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" They are not bulbs, they're bloody diodes!"
Nobody uses bloody diodes for lighting. Not only is it un-hygenic, the loss of efficiency due to transmitting the light through blood is unacceptable, not to mention the red tinge to the light itself.
Everybody uses clean diodes.
If you increase the current enough for them to light a room like an old-fashioned incandescent bulb, their vaunted efficiency nosedives.
Apparently this droop issue is only a problem for non-blue wavelengths. At least if my subwoofer, PC and external HDD are anything to go by...
My eyes hurt.
I think you mean lead painted with something else toxic to make it shiny?
That's impossible. Lights have to be in a bulb shape, because that's how they've always been, and people don't like change.
I suspect in a lot of households, one half doesn't care what their "light bulbs" look like so long as they save them money, and one half doesn't care how much they cost to run so long as they look right in their decorative light fixtures. Typically the "it has to look right" half wins the buying decision.
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Welcoming myself to the next-gen, with a little help from a friend
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I haven't written anything in just about a month and a half. Pretty weird for me because I was pumping out some stuff before. That's just it though, I only write when I have something to say. And I had a lot to say. But in the past month, I've experienced a lot. My shitty TV got a dead pixel and I had to rent another one. I played Deus Ex and was gonna do a big ol' thing about it, but eh whatever it's a pretty good game and it's as simple as that.
But then... something happened. I got a PS4. But not on my own volition, it was a gift. A gift from someone I have never met and will probably never meet. A good friend of mine. @yummylee. You may know him as the guy who's face is always on the front page of the forums since he's currently the only user with the highest post count to not be banned. And also, I hope you come to learn of his large, charitable heart.
That's right. If it sounds crazy, it probably is. He took a chance on my poor ass and it's probably never going to pay off really, because now he's got to deal with me on the PS4 as well.
Sometimes I wonder who I was in a past life to have earned such good friends. Friends who were seemingly always willing to help out. They're always there for me, and one day when I'm a world renown blogger/writer/podcaster/videogamedesigner/philanthropist, maybe I can return the favor. But alas, the only thing I can give right now is my thanks. Thanks to @yummylee for affording me the opportunity to play games from the next generation.
And then came the games.
First up was a bunch of downloadable games I had from PS+. I'm told games like Don't Starve and Binding Of Issac are fun but I didn't really get much out of them. Maybe I didn't play them enough, but they didn't really reach out and grab me. Then I played some Transistor and that game was pretty cool. I should probably finish it but right now I've got no desire to play it. That happens to me sometimes. I'll like a game and then not want to ever play it again.
Then the discs started coming. The full games were on the way.
First up: inFamous: Second Son.
Second Son was okay. I was pretty indifferent about it. I'm really into the inFamous series and inFamous 2 is probably one of my favorite PS3 games of all time, up there with games like MGS4 and The Last of Us. But Second Son was just... a game. It didn't even feel like a sequel. There wasn't a single mention of Cole, and when Zeke shows up, he does so in a DLC that we in North America can't buy because for some weird reason, it's only available on the European PSN.
The game starts and you are Delsin Rowe. You're the "punk". You tag buildings with spraypaint and hate authority. You like to jokingly quip at everything under the goddamn sun and "stick it to the man". How convenient for you that "the man" needs a sticking.
The story is, 7 years ago, shit went real bad. Conduits were using their powers for all kinds of bad stuff and were close to taking over the world or something, I don't know. I thought the story was kind of dumb. I liked inFamous when it was about superheroes and supervillains punching each other and jumping all over roofs. Now Second Son comes out and has to "send a message" because Nate Fox got "randomly selected" at an airport 20 years ago or something.
Personally I didn't like the character of Delsin.When Troy Baker fails to make a character likable then you know you've fucked up somewhere. It's his inability to take anything seriously and always brush things off like it doesn't matter. I couldn't tell if this guy was supposed to be in his 20's or somewhere in his teenage years.
I also didn't like going to Seattle. Empire City and New Marais were so interesting, even if they weren't particularly noteworthy, because they were new. They may have been your typical Fictional Cities, but they were new and different. Going to Seattle takes all of that out because you'd pass by some fountain and think "Huh, guess that's a landmark or something".
