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Dabo Swinney Orange Bowl postgame press conference |
by TigerNet Staff - 2012-01-05 01:43:29.0 |
THE MODERATOR: Coach, what do you say to your team in the locker room after a game like that?
DABO SWINNEY: Well, obviously we're a better football team than how we played tonight, and you know, it is what it is. The season is over, and the biggest thing I said in there is that I love them, and we've got to live with this the whole off?season. They'll play again in September, those guys that are coming back, and certainly not the finish that we wanted. Just too many mistakes.
But I talked to our seniors in particular. Just thanked them for a good year and getting us where we've wanted to be for a long time. We're going to miss those guys. Love every single one of them and thanked them for all they've done.
We got a taste of it tonight, and we'll be back. We'll be back. It won't be 30 years. We'll be back, and hopefully these guys will play better next time. Simple as that. But this was a game that ?? too many mistakes. We got off to a fast start, but we could not sustain the momentum on defense, and then all of a sudden we're getting ready to go up 24?21, looks like it's going to be a shootout and we're getting ready to go up 24?21 and it's a 14?point swing, a 99?yard touchdown, which all of a sudden that just opened the door for ?? it's just like a virus with turnovers. Four turnovers, three of them that they got touchdowns off of. And you just can't give a good offense those type of opportunities, easy scores, field position. It just snowballed from there. It's probably as bad a defensive performance I've seen in a long, long time. It's incredibly disappointing.
But again, our players have gotten a taste of where we want this program to consistently be, and I think it'll be great lessons for us as we move forward in trying to continue to build our program into the type of program that we want it to be.
Q. You alluded to it on the 14?point swing on the Ellington carry and all that. Did you sense at that point that the air was just coming out of the sideline, such a dramatic swing? You had kids celebrating what they thought was a touchdown, and for it to change that quickly, did you sense it was going to be a particularly huge moment?
DABO SWINNEY: Well, it was a pretty huge moment. They hadn't really stopped us. We were scoring, but they were matching us, and we couldn't get a stop. We'd get momentum and lose momentum, get momentum, lose momentum. That was going to be a huge swing for us. Like I said, it was going to put us up 24?21, we're right back in this thing and still searching for a stop. But that was huge. I mean, that was a big, big play because now all of a sudden it was 28?17, and again, all of a sudden we continued to have another turnover here and there, and it just snowballed quickly.
And you've got to give them a ton of credit. I'm telling you, we still haven't tackled No. 1. He's as good a skilled player with the ball in his hands as I've seen all year. I mean, he's special. He is a special, special football player. He's second in the country in all?purpose, I believe. You saw why tonight. Very, very talented player. Their quarterback was outstanding. What was he, 31 of 45? Do the math on that. And 10 of 16 on 3rd down. They had the ball 36 minutes, we had it 23. It's just hard to win.
Again, just very, very disappointing how it got away from us. But that's how quick things can snowball on you, especially when you start turning it over against a team that can score.
You know, it is what it is from that standpoint. This is obviously a very, very disappointing finish for us. But at the end of the day, the season is over, and you've got to look at the big picture. We didn't play well in this game, but we had a good season. And again, accomplished a tremendous amount, and so much for us to build upon, and we can't let one game get our eyes off of that. We've got a good football team coming back, and we've got to focus on closing this thing out with our banquet, and sending these seniors off the right way and then refocusing on finishing off a really good recruiting class and getting back to work. And our goal will be to get back here. That will be our goal. That will be our objective.
You know, there's a lot of things out there. Tonight is a bitter taste. Really disappointing for our fans, especially those that traveled down here. Just so disappointing for us to play like we played.
But we'll be back.
Q. Did West Virginia do anything different from what you guys had prepared for for three weeks as far as what they do on the offensive side? I know Coach Holgorsen says they kind of do what they do, or was it just the mistakes on the defensive side?
DABO SWINNEY: Well, it was turnovers first of all, which really sucked the life out of us, and then some big mistakes on defense. They didn't do a whole lot different. I mean, it just ?? they just whipped us.
Q. You talked about the defense had its share of struggles a lot of the season. How confident are you that it's going to get fixed? And how do you think that it'll be fixed sort of moving forward?
DABO SWINNEY: Well, I'm as confident as I was last year standing here in a press conference 6?7 and telling you we'd fix it. I'm as confident as that. We'll be better. We'll be better. No doubt in my mind that ?? I mean, y'all have seen us play better. But we just did not put it together with three phases tonight, and it just was a perfect storm because we were having a hard time stopping them.
You've got to give them credit. We were having a very difficult time stopping them, but they were having a hard time stopping us, too. Really felt like we could run the football on them, and I think had we been able to keep the game going like we were, we really would have been able to rush the football very well tonight, but it just turned in a hurry. And the turnovers offensively just killed us, and then that just added to what was going on on the defensive side.
You know, we might have had a chance ?? if we could take care of the ball, maybe it would have been 56?55, 42?43 type ballgames. It would have been an interesting game to see. But we didn't really give ourselves a chance to get there with the turnovers. It's one thing to not stop them, but you can't add to the calls with making those critical mistakes.
Q. You talked about the mistakes, the turnovers and everything. Do you think this was lack of focus being down here this week? Was it West Virginia forcing you to make these mistakes?
DABO SWINNEY: No, I don't think it was lack of focus. We've prepared very well. Guys practiced well. It's just guys making mistakes. Is it a lack of focus that a guy fumbles the ball going in for a touchdown? Does that mean the other ten guys aren't focused? We just didn't make some plays that we were very capable of making. Guys are in position to make plays, and we didn't make some of those plays. It's just that simple.
You've got to give them credit. We were very focused. Guys were excited about playing and like I said, got off to a good start. But I felt like it was probably going to be a shootout. I was hoping that we could slow them down a little bit early, but I had no illusions that they were going to score some points, but I really felt they'd have a hard time stopping us. And I really think that would have been the case, but we just, again, self?imploded with some costly turnovers and gave them good field position three times off of those three turnovers. Hard to win that way. Hard to give yourself a chance.
Q. Everyone looks at the ACC record in the BCS games. Just wondering how much you think the league should be judged based on some of the performances in these bigger games.
DABO SWINNEY: Well, I mean, we've got to play better. We've had opportunities. I thought Virginia Tech ?? they played much better than we did. They didn't play well enough to win. But some of the other teams I think have been competitive. But it all comes down to winning. We have not had a good year this year, and we certainly didn't do our part. I don't really worry about other people, to be honest with you. I'm just focused on Clemson. You know, that's really the only thing that matters to me. I'm really not concerned with anybody else.
