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Solutions: A wide range of existing packaging applications indicate that automation technology from Beckhoff can help to significantly enhance the productivity and flexibility of packaging machines.
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Integral control solution in stainless steel: Beckhoff offers Panel PCs, I/O modules and servomotors in a "Hygienic Design" for areas of application with strict hygienic requirements.


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You may have already learned that you can add exponents when multiplying two numbers with the same base. What happens when the exponents are fractions? In this tutorial, you will learn how to apply the multiplication rule when multiplying two numbers that have the same base, but have fractional exponents. Do you think the rule is the same or different if the exponents are fractions versus integer numbers?
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Because of the recent government shutdown, the Baileys from Salt Lake City considered cancelling their family vacation to Mesa Verde National Park.
A seven-hour drive from Utah to Cortez, Kathleen and Brett Bailey along with their three children - 6, 8 and 13 years of age - were unsure if they'd be allowed to visit Mesa Verde National Park when they left their home. While en route, the government shutdown ended, and the Bailey's got to visit the park after all. They did so with joy on Friday, Oct. 18.
"We've been planning this trip for a long time," said Kathleen Bailey. "Once the shutdown started, we thought about just driving to California to go to Lego Land."
Officials from the National Parks Conservation Association also were thrilled the government shutdown ended, but long-term funding solutions remain for the country's 401 national parks and monuments.
"Unfortunately for our national parks and the communities, businesses and visitors they serve, the budget agreement is a short-term solution that does nothing to address the long-term needs of the parks," said NPCA acting president Theresa Pierno.
Serving as an independent, nonpartisan voice for the National Park Service, the NPCA was founded in 1919 to address major threats facing the country's national park system. A major blow to the economy that cost a half-a-billion dollars, the recent government shutdown was just one more in a long line of events that have crippled the National Park Service in recent years, Pierno said.
"The parks and the American people need and deserve a genuine, long-term budget solution that keeps our parks completely open and ends the slow-motion shutdown that is occurring under the sequester," she said.
With a $6 million annual budget, one Mesa Verde National Park official said the sequestration cuts forced the park to re-examine spending priorities while trying to minimize impacts to visitors.
"The sequestration forced us to take a long, hard look at our budget," said Mesa Verde deputy superintendent Bill Nelligan.
Some of the readjustments to spending at Mesa Verde include not filling vacant positions, altering tourist schedules, downsizing the park's vehicle fleet and combining software licenses, for example.
"We're trying to work smarter and maintain flexibility, and still maintain our core services and provide a meaningful experience for visitors," Nelligan said. "We do the best we can with what we have."
The Baileys were appreciative of Mesa Verde's efforts, despite lingering questions of future budgets.
"We love our national parks," said Brett Bailey. "We visit them a lot. It's very important to us that our national parks be fully funded."
According to a recent poll, nine out of 10 Americans - Republicans, Democrats, and Independents-want and expect the federal government to keep national parks open, protected and funded. Bailey agreed, saying it was sad that Congress has failed to adequately fund the country's national treasures and make them a centerpiece to the federal budget.
"These parks are something we should be proud of," he said.
NPCA officials estimate the budget to operate America's national parks, in today's dollars, is 13 percent less than three years ago, a loss of $315 million. Over the summer, budgets for the national parks were slashed by more than $180 million in the sequestration.
Across the nation, those cuts have forced delayed openings of both parks and park roads; closed visitor centers, picnic areas and campgrounds; decreased the number of rangers to protect and maintain parks; and limited the number of educational programs.
Annually, the country's national parks attract some 300 million visitors and support more than $30 billion in private-sector spending, generating $10 in economic activity for every federal dollar invested, according to an economic analysis done for the National Parks Conservation Association.


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The secret to perfect fish tacos
Whether it's stuffed with grilled rock cod or crisply fried shrimp, there are few things more blissfully summery than a Baja-style fish taco. The ingredients are so simple -- fresh fish, a flourish of cabbage, a drizzle of crema and a squeeze of lime.
The result? A little bit of seafood heaven that crossed the border 30 years ago and became a treasured part of SoCal cuisine. These days, you'll find these tasty tacos at scores of San Diego taquerias and seafood cafes, as well as chic bistros, such as La Jolla's Herringbone, one of the many Southern California restaurants run by "Top Chef" veteran and "The Taste" judge Brian Malarkey.
Pop into Copita in Sausalito or Tacolicious, the cult-fave taqueria in San Francisco and Palo Alto, and you'll find fish taco fever has moved north, too. And while there certainly are chefs who make things their own by adding unexpected ingredients, or going all fusion on it, Chefs Telmo Faria and Joanne Weir know the entire charm of the dish lies in its simple authenticity.
That's the beauty of it, Malarkey says, and that's what makes it perfect fare for home cooking, too. "We do Seafood Sundays at my house," says Malarkey, whose kids -- twin toddlers and a 4-year-old son -- are fish taco devotees.
"It's the wrapper and the candy inside," he says. "Great seafood -- rock cod, octopus, fried shrimp. You gotta go for it. Fried takes it to a whole new level. And you have to get authentic tortillas."
Malarkey buys his handmade tortillas in San Diego's Old Town and tops them simply, with a cabbage slaw, lime, cilantro and jalapeno. It's the seafood that's the star, not the toppings, and he seasons the fish simply, with salt and pepper. The crispy-tender-crunchy textures and pop of flavor -- enhanced with a last-minute squeeze of lime -- are classic Baja.
"Ours is Southern California-inspired, Baja-style," says Faria, Tacolicious' executive chef. "We keep it in line with the tradition, but add our own twist to it. The key is good, fresh fish. We use locally caught rock cod in a beer batter, fried golden and crispy with a good crunch."
Instead of straight sour cream or Mexican crema, he lightens the mixture, mixing sour cream with yogurt and toasted brown cumin. Tacolicious' crema and, of course, the traditional lime wedge add an acidic component that brings out the flavors. "The yogurt is nice and tangy, which cuts through the fried fish," Faria says. "Good tortillas are key. I think we use the best in the Bay Area: La Palma in the Mission. They've been making them for 20 years. They know what they're doing."
Copita's Joanne Weir echoes the authentic tortilla refrain -- hers are made in-house -- and says the biggest mistake people make is dousing the seafood with spices. The seafood is the star, let it shine, says Weir, a James Beard Award-winning cookbook author and host of PBS' "Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence." Weir marinates rock cod for a few hours, then cooks the fish on a comal, a heavy cast-iron pan, much like a griddle.
"We 'grill' it on the comal," she says. "The outdoor grill gives it too much grill flavor."
Weir adds a cabbage slaw, dressed with a vinaigrette with toasted cumin and fennel seeds, two flavors, she says, that work really well with fish. Usually, she adds a dollop of avocado crema as a finishing touch, but this summer, she started playing around with a pineapple salsa, spiked with chile arbol, cilantro and lime. The result -- sweet, spicy and tart -- adds that all important acidic flourish.
"They are the best fish tacos I've ever had in my life," she says. "It's the simplicity, the crunch, the acid."
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Turin citizens gather around the new statue of Camillo Benso Count of Cavour (1810-1861), made by sculptor Fabio Viale in white Carrara marble, inaugurated by Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Italian Republic on march 18th, 2011.
