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Wow!!! Kfoxx is once again out of control!!!!
Who the fuck is she to police what any one listens to or says in their own home.. She is a fucking crumb…. Kill that dumb bitch!!!!!!!
My fucking god!!!!!! All that shit & she's never been called a nigg* to her face.
arrrrrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! I'm with damn near everyone who called in to have a go at her.
K Foxx needs to KILL herself … blaka blaka … two in the back of the head …
Once again when I started warming back up to KFox and thinking… KFox is not that bad… She never fails to disappoint..
How can you call a listener a "bitch"?… "get that bitch off the phone" (if you can call someone out of their name, then expect that person to do the same to you)
That's why so many listeners dislike her… She can't have a healthy debate without it getting racial and in the gutter…
She stated.. "I don't use the word N word".. @ 57 minutes in what did she do?? **SMH** one big walking contradiction..
Baby you shouldn't be mad @ white folks for using the word NI@@A… Get upset, petition, picket, and boycott the artist you are popping bottles with. They are the ones using this derogatory word, which then cause white folks and kids to think it's cool..
I went to a white club.. "Gold Digger" came on.. White folks went nuts.. they love that song
BTW.. Raised in Flatbush BK.. (Ocean & Church)… Before you start thinking I'm from Queens or the suburbs.
yup, Kay Foxx is dumb
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I have always had a healthy skepticism about spiritual matters. Still, I always try to remain open to the idea of a sixth sense. If millions of people around the world can believe in God and any kind of spirituality, then why can't we also believe that there is something inside some of us that is highly intuitive and open to the possibility of seeing the future? This is the mindset I went into when I had a psychic reading with psychic to the stars, Jusstine Kenzer.
It was a pretty incredible experience and not because Jusstine broke out the crystal ball, rolled her eyes back in her head, and channeled my dead cat as per Hollywood cliche. In fact, it was a much more calming, healing, and relaxing experience. It wasn't at all frightening (contrary to this post's Halloween theme). Most of all, it was insightful, healing, and dead on.
Jusstine is based in LA and I am on the opposite coast, so we did our session over the phone, which was just as good as in person (maybe even better because I felt more free to discuss personal things). I had a list of questions for Jusstine and we went through each.
Most of my questions -- as with many women I presume -- were about family, though some were about work. Will I have a third baby? Will I finish my novel and see it published? Why am I feuding with a couple of my relatives? Are my husband and I in it for life?
When my questions were about others, she asked only that I say their names. Then she could tune into her vibrations. Since I have had enormous amounts of trouble with one side of my family, I asked a bit about them.
For instance, with one cousin who did horrible things to me, she had a strong reading of being out of balance, a true sadness, and a deep, deep envy of me that would be nearly impossible for me to overcome. These are things I already knew, but her characterization of this person was so dead on, I don't doubt its validity for a moment.
Though she didn't say, "You will never speak to this cousin again," it was clear that her energy was so bad, there would likely be no point.
She did the same thing with other family members, too. It was amazing to hear her insights and to be able to have some understanding of why people do the cruel (and somewhat inexplicable) things they do.
Unlike "psychics" in pop culture, she didn't channel the dead or tell me how many children I would have (though she did say there is a male spirit that would like to be born to me and my husband, but she doubts we will choose to take it). "It's more no than yes. To me, it looks like you are kind of wrapping that part of your life up." But she also stressed that we have free will and that we make our own choices.
To believe in traditional "psychics," it may seem like one has to believe that things are set in stone. That isn't how it works, though. There is free will and we can make the choice to do something or not do something. Kenzer communicates with our spirit guides, but doesn't say definitively that something will happen or it won't.
Here are some other things I learned:
As far as my future, I have free will. But a third kid looks unlikely and I will complete my novel and have it published by the time I am 37. Sounds good to me.
The most striking part of my conversation with Kenzer wasn't even her insights into my future (though that was fascinating), it was the insight into my present. After it was all over, we did a healing to clear the mental clutter. It was amazingly cleansing and I have felt much more focused and centered since. She also gave me a mantra to help me improve my relations with my husband.
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Damn! I woulda LOVED to have one of her CDs! ^_^ Someday I would love to get the insights of a genuine psychic like her. Just can't afford it right now :-/ Oh well. Someday. ^_^
My aunt was a great tarot reader. She never read cards for me (she wanted to make me an apprentice, but died before she had the chance), but everyone I knew said she was accurate. Her daughter is just as great. She did an "aura cleansing" for me when I was going away for college. She got so many things right, but I was confused when she said I had a male soul my age watching over me that had never lived. When I went inside to my mom and told her what happened, she started crying. My mother (who has a serious heart condition) got an abortion just before I was conceived because her doctor told her a second pregnancy would be too risky. She was believed that child would have been a boy. When she heard what my cousin saw, she just knew that that was the soul of my "brother" taking care of me.
(Please no one dare construe this as a pro-life/pro-choice argument. My mother made a difficult choice, and if she hadn't done so my life would not exist. I support her in everything.)
My aunt told me I have great intuition. I "read" people very well. I dabble in tarot, but I still need the aid of a book to help me. My only regret is not having been able to learn from my aunt.