But very disappointing from that standpoint in how we played and represented our conference.
Q. Seven touchdowns for Geno Smith. Have you ever seen a quarterbacking performance like that against a team of yours?
DABO SWINNEY: No, no. I mean, he was awesome, played great, and like I said, the skilled player, he caught everything thrown to him. 1 and 3 were spectacular. He had 65 percent completion percentage all year. He's done it all year long. He made some big scrambles on 3rd down, at least three or four times where he really hurt us in that regard. He's a very good football player. He's as good as we've seen all year, and we knew that coming in, and we didn't do a good job of disrupting what they were doing in the passing game. And then 1, he was better than us out there tonight.
Q. Focusing in on the defense, where do you think this unit needs to improve going into the off?season? And any changes in particular in mind right now thinking about that you would like to make perhaps?
DABO SWINNEY: Well, I mean, we've got to look at everything that we've done this year, good and bad, and evaluate. That's just what you do. I mean, we are the ACC champions. We did win ten games. I think we were second in the country with wins versus ranked opponents. So it's not like we have not done anything. But we have not played to our standard defensively at all, and nobody is going to tell you otherwise. Our defensive coaches are as disappointed as I am. But again, we knew that we were going to have some struggles this year, but I just really felt like that we've got to get some guys to play with a little more discipline, a little more consistency. Just too many missed assignments.
We've got to look at what we're doing and make sure that guys know what they're doing, because again, missed assignments lead to big plays. We'll look at everything and how we're doing it and come back next year. We were the ninth scoring defense in the country last year and top 25 the year before. Ain't nobody forgot how to coach or anything like that. We've just got to grow some guys up, and they will get better from this experience. There's no doubt about that. We've got some guys that are going to be coming that I think will be able to help us, as well, and just learn from this year. We've got a lot of film to study and evaluate and learn from. That's what you do in the off?season, you try to come back and have a better year next year.
THE MODERATOR: Could you have ever imagined that was how the game was going to go?
DANA HOLGORSEN: Yeah, that's exactly how we draw it up, right? No, Clemson is a heck of a football team. You know, I was just telling them on the way in, regardless of what the score ended up, there was nothing easy about that. There was a snowball effect at one point in the game, and the only way that can happen is if you've got three sides of the ball playing together, and they're feeding off of each other, which we've been preaching that for quite some time. But we just kind of got at a point where it just started snowballing and all three sides were playing pretty good.
Q. Can you talk about how much things kind of spun around on that one play, that 99?yard fumble return for a touchdown.
DANA HOLGORSEN: Well, yeah, and you know, as a coach, it's good to see something like that happen because we've been telling them for a long, long time, you know, just to keep playing. I told the guys, look, man, life is a lot like this, too. I mean, there's going to be good things happen and there's going to be bad things happen, but you've just got to keep playing.
And in the first quarter defense gave up two touchdowns in the first three drives, so did Clemson. And then Clemson was driving down to put another touchdown on the board, but we kept playing and we looked for an opportunity to make a play, and making one when our backs are against the wall on the 1?yard line is something that's pretty cool to see. Obviously the tide turned from there.
But then offense went back out there and kept playing, and special teams made a play, and then defense kept playing, as well.
Q. Geno's first few throws were a little high and off a little. Did you have to settle him down after the first series?
DANA HOLGORSEN: No, I didn't say anything to him. He was 31 for 42, 401, six touchdowns, didn't get sacked, I thought he was playing pretty good. I don't know what you were looking at.
Q. You'll see it on the film.
DANA HOLGORSEN: Well, yeah. What I just said about ?? we scored two touchdowns in the first three drives. You don't come out jittery and not starting well and do that. So I thought he played well from the very beginning, not having any negative plays, not taking any sacks, not turning the ball over. If you throw a couple of incompletions, I think we can live with it if you don't do any of those things.
Q. Was Tavon or Geno's performance more impressive to you?
DANA HOLGORSEN: Now that I would have to look at the film to kind of study for sure, but I do know who the fastest kid on the field was, and that was very obvious. We made a conscious effort to get him the ball a bunch, and whenever we got him the ball, he made things happen. He's a kid that the more he gets the ball, the more confidence he has, and when he started making a few plays, he looks at me and says, "Coach, you're going to get me the ball again, right?" I said, "Get in there and let's do it." When he says that and he's got that mindset, then he's pretty hard to stop.
Q. The Big East has gotten a bad rap of late in these BCS games, and yet you guys are about to leave the conference. From your perspective, does this say anything about the Big East, or is this more about you guys and moving forward and wherever you may be next year?
DANA HOLGORSEN: Well, I've got two comments on that. One, and I've only been there a year, I know, but West Virginia has won three BCS games in the last six years, which is a pretty good track record. You know, and West Virginia has been in the Big East for the last six years last time I checked. So I think that's a pretty good track record.
And then going through the Big East schedule one year, we had some pretty tough games. We lost a couple of those, and then the ones that we won were tough. So the product at West Virginia was out there. There was a lot of teams in the Big East that gave us all we wanted.
Q. The defense really set the tone obviously with the way that the momentum shifted, and that's something the defense has done here in the last four games. What do you think has been just the biggest difference there, three defensive scores in the last four games here and really have set the tone in all those guys?
DANA HOLGORSEN: Well, Jeff has done a great job with our defense all year long, you know, but like I told them pretty much all year, these guys will vouch for that, but I don't think we're good enough on any side of the ball to be in the position that we're in right now. I think we're pretty tough to beat when all three sides of the ball play together, when defense is rooting for offense and offense is rooting for defense and special teams gets out there and plays hard. I think we had to figure out the formula after game 8 and finish the year with four wins. That amplified what we were talking about.
THE MODERATOR: Geno, how much more special is this now that you're doing it in your backyard, with five other guys on this team that went to high school with you, in your backyard and your high school coach was in the crowd?
GENO SMITH: You know, it's special to be here in a place where I basically grew up at, and to do it in front of my family and friends and to be with my teammates. But I'm not a selfish guy. It's not about me. It's about getting a victory for these seniors, and making sure we put our program where we need to be and making sure we represented our state and our university.
Q. Geno and Tavon, when Darwin made the fumble recovery, were you watching the play? That obviously was a big play in the game.
GENO SMITH: You know, we were down there near the end zone, we were just getting ready to go back out there and try and score. We figured they might have scored or they might not, but whatever happened, we were going to try and go out there and match it.
