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“That’s where my family is sleeping, so that’s where I’ll sleep,” Christie said during the news conference Sunday. “When I have a choice between sleeping with my family or sleeping alone, I generally like to sleep where my family is.”

During the news conference, a tanner-looking Christie was asked whether he had gotten any sun, to which he responded that he hadn’t.

Later Sunday, when the photos surfaced, the governor’s spokesman, Brian Murray, reiterated that sentiment, saying Christie had not, in fact, gotten any sun — because he was wearing a hat while on the beach.

The photos show that Christie was, indeed, wearing a hat.

Murray later said on MSNBC that he was being a “smart aleck” when he made the hat comment and that Christie was on the beach for only 45 minutes before heading back to Trenton.

“They didn’t ask, ‘Are you on the beach?’ They asked, ‘Did you get some sun?'” Murray told MSNBC’s Katy Tur. “So no, he didn’t.”

He added that the part of the beach Christie was photographed on is part of the governor’s residence and is closed to the public year-round.

In the shots of the governor enjoying the beach, taken by NJ Advanced Media photojournalist Andrew Mills, Christie is seen with his toes in the sand, lounging back in a beach chair with his wife, Mary Pat.

“We have a residence in Princeton, as well. And that place is a place where people can go and tour, but they can’t if the government is closed. Am I supposed to move out and stay in a hotel?” Christie asked Monday during a phone interview with WTXF-TV of Philadelphia.

Mills said the newspaper originally planned to book a plane to photograph reveling beachgoers baking in the sun and enjoying a weekend off along the Jersey Shore in juxtaposition with empty stretches of beach.

Once at the airport, Mills spotted the governor’s helicopter and knew that Christie was in the area, he said in a Star-Ledger article.

He decided to try the state residence where Christie could be staying, and in a moment of unparalleled luck, he spotted the governor and his family and took the shot.

“I really wonder about journalists who spend money flying planes to look for people where they actually said they’d be,” Christie told WNYW-TV of New York.

Christie defended his use of the beach house, saying: “That’s the way it goes. Run for governor, and you can have the residence.”

The governor reiterated the sentiment to WTXF, telling those critical of his use of the closed beach: “Well, I’m sorry. They’re not the governor.”

On Monday morning, Christie tweeted out a photo of a New Jersey beach and noted that a large percentage of the state’s beaches were still open and could be enjoyed by the public.

“NJ beaches are open in 119 of our our [sic] 130 miles of coastline. Come and enjoy them — but use sunscreen and hydrate!” Christie tweeted.

NJ beaches are open in 119 of our our 130 miles of coastline. Come and enjoy them–but use sunscreen and hydrate!

Another beautiful day at the Jersey shore. Our beaches are open & full of people. Come & see for yourself! And you can hit the boardwalk!

Christie later tweeted again, saying, “Another beautiful day at the Jersey shore. Our beaches are open full of people. Come see for yourself! And you can hit the boardwalk!”

Ironically, the images accompanying Christie’s tweets were taken by Mills on the same flight during which he snapped the picture of the governor on the closed beach. Christie did not attribute the images to Mills, but they appear as images 18 and 22 in a gallery on

The shutdown hinged on the state’s budget and legislation to overhaul the state’s biggest health insurer, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield. Christie blamed the shutdown on Democratic Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, who was blocking a vote on a bill to restructure Horizon because he believes it is a bad policy, according to

The bill has bipartisan support and was approved by the Senate.

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Déardaoin, Deireadh Fómhair 23, 2008

You're a Dim Bulb Herbie

The God-Fearing Real Americans of Nebraska surely hate terrorism more than the urban elites who are the most likely victims of terrorism, and will certainly not tolerate the anti-American argument that there are degrees of terrorism, regardless of the fact that this is true. Bill Ayers and the Rainy Day Bombers have never been proven to have killed anyone, which makes them more like ambitious vandals than terrorists in the way we understand them. Terrorism as a means of committing MASS murder is actually something quite new. One or two corpses and a dozen film cameras has been the more traditional historical goal.

But of course Real Americans couldn't care less about the varying shades of terrorism, and indeed don't seem all that concerned about the victims of terrorism. They're pretty up front about their contempt for New York and Washington D.C. after all, and the Real Americans' reaction to Hurricane Katrina reveals a mindset that is quite proudly indifferent to the suffering of non-real Americans. It may seem obvious that the trouble with terrorism is its tendency to kill and maim people, but when Queen Tracy Flick Palin of Real America referred to terrorists in the vice-presidential debate, she made a point to emphasize their hatred of America in that folksy fakecent of hers. (i.e. Obama would sit with terroists, who HATE AMERICA.) The real Americans' hatred of terrorism has little to do with the pain and suffering caused by terrorism, and the country that the Real American loves more than you is most certainly not a love for his compatriots, who have such a frustrating tendency to turn out as non-real Americans. No, the America that they love more than us is an ancestral father-god, a totem, and their hatred of terrorism lies in its symbolic show of contempt for that totem.

There is also the fact that the Real American is not terribly bright. He is in fact a bit too stupid to understand human existence very well, and so he needs a eternal river of enemies to keep his badger brain occupied. If life is nothing but defending the women and children from this endless stream of enemies, then it suddenly becomes okay to not know all of the things you don't know.

And so the Real American will hate whoever some talking pile of diarrhea on Real American radio tells them to hate, and Bill Ayers is the hot Other of the moment. Barrack Obama, you see, lives in the same neighborhood as Ayers. Indeed they have been in the same room and yes even spoken to each other. Their relationship goes so deep that they have served on the same educational board. Senator Obama, elitist that he is, dares to be more concerned about helping children than he is about keeping himself pure from totem-hating taint.

The right-wing's attempt to paint this relationship as anything more than a business acquaintance has been comedy gold. Michelle Malkin has produced a blurb from one of Ayers' books in which he states that Obama lives down the block; the same shocking expose that one can find in the Chicago phone book. Phyllis Schlafly has suggested that a President Obama would appoint Ayers as his education secretary; a position from which he would surely implement the long-dreaded mandatory unisex restrooms. The Real American quite naturally believes every bit of it. He is, after all, finally receiving the richly deserved kick in the ass from a society that is becoming ever more urbanized, educated, and accustomed to interacting with people from different backgrounds; and since Real Americans are spoiled children who will never blame themselves for their own failures, they have little choice but to faithfully believe in dark conspiracies at the highest level of the Liberal Elite.

And so the public reaction to Ayers invite to speak at dear old Nebraska U. was utterly predictable. You might think that an invitation to speak is something less than proof of agreement with whatever may be said, but you can just keep your damned elitist logic away from the Real American. He is the one who decides what truth is and he will dictate his truth to you. It is inarguable (or else) that universities are polluting pure young minds with liberal bias. It is inarguable (or else) that liberal reformers are all secretly violent revolutionaries in disguise. So here you have a former terrorist, (though of course there is certainly no such thing as a FORMER terrorist. Once you have defiled the totem you are forever cursed.) speaking at the liberal university, and that's all there is to that. There is no context, there is no detail, there is most certainly never any allegedly or maybe, or else. It was only a matter of time before this university, like every university, would prove itself to be insufficiently anti-terrorist. They have left the Real American no choice but to show his hatred of terrorism by threatening to murder a man with politically intolerable ideas.

There was never any doubt that Dave Heineman, Jon Bruning, and every other shat out pile from the state GOP machine that dreams of playing Senator someday as long as they stick to party talking points would condemn the invite*. There was never any doubt that once the heat was on the university would fold like, well, like the University of Nebraska. For their acquiescence Perlman and the gang will surely be rewarded by the Unicameral with a twenty percent cut in their budget to make room for tax cuts and nifty meth-fighting gear for the state patrol.

(* Though I should be careful to exempt Ben Nelson, who is a GOP shit pile already in the Senate.)

While the rest of the United States is showing a sudden and welcome loathness to allow the Real American to shrivel this country into the third world, it's heartwarming to know that the Real American will always have Nebraska, but wait. It goes without saying that any young professional with the slightest ember of intelligence or morality is getting the hell out, but we're being replaced by those damned Mexicans aren't we? A blessing in disguise I say. Not only will the real American be rid of all the people who are smarter than him and make him feel so very, very, small and weak, but now he can gorge himself on an endless supply of funny-speaking boogeymen.

