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Saturday, 18 March 2017

I scrape my nails across your scalp and your hair bunches between my fingers. Relaxed into my touch, head lolling, skull heavy in my hands, I hold you, loving the heat of your skin, the coolness of hair, the way it tickles the backs of my hands as scratch into your nape. Burying my face, scent of shampoo and skin.

Hair. Tricky subject for me. Currently blocking two writing projects. I have read and digested the psychology of identity and perception and past trauma and none of it makes any difference. Cutting hair, either in real life or here in this alter ego, is difficult.

It’s not even like mine is some sort of crowning glory. It is dyed improbably red and hangs in a slightly limp almost style down to over my shoulders. In the past, it has been both nearly to my waist and cut so short most of it was done with clippers.

Colour doesn't bother me like cutting. I love the fun. Stepping out into a new tribe at Eroticon I could see I was not alone with this. I love the bold pinks and blues and purples worn by Emily-Rose and others who I admire and prefer to be anonymous in this community. The discussion of whether red heads have more fun with with Rose (and we do). The fantastic long white hair, the dreads, and all the other combinations I saw in Camden all statements of confidence. Every two months or so I go back to the hairdressers and beg for them to send it royal blue. I make do with extensions because they're reluctant to bleach it, but it makes me feel like some sort of wannabe. If it's ruined, cut it off!

When it is short, I am relaxed. I like it in a style that is all in the cut, mainly because I don't have time for a hairdryer in my life, let alone straighteners. Especially a style that makes a statement. I think it speaks of confidence and of someone who can make decisions. This is who I need to be in my real life. Last year, I let it get a little longer for an evening out where I wanted to look “ladylike”. Just long enough for a beautiful up-do. Now it has reached the awkward “just long enough to call long” length. It looks nice, but you can tell how I feel about it from the description above. Six or more inches too long yet I can’t bear the thought of it being cut. But this is ridiculous. It grows quickly enough that this is only one year since the last time clippers cut my nape in close and sharp.

It’s not sensory dislike. I think it is purely the social message hair provides. I wanted to be ladylike. I want to look decisive. I want to be sexy. And I want my hair to convey all of those messages, because I am none of those things. When I write about hair, I write the hair I want. The reaction I want.

I'm a man of numbers, spreadsheets, logic, sitting in an office, staring at a computer screen. A geek. A nerd. Aiming for nothing more challenging than to not be alone. I guess I'm a romantic underneath, confused as to just how much to try to say aloud. To be more than an avatar or dismembered voice from the speaker. Channelling my inner James Bond; hoping for Brosnan not Moore. But when I needed him, when I saw a fall of straight dark hair across the office, his voice fell silent. I began to struggle to think anything more than the most basic images and feelings. Want. Need. Fuck.
  And that was was just your hair. Just a fraction of you. I need that voice now, with you, more than ever. Too many things I can't put into words. Things that are just not manly enough to let out of my mouth. Things I'm scared will drive you away. My inner poet is frustrated with the lack of words. So I will start where we started. Your beautiful hair.
I've always been a sucker for hair that trails across my chest, hair I can grab as I thrust into a sweet mouth. This was fantasy hair. Hair that made the world tilt on its axis and changed my chemistry till every hormone focussed on you. My phone rang and I had to turn away, stare back at the screen of my computer and try to convince my dry mouth to function. Reality rushed back as oxygen to suffocating lungs and despite the hum of my body I answered that call, and the next, and the next.
That night I fisted my dick to the imagined softness of that hair between my fingers, the slight resistance of neck muscles matching the tension in my hips, both of us trying to avoid my natural urge to thrust deeply and feel the wet tightness of a throat closing on my sensitive tip.
Anticipating a next glimpse near the coffee machine, perhaps diamond sharp cheekbones or smudgy dark eyes, I thought about the colour, the cut, every detail that could possibly elicit more clues. Smooth hair falling over sharp shoulders in a strictly tailored jacket, dark mocha brown with caramel hints. I've nothing against colour, but there is something in the confidence of leaving it natural that is more appealing to me than bright dye, or worse yet uniform mundanity. I wanted it to be paired with milk white skin and burning, intense eyes. Ice blue, if you can cope with the mixed metaphors, but then I told you I was a frustrated poet. Maybe the caramel hinted at something warmer, but the beauty of dark hair is highlighted in the contrasts and I visualised something virginally pure perhaps spotted with the occasional dark freckle.
Blunt cut and thick, with beautiful movement. Unfussy. No fringe, I thought, one length that would run through my fingers like silk through a loom, weighing heavily against my hands. I closed my eyes and imagined cradling the weight of skull and brain, the fragility and sculpted strength slack and satiated against my belly. No make up, naturally dark lashes I could hope might match the cocoa and caramel hues. A mouth rouged by friction, glistening with my spunk.

Because of my fear, I’m sure, hair cutting has become eroticised for me. I am torn between the sick feeling if I see hair hitting the floor, and the squirm in my stomach that sends me looking for video clips late at night. Cutting the hair of my fantasies. Cutting the hair of characters I create.

I could understand it if I was forcing them, but right now both of the characters are complicit. They want their haircut. It is me that doesn’t.

My first character is a female who wants to shed the confines of expectation she has created for herself with a very traditional femme packaging, ice-queen platinum hair included, which needs to change up to a pixie cut. She is exhausted by shaping herself for others and the hair is part of that. It needs to go, and the scissors that cut it will be sharp, easily shearing through the thin slivers that hang limply from her scalp.

Second character is a man. He’s been rocking androgyny, but now wants something that better reflects new confidence in his sexuality. He’s worried his partner loves his hair more than him, but really knows this is stupid. I know it’s stupid, as I am crafting their ending and the hair that is vital to the plot is unimportant by then. Blunt kitchen scissors wielded by his partner will crunch and saw and pull through his ponytail, just below his shoulders. He may well go to the hairdressers afterwards and have it cut shorter, emphasizing his cheekbones and fantastic eyebrows.

Hair is a fragment of these characters, but at the same time is crucial to their development.

I have armed myself with first-hand knowledge. Clippers wielded, articles read, scissors sharpened, videos watched. I can feel the slightly slippy but at the same time crunchy feeling of scissors cutting through hair. The vibration of clippers. The soft tufts of hair falling away and rolling down a body like tumbleweed. Dead and gone. The feel of cool air on the nape of your neck. The stranger in the mirror…but was that before or after the cut?

It’s not about me though, is it? I just need to detach enough to get on with the writing.

