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Security forces are locked in fierce battles with opposition fighters in one Syrian city and have been shelling another, activists say.
Monday's reports came as a handful of UN monitors entrusted with overseeing a ceasefire were due to begin work.President Bashar al-Assad's forces killed two civilians in the central city of Hama, and were fighting rebels in Idlib in the northwest, while also shelling the flashpoint city of Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), an opposition network, said.
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At least 41 people, mostly civilians, have been reported killed by activists in violence since the UN-backed ceasefire came into effect on Thursday morning, prompting Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, to urge Syria to ensure the ceasefire does not collapse.
An advance team of five international observers arrived in Damascus late on Sunday, the UN said.The head of the team, Colonel Ahmad Himmiche from Morocco, said he was optimistic the mission would succeed.
"We will start our mission as soon as possible and we hope it will be a success,'' he told the Associated Press news agency as he left a Damascus hotel along with the observers on Monday morning.
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Annan's spokesperson said the monitors' team met Syrian foreign ministry officials on Monday to discuss ground rules, including what freedom of movement they would have.
The delegation, the first of 30 monitors the UN Security Council approved on Saturday, will set up headquarters and prepare routines so the mission can verify that a cessation of hostilities is holding.
Ban has urged the Syrian government to grant the UN observers full freedom of movement to monitor the ceasefire.
Syrian authorities have said they cannot guarantee the safety of the observers and that they would have to be informed of all movements of UN teams to assure their safety.
Kieran Dwyer, a UN peacekeeping department spokesperson, said further monitors would arrive in Syria in "coming days".
The next 25 would come from missions around the Middle East and Africa "so we can move people quickly and they are experienced in the region," he told the AFP news agency.
Kofi Annan, the international peace envoy who negotiated the ceasefire, wants more than 200 observers to be deployed in Syria.But the Security Council has said there would only be a full mission if the violence came to a halt.
Syria's SANA state news agency said Syria "welcomed" the observer mission, and hoped the monitors would see for themselves the "crimes" committed by "armed terrorist groups".
The Security Council has demanded full freedom of movement for the UN team, but critics of Syria say the government could obstruct its work.
The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, speaking in Rome on Monday, criticised the peace plan and the UN mission to Syria, saying both had slim chances of succeeding.
He said arming the opposition was a better option.The failure of an Arab League observer mission earlier this year was blamed in part on government restrictions imposed on the observers, including having to travel with government minders.
'Non-stop shelling'
On the ground in Syria, there appeared to be no let-up in the violence. Tarek Badrakhan, an activist from the battered and almost deserted Homs district of al-Khalidiya, said the government had resumed its intense bombardment of the neighbourhood early on Monday for the third consecutive day.
"The shelling hasn't stopped for one minute since this morning. There are buildings on fire right now,'' he said via Skype.
Badrakhan and other activists said the army appeared to be on a push to take control of the last opposition-held districts in Homs, and was pounding al-Khaldiya from three sides.
He said half of the nearby district of al-Bayada fell under the army's control on Sunday night. Troops were trying to storm al-Qarabis and Jurat al-Shayah but the rebel Free Syria Army (FSA) was repelling them, he said, referring to the group of armed opposition fighters and defectors from the Syrian army.
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"We hope that the observers would come to Homs as soon as possible because if things go on like this, there won't be anything left called Homs,'' Badrakhan said.
Both the Local Co-ordination Committees, an activists' network, and the SOHR confirmed the intense shelling of Homs and the two deaths in the city of Hama on Monday.
Continuing assaults apparently perpetrated by Syrian government forces have raised doubts over Assad's commitment to the Annan peace plan.
"I have never seen a government that sends armoured vehicles to deal with armed gangs," Louay Safi, a member of the Syrian National Council, told Al Jazeera.
"I think the only thing at this point that will end [this violence] is to inject some sort of threat, or to change the balance of power on the ground."While Syrian forces have mostly halted shelling of rebel-held neighbourhoods, with the exception of Homs they have ignored calls to pull troops out of urban centres.
The UN estimates that more than 9,000 people have been killed in violence related to the uprising against Assad's government since protests began in March 2011.
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Officials charge that player safety was compromised when two bombs exploded outside Bangalore's Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday, ahead of an Indian Premier League match, the BBC reported Wednesday.
Despite the injury of 15, the scheduled cricket match proceeded with approximately 40,000 fans in attendance.
A total of five explosive devices were recovered, three of which were found and defused the following day, according to the report.
"I don't think it's any secret there were some problems in Bangalore," Angus Porter, Professional Cricketers' Association chief executive told BBC.
"When an explosive device was found the decision to progress with that game was made too early. I think we can say that safety was compromised on that occasion," Porter added.
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"Wonderful Classic in an equally wonderful style"
I would surely recommend this audiobook because it is a wonderful voyage.
When the Indian lady was saved from sati.
No. This is my first time.
Yes definitely. I transferred it to my iPod and had a go at it in one sitting while I was traveling in a train.
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Why I Write Part 2!
Ever see the #amwriting tag on twitter?
Its usually preceded by as much as 140-characters of something trumpeting some accomplishment or some sacrifice. All this effort with no possible hope of success begs a question as to why.
As for why I write?
- Because Steel Panther already has a drummer. For me, this is all that's left.
- Because I wasn't actually actually going to walk the dog anyways. Might as well sit down and write.
