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From the article: Great Holiday Gifts for Thyroid Patients
If you are a thyroid patient, what holiday gift would be just the perfect fit for you? What special gifts would be just right for you to find under the tree at Christmas or wrapped up as a Hannukah, birthday, or special occasion present? Share and read other's stories, and wish list items! But have you ever received a really bad or insensitive or ridiculous gift -- a Thigh-Master from hubby maybe? -- and feel obliged to share your story so someone else doesn't make the same goofy gift-giving mistake?! Let us know know by sharing your stories about the worst holiday gifts you've received!
Sweater Problems
- One Christmas when we were first married, my husband bought me 2 sweaters. One was too large, the other too small. After that, I started giving him a "Wish List." I mostly wished that I didn't have to stand in the return line on 12.26. He he!
- —Guest Appreciative Wife
Worst Christmas Gift
- One year I received a pair of Tennis shoes for Christmas. Not so bad you might say, only that was it, the one & only gift I got.
- —Guest littlek9
Best & Worst Christmas Gifts
- My husband gives me things like a toaster (ours is on it last leg), set of pots & pans, car buffer with wax, travel mugs, car washing set (brushes and attachments that have yet to be used by anyone) or just nothing at all. He just does not even get it when the women at work tell him he is bad and should get me something more personal.
- —Guest ThatGirl AnnMarie
"Do you even know me?"
- I got a boys watch (it was dead) from my 17 year old brother in law. I'm pretty sure he picked it up off his bedroom floor (it had crumbs in it) and the worst part, he wrapped it in an old jello box. Really! My husband once got me a toaster oven (um, we have a regular oven) and yellow gold earrings. I only wear white gold but compared to what his brother gave me, they were perfect.
- —Guest Mary
Sheet Happens
- One "memorable" Christmas, while still a teenager, I received a fitted bottom sheet from a so-called family friend who should have known better. No, it wasn't part of a set--top sheet, pillow cases, etc. were not included--just a fitted bottom sheet. Oh, I suppose you could say the sheet was "special" since it featured the stamped artwork of Paloma Picasso. (Maybe I should have put on a stretcher and framed it?) The worst thing, perhaps, is that I actually wrote a thank-you note. Don't ask me what I said. All I remember is writing something undeservedly gracious. The giver, alas, was prone to this type of thing. She was my mom's age, had two girls of her own, and was known for being not just eccentric but controlling and dismissive. Bottom line, pun intended? We figured she must have had a closet filled with miscellaneous sale items and had found my gift during a give-or-toss-out rummage.
- —JLWhitcomb
- My boyfriend waited to buy my gift until the day before Christmas last year. Obviously, the stores were picked over. He found one last pair of down booties, and that's what I got. Not a huge gift, but they sure come in handy now that I am hypo & cold all the time! Highly recommend them!
- —Guest JJ
Parade of PJs
- When I was young, I always wondered why my Mom always took pills (thyroid) and never knew why until later in life. Fast forward twenty years and now the daughter (who has thyroid problems) is going through her own troubles after chemo and radiation. All the relatives were sending me awful gifts of lounging pj's. They ended up in the bottom of my drawer. I found them recently and gave them to Goodwill.
- —Guest minglesmingle
- The worst Christmas gift I ever got from my husband was a new toilet seat!!!!! And he could NOT understand WHY I was upset--after all, hadn't I told him the old one needed to be replaced? (He gave me a round seat--we have oblong toilets!)
- —Lingospan
Worst Gift Ever
- The worst Christmas gift I ever received was a "Scum-buster" from my husband. This nifty gift was supposed to make scrubbing the bathtub, etc. much easier for me, since I had recently been diagnosed with a peri-nodular thyroid and was very tired all the time. Needless to say we went shopping after Christmas to find a real gift. PS: he's the one who uses it.
- —Guest Helen
Best and Worst Christmas Present
- It was 1986 - Denver Colorado. My husband - who in retrospect, thought he was doing what was practical for Christmas. To be frank, his gift giving talents were generally thoughtless. This particular year a friend of mine had recounted the lovely gifts she had received from her husband - beautiful jewelry (diamonds), warm jammies, cozy slippers, expensive perfume she loved, bath salts - the list was lengthy, and sounded wonderful. Then she asked "the question" - what had I received from my husband. I got practical gifts. A nice set of kitchen cutlery in a butcher block, and a cordless wet/dry Dustbuster vacuum. She was incredulous first and then exploded - I didn't know she knew the some of the words that came spewing from her delicate, freshly lipsticked, pout! After she came down from her rant - I explained that I felt the gifts he had given me were perfect under any circumstance. He gave me the means to kill him, and the means to clean up the mess.
- —charmnd1
Really? Really?
- The worst gift my husband bought me for Christmas one year was (believe it or not) was a frying pan and wooden spoons! The frying pan was pink, so knowing I love pink, he thought I would love the gift. It did come in handy as I used the wooden spoons to hit him with! The best gift he ever gave me was my youngest son. He was born right before Christmas and came home from the hospital on December 20, 1995.
- —Guest Nancy
The Best Gift
- The best gift would be the biggest hug from the family. Seriously, at my worst - those hugs were the best support and so appreciated. Of course after the hug - unwrapping something would be good too!
- —Guest Nikki
Best Gift
- Sweaters: My sweetie knew I was always cold so he picked out all kinds of atractive sweaters for me. I mean nice looking ones, that were flattering but at the same time kept you warm. He also picked out thermal underwear that was not bulky so that no one could tell I was wearing it. Best gift ever.
- —Guest Punk1977
Rah Rah Rah?
- My brother-in-law once gave me an air horn, those loud things that people use at sporting events. He said it was so I could go to his hockey games and cheer him on. Not only do I hate freezing cold arenas but I had never even been to one of his games before. There was a bright side though: I won a radio call- in contest for "The Stupidest Christmas Gift." In the end I returned it to the store and bought a roasting pan.
