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Sink Cat sez: "omg, YOU AGANZ? evur herd of pryvasee?" [Flickr]
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If Lucy Fell [in love with the bread maker]
[as you'll see in the first video, lucy was mesmerized by the bread maker, and i'm not surprised, seeing as this was the first time in her six years that it's been turned on. (yes) p.s. make sure you turn up your sound.] [a few moments later, she's still enamored...and...
I know that some of you knew full well what this was going to be about just by looking at the title...and that's because you've been where I am right now. You've felt annoyed, talked yourself into dizzying circles, convinced yourself to see things that weren't there, become inconsolably pissed...
Things that charmed me this week:
A pitcher of water infused with sliced lemons. Being warm & insulated during a snowstorm. A fluffy cat who kept reminding me to pick him up and nuzzle his face. My ugly, ugly bread machine loaf of olive & feta cheese "Greek Style Bread". It was flat, flat, flat, but...
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Thursday Drive
A leaf, pale gold and curled, lifts from a branch and rises in the updraft of an easy, cold breeze. It’s the middle of February, near the end of a rough winter, and somehow that leaf had been holding tight to its branch for all these months, through several feet...
This time last year, when I still lived in Arizona, I went for a drive one morning and took these photos: (all images, click to enlarge) Whenever it would snow in the mountains to the north of Phoenix, I would scout the house for whatever coats and gloves I could find –...
I walk a few steps, turn. Walk back across this room. Turn again. I look down as I cross this space with my steps, study it like I’m looking for a lost contact or a straight pin or one of the tiny pieces of my soul that holds the rest of...
One minute it isn’t snowing, and the next it is. Elle, still in her pajamas, throws open the front door and calls to us. Come look, it’s snowing! All week long, she had said it was going to snow on Saturday and was sure of it. A girl in her class...
Before breakfast on a school day. We stand side by side at the window, looking out, son and mother. A stream runs behind the house, fast and full when it rains or quiet and slow, like now. Beyond the stream, the woods. The forest floor is an endless brown and...
As you know, these last few weeks have held some big changes, and I’m still trying to get my bearings. I don’t like writing a sorry I haven’t been around much lately post, but these days I feel less like the author of this blog and more like someone who...
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Here are the Saturday Night Word Nerd answers and WINNERS. Answers first. Winners below. Great job, everyone—lots of you got ‘em all right! 1. Exasperate means a) cut with a sharp instrument b) think intently c) irritate intensely d) breakdance ANSWER: c) irritate intensely 2. Ablate means a) surgically remove body tissue b) stop c) adjourn d) legally remove one’s claim to...
Guys, this was torture! Pure, wonderful torture. I had a difficult time narrowing the cat photos down to a small group of finalists. I had to make some tough decisions. If you’d like to peruse Groups 1 through 5, here’s the link: PW Photography Assignments – Cats And…here are the finalists. Winner will be...
Saturday Night Word Nerd Quiz – Enter Now!
Are you ready, Word Nerds? THE PRIZES I’ll award first prize to the first person who correctly answers all questions. In addition, given that not everyone’s fingers work at the same speed, I will also award a first place prize to a randomly selected player who correctly answers all questions. Two (2) FIRST...
One Argument for Having Another Baby
Charlie just woke up. Well, I woke him up. The time was 11:30 am. Charlie’s not an early riser. Actually, I take that back. Charlie is an early riser. He rises at approximately 4:30 am. Then he walks into our bedroom, makes his way around to our side of the bed, and...
This has been an amazing assignment—I’m completely in love with cats and now want eleven of them. This is the fifth and final group; I added a fifth group because of the number of entries received—and the number of great entries received! You guys are talented. By CoriK. I love this! By Team.Breeze. Lovely! By...
I have a list. Not another list. I’m really sorry. It’s the staccato nature of how my mind has been working lately, for reasons I’ll list below. In my list. List list list. List. And list again. 1. For the past two weeks, I’ve been trying to finish this, the bizarre online romance novel...
