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At least once a year we get a "free pass movie" -- a movie that isn't remarkable in itself, but which gets a free pass in the praise department because of the importance of its topic. This year it's Zero Dark Thirty. Don't get me wrong. Zero Dark Thirty isn't a bad movie, but apart from being painfully overlong and about killing Osama bin Laden, I'm hard-pressed to find anything all that noteworthy about it. I guess I'd call it efficient -- which is how I've felt about all of Kathryn Bigelow's movies. I would not call it inspired, groundbreaking, brilliant, innovative -- or even particularly effective as drama. That last is apparently deliberate, since the film wants to be taken as reportage -- as journalism rather than fact-based drama. It had a better shot at that claim before the C.I.A. called the filmmakers onto the carpet for embellishing the facts -- at which point said filmmakers starting calling the movie a fact-based dramatization and easing up on the "journalism" claims. Whatever the intent, the film is a dramatization. It simply isn't all that dramatic -- in part because we know the outcome, but more because of the film's efforts to be reportage and offer no point of view of its own.
What Zero Dark Thirty ultimately resembles is a procedural TV show with everything that implies. It has a shrewd structure that carefully doles out its "big moments" in such a way as to keep the viewer from becoming bored by the drudge of the procedures, the office politics and the almost complete lack of characterization. Again, this seems to be deliberate. The characters have no stories and no function outside of the pursuit of Osama bin Laden. Jessica Chastain's Maya — the central figure in the film — has no life beyond this and seemingly no emotions to speak of either (much like the film itself in its devotion to supposed objectivity). The idea is to take no political stance, which in itself comes across as a stance. Plus, it tends to make proceedings so pragmatic that they are sometimes troubling, especially in the matter-of-fact presentation of the depiction of "enhanced interrogation techniques" (the political euphemism for torture). The stated intent was "not to judge" (according to Bigelow), but by not judging the film seems to normalize these things as "business as usual." This is even more the case when there are post-Abu Ghraib changes in policy and her comrade in arms (Jason Clarke, Lawless) advises Maya, "You don't want to be the last person found with a dog collar in your hand." It's up to you how you feel about this.
I also have some questions about the idea of the journalistic/quasi-documentary approach in a film where high-profile actors — like Mark Strong and James Gandolfini — pop up with distracting regularity. It's the sort of thing that makes the whole film feel exactly like ...well, a movie. But having said all that, I'm not calling Zero Dark Thirty a bad movie. Whatever my reservations, it does what it sets out to do as a fact-based record of the 10 year hunt for Osama bin Laden. Personally, it either left me as detached and uninvolved as the film itself, or it troubled me in its approach to the more volatile material. I felt no greater sense of the events than I was left with by the news footage and newspaper accounts. You may feel differently. I'd suggest you see for yourself.Rated R for strong violence including brutal disturbing images, and for language.Rated R for strong violence including brutal disturbing images, and for language.
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Posted By basbandit on 16 Aug 2010 06:21 PM Sscott those are some darn nice fish, coulda used a few like that this past weekend. Bass Cats are OK, but I'm a Triton guy. Wouldn't own anything else. Harry
Thanks for compliments on the bass, Harry! No matter what boat you're in, a few good catches are what really make a fishing trip worthwhile.
Triton and Bass Cat have always just had two different approaches to bass boat design, but the two companies have remained friendly competitors. I grew up fishing in Bass Cats and have just got to the point where any time I fish in another boat brand, I'm mentally comparing it to a Bass Cat. For you, it's probably the same way for Triton. They're both definitely the kind of boats that their owners are passionate about. Kind of like Ford and Chevy (or maybe Lincoln and Cadillac, considering the price tags on bass boats these days).
Did you hear about the recent sale of Triton? The company that owned Ranger, Champion, and Stratos filed for bankruptcy and they were scooped up basically for debt. That was a little while ago. Just a couple weeks ago, the same company that scooped those bought Triton as well. All production is being moved to the old Ranger plant in Flippin, AR. I'll be happy when the bass boat industry finally stabilizes. The sales and bankruptcies are getting hard to keep up with!
Anyway, thanks a bunch for the comments on the fish, and I'm glad you enjoyed the pics and the boat review!
