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Win $1K for Summer with 'Be the Blogger' eBay contest Round 2

It’s already time for Round Three of our teaming up with eBay’s “Be the Blogger” contest, and we’ve had two very happy winners already. This round has flown by, so I’d suggest jumping on it quickly as there’s only one more round after this to win $1K! A couple people put it off and when I reminded them on Twitter that there was just a day left, they did the usual “Aww man, I thought I had more time,” spiel. Don’t fall into that and lose your shot. You’ve got two more left so sure they count.

We’ll be announcing the winner of Round 2 shortly. Another great win on this contest as that we do an article on the winner so if it’s you, it’ll get our name and creative out there on Google News, Google Amp News, Bing News, Apple News and Facebook Instant Articles just to name a few places that syndicate all of our news articles. With a readership of one million monthly, that’s a lot of great exposure, not to mention that $1k prize you get.

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The theme for Round 3 of the ‘Be the Blogger’ eBay contest is all about being inspired by one of the guides that we’ve written for Movie TV Tech Geeks. Luckily for you readers, our tastes are all over the board so you’ll have quite a range to choose from. It could be our Father’s Day gift ideas, one of our many Top 10 movies guides or even wedding gift guides. We cover all topics that interest us so you can check them all out and see which one inspires you to come up with your own guide in that genre topic. This one gives you a lot of fun freedom.

If you’ve submitted already and haven’t one, give it another go. Now, you know how easy the process is so give it another go as the next winner could be you. Each of our winners already have been very shocked as they thought what most people do. “It won’t happen to me, but I’ll just give it a shot anyway.” You never know.

We’ve teamed up with eBay as our site is considered a rather large social media influencer (their words, not mine…although I like the sound of it) for this great contest, and they’ll be promoting the winners, so you’ll get the money and the recognition you so crave and deserve.

So here’s what you do. There are a few steps involved, but we’ll take you by the hand and guide step by step to make it easy.

Also, this is only open to residents of the United States, so if you live outside of the US, sadly you won’t be able to take part. You can check out all the contest rules, terms and conditions here.

How to enter the Be the Blogger contest:

Keep this page open or bookmarked so you can refer back to if you get confused as we’ll be sending you over to eBay’s site as you’ll be writing about how you express your passion over there. With round 1 a few people forgot this, so I highly recommend keeping this article bookmarked for that exact reason. Most of our contests are just 1 step, but this one has a few more so following this closely is highly recommended.

Now go to this link:

I would advise keeping this landing page open as you’ll need to return to it to input the URL of the guide you create.

You’ll know you’re at the right place if you see this image with these very attractive women along with our dashing logo:

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Next up are the steps you’ll need to do to create your “Inspire Us” guide as they call it. I know hearing the word ‘guide’ might sound intimidating to some, but just write check out our guides below and find one that inspires you to create your own guide in the same area. Just write about that and give your own fun spin on it.. Here’s some links to some of the ‘guides’ that we’ve done to give you an idea of how varied they can be. Luckily, eBay is more interesting in hearing the person’s writing voice rather than the usual blah blah blah typical boring blogger things.

Here are some samples that we have done to give you an idea and they may inspire your own passion:

See all of our guides here

Top 10 Best Gifts for College Graduates

Hottest Superhero Redemption Movies

4K Televisions: To buy or not to buy?

Top 10 Anti Valentine’s Day Movies

As you can see, just like our site, our guides cover quite the range, but they’re interesting, funny, informative and definitely not boring. Check through them as they can show you that you can be fun and creative with your writing if you choose.

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Creating Your Guide

Your guide needs to be a minimum of 400 words which is extremely easy. There’s no limit to how long it can be though so size is only an issue if it’s too short…like in life sometimes.

You’ll need to use 5 images in the guide. Don’t worry if you don’t own one; you can just pull images from eBay itself and use those. They own them so you’re covered, plus it’s much easier doing it that way.

This one may sound tricky, but you’ll just add 5 hyperlinks to your guide. If you write about music, you can just do a quick search on eBay for ‘music’ or a specific artist and use that link in your guide. So if you mention the artist Kanye West (maybe you’re writing a tongue in cheek kind guide) you’d do a search for Kanye West on eBay and take that link and use it on his name. Simple. Just do that five times in your guide and that’s it. To me, that’s the hardest part of doing this which should let you know how simple this process is.

So to get started, you’ll hit the ‘Get Started’ button as you can see in the image above which will take you to a Guide Page. You’ll just look at the upper right-hand side to where the blue button is that states ‘Write a guide’ and hit the button. Then you’ll be greeted with this image below.

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Page where you’ll hit ‘Write a Guide’

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The first thing you’ll see is a ‘Choose a template.’ If you’re planning on writing something like a top 10 list guide or a list thing, choose the second template as it’s best for those. If you’re writing an article piece then you can go with the first template choice.

Then you’ll have something similar to a Blogger type template where you imput your title, and then you can scroll down and see where you can add images (you can do right side images, left or dead center). It’s a pretty basic template and one nearly everyone has dealt with like on Tumblr, Blogger, Live Journal, etc.

In step 4, where they state ‘hero image’ that’ll be the top image that really expresses your article. If you check out our examples above, you’ll see how we’ve done our top images to represent what the guide is about. eBay loves those.

After you’ve finished writing, at the bottom will be the buttons for ‘Save Draft’ or ‘Publish.” When you hit those, there’ll be one of those annoying ‘Captchas’ to do. For some reason, we always have to do it twice. We enter the first Captcha and it always give an error that we entered the wrong one. So, don’t be surprised if that happens to you. Just click to get a new captcha and it’ll go through then.

Once that is done, you’ll have a pop up to decide what category your guide fits so just click on that and then hit ‘Publish.’ It will take a minute or so and then another pop up will come asking if you want to see your guide. Definitely click to see it as you’ll need to get the URL for the final phase of submitting it to the contest.

So we’ve tried to think of everything to guide you through the process so it’s real easy, but if you have any questions, fire away.

You’ve never had it so easy to get that $1K!

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Submitting Your Guide to the Contest

This is where you really want to pay attention so your guide goes to the right place. Otherwise, all that work will be for nothing.

