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He's "the worst leader the ANC has ever had. He's a lost cause. He merely fights to save his own skin and to stay out of jail," another analyst, Justice Malala, wrote in October.

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A lot will be said about this loss. Many will blame Caldwell for the end of the first half. Many will blame Taj Smith. Many will write it off to injuries. In the end, it was our Achilles heel, special teams.
I don't blame this on Taj. It was a dumb play. Not one arguement there. The problem I have is he was just playing hard like he has all year and he screwed up. It's the rest of the crew that continuously gives up big plays week after week. This unit has been neglected for years and for years it has come back on us. Who can forget squibbing to Devin Hester in the SB.
On a further note, what is up with the third quarter collapses? It has absolutely nothing to do with talent. A team should be able to play at roughly the same level in the third quarter as before the half. We come out flat every time.
In the end, we got outplayed. Even when their QB tried to giftwrap one for us. They improved their team in the offseason, and we let people go. They identified their weaknesses and we put on a blindfold. Throw in the season from hell where players dropped like fies and we end up here. It's a damn miracle we came this far. It does not say much for the Jets that they beat us. They squeeked by a crippled team that was lucky to be here. All and all, I'm not dissapointed. We saw the signs for miles. We got exactly what we deserved.


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Le Monde (English: The World ) is a French daily evening newspaper with a circulation in 2004 of 371,803. It is considered the French newspaper of record, and is generally well respected, often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-Francophone countries. Le Monde was in the past often described as centre-left, but its editorial line may be more appropriately described nowadays as simply moderate. Some critics contend that its current line is, broadly speaking, biased against Jacques Chirac.
Libération (affectionately known as Libé ) is a French newspaper founded in Paris in 1973 by Jean-Paul Sartre, Pierre Victor alias Benny Lévy and Serge July in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Libération was the first French daily newspaper to have a website. Broadly speaking, Libération's editorial point of view is on the left-wing of the French political spectrum.
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At 6-foot-4, the 195 pound Burks ended the season with 11 sacks, 22 tackles for a loss, three forced fumbles and 128 total tackles. The Stallions lost the state championship game to Pheobus 20-10.
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"Sources indicate that Burks was one of the top targets on Vanderbilt's defensive recruiting board and is a high priority recruit in the class of 2013," according to Vanderbilt.247sports.com, adding that Burks was courted by a number of schools, including Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia and North Carolina State University.
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I just posted a few days ago about buying a 3DS in the hope of games coming out at some point in the future, I didn't hear about the upcoming Pokemon Direct thing until after buying it - so the announcement was a a total and brilliant co-incidence for me.
This will be the first time I'll experience the whole next-generation build up hype. As a kid I remember playing translated roms of Gold and Silver - including getting to the Pokemon league gate and answering Yes to the guy who would send you back home because by that stage only the Yes/No was in English. A bit later, I got a Game Boy Color with either Pokemon Yellow or Pokemon Crystal - my memory is a bit crap at this point, but those are certainly the two versions I ended up having - I was the third child, I got the third version...
As the years went by though, my interest waned and I sold my Game Boy and most of the games I had - I think I got some more games for the Playstation with the money, but that's basically where I left off.
I believe it's still true to today that the only Game Boy Advance game I've ever played on an actual GBA is Kuru Kuru Kururin on a friend's console; suffice to say the third generation passed me by for a long time.
I did pick up a DS Lite a while after their release - I think 2007? And I'm sure I might have quickly played Diamond or Pearl on one of those things that make games I didn't own magically work, but didn't really get into it - but I mostly used my DS for things like the Brain Training games. I made a really nice sauce with Cooking Guide once...
Anyway, that fun passed as well - after being consigned to a drawer for a while, this time in favour of an Xbox 360, I sold it off again.
The GameCube is where my Pokemon story picks up again - after the Wii had been out for a while at the end of 2008, GameCubes got really cheap - but by the time I decided it might be a good idea to get one (not sure why I wanted one), the store was out of them (despite still having the boxes on display) - that disappointment stuck with me for quite a while, until I finally gave in and paid far more than I should have to just finally get one.
Only problem is that the games were almost totally gone from stores by that point - I did find one though - a copy of Pokemon Colosseum - so in the want for something to play on my shiny old GameCube, I bought it.
