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Season of the Witch
A Print on Demand expansion for Mansions of Madness is now available |
Mansions of Madness Print on Demand Expansions | Published 24 June 2011 |
He was in the changeless, legend-haunted city of Arkham, with its clustering gambrel roofs that sway and sag over attics where witches hid from the King's men in the dark, olden years of the Province. Nor was any spot in that city more steeped in macabre memory than the gable room which harboured him - for it was this house and this room which had likewise harboured old Keziah Mason, whose flight from Salem Gaol at the last no one was ever able to explain.
–H.P. Lovecraft, Dreams in the Witch House
A bright young Miskatonic University student has disappeared, having checked in to an infamous Arkham boarding house to study its reported supernatural properties. Now, as the celebration of Walpurgis Eve approaches, you and your fellow investigators are tasked with venturing into the decaying Witch House and solving a mystery that has plagued Arkham for generations. But are you prepared to face the horrors that await you?
Season of the Witch, a Print on Demand story expansion for Mansions of Madness, is now available through our webstore! Designed by Richard Launius (Arkham Horror, Elder Sign), Season of the Witch is a single-scenario expansion that sends players on a tense and terrifying race against the clock. Can you solve the mysteries of the Witch House before they consume Arkham forever?
What is Print on Demand?
Debuted back in March with our announcement of expansions for Space Hulk – Death Angel: The Card Game, Print on Demand is an exciting new process that allows Fantasy Flight Games to produce professionally finished cards on a made-to-order basis, which opens up new opportunities for expanding existing games.
This process (not to be confused with Print and Play), results in smaller print runs of professionally manufactured products, allowing publishers to provide fans with content that would otherwise not be commercially viable. If you're a retailer interested in carrying our Print on Demand products, visit our Professional Zone website to learn more.
No stranger to the horrors of Arkham...
Season of the Witch is an engrossing story expansion from the mind of celebrated game designer Richard Launius, whose other Lovecraft-inspired titles (as well as his many non-FFG publications) have cemented his reputation in the hobby games industry. Mr. Launius agreed to share a few words on this exciting story:
The opportunity to write an adventure for Mansions of Madness enabled me to focus on a game setting from one of my favorite H.P. Lovecraft stories, Dreams in the Witch House, and this is the main premise for The Season of the Witch. While having a good base story is essential, I think it is even more essential to ensure that players have a compelling mystery. So rather than just recreate Dreams in the Witch House in game form, I took another Lovecraft tale (one that will remain nameless here) and entwined the two (as well as a few twists of my own) to create Season of the Witch.
The setting is one that I love – the Old Witch House and the strange events that have recently been occurring within. I believe players will enjoy Season of the Witch as there are a lot of new things going on: the flash of the witch light, a missing young mathematician, the hideous appearance of the rat-like familiar Brown Jenkin, and a mystery that must be solved before the Walpurgis ceremonies are completed.
Hopefully all of the players will feel the story come to life as they sense the evil presence of the Witch House and the ancient witch that built it, Keziah Mason. In the meantime, all I can say is that something terrifying may be hidden beyond the rat-infested walls of the old boarding house. Something sinister that haunts those that enter and threatens to steal their very souls. Who can say what horrors the loathsome mark of the witch may bring to the poor unfortunate investigators that brave the shrouded mysteries of the Witch House?
Your first clue is near
This exciting story expansion is available for order now, so visit our Season of the Witch website to learn more, then head to our webstore and be among the first the explore the terrifying mysteries of the Witch House!
Note: Due to variations in the printing process, cards from Print on Demand expansions will be subtly different in appearance and texture from base game cards. For this reason, any necessary base game cards (such as "nothing of interest" Exploration cards) are reprinted in each expansion, to retain a consistent appearance when shuffled.
Mansions of Madness is a macabre game of horror, insanity, and mystery for two to five players. Based on the beloved fiction of H.P. Lovecraft, Mansions of Madness tells a story in which one player takes on the role of the keeper, a malevolent force working to complete a sinister plot, and all other players take on the roles of investigators, the unlikely heroes who gather to oppose him.
got mine today and it's missing the clue 1C. THANKS PRINT ON DEMAND!
I ordered, my copy already and said they would be shipping in mid July
$15 bucks for one mission?
... No thank you :( Was pretty excited until I saw the price tag!
Just curious - when are orders suppose to ship?
FFG's shipment costs to European countries are too high, so I hope some big retailer will order some copies, as otherwise the shipment cost will make this product prohibitive (a pity, as I love Mansions of Madness).
Is FFG investigating some way of reducing their shipment costs to countries outside the US (in my case, I live in The Netherlands).
@Fryd Pickles - No, the fixed cards will be in the first non-POD expansion, as stated in the FAQ.
Are the new revised cards from the original game going to be in this expansion? I remember hearing that the fixes from the original game would be in the first expansion.
I did purchase the Space Hulk PODs when they first came out as the packs were clearly small, I believed the shipping costs would not be extortionate shipping them to the UK and I didn't want to wait the several months until/if they were to appear in my local shop.
The total (including shipping) came to just over £10 ($16) which was below the minimum level at which we British have to pay import taxes and the packs arrived in 14 days. These packs (after some 3 months!) have now just appeared in my local games shop. If I had waited I would have saved myself less than £1. Hardly breaking the bank and I am pleased I didn't wait 3 months before getting my hands on them. This (Space Hulk) type of POD works for me.
The "problem" I have with the MoM POD is that because of its size (and therefore its price) together the higher shipping costs and the resultant import taxes it is financially unviable for me to order this pack. I'll just have to wait several months, and hope, that the shops over here in the UK will stock it at some point in the future. Which given past history means not until Halloween!
If future PODs are to be along the lines of MoM's POD then, considering the comments of other non-US gamers as well as my own, FFG are likely to miss out on our custom.
We have looked into the Canadian shipping issue, and it is due to the Canada Post strike that has been taking place for the last week.
Unfortunately, as long as Canada Post is on strike, there are no reasonably-priced shipping options for FFG POD products. It looks like the strike should be over this week, and the cheaper postal shipping option will be available to Canadians. As soon as the United States Postal Service begins accepting mail bound for Canada again, the shipping costs will be lower.
Thanks, and we're sorry for the inconvenience.
- Jeremy @ FFG
As a Canadian, I agree with the other Canadian and international commenters, that Print On Demand really only works for those living in the continental US. To ship that little deck of cards up here is costing me more than I paid for a lot of the base games in my collection, but I did order it anyway. How's that for madness?
My wife and I love Mansions of Madness, but due to it's story-based gameplay, it has less replayability than other FF games, so expansions are a must. Since this is the first expansion (POD or otherwise) and Richard Launius was involved, I had to have it regardless of cost. Such is my insanity.
