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Last evening while I was chatting with the Eldest Gel, she said apropos her new driving privileges, "Now that I'm seventeen, I can see any movie I want!"
"No you can't," I replied, "Legally you can see R-rated movies now, but just because something's legal doesn't mean it's right and I don't want you filling yourself up on a lot the trash that's out there these days. It rots the soul. You know my standards: If I find out you've snuck off to something inappropriate, I'll take your keys."
She looked at me like Cortez's men with a wild surmise for a few moments, and then went into her latest rant to the effect that she believes I'm really a vampire born in the 18th Century who refuses to conform to the modern world.
Well, it's certainly a theory……
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Recently, ol' Robbo has been making his way through the extra features of the Netflix copy of "Young Frankenstein", one of my perpetual favorites. Among said extras are a set of outtakes, a feature that, should ol' Robbo ever become Emperor of the World, would be mandatory for all movie distributions.
Anyhoo, while watching said outtakes, I was again reminded of one of Robbo's Iron Rules: There is nothing, nothing, funnier than watching people trying not to laugh. I don't know why, but there it is.
Now, I will go out on a limb here, reputation-wise, to support my assertion. One of Robbo's guilty pleasures is the movie "Porky's". Not because of the T&A. Not because of the crudity. Instead, because the people who put this movie together get this Rule. I give you, as Exhibit A, the scene in the principal's office (back-story probably not required):
There are several more such scenes, equally crude I'll allow, but also as effective.
As I say, I don't know why this sort of thing is teh funny. All I know is that, well, it is.
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Well, I don't know if this counts as an attack of bad luck or not, but it wasn't until after ol' Robbo got to his office this morning that he discovered he was supposed to have today off. D'oh! However, now that he's back home at Port Swiller Manor, a few odds and ends for you:
♦ Idly flipping through an alumni magazine, I came across this opening paragraph: "When I was growing up and a student at [Skool], the word "disruptive" would have had negative connotations. Disruptive people were troublemakers: they acted in unruly and disorderly ways. Now its meaning in business and technology has taken a 360-degree turn. Being disruptive signifies creating innovations that improve the existing order, typically in unexpected ways."
Growing up in Texas, I heard a lot of Aggie jokes. One of my favorites (well, among those suitable to a family-friendly blog) was about the two Aggies who get caught in a violent thunderstorm while flying a small plane to College Station. As the plane gets tossed about, one of the Aggies turns to the other and yells, "Let's do a 360 and get the hell out of here!"
♦ Michael Strain has a note on Dee Cee bike lanes and the law of unintended consequences. All that he says is very true, but I still prefer having the damned cyclists off to one side instead of clogging up the travel lanes, which they do constantly and, IMHO, deliberately. Arrogant wankers, the lot of 'em.
♦ It would seem that I'm a real man. Good to know. Which reminds me: When I went in for my physical last week and was chatting with my doc, I mentioned that all the gels are teenagers now. She immediately said, "Wow, do you need a man cave!" So the next time Mrs. Robbo gives me any grief about hiding out here, I've got my "Doctor's orders" defense nicely teed up.
♦ Because it's gotten to be a thing here, two more Star Trek:TOS episodes -
"Miri" – An adult-killing plague caused by scientists trying to prevent aging. First use of the Alt-Earth scheme, although the crew seems surprisingly unsurprised to find an exact duplicate of early 60's Earth at the other end of the Galaxy. Also the first use of the gang of feral kids and their special words ("grups and onlies") theme. And I believe the first instance of Bones saying something snide about Spock's green blood. The title character was played by Kim Darby, who was also Mattie Ross in the John Wayne version of "True Grit" where she was, unfortunately, rayther a weak link with her gosh-darn perkiness. (Hailee Stenfield, OTOH, gets Mattie absolutely bang right in the remake, a movie I would love if the Coen brothers hadn't felt compelled to muck about with the plot.)
"Dagger of the Mind" – Supposedly enlightened warden of a penal colony turns out to be a maniac playing God with his prisoners' minds. James Gregory, the warden, will always be Inspector Luger to me, no matter what movie or show he's in. And Marianna Hill, as a member of the Enterprise's medical staff, is quite the cupcake. (Which see.)
I'm finding these shows to be pretty well-written, each setting up a discrete dilemma and then deftly solving it, although the assumptions and values displayed therein seem almost archaic 50 years on and are proving to be a stark and sobering reminder of how far we've slid into the pit as a culture.
♦ Oh, speaking of which, I suppose tomorrow is Valentine's Day. Feh.
♦ Finally, I'm having entirely too much fun being enigmatic about whether or not eldest gel gets a car for her upcoming 17th birthday. MWAAAA-HAHAHA!!!!!
Whelp, that's it for the moment. Here's hoping it's going to be warmer this weekend wherever you are than it will be here!
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Let me start this post by assuring you again that ol' Robbo is not a geek!
Having said that, on a whim a few weeks back I tossed Star Trek: TOS into the ol' Netflix queue. The first of them showed up in the Port Swiller mailbox this afternoon.
Ol' Robbo's first encounter with ST:TOS was in elementary school in the mid 70's, where he watched it in reruns on weekday afternoons in the school cafeteria while waiting of the bus to show up. Suffice to say, he was enamored of the whole space-exploration genre in general and of the adventures of Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise in particular. Hey, you can't blame a kid for dreaming of the stars.
I watched the series again in high school, when it ran on a late night weekend scify program on one of our local broadcast stations, (obviously, I didn't date much back then.) and enjoyed it again, with much the same reaction.