And as he cowers in the corner of the village bar in his sleeveless Trace Adkins shirt futilely trying to wash down a lifetime of hatred, ignorance, and cowardice with a pitcher of warm Bud Light, the Real American can look back upon the time when he chased some damned hippy out of Nebraska, and feel something like the happiness that has always eluded him. Congratulations real America. You have, at the latest possible hour, in the last possible place, won the day. One small victory to keep you warm in the unmarked grave of history's discarded lies.

Dé Domhnaigh, Deireadh Fómhair 12, 2008

Purity of Essense

It seems that Ted Nugent has written a new book. This may seem strange to you, but it is something I can believe easily enough. The Prince of Artificial Penis has written several books before, and at any rate if someone were to tell me that a five year-old had written a book titled "Mommy and Buster Kill the Space Dragons" I would be inclined top believe that the book had indeed been penned by a child. So when I hear about a book titled "Ted, White, & Blue" and quoted as follows, it is clear that nobody but The Nuge could have possibly written it.

"War: “[I’d] instruct the US military warriors to do their job — win the global war on terror right now and eliminate all threats from all sources by any means necessary.”

Peace: “Each morning I bow down on bended knee in reverence to the Almighty and pray for good bombing weather. The history of mankind is one of war, not peace…’Give peace a chance’ will get you killed. John Lennon was wrong. Imagine that.”

"Imagine that?" Damn but you're a clever devil Teddy. All the same the second statement is a half-truth. While it's true that, throughout history, there has always been somebody fighting somebody else, and that large empires such as our own invariably find themselves involved in incessant low-level military housecleaning somewhere, the fact is that most societies are in a state of peace for a slight majority of the time, or at least long enough to do things like invent books and bombers. Any history book worth its salt will tell you whatever you need to know about Gutenberg or Tycho Brahe or Goethe or Kirkegaard or any other human being who did some pretty cool non war-related things. But it's quite clear that Ted was one of those kids in school who skipped all the faggy shit between The Crusades and The Black Plague.

Joking Aside, I might to be able to accept the gist of Nugent's "peace" quote as reflecting an intellectually valid conservative worldview; that the savage history of humanity is proof that there is a universal human nature that seeks to compete and dominate. That societies cannot possibly change this nature, in fact can only make things worse by trying to do so, and that the only thing to be done is to put societies in the hands of a ruling elite wise enough to recognize it's own will to power, and to channel both the social and the individual need to dominate into acquiring more material resources; either by inventing them yourselves, or taking them from somebody else.

But I really don't think that this is what Teddy is talking about. What really interests me is what he had to say about war: "eliminate all threats from all sources by any means necessary.” All threats? From all sources? Here we see the childishness of the right wing in its essential form, the difference between the old economics professor with a sour view of human nature and the modern Christmas Warrior who holds this bleak view of everyone else while seeking some cultural merit badge; Americanism, Christianity, what have you, to exclude himself from it.

What Nugent and his ilk (such as the executive branch of the United States government) seek to do is nothing less than to separate the inseparable, existance from vulnerability. If you are alive, than every other living thing is a potential threat. There are the obvious enemies, of course, and there is nothing wrong with direct self-defense; no more virtue in it, mind you, then there is in eating, shitting, or any other biological imperative, but certainly nothing wrong with it.

But that's not what "all threats from all sources" means. Your best friend might kill you one day for your car or your wife. Your mother could have easily tired of your whining one day while she happened to have a pair of scissors nearby. Whether Nugent is consciously aware of it or not, this is the meaning of "all threats from all sources."

I imagine that Nugent is familiar with the bonged-out hovel version of the Yin-Yang
concept, and so am I. There is bright, substantial, "masculine" life and strength, and there is dark, insubstantial, "feminine" weakness and death. Keep in mind that I'm only the messenger here, but the prevalence of witches, hags, and evil mother goddesses across different cultures is no accident. Man surrenders himself completely only in orgasm and when the strain of taking another breathe becomes too much. Death is perceived as female. She who gives birth gives death. Man perceives himself as creating life within the safety of his own private utopia, while the woman exposes life to the world of decay, her screams reminding him of the pain his child has to look forward to.

Become immortal. Tear yourself away from the woman inside you. Inoculate yourself from all threats from all sources, be they physical or emotional, or medical. But no, that won't do. Emotional threats are too insubstantial, medical threats too uncertain and you must become a perfect wall of substance and certainty. Turn everything you fear, everything you secretly desire, everyone who has ever denied you some sort of happiness, into The Enemy. Al Queda is not just one of the endless number of things that can and eventually will kill you. It is death itself. So is the man who raped and killed a child on the other side of the state, so are the boogeymen who would take your guns away and deny you the cheapest means of establishing yourself as complete master of your environment, affecting but unaffected.

("But you said death was female Josh." So I did, and I direct you to read up on The Lavender Scare, or the blatantly erotic description of Baligant in "The Song of Roland")

There has been a very successful rhetorical attempt by the right to frame differing views of morality into "clear standards of right and wrong" and "moral relativism."
That is, believing in something or not. But the real conflict between right and left here is the different understandings for what right and wrong are. Does the essence of good lie in being good towards others, or does it lie in hatred of and willingness to punish wickedness?

The latter view has obvious appeal for all aspiring immortal rocks. Evil is not some insubstantial malevolence or indifference towards others. If that were the case one would have to become vulnerable and womanly to recognize this dark shade and perceive it in himself. No. Evil is simply those who do evil. To destroy the murderer is to destroy murder. To destroy the terrorist is to destroy terrorism. When a right-winger says that those oppose the death penalty are not properly offended by murder, he is not making a cheap ad-hominem. This is what he truly believes. To support the existence of a murderer is to support the existence of murder.

It all makes perfect sense now. Billions of dollars wasted on SDI; well, would you rather just lay back and receive Russian missiles? Now we can blow them to bits with our lasers! The invasion of Iraq, the howls for Iranian or North Korean or Syrian or Venezuelan blood. Anyone who has the minutest chance of ever being a real enemy must be annihilated. All threats from all sources. Anything less is to accept mortality and uncertainty, to accept feminine death. Callousness towards poverty is absolutely essential. The poor simply haven't learned to unchain themselves from their yin (Think of all the stereotypes of the hedonistic minority or poor person) and become wholly invulnerable. At any rate, the most important step to becoming pure Yang is to never admit to any imperfection in "your" society. Physical invulnerability is worthless if you accept that there is any such thing as valid social criticism. What, after all, could be more insubstantial and womanly than the very concept of society? This so-called society is nothing but an extension of you own impenetrable
self. This is why you have every right to be offended by a department store that doesn't celebrate YOUR holidays, YOUR God, or YOUR perfect, impenetrable heritage as slavishly as you do. It is your society. You control it. You command it. Affecting but unaffected. To criticize society is to criticize you, to remind you of your own fallibility as a human, to remind you that you can not, after all, inoculate yourself from the world. Yin, woman, death, etc.

Needless to say, the ability to cling (Yeah that's right) to such a worldview requires such lacerating mental and emotional self-deception as to leave one functionally insane, and not the cute sort of insane, not Ted Nugent's loin cloth and longbow act. The constant stream of enemies that the perfect yang absolutely needs is the quiet, lurking malevolence of a sociopath who one day slashes his neighbor to death because she reminds him of the banshees who laugh at him in his dreams.

Dé Máirt, Deireadh Fómhair 07, 2008

Some Qutes From The Palin Visit

"Palin thrilled her Nebraska and western Iowa fans on Sunday with a 24-minute speech at the Civic Auditorium Music Hall. She led a familiar 'Drill, Baby, Drill!' chant, took a few shots at Obama and tried to portray her running mate, Republican presidential candidate John McCain, as the real candidate for change."

An attractive woman leads a crowd into a frenzy over "drilling." I would only be insulting the reader if I elaborated on this wouldn't I?

"The pundits were saying, 'Check out where she's going. She's going to Nebraska.' The pundits were saying, 'The only reason she would be going there is because they're scared. They have to shore up votes,' " Palin said.

I so wanted to reach into that TV and say 'no.' I'm going to Nebraska because I want to go to Nebraska," Palin said."

Sooo, what exactly are you saying here governor? I must admit that I don't have cable and I'm not entirely sure what just what "the pundits" were saying, but I do know it really wasn't very much at all, perhaps a passing reference to the fact (yes) that Obama could conceivably win the Omaha metro district. It's a long shot, but who knows? There may be a brown man wondering around Millard on election day, forcing the locals to barricade themselves inside of their homes and never getting around to voting. "I'm going to Nebraska because I want to go to Nebraska" Okay then. Did a political rally in the middle of your political campaign just happen to come up while you were on the way to "The Waiting Room"?

