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I can not express how deep my ... - I can not express how deep my love for my fiance really is. I mean its always been this way and I must say that I love everything about him, even the things that make me mad about him, I mean everything about him, his faults and his...
1 Response
May 5, 2007
Please Realize Now - Neither you noticed
The message of my eyes
My love
Nor you heard
The plea of my heart.
Your sparkling image
Stays in my eyes
I'm in somniloquy
Don't turn this love
Into a passing dream
My love
Please sleep in my eyes.
You're my life
You're my soul...
Oct 5
My Soul Mate. - I'm not sure I can even put the feelings I have towards my boyfriend into words. We have been together for about two and a half years today. We are in a long distance relationship, but we do spend a few weeks together when the opportunity comes along, which...
1 Response
Jul 20, 2011
My Sarah :) - I am in deep deep love with my lovely fiance :') I'm sooooo proud of what she has been doing for me!! It breaks my heart when she would get hurt in any way! I can't bear the thought of her not being there anymore :'""'"'"'''(((
I love you sooooo much Baby...
1 Response
Sep 13
In Love - Being in love with your best friend having a sexual relationship then going to nothing just being friends but still really really close. But still being in love, what do you do.
Sep 5
I'm deeply InLove with my boyfriend... I'm happy I have him in my life! It's a FairyTale.
a week ago
Lost And Found - So this year has been such a dramatic and life changing time. Go divorced, left the army, and found that sometimes you get second chances. My second chance came in Jessi. A girl I fell in love with fifteen years ago and was to shy to say anything I her.
I saw...
1 Response
Oct 17
Even After 9 Years of Not Seeing Her - Remembering our first kiss.
It especially stands out.
I was driving, she was next to me.
We were lost.
I didn't follow directions.
Turning down a side road.
Pulled over to collect my wits.
So distracted by her beauty.
So in...
2 Responses
Apr 30, 2008
My Angel From Heaven - I have fallen in love with an angel from heaven. She is absolutely perfect in every way. She is very good to me and I love her. She makes me happy when I'm sad and even happier when I am happy. She makes me laugh and she makes my heart skip a beat. Just...
Nov 6
Time Lost - someone told me once that i didnt know them.. i told her i could see into her heart and that i did know her.. what more do i need.. all the baggage that comes with that does not define you. we all have that baggage. i never told her i saw a flawless person.. now im...
Aug 19
:) - J'ai voulu ce matin t'écrire beaucoup de choses
Il y avait tellement de lettres, de mots en prose
Que le sms qui ne pouvait tout contenir
N'a pu partir.
Dans ces mots, tous mes vœux ont éclaté
Dans ce vent d'ouest, sous la pluie s'en sont allés
Suivant les...
Oct 20
To Her - What I see, is different than the presception.All I see, if pure precision.I have my faults, you have your doubts.But together, they fuse to none.If you find me absent, call me down.I am certain, I am aghast.I appear refined to you.But am truly powerless to one.I never...
May 25
Drifted Into Love -
I love the feeling of love. I love being in love. I love love. I love. Romantic love. Hot love. Sweet love. Puppy love. True love. Just....love. I am in love, deeply in love. I did not seek it out, it did not seek me out, yet I found it and it found me. On...
May 1
Written For Jd...happy Valentines Day - Dearest Man of My Dreams,
I remember as a little girl playing dress-up.
Handmade ball gowns sewn by my Mother.
Struggling to walk in my plastic high heel shoes.
Dreams of a handsome...
11 Responses
Feb 13, 2008
I Am Secretly In Love With You.. - Four days ago, I fell in love with the same person twice… once when she greeted me and once when she said goodbye. After four years my heart continues to jump in this exact pattern, without fail, every time. I can't define 'love' with...
1 Response
Sep 13
Truelove - I meet my husband, the man I am deeply in love with my Junior year of high school. He and I would never suppose to be together. I was engaged to be married to the father of my unborn child. Josh, my husband, sat behind be in Social Studies class and I couldn't...
Apr 24, 2007
Maybe Not My First, But Definitely My Strongest. - I Gave my heart to my girlfriend on March 13, 2009.
And now almost 2 years later she still has it.
I've been with a few other people but only she has made me feel the way she is.
Shes the most amazing creature ive ever laid eyes...
5 Responses
Feb 22, 2011
I Am In Love.....A poem. -
To see her name in my inbox
Just makes my old heart leap,
To see her name in my inbox
Makes me happy for a week.
To read that she still loves me
To know how much she cares,
It makes me feel elated
That with me her love she shares.
I met her...
8 Responses
Oct 25
I Never Thought I Would Feel This Way About Anyone, Ever. -
I used to think that love, true love, was something that only happend in the movies. I never believed that I would ever have somone in my life that I could say for sure that I loved. Then I met my husband...
2 Responses
Mar 4, 2010
My First, My Last, And My Only - I was 16 and we had already dated for almost a year. My hormones had never been so wild, making me insanely horny the first time he kissed me. We were both virgins, both hybrid, and both enjoyed sparring each other in submission fighting while...
12 Responses
Oct 28
It Was There, Then It Was Gone - The girl I love recently broke up with me after 1 week. I had mixed feelings about it. I have loved her for 2 years, but haven't done much because she had a boyfriend for 1 year. She recently broke up with him and went out with me. She is really...
2 Responses
May 25
I Give You My Heart... - you've been in my life just a short time, but I feel you've been in my heart a lifetime. You make me laugh, you make me smile,you make my heart skip beats, you make my soul complete...
I long for the comfort of your tender touch, your warm embrace. To...
9 Responses
Sep 7, 2011
My Man Of Heart Art, Joe - Joe is a hottie with a body.
I think of him and I am told I glow. I feel like someone plugged me into the electric socket in a good way. I feel like the sun is near but will never burn me.
1 Response
Sep 25
The Beat Of My Heart - I am romantically involved. Joe is the man my heart has chosen. He and no other holds the key to my heart.
I have to stop myself from commenting online if I see someone I think looks like him or if I see someone offline I think looks like him. I know it is...
1 Response
Nov 9
The Things We Do For Love. - I twisted the ring circling my left ring finger as I contemplated our future, my movements paralleling the brutal twisting within my heart. I didn't cry. Not yet. I knew that the moment the first tear fell down my face I would...
