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text: Hey, just wanting to see what others that may have hunted this unit think expectations should be this year. I spoke to the biologist who said the winter was mild and the summer has been really wet in the Shirley Basin. That said, horns should be better than last year when we hunted 63-2 to the west. Top goats in there were topping out around 14" with a flyer or two. Most were in the 11-13" range. I understand that they are cutting tags in 48, and that it's not near what it was 3-4 years ago, but I'm still hoping to find something that will push or exceed 15". We're trying to draw out early in the Hanna Draw HMA and hunt the last couple days of Sept and 1st of Oct., but we'll see. Plan on camping on the Miracle Mile and do some fishing as well - it was lights out last year. Thanks all! Just interested in hearing what opinions are out there!

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Following his team's season-ending 8-2 loss to Palatka in the semifinals of the District 5A-6 tournament at North Marion, Belleview baseball coach Bo Williams had no problem figuring out the reasons why the Rattlers were beaten.
Half of the credit went to the Panthers (13-12), who will face host NMHS in Thursday's 7 p.m. title game.
"Their pitcher (Cody Sapp) was outstanding," Williams said. "I tip my cap to him. He got in a rhythm and pitched very well.
"They also played good defense and got hits from the middle of their order when they needed them."
And half of the blame went to BHS (15-9).
"We made too many mistakes for the get-go," Williams said. "I thought Jordan (Sivola Finch) pitched pretty well for us, but we didn't make some plays when we needed to in order to stop a big inning.
"We also couldn't get runs in when we needed to. We're a fast team, and when we got behind (5-0 after two innings), it makes it so we can't really run as much. If we had taken advantage of a few opportunities we had early in the game, it could have been much closer and given us a better chance late."
If it could get a do-over, Belleview probably would like another shot at the bottoms of the third and sixth. There, the Rattlers left five on (including having the bases loaded in third) and came away with no runs.
"We didn't score quite a few times when we maybe could have," said Williams, who got three hits from third baseman Joey Casillas. "Doing that didn't allow us to put any pressure on them."
For his part, Sapp pitched a complete game with eight strikeouts. The hard-throwing righthander got a little wild late in the contest, walking two and throwing two wild pitches in the seventh. But he was able to settle down, ending the night with a strikeout and coaxing a popup to first base.
He was supplemented offensively by University of Central Florida outfield signee Dalton Duty and freshman second baseman Ja'Kobi Dasher. Together, they finished a combined 4-for-6 with four RBI.
"They did what they were supposed to do," Williams said. "They made the most of their chances. We just didn't."
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Several years ago, during Senate hearings on the nomination of Robert Bork to be a member of the Supreme Court, an investigator opposing the Bork nomination managed to secure Blockbuster's records of the movies Judge Bork watched. Opponents also got access to his reading habits and began to draw certain conclusions about Judge Bork's mental processes.
A number of concerned citizens, worried about Americans right to privacy, expressed alarm. The opponents of Judge Bork were sanguine. Privacy, they argued, is dead. Too many Americans, they said, already have compromised their personal rights for a free six-pack of Coke or a membership in a frequent-buyer program. Most are not even aware they are so vulnerable. Thus it is very unclear what support there is for new privacy protection to prevent similar occurrences, let alone more comprehensive national privacy legislation.
Just a few years ago, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy conceded that it may have violated federal privacy guidelines by using devices used by a data collection firm called DoubleClick to monitor traffic on its Internet sites for children and parents. The White House office which operates two anti-drug Web sites, one for children and another for parents, was spending over $130 million to advertise anti-drug use, with $12 million designated to direct users to Internet sites. But when users click to reach the Drug Control office, cookies are installed. The office also made deals with search engines so that computer users who searched the Internet using key words and phrases like "pot" or "weed," would automatically receive anti-drug advertisements on their computer screens and be invited to the Drug Control Web sites.
However well intentioned, this example is but one in a long history of abuses by government to track citizens' behaviors. In a thoughtful 1970s book called The Rise of the Computer State, author David Burnham, former Washington bureau chief for The New York Times, observed that "the computer files of the IRS, the Census Bureau, the Social Security Administration, the various security agencies such as the FBI, and our own insurance companies, know everything there is to know about our economic, social and marital status, even down to our past illnesses and the state of our health. If, or is it when," he asks, "these computers are permitted to talk to one another, when they are interlinked they can spew out a roomful of data on each of us that will leave us naked before whoever gains access to the information."
By a vote of 280-138, the controversial Patriot Act was reauthorized by the House of Representatives last month; the Senate voted 89-10 to approve the compromise package; and the bill, good for at least four more years, was sent to President Bush for his signature.
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In your blog regarding the release of Zimbra 6.0 beta, you mention an update to the hosted demo.
Presumably this preview hosted demo will be in addition to the demo of the current release, and maybe linked from the demo page?
Is this likely to happen soon, or alternatively is there an alternative page where the hosted test demo can be trialled?
This is useful for users such as myself, as we have no server facilities (we use a hosted Zimbra provider currently), but we want to test the new Zimbra nonetheless, with a view to future planning.
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Yes Fed - pics please!
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... and have Dad or someone take some pictures....
Hysterical! He makes it sound as if nobody has thought to take any pics yet. I can assure you that those grandparents have taken a bizzillion pics already. Roger, you are too cute!
It seems like he is just enjoying the time with his girls. As someone who has children, I can understand how much he wants to take the time to get to know his girls. I am sure the whole family must be esctatic over those little girls.ReplyDelete
NO one in his inner circle except him has a camera?? Come on...
I agree with Anonymous... I bet the grandparents have taken a bizzillion pics already. WHERE'S THE PICS ROGER???
Maybe he means that by the end of the week they will have staged a super RF-style photoshoot to show the world how much better they are than us. Who knows, maybe, lol.
I'd like to be adopted by Roger.
Aw, they sound cute from his description! I wonder if either or both look like Roger or whether they favour Mirka? Hurry up and charge the camera (!) so we can find out!ReplyDelete
Awww Roger, thanks for being so open about your girls.Ill bet if it's someone else, they will sell the pictures of their sibling/s to the highest bidder!Thank God that you are the nos 1.You really are the peoples champion!Take as much time as you all want with the girls and pictures or no pictures I am content that you have let it known to us that you are willing to share them with your true fans and supporters!Long Live King Roger!ReplyDelete
Myla and Charlene? You mean Mango and Rhubarb?ReplyDelete


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@ROYALISTA....Of ALL the manufacturers I think RE Is right on with getting into the cafe racer THANG. They should be at the fore front. There are sooo many bandwagoners i.e. Guzzi, triumph, that dont have the soul their old bikes used to have. Riding a triumph now is kind of like riding a honda. AND they are assembled in Thailand(retro models) and still cost a fortune.Only think I see RE blowing it on is the price. Everythings just gettin too high.Thats my 2 cents.