- —Patches04
For Cold Feet or Nighttime Leg Cramps
- I get cold feet, and my legs tend to cramp up at night. I got a weighted blanket from cozycalm.com and now I sleep like a baby -- my leg cramps are gone and I'm much more comfortable. I go to sleep faster, too. The weighted blanket allows me to straighten and relax my legs when I sleep, and I don't turn over as much. I think a weighted blanket is a great gift for anyone who has a tough time sleeping because of leg cramps or cold feet.
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The City Council president showed me his underwear. The state prosecutor let me try on Sheila Dixon's ill-gotten mink. A state delegate swore at me for asking why she'd lied about her age. A priest denounced me from the pulpit. And David Simon sent me lots of angry messages.
Mencken had it right when he called news reporting "the life of kings."
My regal run at The Baltimore Sun comes to an end this week, after 11 years at the paper, nearly six of them writing this column. I am leaving for a job at The Washington Post, where I'll cover Virginia politics out of Richmond.
That seismic event you felt Tuesday, epicentered near Richmond, was no simple earthquake. It was an omen. It struck just as Sun restaurant critic Richard Gorelick was setting up for the "Junk Food Social" he'd organized in the newsroom in mock honor of my persnickety eating habits.
They tell me Virginia has its share of characters. It will be hard to match the ones who have populated this column over the years. Without further ado, I'd like to thank:
• Former Mayor Dixon, for your passion for furs, Jimmy Choos and a married man doing business with the city.
• Developers A, B and C, for all those gift cards you donated to Mayor Dixon's favorite charity: Mayor Dixon.
• Olympian Michael Phelps, for taking that Vegas cocktail waitress home to meet mom one Thanksgiving.
• Former Gov. Bob Ehrlich, for installing inflatable Halloween decorations in front of the governor's mansion, putting busloads of homeless Philadelphians to work distributing deceptive campaign literature on Election Day 2006, and hiring Julius Henson, the political operative who once called you a Nazi, but made up for it on Election Day 2010 with misleading robocalls.
• The Arbutus Roundtable, for forgiving my suggestion that Government House inflatables stemmed from Ehrlich's Arbutian upbringing.
• Gov. Martin O'Malley, for sporting muscle shirts, having a band, delivering that over-the-top 2004 Democratic National Convention speech ("America the beautiful, whose alabaster cities gleam UN-dimmed by human tears! O! My friends! To govern IS TO CHOOSE!"), and running for office with a "detailed plan to make energy more affordable," which turned out to be a 70 percent rate hike.
• Molly Shattuck, the Grandma Moses of NFL cheerleading, for proving motherhood and ripped abs are not mutually exclusive.
• Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, for scolding a constituent who called you "Stephanie," overcoming your Cleopatra-wig phase and managing to always look bored with the family business (politics), even when the job brings you within inches of Barack Obama.
• The mysterious author behind Twitter's MayorRawlingsFake, for being far more entertaining than the actual mayor.
• Anne Arundel County Exec John Leopold, for whatever you were doing in that parked car.
• Former Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, for too many gaffes to list here.
• A convention of out-of-town bishops, for downing $55 bottles of wine at Cinghiale.
• A Catholic priest Who Shall Not Be Named, for denouncing me from the pulpit of my own church for writing about the aforementioned bishops.
• Daniel "The Wig Man" Vovak, for running for U.S. Senate and many other offices, always unsuccessfully, always in a Colonial periwig. Rest in peace.
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The Myth of God's Unconditional Love
Today is the day we set aside to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Even though there are many questions as to whether this event actually ever took place, we cannot deny the impact this story, related a few decades later in the gospels, has had on the world. This "good news" did not bring the promised peace on earth but resulted in wars and fear. However, as LeoPardus recently pointed out, there are some good things that can be attributed to the birth of the church.
As I meditate on the meaning Christmas used to hold for me, there is one particular point that I can no longer reconcile as rational. This event was supposed to be a demonstration of God's unconditional love for man. That God, so loved the world, that he gave his only son, to die on a cross to redeem me from my sins and thus restoring me into a relationship with him.
Upon reading the scriptures, one cannot help but conclude that God's love is anything but unconditional. The Old Testament is packed with what I will refer to as "if…then" statements. If you do a list of things, you will be blessed but if, on the other hand, you disobey you will be cursed. In many cases, the curses included genocide, violence, killings, diseases, sicknesses, fire and brimstone, floods, plagues, and a variety of other demonstration of God's wrath and judgment. How can any of this be described as unconditional?…
Continue Reading December 25, 2007 at 12:45 pm The de-Convert 110 comments
Challenging Religious Myths 2: Atheism is just another Religion
Myth 2: Atheism is just another religion.
This myth is being resurrected again by people ranging from academics trying to counter some of the influence of the recent spate of books challenging faith, to extremists wanting atheists banned from American schools by using the ruling that religion and state must be kept separate.
It was the good Catholic G.K.Chesterton who sought to tease atheists by saying 'there are only two kinds of people; those who accept dogmas and know it, and those who accept dogmas and don't know it'. Atheists would reject his categories and go on to argue that there are at least three kinds of people; the two that Chesterton mentioned and a third category who know an unhelpful and untrue dogma when they see it and are quite capable of rejecting it.
Atheism, of course, is not another religion. Although non-theistic religions such as Buddhism and Confucianism exist, most religions, are based on a belief in gods or a god, and atheists reject such a notion. Let me quote A.C.Grayling who makes the point so elegantly:…
Continue Reading December 16, 2007 at 8:11 pm athinkingman 28 comments
God is not Omnipotent
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Personally, I feel that most arguments for or against the existence of God are too rooted in normative conventions for my personal beliefs. In other words, I cannot accept arguments based on supposedly established conventions such as good, evil, right, wrong, etc., because those conventions were primarily established through man-made religions.
