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March 10 --The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation issued a final rule that requires small defined benefit plans to file their flat-rate and variable-rate premiums at the same time as midsize and large plans.
The change arises from the PBGC's decision to make its premium rules less burdensome by coordinating due dates for terminating plans with the termination process, make conforming and clarifying changes to the variable-rate premium rules, give small plans more time to value benefits, provide for relief from penalties and other changes. The rule (RIN 1212-AB26) was issued March 10.
Kathryn L. Ricard, senior vice president for retirement policy at the ERISA Industry Committee in Washington, told Bloomberg BNA March 10 that the rule is a good reduction of regulatory burdens for small defined benefit plan sponsors.
The regulation sets the premium due date for small plans as 9-1/2 months after the beginning of the premium payment year, subject to a one-year transition rule.
Under the new rules, small plans that operate on a calendar-year basis for 2014 must file their premiums by Feb. 15, 2015. For the 2015 calendar year, small plans must file their premiums by Oct. 15, 2015.
The new due date corresponds with the extended due date for the annual report for the prior year that is filed on Form 5500.
The rules are effective April 10, and generally applicable for plan years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2014.
The PBGC issued a package of proposed rules in July 2013, including the small-plan premium provision; the agency finalized another portion in January, when it set Oct. 15 as the new due date for both flat-rate premiums and variable-rate premiums for large plans (2 PBD, 1/3/14; 41 BPR 6, 1/7/14). The March 10 regulations finalized the rest of the proposed rule package.
The PBGC also:
• set the final premium due date for plans terminating in a standard termination for no later than the date when the post-distribution certification is filed;
• reduced the penalty for late premium payments from a maximum of 100 percent of the underpayment to 50 percent for plans that self-correct, to preserve the agency's self-correction incentive and reward for long-overdue premiums;
• codified in its regulations the penalty relief policy for payments made not more than seven days late; and
• amended its regulations to accord with the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 and to avoid retroactivity of the PBGC's rule on plan liability for premiums in distress and involuntary terminations.
Ricard said ERIC submitted a comment letter to the PBGC in September, in which she said her organization supported the reduction in the self-correction premium penalty as "the right thing to do. So, we're happy they went that route."
The new unified due date raises a timing issue for small plans, the PBGC said. Unlike large plans, which by statute must value benefits at the beginning of the year, small plans are permitted by statute to value benefits as late as the end of the year and so might be unable to calculate variable-rate premiums by a due date within the year using current-year data.
The agency said its solution to the timing problem is to allow small plans to determine the variable-rate premium using data, assumptions and methodology for the year before the premium payment year.
The changes mean that plan consultants can do all premium and Form 5500 filing chores at one time, once a year, the PBGC said. The agency will then receive all premium filings for each plan year at one time, specific to that year, and will be able to process a plan's entire annual premium in a single operation.
"Going from three due dates to one will be simpler for all concerned--even for mid-size plans, whose due date is not changing," the PBGC said.
The PBGC also recognized that switching immediately from the old to the new due-date schedule would result in two premium due dates for small plans in the transition year.
For example, using a calendar-year plan, the 2013 premium would be due at the end of April 2014, and the 2014 premium would be due in mid-October 2014. The agency is resolving the problem by extending the transition year due date by four months for small plans that would otherwise have two premium due dates in the transition year.
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Judy A. Miller, director of retirement policy at the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries in Arlington, Va., said that the transition rule "is giving us more time to adjust. So, I think that's a good transition rule."
A 60-day penalty waiver is also available in cases of financial hardship, which could extend the period by two months.
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ISLAMABAD, October 17, 2012 - "We manage to get permission [to start a business], but it's the money that we don't get." This may be the experience of one Pakistani woman entrepreneur, but it is by no means unique. According to a new World Bank report, "Are Pakistan's women entrepreneurs being served by the microfinance sector?", less than 25 percent of Pakistan's businesswomen are microfinance borrowers. Discriminatory lending practices are forcing Pakistan's women entrepreneurs to look beyond microfinance providers for capital to start—and sustain—their businesses.
An economy thrives when women get the same opportunities as men. But when it comes to getting funding for their businesses, Pakistani women are faced with more challenges than opportunities -- even though the country's microfinance environment is one of the world's most progressive.
"Access to finance remains one of the biggest challenges for Pakistani women who want to start and grow a business," says Rachid Benmessaoud, World Bank Country Director for Pakistan. "Strict guarantor requirements and the practice of offering business loan products exclusively to men have only widened the gap between Pakistani businesswomen and the microfinance sector." With no other options, most businesswomen rely on savings, personal assets and family loans for capital.
The report also finds that microfinance loans do not always benefit women borrowers. Men who need loans, including those who have defaulted in the past, have begun to use women to access credit. Between 50 to 70 percent of microloans to women in Pakistan may actually be used by their male relatives. Even though they may not be the ones benefitting from the loans, women borrowers are wholly accountable for paying them back.
Microfinance loans for businesses are largely unavailable to women entrepreneurs, especially unmarried women who are considered high-risk borrowers. Microfinance providers enforce strict requirements that make it difficult for businesswomen to secure loans without men. Nearly 68 percent of women borrowers required a male relative's permission in order to qualify for any kind of loan.
In addition, nearly all microfinance providers require clients to provide two male guarantors in order to access a business loan- and at least one of the guarantors should be unrelated to the borrower. Finding unrelated male guarantors can be a challenge for Pakistani women micro entrepreneurs, who are often constrained by limited mobility and social barriers. Microfinance providers do not accept women guarantors for these loans.
"Group loans are often the only option for women entrepreneurs, which isn't ideal because they are expensive, time consuming and unsuitable to their business needs," explains Mehnaz Safavian, a Senior Economist at the World Bank. "Since only small loans are available under group lending, women clients often have to borrow from more than one MFI for their capital needs, which means more transaction costs."
While the report does reveal deep-set challenges, it also proposes solutions for moving forward. "By moving pragmatically to push the frontier of financial outreach to women, Pakistan can demonstrate its position as a global leader in microfinance," says Safavian. Investment in financial literacy and better-designed products, which can give women entrepreneurs the resources they need to grow their businesses, is one part of the solution. And as a driver of microfinance policy, the State Bank of Pakistan can also further inclusion in microfinance by setting standards for consumer protection of women borrowers, advocating for transparency in gender reporting and discouraging discriminatory practices and policies.
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Dan Patrick Says Schefter Reporting That Vilma Is Appealing
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Saints* LB Jonathan Vilma officially has appealed his year-long suspension.
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Posted 07 May 2012 - 11:03 AM
just wondering because if you have to show grounds for an appeal, even though it could be circumstantial and vague, somebdoy obviously thinks they have a case.
