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Friday, May 30, 2008
Participate and "Imagine" with me..
In this episode, the issue of future is being explored again. In most cases and i can dare say 8 out of 10 cases with the odd ones out, do not like their job or are slaving away because of another ultimate motive. It was interesting, over dinner yesterday, a man asked me, where do you see yourself in 10 years?
The answer was simple, I dont know. It isnt because i am not focused but it is way too far to think about. 5 years, yes, but 10 years depends on alot of things; whether you pick up business opportunities along the way, the economy, career advancement and so forth.
Then he asked me, well in which area would you like to pursue that future since we all know that life in the Big 4 accounting firm is nothing but a stepping stone to the future.
I immediately say definitely something to do with my love for food.
Then it all rewinded to the day before, my friend and I sat down for dinner and had a chat. What areas we could venture to; 2 of us, bearly any capital but determination to not live in a 9-6 job.
We came up with an idea and would like to engage all of you for replies. This is nothing but a dream but sometimes dream come true.
Breakfast. Majority of us busy people, either take in a heavy and nasty unhealthy breakfast or dont take breakfast. Infact if you decide to look properly in your office block and the surroundings of it, i be surprised to find something healthy and balanced.
Good protein, good carbs and something light to start the day with, not to forget AFFORDABLE. I am constantly amazed that people are willing to pay up to RM20 for a coffee and a sandwich when their salary is in the range of RM2,000 to RM10,000. People should not pay so much for a simple breakfast.
So back to the imagining, what if, and i say what if, a small little booth opens on the lobby of the building you work with that offers you all this:
A range of sandwiches; ranging from healthy basic choices to a premium range (imagine wholegrain bread, avocados, sun dried tomatoes and healthy chicken breast) . Made before the sun is up, you just pick it up, pay and go.
The western culture of 11am and 3.30pm snacks; a handful of nuts, a portion of yoghurt and fruit. All packed up nicely and ready to go.
Fresh coffee that wont cost you RM10 a cup because you wont be paying for the branding.
Knowing that you will start the day off with enough calories to last the morning but a whole load of calories more to spend during lunch or dinner if the ocassion arises.
Would you fall for the idea? or would you rather go for the roti canai or nasi lemak across the mamak?
Let me know.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Have you done your bit?
Lots of Cravings is not all just about food. Despite the image that i paint that i think about food from the second that i wake up till the minute my head drops on the pillow at night, there are many more things that i crave.
The desire to ramble on about life has suddenly hit me like an occasional lightning bolt that strikes in KL on a rainy windy night.
Many things have happened over the last month and coincidentally all relating one way or another to food, the original intention of the blog.
First matter.
The natural disasters that hit
Some say it is "karma" and that the Earth has retaliated for all the wrong doings of human kind. In my own eyes, it is tens of thousands of lives changed forever. That faithful day twisted their path of life to an image unrecognizable, from a vivid painting of a rosy future to a dark and distorted piece of abstract art.
Many of these victims are still currently running away to safety and struggling to find enough food to warm their stomachs. Thousands have lost their "rice bucket", "bread winner" and "future".
Yet, We as Malaysians and human beings dont even take this into consideration before and during a meal.
Without a care in the world and without a second thought when one would order food enough for a famished army and letting it go into waste while another young infant starve and cry for milk.
Have we no shame of ourselves when you see that plate of noodles or rice left half touched when you pay the bill? Had you no idea that you could have shared instead of letting greed get over you?
With that first part coming to an ending and work about to start any second, please do your part for the Sichuan Disaster. Dont just let food go to waste innocently, start from ordering less, finishing up your food before you order some more and thank the lucky stars that you have food at disposal, a bed to sleep at night and a roof over your head.
Another thing..King Crab Restaurant is doing their bit by organising a string of Charity Dinners in their KL and JB branch.
Prices are RM1,000 for a table of 10.
(100% of the donations will be contributed to the China Sichuan Earthquake Relief Fund)
Details as follows:
Restoran King Crab PJ (opposite Kelana Jaya
Restoran King Crab JB
Restoran King Crab
No. 103 - 107, Jalan SS25/2
Petaling Jaya
Tel No: 603 - 7808 2388
No.1&1A,3&3A ,
Jalan Harmonium 23/12 ,
Taman Desa Tebrau,81000
Johor Bahru,Johor
Tel No: 07-3513333
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Another culinary idol @ Setia Alam
Exactly what my latest culinary idol decided to do; whip up a BIG feast that struck us with awe.
So like Mr and Mrs Smith, Mr and Mrs Pea decided to not blow up their house and kitchen but blew us all away with their lip smacking dishes. With the score of plates all over the serving table, she has risen to a level of food blogging that minors like me can only have a wet dream of.
With that the tag team, presented to us their signature dishes that only Setia Alam can offer.
The reason why we were all invited for; the piece de resistance (did i spell this out correctly?). HOME MADE ROAST PORK - Marinated and air dried in the fridge before roasting taking a total of 48 hours to get it to this state. It is a pity it took less then an hour to demolish the whole plate without a trace of what it was.
Just when we thought, oh my thats a heavy as a lunch can ever get, another strong aroma was sensed. The familiar smell of vinegar and ginger lead us to the vinegar pork trotters. Tradition has it that this dish is especially potent and medicinal for ladies after giving birth. If you looked at who were picking this plate clean, i think we just reinvented tradition with males hogging the plate and saying IT WAS HARD LABOUR you know.
So what could someone like me do? Roast a duck? Nah, bought it in Klang for RM32, looked good enough to be walloped clean, although very oily.
When the main dishes were eaten and gobbled down by famished bloggers; we had to leave desserts to the Bakers.
Apparently i was suggesting that they should compete for the top spot to become famous but stupidly not realising that the duo has 1,000 friends between them on Facebook. How more famous can one get when they already have a thousand friends on Facebook? Err, apparently my little brain couldnt handle such rapid calculations.
Err, heard before of SPC?
Soon, it was time to say goodbye but we vowed that despite her elevated status that we would convince her to shower us with her delicious cooking in the near future.
I hope, hope you are reading this, oh Mrs Pea.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Oriental Spoon @ Sooka Sentral, KL Sentral
Naturally, the worse fear came true when the office moved into the area. In the mornings and afternoons, the place is packed with people with different motives.
At night and during the weekend? It looks like a dead cowboy town. Simply put, KL Sentral is your XXL ordinary office block where people work and then head back home.
That sheer fact has deterred many decent f&b eateries from opening in this area, obviously leading to the detriment of my sanity.
Living on either fast food in the day and when late nights command, ordering more fast food, has either got people packing up lunch or running crazy around the office lobby screaming for food.
That was when these people decide to build Sooka Sentral (a stone throw away from KL Sentral and Plaza Sentral), a food heaven for the office people and roped in the Bangsar Seafood people who came up with the concept of Oriental Spoon.
I can safely say Oriental Spoon have saved our day with its corny but true tag line "Wholesomely oriental" .
Having tried the place several times during lunch, i received the al-mighty empress's baker invitation to take a look there during Dinner. I mean why not? I had not experience a decent nourishing dinner in this area before. I mean was it even open for dinner?
