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I spent the better part of this evening watching a familiar stranger. A handsome fellow, by all accounts, I studied him while he was busied with chores and outdoor tasks.
I knew him once, I think, but the memories are old, faded, and only half-seen now when I close my eyes and try to remember. It's like some badly misquoted line from a Robert Frost poem. You know the type. The ones where way leads to way, Grandsir Stark sips his whiskey from the depths of some ancient, open cellar, and leaves fall deep in the silence of a frozen wood; abstract, distant, and left more than just a little bit cold for the watching.
Today, though, I watched as sunlight trudged its way through a fresh canopy of leaves. Laboring to heal the freshly mown grass, the light moved almost as he did. And I sat and watched.
I found it quite painful to watch him after a while, and I focused on the smell of the freshly mown grass, the bird's song, and the hum of the motor. And the light, of course. It had the most unsual dappling as it found the earth, the grass, and the flowers.
The oddest thing was that he never made eye contact with me. He never spoke a word. He saw me, I'm sure, but he never stopped, never asked for a drink of water, and never ceased in his movement. Even after all of his tasks were completed and he was preparing to leave, each question that I put to him was answered with a simple "yes", or "no".
"Would you like a drink of water?"
"No", he'd say.
"Would you like a Coca Cola?"
Again, his reply would be "no".
And he would go on about his tasks disdaining any further interruption.
I will never understand how it is that we can be so far away from someone, and yet still be so close. And vice versa, of course. But also in being so close, we actually feel that much more terrible. If only for feeling so very, very far away.
Brotherhood is such an odd thing after 12 years apart.
..... and they say that the truth is stranger than fiction?.......
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Sounds like this might have hit close to home...Hell raised by Jean on May 31, 2009 09:32 PM
Sad, that.Hell raised by Jim - PRS on May 31, 2009 09:36 PM
Sad, that, indeed.Hell raised by Erica on June 1, 2009 08:30 AM
Brings to mind the phrase, "the possibility of these times" --
Would hope that the passage brings even more realization to the writer, that perhaps it is not too late.Hell raised by Kath on June 1, 2009 03:12 PM
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..... so, tell me..... if you bite your fingernails..... and then chew them up & eat them...... does that make you a cannibal?......
..... and what of those nervous times when you nibble the inside of your cheek and then let the nibblings slide down your throat?......
.... I mean, what exactly is the definition of a cannibal?.....
.... and before y'all ask, no..... I had chicken for dinner tonight....... and only a few finger nails......
..... oh, and by the way?....... people could (and should) write REAMS of notes about "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde"...... I've watched it twice over the past two days, and it is awesome.........
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If you cut your finger, stick it in your mouth and suck the blood, does that make you a vampire?
Ever read ALIVE by Piers Paul Read? Some would find it horrifying. Others would find it inspirational. Matter of perspective I reckon....
I have this horrible habit of biting the inside of my cheek. I have friends that actually imitate me. And I even asked my dentist if this could cause oral cancer, the constant irritation. (He said no.)
I guess I'm a cannibal?Hell raised by Bou on May 30, 2009 09:24 PM
No...However if you eat another's finger nails or the inside of their cheek...you might have a problem.
Just Damn!Hell raised by Dax Montana on May 30, 2009 09:36 PM
Ummmmm - is there a reason we need to know this? LOLHell raised by dammitwoman on May 30, 2009 10:34 PM
In my yoot, I actually bit the inside of my cheek one time that it more or less resembled a deep fleshy crater. Blessedly, I've mostly grown out of that habit, and only do a mild nibble now and again. I stopped chewing fingernails when I was about 14 but, my Dad...good God, he nibbles them down to the cuticles practically...what is UP with that? It looks so painful.Hell raised by Erica on June 1, 2009 08:41 AM
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...... good evening, rubberneckers...... I hope that you are all well....... as for me, I'm tolerable lately..... and quite pleasant at other times........ but all in all, overall, I'm idling down quite nicely considering that I spent most of the day batting insects & re-working flower beds.....
..... having said that, I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to toss out here for you wonderful people....... so, I shall simply choose a few hard words from a book I've been reading off and on for the past few days....... I hope that you enjoy.....
OK Corral East
Brothers In The Nam
Sgt. Christopher and I are
in Khanh Hoi down by the docks
in the Blues Bar where the women
are brown and there is no Saigon Tea
making our nightly HIT - 'Hore Inspection Tour
watching the black - digging night sights
- soul sounds - getting tight
the grunts in the corner raise undisturbed hell
the timid white MP has his freckles pale
as he walks past the high dude
in the doorway in his lavender jump-suit
to remind the mama-san quietly of the curfew
- he chokes on the weed smoke
- he sees nothing his color here
and he fingers his army rosary - his .45
but this is not Cleveland or Chicago
he can't cringe any one here and our
gazes like brown punji stakes impale him
we have all killed something recently
we know who owns the night
and carry darkness with us
.... a poem by Mr. Horace Coleman
..... I don't know about you guys, but I thought that pretty much rocked...... and that ole Horace would have been a helluva guy to share a beer with.....
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That poem reminds me of a scene played out in a book I read some years ago. IRON BRAVO by Carsten Stroud. Flawed in some ways it was none the less a good read. If you come across a copy, I recommend it.Hell raised by Tbird on May 29, 2009 07:49 PM
Rocks HARD indeed.
Having just attended the local VA PTSD group for Viet Vets today I can attest to the
"And carry darkness with us"
line. Some have carried it a far piece with many a mile still to go. The wonder is that so many of them cope as well as they do.
Thanks for sharing this poem.Hell raised by kdzu on May 29, 2009 07:51 PM
Coleman sounds like he'd be a perfect fit for an opening in this current administrations diversity section.Hell raised by Kurt P on May 30, 2009 08:07 AM
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...... good evening, boys & girls...... and say hello to Emma Jane SWG and William Tecumseh Sherman SWG..... my paternal Great Grandparents..... he - a pastor in the small mountain town of Tellico Plains back around the turn of the century, and the youngest son of a Civil War veteran...... and she - the delicate middle-daughter of a Ducktown, TN politician & businessman..... here they are.....
..... a few things of note before I head off to the dogwood-shaded patio for the evening to visit with a gin and tonic......
.... notice Great Grandma's beltline?..... it's practically itty bitty..... not too shabby for having popped out four little'uns earlier in life... and her hair?...... my Father once told me that when she died, her hair was of such a length that if she were to take it down fully, 6 inches of it would trail the ground behind her as she walked.....
..... I reckon that the photo was taken around 1930 or so...... and that is genuine Cherokee National Forest/Appalachian mountain laurel in the background, too....... my goodness.... nothing says hillbilly like a healthy stand of mountain laurel at the edge of your property....... it makes me proud, it does......... I guess that nearly a hundred years on - and having lapped the world at least four times - sitting here now, I'm probably less than ten miles from where that photo was originally shot...... the world is full of circles, I suppose........
.... anyhoo, I'm off to enjoy the evening....... I hope that you all manage to do much the same...
