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First Workout Photos
Here is a slew of photos that I took while checking out the Blue Jays' first official workout for pitchers and catchers on Monday. I don't have the photo gallery option I had with the previous blog format from past seasons, so I'll just drop 'em in the post here. Enjoy. ~JB
Here's manager Cito Gaston holding court with members of the Toronto media
Scott Richmond and Jeremy Accardo during early-morning stretching
Pitching coach Brad Arnsberg
Vernon Wells, Alex Rios and Aaron Hill (From left) head in after BP
Outfielder Adam Lind playing catch
Shaun Marcum plays catch with a team trainer
Matt Clement throws during a bullpen session
Scott Richmond in his windup during a bullpen session
Jeremy Accardo throws a pitch during a bullpen session
Ace Roy Halladay throwing during a bullpen session
GM J.P. Ricciardi watching pitchers with manager Cito Gaston
Closer B.J. Ryan prepares a throw during a bullpen session
Brian Tallet winds up during a bullpen session
GM J.P. Ricciardi and hitting coach Gene Tenace watch the pitchers
Japan's Ken Takahashi holds court with the Japanese press
Pitching coach Brad Arnsberg talking shop with pitcher Matt Clement
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JB – thanks for the pics! ST is truly here…
BJ looks like he's in good form. Hope Accardo is able to harness the power of the beard…
Question – how have the pitchers competing for the 4-5 spots in the rotation looked? Any front runners so far in your opinion? (I know that they just reported, but it looks like they've all had an opportunity to throw now)
Awsome photos, they are rejuvinating my spirit after a long winter.
Not so sure im a big fan of the Accardo beard? he looks like a lumberjack, I didn't even recognize him.
I know you asked Jordan but they pitchers have only thrown bullpen, probably not even at 100% yet so I would find it hard to beleive that anyone could take much away from it regarding their place in the rotation. I'd wait till the games start before even thinking about who is looking like frontrunners.
Ha anyone else notice Accardo's blue glove and snazzy new blue accented shoes, this guy is a walking fashon statement to go with the beard! haha
Brandon League is in for a break out year. If BJ is traded at the deadline he could be a good closer.
Just a piece of Scott Carsons article on Sportsnet.ca. Interesting idea that I havnt considered until now.
The Globe and Mail's baseball columnist Jeff Blair made an excellent point while being interviewed on the Fan 590, Toronto's all-sports radio station on Monday by Sportsnet's Rob Faulds when he wondered aloud if the biggest reason that the Blue Jays' payroll was slashed this off-season was to position the ball club to be sold, especially since the passing of principle owner Ted Rogers back in December. Sure the failing economy — coupled with the falling Canadian dollar — handcuffed the team and caused the payroll to be slashed by close to 20 per cent but, as Blair pointed out, this has all the earmarks of eliminating any massive overhead to make the team more attractive to potential buyers. It was something that I hadn't thought off before but it makes perfect sense when you think about it.
We can be 15 games out at the deadline and JP wont trade BJ or anyone else still thinking we have a chance.
JB, thanks for the pitcures,you are the best,gee do i sound like a butt kisser????lol.
I liked your story on Millar,and i hope he makes the team.
It wouldn't surprise me at all if Rogers sold the team and with Ted Rogers passing maybe it's the best thing for the Jays. I get the feeling Ted was one of few in Rogers that supported his vision.
JB-Thanks for the pictures, now if you can add some of that 75′ weather, we'll all feel like we're there.
Any update on Aaron Hill's health?
So how do they finish in the AL East this year. My bet is:
Tampa Bay
Red Sox
that is the logical choice but look at predictions from previous years and they show that it is almost impossible to predict how teams will finish.
The Yankees- —-will be the 2009 version of the 08 Detroit Tigers.
The Rays —–will be good but not great. 85 wins or so. count on several of there pitchers having arm troubles after playing so late in the year with an inexpierienced staff. (kazmir, Shields, Garza, all saw significant increase in the work load.)
The sox are the sox. and on the other end Baltimore is Baltimore.
ITs gonna be a fun year.
I think the Rays will give some back this year-but its not from pitching. Remember they have David Price ready to go, so they have 6-7 very good starters and a deep pen. COuld have the best pitching overall in the AL.
But the Yanks have too much talent and too much motivation. They really didn't like missing the playoffs last year and this A-Rod thing has probably helped the team. I look for them to jump out of the gate and go strong all year.
I think all 3 of these teams (TB,NY and Boston) could all win 95-100 games and i'd exect it to be a dog fight till the last day.
So what is JP trying to feed us in saying he needs Millar since we are lh heavy and face some tough left handers?
Last time I checked Boston only had 1 leftie, TB and NY 2-of which one is Petite who we've mobbed almost every time we've faced him.
So we face 5 lefties in the AL east top 3 teams and wait for this one-10 righties including Becket, Burnett, Chamberlain, Wang, Matsuzaka and others. And JP is expressing concern that having Snider, Lind and Overbay (3 lefties) in the lineup is a problem…..
JP, you'd better come up with a better BS lie than that one, cause it doesn't fly.
Best bet Rays, Yanks and Sox duking it out to the end. It's gonna be an AL East showdown. Any word on Aaron Hill's health now?
your right i forgot about Price. Either way there pitching is scary. But of course us Jays fans know how fast that can change.
Thanks for the shots!
MLB should buy you a camera and have you work double time.
Just kidding – I appreciate how you share your access.
One more week till the first game!


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Missing Georgia boys found in Texas
Father in custody
Police said two missing Georgia brothers have been found safe in Austin, Texas, and their father is in custody.
CNN reported Benjamin Cleary, 9, and his younger brother Daniel "Henry" Cleary, 7, were found about 950 miles west of their hometown of Roswell, a suburb of Atlanta. Austin Police Lt. James Nisula said Daniel Cleary, the boys' father, is in custody and will be charged with interstate interference with custody, which is a felony.
Roswell Police Lt. James McGee said Cleary will be extradited back to Georgia.
A Levi's Call, Georgia's term for an Amber Alert, was issued for the boys, who were last seen with their father in Roswell, Ga., on Thursday in what police are considering an abduction. It was unclear where they were heading, but police think possible destinations are in northern Nevada or central Florida.
A possible sighting of the vehicle was reported in St. Louis, raising concerns that they may be traveling through the Kansas City area and across Kansas.
The three are believed to be in a silver 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee with Georgia temporary tag 10742627. The Jeep may be towing a light-colored single-axle enclosed trailer with a dark-colored cargo bag on top.
Investigators said the boys' father may be armed and the public should not approach him. Anyone who sees him or the children should call 911 immediately.


