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Only yesterday did we come across a few Sony Xperia model numbers including the Xperia Tablet Z LTE, with launch possibly scheduled for CES and MWC 2014. And a new revelation coming from the AnTuTu benchmarks app has revealed two more Sony smartphones with the model numbers D2004 and D2303. The latter is a mid-range device according to the benchmark score attained (17,853) while the D2004 scored a paltry 12,633 indicating that it possibly packs low end hardware.
With so many Sony Xperia devices being leaked out within a couple of days, we're guessing Sony plans to launch several devices in Q1 2014 with a majority of those concentrated towards China. It is possible that Sony will unveil the mid-range and low end smartphones at CES while the high end and other significant devices could break cover in February during the MWC. It is being rumored that the Sony D5303 which was revealed in yesterday's leak could well be a China oriented 6 inch phablet with MediaTek's true octa core chipset, although there's no confirmation of this yet.
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DALLAS -- The Dallas Cowboys have opened contract talks with first-round draft pick Dez Bryant, who said earlier this summer that his goal was to report to training camp on time.
Players report to camp Friday in San Antonio, and the Cowboys will hold their first practices Saturday. Cowboys officials do not comment on current contract negotiations.
Bryant was the 24th overall pick of the draft and the second wide receiver taken. With the Cowboys starting camp early, it's difficult to determine the going rate for draft picks in the low 20s.
Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Peria Jerry -- last year's No. 24 draft pick -- signed a five-year, $13.25 million contract with $7.55 million guaranteed.
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin, who was the fourth receiver taken in 2009 with the No. 22 selection, earned $8.5 million guaranteed.
Michael Crabtree was the second receiver taken in 2009 -- with the No. 10 pick by the San Francisco 49ers -- and he signed a six-year deal for $32 million after a holdout that lasted into October. That deal, worth about $17 million in guaranteed money, could increase to $40 million if certain incentives are met.
Bryant is represented by agent Eugene Parker, who also represents Crabtree.
Cowboys vice president Stephen Jones recently said it shouldn't be difficult to sign players -- especially Bryant, because the team has a good relationship with Parker, whose clients include Felix Jones and Anthony Spencer. Mike Jenkins' contract also was handled by Parker.
Meanwhile, the Cowboys signed offensive tackle Sam Young and defensive end Sean Lissemore to four-year contracts. Terms were not disclosed Tuesday.
Dallas on Tuesday also released undrafted rookie free agent nose tackle Junior Aumavae and linebacker Donovan Woods, who signed to the team's practice squad last November.
Calvin Watkins covers the Cowboys for ESPNDallas.com. You can follow him on Twitter or leave a question for his weekly mailbag. Information from The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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A long, long time ago, in a galaxy, far, far away.....
It is during the battle of Stalingrad. Once- proud building have been razed to the ground. In the rubble, a Soviet sniper, Pvt. Placeholder lies flat on his belly, his eyes constantly tracking the area for any signs of Germans. He spots a patrol. His finger caresses the trigger of his rifle. The crack of a rifle relieves the silence. Blood seeped from a wound in his shoulder.
Pvt. Placeholder allowed himself a self- satisfied smirk. Then the smile evaporated of his face. The 'dead' German was getting back up. His eyes glowed yellow. The creature tore into its ex- comrades.
Placeholder screams in sheer terror and runs. The creature stared straight back at Placeholder and charged him.
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The recently promoted Sgt. Dunn was instructing the latest batch of recruits. "You gotta aim down your sights! Ramirez! Show these guys what I'm talking about. Suddenly, a klaxon sounds. "All Hunter units get to your victors. We're oscar- mike." Overlord 6 ordered.
They got into their HMMWVs and rode into Afghanistan. Suddenly, there was an Al- Qaeda attack. RPGs flew everywhere. "Get out of the humvees!" Sgt. Dunn yelled.
"Shut up, Dunn!" Cpt. Foley yelled back. "Stay frosty"
The Rangers baled out of the vehicles and bolted for the nearest building. To cut a ling story short, there was a big fight."I think they're scarpering, sir"
Everyone piled into the Humvees. Then the bodies of the terrorists got back up. "Oh my god!" cried Ramirez.
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In Law and Order SVU, 14×11 'Beautiful Frame,' When a rape victim in an SVU case is arrested for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, Suffolk County DA Pam James (guest star Kaczmarek) lands the case and swiftly brings charges against the young woman. Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) questions the circumstances of the arrest and gathers enough evidence for DA Barba (Raul Esparza) to levy charges in Manhattan against another suspect. The two ambitious DA's square off in separate trials for the same murder, hoping to get a conviction before the other derails their case. Also starring Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Danny Pino (Detective Nick Amaro), and Kelli Giddish (Detective Amanda Rollins).
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Miramax has debuted a new official trailer for The Debt on Yahoo, the upcoming dramatic action-thriller starring Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington, plus Ciarán Hinds, Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Chastain. We just featured a first look photo for this yesterday, and it's great to actually see a trailer so quickly after. The film tells two stories, one a flashback about a secret mission to kill a Nazi war criminal, and a modern story about an attempt to uncover the truth about the criminal's potential resurfacing. This looks good, I just hope it's not boring to watch. At least it has a damn good cast. Watch this below and let us know what you think?
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In 1965, three Israeli Mossad agents on a secret mission kill a notorious Nazi war criminal. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the Nazi has surfaced and a former agent must go undercover to get the truth.
The Debt is directed by British filmmaker John Madden, of Ethan Frome, Shakespeare in Love, Proof and Killshot previously. This is a remake of an Israeli film called HaHov. It was rewritten by Matthew Vaughn & Jane Goldman (of Kick-Ass and Stardust) as well as the original writers Ido Rosenblum & Assaf Bernstein. Miramax Films is bringing The Debt to limited theaters on December 29th this year. Who wants to see it?
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Hugh Blake, soon to become stepfather to the Maitland clan, has produced three high-performing offspring of his own. But at the rate they're going, they're never going to make him a grandpa!
There's Suzanne, a work-obsessed CEO whose Christmas spirit could use a little topping up . . .