By going to a real location, they take some of that mystery of their universe away. The chances of seeing a statue of Cole or something is gone because you're in real place and they wouldn't have that, would they? They'd have a statue of some real guy who did some real thing. I don't know, maybe it's not a big deal, but with the complete lack of connection to the rest of the inFamous universe, pretty much every decision made by Second Son put me off in a big way.
But then you get to the gameplay. The gameplay wasn't bad, it just wasn't noteworthy. You've got games like inFamous 1 and 2 where you have powers that do something other than endlessly shooting at people with your power powers. For example, you could bring up an electric shield to protect yourself from gunfire in the other games. In Second Son, all powers are action a gogo, baby. And worse yet, they are just reskins of each other.
It's also worth mentioning that unlike Cole, who could use Electricity and Ice(Or the other one, fire or something) powers at the same time, Delsin has to manually switch powers from the source. If you want to use smoke, you have to find smoke somewhere and absorb it, if you want neon, you have to find a neon sign and absorb it, etc, etc. They could have taken away the endlessly repetitive reskinned powers and crammed them into one single tree and the value of the gameplay would have been increased exponentially. You could have things like the Television hover, the Neon sprint, the smoke... nothing, because that one sucks. They could have done what they did in inFamous 2 and give you another type of ability instead of an entirely different tree that spirals out and does all kinds of different stuff. They went for quantity over quality and it really hurt more than it helped.
The only real differences in powers are the navigational stuff. Neon lets you sprint around anything and everything at a very fast pace. You can climb up and down things like it's nothing. Neon let's you get around fast. Television's version of the Glide move can be upgraded into a hover, so you can hang in the air and pick your shots against enemies easier. It also has a very fast burst of speed that allows you to get about half-way up most buildings, but it almost seems pointless because why would I want to get halfway up a building and climb the rest of the way when I can just use Neon and get to the top in a fraction of the time, or the effort?
The navigational stuff was different at least, even if Neon was always the way to go. But when it comes to the actual powers themselves, as above, they are just reskins. L2 and Triangle will shoot some kind of missile, L1 will throw a grenade of some kind, and square will always melee.
The game didn't feel rushed, even if it was short, the world was empty and all of the powers aside from Neon were boring and lifeless, it was at least somewhat polished(And don't forget how beautiful the lighting and particle effects are in this game), it was just... okay.
Then there's the smoke powers but they are boring and generic. You can't get around as fast and have to rely on manually climbing up buildings like in the other inFamous games, but unlike the other inFamous games, the climbing in Second Son is so unbelievably unreliable that using smoke was always too much trouble for me to use. Whenever I had the chance, I would switch back to Neon powers. I would never use Television or Smoke. They felt so underutilized that it was like I was being punished for using them.
And then there's the enemies. inFamous had all kinds of variable enemy types. In the first inFamous, you have different kinds of gangs with different looks and styles. When you got to inFamous 2 you had giant enemies and super powered ice soldiers attacking you from every which way. Second Son has lame-as-all-fuck Russian Mob and D.U.P. soldiers who use a form of concrete. They mostly all look the same and they are all boring to fight. No one ever switches it up and it's usually the same fight every time. You shoot until you are almost dead and then you run away until your healing powers kick in and you shoot some more. There's practically no variety. Nothing in this game stands out. It's a one note game and that note isn't worth anything.
So how ironic is it that photo-mode, some random little thing is more fun to play with than the game itself? Again, I didn't hate Second Son, it was just so disappointing. After the bombshell ending that inFamous 2 got, you'd figure the sequel would be all kinds of crazy. But nope, you get barely a single mention of the other game to the point that this thing might as well be the gritty reboot, even if it's not remotely gritty.
Second up: The Last of Us: Remastered
I'll actually start this off by saying that it's ironic that I liked photo-mode more than the game itself in Second Son, because so far the photo-mode in TLOU: RE is pretty lame. You have a lot of the same options as in Second Son, but the camera is locked on Joel's character model in some weird way. You could turn the camera away from Delsin at any point to set up a nice shot, but it's locked to Joel so you'll either need to hide your model or figure out a way around it.
