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Tuesday, January 03, 2012

I was asked yesterday on facebook, did I have airconditioning in our house .... ???? The answer was NO!!! ... considering it was 41C I wish we did have airconditioning.  However, I remember saving the undermentioned and want to share it with you ...

 Checking out at the grocery store recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. I apologized and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days." The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations."
She was right about one thing -- our generation didn't have the green thing in “Our” day.
So what did we have back then…? After some reflection and soul-searching on "Our" day here's what I remembered we did have.... Back then, we returned milk bottles, lemonade bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles repeatedly. So they really were recycled. But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.
Back then, we washed the baby's nappies because we didn't have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right. We didn't have the green thing back in our day.
Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of Western Australia. In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn petrol just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right. We didn't have the green thing back then.
We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn't have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the train, tram or a bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mothers into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest fish and chip shop.
We did as we were asked BECAUSE WE RESPECTED OUR PARENTS. But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?

Teresa said...

Know what you mean! I've been using the same baskets for shopping that I've been using for over 20 years.

How long to green thingys last?

Spinayarn99 said...

NOT LONG ... especially after you wash them !!!


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TOTC09: The Beauty of Tasting Rooms

Posted in Events, Reviews on July 14th, 2009 by Josh

tales While the sessions at Tales of the Cocktail are wonderfully interesting and informative, another big draw at TOTC are the tasting rooms. At any given time over the course of the day, there are usually 3-4 rooms running simultaneously, and there are usually at least 3 sessions per day per room. So when you do the math, there ended up being about 40 different tasting rooms over the course of the event. Of course, not every tasting room is dedicated to one individual brand, either. There was a cognac tasting room, a scotch tasting room, and so on.

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Monday, September 04, 2006

The One Where Joe Moved Out

Wala lang. Ang sad. Joedude roomed with me for the last 5 months and it was a blast. It was nice pouring out my girl shit troubles and hearing a sane guy's point of view. What I'll miss most about having Joe as my roommate:
  • our impromptu singing-at-the-top-of-our-lungs sessions. (usually done if we want to fall asleep)
  • pigging out on something that I cooked rather horribly
  • watching lotsa DVD, especially Friends.
  • listening and singing "OO" by UpDharmaDown, and most of all,
  • just plain hanging out and talking. And having someone to cry on when I'm out-psychoing myself.
Yep, Joe is just one cool dude. I actually cried when he left. I'm gonna miss the big slug.

And to answer everybody's question: Nope, Boa's not moving in.

I'm happy the way things are.

So this is how Monica felt when Rachel left the aprtment.

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All Aboard the Fail Train! (Note to Newbies)

Welcome to Sporks are Useless! A blog of random, useless, spork-like spam spontaneously posted by 2 authors, Hikari and Dancing Toast, twin girls with no lives, cranky and sarcastic attitudes, chaotically insane minds, and occasional violent mood swings. We will be responsible for making your visit to XXYYZ-I as frightening entertaining as possible.
Enjoy your stay at Sporks Are Useless and check out the blogs we follow on our profile!
See you on the dark side of the moon!
~The Sporks Team, Hikari and DancingToast

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Graphics and Facts

I shall now post my avatars that u can use for blogger or whatever, I don't own the pictures used.

gimme comments on em! or emails or whatever u want!

Ive also done signatures, but ill do that in another post!

NEWS! Before we had any followers, I tried to do contests but it didnt work. Now since we have followers, Ill post stuff next time about contests.

IN Hikari's profile, she states she made this blog. That is true, but I created XXYYZ-I
So technically, I should be the ruler. Im the happy one! You dudes dont wanna live in an evil place. Which brigns me to fact number 2. The Evil Umpire of Darth Vader is near XXYYZ-I. Maybe were in a starwars movie!

Friday, January 30, 2009

ive been at Hogwarts, sorry.

The Floss is here.
Lately I've been doing a lot of
computer graphics.
Avatars, signatures,
if you'd like to see them, COMMENT.
and also to our viewers who actually view,
AJ, MuseOfRandomness (hope i spelled correctly)
Please spread the word about sporks and XXYYZ-I

Now enough about the blog, lets talk about me!
Ive decided to start posting on ElmoLvoesYou, SO please
Check it out. Ill be posting parodies and stuff about FlossingSunshine,
but Ill also post stuff about the girl behind the BellBottom pants and hippy ribbons.
yes you'll find out mroe about me, and my friends.
And also short stories I've written. Such as, The King WHo Loved O.J. which i may or may not post. you decide.
And also, If you gyus wanna contact me, gimme comments outside the blog, please do so at

Monday, January 26, 2009

Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy Chinese New Year!
And happy birthday Mr. [InsertName]!!!!
So anyway, it's Chinese New Year today, people, and I'm super happy because I have blessed rice and you don't! Also because it's the year of the ox/ moo-cow, which is me and Hikari's Chinese Zodiac Birth Year!!!!!!!
So yeah, just thought you guys might wanted to know..........

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Leo & Aeris Caramell Dansen

For fans of VG Cats, this is them doing the Caramell Dansen dance. Enjoyyyy~~~~

Saturday, January 10, 2009

A friend of mine, Mari mention something about the song caramell dansen. (we lurve that song now)

It sounds like this

Dan send me ohs,
eat a handbag,
yours only yours,
dolores 'fraid of dance dance,
its no lie,
'rissa in the club sayn',
"meh and meh mari are caramelldansen!"

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Tour of Volde*Mart

Hello and welcome to Planet XXYYZ-I's favorite store, Volde*Mart!
Here, you can buy a selective choice of items and wizarding supplies, so, are you ready to have a tour of this wondrous store??!!!TOO BAD!!!!!!YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE ANYWAY!!!!!!

We have many of the things that you have in a typical Earth store, except that you have much more advanced things here than on Earth, as seen in Hikari's post of "Tour of XXYYZ-I".

Let's skip all the boring supplies like kitchen appliances, shall we? If you feel any discomfort during the tour, you may signal for one of my trusty spaghetti bunnies to assist you.

Now onto the wizard section of Volde*Mart.

Here, we have the wands of any shape, length, magic type, and core in many different assortments. Feel free to come on down and a specialized employee to help you find the perfect wand!

Over here, we have Powder Avada Kedavra, which is a lethal powder used in potions and war supplies since we are currently fighting alongside Vader. We have some lovely mad scientist kits that have this powder as an ingredient. Children, please do not play with these kits without adult supervision as these could be explosive, destructive, flammable, etc. Also, if you are not able do conduct the potion, and are frustrated at it, we suggest you return it if you value your sanity. Thank you.

Kill Potter/Voldy/Malfoy/Twilight characters /etc. plushies that are taken care of greatly, and with your new wand, you can blast it to bits! Or Cruciate it if you want, it's programmed to squeal and writhe in pain and agony and terror.

