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Lindsay Lohan Dons Bikini, Promises More Mayhem in 2010
You thought last year was nuts for Lindsay Lohan? Just watch as 2010 unfolds!
In between sunbathing sessions during a decade-ending visit to St. Barths this week, LiLo took time out to Twitter a photo of herself on deck in a bikini, and to make the following pledge to her fans/gawkers:
"Wishing everyone a blessed new year in 2010! Everyone get ready for more (but positive-LOHAN MAYHEM!!!!!!!!) Thanks for all of your support!"
Hmm; according to our dictionary, "mayhem" is defined as "willful and permanent crippling, mutilation, or disfigurement of any part of the body." Sounds about right!
As for her New Year's resolution, La Lohan reveals,
"My new years resolution is to stop letting the lucky few that have my heart, try2constantly tear me down."
A thinly veiled reference to her constantly meddling father, Michael Lohan, perhaps? Good luck with that, Linds.


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I had my meeting with Kodansha yesterday. I'm not really sure where to begin with this report so I'll just start at the beginning and write about what I remember. I was pretty dazed and confused throughout the visit so there might be some backtracking. Bear with me.
My meeting was at 3 in the afternoon. Took a train with my writer (yes, I'm working with a writer) that let's us off right at Kodansha's doorstep and, first of all, the place is huge. It looks like a courthouse with a surprisingly high level of security roaming in and outside the building. There was a building attached to the main one where visitors have to go to fill-out an ID form, be given a badge and wait to be personally escorted. I sat for a bit while trying to calm my nerves and eventually the editor came down to greet us and guided us upstairs where an entire terrace and floor was devoted to tables and chairs meant for meetings and powwows. I'm gonna be pretty anonymous with names and titles from here on in just to be safe, btw.
My writer had previously mentioned that I'd worked for companies in the States and that I'd moved here hoping to get work in Japan, blah blah, so I didn't have to explain where I was coming from with my style and look and all that so it was really just down to business. The editor flipped through my print-outs while I sat there totally blanking. I didn't know what he was gonna say and he was expressionless throughout his viewing so there weren't any hints for me either. Anyway, he put down the pitch and came straight out with that it wasn't good enough. There were problems with both art and story but I'll just focus on the art since that's what I'm most concerned with.
One of the major points was that it didn't have enough "manga-isms" to it. By that, he meant, more light-hearted touches like those wacky faces and more humourous touches that many people associate with manga backhome. I studiously avoided any of that stuff and it seems it came around to bite me in the ass. Also, not enough movement in the images. If you check out my more physical scenes or action sequences for SMLMJ or BFX you'll notice that I mainly work with suspended shots rather than blurry and trailing arms or legs. He mentioned it's okay to use once in a while but when it's the same note throughout it loses it's impact and becomes dull. The sound effects weren't dynamic enough either. He cited examples and it quickly dawned on me that I should've taken more care and time with what seemed like something rather minor to me. The way I greytoned everything came across as rather lifeless as well since I'd filled in the majority of backgrounds with gradient just for sake of having something. Ultimately, it just wasn't drawn well or tight enough. He suggested maybe entering a seasonal contest for new talent his magazine had since I was at that level or assisting an established artist to pick up certain techniques I was lacking. Other than that, he couldn't really do anything for me. I asked a few questions and we talked about some of the story elements afterwards but that was pretty much the bulk of our conversation. The entire interview lasted about 45 minutes.
I was disappointed of course but it was disappointment directed at myself. I don't like making excuses and I was very thankful he was being honest and forthright. I really needed to hear what he had to say. Especially now. I think I'm still trying to come to grips with reseting my style and look for a market that I've only known through reading and reading is good but doing is much more important. To be honest, I thought I'd shed some of my habits from backhome but yesterday really made me realize I had to fuckin' heave everything out the window and start fresh. Daunting, yeah, but I sorta have to.
I had coffee with my writer afterwards to review our review and decide to on what we wanted to do. We're gonna try another publisher to hear one more opinion before changing course but we're assuming the result will be the same. Not good enough. Faaaaack.
I recall a Paul Pope interview I read a while ago in which he stated he'd produced hundreds of pages that never saw print and it's quickly sinking in that I'll probably be treading similar waters over the next year. Not that I'm anywhere near as proficient or as good as that guy but the process of getting a gig here seems to prerequisite that amount of patience and effort. And then just maybe little bird...

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A nationwide search has begun for a Virginia man believed to have driven to upstate New York last week to kill the superintendent of a small school district, police said Thursday.
Police in Clymer, near the Pennsylvania border, believe Anthony Taglianetti II, 42, of Woodbridge, Va., went to New York last Friday night to shoot 51-year-old Keith Reed Jr., then returned to Virginia.
The slaying was unconnected to Reed's job as school superintendent, officials said. They believe they know the motive, but they would not divulge it. Police have ruled out murder for hire or a drug-related killing, Chautauqua County Sheriff Joseph Gerace said.
"They were not unfamiliar with one another," said county District Attorney David Foley. "This was a personal issue and not a professional one."
Authorities settled on Taglianetti after collecting evidence and witness statements; they say he acted alone. A nationwide alert was issued, and local, state and federal law enforcement were searching for Taglianetti.
Reed was reported missing Sunday evening after missing some engagements; his body was found Monday about 150 feet from his home in Clymer, 70 miles south of Buffalo near Pennsylvania.
The sheriff's office had found no sign of foul play at the home in Clymer, a small town of about 1,500 people in the southwestern corner of New York, on Sunday but returned to the property on Monday, Gerace told reporters.
Reed, who apparently was shot more than once, lived alone.
Reed had been superintendent of the single-building Clymer Central School District and its 468 students since November. His funeral is Friday in his hometown of Salamanca.
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I absolutely love me some Thai food. However, it is a recent love discovered over the last couple of years. Growing up with Puerto Rican and Hungarian food influences didn't exactly lend itself to making Pad Thai on Wednesday nights. That was black beans and rice night.
Over the last few months, I have spent some time making dishes with Thai influences. I've stocked up on the tamarind paste, the fish sauce, the coconut milk, etc. So in honor of how delicious Thai food can be, and my freshly stocked Thai inspired pantry, this week is Thai food week.
I have cravings for Pad Thai on an almost weekly basis, but I never realized how capable I was of creating this dish successfully (without using any pre-packaged sauces, flavor mixes, etc.)
The recipe I used was a mix of about 5 different recipes I found to be "authentic" (hah, not like I would actually know). I've only made this dish twice, so I'm going to play around with it some more before I post a recipe.
I found the recipe from the Food Network, so it doesn't exactly scream authentic, nor was it tricky to make. I ignored the specifications of the recipe, just using the ingredients as a guide. The takeaway from the dish is definitely the peanut lime dressing. So good! See full recipe.
This was delicious! I tried to track down the recipe I used, but being incredibly organized, I have lost it. It was almost identical to this, if you want to give this dessert a try.
