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Welcome to the September 2013 Dingo thread.
New visitors to the Dingo Thread may ask, "but, what is a Dingo?"
Dingoes are mamas (defined loosely, when needed) who run, walk, cycle, tri, and participate in whatever sport they need to sustain their awesome mama selves in lives that are definitely dynamic. Sometimes, a Dingo is injured, or life takes a turn, and she has to take a break from her chosen sport. Whether active or aspiring, Dingoes support one another in spirit. When two Dingoes are in the same place at the same time, something incredibly special happens. This is called a Dingo Meetup. They are relatively rare, and so we try to record them with photographic evidence.
Are you a Dingo? You just might be, if:
You sometimes perform acts of brilliance in order to squeeze a workout into a busy week.
You're never ashamed of coming in at the back of the pack, even if you're used to coming in faster.
You have found yourself sincerely respecting and admiring moms in all forms, observing how they're doing it for love, and growing from their experiences as well as your own
You won't know until you try, and all comers are welcome.
Awesome opening written by jo at some point in the past.
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Good morning, Dingoes!
Plady, I apologize if I offended you about the sugar/shaming thing. I didn't mean to! That was my own narishkeit (hang up) about what happens(ed) to me when I go off the sugar rails. Ugh. Bad legacy in my family.
RR: 11.4 steamy gross sweaty miles this morning, fighting the whole way with that nasty inner voice who says (you can't, you shouldn't try, you're fat, you're dumpy, you're flabby in the middle, all the other runners are laughing at you ). I won though, I finished it.
"Now bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible." (William Shakespeare -- Julius Caesar)
Lofty - Thanks for the reminder about it being September today! White rabbits before breakfast everyone! The girls went to see the new Percy Jackson movie yesterday as a sisters-on-the-town treat and C loved it beyond words (she was literally crying all the way home mumbling "it was so good, it was so good') and she mentioned something about learning Greek so I mentioned that I thought G and D were learning Greek and she's curious about how and where. I'll go back through your blog because I think I saw you list your materials but I thought you might like to know she was very impressed!
Ah the September detox. My few remaining chickens are enjoying the bag of cheetoz I just tossed them (happily? no one else is up yet and I only am because our wayward kitty came in to the bedroom with a vole and started playing with it. Dh claimed he doesn't do blood and went back to sleep so I got to grab it by the tail and throw it outside. No going back to sleep after that when the sun is up and everything.) The dog ate all of the nibbled bits of cheesecake and rice krispie treats left over from the party so we're pretty much back to a sugar/wheat-free household. I'm also going to take some time off of morning coffee. Periodically I switch to yerba mate and it feels like time. I also just got an order of some probiotic capsules that were highly rated on amazon that I'm starting to see what if anything feels different. All the stories about gut flora effecting mental health have me too curious to resist. That and reading The Art of Fermentation, which has inspired me to start some kefir and pull out my sauerkrauting jars.
And, dd1 and I are going to go out for a walk/run when we finish our tea. Yay!
Sparkle - Meant to add my condolences on the destruction of your campground. I know it's not ever going to be quite the same but maybe there are other places that could provide the same sense of freedom. We were so impressed with the provincial parks we camped in on Vancouver I. It's not camp like yours but maybe halfway there. So many families, so clean and well laid out and tons of things to do. We're ready to go back next summer and just park it for a week and let the kids bike around and swim and do the ranger talks and whatnot. Maybe that could be an option?
Gaye - i just love hearing about how you spend your non-working time. You really seem to make the most of it and it's so inspiring. And still curious about the date (especially why you really really really like him)!
Jo - on the bcp thing. That weight fluctuation and sore boobs thing rings familiar. I wonder if my 12+ years off of bcp might be enough. Please keep reporting!
Geo - Your math notes also pulled me back in time. I more or less gave up math when I was just on the verge of understanding this which never bothered me until now! Looking backward and being able to see where we cut off options for ourselves is kind of fascinating but also a poignant reminder of how little we understand when we're young.
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Geo - Your math notes also pulled me back in time. I more or less gave up math when I was just on the verge of understanding this which never bothered me until now! Looking backward and being able to see where we cut off options for ourselves is kind of fascinating but also a poignant reminder of how little we understand when we're young.
God YES. You say poignant, I say totally depressing
Plady - yeah on the camp. We are feeling ready to move onto something else (France for a month next summer anyone , although I think we werent ready to have the transition forced on us. I think it also symbolically sad. Good luck with the sugar!!
Nic - Well Done on the run!!!! You rock!! I am so sorry about the school crap. I empathize so strongly. We would be suffering so much more if we didnt have the options we do. I am just now thinking ds could do ok in a mainstream GT setting, but when he was 5 I knew he would chafe in a conventional class. Montessori has been a great fit for him. I so wish you had more options. I wonder if, ironically, my community has many school options b/c the public system is so 'challenged' and so many of the yuppies/"mothers of excellence" create or support alternatives, whereas wealthier communities might just have public (which is assumed to be good b/c of the student population) and private...
Can you get in their faces more about his needs. It sounds like you might need to go a little Geo on them. More work for you alas. Sigh. You have a lot to hold up these days
JG - I honestly think there is likely a yeast thing going on with you. I have had the experience you describe once in my life: overwhelming cravings for carbs/sugar. I was literally eating food I wouldnt normally eat, and I couldnt NOT eat it. It was very bizarre. Then I started seeing an accupuncturist and she was like 'whoa! you have a lot of yeast' (my tongue was coated in white - ew). Went on a hard-core candida diet WITH anti-fungals for 6 mos. and ever since, have had very modest interest in carbs/sugar. I eat both, but reach a satiation point after a modest amount. I cant overeat them anymore b/c they just.dont.appeal beyond a certain point I'll take it. My diet is better now than its been the rest of my life (speaking of Plady's quote above)
RR: Yesterday: 85 minutes cardio: 60 bike intervals, 25 run/walk intervals. Felt surprisingly good, like I had tapered for 2 weeks rather than sat on my arse eating chocolate chip muffins
Today: 90 minute weight circuit - quivering/nauseus by the end
NRR: Breast buds! My baby has breast buds. She asked me last night about one of her nipples hurting and feeling hard and I felt it, and it felt like a rock under her areola, and sure enough, when I consulted dr. google, it was the exact description of breast buds (which is what id told her it was, but I wasnt sure/was a little nervous if it wasnt). She'll be 11 in a month exactly. I told her she's starting to get breasts, but dont worry, "you'll be done by tomorrow", and then glanced at my own flat chest, and we laughed
That's funny re: breasts and yes, 'depressing' was a word I considered too.