It was a good reintroduction to the series - including a lot of gameplay elements I'd like to see again - but it reignited my interest.
A GameBoy Player later and I started replaying the old GameBoy titles - mostly Yellow and Silver, which by then had found itself into my game collection.
A short time later, I'd found myself getting a copy of Sapphire and playing through that, and a bit after that, found myself watching some episodes of the anime again.
Starting at the very start, I worked my way through catching up on what I'd missed - as in everything, I'd watched a bit of it as a kid, but the opening song was about the only thing that stuck in my head.
So, by the time I got to Diamond and Pearl, with very little memory of a quick play of it about 4 years beforehand, it was strange genuinely asking 'who's that Pokemon?'. When I got to Black and White, it was even more surprising, I hadn't seen any of them before and never played the games.
I joined here on Bulbagarden just after I caught up - I was kinda shocked getting to the one week between episodes delay after going through watching several episodes a day over about a year to get up to that point.
So, with that new found time and a reignited interest in Pokemon, I bought another DS and a copy of Pokemon White - which I chose because I'd read about the extra Pokemon you could get in White Forest over the Black Version.
After finishing the game, I started wanting to fill in the gaps. I bought Pokemon Platinum to go back and play Gen IV, then I got SoulSilver and before I knew it I now had about 10 Pokemon games for the DS alone.
So I've had the experience of coming into a new generation totally surprised and after seeing some of the anime of it first - but the announcement on Gen VI is the first time I'll be going along for the ride of the slow drip out of information and Pokemon - and I can't wait.
It's also strange to think about how I could have just as easily kept on with mostly disinterest about the new games. But I'm so glad now that I didn't. Thanks Arceus.
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War on drug tourism
As America relaxes some laws on pot, Europe gets paranoid
Published: December 22, 2010
Lately I've been fascinated by the remarkable disparity between the progress America seems to be making toward legalizing marijuana and — dare we say it? — all recreational drugs utilized by U.S. citizens to get high on, and on the other hand the regressive direction taken by Canada and the European Union to reverse the positive effects of well-established social policies centered on tolerance and "harm reduction" for recreational drug users
The wildly successful medical marijuana movement in America has severely altered the public perception of pot smoking in a positive way and helped pave the path to the eventuality of full legalization — because, after all, why should we all have to be sick in order to get high without risking arrest?
While things look better for legalization in America than at any time in at least 50 years, a terrible turn to the idiotic right is being taken by the government of the Netherlands — the center of sane and sensible drug policy since the 1970s — and by the European Union itself.
In a disgusting new development, the EU's top court ruled Dec. 10 that Dutch authorities can bar foreigners from cannabis cafés as a legally acceptable measure to combat "drug tourism."
A 2005 law enacted in Maastricht, a town positioned near the Belgian and German borders, prohibits local coffee shops from admitting non-Dutch patrons. In September 2006, the city's mayor shut down the Easy Going coffee shop after it admitted two EU citizens who were not residents of the Netherlands.
The proprietor, Marc Josemans, appealed the mayor's ruling on the grounds that the law mandates unequal treatment of EU citizens. But the European Court of Justice, based in Luxembourg, ruled that coffee shop owners are not protected by the EU's freedom of movement and nondiscrimination principles when they are in the business of marketing cannabis.
"That restriction is justified by the objective of combating drug tourism and the accompanying public nuisance," the court said, adding that drug tourism "is a concern for the public order and health of citizens" in all EU states.
The court noted that Maastricht's 14 coffee shops attract around 10,000 visitors every day — that's 3.9 million visits a year — and 70 percent of them are not from the Netherlands, according to data provided by the city of Maastricht.
What a terrible nuisance! That's an awful lot of local business to be chasing away for the sake of what — a higher place in heaven at the final judgment? A seat at the right hand of God? Seventy black-eyed virgins? After all, there's no intelligent rationale available to the opponents of marijuana use, particularly in terms of the "health of citizens." This is a medicine!
Even in the coffee shop setting, there's a lot to be said for the medicinal qualities of smoking some good herb, enjoying the fellowship of like-minded citizens and imbibing some good music over the sound system. The uplifting effect on one's mental health alone is a benefit you can't say too much about.