"Cheryl Martinez of Omaha called Palin 'down to earth.'

'She believes in things that basic Americans - normal Americans - believe in,' said Martinez, 41, a marketing manager and a Republican.

Let me be polite and civil here. If you are of the mindset that "normal=good", you are fucking trash and you can spend an eternity in hell getting fondled by demons with poor conversational skills, covered head-to-toe in tattoos of Ingmar Bergman characters and singing Armenian hip-hop at the top of their lungs. To take pride in imagining oneself to be "the norm" is the absolute lowest state of being that a so-called human can possibly "exist" in. It is perfect weakness, perfect treason to humanity, and the very essence of all that is wretched and disgusting, to be unable to justify ones' life without imagining a non-existent norm that all are beholden to and that "I" am that norm. Cheryl Martinez, 41, can bite my drug-addled borderline schizophrenic ass.

"Palin told the crowd that Obama's association with Bill Ayers showed that he is a man who does not "see America" as former President Ronald Reagan and others do as a force for good."

Well you see governor, "good" is an abstract ideal, while "America" is a tangible human institution. As humans we are free to create ourselves. There is neither any individual human nor any institution that human societies create that have any inherent nature or "force"; good, bad, or otherwise. The idea that one is morally obligated to consider one's own society to be "good" may seem like simple patriotism, but in fact it is the basest sort of nihilism. If we are inherently good, then anything, absolutely anything we choose to do, such as invading Middle Eastern countries at random, allowing strategically vital and culturally revered cities to drown, or denying access to medical care for the children of riff-raff, (You know, all those people who aren't "basic Americans")is automatically the right thing to do, no because of the nature of these actions and the suffering they bring, but because it is we, the magical "force for good." who do them. The moral cowardice of such an attitude should be obvious to any reasonably intelligent...

Oh right, I'm supposed to be pretending to address Sarah Palin. They hate us for our freedom governor.


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Friday, August 17, 2012

Catch-up Time!

A few snapshots of what I've been doing. A lot of sewing:

Look at my sweet, thrifted Bernina! Sews like a dream.

Not nearly enough thrifting:

Yay me! Pyrex Butterprint for .25. Twenty five cents!!! Its the small bowl but I don't care. Headed straight for my personal collection.

I found these cute polka dotted soup mugs at a sale a month or so ago. Wouldnt it be great to throw a soup party and use these? Oh wait - soup party equals having people over. Having people over equals cleaning house. Nevermind on the soup party. Ha ha.

Finally, I have no idea how to credit these photos. But they are good nonetheless:

So I just noticed that those are a bit harsh! I promise I'm not a violent person. I just have a dry, weird sense of humor!

My plan for tomorrow is to hit a church sale at 6:00 a.m. then to the grocery store.

Until next time,
Happy Junking!

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Bargain Hunting Treasure Seeker said...

The quilt is awesome!!! That was a great find on the Pyrex!!! Good luck at the sale tomorrow!!!


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Sunday, March 8, 2015

What a Glorious Day!

Remind me again, what month we are in? We should be buried in snow and still pretty cold.
Oh, no! It is springtime in Montana! Not sure for how long. But we will enjoy it. And get out and take advantage of this abnormal warmth and sunshine. I cleaned the leaves out of a corner of our yard and the window wells. I cut back all the saplings on the trees. And Nic was here and he helped me pick up some pine cones and pine needles. Nic came here so his mum could run some errands. Harlee and Cooper came with Kirsten to pick him up.

We had Cooper outside for awhile. And boy, does this little guy love being outside. He wailed when he had to come back in when it was time to go.

Between the time change, not being able to sleep last night and working outside, I came in and took a much needed nap. No time for creating today! Although I did start a layout in the middle of the night!

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Lisa said...

What sweet pictures!! He's adorable!! It's warming up here and the snow is melting but it's still covering the ground. I'm ready for it to be completely gone!! Have a great day :)

A Mermaid's Crafts

Tracy said...

I love to see the little one outside playing in the fresh air.
We had a warm day today +5c.
We even had a sprinkle of rain…hopefully our snow piles will be melting soon :)

Kimberly Kett said...

Adorable! Brings me back to when my boys were little!

Susanne said...

What double joy - sunshine and a happy little playmate!


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Sunday, July 18, 2010

Wind turbine Effects

Some of the detrimental effects reported for wind turbines are hugely exaggerated and misrepresented while some may have some truth in them. Lets have a look at a few of them.

Visual Pollution
I suspect there are more of us that like the look of wind turbines, both for their elegant shape and for what they represent than the contrary. Certainly a lot of people in the crowded areas of the world with air pollution, heat waves and a fear of their coastal cities being flooded by rising sea level, look with great favor on wind turbines. Here in New Zealand, we are somewhat spoiled. We sometimes seem to believe that we are immune from the effects of climate change and that overpopulation will never darken our shores.  Good luck to us.

Shadow Flicker

Shadow Flicker is seen when the sun, the wind turbine and the observer are in a direct line and the sun is interrupted as the blades turn. I'll use my own situation here in Waipara, New Zealand as an example. You can apply the principles to your own area. There are plans to build a multi-turbine wind farm on the ridge to the East of Waipara. The ridge is 5000 meters from the town. We are located at 45degrees south and, as the year advances, the sun rises over the ridge at different locations. In the summer it rises roughly 25degrees south of a direct line to the ridge and in the winter at about 25 degrees north of a direct line to the ridge. Throughout the year, then, there will be days when my house is exactly lined up with the sun and one of the wind turbines early in the morning when the sun rises. Here we come to the first point.

The sun 'moves' a quarter of a degree per day south  between the summer solstice and the winter solstice and a quarter of a degree North each day, between the winter solstice and the summer solstice. With a wing span of 90m at a range of 5000m, the wing span of the turbine, from where I see them, is just over 1 degree. If there is any shadow flicker it will occur for 4 days as the sun moves south and 4 days as the sun moves north. A total of 8 days per year for each wind turbine which is visible from my house.

As mentioned, the arc of a 3mw turbine is just over 1 degree. The sun rises 15 degrees per hour or 15arc minutes per minute of time. Since the sun travels 15minutes of arc per minute of time, the flicker will last, where I live, for just over 4 minutes starting a few minutes after my apparent dawn and will only occur on those days when I am perfectly lined up with the sun and the turbine in question. Sofar, we  have a possibility of shadow flicker for 4 minutes at dawn for 8 days of the year for each wind turbine I can see from my house.

Lastly, what about the intensity of the shadow. If the sun was a point source and ignoring refractive edge effects, there would be a hard shadow cast at my house. However, the sun subtends 32 arc minutes(just over half a degree). As you move away from an object that shades the sun, there is a cone of darkness behind the object (umbra). When you get to a distance such that the object in question subtends 32 arc minutes, the object will just cover the sun. Further away, you will be able to see more and more of the sun on either side of the object. Stated another way, light from the opposite sides of the sun fills in the shadow behind the object. If you are familiar with eclipses here we are talking about the umbra and preumbra. Doing the same calculation that we used above, it turns out that a 3.5m wide blade (width of a typical blade of a 3mw generator at its root) will just cover the sun at 364m. Using the same calculation to see over what distance the shadow of the blade will be spread at my house, it turns out to be 46m. A 3.5m shadow is dispersed over 46m. Doing a little more math, we see that the intensity of the sun will decrease and increase 7%.

In short, there will be a 7% change in light intensity which will occur on those 8 days during the year when I am perfectly lined up with a turbine. It will last for 4 minutes and will occur at my apparent dawn. lets see if the rest of the arguments against wind turbines have a little more substance.

Glint occurs when the light from the sun, which is behind or to the side of the observer, is reflected off a blade into the eyes of the observer. If glint actually occurs, it should be relatively easily solved by using matte paint of a dark color.

Noise is the only one of the objections that seems to have the possibility of some validity.

The two bladed Gebes Pass turbine was noisy initially. Apparently the blades were broadcasting generator noise like a loud speaker. The solution was to put a sound absorbing coupling in the drive shaft. Most of the noise disappeared . Tonal noises have also being observed in early wind turbines. Bias cut gears (taken from automotive gear shifts) and isolation of the generator from the nacel solved this problem.