Re:yeast, somewhere in my recent online travels I saw a reference to testing oneself for yeast by spitting into a cup of water first thing in the morning and letting it sit. Supposedly if it developed strigy bits it was an indication of too much yeast. Does this sound familiar? And, though I've ruled out anemia, yeast is a definite possibility. I think it's time for me to schedule up a well-child visit with our local naturopath.
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Math: Math is taught so poorly in this country it ought to be a criminal offense. The primary problem is not curricula or teaching methods, but the elementary teacher's own innumeracy and math anxiety. There are actually data on this account. Girls pick up on this more than boys, but both are often left with this sense that math is a disjointed set of tricks and drudgery. If a child can maintain a positive sense of their own mathematical abilities until high school, they might be blessed with a teacher who actually understands it.
Seriously, I have very few mathematical formula memorized. I narrate how I figure stuff out when I teach, and in every single lecture, I get a college senior hollering "woah, is it really that straight forward?" Yes, math is logic. I reason my way through each step. Nope, I never try to memorize the derivative of cosine. I'm bound to screw it up. The simple rule to know if what you add or take away from one side of an equation you must do to the other, just as you would with a balance. The rest is notation.
So, if you feel freaked out by seeing something mathematical, be it a page out of the middle of lecture notes (folks, notice that was page 12, and in Friday's lecture I presented just page 12 and half of page 13 in 55 minutes), in a journal article, or in your kid's homework, blame your elementary school teachers' innumeracy, decide that you are a logical individual, and tackle it. I know you can do it.
Setting a positive attitude and example at home, particularly from the mother, is shown to go a long ways to counteract the elementary school teacher problem. "Wait until your father gets home" is a good way to perpetuate the problem. If instead you say, "ok, tell me what this means, and explain what your approach is," you demonstrate to your child that you have the confidence that the math can be reasoned through. (Of course, this is said by someone who never had a bad math teacher. Ever. I also didn't get any classroom instruction in math until 6th grade. The rest was sitting by myself or with Jason and Marcia working on stuff on our own. I recognize the huge leg up this has given me in life.)
RR: DD is frustrated with her soccer team. They do sprints and pushups mostly because they do sprints and pushups anytime someone's not paying attention. She wants to work on crossing. So we went out yesterday and took turns crossing and shooting. Ow.
Mama to three crazy, wonderful kiddos: dd1--12/2002, dd2--3/2005, and ds--3/2006
holy cow. september.
Dinner party tonight; flourless chocolate cake in the oven. Love my kitchenaid
Those who have done IRB involved studies: did it cost you $ for IRB review, and if so, did your program/dept. pay for it? I'm looking at the IRB app. and I see $2000 in fees
Wow, a new thread on the actual first day of the month? Weird. Good work, plady!
Back for more later, going to try to go back to sleep for the hour I have left (I'm sleeping terribly today, grrrrr).
Gaye, single mama to Tyler (5/06) and Baxter the labradoodle
Wait...I signed up to DO an Ironman??? I thought I was signing up to go SEE Ironman!
Math: you know, I think it's so weird that I totally don't understand at all how one doesn't see the language in math and how it could possibly not be understood. I wonder, after reading Geo's explanation, how much of it had to do with my dad who was a CPA and who kept a Thoreau-style ledger of everything we every bought and whose Wall Street Journal I read from cover to cover, as hungry as I was to be in touch with the rest of the world. Plus, I went to "work" with my dad who kept an office in town. Fodder to chew on.
Plady, Day 1 - so far, so good. Now we've got the whole long week to go w/o sugar. It was hard, though, because there was homemade cake at church. So glad to hear dd1 loved the new PJ movie! Maybe I'll take the boys this next weekend as a reward for cutting out the sugar. Oh, Greek. Ds1 used Memoria Press Greek last year, then moved on to Hey Andrew, Teach Me Some Greek which he still uses somewhat but mostly is using Rosetta Stone. Maybe they could write to each other? We are saving for a trip to Greece next year where ds1 can be our translator. We'll see...
Sparkle, I've been thinking of your camp this past week. It's unfathomable. The fires are still raging...
WHAT? That's *free* at my university to do the irb app that is.
RR: rest day
NRR: news that drs consider FIL brain dead and stopped dialysis. They meet Tuesday about turning off life support.
I'm so sorry to hear that Runningmommy. I'm keeping you guys in my thoughts.
Hugs from all the Dingoes.
sparkle - I think I need to do a bit more research on the yeast thing. Other than constantly craving sugar, and the nasty fungal toenail I have, I don't think I have any other signs of yeast overgrowth. But maybe I'm missing something.
Lisa - I'm sorry. Please give my condolences to your dh.
Lofty - Day 1 was going very well. Until I totally sneaked (snuck?) a chunk of rice krispie treat without thinking about it! I did at least have an active day. Walked ran with dd, spent an hour in the pool tugging girls on the lifeguard tube since nobody else showed up to swim, and staked at least a cord of wood. But still, doh!
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RM - So very sorry!
Plady - the spit test has been pretty roundly b.s.-ed
plady~It's kind of hard for me to pinpoint, is that weird? We have really great conversation when we're together (phone conversations are improving ). We talk for hours and the time flies by. He's a great listener. His texts make me laugh and/or smile. A lot. And he has an amazing butt.
I never did really get back to sleep today...I was awake pretty much every hour, and then gave up entirely around 2 and just got up. On the bright side, I did some baking, got inspired to do some cleaning, took the recycling to the recycling center... 3 am is going to be really painful.