What powers the drive to prohibit and punish recreational marijuana use? The mountains of public gibberish and the draconian laws drawn up and enforced by the drug-war establishment against the benign marijuana smoker attest to nothing less than some kind of religious war against people who don't worship the right gods in the correct way.
Let's say it right out: My nearly 50 years as a daily smoker of marijuana have led me to conclude that there's no public harm from marijuana use. No deaths result from marijuana use. There's no ill effect on one's health except for the possibility of weight gain from indulging the munchies. There's never been anything at all wrong with marijuana, and there never will be. It's a good thing, a gift from the gods one might say, and to persecute persons who are inclined to have a few puffs in the privacy of their own lives is simply the height of cruelty and outright meanness.
But the jackboots are marching even closer to home: Cannabis Culture reports that the Canadian Senate has passed Bill S-10, which includes mandatory minimum sentences for marijuana offenses. The bill has to be approved by the House of Commons for a vote before it can be enacted into law.
If passed, Jeremiah Vandermeer writes, "S-10 will bring mandatory minimum jail sentences for marijuana offences to Canada for the first time, including six months for growing as few as five marijuana plants and 18 months for extracting hash or making pot edibles and sharing them."
A conviction for growing or dealing near a school or park increases the mandatory sentence to two years, and other "aggravating factors" can add more time. According to Vandermeer, the bill even includes life sentences for nonviolent marijuana crimes.
Liberal Sen. Tommy Banks pointed out on the Senate floor that "yes, there are circumstances that none of us would think of as trafficking in a controlled substance which are caught by this bill.
"Giving your friend a Tylenol because he or she has a headache is an offense under this bill. Growing six marijuana plants in order to have a party with your friends at graduation is an offense under this bill. No money made, just doing it for friends.
"We have to look at what the law says, and it says, among other things, that if I give Sen. Baker a Tylenol 3 because he has a headache and if we happened to be near a school, whatever that means — 'near' is not defined — that is trafficking and I can be prosecuted."
A rare bright spot on the contemporary international horizon is the rational but politically brave stance just taken by former British drugs minister Bob Ainsworth, who proposed to the House of Commons that all drugs, including heroin and cocaine, should be legalized to beat dealers and "make the world a safer, healthier place, especially for our children."
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The Democrats' chances for a 60-vote Senate supermajority likely ride on Georgia, where Senator Saxby Chambliss is struggling to find a message that doesn't involve linking a triple-amputee war hero to Osama bin Laden.
His opponent is Democrat Jim Martin who, despite being a friendly, competent guy, has been damaged by the fact that there aren't any public photos of him wrapped in a Confederate flag.
If neither candidate gets a majority of voters (50%), the race goes to a December run-off. If, at that point, the Democrats are sitting on 59 Senate votes, you'll see Martin's stock swoon faster Mark Foley at a Jonas Brothers concert.
See while Georgians might be up for the simple concept of replacing Chambliss, there is no way that they'd be the ones to engender the greatest Democratic power assault since Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton.
And even if Martin won, Joe Lieberman would just jump ship to the GOP.
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Cons: His own presidential bid generated almost no national interest, and he failed to deliver Iowa for Hillary in January.
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Cons: Some pundits unfairly claim certain voters might not be able to identify with him.
Jim Webb, senator from Virginia
Cons: Poor public speaker who avoids the spotlight at all costs. May continue writing oversexed military fiction while Vice President.
Pros: Three-time Ultimate Fighting champion of Northern Virginia. May be called upon to personally hunt down Osama bin Laden and kickbox him to death.
Pat Tillman, war hero, former Arizona Cardinals star, died defending his country and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
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Pros: In the event of an embarrassing death, could be easily played by Wallace Shawn.
Mark Sanford, governor of South Carolina.
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Cons: Cannot read or write.
Aaron Burr, former Vice President of the United States
Pros: Was McCain's running mate in his first bid for the presidency. Can deliver New Jersey on intimidation alone.
Cons: Has already endorsed Dennis Kucinich.
Larry Craig, senator from Idaho
Pros: Very high-profile senator with solid conservative track record, hailing from the newly-pivotal Mountain West.
Cons: His protectionist approach toward ethanol tariffs clashes with a key plank in McCain's platform.
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Each year the Chair of CGA-BC embarks on a province-wide speaking tour addressing various business groups.
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Gun magazine manufacturer Magpul Industries is leaving Colorado and moving part of its operation to Cheyenne.