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Cool Picture. I love the family stuff.Hell raised by vw bug on May 28, 2009 04:56 AM
Can you imagine how heavy that hair would be to wear on top of your head all day? Do you know what a pain in the butt it is to wash hair like that? And the heat of all that hair! Amazing!Hell raised by Lou on May 28, 2009 06:48 AM
I keep staring at the waist. I popped out three and I'm waistless in West Palm Beach and it doesn't matter if I get down to high school weight where I had a 22 inch waist. The waist... just isn't coming back. Ever.Hell raised by Bou on May 28, 2009 07:03 AM
Great picture!!!!
Circles for certain.
Wow, you bear an incredibly strong resemblance to your great grandma.
Yeah, what Erica said! Lot less hair, though...
I keed, I keed
WalrillaHell raised by Walrilla on May 28, 2009 09:42 AM
Wow - circles indeed... Gotta love the history. :)Hell raised by Richmond on May 28, 2009 02:23 PM
His name was William Tecumseh Sherman? Dude. Where I come from that would be akin to being named Adolph Stalin Hitler. No wonder he became a man of peace!Hell raised by Velociman on May 28, 2009 05:17 PM
So, was Billy T. here just to tick off Georgia fans? Does this make you and Erica T. Sherman relatives?
Inquiring minds want to know.Hell raised by Cappy on May 28, 2009 07:20 PM
Is that lapel pin your Opa's wearing there a symbol of freemasonry?Hell raised by Rube on May 30, 2009 05:22 PM
My parents were wise to change my middle name to Lynn from Tecumseh, fearing that I would set off a shitstorm whenever I entered Atlanta. Alas, I am a woman of peace, in spite of being built like a tank. So to speak.Hell raised by Erica on June 1, 2009 08:44 AM
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.... in between thunderstorms today, I've managed to hold down a bit of patio furniture out back and dig into an old anthology of American War Poetry...... and since today is Memorial Day - a day for remembering those sacrifices of our Warriors - I'll share a few lines that I myself enjoyed out under the dogwoods this afternoon......
.... this first selection was written by a young George Washington.....
The General (Edward Braddock) received the wound of which he died; but previous to it, had several horses killed and disabled under him. captains Orme and Morris his two Aides de Camp having received wounds which rendered them unable to attend, G.W. (Washington) remained the sole aid throughout the day, to the General; he also had one horse killed, and two wounded under him - A ball through his hat - and several through his clothes, but escaped unhurt.....
"The shocking Scenes which presented themselves in this Nights March are not to be described - The dead - the dying - the groans - lamentations - and cries along the Road of the wounded for help (for those under the latter descriptions endeavored from the first commencement of the action - or rather confusion - to escape to the second division) were enough to pierce a heart of adamant, the gloom and horror of which was not a little encreased by the impervious darkness which in places rendered it impossible for the two guides which attended to know whether they were in, or out of the tracks but by groping on the ground with their hands."
George Washington, on General Edward Braddock's defeat by combined French and Indian forces in 1755, from Washington on Washington.
..... and a hundred or so years later, Walt Whitman had this to say......
"The dead in this war - there they lie, stewing the fields and woods and valleys and battlefields of the South - Virginia, the Peninsula, Malvern Hill and Fair Oaks, the banks of the Chickahominy, the terraces of Fredricksburg, Antietam Bridge, the grisly ravines of Manassas, the bloody promenade of the Wilderness; the varieties of the strayed dead (the estimate of the War Department is twenty-five thousand national soldiers killed in battle and never buried at all; three thousand drowned; fifteen thousand inhumed by strangers or on the march in haste, in hitherto unfound localities; two thousand graves covered by sand and mud, by Mississippi freshets; three thousand carried away by caving-in of banks, etc; Gettysburg, the West, numberless battles, camps, hospitals everywhere; the crop reaped by the mighty reapers - typhoid, dysentery, inflammations; and - blackest and loathsomest of all - the dead, and living burial pits - the prison pens of Andersonville, Salisbury, Belle Isle, etc)..... The dead, the dead, the dead, our dead - "
Walt Whitman, "The Million Dead, Too, Summed Up", from Walt Whitman's Civil War
.... to every family who has sent someone off to war, you have my utmost gratitude and respect....... and for those who have died for our freedoms?.... defending us?.... may we continue from now until the end of the world to be a nation that is worthy of your sacrifice........
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Very touching post. Great read. Thanks!Hell raised by Dawn on May 25, 2009 05:49 PM
Thanks to all who serve and have served.
Good to have you home, Eric!Hell raised by Joan of Argghh! on May 25, 2009 06:53 PM
If I remember correctly they buried Braddock in the wagon road and ran over it to conceal his body from the hostiles. So they couldn't dig up his body and collect his hair.Hell raised by Tbird on May 25, 2009 09:00 PM
Army Strong.Hell raised by Kath on May 27, 2009 02:45 PM
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...... you know, in the great, sweeping, over-arching Circle of Life that we're all part of, I will be the first to happily admit that I don't know a whole lot when it comes to the 'Bouncy Castle" department......
..... and yet, as all Good Men are bound to continually quest, I do have quite a few unanswered questions.... particularly regarding the inflation/deflation of "bouncy castles'.... indeed, as I write this, two bouncy castles that my neighbor has had deployed in his back yard across the way for the past two days are in a weird, floppy, formless stage of early inflation...... odd, of course, to see such things so limp and decidedly un-bouncy, especially when they are both completely bouncy by lunchtime....
.... so, what gives?.... as a bouncy castle novice, I naturally assume that once your castle is made bouncy you would endeavor to keep it bouncy until you & your children were finished with all of your bouncing activities..... isn't it such a huge waste to deflate your castle every evening??..... perhaps his castles have leaks?..... is the deflation done on purpose for safety reasons?..... does he mean to make his bouncy castle unusable once the Sun goes down??..... lest some neighborhood miscreant steal silently through the night and then bounce gleefully unsupervised in the darkness?.....
.... I tell you, I just don't know..... but logic seems to dictate that once you achieve a certain level of turgidity in your bouncy castle, you would do your best to ensure that it remained so.......
..... then again, perhaps I err in my thinking.... maybe he is a fan of Dali and finds giant, distended heaps of multi-colored plastic aesthetically pleasing to view as he has his morning coffee?..... perhaps watching his bouncy castle slowly re-inflate every morning is a source of base, manly satisfaction?.....
..... I just don't know...... but the whole scene just seems strangely perplexing......
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(Fully inflated bouncy castle + neighbour with cats and guns)x unattended garden = burst bouncy castle.
I'm thinking that's what he's thinking....Hell raised by Mark on May 25, 2009 09:03 AM
I reckon living out here in the sticks where they don't be many rug rats....just a lot of limb rats...I am out of touch with what be happening in the rug rat world...so I ask ya, just what is a bouncy castle?Hell raised by GUYK on May 25, 2009 09:23 AM
Hmmm...a turgid bouncy castle.
