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Dermalogica UltraRich Body Cream
An ultra-rich, long-lasting body cream to help heal and relieve extra dry skin. This unique liquefying formula is also ideal for all-over, deeply-moisturising body massages. Fortified with Dermalogica's Environmental Protection Complex of Glycolipids and Vitamin E to help restore and enhance the barrier function of skin, reducing moisture loss while combating free radical damage. Hyaluronic Acid and Evening Primrose Oil, a concentrated source of skin-smoothing Linoleic Acid, quenches and reconditions thirsty skin while Panthenol aids in cellular repair. Contains no artificial fragrance or colour. 473ml
Dermalogica Soothing Additive (Salon Size) 30ml
-This is a unique fragrant oil to be added into Dermalogica Massage Cream-Contains soothing agents to relieve & calm irritated skin-Softly fragranced that gives a sense of refreshment-Massage gently in circular motion to comfort skin-Ideal for sensitive skinProduct Line: Night CareProduct Size: 30ml/1oz
Dermalogica Concealing Acne Spot Treatment, 0.33 Fluid Ounce
An intense treatment with a natural-looking tint that quickly targets, conceals and helps clear breakouts and is ideal for day time use. Upon contact, concentrated Sulfur and Zinc Oxide help clear skin by eliminating bacteria associated with acne while clearing excess oil and congestion in the follicle. Niacinamide, Zinc Gluconate, Yeast and Cinnamon Bark extracts, Caffeine and Biotin purify and inhibit overactive sebaceous gland activity while soothing irritation. Salicylic Acid sloughs off dead skin cells that contribute to clogged follicles, helping to prevent future breakouts. Contains no artificial fragrance or color. 15ml
Dermalogica Special Cleansing Gel, 1.7 Fluid-Ounce
Special cleansing gel ( travel size )--50ml/1.7oz design house: dermalogica
Dermalogica Exfoliating Face Brush, 1-Count
-Made of quality material-Helps strengthens effectiveness of Dermaloica cleanser-Hygienic quick drying & ultra soft nylon bristles-Gently isolates dead skin cells & debris for better cleansing results-Helps prevents ingrown hair-Stored in compact travel caseProduct Line: CleanserProduct Size: -
Dermalogica Intensive Moisture Balance by for Unisex - 6 oz Fluid
-An intensive balancing facial moisturizer-Offers an instant ultra-rich nourishment-Contains phytonutrients vitamins & humectants to restore vital moisture-Help prevent daily damage caused by free radicals-Leaves skin soft recharged & refreshed-Suitable for dry to ultra-dry skinProduct Line: Night CareProduct Size: 177ml/6oz
Dermalogica by MEDIBAC CLEARING CONCEALING SPOT TREATMENT -/0.33OZ
Dermalogica by Dermalogica MEDIBAC CLEARING CONCEALING SPOT TREATMENT --/0.33OZ
Dermalogica Renewal Lip Complex by for Unisex - 0.06 oz Complex
A sophisticated daily treatment with a patented polypeptide restores delicate tissue, minimizes contour lines and helps prevent the signs of aging caused by Advanced Glycation End-products (AGEs Ð a damaging byproduct of sugar/protein reactions in the skin). Vitamin E fights damaging free radicals (Reactive Oxygen Species) while a moisturizing blend of Avocado Oil, combined with Shea and Cocoa Seed butters, quickly smoothes rough, uneven lips. Contains no artificial fragrance or color. 1.75ml
Dermalogica Age Smart Renewal Lip Complex - 1.75ml-0.06oz
-A daily treatment with patented polypeptide for lips-Restores delicate tissue & minimizes contour lines to defy aging signs-Vitamin E is added to fight damaging free radicals-Moisturizing blend of avocado oil shea butter & cocoa seed butter-Quickly smoothes rough uneven lips-Contains no artificial fragrance or color-The quality of this unboxed item will be as fresh & genuine as the original packingProduct Line: Day CareProduct Size: 1.75ml/0.06oz
Dermalogica Soothing Eye Make-Up Remover, 4 fl oz (118 ml)
An efficient, clean-rinsing make-up remover specially formulated to instantly dissolve all traces of eye and lip make-up, including stubborn mascara. Completely oil-free, alcohol-free and water-soluble, this soothing, conditioning gel contains Silk Amino Acids to help strengthen lashes and condition the delicate eye lid area. With no irritation, stinging or oily after-feel, this gentle formula is ideal for contact lens wearers. Fragrance free. 118ml
Dermalogica Dermalogici Daily Superfoliant
This gentle yet powerful daily exfoliant contains AHA (aka alpha hydroxy acid), which resurfaces the way skin naturally would to unclog pores, blur fine lines, and reveal a brighter and more even complexion. Not only that, activated binchotan charcoal gets rid of pollutants, plus niacinamide and red algae combat aging triggers, so nothing can stand between you and the smooth skin you desire.
Dermalogica Dermalogici PreCleanse - 5.1 oz.
