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Southwest Florida decided to fizzle out its nice cool weather and bring back heat and humidity, this time with ominous gray clouds that--like the little devil on your shoulder--attempt to make you listen to whispers of "Florida Christmas blows."
Fine. You wanna play that way? Game on.
I'm like a ninja warrior when it comes to fighting Christmas snuffers. I'm like Harry Potter blastin' dementors. I'm like--okay, Jesus would be too far, right? My point: I happen to take great pride in the fact that I've learned to spark a Christmas fire with wet matches.
Cue vintage Christmas coloring books.
Cue a mid-afternoon cup of hot wassail (also known as, simply, cheer).
Cue Christmas red manicure.
Bracelets from The Shine Project, employing at-risk-teens. "Be the Change" bangle and Nykelle chain bracelet
And friends. Good God, I must miss my family because I cannot get enough--warning, I'm breakin' out an old church word--fellowship. My sister and I can't contain our laughter at the presentation of this word now, and I'm not sure why, other than the fact that our old church used to throw the term around a lot. As in, "Let's fellowship," "Time for fellowship," "Oh, the sweet fellowship of brethren." And if you really want to Church Lady it up, you go with the Greek interpretation of this word--Koinonia; except you throw a "dude" in for juxtaposition. Such as, "Dude, I'm majorly needing some Koinonia." Translated: I want company.
And I do. December calls for it, so I've lined up movie nights, an orange grove sunset, lunches and brunches and baby-hugging rendezvous. I want to be with my people.
And if all else fails in the heat of December, you pull a "Kids get in the car now!" And you peel out of the driveway with 106.3 Christmas carols blaring. And you don't even switch the station if it's that sad "Christmas Shoes" song or Dolly Parton's "Hard Candy Christmas." You listen and you drive and you smile and you pull over as soon as you see the first thing that says December Adventure. And you know you got it right when you land at a giant tent full of Balsam and Douglas and Frasers. You tell your kids to inhale deep. "Smell that?" you say. "That's what Christmas is supposed to smell like. That's what it smells like in Michigan. Run! Go have fun!."
You don't know how badly I want to write "Two Points for Griffindor" because it would tie in that Harry Potter reference up there so well, but no. I will not go there. I will not. Oh, but I did.
We bought a wreath--a really wonderful wreath drenched with the scent of real Christmas--and even though the suction cup I used to hold it to my mirror gave out and the wreath is still lying in a puddle of scrap needles on the floor, it still makes me happy.
Ten days in to this festive little month. Enjoy your people.
And now comes a fellow Christmas Ninja Warrior, my old friends at Blue Q. Many of you e-mailed last year that Blue Q helped you scrape up some hilarious stocking stuffers and gifts for hard-to-shop-for friends and family. Well, they're back. Before I introduce my favorite products, let me help you know them. Blue Q is a Massachusetts based company created by two brothers. They design and manufacture everything they make, and they do it carefully with much thought toward quality, labor practices, and the environment. What I love about Blue Q besides their goods? They employ a workforce of disabled and non-disabled individuals working together to create their product.
Bags, totes, tins, retro house goods, bath products, lighting--Blue Q has it all. And a crazy sense of humor that's infused in their products.
I get so many comments on our line-up of Blue Q lavoratory mists in our guest bathroom:
Which are not only hilarious, but really pretty to look at.
Other Blue Q gift faves:
Go browse the site. You will leave smiling.
Take that, Christmas snuffers.
Off to watch a Hallmark Christmas movie and pick up my fallen wreath.
Monday, December 10, 2012
Christmas Ninja Warrior
55 comments:
- Growing Up Gardner said...
My house is wrapped in feet of fresh garland this year. We too, don't get a real Christmas here in California. But it sure smells like it.
Amanda - December 10, 2012 at 4:28 PM
- Rach said...
Awesome post!
- December 10, 2012 at 4:31 PM
- The Manrings said...
you are a christmas ninja!! today i think i complained about the humid 86 degrees a million times..but onto happy thoughts...cant wait to hang out thursday with our big bellys!! xo
- December 10, 2012 at 4:35 PM
- aprilanecdotes said...
Love the post. We're freezing up here in Ohio but I can smell the Christmas tree anytime I want. Took some time out with my girl and went to see a Christmas display at our local conservatory. Magical. Love your girls running through the trees.
- December 10, 2012 at 4:35 PM
- Susan said...
So I might sound like a big, fat whiner but I actually LIVE in MICHIGAN and we have yet to get any snow. This passed weekend people were blowing up my FB wall with a million posts of snow where they live in Michgan! But here in Kalamazoo it has been balmy and rainy and it just sucks! Bring on the snow Mother Nature or else. On a sidenote, I about lost it when you referenced the word fellowship. It is so churchy but so very fitting. I have been using the word merriment in lieu...Happy freakin merriment!
- December 10, 2012 at 4:38 PM
- Chasing Hazel said...
This is my husbands first Christmas as a daddy, so there's that... Also, it's his first year with a REAL tree, and that!!! Every time we walk into the house together I'm like, "Can you smell that?" So pumped to have a little around this year...
- December 10, 2012 at 4:44 PM
- Sara said...
goal for the new year: make time to paint my nails.
go, girl! - December 10, 2012 at 4:51 PM
- Amy said...
I just adore that picture of Nella smiling at Lainey. So beautiful :)
- December 10, 2012 at 4:51 PM
- Rachel said...
Oh my! 6 pics up from the bottom. What a cute smile caught!!! Adorable!!
- December 10, 2012 at 5:02 PM
- Yellow Finch Designs said...
such a great post! in every single aspect.
- December 10, 2012 at 5:04 PM
- Jen said...
i like you more and more with each post.
and just 15 days till ISLE OF CAPRI, baby!!!! i can't wait to photograph the kids on the beach. you make it look so inviting!!! - December 10, 2012 at 5:06 PM
- Mama Kacy said...
Loved "fellowship", Harry Potter references and the "Christmas Shoes song." A couple friends talked about how good that song was last year and when I listened to it, I thought it was so depressing and always change it now!!
- December 10, 2012 at 5:28 PM
- Raelyn said...
I "knew" this friend, my former pen-pal, who passed away from Multiple Sclerosis at the age of 19 in 2008. Amber told me about that "Christmas Shoes" song. Every time I hear it, she comes immediately to mind.... ;)
--Raelyn - December 10, 2012 at 5:36 PM
- Michelle B said...
sent a link to you on instagram. I found a Ninjabread cookie kit at walgreens. I think you need some.
- December 10, 2012 at 5:50 PM
- Moosefan said...
I was born and raised in Central Florida. Let me tell you what Christmas smelled like-Salty from the spray of Daytona Beach. After Christmas Eve service, we would take our black patent Mary Jane's off and run through the sand, chasing the tide making sure not to get our Christmas dresses wet. Spicy-from the Shrimp Creole that my Southern Louisiana MaMa would make for Christmas dinner. Citrus-The mocktails of ginger ale and orange juice with bisquits and gravy for Christmas Morning breakfast after rushing through the presents and seeing that Santa left white foot prints even though there was never any snow.
