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A Holiday Celebration Caravan of Food and Gifts for Los Angeles Residents in Need of Assistance During the Holidays
Thursday, December 13, 2001, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
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Los Angeles: For most Los Angeles residents, the holidays are filled with joy. Our many diverse communities enjoy the celebrated season with family, friends, and parties with food and gifts.
However, there are several individuals in our City in need of assistance, especially during the holiday season.
The Los Angeles Police Department-Metropolitan Division, United States Secret Service, and the California Highway Patrol are combining their efforts to bring cheer, good tidings, food and even Santa Claus to those who are in need during the Holidays.
It all begins at the Roybal Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles. A police escorted motorcade consisting of two Presidential limousines; one carrying Mr. & Mrs. Santa Claus, the other transporting special Guests-including LAPD Chief Bernard C. Parks, will travel to three separate locations. Assisting Santa, several vans filled with food and gifts will follow the holiday motorcade. The Yuletide items will be distributed by LAPD Metropolitan Division's officers to the anxiously awaiting children and adults.
An attached itinerary of the event schedule includes approximate arrival and departure times and also contains a list of the sponsors who donated goods and services.
This media advisory was prepared by Public Information Officer Jack Richter, Media Relations Section, 213-485-3586.
Sixth Annual, "A Better Christmas"
December 13, 2001
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A Couple of Great Nikki Finke Strands [Updated]
Here's the first one. And… Because we can never for whatever reason get on-the-record cooperation from PMC, we intentionally did not go to them for comment. If, after reading this item, someone from that end wants to chime in, we'll be happy to update below.*
Through the grapevine, we hear that Jay Penske, Mike Fleming Jr. and Nellie Andreeva are actively trying to convince Nikki Finke to return to the Deadline fold. Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that Deadline, minus Finke, now gets traffic-beat by TheWrap. But that's just a guess. The discussions, we're told, are ongoing.
Now, on to the second, even juicier bit of Finke business. We say that because this strand involves some rare phone and email contact between Finke and rival Sharon Waxman.

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Clinical Applications
In alphabetical order, the clinical applications of ultrasound are steadily increasing.
Ultrasound takes the guesswork out of line placements, cannulation, regional anesthesia, and other common anesthesia procedures. Other uses by anesthesiologists include:
- Central line placements - locate vascular structures in the neck, upper chest, upper arms, and legs for cannulation, minimizing patient discomfort and avoid erroneous punctures
- Regional nerve blockades -- visualize peripheral nerves and nearby vasculature so the block is effective, accidental venous or arterial punctures are avoided and anesthetic usage is minimized
- Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) - for assessment of intra-operative cardiac function, including wall motion, ventricular function, and flow dynamics
- Transthoracic echocardiography -- identify cardiac pathologies, including mitral and aortic valve function and pericardial fluid, quickly and effectively
- Critical care - assess pericardial or pleural effusion and place lines more efficiently
Enables the user to evaluate cardiac anatomy and functionality of the heart including:
- Effectively identifies cardiac pathologies, including valvular disease and left ventricular function.
- Determines heart size and quantifies both heart and valvular function to assess disease process and monitor progression
- Intima-media thickness (IMT) measurements of common carotid arteries for assessment of cardiovascular disease progression and risk
- Guide cardiac surgical procedures such as coronary bypass, valve repair or replacement, and closure device placement within the septum
provide intensivists with the answers they need in a fast-paced, space-constrained critical care environment. Ultrasound can assess specific emergent conditions and perform needed assessments without delay. Here are some of the ways ICU and CCU departments are using ultrasound systems:
- Central venous catheter guidance - Accurately and safely place lines, even in hypotensive patients
- Transthoracic echocardiography - quickly and effectively identify cardiac pathologies, including mitral and aortic valve function and pericardial fluid
- Assess Left Ventricular function
- Detect pericardial tamponade
Endocrinologists are using ultrasound for the following:
- Visual characterization or identification of thyroid nodules - determine vascularity of lesions
- Guiding percutaneous needle core biopsy of thyroid - ensures more accurate sampling
- Guiding fine needle aspiration (FNA) of cysts - get it right the first time
Emergency departments are purchasing for the following:
- Detect free fluids - Focused Abdominal Sonography for Trauma (FAST) imaging of the four quadrants of the abdomen to determine the need for immediate treatment or transfer to the OR
- Identify pneumothorax or hemothorax, and guide the placement of chest tubes
- Accurately and safely place central lines in hypotensive patients
- Evaluate organs for injury from trauma
Ultrasound is user to diagnose, monitor and provide intervention for a broad range of musculoskeletal conditions such as:
- Ensuring accurate injections
- Guiding aspirations
- Rapidly diagnosing common sports injuries
- Enabling the detection of RA at its earliest stages
Here are some of the ways obstetricians and gynecologists are using ultrasound
- Fetal growth assessment with published fetal biometry tables
- Anatomical assessment of fetus
- Confirmation of fetal position and assessment of amniotic fluid volume
- Confirmation of fetal viability
- Biophysical profile scoring
- Assessment of uterus and ovaries
- Guidance for interventional procedures
Here are some of the ways primary care physicians are using ultrasound systems
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening and measurements
- Assess gallbladder for presence of stones
- Complete assessment of intima-media thickening of the common carotid wall as a marker of cardiovascular disease progression and risk for future cardiovascular events
- Provide ultrasound guidance for abscess aspiration
- Complete simple binary assessments of cardiac function
- Follow-up evaluation of graft integrity
Ultrasound-guided intervention is becoming an increasingly popular and valuable tool in the critical care setting. In general, image-guided procedures can expedite wait times and increase the accuracy, safety, and efficacy of many procedures commonly performed within intensive care units. In the intensive care unit setting, ultrasound has particular advantages over other imaging modalities such as computed tomography and fluoroscopy, including real-time visualization, portability permitting bedside procedures. These include central venous catheter deployment, thoracentesis, paracentesis, and drainage of a wide variety of abscesses, and percutaneous nephrostomy, percutaneous cholecystectomy, and inferior vena cava filter placement. With the improvement of ultrasound technology and the innovation of new ultrasound-guided procedures, the role of ultrasound in the intensive care unit will continue to expand, with bedside ultrasound-guided interventions increasingly becoming the norm.
Ultrasound can accurately visualize anatomical structures for better diagnosis. Here is how Ultrasound is used in different surgical specialties:
- Biopsy and aspiration or excision - locate masses and complete biopsies or other assessments on one visit, alleviating patient anxiety and building physician respect
- Wire placement and localizations - accurately place the wire or marker the first time
- Line placements - locate vessels for placement of central venous catheters; assess bypass grafts; and place A-V grafts for diabetic patients
- Provides ultrasound guidance for incompetent valve ablation procedures
- Endarterectomy procedures -- ensure there is no kinking of the carotid artery and flow is normal before closing
- Quick imaging of the four quadrants of the abdomen for free fluid, eliminating waiting time for a CT scan and speeding up the time to get the patient to the OR
- Identify pneumothorax and guide placement of a chest tube to re-inflate the affected lung
- Accurately and safely place central lines in hypotensive patients
Urologists are using Ultrasound for:
- Prostate assessment and biopsy
- Renal assessment and biopsy
- Testicular mass assessment and aspirations
- Bladder assessment for masses and filling defects
- Bladder volume assessment
Here are some of the ways vascular specialists are using ultrasound
- Diagnosis and quantification of carotid and peripheral vascular disease
- Pre-operative assessment for dialysis access and surveillance
- Diagnosis and guidance for the treatment of superficial venous reflux disease
- Common carotid intima-media thickness automatic edge-detection software for cardiovascular risk factor assessment
- Intra-operative carotid endarterectomy and bypass graft assessment
- Post-operative surveillance and monitoring
- Aortic assessment and monitoring
- Renal artery assessment
- Portable diagnostic studies
VETERINARY(Large and Small Animal)
- Basic/Int. Abdominal
- Basic Cardiac
- Tendon integrity


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"Well, we just clean up and go on, what else can you do?" said Floyd Smith. He says the properties have been in his family's name for decades.