In order to let all the other products in your skincare arsenal do their jobs, you first have to remove the barriers blocking them from penetrating deep into skin (think: makeup, oil, dirt). That's where this cleansing oil comes in, meant to be used as the first product in your double cleansing regimen. The formula melts away excess sebum, sunscreen, waterproof makeup, pollutants, and other product buildup on skin. This way, your other cleanser, toner, serum, and moisturizer can actually treat and hydrate, rather than remove all that grime that wasn't washed away in the beginning.
Dermalogica Dermalogici Dynamic Skin Recovery SPF 50
By now we all know that wearing a moisturizer with SPF is necessary to slow signs of aging. This one from Dermalogica® with broad spectrum SPF 50 does more than that, though. It not only hydrates and prevents UV rays from giving us fine lines, it also encourages collagen production thanks to a unique polypeptide. Since that process declines and weakens as we age, recovering skin's elasticity is important for keeping a plump, smooth complexion. Formulated with a patented technology to boost the sunscreen's effectiveness and antioxidant white tea to neutralize free radicals, skin is not just firm but also free of sun damage.
Dermalogica Dermalogici Skinperfect Primer SPF 30
No one wants to spend a ton of time trying to perfectly apply their makeup just for it to cake up afterward. Prepping skin with this multitasking primer that smooths for a flawless application, treats signs of aging, and provides SPF is a necessary first step. Thanks to a potent peptide that improves skin firmness and white tea, which inhibits collagen damage by free radicals, applying before foundation diminishes the look of fine lines for a lasting makeup finish. Soy proteins also create a smooth surface, while natural minerals give a neutral tint to balance skin tone, meaning you can even wear alone without makeup underneath.
Dermalogica Dermalogici Daily Microfoliant
As one of the first exfoliant powders on the market, this rice-based exfoliant from Dermalogica® is tried-and-true. Gentle enough for daily use, it releases papain, salicylic acid, and rice enzymes upon contact with water to slough away dead cells, while a soothing blend of green tea, gingko, and colloidal oatmeal calms skin. A unique Skin Brightening Complex also helps balance uneven skin tone, so your complexion looks clearer, more refreshed, and smoother than before.
Dermalogica Dermalogici Special Cleansing Gel
While we often think soap=clean, it can leave skin dry and irritated when used as a facial cleanser. This refreshing foaming gel lathers up like soap but doesn't actually contain any, meaning it cleanses without disturbing your skin's natural moisture balance. Calming agents like mint and lavender extracts also soothe, while natural evergreen tree bark, known as a sudsy substitute for soap, foams away toxins.
Dermalogica Dermalogici Charcoal Rescue Masque
While we pride ourselves on being strong and independent, sometimes we could all use a little help. When pores are clogged, blemishes are appearing, and our complexions are looking tired, this charcoal mask with alpha hydroxy acids swoops in and always rescues our skin. It has multiple superpowers, with activated binchotan charcoal absorbing impurities, sulfur promoting cell turnover, volcanic ash, sea silt, bamboo extract, AHAs exfoliating and brightening, niacinamide reducing congestion, and Chilean wild mint refining pores-no artificial fragrances, colors, or parabens here. It acts fast, so you can address signs of aging, sensitivity, and breakouts in less than 10 minutes.
Dermalogica Dermalogici PreCleanse - 1 oz.
In order to let all the other products in your skincare arsenal do their jobs, you first have to remove the barriers blocking them from penetrating deep into skin (think: makeup, oil, dirt). That's where this cleansing oil comes in, meant to be used as the first product in your double cleansing regimen. The formula melts away excess sebum, sunscreen, waterproof makeup, pollutants, and other product buildup on skin. This way, your other cleanser, toner, serum, and moisturizer can actually treat and hydrate, rather than remove all that grime that wasn't washed away in the beginning.
Dermalogica Dermalogici Phyto Replenish Oil
If you're looking to protect skin from toxins and daily aggressors but don't have a face oil in your medicine cabinet, then you're missing out. Not only does this lightweight oil leave skin with a dewy glow when worn alone or under makeup, it also reinforces the skin's protective barrier so your complexion doesn't take a hit from aging or environmental stress. A blend of camellia, tamanu, orchid flower, and chia seed oils protects the barrier and locks in moisture to smooth lines and wrinkles, while sunflower, rice bran, and rosemary extracts create an antioxidant shield against radical damage. When used every day, pollutants are no match for your protected, luminous-looking complexion.


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Thursday, December 31, 2009
Matt Smith Ident?
Out with the old, in with the new
Tomorrow's the main event for for Doctor Who, as David Tennant's v.10 becomes Matt Smith v.11 and I'm guessing that we just might see a new Christmas 2009 ident in use after The End of Time part 2.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
The Ghost Of Christmas Presents
Christmas presents. Yet, despite the impossible expectation of Christmas past, I am always excited by the new promise that Xfe's gifts are so thoughtful. That he thinks differently from me, yet thinks of me.
The only thing that I put on my Santa list for him was the PS3 Singstar Take That. I never got it. On Christmas day my cousin asked me if I had got it, because she knew I has asked for it.
Look closely. It's not here.
Still, at £14.84 it's my first New Year sales bargain!!!
Though I am not, certainly not complaining. For mon C is the giver of fabulous, fantastic, thoughtful gifts, and yet again I have reaped the benefit.
I just hope that I can do the same.