If you’ve left the original landing page, just go back here

As you can see in the image above, you just need to hit the drop down box to make sure you have us listed as ‘Your Favorite Influencer.’ Now, that’s not just an ego move either. This is how eBay is able to make sure that all the submissions for you all get to us to judge in three weeks.

Next step is to just grab the URL of the guide you just completed and published. You’ll put that URL in the box under ‘Your Favorite Influencer’ that states ‘Submit your guide URL’.

That’s it. Now just sit back and find out if you’ve won on or around May 19, 2016. This second phase of the contest will run from June 2, 2016 through June 21, 2016 so get your Summer talk going.

The next phase of the contest where you can get another shot at $1K will be June 22, 2016. Then there’ll be just one more chance after that as we’re giving away a total of $4K for some good writing.

FYI, eBay is not saying this, but from where I’m sitting it looks like they may be looking for more influencers so you might wind up getting more than just $1K out of this. You could become the next eBay Social Influencer! Of course, they are not saying this, but it wouldn’t surprise me so that’s why I letting you know it definitely a worthy one to try out for.

This latest round is a great one that gives you plenty of artistic and creative freedom so enjoy and make some money!

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Document Controller, Sizewell, Suffolk, UK

Reference: 1218733834

ERS have a Client who is actively seeking to appoint a Document Controller with excellent document management skills and administration experience.

Attractive package and competitive salary depending on qualifications and experience

Job Responsibilities

The Document Controller will compile a central register of project documentation. They will receive from Engineering Groups their list of drawings / documents. The Project Group will also provide a list of major project documentation and those documents received from the Client. The methods used will be as defined in the Project co-ordination Procedure.

The Document Controller will be responsible for the distribution of those documents referred to above. They will receive the original of the document, together with details of its distribution from the originator. They will arrange the necessary printing / copying and the return to the originator or filing of the original.

For vendor’s documents at the time of creating the documents on the register, they will record the planned receipt dates; at subsequent receipt or issue dates they will record the next due date to or from the vendor.

All document issues will be accompanied by a transmittal note and the Document Controller will maintain a file for all transmittals issued by Document Control.

As defined in the Project Co-ordination Procedure, status reports will be issued by the Document Controller. They will also be responsible for providing reports to Procurement and Engineering Departments to allow them to expedite the movement of vendor’s documents.

Contact ERS ( on 01454 203 460 or submit a CV to to register your interest or apply.

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Sheep Trivet

With the Glowforge laser cutter currently experiencing at least 12 months of delay in expected shipping dates, several wannabe owners have started practising their drawing skills in preparation. Jules drew this rather cute Sheep Trivet and shared the files with everyone else on the forum. She used the pattern from one of my flexible sheets for the wool on the its back and I couldn't resist cutting it for her. One little sheep is now winging it's way over to the US in a parcel for her.


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C# Fundamentals: Overview of the C# and the .NET Framework

C# has been around for at least 12 years now. It was initially released in 2002. Since that time, the language has grown and matured. We’re on version 5.0 and 6.0 is coming out soon.

Design Goals

C# had very specific design goals in mind. It was to be simple, modern, object-oriented, support strong type and array bounds checking, and automatic garbage collection. Continue reading

Qualities of Great Software Developers

Over the course of my career I have run across all types of developers, and people (sometimes I wonder if developers are even human! I kid, I kid.), from the expert beginner to the guru. Expert beginners are those that think they know it all and are not open to learning anything new. Gurus, of course, are those that understand that our field is huge and it is impossible to know everything, but are experts in some things and have worked with a wide range of technologies. Continue reading

Web Forms Basics: .NET Server Controls

This is going to be a deep dive into the markup, or view, side of a page. If you recall in an earlier post, we took a very high level look at the different components that make up a page.

These pages allow you to enter special server-side controls, which can be modified or acted upon on the server, through a code behind file, typically.

Please note that this will not be a tutorial on how to use Visual Studio or how to File > New Project something. This will be an exploration into server controls in ASP.NET.

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Software Testing and Its Many Incarnations

I started out in my career as a test automation engineer and manual software tester in Quality Assurance.

Testing is paramount to developing high quality software. The meme “I don’t always test my code, but when I do, I test in production” is funny but also, unfortunately, very true. It is rare to have a fully-functional QA team these days. Developers are expected to test their own code.

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Constitutional Struggles in the Muslim World by Dr Ebrahim Afsah, M.Phil., MPA/ Essay number 1.

“The past is a foreign country.” David Lowenthal

There is no doubt that there could be many discussions and talks on the nature of Iranian modernity. This subject requires an independent discussion. Several implications and terms have been used to introduce Iranian modernity in contemporary time. Traditionalism, economic independence, fundamentalism, dogmatism, emulation, secularism, religious reform and others are among terms which have been used by the Iranian intellects and politicians to express new Iranian situation. It seems that the entire terms mentioned above have been aiming at the contextual elements of the Iranian modernity. If so, the Iranian modernity is not a pure and integrated issue; but is in fact a mixed and historical matter with several peaks. The main peaks are religious-trends and anti-religious thoughts, westernization and anti-western ideologies. What we are discussing is the result of mixing all these elements and categories.

Question 1

After World War II, most of the social and political thinkers have thought that the only way of developing the third world countries is following by the Western countries. This idea has internalized by governors by making a new planning and managing of the development institution and train the people. Because of dismissing the internal factors such as human resources and cultural matters this plan has failed. Therefore, many of the developing thinkers have changed their ideas and criticized modernization paradigm. The paradigm changes from the traditional view which focuses on a general and unify plan to the new one (Hage, 1980, Wallarstine, 1989, and Berman, 2000). They have supposed the idea that each country can develop based on its social, cultural, and economic circumstances. Berman has emphasized on different versions of modernization in all of the world. On the other hand, the only way of seeing this process theoretically right is to focus each culture and society based on its experiences. In terms of the history of modern era in Iran, relationship with European societies in the 19th century gave a new appearance to the domestic activities of the country in political, cultural and economic respects and made Iran a country different from both its own past and other countries of the region.