Darwin made a great play. He's been making plays all year, and it was just good for him to step up in a big game and come up with that touchdown.
Q. You come in, 83 percent of the country has picked Clemson to beat you guys. I know it's not something that's huge but obviously something that kind of stuck with you. How much more did that make you want to win this game?
TAVON AUSTIN: Definitely it was huge for me. Me and Devon Brown was in the hotel, and it's the first time I seen it. I kind of got mad and turned the TV off and went to sleep. Came down with a great attitude. Coach Holgorsen got us together in our meeting and told us just to believe in ourself and believe in the people in this room, and that's what we did, we bought into what he said and we got the job done.
Q. Can you just talk about putting up the 70 points and the kind of flow that you guys were in tonight on offense.
GENO SMITH: Well, we got into a rhythm early. We were moving the chains. The offensive line did a great job picking up blitzes and moving guys off the ball. The run game helped out a lot. Shawne Alston and Andrew Buie stepped up big tonight, and we just continued to believe and continued to trust our coaching and execute the game plan.
Q. Geno and then Coach, best game you ever had?
GENO SMITH: So far. I'm not satisfied. We're not satisfied. You know, we can always improve. I felt like I still left some yards out there, still left some plays out there, some things I want to have back. But overall it was a good game. I'm not going to sit here and say we didn't play well because obviously we did.
Q. Coach, best game you've ever had for a quarterback on your team?
DANA HOLGORSEN: Well, we've had some pretty good performances over the years. We're going to enjoy this one. We did everything that we were supposed to do for the last ?? going back to it may be closer to two months now, and really proud of the way that these guys responded when our backs were against the wall. We did what we were supposed to do to get here. We prepared hard. We respected our opponent, but we weren't scared of anybody. We went out there and we did what we had to do to win the game, and we're going to enjoy it.
Q. Geno, I know it's all about the team for you, but at any point were you thinking about breaking Tom Brady's record or Matt Leinart's record?
GENO SMITH: Honestly, not at all. I had no idea that those records even existed. I had no idea those guys had those records. But it's just great to be mentioned in the same breath as those guys because obviously they've done some great things, and they're in a place where I want to be some day.
Q. Geno, this one is for you but about Tavon: Coach earlier said he knew who the fastest guys on the field was. What's it like for you when you dump it off to him or you give him a handoff to watch him out go at it?
GENO SMITH: Oh, man, he won me an MVP. I should give him a trophy. He takes it the distance every time. He's one of the quickest guys I've ever seen, with and without a football, and it's just a blessing to have a guy like him on my team.
Q. Najee, the defense has really stepped up here in the last month of the season, and you guys really changed the momentum of this game with Darwin's fumble recovery. What is it about you guys you think that's allowed you to come together and have such impressive performances?
NAJEE GOODE: Throughout the year we've been able to play good defense, like a bend?don't?break method, and we get down in the red zone, we're able to capitalize on certain things like fumbles, turnovers. We actually didn't know what happened, and we saw Cook taking off full speed, so I just hauled right behind him and just followed him.
For our offense it's huge because they feed off our momentum, and we feed off each other's momentum and the crowd got into it, and that just made the game that much better.
Q. Tavon, what was it about tonight and this game that had you feeling it, so to speak, and having such a good performance?
TAVON AUSTIN: When they assigned me the best player on the field, and they said 84 percent voted we was going to lose, and I got into that offensive ?? Coach did, players did on the team. We had a serious meeting before we got here. It was no laughing, no joking around, and we came in and got the job done.
Q. Geno, do you see this as a springboard for next season?
GENO SMITH: Oh, definitely, but you know, we can't take it lightly. We've got to go back and get back to work and try and work twice as hard as we did last season, if we want to be back here next year. We believe that we're contenders, but we've definitely got to come out and prove it.
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Thank you, Brenda; you are very generous indeed!
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An old friend returns. Hope all is well, Lise.
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Thursday, April 1, 2010
To London...
So, first of all, interesting stuff to do/see in London? Both my mum and her friend are interested in arty-crafty stuff.. Preferably within zones 1-2.
And, what market to visit? Market in singular, because there'll be time for just one! ;-) No food markets, because, well, just because.
So far, we'll probably be going to the Quilts exhibition at the V&A, visit an awesome fabric shop which I can't remember the name of right now.. but that's pretty much it.
Any thoughts?
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- chocolategirl64 said...
if it's Sunday then go to Spitalfields Market and a stroll round the corner to Brick Lane and the Sunday UpMarket: lots of individually crafted things from brooches to bloomers, handbags to hats: posters to pillows: yummy places to eat too!
or Columbia Road Flower Market as there are lots of gorgeous shops along that road as well as all the beautiful blooms:
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- Jess said...
Reading your current to-do list made me smile...I'm off to London on saturday for a few days and so far all I have on my to-do list is the V&A Quilt exhibition and to visit one of my favourite fabric shops - Fabrics Galore in Lavendar Hill, Clapham - definately worth a trip (www.fabricsgalore.co.uk/)
I'll be interested to see some of the other suggestions you get - I may pinch one or two! - April 1, 2010 at 6:02 PM
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- lavidalondon said...
If you're at Fabrics Galore, it might be worth a wander up the Northcote Road (just down the hill and around the corner from the fabric shop). There is a bit of a street market (not as fab as Spitalfields or the UpMarket), and a few sweet independent little shops, like the honey shop.
If you're near London Bridge/Borough, there's a cute little teahouse called Shipp's Tearooms right around the corner from Borough Market.
I'm sure I'll think of other things! I love coming up with 'non-tourist' things for friends to do when they come to visit! - April 6, 2010 at 10:35 AM
- Carina said...
Hey guys, thank you for all your suggestions! Adding them to the list of possibilities! :-)
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The great thing about lamb, at least lamb from New Zealand, is that it is all grass-fed. It is also very cheap compared to grass-fed beef. For example, I can get a bone-in leg roast for about $4 a pound or boneless for about $5 a pound. So I've been using it more and more, especially in things like spicy stews that mask the "lamby" flavor a bit. I have some defrosting in the fridge right now that I'm going to try smoking in my Cobb cooker this weekend.