The company announced that it is leaving Colorado because of the passage of a number of new gun restrictions. Its production, distribution and shipping operations will move to Cheyenne. Governor Matt Mead says he and other Wyoming officials started speaking with Magpul a year ago.
"In deciding where to relocate Magpul looked at other states and of course Wyoming came out on top. In part because of our commitment to second amendment rights, in part because we have great low taxes, great workforce, and we are a pro business state."
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Is 564 Barron Avenue the scariest Halloween house in Woodbridge?
If it's not, it should be. There is little Ted Geardino hasn't done to the family home to celebrate the spooky holiday spirit. Every October 31st is truly his time of the year.
"I've been doing this for 13 years," said Geardino, a man of few words, but with a lot of Halloween cheer.
The home, located near Woodbridge Middle School, is a pretty, comfortable home that turns into a haunted Halloween mansion every year, courtesy of Ted. There are coffins with skeletons, a hanging pirate, a convict being electrocuted out back near the garage, and various ghouls hanging out the attic windows to the effect of strobe lighting.
Even the house number changes from 564 to a creepy "1313" on the fake columns by the stairs.
The front yard turns into a total cemetery, with burial plots devoted to "Virginia Hamm" and a dearly beloved (and now departed) wife or two, and more than a few miscellaneous body parts.
Cathy Salamon-Geardino, the lady of the house, isn't nearly the Halloween fanatic her husband is. But she's learned to make peace with it.
"I tell him he can't put anything up earlier than the start of October. And the day after Halloween, it all comes down," Cathy said with mock solemnity.
Ted has gotten her into the Halloween mood so much so that, several years back, she spied a huge gargoyle that was doing something or other at the old Fortunoff store. It had been marked down from $800 to $200, a total steal.
"I called Ted, and he grabbed it," Cathy laughed. It now sits front and center on the porch roof, right beneath and between the two ghouls hanging out of the attic windows.
Cathy helps paint the tombstones, and the Geardino sons - Teddy, 14, and the 12-year-old twins, Joey and Spencer - all pitch in to help with the massive undertaking.
The entire family enjoys all the work, and so do passersby. Cathy said about two years ago, about a thousand kids made it to the house via bus to see all of the family's creative efforts.
The neighbors, though, were slightly less enthusiastic.
"I think it was bringing too many kids. Some of my neighbors just go out of town for the day," Cathy smiled.
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For one of the more curiously named arts events in Maryland, look no further than Scapescape 2013.
This Baltimore festival will run from 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29 to 11 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 1 in the Station North Arts and Entertainment District, featuring copious amounts of music, theater and art.
The wine and beer will flow, and the music will be loud this Labor Day weekend as the city is flooded with the sounds of more than 100 local bands on seven different stages:
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First, let me reference my last blog. My friend and creative collaborator Tommy Biondo passed away ten years ago this month. My last blog entry was a look back at my experiences making movies with him. Check it out here.
I wanted to share some more photos of Tom with you, so they're displayed on this page. Enjoy.
Okay, so here is what's goin' on... For most of this summer, my brain enjoyed relative focus. For the first half of the year, my team and I were grabbing little inserts to complete shooting on Ratline, and I was accelerating into the post-production phase. Throughout June and July, I was able to tune out the rest of the world and focus almost exclusively on Ratline editing, which was pretty damn awesome.
This month, however, everything has exploded into an overwhelming storm of commotion. Most of this activity is very good, very productive stuff - the only casualty is my sanity!
One part of all this commotion is our launch of the Cinema Edge Awards, sponsored by VCI Entertainment. (You're reading the first public announcement of the Cinema Edge Awards, excluding the advance word that went out to my Twitter followers.) The Cinema Edge Awards is an indie film contest, open to both features and shorts. The winning feature film will receive a home video distribution deal with VCI Entertainment!
We're excited about VCI's part in this contest, because they are one of the longest-running home video distribution companies in the world, and in fact they produced the very first direct-to-video movie back in the early 80's. With VCI, a leading home video distributor on board, we enthusiastically set plans in motion to launch this contest - even though the workload on everyone here at Wicked Pixel Cinema increased substantially as a result.