This was surprisingly my favorite dish of the week's cooking events. I expected it to be a nice way to use some leftover chicken, but this blew me away! True to it's name it is the perfect comfort food, but the blend of flavors, the coriander and coconut standing out in my mind, makes this far superior to the noodles in chicken broth I eat when I'm sick. Here's the recipe I roughly followed.
Another successful meal! The noodles I just threw together for an interesting side. I like to use bean sprout noodles, because they soak up flavor nicely, cook almost instantly and are better for you than a bunch of white flour.
The BBQ Chicken is all about the marinade. I can't believe I'm just now realizing how amazing lemon grass is.
Well, that wraps this week's long winded cooking challenge. What types of foods or specific recipes should I try next? I definitely need some inspiration!
Beyond making homemade pasta, I upped the anie and decided to go for a full romantic Italian dinner. Admittedly, I did not do this challenge this week. I didn't do much cooking this week, but this is a meal I've been wanting to share. Without throwing too many unwanted details out there, my boyfriend and I do the long distance deal. So, when we get to see each other we try to make the most of our time together. Often that includes cooking with and/or for each other.
(Please forgive the poor photo quality. They are from my phone as I did a camera fail and left it at home).
The menu:
Pasta e Fagioli, recipe from Giada De Laurentiis
Tartra (A Savory Flan), recipe from the The Taste of Italy
Casoncelli Camuni, recipe from The Taste of Italy
Ricotta and Rum Cake Trifle, a mixture I threw together that was inspired from The Taste of Italy
The Pasta e Fagioli was a straight forward hearty soup that we both enjoyed. It was balanced but flavored nicely from the fresh herbs and pancetta. I would recommend this recipe, and will definitely be making it again.
The tartra was a little lackluster, but being that I decided on a whim to make one more thing due to left over ingredients, I wasn't too disappointed. I won't post the recipe to this, unless someone requests it.
Now, we get down to business. This the main event, making pasta from scratch for the first time. My boyfriend didn't have a rolling pin, so me and a cylindrical vase had to work it out. After working out a system with the vase, I was able to create a nice smooth sheet of dough, spoon the tasty filling out and create somewhat presentable ravioli type pockets. It certainly isn't the most beautiful thing I've ever made, but it was delicious! The success absolutely lies with the recipe, because I'm sure I made several attempts to sabotage it. I will post this recipe shortly.
I also made a tasty trifle that I enhanced with rum, but I forgot to take pictures of it since we didn't eat it until hours after this massive meal.
All in all, making a from scratch Italian meal was fun and we definitely enjoyed the end product. The thing I found the most stressful was the time management and overlapping demanded of making 4 items at once. Hopefully I will continue to improve in that area to avoid stressing out.
- Becca Bites
This wasn't a challenge to stretch my cooking skills by any means, but more one of discovery. My goal was to find a fantastic baked french toast recipe that wasn't soggy and that didn't taste like typical french toast. Mission accomplished! I bring you Orange Pecan French Toast (So yummy!) by SR on All Recipes.
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1/3 cup chopped pecans
- 12 (3/4 inch thick) slices French bread
- 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
- 1 cup fresh orange juice
- 1/2 cup 2% milk
- 3 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 egg whites
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar for dusting
In a small bowl, stir together the brown sugar, melted butter and corn syrup.
Pour into a greased 9x13 inch baking dish, and spread evenly.
Sprinkle pecans over the sugar mixture. Arrange the bread slices in the bottom of the dish so they are in a snug single layer.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the orange zest, orange juice, milk, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, egg whites, and eggs. Pour this mixture over the bread, pressing on the bread slices to help absorb the liquid. Cover and refrigerate for at least one hour, or overnight. (I definitely recommend overnight).
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C ). Remove the cover from the baking dish, and let stand for 20 minutes at room temperature.
Bake for 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving
- Becca Bites


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Amish Country vacation in Ohio then be sure to attend the 32nd Annual Coshocton Hot Air Balloon Festival. This is the longest running balloon festival in the State.
When: June 7, 8, and 9, 2013
Where: Coshocton County Fairgrounds
What to Expect: Over 25 hot air balloons, food, music, crafts, carnival rides
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If you stay in Holmes County, Ohio you can enjoy Amish culture, fine gifts, flea markets, animal ranches, museums, etc., in addition to the balloon festival.
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He's 18 weeks old, and the craziest pup ever!
(He's not mine. :( He's Kim's.)
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Trick or Treat in Orange designed by Deb Strain for Moda Fabrics.
About This Print: This is another incredible Halloween coordinate in the Trick or Treat collection from Moda Fabrics. Covered in an delightful array of witch hats, bats, stars and boots over a bright Orange background; this coordinating print can't wait to sneak its way into your next Moda Halloween quilting, craft, or home décor project.
About This Collection: Trick or Treat is a wonderfully eerie collection designed by Deb Strain for Moda Fabrics. These adorable yet spooky cotton prints are filled with Deb Strains traditional but modern folk art style; candied apples, energetic bats, mischievous spiders and cute candy corn fill these prints with an excellent appeal not normally found in Halloween prints. Deb Strain has always been known to have some folk art spirit, but more and more her designs are leaning toward minimalism; Trick or Treat is no doubt an ultimate example of this way of thinking. You can use all of these spectacular folk art prints in a wide array of Moda quilting projects, including this lovely table runner print included in extra photos on this page. Moda Fabrics has always had a reputation for its keen eye and contemporary style, and when browsing through these prints it becomes obvious that Moda Fabrics has done it again.


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It's the first time Amanda Knox has been home for Halloween in five years, and if you ask me, she's allowed to have a little fun. Today is the anniversary of her roommate's murder, but Knox, acquitted of the crime, is a free woman now who's more than encouraged to find a way to live a normal life again after spending the last four years in an Italian prison. But she needs to stay respectful. That's all anyone can ask. Last night, though, she didn't. Knox made a poor decision that has everyone talking. She dressed up as a cat burglar.
Almost four years to the date after Meredith Kercher was brutally murdered by a still unknown intruder, Knox's costume seems highly insensitive, borderline insane, and not just a little bit desperate.
Could she really be that clueless to think that dressing like a person who trespasses wouldn't be taken the wrong way? Is she really that daft? The Kercher family is obviously pretty upset by her outfit; the dad spoke out and said that "images like this don't help" their healing process. It's possible that Amanda just wasn't thinking, but I don't think she's that flaky.
She was in the spotlight, the headlines, and the tip of almost everyone's tongue ever since 2007. Letting go of that fame, or infamy, is probably more difficult than we're giving her credit for. There are umpteen interviews with washed-up celebs who say that they were addicted to the attention, that they turned to drugs and alcohol to cope with the phone that stopped ringing, or worse, they signed up to do a reality show to try and claw their way back into the limelight.
Maybe that's what Amanda's doing. Maybe she knew that dressing up as a criminal would thrust her back into relevancy. Wearing all black with a black knit hat and cat burglar makeup, from the photos it seems like she went to run an errand in her costume before heading to a friend's apartment. Did she have to wear the get-up while the paparazzi were around?