We have had the awesome opportunity to live on both coasts, from VA, WA, TX, GA and now, back to TX. Christmas always smells the same with us-it smells like love.
- December 10, 2012 at 5:59 PM
- Farmgirl Paints said...
I've been so busy making cuffs I have hardly left my studio. I need my people too. Got some major making up to do once my shop closes. Love that you are surrounded with so many. Fellowship is goooood for the soul;)
- December 10, 2012 at 6:00 PM
- Tori said...
Nella is the CUTEST. Just seeing pictures of her sweet face is one of the main reasons I follow your blog. My little sister has downs, and 6 years ago suffered major brain damage. She's no longer the same person she used to be, but seeing pictures of Nella reminds me of her so much. Thank you for sharing little moments of your life.
- December 10, 2012 at 6:01 PM
- Carolyn Savage said...
Ok Kelle...time to give you the truth. Guess what it's doing in most of Michigan today...raining. The sun hasn't shown a ray since..well..I don't know when, and it's cold. Today, my sitter said that our weather reminds her of home. She's from London. That's not good. I saw your pics on IG from the beach last night. You don't have it that bad, girl. Trust me. Now go bury your face in a real balsam wreath and carry on. XOXO
- December 10, 2012 at 6:04 PM
- SH said...
I love the photo of the girls holding hands!
thehartungs.blogspot.ca - December 10, 2012 at 6:09 PM
- Caitlin said...
OMG that damn Christmas Shoes song. It's such a cheap shot.
- December 10, 2012 at 6:13 PM
- Lola said...
Kelle!!! Those pics of Lainey and nella are amazingly beautiful.
Happiness all over!
Xo - December 10, 2012 at 6:19 PM
- Comfypjs said...
I'm having a really hard time with Christmas this year and your posts filled with the traditions you remember are truly heartwarming.
- December 10, 2012 at 6:32 PM
- Stacey said...
Fellowship is definitely vital - always, but especially at Christmastime. So glad you are enjoying some with friends - the best kind of friends, it seems. A resolution for my new year is expanding my circle for fellowship, as that sometimes takes a back burner to all the other to-dos on my list. Not good. Thanks for continued inspiration and reminders that help me to change perspective and put things in order. And enjoy that wreath!
- December 10, 2012 at 6:34 PM
- Alethea said...
The funny thing is that even though you think Christmas is "supposed" to smell like fire and fir trees and be filled with rosy cheeks and sledding, one day your kids will think Christmas is supposed to be the beach and the orange groves and barefoot outside after dark! I grew up in FL and now live in the Northeast (and have since I was 17) and I sigh for the days of my Florida Christmases!
- December 10, 2012 at 6:38 PM
- Rebecca said...
Ha! Yes, I live in muggy, humid South Florida as well and fully understand how one can get the Christmas blues. (especially when we just had such a nice bout of cold weather earlier this fall!) I have also cued the red manicure and all of my favorite Christmas tunes 24/7. Good luck making this Christmas special! Enjoy the time with your family and friends. :)
- December 10, 2012 at 6:40 PM
- AdrienneSullivan said...
Love the Christmas cheer that you share with all of us. Your girls just keep getting more and more beautiful!! :)
- December 10, 2012 at 6:46 PM
- Unknown said...
Can you get any more awesome? Apparently! Because now I know you like Harry Potter.
- December 10, 2012 at 6:49 PM
- Jo said...
You are funny and inspiring Kelle. I love to see how to include your traditions into your warmer climate and share this with your girls. I am committed to having a jolly sunny Christmas this year. Thanks for sharing x
- December 10, 2012 at 6:59 PM
- Lynn Richards said...
I love that you threw out the word Koinonia...our "koinonia" group has been together for over 10 years. We have raised our kids together, we have seen each other through EVERYTHING. They are my people!!!
Good for you to bring your peeps together..
- December 10, 2012 at 7:17 PM
- Momma Holmes said...
Sigh. Just smiling! And taking some time to soak up the LOVE!
- December 10, 2012 at 7:44 PM
- Abbey R said...
The photo of Lainey leaning down to Nella's adorable smile is pure gold xo
- December 10, 2012 at 7:45 PM
- Win said...
Merry Christmas time!!!!!!! Love You and the Fam!
And love love love the pics...
- December 10, 2012 at 8:28 PM
- Steph @ this brown wren said...
Just magic! And "enjoy your people"...well said....and I'm off to do just that now. WIshing you beautiful days :) x
- December 10, 2012 at 8:52 PM
- Love is all you need said...
Did you see the blue Q unicorn tin bank?!! I thought of you and if I was your neighbor I would kick off our friendship with that tin:)
- December 10, 2012 at 9:14 PM
- Renee said...
Kelle, the love in your girls eyes, when they look at each other, is priceless. They make me swell with happy tears, I love it! I love that you make the best out of your situation, always, and find every ounce of celebration you can. Keep up the wonderful Christmas spirit!! You have helped me learn what it's like to truly celebrate the Christmas spririt and make the most out of what you have. :)
- December 10, 2012 at 9:50 PM
- Katrina said...
My little man, Bennett, loved running around the tree lot this year which made the experience so much better! I love Christmas! And I love your drive to keep the weather from making it disappear! :)
- December 11, 2012 at 5:01 AM
- kmrf said...
Much like Florida we do not have a white Christmas here in Louisiana but yesterday the temp went from 80 to 30 someting last night. Thank God for Christmas chill at least. Great ideas for keeping it festive.
- December 11, 2012 at 5:27 AM
- Liane said...
I so needed this today. I am sat in Accident & Emergency with horrendous stomach cramps just 4 and a half weeks into my pregnancy. This post provided me with a few smiles that I needed x
- December 11, 2012 at 6:06 AM
- Ginny said...
I would have awarded at least 5 points for Griffindor. :)
We have had an artificial tree for the last 6 years and I admit I do miss the smell of Christmas in our house. I'm hoping to introduce my girls to that one day. Perhaps next year. Checking out the Shine Project and Blue Q right now! - December 11, 2012 at 7:47 AM
- Rosie Keisha said...
The obvious adoring bond between Nella and Lainey is so beautiful to see.
- December 11, 2012 at 8:26 AM
- Chelsea Hanninen said...
Ha. Laughing that they're skipping through Christmas trees wearing sundresses. Sending some chilly weather your way!
- December 11, 2012 at 9:27 AM
- The Scott's said...
Love the pics of the girls... Happy Holidays Hampton family!
- December 11, 2012 at 11:25 AM
- Betsi* said...
Just so's ya know, the church we attended when I was a child was called Koinonia Christian Fellowship. I now look back and chuckle at the redundancy.
- December 11, 2012 at 11:37 AM
- Priscilla said...