The contest officially starts this week, so if you've made a short or feature film (and if you do NOT yet have a distribution deal for it) be sure to keep your eyeballs peeled for our official announcement of the contest start. We'll have full rules and entry instructions available soon. As soon as these are available, we'll announce it on our website.
And I'll post it for my Twitter followers.
Okay, more about the Cinema Edge Awards later... In other news, I'll soon be leaving St. Louis and Wicked Pixel Cinema behind for a while to spend two weeks in the Philadelphia area. I was invited to go work on the set of the new horror film Stake Land, directed by Jim Mickle (Mulberry Street) and produced by Larry Fessenden (Habit, Wendigo, The Last Winter, and the upcoming Orphanage remake). After these two weeks shooting near Philly, the production will break until November, when shooting will continue in New York. I am trying to arrange my schedule so that I can work the New York shoot as well.
The Cinema Edge awards and being on the Stake Land shoot in Pennsylvania are dominating most of my August and September, 2009. Still, I must find the time to keep up with my numerous other obligations, such as still photography shoots, running this business, and Ratline post-production.
We're also still trying to raise the rest of the Ratline budget... so that gets stacked on top of all the other stress. In fact, the sluggish ordeal of raising the Ratline budget in full is a big reason for the additional flurry of activity around here. Without Ratline funding coming in, we have to keep stoking other fires to survive, and to open up additional funding opportunities.
I've got a good team here - without them, I know I'd never survive all this! After some of this dust settles, I hope to soon be back in the thick of Ratline post-production, and making it my top priority. That'll be nice.
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I have a small, weirdly L-shaped basement shop, and I try to keep things mobile, since I have about 2 paths to feed boards through machinery, and one is taken up by the table saw / router table. I didn't have any original ideas for this cart; lots of Lumberjocks have built similar carts, and the magazines have had similar designs, too. I guess my only 'innovation' was putting a tool on both sides.
I wanted something sturdy, and since I wanted a tool on both sides, I couldn't put a back on the cart. So, I made the sides from two layers of 3/4" plywood, and added the largest gussets I could on the bottom of the opening. The top is two layers of 3/4" MDF, with maple edging with a bronze bushing to ride on the pivot shaft. Using bushings and washers allowed me to stiffen up the top opening a bit by putting some tension on the threaded shaft while still being able to pivot the top. The drawer keeps all the sander bits and pieces in one spot. I am very happy with the results.
On a side note, the Ridgid sander and planer have both been great.
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#1 posted 734 days ago
Great job, I like the upgrades you have incorparated into this well done. I made mine a while back from a plan and its still going stronlg with my planer and 12 sliding miter saw on it.
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I like this a lot, beefy and practical. Thanks for the idea. Fave for sure.
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#3 posted 733 days ago
I hope you don't mind, I have a couple of questions…
What size threaded rod did you use?
This type of cart is in my near future. In fact, I already have most of the material to build one…out of 2x material. I am still recycling lumber from an old work bench and several pallets. :-)
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#4 posted 733 days ago
Ditto to MT_Stringer. Do you think this cart could handle a 6" Jointer instead of a Sander?
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btw, did you get the plans for this anywhere in particular?
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I've seen several of these now, but always love to see them done different ways, good job, it looks very sturdy!
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Thank you for the positive comments.
The threaded rod is 1/2". I was concerned about the threads wearing the maple frame/edging of the top over time, sothe rod runs through bronze bushings which are set in the edges of the top. I can't show this detail withot disassembling the thing, so a description will have to do :) if you go to a good haedware store,, they should have some bushings in those slide out trays of less common hardware. Frankly,, they probably aren't necessary as long as the rod rides in hardwood.
The cart is sturdy. A couple other Jocks have posted their carts and they made lighter carts and the top is secured from pivoting by bolts and threaded knobs that pull everything together and stiffen it up. I went with mass; both approaches seem to work. I think it would carry a 6" joiner without a problem.
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Both came into play back in July when 17-year-old Reid Vaenuku's saw that his room was on fire in the family's Euless home, and he yelled for everybody to get out.
It was a harrowing moment for Reid's mother, 40-year-old Cela Vaenuku.
"I thought: 'Wait — Keio wasn't out of the house.' How could I miss that, You know? How could I miss him not coming out?" she asked.
Reid, her oldest son, didn't miss a beat, and ran back into the burning house to save his younger brother Keio, who thought someone was joking when he heard them yelling, "Fire!" and went back to sleep.