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SKILL LEVEL: Beginner (Level 1)
SIZE: One Size About 6 x 8 in. (15 x 20.5 cm) after felting
CORRECTIONS: None
16 sts = 4 in. (10 cm) in Stockinette stitch (knit on right side, purl on wrong side) before felting. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size
specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be
sufficient. The needle or hook size called for in the pattern is based on what
the designer used, but it is not unusual for gauge to vary from person to person.
If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make your swatch, try using a smaller
size hook or needles; if more stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles.
Making a Gauge Swatch
Blanket Stitch
Secure yarn on inside of work. Working from left to right, carry needle and yarn around from back to front, allow yarn to wrap loosely over edge of work. *Insert needle from front to back approx. 1/2 in. (1.5 cm) from previous stitch and from edge of work, catching yarn wrap with needle to form a "corner". Gently tighten stitch; repeat from * along edge.
With A, cast on 56 stitches. Beginning with a knit row, work in Stockinette stitch (knit on right side, purl on wrong side) for 16 rows.
Change to B and work in Stockinette stitch for 6 rows. Change to C and work in in Stockinette stitch for 20 rows.
Change to B and work in Stockinette stitch for 6 rows. Change to A and work in Stockinette st for 16 rows. Bind off.
Weave in ends.
Wash by machine on a hot wash/cold rinse cycle with detergent and several pieces of clothing to agitate. To felt additionally, dry by machine on a regular setting until almost dry. Remove from dryer and pull into shape.
Fold piece to about 6 x 8 in. (15 x 20.5 cm), with a 3 in. (7.5 cm) flap. At center of flap, cut a slit for the buttonhole.
With B, join side seams using Blanket stitch. With B, work Blanket stitch around flap. With sewing needle and thread, sew button opposite buttonhole.
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FY 2013 Spending Bills for Mental Illness Research, Services, Housing and Veterans Programs Move Forward
Against a backdrop of tight limits on federal discretionary spending and a possible across the board cut looming at the end the of the year, Congress has been moving forward in advancing spending bills to cover federal discretionary programs, including mental illness research and services, as well as veterans and housing programs. In theory, these discretionary appropriations bills are supposed to be enacted before FY 2013 begins on October 1. However, no one expects final FY 2013 spending levels to be resolved until a post-election "lame duck" session in November.
Possible Across the Board "Sequester" Looming
Under the Budget Control Act that Congress agreed to by the President and congressional leaders in August 2011, an automatic cut in discretionary spending of 8.4% is possible – unless an agreement to defer or cancel this "sequester" is reached at the end of the year. This possible sequester hangs over the current debate over FY 2013 funding levels for all discretionary programs, including mental illness research, services and housing programs. It is important to note that all veterans programs are exempt from this automatic sequester.
NAMI is participating in a large coalition of national organizations working to protect all categories of "non-defense discretionary" (NDD) spending from further reductions, including the sequester. More information on this coalition, including a sign-on letter that is open to all NAMI state and local organizations is available at
FY 2013 Appropriations Bills Advance
In recent weeks, both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have been advancing bills to fund mental illness research, services, veterans and housing programs for FY 2013. As noted above, all of these bills are subject to tight limits on discretionary spending that were set by Congress and the President in August 2011. These limits on discretionary spending mean that nearly all federal agency budgets – with the notable exception of the Department of Veterans' Affairs – will be frozen at their FY 2012 for the coming fiscal year. In most cases these bills are unlikely to advance further until after the fall election and the expected "lame duck" session in November and December.
Click here to view a detailed analysis of proposed FY 2013 funding levels for mental illness research, services, veterans and housing programs
Summary of Draft FY 2013 Spending Bills for Mental Illness Research, Services, Veterans and Housing Programs
Mental Illness Research at NIMH
A draft bill covering the FY 2013 budgets for the Departments of Labor, HHS and Education (S 3295) was reported by the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 14. This bill includes FY 2013 $30.731 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- $100 million more than the comparable FY 2012 level. This amounts a virtual freeze in funding for biomedical research at NIH. Within NIH, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) would see a slight $4 million increase under the Senate bill – up to $1.483 billion. Like the overall NIH budget, this is essentially a freeze at the current FY 2012 level.
Under a freeze, the NIMH will continue to struggle to fund an adequate number of "new and competing" research in FY 2013. A flat budget for the NIMH means that the agency must operate at below "medical research inflation" – the annual escalation in research cost. In addition, NIMH still has significant "out-year" commitments, that is ongoing multi-year grants for ongoing basic research and clinical studies. Further, holding the NIMH budget at or near a freeze for FY 2013 also means that the Institute's "pay-line" will continue to stay below 20% -- in other words, 80% of "new and competing" research grants (that get through peer review and are deemed meritorious science) will not receive funding.
On a positive note, the report accompanying the Senate bill contains language specifically directing NIMH to develop and coordinate a research program to examine early mortality and medical co-morbidities experienced by adults living with serious mental illness, a major priority for NAMI. This language directs NIMH to work with other NIH institutes responsible for diabetes and heart disease on focused research on individuals with serious mental illness:
Premature Mortality.—The Committee continues to be concerned about premature mortality and lower life expectancy experienced by adults living with serious mental illness as a result of treatable medical conditions such as cardiovascular, pulmonary, endocrine, and infectious diseases. The Committee urges NIMH to continue its collaborations with other Institutes, including NIDDK and NHLBI, to pursue research to better understand the causes and interventions needed to address this crisis. The Committee requests an update in the fiscal year 2014 congressional budget justification.
Mental Health Services at SAMHSA
For the second year in a row, the Senate Appropriations Committee has recommended an increase for the Mental Health Block Grant program. For FY 2013, the recommended increase is $21 million, boosting funding to $479.76 million. In report language accompanying the bill, the Committee specifically noted that these increases are in response to the deep cuts being imposed at the state and local level for publicly funded mental health services. NAMI strongly supports this 2nd year of increases for the MHBG – after more than a decade of flat funding – and is extremely grateful to Subcommittee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-AL) for including these increases in the bill.
Funding for most other Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and its Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is frozen in the Senate bill at current FY 2012 levels. This includes funding for the Childrens Mental Health program ($117.8 million) and the PATH program ($65 million – outreach and engagement for homeless individuals with mental illness). The draft Senate bill also continues the SAMHSA "primary-behavioral health integration" grant program at $65.7 million – rejecting a proposal from the Obama Administration to cut the program by $9 million. This is an important initiative designed, in part, to integrate primary medical care into specialty settings such as CMHCs to address chronic medical conditions experienced by people with serious mental illness.