I've been in sunny California for a few days and feel so confused. It doesn't feel like Christmas when your outside in shorts and a t-shirt tanning. I loved the warmth, but I'm ready to get back to crisp, cool air and hopefully some snow in Utah.
- December 11, 2012 at 12:13 PM
- Roksalanna said...
Love the pictures of Nella sleeping in your friend's arms! So sweet!
Looks like Sophie is even getting into the Christmas spirit by wearing a red Christmas collar!
xo - December 11, 2012 at 4:32 PM
- Kelly Cach said...
Oh goodness...can't get enough of the girls running through the trees!!! Lainey's body language is cautious and responsible, and Nella's is all WOOHOO, here I come all wild and free!
And FINALLY ordered from Blue Q...the "My Treat" coin purse I've wanted FOR.ever. One of my favorite things to do is to surprise my boys with treats after school or on a special one on one date. That coin purse will make memories :) Ordered a few extra for gifts, too :) - December 11, 2012 at 6:09 PM
- Lisa Johnson said...
That last picture of Lainey just made my day. It looks like Nella's arm is coming out of the back of her head like a creepy misplaced pony tail. :)
I ♥ reading your blog! - December 12, 2012 at 7:30 AM
- Ky said...
You go girl! No one hammers Christmas spirit like you.
I love the pine tree smell. Going to kick the fake tree to the curb next year and get a real one. - December 12, 2012 at 1:00 PM
- Jolene - EverydayFoodie said...
Oh my! I have to order that cat butt soap!! Haha!
- December 12, 2012 at 4:39 PM
- Michelle said...
Love it! "Enjoy your people." I've been thinking about that a lot and need to make it happen!
- December 13, 2012 at 8:03 AM
- Erin Campbell said...
The pictures of your girls are beautiful! They both look so happy!
readeatcreate.com - December 13, 2012 at 10:05 AM
- Corinne @ the Salty Shark said...
freaking. hilarious. turns out a shop down the street sells Blue Q. i'm on it.
- December 13, 2012 at 3:08 PM
- Laura @ Twenty5seven said...
I so know how you feel. I grew up in the UK and now live in Australia where it is summer in December. I always feel sad that a lot of the 'magic' of the build up to Christmas is lost here. I remember how Xmas tree lights looked to me as a child, but here it doesn't get dark until the children are already off to bed. The traditional foods are too hot and filling for a scorching summers day and most carols seem really out of place.
Of course, we have new Aussie traditions to choose from too, eating plum pudding- flavour icecream and white Christmas instead of plum pudding. Platters of seafood and salad and loads of fresh cherries instead of roast turkey, stuffing and spiced oranges. Colourful pavlova instead of mince pies. Instead of going caroling, we go to the beach.
There are a lot of things to love about an Aussie Christmas, I just wish it didn't have to replace the UK ones of my childhood, I wish I could have both! Lol
Because of that I do a kind of hybrid Xmas. I usually do cold meats (roast chicken, slices of baked ham) with salads and still have mince pies and plum pudding truffles. People probably think I'm crazy but this year the girls and I made fake snow to hang in the window next to our tree. Lol. - December 13, 2012 at 4:15 PM
- Nicole Morello said...
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- December 19, 2012 at 9:26 PM
- Nicole Morello said...
I am so excited that I found this blog! One of my best friends has 21 month old twin girls, one with Downs Syndrome, and I can't wait for her to read your blog. You are an incredible writer, and you and your fabulous friends take beautiful pictures too! I can't get enough of your PERFECT girls!
- December 19, 2012 at 9:27 PM


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Catholics in the American church, 59 million strong, likely had somewhat more mixed reactions to his stepping down than those in developing countries, where his popularity is much higher.
Benedict, 85, succeeded the immensely popular Pope John Paul II in 2005, but is more of an intellectual theologian than a global pastor. That contrast, as well as his continuation of John Paul's policies, may mean his legacy will rest under John Paul's shadow, several people interviewed said.
While Benedict's trip to the United States in 2008 boosted his popularity in this country among the 23 percent who identify themselves as Roman Catholic, their attitudes toward the Holy Father are based more on individual beliefs about moral issues than on Benedict as leader of the church, according to polls and those who have watched him closely.
John Allen, senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, an independent newspaper, said of Benedict's legacy, "I guess the answer is mixed. There is a liberal wing in the Catholic Church who would see Benedict as someone who steered the church in a conservative direction that is not to their taste."
For women, the pope "doesn't have a particularly good record when it comes to their concerns.
"I think in general most Catholics admire what they see as the man's humility and grace and I think that came through in reaction to his (U.S.) trip in '08."
While Benedict was at first seen as stern and aloof, the man who said "no" as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the image of him interacting with Catholic youth made him seem softer and more pastoral, Allen said.
After that trip, 83 percent in a survey said they had "improved impressions, getting past the stereotype of him as a bull in the china shop," Allen said.
Another source of "Catholic pride" is "the perception that we had a world-class intellectual at the top of the church," he said.
For many, Benedict has been an inspiration. Alex Dahogren, 20, a member of the University Catholic student group at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, said Benedict inspired her when he visited the United States and "when he decided to make this the Year of Faith. Personally, I think it's changed the way we run our organization Remembering that we are all called to evangelize."
Benedict's image - and possibly his legacy - will be colored by landmark events that preceded his papacy: the reduced role of the Vatican in Americans' view of their faith, starting in the 1960s, and, more recently, the priest sexual-abuse scandals, according to William D'Antonio, professor of sociology at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
The importance of the "teaching authority claimed by the Vatican" has declined among U.S. Catholics for years, according to surveys D'Antonio has done since 1987.
"The question of the way the laity look at the authority of the Vatican is not one of the four or five items that's at the top of their list," D'Antonio said. Only three in 10 say it's important to them, far less than Jesus' life, death and resurrection, the sacraments, the Virgin Mary or concern for the poor.
This erosion in respect for church authority goes back to Pope Paul VI's encyclical banning artificial birth control in 1968, which overruled two commissions that would have permitted it, D'Antonio said. "It was rejected by a majority of theologians; it was rejected by the laity," he said. From that point, he said, "What happened was the Catholics had an opportunity to think about this in their own lives."
And Benedict, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, labors in the shadow of the sexual-abuse scandals that came to light before he was elected pope, but which has further eroded church authority.
"So many cardinals and bishops covered up and protected the priests rather than the victims and Ratzinger himself, the evidence shows, did not act," nor did John Paul, said D'Antonio.
In 2010, Gallup reported that Benedict's favorability rating had dropped to 40 percent because of the sexual-abuse scandals, down from 63 percent in 2008, after his U.S. visit.
American Catholicism is diverse, with attitudes and practices differing largely based on age.
More U.S. Catholics see themselves as having greater authority over their own lives than do their church leaders. According to D'Antonio's survey, 20 percent defer to the pope and bishops on divorce and remarriage, 19 percent on abortion, 16 percent on non-marital sex and on homosexuality, and 10 percent on contraception. All of these are considered unalterable teachings of the pope as head of the church.