Apparently not a soul in sight when i arrived at 7pm, do people in Sentral have no need for dinner? After a brief introduction, the Boss of Oriental Spoon asked the same question too!
As a last resort, attempting to be like a fairy tale movie, one can take your date out here for dining by calling before 7pm to make a booking (so they wont close by 8pm) and have a 50-60% chance to have the whole restaurant by yourselves! Now isn't that sweet?
Now two things wondered up my little accessible head, was the empty crowd caused by crap food or bad access?
Familiar to their dim sum, we were laid out "freshly made dim sum made at a ungodly hour between 5pm - 7pm". I guess the saying "fresh dim sum is only available in the mornings" is nothing but a myth.
The prawn cheong fun was swiftly demolished in a matter of minutes after i savoured my first or was it second bite? As opposed to the quantity vs quality theory, thin cheong fun is what you want instead of chomping through clumps of flour and that was what i got.
What can i say about yam dumplings except that the Guangzhou chef was on a roll tonight and dished out near-perfect dim sum all the way. Not feeling overly oily when you bite through and once the bite is through, the fragant filling welcomes you like a warm kiss.
The carrot cakes greeted us with a whiff of something dreadfully familiar but one could not pinpoint till it reaches the mouth. With the addition of bonito flakes, this suddenly turned into a staple chinese dim sum dish to a fusion i-dunno-what-i-am dish in a good way. The bonito flakes gave it the dish a new dimension indeed.
The Lotus Root Puff. Raved around the crowd, the rich buttery pastry felt a bit on the "jelak" and "oily" side for me. Shaped like a lotus root, with pieces of lotus root and chicken meat inside, i am almost certain that my life would be endangered for calling this too "rich".
If the Dim Sum si fu felt that he didnt do his best, he had to step a gear up and show off his culinary skills to make these.
We ended the dim sum session with some custard buns and glutinous rice balls which were again very delicious.
After a satisfactory round 1, came round 2.
Oriental Spoon has been toying with the idea of fine dining Chinese cuisine where it is no longer the traditional big plate in the middle of the table, but serving individual portions like a western meal. The trio of meat and the duo of prawns were served to showcase the modern techniques in plating and flavours.
Their take on the Combination Platter that one would get in a set dinner: The Venison basket, the Sotong Ball and the Bamboo fungus roll. This tasted as good as it looked although the Sotong seemed abit out of place with its forgettable texture.
Their duo of Prawns started off with the Lychee Prawn was sweet and sour, crunchy and full of bite.
Ending with a salad prawn, de-shelled in the middle, with a salad of fruits. Ohh, if there was one thing i would complain is the FIXED AMOUNT that one can have. Well, i take it as a good way to control my food intake.
By now, we were stuffed and puffed and because some of our dear guests unexpectedly falling sick and dropping like bowling pins, we continue to savour some more culinary delights.
The scary Deep Fried Garoupa with flavoured meat sauce. Fried till the bones turned crunchy with no evidence of dripping oil, the sauce turned the dish suddenly got me craving for white rice. Very appetising indeed despite the button on the pants waiting to pop any second.
Just when the blood pressure was rocketing sky high and on the journey to a popped artery, this dish showed up. At Rm55/kg, this salted egg yolk Crab was as sinful as meeting the Devil, himself. After rounds of estimations, we thought this dish would easily take at least a dozen of salted egg yolks to churn out this result. Rich and evenly coated all around, the meat was firm and pity i had to stop at one claw.
When we finally saw greens, we all smiled in glee, something to balance the qi. The crunchy lotus roots, black fungus and sweet peas were great to enjoy eventhough by now i could barely stand up without toppling over.
By now, issue 1 was definitely out of the question. The food was definitely above average and something that you really cant get in the area except if you are willing to pay an arm and a leg in Hilton.
Issue 2, bad access? There is plentiful of parking within the complex at RM4 an entry, cheaper then the hotels.
So what is the underlying problem causing empty crowds every day after the sun is down?
Well after consuming alll that amount of food, i am clueless as ever, but if you are keen to find out, why dont you give them a call and drop by there for dinner one night and let me know why? You can also call me too, for i am only a 3 minute walk away.
Prices for dim sum range from RM 5- 12 and people working around Sentral gets free delivery with orders above RM 20. Ala carte dishes ranges from RM10- RM48 and they are currently doing set meals from 2 pax right up to 10 pax.
Address and contact details:
1st floor, Sooka Sentral, Jalan Stesen Sentral 5, 50470, KL
Opening hours: (Mon – Sunday) 11.30 am – 8.00 pm
(Dim sum is served until 5 pm)
Tel: 03-2261 3222
Verdict: 4 stars out of 5 stars. If theres one idea that has popped up, it is dinner here on a Friday night to escape the horrific traffic jam in the area or dim sum during the weekends when the lunch crowd is small. The food is generally above average and the ambience is spot on for corporate lunch and dinners
Thursday, May 22, 2008
U hu! hu! Cheesecakes @ The Loaf, Pavilion
Apparently when the person dwelled on the topic abit further, i realise saying sugar was a bit of an understatement, for i was told that the sugar had to be molded with a whole load of ingredients, baked, chilled and a whole load more. Apparently not everyone does it properly so i suppose it isnt just sugar we are dealing with anymore?
To get back to topic, i always had a sweet tooth, i mean well where else can you blame the extra inches and kilos you carry? So constantly putting anything sweet in my mouth, although nowadays i rely on sugar free mints with the ocassional fling with real sugar, out pops something new (well to me at least)
Uh uh..(i am not chuckling, mind you)
Uh uh cheesecake? Sounding abit familiar? Like the answer hitting you seconds before you are suppose to put your pen downs after the 3 hour and 15 minute mark, i walked past The Loaf and remembering cheese cake, the size of cups. The mere fact that my brain was still processing what was going on whereas my feet was heading back, just shows how tempting it was.
Simon and Cheeserland
Well, if i am not mistaken, it averages out be around RM5 per cup cheese cake or a cheese cup cake? Buying by the bulk will get you that awfully girly pink box and a discount to entice you to eat more, (RM25 for 6, i believe was what i was suckered to pay)
The 6 flavours in all their naked glory, the moist inside and the pretty outside. Flavourful with each cake showcasing their flavours very well. From the strong aromatic green tea, to lychee and nestum, followed by mango and almonds to another odd one out, The Family was pleased to indulge in such a sweet supper/dessert while watching some TV.
I think there are calling out to me, again, where are you? I miss you..
Harloo, pick us up you doink!
Err, the only reply i got up my sleeve is "i aint got too many calories to spare, and so darling, this look likes it has got to wait."
Go find someone else, maybe the readers i got with some room to spare?
Available at The Loaf, Pavilion with a solid rating of 4 stars out of 5 stars
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Kam's Kitchen @ Kampung Cheras Baru
Well, one of the rare moments when i am not bombarded with questions like "So, what to eat? Where to eat ar? Eh, you are the expert, tell us where to go larr" So why not, go with the flow and enjoy.
After twisting and turning around Cheras, surprised and shocked that in the middle of nowhere; a row of shop lots, we stumbled upon Kam's Kitchen.