The writing on the flag says: "Mr. President, don't let the cradle of art become its grave", in controversy against the recent governative cuts to culture global budget.
Capital as well as cultural and business center of the Piedmont region, Turin is famous as headquarters of Fiat and Lancia, birthplace of Telecom Italia and Rai television and host of the 2006 Winter Olympics. Turin has a modern public transport infrastructure so it is easy to get to architectural sites and museums, most notably the Mole Antonelliana, which is the home of the National Cinema Museum. Home to Torino and Juventus, two historical italian football teams, the region is famous as the birth place of solid chocolate over 200 years ago. Gianduiotto is perhaps the most famous Turin chocolate currently in production.


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Why did Target scan my drivers license, or
Why did Target swipe my drivers license, or
Is Target collecting personal information from my drivers license, or
What is the Target stores ID policy, and what if I refuse to give them my drivers license, or
Did a jury award South Carolina Target shopper Rita Cantrell $3.1 million in a libel case, after she was wrongly accused of trying to pass a counterfeit $100 bill at Target ?
Maybe Eric Arthur Blair was right (you'll probably know who he was, even if you don't recognize his name).
We very rarely shop at Target, but happened to find ourselves in a Target store recently. While our order was being scanned at the register, even before we decided how we would pay, the cashier asked for our drivers license. When asked why they needed to see our drivers license, they told us that it was because we were buying a package of over-the-counter cold medicine. Since we are closer to retirement age than we are to the age of majority, we can't remember the last time a clerk or cashier "proofed" us. But since we want to do our part to make sure that no minors can get relief from their cold or flu symptoms, we graciously handed the cashier our license. We quickly regretted complying with their request, when, to our horror, the cashier scanned the barcode on our license with their barcode reader, before we realized what they were doing, and before we had a chance to stop them. It is worth noting that the last time I checked, this was still America, and there was absolutely no legal requirement for a retailer to scan or swipe your drivers license, or any other form of ID when purchasing medications, alcoholic beverages, etc. Target appears to have adopted this misguided policy to protect themselves, and to possibly make their job easier (but at your expense). What's next ? Scanning a barcode tattooed on your forehead by the State, or scanning you for the mandatory RFID chip implanted under your skin at birth ?
It seems to us that Target might be capturing at least some the information embedded in the barcode of your drivers license. If not, then simply having the cashier confirm the date of birth printed on the license would suffice, and scanning the license would serve no purpose. This makes us wonder what they might be doing with the data. How long are they retaining the data ? Do they sell the data, or use it for marketing purposes ? Will they provide the data to the government, either voluntarily or in response to a subpoena or a National Security Letter ?
As (now very wealthy) South Carolina Target shopper Rita Cantrell can attest, Target can't distinguish real currency from counterfeit. Likewise, we have little confidence that their employees, POS scanners or computer systems would be able to tell a fake drivers license barcode from the real thing.
Are you wondering what information Target (and other retailers) can capture from your drivers license barcode, in this post-9/11, "Homeland Security" driven world ? The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (aamva.org) publishes the standards that the individual states follow when designing their drivers licenses. This AAMVA document (in .PDF format) lists 22 mandatory and 23 optional data elements that are encoded into the PDF417 barcode that is used on U.S. drivers licenses. Did you know that items such as a driver's race/ethnic group and social security number can be embedded in the barcode ? The individual states are free to add additional data elements that are not included in the AAMVA standard.
Even if Target Stores does not have any ulterior motives, the fact that they are able to capture any or all of the data embedded in your drivers license barcode exposes their customers to the threat of identity theft. The fact that their name is Target doesn't help the situation either, if you catch our drift. I mean, just look at their stores… they put a big red bulls eye right on the front of every store ! If that isn't taunting all the hackers out there, I don't know what is. Maybe we would be less concerned if their name was "Fortress" or something along those lines, and their logo was a bank vault, rather than a bulls eye. Even their cute mascot, Bullseye, looks like he would rather lick you to death than defend the company's customer data. Retailers, credit card companies, banks and other businesses are constantly making headlines because their networks are hacked into, their data stolen, and their customers or employees personal and financial information compromised. Sometimes it's a hacker breaking into a computer network. Sometimes, it's a rogue employee inside a company or at a vendor that has access to a company's systems. Sometimes, it's a laptop computer containing sensitive information that is lost or stolen. Sometimes, backup tapes are lost in transit to an off-site storage location. There are many ways that customer data can be put at risk of theft.
Now we're wondering if we will pick up the newspaper one day, and see the headline "Target Stores Targeted By Hackers, Personal Info From 50 Million Customers Stolen". Think it can't happen ? Think Again. It has happened to other large retailers, banks and credit card companies.
How can consumers protect themselves ? Well, it's nearly impossible in the age of The Internet and when "plastic" has largely supplanted the use of cash. But nothing says that you have to shop at a retailer that unnecessarily places your personal information at risk, even if its only a potential risk. We doubt that we will be shopping at Target stores again, but if we do, and we are asked for our drivers license in the future, we will refuse and walk out. If collecting our personal data is more important to Target than keeping us as a customer, we will gladly take our business elsewhere, and patronize a business that does not unnecessarily expose us to the threat of identity theft. Speaking of Target, we think that letting retailers scan and capture the data stored in your drivers license barcode is a lot like placing a bullseye on your back.
We are normally happy to accomodate a merchant's request to provide suitable ID, especially when the transaction involves payment by check or credit card, or we are returning an item, but Target's policy is unacceptable, and we believe, simply wrong. And we're not the only one who feels this way. This article at informationweek.com echoes our concerns about Target's policy. From a purely practical standpoint, we suspect that draconian policies such as the one put in place by Target will backfire, with (even more) people simply deciding to steal the medication. OTC pharmacy items are already the most frequently shoplifted items (see this list of the 50 most frequently shoplifted items). And isn't it just a bit ludicrous (not to mention, rude) to ask a senior citizen buying cold medicine to prove they're 18 years old ?
As far as we know, Target customers concerned about identity theft can still do their shopping at Walmart without having to show them your drivers license when buying cold medications. If you are very obviously over the age of 18, and asked for your drivers license at a Target store, we suggest that you decline. If they persist, simply tell them that under the circumstances, you have changed your mind and don't wish to purchase anything. It won't take Target very long to realize that their policy is costing them business, and that they need to change it. They might not enjoy having to put all your stuff back on the shelves after you walk out without buying it, but at least your personal data will be safe.
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ENN rounds up the most important and compelling environmental news stories of the week. In the news October 30th - November 3rd: The environment vote, a possible seafood collapse, suppressed climate change research, large coral in peril, and much more.
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In the news October 30th - November 3rd: The environment vote, a possible seafood collapse, suppressed climate change research, large coral in peril, and much more
1. Americans Favor Environment, but Don't Vote on It
Compared to voters in Europe, where the Green Party is a political force and global climate change is part of the public dialogue, U.S. voters in national elections tend to cast their ballots based on candidates' stances on the Iraq war, the economy and health care -- not on environmental policy.