Cards are not set in stone, everything can change. Any psychic that claims they can tell the future with no doubts or caveats, is not a true psychic.
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I think a reading would be an interesting and unique Christmas gift for my MIL. In fact, I wouldn't mind having one myself but with the holidays approaching tis the season of giving. :)
I would be interested in learning more about a reading with you. While I would not necessarily call myself a full "believer" (I talked to the first psychic because I thought it would be fun), I feel like what she told me is getting in the way mentally because now we are having trouble getting pregnant.
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Lawyers for the village of Weston filed a motion last week with Judge Mike Moran, asking him to stay or stop his order putting the referendum on the June recall ballot from taking effect.
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peter.boer90 said...
I'm LFR geared, and i have 1 agi/hit gem. Rest i get trough reforging. There is one positive thing about haste/crit being useless, is that you never have to think twice about reforging it to hit or expertise. It take some getting used to.
What i sometimes do is reforge Expertise away on an item with hit/expertise, and put mastery on it. Then on another item with Mastery/haste, i reforge the haste back to expertise to still reach my expertise cap. This is how we puzzle my friend.
For trinkets, i would skip ANY trinekt with a haste or crit proc. I can think of trinkets from Spine (stacking agi buff), the one from Avengers of Hyal (very good, with mastery and agi on use), the hit trinket from JP, ragnaros' trinket, and the shared Dragon Soul trinket, with agility and dmg on proc (not 2 fan on this one, but itæs a lot better then ANY haste trinket)
About the hit talent. we have to reach the spell cap, and the extra hit we then have allows us to hit more often with auto-attack. Not a big increase, but an increase none the less.
I wonder though, if when we top our 10 man groups, is it that we are so good, or that the others are slacking?


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How do you deal with introvert vs. extrovert tensions?
When I was president of my fraternity in college, I noticed a lot of tension between myself and some of the extroverts in leadership positions. They often felt that I wasn't moving fast enough, or that I couldn't make decisions effectively. As an introvert, how do you convey to people that you need time and space to make effective decisions? As an extrovert, how do you work with people that you feel aren't deciding things quickly enough? Are there other things that make you feel tension between introverts and extroverts?
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Wu TedMar 18 2012: This conversation connects with my own recent life events, attending a business school as self discovered introverted leader.
The rate decisions are made, in my own experience, has had no correlation with the distinction between introvert or extrovert; contending only with competency of the individual. The introverted face such bias of decision making 'lag' in lieu of their judgment making process, which makes incompetency all the more painstakingly obvious than with extroverts. The incompetent introvert when faced with a challenge beyond their scope reflexively pause, seeking the internal mechanisms which they find comfort in. On the flip side, the extrovert when faced with a challenge beyond their scope reflexively seek out others' opinions, which has the potential to be perceived as a form of decisiveness/competency amongst peers.
"The most comfortable place for an introvert is not as a leader"
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The distinctions between these two leadership styles was just not made in my western studies on organizations. Until we recognize, highlight, and integrate these two polar styles synergistically - our organizations everywhere will be the poorer.
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Getting Grandma's Blessing
When I got engaged—to another rabbi, and another woman—my grandmother's approval didn't come easy
I do not believe that my grandmother's reaction to my engagement stemmed from homophobia, but rather from the shock that the life that she had planned for her granddaughter was not playing out exactly as she had imagined. It is true that life for same-sex couples can be harder, and much of her fear likely came from not wanting our lives to be difficult. Even though our families knew intellectually that being gay is not a choice, they still hoped that our future lives would be as safe and easy as possible.
Coming out is a process. It was and continues to be a process for me, and it is also a process that my family members went through in their own way. Because it was painful, I sometimes avoided speaking directly with my grandmother about my relationship, not realizing that this may have kept her from having the appropriate time and space she needed to work through her own thoughts and feelings. While it was disappointing not to be able to pick up the phone and share every detail of my wedding planning with her, it was enormously helpful to have the support of my fiancée, my friends, my other family members, and my rabbi. For every couple, identifying a support system through this process and knowing where to turn for which problems makes all the difference in planning not only for the wedding day, but also for the new life ahead.
To my grandmother, the idea of two people of the same sex getting married was entertaining when talking about Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, or endearing when it was the gay men from the salon. Sadly, I was starting to learn that when it came to one's own family members, the rules sometimes change. It took time for my grandmother to realize that even though I was marrying a woman, I would still have the same opportunities (and challenges) as any other couple. She would still have grandchildren, we would still spend holidays together as a family, and I had indeed found a partner who would love and care for me (as I would for her) through all of the joys and sorrows of life.
I cannot remember now how I mustered the courage to keep moving through the wedding planning, knowing that my grandmother would not be attending, though there were certainly a lot of tears involved. What I do remember is the day when, standing in my dining room, I received a call from our close family friend who had been like an aunt to me since I was born. She told me that she had asked my grandmother to lunch and planned to "have a talk" with her. I was doubtful that this would have any impact, but was nevertheless grateful for the gesture. A few days later, I heard that the conversation went something like this:
"There are too many sad occasions and people who are sick and dying in this world," my "aunt" told my grandmother. "Roni's wedding is a chance to celebrate and bring a little joy into the world. She and Isabel are happy. Why wouldn't you want to be a part of that and celebrate with her?"