We also have guns and wands and light sabers and a special kit to transform it into waber-gun, but these packages are tightly locked with a special code that only works if you have a scanned licence for waber-guns. Waber-guns now have a special edition that shoots out cologne at the opponent. Waber-gun licences are sold at Volde*Mart too, so it's very convenient to be here.

So, that's the tour of Volde*Mart, hope to see you soon!

(I am only pretending to be nice like those voicing people in cheap commercials with useless junk for sale at wherever.)

~Spaghetti Bunny, your tour guide
(requires tips)

Tour of XXYYZ-I

Hey peoples of the places that can read English! It's me, Hikari, hold your applause, hold your applause. *cricket cricket* Fine, be that way.
So anyway, I'm gonna explain to you everything about XXYYZ-I because now that I've reread our blog, you don't have any idea about what's going on because Sunshine and I talk about it more at school than on the blog. The topics of the paragraph are in bold.

  • Environment. First of all, XXYYZ-I is extremely environmental, (therefore we have more advanced environmental products/methods than Earth,) and pretty, like Uriel in Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time. The air is cool and clean so that we have no need for air conditioning. We have solar-powered "electronics" and all houses have a special skylight so that all "electronics" can charge. The skylights also allow light in during the day, so that people don't waste the solar energy in the "electronics" during the day. But some of you may wonder "Well what about the furniture? Doesn't sunlight fade furniture?" Well, that's where you can apply the fact of us having more advanced environmental products. All furniture is treated with fade-proof polish before sold to customers. But if it's cloth-y, we have special threads that are fade-proof.
  • Oceans.The oceans are freshwater. Don't ask why, they're just like that. Some of you beachgoers will wonder about the beaches. There are bathrooms stationed every half mile and are always kept clean. The reason? Well, since the oceans are made of freshwater, there is no shortage of drinkable water, unlike Earth. we can easily distill sand from the water, but it's not as easy to distill with your...erm, wastes. You have to take a shower before swimming in the ocean so that it won't be dirtied up by the filth of thousands of people.
  • Travel. There is only one continent for easy travel; bikes are the main use of transportation. Gas isn't used on XXYYZ-I.
  • Heat. The sunlight on XXYYZ-I is perfect for growing all types of fruits and vegetables, but it isn't hot enough to make sweat by just standing there like global warming does. All the excess heat from the skylight is taken away by vents to heat up your shower water because, like I said earlier, we have different ways to do different things.
  • Death and doom and destruction. Before, when Sunshine says that we're the planet of happiness and death, she actually means on Prison Island(which I control), where all the bad people are punished, sent back to Earth, with their memories of XXYYZ-I stripped. But don't worry, they're given Earth memories to help them survive.
  • Food. In order to be even more environmental, XXYYZ-I is vegetarian. But for those who love eating meat, we have ways to make tofu taste and feel(some people like the texture of meat) like meat. Everyone drinks soymilk, plain, chocolate, or vanilla. And, the soymilk tastes exactly like milk, but even better. It's healthier too, and more convenient for lactose intolerant people. It's also less fattening. Soy allergies are eliminated as soon as you step foot on the planet.
  • Plants. The soil for this planet is extremely rich in nutrients because our planet is very young. Also, it's even greater news for our bees, because Venus Flytraps eat bugs, but only grow in poor soil, which our planet doesn't have. Bees are the only insects XXYYZ-I (to pollinate the plants), and they don't sting, because if you think about it, people only get stung by bees because they bother them, and bees won't sting if you don't bother them. I said there were no animals on XXYYZ-I, but I was lying. They know their place and don't bother anyone. They are not kept in zoos, but neither do they run away the moment they see you, because we get rid of poachers as soon as we find them. Translated: We have animals.
  • Cleaning. It isn't damp in houses so that you won't have to worry about cleaning, and dust is sent back outside to decompose. Even dust and dirt is clean so that you don't have dust and dirt allergies, and for those with pollen allergies, the bees collect all of it, so you can forget about those allergy problems.
  • Sicknesses. XXYYZ-I is disease-free. As soon as you step on the planet, all diseases are vaporized.
  • Shopping. Volde*Mart is the ultimate superstore. You can find everything permitted to the public there, and can even get a permit for a waber-gun there.
  • Exile. Before, Sunshine banished me from XXYYZ-I to the Evil Empire. The Evil Empire is XXYYZ-I's second moon that cannot be seen with the naked eye, but still exsists, just like the first moon, but the first moon is uninhabited and shines like Earth's moon.
So that is a tour of our beautiful planet, XXYYZ-I.

~Hikari, Ruler of Planet XXYYZ-I.


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Mikel Relishing World Cup Ticket

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Super Eagles Captain John Obi Mikel says it is a dream come true helping Nigeria secure a ticket to the 2018 Fifa World Cup.

Mikel put up a commanding performance as the Super Eagles edged Zambia 1-0 at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium to book an early flight to Russia.

According to the 30-year-old who will lead Gernot Rohr’s men quest for glory in the European country, everyone worked hard to ensure the goal was met.

“This is really a dream come true for the team and I, we worked very hard for this believing we could do it, and we are over the moon that our aspiration has been met,” he told NFF media.

“I want to commend everyone who has been involved in this: the players, the coaches, the backroom staff, the NFF. It was not easy but we knew from the beginning that we would have to fight hard for every point and we did.”

The former Chelsea player feels relaxed despite missing the 2006 and 2010 edition in Germany and South Africa respectively.

“There is nothing one can do about that; everything comes in God’s time. I am grateful to God for this ticket and we will go to Russia and give our very best.”

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Ryan ten Doeschate set for Netherlands return

Cricket Netherlands have confirmed Ryan ten Doeschate‘s return to the national set up ahead of the side’s final two matches of the ICC World Cricket League against Namibia in Dubai on December 6 and 8.

Netherlands, the current table toppers, are seeking to become the 13th ODI side that will compete in the ICC ODI Championship that is set to begin in 2020. Netherlands will also be taking part in the 2019 World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe in March.

Ten Doeschate last represented Netherlands at the 2011 World Cup, where he became one of only three players to make two centuries in a single edition. Since then, he’s been a regular feature – and currently the captain – for Essex in England’s domestic tournaments, apart from featuring in franchise T20 tournaments in India, Zimbabwe, Australia and New Zealand and Pakistan.

“Getting a player of Ryan’s talent and experience is a massive gain for us,” Ryan Campbell, Netherlands’ head coach and former Australia and Hong Kong wicketkeeper, said. “What he brings to the squad is more than just runs, wickets and brilliant fielding. He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in big matches.

“As captain of Essex, he has just led them to the Division One Championship. Our youngsters will gain knowledge that you just can’t buy off a shelf. We are on the brink of something special but we will need cool, calm heads to see us through, I have no doubt Ryan will bring that.”