6 Responses
Jul 1, 2010
What I Want And What I Know I Feel -
I do love you Baby, with all my heart..........
2 Responses
May 30, 2010
Many Things - In the hope that one day she may log in and have a sneaky peek at my profile.....I am writing these words.
YOU ARE : Beautiful, honest, funny, kind, the best mummy, caring, loving, sexy as hell, considerate, and much much more.
You know all the things I would love...
Oct 23
Words Cannot Express... - Mere words cannot even begin to express how incredibly, utterly, completely, ridiculously in love I feel. It's overwhelming, really. I've been in love before, but it's never been like this. Not even close.
I never knew it could be this good. If someone...
2 Responses
Jul 26, 2009
How Can You Describe Something Like This? - Well for many years I use to chase after this one girl who I thought I was in love with. Then that slowly stopped, slowly but surely. She basically told me that I was too good of a friend and that she just didn't look at me in that way...
2 Responses
Oct 27, 2010
It's Captivating - I am so in love with my man that all I want to do is please him. I am always second guessing my self and wondering if I'm doing it right. I don't want to hurt him or make him feel unhappy about any thing. I know that this is impossible, cause we are only...
9 Responses
Aug 29, 2009
Having A Relationship With A Seminarian.. - .help me..what should I do?? letting him go? or to follow what we feel??.we are 2 years and 3 monts now..I love him soooooooooooooooooooooo much, and i know he loves me too..
6 Responses
Jun 9, 2011
I Am Too - After being in a ****** marriage with an extra ****** husband that life ended. I met the man whom is my best friend my life partner my other half. I never imagined myself with a man in a relationship that is so fulfilling and full of life. I always feel I can trust...
Nov 13
I'll Just Wait ^^ I Have Nothing To Lose.. - As time flies by, I stop to wonder "what it is I have done wrong to end where I am right now?".Then I ask myself "What have I done right to have met you?".Yes I'am a fool!!A fool who longs to look into your eyes like sparkling emeralds...
Oct 8
. - W henever I see your smile,
I get stuck in time for a while,
L ooking at your beautiful eyes,
L oving you is no surprise.
Y earning for each and every touch,
O ur lives have changed so very much,
U sing our love as the stabilizing crutch.
M any happy fantastic times,
A lot...
1 Response
Oct 27
A Love That Fills Me So Deeply. - I love my Partner. He is everything I am not. He is to my Yin what I am to His Yang. He knows who I am and understands me. Sometimes with just a touch He sets off a spark of emotion inside me. He has been with me through my worst and now...
7 Responses
Dec 19, 2007
I Love You - To her,I never thought much of you in the beginning but you thought so much of me. I shut you down for years until today, believe it or not. It may seem like that statement was obvious, but it quit frankly, compared to anyone else, you were rich. You knew so much...
May 25
I Found True Love For The First Time - In my life, i have had about nine crushes. My ninth is my present boyfriend. Now when i look back, i realize that among all eight other crushes, only one was true love. All the others were just likes. It was a boy who sat next to me in...
Sep 7
I Miss You :'( - When you look at me I look like nothing is bothering me but once you look away and I look at you a tear slowly comes rolling down my cheek and I whisper: I miss you...
Oct 16
The Right Woman! - I am so blown away that I met this woman at all. Not to mention that we became best friends in 9 months of visits and time together. Then we became more after a weekend of dinner, dancing, a poem written to her and a kiss! I am so amazed that she loves how...
Nov 11
Joe's Magnetic Flow - He is the sun and I am the star
His love burns in me and it helps me go far
He whisks me away to another place
Where love reigns forevermore and hate can never show its face
My heart is a treasure to have and to hold
This I know and with love I feel bold...
Oct 4
I'm In Love! Xdd But.. Far Distance Blows - I dunno what's wrong with me but I always tend to find and fall inlove alot more on the internet than here closeby in my own country.
I found this darn awesome girl.. damn I love her so badly. When we first talked, we weren't very...
11 Responses
Jan 2, 2011
It's scary. I have never been so crazy over a guy before. I just always think of new ways of making him happy.
Either it's a note or surprising him with his favorite, Strawberry Cheesecake - no whip. Lol.
Like, I swear I feel like he completes me. I look past his age and his...
a week ago
I Will Take It For Him - My love for Billy my one and only will never die out.. We have recently got back together, and I cant believe how much my life has changed since he has been back in my arms. I was on the verge of ending my life, and now with him I can smile again. I am no...
2 Responses
May 19
He Is the One - I love my man so very very much. He is the best guy I've ever been with and I truely believe he is my soulmate. He's the same age as me, 3 hours younger actually. We both think that's funny, especially since 3 is both of our favorite/lucky numbers. Plus, we were...
Apr 26, 2007
How to Find True Love - Love is by far the most exquisite, the most powerful, the most transformative, the most challenging teacher. It's messy and miraculous. Art, beauty, palaces, history has been made in the name of love. It's who we are.
But so why...
33 Responses
Dec 29, 2007
My Best Friend, My Love, My Soul Mate - There is no doubt in my mind that I have found my soul mate. Ian and I have been best friends since we met in our freshman year of high school. Everyone knew we loved each other and that we'd eventually end up together. Even on that first...
5 Responses
Feb 21, 2008
Volcano/Stream - You are the volcano that is excavating me from
the wreckage and debris of my past
Your powerful Love surges through my life
burning the shreds of baggage still hanging on
I hurt you, you Love me..
I love you, you Love me..
I need you, you Love me..
Love, I...
2 Responses
Nov 1
. - أنا أحبك ,Je t'aime, Ek is lief vir jou, Unë të dua, Jeg elsker dig, Ik hou van je, Mahal kita, Ich liebe dich, Ti amo, Kocham cię, Я люблю тебя, Seni seviyorum......
No matter how I try to say it, it all means the same thing...........
Nov 2
My Piece Of Heaven In A Small Beautiful Body - I loved her ever since the day she hugged my thinking I was someone else. We instantly became friends, we went to high school together too (still are). But I ****** it all up. she kept going out with guys I didn't like, started...
Aug 2
Like the Ocean - I am deeply in love, and I'm loving deeply. It's the only way I know how. Falling in love describes it very well... Falling!