This is not to say that employing norms such as good and evil are not useful in arguing against the existence of a deity. Using religiously established conventions (Christian norms, in this case) of good and evil, and by understanding the hierarchy of God's characteristics, we can show that the God that Christians imagine to exist contradicts himself, and therefore cannot exist.
The Christian tradition holds that God is many things: God is love, God is merciful, and so on. One characteristic, a seemingly unavoidable prerequisite to being a deity, is that God is omnipotent. God, according to the Christian tradition, is also good and cannot be or do evil…
Continue Reading December 15, 2007 at 10:34 pm deconversion 191 comments
The call for miracles
I wrote this just about a year ago when I was trying to explain my doubts and thoughts on another site. Some responses to the recent "slain the spirit" post brought it back to mind.
There are certain responses that I get to my rather simple idea that a God who wants people to believe in Him and worship Him, ought to give us clear proof of His existence. By clear proof, I mean things like supernatural events, visitations, visions, revelations, and so on. And of course, I also mean that they need to be things that we can be sure are real and not just illusions, delusions, wishful thinking, or what have you.
The two main types of responses that keep coming up are what I'm calling the "normal miracles" and the "you just won't buy it" responses.
The first goes something like, "Just look around. There are miracles you're missing every day." This will usually be followed by examples of what they mean by miracles, which tend to include sunsets, babies being borne, life, stars, breathing, and so on. I call this the "normal miracles response". This response is easy to dispense with so I'm dispensing with it first.
The problem with the "normal miracles response" is that the person giving it ignores what I'm talking about and ignores the accepted definition of "miracle"…
Continue Reading December 13, 2007 at 6:56 pm LeoPardus 129 comments
How smart does one have to be to know Jesus?
Lately, Christians have been challenging me on the intellectual case for Christ based on the evidence for the resurrection and his miracles. For most/all Christians their faith hinges on the resurrection, so I find that it's best to concentrate on this as opposed to the water-to-wine or heal-the-blind events. However, apparently I'm not intellectual enough to grasp this evidence.
Here's the main points of the evidence/proof they proposed (unfairly I'm sure they'll say):
- The disciples claim to have seen him alive and later died for this belief – 'people just don't do that'
- 513 (or so) saw him alive after the resurrection.
Before I get to the main point of this, let me give my simplistic and probably ignorant assessment of these points…
Continue Reading December 13, 2007 at 10:00 am qmonkey 64 comments
Slain in the Spirit… by an Atheist?
Some of us here at de-conversion, as well as many of our readers, come from, or are affected by, Pentecostal/Neo-Pentecostal movements. HeIsSailing reminisced on several posts, including one on glossolalia, and another on self-exposed charlatan, Marjoe Gortner; Roopster also posted a humorous clip by an infamous prosperity gospel teacher. If you are in the United States, even your politics are infused with Charismatic non-theology. The dynamic attributes of the movement has obviously led to a relatively flexible belief system which is all loosely based on a few passages in the New Testament. Some Pentecostals take a more "moderate" stance, accepting Biblical priority, whereas others prefer the voice and actions of the Spirit. A few follow the disciple's example of living a poverty-stricken life, while many flock to the health-and-wealth promises of Joel Osteen, Kenneth Copeland, and Joyce Meyer.
However, if people want wealth from their religion, Christianity isn't usually the place to start – just taking a look at the first book of the New Testament should be enough to scare away any religious gold-diggers. No, charismatic Pentecostals do not win converts by Biblical exegesis or even appealing to the heart: they proselytize via the sensations…
Continue Reading December 12, 2007 at 8:15 am The Apostate 67 comments
Atheism vs. Theism 2: Independence from Persons
In my previous post on this subject, Independence in Thought, I discussed a point made by Phillychief in his post entitled Insularity?, where he stated that atheists, by and large, are critical thinkers.
Another point that Phillychief made, with which I agree, is that atheists are not as prone to hero worship and personality cults as theists appear to be. He cites the examples of Dawkins, Hitchens, Dennet, et al, and notes that their positions are scrutinized incessantly. What he implied but didn't say outright, which I will say, is that much of this scrutiny comes from people who generally accept these writers' ideas. The critics criticize because they want to sharpen their own thinking skills and also because they want to challenge these writers, and others like them, to put forward the strongest possible arguments for their positions and to articulate those arguments clearly, succinctly and coherently.
I, for example, like Richard Dawkins, and I enjoyed reading The God Delusion. That doesn't blind me to the fact that the book has some substantive flaws. My atheism does not depend on Dawkins being infallible. Ditto for all the recent flap about Antony Flew – the fact that he shifted from atheism to a deist position doesn't undermine my atheist position at all. My atheistic view does not depend upon the Gospels according to St. Antony and St. Richard…
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BONNIE ERBE: Churches' behavior dooms them to loss of tax exemptions
While we're on the topic of the fiscal cliff, let's not forget that there's one hefty sum Congress and the president could raise without too much trouble.
In April, a University of Tampa professor, Ryan Cragun, and two students examined U.S. tax laws to estimate the cost of tax exemptions for religious institutions. They came to the conclusion that by denying religious institutions tax exemptions on property donations, business enterprises, capital gains on investments and sales and "parsonage allowances," the Treasury might raise $71 billion a year.
Right now there are two complaints percolating through the Internal Revenue Service that challenge the ability of churches to take political stands and maintain their tax-exempt status.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is asking the IRS to "investigate the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for engaging in prohibited political activity."
Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation has filed a complaint with the IRS against the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
The bishops told Catholic laypersons they would go to hell if they voted for President Barack Obama. Graham's group ran ads in the Wall Street Journal, and other papers, pressing voters to vote for candidates who support, "the biblical definition of marriage between a man and woman" and who protect "the sanctity of life." There was only one such presidential candidate: Mitt Romney.