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ill-fitted saddle I believe my horse is lame because of an ill-fitted saddle. I had her on bute and she got better so I took her for a ride not realizing that the saddle might be the problem and now she's lame again. I have her on bute again, but it's taking a long time for her to walk normal. When there is a shoulder injury involved by a poorly fitted saddle, how long does it take for the injury to heal and is there anything else I could be doing for that shoulder other than getting a new saddle that won't put pressure on it? |
50 Attachment(s) I am no vet, but I would venture to say that the horse being lame after the ride doesn't guarantee that the saddle is the issue. There is quite of bit of horse below the saddle. Have you had your evaluated by a vet? |
932 Attachment(s) Most horses with an ill fitting saddle with throw a temper tantrum...not come up lame. Id be having her checked by professionals. Vet, farrier, chiropractor. Posted via Mobile Device |
Has the horse been vetted, either time, for the lameness? |
If you think it is saddle fit you need to enlist the expertise of a saddle fitter (in the meantime you could post photos here - if it glaringly mis-fitting that will stand out and be apparent even just online). |
As said above, I'd certainly be exploring all avenues. Get your saddle looked at by a professional fitter, and at the same time, have your horse assessed by either a vet or an equine physio. Don't try to ride until your horse is feeling 100% and is lunging sound. Buting just to ride is going to cause more problems, if you sprain your ankle and keep walking on it with painkillers, there's a very high chance of doing further, more permanent damage. Same goes for horses. |
my vet took x-rays and ruled out navicular and arthritis. My equine massage therapist didn't feel like there were any chiropractic issues either. That is why I'm now thinking saddle fit. |
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Torsten Curdt <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >> And for someone who explores the >> repository (developer or administrator) the path >> /tags/theveniceproject makes more sense than a (UU)ID. > > ...well only when he knows that 'Joost' was 'The Venice Project' > before. Otherwise there is no difference to a (UU)ID at all. As I said, it gives at least a hint. > If someone wants to "delete node 'blue'" then the path is not good > enough. You will have check the titles. But you delete the tag "blue" and not the node "blue". This requires the application to handle that and somewhat reduces the simple changes you can do manually on the repository itself. > Because it could well be that > there exists: > > /tags/blue/my:title = 'green' > /tags/green/my:title = 'blue' > > While this should not happen I have seen too many stupid things and > would not rule this out just like that. Yes, you might be right. Tagging is really a rather difficult thing for JCR ;-) > So in order to find the published content you would have to lookup the > published UUID (or version). In pseudo code: > > published = /articles/article1/@published > publishedArticle = /articles/article1[version == $published] > > ...or duplicate the content for the publication. I would rather copy published articles into another workspace or even another repository that holds the "live" publish content. Content that is "live" and actively used should IMHO not be put in versions. > Right - but my point was that you have to express all that in your > application's code. Yes, that's where it gets a bit tricky with JCR. >> Even RDMS cannot guarantee 100% integrity, so dangling references are >> something that an application should expect. > > Huh? That's what foreign key constraints are for. Those things you > hate when you just want to get rid of this one row and have to touch > table after table ;) I heard enough examples of (major) databases where the foreign key constraint was broken after a crash or other problem. >> An application that >> expects corrupt data and can handle it will have more up-time than one >> that completely breaks in that situation. > > True ... I still think it would be nice to at least be able to have > this somehow be integrated into JCR as well. Not necessarily as > constraints like with databases. But give it some time and you will > want to cleanup the data mess that has piled up. Would be nice if > there was a standard way of cleaning that up. Maybe even just lazily. Did I mention observation as a way to handle the "cascading"? For many things in JCR it is rather useful to copy it to a separate location (de-normalized) and this can happen with an observation listener. In the case of tagging you can have an observation listener to handle the deletion of references that don't exist. For example, if someone sets the tags property to "green" and "blue", but there is only a "/tags/green", the listener would make sure the property will only be set to "green". Regards, Alex -- Alexander Klimetschek email@example.com | |
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
noSQL databases? map-reduce? Erlang? it's all in this cartoon
Hilarious cartoon (not sure why it's titled 'Fault Tolerance' though) seen on the High Scalability blog. Captures very well the spirit and hype of our times in the IT world.
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We do not quit testing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit testing
- Friday, August 21, 2009 at 10:41:00 AM PDT
- Grig Gheorghiu said...
Linnea -nice motto, sounds like a good tagline for a testing blog ;-)
Grig - Friday, August 21, 2009 at 11:12:00 AM PDT
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I created a "No SQL" t-shirt and mug on CafePress with 0% markup.
You can find them here:
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Sometimes it can be hard to stay objective. I tried to find something good about my recent awful time at Bluestone Cafe, and now I'm trying to find something bad about Havana Grill.
It's hard, though. The food is amazing, including pork tamales, chicken croquettes, fried plantains, yucca and garlic and several kinds of rice and beans. The Boy and I cannot decide on our favorite sides, and spend more of dinner eating from each others' plates. (Little ones can also get chicken fingers and fries). Customers can browse the complete menu or just look at the buffet-style counter and pick what looks good. Don't miss the empanadas and croquettes hidden in the back!
The prices are really good, especially for the portion size and the quality of the food. The reason for the low prices are the plastic silverware and bus-your-own-table service. Somehow it makes Havana Grill seem like a friend's cookout and not like a fast-food joint.
Don't miss the outdoor seating. Cuban music plays gently in the background, covering the sounds of traffic but not so loudly that it inhibits conversation. I don't know that we felt like we were in Cuba, but we didn't feel like we were sitting in a Cary parking lot! (I think the beach mural and real palm trees may have had something to do with that.)
We loved the food, music, and outdoor atmosphere. Overlook the styrofoam plates for an unpretentious, jeans-friendly date!
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DETROIT, Sept 10 Nissan Motor Co unveiled on Tuesday a redesigned Rogue compact crossover designed to gain ground in the expanding U.S. market for small, sporty SUVs now dominated by Honda Motor Co's CR-V and Ford Motor Co's Escape.
The Rogue, now Nissan's second best-selling model in the United States, competes in a compact sport-utility vehicle segment that Nissan expects will grow 6.5 percent next year.
The 2014 Rogue is critical to meeting Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn's goal of commanding 10 percent of the U.S. vehicle market within the next three years. Through the first eight months of 2013, Nissan's U.S. market share was 8 percent.
The new Rogue boasts more of a premium look, safety features and 18 percent better fuel economy than the model it replaces. The automaker expects the Rogue to attract young families, empty nesters as well as current owners of minivans and large SUVs.
"This segment is all about functionality, but what we heard from consumers was, 'I don't want to give up my sense of style. I don't want to give up some of the things I enjoyed in my first couple of cars," said Scott Shirley, Nissan's chief marketing manager in North America, said.
The new Rogue goes on sale in November and starts at $22,490. This overhaul comes after Honda overhauled its CR-V for the 2012 model year, while the Ford Escape and Toyota Motor Corp's RAV4 were revamped for model year 2013.
