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"Take Coke for the Pain" guess

Sheryl Crow inexplicably decided to shoot her mouth off recently about her friendship with Jennifer Aniston, insisting that neither of them were the “dumpees” in their respective high profile relationships:

“For both of us, the perceived idea is that, in our big relationships, we both got dumped. Believe me, this is not true. Neither one of us has ever gotten dumped. No one ever knows what goes on in relationships.

Unfortunately, for some people like Jennifer and me, so much is written about things that you don’t say, and so many emotions are attributed to you that you haven’t had.”

As you would expect, Sheryl’s remarks resulted in more attention paid to someone else – Aniston – rather than herself. Which is dumb. Why give an interview if only to redirection attention?

And why throw a pity party if no pity was required?

Why allow that slag Leslei Bennetts to portray her as a teary-eyed victim, whipping the MiniVan Majority into a solidarity frenzy against the most beautiful woman in the world? If her friend Sheryl is now playing the “I’m a strong woman, burn my bra” card on her behalf, why didn’t she do it herself when the triangle first formed? Why scream at the ocean for Vanity Fair? Why permit her friends to paint the picture of a wounded faun, fragile but forgiving, brave but bruised? Why not just pull out the bra from the very beginning – the relationship wasn’t right for me. So I decided to leave.

Because Jennifer Aniston is a fraud. We know this. We also know that these days it’s a new Jen she’s selling. A better Jen. A Jen I could consider buying. Jen the healthy. Jen the hopefully blow-free. Jen the strong single looking for love but not begging for love.

Jen with bangs!

Jen has the best hair ever. Seen here on set with Owen Wilson in Miami. Part Heather Locklear, part Linda Evans… and on Jennifer Aniston, it works. Any hair works.

Friday, March 07, 2008 at 9:46 AM

"The Wrong Colour, the Wrong Number," it's not...

Friday, March 07, 2008
PS. Wrong Girl is not Cher or Kelly Clarkson or Jennifer Hudson.

"The Wrong Colour, the Wrong Number," it's not...

Thursday, March 06, 2008
PS. This is not Paula Abdul. Or Toni Braxton.

"The Wrong Colour, the Wrong Number," it's not...

Wednesday, March 05, 2008
PPS. Mary J Blige does not require a skinny mirror. Neither does Bette Midler.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
PS. Demanding bitchboy is not Tom Brady, Justin Timberlake, or Jake Gyllenhaal.

"Boys Are Bitches too," it's not...

Tuesday, March 04, 2008
PPPS. Matthew McConaughey is not a primadonna boy bitch. Neither is Leonardo DiCaprio.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
PPS. Beyonce and Rihanna did not complain about the Rolls in the wrong colour.

Boys Are Bitches too!

And not just the gay ones.

He is happily attached but his entire persona pre-commitment was based on the fact that he was just a dude. An immature funloving dude. An un-Hollywood dude who routinely pointed out the Hollywood hypocrisy of many other Hollywood dudes and douchebags.

Now he’s a big star in an A List relationship. Which of course gives him the right to act like a self important little big twat. But how f&cking spiritual is this?

Photo shoot this weekend for a gadget company he endorses. He too pulls out the primadonna moves:

Shows up 3 hours late. And again – don’t look at me, don’t talk to me, don’t even sneeze in my direction, and yes… it was made clear that he preferred to be alone with the photographer between frames, necessitating a run and gun scramble from the crew, meaning the photographer would have to holler for help in a different room every time an adjustment needed to be made.

Can you imagine? Can you imagine verbalising that order? Don’t look at me and don’t talk to me? When did that become ok?

Word is this is not unusual. It’s actually standard procedure where he’s concerned. On another occasion, he was particularly demanding when it came to his favourite tea, steeped for exactly 6 minutes, always needs to be piping hot even if he doesn’t touch it, can’t be microwaved, and he doesn’t like boiled tap water either. He wanted boiled bottled water. A special brand.
It never, ever stops. And it’s even worse when he’s with her. Apparently her makeup brushes have to be cleaned in special water too.

Monday, March 03, 2008 at 1:54 PM

Update (7/8/08):
denial 1: Matthew McConaughey & Leonardo DiCaprio
denial 2: Tom Brady, Justin Timberlake & Jake Gyllenhaal
reveal 1
reveal 2

Let me save you some work: not Mimi, Whitney, Janet, Madonna, or Lopez

Monday, March 03, 2008 at 11:14 AM

It’s officially an epidemic – celebrities walking around intoxicated by their own ridiculous sense of entitlement, unleashing a steady stream of bad behaviour for which my Chinese squawking chicken mother would have me flogged if I ever dared to emulate.

For some people however fame excuses the need for good manners. For this girl who is NOT the “no looking” one from last week, fame excuses the need to be appreciative and grateful and shameful.

So she’s promoting a new project, is making the rounds. Gets picked up in a very very high end luxury car. Like super luxury. It pulls up to pick her up and she refuses to get in because “she doesn’t like the colour”. It’s too bright. She doesn’t “do that colour”.

After half an hour she’s finally coaxed inside. Then she throws another fit because there are 5 water bottles inside the car. Odd numbers. She doesn’t like odd numbers. She specifically requested even numbers. Near meltdown ensues.

Next stop – her dressing room on a show where she’s scheduled to perform. Her people apparently requested “skinny mirrors’. Skinny mirrors were not ordered. Regular mirrors were ordered. She takes one look at herself and threatens to walk. She is placated by the promise of a one week resort stay in the Caribbean. And I haven’t even bothered to share the details of her catering complaints: not enough sashimi, not enough champagne, sandwiches were too soggy, and on and on and on.

Someone needs to invent The Slapper. The Slapper needs to slap this bitch hard.

Let me save you some work: not Mimi, Whitney, Janet, Madonna, or Lopez

Monday, March 03, 2008 at 11:14 AM

Update (7/21/08):
denial 1: Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Madonna & Jennifer Lopez
denial 2: Beyonce & Rihanna
denial 3: Mary J Blige & Bette Midler
denial 4: Paula Abdul & Toni Braxton
denial 5: Cher, Kelly Clarkson & Jennifer Hudson
denial 6: Carrie Underwood
denial 7: Avril Lavigne
denial 8: Scarlett Johansson
denial 9: Celine Dion
denial 10: Jordin Sparks

Monday, March 03, 2008
PS. Carrie Underwood is a total bitch, yes. But she’s not this total bitch who actually isn't alone. A dude has now joined the No Talking Club. More on that later.

"Ethics in plastic surgery" revealed

I now realize that the cackle I kept hearing yesterday was coming from Janice Min and the clever folks at US Weekly. Nevermind that they f&cked up Jennifer Garner’s due date! Never mind that they were frauded by the fake Brad Pitt last Spring and have chosen to conveniently forget about April Florio! In the face of too many Simpson denials, US Weekly has found vindication and at this point - is anyone really surprised? As you must all know by now, Nick and Jessica released a joint statement to US Weekly last night that they have separated. We have all been asked to respect their privacy and sympathise with them during this difficult time, which is kinda funny because something tells me Nick isn’t exactly grieving this Thanksgiving, if you know what I mean.

As I reported last month, the push to see this over and done with came from Nick. He’s been fed up with her sh*t for months. And, ever mindful of the importance of timing in Hollywood, it’s actually a better career move for him right now to be single and available and no longer attached to that big mouth and her insufferable father. Even as we speak, I hear that Team Lachey is repackaging their product and you can expect a new player on the scene in the coming months - complete with wet and wild club visits, flanked by a new posse of p*ssy hunters, and perhaps even a high profile fling with a member of the Hollywood Slut Brigade, just to throw some Jackass back in Jessie’s face.

Unfortunately for Jessica, things aren’t looking so swell. A large majority of her fan base remains mired in the illusion that she is still a sweet girl, happily married and devoted to her husband, which in turn made her sexy as opposed to slutty, unlike her blonde Hollywood counterparts. Hard to believe for you and me…but if you recall my encounter with those 2 hockey whores a few weeks ago, there are many, many people out there who piddle around in kindergarten level gossip and cannot see through the fraud. Now that her marriage has crumbled, after so many denials, even the most hardcore Simpson supporters will be hardpressed to deny what has been hinted at for the past year. The “happy”, the trailer activity with Johnny Knoxville, the finger action with Cacee and other big lipped Hollwood starlets (ahhh…is there a blind item in there??) – tell me, who is coming out of this relationship on the loser end?