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Monday, November 21, 2005

My first date ever

After my summer when I fell in unrequited love with Jenny, I returned to graudate school feeling miserable and still maybe somewhat suicidal. I tried to take up smoking, because I figured if I couldn't kill myself quickly, at least I could do it slowly. Fortunately for my health, I was never able to get the hang of it. When classmates saw me smoking, maybe it did just a little to shed my virginal nice guy image. Or maybe everyone saw right through that.

I decided that, if I couldn't have Jenny, the next best thing would be to find some other girl to love. Of course I had always been deathly afraid to approach a girl, but my relationship with Jenny revealed that at least a girl might be interested in talking to me. And it filled me with a great fear. I was afraid that I would never recapture the feeling of love, and although I have accepted that now, back then it was dreadful.

For a while this fear was greater than my regular fear of girls. I went out to a bar with some classmates, and I spotted a beautiful girl in the bar (yes, I know now that it was a mistake to only go after the pretty ones), and I caught her eye, smiled at her, she smiled back, and I engaged her in a conversation. She was a receptionist for a dentist. How lovely! How awesome it would be to have a beautiful non-college educated girlfriend. But alas, she made up some excuse about going to the bathroom, and I said something like "well you have to give me your phone number then," and she smiled and said no thanks. I didn't get a phone number, but at least I felt good about myself for going into battle.

I found out that there was going to be a social gathering at a campus religious organization. I don't think I ever really believed in the religion, but this was supposed to be a good way to meet girls. Once again, the fear of being alone the rest of my life proplled me to action. I felt like I was in a zone that evening, talking to all the girls at the social gathering, and collecting not one, but two phone numbers. Wow, I had never done that before.

But which girl should I call? My big mistake, of course, was not calling both of them. Dating is a game of percentages. But I was new to it. I had never been on a real date before. I called the girl who was the prettier of the two, a really cute undergraduate student with blonde hair and blue eyes, about 5'6" and 135 pounds. Her name was Madison. How cute.

It's hard to describe how overjoyed I was when I called Madison, and she actually agreed to go to dinner with me. After the phone conversation, I fretted over where to take her. I discovered a restaurant at a local resort hotel with singing waiters.

I suppose I overdid it. The waiters sang in a fun way not a romantic way, but nevertheless this may have been too much for a first date.

The date took a horrible downward spiral when the check came, and she didn't want me to pay for her dinner. Somehow, I knew this was a rejection. I argued over her with it until we agreed that she would pay the tip.

Thinking back on that date, it was so touching that she actually felt bad about getting a free dinner. These hardened bitches in their mid thirties in New York City, such as Sarah, have no problem with enjoying expensive meals from men that they have no interest in.

Madison hung out with me on the grounds of the hotel after the dinner, and while we were sitting by the pool, with palm trees around us, we were both looking up at the sky and we saw a shooting star. This was the first and last time in my life that I ever saw a shooting star. It really helped to mark the evening as special.

Looking back on all the dates I've been on since then, my first date ever was also my best date ever. I think that some of the love I felt for Jenny I was able to transfer to Madison, so this date was the closest I ever came to going out for a romantic evening with someone I loved.

When I dropped her off at her apartment, I tried to kiss her on her lips, but all she gave me was her cheek.

Madison didn't want to see me again after that.

My fear of being alone subsided shortly after that and once again became less than my fear of girls. Once again I was too afraid to ask girls out on dates. I was never again able to recover that strange feeling of fear and hopelessness that gave me courage.

Friday, November 4, 2005

Virginal Apprentice

Thursday's episode of The Apprentice demonstrates the antipathy that the world has for virgins. Twenty-two year old Adam is the project manager for his team. The project this week is to design and teach an adult education class. Over his objections that he doesn't feel comfortable with the topic, his team decides to teach "Sex at Work." Adam's lack of comfort with the topic seems a source of amusement for the other members of the team, especially Alla the 31 year-old multi-millionaire spa owner. I think the whole thing amounted to borderline sexual harrassment. That's the way people would have seen it if the sexes were reversed.

Later in the Boardroom, Donald Trump bluntly asks Adam if he ever had sex, and from the way he fumbled with saying that he didn't feel comfortable answering the question, it's obvious that the answer was "no." Only people who are virgins can undertand the shame that comes with being a virgin. Then Donald goes into a whole speech about how great sex is, as if he's really helping Adam by telling him that what he isn't getting is so wonderful. It's not like he's a virgin by choice. Meanwhile, Donald is far more supportive of Clay who comes out as a homosexual. Apparently, sticking one's penis up other guys' anuses is considered more normal than never having stuck it anywhere at all.


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September 22, 2008

2 new ads, one from Obama, one from McCain.

Both ads are very negative and ominous, and both are very effective. Can I be against both of them?

peter hoh said...

They are both racing towards the gutter. It's the audacity of what has worked in the past.

Too bad voters can't punish both of them by choosing None of the Above.

Fred4Pres said...

I do not think the Chicago Machine Ad against Obama is unfair. It frankly does not go far enough.

The reason for Obama's ties to Wright and Bill Ayers, was to get in the good graces of Tom Ayers (Bill's father) who is the godfather of Chicago Democratic Politics. Obama down plays Bill Ayers, but the connections were not because he promotes terrorism but because he was trying to get his foot in the door of the Chicago Machine.

It is a fair ad.

Peter V. Bella said...

Yes!!!!!!!!! I have been waiting for McCain to tie Obama to the politically corrupt Emil Jones and our corrupt governor. The Rezko and Daley ties are frosting on the cake.

Obama is a product of corruption. He is a product of a systemized and entrenched cronyism, patronage, and unethical governance. It is about time he is exposed for the hope and change fraud he really is.

former law student said...

McCain's bankroller: Cindy's Dad: bootlegger, convicted felon.

McCain's contributor and personal airline: Charles Keating, savings and loan plunderer, convicted felon.

Roger J. said...

Fred: wait; I suspect that association is being saved for later in October. Karen Tumulty took the bait on the FANFRED advisors, and McCain made her look stupid by releasing the Johnson ad after she went nuts. We will be hearing more about Obama's chicago associations. And it looks like McCain is settling in on the Leadership issue. Clearly that is not Obama's strong suit; It would be well to read what Max Weber had to say about charismatic leadership.

dick said...

JFK's bankroller: His father, bootlegger, had his daughter lobotomized without the support of the mother, should have been convicted.

Worse than your depiction of McCain's bankroller but JFK is your saint.

Obama's bankrollers: Soros, Pritzker, Chicago democrat machine, Rezko, the Iranian guy whose name I can never remember (Auchi?) - not a clean one in the bunch.

Peter V. Bella said...