In what must be a first, I didn't get any Cds. no DVDs, no books. I don't think that a Christmas has gone by when I've never even had at least one. Xfe mentioned the thing I asked for, but said he couldn't remember what it was. A real sign of the gent! (Honest - he was thinking of what would be good for me).
Of course, we do think about Christmas presents well before Christmas. One day I went shopping with Chadwick, when she was still here with us, and she chose a couple of presents (as cats do - they even sign Christmas cards, don't you know?).
You can see what she bought, right?
She bought the Go-Go Pet. One of Christmases must have toys. She bought it for £7.49 or thereabouts. Though by the time Christmas came I was itching to sell it on e-bay for over £60.
Here she is, and as fate would have it, she's the colour of Chadwick. Thus, despite her go-go pet name, I've decided to call her Chadwick2.
Cecilia says, "Thank you".
And, if Chadwick you are missing this first Christmas after 18 with us, you'll see that Cecilia loves the gift you left her so much, that she's doing an impression of you.
(only joking - she's just yawning)
In the land of the living, we still have plenty presents. In fact, and here's the truth, we have too many.
While I earn, I like to give. That may not be forever. This time last year I wasn't certain whether I'd still be in a job this time now. This time 6 months ago I was certain I had survived the credit crunch.
Now, if you ask, I'm not certain whether I'll be working this time next year.
Here come the 000 boys; Paul Smith and Ted Baker.
Switching back to Xfe, whose values are different, the artist to my planner, here's the gift I asked for and hoped for.
We once had a beautiful glass Buddha, from China. But one day when Xfe was cleaning it fell to the ground and shattered.
Lo, I was sad. So saddened.
Here is the new one he bought me.
Buddah is.
And here, from my Mum and Xfe is the most fragrant of my Christmas 2009.
I'm going straight back to buy more of what they have. Better than Comme des Garçons, the Czech & Speake fragrances are the most wonderful I have ever had the pleasure of.
At the moment, Xfe's in bed, reading. Christmas brought him plenty to read.
To eat...
To look at...
and, to listen to.
So, despite the ghost of Christmases past, I'm rather happy, and thankful, for those Christmas presents.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
After The Rains Have Gone
A really festive time for celebrating. For JOY. After all, " 'tis the reason for the season".
Yet, beneath the surface there's a melancholy. For each of us.
We may not be able to express it; but I see it as well as you do, whether you choose to acknowledge it.
Mine started yesterday, brought on when I left my parents at the airport. My mother is always delighted to see us. It wasn't easy for her to accept my partner, and me, her gay son. But she does now, with the support and love of our family. For her it was the fear of the shame it would bring. The unknown of what others would think.
Now she knows what they think. They love Xfe. Not maternal or family love (yet). Just love him as a special, thoughtful guy.
But my Mum loves him as family. She loves him because, with a mother's eye, she sees how much true happiness he brings me; and she sees he is genuine.
She is especially delighted to see us at Christmas, and never more than this year, one that has been very difficult for her.
When I left her at the airport, she said, tearfully, "Thank you for making my Christmas".
What I thought, but failed to say, was "no - you made Christmas. You made it what it is for me, all my excitement and delight. You taught me the warmth and comfort of family".
She burst into tears when we said goodbye. She doesn't usually - although she did do the same thing in November, the last time we visited.
I said to Xfe that I think it's because each time she says goodbye now, she thinks that it will be the last time she will see me. It's a very real fear for her... When she was in hospital earlier this year (for the best part of 2 months), the night before her 3rd operation, she thought she was not going to see the next day.
Her fear was so real that the hospital phoned her oldest sister, at 2am, to come sit with her.
My Mum told my aunt that she was sad that she wouldn't see me again; that she felt that she would not recover from the op she was scheduled to have before I would be back in Scotland.
My sadness at Christmas comes knowing that the promise and expectation of Christmas present can never match the ghost of golden Christmases past.
When I was a child. When all I wanted for Christmas from Santa was a red balloon.
Xfe is in the shower, back from Yoga. We have our presents to open. Yet I know that the promise of wrapped gifts waiting to be opened will never match the reality and the inevitable disappointment that expectation has not been met.
I realise that it's nothing to do with the gifts themselves, rather the unattainable ideal of Christmas past.
The comfort of childhood, of the safety of being dependent. Loved, warm, content, and not having to face (or even exposed to) the reality of life's varied and difficult challenges.
We all deal with Christmas and the melancholy it brings in different ways. Some of us escape.
Others have to or choose to spend it alone (plans don't always work out that way however). Some put up with a family Christmas before the short sharp shock of real life has to be faced again.
But right now I can't dwell on it. I'm going to open some presents...
Monday, December 28, 2009
Christmas Over (Again)
We leave from Dundee (not my home I hasten to add - sorry Dundonians) later today and should be back in London early evening.
And when we wake up tomorrow morning, we'll enjoy the thrill of Christmas morning all over again, waking up to a tree-load of presents (unless we've been broken into while we've been away, in which event someone else will have had the excitement; I just hope they can fill Xfe's underwear as well as he can).
I just love Christmas...
Sunday, December 27, 2009
A Cold And Frosty Morning
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Decade-End; A Brief Review Of The Last 10 Years
Another Christmas Day survived.