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So. We all know that Jemma is going through a rough time at the moment in the much loved and anticipated Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. And we know that we don't know exactly what happened when she was inside the Monolith, only that she was being 'hunted' as Fitz put it in the latest episode of the show. But, maybe there is something that we didn't even know we didn't know. What if Simmons is an Inhuman?
I have two main theories why Simmons is an inhuman and they are very valid indeed.
1. When Jemma was eaten alive, for want for another word, by the Monolith, it 'melted' of course. We all know this. But who remembers Professor Elliott Raldolph asking what triggered the stone to melt as it does? Let's think. We have seen the Monolith 'melt' four times throughout the entirety of the tv show. The first time, Gordon, the teleportation inhuman, was in the room along with a lot of guards. The second time it was Simmons. The third time it was Daisy, Bobbi, Hunter and Mack after stopping Fitz from attacking the stone and the last time we saw the Monolith 'melt' was when the professor himself was in the room along with director Coulson and Fitz. Now, let's put the second time (this being the time Simmons was eaten by it) aside for now. What do all the other three have in common? Each time, someone with alien DNA (in other words someone who is not 100% human) was in the room. Now put Simmons back into the equation. See what I mean? She was the only person in the room at the time she was eaten. The answer to Elliots question could be that alien DNA triggers the Monolith to melt into it's liquid form, making my theory go one of two ways. Either an inhuman was in the room and hiding away somewhere the time that it melted and ate Simmons, or Simmons is an inhuman herself.
2. Online, there is talk of another S.H.I.E.L.D agent discovering that they have inhuman powers later on in season three. Some websites have found an interest in Mack discovering he has powers due to his newfound friendship and parter work with Daisy Johnson aka 'Quake'. However, going on point number one, I feel the obvious candidate for a new inhuman would have to be agent Jemma Simmons.


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I work as a bartender in a really nice bar in Liverpool. I love working there becuase of the place, the colleagues and the custumers.
I fell in love with a woman. We have a click with but she keeps me at a distance. She texts me every day but does not want to date me or even let me call her. She says she finds me a dangerous man. I know she was in an abusive relationship. Other guys hit on her but when they get touchy she walks away from them. She avoided guys when we were still close. Girls ask me if she is my girlfriend (becuase of her behaviour). I thought i was in the friend zone but: She talks to my colleagues all the time about me. She stares at me a lot (so my colleagues say). She gets jealous of the other girls talking to me. She loves me jokes.
We got into an argument we stopped talking all together. She still tries to make eye contact with me but she has competely changed. She's now letting guys touch her and she touches them back. They are in each others arms most of the night. She comes so close to them that they almost touch lips. When they try to kiss her she walks away from them. Every day a different guy. Except for one guy. I can tell he means more to her but she also walks away from him when he tries to kiss her. And it's almost like she makes sure i can see it. My colleagues tell me if they move to an area where I can't see it there is less touching.
I don't know what to do. I am trully suffering for months now because I care for her deeply. I want to forget her but it is so hard to do that while having to see this two to three times a week. I work there so I cannot escape it. I try to not see it but that is not working.
They way I see it these are my only options.
1) Change my job (but i love working there)
2) Make her mine.
3) See other girls (but I seldom see girls I like)
What do guys think? And if I should persue her how should I handle this?
Some time ago she was on vacation so I didn't see her for 2 weeks. I felt better. But when she came back it all started again. How can I put this out my mind? Or at least deflect her actions. It's almost like she punishes me on purpose because she has so drastically changed from the moment we stopped speaking.
This woman lost my respect. I talked to the manager, booked a vacation to recover and i will put it all behind me.
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Keep away , sounds to me she has been so hurt that she is out to play games with guys by making them want her, then turning them down so they feel the hurt she is feeling, she will probably punish every guy she meets for the wrong doing of her ex, the only way to deal with it, is to think about the awful relationship you would have with her, in the long term she would hurt you so bad emotionally, its better to put up with the short term pain now by letting her go, than the long term agony she would put you through, she hasn't dealt with her hurt and hate from her ex, so hasn't healed yet, so in no way would she treat you nice, she is already showing disregard for your feelings and has a lack of respect for men in general,10|10|0
Thank you. You are making an excellent point. Do you maybe think that our fight might have hurt her as well? Because she changed much from then on.
It breaks my heart even more to know that she has been going through all of this and that it still hasn't resolved. I really want her to be happy even if it isn't with me.
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Sorry to bother you but there is still something I really would like to know. Tonight I'm most likely gonna see her. If not it will be Friday and Saturday. The closer it gets to that point the more my chest starts to hurt.
I will not persue her anymore but I still would like to know if my fight with her started it. She tried to hide it but I know her well enough to know that I had hurt her feelings by stepping away from her physically and emotionally. It hurt me very much too but I had to. It happened on a Thursday and the Friday after she had completely changed. And the more I try to pretend not to be bothered by her actions the more she turns on the heat with these guys.
Do you think that was it?
aw its no bother , i will try and help anytime! yes, i think she probably deliberately doing it to try to hurt you cos of the fight. A persons actions tell you everything you need to know. She is probably destroyed emotionally, She will probably hurt others, and yourself before they/you get a chance to hurt her, This is a defense mechanism. cos she won't trust guys at all. It isn't her fault though, It doesn't mean she isn't a nice person, life has taught her to be that way. She will expect every guy she meets to hurt her in someway. To be honest I wish I knew her, to try help her to be able to accept her past, and respond differently towards. You could try to remain friends, but it might be too painful for you, if you care for her as much as you do.


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Published beer recipes often include a Hops schedule, with amounts and boil times specified. Other recipes specify the Hops in terms of AAUs and IBUs. AAUs are a convenient unit for specifying Hops when discussing Hop additions because it allows for variation in the Alpha Acid percentages between Hop varieties. For example, if 7 AAUs are recommended for the Boil (60 minutes) and 4 AAUs for Finishing (15 minutes). This is assuming the use of Unhopped malt extract; if using Hopped, then only add the 4 AAUs for finishing. These amounts correspond to 22 IBUs for the boil, and 1.25 IBU for the finish. IBUs allow for variation in brewing practices between brewers, yet provide for nearly identical final Hop bitterness levels in the beer.
