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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Parents are in town, so I've been away from the computer a lot. I have, instead, been in the yard, taking down a lot of stuff I should've taken down a while ago, and trying to get my lawnmower working again.

But, we had practice for Sunday on Tuesday, and I'll be playing electric then, which I love. There's one funk-inspired song that really screamed out Nile Rodgers to me, so that's what I'm bringing to the table. And on Wednesday, our normal lead guitar stayed home and crashed (he wakes up for work at 4am or something) so I got to play lead. Or only -- when you're backing a singer, you're going to be playing more harmony and rhythm than taking on lead/melody lines yourself. I tried a double-stop harmonizing bit, as shown in a recent Arlen Roth lesson. I first read about it in one of his instructional books years ago. I'm not sure it sounded right, which makes me wish we could record these things. I might bring along my laptop and hook to a spare position with the in-ear and try to record some of this. That might be cool, but it certainly be instructive.

See you later@

Saturday, July 25, 2009

At least I was amused

The office goes to lunch on Fridays, and today we were talking about the Kindle. If you haven't been paying attention, there's a company that released a version of George Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984. Amazon released it on the Kindle, but, as it turned out, had no rights for that. In the paper world, Amazon would probably pulp their remaining stock and pay a higher rate for the stuff they sold, but in the electronic world, they could tell your Kindle to delete it. (And credited your account for what you spent.)

It was decided that the big annoyance is the annotations. With the Kindle, you an evidently you can write notes and store them with the source, but whatever you had went away when they deleted it. And that thought inspired a line.

"I've found and elegant solution, but it is too large to fit in the buffer of my Kindle"

That's the joke. That's why I brought it up.

Sad, isn't it?

This evening, I started playing and I noticed that a scratchy, sitar-like tone was coming out when I hit the G on the low E string. Not of F#, not on G#, not on another string. So I poke, and I raise the saddle and reintonate. Problem didn't go away.

I was plugged in. My fretless acoustic was leaning on the side of my amp, but the strings were open. I was vibrating an open string.

How was your day?

Friday, July 24, 2009

Look at this cover.

So shapely. So natural. So right.

So beautiful.

And the player is talented, too.

Her name is Joyce Cooling, and evidently some blogs I read have known about her for a good long time. There's music samples on her website, you can find the pictured album on Amazon.

A maple Tele Thinline with with a Rickenbacker-style F-hole and acoustic bridge. That's interesting. I'm very curious about the electronics on that instrument.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Explain The Effect: Tremolo

Tremolo is one of my favorite effects. It is (a) tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone. It's so cool that it's built into the best Fender amps, like the Vibrolux and the Twin Reverb. It is clear that Leo Fender didn't have great understanding of musical terms, calling tremolo vibrato and vice versa, but that's OK with me.

My tremolo is a Danelectro Cool Cat Tremolo. When I went looking for a trem, I tried a few more trems, including the EHX Stereo Pulsar, but I couldn't dial in what I considered to be a Fender tremolo on the the others, and that's what I really wanted.

You can get a generalized warble with 'em, which is where I normally go with it. You can kick the speed up to max and get a stuttering effect. All good things. But the thing I'm mostly trying to put together these days is kicking the speed back a little, hiding my fingerpicking in the quiet spots so you can't hear the attack. It can sound like an arpeggiated 70s synth a bit, although I don't know that I captured it here, with the acoustic sound of the guitar coming in too clear. I do know that I've captured the sound of my mic distorting. I was going over a couple of standard chord progressions, nothing clever, but I think I can put this into something.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The Object Of My Effection

This is it. The instrument I want. That is the Nashville B-Bender Tele. It's got the reverse-wound Strat middle pickup, so you can get the "out-of-phase" Strat second and fourth position in addition to the neck/bridge/both standard Tele wiring. Plus, the B-Bender.

I have gone on about the B-Bender before, but in case you haven't heard it, here goes: by pulling down on the neck, you sharpen the B string up to C#. It's to get pedal steel bends on a normal guitar. Clarence White of the Byrds is the first B-Bender player, but you may have heard the instrument on Led Zeppelin's "All Of My Love" or Metallica's "Unforgiven II".

I have a Tele. I have two, as a matter of fact. But I need the B-Bender.

Hey, Stratoblogster!

Cover this Strato-Brother!

Friday, July 17, 2009

Bleedin' Right Before The Lord

Eastwood Guitars make the cool stuff, the funky instruments that came out in the 50s and 60s and sometimes even 70s that showed up in Sears showrooms then on pawn shop walls and now are in the hands of collectors.

That's my take on it, at least. I have never held one in my hands. I'd love to have one, but I don't.

But they're having a contest. Play the riff to Jack Black White's most covered song, "Seven Nation Army", and put it on YouTube, and you can win their version of a '59 Airline Custom.

Makes me think there's trademark issues.

But they don't say it like that. They say Jack. They say E E/G E D C B. Having never tried to pick it up myself, I don't know for sure that's "Seven Nation Army", but it seems pretty close.

So good luck, tell me if you win, folks, and I'll put my "Seven Eastwood Army" video here once I made it.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Shake It Like A Polaroid Picture

Booker T. and the Drive-By Truckers, playing a song by Andre 3000 which was inspired by the Strokes.

Lonely Tele

Lonely Tele
Originally uploaded by sturgeon_genral
Kinda a flickr test, but isn't that a great pic? With a Tele headstock at that.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

My Sweep Picking Attempt

I will be watching, observing my lack of technique. Please do the same.

Sweep Picking and TinyLick

My TinyLick

I think it was IHeartGuitar that pointed me to TinyLick, and the TinyLick I made is from Tom Hess' sweep picking example.

And I have a netbook with a camera now, so I'll show how I fail at getting it down soon.

Stones, October 1973

"You Can't Always Get What You Want".

I think this is better than the one on Let It Bleed

In Case You're Sober

This is one of the classic guitar hacks: You can take the red rubber off the stopper of a Grolsch bottle and put it on the buttons of your guitar as a quick-and-easy strap lock.

That is, if you drink beer.

I do not.

Adam Levy has a series of lessons, and among them is ...
Lesson #5. Keep your guitar strap from falling off. Sure, you can buy hardware specifically designed to keep your strap locked on, but some such products can be a drag because you have to modify your guitar to install them. Thanks to guitar-tech extraordinaire Kelly Macaulay for suggesting a cheap, easy-to-use alternative that requires no alterations to your instrument: neoprene rubber faucet washers, available at any ol' hardware store for about 69 cents. The ones I use are made by the Danco Company of Concordville, Pennsylvania. The Danco stock number is 61805B - these are 1-1/4" in diameter, 1/6" thick, and have a 1/4" hole in the center. To get the washer over your strap button, use the first finger and thumb of each hand to grip it at the 9 o'clock position and 3 o'clock position, then pull in opposite directions. That'll open the hole just enough to get it onto your strap button. (Your strap should already be on the guitar first. The washers go over your strap ends.) Removal is even easier - grab the edge of the washer and pull it over the button and toward the opposite side, as if turning the page of a book.
My main Tele has Schaller straplocks. My backup is in the shop, waiting for me to pay for the new bone nut it sports, and because I can see wanting to swap straps between it and my main one, it will get Schallers, too. But my acoustic? That would really use these. Especially as that one sports my wonderful 25-year-old wide long and comfortable strap with the worn-out holes.

I'm on the skinny end of the month, so I won't be giving the Danco Company of Concordville, Pennsylvania any of my money right now, nor the Grolsch Brewery of the Netherlands. But yeah, that looks like a great idea.

Of course, you can just use a big metal washer if you aren't going to take the strap off the instrument, or an eye-bolt like Eddie Van Halen.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The Tele Crack'd

This guitar was built for Keith Urban by Yuriy Shishkov of the Fender Custom Shop. (FenderCustom on Twitter.) Inspired by Paul Stanley's shattered-glass Ibanez Iceman, this guitar is built slimmer and lighter to offset the added width and weight of the glass. The body is also arched, so that stage lights will reflect in all sorts of angles.

Look on the FenderCustom TwitPic page and you'll see other pictures, including what is truly the prettiest birds-eye maple neck I believe I have ever seen.

Trent Reznor said:
Forget thinking you are going to make any real money from record sales. Make your record cheaply (but great) and GIVE IT AWAY. As an artist you want as many people as possible to hear your work. Word of mouth is the only true marketing that matters....
This brought about a thought.

Nowadays, musicians develop the album, record the album and tour the album. They avoid any leaking of the album until the time the record hits the shelves. U2, to name one I can recall, has worked hard to keep leaked tracks off YouTube.

But that isn't the only way. I recently watched a documentary on the making of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, and before the recording, when it was still called Eclipse, they toured on it. I am sure that certain people in the know had and played recordings of the songs before they were officially released. Certainly that familiarity with the material and audience reaction helped in recording and editing of what has proven to be one of the greatest selling albums of all time.

So, what happens if you develop the songs, the overarching suite, and never go into the studio and record it? Release the soundboard recording of this part when you think you have it down, then another piece from another when you like that. Maybe go back to the first one if you play it well again.

I dunno. I'm just spitballing. Does this make any sense?

Sunday, July 12, 2009

A Gatton Chord

This is from Danny Gatton's Telemaster! video.
E ---5---
B ---5---
G ---5---
D ---7---
A ---8---
E ---6---
Bass to treble, Bb F A C E A. But what is it? If you just take the high four, A C E A, and you got yourself an A minor. Add the F and you get an F major 7. But that Bb, in the root no less. What does it make it? Bb is the 4th. Normally people shove the 4th in high, not low.

But go play it. Give it a shot.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Strapped Redux

I have it. Sweetwater said "keep it". And it is longer than the previous strap. Happy!

Friday, July 10, 2009

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

How To Not Suck, Chapter 19: Pardon the Transposition

A quick graph.