According to my sources, the Simpsons desperately tried to hold on to this marriage for as long as they could because when you think about it – if she’s single, what really sets her apart from Paris and Lindsay and Hilary and every other two bit crack ho running around town? The market is saturated with sluts and if she really wants to chart her own course, her father has some serious work ahead of him. Which is why poor Jessie is currently hunkered down in Waco strategizing her next move. And let’s pray they can come up with something more imaginative this time. Enough with the sugar sweet kisses and dessert bullsh*t. If you ask me, I’d totally fire her creepy dad and push for an immediate public hook up with Johnny Knoxville. It’s bold, it will keep both of them in the tabloids for weeks, and while it will certainly turn off the judgmental, right wing, paranoid, housewives of middle America, it will also serve as an announcement that this is a strong, sensual, passionate woman who wants what she wants and gets what she wants. Bring out your inner whore, Jessica. We can’t wait to see the real you.

Thursday, November 24, 2005

Another Canadian committing fashion crimes in Hollywood. What the frick is going on? Has Shania Twain infected them all??? I’m all over extensions when they’re well done. In fact, if I didn’t have to deal with donors and clients, I’d get myself a Mischa Barton weave and go rank at da club. Elisha’s ghetto locks however leave much to be desired. I don’t understand why the top is straight and the bottom half is all kinky. In fact, why even bother going to a swanky cancer benefit and putting on an expensive dress to get photographed when you can barely lift your finger to make the effort? I don’t get it.

I also don’t get why she’s dating that moron Sean Avery. For those of you who don’t follow hockey, he plays for the LA Kings and according to many players in the league, he’s a redneck bigot. (is that redundant???) We’re not even at the halfway mark of the season yet and he’s managed to piss off French Canadians and blacks. Quite a charmer, non? And it begs the question…what the hell is she doing with him???

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Curious on your take on Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. I have to admit to loving SMG's diva-in-training self once upon a time. I even somewhat liked her hookup with FPJ since she managed to snag him when he was at his peak, and she appeared to clearly run that relationship. But now, it's years later, he's a laughingstock, and she doesn't seem to have wised up and dumped his untalented ass. Please tell me things aren't as sweet as they appear with these two? They've gotta be on the verge of calling it quits, right? Is there any gossip on these two?

Dear Sarah,

Are things sweet? Hmmmm…I'd say they're sweeter than they were a few months ago. As for him being a laughingstock - if you mean the spectacular failure that is now his acting career then yes, I'd have to agree. But from what I understand, he's a pretty talented writer and I wouldn't count him out in that department quite yet. He also loves his wife, despite her ambitious, dangerous flaws and to be honest, if anyone needs wising up in this relationship, it's probably him. Love is blind, non?

Monday, March 13, 2006

I was wondering if 'clinging to love' is Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr?

Dear Maureen,

While your smutty instincts are definitely onto something, your direction is a bit off. Sarah and Freddie may have their own illicit pleasures, but when it comes to their love it is legit…for now.

Wednesday, February 01, 2006


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Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Hope in Dark Days

O God, you are my God, I seek you,
my soul thirst for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

-Psalm 63:1

There are predictions that the next two years in the United States Congress are likely to be characterized by gridlock, with little seriousCapitol by Night legislation being passed. In particular, with the new composition of the House, any measures to address environmental destruction and the climate crisis are almost guaranteed to be blocked from consideration. Things were bad enough under Democratic leadership: with both parties firmly in the grip of big industry and the oil companies, Democratic majorities did not translate into serious change. Now that Republicans are resurgent, things could get much worse.

My country feels out of control, embattled and divided. The middle class is faltering as the rich grow richer and the situation of the poor grows even more desperate. Corporations are now granted most of the rights of human beings, and the level of corruption in our country is growing to proportions that I used to associate with developing nations. We have been at war for nine years. No one has suggested when the endless campaigns in Afghanistan, Iraq, and various unofficial fronts, might end. Under the banner of the War on Terror, a technologically-enhanced surveillance society is developing that could make Orwell's worst nightmares look quaint.

In times such as these, when it is so clear that we are out of control as a people, I need to know that a sovereign God is at theBoarding DC Metro helm. With evil running amok and our planet facing horrific destruction, I need to know that there is an infinite ocean of light and love that flows over the ocean of darkness and death. I need the boundless love of God, and I need the compassionate accompaniment of Jesus Christ to help me live a life rooted and confident in that love, despite all outward appearance of evil's triumph.

I need hope of the resurrection; I need assurance of things not seen. I need eyes to see the in-breaking of God's beauty in a world that human sin has twisted and distorted. I need awareness of Christ's living presence, not only as a comfort in my grief, but also as an agent of cosmic liberation in a world that is weighed down by oppression.

I need hope so that I can carry on in the humble task of being salt and light. Nothing fancy - just table salt and candle light - butJust add salt essential. I need hope in the resurrection so that I can let go of my longing for worldly power and embrace Christ's way of the suffering servant, taking on the form of a slave and emptying myself so that I can be of service to all. Rather than imitating the rulers of this world, seeking to lay hold of their power for my own ends, I pray to learn trust in Christ's living presence, so that I may surrender all dominion, power and glory to him.

Alice Y. said...

Amen, my Friend. God is leading us into new life.

Nuba said...

I completely realize the decrepit condition to which American society has sunk, as you rightly wrote: "Corporations are now granted most of the rights of human beings." Corporations and the greedy power barons have forced their way to prominence and have entrenched their bulk at the helm of our government, and contributed to the molding of laws to suit their private interests.

Perhaps I could write that the roles of humans and animals have switched. Humans have become mere animals to control, oppress or abort, whereas animals have reached human status to nurture and protect.

Rusty Wimberly said...

Thoughtful insight. I think you write and express your ideas very well. As I see sin destroy the world around me, it only reserved to remind me of my need for a savior and the mandate to tell others about his love. Keep laboring in DC brother. Lets keep in touch. I'd like to trade blog links.


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Monday, 18 March 2013

Krav Maga, P2 Grading

Krav Maga
Practitioner 2 Grading.

GMAC, Perry Barr, Birmingham

16th March 2013

After P1 last October I had been forewarned that P2 is P1’s older brother and therefore in a different league, i.e. HARDER.

At Reading for P1 we had about 50 guys doing the grading simultaneously. This time the grading was down the road in a new venue Birmingham, so no 5.30am alarm calls BUT there were a lot less people, with around 20 doing my level due to the increased options on venues. There’s something reassuring about having loads of people besides yourself. Like being at a school disco when you’re 12 and don’t like dancing, it means that you can try to blend in a little more.

The instructor was an Israeli guy and very focussed but friendly. We watched the P1 guys finish and realised just how different this grading would be, as the instructor had made notes for each person and gave them verbal feedback in front of everyone else, which hadn’t happened last time. It was good to see guys from KMM get their certificates and we shook their hands before taking to the mat for our turn.

The instructor welcomed us and said that not everyone might pass but to regard the experience not with a heavy heart but instead as an opportunity to improve and as “extra training.”

After a quick warm up we split into A’s and B’s. As there was an odd number of guys, me and my partner agreed to take another lad onboard with us. In some ways this made it easier for us (less workout time, time to quickly practice a move) but in others it was harder (alternating focus, breaking off to let the other guy have a turn).

My one weakness during the build up to the grading had been backward rolls. I kept either coming down on my neck (which HURTS!!) or rolling off to the side like a drunken sailor slipping on the deck. I had finally nailed this a couple of days before, with extra training from Bartosz and was relieved when it went smoothly and I didn’t go spilling off the mat with my arse in the air, into the P3- 5 guys sitting around the edge waiting for their go.

A touch that I appreciated to the proceedings, was that if the instructor realised that more than a couple of us didn’t understand what he wanted us to demonstrate, then he would pause the grading and show us himself. This happened with both body defences and palm strikes to the groin, the latter of which had him explaining why it hurts so much, as the nerve endings are at the top of the testicles which is why you should aim to hit “up” (we all laughed but I am clenching now just remembering that).

At the end we had a bit of slow fighting and then sat on the floor dripping sweat to get our feedback. The instructor demonstrated moves he felt that all or most of us needed to improve on (such as blocking a hook punch) and then came The Moment.

I once saw a documentary on TV about the Royal Marines. After gruelling assessment over a period of weeks, the candidates sat on three  benches in an army sports hall and one at a time a Captain read their names out. The soldiers were not allowed to show any emotion, regardless of outcome and it went like this:

Captain: “Smith?”

(Smith stands up): “Sir?”

Captain: “Fail”.

Smith: “Sir”. (Sits down again).

Captain: “Jenkins?”

(Jenkins stands up): “Sir?”

Captain: “Pass”.

Jenkins: “Sir”. (Sits down again).

The instructor warned us that not everyone had passed but again said that we should regard this experience as a positive one and try again if it was us. He added that he himself had failed a couple of times on the way up and not to be too downhearted about it. He finally said that we would be receiving feedback via email from him within a couple of days. This last bit was a nice touch and much appreciated as it is beyond what we either expected or had paid for.