Now, there's three words I'd have never thought to put together before.Hell raised by Pammy on May 25, 2009 10:11 AM
Nothing worse than a flaccid castle. Just Damn!Hell raised by Dax Montana on May 25, 2009 10:25 AM
.... honestly, folks.... you really can't make this shit up.....Hell raised by Eric on May 25, 2009 10:31 AM
Dang miscreants.Hell raised by Cappy on May 25, 2009 11:59 AM
The world has long waited for the definitive Bouncy Castle Blogpost. I fear that it must wait a while longer... heh...
Seriously... you have dared to ask the Deep Questions... may you find yourself in possession of the equally Deep Answers speedily, in our day...Hell raised by Elisson on May 25, 2009 01:25 PM
Bouncy Castles have a fan that keeps them inflated. Turn off the fan and you have a Flaccid Castle. The Vessel with the Pestle has the brew that is true. The Flaccid Castle is bad for you.Hell raised by Rey B on May 25, 2009 02:51 PM
Rey B beat me to it, however, I liked is answer far better than mine was going to be! I was going to be so boring and matter of fact. Can't beat the Flaccid Castle. Heh.
BTW, I have been in a bouncy castle when it's inflation device failed. The entire castle went flaccid around my niece and I. She swears I saved her life.Hell raised by Bou on May 25, 2009 09:02 PM
I seem to feel slightly dirty now. Errgh.
Oh, my goodness, Bou said "can't beat the flaccid castle."Hell raised by Kath on May 27, 2009 02:44 PM
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..... I have labored, you know?....... figuratively & literally....... six thousand photographs, trips to foreign climes, backyard mosquito swatting, and what to post?....... very, very little that is not (on one level or another) more than just a little bit belittling.....
..... good lord, here's an example...... I awoke the Missus yesterday morning and she immediately retired to the deck with a book in hand to await the arrival of her bacon and eggs..... and halfway through the cooking, there came a frantic series of pecks upon the full-length glass of the back door...... so, as you do, I laid my spatula aside and set off to investigate...... and indeed, it seemed that she had something to show me......
..... and after a few minutes of pointing, eeew'ing, squinting, and squatting on the deck like Johnny Bench, I finally saw it....
..... a large, hideous, hunter spider had a daddy longlegs by the forehead and was slowly sucking his brains out.... hell, I was traumatized........ the stout little one holding fast over the large spindly one whose legs were doing that wavy "come hither" thing that Vincent Price used to do in movies sometimes when he was luring some hot, scantily clad B-movie starlet towards a place she'd ought not to go ...... it was mesmerizing....... the little one - with its fangs buried deep - adjusted them every so often..... pumping the left, then the right.... then the left again...... all while the frail, dainty legs of its victim clawed and scraped at the empty air....... running away in slow motion - but getting nowhere fast..... soooooo, yeah.... life and death while the bacon sizzled and the eggs bubbled........
.... I mean, just imagine my level of startilization at having been faced with such a sight as that?......
.... and good god, people..... startilization isn't even a word!....... but it sure as hell FELT right to write it.........
.... anyway, here are three still shots (and one action shot!) of Scotland's National Sport...... what?.... y'all didn't think that I would actually be taking photos of tourist attractions, pretty scenery, or famous buildings, did you?....
.... a fine pint of 80 shilling beer in the bar of The Kildrummy Castle Hotel...
.... a fine pint of John Smith's Bitters at the bar of The World's Smallest Hilton in Ballater..
.... a gentle Speyside single malt in its native environment...... de-corked, of course...
.... an anxious group of fine, fine gentleman.... upstanding, all.....
...... hey, a boy has got to stay hydrated, no?..... especially when on vacation!.....
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I have similar pics from trip to Scotland.Hell raised by Lou on May 22, 2009 06:16 PM
Firstly, I think I'm going to have spider nightmares, from that description of the brainsucking action on your deck. Secondly, I am now extremely thirsty... not from the spider thoughts but from those lovely pictures. Thirdly... what the hell is up with that weird comment previous to mine? (not Lou's, but the bizarro invasion of the Orient)Hell raised by LeeAnn on May 22, 2009 07:50 PM
.... good on ye, Lou.....
.... sorry about the spider nightmares, LeeAnn..... but what comment are you meaning?....Hell raised by Eric on May 22, 2009 08:27 PM
We wish for peace. 缝纫机维修培训Hell raised by Eric on May 22, 2009 08:57 PM
Nature at it's primordial best. I've sucked enough crayfish heads, I can relate.Hell raised by Tbird on May 22, 2009 09:41 PM
Nice pics, but you need a haircut.Hell raised by Sam on May 23, 2009 06:24 AM
This is exactly what I've been waiting for. Pictures of Overseas Drinkage, plus a spider-brainsucking story to leaven my mood. Sweet!Hell raised by Elisson on May 23, 2009 12:04 PM
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.... well, I'll be damned..... that was FAST......
.... no sooner are we back from a nearly 10,000 mile bone-crushing round-trip, we find via email that the next expedition is already booked..... and it appears that County Clare, Ireland will be host to a September invasion by our combined Scots/Americano/Bangladeshi forces..... mercy, folks......
.... anyhoo, I shall begin tossing up some photos shortly.... but in the mean time, I'll share this little tidbit that was waiting in my inbox this morning from Ms. Cheese...... check this out....
The Scottish Military Field Hospital
The new commander in Iraq hears that a Scottish regiment has a specialized field hospital that's doing fantastic things with the troops. He wants to know what is so special about the place, so he arranges a tour.
When he gets to the ward, it's full of patients with no obvious sign of injury or illness. He's perplexed, so goes up to the first bed and greets the soldier there.
The patient replies:
"Fair fa your honest sonsie face,
Great chieftain o the puddin race,
Aboon them a ye take yer place,
Painch, tripe or thairm,
As langs my airm."
The general is confused, so he just grins and moves on to the next patient.
That soldier responds:
"Some hae meat an canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat an we can eat,
So let the Lord be thankit."
Even more confused, and his grin now rictus-like, the commander moves on to the next patient, who immediately begins to chant:
"Wee sleekit, cowerin, timorous beasty,
O the panic in thy breasty,
Thou needna start awa sae hastie,
Wi bickering brattle."
Now seriously troubled, the general turns to the accompanying doctor and asks, "Is this a psychiatric ward?"
"No, not at all," replies the doctor. "This is the Serious Burns unit."
.... heh heh heh...... I don't care who you are, that right there was funny......
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I laughed too.Hell raised by The Maximum Leader on May 19, 2009 08:20 AM
Very funny!Hell raised by Lou on May 19, 2009 09:33 AM
I am only peeved because I did not think of it first.Hell raised by Elisson on May 19, 2009 10:13 AM
OMG - perfect. Of course LeeAnn would be the one to send it along to you. ROFLMAO.Hell raised by Teresa on May 19, 2009 01:53 PM
Oh. My. Gawd. I just horked coffee through my nose. I hate it when that happens.Hell raised by Pammy on May 19, 2009 05:48 PM
You'll LOVE Ireland. Get the Rick Steves book. His is the best practical guide I could find. And if you can get away for a few days to County Kerry, I can give you a few tips for good food and great fun...