Now we sit out the fag end of the year and countdown to the start of a new decade. The empty time that sits between the spent excitement of a Christmas past and the clean promise of a new year.
About 3 weeks ago I was puzzled as to why a Saturday supplement was featuring the best (records, I think - though it might have been books) of the decade when there was another year to go. It wasn't until the next week when another similar feature was heralded on the front cover that I realised that indeed it was the end of the first decade of the new millennium.
This time last decade, we were stressing about the millennium bug. Planes were going to drop out of the sky come the midnight hour. Technology was going to cause the world as we knew it to come to an end, although not in a Terminator kind-of way.
Do any lawyers remember the Y2k compliance clause we were arguing about in negotiations?
Of course, on 9/11 (2001) planes did fall out of the sky and the world as we knew it changed...
Friday, December 25, 2009
Time For Stuffing; Merry Christmas
When I think, though, how uncomplaining my mother was all those years, plucking, stuffing.
I don't think I was ever meant to get my hand inside here, you know.
It just doesn't feel right to me.
So, I guess I'll leave it to all of you instead.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
At The Airport Stress
We are at London City airport. We arrived to scenes of chaos at check-in. The AirFrance/CityJet queues were a shambles. It seems that the first Dundee flight this morning was canceled. Angry, angry people.
I'm not sure why.
All the stressed-out people around me are stressing me out...
We're on the second flight to Dundee. We could have flown to Aberdeen, but on balance Dundee is easier to manage. Last night I was rather pleased we had chosen the Dundee option. Aberdeen is suffering heavy snow...
So, the news that the first Dundee flight was canceled left me a slightly sick feeling.
However, the plane that I'm assuming was the 9am flight to Dundee was probably the one that came down from Dundee and was scheduled for an 8.25am arrival. It was delayed but arrived at 9.40am.
So I'm guessing, hoping, that it will be the plane that takes us to Dundee at 11am.
The screaming babies are stressing me out. Just like the 3 people who all went through the scanner/security ahead of me with liquids. DON'T YOU BLOODY WELL KNOW BY NOW, STUPID PEOPLE??
Fingers crossed. When I'm on the plane and we have taken off I'll finally relax...
...Until I start worrying about whether the propeller is going to shear off and slice through the plane mid-air.
Christmas Eve update:
We made it. But this from BBC News at 05:29 GMT, Thursday, 24 December 2009
Icy roads and freezing fog warnings for Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve travellers face another day of disruption as the UK wakes to widespread ice and to freezing fog.
Warnings were issued across England, Wales and Northern Ireland after rain showers fell on already icy roads, sparing only south-east England.
In Scotland, temperatures plunged to minus 16C in the highlands and minus 11C in Edinburgh overnight.
In Lincolnshire, one person was reported killed as black ice caused some 40 crashes, police said.
Eurostar, after suspending services on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, ran about two thirds of its normal number of trains on Wednesday and hoped to operate a similar level of service on Christmas Eve.
However, prospects of a white Christmas receded for most of the UK, as the BBC weather centre said the only snow expected on Christmas Eve was in the Scottish borders and the Welsh hills.
Freezing fog
And the only part of the UK likely to see snow falling on Christmas day is the north-east of Scotland, with a dusting from light snow showers.
Temperatures fell as low as minus 16C in the highlands of Scotland and minus 11C in Edinburgh on Wednesday night, with many parts of the country set to suffer more below-freezing daytime temperatures.
In northern England the temperature sank to between minus 2C and minus 3C in Northern Ireland to between minus 4C and minus 6C.
In Wales the temperature hovered around zero C, while southern England was spared frost with temperatures of between 2C and 4C.
A Ryanair plane slid off the runway at Prestwick
The BBC weather centre said many parts of Scotland were set to suffer sub-zero daytime temperatures, while pockets of freezing fog in the central lowlands and in Northern Ireland that were likely to linger throughout the day.
Scotrail says services will be restricted between Glasgow Central station and Ayr, Largs, Ardrossan, Gourock and Wemyss Bay.
Liverpool Airport reopened on Wednesday night after a deluge of snow forced it to close briefly, with travellers warned to expect delays.
Delays are also expected at Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Prestwick airports - where staff have had to clear snow and ice from runways.
On Wednesday a Ryanair passenger jet with 129 people on board skidded off the runway at Prestwick after hitting a patch of ice. No-one was hurt.
EasyJet has already cancelled a number of Thursday flights, with British Airways saying that the majority of its flights were operating normally but warning passengers should check before setting off for the airport.
Gatwick Airport said it was operating normally but warned of minor delays, with Heathrow also telling travellers to expect disruption.
Not A Silent Night
When I thought that it was 5am, instead of an hour earlier, I considered that I had slept reasonably well. Given, especially, that we will be getting up about 6.30am to get organised for our journey...
Sleep was cruel to me last night/this morning.
But I saw through its deception.
Whilst I thought myself lying in bed awake I was actually sleeping, just dreaming about being awake. I worked it out.
Firstly the orientation of the bedroom wasn't wrong. I clearly remember in my dream thinking that it wasn't quite the orientation that I was accustomed to.