I used to fall fast and hard, but have learned from my skinned, scraped, and bruised heart to slow down. I try and hold...
4 Responses
Aug 15, 2008
Deeply In Love - Let me just start off by saying that I am deeply in love ....with myself that is. I'm just so in luv with my sexy but yet cool self, sometimes I just hold myself for hours at a time and never ever want to let go.
I'm thinking about going to Vegas and asking...
4 Responses
Oct 26, 2012
She Is... - My love.
My life.
My baby.
My light.
My darkness.
My demon.
My hero.
My best friend.
My worst enemy.
My funniest joke.
My deepest thought.
My gentle smile in the morning.
My shutting eyelids at night.
My favorite song.
My favorite poem.
My day off...
6 Responses
Apr 7, 2007
He Waited 3 Yrs For Me.... - I am so deeply in love with my current boyfriend. He waited 3 years just to be with me. He's one of those best friend types who I thought would always be in the friend zone. When an ex hurt me, I cried on his shoulder and whenever I needed anything he...
2 Responses
Oct 24, 2010
Love - Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
1 Response
Nov 19
First Love.. I Don'T Understand It. - I'm 22 now and I met him at 13... He was 16. The feelings the love everything was mutual. I had to move away to a different city at 14 and we were pretty much forced to go our separate ways... We've talked over the years once in a while and...
2 Responses
Nov 18
Things We Get From Love - "Being loved deeply by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." Lao Tzu
4 days ago
Now.. I'M Loving Someone Who Doesn'T Love Me Back Now . - He's always on my mind. I think about him all the time . Obsessed in love I guess you can say.
We were deeply in love. A few months ago. It was the perfect relationship other than he's not here with me. But. Just a couple...
1 Response
Nov 14
Love And Life - Yeah,today what I am going to talk about is the feelings what I feel about love. As you know, I like a girl just a few days ago. Eh, of course, we do not end up together. And it is a tough time to accept that result. There are many times that I thought she is...
Nov 19
True Love - True Love is NOT:
A warm cuddly feeling when we are together and an empty hole when we are apart
Telling her what I know she wants to hear
Having my "needs" met
Meeting her "needs"
possessing her or being possessed by her
Being together
Escaping Life together
Nov 19


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Alex stepped into the dim light of the tavern, carefully holding two huge bottles of drink by the neck and carefully setting them behind the counter. They would be opening rather soon and gods knew what kind of visitors would be here today. They had every type of domestically available drink here in near infinite quantity, it was the most popular tavern in the Nameless City after all. They even had some imported stuff, though that was usually special ordered and in limited supply. He could already hear the crowd outside.
Though the tavern only closed to new visitors for a couple hours in the early morning while they restocked, time seemed to have little meaning in this place, the crowd outside at what was technically six in the morning seemed as eager and excited as anyone in the afternoon or evening, he wondered aloud how many of them were the type to simply never sleep.


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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Authorities in New Mexico have arrested a man who had five plastic bags of methamphetamine, heroin and crack cocaine taped to his underwear.
Las Cruces police say 31-year-old Sean Paul Halpern is being held in the Dona Ana County Detention Center on a $90,000 bond.
He was arrested Tuesday on an outstanding warrant. Authorities say Halpern now is facing three additional counts of drug trafficking.
Police and Metro Narcotics agents say they spotted Halpern in the Mesquite Historic District and he was arrested after a short chase.
They say a glass pipe with burnt residue fell out of Halpern's pocket.
Authorities say he also was carrying a large sum of cash and a scanner apparently using to monitor police radio traffic.
Police didn't immediately know if Halpern has a lawyer.
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The Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature First Sips Weaning Cup is designed with Advance-Flo technology and softer spout to ensure that our Closer to Nature weaning Cup is as easy to drink from as a baby's bottle. Allows for easing the transition from bottle to spout drinking. Removable handles are ribbed which allow for babies to easily grip. Contains 1 5oz Cup. BPA free.Tommee Tippee is the number one brand of infant and toddler feeding products in Great Britain. Since 1965, Tommee Tippee has earned a reputation for its clever ideas, product quality and simply intuitive designs that promote natural development at every age, stage and feeding need. These smart ideas have earned the company top ranks in the prestigious Mother and Baby awards - a head-to-head assessment of competitive products voted on by moms themselves. In fact, The Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature line of baby bottles has been chosen as Great Britain's best baby bottle winning the Gold Award in 2006/7, 2008/9 and again in 2009/10.Today, Tommee Tippee innovations provide comfort for babies and peace of mind for parents in 45 countries around the world.
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Best sippy cup on the market
My daughter has several sippy cups-- this one, the Foogo, the Playtex sippy, the Take n Toss, and even some by Sugar Booger. This one is the best by far. For ...Read complete review
My daughter has several sippy cups-- this one, the Foogo, the Playtex sippy, the Take n Toss, and even some by Sugar Booger. This one is the best by far. For those of you with babies who, at 4 or 6 months, will not take this sippy, they probably just aren't ready yet, because they can't move their mouths correctly or can't hold it well enough, and they are not going to take any other sippy cup either. I got this for my daughter at 6 months, and she was 8 or 9 months before she would take it OR ANY OTHER sippy. But, once she started taking a sippy, this was her clear favorite, and my favorite, by far. First, it is the perfect size for little hands, and SO lightweight. (Some sippies are so big and heavy that babies can't hold them up high enough to drink from!) Second, it doesn't leak. It has a valve. If yours is leaking, you are NOT putting it together right. You have to read the directions that come folded up inside. Third, I love that it has a cap. The only minus I would say is that I think the age guidelines are way off-- my daughter and, it seems, most babies, are not as ready for a sippy as early as these state. My daughter is 13 months and still loves this sippy. I see no reason to buy "older stage" sippies-- what is the point? She can drink from a straw now, so we're just going to go onto a regular cup from here, I think. For those that say the take-n-tosses are better-- no way! Those have no valve-- spill city! My mother watches my daughter while I work, and this is the only sippy cup of my daughter's "collection" that she will use.