Question 2

On the other hand, The challenge is becoming acute in the wake of the recent upheavals and transformations that have been ongoing, arrival of military technology, industry sets, new trade and banking system, modern knowledge and science, establishing some new institutions such universities and schools, new ways of training and education, communication means, books publication, photography industry, social and cultural evens such as social movement in Qajar regime and later Constitutional Revolution in 1905 and followed it by the Iranian/ Islamic Revolution in 1979 were all effective in the development of the new environment in Iran. This new era has been defined by social scientists and Intellectuals as modern era (Azadarmaki, 2001)

Question 3

Each one of the above-mentioned elements had have a different role in changing the Iranian traditional world to new, developing a modern world. This shows that Iran is a society in the international context not isolated part. Iran has gotten the modern position through the international society. Hence, it is not true to say that Iran is out of the international and global space because of dual relationships. It should say that there is common and mutual relationship between Iran and Western countries and cultures over time. The main idea in different levels (individual, local, institutional, national, and international ones) the society get modern.
To nominate event(s), time or space for starting position of Iranian modernity is very hard. Because there is less common sense among Iranian intellectuals on this matter. Some believe the role of printing books and literature as to be higher than technology (Bahar, 1299 (1920)) while those who defend materialistic development believe technology as to be more important than cultural and literacy renovation. Nevertheless, this paper is not trying to identify the difference of views in this area. In terms of the above theoretical view, we are concerned to discuss and identify the new situation of Iran within the framework of global modernity not Western modernity. Hence, the main question is as follow: “What is the nature and characteristics of Iranian Modernity?”. If we want to have a perfect understanding on this situation, we should work on a broad framework which many questions can be raised:
Is Iranian modernity a suitable term in expressing the new situation of Iran?
Within what processes the Iranian modern experience have formed?
What are the characteristics, specifications and elements of Iranian modernity?
Who have been the main builders, administrators and refiners of Iranian modernity?
Is Iranian modernity acquirable, examinable with capacities to be empirically examined or, if it is a subject just to be sensed?
Based on our main aim in this paper, among the above questions, we are going to work on the following question: “What is the nature of the new situation of Iranian society. Emphasizing on “present” as reality is the main idea which many Iranian intellectuals, artists, movie makers, writers, and politicians have focused and started their thought and activities on. For example, Iranian movie makers labeled their works based on Iranian not nobody or savaged and backward people. They have dogged their everyday social life and make movies on it. The results of emphasizing and understanding “the present time and situation” has been developed based on their experiences in the present. The Iranian modernity is emotional, sensational and humanitarian. The Iranian modernity is a mixture (national and global) phenomenon.

In discussing on the concept of Iranian modernity I have been depended on the following assumption: any society in the contemporary world has its own way of development and modernization. It is not true that all of the societies follow the way of development and modernization which Western countries have done. Each society can be developed based on its social and cultural circumstances. Therefore, any society is somehow in some levels of modernization and have its own modernity.

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Jim Pembroke (born 27 January 1946) is the vocalist of Finnish progressive rock band Wigwam. A British expatriate, Pembroke had played with London group Taverners' Guild before arriving in Finland in 1965. He immediately found himself in some demand, gigging on an ad hoc basis with various lineups (e.g. the Beatmakers, later renamed Jormas), until forming The Pems. He joined Blues Section in 1967, recording a blues-jazz-pop fusion album now considered seminal in Finnish rock. Read more on Last.fm

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Rock Swings

Studio Album by released in 2005
Rock Swings's tracklist:
Eye of the Tiger
Everybody Hurts
Black Hole Sun
It's My Life
It's a Sin
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Eyes Without a Face
The Way You Make Me Feel
Tears in Heaven

Rock Swings review

One of the biggest teen idols of the late '50s, Paul Anka moved to the adult sphere several years later and became a successful performer, songwriter, music businessman, and recording artist, remaining so well into the new millennium. Anka charted into the early '80s, continuing his many casino and international appearances while recording sparingly but continually. This year marks his 47th Anniversary in show business, which he celebrates with the Global release of his latest album, Rock Swings, a collection of contemporary standards. It is a concept that takes rock hits from the 80's and adds a swing arrangement to give them a completely different, and fresh new sound. Sonically amazing, musically impeccable, vocally superb, this album swings hard from start to finish.

Anka the songwriter chose great songs to completely re-arrange for big band. The saving grace here is that these versions sound nothing at all like the original and somehow they all work completely in this new form.... The Pet Shop Boys' It's A Sin really sounds like a mid sixties theme from a cold war movie featuring the likes of Michael Caine. A beautiful opening of Soundgarden's Blackhole Sun leads into a gentle jazz swing. The Cure's Lovecats also fits perfectly in this newfound swing arrangement. Jackson's The Way You Make me Feel with its mid tempo swing beat slips in without much trouble with its muted horns and gentle walking string bass line. They all work really well especially the wonderful Everybody Hurts by REM. Anka's voice sits perfectly over this mellowed brass version, with its space and lyrical string lines. Billy Idol's Eyes Without a Face is perhaps the most beautiful with Larry Koonse's guitar, Randy Kerber himself at the piano. Altogether expect to hear great arrangements, beautifully played, recorded, produced and perfect vocals from the legendary Paul Anka.

Not only do the songs work in a jazzy environment, they actually become more enjoyable with each successive listen. Conductor/arranger Randy Kerber – who was apparently under a court order to play keyboards on every album released during the ‘80s, from Kenny Rogers to Kenny Loggins, Corey Hart to Juice Newton – has gone out of his way to adjust the arrangements of these songs significantly, often hiding their familiar melodies in plain sight. The more you listen to these new arrangements, the more comfortable the songs feel in their new surroundings. With a little luck, Rock Swings could give Paul Anka the sort of career renaissance that Tony Bennett scored a few years ago.

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Saturday, October 20, 2007

creative practice:change

creative practice is all change, people and situations change -- and then they don’t.

living through the changes is sometimes easier to say than to do. change involves waiting, and patience, as well as action, and acceptance.

watching a fire is a good way to think about -- or let go of -- all the aspects of change.