I'm green with envy.Hell raised by Omnibus Driver on May 19, 2009 11:45 PM
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.... well, I'm back..... and it appears that my latest jaunt overseas has seen me weighed, measured, judged, and found to be just a wee bit lacking..... and so I sit before you today a semi-changed man....
... I say "semi", of course, because the plans are still in the preliminary stages.... but it does appear that I may very well begin to change my hedonistic, sedentary lifestyle for something a bit more befitting a Gentleman of My Caliber..... well, at least that's the plan at the moment.....
... I mean, imagine my utter shock upon finding out that my Brother-in-Law - my usual, faithful, earnest, and eager compadre in all things debauched - was rising at 6am every morning for cross-country jogs!..... I tell you, it was enough to make one immediately order a plate of bacon & a gin and tonic just to keep the Earth from spinning off of its axis....
.... and my Father in Law?..... his garden - full of flowers, heather, and various shrubberies - is absolutely immaculate..... indeed, if one cared to cast their eye in any conceivable direction they would be greeted with firm stems, delicately moistened petals, fragrant blossoms, and expertly manicured blades of grass.... and I made a mental note this morning as I strode across Hell's Half Acre with my cup of coffee to never, EVER send him any more photographs of my OWN meager attempts at "gardening".....
..... that said, though, the trip went well..... fine food, excellent company, exotic locales, and lashings of fine single malts ensured that smiles were never far from anyone's expression.....
..... but now it is back to the grind of Normal Life..... and perhaps the occasional bag of lawn fertilizer and a jog now and then...... then again, maybe I should just wear baggy clothes and hire a gardener......
.... photos to follow soon!.... most notably?.... The Kildrummy Castle Hotel, Melrose Abbey, The Scott Monument, and Abbotsford.....
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Welcome home!
And I must say, your phrase: "firm stems, delicately moistened petals"....ummm....uh...nicely put.....uhhh...Hell raised by DogsDontPurr on May 16, 2009 02:03 PM
.... hmmm.... well, it does mist, rain, and drizzle there quite a bit...... Morning Dew is quite heavy on the eastern coast....Hell raised by Eric on May 16, 2009 02:11 PM
So does this mean you are going to being gainful employment as a gardener or a marathon runner??? LOL.
Can't wait to see the pictures! Yay!
I swear that last post seemed to make some sort of sense when I typed it... good lord!!! And I haven't even had anything alcoholic to drink.
I give up!
As Mr. O'Donohue says in his blessing,
"May dawn find you awake and alert and approaching your new day with dreams, possibilities and promises.
May evening find you gracious and fulfilled."
See, there's a LOT of room there for interpretation. I, myself, favor the cup of coffee and the surveying of the "estate" moreso than jogging.Hell raised by Kath on May 16, 2009 03:11 PM
Welcome back, laddie! Looking forward to the inevitable Debrief... but meanwhile, it's good to know you and Fiona are returned safely home.Hell raised by Elisson on May 16, 2009 06:37 PM
Growing things and running no where - not my cup of tea, but I can't wait for the photos.Hell raised by Lou on May 16, 2009 07:36 PM
Ooo! Photos, please!
Welcome home. Don't let this news scare you back across the pond.Hell raised by Omnibus Driver on May 16, 2009 10:46 PM
herzlich Willkommen zu HauseHell raised by Sam on May 17, 2009 06:46 AM
Give reality a couple of weeks to grind this down.Hell raised by Cappy on May 17, 2009 05:25 PM
Glad you're back. Go get some sleep.
Oh yes, pictures please,,,,
(welcome back!)Hell raised by Michele on May 18, 2009 08:55 AM
heh, were you NOT aware that gardening is indeed the pastime of a gentleman? Of course most gentlemen hire an illegal Mexican to do the work...we redneck gents have to do it ourselfHell raised by GUYK on May 18, 2009 01:42 PM
If you take up running, get the right shoes!Hell raised by Bou on May 18, 2009 04:37 PM
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Ever wonder what Donald Duck asks for at the tattoo parlor? Wonder no more.
Donald, of course, is the pre-eminent avatar of syndactyly - fused toes. Hes a duck, fercryinoutloud. But people turn up with webbed feet too... and not all of them live in Louisiana.
He cannot get a nipple ring. Hes a duck, fercryinoutloud, and nipples are a privilege extended only to us mammals. And earrings, or those loathsome tin cans that some folks jam into their earlobes, are also off-limits, because a duck (fercryinoutloud) has no earlobes.
A tattoo? Dont be stupid. You wouldnt be able to see it under all those feathers... and since feathers are constantly falling out and being replaced, it makes no sense to tattoo them anyway.
But Donald can get one of these.
Two thoughts: One, Acidman would be appalled, were he still here. Doesnt this girl know to apply some red toenail polish? Two, Im surprised Velociman didnt find this and write one of his patented diatribes about it. Maybe this post will inspire him.
[Cross-posted at Blog dElisson.]
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Well, I tried to leave the comment before for you, Mr. Elisson, but of course leaving comments here is some kind of torture machine in and of itself!!
Point being -- some of us like to wear pretty pink polish, not just red all the time!Hell raised by Kath on May 11, 2009 03:21 PM
Kath, that seems to be a general issue with mu.nu sites these days. I wish I had a dime for every time I wrote some brilliant comment or other, only to have it barfed back at me by Fluffy the Spamhound. Thanks for being persistent.
As for the toenail polish, red was Acidman's preferred color, but I'm sure he wouldn't have looked askance at your toes if they were done up in a pretty pink!Hell raised by Elisson on May 12, 2009 07:48 AM
Fluffy the spamhound strikes again!Hell raised by JihadGene on May 12, 2009 11:16 AM
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Those of you who visit my site on any kind of regular basis are familiar with my Friday Random Ten posts, in which I slap up a randomly-generated list of Choons from my Little White Choon-Box, i.e., my iPod.
Eric, despite the fact that he is a Blogger to the core (and thus is at least a little bit self-indulgent), is not quite so self-indulgent as to want to post his own Friday Random Ten. The fact that he lacks an iPod also may have something to do with it.
But we can fix that. Following is my own take on what a Straight White Guy version of a Random Ten might be, packed with an appropriate assortment of Tennessee Tunage... selected Strictly at Random! Let's listen:
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Roland! Love it!Hell raised by JihadGene on May 8, 2009 11:44 AM
Listening to: the birds singing and the wind rustling the trees. 82 degrees. I do beleive that summer has arrived. Now that you mention it though I could go for some Eric Clapton or Tom Petty. I think I'll go dig through my CD's.
Have a good one!
Roland, he was a warrior from the land of the midnight sun.
Yep, Eric's taste in music covers the entire spectrum from A to B. :-)Hell raised by Jim - PRS on May 8, 2009 07:50 PM
Ya did ok, but there should have been at least one Townes VanZandt in there somewhere.Hell raised by K-nine on May 8, 2009 09:36 PM
True, K-Nine - but random chance being what it is, a Van Zandt tune just didn't show up in the first ten.Hell raised by Elisson on May 9, 2009 04:29 PM
Fair 'nuff. Far be it from me to bitch about random...Hell raised by K-nine on May 9, 2009 07:59 PM
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Elissons post, below, about the great Jean Shepherd fired off some dormant neurons in my cruller, taking me back to April, 1966, more precisely April 21, 1966. It was on that day that Jean Shepherd made his third of his six annual appearances at the college I was attending at the time to celebrate King Levinsky Day.