2. Ocean Fish, Seafood Could Collapse by 2048
The world's fish and seafood populations will collapse by 2048 if current trends in habitat destruction and overfishing continue, resulting in less food for humans, researchers said Thursday.
3. Investigations Begin Into Whether Bush Administration Muzzled Climate Research
Two federal agencies are investigating whether the Bush administration tried to block government scientists from speaking freely about global warming and censor their research, a senator said Wednesday.
4. China Turns to Salt Water to Ease Drought
Drought-stricken China, where hundreds of millions of people are without regular access to drinking water, is turning to desalinated sea water to help end the crisis, the government said on Tuesday.
5. Scientist Says Large Coral Disappearing
Large species of coral that form underwater reefs and create rich habitat for marine life are disappearing from around the U.S. Virgin Islands, Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean, a leading researcher said Tuesday.
6. U.N. Says Global Warming Gases on Rise Again
The industrialized world's emissions of greenhouse gases are growing again, despite efforts under the Kyoto Protocol to cap them and stave off global warming, the United Nations reported Monday.
7. Mistaken Theory Harms Conservation Efforts, UK Study Shows
Efforts to save endangered species have until now been based on a mistaken theory that if one species in an area is under threat, all species there are in danger, according to scientists at London's Imperial College.
8. Report Warns About Global Warming Impact
Unchecked global warming will devastate the world economy on the scale of the world wars and the Great Depression, a major British report said Monday. Introducing the report, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said unabated climate change would cost the world between 5 percent and 20 percent of global gross domestic product each year.
9. Boy Gets Rare Shot of California Condor
A 5-year-old boy has taken a photograph of what experts say may be the first California condor to fly in Topanga Canyon's skies in more than a century.
10. Mirror Test Implies Elephants Self-Aware
If you're Happy and you know it, pat your head. That, in a peanut shell, is how a 34-year-old female Asian elephant in the Bronx Zoo showed researchers that pachyderms can recognize themselves in a mirror -- complex behavior observed in only a few other species.
Photo: Avalanche Creek in Glacier National Park, Montana. Credit: Jesse Achtenberg/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Sister acting/singing duo Aly & AJ -- whose full names are Alyson and Amanda Joy Michalka -- showed a passion for both kinds of performing at a very young age: they started playing piano at age six and began acting classes soon after. Born in L.A., the Michalkas moved to Seattle in the early '90s, where their parents exposed them to a wide variety of music and supported their excitement about both acting and making music. As the girls learned piano and guitar, they also landed acting and modeling gigs, which prepared them to pursue both careers more seriously once the family returned to southern California.
AJ Michalka won roles and appearances on shows as diverse as Birds of Prey, Oliver Beene, General Hospital, and Six Feet Under; Alyson earned the part of Keely Teslow on the Disney Channel series Phil of the Future, which allowed her to show off her musical skills as well as acting chops, performing songs such as "Protecting Me." As Aly & AJ, the Michalka sisters recorded a cover of the Lovin' Spoonful's "Do You Believe in Magic," which appeared in the Disney Channel movie Now You See It and became a number one most-requested song on Radio Disney. Their follow-up single, "No One," appeared on the soundtrack to 2005's Ice Princess, and their Hollywood Records-issued debut album -- which featured songs penned entirely by the Michalkas -- dropped that same year. The holiday album Acoustic Hearts of Winter followed in 2006. In 2007 the sisters released their sophomore record, Insomniatic, accompanied by starring roles in the MTV movie version of the hit television show My Super Sweet 16.
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Sylvester Stallone wants Viggo Mortensen to pick up the pen and cavort with ravens in a film he's directing about the life of Edgar Allan Poe. Long known for his dark horror, fantasy and detective tales, Poe also created the first futuristic dystopia in fiction.
Poe penned the dark future tale Mellonta Tauta which is set in the year 2848 as a series of letters written during a balloon voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. These letters satirically comment on the what has happened to the United States during the past thousand years. He'd also written, fourteen years earlier, a story about a man taking a balloon journey to the moon. Seems like Poe really liked hot air for some reason.
Author Thomas Disch posits in his book The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of who claims that Mellonta Tauta firmly roots Edgar Allan Poe as the originator of modern science fiction, since Poe loved exploring different realities, many of them dark and brooding. He re-explored futures similar to that one in Mellonta Tauta in both The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Sceherazade and A Descent into the Maelstrom.
Sylvester Stallone directing a biopic about Edgar Allan Poe? Welcome to your different reality. Hunky Mortensen, star of Lord of the Rings trilogy and the recent Eastern Promises, is reportedly considering taking the role as long as some changes are made to the script. First up will be cutting the scene of Poe toting an M-60 into battle. Quoth the Rambo: "Nevermore."
Mortensen Up For Poe Biopic [Dark Horizons]
An Introduction To Edgar Allan Poe's Hans Pfaal [Infinity Plus]


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Thursday, July 31, 2003
on being southern...
The frog tried to look as big as the elephant, and burst.
-African Proverb
I spent many years "erasing" my accent in my teens and 20's. My parents grew up farming and scraping by in the Depression here in East Tennessee. I would consider them "country folks" to a certain extent and I desperately wanted to have nothing to do with that. So, I dedicated myself to battle the stereotype of the Southerner-undereducated and uncultured.
All this work to de-Southernize made me quite weary. The strange thing was the more education I received, the more I didn't care about my "Southern-ness." In fact, the more educated I became, the more my interest grew in Appalachian culture, so much so that I constantly irritate my parents for stories of their families during the Great Depression. The stories are often very poignant, touching and sometimes terribly heartbreaking.
These days I love both laughing at and being Southern. It is a great enigma to be Southern. I catch myself saying goofy things at times like "he was flyin'!" when I see someone speeding down our street, or my favorite original "(s)he can bite my big fat white southern-biscuit-eatin' ass." My accent also changes greatly according to my anger level. Moderate anger brings out my strongest accent as in "buncha da-a-a-mn rednecks!" But, lo and behold, if you really piss me off, I articulate with such clarity that it's like a personality change. When I saw the dead duck (see the post: friendly geezers and putrid half-humans) I was articulating like a mad Shakespearean actor.
My accent also changes depending on who I am talking to. I hide it a bit when I'm talking to a Yank, er, I mean, Northerner, but I really let it hang loose when I'm talking to some 90+ year-old farmer in overalls sellin' 'maters on the side of the road. I think my accent has become an element of slang that I put away when I feel the need to be more proper. It's merely an accessory--a little Southern chaaaaam to hang from my bracelet.
Posted by teresa at 7/31/2003 07:30:00 PM 0 comments
feeling like petrified dog poop today...will write more later.
Posted by teresa at 7/31/2003 02:25:00 PM 0 comments
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Click for a big kitty...
He's a beauty, my little Atticus. He's 11 years old now. I named him after a character in my favorite book, To Kill A Mockingbird.
Posted by teresa at 7/30/2003 09:04:00 PM 0 comments
fundamentally strange
When a finger points at the moon, the imbecile looks at the finger.
-Chinese Proverb
I was thinking while I was out to lunch today about Jesus' hair. I am not sure just what train of thought derailed far enough to get to that subject, but it did and so I thought some more about it.