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After a 16-year retirement, Christine McVie has officially rejoined Fleetwood Mac as a full member, the band's publicist confirms to Billboard. The 71-year-old singer-keyboardist who wrote such Mac classics as "Don't Stop" (No. 3 in 1977), "You Make Loving Fun" (No. 9 in 1977), "Hold Me" (No. 4 in 1982) and "Little Lies" (No. 4 in 1987) married bassist John McVie in 1968 and joined the group two years later (they divorced in 1976). She retired from the band and from music in 1998, opting for the life of "an English country girl." She told Britain's Guardian, "It took me 15 years to realize that it's not really what I wanted after all."
The band's world tour came to a halt in October when John McVie, 68, revealed that he had cancer. After treatments, McVie and the group returned for a couple year-end gigs in Las Vegas. Singer Stevie Nicks told Us Weekly that McVie underwent surgery at an undisclosed location during the first week of January, but nothing else has been revealed. Whether the canceled tour dates will be made up hasn't been announced, nor have any new 2014 tour dates.
Ray Davies also says he wants Kinks reunion
This year marks the 50th anniversary of British Invasion legends The Kinks and group leader Ray Davies has joined his lead guitarist brother Dave and drummer Mick Avory in endorsing a reunion. Ray, 69, told Uncut magazine that a reunion is, "as close as it's ever been to happening." The band that became infamous for in-fighting between the three dissolved in 1996.
Late last year, Dave, 66, told Uncut magazine that he very much wanted a reunion with the group to mark the anniversary and said that he and his brother discussed it on three occasions over the summer, two of which went well and one that didn't. Avory, who turns 70 next month and who was forced from the band in 1984, told Uncut, "I think it would be nice to do something all together."
Original bassist Peter Quaife, who quit the band in 1969 to become a cartoonist and artist, died in 2010 at age 66.
Paul and Ringo to perform together at Grammys
To mark the 50th anniversary of The Beatles first historic visit to America in 1964, 71-year-old Paul McCartney and 73-year-old Ringo Starr will perform together at the 2014 Grammy Awards, telecast live on CBS on Jan. 26 from the Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles, according to Grammy.org. That night, The Beatles will receive the 2014 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.
David Letterman also said that his team is in negotiations to unite the two on his show that is taped on the same stage where "The Ed Sullivan Show" originated and where the group made history by drawing a then-unprecedented TV audience of 73 million on Feb. 9, 1964, See more news about Paul and Ringo below.
Other Grammy Awards performers include Carole King, Chicago with Robin Thicke, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Pink with fun's Nate Reuss, 25-time Grammy winner Stevie Wonder, eight-time winners Metallica with Chinese classical pianist Lang Lang, Keith Urban, nine-time winner John Legend, Chic's Nile Rogers, 17-year-old New Zealand hitmaker Lorde, and a reunion of the two living Highwaymen, Willie Nelson and another 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Kris Kristofferson (Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash are dead) with another country outlaw Merle Haggard and Blake Shelton.
Longtime members leave The Association, Allman Brothers and Ten Years After
Singer-guitarist Russ Giguere, an original member of L.A.-based pop-rock band The Association who turned 70 in October, has retired from the band, according to a statement posted on the group's website. NO reason was given. Three members from the band's 60's heyday remain, singer-guitarist Larry Ramos, singer-multi-instrumentalist Terry Kirkland and lead guitarist Jules Alexander.
Giguere and the group formed in 1965 and briefly became the house band at the famed Troubadour club in West Hollywood and frequently played Pasadena's Ice House, had three No. 1 singles in the mid-60's, "Cherish," Windy" and "Never My Love" with Giguere providing co-lead vocals on the last two songs.
In a surprise joint statement, The Allman Brothers' dual lead guitarists, Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, announced that they are leaving the group at the end of 2014. Haynes joined in 1997; Trucks in 1999. Trucks' uncle, Butch Trucks, is the group's original drummer and remains in the band. Both will pursue their other musical endeavors that has included Haynes role leading jam band Gov't Mule for the past 20 years, while Trucks also records and performs with his wife, singer Susan Tedeschi in The Tedeschi Trucks Band. Haynes told Rolling Stone that his and Trucks' decision had been discussed for quite some time and that the duo still hope to collaborate with the band after they depart.
Leo Lyons, founding bassist for British rock icons Ten Years After and the man who named the band in Nottingham, England, in 1966, has left the band after 48 years, according to a statement posted on the band's website by drummer Ric Lee, another original member. In addition, singer-guitarist Joe Gooch, who replaced bandleader Alvin Lee (who died last March in Spain at age 68) in 2003, has also departed the group. Lee said replacements for Lyons and Gooch would be announced soon.
Greg Allman tribute concert
Allman Brothers founding singer-keyboardist Gregg Allman, 66, was feted in a 26-song tribute concert, "All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman" at the 4,600-seat Fox Theatre in Atlanta that will air on AXS TV in May.
Paying tribute were his Allman Brothers Band, including guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, who earlier announce their departure from the group at the end of the year, as well as Sam and Dave's Sam Moore, Jackson Browne, Dr. John, John Hiatt, Taj Mahal, bluesman Keb' Mo', Train frontman Pat Monahan, Georgia rockers Widespread Panic, Trucks' wife Susan Tedeschi, and country stars Vince Gill, Martina McBride, Eric Church, Zac Brown, Trace Atkins, and Brantley Gilbert.
Allman joined in on several numbers, including "Statesboro Blues" with Mahal, "Melissa" and "These Days" with that last song's composer Browne, and "Midnight Rider" with Brown and Gill, and "Whipping Post" with The Allman Brothers Band.
New Releases
Among the recently released albums, digital reissues, MP3 downloads and deluxe box sets are the 12-track "High Hopes" (Amazon also has bonus CD/DVD edition), the 18th studio album from Bruce Springsteen that he recorded over the past couple years featuring major contributions from former Rage Against the Machine guitarist master Tom Morello as well as The E Street Band, including on a couple songs saxman Clarence Clemons, who passed away in 2011, and organ and accordionist Danny Federici, who died nearly six years ago, in 2008; and the 14-song, "The River & The Thread," the 13th studio album since 1978 and the first in five years from country gal Rosanne Cash, includes "Two Girls" by Townes Van Zandt and "Biloxi" by Jesse Winchester.
A reissue of Yes drummer Alan White's 1976 solo album, "Ramshackled," available as an MP3 download on Amazon for $5.99; the 25th anniversary "Lucinda Williams" was also known as "The Rough Trade Album" and contains a bonus disc of a previously unreleased concert from 1989 in Eindhoven, Netherlands; "Songs From the Movie" by five-time Grammy winner Mary Chapin Carpenter, features orchestral reinterpretations of 10 of her hits; and "This is Lone Justice: The Vaught Tapes 1983" from the cowpunk outfit led from 1982-1986 by singer Maria McKee, includes Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash's "Jackson" and "Nothing Can Stop My Loving You" by George Jones and Roger Miller.