           1     2m    3m     4     5     6m     7

C Major : C Dm Em F G Am Bdim
D Major : D Em F#m G A Bm C#dim
E Major : E F#m G#m A B C#m D#dim
F Major : F Gm Am Bb C Dm Edim
G Major : G Am Bm C D Em F#dim
A Major : A Bm C#m D E F#m G#dim
B Major : B C#m D#m E F# G#m A#dim
C# Major : C# D#m E#m F# G# A#m B#dim
Eb Major : Eb Fm Gm Ab Bb Cm Ddim
F# Major : F# G#m A#m B C# D#m E#dim
Ab Major : Ab Bbm Cm Db Eb Fm Gdim
Bb Major : Bb Cm Dm Eb F Gm Adim

Learn it. Know it. Live it.

You cannot capo a voice. Singers move songs higher if they can and lower if they must, and songs you've played for years in one key, you might have to play it in another.

Like I did this evening.

With chord sheets and no pen. Always trying to remember F Bb Dm7 C is now C F Am7 G, next to three other guys with no pens, trying to remember that it's now C F Am7 G too.

And United Isn't The Only One

United Breaks Guitars

To be fair, it's my understanding that it is O'Hare that breaks guitars, not specifically United Airlines.

Meet Johnny Depp.

I can't have that hair. I couldn't grow a goatee to save my life. I can't have a blackguard Tele. I suppose I can have the slightly post-grunge wardrobe, but on me, it'd look more like Tad than Depp. But I could have that strap. Which was one of my goals for going to Gearfest.

But, as I said in the post, they kinda accidentally sold that one out from under me. Which was OK, because the guy in the warehouse gave me this strap. Depp is 5'9" and skinny. I am 6'3" and rotund. The strap rides a little shorter than I would like, but I am happy enough with it. (And I am aware that the Planet Waves is about $10 more expensive, but I'm not going to make a big deal about that.)

But I got an email from Sweetwater. It says that they have sent me a Fender vintage-style strap.

It would be so easy for me to just be quiet and say "Free strap!" But that would be Wrong.

When I have the strap, when I'm sure it's not just a phantom weirdness, I will email Sweetwater and say "I have a strap."

Which should be this evening, by their tracking page.

ETA: I have emailed them. They are pondering. We'll see how it goes.

Divining Water Pt III, or a Reasonable Guide to Playing With Effects

Henry Kaiser

Tom Morello

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

In Honor of the release of the FRV-1

Boss Fender '63 Reverb.

I honestly didn't know that my favorite part of that was done on electric piano.

Up Close And Personal With Slash

Let us go back to the 1980s. On the one hand, you have Hair Metal. Ratt and Mötley Crüe and Bon Jovi, who could be cool, going on to Poison and Winger and on and on, further and further from cool. It was all an act, and they just about told you it was all the act. Watch Decline of Western Civilization: The Metal Years and see Bret Michaels talking about it as a business, and you will have more respect for Bret as a person with a brain and a plan and less and less respect for Poison as a musical entity. On the other hand, you have Thrash. Metallica and Megadeth and Slayer and Anthrax and duggeda-duggeda-dunk dunk-dunk-dunk. Good stuff, but fast and intricate. Switching time signatures in unison. It just didn't swing.

Listen to the Rolling Stones. Especially post-Brian Stones. It's good because it swung. It certainly isn't hard. Once you convince a new guitarist that C# is a key he is able to play in, there is nearly nothing in "Gimme Shelter" that is beyond that new player. Playing it well may take some time, but playing it recognizably is easy.

Then came Guns 'n Roses.

There was a lot of Hair Metal to them, but they departed from script a lot. There's hard stuff — hang around a guitar store and one of the sounds you hear is young guitarists trying and failing to nail the intro to "Sweet Child" on the store's guitars and amps — but the band was more about making a song than making a composition. GnR was the first rock that really rocked hard and really swung since before the Stones released "Miss You", at least to my ears.

This is why, while he's a Les Paul guy and I'm partial to the Tele, I will always be a Slash backer.

Popdose has tapes of Steven Rosen talking to Slash.

Guitar Center has an interview/seminar with Slash on their Youtube channel.

Truth or Bullsh*t

Monday, July 6, 2009

Tears and Blow on my mind....

Hitchhiked back from Blue Earth

When I was attending college in South Dakota, just about everyone I knew had the Jayhawks' Hollywood Town Hall, and most everyone also had their Twin/Tone release, Blue Earth. They came to that school once, after I graduated, but I was in the area before I moved on to Indiana, so I saw them there. Truly, the first lick I stole off an album was the opening to "Take Me With You (When You Go)". A favored band, especially their early work.

They're on the cusp of releasing a best-of/rarities comp, Music From The North Country. Also, there's a following reissue of their albums on Sony. Just like their contemporaries, Uncle Tupelo.

Thing is, I am an owner of all the CDs from Blue Earth to Smile (and I might have some of the Bunkhouse LP tracks....) and I don't really want to buy albums again to get the bonus tracks. I have better things to do with my money.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Let's Go Trippin'

In Indianapolis, the best places I know to go guitar shopping are around the Castleton area, where you have Guitar Center, Sam Ash and IRC Music. If there is a better acoustic room in Indy than Guitar Center, I need to know now.

However, if they have ever had a musician come in and give a seminar at the Castleton Guitar Center, I've never heard about it.

Evidently, they have such things at the Hollywood Guitar Center. This is Dick Dale.

Part 1 of 12. See the whole set.

Friday, July 3, 2009

By the way, Happy Independence Day - 1!

Last night, I played at practice. Lots of B in the new songs. I'll have to go over some things to get them right. We play the first songs fast, man, and I do not have the changes down.

But that's not why I'm posting today.

I have the Danny Gatton Telemaster! video on VHS. Yeah, kickin' it old school here. I play it every couple of years, mostly without a guitar in hand, and just have my mind blown. I tell you now that there's much stuff on that tape I will never be able to play.

And there's stuff I'm getting closer on.

I had my acoustic out. I was at the "Sugarfoot Rag" section, not the organ-faking section, but I started trying to play along. "Sugarfoot Rag" is something I've played at learning for too long — if I spent some time focusing on it, I'd have it down but have no place to play it — so I was trying to hit it. And it sounded odd. In fact, I think I've always thought there was something odd with that tape, but I didn't get it until right then.

Danny isn't in 440. He's flat about halfway to Eb. He's tuned to himself, but not to standard. And you know, now that I know that, it doesn't sound weird anymore.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

On Telecaster Culture

But as far as a specific guitar culture goes, it’s hard to find anything more hard core than Telecaster culture. Those Tele cats have a jihad thing goin’ on. You don’t even wanna mess with a Tele geek. They assemble at the TDPRI Compound for gorilla strategies and hard drinkin’. Nice bunch of folks, but don’t ever cross ‘em!
— Stratoblogster

Deep Thoughts with Greg Koch


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Thursday, February 09, 2017

Snow Day!

We have had some snow this winter, but mostly just a bit here and there (and on Saturday, the equivalent of a Winter middle finger).  We’ve not had enough to have a snow day from school.  Until today, anyway.  As this week unfolded, the forecast for Thursday looked better and better for a snowstorm at just the right time for a day off from school: starting overnight and dumping the bulk of the good stuff during the morning commute.  Snow always generates excitement and this storm was no exception.  Thursday’s snow day was declared at 4 pm on Wednesday, providing enough notice for a happy sleep in on Thursday morning.  When I woke up, the storm was working its magic.

Snow ended by 2 and the sun came out by the time JT and headed outside to shovel the walkway and driveway.  Our labor earned us some hot cocoa.  There was a time when I had a little boy and made hot cocoa so much that I knew the recipe by heart.  These days, it’s a treat only recipe, but it’s as delicious as ever.

We sipped our cocoa and remembered snow days when JT was in and out all day long, churning up the backyard, building snowmen, and making snowballs.  Today, the backyard is untouched.

Sunlight, blue sky, and snow is a brilliantly beautiful combination; the sort that makes Winter worthwhile.

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‘It’s Just Not Right’ by Julie Hryniewicz

I am not sure about you but I get completely riled up when I hear of injustice. Injustice is defined as a ‘lack of fairness or justice or an unjust act or occurrence’. When we hear of stories or situations where our blood boils, where we passionately defend our position or where we feel strongly about something in particular, it can be an opportunity in waiting.

My family always thought I should be a lawyer, solely based on the fact that ‘they thought’ I liked to argue. I recall complaining to a teacher in elementary school that I should have received additional marks on an exam because the answer that I provided was black and white in the textbook.

On another occasion, I lead a group of fellow students into the principal’s office to complain of the inappropriate actions of a grade school teacher, which we believed required intervention.

While working at a restaurant, when I was a teenager, I researched employment guidelines and lead fellow employees to receive an opportunity to eat, which we were entitled to, by law. The owners didn’t like me very much, after that, but it was the right thing to do.

In the end, I decided that I wasn’t going to become a lawyer after naively testing out the law entrance exam, in first year of university, and failing miserably. I went on to do a law program, at college level, after university, and came to the conclusion that a law career was too much paperwork and not enough arguing.

With my experience as a hostage negotiator and then a motivational speaker, after policing, my husband always says that he doesn’t have a chance with me, because I can talk him out of or into doing anything. I guess I have always used my voice, in some way or another.

When I hear of injustice, or something is bugging me, I go into mode. ‘It is just not right’, I claim, as I vehemently state my opinion and argue my point. I believe and know, with every cell of my being, that in order for this energy and effort of defending any position, to be worthwhile, it must be followed by action.

The only way for anything to change, or for a situation to improve, or for a problem to resolve, is by taking action to address it.

When you know that something is ‘just not right’ or something needs to change, I hope that you believe enough in your own voice to speak up about it. Stewing about something, without progressive action, will only make you sick, resentful and anxious.

