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Rose Lemberg lived in Ukraine, subarctic Russia, and Israel before relocating to Berkeley for her Ph.D. She is now living and teaching in the Midwest, where she finally became an immigrant in 2010. She is relieved to be a resident, rather than a nonresident, alien. Her poetry, prose and unclassifiables have appeared in Strange Horizons, Daily Science Fiction, Apex, Fantasy Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Goblin Fruit, and other venues. She edits Stone Telling with Shweta Narayan, and has recently edited The Moment of Change, an anthology of feminist poetry, for Aqueduct Press. Rose is currently querying her secondary world fantasy novel Bridgers, a tale of revolution and linguistics.

Rose's story "Kifli" appeared in Strange Horizons in 2010, and we've also published three of her poems. This year she took both the first and second place spots in the poetry category of our reader poll with "Between the Mountain and the Moon" and "The Three Immigrations". This interview was conducted by e-mail in April of 2013.

Julia Rios: I'd like to start out by asking you about language and linguistics–can you talk a bit about your background in this area, and how it affects your work?

Rose Lemberg: I am a linguist with graduate training from UC Berkeley. I started out in functional grammar and moved into sociolinguistics, a subfield which looks at how languages function in society. Sociolinguistics deals with such issues as language death, multilingualisms, how gender and sexuality are expressed through language, and how communities use linguistic means for cohesion and discord. You can see why it is such a vital subfield for me as an immigrant, as a multilingual, as a queer person and as an author working in complex, multicultural settings. I recently had a chance to ask my students whether they view language as a "primary component of identity," a phrase we’ve found in an article. Many said no. Yet, language is central to identity. For many monolinguals, especially those who speak the standard vernaculars, language is not something one notices in daily life, unless something shifts–for example, you move to a different country. For those of us who speak two or more languages, the constant back-and-forth foregrounds the importance of language to identity. Am I still the same person when I speak Russian? English? Hebrew? Yiddish? Do I switch from one language to another, and when? What are the contexts in which I speak these languages? Who are the people with whom I speak? Naturally these questions bleed over to fiction. I often feel my strongest work examines these tensions. (I am organizing a panel on Sociolinguistics in SFF for this year's Readercon–come one, come all!)

JR: In "The Three Immigrations" you write, "I made three languages / to hide in / Each within / the only land I've ever called my own / between the waters". There's an interesting contrast here between using language to hide, and using language to express yourself. How does this dynamic play out for you, both in this poem, and elsewhere?

RL: Ah. This is wonderful. We use language for communication, and language is often defined in terms of communication, but what about private languages? The three languages in the poem reference the three languages I constructed after my first immigration. They communicated nothing to anyone, they were just for me. I put together grammars and dictionaries and creation myths and stories after stories about the road of molten glass poured through the land, north to south, by lafë lakúa, the first strangers. We do not know what they were doing, and why they created this road. We know their greatest power was to leave.

The internal we, it is a powerful thing. To have one's worlds, and inside them people who do things you cannot understand, but who talk to you, who have their own lives, languages, cultures–it is a refuge and a strength in a tilting world. To have languages of one's own, to create meaning that is not about appeasing other humans, not about survival–it is to hide and also to safeguard the fragile self. In one of the three languages I was developing back then, Takiritalë, there was a special way-mode used only by those who walk the road of molten glass. In that mode there are no tenses, no singular/plural distinction, no genders. Time, space, and even the body are irrelevant to the experience of walking that road. I was fifteen when I began working on this, and I think it foreshadows a lot of what I am doing now. I wish there was more research into such private languages.

JR: One of the things you've been doing now, in fact, is working on a novel. Can you tell us a bit about that?

RL: Bridgers is the secondary world fantasy novel I am querying right now. Ulín is a linguist who lost her family, friends, and status when her brother destroyed her magic. Her work is everything to her. She travels to a faraway country to do some fieldwork and give a talk about her groundbreaking theory of language unity. She meets Laska, a menial worker and revolutionary who shares new data that shatter Ulín's conviction in her theory. Soon after, under the cover of a commoners' uprising, a ruthless noble stages a palace coup. The noble–the new queen–frames Laska for the regicide the queen herself committed. But the new queen quite likes Ulín, as both are scholars and innovators. The queen needs Ulín's theory, she wants Ulín on her side. She's promising to restore Ulín's lost magic and all the privileges that went with it. But Ulín cannot abandon Laska, or force herself to turn away from the uncomfortable realization that her theory is probably garbage. Armed only with the knowledge of five languages and a forged letter, she rescues Laska from prison, which triggers, well, more adventures and more linguistics. There are five other viewpoint characters in the book, all very different people, because I wanted to write in a multicultural and multilingual setting at a time of social upheaval. There is magic as class privilege, and the early days of social science disciplines; shapeshifters and chases, bird weathervanes, dumplings, grandmothers, and a genderqueer deity of music. I love it. I hope readers will too.

JR: It sounds like you started constructing languages before you took up the formal study of linguistics. Did your later studies change the way you thought of language construction?

RL: I've been constructing languages on and off since I was six! Unlike many conlangers, I am not really interested in generating a large body of finely detailed work on every aspect of lexicon, phonology, morphology, and syntax. I am most interested in cognitive categories, which is to say a relatively limited set of concepts central to our cognition and pervasive in human experience. Examples are possession, gender, space, time, motion. Languages encode these categories in incredibly diverse ways. Russian, for example, is very rich in motion verbs. There are multiple prefixed verbs recording tiny details of motion trajectory (e.g. pereprygnul, "overjumped"; podnyrnul, "underdove"). English verbal inventory is rich in verbs denoting manner of motion, so for "jump" people can hop, skip, leap, bounce, bound, spring, hurdle, vault, and quite possibly caper, while in Hebrew they can only likfots (jump) and lekapets (hop). When I work on a constructed language, I want to know interesting things about how it expresses cognitive categories, and how this correlates with culture. I was fairly inclined to do this early on, even though I had no idea why I was doing this. The more I learned, the more aware I became of what exactly fascinated me. In graduate school, while working on and off on motion verbs, I came up with a fantasy culture in which people use magic to develop a unique way of moving. Then I asked myself how the speakers would express this unique way of motion; this shaped a lot of other things about their language and culture (I am hoping that this culture will appear in the sequel to Bridgers). When I started transitioning into sociolinguistics, questions of language and society rose to the fore for me in my fiction work.

JR: Have you used any of your constructed languages in your work? Does Bridgers feature any of them?

RL: Multiple languages appear in Bridgers, but we only "hear" two: Dathmari, a minority language, and Loroli, a minority language that is likely related to it. We learn how these languages are stratified by class, and how and why this matters. Another culture in Bridgers, Khana, is stratified by gender–men and women lead separate lives and have different linguistic inventories. In a traditional Khana society, men speak scholars' Khana and some Khanishti, while the women speak Khanishti and non-Khana languages, which they learn so they can trade. I wanted to play with this concept because of Jewish multilingualisms, and other multilingualisms that are gender-stratified.

So without getting boggled in even more in details, the answer is yes!

JR: That sounds fascinating. Can you unpack some of the nuances of Jewish multiligualisms and gender-stratification? How do those things parallel your work on the languages in Bridgers?