The Senate bill also allows for a $45 million transfer to the CMHS Projects of Regional National Significance" (PRNS) account from the Public Health and Prevention Fund – funds set aside under the Affordable Care Act. This transfer will allow for the overall PRNS account to increase to $315.4 million.
Veterans Programs
FY 2013 funding for mental health services for the Department of Veterans Affairs is included in the Military Construction-VA Appropriations bill (HR 5854/S 3215). Overall, both the House and Senate bills fund the VA at the President's request of $135.6 billion for FY 2013. This figure includes $52.54 billion in advanced funding VA medical care that was allocated last year for the FY 2013. Since 2010, Congress has been funding VA medical care through this advanced appropriations mechanism which places the agency on a more stable and predictable two year funding cycle.
As with the Senate bill, the House bill continues increases for mental illness treatment in the VA. This includes advanced funding for FY 2014 of $6.453 billion for mental health services – a 4.3% increase (a $269 million funding boost). The bill specifically allocates $443.3 million of this total for treatment for PTSD and $75.6 million for suicide prevention activities at the VA. The House bill also contains specific directives for the VA to follow through on recommendations of the Office of Inspector General for addressing delays in mental illness treatment with respect to timely initial evaluations, filling of clinical staff vacancies and data collection.
The Senate bill allocates $5.76 billion for health care and support services for homeless veterans. This includes $1.35 billion in direct programs to assist homeless veterans, including $244.6 million for the HUD-VASH program and $235 million for the Homeless Grant Per Diem Program.
Finally, both the House and Senate bills allocate $582.7 million – the same amount as the President's request – for VA medical research, including research on PTSD and other mental health disorders.
Housing & Homelessness Programs
FY 2013 funding for housing and homelessness programs is included in the Transportation-HUD Appropriations bill (S 2322). Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have moved their versions of the "T-HUD" bill forward. The House bill rejects the President's request to cut the HUD Section 811 program by $15 million, allowing for full funding at the FY 2012 level of $165 million. By contrast, the Senate bill funds Section 811 at the President's request of $150 million. Within this total, both bills allocate a projected $85 million to renew (and make amendments to) existing project-based assistance contacts (PRACs) that cover the operating costs of current 811 units.
Both the House and Senate bills would continue funding in FY 2013 for the new Section 811 Project-Based Assistance (PRA) demonstration program, as authorized in the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act that passed Congress in 2010. This would allow Section 811 to develop as many 2,800 new units in FY 2012 – as opposed to fewer than 500 new units under the existing capital advance-PRAC model.
More information on the new 811 PRA option – including information about the recently published Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the FY 2012 allocation of funding is available at:
For homeless programs under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, the Senate bill provides a $245 million increase over the FY 2012 level – boosting funding to $2.146 billion. By contrast, the House bill funds homeless programs at $2 billion. There is growing concern that the funding level in the House bill is insufficient to renew existing rent and operating subsidies under the permanent supportive housing programs funded under McKinney-Vento (programs such as Shelter Plus Care).
Both the House and Senate T-HUD Appropriations bills do fund the President's request for an additional $75 million for rental vouchers for the joint HUD-VA VASH program – supportive housing and services for homeless veterans.
Social Security Administrative Funding
Monthly Social Security benefits (including SSI and SSDI cash assistance) are mandatory programs funded outside of annual discretionary appropriations bills. However, the Social Security Administration's LAE (Limitation on Administrative Expenses) budget is funded annual as a discretionary program. This funds local SSA offices as well as state DDS (disability determination) offices that adjudicate claims and appeals for SSI and SSDI benefits. Adequate funding for the SSA LAE is therefore critical to ensuring that the agency and the DDS offices have the capacity to hear claims and appeals for eligibility and serve current beneficiaries in a timely fashion.
For FY 2013, the President proposed an LAE level of $11.755 billion. The draft Senate Labor-HHS bill includes an LAE of $11.735 billion.
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I can't find any answers on the forums so far. I have a user that deleted a folder from his outlook and emptied his trash. I restored his account through the web admin and used the "restored_name" option. I then shared the "deleted" folder with my user. But now I'd like to flat out move the folder of info from the restored account to his regular account.
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Chevy Impala Front Floorpan Replacement - Flooring ItWritten by on February 1, 2011 Front Floorpan Replacement
While it's only been a couple of months since we brought you the huge undertaking that is the floor replacement in Editor Fortier's '47 Chevy, we recently replaced a front floorpan in a friend's mid-'60s Impala. It occurred to us that such rust repair is far more common than replacing an entire floor, and the procedure would be of use to many readers attempting to perform such a repair for the first time. It's an easy "Saturday morning" job, if you know how.
Replacement panels are available these days for a huge number of older vehicles, but unless you're a practiced bodyman, it may not occur to you to only use a portion of the new panel, simply fitting the whole piece, and making a lot of unnecessary work for yourself. The front passenger side floor in our subject Impala had rusted through, but only in the middle. (Why only this side, when usually the driver side rusts first? Possibly a leaking heater in the past?). While the patch panel from CARS was a good fit, with all the factory pressings and swage lines faithfully reproduced, there was simply no reason to replace the side of the transmission tunnel or the lower part of the toeboard in this instance.
Given that there's a stock seam across the floor just below the latter, it made sense to trim the new panel to fit as per the original, as well as to trim it to be welded on the flat section of floor rather than get involved in cutting the tunnel. While it was trimmed outside the swage lines for ease of cleanup later, we were able to reduce the amount of welding required quite substantially, retain more of the original floor, and make a neat repair at the same time. Of course it also meant we didn't have to remove any of the Dynamat that the owner had already installed on the majority of the floor, but we'd have trimmed the CARS panel anyway.
Safety First!
Be extremely careful when replacing floor sections in any car, but especially one that is currently being used on the road. Check the location of fuel and brake lines, and move them as far away as possible from the repair area. It's very easy to weld to a fuel line and ignite the entire vehicle. Don't ask me how I know! Never rely on others to tell you where the lines are; check for yourself. Check the condition of the lines too, for leaks, in which case they should be replaced anyway, and cover them with fire-retardant blankets (or aluminum sheeting, as weld spatter won't stick to this) during cutting and welding.
Keep a fire extinguisher on hand too, as it's easy to ignite the oil and grease that is often present on the underside of the floor on older vehicles. We're not trying to scare you, just warn you of the dangers of this type of work!