- Because I saw something on TV once or movie and thought "Meh, I can do that."
- Because I read something once and thought "I could do that."
- Because … chicks, money and fame. Soon anyways. DON'T JUDGE ME.
- Because truthfully, you can do this part time. I hate seeing "I have no time to write" complaints. I write all the time. I have kids and jobs and shit. Still get in a few thousand words whenever I feel like it.
- Because mostly I can write when I feel like it. Think of anything else you can do when you feel like it and I promise you, it will be a very short list.
- Because I get a strange sense of satisfaction out of putting words in a certain order.
- I do it because I like it. No one makes me write.
- Writer's are fun and cool. We always have something to talk about. Surprisingly it's rarely writing. We talk about our kids and dogs. Just like regular people.
I could go a little longer but you get the point. Don't bitch about writing. It's not that hard. I guess I could say "It's easy to do but hard to be good at" but that platitude applies to everything. No one, me included, cares.
And that's that.
Have a good one peeps, I'll be back after I make my self-imposed 2,500 word quo .. nah. Already done. I'm gonna go lift weights.
PS – look at Papa and that cat again. It's like they've been married for a year. Mutual hatred. They despise one another. Look!
Valentines Day Special: Breaking Up.
How's that relationship going?
I don't care. Seriously. Your happiness bores me.
Not that well?
Gee – That's too bad.
Either way it's time to break up because as everybody knows – you don't get good at a thing unless you practice.
Firstly – pick the right song. You need a little song in your head the whole time you are breaking up because you are reminding yourself what you are doing. I prefer Greg Kihn's "The Breakup song (They don't write like that") because it's good and I like it and this is my note.
"We had broken up for good just an hour before
Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh
Now I'm staring at the bodies as they're dancing 'cross the floor
Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh"
I think it's the "uh uh uh uh uh … uh" that I like and besides – it's up tempo and you'll break up happy as opposed to let's say, Pearl Jam's "Black" in which case you'll break up via suicide. That shit is just depressing! You could be having sex on top of a big pile of $100's while eating double-chocolate chip ice cream and if "Black" came on you'd get up, walk away, then hang yourself in the garage. You'll be alone, cold, and probably be undiscovered for 4 days! But if Greg Kihn's little 3-minute charmer comes on you can get that lovin' in, finish the ice cream, scoop up some of those bills and break up happy!
Secondly – pick the person – the rules of this game are that they have to be someone you are actually seeing. By "seeing" I mean "seeing" as in dating in real life. I have lost track of how many times I have broken up with Lena Olin but it doesn't matter because I have never met her. If I did meet her … I'd suggest (discretely, as is my normal M.O.) that we skip the formalities, "drop trou" as they say in England and head on straight into the 6 or 7 minutes of furious mediocrity that only I can give her… just so I could break up with her while she lit up that post-coital jet! If I can get my monkey trained to run a camera I can film the whole thing and sell you guys the "how to break up" video! If I can just get the court to throw out that ill-considered restraining order I'm pretty sure she'll be amenable too! I mean – who are these people she surrounds herself with? These people who say they are "protecting" her? Assholes! But I digress …
Thirdly: You need a reason.
Just kidding on that one. You don't really need a reason. In fact, if you are the kind of sucky-ass butter-tart that needs a reason I do not know that you should be reading this note. You need to get outside and drown yourself in a burlap sack along with the other 3-legged puppies. You break up with someone to break up with someone. That's all the reason you need.
Besides – really – there is always a reason. Someone cheats, someone cries. Someone left the cap off of the toothpaste again, someone got dutch-ovened. There are more reasons to break up then there are to stay together. I can't really tell you why to break up – I can just tell you how. So just do it.
Now that we have the music and the subject – and maybe a reason – we need some strategies. Although Paul Simon (in yet another break-up song) suggested that there were as many as "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover" in practice there are much fewer – so I'm gonna sketch out some basic strategies/tactics and of course some pro's and con's as to actually how to get 'er done.
1: The Lay-Away Plan.
Ahhhh – The Layaway. My personal favorite. It works like this: Just quit calling/emailing/talking whatever.
Don't think too much about this. Just stop. Don't answer their calls/emails and at first-plaintive-then-eventually-shrill-texts. Yep – you read me right – just ignore them until they go away. Eventually they'll figure it out.
Pros: Avoids messy confrontation and/or overly sincere and emotional discussion of any issues at hand.
Cons: None whatsoever. Everyone just kinds of fades away. I'd give it about 3 weeks. If, after the 3 week point they have not figured out that you have broken up with them … we got laws against that and you can get a restraining order. Just go tell that cops that you broke up with them (because you did!) and they'll help you out.
Rumor has it you can "level up" if you can pull off the following: If you run into them again in the future – introduce yourself to them as if you have never met them before. You can always date 'em again (They are nuts to agree to this but people are weird) and you can break up with them again too.
Faking your own obituary is kinda cool too. Bonus points if you can do that.
2: The Heapin' Helpin' (Of Passive Aggression!)
You'll need some verbal skill to do this – but basically it works like this: You tell them that they broke up with you. No – seriously. You tell them that they broke up with you!
Imagine a conversation that goes like this:
He: "Well, I understand, really I do. If I were you I'd probably still feel the same way. I can't say I'm happy about it, but I value – no – I cherish the good times we had and will always remember them."
She: "What are you talking about?"