In addition, the San Francisco Chronicle online reported that before election day this year some, "1,600 religious leaders around the country … talked politics from the pulpit, in an organized movement challenging a 1954 federal law that bans churches from supporting candidates during worship services. The Pulpit Freedom Sunday movement, organized by a Christian legal group in Arizona called Alliance Defending Freedom, encouraged pastors to 'preach a biblically based sermon regarding candidates and the election without fearing that the IRS will investigate or punish the church.'"
This effort was designed to provoke lawsuits. The 1954 law is rarely if ever enforced, but before that era, American churches received no special exemptions from the IRS.
Eventually, I believe, the IRS and the Supreme Court will move to eliminate tax exemptions for politically divisive churches. That won't happen anytime soon, but as churches become more like businesses and less like community do-gooders, this change seems inevitable.
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A few of the pictures I really like – and they make great wallpapers too. There's a part two coming to a screen near you, sometime soon, I hope.
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Kevin Smith's departure from the Detroit Lions turned out to be only a hiatus.
The 24-year-old running back is back with the Lions after being signed along with guard Leonard Davis at the season's halfway point. Detroit drafted Smith in the third round in 2008 and he ran for nearly 1,000 yards and caught 39 passes as a rookie. The Lions let him go this past offseason, but he has earned another chance with the team.
On Tuesday, Smith was back in the same corner of his old locker room, eager to try to contribute to a team that's very much in the race for a playoff spot. Detroit (6-2) will play at NFC North rival Chicago on Sunday after having off last week.
''I've been away from the game for eight weeks,'' Smith said. ''It humbles you. Second chances - you don't want to mess that up.''
Smith's career seemed promising enough when he made an immediate contribution in his first two seasons. But late in 2009, he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He came back slowly last season and played in six games, running for 51 yards in a win over Washington, then had a season-ending thumb injury in November.
''We hadn't really planned on signing anybody, but Kevin looked so good - ran well, moved well, was in great shape, and you know, has been a productive player for us when he's been on the field,'' coach Jim Schwartz said. ''I think one of the silver linings in this was it gave his body time to heal.''
Smith is certainly familiar with the Lions, although he warned that it would be unrealistic to expect too much right away.
''I just got off the sofa like five days ago,'' Smith said. ''I know the offense, but it's going to take time for me to play fast.''
Schwartz said the move to acquire Smith wasn't a reaction to running back Jahvid Best's health. Best has been having concussion problems and it's not clear when he'll be able to play again.
''Really, it was outside of any injury situation that we have,'' Schwartz said. ''It was because Kevin was in such great shape.''
The 33-year-old Davis has started all 155 games he has played during his NFL career, but was cut by Dallas before this season, part of a handful of moves that gave the Cowboys room under the salary cap.
Detroit doesn't have any obvious vacancies on the offensive line, but the Lions have struggled at times to protect quarterback Matthew Stafford.
''I think every player on the team is expected to push,'' Schwartz said. ''Everybody that's on our (53-man roster), plus everybody that's on our practice squad, has to get ready to play on a Sunday. So, we expect nothing different from Leonard Davis.''
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"We took a step back today," Raptors forward Chris Bosh said. "We need to look at the film and learn from our mistakes, continue to play our style of defense because we didn't do such a good job today and we just have to take this one and try to get the rest of the three games we have on this homestand."
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Charlotte (14-25) enters Monday's contest after sweeping a home-and-home with Atlanta, moving out of last place and past the Hawks in the Southeast Division. The Bobcats won 96-75 in Atlanta on Friday, then beat the Hawks 104-85 at home on Saturday.
Charlotte - which has won five of its last seven games - has consecutive wins for just the third time this season, and all three occurrences have happened the last month.
"We're playing some of the best basketball of the season right now," said Bobcats guard Matt Carroll, who scored 22 points on 9-for-12 shooting. "If you look at the games that we lost, there are a couple that we could have won and should have won, but we let them slip away. We could have some more wins, but that's how it goes. The wins that we've gotten recently are because we're playing pretty well together. I can't remember the last time we won two games in a row by this high of a margin. For us, it feels good to see the hard work paying off."
Led by Carroll and Emeka Okafor (8-for-9, 19 points), the Bobcats shot a team-record 64.6 percent on Saturday, easily eclipsing their previous best of 59.3 percent, set in a 126-110 win over New York on Jan. 12.
"I was impressed, too, to be honest," Carroll said of the Bobcats shooting. "It's fun to play. The ball was moving and everyone got some good touches. I think that's what got us our good looks and why we had our high shooting percentage."
The Bobcats have won three straight on the road, matching the franchise record set two previous times.
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Student loans, credit cards and overspending
Money Mistakes of a Young Couple - Part 1
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We all make mistakes when we're younger, right?
My wife and I royally screwed up with money a few times. Thankfully, it didn't completely destroy us. But it wasn't fun to fix either.
If you'd rather figure out things the hard way, you can stop reading now. But if you'd like an excellent example of what not to do in life, please continue.
Life after College - Student Loans
When I left the world of academia, I moved back in with my parents since I didn't land a job in my industry of choice right out of college. Moving back home allowed me to start paying off bigger chunks of student loans and build up a savings. Also, my mom really missed me over the previous four years.
One day, my folks sat me down and said that they were thinking about charging me a bit of rent. Say what?!
My family had moved twice while I was in college. They decided to give me the tiniest room in the new house. Seriously, most walk-in closets are bigger than this thing. Paying rent for such accommodations did not seem reasonable.
I told my parents "Forget you. I'm moving out! I was only living here because Mom missed me anyway!"
That's when I got an apartment, stopped saving, and started paying only the minimum payments on my student loans.
Lesson Learned: Sometimes you have to swallow your pride if it means you're making the best decision for your financial future.