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Reid jumped into rescue mode — not only yellling for everyone to get out of the house, but counting heads to make sure his six siblings were out of the house.
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Reid said adrenaline kicked in and he didn't think twice about trying to save his 16 year old brother.
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However that, and not being allowed a Barbie castle, Benetton rugby top ("I am not paying for you to advertise someone's company") or a dog, are still things that clearly had some deep psychological effect on me growing up and a shrink would perhaps have a field day with. Or, more likely, they would conclude that I should quit beefing on about it, my mother was right and I was damned lucky with all the other tat I did have that I conveniently neglect to recall.
Be that as it may, I now present a homage to Spudulike. Of Studulike. Because Studmelike.
I fear that the prolonged weeks spent 24/7 with the three rugrats (jaysus Greece seems like a lifetime ago) may just have affected my once sane mind. It has certainly affected my ability to blog. Primarily because I can't get near any internet enabled device in my house - two laptops and an ipad = the delayed breakout of WW3. Honestly you should thank me. I am able to Tweet on my phone (@doesmybumlook40 for any other twitterers out there - am quickly becoming quite obsessed with it. It may be the only thing that's keeping me sane these hols) but am completely unable to post a blog.
However I can peruse the internet and have been salivating at the selection of studded wonders that are about this A/W. In all honesty, the chances of me actually purchasing any of them are severely limited. That big 40 is looming bigger by the month and that small crusty sheep on my shoulder has started bleating BAAHHHH on a far more regular basis than ever before.
So here, along with the Chloe Susannas from last week - which I will love from afar but will never grace my feet, is a quick selection of some of the beauties I have spotted.
Firstly the Let it Be Rock Jacket from FCUK. I think the key to most of the studded items that are around is to find one item that you love and stick with it. Keep everything else to a bare minimum style, colour and patternwise. There is only so bold most people can be. And this jacket could stretch most to the limits. Love it though.
Next some footwear not for the fainthearted. I am trying desperately to think how these would fit into my wardrobe (so that I would get full use out of them) and failing ever so slightly. Ok completely. But they're still there at the back of my mind. A completely marmite pair of boots. The Cowboy Stud Boot from All Saints.
Stud boots are everywhere (this shan't be my last mention of boots this A/W fear not!) and a more user friendly version are the Amplify Studded Western Boot from Topshop.
Now I think I've done quite well not to mention Zara so far seeing as they seem to have employed a design team this year, every single member of which has "Suzi Quatro" as their middle name. They have gone stud crazy. Jackets, shoes, boots and of course bags. Which I'm just going to focus on today - this link will take you to their bag page. Tis a page of stud porn. (which sounds wrong on every level) But here are my personal favourites.
Studded pony skin clutch.
Studded city bag
Plaited shopper with studs
Studded evening box bag
Whilst we're on the subject of bags - my ultimate favourite stud bags have been for years (as I've nagged on before about - yawn) the Alexander Wang bags. This time, let's all have a swoon over the Diego bag.
But I have recently become obsessed with the US tv series Smash and therefore slightly obsessed with the bag that one of the main characters Karen (Katherine McPhee) has. Two seconds on google resulted in my finding out it was the Romygold Drew Stud Hobo bag
That pic doesn't remotely do it justice actually. Here's one from the show, with her on the far left. Oh helloooooo.
I honestly could go on and on and probably will end up doing so another day. But for the moment, the jury's out which stud direction, if any I go in. Will probably be hard not to. Will you be doing studs this year? Or are you firmly in the camp of if you're not a Hell's Angel, steer clear. Steer very very clear?
Finishing as always with a run down of what I've been wearing the past week. Two days in the middle were pyjama days - Sunday & Monday, as Saturday and Tuesday were long days in London.
Friday - day spent taking the kids swimming and for tea with friends. Bliss.
Black bandeau harem playsuit - River Island
Gold filigree earrings - Etsy
Dull gold hav rip offs - Primark
Black sunglasses - H&M
Black Faridah hobo bag - Marc by Marc Jacobs
Saturday - day spent taking all three rugrats to London for the day for lunch and then Shrek The Musical. The Husband was due to come but had to go on a stag do (the "only" weekend they could do....which was handy as he would rather poke pins in his eyes as he hates musicals) Well yah boo sucks to him, it was amazing. The kids, my mum (who took his place) and I absolutely loved it. Fantastic day was finished off with a fantastic evening at one of my best friend's house. Let's say a large glass of alcohol was needed at the end of bringing the kids back on the train on my own!