Gaye, single mama to Tyler (5/06) and Baxter the labradoodle
Wait...I signed up to DO an Ironman??? I thought I was signing up to go SEE Ironman!
Sparkle - It sounded too good to be true. Alas.
Gaye - Good listener and funny texts! 2 good starts and a nice butt certainly doesn't hurt.
A little bit grasshopper a little bit ant
"Guess what? It's a magical world. And when I sing, my songs are in it."
Madly in love with my 7 and 4 year old daughters
"Now bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible." (William Shakespeare -- Julius Caesar)
Sparkle - bloating, yes, definitely. And I'm pretty sure the room-clearing gas is also a symptom . I looked online last night and I do actually have quite a few symptoms. What kind of anti-fungal did you use? Do I need a prescription? And how do you make sure you're not wiping out the "good" bacteria with the "bad"? My Paleo eating has been not so Paleo recently and I can definitely tell a difference. The rash on my knees and elbows, the itchy, bubbly skin between my fingers are all back in full swing. But still, I cant.stop.the.sugar!
Happy Labor Day to everyone! We're cleaning all morning and going to our favorite pool one more time this afternoon .
rm~Thinking of you and your family. My dad was diagnosed with an AAA earlier this summer.
gaye~Talk for hours?!? Love it! Makes me nostalgic for my teen years.
sugar~ to those of you trying to give it up. I'm not much of a sugar person myself, but try to take my salty indulgences from me and I might knife you.
nrr~DD1 (age 10) just had her first period. I figured it was coming--she's 5'2'' and has bigger boobs than some of my friends. I'm actually kind of glad it's here. I didn't realize how nervous I was about it's obviously pending arrival until it actually came. I just didnt' know how I/we would handle it. I'm not really a red tent type and wasn't feeling the crunchier take on the whole thing. I took her lead, super secretive and shy at first, now we joke about it a short three days later, and it's been surprisingly no big deal. (Okay, I did give her a special book, a cute container that includes a variety of pads, and some fun new underwear.) I also introduced her to period-tracking apps. Are girls regular when they first begin?
rr~Slogging through my half-mary training. I think it's week 6 now. Of course, there's no actual half mary on the horizon. Guess I should do something about that.
ETA: Oh yeah, totally on the laser hair removal stuff.
Mama to three crazy, wonderful kiddos: dd1--12/2002, dd2--3/2005, and ds--3/2006
lofty--I'm not sure this comment every made it from my sticky note to a reply, so my apologies if this is a repeat about your son's piano video: very nice! He did a really nice job of bringing out the melody with his right hand and not letting the left hand over power it. I also noticed that he a really great hand position--curved fingers, flexible wrists (not necessarily what he's looking for in terms of comments but good technique that will take him a long way).
tjsmama--no worries! I'm just reminding you that if you do want a partner, I'm here.
Nic--hope you're feeling better about school this week. I don't mind the behaviorist approach so long as it's focused on positive feedback rather than punishment-oriented. Then again, if I do a good job I like to hear "good job" or "did you knit that? Wow, nice job" even now. I'm not sure if that means I was too shaped by my schooling, or just that it's human nature to want good work or hard work to be recognized. My guess is the latter, and if so, that means your teaching style is awesome. In any case, I hope the doubts can fade into the background this week.
Plady--hope they are able to get an extra teacher.
sparkle--I'd imagine school choices are influenced by the area they're in, but Douglas County--one of the wealthiest counties in the entire nation, has no shortage of charter and option schools and now is still battling to have vouches for their private schools too. Mind you, the "Dougco" system is not challenged--very little poverty and posting some of the highest test scores in the state (rivaled by the also wealthy Cherry Creek and the mixed bag that my district is of wealthy areas and very, very poor ones).
All the school talk also reminds me of a quip I heard on a podcast: "Well, we have school choice here which of course means that no one is ever completely happy with their choice." It is very easy to fall into a "grass is greener" state of mind, when the reality is that very few systems are perfect in every way.
RM--I am so very, very sorry about your FIL.
RM, adding my love to what I hope is being piled on your family both those near and dear to you.
Math: on this other forum I visit, a HSing mom is taking this course right now. As she put it, "because math tends to be taught as a collection of routines and operations," rather than a language or way of decoding information, she wants to improve as her kids progress. It's a Stanford MOOC, started two days ago. I honestly don't have time myself right now, but if we keep HSing, I very well might find myself doing a course like this together with ds in the near future. Might anyway.
RR: Please take my half off the list. I have not been able to get out. As soon as I got well, dd got sick. Now we are thick in the transition of starting school, and we decided to hang on to our travel plans, so we are leaving at the end of the month. Add the DC trip this week and I am toast. Not happening. My spare time between teaching and wrangling the learners here has to be spent sorting/packing/purging and spending what's left with family, some of whom I have hardly seen this summer, it seems. I hope to put about 25 miles or more on while in DC, so there is that, but realistically, I don't see being able to train for 13.1 in a week. Still may walk it.
Dd has today and tomorrow to get better. I am sure she will be, but meantime it's all about tea and elderberry syrup.
Other recent preoccupations have included travel pillows, melatonin, and I think I mentioned packing cubes before. Also leggings and probiotics. We are actually looking forward to getting back to AUH and I am talking the kids through this reverse-culture-shock experience, and considering a plan for next summer that may involve a lot less USA, as in 3-4 weeks. We're becoming third culture. Not sure how I feel about it.
RM - My deepest condolences. Peace and love and healing to you and yours.
Math - Math really didn't click for me until I failed Algebra my freshman year of high school. Now, I was very sick that semester, and they let me drop it (as well as several other courses) so it never appeared on my transcript. I made it up in summer school, and it just clicked. I don't know why. My junior year of high school, I took another algebra class, along with physics. For most of the 1st quarter, the two classes really parallelled each other with math concepts and from there, I got it. I never went higher in math, though. I'm not sure why. I kind of wish I had. I understood it, and enjoyed the process of figuring out an intense problem. It gave me that satisfaction that doing a hard sudoku gives me now (but more so). I always try to see math through Katie's eyes (discalculia), and trying to understand if the reason she doesn't get it is because of a learning disability or just a fundamental failure to teach numeracy. I don't have the answer to it. Math is much more fraught here than just trying to understand math facts.