Posted By basbandit on 17 Aug 2010 01:12 PM I thought I was nut's for paying $52,000 for a bass boat a few years back, BUT that same boat today is $72,000 OUCH! so I think I'll hold on to mine for awhile. Harry Trophy Life Member USaN Retired 1969-1989 NW Bass Pro Washington State
I don't blame you one bit!!!
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July 17, 2012
by Shawn Bean
© Me, back in simpler times.
It was my own private Penn State scandal.
The bedroom was impossibly dark, so I didn't see it happen. What I felt and heard was a hand quickly slipping out from under the elastic of my boxers, and the rustling of sheets. Then it was over. Back to total stillness inside the blackness. Though I had just woken up, it didn't take me long to figure out what happened: Corey was up to something.
Although we didn't go to school together, Corey was one my best friends during elementary school. On Friday afternoons, we'd pick up Corey in the same department store parking lot, and he'd spent the weekend at our home. We'd call girls and talk to them for hours, passing the phone back and forth. We fished in the creek. We went to dinner at Sizzler. We crashed together in a queen-size bed, in a room with no door.
Then one night, out of nowhere, he was up to something. And that first occurrence went from strange anomaly to repeat offense. I'd be sleeping on my stomach, and wake up with a hand wedged underneath my hip. During another stay, Corey made four or five moves over the course of the night. Each time I'd toss or turn or roll over, only to feel his hand swiftly recoil. That was the last time he stayed over, and we never spoke again.
More than two decades later, I see his profile picture on shared friends' Facebook pages. He is married with children. He has an Important Job. He uses motivational quotes as status updates. He is everyone you know. Corey endures as the most puzzling, most embarrassing, least discussed part of my childhood. Before today, approximately eight people knew this story. My parents are not among them.
Jerry Sandusky and the rampant sexual abuse cases connected to the Catholic church have us on high alert for child predators. If asked to close our eyes and picture what a molester looks like, we're trained to see an older white man with grey hair. But what happens when the offender isn't that at all? What happens when the child predator is, well, a child?
Dana Dorfman is a psychotherapist and family counselor in New York City. She's treated many, many, many Coreys. "It comes up so often in my practice when I'm working with kids," she says.
"For young children, like preschoolers and kindergartners, sexual curiosity oftentimes comes out in play, like playing doctor or house," says Dorfman. "As adults, we erroneously assign sexual implications to it. If a kid wants to a friend to pull their pants down, we impose an adult meaning to it. But that curiosity is absolutely normal."
However, as children reach the prepubescent years, acting out in those ways becomes something else. I tell Dorfman about Corey, about the sneaky maneuvers, about the repeated, overt attempts. "If a kid that age crosses that line, it's likely that he previously experienced an anxiety-provoking situation of a sexual nature." Dorfman notes that an "anxiety-provoking situation" doesn't necessarily mean physical contact or abuse. However, the National Juvenile Justice Network reports that 40 to 80 percent of juvenile sex offenders have been sexually abused as children.
"When you've been the passive recipient, the mind's way of overcoming it is to become an active participant," Dorfman explains. "I believe Corey's actions were his attempt to own it."
Okay, so we're not dealing with sinister, devious grown men here. We're dealing with Cartoon Network's target demographic, with kids about the same age as my oldest son Jackson. Obviously our society doesn't encourage charging and incarcerating an 11-year-old. When a family brings a Corey into your office, how do you handle it? "The last thing you want to do is perpetuate feelings of shame," says Dorfman, who early in her career worked on sexual abuse investigations and interrogated alleged offenders. "You're not trying to teach a lesson in morality. You're trying to understand the child's history, and how they're processing the situation they're in. These are children, not adults."
According to Dorfman, Corey likely did not take this behavior with him into adulthood. The research underscores her point. In February 2010, the Florida Department of Children and Families released a report on child-on-child sexual abuse. It notes that children with sexual behavior problems and juvenile sex offenders have relatively low future sex offending rates, as low as 2 percent.
Corey is not Jerry Sandusky, and I am not Victim #1, #2, #3, or #10. There was no grey-haired boogeyman, no headlines, no grand jury, no chalky courtroom sketches, no prison time. He was a mixed-up fifth grader who alienated a buddy.
I've chalked up that experience as one of those weird childhood things, a nebulous blob of confusion you have no choice but to move on from. Obviously I can't speak for Corey. I don't know what that experience meant to him. As a boy evolves into a man, I don't know if or how a Corey evolves into a Sandusky. I like to believe he's the cheerful, optimistic family man he appears to be on Facebook.