To this day I cannot believe this approach worked, that this simple conversation is all that it took to give my grandmother a new perspective. Maybe there was more to that discussion that was not shared with me. And if this is really all it took, maybe my mom or I should have tried having this conversation earlier. But I actually think that my grandmother needed to come to this in her own manner. The greeting for a couple upon their engagement and upon the news of expecting a child is besha'ah tovah, in good time or the right hour. Maybe we just each needed to be able to digest this news in our own time and in our own way, while also letting go of the notion of the "perfect" plan.
The next thing I knew, I was in the mall with my mom shopping for both mother-of-the-bride and grandmother-of-the-bride dresses. When the wedding day came, a year after we'd announced our engagement, not only was my grandmother sitting in the front row as Isabel and I stood under our custom-made chuppah, but she also lent me her wedding band to use during the ceremony. I don't know whether she intended this gesture to hold as much significance as I felt. But as Isabel placed my grandmother's ring on my forefinger, the same ring that my late grandfather placed on my Bubbe's finger more than 60 years ago, I felt the blessings she was offering, even if they had not been expressed with words. And I knew that the right hour, the sha'ah tovah, had arrived.
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Despite losing a tough one against the unstoppable Rangers and Henrik Lundqvist, the Bruins did manage to sign defenseman Johnny Boychuk to a three-year contract extension.
The 28-year old signed to 3.1, 3.4, and 3.6 million over the next three seasons with a limited no-trade clause. Next season, he will become the second highest paid defenseman on the Bruins.
Boychuk has been a relatively solid defenseman for the Bruins so far in his time with the team. He's played in 53 games, with three goals and he picked up seven assists this season alone. He also ranks number two for the Bruins' blue liners in plus/minus with a +23 on the season prior to the Rangers matchup.
With a Stanley Cup under his belt and playing in for an Original Six team, its easy to overlook his road to the NHL with his current success. But, Boychuk certainly remembers his journey to the NHL wasn't all it was cracked up to be.
"It was awful," said Boychuk remembering his time in the AHL, "The bus rides, then you go back home and think about maybe getting a job for the summer time."
With a bright future for the Bruins' defenseman and with 10.1 million extension over the next three years, worrying about paying the bills certainly won't be a problem like it had been in his time in the AHL.
"Being a normal person when you have to work out and train really hard," said Boychuk. "It's tough when you're a minor league player and you don't make enough [money]. People think you make a lot but you don't. You have to go home and pay for a lot of things, especially training."
But his experiences leading to his career in the NHL may have been just the thing Boychuk needed to be the player he has turned out to be today.
"When you look back at that it's probably a blessing in disguise that it happened, because it toughens you up, playing in the minor leagues. Taking those bus rides, you know grinding it out," continued Boychuck, "you really get to appreciate it and you make sure that you don't go back there."
And of course, Boychuk certainly wont be going to the AHL anytime soon, with the chemistry he brings on the ice with his fellow defensemen and a Stanley Cup, along with the loyal Boston fans supporting him, staying in Boston was an easy decision for Boychuk.
"Oh Boston as a city is probably the best place to play I think," he said, " even though I haven't really played anywhere else. The fans are just so into it, they're always cheering – sold out every night. Why wouldn't you want to stay here?"
And the Bruins management is 100% behind him.
"Johnny really wanted to stay in here," said GM Peter Chiarelli. "I think thats the overriding theme. He has obviously been a good performer for us. He's a Bruin type player- physical, and yet he can score the shot, and he's a punishing player."
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Chicken with Citrus
Becky Luigart-Stayner; Melanie J. Clarke
Enjoy this simple dish in winter or early spring when citrus is still at its peak. Free-range chickens are worth the extra expense for their fresh, pure flavor, but this recipe will work with a commercial chicken, too.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: about 3 ounces meat and 1 tablespoon sauce)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 287
- Calories from fat: 39%
- Fat: 12.4g
- Saturated fat: 4.4g
- Monounsaturated fat: 4.4g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 2.3g
- Protein: 36g
- Carbohydrate: 6.4g
- Fiber: 1.7g
- Cholesterol: 114mg
- Iron: 2.3mg
- Sodium: 711mg
- Calcium: 51mg
- 1 (3 1/4-pound) whole free-range chicken
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano, divided
- 1 teaspoon sea salt, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 lemon, cut in half
- 1 orange, cut in half
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
- Cooking spray
- 2 cups water, divided
- Preheat oven to 450°.
- Remove and discard giblets and neck. Rinse chicken with cold water; pat dry. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon oregano, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper in body cavity. Place lemon and orange halves in cavity (this will be a tight fit).