Anyhoo, this is the first time I'm going through the series as anything approaching an adult. And the new perspective, well, interests me.
I watched the first two episodes of Season One this evening, "The Man Trap" and "Charlie X".
As to "The Man Trap": I had not before realized that this was the very first episode. Back in the day, the salt monster scared the willies out of me. Now? Well, I rayther see her way of thinking. If I had suction claws, I'd be all over the local supply, too. Indeed, I like the cut of her jib and would subscribe to her newsletter.
As to "Charlie X": Jesus. Mary. Joseph. My own dealings with a dumbass, headstrong 17 y.o. (but I repeat myself) have been bad enough. Were she equipped with cosmic powers? Yeek! As Count Floyd would say, "Really scary, huh kids?"
So there's that. More observations as the series progresses.
Oh, I should mention also that the Netflix DVD's are of the cleaned-up series, not the original broadcast. Frankly, I think this is cheating. Not quite akin to the whole Han Shot First thing, but of the same nature.
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My post below touching on the Star Trek movie I happened to have chosen to watch the evening I unexpectedly met Mrs. Robbo generated a fair bit of "wow, how did you dodge that bullet" commentary with respect to my choice, so I thought I would follow up with a completely gratuitous post summarizing my opinion of the franchise as a whole.
Mind you, I am NOT a "Trekkie". Yes, along with many others of my age, in my misspent yoot I spent a lot of weekday afternoons watching and loving reruns of the original series. Yes, certain words and phrases from the series have made it into the Robbo lexicon. Yes, I built a model or two of the Enterprise. (For what it's worth, I also had models of the Galactica, a Colonial Viper, an X-Wing and a TIE-Fighter. I also built 1/48 scale models of most of the Allied fighters and bombers of WWII and hung them from my bedroom ceiling.) Yes, I was excited that the teevee series made it on to the big screen. And yes, I know all about the Kobayashi Maru test.
But that's it. Totes serially. I never owned a costume. I never sought an autograph. I never went to a convention. I have never owned a "Star Fleet Academy" rear-window decal. I never sought to learn how to speak Klingon. And I never, ever, believed that the United Federation of Planets was any kind of political model for the real world.
I'm normal. NORMAL, I tell you!
Which is all to say that the following rankings are both completely subjective and probably shallow and ill-informed as well. I don't care.
Anyhoo, here we go:
The Original Series Movies
1st – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. A no-brainer, amirite? A perfectly balanced film bringing out all the TOS tropes while also encapsulating the glories of space travel (the scene where the Enterprise leaves space dock always chokes me up) and setting up a classic submarine chess match between Kirk and Khan. I like this film so much that I don't even snicker at Scotty's rendition of "Amazing Grace" on the pipes toward the end. Without looking it up, I believe that even the late Prog New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael described it as "wonderful, dumb fun".
2nd (tie) – Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Two very different films with two very different sets of strengths and weaknesses which balance each other out in my mind. ST4-TVH has a lot of anti-Reagan platitudes and hippy-dippy nature cant, but it holds up in terms of the chemistry among the main characters. ST6-TUC would have been a much better film, but it spends too much time in dry, tedious Sherlock Holmes-like questing for clues surrounding its central mystery. (I say nothing of the fact that its main theme musick was a complete rip-off of "Mars, the Bringer of War" from Gustov Holst's The Planets.)
4th (tie) – Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. Two films that, in my mind at least, shared the same fatal flaw in that both were so arch about themselves and the Universe they portrayed as to cross the border into camp. The plot of STIII-SFS was reasonably sound and could have been done quite well, but was squandered in its execution – the whole disabling of the Excelsior, for example. STV-TFF, on the other hand, while also carrying a not-unreasonable plot, was just….well, bad all around.
6th – Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Yep, sucked. By golly, unless you weren't there yourself, you don't know the disappointment felt by a 14 y.o. boy of my previous Trek experience when this dog of a film hit the big screen, Bald Babe notwithstanding. Personally, I blame Jimmy Carter.
The Next Generation Movies
Before getting to the films, I will say that I hated the first season or two of ST:TNG on teevee because it bent all over itself to show how politically correct it was: Psychiatric counselor (in homespun body suit) on the bridge; Model U.N. -type captain; nary a shot fired in anger; constant apologies for Mankind's perceived past transgressions against Mother Universe. However, after a while, the show seemed to calm down and turn its attention to teh stars out there instead of gazing at its own navel. (Well, okay, there was a good bit of the multiple personalities of Data and the, ah, doings of Riker on the holideck, but you know what I mean.)
Anyhoo, I never cared as much about any of the TNG films as I did of teh TOS ones, probably because I never totally accepted the TNG premise. Nonetheless, here we go:
1st – Star Trek TNG: First Contact. I always thought the Borg, the ultimate sci-fi manifestation of Collective Progressivism, was the single greatest idea to come out of the minds of the TNG writers, however ironically. I also liked the film's easy treatment of the personalities and relationships that had evolved among the TNG Enterprise's crew over the prior teevee seasons. Instead of having to prove themselves, the characters seemed to be having fun.
2nd – Star Trek TNG: Generations. Weeeeell, it was okay, and I suppose a reasonably good hand-over, although I always laugh at the scene in which Kirk is cooking an omelet and directing Picard to fetch him various spices. What bothers me is TMW – Too Much Whoopie. (I could never stand her Guinan character.)