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Consider an agency that has 184,778 active members. The association of attorneys who have joined forces and created their own Association of Discipline Counsel consists of only 26 members. In additional, consider that most of the 26 members of the Association of Discipline Counsel were former prosecutors. They aren't likely to put a full court press on their former allies in the Office of Chief Trial Counsel. They have the members of the State Bar at their mercy, all of whom are very committed to retaining their licenses and reputations. They set the fees, mostly outrageous fees. The minimum fee for a 2-3 day trial at State Bar Court is $25,000. Most criminal defense attorneys who try cases involving the freedom of their clients do not garner those fees. The State Bar would consider such price gouging as unethical. And who oversees unethical prosecutors at the State Bar? No one. Why are state court prosecutors getting away with unethical practices that destroy people's lives? Because the State Bar Office of Chief Trial Counsel almost never prosecutes prosecutors. Justice Alex Kozinski of the 9th United States Court of Appeals recently weighed in on this: "Defense lawyers who are found to have been ineffective regularly find their names plastered into judicial opinions, yet judges seem strangely reluctant to name names when it comes to misbehaving prosecutors. Indeed, judges seem reluctant to even suspect prosecutors of improper behavior, as if they were somehow beyond suspicion….Naming names and taking prosecutors to task for misbehavior can have magical qualities in assuring compliance with constitutional rights. "If judges have reason to believe that witnesses, especially police officers or government informants, testify falsely, they must refer the matter for prosecution. If they become aware of widespread misconduct in the investigation and prosecution of criminal cases, a referral to the U.S. Department of Justice for a civil rights violation might well be appropriate." And so it goes. Judges do not forward complaints to the State Bar against prosecutors. Time and time again we see campaign slogans for judges running for re-election. The slogan I see most frequently is "Law Enforcement's Choice." That means they are beholden to prosecutors, and they are not ashamed to admit it. And so we have dirty prosecutors getting away with, sometimes, murder. Mostly, they get away with withholding evidence or lying to judges. Judges running who have historically run on "Law Enforcement's Choice" choice tickets won't refer prosecutors to the State Bar because the retaliation they might see against them at their next election would be devastating to their ability to keep their jobs. Criminal defense lawyers and small firms are historically targeted by The Office of Chief Trial Counsel. Perhaps because the career prosecutors who have mostly never seen the inside of a real courtroom, and who are not required to present their cases according to the rules of evidence, know they would be out monied and out gunned by big firms that could bury them in paper and discovery. Most solo practitioners and small firms cannot fund something that massive. And what about rogue State Bar prosecutors? The adage, "Absolute power corrupts" is in play at the California State Bar. it has been written extensively that State Bar prosecutors historically overcharge cases. Take prosecutor Kimberly Anderson who, for five long years, tortured attorney Nicholas Debiase. Mr. Debiase was charged with failing to keep his membership records up to date. She accused him of moral turpitude for sending out two letters while he was inactive. She got her conviction for moral turpitude. The trial judge simply rubber stamped what she said and destroyed Debiase's livelihood and reputation. Debiase suffered through the long and winding road of the State Bar court system. In a rare turn around of events (State Bar defense counsel Art Margolis has stated in a declaration that the State Bar judges rubber stamp the prosecutor's allegations, and the State Bar Review Court rubber stamps the trial court's decision), the State Bar review department reversed the Debiase clearly stating that he had committed no acts of moral turpitude. That took five long, torturous, years. This was prosecutorial misconduct at its worst. Anderson, well known as one of the most unfeeling prosecutors in the State Bar system, had used her power to harm another person. Was she so myopic that she didn't know the attorney had not committed misconduct, much less conduct amounting to moral turpitude? Whether she was simply a completely ignorant attorney, or she wilfully filed charges she knew were unwarranted, the answer is the same. She had no business prosecuting even another case. And here is where the problem with corruption continues. What happens when a State Bar prosecutor commits misconduct? The answer is nothing. No matter what the answer, she should have been removed from her position right then. Debiase was a victim of a sick system gone wrong; where no sanctions can be had against prosecutorial misconduct.
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Statistical Analysis on Classes of Childcare Workers
A large study of child care used samples from the data tapes on the current population survey over a period of several years. The result is close to an SRS of child care workers. The current population survey has three classes of child care workers: private household, nonhousehold, and preschool teacher. Here are data on the number of blacks among women workers in these three classes:
Total Black
Household 2455 172
Nonhousehold 1191 167
Teachers 659 86
a) What percent of each class of child care workers is black?
b) Make a two-way table of class of worker by race (black or other)
c) Can we safely use the chi-square test? what null and alternate hypothesis does X2(x squared) test?
d) The chi-square statistic for this table is X2(x squared)= 53.194. What are its degrees of freedom? What is the mean of X2(x squared) if the null hypothesis is true? Use the chi-square distribution critical values table to approximate the P-value of the test.
e) What do you conclude from these data?
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This solution conducts a statistical analysis on classes of childcare workers by determining percentages of ethnicity, using chi-square tests and making conclusions about the data.


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2002 LOMA VISTA Drive
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Beds: 5
Baths: 6 | 3
Sq. Ft.: 10,047
Type: Single Family Home
Listing #17226406
Remarkable "Museum Modern" Estate set up an apx 200ft long gated driveway on an almost 1 acre lot in prime Trousdale Estates. Perched on a knoll far above Loma Vista Drive & overlooking serene canyon views & vibrant sunsets, the property offers a completely private & tranquil setting. This property was the former residence of Dean Martin, & although the estate is brand new construction & just completed in 2017, the home truly embodies the spirit of the "Rat Pack"- designed for glamorous entertaining & celebrating a life of luxury. With over 10,000 sq.ft. of living space controlled by a Crestron home automation system, the estate offers incredible European quality & epic scale with 12 ft ceilings, open spaces, wide hallways, & walls of glass that disappear to seamlessly blur the lines between the indoor & outdoor space. Impressive great room, state-of-the-art kitchen, full-size theater, gym, office, & massage room/spa. Incredible exterior space with outdoor kitchen/BBQ/bar, pool & spa.
