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If You Can, Invest Some Money in Yourself During the Offseaon
The offseason is a great time to see a soft-tissue specialist—a physical therapist, chiropractor, massage therapist or ART specialist—who can not only give you an assessment of how strong or weak your body is, but can also work on any problem areas.
It's rare that runners feel 100-percent healthy all of the time. Yet when you're in the middle of training mode, it's hard to rationalize taking a few days off to see someone and let the body heal itself. That's why the offseaon is such a great time to take care of aches, pains or imbalances.
If you don't have someone to see, visit your local running shoe store, and someone there should have a couple of good recommendations for you. Finally, go out of your way to find an ART therapist. I've found that a good ART professional is worth his or her weight in gold.
Everyone's Offseason Break Differs
There is nothing set in stone about what activities you should complete during your offseason break once you've taken a few days of complete rest. While this work could be considered cross-training, I prefer to call it aerobic work—workouts that are completely fueled by the aerobic metabolism.
More: An Injury-Free Approach to Cross-Training
I live in Colorado, and at every point in the year, hiking is an option (although you might need snow shoes in certain places in the winter); I encourage runners to take advantage of the trails. Walking up and down trails strengthens the muscles and tendons in the ankle, knee and hip joints, and can help improve "joint integrity," which is beneficial for all runners.
More: Your Guide to Hiking
If you live in the flatlands, try a brisk walk, swim laps, or try aqua jogging. The key here is to do it gently—the goal is to get a small aerobic stimulus that doesn't put much stress on the ankles, knees and hips.
Options abound. Nordic skiing is easy on the joints and a great way to build aerobic fitness. Bikes and elliptical machines are available at most gyms, and are good options as well. Remember, when you first get back into the aerobic work, keep things gentle. You aren't trying to gain fitness for your run training, but rather getting in a few weeks of aerobic stimuli before you resume running.
More: Offseason Cross-Training Tips
Make General Strength and Mobility Gains
There's no better time to make gains in General Strength and Mobility (GSM) than during the offseason break. I prioritize this work over aerobic cross-training during the offseaon. I would rather see a runner complete 30 to 40 minutes of GSM—this could include some Active Isolated Flexibility work, also known as "rope stretching"—for a few weeks, then start running, than see someone in the pool every day, do no GSM, and then jump into their run training.
More: How Runners Benefit From GSM
The bottom line is that all runners—from the most elite athletes in the world to people just off the couch and training for a 5K—can get stronger and use GSM to prevent injuries. I'm a big believer in runners doing non-running work because it allows them to run more miles more intense workouts. GSM work greatly decreases the frequency of injuries for those runners who do it daily.
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"elegant California cuisine with a dash of India"...
Any comments? Is it worth trying?
Original post made by toni, Midtown, on Sep 28, 2006
The food is fine but the service is awful/creepy. I had a very disturbing experience with a waiter there the other day where he actually reached into my lap to take my napkin as he was clearing the table. Made me terribly uncomfortable and not want to return.
Paly's newspaper, The Campanile, did a review of it last June. Here's a link to the article: Web Link
I haven't been there myself. The incident Sally mentions with the waiter is a little ... odd!
The appetizers are good, the main courses nothing special, our service was horrible, too, although nothing like Sally's. I prefer Janta.
The food is different and good but overpriced. If you want straight Indian cuisine there are better places (Amber) but this is supposed to be Fusion, not strictly Indian. The atmosphere is great. The service is adequate. I would go back but not often because of the price.
Low grade dog food!
Try Junoon instead. Service impeccable. Food excellent.
We tried it once and haven't returned. I'd give it high marks for ambience, average for fine food, low for value.
I was there recently with a group of six. The food was good and somewhat interesting. The service was awful. The waitress would take drink orders from only a couple of people, then disappear, then come back and spill a glass of beer, then later forget a dish, and in the end be absent for long periods of time.
I thought the vegetable curry (lunch special) was quite
good, but not extraordinary, and it was a bit expensive
at $13. What I really remember is the incredibly bad
service. I wonder if Mantra is reading these comments!
I recommend: only go there if you have lots of time and
like a very leisurely/absent sort of service. Mind you,
I am all in favor of "slow food" and I don't have a short
fuse. But it took over 10 minutes to get my bill after
I asked (having already waited a long time, in what I
thought was an obvious way).
I personally think Mantra is a great addition to Downtown Palo Alto as I have dined there for both dinner and lighter fare in the bar area about 5 times now. We have also had friends from SF join us, and everyone has had nothing but a positive experience. I think the dinner menu is interesting - try the sea bass or beef tenderloin and don't forget to add their unique-flavored naan. This is not a curry house, but an upscale contemporary American restaurant (10x's better than the new Mad & Fifth - ambience is the only place they score) with an Indian flair at reasonable prices. Even if you don't care for Indian food, you would still like many of their entrees. Junnoon (upscale as well) and Janta (more of a curry house) are major disappointments if you ask me.