Immediately i pictured Kam Poh Poh ushering us with "Kam in, Kam in" (*Shaking off that image of her advertising her tetek to all the single and available men on stage*)
So where was i? Yes, Kam's Kitchen comes with air-con or without. With the weather that can turn fat into streaky bacon, it is no surprise that we ran into the air-conditioned half before we melt in the sun.
As opposed to the last outing where i demanded what people had got to offer, following the article like the textbook, we quickly rehearsed what we memorised, probably in order, the recommended dishes for the night.
Salted Egg Tau Foo. In no attempt were we contemplating on skimping on a cholestrol laden dish and we werent exactly being health conscious for the dish to be cooked with tau foo, for the salted egg pieces were shining like gems in the sky. Although cooked with slightly more gravy then i would have liked, meaning drier please, although wet at times is more ohh so delicious to spoon over your rice. Was this RM10 or RM12 again?
In Chinese this was "Lai Sha Fei Zhou Yu" translated to a grand Tilapia in a bed of butter sand. Looking at the blocks of yellow sand, which represented Port Dickson sand rather then smooth and silky Gold Coast sand, The Mom with a sense of Eureka confirmed it was Egg Yolk. Well so much for shoving it all into the pit of Forever Doom aka Stomach. I dont think the fish exceeded RM20.
The Sweet Potato Leaves cooked in Belacan was a delight to eat. Easy to chew and definitely not "old" and "tough", this was a joy to enjoy, and i mean its rare to enjoy something that is healthy, no? Definitely again in the range of RM10-12.
The Nai Yau Pai Kuat seemed somewhat disappointing for a different reason. It appeared it was doused with coconut milk which made it hard to stomach more then a few more pieces. *Looks like the pit is getting full, Bandar Raya, where are you?*
Address and contact details:
Restoran Kam's Kitchen
No 6 Jalan 18, Kampung Cheras Baru,
off Jalan Kuari
Tel: 012 290 5623, 017 677 3997
Verdict: 3.5 stars out of 5 stars. What a convenience to find a new place to eat that is barely a 5 minute drive and a place that cooks up a meal of 5 dishes for 4 people for RM70. Where else can you get such a bargain for delicious home cooked dishes except for the coconut doused spare ribs?
Monday, May 19, 2008
Fong Lye Taiwanese Food @ The Gardens, Mid Valley
Fong Lye is definitely not new to me. Their first outlet in Imbi back in the days when i was holidaying back in Malaysia from the atrocious huge servings of Roast Meat on Sundays and Pasta Night on Thursdays of Australia was a great experience. Serving standard albeit tiny servings of ala carte Taiwanese dish to go along with sweet potato porridge, we somehow never got back to visiting the place. Not even when they branched out to Hartamas; a place that i am notoriously guarding zealously from True Fitness or Coffee Bean, Mont Kiara.
So it was not too big of a surprise when we stepped into Gardens, wondering what to eat, when a voice in the crowd say lets try Fong Lye after all these years, well for old time sake. I guess we do alot of things for old time sake, whether regretting or not but this is probably not of one of those "i dont believe what i have done" moments.
The Menu revealed many differences from the menu in my mind from the yester-years. Featuring sets that comes with rice and soup ala a Taiwanese bento box or noodles with a few appetizers to boot.
The place here acts like a high class fast food restaurants. Crazily long queues like the ones at J&Co donuts are evident at peak hours of lunch and dinner, so everyone is pumped up to order, serve and EAT.
Something special from other places but very common in Taiwan is the use of minced meat in their rice. Very very appetising, as i could see people happily digging into your rice while leaving the mains untouched.
If it wasnt distracting enough from the mains, a soup is given as well. Today's soup was bitter gourd soup, although not bitter, it was surprisingly very refreshing and some say de-toxicating.
Just when i want to talk about the mains, a nice bowl of orange balls is placed infront of us. Yes, we ordered sweet potato balls. All i got to say is nice to look, nice to smell but eat? Well if you are all too familiar with this street snack in Malaysia, the ones when it is filled to the brim with sweet potato, you will be terribly disappointed. You are virtually biting into air, but reminiscence of sweet potato is evident as you chew into the skin, i suppose.
Located on the 3rd floor of The Gardens, Mid Valley
Verdict: 3.5 stars out of 5 stars. If there was one genuine complaint, it is the height of the sofa chairs, which are made too low for tall people like me. Unable to have a decent meal without straining the back, i rather pay more money for a decent seat before we talk about food. Choose the square tables with the "normal" chairs if you can. Then again, the long crowd, fragant food will probably warrant taking any seat that is granted to you.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Silk Road @ Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur
Though, i am constantly confused whether i am ready for the paper or just over-confident that passing this paper would be rather achievable. Record is not on my side because i tend to be that kind of person, cocky and confident, but also the first one to step on that piece of shit on the road.
Looks like i better study hard instead of day dreaming over the materials day after day.
It looks like i really can give up on this new phone of mine. 3.2mp camera? I think not, the quality that comes up makes me puke. So lets hope this would be the last review using a phone that should be used for calling and smsing, nothing more and nothing less.
Silk Road is another one of the long list of restaurants that feature on the exclusive 6th floor of the Pavilion Shopping Center. Having experienced nothing but good so far, it was a new venture to step in, despite having only one other seated table, with people that is.
Now to judge first impression in a restaurant, the captain or the waiter that recommends plays the biggest role for me. I had plenty of good food in some restaurants but because of the captain, the whole eating experience was ruined simply because they kept asking me WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO EAT? To me, if it is your restaurant, you tell me what is good to eat and what i should eat, isnt?
Well, Silk Road did not disappoint because the witty and chatty Captain came in and took charge of my orders. No time wasted in thinking of what to eat, all i had to do was ask what there was to eat. Now isnt that what a captain should do?
Well with the first part of the test, passed with flying colours, we look on to substance. Well? The food didnt disappoint.
Looking for proper smoked duck? Well look no further. Smoked to a pinkish centre, the meat was tender and perfectly cooked. No trouble of tearing tough pieces of meat off the bone, it was definitely done, medium.
Situated at 6th floor, Pavilion.
Verdict: 3.5 stars out of 5 stars. Close to the 4 star mark if i did not choose the xiu long bao. Definitely more things on the menu that i wouldnt mind trying, the list of noodles and the other ala carte dishes. The tea specialist is joy to watch as he pour tea on your cup with a kettle spout that is 3-4 feet long, not spilling a drop of water.
Prices for noodles range in the 10s and if not mistaken Ala carte dishes starts from the mid 10s to 40s (for the fish). The tea is rm5 per pax.
Non halal yeah.
Ok, back to study. Few days more, Tuesday dooms day.


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Tye Tribbett
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|Tye Tribbett
|January 26, 1976
|Camden, New Jersey, United States
|Christian, Gospel
|Songwriter, record producer, music director and singer
|Vocals, keyboard, and drums
|Years active
|Associated acts
|Greater Anointing, Justin Timberlake, Kim Burrell, Kirk Franklin, Cheneta Jones
Tyrone "Tye" Tribbett (born January 26, 1976) is an American gospel music singer, songwriter, keyboardist, choir director and founder of the Grammy-nominated and Stellar Award-winning gospel group Tye Tribbett & G.A. (short for 'Greater Anointing.')[1]
Tribbett toured with Faith Hill in 2000, leading to work with Will Smith, Usher, Don Henley, Justin Timberlake, and Sting.[1] He has since released five albums. Tye Tribbett has recently released his new single, "If He Did It Before (Same God)" on iTunes. His most recent album "Greater Than" was released August 6 2013, and earned him two Grammy awards.
