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I did a video de the NYX lipglosses and the Ultra Pearl Mania loose eyeshadows that I have...hope it helps some of you gals out since some websites don't have accurate swatches.
Youtube wouldn't let me upload it since it's over 10 minutes which is ridiculous, they should at least increase it to 15 minutes, so I had to upload it elsewhere.
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Friday, February 1, 2008
Video: NYX Lipgloss Swatches & NYX Ultra Pearl Mania Loose Powdered Eyeshadows
I did a video de the NYX lipglosses and the Ultra Pearl Mania loose eyeshadows that I have...hope it helps some of you gals out since some websites don't have accurate swatches.
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- Anna said...
omgaah the outfits look awesome. you use a lot of nyx lipgloss and i want to get some now because the color looks so good and pigmented
- February 1, 2008 at 9:09 AM
- SJAE said...
i LOVE LOVE LOVE your top! i've been tryin' to find a top like that since FOREVER, either they're TOO BUSY .. or too expensive worth hundreds of $$$ .. where didja get yours from =T ?
- February 1, 2008 at 9:19 AM
- Vanessa said...
Thanks Anna!
SJAE- Thanks, I got it from Forever21.
- February 1, 2008 at 9:32 AM
- harmonee07 said...
What a cute ring, just noticed towards the end of the video.
- February 1, 2008 at 9:36 AM
- Vanessa said...
Thank you Harmonee! I think I got it from Claire's or Icing...don't remember :)
- February 1, 2008 at 9:44 AM
- Christal said...
hey cute top,
we have two forever 21 in toronto! heheee
- February 1, 2008 at 9:52 AM
- Christal said...
ps I really love that pink lip colour, judging form the MAC FAFI pics seems like some of their lips stuff will be that colour or close to it, I might pick a few of those up!
- February 1, 2008 at 10:31 AM
- (g)ezebel said...
i love that necklace (i have a fetish for large necklaces and rings)!
is it that warm in southern cal that you can wear that blouse already? it's freakin' 37 degrees still in northern cal!
- February 1, 2008 at 10:53 AM
- sheila said...
How cute. I like how your furniture is all white too.
- February 1, 2008 at 12:02 PM
- Xuan Kristy said...
OH my god, That outfit you have on is gorgeous. Did you also get that at Forever 21? Now I want to go shopping. hahaa You are tooo cute.
- February 1, 2008 at 12:34 PM
- leenah said...
thanks so much for the info, im gonna go out and get some nyx :) yay! by the way i am addicted to your site!!
- February 1, 2008 at 2:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
They is great!! now i can watch while i'm at work AHHAHA.... (they block anything attached with youtube).. So Hopefully you can continue to to this this other videos! BTW you ROCK!
- February 1, 2008 at 2:08 PM
- sunnie said...
that is an amazing top on you! forever 21 has so much stuff in there I hardly stay for too long since its so much work go through everything, btw, where did you get that chunky necklace in your first pic? so cute!
- February 1, 2008 at 6:35 PM
- May said...
cute outfit! i love the hat =) is it really that warm in LA? and you can wear that to work? i'm totally jealous :P thanks for swatching... i'm really interested in the lilac fields l/g! and the ocean blue/cornflower piggie is sooo pretty! that is exactly how the blue in the NARS rated r eyeshadow duo should look like... but doesn't, lol.
- February 1, 2008 at 6:39 PM
- Bliss said...
THe Gold Pink is such a beautiful color on you, wish we had NYX here boo.., and its such a chic+cute outfit.
- February 1, 2008 at 9:05 PM
- Fathma said...
looovvee the outfit. I can never pull off tops like that. I would always end up looking like I'm wearing a sack.
- February 1, 2008 at 9:08 PM
- aireen said...
hi vanessa! thanks so much for the swatches (: it was really useful!
haha your outfits look great (: you're so cute
- February 1, 2008 at 9:43 PM
- Elizabeth said...
I love your eye makeup in the video. Cute outfit and i love the lips, suits you really well!
- February 2, 2008 at 1:03 AM
- christianadivine said...
how helpful is this for us NYX junkies. :] Hehe. Also, your outfit is TOOO cute. Love it. :D
- February 2, 2008 at 2:11 AM
- Anonymous said...
Hey Vannessa, I really need some help on blusher. I am really fair skinned (I'm asian), my skintone is NC20. Whenever I put on blusher, although I tap my brush so minimum amount goes on my face, I still end up looking like a clown. Pinkish tones are alright for me, but as soon as I put peachy tones, then I look horrible. What peachy colours would you recommend for me that will look ok?
- February 2, 2008 at 5:23 AM
- Izar said...
Lovely makeup shades, I really love them! That top is simply gorgeous, as is the whole ensemble you're wearing in the pic! ^_^
- February 2, 2008 at 8:04 AM
- Christal said...
hey girl
thanks for the NYX swatches. I did a search and found the NYX canada site. We have ONE pharmacy downtown that has NYX....hahaha just ONE! I'm gonna go check it out next week. I'll let you know what I get....I'm thinking about the purple pearl e/s
- February 2, 2008 at 11:46 AM
- Julie said...
I LOVE that top. It's so simple and classic but it's still beautiful!
There's shimmer in the lipgloss (I think - looks like it, heeh) Do you find the shimmer bearable?
- February 2, 2008 at 7:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
Just found your blog and loving it!!!! Gosh now I want Barbie Pink.
- February 2, 2008 at 10:38 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hey! I really love both of your shirts. I'm trying to find them online, since we don't have a Forever 21 here. I can't find them! Did u get them online or in the store? If you have time, could u like tell me the style number of both of them. I really want them! thanks!
- February 3, 2008 at 10:03 AM
- psychoexgirlfriend said...
Cute outfits! I'm really into creams now too. Hope you're having fun in Vegas.
- February 3, 2008 at 12:18 PM
- Meiseen said...
thank you NYX swatches
Now i know what to buy
thanks again
- February 3, 2008 at 4:39 PM
- nanzy said...
OMG Gold Pink is soooo pretty :) I dont know if i can rock Barbie Pink like you tho... thank you for the swatches, it really helps and I enjoy your blog very much..almost too much LOL
- March 12, 2008 at 6:31 PM
- Nicole said...
Hello!!!!!! I am looking for the shirt you're wearing in the picture, but I can't find it!!!!! Do you have the style number, or a way I can find it online???? E-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com and let me know! Thanksssss so much!! I love the outfit, you're so cute!
- March 27, 2008 at 4:20 PM
- Queencess said...
Your beanie hat is cute, where did you get it from?
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She's still in high school, but boxer Claressa Shields, 17, is also an Olympic gold medalist, after she won her middleweight final Thursday. She defeated Russia's Nadezda Torlopova by a score of 19-12.
It was the first gold medal ever awarded for women's middleweight boxing. And by the time the match started, Shields, who was featured on NPR while training in Flint, Mich., represented America's only hope for a gold medal in boxing at the London 2012 Games. Welterweight Errol Spence of Texas lost his quarterfinal, leaving all the U.S. hopes to rest on Shields' shoulders.
Update at 6:10 p.m. ET: One of Shields' heroes is legendary boxer Sugar Ray Leonard — who tweeted about her earlier this week: "Your Jab is so solid use it more! Your Hook, wow (just like mine) win every round and bring home the Gold Claressa!"
Speaking by phone with All Things Considered co-host Melissa Block hours after her match, Shields said, "Yeah, you know I was kinda shocked that he tweeted me. I didn't know, because he didn't tag me in it. I was like, What?"
"Just hearing he's been watching me is a complement," she said. "It means a lot, because he's somebody who I studied. It was great."
As for her gold medal match, Shields admits that she enjoyed it — particularly the final round.
"I was having fun, making her miss, making her pay," she said of Torlopova. "I wish I could've hit her with more punches. But, you know, I made them count. So everything worked out good."
And she says that her father, who at first doubted that his little girl could box, has become a source of good advice, helping her navigate the ups and downs of tournament boxing.