- Combine remaining oregano and butter. Starting at neck cavity, loosen skin from breast and drumsticks by inserting fingers, gently pushing between skin and meat. Rub butter mixture under loosened skin. Lift wing tips up and over back; tuck under chicken. Tie legs together with cord. Place chicken, breast side up, on a rack coated with cooking spray. Place rack in a broiler pan; add 1 1/2 cups water to pan. Bake at 450° for 50 minutes or until a thermometer registers 170°. Let stand 20 minutes. Remove fruit from cavity and set aside. Remove skin; discard. Sprinkle chicken evenly with 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- Place a zip-top plastic bag inside a 2-cup glass measure. Pour drippings from pan into bag; add 1/2 cup water. Let stand 2 minutes (fat will rise to the top). Seal bag; carefully snip off 1 bottom corner of bag. Drain drippings into measuring cup, stopping before fat layer reaches opening; discard remaining fat. Return drippings to broiler pan, and cook over medium heat, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Simmer 8 minutes or until mixture measures 1/4 cup. Slice chicken; squeeze juice from reserved fruit over chicken. Serve with sauce.
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Rooivalk attack helicopters perform well in first combat action against M23
Yesterday, at approximately 17h00 Congolese time, two South African Air Force Rooivalk helicopters attached to the UN's Force Intervention Brigade flew the craft's first ever combat mission. The helicopters fired multiple 70mm rocket salvos against M23 bunkers near Chanzu in what is a mountainous region close to the Rwandan border.
Early reports from sources in the area indicate that the action was successful, with the Rooivalks' tactical approach through the clouds taking the M23 defenders by surprise and their rocket fire being accurate enough to disperse them and destroy one of the 14.5 mm anti-aircraft guns that had been previously used to fire at the Rooivalks and other helicopters.
The attack was combined with a renewed FARDC assault and subsequent claims by the DRC government that the remaining M23 senior commanders have now fled across the border into Rwanda. However this could not be independently verified.
This is the first time Rooivalk helicopters have engaged in combat since the prototype's first flight 23 years ago.
Update: In the days since this article was published, further information has become available on this mission.
DefenceWeb reported that the operation ceased at 18h20 hours after one Rooivalk had fired 38 rockets and the other 17, with our sources confirming that these were fired in five separate salvos.
Major Pethias Mdoka, the Force Intervention Brigade's Military Public Information Officer, confirmed the Rooivalk's involvement, telling African Defence Review: "The FIB supported FARDC in neutralising M23 positions at Tshanzu with the use of artillery and Rooivalk attack helicopters at 17H10 on 4 November. By 06H00 the next morning FARDC forces held the ground."
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Been a long time coming…
Would have been in service long ago had the Americans not interfered!!!!
Brilliant machine that deserves to have done a lot better sales wise than it had
I think following this action more sales should be forth coming
It's interesting to note that the first shots fired with a Rooivalk was almost immediately followed by the surrender of the M23. No serious correlation, but an interesting timeline.
I want to believe the surrender was on its way when the Rooivalk fired first shot.
Whatever the motive ,it is quite and I am sure DRC populace appreciate this.Call it sit this one out or dislocated M23 for a moment there is calm and we are thankful
One of the best Attack Helicopters in the world, made in Africa for Africa!! It is reported that the Russian built Hinds (Mi-24) couldn't hack it but that the Rooivalks sorted the problem out! You go, boys!! So proud of you :-)
We needed this aircraft in Angola. When asking Genl Meiring (ex-SADF and ex-SANDF Chief) what he desired most in Angola, he said: 1. GPS positioning and 2. An atrack helicopter.
Today, we can salute Magnus Malan and PW Botha for their part in creating this weapon!
Except that we wouldn't. Because, y'know, massive crimes against humanity.
So, do you toast Hitler and Goring when you marvel at the advances to flying made possible by the jet engine? Or do you give the proper praise to the hard-working designers, engineers, etc actually doing the work?
Yes, you are right. I take it back..
Long live Africans die Rooivalk sal vrede bring in onse kontinent , all the greedy onlookers will finally get the message
Rooivalk is a very good, cost-effective chopper. But when compared, Apache is simply more advanced. Network centric, employs a kick-butt MMW mast radar, highly modifiable, truly network-centric and battle tested and proven to work time and again.
Here is an awesome article on Apache heli http://www.army-technology.com/projects/apache/
Considering capabilities, ease of maintenance, on-paper facts, unit price, political factors, etc. my personal top-5 list would be:
1. AH-1Z / King Cobra (Simply the KING of attack helicopters.)
2. T-129 / Mangusta (Advanced TR version with Comanche engine, A2A capability, SAR, etc.)
3. AH-64 / Apache (Tried and proven tank hunter, but too costy to operate against soft targets.)
4. Mi-28 / Havoc (Heavy butt gunship.)
5. EC665 / Tiger (Eurocopter quality? Or is it just well marketed?)
You may find that they are much closer in actual capability than you think and that Rooivalk may actually also be the more robust machine. .Its Mokopa missile clearly surpasses Hellfire in abilty. Rooivalk can also be made available with millimetric wave radar as AH 64 D (Longbow)
If you want to find out about the quality and ability of SA systems bear the following in mind:
SA was among the first (and probably the very first ) with frequency agile comms systems.
The G 5 and G 6 artillery systems are even today, more than 25 years after first deployed still among the best in the world. When new they were without comparison.
The G7 105 mm artillery system is without comparison in the world and is among others being considered by the US , UK and Canada
SA mine protected anti ambush vehicles were the first of their type in the world and for decades the only ones available. Thousands have been sold among others 3000 + to the US.