It also doesn't help that Joel constantly makes those stupid fucking faces making it entirely impossible to take any nice shots. The filters themselves also aren't up to snuff with the Second Son filters. Second Son's filters seems to change the lighting and colors, but for some reason the filters in TLOU seems to only change the colors. It's hard to explain and I'm also not entirely sure of the exact processes of filters, so I'll just say the ones in Second Son looked way better.
Honestly, I had a bunch of stuff written up about the game already, but I've put a lot more time into the PS4 version(I just got to the horses) and everything has changed. So I deleted it. And I'll tell you why.
It seems so much easier. I'm playing on Grounded mode because TLOU and Remastered do not share a trophy list, so I want another easy Platinum, and also because I hate myself. But imagine my surprise when I run into scenarios that gave me a ton of trouble before were actually so easy I were able to beat them on the first playthrough.
It's insane and I honestly don't believe it, but it feels like they made it easier. I mean sure, a lot of the early game problem spots still exist, like the school in Bill's Town. That whole thing sucked. But then the Bloater boss battle was a lot easier, for whatever reason. Maybe I just had better accuracy or maybe I got lucky, but I pretty much walked right through that boss, even though he had given me tons of trouble on the PS3.
And then there's the clicker tunnel when you're separated from Ellie and Henry and all you have is Sam with you. I beat this in one go. It was... an accident to say the least. Someone may remember from my other blogs about The Last of Us's Grounded mode, I point out how the companions get in your way so much that it becomes a big problem because of the difficulty. Well, that happened again, and actually made me look like an idiot in the process, and also making the hardest part of the game so easy I felt like I was going insane.
Thanks to the power of the next generation, I have a video to back it up! (Heads up, in this video I sound like a know-it-all because TLOU: Remastered had a few tricks up its sleeves. And boy, it got me good)
During this video my mind was processing so much and not knowing what to do with it. The single most difficult spot in the entire game, and I just walked right through it... because Sam took my place and I got caught by infected?
The levels of what just happened in the video are insane. By getting caught, I pulled away all of the infected from the ladder area so that I could just run up and go. But by sneaking, they would all be there as usual. Sam got in the way, and in doing so created an opening that I ended up using to get through. One that I never saw before. One that made me feel like a big ol' idiot.
And that's crazy. Because as many times as I beat The Last of Us on the PS3, nothing like that ever happened. The infected would rain down on me like an infected bombing run. But on the PS4... they kind of relented a little. I don't know if I got lucky(Doubt it because I never, NEVER got lucky on the PS3), or if they actually did some kind of... fixes, or something, but The Last of Us Remastered is definitely leading way to new experiences that I would have never imagined.
So many hours have already been shaved off of my playtime because I'm able to walk through really tough areas and it leaves me feeling weird. I know this has never happened before, and so it all seems so bizarre. Maybe I'm making a big deal about it, but it's absolutely not just "Old hat TLOU". There's something new going on under the hood. Whatever it is.
One thing I'd like to talk about before I wrap this massive blog up, is that TLOU: RE is actually... kind of buggy. Also what's up with me and these ellipses all of a sudden? Did I forget italics for some reason? Have I not written a blog in that long?
Anyway yeah. The game has kind of bugged out on me quite a few times in my first ever PS4 playthrough. At one part, in the library area of Pittsburgh, right before you get to the hotel all of the guards got stuck in place. It's like they were alerted for a short amount of time and then were frozen in place or something. They wouldn't move on their own unless I made a noise or something. And when it came time for Ellie to pull out her jokebook for the first time, she simply pulled it out, asked me if I wanted to hear a joke, and then immediately put it away before I could react. I don't know what's up with that, and I know these things never happened to me on the PS3, but it's certainly weird to see bugs all of a sudden. I mean personally I found it weird that the game still has just as much pop-in as it did on the PS3, but the bugs are just so weird.
Photo-mode is a great feature and I'd like to see more games use it. It gives people like me just another cool thing to do. Some people might not like it because it can be pointless, but I think it adds a lot to the game. inFamous: Second Son has a ton of opportunities to set up a great shot and a lot of options to make sure it comes out looking great. It doesn't hurt that the game itself looks great.
Other than that, my first exposure to the next-generation has been okay, I suppose. I didn't quite get the same level of a reaction as I did with the last generation. Mostly because I had games like Motorstorm showing me how incredible games could look. Or the hype of MGS4 to keep that hype-fire in my heart burning strong.