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Torlopova, 33, had previously won bronze at this year's world championships. As the gold medal match opened, she and Shields traded quick jabs, as each tried to put points on the board. In two separate instances, Shields landed a hard right and a quick left to Torlopova's headgear. Then Shields missed with a high hook that was wildly off the mark.
But that was the exception, not the rule, as Shields' accuracy and speed challenged the Russian from the start. The two boxers are both listed at 5'9, so neither had a reach advantage.
In the second round, the two had more sustained exchanges, as they put combinations together and landed a few body shots at close quarters. With both fighters showing themselves willing to stand toe-to-toe and exchange shots, the crowd roared its approval.
With each boxer seeking to be aggressive, Shields established herself in the center of the ring, fending off Torlopova with quick jabs.
"You're getting hit too much," her trainer told Shields after that round. "I don't want you getting hit so much."
Midway through the match, Torlopova's handspeed seemed to have slowed down just a bit — and Shields was energized, dancing in the ring, landing punches and eluding most of those thrown by Torlopova.
The two fighters even punched their way out of a clinch, instead of allowing the referee to come in and separate them. The flurry that followed saw Shields go bouncing against the ropes, but she moved herself out of trouble, circling to her left.
Then Shields stalked toward Torlopova with her hands down, seeming to dare the Russian to try to hit her. But that didn't last, as she soon re-established her guard, clenching her gloves up around her face.
"You did a good job," her trainer said after that second round. "You did some of the things that you wanted to do. Now let's have some fun."
Shields seemed to do that in this gold medal match, at one point even sticking out her tongue at her Russian opponent.
In the third and final round, Shields showed her technical ability, staying centered over her feet and ducking beneath three consecutive looping punches from Torlopova.
Then Shields took a glancing blow of the front of her headgear, only to swivel beneath the Russian's right hand to deliver a hard left to Torlopova's cheek.
The boxers clinched a few more times, threw a few more punches, and it was all over.
Back in February, Claressa's coach in Flint, Jason Crutchfield, said he noticed her talent and potential one week after she walked into his gym.
"A coach always wants a champion; that's why we coach," Crutchfield said back then. "I just never thought it was going to be a girl."
At these Olympics, when the American boxing champion could only be a girl, Shields proved her doubters wrong. And she delivered on the promise she has shown in her young career.
The enormity of what she had accomplished seemed to sink in for Shields only as the gold medal went around her neck, when she grinned and threw her head back and bobbed around. I can't say I've ever seen an athlete so animated on the podium's top step.
And as the U.S. national anthem played, Shields sang along — until she couldn't anymore, because the smile on her face had become too wide.
It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish.
And I'm Melissa Block. Now, we're going to hear from London, from an Olympian who won gold today in women's boxing. This is the first Olympics to allow women to box, and American Claressa Shields, just 17 years old, from Flint, Michigan, fought her way to the gold medal in the middleweight class. And Claressa Shields joins me from the boxing arena in London. Claressa, what a huge day for you. Congratulations.
CLARESSA SHIELDS: Thank you.
BLOCK: You know, I thought I heard the team coach, Gloria Peek, tell you after the second of four rounds: You did a good job. Now, let's have some fun. Was it fun?
SHIELDS: Yeah. I had a lot of fun, you know? I dropped my hands, moved my head, you know? I was having fun, making her miss, making her pay. I was (unintelligible) with more punches, but, you know, I had made them count, so everything worked out good.
BLOCK: Claressa, we aired a long profile of you on the program earlier this year, and I wanted to listen to a clip from it with you. This is you talking with your father, a former boxer, and you were remembering the first conversation you had with him about boxing when you were little, and you told him: Maybe you can live your dream through me. Let's take a listen.
SHIELDS: You said boxing is a man's sport. That made me so - it made me so mad.
CLARENCE SHIELDS: And you should have took it that way.
That was a chauvinist statement that a girl can't do it. So, you know, you was right.
SHIELDS: And I've been at it ever since. I'm still proving people wrong.
SHIELDS: Truth be known. I just think, little momma, you are awesome.
BLOCK: Claressa, your father wasn't able to be there in London. What do you think this means for him?
SHIELDS: Oh, my dad, he's watching me every day fight. They had like a huge get-together up in Flint. And he always gave me a good word, like whenever I (unintelligible) like saying that I didn't want to box, like my dad always like, you know, you need to go and sleep it off because my dad knows. He knows how his attitude is, and my attitude is kind of like his. So my dad, he's really happy right now.
BLOCK: You know, I think somebody else who's going to be very happy is one of your heroes and somebody who sent you a tweet this week, Sugar Ray Leonard, who tweeted...
SHIELDS: Yeah.
BLOCK: ...to you: Your jab is so solid. Use it more. Your hook, wow, just like mine. Win every round and bring home the gold.
SHIELDS: Yeah. You know, I was kind of shocked that he tweeted me. I didn't even know because he didn't tag me in it. I was like what? And I re-tweeted, and I was like, wow, you know? Just having him watch me is a compliment. It means a lot because he's somebody who I studied. It was great.
BLOCK: Well, you have dreamed of - about this moment for quite a long time now, even though you're only 17. Now that you have this Olympic gold, what's next?
SHIELDS: I don't know, you know? It's like tomorrow, I don't know, should I get up and train, you know? It's like I don't know what to do now, you know? This has been my dream the last four or five years. This is what I worked toward every day. It's still unbelievable that I, you know, that I won the gold medal. Yeah. I'm just - I don't know what I'm going to do now, you know? I'm just going to enjoy the moment. I haven't even cried yet. It's like I feel it's kind of unreal. I always, always go to sleep and then I wake up and then I realize something, that's when I go berserk, like I did at the Olympic trials.
BLOCK: Well, Claressa, congratulations again and have fun going berserk with your victory.
SHIELDS: OK. Thank you. Hope to. Bye.
BLOCK: Bye-bye. That's boxer Claressa Shields, who today won gold in the women's middleweight category at the Olympics. And you can find Claressa's radio diary and photos of her and other female boxers at npr.org. They come to us from Joe Richman and Sue Jaye Johnson. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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I think I'm going to make Sunday my "answer questions" day. This way I don't have to use my brain too much and I can get back to all your questions at once.
Hi Dawn, I hear you about messes and the Notme's who did it. My son and his buddy had a sleep over the other night and they found a pillow with the stuffing coming out. Guess what they proceded to do?...You guessed it! All over the house.
It could be worse. Instead of pillow fluff, they could have been using the Foam Party Machine!
Just curious - do you have to deny many comments?
Nope. Very few, in fact. I deny comments that I think will make other people feel bad. My blog is a happy blog! I'm not publishing comments that put parents down or tell them they're doing everything wrong.
I also don't publish comments from sad, hate-filled people who write to say you're stupid if you have more than two kids.
People like that can start their own blogs and complain to their own audience, but they're not using mine.
Chaos comes when I moved everything from one room, (i.e my crafts) in the attempt to put everything back in an organized fashion.
You know 'a place for everything and everything in its place?'
I realized this past weekend I do not have 'a place for everything.' .....not even remotely so.
Yes! That is my problem too. It's hard to keep things cleaned up when there's no place to put things. The eight of us live in a house that's just over 1000 square feet, so space is limited. We don't have a basement or play room or spare room to put toys and things so they have to go in the kids' bedrooms. It's ummm "cozy" here.
PS I'll pay you good money, babysit the kids, make you rum and cokes .....Whatever!!! .... if you would come and organize my stuff while I read one of my 'how to' craft books.
You just said the magic word! :D
Dawn, Just wondering how many hits you get a day?
I get between 10,000 and 15,000 or so during the week and a little less on the weekends.
Please explain something to me, because I'm new to the blog thing...why do people apologize for being "lurkers" or "stalkers" if they do not regularly leave a comment? Is it not appropriate to just read for fun?
I have no idea. I don't care if people read and don't comment. In fact, I don't know what I'd do if all 10,000 readers commented every day!
Please, please -- I really want to hear the Tall Man story!
LOL! There's no story. My sister and I just talk to each other in silly movie quotes and we always know what the other one is talking about. My parents, otoh, have no clue, which somehow makes it even more fun. ;)
Could you please explain to me though what is Thanksgiving for? We dont celebrate it here in Australia and I couldnt fathom having to get a huge dinner and the family together this close to christmas?