Meanwhile, Netherlands won’t have the services of Michael Rippon. The 26-year old South Africa-born allrounder, who was part of the WCL squad that played Kenya in October, hasn’t secured a release from his New Zealand provincial side Otago.

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Congratulations to all 2017 Spring Dairy Expo Exhibitors!

The 31st Ohio Spring Dairy Expo was held at the Ohio Exposition Center, Columbus, Ohio, from March 30-April 1. A total of 468 head (including 245 junior-owned) from 12 states from Maine to Minnesota went through the show ring in seven breeds. Officiating the show were Dean Dohle of Halfway, Missouri and Herby Lutz of Chester, South Carolina. In addition to the shows, there were six successful sales put on by Modern Associates, the Buckeye Dairy Club and state breed associations. Ohio Spring Dairy Expo would not be possible without the generous support of its many sponsors. This year’s Supreme Sponsors ($2500 or more) were American Dairy Association Mideast, Purebred Dairy Cattle Association and COBA/Select Sires. Grand Sponsor ($1,500-$2,499) was Trans Ova Genetics. Reserve Sponsors ($1,000-$1,499) were Agrarian Solutions, DHI Cooperative, and Sexing Technologies.

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505 S Fonda La Habra CA 90631

Hoarders rat pack unhealthy living conditions poor quality of living standards

18926, 0hio St, Detroit, MI, 48821

The guy man that squats there is very abusive and loud, and has illegal lights on at the residence! Which is unfair for everyone else. The water is off there so he sneaks in his neighbors yard to fill up water jugs. In the inside of the home he writes all on the walls and he beats up on his pregnant baby momma! He is a big disturbance to our community here with his nonesense. He has two other people always over 4-6 days out the week and theres always playing loud music and smoking. It’s getting worse and worse

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The Sruti on the Subject of Acintya-bhedabheda-tattva

eko vasi sarvabhutamtaratma
ekam rupam bahudha yah karoti
tam atmastham ye' nupasyanti dhiras-
tesam sukham sasvatam netaresam

            Although His form is one, the Supersoul, who is the indwelling witness
and controller of all living beings, is manifest in innumerable ways. The wise
who can see that Supreme Soul within his heart becomes peaceful and enjoys
transcendental bliss. (Katha Upanisad 2.2.12)

Srimad Bhagavatam on Acintya-bhedabheda-tattva

rte 'rtham yat pratiyeta na pratiyeta catmani
tad vidyad atmano mayam yathabhaso yatha tamah

            O Brahma, whatever appears to be of any value, if it has no relation to Me,
has no reality. It is My illusory energy that reflection which appears to be in
darkness. (Bhag. 2.9.34)

yatha mahanti bhutani bhutesuccavacesv anu
pravistany apravistani tatha tesu na tesv aham

            O Brahma, please know that the universal elements enter into the cosmos
and at the same time do not enter into the comos; similarly, I Myself also exist
within everything created, and at the same time I am outside of everything.
(Bhag. 2.9.35)

yatra yena yato yasya yasmai yad yad yatha yada
syad idam bhagavan saksat pradhana-purusesvarah
            You are the substratum, the agent, and the instrument of the universe.
You are its source and its object or purpose. Whenever or whatever form it
assumes is You. As the universe evolves, all the causes thereof, including time
and manner, are You, the Almighty Lord, the controller of both prakrti (the
enjoyed) and purusa (the enjoyer) and who transcends them both.
(Bhag. 10.85.4)

Smrti on Acintya-bhedabheda-tattva

maya tatam idam sarvam jagad avyakta-murtina
mat-sthani sarva-bhutani na caham tesv avasthitah

            In My unmanifest form I pervade this entire universe. All beings are in
Me, but I am not in them. (Bhagavad-gita 9.4)

na ca mat-sthani bhutani pasya me yogam aisvaram
bhuta-bhrn na ca bhuta-stho mamatma bhuta-bhavanah

            And yet everything that is created does not rest in Me. Behold My mystic
opulence! Although I am the maintainer of all living entities and although I am
everywhere, I am not a part of this cosmic manifestation; for I am the very
source of creation. (Bhagavad-gita 9.5)

Srila Jiva Gosvami on Acintya-bhedabheda-tattva

ekam eva tat parama-tattvam svabhavikacintya-saktya sarvadaiva svarupa-
tad-rupa-vaibhava-jiva-pradhana-rupena caturdhavatisthate
suryantarmandalastha-teja iva mandala
durghata-ghata-katvam hyacintyatvam

            The Absolute Truth is one. His natural characteristic is that He has incon-
ceivable potency. His inconceivable potencies are reposed in four different
stages: His personal form (svarupa), the expansions of His divine form (tad-
rupa-vaibhava), the jivas, and the material ingredients (pradhana). With re-
gard to the sun, there is the sungod, the internal power of the sun, and that
power when it is expanded as the external rays of the sun. Then there is the
shadow of the sun, that is to say, the sun's reflection which is in darkness, far
from the sun's influence. This illustration is used as an example. The point of
the example is that in the same way as the sun appears in this fourfold manifes-
tation (the sungod, its internal power, its external rays, and its shadow), there is
one eternal Supreme Truth (the Lord) whose form is eternal, but who is pos-
sessed of different potencies: svarupa-sakti, jiva-sakti, and maya-sakti.
            There seems to be a contradiction in this matter between the Lord being
one eternal Absolute Truth and His simultaneously possessing inconceivable
potency. How is it possible to understand such a contradiction? To that it is
said acintya means beyond the jiva's capacity to understand. An event which is
extremely rare or unlikely, even physically impossible, is inconceivable. For
the Supreme Lord, however, nothing is impossible for He has inconceivable
power. [Therefore the Lord's oneness with (and distinction from) His energy is
said to be inconceivable acintya-bhedabheda-vada.]
(Bhagavata-sandarbha 16)

Note: Srila Prabhupada paraphrased this section of Jiva Gosvami's
Bhagavata-sandarbha as follows:
Srila Jiva Gosvami states in Bhagavata-Sandarbha (16) That by His po-
tencies, which act in natural sequences beyond the scope of the specula-
tive human mind, the Supreme Transcendence, the summum bonum, eter-
nally and simultaneously exists in four transcendental features: His per-
sonality, His impersonal effulgence, His potential parts and parcels (the
living beings), and the principal cause of all causes. The Supreme Whole
is compared to the sun, which also exists in four features, namely the
personality of the sun-god, the glare of his glowing sphere, the sun-rays
inside the sun planet, and the sun's reflections in many other objects. The
ambition to corroborate the existence of the transcendental Absolute Truth
by limited conjectural endeavors cannot be fulfilled, because He is be-
yond the scope of our limited speculative minds. In an honest search for
truth we must admit that His powers are inconceivable to our tiny brains.
The exploration of space has demanded the work of the greatest scientists
of the world, yet there are countless problems regarding even fundamen-
tal knowledge of the material creation that bewilder such scientists. Such
material knowledge is far removed from the spiritual nature, and there-
fore the acts and arrangements of the Absolute Truth, are, beyond all
doubts, inconceivable.