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"Bosco" — Ron Eye, Centennial Mall
"It's On" — Bongo Love, Centennial Mall
"Natural Fragrance" —Faye Braaten, to be determined
"Watching the Winter Flock" — Patrick Armstrong, Loudy-Simpson
"Pride of the Rockies" —Nick Smith, Loudy-Simpson
"Clear and Present Danger" — Evan Henley, City Park
"Upon a Time" — Chad Stratton, City Park
"Happy Hippy" — Robert Waits, City Park
"When's Lunch" — Steve Willette, Museum of Northwest Colorado
"Justice"— Thomas Earing, Breeze Park
"The Bulldog of Liberty" — Jon Parker, Moffat County High School
The final stage of the 2013 Whittle the Wood Rendezvous now is complete.
Well after the carvings are judged and the artists have packed up their trucks to take off for the next summer competition, Craig still had a few more decisions to make with the massive wooden carvings: It had to find them a new home in the city.
All but one of the carvings from the 2013 competition have been placed or have a spot picked out for them. Craig Parks and Recreation takes several factors into consideration when picking out the right spot for a carving.
"We have to look at how delicate they are," said Dave Pike, director of Parks and Rec. "To see if they need to be inside or can handle outside. Then we also see if there are some themes we can go along with, we like to try and do that."
While many statues appear throughout Craig in bunches from past years, the first- and second-place carvings from the 2013 competition will be displayed in a new venue: the Centennial Mall on West Victory Way.
Ron Eye's carving of a native American man's bust, titled "Bosco," along with Bongo Love's "It's On" are on display in front of the two mall entrances. Both have thinner, delicate features and needed to go indoors, and the mall is a major landmark in Craig that previously didn't have any carvings to its name.
"We think they look pretty good in there," Pike said.
Other statues are mostly in parks throughout the city. Patrick Armstrong's "Watching the Winter Flock," depicting a sheep herder, and Nick Smith's "Pride of the Rockies" both stayed in Loudy-Simpson Park, while "Justice" by Thomas Earing is in Breeze Park.
Three carvings were moved to City Park, the place in Craig where the largest concentration of carvings can be found. Robert Waits' "Happy Hippy" is near the Craig City Pool and "Clear and Present Danger" by Evan Henley and "Upon a Time" by Chad Stratton are on the northern end of the park.
"When's Lunch," a carving of a cowboy leaning against a tree by Steve Willette, will be at the Museum of Northwest Colorado beginning in the fall.
Jon Parker's blue and gray "The Bulldog of Liberty," depicting a bulldog posing like the Statue of Liberty, found a natural home at Moffat County High School.
"Jon Parker's 'Bulldog of Liberty' is a good example of using those themes," Pike said. "It makes sense for it to be there."
Faye Braaten's "Natural Fragrance" is the only carving without a space yet. It contains a woman inside an arch of flowers, and Parks and Rec has a couple options in mind, Pike said.
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With my plane tickets booked, it's time to book the fun stuff! During our 2-week trip in the spring, we are spending time in Emilia-Romagna to take advantage of the excellent food. I had initially planned to do a market tour/cooking class with Bluone (http://www.bluone.com/ ) because folks like Low Country Islander have so highly recommended it. But it is looking unlikely that they will be available because they are doing a 2-week event in Puglia during the time we will be there.
So what other classes would you recommend in that region? We only have one day for the experience, and I would love for the class to incorporate a market tour.
Does anyone have experience with Cook Italy (http://www.cookitaly.com/ ) or Taste of Italy (http://www.taste-of-italy.com/ )? Those had high reviews on Trip Advisor, but I would always prefer a first-hand recommendation from a Fodorite. Others?
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We enjoyed our Taste of Italy class during the summer of 2011. We began by shopping for food with Maribel in the shops in the center of Bologna. Then we took a taxi to Maribel's apartment, where we were joined by a young couple. The kitchen was small, but Maribel was very well organized. We all got to practice making three different types of pasta and sauces. Then, of course, we got to eat it. A very enjoyable day!
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I took a pasta making class at La Vecchia Scuola Bolognese (www.lavecchiascuola.com) that was awesome. It was totally hands-on, and I learned a lot. I was traveling all over Europe taking cooking classes, and this was a favorite because it was focused just on the pasta. A link to my blog post is below if you want to read more.
Blog post here: http://culinaryhopscotch.com/2010/02/26/basta-pasta/
Enjoy Bologna--great city! -
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You guys are the best! Thank you!
Anyone have any idea of whether or not the markets in Bologna are closed on May 1? -
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You don't have to cook it...Bologna is pre-cooked.
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Sorry to hear a class with Bluone won't fit into your schedule. If you have several days in the Bologna area, although not a cooking class, you may want to check out Italian Days Food Experience. Here is the website: http://www.italiandays.it/ Back in 2010 we had a great day with Alessandro...it's a fun way to see a cheese factory, prosciutto factory and a balsamic house, plus the lunch included is incredible! -
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Thanks LCI! Since I'm plagiarizing much of your time in Bologna, I have already booked the Italian Days tour...your description was mouth-watering. I think it's what I'm most looking forward to on our trip! And I'm trying to rearrange my other days a bit, so that I can fit in Bluone on April 30...the markets appear closed on May 1, and I think that the market tour would really add to the enjoyment of a cooking class.
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Which one would you recommend for a half-day class for 2 adults and one child? And would you recommend doing the market tour? I notice some of them include a stay at a B&B? Would someone recommend that? We are going in July and I can't decide which one to choose. I also don't want the most expensive.
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Which one would you recommend for a half-day class for 2 adults and one child? And would you recommend doing the market tour? I notice some of them include a stay at a B&B? Would someone recommend that? We are going in July and I can't decide which one to choose. I also don't want the most expensive.