I have moved on, and forgotten most of the good times we had together. (Maybe my mind did that on purpose.) Today, my memory of Corey is a taxidermied animal: a face that I clearly recognize, but nothing meaningful on the inside. Sadly, I'm okay with that.
What I'm worried about is being the father of two boys who will have friends and sleepovers, of having children who probably won't tell me about the weird things that happen when I'm not around. But thanks to my past, I'm on high alert. In a strange way, I owe Corey a debt of gratitude. From the grave of our friendship, a heightened vigilance blooms.


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Doc Simps said 06/05, 11:46 AM
Kobe Bryant's work ethic makes him the nest player in the NBA. He has a positive impact on everything and anyone, oncourt and offcourt. Kobe is 33 years old and his body is still at peak performance, averaging almost 30 ppg at his age is rare, only few have done that. He constantly challeneges his team in every facet. Kobe excels at everything on the court he can shoot, post up, play defense, rebound. He does it all, and he still is the leagues best closer.
Hyped78 said 06/05, 12:06 PM
Kobe is still one of the top players in the NBA, no doubt about that.
But I don't think you can still call him #1.
I saw a more selfish Kobe Bryant this season.
And while this may draw negative reactions, the truth is that he had more minutes this year than last season, while posting one of the worst FG% seasons of his career.
He shot 43%. You'll have to go back to 1997-98 to see him shoot that low.
And with 3.52 turnovers per game, he had one of his worst seasons in that category. Plainly speaking: he did more errors that what he usually does.
And these were regular season tendencies which also carried through the playoffs.
While Kobe is still one of the best - I am emphasizing that again - I would argue the likes of LeBron James (MVP) and Kevin Durant (scoring champion) over him right now.
Perhaps (perhaps!) even Chris Paul, even though Paul plays at a different position, which makes comparison a harder task.
Doc Simps said 06/05, 12:19 PM
I agree with you on the fact that Kobe posted one of his lowest FG%. But Kobe was the more consistent player on his team, unlike others that didn't show up to play. That's why he had to put up more shots than normal. More games were won this year because Kobe put up more shots.
The only reason Kobe had that many turnovers per game is because his big men have NO HANDS!
Lebron has been in the league for a while now and still hasn't developed a constant mid-range game, and Lebron is a terrible closer, fans don't remember what happened in the previous three quarters only what you can do in the 4th to win basketball games. Dwayne Wade is a better closer than Lebron.
Kevin Durant, in my opinion is better than Lebron he has a far better work ethic and is a better leader than Lebron, but Durant lacks foot work, a post game(he's 6'10", he already creates mismatches).
Kobe Bryant is a leader he will praise you if you do something right, but he will get in your butt if you mess up. His impact oncourt is far greater than Lebron and Durant. Kobe has matured into a better decision maker. He knows when he's on, and he knows when to get his team involved,when they showed up for games
Hyped78 said 06/06, 04:05 AM
Of course you agree that Kobe had one of his lowest FG% ever. That's a fact!
To say that Kobe played worse because of his teammates is a bit simplistic. It's not like he doesn't have quality players playing besides him.
No, what happened is that - while still being a tremendous player - he went back to his ball hogging ways.
The same ways he had before winning his last rings. The ways he abandoned in those championship years, becoming more unselfish and getting his teammates involved.
Not so much this year.
Don't use the other players to justify why Kobe's shortcomings.
While he is indeed a leader, truth of the matter is that Kobe did some whining this season, and that included the playoffs.
Check yourself before you check others. He didn't do that.
Both LeBron and Durant had more MVP votes than Kobe, with LBJ winning the award.
And the difference in FG% is telling: Kobe had 43%, Durant had 49,6%, LeBron 53%.
In these Playoffs - and bear in mind LeBron and Durant are still playing - Kobe shot 44%, Durant 50%, LeBron 50%.
Forget the hate that some players generate and realize that Kobe is still up there, but he's not #1.
Doc Simps said 06/06, 09:29 AM
Ok, let's get back to my orginal argument, I'm getting a little off topic here, I apologize. Kobe does everything that Lebron and Durant don't.