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Investigators are looking for a person of interest in the case, spotted just outside the scene as first responders arrived. He's described as a Hispanic or black male, about 5-foot-8 or 5-foot-9, weighing around 120 pounds. Police say he has a sunken face and may stutter. He left the area riding a black mountain bike.
This is the second rash of arsons along Nations Ford Road this year, although investigators haven't determined if they're connected. In January, firefighters fought five intentionally set fires at a used tire store and a number of nearby dumpsters.
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During World War II, an American CIA agent named Aline Griffith began working in Spain, and later met and married Luis de Figueroa, the Count of Romanones, who owned several estates including Finca Pascualete. Since then, the Countess has dedicated herself to preserving the estate and its agricultural heritage.
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Username: leathab
Post Number: 1732
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 8:32 pm:
Walking in the land of the lonely
Pasted smiles on artificial faces
unable to reach, to touch, to feel.
Walking in the land of the mute
voices never lifted, pain never screamed
unable to sing, to speak, to pray.
Walking in the land of the lame
crippled souls wandering endless paths
dogged by evil, dogged by deceit, dogged by lies.
Walking still, perhaps that's hope
remain upright, lifting, still
stretch toward, running from, being.
Senior Member
Username: warlockstrange
Post Number: 659
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Saturday, December 11, 2004 - 3:36 am:
twisting pixie stix around my little finger until its so tight that my finger feels numb like icicles or going sledding too long so that when i stand on the register at home there are needles poking and sticking in my toes and burning the flesh with invisibel flames that leave no damage but the memory of pain and i sip my hot chocolate and remember the sting of the snow as i flew from my flyer and how the ice crystals looked like basketball diamonds as my eyes were closed by their sparkles and my ride ended face down in the other kids way and how my breath burned hufing grey frost clouds like horses nostril early in the morning as i pulled the rope to bring my sled up the hill for one more go and later the steam from my cup rises warming the scrape on my forehead so that it burns again with the hum of torn flesh that only announces the passing of innocence and
as i hold the pixie stix wrapper until i cannot stand the painful burn of lost circulation one more instant and quickly rush to unwind it before my finger gets gaingrene and falls off and my mother beats me and i feel good to know that i am alive
Senior Member
Username: susano
Post Number: 1693
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Saturday, December 11, 2004 - 4:26 am:
i yam what i yam
- popeye
Senior Member
Username: susano
Post Number: 1714
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2004 - 1:56 am:
that was awsome gabriel. like a little movie.
i yam what i yam
- popeye
Senior Member
Username: nomadrat
Post Number: 1154
Registered: 2-2001
Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2004 - 5:12 pm:
I found it disturbing, sad, and now realize Gabe is carrying around A-LOT of pain...festering.
"How long till my soul gets it right? Can any human being ever reach that kind of light?
I call on the resting soul of Galileo. King of night vision. King of insight" -Indigo Girls
Senior Member
Username: susano
Post Number: 1731
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Monday, December 13, 2004 - 12:28 am:
interesting, nomie! i got the best feeling from gabriel's poem. now i want to hear what he was thinking. when my father was in college, he had a poetry class in which the class was supposed to interpret a poem by Robert Frost. they all handed in their papers after which the prof went on to explain how they were all wrong and what the poem really meant. the following year, Robert Frost himself was a guest instructor and my dad took the class. they all asked him about the poem they had to interpret. Frost said it meant nothing in particular, just something he whipped up! hehe, goes to show how we view any art through our own personal lens.
i yam what i yam
- popeye
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Username: warlockstrange
Post Number: 660
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Monday, December 13, 2004 - 2:39 am:
i wrote that last thing on the spot as sort of an excercise in imagry and emotional tension
visual images of snow and diamond crystals
physical sensations of warmth and tearing and pain and numbness
sounds of huffing breaths
the taste of chocolate and although there are no actual smells between the steam of the hot chocolate and the breath of the horses from their nostrils i think i did a pretty good job of involving the olfactory sense in this piece
the emotional tension was first established by the twisting off of circulation
a sort of built in clock
the mixing of good and bad experiences in a narrative first person bring sthe reader even closer to the protagonist and the last tension of the finger being cut off is released in a gruesom description of gangrenous loss before slipping the mother beating in at the last instant
but giving the sense that the child has gained a feeling of some osort of control if not real control over the situation
and while i might disagree with the carrying and festering parts of your evaluation i would have to concede and admit to a great deal of expereince with pain of many and multiple types
i am a sort of connoisseur of pain
but i don't usually carry it around
but i don't think i ever lose the connection to the memory of the pain
i can access about any feeling i have ever had as clearly as the first time i had it
and more importantly i can empathize with others and identify with the pain others feel in ways that most cannot
i have felt many kinds of pain
and we are not all that different in that respect
so which part of it disturbed you the most?
that's the part i need to hone
Senior Member
Username: susano
Post Number: 1735
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Monday, December 13, 2004 - 2:43 am:
guess nomadrat got it better than i!
*feels stupid*
i yam what i yam
- popeye
Senior Member
Username: nomadrat
Post Number: 1172
Registered: 2-2001
Posted on Monday, December 13, 2004 - 4:52 am:
The poem reminded me of a self mutilator.
Like those kids in high school that like to cut themselves or carve words into their arm with a blade.
This happens to poeple who have been through some kind of abuse (on a regular bases) that got so bad they have disassociated to the point that they have a hard time feeling emotions.
It just feels like they are going through the motions.
It's not quite a borderline personality disorder..but it's close.
It varies in degrees of how bad it can get.
I know about it because I'm pretty sure I have a milder case of it.
I was never a self mutilator (as such) but I do know that feeling of emptiness.
Like it's hard to feel real emotions sometimes..like I'm faking it.
I got that from the poem because of the whole cutting off the circulation to the the finger thing..to see how it felt..to see if it made you feel something..I've actually done something like that, but I did it with my hair, a string of my hair.
also the visons of pain. I actually had a bad expereince with a sleddign accident myself as a kid, the poem brought that back for me (I had to laugh) I was goign too fast and lost control fo the sled, Instead of hittign another kid I slammed into a fence at the bottom of the hill. Gawd, it was horrible..lol
I had to brave it in fornt of the othe rkids like it didn't really hurt, but I thought I was gonna pass out. Just had to shrug it off.
I thoguht the poem was moreabout ways of dealing with pain.
Winter reminded you of the sled accident, you were experiencing the pain experiemnt with the pixie stick, then your memory of your beating from your mom.
Oh, those happy carefree days of childhood, huh?
"How long till my soul gets it right? Can any human being ever reach that kind of light?
I call on the resting soul of Galileo. King of night vision. King of insight" -Indigo Girls
Senior Member
Username: susano
Post Number: 1740
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Monday, December 13, 2004 - 6:53 pm:
gabriel that description of what you set out to do with that little piece was really interesting. i don't know anything about writing and it never would have occurred to me that that intention was behind it. what a good writer you are. i felt like i was that kid. it made me think back on being in junior high school, when i lived near some lakes and would go snowmobiling with my friends until we were so cold it hurt. specifically, the thawing out process when the numbness started to become feeling again and my friends dog would jump up on us and the scratching of his claws on our skin would send us into a momentary agony. especially the time i decided to wear shorts when we went for our ride in the forest.
i yam what i yam
- popeye
Senior Member
Username: warlockstrange
Post Number: 661
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - 1:20 am:
i never tied a pixie stick around my finger and my mom didn't beat me
my mom tended more toward benign neglect
she provided food and shelter but never saw us as "real people with real feelings and thoughts"
her words not mine
there was more an emotional neglect and she was never what could be called physically abusive
we had to drive her crazy for days before she would even spank us at all
but the cutters are definitely part of the personality that i was reaching for
the wounded that do things to get in trouble just so someone will pay attention to them
ones that hurt themselves so that others will give them esteem
and the ones who are so numb and cut off they will do anything to feel human
so it seems i accomlished my goal almost a little too well
Southern Cross
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Username: jolinda
Post Number: 304
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - 2:37 am:
I tossed our diamond to the sea
and watched it skip across the sandy shore
until time's waters carried it from me
to hide it deep forever more.