RR: After not feeling well most of the weekend, we finally got out yesterday for our long run. 10 miles in the books. Emily was flagging between miles 6-7, when I gave her a salt tab (we were doing Nuun and shot blocks). Half a mile later, she had perked up and was running 2 minutes faster per mile! Making a mental note of that! Then, I took Katie out for a walk around the forest preserve to collect leaves for a science project she has going on. That was good for another 2ish miles. Later in the evening, I had promised another friend that I would take her on a run (only 2 miles, and very slow, even for me). Between the getting there and home, it was another 3.5 miles. So, all told, I went around 15.5-16 miles yesterday (or a mile more, if we go by DH's Map My Run count)! So, that leaves me wondering. At what point do I just call this marathon training and just start tacking on more miles to the long run days? Things to think about!
Not perfect, Just amazing!
RR: Not happening lately.
RM: I'm so sorry.
Jooj, your plate is really full! I've been following comments re: Coursera and Moocs/Stanford/Edx for some time now with much interest. Glad to see you reference it again. I may find something in there for ds's algebra...
RM, I'll pass along your comments to ds2. He'll love that, coming from you. He is absolutely crazy about piano and plays it 3, 4, 5, 6 times a day for lengthy periods of time. Not sure if it's an inherent thing or if it's because I finally stopped making him take violin and cello lessons. He hated them with a passion and is crazy about piano. He plays every piano we come across in any setting: church, homes, schools, stores, etc. He's composed 2 songs so far and is working on more. Re: School choice "No one is ever completely happy with their choice" applies to us all.
Towson, nice job sticking to your training! How's school going so far?
RR: Did anyone see this link I posted on the last thread: The 10-minute Workout, Times Three? Might be interesting to some...
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Shampoos without sulfates?
Can you name some? I have tried the Devachan Low Poo but it isn't cleansing enough for me.
There's a thread on the product review board titled "non-sulfate shampoos"[/url]
Cream of Nature, and it's cheap too
Beauty without cruelty makes several sulfate free shampoos. Drugstore.com carries most of them. These are pretty reasonable too.
Jessicurl has two sulfate free cleansers although they leave as much oil in my hair as they take out product. So that's great for dry hair but not so good for my virgin hair.
I've tried several from Aubrey Organics. My favorites so far are the Calaguala Fern Treatment Shampoo and the Egyptian Henna Shine Enhancing Shampoo. The product bottles do state that they are formulated for oily, fine hair (I have very fine but not oily hair), but I've never had a problem with dry hair as a result of using these shampoos (even in arid Colorado). I condition BEFORE shampooing to help prevent tangles, since I do notice more tangling occurs with these shampoos. Conditioning after shampooing makes my curls limp.
The Calaguala Fern Treatment Shampoo is protein-free and lathers much like a shampoo with sulfates, but the Egyptian Hanna Shine Enhancing Shampoo is low lathering. Another plus (IMO) is that all Aubrey products are free of paraben preservatives.
I really like Activate shampoo. It lathers just like a regular shampoo, but it's not drying.
Activate, Cul Junkie, Ojon, Burts Bees and lots of health food store brands....
Curls Cleansing Cream doesn't have any sulfates in it. And it will clean your hair and not leave it feeling like you only washed your hair with lotion, like some others do.
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Friday's races at Fayette County Speedway have been canceled due to excessive heat. The Speedway will reschedule for the event for sometime in August.
The next scheduled racing is on Aug. 5.
State Treasurer Dan Rutherford visited the Vandalia Statehouse on Wednesday afternoon, arriving about four hours after Illinois' first treasurer money storage box and pan scales.
Rutherford was accompanied by Linda Norbut Suits, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency curator Linda Norbut Suits, who told about the history of the money storage box.
The treasurer's box and pan scales were taken on Wednesday afternoon back to Springfield, where they are displayed in the Old State Capitol.
WHEAT: The Illinois wheat yield for the 2011 crop is estimated to average 61 bushels per acre, based on the July 1 surveys, down one bushel per acre from the June forecast. Total production would be 43.9 million bushels, more than 2.5 times the 2010 production of 16.5 million bushels.
Acreage expected to be harvested for grain is 720,000, more than double the harvested acres in 2010. As of July 3, 75 percent of the wheat acres were harvested, compared to 82 percent last year and the five-year average of 70 percent.
Statewide temperatures were 2.2 degrees above normal last week, averaging 78.4 degrees.
Precipitation averaged 0.51 inches, 0.19 inches below normal. The far southern districts of the state received more than 1 inch of rain. Northern areas, however, were again below average in rainfall. Topsoil moisture was rated 9 percent very short, 29 percent short, 54 percent adequate and 8 percent surplus.
Hot and dry crops were beginning to show stress.
With the release of USDA's June Grain Stocks and Acreage reports comes a fundamental shift in the corn market, suggesting that corn prices will come under considerable pressure, according to University of Illinois agricultural economist Darrel Good.
USDA reinstates farm labor survey
In July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will resume its Agricultural Labor Survey after the U.S. Department of Labor agreed to pay its costs. NASS suspended the survey in April due to budget constraints.
Most area corn plants – like this one in a field southwest of Vandalia – have moved into the silking stage.
Hot weather has produced significant growth in recent days, but some plants are beginning to show signs of stress as dry conditions persist.
McKendree University
Chelsy Durbin of St. Elmo was named to the dean's list for the spring 2011 semester at McKendree University in Lebanon.
Durbin is the daughter of Charlie and Nancy Durbin of St. Elmo and is a 2008 graduate of St. Elmo High School.
To earn dean's list honors, McKendree students must have a grade-point average of at least 3.6 on a 4 scale.
Several Lake Land College Honors Program students were recognized recently at the annual honors luncheon.
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The Atlanta Braves made their vaunted bullpen even stronger by acquiring reliever Kyle Farnsworth and outfielder Rick Ankiel from the Kansas City Royals, a high-ranking Braves' official confirmed.
Ankiel gives them depth in center field with Nate McLouth demoted to the minors.