Though to be fair, one game is just a better looking PS3 game and the other is a lame attempt at a late PS4 launch title. So once I start getting heavy hitters like Shadow of Mordor coming in, I can get more of a feel for it. I am happy to get a chance to experience it though. I guess that's what it's like to have great friends!
Also I have a blog or something so come yell at me. I don't feature ads or anything weird like that. I'd feel scummy for posting them here but I honestly wouldn't do it unless I wanted to share my words that kill. So why not do it in the least douchiest way possible by actually interacting with the community? A win win for us all.


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Sandusky-native Dan May was our guest via Skype from Philadelphia for this week's program and his appearance was followed by the new executive director for the Sandusky State Theatre David Taylor.
The following real estate transactions were the highest for the week ending Aug. 9, in Ottawa, Erie and Huron counties. For a full listing of real estate transactions, pick up a copy of Sunday's Register.
Have you ever stepped into a casino (or seen one in a movie or on TV) and wondered, "Why is it so gaudy and flashy?" It wasn't because they bought the cheapest, ugliest carpet around. In fact, that pattern was probably sought or designed at great expense!
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Deidra received her foreclosure complaint several months ago. We soon discovered that her mortgage, like many in the country, is owned by Fannie Mae. In fact, Fannie and its cousin Freddie Mac, own or insure 90 percent of this nation's home mortgages.
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We are all exposed to unethical behavior all of the time. We constantly have to make decisions as to what we are going to do. Should we go along, refuse to take part, expose the behavior, or maybe sue someone?
The last chance for justice for Nancy Smith, who served years in prison for molesting preschoolers despite mountains evidence that she was innocent, rests for Gov. John Kasich.
My topic this week is the Sandusky Bay Pavilion.
Last month, the city had a public meeting to gather ideas and suggestions of what to do with the pavilion. The group that wanted to see development was partially present and said very few words on the subject.
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1:55 a.m. — 1100 block Hayes Ave., officers took photo of woman's toes at her request; she said man hit her with bike tire.
Sandusky's popular symbol, the Boy with the Boot, recently made the news when it was revealed that the city of Wadsworth had made a request to borrow Sandusky's statue for an upcoming community celebration. The Register article touched off a vigorous discussion about the Boy.
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Hi,my mom is looking for a pattern for a knitted afghan with an owl on it...she lost it years ago and wants to make it now..she says it was on circular needles and the owl was raised form the afgan and uses cable stitches..any help would be greatly appreciated...Debbie
I found this free owl pattern dishcloth on the Net - maybe it will help? It is a cabled owl in the middle of a dishcloth.
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I hate to rub it in....
....but I just had the most *wonderful* time at Zinniachick's house this weekend!! WHOOHOOOO!!!! She is the HOSTESS W/ THE MOSTEST for sure! I am a fatter girl for all of the wonderful food that she and her DH turned out. WOW.
Jeanner was there and so was Sandy - it was a blast to meet them and hang out!!!
For those of you far, far away (ahem...daggone west coast), we missed you dearly and thought it a shame you couldn't be there but had to party like rockstars without you all. ;D
Thanks for a great weekend, ZC! We look forward to more and are glad you aren't a scary stalker person in real life. LOL
WOW! Zinnia, Jeanner, AND Sleepless together? Soooooo..... how does it feel to rub elbows with celebrity: The three stooges?! :-)))
(Running for cover back into the foxhole)
One of these years I would like to treat those beloved Ohionese to a Browns/Steelers game so they can see a REAL team play.
I barely noticed how famous they were. I was too busy eating these chocolate communion wafers from California that were as big as my head. The instructions were challenging:
1) Pour a glass of red wine
2) Take bite of chocolate communion wafer the size of your head
3) Take a tiny sip of wine...pause....slam the rest of the wine
...sound vaguely familiar? ;D Though not there in body, you were there in spirit, Fi-guy (no communion pun intended).