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I was really excited about this product because the Tommee Tippee bottles have been great for us. My daughter is 6 months old and I gave her the sippy cup for the first time last...Read complete review
I was really excited about this product because the Tommee Tippee bottles have been great for us. My daughter is 6 months old and I gave her the sippy cup for the first time last week. It started out great, she grabbed the handles and put lifted it right up to her mouth (I haven't had a problem with the handles not lining up like others have said). However, after that things started to go bad. First, the nipple/spout is really hard (but I will say, great for chewing on for a teething baby), but she did manage to end up getting a little liquid out. Second, after LESS THAN A WEEK the sippy cup started to leak all over the place. So much for it being spill-proof! Now it just makes a mess. Also, for those thinking of buying this product, just note that when washing there are 6 parts (including the lid). If you don't want to deal with that, this isn't the best product for you. Personally, that doesn't bother to me... if the product worked as stated. Big disappointment in this cup!
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Much better than what people are saying
By Zoe's mommy
from LA
About Me Parent of Two or More Children
Comments about Tommee Tippee 1017092 Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature First Sips Weaning Cup - 4m+ - 5 oz. - Pink:
This is a perfect weaning cup! Yes it will leak if it is left turned upside down in a pile of toys but that is because it is a weaning cup. All your baby has to do is apply some pressure & the liquid comes out. It is supposed to make it easier for your baby to learn how to use a sippy cup. If you turn it upside down & shake it it does not leak. Yes you have to be careful to keep the nipple in the middle of the handles but that is not that big of a deal & not that hard to do. Just put you fingers on both sides of the nipple while screwing the lid on. Cleaning is easy. The cup come apart into 3 pieces & you just clean it. The nipple is about as soft as a bottle & my 7 month old loves this cup. She can actually get something out of it!! They are also very cute!
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very unsatisfied
By Haylee
from Des Moines, Iowa
About Me Child Care Professional
I recently bought this cup for my daughter who is 6 months old. I thought I would be very happy with it and she would be able to use it eventually. The first thing I would like to point out that was a major turn off would be the fact that the nipple is not attached to the handle which makes it very hard to get the nipple directly in line with the handles. The next thing I would like to point out would be the spout is supposed to be very soft which I found it is the total opposite. Also the nipple has to come apart a million different was to even be washed which was another major turn off. Overall the cup made it very difficult for my daughter. Although the handles made it very easy for her to hold and it was very little so she could hold it up with no problems, I went back the next week and bought her an Avent trainer cup and have been very satisfied.
Good for tiny hands
By Milk for everyone
from florida
About Me First Time Parent
Small, good handlebarsSpout could be softerGreat quality
Perfect Beginner Cup
By Mommy Senna
from Austin, Texas
This cup was everything I expected it to be. I have not had any problems with leaks at all. It is easy to clean. Yes you have to separate the two pieces under the lid but to me that was expected for a truly spill proof cup. As long as you follow directions and wash after every use you shouldn't have any molding. Over all great cup and it's cute. Very pleased!
Love them I reccommmend all the time
By Florie aka Superstar Mom
from Tuscaloosa, AL
I love everything Tommee Tippee I reccommend it even when all my friends have knocked it before they rock it!
very goodd product !!
By teen mommyy
from mminnesota
i love this cup. mine does NOT leak at all.. i have the pink one with handles.but i did not that there is multiple peices if you dont get them together just right it probably would leak.. took my 4 1/2 month old about 10 min. to figure out how to get it out.. i will note it did surprise her at first how much it came out because she has a very strong suck..
Too hard to clean
By Mel and El
from Phoenix, AZ
About Me Medical Professional
Bought this cause I loved that the handles and spout would work with the TT bottles I already had.Hard for baby to get liquid out unless its totally full and then its pretty heavy. And the MAIN reason I wouldn't recommend this cup is because the valve and spout are VERY difficult to clean. There are so many small spaces that fungus just gets in there are grows unless you clean everything off the second baby is done with it. And the spout is so narrow that I can't even get a nipple cleaning brush into the crevice to clean is out. That is NOT healthy. Bought a Playtex sippy cup. SOooo much easier to clean!
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Why not sell the lids seperatly
By Lexi Pants Momma
from Markham, Texas
I would buy this product but the reviews were terrible for the price. If I were Tommee Tippee I would sell the lids seperately since they fit the nipples and bottle parts. Just a suggestion. Why would I waist my money on something I already have? They already sell a sippy cup that apparently works great.
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For much older babies
By Jrs proud mama
from Aragon, GA
My son holds the cup easily and can easily get it to his mouth, BUT the cup has to almost be completely full for him to easily get liquids out. He has never drank down past the 2 oz mark so at least 2 oz. of whatever you put in there is completely wasted. When the bottle has more than about 3 ounces, it's to heavy for him to hold up on his own. You can hear him trying to suck it out, but only getting air. I am going to buy him a sippy cup that has a straw to reach down and get the liquids. He sucks on it when it's upright and he brings it to a 45 degree angle, but still can't get any milk if not very full so this cup is useless unless he is laying down to drink from it (of course then he may choke on it). I personally won't teach him to turn his cup completely upside down if he can do it the right way. I wish that I would have know before I wasted money on it.
Should be rated for 9+mo or step 3 cup!
By Only the best for baby
from Dallas, TX
This product should not be labelled training cup OR 4+mo! The spout is not made from the soft silicone that babies are used to on regular bottles, so they get this and don't know what to do with it. They chew on the tip, but don't realize they need to suck. Thankfully TT as a solution with its other "First sips weaning cup" (the 5oz one without the handles). That one has a soft silicone spout, that if the babies bite down on, some liquid comes out - helping the baby to realize, that there is something on the other end of the nipple. After about 3 or 4 weeks on the other one, I was able to transition back to this one. However, while now he knows that he is supposed to suck on it, I still don't like it because unless the bottle is completely full you have to suck very hard and then you just suck in a bunch of air. Yes - I have tried.
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Great work! even the last one is zbrushh Bpr?
Great work! even the last one is zbrushh Bpr?
Yup, BPR for the passes then recomped in photoshop
the last one is very impressive ! GJ agian!
Very nice work!
The last blob creature is absolutely gorgeous!
I thought the render was V-ray or something like that.
amazing BPR render!
Very nice! That last render is particularly effective (and goopy!)
omg ... the last pic is so creepy! I love the render and the colors!
Zbrush & Cintiq 24hd = endless love
Big things have small beginnings ...
I love that last one - you've put me off cheese for life!