The Braves sent prospects Jesse Chavez, Gregor Blanco and Tim Collins to Kansas City for Ankiel and Farnsworth.
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How to fix a smashed hose on a bissell vacuum
\015 .my hose is smashed and when i stretched it out it left spaces and now when the vacuum runs it sucks the hose together and stops from picking up the dirt.\015
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Bissell lift off vacuum about 4yrs old. Extremely noisy. OK until before Christmas but getting worse every time it's used. Washable filters washed, HEPA filter replaced. brush bar cleaned of every scrap, hose empty,everything that can be cleared has been. Noise high pitched, screeching and can only bear to use it for a few seconds at a time. Suction OK. Mine is so loud I can't use it very long-high pitch screech. Can this be fixed or does the whole vacuum need to be replaced? It still cleans gr
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Bissell 37604 Bagless Upright Vacuum. Hose keeps clogging every time I vacuum. Is there a way to prevent this? I am ready to buy a new vacuum, but it does do a great job picking up hair...until it clogs. It clogs at top of hose. Could the hose be kinked? It does not look like it.
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My hose no longer works no suction buth the vacuume still works how do i fix I checked the hose checked the filters nothing works to get my hose so it has suction.
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I have had my Bissell Healthy Home for just over a year. I use it once or twice a week on five area rugs and two small bedrooms with wall to wall carpet. Just recently, the motor started to sound extremely loud and it smells like it's burning. The vacuum still picks up everything and all the brushes are turning. Advice? I really like this vacuum and would really like to fix it rather than replace it!
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Again, I have a Bissel Model 3760-4. The same problem as everyone else. The beater bar will not turn. Took apart, nothing. Took to vacuum repair shop and they said it is not getting power to the motor to the beater bar. Seems like a fair number of folks are having this same issue. You would think Bissell would come up with a fix, if nothing else to save their reputation. Thanks Diane
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Bissell 35962 Cleanview Bagless Revolution Upright Vacuum hose is clogged with sock where hose meets handle attachment. Attempted to use broom handle to push back through suction opening. Sock is compacted. Any home repair advice?
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I have a model B1500 vacuum. The vacuum would lug and stop and start if I lifted it off the rug. I changed the belt to the beater bar. That didn't help. I also noticed that the connection between the hose and wand heats up. How can I fix it?
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I have Hoover Widepath Bagless 12 Amp Windtunnel vacuum. Yesterday I was vacuuming and smelled smoke and it shut itself off. Today I cleaned out the filters (they weren't bad) made sure nothing was obstructing the hoses or the spinning brush part. It turned on for 1 second, smells like smoke somewhere from the bottom and now won't turn back on so I don't know if anything is spinning or not. What can I do to fix this myself?
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I have a bissell healthy home vacuum and the roller bar on the base of it is not working. I have checked it for obstructions and it is clear. I have also tried reseating the canister and just about everything I can think of. It's almost like the switch that deterrmines whether or not the vacuum is in the upright position is broken and always says it is upright... any way to fix that? Thanks, Scott Hammersley
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Bissell 5770 Healthy Home vacuum fell over and now will not power on. Closest service center is 55 miles away. I'm very hands and can fix most things, but never took apart a vacuum yet. Can I do this?
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I have the Eureka Whirlwind upright vacuum. All of a sudden there is no suction- the hose has suction but not main part. I have no idea- but the brush part is not turning??? should I get a new vacuum or is this an easy fix? thanks!!!!!
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Very nice. I can only imagine the trouble you would have had getting the paint looking so good.
Great paint up!
Nice job!
Lovely work on the paint. Very nice finish to it
Thanks for the nice replys. You would be surprised how many people think that the Vader mask is just black.
I am planning to try a vader helmet sometime soon. what kind of paint you use to get that shine like that. can't be spray can.
If I remember correctly I did 3 coats of primer, sanding with 1000 grit wet and dry between each coat.
Then I think I did the entire thing in black, doing about 5 coats sanding with 1000 grit wet and dry paper between each coat.
Then I masked off and did the grey parts. I think I used gunmetal grey and as it's a metal you can't sand it between coats so do as many really really really light coats as you can.
Then I gave it 5 coats of clear coat. After the last coat of clear has dried you need to sand with 1000 as before, then again with 2000 grit (don't worry as it will look really dull at this point).
Then you need to use a cutting compound to bring back the shine.
Then finally give it several coats of a good quality car wax.
The way to get a perfect finish with spray cans is do loads of thin coats and you MUST sand between each coat. Just take your time and you can get superb results.
I figured you used automotive paint. I tried using duplicolor spraypaint on a tie fighter pilot helmet early this year and it was a total disaster. I ended up having a autobody shop paint it.
So you can get a good shine like that by a LOT of sanding.
Sanding is the key to getting a really good finish. And using lots of thin coats so you don't get runs.
Great looking lid
Great looking helmet. Where did you get the cast from? I've been looking for a decent Vader helmet for a while.
Hey! Amazing work! I was wondering if you might be interested in making and selling me the top dome part? I have a pretty decent Vader helmet but the dome part is all wonky and uneven. I can send you photos of the cup and everything or even send you the helmet itself if you're interested. If you are, how much do you think it'd be?
Wow. Beautiful helmet.
Looks very nice
Very nice!!
Looks great! A lot of people don't realize how hard it is to paint a Vader helmet, it's just not "black" it does have depth


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Pirates Claim Brandon Wood
The Pirates have claimed Wood.
According to Ken Rosenthal, the Pittsburgh Pirates have claimed Brandon Wood. The move is not unexpected, as earlier this morning Colin Dunlap mentioned that the Pirates were certain to make a claim on the former Angels' top prospect.
Rosenthal also tweets that Wood could get a shot at shortstop, as the team has not been happy with Ronny Cedeno. I've already mentioned a few times that Wood isn't an upgrade over Cedeno. Cedeno has been bad, but not to the point where anyone would be an upgrade.
The move means that someone will have to come off the 25-man roster and the 40-man roster. The most likely scenario for both roster issues will come with Josh Rodriguez, the 2010 Rule 5 pick. Rodriguez would fill the same spot that Wood will now be taking,...