We didn't know who had failed until all the certificates had been awarded. As the names were read out we took the certificate from another guy and shook the instructor’s hand, while everyone else clapped. Both the guys in my “pair” got theirs before me. When my name was finally read out I think the air rushed from my lungs with the force of a hurricane.

We then had a quick word with Bartosz and Russell and a couple of photos before heading home.

A positive experience and I can’t wait for P3 in October.

1 comment:

  1. Hey Lance. Do you think I can shift a shed load of forearm deflectors to your mates there? ;)

    Shame Gadge isn't about, I'd love to let him know how the 'heavies' are trying to break my spirit. They don't seem to get that I am not one to be broken.

    Been chatting to a mate and we came to the conclusion that when you have cash and need your ego rubbed, it's a dangerous matter when you fall from grace and end up with nothing.

    I guess some people will learn the hard way though.

    Hope you are well.

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The Trend Has Already Begun…

So here we are at the beginning of yet another year. But will it be any different than any of the past few years? And what will happen to property prices? Is now a good time to buy?

All good questions. The National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared the end of the recent recession was in June of 2009. Sure didn’t seem like it for the next few years after that but things finally seem to be gaining a foothold and in some cases showing improvement.

If you have been reading the news or watching television lately you may have seen that housing is one of those areas showing improvement.

“Data through October 2012, released today by S&P Dow Jones Indices for its S&P/Case-ShillerHome Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed home prices rose 4.3% in the 12 months ending in October in the 20-City Composite.” is deliberately not erased and remain in their places. text-align: center; color: #555; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif;”>US Zillow Home Value Index

All good news for housing but what about land /lot prices. Well, this website is primarily dealing with residential parcels 50 acres or less. And being residential, their prices are linked somewhat to home prices. Smaller residential parcels like the ones you will find here will lag, but typically follow home prices.

Why is that? Well, let’s look at an example. Right now, in many areas, you can buy a nice quarter acre, undeveloped homesite for, let’s say, $5,000. But to get that lot ready to build a home on you have to clear it, level or fill it, maybe install a well and possibly a septic system. You will also need a survey, electricity, etc. and all of this can cost $50,000 or more.

Then, let’s say you want to build a 2,000 square foot house at around $100 a square foot or $200,000. So together with the land costs you are at roughly $250,000. But in today’s market you can buy a ready built 2,000 square foot house for only $180,000 or even less.

You can see how that math might depress lot prices for those wanting a house in the near future. It reduces the number of interested buyers which in turn keeps lot prices down. But as home prices begin to rise with demand, suddenly lot prices will follow as building a home becomes the less expensive option.

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Monday, August 30, 2010

MNR Policy for Protecting Agricultural Property from Elk

Policy Proposal Notice: EBR Registry Number: 011-0745

Title: Policy for Protecting Agricultural Property from Elk Ministry:
Ministry of Natural Resources
Date Proposal loaded to the Registry: August 30, 2010

Description of Policy:

Between 1998 and 2001 the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), in collaboration with many partners and volunteers, released 443 elk from Elk Island National Park in Alberta at four locations (Bancroft, Blind River, south of Sudbury and south of Kenora) across the province as part of an elk restoration program. Since 1998, monitoring has revealed that restored elk herds have grown, dispersed and in some areas struggled with adapting to Ontario’s diverse landscape patterns and uses.

In 2009, following public and stakeholder consultation, the Ministry released Ontario’s Cervid Ecological Framework which provides overarching provincial guidance for the sustainable management of all Ontario’s cervid species (moose, deer, caribou and elk). Consistent with the Cervid Ecological Framework, and in response to the need for more species specific guidance for the management of Ontario’s elk populations, the Ministry released an Elk Management Plan in 2010, following public and stakeholder consultations. The plan includes a number of objectives and strategic actions to guide management decisions that support sustainable and healthy elk populations, including objectives and strategies aimed at specifically addressing human-elk conflicts.

Ontario’s overall policy approach related to addressing conflict with wildlife, as a public resource, is to provide landowners with the tools and information to prevent and mitigate conflict and associated damage. The Strategy for Preventing and Managing Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Ontario provides overarching policy direction to address human-wildlife conflict in Ontario.

Consistent with this broad provincial approach, the Elk Management Plan refers to the need for tools to help address the impact of human-elk conflicts. In response to this need, the government amended the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act (FWCA) to add American elk to the list of species that can be harassed, captured or killed in accordance with authorization from the Ministry of Natural Resources (s. 31(3)). The proposed Policy for Protecting Agricultural Property from Elk provides direction for the issuance of authorizations to harass or kill elk that are causing or are about to cause damage to agricultural property. The proposal outlines the process and prerequisites to obtaining an authorization and outlines the conditions of their use.

Purpose of Policy:

To consult on a proposed Policy for Protecting Agricultural Property from Elk, as part of a provincial management program intended to support self-sustaining elk populations for the continuous provision of ecological, cultural, economic and social benefits to the people of Ontario.

Other Information:

The following weblinks provide supporting/ additional information about this notice:

Proposed Policy for Protecting Agricultural Property from Elk

Proposed Policy for Protecting Agricultural Property from Elk – Executive Summary

Elk Management in Ontario website

The ministry is currently consulting on several other components of elk management through the Environmental Registry to support a comprehensive elk management program in Ontario, including:

Proposed Elk Population Objective Setting Guidelines (Registry Number 011-0743)

Proposed Elk Harvest Allocation System (Registry Number 011-0741)

Proposed Elk Harvest Management Guidelines (Registry Number 011-0744)

Proposed Regulations to establish an Elk Hunt (Registry Number 011-0746)

Proposed Elk Population Objective for the Bancroft-North Hastings Area Herd (Registry Number 011-0742)

More information on these proposals can be found by searching the appropriate Registry Number at www.ontario.ca/environmentalregistry

Public Consultation:

This proposal has been posted for a 45 day public review and comment period starting August 30, 2010. If you have any questions, or would like to submit your comments, please do so by October 14, 2010 to the individual listed under "Contact". Additionally, you may submit your comments on-line.

All comments received prior to October 14, 2010 will be considered as part of the decision-making process by the Ministry of Natural Resources if they are submitted in writing or electronically using the form provided in this notice and reference EBR Registry number 011-0745.

Please Note: All comments and submissions received will become part of the public record. You will not receive a formal response to your comment, however, relevant comments received as part of the public participation process for this proposal will be considered by the decision maker for this proposal.

Other Public Consultation Opportunities:

Preliminary consultation has occurred with local farmers and landowners in the Bancroft area (i.e., the area where the majority of human-elk conflicts are occurring), as well as key provincial stakeholders. Select focused stakeholder meetings may be arranged to consult further with interested parties.


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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Picture this.

Picture this. Teenage girl dressed in no-longer-fashionable (according to Sunday’s Cathy comic) low-rise jeans on her way to the bus stop with a low hanging pale pink O’Neill backpack. Graffiti in black marker litters the stereotypical feminine rose canvas. The phrase “F--- the World” appearing at least twice, a few Anarchy A’s, and the swastika. At first I was incensed – how could this teenage girl not care about the people around her who undoubtedly have been affected by the Holocaust in some way. Then I wanted to go to City Hall and yell at whoever was in charge, for not educating Israeli youth about the last impetus for founding this State. Then I thought maybe I was merely angered at the injustice of having lived through the gory details described to me in Hebrew school at the age of 10. Maybe a small part of me wanted to regain that sense of innocence (or lest I say ignorance) of a time when my mind wasn’t filled with the horrific scientific experiments performed on pregnant women during the war. But then I took a closer look.

Upon further examination, I saw that there was an attempt at correcting one of the symbols that must have been facing the wrong way. While I only dabble in Robert Langdon’s field, I found that the clockwise and the counterclockwise versions have been interchangeable around the globe and throughout time - until 1920. The ones displayed in bold thick lines, were like those associated with Nazism, at least in the last 85 years. Symbols are strange like that.

My mom went to a PTA meeting when I was in high school on the topic, “Cults and Your Teenager.” At least I think that was the title. What I do know is that my mother returned home with a hefty 30+ page document of symbols that a parent may find in the doodled margins of their teen’s class notes (if they took any at all); each one interpreted to have satanic meanings. I could wax environmental and lament on how many trees were destroyed for the sake of distributing this one-sided drivel but I won’t. So I perused this ‘manual’ and found all types of symbols including the Star of David and the sign most commonly associated with PEACE. It stated that within the circle was a person with broken arms and thus a sign indicating devil worship. Whatever spawned this hysteria must have been pretty bad.
Back to the bag - there’s a bit more.

On the bulging pocket was a small pin of the flag of Israel. Next to it was an Israeli police silver badge. And so as not to confuse, a small pristine white toy duck served as a zipper extension of her schoolbag. So I concluded (?), by the way that is a question mark, that either someone vandalized her bag or she was just plain confused. Then I felt a bit of pity, and then I felt the irony of it all. What was written may be a cry for attention. Or maybe just maybe it was nothing at all.