Thanksgiving explained here.
One burning question--What is a yia yia?
That would be "grandma" in Greek.
Love your blog and this is such a nice post! And you comment about your in-laws cooking a turkey on the car engine reminded me - do you remember the episode of "Wings" when Lowell sold Roy a Car-B-Que! It cooked/grilled on the engine of the car??? Maybe your in-laws would be on to something?
:::snort::: Yes, I do! I loved that show. I just spent the last 45 minutes watching clips from the show on Youtube! That was a productive use of time.
Too Funny! This made me laugh out loud. And....how many hours did you take to "discover" these "neat" things?
Too many!
ROFL!!!!! That's all I can say... ROFL, WHO buys that stuff?????
Apparently half my readers do! Who knew I'd be actually giving you guys gift ideas with that post of what NOT to buy! :::cracking up over here!::: Oh yeah - for those of you asking where you could get those
What has prompted me to post here is that my hubby is a car buff and he says both those cars in the in-laws' garage are 1939 Chryslers. (I'm always impressed with how much my hubby knows, LOL.)
Oooo, so close! They're both 1940 Willys.
However, one thing that no one else pointed out is that you still have your pumpkins, and they don't look at all ucky or moldy in any way. Very nice!
Ummm yeah, about those. We didn't even get around to getting pumpkins this year. Oops! Those are my inlaws' pumpkins.
And last, but certainly not least, I got this email from my friend Mimi...
Dawn ,
Will you please mention Julian? He had a seizure or more...I need him to hang on until my mom comes,dec 4th. We are stuck in FL for now
Julian, the little boy with cancer who I've written about before, went to FL through the Make a Wish Foundation. I believe, as soon as he got there, he was taken to the hospital because he was having seizures. If you're the praying type, please keep Julian and his family in your prayers that he might improve enough to enjoy their trip to Disney and that he hangs on until Mimi's mom gets here from France.
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Friday, September 18, 2009
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The Menu: Crispy corn fritters—featuring fresh corn—dolloped with ketchup and vegan sour cream, a lovely Caesar salad with big, crunchy croutons, and fresh strawberries on the side. Yes, Colleen is a fancy chef and spiralized the carrots for the salad. Yes, we like that about her.
The Goods: It's been quite the week of eating here at the VNHQ, and today marks our very last copy of Vegan Yum Yum to give away. First, congrats to Carll from yesterday's comments! We love Danielle Konya too! Carll, send us an email with your name and mailing address, and we'll send your book right out. Now, for the last copy of our Vegan Yum Yum giveaway, here's another blog-related question. Tell us in the comments: What's your favorite weekend adventure? You can check out a few of ours over on Press Pass!
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- peanutbuttr plz said...
My favorite weekend adventure would have to be hiking in the woods. I love being out in nature, especially during autumn!
- September 18, 2009 at 4:26 PM
- Holly said...
I'm pretty boring. My idea of a perfect weekend is going for a walk in our local forest preserve or sitting down in my comfy, overstuffed arm chair and reading a good book.
There's not a lot to do where I live, though, unless I want to drive an hour in heavy traffic to Chicago.
- September 18, 2009 at 4:28 PM
- CB said...
My favorite weekend adventure is spending the entire day with my wife and son (and dog, too). Just hitting the trails or even grocery shopping. The adventure is what happens along the way!
- September 18, 2009 at 4:33 PM
- Sarah said...
My perfect weekend would be going to a farmer's market and picking up everything I need to make a yummy fresh meal for a picnic. Then our little family would head to the arboretum for a picnic. So great to eat outside in the fresh air and just shake the picnic blanket when we're done!
- September 18, 2009 at 4:34 PM
- Lauren said...
My favorite weekend adventure involves finding a new ingredient I've never used before and experimenting in the kitchen! There never seems to be enough time to cook a new, wholesome meal during the week but on the weekends the adventure abounds!
- September 18, 2009 at 4:35 PM
- kelly g. said...
Taking the dog-kids walking/hiking in the morning, getting them all nice and tired out, and then spending the night in with a good movie and an extra-large, homemade vegan pizza. I'm easy like that.
- September 18, 2009 at 4:38 PM
- Scott said...
Favorite weekend adventure? Hands down, it's making the four-hour drive down to see the Giants, with my family in tow, grabbing a veggie dog (or two) each on the way to our seats, then taking in my favorite team in the greatest ballpark on earth (complete with an excursion or two to the fan lot to keep the kiddos happy). Bliss!
- September 18, 2009 at 4:44 PM
- Andréa N. said...
Our favorite weekend adventure is going to Montauk with our dear Clementine. She is a rescued pitbull who gives us so much love. We're all vegans: me, my husband and Clementine, and whenever we go to Montauk, after a long walk down the beach, we cook some amazing vegan food. :) It's so good to be vegan!
- September 18, 2009 at 4:56 PM
- Josiane said...
I've had a weekend lately that came pretty close to perfection: my gentleman friend and I made the trip to Montreal, where we used to live. We had a great time, fabulous weather, and got to see some of our friends. But first, as soon as we got there, we hit Aux Vivres, a local vegan restaurant, for their fabulous brunch. Yum!
- September 18, 2009 at 5:02 PM
- nick said...
I like to keep it simple and go to a movie with my mom! We always have such a good time. Either that or just taking a nice long walk.
- September 18, 2009 at 5:04 PM
- September 18, 2009 at 5:17 PM
My favorite weekend adventure is working in our enormous vegetable garden... there is always something to look at, something to taste and something to do out there!
- September 18, 2009 at 5:40 PM
My favorite weekend adventure is finding a new running route...I love to start my weekend off with a long run on Saturday morning! Long run = lots of calories burned which I can then eat back in short order Saturday night (and Sunday!!)
- September 18, 2009 at 5:43 PM
- Eve said...
My favourite weekend adventure would be anything that involves a) portable food, like a picnic b) lots of green and c) water to swim in. I have big plans of living by the ocean so that this can be every weekend! :)
- September 18, 2009 at 5:46 PM
- Crazy Vegan Mom said...
I always have to work on the weekends, so my favorite thing would just be to be able to get a weekend off and spend it with my family, watching my kids play in their games (daughter is playing soccer and son is playing football, but I always miss the games) and then just hanging out doing whatever they want.
- September 18, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Mine would have to be hiking either in the forest or preferably the beach. Anywhere in nature would be a dream.
- September 18, 2009 at 5:58 PM
- Chrissy said...
I'm training for a marathon, so my weekend adventure is my weekly long run, on Sundays. I'm always sure I'll die half way through, but I always make it to the end. Must be all that tofu. :P
- September 18, 2009 at 6:10 PM
- Vanessa said...
I'd have to say either a short trip up to MHC/Amherst (where we used to go to school), or finding houses that are about to be demolished and documenting transience.
- September 18, 2009 at 6:22 PM
- Vegyogini said...
We're lucky in Los Angeles to have a plethora of vegan options, so a fantastic weekend adventure includes visiting a different vegan restaurant each day!
- September 18, 2009 at 6:57 PM
- Vegan Epicurean said...
My favorite weekend adventure is shopping the farmers market and looking for unusual organic produce, following closely by a picnic in the park with my husband.
- September 18, 2009 at 6:59 PM
- radioactivegan said...
My favorite weekend adventure is doing something outside. This area (East TN) is great for hiking, canoeing, tubing, camping, etc. I love it all!
- September 18, 2009 at 7:40 PM
- MacKenzie said...
I'm a sucker for anything outdoors--hiking, flea markets, playing in the park, going to the beach. I love it all.
- September 18, 2009 at 7:46 PM
- HeyitsBeth said...
I love exploring the local trails around here. Especially the off-leash areas.... dogs can be so entertaining!
- September 18, 2009 at 7:50 PM
- shelby h.k. said...
Every weekend from May to October is the SoWa open air market in Boston's South End. I love walking around, admiring the super creative art, handmade tchotchkes, unique jewelery, and especially the old antique building that they fill with antiques and vintage clothing. There's even a farmers market to pick up some delicious heirloom tomatoes to munch on while wandering!