Personal life[edit]
Tribbett was raised in an Apostolic Pentecostal church in Camden, New Jersey. His father is pastor and his mother is a minister as well as a well known disc jockey in the Philadelphia area. He is married to Shanté Tribbett, who was a member of Greater Anointing, and they have two daughters together. He also has a brother, Thaddaeus, who is part of the band 'Soundcheck' and is now the current bassist for artist Estelle. Tye also has two sisters; one sister, DeMaris, also sang in Greater Anointing.
- Life (2004)
- Victory Live (2006)
- Stand Out (2008)
- Fresh (2010)
- Greater Than (2013)
- The Bloody Win (2016)
- ^ a b Monger, James Christopher "Tye Tribbett Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-08-15

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British comedian, actor and writer Stephen Fry has a great intellect – no doubt. His intelligence, wit and extraordinary life were clearly displayed during an interview broadcast recently on the ABC's Compass program.
When asked what he would say to God if he happened to get to the pearly gates, Fry, a declared atheist, didn't miss a beat. "I'll say, 'Bone cancer in children? What's that about? How dare you? How dare you create a world in which there is such misery that is not our fault'."
He continued, "Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid God who creates a world which is so full of injustice and pain?"
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It doesn't provide me with neat answers – far from it. But a burgeoning interest in cosmology, the study of the origin and evolution of the universe, does give me a different 'take' on suffering and evil as well as new insights into the mystery of God and our place in the universe.
For some time now a fresh wave of scholars have been exploring the relationship between religion and science. Authors such as Thomas Berry, Brian Swimme, Elizabeth Johnson, Sally McFague, Judy Cannato, John F. Haught, Ilia Delio and Australia's own Denis Edwards are plumbing the mystery of God with insights from the story of the universe. I find their writing thrilling and evocative, mind-stretching and heart-warming.
These writers take seriously Thomas Aquinas' 700-year-old warning that "If we get creation wrong we get God wrong".
We know that we have got many things wrong about creation. The world wasn't created in seven days, the sun doesn't rotate around the earth and the first humans didn't live in a Middle Eastern paradise.
Elizabeth Johnson says that medieval cosmology, influenced by a literal reading of the book of Genesis, saw the world as static and unchanging, hierarchically ordered and centred on humanity.
In later centuries Isaac Newton and his Enlightenment colleagues believed that universal laws of motion governed the universe resulting in a 'neat 'n nice' universe that was determinate and explicable.
Following on from Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein, and informed by the Hubble telescope's wondrous exploration of the far reaches of the universe, contemporary science, Johnson says, sees a very different world, one that is "surprisingly dynamic, organic, self-organising, indeterminate, chancy, boundless and open to the mystery of reality".
Scientists now tell us that the universe first came into existence with an initial cosmic inflation or 'Big Bang' about 13.7 billion years ago. It has been expanding and dynamically evolving ever since. Life on earth in the form of simple single cell organisms began about 3.7 billion years ago and modern humans emerged, not from Eden, but from an African savannah about 180,000 years ago – in cosmic terms a relatively recent event.
Death and destruction have been there from the beginning, forging increasing creativity and greater complexity. All the elements in our world, including the iron in our blood and the calcium in our bones, were created in violent stellar nuclear explosions. All life has come about because of the death of a star.
Death and suffering is intrinsic to life and evolution. Mammals – hence we humans – were able to flourish mainly because of the mass extinction of the dinosaurs in all likelihood caused by a huge asteroid hitting planet earth about 65 million years ago. Evolution only proceeds through death and suffering. Without death there is no new life.
The theology of many people of faith has not kept pace with their cosmology. With a medieval mindset, God is seen as the divine clock-maker, mechanically winding up the creation clock at the dawn of time, and then, job complete, withdrawing to contemplate his (sic) creation.
Such a God then intervenes arbitrarily and miraculously by causing earthquake here, flood there, disease elsewhere. This God could also, of course, send along a fine day for the parish picnic for which believers had earnestly prayed!
This is stereotyping to be sure. But the belief in a disengaged, capricious God dispensing blessings and curses upon humanity, a God who fails to respect the laws of nature, lingers in the human psyche. As does the belief that God sends suffering to test us or punish us.
Stephen Fry's God is not the God revealed to us by Jesus Christ. Jesus' God is an intimate, compassionate, forgiving and affectionately caring God who dreams of "fullness of life" for all (John 10:10), especially the lost, the least and the last.
Jesus embraces and heals those bewildered by suffering – the poor and disempowered, the abandoned and misjudged, the grief-stricken and broken. When we see how Jesus loves, we see how God loves.
Interestingly, Jesus neither explains nor makes sense of suffering; but neither does he shirk it. "In the cross of Jesus," Denis Edwards says, "God enters into, and embraces, the suffering of a suffering world."
Communion with God did not protect Jesus from suffering. He enters fully into the fragility of human experience so that something new may be born. The pattern of Jesus' life, death and resurrection repeats the ancient pattern of cosmic life. Death is not the end but a transformative process giving way to new life. Just as the star dies giving birth to new, more complex and beautiful life, so Jesus becomes human, dies and is raised.
"In the resurrection of the crucified one," Edwards says, "Christians see an unbreakable promise of God that God will bring the whole creation to new life." God in Jesus, and so too in us, says spiritual writer, Iain Matthew, "can turn the pain, where there has to be pain, from death-throes into the pangs of birth". "God will wipe away every tear. There will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain" (Revelation 21:4).
Jesus never trivialises suffering, nor should we his followers. In attempts to offer comfort, we hear familiar platitudes: this trial is God's will; this suffering will make you stronger; God tests those God loves; God never sends us more than we can bear. Or we are encouraged to 'offer it up' in the hope of a heavenly reward.
Even when we acknowledge that pain and death are givens in the process of evolutionary life, we are still confounded by the question: why does God create in this way? Denis Edwards tells us that "theology does not have any kind of full, rational answer as to why God created in an evolutionary and emergent way. Our question stands before a God of incomprehensible mystery".
I cannot plumb the mystery of God nor the mystery of evil and suffering. Yes, I believe that God is incomprehensible mystery, but God is Gracious Mystery.
I am comforted by contemporary cosmology which tells me that dynamic energy is the heartbeat of the universe, and I am reassured by my Christian faith which tells me that this energy is divine and it is love.
God is love. God creates the universe out of love and God lovingly gives God's very self to this creation in Jesus. "If God's gaze holds the world in being," Iain Matthew assures us, "it holds it all in being, including its pain".
Why do bad things happen to good people? It is not because of a whimsical, manipulative, yet disengaged God, nor is it, as we are tempted to think, in punishment for our own or others' misdeeds.
God does not cause suffering. It is woven into the very being of the cosmos. The real question is not why the suffering, but where is God in the suffering. A loving God does not, could not, desire our suffering. Rather, says Jürgen Moltmann, in accord with many contemporary theologians, God suffers with us.