And from the perpetually late Sleepless, after getting started 2 hours later than expected, I was no more than 50 feet from the proper exit dictated by Mapquest when 3 police cars zipped past me and CLOSED OFF THE EXIT. Duh!! They even waited dinner for me. Now that is class. Great house. (Cocktails on the veranda at 7, thank you.)I wanna go Junking with ZC. She knows all the good spots. Sandy
Oh, and not a word about the zinnias? Sheesh. :)
I am so flattered you all made the trip. It was a blast, and thanks for coming. Sockmonkey, sounds like we might have an annual pondering dinner party in the works... next year in PA? :) Or maybe the Atlanta area, since Semper already has the wafer connection.
We all solemnly went through the motions of the ceremonial Marine sword routine and said "body of Semper" while we tasted the wafers. Also, Semper, your computer's on the blink again. That link didn't show the Browns, but it's sweet that you tried.
And Andrea, I see that the GPS video implant I installed while you slept is working fine. I can't believe you're wearing THAT today. :)
Zinnias. Beyoootful Zinnias! Especially lovely in a low centerpiece with 3 candles. Pretty, pretty pinks. Next year I'm gonna have a section in my cutting garden for pink Zinnias. And yellow zinnias. And orange zinnias. And purple zinnias. And...well I think you get the idea. LOL!
Now I have to upgrade my reading habits. No more mysteries or SciFi. (Well, maybe some classic SciFi.) The collected Calvin and Hobbs is good bedtime reading. And gotta find some good Bluegrass for the sound system. All Smiles, Sandy
"Or maybe the Atlanta area, since Semper already has the wafer connection. "
Shhhhh.... I don't think my associates would appreciate you telling the whole world that I'm a crummy cracker dealer!
BTW, you kids are welcome here anytime.
I have no doubt this is an XX-chromosomer conspiracy. Now if you excuse me, I've gotta go give my better half a GIANT noogie for framing me.
"1) Pour a glass of red wine
- Take bite of chocolate communion wafer the size of your head
- Take a tiny sip of wine...pause....slam the rest of the wine"
You guys? No way! And chocolate too? Got pix as evidence?
Sheesh...and I thought I was the only wino around here :)
You can't believe I'm wearing that??? Hey, you know where I got these shoes, Missy! :)
It was really great and the zinnias are EVERYWHERE and lovely! We definitely should have a big pond gathering every year w/ folks who are close enough to come. It would be a blast! Yes Brenda, we'll take up a collection to bring you along too! :)
As for the alcohol....let's get this picture straight. We weren't nearly as think as you drunk we were! lol The wine was great but it was nothing compared to the cooking. You give me a choice between food like that and wine and I'll eat myself into oblivion anyday!
As a disclaimer, this was a small dinner party that started so that Sandy could meet my friend Anita, whom she helped get through a serious spinal surgery. There was no scar comparison, by the way, so you all didn't miss that. Then we figured since Sandy was coming from Indiana, I bet Andrea could come from Indiana too, and then of course Jean lives right down the road. I only have eight plates, so it were a natural cut-off. :)
Since we all escaped with our lives, I think this meeting-people-from-the-forum thing is all right. And here's a photo for Sheepco.
Here is a link that might be useful: life of the party
As I was canning tomatoes all day yesterday, I was thinking pasta sauce for you all if the dinner happens in PA next year. Some of them wine wafers too of course! LOL Got lots o wine glasses here too. Of course we do since we live next to the family's tavern! Now I gotta go can more body parts...er I mean TOMATOES...yeah, tomatoes is what I mean...tomatoes. Have to stalk...I mean stock up you know...Debbie
With all the teasing going on we must not forget Zinnia's DH who was a gracious and generous host. He is obviously besotted with Zinnia and she is besotted with him (I'm a little bit envious). How else could he keep smiling through the chatter and still have the energy to dig up ligularias for Andrea. And he cooks! What a guy! He has raccoon stories too. Sandy
Ah ha...lucious wine wafers fit for nobility...I love those vineyards in California, and I found some awsumb ones in Ohio. I actually have 2 within 50 miles of me here in western MN...oh, what were we talking about?
I bet it was a wonderful evening! Glad you all got to meet!
And ZC's DH sounds like a keeper! (I'm more than a little envious :)
i think it is wonderful that you "guys" got together...and sandy met anita...btw, your trip sounds alot like how mine go. but you got there! sandy, you sound much more relaxed and i wholeheartedly support calvin and hobbes!