Keep posting thanks!
In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe. Michael Jackson.
Thanks guys! I'll try and make some sort of workflow showing how I got the result for that last one.
Two new ones, both rendered in BPR followed by a comp in Photoshop.
First up is a Lizard, just testing alphas and playing around with shapes.
Secondly.. Deadpool! For my brothers birthday. Dynamesh - QRemesher - Details - BPR - Pass Comp and extras in Photoshop.
Aweeeee DEADPOOL!
VERY nice!
i like that lizard head
Great! would you mind explaining a little bit how you get those sweet render in zbrush?
All of them look great, but I really like the Captai America, really cool expression on the character.
Will make a tutorial soon guys.
Dynamesh, and rendered in ZBrush and HEAVY comp in photoshop.
New one, using a Qremeshed basemesh created for the previous guy.


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Luigi Bellavite complained to reporters in Mountain View, Colo., in July that the theft of his "Vote Satan" yard sign ought to be prosecuted as a "hate crime" under state law — as he is a member of the Church of Satan. Police called it an ordinary theft.
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n Miniature golf is remarkably simple to play, requiring neither experience nor much exertion, and even toddlers can negotiate their own brand of fun on the course. However, in March, a set of "accessible design" standards went into effect, under the Americans With Disabilities Act, governing such things as the "slope" of courses (maximum 1:4 rise on some holes), the maximum length of the blades if artificial turf is used, and the minimum area of the "tee-off" landing (48 inches by 60 inches, with a slope not steeper than 1:48).
n The only unlimited-issue U.S. visa allowing fast-lane entrance for certain foreign workers is the O-1, available to those (e.g., scientists, technology engineers) who, in the opinion of the State Department, demonstrate "extraordinary ability." Reuters reported in June that an O-1 recently went to British journalist Piers Morgan, whose extraordinariness seems limited to replacing Larry King on his CNN interview program, and another to Shera Bechard, Playboy's Miss November 2010, whose other accomplishment seems to be the creation of an online photo-sharing experience called "Frisky Friday."
n Canadian rap singer Manu Militari was, until earlier this year, sufficiently patriotic to have received more than $100,000 in government grants that originated with the Canadian Heritage department. However, a June video released ahead of his new album "L'Attente" portrayed Afghan Taliban fighters targeting a convoy of Canadian soldiers, planting a roadside bomb and aiming their rifles at the Canadians' heads. Over 150 Canadian soldiers have died fighting the Taliban and their insurgent allies.
n USA Today, quoting a Pentagon official, reported in July that, during the last decade, the Pentagon had paid "late fees" totaling $610 million for not returning leased shipping containers by the due dates.
n A Government Accountability Office report in July revealed that the federal government's vast properties include about 14,000 offices and buildings that are vacant (or nearly so), but which the government still pays to maintain (at about $190 million a year). (A large building in Washington, D.C.,'s Georgetown — among the most valuable real estate in the city — has sat mostly unused for more than 10 years.)
n The Miami-Dade County, Fla., government confirmed in April that it had discovered, in storage, 298 brand-new vehicles that had been purchased in 2006-2007, but which had never been used.
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n New Mexico is an "open carry" state, with otherwise-law-abiding adults authorized to display loaded handguns in public. However, in the town of Vaughn (pop. 500, located mid-nowhere), perhaps the only ones not authorized to carry are the town's two police officers. Chief Ernest Armijo had been convicted in 2011 of criminal nonsupport of a wife and two sons, and among the conditions of probation was the prohibition on gun possession. Deputy Brian Bernal has his own domestic issue: a conviction for family violence that bars him, under federal law, from carrying.
n Most people who call an FBI field office would be in serious trouble if they left an answering-machine message for a named agent, along with the caller's name and telephone number, in a threatening message consisting of at least 13 epithets. However, when Thomas Troy Bitter left the message at the San Diego field office, according to a July report in OC Weekly, the agency, after initially charging Bitter, quietly dropped the prosecution with no further repercussions. OC Weekly speculated that Bitter is a confidential informant whom the FBI was late in paying.
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n Police in Lorain, Ohio, were looking in June for a black man about 18 years old who had been seen on surveillance video breaking into the same Sunoco convenience store several times recently and taking up to $600 worth of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
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Paris designer Jean-Emmanuel "Valnoir" Simoulin's latest project combines his boyhood fascination with jacket patches and the societal fascination with body modification. He said he will sew patches featuring his band's next album directly onto the skin of his own back. "It's a nostalgic project about my teenage-hood, when I had an iron faith (in) black-metal (music)."
The dogs could not care less, but the luxury doghouse market is thriving, according to a June New York Times report. "Many of them have carpeting, heating and air-conditioning, indoor and outdoor lighting, elaborate ... entertainment systems," wrote the Times, and some even have solar panels. But, said one owner, "Maggie's never been in (hers). She's a house dog." Although walmart.com offers upscale houses for $4,400 to $4,600, the more tony ones can go for more than $25,000. Top-shelf interior designers have created dog beds suspended from the ceiling and houses in which the music kicks on only as the dog enters (meaning that it almost never kicks on).
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Police in Lewiston, Idaho, discovered in July that someone had passed a counterfeit $1 bill. A veteran officer told the Lewiston Tribune that counterfeiting a $1 bill is so stupid that he had seen only one in his life, made by a junior-high student to pay off a bully.
n In June, firefighters were called to a trolley stop in National City, Calif., to free the arm of a 17-year-old boy after he got it stuck when he reached up a vending machine slot to try to steal a soda. The rescuers employed axes, crowbars, an air chisel and a rotary saw.
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Nokia N900: Internet Tablet with Maemo Linux
Nokia has introduced the N900 as the newest in its line of Linux-based Internet tablets.
Unlike the earlier Nokia tablets, the N900 device based on the Maemo Linux platform can now run on G2 (GSM) and G3 (UMTS) mobile networks and no longer depends exclusively on WLAN connections as do its predecessors the N800 and N810. The N900 brings a 3.5" WVGA display (at 800 x 480 pixels), touchscreen and both a retractable and onscreen keyboard. Nokia also morphed the Internet tablet into a smartphone with the usual ingredients such as a 5-megapixel digital camera, A-GPS navigation and FM transmitter.