- September 18, 2009 at 8:22 PM
- Morgyn said...
Going to the farmers' market when there are new, exciting things for sale (I saw the first asparagus of the season today!); making something delicious and healthy with it for lunch, and then doing something to celebrate the warm weather... swimming or picnicking or something.
Can you tell we're just coming into spring here? :)
- September 18, 2009 at 9:51 PM
- veganmomma said...
Family beach day!
- September 18, 2009 at 10:16 PM
My favourite weekend would be one made up by doing sports, being with family and friends and eating delicious vegan food.
Simple but lots of feel-good-activities.
- September 19, 2009 at 6:47 AM
- Trista Hill said...
I love taking a long walk and then chilling out with good food after my harp gigs are done. This time of year yields fantastic walks!
- September 19, 2009 at 7:17 AM
Early morning hiking, followed by a trip to the farmer's market... ah, sad summer is ending.
- September 19, 2009 at 7:40 AM
- Rasa Krida said...
strolling along the fruit/veg markets in my neighbourhood, going for a hike in the nearby forest, going on a roadtrip- of course, all with good food!
- September 19, 2009 at 8:53 AM
- K.E.N. said...
my favorite weekend adventure is renting a cabin near Mt. Hood with a whole bunch of friends. during the winter is the best b/c you have it snowing on you while you're in the hot tub that's outside, which happens to be right next to a bubbling brook. wonderful!
- September 19, 2009 at 9:03 AM
- Yvonne said...
Very simple but so relaxing: baking some cookies and watching a good movie or two with my boyfriend (and meanwhile eating the cookies).
- September 19, 2009 at 10:42 AM
- Cyn said...
Hula hooping!
- September 19, 2009 at 12:05 PM
- Amey said...
My favorite weekend adventure would probably be a big fancy culinary project. I almost always go to the farmers market first thing on saturday morning, and sometimes I'll spend the whole weekend in the kitchen - making jam, jarring tomatoes, and then on Sundays we have these huge family dinners with about 14 people, for which i usually do the cooking. I love to have a theme, like recently I did 5 dishes all featuring corn (including corn sorbet!)... that's my favorite adventure!
- September 19, 2009 at 2:22 PM
- Alex said...
My favorite weekend adventure would be a road trip to San Francisco where I would spend the day thrifting, window-shopping in awesome stores that I can't afford and eating at unique restaurants. I would also throw in some baking, sleeping in and relaxation yoga.
- September 19, 2009 at 2:59 PM
- betony said...
my favourite weekend adventure is going for a long walk in a new area. I love the woods but the desert in winter is wonderful as well. I take my camera and try to get interesting shots without slowing my pace too much. I like ot end up in a place with a view so hills and mountains are a factor in my choice of destination.
- September 19, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Finding a quiet thicket at the foot of cathedral rock in Sedona and having a little vegan picnic for one. With the sapphire blue sky, billowy white clouds, the bubbling of oak creek and the gentle energy of the adjoining vortex at the base of the red, red rocks --- it is absolute perfection. It is nature that reminds me most about why I am vegan.
- September 20, 2009 at 12:20 AM
- Dia said...
apple picking in the country!
- September 20, 2009 at 11:40 AM
My favorite weekend adventure is a trip to the beach. I love walking along the shore with the sand in between my toes and the feeling of sunshine on my back. Listening to the waves makes me feel calm and energized.
- September 20, 2009 at 10:47 PM
- Melisser; the Urban Housewife said...
Mmm, corn fritters!
- September 20, 2009 at 11:39 PM
- imblissful said...
Packing the back packs and hiking a 14er with my son, daughter and dog.
- September 21, 2009 at 5:04 AM
- MplsCathy said...
My favorite weekend adventure would be to head up north to the woods and rent a little cabin near the water. I love to wake up early and go canoeing, looking for wildlife. I enjoy just drifting along the water, quietly watching eagles, herons, loons, and entire families of otters out fishing and playing together. It's an honor to experience such peace and tranquility.
- September 21, 2009 at 1:04 PM


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Thursday, March 19, 2009
I'm a Creative Genius!
The first page - "All About Me"
As you can see, when I was in kindergarten, I had short black hair. And I bet you never knew I have one black eye and one purple eye. Oh, and let's not forget the fact that I had a chicken foot for a nose. Thank God for plastic surgery! Yes, I know I have a freakish joker-looking smile there. I think it's just because I was having so much fun drawing my self-portrait.
page two - "My House"
Yep, back in those days, I lived in a teepee. With a chimney. And a giant letter "E" on the roof. And two windows. And a door that didn't go down to the ground. You had to kind of hop up into the teepee-house. I have no idea what the red thing is on the right. Maybe one of my giant red teeth fell out.
page three - "My Hand"
Yep, it's my hand all right. Right after it was squished in a farming accident. And check out the nail polish job. Niiiice. If you look closely you can see rings on every finger. Or maybe those aren't rings. Hmmmm, it looks a little bit like I've drawn hair on my knuckles. Oh yeah, there's nothing quite so attractive as a 5 year old girl with knuckle hair.
page four - "My Feet"
Yes, they're dirty. Even back then I liked to go barefoot. And they appear to be fused at the heel. I'm either about to step on some eyeballs or a caterpillar with a water spout on its head. Maybe my feet are supposed to be a butterfly in which case the clouds are a nice touch.
page five - "My Favorite Color"
Any guesses as to what my favorite color was? Anyone? Anyone? As you can see, I was highly creative back in the day. Assorted checkerboards, an asterisk, and um, hmmm, fluffy clouds? Sheep? Flowers? Purple popcorn?
page six - "My Family"
Let me introduce you to my family. From left to right, we have my dad, Nick (yes, it's a very original Greek name, I know.) In reality he is not a foot shorter than my mom who is standing next to him.
I'm not 100% positive, but I'm pretty sure my mom, Diana, never wore her lipstick like Bozo the Clown. And check out those earrings! Those babies defy gravity! And yes, her arms are coming out of her cheeks. I know, I know, you probably missed that little tidbit because you were too busy looking at her deformed hands.
Next to my mom, is my sister Deb. Now Deb IS almost 2 years younger than I am (despite the fact that I had my kids snowed into thinking I was the younger sister. Hee hee shhhhh!), however, when I was in kindergarten, she did not come up to my knee caps.
And finally, there I am. No, I'm not wearing any pants. Perhaps I thought that snazzy little patchwork number would blind people and they wouldn't notice the lack of pants. If people made fun of the fact I wasn't wearing any pants, I guess I could've just hit them with my club-for-an-arm.
So, there you have it. Creativity abounds in me and I'm certain I'm responsible for passing these awesome genes down to my kids.
Posted by Dawn at 12:21 AM
27 comments:
- Crystal said...
Your Kindergarten drawings are A LOT better than what I can do as an adult :X
- March 19, 2009 at 2:00 AM
- Cristie :) said...
Another wonderful, and much needed, laugh! Creativity, it is in the eye of the beholder...for sure! :)
- March 19, 2009 at 2:03 AM
- Alabaster Weathergirl said...
So that's why you have not had any pants lately!
- March 19, 2009 at 7:34 AM
- Jennifer said...
That is too funny. I have a drawing that my son did two years ago of my hubby and myself. I think he forgot that he was supposed to draw both of us, cuz my head is 1/3 the width of hub's. It's actually hanging up in my kitchen. He will look back and laugh. Actually company laughs eveerytime they come over.
- March 19, 2009 at 7:41 AM
- noexcuses said...
Yes, I see where they get their creativity! Did you not have any family members who resembled potatoes?
My mom saved my dolls and my high school detention letter.
Wonderful post! Love hearing about your childhood!
- March 19, 2009 at 7:44 AM
- scarlett said...
Those are actually pretty great kindergarten pictures! Isn't it fun to look back at that stuff?
- March 19, 2009 at 8:00 AM
- miss alisa said...
That is COMPLETELY adorable. Now I don't feel so weird for saving every little project my kid completes in school. Even though they're completely monopolizing every available space in my house.