Then, it wasn't Xfe with me in bed. The dream had morphed into the ghosts of boyfriends past dream. It was 7-year Simon. Lying in bed with him, awake, I said to him that I knew I wasn't with him. Therefore I knew that this was a dream, and therefore I knew that I was actually asleep.
(For my other recurring dream themes, see here.)
So, I stopped being anxious about not being asleep and having another long night ahead.
But the dream wasn't finished with me yet.
I heard our gate, footsteps and voices. They might have been real, but I could just have been dreaming.
After Electric E's Friday night boozy hysteria, I've been cautious about them. Whilst I sense that mr D-DJ is fairly sensible and tries to be considerate, it's a different kettle of fish with Electric E. She seems, from my limited exposure to her, immature and silly. I think she could be vindictive; if we complain about the door slamming then (when mr D-DJ isn't there) she'll show us what a slamming door really is, kind-of-thing.
I'm also-and this has been a concern for a while-bothered by some of the company they keep and the hours that they seem to keep it, with people coming and going just as quickly at very odd hours in the night.
Back in bed, I heard the voices get closer. Then footsteps on the downstairs decking.
This time the orientation was right. But then it stopped being correct. I could hear those voices side right (correct) and front left (not correct) where I was thinking the front door was.
Then I heard keys in our door, and the door open. (This is another theme in my dreams I experience from time to time; our front door locks are ineffective, and really any keys will open them.)
I got out of bed, and there in the hall (which was on the reverse side from where it is in our flat) were strangers. I couldn't talk. I tried to warn Xfe-for it was now him who was in bed with me-but no words of warning would come.
When I could speak the 3 blokes grumbled but left. I was worried that these strangers knew that their keys would let them into our flat - whenever they wanted. Then, down the hallway came my friend Liz. I was relieved to see her, to know it was her and that she (and by default) her friends wouldn't come back in.
There was more to the dream, but fairly normal stuff.
Not a daydream
Later, when Xfe was back and in the bath I was standing in the doorwar, chatting to him, when I heard a man's voice again. It was so clear I went to look to see if there were workmen/tradesmen on the roof or elsewhere. There were none!
All rather strange, but there you go.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
A Christmas Challenge
Just what I can watch/read/see that doesn't have David Tennant in it this Christmas?
Even the BBC idents have him.
Just shows how much Dr Who is back as part of the British iconic-ography!
A Festive Surge
Google gets me a lot of people wanting to know whether Ben Whishaw is gay, or whether Ben Whishaw has a girlfriend.
If you want to know if Alexandre Despatie is well hung, you'll probably find me.
Even me and Matt Smith (with a smattering of Russell Tovey) didn't bring as much traffic.
The world wants to see Gareth Thomas naked; and if you want to know something even more intimate about him, well, it seems I'm Google's number 1 hit.
Christmas Stuff
A good night's sleep just doesn't seem to come easy anymore. I don't usually have a problem getting off (ahem). It's just that I tend to wake up early, unable to get back to sleep.
I'm still stressing. This time it's about the weather and whether we're going to be able to escape London. We're should be leaving on Wednesday. The weather looks less cold, and no snow is predicted for then. But there might be freezing fog.
We're flying from City airport which, currently, is closed.
I'm excited about going to my parents for Christmas. My brother will be there with his 1-year old. This will only be the second Christmas that I have spent with my brother since he was a teenager.
My mother loves Christmas-a tradition that has been passed on to me!
And, I can look forward to sleeping well there. Really well. It's the middle of nowhere, the back of beyond. The perfect antidote to a busy life in London.
Having spent the last week caught up at work, I missed our office Christmas parties. I was left behind, working.
So, to make up, we did some festive activities over the weekend.
On Saturday night we went to the Barbican to see the Brighton Gay Men's Chorus Make the Yuletide Gay. It didn't really help. Although there were sing-along-carols and stuff, the chorus on stage were as half empty as the Barbican hall was half empty. Despite having a "west-end" director, the chorus moving around was a bit of a shambles!
There were some very good soloists, but otherwise the choir lacked shape and purpose, offering such well known Christmas pieces as Aquarius, Let The Sunshine, Big Spender and Bring Him Home...
Sandie Shaw was a rather pointless Ice Princess, or Snow Queen with 2 other hosts/narrators popping off and on.
However it was something to see her sing (and sing along to) her well known "festive" hit (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me.
Today, because he has never been to one, and doesn't really understand the concept despite my attempts to explain, we're going to a panto; Aladdin at the Hackney Empire.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Villages Go By Like Dreams
Electric E was up the other night, with her father, challenging Xfe's bemoaning their thud, thud, thud. Her father, apparently left with the hand to Xfe on our doorstep, telling him and her that he (Xfe) "was not a person worth trying to talk to".
On our doorstep, our house. Electric E, as Xfe recounted, had an oversized glass of wine in her hand while she, and her father, were challenging Xfe, at 11pm, over his complaining about the noise from below.
On our door, safe entrance to our flat, the two of them and Xfe, inside...
Saying along the lines of how could he complain when he had never told her*...
Of course I was in bed asleep only vaguely hearing. I heard the hysterical Electric E, and the seemingly calm Xfe - though I chastised him for his use of the f-word.