Yet still I sit upon that beach
and contemplate the beauty that was mine.
I imagine it within my reach.
God! Bring it back just one more time.
Just one more time, and I would toss it out again - back to some secret place where it might rest at last.
But I'd remember every facet held within
and burn its brilliant memory in my past.
Senior Member
Username: nomadrat
Post Number: 1199
Registered: 2-2001
Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - 4:29 am:
"Tear down the wall!"
"How long till my soul gets it right? Can any human being ever reach that kind of light?
I call on the resting soul of Galileo. King of night vision. King of insight" -Indigo Girls
Senior Member
Username: nomadrat
Post Number: 1202
Registered: 2-2001
Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - 5:21 am:
I wish I had a poem
that was good enough to share
Something that was cool and deep
and worthy of posting here
But that's not me
it's not my way to bare my soul like that
Usually I get online
just to have a social chat
Yeah, I know I have my moments
Sometimes I cut to the core
But usually my philosophy
is pretty much 'less is more'
I wrote this little ditty
to help get some poems back
I know I have a tendency
to take some threads off track
You may think me egocentric
and yeah that's probably true
But often when I read this board
I think the same of you
Here we group together
to share many a story
I find this site a pleasure
and all of you a glory
Magic people seem to flock here
to this little place
Be they mean, or nice, or just complex
they're all in God's good grace
"How long till my soul gets it right? Can any human being ever reach that kind of light?
I call on the resting soul of Galileo. King of night vision. King of insight" -Indigo Girls
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Username: susano
Post Number: 1756
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - 10:13 am:
yes, nomie!!! thank you for that.
very nice (and funny too).
and YOU are magic
i yam what i yam
- popeye
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Username: wtalex378
Post Number: 1
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - 7:35 pm:
Waiting, hoping
Moving slowly
Step the archway into clarity of night
Dreams don�t penetrate my star filled sky
I open my hands to receive the shining you
I wish I could be darkness to truly realize your light
To hold you in adoration
And envy what I cannot be
I will wait in my darkness and think of you.
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Username: susano
Post Number: 1774
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - 8:35 pm:
welcome, 378
. beautiful thoughts.
i yam what i yam
- popeye
Southern Cross
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Username: jolinda
Post Number: 310
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 2:22 am:
You DO write well. I think it's more difficult to write the kind of poem that you wrote, because maybe you had to think about it. All my poems seem to drop into my head as a completed thought packet, and I am simply scribe. Maybe some discarnate spirit liked to write and found me an easy chanel. It's really windy tonight at Lake Arrowhead, and the stars are so clear I can almost touch them. I thought about mentioning the stars on the last really clear night. I think you said that you were in L.A. too. Are you closer to the coast or inland? My office is in Upland.
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Username: nomadrat
Post Number: 1226
Registered: 2-2001
Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 2:29 am:
I live between Riverside and Temecula, right off the 215.
Hey, is there snow up there right now?
I was thinking of taking my boy up the mountain either this weekend or the one after Christmas so he can play in the snow.
I see snow on the mountain just past Hemet from where I live.
So I was thinking up by Lake Arrowhead you guys probably have some snow on the ground, too?
I'm trying to remember where Upland is, the name is very familiar to me.
"How long till my soul gets it right? Can any human being ever reach that kind of light?
I call on the resting soul of Galileo. King of night vision. King of insight" -Indigo Girls
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Username: susano
Post Number: 1779
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 2:46 am:
SC, i meant to say, that poem was beautiful. you haven't posted much on this thread (if at all?) and i really liked what you shared.
you & nomie should hook up. wish i'd known you guys when i was in long beach. i was so lonely there.
i yam what i yam
- popeye
Southern Cross
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Username: jolinda
Post Number: 311
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 2:53 am:
Hi Nomie,
Upland is right off the 10 freeway east of Ontario. We are right nest to Claremont, of the Claremont Colleges.
You missed the snow at Arrowhead, but I hear they are making lots at the ski resorts, which are higher and closer to Big Bear. A Couple of weeks ago I got snowed out of my house. Three feet dumped and I live off an access road that wasn't plowed. I live at 6000 feet, which is at the top of Arrowhead. Sometimes it only snows the last three hundred feet to my house. I'll be happy to give you snow reports when ever you want them. But none here, so try the winter slides at the resorts. When we do get snow, there's a heck of a sliding hill a mile and a half from my house.
I must pass your way all the time, because I spend a lot of time in Ensenada (hour and a half south of T.J, but clean and beautiful.) Did you do O.K. in the fires? The night we got evacuated it was burning all the way to Ensenada. Nothing was touched at the house, thank God. Cool. We're almost neighbors, L.A. style. Has your son ever built a snow person? (Note the political correctness.)
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Username: nomadrat
Post Number: 1229
Registered: 2-2001
Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 3:06 am:
I love Lake arrowhead. I didn't realize you lived up there (for some reaosn I thought you live dup near Patricia, near San Fran)
You know, Busby lives up your way somehwere.
The only thing we got from the fires is smoke, bad air, and ash. It was bad up there, though, where you are.
Yeah, we shoudl meet up sometime or somehting.
That'd be cool.
I'm just the board social butterfly of late.
Wanting to meet everybody.
See, I'm getting the thread off track again...lol
"How long till my soul gets it right? Can any human being ever reach that kind of light?
I call on the resting soul of Galileo. King of night vision. King of insight" -Indigo Girls
Southern Cross
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Username: jolinda
Post Number: 313
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 5:22 pm:
Yup Nomie,
Your intuition is working well as usual. I lived near San Francisco from 1979-1994. I just get up to S.F. fairly often to see friends. I hadn't heard that busby was close by. I wonder if we could get a mini reunion going?
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Username: youngsoul
Post Number: 4
Registered: 10-2004
Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - 7:36 pm:
My bleeding eyes
My ringing ears
The burning touch
Of all my fears
One moment I live
The next I die
And only in the passing
Do I ask, why?
Does it matter now?
Here at the end
That I feel the truth
Of a wasted youth
The dissent of my soul
Is a just response to nothing new
I do now sense
The price for all my sin is coming due
I�m trapped forever now
In a hell I helped create
There is no escape
I�m on my way and I won�t be late
I do not like it
Now that I know
My destiny is lost
My fate I do now sow
My fall is complete
So now and forevermore I weep upon bended knee
No longer able to stand on my own two feat
It�s time creation to recycle me.
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Username: three9s
Post Number: 359
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 3:58 pm:
Ridiculous charade.
The machine poised, mouth a mess of shards.
Burlesque's parade:
Mr Schmarmer, teacher extrodinaire,
with nasal drawl and megalomonic flair,
lets loose the snare:
Earlier that morning our young prince had woke
to dreams of adventure.
A west bound bus went east,
an old friend to tensure.
After two years apart, a legend was marked,
when the prince tackled the Bulldozer.
A reign in the game ended by tiny prince A.W.O.L.
Glories never known to the school where the prince has not shown.
Mr. Schmarmer neglects to reveal the prince's absence, when he calls to sniff around.
Decrys his true ambition is not the prince's welfare, but his Throne.
A flurry of follies and the prince's mother finally knows..,
"Oh it must be that the Prince is Evil,
Stupid, Lazy, Evil"...,
Cries Mr. Schmarmer, in his throes.
"He is stupid, lazy, evil, grind him down
beneath my toes."
"Oh shut-up", says Tigermama,
as she sends her carrion crows.
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Username: three9s
Post Number: 386
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - 11:36 pm:
To the members of my city who have eschewed discernment and participated in the psychopath's swath of filth.
Cold eyes and frozen face, flesh all draped in skin.
How I hate
your secret pieties of sin.
Totter or loom, your machinations,
have you hen-pecked from within.
Sharks smell blood and swim.
Zealots when your decent,
so that is your reward, then.
What muscle charity,
petty megalomaniacs begin,
from their beggars.
Rapt audience of fools,
play by copycat rules,
to a chorus of slanderous hymns.
Goddess have mercy on your petty, provincial,
pig-farming, filth-loving souls.
I do like pigs and farmers.