We were taken to this restaurant last night by some Indian friends. Having checked these reviews and others beforehand, I was a little concerned. But, this place was really good.
We arrived later in the evening just as a busy evening was beginning to wind down. We found the wait staff knowledgeable and service was excellent. (As far as the napkin episode, I did notice that when one of our party left to use the restroom, the wait staff came and picked the napkin off the chair and refolded it neatly and placed it back on the table, a nice touch). The ambience and particularly the chairs were great, I have not sat as comfortably in a restaurant before.
We ordered "share plates" which meant that the food was placed in the middle of the table with serving utensils, including knives, and we could all try some of each. We ordered one appetizer and also the tandoori mixed grill (an entree) as an appetizer, and they were all wonderful, particularly the lamb. For the entrees, my favorites were the coke au vin lamb shank, and the chicken moilee. Once again, the lamb was wonderful, very lean and meaty. The various naan breads we ordered to soak up the sauces were tasty but too fatty in my opinion. I would have preferred them drier so that they could actually soak up the sauces. My one criticism was lack of vegetables, I would have preferred to see more. Only one entree came with vegetables and they were excellent. The desserts were very good although one of our choices had run out, not surprising as we were late. The creme brulee was different and pleasant, the chocolate pyramid was gorgeous and the ice cream tasters were extremely good with out of the ordinary flavors. The wines were also great.
I had a really good time learning about indian food and trying things that I would never have picked on my own. In all, it was an excellent experience. It was expensive but this is fine dining, not going out for a quick curry.

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August, 25
Beyonce toasted by VMA stars
Beyonce was the toast of the MTV Video Music Awards, as stars lined up to pay tribute to the biggest winner of the night.
The Crazy In Love superstar picked up the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award from her husband Jay-Z and daughter Blue Ivy, as well as three other moonman statues.
She scored a gong for best video with a social message for Pretty Hurts, as well as awards for best cinematography and best collaboration for Drunk In Love with Jay-Z. She also broke the record previously held by Justin Timberlake for the longest VMA performance ever after she performed an epic medley of hits, accompanied by a montage of clips and images from family home videos.
On the red carpet at The Forum in Inglewood, California, nominees, performers and presenters alike were all agreed that Beyonce was a worthy recipient of the honour.
Usher, who performed his new single Give It To You with Nicki Minaj, said: "For people like Beyonce who think bigger than music and bigger than the contribution that she makes, she continues to be a shining light, I love that. She is bigger than that."
Jessie J, who opened the show with Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj with their first performance of Bang Bang, added: "Beyonce is somebody who when I met her, I held her hand and said thank you for making me know I can do it even when I feel like I can't. She's amazing so I'm excited to see her."
Beyonce was supported by her fellow Destiny's Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams and Michelle said she knew this was a day her old friend had worked for.
"I know that when this award was created I know in her mind, she worked hard to get here."
Charli XCX, who scored huge success this summer with her collaboration with Iggy Azalea on hit single Fancy, said she looked up to the superstar.
"She is one of the hardest working women in the industy and she is such a powerful sexy woman and incredibly talented, I think she's great."
Meanwhile Snoop Dogg, who was there to present an award with Gwen Stefani, added: "She deserves it, she's the queen. She is the best, she is the greatest."
The MTV Video Music Awards air on MTV UK at 9pm on Monday August 25.
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All we know is, he's called The Stig. And that now we can race through the air with an RC mini-helicopter styled after the mysterious Top Gear cast member's iconic helmet.
This indoor mini-copter has an aluminum frame and a built in gyro that rights the toy if it crash lands, and you'll get about 8-15 minutes of flight time per charge. For about $60 (plus the cost of shipping), you can support one of the BBC's top programs by ordering your very own. [Takoon Kites via CrunchGear]


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Trigger-happy South Africa aims to curb a love of guns
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Reports on gun control in South Africa. Right of regulated, responsible weapon ownership; Provisions of the Arms and Ammunition Control Bill of 1999; Facts on gun ownership.
- Young guns. // New Internationalist;Mar97, Issue 288, p5
Reports that a government decision to ease restrictions on gun ownership has sparked a new debate on gun control in Israel.
- ...And ask questions later. Laskas, Jeanne Marie // Redbook;Sep94, Vol. 183 Issue 5, p91
Advocates guns control in the United States. Author's experience while buying a gun; Reasons for owning a gun; Availability of guns in the United States; Federal requirements in gun ownership; Statistics of violent deaths in the United States caused by guns; Choices of bullets; Lifestyle...
- Too many guns? Or too few? Morganthau, Tom; Shenitz, Bruce // Newsweek;8/15/1994, Vol. 124 Issue 7, p44
Examines the continuing debate over possession of firearms in the United States and discovers a new contrarianism about guns. The 80 million US gun owners; The Brady Law of 1993; The crime bill of 1994; Gun control bill co-sponsored by Rep. Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and Sen. Bill Bradley (N.J.);...