A 20-CD import box, "The Elvis Presley Soundtrack Collection" is discount priced on Amazon for $39.99; an import, "…Again," from Welsh pop-rocker Dave Edmunds' first studio album in 13 years and features covers of the Elvis hit, "Return to Sender," Elton John's "Your Song" and Hoagy Carmichael's "Georgia on My Mind," that he wrote in 1930 and that Ray Charles first recorded in 1960; a 2-Cd import, "The Complete Mainstream 1958 Sessions" from jazz sax legend John Coltrane, who died at 40 in 1967 from liver cancer attributed to by some to his heroin use; and a 2-CD reissue, "Scratchy: Complete Reprise Recordings," from Neil Young's sometime hard rocking backup band, Crazy Horse.
A 3-CD reissue box, "Reprise Recordings," comprised all five solo studio LPs from former Lovin' Spoonful leader John Sebastian, ("John B. Sebastian," "Cheapo Cheapo Productions Presents Real Live," "The Four Of Us," "Tarzana Kid" and "Welcome Back") that he recorded with his guest pals Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Cream producer and Mountain co-leader Felix Pappalardi, Little Feat leader Lowell George, Emmy Lou Harris, David Lindley, Ry Cooder, Phil Everly, guitarist Jeff Baxter of The Doobie Brothers.
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Stocks are rising on Wall Street after U.S. corporate earnings reports got off to a strong start.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 49 points to 13,378 shortly after the opening bell Wednesday. The Dow is coming off of two days of losses.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose three to 1,460 and the Nasdaq composite rose six to 3,098.
Alcoa rose after predicting rising demand for aluminum this year. Late Tuesday the company reported fourth-quarter revenue that beat analysts' forecasts.
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Colorado is one of the most popular winter destinations so it's no wonder this state would have five of the best ski resorts in the country. Skiing enthusiasts can score phenomenal all-inclusive deals, tons of fresh dry powder on the slopes and find a variety of events, activities, restaurants and nightlife.
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Two weeks ago I bought some cream cheese. Yesterday I decided to make Warm Cream Cheese Brownies from this cookbook. I have made them before, and although the recipe makes an enormous batch, I decided to make them again.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Of Brownies and Birds
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Everybody's Doing It, You Should Too
This morning I found this meme here and here. So I thought I would jump on the band wagon too!
Where is your cell phone? Laying on the kitchen table.
Your significant other? Is a saint. He married me almost 13 year ago, and I am certain he had no idea what he was getting into...still he loves me lavishly. Oh, and he's a hunk.
Your hair? Has roots. Need to call stylist immediately.
Your mother? Has amazing inner strength. More than she knows.
Your father? Is a fabulous cook. He's also likes to celebrate, which is so important in life.
Your favorite thing? Coffee in the early morning.
Your dream last night? Don't remember, but I had one last week that is still very vivid. I was taking my family to get a portrait when i stopped by a little decorative waterfall and saw a water moccasin. I decided it would be cool to have a poisonous snake in the portrait, so I picked it up and it bit me. Then i decided it wasn't such a good idea and needed to get rid of it. Two blond girls approached me and said they had something I could put it in, so we walked to the trunk of their car. On the way, i was hoping I wouldn't die from a snake bite before I could take the family portrait. In the trunk of the car was an old fashioned make up case. in the case were two hand bags they were going to give away. Holding the snake with one hand I was admiring the hand bags and asked if I could keep them. They said 'yes'. I put the snake in the make-up case and threw it into a lake.
Your favorite drink? Coffee...of course.
Your dream/goal? To live to a ripe old age with The Mister. To bounce grand babies on my knee. To spoil those babies with sugar and send them back to the parents. To teach bible study more often to small intimate groups. To know Jesus more.
The room you are in? The kitchen/slash breakfast area.
Your ex? Don't have one. I dated in high school, but never exclusively. The Mister was my first, and only, serious relationship.
Your fear? Leaving my children before they are grown.
Where do you want to be in 6 years? Settled. Not thinking about were we will have to move to next. And I assume looking into college for The Boy! YIKES!
Where were you last night? Co-leading bible study with Mrs. Moofish.
What you are not? I am not as content as I would like to be. I am not a shmoozer. As an old friend used to say, Kellie is "what you see is what you get." At the time I wasn't certain I liked that. But today, I would totally take it as a compliment.
Muffins? If they are homemade. I don't like pre-packaged muffins.
One of your wish list items? Just one!? Ok...A Cuisinart Food Processor
Where you grew up? Right here in southeren AZ.
The last thing you did? Ran on the treadmill.
What are you wearing? A black work out tank and light blue running shorts.
Your TV? Is very dusty.
Your pets? Is the biggest factor for the excessive dust. Her name is Kona and, although I love her, she is completely neurotic, which drives me insane.
Your computer? Takes up so much time. Its a love/hate relationship!
Your life? Is amazing. It's full. Occasionally hard. Often humorous. But very, very good.
Your mood? Happy. Right now i have happy little exercise endorphins.
Missing someone? I miss my girlfriends that are all over the country. You know who you are.
Your car? Needs to go to the shop. It squeaks really bad when running, but it isn't the brakes.
Something you are not wearing? Make up.
Favorite store? That depends on what we are buying: shoes, clothes, groceries. But I think right now my favorite store for fun frilly-girl things is Anthropology.
Your summer? Will be pool side. The kids are on swim team with practice every morning and meets twice a week!
Like someone? To what? To clean my house? Absolutely!
Your favorite color? Pink, (and red, and cobalt blue, and...)
When is the last time you laughed? Last night, after bible study Mrs. Moofish and I went to the grocery store. We were in a cupboard crises at my house, having run out of 2% milk and chunk peanut butter (which is a post all it's own). I was doing an happy dance in the dairy isle, because, y'all, 2% milk was one sale for $2.00 a gallon!!!!! When we walked to the car Mrs Moofish suggested that we put the milk jugs in the back seat,and I jokingly told her to be sure they were very secure, because milk at that price was like gold! When I looked into the back seat she had buckled both jugs in the seat belt. And we laughed so hard at her cleverness! Although with her and I, the laughing never really stops.
Last time you cried? I can't remember the last time I have had a real good sob. But I get teary nearly every day, over things both joyful and heartbreaking.
Who will repost this? I am thinking maybe Desert Diva.
If you are reading this and haven't already done it, consider yourself tagged. Let me know if you decided to play!
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Monday, April 28, 2008
A La Vida Lunch Break (interrupted)
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Saturday, April 26, 2008
Meeting Darcie
It has been almost three years since I started this blog.
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And The Winner Is...
Thanks to all who participated in the Bloggy Giveaway.