Whereas its precedessors were more or less tabletop devices, the N900 with its 111 x 60 x 18 mm size and 181 gram weight can fit in your shirt pocket. Availability is "soon" according to the Nokia Maemo website, which also lists the specifications.
Some of the key data:
3.5 mm AV connector
TV out (PAL/NTSC)
Micro-USB connector, High-Speed USB 2.0
Bluetooth v2.1
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.. yea FM Transmitter. according to some sources it will not ship with the software for it though, but since the release was pushed back it may be available on time and ship with it.. but I guess well just have to see
It would be a very nice feature to be able to listen to your music on any system capable of radio... i.e. car or grand/parents(stuck in the past) house -
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Olá! This device has FM transmitter? It would be an FM receiver?
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For years the Chevy and GMC heavy duty trucks were the 90-pound weaklings getting sand kicked in their face regularly on the sales charts. That was largely due to the puny in-house diesel engine they used. When Ford and Dodge had wisely gone off the reservation to outside manufacturers for better diesels, GM stuck with it's puny homebuilt. That changed a few years ago when corporate partner Isuzu presented them with the gift that keeps on giving, the Duramax turbo-diesel. Not since Rudolf invented the darned thing have diesel fans had it so good.
And this is a truck truly worthy of the beast. In honor of that, the Duramax is even brawnier. For now, if you have to haul 17,000 pounds of anything around, the Duramax is the only game in town. The new 6.6-liter version of the GM oiler serves up 397 horsepower and 765 ft.lbs. of torque. The Ford Powerstroke 6.7-liter rates at 735 ft. lbs., and the Dodge 6.7-liter Cummins produces 650. Both of those trucks are rated to tow about from 1-5000 pounds less.
Yes, like the goofy horsepower wars of the 1960's where every pony under the hood and every 10th of a second less to 60 miles-per-hour were somehow worthy of Gibralter-sized bragging rights, every extra foot-pound and ounce of towing capacity is a huge deal for truck guys. So for now, the GM engine is king of the hill. How about the truck?
The New Silverado half-ton has won deserved praise as the cream of the pickup crop for now. I know, I keep qualifying it that way, but the pickup wars have been so volatile and have so many new entries these days, that anyone wearing the crown is looking over their shoulder. But the new Silverado and its stablemate the GMC Sierra, set new standards for fit, finish, solidity and quality that has everyone playing catch up.
The look is no-nonsense. The HD looks like the half-ton on steroids. The fender flares a bit more pronounced and the grill taller. The look is essentially very much in the family tree, and inside, there's more room than the average New York apartment. Although real trees weren't used for the wood-grained dash, the fakes ones aren't bad.
Our LTZ version had a ton of luxury options including leather 6-way seats, navigation system, satellite radio and a bunch of other things that have no business on a working truck, but do make it awfully nice. But the $13,000 or so in options was dominated by the $7200 Duramax and the $1200 Allison 6-speed transmission. Together they provide enough grunt to defy gravity.
Driving the Silverado HD is pretty much what you expect…from a half-ton. Although it's tall, it isn't unwieldy. I didn't take it far off road, but judging from the climb up into the cab, which is only a little less than difficult than climbing on to a Clydesdale, ground clearance is adequate.
The new Silverado HD crew cab pickup is a formidable competitor and now the league leader among the big boys. Starting at $45,200 our truck was optioned up to just at $61K. I'd take the diesel and leave the rest. At $45,000, with a more workmanlike interior, this heavy hauler makes more sense to me. Either way though, it is the new bogey everyone will be shooting at. Good hunting, guys.


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Media reporting on energy costs – misleading an already bewildered public?
Yesterday's Energy and Climate Change Committee report on consumer engagement with energy markets made for interesting reading. From a PR perspective the section on media reporting on energy costs was particularly compelling. The rising cost of energy and impact of 'green' policy has been one of the hot topics of 2012 – capturing the attention of the trades, broadsheets and the tabloids alike. And for a sector that's traditionally not the topic of pub chat, this is the year that the country got talking. With squeezed wallets and fluctuating weather conditions, combined with the challenge of global warming and carbon reduction, the public is taking notice.
Depending on your newspaper of choice you will likely read very different views on how serious our energy challenge is – both in terms of dwindling resources, and environmentally sustainable sources. Yesterday's report states that "It is likely that consumers get a lot of their information about energy issues from the media." So with increased, and often emotive, attention now focused on energy it becomes even more important to know where our media stand on the issues, and crucially – how accurate their reporting is.
The Energy and Climate Change Committee is troubled by concerns raised over media reporting on energy matters. The report points to several witnesses who have suggested that media reporting of the cost to consumers of DECC's environmental and social policies may be misleading. The Carbon Brief says that a series of newspaper articles have overstated the current impact of green policies on energy bills, either through error or selective research. Scottish Renewables suggested that the media preferred to rely on figures that fitted with their editorial line on energy and climate issues – relying on "unverifiable leaked reports or skewed research by think-tanks and individual consultants". RWE npower said of media reporting, "Very often, it is a case of 'not letting the facts get in the way of a good story'".
The Committee wrote to the print media requesting responses to the evidence it has received on media reporting of these issues. Whilst only 6 of the 17 publications replied, the answers are telling. The Sunday Times decided its coverage has been "very balanced", focused on the science, while The Financial Times put responsibility with the reporter. The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph responded that the costs of green energy were "hotly disputed" but that they reported "all sides of the debate". The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday acknowledged that "mistakes are occasionally made" – hmm…
One national newspaper responded that they were "uneasy that a Committee of the House of Commons appears to be asking a newspaper to justify its reporting on a particular issue based on vague, partisan criticisms from lobby groups with an interest in the issue". That same paper failed to print a letter from the Committee's Chair highlighting factual inaccuracies about an article on the effect that investment in renewables would have on consumers' bills. No coincidence then that such disdain comes from the paper with perhaps the most supportive line on fossil fuels, with anti-rhetoric towards wind energy? I'll leave it you to work out the paper in question…
Of course, in the fast paced world of journalism mistakes from time-to-time are inevitable. But the Government must do everything in its power to make facts and figures on the cost of going green transparent. It is all too easy for the media to hide behind confusing and conflicting data so they may follow an editorial line that misguides an already bewildered public. Renewable technologies and environmentally sustainable practices are a necessity not a choice for our long-term energy future. Isn't it better that now the public's attention is caught they get a full, accurate and honest picture?