Terri Hendrix has a funny song on her new album, The Spiritual Kind, about how people change and forget to tell you about it. Also, on Hands Across the Water tthere are many songs which help with thinking about change. Two other good songs for this are Carrie Newcomer’s Hold On and Cathie Ryan’s Be Like the Sea, and if you want a bit of history woven in with all these ideas, Caroline Herring’s Trace.

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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Saturday Sessions: Emily Smith on songwriting

Thoughts on songwriting from Scottish singer and songwriter Emily Smith

“When I first started out, I would write songs using kind of the template of a traditional song, a story that you might find recurring in traditional songs,” Smith says. “I’d write my own version, or I’d take the traditional lyrics and write new melodies, which I still do quite a lot. But as the years are passing by I guess the subjects are becoming a bit more contemporary.”

“Some times I can write a song in a night and it’ll be a complete song and I’m quite happy with it. Others are spread over months and months. I have a little book,” she said, “and If I have an idea I write it down in the book if I don’t have time to sit down and finish it, or sometimes I’ll just get an opening verse, and I’ll write that down. Usually I can remember the tune. Quite often I’ll get words and melody at the same time. I know everybody seems really different on that but with me it usually comes simultaneously.”

This is part of the series Saturday sessions, which focuses on ideas about learning, teaching and creating music. Please add your own tips about all that below, and stay tuned for ideas from saltwater music specialist Del Suggs, guitarist Matt Heaton, folk Grammy winner Tim O’Brien, and others.

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Make A Date With The Will Sawney Show

THE WILL SAWNEY SOUL SHOW flyerSince shows began broadcasting in 2014 The Will Sawney Show has notched up a considerable following on a Thursday evening.

With people around the world tuning in to hear the latest underground funky soul sounds, as well as well-loved treasures from the 70’s onwards, this show is one to keep you rocking.

Broadcasting for your listening pleasure music from the likes of Camera Soul, Timotha Lanae, Joe Leavy, Marcia Mitchell, Paula Johnson and a great many more – Thursday evenings have never been so hot!

So make a date tonight (and every Thursday after) with Will Sawney on Love Music Radio from 7pm.

If you’re an independent artist and wish to be featured on the show, drop will a line via the website Will Sawney

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Wednesday, 30 June 2010

This is my last comment on England's departure from the World Cup. I don't know who composed this, but I love it!
Yesterday (Tuesday) we decided to resist the enervating heat and head for the hills, and went up to the Court Hill Centre on the Ridgeway. It's the first time we've been there. It's a former youth hostel where they also do rather nice snacks. Obviously others had the same idea; we met five people we knew there.

We'd listened first thing to No Tragedy No Triumph on Radio 4, Peter White's interview with Tony Judt, the professor of history who has MND. It was a very articulate and vivid account of the impact of the disease. Interestingly he identified the loss of mobility in his legs as being the worst thing, representing the loss of independent living. Worth catching up with.

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Welcome to My Homeland Website; Students Collaborative Art Project February-June 2012, Santa Clara County, California, USA.

Lead Teaching Artist: Pantea Karimi, visual artist and arts educator based in San Jose, CA Project’s Design, Curriculum Content and Lesson Planning, Teaching the sessions at the Elementary Schools and Designing and Installing the Collaborative Wall Installation at three venues.

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  • 69 students, Gr.3-5, from Mountain View, Sunnyvale and San Jose worked with Pantea Karimi, artist and arts educator; they created “hybrid symbols” on cities’ maps in order to build a collaborative wall installation that celebrates and brings together the multicultural youth communities in the South Bay, California in one visual presentation.

This project is funded by the School of Arts & Culture at MHP’s Multicultural Arts Leadership Initiative, San Jose, CA, 2012.

Project Description: My Homeland art project asks what it means to create history and connection to another place other than one’s native land and to create a new hybrid identity and a sense of place outside one’s culture.

Students from Mountain View, Sunnyvale, and San Jose participated in this art project. Arts and Education organizations: Euphrat Museum of Art, Community School of Music and Arts, and School of Arts and Culture at the Mexican Heritage Plaza selected three grade 3-5 classrooms. Assigned students explored sense of belonging to a place and multicultural identity through seeing images, examples and discussions.  Students individually invented and drew a ”hybrid symbol” that represented their cultural or family backgrounds as well as their American living experience. Participants also had the option of writing about their cultural heritage or experiences in their preferred language. For the final outcome, students in each classroom created a collaborative artwork by assembling their final “hybrid symbols” on the designated schools’ neighborhood maps downloaded from Google Maps. The collaborative wall installation is showcased in traveling exhibitions, May-June 2012, in the Art Project galleries at Euphrat Museum of Art, Sobrato Gallery in Community School of Music and Arts, and Gallery Space in School of Arts and Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza.

Project Vision and Mission: The project’s content promotes ethnic diversity and creates a platform for cross-cultural understanding while connects local communities. My Homeland art project’s steps encourage creativity and collaborative-art-installation-outcome, in traveling exhibitions, highlights the multi-cultural youth communities in the South Bay and celebrates cultures from around the world.

Participating Elementary Schools: Theuerkauf, San Antonio and Nimitz.

Traveling Exhibitions Dates:

  • Euphrat Museum of Art: May 8-14, 2012
  • Sobrato Gallery at Community School of Music and Arts: May 15-June 6, 2012
  • Mexcian Heritage Plaza Art Gallery: June 11-15, 2012

Special thanks to the following individuals from the Arts and Education organizations and the Elementary Schools for their support and engagement: Diana Argabrite, Linda Covello, Cal Cullen, Kyle Willimas, John Williams, Tamara Alvarado, Lilia Aguero, Norma Rodriguez, Ottey Russ, Rita Cole, Claudia Cadenas, Rosalyn Carson, Junko Tsuchida and Arnold Barrientos.

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The neighbor’s husband!

My Terrible Husband Lesson 104-Stop keeping up with Mrs. Jones’ husband!

Marriage in suburbia!

I don’t know if it is just me or if it always appears that the neighbor’s husbands are quite more inspired to work outside and around the house…as today is a nice warm day in the north east, I happen to notice that a majority of the neighborhood HUSBANDS are outdoors doing their Saturday chores! and when did this become so obvious to me? maybe because I am the only wife this morning getting her yard work done, alone?