We feel a sense of injustice or frustration for a reason. It ignites us, it fuels us and it calls us to action. Is there something that you need to take action on, in your own life, but you are you afraid to rock the boat?

Believe in your own voice to take action to change it. You can’t necessary control the outcome, but you can at least plant some seeds, by expressing what is eating away at you. Your feelings are valid, you need to be heard and you are human, like the rest of us.

You can speak out in a way that is respectful to others, but still allows the expression of your core beliefs. You never know, it just might cause a ripple of positive change.

‘Let no one be discouraged by the belief there is nothing one man or one woman can do against the enormous array of the world’s ills – against misery and ignorance, injustice and violence… Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation…

It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centres of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.’ ~ Robert Kennedy

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Julie Hryniewicz is the Wellness Director at Mane Street Salon and Spa's Wellness Centre" (Fitness and Wellness for Women). Julie has been an inspirational speaker, adult educator and workshop leader for over a decade. She is the author of ‘Whole Living’ (2009 – DVD), ‘Natural Balance: How to Energize, Heal and Simplify Your Life’ (2006 – Book) and ‘What Happened to my Tires?’ (2004 – CD). You can find Julie on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/JulieHryniewicz

  1. Hi Julie,

    Tomorrow, at the City Council meeting starting around 4:30 pm down at City Hall, I will be standing up for the ideal: “On a few, rare, important issues ALL citizens of Sault Ste. Marie should be asked their opinion.” The Boxing Day issue for example.

    The issue being I will be speaking to City Council about tomorrow is: “Should the retiring CAO Fratesi help pick the next City Hall Treasurer, or should the new CAO help select his/her own Treasurer?”

    I NEED the HELP of anybody who thinks that asking Sault Citizens what we think on this important matter, before selecting a new Treasurer, is the good and right thing to do.

    This, so we can walk into the City Council meeting silently together and ask our City Council to postpone the hiring of a new Treasurer until the people of Sault Ste. Marie can tell our City Council whether we want to let the retiring CAO help with the Selection of the Treasurer who will be here for the next 25 years, or Wait for the new CAO to help pick their own CAO.

    In the mean time all Sault Citizens reading this can answer this one-question Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5BVNDXH

    See all of you tomorrow at City Hall between 4pm and 4:30pm.

    Mark Brown


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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Mars Character: Kala Salar

Here is another character for Mars. My review of this new game setting is forthcoming:

Kala Salar - Priestess Of Salanna

Agility d6, Smarts d6, Spirit d8, Strength d6, Vigor d6
Skills: Knowledge (Theology) d8, Knowledge (Politics) d6, Persuasion d8+4, Riding d4, Streetwise d6+4, Survival d6, Fighting d6, Guts d8, Notice d6, Healing d6
Charisma 4, Pace 6, Parry 5, Toughness 4, CV 54
Hindrances: Pacifist (Minor), Stubborn, Vow: Temple of Salanna.
Edges: Priest ,Very Attractive.
Gear: Dagger, Medical Bag, Staff of Office.

Dedicated to the care and protection of the sick of injured, Kala Salar serves the Salanna, Red Martian Goddess of Healing.

(Yes, she's supposed to be topless in true ERB fashion. Sadly , HeroMachine has Barbie (TM) doll sensibilities regarding female human anatomy.)
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Character: Talos Rayn of Mars!

With the release of Adamant Entertainment's Mars - Savage Worlds Edition, I'm posting my first character from that setting:
Talos Rayn-Swordsman of Callor

Agility d8, Smarts d6, Spirit d6, Strength d6, Vigor d6
Skills: Climbing d4, Fighting d8+1, Guts d6, Intimidation d6, Notice d6, Persuasion d6+2, Riding d4, Shooting d6, Stealth d6, Survival d6
Charisma +2, Pace 6, Parry 6, Toughness 5 (6 vs. ranged weapons)
Hindrances: Cocky, Heroic, Stubborn.
Edges: Attractive, Florentine, Fencer, First Strike.
Gear: Jewel Armor, 2x Rapiers, Dagger.

A student of the Karn Gorraina school of fencing, Talos is an aspiring young warrior seeking to make a name for himself. While a serious, focused swordsman, Talos has a nasty tendency to let his boastful nature get the better of him. However, none can doubt his courage. He has taking a particular liking to beautiful Kala Salar, Priestess of Salanna, Goddess of Healing. Counting on his charisma and dashing good looks, Talso hopes that he can show her the true quality of his metal... in more ways than one.
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FO: Mega Boots Socks

FO: Mega Boots Socks

My first FO of the year!
yarn lana grossa mega boots stretch, color 715 (bought at MDSW 2006 — yay for more fest yarn!)
pattern basic toe-up on 60 stitches, increased to 68 about 2 inches before the top
needles knit picks 2.75 mm / US # 2
What can I say about these socks? They’re really simple — toe-up, Judy’s magic cast-on, stockinette foot and leg, short row heel, a couple inches of 2×1 rib, and a decrease bind-off.
Even though they’re so simple, these socks are really special to me.
They meet several of my 2008 goals:

12 thoughts on “FO: Mega Boots Socks

  1. wow, already? lovely yarn. guess i need to get in gear and start working on the socks i never finished from last year.
    good looking socks!

  2. They look great! Oddly enough the colors are very similar to what I’ve been spinning today (yes me, no blue!). Can’t wait to see the dress!

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

A Pox on Gaza Boat-Floating, Marxist CUPW

A CUPW supporter 'splains why "we must support" our posties (who could be going out on strike at any moment):
First off, CUPW is the most progressive union in Canada. It has been at the forefront of many progressive struggles. It was the first national union to pass a boycott, divestment and sanction resolution against the state of Israel for its illegal occupation of Palestine. CUPW was also the first Canadian union to pass a boycott resolution against South African apartheid. It has also taken stances against the Iraq war and the Afghan war as well as taking stances against NAFTA and the FTAA. CUPW is also a major reason that maternity leave exists at all in Canada. In 1981, as a result of a 42-day strike, CUPW successfully negotiated 17 weeks of maternity leave paid at a rate of 93% of wages. This was a major breakthrough for all workers as the government and other major employers were forced to provide maternity leave and improve on it.
The defeat of the postal workers would be a major blow to the Canadian labour movement which is also facing huge jobs cuts on the federal level. If the CPC were victorious other major employers would implement many of CPC's rules regarding sick leave and wage rollbacks and two-tier workplaces. This would be disastrous for all workers, whether they are unionized or not.
The CPC and the Harper government want to privatize our postal system. The CPC over the years has been whittling down the services provided by the postal system. They have reduced rural service, replaced door-to-door service with community mail boxes and have gotten rid of banking services. An expanded postal service would create more jobs and provide more services in our communities.
Our society has become more and more unequal. As the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives', Linda Mcquaig and others, have noted, the top-earning 1 per cent of Canadians almost doubled their share of national income, from 7.7 per cent to 13.8 per cent, over the past three decades. Things are only set to get worse under Harper. Workers, both unionized and non-unionized face a future of precarious job security and working conditions. Migrant labourers, women and people of colour will be facing even worse conditions as the Harper government will cut services, increase the security apparatus and institute a regressive regime that will police borders, bodies and dissent with the utmost cruelty.
This will be done in the service of a system, capitalism, which serves only those who already have power and wealth beyond the wildest imagination of most people in our society.
We are facing a choice in our society. Do we want to live in a place where managers and bosses aim to squeeze out as much profit from our labour and our communities just so a few people can have a third home and a second yacht? Or do we want to live in communities based on social solidarity, where if someone is down and out we help them out as equals and we look out for one another?
I prefer living in the former, thanks very much, because the latter is a nightmarish Marxist "Utopia" where only a select few at the very top of the heap get all the perks, whereas in a Capitalistic system everyone has a shot at making their own money and their own way in the world.

I think BCF puts it very well he asks:
Do we really want to continue to line the pockets of CUPW's psychotic leadership so they can continue to support the Sea Hitler Gaza Boat?

sanwin said...

David Bush who wrote the article has interesting likes.

On his facebook page he lists "Anarchism" as one of his interests.

Blazing Cat Fur said...

Why yes. I did put that well;)

PaladinPhil said...

F*CK THE CUPW and the ship they are sailing!!! Blaming the CPC for all those cut backs is a joke. Community mail boxes first came in back in the late 80's.

As well, I see why now former military service members aren't even considered as letter carriers when they apply now. Not like it used to be way back in the day. I know, I tried. An excuse a friend of mine and I were given was that they were afraid that ex-army people were more likely to "go postal". Considering it has never happened here in Canada and very few times in the States.

And that 1981 strike? Most miserable time of my life. Try managing a house hold of 5 on strike pay. My dad was a letter carrier then and we ate and managed very poorly.

So CUPW, I hope that the CPC will bury you all in the grave you are digging yourselves.


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The Occidental Music Department is a community that values and cultivates the creation, performance, and critical study of the world's musics. Students majoring in music develop an integrated understanding of music as creative work, as cultural and historical expression, and as performance. Through its curriculum, recitals, lectures, master classes, residencies, and other public events, the Music department leads the musical discourse that enriches College and community life. Music majors and minors develop their craft in a rigorous analytical study of music from the world's musical traditions, which they apply to their own artistic expression as they engage in specific studies in composition, performance, conducting, music theory, and music history. In addition to upper-division courses requiring a reading knowledge of standard music notation, the Music department also offers a wide array of special topics courses in subjects ranging from popular music and jazz to opera, choral music and art song, instrumental music, music for film, and music in world cultures. Classroom and private studies are coordinated with opportunities to attend live concerts by the world-class musical artists who perform on campus and elsewhere in the Los Angeles area. Students study, practice, and perform in Booth Music Hall and Thorne Hall, with ready access to practice rooms, large and small performance halls, an electronic music studio, and a music library of scores, recordings, and computers with musicianship and notation programs.