Because you'd think she'd know better. That she'd lie low and try to rebuild her life. But after last night, maybe we're starting to see that Amanda doesn't want to hide at all and instead would rather be seen and talked about, no matter what the circumstances. If that's her goal, well, she's unfortunately succeeding.
What do you think of Amanda's Halloween costume?
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it's a freakin costume! all she has on is a regular outfit with a scarf, a hat, and a drawn on mustache.. really??? she's entitled to dress however she wishes to dress.
I agree with Elliott. It's stupid that *THIS* of all things is deemed "news worthy". It's pathetic and the girl needs to be left alone. Let her get back to some semblance of normalcy after these years of what she's been through.
Oh lord... heaven forbid she move on with her life without permission from the ever attention seeking Kercher family.
She can dress up as whatever she wants. Unless it's a costume of her with a bloody knife and Meredith's severed head, anything that tries to assign meaning to her costume is an assumption. If anything, this might be a big F-U to the media. Whatever it is, she's been acquitted. The Kercher family needs to move on and look for other ways to get millions from the tragedy that befell their daughter.
Um, HOW DO YOU KNOW SHE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A CAT BURGLAR? She is in all black, with a beret, a scarf and a french -style mustache. Hmmm.... could she be a Frenchman? Or Guy Fawkes? This is exactly the kind of slanderous, far-reaching gossip I have come to expect from this site.


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Is Divorce Contagious?
Dr. Wendy Walsh: Just one week after former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, announced their divorce after forty years of marriage, their 36-year-old daughter is reported to be divorcing as well.
Karenna Gore Schiff, the oldest daughter of former Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore, has separated from her husband, Dr. Andrew Schiff. Gore Schiff is a graduate of Harvard University and Columbia Law School. She married Andrew Schiff in 1997, and they have three children.
This news got me thinking. Can divorce be caught like a virus, just as a good mood or bad manners can spread through peer groups? The answer is yes. All social behavior is shaped by group affiliation. Swearing, church-going, drug use and good driving habits are all examples of social behavior that tends to run through clusters of social groups. Now a new study has found that divorce can also be affected by peer pressure.
James H. Fowler, a professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego, has found that divorce can spread from one couple to their friends and family -- and even affect couples who are a couple degrees of separation away. Yikes!
One thing his study found is that if your siblings divorce, you're 22 percent more likely to divorce yourself. The divorced-friend factor is even more influential: People who had a divorced friend were 147 percent (!) more likely to be divorced than people whose friends' marriages were intact, the study said. Yikes!
Of course, this study was only based on 5,000 couples, so it's hard to generalize about the whole population ....
Do YOU think divorce is contagious?
There is clearly a lot to realize about this. I feel you made some good points in features also.
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Gov. Perry: Texas to Immediately Defund Abortion Affiliates in WHP in Response to 5th Circuit's Ruling
Thursday, October 25, 2012 Austin, Texas Press Release
Gov. Rick Perry released the following statement on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to deny Planned Parenthood's request for reconsideration of the Court's August decision to uphold state law:
"Today's ruling affirms yet again that in Texas the Women's Health Program has no obligation to fund Planned Parenthood and other organizations that perform or promote abortion. In Texas we choose life, and we will immediately begin defunding all abortion affiliates to honor and uphold that choice."
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Strawberry jam, that wholesome favorite that has just never seemed to be far away in my life. If you're a breakfast or tea time person like I am, then I am sure you know what I mean. It's a quintessential item for the table, no doubt about it.
After many years of reading jam labels for contents: sugar, fake sugar, unknown items etc, I have finally decided to just make my own.
While this may sound like a large undertaking, in reality it's not really. After just a few minutes of searching online I discovered the ingredients were quiet simple.
- 4 lbs. of strawberries
- 3 tablespoons of agar agar flakes
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice (I used lime)
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http://www.dianedew.com/sanger.htm Margarete Sanger founded Planned Parenthood to eliminate Blacks and Minorities with her Eugenics doctrine.
It's even more horrific than that....The Dems have always voted (100%) against Civil Rights from the Founding of the Nation to Johnson. When ever the Dems controlled the House and Senate, Blacks were targeted. Blacks originally voted Republican, but after the Civil War Southern and Northern Democrats controlled the House and Senate and turned against Blacks and forced Jim Crow. www.wallbuilders.com DVD #9 Blacks in American History, Congressional Record on the votes of Congress. Sanger founded Planned Parenthood to eliminate Blacks: http://www.dianedew.com/sanger.htm
Women are being saddled with the legacy of Margarete Sanger. http://www.dianedew.com/sanger.htm
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Teachers Union on Obama Lunch Standards: 'We Can Creatively Engage and Educate Students to Increase Acceptance'
Ha! Totally agree....I had a student I worked with...got him out of all the "pull out' classes...Cost the District about $35,000 in additional aid from the Government....The district didn't like that one bit! The current education system is a business...and it's all about making money off the students....ADA, ISP, etc, etc.....Heck, have you noticed that we now have fundraisers to stock the classrooms with basic supplies? The money is going to salaries and administrative costs= pensions which are unsustainable.
wtmoore, Racism is by definition owned by the Democratic Party. The American Heritage Series DVD's go to the ORIGINAL Documents- like the Congressional Record...and show that DEMOCRATS have voted every time to restrict rights and liberties of Black Americans. Slavery was nixed before the Civil War by conservatives...and became an issue when Southern Democrats teamed up with Northern Progressives to create policy that would lead to the Civil War... And after the Civil War, when Democrats again took control of the Senate and House, passed Jim Crow laws and looked the other way as Democrats prevented Blacks from Voting using intimidation, even death, to force Blacks to vote the Democratic ticket.
John, perfect! I had a friend explain Progressive politics to me..... Progressives live and die by the polls. If the poll changes, so changes the opinions of Progressives. (Look at the crazy way Obama has flipped on the Debt). The Heck with morals or values....it is the present consensus that is important to Progressives! Which is why Progressives cannot operate under Absolute Truth or the "Higher Morality" that George Washington referred to during the Newburg Crisis. "We are responsible to a higher power" he wrote. And during the Nazi trials of Nuremberg, the precedent had been set, and Nazi's hung because they sent innocents to die- and the judges exclaimed that soldiers are responsible to a "higher Authority".
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/10/12/pelosis-pac-runs-kitchen-themed-ad-against-first-female-combat-fighter-pilot/ Ok, Why is Nancy Pelosi going after a WOMAN Fighter Pilot? I thought the war on women was supposed to be a Republican issue...now we see the intentional war on CONSERVATIVE Women...starting with (this go around) Palin, Bachmann....now Martha McSally, because she is conservative. Beware women, when you are backed against the wall by Pelosi's Political Correctness and there is now where to turn....
Get the Documentary "Monumental" by Kirk Cameron. It is about the Granite Statue left behind by our Pilgrim Fathers. It resides in a Massachusetts Suburb. Anyone can go see it. Why has not the Media even referred to it in passing? Because the name of the Statue is "The Path to Liberty". It shows what must be done by People, (not a government) to gain Liberty. Of course the Progressives are rabid against this.....