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Let the River Run...

No joke, the Archimedes' screw is working again. The fountain in Kikar Safra is bringing water from the depths through the aqua tiled runoffs to a pool across from the Old City. Let the river run!


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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

I miss my blog.

So: in a nutshell. I have a very pleasant, full-time, school-hours job which is nothing glamorous in the pay department, but that's okay.  The transition to full time was a bit of an eye-opener, but a year in we're getting the hang of it.

My weight is Back Up.  There's no getting around it.  It is back up Aaaaallll The Way and has been for a couple of years.  Since I have a short attention span, I have to keep remembering why I need to lose weight: I'm prediabetic.  Also I have GERD. And I just got some bloodwork back that is not great though my doctor does not seem to be as bothered by it as I am.  I don't need to look pretty or impress people-- nothing wrong with that, but it's not my priority.  I still don't think I'm terribly piggy or bingey or food-focused, but I am too fat, unhealthy fat, so there it is.

What is the plan?

  • exercise every day
  • eat clean
  • accept that I have to do this to stay healthy and feel decent
I have a hundred complicated beliefs and theories about food and weight loss.  I read just about everything related to obesity and weight loss that has at least one foot in evidence-based science.  I wish I could appear on an all weight-loss-science Jeopardy.  "Dutch mouse studies for 200, Alex!" I keep thinking of that wonderful metaphor of the elephant and the rider-- there's this precariously perched rider trying to keep the elephant from charging off in the wrong direction and eating whatever it damned well wants to.  I am very ready to embrace the science that says people like me (teetering on the edge of a BMI of 30) don't seem to have shorter life spans (that's a whole 'nother Jeopardy.) But I can't get around the fact that I don't FEEL good, I get sick a lot, I have chronic problems with digestion.  I need to be kind to my overworked beta cells.

So I'm gonna go take another walk :)


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Monday, March 19, 2012

Bad, bad policy

Editor's note: Bryan Stevenson is executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, an Alabama-based nonprofit that provides legal representation for indigent defendants and for people it believes have been denied justice in the courts. He is a professor of clinical law at New York University Law School. Stevenson spoke at the TED2012 conference this month in Long Beach, California. TED is a nonprofit dedicated to "Ideas worth spreading," which it makes available through talks posted on its website.

Montgomery, Alabama (CNN) -- I'm an attorney and I represent incarcerated people, both in my home state of Alabama and across the United States.

I spend every day with people who are poor, disadvantaged, condemned and marginalized. I am persuaded that we can and should do better to create more hopeful and encouraging solutions to poverty, crime and inequality in this country.

In the last 40 years, our society has witnessed unprecedented technological change, incredible innovation and a great deal of promise and success in many areas.

We have also seen growing inequality, increased levels of poverty and unprecedented rates of imprisonment. I have come to believe that, for all the things we have accomplished, injustice, poverty and mass incarceration are stains on our society. They cannot be ignored.
Bryan Stevenson
Bryan Stevenson

In 1970 there were roughly 350,000 people in our jails and prisons. Today there are more than 2.2 million. That's not counting the nearly 5 million people who are on probation or parole. One in every 31 Americans is subject to some form of correctional control.

This policy of mass incarceration did not come out of nowhere. It was born out of a politics of fear and anger based on now discredited theories. It was our response to problems in our society that we were not creative enough -- or perhaps not courageous enough -- to solve. Public safety is a legitimate priority for any nation, but it does not explain the fact that the United States now has the highest rate of incarceration in the world.

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latest technology inventionsThe ASUS Eee Pad Transformer
with 10.1-Inch Tablet Computer

This highly reviewed and highly ranked Asus Eee Slider is also called the Asus ipad because it so closely compares to the ipads created by Apple.   But no matter what name it goes by or what you want to call it,  the fact is it costs much less than an ipad or other graphics tablets.

But, it gets BETTER because the Asus eee comes with GREAT specs even though the price can be as low as $400.

I am not the only one to give a GOOD Asus eee review. I’ve seen other reviews from Apple Ipad owners who actually say they think it is better than their ipad.

Still others have stated it was a very easy tablet to use and the media player was not only easy to use, but features great speakers.

Most impressive was the price of the Asus eee pc Slider.  Both the 16 gb and the 32 gb are very reasonable for the quality you get in the Asus graphics tablet.

Asus eee Review:  Very Good, but a few cons.

First, I can access my PC and control it from anywhere and use all of its features.  I can watch a HD movie and work on MS Word docs at the same time with great results.

The  Slider is light weight for its size and the screen is amazing, it’s the same screen used on the iPad 2 providing a crisp and clear image.

I am not badmouthing Apple since I own the iPhone 4,  but when it came to selecting a  tablet, I decided on the Asus eee because it offers me a tablet with netbook functions.

The docking station that I purchased for it cost less than $150, has 2 USB ports and 1 SD Card slot.  I can edit Office docs using Polaris Office, it’s a great app that comes pre-installed.  Playing mp3s or acc files is excellent too.  I play music with my PC.

Games are more fun than ever with the SNESoid app. The Wiimote/Classic Controller works with my  Bluetooth.  It has native email that is easy to use and simple to set up and has full flash compatibility.

This Eee pc easily uploads or transfer files and I am not forced to use iTunes for everything.

I can download any app I want from its app warehouse since it’s a free.  I will admit it doesn’t offer as many apps as Apple, but it offers MORE everyday.

One of my favorite features is I was able to downloaded the Kindle app and transfer all my e-books to it. I love to read on the train ride to work and the Kindle bookstore has MORE ebooks than any other provider.

I will definitely recommend the Asus Slider to people who want to use it as an extension or a replacement to their laptops.  I firmly believe Asus has created another in a line of latest technology inventions and I think this new eee pc is a hit

I did have some trouble finding a docking station, but Amazon came through. It was worth the search since it provides me 16 hrs of battery.

I MUST say I really like the the Android system on my iPhone and was happy to see it come out on an Asus graphics tablet and others.

I’d also like to mention how easy it is to multitask with my Asus Slider.  I was on my phone, yet still had my Slider playing music while checking my emails.    I went from one app to the other, checking my email, then browsing the internet, while I had a Skype session open.

The File Manager is an excellent feature too. I don’t need to connect the Transformer to my pc to transfer files.  Simply create a folder and transfer files with a SD card.  You can even transfer movies quickly.

Another thing I really like is that I couldn’t get from my ipad was a wide desktop with plenty of room for Widgets.  I know some people don’t like Widgets since it can slow things down, but I find it makes my life easier.

There are just a few things I don’t like about this graphics tablet.

The screen seems to need cleaning more frequently than my other computer screens, but everyone says there tablet pc does the same thing so I can live with that.   I clean it about every 2 – 3 days with distilled water and alcohol.  You can use plain water with alcohol too.

High-def videos play in Fullscreen with the YouTube App, but I will bet an upgrade will soon be available to fix that. I play HD videos from a microSD card and If I need to I can upload a HD video to my Asus Transformer’s hard drive.  By the way, there is plenty of RAM for HD video streaming too.

If you want to plug it in to save battery life, the plug is too short in my opinion and my phone has a better camera although that doesn’t really matter since I have a high end Nikon.

Bottom line: The Asus eee specs  are the BEST for the price.  Other tablets have similar specs, but often cost 50% more.

My Asus eee review is 4.5 out of 5 Stars!

All the tablets are and will be continuously updated.  The competition is fierce between Apple, Asus and others.  The upgrades and enhancements routinely have the android pads among the top ten latest technology inventions.

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Anti-gun group wants Starbucks to prohibit customers from openly carrying guns in its California stores

February 5, 2010 |  3:00 pm

An anti-gun group has launched an effort to urge Starbucks to prohibit customers from openly carrying guns in its California coffee shops.

The move comes in response to what officials with the Washington-based Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence said are recent brazen displays of handguns by gun enthusiasts at several California stores, which have frightened some customers and alarmed law enforcement officials.

“We think Starbucks should adopt a national policy not to allow guns to be openly carried at its stores,” said Peter Hamm, a spokesman for the Brady Campaign. “There have been a number of meetings of 'open carry' advocates at Starbucks.”

He said gun enthusiasts were intentionally targeting Starbucks coffee shops for their meetings and openly carrying their weapons strapped to their hips.

 "People tend to be unnerved by it,” Hamm said. “It makes them uncomfortable to see a group of men come into stores carrying firearms.”

In response to the gatherings, companies such as Peet's Coffee & Tea and California Pizza Kitchen have prohibited customers from openly carrying guns in their stores, Hamm said.