Just hope those M23 will not make their way to South Africa, with our borders relaxed, they can gain entry from anywhere.
I think South Africa is probably safe :)
Our military equipment sales are still hampered by embargoes.
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Yes, you can call me a corporate shill and downrate me if you want, but for those who need to spam one ability in succession then this one feature can help out considerably, and currently there's only one company offering it.
Tremelizzer said...
Back in my days as a druid tank, I had swipe as mouse down, and a swipe plus maul macro as alt+mouse down, you might consider giving that a try. It worked pretty well for me, as it was a similar movement for unlimited rage as it was for limited on rage, by just adding the alt to add a maul etc. :) It also leave your entire left hand open for better movement whilst still being able to use your mouse for turning.
It's an old Warrior trick, too, for Heroic Strike/Cleave. On my Prot spec, I swap the two out for scroll down, and on my Fury spec, scroll down is HS and scroll up is Cleave. Before I figured that out (a long time ago now), I used to constantly click the HS or Cleave button while I hit keybinds for my other abilities with my left hand. Scrolling is much, much better.
Jack Spicer said...
I would miss the loss of the zoom in zoom out.
@Jack Spicer
I was worried about losing the zoom, too, so I made zoom in or zoom out be Alt+Mouse wheel. That leaves me free to do HS for Mouse Up and Cleave for Mouse Down like a few other people have said.
When tanking (at least on my druid and warrior), I can't have Alt bound for any repetitive action, such as Swipe+Maul. In an attempt to get Maul to hit all the targets, I would be tabbing around, and I would inevitably be holding Alt down still when I hit Tab... bad news when you have a slow computer that takes 2-3 seconds to think before being able to switch back to WoW... =P
SarcasticZombie said...
I play almost exclusively through my mousewheel. I use a microsoft sidewinder mouse, which has a very nice flat scroll wheel. So on my death knight this looks like:
Wheel Up: Icy Touch/Plague Strike castseq macro
Wheel Down: Heart Strike or Blood Strike
Middle Click: Death Strike
Sh-WU: Death Coil or Frost Strike
Sh-WD: Rune Blade, Gargoyle, Unbreakable armor
Sh-MC: Death Grip or Dark Command
Ctrl-WU: Death and Decay
Ctrl-WD: Pestilence
Ctrl-MC: Blood Boil
Alt-WU: Zoom In
Alt-WD: Zoom Out
Alt-MC: Camera Macro (sets me to raid default)
This setup allows me to develop crazy fast muscle memory with my powers; executing the core 9 powers becomes a total twitch reflex. On top of that, by turning off error spam, you can wheel a lot right before it's time to execute the power, giving you very tight rotations.
It's reflexive, when entering battle, to WU, WU, WD, Ctrl-WD, MC, Sh-UP, Sh-Up and with that I've diseased the whole pack, layered on all of my debuffs, and emptied my runic power.
It sounds crazy, but try it. Since my mouse wheel has become the driver of all of my game play, I've become better at every role that I try. Add in mouse over macros and you become a crazy good healer; I can cleanse like a beast on my pally, buff everyone in the party in moments, etc.
On top of that, moving and fighting has never been easier. For a DK DPS, this is invaluable for high-mobility raid bosses.


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Monday, April 14, 2008
I don't even know where to begin, but to say that last week was one of the most draining that I've experienced. I felt like I was a rubber ball thrown from one wall of emotion (terrified) to another (scrambling, nervous) to another (relieved, elated) to yet another (insanely enraged beyond all imagination).
Which is why I stayed away from my blog until tonight. BECAUSE UNDER THAT TYPE OF EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SNAPPED EVERY SINGLE THREAD OF RATIONALITY INTO THIRDS.
Really. I'm not exaggerating.
Oh, where do I begin?
|This is the little 4 year old boy who's been complaining of headaches and "Mommy, my bed is twirling" for the past few months.
So, we took him to the doc:
And we went home and just kept careful watch of what might trigger these episodes.
A few weeks later, I brought him back to the doc, prompted by Andrew's teacher who mentioned to me that he was complaining about his head.
Doc: "I think we should get a brain MRI because blahblah blah TUMOR blah
There probably were a few more blahs in that conversation, interjected by several OH SHITs. But who's keeping record?
Armed with lots of lab orders, phone numbers and a bunch of big, fancy medical terms that I quickly scribbled down, I just went on autopilot, arranging for specialists, labwork, insurance approvals and the MRI.
Because our insurance plan is more stringent than a hamster's ass (being self-employed or a small business really sucks for affordable options), I spent hours on the phone getting the runaround. It was no fault of the insurance company – they have their rules and I signed paperwork agreeing to follow them. And of all the parties involved, my nurse case manager was most helpful.
But Andrew's doctor's office held the ONLY key to getting all the other tests and appointments approved. AND THEY KEPT PASSING THAT DAMN KEY AROUND THEIR OFFICE. At noon, Rick had possession of the key, but oops! He's out to lunch. Call back. Then he passed it to nurse Kathy who then did a quarter-turn underhanded toss to office manager just seconds before her 2-minute time out. Leave a message. Then office manager Stacy dribbled it to center field, fake right, fake left and shot it towards the basket, only to be intercepted by what's-her-name the receptionist. Call back.