Blades swish as they travel through the air. This problem has been addressed by making sure that the trailing edge of the blades is sharp and that wind turbines are built with the blades upwind of the tower. Further work will undoubtedly further reduce this source of noise. If a house is close enough to a wind turbine to hear air born noise, one solution which has been found to be effective is to double glaze windows. Such retrofits should, of course, be undertaken by the wind farm.  It has been noted that when the wind is blowing, the swish of the wind through the trees to a large extent masks any swish from the blades.

A further decrease in noise is connected with the number of blades. Three bladed turbines are quieter than 2 bladed turbines.

Low frequency noise is another question. Frequencies below the 20cps detectable by the human ear can be disruptive to animals and if intense enough, can disturb humans. Such frequencies are hard to exclude from a building as they are not absorbed by conventional sound deadening materials and they can propagate through the ground. For instance, it has recently been found that Elephants communicate over long distances using 'infra sound' which they detect with their feet. Sound waves in the ground travel in peculiar ways. For instance, an earthquake, which in simply high intensity low frequency sound, can leave a nearby town unscathed and destroy one further away from the epicentre. There exists the possibility, however remote, that a dwelling could be effected by vibration from a wind turbine. Fortunately the solution is not difficult.

The first stage is detection. Instruments exist that can detect sound below the auditory frequency range of humans. First a reading is taken on the foundation of each turbine as it is commissioned to see which, if any, frequencies it is generating. Then at the location where it is believed that these vibrations are occurring, similar readings are taken. If there is any indication that vibrations are being transmitted from the wind farm to the location, all the turbines can be feathered to see if this stops the vibrations. Then the turbines can be started up one by one, to detect the offending unit or units.

Assume for the sake of the argument, that one or more turbines are found to be sending vibrations to a house. There are at least two possible solutions. The first solution is to determine where on the offending supporting tower the inter-nodes are located. Dampers are than attached at this (these) locations.

Alternately, the same sort of devices which are used to isolate buildings from earth quake vibrations can be used to isolate a tower from the ground. These consist of lead filled rubber pads.

The bottom line of all this is that humanity in general and New Zealand in particular is desperately in need of cutting its dependence on fossil fuel to the absolute minimum. That doesn't mean that people must put up with annoyance from sources of renewable energy including wind turbines. If legitimate problems arise from the installation of wind turbines, they must be addressed and solved. However, they must be genuine problems and not nimbiism.

What is needed here is a thorough, honest research effort by government to examine complaints adjacent to existing wind farms. Let the chips fall where they may. This must not be a cover up but a genuine examination to see if there are legitimate reasons for complaint. If it is found that, for instance, infra sound is being transmitted to a nearby house, work needs to be done to determine how to mitigate the annoyance. Once the work has been done, it must be widely published and used by wind farm developers. If it has been found that wind turbines cause legitimate annoyance, they must take the measures which have been found to mitigate the annoyance.

The uptake of wind farms is far too important for the future well being of New Zealand to allow Nimbiism to halt their development.  They are far too important to allow genuine concerns go unsolved.

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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Goodbye school, Hello summer!

Its been forever since Ive posted. Life has been keeping me very busy this last month.
-The garden is in...woo hoo.
-Kenny has been going to OT/PT once a week.
-Its been so warm the kids have been playing it gives me a chance to get some sun and enjoy the beautiful weather...sure beats being confined to the same four walls of the house...blah.
-We have been fighting a horrible ant problem in the house (just like every year).
-And because of the heavy storms that we have been having, our one side off our house (the side with the wall that out. It is really starting to pull the steps and wall away even more! Its really looking bad and we don't know what we are going to do with it (come on EMHE teehee)
-I am so happy that in this last month, no one (knockonwood) has been/gotten sick.
-Kenny has been trying to eat a little more variety of foods lately...spaghetti o's, small pieces of bread, pudding, and finely shredded cheese. Now the spaghetti o's he has had a hard time keeping them in...he threw them up not sure what that's all about...but the pudding and cheese have been a good choice that he seems to enjoy.

I really think the fresh air and sunshine are very good for him...actually good for everyone. This weather just makes me feel refreshed and honestly feel good about life. Sure, we have our share of problems...but being outside with the kids...playing in the sprinkler, the baby pool, shooting hoops in Jerry's driveway (our neighbor that passed away), working in the garden or just is so refreshing.

Yesterday was the last day of school for my four older kids. The last few days of school always brings a tear to my eyes. We started off with Lunch with a loved one on Thursday. This is where we go to the school with a lunch of our choice (which is usually McDonald's or Burger King) and just spend lunch with our child...or in our case...4 kids. Of course, we bring all the kids and have a blast! After we eat, we go outside and the kids just play with their friends and I take tons of pictures. I just cant believe that my oldest child will now be going into 7th about "where has the time gone". Wasn't I teaching him how to walk and talk? Wasn't it just yesterday that I was crying my eyes out because my baby was starting Kindergarten? Where has the time gone?

I have made it a point to try to enjoy every moment of my kids lives. Yes, this includes all the fighting that goes on between them (lol). I am going to start listening to them more. I am going to try to do more things with them. I am going to enjoy the greatest gift God has given Tony and I....our big family. I am going to laugh at the spills and messes that are made. I am not going to freak out about the house not being perfect...because it wont be...not with 7 kids, not with the fact that it is just old. I am going to enjoy the little things in life...the small miracles that is given to us daily...we are here...alive. I have great friends and family. We have our health...ok, so Kenny is not so healthy but he is here and he is happy....that is all that matters. I will enjoy the time when he is NOT in the hospital. I am just going to take life a little slower.

With it being the end of the school year, many families that we have befriended at the school are moving on, so it was another year of goodbyes. There was a prayer service that ended the school year...where the teachers along with the principal and the pastor all bless the students...something that I look forward to every year and is very special and meaningful to all everyone.

My kids did very well this year. I am just very proud of them. With everything that they have been through this year with Kenny in and out of the hospital pretty much from fall through spring, our neighbor passing away, and with me getting sick, they all did awesome. So as a special treat to them, I decided to treat them to lunch at Eat N Park with my friends and their kids. It was a riot! 14 kids and 3 adults in a restaurant...thank goodness they put us in the very back. But honestly, they were pretty good!

So another school year has come and gone...and yes, we all survived. Here's to the summer and what it will it something small or big...I welcome you and look forward to my favorite time of year!

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Tuesday, 14 April 2015

A Piece Of Fairyland in the Park, Dublin, Ireland

Since 2010 we have been looking to relocate quiet a number of Field Fairy's to our local Park, Rathcoole Park, Co. Dublin. With a huge Thank you to all the Park managers and workers in Dec'14 we finally got the go ahead to move our magical residents into the Park.

 'Fluffycloud Forest'

Fairies are quiet shy shall we say, so moving so many of them took a lot of  Magical Intervention.Thank goodness for the help of  Fairy Petunia Primrose Head Of The Department Of Fairy Housing and her trusted colleague Gnome Tiddly Winks who runs the Dept. Of Fairy Housings Gnome division together they over seen the entire move. Over two hundred Fairy's and gnomes moved into their respective new homes.

Our Fairy Sized Forest is proving to be quiet popular indeed!

There are two main shops located in Fluffycloud Forest that cater to all our magical residents needs. 'The Fairy Cakery Bakery' bakes & makes daily. They sell the most delicious Fairy cakes and sweet treats. Right next door is the 'Gnome General Store' a Gnome run and owned business, they sell everything you might need from shoes to toys to tools! Strictly magical punters only and business hours are from sunset-sunrise Monday - Sunday.

You can actually have a peek inside the shop windows at all of the wonderful magical merchandise.

Dotted around the Forest are the most luxurious of Fairy Nooks all but one of which are occupied,

 If you know a Fairy looking for a new home in this area click on our Advert and get in touch with Petunia Primrose, who heads up the Department Of Fairy Housing. Actually their new head office is located in Fluffycloud Forest on Lemondrop lane. Next Door to The Dept. Of Fairy Housing is The Tooth Fairy's HQ.  Many of the Fairy Nooks are underground in the hollows and the roots of the trees. Protected by Fairy magic and spells most of which are only visable to Fairy's.

The safest place for a Fairy to live is in your home, already the residents of Fluffycloud Forest have had trouble from wandering Goblins and meddlesome witches and the likes. You can keep up to date with the goings on in Fluffycloud Forest via our Youtube channel where we continue to capture the magic in motion and share it with you all our Fairy friends.