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$31 a box??? Hell NO!!!
$31 a box??? Hell NO!!!
Yea shipping is a lot, only increased by 2.05 when I added other ammo. they got cheap 12g 00buckshoot for sale
Unbelievable watching 22LR going for .10/round. Too rich for this guy. It's bad enough with the prices for 5.56 or .45.
Saw on gunbot that PSA had CCI mini-mags. The gunbot listing showed 4 minutes so after another 2 minutes the listing was gone from gunbot. The PSA site was impossible to get into.
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True, too many people know about gunbot now. All is lost....
a couple weeks back sg ammo had 307 bricks of CCI when I logged on. I started a purchase, called my dad, brother and preacher to let them know and completed my purchase. Maybe 10 minutes total. All gone by the time i clicked check out
Sg went thru over 900 (500) rd bricks of CCI 22lr earlier this week in less than 30 mins. They did limit it to 2 bricks per purchase so that was helped make it last a little longer.
a little over a month ago I saw 1,000,000 rounds go in 30 mins but back then the CCI was in 5k lots so it was just 200 orders. The last time I will probably get CCI 22 for less than .06/ round.


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text: I've bought 2 pairs of Florsheim Shell Longwings and there were both awesome. At least comparable to current Alden and a whole lot cheaper than Aldens would be in the same condition. Care to share who the seller was? A reliable seller of vintage shell longwings in excellent condition would sort of be a diamond in the rough -- at least if my experience is any guide. BTW, I'm not claiming you haven't found such a person at all. Rather, I'm asking for a rec if you remember the name. It would actually be very helpful.


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Tesco to cut 1,200 head office jobs
LONDON Tesco will cut 1,200 jobs at its head office to simplify its operations, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
WATERLOO, Ontario BlackBerry Ltd signalled on Tuesday that a licensing deal, or even an outright sale of the company, was still a possibility, pleasing shareholders still reeling from the disappointing debut for its new line of smartphones.
Chief Executive Thorsten Heins, responding to a question about whether he was looking into strategic alternatives, said he is open to all options that create value for shareholders. He emphasized that the company has so far focused on creating value through the launch of its new devices powered by an all-new BlackBerry 10 operating system.
"This is a long-term transition for the company, but I can assure you that we're pushing very hard," Heins said at the company's annual shareholder meeting. "BlackBerry will pursue every opportunity to create value for shareholders."
His remarks that BlackBerry was also open to any and all licensing opportunities, sent shares higher in morning trading.
John Goldsmith, deputy head of equities at Montrusco Bolton, which owns more than 1.5 million BlackBerry shares, believes that BlackBerry may well be pressed into striking such a deal.
"I think they're on a very short leash," said Goldsmith, referring to BlackBerry's management. "I wouldn't be surprised if within the next two quarters there is a definitive announcement with regard to other options that this company could be looking at whether that's putting itself for sale or some other option."
The company's stock had dropped more than 30 percent after it posted disappointing second-quarter results in late June and forecast an operating loss in the current quarter.
A bigger concern for investors, was the fact that it sold fewer-than-expected BlackBerry 10 devices in their first full quarter on the market, offering little evidence that it could quickly win back market share from Apple Inc's iPhone, Samsung's Galaxy devices, and other phones powered by Google's Android operating system.
Even so, some investors believe many other companies would relish the prospect of getting their hands on the new platform.
"I can see why this guy is confident," said Ross Healy, a portfolio manager with MacNicol & Associates, whose clients own BlackBerry shares. "He is talking about partnerships and being open to talks and I don't think you say that unless you've really had a talk or two with interested parties - and that gives you some confidence."
At the meeting, held at BlackBerry's home base in Waterloo, Ontario, Heins conceded that BlackBerry has a tough road ahead as it attempts to turn around its fortunes, but he insisted it was on the right track.
Heins said BlackBerry was already seeing small signs of market-share gains in the top-end of the ultra-competitive smartphone market.
"Before you go into any strategic option, I think you have to create value. And the value of the company 15 months ago was way less than what it is today," he said.
Despite the company's confident tone, many investors agree that the clock is ticking for BlackBerry, which is caught in a squeeze on both the high- and low-ends of the smartphone market.
BlackBerry 10 devices hit store shelves this year just as the high-end smartphone segment had begun to show some signs of saturation. Last week, Samsung reported results that fell shy of expectations, while Apple earlier this year reported its first quarterly profit decline in more than a decade.
On the mid- to low end, competition is growing intense, with Chinese manufacturers such as Huawei Technologies and ZTE gaining ground.
Even so, BlackBerry said it remains determined to stick to its plan and is not re-thinking its strategy in any manner.
"We as a board remain completely supportive of management," said the company's chair, Barbara Stymiest, adding that she was confident the turnaround plan would succeed.
Shareholders voted on Tuesday to elect all the company's director nominees to its board. They also approved the plan to change the company's name to BlackBerry Ltd from Research In Motion Ltd, a move that had been announced in January.
BlackBerry shares closed almost 1 percent higher at $9.64 on the Nasdaq on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Euan Rocha, additional reporting by Peter Henderson; Writing by Cameron French; editing by Frank McGurty and Gunna Dickson)
LONDON Tesco will cut 1,200 jobs at its head office to simplify its operations, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
LONDON Sterling surged to a three-week high and Britain's main FTSE 100 stock index fell on Wednesday, after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said the Bank was likely to need to raise interest rates and would debate this "in the coming months".
LONDON The Co-operative Bank said on Wednesday it had agreed a 700 million pound financial rescue package with leading investors that will shore up its capital base, ending months of uncertainty about its future.


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Damnit eel, I saw that shit on mr. wiggles site.
It's a goddamn bite, GTFO.
Damnit eel, I saw that shit on mr. wiggles site.
It's a goddamn bite, GTFO.
Noir - He's joking and I kinda like the bent feel to it. I also like the R, but I feel like more should be there. I just don't know what.
ILY2 Skull-e =D
Idk if you can see your influence in it,
but it's there.