Spirit's the gift you get when you give it away.
susi t learn
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Username: etsi
Post Number: 5123
Registered: 4-2003
Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2005 - 11:38 am:
you doing ok, tigger?
agnes maria
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Username: anonarchista
Post Number: 449
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 5:44 am:
Just found this thread when Susano mentioned it. I'm gonna post something that could conceivably mention black holes
Oblivion perches softly amid vacant, star-laden space;
forward lunging reversion into encompassing movement;
unawares into the snare, unloosening and of jagged bite;
to be guided away into completion by such inspiring energy.
Dwelt deception here before and imprinted her innate lies;
slow traumas while the simmering heart is raided;
brutality stealing the strength to drain and tear love;
so vulnerable in trust, through the sharing of the unbitten soul.
Farcic illusory drama overturning century and strife;
to plunge within unlighted class and linear dogma;
to die and know such death complete of the spirit;
synthetically can no meaning be created.
Twisted with inky tools onto limited manifestation;
thought transcends and greedy interference disrupts;
flow twice, once flown, and thrice again afar to reach;
and deeper each delve, forth-coming into watered sight.
Into such unraveled truth to fall and become lost;
to not superficial acceptance fling inhibitions;
the necessity of doubt is drawn from miles of fatigue;
Oblivion winces silent curse and flame into her blade.
Agnieszka [Agnes] Maria Sroczynski
CopyLeft 1999
(Message edited by anonarchista on March 29, 2005)
irony brat
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Username: bops
Post Number: 190
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 8:52 am:
such talent here. praise all around.
"the softest light i know"
our firefly hearts
rise up at dusk's calling
softlit green splash
illuminates our words
then darkness again
as we fall back
to the meadow of our mystery
and wait. . .
Patricia Davis
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Username: patricia
Post Number: 5192
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 1:32 pm:
Wow, what great writers we have here--! I haven't read this thread for ages and only came by because agnes mentioned in another thread that she was posting something.
Isn't it odd that it's called the Prose place, when it's actually poetry...?
kathy decker
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Username: kat
Post Number: 359
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 2:04 pm:
Yes I thought the same thing.A little fridge poetry here-
Picture eternity like a woman
Gorgeous above a stormy sea
Hair smooth flood water
Diamond ships elaborate her gown
Men swim together beneath her heaving breast
Worshipping,dreaming,with music
Symphonies of shadow and light
A thousand winds whisper honeyed languages
From this essential goddess of life.
Sheila Na Gig
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Username: wimminsknickers
Post Number: 184
Registered: 7-2003
Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 6:25 pm:
The Quest
I looked for you in the silence of stones
I looked for you in the deepness of water
I looked for you in the stillness of green mountains
I looked for you
I looked for you in rolling storms through the cracked light
I searched the vast deserts with sand-encrusted eyes
I prostrated myself before the altars of the old Gods
And did not find you there
I carried the seeds of centuries
In my ripped and torn-out heart
And watched as they sprouted one by one
From it's still beating warmth
In the cupped hands of some ancient warrior
Raised up to the sun
His cry of victory echoing across the eons
As I watch my blood streaming down his arms
And I am a river and then an ocean
I tasted the salt upon my lips and remembered again
That I must find you
I tore my way through the crevices of earth
And thundered ceaselessly against sand and rock
And still you eluded me
Slipping quietly in and out of my dreaming
Always out of reach of my fever and my madness
Yet I sensed you just a hair's breath away
And your voice was like bells
And waking all at once
I glimpsed a sliver of golden light
And dragging my pounding bruised body
Across continents of ashes and thorns
I finally laid myself down
At the end of all crossings
And reaching out my hand
With one last strength of hoping
Touched my fingers to the stars.
M.T.H. (a.k.a.) Sheila Na Gig Copyright 1992
(Message edited by wimminsknickers on March 29, 2005)
Non illigitum carburundum est.
agnes maria
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Username: anonarchista
Post Number: 539
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 1:41 am:
~a poem~
expressionless expressionless, are you my friend expressionless?
Dreaming so expressionlesss, dancing so expressionless...
minding yer own mind, are ye? ye lie to me! ye like to me!
for i know ye in yer mind, ye be chaos and undefined!
Living so expressionless, thriving so expressionless...
Why subject to torment, while ye see
that truthfully...
perfection ye be, and corruption be entombing thee.
Lie no longer to yourself.
Why subject to torment...
Lie no longer.
CopyLeft 2002 by the "Anarchy Agnes Actionhero" [one of street names]
irony brat
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Username: bops
Post Number: 192
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Sunday, April 03, 2005 - 3:43 pm:
first the winter's taste grows chill
then the soul's repressed, until
melting snow, baked on the hill
flutters to my reckless will
first the melt reveals the loam
then the whip-poor-will comes home
when the beach returns from grey
in some other yesterday
first the things i left to chance
then the whirl of happenstance
when the weight of summer's lean
on the mountain's upswept green
first the things remembered, past
then the pause, released at last
when the morning sings, alive
summons spring at half past five
i have waited, long and hard
for the brown to leave my yard
for the green to seep with skill
worms for that old whip-poor-will
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Username: wender
Post Number: 1078
Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Sunday, April 03, 2005 - 10:01 pm:
my very first poem, voiced at age 3
roses are red, voilets are blue
i like peanut butter
can you swim?
agnes maria
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Username: anonarchista
Post Number: 609
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 2:04 am:
Two of my poems from when I was 13. I was into Faery Magic *_*!
Of Old [Published]
In the ancient lands beyond the sea,
I view upon the ancient tree,
Of old, I hear it's gentle plea,
In the tangled lands beyond the sea.
I stoop to pick a stone, so rare,
I feel the old tree's watchful stare,
Whispered voices begin to scare,
By the ancient sea of old, so fair.
Knowledged with wisdom that has no end,
The flower faery's flowers bend,
To the soft tune the wind did send,
Upon incensed air of mystic blend.
Timeless magic, beauties unknown,
Chants of old about the land are blown,
Of the ancient tongue to the world unshown,
In the forgotten lands of green and stone.
Eternal beyond the sea of old,
Where starry nights of magic foretold,
The ancient tree, tales of ages doth hold,
Air strewn with light as faerys' wings unfold.
In the ancient ways of the ancient days,
The water faery upon the spring plays,
Under the moon, changing with it's delicate phase,
The tree rich woodland forms the intricate maze.
I stand before the ancient Faery mound,
The daylight Faeries' voices resound,
Beneath the land, beneath the ground,
In a unison chorus with voices together bound.
The Woodland
Beneath the sky over the enchanted woodland,
Stand tangled trees over moss grown sand.
Whistling winds sing their ballad of dreams,
And waters in dance, chant down the streams.
The spirits of old forgotten times,
Sing a chorus of endlessly winding rhymes.
Rising then falling, the stars and the moon,
Inscriptions in stone, carved in tongues of rune.
Voices of soft chants, passing unheard,
An endless abyss of night, undisturbed.
A realm of mystic sleep and light,
The warrior's sword-tip enemies shall smite.
The peril of greed rings true through each plane,
It is the dark power, everyone's bane.
All that is magical, to the enemy not lost,
Lives with the trees, entwined and crossed.
Beings of spring, of daylight and moon,
Elves of the woods, and dwarves emerging soon.
Sprites of the darkness crossing paths through the skies,
And gnomes of the night element, a people most wise.
Under the light, under the night,
The spirit faeries take to flight.
Bringing forth their wisdom to share it,
With those whom their words shall inherit.
Eternal flames, no end to their fire,
Drop low and rise high, hear their thunderous choir.
Protection from darkness, from the evils and pains,
And gentle solace until the night wanes.
Seek ye and inevitably within find,
Answers to pondered questions of the mind.
Amongst the tangles of branches and leaves,
Beneath the sky, o'er the woodland that weaves.
Agnes Sroczynski [CopyLeft]
Einstein did not believe in black holes but unfortunately could not articulate why.
agnes maria
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Username: anonarchista
Post Number: 610
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 2:08 am:
Oh cool, there's one more in the folder! [Song/Chant thingie. Yes, yes, so it's really girly. Better than the I hate society poetry I write now! Thought I'd take a break from the extreme seriousness with a little Faery Tale ;) Then I'll post something really harsh] ...