Kobe can shoot from anywhere on the floor, he can post up, he has the best footwork since MJ,(for the record I'm not saying he's better than MJ by any means) he has the heart of a champion, he makes other around him better, he rebounds on both ends of the floor, he is a go-to-guy in the clutch, he is still a perennial perimeter defender, he more mentally stronger than both Lebron and Durant, and his basketball IQ is far greater than Lebron's.
Lebron, has been to the Finals before, he is no stranger to the post-season. However, he has yet to show qualities that put him above Kobe Bryant. The word clutch and Lebron have never been in the same sentence. When he has the ball in his hands in the 4th quarter he may score 14 points but when the game is on the line with 20 seconds to go, he chokes.
Kobe is the only superstar on his team, so his field goal percentage will reflect that. Kobe has to put up more shots than normal. Like any shooter, you always have to keep shooting
In my opinion, clutch performance puts Kobe above both.
Hyped78 said 06/07, 02:37 AM
You failed to address the fact that his FG% was one of the worst in his career.
You also didn't address the fact that his turnovers went up.
You didn't address the issue of relatively short team (Lakers) success this season.
If there's something he didn't do this year was make everyone around him better, I am sorry.
You also "forgot" about his ball hogging this year.
And yes, all of this because we're talking about now, not about 3 or 4 years ago. That's why the TD is called "is still".
LeBron won the MVP, Kobe didn't... with the Heat having more team success than the Lakers.
Durant had more MVP votes than Kobe, and won the scoring title from him... with the Thunder having more team success than the Lakers.
And, if something, when the time came, he showed little patience and some whining in the playoffs, not the type of leadership you mentioned.
No doubt that Kobe is still one of the world's true elite players. But he is no longer number 1.
And I do think you exaggerated in the way you've criticized the likes of LeBron, Durant, Gasol and Bynum.
You made them seem like amateurs.
Doc, isn't this kinda a no brainer? This is the set-up for the idiot picked LeBron.
[whispers: Is speaking negatively about LeBron enough to get whacked?]
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This guy is trying to argue against Brian Scalabrine...
I know LeBron draws a lot of negative heat, but what he does inside the court shouldn't.
And I also mentioned Durant and Chris Paul.
Kevin Duran IMO. < Mavericks, Lakers & soon to be Spurs Killer >
So Hyped, you think Lebron, Durant and CP3 are all better than the Black Mamba now?
Durant, Kobe, and Lebron all draw a lot of negative heat. Lebron let the heat get to him, remember when he said he hopes the Cavs will let him come back to the team someday. Durant got heat when he received criticism for Westbrook ball hogging, Durant answered in a positive way as well. But Kobe has been embracing the heat for such a long time, he loves the pressure. Durants time is coming.
Kobe takes way to many shots away from his teammates, way to much ball hogging IMO.
Kobe takes way to many shots away from his teammates, way to much ball hogging IMO.
Kobe takes more shots because everyone else isn't consistent. He tries to get his team involved in the First half of every game. When that doesn't work Kobe does Kobe.
Kobe takes more shots because everyone else isn't consistent. He tries to get his team involved in the First half of every game. When that doesn't work Kobe does Kobe.
I see it a different way, but I'll leave that alone until all arguments are in - good luck Doc.
Leave that for the TD **** to correct, it's his job.
Kobe takes more shots because everyone else isn't consistent. He tries to get his team involved in the First half of every game. When that doesn't work Kobe does Kobe.
remember when he said he hopes the Cavs will let him come back to the team someday.
that didn't happen
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No he is not. He routinely throws up bricks in the 4th quarter, and his stats bear that out. He is darn good still, but not on top, no way.
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This is really a tough, tough question because all of the top players have glaring faults.
Lebron is most frequently stated as best in the league, but if you care about clutch performances then you can't pick Lebron. He also lacks basketball IQ, a consistent post-game, and a consistent mid-range shot. The reason I say he lacks basketball IQ is because 9 out of 10 times at the end of a game, he's going to dribble, dribble, dribble, fade-away outside brick instead of going to the basket or going inside to get something easy. His free throw shooting is sub-par in the clutch too. Because he's so good at everything else, but has those flaws, I'd put him number 2.