3rd (tie) – Star Trek TNG: Insurrection and Star Trek TNG: Nemesis. Whelp, I admit I don't recall much of either film. One had to do with a planet of Enlightened Vegan, Free-Range Baby-boom Volvo Drivers. The other had to do with some kind of Evil Picard Clone doing Bad Things. Frankly, it was all pretty dull.
Reboot Movies
I gather that there are two: Star Trek and Stark Trek Into Darkness. I've seen neither and I spit on both. Want your own story? Write your own damned story!
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As many of you probably know, yesterday was the anniversary of the birth, in 1756, of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Last week, as part of its month-long celebration of Mozart's birth, the local classickal station chose as its CD "pick of the week" a recording that included a performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503, various movements of which received multiple plays during the course of the week.
This made ol' Robbo smile because of a certain passage in Patrick O'Brian's The Letter of Marque. (WARNING: If you are not an aficionado of the Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin canon, the rest of this post won't make much sense to you. I can only suggest that you drop whatever else you're doing and go start in on these books right now. Right. Now.) In it, Jack and Stephen are talking in the cabin of the Surprise when Jack suddenly breaks his train of thought about other matters and exclaims, "….Surely that is not the "Marseillaise" you are picking out?"
Stephen had his 'cello between his knees and for some time now he had been very quietly stroking two or three phrases with variations upon them – a half-conscious playing that interrupted neither his talk nor his listening. 'It is not,' he said. 'It is, or rather it is meant to be, the Mozart piece that was no doubt lurking somewhere in the Frenchman's mind when he wrote it. Yet something eludes me….."
'Stephen,' cried Jack. 'Not another note, I beg. I have it exactly, if only it don't fly away.' He whipped the cloth off his violin-case, tuned roughly, and swept straight into the true line. After a while, Stephen joined him, and when they were thoroughly satisfied they stopped, tuned very exactly, passed the rosin to and fro and so returned to the direct statement, to variations upon it, inversions, embroideries, first one setting out a flight of improvisations while the other filled in and then the other doing the same, playing on and on until a lee-lurch half-flung Stephen from his seat, so that his 'cello gave a dismal screech.
I smiled because the Mozart to which Stephen referred was, in fact, one of the secondary themes of the first movement of this particular concerto. I give it you here. The orchestra first states it in the minor at about 1:34, then repeats in the major at 1:42 and 1:48. The piano gets in on the act at 6:53 and makes a full, triumphant statement of the theme at 7:32. It never really goes away for the rest of the movement. Enjoy!
You must admit that it is quite engaging, and readily capable of earwig-like lurking once installed in one's head. (And before anybody starts pointing out the differences between this theme and that of the "Marseillaise", bear in mind that Stephen specifically states that the former is "lurking" in the Frenchman's mind. It's an influence, not a direct match.)
I must confess that there are times, when reading O'Brian's magnum opus, that I am not altogether sure he really knows what he's talking about when it comes to musick. But this one is a safe and pleasant bet.
*A reference to another literary work. 10 points for spotting it and The Mothe is disqualified from playing because it would be a gimme for her.
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Poking about in Wiki, ol' Robbo noticed that today is the anniversary of the birth (in 1919) of long-time Hollywood stalwart Robert Stack.
My first exposure to Stack (and to Leslie Nielsen) was the 1980 disaster movie lampoon "Airplane!", which I thought so damned funny that I literally fell out of my seat at the theater laughing. (35 years and umpteen viewings later, I still think it's hy-larious.) But it wasn't until just a few years ago that I first saw the John Wayne movie "The High and the Mighty", in which Stack played a pilot who cracked under pressure, that I realized his performance in "Airplane" was largely a riff on that role. Although I'm pretty sure I wasn't meant to, I also found myself rolling on the floor and laughing while watching Stack in "THATM" as a result.
Chronology has consequences.
I mention Nielson in this context because I experience the same sensation whenever I come across his earlier work. For instance, he was the ship's captain in "The Poseidon Adventure", as well as the commander in "Forbidden Planet" – which was an important forerunner of the Roddenberry/Lucas/Spielberg line of outer space flicks. As serious as these roles were supposed to be, I couldn't help expecting him to suddenly say, "And don't call me Shirley" and fart.
Interestingly, I do not have these feelings with respect to Peter Graves and Lloyd Bridges, who also did some self-parody in "Airplane!" I can only suppose this is because I had already seen them in other roles, so was inoculated against the effect.
Stack died a few years back, but I'm sure he must have been aware that a whole generation of movie-goers would only remember him for his self-parody, instead of the underlying body of his work on which it was based. If he was teh pro that I believe he was, I suppose his reaction would be to shrug his shoulders and say, "Well, that show-biz. And don't call me Shirley."
UPDATE: Regular friend of the decanter NOVACurmudgeon calls me out for failing to mention Stack's work as Eliot Ness. Fair enough, although this was not directly related to the flying link. In fact, I will go so far as to say that Stack IS Ness, IS the actor who defined the character on screen.
Old hands here will know that this is a favorite hare of ol' Robbo's. There are simply some connections of actors and characters that cannot be broken. In addition to Stack/Ness, I give you some other examples:
Adam West IS Batman.
Bill Shatner IS James Tiberius Kirk.
As fond as I am of Peter Ustinov, David Sachet IS Hercule Poirot.
As fond as I am of Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett IS Sherlock Holmes.
Margaret Hamilton IS the Wicked Witch of the West.
And so on. Some chemistry, some combination of factors, sets the mold, which must then be broken. And ol' Robbo will have no truck with reboots, retreads or Johnny-come-lately wannabes who attempt to put it back together again.