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Jacob Zuma and the debate on the evils of polygamy
Much can be said about cultures as practised by the peoples of the world. One aspect that in particular consumes many words is the argument as to whether some cultures are better than others. It’s a value judgement that should or shouldn’t be made. Depends entirely on your point of view...
Happy New Year to the year of the Tiger
The lunar New Year which was celebrated on February 14 in this year of 2010 has a special significance in Vietnam. Not only in Vietnam of course. China and Malaysia amongst other Asian countries also believe in the importance of this occasion. As with traditions surrounding Christmas or Easter as celebrated...
Would you like your child to become collateral damage
Imagine this scenario. Your child, or the child of another family member or friend, is seriously injured by somebody else. This other person is totally unrelated to you, is using guns and bombs in a battle with somebody else about an issue that you can’t even understand never mind would...
Here’s the question. If somebody has wronged you and they apologise as soon as they know they have made the mistake what is your reaction? You will probably forgive fairly quickly, especially if it was a minor transgression. If that person, however, takes a long time before they admit to their...
Remembering the fall of apartheid twenty years ago
Remembering the day February 2, 1990 in South Africa! On an epic day the then president de Klerk offered South Africans, of all persuasion, and the world a total dismantling of the apartheid regime. Read an excellent article on this here. It makes one reflect that anything is possible. Not many...
YouTube and TV - the competition hots up
In a surprising turn of events Google’s YouTube has signed up the rights to show all games of the Indian Premier League cricket competition live online. The deal runs over a period of two years. Of course the sports body can still sell the rights to the TV broadcast to any...
No Pasa Nada
“The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium.” ~Norbet Platt Ahoy! Holla! Hola! Oh my fucking hell, what day is it? The fine people of Apple still have my laptop in some...
“There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them.” ~Sylvia Plath In the past 36 hours my iPhone and MacBook have blown up in my face. The former makes no sound and the latter has a hard drive malfunction....
“Friends are relatives you make for yourself.” ~Eustache Deschamps I know you didn’t ask but my weekend was wonderful. Alana turned Amazing Years Old and to celebrate her husband, Matthew, threw her a fete fit for her lovely self. Now I, being the misanthrope that we all know and try like...
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” ~Mark Twain First of all, quick story: I’m sitting in my office Friday afternoon when Peg pops in to tell me that she’s written something to guest post. Actually let me back up further than that...
“My life has a superb cast but I can’t figure out the plot.” ~Ashleigh Brilliant Things have been a little light here lately, no? Perhaps it’s the early darkness that causes me to retreat to my bed with episodes of Arrested Development by my side at 5:30 PM. Also, I have...
Oh look at her with one of her ‘problems’ again…
“Some persons are very decisive when it comes to avoiding decisions.” ~Brendan Francis Don’t think that I didn’t exaggerate and roll my eyes when putting those air quotes around ‘problem’. Oops, I did it again. Also don’t think that now isn’t really the time for me to be coming to the...
Going The Wong Way
Inspired by war, here is a fun little game that was concocted by yours truly. In keeping with finding out the origin of things, this took place at the winter retreat of the Hi Koi fellowship in December 2007. Anyways, the game adds the mindlessness of war with...
Search for anything of substance, and you will find that it is quite easy to start believing that there is only one option that will satisfy. And even though it is near impossible to tell whether you have exhausted all possibilities in the world, you know that you will...
Given enough time, we rather forget about the origin of things. That reminds me of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy where the novels are set thousands of years in the future, and the things that we know about now have by then become so far removed so as to be...
Amelia Earhart’s parents must not have been at all surprised by the career that she chose. Hopefully the outcome is more positive than her namesake’s, though. Oh well, I guess that everyone needs to have a “thing” huh? Late breaking news! There is a huge surge in babies named...