Stephen Fry is right to reject his "capricious, mean-minded, stupid God" who creates a world replete with so much heartache, injustice and excruciating pain. I also reject this God, for this God does not exist.
* Good Samaritan Sister Patty Fawkner is an adult educator, writer and facilitator. Patty is interested in exploring what wisdom the Christian tradition has for contemporary issues. She has an abiding interest in questions of justice and spirituality. Her formal tertiary qualifications are in arts, education, theology and spirituality.
Again, thank you Patty for your words of wisdom. Keep well. God bless.
I am keeping well, Patricia, as I hope you are. Peace.
Wow Patty, thanks for sharing. I too, often find myself struggling with the problem of evil and suffering (then again, who doesn't?!). Everyday I touch it with the people I minister to, in stories of sickness, deaths (both expected and unexpected), separations, abuse, injustices suffered, loss of jobs … the list goes on. And no, there are no answers for too many questions. It's only in the light of the Jesus-story of passion-death-resurrection that I can find peace.
"God suffers with us". How true! Reminds me of the God of the prodigal son. There's not much sense in the road taken by the son, and yet one can feel the Father's suffering presence throughout. I highly suspect that the real reason for the party thrown at the end of the story is more the father's relief that the pain is over, than anything else.
Your reflection also reminds me of the wonderful Julian of Norwich. She really feels the life-giving and life-restoring love of her Motherly God – indeed, Julian does not hesitate to refer to "our heavenly mother Jesus" – and she leaves no doubt that her profound optimism of "all will be well" stems from the paschal reality which defeated all kinds of evil.
Once more, thanks Patty, and keep using your God-given gift.
Dear Mario, lovely to catch up again through The Good Oil. I loved your insight into the Prodigal Father! You should be writing…..
As ever Patty – I find your writing so refreshing and inspiring! Thank you for presenting me afresh – the God who is love!
Dear Nerina, Your ever encouraging words mean so much to me. Thank you.
I look forward to reading your articles Patty and they do give me much to ponder that's for sure. This one is just great. I am often asked 'why did God let this happen—' Again I am reminded of the wonderful mystery God is. This brought to mind the poem- FOOTPRINTS- and often I am reminded that when things are tough and hard to bear God is right there holding me in it all.
Great article to read and read Thanks Patty for YOU
Dear Kris, thanks for your kind words. I look forward to seeing you soon.
Patty I saw the interview with Stephen Fry. I loved your response – it was so helpful, so clear, so profoundly beautiful. Thank you so much for the research, for your gift of intelligence and spiritual clarity. Keep writing – I feel nourished by your standpoint on issues. Love Col
Dear Col, I am very grateful for your warm encouragement. Love to you.
Hi Patty
Love what you have to say about pain and suffering and the cosmos. Just as the cosmos is continually evolving, so are we. It is all about stretching the soul, in my book. Life happens but it is what we do with life that determines our transformation.
Thank you and hope to catch up at Mt St Benedict soon. Nanoya
Dear Nanoya, lovely to meet you in cyberspace! It's good news, isn't it, that we are still evolving? We live in hope!
Hi Patty
As always you nail it! A wonderful and inspiring reflection. Thank you for reminding me of the awesome mystery that is the God we seek in all of life (and death).
You're right, Pat. It is awesome Gracious Mystery. And Pax to you, too.
Patty, as usual you have provided us with a wonderful reflection on matters of faith and belief.
I am always heartened by the "thinkers" in our Church who stretch and excite our imagination.
Keep on thinking Patty. We need you!
Dear Beth, It takes a thinker to know a thinker….. Love to you.
Living in the north of Australia I look forward to the Good Oil each month to keep me informed and refresh the understanding of my Christian journey. Your article is sensational and has stirred me and encouraged me to "listen with the ear of my heart" to my many atheist friends,when I find myself in conversation with them. Your article is so clear and succinct and speaks loudly of what I believe Thank you so much Many blessings to you.
Dear Pam, am so delighted that you are nourished by the many writers of The Good Oil. Wonderful to enjoy the riches of cyberspace while enjoying the natural riches of North Queensland.
Just last week the Brisbane community lost a great and passionate Good Sam in Pauline Coll who was an inspiration in her latter days work on Trafficking. Yes, why do bad things happen to good people – that's something I'll be asking our God someday in person. I guess the answer will not differ much from yours.
Many thanks for your inspirational writing and I would love to share your article among our Good Shepherd people and friends with due acknowledgement.
Dear Joan, yes, Pauline lit up the life of all of us. Of course, feel free to share this article. I would be honoured.
This is a great piece of synthesis and clear writing. Many thanks for doing it. I enjoyed and appreciated it very much. I have seen videos on Youtube of the "current atheists' debates" and I would totally agree with you. The atheists are usually rejecting a God we also reject; a God many of us no longer recognize (if we ever did).
Thank you for this ministry of writing. I hope you are well and that your life and all aspects of your ministry continue to flourish. Please give me best wishes to all the great people I know out your way; I'm thinking also of all the fond memories I have of being out your way and of my time with so many at Sangre and "down under."
I am presently at LaSalle University; not teaching at the University, but in residence doing some spiritual direction, counseling, retreats and writing. Health continues to be good but slowing feeling a decrease in energy. It is the time of self-emptying, falling into that abyss of Love that you talk about.
Peace and best wishes,
Dear Joe, I am still desiring to fall into the abyss! I was on a Writers Workshop last week and appreciate your insight that my writing is a ministry. Fond wishes to you.
I so look forward each month to the next edition of The Good Oil as it provides me with nourishment on a diversity of issues. Thank you Patty for your thought provoking article. I once listened to a woman Buddhist nun speak of her journey to Buddhism and it came about in search of why her father died. A Buddhist told her 'there is death; pain and suffering and to her that made all the difference, Marie
That's right, Marie, there is death, pain and suffering as there is life, health and joy. love to you.
A thoroughly researched article, Patty. Thank you. The middle-age jaundiced view of God is one that, unfortunately, still persists throughout most religions even today, because it has not been possible for many to extricate themselves from the mythology of the ancient writings. The existence of opposites, intrinsic in all concepts – life/death; night/day; love/hate; happiness/sadness … and so on – is a condition which we as humans have always had to confront. The idea that God "allows" bad things to happen to good people completely misses the point that both elements – good/bad – simply co-exist anyway. Thanks Patty for your beautifully thought provoking contribution to my world. Leo.
Thanks Leo. I hope I didn't sound as I was dismissing all ancient mythology as there is so much beauty and wisdom there.
Wow! Wow!wow!
Sensational.. Thanks Patty for a thought provoking and inspirational read.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Alison!
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Update: Right now, the article on the KTVQ site has a byline, listing the author as Aja Goare. Was it there the whole time? Perhaps is this a case of someone at KBZK just not updating the CMS correctly? That's a possibility.
So I'm willing to walk back my qualms about the byline on the article. I changed the headline and text of this post to reflect that. However, I am not willing to walk back my problems with the reporting and ethics of the story. The same questions remain.
I was pointed to an article from MTN this morning that circulated on the CBS affiliate sites across the state, including our local station KBZK.