Tom Ayers had not been a power house in Chicago for a very long time. He suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and was cared for by his son. You do not have to like the people or agree with their politics, but the least you can do is get your facts straight.

Obama did not need the Ayers family. His clout, mentor and political godfather is Emil Jones. That is the only person Obama needed. Jones plucked Obama from obscurity and made him what he is.

slarrow said...

Feh. So Obama is running another commercial tying McCain to Bush again. Wake me up when he gets a new idea.

(Besides, the best response to that nonsense is here. Language warning.)

Of the two, I suspect the McCain ad will be more effective. Two reasons: first, the Chicago past undercuts Obama's entire "new kind of politician" theme (already undercut by his selection of Biden.) A few weeks of this (and some solid backup in the debates) could strip the glamour from Obama (which is really all he's got, glamour and Bush fatigue.)

Second, I also expect Obama to squeal like a stuck pig again, as he always does when people actually criticize him. That will prolong the news cycle as he attempts to blame McCain for being so mean to him. It also sets him up for being weak in the debates if McCain can hammer him on it.

Joe said...

Both commercials were stupid, but I think Obama's was more effective since it targeted McCain's actions. The whole look-who-he's-associated-with meme only goes so far.

former law student said...

JFK is your saint

But he's not running for office, correct, having been assassinated 45 years ago? McCain should be aware of the people-in-glass-houses rule, should he not?

"Man is born in sin and conceived in corruption and passeth from the stench of the didie to the stink of the shroud. There is always something" - Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men

The Pritzker family is wholly unimpeachable. Warren Buffett is currently buying their family business, the Marmon Group, and they continue to own Hyatt Hotels.

Cedarford said...

Legit ammo on both sides.

1. Obama came out of a corrupt machine, but past Presidents like FDR, Truman, JFK, LBJ also did - and it didn't hurt their abiity to reform. Probably helped them, by knowing how the sleaze worked.

Republicans also rose with sleaze of a different kind. Close ties to wealthy Corporatists. Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan and Dubya are examples. (as is the whole "Republican Revolution of 1994" being coopted by sleaze-meisters).

It hurts Obama because he claims to be somehow above it, as the annointed One who transcends politics - when he was just another reliably voting Daley Machine apparachnik. His "transcendence" was more about rising above the ordinary hack black pol by cultivating connections to the rich, powerful, and intelligensia who were fascinated by what Biden said, was a "clean, articulate black guy" who schmoozed equally well between Jewish billionaires, university drones, and South side race extortionists.

2. McCain was a "champion" of dereg and has the main architect of it, Phil Gramm, as his chief economic advisor.
Nor can McCain and people like Dubya and Chris Dodd and Barney Frank claim that they were blindsided by this "trust" in the genius of the free market and the "potent" competition between rich people running the banks, investment houses, and hedge funds "keeping the system honest".

Since the late 90s, major people warned of the wreck - of each bubble - and Wall Street excess. Warren Buffet was amongst the most notable. Warning about the tech bubble, the "waste" of tax cuts for the rich and free credit for poor and illegals to overbuild and overprice housing stock instead of addressing America's rotting infrastructure, health care mess with that capital. What he considered Greenspan and Fannie and Freddies "imprudent" investments that caused Buffet to bail from them years back.

Buffet practiced what he preached. He said he would not invest in the tech bubble because he did not see the underlying fundamentals. He did not let the fiscal resources he invested in overleverage. And five years ago he publicly warned Credit Default Swaps were "a Time Bomb" waiting to go off - and that he had directed his insurance companies to divest themselves of such dangerous instruments.

Once again, the Oracle of Omaha is looking pretty good. Shame he advises Obama on "Flyover Country" values while Republicans embraced Ayn Rand Darwinism and bonded with Dem whores to the Corporatists like Dodd, Franks, Schumer. Then came running to demand taxpayer bailout after all their John Galt and Hayek exemplars fouled up so the whole system wouldn't collapse.

The Drill SGT said...

I hope they do 2 soon on Fannie Mae

the first on Obama's money from them

the second on how McCain fought for more regulation on the GSE's and how Obama voted against more regulation

as for Jim Hensley, as I remember, he was convicted of falsifying some paperwork regarding liquor inventory, not in compliance with post-war rationing regulations. 6 month sentence, suspended on appeal.

Peter V. Bella said...

The Pritzker family is wholly unimpeachable.

Not so. Their ties go back to Al Capone. The patriarch was one of Capone's attorneys and he was involved in bootlegging too.

Their politcal ties go back to the formation fo the Democratic Machine in Chicago in the 1930s. They have aided and abetted that corrupt machine for decades.

Elliott A said...

google senate bill s.190 in 2005. Because of the warning of Greenspan, senate repubs crafted a bill to reign in Fan Fred and get oversight. 100% democratic opposition in a close senate means no go. You can read McCain's speech on the floor, hardly a deregulator in this instance. That bill would have prevented this entire bloodbath. He knows when to make a stand, even if it is against his former positions.

vbspurs said...

I agree that both are negative, and effective.

But McCain's is the more troubling of the two: it's about corrupt associations, rather than policy and ideology.

A lot of people have a piece in that Obama pie.

Someone mentioned JFK, a man who wouldn't have been elected without the original Mayor Daley strongarming Chicago for him.

Remember that when JFK and Bobby tried to go after the Mafia? They considered it a betrayal, because they were instrumental in helping Daley "get out the vote", shall we say.

Washington needs reform.

You can't have effective reform if you have never gone up your own Party and its Machine, and you're handcuffed by the amount of shady people you owe favours to.

That's Obama's reality NOW, not McCain, not his father-in-law's brewing distributorship and influence yesterday.

The Drill SGT said...

Elliott A said...
That bill would have prevented this entire bloodbath.

While I agree with your post, this part was overstated. the regulation would have exposed the rot earlier and lessened the impact.

Elliott A said...

I agree, Drill Sgt. We don't notice the bumps in the road teh same way we do teh bridge collapse.

former law student said...

You can read McCain's speech on the floor

"I think you'll be able to imagine many things Senator Biden will be able to say. He's never been the president, but he will put forth his lifetime of experience. I will put forth my lifetime of experience. Senator McCain will put forth a speech he made in 2006."

That's Obama's reality NOW, not McCain, not his father-in-law's brewing distributorship and inluence yesterday.

I don't understand how McCain's 35 year old POW experience can be relevant, while his much later association with convicted felons is irrelevant. If anything, it shows he's lost integrity as he aged.

Obama gave back the tainted Rezko money. Did McCain renounce his tainted father-in-law's money? Or even the tainted Keating money?

former law student said...