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County: Los Angeles
MLS Area: Beverly Hills
Directions: Sunset Blvd to North on Mountain to Loma Vista Drive
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Common Walls: No Common Walls
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Rooms: Wine Cellar, Walk-In Pantry, Entry, Living Room, Guest/Maid's Quarters, Home Theatre, Master Bedroom, Media Room, Family Room, Walk-In Closet, Great Room, Center Hall
Full Baths: 6
1/2 Baths: 3
Spa: In Ground, Private
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Security Features: Gated Community, Closed Circuit TV
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Patio / Deck Description: Patio Open
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Pool Description: In Ground, Private
Lot Size in Acres: 0.85
Lot Size in Sq. Ft.: 37, 425
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View Description: Canyon, Mountain
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Property SubType: Single Family Residence
Year Built: 2017
Status: Active
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Tokyo (HEROZ, Inc.) HEROZ, Inc. (HEROZ), providing mobile applications with Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Natalia Pogonina (Natalia), who is the Vice Womens World Chess Champion, have mutually agreed to popularize Chess through a mobile app, CHESS HEROZ. From here on, Natalia Pogonina will be the official partner of HEROZ.
Natalia is a chess grandmaster and one of the best female chess players in the world. Since 2004 she has been a member of Team Russia and is the reigning Olympic Women's Chess Champion.
AI x mobile as the key concept, HEROZ takes on the challenge in the world stage, providing mobile applications with AI function such as Shogi Wars (Japanese Chess app) and other new apps in various fields. CHESS HEROZ is one new app released in 2014 with the world-class AI function, allowing online match-ups all around the world. Thanks to all chess players, fans and users, CHESS HEROZ has been featured in more than 50 countries, including Russia, US, UK, Germany and India etc, at the Google Play Store and at the App Store.
HEROZ has been impressed by Natalias charm, wisdom and fighting spirit. She does her best to excel in every chess tournament and to share with people all over the world the joy of playing the game. Natalia, at the same time, also appreciates HEROZs concept and way of thinking, which is how the agreement has come into effect.
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Russian grandmaster Natalia Pogonina told R-Sport interviwer Anatoliy Samokhvalov about her expectations for the World Team Chess Championship which is starting on Sunday in Chengdu, China. Recently Natalia became the runner-up of the Women's World Chess Championship. The tournament was held in Sochi, Russia.
- Natalia you are currently between two world championships. Is this the proper time to be in top shape?
- I don't focus my attention on whether I am in my best form or not. If you try to peak at one event you are likely to fail at another one. After the tournament in China I have one more tournament coming up. Hence, I don't want to program myself in such a way. Of course, for any chess player the World Championship is the main event: more important than the Olympiad or than the World Team Championship. But I am trying to do my best at every competition!
- Don't you overburden yourself this way?
- It depends on the emotions. If you keep wasting them, you will get burned out. I approach my job carefully and calmly. There is no need to tell oneself: "Come on, you have to prove yourself at all costs!". Such slogans lead to fatigue and stress.
- Were you affected by the fact that the championship (originally scheduled for autumn 2014) had been postponed?
- Not really. I was told that the event will probably take place in sprint, so I wasn't planning to play anywhere else during this period.
- Were you expecting to travel to UAE? This was the original plan for the venue.
- To be honest, I wasn't expecting the tournament to take place there. There was no information about the preparation. Russian President Vladimir Putin basically saved us. If not for him, I have no idea who would host the championship. Even with men's events there are often problems finding sponsorship, for example, for the Grand Prix stages. With respect to women's chess fundraising is even more problematic.


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This is so Terrell Owens, a slight modification on the central theme, "I Can Wait You Out Because You Need Me So Much." I mean, the push-ups and shooting hoops in front of the house were a nice touch, but then again, nobody who pays any attention to the subject has ever accused Owens of being tactically inept. He gets what he wants before you get what you want, and the rest is just dinner theater.
He did this in San Francisco, where his complaints were about the quality and quantity of his surroundings. He did this in Baltimore, at least for the nanosecond he stayed there. And now, with his Super Bowl performance at his back and Todd Pinkston up on blocks, he is doing it with a flourish in Philadelphia.
Frankly, though, we worry that he might be peaking too early. He is playing the full theatrics card in training camp rather than during the season; in San Francisco his dissatisfaction typically manifested itself during games (short-arming balls and running halfhearted routes) and after them (when he either refused to speak to the media or spoke with great élan about how the team was preventing him from achieving his true greatness).
But this ... this is way too early in the process for the walkout and driveway show. Because, as a strictly tactical matter, you have to have something in reserve for the next outrage committed against you, and at this point, he is down to either playing with his pants down or setting fire to the equipment room.
Now we're not even involving ourselves in the should-he-get-more-money-or-honor-his-contract argument. We're not even touching the Eagles-need-him-or-they-finish-8-8 debate, let alone the Joe-Banner-would-rather-lose-without-him-than-give-in tavern fight.
This is strictly about the quality of Owens' protest, and unless he has choreographed this with a reality TV producer, he might run out of the good stuff before the season even starts.
You see, Owens is an actor, and actors need a stage and a script. He cannot help himself; this is pathological as well as strategic. His ability to get his new deal is largely dependent not upon his talent but upon his ability to irritate the people with the money so much that they will pay him to shut up.
He believes it, and frankly, so do the Eagles. The question on the table, though, is how much the Eagles are willing to be irritated. And for that, Owens needs to be front and center -- because he craves it and because without it, he loses a large part of his leverage.
To be front and center, then, he needs to ratchet up his look-at-me incrementally rather than all at once, and it's incredibly difficult work. Dennis Rodman did it well for a fairly long time (the tattoos, the hair, Michael Jordan at his back, etc.), but once he hit the far edge of Weirdball City, his decline came swiftly and surely.
So it is with Owens, if he isn't careful. He is driving the car here, and he has to keep brushing the guardrail without breaking the car or hurtling into a gully. Because there is a third rail out there somewhere, at which point he loses his allies in the public and becomes just a guy who lost his mind and blew $49 million to become irrelevant (see Rodman in San Antonio, see Rodman with the Lakers).
This is something his agent, Drew (Why, Yes, It Is All About Me, Now That You Ask) Rosenhaus, cannot help Owens with, for Owens listens to his own inner muse when it comes to cranking the boss. Owens has a sense of his own gift here, and he is betting that, as a virtuoso of the irritatory arts, he can make the Eagles pull off their own heads even as they offer him a new deal.