Congrats Kim!
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Friday, April 25, 2008
Fried Food is not my Friend
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Work(s) in Progress...Sort of!
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Avoiding "The Wedge"
How do we keep our life circumstances from placing a wedge between who we are (God's children) and what we need (Christ and His healing)?
He said, "First, Kellie, let's talk about you. When you pray, and I am silent, does that mean I am not there? When you ask me for things in life you want specific answers to, and my answer feels like rejection to you, does that change who I am? Kellie, do what the Canaanite did, and remember the truth. Seek me still. I am the same yesterday, today and forever. I will never leave you or forsake you. I will not change."
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Monday, April 21, 2008
Bloggy Giveaway Time! *comments closed*
I am giving this handmade pink and white apron:
It's made from bar towels but has the look of chenille.
Leave a comment and then go check out what others are giving away and sign up there too! I will use a random number generator on the morning of Saturday, March 25th to pick the winner.
The Good News? You don't have to be a blogger to participate! But you do have to have a valid email address.
The Bad News? I'm sorry, but I can only mail to addresses in the US and Canada.
La Vida Dulce!
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
A Weekend Recap
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Whatta-ya think?
I want to post a question to all you Inter-netty people out there.
Shelby says while they largely agreed with the expert panel, which was convened by the Center for the Evaluation of Risk to Human Reproduction, they broadened the areas they felt could be of "some" concern, including effects on the mammary gland, prostate gland, and acceleration of puberty in females.
Both groups agreed that there already was some concern that exposure to the chemical could cause neural and behavioral effects in fetuses, infants, and children
When this finding hit the news a few weeks ago I wasn't very concerned. Mostly, because I my bottle days are over.
But the truth is, there not. I drink from a water "bottle" everyday.
This isn't just a concern for our babies, but for our children, and for people like me who drink 98% of my liquid from a Recycle #7 bottle (these are the plastics made from PBA.)
The Mister and I were talking last night and then we decided to look at our water dispenser bottles.
Yup, #7's.
In a moment of drama I asked him, "Should we switch to glass? Should we throw away all PBA plastics? Should i not allow the kids to drink from water bottles? What about Nalgene, should I go replace everything with those? Why does it feels like nearly everything we eat or drink or touch or experience has always got some element of danger to it? From Puffed Wheat to Water Bottles, is it all poison?"
This is when he sighed, and looked at me lovingly, and calmly said,
"Yup, you can't leave this earth alive."
Oh the voice of reason...
So I will you ask you. Will you let your kids drink from Recycle #7's? Would you switch to glass?
Inquiring water drinkers want to know...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Grocery Store Rebel or the Story of Two
I totally broke all the rules today.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
A Shower Each Day Makes Me Crazy, OK?
This is my bathroom. It's a happy place with it's milk chocolate color and fluffy cream colored towels. But it holds a secret that I can no longer keep to myself....
Actually, a week ago, I was lamenting.
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
In the"Birdie" Way
Last Friday I opened the back door to let the dog out and something yellow caught my eye up on the beams of the patio. I had been watching two little birds hang out in our yard recently, but it never occurred to me that they were checking out the specs for a brand new home.
Yesterday afternoon I checked on the darling duo, and they had been hard at work all day long. Now there firm, flowered, foundation was being feathered with soft desert grass.
This morning I tried really hard to get a picture of the birds in their nest (there aren't any eggs in it yet, they are still adding the final touches), but whenever I try they fly away. However, instead of just sticking my camera out the back door, I actually walked out in to the back yard and they did not like that! They flew around in the tree and on the block wall, chirping and squawking, and carrying on. It was obvious that I was too close for their sweet little birdie comfort. I caught a shot of one of them on the wall.
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Saturday, April 12, 2008
Puppy Chow for Children and Other Random Weirdness
Howdy Bloggy People~
- Post bagel sleepiness
- Can't. Stop. itching.
- Sugar Hangovers.
- I got ya where I want ya, now I am gonna eat ya
- homemade puppy chow for kids
- Tutu Cancan Boutique Skirt
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Lunch Break
I am working from home today, trying to get a big project done for my Mom.
Since it was lunchtime and all, I thought I would come say hello while eating a nice bowl of veggie soup and sourdough toast.
It's actually a chilly day here. Currently it is 63 degrees out side. All my friends in the north just rolled there eyes at me. But when you have been living in the 80's for over a month a twenty degree drop feels drastic!
Anyway, I was looking through some old photos of the kids and I found these three pictures. These were taken almost 5 years ago and they are still some of my favorites.
The Boy hated having his picture taken. The Girl loved it. Only that particular week she wore those glasses everywhere. I had forgotten that in her first four years of life she had naturally curly hair!
Picture taking with small children...it was never easy. But OH! the memories.
Happy Thursday!
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Y'all, it is on weeks like this that I would seriously consider homeschooling. But then again maybe homeschooler's have to do standardized testing too. I am not sure.
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Saturday, April 05, 2008
A Hairy Tale
Last week held a lot of TMI here on the blog. We started with some personal issues, moved our way through stomach ailments, ending with the purchasing of undergarments.
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Friday, April 04, 2008
Wild Friday Night
The Mister will not be home for dinner tonight.
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Woof. Woof.
- Getting a phone call from a loved one informing me that that medical "lump" they found wasn't anything to worry over! Amen! and AMEN!!!
- Finding Tyler Coffee. It's rumored to be the best coffee around, and was even in the VIP gift bags for the Golden Globe and Oscar Awards.
- Spending some time with my mom. Even though she got to shake, and I didn't.
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2 New Session Beers for Hopheads
First, there was the IPA arms race, when it seemed like every brewery was competing to release the biggest, bitterest, hoppiest IPA, a movement that blasted out our palates and upped our inebriation levels.
In recent years, more and more breweries have turned away from trying to craft bigger and bigger double and triple IPAs, focusing on various historical styles, exploring the broad range of food-friendly lagers, or experimenting with sour beers. Some of these new brews ended up being lower in alcohol and better for an all-day session of drinking.
But then we started hearing the rumble: Hopheads need session beer too. New options started appearing and by last summer, we'd pulled together a list of 5 great lower-alcohol—but still hoppy—beers.
2014 has a couple of entrants to the hop-session scene: beers that aren't too boozy, but take no prisoners when it comes to hop attack. These beers are not for the timid: they're dry, bright, and seriously bitter.
Smuttynose Bouncy House, an 86.5 IBU IPA, will launch this May, clocking in at 4.65% ABV. It's made with Magnum and Calypso hops, with floral and citrusy Saphir hops added in the dry-hopping stage. It may not be a big, sweet double-IPA, but it's pungent, flavor-packed beer, with a hoppy bite at the finish.