I know they say never to “keep up with Jones'” but does it also mean I shouldn’t envy those wives who’s husbands wake up extra early just to get a head start on the grass cutting?

I like to garden. I like to plant flowers. I enjoy it. My husband on the other hand, takes no pleasure in gardening whatsoever. So…I am out here alone, cleaning up the garden beds and just feeling, well, jealous!

Ok I know, it doesn’t mean those wives are happier or even married to better men and I should just mind my own business.  After all, during the time I am gardening I am able to get some well earned alone time and feel accomplished at the end of the day that I did all the work by myself.

Throw away the score card

Unmasked with David Charleston

forgiveLittle ones are often caught in the cross fire of parents fighting. Recently Carrie Underwood drew attention to this issue in her song titled Little Toy Guns.

In a fight someone has to decide to put their pride down. When someone is willing, it is amazing how the damage can stop almost immediately. It takes two to tango, remember. Pride and jealousy are two emotions that often fuel arguments.

Is your relationship worth fighting for?  Then put your weapon down. Fly the white flag.

Surrender isn’t weakness; it is the start of healing.

Abe Lincoln who led one of the bloodiest battles in American history said, “I’ve been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.” He understood humility and surrender.

The reason why so many…

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Every Day is Mother’s Day…

My-Terrible-Husband Lesson 103- A holiday is just like any other day…Including mother’s day!

I woke up early this morning and felt inclined to take care of a few honey-do items on the list myself. Maybe it was a strong cup of coffee that got me going early on…As my husband left for a softball game, and the children were all still asleep, I took advantage of some me time.  ME TIME? There I was on Mother’s Day cleaning out the garage, including sweeping and sorting through all the crap we’ve held onto since last fall.   As I swept the dirty, dusty floor, I thought, “wow, even on Mother’s Day I can’t catch a break, and where are my children and my husband, some Mother’s Day…as if, yada, yada, yada! I stopped myself.  I knew I was going down that “oh poor is me” funnel cloud! I remembered some advice I received while I was single.  It was a time around Valentine’s Day many moons ago, that romantic holiday that is absolutely dreaded by singles everywhere.  The advice was to view any holiday as it was any other day, without meaning or expectation, and all that anxiety around what things SHOULD be like will disappear and move on with your day as you would any other day.

So then I went on my way, sweeping and cleaning…as it was the perfect time to do it, whether it was Mother’s Day or not, it was a good time to get things done.

I did manage to get a yoga class in and that was my present to myself after a morning of chores!

My Nest is a Mess!

MY TERRIBLE HUSBAND Lesson 102- Just pick it up & clean it up!

“Put the socks In the dirty clothes basket! I am not your mother!”

 I used to despise my mothers nagging about cleaning my room, yet now I sound just like her.  The issue is how to maintain peace with a system of chores that weigh so heavily in my direction! I have accepted that women like to maintain the nest…we are genetically programmed to keep things in order for the greater good for our family. Correct?  I once was complaining to a group of co-workers about my first husband’s lack of cleanliness. He would leave dishes in the sink and so on and so on and there I would be cleaning up after him.  One of the women, older and wiser than me said, “just pick it up and clean it up, and don’t complain about it, it’s not worth it”

 Maybe that was the best marital advice I have ever gotten and it was FREE! In the end we are not divorced due to his messiness so I spent countless hours trying to change behaviors which I probably never could, without a lobotomy anyway.

..So as I try to find a simple compromise and accept that the nest will be as good as it can be and when all else fails pick up, clean it up and just let it go!

Yes Dear!

My Terrible Husband Lesson 101: Keep a sense of humor!

Tonight my husband asked me what I wanted for Mother’s Day, and I answered…

“I want you to follow me around the house most of the day and for anything I ask for you to take care of,  for you to say “yes dear” and that is all I want for Mother’s Day!”

then I asked him to practice the words “yes” and “dear”

I found this quite amusing!

Yes keeping a sense of humor!

8 Ill-advised Reasons for Getting Married, 1792

#love #marriage #myterriblehusband

The History of Love

What would you say makes the most solid foundation for a marriage? Trust? Financial security? The sort of profound and death-defying passion that would make Jack & Rose weep with envy? [let’s face it, they are the modern-day Romeo & Juliet, and I’m only moderately ashamed to admit it.]

It was in the latter half of the eighteenth century that the concept of marrying for love began to gain currency in the English popular mindset, and the younger generation expected a bit more say in who their partner might be. Inevitably, centuries of parental tyranny in these matters meant that alliances negotiated in terms of acreage and titles continued to sweep many reluctant couples to the altar.

Here, however, we have a brilliant print suggesting that many people cannot be trusted with such a momentous decision, giving a range of slightly less conventional – but still remarkably unwise – reasons for marriage. Take…

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Week Eats

Good Morning!

It’s Friday, and a dreary one at that!  I hope you all had a good week.  Mine has been pretty busy, mostly with just work.  Two more days till vacation!  Even though I won’t be going on any fantastic getaway, I’m pretty excited to just be relaxing.  Beach and bake (goodies!)?  Hollaa to that.

Even so, I made sure to eat.  I haven’t shared a what-I-ate all week, so here it is.  Surprisingly enough, not a lot of repeats, but still simplicity.  Even when you are busy, still possible to have pretty decent meals and not get bored.

IMG_0699OIAJ  – Peaches and Cream!  Banana Whipped Oats with coconut milk and sunflower seed butta!

IMG_0701Veggie burger with hella hummus and Kale Avocado Salad on the side.

IMG_0712Waffles, greek yogurt, blueberries, walnuts, and syrup.  Try this combo please!

IMG_0734That. Dinner.

IMG_0739Work noshes.

IMG_0740Waffles, almond butta, and raspberry spread.

IMG_0743Picture hella bread with a thin filling of mushrooms, arugala, sundried tomato spread, and mozzarella.

IMG_0755Snacking in the dark like a creeper. How I roll sometimes.

IMG_0756Granola, fruit, and almond milk.

IMG_0759Hummus, baba ganoush, falafals, fried eggplant, and salad.  Always recommend hole-the-wall places! Oh, and lots of pita bread and hot sauce 😉

IMG_0762Needed.  But not really.