RL: This is a monograph-length discussion. I looked for inspiration at Jewish diasporic communities, in which men and women tended to have different linguistic inventories. In many (though not all) Jewish communities around the world, men studied Hebrew and Aramaic. While women could acquire these languages as well, especially when taught by their fathers or brothers, there was no formalized context in which women would acquire and practice these languages. On the other hand, in many communities women would speak not just the Jewish vernacular, but the non-Jewish vernaculars of their neighbors. In Eastern European contexts, for example, a woman of marriageable age would be considered an especially attractive marriage prospect if she had a good command of Polish (or Russian, depending on the location), since women could use these languages in trade. On the other hand, a young man was considered a good match if he was a Talmud scholar. In Birdverse (the universe in which Bridgers takes place), Khana communities vary according to where they are located geographically, but these communities are gender-stratified: women are traders and are the outward-facing group while men, engaged in prayer and holy artifice, are the inward-facing group. Their languages differ accordingly (as I mentioned above).

JR: Do you ever write poetry or fiction in the other languages you speak?

RL: Yes. Russian, Hebrew, and Yiddish are all languages in which I have written poetry at various stages in my life. I have written some fiction in Hebrew and Russian as well, but there was a very long period in which I was not writing anything creatively, and when I began doing so again, English was my language of choice.

JR: Have you considered translating either your own work or the work of others?

RL: Translating is an art and requires talent, which I lack. I admire those who can translate, though.

JR: How do you approach integrating your activist concerns–linguistics as we've been discussing, or the related themes of multiculturalism and genderqueerness that you brought up earlier–into your work? Does it take a lot of time and effort to work those things in, or do they come naturally?

RL: My gender ID is fluid, so genderqueerness does not require a special effort on my part. On the other hand, our model narratives are sadly not very rich in any kind of queerness. While I might be queer, for the longest time I felt that "real" stories and poems had to have straight men and women in them. Poetry helped me to begin decolonizing. I wrote queer poetry before I wrote queer fiction.

"Coming naturally" is somewhat deceptive. The more one works on nuancing one's thinking on certain identity issues, the more these issues come up, the more these questions are foregrounded. What is the canonical narrative? Who is the canonical protagonist? What is my canonical narrative, what are the issues important to me, who are the people I am writing about? How do their different identity concerns intersect? How are they constrained and empowered by their societies? What languages do they speak, and in what contexts? What are my characters, my worlds, trying to tell me about my own struggle for identity? There is, however, a great difference between having these questions at the core of one's storytelling, and implementing this vision effortlessly. The opposite is true for me: the more detailed, nuanced, and intersectional my work becomes, the more it requires from me as a writer. I think my characters, my worlds, as well as my people here, in this world, are saying: "Pay attention. Make an effort." I am sure I fail plenty, but I am doing my very best to fail better; and I am looking forward to growing–as a writer, as a person, as an activist, and as a scholar.

JR: Do you worry about getting it wrong?

RL: I worry about getting enough different people "on screen" so that each person does not become tokenized as the sole representative of their gender or sexual identity, or the sole representative of a given culture and social class. Building up this intersectionality was one of the most fascinating aspects of writing Bridgers. I want my writing to be nuanced and layered. My characters feel like real people to me, and they are all very different.

JR: "Between the Mountain and the Moon" took first place in the poetry category of this year's Readers' Poll. Where did that come from, and how did you decide to use that form to tell the story? How does form affect substance in poetry?

RL: In the Fall of 2011, I was working on a series of mostly queer poems about shape-changers. When Magick4Terri, a charity auction for Terri Windling, came along, I decided to offer a poem about metamorphosis, featuring a creature or object of the winning bidder's choice. I said that if bidding passed $50, I would also create a linoleum block print featuring the creature or object.

Bidding very quickly reached $50, and I started offering stretch goals: a companion piece featuring either wood, stone, wind, fire, or storm (the bidder's choice) with accompanying art, and, at $200, a third and capping poem with accompanying art, and a promise to bind all three into an artist's book. Izlinda Hani Jamaluddin was the winning bidder, and she asked me for a black panther and fire. I wanted to write three poems, but instead, what emerged was a poem in three parts with a coda. The whole process is described here, with some pictures of the accompanying art. I was thrilled when Sonya [Taaffe] bought the poem for Strange Horizons, because I enjoyed sharing it with a wider audience. In addition to being the winner of the SH readers' poll (thank you, everybody!!), it is also now a Rhysling award nominee in the long poetry category.

JR: As a reader and editor, what do you hope to see in the future of speculative poetry? Are there any emerging voices you think are especially noteworthy?

RL: When I began editing Stone Telling in 2010, my hope was to provide a venue, a context, for which folks would be inspired to write work that they wouldn't dare to write otherwise, work that would not necessarily find a home elsewhere. It happened, and keeps happening. For example, we just accepted Sofia Samatar’s incredible poem “Long-Ear” for the upcoming Body issue. She wrote back to say this:

"I have wanted for years to write about the Dhegdheer story and I could never figure out how to do it. It's very personal and painful for me. Somehow, the subject of "Body" and the community the two of you have helped foster through ST came together to show me that there would be a way to engage with and transform the folktale."

The field shifted too, with venues such as Goblin Fruit, Strange Horizons, Through the Gate, Apex, and publishing work that is raw and brilliant and painful and true, work that fronts people and their lives and experiences, rather than disembodied ideas. I have high hopes for the new Interfictions as well. Personally, I would like to see more opportunities to publish poetry collections. I would also love to see more science and science fiction poetry like what we published in Stone Telling 6.

And of course, Shweta and I are always on the lookout for new and diverse voices. Watching an emerging poet blossom is a wonderful thing. I want to briefly highlight four people.

Bogi Takács (a neurolinguist and Hungarian Jew) is deservedly getting more recognition for eir work as a reviewer and critic in SFF. Eir poetry and prose are starting to appear in various publications, which makes me very happy, as I think eir viewpoint is exciting and fresh. I loved the deeply felt religiosity, tenderness, and far-future SF in eir poem Torah and Secular Learning" in Strange Horizons.

Ada Hoffmann is an emerging poet and writer with work in Strange Horizons. She blogs about autism at, and has important things to say. We just accepted a powerful poem from her for the Body issue of Stone Telling, "Turning to Stone."

Sofia Samatar is not exactly a newcomer, but her first publication was in Stone Telling 5 (Fall 2011). Her "Girl Hours" in Stone Telling 6 remains for me one of the very best examples of feminist poetry, and probably my favorite example of science poetry (I also love the science poetry of Mary Agner). I am very much looking forward to reading her debut novel, A Stranger in Olondria, which is making its way to me right now.

I might be wrong, but I think Dominik J. Parisien's first poem appeared in 2012 in Inkscrawl. I love the two poems that we published in Stone Telling; I would like to highlight "In His Eighty-Second Year," which was nominated for the Rhysling Award.

Speaking of which, six poems from our Queer issue got nominated for the Rhysling this year. These poems, as well as many tremendous others, have been collected in Here, We Cross. It makes me happy that queer speculative poetry is getting all this recognition–this is what I hoped to achieve from the beginning, since I felt there wasn't enough queer work in the field.

JR: Finally, there's a myth that activists are always angry and have no sense of humor. In my experience, though, activists love humor, and need levity as much as everyone else. Would you share one or two things (can be jokes, books, YouTube videos, whatever) that have made you laugh lately?

RL: Is it very undignified to say Oglaf? [NSFW] I guess I said it! It makes me laugh!

However, these classical Soviet work safety posters may be even better. Don't Walk on Fish! I concur.

