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As you're reading this, I'm wondering…in the White House = why President Obama's kids named the dog after him? B.O., the president's initials and 'Bo', the dogs name…well, it's kinda' cute…and remembering …I used to associate the initials B O with needing underarm deodorant…that's what we called 'body odor' when I was in grade school…wonder too, if the Pres got teased for his initials when he was a kid?
June 20, 2011…a #3 World-Wide Day. Today negotiations completed, some celebrations, more talks begin, romances and domestic focus in the headlines. Stock markets could be erratic and no financial focus. There's nervous energy effecting communications worldwide. In your lifestyle: You're looking for diversions, amusements, to go shopping and be entertained. Money may be spent foolishly and budgets get bruised. To use this day wisely, play Monopoly at home with friends or get away from home to mix business with pleasure.
Generally compatible Birthday numbers for #20 are: #1, #2 (need shared goals), #3, #4, #6, #7 (compatible, not practical), #8 (business), #9, #10, #11 (need shared goals), #12, #13, #15, #16, #17 (lucky with money), #18, #19, #20 (need shared), #21, #22, # 26, #25, #26 (domestic and financial success), #27, #29, #30, #31. #20 is competitive with incompatible numbers and is happiest getting recognition for being supportive.
If June 20 is your birthday, intimate relationships, friendliness, a good education, a business where attention to detail is valued, musical interests and cozy feelings of protection in your environment brings out the best in you. Your own home family and a lifestyle that is not focused on manual labor, preferably in the country (not a bustling urban community) and a laid, back, easy-going intimate love that appreciates your sympathetic, affectionate nature is in your future if you don't already have it.
In 2011, enjoy socializing, game-playing and keep the atmosphere around you cheerful and optimistic. Projects begun two years ago come to light and you have a better idea of where your future lies. You may find maintaining a budget difficult as your talents are realized and many things and people are attractive to you. Expect to scatter time, money and energy to enlarge and improve friendships and business relationships. Without being frivolous, enjoy being happy. Walk out the door with a smile on your face and leave your troubles at home to use this year's vibes wisely. You'll come down to earth in October and 2012 will put you to work organizing for practical purposes.
In 2011 wear the color yellow to attract amusing, artistic, inspirational relationships.
Topaz is your gem in 2011.
People whose names begin with the letters C, L an U rekindle friendships 2011.
Wednesday is your lucky day of the week in 2011.
Your 2011 lottery numbers are: 3, 5, 19, 21, 23, 30.
Celebrities born on June 20 are: Danny Aiello (Actor), Michael Anthony (Bassist/Van Halen), Chet Atkins (Guitarist), Michael Corbett (Actor), Olympia Dukakis (Actor), Errol Flynn (Actor), John Goodman (Actor/"Roseanne"), Bruce Gordon (Actor/"The Untouchables"), Lillian Hellman (Playwright), DeForest Kelley (Actor/"Star Trek"), Cyndi Lauper (Actor), Josh Lucas (Actor), Audie Murphy (WW II Hero/Actor), Jacques Offenbach (Composer), Butch Patrick (Actor ("The Munsters"), Lionel Richie (Singer), Adam Schiff (Politician), Dick Thon (Baseball Hall of Fame), Bob Vila (Entertainer), Brian Wilson (Singer/"Beachboys").
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A total of 52 Canadian-bred 3-year-olds remain eligible for the 2019 Queen's Plate after the May 1 second nomination deadline.
Of those 52, a total of 48 horses were original Canadian Triple Crown nominees back in February, while four horses have been supplemented, including Bitethebulletbro, One Bad Boy, Rising Star and Suiteconnected.
The list of nominees is headlined by Avie's Flatter, who will look to become the first horse since Norcliffe to win both the Coronation Futurity and the Queen's Plate. Avie's Flatter got his 3-year-old campaign off to a winning start, taking the Grade 3 Transylvania Stakes at Keeneland in April. Most recently, he ran a respectable sixth in the Grade 2 American Turf Stakes on the Kentucky Derby under card on May 4.
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While the Pittsburgh Steelers had nothing to play for in terms of seeding in the AFC on Sunday, they wanted to put forth a statement against the Cleveland Browns. While they did that with a 31-0 romping against the Browns and their fourth starting quarterback this season – Bruce Gradkowski, the Steelers may have paid a heavy price with a major injury of their own.
The injury took place in the second quarter when franchise QB Ben Roethlisberger was driven to the field on a play by Browns LB Willie McGinest. The QB laid on the turf for several minutes before he was taken off on a stretcher. While he was able to give the crowd a thumbs up while leaving the field, the mood of the game changed from another Steelers romp over their one-time rival to concern about Big Ben and his availability to play in the playoffs in two weeks.
The official word on Roethlisberger was a concussion. If that is all it was, the team will have avoided a serious debate on if the Steelers should have even played him on Sunday. The team played all their starters the entire game, and it wasn't until the team was able to put the game out of reach that the backups and third string players got a shot to play.
On the field, it was another futile effort for the Browns, who end the season having not scored an offensive touchdown in their final six games, setting a record. Gradkowski was no match for the leagues #1 ranked defense, as he was just 5-for-15 for 18 yards with two interceptions. He was rushed all day long, and never had a shot to do much of anything vs a hungry Steelers defense that was beat up last week in a loss to the Titans.
On offense, the Steelers used a steady dose of the running game to pound the Browns all day. Willie Parker looked like the Pro Bowl back of old, rushing for 116 yards on 23 carries with a TD and an average of 5 yards per carry. Mewelde Moore piled on 23 yards on four carries, and Gary Russell scored on a three-yard run to make it 24-0. Overall the team had 179 yards on the ground.