The hop addicts over at Stone Brewing Co. have joined the session party, too, with their new Stone Go To IPA, now selling year-round in 12-ounce bottles. The brew calls on 9 different hop varieties: Mosaic, Citra, Ahtanum, Cascade, Crystal, El Dorado, Magnum, Sterling, and 06300. The result is incredibly aromatic, with refreshing medium-light body and a super-bitter punch. At 4.5% ABV, it's ready for grilling season.
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About the Author: Maggie Hoffman is a Senior Editor at Serious Eats, based in San Francisco. She founded Serious Eats: Drinks in 2011. You can follow her on Twitter @maggiejane.
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Valid from 1 January 2016
Liinalapsi Oy is the seller of the online shops Liinalapsi.fi and Wearababy.com. Liinalapsi has also a warehouse store in Turku. We ship our products to private persons of legal age and to companies world wide with the following exceptions:
To United States we ship: Girasol baby wraps, Wompat SSC baby carriers, Wompat wrap tai carriers, bags, fabrics and accessories. We do not ship the following products to the United States: Wompat meh dai, ring tai and Onbuhimo carriers, Vanamo woven wraps and ring slings . These products are not tested for the requirements set by the US legislation. For Wompat full buckle baby carriers and Wompat wrap tai carriers we have a separate collection for US customers.
All prices are in euros and are inclusive of VAT when the shipping address is in the EU area. VAT shall be deducted from the shipments outside EU. Shipping costs are added to the price. Liinalapsi Oy reserves the right to change the prices and shipping costs. Changes to the shipping costs made by post will be applied in times notified by post.
Liinalapsi Oy reserves the right to modify these terms and conditions at its discretion without prior notice. An order shall be governed by the terms and conditions valid at the time of that order.
Contact information
Liinalapsi Oy
Mail address (returns and custom fabrics):
Leipäläntie 49
20300 Turku
Visiting address (warehouse, order collection):
Business ID: 2176659-0
(VAT number: FI21766590)
telephone: +358 44 5943011
Responsible person for the personal data register:
Niina Hallikainen, Liinalapsi Oy
+358 44 5943011
Identify the product information in the email as accurately as possible and include your address, phone number and the payment method. The made to order products may only be ordered by email but the online shop includes product information also for the made to order products.
You will receive to your email an order confirmation and the invoice for the wire transfer. We aim to reply to all emails within two business days. In case you do not receive a reply, please call or resend the email and check that your email is functioning (junk mail folder!). We inform about possible vacations and delays in the front page.
A purchase agreement is concluded once we have confirmed the order by email. The customer agrees to the terms and conditions of delivery valid at the time of each order.
Orders may be paid by an advance payment as a wire transfer or by PayPal. At our shop you can also pay by MobilePay. Via PayPal you may also use credit cards (such as VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover) in which case you do not necessarily need a PayPal account. Credit card payments via PayPal are simple and the credit card information is not transmitted to the seller. We deliver the products as soon as the payment is wired to our account and in some cases we may ship the orders to a Finnish address even before the payment. We store the ordered product for one week after which the order will lapse if the payment has not been completed.
Bank details:
Name of the bank: OP Corporate Bank plc Helsinki, Finland
Address of Bank: Helsinki, Finland
Receiver: Liinalapsi Oy
Address of receiver: Leipäläntie 49, 20300 Turku, Finland
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We ship the product usually within 1 to 2 business days from the receipt of the order. The delivery time for the made to order products varies usually from 2 to 4 weeks. You will get an estimated delivery time in connection with the order before sending the invoice. In the event delivery of the made to order product is delayed for more than a week we will inform you by email. We will not be liable for delays caused by force majeure or by changes beyond our control. Any changes to the online shop delivery times shall be notified in the front page of Liinalapsi.
A letters are delivered in Finland within 2 to 5 business days. Packages in Finland are usually delivered within 1 to 2 business days. Deliveries to EU countries take usually about a week and to countries outside EU about 1 to 2 weeks, sometimes even more than 2 weeks. Please note that the package may also be held in customs from a week to a couple of weeks, if your address is outside of EU.
For some countries we have available also express shipping. Please request by e-mail, if you need to receive the order more quickly!
We will send an automatic email after an order made in the online shop is delivered. You may request a follow up code by email. Regarding orders made by email we do not send an automatic delivery notification.
For packages delivered in Finland you will get an arrival notification from the post office provided you have given your phone number in the order. Otherwise the arrival notification is sent by mail.
Delivery method and costs
We deliver the products by mail. Any small orders that fit in an envelope are shipped as a letter or as a maxi letter without the follow up code and larger (over 500g) orders we deliver as package that is collectable in your post office. In case you want the delivery as SmartPost package, please notify us in the order and include the desired place and address for SmartPost collection. You may also collect the orders from Liinalapsi's warehouse (Leipäläntie 49, 20300 Turku) or visit us to see different alternatives. Please make an appointment beforehand!
General delivery costs and delivery time estimates(*):
*costs and times as notified by Post and shall be subject to changes made by Post
Cancelling the order
You may cancel the order until you receive the order confirmation. The order confirmation is sent usually on the day on which the order is handled, packaged and shipped. You may cancel the order by email or by phone. If there is a backlog in our email the cancelling email may be disregarded and the package is sent. In such event you may return the order as soon as you have received it. We will return to you the price and the shipping costs as soon as possible.
Return of a defective product – No costs to the customer
Product returns shall be sent to:
Liinalapsi is not responsible if the returned product is damaged because of negligent packaging.
Cancelling and returning an order – Return costs payable by the customer
Failure to collect the product
If the customer does not collect the product and does not send a cancellation within 14 days after the delivery, we charge from the customer all expenses related to the delivery: shipping to the customer as well as the return costs. Post fares are 2 € for deliveries of 0-0,2kg and 6€ for deliveries of 0,2-2kg. Return post fare in Finland is 7,90€.
If you need help in using or handling the product, please contact us. We are happy to help! If you receive a defective product or a wrong product, please contact us within 14 days of receiving the product. If the package is damaged in mail, contact as promptly to enable us to make a claim to the post office.
Product warranty and Liinalapsi's liability
The products manufactured by Liinalapsi (Wompat backpack baby carrier, Vanamo sling and SlingyRoo bag) are granted a product warranty of one year from the date of order confirmation. The warranty covers the defects due to manufacturing and material. The warranty shall not cover defects due to improper or uninstructed use or handling of the product.
Defect liability of Liinalapsi shall be according to the Finnish consumer protection act. The liability of Liinalapsi shall be limited to the purchase price of the product. Liinalapsi shall not be responsible for any indirect or consequential damages. The foregoing shall not limit the liability of Liinalapsi according to the Finnish consumer protection act.
Governing law and dispute resolution
These terms and conditions and any order of customer shall be governed by Finnish law, excluding however the applicability of CISG.