The Brady Campaign is encouraging Starbucks to follow suit and sent a letter Friday to the coffee giant's chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, “asking him to change their policy,” Hamm said.

Representatives from Starbucks could not immediately be reached for comment.

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Salsa Friendships: Are They For Real?

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Recently my husband and I were looking at photographs from our wedding day in 2010.  As we browsed through the pictures I realized that I was actually struggling to remember the names of some of my happily smiling guests.

So who were these strangers that I’d invited to share in the most meaningful day of my life?  The answer is embarrassingly shallow.  They were my former “salsa friends.”   It’s sad to say, but when these folks lost their interest in salsa dancing, I apparently lost my interest in maintaining friendships with them.

For some reason, as soon as these people permanently took off their dancing shoes our friendships quickly faded away.  As I have lost nearly as many friends as I have made throughout the course of my “dance life” I can’t help but wonder whether friendships born from salsa dancing are really built to last.

When I first began dancing in 2008 I quickly became addicted to the salsa lifestyle.  Newly single at the time, I was ecstatic to have stumbled into such an active social life.  I began spending most of my free time with members of my dance class and I felt as if I had finally found my tribe.  We were a tight group and we spent hours laughing, talking, socializing, and dancing together.

Inevitably, after about six months of intense “togetherness,” the salsa buzz began to wear off for some of my new friends.  Cracks began to appear in friendships as some people became better dancers than others.  Previously enthusiastic dancers started to become interested in other activities, while “less talented” dancers quit the scene altogether in frustration.  Other people had found romantic partners who either encouraged them to take a break from dancing, or to stop dancing altogether.  Whatever the reason, our group fell apart and no one made much of an effort to put it back together again.

Fast forward to present day – out of our original group of about ten friends, there are only two of us who still dance on a regular basis.  Predictably, while the two of us are closer than ever, our friendships with the rest of our original crew are either nonexistent or live only through Facebook.

This scenario goes something like this:

  • You meet someone in dance class and/or on the dance floor with whom you have an immediate connection;
  • You form a great friendship and become salsa dancing BFFs;
  • Everything is cool for a while, and then,
  • Your BFF joins an advanced class or an “elite” dance team, and shortly thereafter;
  • Your former BFF no longer seems particularly excited to see you, talk to you, or dance with you in a public social setting.

So – what has happened?  It may take a while to penetrate your brain, but the truth of the matter is that your former salsa dancing BFF has decided that you are no longer good enough.  Perhaps you are not a “good enough” dancer, or perhaps you are dancing the “wrong way,” but whatever you are doing, it is not good enough.  It does not matter that you’ve been dancing way longer than your BFF or that you are highly skilled in whatever style you dance.  No.  All that matters now is that you dance “ON 1” while your BFF dances “ON 2” or that you are not a member of your BFF’s advanced class or elite dance team.

I must admit – my feelings were hurt the first time this happened to me.  However, now that I’m older and wiser I’ve learned not to invest too much emotionally in most salsa-based friendships.  While some of these friendships definitely go the distance, many of them come and go in the blink of an eye.  As a friend of mine recently observed, “There’s always people coming and going from the salsa scene.  Sometimes you have to clear out the old to make room for the new.”

It’s easy to become fast friends with people you meet while out salsa dancing.  You are meeting under the happiest and most carefree of circumstances, and few folks are interested in talking about issues any more serious than where to go out to eat when the exhilarating night of dancing is over.

That’s why it comes as such a shock when you check your phone and happen to read a completely offensive comment that one of your salsa dancing friends just posted on social media.  Surprise! That friend you adore has just “outed” him/herself as a supporter of a politician you absolutely cannot stand.

As a salsa dancer living in a Midwestern American “swing state” I have repeatedly witnessed the havoc that the current toxic U.S. political culture has wreaked upon “salsa friendships.”  I know students who have quit taking classes with particular dance teachers over political comments the teachers have made on social media.  I also know dance team members who have become so incensed with each other due to political differences that they no longer wish to speak, let alone dance with one another.

Other people, (myself included), have deleted various “salsa friends” from social media accounts or have stopped inviting former friends to social events.  While I know this phenomenon is not unique to dancers, it has been rather jarring to see the political divide play out on the local salsa dance floor.

In conclusion, there is no doubt that true and lasting friendships can be formed with people we meet through salsa dancing.  Some of my very closest friends fall into this category.  We may have met dancing, but almost nine years later we’ve been through all kinds of experiences together, on and off of the dance floor that prove that our friendships are unmistakably real.

However, it is also true that my lasting “salsa friendships” are with friends with whom I am still dancing.  While I have managed to maintain relationships with old college or high school friends whom I see on an infrequent basis, for some reason I have been unable to do the same with my former salsa dancing friends.

Perhaps this is to be expected from friendships formed in a world in which you can intensely connect with a complete stranger for four minutes on the dance floor, only to spend the rest of the night avoiding eye contact with him/her.   Through dance and music we are often able to feel immediately connected with other people sharing in this experience, but when the dancing goes away sometimes it seems like everything else does too.

  • Abbey Plotkin says:

    Thanks for your interesting article. I have been dancing Salsa for over TWENTY FIVE years. I literally know hundreds of people in the scene since I’ve been around so long and had my own Latin dance company for 11 years. Although some of my very BEST friends are from the Salsa world, I can probably count those REAL friends on one hand. Almost all others are as you say, Salsa friends. I do take responsibility for some of it, however, as when I was younger and completely CONSUMED by the dance, I never took time to really talk to people because I just wanted to dance EVERY dance. Now, I don’t mind sitting out the faster songs and I prefer quality to quantity of dances. I actually enjoy sitting and getting to know people now. Happy SALSAing!!

  • Melissa West-Koistila says:

    Thanks so much for your comment, Abbey. It’s very inspiring for me to hear from someone who’s been dancing for 25 years! I hope that I can say the same years from now. Thanks again, and keep dancing!!

  • David Sander says:

    I’ve been dancing for 12 years and there is a regular tendency for some people to move on. In the first place as a social dance, dancing is a shared art form and the relationships are at arms length even though dancing implies some intimacy. For shy people its something to do until you can figure out what to say to another person. Some of the best people do drift off to have children or move to other cities. Those that want to have a vigorous physical life stay around.

    In politics, it can be tough. I’ve seen very conservative people in dance even though in Latin dance you would expect there to be a fair amount of liberal thinking. Disagreeing with someone doesn’t have to be the end of a relationship. you just need to both respect the thinking and different ideas that in total collaborate to make a free society populated by free speech and an examination of the best ideas for the future of the country.

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Beach Cities Challenge 2015

“So I missed out on getting a Long Beach race medal this year, but I’m not really all that upset about it. I’m already planning to do the Beach Cities Challenge next year, which means three half marathons in 2015 – Huntington Beach in February, Orange County in May, and Long Beach in October. It might take a bit longer, but I’ll get that medal eventually!
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So I got my Beach Cities Challenge medal in October, but I must admit that I didn’t really earn it. In February I was injured for the Surf City half marathon so it was a miserable experience. I did complete the race, but I was slow and in a lot of pain. I walked the last 5 miles due to my knee problems, which was really frustrating. Luckily after a couple of months of recuperation I was able to get back to running regularly again. However, when the OC half marathon rolled around in May I just wasn’t ready for it (and I didn’t want to overdo it before the Tinkerbell half marathon a week later – priorities!), so one of my co-workers ran it with my bib. He finished it a full hour faster than I would have! I felt a little guilty taking credit for a race that I didn’t run, but the registration would have gone to waste otherwise. I swear that I’ll cross the finish line legitimately one of these years (2016 is still up in the air), but for the sake of the Beach Cities Challenge I checked the box for 2015.

The Long Beach half marathon is the only one of the three races that I really ran this year. I was finally healthy and back in some semblance of shape, but that weekend in October was so hot that it wasn’t pleasant. The half marathon was scheduled to start at 7:30 AM, but the weather forecast was so bleak that the participants were given the option of starting at 6 AM with the full marathoners. That was really helpful because we were able to get quite a few miles behind us before the sun really started beating down. Actually, I felt pretty good until about the halfway point. But about three miles in the middle of the course are on a beach path with absolutely no shade, so that’s where the heat really started taking its toll. Before then I was maintaining a decent pace, but I slowed down significantly after mile 7. Believe it or not, I finished the race with a respectable time (for me), so I can only imagine how much better it would have been in cooler weather. If I can fit next year’s race into my marathon training plan (yikes!) I might try it again to see if I can improve on my performance. After the half marathon was complete I collected my Beach Cities Challenge medal. It’s hanging in my cubical at work, along with all my other 2015 race medals, partially for bragging rights, and partially as a reminder that I want 2016 to be different. I probably won’t complete the Beach Cities Challenge in 2016 (skipping the OC half marathon seems likely), but some other year I’ll earn it without cutting any corners.