Byron Leftwich, playing after Roethlisberger went down, was 7-for-12 for 80 yards. He also scrambled in for an 8-yard touchdown with :32 seconds left in the first half to make it 14-0. The game started out slow, as Phil Dawson missed a 53-yard field goal for the Browns, and Roethlisberger had the Steelers on Cleveland's 20, but threw a rushed interception to Sean Jones to end a drive in a scoreless first quarter.
The Browns end the season at 4-12, and lost 7 of their final 8 games. The 12-4 Steelers will sit back and wait for the playoffs to play out next week, then hope that their franchise QB will be ready to go for the divisional playoffs in two weeks when they host an AFC team on January 10th or 11th.
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Recently, I was asked which Urban Decay Naked Palette would I buy? 1,2, or 3?
Here's my humble opinion:)
I own Naked 1. Best $52 I have ever spent on makeup. Naked 1 has been good to me. It's one of the best basic neutral palettes. You can create looks from the palette alone or use some of the colors from the palette with other palettes and shadows to create eye looks from bold to natural.
Naked 2, in my opinion, is very similar is color makeup and color dimensions of the Naked 1 palette but has added darker shades. Its a great palette for smoky eyes.
Naked 3 is the newest baby of the Naked collection. Its got some beautiful pinks and some unique colors only to that palette. I'm currently on the fence about it though. I don't know if I want a $52 palette of pink shades. However, I've seen some great looks created with Naked 3. Plus, I've been going through my palettes, and I don't have any colors similar to Naked 3 colors. I think I may go get it.:)
Definitely buy Naked 1 for classic colors and then pick between 2 and 3, if want another one.
Oh....and there is Naked Basics, a five shadow palette with basic matte neutrals. Some of those shades have said to be in the other Naked palettes or dupes in other palettes outside of Urban Decay. I would skip Naked Basics at $28 and go for the gusto with Naked 1 for $52.
If I could afford it, honestly, I would have all three. lol! I'm a makeup junkie but I'm a savvy in the pocket.:)


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Ariana Grande's "Break Free" Is Inspired by the Future, But What Does That Mean?
If you've been following Ariana Grande on Twitter, then you know that she has started the countdown clock on the ten days until her next single comes out. "Break Free" is succeeding "Problem" as the next single off her next album and, from the concept art, it seems like the two songs couldn't be more different. Where "Problem" was a perfect blend of old fashioned and modern, of feminine go-go dancing with a hard twist of Iggy Azalea rap, Grande's "Break Free" is going to feature Zedd and take us to the future — at least if the concept art is to be believed.
Grande has been dropping hints about the theme behind the song all weekend. As a follow up to her Instagram photo of herself wearing a futuristic bustier and holding a gun, Grande has tweeted a Photoshopped picture of herself with blue and green hair that makes her look, as one fan commented, like a "galactic space princess". She then tweeted a picture of an alien waiting, saying that the alien represented her Arianators waiting for "Break Free" to, well, break free.
In light of all that, it seems more and more like we can expect "Break Free" to be entirely futuristic in theme if not in concept.
So what is "Break Free" actually going to be about? Well, the options here are endless.
Reaching for the Stars
The most obvious answer is that the breaking free referenced in the title is the metaphor that Grande will be using for reaching for the stars. "Break Free" could be an anthem to anyone and everyone who has ever felt like they were being held back or who were afraid to try something new because of how they would be received for other people.
Falling in Love with an Alien
The futuristic bustier that Grande wore in her Instagram photo was designed by Katy Perry's stylist, which makes me immediately think of Perry's "E.T." Perhaps Grande's song is an homage or even a sequel to that, a sci-fi love story about the alien you can't look away from who will help you "Break Free" of earthly expectations.
Exploring the Galaxy
On the other hand, considering "Problem" was a love song, maybe Grande wants to do something different and release a single about traveling the world (or, in this case, the universe) and enjoying the single life. Grande writes pretty epic love songs, but that doesn't have to be the only thing she writes.
None of the Above
Go-go dancing and old fashioned jukeboxes had very little, if anything at all, to do with the topic of "Problem", even if they made up the concept art and music video. Grande could be teasing what the music video is about rather than the single, which means we won't know anything until nine days from now. Sneaky, sneaky, Ariana Grande.


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A Week In… Margaret River, WA
Future Women's culture writer and resident foodie, Sarah Bristow, enjoys surf breaks, vineyards and crystal clear lagoons aplenty. What's not to love about this piece of paradise in rural WA.
By Sarah Bristow
Future Women's culture writer and resident foodie, Sarah Bristow, enjoys surf breaks, vineyards and crystal clear lagoons aplenty. What's not to love about this piece of paradise in rural WA.
By Sarah Bristow
A week in: Margaret River, Western Australia. The towns of Dunsborough through Yallingup, and Margaret River itself.
How to get there: Dunsborough is just under three hours drive from Perth airport. Hit the red dust and it's a single highway straight to the coast.
Where I stayed: In a hired van with bedding but without that pesky shower/toilet combo which is always more trouble than it's worth. I attempted to make my fantasy come true of hitting the open road free of responsibility, with only a suitcase full of swimwear (and various straw hats) accompanying me. I can confirm pretending you are a care-free surfer girl and not a neurotic Sydneysider is achievable for a one week period. I can also confirm that a van mattress is surprisingly comfortable, and you'll get a great sleep from within, thanks in part to the doona-favouring weather of WA, which drops to a cool 10/15 degrees.
The beauty with a home on wheels is you can set up shop literally wherever you want (note: not legally of course). We wound our way down the coast from Busselton to the crystal clear waters of holiday favourite Yallingup, where dolphins surfed the waves with a handful of locals. We nestled into the red dust of Boranup's national park, where Conto's bush campsite shaded us with Karri trees. We spent our days parked up with the local surfers next to Prevelly's famed Surfer's Point, watching the swell and the vivid red sunsets, armed with natural wines from the surrounding vineyards and oozing cheese-laden toasties made with an abundance of produce plucked from the ample producers about. If you do wish to treat yourself and forgo the 'Endless Summer' existence, head straight for the cushy comfort of Empire Retreat and Spa, Cape Lodge or Injidup Spa Retreat.