Currently, the Democrats are defending Sanger's policies with everything they have. The Largest Planned Parenthood clinics are located in the center of the largest Black Populations...and Blacks are the single most targeted minority group with one black baby aborted for every black born...and the trend is towards elimination of Blacks Culture altogether. Only the Republicans and The Catholic Church, and a few fringe religious groups are fighting this. And who is rabid against stopping this policy? Democrats, Progressives.
Today, the Democrats are "convincing" Blacks to remain on the Plantation....while they laugh behind their backs. Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood..." While Planned Parenthood's current apologists try to place some distance between the eugenics and birth control movements, history definitively says otherwise. The eugenic theme figured prominently in the Birth Control Review, which Sanger founded in 1917. She published such articles as "Some Moral Aspects of Eugenics" (June 1920), "The Eugenic Conscience" (February 1921), "The purpose of Eugenics" (December 1924), "Birth Control and Positive Eugenics" (July 1925), "Birth Control: The True Eugenics" (August 1928), and many others." http://www.blackgenocide.org/sanger.html.


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This was very good, although I think i would double the soy sauce and red wine vinegar amounts next time to make the sauce more richly flavored.
Filet Mignon with Cabernet Sauce
angelamd79 Posted: 01/04/09
sarahkaye Posted: 01/26/09
The sauce was fantastic - the ratio of broth/wine/vinegar/soy sauce was perfect. I added shitake mushrooms and garlic with the shallots and did the steaks separately on a cast iron grill pan. It made a lot more sauce than I needed, but I'm going to use the leftover sauce for salisbury steaks.
karaboo Posted: 12/31/09
loved this. the sauce is delcious. I crusted the filets with fresh herbs-rosemary, thyme, garlic, salt & pepper, and basil before I pan seared. It was amazing!
EllieinChicago Posted: 01/02/11
My boyfriend and I made this for New Year's Eve and it truly was outstanding. The only alteration we made was just to use two cuts of meat, instead of 4, as it was just the two of us. There was plenty of sauce, but I could see doubling the sauce recipe if you were to make this for four. This is going into our recipe file, as we plan to make this again for other special occasions. Fantastic recipe! We served this with the Arugula & Pear Salad with Toasted Walnuts, & couscous.
jdwy12788 Posted: 08/25/10
By far my favorite recipe. I have made this a few times and each time it just gets better. Sometimes I double it to make extra sauce for the steak & it is ever better.
pogomiss Posted: 10/22/11
Excellent sauce. Easy recipe. Good for a quick weeknight as well as a special evening.
ngrojas Posted: 12/11/11
Absolutely fabulous, even though I made some changes. We always cook meat on charcoal grill, so I started with the butter and sauteed the shallots. I didn't have any beef broth, so I used the liquid from a can of onion soup. I didn't reduce the final mix quite as much as recipe calls for because it already tasted perfect. Everyone loved it!!
Bmullins Posted: 01/13/12
Did not reallly flavor the filet. Sauce was too thin.
ktleyed Posted: 09/23/12
I thought this was delicious, but agree the sauce was thin. The sauteed mushrooms were divine though from the suggested menu.


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Molly slang | Reviewer: Seattle | 6/14/12
Molly is very old slang for a gay man. With that said, it seems at least possible that the song could involve gay or transgendered folk...or maybe just drag queens. In fact, when a man puts on 'drag' it is proper etiquette to refer to him as a her. So when Desmond does his pretty face...he is a she, at least in some circles. And most of us know from tv and movies (or clubs, for that matter) when a drag queen gets done up, it's not to stay home. It is to go out, be boisterous, and perhaps perform!
Just a thought...
best ever? | Reviewer: Mr.29 | 1/18/12
A while ago a person took a blind poll from about 50 of us in a chatroom about what we thought was the Beatle's best recorded song. I was the only one to list Ob-La-Di as my personal favorite! When others asked why I chose that...I told them that whenever I hear that piano rearing up I just can't sit still...it's too lively a tune. And it is very catchy....it entertains and isn't that what a song is supposed to do? Others congratulated me for seeing that and choosing this song and many wanted to change their choice to mine!
doubt there's a mistake in the lyrics | Reviewer: Anonymous | 12/9/11
Desmond does his face (not her face). He's not a girl, but a boy.
And in the evening she's a singer with the band ('she' refers to molly, not desmond). There's no mistake
I love the beatles. The best band of all time
Life Goes On.. | Reviewer: (: | 11/11/11
OMG-.- there is no deep meaning in this song... Ob-la-di Ob-la-da is just a saying of a tribe called yoruba and it means "Life goes on". Not a drug or any of that (:
Version | Reviewer: Felipe | 7/29/11
I am from Brazil, here a few years ago, a politician paid someone make a version of this song with changed lyrics(off course) for him to use in his campaign. It was a good one, they used to play near my office all day long. The guy was elected.
Ob La Di | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/7/11
If you believe the conspiracy theory that the real Paul McCartney died in a car crash in 1966 and was replaced by a double, then this song is about the fake Paul taking over the real Paul's Life. Desmond is the 'new' Paul; Molly is Linda McCartney, (the singer in the band - and in Wings)
Desmond does his pretty face refers to the plastic surgery Will Campbell (phony McCartney) received to look like Paul.
Desmond buys the ring for Molly because "Paul" bought a ring for Linda after she discovered the truth and threatened to out him.
the title 'life goes on' says it all, i suppose, if you believe that kind of thing.
Who knows what's true, great song regardless. All in good fun.
This song is life | Reviewer: mimi | 6/23/11
this song is the epitome of life! life goes on! that's all; stuff happens and life goes on! there are no library books one can borrow that explains the meaning of life, but this song is it! life goes on; apparently this song was voted by the British as the worst song ever! I so disagree!
the real meaning | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/1/11
People, this song is about an ideal world where 1.people take drugs and get high all the time 2.homosexual couples get married and adope kids. You guys think Beatles will tell you the real meaning of this one? Don't be silly.
mem | Reviewer: Anonymous | 2/7/11
there was a review earlier about why try to find meaning to the songs etc..... there is no meaning to it but always have thought that obladioblada was some kind of drug because they say it on the last line and they pretty much giggle & laugh like they are high throughout the song! listen again. Also another point on the song the other 3 hated it! Paul wanted it as a single & the other 3 were dead against it. The song was not even done at the speed you hear it. John walked out of the studio while recording the song but when out rushed back & said this is how it should be done and proceeded to play the first piano riff the way you here it on the record. In fact i think that thats what is recorded, john playing the first bit. Look it up its fascinating this song.
reminds me of my dad | Reviewer: larry | 12/19/10
My dad was crazy about the beatles! He always used to play their cds when I was growing up. He died six years ago, and it sounds cheesy but every time I hear a beatles song I always feel like he's with me. GO BEATLES! ob-la-di, ob-la-da!