"1) Pour a glass of red wine
2) Take bite of chocolate communion wafer the size of your head
3) Take a tiny sip of wine...pause....slam the rest of the wine "
---can i use white wine sangria??? mmmmmmmmmm
lol, debbie!
I'm leaving, too, but on a less strenuous weekend to my folks'. :D Thanks so much for reminding us, H/B/ike guy! I know you'll have a GREAT time! Sounds fabulous!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, Miss Andrea! I hope you have the best day ever! You certainly deserve it! :)))))))
No Dawn, you were just perfectly on time, it's me that's late, but! never! TOO late!
Andrea, I hope you had a WONDERFUL bday! With lots of hugs and kisses and pwesents and chocwate and and other good stuff!
Our dd#2 had her bday this weekend too and it involved almost every food known to man, from lobster to brownies. Yum. I hope your birthday tasted great too!
:) Mary
Well... hope you had a great one Ademink!
I reckon it's my turn to rub it in as we had the best road trip EVER! In 8 short days we...
...traveled a great section of ... visited ... saw a few landmarks in/around DC like the Arlington National Cemetery, the Washington Monument, and ... went to a FUN Oktoberfest festival with some friends in MD... took a ghost tour of Frederick, MD... hiked a good leg of Catoctin State Park which is part of Camp David and was actually forced to take a detour by Secret Service because apparently the Prez. was taking the weekend off there... got to see Robert Cray absolutely rock the house with some GREAT blues... saw ... visited a lighthouse outside of Erie, PA... saw in Columbus Ohio to get inspiration to finally start my own setup around the pond... hiked ... visited the historic in Louisville, KY with some cool monuments as old as the turn of the century (18th century that is!).... saw ... went through a small section of the 365 miles of ... toured the General Motors Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green, KY (no pictures because cameras were not allowed. DANG!)... saw the largest selection of antiquities ever loaned by Egypt for exhibition in North America... and went to the most elaborate and hilarious Haunted Cavern tour.
The best part of the whole trip for me was avoiding the interestates for the roads less traveled to see , and some . Of course, no road trip is complete without searching for some .
With all this, one of the highlights of the trip was being able to meet a notable VIP. No, not G.W. @ Camp David (although it would have been interesting to run into the prez. since he is suppose to be an avid mountain biker)!!! I'm talking about our very own fave Zinniachick. As was mentioned earlier in this thread, it's great to put a face behind the funny posts on a 'puter screen. :-)
How can you remember anything when you cover that much in such a short time? Except Zinniachick of course, she and her DH are totally memorable, but I could spend days on any one leg of that journey with no problem. I sometimes think it is a genetic thing with men when they go on trips to cover as many miles as humanly possible in as short a time as possible. I remember trips when I was a child when Daddy had a new car and Mom had a new Triptick. We would pass one interesting location after another but even if we had all the time in the world it was impossible to convince Daddy we didn't really need to cover 600 miles a day. Only carefully timed bouts of carsickness or threats of divorce from Mom could slow down the Jaugernaut which is how we saw Mammoth Caves, Silver Springs, the Painted Desert and California's new Seaworld (where a baby seal tried to adopt me and actually made it out to our car). By the time I was 13 I had been in 47 of the the 48 states (we missed North Dakota) but in several my feet had never touched the ground. Sandy
ZC, if I ever meet you I promise not to stuff you in the trunk of your car. And though it's not likely, I really would like to meet you some day. (I don't get out much ya know!)
Andrea, so sorry! Belated Birthday Greetings!
Semper - Sounds like a great trip, I have to get to work and get off this slow dail-up to enjoy any pix. But I can see Sandy's point. I travelled with my mom and dad to Alaska a few years ago, and it took us 14 days to get from MN to Tok, Alaska (it's a LONG way!). It was wonderful! We stopped, wandered and explored whenever we wanted, and then we spent 5 days in Homer. I flew back to MN from Anchorage (could only take 3 weeks off from work). Last year when they took their RV it took them 9 weeks to do Alaska and back. They certainly do stop and smell the roses.
...I can only hope that one day I can be like them, for SO many reasons :) ...