Getting Hitched to Credit Card Debt
A few years later, I got engaged to my long-time sweetheart.
As you probably know, weddings can cost a truck-load of money. Our parents did help out with some of it. We also did a lot of things ourselves like homemade invitations and centerpieces, but DIY projects still cost money, and that's where the credit cards entered the picture.
Even though we were trying to be frugal, we still ended up being unable to completely pay off credit card balances for the first time.
It could have been eliminated quickly. But we started hearing things from people that made us lackadaisical. Friends told us, "Everybody has a little credit card debt these days, don't worry about it."
Relatives laughed at our concern. They said, "You think that's a lot of credit card debt? Look at what we have!"
We assumed we had time and kept putting it off. While we were ignoring it, the debt grew.
Lesson Learned: Credit card debt stinks. Get rid of it as soon as you can. Do not procrastinate! And do not think it's alright just because a lot of other people have the same problem.
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Other than getting charged all that interest, another reason our credit card debt grew was because we kept using them to pay for little things.
We'd go out to eat all the time. We'd go to the movies almost every weekend and then go out to the bar with friends. We never used credit cards to buy big stuff like new TVs and furniture. It was just small purchases. How much damage could that do?
You probably think we needed a budget. Oh, we had a budget! The wife and I would sit down and crunch numbers whenever we started getting worried about money. Then we'd just go right back to frivolous spending.
Lesson Learned: Keeping track of your spending and actually following a budget is smart no matter how much money you make. It really does all add up.
Check out part two of "Money Mistakes of a Young Couple" to read about issues involving home ownership, car loans, and unemployment. Plus, find out if there's hope for a happy ending.
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Add shade and privacy to your patio or backyard with adjustable window blinds by Sonoma. The reed material and natural finish blend well with the outdoors, and the shade is easily adjusted to any height for just the right amount of coverage.
ITEM#: 13939128Add natural beauty to your home with this natural reed roll-up blind from Sonoma. This outdoor blind was created to gently roll up to any desired height, while bringing calming elegance, style, and sophistication to your home.
This shade is available in many different widths to fit your space perfectly. The natural color pairs well with any patio furniture to create a completed look. The hardware needed for hanging the shade is included in the set, so you can hang this blind as soon as it arrives. Install this outdoor blind around the exterior of your home to give yourself the option of blocking out the sun when you're in the mood for shade. The blind can also be used to prevent rain from breaching the boundaries of your porch on a cloudy day. The blind is tall enough to provide shade for high awnings.
- Outdoor roll-up blind
- Hardware included
- Color options: Natural
- Materials: Reed
- Energy saving: No
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Pretty nice, good value, not for long term
I bought these for my condo and installed them fairly easily with a person's help. The materials all feel good on the hand and feels good for value. Happy with purchase, would buy from again if needed.Read More
Very good shade
Easy to install. Provides shade for my plants that hate the sun.Read More
Refreshing tranquility
These blinds are better quality than I expected. They filter just right amount of light. I feel like I am on a tropical island. Highly recommended.Read More
Makes my patio cooler...
I like the blinds. They're attractive and helps to create shade to keep my patio cooler.Read More
Cheap cheap cheap
Cheap and not the size they say. Length off on two blinds. I returned.Read More
As expected
Shades are as expected for the price. They aren't heavy duty, but I expect to last through a couple of texas summers. Look great when hung & installation was easy. They are natural bamboo colored; reeds are spaced slightly apart to let breeze through & therefore aren't completely private. A good buy for the length of patio covered.Read More
look good but don't block out the sun
I bought these blinds to block the evening sun on my screened porch. Great price, good look, and fast shipping, but it doesn't really block the sun much at all. There are lots of spaces between the reeds, which is probably why most of the sun still gets through. They look nice, though.Read More
I bought 2 of these for my covered patio. They are great. They given some privacy and allow the light to come through, making it not so dark as was the problem with my older shades. Love them so much. i came back and bought 2 more to finish off the area!Read More
As expected
I purchased 2 of these they came promptly were exactly as pictured. Went up easily however they take a little experimenting to operate but overall very happy ( I purchased 2 more)Read More
Better than I initially thought
When I first opened the package I thought I would probably send this back. I needed to replace the weaved blind on had on my sliding glass door. The color was much light than I thought it would be. It seemed super flimsy. I decided to try it and was surprised that it looked as good as it does. It lets in light without letting the sun beat in (which I thought it would). It still is flimsy and I must be gentle rolling it up. I don't think this will hold up outdoors in windy or other kinds of weather very well at all. The "slats" will eventually break as well. But I bet I can get a couple years out of this blind as it hangs inside the house.Read More
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Hello porch, we do apologize, this item is not recommended to be trimmed. Thank you for shopping with us.
Can I just hang this blind on existing hooks (they hang down so the top of the blind would have to rest in the hooks)
Hello Shar, depending on the style of the existing hooks, this item could be used with other compatible hardware. Thank you for shopping with us.
When will the 72x72 be back in stock?
Hello jktinsley, items are restocked as they become available; however, we cannot guarantee an item will be restocked. Thank you for shopping with us.
If I wanted to hang these on a second story, do you think it would be feasible to extend the roller chord to be able to open a close from below?
Hello marilynm, we do apologize we do not offer an extendable chain with this item. Thank you for shopping with us.
Can these be attached to a metal-framed screened porch? Does it require drilling holes in the metal? or could one use stick-on hooks to hang it, rather than drilling holes in the metal frame?
Hello Rob, I hope your day is going well. This will come with hardware to hang on your patio. The hardware that is attached to the frame will need to be screwed in. Thank you for shopping with us.
Are these shades supported from the top or the side? I need to mount them on my ceiling.
Hello Mng, I hope your day is going well. These are top mounted. Thank you for shopping with us.
do these come 112 in? or close (width).
Hello Anita M., we do not currently have these in 112 width. Thanks for shopping with us!