However, I may yet come to my senses by the time the next POD expansion comes out, and resist the Madness . . . unless FF comes up with a plan to ship a few box loads of POD expansions to game stores outside the US. Either way, I'm certain game stores everywhere will see "normal" expansions with new rooms, monsters, and investigators in the future, so we must be patient. The story continues . . .
Wow, $15 for the small expansion and almost $28 to ship it to Canada. The total of this little expansion would cost me almost $43 US!!! Forget it.

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writing heavyweights Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville and currently
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He is the author of the Simon Canderous urban fantasy series and Alchemystic, book one of the upcoming Spellmason Chronicles for Ace Books, a division of Penguin Group (USA). Anton is also the author of many short tales published in anthologies by DAW Books.
The Once & Future Podcast is his latest project, where he endeavors as Curator of Content to bring authors and readers together through a weekly news show format.
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There's no such thing as a saturated market — not at least for gadgets. And in the world of gadgets, there's one field that happens to be a hot battlefield: MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEMS.
While Blackberry and Microsoft have been struggling to break through the Android-iOS duopoly, they find they are not the only ones in the race. Three new OSes are here to challenge the norms and redefine the word "smart". This post talks about what these new GNU/Linux powered players have in store for us.
Firefox OS
App Ecosystem: HTML5
The Trump Card: Already being eyed by giants like Huawei and Foxconn
The goal of Firefox OS is not to attract the users away from other platforms but to make life easier for app developers (and consequently for users) by bridging the gap between different platforms.
All apps for Firefox OS are coded in HTML5 and CSS3, which means that web developers can easily port their webapps to Firefox OS without having to learn another programming language. Giants like Wikipedia, Twitter, Soundcloud and Cut The Rope already have their official apps ready and working on Firefox OS.
What's more, any platforms (yes, even PC's) which can run Firefox browser, can run most of its apps out of the box. For instance, Android users can already access the Firefox Marketplace by simply installing the Firefox browser, and it might come to other platforms as well.
Ubuntu Touch
App Ecosystem: QtQuick and HTML5
The Trump Card: Makes your work easier by seamless integration across devices
In the very beginning of 2013, Mark Shuttleworth stunned everyone with the announcement of Ubuntu Touch OS, which promised seamless convergence among all kinds of devices. The concept of Ubuntu Touch is to provide a fullblown OS for PC's and TV's right from your smartphone.
Ubuntu Touch features a buttonless UI to navigate around the system. The absence of buttons is filled by gestures, in that a swipe from each of the four edges performs a specific task.
In July-August this year, Canonical started a crowdfunding campaign aiming to raise a whopping $32 million, so that they could make their own smartphone, the Ubuntu Edge, with hardware specs that paralleled those of an average laptop. However, the campaign ended in a bittersweet situation, in that it collected only $12.8 million, which is the highest crowdfund ever received in history: but a failure is still a failure. The Ubuntu Edge won't happen, and Canonical will have to rely on other OEM's to manufacture Ubuntu devices.
Sailfish OS
App Ecosystem: QtQuick
The Trump Card: Supports most Android apps out of the box
Despite being a new company, Jolla is not to be considered a minnow. Earlier this year, Jolla started taking preorders for their first device, also called Jolla, and guess what? They sold out. Towards the end of the year, the Jolla was launched in Europe, and received positive reviews.
Jolla introduces a unique design, where the theme of your phone can change based on the backplate ("The Other Half" as they call it) you use. This is done by an NFC tag embedded inside The Other Half.
Sailfish OS runs on the Mer core and is based on the code of the now abandoned MeeGo project. It has a refreshing UI, and like Ubuntu Touch, the focus here is on swipe-based interaction rather than touch-based. The fact that it can run Android apps, gives it quite a jumpstart above its competitors.
What next?
While each of the above OSes tries to do something new, it is hard to tell which one people will accept and who will bite the dust. Moreover, we are yet to see what they have to offer at CES and MWC in early 2014. It will be interesting to see who succeeds in making a mark in the cutthroat competition of mobile OSes.


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By Carley Dangona and Katelyn Gendron Editor's note: Reporter Carley Dangona shared her first-person account of the makeup chair. Reporter Katelyn Gendron interviewed the members of the Fright Fest crew. AGAWAM – A small army of the monsters serves as the workforce behind the Six Flags New England (SFNE) Fright Fest. From zombies to ghouls, aliens to mutants, employees tap into the depths of their creativity to ensure park guests are treated to a frightful good time. SFNE recently hosted its first-ever Scare Fair to hire its cast and crew for this fall's Fright Fest that will begin on Sept. 20. More than 200 applicants attended the event, which sought to hire 350 seasonal employees to take part in the more than 25 attractions of the Fright Fest. Many new surprises are in store this year's Fright Fest. Now, I could have done the traditional "preview" article that highlights the upcoming event, but that's so, expected. I decided to undergo a "make under" if you will and experience the transformation first-hand. This is the first of three articles where I go behind-the-scenes to unveil the fun behind the scares of Fright Fest. Upon entering the Scare Fair, I was greeted by a bevy of costumed characters who welcomed me into their ranks. In charge of my makeup was Alex Squiers who serves as a makeup captain. My only request was that I not be made into a zombie since, well, been there, done that. Squiers chose a reptilian complexion, which he applied with an airbrush, a variety of stencils and contouring techniques that even Kim Kardashian hasn't mastered. Surprisingly, especially considering the level of detail of the make up, my new persona was complete in just under 15 minutes. I was instantly unrecognizable and my demeanor immediately changed to meet that of my alter ego. Squiers knows his craft. At one point, another member of the media, also covering the event, walked past me without realizing I was a fellow reporter sitting in the chair. The best part was the fact that it took only two minutes to remove the make up once I returned home. I'm seriously considering changing up the techniques of my daily make up routine to save time and product. While in the chair, I asked Squiers how he became adept at transforming people into monsters. He said that while he gained most of his skills through practice. Those just starting out could find many videos online to hone their techniques. "When makeup people [artists] chat with each other, they ask, 'How many people have you killed?' Squiers said with a laugh. "It's about 90 to 120 people you 'kill' per night. I'm at about 2,000 'kills' overall." Squiers, of Enfield, Conn., is a 13-year Fright Fest veteran, who specializes in the airbrush techniques necessary to "complete his kills." Squiers continued, "We like to use airbrush because it's quick and clean as opposed to brushes and sponges, so we don't have to wash everything after each actor, which would take a while," he explained, noting that each makeup artists has just 15 minutes per actor. "You have to know color theory, facial features and structures. It's the opposite of beauty makeup." According to Eric Boucher, production coordinator, it takes more than just makeup to put on Fright Fest. Each employee must complete a three-day training, which includes an eight-hour "Ghoul School." Boucher explained, "There's more than just jumping out and yelling at someone. We go over timing and vocal technique and movement: a scarecrow moves differently than a toxic mutant." He was quick to note that while employees are trained to scare, they must also know when to terminate behavior that might traumatize. "We give kids 'ghoul repellant.' It empowers the child to feel safe," Boucher said, noting that there are many family-friendly Fright Fest options before 6 p.m., such as the Mayhem Mission Game Show, Daffy Duck's Halloween Party and the Trick-or-Treat Trail. "Around 6 p.m., that's when Mayor Slayer calls forth the demons," he added, noting that's the time for teens and adults to play. Milta Vargas, an 11-year Fright Fest actor from Springfield, echoed Gonzalez's sentiments. When asked why she chooses to come back each year, Vargas replied, "To scare! [Also] the new people you meet and the friends you make. Six Flags provides and supports your creativity." |
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Dean Wooden has received many distinctions along his academic and professional career.. He was featured in Arizona Foothills Magazine as one of five outstanding Arizona professors. Additionally, Dr. Wooden's research has been featured in publications, such as the "Outside the Journal of Experimental Biology" and the Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory Manual (ASU). With his devotion to the sciences and education, Dean Wooden continues to leave lasting impressions on Grand Canyon University and its students.