- March 19, 2009 at 8:32 AM
- CatholicGirl said...
Clearly your propensity for forgetting your pants goes waaaayy back.
This was sooooo funny- thanks for the laughs and now we can see where your children get their artistic talents.
God bless and have a wonderful day!
- March 19, 2009 at 8:39 AM
I think it's so great that you still have things that you made in kindergarten! I love drawings done by 5 year olds! Thanks for sharing, Dawn!! :)
Donna in PA :)
- March 19, 2009 at 8:44 AM
- Knitty said...
Most women look a little harried, maybe even older than their years, after having six kids. These pictures are proof that you are defying the odds and have actually improved with age.
You will be a real stunner at 70. :)
- March 19, 2009 at 8:51 AM
- Rick said...
There are breeds of dogs that have two different eye colors. But I'm not suggesting...
- March 19, 2009 at 9:58 AM
- Brandi said...
I had a reading textbook in either K or 1st that was called Purple Popcorn. Maybe that's where the purple popcorn came from?
- March 19, 2009 at 10:03 AM
I don't often get a chance to get to this website :( I love reading about your family. I am so reminded of why my own mother had a box.
She would inform us that she was going around and picking up things that were out on ON THE FLOOR :) She had her box and things out of place were put in the box. Whether we would get things back in a timely fashion always depended on her mood.
I was one of the lucky sisters There were 4 of us. My sister Kris would NEVER listen and her stuff would end up out in the box and out in the garage.
Poor mom. If she was just plain tired items in the garage would be the through the rest of the day maybe tomorrow?!
I used this sort of discipline when my 2 were younger. I only had 2 but in all fairness I was pregnant for 2 years with the exception of 5 weeks.
Kids are now teens and they could pick me up and put ME in a box and out in the garage if they wanted to. We laugh often in this house.
Try the box with your son. It works :)
- March 19, 2009 at 10:07 AM
- Michelle said...
Oh how fun. That cracks me up :)
And I think those are purple flowers. And that isn't hair, that's the skin fold bend of your knuckles. I used to try to draw those on all my fingers but failed miserably. I'm a horrid artist. It helps identify kindergarten artwork though ;)
You should do another version for now... I'd love to see the update :)
- March 19, 2009 at 10:50 AM
- Wendi said...
That post was HILARIOUS! I was literally laughing out loud all alone in my room. :D Thanks!!
- March 19, 2009 at 10:56 AM
- lawnajo said...
Your "chicken foot" nose reminds me of my Cabage Patch Doll's nose. Maybe that's where you got the idea.
Your feet look like those "helicopter seeds" that fall from trees.
- March 19, 2009 at 11:34 AM
- sjm4him said...
That's funny. Thanks for the laughs.
- March 19, 2009 at 12:09 PM
- Michelle said...
I just read your article in Guidepost magazine and really enjoyed it.
- March 19, 2009 at 1:57 PM
- KC Mom said...
I'm hoping this will make it into your Sunday Shout Out this week - hint, hint!
Has anyone contacted you to submit a story and/or be a permanent writer for ABC's new show "In the Motherhood"?
I have been a fan of the webisodes since I first saw them over a year ago - they originally starred Chelsea Handler, Jenny McCarthy and Leah Remini. The televised version stars Megan Mulally, and a few others I can't remember. VERY FUNNY show! You NEED to submit some of your mom experiences, they would totally get picked up. In fact, they would probably hire you on the spot as a permanent member of their writing staff!
Here's the website: http://itm.abc.go.com/
- March 19, 2009 at 4:48 PM
- MaBunny said...
how cute! that explains alot about the potato people, lmao!
- March 19, 2009 at 4:50 PM
That's not a giant E- it's a weathervane! Well, that's my guess! (13 years of teaching little ones, you begin to figure out their minds!)
- March 19, 2009 at 7:52 PM
- Shelli (wishes she was) Mrs. Burchett;) said...
My 4yo is laying up against me watching tv and she keep saying "Mommy! Why is your belly keep bouncing up and down?"
But I didn't lol, I swear!
- March 19, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Dawn -- these are always hilarious! One of my favorite posts of yours was when you unearthed some of your other childhood drawings. Thanks for sharing!!! :)
- March 19, 2009 at 8:17 PM
I think the creativity you have is with words not drawing. I was nearly doubled over with your interpretation of each picture. Thank you for the laughs.
- March 19, 2009 at 9:02 PM
I am sooo glad you got the nose job and the dental work done before you were old enough to experience the adverse affects.
Are you sure that isn't Dorothy's house - it is airborn? And that would define the red thing as either the roof to the storm cellar or a woodshed, take your pick.
This blog was a hoot - I love the kid art! Thanks for the chuckles.
- March 19, 2009 at 10:01 PM
- a li'l bit squishy said...
Creative Genius aside. I am pretty certain that giant E on the top of your house was a tv antanae. Remember those? Ha! Any of you who answered yes, are at least as old as me!
- March 20, 2009 at 2:32 PM
- Katrina said...
So fun. I have to rustle up some of my own kindergarten drawings. I'm sure the ones my son did are cuter, though.
- March 20, 2009 at 3:26 PM


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BEDFORD — It took several years, but Wendy Deabill finally has a prominent way to memorialize her father, who was killed by a drunk driver.
Henry Magee, a longtime Bedford resident, was coming home from an early morning fishing trip in September 2006 when he was struck head-on by a drunk driver and killed on Route 101 near Liberty Hill Road.
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Jim Magee said that despite some mixed feelings he had about the sign initially, he was pleased to see it.
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
ESPN Event Coverage May Be Shifting
It is time once again for Monday Night Football to begin. As most fans know, ESPN has been in-charge of this franchise and last season the coverage bore a striking resemblance to ESPN's first year of NASCAR telecasts.
NFL fans were furious over the fact that the game on the field was sometimes nothing more than a distraction. There was an entirely different agenda going-on in the broadcast booth.
It featured ABC celebrity interviews, long-winded discussions on various NFL topics and lots of fancy graphics and features. What is did not feature was the football being played on the field.
Click here for a summary of what just one guest did on-the-air during a game. Jimmy Kimmel wound-up being banned from ESPN as a result of this effort.
Over in NASCAR land, this (click here) column spoke to the insanity of the ESPN coverage. On that day, the pre-race TV show for the Busch Series race at Talladega never even mentioned the race. The entire program was focused on the next day's Sprint Cup Series event and the top Cup drivers.
Unfortunately, there was one little problem with that approach. ESPN was not televising the Sprint Cup race. The network wanted to be associated with the big stars and the big series, so that is exactly what they did.
Once ESPN's Sprint Cup coverage got underway, this column (click here) spoke to the disaster that was Pocono in 2007. The "shut up and drive" weekend featured X Games athletes being interviewed, the infield studio on-camera discussing issues and pre-recorded features being played back. All of these things were done while 43 drivers were racing under the green flag in the background.
Just like Monday Night Football, NASCAR racing had been relegated to background noise for ESPN's network-wide agenda of conversation. Also, just like NASCAR in 2007, the fan reaction to ESPN's event coverage had been a tad less than favorable. The network was roundly ridiculed in the media and across the Internet.
With the coverage of the Sprint Cup recently underway and the MNF franchise just about to begin, reporter Jim Carlisle (click here) caught-up with some ESPN executives and heard a very new tune. It was a melody that might be music to the ears of some NASCAR fans once The Chase begins.
"I think we may have been trying to over deliver for all audiences and casual fans," said Senior Coordinating Producer Jay Rothman. "You could call us the old ABC on steroids, but the truth of the matter is we are a sports network and people tune into ESPN for a sporting event."
"One of the things we heard was you're trying too hard. Well, we're going to pull back. We may not put 20 pounds in a 5-pound bag; we'll give you 5 pounds in a 5-pound bag. But guilty as charged: I think we were trying to service too many and found we were doing too much."
ESPN Senior VP Jed Drake was directly involved in putting together the 2007 NASCAR coverage and the Monday Night Football package. Drake is the Executive Producer who is responsible for how events produced in the field by ESPN look on-the-air.