He: "Look – I'm just here to give you your key back and pick up that red hoodie I left here. After that I won't bother you again."
She: "Are you … are you … are you saying what I think you are saying?"
He: "I'm saying I'm alright with it. Really, I'm ok. I'm ok. *looks away sadly* "I'm ok"
She: *cries softly*
He: "Ummmm … my hoodie?"
Pros: Needless to say – Fun. Plus – It's done. No need to sweat for 3 weeks every time the doorbell rings wondering if they forgot that they are on "the Layaway Plan".
Cons: Harder to carry off then just running away on "The Layaway Plan". Plus – some peeps will flat out deny that they broke up with you. These crazy people need to be dealt with by the law. I would not walk in to the station house the next day after work – I'd dial 911 pronto because you never know what these people will do when they are that deep in denial.
Pro Tip: Try to cry while giving them the "speech". Because if you can fake sincerity – you can fake anything – and life will be good!
3: It's Not Real if It Didn't Happen on Facebook:
We live in a wondrous age of easily accessible technology – so why not use it! Remember that chances are in this day and age you asked for the 1st date via electronic medium so it's perfectly OK to use that same medium to terminate the relationship.
E-mail is a perfectly acceptable way of delivering the good news! Text messages – fine. Twitter? Not as much – everyone tweets but no one follows – I know I don't. Nothing worse than breaking up with someone via twitter and no one knows it. Probably the best of all you can do right now while you read this is breaking up by Facebook status update! The old "'Relationship Status" change will draw everyone's attention! And in addition to a public outpouring of wholly undeserved sympathy there may be a hidden benefit: Someone reading it is ready to pounce and be the next person you break up with!
I had to smoke a post-something jet after just rereading that. Break-up … and … Bait your next hook up!
Just. Like. That.
Anyways, I write way better than I talk (I have a lithp!), so getting the boot from me via text/IM or Email is the next best thing to flirting with me via same. Actually – in the long run it's probably way better for you to get the boot but I digress …
Pros: Avoids close personal contact and possibly a drawn out emotional confrontation. You're less likely to get sucked in by some sob story and change your mind. And remember – there is an electronic record – you don't even have to respond to them after you hit "send". It's done!
Cons: Well, you run the risk of being copied and pasted here there and everywhere. If you do not write well, or perhaps bang one of these out in the heat of the moment and use some poorly chosen words … it's out there for everyone to see, forever, and you will be mocked accordingly. Like Rock and Roll, The internet never forgets.
Karma: Don't ever break up via a text composed while you are on the can. Yeah yeah yeah – I know – no one ever texts from the porcelain throne yeah yeah yeah. Just remember that if you do: God will get you for that. Remember that you are just breaking up with someone – no need to be insulting.
The Oubliette
"Oubliette" is a French Word meaning "a place to be forgotten" – like the lowest level of the Bastille where prisoners were kept so long not even they remembered their names. So if you've read this far you have learned something.
The Bastille is gone, but what we have now is: Play World of Warcraft.
I am not sure if this fits under passive-aggressive or deserves its own heading (it's both a reason to break up for some and a method by which to break up for others) but I got space to fill so here it is. Start up a WoW account and just … disappear. Really – it'll be like you went into the witness protection program because 7 months later when you first walk out into the daylight again you'll be so pasty and flaccid as to be unidentifiable and you'll be single … I can guarantee it.
Pros: It works – and no messy entanglements because no one will ever expect to see you again.
Cons: WoW costs money and you might actually become an albino. And then there is living in your mom's basement to say nothing of Cheetoh addiction, unemployment, and generally being the butt of jokes. I won't lie to you guys – there is a stigma that can be tough to get rid of and really, you would like to be able to move on in the dating game and break up with other people at some future point. A WoW rep can delay this indefinitely.
Caveat: WoW is so gender specific that women might not have this option. There are no female WoW players – just guys claiming to be female because if they leave the house they are required to introduce themselves to the neighbors under "Meagan's law".
So … for my female readers might I suggest playing Zynga's "Farmville".
Yes – Farmville – which should be subtitled "how to die alone". You know my "sex and ice cream on a big pile of money" analogy? The only thing that can ruin it is one of the participants jumping up and shouting "I have pumpkins to harvest" and running away.
So Farmville ladies – your break up is never more than 2, 4, 6, 12, or 24 or whatever specified interval of hours away.
So there ya go. Y'all go and find someone to break up with and live happily ever after! And hey – the Gin Blossoms had it right:
"Tell me do you think it'd be alright
If I could Just crash here tonight
As you see I'm in no shape for drivin'
And any way I've got no place to go
And you know it might not be that bad
You were the best I ever had
I hadn't blown the whole thing years ago
I might not be alone"
Blaah blah blah – someone call the wahmbulance!
Later Gators, I got bears to wrestle, glass shards to eat, and miles to go before I sleep.
Questions I Have Been Asked, Answers I Have Given
Questions I might have been asked, Answers I might have given …
Ok Paisanos – it's been well documented that I do not give advice – but that's where by advice you mean "opinions". I do answer questions that have a factual response. Because I get so many of the same questions over and over again I thought I'd post a quick note for reference – a "Steve's FAQ" if you well.
So here goes nothing:
Whaddya bench?
Whatever's on the bar at the moment I am benching.
Times are tough. What's the best job out there?
1) Teaching. Education is a growth industry – the population is always growing, and in tough times more people return to school to upgrade in hopes of moving on or up.