Growing up, I heard the children’s rhyme: Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me It was assumed that this saying would protect us from other people’s mean words. And when you’re a young child, it is easy to trick yourself into believing it. But then you...
I have frequently heard people advocating government jobs. That is, the people that I know will talk about how good it is to be a government employee. They talk about the pension, benefits, and job security, to name a few. All of these things are true. ...
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Andreessen’s Advice To Old Media: “Burn The Boats”
Mark Andreesen was in New York yesterday and sat down with TechCrunch Andreessen once famously put the New York Times on deathwatch for its stubborn insistence on trying to save and prolong its legacy print business. With all the recent excitement in media quarters recently over Apple’s upcoming iPad and other...
Charles Robinson is right on, Chicago’s spending spree is a sign that both the coaches and management are fearful of losing their job. $91.5 million for Julius Peppers is insane. If I am Jake Delhomme or Troy Smith, Denver may be an attractive landing spot for me. Chris Simms didn’t impress...
This post in honor of Mike Todd’s tweet today. For those of you who have been terrified by grizzly bears in the past, this cult favorite documentary by Peter Lynch about Troy Hurtubise shows you how you can survive a Grizzly Bear attack. More seriously, this is kind of what...
From the Globe and Mail Police have found the body of a Toronto man who wanted to test his survival skills in the woods north of Huntsville, Ont. Richard Code was an avid follower of the television show Survivorman and had taken few supplies on what was to be a weekend trip. His...
In case you are wondering what the drive is like from Saskatoon to the cabin, it looks like this video from the Hedge Society. The big difference is the music, generally Mark is singing out loud while playing his iPod in the back seat at this point of the drive....
When a Search & Rescue Goes Wrong
From explore magazine, a sad tale of a botched search and rescue which left one women dead and a lot of unanswered questions. There are 85 search-and-rescue associations in the province, staffed by roughly 4,700 volunteers. However, these groups can only launch a rescue mission after they are enlisted by an...
Carrie and Danielle
Women and Divorce, Making Smart Financial Decisions
Going through a divorce and the financial challenges that come with it is something that nobody wants and that’s accentuated for a woman. When going through divorce proceedings, women more so than men, there is not only the financial future to worry about but also for the family and [...] Related...
Financial Advice for Women, Personal Money Management
When it comes to women in the workforce they are there more than ever before and the range that they are in the market ranges from construction to a professor. In most cases though women still aren’t making the same amount of money as men so it’s even more [...] Related...
The Truth about Money, Men and Women, His and Hers
When it comes to looking after money it is something that can be very challenging. When it comes to looking after money it means that you have to be extremely particular about the way that you spend your money. What comes with that is that you have to be [...] Related...
Financial Advice, Is It Really That Different For Men and Women?
When it comes to offering financial advice for women, especially as a guy, it can be an extremely delicate subject. We’re taught these days that we’re all equal in terms of all things: • Business • Employment • Education • Advancement • Etc… For the most part it’s something that is easy enough to do. We’re [...] Related...
Financial Help for Women, Having a Baby as a Single Mother
Having a child is one of the events that aren’t only a happy time but one of those times that makes single moms wonder where the money is going to come from and a lot of them have to turn for financial help, possibly for the very first time. When [...] Related...
Financial Help for Women, Creating Your Family Budget
As women we are for most instances responsible for the creation of the family budget to make sure that everything is purchased and the financial viability of the family unit stays intact. So where and how to begin is what we’re here to talk about today. Beginning the creation of [...] Related...
Apartment Life
An apartment break-in is something that we hope never happens to you, but if it ever does, here's what to do about it...!...
Organizing Your Apartment Bedroom
Though it's tempting to stuff things under the bed or in the closet just to get them out of the way, taking time to tidy up is so worth it....
Downtown Apartments: Living in Style
Though downtown apartments cost more, being just steps away from nightlife, restaurants, museums and work makes that extra cost worth it for many renters....