*Thumps table. Glares all around.*
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Last evening the boys and girls down the Cathedral put on their annual Lessons and Carols Festivus and this year the thing was live streamed and YooToobed. Teh Middle Gel and her crew do their stuff starting at about 51:30. She is in the second row, third from the right. (Co-incidentally, the soloist was a classmate of teh Eldest Gel in middle school at Robbo's parish.)
I put this up here mainly for the benefit of the Mothe, who lives too far away to see teh Gel in action in person, but I have to confess that I also am motivated by my immense pride in what she is doing. I can only ask your indulgence and hope that, at least amongst the longer-standing friends of the decanter, you understand the combination of my intense love of musick and my sincere delight in my offsprings' achievements that compels me, and do not come away with the impression that ol' Robbo is simply sticking on side.
(For what it's worth, BTW, I'm told that none of the choir particularly liked the piece they sang. But that's showbiz.)
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Ol' Robbo was flipping idly through the assortment of "holiday" cards that have piled up on the side table by the front door of Port Swiller Manor this evening when he realized that, out of about thirty or so such cards we've received so far, only one of them took as its theme the celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Most of the rest feature montages of family photos. My favorite is one that came in the shape of a Christmas tree ornament, complete with ribbon for hanging on a convenient branch – to honor, I suppose – our closeness.* Its computer-generated mailing label spelled the Robbo family name wrong.
I throw this out as observation, not condemnation. Truth of the matter is that, as Port Swiller Communications Director, Mrs. Robbo took the same route with our own cards (although she prided herself on actually hand-addressing the envelopes). When I raised some mild concern, she replied that I was perfectly at liberty to send "real" Christmas cards to anybody I like, including my imaginary internet friends, and good luck. Until I stepped up and started writing, however, I could stuff it.
Yes, Dear.
To give you an idea of my "stepping up" is such matters, I've still barely made a dent in the set of Madonna and Child cards I bought a couple years ago.
Yes, I denounce myself.
* True story: The female of this couple was a classmate of Mrs. R in college and she and I went out on a blind date literally the evening before I met Mrs. R. Said date was a first-class disaster and I believe said classmate actually doesn't even remember it.
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♦ Well, ol' Robbo was finally forced to break down and go get the Tree yesterday afternoon, checkmated by the Port Swiller Family schedule for the next two weeks which precludes decorating the thing any other time than this afternoon. UPDATE: Done and done. As per usual, Ol' Robbo strung the lights and the gels put up all the gewgaws. Made a good job of it, too.
♦ One of my many casual neuroses is a fear that the tree is going to slide off the roof of the ol' Jeep as I bring it home. Every year I look dubiously at the thin strands of twine being strung across the thing higgldy-piggldy by mere kids and wish I'd brought along a set of bungee cords. Every year I creep along the five or six miles from my church to Port Swiller Manor at the pace of a Florida retiree in a Cadillac on I-95. And every year my fear is proved misplaced except the one year when I forgot and did my usual bootlegger turn into the driveway. Dang tree practically took off, sliding down the windshield right in front of me and trying to roll overboard.
UPDATE: Forgot to mention that when the kid was loading the tree on top of La Wrangler, he asked me how I liked driving her. I replied enthusiastically, after which he said, "I dunno, it just looks so bad-ass."
Get that? What have I been saying all this time? Robbo is a Bad Boy!
♦ Speaking of driving at this time of year, when ol' Robbo is installed as Emperor, putting a wreath on the grill of your car is gonna cost you a hefty fine. Putting antlers and a red nose on it is going to constitute a flogging offense. Just so you know.
♦ I have to admit that this made me violate the No Hot Beverages rule, to my loss. You've been warned.
♦ On a more serious note, here it is Gaudete Sunday already and I don't feel the slightest bit prepared. I'd had big plans for this Advent in terms of readings and meditations, but work busyness and a series of domestic fires to put out totally threw them out. Oh, well. I'd better get going.


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With such quick games with high gold/leveling, I have been able to experiment and find good counter picks to otherwise OP champs. Note, I don't really have a counter pick for Rammus yet, but that's because he is annoying with speed and you can't out speed him. I did try Master Yi, but just didn't have killing power to scare Ram away.
Jax-----------------------------AD Sion
Heimerdinger---------------Nunu (Eats 'Dem Turrets. Works best if Tanky Nunu. Just
Pantheon--------------------Tristana (But only if I hit him with Buster Shot while he's leaping at me. Really messes him up and he's easy pickings. But if he hits with it, I just might die before I get out of Stun)
All Steath--------------------Ranged AD (Usually Trist again) with Lightbringer and Frozen Mallet
Good list. I would add Kassadin for jax (he actually works well for a lot of bruisers on this map) and nocturn for Kog'maw. That being said, OP heroes are considered OP for a reason. No matter what you do, their team will usually have an advantage over your team (or those heroes wouldn't be considered OP).
I disagree. When I counter their champ specifically, I usually do BETTER than their champ, not just hold them off, so we have an advantage. I love making Jax run when I'm Sion
How about Yorick against Shaco? Just thought about it. Use his Ghouls to set off hidden boxes
Master Yi can also counter Heimerdinger.
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Nunu might be a good counter pick for heimer but overall he is just pretty bad in dominion. So many other better picks I would rather have over the ability to eat a turret.