2) Health Care. The baby-boomers are getting older and need more and more Doctor's, Nurses, and Personal Care Attendants. I'm not sure if it's PCA's or just angry people like me that work in old folks home for slightly less than minimum and stack 'em up like cord wood and hose the pee off 'em every three days or so but there's going to be more of that in the future. Sign up now.
Condom Sizes – What's with this?
Marketing – they are all the same. That's why they are sold in "Large", "Big" and "Fencepost" sizes. Remember that Simpson's episode where Homer toured the Duff brewery? Where the big vat o' Duff had 3 taps – one for "Duff", one for "Duff Lite". and one for "Duff Extra"?
Same thing.
So all beer is the same?
Ask your girlfriend
Internet Dating – Good Idea?
Yep. Pro's and con's like everything else but you'll meet a lot of people in a hurry (most of whom will be waaaaay more normal than you might have feared) and you'll drink a lot of coffee. Caffeine is mild laxative so you'll be regular and as we all know – the key to happiness is a healthy colon so …. Try internet dating.
My logic is impeccable.
I need to bring up my calves. What to do?
Treadmill, brisk walking pace – any incline from 3 to 8 degrees. Minimum 20 minutes but half an hour to 45 is better. Do this 3 days/week (minium) for 3 – 6 months and you'll have diamonds, guaranteed. Either that or get fatter – no one over 2 bills lacks for calves and if you can get over 250 – awesome calves are your calling card.
I see these kids in my gym, wearing jeans, "wife beaters", and baseball caps with wide brims turned sideways. Who are they?
Guidos mainly.
- Every Monday is "International Bench Press Day"
- Every Friday is "biceps before the bar" night
- They call each other "Bro" a lot
You've got Guidos – or maybe even their cultural predecessor "Jersey Jackals". Don't worry – they never last long and go away well before their membership expires. From time to time they will curl in the squat rack which is annoying but for the most part you will be able to squat all you want while they curl and pose.
Speaking of regularity, every Wednesday night is "the kitchen floor, Mazola and some clothespins extravaganza" for me and the ol' lady. So … Thursday's I like to wear her white t-back for the day in memory of the night before. Adds a little "spice" ya know? The problem is … skidmarks. By the end of the day that white t-back looks likes it been in a mudslide no matter how many yards of T.P. I go through during the day and try as I might I can never get it back clean again and wind up throwing it out. Can you help? Any cleaning tips?
"Eat me" signed, A Vegetable.
I am having marital trouble. My spouse and I do not get along. What to do?
Kill them.
Just do it.
But if you are not prepared to go that route I'd say try saying "please", "thank-you" and "I'm sorry' and try to be 1st to say it. If that doesn't work … … …
OK, I am going to try internet dating. If I am really gonna meet that many people how do I vet them? How do I trust my judgement? Should I make up a list? There are around 30 – 35 (Ok, honestly 120) things I want in a man. I already have the list. I wrote it out one night when I was 19. Things like "opens door for me" and "good with kids" and "steady job" and "doesn't watch sports on TV" etc. Should I use the list?
Sister – how should I put this?
No Lists.
Lists have an inherent mathematical property that works like this:
(# of Items on the list/2) – 2 = # of cats you will be living with in 3 years.
So if you have a 30-item list: 30/2 = 15 and then 15 – 2 = 13.
13 cats is more than enough to eat you right down to the bone when you die and will leave precious little for more traditional methods of preparing the deceased for eternal rest such as burial or cremation.
Do you want that? I don't think so.
So drop the list and maybe try to learn to go with the flow.
Plus I can tell you that each and every man has a list consisting of only 2 items:
- Likes to do it
- Not a psycho.
In this instance and in this instance only if "your list" matches "his list" I guarantee a lifetime of wedded bliss. Permission is hereby granted for you to copy and paste that list and use it in your search for happiness.
Ok peeps – that's all for now. Any other questions you want answered just email 'em on in – confidentiality assured.
Road Trip Rock N' Roll!
Highways and by-ways.
For no particular reason I packed up my youngest and we drove from the frozen wasteland of Southern Alberta and headed on down to sunny Palm Desert, California so we could spend New Year's eve in a hot tub with the most beautiful woman in the world smoking cigars and having a couple of cold Buds and not actually making it to midnight.
Sadly, it was cold in SoCal too.
Throw in a stop at the Little Ale E Inn in Rachel, Nevada (it's easy to imagine Aliens out there because there is nothing else) and let me tell ya – it was a long drive. Snow as far south as Ely, Nevada.
Fortunately the truck ran well and we had music and nothing makes for a good road trip like good road music.
Here – in no particular order – are my top 5 road songs and soem youtube links to enjoy them by:
FM "Phasors on Stun."
I'm not particularly a an electronic music guy but this song hits a sweet spot. I thought about this while driving to Rachel, Nevada – all electronic music makes me think of Aliens – but the timeless and dream-like quality of Nash the Slash and … and … and that other guy's synth/mandolin melodies made me think of internet dating.
Internet dating?
Yeah. You know how of all the women you met on the internet you can only remember 2/3? 1/3 because they were decent and 1/3 because they were so terrible you write blog posts about them? Well what happens to the other 1/3? AKA The "middle ground"? They are just forgotten. Kidnapped by aliens I guess. That dream you know you had but forget upon waking.