To the writer of the Gender Mix Up comment. | Reviewer: Alissa | 3/25/10
That was a mistake but the Beatles liked it so they left it in.
Man, I'm a loser, it's my birthday and I'm writing comments for weirdos. When I say weirdos I don't mean the Beatles, because they are awesome.
Gender Mix-up | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/22/10
I don't understand.... The first time, it says Desmond lets the children lend a hand...
Molly stays at home and does her pretty face...
And in the evening she still sings it with the band...
then the second
Molly lets the children lend a hand...
Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face...
And in the evening she's a singer with the band...
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
Lala how the life goes on...
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
Lala how the life goes on.
Its says molly stays home and shes in the band but then it says desmond stays home and she is in a band.... is Desmond a GIRL????
Molly... | Reviewer: Timothy S. | 12/29/09
"Molly" is a name not commonly used now days. I had the honor to name my daughter Mollie (now 5), and I just listened a little closer to this Beatles song awhile ago...and heard her name! The name Mollie is also used in the movie, "Ghost" with Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze. I don't believe we will ever see another band quite like The Beatles.
Forever Beatles | Reviewer: Maddy | 12/29/09
My parents didn't really get me into the Beatles. I got into the Beatles myself, by looking through my father's CD and records of bands from the 60's-90's. I'm glad I found the Beatles. They wrote/made amazing music.
I love this song. It really just makes you forget whatever BAD is happening in my life, and think about the good. Its a happy song, about a couple named Molly and Desmond and as much as we like to learn the meaning behind the songs, we never REALLY know.
i love playing this cheerful song | Reviewer: nour | 12/15/09
this song is of paramount significance ....it depicts a relationship and a life cycle ...a walk of life...it makes me think of a simple happy life ....i just love to sing it and play it on my guitar ..everyone enjoys it
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While working at WPGC, Beck met his first wife, Claire.[24] In 1983, the couple married and had two daughters, Mary and Hannah. Mary developed cerebral palsy as a result of a series of strokes at birth in 1988.[24] The couple divorced in 1994 amid Beck's struggles with substance abuse. A recovering alcoholic and drug addict,[25] Beck has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.[26][27] By 1994, Beck was suicidal, and imagined shooting himself to the music of Kurt Cobain.[26] He credits Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) with helping him achieve sobriety. He said he stopped drinking alcohol and smoking cannabis in November 1994, the same month he attended his first AA meeting.[26] Beck later said that he had gotten high every day for the previous 15 years, since the age of 16.[20] In 1996, while working for a New Haven area radio station, Beck took a theology class at Yale University, with a written recommendation from Senator Joe Lieberman, a Yale alumnus who was a fan of Beck's show at the time.[28] Beck enrolled in an "Early Christology" course, but soon withdrew, marking the extent of his post-secondary education.[26][29] Beck then began a "spiritual quest" in which he "sought out answers in churches and bookstores".[26] As he later recounted in his books and stage performances, Beck's first attempt at self-education involved six wide-ranging authors, comprising what Beck jokingly calls "the library of a serial killer": Alan Dershowitz, Pope John Paul II, Adolf Hitler, Billy Graham, Carl Sagan, and Friedrich Nietzsche.[26][28] During this time, Beck's Mormon friend and former radio partner Pat Gray argued in favor of the "comprehensive worldview" offered by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, an offer that Beck rejected until a few years later.[26] In 1999, Beck married his second wife, Tania.[26] After they went looking for a faith on a church tour together, they [26] joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in October 1999, partly at the urging of his daughter Mary.[30][31] Beck was baptized by his old friend, and current-day co-worker Pat Gray.[26] Beck and his current wife have had two children together, Raphe (who is adopted) and Cheyenne. Until April 2011, the couple live in New Canaan, Connecticut, with the four children.[32][33] Beck announced in July 2010 that he had been diagnosed with macular dystrophy, saying "A couple of weeks ago I went to the doctor because of my eyes, I can't focus my eyes. He did all kinds of tests and he said, 'you have macular dystrophy ... you could go blind in the next year. Or, you might not.'" The disorder can make it difficult to read, drive or recognize faces.[34] In July 2011, Beck leased a house in the Dallas–Fort Worth suburb of Westlake, Texas. n 2002 Beck created the media platform Mercury Radio Arts as the umbrella over various broadcast, publishing, Internet, and live show entities. Radio See also: Glenn Beck Program In 1983 he moved to Corpus Christi, Texas, to work at radio station KZFM. In mid-1985, Beck was hired away from KZFM to be the lead DJ for the morning-drive radio broadcast by WRKA in Louisville, Kentucky.[24] His four-hour weekday show was called Captain Beck and the A-Team.[37] Beck had a reputation as a "young up-and-comer". The show was not political and included the usual off-color antics of the genre: juvenile jokes, pranks, and impersonations.[28] The show slipped to third in the market and Beck left abruptly in 1987 amid a dispute with WRKA management.[citation needed] Months later, Beck was hired by Phoenix Top-40 station KOY-FM, then known as Y-95. Beck was partnered with Arizona native Tim Hattrick to co-host a local "morning zoo" program.[26] During his time at Y-95, Beck cultivated a rivalry with local pop radio station KZZP and that station's morning host Bruce Kelly. Through practical jokes and publicity stunts, Beck drew criticism from the staff at Y-95 when the rivalry culminated in Beck telephoning Kelly's wife on-the-air, mocking her recent miscarriage.[24] In 1989, Beck resigned from Y-95 to accept a job in Houston at KRBE, known as Power 104. Beck was subsequently fired in 1990 due to poor ratings.
Beck then moved on to Baltimore, Maryland and the city's leading Top-40 station, WBSB, known as B104. There, he partnered with Pat Gray, a morning DJ. During his tenure at B104, Beck was arrested and jailed for speeding in his DeLorean.[26] According to a former associate, Beck was "completely out of it" when a station manager went to bail him out.[26] When Gray, then Beck were fired, the two men spent six months in Baltimore, planning their next move. In early 1992, Beck and Gray both moved to WKCI-FM (KC101), a Top-40 radio station in Hamden, Connecticut.[26] In 1995, WKCI apologized after Beck and Gray mocked a Chinese-American caller on air who felt offended by a comedy segment by playing a gong sound effect and having executive producer Alf Gagineau mock a Chinese accent. That incident led to protests by activist groups.[38] When Gray left the show to move to Salt Lake City, Beck continued with co-host Vinnie Penn. At the end of 1998, Beck was informed that his contract would not be renewed at the end of 1999.
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Television In January 2006, CNN's Headline News announced that Beck would host a nightly news-commentary show in their new prime-time block Headline Prime. The show, simply called Glenn Beck, aired weeknights. CNN Headline News described the show as "an unconventional look at the news of the day featuring his often amusing perspective".[43] At the end of his tenure at CNN-HLN, Beck had the second largest audience behind Nancy Grace.[44] In 2008, Beck won the Marconi Radio Award for Network Syndicated Personality of the Year.