We should also mention that the interior and inside of the windshield should be protected against weld spatter or sparks, again using a fire retardant blanket (available from Harbor Freight) or even cardboard taped to the glass.
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Whenever any cutting or welding is contemplated on a floorpan, the first thing to check is where the fuel line runs. On the Impala it ran along the inside of the passenger side chassis 'rail, very close to where we'd be cutting and welding.Unhooked from the factory clips, the fuel line was dropped a couple inches until it rested on the trans crossmember. Before we started cutting, it was inspected for leaks, then when deemed safe, wrapped in a fire retardant blanket normally used to protect paint, glass, or interior trim from weld spatter or grinder sparks.With safety issues taken care of, work could commence. The replacement floorpan from CARS is a nice piece, and fits well. It appears to be designed as an overlay panel, whereby it's simply welded over the old floorpan, though the original could be removed to within an inch or so of the replacement's edge, leaving a lip to overlap and weld.We prefer to make repairs as invisible as possible, even on a floorpan. Besides, there was no need to replace such a large area and create unnecessary work by welding up the sides of the trans tunnel and toeboards when the rusted area was much smaller. Therefore, we marked the new panel to be trimmed.Ignoring the obvious lack of gloves or safety guard (this was for "photographic purposes" only, honest!), the CARS panel was cut to size using a 4-inch grinder and cut-off wheel from Harbor Freight.With the trimmed panel laid in place, its perimeter was marked using a silver Sharpie, which would provide my cut line to remove the original floor section. Of note here is that the front edge of the trimmed panel is actually on a factory lap joint, so this will appear stock once we're done. Cutting across any swage lines was purposely avoided for ease of cleanup after welding.An air saw was used to trim the old floorpan away, partly because it produces no sparks (given that this is a regularly used car with oil and grease on the underside, and the proximity of the fuel line) and partly because it's often quicker than using a cut-off wheel.We removed the old floor section by cutting an inch or so behind the lap joint at the base of the toeboard, then used the spot-weld drill to remove the welds. A chisel made light work of any remaining small welded sections. Note how the underlying sheetmetal is not damaged by the drill, and the fuel line is wrapped in a fire-retardant blanket.
At the rear righthand corner of the section we're replacing there was a small brace under the floor, attached by a couple of spot-welds. Using a spot-weld drill, these were removed to free the floorpan.A dedicated spot-weld removal drill has a small point at its center, but is otherwise flat across the bottom. The point allows it to make its own center while drilling out a spot weld without damaging the panel underneath.Our old, trusty, manually operated joggler was used to put a step in the new panel along what would be its rear-most edge. This was the only edge that wasn't butt- or plug-welded, and was only done this way to illustrate another method of joining panels. Normally we'd butt-weld the three sides that weren't plug welded. The step at the edge was welded over the old floorpan's edge, allowing the new sheetmetal to sit flush with the existing floor.While most everyone knows to disconnect the battery when welding, here's a useful tip. If there's nowhere easily accessible to clamp the welder's ground cable to, it can be attached to a magnet as shown. Note the stepped joint in the foreground.The same joint seen from below illustrates how it'll look factory once the welds are dressed and the floorpan is undercoated.With most of the welds ground back, the floor is strong, watertight, and ready for another 40-plus years of service.While the drill shown here is from Snap-on, and the cut-off wheel is a Clarke item, all the air tools to do this job are obtainable from Harbor Freight. Air-powered tools are smaller than their electric counterparts, and make jobs such as this so much easier. Of course you'll need a suitably sized compressor to run them too.Here's the underfloor brace we referred to a while back, now plug-welded back in position. The lapped joint at the rear of the new panel can be seen here too.
Here you can see how well the new sheetmetal fits, butted against the original in the doorstep. It was tack-welded at first, before seam welding. Making the joint here on the curved section made grinding it flush easier later.


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Blue skies. Blue water. Blues music.
Sounds like a Facebook status, and indeed it was for me for one full week on the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise, which sailed from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to exotic locales in the Eastern Caribbean.
On the fully chartered cruise ship, it's all about the blues.
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Ana Popovic entertains the crowd on the pool deck of the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise.
When the ship is at sea, the music starts around noon. And it goes (I'm told) until the wee hours of the morning, almost until sunrise, I suspect. In fact, one morning as I awoke to watch the sun come up behind the island of Dominica, I heard a boisterous group - blues fans, I'm sure, who had been up all night long listening to their favorite genre.
Most of the cruisers are diehard blues fans - many of whom have sailed with the LRBC multiple times.
This particular seven-day cruise sailed to Dominica, Martinique, Barbados and St. Lucia. But for most of the 2,000-plus cruisers, it was the music that was the attraction. And with good reason.
Ruthie Foster. Taj Mahal. Tedeschi Trucks Band. Buckwheat Zydeco. Brooks Family Blues Dynasty. The Nighthawks. Trampled Under Foot. Tommy Castro & The Painkillers. Ironing Board Sam. Ana Popovic. Carolina Chocolate Drops. Earl Thomas & Eddie Angel. James Harman's Bamboo Porch Revue. Matt Anderson. Leon Blue. Mitch Woods. Deanna Bogart. Shane Dwight and Bekka Bramlett. North Mississippi Allstars with Lightnin' Malcolm. Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials.
That's a lot of blues.
Five venues were hopping throughout the day and night, from the spacious pool deck to the concert-style Celebrity Theater to the more intimate Rendezvous Lounge, Revelations Lounge and Michael's Piano Club, the most cozy of all. And it was easy to venue-hop as all were only a level or so away from each other.
Blues artists in general are very approachable, and many said hello to my husband Bruce Wheeler, who produces the Heritage Music BluesFest in Wheeling. While Bobby Rush was cooking up some barbecue before the sail-away party Saturday night, he gave us his card, hoping for a call to return to Wheeling. "I got to get back up there," he said. Many blues fans and artists have told Wheeler that the Wheeling festival is their second favorite only to the blues cruise.
When the artists weren't on stage, they were there to have fun, too, and to relax and listen to the other musicians. They also took part in the nightly pro-am jam sessions.
Just as Rush barbecued up some specialties, other musicians found ways to interact with cruise guests. There were a couple of autograph parties during the week. Samantha Fish hosted a shrimp boil one afternoon on the pool deck. Rush and Ana Popovic joined in for a "beauty call" at the spa, where guests could choose a manicure, pedicure, facial or massage - and champagne - and hobnob with Rush or Popovic at the same time. Taj Mahal even found time to go sport fishing with some cruisers, and the more adventurous could sign up to go ziplining with Deanna Bogart on the island of Dominica.