King (Kingfish) Levinsky (born Harris Krakow) was an up and coming boxer of some note until he was dispatched in 1935 by Joe Louis in the first round. One of many Jewish boxers (who knew?), he continued to box after his loss to Joe Louis for four more years for a total of more than one-hundred professional bouts. He ended up selling ties and watches on the street in South Beach. (Photo of King Levinsky).
I remember that on that April day in 1966, the students presented Jean with a set of boxing gloves to commemorate King Levinsky Day, and that evening many of us tuned into WOR to see if he would mention he appearance at the school earlier in the day, frankly doubting that he would.
As it turned out, early in the show he offered a Brass Figlagee with Bronze Oak Leaf Palm with special aluminum cross tor someone to call and identify the sound he [was] making. A listener immediately called and identified the sound as 14 ounce Championship Everlast Boxing Gloves that were presented to him earlier in the day at the college in celebration of "King Levinsky Day." Sure enough, the caller had been one of the students in the audience that afternoon.
Each time I saw him, he positively captivated the audience and, of course, never used notes. I dont believe Ive ever heard a better story teller.
Hat tip to Elisson for reminding me of it all.
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Wow - that is so cool! The things I've missed in life. LOL.Hell raised by Teresa on May 6, 2009 01:14 PM
When I boxed in Savannah Georgia back in the late 50s, I remember Leo Center and Mills B lane Jr, boxing at the old Union Bag Boxing center.Hell raised by catfish on May 6, 2009 04:04 PM
How appropriate - Union Camp (manufacturer of paper and other products, including corrugated boxes) having a Boxing Center.
Jeez, Catfish... is there anything you haven't done? You oughta write a book.Hell raised by Elisson on May 6, 2009 05:24 PM
Shepherd was a fellow Hoosier. Actually he was born in Chicago, but raised in Indiana. As opposed to the Michael Jackson family who were born in Indiana and raised by wolves. We'll trade you the Jackson 5 for Jean Shepherd.
I'd take a dead Shepherd over a live Jackson Five.Hell raised by Elisson on May 7, 2009 12:22 AM
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Eric is a trusting soul, yes he is... here he goes off for a lengthy trip around the sacred home of Scotch whisky, leaving the keys to his Bloggity Crib in my grubby mitts... trusting? Nay, brave...
Perhaps I give him too much credit for bravery, though. After all, there are limits to the desecrations a guest poster will permit himself on a site owned by someone who carries a Big, Sharp Knife... and who owns a small arsenal of Projectile Dispensers...
Anyway, having done with all this preamble, what I wanted to share with you rubberneckers is something I discovered quite by accident a couple of months ago...
Those of you who read my site will know that I am a long-time admirer of Jean Shepherd, the writer/raconteur/radio host whose collected stories, cobbled together, became the beloved Seasonal Fillum, A Christmas Story. A few months back, I found a few old photographs I had taken of Shep at the Overseas Press Club back in March of 1970, which in turn impelled me to do a little Internet Research...
...during the course of said research, I uncovered something about Shep that I had not known... that he had recorded, sometime back in the 1970's, a collection of Robert W. Service poems...
...now, rubberneckers, the plot thickens... because we all know that poetic recitations in general, and poetic recitations involving the works of Robert W. Service in particular, hold a special place in Eric's heart of hearts...
...and so I am happy to share with you Jean Shepherd's inimitable renditions of Service's fine poetry... enjoy... and think of our red-headed friend, traipsing about the Grampian Hills as you do so...
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Hi, long-time admirer of Jean Shepherd, I've been an admirer since 1956. But I only managed to get published the only book about his work, my EXCELSIOR, YOU FATHEAD! THE ART AND ENIGMA OF JEAN SHEPHERD in 2005 (Applause Theatre and Cinema Books). It was widely reviewed and I was interviewed over a dozen times on radio (see the great Shep website www.flicklives.com for audios of some of the interviews and loads of great info on all of Shep's career and life). Many fans and others who might be interested don't even know this book exists--I wondered if you were among the underprivileged.
The Robert W. Service album is from 1975.
You can see loads of photos of Shepherd on the flicklives site, including some from that Press Club session. You should send scans of those photos to that site so they become part of the public record.
Excelsior, you Fathead!Hell raised by Eugene B. Bergmann on May 5, 2009 11:03 AM
Eugene, just so you know:
1. I own your book.
2. I've sent those photos to the flicklives.com website. Don't know if they've been posted, though.
3. I'm glad as hell you stopped by!
Hats off as Ellison sets a new standard for guest blogging... Wow!
I've had that tape of Shepherd doing R.W. Service for a long time now. I was getting pretty close to wearing it out which is why I converted it to digital using GarageBand.Hell raised by joated on May 5, 2009 05:36 PM
Eric will be beside himself with delight when he hears these. I will listen to them later tonight when I won't be interrupted by work.
Very cool indeed!Hell raised by Teresa on May 6, 2009 01:12 PM
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Our friend, Uncle Eric, the Straight White Guy, asked if I might leave some of my droppings here while he and his fair lassie run around the Highlands, or Lowlands or something.
Soooooo, having spent some very excellent times in the great state of Tennessee, I thought I might do a stream of consciousness comparison between the two states.
Cool Things About Tennessee:
Low taxes. (Of course, any taxes are low in comparison to New Jersey)
Biscuits and Gravy (These do not exist in New Jersey, but Taylor Ham doesnt exist in Tennessee)
Easy to buy, carry and shoot guns. (In Jersey, all three of these things are a major hassle)
Peeps are very friendly (In Jersey, not so much)
No New York Drivers (We have a shitload of them)
Just about zero snow (We have plenty of the shit)
Moonshine (An acquired taste, but we dont have it in Jersey at least, not that I know of)
People named Jethro (In Jersey, anyone named Jethro would have to know how to fight pretty well)
Cows (We have them in South Jersey, but they seem to be everywhere in Tennessee. Im always taken with how big they are)
People pronounce the name of the food store Buy Low and BAHlow. (We, of course, have no accent.)
They sell Shiner Bock there. (Not here)
Sweet Tea
Hush Puppies
Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka
Peeps really wear overalls
No serious mobsters
Not so Cool Stuff About Tennessee :
No ocean
No Italian restaurants worth a shit (We have zillions)
Major pain the ass to buy booze. (We have tons of liquor stores. Hell, I can walk to one.)
Far from Manhattan (Nice place to visit, but thats it)
Cant get a real pizza.
No real rye bread.
No real Italian bread.
No Italian hot dogs.
Thats all for now.
Yo, I said it was stream of consciousness. I only have a limited supply of consciousness.
Note: Obviously, I have to be re-trained on Movable Type!
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You are so mean about New York. I should push you into a stream, in a state of UNconsciousness.Hell raised by Erica on May 4, 2009 08:27 PM
I only know about the area where Eric lives... no Starbucks (but I can make do with my hot chocolate coffee for the weekend). Not much in the way of shopping. That might be an issue if I had to live there.