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Why not come and see the magic for yourself our little piece of Fairyland is located in Rathcoole Park, Just Off the N7/Avoca Exit. We look forward to seeing you there and if you have room to house a fairy or two in your house, Click Here to claim your FREE Fairy Door & give a Fairy a home and bring a little fairy magic into your home.

Wishing you all a wonderful magical day,

Sparkle Bright,

The Fairies
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Thursday, 30 October 2014

Halloween in Fairyland

Last Thursday morning we woke to find our Fairy's door all decorated and ready for Halloween along with a teenie tiny two page letter from Fleur our resident Fairy friend! It's always a wonderful magical day in our house when we receive Fairy mail, or notice something different about our magical little Fairy door. The kids were beyond excited!

 The bat above the door frame and the little wizard sitting
On the hay bale are made out of conkers!

How magical, the Fairy's hold a masquerade Halloween Ball in a Pumpkin each year! If only we could flit to fairyland to attend ;)

The 'Trick or Treat' banner is a real leaf!

In her long letter, Fleur told us how before the Fairy postal service opened, Fairy's would write letters on leaves and send them on the wind.  They also us leaves to make their Halloween masks! How clever and resourceful are the fairies! Enclosed in her letter were two Halloween masks Fleur had made In fairyland. Fairy adorableness...

With so many beautiful leaves blowing around and Fleur's Halloween mask inspiration we just had to give making one of our own a try.

We just collected some leaves and used poster paint to draw
Our pictures onto the leaf. So simple but so effective, and lots
Of fun making and creating.

For more Fairy Halloween inspiration click here and here and here ;)

Wishing you all a wonderful spooky Halloween,

Have fun and keep an eye out for some Fairy trick or treater's that may fly by your Fairy Door!

Sparkle Shimmer and Shine So bright,
It's Halloween tomorrow night!

Sunday, 12 October 2014

Fairy Realestate - Moving up! New 'Fairy Nook'

 This year the Dept Of Fairy Housing and the entire Fairy Council have been inundated by hundreds upon thousands of Fairy's. All of which looking to find warm, safe and secure new homes before the onset of winter.

Last August we sat down and discussed this matter with Petunia Primrose who heads up the Dept. Of Fairy Housing along with the entire Fairy council. Our solution was to expand on our original standard 'Fairy Door' with houses but one Fairy to a larger abode! We are delighted to launch our new 'Fairy Nook' house. A three bed Fairy Nook, spanning two floors featuring a beautiful 3D veranda. There is plenty of room to house a Fairy or Two or Three...possibly even four!

Do you have room in your home to house a Fairy or two or three? If you do you can do so by purchasing one of our magical 'Fairy Nooks' via our website just click  here.

You'll be bringing a whole lot of magic to your home as well as helping 'Focus Ireland' work their magic too.
'Focus Ireland'  helps to prevent homelessness across Ireland, for every purchase that is made we will intern donate 10% to 'Focus Ireland'.

Here's some pictures of our kids helping our new Fairy friends settle into their new home our home :)

Wishing you all a wonderful magical day,

Sparkle Bright,

Thursday, 18 September 2014

DIY Fairy Dust - DIY Spells - Sparkle Bright Spell

Hi there to all our wonderful fairy friends,

You can never have enough magic or sparkle in your life, right! So today I'm going to show you how you can make you're very own DIY Fairy Sparkles and cast you're very own Fairy spells ;)

Firstly decide what spell you want to cast, you might want a 'wishing spell', or a 'good luck spell' or maybe you're planning your wedding and want to make a 'happily ever after' spell as your wedding favours! What ever spell you want to conjure the method will be the same.

Today we made a batch of ' Sparkle Bright' spells ;) So we basically added anything that sparkled and shined bright! For a 'Good Luck' spell add shamrock or horse shoe confetti, for a 'Wishing Spell' add star confetti and for a ' Happily Ever After' spell use heart, dove and wedding bells confetti. You just gotta get creative and use your imagination.

Here's what we used to make our 'Sparkle Bright' Spell:

Heavy glitter (Bigger flakes of glitter), tiny gold stars, fine glitter, shiny sequins, crystal gems, mini pom POM's, clear bags, card paper, metallic foil paper (if you can't find this use the colour foil paper off a chocolate bar and some tinfoil) a paper punch, scissors, stickers to seal your bags of sparkles. I bought all of our supplies from my local stationary store and tesco.

Firstly We named our spell and decided on the directions of how best to use /cast it ;)
Then we made these labels on our computer and printed them off. Once we cut them out we popped them into the little clear bags.

To make the confetti we cut vertical strips into the metallic paper using the scissors.

The thinner the strips the finer the confetti!

Then cut the ends horizontally. Then we folded each strip in half.

Using the paper punch we made circular shaped confetti using the different color metallic paper.

The kids had so much fun making these, adding a pinch of this and a dash of that until our spell was perfect and complete. We left them by our Fairy 'Fleurs' Fairy Door and asked her to dust our spell with her fairy magic to make it work just right and she did!

Easy to pop in a card and send a little Sparkle of Happiness to someone special! Or pop it in your handbag for those days when you need a little sparkle of happiness in your day ;) We left a few of our spells about our town here there and everywhere ;)

Cast you spell in the air, twirl around catch the glitter as it flutters to the ground, it'll glisten in your hair confetti and sparkles everywhere!

Put a little sparkle in your day,

Sparkle Bright,

Tuesday, 2 September 2014

Fairy Door Decor - DIY Autumn Acorn Garland

Hey Fairy Friends,

September has arrived the leaves are starting to fall from the trees, its noticeably cooler and the days are getting shorter. Ti's about that time of the year our Fairy friends return to their cosy Fairy nooks nestled behind our magical Fairy Doors. Here they'll stay sprinkling their wonderful magic about the house all autumn and winter long.

Today we gathered the first few acorns off the acorn trees in our local park! We always make and do something with them, so we decided to make an acorn garland for our Fairy Door to welcome our Fairy back into our house.

On our walk back we came across a Fairy Ring! We dare not disturb it in case their was a Fairy or two taking shelter from the showers under one of the huge toadstools! Molly tiptoed as close as possible and snapped these pics!

Being Irish it's common knowledge to us of course, that if you happen upon a Fairy ring
You best leave well alone. Never step inside the ring or disturb it as the Fairy's protect themselves and their Fairy rings with magic and spells. Even farmers here in Ireland will always harvest or cut the grass around these rings protecting the Fairy's within. In the Hope's the Fairy's will bring good look and fortune to both farm and crops!  In case you didn't know and you happen to find one.

Back to our Fairy Door decor, here's how we made our Acorn Garland  so you can make one to.

You'll need everything below, along with an adults help:

- Mini Pom Pom Balls

- A needle and thick thread

- Some self adhesive crystals

- Sequins

- A Drill & a tiny drill bit

- PVA Glue

- Glitter

- Most importantly some tiny Acorns

- Sellotape

We did try to pierce a hole through an acorn using a needle but squished the acorn in the process. The best way was to use an electric drill. It took two seconds and it turned out perfectly!

It's up to you how you want to decorate your garland, we decided to use mini pom POM's and glitter sequence. Put your thread through your needle (double it over) them start adding your acorns and decorations like so:

Continue adding them until your garland is the perfect length. Once complete cut the needle off the thread and secure the end with a knot. It should look something like this!

Then we used some self adhesive crystals to decorate our acorns. You could cover the bottom half of your acorns in PVA glue then dip them in glitter! Or even paint them! What ever you choose to or want to do.

All that's left is to put your acorn garland on top of you Fairy Door for your Fairy to find !O use two tiny pieces of sellotape to secure it into place.

Fairy Adorable!

Such a fun and magical way to spend a wet and wintry September's day.

For more Fairy fun and news check back next week.

We picked up most our supplies from our local stationary store as well as tesco and all very reasonably priced to!

We'd love to see your Fairy Acorn garlands you make! email us pictures to or share your picture or Fairy news via our Facebook Page

Wishing you all a wonderful magical day,

Sparkle Bright,

The Fairy's

Friday, 22 August 2014

Bringing The Magic Of Our Fairy 'Fleur' To Life....