Of course they (NFLPA) could be appealing the sentence alone based on precedent and are taking a big risk IMO of having Goodell come out with more details that led to such a lengthy sentence.
If, of course, there are any such details.
popcorn ready?
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good luck.
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Goodell should say "Ok I've changed my mind. I am going to change my punishment. I will remove the year long suspension. I will then make it a year and a half long suspension instead. Deal with it."
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The appeal actually goes back to the commissioner so I'm not sure how fair it is.
if you still don't agree you can take it to the sports arbitrary board but you have to have legitimate grounds then.
Posted 07 May 2012 - 11:19 AM
I wonder if Goodell can jut laugh it off. He probably wants to but will not give the NFLPA a chip to play next time the CBA comes up. Like many appeals this is just probably an attempt to get under the skin of the office of the commish. I doubt we get a response today from Goodell. NFLPA reps are just fishing for something to be released to the press that is defaming and hard to prove.
effing lawyers and their "games"
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Unfortunately, this is the sort of appeal I could see being tied up in court, and I could actually see Vilma not getting suspended for a couple years, probably when he's ready to retire anyway.
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Marvel Productions, DIC, Claster Productions, Sunbow Productions Tress MacNeille, Elizabeth Frazer, Melanie Gaffin, Robin Kaufman, Jennifer Darling, Clive Revill, Peter Cullen, Charlie Adler, Michael Bell, Sue Blu; Full Voice Cast .. Marija Miletic Dail Joe Bacal, Marija Miletic Dail Betty Birney Robert J. Walsh, Jela Darcan
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Shut this Hotel Nowfrom wherestheloo
Firstly this hotel is not 4 star, Thomson's only rate it 3 star, all the reps from the other companies know all about this hotel and the problems guests encounter. The other reviewers have covered most of the ills of this place, however here are a few more.
Pool Area : half the sunbeds were broken, and the other half were infested with Ants, the free towels were threadbare and looked unwashed, the white drain cover guard which runs around the pool was broken and in places missing, and i saw 2 people fall through it, and the best of all, there was a length of electric cable hanging out the wall from one of the pool lights, it only needed one dozy worker to switch it on, several people took photos.
Restaurant : It's funny that someone else should mention Butlins, because i too have seen better "Dining Halls", 35 years ago. People had diarrhoea probably because the chicken was cooked outside in the dark on a small building site, and yes i have the pictures, the food on offer really is dire, but one night i tried the chicken, it was uncooked in the middle, hardly surprising. I lived on omellette in the morning and my children tried to eat the Pancakes, cold rubbery fare that we were meant to warm up with chocolate sauce. Toast was restricted to 2 pieces each, and dont try to ask for fresh toast, 'cause you wont get any. Breakfast always included the Salad items from the night before.
The Pool Bar : So unhygienic that were it in England the owners would be facing a prison sentence and a big fine. The "Chef" possessed 2 Knives, he would use one to open cans of Tuna, then cut RAW chicken up, and other bits, then wipe the one and only chopping board and the knife with a serviette, he kept his surgical latex gloves in the fridge overnight, and reused them next day. The fridges were broken, and the "chips" were kept in the ice making compartment, despite the fact it had no door. As for the "free ice creams", i had to argue to get my 2 children an ice cream, they only tried it once, they never asked again, the ice cream cabinet is an old sliding glass top "Walls" style, and yes it is out in the sun, well over 45 degrees, and your allowance is one each per child per day.
I myself was struck down on the third day by a stomach bug, which has continued on and off for the last week, since coming home, if this hotel is 4 star then i have stayed in an awful lot of 5 star b&b's here in England. Please do not book this hotel, you will be very disapointed.
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Creative Grand Shamblesfrom A TripAdvisor Member
Meals are only served in the restaurant and these were of a very limited choice. I had concerns about the lack of health and safety - the hot food was cold and the cold food was hot. The drinks were never chilled although they were stored in a fridge which made us think the fridges were turned off outside of meal times. Snacks were available at the poolside bar however these were not included in the all inclusive package and had to be purchased. After a couple of days 4 out of 5 of us were suffering from diarrhea.
Drinks were available at the poolside bar served in disposable cups however there were no bins in which to put these, and I heard staff collect them for re-use. When the poolside bar closed at 6pm the only other place to get a drink was the Upstairs bar which was dark, not very pleasant, loud music blaring, and not a place where you could sit and enjoy the evenings.
There is Whispers bar which is open air- ideal for those hot nights and it even had a wide screen tv showing the world cup football but you've guessed it the drinks here had to be purchased and were not included in the all inclusive package. Even although it is attached to the hotel reception and the hotel staff work in it apparantly its not part of the hotel.
Anyway what is included in the all inclusive package? Not a lot! No ice-cream, no snacks, hot drinks that should be cold and very little choice in meals.
There was no entertainment provided although they advertise this.
There was no play park fit for use although they advertise this. In actual fact it's outside of the hotel grounds and is strewn with litter and building materials.
I couldn't find the amphitheatre and courts that are advertised because apparently they too are under a pile of builders rubble.
We spent our evenings eating and drinking outside of the hotel which wasn't budgeted for but luckily for us our Odyssey rep Amro arranged a transfer to the Holiday Inn for our second week which was fab!
My advice to you is to avoid this hotel!
Same as other 2 starred ratingsfrom A TripAdvisor Member
Nice room, Nice enough people, bad hotel, bad entertainment,
don't go there unless you want a shoddy hoilday
What a dissapointmentfrom A TripAdvisor Member
We were totally disappointed with the food as there was no variety and the quality was certainly not a 4* class. The buffet style food was out at room temperature for 2 hours or more, thus resulting in incorrect temperature controls. Most of the dishes served were not labelled so we did not feel confident with what we were eating. With the mundane variety we were forced to eat else where after the 4th day at an extra expense that was not budgeted for considering we were on an all inclusive holiday.
We paid for a 10 day holiday which started with no food available on arrival at 11pm and once we had checked out of our room at mid-day on our final day we were left to pay for food and drinks which we had considered that we had already paid for within our 10 days, this again forced us to eat else where at extra cost. So we calculate that we actually received 8 days worth of all inclusive food and drink (at most).
Considering that this was classed as an all inclusive resort we found it totally unacceptable to pay for drinks in certain areas, such as the only cafe bar which had a TV showing the World Cup. Drinks were chargeable where as 20 feet away all drinks were free, this is clearly exploiting tourists.
Also in the pool and beach area food was to be paid for, this is not normal in an all inclusive deal.
At the pool side and the beach there were a serious lack of sunbeds thus making us get up extremely early to reserve them which is not ideal on a relaxing holiday.