Oh, if you can't tell. I don't know jack shit about basketball. Whatever.
Finally, I got the brain MRI scheduled at the hospital for Tuesday morning. But wait, the a bumbling nurse calls Monday afternoon saying they had a scheduling goof and the next opening was in 4 weeks. Would we mind waiting?
hmmmm…it's just a possible FUCKING TUMOR in my kid's head. What do you think???
So after my little hissy fit, they gave in an told me to come tomorrow morning 7am sharp. We get there at 7am. We checked in and waited. And waited. And waited. An hour and half later, still waiting. Keep in mind that Andrew wasn't allowed to have a drop of fluid or anything to eat since midnight. My poor baby is thirsty, "a little sip of water please, Mommy?"
I go ask. "Oh, I'm sorry. We're missing some paperwork from his file. We have to wait until your doctor's office opens at 8:30 to get the paper faxed over"
and then they forgot about us.
sigh (wishing either I had some Valium or a bag of petrified brussel sprouts to pelt the staff with)
Finally. Andrew's name was called. Oh my little precious baby was scared. Scared of blood, scared of needles, scared of the mask that they would have to put over his mouth to make him go night-night for a while so that they could get the MRI of his brain. He was so terrified he started shaking, screaming, crying, hyperventilating. He didn't want the doctors, the nurses, the instruments. He just wanted to go home and hide in bed. So the doctor on duty gave him a "cousin of Valium" to make him sleepy, woozy and more cooperative…just so they could at least get him to lay still enough to hook up all the monitoring equipment and the dreadful mask to sedate him.
I'm surprised that they didn't offer me a whiff of the stuff either, though I was tempted to wrestle that mask away from the nurse and suck in a few deep, long breaths before security would come arrest me. But I was chicken shit and didn't.
I stayed with Andrew up until he was sedated and then was escorted out. I have no idea how long I was in the waiting room, but kept checking in with the front desk just in case they forgot about us AGAIN. That waiting room is hell. Not only was the TV stuck on some political bullshit channel but I was going through all possible worst case scenarios in my mind.
After a loooong time, a nurse came to me and said simply, "Andrew is awake. Come with me." She led me towards a room where a nurse was holding a small, shrieking, thrashing child. The cry was unfamiliar and that was not my child. I know my child's cry and that is not Andrew.
But it was Andrew. I had never heard this cry before because I am a mother who does everything possible to shield and protect my children from harm, hurt and suffering. And this was the first time Andrew experienced this much fear. It took about a half hour to calm his thrashing body about half the hospital's supply of Spiderman stickers to bribe him to stop crying.
We wobbled outta that hospital, his legs still unsure of supporting his body as the effects of the sedation medication was still wearing off.
And then began the wait for the results.
I prayed to Buddha that they didn't forget about us again.
The phone rings that afternoon and it was the original doctor, Andrew's primary pediatrician, you know, the blah blah blah TUMOR doctor.
"MRI came back fine. Andrew's brain is normal. Maybe he just needs glasses. We should get him an eye exam"
[this portion of the blog had to be edited out due to extreme foul language]
Excuse me, but a FUCKING EYE EXAM? Let's see if this makes any sense.
What do you think should have happened first, a $200 eye exam? or a $5,000 brain MRI that absolutely terrified and haunted Andrew so badly he's got nightmares every single night since?
hmmm….can someone hand me that tennis racket? Because I think I might just have a bunch of petrified brussel sprouts stuffed in my left pocket.
We're in Los Angeles right now, so the eye exam will have to wait until we return. But I do think Andrew would look pretty damn smart in glasses. Ok, these are really plastic play goggles from this toy.
Anyways, we're doing great – the boys are having so much fun at PoPo (my mom) and GongGong's (my dad) house – especially jumping on OPF (other people's furniture) as they discovered you get a higher bounce and a faster lift on nice, new, expensive leather couches.
We'll be here for another week visiting, me working, kids exploring….while Scott stays home to work, keep my garden alive (TOMATOES! TOMATOES! TOMATOES!) and try to win a nice, cushy seat in this year's World Series of Poker, because yeah, we could certainly use an extra $35 million. The kids and I miss him terribly! But thanks to email, text, phone calls, instant messaging, we bug him every 15 minutes.
EDIT: While it might seem I might be upset at the medical system or insurance system, I'm not. Yes, they are broken, but I can't name one country that has a perfect system. I was just upset at the entire situation and specific moronic people that get paid to "toss the key" around. I do understand that doctors practice under such great risk for malpractice suits – so yeah, if I were a doctor, I'd probably cover my ass too. I am very grateful that the tests were negative and relieved that at least no matter what, we can rule out the big "T" word. But damn. I need a new pediatrician!
So I'm in LA teaching 2 classes – one on Thursday and the other on Saturday. Both are hands-on classes at Epicurean School of Culinary Arts, a super-cool studio teaching kitchen blocks from the Beverly Center. Wanna come? There are a few spot left in each class. And bring your camera! We'll talk a bit about food photography and maybe do an impromptu photo shoot of the dishes we cook.