A few weeks back, in our Fairy Mailbox we found a tiny very official looking letter from Petunia Primrose 'Head Of The Department Of Fairy Housing' asking us if we could possibly draw a picture of our Fairy "Fleur" and pop it back inside the Fairy sized mailbox for the Fairy postal service to deliver back to her. What an odd request we thought! Molly said that she had caught a few glimpses of 'Fleur' and she seemed to have quiet a detailed description of exactly what she looked like so we appointed Molly to draw the portrait of our Fairy 'Fleur'.

Golden hair swirled up in a bun atop of her head a pretty blue dress with the sweetest polka dots and of course her beautiful Fairy wings. Pleased as punch Molly folded up the picture and popped it inside our Fairy mailbox.

Weeks and Weeks had passed and we had all forgotten about Petunia's request for our Fairy's portrait. At the time we had pondered why Petunia wanted a picture of our Fairy we wondered if our Fairy had gone missing!!! or if perhaps we would be getting 'Fleur' in trouble if we admitted that we'd actually seen her :) See our Fairy 'Fleur' is a nature Fairy so she bids us farewell every Spring and heads back into the meadows and fields to help sow seeds, bursting all the beautiful flowers into bloom returning to her warm safe and cosy Fairy nook located on our Fireplace come September where she'll happily stay for the remainder of the winter.

So we had not heard from her for quiet some time, needless to say when we found her standing outside her Fairy door with a special note in hand we were all quiet shocked!  Molly truly did see our Fairy Fleur through her enchanted drawing and a sprinkling of Fairy magic Petunia Primrose made it possible, she brought our Fairy Fleur to life! Here's the very magical moment we found her and read her special letter aloud:

If you too would like to bring the magic of your Fairy to life get in touch Petunia Primrose and her team can absolutely make it happen!

Magical Memories indeed, 'Fleur' is sprinkled daily with Fresh Fairy dust kissed, cuddled and brought everywhere! Molly pops her back beside her Fairy Door eh! most nights 'Fleur' does seem to prefer the bedtime fairytale stories and snuggles in Molly's bed, so Molly says :), We love our Fairy Fleur and all the magic that she has and continues to bring to our house.

                     'Wispering to Fleur some secrets & wishes too'

We look forward to making the magic come to life for you all too, You can order your custom Fairy By clicking the link below:

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We have some Fairy Fantastic news to tell you all! We are delighted to now work along side a wonderful Irish charity 'Focus Ireland' who share in our belief that everyone has a right to a place to call home. 'Focus Ireland' helps to prevent homelessness across Ireland. Helping children and individuals find a safe place to call home. For every purchase that is made we will intern donate 10% to 'Focus Ireland' helping them to work their magic to prevent homelessness and bring a little happiness, safety and security to peoples lives. You can also make a direct donation to this wonderful charity at any time by simply clicking here 'Focus Ireland'. Last year Focus Ireland provided over E70,000.00 worth of hot meals to those in need. 10,000 people benefited from their incredible services. 1 in 7 of the people using their services is a child! While giving a Fairy a home and bringing a little magic to your lives, you are in turn helping bring a little magic to the lives of those in need. So spread the word and help us spread a whole lot of magic...

Sparkle & Shine So Bright

Tuesday, 1 July 2014

Fairy Food and more Fairy Flower Head Crowns

Day two of the official School Summer holidays here in Dublin, Ireland and like magic yesterday our summer weather finally arrived! It's so amazing blue skies and sunshine long may it last....

All has been very quiet by our Fairy Door this week we've not heard from Fleur our Fairy for a while now, but we're not concerned because we know come September 'Fleur' will return to her cosy Fairy nook behind our tiny Fairy Door. Since last weeks blog we've been obsessed with making Fairy head crowns along with Fairy Flower Mandalas almost everyday. Making the most of this beautiful weather and keeping the kids busy having fun outdoors.

Here's today's Fairy Flower Crown creation, Instead of using leaves as the base we used tall grass. Twisting them to forming a circle for the crown. To secure it in place we used some string. Then we added some flowers to the crown weaving the stems into the tall grass twists. It's so easy, fun and incredibly pretty, no princess Fairy would be complete without one ;),

What a lovely day today to have a picnic so for lunch we had a 'Fairy Picnic' Fairy Bread sandwich peanut butter and honey and Fairy sprinkles. For a treat some Fairy fudge Chocolate we just added the marshmallows and Fairy sprinkles to a regular fudge bar. My kids are fussy when it comes to fruit so I helped Molly make an apple Fairy Fancy hoping it would entice her to eat it! She did, if only the fruit company's would put as much marketing, presentation and packaging into their produce as the sweet companies! we might have half a chance of getting more kids opting for healthier snacks.

Hope you are all having a wonderful magical day having a little Fairy fun in the sun.

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Does a Girl’s Relationship With Her Father Really Matter?

I was reading an article yesterday about fathers and their daughters, and the critical role that fathers play in their daughter’s lives. I got some insights in it, which I share with you today. What I gathered from the article is that:

  • A girl stands a better chance of becoming a self-confident woman if she has a close connection with her father.
  • A dad’s presence (or lack of presence) in his daughter’s life will affect how she relates to all men who come after him.
  • Every girl needs a loving, dependable father figure to establish a positive identity as a female and cultivate feelings of self-worth.
  • A father is his daughter’s first love, so of course that relationship will affect how she interacts with other men.
  • A daughter’s relationship with her father is the first one that teaches her how she should be treated by a man.

Important truths I found them to be. So for those among us who are raising daughters, I hope you will take deep note of the above statements. I believe they have lots of truths in them.

On a personal note, I was privileged to be raised by both parents – who are still together today, enjoying the sunset years of their marriage, and who continue to be very present in my life. Growing up, I watched my dad sacrifice alot for my two brothers, my sister and I, and as I go back home to Buruburu to visit my folks every so often, I feel very proud of him. Why? Because now, as a parent myself, those sacrifices he (and my mom) made are all too clear and hit home hard.

My dad raised the four of us well, in a good Christian environment, a warm home, taught us good values and morals, gave us a good education, was home early every single day and was always there for us, guiding and moulding us into the adults we have become today. Harsh he was no doubt, but good harsh -not bad harsh :) .

I am very blessed to still have him around, very glad that he gets to spend time with his grandsons, and I am very honoured to have named my second son after him. My dad, Mr. Kariuki JW is a gem in my life. I love you daddy.

To all of you who still have your dads around, remember to appreciate them -for not many are as blessed.

Have a lovely weekend and God bless.

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Monday, September 9, 2013

And baby makes five...

I say five because the dog counts as part of the family. I do love my Daisy May... But  she is more work sometimes than we realize with her diabetes and having to eat at a certain time, shots, and pills she takes.  Our family wouldn't be complete without her though.

Adding that other human to the mix has been quite an experience I must say. Sleepless nights with others to take care of in the morning that rise at daybreak regardless... Makes if difficult for a momma to get rest. You forget the work that's involved with a newborn... Such as cleaning of bottles, pump parts, clothes, things she's peed/pooped on... This all takes up my should be napping hour.

Not to mention the questions that come from a three year old about breast feeding... "What's that mommy?" "That's milk for baby sister???" Knowing that at some point that is going to come out embarrassingly at a store or somewhere where you cannot control the situation.

Here are a few things though that I think every mom should either have on the ready before baby (to make it easier when baby comes) or just to know about....

1) Newborn diapers - Okay like duh... who doesn't have these already?? But... seriously... I had some that were given to me at baby showers but I nowhere had enough for the time that I needed them. So off to the store the hubby goes when baby is two weeks old because she has pooped SO MUCH that we have went through the few packages we had. Let me tell you newborn diapers are not cheap either!! But babies poop or pee all the time... I think she poops after every feeding... so that's at least 10 diapers a day. Was NOT prepared for that.

2)  Poop - if you already have children you may remember what their poop looks like as a newborn, if you haven't you need to research it!! Do it before baby is born!! If you already have children and have forgotten what it looks like then google it... NOW! There is so little time to be researching things when you have a newborn, a toddler, and bottles/laundry to do. So do it before baby comes! Trust me! Of course there is the meconium... but what about the yellow seedy poop that comes with breastfeeding? Or the green poop that comes with formula? Are you prepared to change that first breastfeeding diaper and not freak out by the contents?? Prepared makes for an easier minded momma, and that way you can tell dad that what the contents of that diaper are... are completely normal.

3) With all that poop comes a sore baby bottom... :( enter butt paste... I have never had good luck with Desitin. Which every baby is different. I rotate between butt paste and a triple paste cream.