Many blues-themed events took place every day and evening, from workshops to theater presentations to films to parades.
Things really got going when "bluisers" gathered for a sail-away party with Ruthie Foster, who sang us out to sea from our port of San Juan.
Saturday's theme was "Hometown Blues," with most of us sporting our favorite blues festival T-shirts.
On Sunday morning, champagne greeted guests for the "Virgin Party" and for the "Returnee Party." On our particular cruise, about 65 percent of the guests were "virgin" blues cruise attendees. Sunday's theme was "Soul Blues/Give Me Back My Wig." Some people wore some crazy wigs. (We just "wigged out" of this one.)
Monday's full moon prompted the "I Put a Spell on You" parade with magical costumes all around - wizards and witches and warlocks, oh my. The evening's emcee introduced each and every member of the parade, as he did for every parade throughout the week.
Tuesday's theme was "Pirates of the Caribbean." There were some pretty awesome pirate costumes, and even a couple wearing a lovely Pittsburgh Pirates ensemble.
Wednesday happened to be Halloween, so a full-blown costume party took place that night.
Thursday night's theme was "Carnival," while the closing night on Friday was "Pajama Night." A torrential rainstorm right around 10 p.m. put a little damper on that night's festivities, however. Maybe that was all for the best, with an early rise time to disembark Saturday.
We were aboard the Celebrity Summit, a beautiful ship with wonderful amenities including a fitness center that looked out floor-to-ceiling windows over the bow of the ship; fitness classes; a full-service spa; acupuncture physicians who specialized in preventing seasickness; a casino; close to a dozen places to dine, including several specialty restaurants; family pools and adult pools; bars, bars and more bars (10!); shopping, from art to purses to jewelry to clothing to souvenirs to duty-free iPods and iPads.
A glass elevator shot up and down the 11 decks with a beautiful ocean view. (I took the steps most of the time, and was surprised at how few others did.)
You could chill in the whirlpools on the pool deck or let pounding water massage your back in the thalassotherapy salt-water pool.
An upgrade to AquaClass staterooms - worth it! - allowed complimentary access to the Persian Garden in the spa, priority access to the Blu restaurant for breakfast and dinner, a spa concierge, and indulgent amenities such as the Hansgrohe shower tower and custom-blended bath products. Most AquaClass staterooms were just a level away from the spa and fitness center.
We dined most frequently in Blu, the exclusive dining area for AquaClass guests, which featured lighter, "clean" cuisine. The decor was as fresh as the food with its cobalt blue and white appointments.
Some of the offerings: chilled seafood Napoleon; BLU cheese souffle with candied pear and port wine reduction; chilled avocado and lemon soup with poached shrimp; sweet yellow corn veloute with chile oil, cilantro and chorizo; blackened ahi tuna with forbidden rice, baby bok choy, spicy onion and white sesame seed vinaigrette.
We dined one evening at The Normandie, and one at Qsine, two of the specialty restaurants.
The Normandie is described as "exquisite fine dining in a distinctive setting with impeccable service." In other words, it's a throwback to classic, cruise-ship dining. Many dishes were prepared table side at this restaurant, where diners were surrounded by the original paneling and ornamentation from the SS Normandie.
My appetizer was a smoked salmon and peekytoe crab parfait. My entree, Murano Lobster, which was cognac flambeed warm water lobster tail, fresh basil, applewood smoked bacon and dijon cream, was prepared with finesse by our waiter at table side.
Definitely worth experiencing was Qsine.The decor reminded me of "Alice in Wonderland" with whimsical chairs and a colorful ambiance.
Small plates were the order of the evening; and ordering was done on an iPad. Everything was high-tech and creative here, and delicious. "It's time to give your palate a wake-up call," says the description of Qsine.
One of our six choices, a petite filet, was accompanied by four little shot glasses - one with truffled mashed potatoes, one with creamed spinach, one with mac-n-cheese and one with sauteed mushrooms. We also dined on sushi "lollipops" and eight mini-glasses of interesting pureed vegetables - carrot-cardamom, green pea-mint, broccoli-cheddar, sweet potato-raisin, spinach-garlic, cauliflower-apple, parsnip-shallot, potato-truffle, and eggplant-tomato and olive.
The dessert menu was a cubed puzzle; you had to search for the selections inside. My dessert - three flavors of gelato - was served in a silver rocket-shaped vessel.
It was a delicious adventure from beginning to end!
Not a fan of the standard, large-table cruise ship dining arrangements, we avoided the main dining room for all but one dinner. Luckily, we were seated at a four-top with a pleasant couple from the Boston area.
The Oceanview Cafe offered just about anything: made-to-order pasta, stir-fry, pizza and sushi; eggs benedict, but with a variety of twists; carved turkey or ham; cereal, yogurt, fruit.
The AquaSpa Cafe was one of my favorite spots, with its fresh and healthy fare for breakfast and for lunch. Fruit and yogurt parfaits; steamed, poached or broiled fish; poached fruits; low-sodium salads; organic breads; freshly made jams; and smoothies. Ummmm.
From fresh to fried: I had the best French fries in my life at the Pool/Mast Grill. A plate of fries with mayonnaise was a favorite "happy hour" snack for us. Well, you have to have balance in your life, right?
With 10 bars on board, you would be hard-pressed not to find your favorite libation. One unique space was Cellar Masters, where the nectar of the grape reigns. A state-of-the-art Enomatic wine-by-the glass dispensing system added a bit of sport to your wine selecting. With a swipe of your Seapass card, a 1-ounce, 2.5-ounce or 5-ounce pour is dispensed from bottle to glass.
An eye-popping experience was my first glance at the ice-topped martini bar, where bartenders put on a show while they create your favorite drink. We have a video of a bartender pouring 12 martinis at once, waterfall style. You can write your name in the thin layer of frost that tops the bar - which can come in handy if you've spent too much time there!
Beautiful bottles of classic and rare vodka (one with floating gold leaf flecks) are planted in an ice trough, and a variety of fine caviars also are available there.
Our first destination was Roseau, Dominica. I watched the sun rise, turning the dark protuberance into green trees and buildings, the closer we came to the first island destination of our cruise. I was up early that day in anticipation of my Rain Forest Yoga excursion.
What was the highlight of my week, the excursion began at 9 a.m. Monday when I met four other cruise mates. Our excursion guide, Kashme, explained points of interest and gave us a good lesson on Roseau during our van ride on twisty island roads to the Papillote Wilderness Retreat.
Some come to this retreat just for the gardens alone, which were exquisite. Others, for the volcanic hot pools and mud massages. Some, to stay and relax, and to dine on island specialties.