If I had known her father was there, I would have come out to support him. Still, maybe the next time I see her I'll say I want to chat, but can she wait until I get my Dad on the phone.
*pardon me if that mentions 7-doors-a-slamming (well, it's Christmas).
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Black Christmas
I can't remember exactly when, though I could work them out.
The first was probably Christmas 1997, when after over 5 years together, Ben left me for a life in Canada. The next was December 2005, before meeting Xfe, and the end of a 7-year relationship.
On each occasion I spent Christmas with family, though it wasn't celebrated.
There were no Christmas decorations at home. I sent and received Christmas cards. The cards I received were unopened.
A sad reminder of those bitter Christmases past, that is the 2005 bunch which stay in one of the Christmas decoration boxes, to be discovered each year.
One year I might open them. But not yet.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Cats For Christmas
I don't dress them up or anything. I just picture them, looking festive. Chadwick especially; pure white there was always something festive about her.
But this year, sadly, we're down to one.
Even though I catch myself still referring to the cats, Chadwick was put down last month. She didn't make it to her second decade. She was almost there, but not quite.
Still, that's our lives.
So. Here they are. In memory of Chadwick, and cursing Cecilia (who we love, as much as Chadwick - when it's averaged out).
Hmm. Christmas.
Yellow Vampire And Scotch Broth
There's nothing like second day soup, so I'm told. So, the scotch broth (or, at least, my take on it) is underway.
This evening, after the concert, Xfe is going to make a traditional trifle with his own custard. He has never made one before!
Before we got down to kitchen stuff there was, first, some DIY to attend to...
Pure Evil is well hung
In November I bought a graffiti piece by Shoreditch based Pure Evil, from the Hammer exhibition. It arrived earlier this week. We had to hang it.
It's rather heavy, stenciled on black glass. I mentioned that I was worried about it pulling chunks out of the plaster.
Challengingly, it came with fixed hook fixings, rather than a wire or hanging string. This meant there was no give. If I wanted it well hung (i.e. straight), I needed to get the wall fittings exactly in place. Luckily, I was reasonably good at maths when I was at school, and I seemed to get them where I needed them.
The stock
And, Yellow Vampire well hung, it was time to get on with the broth. Time to make the stock with the rude looking chicken...
Take some Borough Market veg (I was down there at 8.30am to beat the crowd-actually to go to the ginger pig to buy some meat for tomorrow and for Christmas), corn-fed chicken and broth mixture (dried peas and pulses, which first need to soak for 10-12 hours).
I fry off my chicken first to give it some colour. Then add chunky cut carrot, onion...
and celery. Fry, then steam...
Now it's ready for the water. Boiling water. To cover and then I let it simmer very gently, for 3-4 hours and then to cool, completely.
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I Am A (Gay) Man
Gareth Thomas is a successful international rugby player, having captained both Wales and the British Lions. So coming out as a gay man is a big step indeed for Gareth Thomas.
So, of course, as another self respecting gay man, the first thing to do is Google for Gareth Thomas Naked. Results in post below...
Ex-Lion Gareth Thomas reveals he is gay
Thomas won 100 caps for Wales and three caps for the Lions
Former Wales and Lions captain Gareth Thomas has broken one of the major taboos that surround sport by revealing he is gay.
The 35-year-old joins stars like basketball's John Amaechi and hurling's Donal Og Cusack who have come out.
"Just because you are gay, it doesn't mean you fancy every man who walks the planet," Thomas told the Daily Mail.
"I don't want to be known as a gay rugby player. I am a rugby player first and foremost. I am a man."
Cardiff Blues utility back Thomas said he had been through "all sorts of emotions" over the issue, since first knowing he was gay in his late teens.
He revealed that he was "anxious about people's reactions" to him being gay and that he felt he could not have come out earlier in his rugby career.
"It is the toughest, most macho of male sports, and with that comes an image," Thomas said.
"In many ways, it is barbaric, and I could never have come out without first establishing myself and earning respect as a player.
'Time is right'
"Rugby was my passion, my whole life, and I wasn't prepared to risk losing everything I loved."
Thomas went on to win 100 caps for Wales and three for the Lions, and has played for Bridgend and Cardiff and spent three years in France with Toulouse, before returning to south Wales in 2007.
He feels attitudes have changed and the time is right for sport to start accepting openly gay people in the same way other professions have in recent years.
"I just happen to be gay," he added. "It's irrelevant.
"What I choose to do when I close the door at home has nothing to do with what I have achieved in rugby.
"It's pretty tough for me being the only international rugby player prepared to break the taboo.
"Statistically I can't be the only one, but I'm not aware of any other gay player still in the game.
"I'd love for it, in 10 years' time, not to even be an issue in sport, and for people to say: 'So what?'"
Thomas retired from international duty after captaining Wales' exit from the 2007 World Cup.
But he admitted it was on Wales duty at an earlier time when he first broke the news to former Wales caretaker coach Scott Johnson over his sexuality and the break-up of his marriage to his wife Jemma.
"My life seemed to be falling apart," he added. "Jemma and I were splitting up, and I was scared of the future and being single again as a gay man.