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I am completely in the same boat as you two ladies. I have to boys also and I am totally terrified of another male. Not only am I the only female in my home, but my boys are definitly those crazy, running all over and climbing things kind of boys. This would be the first for DH and I together so I know trying is in my future. I also feel like now that I have him on this TTC boat, I should take advantage before he changes his mind or something, but the anxiety of worrying "did we do it this time" is starting to get to me. Im torn between giving myself time to get used to the idea and just jumping on board while we're both on the same page. Ive wanted this for a long time, but now Im just afraid.
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Florida's strawberry growers are embracing a forecasting tool to better manage their fungicide sprays against anthracnose and botrytis fruit rots.
The Strawberry Advisory System uses data from six weather stations in the state's main strawberry producing areas to predict when environmental conditions favor outbreaks of these two diseases, says Natalia Peres, associate professor of plant pathology at the University of Florida's Gulf Coast Research and Education Center in Wimauma.
Growers can check the website (agroclimate.org/tools/strawberry) for a color-coded update from their nearest weather station: green for low risk, red for high risk and yellow for moderate risk. For more immediate updates, they can opt to receive text or email alerts.
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So far, 55 growers representing about half the state's industry have signed up, Peres says.
The system also provides spray recommendations, based on when the field was last sprayed and with what fungicide. Other factors considered are whether plants have hit peak bloom and whether symptoms are present.
"Growers need to be very quick on their response" to anthracnose and botrytis, Peres says. "When the system says conditions are favorable, [disease development] is already started."
"You've got to get the materials on at the right time," says Carl Grooms, owner of Fancy Farms in Plant City. "You don't take aspirin this week to deal with next week's headache."
Over the past five years, Grooms has used the forecasting tool to manage fungicide applications on an increasing proportion of his farm. Now he's committed his entire 50 acres of strawberries.
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Breckenridge Ski Resort now offers an exclusive opportunity for guests staying in official resort lodging properties. Titled "First Tracks", this program will allow guests staying at the official lodging properties at Breck to access the mountain one hour before it opens to the general public on select mornings mid-December through the end of March.
No special lodging package purchase is required, but participants must be guests of an official Breck lodging property (Mountain Thunder Lodge, One Ski Hill Place, Crystal Peak Lodge, The DoubleTree by Hilton Breckenridge, The Village Hotel and The Village at Breckenridge) at the times the weekly events occur, and must also hold a valid Breck lift ticket or season pass in order to participate.
ALL First Tracks participants need to be intermediate level skiers or above as the Mercury chair does not service green runs.
Depending on the date, there are 2 location start options for First Tracks. Both the Peak 8 and Peak 9 starts will lead to the Mercury SuperChair, which will run the entire hour for First Tracks guests. First Tracks will load one hour before the lifts open each Friday (8am on December 12, 7:30am every Friday after).
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Students are also asked to bring their passport, passport sized photograph, their address in Australia, OSHC proof (if student did not order health cover with us) and for VET student English proficiency evidence.
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I am good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Chip & Dale are 8- 12 week old guys looking for their furever homes. They're the typical loving silly puppies and love people. Chip is the larger of the two with a shorter coat and less white. Dale has more of a cattle dog coat and his ears will be erect as he grows. At maturity Dale will probably be the smaller of the two but neither should be particularly large. Their mother was not a large dog. Before going to a new home they will be up to date with shots, neutered, microchipped, and on heartworm preventative. If you would like more info please call their foster mom at 386-236-8529.
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Chip n Dale, a Ormond Beach Cattle Dog/Labrador Retriever puppy was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Cattle Dog/Labrador Retriever for sale in Ormond Beach, or seeking a Cattle Dog/Labrador Retriever puppy from a breeder in Ormond Beach.
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Monday, March 31, 2008
Bay View Bowl
Most of the remaining bowling alleys in the city fall into one of two categories: sprawling mega-bowling centers or smoky, seedy dives. But the 12-lane Bay View Bowl offers a friendly, neighborhood feel that many other automatic lanes lack. The alley's "rockin' glow bowl" on Fridays and Saturdays are a cheap night . . .


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Yesterday's gratitude goes to my neighbors Mark and Marty ( short for Martha). Mark came out yesterday and removed the base of my christmas tree knowing that Jackson and I had fucked it up and the garbage company would not collect it as we left it. So nice of him. I didn't even ask. They are a nice couple and I now consider them friends.
Today's gratitude goes to my sister. My mother doesn't have alzheimers but she definitely has some dementia . I think it is associated with the pain pills she has been taking. My mother will call me 7-10 times. One call right after another. My sister gets at minimum, double the amount of calls. She received 25 today with 24 of the exact same voicemails. She's closer geographically and emotionally to my mom and I can only imagine how hard it is to be around that every day. My mom won't even remember having called so often. Aging is so hard on the person and the people around them.
Today I had a great day. I made some changes within corporate . Congrats to Pinky from Denver for moving up to regional!! You have earned it. And congrats to Mac. We are hoping to make him a kind of "fixer". The test is always how your main bar runs while you are in another city. I have faith that both Pinky and Mac will make sure their bars are on point in their absence.
Life is good today.
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Thank you San Antonio. The only bar that did well last night . Daniel emailed me saying he wants to meet face to face to talk about some changes he wants us to make . Face to face . Ok just wear deoderant and we can have this meeting.
Today's gratitude goes to Tom from Milwaukee . There is nothing harder then running a struggling bar. He works 6 days a week. Half the time the temperature hovers around zero and the neighborhood that the bar is in has gotten really sketchy. " Tom thanks so much ".
Friday, January 2, 2015
Today's gratitude goes to Matthew , AM New Orleans. Very profession. Anything that gets asked of him gets done. He's a dad, an actor, and our AM. Very hard worker. Thank you Matthew for all your hard work and dedication.
Bam the bars rallying on New Year's Day for some super strong numbers. Nashville, San Antonio, and San Diego coming in strong. That's a good sign for 2015.