We were there for the yoga.
Our group was met by Martha Cuffy, who was born in the United Kingdom to Dominican parents. She's studied yoga for 20 years, spent two years at the first ashram university, Bihar Yoga Bharati, in Munger Bihar, India, where she earned a master's degree in yoga psychology. She was the real deal.
As we hiked up through the rain forest to a roofed terrace where five yoga mats were lined up waiting for us, Cuffy talked about the flora that lay before us. She talked about the energy of the rain forest air that we were breathing in ... and giving carbon dioxide back to the beautiful flowers - like a beautiful "dance with the plants and flowers."
It was a glorious experience. We practiced yoga for about an hour, and quietly descended, refreshed and introspective. We were offered our choice of three fresh fruit beverages (I had tamarind juice) at the Rain Forest Restaurant, before a hug goodbye from Martha.
What a way to start my week.
Dozens of other excursions were available at each port including biking, a whale and dolphin safari, cooking, a rain forest drive, distillery tours, scuba dives, snorkeling, beach and waterfall trips, glass-bottom boats, golf, tubing, walking tours, ocean kayaking, a monkey encounter, Segway tours and more.
We strolled around the port city of Fort de France in Martinique, went to a beach party with music by Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials in Bridgetown, Barbados, and Bruce went deep sea fishing in St. Lucia; my scenic drive to Pigeon Point and the beach was canceled. Instead, we took a cab ride around the city. Our driver explained much of the history, took us to a batik factory/gift shop and introduced us to Jacob, who earned a few dollars each day telling tourists the story of Castries, St. Lucia.
We took advantage of the airport drop-off tour in San Juan on our last day. A tour bus picked us up at the ship, while our luggage was loaded onto a truck. We spent a delightful three hours with our tour guide - the funniest man on the planet, I'm convinced - before heading home.
"Pedro" - he called himself, but admitted it was not his real name - gave us history and geography and sociology lessons and more about Puerto Rico. We either visited or drove by a number of sites: the St. Christopher Castle; one of the oldest cemeteries in the western hemisphere where Raul Julia is buried; a home owned by the family of Ponce de Leon for more than 400 years; El San Juan Resort, which houses the third-largest chandelier in the world; new San Juan and old San Juan. It was a whirlwind three hours, but quite entertaining and informative.
Then it was back on the bus, to the plane and home.
Roger Naber, the force behind the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, describes the cruise as "a music lover's dream."
The music starts before the ship sets sail, he said, and goes on and on for seven days and nights.
"Everybody's got a backstage pass," he said, noting that it's fun for everyone to get up close and personal to the musicians. The musicians are very accessible; there are no "cordoned off" areas.
It's also a dream gig for the musicians, he said. "Some tell me it's the best gig in the world."
The cruise "takes them back to before it was a real job," Naber said. "Now they're in a hard regime of touring, they're on the road, they perform, go back to their hotel and travel in the morning. (The blues cruise) takes the stress out of traveling," he said.
"The musicians are inspired by being around each other," he said. "It almost becomes a camp."
The first LRBC set sail in 2002, although Naber did earlier cruises in the 1990s. The idea came to him even before that when he was running the Kansas City Blues Festival.
It was LR&BC No. 19 that we were lucky enough to be a part of. No. 20 sailed in January to ports in the Eastern Caribbean, while No. 21 sets sail from Fort Lauderdale to Key West, New Orleans and Mexico in October. It's already sold out, but the next trip is No. 22, sailing in January 2014 to the Eastern Caribbean.
"We program it so there's more going on than they can possibly see," Naber said. "There's certainly not time to stand around and wonder what they're doing on this ship," he said.
"Since they can't experience everything, that's why they want to come back," he said.
One of Naber's favorite parts of each cruise is the returnees' party. On our cruise in October, Naber had all of the women blues artists perform. He figured each would do a song or two, but they ended up jamming together for an hour and a half, he said.
While the returnee party was going on, we attended the "virgin party," which also was lots of fun, but apparently not as much fun as the returnee party.
I suppose that's something to aspire to in the future.
"I always want to try to improve - it's a challenge to match what we've done. Each cruise seems to be the best one ever," he said.


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Durable Goods Orders Predict Doom?
Durable Goods Orders were reported down 4.0% for January, the steepest month-to-month decline in three years. That's how the popular press is telling the story today, but truth be told, the decline follows three consecutive monthly increases, including December's 3.2% rise. Taken in that context, the slip in January would not seem so bad. However, that's not the context I believe will prove material to investors through the year. This decline may indicate the beginning of a new trend, one in which slumping European consumption of American exports and rising gasoline prices weigh on our vulnerable economy. Indeed, durable goods orders look ahead, and if they offer a clear perspective this time, the insight is troubling.
The 4.0% decline in durables matched against economists' expectations for a more modest 0.7% drop. Durable Goods Orders vary widely due to the big ticket prices attached to airplanes and other transportation goods. Because of this, the tally takers screen out transportation and also defense goods to get a smoother read of general business and consumer driven economic activity. When transportation orders are removed from the January data, new orders still decreased 3.2%, compared to a 2.1% increase in December. Excluding defense, new orders also decreased 4.5%, so any way you cut it, orders declined.
That said, there was one notable synthetic driver of January's decline in ordering activity, but its affects also lifted the three months that preceded January. A tax-incentive intended to drive capital goods purchases at cautious businesses expired at the end of the year in 2011. Its expiration drove a burst of acquisitions into the close of 2011, but in its absence, January misfired. I would expect more of the same in the months ahead.
Lower confidence in a March decline would be kindled by a nascent trend of last minute buying among managers. The last few tough years exhibited cautious purchasing patterns due to the uncertain economic environment. The result led managers to refrain from spending capital until they were certain of its availability, perhaps to best manage capital against working capital needs and debt obligations or to manage earnings in an uncertain environment. So, they end up making all their purchases in the last month of each quarter. Well that's March this quarter.
Closer inspection of the durables data shows Non-Defense Capital Goods Orders fell precipitously, dropping 6.3% in January. This data point in particular is indicative of the expiration of the tax-incentive for businesses to acquire capital goods. I am finding many optimists noting this point, while leaving out the fact that Q4 2011 benefited greatly from a rush of businesses taking advantage of the expiring incentive. I believe that a smoothing of the fourth quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 will offer much less reasoning to believe in economic recovery. For informational purposes, I note the month's weakness extended to Manufacturing (-5.8%), Primary Metals (-6.7%), Machinery (-10.4%), Computers and Related Products (-10.1%), Transportation (-6.1%) and Defense Aircraft and Parts (-5.6%).