And the Eagles so far are giving every indication that their heads are bolted on with Frankensteinian efficiency.
Which is where we are now -- Owens needing to come up with a new shtick, slightly better than the last one, and soon, because in his world, a week without an ostentatious act is a week that can never be regained. In fact, he might need to return to camp just because that's where the audience is.
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Aside from the early morning, half-asleep thoughts, I woke up feeling refreshed, and better than ever. I figure it is time to embrace reality, maybe I am gay, or at the very least, bi-curious. Maybe it can be a good thing. All I know is, there is only one true way to find out 100% what one's sexuality is, and that is just to try it. But at the same time, I am a virgin and I would like my first time to be with someone special. Although it was crazy, Justin kept coming back to mind, even though I knew that was impossible. He's definitely straight.
I actually woke up on time to catch the bus, as I slept like a rock after the orgasm I had last night. I still texted Justin to see if he could give me a ride to school. I just really wanted to see him as early as possible. I wouldn't mind another one of those hugs. He obliged, and was in my driveway right away. Maybe he was eager to see me too.
"Hey!" Justin excitedly said as I entered the passenger seat. He was wearing an adorable red polo today that made his arms look like the size of my head, and some tight, khaki jeans that loosened just slightly as they approached his ankles. His bulge today looked as beautiful as ever, as you could easily make out along his left thigh where his soft dick was being hugged tightly by the fabric. I also noticed he had new sneakers as well. His hair was styled perfectly, and he smelt like he had bought new cologne as well. My pants started rising at the sight of him immediately. My mouth started watering. Before I knew it, I had been staring at him awkwardly for about 15 seconds and hadn't responded yet. I quickly snapped out of it.
"Hey, how are you?" I sheepishly said, hoping he didn't catch me drooling even though it was painfully obvious. "Why are you all dressed up today?"
"Well I met this girl and wanted to impress her. I'm hoping she wants to hang out after our game tomorrow night."
"Wait. I thought we were hanging out?" I asked, slightly jealous at the fact that he was prepared to cancel our plans for some cheap ass.
"Well, you're going with Courtney right? We can double date." He said was a smile. It wasn't my ideal situation, but I nodded in agreement, just because I wanted to be around him at whatever cost.
We rode with the music blasting and the windows down on our way to school on a beautiful, warmer-than-normal November morning. Justin was singing terribly, but hearing him over the speakers just made me smile uncontrollably, as I couldn't stop thinking about how adorable he was being at that moment.
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They started high five-ing and laughing and carrying on loudly as I quietly and slowly took a seat beside Justin, on the outside of the group. They didn't even notice I was there, until about 5 minutes in, when Justin started to introduce me.
"Guys, this is my best friend Emmett. Emmett, this is Marc, Brandon, Brent, and Joseph. You can call him Joey," he announced as he pointed in the direction of each person as he said their name. They all seemed like great guys, I smiled and shook hands with each.
Marc had been Justin's friend the longest. He had longer, flowing black hair, sharp jawline and brown eyes like mine, and was of Italian decent. He was pretty stocky, but built and carried his weight well. He looked like he could bench me with one hand, in his sleep. He was a lineman on the team. He fit every single meat headed football player stereotype you could possibly think of. Always had girls around his arm or in his pants, somewhat popular and good looking, and a bit of a bully. He was pretty loud and obnoxious, chewed with his mouth open which was disgusting, and loved sarcastic comebacks and racy jokes. One thing I couldn't stop noticing about him though was the ass he was sitting on. Wow. I had never seen a more perfect, round, bubbly ass than what he had. I bet it jiggled to the touch. I made sure to keep my eye on it whenever he moved as best I could, without looking obvious.
Brandon was pure eye candy. He looked like a model. Typical pretty boy, with a comb-over in his hair and the infamous part on the side, complete with pierced ears... Both of them. His eyes were green, faded green that really gave him this sensitive guy look. His arms and build were smaller, but he was lean and had literally no body fat. His cheek bones, broad shoulders, and small hands were all perfect. Definitely not the strongest, as he was a receiver so he needed to be lean and fast like me, but every inch of him was perfection. He had a nice ass too, as I couldn't take my eyes off of it when we left the table to get a drink. I notice that he had shaved legs, which didn't take away from his beauty, but it definitely was a new one for me to see a guy shave his legs. He was very very sweet, and very smart. He focused more on classes than getting laid, but he really struck me as an old fashioned, hopeless romantic. Brandon was the definition of a pretty boy, but his sexuality was undetectable. I was curious in that perspective to know more about him, and if anyone else suspected him to be anything but straight.
I had actually recognized Joseph from PE class. Joseph was much the same build as Marc, thick and stocky but very attractive and strong. He had nearly platinum blonde hair, it almost didn't look natural. He had bright blue eyes, just as bright as his hair. He had very interesting facial and personality traits. He didn't speak much, or do much of anything, probably because he was shy and had never met me before. He had braces I did notice, and a scar on the back of his head from what I assumed to be an injury not related to football. It was a long, deep gash from the back of his ear leading up to the crown, and it was clearly fresh and probably had a lot of stitches at one point. I had seen Joseph naked before, and while he doesn't have that model look stomach, he was a good looking guy with an average dick that was on the fatter side and huge balls. His timid personality was a nice draw.
Then there was Brent. Oh, Brent. All star quarterback, a new girl every week, and everything you could ever want. 6'4 in height, black hair with a buzz cut, and a small nose but more pointed at the end. I could see parts of his tattoo on his right arm, on the inside. Shear perfection. His lips outlined his face marvelously. They were small but plump and his teeth were white as clouds. He was very tan, and was 1/4 Cuban. Wow. His voice melted me in just one word. I ad never believed in love at first sight but damn... His hands were big, but very clean and soft looking. His biceps... Oh my god, his biceps. They weren't any bigger than Justin's but so much more defined. You could watch every single muscle in him twist and turn with every move. His neck was perfectly thick, and the veins in his forearms rose up like small mountains. He had very long legs, his butt wasn't as plump but fit him perfectly. His pecs and abs under that button up dress shirt looked like he had just come from a hollister shoot. His eyes were blueish grey. He was sitting directly across from me and I just could not stop staring. He stood up only one time, stretched his thick arms above his head and exposed his lower stomach. I had never seen a more sculpted v line in person than Brandon. His happy trail had grown so neatly up to his belly button that it almost looked groomed. He was wearing baggy cargo shorts so I couldn't make much out below the belt but when you top out at almost six and a half feet, how can you not be packing some serious baggage down there. Brandon made eye contact with me but one time, but with his stare and that slight grin. I almost ran to the bathroom that second to rub one out.