apare tu "tarko-pratisthanat" bhede' pya-bhede' pi
nirmaryada-dosa-santati-darsanena bhinnataya
cintaryitumasakayatvadabhedah sadhyantah
tad-vad-abhinnatayapi cintayiuamasakyatvadbhedamapi sadhayanto'
cintyabhedabhedavada svikurvanti.
tatra badara-pauranika-saivanam mate bhedabhedau bhaskaramate ca.
mayavadinam tatra bhedamso vyavaharika eva pratitiko va.
gautama-kanada-jaimini-kapila-patanjalimate tu bheda eva.
sri ramanuja-madhvacaryamate cetyapi sarvatriki prasiddhih.
svamate tvacintyabhedabhedaveva acintyasaktimayatvaditi

            Other sampradayas of Vedantists admit that boundless essays, disserta-
tions, and theses can never be established as truth through any amount of argu-
ment. Still, they think that the principle of oneness and difference existing to-
gether in the same place transgresses the boundaries of reality. They take it
that this is a symptom of the fault of neglecting the nature of universality that
is, that if difference is true, then it must be true universally, and if oneness is
true then it must be true universally. Following this faulty logic they therefore
think that these two difference and non-difference cannot independently co-
exist. There cannot be both duality and oneness, they reason; one of these
doctrines must have supremacy over the other. Those who think it is one, find
that their attempts to practice the doctrine of oneness are impossible. In the
same way, those who attempt to practice a doctrine of absolute difference will
find their position untenable. In this way, both the practitioners of absolute
oneness and the practitioners of absolute duality will be unable to realize their
philosophy. Therefore, in light of the difficulties of trying to realize oneness
without distinction or distinction without oneness, the principle of acintya-
bhedabheda-vada, or inconceivable, simultaneous oneness and distinction, has
been accepted as the highest harmonizing principle.
            The true opinion of the sage Badasa and the Puranas is bhedabheda-vada,
oneness and difference. Even the followers of Siva sometimes accept this. For
example, the commentator Bhaskara accepts bhedabheda-vada in the idea that
there is a difference between the articles offered to the Deity and the Deity
Himself. In the opinion of the mayavadis, the branches of difference are merely
vyavaharika, mundane or apparent. Gautama, Kanada, Jaimini, Kapila, and
Patanjali admit the existence of distinction. In the opinions of Ramanuja and
Madhva's this principle reaches a higher level of perfection. Ramanuja's
visistadvaita philosophy supports difference and nondifference, and Madhva's
suddha-dvaita philosophy supports the principle of difference. The Supreme
Lord has inconceivable potency; and He supports the conclusion of acintya-
bhedabheda-vada. This is our conclusion. (Paramatma-Sandarbha, Sarva-
samvadini-tika, Jiva Gosvami)

The Brahma-sutras Support the View of Sakti-parinamavada

vyasera sutrete kahe 'parinama'-vada
'vyasa bhranta' bali' tara uthaila vivada
parinama-vade isvara hayena vikari
eta kahi' 'vivarta'-vada sthapana ye kari
vastutah parinama-vada sei se pramana
dehe atma-buddhi ei vivartera sthana
avicintya-sakti-yukta sri-bhagavan
icchaya jagad-rupe paya parinama
tathapi acintya-saktye haya avikari
prakrta cintamani tahe drstanta ye dhari
nana ratna-rasi haya cintamani haite
tathapiha mani rahe svarupe avikrte
prakrta-vastute yadi acintya-sakti haya
isvarera acintya-sakti, ithe ki vismaya

            In Vedanta-Sutra, Srila Vyasadeva has described that everything is but a
transformation of the energy of the Lord. Sankaracarya has misled the world,
however, by claiming that Vyasadeva was mistaken. Thus he has raised great
opposition to theism throughout the world. According to Sankaracarya, by
accepting the theory of the transformation of the energy of the Lord, one cre-
ates an illusion by indirectly accepting that the Absolute Truth is transformed.
Transformation of energy is a proven fact. It is the false bodily conception of
the self that is an illusion. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is opulent in
all respects. By His inconceivable energies, therefore, He has transformed the
material cosmic manifestation. Using the example of a touchstone, which by its
energy turns iron to gold and yet remains the same, we can understand that
although the Supreme Personality of Godhead transforms His innumerable
energies, He remains unchanged. Although a touchstone produces many vari-
eties of valuable jewels, it nevertheless remains the same. It does not change its
original form. If there is such inconceivable potency in material objects, why
should we not believe in the inconceivable potency of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead? (Cc. Adi 7.121-127)

The Meaning of Parinama-vada and Vivarta-vada

satattvato' nyatha pratha vikara ityudiritah
atattvato' nyatha pratha vikarta ityudahrtah

            When a real substance takes another form it is called vikara, or transfor-
mation. An example of this is the transformation of milk into yogurt. When
something is mistaken for something else it is called vivarta, or illusion, like
when a rope is taken as a snake. (Sadananda Yogindra, Vedanta-sara 59)

Thus ends the Eleventh Jewel of Gaudiya Kanthahara, entitled Acintya-bhedabheda-tattva

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Guru Position Paper

Dear devotees,

Please accept our dandavat pranams. All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga.

Since the departure of our beloved Gurudeva, Nitya-lila pravista Om Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, the Sannyasa Council in consultation with the members of the Bhakti Trust International, senior math commanders and eminent preachers, has begun the process of developing and codifying the principles and aims of our sanga, known as the International Pure Bhakti Yoga Society. Sri Guru is always present in his instructions and within the hearts of sincere disciples. We pray fervently that Srila Gurudeva guide us in our humble attempts to fulfill his mano bhista. Our discussions thus far have resulted in two papers that are being presented for your consideration.

Our Society, as envisioned by Srila Gurudeva, has many responsibilities and yet has a distinctive inclination towards encouraging individual initiative and decision making on the local level. The institution or society has as its primary responsibility, the preservation and teaching of the eternal spiritual principles conveyed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu through our guru-parampara . The form that our society takes and any guidelines and bylaws that we may adopt, are meant to follow and uphold those principles.

Thus you will see in the two papers that are presented, that there is little in the way of rules and regulations. The topic is mostly guru-tattva and how we are responding to the complexities of that issue now that there are multiple devotees taking on that role within the same society. The emphasis is to clarify our spiritual relationships and our mutual goals. The processes by which we achieve these may be adjusted according to time, place and circumstance, as long as the original principles remain fixed as our guiding beacon.

The first paper on guru-tattva was written to be presented at the Vraja-mandala Parikrama of 2011. There were some issues that had not yet been discussed by the international body of sannyasis and senior devotees. We waited for those meetings to be concluded so that a summary of those discussions could be given at the same time. These meetings addressed the practical application of the guru-tattva paper based on the experiences gained and input received from members of the world-wide sanga over the last 9 months. The second paper is a summary of the meetings held in Govardhana during the parikrama in November, 2011.