I play Fiddle now exlusively as they counter Akali + Jax so hard. Fiddle has THE best AP scaling for champs that require to stick to you and don't have any hard CC. Also that 3 second fear is just plain broken, just like Rammus' taunt.
Sivir counters Heimerdinger better than Nunu. Boomerang Blade takes out turrets early, Ricochet takes them out late. Spell Shield stops Heimer from doing much. She's also one of the strongest attackers there is, with her massive damage on Boomerang Blade early and massive AD damage/speed late.
Nocturne counters Pantheon. Shield the stun, gain massive attack speed bonus, kill Pantheon. Noc's ult can also counter Panth's fairly often. Noc's usefulness goes without saying.
Sivir, Nocturne, Fiddle... Those sound excellent
There's always a counter out there, right?
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Different approaches and tricking the mind.
The "Toss Ten" thread got me thinking about this.
Sometimes I need to toss ten, which tends to mean you're moving a lot of "easy decision" stuff quickly.
Sometimes I need to set a timer and work for fifteen minutes. If one object takes up the entire fifteen minutes, that's okay, that's part of the process.
Also, kind of a related subject. If you were previously a clutterbug and have made good progress in changing, do you find it very easy to let go of new stuff acquired with new attitudes, but the old stuff acquired as a clutterbug to be really difficult to get rid of?
I find this for myself and I think it's really interesting how it's very difficult to use the new ways when relating to old stuff, but the newer stuff goes right out the door.
I'm just the opposite. I would rather keep my new stuff and get my money's worth out of it. Letting go of stuff I've had for years is getting easier and easier. Some of the items I couldn't bear to part with a year ago were actually easy to pack up and move out recently. And I felt such a sense of accomplishment at being able to let them go.
I'm also finding it easier to re-evaluate items before I buy them. I could be an impulsive shopper but I am forcing myself to question my purchases before I get to the checkout counter. Most often, I end up putting back half of what I load up in my cart. I really like my neater, more organized, more minimalistic home, and I just refuse to clutter it again. So for every item I carry home, I make sure to get rid of a similar item. I buy a new blouse; I get rid of an old blouse. I buy a new tv armoire; the old entertainment center must go. I buy a new set of sheets; an old set goes out the door.
I'm also finding that I'm not "attached" to much of my stuff anymore. I'm not sentimental about most things anymore. I remember years ago I had over 1000 novels in my house. I kept every book I ever read and had huge collections of my favorite authors and moved them from house to house over the decades. A few years ago, I finally asked, WHY??? I've read them, probably won't read them again, they're taking up more time and space than they're worth. I donated them all to the public library.
I also collected music CDs and have had shelves full of them. I gave most of them to my son a couple of years ago. And I've culled out another 40 CDs to get rid of, keeping only about a dozen of my favorites. I love having the free shelf space. I love being more organized and being able to find what I want when I want it. I remember a couple of years ago I bought yet another palm sander because I had one I couldn't get to. When I cleaned the tool shed out last year, I found that I actually had FOUR palm sanders! Bought a new one each time I needed one. What a waste!
One way I "trick" myself is to limit my cleaning time in each room. I'll get up at, say, 8 am, allow myself one hour to clean the kitchen. At 9, no matter how much or little I've done, I move to the bathroom. My bathroom is super-easy to clean. One long marble vanity, drop in sink, toilet and bathtub. Grab the towels and get them in the washer. Then I move to another room. I can be finished by noon if I move quickly. Another "trick" for general clutter is pick up five items and put them where they belong, sometimes even the wastebasket. I cleaned a horribly cluttered dresser in one month by moving just 5 items a day. I had "estimated" there were 150 things on the dresser, that's how I came up with 5 a day, 150 divided by 30 days in a month. Two tricks that work for me.
One way I "trick the mind" is by pulling out several items that I think I can live without. I move them to some shelves I built in my laundry room where they'll be "out of sight, out of mind". If they're something I'm not sure I can let go, I leave them on the shelves for a while. If they're something I can let go, I either sell them or freecycle them immediately.
By storing iffy items in the laundry room, I'm able to enjoy my new space and also to see if I can live without the items. I can change my mind about getting rid of them if it really hurts too much, but almost always, after they've been stored for a month or two in the laundry room, I'm ready to part with them. Once or twice, I've reintegrated something back into my living space, but 99% of the time, I end up letting it go.
I sometimes take one garbage bag and move through the house and don't stop till I practically filled it. Half empty bottles of shampoo that never get used,
mismatched socks that have been sitting in a basket on the dryer for 6 months,
misshapen candles kept just in case, chipped dishes, food items that I can't remember when they were bought, etc.....
I recycle as much as I can, but if I'm in a ruthless mode, all bets are off.
I recently had to throw away a lot of random things in my house to make room for some new furniture I bought. I kind of just wanted a new start. I think you just need to be honest with yourself and see how often you actually use something. There are so many things that I think I always use, but in reality I use very rarely.
Here is a link that might be useful: Furniture
jannie, I think I've posted something like this before, but I do a variation on your dresser thing and plantlady's laundry room thing, by moving all the stuff on my desk or table top to a box or large tray, then trying to put away or discard 5-10 things at a time, including putting back the several things that do go there, or deciding that they don't belong anymore. Somehow it seems easier to deal. Of course the problem is, you could develop a group of "time capsules" of stuff if you don't actually deal with it over the next week or 2.
I've been practicing "preventative" decluttering. If you keep it out of your house in the first place, it won't turn into clutter. Several tips : Don't vist 99 cent and dollar stores . Don't visit garage sales. Open mail next to a wasre basket-throw out stuffers and advertising. Just keep bills and correspondence, etc.