Ternaliesen [published]
Ternaliesen parted from the rock-strewn shore,
Sped he down passages in those days of yore,
Lighted without fire the sky's celestial floor,
Spinning among the sylvan folk with the flames afore.
Honor without question, pain bred by pride,
Apprentice mage, warrior bard, by his kinfolk's side,
Light upon you, darkness take you, never can you hide,
Twilight mists, eerie twists, baffling e'en the guide,
Ternaliesen's legacy, ranger of the sky,
Ever standing, never changing, neither fade nor die,
Beyond the shouted essence of the battle enraged cry,
Wizardry amid powerful hands, forthcomings they scry,
Ternaliesen viewed upon the water's rock-strewn shore,
Sat he on stone ridged meres in those days of yore,
Looking beyond the visions to the celestial floor,
Dancing with the elven folk with the flames afore.
(Message edited by anonarchista on April 06, 2005)
Einstein did not believe in black holes but unfortunately could not articulate why.
agnes maria
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Username: anonarchista
Post Number: 611
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 2:18 am:
My apologies to anyone not wishing to read my poetry but doing so out of politeness. I am going through a "feel like posting my poetry" moment.
Vendui. [Light Upon You in the TSR Dark Elf language, LOL, from my higher self I suppose]
Fruitful is the light that penetrates the darkness,
and in need of the light is the darkness,
which the light does penetrate.
And so forth do I weave, so forth do I travel;
Only to uncover the truth that the mysticism that I seek
is what I am, what I have, what is truly there,
and no illusion!
Oh elation, elation!
We are well and we are thriving;
To experience we are yearning!
Every facet, every minor, worthy facet!
Oh to love, and to embrace! To sing
the song of Elves! For we are Elves!
Elves and Faeries, upon the realms and
traveling ... devoid of the external,
devoid of binding and of possession!
We live in Spirit, and in the Earth!
As beings therein, without the ails of body;
As beings therein, creating what we want!
Having all that we do want!
And our creativity so expressed!
So truly, kindly, perfectly expressed!
We are without technological impairment!
And so we weave, forever dancing into eternity;
In spirals about the fire,
In ecstasy beneath the moon.
In perfect understanding, in perfect trust;
In our own power! In our own selves!
Oh to heal the Earth! To heal those who still believe in pain!
I shall sojourn here... I shall sojourn there...
So that I might create such healing!
Because such is my desire;
Of compassionately wrought lack of judgment...
You who do not know love...
How unfortunate you are right now.
And oh I yearn
To return
But I am not yet finished in this place
I am not yet finished here with you
And Oh! how I do yearn to return!
But not until
No, not until!
Not until I can bring you with me.
January 2000
Einstein did not believe in black holes but unfortunately could not articulate why.
agnes maria
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Username: anonarchista
Post Number: 612
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 2:20 am:
From my lower self?? {Warning! You've been warned...}
address to the servile, contempted multitude [mainly the "evilite"]
oh dishonourable multitude
disperse your flagrant stagnation
bereaved for rotted empires
whose lucullan vulgarity slackened
and weighted your strength
down to squirming, swarming throngs
of soft, salivating sh*t-mongers,
the contents of whose volatile bowels
sludge along the streams that feed us
oh dishonourable multitude
disperse your flagrant stagnation
bereaved for decaying order
that wangled your lewd despair
and has dulled your purpose down
to that of parasitic, ruinous gluttons,
feeding from the sh*t-hole
that plunders your reason for being
into rudderless usance
oh dishonourable multitude
disperse your flagrant stagnation
bereaved for falling regimes
at whose whim you are maintained
and from whose meaningless traditions
you have derived your contemptible
wagging tongues of griping lust
and rapacious countenance,
smeared with inglorious velleity
december 10 2003
Einstein did not believe in black holes but unfortunately could not articulate why.
agnes maria
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Username: anonarchista
Post Number: 613
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 2:23 am:
I think we should post some prose. I'm not showing off, I just talk a lot and hide nothing.
Einstein did not believe in black holes but unfortunately could not articulate why.
agnes maria
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Username: anonarchista
Post Number: 614
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 2:31 am:
We are wrought of great fleeting moments about intuitive treason and totally incomparable forwardness of motion. Our breath chill through great hours of running into right and moral trials of the heart and soul and body and mind until, weary, we are faced with finally comparable opposition. Through such final trials are determined the extent of our strength and of our courage.
Situated unbearably low into the life force of existence are greatly evil manifestations of irrefutably vulgar disregard for sacredness. Without the truth to guide us, we are lost, with our power stolen, to lowest pains and fears, for within illusion - which is the state without truth - we are deceived by the intolerable selfishness of the dark world. Until we come into ourselves and embrace life as a species united, we will be in darkness.
Einstein did not believe in black holes but unfortunately could not articulate why.
agnes maria
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Username: anonarchista
Post Number: 615
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 2:35 am:
Just one more, I promise!
May 1st, 1999
Twixt beguiling mesmers brought is hypnotic and believing. So that Beltane may spring anew for washing the amissing. And breathe reality into perfection. Flight portrayed as children and love as the Force herself. To maleness weightlessly begotten and masculinity worked against. To bring down the wise power for the greedy. And courage becomes lost so that forgotten balance remains so hidden. As to life, death is, so too shall all be to nothing. Frequent disruptions and the arrogance flourishes. On the blood of her love and the pain of her femininity, as so torn and broken is her body left. By the side of your things. And the pain of his loss only unfolds out of such negligence. To free and let go so as to become lost within such enlightenment. Fluid in its constancy and motion. Be derived of the gods to be wrought in their forest, of limestone and sea. Sun and space. They are embers who have become troubled and seek to be burning again when they slip downward. And the struggle is a race. To the deadline that we shall fail in meeting if this stasis is in our agenda.
(Message edited by anonarchista on April 06, 2005)
Einstein did not believe in black holes but unfortunately could not articulate why.
irony brat
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Username: bops
Post Number: 193
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 9:45 am:
the recurring dream.
there was a sound of some mental pyrotechnical display. suddenly i was awake. i think the lingering serendipity is merging with the deep toxins of abuse. something is going on here. the fear lurks in the darker corners ready to pounce. i can't find the scenery of this passing moment. all that slips by is a dark, featureless night.
i get up, crack a window. summer's promise sifts in on a chilling breeze, innocently trying to escape its own night-ness for the safety of this dark room. my eyes follow it in. i see my dog. ears perk at the sudden attention. is something else here? i'm still. only my eyes are moving. do things that go bump in the night actually go bump in the night? whisper "there is no place on earth to hide." did i just say that?
here, there is a room, bound only by the limits imposed by plaster and wood and me. here, this magic eight-ball of consciousness begins to show its porocity. its organic, fluxlike pulse, from one moment to the next, reveals a high degree of susceptibility as the scantily clad photons desperately attempt to illuminate. i move toward the light switch. the sludge of dreams slows my pace to a crawl. i can see my hand longing for the switch. it wavers. i know what's coming.
i flick the switch. the light begins to come on then, slowly, as my terror rises, its illumination falls. i had no chance to look around before the dark reclaimed its hold on my terrible vision. outside the window--total blackness now. so black, my face is sucked in rather than reflected off the glass. there is a strong, still wind out there in the darkness.
the dog is nowhere to be found. i stumble into the hall. another switch. another failed attempt to enlighten. bulbs barely glow before they fail and summon an even deeper darkness. shadows scamper more boldly away from my attention. it's all real now. i finally recognize this place. this is not my house. these are not friendly companions playing games. i find my way back to bed and climb under the safety of the covers. there, i am safe at last.
Junior Member
Username: youngsoul
Post Number: 68
Registered: 10-2004
Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 3:04 am:
The following is more a song than poetry or prose and is really a take-off of another song. I "composed" it over several months while thinking and reading about "conformists".
Enjoy (maybe?)
Note: The words your, you and such refers to "modern" society as a whole and I do realize that there are exceptions, just not very many.