Those ignoring what could be a shift from Q4 2011 to Q1 2012 are basing their view on some recently contradicting data. I even heard one gentleman expert guest on Bloomberg Radio say that we should take the Durables Report with a grain of salt, due to the evidence he's seen in other reports lately. I would suppose he is speaking to the improvements seen in several Regional Federal Reserve Branches' manufacturing surveys. This Tuesday, for instance, the Richmond Fed published its report showing its index rose to a mark of 20 in February, up from 12. Monday, the Dallas Fed's index improved to 17.8, up from 15.3. Last week, the Kansas City Fed's report showed improvement to a reading of 13, from 7. The week before that, the New York Fed's index gained to 19.53, its best reading in over a year. The Philadelphia Fed's index also gained to 10.2, up from 7.3. It's hard to argue against such broad reaching data.
Since the regional indexes are measuring February, versus the January Durables data point reported Tuesday, I can understand why the majority of institutional investors seem to be discounting it today. The broad equity indexes were all higher Tuesday on the news. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA) and the PowerShares QQQ Trust Series (NYSE: QQQ) had all etched gains from their morning starts on the news. Looking forward, economists surveyed by Bloomberg see the ISM Manufacturing Index, which is the national measure, gaining to a mark of 54.6, from 54.1 in January. Based on the regional data, it would appear it may even be understated.
Despite the generally positive report, industrial sector ETFs were lower. I surveyed the Focus Morningstar Industrials ETF (NYSE: FIS), Vanguard Industrials ETF (NYSE: VIS), PowerShares Dynamic Industrials ETF (NYSE: PRN), noting that each was in the red while the broader indexes were in the green through morning trade Tuesday. That was certainly due to the importance of the transportation and defense sector stocks within the group. Other leaders like Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and General Electric (NYSE: GE) were fractionally higher.
The important wisdom investors must discern today, considering current data, is what it may say about tomorrow. It takes some daring to venture out in a different direction than the trend says to, and so you will hardly ever hear a Wall Street voice sounding out against the tide, except perhaps in the rare cases of brazen genius or foolishness. I continue to look towards the factors that should prove important and detrimental to economic activity this year, including European demise and gasoline price rise. Europe cannot be written off, not just for the 20% of American exports sold into the deteriorating marketplace, but for the risk it poses to the entangled American financial institutions and other multinationals doing business there. Then there's the third point, call it the third rail even, because it's the one Wall Streeters will never touch. The exogenous factor many call unpredictable, which is of course predictable, but just not so for financial focusers. It is the Iran trigger, the event to top all events of the last 25 years, if not longer. It threatens to disrupt not only oil flow, but global trade, and it is greatly misunderstood and underestimated by the market today.
For these reasons, people like me will point to the Durables Report as supportive of a bearish argument, which it is in absolution anyway. February seems to offer hope given the regional data points, but if it should fall short, it would be that much more damaging. So while stocks may rise today and even into March, the Ides of that mythical month draw near, and with tangible risk factors full of sharp tentacles.
This article should interest investors in Boeing (NYSE: BA), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), Digital Globe (NYSE: DGI), GenCorp (NYSE: GY), General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), Goodrich (NYSE: GR), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Honeywell (NYSE: HON), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL), L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL), EMBRAER (NYSE: ERJ), FLIR Systems (Nasdaq: FLIR), BE Aerospace (Nasdaq: BEAV), TransDigm (NYSE: TDG), Spirit Aerosystems (NYSE: SPR), CAE (NYSE: CAE), Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK), Hexcel (NYSE: HXL), Triumph Group (NYSE: TGI), Esterline Technologies (NYSE: ESL), Moog (NYSE: MOG-A), Heico (NYSE: HEI), Teledyne (NYSE: TDY), Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW), Cavco (Nasdaq: CVCO), Skyline (NYSE: SKY), Nobility Homes (Nasdaq: NOBH), Palm Harbor Homes (Nasdaq: PHHM), Mohawk Industries (NYSE: MHK), Interface (Nasdaq: IFSIA), Albany International (NYSE: AIN), Unifi (NYSE: UFI), Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW), Tyco International (NYSE: TYC), Cummins (NYSE: CMI), Kubota (NYSE: KUB), Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE: IR), Dover (NYSE: DOV), ITT Corp. (NYSE: ITT), Flowserve (NYSE: FLS), Pall (NYSE: PLL), Dresser-Rand (NYSE: DRC), SPX (NYSE: SPW), Gardner Denver (NYSE: GDI), IDEX (NYSE: IEX), Nordson (Nasdaq: NDSN), Graco (NYSE: GGG), Actuant (NYSE: ATU), Middleby (Nasdaq: MIDD), ABB (NYSE: ABB), Eaton (NYSE: ETN), Nidec (NYSE: NJ), Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK), Ametek (NYSE: AME), Regal Beloit (NYSE: RBC), Thomas & Betts (NYSE: TMB), Woodward Governor (Nasdaq: WGOV), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Deere (NYSE: DE), CNH (NYSE: CNH), Joy Global (Nasdaq: JOYG), Bucyrus (Nasdaq: BUCY), Agco (Nasdaq: AGCO), Emerson Electric (NYSE: EMR), Parker Hannifin (NYSE: PH), Roper Industries (NYSE: ROP), Pentair (NYSE: PNR), Waste Management (NYSE: WM), Republic Services (NYSE: RSG), Fastenal (Nasdaq: FAST), Vulcan Materials (NYSE: VMC), MDU Resources (NYSE: MDU), Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE: MLM), Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), Valspar (NYSE: VAL), Precision Castparts (NYSE: PCP), United States Steel (NYSE: X), Reliance Steel (NYSE: RS), NVR (NYSE: NVR), DR Horton (NYSE: DHI), Pulte (NYSE: PHM), Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL), Hovnanian (NYSE: HOV), CRH (NYSE: CRH), CEMEX (NYSE: CX), Eagle Materials (NYSE: EXP), Fluor (NYSE: FLR), McDermott International (NYSE: MDR), Foster Wheeler (Nasdaq: FWLT), Empresas ICA (NYSE: ICA), Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK), Timken (NYSE: TKR), Kennametal (NYSE: KMT), Leucadia National (NYSE: LUK), Masco (NYSE: MAS), Weyerhaeuser (NYSE: WY), Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR), Chicago Bridge & Iron (NYSE: CBI), EMCOR (NYSE: EME), Snap-on (NYSE: SNA), Toro (NYSE: TTC), GM (NYSE: GM) and Ford (NYSE: F).
