 8/31/1985