The so called children's play area was not suitable for children to play in and it resembled a building site.
Service levels in the restaurant was not up to 4* standards, we had finished our meal before we received our tea or coffee.
The staff within the hotel were lecherous/smarmy towards all women, which is unacceptable within a business of that standard, especially to my girlfriend who had to eat alone on 2 occasions due to my severe stomach upset, this made her feel uneasy and very uncomfortable and put her off eating in the hotel for the remainder of the holiday.
People harassing us all the time was so tiresome all we wanted was to go into the restaurant and didn't need to be harassed on the way by people that should not have been allowed into the hotel. If i wanted to go into a shop, have a tattoo, book a day trip, a massage, etc I would have been able to have decided myself without it being rammed down my throat when all I wanted was to relax.
We have estimated that all the extra food and drinks have cost around an extra £150 which we did not budget for therefore we could not afford to visit the pyramids which was one of the main reasons we chose Egypt.
Give the hotel Creative Grand Sharm a missfrom true/account
I thought it quite suspicious when arriving late at night at the hotel and the desk manager greeted myself with a huge smile stating " I treat you special I give you a nice upgrade with apartment with extra room" I didn't really see the point as I was only with my fiancee but the alarm bells started to tingel. On arrival at my room in the 300's block I was met with a temporary builders yard beside the gabel wall. It wasn't until later in the week speaking to other quests that everyone that had been put in the block arriving before myself had been moved due to the noise starting at 0430am when the workmen arrived. This facility was not afforded to myself when I requested to be moved out of the entire complex after my third day.
"My room" :- Cleaned every day - Sky/TV didn't work - Safe deposit box wasn't attached to anything and could be removed out of the wardrobe. The so called mini-bar was a one legged fridge that leaked. Don't be fooled by your towels being made into swans by the cleaner. He is looking a hansom tip along with his sad stories about his family and that he is going on holidays and management has cancelled them. Everyone is told that so it must work.
"Facilities" :- AIl inclusive a joke - Pool side bar 10-00 - 1800 - Beer/water/soft drinks served in small plastic disposable cups which I noted collect around and from within the pool washed under the tap and re-used, if you tip you get a small wine galss - NO FOOD ! available unless purchased. Please if you have a family dont go to this hotel :- Kids club -nil - kids playground - tennis court being used as building site/yard - ampithretre demolished, absolutely no entertainment available - no lifeguard in pool my fiancee save a young boys life on the second day from drowning and management laughed about it. The pool was not cleaned in 2 weeks and a large black fungus was growing around the edge-kids pool had to be closed and drained over health issues to be repaired - tiles in the main pool where loose under foot and could easily be removed. Whispers bar which comprises of a lento attached to hotel reception all drinks have to be purchase at £2.50 a beer and quess what the only TV showing the football in the complex at this location. When all AI quests went to watch the football and refused to purchase drink they tried to charge us to watch the England game a few choice comments where exchanged by the England fans. Management identified this as a private bar but guess what the hotel staff worked in it. The upstairs disco where you could only get a drink between 1800-2300 the music was that loud nobody went so it saved the hotel money on the warm beer and wine in small glasses. The small pool table was also located here at a cost which varied from 80 eygptain to the actual price of 30 eygptain per hour if you queried it. No alcohol is allowed to be removed from this location.
"The Restaurant" :- This place should be covered by a health warning or a good cleaning would help. The decor would be butlins 30yrs ago old steel chairs with cushions old tile / concrete floor - dirt / grime / dead bugs on skirting the toilets absolutely disgusting.
"Food" :- please do not eat only if you like RICE / BEEF / CHICKEN / POTATOES every day and night that was continually re-used no chips etc for children. 98% of hotel guest I spoke to had severe vomiting / diaorreha or both and management said there wasn't a problem and go to the pharmacy. The only people that were not ill where ones that ate outside the hotel. I also tested the food with a food thermometer and it was cold even though I was second customer through the door.
After my third day I met with the hotel manager and my rep Trust Accommodation I pointed out numerous problems to which none where addressed and they refused point blank to let myself veiw the kitchen I wonder why. I requested to be moved to a proper 4* to which they offered the sister hotel the Mexicana I paid the hotel a visit and spoke with a few tourists who hadnt had running water for 4 days and the exact same food being served and same restrictions on AI basis. I myself have had severe sickness for going on 16 days I am now home and still cannot shake the stomach cramps etc etc.
This hasn't put myself of Egypt but folks please take in all that I have stated about this hotel its an abosolute Sharm El Scam. ABTA will be infromed about the misrepresentation companies like BOOKABLE are listing this company as a 4* and deceiving the British tourists who will be disappointed if they frequent this complex. I do have photos of the extensive bbuilding working going on next door Bulldozers - Jack hammers banging all day security actually tried to remove my camera to stop me taking any photos and followed myself about the complex the phone lines where hot to management and staff totally ignore myself after this encounter.
awful hotelfrom brummiematt
the hotels website had advertised a childrens menu, evening entertainment,organised sports and activities,childrens playground,daytime entertainment,tennis courts,an amphitheatre and shisha pipes in the bar all of these things were not available.the childrens playground,amphitheatre and tennis courts were half built as was most of the roads and paths around the hotel,the man who done the shisha pipes was on holiday and the entertainment and childrens menu were non existant.
the pool bar served food but all inclusive residents had to pay they served the drinks in childrens party cups and it closed at 6:00pm, the whispers cafe bar only served drinks and this was also not available to all inclusive,the upstairs bar stopped serving drinks to all inclusive at 11:00pm from then on you had to pay and the beach bar you also had to pay for food.
then to top this terrible weeks holiday the safe broke which we were keeping our money in,this happened at 7:15pm, we were told we would have to wait until the morning for it to be fixed, this i found unexceptable so i said i wanted it fixed now,the manager then said 5 mins,we waited 1 hour only for 3 people to come round asking what was wrong with the cleaning.i went back to the manager and he said 5 mins 30 mins later 2 men with the key to the safe came round and still couldnt open it,finally 2 hours later the safe had been fixed,with this i asked the manager to pay for a taxi to naama bay for us for the inconvenience he said no and accused us of breaking the safe ourselves. the manager of this hotel was the rudest i have ever met, the hotel is the worst i have ever been to, as for 4* its more like a 1* and would strongly advise anyone planning on staying here to think again or be very disappointed
Not What You Would Expect!from A TripAdvisor Member
My partner and I were really excited to go on another one of our All Inclusive holidays and was looking forward to being pampered as with several other places we have been around the world-but we were very disappointed with this hotel. The hotel is advetised at 4*, unfortunatley this was the ranking it had last year when an italian company used to own it, it has now been run down to 2/3* quality and rumour has it that its owned by timeshare tycoons!-Not a good start.