The most devout Catholics are those born before the Second Vatican Council, which concluded in 1965 and brought major changes to the church, such as ending regular celebration of the Latin Mass. D'Antonio defines "pre-Vatican II Catholics" as those born before 1941.
There are many Catholics who welcomed the changes after Vatican II, but are concerned that John Paul and Benedict tried to bring the church back to the time before the reforms. D'Antonio defines Catholics born between 1941 and 1960 as Vatican II Catholics, who made up almost half of all Catholics in 1987, according to a 2011 article in National Catholic Reporter, which is an excerpt from an upcoming book.
The most recent generation, born after 1979, tend to set their own moral compass and are more interested in the church's concern for the poor and the environment, D'Antonio writes.
Others see the move back to the days of the Latin Mass and more formal liturgy as a positive.
"Much of the good that's happened in the church, restoring the liturgy to some semblance of sacredness - he's had a role in that," said Jack Fowler, of Milford, Conn., publisher of National Review, who attends church daily and says the rosary "several times a day."
Fowler is pleased that "rock 'n roll on the altar" has had its day.
"I think Benedict brought stability and clarity to the liturgy and that's the most important part of our faith the Mass; it's critical," Fowler said.
The Rev. Joseph Fessio, founder of Ignatius Press in Florida, goes even further. "The heart of the Catholic Church is the worship of God and the liturgy and (Benedict) was one of the greatest liturgists we've had in 100 years," said Fessio, who called Benedict "a giant" with "a brilliant mind" who is "a good listener" and, like John Paul, an admirer of the arts.
Fessio's definition of a true Catholic is unyielding. "You have to accept those things that are taught by the Catholic Church as part of our faith," he said. And there are plenty of those in this country.
"Every day we ship out a stack of books that's as high as the Empire State Building," Fessio said of his publishing house, whose titles include "Modern Moral Problems" and "Contemplative Provocations."
Others take the opposite view. Sister Jeannine Gramick of Maryland, a member of the Sisters of Loretto and board member of the National Coalition of American Nuns, said, "Our evaluation of his legacy is he has turned the clock back in not affording the laity their rightful place in the church, which is to be active participants in the church."
Starting with Pope John Paul and continuing under Benedict, the Vatican has become "more monarchical and less democratic than the Second Vatican Council envisioned it to be," Gramick said.
Benedict also launched investigations of several sisters' orders that play active roles in society, some of which are outspoken in their dissent.
"Our feelings are of hurt, some are very angry and we just feel affronted that we are underappreciated and undervalued," she said.
While there are those who are unhappy with Benedict's eight-year papacy, 74 percent of American Catholics were satisfied with the leadership of their bishop and the pope, according to a 2012 survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. Both, however, fell behind sisters and their parish priest, who were favored by 83 percent and 82 percent, respectively.
"By and large, most Catholics are not thinking about what's going on in Rome but what's going on in their local congregations," said Jon Nilson, professor of theology at Loyola University Chicago.
The American church is evolving, remaining at about 23 percent of the U.S. population, but becoming more heavily Hispanic. This shift may not change attitudes much, however. While 53 percent of American Catholics favor same-sex marriage, 54 percent of Latino Catholics do, according to the Pew Forum.
"The diversity is sort of the key here," Nilson said. "There would be a certain group that would reflexively applaud and honor his legacy simply because he's the pope." Others "fundamentally agree with his priorities and perspectives," such as having "opened the door to return to the use of Latin and some of the older styles of liturgy," while a third group "would be pretty dissatisfied," because of those decisions and what they see as a lack of action on issues such as same-sex relationships, women's roles and the sexual-abuse scandals.
Besides the liturgical reforms, one of the strong messages of Vatican II was greater involvement by the laity. "Many people would say there's got to be more public conversation in the church. There are major issues facing the church that a lot of thoughtful people have given a lot of time to," Nilson said, including the ordination of women, priestly celibacy and same-sex relationships. But the pope refuses to open a dialogue on these issues.
Benedict "may be the last pope whose fundamental education and perspectives were formed prior to the Second Vatican Council," Nilson said.
"I think that for being such a great intellect that he was, he really had a blind spot when it came to issues of homosexuality with all the wealth of discussion around the world," said Francis DeBernardo, executive director of New Ways Ministries in Mount Rainier, Md., which advocates for LGBT rights. "He seemed content to stay with knowledge that was hundreds of years old."
DeBernardo said that as Cardinal Ratzinger and as pope, Benedict "was the architect of some of the worst anti-gay policies that the church has had. I'm hoping that the next pope will be more open to discussion of LGBT issues and will listen to the lives and reality of LGBT people and their faith."
The most damaging issue Benedict has had to deal with, however, is the sexual-abuse scandal, which he inherited. While he has met with victims, something John Paul never did, Benedict has not done enough to tend to the victims or to sanction the perpetrators, according to several people interviewed.
"My own sense is that the average Catholic knows that the whole thing was terribly mismanaged in 10,000 different ways," said Nilson.
Fowler, the conservative publisher of the National Review, said "I think he has maybe a B if I were giving a grade. The (abuse) problem persists. I hope and pray that the molestation has stopped."
"I still think they have a bit of a tone deafness to what's transpired I do think the church should be more aggressive.
"Our church has a long history of being too obtuse to crimes committed by clergy and I feel in the last 10 years things are better but we still have a long, long way to go," Fowler said.
Barbara Blaine of Chicago, president of the Survivors' Network of Those Abused by Priests, said Benedict should have done much more.
"I think that it's very important that we look at the pope's actions and judge him by his accomplishments, not on his words and not what he said," she said. "Because I believe that while he may have made lofty statements, those statements have really not done anything to protect children. And the way to protect children is to take concrete action."
Among those actions are ordering bishops to post identities of sexual predators on their websites, which about 30 bishops have done, to order bishops if they have "any information or documents or evidence that they have about sex crimes that they should turn that over to the police."
It's impossible to know how much the scandal will damage Benedict's legacy over time. Many Catholics place the blame only on the perpetrators, not on their superiors.
Vanderbilt's Dahogren, who thinks Benedict handled the issue well, doesn't blame the Vatican. "The sex-abuse scandals are more on individuals than on the church," she said. "It's not a reflection on the church."
As a new pope is elected, possibly someone from a younger generation, the National Review's Fowler is looking for someone similar to John Paul and Benedict. "We have to be people of hope," he said. "We've had two very good stewards of the faith in very difficult times in a world that's gone hog wild on materialism and without them the state of the church should have been much worse."
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Kaw Wildlife Area
Arkansas City, KS 67005
Manage: Kurt Grimm,
Phone: (620) 876-5730
The Corps of Engineers owns the land and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks manages the area under a lease that with the Corp. KDWP enter into this agreement in 1979.
The area consists of 4,341 acres of land and river, all well above the conservation pool of Kaw Reservoir which is downstream in Oklahoma. About one-fourth of the area is under cultivation. These cultivated lands are leased to local farmers, a portion of the crop is left standing to provide food and cover for wildlife. The remainder of the area is grasslands and riparian timber. There is approximately 20-25 acres of pumped wetlands on the west side of the Arkansas River.