Replacing Your Apartment’s Air Filter
Not only can replacing your air filter improve the air quality inside your home — it catches dirt, dust and pet dander — it can help your air conditioner run more efficiently....
6 Ways to Make Your Apartment Feel Like Home
Home sweet home in an apartment? Of course! Renters don't have to feel like just because someone else owns the place, they can't make it their own....
When the mercury bottoms out, many find themselves dealing with flooded apartments because of burst pipes. Flooding can happen anytime, though. What do you do when your apartment is flooded?...
Truer Words - A Journal
It's been fifty one days since I dropped Lauren off at her grandmother's house in North Carolina. I haven't talked to her since. I did finally get around to putting up my last batch of pictures from her visit at the beginning of October. You can find them at the end...
I used to do Sudoku all the time, but I lost interest around the time Lauren came into our lives. Coincidentally (?), I'm back into it again. (Oh, what's Sudoku? It looks something like a crossword puzzle, but it's all numbers. 9x9 grid, divided into nine 3x3 sections. To finish the...
As I drove Corinne to work this morning, she casually mentioned the recurring dream she has about Lauren. … Sigh. There are two for me. Or I should say, one recurring dream and one recurring daydream. The night-time-while-I'm-sleeping dream is quite silly, and in fact it's more of a memory than a dream. She's...
Jed is 35 today. I haven't seen him since his wedding two and a half years go. Corinne hasn't seen him since he moved out of our house almost four years ago. (This was wrong, forgot about his visit a few months after the wedding. So it's been a little over...
Retail software is a three legged stool. User Interface Engineering Right? Oh, what? There are only two legs there? Huh. What's missing? Marketing is the third leg. Very rare is the product that can succeed without it, no matter how well crafted. (Yet so many try.) More on this soon. Something very big is brewing....
Tonight (er, last night, since it's now 2 am) I had to break a little girl's heart. And mine. Again. She cried. She begged me to stay or take her back to "Oma's house" or just give her one more hug-and-kiss (a dozen times). I won't embarrass her (future self)...
TIME GOES BY
You never know who you're going to meet on the internet and I came to know Peter Tibbles (bio here) via email over the past couple of years. His extensive knowledge of most genres of music and his excellent taste......
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the weekly Gray Matters column which appears here each Saturday. Links to past Gray Matters columns can be found here. Saul's Reflections column, in which he comments on news, politics and social issues......
It's a long way from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon – somewhere, according to Google Maps, in the realm of 3,300 miles depending on which highway you drive – and the moving company is going to charge a lot of......
When Your Home is on the Market
It's not like this is a surprise; it was only a little less than five years ago that my New York home was on the market. But I am that much older now and I had forgotten how damned hard......
Blame Ollie the cat for today's lighter-than-air post. Once upon a time, back in 2004, he was a winsome baby kitten, still frightened in his new home far away from mom in Philadelphia, but oh so eager to please. Now,......
A Theory of Health Care Spending
For a good while, I've had a half-baked and only half-joking theory that health care spending would not be so high if we were not constantly reminded of all the things that could be wrong with us. I watch or......
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Simple Marriage Podcast #3: 60 Days of Sex
It’s been a while since we’ve had a podcast here on Simple Marriage, so it high time we offer another up. Here it is. Today, you won’t have to sit and listen to just me. Instead you will be treated to an interview I had with Tony and Alisa DiLorenzo of...
This is a follow up to last week’s post on Nice People sex as well as a bonus Pre-Sex Week post. Sex is powerful, chaotic, and wild. Full of all types of energy – spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical. Every person who ventures into the world of sex does so with...
Scene: You are sitting in the plane getting ready for takeoff and watching with amusement as the flight attendant shares with you the safety features of the Boeing 747 you are flying on. You get past the seat-belt demo, the tray table being upright, the emergency lights leading to the...