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added another day. after I got back to Orlando and had my morning classes, I decided to take a last minute trip to South Florida to see my homies in Go Rydell, Fallen From The Sky and Protagonist and it was great. Rode down with Veronica, James and Lisa and saw a bunch of people at the show. Things are going pretty ok right now.
This upcoming Thursday, I have an interview meeting with Jared, Kevin and Alex on what we could all do to improve Smartpunk. Who they just acquired. Crazy world.
Hopefully tomorrow's weather is nice xo
what do I do? do I need to pick up a new trade? I feel like I offer enough in this world to get some benefits along with it. am I annoying? do I bite? is it his brown eyes (haha)
ok ok, maybe a bit on the pathetic end right now. sometimes shit in life really leaves me wanting more answers, but a little afraid to ask why? why am I in the situation I am? dont I deserve better?
fuck it, I do and I will
update: threw up for the first time in 7 years yesterday. sucked so much. at least I had a few good friends help me get through that.
oh yea! I recently got an internship at the Heart of Florida United Way. so incredibly excited in hoping that this may somehow, someway help open doors to a more meaningful future. here's to that
"bad news never had good timing". mr mayer
not really sure how to start thing. figured my buddy john had just about the right words. it's obvious from previous posts that things were going sour with miss never text back. got quite possibly the shittiest phone call of my life thus far (grateful) tonight. any call that leaves someone crying and dead silence the majority of the time can't be that good.
here I am, back to where I started and it just feels pretty crappy. luckily, i've got some really cool friends that I know will help me through any rough time I need.
tonight also got me thinking, finally some decent mental stimulation. things could be a lot worse. I mean, everyone has their problems, but truthfully girl problems are just a minor detail in what we call life. if I told my father the events that took place today, i'm sure he would respond simply with "it is what it is." its true, when you know in your heart you did what you could to make a situation work and it ends up failing, there is no shame. there is no time for pity, there is no time to relish the past.
dont get me wrong, this sucks. but having a "this sucks" attitude will only get you so far.
lets just hope another miss genuine comes along a bit sooner
first and foremost, its truthfully killing me on the inside whats been going on. trying my best not to show it, but its has been getting to me late at night (and during the day), fuck it all the time.
i guess its just not the right time in our lives. i do have a problem with being ignored though. whatever, life goes on and im good with that. like i stated before though, i just hate starting over. here i am, square 1.
naples was sorta fun this weekend. im going to gainesville tomorrow after class with joe perri (awesome dude/photographer) to catch the dangerous summer show at the 1982 bar. stoked on this, hopefully ill make it back to catch my wednesday morning class.
hey future, let me get a glance in there and see whats up.
by four year strong is going to be amazing when I can hear it recorded. today was interesting. had another good day in downtown, had pb&j from panera bread and continued hanging with jj no text back. went last minute to see four year strong at the social.
got kind of crummy news tonight with her. do I continue or back off? kind of sucks being in this position again. shes 1 out of 50,000 and I always come across the other 49,999.
I really really don't wanna continue starting over again. here's to me in the future with hopefully a grip on all of this. I need to starting writing again. I'm playing a few shows this weekend with Tanner / Trevor's band You Blew It! I'm actually really looking forward to it. the style of music isn't much that i'm used to but just jamming with such talented musicians is fun enough. i'll be in naples on saturday with them and staying the night over there. again, here's to me in the future getting a grip on that.
my grandpa gave me a CD while I was in Mass this past winter that helped him sleep. he actually took the time to mail it to me and so far its 3 for 3. I love him dearly
and there's a scene I will always replay..at the moment when my hand touched your face.
I could see your eyes turning away..but i've been standing my ground with you babe.
the semester started at UCF. my last and final semester I have in this whole learning thing. I've been at it since I was 5 years old, now here I am in my last semster. Enough of going on and on about that weird subject. Things are ok. My girl situation is weirdly at the best its been for a while. Not saying I completely have things under control (which I dont), but I am very happy with things. I love spending time with her wherever it is.
playing a few shows with trevor and tanners band 'You Blew It' this upcoming weekend. friday in orlando and saturday in tampa. should be fun
Another great night. I hung out with the JJNTxtB tonight at Jasons Deli and spent some time on the driveway listening to various songs on my ipod. Definitely got a new respect for Death Cab, and of course I showed a few songs I thought she should listen to. :)
Tomorrow is the last first day of class I will ever have. Its really really really weird to think that. Oh God, all the beginning years of wearing your new shoes your mom bought you and reppin that new hair cut trying to impress people. Having your awesome Spiderman lunch box. Checking your schedules to see who had the same classes. Unbelievable, tomorrow is it (hopefully if I dont fail
Still at the moment, I have no idea about my future. Jobs? Music? People in it? All I know is that I am doing what I can to enjoy it and hopefully make the best of it.
Time to get in the routine again.
OCD sucks
Finally back up here. Had a great break and all of that. Lots of great time with family mostly, saw some good friends as well.
Couple changes in my life. Another medication change, but I feel like this is moving in the right direction. It will take some adjusting and probably a few shitty nights, but its for the best. Finally addressing my underlying problem, and hope that within a few weeks I can start feeling better overall.
After my terrific new years night / next morning, I am finally in the same city as her. We will see how things go. I know I am 100% taking this differently than how I have taken any situation with any girl in the past. Shes just that different, and something I truly never thought would come along my way. But it is definitely too early to tell. We will see.
Kind of caught up with myself now. My last semester at UCF starts next week. Also, got a text from Robert at 12:51 saying he wants me to become the Music Editor and be responsible for all the artist we feature. Woah.
started out amazing. more amazing than i ever ever ever could have figured. i cant find a single song / amount of lyrics to equal what i am feeling right now. its 6am, but i dont really care. there is a really good chance i might have possibly had the best night of 2010 already. lets see if i can beat it. ive got 365 days to beat it… bring it!
also, i promise to upload all of my photos from Massachusetts during my break this Winter/New Years.


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You know that trend a while back towards 'smart offices'? I think that's what it was called -- you know, when nobody has their own desk, and they just snag their laptop and go sit anywhere and somehow they are magically more creative and productive as a result? I'm having trouble Googling up trip reports: can you help me out with links to stories and research about experiences in implementing it (or your own personal experience)?
My focus is actually on why explanations of why it was tried and
work; I'm happy to read about how it actually did as well, though.
My memory may be faulty, but I seem to recall hearing that most of the experiments with this kind of thing failed thanks to massively increased stress among employees and no gains of any other kind, mostly because it just goes against human nature.
Anyway, any info you have or can link to on this stuff would be welcome. My perfect answer to this question would be a link to a highly critical research paper, complete with comprehensive data, revealing this idea to be total snake oil.
A paper that revealed the opposite, if it were credible, would also be just fine, despite my clear prejudice in this matter. Heh.
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Try "hotelling" and "hot-desking" as additional search terms.