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We used Bluone recently for our party of 5 people. Our group included a 16 year old boy, who had a great experience along with us.We came to Bologna three days before a cruise out of Venice. It was an absolutely fantastic experience and the highlight of our entire trip. We can't wait to return and will definitely use them again when in the area. Raffaella and Marcello and their family are incredibly nice and friendly and we really loved meeting them. They arranged for us to be picked up at the airport and transported us to an excellent small hotel near the main square in Bologna. The first night we went out to a small town and had a fabulous dinner looking out over vineyards and beautiful scenery. The next day Marcello picked us up in his van and we went to see Parma and Modena, where we got personalized tours of production and aging facilities for Parmesan cheese, prosciutto, and balsamico. We had a lunch combining all of these products. Combined with local wine, it was one of the best meals we have ever eaten. We thought there was no way they could possibly top this experience the next day but they did. Raffaella met us the next morning and escorted us through the market, showing us the local products and obtaining samples for us. As we talked and tasted, we planned a menu for the evening. Later in the afternoon we went to Raffaella and Marcello's home and got a hands-on cooking class where we made several kinds of pasta, meat dishes and dessert. We ended the evening with an extensive multi-course dinner that was really spectacular. We got to take our aprons and recipe books with us. The next day they arranged a walking tour of Bologna followed by transportation for us to our cruise ship in Venice. I can't say enough good things about Bluone and the service they provide. They provide services from full length food tours to shore excursions in many parts of Italy. Bluone handled all the arrangements for us and the services were fairly priced and well planned out. We definitely recommend them and can't wait to go back and see them again.
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Midnight music Posted by prewitt1970 6 Just a quick trip down memory lane.. May you days and nights be blessed. Namaste Benjamin Advertisements Rate this:Share this:TwitterLinkedInFacebookEmailTumblrPinterestGoogleLike this:Like Loading...
Ah one of those songs that I had no idea what it was until I managed to find it (silly thing wouldn't let me play it because it's from SME?)…as soon as those first few chords played I knew exactly how it went and remembered how I loved it! I hope you have a peaceful night with lots of sleep 🙂 xox LikeLike Reply
Good morning, last night was an adventure in sleeping and not a good one 😦 I've been up for about 2 min still trying to figure out what the heck happened lol. How are you? Doing well. LikeLike Reply
Ah sounds like my 'sleep' adventure there must have been something in the air last night. I'm ok just still have rather ruffled feathers that won't settle. I hope you're ok too even with a bad nights sleep under your belt. xox LikeLike
Mmmm, still trying to figure that out, meds haven't kicked in yet so I'm kind of wobbly lol. I'm sorry for your sleep 😦 Big day here, 2 doctors visits today, that I get to attend solo which is never ever a good thing. I hope you have a wonderful day, ruffled feathers and all. Always Benjamin Xx LikeLike
Hope the visits go ok and the doctors are nice to you having to go there on your own 😦 It's a quiet day over here, just got my new yaktraks delivered and gonna try them out with Toby once I've had something to eat…feathers are slowly flattening 😉 xoxox LikeLike


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Sawfly eggs. Sawflies are so named because they posess a modified ovipostitor to saw into a stem or leaf so as to lay her eggs into the plant tissue. http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-bl... http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:S...
A row of long eggs placed neatly along the edge of a swamp gum in local parkland
The back of the leaf has minimal damage except some discoloration. Here is another spotting associated with pointed tailed sawflies with similar eggs http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/170... Paropsine leaf beetle eggs is questioned by this observation. http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_... found along the edges of two eucalyptus leaves.
That's great Martin. We were wondering about this a couple of weeks ago after watching a piece of video somewhere. I like the link with the underground pupal cell section - maybe the pale sides I am looking for.
I was troubled with this ID because the eggs were under the leaf skin and different to the eggs that the beetle is laying.
I have found another ID for this spotting - sawfly eggs. These are known to be laid into the leaf and is more likely to be accurate. See pic #3 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-bl...
Hey, I've finally stumbled upon the ID of these (apparently hatched) eggs. It's a paropsine leaf beetle. They also seem to be placed under the leaf skin membrane. http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
Fascinating ! - looks like whatever it is has separated the waxy coating from the upper epidermis to lodge its eggs? - for protection, perhaps. I like the rim of the leaf that has been left intact. Great spotting and photos, Martin.
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Philosophy of the Mind is presented here in two four-and-a-half-hour audiobooks. Each is a wonderful, comprehensive guide to the philosophy of the mind, narrated with patient deliberation by Andrea Powell. The author acknowledges the limits of our understanding of the subject, but does a thorough job conveying what is known of the field. The audio covers artificial technology, human thought, and many other mysterious riddles related to our brains. Specifically aimed at students with no background in philosophy, the program provides a clear introduction to the subject and its key thinkers and their views. Ultimately, this is a discussion of mind vs. matter and the nature of reality. Who isn't interested in pondering these questions for a few hours, guided by Powell's gentle voice?
In this lively and entertaining introduction to the philosophy of mind, Edward Feser explores the questions central to the discipline, and relates them not only to the human brain and its capacity for thought, but also to the increasing sophistication of artificial intelligence. This in-depth primer is an account of all the most important and significant attempts that have been made to answer the riddles of consciousness and thought.
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"Fantastic Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind"
This is a great intro to the philosophy of mind. It is very informative with a notable reader.
"Get it."
Near the top.
Healthy skepticism about status quo in philosophy of mind without misrepresenting the dominant positions.
Chapter 9.
The book is probably better, but check out Ryan Gosling's abs in this trailer.
"Best as accompaniment to print version"
Feser is a clear but economical writer. Every word counts and he makes extended arguments. For these reasons this (and his audiobook on Aquinas) are best listened to along with reading the print versions. If you miss a sentence you miss something crucial, and if you stop mid-chapter, you can easily lose the thread of his argument.
Begin with chapters 23-24 in the audiobook (the sections on hylomorphism and Feser's postscript). This will let you know where he's heading (toward an Aristotelian-Thomistic solution to the mind-body problem) and clarify some material in the earlier chapters.
Anything Feser writes is worth reading and taking the effort to understand.
"Author is a Christian apologist, and it shows"
The author can't put away his religious commitment to dualism. All topics relate back to how a theory is consistent or inconsistent with dualism. He whines about how unfair it is that modern philosophers reject his God.
Forget about my soul, and stay on the topic.
Nice cover graphics.
"An Interesting Listen"
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Police investigating the deaths of three family members in a murder-suicide near Toowoomba say it could take six months before they determine how a seven-year-old boy died.
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A relative "screamed and phoned the police" after discovering a man, woman and child dead in their Biddeston home, west of Toowoomba on Monday night.
Jackson Sharpley was found in his bed with no visible injuries on Monday night, while the bodies of his mother Kris-Deann Sharpley and grandfather Derek were also discovered at the Biddeston property.
The two adults had suffered close-range gunshot wounds to the head. A post-mortem examination has found.the grandfather took his own life.
In the case of Jackson, Detective Inspector David Isherwood said initial post-mortem results, which were inconclusive, may suggest the boy was suffocated.
"The pathologist does an examination of the body and what happens after that is if there's no real physical evidence they have to look at other methods like tissue samples and toxicology tests," he said.