This girl will be helping me on Thursday's class (excited to meet her and her boyfriend in person!)
and if you're free on Saturday night and want to assist in the class, I'd love to have you. Shoot me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
LOS ANGELES, CA Thursday, April 17th 6:30pm: Asian Party Food.
Please contact the Epicurean Culinary Academy to register.
Vietnamese Fresh Summer Rolls with Cashew Nut Dipping Sauce
Minced Chicken in Cool Lettuce Cups with Crispy Noodles
Korean Bulgogi Spiced Burger Bar
Fresh Lemongrass Ginger Ale
LOS ANGELES, CA Saturday, April 19th 6:30pm: Southeast Asian II (different menu from last SEAsian class in LA)
Please contact the Epicurean Culinary Academy to register.
Lemongrass Chicken & Coconut Soup
Malaysian Chili Shrimp
Vietnamese Fragrant Crispy Chicken Wings
Vegetable Pad Thai
Geezus, thinking about the fright I got reading the first half of this post, you must have been absolutely terrified out of your mind – and then rightly p*ssed off when they turned around and talked about glasses, talk about doing things the wrong way around! I'm glad to hear that the little man is alright though, hopefully he'll get some spunky eyewear soon to sort out the twirling bed
What a nightmare. I'm sorry you had to go through all that and that kiddo is still upset but also really glad that it's nowhere as serious as initially feared. You must have been so terrified though. Looking forward to seeing Andrew in (proper) glasses!
Thank you for sharing the story and I am glad that Andrew is fine.
I find myself getting outraged at other people's irresponsibility (do doctors get paid more when they order more expensive tests?) — but I am glad that everything worked out for the best.
I cannot begin to imagine your frustration and anger. Like you said, I can't think of anywhere that has a perfect system. It hurts. I am so happy to hear that Andrew is fine.
After reading this story and your article in the Tampa Tribune on Wednesday April 16, 2008 I was moved to comment on kids in general and invite you to visit myspace as I think I can help you with the health insurance issue as well! After 20 years of dealing with all commercial insurance companies I have some suggestions for you regarding your coverage you may want to know but I won't go into that here!
I did, however, want to comment on the whole "kids say the darndest things and often eat them too!" I also have 2 children 2 years apart, somewhat older than yours, but "been there, done that," if you know what I mean! You had mentioned the "sugar packed snacks" and the request for broccoli spear instead…when my daughter was 5, she is now 9, she actually requested, for DESSERT, a bowl of hot buttered fresh peas! She said she didn't want anything too "sugary" 'cause she thought it would make her feel bad in the tummy! She is still that way today! My son, now 6 about to turn 7, will trade his sister at dinner his carrots for her mushrooms, but anything green gets fought over! And lastly, they both are into Asian food (I am a "retired" chef/caterer, who specialized in any ethnic cuisine you wanted) to the extent I created the rule in our house if you want to eat it, you have to help roll it. By the time they were each 4, they were able to sit at the table and expertly roll Crab Rangoon like a pro! I just wanted to share this with you in hopes of brightening your day!
I am thankful that your little boy is doing great. I feel so terrible that he had to go through that (hell, even you). I can't imagine it was any better for you to have to see your baby suffer the way he did. I think it's big of you to excuse our medical system for trying to "cover their ass" but it's really sad that something so simple as needing glasses can be SO misdiagnosed. Back in the '90's when A.D.D. was a new thing, my brother was diagnosed (or should I say misdiagnosed) with A.D.D. It turns out he wasn't having issues with his attention, it turns out he was sitting in the back of the class room (due to a last name starting with S) with astigmatism. The day my children are old enough to feel something is wrong, that is the first thing I am going for… and eye exam. I commend you for being a responsible mother and my favorite part of your entry was how you mentioned you didn't recognize his screams because you have done all you can to shield him from hurt and suffering. That nearly made me cry. Good luck to Andrew. Bless you.
Oh woman, I'm sorry about that run around. Welcome to the world of Health Care in America I have been told that patients need to be diligent about their health care providers and to stay on top of things… but it's hard to do, which you already know. I'm glad Andrew is okay and sorry he had to endure the trauma. Glasses don't seem so bad in comparison. All the best and hang tough, lady. xxoo
Wow, that was a traumatic experience to have to go through. I'm surprised you even had the wherewithal (sp?) to prepare for your LA classes. I'm sure the classes will just be perfect, just like your little boy!
Ok, hope I'm not outta line here, and I'm not an MD, but as the daughter of an RN, granddaughter of an MD and RN, I cut my teeth on medical discussions over dinner (why do the truly grody convos happen over food??) my knee jerk response to his symptoms was eyes or inner ear. Brain tumor didn't even occur to me.
In addition to the eye exam I'd have him looked at by an Ear, Nose, & Throat Dr.
Inner ear infections or imbalances can cause the symptoms you describe too. Just something to keep in mind if it doesn't clear up with the eye exam or new glasses.
As for your baby's trauma, I feel for you. Next Tuesday we have to take my 7yr old to the hospital so they can put him under to fill 3 teeth! Poor little guy just freaks out in the chair when they give him nitrus. His dentist even tried Demerol to calm him…no dice.