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on November 10, 2011 [
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Yeah, currently the practice is called Hot Desking or Hotelling, and I've seen it used frequently in sales and professional services type offices where the employees spend most of their time on the road or at customer sites. However, I do remember that some ad agency in California implemented it in the late 80's/early 90's for most (if not all) employees... Yep -it was
Chiat Day
posted by
on November 10, 2011
There's also a trend of "
" spaces popping up. It is not precisely what you're referring to; nonetheless, it may help clarify your thinking or point you in some direction you had not considered.
posted by
on November 10, 2011
The Social Life of Information
by John Seeley Brown and Paul Duguid features
a section
on Chiat/Day and the failure of hot-desking there.
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on November 10, 2011 [
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I've seen it used in a call center/support environment. The cubicles were small, low-walled and offered no storage. Employees got around the no decorations policy by carrying around floppy disks (this was a while back) of personal photos that they would make their PC desktop wallpaper for the day.
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on November 10, 2011
This is sort of vague, but maybe it will jostle someone else's memory and help track down the article. (I'll do some further searching when I have time.)
I remember some "forward thinking" company implementing this approach, and trying to go entirely paperless, therefore no need for a desk or "your own" filing cabinets. It turned out (duh) that people really did need paper more than the bosses predicted, which resulted in everyone lugging briefcases around, and storing papers in their cars.
posted by
The Deej
on November 10, 2011
I don't know about scientific research but I can tell you that I have worked in an office that practiced it, and it was FUCKING AWFUL.
It's like, "first they take away offices and give us shitty cubicles. Then they tell us we can't even have the shitty cubicles to ourselves."
In the most successful (relatively speaking) implementation, every employee was given a sort of rolling storage cubby. At least then you have a place where you can put your coffee cup and note pad.
"A rolling plastic storage cubby to call your own." It was just as dreadful as it sounds.
In practice, everyone pretty much staked out their own desks. No one was supposed to, but we all wanted to, so there was a lot of social pressure dictating which desk belonged to whom.
It was interesting to acculturate there as a new employee, because you had to remember which desks were "taken" and which were "free." Since no one could leave anything at the desks, they all looked the same to the newbie. You could only tell the difference based on whether or not some complete stranger (whose desk it "was") gave you a seething glare as they walked past you.
There is nothing good about this system, from the perspective of those who have to use it. It's dehumanizing, humiliating, and hugely inconvenient.
I guess it's spiffy to upper management, because it seems really efficient? All I know is, it's incredibly bad for morale.
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I once interviewed at a company where I was told that there were deliberately fewer desks than people who needed them, so those who got in early were 'winners' and it was usual to see the 'losers' all sharing two or three desks. (And yes, the interviewer actually used the words 'winners' and 'losers'.)
Where I work now, we have hotdesking, but primarily for people who are only in the office once a week or less, and there are always spare desks available, so it doesn't have the stress associated with having to hunt round looking for somewhere to work.
posted by
on November 10, 2011
Everybody's favorite Bank of America is still doing it. Google for "My Work."
posted by
Sweetie Darling
on November 10, 2011
I don't have any literature at hand, but I consult professionally - I've heard this is god-awful and a serious blow to morale at companies that use it for regular employees. Travellers desks, or desks for road warriors are okay...
Cubicles can be awful but its at least a bit of personal and semi-private space. People without them feel alienated and from what I have heard, using this method just encourages people to book more conference and meeting room space.
posted by
on November 10, 2011
You could also try searching for words like 'telecommuting', because these arrangements are often used where lots of people pretend to work from home.
One of our regional offices has a similar arrangement, where the bulk of staff are supposed to be out in the field most of the time. They were given permanent use of a car, handed a mobile phone and a laptop with 3G access and told to spend most of their time on the road and use the laptop to update records after each visit from the car. It's actually worked pretty well, overall - not sure if they spend any more time working, but they spend a lot less time in the office ;-)
The field staff have access to 'hot desks' and they tended to use a particular desk whenever in the office so, over time, it has become 'theirs'. Because enough staff preferred to never come into the office (or only when forced), there are more or less enough desks that staff who do spend time in the office can unofficially claim a desk as their own.
Hot-desking is one of those things that seems logical in theory (and there are lots of good reasons why it is a good idea), but completely ignores human nature. We like to have our own space, including at work because it makes us feel safe. People who feel safe are happy, productive people. I'm not one to do lots of decorating of my work space (even now that I have an actual office), but I do get annoyed when I go away and come back to find that someone has been using 'my' space and they've moved the mouse to the other side of the keyboard and inconsequential things like that. Hot-desking takes this sort of thing to an extreme, so people never get to develop that sense of safety and belonging in the workplace that makes them happy and productive. This is why it is a great idea that simply doesn't work.
posted by
on November 10, 2011
I saw this at a national call centre, Australian government, 2000.
"Nobody owns a desk. If you want personal belongings on your desk, you need to clear them out at the end of the day."
The next day everybod went back to the same, now empty desk. Nobody took anybody else's desk. After a week, everybody stopped packing up their personal items.
So all that happened was:
- their perfectly adequate desktop PCs got switched out for expensive laptops with a problematic SOE that meant the help desk spent more time calling a different help desk than servicing its own customers;
- people wasted half an hour every day getting said laptops out of the secure cabinet, connecting them up, hooking up the Kensington lock and logging on, then reversing the procedure at the end of the day;
- people's opinion of management consultants was reinforced.
suggests that hot desking reduces team identity but increases organisational identity (that is, people idenitfy more with the organisation as a whole, rather than their immediate team members). I'm not sure if it goes into detail about the results of reduced team identity. I don't think I saw any increase in org identity at the help desk in my example - if anything, they drew even closer together and adopted an 'it's us against the idiots upstairs' mentality.
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In the Netherlands you see this quite a bit, perhaps because more people work part time here. The government also wants people to be more flexible, work from home or other places as well as from the office, because that is better for the environment, less traffic jams, makes women with children more likely to work more hours, etc. But with all those flexible workers, it doesn't make much sense to give everybody their own desk (especially since we are a relatively crowded country where office space is not cheap).
I found
this article
which is unfortunately in Dutch. It mentions research that most people say they prefer their own desk, but in practice they get used to the "flex desk" as it is called here. The final opinion of most (over 80%) actual users is either favourable or neutral towards the flex desk, but it does seem to matter how well it is implemented and there are some pitfalls (people do not like it when management does have their own office for example).
posted by
on November 10, 2011
Slashdot story from 2002 about hot desking at Sun.
(It links to a Yahoo News story which is alas no longer in existence.)
posted by
Sauce Trough
on November 10, 2011
The TBWA Chiat/Day story was in Wired:
Issue 7.02 - Feb 1999: Lost in Space
It was a bold experiment in creating the office of the future. There were no offices, no desks, no personal equipment. And no survivors.
I vividly remember being disappointed it didn't work out for them. I loved the idea.