But I had noticed Brent around school one or two times before, not really taking into account his physical attributes. That's because when everyone notices Brent, is due to the fact that he is a complete jock and a bully. He has a reputation in school as one not to be messed with, and always makes sure the freshman know who is in charge. Brent is a complete asshole, and after admiring him for so long, I immediately recognized him from my sophomore year for tripping me down the stairs on more than one occasion. After the memories of this guy came back, I slowly started finding him less attractive by the minute, even though there was no denying that was far from the truth. I wanted to loathe him, but I could not stop staring.
After not really contributing to the conversation much because I was too busy admiring all the men around me, mostly Justin , Brent and Brandon, our morning free time quickly ended. I didn't want to go to class. I wanted to sit there all day and just stare at Justin's friends. We got up and left the table, while Brent and I made eye contact one last time. But this time it was not a smile I was greeted with, but a menacing gaze. My first reaction was thinking maybe he had noticed me oozing over all the guys at the table and more specifically him, or maybe he had the same eye opening moment as me and flashed back to 10th grade. I was not sure which, but I quickly looked away and made my way to my locker. I was gathering my things and preparing for my first class when my locker quickly and loudly slammed in front of me. I gasped and looked to my left to see Brent standing there, breathing heavily.
I was pretty confused, but more nervous than anything and my face was already hot from embarrassment and worry. I turned slowly to him and didn't say anything.
"Don't think I didn't see you back there, kid. And don't think for a second I don't remember who you are." He growled at me as my nerves built up more and more.
"I don't know what you're talking about." I managed to mumble as my voice cracked.
"I saw you staring a hole through me, more than once. You want to know what I think? I think you want me. I think you're a fucking faggot. Remember when I made your life miserable two years ago? I will not hesitate to do it again. And I'll start by telling poor Justin that this flaming queen was pretty much undressing us all at the table this morning. Stay away from me or you'll regret it."
I didn't have the chance to say anything before he knocked my belongings out of my hands and walked away, laughing maniacally. I was so fucking pissed that I couldn't contain my anger. But I was also really worried. What if he tells Justin that he thought I was checking him out this morning? What if he tells anyone? Gossip spreads like wildfire around here and I'll be outed quicker than I can blink. I didn't know what to do or feel in that moment. As I gathered myself from the shock I had just endured, I heard the bell ring to get to class. I bent over to grab my things from the floor, when Brent and Marc passed by again.
"Look at him bending over and sticking his ass out. He's practically begging for it!" Brent yelled as loud as he could, and Marc cackling uncontrollably. Fuck, I had really gotten myself into a mess. I wanted to wipe that smirk off both of their faces, but I was too upset at this point. He had already ran to Marc and told him everything, who's to say he wont tell everyone in school just as quickly? At this rate, Justin would think the same of me by lunch. I had woke up happy and energized and ready to kick today's ass, and before my first class even started I was ready to go home and cry. Here I am trying to pick my shit up off the floor and people are staring and whispering about what Brent just said, all the while I'm fighting back tears fearing the worst for my friendship with Justin. Just a day after taking that first step to maybe someday be able to love myself for who I am, my wandering eyes get the best of me and I am terrified all over again.
That's when the real event of the day happened. The new kid....
I looked up just quick enough to notice someone walking alone that I had never seen around here before. This guy reminded me so much of Brent right off the bat, in the manner that he was mind-numbingly beautiful. I immediately felt my tongue flop out like a dog panting for water.
There this guy was in the hallway. Short sandy blonde hair with blonde highlights, cut into a fade and styled but still looking as soft as air, about 6'3, very broad chested and shoulders, too. He had his ears pierced as well, small diamond studs on both sides, and they looked stunning. He was very pale, with a hint of pink in his cheeks. Perfectly clear white skin. Shimmering blue eyes like Joseph, but more metallic and piercing to the glance. The absolute most beautiful eyes I had ever connected with. Toned pink lips perched out ever so slightly under his small, pointed nose and highly defined cheek bones and eye brows perfectly symmetrical. His Adam's apple was predominantly noticeable in his neck, and the cozy sweater he had on hugged every inch of his body. The guy was clearly ripped, more than Justin, more than Brent. His arms were huge, but fit his proportions well. his hands were big, and fingers were shorter. His waist was small, really bringing out how wide his shoulders were, and slimming perfectly down to his bubbly ass that looked just as firm as it did soft. He was wearing skinny jeans that hugged his entire bottom half nicely, and sharp vans shoes. But what really caught my attention about his legs was not his huge, toned calves, built for running hours on end, and not his gorgeous ass that shifted with every step he took towards me, but the bulge in the front. Now, I had seen Justin naked plenty of times to know he was packing, as it was 5-6 inches soft and what I assumed to be 8-9 hard. But this bulge definitely gave what I seen in Justin's pants this morning some serious competition. Justin's bulge is thick, and I always imagined it being even thicker hard although I have no proof of that, but what this guy had in there took the cake. It was longer, too, and was coiled up like a snake in his pants. I wanted so badly to know what would have rolled out had I unzipped that zipper and took a peek. All this daydreaming about the human race's perfect traits all put into one body made me cringe with delight. But what I didn't realize was that he was headed towards me....
When I noticed not only was he walking in my direction, but that I was his destination, I started sweating profusely. He bent over and slightly moaned as he bent down, and started helping me pick my things up off the floor. He looked at me and smiled as he grabbed the first item and said hello.
"Hi, need some help?" He asked as he was already helping anyway.
I didn't answer one way or the other, but I responded, "Thank you."