How I spent my days: Reading, swimming, and generally lazing about – all those things you feel too guilty to do on a typical weekend. Mornings were welcomed with a dip into the icy Indian Ocean, or a trek to the nearest surf break for my boyfriend to get his gills wet. Once the icy winds of the Freo Doctor arrived at midday (this was a daily occurrence) we made our way to neighbouring vineyards to sample their juice. Some were kind enough to shelter us for the night, like Iwo and Sarah of Si Vintners whose Rosa Glen winery is not only home to a gaggle of geese, cats, and chooks (and a rogue peacock) but home to some of the best wine in the area (go straight for the Sophie rosé). After days spent traipsing rugged cliffs, spotting emus and swigging wine (not all at once of course) I spent every evening watching a vibrant pink sun descend over the Indian Ocean.
What I ate: Eating, naturally, was a large component to my trip. Western Australia is home to an abundance of seafood, from abalone to marron, and I suggest you buy and cook for yourself where you can. We had campsite feasts of marron and buckets of Tommy Ruff, cooked with unnecessary amounts of butter and salt over campfire barbecues and partnered with produce plucked from the much heralded Margaret River Farmers Markets, held on Saturday mornings. But if you are not so much a hunter or a gatherer, just make way for one of the many fine dining favourites that frequent vineyards. Vasse Felix, Voyager Estate, and Amelia Park are much lauded. But so too is dine-alone restaurant Yarri in Dunsborough, and (for good old pub fare) Settlers Tavern in Margaret River town.
Coffee is also catered to (don't sweat), coffee vans line all the best surf spots, from Surfer's Point in Prevelly to Yallingup. Permanent breakfast favourites include The White Elephant in Gnarabup and Yardbyrd in Witchcliffe which boast coffee to rival any cafe in Sydney, and an indulgent, cheesy, savoury muffin I felt the need to indulge in daily.
And then there's the wine. Leaders of the pack include Vasse Felix and Voyager Estate, each well worth a visit for a glimpse at the buildings alone. Particularly the latter where Cape Dutch architecture and an awe-inspiring kitchen garden tempt a steady stream of guests. I myself am a natural wine fan and there's also plenty of that to be had here. Si Vintners, as discussed, is a must visit. So too is Dormilona wine (appointment only); Jo is creating some statement-making pet nat and orange indulgences which is now found in some of Sydney's best restaurants.
Best moment of the trip: Trundling through Boranup's Karri Forest to find a spot to settle for the sunset. We perched ourselves out on camping tables and chairs, settling in to read while the sun set on the alabaster cliff, our lone neighbours a group of rock fishermen. We drank cold (plastic) cups of natural wine procured from our day's vineyard adventure, and nibbled on local cheese and honey while dolphins played in the distance. No crowds, no traffic, plenty of cheese.
Where to spend cocktail hour: Oceanside if you can. No matter where you are staying or with whom, hightail it out to Surfers Point in Prevelly (just be prepared to jostle with the surfers for a car park), where a regular crowd who gather to watch the sun go to sleep. There you can tuck into a chilled beer or glass of wine partnered with a picnic of your choosing, though cheese is obviously a non-negotiable for the lactose happy of us out there. If you are feeling peckish there's also a rather popular fish and chip van that regularly takes up residence in the carpark to cater to the burgeoning population of people who drop down to the point purely for watching the sun dip into the sea.
Why I'll be back: If you have ever been to Western Australia – and Margaret River in particular – you don't need me to explain to you why I will never tire of a visit. But those who have not, I'll simply say it's magic. It's an old school surfing spot that hasn't quite reached the levels of commercialism that the Sunshine Coast and Byron Bay have just yet, nor the crowds. Not only is it home to stunningly beautiful coastline – the likes of which will even shock Australians – and armed with an array of particularly talented producers from wine to cheese, but there's just so much of it to explore. You need weeks to see the Great Southern stretch alone. I only went so far south as Denmark and know I've only seen the tip of the WA iceberg.
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[from D. Kunze, The Art 3 Idea: A Third Way to Study Art, 2000]
There were two famous painters in ancient Greece, Zeuxis and Parrhasios. Each was at the pinnacle of his abilities, no one knew how to choose between them. They, however, decided to resolve the issue for once and for all, with a painting duel held under strictly controlled conditions. They assigned themselves two areas of a wall, each invisible from the other so that they might work in private. Each artist was to paint a mural, a fresco of pigment in wet plaster. A carefully assembled audience-jury was to view both paintings and award one the prize, ending forever the tedious and insoluble rivalry.
Zeuxis was actually thought to have the edge in this contest. While his paintings were not ultimately judged better than Parrhasios's, they always had a strong initial effect. They could knock your eyes out, as they say, by using the tricks of trompe-l'oeil, or super-realism. Parrhasios knew the same tricks but was more subtle. You got to like his paintings because of their time-release effects, which sometimes made them less likable in the beginning. Parrhasios, subtler and probably more talented because his works took time and endured, was ironically less likely to win out over Zeuxis, who was a master of initial surprise. The contest was really about Parrhasios's ability to think his way through this dilemma.
When it came time to judge the freshly completed paintings, the audience of select critics assembled, and, behind them, a large crowd of onlookers. Zeuxis was outwardly calm and confident. He had produced, he seemed to think, his best work for this crucial occasion. Behind the curtain (it was important to reveal the work all at once) was his life's masterpiece.
The spokesman for the jury asked Zeuxis to draw the curtain. When he did, the crowd and jury gasped to see a bowl of fruit, plaintive and simple. How could a great painter be content, in a situation such as this, to paint a bowl of fruit? It was admittedly a finely painted still-life. The glint of light off the pale green surface of the pears made them seem moist and firm. You could practically taste the pomegranates.