The music major is designed to enable students to enter into music-related professions. Alumni have become successful in opera, musical theater, professional choruses and orchestras, in careers as concert artists, and as composers and arrangers for films, television, and theater. Many have become music teachers in private studios or at the elementary, middle and high school, or college and university level. Still others have become involved in related professions such as arts management, sound engineering, music editing, and publishing. Because of the quality, breadth and depth of Occidental College's liberal arts curriculum, alumni who majored in music are prepared to enter graduate school with a wide variety of professional goals.

The music curriculum is structured so that students who are undecided about majoring in music may begin their music studies in their second year at Occidental and complete the major by the end of their fourth year. However, the development of musical craft and artistry requires time as well as effort, and students considering a major or minor in music are urged to begin taking music theory courses and applied music studies in their first year at the college. Students who plan to study abroad in their third year at the college must begin their music theory studies in their first year. -- Occidental College Course Catalog

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Examining the Link Between Knowledge Management Practices and Types of Innovation

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The management of knowledge is frequently identified as an important antecedent of innovation. However, very little empirical research has specifically addressed antecedents and consequences of effective knowledge management. Using data collected from 443 New Zealand firms, a knowledge management instrument, which comprises three components and 16 factors, is regressed against a three-factor innovation scale that captures incremental innovation, innovation that changes consumers’ behaviour and innovation that destroys existing competencies. The results of this research show that knowledge acquisition and responsiveness to knowledge are more important for innovation than knowledge dissemination.

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Barn Drift – Drone Filming

Barn Drift is an award winning, 5 star luxurious and elegant conversion of a spacious 18th century barn. The house has uninterrupted views of the sea, Glaven Valley and the stunning Cley marshes.

We were asked to create a short film for the owner to be showcased on the properties website as well as social media outlets. The client wanted something which showed off its many interior spaces as well as its beautiful surrounding location to prospected clients the were thinking of staying at the barn. The client specifically asked if this could be done via drone filming.

Our good friend Paul from Drift Media provided the drone filming, while Schoolhouse director, Peter Naylor handled all the visual elements.

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Thursday, 26 March 2009

Greetings from Spain- test video

Hi, everybody. Here we are. You can see us and our town. Best wishes for everyone.

Sunday, 22 March 2009

FlashMeeting - 22nd March

This morning, 12 of the team met to discuss the project. You can watch a replay of our FlashMeeting webcam conference by clicking on the link.

Thank you to everyone who came along- the next stage will be to organise a school-based FlashMeeting to check things work there.

Test video Fugelflecht - Netherlands

Portugal test video

Amazing project!

We are very proud to be the Portuguese entry on this Schoolovision 2009.

Take a trip to our village Arraiolos and our school.

On this test video we add our school hymn: Lyrics by me (Carla Vieira) and Inácio Freire; Music by Inácio Freire. We hope you like it!

Best wishes!

Carla, Portugal

Friday, 20 March 2009

Hello from Wales

Video Test - Wales.
Greetings from Llangewydd Junior School, South Wales.

Test video-Cyprus

Monday, 16 March 2009

Hello everyone. Our test video is finally here.

Best regards to all of you. Tanja

Saturday, 14 March 2009

Meet our school in Greece!

Hello to everyone from Greece.
Me and my pupils wish to all of you...
Good Luck !
for Schoolovision 2009!
We will meet again in May...
Many kisses!!

Friday, 13 March 2009

Presentation of the pupils from Norway

Finally we manage to get time to make our test video, which we combine with presenting our school and ourselves!

Looking forward to the contest in May - best regards to everybody!


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Countryside High School

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CMC00The world has changed. Communications are evolving every day. CMM, the Center for new Media is a convergence program consisting of Countryside’s UPC-TV, The Paw Print Newspaper and Online

UPC Television, (Upper Pinellas County) began in 1987 and has since grown to produce an award-winning daily 10-minute news show. Special projects have included a nationally broadcast Devils Ray Game, commercial videos, and numerous competition pieces.

The most involved students have the opportunity to participate in field trips toCMC02 major competitions and conventions around the nation.

The experience UPC offers is a good as if not better than many college programs. Countryside also offers strong academic programs with many advanced placement options, and has a history of high college placement scores.

UPC-TV is one of the most award-winning programs in the nation with over 500 awards to date. They have been awarded Best in the Nation, Best in the Southeast U.S., and Best in Florida. They have also won several 1st place awards in international competitions. UPC is recognized by all the major journalism associations and student TV production networks as one of the very best.

CMC03We had an opportunity to talk with Carl Zimmerman about this outstanding program.

SVN: Carl, tell us about your background and how you decided to start teaching TV/Video production?

CZ: Prior to moving to Clearwater Florida, from the mid 70’s to the mid 80’s, I worked as an advertising copywriter/account executive in New York. When I got to Florida I taught high school English for two years and then was asked to start a TV production program to replace the mass media classes we had. Their motive was to prevent the equipment from being transferred to another school. After looking over what we had, I could have saved them the trouble. It was all ancient junk; tube cameras that barely provided a picture, a switcher that needed genlock, but nothing to generate it, and a single JVC vhs editing system that had horrible sync problems with every edit. I threw most of it out and bought a new camcorder with my own money. The $50,000 they said would come, never did. I had a full schedule of classes with about 35 kids per class, a studio, control room, and no classroom. But, I felt like I was in heaven
We won All Florida gold in state competition with our very first show and never looked back.

SVN: How did you obtain initial funding for your program?CMC05

CZ: As mentioned, we had no funding the first 10 to 15 years, but we fundraised, hauled things out of the county dump, and invented our own version of teleprompters, IFB’s, and an intercom system.

SVN: How do you fund the class now?

CZ: For the last seven years or so, we have been properly funded with about $30,000 per year.

Did you have equipment available?

CZ: We want for nothing now other than to update yearly.

How many kids are in the TV/Video Production classes?

CZ: It varies each year, but usually under 30 per class How is it broken down? TV 1 is separate, TV 2 and 3 are combined and do all different types of videos, and TV 4 through 12 are combined and do the daily live show.

Is it a multi-year program?

CZ: Kids can take it every year and some take it for two classes simultanesly.

Can you tell us a little more about the sessions: How long are the classes?

CZ: We have gone through all the scheduling types. The last three have been a 4 x 4 with each class 1:40 long. We are now returning to a 7 period day to save money with each class 47 minutes long. The live show class won’t have a problem, but my new film production class will be very limited.

How many students? What types of projects?

We do all types of projects but are moving into an emphasis on movie making and screenplay writing.

How many kids to do the morning news broadcast?CMC07

It takes about 14 kids to do the show, but we can do it with 7.

Do you also do a weekly broadcast? No.

Special events coverage?

If we want to. We often do the school plays, strictly as a service for them and also do all the national board certification taping for teachers.

What jobs do the kids do?

They do everything. I am only a coach.

Do the kids rotate through on-air talent and crew positions or are they “hired” for a specific task?

Every student rotates through every position in the beginning of the year, but then we settle into two or three kids rotating on a particular position. I choose the executive producers and the GM, but in all honesty, they rise to the occasion long before I give them the job.

Do students audition for on-air positions?

CZ: We actually have to recruit kids to be anchors, most don’t want to. However, they all have to try out so I can avoid a crisis when they are live. I need to know they can actually read and see the teleprompter.

Do they write the content?

Yes. They research the days national and local news and choose what to report, and then write up their own copy to read. Sports and weather are handles the same way.

How long does the show run? 8 minutes

Do you submit programming to independent contest such as those sponsored by StudicaSkills and SchoolTube TV?

CZ: Every live show we do is uploaded to SchoolTube within 15 minutes of airing. It is later linked from our website to SchoolTube. You can watch every show we produced this year. We also are uploading our old shows from previous years and hope to one day have everything going back to 1987.

Can your broadcast be viewed outside the school? District-wide? Local cable access? On your school/district web-site?

CZ: Our show streams on our districts intranet, but can only be viewed outside through our site or School tube.

Do you have an equipment list you can share with our readers?

CZ: I don’t have it written down, but it would change every year. The best advice I can give anybody is don’t get hung up on equipment. Build a nice set, learn how to tell a good news story, shoot on whatever digital camera you can get, try to use a handheld mic or lav, edit on whatever editing software you have and be the best. Believe it.

Every school nowadays has digital camcorders and computers. You can be the best with just that.

SVN: Have any quick start tips!

CZ: Don’t wait for tomorrow.


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Scientific Games Corp (NASDAQ:SGMS) Builds Upside Momentum

Corrections have been few in the recent run-up seen in Scientific Games Corp (NASDAQ:SGMS), with the stock jumping 57% since August 31.

Scientific Games is a developer of content, hardware and services for the gaming, lottery and interactive markets.

Its shares closed 6.24% higher on Monday, closing at $12.94, with traded volume of 1.70 million.

Did Scientific Games Corp (NASDAQ:SGMS) turn around on September 7?

The stock shot up 16.72% on September 7 after the company announced that it had designated the Company’s wholly owned interactive social gaming subsidiaries, including Dragonplay Ltd. and Phantom EFX, LLC, as unrestricted subsidiaries under its debt agreements.

“The Company’s social gaming business has generated sequential double-digit growth in each of the most recent three quarters and a 68-percent increase in revenue year-over-year for the most recent quarter (second quarter ended June 30, 2016),” the company explained.

Following unrestricted designation, the social gaming entities will remain wholly owned by Scientific Games, but will be free to maximize growth in their operating areas.

It is interesting to note that the Scientific Games stock has not looked back after the said announcement.

Scientific Games Corp (NASDAQ:SGMS) gets a boost from acquisition

On October 5 the stock received another boost on the announcement of the acquisition of the interactive games portfolio of Karma Gaming.