I am in Park City with jackson . I was told yesterday " mom you board planes too quickly it annoys me." I havent stopped laughing about that. A friend of mine told me that her son once proclaimed he hated how she put her hair in a ponytail . Oh teenagers.
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Last night I was invited out by a few new women friends in SD. We went to a sushi/nightclub called Bang Bang in the Gaslamp. 2014 was the " Young Men" love me year. " Can I buy you a drink? You look just like Penelope Cruise in the movie Blow." Dude if I really looked like Penelope Cruise I wouldn't be talking to you and I would dominate the world!! But thank you for the compliment. " Liliana all these men are hitting on you and you keep blowing them off." Obviously I need to work on that. But in my defense if my son has more facial hair then these 25 year olds I just can't take them seriously.
Nashville spanked all the bars last night. Good Job. My first gratitude for January 1st 2015 is to Lizzie. " Thank you Lizzie for always being so willing to move for the company and work so hard. I love you and I wish you the best year ever."
Mac wrote in his log from last night. It just wasn't that busy out in SD last night. " I was in the gaslamp last night. Everyone had a line. And when I passed Coyote the bar was packed. " Hard when your boss lives in the same city.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Woke up at 2:30 am with the sounds of pouring rain and the flash of a text message from Daniel " incident in Milwaukee . Someone got sucker punched". Another day at the office. The Milwaukee location has been an example of a city's changing entertainment areas. When we opened that bar water street was the busy area for nightlife . We were only opened a few months when there was a shooting on our block and things have gotten progressively worse. A few bars in the area still do well but we have struggled . It's a constant game of trying to lure people back to water street. Several businesses have closed which makes our job even harder. Lee will fly there soon to readjust our marketing . Uphill battle .
Good note we have been selling our anniversary tickets on line.
I have absolutely no plans for NYE. Jackson and I are flying out tomorriw for Park City. Maybr I will stop by the SD bar for a while .
Monday, December 29, 2014
I am so moved. Daniel sent me a present for the Holidays.
" To the Beacon of Bartending,
Just wanted to say thanks for being the best boss ever and for also being the beacon of bartending. May our 2015 be better then our 2014! Daniel"
I love that. In my day I was the damn beacon of bartending!!!
Tonight I am taking out Tiffany for her birthday with Mac and Dinesti! Ruth Chris here we come.
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Ah the holidays . Jackson and I are in Raleigh, NC visiting my family . So far nothing too crazy . The deterioration in my mom's health is unbelievable . She is wheel chair bound permently . We have this delusion that aging creates a kindness and more gentile demeanor . No it just exentuates the already existent personality . So crazy gets crazier . My mom's family in Colombia wants her to go to Colombia. We talked about this for hours yesterday . Who is going to take care of her? How will she get to Colombia ? Exhausting . And in my mom's mind this is a visit but my sister and I believe that it's a one way ticket according to her health. I hope to god I don't leave Jackson in the position that my parents have left us. Dying miserably in her home country ? Or dying miserably here? Not sure what the answer is? In a moment of dementia she wanted us to scramble for the phone so she could buy Lumenescence on the infomercial . At 80 she was desperate for the airbrush makeup kit on the commercial . Shopaholic while lucid and during dementia . I shouldn't make fun I will probably be exactly the same .
Monday, December 22, 2014
How is Santa going to come when the Saturday numbers are so bad? Urgh!!
Went shopping with Jackson yesterday. " Mom, dad and I have a cheap gene you don't need to get Dad a present." Dude you are getting your father a present regardless of the cheap gene. Every year we go through this. " Mom I don't want anything." He knows I am going to get him something regardless. There is a part of me that would love to fill his stocking with socks and a statue of Mother Theresa. " Here kid Merry Xmas." ( doubt he even knows who Mother Theresa is) Urgh. OK Dinesti and I will hit the gym today. Running and swimming. I am going to make her a triathlete and a fitness model!! Double whammy
Friday, December 19, 2014
One of my son's former classmates and my friend's son had a 7 hour surgery today . I have felt sick all day just thinking how scared his mom must feel. My understanding was that his sternum wasn't growing so the surgery was a kind of open heart surgery to alleviate the pressure of his sternum on his heart . He just got out of surgery . He lost a lot of blood so he's getting a transfusion but he is good. As a mom it's so scary to have your child be ill. I sent one of those chocolate fruit baskets to the hospital . In most of life's situations food is always a nice touch .
Went to the SD bar last night . Girls are so gorgeous and they work so hard. Really love this staff
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Only 10:30 and my morning Obama Care email just came to me. Hard to be a liberal when f Obama Care is killing small businesses . Urgh.
Today I ran outside then did these steep hill runs on the treadmll. The woman on the treadmill next to me was a severely anorexic woman. She was truly a walking skeleton . My heart broke for her . As I was struggling to keep my speed up while On a level 9 incline , she turned and spoke to me. She was walking , I am assuming for hours like the anorexics I have known . She knew a lot about running. Really kind to me. She was encouraging me everytime I had to do a timed surge . She was so hard to look at. Body starving . In my heart I could only think that this woman will die soon if she doesn't change her life. What happened in her life to create this frail body and mind? If that wasn't the only treadmill left I would of picked a different area to workout because it scared me to look at her. Now that I know there is a kind soul there I sm going to make it a goal to say hello to her everytime I see her. Kindness costs nothing .