PhD comics helped me survive graduate school. I wish they had more strips for and about pre-tenure faculty, but they do have some. This is what my life looks right now. As well as this. And this is what I'll be doing in a week. Also, this strip amuses me because I used to be the woman on the right, but now I seem to be the woman on the left.

I love whimsical stuff and wish I wrote more of it. Here's a poem of mine, The Tenured Faculty Meets to Discuss the Moon's Campus Visit," which is about celestial bodies and campus politics.

JR: Rose Lemberg, thank you very much for sharing your insights into language and poetry, activism and storytelling.

Publication of this article was made possible by a donation from Scott Likely. (Thanks, Scott!) To find out more about our funding model, or donate to the magazine, see the Support Us page.

Julia Rios is a fiction editor for Strange Horizons. Her fiction, articles, interviews, and poetry have appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Apex Magazine, Stone Telling, Jabberwocky, and several other places. She's half-Mexican, but her (fairly dreadful) French is better than her Spanish.
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What really annoys me is the way some American girls speak, as if they were ill or dying... I just can't stand it!
Adrijono Ruddie
You should look up the lyrics of those American Hip Hop songs.. more headaches for you, I'm sure.. hehehe
Alan George Barstow
There is no excuse, whatsoever, for the \
Aleksandra Schulz
I overuse 'like' so much! I hate it but I'm quite nervous when I speak English, maybe that's why.
Alex McKenzie
Lucy omits something which drives me nuts and nobody seems to object to, i.e. failure of subject-verb agreement. Specifically, using a plural subject with a singular verb. You see this even in the literate press. English compared to say Russian has very little grammar - but why not get that small amount correct?
Alex Park
I were sat on the bench I was.
Allen Shepard
For your mistake number nine, the American south uses the prefix \
Anotherrandom Internetuser
What really irritates me is when people mix up 'accept' and 'except' as well as 'affect' and 'effect'.\n\nLet's just clear this up.\n\n'accept' is to give consent to receive or undertake (something offered).\nFor example: ' I accept your apology\
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Baru Jezkova
Actually I'm a non-native, however, I always try hard to not make mistakes, as I feel pretty embarrassed when I make one. 😤
Basel Hasan
Would explain when to mention the subject in passive voice statements...??
Bloom Looms
You could add “please” after “could I get a” like “Could I get a soda, please?” It isn’t really incorrect or rude.
I am glad I have never made these mistakes.
Chryseas S.
If we all spoke exactly the same, well then, what a boring world this would be. Too much ire over petty mistakes; save your \
« DAB ON T H E M HATERS !!! » ;w;
Dan Lyle
In reference to ordering, as a native British English speaker, I don't start the question with \
I agree with number 5 very strongly. Using the word 'like' as a filler word came from the 1980's. In that decade it was trendy to speak like that. It was usually done by women and the ones who did this were called 'valley girls.'
Danny Joey
What makes relearning grammer extremely difficult for me is being the only person in my town who is pronouncing words correctly and stringing sentences together properly. They would say \
Dinsmore Roach
I grew up in London and now live in Toronto, What irks me is the misuse of \
Disney em pt-pt
Well, saying \
Dorothy Stuart
i have never heard anyone say i was sat on a bench
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Essero Eson
Americans get confused as to why Brits pluralize Math. \nWhile Math is short for Mathematics, the word Mathematics is not plural, it's just a word that ends in S like Jones or Simmons. \nSo when you pluralize it by saying Maths, you end up having double plurals in sentences such as \
Eve Pesesse
Funny, because as a non-native english speaker, these are mistakes that you would never make (we do plenty others, however !! 😊). \nSlang has huge impacts on the evolution of a language !
FlMc654 MCRF
American English is widely used so some would find these incorrect uses of different words correct.
Han O'Neem
I myself 'of never heard any of them mistakes before, like never.
Ian Gourlay
Add all Americanisms, please... Which I loath, abhor, hate, revile, detest, despise, execrate, abominate, repudiate....\n\nThe leader of which is \
Inung Diary
I'm not a native speaker and English is not my first language. One thing i hate most is shortening of words in text messages or comments. For example writing hw r u? Or y u do dat? Instead of the proper how are you ? Or why did you do that? /why are you doing that? 😅 😂😂as i mentioned before I'm not a native English speaker this really confuses me alot.
My nasty English English Teacher used to say - \
John Smith
Pro-NOUN-ciation! That is the verbal equivalent of biting into a chalk board. Thank you for mentioning that little annoyance.
Juhász Anita
Mixing stationary and stationery. That hurts.
Kenny Lam
So, like, you did good, no offence, but yourself could of covered more of them common mistakes. Can we get more of these?
I totally agree with all of the examples, Lucy. Another one that is creeping into British English parlance is 'gotten' - that really does make me cringe. Keep up the great work.
Leo O'Connor
I thought I was the only one who thought people saying 'Can I get...' was annoying haha
Linsey Skelly
Seen/saw!!! Too many Americans say \
Lisa McClymont
Anyone who speaks even reasonable English doesn't EVER SAY sorry unless you're APOLOGISING for something it's just really annoying we have to put up with morons lol 😂
A couple of these examples could do with a bit more explanation \n1. Could of. Why is \
It can even drive me crazy as a non-native English speaker, the way that native English people use \
Micarah Tewers
Is anyone else hesitant to comment because of fear that you'll say something grammatically incorrect?
Michael Denny
So I really like were so impressed watching them videos of yours while I am set down on a chair and would of watched more if I had time!
Michael F
No.10 has nothing to do with Americans' mistakes, it's common in regional British too (e.g. the semi-cockney which I'm familiar with as a Londoner).
Micheal Achilanga
“Please” is outdated, We are no longer in 1800’s British ppl should move on
Mima Vivi
Miss T.E.A.
Don't get me started on CAN I GET!!! Grrr...
Incorrect grammar? That's a \
Nadja Antonova
Soooo I was like sat on a bench in a park and thinking what if I would of had a double cappuccino... can I grab one?
I'm so pleased that I'm not the only one who get's irritated by some of this stuff. I thought I was just being a massive pedant. So, can I get interaction with someone with a basic grasp of the English language? ;)\nAt least you didn't mention people who go up at the end of a sentence as if it was a question, or the infuriating Americanism of saying, \
Nikki Jonkman
I really hate it when people mix up your and you're. Or their, there and they're.
Noneya Bidniz
we fought a war so we didn't have to care about the queens English
Ophiela Clayton
“You did good” meaning you did something in a good way is okay. There’s nothing wrong with it. Just because something doesn’t sit well with you doesn’t mean it’s wrong. The meaning is still conveyed 🙄
There & their get confused constantly, along with shortened forms of speech. Another one my girlfriend constantly gets wrong is :- “Your going to work”. When ‘your’ means (belonging to you). The correct word is :- you’re. Where the apostrophe stands for the missing letter of the second word so the two words can be joined. So ‘you are’ becomes you’re
Patrick Allen
Their. There. They’re. Drives me nuts!
Paul Kemp
I really hate the misuse of reflexive pronouns but it's not a new phenomenon; I've seen it used in classical novels, for example, those by Dickens. I think people do it to put themselves first without seeming to be offensive. I never use it in my writing, unless it's part of a conversation between my characters. English pronouns are the only things that have Nominative and Accusative case (and Genitive, but the apostrophe is a whole different subject). That is, subject and object and owner: I/me/my, you/you/your, he/him/his, she/her/her it/it/its (note, no apostrophe), we/us/our you/you/your (again) and they/them/their. Phew.
Piotr Kołodziejski
Hi, I'm Piotr, I'm from Poland. When I was around 5 or 6 I had an argument with my friend about pronunciation of H. She wasn't able to agree that \
Prince Kingston
No.5 is true and very annoying
Rachel Lazenby
Idk if it's just how I was raised but I always say \
I hate when people wrongly and hilariously use the word \
Sanja K
I can't believe that any native English speaker, let alone so many of them (as witnessed all over the Internet), can possibly not know such basic grammar. Don't people go to school? How can they miss the difference between \
SarahIsThHuman TheHuman
These don't drive me crazy
Sasuke Uchiha
I think many people miss use the use of “did” and “have”, either in a question or a statement.
Shania Mitra
It drives my father raving mad when people say \
Teresa Chinnock
Why are people so easily annoyed is my first thought?! You all must have real easy lives if someone else’s speech annoys you!
Tetor Saiyan
05:09 Could you be more adorable?!
Thomas Glorioso
I've never heard the \
Twin Dorks
OMG!!! \nLucy just hit 1 million subscribers!! I am soo happy😀\nYou totally deserve it 😙😙❤
Unknown Person
Whenever I watch u speaking English in British accent I'm like\
Vasyl Verbitsky
really interesting video, thank's Lucy ! And one more thing - red colour suits you so much, you are on fleek !
Veronica Sleeva-Walls
can I get, is not grammatically incorrect but it is impolite. \nno offense but, is also not grammatically incorrect but is impolite.
Victoria Dyachkova
I absolutely hate when people use their instead of they're or your instead of you're\n\n\nWhat are they doing with this extra time they have from not typing words correctly
Vivianne O
The biggest grammatical cringe here in America, precisely here in New York is beginning almost every statement with the word \
William Evans
You’re a woman after my own heart with all these examples and it’s so good to see that at least some younger people are keen to preserve standards! Other pet hates of mine include the increasing use of “so not” instead of “so un-” (e.g., “so not happy” rather than “so unhappy”) and “two-time” instead of “twice” or “double”, (e.g., “I did it two times”, rather than \
Yves Remy
How about the irritating use of \
My family are really bad for \
alayo faizah
Wait, who says ‘I was sat on a bench’? 😂 It actually sounds funny and not annoying.
I'm always saying i was sat
What bothers me is \
What really gets my goat is people saying ‘Pacific’ instead of ‘specific’ - urgh! Bx
This is a lovely video. Yes, the biggest annoyance to me is when people use don't instead of doesn't. A close second is when they use your, instead of you're. What do you think?
dg Wiley
I liked this video. Thank you.
People who keep using \
What drives me absolutely bonkers is the common use of 'I could care less' in stead of 'I couldn't care less' .....do people not think about what they are saying?
ad 9 I dislike arbitrary rules. There are words in English allowed to be used both as adjectives and as adverbs. Imho 'Good' as an adverb should be correct in informal speech.\nad 10 \
Most of these are not grammar errors. Some are pronunciation; some are dialectal differences.\nthe people who can't tell the difference between lay, lie, lying etc. And the 'loose' v 'lose' thing! What is wrong with people. Different word. Different pronunciation. Different meaning.
paul haokip
In the words of Steve Harvey, which one sounds better, I am poor or I is rich. 😉
Catch on fire.\nHe did stayed at home.\nThe breaks malfunctioned.\nYou will loose money.\nEx cetera.
Let's all mourn the loss of the adverb in English. It's disappearing very quickly. Or as they say, it's disappearing quick.
rafaella pel
technically there is not a wrong way to say things unless they are ungrammatical. A non-standard variety is not wrong it’s just not standard.
roxy madz
I enjoyed this video too, Lucy. Well done! You're brilliant! Keep on making these videos. You're helping a lot of people. \nMine is: When people use YOUR instead of YOU'RE/ YOU ARE; THEIR instead of THERE; TO instead of TOO and vice versa; 22th instead of 22nd.
My four pet peeves: 1) Refusing to use the Oxford comma and 2) You didn't touch on the issue of subject/verb agreement. Drives me crazy! It seems every subject takes a plural verb...The family were going. The group of cars were sold. Gang of youths attack dad with baby buggy... 3) using \
I really hoped that the misuse of plural and singular forms would be mentioned. I am not a native english speaker but that annoys me the most. \
Those who pronounce the letter 'H' as 'haitch' and not 'aitch' drives me crackers, especially when you hear it from those who should know better.
Regarding the overuse of \
xXx Hunter
But I want all of them
4:03 - 'So stop staring sentences with 'So''
Адриана Лорд
is this really true people saying them instead of those?! who are them people? )))))))))))
Hi Lucy, I have just discovered your channel! It's so helpful, especially for me as I live in the UK but I'm not native. I just subscribed xx