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I was thinking of adding some powdered peanut butter to a porter I'm going to brew this weekend. I was wondering what would be the best way. During the boil or in the secondary? Any suggestions?
I'd say in the boil just to make sure it's sanitized and you get good flavor extraction. Probably late, 5-10m.
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I used the PB2 in a stout, added it in secondary the whole 16oz vacum sealed pack. As well as 4oz cacao nibs. It's funny I taste only the pb and all guests taste the chocolate. I have had it in a bottle right before Christmas. The recipe says to wait 4 months after bottling. So I still got some waiting to do.
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Spent 4 days at the Blue Heron this summer and were not disappointed! We were coming from Montreal, so I was a little nervous about the 5+ hour drive with 4 adults and a 3 year old. Once we got there all our tension just disappeared. We were not disappointed with the cabin - it was just as described and perfect for us. Allison was so generous, leaving us a toddler bed, stroller, booster seat and a big box of Lego. Not having to schlep that stuff with us was a big help! The cabin is rustic, but clean and fully equipped. The beach was sandy and shallow - good for little swimmers. Kayaks were fun to get away for a bit and explore the surroundings. Plenty of relaxing areas, but still not so isolated that you can't meet someone new at the campfire. We shared our s'mores with two nice families from New Jersey. The one day it rained we drove 1 hour and spent the day Portland at the Children's Museum and then headed for lobster at Demillo's. Then we stopped at Freeport outlets on our way back. Everybody had fun despite the torrential rain! Grocery stores are not far, so we didn't have to worry about what was permissible at the border. And wifi helped to locate them. I've already told everyone I know with young kids about this place!
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We had a very lovely and relaxing stay in the Owl Cottage. The owners of this cottage are very easy and nice to deal with. They brought us a new grill the very next day after we had texted them with a problem with the old one. The owners have thought of every last detail you could ever think of regarding stocking the cabin for the families staying there. We did not have to worry about forgetting anything, it was all there! And when you have a small child, this is very much appreciated! They have kayaks, water shoes, life vests, beach toys, etc for you to use while you are there. The cottage is very well maintained and very clean. We were very comfortable. The lake itself is beautiful and great for small children as it is very shallow. The beach is clean and well maintained. The lake is quiet, very few motorboats. Great for fishing and kayaking! We had a great time and plan to return next year! We highly recommend this cottage!
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D.R. Horton releases Somerset floor plan in Chiasso at Fiddler's Creek
National homebuilder D.R. Horton has released a new floor plan in Chiasso, a village of 59 single-family residences within Fiddler's Creek, a luxury, master-planned community.
The Somerset is a two-story residence offering 3,461 air-conditioned square feet. The split floor plan features the master bedroom and master bath on the ground floor and three guest bedrooms and three additional full baths on the second floor. The second floor also offers an entertainment/game room and storage.
The front entrance leads to the private study and centrally located great room with adjoining kitchen, café dining area and a walk-in pantry. The residence also has a private lanai with an optional pool and optional outdoor kitchen. The two-car garage is standard, with an optional three-car garage available. Pricing for the Somerset begins at $569,990.
With cul-de-sac and east, west and south exposure options, the village of Chiasso gives buyers choices when choosing their lot, all boasting lake views. Homes range from 2,583 to 3,522 air-conditioned square feet. Two fully furnished and decorated models will be open for viewing this fall in Chiasso offering a number of interior and exterior upgrades.
The Washington is D.R. Horton's completed model in Chiasso, offering 2,788 air-conditioned square feet. The residence features three bedrooms, a den, and three-and-a-half baths just steps off the great room. The home also offers a separate den/study and formal dining room with covered entries and a two-car garage. The Washington model features many upgrades, including an optional outdoor summer kitchen and optional pool and spa with direct lake views. The Washington is priced starting at $529,990.
Another furnished model currently under construction is the Madison. Encompassing 3,246 air-conditioned square feet, it features three bedrooms, a den, four baths and a large entrance foyer. The floor plan of the Madison offers formal spaces in the living and dining rooms as well as casual living spaces in the family room and eat-in kitchen. Upgrades for this model home include cherry wood cabinets in the kitchen, bath and laundry; whole house plantation shutters; rounded corner bead; and porcelain floor tile in a brick pattern in the living areas with a wood floor in the den. This home also will have a pool and spa package, and a built-in summer kitchen. The Madison is priced starting at $547,990.
Construction is progressing on the Hawthorne inventory home, offering 2,583 air-conditioned square feet over one floor and emphasizing southern style Florida living. This residence features three bedrooms, a den, three-and-a half baths, and a great room styled plan with a breakfast nook off the kitchen. Upgrades for this inventory home include Sierra Vista maple cabinets in the kitchen, baths and laundry; whole house plantation shutters; rounded corner bead; porcelain floor tile in a diagonal pattern in the living areas; and an 8-foot high double door with glass insert to the den. This residence also will offer a three-car garage and the pool and spa upgrade. The Hawthorne will be partially furnished and the furniture package will be available for purchase with the home. The Hawthorne is priced starting at $494,990.