I can see where my post could be considered critical of Semper. I'm sorry. I didn't mean it that way. I was just trying to say that we sometimes need a vacation from our vacation because we stuff so much into such a little time. It would take me a month to do what Semper did in a week and then I would be annoyed if I hadn't been able to locate some local expert to discuss details. My kids called our visit to Williamsburg the trip to H*** because first,Mom tracked down the farmhand who took care of the livestock, then the man who was burning in the design on the leather wall paper at the Governor's home, then the farrier and blacksmith, then the potter who showed us the original clay deposit and the glass blowers who showed us the sand that was used and some other guy who told us about the settlers traveling two days to find the right kind of salt deposits so they could preserve their food. They were grateful I missed the sheriff so they didn't get chained up in the jail and I couldn't find an archeologist so we couldn't get down in the hole they were excavating where the original church was built. I turned what was a three hour tour into what threatened to become a way of life and none of that stuff was in the brochures anyway.
Not everyone takes tours the way I do but I come by it honestly. My Mom talked her way past the Swiss guards in the Vatican to get into the Pope's changing room so she could sit and rest for a while. Sandy
Hey Sheepco, I'd love to meet you too! We have friends in Northfield and in Red Wing, and we considered a tour of Minnesota after one of them sent us a calendar of gorgeous photos from your state. Maybe next summer. When is black fly season?
Sandy, you have such a wonderfully inquisitive mind. I don't think you can insult Semper, unless you mess with his 'do. He is very particular about his coiffure. Like those big-hair bands of the late 70s, remember them?
"I have now met five people from this forum, and not a one of them stuffed me in the trunk of my car!"
Well, if you survived your bout with the "stalker" as was previously established here by some who know EVERYTHINgGg, then I think it is safe to say that you're gonna be otay from here on out. Of course, you were also in luck because... (A) I had stalk-piled on my medication and (B) my Pathfinder doesn't have a trunk. D'OH!
Sandy, don't listen to the crazy gal from Ohio. I *LOVE* it when people mess with my doo.
I don't know where I get this A.D.D. style of travel. Maybe it's because we get to take road trips like these only once in many, many year and then I feel compelled to make up for lost time??? I do know that I probably didn't inherit this gift/curse from my dad. When we got back, he was asking me how the trip went. "Great", I told him.
"So, how many days did you guys stay in Niagara?", he asks
He about had a cow! LOL! I figure, you see it, enjoy it, capture it, and then move on to another point of interest elsewhere. This suits us perfectly. And frankly, I can't imagine ever wanting to spend any longer than that there. You know you are in a tourist trap hell when a Chinese family just stops their vehicle right in the middle of the main drag to Niagara State Park to pose for pictures! LOL!


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Conservatism has used a wide variety of methods to destroy reason throughout history. Fortunately, many of these methods, such as the suppression of popular literacy, are incompatible with a modern economy. Once the common people started becoming educated, more sophisticated methods of domination were required. Thus the invention of public relations, which is a kind of rationalized irrationality. The great innovation of conservatism in recent decades has been the systematic reinvention of politics using the technology of public relations.
The main idea of public relations is the distinction between "messages" and "facts". Messages are the things you want people to believe. A message should be vague enough that it is difficult to refute by rational means.Link
Please reread the sentences above.....then watch this video I've selected as a prime example of what Agree is talking about when he talks about how "message" is all that matters in public relations....
Now think along with me here.
The few people I spoke to about this commercial liked it. I also heard Chris Matthews mention on Hardball that he was "a sucker for ads like that".
The commercial shows common people helping other common people out of the goodness of their hearts, because if you noticed, in each case, there was no benefit to the helper except for the good feeling the helper undoubtedly experienced from "doing unto others". That feeling is genuine, all of us have helped another in a similar situation, we know that feeling, that feeling is authentic and real. That is the "message" the public relations department of Liberty Mutual is hoping to convey.
The intent of Liberty Mutual's commercial is to get us to believe that they, Liberty Mutual, are just like us and they will help their customers from the goodness of their hearts, in the same way common folk like us would. The intent is for us to have that genuine feeling about their company. They feel just like we do, how else could they have made a commercial like this one?