The Virtuous Marriage: Industry
This is the sixth post in a series about living the virtuous life like Benjamin Franklin. We’re taking his life and applying it to marriage and relationships. Lose no time. Be always employed in something useful. Cut off all unnecessary actions. I enjoy being lazy as much as the next guy, perhaps...
Be on the look out for “Sex Week” – coming soon to Simple Marriage. A week’s worth of great posts on the topic of sex, which always seems to be a popular topic here on Simple Marriage, go figure. What I want from you is any questions or issues you’d like addressed...
Life’s Tough Enough: Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
“Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.” ~ Marquis de Condorcet If you took the strengths of others, and compared them to your weaknesses, how do you think you’d size up? And do you think this would make you feel good? The funny thing is, this is what...
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The person who means a lot to me . . .
Hey guys I am gonna tell you a small part of my coming into this world.I was in this other world of mine which was very magical and beautiful, which had everything that one aspires in life, everything that makes you happy. And then . . .On January 4 1989,...
Just two photos to describe my evening. The moon coming up in the eastern sky.The glorious sun going down in the western sky.One that goes up eventually comes down . . ....
Well the name's WICGACHistorically speaking, WICGAC = Wish I Could Get Another Chance. A blog which was started by me to pour my thoughts on my life actions which couldn't be reversed. It so happened one night, I was very disappointed that day and was restless with no means to restore my...
This is one of my recent works. For the first time I made use of the pictures which were taken by me. The image down was taken at the time of sandhi puja during Durga Puja 08. Similarly the the image of godesses Durga was taken on vijaya dashami during...
Nothing But Bonfires
In the early summer of 1994, when I was just fourteen, my friend Caroline gave me a mix tape to listen to one night. Actually, side A was a mix, but side B was an album she'd recorded from someone else, just something to fill in the blank space. I took...
I went down to see my parents in San Diego last weekend, where I did what I always do when I'm down there: shop with my mother, watch HGTV with my father, and eat as much food as is humanly possible. For some people, a week in Maui is what it...
Best Thing Ever: Dyson DC25 The Ball
Look, I know it's a lot of money. And it's not just that it's a lot of money, it's that it's a lot of money for a vacuum. But Internet, I am not lying to you when I say that the Dyson we bought a few months ago has actually...
The Blog Posts Just Write Themselves
I got some weird looks this morning as I walked from my desk to the office kitchen. And then I got a few more when I walked from my desk to the office bathroom. Awesome, I thought. I have a poppy seed from that bagel stuck in my teeth. Either that or my dress...
Disappointing Products Hall of Fame
It occurred to me recently that I am forever singing the praises of things I like, but---with the exception of that horrible nasty sorbet that hoodwinked me last year---I rarely remember to write about the things I don't like, the things I think I'll like which then end up letting me...
If there's one thing I'm not good at*, it's making snap decisions. No, I am definitely a girl who likes to prepare. This becomes a trifle inconvenient when I need to calculate a tip, and even worse when I take a taxi or have food delivered and need to calculate a tip...
Shiny Bits of Life
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It’s true – I worry enough about what people think that I could not wear this hoodie in public. But I think it’s very cool. Jackthreads is a very hip clothing sales site, accessible by invitation only. They offered this jacket recently. Much of their stuff is sold for half price...
I monitor Google Alerts as part of my job. It’s a great tool – and the price is right (free!). Due to evil spammers, I have been getting a lot of useless links – like the one I’ve highlighted in the bottom snapshot. That linked to a spammy link-bait site. All...
A good friend is a student at Denver Seminary. She shared some treasures from their book sale. I had to pass these precious findings on to you… There are some mixed messages found therein – Jerry claimed to be both the author of our troubles and the only name that can...
Faithful readers will know that I enjoy looking at the Sunday newspaper coupon supplements for a few moments of amusement each week. Swiss iced tea? No. At least not in gallon containers. Even then, no. Iced tea is a distinctively American thing. Gallon clear plastic jugs of a cold beverage are...