Tobacco maxi dress - Reiss
Gold necklace - Day Birger et Mikkelson
Gold Renegade bracelet - Stella & Dot
Tan leather stud cuff - Mulberry
Chestnut clog sandals - NW3 by Hobbs
Sunglasses - Tom Ford
Chestnut cross body battered bag - Campomaggi from Plumo
Sunday I was shattered, as were the kids, ditto Monday so we hung around at home, baking, cooking, doing lego, watching movies. Much needed down time.
Tuesday off again - this time off to London for RR3's birthday (which was actually on Wed but the weather was due to be pap so we celebrated on the Tue instead) A day of the London Eye, Mcdonalds, icecream, Trafalgar Square, bus ride, the Aquarium, wander down the South Bank, crisps & juice, wander over to The Husband's office, dinner at Busaba Eathai, mooch round Covent Garden and then home. Shattered. And that was just me.
Bone drapey top - Phase Eight (I got this in the sale as it had a mark on it and a slight cut in it - I just trimmed the rest of the bottom where the cut was, which has a raw finish anyway - for £10. Chuffed - beyond chuffed)
Tobacco Kristen high waisted skinnies - Topshop
Blush & gold enamel large earrings - Accessorize
Glasses - Accessorize
Tan Organza wedge sandals - Clarks
Chestnut cross body battered bag - Campomaggi by Plumo
Wednesday, trip to the cinema (to see Brave - how unbelievably fantastic - definitely worth seeing) and a birthday tea at a friend's house. Obligatory Colin the Caterpillar cake from M&S.
White tee - Isabella Oliver 365
Khaki linen cargo pants - Topshop
Denim jacket - Red Herring from Debenhams
Wood and gold pebble necklace - Anthropolgie
Cheetah print ponyskin bag - Zara
Dull gold plaited belt - Zara
Leopard print ponyskin sandals - M&S
Gold renegade bracelet - Stella & Dot
Tan leather cuff - Mulberry
Sunglasses - Accessorize
And today for a day at home with friends visiting.
White vest - Primark
Silk patterned peasants blouse - Monsoon
Skinny paint splat jeans - Zara
Sunglasses - Accessorize
White bead and gold leaf earrings - Etsy
Chestnut clog sandals - NW3 by Hobbs
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Bargainous Phase 8 top - LOVE IT! Great to see your selection of studded gorgeousness..I think I'm going down the bag route myself. Have a great weekend, from another crazed mum counting down the days and trying to blog while hiding from the kids in the dining room...Avril xReplyDeleteReplies
V pleased with the top it has to be said. & yes I think a bag may be the way to go although I am still obsessed with those boots! Although it's only a couple of weeks left, we've got so much to fit in, weirdly I'm not sure I'm ready for them to go back. Duh!!! xxxxDelete
I adore the All Saints boots, I am seriously considering ordering them immediately.xReplyDeleteReplies
Honestly they are just fantabulous in the flesh. I'm trying desperately to see how they could work in my wardrobe. And I'll have a good scoot around to see what else is out there. Not sure I exactly need a pair...... (ha ha ha). Obviously I shall be waiting for a code (which will never materialise) xxxDelete
I love that FC jacket - gorgeous. So glad I have the Alexander Wang Rocco and still love it's studded base but it is so damn heavy!ReplyDeleteReplies
Divine, isn't it. And I am beyond jealous at the Rocco bag and in the tan as well - just beyond scrummy you lucky lucky lady. xxxDelete
Fabulous outfits as always! I love the Zara collection of studded bags:) Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
Thank you! Zara really have excelled themselves (again!) this season. You too have a great weekend, although i'm going to try and be back tonight! xxxDelete
I'm sure they made the holidays much,much longer this year - they are aren't they., they must be - That's why mine are starting to kill each other so soon. Either that or it could be the rain. Anyway lovely outfits - you always look gorgeous and serene !! XxReplyDeleteReplies
Oh you're so so kind - I promise you, any serenity lasts for about 2 seconds whilst the photo is being taken and then all bets off - chaos resumes! Mine actually, touch wood, have been better this holiday than any other. Not great, but the first holiday I haven't literally turned into an alcoholic which is definitely an improvement. Weather has been better here as well. Just! Not long to go now! KatDelete
The All Saints boots are so fab. Might take a look at those myselfReplyDeleteReplies
Oh yay someone else likes them! I think they are just so so so great. Actually the more I think about it, the more I "might" have a solution for them. Definitely better irl I promise! xxxDelete
- Carrie16 August 2012 23:32
LOVE the Smash bag, had noticed it myself. But mustn't buy anymore bags, H would kill me! Love the P8 bargain too, looks like a great top.ReplyDeleteReplies
It's so so gorgeous. But I think you literally could not do anything else remotely studded At All, otherwise you would be descending firmly into Hells Angel territory. Am thinking about perhaps a more subtle stud bag..... maybe in tan..... Less "where's my Harley?"Delete
And yes, the P8 top is fab - I didn't notice it full price as I probably would have bought it. Like a grown up All Saints top!! (and better quality obviously!)