These papers will certainly stimulate discussion and responses from devotees around the world. That is a good thing. Please keep the discussions philosophical and respectful. The discussions may center around guru-tattva or they may explore other areas of personal and sanga development. This is a challenging and exciting time. Let your voices be heard.

Aspiring for the service of Hari, Guru and Vaisnavas,

Swami BV Vaikhanas


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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Thinking of you fall card

Good afternoon! Today I'd like to share with you a card I made using Daydream Designs Pumpkin and Sunflowers Color Digi Set. I used 4 elements of the stamp set and put them together to make one larger image grouping and then added the sentiment from a fun font on my computer.
Hope you enjoy!
Oh, be looking for Christmas stuff at Daydream Designs! There are already some wonderful images & papers available, but more are coming!!!
Have a blessed day!

Debbie said...

This is so pretty!! I'm not very good at putting several images together so I will 'case' your card!! :)

Beth said...

gorgeous Helen.

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Helen, I love how you put everything together to make this adorable setting. So cute and fun, cheery and bright. Love it....love you, sister!

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Nursing honors for Flagler Hospital

Flagler Hospital has again attained Magnet recognition as part of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program.

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Appellate attorney William Mallory Kent, center, talks with State Attorney's Office attorney Chris France, seated, in Palatka on Friday morning.

            Justin Barber’s appeal of his murder conviction is scheduled for a hearing, but the exact date remains uncertain.

            On Friday morning Circuit Court Judge Terry LaRue at a status conference in Palatka told lawyers he is being transferred to Volusia County. Another judge will have to be appointed, and LaRue suggested it might as well be a St. Johns County judge.

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Clouds rolled across eastern California on Tuesday, giving firefighters hope for moisture to help them battle huge wildfires in the parched Sierra foothills, officials said.

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Lower temperatures and lighter wind in Northern California had allowed crews to make significant progress toward taming a 35,000-acre fire in the Inyo National Forest. The state's largest blaze, sparked by lightning on Friday, was 80 percent contained Tuesday after destroying six homes and closing down trails into a popular wilderness area north of Mount Whitney.

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The first 70 people to sign up for the Nease Golf Fund Raising Tournament at South Hampton get Nike golf shoes. Sizes are available as follows; 8 (4), 9 (23), 10 (6), 11 (8), 12 (33) and 13 (5).

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Rams roll over Lions, 35-0

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) -- The St. Louis Rams thrive on the pass. The Detroit Lions die by it, which is one reason the Rams are unbeaten and the Lions are winless.

Kurt Warner threw three touchdown passes and Dre' Bly returned an interception of Ty Detmer 93 yards for a score Monday night as the Rams remained the NFL's only unbeaten team with a 35-0 victory over the Lions.

It was hard to tell if the Rams (4-0) were good or the Lions (0-3) were bad in a game that was really never in doubt after Warner threw first-half touchdown passes of 15 yards to Az-Zahir Hakim and 36 yards to Torry Holt. Those scores capped two drives in which Warner threw 16 straight times.

"You know Kurt, he'll get you the ball," Holt said. "You just have to make sure you get in the right spot."

Bly picked off an ill-thrown pass by Detmer, who was intercepted seven times by Cleveland in the Lions' last game, and returned it for a TD to make it 21-0 at halftime.

Ex-Celtic great Jones has cancer

BOSTON (AP) -- Former Boston Celtics great K.C. Jones said he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, but the Basketball Hall of Famer is optimistic about his recovery.

"I got it, but they caught it early enough," Jones told the Boston Herald on Sunday.

The 69-year-old Jones was a guard on eight Celtics championship teams and then coached them to NBA titles in 1984 and 1986. In 1989, he was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

He told the Herald the cancer was found during a routine checkup a few weeks ago.

"Now I'm just talking to the doctors," he said.

"The big thing they're telling me is that I got it early. They just have to decide what's the best way to deal with it."

Jones said he saw doctors in Boston and Connecticut, where he lives in West Hartford. He is a radio broadcaster for the University of Hartford basketball team.

"I'll be OK," Jones said. "Things get bumpy now and then, but I'm fine."

In 10 seasons with the Celtics from 1958 through 1967, he averaged 7.4 points and 4.3 assists. He later coached Celtic teams featuring Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish to two NBA championships and also coached Washington and Seattle.

In 1999, Jones was hired by the University of Rhode Island as assistant coach of the women's basketball team. He previously coached the Hartford-based New England Blizzard of the defunct women's American Basketball League.

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Names and more names…

Damn for making this so difficult.  You just enter a word, any word, that you like or want to use, and it makes a million trillion names using that word.  Though I am unlikely to use Cadillac of the Goldfish Salsa, it has so many directions and options and branches that I have sppent hours on that site searching and searching.

To no avail.

I am worried that the name I choose will seem silly in a few years, or like the domain name I have now, obsolete.  Dude.

Now in the running are names like sandmuppet, dragonmonday, stealingsand, visualgoldfish.  Am I overanalyzing this?  Should I just do it?  Is Leftover Goldfish of the Diabolical Machine the one for me?

I was given my name at birth, and I had no choice in the matter, and it’s worked out pretty well for me.  Maybe I should just write some good ones down and let Tony choose one.  I just want to get this over with at this point, but then again, I want to do it right.  I want it to be cool.


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Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Waiting May Make You Too Late

And I'd hate that to be the case.
So I believe you should act on a feeling or whatever when it comes, cos you never know, you may not get tomorrow.
Last night, I heard one of my past flame's had died in February. So while I was still recovering from my birthday, he was dying. He was 22. It reminds me of how this is a big world, and you can't know what is going on in everyone's life. So I always try to smile, and be kind to everyone because I don't know what they've been through to get to this point.

So don't wait. Tell someone if you love them NOW cos you might not get the chance again. Tomorrow is never promised. You can deal with the [response] tomorrow, should tomorrow bless your doorstep. Be thankful for every breath and do something productive with every heart beat. Just do what you feel is right for you at the time. And DON'T regret anything. If it happened, it's a lesson. Life is too SHORT to have regrets. Don't wait. If you want something to happen, start making a way for it to happen. Some things you have to work to, but as long as you're heading in the right direction for that to happen, you're at least taking a vital step to what you really want/need.

So, tell me what you're tired of waiting for, what you're going to start working towards, what you're not gonna wait for - what you're going  to make happen. Let me know. I'd love to know. And if there's anything I can do to help you, just let me know. Twitter (@steph_carfrae) or comment below. Thanks. Remember, don't waste a second!