Durant is emerging as a sometimes unstoppable scorer. However, he also sometimes can't even get the ball. He lets good defenders deny him the ball too easily. He's improving on it, but in the past he has settled for a makeable, but bad outside 3 at the end of games instead of getting an easier shot when he has enough time to get a better shot. He's improved his defense, but he's not on LBJ's defensive level yet. He's not as good of a passer either. His rebounding has greatly improved.
Kobe has lots of times when he looks like he's still the best in the world. When he's on he is unbelievable. He doesn't have a weakness as far as where he can be effective from on the floor. He's great in the post, in the mid-range, and on the perimeter. However, he rarely trusts his teammates enough (sometimes deserved and sometimes not) to allow them to contribute appropriately. He appears to refuse to take a smaller role in the offense in order to utilize the talents of the bigs around him. It appears to be a stubborness of thinking only one playing style can win instead of being adaptable. He has poor shooting nights more and more frequently as he gets older and his reputation for clutchness is less and less deserved with each missed game winning shot attempt. He has lots of turnovers and rarely acknowledges his weaknesses or occasions when he performs poorly. Too often he is blaming his teammates for his performance. He's got a whole career worth of repuation for being clutch that I think are based off of about 3 seasons worth of being the NBA's featured player (2007-2010).
Just my opinion, but with all that said
I still would go Kobe 1st, LBJ 2nd, Durant 3rd.
However, Durant has been the most impressive this post-season. I'm going to wait for more arguments before voting.
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (Oct. 8, 2004) - It's often the case in qualifying that you face an opponent with their backs against the wall, and there's no question El Salvador is firmly up against it. With only three points from three games, and only one home game remaining, anything less than a victory will send the Salvadorians back to the drawing board for 2010. We have to be ready for anything. Assistant coach Curt Onalfo breaks down El Salvador and talks about what the U.S. should expect on Saturday.
Oct. 8, 2004
El Salvador is coming off a humiliating 3-0 home loss to Jamaica, which earned their coach his walking papers. Under new coach Armando Contreras, no less than 11 new players have been added to the squad for Saturday's game. A new coach, a new team, and the pressure from their fanaticos all add up to a highly unpredictable opponent.
Let's talk about what we do know. Their striking options remain virtually the same, with Ronald Cerritos, Jose Martinez, and Josue Galdamez all possibilities as frontrunners. Cerritos was not initially called into the squad, but earned his way back in after solid performances for his club team. Martinez did not play against us in September due to suspension, but he is one of their better attacking players. Galdamez started alongside Cerritos in our first game, but was largely ineffective. Another potential candidate is Fredy Gonzalez, a new addition to the squad. Gonzalez is in good form at the club level, leading the scoring charts at Aguila.
In the midfield, Contreras has called in Santos Cabrera, a skillful playmaker who passes well and has good vision. Cabrera has been hampered by injury, but is expected to be available Saturday. Another option is Victor Merino, the diminutive midfielder who shares similar qualities. Much of their attacking efforts go through Merino when he's on the field. Former Dallas Burn midfielder Jorge Rodriguez, who is El Salvador's most experienced player with 33 caps, will likely play as a holding midfielder and spearhead their efforts to stifle our attack.
In the back, team captain Victor Velasquez will marshal the back line, whether they choose to play three or four across the back. El Salvador will be without a key member of the defensive corps, as Erik Prado sits out for yellow card accumulation. Players that could fill the bill include Marvin Benitez, the experienced defender from Aguila who is known for his attacking abilities; Rafael Tobar, a teammate of Velasquez at FAS; or Marvin Gonzalez, who played as a sweeper under former coach Juan Paredes.
At the end of the day, their starting XI and formation are a bit of a mystery. We'll find out an hour before kickoff like everyone else. But we do know the strengths and weaknesses of their team very well, and more importantly, we know what we are capable of. Beyond the hostile crowd, difficult conditions, and whatever other intangibles come our way, this game is about our team performing to the level that we are capable. In the first two road games we demonstrated that we can persevere; now we must show that we can overcome. If we do that, we're confident we can walk out of the Estadio Cuscatlan with three points and one foot in the door to the final round of qualifying.


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Anyone order an iPad 3 or something similar from Apple lately?
Just wondering what method of shipment they use (UPS, FedEx) and if it needs to be signed for?
Would suck if they try to deliver requiring signature and I'm not home....being a Friday delivery I wouldn't get it until at least Monday.