"The feedback that we got was that they love our coverage, they want us to focus on football and that when we do that, we do it really well." With The Chase about to begin, things for NASCAR fans may be looking up if Drake changes the word "football" to "racing" in that sentence and then delivers the goods.
Earlier this season, Drake took ESPN Senior NASCAR Producer Neil Goldberg to a track in the Midwest. They decided to fix a big problem that had been a thorn in the side of ABC for several seasons. It is a little race called the Indy 500.
Stripping the hype, the glitz and keeping Brent Musburger on a very short leash, Drake and Goldberg put on one of the best Indy 500 telecasts in recent memory. Click here to read a TDP column about the event coverage.
What this proved is that when the pressure is on for big events, ESPN can re-focus on the action and leave the hype to the endless talking heads of studio programs from First Take to SportsCenter. People tune-in to event coverage to watch the athletes, not the announcers.
"We've become more aligned with what they (fans) want versus what we think they want," said Rothman to the San Diego (click here) Tribune. He added ESPN learned more of its audience was avid fans, not casual fans. "And we may have been not aligned in that area over the last couple years," Rothman said. He admitted ESPN was trying to serve too many masters.
"But the truth of the matter is, we are a sports network and people tune in to ESPN for a sporting event," said Rothman. "There are many other entertainment options out there."
While Rothman is not involved in NASCAR coverage, both Drake and Goldberg play key roles in the entire NASCAR on ESPN TV package. Richmond will be the highest-profile Sprint Cup race of the ESPN production team's season. It will also be the first Cup race in prime-time on the ABC Television Network.
If this new ESPN focus on directly covering the action can make its way to the ABC portion of the Sprint Cup Series package, it will make the same dramatic difference that the commitment to football rather than conversation will make for the MNF franchise.
The "Rock and Roll 400" will take to the air on ABC at 7PM ET on Saturday night. The challenge will be to cover the entire field, to show the best racing on the track and limit the interruptions under green flag racing. This TV crew did an outstanding job on the short track at Bristol, so Richmond may be just what the doctor ordered to start the broadcast network coverage and kick-off The Chase in style.
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40 comments:
- majorshouse said...
I will believe it when I see it. If they will focus on football, then they need to shor up their coverage with college football as well. I guess that only time will tell and will be interested to see Saturday night if they ahve really shifted their focus to really racing and not all of the fluff that we normally hear not only from the NASCAR announcing crew, but college and professional football coverage as well.
- September 2, 2008 at 1:21 PM
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- September 2, 2008 at 1:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
The race could be airing on Sunday if the weather forecast holds true. Looks iffy now because of Hanna but that can change of course. Boy would they be in trouble then. NFL opening Sunday! Yikes!
- September 2, 2008 at 1:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
Color me skeptical. All I hear are generalities. 20-pounds in a 5-pound bag was not my problem with the broadcast (whatever that means). And just saying "Well, now we know what the fans want, we didn't before" doesn't cut it, either.
For me, I want to hear specifics. I fear I'm not hearing specifics because the person making the generalities doesn't really know what they are, doesn't really understand what they are, and only knows that he better pay some lip service to the fact that things will be better.
I'll believe it when I see it.
- September 2, 2008 at 1:42 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
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- September 2, 2008 at 2:13 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
Well how nice of ESPN to listen to its football fans. I watch the NFL regularly as well and am thrilled that they're dumping the "junk" during Monday Night Football. Unfortunately this just adds another blatant slap in the face to NASCAR fans that have been making the same pleas for 2 years now and haven't seen one bit of change. We NASCAR fans will clearly never be afforded the same respect since ESPN just views us as "brainless sheep."
2008 practice sessions have still been covered up by full-screen video packages and stat displays. Just like 2007.
2008 qualifying sessions have still been covered up by video packages, stat displays, full-screen face shots of studio guests, and other nonsense like full-screen Tech Center pieces and interviews. Just like 2007.
2008 race coverage has still been marred by pre-race storylines, Sportscenter Updates during green flag racing, full-screen race recaps, full-screen Tech Center pieces, and a nonstop barrage of pre-taped driver comments and video packages during green flag racing. Just like 2007.
The fall of 2008 has also seen the full-time reintroduction of Draft Tracks to cover up green flag racing. ESPN continues to patronize the race fans by interrupting green flag racing to explain and illustrate the most basic term of our sport to us - "drafting". We are still the only fan base deemed too stupid to understand the basic rules and terms associated with our sport, in ESPN's mind. Just like 2007.
JD, all of the "ignoring the event" and "trying too hard" issues with ESPN you brought up here haven't changed from 2007 to 2008 in NASCAR land. It's nice that they're fixing their football coverage, but in my opinion it's completely naive to believe that a similar major overhaul will all of a sudden be done to their 2008 NASCAR coverage at this point in the season. We're nearly 7 months into ESPN's NASCAR season, and 6 races into their Cup schedule. If nothing changed in ESPN's approach before their return to NASCAR at Daytona in February or before their return to Cup at Indy in July, there's absolutely no reason to believe anything will suddenly change now. "Mid-season change" does not exist to ESPN, I'm afraid we're stuck with what we have.
ESPN's proven they have no problem giving pink slips and re-assignments to on-air personnel. What they haven't shown is the ability to show a glimmer of respect to the NASCAR fans that just want to watch our sport on TV and be treated with the same respect as other sports fans. Distractions from the on-track action and patronization by the production truck continue to be the trademarks of ESPN's NASCAR coverage.
- September 2, 2008 at 2:16 PM
- Anonymous said...
heck, I saw that Kimmel interview...had no idea he'd been banned afterwards, lol. At the time I kinda said 'ouch...' but it was funny. The trouble is, they invite comedians who are used to doing their schtick all the time (it's hard to turn these guys off...) and then people get offended if they do what they normally do....just like Drew Carey on Raceday. I thought he was funny, myself. If they want squeaky clean they shouldn't have sent Wendy to interview him. On the other hand, I heard some actor on Sunday or Monday night football last season that was ridiculously irrelevent and they just went on and on with him *while* the game was going on. Anyways, I know I digress. ESPN/ABC has had highs & lows this season. I guess I like to think positive that change can happen and things will improve. I think even a casual fan will be more interested if they gear the broadcast toward serious fans. They'll figure it out. And you don't need irrelevent fluff (actor B promoting his new ABC show) to keep people interested; there are enough stories in the sport itself that have never been touched to keep a fan interested. ABC sort of perfected that with their 'up close and personal' during the Olys years ago, you'd think they'd remember how.
- September 2, 2008 at 2:26 PM
- Lisa Hogan said...
Well said, Strick.
I agree.
- September 2, 2008 at 2:28 PM
- alex said...
It would be nice to see a different Monday Night Football, that's for sure. The first assumption that the ESPN Nascar crew needs to make is that we have seen a race before, and understand basic race strategy. There are so many areas that could stand a little improvement, maybe they could show us something and start that on Saturday.
Once again, I'll believe it when I see it.
Just out of curiosity, is there a similar blog or website to this one that covers other sports, such as football or baseball? I'd be curious to read what some other general sports fans think of TV these days.
- September 2, 2008 at 2:31 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
You can try deadspin.com or awfulannouncing.com that run stories on TV sports coverage.
The links to the right on the awfulannouncing website will provide you a good list of other sites.
One of those is TheBigLead.com that also is interesting.
- September 2, 2008 at 2:41 PM
- alex said...
Thanks for the links. And speaking of ESPN shifting, they never should have shifted MNF off of ABC. They had a good thing going with John Madden and Al Michaels until they went to NBC on Sunday nights. But I digress..
- September 2, 2008 at 3:16 PM
- darbar said...
ESPN tries to pablum feed the fans, without realizing that we gave up needing pablum many years ago. Like they say, you can't be all things to all people, and ESPN hasn't heard of that yet. I can just see them in the production meetings saying things like "if we bring on young, hip personalities, have really loud head-banging music and have clueless individuals who look good but don't know the sport they're talking about, maybe we'll bring in a demographic we don't have yet". Wrong !!!