The patriarch was one of Capone's attorneys and he was involved in bootlegging too.

I like a good scandal as much as the next guy, but this is the first I've heard of this. Can you point me to your source? Was Benny Goodman mobbed up too?

Larry said...

This one, from Wikipedia, got me:

"Career prior to politics

Jones was a sewer inspector prior to becoming President of the Illinois Senate."

Peter V. Bella said...

Jones was a sewer inspector prior to becoming President of the Illinois Senate.

Now he is one of the people who run the sewer known as politics in Chicago and Illinois.

Maxine Weiss said...

We are supposed to be celebrating the Autumn Equinox.....making wishes, shucking corn, building a scarecrow.

The first day of the new season......and readers expect something festive !

LarsPorsena said...

"I don't understand how McCain's 35 year old POW experience can be relevant, while his much later association with convicted felons is irrelevant. If anything, it shows he's lost integrity as he aged."

Rezko, Ayers, Wright, Raines, if anything that its shows is that BHO didn't have any integrity to begin with.

vbspurs said...

LarsPoena, mwah!

Roger J. said...

FLS--you keep saying that long enough and people will forget McCain was a POW! or not.

Michael said...

I doubt if the Rezko, Ayers stories will hold much sway, both have been out there for quite some time...but this might:

Senator John McCain’s campaign manager was paid more than $30,000 a month for five years as president of an advocacy group set up by the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to defend them against stricter regulations, current and former officials say.

As president of a mortgage industry advocacy group, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis advocated a boost in minority home ownership -- right wingers' favorite explanation for the mortgage crisis.

And the new polls appear to substantiate just that:

9/22: Hotline/Diageo Pres-Tracker: Obama 47%, McCain 42%

9/22: Gallup Pres-Tracker:
Obama 48%, McCain 44%

9/22: Res. 2000 Pres-Tracker:
Obama 49%, McCain 43%

9/22: Rasmussen Pres-Tracker:
Obama 48%, McCain 47%

Michael said...

This is the kind of thing that will eventually run the McCain campaign right into the ground...and it makes you wonder who picked these people:

McCain camp criticism rife with errors

Sen. John McCain’s top campaign aides convened a conference call today to complain of being called “liars.” They pressed the media to scrutinize specific elements of Sen. Barack Obama’s record.

But the call was so rife with simple, often inexplicable misstatements of fact that it may have had the opposite effect: to deepen the perception, dangerous to McCain, that he and his aides have little regard for factual accuracy.

The errors in McCain strategist Steve Schmidt’s charges against Obama and Sen. Joe Biden were particularly notable because they seemed unnecessary.

“Any time the Obama campaign is criticized at any level, the critics are immediately derided as liars,” Schmidt told reporters.

But as he went on to list a series of stories he thought reporters should be writing about Obama and Biden, in almost every instance he got the details wrong.

Schmidt on Biden's son: “His son is a lobbyist for the credit card and banking industry,” Schmidt said.

Hunter Biden’s lobbying clients don’t include any banks or credit card companies.

Schmidt: “Senator Obama began his political career in its early stages raising money at Ayers’ house,” he said.

Obama held a 1995 campaign event at Ayers’ house, but it was not fundraiser, and Ayers did not contribute money to Obama’s first campaign.

Schmidt: “As soon as Gov. Palin was nominated, one of … Obama’s chief campaign surrogates, [Florida Rep.] Robert Wexler, went out and accused her of being a Nazi sympathizer,” Schmidt said.

Wexler didn’t call Palin a Nazi sympathizer. He called former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan a Nazi sympathizer, and attacked Palin for allegedly having endorsed him. (Buchanan also claimed that Palin had supported him.)

* Asked about the series of errors, McCain aides could not provide evidence to back up Schmidt’s assertions.

Fen said...

Again, a reminder that Micheal was busted making up Palin quotes. Don't trust anything he posts without a supporting link, then follow it to confirm his comprehension.

Christopher Althouse Cohen said...

His Governor? How about his President while you're at it?

Peter V. Bella said...

I like a good scandal as much as the next guy, but this is the first I've heard of this.

The you should learn to read real books and not rely on wikidikipikisikipedia as your source for research.

I am an avid student of Chicago History and Chicago Crime History. I studied books, you know what books are? Before the internet and Google, there were these things called books. I have read most of them on Chicago and Chicago criminal history.

Now, go play with your google and do no evil.

Michael said...

fen, you're like a little girl who wants to be a man.

i've challenged you on a number of occasions to provide one shred ot evidence that you're not a lying piece of shit...and you've never done so.

either put up or shut the fuck up.

c'om, big mouth...back your chicken-ass up.

Michael said...

Fen...buck, buck, buck, buck, buck...

Michael said...

Ever notice how Fen, when confronted, slithers away?

avwh said...

So one of McCain's current staffers was a lobbyist for a group that included FM/FM, and yet during that time, McCain introduced legislation those groups opposed.

Has Obama EVER proposed a law that his biggest and most well-heeled donors would object to?

Michael said...

"Has Obama EVER proposed a law that his biggest and most well-heeled donors would object to?"

SO, you think Obama is the candidate with "well-heeled" supporters...not John McCain??

Now, THAT is funny.

Peter V. Bella said...

You did not answer the question. Has Obama ever proposed a law...?

You cannot because he never has. He never proposed one law since he has been a Senator. Neither has Hillary Clinton. Like typical corrupt politicans, they just sat back and collected a salary. Oh, and spare us the argument that junior Senators cannot propose legislation. That is pure bull.

Obama is all talk and no action. An empty suit.

Michael said...

Petey, it's too late.

You're not smart enough to discuss or debate serious issues.

Like I said before, I just don't want to have anything to do with you.

John Lynch said...

You know, people react to what they see and hear much more than what they read. If they hear it enough they believe it. Even if people know something isn't true, they are still more likely to believe it. There's zillions of examples. We all do it.

The wonderful thing about the internet is that one can avoid advertising of all kinds while still getting information.

So, I stopped watching political ads. Yeah, they matter, but why let them in my head?

Contrary to belief, we are very vulnerable to what we see and hear. If we have a choice, shouldn't our politics be shaped by something more substantive than a 30 second ad slot? How substantive can a 5-10 sentence argument be in print?

This isn't an appeal to look down on other people, just to recognize that these things have an impact far greater than they should, even if you're ready for them. Something to think about.

former law student said...

you should learn to read real books and not rely on wikidikipikisikipedia as your source for research.

And the name of this Pritzker-slurring book would be?

I read books; I even have a library card.

Has Obama EVER proposed a law that his biggest and most well-heeled donors would object to?