Pretty much it!  I think this is the first time I didn’t repeat my granola breakfast and veggie burger lunch in one week, although, it’s only Friday.  Even with the different food and crazy hours of the week, I still feel pretty good.  With “some” sleep, yoga, and mindful eating, I’m learning healthy living can happen through any situation.  Now for the motivation to to change the situations….

Till next time, my dears,

IMG_0741PS.  All natural is better.  Hairy and all.

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Happy Anniversary!

Wedding anniversary at WorldMark Golden Beach ResortMy wife and I recently celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary at Golden Beach Resort. From the minute we stepped into the foyer, we felt like we were coming home as this was one of the first resorts we stayed at upon joining, what was then, Trendwest. We were delighted with the refurbished foyer, the Titanic staircase-style chandelier, red guest lounges, and very modern fountain. The ever-friendly staff treated us to a bottle of wine for our anniversary, which was a lovely touch.

We have stayed here many times with our kids since joining back in 2000, enjoying the kayaks, tennis courts, restaurant, pool and spa. This time, we left the kids at home, enjoying romantic strolls along the foreshore, our wine and cheese platter on our eighth floor balcony, all the while soaking up the wonderful atmosphere that is the Pumicestone Passage. As the sunset, the spectacular views across to Bribie Island faded, only to awaken the night-lights of Caloundra.

After enjoying an early evening spa, this left us refreshed and ready for a sumptuous dinner at the Sakon Thai Restaurant. The restaurant staff were friendly, the food – terrific, and the service was prompt with dinner billed to our room. A quiet stroll, to walk dinner down, led us to watching one of the hire DVD’s from reception and a good night in

Our final day, Sunday, started with a dip in the spa and pool then off to Caloundra to enjoy the main-street markets offering everything from food, fashion, art & crafts, massages and home wares. As a rainbow was a sign of things to come, we headed back to the resort, checked out of paradise and back to reality. Wish it didn’t have to end so soon. Thanks for the memories…

David & Luella

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Tag Archives: Rum

Caramelised pineapple, rum and vanilla upside-down cake (Lorraine Pascale) recipe

Serves 6-8 (v)
50g butter, plus extra for greasing 50g soft light brown sugar 1 large can of pineapple rings in juice (about 7 rings), drained well Splash of dark rum or a squeeze of lime (optional) 8 fresh or frozen raspberries

  • 125g butter, at room temperature
  • 125g soft light brown sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 eggs
  • Grated zest of 1/2 lemon
  • Seeds of 1/2 a vanilla pod or a few drops of vanilla extract
  • 125g plain flour
  • 11/2 tsp baking powder
  • Good pinch of ground cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp milk (optional)

To serve

  • Mascarpone
  • Icing sugar or runny honey, to taste

  • 20cm diameter non-stick
  • ovenproof frying pan

How to make:

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F), Gas Mark 4. Melt the butter in the frying pan over a high heat and immediately add the sugar.
  • Stir continuously until dissolved and syrupy, then add the pineapple rings, placing one in the middle and the rest around the outside, and cook them for 3-4 minutes so they get a good colour on the bottom.
  • Keep spooning the butter and sugar mixture over them, so the tops are coated and caramelised. Add the rum or lime juice, if using, and cook for a further minute until thick and syrupy. Take the pan off the heat, place a raspberry in the centre of each pineapple ring and set aside.
  • For the sponge, cream together the butter, sugar and salt in a medium bowl. Next, add the eggs, one at a time, beating hard between each addition.
  • Add the lemon zest and vanilla and mix for a few seconds.Now stir in the flour, baking powder and cinnamon until well mixed. If the mixture seems a little stiff, add some milk to loosen it.
  • Carefully, from a low height, so as not to disturb the positioning of the pineapple rings, spoon the mixture in dollops around their tops. Gently spread the mixture out evenly using the back of the spoon until completely covered, being careful not to drag along any syrup that rises up.
  • Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 30-35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. The cake should be golden on top, feel springy to the touch and smell cooked.
  • Leave to cool for a few minutes before very carefully turning the cake out onto a large plate. The best way to do this is to invert the plate on top of the pan and flip the pan and plate over at once, then remove the pan to reveal the upside-down cake.
  • Serve with a dollop of mascarpone sweetened with some icing sugar or honey.


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by Niall Doherty

So I’m thinking we have the makings of a pretty nifty community here at Disrupting the Rabblement. These past few months have seen more and more of you fine readers chiming in with comments, and I’m conversing with an ever-growing number of you via Twitter, Facebook and email.

Through all of those channels, I’ve been able to hear some very cool stories about what big goals and adventures you’ve all got going on. And it’s inspiring stuff. In fact, connecting with all you fellow rabble rousers online has been something of a lifesaver for me here in Spain, where I’ve found it difficult to meet free-thinking proactive types, especially with the language barrier. I imagine I’d be one depressed and frustrated hombre right now if not for all the support and positivity I receive via the big web machine. (Muchas gracias!)

Now here’s what I want to do today: Introduce you fine folks to one another.

In a minute I’ll ask you to go leave a comment, but I don’t want you to leave just any old comment. Nope, I want you to really dig deep and hit me with your biggest, most lofty, audacious and ridiculous goal. You know, the one that’s likely to draw laughs and eye-rolls from all the old folks back in the village and all the lads in the pub. Except you don’t have to worry about such reactions here at Disrupting the Rabblement, because we’re all about thinking big and tackling the impossible, screw the naysayers and dream-slayers.

I’ll get the ball rolling by announcing a perfectly unreasonable goal that’s been brewing in my mind for the past few weeks. You already know of my intention to spend 3+ years circumnavigating the globe without flying, but this is something different:

The Five Tongues of Awesome

Don’t worry, it’s not as kinky as it sounds 😉

The Five Tongues of Awesome is what I’ve dubbed my dream of becoming fluent in the world’s five most widely-spoken languages. Those five would be (as measured by number of native speakers, according to Wikipedia):

  1. Mandarin
  2. Spanish
  3. English
  4. Hindi-Urdu
  5. Arabic

Being fluent in those five languages would mean I’d be able to communicate effectively with approximately 1/3 of all people living on this big rock we call home. Which methinks would be pretty damn cool.