I grew up going to a very strict fundamentalist Baptist church (automatic 5 year therapy term). I mean this church thought that the Southern Baptist Convention was a bunch of leftists. Boys' hair had to be cut above the ears and girls couldn't wear sundresses or shorts (even for the softball team-needless to say I didn't play). Now, this was the 1970's mind you, the decade of hip-huggers and shorts that barely qualified to have a crotch in them. I mean, you always saw girls' and guy's underwear hanging out in gym class. No one even gave it second thought unless one of the guys' nuts made its way to fresh air. So what?
But every Sunday, my family conveniently drove me back into the dark ages, which happened to be in the next county. Even as a clueless kid, I knew something was weird about all this. We had record burnings, which was freaky to me. I watched Barbara Streisand burn. Huh? What did she do, I wondered? Could I have it before it melts? I look back and guess that some husband was using it as an excuse to burn his wife's vinyl Babs collection.
I digress.
Anyway, I was thinking about all those things and how there used to be such a big deal about the length of men's hair (damn hippies!) and then I remembered one, if not one hundred, paintings of Jesus. The dude had long hair and a big fuzzy beard. How can you enforce style as part of a religion I wonder? He was trying to tell me something way back then.
Posted by teresa at 7/30/2003 07:15:00 PM 0 comments
Bubba says "yes"!
Well, by way of King Bubba, I am now listed in the Rocky Top Brigade. Click on the Tennessee flag in the blogroll area to see what other blogging Tennesseans (or those with ties to TN) are doing. And thanks to the weirdo across the hall for the kind referral...
Posted by teresa at 7/30/2003 10:11:00 AM 0 comments
I feel like roadkill today...make it stop. More later...
Posted by teresa at 7/30/2003 09:41:00 AM 0 comments
Tuesday, July 29, 2003
which type are you?
A Native American grandfather talking to his young grandson tells the boy he has two wolves inside of him struggling with each other. The first is the wolf of peace, love and kindness. The other wolf is fear, greed and hatred.
"Which wolf will win, grandfather?" asks the young boy.
"Which ever one I feed," replied the grandfather.
Paying homage to my Cherokee heritage. Of course the beautiful dark skin stopped with ME. You can definitely tell my mother has a good bit of Cherokee heritage. And, of course, my dad had to be a pasty German mutt. I did get the cheekbones, though.
Read The Education of Little Tree if you ever get a chance. It's a beautifully told story.
Posted by teresa at 7/29/2003 05:58:00 PM 0 comments
feeling better today, despite…
Apparently my husband and I are under official bad karma attack. We are going through the roughest financial period of our lives and guess what shows up yesterday—a letter from the IRS. That's right. We made a mistake on our taxes several years ago that is going to cost us thousands (we will gladly accept your donations through PayPal). When the devil is on a roll, he goes for the jugular. It just sucks, especially considering the number of people who purposely cheat on their taxes. We just made a big dumb mistake. Don't they give discounts to people who didn't do it on purpose? I'm guessing "no."
Five things I couldn't do if my life depended on it:
- water ski
- snow ski
- rollerblade
- ice skate
- eat fois gras or veal
Did you see a trend in the first four? I can rollerskate (kind of), but I do not like activities where my feet move without my permission. There's just something wrong with it and my brain refuses to cooperate. I even took a rollerblading CLASS. I was purple from my waist to my knees. I'm fairly coordinated and play piano, flute, a little fiddle and have played sports, but not the moving feet thing. Fois gras and veal are just evil—I don't eat meat anyway, but they are the most abusive of animal meat products.
Posted by teresa at 7/29/2003 09:51:00 AM 0 comments
Monday, July 28, 2003
hoorah for puppies! they make things better...
Welcome to Ramona, the new puppy of my co-worker across the hall. His first-ever puppy. She's a cutie!
Posted by teresa at 7/28/2003 08:47:00 PM 0 comments
friendly old geezers and putrid half-humans
I feel like shit today. That is all. Move along.
No, wait, I do have something to say. Let me tell you this story:
There's a neat little pond about 10 minutes away from our house situated in an older neighborhood where we love to go feed the ducks and geese. These guys are totally tame because so many people come to feed them. The pond is surrounded by small houses and the birds loiter and waddle around in the surrounding yards, crossing the street in little duck gangs. They eat straight from your hand, off your shoulder, head—wherever.
So, the husband and I were there with our loaf of bread at dusk and this old Grizzly Adams-looking dude with a big grey beard, cap and dirty t-shirt comes sauntering over and asks us if we're catching any fish. (Here's a recap of the more interesting parts of the conversation.)
"No, we're just feeding the ducks."
"Oh. Say, you guys know anything about birds?"
"No, not really."
About this time, a car speeds down the road that circles the pond. The driver floors the gas and makes so much noise that we have to stop talking.
"Jerk," we say under our breath.
Grizzly informs us that the police are patrolling the pond more because of people speeding through the area.
"Good," we say.
He gets back to the bird story. "Well. You know a bird that's 5 feet tall?"
"An ostrich maybe."
"That don't fly."
"An ostrich doesn't fly."
"I'm talkin' about a bird that's got a wingspan of 70 feet." Then we figure out he's thinking of a bird that does fly.
"70 feet?! Uh, that sounds pre-historical to me. Maybe a pterodactyl?"
"Would they have information on that kind of thing at the library?"
"I'm sure they would."
"I seen it on…you know that movie star with the pointy ears?"
"Yeah! He was on one of them shows where he talks about strange stuff…"
"Oh, yeah, we remember that show (but we couldn't think of the name of it)…mysterious something?"
"Yeah. They talked about a big bird with a wingspan of 70 feet swoopin' down and grabbin' this little boy by the back of the collar and flyin' off with him…but then he dropped him back down right in his [father's] arms."
"Oh…wow. That's pretty wild."
"It was up in Ohio or Illinois or something."
The same car comes around the pond again, only doing 40 mph over the speed limit this time. We all scowl at the ignorant driver. By this time the mosquitoes are in full-feast mode and we've been out of bread for 10 minutes.
"Well, we're getting eaten by mosquitoes, so we're gonna head out, I guess."
"Oh, ok. You all have a nice night!" He waves good-bye.
"You, too."
We get in the car and decide the old guy has been hitting the sauce and I notice something on the side of the road. It's one of our little ducks, dead. Now, remember the scene in "Something about Mary" where the crazy serial killer short-circuits in Ben Stiller's car? Multiply that by at least 10.
How big of a pussy do you need to be to run over DUCKS and get a kick out of it? I don't know if it was the car that sped by while we were talking to our sauced-up old geezer-friend, but if it wasn't, it was someone equally as stupid. It had also been recent because there were no insects on the bird. These ducks know the rules and get out of your way, but YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN FOR THEM. I am wondering if it was our little limping duck to whom we always gave extra snacks. I didn't see him last night and he would have been an easy target. Anyway, I had to drug myself with cream cheese dip last night just to calm down (quick quiz: has this girl ever had an eating disorder in her life? Y or N). How could you get a laugh out of killing something so tame and harmless? Red-rum. Red-rum! RED-RUM! RED-RUM!!! The only thing that gives me comfort is the old "what goes around comes around." There's a special place in hell for these people and I hope I get to open the furnace door and shove them in with my big right foot. I'll be wearing yo' mama's army boots.