Obama's biggest donors are McCain's biggest donors, except for the college professors.

Should Obama vote to defund higher education just to show his independence?

former law student said...

He never proposed one law since he has been a Senator.

The most important law Obama proposed, that actually passed, in the last Congress was aid to Congo. McCain's accomplishment during the same period was a law giving federal real estate in prime freeway close locations to a wealthy Arizona developer, in exchange for checkerboard plots in the middle of nowhere.

Once again, Obama believes in helping those who need it, while McCain believes in helping the rich get richer.

Mark said...

michael, these guys were pretty well-heeled.

Outis said...

Can I be against both of them?

Sure, it's easy.


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The Biggest Financial Scandal In History?

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Posted: 05 Jul 2012 01:45 PM PDT

We always knew that the financial markets were rigged, but this is getting ridiculous. It is now being alleged that 20 major banks have been systematically fixing global interest rates for years. Barclays has already been fined hundreds of millions of dollars for manipulating Libor (the London Inter Bank Offered Rate). But Barclays says that a whole bunch of other banks were doing this too. This is shaping up to be the biggest financial scandal in history, and criminal investigations have been launched on both sides of the Atlantic. What those investigations are likely to uncover could shake the financial markets to their very core. In the end, this scandal could absolutely devastate confidence in the global financial system and it could potentially bring down a number of major global banks. We have never seen anything quite like this before.

What Is Libor?

As mentioned before, Libor is the London Inter Bank Offered Rate. A recent Washington Post article contained a pretty good explanation of what that means....
In the simplest terms, LIBOR is the average interest rate which banks in London are charging each other for borrowing. It’s calculated by Thomson Reuters — the parent company of the Reuters news agency — for the British Banking Association (BBA), a trade association of banks and financial services companies.
Why Does Libor Matter?
If you have a mortgage, a car loan or a credit card, then there is a very good chance that Libor has affected your personal finances. Libor has been a factor in the pricing of hundreds of trillions of dollars of loans, securities and assets. The following is from a recent article by Maureen Farrell....
These traders influenced the pricing of the London Interbank Offered Rate or Libor, a benchmark that dictates the pricing of up to $800 trillion of securities (yes trillion)
$800 trillion?
That is a number that is hard to even imagine.
Most American consumers do not even know what Libor is, but it actually plays a key role in the U.S. economy as the Washington Post recently explained....
In the United States, the two biggest indices for adjustable rate mortgages and other consumer debt are the prime rate (that is, the rate banks charge favored or “prime” consumers) and LIBOR, with the latter particularly popular for subprime loans. A study from Mark Schweitzer and Guhan Venkatu at the Cleveland Fed looked at survey data in Ohio and found that by 2008, almost 60 percent of prime adjustable rate mortgages, and nearly 100 percent of subprime ones, were indexed to LIBOR
Who Was Involved In This Scandal?

According to the Daily Mail, in addition to Barclays it is being alleged that at least 20 banks (including some major U.S. banks) were involved in this interest rate fixing scandal....
Hundreds of bankers across three continents are embroiled in the interest-rate fixing scandal that has left Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond fighting to save his job.
As pressure intensified on Britain’s highest paid banking boss to quit, MPs heard a string of other financial institutions across the world were under investigation.
At least 20 banks are believed to be under suspicion, with growing demands for a criminal investigation.
There are also indications that the Bank of England itself may have been involved in this scandal.
What Did They Do?
Employees at Barclays (and apparently at about 20 other major banks) were brazenly manipulating interest rates. A recent Yahoo Finance article described how this worked...
To help the bank's trading positions between 2005 and 2009, and most notably during the global financial crisis of 2007-09, the bank made false submissions to the Libor-setting committee, which agrees rates daily in London.
At the request of its own traders of interest-rate derivatives, Barclays made false submissions relating to Libor and Euribor (the eurozone benchmark rate). By doing this, Barclays personnel aimed to help their trading colleagues to profit by manipulating Libor.
Rigging the world's leading benchmark for interest rates is pretty serious stuff. Indeed, in the words of the FSA, "Barclays' behaviour threatened the integrity of the rates, with the risk of serious harm to other market participants".
Many in the financial world have been absolutely horrified by the details of this scandal that have been emerging.
One recent CNN article declared that "the stench" coming from London is now "overwhelming"....
The Libor scandal has confirmed what many of us have known for some time: There is something smelly in the London financial world and the stench is now overwhelming.
But It is only when I read the Financial Services Authority report -- all 44 pages of it -- that is became clear just how widespread, how blatant was the fixing of the benchmark interest rate Libor and Euribor by Barclays. Brazen is the only word for it.
The emails and phone calls reveal that on dozens of occasions those who stood to gain by the decisions asked for favors (and got them) from those who helped set the interest rates.
You can read many examples of the kinds of emails that were exchanged between traders in New York and traders at Barclays in London right here.
What Does This Scandal Mean For The Future?
This scandal is making the global financial system look really, really bad. Confidence in global financial markets has already been declining, and these new revelations are not going to help at all. The following is how an article in the Huffington Post put it....
The ballooning interest rate manipulation scandal at Barclays, coupled with stock market instability, is likely to fuel fresh doubts about the integrity of the stock market, insiders said.
“Every time people begin to gain a little confidence, something else comes up,” said Randy Frederick, managing director of active trading and derivatives at Charles Schwab. “If it’s not Europe, it’s [troubled] IPOs, or JPMorgan or Barclays. Something new blows up and people say, ‘I knew it was rigged.’"
In addition, we are undoubtedly going to see a huge wave of lawsuits come out of this scandal. Those lawsuits alone will gum up the financial system for a decade or more.
So needless to say, this is a very big deal.
Sadly, the revelations that have come out about Barclays in recent days are probably just the very tip of the iceberg. Before this is all over, we are probably going to find out that most of the major global banks were involved.
At a time when the global financial system is already on the verge of a major implosion, this is not welcome news.
This financial scandal is just another reason to be deeply concerned about the second half of 2012. The house of cards is starting to look really shaky, and nobody knows exactly when it will fall, but anyone with half a brain can see that things are progressively getting worse.
A "perfect storm" is rapidly developing, and when it strikes it is going to be very, very painful.


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Despite the fact that we've only had 9 full days so far this year, this has been the best year so far.

Ace finally has people at his office over him that care about helping him to succeed in insurance sales. They are impressed by the time he's put into learning things on his own and they want to see him do well. It's been a change from the last boss he had (at the same office) who didn't seem to care about him at all.