And now, the end is near;
And so I face your final curtain.
Lost ones, I�ll say it clear,
I�ll state my case, of which I�m certain.
You live an aimless life, unaware it�s empty.
You wander many meaningless highways;
But worse, much worse than this,
I conformed to your way.
Regrets, I�m sure you have more than a few;
Yes, just like me, probably far too many to mention.
I did what you wanted me to do
And saw it through with apprehension.
You don�t plan a single charted course;
Not one careful step along the byway,
But worse, much worse than this,
I conformed to your way.
Yes, there were times, I�m sure you knew
When I defied what you would have me do.
But through it all, when I had doubt,
You ate me up and sh*t me out.
I didn�t give it my all; I let you stand tall;
And always in the end I conformed to your way.
I�ve tried, yet failed to love; I�ve lied and wept to myself.
I�ve had my fill of you and my poor choosing.
And now, as tears persist,
I find it all so NOT amusing.
To think I did all that;
And my I say � though, this time not in your way,
�Yes, just like me,
Everyone does your things your way.�
For what are you, what have you got?
If not me, then you are naught.
To opiate my true desires;
You brainwashed me to quench my fires.
The record shows you delivered the greater blows �
And so I conformed to your way!
Stephen in AZ
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Username: stephenm
Post Number: 604
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 10:40 pm:
When I was spending a lot of time driving many years ago, sometimes I would put together poems in my head to pass the time. They were generally of an odd and humorous nature, with a lot of nonsensical happenings. I hardly ever wrote anything down, though.
I remember part of a poem that I had to write in grade school. The first part talked about a bad dream (fictitious) in which I kept getting chased by dogs, and about nightmare dogs going over the land. It ended with "Why this dream of which I write? I forgot to feed the dogs last night."
The teacher liked it. She thought it was a lot different from what the other students did. It seems they had a tendency to write more depressing poems. (No offense to anyone; many famous poems are dark and brooding.)
agnes maria
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Username: anonarchista
Post Number: 1228
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 3:12 am:
That Ternaliesen poem I wrote when I was 14, and
it is a song to the tune of Puff the Magic Dragon.
Death Before Dishonour
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Username: susano
Post Number: 2537
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 5:41 pm:
out in the sticks
lots of pine
seven miles to the nearest store
or in the city
shakin' off hustlers
on an evening walk
car crash on a country road
assault on an urban sidewalk
if you seek it, it will find you
life is so cheap
rewritten every minute
made up as we go along
no more mysterious than that
but he said that no virus can harm you
no bacteria can make you sick
no murderers bullet can find you
if you don't want to die
all just the projection
of an internal movie
of sorts
the trouble with writing is
the difficulty when presented with
the vast and divergent possibilities
and the fickle nature of those characters
who want to take on a life of their own
they're hard to control sometimes
and one gets to wondering
just who's writing this damn thing anyway
"All That Is knows no other. It does not know whether or not other psychic gestalts like Itself may exist. It is constantly searching."
- Seth
Sheila Na Gig
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Username: wimminsknickers
Post Number: 301
Registered: 7-2003
Posted on Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 5:37 pm:
the night like a dark mystery
once again withdraws
laying bare the days
that like a desert come
waiting to be washed over
by the rains of indifference
i walk alone among the crowd
and the newspapers full of unread crimes
and the ugly anger of the world
rages in my heart
and the small rain falling
just the same
i am walking
i am growing old
i float like a lost face
in the center of an hour
without help
without a word
without conviction
mere scrap of humanity
and the wind cries
over what was loved
a waltz of mirrors
a dialogue in a void
two grey shapes receding in the mist
where a sky trembling with intensity
engulfs the radiance of the stars
and the birds of time
have almost stopped living
and I have at last
committed this world to memory.
Pog Mo Thoin.
Stephen in AZ
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Username: stephenm
Post Number: 826
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 6:57 pm:
A few years ago, a word-a-day email newsletter that I used to take wanted people to send in submissions using the word flibbertigibbet (which, according to the dictionary, is a frivolous, flighty person). I sent in a poem featuring it and it was published in a later edition of the newsletter, along with some submissions by other readers.
A man saw a flibbertigibbet
and said, I cannot believe it
If I say what I saw
They won't believe me at all
So I guess I will just have to fib it!
By Stephen Morgan, September 29, 2002
Stephen in AZ
Senior Member
Username: stephenm
Post Number: 882
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 11:53 am:
I thought that I might make a post,
But this is all I have,
And though it's not as good as most,
It's a temporary salve.
Perhaps another post will come,
From me or someone else,
Until that time I leave this rhyme,
For someone like yourself.


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The consistency is unique. It reminds me of a lot of higher end foundations you'll find at the Macy's counter. I use a flat paddle foundation brush to apply and it blends in wonderfully. It evens out redness I have around the creases of my nose and mouth, and camouflages most of my hyperpigmentation. I don't use a primer, just a good moisturizer underneath.
Another positive is sunscreen. I haven't seen how it photographs in flash yet to see if it leaves a white cast, but that doesn't bother me too much anyway.
I haven't found anything negative about this. I'm a little acne-prone but I haven't noticed any new breakouts yet. Maybe it's possible the retinol and vitamin C in it help my skin in that way.
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Best foundation I have ever used the lightest shade is a perfect match for my pale skin it is neither to pink nor to yellow on me which can be a serious deal breaker for me with most foundations I have used from low to high end this is simply amazing and it goes on like a dream leaving my skin glowy from within.with just the right amount of coverage without a cakey finish love this and I think its the best ever foundation I have ever used.
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I think this is a good dupe for the Clinique Moisture Surge Tinted Moisturizer though it is a bit more coverage. This foundation is a little hard to blend but gives a very natural and glowy finish.
I discovered in a panic last summer that my HG foundation - Estée Lauder Double Matte - was abruptly discontinued, and quickly called every Macys in the country to buy nearly a year's supply, as I knew it would take ages for me to find a suitable replacement for my red, combination-leaning-toward-oily, acne-prone, sensitive skin. With the DM, no one could ever tell I had bad skin; however, since most women don't want the full coverage I desperately need (setting aside the fact I also need something with a yellow base to neutralize the red and something that won't irritate my skin or cause a massive cystic breakout), and don't like the matte coverage I happen to prefer, and therefore that combination of foundation qualities is difficult to find because it simply doesn't sell, I knew it would be a long and arduous search.
I should point out that even though the Double Matte was my holy grail, it still wasn't perfect. It lasted throughout most of a workday, and the coverage was spectacular, but the shade wasn't exactly perfect. Further, it had a tendency to oxidize, especially if my skin was particularly dry or oily that day. So it wasn't perfect, but after years of hunting, it was as close as I could get, considering all the things I needed in a makeup.
ANYWAY, realizing a couple of weeks ago that I had exactly enough DM left to last till November and nowhere near finding a replacement for ongoing future use, I decided to test a drugstore brand for use on the weekends, at least, to preserve my HG stash.
Enter, Visible Lift. Historically, L'oreal is the only drugstore brand I'll touch, so of course that's where I looked first. Although I was nervous about slathering my face with a new product, least of all one designed for aging skin (though I'm 40, I tend to avoid products like these due to the fact they tend to be over-oily and slide off my face - right before they cause a horrible breakout), I hunkered down and gave it a shot.
So, backstory aside, the review:
I was astonished by the coverage (bear in mind, I use latex-free makeup sponges, which automatically allow for better coverage than fingertip application), which was nearly as good as the Estée Lauder. I was astonished by the fact that the shade (light ivory) managed to neutralize the red in my face, which I've never managed to get a hold of in any other foundation regardless of the brand or shade. The fact that the light ivory did so without making me look like a ghost was especially surprising. And after I finished applying, I was further astonished by how dewy and youthful my skin looked, and how natural the shade was. For the first time in 15 years, I looked like I wasn't wearing makeup. My skin looked so much better that my husband noticed instantly, asking me, "wow, your skin looks amazing right now; what did you do?"