Whenever we have a horrible diaper rash In our house ( which we had a lot with my now three year old) we use this triple paste. Works like a charm every time!! Have some on hand before baby comes!

More tips to come when there is more time! :)

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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Do the Crime if You're Going to Get the Time Quote of the Day

"I didn't do nothing. Basically, they're telling me next time I get off the bench, go and hit somebody and get your money's worth."

-- Sidney Ponson, a pitcher for the Texas Rangers, in response to being fined $500 for his part in a fight that broke out in Thursday night's baseball game against the Seattle Mariners. Mr. Ponson says he plans to appeal. Seattle first baseman Richie Sexson, who started the brawl by charging the mound for no apparent reason (a pitch thrown to him by Kason Gabbard was about head high, but out over the middle of the plate), was suspended for six games.

Tom Grieve, the color analyst on Rangers television broadcasts, commented on the air that there was no way that Mr. Gabbard was trying to hit the Mariner with the pitch:

"You've got a guy up there who can't hit water if he fell out of a boat, and you think [Gabbard's] going to throw at him?"

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Road Trips

For a video of my co-blogger and I on a road trip, see here.

I apologize for the colorful language in the video, but it is just too funny to pass up. It starts a bit slow, but if the viewer hangs in, he will find it hilarious.

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Monday, March 19, 2012

She wanted to know everything..

My first cheesy romantic novel was by Danielle Steele. If you like going through breezy ones and haven't tried Steele yet, I am sure you would enjoy it. That is, if you stop with one or two.
About three novels later, you will realise almost all her novels have a set formula:

  • The romance is always between thirty or forty-something young couples.
  • Either or both of them have children in their teens.
  • Needless to say, the-in-love couple have amazing bonds with their kids.
  • They usually meet under unfortunate circumstances (like accidents or war), and when they take a break for coffee, they ask a simple-yet-loaded question. Like, "Did you always want to be a doctor?" or "Do you like what do you do?".
  • Invariably, this line is always followed by "She wanted to know everything about him". Or he about her, as the case may be.
Don't get me wrong. I am not anti-Steele at all - Her stories, sans the predictable background and romance, were worth reading. I particularly enjoyed "The Family Album" and "Mirror Image". But I digress. This is not meant to be a book or an author review (if it was, it would have been on my other blog).

Since I started reading her books at an impressionable age of 13, whenever I tried to make conversation with someone, my mind would go - "She wanted to know everything about him (or her)" - she being me of course. It took me a long time to let go of the thought that my life is parallely being written into a novel and that I didn't have to give live mental commentary for everything happening in and around me.

I digress again, Fifteen years later, I still want to know everything about everyone. Of course, I don't go - "Tell me everything!". But when i ask, "How was your trip?" or "How was your weekend?" or the desperate "Anything else?", I expect a mind-blowing and spicy reply. More importantly, I expect details. I do not expect, "It was good" or "It was relaxing".

A more subtle corollary is, when I ask that, I expect everyone to want to know everything about me too. So, when these amazing 1-line insights into the trip or a weekend is not followed by "how was yours?", I die a little inside.

Anonymous said...

hahahahahahahahhahahaha !!

Got it !!

Totally loved this one archie !

Anupama said...

The writing your novel in the head is sooo true! "And she had bread for dinner that day, and she went for a walk"
It took me a long time to get out of it...

Et tu? I have trouble understanding these muggles. Should I talk now? Am I asking too many questions? Is this awkward silence?

Archana Chari said...

Darling, you give me hope. I always thought I was this intrusive, all-wanting to know kid. Novel nahi, i write blog posts in my head. Truly enjoyed this one :)

Archana said...

Anon/Bala - Thanks! I work in mysterious ways to drive home apoint - like write a post, then asking you to check it! :D
Anupama and Archana - OMG! I really thought I was the only one. Frankly, I would end up blushing majorly after the line would play out in my mind - I mean, not all talks or chats were supposed to lead to romance right?!


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Monday, May 30, 2011

Sunday Ponderings: Why Stop Yourself?

Hello everyone.....doin alright, I believe. The same here...except for a very irritating cold n headache which I pray I can get rid of somehow.

Last week, I asked you what you'd do if you knew that the world would end in 24 hours. There was a common thread in most of your answers, which was that you would tell your loved ones how much you loved them. Also, a few of you said that you'd have fun and have a glass of wine to celebrate the last day.

Now, the question here is, why do we have to wait for the last day to tell our loved ones how much we love them, to have that glass of wine and enjoy ourselves and live rather than survive?

The question today is more of a rhetorical one, I I sign off with this: Cease to survive and start living. Live, love and laugh.

Signing Off

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Dream Post: Inspiration

Hello there...

Starlight here asked me to write a guest post based on inspiration...So here's my very first guest post...Am super excited about, go read and let me know if you like it....

Have a good week, y'all

Monday, May 23, 2011

Sunday Ponderings: What Would You Do?

Hello everyone,

I hope everyone is having a good weekend, and is safe, in you little corner of the world. I have been doing good and have been kept busy with a few assignments that came up recently which explains my extended absence. I intend to revive the blog starting this week and I am making this announcement hoping that I would at least keep my word if I tell you guys about it....because I've tried telling myself that I'll do it over the last few weeks and have continued to conveniently postpone it since I am way too lazy.

And now that the announcement is over, here's the question for this Sunday....what would you do if you knew that the World would come to an end tomorrow night. There, that gives you 24 hours I my question to you is what would you do in these 24 hours which leads to the end of the World...

My answer....well, I think this time I'm going to pass on the answer right now...doesn't mean that I will not answer the question...I asked it after all...but just that I won't answer it now...

Hurry up, tell me, what would you do?
Looking forward to your answers...

Monday, May 16, 2011

Sunday Ponderings: Where Would You Stop?

Hello everyone....nope, I'm not back...nope, I don't know when I will be back...and yep, I know it's Monday already...!!!

Okay, now that we've agreed on all that points, I will proceed. Things are crazy here, and sometimes it takes quite an effort to try and stay aloof, and also, more importantly positive. There's been a lot of travelling, a bit of arguing, a lot of laughs, a bit of frown too...but I think it'll all turn out right in the end and that thought helps me stay okay.

Now, when all these things worry me, just to get away from all of it, I kind of get my brain to rewind to a different time period....hey, I'm not talking about flying cars and dinosaurs over here, just the times I've had more fun than favorite thoughts are always around the time I was in is fun to think about all those fun things I've done with my friends, the laughs, the merrymaking and the carefree life of a teenager. And it's quite surprising for the reserved and cautious me in present to look at the daredevil, outgoing me in the past. And sometimes, I wish I stayed there for a bit longer, till everything just fixed itself.

So my question for you, dear friends, is this: If you had a chance to rewind through your life and pause at one point...mind you, just one point, where would it be?

As you've seen, I've already told you my what's left for me to do is to wait anxiously to read through your answers...

So, until then...

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Sunday....ermm...Monday Ponderings: What Makes You Like Her?

Hello everyone...

I know, I know....I'm late....but hey, I make the I can break them too, right?, moving on....Belated Mother's Day to all those wonderful Moms out there....and thank you....for everything because like the saying goes, "God couldn't be everywhere, so he created mothers".

Since it was Mother's Day, it's only fair to ask something related to Mothers...which is, what is the one thing that you and your mother have in common...the one thing that gets people to say "Like Mother, Like Daughter"... A particular habit, an interest of some sort, a hobby...something that binds you two together...

What about me? Well, I believe that I get my creative streaks from my Mom...she's someone who's creatively inclined...who paints, who sings and has a very aesthetic bent of mind...also, she made our house a home...a place to go back to when something worries you,a place that makes you feel like everything is going to be alright in the end.

So that's about me...what about you? Waiting to read your answers...

Until then, signing off...

Monday, May 2, 2011

Sunday Ponderings: Who'd You Be?

Hello friends...I am back, and I hope, this time for a longer time. It had been a difficult week for me, but things are better now. I faced the loss of someone I looked up to last Sunday, and am going through the recovery process. It wasn't a family member or a friend, but a spiritual Guru I followed. As I am not interested in sharing any further details, moving on...if you notice, this Sunday post has been moved to Monday, thanks to my unpredictable Internet connection...but then, what can I say, except for that I'm glad it's back!