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Monday, June 30, 2014

Summer To-Do List 2014

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Hi there! It kind of finally feels like summer for me now that my vacation’s over (I know, it’s weird – I should’ve felt as if it was summer on vacation, but I didn’t), so I figured that now would be an appropriate time to put this up. It probably should’ve gone up about a week ago, but we can just ignore that bit.

I have lots planned for this summer already, as you could probably tell with my summer projects post where I shared with you a bunch of projects you could do over the summer that I’m also going to be taking part in. In addition to those, I also have a few other things I’d like to do this summer, but some of the projects will still be included on this list. I guess the word “few” is slightly misleading because I have quite a lot of things I’d love to do, so here they are. Maybe this will inspire you to add a few things to your list, or if you don’t already have one, maybe, just maybe, you should make one. After all, it’s always fun to have something to work towards.

1. Complete Camp NaNoWrimo successfully

2. Pass Civics and Careers in summer school

3. Have a picnic, preferably with triangular sandwiches and lemonade

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4. Spend a day writing in a coffee shop

5. Learn how to sew properly, meaning just making basic things like tops, skirts, dresses, etc.

6. Makeover blog (I’m pretty darn excited about this now that I have some more knowledge on all this techy stuff)

7. Get a account

8. Start a photo blog with my best friends

9. Start photo wall

10. Volunteer at a homeless shelter (or anywhere, really)

11. Paint a really big painting and actually put it up in my room

12. Organise files and photos on computer (this is going to be a pain, but the clean and organised files that will great me every time I open my computer will be worth it)

13. Have a barbecue for my birthday

14. Take a Zumba class with my friend(s), I usually go with my mom or by myself, so it’d be fun to switch it up

15. Frame stuff and put it on my wall, it’s not as vague as it seems, I promise – I just have a bunch of artwork to put up and Broadway tickets to frame

16. Buy my own domain for this little blog (finally)

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17. Make bread pudding like the one I had at Borgata's in Atlantic City

(Beware. Lots of room redecoration plans ahead.)

18. Reorganise bookshelf

19. Reorganise closet (again)

20. Reorganise and completely redecorate desk

21. Decorate headboard

22. Paint the deck and any empty places on walls (this seriously needs to be done asap)

23. Journal everyday

Things may be added as the summer goes along and I think of more things I want to do, so if you ever want to check back just in case I add something, you're more than welcome to. I'll give you guys a little heads up in a post or on Twitter or Facebook or something, too.

What do you think of my list? Have you ever made one like this before? Anything you want to try out? Things you think I should add? Leave your comments below!