Now, the downside. It did feel somewhat heavy for the first half hour after application, and it did cause my skin to tingle slightly. After 30 minutes or so, both effects died down to the point I stopped noticing... but within three hours - as I expected - it was sliding off my face, and it was caked into fine lines beneath my eyes and around my mouth that I hadn't even realized I had. Throughout the afternoon, I'd noticed significant transfer - to my husband's shirt, to my cell phone. All told, I wore it for three hours, by which time it was melting off my nose, forehead, and chin.
So I chalked it up as a good weekend foundation for short events, and let it go. $14, who cares.
BUT - two reviews for the price of one, here - yesterday I tried it again, this time paired with Becca Ever-Matte primer... and if I don't break out from either one (time will tell), I may have just found my holy grail combination.
In concert with the Ever-Matte, I still received the beautiful, dewy coverage from the first trial run, but this time, that coverage lasted twelve hours with absolutely no touchups. The heavy feeling was gone in the beginning, as well - within minutes I'd forgotten I was even wearing it. And I was amazed when I checked the mirror at 5p and my face looked exactly as it had at 7:30a. There was no sign of oil, no sign of caking, no rubbed off areas (not even on my nose!), and no oxidation whatsoever. When I finally washed my face at around 8p, it still looked flawless, a creamy dewy ivory.
So in summary - this proved, for me, to be an excellent medium to full coverage foundation, which, when paired with a good primer, affords critical lasting power without oxidation. Now, to see if it breaks me out.
Three lippies for packaging (the pump others have mentioned) and the fact it basically requires a primer to be effective.
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I found my skin shifting from combination oily to dry when I turned 35. Out of all the liquid foundations I tried, both high end and drugstore this is the one that performs consistently for me. Coverage is medium, it doesn't settle into my fine lines, doesn't aggravate my dry skin or my eczema and it photographs beautifully. It just leaves me with a beautiful smooth complexion and a glow to my skin that lasts all day without caking or creasing. The only "touch-up" I do is blot my t-zone mid day. I use the shade Sun Beige and it's a perfect match for my skin tone. I don't use this everyday, recently I've switched to BB Creams for day to day use but when I use foundation (more for when I go into the office) I reach for this one.
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I wear powder foundations for everyday, but wear this L'Oreal liquid for some special occasions. The color "nude beige" is great for my Greek, light-to-medium, olive-toned skin (NC 25ish). It evens out my skin tone really well, then I just use concealer for blemishes and set it all with powder. Other foundations tend to accentuate my dry patches and pores, but this stays looking pretty good for at least eight hours-- without a primer (at least now in the winter)! Bonus: Doesn't break me out! Minus one lippy for getting a little flakey around my nose and chin by the end of the night.
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Love this foundation, was skeptical because I have very oil skin but this stayed on beautifully for 5+ hours. Goes on nice,covers perfectly..shade does not look orange. This foundation if blended properly looks like your nit even wearing foundation, very natural and very nice coverage.
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I don't know how I missed this foundation (since there are a million reviews for it here), but this is working really well for me! Soft Ivory is a really close match to my natural skintone, and is not too pink nor too yellow. This looks and feels great, and is very flattering on my combination skin. It doesn't settle in pores and it doesn't emphasize my fine lines. I either blend it with a dry stipple brush, or just put it on with my fingertips if I want more coverage (it's very blendable and you can build coverage easily). It also lasts well for me - I maybe touch it up w/some powder once during the day, but nothing smeary or worn off or cracking. I have no idea about it having "age reversing" ingredients or if they are doing anything for me, but it looks good on and my skin likes it, and that's good enough for me! I also like the bottle and the pump on this. This really reminds me of much more expensive foundations - I will definitely buy this one again. Wish I had discovered this sooner!
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This foundation caked all up on my (now) combination skin. It also made my skin peel and creased very badly. What I found weird too, was that it made my pores look huge.
If you have dry to combo skin, i wouldn't recommend it.
It is pricey for a drugstore brand, so i found it to be a big dissappointment. Love Lumi and truematch more.
About me: NW13-20 (neutral-cool toned, very fair), dark gray- blue eyes, Color season is True Summer, Baumann Skin Type is OSPW/DSPW.
For a drugstore foundation, this is very decent. Call me simple, but I always appreciate sturdy packaging and a pump. So many drugstore foundations get messy quickly and waste product because they don't have a pump! *small victory*
But okay, back to the substance : ) The formula is medium coverage (can be layered for full coverage - I don't usually require concealer with my acne scarring on my cheeks when I wear this, just stipple it on). It dries down to a satin-matte finish, similar to MAC Studio Sculpt (but without alot of the issues that foundation has). It wears well - I don't have problems with oxidation, the foundation going patchy, or becoming an oil slick on my forehead. Additionally, it's one of the few drugstore foundations that is a "real" skin color and a great match for my natural skin tone (Soft Ivory). It has a pink tint without going full-blast peach. It actually dries slightly lighter and more neutral than it looks when first out of the pump.
So why four stars and not five? The only reason is that I wish I had the same coverage, wear, packaging, and shade but in a more "realistic-skin looking" finish. How it feels on my skin does sometimes remind me that I'm wearing make up. It's definitely one of the best drugstore foundations I have found to date, but it's not the Holy Grail product I have in my mind that I will know "is the one." I only like to give 5s to products that are so good and that I am so content with, that I pretty much stop lemming similar products. This foundation is good, but I can't fully commit to it because I want a more skin-like finish.
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- Release Date 12/20/2001
- Publisher Kemco
- Developer Nai'a Digital Works
- Platform GameCube
- Genre Strategy/Sim
- Number of Players 2
Game Description
Head to Universal Studios! Let Woody Woodpecker guide you through the park as you choose one of six characters to explore with. Experience any or all of eight rides included in the game, including Jurassic Park and Back to the Future, and earn points. Answer trivia questions about movie history and solve puzzles around the park, then earn even more points for helping to clean up the grounds.
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It would be easier to go to the real theme park.... (3 out of 10)
posted by Muahahaha (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) on Aug 9, 2006
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3 out of 3 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
Wow. Words fail me. The game had a little potential...and then blasted it to smithereens. The mini-games based on rides, that's cool. The mini games having lines, not cool. You don't even get a reward for beating the game. Really, unless your a 3 year old, don't rent this game. I'm serious, close th...more
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Memory 1 block
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Property Name:
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16112, Barnesville Road (MD 117), Boyds, Montgomery County
The Drury-Austin House, facing east on a wooded hillside south of Barnesville Road, is a 1 1/2-story dwelling comprising two sections: a late-18th century one-room plan log house (the southern half), which was doubled in size by the addition of a one-room timber frame section in the early 19th century. A one-story shed spans the rear elevation. The log section has a large exterior chimney on the south gable with a stone base and brick stack; the shed-roofed kitchen attached to the log house has a similar, but smaller, chimney. The original building is constructed of logs hewn on two faces, joined with V-notched corner timbering, and chinked with flat stones set in mortar. The shed-roofed kitchen addition and the gable above the roof plate are sheathed with weatherboards. The frame section and its shed are clad in German siding. The east facade is five bays wide; the three southern bays are in the log section, with a central entrance consisting of a five-panel door, flanked by window openings. The frame section has a window in its northernmost bay and a batten door painted to simulate four panels in the bay adjoining the log section. The south gable is dominated by the chimney. A small square window to the right of the chimney stack lights the half-story. The north gable has a window centered on both stories. An interior brick stove stack exits from the roof slightly to the west of the ridge. The rear elevation is spanned by a one-story shed. On the log section it is sheathed in weatherboards and has a centrally placed window; on the frame section the shed is clad in German siding and has a batten door. Corrugated metal covers the roof, replacing side-lapped wood shingles. The log house interior is whitewashed, with a boxed winder stair in the northwest corner and a broad fireplace in the south wall. Late-19th century tongue-and-groove boards are applied over the ceiling joists, which were originally whitewashed and left exposed. Flooring is of wide boards. The half story is whitewashed up to the plate; the interior of the roof remains unfinished, revealing common rafters lapped at the ridge with half-lapped collar beams secured with wrought nails. The interior of the frame section is finished in plaster over sawn lath, and floors are tongue-and-groove. Where visible, major structural members are found to be of squared timbers joined with mortise and tenon, but the intermediate posts are unsquared poles. The ground slopes downward from south to north, so that the south end of the log section rests directly on log sills, while the north end has a stone foundation which joins that of the frame section. A shallow cellar under the frame section is accessible through a bulkhead entrance in the north end.