After I finished on the treadmill and said goodbye I walked in on Dynesti's swim lesson . Night and Day " Daniel , Dynesti thinks because she's gorgeous she doesn't have to work out. Looks fade my friend . "
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
My swim coach asked me why I haven't been coming to the gym. Without getting into specifics I said " I got dumped." His response in a very emphatic way " when you get dumped that's when you go out and get ripped !" Ok ok
Yesterday Dinesty texted me and said she was bored and needed a physical challenge . Low and behold I made her a swim lesson today ! Awesome I feel another triathlon coming on. IMG_3894
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text: Volume 8 Issue 1 In This LightAndrew Wyeth, HiddenBy Rebecca SwatheToned silver gelatin print, 16"x20"Wyeth secretly painted a woman, his neighbor, for over fifteen years. She modeled for him; he just never went public with his drawings or paintings. Nobody knew about her, not his wife, who was also his manager, not his friends, nobody. So, Rebecca, my wife, decides to do the same thing. We were in college then, in our first apartment together, and she figures it'd be a good idea to secretly take pictures of people in our neighborhood. Most shots were of them outside, cutting lawns, getting mail, that kind of thing. This one here is someone through their bedroom window. I guess it's a little strange. Nobody ever knew she was taking them, they weren't expecting it. One day, I think about two years after the fact, I'm going through some old boxes in the closet and come across a shoebox filled with secret pictures of our neighbors. "You could have said anything," she tried to stomp down the spiral staircase, but it shook and she grabbed the railing, slowing down. "Rebecca, he asked me a specific question," I followed right behind her trying to steady the few sips of wine left in my glass. "So, I gave him an answer." We both had to slow down and concentrate on navigating the dangerous curve of the steps. "All I told him was how you got that picture of old man Ryndak in his boxers." This man I could have said anything to had been the first to buy one of her prints that night. Some of her friends had come out onto the roof to get Rebecca and tell her the good news. The buyer had followed them up; he wanted to meet the artist first hand. The gallery was in an old warehouse loft. The kind that people buy and then have to unfortunately live in until the rest of the neighborhood catches up. Rebecca had been accepted as part of an exhibition called Slanted Visions: The Architecture of Angles . She had been taking pictures for as long as I knew her, but this was the first time she had her things on display in anything bigger than a coffee shop. People stood around with glasses in their hands, studying the pictures on the wall with heads tilted and eyebrows low and tense. They talked in small circles, trying to come up with better ways to describe the same things. There was no place for me to go. She made it to the bottom of the wobbly staircase and turned, blocking me and knocking my elbow. A few drips popped out of my glass and onto the stairs. "Now look what you did." I held the glass away from my body and smiled at Rebecca. I tried to make her smile back; it wasn't working. "We can't leave yet Brian," she said. Her cheeks were pink from the fancy red drinks her photographer friends had been making her all night and she held her finger up to my face, "and you're not going to embarrass me again." I laughed. "Sure, I'm the embarrassment here." I'd figured her buyer was spending enough, and was entitled to some kind of honesty. They'd started talking about art up there on the roof and I was left standing on the edge of the deck, watching the traffic flash by on the expressway and listening to my wife be interested in things I didn't know anything about. It was getting worse. I wasn't sure I should keep trying. "I mean it, don't embarrass me." She let go of the railing at the bottom of the staircase, inhaled deep and quick through her nose. "Okay?" She straightened her dress in the front, tugging at the bottom corners above her knees. She smiled a concerned little smile at me and felt lightly to make sure no hairs had fallen from the tight twist at the top of her head. "I can just go out this back way and wait in the car." I set my glass down on the back porch windowsill. "I'll sleep." I started toward the dark stairway leading, I assumed, to the alley. "I'm not doing you any good here." Rebecca scooted in front of me, "Please, Brian." She blocked my way, again. "If you can't do this one thing I ask..." Candid Topography By, Rebecca Swathe Black and white, 8"x10" This is the oldest one here, I think. It really doesn't have anything to do with angles. Well, it could, I guess, have something to do with anywhere. I was disgusted by it, at first. I couldn't figure out why anybody would want to look this close up at someone's skin. I didn't understand how all these pores; all this puckered cellulite could possibly be attractive, or artistic, or even interesting. She must have developed more than seventy-five of these. Some woman she worked with at the Walgreen's, Maude or Marlene, another cashier. She told me how they went out to smoke on their lunch break and she snapped a picture of her leg up on the picnic table. The sun makes it worse, picks up all the tiny hairs and bumps. We had versions of this one all over the apartment, on the kitchen table, hanging on the refrigerator; I used to have to scoot them into piles when I tried to pack a lunch in the morning. That was when she still developed film on a small plastic table in the bathroom next to the sink, taping up black paper over the small glass block window in the shower stall and stuffing a towel under the door. I had the hardest time remembering to knock. Rebecca hopped from foot to foot at the front door, ready first and antsy. "Hurry up, Bri." She shook the keys in her hand. "We have ten minutes and traffic sucks." After two years of marriage and a lot huffing, Rebecca convinced me to go to yoga class with her, early on a Friday morning. They'd switched my days off at the store and I really had no excuses left. She had started going to yoga after her sister had a baby, said she was scared to have her body change that much, and it was something we could do together, something that was good for both of us. She figured the stretching and posing would keep things tight, together. She ran out before me, into the cold morning, her hair wet and hanging in thick strings around her ears. The car was running by the time I got out there and she sat in the passenger's seat her knees bouncing, hands tapping on top of them, smiling at me, snapping her gum and making tiny bubbles. "Okay, ten minutes, I know, but..." She looked over at me and I lifted an invisible cup to my lips and nodded my head. "We're not stopping for coffee," she said. "Becca, there's no way." I clicked my seat belt and turned around in my seat to reverse out of the spot. "It's 7:30, in the morning, for Christ's sake." "Coffee?" She looked over at me, one eyebrow raised high above the top of her sunglasses. "We can't." She gulped water hard out of a bottle, screwing the top back on after every swig. "Not before yoga." She had told me earlier, as I was digging through a box of summer clothes in the closet trying to find shorts, that she had worked hard to get to the point where she could wait until after the class to smoke and drink coffee. The water helped. I pointed the two vents on my side of the dashboard down towards my feet. "I'll fall asleep if I don't have any." The heat had never really worked in the old Bonneville and the cool air coming through the vents didn't help any. "How am I supposed to meditate?" She let a short burst of air out through her nose, a little snort, and rolled her window down a little. It was one of the last days of fall and the tree branches hung naked up and down side streets. She lifted her face to the air slipping in and pulled her hair back away from her face, tying it back with a rubber band. "You never take anything seriously, Brian." I turned the blower up to high, but as much as I tried to imagine it was, the air wasn't warming up. "I'm freezing." I opened my mouth in her direction and clicked my teeth together fast and hard. I wrapped my arms around my shoulders at the red light and rubbed. "You told me to wear shorts." She reached over without looking at me and squeezed my knee. I watched her hand rub against my skin, the shinny tips of her fingers in my patchy hair. "I won't let you fall asleep." Relentlessly Unproductive: a memoir By Rebecca SwatheThree-color carbo print, 9"x7"I know this one is pretty unique. I'm not sure exactly why, but I know it took her a hell of a long time to finish it. One of the oldest ways to make color prints or something, I think that's what she said. That's actually our house there. It looks pretty good. My mother left it to me when she passed away. Good neighborhood, nice schools. The next door neighbor's house far enough away that you can't hear what he's watching on TV in the summer. I'm not sure how a house is supposed to be productive, though. I put that aluminum soffit up last year; that was something. I guess I don't really understand much about her art. We used to go take pictures all the time when we first got engaged. She'd bring them into the store and stick them up against the meat case. I'd be in the freezer and she'd set them up so that when I came back out, there'd be landscapes, forest preserves, or statues from that one cemetery down in Lakeview, all lined up behind the pork chops and sirloins. We had a good time. Then she started making prints instead of pictures and things got different. I still had my freezer jacket on when I walked in that one afternoon and I kept it zipped. I had almost finished hanging the pork halves when my shift ended. Bits of meat and sawdust got stuck way too easily in the treads of my work shoes. I always slid them off and left them in the hall and that day I remember the cold from the linoleum bothering me through my socks. I ended up in the bedroom doorway with my freezer