White-tailed deer, waterfowl, turkey, dove, and bobwhite quail are the most numerous and sought after species. There is limited opportunity for pheasants. Cotton-tailed rabbits and squirrels are numerous and have limited pressure put on their populations.
Kaw is managed for hunting and fishing related recreation. As a result, several special regulations are in effect.
- No camping allowed at this facility.
- Horseback riding, target practice, and off-road vehicle use are prohibited.
- Tree stands or blinds must be of a temporary (portable) nature or built of natural vegetation available at the site.
- Stands may be placed not more than 14 days prior to the season to be hunted and must be removed within 14 days of the close of that season.
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Winning at Chess
Aron Nimzowitsch was one of the greatest chess players of the 1920s and 1930s, ranked just behind the famous World Champions Alekhine and Capablanca. His reputation as an author is higher still.
My System is at the top of a very short list of chess classics. Nimzowitsch's ideas have had a profound influence on modern chess thinking. Most chess masters will at some point have studied Nimzowitsch's work, and not to have read My System is by many regarded as a shocking gap in a chess player's education.
My System
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Are you making the most of your chess talent? Do you always perform to the best of your ability? Do your results match up with your understanding of the game? If the answer to any of these questions is 'no' then read on! In The Survival Guide to Competitive Chess, Grandmaster and experienced tournament player John Emms reveals the secrets of how to maximize your potential and improve your results.
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365 Tactical Tests to Improve Your Chess
"My Daily Exercises" is a superb collection of 365 exercises designed to help players of all levels recognize patterns, visualize tactics, and identify weak points in their opponent's position.
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Everything A New Chess Player Needs to Know
Learning to play chess involves more than just knowing how to move the pieces. Chess 101 is a chess book for beginners that provides a comprehensive overview of everything a new player needs to know. This includes... Types of boards and pieces, setting up the board, the value of the pieces, how the pieces move, including castling and "en passant", chess notation, the three phases of the game of chess, how to study chess, what a chess rating is and how to get one, chess clock rules, an overview of faster chess games, the mechanics of a tournament, rules and etiquette, and tips to winning chess. Chess 101 also contains over two dozen exhibits, designed to make understanding the game easy!
Chess 101
A Much-Expanded New Edition of 101 Brilliant Chess Miniatures
Grandmaster Secrets - Winning Quickly at Chess
How about a Nice Game of Chess?
The game of chess has challenged and delighted the world for centuries. In Back to Basics: Fundamentals, the essential building blocks of the royal game are presented simply and in an easy-to-understand format. With the expert guidance of chess master Branislav Francuski, you will learn how the chess pieces move and capture; the underlying principles of the game; how to spot and carry out simple checkmates; and understand the basic tactical ideas that are so important to playing and winning.
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Back to Basics - Fundamentals
Friedgood shared their joy and appreciation of chess beauty, engulfing readers with a wealth of amazing and magnificent examples from the aesthetic side of the game. Moreover, they demonstrated how this fascinating subject could be analysed, and how it could help players to improve both their understanding and practical play.
Secrets of Spectacular Chess 2
Widely regarded as the best chess book ever written, "Masters of the Chessboard", discusses the playing styles of each of the leading grandmasters of history up until that time. Richard Reti was one of the strongest and certainly was the most original player of all time. He defeated, at least once, almost every leading player of his era.
Masters of the Chessboard
Sound Advice on all Aspects of Playing Chess
Steve Giddins is an author acclaimed for his ability to write in down-to-earth style on fundamental chess topics. In this book he answers the questions that really matter to chess-players. His topics include many basic ideas, including some that have rarely been addressed so directly in chess literature, and thus are often misunderstood by club players. Where appropriate, the answers also address highly sophisticated concepts, providing insights gleaned from many years of experience and discussions with players and trainers of the highest level.
101 Chess Questions Answered
More chess coaches in America recommend this book for their students than any other book. Written by one of the World's Strongest Grandmasters who was top contender for the World Chess Championship, "Chess the Easy Way" takes the player from the beginning moves of chess, rapidly advancing to the Expert Level.
Chess the Easy Way
The book's story begins when Gary, a young boy, finds himself at home with his babysitter one boring afternoon. His day picks up when a young girl named Cassie comes to take him away to Chess Country, a world where everything is related to the royal game. Along the way, Gary meets many of the residents of Chess Country, including Riddles -- who provides Gary and the reader with numerous chess puzzles -- and Zug, another young boy who will become Gary's chess rival.
Gary's Adventures in Chess Country
Winning Battles over the Board
Winning Battles over the Board, International Master and former US Open Champion Timothy Taylor draws upon his wealth of personal experience to offer an instructive and entertaining account of how to improve your understanding of chess and your results.
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True Combat Chess
A New Edition of a Winner of the USCF Award for Best Book
Igor Stohl has selected 62 outstanding games from recent years and analysed them in painstaking depth. Here he presents his findings to chess enthusiasts, who will find the games entertaining and the annotations both instructive and illuminating. Stohl is an outstanding theoretical expert, so the opening phase of each game reads like a lesson in the key strategic aspects of the opening chosen, with a critical survey of modern trends. The middlegame is dissected and the critical decisions subjected to keen scrutiny - we are invited inside Stohl's laboratory to join him in the quest for the truth. The endgame phase, if reached, is handled with similar erudition, with insights into the grandmaster's approach to questions of technique.
Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces
This is the masterpiece by World Chess Champion Jose Raul Capablanca who is regarded as the strongest chess player who ever lived, prior to the arrival of Bobby Fischer.World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik regarded Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals as the best chess book ever written.
Chess Fundamentals
Tratado de los principios basicos del juego-ciencia, expuestos con notable precision y claridad, y desarrollados y aplicados en una serie de partidas comentadas por el propio campeon.Fundamentos del Ajedrez se publico por primera vez hace trece anos. Desde entonces han aparecidos numerosos articulos bajo el titulo, por lo general, de "teoria hipermoderna del ajedrez".
Fundamentos Del Ajedrez - SPANISH EDITION
Improve Your Chess by Studying the Games of the Master of Positional Play
For more than a quarter of a century until his death in 1935, Aron Nimzowitsch was recognised as one of the world's leading players. The leading Grandmaster of the Hypermodern school, his games were full of new ideas and plans, which were accompanied by landmarks in chess literature such as My System and Chess Praxis. Challenging old theories, his books are regarded as being the best teaching manuals and have strongly withstood the test of time.
Aron Nimzowitsch - Master of Planning
The name "Staunton" has become so closely associated with chess that the words have become virtually synonymous. All modern tournament chess games are required to be played with Staunton chess pieces. The First International Chess Tournament, London 1851, was organized by Staunton. The leading distributor of chess books and equipment in the USA has taken the name "House of Staunton".