The Drury-Austin House is significant as an essentially unaltered example of the type of dwelling that characterized western Montgomery County in the earliest phase of its settlement. Characteristic features include hewn log construction with V-notched corner-timbering, one-room plan with rear shed kitchen, 1 1/2-story height, and exterior chimneys with fieldstone bases and brick stacks. These features remain intact and clearly expressed. The frame additions are also of interest as they reflect the changing spatial needs of the Austin family and the development of new construction techniques.


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E*TRADE Financial Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2012 Results
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC):
Second Quarter Results
- Net income of $40 million, or $0.14 per share on total net revenue of $452 million
- Other expenses included a pre-tax benefit of $7 million, or $0.01 per share (1) , primarily related to the Company's reserve established in 2011 to purchase auction rate securities (ARS)
- Provision for loan losses of $67 million
- Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) of 139,000
- Net new brokerage accounts of 46,000, representing year-to-date net new accounts of 92,000, for 6.6% annualized growth
- Net new brokerage assets of $2.2 billion, representing year-to-date net new assets of $6.2 billion, for 8.5% annualized growth (2)
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) today announced results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2012, reporting net income of $40 million, or $0.14 per share. This compares with net income of $63 million, or $0.22 per share in the prior quarter, and net income of $47 million, or $0.16 per share in the second quarter of 2011. The Company reported total net revenue of $452 million for the second quarter of 2012, compared with $489 million in the prior quarter and $518 million in the second quarter of 2011.
"The second quarter was another significant step forward for E*TRADE as we continued our momentum in growing the brokerage franchise and in reducing our legacy credit exposure" said Steven Freiberg, Chief Executive Officer. "Our growth in accounts and assets is on track to exceed last year's results, and our credit costs are at a five year low. While we are encouraged by this performance, we continue to face a challenging macro-economic environment with low levels of retail investor engagement. Accordingly, we are increasing our focus on strategic cost management, deleveraging, and risk reduction to provide a solid basis for earnings and capital efficiency."
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Ian J. Watkins was recently commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force after completing officer training school at Montgomery Air Force Base, Alabama. He has been assigned as a Combat Systems Officer and is now stationed at Pensacola Naval Air Station where he is undergoing flight, weapons and aircraft system specific training. Ian is the son of Chief Master Sergeant, USAF, Kemper S. and Melissa Watkins of Denver, Colo., and the former Renalda J. Hoberecht of Yorktown, Va. He is the grandson of Gretchen and Julius Scheck of Great Bend. His brother Tyler is also in ...
What does it take to be named a "Friend of 4-H". There are many, many people who share their time and talent with the 4-H program.
Brenna Martin, St. John, will present a piano recital at 3 p.m. on Nov. 24, at the First United Methodist Church, 807 E. 1st Ave., St. John. The program, her junior recital, will consist of pieces from Beethoven, Bach and DeBussy. Light refreshments will be served following the recital.
Air Force Airman 1st Class Melissa K. Demel graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
Has Cheyenne Bottoms dried up before? How much rain will it take to fill Cheyenne Bottoms again? Did the two inch rain we received last weekend fill up Cheyenne Bottoms? Why can't we drill water wells and fill Cheyenne Bottoms?
Barton County 4-H members were honored for their accomplishments at the 78th-annual 4-H Achievement Celebration. The theme was "Rock and Roll with 4-H". Sarah Niederee, 4-H Council President and Bonny Boultinghouse, 4-H Council Vice-President served as the emcees. Morgan Kaiser, 4-H Council Secretary led the members in the Flag Salute and 4-H Pledge.
Things always seem to happen to me. Bad things. Like what happened a week ago Sunday while I was doing something very important in the garage of our rental house. A rental that has a few mechanical issues, like a door to the garage that doesn't shut properly. A solution squarely within the wheelhouse of some husband's. "Door latch problem! Let me get my door jam tools!" That dad has things I don't have, like, well, everything. Including and a wife who looks at him adoringly with his tool belt and thinks she is married to that ...
Last month we joined many other parents in our demographic by moving to a smaller home. This was our fourth move in 25 years. It was different from the others, however. You see, there are moves in the early years, when your kids are toddlers and all your possessions can fit in a pickup. Where the furniture is particle board and weighs 30 pounds. It's not really moving; it's a fun adventure when people pitch in and everyone grabs something like a Big Wheel. Laughter and joy are plentiful.
If you are out walking near Vets Lake at dusk or beyond, you may want to be wary of a skunk in the neighborhood. Last week my husband, John, and I were on our bike running errands and noticed something dark moving down the street ahead of us. At first John thought it was a raccoon, but when it turned around, we noticed a definite white stripe down its' back. It was a skunk and it was too close for comfort!
It is not too late to make an appointment to have RSVP volunteers assist you with Medicare Part D during the open enrollment period that lasts to Dec. 7th. So far we have been able to identify plans that were less expensive for most of the Medicare beneficiaries that we have helped. The savings have varied from $200 to $2,100 annually depending on individual circumstances. Even if you have been satisfied with your current plan, you owe it to yourself to check out the options. Your plan may still be the best one for you but you could also ...
An article from a child development expert at Kansas State University caught my eye this week with some great advice on Christmas gift giving. I wholeheartedly agree with Bronwyn Fees when she says, "the best gift parents can give their children for Christmas may be helping them understand less can be more. Be careful not to confuse more things with more love."
Army Pvt. Kira D. Curtis has graduated from One Station Unit Training (OSUT) at Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville, Mo. The course of instruction included basic combat military training and advanced individual training (AIT).
My wife and I have 10 years of parental experience raising four children through the high school years.
Twenty-nine senior centers from across southwest have been recognized and designated a 2014 Focal Point by the SouthWest Kansas Area Agency On Aging (SWKAAA) according to Dave Geist Executive Director. These centers were recognized for the programs and services that were provided Oct. 1, 2013 thru Sept. 30, 2014.
Television these days is featuring programming about tough jobs. You have the Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs with Mike Row," a huge hit. Then came oil workers in "Black Gold." Tough guys all over the country sit on their couch, holding the remote, eating their chili cheese dogs and declare, "I can do that." But none of these shows depict what is, in fact, the toughest job on the planet-playing Santa Claus to hundreds of toddlers. I know. Ten years ago I did just that, and I've been in therapy ever since.
Many fruits are out of season during the winter months, but pears are available nearly year-round, which makes them a great addition to any meal. I just bought some wonderful fresh pears locally last week so when I saw that December is National Pear Month I thought it would be a good time to share some information on buying, storing and adding pears to a healthful eating plan. Pears come in a variety of shapes, sizes and skin colors, including green, golden, yellow and red. Pears can be eaten raw or cooked. They are great as a quick snack, to ...
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About Sherman Insurance
The Sherman Insurance Agency was founded in 1931 by E. Howard Sherman to provide truck insurance for the many livestock haulers serving the South St. Paul stockyards. While the stockyards left South St. Paul in April 2008, Sherman Insurance continues to specialize in all forms of truck insurance. Today, with locations in South St. Paul and Forest Lake, Minnesota, Sherman writes all forms of personal and commercial insurance as well as employee benefits, life, health, and disability coverages.
As a full service agency, we will provide for all of your insurance needs. Our focus is on customer service, value added insurance products and cost reduction. Teamwork is at the center of everything we do. Working as a team, our insurance specialists come together to help solve your problems and provide the insurance policies and services that best fit your needs.
Our job does not end when we sell an insurance policy. It really just begins. In partnership with our insurance carriers, we offer safety, loss prevention and compliance services designed to minimize loss and prevent injury. These services, in addition to a continual and consistent marketing effort, allow us to maintain and improve upon your insurance program.
The Sherman Agency has established many long term relationships, in some cases spanning generations. We have been able to accomplish this, because the Sherman team makes you our number one priority.