As an aside some inventive harpist has an excellent cover/'re-imagining" of this one you can check out here.
You know what would be better than one harp?
Two harps.
Fu Manchu "King of the Road"
To quote "The Champ": Dangerous song Sha-La-La O-Bee-Doo. Very dangerous.
Fu's fat and fuzzed out riffs and the heavy rhythms put you in speeding ticket territory every time. Starting at about the 2:40 mark, you'll speed. YOU'RE OVER THE LINE SMOKEY! (See what I did there? another pop-culture reference!) – but you do not give a fat rat's behind.
Gotta keep it matted.
King of the Road says you move too slow – but the highway patrol may not concur.
Orange Goblin "Time Travelling Blues"
The Gods of the Riff are inscrutable at times. The bestow their favor where they will, withdraw it as they see fit. They hear no prayers, they are deaf to all curses. Their laws are few, the punishments severe. But for legendary British Stoner Rockers Orange Goblin they gave it all up at once for this sweet, sweet tune.
At 6:39 long this song has a satisfying length to it. Deeply satisfying. I promise. The miles, the stars, the remains of dead animals – all fly by and even time itself is crushed under the weight of this anthem.
Matt Mays "Terminal Romance"
As with the Orange Goblin tune above "Terminal Romance" has some length and the time will fly by. A great song makes you feel you have lived it – and although I have never broken up with anyone in New York City (never even been there) this song makes me regret what never was.
If I could sum up this song in one phrase it would be "Chicks eh?"
Big Sugar "Come Back Baby"
You know how sometimes you just want to drive with your knees on the steering and wave your hands/PBR tall-boy in the air? Or slalom through dead coyotes (I'm taking to you, Northern Nevada) or even just weave along the dotted center line? Oh c'mon. Don't look at me that way. There is no one on some of those roads. This is the song.
Really, a convertible would make this song even more enjoyable. But it's still pretty enjoyable. Some times, with the sun in your eye and the wind in your hair you feel so damned good you gotta sing and this is the song for that.
And that's road trippin' music!
I'll be back once I've gotten rid of the ant-bites I got sitting by the pool. I kid you not, I think the deal Eisenhower cut with the Aliens in '53 allowed free reign to these murderous little space ants and they moved into the Baghdad of SoCal because the pickings are good what with the blue-hairs being unable to outrun them and the Canadians not realizing that they are there.
PS: No music on the 405 in LA. That miserable shit of a freeway sucks the joy of music right out of every single person who ventures upon it. Speaking on behalf of myself and the 10.5 million people in the greater LA area: F*ck the 405.
Next Up: What I'm reading, and more publication news.
People Who Are Getting Nothing for Christmas
The problem with Christmas as a secular holiday is that everybody gets something – when in truth some people just don't deserve anything. Here is a quick summary of those joyless shit-boxes that don't deserve anything unless it's the back o' Santa's hand:
Yoga proselytizers. Yeah yeah yeah – it's good for you, but so are steroids, pot and Cialis and you don't see me harping on you. Ditto Cross-fitters. Argue it out among yourselves. I'm glad you exercise. You lapped everyone still on the couch. No gifts.
Middle-Aged women in Creative Writing Classes, who, having never written anything at all, ever, advise the rest of the class that "Hemingway was not good. I'm sorry. But some of his stuff is shit." Because the stakes are so high in continuing education classes some people magically rise to the occasion by letting everyone else know about that no-goodnik Hemingway? No gifts.
Anyone who's name/Facebook profile picture appears on another (especially commercial) website with "Top Commentator". Hell, "Top Commentators" period. Santa actually wrote a poem for you – just a few syllables short of a haiku. Here it is – wait for it … wait … … … wait:
"Fuck You".
Memorize that – you ain't getting a signed copy because guess what? You get no gifts, troll.
Poets. They're weird and they'll complain about what they get. So give 'em nothing. Not even attention or they'll just do it again.
Anyone who ever posted a "meme" on any social media site regarding overcoming adversity and blah blah blah. If you have the wherewithal to post to social media, things aren't all that adverse.
Secretly Really, everyone dislikes you. No gifts. I'd like to extend this to anyone who ever posted any "meme" ever – but maybe we could get you a blow-up sheep doll so you sheeple can reproduce and be even more thorough followers/re-posters of pop-psych diarrhea.
"Open Carry" Advocates. Oooh, look at you with your Chinese-made AK-47 knock-off walking around in Target. Ain't no one gonna fuck with your rights, right? You know, like that right to intimidate a bunch of little old ladies in the toothpaste aisle. Except for the Chinese Gov't, who already own you, because you are a chickenshit. Mind you, you would get a gift – if they made tampons large enough to put a whole person in. Maybe try to do a push-up first before you start packing, shitwit.
People who drive to a pipeline/fracking protest. If you really want to protest the hydrocarbon industry 1) Don't drive or ride anything, ever. No planes, trains or automobiles. 2) Actually invent/fund/participate in the research and development of alternatives. Hypocrisy. like herpes, appears to be the gift that keeps on giving and you don't need any more. You are taken care of in perpetuity. (Note: "We Bussed" supports my argument, not yours.)
Smug Bloggers peddling the same ol' brand of snark that has populated the internet for a decade now. What a bunch of losers, right? How about trying to say something positive for a change? Immediately after posting this, I'm going to kick my own ass. It's the right thing to do.