But just visiting, it's fine. And very pretty. LOL.Hell raised by Teresa on May 4, 2009 10:38 PM
It seems to be mostly about the food - maybe TN could import some Italians (pronounced Ai-tal-ians.
People named Jethro usually know hot to fight no matter where they live.Hell raised by Lou on May 5, 2009 06:51 AM
Jimbo...what you talking about? I was born and raised up in Tennessee. The liquor store is just a short stroll thru the woods. I believe you've sampled some "burns blue beeds clear". I've got pictures!!!Hell raised by Sam on May 5, 2009 07:12 AM
Jimbo... Jersey is Joisey man. There's a reason there's nothing else like it... You're a sharp guy, I'm sure you can figure out why.
Tenn. is almost heaven, kinda like West Virginia, hell, it's even better than West by God now that Rich Rod is coaching in Meatchicken.
Norf Calina is the bomb though(a.k.a. Eastern Tennessee)... We've got the beach, the mountains, and the bush buddy... Itailian restaraunts, not so much. Joisey and Tenn. can't stand up to our BBQ though, hush puppies are definitely in the house. Don't Italians belong in Italy? 'cept for the really pretty female ones... they can stay.
Oh, sorry, forgot while doing round one, but Lane Kiffin and Bruce Pearl are another couple of reasons to like Tennessee. Those two are 'bout half crazy, which makes UT sporting news a good read any day.Hell raised by RedNeck on May 5, 2009 04:03 PM
Well... they no longer have a Sleep Inn. I suspect we'll be slum-ming it and find out what kind of real motels lurk in his area. After all the posts he's done on snakes, spiders, coyotes and what not, I'd be scared to death co camp... (Fluffy hates the word slum-ming, hence the -)Hell raised by Bou on May 5, 2009 06:35 PM
Well, in all honesty, it did almost burn down last time we visited it Bou. Someone had the help someone else get their shoes... I know this is far from lady like enough for you, but I can sleep in the truck and bathe at the power wash. 'Necks 4ever.... ;)
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..... well, the bags are packed..... and tomorrow The Missus and I jet off to visit her folks in bonnie Scotland for a few days.... I've asked Jimbo and Elisson to drop by once in a while to make sure the linens are fresh..... but otherwise?...... well, I will be incommunicado until the morning of May 16th.....
.... if anyone needs me, please page the concierge at The Cragendarroch Hilton in Ballater and ask for the guy with the crew cut sipping a Gin & Tonic at the table overlooking the swimming pool or snooker table....... (unless, of course, it is after 7pm Greenwich Mean Time...... then simply ask to speak to the guy with the short, red hair who is nursing a Scotch and gazing wistfully at Lochnagar while the Sun sets down into the west over Ireland...).....
..... anyway, with that, gentle rubberneckers, I'm off.......... and I hope that you will all fare well.......... goodness knows that I will certainly be thinking of you guys while I'm away........
..... definitely.....
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Y'all have a safe trip!!!Hell raised by Sam on May 4, 2009 07:53 AM
Y'all have a safe trip...don't take any wooden nickles.Hell raised by Sam on May 4, 2009 07:54 AM
Sorry about the double...commenting here is a challenge.Hell raised by Sam on May 4, 2009 08:01 AM
Enjoy the trip - your site is in good hands.
(Bwah-hah-hahhhh!)Hell raised by Elisson on May 4, 2009 01:29 PM
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.... no posting tonight - been veddy, veddy busy....... but I DO have an earworm for you....... check it out...
.... see, wasn't that nice?...... I'm off to begin the preliminary packing for the latest overseas adventure.........
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..... I was awoken by rumbling thunder this morning at just past 4am.... I so love a good storm...... the curtains of the Master Bedroom are quite heavy & thick, so I nabbed up my pillow and headed through to the couch in the living room to watch the light show and the approach of morning.... I lay there watching the storm for a good fifteen minutes before the couch finally took hold and dragged me back to sleep....
..... by the time that I finally rolled over again, the thunder and lightning were gone.... and a warm, windless, slow rain was busy washing everything clean as I made my coffee....
.... The Jungle is Back....
.... three days ago the trees were barely hinting of color - and the dogwoods were gigantic balls of pure white..... and now?.... this steady drizzle is methodically picking each dogwood's petal....and beneath each tree it looks as if a thin blanket of snow has fallen..... and surrounding everything else, is Green - vibrant green - shining wet with the rain.... the first, new, plump leaves of the year...... and the back yard is surrounded on three sides with walls of this thick tangle.....
.... good lord..... half the year my home has 7 rooms.... and for the other half, it has 8..... my Green Room is back......
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Isn't it amazing how fast things become green! Especially when it's warm and rainy. A green room is a wonderful thing. We have one too, but for a much shorter time period.Hell raised by Teresa on May 1, 2009 01:57 PM
I have a great green room..with some other colors in it that I spend a lot of time in. Most days the only reason I come inside is because it is too hot outside...even in the shade of the green roomHell raised by GUYK on May 1, 2009 06:38 PM
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Teen returns Chris Hemsworth's wallet, gets huge reward
WGN -- A local teen from Rockford, Ill., found and returned "The Avengers" actor Chris Hemsworth's wallet. His reward? Big money from Thor himself!
Tristin Budzyn Barker, 17, discovered Hemsworth's wallet in an airport and returned it once he realized whose wallet it actually was.
SEE ALSO: Mariah Carey threw herself a Mariah Carey themed party because she's Mariah Carey and she can do that
The Illinois native and Boy Scout was flown out to Los Angeles and invited to The Ellen DeGeneres Show to meet Hemsworth. While he was there, Hemsworth rewarded the teen on the show with the $1,000 cash from the wallet, a letter of recommendation for his Eagle Scout badge and a $10,000 reward from DeGeneres.
"I expected it was going to be empty and all the cash was in there. So, I wanted to give you the cash as a little gift," Hemsworth said.
"It's empty now!" Budzyn jokingly replied.
Budzyn told WGN's Robin Baumgarten and Larry Potash that he's going to use the money to help pay for his college education.
Proof that being a good person pays off. Literally!

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Revitalizing the Legacy Cities of Upstate New York
Over one hundred public, private, and nonprofit sector leaders recently assembled from across New York State to prioritize economic development strategies for legacy cities and their regions. The resulting recommendations provide critical tools to encourage and inform a growing national dialogue on the future of legacy cities. In addition to a report outlining these strategies project cosponsors prepared a memo to New York State Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy prioritizing strategeis for upstate cities and regions.
"Revitalizing the Legacy Cities of Upstate New York" (Dec. 2012)
A report that calls for stronger partnerships among municipal governments and local anchor institutions, for regional export plans and venture funds, and for fully utilizing the opportunities afforded by then-Governor Andrew Cuomo's Regional Economic Development Councils in the service of New York's struggling upstate cities.