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If I were you, I would buy the domains but keep them on hold, using at the moment the good old English alphabet dot com and 301ing to the IDNs once the issues have been sorted. Hope that helps.
In my experience, IDN still have some issues for several reasons:
- Search Engines do not handle them properly, yet. How many IDN have you seen enjoying a good position in SERPs. I bet very few, if any. Perhaps in the middle term this will be sorted, but not now.
- Spanish and Latin-American users are very used to type URLs without accent at all, even when using a search engine, in fact, some people think an IDN is a misspelling and MANY will simply drop the accent. Currently, there's no significant advantage on SERPs since most search engines will return the same (or very similar) results when searching for instance sueńos or suenos.
- There are serious linking issues since it is not clear yet if you should link using the non English standard character or use Punycode.


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Boy Genius Report says today that according to the latest news from DigiTimes, two of Apples iPad and iPhone manufacturing partners, Foxconn and Quanta Computer, have said that Steve Jobs' resignation as Apple CEO last week will have minimal impact on supply chain orders. According to the report, Jobs successor as CEO, Tim Cook, has already been working with the manufacturing process in recent weeks when he has been acting CEO during Jobs then temporary, but now permanent, absence. However, as far as Apples "brand recognition, creativity and innovation" is concerned, DigiTimes sources say that there is a possibility that these elements could be affected by Jobs departure, depending on whether or not Apple can find another driver of innovation like Jobs. DigiTimes adds that Jobs leaving could also give some of its rivals, such as HTC and Samsung, a chance to catch up, and that we could see a shift in the industry as a whole over the coming months. Only time will tell.
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These are my newest headphones for my iPod. Being small has its disadvantages and my ear canals must be smaller than other peoples since any in-ear headphones do not fit.
The July issue of Reader's Digest has an amusing article by Andy Simmons entitled "Road Trip" in which he quips on p. 127, "...Then, I downloaded songs onto an iPod. (Have you seen these things? You input music into them, then spend the rest of the day trying to keep the earpieces from falling out of your ear.)..."
These earbuds are by JVC and come in several colors (including a guy-appropriate black). They are sold at Circuit City and online via Amazon. They squish up when you hold them between thumb and forefinger and push them in your ear canal. I can wear them pushed in for a long period of time without the pain and "falling out" headache. The reviews say the sound quality is not as good and they might not be as sturdy but for about $20 what do you expect?
The earbud clip is by PKOHNYC and makes the earbud headphones neat and tidy when not in use. Another great thing is the Sumajin Smartwrap which shortens up the cord. I bought these two items in a multi-pack though Amazon.
I am listening to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which I bought some time back from iTunes for my book listening hubby. Jim Dale who reads these books is incredible. The next book will arrive next week so I should go now and get back to listening....


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God Bless America: Little Girls With Guns
Warms the heart, doesn't it? It really does. I love how they're not even standing on the ground, but in chairs and on the table. Safety first, you know? Oh, and for all you 3 to 7-year old Geekologie readers out there, these are NOT the girls you're gonna want to date in ten years. And not just because they'll snipe you for breaking up with them, because you'll probably never even live that far. No, long before your parting headshot their father is gonna blow you a new a-hole for bringing them home late. Just sayin', you want to go #2 out the side of a buttcheek for the rest of your life? Of course you do, you'll be able to handle all your waste management at a urinal. I know I'm jealous!
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Thanks to Chris, who agrees guns are an important part of a child's development.
That's the nicest computer chair I've ever seen! This is a picture of some gun-nut's computer setup. Oh, and just in case you couldn't tell: HE'S THE WRONG F***ING PERSON TO TROLL. This Must Be the Craziest Computer Den In America [gizmodo]... / Continue →
Remember the cell phone gun that Italian police found in a raid on the mafia? Turns out they're mad popular in Europe. And, I've got to tell ya, I'd almost be fooled if it looked like a Blackberry and not a phone from the 90's -- the 1890's (note to self: fact check 19th cent... / Continue →
Needs more TV. This is prop-builder Andrew Cook's living/gaming room. He's decorated it with a bunch of prop guns he's made from the Mass Effect and Halo franchises, because why not? Plus if somebody breaks in they might think he's some sort of commando from the future and j... / Continue →


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A Heartwarming Collection of Christmas Stories and Reflections from Max Lucado
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The real Gray Kitty has a special announcement to make. His Mom and Dad are giving up App development. No more story Apps.