All inclusive only includes 3 meals a day at the 1 and only hotel restaurant and always consists of a rice dish, a chicken or meat dish, vegetables and potato, which wasn't gourmet but just about edible. Food at the pool and beach bars had to be paid for on top of your all inclusive package-although not expensive (nothing more than £5 a dish) its not what i expected under all inclusive. To escape the hotels poor cuisine we ate at columbus restaraunt in Fantasia the milkshakes and food was absolutley wonderful at extremley cheap prices, I had a starter and main course as did my partner with a milkshake each it came to £14!!!.
The drinks at the pool and beach bars are served in tiny plastic cups and the liquids are very seldomly cold so either way your not going to quench your thirst ever! In the restaurant and upstairs bar (the only other place you can get an all inclusie drink) all drinks including the beer is served in wine glasses so its treble the trips to bar to even get your monies worth! Also you cannot drink the water in eygpt but the hotel will not supply you with any (only in the little plastic cups!) so be prepared to but bottles of water for your room and to take out on trips or to the beach.
The pool looks nice and inviting from afar but up close the water is cloudy and dirty. Beside the pool you will find lists of do' and don'ts of which every rule was broken at least 2-3 times (cats and dogs swiming in the pool, proper attire was not worn etc etc) so we headed to the sanctuary of the beach everday. The beach for me was the best place to be, after you pass the 3-4 building sites and dirt roads to get there-not the safest, most appealing or clean place to walk through-stick to the bus please!
But as I always say your holiday is what you make it, and the staff and local business workers try their upmost to help with this and where they can sometimes be a little annoying and persistant they will break their backs to try and do anything for you-which is quite endearing, I found most egyptian people to be this way which is an admirable quality.
We were moved rooms during our stay and both were not great but were comfortable. The air conditioning and the free safety deposit box was a god send, the standard of cleaning was quite poor and stuff like curtains, tables were slightly broken, we also killed a few resident cockroaches. The rooms was liveable but again 2/3* quality.
The ampitheatre has been knocked down, there is no entertainment for adults or children (childrens playground is on a building site). We were staying there during the world cup, the room tv channels for this were scrambled pushing you to go to the 'pay only bar' to be able to watch it. So any activity or entertainment needs to be sought off the hotels complex.
I prefered Fantasia shopping area which is 2 minutes from the hotel as opposed to Naama Bay where there is a lot more hussle and bussle-but thats up to each individuals preference
We went on 2 excursions through the tour rep, the jeep safari and a visit to Ras Mohamed national park and both my partner and I really enjoyed both and would recommend. We also went scuba diving with the coral beach club at the beach which was fantastic and would recommend this too. The highlight of the whole holiday was the ocean and its snorkling, its absolutley unbeatable, buy a snorkle before you go its well worth it!
I would return to Eygpt again because the country has a lot to offer and the people are really nice too, but I would avoid the Grand Sharm resort and its sister complex the Mexicana as you will not get what's advertised and the hotel's lack of facilities is the only thing about eygpt that left the bitter taste in my mouth.
My overall opinion is not to choose this hotel for your stay, especially as all inclusive, its not worth it, you will be dissapointed as were my partner and I. I could go into alot more depth about other faults but I have just given you a synopsis of the main issues that you should look for in your hotel, I know that there were many people during our stay that let it ruin their whole holiday and are raising it with their tour operators on their return. So please be warned.
when is a all inclusive not an all inclusivefrom A TripAdvisor Member
On arriving to Egypt found taxi service, you put your life in peril, the blue and white taxis`s they are glued together and very expensive
an all inclusive hol in the above hotel is a laugh (i dont think so)
you can eat at the main restuarnt only, the pool bar you can get drinks only no food if you want food you pay for it.
No food at beach only drinks till 5 oclock pool bar shuts at 6 oclock
to drink at night you go to a bar called Upstairs, you can only drink from 7-11 oclock then you have to pay for your drinks which believe me get expensive.
i also found no entertainment in the resort if you wanted this guess what, Yes you go out, more money.
Overall the weather hot place was clean but have to decide alinclusive or self catering, cannot mix one or the other. if they say to you its 4 **** it is more likely 2 **
Very Relaxing at the Creative Grand Sharmfrom A TripAdvisor Member
p.s We **highly** recommend snorkelling (diving) in Sharm, the water is amazing!
Top Local Tips for Sharm El Sheikh
Barter, travel, watch for the old tummy bugs Barter barter barter......... start really low and work up to what YOU are prepared to pay. If they dont come down to your price walk away, 90% will come after you and agree!!!...... try and visit Cairo if possible. Swim with the dolphins, as soon as you arrive go to the pharmacy on site and get some tummy stuff.... dunno what it is but it works..... UK stuff doesnt touch it!
take a coat! no matter how hot the day has been it does get chilly in the evening and a slight cool wind to go with it
Haggling in Namma bay the shop keepers can be very intense with their haggling, if you are not out to shop and you just want to have a meal or hit a club, my advice is to stay away from the side streets when in Namma bay, we found this out the hard way when we ventured into a side street to find a phone and quickly became surrounded by shopkeepers and almost taken hostage into a shop ha! ha! We had a quick look about and politely left, they are only out to try and earn a living so no harm done, but can be time consuming.
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Other names for Creative Grand Sharm Resort Hotel
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- Address: Om El Seid Hill - Sharm El Sheikh - 11341 - Egypt
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Hotels Near Creative Grand Sharm Resort Hotel
- Creative Mexicana Hotel Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Distance: 1.2 km / 0.8 mi
- Dive Inn Resort Hotel Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Distance: 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
- Creative Badawia Hotel Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Distance: 0.7 km / 0.5 mi
- Calimera Royal Diamond Beach Hotel Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Distance: 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
- Iberotel Grand Sharm Hotel Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Distance: 0.4 km / 0.3 mi
- Aqua Blu Sharm Hotel Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Distance: 3.1 km / 1.9 mi
- Albatros Aqua Blu SSH Hotel Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Distance: 3.1 km / 1.9 mi
- Sol Y Mar Royal Sharming Inn Hotel Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Distance: 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
- Iberotel Club Fanara Hotel Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Distance: 1.3 km / 0.8 mi
- Beach Albatros Sharm Hotel Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Distance: 1.4 km / 0.9 mi
- Shores Amphoras Hotel Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Distance: 1.3 km / 0.8 mi
- Sharm Inn Amarein Hotel Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Distance: 1.7 km / 1.1 mi
- Iberotel Palace Hotel Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Distance: 2 km / 1.2 mi
- Melia Sinai Hotel Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Distance: 2.3 km / 1.4 mi
- Concorde El Salam Hotel Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Distance: 14.1 km / 8.8 mi


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County Treasurers, Registers of Probate, County Attorneys, Sheriffs, and Registers of Deeds Elected
The county treasurers, registers of probate, county attorneys, sheriffs and registers of deeds, shall be elected by the inhabitants of the several towns, in the several counties in the state, according to the method now practiced, and the laws of the state, Provided nevertheless the legislature shall have authority to alter the manner of certifying the votes, and the mode of electing those officers; but not so as to deprive the people of the right they now have of electing them.