"Don't mention it. My name is Noah."
Noah. What a beautiful name for a beautiful specimen. I loved it already. His deep, booming voice and seemingly sweet first impression gave him a slight edge over Brent, as he was a douche bag if there ever was one. I had hoped the vibes I was picking up rang to be true.
We grabbed my things when all of a sudden I see Noah reaching his hand out to help me up. Those big strong hands, with stubby fingers and nails cut to the skin. I admired everything about them just for a second before reaching out and grabbing it. His grip was much stronger than I had anticipated, and he pulled me up from the floor with little to no help from my shaking legs. The guy was insanely strong.
"Thanks," I nervously said again, hearing the cracking in my voice. "I'm Emmett."
"Nice to meet you Emmett," he said with a beautiful smile, exposing his perfect teeth. "Quick question. Do you know where this room is?" He pointed to a printed copy of the schedule he had received from the main office. I leaned in to take a look and... Oh no. He was in Mr. Peters' English class, with me. My heart dropped into my stomach as I became more and more nervous with every breath I took.
"That's also my first class. It's right up the stairs here." I said, without making direct eye contact worried that I would faint and have him have to pick me back up again.
"Great! Mind if we walk together?"
"Not at all," I answered as I turned my back and started walking to class. The bell to get in our seats had rang a good three minutes ago, if we didn't get into the room soon, we would have to get a tardy slip. I had already received one just this week so the last thing I needed was another. I started up the stairs as Noah was skipping every other step to catch me, I caught a glimpse of him out of the corner of my eye and watching his legs power up the steps. I was sweating so badly I was worried that I may sweat through the shirt I was wearing. I was walking to class with whom was easily the hottest guy at out school now. I just have to make sure I behave.
As we enter class, I hurriedly grab my normal seat as Noah makes his way to the teacher's desk, presumably explaining that he would be in this class from this point on. He then proceeded to take the only empty seat in the classroom, right beside me.


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Your Mom Reads Your Blog: Unraveling the College-Parent Mystery
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Once you move out of the house, your relationship with Mom & Dad takes on a whole new light. Suddenly they're not there 24/7, either to help or hover. Here's what you need to know about how (and why!) your parents are behaving differently now that you're in charge of doing your own laundry:
Your Mom Reads Your Blog.
It's true, your mom might read your blog. She may have seen your MySpace page, too, and if you've chatted, she's probably clicked any link in your AIM profile. Don't believe me? Take a peak at this forum thread, where parents discuss how they google their teens. I can also tell you from personal experience that my mom read my blog, and my best friends' mom read hers, too.
Keep that in mind when you're posting pics & details about your life (and also remember that your boss could be googling you, too!)
Why: I know it seems nosey, but your mom or dad is used to having you around a lot more. It used to be that your parents could ask about your day after school, at dinner, or really whenever they felt like it. Now that you're out of the house, they're probably missing that day-to-day interaction. Try shooting off a couple more emails, and calling home once in a while. And yes, you can ask them not to read your blog if it makes you uncomfortable.
Your Room is Rearranged (or Never Touched).
There are two unsettling extremes you could experience when you go home:
- Your room is left untouched, like some kind of shrine to your high school days.
- Your room is rearranged, your younger sibling has taken it over, and/or your room has become the guest room/dad's study/the family gym.
Either of these scenarios can be a little uncomfortable. After all, you lived here for years of your life, you probably don't expect Mom & Dad to start repainting the day you start school, or to leave the door shut all the time like your room is a shrine.
Why: In a sense, your parents are mourning your childhood-you're off at college learning to be an adult, and that means their lives are going to change big time. Just like with any big change, everybody deals with it differently. If your parents are in denial, your room is probably more like a "you-museum" than a bedroom. If they are trying to move on and let you grow up, you might come home to find a Bowflex Home Gym where your desk used to be. Again, you can always talk it out-parents like that, and it will help you feel more comfortable with the new situation.
Your Parents Have Taken Up Random (for them) New Hobbies.
Maybe your Dad starts taking yoga when he's more of a hunting-with-the-boys kind of guy. Maybe Mom starts fencing when she was more into crocheting and scrapbooking before. Whatever changes you see in your parents, they're probably a little unexpected.
Why: Whether or not you remember it, your life took up a lot of your parent's time. Mom and Dad spent a good portion of their day chauffeuring, cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, going to your soccer games, working to put food on the table, and generally being your personal cheerleading squad.
These new hobbies are their reaction to having a whole lot of unexpected free time. They're probably both missing the time with you, and trying to adjust to-and enjoy-the freedom to try new things again.
So, What's Going On?
Okay, so your house is different, Mom's gotten a Facebook account, and your Dad has taken up horseback riding to fill in the time you used to spend golfing together-what's really going on?
I mean, aren't you the one who's going through a huge life change right now?
Well, kind of. What's going on is that your parents are starting to come to terms with being "empty nesters." You have basically been the focus of their lives for the past 18-or-so years, so this sudden disconnect can be really hard on them. Even if you have other siblings still at home, watching one of their babies step into adulthood can really shake a parent up!
I hope this unraveled a little bit of the mystery of parental behavior in college. (Hey, you can always get a new blog account if you have to!)
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The college experience is a transition time for parents as well as students. Sometimes parents may seem "nosey" because they want to understand their student's college world. The more parents know, the more comfortable they will be with the process. They more students are willing to share, the more comfortable parents will be. College can be a wonderful time of growing, meaningful communication between parents and their college students.
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Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hotspur after the nickname of Sir Henry Percy:
- HMS Hotspur (1810), a 36-gun fifth rate in service from 1810 to 1821
- HMS Hotspur (1828), a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1828, a chapel hulk after 1859, renamed Monmouth in 1868, and sold in 1902
- HMS Hotspur (1870), an armoured ram launched in 1870 and sold in 1904
- HMS Hotspur (H01), an H-class destroyer launched in 1936 and transferred to the Dominican Republic in 1948
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- A sloop called Hotspur appears in the Horatio Hornblower novel, Hornblower and the Hotspur, third in the series, armed with eighteen 9-pounder cannon and four carronades
- A Hotspur appears in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story The Adventure of the Gloria Scott
- A schooner called Hotspur appears in the Richard Bolitho novel A Band of Brothers, written by Douglas Reeman (using the pseudonym Alexander Kent).