Fuck that's dope man,
homeboy goin hard with that balloon.
I ain't even going to try that shit, I know it'd just look like shit if I tried.
I am speechless...
trying to improve my shitty throws not gettin any better
currently listening:
you should be too.
Get rid of the pink shit/shine. rip out the cloud background. stop making the O so small. the B is way too fucking huge, and the bottom hole is bigger than your O. -____-
Make them closer if you want it to look like a throw. don't shade yet.
No More Weekly Toy Battles.
mtown- i dont realy no wat to say
KRE1- sickk
emik- i like it try to fix up yr k
basic shit, what letters/lines are the best?
hahah i suck ass
Kerv - I really don't like any of them. But if I had to say, the third one is decent. Work on bars to get proportions down right. The top of all of yours R's are way too big.
Kem - Lookin' good man.
Swob - I'd lower your O and make it a bit bigger. But I'd make your B way smaller.
Very very very basic. But what do you think?
Stealing Niggras Wallets.


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Repairing cracks in concrete utility sink
I'd like to fix some leaky cracks in a concrete utility sink at my sister's. On hand is some Thoro Waterplug. Is this the right product? Should the cracks be enlarged to allow more area for repair material to adhere to? Am planning on enlarging cracks slightly on inside of sink and applying Thoro material. Right idea? Wrong idea? Other than pouring, I haven't worked with concrete before.
Thanks in advance,
Buy a new sink.
That was my suggestion.
i'd bet you can not get the cracks dry, so covering them is all you can do. is the the epoxy used to anchor rebar in concrete cheaper than a plastic Ho De Po sink and your time????
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Need for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
Disaster recovery services are an integral part of MassIT's service offerings. The ability to recover a system in a timely fashion following an event is crucial to most IT customers. Commonwealth citizens depend on our systems to provide critical health and human services, public safety, workforce development, and many other services. Agencies also require IT services to bring in revenue needed to support state services.
MassIT Disaster Recovery services consist of:
- Springfield Data Center (SDC) based high availability site
- Data replication with a one hour data Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
- 6-12 hour environment Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
- Tape and disk backup of defined systems with off-site storage
- Creation of recovery scripts (documentation)
- Testing of recovery processes
- Assistance with designing and obtaining recovery solutions
- Recovery timeline analysis including plan reviews
Support services include:
- A Service Account Manager to answer any questions or concerns regarding MassIT Services.
- Services offered through our Operations Office; including Change Management and customer access to incident management via email, phone (CommonHelp).
- The online COMiT service management portal.
- MassIT's Chargeback Billing System.
2. Service Targets and Metrics
MassIT provides two levels of service:
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Note: This is part of the standard service offering within Backup & Recovery.
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Note: This service is ideal for customer services that rely on mission-critical applications.
*Working with MassIT, agencies must complete BIA's prior to any DR planning.
Recovery Time Availability (RTO)
Production Application recovery time will be 12 hours or less.
|Application available to customer
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|SDC DR databases will not me more than 15 minutes behind MITC production
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The Springfield data center is available to all clients using MAGNET to access MITC based applications. VPN access is also available.
Note: Mainframe 3270 SNA access is not available. Mainframe access is available through an IP connection.
SDC access available
|Customers may contract with MassIT for Disaster recovery services
3. Service Reporting
The following reporting information will be e-mailed to customers as part of this service:
|Report Interval
|Service covered
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These are summary reports with results of DR testing.
(Reports will be delivered via e-mail.)
|At completion of testing
|Level 1
|Plan Walk-through/Plan Maintenance
This is a summary report with results of DR Plan Walk-through.
(Reports will be delivered via e-mail.)
At completion of walk-through
|Level 1
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This is a summary/evaluation report with results of DR strategy/plan audit.
(Reports will be delivered via e-mail.)
|At completion of audit
|Level 1
4. Service Requests
|COMiT Service Request*
|Lead Time-Business Days
Disaster Recovery Requests
|This service can be initiated through a Service Account Manager.
|30-90 business days
*For new service requests only. To manage existing requests, please log into COMiT.
5. Customer Responsibilities
Managed Service customers will work with MassIT to add hardware configurations to the SunGard Contract. Customers will also participate in pre-test meetings, define the test criteria and participate in recovery testing.
For your convenience, you may view a detailed list of customer responsibilities .
6. Chargeback Rate Information
For more information on Chargeback, including an overview of the program as well as current and previous fiscal year rates, please visit our Chargeback Services webpage.
Updated March 09, 2015
Reviewed August 12, 2014
Published August 14, 2009
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We're using Peachtree 2010 since last year, and we're working on fiscal year July 09 to June10. I went to the website and referred to you for support. The issue I'm having is , I run the year end wizard and noticed that my year end accounts aren't closed, the retained earnings isn't closed, net income isn't closed,. I'm a big user of Peachtree products and each time I'm hired in a place, I make them get Peachtree, now I feel disappointed because all the previous Peachtree versions were closing the accounts for me. Right now, not sure why isn't closing it. I bought Peachtree 07 at home for my personal use and it's closing the accounts, please help on this issue. I always preferred Peachtree over QuickBooks because Peachtree is more professional and is made for accountants, so I really have a concern, if the accounts aren't getting closed.
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Did you get ANY error codes when closing? If so, go back and close again or have someone else close the file for you on a different computer. If closing a network, always close in the data location, not from a workstation.
If you did not get an error code, go to Period one (1) and running DATA VERIFICATION. File > Data verification
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Good morning,
I am currently using Peachtree version 2010. I setup a company initially for fiscal period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. I am in the process of closing the fiscal year and as I had noticed, when I completed the close of the fiscal year, net income did not close to roll into retained earnings.
I am starting a new fiscal year July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 and am noticing that net income reported in the balance sheet does not reflect the cumulative balance for the current fiscal year rather a cumulative balance from prior to current.
When should I expect the roll forward of my net income to be in my retained earnings? Is this in the second fiscal year – 24 months?