The article is about Visibly Unseen, a Billings-based group the article says wants to end human trafficking. KBZK tells us that two of its members are heading to Iraq to interview victims and "highlight the carnage left behind by ISIS."
Ryan Mix and Britney Higgs will go to Iraq for a week and a half, but they wouldn't tell the reporter where they are going or when — for safety reasons — and noted that the blonde Higgs will be coloring her hair brown and wearing brown contacts to disguse her foreignness.
A few things:
- The article asserts, without proof or attribution, that ISIS has a monopoly on human trafficking worldwide.
- The article asesrts, without proof or attribution, that ISIS is the largest buyer and seller of people on the planet. (Even if this is true, it does not necessarily follow that the former assertion is true.)
- Perhaps only a typo? "Stories of stolen men, women and children sold and traded in the midst of a war zone." That leaves a sentence fragment.
- "Higgs and Mix hope to return home with a souvenir for change." There is no indication what this means. It sounds like the unnamed reporter was trying to be profound but failed.
- The image of the "all-girl" group (which is sending a man as one of its representatives to Iraq) is listed as an MTN News photo, but a cursory Web search reveals that photo and many others from the session posted to both Visibly Unseen's Facebook page and to other relates sites belonging to Higgs or Mix's wife, Janine.
However, there are some serious problems with this story, beyond the sloppy writing mentioned in the points above.
The whole feel of the article, claims about the do-gooders' plans without any concrete detail about their trip, smacks of promotion — promotion for the group and its fundraising. (The link to the group's website is inserted twice in a short story.)
The Montana Secretary of State lists Visibly Unseen as a public benefit corporation, which would mean that it's likely a nonprofit organization. However, the corporation was only incorporated in April, and it has not yet filed forms with the IRS that I could find. It is registered to Janine Mix, a Los Angeles-native noted by the site Yellowstone Valley Woman as "Billings Best Dressed," who is pictured in the VU image posted with the MTN story along with Higgs and an unknown third woman.
Given its newness, VU's nonprofit status for fundraising is in doubt in my mind, as is its claim on its website that "Your generous donation is 100% tax deductible".
Visibly Unseen's Facebook page has a number of postings mentioning the group's growing involvement with a preacher named Victor Marx, who operates All Things Possible Ministry out of California but recently passed through Montana. Indeed, Marx, whose site boasts that he is the fastest gun disarm man in the world, appeared recently in Bozeman and Visibly Unseen served as his film crew.
A later posting to Facebook notes that VU was picked to film a documentary of Marx's trip to northern Iraq. This came immediately after a June 17 posting saying VU would be partnering with Marx on his nonprofit's next "global high risk mission as the documentary film crew."
From what I can see, it feels more like VU is serving as film crew for someone else's documentary about human trafficking in Iraq rather than spurring its own project. That feels to me like a reporter who didn't ask the right questions before putting this group's representatives on air to provide a clear picture to viewers.
The most disturbing thing, to me, is that the article allows a group to make a public plea for money without the due dilligence of explaining exactly what VU plans to do with that money.
This leads me to wonder just what involvement MTN's reporter may have with the group to allow VU to put it's own unverified claims on air and online.


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Morris Community Meal will highlight Minnesota favorites at the Morris Senior Community Center for February's Community Meal on Monday, February, 28, 2011. The project serves warm, made-from-scratch meals each month, which are open to all members of the Stevens County community. This month, ongoing volunteers will collaborate with Lions International and the Otto Bremer Foundation to serve several types of casserole dishes. Hometown Hot Dish is also a sponsor.
Community Meal is open to every member of the Stevens County community and entirely free of charge. Food options for people with special diets, such as gluten-free, diabetic, vegan and vegetarian, are always available, as are child friendly options. This year, meals will be served from 5:30 until 7 p.m. on the last Monday of each month the University is in session—February 28, March 28, and April 18. The Morris Senior Community Center is located at 603 Oregon Avenue in Morris.
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The weather this season for gun hunting in MO has been pretty bad. We have had wind, wind , and more wind along with warm temps and also alot of rain. Having to work , I done most of my hunting on the weekend and the weather just did not cooperate. I did not fill gun tag as of yet. Going today after work. We are getting off work at 1:00 so I am going!! :biggrin: If don't tag today, still have bow and muzzleload. How has everyone else's season going?? Tator, have you killed one yet??
you are right the wind lifted deer off there feet. And they were very uncomfortable moving in it. And irt was right out of the south, most of the stands i hunted in were facing northerly which dispersed your scent perfectly over the area you were trying to watch> I was hunting the Camden area
i hunt in madison and the first weekend was really slow. windy and warm. the second weekend started that way but sunday it cooled off some and rained and my son and i finally saw some deer. we saw bucks chasing on a couple occasions and i took a small 6.
Semo- yes I did get 3 deer. I got two button bucks (which I'm not really happy about but it's food on the table) and I got a nice mature doe. Not a bad year so far. I'm going to go out a bit more during doe season and I'll probably bow hunt a little more too. FYI... did you know if you didn't fill your buck tag during bow season (before rifle) that you can now kill two bucks during the late portion of the bow season???? I didn't know that till last year. Just thought I'd let you know
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Two White Oak roadways hampered by recent storms have been closed because of landslides.
On Monday morning, PennDOT closed a stretch of McClintock Road until Aug. 9.
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On the other side of Lincoln Way, Center Street Extension is closed until further notice because of a landslide.
"Some of the roadway is falling off down the hillside," White Oak Police Chief Lou Bender said. "Traffic is going to be detoured through Riverview Drive until the roadway is fixed."
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McKee Road has not been closed but also has had its share of problems, particularly in the vicinity of the White Oak Athletic Association.
"We do get runoff and some debris will come off the hillside," Bender said.
On the other side of Route 30, another landslide forced crews to close Monroeville's Thompson Run Road between Lower Rodi Road and Northern Pike until the end of the year.
Cowan said PennDOT will post a detour that includes Business Route 22 for an estimated 6,200 drivers who use that stretch of road daily.
Previously, county officials closed Monroeville's Pitcairn Road until further notice. It was affected by the July 23 storms and was closed between Stroschein Road and Sugar Camp Park.
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Brick haze on brick over slab patio
I have cleaned my brick patio on the 6 year old house I just bought; twice with pressurized water and twice with a 19% solution of muriatic acid. Looks great when wet and even damp but always drys to look covered with a diluted milky haze about the opaqueness of no fat milk mixed with 50% water. The bricks are laid on an extension of the slab the whole house is built on. The mortar is light color but otherwise looks and acts fine. The bricks on the adjoining walls look fine. Whats the problem and how do I fix it? Thanks.
Can you apply a sealant that will give it a wet look?
Wet-look sealant
I don't know about covering it with a wet-look sealant. I don't know if any of the typical silicone type sealants will give it that look and not wear off from foot traffic for extended periods. I will give it a try on a few bricks as I do vaguely remember seeing one sealant that mentioned such a look. Would really rather know what the problem is first.
Is the area exposed to the sun more than the spot that is not affected? Could the sun be fading the blocks?
No, some of the vertical walls are in direct sun but the patio is covered and shaded by trees so rarely receives any sun.