OK guys – I'm outta here. Gotta fill an old coke can with pea gravel then put it in a sock and administer some rough justice upon my own person. I'll be back when I heal. Steve
Thoughts on Creative Personalities
A little background here:
A while back at my old office we were discussing the "weirdest people" to deal with as a class of clientele. The top two were Chefs/Cooks and Hairdressers.
In regards to chefs/cooks I have never worked in food service but a number of my co-workers had and they all had stories about chefs involving heavy drug use/knives/sexual harassment/rage-quitting in the middle of a shift. Stuff like that.
Hairdressers were just odd. I discussed this with an ex-girlfriend and she quickly described HD's as "They think they're ultra cool because they have piercings in their genitals and say "fuck" a lot."
I don't think that's quite right but I do note that any hairdresser I have ever brought up the "hairdressers are nuts" issue to agreed wholeheartedly. Most brought up the constant exposure to the chemicals in perms/dyes etc. that are a constant part of their job as a factor in their Lovecraftian weirdness.
It made me think about creative types in general – can you in fact associate a person's level of creativity with a corresponding level of weirdness?
I came up with an "off the cuff" list of occupations (from the notionally creative to the highly creative) listed in ascending order of nuttiness. "Ascending" means from lowest (almost normal – a few weird twitches) to highest (totally fucking out there.)
- Non-Fiction Writers/Journalism
- Graphic Designers/Illustrators
- Photographers
- Fiction Writers
- Hairdressers
- Chef's
- Actors
- Painters/Sculptors
- Poets
- You choose/Open for further discussion
Of course individuals can be exceptions to the rule for all of the above – we can all think of examples – except for poets. Poets are nutters! It's practically a requirement.
Philosopher's are even crazier but I'm not sure it's A creative art or THE creative art so I didn't include it here but I'm holding #10 on the list open in case of feedback.
I eagerly await your input, loyal
readers reader – and if it comes in couplets or dactylic hexameter … it's proof positive. Especially dactylic hexameter.
Over and out!
Winter has arrived … again
A Cat in a Hat
Just took a hairy Shizzat!
Right in my kitchen!
WTF is with that?
His back it did spasm
His tail gave three twitches
It went right into his hat
Blew out three hat-stitches!
"Steve – Look out at that Window"
The Cat said in fear
"See the snow and the wind?
I can't go out there!"
Let us have a moment of silence
For the feline in the hat
He's staring in from the deck now
I don't even own a cat.
It was 10 – 6 for the Raiders when I went out to shovel snow a while ago and when I got back in the Raiders had Raider-ed and this is the best I can do at this moment. Between the weather and the game … I feel piled on.
New Fiction Up – "Flower"
A little bit of Flash I wrote is on-line now and available in issue 5.13 of The Molotov Cocktail – an E-Zine based out of Portland Oregon.
It's free – so go one and read my story "Flower" (Kids and dogs hey? It's like they belong together!) and two other excellent shorts. I'm in good company in TMC.
And check out that cover – I'm lovin' it!
Over and out compadres – I'll be back when it's safe!
How the Mighty Have Fallen
The other night I decided to buy some beer so I hit an ATM and got some cash but then went straight home – no beer – watched half of "Ancient Aliens" and went to bed.
I'm so sorry it's come to this.
California Girls – Bukowski Liked 'em
As my regular
readers reader know(s) I've been dating stalking a really attractive woman from Cali so I went down this past weekend and spent three days in the desert with her.
It was hot.
She was hot too – and its not just a looks thing. Some girls can say "You just don't appeal to me in any way" and it's just background noise/static but the way this girl says it it's like a song or even – dare I say it – a prayer.
Needless to say, I love her.
When I mentioned that I aspire to write n' shit and even have a couple of publication credits (n' shit) the two things she always says are "How come I have never heard of you?" and "My mom and I lived with a famous writer when I was little and she wrote a biography/book about their time together."
To make a long story short her mother had a serious and complicated relationship with a guy named Charles Bukowski – some dude from LA who had some moderate degree of fame/infamy in certain literary circles. A "Literary Genius" apparently – whatever that is.
Here's her book:
I read it and it's fascinating – less a homage to Bukowski (who has too many fanboys as it is) than a chronicle of people, places, and times – an LA waking up with speed and champagne and going to bed and with bennies and beer. Pam (sorry – I mean "Ms. Wood") is very fair and doesn't sugar coat anything but doesn't judge either. It is what it is. It is also well-written.
I was fortunate enough to be gifted a copy! Pam (Ms. Wood) inscribed it with:
"Here's your book. The answer to your question is no, he would not have liked you or read your shit. Now leave my daughter and I alone."
How cool is that?
You can buy it here at amazon
I'll be back soon folks – I've got some stuff to sort out with the INS.


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Government and society's increasing reliance on the Internet, and the commensurate cybersecurity dangers it poses, are forcing the U.S. to reevaluate priorities and get creative in meeting today's threats. But there's still a capability gap, and one member of Congress is targeting the development of a cyber workforce as one solution.
"The reliance is driving a short-term race to fully staff new missions and a long-term requirement to establish a strong pipeline for cyber talent," said Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.), speaking at the University of Rhode Island on May 2.