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Thoughts on being banned from RSD Nation
I'm noticing a lot of mixed feelings about this and wanted to share them here, with the intention of (hopefully) getting people in the seduction community talking.
My first response, and it's still with me, was some sadness. Initially sadness that no one talked to me before banning me, they just did it.
Perhaps they viewed it as a business decision, but from my perspective it's more than that. This is a community that I've been participating in for a year now, and it felt like a community to me. It's vibrant. I enjoy it. So to be unceremoniously banned without anyone bothering to talk with me about it first feels ... sad.
Especially because I have such high regard for the guys who work for RSD. I have recommended their company to many men who I've met when I go out and have supported them on my blog. I had been told many negative things about RSD (the whole "cult" story etc.) but I have always defended them. At least they let people post URLs on their forum, unlike the other major player in the seduction community forum market. I felt encouraged when they started sending speakers to community events (Tyler at Complete Toolbox and Nathan at 21 Convention). I felt a new openness in the company.
(Later I learned that a friend of mine did try to call me to let me know before deactivating my account, but I didn't get a message ... and I still feel sad about not having the opportunity to talk with them first.)
My sadness was mixed in with other feelings. In some ways, being banned from RSD is a rite of passage. But ... still a feeling of "ouch" and something more ...
I realized my sadness goes deeper than just that feeling of not being treated like a person rather than an anonymous entity.
And it extends beyond RSD to the community at large. I feel sad about the idea of any of us treating each other as "competitors." I don't view myself as a competitor in any sense. I offer coaching based in Emotional Freedom Technique. It's not something they offer. I'm a complement to what is already offered, not a replacement. I'm also bringing people in to the community who are interested in EFT and some of the other things I write about, who otherwise would never have found the community.
Beyond that, though, there are so many ways in which we can all help each other instead of competing. With affiliate arrangements, for example, so-called "competitors" suddenly become friends.
There are ways to make this win/win, guys. I am still convinced that every one of us in the community has a slightly different target audience, and that the potential audience for these teachings is ENORMOUS. Far beyond what has yet been tapped. If I consider all the unhappy men and women in the world, and all the unhappy relationships that could be enlivened and healed with these teachings, what I see is a market that is many, many, many times larger than what we currently have.
You can be sure that I'll be doing some tapping on these issues over the weeks to come, to see what miracles I can manifest into my life. But in the meantime, I would welcome anyone in the community to talk openly about this phenomenon of closing our doors to each other ... because I don't think it helps anyone.
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- John said...
I felt the same way when I got the boot.
There should be a feeling of inclusion, even if our respective paths towards the same goals (better people, better lives) move in divergent ways.
But people close their doors and insulate, I guess in an effort to "protect themselves" as if the knowledge of happiness or the improvement if life is a group-specific idea.
It hurts when you get ushered out, but give it time to reflect on what you know.
Everyone is doing their own thing, hoping to reach the same goal....it would just be nicer if people didn't decide to fight each other along the way.
Oh well. - September 19, 2009 at 11:44 AM
- SMoKeLioN said...
You should feel flattered they deleted you.
Someone in RSD saw you as a threat to the company, and instead of being strong enough on their part to stand in the same room, they had to pull the curtain and to hide. - September 19, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Haha join the club, Erika!
- "Johnny" - September 19, 2009 at 2:28 PM
I get you Erika..
They have not closed the doors on you but rather they have closed the doors on themselves with their decision.
Seems like after being in this business for so long..one would think they have learned to see the bigger picture as you so nicely and accurately described it but sadly their mind is so cluttered that they can not see the possibilities they could have created if only to open their eyes and look around.
I think they need EFT sessions with you to workout their insecurities... ;-)
It's RSD Nation's loss my dear...
Ron. - September 19, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Well, you are a competitor in the sense that many prospects only have x amount of dollars to spend on self-help and it's a commercial self-help discussion group run for profit.. There shouldn't be too many surprises.
In terms of regarding 'competitors', RSD has an infamous history of being the most cut-throat in the business..
it might be good to try seeing things as they are, as opposed to how you'd like them to be. - September 19, 2009 at 7:50 PM
- Erika said...
I definitely have room for their perspective, Anonymous.
I am opening up a dialogue.
There are many ways they could make MORE money by including and networking with people like me.
I'm not interested in taking dollars away from anyone. I'm interested in creating a thriving marketplace and community that attracts more dollars in.
It sounds like you have a "zero sum" view of the world, Anonymous. What one loses, another wins. I have a win/win view of the world. I know many people in this community making a ton of money in a very inclusive way, e.g., through various forms of affiliating.
There's another aspect of this I don't hear in your perspective, Anonymous. If we plan win/win, then others are motivated to help us (e.g., through word of mouth promotion, which may be the most powerful form of promotion there is). If we don't show our interest in finding win/win ways of doing business with others, then they are not likely to feel very motivated to promote us.
There's a bigger picture here, and I hope that more people in the community will begin to see it. - September 19, 2009 at 8:08 PM
your view of the world only works erika if everyone has an unlimited supply of money.
i, like many of my friends in the seduction community, only have a finite amount of dollars we can spend on seduction products. you are asking for us to give you the same dollar bill that RSD is asking for. If there are 2 products i want to buy, but i only have one dollar bill, then i have to make a choice. RSD realizes this.
were you an only child from a wealthy family? i'm just curious, because that's the feeling i get from reading your posts. - September 20, 2009 at 9:04 AM
- Erika said...
Lol, Anonymous, thanks for responding.
But no, I was one of three children in a family where my mother was constantly saying "there's not enough money for you to have what you want."
I was fortunate to go to a college where I was exposed to other belief systems, and that's when I realized that my mother was full of shit. It was her belief in scarcity that caused the scarcity. It was also her belief in scarcity that led her to have addictive spending patterns that didn't serve her or anyone else.
Notice how different the energy in our bodies feels when we think the thoughts "there's not enough" versus "there's plenty for everyone." Those beliefs create an energy, and that energy creates either "not enough" or "plenty for everyone."