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Mirka Vavrinec (Federer?) was spotted working an ice rink on her ring finger while watching now husband Rog defeat Andreas Seppi in the Monte Carlo second round and raising his head-to-head against the Italian to 5-0. He'll next face compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka for a spot in the fourth round.
Although I couldn't zoom in close enough without losing too much picture quality, you can see the ring is MAMMOTH. I'm surprised Mirka could even raise that hand to clap even though she already gets a good arm workout with the Crackberry. Nice moves, Rog.
And just so we can see the big improvement, here's Mirka at the Oz Open back in January working an ice cube:
Oh, and thanks to a few readers who alerted me to the fact the couple are expecting a boy but still have yet to pick out a name. Don't they know it's already been chosen via the DtL Peanut Gallery? Like, duh.
UPDATE: Damn, Crackberry's going to PISSED once Mango arrives - you know, lack of attention and all. Wait! Mirka will put it down, right?
(image via getty, ap)
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
(UPDATED) PHOTO OP: Mirka debuts ice rink in Monte Carlo, retires ice cube
Labels: celebrity, Mirka Vavrinec, Monte Carlo Masters, ring, Roger Federer, tennis
25 comments:
- AnonymousApril 15, 2009 at 8:30 AM
I think it was quite wise of us to pick out a unisex name - Mango. But somehow you just knew it was going to be a boy...ReplyDelete
Do you think Mango will fly out of the womb in full RF regalia tucking his baby hair behind his baby ears?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 15, 2009 at 8:42 AM
Just thought that maybe Mango might text Mirka when the time comes to get out of her vajayjay.ReplyDelete
LMAO!!! *rolls*ReplyDelete
Definitely! And then he'll steal Mirka's blackberry and start texting the Woods and Rossdale babys!ReplyDelete
Damn Mirka's ring is BIG! I'm sooo not jealous! I mean, why would I like to have a ring that cost more than my house? Pah...
Oh and I think we can put those Rafa-Xiscca break-up rumors to rest! She was at his match today, looking hot as ever! damnit!!!
- AnonymousApril 15, 2009 at 9:48 AM
That ice rink is obnoxious. BLEH! Why don't you tattoo "I'm married to Roger Federer and he bought me like a really really big ring. Like, it's totally huge! SEE?!?!" on your face.ReplyDelete
Oh my God I really don't mean to sound green but that ring could feed like 50 families in Africa. LOLReplyDelete
The size is ridiculous. o_O
- AnonymousApril 15, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Yeah, that ring looked FABULOUS; Mirka, not so much.ReplyDelete
I guess Rafisca IS still on and she looked lovely (darn it!!!), and his sister is finally coming along nicely -- she used to be look like a female version of Rafa, which was surprisingly not as nice looking as you would think it would be. Unfortunately, the parents might be broken up (so sad if true). Rafa's Mom was there w/o his Dad and sans wedding ring (poor Rafa - NO!!!)
PS - the bull shoes are for sale now, will the hat follow (please, oh please, oh please).
- AnonymousApril 15, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Despite that vulgar-sized diamond, she was wearing that horrid and cheap looking purple tent number that she herself must've fashioned out of hotel shower curtains.ReplyDelete
As for Rafa's parents: Monte Carlo is an outing for Nadal ladies (Rafa's mother, sister & girlfriend, Toni's wife and 3 daughters are all there). Nadal men (father, uncles) were all in Miami. Nothing to it.
Dang, could you people be more jealous - if she was wearing a non-existent diamond, it would have been - with all the money he is making he could not afford something a little bigger -ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 15, 2009 at 11:55 AM
thts so true, u just imagined a junior Fed :) yay!ReplyDelete
and omg Mirka seriously put the 'crackberry' down!!!
andd woaahh HUGE huge hugee ring and Anon 2:22 totally true, wht was she wearing...she looks awkward while tht rings looks all shine :D
- AnonymousApril 15, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Karen: Actually no, that would NOT be my response because it shouldn't be about showcasing the absolute "sky is the limit" of what you & your partner can afford. What she's wearing is obscene. A non-existent diamond, a simple wedding band, would be much more elegant, IMO.ReplyDelete
Anon 3:48, we see this type of stuff with celebrities all the time. It's no different with Fed & Mirka.ReplyDelete
- Tennis ObserverApril 15, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Mirka starts to look like a Sopranos wife.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 15, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Marissa: Exactly. And it's gross. In all cases.ReplyDelete
I'm sorry but giant, ostentatious "Look at me!" rings are sooo tacky. It matches her tacky warddrobe perfectly, I suppose. The other diamond ring she had was perfectly fine.ReplyDelete
Money can't buy true class or style.
- AnonymousApril 15, 2009 at 3:10 PM
I'd start hatin' just like the rest of you but that would make me feel empty considering that Mirka and her ring-worth-more-than-all-our-homes-combined doesn't give 2 cents about our opinions. She's happy with the father of her child and husband so we should all just shut up.ReplyDelete
Amen Anon 6:10.ReplyDelete
I wish I was Mirka more for Roger and the world traveling than the ring but whatever.
- AnonymousApril 15, 2009 at 4:42 PM
The bling is ridonkulous. Does it spell RF on it? Or "Property of RF".ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 15, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Maybe Mirka wants people to look at her ring more than her growing baby bump. Since the media is so intent on focusing on her weight, they can now focus on the rock sitting precariously on her ever-pudgy-growing finger.ReplyDelete
It is all a matter of taste. Clearly she went into Tiffany's saw this huge rock, freaking loved it, and decided that that was what she wanted. Some of us our men and men and women in our lives have never even thought of spending so much money on us. Leave the woman alone. As for her style of dress. So what if she is not looking like some Hollywood Hooker dressed in jeans and t-shirt etc, it is clear that her man loves her. How many of us can say that? Majority of us who post here cannot even maintain a relationship for a week, let alone 10 years (and she did it without the benefit of a piece of paper). Stop hating people. This is what real women look like. No longer does she have to dress up and impress her man. He loves her just the way she is.ReplyDelete
LOL, thanks for opening my eyes about my relationships and the importance of expensive jewellery, Karen.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 16, 2009 at 6:44 AM
Karen, I think Mirka is a great woman as far as I can tell. And for many reasons you stated. I admire the couple for their long lasting relationship and I appreciate a woman who actually is a woman and not a skinny slut. And I also appreciate a man who is as successful as Roger who doesn't wear girls like accessories.ReplyDelete
That doesn't mean I can't say that the ring is over the top. (And don't even get my started on diamonds in general.)
- AnonymousApril 16, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Amen Anon 9:44ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 16, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Anon 7:42:ReplyDelete
The bling is ridonkulous. Does it spell RF on it? Or "Property of RF".


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