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We had a record Nor'easter a few weeks ago here in the suburbs a little bit north of New York City. Got about 8 inches of rain in less than two days. Some areas were under water and the National Guard came in to help out one nearby town. I am already seeing what may be the precursor to the downstream Where I garden wasn't hit that hard but there was some damage. I lost a foot of top soil (and, presumably the plants in them, from one wet meadow area and various amounts of top soil from some other areas. I want to reestablish as quick as I can to rebuild and to slow down and further erosion. I already have some nice native seed mixes on order but I will probably be needing more. Any plant suggestions? Any native plants that I can buy already grown that will spread and fill in quickly?


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For the April 6 meeting of the First Monday Classics book club I cohost with Nathan Koteki at the Orange County Library, we'll be discussing George Orwell's masterpiece 1984. This novel doesn't just turn up near the top of most lists of the greatest science fiction novels of all time, it's usually included on lists of the greatest novels of all time, period.
Having just finished rereading it, it's easy to understand why the book has such staying power. While predicting the future isn't a necessary component of great science fiction, this book is filled with eerily prophetic visions of today's world. It's true that the government doesn't install two-way televisions in our house to watch our every move; instead, we pay for the privilege of carrying mobile devices that track our location at every moment and filter all our private data through corporations. The government can monitor our data via opaque criteria, all for a justifiable higher cause. Of course, the citizens in 1984 are, save for a few deviants like Winston, fully accepting that everything Big Brother is doing is ultimately for their own good. By the end of the book, Winston isn't merely beaten by the system. He's won over, loving Big Brother with all his heart.
Orwell's command of the English language has few peers. He writes crisp, precise prose that manages to present the odd, the unfamiliar, and the outrageous in simple, clear terms that immerses the reader in his world. He invented terms like thought police and memory hole that have entered into our daily language. Of course, much of the book is about controlling language, shaping the world by shaping the words we use to understand it. This especially resonates today in our era of spin doctors. Orwell so accurately predicted the language crimes of governments that his name has become synonymous for the gloss of words that politicians use to hide atrocious positions and programs. We label such things Orwellian.
Yet, as masterful as Orwell was as a novelist, 1984 contains one of the most common sins of science fiction, the dreaded infodump. If you're unfamiliar with the term, it means a section of prose divorced from the normal flow of the plot where the author nakedly tells us facts about history, geography, politics, technology, or any of a hundred other topics needed to make sense of the science fictional world. Occasionally, this will be done in dialogue; two characters will be talking, say, about life on Mars, and suddenly one will give the entire history of how people originally arrived on Mars, and what it took to build the colonies, and how the economy now works there. It's as odd and artificial as if your friend called you up to tell you he was flying to California on business, then proceeded to tell you the history of manned flight, then moved on to talk about the origins of the internet he used to purchase the ticket, and capped it off with a long lecture on the political climate in California.
Movies often have infodumps in the forms of fake documentaries or news broadcasts. Orwell pushes the device to one of the worst possible abuses by introducing a fake book. The book tells the history of how the world of Big Brother came to be. We get to read two whole chapters of this fake book plopped right into the middle of the novel, at what should be the moment of greatest tension, when Winston and Julia have taken actions to join the resistance, and just before the thought police descend on them and sweep them away to the Ministry of Love. The sad thing is, this infodump is completely unnecessary. Orwell has built his world carefully, revealed it little by little, occasionally employing small infodumps, but for the most part keeping his story moving forward. Winston's job at the Ministry of Truth gives us an in-context look at how history gets rewritten on the fly, and Julia's job as a mechanic on a "novel-writing machine" gives us insight about how art has been perverted to soulless, empty drivel for the mindless masses. (You can insert your own Hollywood joke here.) Later, inside the Ministry of Love, the logic behind Big Brother is explained at great length, but it doesn't feel out of place because the logic itself is a form of torture, meant to break Winston so he can be put back together more to Big Brother's liking. The book within a book reminds me very much of John Galt's nearly endless speech near the end of Atlas Shrugged. It's the author feeling so in possession of truth, so full of the need to explain what seems plain to the artist, that art is tossed aside for droning lecture.
Of course, 1984's infodump is redeemed somewhat by the fact that the information is relevant not just to Orwell's dystopian future, but to the real world as well. A writer describing a fictional landscape with little relationship to our own world might not get the same level of tolerance for a long essay in the middle of his story. 1984 is a great book in spite of the infodump, not because of it.
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"Violations must be dealt with under the laws of the land, and full cooperation extended to those empowered to supervise the steps ahead, such as the police, the Election Commission, and the U.N. [United Nations]. The people's mandate, and their trust, must not be betrayed," he stressed.
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Hello All-
I have a question in regards to bottle carbonating. My first batch - I used Coopers drops so there wasnot to much guess work 3 per 1 L. bottle. The issue is that they are way too much $$$$$.
I have the corn sugar....but how much do I use??? It is a wheat beer. 1 L bottles. I dont have a bottle bucket so the whole boiling the sugar with some water is out.... can I just measure some and put in the bottle directly???
Also, someone was talking about leaving more head space due to the volume in the L bottles?
I do want the nice and caronated for this style so.......
Im using the flip top bottles if that makes and difference.
Thanks for all your help.
Personally, I would get a bottling bucket. You will use it for every batch you brew (unless you start kegging).
I have no experience with adding corn sugar to the bottle, seems very tough and messy.
If you want to add to each bottle go with the tabs/drops.
Hope this help (probably not but...bump).
if you have any of the cooper drops left, weigh them on a nice kitchen scale, then use that much corn sugar per 1L bottle.
another option is to find that magic number for a 12 oz bottle (I think its like 1/4tsp) and then do the math to find out how many oz in a liter, then more math to find the teaspoons.
a bottling bucket is still a handy tool, unless you're planning to keg eventually. still they're only like $15.