Thank you so much for reading!
- J

  1. Your summer to-do list is way too fabulous >_^ So you have summer school too? OMG I thought I was the only one..btw love your lists ❤

    1. Thanks, Allison! And yes, I have to spend three weeks doing school, but I'm very willing because it's going to do me some good in the next few years of school. And thank you about the lists - I'm glad that you love them as much as I'm passionate about writing them. Aha, passionate about writing lists, what have I become? :P - J


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Market Watch

Headline crude prices for the week beginning 26 February 2017 – Brent: US$67/b; WTI: US$64/b

  • Crude prices chalked up a week of gains last week, gaining on positive signs in US demand and continued statements of support from OPEC to ‘manage global crude oil supply.’
  • Last week, US data showed a surprise drawdown of 1.6 million barrels in US crude inventories, with net imports dropping to a record low and exports surging. Stocks at the important Cushing, OK hub declined even further, defying market predictions that oil inventories were set to rise.
  • With US crude exports hitting 2 mmb/d, American net crude imports fell below 5 mmb/d, the lowest level since the EIA began recording data in 2001. Strong demand from US refineries supported the drawdown.
  • Various OPEC ministers voiced positive statements on the effectiveness of the supply freeze. Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said the ‘market is rebalancing’ and ‘inventories should continue to decline’ over the year.
  • Al-Falih said Saudi Arabia’s exports have been averaging less than 7 mmb/d over January-March, with output well below its production cap. He also said OPEC and its allies were hoping to create a permanent framework to stabilise oil markets after the current agreement ends.
  • Algerian Energy Minister Mustapha Guitouni stated OPEC was looking to preserve ‘market stability’ to balance producers and consumers, suggesting that it could intervene again if prices fall dramatically.
  • American crude inventories are expected to reverse last week’s surprise decline, with data pointing to a million barrel gain, that capped gains in crude prices earlier this week.
  • The US active oil and gas rig count gained 3 sites last week. It was a fifth consecutive week of gains for oil rigs, inching up by 1 to 790, just shy of the 800 mark.
  • Crude price outlook: Lingering concerns over the swell of US crude output should trim crude prices back to US$65-66/b range for Brent and US$62-63/b for WTI.

Headlines of the week

  • BHP Billiton and ExxonMobil, 50:50 partners in the Gippsland Basin Joint Venture, have dropped plans to sell their 13 fields, licences and associated infrastructure in some of Australia’s largest and oldest onshore oilfields.
  • Abu Dhabi has chosen Spain’s Cepsa to develop its offshore oil shores in a push to diversify partnerships; the Madrid-based player will take a 20% stake in the Umm Lulu and Sateh Al Razboot Persian Gulf fields.
  • India also gained a foothold in Abu Dhabi, with an ONGC-led consortium securing a 10% stake in the Lower Zakum concession for US$600 million.
  • Aker BP announced a moderate discovery in the North Sea’s Alvheim, with the Frosk well yielding ‘encouraging’ flows of 30-60 mmboe.
  • With turmoil in Iraq’s Kurdistan region dying down, Chevron has resumed drilling operations in the area, starting the Sarta 3 field.
  • South Korea’s SK Innovation has made an oil discovery in the PRMB 17/03 Block in China’s section of the South China Sea; SK Innovation has an 80% stake in the block, with CNOOC holding the remainder.
  • India’s ONGC has turn to international service firms for the first time, shortlisting Halliburton, Schlumberger and Baker Highs to assist in boosting production at its onshore Gujarat and Assam oil fields.
  • As Egypt prepares to offer ten new onshore blocks for exploration, Kuwait Energy announced it had struck oil in the South Kheir-1X well, with small flows of some 2,000 b/d of crude oil.

  • Turkey’s first new oil refinery in 30 years, SOCAR’s US$6 billion 300 kb/d Star refinery, is scheduled to start up in the third quarter of 2018.
  • Amid US sanctions and Venezuela’s financial woes, PDVSA’s American arm Citgo Petroleum has slowed plans to upgrade its 235 kb/d refinery in Aruba. The Dutch territory has raised the issue with the US government.
  • Total, Borealis and NOVA Chemicals have formed a US Gulf Coast 50:50 petrochemicals joint venture, integrating the Bayport and Port Arthur facilities of Total and Novealis (a Borealis-NOVA joint venture).
  • ExxonMobil has acquired a 2.5% stake in the crucial Baku-Tblisi–Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline in Azerbaijan from Itochu’s subsidiary CIECO.

Natural Gas/LNG

  • ExxonMobil has halted operations at PNG LNG as a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the highlands Papua New Guinea; Oil Search also halted its drilling activities in the wake of the quake.
  • Petronas has inked its first LNG contract with India, agreeing to supply an undisclosed amount of LNG to Dubai-based H-Energy Mideast DMCC.
  • Spain’s Repsol will be selling its ‘non-strategic’ 20% stake in Gas Natural to CVC Capital Partners for €3.82 billion euros.
  • Thailand has pushed the new auctions for the Erawan and Bongkot gas fields back by a month to April, with a decision expected by end-2018.

  • Extending a partnership that began with the Subsea Integration Alliance in 2015, Schlumberger and Subsea 7 have announced plans to form a 50:50 joint venture, which would boost their FEED capabilities.

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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Advice for Community College Faculty Job Seekers

Melissa Dennihy, from Queensborough Community College (CUNY), has a good piece in IHE offering advice for folks seeking faculty jobs at community colleges.  I’ll say “yes” to nearly all of it, with one asterisk, and offer advice for an earlier stage. If you’re in grad school and have a community college faculty position in mind, what can you do to position yourself?

The asterisk comes with her point about research expectations.  It’s true that the CUNY community colleges generally have research expectations for faculty.  But the CUNY schools are outliers, nationally; most community colleges don’t. While research is welcomed and congratulated, it is not usually required.  In my fifteen years of community college administration at three different places in two states, I’ve never seen a professor fired for lack of research. With a few exceptions, that’s not the coin of the realm in this sector.

Dennihy advises that you should expect to be asked to give a teaching demonstration.  That’s certainly true. I’d add that if you can find a way to gain experience with online teaching, that will help.  Many colleges have more demand for online classes than they have incumbent faculty who are comfortable teaching them; offloading them onto the new hire is a way for departments to meet enrollment needs and keep the peace.  If you’re in the running to be the new hire, showing an ability and willingness to teach online could tip the balance.

If you’re coming from a graduate program at a place that’s relatively selective at the undergrad level, you may encounter skepticism about your experience or knowledge of working with underprepared students.  If you can pick up experience adjuncting at a place with students similar to those at a community college, or even working in a tutoring center, that can help. If your only teaching experience is as a T.A. at a selective place, you may not be credible about your ability to reach the students you’d actually have.

At most community colleges now, full-time faculty lines are rare and carefully allocated.  If a college actually posts one, it’s trying to solve a problem. Presenting yourself as a possible solution could make it easier to say yes.  For example, many faculty are skeptical of outcomes assessment. If you can pick up some experience with it and present yourself as eager to tackle the task, you may quickly rise to the top of the list.  As with online teaching, you could represent the possibility of the department both meeting its obligations and keeping the peace. That’s powerful.

Be honest with yourself about why you’re applying.  If you feel like you’re settling, or the position is beneath you, you may unconsciously give off signals that will turn off the committee.  A few years ago I interviewed a candidate who opened with “you might be surprised that someone like me would be willing to work here, but I am!”  I don’t know what he thought “someone like me” meant, but his candidacy died on the spot. If you think you don’t belong here, I’ll assume you’re right.