Sounds like white scum to me. Ive ran into quite a few times where ive tried acid washing and get no results. There is a product made by ProSoCo called white scum remover. this is the link to there site. http://www.prosoco.com/ProductDetail...7-CC599242BD3B}
If that link does not work just go to prosoco.com and search for white scum.
The problem may come from what your bricks are sitting upon...is it outside? uncovered? is it bare earth? plastic sheet? concrete slab? any or all three?
Knowing that would help to establish whether this is efflorescence or not. Pics would be nice.
Bricks sit on concrete slab
The bricks sit on a concrete slab that is an extension of the house's slab. The patio is covered by the roof of the house. What is your thinking about what the bricks are sitting on? Is it possible they are leaching up something from the concrete. And if so, what and how can it be stopped?
Well, a well-done brick patio would have been made on 4 inches of concrete, itself reinforced and sitting on about 8" of crushed gravel. Assuming that was done, then the slab itself might have been treated on the surface with a sealer to prevent further moisture from coming up. Then bricks would have been mortared in a half-inch mortar bed.
The other variation is a dry-pack mud system that is used for shower pans...but yours isn't. There may be a 6mil plastic sheet put underneath the slab but this rare.
You might just have all that, and this makes the question of the white stuff a bit perplexing...but if you don't then efflorescence is excess moisture coming from below evaporating off leaving soluble minerals salts behind. Normally, it is a fluffy crystalline powder that can be brushed off when it is dry. Is that your case?
If not, then I might examine the use of muriatic. You say 19%...is that like 1 part muriatic to 5 parts water? That's about right but I fear the muriatic is affecting the mortar in either the grout or the base and evaporating up and out, leaving alkaline salts behind, like silicates.
But if it's slimy or oily then that's another matter...
First, you should never use muriatic on brick, second you should never use a pressure washer on brick.
What you are doing is driving the acid deep into the brick, and then when it works its way out it is pulling salts with it, and thus leaving a haze.
Provided that you have not burned the brick with the acid, you can use a proprietary cleaner to remove the haze, then seal the brick with a penetrating sealer.
Post a couple of pics, one overall and another as close as you can get it in sharp focus. Is the haze powdery or hard?
Steel brushing does not help
Thanks for your help. I think you have something in your last post. However, The milky white coloring on the surface of the bricks will not brush off. I brushed it with a steel brush and then cleaned it with a damp rag avoiding the mortar, and after it dries it looks the same milky white. However, if you chip off the surface of the bricks they look fine; not milky. Very difficult o figure out.
OK that rules out efflorescence; trouble is now you're looking at an insoluble white salt the product of the reaction between muriatic and sand: silicates. Silicas are components of many bricks and closely related to sand. They react with muriatic, so muriatic is not recommended to use to clean bricks with...was once, but no more. Once they are insoluble silicates they are pretty hard to remove but there is a product mentioned by another poster called White Scum remover.
But beware, this is a highly dangerous product to use and if you do use it, please do everything the packaging says to do otherwise serious harm will come. No kidding. Like it'll eat through your flesh and dissolve your bone underneath. No kidding. :(
That product is called for because just like sand is insoluble and it's a silicate derivative, not much else either will dissolve it, except the acid in White Scum remover. Oh yeah, it'll also dissolve glass, so be very careful.:yes:
This is an oversimplification of the chemistry, but no exaggeration on the acid. No kidding. :no:
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There are three files of pics, the one with the wood shows the milky patio bricks and the ok looking bricks at the top half of the pic are the bricks of the adjoining wall that are not milky. The drying bricks pic shows how the bricks look when still damp. I believe there is water trapped between the slab and the bricks causing them to take many days to dry out.
Its on to White Scum Remover
KC and CCarlisle,
I read the specs on Prosoco's White Scum Remover and it sure sounds like what I have is "white scum". Sorry I did not read that earlier KC; I thought white scum was some sort of organic growth and I knew I did not have that. Anyway, I am sure going to try it. Thanks again.
PS, of course many still use muriatic acid to wash brick and and it did not harm the vertical (wall) brick I tried it on. I guess that is because it does not seep into and beneath the wall and so does not form the salts the same way it does on a horizontal surface.
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For you Mizuno fans, get ready for your favorite itch to be well scratched this week, as we look at Mizuno's MP line of clubs for 2010. If that's not enough, stay tuned for part two, where we'll give you the latest on what's new in the MX-series.
For now, we'll be taking a look at Mizuno's latest offerings in the MP line of products, including the MP FLI-HI, the MP T-10 wedges, and we'll finish up with the MP-58 and MP-68 irons. If you're not a Mizuno fan, you might just become one after seeing their latest offerings. Follow along to see what all the fuss is about!
First out the gate is the MP FLI-HI 2010 iron hybrid. As you can see from the picture below, this isn't a hybrid in the same sense as Mizuno's MX-700. Instead, it's more of a driving iron, created as a direct replacement for your long irons, though without the frustration that can sometimes come with a long iron. Mizuno focused on playability with the FLI-HI, and in doing that, they created a long iron replacement with an extra-wide sole for maximum forgiveness out of most any lie. The center of gravity is positioned low and deep in the head in order to get the most out of that not quite perfect shot, while also promoting a more consistent high launch.
The MP FLI-HI takes advantage of Mizuno's Hot Metal Technology and is created by plasma welding a thin ES230 maraging steel face to a stainless steel body to maximize the elasticity and rebound, which results in a higher ball speed. Mizuno's Grain Flow Forging process is used on 4135 high strength steel for construction of the face and neck, which Mizuno says provides a solid, consistent feel and makes the club as durable as possible. The FLI-HI is then finished off with double nickel chrome plating.
The head of the FLI-HI maintains a traditional, player-preferred shape with a thick front edge bevel, which should further support consistency and ease of launch. The modified U-Grooves are employed in order to conform with the new groove rules which go into effect at the beginning of 2010.
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The MP FLI-HI can be included in your purchase of another Mizuno iron set, or separately if you'd like to add it to your existing arsenal. It can also be fit to your specifications, if alternate lengths or lie angles are required. These hybrid irons are meant to replace your 2-, 3-, and 4-irons, and are thus offered in lofts of 18°, 21°, and 24°.
As much as I hate to break the bad news to you lefties, the FLI-HI is only available to right-handed players at this time. The stock shaft offering is the Project X 5.5 steel, which I think is an added bonus. As far as the standard grip goes, you're looking at the Mizuno/Golf Pride M-21 58 Round.
Customization options are available from the Mizuno's Custom Department if you prefer a different shaft or grip. Expect the MP FLI-HI to run $140, though any custom options may cost you a little more. If you're ready to try one today, you're in luck, as they're available in stores now!
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Next in line is the Mizuno MP T-10 forged wedges, which utilize Quad Cut grooves. The first question that probably comes to mind is whether these conform to the Conditions of Competition. The short answer is no, not if you're playing pro tournaments. If you're playing elite amateur tournaments, you will be able to game these up until 2014. For the normal weekend warrior, you're in the clear until 2024. Now that that's out the way, let's take a closer look at what makes these wedges tick.