Though the purchase was in fact effected in June, and no price was mentioned, Jim Kennedy, Executive Vice President and Group Chief Executive of Lottery at Scientific Games, said that the transaction would help expand its interactive business, as well as provide unique solutions to lottery customers such as state lotteries. “When the biggest lotteries in the U.S. look for interactive content, they look to Scientific Games,” he said.

Quarterly results from Scientific Games Corp (NASDAQ:SGMS)

The company reported Q2 numbers on August 5. EPS was $-0.59, which beat by $0.22 and revenue $729.2 million which beat by $20.36 million and was up 5.5% year on year.

The company said on the earnings call that it generated three consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth in revenue, operating profit, AEBITDA, and free cash flow.

During Q2 it already reduced its debt by $80 million.

Net loss has reduced from $678.20 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2015 to just $51.70 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2016.

The company is scheduled to report Q3 numbers on November 7, 2016.

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

AMS Graduate Credits

It's been almost 2 years since I first told you about the DataStreme courses.

I was so excited to find these courses that were largely completed online and had the possibility of earning 3 graduate credits for no cost.  But, at that point I could only tell you what I'd read about and heard from the one woman I'd talked with.  I fully intended to write a follow-up post, but never quite got to it... Better later than never, right....?

First, a quick synopsis -

The American Meteorological Society offers three DataStreme courses:

This is a nation-wide program for K-12 teachers.  The courses are sponsored by AMS, NOAA, NASA and NWS.  When accepted as a participant, your books and graduate credits are completely funded.  The credits are granted by the College at Brockport SUNY.
The courses are largely conducted on-line using real-time data.  You will need to travel to a class-site 3 or 4 times per course, to meet with the instructors and other students.

Now, my experience...
I enrolled in the Earth's Climate System Course in the spring of 2012.  Filling out the application doesn't ensure a spot in the course, but I don't think there was a whole lot of competition for the spots, at least in my area.  I've been told that preference is given to people taking their first DataStreme course (though there were people in my class taking their second or third one).

I had to drive to Albany for 3 in-person meetings.  It's a little more than an hour drive for me, which is certainly reasonable since I have to drive nearly that far to get to almost anything!  There were people in the class who came from much further - 2 or 3 hours away.  It's a long way to go, but if you figure the cost of 3 graduate credits and the time/cost of driving to a conventional, local class 12 times during a semester, I think you come out ahead. You come out even further ahead if you can convince a colleague or someone who lives near you to take the course at the same time as you so you can carpool!

No textbook in this picture because when I went to quickly snap this pic, the textbook wasn't where it was supposed to be.  Of course.
The first meeting was held before the class really started.  We were given our materials - a textbook, a workbook and a large binder filled with course information as well as the weekly homework questions (all in a canvas tote bag).
There's the textbook.  From the AMS website.

Each week's work consisted of textbook reading and answering associated questions, 2 "labs" in the workbook (a lot of these involved looking at and interpreting data), and some current reading (found on the website) with a few questions.

My class's instructor encouraged us to brainstorm ways in which we'd use the information used presented in the lesson in our classrooms, and include that with our homework each week.  This additional step made it simple to pull together our final projects as the semester wound down.

Our class submitted our weekly homework to instructors via email.  Fax options may be available in some situations.

Final projects consisted of writing an action plan outlining the ways we would use the course information in our classrooms and ways in which we would share what we've learned with other teachers around us.  We each gave a brief presentation highlighting the information in our papers.

During the final meeting of the semester, we gathered to share our final projects, complete course evaluations and fill out the final paperwork in order for SUNY Brockport to award our credits.

Our class had a third in-person meeting in the middle of the semester.  Unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate and the meeting had to be rescheduled, causing several members of the group to miss out.  And they did miss out... our group met at the National Weather Service forecasting office.  We were given a tour of the office and learned what the forecasters do on a daily basis, and we were able to watch them launch one of their two-per-day weather balloons.  There was lots of freedom to ask questions and take in as much as possible.  Equally valuable was learning about the opportunities available for our students - possible guest speakers, field trips, etc.  I obviously can't speak for everywhere, but the people in this office were very interested in outreach and working with students.  It was a fantastic experience.

I really enjoyed the class and learned a lot.  I had the flexibility to do the work on my own time, when it was convenient, but also had the benefit of instructors who were readily available via email and phone to answer questions and help explain information that was challenging.  The course wasn't overly difficult but there were some challenging concepts to try to wrap one's brain around.

I'm looking forward to taking the other two courses at some point in the future.  It will be a bit more of a commitment, as the other two are not held at locations as near to me, but when the time comes, I will make it work!

If you have any further questions about the courses or would like help registering, let me know and I'll be glad to lend any assistance that I can.

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Learning About Worldwide Filing Services

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March 26, 2013

Freebies!!!! "Baby Benito MacBunny" (2) Easter or Baby

Happy Happy Tuesday!!!
This has to be my favorite day of the week because I get to show you , my loyal followers, how much I appreciate you !!!
This week I am giving away the adorable cute
Baby Benito MacBunny!!!!
As a bonus I am giving you Baby Benito with a soother in one image and the same Benito in the next image, the difference being he has the MacBunny's family's most prominent trait ...the teeth of course!
Click HERE to get Baby Benito with Soother!
 And HERE to get Baby Benito MacBunny (Family trait = teeth)
 Need Inspiration!!
This week Lisa from Dynamite Doodles and Vicky from Crafting Vicky and I have used the same digital to give you inspiration... I love having these awesome ladies in my corner, they rock!!!! We all chose to do a baby card and notice that Baby Benito looks good any color!!
  Baby Benito MacBunny can be used on an Easter card as well of course and if you are a fussy cutter lover then you can take the whole family of MacBunny's and put them together on one card like one big happy family, the sky is the limit!
Vicky's Card
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Lisa's Card
Go HERE to leave Lisa some bloggy love!!!

 My card
Here is a close up of this cutie!!

Remember I would love love love to see the cards you make with my digitals, just drop back and leave me a link or email me!! Your card could be used in my upcoming gallery with a link back to your blog.
My email address: jerri255 at bellaliant dot net  (Remove words and replace with correct symbols
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Enjoy and have a fantastic Day!!!

Suze said...

Thank you for the newest addition to your bunny family. Love the cards that you all made.

jessica said...

what adorable images Naomi and I LOVE the samples!!
thanks for sharing and have a GREAT Tuesday!

Vicky F. AKA Crafting Vicky said...

So much fun to have the cards in 3 different colors ;) fabulous digi! Thanks for sharing with us.

Stephanie said...

These are just too cute, Naomi. What kind of paper do you use for markers? So far I just make a mess on my card stock.

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

OMYGOSH!! Those images are sooooooo cute and I love love love what you all made with them!!!! Beautiful!!

Lisa said...

Both Baby Benito MacBunnies are so adorable!! They could not be cuter!! You did an awesome job with them!! And the sample cards are so creative and fabulous!! Have a great day my friend :)

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ike said...

YaaaaaaaaaY!!!! Babies :-D I knew it !!! xxx

Creative M said...

Stinkin Cute little baby bunnies!!!
Adorable cards!!You are ROCKING Digi world!!
Sending bloggie love and hugs to you, Michael & Troy,

scrapclose2theheart said...

Thank you Sweet Friend for the two lovely bunnies. I love visiting your blog. Big Hugs~Patti

Em Louise Fairley said...

SO cute! Great cards too! Hugs

Karon said...

So cute and what an addition to your digis. Love the cards that everyone has created. TFS

Sherrie K. said...

Holy smokes Naomi..these are both adorable! So stinken cute:) Fantastic job!
Sherrie K

Sandie Edwards said...

So cute, loved how you showed the other cards too. They are all so gorgeous, yet so different....
I cannot believe Easter is almost here - I have some news, I will share soon with you.... miss you xxxx


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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Finding Time For Me, In a Busy Season

This post has several links to great books - I am not a paid spokesman for any product. I simply want to share my thoughts on these great books and websites with you.

Yesterday was the first day of fall, a new season.  A season is defined by changes in the weather, ecology, and environment.  We often refer to times in our lives as seasons.  I have been in a extremely busy season for almost a year.  I have opened my own family practice as a new nurse practitioner, built and opened a boarding kennel with my husband, moved my 87 year old father in with me and tried to be a good Christian, wife, mother, and mom to my four-legged family.  I have not been very good to myself. I have quit running, quit practicing yoga, added fast food to my vegetarian diet, fallen behind on scrapbooking, missed Sunday morning church and rushed my time with God, I seem to be doing all the talking and very little listening. .In all the hustle and bustle, I feel like I am alone. In my business,  my family has become my sole support system, I have lost my sense of being in a community.

In a busy season we often overlook taking care of ourselves. Several months ago I picked Jessica Tuner's book The Fringe Hours.  I read when I can not sleep.  As I was reading, I realized I miss being creative. I tell my patients that they have to have balance in their lives, but I have lost my balance.
This week I started reading Simply Tuesday: Small-Moment Living in a Fast-Moving World, by Emily Freeman.  Yesterday, I stumbled upon an online book club, Bloom (in)courage. I am supper excited to find that the book club is reading Simply Tuesday.  So, I have made a decision. I am going to join Bloom (in)courage book club and spend some online time with a community of like-minded women.
Why an online book club?
I can read and post comments on my own schedule.
People I interact with come from a wider variety of places and backgrounds.
I will be involved with people who want to read the same genre

Have you ever participated in an online book club?
Want to join me? Go to Bloom Book club (in)courage and sign up today.

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Cheesecake and More Snow

Phew! The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of preparing for the holidays, traveling, and keeping up with everyday life. Christmas with Ryan was a great one... my dearest husband got me a Nikon D60 and a Making Memories Slice and I couldn't be happier! I have already shot hundreds of photos (mostly just playing around) and this camera is SO much better than anything I've had before.