If you listed your fiscal year correctly then your July 10 should be period 12. In the screen shot you posted, July is Period 13 so Peachtree hasn't closed out the net income because it has started your second fiscal year. My guess from what you explained the initial fiscal year periods are setup wrong and will need to get fixed. That fix can be pretty nasty to do on your own. You would have to create a new company with proper period structure, export your data to excel in a proper sequence, and import into the new company in the proper sequence. Otherwise, people on here have utilities that can make the process painless but for a fee. There is no switch in Peachtree to adjust the periods after the company has been setup.
Thank you for your response, my previous email wasn't clear enought I think, so Here's the question again. I apologize for the confusion. I've never had a problem before with peachtree, so this is my first. Thank you for the follow up. Marie
am currently using Peachtree version 2010. I setup a company initially for fiscal period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. I am in the process of closing the fiscal year and as I had noticed, when I completed the close of the fiscal year, net income did not close to roll into retained earnings.
Attached are the steps and screen shots for year end closed that I followed, and then I did a print screen of the fiscal year as well. I followed those steps and still my net income isn't closed.
If there's anything else I can provide, please let me know
Hi Marie,
I did fully understand your question and my original reply is valid. If you have run the data verification and it did not work, you may purchase on my website a simple fix service:
I would be glad to remote in and fix your balance, but unfortunately I would have to charge for my time.
Thank you Shirley that problem for year end wizard is solved, I appreciate your help.
I had someone fix it, it was a maping error somehow,
Thank you,
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|February 19th, 2008, 02:52 PM
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lol cat - Genesis 1
Taken from http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Genesis_1
Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded teh skiez An da Urfs, but he did not eated dem.
2 Da Urfs no had shapez An haded dark face, An Ceiling Cat rode invisible bike over teh waterz.
3 At start, no has lyte. An Ceiling Cat sayz, i can haz lite? An lite wuz.4 An Ceiling Cat sawed teh lite, to seez stuffs, An splitted teh lite from dark but taht wuz ok cuz kittehs can see in teh dark An not tripz over nethin.5 An Ceiling Cat sayed light Day An dark no Day. It were FURST!!!1
6 An Ceiling Cat sayed, im in ur waterz makin a ceiling. But he no yet make a ur. An he maded a hole in teh Ceiling.7 An Ceiling Cat doed teh skiez with waterz down An waterz up. It happen.8 An Ceiling Cat sayed, i can has teh firmmint wich iz funny bibel naim 4 ceiling, so wuz teh twoth day.
9 An Ceiling Cat gotted all teh waterz in ur base, An Ceiling Cat hadz dry placez cuz kittehs DO NOT WANT get wet.10 An Ceiling Cat called no waterz urth and waters oshun. Iz good.
11 An Ceiling Cat sayed, DO WANT grass! so tehr wuz seedz An stufs, An fruitzors An vegbatels. An a Corm. It happen.12 An Ceiling Cat sawed that weedz ish good, so, letz there be weedz.13 An so teh threeth day jazzhands.
14 An Ceiling Cat sayed, i can has lightz in the skiez for splittin day An no day.15 It happen, lights everwear, like christmass, srsly.16 An Ceiling Cat doeth two grate lightz, teh most big for day, teh other for no day.17 An Ceiling Cat screw tehm on skiez, with big nails An stuff, to lite teh Urfs.18 An tehy rulez day An night. Ceiling Cat sawed. Iz good.19 An so teh furth day w00t.
20 An Ceiling Cat sayed, waterz bring me phishes, An burds, so kittehs can eat dem. But Ceiling Cat no eated dem.21 An Ceiling Cat maed big fishies An see monstrs, which wuz like big cows, except they no mood, An other stuffs dat mooves, An Ceiling Cat sawed iz good.22 An Ceiling Cat sed O hai, make bebehs kthx. An dont worry i wont watch u secksy, i not that kynd uf kitteh.23 An so teh...fith day. Ceiling Cat taek a wile 2 cawnt.
24 An Ceiling Cat sayed, i can has MOAR living stuff, mooes, An creepie tings, An otehr aminals. It happen so tehre.25 An Ceiling Cat doed moar living stuff, mooes, An creepies, An otehr animuls, An did not eated tehm.
26 An Ceiling Cat sayed, letz us do peeps like uz, becuz we ish teh qte, An let min p0wnz0r becuz tehy has can openers.
27 So Ceiling Cat createded teh peeps taht waz like him, can has can openers he maed tehm, min An womin wuz maeded, but he did not eated tehm.
28 An Ceiling Cat sed them O hai maek bebehs kthx, An p0wn teh waterz, no waterz An teh firmmint, An evry stufs.
29 An Ceiling Cat sayed, Beholdt, the Urfs, I has it, An I has not eated it.30 For evry createded stufs tehre are the fuudz, to the burdies, teh creepiez, An teh mooes, so tehre. It happen. Iz good.
31 An Ceiling Cat sayed, Beholdt, teh good enouf for releaze as version 0.8a. kthxbai.
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This cat theology has many holes which Genesis 1 does not fully cover. Obviously, in the 3rd verse, Ceiling cat, being hailed as the creator, asked if he could have light, and therefore was granted light. In analysis of this statement, it would appear there is yet another divine entity to which Ceiling Cat has no knowledge of, yet this other being seems to be the supreme creator.
There is clear evidence, as pointed out on Icanhascheezburger.com, that there is an ongoing struggle with Cats and Walruses over a bucket. Now, tracing back the time line, it seems at one time Ceiling Cat took a bucket that the almighty Lolrus once dearly loved, and since then Cats and Walruses alike have been lowly animals without much mental capability. This furthers the evidence that there is a more supreme creator, as they were able to strip away their divine, perhaps Ceiling Cat was only an Angel.
Interestingly enough, this story reflects the struggle of man since Adam and Eve, and original sin.
The bucket, or to us humans, the devil and sin, represents temptation, which the cat could not refuse. The walrus, driven mad by desire, sought only revenge upon ceiling cat.
So, the question remains - which came first? Our stories mirror each other, man and sin, cats and buckets. Is it that this supreme creator made cats intelligent first, only then to realize his mistake that quad-pedal felines are not the superior being, and decided to create man, a hairless bipedal mammal with a large brain in his figure.
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