Anything you can do to demonstrate that you’re concerned about diversity can help.  Community colleges are the most diverse sector of higher education. It wouldn’t be unususal for a class of thirty to include people from multiple countries, speaking multiple first languages, and ranging in age from sixteen to sixty.  Several may have prescribed accommodations for documented disabilities, each different from the other. Does that scare you or excite you? How have you handled that in the past? How have you changed your teaching over time to meet the needs of different sorts of students?

Finally, try to keep in mind that the notion of the job market as some sort of meritocracy is pure hogwash.  Years of sustained austerity, inflicted for various political reasons, has made the market much harder to crack than it used to be.  Don’t take rejection as anything more than losing a numbers game. I’ve seen some utterly excellent candidates walk away without offers, simply because other excellent candidates beat them.  It happens. Don’t let myths of fairness add insult to injury. It’s not worth it.

Good luck!

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Ontario SPCA seeks information from the public about rabbit farm near Holstein

The Ontario SPCA is seeking information from the public to assist in an ongoing investigation relating to a rabbit farm near Holstein, Ontario.

In August 2017, the Ontario SPCA became aware of videos circulating on social media that were taken inside a barn where the rabbits were housed. The original video, which is believed to have been taken by individual(s) who were not authorized to be inside the barn, has not yet been provided to the Ontario SPCA by its creator. As a result, the Ontario SPCA is unable to authenticate the video or determine when it was taken.

The Ontario SPCA subsequently launched an investigation to ensure the rabbits were receiving the care required and to determine whether an offence was committed under the Ontario SPCA Act. The Society is also trying to determine how approximately 100 rabbits ended up loose on the property, many of which unfortunately died as a result of vehicle traffic and wildlife.

Original witnesses have been unwilling to cooperate with the Ontario SPCA in this investigation. As a result, the Society has exhausted all leads at this time. We would like to speak to first-hand witnesses who may have information that could assist with this investigation.

If anyone has any first-hand information relating to the rabbit farm shown in the video, we urge them to report that information to us immediately by calling 310-SPCA (7722). Individuals who attempt to take the law into their own hands, instead of reporting concerns, are permitting animal cruelty to continue and can impede the Ontario SPCA’s ability to enforce animal cruelty legislation.


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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Free Shipping!

I will be returning to the real world tomorrow (Monday) but for now, you can still get free shipping in my SueBeads etsy store through tomorrow night! Use coupon code freeship when you checkout! Plus, all my European and Canadian friends, now's a great time to take advantage of the increased value of your currency against the American dollar (boo hoo for us!).

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I was recently asked to review a Facet Jewelry Box (by Kalmbach) - I said yes, of course! I was given a choice of either the Stringing Box -...


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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Happy New Year to you

I'd like to wish all my readers a Happy 2012. Whatever challenges lie ahead, I hope I can meet them with vigor, joy and support.
May your 2012 be filled with the good things you wish for yourself and time for your creative pursuits.

Friday, December 30, 2011

More Shettar

Some more glimpses at Ranjani Shettar's sculptural installations. 'Touch Me not'  took 2 weeks to assemble, although from this detail you can't get the scale of the work which stretched across 2 walls. Each pinhole was drilled to get the right angle, then it was added to the design and the resulting shadows add to the mass and give a shimmer to the work.

Francie, it was probably fishing line- you can just see a little of it in the upper right of this photo- unless it is just my imagination.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

NGV art

Saw a wonderful exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, by an Indian artist I have not come across before, Ranjani Shettar whose sculptures used the shadow from the installation for added impact or was it the whole point? 'Sun-sneezers blow light bubbles' was a favourite.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Too fast

It's all over too fast! Christmas anticipation....... and then it's gone in a flash.
We celebrated in Melbourne with an olive tree hung with decorations and stockings underneath. The tree is going to be a welcome addition to the family garden.

The alphabet quilt is being closely inspected. I think it will be a work in progress as I find more buttons and charms to stitch on. The panel just came with the letters, so I searched my stash for suitable printed fabric motifs. Now to hang it.

Friday, December 23, 2011

Had great fun putting together the bits for each page of a little book that is a Christmas gift. Still have to hand stitch and tizzy up the pages with buttons and beads etc.
Have some pockets for special surprises! Hope Santa surprises you in the nicest way possible. Joyful times to all my blog readers in this Holiday Season!

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Christmas gift sewing

This is a pile of fabric that may go into a Christmas gift, I need to stitch today for a special little person. It will be fun turning it into the vision I have of the finished project.
I did make a start a few days ago, in selecting a size for the felt book pages.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Lunch with friends

Lovely company at lunch with Kate, Jane and Suzanne and a special handmade gift from Jane. See more on her blog- Jane Madly Quilting. The food at FLUTE, Cavendish Road, Coorparoo was really delicious.
Rare Beef Salad
Fish cakes

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Machine clean

How often do you give your machine a clean? With all the stitching I do, it doesn't take long before my QE440 Bernina sends me a little message, when it is ready for me to clean and oil the bobbin race. It's a simple take apart, clean, oil, reassemble and the machine is soon purring away again.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Contextart Forum 2012

Have I mentioned I am thrilled to be a tutor at the inaugural Contextart Forum 2012 in the Blue Mountains, NSW in April 14-20. This is a great opportunity to study with a tutor for 2, 4 or 6 days, depending on your interest or perhaps out of your comfort zone to try something new. My workshops Surface Design Entree, 2 days and Quilted Textile Souvenirs, 4 days will explore the local environment for inspiration and we will get up close and personal with some of it to create our unique art cloth.
If you have friends who may not have heard about the forum, please direct them to the TAFTA website for more information or contact Janet deBoer for a brochure [PO Box 38, The Gap, Brisbane 4061]
Hope to meet you there!

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Old quilts #2

Here are a few of the other quilts in the collection, that caught my eye. Blogger is working a little faster now, so the uploading is not as slow as this morning.
The Friendship Album Applique quilt reinforces the social aspects of quilting and makes me think of the many women I have come to know thriugh quilting. As Chris says, "it doesn't matter if the points are cut off, quilts are made with love, to be loved".
So during this holiday season, I wish you happy times with family and friends. These joyful times are the stitches that keep the fabric of our lives together.

Today it has been extremely frustrating to upload anything to the blog, so instead, some words from Sarah Ban Breathnach-
"One of the most important milestones we'll hit along the way,
Is the moment when we finally find our own unique point of view
And realise how priceless it is."

Friday, December 16, 2011

Old quilts

This collection of old quilts from the Kathleen McCrady Quilt History Collection, reminds me of why quilts were important in daily life. The 'making do' is very evident in this Tobacco Sack Puff Quilt by Effie Roe.
We stopped to view part of the collection at Winedale, Texas while we were on a tour during the recent International Quilt Festival. Knowing that this quilt was used and loved gives me hope that quilts I'm making now may survive through several generations. I'd better begin educating the grandchildren now!

Thursday, December 15, 2011

When I bought peaches yesterday, I got a bonus- this net was part of the packaging. It made a great stencil, giving a snake skin appearance to the print.
And good old bubble wrap!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

$1 fun

How much fun can you have with $1 these days? Well in Las Vegas, you can make it go a looooong way in a 1cent pokie [slot machine]!
I didn't hit the jackpot. The lions at MGM Grand looked very bored with all the humans staring in.
We were at the Tropicana which had nice carpet and a few other attractions.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Anniversary flowers

Thank you for all the wonderful messages received yesterday via the blog and facebook. And special congratulations to the other couples who share the same anniversary day.
'When you open your eyes
upon the morning meadows
and look out
upon the beautiful world,
be thankful you are alive.'
Ralph Waldo Emerson
And loved, I'd have to say!