After a long period of silence, a bird flew down from its vantage point on the top of the wall, straight into the painted bowl of fruit, from which it had hoped to steal a grape. Hitting the wall with a smack, the bird fell to the ground, a victim of illusion.
Without a doubt, this proved what the jury and audience could scarcely conclude: that the realism of the painting had made it escape its limits, as artificial; the real judge had been the bird, whom no one could accuse of favoritism. When the gasps of the crowd died away, Zeuxis was sure he had won, no matter what Parrhasios's entry. For what better demonstration could he have hoped? Zeuxis's confidence now caused him to straighten up, breathe deeply, and radiate a newfound humanity, which he turned on to Parrhasios who was standing at the edge of the open circle of onlookers. Now, let's take a look at the undoubtedly excellent work of Parrhasios. Now, let's take a look at the undoubtedly excellent work of my esteemed colleague he suggested, with a tone that suggested he would be magnanimous in his victory, always sending a bit of work Parrhasios's way if his own studio got too busy.
Parrhasios feigned or honestly exhibited (one could not say which) a meek but genial tone. Slightly bowed, he did not speak but turned slightly towards the area where his mural was to be revealed. The crowd shuffled and murmured. Zeuxis by now had become their leader.
Now standing around Parrhasios's wall, the crowd grew impatient. Even the curtain began to look a bit dowdy. Zeuxis, not wishing to over-embarrass his rival, came forward after a longish interval and directly addressed the painter. I think, he said, it is time to see what you may have done. Would you honor us by drawing the curtain?
Can't be done, Parrhasios replied. The jury, audience, and Zeuxis thought that Parrhasios was at the breaking point, that he was emotionally crushed by the nearness of defeat. Surely, Zeuxis put in, trying to soften the blow of the inevitable, we would be very happy to see your work, but we're getting a bit impatient standing in the hot sun. Just show us the painting.
After a pause, Parrhasios replied, You're looking at it. The onlookers focused more carefully on the wall, realizing at last that they were looking at a painting of a curtain.
You don't have to be Greek to conclude that the prize went to Parrhasios, or that the reason was that, while Zeuxis had tricked a bird, Parrhasios had not only managed to trick human beings, but his fellow-professional at that.
A subtler truth within the story is about human perception versus animal perception. The bird went for the food, and was dependent upon the appearance of the grape which it would, in some eternal moment in bird-heaven, be able to eat: a sort of behavioristic operant conditioning situation where stimulus and reward follow each other in close succession. The human situation is different, in the evidence of this anecdote. The humans saw not a grape-like thing, but the cover of that which they wanted to see. They were tricked because they were expecting a concealment of what they wanted. They automatically valued only what was invisible, inaccessible. Used to concealments,
they did not inspect the painting of the curtain closely. They were tricked by their own expectations, even if the curtain had been painted poorly.
The first moral of the story might be called the audience's take-home truth. Good artists can fool our natural selves, great artists fool our cultural our real selves. The deeper moral is for artists and student-critics of the arts. This has to do with a rule to follow. When it comes to tricking humans, you can rely on them to help you with their own expectations. And, humans expect tricks! In this case, a simple curtain. The good artist therefore gives a good trick: a painted grape that fools our natural selves. The great artist gives a great trick: a trick2, as it were. The great artist anticipates our predilection for trick1 tricks, and tricks the trick, making a trap for humans.
The bolagram contrasts the transitive relationship between an audience and an illusion (suspension of disbelief remains silent the audience 'knows' that the painting is an illusion) with the 'intranstitive' relationship between the audience's impatience and their gullible consumption of the painting of the curtain. The anecdote strikingly demonstrates the 'two-screen theory', since there are 'two walls', the Zeuxis wall, supposed to disappear through the collaborative consent of the audience willing to be sucked in by the illusion ($) and the Parrhasios wall, that really DOES appear although it (with the curtain on it) doesn't exist. The small object of desire, impatience, the surplus of the event, returns to the 'center' of the Other that the audience has constructed, the authoritarian basis of the painted illusion.
Compare this story with the opening lines of Nabokov's 'fictional' poem (a poem supposedly written by one of the characters of the novel, Pale Fire). The poem clarifies the anecdote in a strangely coincidental way.
I was the shadow of the waxwing slain
By the false azure in the window pane;
I was the smudge of ashen fluffand I
Lived on, flew on, in the reflected sky.
And from the inside, too, I'd duplicate
Myself, my lamp, an apple on a plate:
Uncurtaining the night, I'd let dark glass
Hang all the furniture above the grass.
And how delightful when a fall of snow
Covered my glimpse of lawn and reached up so
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Friday, October 30, 2015
Friday Flare-Up
My beard is all wet. I just got another long drink.
I'm feeling a wee bit better today but not a whole lot yet
pumpkin cheesecake squares for the Halloween pawty that mom and dad are having here tomorrow. We've been doing a lot of clean up to help out but we know that they'll be meanies in the end and not invite us to the pawty.
Love ya lots♥
21 comments:
- Susie said...
Oh no Mitch we do hope you feel better soon. Keep warm and comfy. I hope your Mom and Dad have a lovely Halloween Party tomorrow. I am sure they will save you some goodies from it. Woofy Hugs, Susie & Treacle xx
- October 30, 2015 at 12:57:00 PM EDT
- Poodle At Play said...
Poor Mitch! Hope you feel much better very soon, buddy!
- October 30, 2015 at 1:22:00 PM EDT
- Unknown said...
Oh Mitch! We hope you feel better soon!
- October 30, 2015 at 1:24:00 PM EDT
- Cowspotdog said...
oh Mitch - we sure hope you get to feeling better soon - we are sending you big soft huggies :)
- October 30, 2015 at 1:36:00 PM EDT
- stellaroselong said...