Oh wow. That had to of been a painful and draining experience. I'm surprised that you didn't tear them apart; I know I would have! Glad to hear that everything is fine though!
Jaden, I am so sorry that your family had to go through that. We had a similar experience when my daughter was 3 months old (picture a hospital and her hooked up to a heart monitor and it flat lined and no one came for 35 minutes! Luckily she had disconnected one of the cables for the monitor and I was there and knew that she was okay!) If you are ever in Delaware I would love to go to one of your cooking classes. If Andrew needs glasses, do the Harry Potter look! I think he would look adorable!
So glad your guy is ok.
I hate the screaming of a kid coming out of anesthesia. Have only been through it twice, when my son had ear tubes in and out. I noticed that all of the kids seem to do that crying and thrashing. The nurses said it's like they are fighting the anesthesia. I'm not exactly sure it's fear, exactly, but in any case sorry to hear you had to go through all that.
Jaden, I am so, so happy that he's ok. I'm sure this was a nightmare experience, but it's so much better than it turned out to be something minor, even with all that scariness and frustration. Hopefully he had a great time in California to make up for all of this!!!
Oh boy! Thank God he's ok!
The thing is my husband went through the same infernal "drill" as a kid. And yes, in the end he just needed glasses. Somehow those doctors should learn to hand out the possible diagnosis gradually/ incremental by gravity and check them in that order. Your post proved me they have a long way until then!
I'm glad he's okay. I hope the fears from the MRI end soon.
I'm going to guess it's going to take a while longer for you to be okay. Hopefully, firing your pediatrician will make you feel better. Smacking your pediatrician would almost certainly make you feel better, but there's that niggling issue of an assault charge and having to arrange for and pay a sitter until you make bail.
Mind you, in retrospect its easy to say the eye exam should have come first. But if the pediatrician had said..well lets check his eyes, and then they were clear….and then he said…oh well..lets do an MRI for a tumour, would he not be accused of wasting time on less sinister causes? And would it not in this case seem more important, no matter what the cost, to rule out such a possibility, so that in case a tumour was present treatment could be initiated as soon as possible? sometimes a procedure may be more invasive or more traumatic for a patient, but that often may be the cost of getting the most important answer as soon as possible. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Foresight is much less pleasant.
I get what you're saying Mike but there was an easier, equally ass-covering way to take care of Andrew. If you reread the the post you will notice a BIG trend….no one in a big damn hurry to get him scheduled. He could have had an eye-exam, gotten his glasses, gone to Disneyworld and only spun around on the Tea Cup ride and probably still not have had an MRI appointment available when he arrived home. Schedule both in sequence immediately doing the least invasive first followed by the scheduled MRI if deemed necessary. Golly!
So glad he's okay, but day-um!!
So glad your son's okay! As a medical student I have to say that we get drilled from day one to go with the worst case scenario first. It sounds cruel (and dude could have explained it much much better) to put someone through tests like that, but you can't miss those things. If a kid comes in with chronic headaches, and vertigo it's a brain tumor until proven otherwise. Same goes for chest pain, headache w/ neck pain, and tummy aches (heart attack, meningitis, appendicitis until proven otherwise even though it usually is nothing). It's not about getting sued we just don't want to miss something that could kill you. He did the right thing as far as diagnosis goes. He just needs to work on not freaking out the moms.
Anywho, i'm off to figure out what the heck to do with this coconut I just bought. Hopefully I won't have as hard a time opening it as you did Jaden (funniest post of all time!).
Well, thank god! I'm glad all is well. Happy ending indeed!
Jaden, so glad Andrew okay…i know how nerve wrecking that must be for you. My 2nd son had to go through a whole series of test when he was 1, including head ultra sound, MRI, blood test, b/c his motor skills & play skills are slower than average. He even went through eyes surgery to tighten his eyes'muscles. All the tests came back normal. They can't figure out why he's not doing what he's suppose to be doing at a specific time frame, so they put him in therapy which is helping slowly but surely. I know deep inside that he's fine, he's just taking his time. But i know when they were sending me and hubby all over w/referrals for the test, etc, i felt the same way you did…you just go to autopilot mode…until after the fact when you get a chance to kinda snap out of it.
Hopefully it is just glasses that he needs, keep us up to date.
That's absolutely terrible! I hope that Andrew recovers from the traumatic experience. I know how he feels though, when I was in kindergarten I pretty much went through the same thing for about a month in class. Headaches, and just overwhelming inability to see anything. Both my parents wear glasses, though so that was the first thing they thought of.
I'm so sorry they put you through the wringer
I'm so sorry about you having to put up with all of that and poor little Andrew. I have to say I went through a similar problem with myself. I'm 15 and have been suffering from headaches for over a year now. Every time I go to the doctor about them they want to run some sort of test. MRI. Blood test. Diabetes test. Nothing was ever showing up and I was beginning to give up. I had mentioned to my mother that it was hard for me to see the board in History class in order to copy notes. We went for and eye exam and it showed I needed glasses so now I have had them for a month and haven't had a headache yet.
So after spending all that money and time away from school cause I couldn't move because of a headache, I finally have a new doctor.


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