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After visiting Museo Archeologico (in San Miguel Fuertes) in Campeche in the morning, we left it at noon, drove North on a wide new highway, still not a toll road for the woks were going on, and then turned towards Uxmal, passed it and reached Tikul. The first what we saw by the road were those Maya ruins:

With some sculptures and decorated walls, with a bunker type structure inside the walls:

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To tell the truth I was shocked-?? to steal the ancient artifacts from pyramids and to sell them so openly…But I was wrong. We met there the artist himself, his name is Lois Echeveverrio:

His calling is to copy as many of ancient Maya artifacts as possible and to make them look exactly as they look now in the museums. So all the sculptures in his yard are his work. And then inside the gallery there were shelve sand shelves of pots and plates and sculptures and even frescoes. He showed us a vase or a figurine in a book about Maya culture and then his creation – they looked exactly the same! Even the crevices or cracks in the pottery were in the same place and looked very old…it was amazing! Here is some of his art:

He said it takes him about two months to complete such and “ancient” vase and they are priced accordingly.?? The least expensive we saw there was $200, but I don’t consider it to be expensive having in mind their quality and the fact that collectors would not deprive some museums of their stuff, they can acquire the stuff at Louises gallery. He said that only him and his wife are making all those beautiful things.

Then we stopped for a little walk in Tikul’s center:

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Cant believe this!

but i guess i shouldve already known...
i do have a secret blog!!
ive always grown up with the concept that me, n only me, can take of myself n get me thru to the next day.
ive never been good at letting others in.
theres always so much room to get hurt or disappointed.
this is riidiculous!
everyone always points out how it seems really hard for me to talk about feelings..
but lyk if i spent 20 something yrs NOT doing it, idk how or when that'll change!
def not from one day to the next
its even taking months and im still not that far along!
i have had ample opportunity to tell him wut i feel but i really js rather not...
yup, im truly mad at myself...really mad...
its lyk i have a physical reaction whenever feelings get discussed!
i feel something in my throat start to constrict-almost as if i cant breathe!
truly is a big issue...
but in the end i dont have anyone to blame but myself...
i could change this about myself...i kno it's a problem...i should try to take the necessary steps...
but i still cant believe that its that hard-still...

I did sum thinking..

...and i havent come up with anything new at all.
i guess this whole 'thinking' thing that i'm doing is simply a ploy.
im clearly trying to avoid what seems to be inevitable...
i think i might be in love with someone!
if i go back in time i can tell you when i knew i'd be a goner, yet knowing that i'd fall so easily i still went ahead and pursued this silly thing.
now here i stand,mostly alone,in love with some guy who has more hang-ups than i do!
(lets just say that that's quite an achievement, cuz boy do i have problems!)
well, ive been trying to talk myself out of this silly thing but it hasnt quite gone away! lol
taking a lil longer than i had anticipated.
gee, i wish he'd just leave me alone sometimes...
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but next week will have a special day in it...
...how will it all go,i have no clue!
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Sunday, December 31, 2006

New Year's Resolutions

My first resolution should probably be to spend less time sitting around in my bathrobe, surfing the internet... hmmm...not sure I'll be able to keep that one!
With that thought in mind, I'll focus on things that I CAN commit to:
Aimee's 2007 New Year's Resolutions:
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  2. Do what feels good - with regards to what I feed myself and how I move. Junk food tastes good, but if I feel sick afterwards, what good am I doing myself? I resolve to think before I eat! This also applies to exercise. I love how I feel after a good cardio class or treadmill session - I will remember this when I'm tempted just to slump in front of my desk and skip the gym.
  3. Show the love - to my friends and family, and especially to my new husband. So often, I'm cranky and crabby, and I'm afraid this shows in my interactions with the people I love the most. This is unfair to them, and to myself.
  4. Stop the insanity! - with regards to my extra-curricular activities. I commit to not over-committing...if that makes any sense. :) I've taken on enough activities this past year, all of which I love dearly. I shall not add another time-intensive commitment and will instead focus my energies on the activities I am already passionate about - belly dancing, Jr. League, running, continuing education pursuits, and of course my marriage.
  5. Relax - this ties into #2, with taking care of myself, but I will find time for me - do read, sleep, do yoga, paint my toenails, whatever - on a regular basis.
I'll add more I'm sure, as they occur to me, but as I look over this list, I notice that none of these goals are specific, as my resolutions were last year. It was easy to check each item off last year's list, because I knew when each had been accomplished. That won't be as simple this year, but maybe this abstraction of my goals will lead to a more fulfilling and easy-going process. We shall see...


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My Fellow Canadians:

I appear before you tonight to address a dire situation. Recently, we've watched as our economy has been imperilled by competeing factors: the cost of crude oil going up seems to devalue our dollar. Fluctuating world currency markets seems to devalue our dollar. Heck, Martha Stewart Entertainment seems to devalue our dollar. But, I bet that Martha herself likes Canadian money, cause think of all the pretty crafts she can do with it... all those great colours. But, I digress...

Today we face an economic challenge that is incomparable. As much as we Canadians appreciate crude oil, world currencies and Martha, there is one item that I believe serves as the bedrock of our society; one item that, with every shift in its cost, threatens to crumble the very foundation that this great country is built on.

That's right: Tim Hortons coffee. Now, we've all been through rounds of Tim Horton's inflation before. The most recent one I recall was when the large went from 1.29 to 1.35. Man, that bugged me for a while: but then I realized they were really just keeping the penny that always annoyed me, plus a five cent service charge for storing the penny. Anyway, our markets re-aligned, and we survived that scare.

Unfortunately, today we are faced with another round of inflation. This time it won't hit you when you buy that double-double (yes, that is a word -- it made it into the dictionary this year!), instead it'll hit you when you buy a canister of the good stuff to brew at home. You see, until recently, you could buy a small can (13 oz) for $4.49. You could also opt to go big -- a 39 oz -- for 11.49. That's a savings of six cents an ounce! Unfortunately, Tim Hortons in conjunction with their retail partners (A&P in this buyer's case) have decided to lay the smack down on bulk buyers. No more do you save when you purchase the larger canister... in fact, purchasing the same amount of coffee in the smaller canister saves you two cents over all.

The impact of price gouging like this is dangerous and obvious: as the cost of coffee goes up, the value of our dollar plummets. If Tim Horton and Dave Thomas were around, would they let their chain run the Canadian economy into the ground? I think not. It's time for us to stand up, united in Canadian pride, and say "No more price gouging on my coffee!"

This has been a public service announcement. My name is Andrew Mackay, and I endorsed this message.

observations from chilling with my nephews

now playing: clifford the big red dog.

just a quick observation: cartoon characters never (or almost never) have to brush their teeth. Clifford's owner just woke up several days in a row, and went right to hanging out with her friends. No brushing of teeth, whatsoever.