We removed one of the three existing stories, Gray Kitty Goes to School, from the App store because it had multiple issues needing attention, and neither of us wants to make fixing them a high priority. If you already downloaded it, it should still be on your device, but if you delete it from your device you can't download it again from the iTunes App store.
We're leaving the other two stories in the App store, for now.
It's a long story, but in a nutshell, both of us would rather do other things with our spare time. Martin would rather be working in the garden or fixing up our old house. I would rather read and write about stuff on the other blog.
Future Gray kitty news will involve the real Gray kitty and his litter mate Brownie, and I'll write about them on other blog. In fact I'm going to put an edited version of this post over there, with a reference back to this blog.
The above photo is the first one we took after Christmas of Gray living his new life as an indoor kitty. At 5 1/2, he's still mostly feral, unlike his fully rehabilitated litter mate, and he didn't seem to be living a happy life outdoors. One time a rodent bit straight through his ear. Another time his tail had an open wound and we couldn't catch him to get it treated. The crows enjoyed ganging up on a telephone wire to screech at him and he looked intimidated. He is scared of his own shadow and seemed to mostly be running away from people and other animals to find a safe place to hide. We had to stand by to keep raccoons and other ferals away while he bolted down food once or twice a day.
Vacations were really hard because we had to plan several days in advance to catch him. He is wise to all of our tricks.
We did manage to catch him before our trip in December. Spending two weeks in the kitty motel seemed to calm his scaredy cat behavior a bit, so we decided to try bringing him inside.
At first, he spent all of his time in what we have come to call his hovel. This is a futon couch in our downstairs TV room that we lined with plastic, then covered with a flannel sheet. We put his soft bed cushion on the couch, then draped a flannel top sheet from the couch back down over the cushy cushion and tucked it under the couch so that he's got a little tent. That's where he stayed for days, on his cushion inside the tent. I would show you a photo but that room is messy right now.
Then, a new pattern developed, a pattern of playing, from 2am to about 6am. Toy mice get tossed in the air, slammed around, shoved under doors and pawed back out. There is much thundering of feet as kitties play together. Bodies thud as kitties wrestle. Brownie hisses. He's getting usurped as Top Cat. Gray is a little larger and feistier with Brownie now that he's living indoors.
As a consolation, we've let Brownie sleep in our bed. Even though this means legs being pinned down by 14 lbs of kitty. Usually Martin's legs.
During the day, Brownie goes outside to play and Gray returns to his hovel. Sometimes, when Gray is feeling super brave, he runs upstairs and crawls under the comforter on our bed for a nap.
Gray seems happier. We can tell because when he was outside his tail was always slack between his legs. Never switching. Unless he was wrestling on the front tile patio with Brownie. Only then. Now his tail switches when he's playing or when I bug him in his hovel. I pull back the sheet and start petting him and his tail switches and then he presents his very round tummy for rubs. He wants to wrestle but he knows I will go away if he tries to bite or grab my hands so he concentrates very hard on controlling himself.
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Introducing Serving the Self-Represented Litigant: A Guide By and For Court Staff
On October 8, 2009, the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court approved as a resource a manual entitled Serving the Self-Represented Litigant: A Guide By and For Court Staff (the Guide).
The purpose of the Guide is to provide court personnel with useful and practical information that will enable them to better assist the public. In particular, the Guide provides guidance to court personnel in making the critical distinction between providing legal information, which they should give, and legal advice, which they must never give.
The Guide was developed over a period of approximately two years by a working group of Massachusetts Trial Court clerks and administrators under the auspices of the Supreme Judicial Court Steering Committee on Self-Represented Litigants. It is being made available to the public through the Trial Court's Access to Justice Initiative in order to better serve court users and to enhance public understanding of our courts.
The Guide is the latest in a series of publications designed to enhance access to civil justice in Massachusetts courts. You may access the Guide at the following link: http://www.mass.gov/courts/serving-self-rep-guide.pdf . You may also wish to consult Representing Yourself in a Civil Case: Things to Consider When Going to Court, available at http://www.mass.gov/courts/admin/ji/repyourself.html and Judicial Guidelines for Civil Hearings Involving Self-Represented Litigants, available at http://www.mass.gov/courts/judguidelinescivhearingstoc.html.
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