Rush of relief
"Somehow, the coach had guessed," said Thomas. "He took me out of the team room to the medical room, locked the door and I told him everything.
"After keeping it secret for so long, I felt a huge rush of relief.
"Scott said: 'Right, I've got to speak now to three or four players in the Welsh team because you need the boys to surround you and support you. You can't cope with this on your own,' and he was right.
"He told two of my team-mates, Stephen Jones and Martyn Williams, and as I sat in the bar waiting for them, I was absolutely terrified, wondering what they were going to say.
"But they came in, patted me on the back and said: 'We don't care. Why didn't you tell us before?'
"Two of my best mates in rugby didn't even blink an eyelid."
But Thomas said one of his lowest points was cheating on Jemma, which drove him to the edge.
"Sometimes I felt so alone and depressed," he added.
"I used to go to the cliffs overlooking the beach near our cottage in St Brides Major and just think about jumping off and ending it all."
Gareth Thomas, Gay Man
As a self respecting gayer the first thing I did was google the internet for pictures of Gareth Thomas naked.
As every good gayer knows, there's something sexy about sportsmen; rugby players especially so. We've grown accustomed to Les Dieux, for example...(see Maxime Médard on the left).
Although my Google search for pics of gay rugby player Gareth Thomas didn't reveal too many naked pics, I quickly realised there is something, erm, uniquely British about Gareth Thomas.
All credit to him for coming out.
So, let's hear it for Gareth Thomas. Gay rugby player. Beauty and beast.
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Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Citigroup Inc lifted their price objective on Gilead Sciences to $87.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 26th. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price objective on Gilead Sciences to $75.00 in a research report on Wednesday, February 8th. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a buy rating and set a $100.00 price objective on shares of Gilead Sciences in a research report on Wednesday, January 11th. Cowen and Company reissued a buy rating and set a $100.00 price objective on shares of Gilead Sciences in a research report on Friday, January 6th. Finally, Jefferies Group LLC reissued a buy rating and set a $91.00 price objective on shares of Gilead Sciences in a research report on Wednesday, January 4th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating, sixteen have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. The company presently has an average rating of Buy and a consensus price target of $83.19.
Shares of Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD) opened at 68.96 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $90.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.94 and a beta of 1.11. Gilead Sciences has a 12-month low of $65.38 and a 12-month high of $103.10. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $69.69 and a 200 day moving average price of $73.79.
Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 7th. The biopharmaceutical company reported $2.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.61 by $0.09. The firm earned $7.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $7.16 billion. Gilead Sciences had a return on equity of 92.36% and a net margin of 44.43%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 13.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.32 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Gilead Sciences will post $8.24 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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In related news, insider John C. Martin sold 73,337 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $73.59, for a total transaction of $5,396,869.83. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 3,204,433 shares in the company, valued at approximately $235,814,224.47. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 1.40% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. State Street Corp raised its stake in Gilead Sciences by 4.5% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 60,448,831 shares of the biopharmaceutical company's stock worth $4,328,739,000 after buying an additional 2,587,072 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in Gilead Sciences by 0.6% in the third quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 26,786,930 shares of the biopharmaceutical company's stock valued at $2,119,382,000 after buying an additional 169,701 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Fund Advisors increased its position in Gilead Sciences by 6.8% in the third quarter. BlackRock Fund Advisors now owns 26,032,555 shares of the biopharmaceutical company's stock valued at $2,059,696,000 after buying an additional 1,663,268 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. increased its position in Gilead Sciences by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 14,317,385 shares of the biopharmaceutical company's stock valued at $1,025,373,000 after buying an additional 313,703 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new position in Gilead Sciences during the fourth quarter valued at about $997,048,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 74.19% of the company's stock.
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Our local news reported extensive damage in the Mid-west by heavy wind gusts. In particular, it showed wood framed residences destroyed by an 80 mph wind in the state of Kansas.
Can anyone provide additional information on the causes and contributions to this type of damage of residential structures?
The design criteria for 80 and 90 mph winds are not uncommon code requirements in parts of California. I would assume they are more prevalent in the Midwest due to high exposure area's.
Therefore, when a failure such as these described by local news is disclosed, I am concerned were the mode of failure occurs.
If anyone has any additional information on residential damages in the recent severe weather across the United States, I would appreciate any input.
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President Trump's proposal to slash taxes for businesses and families could cost the nation $5.5 trillion, the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget revealed Wednesday. Trump's tax proposal, which he unveiled Wednesday, includes plans to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent and to whittle the seven existing tax brackets down to three rates of 10, 25, and 35 percent.
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Researchers may have been off by nearly 115,000 years when they estimated that humans arrived in North America about 15,000 years ago. The potential miscalculation was uncovered by a collection of mastodon bones, which were discovered during construction work on a California freeway in 1992. After toiling for years to date the bones, researchers announced this week in a paper published in the scientific journal Nature that they'd determined the remains of the adult male mastodon to be about 130,000 years old — and to contain signs of human activity.
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After a long back-and-forth with the University of California, Berkeley, over her slated April 27 speech, conservative commentator Ann Coulter gave her final answer on Wednesday, a day before she was originally scheduled to speak. "There will be no speech," Coulter wrote in an email to Reuters.