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Friday, September 28, 2012

Confessions of China Living

I wish someone had told me, before I moved to Shanghai last year, to be careful to not let China make me a meaner person. I had thought that I had adjusted well. I had learned the width of the narrowest opening between two people that I could weave through on a crowded city street. I learned to accept the smaller dimensions of personal space here, but not give it up for the obnoxious, privileged young Shanghainese women who will cut you in line. I learned not to cross at crosswalks and how to judge the likelihood of a car hitting me by its distance from and the speed at which it is going. I accepted the fact that horns were going to blare at 3am, and have even begun to be able to sleep without earplugs.

I learned to survive, but I mistook my accumulated survival skills as signs of my emerging cosmopolitanism. This is what it is to be an urbanite! I thought. I am tough-skinned, competent, and worldly!

But in actuality, I was slammed by the thrice-as-forceful wave of post-graduate life, city life, and Chinese life all at once. I can't separate the three, can't ever figure out whether my feelings and frustrations are the natural reactions of a newly minted independent adult, those of a space-and-quiet-loving girl whose prior contact with cities up till now had been day trips into New York and Philly, or the result of coming to a Chinese city.

I no longer want to deny it, no longer want to cover it up with euphemisms. China is impatient and judgmental and unforgiving, and in my struggle to survive here, I've absorbed a lot of that into myself.

It's easy to internalize a lot of frustration in China. That's what happens to a society led by a government that doesn't allow freedom of speech. It only takes one bus ride in Shanghai to get a pretty thorough gist of what makes me angry here. As the bus pulls to the curb, middle-aged men and single-minded young mothers push shuffling old women out of the way to be the first onto the bus. The bus drivers slams the doors shut as soon as you step on board, barely avoiding catching the back of your shirt in its wheezy path. Slouching young men with artfully arranged bangs sit in the courtesy seats and bury their heads in their iPhones or iPads, determinedly ignoring the thin-wristed, white-haired little old ladies who cling to the side of their seats and struggle to stand upright as the bus driver lurches in and out of traffic with his hand permanently pressed against the horn. The man desperately missing his sixteenth cigarette of the day on his short bus journey groans and shudders and jerks his head and hacks up a thick gob of spit into the single, tiny, overflowing trash can. Oh, traffic lights? A mere suggestion. The thing that counts down the seconds until your light turns green? Obviously an indication that traffic is supposed to go when there are still 4 seconds left of the red light to go. If you get to your stop and the bus is crowded, which is often, it becomes a game of push and shove, see how many people you can bang with your overstuffed purse on your way to reach the door. The concept of letting people off the public transport vehicle before new passengers board? A mere concept, rarely put into practice.

A trip on Shanghai's public transportation illustrates the selfishness and inconsideration of a nation that adopted capitalism while still held in the thrall of communism. Knowing this, everything in China becomes suspect. The smiling, well-made-up waitress who serves you at dinner may be secretly resenting your white-collar job and accompanying salary. You buy a cheap watery beer for 40RMB at a pub that tries to evoke European legacies and feel guilty that your one beer could feed for one whole day one of the many beggars, often deformed or missing limbs from factory accidents, who sit in the streets. You become suspicious of every price given to you at the local market, wondering if the seller isn't trying to gyp you out of a few more yuan despite his already reasonably low price. Silence does not indicate contentment, but rather decades of pent-up frustration at inequality and corruption.

No community is perfect, but I never thought that I'd lose so many of the things I used to like about myself--listening skills, objectivity, concentrated kindness--so quickly, in this environment. It took almost a year's worth of unhappiness and regretful meanness on my part for me to realize that I don't like much of who I've become. So, starting now, I will strive to be more aware of when I'm being mean, and to resist the easy temptation of sliding into meanness. I will also write more about China, my travels, and my thoughts here. I haven't written as much about my life abroad as I had expected to mostly because I'm really unhappy with many things about it. But if writing about it will be my catharsis, then I'm going to. I'm going to put the truth out there, because I'm still an American citizen, I'm still a reluctant leader of humanity, and the truth cannot be denied.

  1. Wonderful. Knowing this about you is great from an insight perspective. China is real and sounds sad in some ways because of how its residents seem so unforgiving, so relentless. It's good that you have decided to not let it change you - after all, we should have control over who we are, what we chose to be.

    I look forward to hearing more about China, Steph. I hope there are some parts of it that are surprising you in good ways. All of us back here in the states - and abroad - are rooting for you. :)

  2. Acknowledging these things is the first part to changing yourself. You see t therefore you can improve. I can't wait to hear more.

  3. You *should* keep writing these posts, because the whole time I was reading I was like, "Gosh, I wish this were a New Adult novel on the post-grad life/on conforming to the culture and people around you/on well-articulated, confident truths about society and personhood/on living in China."

    Go Steph, go Steph!

  4. Super insightful and good to know since I'm thinking about going to a college in a large city. I also agree with Gabrielle Carolina!

  5. That was my experience when I was in Shanghai. Like John The Bookworm, I'm rooting for you, Steph. Be who you are!

  6. This was fascinating to read. I had similar experiences when I spent a summer in Kenya. You may have to be tougher to survive daily life, but I think it will make you a more compassionate person in the long run. You notice the poverty and care about the people. Also, the best thing about being a writer is that all experiences, especially the bad ones, are good material. Later you'll find the humor in it too. There might be a memoir in it or material for a novel. And of course your work is helping students get to the USA. That is good. Hang in there.

  7. This is interesting to me, because I have considered going to teach in China. My best friend is from Hong Kong and when she lived in Shanghai for a few months for work reasons, she really didn't like it and it put me off - if she felt alone, even though she speaks Mandarin and is Chinese, imagine how I would feel.

    However, being a city girl myself, I can tell you that some are the things you describe are just city life and not specific to China. For example, people on the bus in London act in exactly the same way. A friend of mine couldn't travel on public transport when she was pregnant, because no one would give up their seat for her. There's limited space for pushchairs (I think you call them strollers in the US?) and it's not unheard of to see mothers get into physical shoving matches as they fight for the last space.

  8. Sorry to hear about your experiences in China -- I hope you're able to hold on to the things about yourself that you like. I've had several friends who went to China after graduating and most of them hated it there.

    I'd disagree with TG about it just being city life, though. I think every city has a different personality. I've been to cities where I had good experiences with public transportation. And in Taipei, where I live now, people are pretty good about letting people off first, waiting in line, and giving up priority seats. At least good enough that it hasn't ever been a source of frustration for me.

  9. You are experiencing culture shock...I lived in Tokyo for 8 years and had similar feelings. You eventually come to terms with some things, most long term ex-pats there end up in a sort of love-hate relationship with it.