That's the "message", but what about the facts? Are insurance companies just like the people in the commercial? Are insurance companies ANYTHING like the people in the commercial? Do insurance companies EVER honor a claim for help out of the goodness of their hearts? Would insurance companies help you if you had never previously paid them, you know, like the selfless helpers acted in the ad?
Truth be told…..insurance companies are not in business to help others selflessly, they are in business to help themselves. To make as much money as possible, even if it means gaming the edges of policies, stalling, paying out only a portion, or not paying claims at all. Insurance companies construct their legalese-filled policies with hordes of attorneys and, oftentimes, put the burden on the customer to prove that the legalese is…..ummm….legal, and says the insurance company has to pay.
If the insurance company was actually the individual doing the helping in the commercial, we would have seen money changing hands before each helper acted and, with some incidents, even after being paid, the helper would have not helped push the car, or lift the carpet, or whatever. Lawyers would have appeared, disputes would have followed. That good feeling just wouldn't have been there. And so facts rarely enter into teevee commercials like this one. It's the "message" that's important, even if the facts run contrary to that "message".
It's all an illusion to influence us, even if it's ever so slightly, to believe something that is not truthful.
That brings me full circle back to what Philip Agree wrote about conservative politics and public relations.
The great innovation of conservatism in recent decades has been the systematic reinvention of politics using the technology of public relations.
The main idea of public relations is the distinction between "messages" and "facts". Messages are the things you want people to believe. A message should be vague enough that it is difficult to refute by rational means.
The "message" from the neo-conservatives for the past 6 years has been one of fear. Whenever the White House was challenged for their overt corruption, lies, warmongering, greed, cronyism, political upsets.....they trotted out their "message" to smother the facts.
When the Decider's poll numbers began their decline in early 2005, you might remember the response of White House officials and their lapdogs. They simply, according to them, had to get their "message" out there, ipso facto, a barrage of new photo-ops and appearances by the usual suspects diverting our attention away from the "facts", pay no atention to all those pesky "facts". Listen to the "message".
The "message" of fear.
These concepts explain why it is that there are continuously dual narratives out there for every political, national or international event. These concepts help to explain how it is that so many folks I call wingnuts believe in versions of stories I find completely devoid of facts. It's really the "message" these wingers believe in. A "message" purposely repeated in expert public relations form to replace the true story based on empirical facts.
That's what George W. Bush did yesterday in his totally laughable deconstruction of the Iran NIE. To those tuned in to the neo-conservative "message" of fear, Bush spoke resolute truth. To those in the "reality based" community, what Bush said was embarassing and ridiculous.
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For one year, spending $10 billion of state's tax revenue for Medicaid, the state can get up to $100 billion of Federal tax money. Let's do the math for 50 states: $10 billion state tax dollars times 50 is $500 billion, and from the Federal govt. (that, last I knew, is deep in debt) promises to contribute up to $100 billion, times 50, or $5 trillion dollars. Total, $5.5 trillion taxpayer dollars per year; One third of GDP.
Federal spending now already exceeds $1 trillion more than is taken in taxes. This is not sustainable, but before it collapses, those that will make money in this scheme will have gotten it and future taxpayers (not yet born) will be on the hook to pay the money borrowed to finance it.
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But that would mean those hatefully lazy, indolent members of the 47% would be
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Can't have that. No way.
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There is a problem with health care which does need to be addressed. I was just
pointing out that in the current debt situation it is not financially feasible,
and as the Boomers advance into older age the problem is going to get worse. I
would rather see money taken from military spending and redirected to health
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"I think that would be awesome if the governor would allow that program to come into the state," Walker said. "That would be a help for me, robbing Paul to pay Peter for my medicines."
So, as long as this person is helped it justifies Paul being robbed? In this scenario, are you Paul, Peter, or the one being helped? Which you are will likely influence your bias.
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Halluci Designer Hijiri Uchida was doing a small show of his Autumn Winter collection
at a gallery behind Bunka Fashion School, his alma mater.
It is very close to the JAPANESE STREETS office so I pass by there all the time.
I was curious and had a look.
I was really struck.
Halluci's designs are actually thoroughly British Trad,
but thanks to stylist Takuma Watanabe and photographer Hiroya Takada,
these photos have a very strong street fashion feel to it.
"That's Japanese fashion," said Uchida, "we break the rules."
So can you.
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