And I don’t just mean conversationally fluent. I’d be aiming to reach a level of fluency that would allow me to deliver a clear and effective speech in front of at least 100 native speakers of each language, and be comfortable handling Q&A afterwards.

Now every goal needs a deadline, so I’m going to give myself until the age of 40 to achieve this. As of this writing, I’m 29 years old. I’m already pretty handy at the auld English and I’m almost three months deep into learning Spanish (steadily approaching conversational fluency). I know nothing of the other three languages on the above list, other than they look and sound funny.

I figure with at least two years of consistent study and practice at each of those languages, together with some healthy doses of immersion, I should be able to achieve my goal, while having plenty of adventures along the way 🙂

Your turn!

Alright, over to you. Let me know of your biggest, craziest goal via the comments. Put it out there, make it that bit more tangible. Let’s all see the legendary company we keep by reading this blog.

P.S. Even if you don’t feel like sharing, be sure to check out the first comment below for details on a special offer for DtR readers.

How To Earn Your First $100 Online This Weekend

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August 2011 Finance Report (subscribers only)

Hola, all you legendary email subscribers.

Welcome to my August finance report. As usual, I’ll share with you all the details of my finances below, along with a few notes that I think you’ll find interesting. Let’s dive in…

August Expenses

Food and Drink

Groceries€ 147
Pubs, Coffee Shops, Restaurants, Take-aways€ 74
Total€ 221

Last month I spent just €3 less here. I’m pretty happy with that since I did a whole lot more travel and eating out in August.

Housing and Utilities

Hotels and hostels€ 168
Rent€ 100
Total€ 268

I was paying €200 a month for my apartment in Burgos. I really only owed a weeks rent in August but I paid a bit extra since the lady I lived with was so nice and I didn’t exactly leave her blender in great condition (might have overdone it on the smoothies).

Accommodation for three nights in France proved more costly that I expected though. One ho-hum rest-stop hotel that I found myself stranded at cost €85 for the night. That’s one of the big disadvantages of hitchhiking: not being able to plan ahead and book cheap accommodation.

Cherbourg-Rosslare ferry€ 60
Diesel for my Dad’s van (he lets me use that when I’m home)€ 20
Local trams and buses (3 trips)€ 6
Total€ 86

Just for kicks, I added up the total cost of my hitchhiking adventure (if you missed that, check this post). It took me eight days to get from Burgos in Spain back to my parents house in Ireland. Accounting for all food, travel and accommodation I spent money on during that time, the total cost came to €290.

That number would have been much higher if not for the kindness of my friends Uzuri and Jon, who both acted as legendary hosts along the way. Massive thanks to them.

Business Expenses

Check the notes below the table for more info on the items listed.

Adobe Photoshop CS5€ 500
Headway developer option€ 115
Camtasia screencast software€ 69
Clients + Cash online course€ 61
oDesk virtual assistants€ 60
ClickBank account activation€ 35
MS Remote Desktop (monthly subscription)€ 14
Ecwid shopping cart (monthly subscription)€ 13 (monthly subscription)€ 3
Total€ 877

Ouch. I spent almost €200 more on my business in August than I spent in total the previous month. Notes…

Adobe Photoshop
A pricey purchase, but I just had to do it. As a web designer, Photoshop is a pretty essential piece of software (sorry, Gimp fans). I’d been without it since my laptop crashed back in January and I lost the copy I’d kept from my old 9-to-5. Sure, I could have just made do with a pirated version, but that would have made me a bit of a hypocrite. That said, I did get a little sneaky and purchased the American version of the software, saving myself about €350. Seems a little ridiculous to me that Europeans have to pay so much extra for software that you download from the Internet.

Headway, Camtasia, and Ecwid
All of these expenses are related to the $50 Dollar Blogs service I launched a few weeks back. Headway is one of the premium themes I offer to install for clients, and buying the developer option lets me do that pretty cheaply (at least in the long run). I use Camtasia to produce screencasts showing folks how to use the blogs I set up for them, and Ecwid works great as a shopping cart to capture orders.

Clients + Cash
This is the latest course from Ashley Ambirge of The Middle Finger Project. It’s all about how to market yourself better so clients come to you and you no longer have to chase them. If there was an affiliate program for this course, I’d be all over it, because it’s that good. I’m learning a shitload and will be putting the lessons to good use in the coming weeks.

oDesk Virtual Assistants
I’m still working with a VA on an SEO experiment for No strong conclusions yet on if it’s worth the investment.

ClickBank account activation
I relaunched A Course In Courage recently, switching it up to a one-time payment system. ClickBank handles all the payment processing, and required an activation fee to get the wheels turning.

MS Remote Desktop
I originally signed up for this so I could run some Windows software that I had purchased, but it’s proving more useful these days for checking how the websites I build display in Internet Explorer. Since the company running this service is based in NYC, it also means I have access to a machine with a US IP address, which comes in handy every now and then 😉
This is working out pretty good. Check my last site progress report for more details.

A quick note about affiliate links
I link to everything I use so you can go ahead and check out the products and services for yourself. However, I only become an affiliate for products and services that I actually like and am happy to recommend. If you click through and buy something via my affiliate links, it doesn’t cost you anything extra, but I get a percentage of the sale price. Please don’t buy anything unless you have a clear need for it.

Miscellaneous Expenses

Wedding present for my cousin€ 50
New jeans€ 30
New headphones€ 25
Donation to Bowel Cancer UK via mi amiga Caroline Leon€ 18
Haircut€ 11
Big black marker for making hitchhiking signs€ 8
Sax busker donation€ 1
Love Drop subscription€ 1
Total€ 144

Expense Summary

Food and Drink€ 221
Housing and Utilities€ 268
Travel€ 86
Business Expenses€ 877
Miscellaneous expenses€ 144
Total Expenses€ 1,596

Way up from last month’s total of €683, although I’m pretty happy with how I’m spending my money. I feel I’m making some smart investments in my business and hopefully I’ll be able to reap the rewards soon.