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Tuesday 4 June 1991
It was Tuesday, under the sign of Gemini. The US president was George H. W. Bush (Republican).
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In that special week of June people in US were listening to More Than Words by Extreme.
In UK The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) by Cher was in the top 5 hits.
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, directed by Stephen Herek, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1991
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Thursday, 25 July 2013
You know, let me tell you something personal about me that I haven't told anyone. And when I say anyone I mean literally, anyone else on Earth. Just something I noticed about myself, and the way I operate. Something that might give you a little bit of an insight into things, into how to turn a negative into a positive, so to speak, or a weirdness into an asset.
I never knew my father. He was a drunk and violent man, and my mother had the great courage and foresight to leave him when I was still gestating merrily away in her womb. I'm very grateful that she did, and God alone knows what kind of life I would have led if she hadn't.
That's not the thing I haven't told anyone by the way. Lots of people know that.
The thing I've never told anyone is this though, which is something strange that I noticed about myself.
I never missed having a father - you don't miss what you've never had. It never bothered me in any way - my mother was, and still is, a very strong woman, and she did a great job of being both parents.
But looking back (and this is the thing I've never told anyone) I can quite clearly see that I had this weird tendency. It was a tendency to fixate on men as father figures.
I'd just kind of idolise them, and do what I could to learn from them. Some of these men were people I knew - teachers, for instance. One of them was my English teacher, a man called Alexander "Sandy" MacKinnon, who read an off-syllabus book once in a class I was taking, that completely changed my life.
That book was The Great Divorce by C. S. :Lewis, and if you haven't read it yet, buy it and read it. It is a stunning and forensic piece that opens the core mechanisms of suffering and joy like a mechanic would pop the hood of a car.
Many people reject it out of hand, because it's written in Christian terms. Many Christians completely miss the point of it, because they're so busy tripping over themselves to agree with what's being said, that they take no time to consider it.
I on the other hand, was listening to my Dad-of-the-week. And so I listened. I idolised him, and listened very carefully, and really got inside the ideas. I didn't pick and preen, posture and niggle at the little bitty things that it's easy to criticise. Of course not - would you? Would you if your Dad was trying to really get something important across to you that meant a lot to him?
No, you'd listen, you'd get your head inside what he was saying - or at least you would if you were a young kid, which I was at the time.
And you know, he moved on, I left the school. And then I found another author - Bryan Magee. I did the same thing there too. Just knuckled right down, got right inside what he was saying.
You know, it's a weird thing talking about humility, because we live in an incredibly arrogant world. We're taught arrogance from a very young age, the importance of arrogance.
Shut up and listen. That's not a virtue we like in ourselves, is it? That we would just shut up about all the things we - personally us, personally you, personally me - that we believe, or think, or want to say.
That we would ever just shut the hell up. Just put all of it aside, and open up the ears, and just get right inside what someone's saying, like it's coming from the mouth of the person you admire most on Earth.
That's when it's easiest to listen - when you admire. And not having a father gave me, in retrospect, an incredible advantage which is instrumental to what I do and how I do it.
It is this. I am very, very cheap with my admiration. I admire hard and rapidly. I admire to extremes. I admire quickly, and genuinely. If I recognise that someone has something of genuine value to say, I just stop. I literally just shut the hell up.
This might seem to people to be weak - and a lot of people throughout my life have thought that of me. That I bow too low, that I make a servant of myself too quickly.
And a lot of people think that being strong is the same as never showing to anyone that you don't know something. That being strong is the same as having a strong opinion, regardless of what that is.
This is what people teach, what people tell each other, what people enforce as an idea of strength, because in the very short term, it does look stronger than the person sitting down, looking up, listening attentively, and doing what they're told.
That was me. Over and over, time and again. Only with people I respected - but once I respected someone, that's what happened.
And I found that in that position, sitting down, shutting up, being humble about my ideas, listening to others - I could rapidly, rapidly understand what that person was saying. I could get right inside it, and not just understand the idea, but see the idea. Move it around in my head, spin it this way, spin it that.
It gave me complete command of the ideas of the people I respected the most. And then all of a sudden I could start seeing these connections, really clear connections, between this idea and that... and then all of a sudden I'm not just kneeling at the feet of these brilliant people. I'm connecting and deepening their ideas in ways they never did.
But then of course, I had to look very subservient to do it... because I had to BE very subservient.
But it didn't give me cancer. I didn't explode. And because I was only being subservient to people who really had something interesting to say, I was able to get my head around some amazing stuff.
And then... I was able to notice what I was doing. And then directly hone it like a skill. To consciously do it, as a kind of acceleration pedal. When you really have to get right inside what someone's saying. There's some really good people out there. I'd never be able to understand what they were all saying if I couldn't shut my goddamn mouth and open my goddamn ears when necessary. There just wouldn't be enough time.
But there is enough time if I do. Because this is rapid.
This is the power of humility, and it is a lost power to the world we live in. We're never taught it. We're taught to mock it, to attack it. And sure as night follows day the one single consequence of this is that we fail to utilise anything like our actual capacity for insight and connection.
Nothing like it.
So there you go. Something nobody knows about me - my fixation on father figures because of my lack of one led me to unlock a way of getting inside the deepest ideas of the best of humanity, rapidly, and connecting them up, rapidly.
And all it meant was a few raised eyebrows, a few snarky comments, and a few nasty names from some wonderful people did not understand what real strength was, just what fake strength looked like.
Might want to start looking for ways to ask yourself if you're one of those wonderful, wonderful people. And I'm not being sarcastic - wonderful people. Lovely, fun, cool, well liked - but severed from this quite phenomenal power. And it is phenomenal, I owe so much to it, and it's key to so much of what I do.
But uh... yeah. I never told anyone that, so, just...
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There's something about Christian ethics that has nothing to do with metaphysics or theology but rather the character, the humaneness, the touch of human love, the familiarity...and familiALITY of it.ReplyDelete
Whatever it is, it is the core teaching that goes without words, it is the kin to feelings, it connects.
I don't know how this is related, but great post by the way. :)
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