gloves still in my pocket and blood on my pants. She sat on the edge of our bed with her head down; a glass of water in her hand, the shallow angle of the sunlight catching the bottom rim of the glass, burning it orange. I sat next to her. She flinched. The late afternoon sun had just started to hit the front window in a different way, everyday a little lower. I'd noticed the color of the carpet recently; it didn't really match the walls. It was too dark. The end table too, was off color and had chips and nicks in it around the bottom edges. You could only see these things from certain angles, though, only at certain times of day. "What's the matter?" I put a gloved hand on her thigh and felt the pressure of her skin, her temperature, but I couldn't really feel her at all through the thick cotton. I thought it might have been her family. She had an aunt she barely knew and a cousin in Nevada, but she kept her eyes down and she didn't really look sad. She looked scared. "I need to tell you something," she went out to the kitchen, and I followed. Standing at the sink, she ran water into the glass. She had been mixing developer and the sharp smell stuck to her; thick like vinegar, like chemicals, but warm too, like food, the sharpest part of brewed coffee. Her dark hair, cut blunt at her shoulders, shined in the lower slanting light that hit it and all the sharp places on her neck and shoulders were more noticeable. She was all slants and shadows. I stood next to her at the sink. "What?" She drank from the glass, once, and dumped the rest down the drain. "I lied about being with him." I turned slow, staring at the top of her head. Her hair fell in straight borders around her face. She kept her eyes down. The kitchen had absorbed a lot of heat from the day's sun and all I wanted was to take my jacket off. Remedy of Contact By Rebecca Swathe Color print, 9"x 11" It's strange to see yourself in a picture. I can't even imagine what it must be like to be in a movie or on TV. It doesn't even look like me, not really. This was one of the few times that she ever took a picture of me. She always said it didn't feel right to use me as a 'subject,' like it was too easy, too planned. I don't know if that was true, but I kind of felt like she was blowing me off. I'd go and watch, though. I especially liked when she developed. I'd sit in the darkroom completely quiet and wait for my eyes to adjust. Eventually, I could see her bent over the machine, in the red of the safety light, constantly changing the settings and flashing lights. Her sleeves would be rolled up and her hair messy, but tied back. She never spoke when she worked. For this one she set the automatic timer, balanced the camera up on a new tripod and moved us up closer to the lens. You can't even really tell that that's my hand on her chin, it too close, I think. We were late for that yoga class by the time we finally found parking, which meant we had to walk in on a bunch of people mid-mediation, stretching their backsides into the air, and had to "excuse me, excuse me," our way to a spot where we could roll out our thin mats and try to catch up. Rebecca was no help. I tried to be funny, make light of the situation. I made fake motions towards people as we passed them, pretending I was about to trip and fall over, hands stretched out in their direction. Rebecca motioned for me to stop. Her eyes got wide and she made a quick little chop with her hand. "Just go here," she whispered, pointing to a spot not really big enough for the two of us, directly in the front row, directly in front of the wall of mirrors. "Here?" I joked and pointed to the rear of the woman next to me. Rebecca closed her eyes, her pink lids moist, her eyelashes curled and dark. She took a deep breath in through her nose and let it out slowly through her mouth. Yoga. She grabbed the mat out of my hand, unrolled both hers and mine on the floor next to the woman, and sat down with her legs crossed over themselves, joining the rest of the group in a complicated pretzel position. By the time I had my socks off, rolled in a ball, and thrown over in the corner, the group was standing again and the instructor, a thin woman in tights and an old Taste of Chicago T-shirt, was standing with a partner giving the class instructions for a two-person maneuver. Rebecca looked over at me and paused for a long moment. "Just try to do it normal, ok?" She wiped her palms on her thighs, rubbing the sweat off on the cotton of her stretch pants, "just watch the instructor," she pulled at her ponytail, readjusting, making it tighter. The instructor flipped off the fluorescent overhead lights and in the dim gray coming in from the windows, Rebecca moved towards me and put her right arm around my waist. I did the same; I slipped my left arm around her and faced forward. I watched Rebecca, instead of the instructor, in the mirror in front of us. A tiny strand of black hair fell directly in front of her eyes, and she stuck out her bottom lip and blew it away. My right hand and her left touched in front of us, like we were praying and when I tried to readjust a little, the dampness of our palms made our skin stick and pull. I took a deep breath and tried to really concentrate. She lifted her left leg and placed the bottom of her foot on the inside of her right knee. She looked like a small, serious flamingo and I watched the corners of my mouth turn in to a full tooth smile while she stood, still as stone, with her eyes closed. When she opened them, and I tried to pick my leg up fast and get in the right position, but the jolt sent us over and before we hit the mat, I swear I caught her smile. Tumble DeedsBy Rebecca SwatheGallup, NM 2001, dye diffusion print, 8"x10"We were on our way to L.A. when she took this one, going to find photography schools for her. She made me stop so she could take this somewhere in New Mexico. We were driving on this two-lane highway through the desert with the windows down and wet washrags on the back of our necks. The Honda's transmission was finally giving up and with the air on we couldn't make it through the mountains. Out of nowhere, she yelled for me to stop, and I pulled over by this chapel set back away from the road with a fence separating it from the highway. I got out of the car just as she hoped over the short, crooked pickets and looked back at me in that sea of tumbleweeds there. I made her laugh; I did that Doodle-y doo, wa, wa, wa, cowboy thing. I remember worrying that the dried sharp edges of those weeds would scrape her bare legs. She crouched low to the ground to get a good shot, then aimed high up toward the chapel roof. I watched her work, bending and stretching to get what she needed, what she wanted to see in her frame. I knew if I let her, she'd leave me. I leaned over the fence on the empty highway and asked her to marry me. She said yes, standing right there in that field of thorny stick balls. I held my hands up in surrender. "Fine," I said, stepping back from the dark stairway in the back of the loft. "I'll be on my best behavior." I tucked the edge of my shirt back into the crisp jeans she made me wear to the exhibition and smoothed my hair back as best I could. "After you." "Thank you," she said and opened the door to the gallery. We moved through the candlelight and jazz music and I grabbed a new glass off the counter, filling it from the first wine bottle I could reach. "Becca, where were you." One of the old beneficiaries huddled up close to her and spoke in exaggerated whispers. I stood next to the food and watched them kiss each other's cheeks and hold onto each other's hands as if they were long lost sisters reunited after years of separation; such drama. I moved out of the back room to get away form the smell of the trendy Asian/Mexican cuisine, cold and solidifying in long aluminum trays. Seafood tacos with Japanese mustard sauce the tag said; fish and cheese, artist food. I moved back out into the loft area where Rebecca's prints hung along side the rest. I walked around and looked at our life hanging on the trendy exposed brick wall. Rebecca stood by the front exit laughing and touching people lightly on their arms. There was a man I didn't recognize standing next to her. The way she smiled and stepped closer to him made my mouth dry and I swished around a sip of wine to clear away the thickness. They greeted people near the front door, shoulder to shoulder, her body leaning into his, talking, smiling. I wondered if they would get together after we split up. I wondered if Rebecca knew that I wanted all these people to see her differently, that I wanted them to see the Rebecca I used to know. That's why I told that buyer about her crying, about how she covered her face and cried, embarrassed, when I found the shoebox in the closet. I wanted them to see how all this had changed her. They would make great hosts at parties, Rebecca and this guy at the door. I pictured the two of them standing in the foyer of their ranch style house; big gray stones covering the wall, a sunken living room with a fireplace in the center. Her nickname would be Babe, his would be Honey, and they would curl up by a fire in the winter, sipping martinis, talking about contrast and negative space. I watched as they stood in a round of introductions, Rebecca smiling and welcoming another couple that had just walked in. The man had his hand on her back, like they were going somewhere, like they were pushing through an open door, the tanned skin of his hand standing out against the white of her back and shoulders. |


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1 Jacob heard that Laban's sons were saying, "Jacob took everything our father owned and from it he produced all of this wealth." | 1 Jacob heard that Laban's sons were saying, "Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father." |
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Right about the time the average player is "done" with Cataclysm (whatever that means for each player is different, of course) Diablo should be ready for us to play. That will give us a good distraction from WoW (so no Sunwell patch needed) and when the Beta comes out, we can choose to go back and check out Pandaria if we like.