How do these roll up?
Hello Kris, you would simply pull the strings and these roll up. Have a great day!
How well do these work to keep bugs out?
Hello Kathy1970, if should be pretty effective if all areas are enclosed. It looks like it is woven pretty tightly We hope this helps. Thank you for shopping with us.
Why did you choose this product?
I need something to block the sun for my swing and I liked the blinds and the price
new house, south facing ground floor patio will need shade soon
For privacy on my deck.
Cause I like it!
To shade a south window.
I wanted shade, temperature reduction, and privacy on my patio. This product seems to deliver that at a better price than I found on other websites.
To replace the one we bought from you. Its cord broke after fraying because the clutch didn't work properly.
To replace a curtain to shade the sun.
I believe it will fit my needs
My back deck had a tree over it but got too big and we had to cut it down. There went my shade. This will work nicely.
So my neighbors can't see us humping in our screen room... and to keep the rain out :)
my porch faces the west meaning sunset. This will shade us from the evening sun.
Ordered two. They meet my needs in providing shade on my sunporch. Need one more.
It was what I was looking for.
The price and ease of access to the product.
Appearance and price
To protect my Dad when sitting outdoor
Bridal shower gift.
Good price
Best Quality/Choice for our patio.
This is a top mount only correct? Side walls are not needed to install?
Hello KG, you can use this as an outside or inside mount. Please let us know if you have any further questions.
How do they install?
These particular blinds have almost the same set up as a regular vynle blind. It has a top long bracket that the blind is connected to and then with the use of smaller brackets and screws it is fixed to what ever surface you are installing it onto. Thank you for shopping Overstock.com.
I will ask this differently. Product Details has the color as Red. Is that the only options
Thank you for the question. We are sorry for the confusion, these only come in natural, the picture is accurate. We will correct our information.
Are these all-weather. Can they take being out during winter time?
The blinds are suitable to use in all types of weather.
Not in the winters I live in!
I want to install in the center of my patio where there are no 2x4 studs framing the blinds. Will these blinds still work?
No, it will not work.
what is the cord length on this blind?
The cords have the same length as the blinds, which is 72 inches.
I want to purchase 4 shades for my screened in back porch. Two of my panels are only 71 inches. Would I be able to trip thise to fit?
We never recommend doing any type of modification to an item. This would include trimming, cutting, ect. This will damage the item from it's original construction.
Can I get a photo of the mounting bracket? Does it come with the header shown?
The mounting hardware is included. Unfortunately we do not have a photo of the mounting bracket. The white header is nto included. Thank you.
Are we seeing three 72" blinds? What is the header like? How does it attach to the structure?
There are three blinds in the picture. This item does not have a header. This is a top-mount installation which screws in to the structure.
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I miss George Carlin. Remember his observation about Christians' wearing crosses as necklaces? He reminded us that the cross was an instrument of capital punishment for the Romans, and he asked, "What if Jesus were put to death in the electric chair, would they wear tiny, silver electric chairs around their necks?" The cross may have been the electric chair of ancient times, but it has endured as a Christian symbol, I believe, not only because it symbolizes Christ's resurrection from death, but because its very shape captures the essence of religion. I know, if you've heard it once, you've heard it a hundred times from me, that the literal meaning of the word "religion" is to bind back together, to reconnect. The cross symbolizes both the vertical and the horizontal connections that stand at the heart of religion. The vertical connection – our yearning for a meaning and purpose beyond ourselves. Some people use the word "God" to describe this ultimate reality, while some of us prefer words like "humanity," "the world," "the universe," "life," or "truth." And the horizontal connection – our yearning for community, for relationship, to belong to something and someone.
I believe a healthy congregation not only provides this sense of community in itself but also connects people to the larger community. It was Ben Franklin who said that "people wrapped up in themselves make small packages." I believe the same is true for congregations: congregations that are inward-looking only and do not reach out to the surrounding community make small packages, as well. This is why I am excited about the results of the Appreciative Inquiry we conducted a few weeks ago, the one concerning social action, in which we asked each other, "What social action project made you feel most alive, and how did it change your life?" We also asked, "What area of social action would you like to see our Fellowship focus on for the year?", and you said, "The area of poverty, hunger, and homelessness," which is not too surprising, given our economy. I'm looking forward to our congregation's getting out in the community with some hands-on, direct involvement in helping others. You know, we Unitarian Universalists talk a good game. We act as though when we think and talk about something, we've done something. We contemplate, pontificate, investigate, analyze, scrutinize study, explore, examine, dissect, and discuss social issues to death, but we don't like to get our hands dirty in doing the work of social action. That's going to change as we as a Fellowship will be invited to work together on various social action projects throughout the year in the area of poverty, hunger, and homelessness. I think outward-looking congregations are healthy congregations, and they nurture a healthy spirituality that expresses itself in self-sacrifice instead of self-absorption.
Today, as we formally accept 14 new members into our fold, we notice in our Fellowship two trends that we notice throughout the Unitarian Universalist Association. One is that the overwhelming majority of our members -- 9 in 10 – either come from other faith backgrounds or no faith background. How many of you fall into one of these two categories? Please stand. More than most faith traditions, Unitarian Universalism is a "convert faith." Now that's a word we don't use often around here – convert. Almost all of us here are converts – converted Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Catholics, or Mormons. At some point we could no longer believe the beliefs those traditions taught us to believe, so we left them behind, both the beliefs and the faith communities. But most of us weren't converted into Unitarian Universalism immediately. We spent a period of time, like the children of Israel, wandering in the wilderness, not belonging to any faith community or sure of what we believed. We just knew that something was missing. And then we discovered either this or some other UU congregation, and it felt like a homecoming. It felt like we had found our people. We discovered that we had been UUs all along and just didn't know it. That reality of being a convert faith is both exhilarating and challenging. The challenge to us as a congregation, as an association of congregations, and as individuals is to be as clear about what we do believe as we are about what we no longer believe. The spiritual challenge for us converts is to know what we stand for, not just what we oppose; to know who we are, not just who are not.