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And the legislature, on the application of the major part of the inhabitants of any county, shall have authority to divide the same into two districts for registering deeds, if to them it shall appear necessary; each district to elect a register of deeds: And before they enter upon the business of their offices, shall be respectively sworn faithfully to discharge the duties thereof, and shall severally give bond, with sufficient sureties, in a reasonable sum, for the use of the county for the punctual performance of their respective trusts.
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Ballantine Throws Nasdijj Overboard
Remember how during the first few weeks of the James Frey scandal, Anchor/Doubleday was loud and proud in its defense of their bestselling author? Well, Ballantine—which is, like Doubleday, part of the Random House conglomerate—isn't going to make that mistake. Late Friday night, Hillel Italie filed an AP dispatch reporting that Ballantine has stopped shipping Nasdijj's memoirs (the two they publish, anyway) and will accept returns from any bookstore that wants to send them back. Italie also reports on a new development we'd also heard about Friday, shortly after I revealed that Nasdijj is trying to sell his side of the story. See, in trying to verify that report, I'd spoken to Jim Cypher, who was Tim Barrus's agent back in '97, during which time he began using the name "T. Nasdijj Barrus." The two split up after about a year because Barrus was too high-maintenance a client. "He elevated my blood pressure every time we spoke by phone," Cypher recalled (though he would later go on to rep Barrus's wife in her attempt to sell a memoir about her work with autistic children). That's a recurring theme in the Nasdijj career trajectory: Ballantine's spokeswoman told Italie that they cut the author loose in 2004 but wouldn't say why, and Anton Mueller, the Houghton Mifflin editor who bought his first book, conceded to the LA Weekly, "Nasdijj is simply not the most stable person in the world."*
Confirming that "Tim is his own worst enemy" because of his continued expression of entrenched resentment towards the publishing industry and the raw deal he believes minorities face at its hands, Cypher told me he'd gotten an email for Barrus Friday morning, which was a pointer to a lengthy rant on Nasdijj's blog which, in essence, blames humanity for caring more about Nasdijj's birth name than curing AIDS and decriminalizing marijuana. I was going to hold off on reporting about it until Monday, especially since I was still trying to see if I could find out who Nasdijj's current agent is, but since Italie's already broken the news…
*Mueller also thinks Nasdijj is "one of the most, if not the most talented writer I have ever worked with," which some might consider an odd assertion for a man who's bought books by Mark Slouka, Anchee Min, and Nico Ricci to make.


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Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. - Oscar Wilde
Friday, June 29, 2007
I'm Connie, and I'm from France
Stephen J. iFlipFlop saw London. He saw France. He saw Amsterdam in his traveling pants.
Young iFlipFlop, 14, went to France on Wednesday night. Kinda. His British Airways flight was to have left at 7pm out of Philadelphia. In fact, when I checked on BA66 on Flight Tracker, it left on time. And when I checked at around 8:45pm, it looked like the plane was at 37,000 feet and leaving North American airspace, dipping just below Greenland.
Then the phone rang.
"Mom, we still haven't left," said Stephen.
It was 9pm. Since his connection in London was only 90 minutes to get him to Lyon, that meant he'd already missed it. Plus, to start off the day, BA wouldn't let Mrs. iFlipFlop into the waiting area, so the 14-year-old was on his own since about 4:30 in the afternoon.
"Okay, let me make a few calls," said Mrs. iFF as she looked for customer service numbers.
After 30 minutes on hold she finally got an agent. They said Stephen would be booked on the next flight to the south of France. But how would he know that?
Mrs. iFF got up at 4am and checked. Stephen would be rerouted from London to Amsterdam to Lyon. And his final leg would have to be on Air France, which meant a change of terminals in Schipol Airport in Amsterdam. Great.
The phone started ringing at 4:30am our time. "I'm in a really long line and I'm not sure I'm going to get my new tickets," said Stephen.
"Don't worry, here's what to do," Said Mrs. iFF. When the chips are down, you want Mrs. iFF working the action for you. She can get it done.
Well, after nearly 18 hours of travel, Stephen finally made it to Lyon, where he met up with the family he's staying with in La Drome. The father is the Minister of Tourism for that beautiful part of France, where lavender fields go on as far as the eye can see, and the Rhone Alps frame the views. Ah, La France. Now he's there.
We got this note from Stephen last night. I think it captures the essence of what it's like to travel unattended at 14, and pull it of with aplomb:
I made it to Charles' house perfectly fine, and my luggage is expected to come in by tomorrow.
I am pretty tired, so I am going to bed right after we eat dinner, which is in a few minutes.
I just wanted to give you the update.
Hope all is well over there.
I am going to a music festival tomorrow morning.
I will talk to you later.
Labels: France, La Vie iFlipFlop, travel
Thursday, June 28, 2007
It's iPhone Eve!
"Tomorrow is iPhone Eve!" Charlie said as he left our office yesterday.
Kids have holidays. Summer vacation. Recess. Adults have the iPhone.
We're going to be at the AT&T store in Center City tomorrow if you want to look for us. We'll be the excited ones.
Labels: iPhone, Philadelphia
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Hot Clothes Claustrophobia
Today is more suited for bathing suits and water parks than it is for three-piece suits and water coolers. It's freakin' hot in the city that scalds you back.
As I was walking to work today in my standard uniform -- black t-shirt and jeans -- I looked at the very, very hot people walking by me. Now, I'm not talking about the "very, very hot" type that you see in Cannes or on Ipanema Beach in Rio, I'm talking about sweaty hot. The kind that gives me "hot clothes claustrophobia." Here are some examples:
The Old Lady in Polyester. There was an old lady in a wheelchair being loaded down from a SEPTA van. She and her attending friend were dressed in ankle-length skirts, polyester blouses, camisoles, Playtex 18-hour bras (no, I wasn't looking), all kinds of jewelry, and their hair was done up in an upsweep of recently-rinsed cinnamon. Oh, and panty hose, of course. I mean, the idea of that kind of getup just makes me hot - the temperature kind -- being near it. That kind of clothing could result in spontaneous human combustion today.