"If it's suffocation there's certain ways of telling but they need to do more tests."
Detective Inspector Isherwood said it was possible a cause of death would not be determined, similar to what happened in the 2014 case of Alexis Jeffery at Goondiwindi.
"People say it's only a day between when the offence happened and when the body is found. That's true, but then you've got probably another day before the body is brought to Brisbane. Decomposition is always an issue even in that short period," he said.
Jackson's mother Kris-Deann and Derek Sharpley were found dead with gunshot wounds.
Inspector Isherwood said police believed a murder-suicide was highly likely, they couldn't rule out that another party was involved until the crime scene had been cleared.
Police are investigating how Derek Sharpley came to be in the possession of a .223 rifle.
While Mr Sharpley was known to police Inspector Isherwood said there were no recent history that was of major concern.
The deaths have shocked the Biddeston community.
Family friends have visited the home, which remains a crime scene, delivering soft toys and flowers.
"Never to be forgotten," read one note laid at the scene.
Family members have expressed disbelief that Mr Sharpley could have been responsible.
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TELL CITY - The Perry County Animal Shelter is partnering with Maurices and Orscheln Farm Store for a benefit called Rescue and Runways from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Perry County 4-H Fairgrounds in Tell City. Proceeds will go to the Perry County Animal Shelter. Registration for the walk begins at 9 a.m. with the walk at 9:30. Cost is $10 and includes a T-shirt. Pet owners can show off their pets' talents for $1 during the talent show at 11 a.m. Registration begins at 10:30.
PERRY COUNTY - Tipsaw and Indian-Celina Lake campgrounds will host a Halloween campout Friday through Sunday.
Events include campsite decoration contest, costume contest, games, ghost stories, ghost walk, horseshoe and cornhole tournaments, auction and trick-or-treating.
Prizes include free camping, free season passes, Holiday World and Splashin' Safari tickets, gift cards, food prizes and more.
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TELL CITY - William Tell Elementary School students, parents, staff and administrators will participate in International Walk to School Day Oct. 7. If weather is bad, the walk will be Oct. 9.
Students will gather at the Tell City-Perry County Public Library at 7:15 a.m. and begin walking to school at 7:30 a.m. Supervision will be available after 7:15 a.m. Mayor Barbara Ewing will address the group as they finish the walk.
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TELL CITY – The Tell City Marching Marksmen are competing in the Battle of the Bands through Tuesday.
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LEOPOLD - The Perry Central School Board has approved the hiring of five people who will serve as social workers and program facilitators for a far-reaching, multi-year federal grant awarded this summer to Perry Central Community School Corp.
TELL CITY - Rain postponed last Sunday's Music in the Park and Shoot for the Stars finale. Finalists Glenn Cronin, David McKinney, Ronald Riley and Dillon McKinney are set to perform this Sunday. The event gets under way at 3 p.m. with additional performances by Elliott Sublett and Andy Brasher.
TELL CITY - The Perry County Learning Academy had "probably the strongest start to a semester we've had since the beginning," its executive director said Tuesday.
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ST. MEINRAD - A man who taught respect for nature as a monk, teacher and theologian will be inducted Friday in the first class of the Indiana Conservation Hall of Fame.
The Rev. Damian Schmelz OSB is one of 15 individuals and families named to a charter class for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources' Conservation Hall of Fame, a group that includes a former U.S. president and Indiana's first state forester and a couple dedicated to saving landmark Hoosier buildings.
TELL CITY - A years-long effort to repaint a 250,000-gallon water tower near Troy moved another step toward reality Monday as Tell City's water board opened six bids from contractors wanting to do the work.
Bids ranged widely, from a $29,875 quote to a jaw-dropping $296,750 proposal. The board tabled any action to give Water Utility Superintendent Dale Poole time to review the bids. City Attorney Jim Tyler will do the same and the board could award the painting work at a special meeting Oct. 5.


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New York City is about to hold its most important City Council primary in memory, but standing outside a supermarket in Flushing, Queens, the other day, Armando Correa said he had other, more pressing things on his mind.
"I don't think about it," he said of tomorrow's primary. "I got my son, my wife and my work, that's what I think about. I'm going to die anyway like everybody else. So what's the point?"
Mr. Correa is not alone. On the eve of the primary, political analysts and election officials are predicting the lowest voter turnout in years, perhaps below 25 percent. This campaign for a more powerful, expanded City Council has been widely heralded as a historic opportunity to open politics to minority groups and independent candidates. But to talk to experts, and to potential voters, is to see few signs that all the hoopla and good intentions will be able to break through a deepening disaffection for politics and politicians.
Advocates of the new system say that this apathy threatens to undermine the promise of these Council elections. Low turnouts traditionally benefit incumbents and others who can draw on the resources of well-organized political groups.
"The collective city doesn't care about these elections," said Gene Russianoff, director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, who lobbied for changes on the Council. "There is a saying: The worst thing that can happen to reformers is that they get what they want."
According to Mr. Russianoff and other political experts, a pervasive disaffection with politics is being compounded by a host of more specific problems, from the Council's poor reputation to a dearth of compelling issues. Then there are the logistics: Voters are being asked to choose from often long lists of candidates running in 51 new districts whose boundaries slash through traditional neighborhoods, in a primary held on the wrong day of the week and on the wrong year in the election cycle.
"Even the people who always vote, the Jewish ladies in senior citizens centers and the black women churchgoers, who walk through snowstorms to vote, are being caught unawares this year," said Norman Adler, a political consultant working to elect a slate of incumbent Council members and their allies. "When people get very confused about something in politics, rather than sorting it out they tend to stay home."
The confusion is so deep that many candidates, running in large fields with little money, are all but despairing of getting their names known, let alone their views, to all but a small fraction of the most sophisticated voters.
And where candidates try to beat the odds through sophisticated vote pulling -- identifying potential supporters and getting them to the polls -- they are finding that most of the voters they call are undecided, and don't know who the candidates are.
In 1985, 35 percent of the eligible voters cast ballots in Council primaries, according to the Board of Elections. Four years later, the figure for the Council rose to 40 percent, when many voters turned out for the crucial mayoral primary won by David N. Dinkins. 25 Percent Turnout or Less
This year, Daniel DeFrancesco, the executive director of the Board of Elections, is predicting a 25 percent turnout, while others estimate that the turnout could drop to 15 percent or so -- an abysmal turnout by most standards, but still above the 7 percent turnout reported in school board elections.