The second trend that we notice in our Fellowship and throughout the Unitarian Universalist Association is that our membership is extremely fluid. Most UU congregations gain about as many members as they lose each year. In some, more are leaving out the back door than are coming in the front door. We are one of the lucky ones. During the past five years, we have received new members at the rates of 4%, 6%, 12%, 13%, and 20%, and from today's service, it looks like that trend is continuing. Whether you are an official member or not, how many of you started coming to our Fellowship within the last five years? Please stand.
Another way of saying that we are a fluid congregation is to say that we have a low retention rate. All denominations, by the way, have this problem because we live in an extremely mobile, transient society. But retention is a particular problem for us UU congregations because most Unitarian Universalists don't identify themselves first as Unitarian Universalists but as members of a particular UU congregation. If you are a Baptist or a Catholic, you are more likely to think of yourself primarily as a Baptist or Catholic. You would belong to a large franchise, so that no matter where in the country you moved to, whatever Baptist or Catholic congregation you visited would be pretty much like the one you left because Baptist and Catholic congregations are more uniform than UU congregations. We have a lot of diversity within and between our congregations. Some are traditional in their worship style, while others are innovative. Some are more formal with lots of ritual, while others are more casual, resembling a gathering at Star Bucks. Some of our congregations are more distinctly Christian or Theist, while others are more Humanistic or Pagan. So the UU congregation in the town you move to – if there is a UU congregation – may be very different from the one you left behind. Our loyalty is more to the congregation than the denomination. The challenge of low retention rates is to help newcomers make connections and find a sense of community before they get lost in the shuffle and drop out.
I see church membership as a process, a continuing process of greater commitment to the community that doesn't end with the joining ceremony. In fact, this joining ceremony is just the beginning. I see these stages of growing commitment as a church member as being very similar to the stages of growing commitment as a married couple. In the beginning is the honeymoon stage, which, as I said recently, is basically a state of intoxication. This is literally true because when we fall in love, we are intoxicated by a rush of endorphins that are released at the mere sight of our beloved, at the sound of his or her voice, at the touch of his or her skin. He is her prince charming. She will never feel lonely again. She is his sex goddess and mother in one. He will never feel inadequate again. They will run toward each other in slow motion across a field of pansies, and they will embrace and live happily ever after.
When many of us converts from other faith traditions find a UU congregation, it feels like falling in love. Our new lover is nothing like the old one, who was dogmatic and narrow-minded. Our new UU lover is open, inclusive, authentic, and hip. With this new lover, we feel understood and accepted for the first time, and we are free to be ourselves. This honeymoon stage of membership really is intoxicating.
But the honeymoon eventually ends. It always ends. After about six months to a year, the endorphins settle down, and we start seeing things less idealistically and more realistically. He's not prince charming; he's Joe the plumber or Andy the accountant or Ichabod the IT geek. She's not a sex goddess, especially before she has her first cup of coffee in the morning. They become disillusioned with each other, and I find that word "disillusion" most intriguing. Dis-illusion -- to become separated from your illusions. Some couples will interpret the end of the honeymoon as meaning that they have fallen out of love or maybe that they were never in love. They will believe that they have made a terrible mistake, and they will break up or divorce.
The honeymoon ends for new church members, too. At first, this new community is a warm, fuzzy ideal, but then reality sets in. The microwave blows a fuse, and the furnace breaks down. There are bills to pay, a budget to balance, and tables to set up. Committee meetings last forever and nothing gets done. Some people are downright irritating with their pettiness, their egos, their tempers, and their blind spots. The minister is too liberal or too traditional, too intellectual or too touchy-feely. To our new members today, let me give you a heads-up: we will disappoint and disillusion you. You can count on it. Every congregation of any denomination I have ever belonged to has disappointed and disillusioned me. I got so fed up with church that I left and went to graduate school, where I was eventually disappointed and disillusioned. And when I worked for a mental health center, a drug and alcohol rehab center, a university counseling center, and a hospital, guess what, I was disappointed and disillusioned at those places, too, because they are human institutions, and human beings are full of imperfections, contradictions, and shortcomings. They will disappoint and disillusion you every time. Some church members, when they are separated from their illusions, will interpret these realities of community as meaning that they have made a terrible mistake, and they will resign from a committee, withhold their pledge money, or drop out. These are the signs of a church divorce.
Dis-illusionment is actually a good thing for couples and for congregations. For couples, disillusionment spells the end to expecting your partner to be perfect, and it means the beginning of trying to understand and accept each other as a unique human being. He is who he is, and he's not going to change not matter how much you nag. She may be a little crazy, but that's why you were attracted to her in the first place. When the honeymoon ends, the work of commitment begins, and commitment is basically a decision – you decide to stick by your spouse and by your marriage whether you feel like it or not, whether it's convenient or not, or as our marriage vows state, "for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health."
For new church members, disillusionment spells the end to expecting your congregation to be perfect, and it means the beginning of realizing that you don't passively find community -- you actively build community. It means you realize that the more you invest yourself in the community, the more community you experience. It means you realize that the church is a human institution, and like any human institution, it is made up of imperfect, flawed, wounded, and wounding human beings. When the honeymoon ends, the work of commitment to the congregation begins, so that while some will step back and drop out when conflicts and trials come, others will remain steadfast through these tough times, whether they feel like it or not, whether it's convenient or not. They are in it for the long haul. They are committed not so much to the institution as to the ideals and values that the institution seeks to promote and uphold. They realize that without the institution, their ideals and values remain in the abstract and are never embodied in the flesh.