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Friday, February 20, 2009

Fusion and CineKink Film Festivals – Save the Dates!

Thursday, February 26th at 4pm at NYU (721 Broadway, 9th floor)

I will be appearing on the “Smart Talk: Women & Film in the Blogosphere” panel at this year’s Fusion Film Festival (and best of all, all events are free!)

Saturday, February 28th at 6:45pm at Anthology Film Archives

Un Piede di Roman Polanski – Roxanne and my warped homage to the master director’s foot fetish will be premiering in the “Twisted Knickers” shorts program at this year’s CineKink Film Festival.

Hope to see everyone there!

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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Exploring some of Banff's eye candy

While at the CVF convention in Banff we did several walks however for the blog I am going to combine a couple we did to showcase the highlights of the town site. One was done Friday morning and the other - with a huge group - on Saturday morning.   As I mentioned in a previous post we were so very very lucky with the weather - it can be a real downer when it rains in the mountains.

So here we go off to explore the townsite and see the famous Banff Springs Hotel, Bow Falls and a surprise or two!

We started off on the multipurpose path that runs along side the Bow River - conveniently right behind the hotel we stayed at - the Bow View Lodge

It's not every day you get piped off on a walk!

First surprise - an elk!!  They are a common sight around town.

The beautiful Banff Springs hotel
Crossing the Bow River
View from the Bridge - not a bad view anywhere in this town!
Bow Falls - it's not exactly Niagara Falls but hey, the setting can't be beat

Hanging out around the Banff Springs Hotel - I don't recall ever going in this hotel lobby.  We didn't today - that is the disadvantage of walking in a large group: no freedom to do your own thing. The advantage of walking in large groups -it tends to keep the things that eat you away!

Well hello there cutie, sorry to disturb you while you're eating someone's garden.  Well this used to my home before people came and built their McMansions and silly houses that all look the same and now where can I go?  Touche...keep eating!!!

I hope you enjoyed this walk - we will be going for a few more mountain walks so stay tuned!

Friday, June 27, 2014

To market to market, on a boat

Okay now we're back in three of the fun weekend Julie and I had together.  If you remember, Julie is my friend from Australia who I hadn't seen since the mid 80's when she lived in England.  We had such fun together and plan to meet up again somewhere else in the world in the next few years.  Anyway we decided to visit Granville Island and have breakfast at the market.  From real concrete plans...

We had a ten minute walk over to the Yaletown dock  and  I did something I had never done before in Vancouver  - took a small water bus over to the market.  Such fun!  Why didn't I do this before?  I don't know but I will sure do it again!

 Yaletown Dock - we tried to find a coffee shop but none other than Starbucks so we held off - and we were happy we did!!!
 Our water bus - isn't it cute? (I guess if you are a teenage girl or a cougar you might wonder what I am calling cute)  I believe it cost us four dollars to cross.  More expensive than a bus but so much more fun!!!

 The dock at Granville Island

Definitely worth waiting for!

Lots of choice for meals at the Granville Public Market

You knew I had to hang around the baking didn't you?  I resisted!

Now that's the kind of bear I wouldn't mind running into in the forest  - I would  just eat him!

Oh my...

Julie busy purchasing her bread above.  Aside from breakfast and me purchasing a half pound of freshly roasted coffee beans (one of my "must do's" when I travel within North America) we restrained ourselves and got baguettes, cheese and a few slices of ham for a picnic later.  More on where we ate that picnic in the next Vancouver post.  Hope you enjoyed visiting Granville Public Market with me - if you are a lover of markets like I am you MUST go!

Thursday, June 26, 2014

A walk to the Vermillion Lakes in Banff

 I recently spent a wonderful weekend in Banff National Park in Alberta.  Three of us from my local walking club did a nine hour road trip together to the Canadian Volkssport convention.  You may have read my posts about doing my 10 km walks.  This is what it's all about!  I will be writing an upcoming post (but don't hold your breath!) about Volkssport and how it has changed my life and there will be more posts about the convention coming up.  In the meantime if you want to read more information about it click here.

Vermillion Lakes are a series of three lakes located west of the Banff townsite.  Archeological  evidence shows that there was human activity around this lake as far back as 10,800 years!

The weather was absolutely amazing - we were so LUCKY!  Everyone at the convention was overwhelmed at how beautiful Banff was - yes I do live in an amazingly beautiful country.

The first full day of the convention my friend June and I did an 11 km afternoon walk to the Vermillion Lakes and back.  I had been advised not to do this walk (I was going to do the 5 km version of it) alone as there were a lot of bears around.  The upper levels of Banff still had a lot of snow so the bears were at lower levels looking for food after their long hibernation.  Luckily June agreed to accompany me and I don't think she regretted it!!!

We walked along the Bow river and then along a forested path and emerged onto a road that meandered beside the lakes.

I don't need words to describe the beauty of our walk so I will shut up now and let you enjoy it. But keep a look out for bears.and especially keep an eye out for that very aggressive mama elk they say is around as well....

We walked out and back on this road - definitely not a shabby view..
Starting to head back

Back through the forest

I hope you enjoyed taking the walk with us - it was a beauty.  But there are more of these to come....there is no such thing as a boring walk in Banff!!!

Thursday, June 12, 2014

A fun day out on Bowen Island

The next day after Grouse Mountain Julie wanted to visit a nearby island and Bowen Island seemed the ideal fit.  Bowen Island is a small island of 20 square miles and with approximately 3300 residents.  It lies 25 km north west of Vancouver - a twenty minute ferry ride from Horseshoe Bay.   We took the express bus #257 to Horseshoe Bay and just made the 9 a.m. sailing. ($12 dollars which covers both ways - you pay going over)

I love the cloud covered mountains and ocean views on the way over.

Almost there!  Need I add that we stayed on the open deck the whole way over?

We're here!  And we got to unload before the cars!!!

First things first and it was time to get some breakfast...

The Snug Cafe - my kind of place! Doggie central on a lovely sunny day and a wonderful place I am sure to sit inside on a rainy day.

Ham, cheese and egg on a croissant

Lots of goodies and freshly cooked meals.
Fully sated we headed off on the bus to Killarney Lake ...there are a couple of small buses that service the island. We then walked back to Snug Harbour through the forest - only about a half hour walk.

Beautiful Killarney Lake

We headed off on this path - wonderful!
Not what you see walking through the forest every day - donkeys!  On their way to a festival...more on that later.  Later that day we saw the donkeys crossing the road with flowers around their ears.  No time for a photo op though!

Pretty little waterfall into Killarney Creek

When we arrived back into town we found out the Green Man festival was taking place in front of the "castle" (the library - being a total library nerd I had to visit it - wonderful!) - the battle between Green Man (summer) and the Ice Queen (winter).  Both were accompanied by their tiny "buds" and "Icicles".  It was the first Green Man festival on Bowen so we were so very lucky to be able to enjoy it.  After the battle (the Green Man won of course) a dance followed around the Maypole.  Delightful!!!  I found out later that participants included the Bowen Black Sheep Morris Dancers!!!  So much fun!!!

Looks like the Snow Queen is winning there - well let's face it winter IS a bitch - but not to worry...the Green Man won!!!

The triumphant  Green Man
Setting up for the May Pole dance

Black Sheep Morris dancers

May Pole dance

 I didn't take as many photos as usual as I was busy using the video on my small point and shoot camera.  The festival was fun and made the day even more special.  There was entertainment in a nearby park afterwards but we had other things to do - one regret - missing the donkeys with flowers in their ears. (I LOVE donkeys!)

After an ice cream we then headed off on the Blue Water bus (same bus driver) to the West beaches.  However due to the schedule we could not get off as the next bus was not due back for two hours - so just went for the ride.  No view of the beaches.   We did have the driver drop us off at the Artisan Square which is a series of "artsy" shops.  And a sweet looking cafe  (I love unique coffee shops)  - however we knew we were going to be having fish and chips soon so didn't indulge.  I was proud of myself - walked into a chocolate shop and walked back out empty handed!!!  Neither Julie nor I are big shoppers and this year is a "needs not wants" year so I resisted.  We could not resist getting a photo of this gorgeous girl though!!!  I have to say I think Julie is crazier over dogs than I am and believe that is saying something!!!

I think she had been up to some naughty stuff!

  We then walked back down the hill stopping to admire the home made bird houses hanging on trees.  We stopped at a coffee roasters so I could buy a pound of beans.  Buying locally roasted coffee beans while traveling is one of my "things".  I also have the same "thing" about tea but I am on a ten step recovery program for that being as I have enough tea in my cupboards to start my own shop. (and I am proud to say I resisted buying any even if there was a Murchies tea shop in Vancouver!)   It doesn't clutter up my small apartment and I have the pleasure of remembering where I got the beans while I am grinding them and enjoying my morning coffee.