I adore your blog - your humour, your style, your honesty!! Have given you an award ( I know time is tight so no worries if you cant pass it on - have it anyway!!) - you have helped me so much at the beginning of my blogging journey! Pop on over to my blog sometime and grab it! Claire xReplyDeleteReplies
Oh Claire that is just the loveliest comment to read, thank you so so much, I am so touched. I will go over later today - am ridiculously flattered and can't wait to read the blog! Much love Kat xxxxDelete
- Anonymous17 August 2012 01:18
love love LOVE SMASH!! god....you've grt taste..:-)ReplyDeleteReplies
Isn't Smash just fantastic?! can't wait for series 2. And thank you for the lovely comment! xxxxDelete
- Anonymous17 August 2012 03:36
my husband is in love with karen from smash.....shes divine!! love her look too...helen kat....your blog is becoming a must read for me....absolutely love it:-).ReplyDelete
Hi Kat, Loving your long Reiss maxi dress and gold necklace - beautiful outfit. I'm liking the studded fashion that seems to be everywhere and on everything at the moment. At my age (45) I'm doing it in moderation and wearing one piece at a time. Studded nude 'slipper' shoes from zara and the red studded shopper bag from zara. I'm also loving the studded collar shirts from zara - wearing them now alone or to wear under jumpers in the autumn/winter. Keep your posts coming as I so enjoy them and its so nice to compare looks. Any more news on your wedding outfit? PS Am going to check out Smash as I can't say I've heard of it ...ReplyDelete
Just as I had decided that the stud trend was possibly a bit too 'mutton' for me, you show those bags!! I thought the Zara shopper one was lovely, but then I scrolled down to the Romygold Drew Stud Hobo bag. Deeee-vine!!ReplyDelete
I'm in the same boat, turning 40 soon and all. However, you look absolutely glamorous! I was expecting to see a list of expensive designer brands when I saw your outfits (you carry them off so beautifully) but did a double take when I read Primark, Accessorize, River Island, Debenhams. My jaw must've hit the ground. You have a knack of taking very affordable clothes and making them look expensive.ReplyDelete
Ah yes....I'm starting to look forward for Sept when school begins again. I'm starting to climb the walls dealing with just 1 bored child. Not sure how you managed 3 on your own, on the train, all over London. That's no mean feat! Running a marathon would've been easier.
- RakerD17 August 2012 13:19
Love the adjusted Phase 8 top - it is very like the Rag and Bone Botany top that has been haunting my dreams for months (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=36757362)...ReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 August 2012 13:45
Love the Romygold bag! Trying to work out how it would fit into my wardrobe, any ideas where her grey coat is from?! Can't find that out anywhere. I did email a while ago about some one on one advice and I think you said you could work put prices but haven't heard back so presume you're a little bit busy?! Louise xReplyDelete
These are my current favorite boots - drooling over them and will surely hit order soon:)ReplyDelete
Have you had the Reiss Toffee tailored? I had to have the top altered to avoid <> falling out accidents. Looks great on you.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous19 August 2012 11:59
Love Phase Eight's 'AllSaints' type stuff,ie drapey tops etc.Much better value as well.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5 September 2012 08:16
Been a long time Kat hope you will be back soonReplyDelete


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