It'd be cool to be a cartoon charater. Or... maybe not.

and a week later...

now playing: the derek webb girl songs. what a great playlist. good for when you're missing someone.

Well folks, I've had a pretty long, great couple of weeks. Sit back and relax, I'm going to tell you all about it!

Rebecca came to visit on the 20th of June. I was pretty excited to see her. She came up with her parents, who are family friends and hadn't seen my parents in 4 or 5 years. It was good to all be together. We got to see some old friends who were passing through (Betsy and Laurie, from ESD where my parents were missionaries for 8 years), and generally to hang out a lot. There was even an attempt at a trivial pursuit game, which -- to be honest -- Rebecca and I were losing. Big time.

Anyway, Rebecca's parents left on friday, and Rebecca stayed an extra week. We started out that time by going to Peterborough to hang out with some friends.

To our left, we have Luke and Matt with Rebecca. It was the first time Rebecca met Luke, and the first time she'd seen Matt in a LONG time. Luke had just come back from Europe, and every story started out with "So, we were walking the streets of Munich..." or "We were in Berlin and..." Yeah, SHUT UP!!! ;-) Anyway, it was pretty hilarious.

So, then we went to Caleb and Megan's wedding. It was gorgeous! Well done guys... it was pretty darn cool. In addition to the fact that Caleb and Megan got hitched, and we got to see that, Rebecca got to meet a lot of my friends (she's detailed it on her blog, you can check that out). It was a blast, and it was super cool too. You know, it's pretty neat when two parts of your world merge and everything works out great. I really enjoyed getting to introduce Rebecca to everyone. She's pretty cool, and I'm pretty happy that she seems to like hanging out with me.

I lucked out, and I got to take a couple of half days off work. We got to do touristy / date-y things... We went to Bloomfield (in Prince Edward County... the only Island County) one day, ate ice cream at slickers (which is fantastic... highly recommended), and took pictures of funny things. Yep, like Dead People's Stuff Antiques. How funny is that? Prince Edward County is great - there's like a MILLION bed and breakfasts, which I'm sure are good for something, and lots of little chicky shops - which I wasn't forced to enter on this trip. Lucky! We stopped on the way home at Zwicks park right on the bay of Quinte, it was awful pretty. We looked at water,

played in the park, and did silly stuff like that. It was great. Then, a couple of days later, we started a bit of a minigolf tournament that -- I hope -- will continue for many years to come. I won the game we played in Ontario. Not by a lot, but I won it. I was pretty proud.

Anyway, on Canada day we woke up early to drive down to West Virginia. We lost two hours at the border (if you ever want to hear a funny-ish story, ask me about the jamaican guy who was running between cars with me on the way to the bathrooms). Then, we got lost for about an hour when I got us lost in Erie, PA. We never did find Mercyhurst college - but I'm sure we will one day. And when we do, many ridiculous pictures will result.

So, we got to West Virginia Friday night. West Virginia is a pretty state (see picture to the right). As we pulled up Rebecca's driveway, I heard a funny noise in the car, and as I backed in, it was loud... but we figured that "it was probably nothing." We went out Saturday morning to play round two of the mini golf tournament. (yeah, I lost this time, big time. Really big. If Rebecca's short game hadn't fallen apart on the last few holes, I think she would've won by 12 strokes. As it was, it was a 5 or 6 stroke victory. She also beat me at p'diddle on the way from Ontario to West Virginia... I can't win, seriously.)

Anyway, we got home after eating some lunch (at a restaurant where the entire staff welcomes every guest to come through the door) and I decided (owing to the very loud noises every time the car turned) that I'd let someone smarter than me look at the car. Rebecca's dad took the car out for a drive and to a mechanic friend of his to check out. Turns out the coil over the strut was broken. And of course, by the time we figured that out on Saturday the parts places were closed. So, repairs were going to have to wait out the long weekend. I got to spend extra time with Rebecca. What an awesome deal! We did stuff with her family, celebrated the fourth of July, and generally just had a blast. I even golfed (real golf) for the first time ever. It was a blast... even if I did awfully. I guess I need some practise. Also, Rebecca and I WON a round of Trivial Pursuit. Are you impressed? I sure am.

And oh yeah, we even got to see some fireworks. Anyway, on the morning of the fifth, we went down to the ford dealership to hopefully by the part - turns out, there's a "campaign" on for that part (I think campaign is a polite term for recall), and they fixed it for free. So, an extra few days with my girl, the chance to hang out with her family, and a car repair for free. I really got the best deal possible.

Oh, but when I got home, the mazda had a flat. Meh. You win some, you lose some. That was pretty winsome. :-)

Anyway, this has been your "where the heck has andymack been" update. Pretty soon, I'll blog about some metaphysical things just to make sure you're all entertained. For now, thank you, you're beautiful, good night!

from West Virginia

now playing: the sound of birds singing, and the whirring of my girlfriend's laptop's hard drive.

I'm sitting in the living room of Rebecca's house. We drove most of the day yesterday to get here, and now, having slept quite well, I am ready to face another day. It seems like a beautiful morning out -- kinda foggy, not too hot, like I said the birds are singing, and I'm in West Virginia. It's a very beautiful place. The drive down yesterday proved that fact. Just a gorgeous state. Of course, with all the mountains, and a speed limit of 70 mph, and the intermittent-at-best guard rails, well... the driving feels more adventurous than it is. Also, for those of you who wonder, it's more fun to do the trip in the summer than in the winter. Guaranteed.

The past couple of weeks have been great. Rebecca and I have gone to weddings, gone to movies, gone to places I've never been (searching for ice cream in bloomfield, for example), and in general, hung out. It's been a lot of fun, primarily because the company has been so good. I won't lie to you, long distance relationships can be challenging at times, but man, it makes you appreciate the time you get together a lot more.

So I'm going to close with that I think. The trip has been good. The trip back will hopefully go well as well. I'll talk at you guys again soon.


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Monday, June 2, 2008

Are You Ever Going to Learn? Get Your Relationship With Your Wife Back on Track?

You and your Wife have been at odds over some relationship issues for far too long. During this unsettling time for the both of you, you were unfaithful to her and maybe she has been unfaithful to you too. There are certain aspects in her behavior towards you that you need her to change and you have been able to communicate that need to her, to the point of her wanting another chance to try and change her
behavior towards you.

You have agreed not to cheat on her as long as you perceive she is trying to improve
her behavior towards you. And she has agreed to be faithful to you also. You have been married for many years and although physically you have not abandoned her, maybe emotionally you may have.