Staunton's Chess-Player's Handbook
A Brand New System to Become a Better Player!
Former Ukrainian Champion Moskalenko, who coached Vasily Ivanchuk to stardom, presents a fundamentally new approach of getting better at chess. Covering all aspects of the game, Moskalenko develops new and easy-to-apply rules-of-thumb for amateur players who want to improve. With many examples, tests and exercises, this is the ultimate modern chess skills improvement manual. Easy to read and understand; even weaker players will benefit from Moskalenko's breakdown of the material, wrote Carsten Hansen at about Moskalenko's previous book 'The Flexible French'.
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Some players seem to be naturally gifted at chess. Almost effortlessly they seem to know what to do in every position. They recognize the best squares for their pieces; they know whether to seize the initiative with a bold attack or play quietly; whether to trade pieces or avoid exchanges; how to exploit opponents' weaknesses while minimizing the effect of their own - they make it look all too easy!
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Rules of Winning Chess
In August 2008 Andres D. Hortillosa entered the New England Masters. It was a brave choice for an unrated player to compete in such a tough event, but it proved to be an inspired decision; he exceeded all expectations and was rewarded with a FIDE international rating of 2199. This, however, was no overnight success; it was the result of systematic work. How did he achieve such outstanding improvement? The answer lies in this book.
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Improve Your Chess At Any Age
In August 2008 Andres D. Hortillosa entered the New England Masters. It was a brave choice for an unrated player to compete in such a tough event, but it proved to be an inspired decision; he exceeded all expectations and was rewarded with a FIDE international rating of 2199. This, however, was no overnight success; it was the result of systematic work. How did he achieve such outstanding improvement? The answer lies in this book.
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A Step-By-Step Guide to Brilliant Chess
Leading chess author Colin Crouch selects and explains over 30 sensational games, all from the new millennium. By studying battles between the world's best players, Crouch examines in detail all the key areas of modern chess
Modern Chess - Move by Move
A Step-By-Step Guide to Brilliant Chess
The Modern Defence is an ambitious, counter-attacking choice for Black which can be played against all mainline openings. In typical hypermodern style, Black allows White to occupy the centre and then undermines this centre by attacking it with pawns and pieces. In this book, Cyrus Lakdawala examines the key variations of the Modern Defence. He shares his experience and knowledge, presents a repertoire for Black and provides answers to all the key questions.
EBOOK - The Modern Defense - Move by Move
A Step-By-Step Guide to Brilliant Chess
Leading chess author Colin Crouch selects and explains over 30 sensational games, all from the new millennium. By studying battles between the world's best players, Crouch examines in detail all the key areas of modern chess
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Learn to Think the Way Bobby Does
Learn to think the same way Bobby Fischer did. This is the fastest, most efficient, most enjoyable book on chess ever compiled. As the student, you start at the beginning and progressively develop your skills as you apply Bobby Fischer's principles and learn how to play Chess the Bobby way.
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
How the Pieces Get Their Power
This ground-breaking book by best-selling chess author Dan Heisman addresses the evaluation and understanding of how static features affect the value of the pieces in a given position. Now in its fourth edition, emphasis is placed on the static evaluation of each piece's value and its role in the overall position rather than the assessment of a specific position, but Heisman's approach can also be applied to help evaluate entire positions by helping to answer the questions who stands better, by how much, and why?
Elements of Positional Evaluation
The main reason why we lose at chess is no big secret: we all make unnecessary mistakes! But simply acknowledging this fact isn't enough to help us improve. The big question is, how can we eliminate these mistakes from our game, or at least keep them to an absolute minimum?
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Why we Lose at Chess
Mistakes are often made in the early part of the game - at all levels of chess - but a key skill is to recognize these critical moments as they happen and to exploit them with maximum efficiency. This is a skill which Grandmaster Simon Williams addresses in this book. Using instructive and entertaining games in which one side wins quickly, he examines all the typical mistakes chess players make in the opening and early middlegame, how you should look to exploit them, and how to avoid falling into similar traps yourself.
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How to win at Chess - Quickly
It's a fact of chess life that if you want to win, you have to put a bit of study in. Every chess player, from near-beginner to experienced tournament player, needs to learn the openings and keep on top of current theory. But studying doesn't have to be dull.
Studying Chess Made Easy
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10 Great Ways To Get Better At Chess
In this book grandmaster Nigel Davies provides that direction. He examines the methods used by a number of players who were looking to improve their game, and how they went about achieving their goal. He has drawn heavily on the games and thoughts of players who have been his students over the years and experienced a clear improvement in their play.
Nigel Davies is a Grandmaster with more than 35 years of tournament experience. He is a highly regarded chess teacher and the author of many successful chess books.
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Chess Mastery Through Chess Imbalances
How to Reassess Your Chess has long been considered a modern classic. Now this fourth, and final edition completely rewritten and featuring all new example stakes Silman's groundbreaking concept of imbalances to a whole new level.
How to Reassess Your Chess - 4TH EDITION
Chess Mastery Through Chess Imbalances
For a limited time purchase the special autographed, collector's edition of Jeremy Silman's How to Reassess Your Chess, 4th Edition, in hardcover version and get the author's commemorative t-shirt free! This offer is limited to the first 100 customers!
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Learn to Play Chess Like Garry Kasparov
Win Like Kasparov! is the first in the Win like My Hero! series by International Grandmaster Ron W. Henley. This instructional series was created for chess players to learn to play like the most heroic figures of the Royal Game. Tactics and strategy are explained through the use of visually enhanced diagrams.
Win Like Kasparov!
The Best of Novice Nook
A Guide to Chess Improvement features the very best of Dan Heisman's multi-award winning chess column Novice Nook, which has run for the past ten years at a popular website. This book is full of valuable instruction, insight and practical advice on a wide range of key subjects: general improvement, thought processes, planning and strategy, tactics, endgame play, technique, time management and much more.
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Aquarium Specialty is happy to announce that we have partnered up with Reef Pest Solutions (RPS) to distribute their new All Out Complete dip Solution.
About RPS: RPS is dedicated to reef safe solutions for the most common and devastating pests hobbyists face. Together Jessica and Matthew have focused their efforts on eradicating aquarium pests that can sometimes plague our aquariums. For the past 2 years Jessica and Matthew have been researching, developing and perfecting a comprehensive coral dip that not only destroys adults but eggs with a special penetrating agent. Combined with their oxidizing agent and walla, you have what might be the perfect reef dip. Their 2 year effort perfecting RPS All Out has paid off and now they have launched the most comprehensive (lightning in a bottle, if you will) pest treatment available to the home aquarists.
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Marathon Tours & Travel invites you to enjoy Hawaiian hospitality at the 43st Honolulu Marathon on December 14, 2014.