August Income

Away from the minuses and on to the pluses…

Freelance web design€ 213
$50 Blogs€ 113
Google Adsense (€ 98
A Course In Courage€ 73
Donations (muchas gracias!)€ 29
Total Income€ 526

My goal for August was to earn at least €1000, and I was way off. I also fell short of my earnings goal for the previous month. Goes to show how bad I am at predicting this kind of thing :-/

I’m still owed a decent chunk of commission from HostGator via my $50 Blogs offer, but have only recently realized that payments are delayed two months, so I won’t see any of that money until October.

Where that leaves me

I had €5,237 to my name at the end of July. After applying the most recent exchange rate (I have accounts in both Dollars and Euros), that had increased slightly to €5,267. Taking into account all my August expenses, earnings and taxes, my total bank and cash balances now work out to €4,247.

A quick summary of how I’m doing so far this year:

  • – €1,173 in January
  • – €292 in February
  • – €741 in March
  • – €22 in April
  • – €672 in May
  • – €872 in June
  • – €449 in July
  • – €1,070 in August

Outlook for September

Realistic or not, €1000 per month is still my goal, and I’ll be shooting for that again in September. Once I can generate that kind of income consistently, I should be easily able to cover my expenses while doing the digital nomad thing.

I’m busy working on a solo site for $50 Blogs, as I’ve gotten great feedback about that service and believe it can do quite well for me if I invest just a little more time in setting it up right. If it gets rolling like I hope it will, all I’ll need is two clients per week and I’ll be close to that 1k mark.

As regards expenses, they should be much lower this month, as I’m not venturing too far from the sanctuary of my parents house in Slieverue.

Feedback welcome

Let me know your thoughts on these reports. Do you find the info helpful? Would you like more detail? Less? If you’re self-employed yourself, I’d also love to hear about your financial adventures.

  1. Danielle McGaw

    Thanks for sharing this Niall. I think it is fascinating what you are doing and I love seeing how you make your choices with money. I shudder to think what would happen if I put mine out there. Or maybe I should. I’d be a lot more accountable. Although I guess to some degree I’m going to have to with the Million Dollar Blog Project.

    • Niall Doherty

      Thanks, Danielle. These posts have definitely me more accountable with my finances, and so far I haven’t seen any downside to posting all the info.

      Curious: Will you be using your Live Without A Job site for the Million Dollar Blog Project?

  2. Andrew

    I was eagerly anticipating your next report! Sorry to hear you’ve not reached your €1000 target yet but keep trying – I’m sure all your readers are behind you on this. It’s relevant to me as I’m too struggling to earn a decent income from a portfolio of freelance work, always trying to add in little bits here and there to increase my earnings.

    One thing I have learnt though is that income is irrelevant on it’s own – it’s only income minus expenses that counts. Therefore I think you’re very brave spending so much this month! Photoshop is a substantial outlay – I’ve done plenty of professional-ish design work with Paint Shop Pro and I’m sure there’s little it can’t handle. And it’s only £79.99. Oh but did I read you have a Mac?

    Thanks for replying to my earlier email. Keep up the good work!

    • Niall Doherty

      Hey Andrew, thanks for the comment. Yes, I’m on a Mac. I should have looked into Paint Shop Pro though. Never even thought of that. I gave Gimp a whirl (wasn’t very impressed) and made do with for a while, but I’d used Photoshop professionally for years and I was definitely not the same designer without it.

      And yeah, definitely hear you about income minus expenses. On balance, earning €1000 per month should cover everything I need.

      Wishing you all the best with your own journey.

  3. Trevor

    Thanks for putting yourself out there Niall, you’re an inspiration! I’m really diggin’ the blog, thanks!

    • Niall Doherty

      Thanks, Trevor! Much appreciated 🙂

  4. Paula @

    You earned 98 euros from Google AdSense? But I don’t see any ads on … ?? Where are the ads?

    • Niall Doherty

      Hey Paula. The ads were on (this page was my big earner), which gets about 40k hits per month. I replaced them a few weeks back with ads promoting my $50 Blogs offer, though no sales have come from there yet. I’ll probably switch back soon.

      Oh, and the 98 Euros was accumulated over about three months. So it only works out to about 400 Euros per year. Seems to me that you really do need huge traffic to make good money from Adsense.

  5. Carlos

    Its truly inspirational to see you just put all this out for everyone to see…

    and after looking at it, I need to start working on my finances lmao.

    Best of luck!

    • Niall Doherty

      Thanks, Carlos! Putting the numbers out there has definitely made me more conscious of my spending. Helps a lot methinks 🙂

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Small Creatures Such As We is about how human connection always and at the same time builds us up into new people with its support, while also opening us to vulnerability and pain. It also seems to say that how we deal with this reality is what defines us. The problem here, is not in principals, but in their execution.

The premise of this show seems to be that we are all small, and live through traumas in our lives that shape us. This perspective says that we are, all of us, primarily victims of things largely outside our control. This is one way of looking at the world, and while I’m not about to argue about it, I will say that it is not the only way. It is, however, the way that these two characters view themselves, and ask us to look at them. Everything they do is as a response to trauma, or as an attempt to conquer it.

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The characters in this show, Kit and Joanna, occupy two distinct time-worlds: their present as twenty-somethings, and their early adolescence when they first met and became friends and lovers. So far, so good, but in neither world does the audience witness any slow growth or development of the individuals; all the changes are presented post facto in the second time-world. Furthermore, these characters, who embody some rather classic stereotypes of innocent Christian girl, and the sexually experienced big-city bad-boy, never show themselves transcending these types to establish their connection. We never learn why Joanna decides to abandon her religious convictions to have sex with Kit, or see any sign of what makes the rather repugnant character of Kit such a ladies man in the first place.

The dialogue we do hear moves between choppy and unbelievable, and isn’t helped by the actors’ delivery of it. The interactions of these characters also seem to lack depth; there are no layers in what each interaction means to them, each line feels placed to accomplish the goal of that scene, rather than the goals of the characters.

This show has some heart in the centre that comes from its understanding that humans hurt, and it is trying to say something about our reality as human beings, and for that I admire it. Unfortunately, to say nothing of the execution of its vision, its conception and understanding of what it is to be hurt is not at all nuanced; part of the sadness and hurt comes from a lost potential for joy that bubbles beneath the surface.

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