Did I mention I feel crappy today? Hugs and kisses. Bah!
Posted by teresa at 7/28/2003 05:22:00 PM 0 comments
Sunday, July 27, 2003
The husband and I went out for the large-two-topping-wheat-crust-chicago-style-pizza special at Stephano's and after driving around a bit and in general picking our noses while taking in the sights we have taken in approximately three million times before, we returned home. Then I fed the dogs and wandered around the house aimlessly. Then, I saw it. Puke on the bed again...puke on the Ralph Lauren sheets that I THOUGHT were on sale...dried with a smattering of felted hair dispersed throughout the golden crust. It was a little small to be one of Baxter's vomits (the white kitty in the back of the boat), but it might have been "part deux" of one of his "vomitaculars." Baxter usually pukes in two parts--one gigantic spew that makes you want to call 911 and then a mini-hack that's mostly juice. *breathe into a paper bag* So guess what I get to do tonight? That's right...wash...again.
Posted by teresa at 7/27/2003 07:48:00 PM 0 comments
comments changed
I switched my commenting to HaloScan so I could personalize them a little more. Unfortunately, I lost some witty comments by friends, so ...hate that. You must entertain me again sometime. Yack a hairball today!
And to really screw up your psyche for the day, here's Mark Ryden's art: Click here dingleberry.
Posted by teresa at 7/27/2003 03:50:00 PM 0 comments
Saturday, July 26, 2003
oh, my eyes!
This crazy image was found at Maximum Aardvark. Where's the Advil?
Been out farting around at bookstores and dinner---had a delicious tofu sandwich at the Mellow Mushroom. Since you-know-who is still feeling quite diluted, there will be no ticker-tape parades tonight. I did buy a new paper journal for the really major whining and philosophizing I need to do. I've kept journals most of my life, especially in my 20's, and have 1000's of pages of personal ruminations--and they're all going into the crematorium with me when I bite the big one. As much as I like typing this journal for fun, there's no substitute for acid-free paper and a fine-tipped fountain pen. Black ink, of course. Ooooh, delicious. I love pens. I hate writing with bad pens...it poisons the whole experience.
One more thought, since I'm so damn bored I could start my hair on fire for entertainment...if you have cats, have you noticed that you ARE NOT ALLOWED to sit on the toilet without their immediate supervision? What is this all about? Atticus, especially, (the one squished at the front of the boat and to the left) is compelled to paw the door open, or whatever he has to do, so he can stare at me the whole time I am on the toilet. It's like he's trying to brainwash me or something. "Mother cat, you must obey my commands. Listen to my purr. You are a giant steaming turd. Flush yourself away...away...AWAY!!!!!" Well, I don't know what he's thinking--maybe I should get that stupid Meowlingual and get some interpretation. He talks all the time anyway. I could really get some use out of it. He's probably saying, "How could you take my testicles away?!" or "Get me my kitty crack*, now!!!" or "Move your fat ass over to the treats and make yourself useful." Of course, I think he's saying, "Aw, pick me up, you're the best mom ever..."
*catnip, of course
Posted by teresa at 7/26/2003 10:19:00 PM 0 comments
why you should always have a camera with you
I went down to Burger King to get some lunch for myself and a certain hungover husband of mine (night out with the boys) and I ordered him some cheeseburgers and for myself a veggie burger. I went through the drivethrough and after I paid I was told that it would be a couple of minutes on my veggie burger because "it's made up fresh" (read: it's frozen and we have to thaw the shit out because no one but you orders that crap around here). Anyway, so I dutifully pull up out of the way and wait for my special "fresh" delivery and I start hearing the theme to the Andy Griffith show. It was a little twilight zone-ish as I couldn't tell where it was coming from...surely BK wasn't piping the Andy Griffith theme into the kids' play area. Anyway, it got louder.
I looked over at the adjacent side street and there it was. A perfect replica of Sheriff Andy Taylor's police car cruising down the street. We're talking the really old one. Perfect black and white with the big gumdrop of a siren in the middle of the roof. Inside, was some crazy bloke dressed up like Barney or Andy and was waving to everyone and blaring the siren. I was wondering if he was going mad from the loudspeaker playing the 30 second clip over and over (beginning with the whistling).
Anyway, I wasn't the only person noticing this oddity. This homeless dude without a variety of front teeth rides past my car on his bike and looks at me and yells, "Dat's Barney Fiiiife!!!" and he proceeds to ride down toward the car which is stopped at the redlight on the sidestreet. I had to laugh out loud because the guy was bobbing his head up and down to the theme song. He stopped at the passenger side and I could hear him yell into the car "You's Barney Fiiiifffeee!" The guy handed him a flier and the light turned green. As I was secretly dying to know what the flier said, a little chick came out and handed over my food. The homeless guy sat on his bike in the middle of the road (it's a fairly busy intersection) until he got finished reading the flier and then rode his bike back up to where I was just pulling out. He excitedly showed me the flier that advertised a "Mayberry Music Festival" August 2 and said he didn't need it back because he knew where it was. And he rode off. I put the flier on the refrigerator when I got home.
My veggie burger sucked but the trip turned out to be fun.
Posted by teresa at 7/26/2003 04:02:00 PM 0 comments
Friday, July 25, 2003
raccoon vittles
This has really been bothering me. Dead raccoons. I love raccoons. They are smart and, if they could talk, I am positive they would be incredibly witty. The problem is this...I've seen about 50 of them as hillbilly cuisine on the side of the road. The entire summer. It absolutely breaks my heart.
Since we moved our offices, I have a shortcut that gives me a wonderful scenic drive--except for the plethora of dead animals. This is so traumatic. I slow down for butterflies, OK? I will cause a 90-car pile up for a stinky, brainless opossum and I shake my fist at God all day when I see a dead puppy on the side of the road. *deep breath* Ok.
Anyway, I don't ever remember seeing raccoons on the side of the road--ever. I've searched for statistics on overpopulation of raccoons and everything and I can't figure it out. Maybe they are committing suicide in protest to the stupidity of the human race. (That would actually be an understandable reason.)
And why is it that no one can seem to stop? There are no skidmarks around any of these lovely creatures (they're about as big as a beagle). I don't know. It's all very disconcerting. I can only think that, being noctural animals, they are blasted with so much light that they are momentarily blinded and can't see to escape the evil wheels bearing down on them. (This is also my theory on opossums...just in case you were dying to know.)
So, I think there's a lot of bad raccoon karma floating around in East Tennessee. There's a bill to be paid and it ain't gonna be pretty.
Posted by teresa at 7/25/2003 11:07:00 PM 0 comments
have a glass of milk and de-stress
My wish is that each of you eliminates stress in your life. So first step is to take a stress test. Please take this 1 minute test. Click on the stress test.
Dolphin Stress Test
Take care and please stay calm...