Monday, December 12, 2011

We are celebrating our 36th wedding anniversary today. Here's to many more!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Sunnybank Quilters

We had our last meeting of the year at my local group, Sunnybank Quilters. Many members and their families have had a difficult year with health issues. We presented these heart quilts [blocks made by individual members] to two ladies who need our love & support at this time.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Monoprint enhancement

Thanks to Chriss and Bridget for allowing me to show you their finished collaboration. They were in the monoprinting workshop in Florida and Chriss used a wonderfully textured base cloth. Bridget enhanced the design with threads/yarn and stitch & ta dah! I'm always happy to share your wonderful finished work on this blog.
Diane gum tree trunks are endlessly fascinating.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Gum tree bark

"It's not what you look at that matters, it is what you see." Thoreau

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Clean-up cloth

I'm still monoprinting fabric for a new series of quilts that have various January & February deadlines for juried exhibitions. As I'll be in India on a textile tour for most of January, I thought I'd better get them started and finished before I go! One side result is the 'trash to treasure' status of the clean-up cloth. Here there's also a narrow strip of wadding that got the paint treatment.
I have 1 quilt basted, waiting for stitching, I quilt top ready to baste, fabric ready to be cut & pieced into another quilt top & the fourth that is fabric on the design wall on the moment. This last one is going through rearragements, the digital photo design stage & a lot of 'what if's'. Bob has been away so I have made the most of the quiet time!

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Sand painting

Other interesting items in the Blanding display were native American crafts. The 2 sand paintings were so finely detailed. There is some reflection as they were under glass.
The softest buckskin with hand beading.


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#18238 - 12/17/05 12:30 PM Re: Shine on Snare Cable?
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Ric brings up a very important point, that is often overlooked. Get down and look at a set from the target animals view point. Looking straight down on a snare from above with white snow as a background looks quite different than when looking at it horizontally with brush/grass as a background.

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Thanks for the info guys.
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Thanx Ric now I'm all covered in snow. lol
Makes sense though. Never thought about it that way.

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Super Glues Improve Fuel Efficiency In New Cars

September 18th, 2014
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According to a Wall Street Journal article, September 8, 2014, Super Glues are being used to help make cars lighter in order to ultimately improve fuel economy.

Heavier metal fasteners like rivets, nuts and bolts are being replaced by super glues which can hold things together just as well, or better, while improving fuel efficiency.

“The global market for structural adhesives used in cars, airplanes and other vehicles should hit $2 billion this year, up from $1.5 billion a decade ago,” according to IHS senior consultant Erik Linak quoted in the article.

The WSJ article states that “carbon fibers and other composite materials lend themselves more to glues than screws” and lighter weight aluminum and composite fibers are what automobile manufacturers are using instead of heavier substrates like steel wherever possible in new cars.  “About 27 pounds of adhesives go into the typical car today, up from 18 pounds a decade ago,” said Daniel Murad, chief executive of ChemQuest Group Inc., a Cinncinati consulting firm.

Deciding which metal fasteners can be replaced by glues is a challenge for engineers.  Safety is still their top priority and federal standards must continue to be met.  Adhesive manufacturers, working with engineers, are always seeking new formulas which can withstand higher temperatures, be removed and/or replaced easier, and bond to a wider range of substrates.

Using adhesives (super glues, epoxies, etc.) to replace fasteners is definitely on the rise, in the automobile and airline industries as well as many other industries,  and this is excellent news for manufacturers and consumers!

Model Making: From Dream to Reality

July 25th, 2013
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This amazing architectural model from Renzo Piano workshop for the Whitney Museum of Art is just one example of how models are used to transform dreams into reality.

Communication is tough and model making is often used to help people visualize concepts and designs prior to building.  Seeing really is believing!  Architects often use models to show clients exactly how the finished product will look down to some of the most intricate details.

Many of our customers are model makers, both professionally and as hobbyists.  We’ve heard from many architects who write in to tell us how well our epoxies and super glues work for building prototypes and models which effectively communicate design concepts and ideas to customers.   It’s a pleasure to work with people who share our passion for “Adhering to Excellence”!

Super Glue Team Hits Universal Studios!

October 11th, 2012
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Super Glue Corporation treated employees along with their families, and all of its local vendors, to a day at Universal Studios recently.  Over 360 people attended the fun-filled day!  A picnic lunch was served in an amazing star-studded dining room with Shrek videos looping non-stop for the kids!  All of the incredible attractions were available to us (Animal Actors and Special Effects shows were two favorites) and a great time was had by all!

High quality products and excellent customer service are two key features of Super Glue Corporation, a privately held, American based, manufacturing company, and how better to breed, and exemplify, that corporate philosophy than by treating employees like they are gold … what goes around comes around with customers treated like they are gold as well by each and every employee at Super Glue Corporation!

How lucky we are, too, that our corporate headquarters is in Rancho Cucamonga, California not far from this terrific Hollywood Theme Park!  A place that seems to have the same philosophy about high quality products and excellent customer service as Super Glue Corporation does — we were treated like gold and had a grand experience!

Super Glue Corporation is home to many brand name adhesives products like The Original Super Glue(R), ZAP(R), ProSeal(R), Pacer(R), Front Porch Treasures(R), and Bondini(R) and we know that our cyanoacrylates (super glues), epoxies, contact cements, silicone sealants, and many other products are critical to creating much of the magic we see in movies!

Check out this blog we wrote awhile back about how they used super glue and baking soda to make snow in the Universal Studios distributed movie, Coraline!  And check out this blog about the many masks used in making the 3D feature animation, Paranorman, and how they used super glue to strengthen each one!  Again, what goes around comes around ….  We appreciate their products (Universal Studios Theme Park) and they appreciate ours (Super Corporation Adhesives)!

So … a special day, indeed!  Fun to be with our work family and our real family, in the same place at the same time …. and fun to see the magic, our products help to create, in action!

Science Fair Project Ideas

August 23rd, 2012
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Hey, Students!  As you begin brainstorming your science fair project ideas be sure to think about how you might incorporate The Original Super Glue brand products into your plans!  We are always interested in helping budding scientists reach for their dreams, AND our product development team is always interested in new and unique ways our products are being used.

Some project ideas, like this Soda Bottle Magnetometer used to “monitor changes in the Earth’s magnetic field for signs of magnetic storms”  just use super glue to build the project’s monitoring device whereas other project ideas may be about the actual super glue itself (such as comparing the holding power of super glue or epoxies to other adhesives).  Either way — we want to help you out!

If you need super glue products to use for a science project simply send us your request for “Science Fair Project Super Glue Products” along with your name,  and the products you need (supplies may be limited), and we will send you some sample products.  If you’ve used our products in a science fair project before, and have a picture, or description, of the how the products were used, send us that as well and we may use your story in our blog (and send you some sample products).

Happy Experimenting!!

National Hardware Show Bound May 1-3 Las Vegas & Coming Up Automechanika September 11-16 Frankfurt

April 25th, 2012
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Super Glue Corporation and Pacer Technology sales teams will be attending the National Hardware Show, May 1-3, 2012, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.  If you are there, please stop by our Booth #5421!  Our newest product, E-Z Fuse Tape, will be showcased in the New Products area and our booth will have samples of all of our many adhesive solutions including high performance engineering products like threadlockers, sealants, epoxies, and maintenance and repair products for industrial and automotive uses.