As one of the event's official travel agencies, Marathon Tours can provide excellent service and recommend a variety of hotel choices. Speak to our Honolulu Marathon travel specialist who can book the lowest rates available including airfare, car rental or any features that you prefer. Our reservation service can also recommend multi-island stays. Most visitors prefer hotels as close as possible to the finish line area in Kapiolani Park which is just across Kalakaua Avenue from the public section of Waikiki Beach. Guests can walk back to many hotels conveniently located on Waikiki Beach or across the street. The start is at Ala Moana Boulevard at the Queen Street extension in the commercial area of Honolulu.
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- Best quality woods while going through great lengths to obtain them legally
- Most versatile and superior tone in new instruments
- Best attention to detail on a production guitar
- Most innovative and aggresive research and development for electronics and components
- Nicest, most talented yet humble employees ever
- The face of the company - Paul - and his story of building an empire in the late hours of the day in his bedroom to one of the largest maufacturers of guitars today while also still being involved in the company. He even PLAYS GUITAR!
- PTC - the ability to have work done by the people who made the guitar is amazing. Skitchy is a ninja, Len is an evil genious and Scotty B I think is just one with the wood at a level none of us could comprehend.
- Annual Experience / Clinics - the fact that PRS cares enough to throw an amazing event for us. They could run a sale if they only wanted to move units
- Insisting to use dealers - while at the end of the day, using dealers costs us more per product than a factory dircet operation and probably costs PRS, I dont mind because PRS has some of the most amazing dealers I have ever met from getting you a guitar, fixing it, dealing with warranty work to even calling in a favor to get you something that might not normally be available. I appreciate this.
- Listening to their customers - things that the company can do within their powers to take our advice are done. New artist pack? New production birds? Production 408s? Standard maple series guitars? DGT/Tremonti in the artist pack? Done across the board within a year or two of people asking.
- Shawn/James - its great to be on here and have representation by the company in a capacity where they can not only help with PRS issues, but they participate in our small talk and general conversations as friends.
I think this pretty much sums it up for me as well!! In the end, it's not just about the guitars, it's the people who represent them. The whole PRS family vibe that they have created just makes you feel like you are a part of something more than just owning an great instrument.
You guys are right; there's an experience involved in owning PRS that's really unmatched.
It's definitely exciting to be alive during this part of the PRS legacy. Just think, one day when we are all old timers, we will be saying "yeah I remember back when the pickups didn't have squabbins..."
PRS guitars to me are the best guitars in the world the quality of the build the materials, the passion the employees have, The Passion that Paul has for his guitars. any other guitars I really don't even look at them anymore PRS GUITARS are simply the best. Gary Norris
I played many, many guitars before I tried a PRS. There was something about the PRS that made it feel instantly comfortable the moment I touched it. And the fret work was amazing. So I did some research into the company and people there that were just as passionate about guitars as me and I knew that I had to own one. I didn't choose PRS, PRS chose me.
I gig a Mira because it is very versatile, light, and beautiful.
I gig a 305 and SE ONE as well.
I love them all and have dirty thoughts about a 408 standard with a crackwood neck.
I'm hopelessly hooked.
I dig the headstocks :rofl:
Customer service and Paul's hands-on approach.
I dig'em because they play themselves & feel like butter (Say what?)
I like em because they sound great, feel great and stay in tune. It also doesnt hurt that they are a great company to deal with. I have watched how PRS guitars are made at the factory and the lengths that they go to make great guitars. There are times i just close my eyes, play and listen to the wonderful sound of my P24 and that has nothing to do with how it looks.
Some guitars look great. some feel great, and some sound great. But few have all three properties and PRS has it all. Amazing quality, with top notch aesthetics. Incredible playability with awesome tone. What's not to like :D?
because other guitars are just stupid.
Versatility, tone, comfort, tuning stability, quality control.
Its hard for me to describe why I like my PRS more then other guitars I own/have owned. I guess the best way to describe it is that they just 'fit'.
My PRS are all basically SC250's. Here are the things that I really love about these guitars...
PRS Specific:
-scale length 25" is awesome
-the PRS 2 vol / 2 tone knob config
-WF or Pattern neck carve
- Adjustable wrap stoptail
General in my PRS:
-22 frets (I get lost on 24 frets for some reason)
-3way toggle (I loath blade switches even though I have guitars with them)
- 2x Hum-buckers
- and for whatever reason set necks really appeal to me.
My first guitar, 20 years ago or so, was a strat clone. It was a good guitar for what it was, it had a Trem that I never used and single coils I never got along with. After buying and selling much gear I eventually bought a Gibson Explorer and fell in love with 22 frets, Hum-buckers, set necks, and hard tails. After I figured that out I moved gear again, tried floyds, khalers, other trems... neck-throughs...
I don't know, its all subjective but they really work for me, especially the singlecuts, and are not as dangerous to my walls or kids as some of the... less traditional shapes like Explorers and King V's.


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How well do you know your blood?! I've taken 10 screenshots from 10 random horror movies and it is up to you to figure out what movie each one is from. The catch is, the only thing pictured in each shot is a little blood from the movie! Let me show ya what I mean...
Take a look at the picture above. You should know what movie that is from without even a moments thought (The Shining). But just how skilled are you!? How many of the following less obvious movies can you name, based solely on their blood content?
The first person to leave a comment with all 10 correct answers will recieve a prize. Like a real prize. A top secret prize! One that's not made of air!
13 comments:
- Ben Forsaken said...
Well I don't want to spoil it for the ya rest of your guests, so I will only say one.
1 = May ;) - November 13, 2008 at 5:35 AM
- Nik Holmes said...
1 = May
2 = 2000 Maniacs
3 = Hellraiser
4 = Scarecrows
5 = Anchorman UNCUT
6 = Suspiria
7 = New York Ripper
8 = Friday the 13th:The Final Chapter
9 = White of the Eye
10= My Bloody Valentine
Ha, okay I know that only three of these are correct, but there are actual reasons for my other answers, they aren't just random movies. Good luck and hats off to whoever can get all ten. - November 14, 2008 at 3:03 AM
- John said...
Anchorman uncut haha nice...ooooh Baxter
4 correct! 1 is May, 2 is 2000 Maniacs, 3 is Hellraiser and 6 is Suspiria! Now someones just gotta fill in the other 6 to win the prize! - November 14, 2008 at 7:07 AM
- Nik Holmes said...
Wow, 4! It was Suspiria after all!
Don't know if I can have another go, but is 7 'Martin'? It just hit me.
Never mind.
I love the fact that the colour and consistency of the blood in each shot tends to indicate the era it came from.
Coolest of blogs btw. - November 14, 2008 at 9:08 AM
- John said...
Can have as many go's as ya want and yes, 7 is Martin!
5 left to go!
Regarding the color/consistency...I figured that'd be a giveaway for some or at least a narrowing down of possible films it could be. Glad someone's using that to their advantage. Well actually, i'm really just glad anyone's participating at all! - November 14, 2008 at 9:18 AM
- kaiyn said...
Sadly, I only know the answer to one of them. Number 5 is Ginger Snaps.
- November 14, 2008 at 11:30 AM
- John said...
Correct! 4 to go!