Mitch we have nevers heard of this but it does not sound like a good thing to have, we are wondering if you would like to come over to our house with your molly while the party is going on, that way we can all just lay around and watch Halloween movies, and eat some of your moms pumpkin dessert.........oh did I forget that part.......hahahh stella rose
- October 30, 2015 at 2:04:00 PM EDT
- Ruby said...
OMD, Mitch dude, I am so sorry to hear this!! Guess what?? I gets that too. Yuppers, as a matter of fact, right befores my leggie was hurt, I had those jaw spasms and stuffs. Though, I'm ALWAYS drooly, so ... ☺
I hopes you are feelin' lots better soon, and that prednisone does the trick! I gots my paws crossed for you!!! I would ask for more of that pumpkin cheese cake..just sayin'...☺
Ruby ♥
- October 30, 2015 at 2:11:00 PM EDT
- Bella Roxy & Macdui said...
Why is it when you are feeling poorly, they do stuff to you that hurts! We think you're brave and deserve some of that pumpkin cheesecake. It looks soft and soothing. Hope you have a great Halloween, it is teeming with rain here this morning.
- October 30, 2015 at 3:13:00 PM EDT
- Sherry said...
Feel better soon, Mitch. Remind your mom that pumpkin and cheese are healthy snacks!
Emily and Miro
- October 30, 2015 at 3:51:00 PM EDT
- Idaho PugRanch said...
DEar Mitch - we sure hope the medicine helps you to feel better
Mr bailey, Hazel & Mabel
- October 30, 2015 at 3:54:00 PM EDT
- The Gang at LLB said...
We hope that prednisone does the trick Mitch and you feel better real, real soon!!
POTP Hugs,
Dory, Jakey, Arty & Bilbo
- October 30, 2015 at 4:13:00 PM EDT
- Kinley Westie said...
Hope ya feel better soon!
- October 30, 2015 at 4:16:00 PM EDT
- The Army of Four said...
We're so sorry to hear you're having a flare-up, Mitch! We hope the meds help you feel better .... AND that you get to taste-test those pumpkin treats!
- October 30, 2015 at 5:15:00 PM EDT
- ♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥ said...
Oh, Mitch, we are so sorry you are hurting. Does the change in the weather have an impact on this? We hope the meds will help a lot and quickly. Take care and paw hugs from us.
Happy Halloween.
Woos - Ciara and Lightning
- October 30, 2015 at 8:22:00 PM EDT
- Amber DaWeenie said...
Mitch, I'm hopin' that you feel better real real real soon. I'm sendin you a hug...
- October 30, 2015 at 9:29:00 PM EDT
- Tweedles -- that's me said...
Oh Mitch! I am sorry the flare ups have come to bug you!
And having shots and medicines is no fun either. I hope you get to feeling better real soon... so you can taste what your mom is baking!
I am sending some healing magic bubbles your way.
- October 30, 2015 at 11:51:00 PM EDT
- Ziggy Stardust said...
Mitch I am sorry you are not feeling well. I will cross paws for you and I hope your medicine helps. I also hope you get some pumpkin cake cause it looks really good.
Happy Halloween
Ziggy Out!!
- October 31, 2015 at 2:57:00 AM EDT
- parlance said...
So sorry to hear this, Mitch. Thank goodness for clever vets and modern medicine. I hope you are feeling much more comfortable by the time you read this.
- October 31, 2015 at 7:09:00 AM EDT
- C.L.W.STEP said...
We hope you feel better real soon!
- October 31, 2015 at 11:33:00 AM EDT
- Comet said...
I would risk feeling sick if I got that yummy treat! Hope you feel better and can enjoy bark or treating....
- October 31, 2015 at 3:13:00 PM EDT
- Ojo said...
Hi hi hi! Ojo here! Mitch, we hope you feel better soon! It is important to be able to run and play and eat pumpkin cheesecake squares! Take care of yourself, friend!
- October 31, 2015 at 3:31:00 PM EDT
- The Oceanside Animals said...
hello mitch and molly its dennis the vizsla dog hay i am sorry to heer abowt this flayrup!!! i hope the pils help yoo feel better soon!!! tail wags frum me and trixie and saya ar koming yore way!!! ok bye
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Bread – Wilderness
June 7, 2017
Psalm 68
"O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness, Selah…" Ps. 68:7
The word "Selah" appears from time to time in the Psalms as a way of saying, "stop, pay attention, meditate on what you just read."
What is interesting here is that the word "Selah" follows a sentence fragment. I actually appears right after the comma. Therefore, we stop and think about what we just read.
There are two parts to this sentence fragment which stand out to me. One is the word "wilderness." The other is the word "when."
Who reading this has not been in a wilderness of their lives? A long time ago, when I was much younger, I backpacked in the Weminuche Wilderness of Colorado. And I really tried hard, too. I was carrying a 70 pound backpack, trying to climb up the trail of scree rock, sliding one or two steps back for every two or three steps forward, up a steep incline, with no one to help (I was very slow compared to my companions). I was hot, tired, thirsty (even though I brought plenty of water) and extremely aggravated. My legs and feet were killing me. I wondered why I even started the journey.
This physical experience is similar to the emotional and psychological experiences we go through as we try to navigate life, raise a family, make money, and plan for the future. We carry our burdens on our back, whether it addiction, anger, fear, worry, disappointment, depression, and a bunch of other maladies. It seems like we are always on slippery stones, sliding backwards more often than going forward. We feel like we are always going uphill. We get tired. We get hungry and thirsty. We long for a better life, and sometimes we even wonder why we started the fool trip to begin with. Finally, we feel like we are all alone on this fight for life. Although we may claim a relationship with God, when we are in the wilderness of life He sometimes seems to have abandoned us too.
The second word is "when." "When You went out before Your people." "When You marched through the wilderness."
Not "if," but "when." Concrete in reality; provable in the events of history. A real presence in a real time of need. The "You" is God, not me. "When God went out before His people."