And Mr. DeFrancesco said the turnout might be even lower but for the multiplier effect of races with eight or nine candidates. No matter how obscure, each candidate is likely to draw at least a couple of hundred relatives and friends into local voting booths.
Little of this was envisioned when the Charter Revision Commission -- formed after the United States Supreme Court found the city's Board of Estimate unconstitutional -- decided to enlarge the City Council to 51 members from 35, in order to increase the number of minority representatives.
Under pressure to change, the commission decided to hold elections for the new seats as quickly as possible -- only halfway through the four-year terms of incumbent Council members. Impact of Machine Politics
By holding the election in an off-year, when there were no other significant races -- for mayor, governor or President -- advocates of change thought they would be giving more independent and minority candidates a chance of being elected. Instead they now worry that machine politicians and powerful labor unions could shape the results of an election with very little turnout.
Still, Mr. Russianoff noted that lackluster voter interest in the City Council reflected the poor voter participation in New York; in last year's gubernatorial race the turnout was less than 30 percent across the state.
"You have to judge this election in the context of what is in this state a nearly lifeless democracy," he said. "This won't be the first or last city election with a light turnout."
In the Eighth Council District, which stretches from the upper West Side to the South Bronx, most passers-by whisked past candidates without stopping, or crumpled up campaign literature before they reached the bottom of the subway stairs. Candidates Untangle Maps
When voters buttonhole the candidates they are as likely to ask about the boundaries of the Council districts as solicit views on city tax policy.


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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
And so I do.
I call my son and I call my daughter and I've even been better about calling some of my siblings. I spend time with my mom, but I don't just spend time with her; I strive to amuse her.
This morning we were each doing our own morning "get ready for the day" dance. She comes in with her sweat suit on for therapy and she is asking for help with her sleeve. The liner gets twisted and she can't get her arm all the way in to the sleeve. I turn her around and straighten her jacket, then I ask her to hold her arms out like she is on a cross. Gullibly, she holds them out without thinking and at that point I tickle her ribs and she squeals. A cute little girl squeal with just a faint hint of laughter erupts from her lungs.
It is all I need. I hope it makes her morning. With that being accomplished it is off to the routine....with a smile on our faces.
A few weeks ago, Mom and I were invited to a St. Patrick's Day party. It was hosted by a few fellow catholics (who have been hosting this shindig off and on for forty years). We went, we mingled, we had a beer or two (or three or four), we took some photos and I got to hear a few stories about my dad from people who knew him from forty years ago. One gentleman was telling me about the first time he met dad at a church volleyball outing. He spiked the ball on my dad's head and my dad asked him if he wanted to fight. Yep, sounds just like my dad. I got a laugh out of it and got to meet some nice people.
Time, I steal my moments with you. Little moments when no one else is looking. We flirt, we laugh we just relax with one another. Nowhere to be, nothing to do, just the two of us enjoying each other while we can.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Senior moments and scallywags
Recently we were getting ready to leave the house early on a Monday morning. I was scooping up the last of my junk I carry on a daily basis and mom was already headed for the car. I was turning out lights and making my way to the front door and I get there to find her trying to unlock the front door with her keys.....
....from the inside.
There is no key hole on the inside, just a deadbolt. I am grinning like a Cheshire cat, speechless, just grinning. I reach past her and turn the deadbolt and let her out. I lock the door behind us as we leave and take her to her physical therapy session. Once I get to the office, I email my sister to relay the funny moment.
The worst part about this whole situation is knowing full well that my mom, having to endure this natural aging process and the onset of forgetfulness and confusion, is now very vulnerable to my two less unscrupulous brothers who share her home with her. She may be sweet and kind and generous, but that doesn't mean that they won't use it to their advantage. How one would take advantage of the same little old lady who opens her home to you is beyond me.
Another day and another adventure.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Long time coming....
I am told that they had great visits at both locations, playing games, having a stiff drink and swapping laughs and memories well into the nights.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
I looked for you all morning....
....but you're just not there.
Every now and then I remember when
those times we shared, we cared, we dared.
And even though you're not here
I see you in my mind so clear.
Most days it brings a smile, some days a big ol' tear.
As this crazy life keeps keeping on
and we all dance to our own song,
I find myself searching this crowded throng
of people for a glimpse of you....
a glimpse of you....
a glimpse of you....
a glimpse of you.
I don't want mounds of silver and gold.
I don't want heaps of treasures untold.
I don't want to drive a big fancy car.
I don't want to travel either near or far.
I don't want to try to hang the moon.
I don't want to be called home too soon.
I don't want to conquer this world.
I just want my little boy and my little girl.
I just want to shake my dad's hand,
hug him tight and say, "I understand."
I just want to share a beer
with my friends who can't be near.
I just want a little more time
to spend with you....
to spend with you....
to spend with you....
to spend with you....
to spend with you....
What I Want
by stu pidasso
Friday, July 16, 2010
I find my kids come and go as they please like a....
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
I dreamed about dreaming while sitting at work
by stu pidasso
I stare into my coffee cup
Vivid mental images in my head
Days gone by or days wished to be
Hand sketches and vendor blueprints
piled like pick-up sticks on my desk
waiting patiently for attention to details
Hodgepodge of school portraits and paperclips
pushed from reach into the corners
beckoning for a touch or spare glance
But my mind flip flops, cartwheels, barrel rolls
through space and time to other dimensions
ripping at the fabric of present day reality
a summer day in mountains at a boy scout camp
an autumn morn in piny woods watching deer
a winter train trip to Virginia for a Xmas holiday
I see my kids in everything around me
I dream about the "what if"s and the "if only"s
I long for time and opportunities to come again
but reality strikes back hard
The Boss says, "Don't screw it up this time."
I let her paint a room and he gets to go zoom-zoom
Driving lessons and house repairs
two teenagers with summer jobs
an evening cooking a meal together
it isn't slaying dragons or riding unicorns
it isn't scaling redwoods or the Himalayas
but it is moments together, shared and enjoyed
life may be slower than I dream
but it sure is sweet when dreams come true
a movie and doing dishes sure can make me smile.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
I can't keep it in any longer...
by stu pidasso
Its as if I have
a phantom limb.
It haunts me.
I can feel it,
but I can't see it.
I get tingles
as if fingers are
back and forth.
I can smell
the sweet aroma
of the flesh.
So close I can
almost taste
the perspiration.
I can hear
the scritchity
of fingernails
across skin
far to dry.
If I were to be
would I feel
If I slept
too long
in the sun
would it burn?
I feel as I have
lost a limb,
but it was my
and I just don't feel
like me anymore.