Posted by teresa at 7/25/2003 03:36:00 PM 0 comments
Being the opposite of astute in the morning, I rarely look where I am walking when I'm getting up and heading toward the bathroom to get ready for work. This morning on the way to grab some fresh clothes from the chest I stepped on something cold and wet. Hairball. The really funny thing about it was that I was GRATEFUL to have stepped on JUST a hairball. Usually what I step in is a big greasy pile of kitty vomit, hacked up by our personal vomit machine Baxter (the white kitty in the back of the boat). Now, there's nothing wrong with Baxter. He just eats like a pig and spews up what won't fit later on--usually on the bed while we're gone. Or in my shoes. Or in the fringe of the area rugs.
Anyway, someone else must have hacked during the night (which I can't believe I slept through) because it's the other cats that expel the long tubes of nastiness. The first time I saw a hairball I thought it was poop. The first time I saw my cats puke one up, I was mortified. I was ready to call 911. Then, it was like, "OH! So THIS is a hairball."
But nothing could beat Sadie's massive dog vomit on the bed a couple of weeks ago. I could tell she wasn't feeling well, so I was laying on the bed with her. Whine, whine. Aw, Sadie what is it, girl? YAA-A-A-A-A-CK. Oh. She must have puked up 16 ounces of the most foul-smelling vomit I have ever encountered in my life right on the blanket. We gave her two teaspoons of Pepto, but not before she yacked again on the couch. I spent the entire night cleaning up vomit and gagging on the smell. It was truly vile. She got better after the Pepto and hasn't had any problems since, thank God. Needless to say, we have a variety of stain cleaners, Spot Lifter equipment and a poor, worn out (but almost new) vacuum cleaner. We need a new one once a year.
I actually spun up some of the cats' hair the other day on the Kiwi, but it was a little short. I was too lazy to card it up with much wool.
Posted by teresa at 7/25/2003 09:54:00 AM 0 comments
Thursday, July 24, 2003
oh, dear.
I think blogging might be a bad thing for me. I keep noodling with it, and the editor in me keeps going back and correcting type-os. This can't be good. I haven't made shit this week because I've been glued to this damn computer. Maybe the novelty of a new format will wear off soon and I'll go back to my irritating daily paragraph about minor irritations. Minor irritations? Try Gold Bond Medicated powder...too much advertising. Thanks, Michelle, for visiting. At least one other person read it! Hoo-rah!
Posted by teresa at 7/24/2003 09:17:00 PM 0 comments
Where Art Thou, Serotonin?
Is it possible to be intellectually bored to death? Can you reverse the cell maturity process—say, back to age two? I'm so sick of this job that I am hoping to receive far away radio stations in my oldest tooth fillings. Please, anything to create some mental stimulation. I've just been here too long. Thirteen years with one company is toooooo long. I am being retarded (as in the verb). Maybe I just have "rigid synapse syndrome." Could that happen? Petrified electrical impulses? Maybe my serotonin has been replaced by watered-down Five Alive…no, that would be too nutritious…how about day-old Mello Yello or warm malt liquor? Ew.
Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Stay employed. It's a good thing to be able to pay the bills. Classes start again next month. Stick with the plan…it'll be okay.
Posted by teresa at 7/24/2003 04:17:00 PM 0 comments
he's late
Today's he's headed to the bathroom almost a full 20 minutes late...
Posted by teresa at 7/24/2003 10:55:00 AM 0 comments
the "out-of-the-way" bathroom
Here in the office we all take note of the locations of the bathrooms. There's one near the front we tell visitors to go to most of the time and then a couple of offices have their own bathrooms (must be nice). But, in the back hallway, there's that bathroom. You know—the out-of-the-way bathroom.
At 10:30 a.m. every morning, one of my male co-workers passes by my office to go to the OOTW bathroom. He turned 40 this year. I guess he's on a schedule now.
We're talking about a great psychological study here. How does a group of people, without discussing with one another, pick the OOTW bathroom? It happens every time if there is a choice of bathrooms. Some bathrooms are for dainty business and others are plainly earmarked for gastrointestinal works of art. I suppose, for people who only have one bathroom with many stalls, you could do a study on stall choice.
To Share or Not to Share?
Then there's the question of whether or not to share the fruits of our labor. At first I thought it was only the men leaving the door wide open after creating a work of art, but I think it's really a mixture of men and women. My suspicion is that this behavior is taught by the family of origin. I don't remember receiving said instruction, but common sense tells me to spray and leave the door cracked. To fill the entire hallway with flowery poop smell is not appealing to me. Yes, it dissipates quickly, but at what cost? Why not dissipate the aroma slowly and privately? The only victim would be the next user of the OOTW bathroom. If they are not there to create a work of art themselves, then let them go to one of the dainty bathrooms. Or the person could "pre-spray" the area for olfactory comfort.
Posted by teresa at 7/24/2003 10:40:00 AM 0 comments
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
feasting on the beasts?
The Knoxville Zoo has a great fundraiser called Feast with the Beasts. Nearly 40 area restaurants are setting up in the zoo to serve up their best fare for Beast guests. The event is featured in the local CityView magazine and the pub devotes a lot of space to the participating vendors. I have heard of this event for years and never really thought much about it, but as I flipped through the vendors, I saw page after page of close-up photos of filets, tips, ribs, etc. How ironic is this?
So, these well-bred charitable types will get all dressed up and go dine on marinated dead animals to raise money for the captive ones who look on. "Hey Bobo, sorry I'm eating your distant cousin over here, but DAMN he's good with this southern-style bar-b-que sauce! Mmmmm--mmmmmm! Can I have me some fried 'taters with that?!"
Everyday it strikes me that we are the only natural species that chooses to kill despite the fact that we do not need to in order to survive. Even worse, we kill for sport. The only other species I know of that will kill for reasons other than sustenance is the domestic dog.
Today's Bitch Slap…
goes to the folks who refuse to stop using the expression "12noon." There is NO REASON TO DO THIS…EVER. Noon is ALWAYS 12 p.m. Just say "noon." Or, for God's sake, you can say 12 p.m. if you can't let go of the numbers. It's OK. People will understand. Even people with a 6th grade education have seen a couple of spaghetti westerns where they snarled out the term "high noon." It was hot. The sun was directly above them… If I have to edit that out of a newsletter one more time, I'm going to poke my eyes out with cocktail forks.
An Extra TWO Bitch Slaps…
go to me:
Posted by teresa at 7/23/2003 05:05:00 PM 0 comments
|You Are Edward From "Edward Scissorhands."
You are very shy and often misunderstood. Innocent, sweet, and artistic, you like to pass your days by daydreaming and expressing yourself through the arts. You are a truly unique individual. Unfortunately, you are quite lonely, and few people truly understand you.
Take The Johnny Depp Quiz!
Posted by teresa at 7/23/2003 10:34:00 AM 0 comments
Hurrah for death...
Uday, Qusay are no more (we are told). I am, after reading about their evil tyranny many times, glad they are gone. But, there's something odd about being happy about the death of a human, or any living thing for that matter. When we rejoice for the death of others because they were so completely evil that they deserved no place here, then, my God, are we screwed up or what? I always pretend to be an outsider, an alien if you will, and I can tell you why no other form of life has visited our little rock--we're crazy and stupid. We can't get along with one another...we strip our Earth of its resources with no thought for future generations...we thoughtlessly kill billions of animals for our own use, far beyond what could be justified for survival. Who would want to visit us (if there are such beings)? I would steer clear of the entire universe quite frankly. *sigh* But, there are as many good things to behold as there are evil and so sometimes I just don't pick up the paper and I go about my business being human in my own circle of loved ones (two and four-legged) and it gets me grounded again.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2003
APA Applauds Final Report of President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
APA Applauds Final Report of President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health OK, we'll see. Let's hope it's not lipservice on paper.