The Baller in XXXL. This guy was walking along with his wife and baby, and he was sweating up a storm. He was wearing a wool throwback baseball cap, a white t-shirt that came down to his knees and could be used as a spinnaker in America's Cup races, a pair of jeans that had enough fabric to double as a bus wrap, and a pair of unlaced high-tops. Hot, I tell you, hot. And to prove it, he was carrying a full-sized white bath towel, which he kept using to wipe his face. And it's just morning. He'd better stay out of the midday sun.
The Office Lady in Snuggies. Man, those clothes were tight. Tight blouse fitted just so. Black skirt that had to have been greased before it could be slipped on. A huge belt around the whole thing. Stilettos. And an umbrella. Now normally I'd just say that was "hot" and leave it at that. But snug clothes today? No way. There's nothing worse than a sweaty waistband. And the thought of clingy clothes induces my hot clothes claustrophobia.
I have to be out a lot today (dentist appointment). I put on an double dose of Axe antiperspirant. I'm going to walk slowly. And I'll be looking at all those poor suckers who are sweltering while I think of "hot clothes claustrophobia."
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Stories from Reading Terminal Market
I forgot to mention how much I really like Marisa's Stories from Reading Terminal Market. Really interesting stories from a really good writer.
You can also read more of Marisa's writing on her Apartment 2024 and Metrobloging Philadelphia. Plus, you can see her on the smash hit, Fork You, a cooking show she does with Scott that I think will get picked up and syndicated within a year.
Eight Random Facts and iFlipFlop Habits
My friend, Pax, tagged me with this bad boy. First, the rules:
- All right, here are the rules.
- We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.
- Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
- People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
- At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.
Eight Random Facts/Habits
- My hair is the longest it's ever been.
- I'm not kidding, I really want to run with the bulls and climb to Everest Base Camp.
- I've had a quick temper my whole life. I'm Irish, but that's not really an excuse. BTW: It's getting better, or I'm just getting too old to worry as much.
- I could squat 550 lbs and bench press 325 lbs with ease when I was at my weightlifting prime, which was about 12 years ago. It's a lot less now.
- I always put on my left sock, then my left shoe, then my right sock, then my right shoe. Always. As Jack Nicholson said, "What if this is as good as it gets?"
- Even though I had parents, from the time I was 13 I was really raised by a gay couple. They taught me a lot about life, respect, and business (they had high level professional jobs and were top dog handlers, which is how I got to know them). Thirty-plus years ago they were gay when people weren't "gay." And they were more committed to each other than anyone I knew. I could write pages and pages about this, but this is a random facts meme, so I'll leave it at that.
- I gave up caffeine this year (big headache). I gave up sugar a couple of years ago. So now, coffee is less enjoyable, but a lot healthier. Now if I could only give up Cinnabon and cheeseburgers.
- I am constantly amazed that I am as old as I am. I feel asleep one day and woke up this age. The last 20 years were a blur.
Okay, that's my 8. I will tag Rick, Moni, Sarah, TDMJ, and Guillaume. Guillaume, why, oh why, don't you have a blog?
Labels: La Vie iFlipFlop
Monday, June 25, 2007
Broken Spring
I took my car in for its annual Pennsylvania inspection on Saturday. I thought that would be an easy project, just a perfunctory check. (By mistake, I'd let my inspection expire a couple of months, and in PA that's a no-no.)
Well, bummer. It seems like every time I take a car in for inspection there's something wrong. Niggling little things. This time there were two "somethings." I have a faulty oil sensor: $146. And I have a broken front spring: $350. So, in addition to the cost of the inspection, I'm looking at $650 or so. And no noticeable difference in the car. Just a new inspection sticker.
On the other hand, I'm glad I didn't find out about that broken spring by going around a corner fast and having uncontrollable wheel hop. That would have been a real bummer.
Labels: cars
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Special Two-for-One Purchase: Alli, the Weight Loss Drug and a Year's Supply of Oops! I Crapped My Pants
You know how every once in a while you read a story and just can hardly keep going? How you just want to cover your eyes and pretend it's not really there? That's how I felt this morning when I was reading The Philadelphia Inquirer and stumbled across a story titled, "When a New Diet Drug Elicits Potty Humor." Here's the lede:
How badly do you want to be skinny? Is it worth soiling your underwear?The story goes into the toilet after that.
I mean, if you want to lose weight, either eat less or exercise more. It's pretty simple. I can't imagine taking the Alli diet pill and only losing "an average of 6.3 pounds over one year" while risking the very real chance of becoming a 2-year-old in diapers. I don't think so. You can read here about the disgusting side effects, which happen to HALF the patients who use Alli.
But the drug did make me think of one of the funniest scatological pieces ever on Saturday Night Live: Oops! I Crapped My Pants!
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Cogito, Ergo Sum
Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and George W. Bush went to a fitness spa for some fun. After a stimulating, healthy lunch, all three decided to visit the men's room and they found a strange-looking gent sitting at the entrance.
He said, "Welcome to the gentleman's room. Be sure to check out our newest feature, a mirror that, if you look into it and say something truthful, you will be rewarded with your wish. But, be warned: if you say something FALSE, you will be sucked into the mirror to live in a void of nothingness for all eternity!"
The three men quickly entered and upon finding the mirror, Bill Clinton stepped up and said, "I think I'm the most intelligent of us three," and he suddenly found the keys to a brand new Bentley in his hands.
Al Gore stepped up and said, "I think I'm the most aware of the environmental problems of us three," and in an instant, he was surrounded by a pile of money to fund his next Presidential Campaign.
Excited over the possibility of finally having a wish come true, George W. Bush looked into the mirror and said, "I think...," and was promptly sucked into the mirror.
Another from the Guillaume Library of Silly Jokes
Labels: George W. Bush, jokes
Friday, June 22, 2007
I'm a Steamroller
We've cooked up a disruptive idea in our consulting business. And we're going to steamroll it. It's gonna be a hefty hunk of steaming junk.
One of our tenets when we started the business was, "Think it up one day and see it happen the next day." We're doing that. As JT says, "I'm a napalm bomb for ya, baby! C'mon and roll on over, baby, and help lose these steamroller blues."
Thursday, June 21, 2007
We FlipFlop
My buddy, The Big Tuna, sent me this picture of his front door with a note that said, "We FlipFlop." That made me smile.
And on this longest day of 2007, I'm thinking I should slip on some flip-flops and ease back into summer. (But I'm wearing grownup clothes, including cuff links, so it might need to be later. At least the sun will set late today.)
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
I Dropped My Laptop
I dropped my PowerBook. It wasn't just a little drop. I'm talking about having it fall several feet from my (slippery) hands to the hard, hard cement sidewalk of Ritenhouse Square. Zoiks.