 We then headed down to the boardwalk area - we knew we wanted to have fish and chips so we made a beeline to  Doc Morgan's Pub.  We sat outside on the patio (LOVE that smoking is not allowed on restaurant patios and decks in British Columbia) and well guess what drink I had?

It was very good...I made some rather vulgar comments to Julie about how much I enjoyed the drink which I won't repeat here!!!

We also enjoyed some good fish and chips - not the best I've ever had but pretty darn good.

I know I know, fish and chips look like and chips....but indulge me, I like to post photos of my food

 There was still time until the ferry so we found out we could easily walk to an area to see our ferry come in and there was a pretty view.  So off we went.  Poor Julie - I think I wore her out that weekend with all the walking but I figured it was good training for the tour of the Rockies she was about to embark on.

Have I convinced you to visit Bowen Island yet?

All too soon our ferry was there to whisk us back to Horseshoe Bay.   I hope you enjoyed visiting Bowen Island with me - it is definitely on my "must return" list when I next visit Vancouver.


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Thursday, June 01, 2006

**I have a job dang it!!!**

Once agian I have someone telling me that I should get a job to get our family under a better financial situation. Someone that we met up with a few days ago said that they had a leadon a great job for Aaron. We got very excited because it would be quite a change in pay. Aaron contacted them today and asked abtou that lead and what he needed to do to get it and he was met with this response:

I know you got interested in that job. It would be nice, but the possibility of it is slim. Because of a few reasons. First, they have to see if anyone in the whole company is interested in it first. Then after that when they go out and find someone, they are looking for someone with about 10 years experience. I know you have some, but currently not enough. We will for sure keep our eyes open for jobs that you would do well in. But also, jobs that are worth uprooting the family and moving here. I would love to have you guys here, but it has to be for your family's benefit first.

I just kind of went off this morning about a few things. I think you need to start looking for another job around there that pays more and go to your boss and say. " I have this job, they are willing to pay me this much. If you can meet or beat it I will stay. Otherwise, I have to go." And if they say see ya, then oh well, you have another job that will pay more. If not then you get a raise. Also I really think you need to tell Sabrina to get either a night job or get a job when you are home. I know it sucks cause then you won't be with each other as much, but it is money. I know she wants to wait till the girls are all in school. But if she worked when you were home then it wouldn't be like she is having a babysitter or something. I dunno, I just want you to be happy and have the things you deserve. I think you should do what it takes to be a police officer. You would do sooo well and be sooo happy. You just deserve to be happy and so does your family. If that mean! s a bab ysitter or time without eachother than so be it. Ya know? Don't be mad at me, just understand that I want the best for you guys!

Now i know that we have been struggling to make our life better but we did not ask for these people to do anything to helpo that out. When we were with them they talked up this job alot and made it sound like he really had a chance to get it. BUt then only to be met with anger when he asked about it so he could prepare.

Now sure me getting a job that would take place when Aaron is not working would be ideal. Unfortunatly we live in a small town that does not cater to the needs of a stay at home mom looking for a short hour part-time job. And because of my weight the only job that i feel I could do successfully and beable to stick with is one I am sitting for a good portion of the day. The only two options I can think of here is the telemarketer jobs and a receptionist. Now I have looked into the telemarketer jobs here and none of them have hours that would work around my husband squedule.

Ok so we are not the wealthiest people and we do have times at the end of the month that a bit of extra money would help us out. But I do not think that it is wrong of me to want to stay home while my kids are young and be with them. I have told Aaron that I am willing to get a job when they are in school for most of the day. That is just next school year. That is not even that far away. I could then get a part time job and feel like i can succeed at it. Or another option is to go back to sewing doll clothes and selling them on eBay. I can not do that now because of where my sewing machine sits and the fact I can not trust my kids out in the livingroom by themselves.

I know that I am making the best decission for me and my family right now. And we get all our bills paid and even have some money for fun after that. I do nto see how me getting a job right now would make too much of a difference. But thanks anyway.

Starmom74 said...

Well. You could redo your kitchen and front room, which would alow your sewing area to be where you can watch the kids and sew also.

Working outside the home right now is NOT a good idea.

Tell that person to stick their noses where the sun doesn't shine and do what is good for your family!

lavender & sage said...

Thanks Mom. I talked to her and we worked it out. She now understands. I do wish I could find a spot for my sewing machine in the livingroom or dinningroom. But the only way I can do that is if I out the computer in the bedroom. And i have done that before and its not fun. SO no thanks!! lol

But things are going good enough financially right now.

lavender & sage said...

This is a comment from my sister:

you know what is funny, travis an i are having finantial problems and we both have jobs and dont nearly have as much obligations as you two. and you know what gets me through? is thinking about you two and the fact that only aaron works and you guys still make it.

im serious though like there are times where we wil have just no money or be in the red and i wonder how it would be when we get married and i have kids if we would be able to make it . but you guys make it.

I think this is really sweet of my sister to tell me!!


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It would seem that several people have granted me access to their journals and I have no idea who they are. So, while I'm flattered and everything - who are you? :)

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Not that I think you don't know me - same ol' Wordwitch from LiveJournal. But just sayin'.

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Seems like a lot of people are giving access when they subscribe because they don't exactly know either how they intend on posting/or the 'proper' DW etiquette. I did the same thing at first because I wasn't really sure and everyone seemed to be doing it.

Wait, you didn't even ask that. Awkward.

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I think you know this, but just in case... I'm [livejournal.com profile] kisahawklin

I'm on lunch - will be writing boykissing sooooooon!

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Hi! I'm blue_underwing. I've got you friended on my LJ account and added you here as I love your fic. As for where you might know me from, I'm one of authors on John!Farr? ^_^

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There is that too.. :)

Granted, most comments have been of the "Great Story!" variety

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I haven't given you access so I'm pretty sure you don't mean me but I comment on your fics on LJ (I have the same username there) and I feel less odd about following you here now it's not called 'friending' and doesn't force you to do anything!

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Hey :)

I read and enjoyed all of your stories on LJ, and we had a lot of friends in common (esp. the German side of SGA fandom). And when I started on DW I decided that I was gonna try following new people...so here I am :)

Eh...who am I? A fellow fan??? :)

Fair question.

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(BTW--I'd love to post a direct link to the story, with your permission?)

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And They’re Off! (PSF Auction 2015)

wentworthby Christie Wentworth, Class of 2017

During the summer of 2014 alone, William & Mary Law School awarded $335,275 to 109 students for public service fellowships. These fellowships allow students to pursue otherwise unpaid summer internships with qualifying nonprofit organizations, legal aid offices, prosecutors, public defenders, government agencies, courts, and judges. While the majority of these fellowships are funded by law school endowments and alumni, the Public Service Fund contributes tens of thousands of dollars every year.

For over 20 years, the Public Service Fund has been devoted to raising money for summer stipends. The organization hosts fundraising events year-round, but it traditionally raises the most money from the PSF Auction held every spring. The best part of Auction—in addition to raising money to support a worthy cause—is the excitement of the event itself. Student and faculty emcees engage the audience in lively bidding wars, anxious bidders stake out at the silent auction to make sure they go home with their chosen package, student bands perform, poor students avoid the bidding entirely and hover by the food tables, and the guests that get all dolled up for the event take advantage of the photo station.

10487233_1597126917188064_2410761709733705492_nWith the Auction’s Kentucky Derby theme this year, big hats, bow ties, and a fast-paced atmosphere predominated. Nine student bands performed, with a lively rendition of “Uptown Funk” rejuvenating the crowd after a long night of bidding, and PSF raised over $20,000 for summer stipends. Donations for this event came not only from local and national businesses, but from alumni, students, and faculty as well. Over 30 faculty members donated Faculty Experiences, which ranged from sport clay shooting with Professors Alces and Stern, to a Middle Eastern dinner with Professors Combs, Kades, and Criddle, to lunch with Dean Douglas. Some of the student offers included sailing lessons, a private aerial tour, a Hogwarts dinner party, and Indian cooking classes.

330 students, faculty, staff, family, and friends attended this year’s auction, but those who were not able to make it are still in luck! Because PSF secured over 270 packages this year, the items that did not sell in the first round will be auctioned off in an online “fire-sale” after Spring Break. If you want to take a look at the items that are still looking for a good home, check out the event website!

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Friday, December 19, 2008

Your Chance to Pre-Screen Two Coming Features

The forthcoming December 2008 issue of the New York University Law Review features not one, but two scintillating-looking articles of interest to contracts scholars and teachers.