In the Old Testament, God led His people Israel through the wilderness into the promised land. Today, for those brought by God into His sheepfold, He goes out before us into and through the wildernesses of life to bring us to victory.
We will not be able to avoid the wildernesses of life. To think we can is to fail to understand that our broken world which creates such wildernesses is our fault, due to our rebellion against God and our sinful state. But, while we are in those wildernesses, we can remember "when God." And realize that the same God that led Israel is the same God who leads us. He goes out before us. He marches through the wilderness with us.
One of the interesting things about my wilderness hike I now remember is that I was always looking down, trying to make sure I was planting my feet on solid ground so that I would not slide backwards. But to find God, I cannot look at my feet but must look at Him. And when I looked up from my feet and looked around, I saw not the rocks but the mountain flowers, the streams of water off the mountain, the mountain itself, and the sky.
The nature of wildernesses is that we are inclined to look down. God is the God of "when." So can we see Him? To do that, we need to look up. And when we do, we see Him. And we trust. And, as any good hiker will tell you, when we trust we will find that that mountain can be climbed, the danger can be overcome, and the wilderness will become a place of joy rather than a place of burden.
Think about it. Selah.
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Bread – Presence
June 16, 2016
Psalm 24
"Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully." Ps. 24:3-4
It is a rare occasion, but a few times in my life I have been the presence of a truly holy person. It is the classic you know it when you see it. My best example is a bishop of Nigeria, who I was in a prayer meeting with just before he was going to speak to a bunch of folks. While I was there, he received word that his house had been attacked by Muslims and burned. When asked if he wanted to put off speaking, his response was simply that the Lord was taking care of his family, that his house could be rebuilt, and that there were souls in the audience who needed to hear the gospel. He then stood up, walked out, and delivered the truth to those hungry to hear it. The reason I say he was holy was really nothing he said; it was the way he said it. He lived in the power of the Holy Spirit, he lived without fear, and he knew whose he was and what his job was. Every word he spoke he believed; there was no doubt. And to say the least, I was lifted up, honored, and humbled at the experience.
We may say that we would like to be like him, but is that really true. Can we live our lives in absolute trust in the Lord to preserve us and our loved ones? Can we suffer the complete loss of our possessions on earth so that we obtain possessions in heaven? Are we willing to truly leave everything on the table to follow Christ? Are we willing and able to preach the gospel in and out of season?
I think if we are truly honest with ourselves, there is something always held back, something always reserved for ourselves. We are willing to sacrifice our time, but are we willing to sacrifice our life?
In one sense, though, we Christians are all set apart for God and we are all in that sense holy. But this bishop was truly holier than me.
And yet, as holy as this man was, could he ascend the hill of the Lord or stand in His holy place? Does even this bishop, this holy one, have clean hands and a pure heart?
The answer is "no." He may be a holy man but he is a man and therefore a sinner, made able to climb God's hill and appear in God's throne room only because Jesus Christ precedes him and saves him.
"Who shall stand in His holy place?" Who has clean hands and a pure heart? It is those whose hands have been made clean and who have a new heart as a result of new spiritual birth, all made possible by Jesus' obedience to the cross, His sacrifice of Himself on the cross, and His resurrection and ascension to the Father.
"Who shall stand in His holy place?" If you are a Christian, you know the answer to that question. If you do not know the answer, it is in the gospel of John, 14:6, where Jesus says simply "No one comes to the Father except through Me."
"Who shall stand in His holy place?" Who shall be in the presence of the Lord? Will you?
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Bread – Immanuel
December 12, 2014
Readings for Friday, December 12, 2014, designated by the 1979 Book of Common Prayer: Isa. 7:10-25; 2 Thess. 2:13-3:5; Luke 22:14-30; Psalms 31,35
From our reading in Isaiah – "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel." Isa. 7:14
"Immanuel" means "God is with us."
I grew up reading this passage as a prophesy of the coming of Christ incarnate into the world, born of a virgin, at a time which we celebrate in a couple of weeks called "Christmas." In the midst of our need for a Savior since we, who live in sin and are therefore spiritually dead, cannot save ourselves. God's sovereign act in sending Himself to earth is truly Immanuel, God is with us. I always understood it this way, until I was presented with an alternate reading in this passage.
See, there are group of Biblical scholars who hold that Isaiah is not speaking to Christ's coming in the far term, but to Isaiah's listeners of events to come in the near term. They argue, based upon textual analysis, that fulfillment of this sign occurred in Isaiah's day. From this perspective and to integrate Matthew's description of the passage, these persons often adopt a "both" strategy – that the prophesy has a double fulfillment, once in Isaiah's day and another with the birth of Christ. I think there are a number of problems with this analysis, but then again I am no Biblical scholar. However, I find good company in the gospel of Matthew, where Matthew quotes this Scripture and says "All this [the birth of Jesus] took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet [Isaiah]:…" Matt. 1:22. So, I am sticking with my belief that this statement by Isaiah of the coming of Immanuel points to Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ, the Messiah.
But so what? Immanuel (God is with us) occurred in history, at the birth of Jesus.
Now you may well say "Wait a minute!," "Yes, Jesus died, but He rose again and is standing at the right hand of God, interceding for us." But does this mean that God is with us or in heaven, at the right hand of God?
Most people reading this are becoming very uncomfortable right now, and you should. You should because I am getting very close to how we actually behave on a daily basis. Do we behave today like "God is with us" or that God is remote, that He was then (when He was born and died) or He is there (in heaven, beside the Father).
If Immanuel, God is with us, then He is not remote in time or space, He is present here and now.
If you believe that God is here and now, then why don't you act like it?
If Immanuel, then our sin is an immediate affront to God, not something which is postponed to when He comes back to earth and not something which is delayed in the report until the angel can whisper it in His ear.
If Immanuel, our failure to pray, to talk to Him, and to be with Him is an immediate rejection of Him, not something which is OK because He is "over there."