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Saturday, January 31, 2009

some sketchies

so the cinematic artbook for WOTLK is get a copy!!! heres a link:

on a sadder note bj penn lost tonight, it would've been legendary if he had won but reality thought differently(so did GSP, dudes a machine that keeps getting better...scary). onward to the sketches. heres a few pages from my sketchbook, nothing fancy just stuff i do when i'm on my couch vegging out.

just a random page of noodle doodles

an art fart shart, 'what, what?!'

guess what i was watching when i noodled this? thats riiight the, i'm dumb.

on the road again.....

oh yeah, i want to say a huge congrats to my buddy Dave Apgar, he got a job in Utah as an animator and i know they'll appreciate all his talent, hard work, and perseverance. the mans an animal, i mean literally, he looks like a knuckle dragging chimp...=)

take care, seeya in my next post!

andreas said...

bj winning would have fucked two weight devisions AND his "to the death" was weird!

great sketches =)

Nikki Lukas said...

Nice sketches super Steve!!

Illink said...

These are great.

Robot-Legionaire said...

Outstanding. Your marks are righteous!

Jesse Lee said...

Love the sketches, Steve!

Peter Gikandi said...

Some really neat work here, Stevo.

Gabriele Pasqualino said...

looking sweet man !

steve hui said...
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steve hui said...

thanks for the comments everybody!

andreas - thanks for the compliment. hopefully bj will learn from the loss and come back stronger.

Nikki - thanks nikki, i visited your blog and your sketches and paintings are getting so much stronger! it's awesome seeing your progess.

lllink - thank you, always a pleasure having you visit here!

Robo - awesome to finally meet you in person! we should visit pat next and see what we can steal from the ranch >=)

jesse lee - what more can i say, you make me proud to be asian.

Peter - yo! great to hear from ya, canada must be treating you well cuz your paintings are looking freaking awesome dude.

Gabriele - thanks for the comment Gabriele, much appreciated!

George Cwirko-Godycki said...

really nice sketches

Bryan Wynia said...

Can't wait to get my copy of the book. Congrats man! Great new images as well.

pablo pablo said...

Very good, nice style!

anima-base said...

I orderd this cinematic art book a moth ago, I received this book yesterday.
I'm happy to find some your brillant artworks in this book.
It's great.

Would you link my blog your favorite blog list.

steve hui said...

george - thanks for the comment, you have an inspiring blog i visit often. =)

bryan - thanks bryan! i hope you'll enjoy the book man.

pablo pablo - thanks for visiting and thank you for the comment!

anima-base - i'm glad you like the book, it means alot! hopefully we'll be able to do more with the different projects going on here. again thanks!

Icarus Crane said...

great sketches!!!
I like it!!

moodumjiki said...

Wow I love it...:-

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Proverbs Challenge, Day 18

KeysDo you believe these two verses literally? I do. You sure can start an argument theological discussion saying that to some people.

A man’s stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth;
From the produce of his lips he shall be filled.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.
(Proverbs 18:20-21)

These are a couple verses that bring out the scoffer in believers and unbelievers alike. “Surely you don’t believe you can change your life just by saying happy things!”

Well, yeah. I do. I sincerely make an effort to never speak negativity over myself or other people, nor over our circumstances. And as a person strongly blessed with the spiritual gift of sarcasm, sometimes it ain’t easy. 🙂

Note: this isn’t the same as saying that everything is fine, nor does it preclude honest assessments of what’s going on. It’s okay to do that, but first, find a promise of God that addresses whatever circumstance you’re faced with – and respond to the apparent facts by speaking the promise.  Do that consistently, and you’ll find yourself agreeing with the Word. And then you’ll start to see changes as your life lines up with what God says.

Maybe you’re scoffing a little, right now. Let’s prove that this is a Kingdom principle – something that works regardless of whether we understand or believe. Ask yourself this: “Do I know anyone who consistently speaks doom and gloom over their lives who is truly successful or happy?” Me either.

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Great roundup of Windows Terminal Server products

For years, Citrix has been the only choice for software to power server-based computing environments. Sure, Microsoft’s Terminal Server products were out there, but their features paled in comparison to those of Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server.

However, as Terminal Server continues to gain ground as a standalone solution, many people wonder whether they need to spend money on Citrix or if Terminal Server is enough on its own. Additionally, people often wonder whether any of the smaller, third-party vendors’ products are worth looking into.

This article will help you answer these questions. In it, we’re going to look at the features of Microsoft’s newest Terminal Server offering and Citrix’s newest MetaFrame Presentation Server offering. We’ll also look at several smaller vendors—Jetro Platforms’ CockpIT and BoostIT products, Tarantella’s Secure Global Desktop Terminal Server Edition, DAT Panther, PowerTerm WebConnect, and HOBLink JWT.

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Nov 2, 2009

What I learned at the NYC marathon

1. I'm fat
2. I'm hopelessly inconsistent in my training
3. The best way to make your legs feel like they ran a 50-miler without actually running a 50-miler is to run an ashpalt/concrete marathon in trail running shoes.

My official time was 6:10:53, a half-hour off my PR.

great race, btw. crowds were amazing, especially in brooklyn.

full race report later.

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Wednesday, 19 October 2016

How the Autumn 10 x 10 Challenge went.

So, can't quite believe that 10 days have passed and I have survived with only wearing 10 items! Including shoes!!

You can see my 10 items here.

I did no planning beforehand or any real thinking about it.  Purely based on my trip to Iceland in September when I packed just a carry on for 6 days, I picked my items fairly quickly the day before I started the challenge.  I just wanted to see if it was possible and if I would learn anything along the way.  I have been striving for a smaller wardrobe, aka 'the capsule', over the past few years and have progressively been discarding LOTS of items from my wardrobe that just weren't working for various reasons.

So, the bottom line is.... IT IS POSSIBLE and it's not even that difficult.

I may, however, have gone off anything that happens to be blue or green for a while.

Days 1-3
 Nothing to crazy for the first three days, pretty much how I dress normally, jeans/trousers, tops and cardigan/jacket.

Days 4-6

By days 4-6, I realised I was going to have to try something different.  The first was wearing the pussybow blouse under the dress, I'd only ever worn this dress on its own, so it was good to see that it could be worn as an overdress.  The other two days were just using different accessories and different top/bottom combinations.

Days 7-9
I suppose days 7-9 were similar in that I was going for the 'what can I wear under the dress/dungarees?'  Perhaps trying to make things a little bit different with different tights, jewellery, scarfs.

Day 10
By today.... not going to lie, I had an 'at home' and really just wanted to wear trackies and a sweatshirt, but for the sake of completion I pondered and came up with the scenario of wearing a top OVER the dress.  Aha, I think it actually worked, now why didn't I think of that before!!

So, what have I learned from this challenge?

All my items were fine for the challenge because the weather isn't too cold yet.  Any colder and I'd be wanting warmer sweaters and certainly a longer coat.

As I work a lot from home, some days I was a bit overdressed for the activities I was doing, but it didn't matter too much really.

All of my items were blues or greens, both of which I love, therefore everything went together, but it was nearly all a bit too matchey.  Think if I were doing it again I would add in a completely different colour to provide variety and relieve potential boredom.