Commitment means living up to our congregational covenant, to which we rededicated ourselves earlier in our service. This covenant does not represent warm, fuzzy ideals, but the hard work of being committed to one another and to our Fellowship. It takes hard work to make a positive, welcoming environment. It takes hard work to practice direct communication and to enter into conversations with compassion, deep listening, and respect. It takes hard work to value and appreciate each person's contributions. It takes hard work to address conflicts openly and honestly and to resolve them as close to their source as possible. It takes hard work practicing forgiving others and yourself. The spiritual payoff is that when we do the hard work of living in covenantal community, we develop patience and tolerance and the capacity to forgive. You can read about these qualities in books and think about how wonderful they are, but you cannot develop them until you practice them. Living in community with commitment forces you to practice them.
I'm afraid, however, that institutional commitment doesn't come easy for Unitarian Universalists. Many of us UU converts have been wounded by the faith communities from which we came, so we don't readily trust religious institutions. Plus, liberals by definition don't trust authority. We prefer to trust our own perspectives and judgment over that of others. So when religious liberals come together to try to form community, it's like trying to herd cats. We can be a finicky bunch. We prefer to have our own individual litter boxes and to use them when want to, where we want, and how we want to, and you can't make us do otherwise.
So finding community may be easy, but building community is laborious, and there are no short-cuts. Yet you 14 brave souls have taken the leap of faith into disillusionment because you realize that an imperfect community made up of imperfect human beings is better than no community at all. You realize that even imperfect community is something that each of us needs in this mobile, transient society of ours, where no one stays put long enough for roots to grow and connections to be made. You sense that a congregation, even this congregation, is a grand experiment in which we bring our life experiences, our hopes and dreams, our foibles and frustrations, and pull them all together in a form that creates meaning, gives each person an identity, and allows us to expand our perspectives and occasionally experience transformation. When the experiment works, we successfully construct a cross in which the vertical and horizontal dimensions of our lives come together. When it doesn't work, we stick with the experiment and try again in the hope that some day it will.
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IE7 being developed to resist spyware
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Rob Franco, lead program manager for IE Security at Microsoft, wrote in a blog entry on Thursday that Internet Explorer 7 for Longhorn will contain a feature called "low rights IE." The feature essentially removes administrator rights, so that the system will not allow unknown applications, such as spyware and other potentially dangerous code, to be installed without express permission from the user.
"When users run programs with limited user privileges, they are safer from attack than when they run with Administrator privileges, because Windows can restrict the malicious code from taking damaging actions...Any programs that the user downloads and runs will be limited by User Account Protection, unless the user explicitly gives the program Administrator privileges," wrote Franco, whose authorship of the blog was confirmed by a Microsoft representative.
Franco said that by restricting administrator rights for Web surfers, users will be protected even if a malicious Web site tries to exploit a vulnerability in the browser.
"The Web site's code won't have enough privileges to install software, copy files to startup folder, or hijack the settings for the browser's homepage or search provider. The primary goal of Low Rights IE is to restrict the impact of a security vulnerability....It can limit the damage a vulnerability can do," Franco wrote.
James Turner, security analyst at Frost & Sullivan Australia, said restricting admin rights is a very important development and one that Microsoft has been extremely slow to pursue.
"A Unix administrator would not dream of working in root as standard. We only logged in as root when something special/unusual needed to happen. It's been an issue for Windows administrators for years that standard users just shouldn't have local admin power," Turner said.
Microsoft's Franco confirmed that though IE7 will be made available for Windows XP SP2, the low rights browsing feature will be available only on the next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn.
Munir Kotadia of ZDNet Australia reported from Sydney.
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- Amazing
- Finally they get it, and it only took roughly 8-10 years for them to figure it out. Way to go!
Hopefully they will implement it in an intelligent manner. The blame for the internet being such in unsecure place can be laid directly in front of Microsofts' doorstep. It is about time they start taking security seriously.
Time will tell, but I am not holding my breath. How many times have they said something, only for it to be implemented half-assed or not at all? But at least they are talking in the right direction. Yes, I know MS is 90% talk, but maybe this will pan out.
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- Bravo
- Now they sell a webbrowser - that hasn't been programmed yet with an argument other FREE webbrowsers had for years: low on spyware
- with a version of windows which lacks almost all good features they announced to be in it with a loud voice and removed silent.
Changed to Mandrake/Mandrive 3 months ago for security, speed and most of all stability after working with DOS/Windows from the beginning, needs some work to make the change, but never been more comfortable now.
Windows XP just lacks a lot of handy features where you need 3th party SW for, that are standard in linux. And I have a thousand other reasons not to turn back.
Windows/IE/Office are allready years behind on opensource on features, speed, stability and security
But can maintain just by marketing/making loose promisses and keeping users locked in by changing open standards and their own standards every 5 foot (recent examples: XML/TCP/IP/... - SMB/Office formats/...)
And now they promiss something with great bravour that's better implemented in java anyway.
Java runs in a sandbox,
this means => NO interference with the PC
instead of some rights
The first thing someone 'with a bad attitude' searches is a little securityhole, and now they still leave one: still not enough
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- www.getfirefox.com
- Why do do people even care about a broswer that will be released in 2036 with Longhorn??? Sure thier next one is due out this summer, but it's a rush job since FF is on the hunt...
Mac + Intel + Firefox and i'm happy!
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- Administrative rights are needed too often
- Far too much third party software for Windows was written which ignorantly assumed that Administrative Rights were present and too few of those third party software vendors have ever gone back and fixed their lousy programs. This is a carryover effect from the Win9x/ME days when there was no concept of administrative vs user rights.
MS needs to withhold their "Logo" certification for any program that doesn't run without adminitrative rights unless it's a utility that properly requires such rights.
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- When you're a Monopoly you can take this long...
- ...to fix your *#$(#**&@ products!
I want real competition in OSes.
Maybe MacIntels?
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