We traveled to Maine for Christmas and hung out with my dad's family and then on to mom's house for a few days. I brought a Bailey's Chocolate Chip Cheesecake to my dad's... yum! It was a good recipe but the filling wasn't *quite* as firm as I usually like it and the Bailey's was a tad strong so I am going to reduce the Bailey's next time and kill two birds with one stone. Still, it was a great cheesecake:
And now it is New Year's Eve and I really think Mother Nature ONLY makes snow when we have plans. Another 6-8 inches today... so I guess we won't be driving the hour and a half to Amherst to meet with friends. New Year's Eve will be just another night in our house.

A Winter Wonderland

This was supposed to be a really fun and packed weekend for us but in typical New England fashion the weather had a little something to say about that. Friday night's office dinner party was cancelled. Sunday's Christmas family lunch was cancelled. And we barely made it to our Saturday night holiday party. The snow just kept coming! But it was cozy nonetheless, and we enjoyed finishing the wrapping and decorating and I managed to make the sugared pecans and some banana bread. Poor Ryan got stuck with the shoveling... perhaps this is why I still think the snow is beautiful!

Double Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes

I took a small break from the cupcakes for a while. Not that I ever get tired of them but sometimes I DO like to mix it up with cheesecake or cookies and the like. I made some terrific cranberry orange oatmeal cookies a few weeks ago and need to whip up a few batches of the top secret, famous, sugared pecans (the ones I don't even like but everyone says are the best...thanks mom!).

But back to the cupcakes! I have been trying to keep with the flavors of the season in my baking and decided to take on a more controversial flavor this round: peppermint. I say controversial only because I know some folks (including my husband) are not big fans of peppermint, but *I* am! So Mr. Fussypants got regular vanilla frosting on his... whatever.

I called these "double chocolate" only because I threw in a handful each of regular and mini semi-sweet chocolate chips. They were what I had on hand that needed to get used. You can leave those out without any other changes in the recipe. Mr. Fussypants was consoled by this addition and I think it made up for me frosting most of them with the peppermint. :-)

End result: super moist cake and really delish peppermint flavor in the frosting. I love peppermint and I found these quite pleasing. If you like your peppermint more subtle just reduce the extract to 1/2 a teaspoon. I dyed mine pink and rimmed the edges with crushed candy canes but those are optional too!

Double Chocolate Cupcakes
Makes about 15 (I made 12 regular and 9 minis)

1/2 cup (1 stick) room temperature butter
1-1/4 cups sugar
2 large eggs, room temp
3/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 a bag of chocolate chips (of any size)

- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Cream the butter till it is smooth. Add the sugar and beat about 3 minutes until it is mixed and fluffy
- Add eggs, one at a time, making sure they are well mixed
- Whisk together all dry ingredients in a bowl
- Mix the milk and vanilla
- Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, alternating with the milk mixture. Dry, then half the milk, dry again, the other half of the milk, and then finishing with dry
- Stir in the chocolate chips
- Divide the batter into 15 cupcakes liners in pans
- Immediately turn your oven down to 350 degrees!
- Bake cupcakes for 20-25 minutes. Mine were done at 23 minutes

Peppermint Frosting
A variation on Magnolia's frosting

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
3 to 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/2 to 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
red food coloring to desired color

- Cream the butter in a large mixing bowl.
- Add 2 cups of the sugar and then the milk and extract. On the medium speed of an electric mixer, beat until smooth and creamy, about 3-5 minutes.
- Gradually add the remaining sugar beating well after each addition until the icing is thick enough to be of good spreading consistency. You may not need to add all of the sugar.
- If desired, add a few drops of food coloring and mix thoroughly. (Use and store the icing at room temperature because icing will set if chilled.)

Pink Paislee Rocks my World!

Today at A Cherry on Top my reveal for the new Pink Paislee Sweet Cakes line went live. I looked forward to this stuff arriving on my doorstep long before it even started shipping to stores from the manufacturer. This line is so drool worthy and SO ME! I had a blast playing with the gorgeous papers and coordinating products. Here are a few of my projects but you can view the full reveal at ACOT here!

After college my friends and I started an annual Thanksgiving tradition we like to call Friendsgiving. So many of us still trekked to our parent's homes for the Thanksgiving feast but we wanted a chance to celebrate together as friends as well. So Friendsgiving was born and I have hosted anywhere from eight to twenty three guests for turkey and all the fixings almost every year since we began the tradition.

This year there were only eight of us (sadly, we seem to move further apart from each other every year) but it was a lovely day. My brined turkey was *awesome* and we stuffed ourselves more than we should have. Throw in a little Wii playing and it's a party!

My only issue was the "Frankentable". It has come to my attention that we need to buy more sizes of extra tables. We only had "too small" and "too big" and so the resulting table was this odd mix of junk tables from the garage. Also, note to self: buy a tablecloth that fits the Frankentable because all I have are cloths to fit the table in its normal state. So yeah... nontradtional colors and a little mixing and matching gave us this:

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Spring Color = Happiness!

The temperature has been in the 80's for the past few days, the sun has been shining, and the ground is finally starting to dry up from all of the rain that we received last week. That means that I've been able to spend a little time working outside planting a few spring flowers! Here are some photos of what I've done so far:

The Jackmani Clematis plants that I have growing on trellises will be blooming in the next few days, and the pink Knockout Roses that are planted along my back fence are beginning to form buds. A sweet bluebird family have once again taken up residence in one of the nexting boxes in my back yard, and I expect to hear the chirping of little bluebirds anyday now. The hydrangeas that Mike and Justin planted for me last summer have beautiful green leaves and will soon begin to produce lucious, large flowers as well! I'll share pictures of these miracles as they start blooming...don't you just LOVE spring??

Wishing you a blessed day!

Monday, March 26, 2012

Scrapbook Page: Friends are the Sunshine of Life

Happy Monday, All! Well, my spring break is officially over and I head back to work today. We got lots and lots of rain last week, so I didn't get as much done as I had originally planned - oh well!

Today I'm going to share with you a scrapbook page that I created to commemorate the retirement of my dear friend, Linda H., a few years ago. I had the honor and privilege of working with her for many, many years, and she has become just like family to Mike and I. Here is the layout:

The color scheme that I used for this layout mirrors the fun colors shown in the pretty jacket that Linda is wearing. I created a pocket on the layout to hold the sweet letter that Linda wrote to Mike and I. On the front of the pocket is the journaling, which tells how we became friends. (You can click on the photo to read the journaling, if you'd like.)

Thanks for looking!! Happy Scrappin'!!

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Quote Sunday

"Everything in life need not be perfect to be perfect."
~ Unknown ~

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Silly Saturday...

Hope you enjoyed this little giggle to start your weekend off right!! Have a good one!!

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Meeting Baby Jack...

Today my sweetie and I drove to Edmond to meet our precious new great-nephew, Jack. He is soooo sweet! We had a wonderful day visiting with Jack's mommy, (our niece Megan), and his grandparents, Mike's sis Lea Ann and her hubby John. Meg's sweet mom-in-law Sue dropped by too, and we all had such a nice time visiting and eating a yummy lunch of pulled pork sandwiches - YUMM-O!! Family is such a precious and wonderful gift, and we are so blessed!

It has rained here ALL week, so my spring break plans of working in the yard were a bust. Oh well, we really, really needed the rain, so no complaints here! I thought that I'd tackle some crafting projects that I had put aside, but in all honesty with all of the gray, rainy days, I lost my crafting mojo! Instead I've spent most of my time kicked back relaxing, reading some good books, and even taking a few naps...which has been really nice! The sun is supposed to come out tomorrow, and it's supposed to be pretty this weekend, so my crafting mojo should return - YEAH!

Wishing you a wonderful day!

Monday, March 19, 2012

A Rainy Start to Spring Break...

I am on Spring Break this week - WOOT!! WOOT!! It's started out with torrential rains...our local weatherman is posting flash flood warnings for many counties in our part of the state. The rain is supposed to continue through Thursday, but that's okay, we DESPERATELY need the rain! I'm enjoying some time indoors and tomorrow I am going to make a big 'ole pot of loaded baked potato soup and a loaf of home-made bread for supper- YUMMM!! (If you'd like the recipe for my loaded baked potato soup, please click HERE.)

Since we're getting so much rain, I had to buy a raincoat for my little's a photo of him sporting his cute new coat:

Wishing you a wonderful week!!

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Quote Sunday

 "Always kind, be honest, be true,
and all of these things will come back to you."
~ Unknown ~

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Silly Saturday...

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! (No, this is not our dog! I found this picture on the internet and thought it was funny, so I just had to share it!)

Friday, March 16, 2012

Scrap-It-Girl's Friday Favorite

Every Friday during the month of March my blogging friend Kimberly is posting a picture of a favorite item or area in her beautiful craft room, and is encouraging other bloggers to photograph something that they love about their craft space and link up the photo(s) to her blog. Check out Kimberly's blog HERE, and while you're visiting why not link up a photo of something you love in your craft space? Here's a photo of something I love about my craft space, which also doubles as our guest room...

I love to relax in this comfy chair and browse through my craft books and magazines for inspiration! I love the bookshelf, which holds several of my scrapbooks and other little things that I treasure. And last, but not least, I love the butterfly print that hangs on the wall above my chair.

Wishing you a blessed day!

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Great Read! "The Six Wives of Henry VIII"

Last weekend I read The Six Wives of Henry VII, which is a really good historical fiction book written by Gladys Malvern. This young adult book is broken down in to chapters based on each of Henry VIII's wives, and by the time that you finish reading it, you can't help but feel sorry for each of these women. If you enjoy reading about the Royals, and enjoy reading historical fiction, then I think you would really like this book which is a quick read!

Have a great day!