I think I was quite lucky with my rash choices.  The Bettine dress proved to be a godsend in that I could were tops under it and, as it turns out today, over it too.  This is definitely a factor to consider when choosing items for a capsule wardrobe, what shapes work well with others.  The slim jeans and tops is what I would were mostly so that was fine.  The dungarees were fairly versatile too, they are maybe not MY ideal silhouette in that they are quite oversized in style but for comfort they won hands down.

Not going to lie.  I did less washing than I normally would.  Well, we wash clothes too much anyway. The tops were each washed once and that was it, eek!

Reactions from others

Well living in a house of males.... NO REACTION, ie they never noticed.

Also I never see the same people all the time.  If I were going in to an organization and seeing the same group of people all day, every day I might feel more self-conscious, but I know I shouldn't, but honestly I'm not sure people really do notice that much.

Most worn item

Definitely the dress.  I will be aiming to sew dresses similar to that for day-to day wear from now on, either in a woven or a knit fabric, that can be layered in different ways.

Two pair of shoes.  Who thought that would be possible, but I managed no problem at all.  I'm glad I chose the Russell and Bromley ankle boots.  They were a special purchase and expensive and I have been keeping them for 'good' but it was lovely to just wear them, they're not doing much good in a shoe box in the bottom of my wardrobe.

This is very important to me anyway as I have mentioned a lot on the blog.  If you have less items in your wardrobe, you want them to be comfortable and suitable for the weather.  Those are a given, but for me I ideally want them to be as natural and breathable as possible.  I also try to use organic fabrics if I can, although honestly I've had mixed success with the more natural fabrics.  For me, my go-to fabrics are cotton, linen, double gauze, merino jersey and wool fabrics.

What next?

I really enjoyed doing this challenge.  It really does highlight what works best for your lifestyle. (And how little you really need)  It has also made me more aware when I go to buy an item or make an item, exactly how it can be worn with the rest of my wardrobe and if it can be worn in different ways then that's all the better.  Thanks also to stylebee who instigated the challenge and whose blog has been very helpful and motivating.  I'm now going to aim for the 20 x 20 challenge, haha!

Sunday, 9 October 2016

10 x 10 Challenge!

Reducing this down!

So, for Autumn, something a little bit different - some might say crazy, mad, extreme!  I have decided to embark on the 10 x 10 Challenge.  This is something I have been aware of for a while from following various blogs that focus on capsule wardrobes.  In this case it was the blog, she did her 10 x 10 in September, but now her friend is doing the challenge for 10 days starting tomorrow Monday 10/10/2016 (just realised that date is rather appropriate!)

So what is the challenge?

You pick 10 items from your wardrobe.
Style them into 10 looks.
Give yourself 10 days to it.

That's it, easy, haha!

Things I considered in selecting 10 items.

Weather:  On checking the weather high are between 12 and 14 degrees and lows between 8 and 10 degrees, if the weather forecast can be trusted! So, definitely getting cooler, but not too cool, hopefully.

Lifestyle:  Things I'll be doing over the next 10 days, working from home mostly with occasional meetings and some casual social occasions, so maybe not quite as taxing as if I were 'working out' if you know what I mean.

Colour:  Whenever I first looked into capsule wardrobes, the one thing that struck me was how a lot of them were monochrome or very similar colours.  I had enough of that when I worked in a big organization, so I love colour and definitely incorporate colour in my wardrobe.  Having said that I do get that items have to go together, especially when you have so little.  My colours for this are based around blues and greens, which I love.

Shapes: Not sure if I'm going to be that successful from this point of view.  Again, items need to be interchangeable with eachother and silhouettes need to work together also.  We shall see.  This is part of the challenge.

So here are my 10 items.

1 pair of shoes - Navy Trainers from Tedandmuffy

1 pair of ankle boots from

1 dress - Handmade, using pattern Tillyandthebuttons Bettine sewing pattern.

1 navy jeans from

1 pair of dungarees - Handmade using sewing pattern Roberts collection by Marilla Walker

3 Tops - All handmade

1.  Navy/White striped top ( Liesl and Co Maritime Top)
2.  Floral Top (Mercury Collection by Marilla Walker)
3.  Pussybow blouse (pussy bow blouse sewing pattern by Sew Over It.)

1 cardigan (

1 Jacket (Sussex wax jacket from

So, why am I doing this challenge at all I might ask myself.

Well, partly just for the challenge.  Also, as this is mostly a sewing blog and I love sewing (but really sew too many things still) I want to try and be more mindful about exactly what I need, what really works for me on a day-to-day basis (both style-wise and practically) so that I can choose patterns more wisely.  I definitely have improved a lot over the past couple of years, but I would like to hone my style a little bit more (must be a turning 50 thing!) I would like this challenge to encourage me to get more out of my clothes and really WEAR them.

It could be really boring and repetitive (sorry in advance if that's the case) but I hope to have fun with it and maybe learn something along the way.

Wish me luck.  I'll be aiming to put a photograph on instagram every day #stylebee10x10

Not too late, anyone else up for an October challenge, you can check the details out here.


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Cathedral News, July 2, 2017

Last week, Deacon Chuck referenced something that I have been reflecting upon all week: the notion that Jesus in his earthly ministry shook things up as a way of manifesting his love for us. It was often in seminary that we questioned this commonly held belief of Jesus as a “nice guy”. That is not to say that Christ was not kind, loving, or compassionate. It was only to say that he was not “nice” in the same way that most grandparents are nice to their grandkids today.

Among the last of Christ’s words to his disciples during his earthly ministry, he called them friends rather than slaves. I like to think that friend for Jesus meant something big and important. A friend is not just someone who is “nice” to you, but also someone who encourages you to grow and flourish even if it means offering a little “tough love” first. That is the Jesus who speaks to us today.

Jesus, like any good teacher, is constantly challenging his disciples (that term includes us) to re-evaluate their priorities… to move things around so that everything that they do points to the coming reality of the Kingdom of God. That, of course, is an ideal that we spend a lifetime working toward, but there are concrete things that we can do here and now which move us closer to that reality.

I have said before that Summer, during ordinary time, is a good time to think about where God is calling us next. Over the rest of the Summer, Deacon Chuck and I will be making specific appeals to important ministries which have need of ministers empowered by the Spirit to do from as little as two or three hours every month, to as much as several hours each week.

In preparation for that conversation I would ask that you ask the hard questions Jesus is getting in this passage: In what ways is God calling you to participate in the work of building up the kingdom on earth? In what ways are you being called into that vision of hospitality to the stranger; be it food, clothing, or water? In what ways are you being called to minister to the needs of the “little ones”?

Despite the bad translation and the strong language regarding hate in this passage, I believe that Jesus is calling us to love more deeply those things which come from God and to dedicate ourselves more fully to the realization of God’s vision.

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