There was a lot of damage to the laptop around the power supply. It didn't look good. But I ws able to turn it one (kinda). So...it wa new laptop time. Charlie grabbed me a new McBook Pro at Springboard Media, I powered it up, it asked me if I wanted to transfer data from another Mac, I said yes, and Voila!
It just worked. As in, I'm typing from the new MacBook Pro. And it's working like nothing happened. Every single process, every single password, every single application ported over. And it just worked.
This is my first post on my MacBook Pro. How do you like it so far?
I'm spending the rest of the day working on my Kung Fu grip. I'm not going to let this one slip through my fingers.
Labels: La Vie iFlipFlop
Monday, June 18, 2007
I Love to Laugh
I can laugh at the most inopportune (okay, inappropriate) times. These movie clips really make me crack up.
Mary Poppins: I Love to Laugh
Mary Tyler Moore: The Funeral of Chuckles the Clown
And even though I couldn't embed this Tallywhacker scene from Porky's, it has to be a classic form of people trying to hold back a laugh. Um, do I need to say it? NSFW.
Talk Show Host Laughs Uncontrollably
Even though that last one is in Dutch (well, Flemish, really), you can get the point. The host is interviewing a guy who reportedly had his testicles removed accidentally in a surgical mistake. (The video has a questionable provenance, but the laughing is real...and contagious.)
Sunday, June 17, 2007
My Happy Father's Day
I love going out to breakfast on the weekends. I especially like going early on Sunday morning, which doesn't always exactly reconcile with the Teenage iFlipFlops. They like to sleep in. But not today.
This morning I heard a lot of movement upstairs. And the Teenage iFlipFlops got up to go to breakfast with Mrs. iFlipFlop and me for Father's Day. We ate outside at one of my all time favorite breakfast places, Nudy's Eastside Cafe. We talked. We laughed. And when the waitress brought the check and said, "Happy Father's Day," I thought, "I already have."
Saturday, June 16, 2007
The Real Boys of Summer
Remember real joy? The happiness of winning? Or playing just because it was fun?
I smiled when I got the picture above and the note below from Tami, my sister-in-law, who has a has a cool way of observing the world in very interesting ways. Her son, Devin, is the smiling guy in the foreground of the picture:
One of the moms on Devin's baseball team takes pics all the time and she forwarded this to me. I don't know why, but I love this picture. To me it epitomizes what summer is about. The boys had just won a 3 day tournament and were running to line up for their trophies (and yes, there were one or two kids in front of Devin that aren't in the picture!). The scoreboard was starting to be cleared off (thus the first inning number), but the final score is correct.I think I'll go walk around barefoot in the grass today.
One other thing, the reason Devin isn't wearing a belt is because the first game of the tourny (3 days earlier) he forgot it and he hit the ball really well...he was convinced that it was because he didn't wear his belt (he also had holes in his sox that he wouldn't change!!). Baseball players can be so superstitious!!
Anyway...here's to the "boys of summer!"
Friday, June 15, 2007
I Like Rep-Striped Ties
I'm wearing a Rep Striped Tie today, and whenever I wear one, I always feel great. There's something about that pattern that says, "Yep, I'm feeling bold today!" The one I'm wearing today is blue with a gold collegiate stripe. I'm wearing a Rep Stripe and I'm King of the World. Okay, maybe more like Master of My Own Domain.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Can We Stop for a Snack?
I've been getting a little extra exercise this week by walking Sarah's twin 7-year-olds to and from school each day. That's helping her out, giving me about an extra hour of walking a day (I can use it), and I get the double bonus of hanging around 7-year-olds. Little kids just look at the world differently.
"Can we stop for a snack?" they asked yesterday as we approached the corner of 16th and Market.
"Maybe," I said. I looked around for one of the ubiquitous green booths in Philadelphia that sells snacks.
"No, we have snacks. We have some leftover from our lunch," they said in unison.
When 7-year-olds ask "Can we have a snack?" they don't mean it theoretically. They aren't playing around. They want a snack. Like...now.
"Yes, you can eat your snack," I said. What I meant was they could eat while we walked. They didn't quite get the message.
And they sat down right where they were. Hopped up on one of those big marble planters lining the concourse. Sat down, opened their lunch boxes, pulled out a leftover sandwich, a few almonds, some chocolate-covered pretzels, and had their snack.
I saw a client walking by after a few minutes. I had just been in a meeting with her 15 minutes before and explained then that I had to leave to pick up the kids. And there we were. I said, "We stopped for a snack. Isn't that great?"
"I'd love to be able to sit down and stop for a snack when I want to. I'd like to not have any worries...or meetings. I'd like to be seven again," she said.
Me too. It's a variation on stopping to smell the roses. Only at age 7 it's stopping for a snack.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Sweet, Sweet Karma
It stormed yesterday afternoon in Philadelphia, and it more than rained, it poured. That left huge puddles in the roads. And that's when the jerk drivers have a heyday.
I was walking at the corner of 18th and Walnut when I hear a truck rev up. The driver veered right into the bus lane, which had a foot of standing water in it in front of the Barnes and Noble. It was like slow motion. A business guy. iPod. Walking right next to the gutter. A huge wave. A soaking.
The pickup driver purposely swerved to splash the guy with filthy Philly water. That sucked, but then came the sound of sweet, sweet karma. And with that sound came flashing lights. Police siren, baby, the sound of karma.
A cop was behind the jerk in the pickup truck. And he nailed that prick. Just for fun I followed the guy who got splashed down to the pulled over truck. All kinds of Marines and Semper Fi and Support Our Troops stickers all over the truck. Beauty, support our troops, because we want the freedom to be a jagoff and splash people at will. It's in the Second Amendment, right? Well, funguol, asshole.
"Karma's a bitch," I said to Mr. Semper Fi. The guy who got splashed had a lot more to say to the cop. It was a good day.
Oh, I got a free loaf of bread at Le Bus that the manager gave me as I walked by. All was right in the world.
Labels: La Vie iFlipFlop
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Scott McCNBC
Scott McNulty of Blankbaby and Fork You.tv fame became even more famous when he appeared on CNBC's Face-to-Face yesterday to comment on Apple's WWDC 07. Small town Philadelphia boy did good when he was introduced as not only a blogger at The Unofficial Apple Weblog, but as *THE* lead expert on matters Apple. Very cool indeed.
Only bummer: You have to register to see Scott talk, but it's worth it.
UPDATE: He's on iTunes...no registration necessary!
Labels: Blankbaby, CNBC, Fork You, Scott McNulty, WWDC
Monday, June 11, 2007
Ever Heard the Sound of 15 Million Americans Screaming?