Take the stock market for example. There we see these beliefs play out on a global scale. The stock market is a great example of the fact that dollars are not a "finite" commodity. Depending on how we as a global community are feeling about money, there is either very little for anyone or plenty for everyone. And yet at some level they are just numbers on a page.
Money is an idea. The more we try to hoard and constrict it, the less there is.
And again, Anonymous, what I hear is that you think there is a certain number of dollars to be divvied up. What I'm saying is I can think of several concrete ways that RSDN could use their forum inclusively to attract in WAY more viewers and more dollars.
But it all begins with our beliefs about what is possible. - September 20, 2009 at 9:11 AM
i wouldnt be too sad. rsd is still evolving. they will outgrow this phase too. they still are way better than they used to be. the people that are supposed to find rsd, will find rsd. the people that are supposed to find you erika, will find you. that's how the universe works.
a reason they banned you probably because dont value eft or even understant what it has to offer. unless you market eft differently, ego-based 3d world is just not ready. eft and acim are spiritual based technologies and lots of people in the community come from diverse backgrounds (some liberal, some ultra conservative Christians, Muslims, Hindus). you start talking to people with strong religious viewpoints and they are going to get defensive. most people avoid the topic of religion or god in social and dating situations. i also bet tyler&friends banned you because they dont want you scaring away people with your spiritual discussions.
number of options to consider-
1) mainstream your eft more and leave out the spiritual stuff
2) forget about the mainstream pu market and just focused on spiritually based pua niche
3) try to enlighten tyler and get him to be a believer of eft and he wont think of you as a threat. - September 20, 2009 at 12:03 PM
I'm really disappointed to find out that RSD has banned you from their forums. Not only did they ban you, they erased all of your posts.
Your posts really stood out. They stood out even more than some of the RSD instructor's posts/blog entries. And I rarely visit the rsd forums. You radiate so much depth and warmth in your writing. Fear not, I will be visiting your blog more often. Keep up the good work. - September 20, 2009 at 9:45 PM
- Dream said...
"Rite of passage" said it all. It was bound to happen sooner or later.
Rejoice, the world continues to change, and you're evolving right along with it (adapting).
For all you know, this may be one of the best things that could have happened to you at this point in your life =).
And hey, you're always welcome to contribute on The 21 Convention forum. I'm pretty liberal- and of course, being a speaker...well hell, I think you can use your imagination ha
-Dream - September 22, 2009 at 10:42 PM
I was also recently banned from RSDnation for asking to see a picture of Tyler and his girlfriend. Jeffy made a childish comment in response to me for asking this question and they blocked my ability to post new threads. I created a new account and quickly posted a new thread letting everyone know what happened, and how insecure their response seemed. They quickly banned my IP. The most that can be done is IP banning, so technically a person could setup a new account on another computer if he wanted. But I wouldn't even want to keep posting anyway. Here's why:
Getting banned showed me a lot of their true colors. I asked to see Tyler and his girlfriend, which I think is a reasonable request. After all, there are almost NO pictures or videos anywhere showing Tyler with girls or having a conversation. Just weird pictures of him traveling the world by himself like a tourist or with RSD guys. As a business they should respond to their customers' concerns. Especially as a dating service, it is reasonable to want to see results of the instructors. Otherwise, why should I listen to them?? By pushing away people they perceive as a threat, they are hiding from the truth. That's massive insecurity, especially when they teach their students that everyone is a friend and you should listen to differing viewpoints and stand your ground, etc etc etc.
The confident thing to do would be to confront the criticism head on, not to throw a tantrum, hide and kick the person out. That's just childish behavior. It would be better to exemplify their techniques in how they run their company.
The fact is, they DO perceive their banned members as a threat, because we see them for what they really are. Getting banned from that community was the best thing that ever happened to me, because it showed me that they are full of a lot of Bullshit and insecurity. I'm better off without them. - September 25, 2009 at 12:07 PM
- Tim said...
Hey Erica, why were you banned?
- October 6, 2009 at 4:53 PM
- Erika said...
I'm very happy to report that the RSD guys let me back on the forum ... and it feels like I'm home again ... yay! :-)
- October 8, 2009 at 8:04 AM
- Rake said...
I'm glad they allowed you back on, but it's interesting (and disheartening) to me that they do this to begin with. It just reinforces their reputation of inclusiveness and cultishness. As a potential RSD customer, what worries me most about them is that they aren't open to feedback. For example, I don't think they allow negative reviews of their bootcamps on their site. You have to go elsewhere for that information. That isn't encouraging. Part of how I judge any company I deal with is how they handle negative feedback.
- October 8, 2009 at 12:40 PM
- Rake said...
Actually, in my comment above, I meant that they are the opposite of inclusive. I believe "insular" is the correct word.
- October 8, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Wooooo -- hey Erika!
Owen here, I stumbled on this doing a google search for RSD Nation when my computer was freezing.
I had no idea you were banned from RSDN.
Moderators are unpaid volunteers who do a lot to keep the forum clean (the unmoderated version that I see with the deleted threads -- super lame). We train them and they offer their time, but sometimes they make bad decisions.
It's the paradox where we attract a decent sized user base because the signal-to-noise ratio is pretty good, but then the moderation also sometimes pisses people off. I think people assume Nick (Papa) and I are like at the helm making decisions about moderation to mess up their lives or whatever, but the reality is it's a small company (we do three million in sales a year -- big for the community, PEANUTS in terms of a real business), and we're usually just overworked young dudes.
Mods do their best, we step in if they do something really stupid, but I generally don't like to over-manage them. They do a bi-weekly group phone call between them all to discuss which posts were deleted and kept, so sometimes they backtrack with a new moderator and show him where he was "over-moderating". That's how the system self-regulates without requiring me and Nick to micromanage the whole deal.
These ae good intentioned dudes, and most of the time they do a good job.
Anyway I got some people to ban, I'm out.
Tyler - October 19, 2009 at 4:46 AM
Hi Erika I didn't know they deleted you last year the forum was at it's peak with people like hot box m8king moves and John on there was awesome can't beleive John got deleted!
Anyways I think it's a cool forum except it's been over run by just too many chodes and it will take them two years to realize validation seeking is chode. :)
Glad your back and I'll be talking to you soon many thanks.
You are a value giver on the forums.
Pimp Coat....RSDN. - October 30, 2009 at 7:04 AM


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