If Immanuel, our failure to step out in faith in the direction He leads is a present, immediate statement of lack of trust, of unbelief in Him.
You get the point. Immanuel is either true or it is not. Because if l God is with us, then He is not not with us. He is either one or the other. He is either present in time and space or He is remote in either or both. He is either an ever present help in time of trouble or He is sometimes, when He is in the area.
Our third reading today from Luke is Christ instituting Holy Communion (the bread and the wine, "Do this in remembrance of Me."). Luke 22:14-20. Here, as we drink and eat in accordance with His command, we experience Immanuel.
But if Immanuel, then we don't have to wait for Communion. Immanuel exists in our prayers, in our hope, in our trust, in our obedience, in our relationship with Christ and each other, in our love, in our life and in our death. It exists in our trouble and our victory. It exists in the morning, throughout the day, in the evening, and throughout the night. It exists 24x7x365.
If Immanuel, then it exists all the time, everywhere, in all circumstances.
So when we celebrate Christ's birthday, we are not celebrating a one-time event of Immanuel. We are celebrating Immanuel every day of our lives when Christ has deemed to save us.
Every day is Immanuel when Christ is ours. Christmas may be special, but it is not the only day of Immanuel.
Come, Let us adore Him. Not just on Christmas, but always. Immanuel. Thank you, God.


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Depressed left skull fracture (up to 4 mm) of the squamous left temporal bone and diastasis of the squamous suture and inferior extension into the greater wing of sphenoid. Left anterior cranial floor/orbital roof fracture. Left superolateral orbital rim fracture with mild diastasis of the left zygomaticofrontal suture. No extension into the petrous temporal bone.
Left frontal and temporal extradural hematoma. Left frontal parenchymal contusion. Petechial hemorrhages in the left temporal lobe. Tiny locule of pneumocephalus. Rightward midline shift. No uncal or subfalcine herniation. No hydrocephalus.
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Typical appearances of extradural hematoma and depressed skull fracture. The patient required urgent neurosurgery, undergoing craniectomy, clot evacuation, and cranioplasty.


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2.From Rosslare to Wicklow
Rosslare is a very small harbour built mainly for the ferry routes linked with the continent. It is situated at the southern tip of the east coast of Ireland. Behind it a large bay hides another harbour, Wexford, so that when you stand on the sandy hills of Rosslare you can see land streching around to the north. The coast is never in a straight line in Ireland, I believe.
I arrived in Rosslare on Saturday afternoon, as I said before, 12 January 2013.
On the Sunday morning I went to church around the corner from the B&B where I was staying. Although I can't believe in the christian myth any more, I still need to be praying and transcending to some benevolent God. I like to hear that some super being has some care for me and my petty problems on this earth. The community nearly filled the church, men and women, old and young, which surprised me greatly in this day and age. Nobody talked to me. In a protestant church someone would have made contact with me. But, anyway, I was happy and content to have spent a sort of spiritual hour in my schedule.
On the Monday morning I had a friendly chat with the young woman from China who was cooking my breakfast. I had met her previously in the street and we had exchanged a bit of a conversation. She said she couldn't read or write English because she was too old for learning. What about me then, I strongly interjected, in my late 60's, attempting to learn Chinese! She laughed and promised to go to school so that she could send me emails in English in some foreseeable future. Her boss, the B&B's owner and manager, had been very friendly too, joking at the odd tourists he gets to meet, some expecting to have breakfast served at 6am, others demanding a secure place for a bicycle, yet another wanting some heating in the room in the middle of August...
I left this friendly place on Monday morning, driving north with an intention to get to Wicklow for my next stop-over. Ten minutes out of Rosslare I stopped at a petrol station. Gasoil was €1.55 a liter, 20 cents more than in France. So I filled my tank for €20 only. Later on I saw prices for gasoil varying from station to station between €1.50 and €1.58.
A wide comfortable highway with a 100km/hr speed limit took me to Enniscorthy and Gorey, in the midst of bocage like fields and meadows. I saw sheep and hardly any cows although I found a few 'cattle crossing' signs along the way.
I wanted to drive through Arklow but I missed the south exit to it and eventually left the bit of motorway at its northern exit. Just following the nose of my car I drove up town, a busy town centre hanging on a sharp hill facing north, got to the top and then at a whim turned into a street that took me down again. The narrow road in the middle of mossy woodland took me to a junction that said 'Avoca' this way. I was truly in Ireland now, expecting a lepricorn to cross the road any time. On my Michelin map that road was R747 and it had a green line along it indicating that it was a scenic route.
Ah yes, by the way, I don't use a GPS. I love getting lost and finding my way again!
At Rathdrum I left that road for Wicklow where I arrived around lunch time. Narrow busy streets in the town centre made me turn down to the wharf. I parked on an empty car park in front of the rowing club and went looking for accomodation on foot. Eventually after asking a shopkeeper for advice I ended up at a very nice B&B in a room with a large window overlooking the sea. Room no.4 for €40 a night with breakfast.
Talking about breakfast, wow, what a treat here in Ireland! I make it my main meal of the day and this way I don't worry about looking for a place to eat. Restaurants and cafes are out of my financial reach, I am afraid. Sorry about that.
Tuesday morning, on a glorious day of January with plenty of sunshine low on the horizon so that you have it in the eyes all the time, I went up town to look for an internet cafe. I had left the electric cord for my iPad back in Rosslare and I had to email my family that I was happy and well. There's a computer shop in the main street, I was told, with public internet access. Yes, €1 for 15 minutes. I'd better be quick and sharp on it then, or else it will soon cost me the price of a new iPad... It looks like I'll have to go back to Rosslare then. I also bought an electric plug adaptor for €6 if I wanted to be able to use any local plug with my continental appliances.