The both of you have a long haul ahead of you but, if you are both committed to the relationship and you have both agreed to work on your differences, that’s a positive point on which to start.

The next step is, she needs to change in her behavior towards you. You also have to take a part in this issue by supporting your Wife while she tries to initiate changes in her behavior towards you. If her efforts to change are not supported by you, she will have no encouragement to change for you – you need to realize that.

Time has passed and you are happier with how your wife treats you except for her lack of sexual libido. If you can acknowledge that she has made noticeable changes in her behavior for you, you may have to accept the lack of intimacy in your relationship. Please understand where your wife is coming from and honor her and your relationship by not making an issue of “your” sexual needs of her.

And, don’t even think of cheating on her again, if she has forgiven you your past transgressions. Both of you need time to heal and move forwards with your intimate relationship when the time is right for the both of you.

Be patient and nurture your relationship with your Wife – don’t throw it away by being unfaithful after you can acknowledge the fact she is trying so hard to make things right between the two of you.

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DIY Plexiglass Aquarium

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Plexiglass (acrylic) aquariums have several advantages over glass. They're light and difficult to break, and they provide greater viewing clarity. However, purchasing a commercial aquarium can be expensive. This is why many people build their own. If you do it right, making your own Plexiglass aquarium can be less expensive.

To build an aquarium, you'll need a good plastic supplier. Make certain you're choosing the right plastic thickness and dimensions. Heavier plastics are more expensive, but they can also withstand more pressure. Water is heavy, and tanks over two feet tall require plastic a half-inch thick or more.

Most plastics come in four- by eight-foot sheets. It's a good idea to choose an aquarium size that will fit well on this sheet to lower costs. Odd-sized projects can make it hard to use the sheet efficiently because of the dimensions of their pieces. In this case, you may need more than one sheet.

Most people making their own acrylic aquariums usually have their plastic cut for them. The supplier can do this for a small fee. It's important to make sure that the cuts are accurate. Double-check your measurements before giving them to the supplier. Let your supplier know that you are building an aquarium and that cuts must be extremely accurate.

When you pick up your material, take a tape measure. Don't accept any pieces that aren't within 1/16-inch of your desired size. For additional cuts at home, or to cut your own pieces, use a saber or jig saw and wear a particle respirator and safety glasses. Drill any plumbing holes using a holesaw, but make sure you wet the area. Otherwise, friction and heat may melt the plastic. Support your acrylic from below to prevent splintering.

Your plastic should come with a protective sheet attached to it. Don't remove it until after assembly. Just peel it back from the edges to keep it from being caught in the joints. Dry-fit the pieces together before cementing. Make sure they fit well with no visible edge gaps. Slightly inaccurate pieces should be flipped, if possible. Put the less-accurate cuts at the top of the tank, not the bottom or sides. Side and bottom joints are under the most pressure.

Ask your supplier for a few pieces of scrap plastic to practice your cementing technique. Use a high-quality aquarium-safe solvent cement–ideally a silicone-based one, which is more flexible. You can buy cement from your plastic supplier. Prepare the edges for sealing by smoothing them with a sharp object such as a knife, razor blade or file. Practice this on scrap, too.

Hold cemented pieces together using electrical tape or other low-tack adhesive tape. Use multiple pieces of tape along all edges. Surprisingly, most aquariums don't require clamps. Seal all joints, then remove the protective coating once the cement and sealant have dried. Your aquarium is ready to use.

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G.D. Palmer is a freelance writer and illustrator living in Milwaukee, Wis. She has been producing print and Web content for various organizations since 1998 and has been freelancing full-time since 2007. Palmer holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in writing and studio art from Beloit College in Beloit, Wis.


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How to Grow Maggots for Chicken Feed

Items you will need

  • Container

  • Plywood

  • Bucket

  • Greens

  • Manure

Feeding maggots to chicken is an easy and economical way to provide protein and fat. Most people will immediately picture a smelly pile of garbage with house fly maggots feasting on rotting meat, but it is not the case. While it would be possible to use house fly maggots, the problems with smell, fly infestation and transmission of diseases are almost insurmountable. Using solider fly maggots solve all of those problems. They feast on a regular compost pile, but the absence of meat limits the occurrence of diseases. Soldier fly maggots are also auto-harvesting and adult soldier flies both stay away from humans and secrete a pheromone that repels house flies.

Build or re-purpose a container to grow your maggots. You need to use a container from which the maggots cannot escape. Do not use a compost pile with an open bottom. Commercial solutions such as the Biopod are available to you if you do not wish to build your own container. Install a ramp around the container for the maggot to climb. Drill a hole at the top of the ramp. The maggots ready to become adults will instinctively get out of the pile and proceed up the ramp. You can either put the container in the chicken area and let the maggots be eaten by the chickens as they get out of the container or put a bucket under the hole to collect them.

Collect soldier fly maggots from an existing compost pile. If you do not have an available compost pile to harvest, order maggots online or leave the container open and hope some soldier fly maggots will lay their eggs in it. Once you have a colony established, the adult soldier fly maggots will keep coming back as long as there is food in the container. Fill the container with manure, kitchen scraps without meat or any green material. Keep the material moist, but do not soak it; this will drown the maggots.

Keep the pile warm. Leave it in an heated barn and use thick insulation when building the container. With enough soldier fly maggots the temperature inside the container will be kept around 90 degrees F. If there are not enough maggots to sustain the temperature levels needed, the maggots will take longer to mature (as long as 6 months). You can also use a passive solar system to maintain a regular temperature.

  • Free a few maggots in the dirt near by to allow them to become fly and repopulate your container.

    You can Freeze maggots if you have too much.

  • Do not feed too many maggots to your chickens as they are high in fat and protein.

    Adult soldier fly maggots do not bother humans because they do not need to feed when an adult. They do not have mouth and live only to breed.


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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Cheapest and Most Affordable E-Bay Item

My blogging buddy Jehz posted a blog article and at the same time a contest about the Cheapest E-bay item and it was a great contest as people and bloggers scrounge to share the cheapest item they could find on e-Bay and have them for free.

I must say that I am always amazed with how and what Jehz is posting on his blog; full of wit, humor and fun. But I am also amazed to see that they are also SEO articles that rises up on the top pages of search engines though not too many people know, or is it only I who is thinking of that, LOL!

Back to the cheapest E-bay item, Jehz is at the third spot on Google on the keywords cheapest e-bay item, ehehehe!

I don’t know if there are really searching for those keywords but nonetheless, I can say that Jehz is really a genius.

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