Langevin plans to push through legislation in Congress and launch efforts in his home state to address both near-term and future deficiencies and catalyze better cyber training and expertise. His goals stem from a cyber workforce workshop he commissioned last year with the Defense Department at National Defense University. The workshop focused on four key areas: the size and growth of the cyber workforce; state and local cyber workforce issues; K-12, college and science, technology, engineering and math education; and credentialing for the cyber workforce.
This workshop stressed not only that the cybersecurity workforce must be significantly expanded, but that it has to grow in both quantity and quality," Langevin said. "We must define cyber careers that will build a framework for both government and industry positions."
But he conceded that funding hurdles will only increase, limiting policy options for both state and federal governments.
"The workshop therefore spent significant time exploring how to build partnerships in order to better leverage our resources and find new and unique ways to fill the gaps in the workforce that exist today," he said. "This initiative is designed to determine what role the local and federal government can play in protecting state, local, or even private assets."
Langevin noted that his goals for federal cybersecurity progress are bolstered by the recently passed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act and the Federal Information Security Act, at least to some degree, and are a good start. He expressed disappointment in some aspects of the bills, and also stressed that the Obama administration should be provided with a more central coordinating role in cyber policy and authority.
"Five years ago, I and many of you in this room seemed out in the wilderness as we tried to raise awareness about an issue that most had never thought about," he said. "Now cybersecurity and the cyber debate are part of our daily policy conversations, and it's universally identified by the country's top security officials as one of the biggest threats to our national security. We have made progress in protecting the nation in cyberspace, but we must continue to build on this success."
That ongoing progress includes sustainable job growth in the cyber industry as well as continued efforts to reach students and foster interest in the cyber arena – including a program Langevin announced that targets computer security skills at the high school level. The program is being done in conjunction with the SANS Institute, he said.
"We want to show the next generation that an interest in computers is not just a hobby – it can become a career," Langevin said.
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Is There a Credit Card Questionnaire?
Is there a site where you could fill in the blanks about your spending patterns and discover which CC offers you the most benefits?
I've looked at CardRatings.com but there are so-o-o many cards and programs -- and lots of fine print about what type of purchases earn what percentages of cash back, etc.
I'm shopping for a card or cards to replace our AAdvantage card -- too tied to ONE airline. I'm not sure that a cash-back card would still provide what we need to 'buy' upgrades to first class once a year.
We're a retired couple charging about $30K per year on mundane things...like groceries, utilities. Not traveling. Not dining out. Not staying in hotels. Not sending roses to relatives or wanting other gifty-nifty supposed perks. Pay in full monthly. Excellent credit rating. View CCs as conveniences, not 'credit'.
Not a questionnaire, but maybe the "Quick Summary" will help some...Of course, you could read the entire thread, but if it was me, I'd be overwhelmed at that idea, lol.
Here is a link that might be useful: Fatwallet - Which CC Should I Get thread
I don't have an answer to your specific question, but I find the AmEx Membership Rewards program to be ideal. You earn points that never expire and then when you are ready you can transfer them to a number of different airline and hotel programs. I've transfered points in the past for free tickets on Air France, Hawaiian Air, Delta, and Southwest.
Although I've kept my AmEx card for 30 years, I routinely sign up for new Visa and/or MasterCards every year or two. Last year, I signed up for the Citi AAdvantage MasterCard because it came with 40,000 points. I'll be cancelling it shortly and switching to a Bank of America Visa tied to USAir, although I'm only going to get 25,000 this time.
An organization you belong to might sponsor/offer such a card.
My Credit Union offers a VISA card that accumulates rebate credit at a rate of 1% of purchases. I redeem the credits for gift cards, but various travel cards (Best Western, Marriott) are also available.
Do not get a CC tied to an airline as you are paying an annual fee. You pay $50-100. Plus, when you cash in miles must now pay an additional $25-50. Plus, hope the airline has availability for those dates unless you are using it for upgrades so you are almost at $150 for that FREE ticket you spent $30k a year to obtain. Plus, blackout, hard destinations, etc.
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a: cash rewards CC program which even if it gives you 1-2% back and no annual fee you have $300-600 in your pocket which should cover the cost of airfare to someplace
b. get a reward program like Amex, Chase or Citibank (I think BoA may have one) so you would get a point per dollar spent (probably some bonus perks the first year (5 pts p/$1 at grocery store). The advantage here you are not tied to any specific airline, no blackouts and you can use Expedia to book your reservation. So, if I find a flight for $500 - simply multiply by 100 to get the point requirements (50,000). This offers good flexibility in my opinion. Plus, no annual fee.
I guess the overall thing is whatever card you obtain do NOT pay an annual fee as it makes no sense to pay to use a card.
"Do not get a CC tied to an airline as you are paying an annual fee. You pay $50-100."
You must get different offers than I do because almost every offer I receive states that the annual fee is waived for the first year. Moreover, you don't have to spend $30k to get a free ticket because the offers give you 25k - 40k points after your first purchase. And finally, the value of frequent flyer awards isn't to "purchase" a coach class ticket, thereby saving a few hundred dollars; it's to upgrade or use the points outright for business or first class tickets. That's where the value is.
In the example you used, you would need to use 50,000 points on a $500 coach ticket to be crushed in the cattle-car accomodations in the back of a plane. Why do that when for the same 50,000 points you could book a first class ticket directly through the airline's FF program regardless of the cost of the ticket?
Thank you all! I'm afraid a non-airline card won't do what I need it to do for us.