- November 14, 2008 at 11:42 AM
- Nik Holmes said...
Kicking myself over Ginger Snaps, so
10 - Freddy Vs Jason
at least one of these has to be a Freddy movie... - November 16, 2008 at 4:12 PM
- John said...
10 is in fact Freddy vs Jason!
and yes, must always show the Freddy love - November 16, 2008 at 5:52 PM
- kaiyn said...
This one has been bugging me for a while, and it took me forever to remember where I'd seen it, but number 8 is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake.
- November 22, 2008 at 12:54 PM
- John said...
- November 22, 2008 at 5:18 PM
- John said...
Nobody got four or nine...
4 is Hatchet
9 is Inside - December 1, 2008 at 11:55 PM
- Nik Holmes said...
Well, I could make myself feel better about not getting those two as I have seen neither, but that unfortunately makes me feel something of a part time horror lover as I really should have seen them by now. Thansk for the fun anyway!
- December 7, 2008 at 2:52 PM


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Wondering how long before Bose purchases Dyson?
gak0090 wrote:I'll help make your point always looking for a reason to bring out a Public Enemy reference.
Dyson is a hero to most, but it doesn't mean *)#&% to me. I mean straight out overpriced that sucka is simple and plain. Mother*#%$& them and Beats Headphones.
I started buying Dyson "fans" after spending several days trying to keep our toddler's fingers out of the box fan in the living room. Although I am NOT a baby proofing dad (we do stair gates and nothing else), short of losing a finger tip, I could not get the child to stay away from the fan, especially after he saw his older siblings making the fun voices and noises with it. YMMV, but I did the 'chasing child' vs. 'exorbitant fan purchase' calculation and the fan won.
Dyson deliberately uses the spec of gallons per second instead of the more industry common cubic feet per minute (cfm) in order to obfuscate their terrible performance. 5.29 gallons per second is equivalent to 42 cubic feet per minute. Now go compare that to some other tabletop fans, and you'll find that it's awful, positively a pittance. And the air drawn in is the SAME as the air expelled. "Air multiplication" is a fraud. What actually happens is that the 42cfm is drawn in through a conventional blower in the base, that air is forced through a ridiculously narrow plenum (thereby resulting in a high noise level) and then through a narrow oval-shaped opening. There is a legitimate aerodynamic phenomenon called "entrapment". So, yes, additional air is brought into the flow. But here's the difference vs. what Dyson wants you to infer from their marketing speak. There is NO increase in flow rate. What happens is that a relatively fast flow of air coming out of the narrow opening transforms into a wider and much slower flow of air. Energy is conserved. Momentum is conserved. So the effectively output flow rate, perceived by the movement of air on the fan output, is no greater than the input flow rate of 42 cfm.
Now where to get the Dyson Bong.... http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/257/d/9/dyson_bong_by_blackrock3-d5emoqq.jpg&imgrefurl=http://blackrock3.deviantart.com/art/Dyson-Bong-326904002&h=490&w=550&sz=108&tbnid=0DIfg0F6o6EsaM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=101&zoom=1&usg=__XdjXbpeosFbJBiWX-1PNrSdD3Zw=&docid=4rtzLQxwXbrBXM&sa=X&ei=QZO3UcDKPI2MigK-_4CoCA&ved=0CIMBEPUBMAk&dur=27
very very very over priced items. Dyson that is. It's not that revolutionary and you get to pay extra because they made a clever design. It is true this is a status symbol item. Even though it doesn't work as well as a regular table fan people flock to them and toss good money after bad. As far as refurbished goes, The term is loosely used to denote returned items but also and usually notes items that didn't pass inspection at the factory and had to be broken back down to repair the fault. They can't sell it as OEM because it has been repaired. THus the refurb label.
WLAURENT wrote:Wondering how long before Bose purchases Dyson?
@WLAURENT, now, now, Dyson might share premium pricing with BOSE, but at least most Dyson stuff is pretty well put together. No cause for trashing the Dyson name by attempting to associate the crappy sounding BOSE brand with it. BTW, did anyone notice the Woot Batteies page deals currently going on? I accidentally stumbled on them and am not sure I could find them again without: http://tech.woot.com/plus/batteries-3
I didn't notice the change away from $5 for all orders shipped on same day and placed two orders a minute apart and was charged $5 for both. I couldn't believe they wouldn't issue me a credit for the $5. Hard to believe they'd treat such a regular customer this way.
Crap! We got one recently and I was so excited to have a 20% off coupon for Bed Bath & Beyond to get it. ...for about $300. Gotta say tho that it works great to move the air and boost the comfort of one room that just isn't served by our ductwork system. It's also super safe for our 3yo grandson to be around and it's amusing as h*ll. I recommend it with enthusiasm especially since that's less than half the retail price of a new one.
cameronpurdy wrote:Most "refurbished" items are actually "returned" items; they can not (by law) be sold as new.
I'm amazed that after so many years people are still hanging on the "I'm so surprised that there are so many [enter brand here] refurbished items..." I guess these people rather be lied to and not have laws to protect them and have returned, refurbished or remanufactured items sold to them as new. Maybe these are the same people who purchase the undercoating or the clearcoat protectant when they buy a car.
polysorbate wrote:Now where to get the Dyson Bong.... http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/257/d/9/dyson_bong_by_blackrock3-d5emoqq.jpg&imgrefurl=http://blackrock3.deviantart.com/art/Dyson-Bong-326904002&h=490&w=550&sz=108&tbnid=0DIfg0F6o6EsaM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=101&zoom=1&usg=__XdjXbpeosFbJBiWX-1PNrSdD3Zw=&docid=4rtzLQxwXbrBXM&sa=X&ei=QZO3UcDKPI2MigK-_4CoCA&ved=0CIMBEPUBMAk&dur=27
Apparently this vacuum can either reverse the motor, or has a blower port on it. The beater brush is hopefully disengaged, but that could also be used as a function to test how wasted you are. I like the carb that is drawn by his hand. The best use I've seen a Dyson put to yet.
xyrcncp wrote:I'm amazed that after so many years people are still hanging on the "I'm so surprised that there are so many [enter brand here] refurbished items..." I guess these people rather be lied to and not have laws to protect them and have returned, refurbished or remanufactured items sold to them as new. Maybe these are the same people who purchase the undercoating or the clearcoat protectant when they buy a car.
its kinda funny i worked in 2 big retail stores for over 4 years and both of them nearly always sold returned stuff as new :P
bruce57 wrote:Oh, please...Macs aren't "status symbols" — and your ignorance is showing...
wrong .. he was right ... nobody pays for a Mac unless they want a staus symbol ... they are WAY over-priced. Industry use of Windows proves that! ... duhhh ;)
$180 for a refurbished fan that looks kinda cool? Sorry, no dice.
Mine just arrived: broken as the day it was originally returned by the sucker who bought it new. Thanks Woot!
jdyett wrote:Mine just arrived: broken as the day it was originally returned by the sucker who bought it new. Thanks Woot!
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