Any disagreements concerning the contract shall be primarily solved by negotiations. If the disagreement may not be solved by negotiations, you may take the dispute to the Consumer Disputes Board (www.kuluttajariita.fi). Before taking the matter to the Consumer Disputes Board you should contact the consumer advisors at Logal Register Offices (www.kuluttajaneuvonta.fi). Competent court shall be a city court of either customer's or Liinalapsi's domicile in Finland or, if customer does not have a domicile in Finland, city court of Liinalapsi's domicile.


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Rex Ryan will have a cameo in an Adam Sandler movie due out in 2012 called I Hate You, Dad. He'll play a Boston-area lawyer and a passionate Patriots fan, which is funny, because Rex Ryan
wants to be the head coach of the Patriots actually hates the Patriots.
Wikipedia currently describes the film as a "lesbian comedy," which seems inaccurate, based on IMDB's very boring plot summary ("A disagreeable father who moves in with his son before he's about to get married.") But the current cast, as listed on IMDB, is an absolute wonder: along with Rex, we've got Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester, presumably as someone's mercurial love interest, Susan Sarandon and her daughter Eva Amurri in a mother-daughter role, James Caan of The Godfather, Andy Samberg and Will Forte from Saturday Night Live, and Ciara and Vanilla Ice, who somehow are not playing themselves.
And then there is Rex, who incredibly did not take his interview with the Star-Ledger today as an opportunity to employ acting's version of a Super Bowl prediction:
I'm not going to make a guarantee that there's an Oscar coming, but (Robert) De Niro, Ryan, I don't know, you'll have to see the movie and see what you think.
Jeez. It must be rather humbling to deliver lines alongside the likes of Vanilla Ice.
Jets coach Rex Ryan talks about role as Patriots fan in upcoming Adam Sandler movie [Star-Ledger]


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Nikon Coolpix L820 Review
Main Rivals
Listed below are some of the rivals of the Nikon Coolpix L820.
Canon PowerShot SX500 IS
The Canon PowerShot SX500 IS is a pocket-friendly super-zoom camera with a remarkable 30x zoom lens. The Canon SX500 also offers 16 megapixels, a 3-inch LCD screen, full manual controls and 720p HD movies. Read our expert Canon PowerShot SX500 IS review to find out if it's the right camera for you.
Fujifilm FinePix S4200
The new Fujifilm FinePix S4200 super-zoom camera boasts a 24x zoom lens, 14 megapixel sensor, 3 inch LCD screen and 720p movies, all for under under $150 / £150. Does the S4200 cut too many corners though? Find out by reading our in-depth Fujifilm FinePix S4200 review...
Olympus SP-820UZ
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ62
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Pentax Optio X90
The Pentax Optio X90 is a brand new super-zoom compact camera featuring a 26x image-stabilized zoom lens with a focal range of 26-676mm. Successor to the X70 model, the X90 has a 12 megapixel sensor, 2.7 inch screen, full range of creative shooting modes and can record 720p HD movies. Retailing for £329.99 / $399.95, does the Pentax Optio X90 offer enough to match its super-zoom rivals? Gavin Stoker finds out in our Pentax Optio X90 review.
Samsung WB5000
The WB5000 / HZ25W is Samsung's first entry into the big boy world of all-in-one super-zoom cameras. Offering a 24x zoom lens with 26mm wide-angle setting, the WB5000 literally has most photographic subjects covered, for both 12 megapixel stills and 720p movies. Throw in a range of hand-holding smart modes for beginners and RAW format and Manual mode for advanced users, and Samsung could be onto a winner at their very first attempt. Read our expert Samsung WB5000 / HZ25W review to find out if Panasonic, Olympus et al have anything to fear...
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In 2006, inventor and songwriter Tim Jahnigen was watching a CNN documentary about kids in Darfur who were using balls of trash to play soccer because the balls they use are always quickly destroyed, and that gave him an idea – "I'm going to make a soccer ball that can't be destroyed." And unlike 99% of people who have such ideas for cool inventions like this, Jahnigen actually followed through with it and spent the next several years developing his new super ball. It also helps that he's friends with Sting, and when the former Police frontman isn't getting down with some tantric sex, he's trying to save the world.
Over breakfast in 2007, Jahnigen told Sting how kids in Darfur love playing soccer and he had this idea for a ball that would never go flat or break, so Sting was all, "Quit your job and work on this." And Jahnigen was all, "But it's going to cost me, like, $300,000 or something like that" and Sting was like, "Hold on" and he reached into his back pocket and pulled out $300,000 for him and thus One World Futbol was born. That's kind of how it went, but I'll let Sting explain it.
"When [One World Futbol co-inventor] Tim Jahnigen came to me with his idea for a football or 'soccer' ball that could be played on any surface and would never need a pump and never go flat, I immediately thought of all the millions of children and young people who could use the ball in refugee camps, conflict zones, and poor communities all over the world." (Via)
Jahnigen and his blue balls are back in the news this week because he's out promoting the 5th generation of this soccer ball, as his PopFoam idea is closer to perfection than ever. And while it's not the most pressing news in the world, it's still pretty inspiring to read about – like in this feature in the Sydney Morning Herald – because it's nice when people use sports to do good things. So until Jahnigen's "Buy One, Give One" campaign propels him into a nude freakout on the side of a San Diego street, he and Sting should be celebrated.
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Minutes after I met Joanna Van Vleck, she was telling me about an instructional video she had made to demonstrate a new approach to the blow job. "There's a clitoris in your throat," she said. "Once you reach it, you can suck a cock for an hour."
This wasn't just a male fantasy out of Deep Throat, she insisted. It was a completely new approach that focused on the pleasure of women. I was struck by how insistent and cheerful she was about it. She came across as a missionary for the life-transforming potential of progressive oral sex.
She also starred in the video, she added. "So soon you'll see me sucking cock."
Send me that video the instant it's available for review, I told her.
I knew that Joanna was president of a group called One Taste, which was in my vague impression some kind of San Francisco sex cult that practiced group masturbation. This isn't necessarily a bad thing in my universe. From the playroom of Sandstone to the orgies of Rajneesh to the "complex marriages" practiced by the Perfectionist communities at Oneida and Wallingford in the 19th century, the dream of sexual utopia has always fascinated me. It might be crazy, but it's also a formalized and systemic approach to the journey we all go through in the march toward freedom and self-acceptance. And spending an hour or two talking to an attractive woman about sex isn't exactly painful—especially when you say you might want to check out this orgasmic meditation thing and a big smile breaks out on her face. "I'll teach you!"