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End of Product Lifecycle. Active development and support for MySQL Database Server versions 3.23, 4.0, and 4.1 has ended. For details, see http://www.mysql.com/about/legal/lifecycle/#calendar. Please consider upgrading to a recent version. Further updates to the content of this manual will be minimal. All formats of this manual will continue to be available until 31 Dec 2010.
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kill pid-of-mysqld to work on Mac OS X.
SHOW TABLE STATUS displayed incorrect
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SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'innodb_data_file_path' displayed only the name of the first data file. (Bug #468)
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WHERE 1 AND (a=1 AND b=1).
Fixed problem on IA-64 with timestamps that caused mysqlbinlog to fail.
The default option for
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Fixed problem with too many allocated alarms on slave when connecting to master many times (normally not a very critical error).
Fixed a bug in replication of temporary tables. (Bug #183)
Fixed 64-bit bug that affected at least AMD hammer systems.
Fixed a bug when doing
LOAD DATA INFILE IGNORE: When reading the binary log, mysqlbinlog and the replication code read
REPLACE instead of
IGNORE. This could make the slave's table become different from the master's table. (Bug #218)
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MyISAM when a row is inserted into a table with a large number of columns and at least one
BLOB/TEXT column. Bug was caused by incorrect calculation of the needed buffer to pack data.
The binary log was not locked during
TRUNCATE or
DELETE FROM statements, which could cause an
INSERT to
tbl_name to be written to the log before the
TRUNCATE TABLE or
DELETE statements.
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UPDATE of
InnoDB tables where one row could be updated multiple times.
Produce an error for empty table and column names.
PROCEDURE ANALYSE() to report
DATE instead of
PROCEDURE ANALYSE(#) to restrict the number of values in an
ENUM column to
# also for string values.
mysqldump no longer silently deletes the binary logs when invoked with the
--master-data or
--first-slave option; while this behavior was convenient for some users, others may suffer from it. Now you must explicitly ask for binary logs to be deleted by using the new
--delete-master-logs option.
Fixed a bug in mysqldump when it was invoked with the
--master-data option: The
CHANGE MASTER TO statements that were appended to the SQL dump had incorrect coordinates. (Bug #159)


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Just like the real Mig 29, this EDF jet promises to deliver high performance with high speeds with its 2x EDF units, with the right set up yet at the same time it has impressive slow speed performance. Remember, with any RC plane, specially Jets made out of balsa and composite, make sure you use high quality servos.
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Travis $cott originally had intentions to sell physical copies of his 2015 album Rodeo with an action figure that would've included a flash drive insert containing the projects. That didn't fly with his record label, so he settled for the action figure becoming the focal point of the album's artwork.
Despite the disappointment of what could've been, $cott has released his video for "90210" and it stars the aforementioned La Flame action figure. Legendary director Hype Williams collaborated with $cott on the video, which apparently took 6 months to produce.
The video follows two versions of the toy, a miniature Travis who falls in lust with a blurred out Barbie. On the other end is a Godzilla-like $cott that wreaks havoc on this augmented reality's tiny town. The two $cott's collide and things become strange. Check out the video via Apple Music or stream it here.


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Maggs & Allen office attacked in Bristol At approximately 2 am this morning, the office of Maggs & Allen estate agent in Henleaze, Bristol was attacked with hammers. The windows of their shop front were totally annihilated. This action was taken in solidarity with The Factory, and dedicated to all autonomous spaces in Bristol past […]
November 17, 2011
Mexico: An analysis of recent anti-tech attacks, after the murder of a biotechnologist from culmine, translated by war on society: Short circuits, robberies and accidents to cover up the truth… On November 8th of this year, biotechnologist Ernesto Méndez Salinas, who works in the Biotechnology Institute at UNAM in the city of Cuernavaca in Morelos, […]
November 17, 2011
UK – Santander attacked in Bristol in solidarity with Luciano Tortuga (Chile) We smashed 2 Santander banks in Bristol. We did this in solidarity with all those fucked over by the banks. Our thoughts hearts and actions go out to Luciano Tortuga, injured and repressed whilst fighting back. Your courage and determination are inspiring.
November 15, 2011
Arson attack in Athens, Greece Just after 22.55pm, on 14/11 a homemade incendiary device made of gas cannisters exploded at the political offices of vice minister of Exterior, Mariliza Xenogianakopoulou. Unknown individuals managed to enter the building on Solonos street, got to the 4th floor where the office is and placed the device outside the […]
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Actforfreedomnow! receives and transmits: In the night of 9th November 2011, in Milano (Italy), we smashed 7 bank ATMs. We decided to attack the banks as they are the symbol institutions of money, the pillar of today's alienated and false social relations (work/consume) and of the power relations between the dominant élites and the mass […]
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from culmine, translated by war on society (an accidental redundant translation; an alternative can be found at thisisourjob): Communique: The news of anarchist warrior Luciano Pitronello's fall in action thousands of miles away, the sentencing of comrade Tamara in Spain, and the isolation of our brother in struggle Gabriel Pombo da Silva and of our […]
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All actions are extremely valuable and urgent, the letters, the pamphlets, the discussion, the agitation, the bombs and the fire, are feeding the indomitable spirit on our comrades.
For that reason the All actions are extremely valuable and urgent, the letters, the pamphlets, the discussion, the agitation, the bombs and the fire, are feeding the indomitable spirit on our comrades.
For that reason the call is to organize solidarity this September 22. We must make feel by means of all type of gestures, to our brother and comrade, that the soldiers of all parts of the globe share with him this hard process. Because the fight for freedom is one, inside and outside. The forgetfulness and silence… are characteristic only of the traitors.
"Those who shout 'insurrection!'
These are our bothers and sisters, our children,
Our companer@s, our comrades, our friends.
Those who have only violence
To break the walls of silence…"
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One of the largest, if not the largest, personal homes in Washington is nestled behind a dense row of timber between north Cleveland Park and Forest Hills, on the intersection of Broad Department Road and Albemarle Road. Vespawoolf , The boat home all the time was slightly creepy with all these huge spiders in it. Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a remark. I had an excellent lender, he took time from his day as a result of he needed the sale and helped me with the settlement. In past many years a porch overlooking the street would be quite nice, with neighbors and rare sluggish-moving autos passing by. Nevertheless, trendy dwelling dictated that a porch shouldn't force the occupants of the house to endure the noise of the street. When one of many spooks becomes violent, the Perrons enlist the help of Ed and Lorraine Warren, two paranormal investigators who come to the house and set up recording tools. Anyone with home rabbits and cats is aware of this since usually rabbits will snatch the cat's toys right from their furry mitts.
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However since there is no precedence to handle this the bank mentioned they can not do anything till I start to stop cost on the home. The interview with Suddi Raval struck such a chord with me and put into perspective our travelling everywhere in the country to bop and occasion. I have to confess my memories of the Blackburn raves (mainly from 1990-92) after which our journeys further afield and to Eclipse all blur into one long social gathering.
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Forgiveness: Food for Health & Happiness
My common sense says that the anger, resentment and blame that many people hold on to, often for years, account for a lot of health problems, and learning how to forgive could prove to be curative and preventative.