Personally, I'm probably going to avoid the Beta, I'd rather enjoy the content fresh when it goes live.
12 Days of Winter Veil Day Giveaway: Assault on Icecrown Citadel Raid Decks {WoW}
Dec 27th 2011 2:14PM I always wanted to try one of these Raid decks....please be good to me, gods of Random Chance....
The Queue: Post-Winter Veil recovery {WoW}
Dec 26th 2011 12:55PM Engineers got Cogwheels, but they were only good for goggles that we could craft at the top of the expansion. Once we moved on to the next tier of gear, cogs got left behind.
3 things you don't want to miss if you quit during Cataclysm {WoW}
Dec 22nd 2011 7:26PM As someone who works nights and could never join a raid group, LFR is what got me interested in my 85 again. Before that, there was no point in the rep grinds, the dungeon/heroic grind.... more so than with Wrath, if you don't Raid there's little point to anything you do on the PvE side at max level.
In just a couple of weeks, I've taken my poor neglected Warlock from iLevel 333 and never been to a Heroic to 371. Running the new Heroics for Valor and to get that last drop I need to enter LFR.
Totem Talk: Gearing your enhancement shaman for Raid Finder {WoW}
Dec 17th 2011 12:45PM If I had access to Firelands, I probably wouldn't need to use LFR. Just saying.
5 things WoW could learn from Star Wars: The Old Republic {WoW}
Dec 13th 2011 2:14PM What can SWTOR learn from WoW? Mac client! Even if they implement it later on, that just means Mac players would be behind the leveling curve.


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When driving, do you pivot your foot between the accelerator and brake or do you actually move your foot each time?
I've seen people do both, and my Grandma still uses 2 feet to drive her automatic. Not sure what is the safest way. |
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My $.02 is that pivoting your foot is safer. If you need to use your brake, there's not typically any reason to use your accelerator. And vice versa. So why give a foot a chance to "misfire" and contradict what you intended to do? |
- Posted by catlady200 (My Page) on Mon, May 2, 05 at 21:49
I learnt how to drive in a Standard.. My Dad is English, and when we moved to Canada, drove his first Automatic car. I always remember him telling me to make sure that I tuck my left foot near the door as close to the seat as possible. that way, I'd always use my right foot for both the accelerator and brake. I have later tried using both feet in an auto, and it just doesn't feel right! Personally, I think that it is safer to just use one foot.. as Steve o said, less room for error! |
Probably the only time my left foot has touched a brake pedal is when there's a boat behind me. |
"Safety" is far too overplayed in todays world.. In the comfortable and efficient operation of a motor vehicle ,there are other important aspects to consider. |
It's always lovely to be stuck behind a vehicle where the brake lights don't go off when it starts accelerating. Makes me wish i were a brake mechanic charging $80/hour, it does... |
I'm lazy and pivot my foot from the brake to accelerator. I can tell because I have a dent in my floor matt and the right edge of my brake peddle is wearing. |
I use both feet. No, I don't use them at the same time. I don't ride the brakes. |
- Posted by RooseveltL (My Page) on Tue, May 3, 05 at 22:30
I have driven and own VWs which have very close pedals so I have pivoted my right foot between accelerated & brake pedal. |
- Posted by measure_twice (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 05 at 15:50
Geeze, this must be a slow day. I pivot. Either works. Probably the only time my left foot has touched a brake pedal is when there's a boat behind me. |
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Hi! I was advised today by our local Soil and Water Conservation Dept to add Lime for our Common Lilacs we're going to plant this weekend. She said to add 2 cups per shrub. That got me to thinking....if my soil has no Lime, should I be adding that to the soil around my Golden Raintree, my 3 baby Sugar Maples, and my 2 Forsythias? I mean if my soil has no lime, then why wouldn't all my plants need it? She said to be careful using it because it can burn your skin. |
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I would suggest you do a soil test first to check your soil pH first. Lilacs prefer alkaline soils (not acid), so the lime is used to raise soil pH. My soil tends toward the acid (lower pH), and mostly my plants are acid-lovers, but do have a lilac bush. I lime the lawn but generally avoid the shrubs, never thought of liming directly near the lilacs. Interested in what feedback you get on this question though. |
- Posted by ilovemytrees 5b/6a Western, NY (My Page) on Fri, May 16, 14 at 16:27
Hi. The woman at the Water and Soil Conservation Dept told me today that our soil is very low in acidity, and that we have no lime in the soil, which Lilacs need, she said. |
- Posted by ken_adrian MI z5 (My Page) on Fri, May 16, 14 at 18:36
she also recommended a POOL pH test.. instead of her own professional level test ... what is her CV.. curriculum vitae ??? ... she doesnt sound like a professional to me ... throw NOTHING in the planting hole.. untiol after a PROFESSIONAL soil test ... crikey.. you have planted HUNDREDS of things in the last few years... how many have died.. for lack of throwing lime in the hole .. jimminey cricket .. the woman is a menace... listen to me.. nothing in your yard is suffering due to poor soil that you know of .. so why start amending it now ... ???? ken ps: lime is an old time farmers trick.. they limed everything.. i think .. mostly because they had the lime ... pps: will someone explain to ilove.. how much lime she would need to add to a planting hole.. to significantly change the exponential function of ph??? .. maybe what.. 3 or 4 pounds??? .. meaning.. a handful.. will barely do anything... |
Here is a link that might be useful: one of the links says: neutral to alkaline soil (at a pH near 7.0) ... which mean its supposed to be low in acid ... either you are quoting her wrong.. or she is wrong ...
- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Fri, May 16, 14 at 19:43
Read my response to your rhododendron shrub post before you do anything. Ken caught it - your soil conservation "authority" is wacko. jimminey cricket .. the woman is a menace... . LOL!! |
Oh for pity's sake. A lady who works for the soil and water conservation department may very well have been a receptionist, or the cleaning lady. The pool test kit was the icing on the cake. |
- Posted by hairmetal4ever Z7 MD (My Page) on Fri, May 16, 14 at 22:42
I read your Rhododendron post, too. If you're not acid enough for Rhododendrons, you're probably not acid enough to need lime for anything, really. In fact, my understanding is that most of New York State except the area near NYC and the far eastern part of the state has neutral to alkaline soil already. You probably don't need lime at all. FWIW I grew great lilacs in Ohio on a pH of 6.2 (eastern OH where soils are acidic) and they did just fine - yet I could also get away with Rhodies as well. This person you're talking to appears to have zero clue what she's talking about. |
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My dad used to lime EVERY spring, back when he was spry enough to do so. It was a normal thing to do around here, the Lowes and Home depot have giant skids of lime now also. My soil is usually Neutral when I send in samples. None of my oaks were around when he was the one doing the yard maintenance/ gardening though. The only trees still growing here from my parents plantings are, 2 Blue spruce, and 2 Eastern white pine. Red maple had lightening strike it and the Tulip poplar had fungus compromise it's structural integrity. |
- Posted by greenthumbzdude (My Page) on Sun, May 18, 14 at 21:30
I prefer to use ground oyster shell....its not as strong as straight up lime but it lasts longer in the soil plus it adds other minerals. |
I'm wondering if this is not about calcium for the soil, and not soil pH. I know our soils are very acid and low in calcium, despite the native stone being very calcareous. In short rather high annual rainfall, and lots of vegetation resulting in acidic leaf litter, leaches the soil. Therefore lime is often used to replace the calcium. Arktrees |
- Posted by franktank232 z5 WI (My Page) on Mon, May 19, 14 at 15:44
Some "lime" has Mg in it too... |
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Charlotte Mosss Chic Ski Retreat
High in the Rockies, designer Charlotte Moss conjures a compelling contrast between her elegant sophistication and the rugged mountain terrain
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When Colorado comes to mind, most people conjure visions of sparkling streams filled with rainbow trout and lodgelike houses dressed in Western gear. Well, that latter bit of geographic reverie can be dropped once you cross the threshold of Charlotte Mosss hideaway in Aspen. As could be expected from an interior designer who blends French, English, and American influences into gracious backgrounds for elegant living, there is nothing here a cowboy would recognize. You decorate the way you decorate, wherever you might live, Moss explains. Some people do the whole Western thing and it looks fantastic; I dont.
The Manhattan-based designer and her husband, Barry Friedberg, an investment banker, are longtime Aspen residents. A few years ago, a large house on a cul-de-sac came on the market, and Moss urged her husband to take a look. He resisted, as she knew he wouldafter all he was perfectly comfortable in their current abodebut she had a trump card: This one has a view that will take your breath away, Moss told him. Friedberg came, he saw, and he was conquered. Perched on a rocky escarpment, the house looked straight onto Aspen Mountain, an 11,212-foot-high peak shadowed by bald eagles. Four days later, they owned it.


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Heritage Auctions has gotten its hands on an interesting piece of automotive cinema history. Bidders can now vie for the 1949 Buick Roadmaster Convertible from the 1988 film Rain Man featuring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. The straight-eight powered convertible is one of two used in filming and features an upgraded rear suspension to cope with the weight of a cameraman and camera equipment. The seller has included several bits of documentation showing where the big Buick was rented by MGM for filming, including insurance receipts and loan agreements.
As it sits, the Roadmaster has an opening bid of US$40,000 and is located in Sacramento, California, though we suspect the seller may have a much higher reserve. The auction won't reveal that figure until December 7. You can find out more and see additional photography by heading over to the Heritage Auctions site.
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Assassin's Creed: Revelations Review
A solid conclusion to the Ezio Trilogy.
The Assassin's Creed franchise is hands down my favorite video game universe of the current console generation. The mysteries, characters, and setting are so interesting and engaging that I grew a huge attachment to the franchise. While the series started out with a somewhat decent 1st entry in the original Assassin's Creed, it quickly risen up to become one of the most loved franchises this generation. With Assassin's Creed: Revelations Ubisoft is wrapping up the Ezio trilogy once and for all while answering a lot of questions that fans of the series have been eager to get. Needless to say, Assassin's Creed Revelations is a solid conclusion to the Ezio trilogy and a great tease for what's to come.
The story of Revelations starts off right after the events of Brotherhood. Desmond is in a coma because of the events that occurred at the end of the previous entry and has been put in the Animus in an effort to stabilize him. Desmond must then dive into the memories of his ancestors (Ezio and Atair) for one last time in order complete all their memories and retrieve consciousness once again.
Assassin's Creed: Revelations has the most complex story yet as it links 3 major characters of the series (Ezio, Altair, and Desmond) into one big picture. Although the game starts out with a quick recap of the events of the previous games, I highly recommended playing the previous entries as the beauty of the story can only be fully enjoyed if you did so. The pacing starts off slow but quickly rises to the proper speed to keep you interested. For the most part of the game you will be spending time in the city of Constantinople. Just like Rome before it, Constantinople is rather large with beautiful 16th century architecture and a ton of historical sites that paint the setting amazingly well. Unlike Brotherhood, which only stayed in Rome as the main city, you do visit a variety of other locations. This makes the overall experience much more diverse as you explore several areas that are quite unique both in design and location than each other.
The core gameplay in Revelations remain pretty much the same as the previous entries with a few tweaks to improve upon it. The now added hookblade enables you to move around the city a lot faster while also opening up different ways to assassinate enemies. Combat feels a lot more solid and enemies' AI seems to have to been improved to be more challenging. The biggest addition to the combat however is the bomb creation system. Using a variety of materials you can create 100s of different types of bombs that you can use in combat. There are bombs such as the cherry bomb that act as distractions to the enemies, others like the smoke bombs which clouds the enemies' vision as well as destructive bombs which are made to kill enemies. Bomb creation definitely added a brand new option as to how you approach combat and can become quite handy in variety of situations.
Assassin's Creed: Revelations is unique than previous entries in the franchise in that it has quite a lot of cinematic experiences than any of the previous titles. There are tons of great moments throughout the game that do a brilliant job of keeping you engaged and on the edge of your seat. Puzzle and exploration elements are also much more involved in the story than they were before. This makes missions a lot more diverse than in previous entries while making sure that what you are doing is contributing to the overarching storyline.
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"I found the amount of oil in it overwhelming. The lemon cuts it, but I didn't really want to be overwhelmed by the lemon either. The other ingredients are great...not too much garlic. The richness of flavor was deluted by the oil. I'll use about half as much next time and make a double batch."""