And coming up in September … look for us at automechanika in Frankfurt, Germany!  We will be showcasing our ProSeal automotive and Pacer industrial brands along with The Original Super Glue products at both upcoming tradeshows!

2010 Winter Olympics Musings

February 24th, 2010
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What would this month have been without the Winter Olympics to watch on tv each evening?  All of the gifted, committed athletes gathering together, in Vancouver, from around the globe, hoping to achieve their personal best and maybe even bring home a medal!  Each event is exciting and each personal story so inspiring.  All of the daily effort, hard work, drive and support it takes to reach this pinnacle of excellence is truly motivational.  The side story to all of this is what impacts everyone who watches even just one of the events or hears just one of the personal stories.  Events like the Olympics remind us that passion and focus are critical to success!

So many of the athletes talk about how, when they were youngsters starting out in the sport, they followed their Olympic heroes and  dreamt of the day when they, too, might participate in the games.  Suddenly, around town we witness increases in attendance at the local skating rinks.  Four year olds know the names of Shaun White,  Shani Davis, Apolo Anton Ono, Lindsey Vonn,  Bode Miller and so many others.  They begin to emulate their style; climbing the hillsides pretending to snowboard down on a sheet of plywood or plastic sheeting like them; dressing like them; reading about them; following them.  And suddenly a new batch of heroes emerge.

The new heroes might not be athletes though.  They may end up being teachers, doctors, engineers, inventors, parents, writers, landscapers, scientists, electricians, or artists.  But the same sticktoitiveness, passion and focus, that takes an athlete to the Olympics, fuels all of the creative producers in the world.  It’s exciting to witness all kinds of passion and focus and we, as consumer product manufacturers and distributors, get to see lots of it in action ourselves.

Many of the consumers of our products here at Super Glue Corporation are extreme hobbyists, crafters, artists, engineers, and technicians who, each in their own way, model the same characteristics as Olympic athletes.  They are focused achievers who are driven by passion to create, invent, design and improve.  They are risk takers who use their imagination to envision things that they then set out to bring to fruition.  It’s quite impressive.

One interesting fact (also connected to the Winter Olympics – I warned you there were musings in this post:)) is that snowboarders use epoxies and super glues to build and repair their boards.  This makes perfect sense.  Epoxies and super glues are super strong and work really well with substates, involved in building snowboards; like woods, metals, fiberglass, kevlar, etc.  We even have a waterproof epoxy that will hold up under the most extreme wet, winter conditions.  Chips, dings, and other repairs can be fixed in minutes using these inexpensive, readily available products.

For fun, check out the The Adventures of John blog for some details on how to make your own snowboard.

Through research for this blog, and from the consumers who write in to us at info@supergluecorp.com, we get to see passion, focus and creativity in action.  We get to connect and link into how real, talented people are using our products to meet specific challenges which, in turn, helps motivate us to improve, advance, and deliver more choices and better products.  We all share a kind of  Olympic spirit. Our motto is “Adhering to Excellence”.  What about you?  Do you have a passion and focus in your work or career that you feel is similar to an Olympian’s desire to be at the top of their game?  Tell us about it.

We love hearing from you, and we love working with consumers to ensure that you have the right products for all of your adhesive needs!

Gotta go now …. need to finish up with my work so I can catch some USA hockey in a few … SCORE!


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Romans 11:7

Oct 6, 2013   //   by Charlie Garrett   //   Daily Writing, Epistles (written), Romans, Romans 11, Writings  //  No Comments

Sunday, 6 October 2013

What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. Romans 11:7

The previous verses were speaking of grace being grace – unmerited favor apart from works. This is the state of the remnant Jews who are a part of God’s election. Based on this, Paul now asks, “What then?” What is the result for the rest of the Jews who are not a part of this process of election? For an answer, Paul now cites them as “Israel.” In other words, the majority is spoken of as the whole. “Israel has not obtained what it seeks.”

The nation has failed to attain the very thing for which is was continuously noted. In the world of the Roman empire, the majority of the people groups sought after power and wealth. Although this was certainly the case with many individual Jews, the overall aim of the nation wasn’t power or wealth, but righteousness. However, in their search for attaining righteousness, they became blinded to the only One who could make them righteous.

We could ask, whose fault was this? Directly from Scripture, we can see that it was a national, self-inflicted wound because there were individuals who in fact did recognize Christ’s coming. Zachariah and Elizabeth, the parents of John the Baptist, heard and believed. Simeon and Anna who saw the Child when He was brought to the temple recognized Him.

From this springboard came the apostles and disciples and others noted in the gospel record. After the resurrection, 3000 were saved on the day of Pentecost. These and others recorded in the gospels and Acts show that even though Israel failed in this regard, a portion of the nation obtained the favored status of God’s election; they became the elect. But if the remnant is the elect, then there is an opposite side to the coin. Paul explains that “the rest were blinded.”

The word used for “were blinded” is the Greek word epōrōthēsan. It comes from a word which was applied to bony formations on joints; a callus or a spur. The thought then is something that is petrified or covered with a callous. In the New Testament, it is used only five times, each in a figurative sense. John 12:40 uses it when citing Isaiah –

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, Lest they should see with their eyes, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.” John 12:40

Here we have a question to consider then. “How were they hardened?” The Bible doesn’t tell us. In the case of the elect, it says that they have obtained that status “according to the election of grace” (v. 6). Thus it was of God. However, in the case of those who were hardened, the Bible only notes that it is so, but without designating the source.

Those who recognized the Messiah were given grace; those who rejected Him were hardened. What can be inferred then is that the action is passive on the part of God concerning their hardening. To understand this, think of a group of people stuck in a large pit in the ground. In the pit are the instructions to get out of the pit, but they lack the skills to fully comply with the instructions. In the instructions though, it tells that a way will be made available by the author who wrote the instructions for them to get out of the pit.

Eventually, the author of the instructions lowers a line down for the people. Those who recognize that this is the pre-mentioned way of getting out of the pit take hold of the rope and are pulled out. Despite this, there are those who stubbornly set about and continue to work on the instructions, never realizing that those instructions, though complete, are incapable of getting the people out of the pit, not because the instructions were faulty, but because the skills needed to comply with them were lacking. Only what the instructions promise – the rope – could do it. They become so obsessed with following the instructions, that they actually miss the grace of the rope. Eventually, the pit consumes them. What they sought they did not find, and it was solely their own fault for failing to lift their eyes and see that a way had been prepared for them. The hardening was passive – “Ok, have it your way…”

Life application: The instructions from God, in fact, point to the proper means of being reconciled to God. The law was intended to lead the people to understand their need for Christ, but in their zeal for the law, they missed its purpose. This still happens today. People fail to see Christ as the fulfillment and the end of the law and attempt to reinsert the law where it doesn’t belong, thus condemning themselves. Christ is the end of the law for all who believe; therefore, believe and be saved.

Heavenly Father, what good is the law unless the law has an end. Shall I spend eternity attempting to do what is impossible? Can I ever be free from this bondage? The answer is “Yes!” In Christ, I am free. The law is fulfilled in Him and He is the fulfillment of it! I thank You for His work on my behalf. I receive the work of Christ, the Author and Finisher of my faith! Amen.

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