Now, the question for today is something I borrowed from Prince Charming...which is this: Assuming that there's something called a re-birth, who or what would you want to be born as the next time, with the condition that you cannot choose to be yourself?

My answer...I'd say I would want to be someone brave and strong, caring and understanding, someone with an unlimited reserve of patience and good thoughts to share with everyone...I think, next time, I'd like to be born as my maternal Grand Dad. I don't know why I came up with this answer...his image was the first thing that came up to my mind when I thought of an answer for this question... though I have never met him. Never known him either...but still, I chose him to be the person I want to re-born as...strange!

Well...let me not digress...I am waiting for your answer to this question...

Hoping to hear from you folks soon...

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Mutualist Blog: Free Market Anti-Capitalism

To dissolve, submerge, and cause to disappear the political or governmental system in the economic system by reducing, simplifying, decentralizing and suppressing, one after another, all the wheels of this great machine, which is called the Government or the State. --Proudhon, General Idea of the Revolution

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Friday, July 02, 2010

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Mutualist Blog: Free Market Anti-Capitalism

To dissolve, submerge, and cause to disappear the political or governmental system in the economic system by reducing, simplifying, decentralizing and suppressing, one after another, all the wheels of this great machine, which is called the Government or the State. --Proudhon, General Idea of the Revolution

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Friday, August 06, 2010

At C4SS: Government War on Wikileaks? Bring It On

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March 3rd, 2010

Checking out the MXM source code (C++)

The C++ MXM software is located here.

The following users have read access to the repository:

  • sc29wg11 with current password
  • mxmpubro with mpegmxmro password

MPEG-member accounts have read-write access to the main svn repository and read-only access to mxmsvn by default. Upon request member accounts can be upgraded to read-write access of mxmsvn.

Prepare your enviroment

windows side:  Set up <WORKSPACE_FOLDER>

  • open dos terminal box
  • cd C:\
  • exit

linux side:  Set up <WORKSPACE_FOLDER> and MXM_WORKSPACE environment variable

  • cd
  • export MXM_WORKSPACE

Check-out the code

In order to checkout the source code you need a subversion client.  To checkout the trunk source code with a command-line SVN client, open the terminal window, cd to <WORKSPACE_FOLDER> and type the following command:

svn co http://wg11.sc29.org/mxmsvn/repos/C/trunk mxm-cpp

It will create a folder called mxm-cpp in <WORKSPACE_FOLDER> with all the C++ MXM source code


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Paris Street, Rainy Day

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Gustave Caillebotte, Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

Caillebotte was an outsider among the Impressionists; a lawyer from a wealthy family who espoused the ideals of the Impressionist movement, but whose flat, exacting style of painting had more to do with Realism. Living off a large inheritance from his parents, he pursued painting and gardening as hobbies while buying artwork from his colleagues, amassing a sizable collection of Impressionist work. His own paintings were influenced by the growing art of photography, using tricks like cropping, tilted floors, and high vantage points to create unusual and precise perspectives.

Paris Street, Rainy Day prominently showcases the new boulevards and changes to the cityscape taking place during this period. The “Haussmanization” of Paris meant great leaps forward in urban planning, bringing new public parks, monuments, facilities, and more. The sharp, geometric buildings of this intersection near the Gare St-Lazare tower over the disproportionately small people in the streets. As the scene extends back into the distance, it blurs, mimicking the limited depth of field of a photograph. The flatness of the shading evokes, more than anything, more modern artists like Edward Hopper, not Impressionism. The unusually detached crowd move like sleepwalkers, none of them making eye contact. In fact, the three people in the right foreground are about to unwittingly collide. The overall effect comes off as carefully planned, but still amazingly spontaneous; the viewer feels as though they have stepped outside on a rainy day in Paris to marvel at the grand façades of their modern city.

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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Oncidium Pacific Paladium

Oncidium Pacific Paladium

Oncidium Pacific Paladium is a Hybrid between Onc. Sharry Baby and Onc. Illustre (for further details on Oncidium Pacific Paladium's family tree, see image below).  I have this plant growing under 75% Shade cloth in a pot with 2 parts Medium Bark to 1 part Styrofoam Cubes.  I let this plant almost completely dry out between waterings and it flowers in Winter.  This plant is highly fragrant and smells of chocolate.  Definitely a plant I would suggest.

I recently divided this plant as it was growing new growths in the centre of the plant and it would have just complicated matters.  Normally I would have left it to grow into a specimen plant as I believe it would put on quite a show, but at least now I will have a back-up plant, and it will only mean it'll take just a bit longer to make it a specimen.

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  • "Imad Mugniyeh, one of the founder members of Lebanon's radical Hizbollah Muslim militia, and as notorious in the international terrorist world in the eighties as Osama bin Laden is today, has been identified as responsible for plotting last week's terrorist attack on the Russian embassy in Beirut," the paper said.

  • Notwithstanding persistent press reports to the contrary, there is no convincing evidence that the Spanish al Qaeda cell, led by Imad Barkat Yarkas and al Qaeda European financier Mohammed Galeb Kalaje Zouaydi, provided any funding to support the 9/11 attacks or the Hamburg participants.

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Sunday, January 25, 2009 Competition: London Calling at Scream London

myartspace is sponsoring a competition juried by a world class panel from The Tate Modern, The Hayward Gallery, and the Barbican Gallery all in London. Fifty finalists will be selected and three winners will have their work represented at the Scream London in June 2009. Located in the heart of the West London art district, Scream is just a moment away from Sotheby's, Cork St and the Royal Academy, and rubs shoulders with some of London's most established art galleries in the traditional hub of the capital's art market.

Scream is run by Tyrone Wood as curator. Scream is focused on contemporary art. The Scream Team has quickly developed a reputation as being an innovative gallery. Scream has exhibited works by Robert Indiana, Matty Small, Ingrid Baars, Rene Ricard, David Montgomery, among other artists. Notable guests and patrons have included Tracey Emin, Claire Danes, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Beverly Knight, Meg Mathews, and Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones. is a social networking site for the art world.

Competition Snapshot:
-Deadline for registration and submission is May 15, 2009.

-Competition is open to myartspace members. Membership is free.

-The early registration fee is $25. After March 31, 2009 the registration fee will be raised to $50. Register early and save.

-Up to 20 images in a myartspace gallery can be submitted.

-Jury panel includes Vanessa DesClaux from the Tate Modern, Tom Morton from the Hayward Gallery and Francesco Manacorda from the Barbican Gallery

-Fifty finalists will be selected and announced by the jury panel.

-Three winners will have their art represented at Scream Gallery London, in June 2009. Winners to be announced on May 31, 2009.
On you can network and connect with artists, art collectors, art dealers, and other individuals who are focused on the visual arts.

myartspace, the premier online venue for the contemporary art world, is sponsoring a Juried competition. We want to represent three contemporary artists at a venue in London, England during June 2009. The competition, like others from myartspace, will have world-class jurors reviewing the work of the submissions. Fifty finalists will be selected and three winners will have their work represented at the show.

Info about is a social art site for the art world. With over 50,000 members, and more than two years of history, myartspace has been a key force in the art industry at availing opportunity for its rapidly growing community. Membership to is free, and members can upload an unlimited amount of art work, music, video and audio narration. Myartspace galleries can be embedded on other websites-- one goal of the site is to provide tools that artists can utilize in order to promote themselves online. Members can also utilize the New York Art Exchange (NYAXE) --, an eCommerce platform for buying and selling art online. New features are regularly implemented as the community continues to grow at an alarming rate.
The New York Art Exchange connects art buyers to art sellers. provides art competitions involving jurors from the Tate Modern, Whitney Museum of American Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and other prestigious institutions. The site also provides a free to enter art scholarship competition that is open to undergraduate and graduate art students throughout the world. The 2008 myartspace scholarship competition involved $16,000 in cash prizes. $8,000 was split between three undergraduate winners and another $8,000 was split between three graduate winners.
*2008 Undergraduate and Graduate myartspace Art Scholarship Winners:
*Past winners of art competitions: is home to one of the largest collections of online interviews with artists, art critics, gallerists, and other art world professionals-- with over 500 interviews with artists such as Michael Craig-Martin, James Rosenquist, Sylvia Sleigh, Sarah Maple, Christian Schumann, Julian Stanczak, Aidan Hughes, Thornton Willis, Mark Ryden, Susan Crile, Wafaa Bilal and many others.
*Myartspace Blog
*Interview Archive

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