And then I went for a long walk to the fishing harbour, the piers, past the tiny yacht club, up the grassy hills with ancient ruins squatted by black birds, round the top of the town, up to St Patrick's church over looking the town and harbour and back again to the B&B called Riverlodge.
Just before getting back I walked into a small supermarket and as I was standing in front of a fruit stall wondering what to get, an old lady with a nice and fluffy knitted woollen hat told me something about rotten bananas. Having a great experience about rotten bananas from having lived in the South Pacific for years, I ventured to explain to her that they are the best for cooking banana cakes. She made me repeat this and then asked where I was from. I said 'the continent'. But which country on the continent? - France. She looked at me straight and started saying the 'hail Mary' in French. Yes, in perfect French. She had learnt it when she was 12, when the Red Cross had brought refugee kids from France and Germany to Irland during WW2, and she had never forgotten it.
See what I mean by meeting interesting people.
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The new US passport certainly catches the eye with colourful patriotic images. But less obvious – and more controversial – is the small rectangular symbol on the cover that reveals it to be an "e-passport", complete with RFID chip containing biometric data of the holder.
The US is taking a lead in using biometrics to identify first foreign visitors and now its own citizens. The move is pushing many other countries into adopting e-passports.
Such traveller security schemes have become feasible after improvements in biometrics technologies to the point where they can be deployed on a large scale.
"Costs have come down and accuracy has improved so you can now consider using biometrics," says Jim Williams, director of US-Visit, the best-known biometrics programme, which has digitised the fingerprints and faces of more than 56m foreign visitors to the US since 2004.
Now that biometrics technology has finally shaken off its James Bond connotations, it is also being used to identify citizens in their day-to-day dealings with bureaucracy, as well as in commerce.
International Biometrics Group, a specialist consultancy, predicts global biometric revenues will grow from $2.1bn this year to $5.7bn in 2010.
Fingerprint recognition is the most widely used method, accounting for 43 per cent of the market, according to IBG. Being fingerprinted is associated with criminality and so a growing number of alternatives are being developed.
Iris scans are more accurate than fingerprints, says Cyrille Bataller, senior manager of Accenture's Technology Laboratories.
And VoxGen, a UK company, sees big potential in voiceprint technology, particularly in telephone banking. "Using speech to identify people is fairly new, although like any other biometric, it's not 100 per cent accurate," says Simon Loopuit, chief executive.
Voiceprints therefore work better as an additional authentication mechanism rather than principal means of identification. For example, Mr Loopuit envisages callers seeking to access account information having their voiceprint authenticated before they can transfer funds. He claims that not even professional imitators have managed to fool VoxGen's system.
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Yevgeny Levitov, president of FaceKey, says crowd surveillance is too demanding for today's 2-D face recognition systems and newer 3-D technologies are still immature.
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"Biometrics is still not where we need it to be," admits Mr Williams of US-Visit. "But when we started the project we needed to get something out there rather than wait for something better."
He explains that the accuracy of the US-Visit system is being upgraded to record all 10 fingerprints instead of the two index fingers originally used. Critics claim this suggests the project was conceived in haste using stop-gap technologies.
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Today, in very important internet news: A man-made loaf of bread shaped like a turtle, and now his actual live turtle, Herman the Tortoise, has a new, bread-y best friend.
According to Mashable, Herman the Tortoise's owner, Neil Slorance of Glasgow, Scotland, decided to spend his Sunday afternoon making a bread replica of his tortoise and then introducing the two of them. "My day? Oh y'know, made a bread version of my tortoise then showed it to him," he captioned a photo of real Herman meeting bread Herman. And, of course, the moment was truly special.
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As with most things cute animal- and carb-related, the internet went nuts. The original post has been liked over 10,000 times and made it into Monday's roundup of "Twitter moments." "A turtle eclipse of the heart," joked one punny user. "Dat tortoise, dough," wrote another.
According to Slorance's Twitter feed, this project has been a long time coming. In his spare time, the cartoonist likes to bake bread and often shares his successes with his followers. On July 18, he tweeted a photo of a turtle-shaped loaf of bread with the caption "2017 goals," and 12 days later, he managed to achieve the loafty—er, lofty—ambition he set for himself.
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RIP, bread Herman, you deserved butter. The internet will miss you, but we will always remember—great turtles aren't born, they're bread.
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"This book made me laugh out loud a lot."
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Book SynopsisDaisy Gardner wants to be a detective just like dime novel heroine Honey Beaulieu. To her delight, her sister shot a bank robber and he got away, so now she even has a crime to solve. But her parents insist she marry a man whose farm is miles from town. She can't solve crimes stuck out there. What better solution than to marry the new marshal!
Rancher Cole Richards saves his friend from robbing a bank, but is shot for his efforts, and now is a wanted man. His friend takes him to Oreana to see the doc, where Cole's mistaken for the new marshal. Now he faces a dilemma few men have to face--tell the truth and hang, or live a lie and end up married. Either way could cost him his freedom.".
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This is a story about a botched bank robbery on his part and mis-identification on her part. Cole is shot while trying to stop his friend from robbing a bank. When Daisy meets Cole for the first time, she mistakes him for the Marshall that she has just hired sight unseen, because she was informed that the Marshall had been shot.
This book made me laugh out loud a lot, not only because of the dialogue but because of the characterization. Daisy is naive and this puts her in situations that made me laugh. Cole's friend who tried to rob the bank is loyal but not the smartest guy in town. His attempts to help get him into trouble which is hilarious.
Another part of the book that is funny is the story line. There are a lot of funny twists and turns which involve all the townspeople. I laughed in every chapter, and in practically every scene. This book made me feel good, except for one thing. I personally do not need a lot of detail in a sex scene. This book has at least one scene that I felt was necessary but had too much detail.
If you like to close a book with a smile on your face, this is the book for you. I have heard that there is another book in this series and I would love to read it too.
Disclaimer: May not be appropriate for children due to sex.