"Forgiving and releasing old hurts from your system is like taking a mental and emotional bath," says HeartMath founder and stress researcher Doc Childre. "Notice how people bathe their bodies on a regular basis, yet they will store negative, toxic junk in their mental and emotional natures for years without a cleanup."
Negative emotions, such as anger, resentment and blame, can cause stress to build up in the body; where there is excessive stress, there is the potential for all sorts of physical, mental and emotional problems. Most notably, elevated stress levels can impair the body's immune system, putting you at risk for heart disease, chronic pain and depression, among many other debilitating conditions.
A Philadelphia-based nonprofit believes the failure to forgive, what it calls "unforgiveness," is a major problem in the world today. "We believe that unforgiveness is one of the most destructive problems of our day," the organization, Release!, states "Unforgiveness can ruin our relationships, rob us of our happiness, and even impact our physical health. Unfortunately, unforgiveness is also one of the problems that is most likely to be ignored and dismissed.
"It is a problem, however, that people have the power to solve, by learning to forgive," Doc Childre said, stressing that, "it is not something you can learn overnight."
I have found in my life that to forgive, people need to dislodge their judgments, even before they fully understand why things happened. But most people want to understand why someone "wronged" them before they forgive. It's a Catch-22 situation. This is what makes forgiveness so difficult and why people so often fail at it. After a while it seems easier to live in a state of pout, disdain, or resentment than to try the forgiveness process again.
But we can't approach forgiveness as some sort of obligation. Forgiveness as an act of duty is not effective. It can leave you feeling as if you've done some good, but can mask over the resentment, rather than release it. Telling yourself, "I know I should forgive," is not the same as forgiving. If there is no genuine feeling behind it, then your forgiveness lacks the sincere heart intent and commitment to release someone cleanly at mental, emotional, and cellular levels.
Nor can we approach forgiveness with the attitude of doing someone a favor. It's important to remember that you're the one who comes out the most by releasing the emotional baggage. Forgiveness upgrades your mental, emotional and physical well-being by reducing the neurochemicals that drain and debilitate your system.
"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it." ~ Mark Twain
The following exercise created by Doc Childre can help you discover a deeper level of your heart power, where feelings such as compassion, tolerance, understanding and forgiveness reside.
Forgiveness Exercise
- Think of a person or situation you have resented and want to forgive completely.
- Send all of the thoughts and emotions that come up in your head about the person or situation – "this includes past associations, memories, anger, hurt, resentments, etc." – gently to the heart. As often as these thoughts or feelings pop up in your head again, simply send them to your heart, which is the clearinghouse for your emotions.
- At the same time, try to feel and send heart energy, love, compassion and forgiveness to the person or situation.
Special Notes about the Exercise:
You may have to practice this exercise a few times to bring the old head thoughts under heart management. With heart management, you are actually contacting a different level of intelligence within, known as heart intelligence. Heart intelligence has the power to quickly release old resentments and hurts, change your perceptions and bring you to a satisfying understanding of the situation.
Forgiving yourself can be the hardest thing to do. Often people feel that they must remember their wrongdoings and beat themselves up for it, or they will not learn from it. The opposite is true.
Often people feel that they are doing "good" by sustaining self-guilt. This is not true and creates a steady running stress deficit within their system. As you practice forgiveness from the heart, not just the mind, you clear the energy drains and reset your system for a fresh start. Sustaining guilt translates into increased aging which moves fast enough on its own.
It's understandable that it's hard to forgive yourself or others at times, yet practicing this exercise and making a genuine effort to do so from the heart really can help things work out better for all concerned. I've found this to be true in my life and would love to hear your stories of forgiveness.
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Featured poet(s): George Linnaeus Banks & Isabella Varley Banks
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Today marks the inaugural post in what we plan to make a regular item: the featured poet. This week, I'll actually discuss a pair of poets: George Linnaeus Banks and Isabella Varley Banks.
George Linnaeus Banks was born in Birmingham, although he and his wife would later become most closely associated with Manchester (a point I'll return to in a bit). Banks was born to John Banks, a horticulturist, and his wife, Sarah. According to an anecdotal source, John Banks was a rigid Methodist—once, he took a copy of Robinson Crusoe from young George and threw it into the fire. George Banks dabbled in quite a variety of jobs, including engraving, sales, and cabinet casemaking. He also edited a number of newspapers.
Isabella Varley was born to a chemist and an amateur artist. As a child, her eyesight was damaged by a smoky chimney. Her first poem was published when she was sixteen, and her first collection of poetry in 1843, when she was 22. She ran a school at Cheetham in Lancashire until 1846, when she married George Linnaeus Banks.
George Banks tried his hand at a number of literary genres: he wrote poetry as well as drama; many popular plays and songs were attributed to him, more than he himself likely wrote. Isabella Varley Banks authored The Manchester Man (1876), a popular novel that portrays nineteenth-century Manchester as it becomes a booming industrial city.
The Banks moved around a lot due to George Banks's frequent job changes; he also suffered from alcoholism and depression. But as I mentioned earlier, the two are often associated with Manchester, as they were both members of one of the most significant English city groups of the nineteenth century: the Manchester poets. Also called the "Sun Inn group," after the pub they frequented, the Manchester poets contributed to an 1842 anthology, The Festive Wreath and later formed the Lancashire Literary Association. Many laboring-class poets were members, including Banks and his wife, Samuel Bamford, John Critchley Prince, and John Bolton Rogerson.
One of my personal research interests is the Royal Literary Fund, an organization established in 1790 to help writers facing financial problems. Many of the poets we have been researching received assistance from the Fund—including the Banks family. George's alcoholism and depression contributed to the family's financial difficulties. Often, Isabella's writing supported the family, but they were also awarded a great deal of money from the Fund. Over a period of thirty years (1866-1897), Isabella applied to the Fund twenty-one times. She was rejected four times, but in total she received £600.
I point out the surprising fact that it was Isabella and not George who applied to the Fund. Its founder, the minister and political pamphleteer David Williams, published a manifesto around the same time that the Fund was established, The Claims of Literature (1802). Throughout Claims Williams uses androcentric language to discuss his vision of a country bettered by the "men of letters" that his organization, in turn, would hopefully help to thrive. Further, he presents a gendered understanding of genius, such that the very concept of a "female genius" is monstrous. There exists data that supports this androcentrism, too: far fewer women applied to the Fund than men and, more significantly, fewer still actually received financial aid. Many women's applications were identified as suspect or potentially dubious claims. It is surprising, then, that Isabella Varley Banks not only applied numerous times but applied so successfully, receiving a great deal of money over the course of thirty years. Of course, it is possible that George's problems rendered him unable to apply. But the data nonetheless makes the Banks's case appear to be an outlier.
It is difficult for me at this point to do much more than speculate, but I would love to read Isabella's applications, as well as her poetry, to see how she chooses to present herself, both to readers and to the committee at the Fund. We have discovered through our research on laboring-class manuscripts that many LC manuscripts are located at the British Library—including many poets', such as Isabella Varley Banks's, applications to the Royal Literary Fund. I would love to travel there someday and read them!
Next week, expect a post about another featured poet.


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