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At the call center I worked for that did this (they have space for something like 300 people, they have about 700 workers, most of whom work about 30 hours a week sometime between 7am and 10pm on any of the seven days of the week) it was dreadful, hated, and openly rebelled against by pretty much anyone with any power at all - supervisors, tier 3 reps, people with more than a year of service all had desks everyone unofficially recognized as "theirs." People brought binders with pictures in them to prop up, and at some point, people affiliated with all the smaller accounts (less than 20 reps on the force) just flat-out took over sections of the call center floor and decorated the cubes with client-specific stuff; within those teams everyone had claimed a specific desk, put up nametags, etc. You'd hear people on the big tech support account wistfully describe the joys of working for a tiny catalog team.
By the time I was there, the system was already far from what they had originally intended (come in and find a spot on the giant floor, any spot, and work there, under the watchful eye of the central control area.) If you sat in a random place, your supervisor would come hunt you down and say "I've kicked out some guy in my row, come sit there," because otherwise he'd be "supervising" people distributed all over the place. Equipment failures were inconsistently addressed because people would sit down, log in, notice a problem, and then - because they had to get to work, see - they would find another place to sit and not report the issue. Same thing with pretty much every other resource - copiers and printers breaking, toilets overflowing, etc. People got sick a lot more often because no one was cleaning the keyboards and phones and stuff - veterans packed antibacterial wipes along with their "I am a real person with a life outside this cube" decorations. Newbies had no place to put all their training documentation, because the cubes were designed not to have any storage. There was no private place for a supervisor to discuss your performance with you - it happened out in the middle of rows with colleagues on either side of you. I can't actually think of a single positive aspect of the system.
(This was like, item 15 on the ranked list of terrible things about that job.)
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I used to work for a company, and in one of their offices its all hotdesking as they called it, and only enough desks for 83% of the staff I think it was. From asking the guys still working there, its by far and away the most popular office to work in (3 years down the track from its creation).
I think they did it right though, the building has corporate wireless access EVERYWHERE. The cafe in the lobby? Yep corporate wireless access there. They have all sorts of different styles of meeting rooms, discussion rooms etc. Every desk had two monitors and a docking station for the laptops.
posted by
on November 10, 2011
Interestingly, a group at my old company tried a variation on this in which the software engineers had desks, but their management didn't, on up to their director. I sadly left the company before I heard how it worked out. I do remember people being a little bugged that when their manager wasn't in meetings he was usually loitering around the engineers' cubes hoping to be entertained.
posted by
on November 10, 2011
Yeah, "hoteling" is the word you're looking for.
And it
A former employer of mine tried to change over to a 'hoteling' arrangement from traditional desks, mostly to save on square-footage costs. The argument was that on any given day, only 50-60% of the workforce was in the office, so why not just get rid of 40% of the desks? So they did.
What actually happened was that fewer people started coming in. Basically, the company had unwittingly rolled out the unwelcome mat for employees. IMO, the message hoteling sends is "this isn't your space, it's just a spot for you to park your carcass and prop up your laptop for a few hours." And well, if all I'm getting is a flat spot to put my laptop, I can get that elsewhere. Like at home, with its refreshing pants-optionality. Or in a library, or a coffeeshop, or any number of other places.
Basically overnight, that 50-60% of the workforce that showed up in the office probably dropped another 5-10%, and morale went into the toilet. People started getting intensely territorial over space; even though you couldn't officially reserve a desk, if you just piled enough papers and dead IT equipment in a cube, nobody else would sit there — suddenly you have a "real" desk again. At least until someone called in a complaint and all your stuff got thrown out in the middle of the night. More than once I saw or heard of someone having a full-bore
Office Space
-style meltdown over all their missing stuff when this happened. I'm surprised the building didn't get torched.
Since in a hoteling environment it's a lot harder to find someone — there's no desk that's "theirs" where you can always drop by to find them — it's a lot easier to just
not show up
and not have anyone notice. (Since rather than get up and wander around cubeville searching for you, they're likely to send an email or IM instead.) And since you're never guaranteed to be next to the same people, the social reinforcement to show up doesn't exist either. Long term, it wouldn't have surprised me if desk utilization had dropped to the same level that it was before they implemented hoteling.
Since the only time you got to sit with your usual bunch of coworkers was at lunch, people started taking rather extensive lunch breaks. (Sometimes long enough to allow their working-from-home colleagues time to drive in and join them.) Teams started squatting in and took over conference rooms or lounges. Stuff got weird; the atmosphere got really mercenary.
The whole thing just struck me as a sorry exercise in penny-wise-pound-foolishness on the part of some bean counter somewhere. Probably from the same brain trust that got rid of the free coffee.
Last thing I heard, they had abandoned it in favor of letting people who wanted to telework volunteer to become actual full-time teleworkers, with all that entails, and letting people who wanted or needed physical presence get a cube with their name on it. I wouldn't know, because I quit pretty soon after. I won't say that the hoteling thing was my reason for quitting, but it was certainly representative of a certain kind of thinking that I'm not fond of.
tl;dr: I would run the fuck out of a job interview if I heard the word 'hoteling,' unless I was flat broke or had a gun to my head. Seriously, it's a bucket of suck.
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It seems like a lot of you had some bad experience in how this implemented and therefore conclude that of course this can never ever work. This for example
There was no private place for a supervisor to discuss your performance with you - it happened out in the middle of rows with colleagues on either side of you.
does not happen here because there are always, in every implementation of flex-desking I have ever seen, meeting rooms exactly designed for such a thing.
If having a flex desk is part of an overall policy of being more flexible (flexible hours, flexible working places) I think it is a pretty good system. It also means that you can just come in a few hours later if you need to take your child to the doctor, work a day from home if the plumber is coming, always take Wednesday afternoon off and make up for that in the evening, etc. But like I said before, of course you have to implement it well. There are books about this, no reason to repeat the pitfalls that people made 10 years ago.
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And the show got a nomination as well!
That's what's so great about this whole thing. Having the show nominated is having every single crew member and the writer — everyone as a team — recognized for all their work. This whole experience, the five years of "Friday Night Lights," has been one of the more memorable experiences of my life. It's just been such a hell of a ride. All this recognition just warms my heart.
Does this make it seem like the show hasn't completely ended?
The show's been over in my mind for quite a while. People have asked me if I'm sad the show is gone. The truth is, I'm not happy or sad about it. I'm proud of what we did. The first episode, the pilot, was so incredible. And the very final episode was so incredible. Everything in between was strong. It's so nice to leave the show on a strong note. That is something that I'm really proud of.
What did you find most challenging about the final season?
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I'm going into town to get my "Hollywood success sandwich." That's what I call it. When I was doing [the '90s TV series] "Tour of Duty," I would get to the set and get myself a toasted bagel with lox. Put on some tomatoes, cream cheese and some capers. I'd sit there and start shaking. It tasted like success. Maybe I'll add some onions.
That's the best answer I've heard all morning.
It tastes real good.
Connie mentioned you were gloating because you predicted her nomination.
I talked to her this morning, yeah. I bet she didn't tell you that she's so happy because she just likes any excuse to be around me. I told her she was lucky because she'd get to be around me at another award show. And she started crying loudly. I think they were tears of joy — but it could have just as well been tears of agony.
Tell her she can always get a dose of you on ESPN now that the network is airing "Friday Night Lights."
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