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In the meantime, I'm bedding down to watch QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY on Bravo! It's a great show and done well with tongue-in-cheek (so-to-speak).
Posted by teresa at 7/22/2003 09:58:00 PM 0 comments
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I think that I am really going to leave Live Journal behind. I've teetered back and forth on it for a long time, but I think I there's more flexibility with Blogger. Read the old journal, HOTBLIGGITYBLOG, here. I think I got too negative in that journal anyway...gonna try to lighten it up a bit.
I need to start working on my piece for the American Cancer Society...it's due Aug. 20 or so. It will be a cloth doll built around the theme of hope. I think I'm going to use real gemstone and pearl embellishment since the auction will be filled with hoity-toidies. I think real materials look so much better anyway--and drive the value up--especially good for a charity auction.
I manage a question and answer function on our intranet at work and got a funny question in: "A nurse told me I have hoofs for feet..what do i do?" Actually, it was misspelled worse than that, but I had fun with the answer. "Now, you know that you spell 'hoofs' like 'hooves,' right? First you need to find a good farrier to trim and shoe your hooves and we recommend a vet visit at least once a year..." I went on. Of course one person wrote in and said they were offended by my flippant posting, but about 10 others said that it made them laugh out loud and they hoped to see more. Well, I probably can't get away with that, but with some of the questions that come in, I could stay really busy.
I don't know why I'm in such a freakin' chatty mood today. I guess I'm excited to start a new blog and leave the old one behind. More later.
Posted by teresa at 7/22/2003 08:35:00 PM 0 comments
She Scooped!
Rooney here. She loves me. She really loves me. I am now at one with my natural urges. I can frolic and breathe freely in the low-dust, low-track scoopable litter. I'd better go do my business before Baxter lumbers into the garage. Kisses and Purrs!
Posted by teresa at 7/22/2003 07:37:00 PM 0 comments
What the hell?
Rooney here. Mom said I could post. Well, you bet your sweet ass I'm gonna. What does she do, but run out of the house, leaving us at least 10, count 'em, 10 piles of crap in the litter boxes. About half of them were Baxter's, who always leaves human turds for us all to walk around. I mean, I like to have a good roll in the stuff, take a whiz and neatly cover it up. Baxter, God love him, his ass hangs out of the box half the time. Oh well, he's kind of old--got the whole bingo-arm swing action happening on the belly. So, mom, if you're reading this, I got a big surprise waiting for you right in the middle of the entryway. We'll see how you like that. Let's plan on getting up earlier so we can do our chores, shall we? It's not like we have opposable thumbs and can do it ourselves. Later.
Posted by teresa at 7/22/2003 04:51:00 PM 0 comments
Mostly Tuesday...
Forecast: Looks like it's going to be Tuesday ALL DAY today. The sky will hover above us and the ground will attract falling things (including my middle-aged boobs). Meat-eaters will continue to make fun of vegetarians and my big white deaf cat, Baxter, will continue to puke all over my house with a certain glee. My rose garden will continue to look like the arid desert of the midwest and the weeds will stand lush and green. I will still have to edit our corporate publication and I will still cringe the entire time I am doing it. I will drink far too much Diet Coke today and I will have a Moon Pie at about 10:30 a.m. I will enjoy the Moon Pie and be sad that it is gone when I take the last bite. We will have a staff meeting at lunch. I might have another snack at 3 p.m. if I'm really feeling swine-ish. Gravity will still be in effect and will have taken hold of not only my boobs, but my eyelids as well. The work day will end. I will go home. I will eat AGAIN, rub all six cats and dogs for good luck, daydream about my next hat, hug my husband a couple of times and go to bed. Then, Wednesday will start. Wednesday's forecast looks like...um, the same?
I have an interesting idea for a figure based on the theme of time. My husband and I chose to not have kids, so we are in that freakish group of people that people just don't understand. I'm pretty sure that we have enough people to run things at the moment, so I don't feel pressed to reproduce. It is pretty funny to try an explain this to someone. They will cock their heads to the side like my dogs do when you say "you hungry?" and then they start asking "why?" and then they say "but why?" and then they say, "but I just don't understand why..." and it goes on and on. "But you'd be such a great mom..." Blah, blah, blah. Then comes the whisper "I just think that's selfish." Mmmmmm? I merely think I know who I am and what I need to do during my time here on Earth. Oh...back to the figure. I have collected together a bunch of mechanical watch pieces that I will incorporate into the doll. We'll have her "smash" the clock. After all, it's a clock that's been placed onto her. Keep your clock hands off of me! We'll see how it develops.
Forgot to add some of my favorite hatmakers to my links: Hansard Welsh Designs. Of course it's all handfelted wool...wouldn't have anything else.
Posted by teresa at 7/22/2003 09:37:00 AM 0 comments
Monday, July 21, 2003
Monday melts into Tuesday...
What a droll Monday it has been. I try to close my eyes until I get to Friday. Maybe I need to schedule some fiber projects on a specific schedule, so I can bear the corporate drabness. I can't wait to get my new satin labels in for my hats. They will look yummy with that nice touch in the hatband.
Spun up some more mohair and wool. I have no idea what I'm going to do with it, but I don't know what I'm going to do with the other 20 skeins of fiber I've done either. I can't quit spinning long enough to knit it up. The bane of the fiber world...you can't get your hands on enough of it.
I'm asking the cats which one of them wants to be my first guest blogger. I think Rooney will probably raise his paw first.
Share a hat with the one you love http://www.hat-as-art.com
Posted by teresa at 7/21/2003 09:33:00 PM 0 comments
Guess what? I just missed my 20 year reunion. And...drum roll...I could not care less. Imagine that.
Posted by teresa at 7/21/2003 06:07:00 PM 0 comments
So, here we are. I would like to take Robin Foley's class this fall at the Folk School. I think my figure-making skills would improve tremendously, even if I didn't want to go down the road of soft sculpture. She is very good and it's an intense class. See Robin's work HERE.
I tried to get into the hatmaking mood over the weekend, but felt a little under the weather. I did wash up a sheep fleece though. That probably doesn't sound like fun to you, but I think it's kind of fun. I spun some mohair and wool last night, but it was so hot upstairs that I got miserable pretty quickly.
More later.
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Soon after the founding of the Chicago Latvian Club (later to become the Chicago Latvian Association) in 1935, its members began to work on the dream of a center for the community by forming a center committee. Later, a community center fund was also called into existence under chairman Kârlis Dzirkalis. Every Association president after that endeavored to add resources to this fund. On January 1, 1958, this dream became a reality when then-president Viktors Vîksniňđ signed the contract purchasing the building that is now the Latvian Community Center on behalf of the Chicago Latvian Association.