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Trash-to-Treasure...Creating Papercrafting Embellishments From Used Dryer Sheets

Yes, you read the title of this post correctly...I'm going to show you one of the ways that I recycle used dryer sheets to create embellishments for my papercrafting projects! In the card above, I created the layered flower from used dryer sheets that I tea's how I did it:

Begin by cutting several used dryer sheets in half lengthwise. Boil water and add to bowl(s) along with teabag(s)...I used both regular tea bags as well as raspberry tea bags:

Once the tea has reached the color you desire, remove the tea bags from the water and place the dryer sheets into the bowls of "tea", stirring to completely saturate the dryer sheets:

Leave the dryer sheets soaking in the tea for several hours or overnight. Remove dryer sheets from liquid and lay on paper towels to completely dry. As you can see in the next photo, the brown dryer sheets were dyed in the water with the regular tea bag and the light purplish/pinkish dryer sheets were dyed in the raspberry tea bag water:

To create the flower in the card shown at the top of this post, I simply cut one of the dyed dryer sheets into 4 pieces and, using a Sizzix and a flower die, cut out multiple flowers:

I then layered several of the dryer sheet flowers, and sewed a button on to hold the layers together. Using cardstock that I ran through my corrugator, I cut out leaves and created a vine for a little extra dimension. Here's a close-up shot of the flower...I really like the fiber-y, (is that a word??), texture that the dryer sheets give them, don't you?

Stay the next few days I'll be showing you another project that I made using some of the other tea dyed dryer sheets!

Have a SUPER day!

Monday, March 12, 2012

New Spring Purse

Happy Monday! Just a quick post this morning to show you the SUPER cute purse that my very talented sis-in-law Sandy made for me:

I found the adorable floral fabric on sale at Hobby Lobby last fall, and asked Sandy if she would use it to make me a purse for spring. She happily obliged - she is just so sweet like that! Sandy knows that I LOVE pockets, so she even added lots and lots of those to the inside:

Since the weather has warmed up nicely here in OK, and all of the Bradford pear trees are in full bloom, I figured it was time to start carrying a pretty, colorful spring purse!

Hope you have a terrific week!

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Quote Sunday

"Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open."
~ Unknown ~

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Silly Saturday...

SERIOUSLY?!?!? I don't think you can get there from here - LOL!! Wishing you a fun and safe weekend...which hopefully is NOT filled with signs like this one - ha! ha!

Friday, March 9, 2012

A Little This, and a Little That...

What a week it's been! I've been a little out of the loop for the past few days, as I've had a run in with a flu bug - ICK! I'm feeling better now - my fever is gone - so I was able to go back to work yesterday. Unfortunately I wasn't able to work on the crafty projects that I had planned to post this hopefully I can get caught up this weekend and share some more "Go Green" trash-to-treaure crafty ideas with you next week.

A bright spot in my week came late Wednesday when I found out that I am the winner of some fun blog candy given away by Cheryl over at She Stamps. (Be sure to check out her blog to see all of her beautiful creations - I know you'll be inspired by her lovely work just as I am!) Here's what I was lucky enough to win:

A SUPER CUTE Lili of the Valley Balloon Bunny Stamp:

And a 6" x 6" BasicGrey Picadilly Paper Pad...which will be FANTASTIC for my spring card making projects!!

Thanks, Cheryl, for the fabulous TOTALLY made my week!

Wishing you a blessed day,

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Recipe of the Week...My FAVORITE Way to Eat Oatmeal

MMMM! I love a big bowl of warm oatmeal for breakfast...not only is it a quick, terrific "stick-to-your-ribs" kind of dish, but it's reeeeally good for you too! Here's how I dress up my bowl of morning oatmeal to take it from good to GREAT!

  • One cup water
  • 1/2 cup quick oats
  • 1/2 teaspoon butter
  • 2 Tablespoons dried cranberries
  • 2 Tablespoons chopped pecans
  • 1 Tablespoon brown sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons milk
Bring water to a boil in a small pot. Add cranberries, pecans, butter, brown sugar and oats. Stir until combined, turn off heat, and cover pot. Let sit for about 5 minutes then spoon into bowl(s) and top with milk.

Yeild: Approximately 1 cup.

Enjoy and have a WONDERFUL day, friends!

Monday, March 5, 2012

Tutorial: Altered Hand Mirror with Recycled T-Shirt Collar Rose and Scrap-It-Girl's "Go Green" Challenge Info

Happy Monday, All! Today I'm going to share with you a tutorial demonstrating how I dressed up a plain old hand mirror that I purchased at Dollar Tree for a buck:

Begin by cutting the collar off of an old t-shirt:

Using coordinating thread and a running stitch, stitch along one edge of the collar. When you reach the end of the collar, gently pull the thread to gather the fabric which will create a rosette. Once you've achieved the flower shape that you like, stitch it together on the bottom to hold it in place. (My flower ended up with two rosette shapes on one flower!)

Set your rosette aside. Trace the shape of the mirror onto the wrong side of a piece of patterned paper and cut out. Apply Mod Podge to the back of the mirror:

Place the piece of decorative paper on the Mod Podged mirror back, lining up the edges of the paper with the edges of the mirror, then add a coat of Mod Podge to the top of the paper and set aside to dry:

Once the mirror is dry, you can decorate your mirror as desired! I used LOTS of "blingy" products from Hobby Lobby to decorate mine...

Here's a close-up view of the recycled t-shirt collar rose with bling centers and felt leaves with bling "veins":

And another look at the entire, finished project:

Since March is a "Go-Green" kinda month, this will be the first of several recycled "Trash to Treasure" projects that I'll be sharing with you! Also, the monthly challenge at Scrap-It-Girl is to create a project using a recycled item! (It can be a card, scrapbook layout, altered item...whatever suits your fancy!) Click HERE to check out the challenge and to see some of the wonderful entries. Here is the prize package being given away by Scrap-It-Girl to this month's winning entry:

This AWESOME prize package contains the following:

A white 8×8 board book, 6×6 white board book, Mini Notebook for altering, CD case, 5×7 Canvas Corp Stretched Canvas, 5×7 black frame, mini tin, 6 pieces of altered art shapes, and Pink Paislee Mistables trim… all of these items are for your future altered art projects!! You can enter this fun challenge up to 3 times. Good Luck and Go Green!! Make sure you add Scrap-It-Girl to your list of challenges this month!!

Wishing you a blessed day!


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The CW's New 'Arrow' Poster: Who Needs Costumes?

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You know, we'd probably try to find fault with The CW's new poster for the forthcoming superhero drama 'Arrow,' featuring Stephen Amell as the titular hero clad only in trousers and a quiver, if not for the fact that comic books themselves shamefully exploit the male and female forms in a similar manner.  That said, how would you like a fresh look at The CW's hottest new fall shows, including 'Arrow,' 'Beauty and the Beast,' and 'Emily Owens, M.D.'?

Fall is nearly upon us, and while The CW will be getting a later start this year than the other major networks so as to have a chance of competing, the network is getting an early jump on key art for its sexier new shows.  Posters for 'Arrow,' 'Beauty and the Beast,' and 'Emily Owens, M.D.' have emerged, and they're...well, many a teenage girl would be pleased.

The first new piece of key art for 'Arrow' features Stephen Amell as the titular lead Oliver Queen, but you might not know that to look at him, with the lack of costume, or even any kind of shirt.  Of course, we know him to wear a green costume and even mask throughout the series, as well as incorporate a number of DC characters, but darn it if that poster isn't going for broke.

The network also released posters from its other fall efforts, including the Kristin Kreuk / Jay Ryan update of 'Beauty and the Beast,' and quirky medical drama 'Emily Owens, M.D.'  We had a chance to check out 'Beauty and the Beast' at Comic-Con 2012, and it's...well, it happened.

Check out all three posters below, and tell us what you think of 'Arrow,' 'Beauty and the Beast,' and 'Emily Owens, M.D.' in the comments!

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'Strike Back' Exclusive: 'Game of Thrones' Charles Dance Doesn't Run From Nobody!

Oh Tywin Lannister, is there nothing you don't come across coolly vindictive in?  Cinemax's UK action thriller 'Strike Back' barrels toward the sixth episode of its season tonight, and if you haven't strapped in for this explosive Friday thriller, you're missing out!  With Mossad hot on the trail of Stonebridge and Scott, Conrad Knox ('Game of Thrones' Charles Dance) unveils his deadly plans, but what happens when his home comes under attack?

In anticipation of tonight's all-new installment of Cinemax's 'Strike Back,' we managed to score an exclusive clip of current series big bad Tywin Lannister Conrad Knox, best known to American audiences for his villainous turn in 'Game of Thrones.'  But, does 'Strike Back' see him every bit as menacing?

In the clip below, Knox's security consultant Matlock (Vincent Regan) attempts to warn his employer that Section 20 may soon connect him with various criminal activities with an unknown agenda, though Knox seems undeterred by the news.  Meanwhile, an operative infiltrates the compound, cutting off security!  Will either Knox or Matlock bite the big one?  Who is this mysterious new foe?

From tonight's official 'Strike Back' episode description:

Stonebridge and Scott confide in each other about their mistakes – Stonebridge’s desire for revenge on Craig Hanson (Shane Taylor), who has appeared in Capetown, and Scott’s connection with Rebecca (Lyne Renée), a Mossad agent tracking their case, but with very different orders from theirs. Knox takes Evans to a secret facility, where he reveals how he plans to make Africa a world power. Stonebridge befriends Knox’s idealistic daughter, Ava (Olivia Grant), who runs their foundation and weapons decommissioning program.

Check out our exclusive clip from tonight's all-new episode of 'Strike Back,' and be sure to watch tonight on Cinemax at 10:00 p.m.!

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glee terri honey badger 'Glee': Meet the honey badger, nature's most fearless animalSue Sylvester told you to look up honey badgers in tonight’s episode of “Glee,” and hey… you did! The honey badger has become a viral YouTube sensation — even before Jane Lynch’s character gave them a shout-out at the first inaugural League of Doom meeting.