The hubbub over Coulter's speech started last week, when Berkeley announced it was cancelling the event because of security concerns amid threats of protest. The school had been forced in February to cancel alt-right media figure Milo Yiannopoulos' appearance after violent protests erupted hours before it was scheduled to begin. Despite the uncertainty, Coulter had maintained that, nevertheless, she would persist and give her critical speech about pro-immigration policies.
Coulter's insistence that she would go ahead and speak prompted Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks to reconsider. The school later re-invited Coulter to speak, though at a more "appropriate, protectable venue" and on a later date.
But Coulter put the kibosh on giving a Berkeley speech at all Wednesday, which she declared a "sad day for free speech." Coulter credited her decision to the fact that Young America's Foundation, one of two groups helping Coulter in her legal battle to speak at Berkeley, had decided to step down due to concerns about risking "the safety of its staff or students."
"I looked over my shoulder and my allies had joined the other team," Coulter told Reuters. She also noted to The New York Times that it seemed as though "everyone who should believe in free speech fought against it or ran away." Becca Stanek
President Trump unveiled a broad tax proposal Wednesday, including a sharp cut in the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent. For individuals, the administration proposed reducing the seven tax brackets to three, at 10, 25, and 35 percent. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the proposal is the "biggest tax cut and the largest tax reform in the history of our country."
Here's the tax reform fact sheet being handed out at the press briefing pic.twitter.com/YfnyisMC5f
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"We are going to double the standard deduction, so a married couple will not pay any taxes on the first $24,000 they earn," chief economic advisor Gary Cohn added. The proposal would additionally repeal the estate tax, or so-called "death tax," as well as "the catch-all alternative minimum tax, and the 3.8 percent tax on investment income from President Barack Obama's health-care law," The Associated Press reports. While Republicans had wanted a border adjustment tax on imports, it was not included in the White House's plan.
The White House reportedly hopes some of its family-friendly provisions, such as adjustments that help with child-care costs, will give Democrats a strong incentive to negotiate a deal, but Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez has argued that "Trump's latest proposal is another gift to corporations and billionaires like himself." Jeva Lange
In virtually every state across the U.S., Blockbuster Video has become a relic of the past, from a time way back when it was necessary to physically go to a store to rent a movie rather than cueing one up with the click of the button. Alaska is the exception.
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that while most Blockbuster stores have shut down after a period of ubiquity in the 1990s ended in a declaration of bankruptcy, there are still at least 10 Blockbusters left in existence. Most of those are in Alaska.
The Alaska stores there aren't just surviving — they're thriving, Blockbuster licensee-owner Alan Payne told The Washington Post:
[A] great deal of the business' endurance has come from the core customer base in Alaska, primarily made up of older people. Alaska ranks high in disposable income among the states, due to good-paying jobs, exceptionally low taxes, and payments from reinvested oil savings. Moreover, Internet service is substantially more expensive than in most states, since most data packages are not unlimited. Heavy Netflix streamers could end up paying hundreds of dollars per month in Internet bills, Payne said. [The Washington Post]
Alaska's weather also makes it the prime place for binge-watching. The Washington Post noted the "most profitable Blockbuster store" in existence is in Fairbanks, where "temperatures can reach 50 below zero."
Payne plans to keep his eight Blockbuster stores (seven of which are in Alaska, with the eighth in Texas) in existence for as long as his employees are willing to stick around. He argued there's a certain magic that's lost when picking out a movie on Netflix. "When you go in the store, walk down the aisle, you're going to see all kinds of things you never thought of," he said.
Read more about the remaining Blockbusters at The Washington Post. Becca Stanek
The House Freedom Caucus announced Wednesday that it is onboard with the latest version of the GOP's American Health Care Act. The convincing factor for the far-right Republican faction, which opposed President Trump's first pass at repealing and replacing ObamaCare, was a new amendment negotiated by centrist Tuesday Group co-chairman Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.).
The MacArthur Amendment enables states to waive the requirements to cover ObamaCare's essential health benefits and to not charge higher premiums to people with preexisting conditions. The amendment was intended as an olive branch of sorts to the Freedom Caucus, which was dissatisfied with what it saw as a moderate first stab at health-care reform.
Freedom Caucus members argued the first iteration of the bill, which they deemed "ObamaCare lite," didn't go far enough to undo former President Barack Obama's signature health-care bill. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) pulled the GOP's bill when it became clear it did not have enough Republican votes to pass. Becca Stanek


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text: Tag: Greek Crisis 2012 After we sat down, we asked the waitress for a coffee. She thanked us for our order and immediately turned and walked out the front door. My friend explained that the owner of the bookstore/cafe couldn't get a license to provide coffee. She had tried to just buy a coffee machine and give the coffee away for free, thinking that lingering patrons would boost book sales. However, giving away coffee was illegal as well. Instead, the owner had to strike a deal with a bar across the street, whereby they make the coffee and the waitress spends all day shuttling between the bar and the bookstore/cafe. My friend also explained to me that books could not be purchased at the bookstore, as it was after 18h and it is illegal to sell books in Greece beyond that hour. I was in a bookstore/cafe that could neither sell books nor make coffee. Feb 28 2012


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