AdlerIn Efficient Breach Theory Through the Looking Glass, 83 NYU L. Rev. 1679 (2008), NYU's Barry Adler (left) offers his insights into a frequent topic of discussion at September's Fault in Contract Law symposium at the University of Chicago (the papers for which the Michigan Law Review will publish early next year).  Here's Adler's abstract:

A party in breach of contract cannot sue the victim of breach to recover what would have been the victim’s loss on the contract. The doctrinal rationale is simple: A violator should not benefit from his violation. This rationale does not, however, provide an economic justification for the rule. Indeed, efficient breach theory is founded on the proposition that a breach of contract need not be met with reproach. Yet the prospect of recovery by the party in breach—that is, the prospect of negative damages—has received scant attention in the contracts literature. Close analysis reveals potential costs to disallowance of negative damages, particularly where a party with private information about the benefits of termination also has an incentive to continue under the contract. These costs can arise both ex post, at the time of a performance-or-termination decision, and ex ante, in anticipation of that decision. Nevertheless, allowance of negative damages could impose its own costs, where background information would create an incentive to repudiate a contract before either party could gather more information, for example. Ex ante contractual provisions, such as liquidated-damages or specific-performance clauses, permit parties some latitude to balance the costs of disallowance and allowance of negative damages, albeit imperfectly. Common law limitations on the mitigation duty may be seen as a mechanism to approach this balance in the absence of an explicit contractual solution.

KlassIn Three Pictures of Contract: Duty, Power, and Compound Rule, 83 NYU L. Rev. 1726 (2008), Georgetown's Gregory Klass (right) tackles "a fundamental divide among theories of contract law between those that picture contract as a power and those that picture it as a duty."  Klass's abstract continues:

On the power conferring picture, contracting is a sort of legislative act in which persons determine what law will apply to their transaction. On the duty-imposing picture, contract law places duties on persons entering into agreements for consideration, whether they want them or not. Until now, very little attention has been paid to the problem of how to tell whether a given rule is power conferring or duty imposing—a question that should lie at the center of contract theory.

This Article argues that legal powers have two characteristic features. First, there is an expectation that actors will satisfy the rules with the purpose of achieving the associated legal consequences. Second, the legal rules are designed to facilitate such uses. A law might exhibit these features in either of two ways, which define two types of legal powers. Many laws that create legal powers employ conditions of legal validity, such as legal formalities, designed to guarantee the actor’s legal purpose.  The presence of such validity conditions is strong evidence that the law’s sole function is to create a legal power, and I suggest reserving the term “power conferring” for such laws. Other laws anticipate and enable their purposive use without conditioning an act’s legal consequences on the actor’s legal purpose. The structure of such laws suggests that they function both to create powers and to impose duties. I coin the term “compound rule” for laws that satisfy this description and argue that the contract law we have is a compound rule. The dual function of compound rules provides empirical support for pluralist justifications of contract law. An example of such a theory can be found in Joseph Raz’s comments on the relationship between contract law and voluntary obligations.

Having found the articles on-line, I look forward to reading them over the semester break and not having to wait for the print copy of the NYU Law Review to make its way to my campus mailbox.

[Keith A. Rowley]

December 19, 2008 in Recent Scholarship | Permalink | TrackBack (0)

Now in Print

Caleb J. Bartel, Professional Compensation in Bankruptcy: Using Contract Law Principles to Interpret Ambiguous Retention Orders, 9 Transactions 149 (2007).

M. H. Sam Jacobson, A Checklist for Drafting Good Contracts, 5 J. Ass'n Legal Writing Directors 79 (2008).

Deborah A. Schmedemann, Finding a Happy Medium: Teaching Contract Creation in the First Year, 5 J. Ass'n Legal Writing Directors 177 (2008).

Stephen L. Sepinuck & Tina L. Stark, The Big Deal About the Fine Print: Negotiating and Drafting Boilerplate, 61 Consumer Fin. L.Q. Rep. 848 (2007).

[Meredith R. Miller & Keith A. Rowley]

December 19, 2008 in Recent Scholarship | Permalink | TrackBack (0)

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Business Associations Limerick of the Week: Basic Inc.

It is grading period, which leaves me with little time for posting.

Basic, Inc. v. Levinson does not have Limerickworthy facts, but it is too important a case to ignore, as it gives Supreme Court approval to the fraud-on-the-market theory, without which security fraud class actions would almost never make it past the certification stage.

Basic, Inc. v. Levinson

Is a plaintiff class free to rely
On word of a merger denied?
Yes, there's a presumption
For those with the gumption
To fraud on the market decry.

[Jeremy Telman]

December 16, 2008 in Famous Cases, Limericks, Teaching | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Monday, December 15, 2008

Dick Speidel Tribute at AALS Annual Meeting

Speidel From our friend Mike Kelly at the University of San Diego:

Northwestern University School of Law and the University of San Diego School of Law are hosting a reception honoring the career of Richard Speidel, who passed away this past semester. Dick was a major figure in contracts, commercial law, and international arbitration.

The reception will be held at the AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego on Friday, January 9, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Warner Center Room, 4th floor, south tower of the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, with a short program beginning at 7:00 p.m.  We will also videotape remarks from those who knew Dick or his work and will provide a copy to Dick's family.

Update: Professors Jim White (Michigan) and Bob Summers (Cornell), Dick's long-time collaborators, and Deans Kevin Cole (San Diego) and David Van Zandt (Northwestern) are confirmed speakers.

[Keith A. Rowley]

December 15, 2008 in Contract Profs, Law Schools, Meetings | Permalink | TrackBack (0)

Terri Hatcher Is a Woman of the Highest Integrity

Teri_hatcher All Headline News reports that last year, cosmetics maker Hydroderm accused Terri Hatcher (pictured) of endorsing other products while under contract to endorse its anti-aging products exclusively.  One would have to wonder about a person who would have to endorse, according to the original accusations, 22 different anti-aging products.  Fortunately, it was all just one of those bizarre misunderstandings.  Hydroderm has now apologized to Ms. Hatcher and withdrawn its lawsuit, reported on in People Magazine here, in which it sought the return of $2.4 million paid to Ms. Hatcher as an endorsement fee.

Now, Hydroderm is making up with Hatcher, praising her as a "woman of the highest integrity."  That may well be true, but she'll always be Lois Lane to me.  Ahhh, Terri, in those days, even Lex Luthor armed with Kryptonite couldn't make you age!

[Jeremy Telman]

December 15, 2008 in Celebrity Contracts | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Contracts Limerick of the Week: Clark v. West

William Clark had a great reputation as a prolific legal scholar.  In 1899, he was hired to teach law at Washington & Lee University.  According to Washington & Lee's website, he was fired within weeks and demanded to know the reason for his dismissal.  The President of the university explained that the grounds for dismissal were that Clark was "addicted to drink beyond what would be proper in a college professor."

West publications nonetheless hired Clark to write a multi-volume treatise.  A bizarre provision in the contract provided that Clark would be entitled to $2/page in any case but $6/page if he were to abstain from drinking so long as he was working on the project.  It is undisputed that Clark was unable to do so, but he did complete the treatise and there is no indication that West was in any way dissatisfied with Clark's work.

West duly paid Clark $2/page upon the completion of the treatise and Clark sued for full payment. New York's Court of Appeals sided with Clark, ruling that his sobriety was a condition to his entitlement to full payment but that the condition had been waived.

Clark v. West

Was Clark due six dollars a page
For his work as a bibulous sage?
Yes, be West's own volition
It waived the condition
Of temperance for the man it engaged.

[Jeremy Telman]

December 15, 2008 in Famous Cases, Limericks, Teaching | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)


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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

The U.S. Fair Use Defense In Other Jurisdictions

Graeme W. Austin, Victoria University of Wellington, has published The Two Faces of Fair Use at 25 New Zealand Universities Law Review 285 (2012). Here is the abstract.

Responding to suggestions that the “fair use” defence in US copyright law should be exported to other jurisdictions, this article scrutinises the different ways in which the defence has been applied in decisional law. Fair use cases fall into two broad categories. First, the defence has been applied to ensure that the exercise of the copyright monopoly does not significantly fetter downstream creativity by other authors. Here, the prevailing doctrine requires that the defendant’s use be genuinely “transformative”, which, at the very least, requires the defendant to be using the plaintiff’s work in new and creative ways – transforming it into something new. Secondly, fair use has been applied to new technological innovations – such as digital search engines – that do not themselves transform the underlying works, but instead often provide new ways of disseminating copyright-protected material. The paper argues that only the first use of the fair use defence is consistent with traditional fair use doctrine. Accordingly, if policy makers anticipate that fair use should be applied in a way that shields technological entrepreneurship from copyright litigation, they ought to make that clear. Even if that approach were adopted, however, it is questionable whether fair use litigation is an appropriate vehicle for facilitating technological development. The final part of the article explores some of the problems that might arise through this kind of “economic regulation through litigation.”

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