A few weeks later, Joanna sent me a link to the video, which was called Oral Sex For Her Pleasure. The blurbs were certainly promising:
Sucking cock for my own pleasure changed the way I related with men. Before I did it out of obligation or to make him feel good. Now the primary reason is because I have a hungry desire and lust for cock.—Yia V.
The first time I sucked a cock for my own pleasure, I took him all the way into my mouth, and I could feel the pulsing of his cock in my pussy. I had no idea it could be that intensely pleasurable.—Lianna
I watched the video with my wife. Joanna began with a perky monologue about shifting the blow-job paradigm from a porny, servicing-the-man approach to a more empowered female approach that is sensual and non-goal-oriented. "When I do it for me," the message is, "he gets more of what he wants." The instructional blow job that followed was shot in a white room with a naturalistic Zen style and lasted about 15 minutes. It didn't feel like porn because it seemed so healthy and female-focused, alternating a meditative peaks-and-valley sensual style with periods of animalistic deep throating that didn't seem to be striving for effect, which was pretty striking in itself. It reminded me of how the porn star and writer Ashley Blue shoves her hand in her mouth as a way of turning herself on. It's hot because she's doing it for herself. But my wife said she thought this whole "clitoris-like structure in the throat" sounded questionable—if it was a real scientific thing, she would have heard of it.
I talked to Joanna a few days later, and she told me the video is the first in a series—the next is about making out—dedicated to the slow sex concept. "The whole idea is when you practice Orgasmic Mediation your sex becomes different."
So what is Orgasmic Meditation? It's a sexual practice—bear with me, it sounds ridiculous—where a woman spreads her legs and the person sitting next to her gently caresses the upper-left quadrant of her clitoris for exactly 15 minutes. You can hear the founder's pitch in this Ted talk or get a vivid participation-journalism take on it in this article from Gawker, but it might be enough to know that the classes are expensive and involve confessions and confrontations of the encounter-group-therapy type—not, to my mind, promising signs. It's also a little weird that when One Tasters say "orgasm" they don't actually mean "orgasm" but a kind of generalized arousal or hyper-sensuality, which is the approach they're trying to promote with this new instructional video sideline.
On the other hand, Joanna is so nice and attractive, and her blow-job skills are certainly intriguing testimony to whatever she learned from One Taste. The instructional materials that accompany the video give a good impression of the high points:
In the back of your throat is a sensitized, soft spot which when touched produces pleasurable convulsions throughout your body. Take your time to find it. Slowly tap his cock on the back of your throat. Use his cock to stroke this sensitive spot yourself and take your full pleasure. Allow the saliva and snot and tears to flow. Allow every part of you to drip onto him. When we release into the involuntary, things get wet. Enjoy the slickness, the full release.
And how does one achieve these admirable skills? It's all about "goallessness," Joanna tells me. Most women think of blow jobs as something they do for the guy, so it becomes all about getting him off and they forget to focus on their own pleasure. It's difficult to break this dynamic because as soon as you focus on yourself, you worry that you're neglecting your partner or being selfish. Joanna calls this "one of the larger sexual misconceptions," and men are certainly subject to it as well—they worry about getting their partners off, distracting them from the moment, or watch their marriages go stale when they learn how to push the little triggers that get the fastest results. It's difficult to accept that doing whatever feels good to you is going to be good for your partner, too.
As a member of a gender that has been pilloried for about 50 years for being selfish in sex, I can think of a few immediate objections. But I also know that there's nothing more common than responding to sexual weirdness with "a few immediate objections." So let's just listen for now.
"One of the things Orgasmic Mediation gave me is permission for a lot of these rules to be in place," Joanna explains. "For example, in the video, that was an hour-long cock-suck, it was edited for length, and the only reason you're able to go for an hour is because it's goalless—you go up and you go down, and his cock gets limp and it gets hard. And that's what you learn in Orgasmic Meditation—I mean, it's nice to say, 'Yeah, let's be goalless in sex.' But then you get to the bed with somebody and you think, 'Are they going to think I'm a bad lover if they don't come?'"
So the pussy stroking is actually…?
"A container where you can practice all these different potentials in sex."
One potential she mentions is the opportunity to focus on one thing like a tennis player practicing her serve. But the real goal seems to be the social euphoria that comes from OMing with strangers—from learning, as Joanna puts it, "to share an intimate moment with someone and not be in love with them."
Which brings us to the crux of the matter, the thing that drives groups like One Taste to re-imagine the sexual-social contract. Can we share something intimate and not be in love? Or are intimacy and love aspects of the same thing?
"They're conflated," she concedes. "But one of the the things OM will show you is they're definitely not the same."
I come up with the oldest objection in the book: it doesn't sound very romantic.
"Romance takes time," Joanna says. "'Let's go to dinner, let's spend the night, let's talk for hours.' I don't have a lot of time for romance with a lot of people. But that doesn't mean we can't share an intimate moment."
I feel myself wanting to make the case for experiencing a few great loves instead of hundreds of fleeting connections, which is weird—I'm usually the lead pervert in any conversation about sex. It occurs to me that I am possibly coming to this from what my polyamorous friends call "the place of scarcity." After all, I'm older and married and a guy and she's younger and pretty and female, so our ratio of spark-to-fire is much different. Plus, she's in a sex cult where everybody wants to stroke her pussy.
"I don't think it's a sex cult," she says.
"I'm just teasing," I lie.
"But I love the point you bring up," she says. "We walk around as human beings starving for intimacy, and when you're starving, you want to gobble down it."
So if I went to a One Taste seminar and learned OM, I would experience this intimacy with a variety of different people?
Yes, she tells me. It would take a while, like going to a gym, but one day it would kick in.
"You'll be OMing with someone you didn't think you would, whether it's a young hot thing or an older woman, and you'll experience something you never experienced, some reaction between your body and hers, and then you look at this person and say I can't believe I had an intimate feeling with this person. Then you say 'Thank you' and you quietly thank yourself that you were able to have this intimate experience."
It really is starting to sound religious. But I can see how it might work, setting off Jungian echoes of the Bonobo-esque grooming rituals that must have once eased our social isolation and communicated goodwill in the primordial darkness. Swingers call it the joy of the pile, the giddy sense that all social rules and restrictions are on holiday. It's that oceanic promise that keeps drawing me to these sexual utopias in the first place. You could even say it's the promise at the heart of marriage, though marriage is so often the place the promise goes to die.
"Someday people will get the message," Joanna says. "We don't all have to be malnourished in terms of sex and intimacy, with our stomachs protruding out."
For the last couple of weeks, she and her team have been holding premieres around the country for Oral Sex for Her Pleasure and about 100 people have showed up at each. The video and the instructional e-book sells for $8 online, plus there's a 10-day challenge to any couple that might want to work on it together:
Day 3: Now you're ready to take the head of his cock into your mouth. Go slow enough to feel every millimeter, every nuance. Feel and explore the shape of his corona with your mouth. Feel as his cock slides slowly deeper in, filling your mouth.