The Guiness Book of World Records has awarded the honey badger with the title “the most fearless animal in the world.” In the National Geographic video below, we see the honey badger wrestle with creatures that would have us running back to our Jeep Wranglers screaming for Mommy.

We’re not entirely why Sue associates honey badgers with Terri Schuester (Jessalyn Gilsig) who finally returned to “Glee” tonight after a long absence, but we guess we’d classify both Terri and the honey badger as completely freaking crazy.

“Incredibly tenacious, they hunt constantly, barely resting between kills,” says the requisite British voiceover man. Replace “kills” with “doing the next crazy thing” and you’ve got Terri Schuester in a nutshell.

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kim kardashian instyle australia Obama does not approve of Kim Kardashian on his televisionKids, if your mom doesn’t allow you to watch “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” you’re in good company. Sasha and Malia Obama feel your pain. President Obama is not a fan of reality TV in general, but apparently, he particularly finds Kim Kardashian and her family to be bad influences.

“Barack really thinks some of the Kardashians — when they watch that stuff — he doesn’t like that as much,” Michelle Obama tells iVillage.

For her part, Michelle prefers to have conversations after the kids watch more grown-up shows. “But I sort of feel like if we’re talking about it, and I’m more concerned with how they take it in,” she says. “What did you learn when you watched that. And if they’re learning the right lessons, like, ‘that was crazy,’ then I’m like, okay.”

As for Sasha and Malia’s rules for their dad — they don’t like his Blackberry addiction. “We’re having dinner, put that down,” they’ll tell him.

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Monday, May 17, 2010

My inspiration for what I am working on....
Her ideas are amazing!  I love her work!  There are so many fun blogs that I have discovered with this....I hope all my friends check some of them out! You will really enjoy them...and get some fabulous ideas!

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Seller will be upset if there is anything to fix based on your inspection

Selling Realtor will be upset if there is anything to fix based on your report

Buyer will like you for finding any defects (they will try to get price

HUD will be difficult to deal with, they seem to take an inordinate amount of
time to process documents, you will get complaints from all parties.

Above all, read the requirements in minute detail to outline what your
responsibilies are for inspection and reporting.  HUD will "bounce" the report
if there are any discrepancies at all or missing information in the report.
They require all bases for the inspection be covered, whether applicable or

The inspection will take about one to two hours, the paper work double or
triple if the financing agency requires the HUD standard report format.  Make
sure you ask the financing firm what the report format requirements are, they
will "bounce" the inspection if the format doesn't meet their requirements.

Since your are in a hurricane exposure area, make sure the standards for tie
downs are followed.  You will have to pass judgement on the existing system or
lack thereof. Also you will be required to reinspect any work done and certify
to standards.  Additional pitfalls are:

Generally mobile home contractors/workers are not the best quality compared to
other construction trades

Everyone but the buyer will try to reduce the time and money involved with any
construction work necessary, a lot of finger pointing will be to your
direction for corrective work.

Hope you are getting sufficient fees to cover the potential headaches.

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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Time For Another Dishcloth

Yes, it is that time again. Another dishcloth/napkin/whatever!! These are my little break projects while I figure out what I am going to knit next. I am almost finished a gift for my sister but need to get a tapestry needle. My hands needed to knit so it was dishcloth time!!!

Three Easy Washcloths

I wish I used a solid for this so you could see the stitch details. Beginners mistake no doubt. I still like it though.

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Windows Server PKI improvements admins should know

As security changes with each Windows Server release, admins should keep up with the PKI improvements.

Public key infrastructure has given rise to entire sections within the security industry devoted to the upkeep...

and improvement of every facet involved with PKI technology. Everything from Root Certificate Authorities to X.509 certificates spawned efforts geared toward successfully guarding server infrastructure and the data therein.

This is especially true with Microsoft server infrastructure, considering the roles and services available within the modern Windows Server environment. These services and roles exist specifically for Windows Server PKI deployment -- not the least of which is the Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) role.

As the security apparatus in Windows Server infrastructure improves, Windows administrators should stay up to speed on improvements and vulnerabilities within their respective environments. Let's delve into some of the improvements Windows Server 2012 brings to the table in terms of public key infrastructure as compared to previous Windows Server versions.

Windows Server PKI increases PowerShell functionality

One improvement that has no doubt caught the attention of Windows Server administrators is the increased functionality Windows PowerShell can have in terms of AD CS. Prior to Windows Server 2012, PowerShell only played a role in the configuration of a Certificate Authority. With the release of Windows Server 2012, PowerShell is built with a rich assortment of methods that can be called upon when deploying AD CS. This is especially useful when Windows administrators want to save time by scripting the deployment of any AD CS role or service.

For example, if an administrator wants to script the Network Device Enrollment Service installation within a domain that uses a remotely located Root Certificate Authority, the Install-AdcsNetworkDeviceEnrollmentService cmdlet in Windows Server 2012 can do this. Furthermore, this ability to script has the potential to save ample amounts of time when administering enterprise networks dispersed across different geographic locations.

AD CS role services in Windows Server 2012

As any experienced Windows administrator can tell you, not all versions of the same operating system are the same. For example, Windows Server 2008 Web Edition is different from the Standard Edition, which is different from the Enterprise Edition. In terms of Windows Server PKI, the differences could be infuriating when dealing with an edition that wasn't a premium version.

Fortunately, in terms of AD CS all of this changed in Windows Server 2012. For example, in the Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition, the Certificate Authority component (now called a role service) was available, but the Network Device Enrollment Service mentioned previously was not available. In Windows Server 2012, all six AD CS role services are available across all Windows Server 2012 editions. This was really a common sense move on Microsoft's part, and many in the industry are happy to see the company come around on this issue.

For those operating in Windows environments, Microsoft looks to be moving in a direction that more robustly integrates PKI into Windows Server domains. Each new Windows Server rollout appears to drastically improve upon its predecessor. While the PKI improvements listed above should not in any way be construed as being an exhaustive list of additional features, they illustrate the dedication of the creators of Windows Server 2012 to advancing PKI and securing the enterprise.

About the author:
Brad Casey holds a master's of science in information assurance from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and has extensive experience in the areas of penetration testing, public key infrastructure, Voice over IP (VoIP) and network packet analysis. He is also knowledgeable in the areas of system administration, Active Directory and Windows Server 2008. He spent five years doing security assessment testing in the U.S. Air Force, and in his spare time you can find him looking at Wireshark captures and playing with various Linux distros in VMs. Brad Casey is also SearchSecurity's resident expert on network security.

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Monday, February 27, 2017

Ash Wednesday Collection

A collection of poems and other bits for Ash Wednesday:

Adrienne Trevathan - the Director of Christian Education at Northminster Presbyterian Church in Evanston, IL. Native American (Port Gamble S'Klallam) and United Methodist

Changer: A Prayer Poem for Ash Wednesday
A 21st Century Worship Resource
Cover me with ashes,
the thick-smoke soot of the earth.
Make my breathing like the journey
from death into life — second by second,
prayer by prayer.
Cover me with a cloak — bring me low to the earth,
your justice whispering to me like the gleam of red rocks,
the colors dancing in the darkness.
Let me know the power of sage and cedar in my bones,
not that I may trap them there,
but bring them forth in words.
Cover me with darkness —
with the presence of my elders, their tears falling around me,
reminding me of why we are here —
sighing, groaning with our singing, longing to hear us into being,
stretching us beyond breathing and praying and weeping.
Cover me with mercy —
let the bones you have crushed rejoice,
like the woman who channeled every ounce of courage and dignity
to touch your cloak and find new life.
Breathe unto me life anew,
of possibility,
of beauty,
of balance,
of grace.
Cover me with mud —
bring me to my lowest state, so that in my weaknesses
I see your strength —
the reflection of your eyes in the brokenness around me,
the fullness of your love in the depths of our hearts.
Cover me with ashes —
the ashes of my grandmother,
who in living her days knew no strangers,
worked tirelessly with worn hands
and lifted grandchildren high into the air.
Cover me with mercy —
let my cheek come to rest on the cold earth,
its faithful presence a call to walk humbly
beyond myself
beyond my fears
and ever on to the red road that leads to your love.
x̣áýəs — Changer
 Cover me.
Cover me with ashes.
Change me.

Walter Brueggemann
Marked by Ashes
Ruler of the Night, Guarantor of the day . . .This day — a gift from you.
This day — like none other you have ever given, or we have ever received.
This Wednesday dazzles us with gift and newness and possibility.
This Wednesday burdens us with the tasks of the day, for we are already halfway home
     halfway back to committees and memos,
     halfway back to calls and appointments,
     halfway on to next Sunday,
     halfway back, half frazzled, half expectant,
     half turned toward you, half rather not.
This Wednesday is a long way from Ash Wednesday,
   but all our Wednesdays are marked by ashes —
     we begin this day with that taste of ash in our mouth:
       of failed hope and broken promises,
       of forgotten children and frightened women,
     we ourselves are ashes to ashes, dust to dust;
     we can taste our mortality as we roll the ash around on our tongues.
We are able to ponder our ashness with
   some confidence, only because our every Wednesday of ashes
   anticipates your Easter victory over that dry, flaky taste of death.
On this Wednesday, we submit our ashen way to you —
   you Easter parade of newness.
   Before the sun sets, take our Wednesday and Easter us,
     Easter us to joy and energy and courage and freedom;
     Easter us that we may be fearless for your truth.
   Come here and Easter our Wednesday with
     mercy and justice and peace and generosity.
We pray as we wait for the Risen One who comes soon.

T.S. Eliot -- whole poem here  or of T.S. Eliot reading the poem here

Blessed sister, holy mother, spirit of the fountain, spirit of the garden,
Suffer us not to mock ourselves with falsehood
Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still
Even among these rocks,
Our peace in His will
And even among these rocks
Sister, mother
And spirit of the river, spirit of the sea,
Suffer me not to be separated

And let my cry come unto Thee.

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