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2012 Apple Palooza – Final Schedule
Happy Saturday night everyone! I hope you're as excited about all the fun we have planned for you all tomorrow – the last day the apple store will be open for the season. Miraculously we still have some cider left from Thursday nights pressing. We also have Cortland's, Idareds, caramel apples, apple cider donuts, canned goods, honey, maple syrup, pumpkins, squash, hand crafted items, vintage goods, and more. While you're doing your final stock up for the year be sure to enjoy some of the special fun we have planned.
Below is the final schedule for the day:
10:00—Store Opens for Business
10:30—***CANCELED**** Old Fashion Cider Pressing Demo – sorry not enough apples left!
12:00—Hard Cider Info Booth Opens until 3:00
11:30—Rock 'N' Wool Acres: A Wisconsin Winery Arrives
12:30—***CANCELED**** Old Fashion Cider Pressing Demo – sorry not enough apples left!
12:45—Deadline for Contest Pies & Carved Pumpkins to be Delivered
1:00—Viewing of the Apple Pies
1:30—Apple Pie Contest Judging Starts
1:30 – Voting starts for the Carved Pumpkins
2:30—***CANCELED**** Old Fashion Cider Pressing Demo – sorry not enough apples left!
2:45 – Pumpkin voting ends
3:00—Hard Cider Info Booth Closes
3:00- approximate time pies will be cut and served - $1/slice and 100% of the proceeds will go to the PAD Parent Club to use for the new playground for the Poynette School District
3:15ish ***Pending judging is complete by 3:00 – announcing of the pie winners and the carved pumpkin contest
5:00—Store Closes
Let's take a closer look at the main events:
Apple Pie Baking Contest
Last year we held our very first pie contest and it went unbelievably well - 20 pies!– so we're going to be holding it again!
This morning my two amazing sitters – Josie and Sam, patiently helped the girls each put together an apple pie for the contest! I can't tell you how happy it makes me that they get to enjoy some of the fun that I come up with! AND I'm so so so happy to have willing and able sitters to help them do so!
If you ware interested in baking a pie for the contest please send me an email: {lapaceksorchard at gmail dot com} with your name and pie baking story (if you have one – if you don't have a story, no worries). Plan on arriving at the orchard by 12:45pm with your pie. Pie viewing and photo's will take place at 1:00pm and judging will start at 1:30pm.
Once judging is complete - I'm guessing around 3:00ish... we'll be cutting all the pies up into slices and selling them for $1 a slice. 100% of the money made from the apple pie slice sales will go to the PAD Parent Group towards the new playground in the Poynette School District.
We have LOTS of prizes this year!
The pies are going to be split into two (or three if needed) groupings of judges – the top two from each grouping will go to the 'Final Round' where three judges – Becky, Bob, and Pat will decide which one is the winner.
The WINNER of the pie contest will receive a $20 gift certificate to the Food Fight Restaurant Group, an apple peeler/corer/slicer from Lapacek's Orchard (or $20 to the shop if you already have one), a cooking gift box from Penzey's Spices, an Apple Pie Soy Candle from CJ's Eco Chic, AND newly added – a hug from Cedi, Capri and possibly, Pip (depending on her mood).
Depending on how many groupings we need to split the pies into there will be either three or four top pies.
If there are three top pies the two runner's up will get the following prizes:
$20 to the Food Fight Restaurant Group, an apple corer/slicer from Lapacek's Orchard and $10 to use at Lapacek's Orchard, cinnamon from Penzey's Spices, and an Apple Pie Soy Candle in a Tin from CJ's Eco Chic
If there are four top pies – the three runner's up will receive the above prizes except we'll be drawing for the $20 gift certificates – the third person drawn will get $10 to Food Fight Restaurant Group.
Just for coming with a pie to the contest you'll be entered into the random drawing for prizes. And do we have a lot of them!
- one of nineteen $10 gift certificates to Food Fight Restaurant Group
- a Baking Mini Gift Box from Penzey's Spices
- 3 jars of Penzey's Spice cinnamon
More details on prizes, judges, criteria - see THIS POST!
**CANCELED*** Old-Fashioned Cider Pressing Demo*:
"Come Squeeze Our Apples"
Sorry we can't do this this year – our apple supply is almost completely gone. We just don't have enough for this demonstration but hope to bring it back to Apple-Palooza in future years.
Rock 'N' Wool Acres: A Wisconsin Winery – How & Why
Our cousin, Shaun Lapacek, will be giving a talk about the winery he and his father are building in Poynette –Rock N Wool Acres. His talk will focus on three things:
- Starting a winery
- Creating a vineyard
- Why a winery in Wisconsin?
Hard Apple Cider BoothOur good friend Jay Walters will have a booth set up from NOON - 3pm to talk about and answer all your questions on how to make hard cider. Jay has been doing this for years and we've helped drink and enjoy many of his products – this guy knows what he's talking about.
photo by meliroo on flickrLast year we discovered that there's quite a bit of standing around while the pies get judged. We had 20 pies last year – I'm hoping for 40 this year so we need something to do to fill in that time for all the observers/bakers. We're going to have a 'Carved Pumpkin Contest'. People of all ages can bring their carved pumpkin – anytime before 12:45, put it on display and then we'll all walk by and vote for our personal favorite! I'll have a prize for the best carved pumpkin – $15 to use at the apple orchard shop. If you come in costume – you'll get a treat! (My biggest sadness about living in the country is that no one trick-or-treats out here…we go and steal a neighborhood so my kids can though…).
Our family carved our pumpkins today. This is the first time we've had time to carve pumpkins! It was great fun and the girls really enjoyed themselves (Capri's pumpkin (far left) has four faces – I guess she can then rotate it when she wants to change her mood…)
***NEW*** – Squash Taste Tests
photo by Michelle Cross Photography
Since we aren't able to do the Old Fashioned Cider Pressing Demo's we've decided to cook up some different squash so you can taste it and decide which variety you like best – or if you like them all!
As you can see – our last day is FULL of fun things to do at the orchard! We'll also have a bean bag game set up and other fun extra games to do as we wait for the judges to complete their tasting.
Even though this is the last day the store will be opening I want to make sure you know that we will RE-OPEN for the Hand Crafted Hoedown for the Holiday's on November 16th and 17th!


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Apple has sneakily put the UK iPad data plans up on its website before networks Orange, O2 and Vodafone have had a chance to issue news themselves—and what's obvious so far is that it pays to shop around.
O2 surprisingly is offering more data for its buck, with 500MB offered for £2 per day, whereas Orange is only giving 200MB a day for the same rate. From there, different time periods are offered, with O2 charging £10 for 1GB of data across a month, and Orange charging £7.50 for 1GB of data a week.
Both networks are charging £15 for 3GB of data a month, but if you're a heavy user it's looking like Orange is offering the most in total—10GB for £25 a month. Vodafone has found itself with the rough end of the stick, charging £25 for 5GB of data a month, or £10 for 250MB a month. Really, Vodafone—how many subscribers do you intend on getting with those rates?
iPad prices in the UK aren't much higher than in the US, once you take into account taxes. The Wi-Fi versions will cost £429 for 16GB, £499 for 32GB and £599 for 64GB, with the 3G models coming in at £529, £599 and £699 each. [Apple]


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