This: http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter11-4.html
will tell you how much corn sugar you need for 5 gallons, depending on your desired CO2 volumes and serving temp.
5 US gallons = 18.92 liters, so divide whatever you get by 18.92.
But it would be much easier (and you'll get better, more consistent results) if you use a bottling bucket and prime everything together.
For what it is worth, I decided to just buy another fermentation pail to use as a bottling bucket. My LHBS was out of bottling buckets, and I figured I might be able to use a second fermenter, or perhaps use it as a secondary for my next batch *shrug*. I just bottled today, and I am pleased as punch to have racked it to the 2nd bucket first to mix the priming sugar. No need to worry about dumping un-sanitized sugar into each bottle, and could concentrate on filling the bottles instead of avoiding setiment from the primary. Also gave me a good spot to store the sanitizer while prepping.
Primary - Prehopped Export Stout Kit
Primary - Ed's Apfelwein
Bottled - Amarillo Pale Ale kit from Midwest
I know everyone and their mother has already said it, but - the buckets are cheapish, and useful. And fun!
I have added sugar directly to the bottle.
I used a heaping 1/2 teaspoon per bottle
Thank you to all who replied. I decided to make the trip to the store and buy a bottle bucket. All is bottled waiting for carbination. Anyone ever had a flip top bottle explode? I used just under 1 c of sugar and left about 2" of room at the top.
Thanks again.
I've never had a flip top explode! I bottle almost exclusively in Grolsch bottles. I use 4 ounces of priming sugar but I have no idea how many cups or fractions that is!


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Well we've started. This week the site prep was done and the foundation excavation is finished. It's the first real event that makes us realize that the house is really going to be built. A year ago we hadn't even decided to move and since March we've bought land, sold our house, had a house designed and went through all the finding a contractor work plus got all our permits. Now finally there's a hole in the ground - an expenisve hole! For an 1100sf home the excavation seems large but forgot the garage is there too and there has to be room for work on the outside of the foundation. We're leaving for a week's visit back east and look forward to seeing some concrete when we return. I'm very excited but also worn out. I'm glad it's time for someone else to start doing work. What a great Christmas gift for us though. Tom
Well it's not warm but not really cold here either. Temps coming up are highs in the 40's and lows in the mid 30's. But the wind this year has been rough. The footings and stem walls will be finished by the end of next week. Too bad we're heading to New England for a week starting today. Hate to miss all the action. But will be quite a change when we get back. Tom
Tom, sounds like it's coming right along. We had our foundation poured back in August and we are only now getting to a point where it's beginning to look more and more like a home. We are almost done with the framing and we just dug lines for electric and water. The bulk of the work is being done by my husband and I but we have friends that have helped us and we are so thankful for that. It seems as though at the end of each week we can see that we have indeed made progress. When we first started this we had hoped to be moved in by Jan 1st but we knew a month ago that we would need 2 or 3 more months. If there is one thing that I have learned through this process it is that all bets are off as to a move in date :) Keep us posted on your progress.


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This project is inspired by the old New York phenomenon of painted advertisements on the sides of buildings. These advertisements, also called ghost signs or fading ads, that remained over time can still be found all over the world. Nowadays advertisers usually put up huge billboard campaigns with unreal features. Because of it's authenticity wallvertising is becoming more popular every day. And whom other than Pieter Ceizer should one ask to let his creativity speak on these walls? He is the king of typography and creative writing.
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More on his Facebook, Instagram, and DeviantArt.
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Hypnotizing digital line portraits by Patrick Seymour
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your talent shall never fail to amaze me Ingrid, this is awesome…. you've done this to perfection…i just love that reflection too, i don't know how you do it, but you blow me away every single time! :) xx
You are so very kind dear Karin, thank you so much xxx hope that you have a lovely weekend xxxx
– Ingz
hot hot ummmm , this is beautiful!!!!
Thank you so much Ana xxx
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Hehe, I love your title, very clever. Fabulous lighting and great use of the mirror. Beautiful composition and image.
You are so kind Clarkey, thank very much.
– Ingz
Stunning work Ingrid, I love the green against the black!!!!!
Thank you so much Sharon xxx
– Ingz
Wow, Ingrid. This is really fabulous! Great shot and very lovely. My two favourite colours, black and green! Agnes xx
Thank you very much Agnes xxx
– Ingz
absolutely gorgeous, my friend, as always, you have captured this to perfection … the lighting is amazing, the detail, clarity, reflection … amaing, incredible work, sweetie xxx
Thank you so much Sarah, i was preparing dinner and saw a picture with these little peppers so out came the camera! i never stop thinking about photography…I even dream about it! slowly going nuts I think xxxx
– Ingz
my kind of heat. though i pay for it later… beautiful plush green peppers. nice work using the reflection to complete the composition. well done.
Thank you so much J.K.York.
– Ingz
Fabulous work Ingrid, absolutely love it.
Thank you very much Lyn xxx
– Ingz
From a distance this looks like a green body curled up, lovely colour and reflections.
Thank you so much Palegirl xxx
– Ingz
cool shot…well done :)
Thank you very much Clare.
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Season-leader posts top score
Stutsman County Fishing League leader Team Ranger padded its advantage in action Tuesday at Pipestem Reservoir.
Casey Dodgson's team posted a leading score of 22, eight better than Buffalo Builders. The Outlaws (13) and the Snaggers (10) were also in double figures.
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