Dump the dead wood who double as announcers or play-by-play men. Stop showing you're cool by all the "neat" graphics and computer generated mumbo jumbo. We all know you have some pretty cool software, but now it's time to put it away. Find pit reporters that are hired because they're smart and know the sport, and not because they're cute, hot, blond and skinny. And finally, let the sport speak for itself. Believe me, you'll attract more fans if you just let what happens on the field or track do the talking instead of all the human talking heads.
- September 2, 2008 at 3:19 PM
- Bill H said...
Haven't read it anywhere yet, but there has to be some contigency plans. Looking at the forcast, Hurrican Hanna is going to be sitting all over Virginia starting Friday through Sunday. What are the backup plans? Race on Monday? If so, what are they up against on Espn2 vs Classic?
Or, will Nascar just give us 1/2 a race and call it quits sometime over the weekend?
Bill H
- September 2, 2008 at 3:24 PM
- haus20 said...
It is a nice thought. I am not going to get my hopes up though.
Once again this year, it is beginning to get monotanous pointing out the same problems and same shortcomings week after week.
Maybe ESPN will listen this year.
- September 2, 2008 at 3:51 PM
- glenc1 said...
It's getting a bit ahead of the forecast, but if they have to delay to Monday, it will probably be the usual 11am type start time. I just checked, it's Sportscenter or First Take on ESPN2, so probably not an issue...Sunday would actually be worse. I think we can forget ABC, typically the locals are loathe to give up their time during the day, and the network even less likely to give up soaps.
Anyways...if they've *really* done focus groups and the like and realize they need to start treating fans like intelligent adults--I think we'd all say 'bring it on.' But we're pretty cynical by this point...
- September 2, 2008 at 4:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
I sure hope NASCAR and ESPN have taken a look at Hanna's projected path and are already doing their alternate planning for this weekend. Hanna may be just a tropical storm and not a hurricane if and when it goes through Richmond - but the Charlotte area got hit with the "remnants" of tropical storm Fay and had more than 10 inches of rain in two and a half days in some areas.
If the Richmond area is lucky and gets a dry Sunday afternoon, ESPN or ESPN2 could carry the race because it looks like events are taped until live baseball that evening on ESPN.
But ABC can't show the race Sunday, because it has live events in both the afternoon (WNBA, IRL) and the evening (a telethon - for cancer, I think.)
I agree if the race is on Monday, they'll just show it on ESPN2. It won't be on ABC; as glenc1 said, they've got their soaps, plus many ABC affiliates carry the talk shows like Oprah, which are premiering their new seasons on Monday.
- September 2, 2008 at 4:50 PM
- AMS fan said...
I enjoy ESPN football coverage so much I've watched about 8 minutes since it went there.
If ESPN did not have NASCAR and NHRA I would have no need for the channels.
- September 2, 2008 at 6:38 PM
- Dot said...
Regarding the comment about "trying to over deliver for all audiences and casual fans", isn't that what Emperor Brian wanted? Wasn't he trying to woo the casual fan? Didn't work did it? Just pi**ed off the rabid ones. Nice for Mr. Rothman to admit this, though.
Back when I started watching, it was for the racing. I then learned more about it because I wanted to. Now, there are actual shows that teach you about the ins and outs of racing, car set ups, parts and pieces, etc.
Maybe there's hope for us after all.
- September 2, 2008 at 6:39 PM
- Newracefan said...
I'm not holding my breath
- September 2, 2008 at 6:56 PM
- Vince said...
Does this mean we'll never hear Rusty say the word "aero" again?! Wooo-hooo!
- September 2, 2008 at 7:46 PM
- bevo said...
I still wonder where this urban legend of the "casual fan" came from. And why would any network or sport want them? They're not going to patronize sponsors or advertisers if they're "casual".
- September 2, 2008 at 11:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
"But guilty as charged: I think we were trying to service too many and found we were doing too much."
There's your problem: ESPN thinks it is doing something good by throwing all this non-event related crap into their broadcasts.
- September 3, 2008 at 8:44 AM
- Anonymous said...
I'll also say I'll believe it when I see it. ESPN's 'family' of networks is about as disfunctional as can be. The only sport they really seem to cover any more that seems like they still get it is college basketball. They show the game and you rarely see the talking heads. They call the action and let it play out on the screen.
How freakin' hard is it?
I don't watch Sports Center, I don't watch any of the talking head shows. ESPN fills up about 4 channels at my home and if there wasn't racing or college basketball I'd probably just block them so when I was surfing they wouldn't even be there.
- September 3, 2008 at 8:45 AM
- Anonymous said...
I find almost all of ESPN's programming getting more tedious not just Nascar. Since the buyout by ABC they seem to want to over hype after event prime time programing such as Desperate Housewives, like anyone buys Jerry Punch or Paul Paige being caught up with that soap opera. They almost always stress the hot disclosure, the seeder side of the story the better which leaves a trail right back to ABC News. If they want to comment on hard news they should turn in job apps to their ABC News overseers and get back to what they were and are suppose to be sports. I find myself watching less and less ESPN as time goes on down at least 75% of time viewed.
- September 3, 2008 at 9:05 AM
- GinaV24 said...
I'll believe it when I see it. I gave TNT a 2nd chance and was pleasantly surprised. I've run out of patience with ESPN's coverage of racing and I no longer bother with MNF. I watch football on Sunday's and flip back to NASCAR because the coverage doesn't make it worth watching an entire race. Let's see, Disney owns all this stuff right -- so Mickey is obviously running the show.
- September 3, 2008 at 9:19 AM
- Anonymous said...
"But the truth of the matter is, we are a sports network and people tune in to ESPN for a sporting event," said Rothman. "There are many other entertainment options out there."
Are you telling me that if I don't like what ESPN is putting out, I should watch something else?? Well, Mr. Rothman, I think I will. Re-runs of Opra are starting to look good to this old-school red-neck race fan (make that EX race fan).
- September 3, 2008 at 9:54 AM
- red said...
i'm not holding my breath but i am willing to be surprised. i guess that's the best that can be said at this point.
- September 3, 2008 at 10:48 AM
- Anonymous said...
It doesn't take a genius to figure out how to fix ESPN's NASCAR coverage. Just read this blog (and others), where the race fans have been telling you how to do it.
The #1 priority should be to show the racing, but that is the thing ESPN has had the hardest time doing. We don't want or need all the assorted gimmicks and program tie-ins, nor do we want talent that talks about everything BUT what's happening on the track, as if the action doesn't matter.
Put someone who appreciates rcaing in charge of the broadcasts, instead of someone who finds racing boring and think it needs to be "dressed up" and that would fix the problems.
- September 3, 2008 at 11:36 AM
- Anonymous said...
One of the very first "quick fixes" should be the removal of Jerry Punch from the broadcast booth.We all love the guy,but he is very weak in that capacity.
- September 3, 2008 at 11:40 AM
- Jayhawk said...
I totally ditched MNF when ESPN took it over. I will not even consider giving them another chance. I watch absolutely nothing on ESPN. I guess I will have to watch one MNF when the Chargers play, but I will do it with the sound off and listen on the radio. I do not believe for one minute that ESPN is going to change their ways, unless they change the self-absorbed, low IQ, "personalities" who are botching the job.
- September 3, 2008 at 2:38 PM
- Sophia said...
I do not get ANY of the ESPN coverage OR their talking heads.
The guys on SPORTSCENTER come off as high school punks who made fun of everybody else around them in order to make themselves "feel cool." Not realizing they are offensive with their boorish behavior.
I have watched less ESPN this year and race coverage than ever. I got into NASCAR in a serious way in 2004.
But with all the car modifications, bad coverage, bad racing, bad commentators with no follow through, too many commercials, graphics HEAVY stuff on screen (NOBODY has brought up the UBIQUITOUS ESPN TICKER yapping non-stop on the bottom)
Frankly, I think the NASCAR race ticker takes up too much room.
Add Fox gimmicks, in car cams, bumper cames, tight shots, one car finishing the race...lather rinse repeat.
Then TNT shocked ALL OF US with GOOD coverage and FREE RACE BUDDY *but the audio was lousy)
And ESPN is just NOT WATCHABLE. Period. I refuse to watch the E 60 shows about Logano. Enough.