As I said, we normally have CC charges/points of about $30K per year. Our ONLY use for the points is to upgrade to first on our annual trip to Maui. That has cost us 30K points pp plus a surcharge of $300 pp to USE the points. We've been able to pony up the points because we have about 100K 'banked' from when we built our house and because we get 8K points each year for miles flown (Chicago-Hawaii-Chicago).
Now AA no longer offers the direct fights we want (ORD-HNL) (or better yet ORD-OGG), but United still does. By 2010...who knows! We've also always been able to obtain the upgrades on AA by booking a year ahead; don't know how hard that may be on another airline...or in the future.
I think I need to see a play-by-play of how a non-airline card would benefit our particular use of the points/dollar refunds. We wouldn't receive enough cash back to PAY $3K for a first class ticket to Hawaii every year. Would we earn enough points (30-35K) to put towards the upgrades?
chisue: "Now AA no longer offers the direct fights we want (ORD-HNL) (or better yet ORD-OGG), but United still does.
Well, it appears that the simple solution would be to cancel your AAdvantage card and switch to Chase's UnitedPlus Visa card. I just went to United's website and they have a promo for the credit card that is similar to the one's I discussed in my previous post. You get 25,000 points just for signing up plus the annual fee is waived the first year. If you and your husband each get your own cards, that's a quick 50,000 points.
I don't fly United much, so I am not that familiar with how difficult it is to get upgrades. However, a cursory review of their awards chart seems to indicate that their structure is similar to AA's (15k points for the upgrade), but without the additional $150 charge each way.
Thanks, Bethesda! Hmm...I guess it's really our only option. Try it and see. Hope United continues to fly, and fly direct on decent aircraft -- and that we can get upgrade seats come 2010. We'd still have those 100K points sitting in the AAdvantage cards (about 50K each). Could keep them 'active' by using them now and then.
Now DH and I have something to discuss over dinner! LOL


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S.1429 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014113th Congress (2013-2014)
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|11/13/2013 Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Department of Defense. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-260.
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AMSTERDAM -- An 8K broadcast of the Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan is being planned after Sony revealed it was developing production equipment to support 8K, which is ultra sharp and 16 times the resolution of today's HD.
Sony is part of NexTV-F, a $31 million government-backed consortia comprising Japanese electronics manufacturers, public broadcaster NHK and other stakeholders to forward 4K and 8K "Ultra HD TV."
IBC Debate: Do We Really Need to Go Beyond HD?
"The Japanese government has accelerated 4K and 8K in order to be ready for the 2020 Olympic Games, and we will prepare a team to develop 8K [technology]," said Shoji Nemoto, corporate executive officer, and president of Sony's Professional Services Group.
Friday at the International Broadcasting Convention, FIFA announced that, with Sony, it would record the World Cup Final 2014 in 4K. That follows a 4K test at last summer's FIFA Confederations Cup.
"The move by FIFA is a big first step for Ultra-HD," said Katsunori Yamanouchi, vp of Sony Professional Solutions Europe. "It will help broadcasters understand the product and, when audiences see it – perhaps at public venues – it will begin to generate demand."
"We've been in touch with many broadcasters who have declared an interest in 4K including BSkyB, Sky Italia, Sky Deutschland and they are continuing to test it. ... As always with new technology though, we have a chicken and egg situation where content is needed," Yamanouchi added.
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Low-wage workers clocked the shortest workweek on record in December — even shorter than at the depth of the recession, new Labor Department data showed Friday.
The figures underscore concerns about the ObamaCare employer insurance mandate's impact on the work hours and incomes of low-wage earners.
It's impossible to know how much of the drop relates to ObamaCare, but there's good reason to suspect a strong connection. The workweek has been getting shorter in many of the same industries where anecdotes have piled up about employers cutting hours to evade the law's penalties.
While weather likely played some role in December, that's not the driving factor. The low-wage workweek in November had already matched the prior record low — set in July 2013, just as the Obama administration delayed the employer mandate until 2015.
Further, January's data not yet broken down by industry subgroup show that rank-and-file retail workers saw another big fall in average work hours, matching a record-low 29.7 hours a week.
In December, office supply chain Staples cut the schedules of part-time workers to a maximum of 25 hours per week, below the 30-hour threshold at which the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate kicks in.
In November, David's Bridal reportedly cut even full-time salespeople and stylists below the 30-hour mark.
ObamaCare's penalties won't apply until 2015, but they will reflect 2014 staffing levels, giving employers little time to adjust.
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IBD's gauge of the low-wage workweek, now at 27.4 hours, includes the 30 million nonmanagers working in private industries where pay averages up to $14.50 an hour.
These industries boosted payrolls by 700,000 (nonsupervisors) in 2013, or 2.4%, but hours worked grew at half that rate. In effect, shorter hours would have explained 323,000, or 47%, of those new jobs.
Again, weather wasn't the primary factor. Even if the workweek had held steady in December, the workweek would have been responsible for one-third of the jobs added in low-wage private industries last year.
That's not to say that overall job creation is weaker than it appears. That's because the workweek has moved higher for non-low-wage workers. This group, including managers and those in higher-paying industries, is now clocking a longer week than prior to the recession.
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That divergence explains why many economists and nonpartisan arbiters like the Congressional Budget Office have concluded that ObamaCare has had no impact on part-time employment. The effect doesn't show up in aggregate workforce data, but that is the wrong place to look.
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