The Quad Cut Groove Technology is essentially a manufacturing process that provides strict control of the width, depth, draft angle, and shoulder radius of every groove. By using such a precise process, the consistency of the grooves is guaranteed. Spin control is ensured from most any lie due to the aggressive nature of the grooves.
The MP T-10 is a forged wedge, utilizing Mizuno's previously mentioned Grain Flow Forging process for the 1025E "Pure Select" mild carbon steel. The teardrop-shaped wedge makes use of a 360° sole grind on bottom, though at address all you will see is the sleek, slender top line that most all players look for.
Options, Pricing, & Availability
Two glare-resistant finishes are available for the MP T-10, plated white satin and raw black satin. It comes in a variety of lofts, ranging from 50° up to 64°, with the 50°, 53°, 56°, and 58° models using a 35.25" True Temper Dynamic Gold shaft and the 60° and 64° using the same shaft, but a quarter inch shorter. Most lofts have multiple bounce options as well. Beware that not all models are available to lefties. Mizuno again went with the Golf Pride M-21 58 round grip as the standard. Luckily, for players such as myself that require a little adjustment, Mizuno's Custom Department offers a wide variety of customization options, from lie angle adjustment to alternate grips and shafts. Expect the standard model to cost $120, and you can find them in stores now.
If you've made it this far, it was worth the journey, as this is the part I'm sure a lot of you have been waiting for - Mizuno's new forged irons, the MP-58 and MP-68. I'd hate to make you wade through any fluff, and there's not much I can say about them that hasn't been said a million times before, so let's dive right in and take a look at the MP-58.
The MP-58 makes use of Mizuno's Dual Muscle Titanium Technology, which builds on the Dual Muscle Technology previously employed on the MP-52, but adds a high-tech Titanium metal along with the 1025E "Pure Select" mild carbon steel during the Grain Flow Forging process. This is done in order to leverage the qualities previously found in the older MP offerings, yet add a greater degree of playability. The purpose of the Titanium is to provide the perfect reinforcement behind the impact area, which Mizuno says adds to the soft, solid, and consistent feel players expect from Mizuno's irons. The Titanium also assists in raising the degree of playability by increasing the amount of weight that is pushed to the perimeter of the head. As a result, Mizuno says to expect a workable, penetrating ball flight, along with an increase in MOI.
Modal Analysis was used to make sure impact, sound, and feel was right where they wanted it to be. The non-physicist definition of modal analysis is basically the use of computer modeling to predict vibration patterns and shapes, and in this case, those computer models are able to determine the feedback that you, the player, feels from this club upon impact with the ball. Kinda crazy, isn't it???
According to Dick Lyons, Vice President and General Manager of Mizuno USA, the MP-58 is the most technologically advanced iron Mizuno has ever created. By using tools such as modal analysis, he says that qualities such as impact, sound, and feel are optimized.
As far as the externally visible qualities you can see, a rolled leading edge and trailing edge are combined with a flattened mid-sole to produce a great looking head that promotes consistent ball striking ability from all types of lies. To top it all off, the MP-58 features a double nickel chrome plated finish with a black chrome stainless steel muscle medallion. The MP-58 is legal for use by all players, even after 1/1/2010, as modified U-grooves are utilized in the face of the club.
Options, Pricing, & Availability
The standard MP-58 set will include a 3 iron through pitching wedge, and have the True Temper Dynamic Gold S300 or R300 as the standard shaft option. I really hate to break this news once again, but there isn't a left-handed model at this time. Like the previously mentioned clubs, the grip of choice is the Mizuno/Golf Pride M-21 58 round grip is used, though custom options are available if needed. $1200 is what it will take to make these yours.
Just like the MP-58, the MP-68 takes all of the best qualities of previous models, and improves on them. Mizuno has deemed the MP-68 as the next generation of muscle back irons, and you'll soon see why. Computer modeling was used in designing and implementing the 3D muscle technology used in Mizuno's new flagship iron. The 3D muscle technology is credited in optimizing the center of gravity, placing it lower and more face-centered. Mizuno says the result is a more penetrating and workable ball flight, with more control than ever.
The MP-58 and MP-68 share many of the same design and production elements. Examples of this include the use of 1025E "Pure Select" mild carbon steel in the forging process, again in order to maintain the soft feel players have come to expect from Mizuno. Modal analysis was also used here as well to ensure the feel of the club. The MP-68 also has a rolled leading edge and trailing edge, with a flattened mid sole, as well as the same double nickel chrome plated finish found on the MP-58. Modified U-grooves finish off the face. What separates the MP-68 from its slightly larger sibling is its lesser offset and the lack of the medallion insert.
Options, Pricing, & Availability
First off, for you lefties, I saved the best news for last. The MP-68 is available in both right handed and left handed models. Though the True Temper Dynamic Gold S300/R300 is the stock shaft, for an extra Benjamin, you can swap in favor of the Project X 5.5 steel shaft. That brings us to the price. The price tag on a set of MP-68s is a cool $1100, but if you prefer the Project X shafts, plan on dropping $1200 to get these in your bag. As always, custom options are available. You should be able to find them in stores now.
Final Thoughts
Stay tuned for part two of The Sand Trap's overview of Mizuno's newest products, where we'll take a look at a couple of new iron sets in the MX line. See you then!!


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My take on the whole thing is that someone on this site is one of the DNR or local sherrif and they were monitoring the origional thread. It looked like they were waiting for us. I personally think that they would have stopped us even if the leaders of the group wouldn't have made that wrong turn by mistake.
Freak is correct on my rig- I don't think that there are many rigs out there that can travel accross any terrain without leaving anything except a footprint even in the mudiest, loosest terrain. I can make it up test hill in 2wd and you can't even tell which line was mine unless I'm screwing around.
I just wish that the local authorities would spend their time busting real culprits for major offences like drinking and driving, drugs, and poaching. Those are the culprits that give everyone that like to play in the woods after dark a bad name.
I only wonder if they would have been waiting or patrolling if it was 3 in the afternoon.
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Mr P is right again. That sound you are hearing is probably spark knock/ping. that can flatten the upper rod bearings real fast and very easy.
The compression is too high for pump gas with flat tops and 64 heads on a 455. The dish works, and depending on where in Alabama you are could be the only solution other than switching to bigger chamber heads like a 5C or 6X. Some places in your state have E85 which with a carb change you could run, but the availability sucks down there. E85 can make some serious power and handle over 13:1 easily, so its a fun option if you can find it. Its everywhere in some states, hard to find in others, Alabama happens to be the latter.
I found that the Ford FE like the 390 and 428 are close to a Pontiac as far as where and how they make power. The Olds is the only other engine even remotely like a Pontiac, and then only the 400/425/455. The 403 and 350 are like the small Pontiacs, but they have a much shorter stroke so they run differently. If you try to do the same things as a 350 sbc or any small Ford to a Pontiac, you are going to have a slow car that gets terrible mileage.
The Torker II works pretty well on a 455, and the Performer RPM wont fit under your hood easily, if I remember right. I know it wont fit a 70-81 Firebird without hood mods, but they will fit a 64-72 GTO easy enough. The only problem I ever had with my T-2 was loading up while driving around town with an 850 Holley on it. My low compression 72 455 HO didnt like it much, but it did fit under the Formula hood on that car.
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