It's bad enough hearing Ed Hinton went to work for ESPN (the only sound bite I will try to catch)
The racing is ruined, the coverage does NOT TELL THE STORY (unless it's the chase)
They have further killed the sport with too many fines and NOW they changed the shootout rules where winning a pole now means nothing. Zip. Zero, NADA.
If I dated a guy that annoyed me this much, we would've broken up long ago.
ESPN is just NOT WORTH the aggravation.
You can read more about the "actual race" by reading the comments here while the race is in progress.
WHY? Because folks here are multi-tasking 8 different sources I do not have the energy to do. Or the desire.
Watching NASCAR go down the proverbial toilet while the POWERS THAT BE thinks all is well and they are gonna listen to the fans, is like working or being married to a pathological liar. They keep saying stuff so often, THEY BELIEVE it.
Never mind what the reality is around them.
Well, guess what. Fans have run out of patience.
Sure we get more than 20 minutes a week on WW of Sports in this day and age. Don't we deserve better?
According to the rising costs of getting and maintaing satellite to work or not work, or the costs of cable: YES, we deserve better.
P.S. Step ONE TO IMPROVE ESPN (we are talking fiction, correct? :) ) My story would be
A. Switch Punch and Bestwick
B. Dump the bottom ESPN ticker DURING ALL RACES
c. STOP videos OVER GREEN FLAG racing.
D. Let us know what is happening in the BACK of the back and follow up wrecks/engine problems.
The end
- September 3, 2008 at 3:02 PM
- chase said...
JD: Strick said it great - as did darbar and I will believe it when I see it if ESPN will really make changes. Could we all be looking at Bestwick, Petree and DJ in the booth? Could we be looking at no more Rusty or Daughtery? Could we be looking at REAL pit reporters who know the sport and know what kind of probing questions to ask? Could we be looking at a network that just might take responsibility for their failings which are legion? Could we be looking at heaven? I will continue to watch ESPN and hope the changes are made before the start of the Chase - then and only then will we get the coverage we deserve - as long as they make the changes necessary and are serious about making it better for the fans then and only then will ESPN save itself - if they don't and continue on their wayward way, not only have they lost me but numerous others who will resort to the other means at their disposal to get the coverage they deserve. Am glad their football coverage will be fixed but please make sure they fix their racing coverage - now is the time to clean house and clean it in a hurry! Thanks JD as always!
- September 3, 2008 at 3:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
I sure hope with all the discussion on the cup race and Hanna, as to which station it will be on. I hope they dicide early and keep it on that station. Recently I thought I was taping a Nationwide race on ESPN 2 and it was switched to Classic, which I don't get and I was on vacation, so I missed the raced.
- September 3, 2008 at 6:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
Want to see what Nascar is up to? Want to read what the France family is trying to get done with regards to the Kansas Speedway? Go to Jayski's and read the article by Autoextremist. It's an eye opener and will have effects on the sport as a whole. I wonder why ESPN isn't covering this issue? Nascar people getting into the casino business? Does that jive with auto racing?
- September 3, 2008 at 7:56 PM
- Rockin Rich said...
Re — Anon @7:56 PM today:
JD, I know this is off topic for the article, but I think it can be stretched some. I think it falls under the heading; Things You will Not See Discussed On NASCAR TV, (ESPN anyway). In my opinion, this subject is one of the true 800lb. gorillas in the room that all the TV "partners" are ignoring.
I had seen an item, (Monday I think before De Lorenzo's Fumes piece was published and linked by Jay), about Boerger, (wonder how that's pronounced; booger would be appropriate don't you think?), offering a sure Cup date, along with other sugar plums), if Kansas Entertainment LLC, (=I$C), is awarded the casino contract. This, to me, sure looks like a predatory monopolistic practice.
How much longer can it be ignored that NASCAR and ISC are in an incestuous, (in the business sense), relationship that is absolutely stifling all competition, present and future?
There really needs to be a documentary series, done by professional, ethical journalists about the predatory practices of ISC/NASCAR.
You may delete this, but maybe it will be up long enough to be seen, and generate some discussion.
- September 3, 2008 at 8:26 PM
- Karen said...
Rockin Rich said...
Re — Anon @7:56 PM today:
JD, I know this is off topic for the article, but I think it can be stretched some . I think it falls under the heading; Things You will Not See Discussed On NASCAR TV, (ESPN anyway). In my opinion, this subject is one of the true 800lb. gorillas in the room that all the TV "partners" are ignoring.
Thanks for bringing this article to our attention. I know Anon brought it up, but your comments are spot on.
- September 3, 2008 at 9:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
I don't believe a word of the "we're changing to suit avid fans" not with racing or college football. Not yet.
The mixed bag of coverage we NASCAR fans have endured at the hands of the "worldwide leader of sports" 1 race is great - next night garbage.
Cover the race on the track. Simple- yet espn CANNOT or WILL NOT do it.
I'll believe it when it happens a couple weeks in a row, until then I'll have ALL the alternate info sites fired up and ready to go at the start of any foolishness from espn.
- September 3, 2008 at 11:18 PM
- bevo said...
Anybody that believes anything De Lorenzo writes about NASCAR just needs to look through his archives about how one of the big three is pulling out of the series. He's had "inside information" that it's the case for years now. During that time not only didn't it happen but Toyota came on board.
As far as Kansas goes it's nothing new. Dover has a casino.
NASCAR has plenty of issues but anyone who uses anything De Lorenzo writes isn't going to help their cause.
- September 4, 2008 at 4:04 AM
- Rockin Rich said...
Okay, I'm back on topic —
JD, is it possible that a lot of this issue of not calling the action that is actually happening on the track could be due to the fact that all of the booth guys are watching the action on TV screens instead of looking out the window at the track? That is the way they operate isn't it; watching screens, not the track?
It seems to me that this would be a pretty basic, and far superior, technique to use for the purpose of being a race commentator.
Am I missing something here? Why in the world would this practice be used when it creates the likelihood that what is occurring on the track will be missed?
Do you have any observations about this?
- September 4, 2008 at 7:10 AM
- Karen said...
Just saw on USA that this is their last year with the US Open tennis as coverage as moving to ESPN next year.
Where, where, where will they put it?
- September 4, 2008 at 5:59 PM


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The AT&T Carrier Update (v5.5), required to enable MMS on the iPhone is now live and can be installed via iTunes. Just plug in your iPhone and if it doesn't pop up immediately, hit the check for updates button.
Note: You need to be running iPhone 3.1, so if you haven't updated your firmware yet, do that first.
Once loaded, reboot your iPhone and then head on over the Messages app and you should see the new (for the USA!) camera icon on the bottom left.
For more info, see Apple's support article on the matter, and TiPb's iPhone MMS Walkthrough from earlier today!
Then let us know how iPhone MMS on AT&T is working for you!


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via Google Operating System by Alex Chitu on 9/26/08
Google Translate added 11 new languages: Catalan, Filipino, Hebrew, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. Google's machine translation service now supports 35 languages and you can use it to translate text between any combination of languages.
In most cases, Google uses English as an intermediary language, so when you translate a text from Indonesian to Vietnamese, Google translates the text to English and then it translates the result to Vietnamese. You'll get the best results when one of the languages is English, since Google needs a single translation.
"Most state-of-the-art, commercial machine-translation systems in use today have been developed using a rule-based approach, and require a lot of work to define vocabularies and grammars. Our system takes a different approach: we feed the computer billions of words of text, both monolingual text in the target language, and aligned text consisting of examples of human translations between the languages. We then apply statistical learning techniques to build a translation model," explains Google.
One of the advantages of this approach is scalability: if Google finds enough parallel text to create a good translation model for a language, it will be added to Google Translate. When Google licensed Systran's technology, Google Translate was only able to translate between English and French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, but this has changed when Google developed its own translation technology. Microsoft followed suit and Windows Live Translator switched from Systran to Microsoft's machine translation system.
As Microsoft notes, it's important to keep in mind that "automatic translation enables you to understand the gist of foreign language text, but is no substitute for a professional human translator if fluency is required," at least not yet.