Day 8: Today is climax day. Start sucking his cock with long, slow, deep strokes. Be careful not to stroke him with too much over-eagerness, otherwise you'll take him over a soft edge before reaching the hard edge. So find the speed and pressure that has ignition but be sure to hold back just slightly. Better to under-stroke just slightly than over-stroke.
"Definitely, it takes practice," she says. "You can't just say, 'Oh, let me throw a cock in the back of my throat.'"
So far the reactions have been mixed. Joanna remembers one lady at a screening saying, "I hope that my husband doesn't think I'm going to be doing this to him." But another woman went home and tried so hard, she ended up throwing up.
Joanna approved. "I said, 'Well, at least she went all out.'"
John H. Richardson is the author of My Father The Spy, In the Little World and The Vipers Club.
This article was originally published on Playboy for iPhone. For more exclusive content and the best articles from the latest issue of Playboy, download the app in the iTunes Store.
Photo courtesy of OneTaste


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Few investors see the benefits of increasing regulatory requirements for hedge funds, according to a new study.
Only 10% of institutional investors surveyed felt that the new regulations would protect their interests, and 85% rejected the notion that these would prevent the next financial crisis, according to Ernst & Young's sixth annual survey of the global hedge fund market.
The survey, which was compiled by Greenwich Associates for Ernst & Young, compared opinions from 100 hedge fund managers with more than $710 billion under management and 50 institutional investors with some $190 billion allocated to hedge funds on current topics related to the hedge fund sector.
The findings showed that although the two groups agreed on increasing investments in headcount, technology and risk management, stark contrasts existed on compensation structure, fees and expenses.
"Our survey findings suggest that hedge fund regulations are not beneficial to investors, who overwhelmingly question their purpose and proliferation," Ratan Engineer, global leader of Ernst & Young's asset management practice, said in a statement.
"It may still be worthwhile for hedge fund managers to constructively engage with regulators to help them stay focused on the main goal—financial stability—rather than introducing more costly or unnecessary requirements that investors feel are of little value."
The survey uncovered areas of agreement between managers and investors, as well as sharp differences.
Implications of Regulatory Compliance
The survey found that managers were already seeing regulations increasing their costs for upgrades of compliance functions (34%) and technology dedicated to reporting (17%).
For their part, investors expected the additional compliance costs, yet they feared these expenses would be passed on to the funds.
"The general increase in costs, including regulatory-related expenses, has created barriers to entry and has resulted in the consolidation of funds that do not have the capital to support the costly infrastructure required," Arthur Tully, co-leader of Ernst & Young's global hedge funds practice, said in the statement. "This is a trend we will likely see continue in the near future."
Compensation: Unreconciled Differences
The gap between managers and investors on how compensation should align with risk and performance has shown no sign of narrowing since 2010, the survey found.
Ninety-four percent of managers surveyed in 2010 felt risk and performance were effectively aligned with investor objectives, while 50% of investors felt that way. In 2012, 87% of managers felt this was true, while only 42% of investors agreed.
In addition, more than two-thirds of managers said their compensation structure had not changed in the past three years. Just 14% said less was paid in cash, and 10% said compensation was subject to longer deferral periods.
Investors, by contrast, said less than 40% of compensation should be paid in cash. Instead, they preferred to see a larger portion paid in equity and deferred cash, subject to clawbacks. This dissonance has not caused material redemptions, the 2012 survey found, nor did investors cite it as a key consideration for choosing a fund.
Selection Criteria and Redemptions
Hedge fund managers surveyed believed that historic long- and short-term performances were two of the top criteria that investors used to select a manager.
Investors, on the other hand, identified the investment team (82%), risk management (70%) and investment philosophy (66%) as the three most important initial screening criteria.
These findings suggest that during initial selection, confidence that managers can generate strong future returns is more important to investors than actual past performance, according to Ernst & Young.
Eighty-six percent of managers cited performance as the primary reason for redemptions. The same number of investors also saw this as important, but 84% were equally inclined to take their assets elsewhere when there were changes in key personnel.
The industry remains, emphatically, a "people" business, Ernst & Young said.
Capital Investments, Fees and Expenses
Nearly two in three hedge funds surveyed had either added headcount in the front office or expected to do so in the near future in order to support asset growth and expansion of new strategies.
In addition, some 45% of hedge funds were adding personnel in middle-office, back-office, risk management and legal/compliance functions to support expected growth, client demands for transparency and increased regulatory requirements. And more than half were making technology investments in risk management, compliance and investment management systems.
Investors generally agreed with these outlays. Two-thirds said their managers needed to invest in risk management technology, and nearly 60% said their managers need to spend on investment management systems. However, although investors demanded more transparency, they also expected hedge funds to cover the costs.
Some two-thirds of managers indicated they passed on the cost of D&O insurance, as well as regulatory registration and compliance for the fund. More than half of investors said this was unacceptable, and about half said it was unacceptable for regulation costs to be passed on to the fund.
Evolving Fund-of-Funds Business Model
The study found investor support for emerging and start-up funds increasing, but there was an accompanying squeeze on margins, most notably from funds of funds. These were demanding and getting concessions from fund managers, particularly on fees (95%), and often in return for larger mandates (83%) and lock-ups (56%).
"This flies in the face of conventional wisdom that the largest managers are gathering all the assets," Engineer said in the statement. "More particularly, a significant majority of funds say that they are investing in a 'fund of one.'"
He said it was hard to assess whether a causal relationship existed between this trend and a squeeze on margins, "but there appears to be conclusive evidence that in each case, funds of funds, as investors, are demanding, and getting, a variety of concessions from fund managers."


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MSPP #124: Cub Scout Gingerbread Housesstevejb68 on December 31, 2012 in Activity, Cub Scout, Holiday, podcast
Here it is, the last post to the Melrose Scout Productions Podcast for the year of 2012. The goal has always been to post at least one video each month, or at least twelve per year. This podcast will keep that twelve per year goal.
When the Cub Scouts of Melrose Pack 68 met for their December pack meeting, they knew it was going to be fun. The parents knew it could get a bit messy. The cubmaster knew he had a lot of baking to do. The Cub Scouts, along with help from their parents, were going to make gingerbread houses and decorate them with lots of candies, crackers, and other building accessories. Each one ended up being a masterpiece, but a couple of them did not make it home in one piece. I think they could have used a little more mortar (frosting) to hold them together.
This video post to the Melrose Scout Productions Podcast includes video of the boys and their parents creating the houses and photos of the Cub Scouts with their finished projects. It is eight minutes long. I hope you enjoy it. Maybe this would be a good project for your Cub Scout Pack next Christmas.
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