Sunday, June 10, 2007
We'll Always Have Paris
So, Paris Hilton is going to serve her 23 days in jail. Wahoo! Um, I would like to pretend like I don't care,but I do. I'm a pop culture slut. I think she should spend some time in jail...that's my law-and-order nature, which conflicts with my feelings that Tony Soprano is one of the good guys. Go figure. Cognitive dissonance and gravity are not my friends.
Friday, June 08, 2007
A Great Way to Waste a Friday Afternoon
Buh-bye. Enjoy your weekend.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
It Takes Nerve to Sit in a Neuro-Surgery Waiting Room
I sat for a couple hours yesterday in a neuro-surgery waiting room. I might have mentioned that Ms.LiquidTreats had a pretty serious brain injury from a fall about 6 weeks ago. It's getting much better, but she has to go frequently to the neurosurgeon to check on the progress of the clot on her brain and I went along to help her. Her injury's getting much better, but I gotta tell you, the people in that waiting room weren't doing so well.
I've got a brain tumor and I need to see Doctor Smith-Jones right away. Just before we were leaving, a woman walking in an made that announcement at the top of her lungs. "I've got a brain tumor" are words I hope I never need to utter. She then went on to say that she'd called early in the morning, but the doctors' office forgot to call her back, so she just came in.
I've got a pocket full of Percocet. A 50-ish guy was telling his story to the woman sitting next to him, who had surgery on cervical vertebrae -- from the FRONT and BACK. The guy said he had a degenerating condition in his lower back that made his hips so painful all he could do to get out of bed was take a handful of Percocet. Oh, while the back thing was going on, he had a stroke, too. Now his 80-something mother is driving him across the bridge to a Center City hospital.
They pulled my brain tumor out my nose. I am not shitting you, that's what the guy said. He had his hair shaved partially in the front and there was a six-week-old scar where his hair was just starting to grow back. "They drilled a hole in my head and then pulled the tumor out my nose," he said as he gestured toward the scar. "Now I'm doing much better. I feel like my old self."
There was a woman in there who was driving her wheelchair with her chin. Another woman wearing a huge helmet because part of her skull was removed. Old people. Middle-aged people. Even a teenager.
I had a headache when I went there. After looking around and listening for a bit I decided that I was just fine, thank you very much.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Sometimes Life Is a Bowl of Cherries
When I got home for dinner last night this bowl of cherries was on the table along with my dinner. (Mrs. iFlipFlop had made dinner, left some behind for me, and was driving The Youngest iFlipFlop to his karate school, so it was me, myself and I.)
And as I sat there, I thought, "You know, I have it made. And yeah, sometimes life is a bowl of cherries."
I'm Wearing My Buddha T-Shirt Today
No evil eyes on me today, I'm packing The Buddha on my back.
I recognize the irony of wearing a Buddha shirt that I paid $38 for at a Center City store. That's the way to inner peace. I'm thinking that in an equal time move tomorrow, I might go with the What Wouldn't Jesus Do? t-shirt.
Labels: t-shirt
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Interest Piqued
You know, after you write for a while, it can get a little isolated. What I mean is that in the beginning I used to link a lot. Now I read more and link less. And it's just pure laziness. I comment a lot more than I used to...that was my commitment to myself in 2007. But I read lots daily, and each day I'm amazed. Here's a sampler of cool stuff I read within the last week from some very good writers, photographers, and artists:
Rub Your Breasts. Yep, you read it right. Scott and Marisa are at it again in this ninth installment of Fork You. There's something about preparing a whole chicken that brings out the inner Beavis and Butthead in all of us (well, Marisa brought it back to cooking).
Hitting Home. A soldier from Mark's town was killed last week in Iraq. Do you fly a flag or not? Mark talks about the torn feelings on that. He also has a link to a bumper sticker I'm ordering today.
A Day at the Academy. Besides the fact that it includes one of the truly great lines ever uttered, "Frank, big boys don't cry," it's a story of how our scripts are embedded in us and we never know when we all of a sudden become our parents.
I Used to Be a Heroin Addict, but Now I'm a Methadone Addict. Pax has a favorite clip from Annie Hall (one of my favorite movies, too) where Alvie is in school and wondering what his classmates are doing now.
E2 4 Me. Ubermensch is on airplanes all the time, and offers a 48Facets recommendation for the best ear buds. Hello music, goodbye world.
Low Impact Week. Albert and Lady are working on living a low impact life. I admire that. I also drooled over this loaf of bread he bought locally.
I Have Found It. Moni watched a Bollywood film and said, "Isn't it romantic?"
Yeah, Baby! Tony bought some CDs and got the very best "thank you" letter ever from the CEO. Cool.
Breaking Suburbia's Stranglehold. Jeff writes about how his and Eric's commute into Hotlanta ain't as hot as it used to be now that the time to get downtown has gone up dramatically.
Ever Owned a Moleskin Jacket? Howard has been keeping his notes and observations in moleskin notebooks. He has the pictures -- and the haikus, he's the Poet Laureate of Philadelphia in my book -- to prove it.
Matt's Been Dealing With Cats. How would you deal with feral cats? I have to say that Matt took the best approach and did the most research of anyone I've ever heard of. You can read an ennobling story in three parts.
Sum, Sum, Summertime. Jessica has a summertime meme that gets us all thinking about sun and surf...and days off to enjoy.
And Baby Makes 4. Heck, I don't know how I didn't get this up on the first round. Maidy is having a baby...or at least she's doing the Brackston-Hicks Boogie. She's trying all the tricks to get the little one to say, "Hello world!"
Okay, that's what made me smile this week, along with a lot more.
Labels: Friends of iFlipFlop
Monday, June 04, 2007
Sarah Silverman on Paris Hilton Going to Jail
Paris Hilton reported to jail this morning, which will be easy after enduring Sarah Silverman pwning her at the MTV Music Awards. Check out Jack Nicholson's reaction, too.
Labels: Jack Nicholson, MTV Music Awards, Paris Hilton, Sarah Silverman
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Do You Read The Dilbert Blog?
The Dilbert Blog isn't what you might think it is. Scott Adams, in addition to being a brilliant cartoonist with his Dilbert strip, is also a super writer. And a crafty lefty. I really like his stuff. He'll get you thinking. I like seeing him pop into my Google Reader.
Labels: Dilbert, Scott Adams
Friday, June 01, 2007
I'm Going to See Barry Bonds Get Booed Tonight
Barry Bonds is in town tonight and the iFlipFlop Clan will be there. I might even join the Boo Birds for a moment or two, welcoming the intoxicating Mr. Bonds to the City of Brotherly Love. You might say we'll do some male "Bonding." I'll let you know how it goes.
In the meantime, I found a very rare Barry Bonds rookie card. Man, those steroids really pumped him up.
Labels: Barry Bonds, boo, Philadelphia, rookie card