- Most criminals fear to tread where gun ownership is high. Williams, Walter E. // Human Events;7/28/95, Vol. 51 Issue 29, p20
Focuses on the gun control arguments of liberals in the United States. T. Marcus Funk's article on gun control; Danger posed by gun control on the law-abiding; Constitutional right to bear arms.
- LETTERS TO EDITOR. Jones, Charlene Elizabeth // Tennessee Tribune;11/7/2013, Vol. 24 Issue 46, p4A
A letter to the editor is presented concerning universal background check (UBC) for ownership of gun.
- Don't shoot at what you can't see. Younts, Clint // Hays Free Press (Buda, TX);10/3/2007, Vol. 104 Issue 26, p5A
The article discusses gun control and ownership.
- PRIVATE GUNS, PUBLIC RECORDS. Gebhardt, Bear Jack // Columbia Journalism Review;May/Jun2000, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p10
Reports on the reaction of gun lobbyists and politicians in Colorado to the activity of a journalist publishing the names of people given permit to carry concealed guns. Journalist's reason for publishing the names of the people with permits to carry guns; Effect of the publication to gun owners.
- Shooters aren't sexy. Squires, Peter // New Statesman;9/27/96, Vol. 125 Issue 4303, p12
Comments on the Cullen report on the Dunblane massacre and its implications for the contested issue of gun control and ownership of handguns in Great Britain. Recommendations of the report regarding handguns; Need for gun control initiatives to be accompanied by an assault on the pervasive gun...


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Police search for Popeye's parking lot robbers
Wallets, cellphone stolen
Police are trying to find two men responsible for an armed robbery in a restaurant parking lot on Wednesday.
Officers said the robbery took place at Popeye's Chicken at 5700 Lake Underhill Road in Orlando.
The two robbers approached the two victims as they were getting into their car, demanding everything they had.
According to the police report, the victims said one of the men stated, "Give me everything you (expletive) got," while pointing a gun at his face.
One of the victims told the men, "It's not my car; I don't know what's in it," the police report said.
Police said the victims' wallets and cellphone were stolen.
The robbers escaped in a charcoal-colored Chrysler, said a witness.
Police said one of the men is a heavy-set black male with poofy hair, standing between 5 feet 11 inches and 6 feet tall. He was wearing a red hooded sweatshirt with denim jeans and carrying a black handgun with white writing.
The second robber was described as a heavy-set black male with goatee-style facial hair and standing between 5 feet 8 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall He was wearing a black hat with a black T-shirt.
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I begin this report with a word of gratitude. It is an honor for me this week to be installed officially as the provost at Westmont. I am thankful for this opportunity to serve here, and I pray that my efforts will be equal to your trust.
For the installation events we have scheduled a panel discussion entitled "Awakening the Moral Imagination" on Wednesday afternoon (3:30 to 5:15 p.m.) in the Page Multipurpose Room. All are welcome. I have envisioned this as an occasion for me to listen as faculty reflect on some of the distinctive aspects of our mission and possibilities. Paul Willis will read a couple of his poems, and nine other Westmont professors will serve as panelists. I've offered a few preliminary thoughts on the theme below.
With the national election looming, this is the season for political debates, with both Obama and Romney chiming in on such fierce issues as whether or not the Green Bay Packers should have been awarded an interception on Monday Night Football. Tom Knecht, former free safety and current political science prof, may help us understand why we will eventually vote as we do in his Phi Kappa Phi lecture—one of several events this coming month devoted to political themes.


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The Mark Scanlon House, also known locally as 'The Pines', is located at 168 Church St. (on the northwest corner of Church and Queen Streets). It was built in the Gothic Revival style around 1850 by Mark Scanlon. He was a lawyer and one of the ori...
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Today is Day 4 of the Share a Story – Shape a Future blog tour. Today's theme is "A Visit to the Library" and is hosted by Eva Mitnick at Eva's Book Addiction blog.
- Eva's Welcome to the Library Post – Eva @ Eva's Book Addiction
- From Cozy to Cool – Library Spaces for Everyone – Eva @ Eva's Book Addiction
- Lions and Marble and Books, Oh My – Betsy Bird at A Fuse #8 Production
- How to Make the Library Work for YOU – an interview with Adrienne of What Adrienne Thinks About That conducted by Jules at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
- The World Beyond the Library's Walls – Melissa @ Librarian by Day
- ABC Storytimes: Taking the Library Home – Pam Coughlan @ MotherReader
More Great Posts
Tiger's Bookshelf: Shopping Mall Library (Thai Knowledge Park) – PaperTigers
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To Love, to Serve, to Offer All
Young Women Selected Songs: A Song of the Heart
1. At twilight's close one autumn eve
I walked a path through fallen leaves.
The rusting heard beneath my feet
Were music hushed, melodic sweet.
I'd never heard that gentle song before
2. Through winter's chill the theme was there,
When spring had come so bright and fair.
A radiance was inside of me,
A song of love, a symphony:
And the theme began to grow within my heart.
3. It caught my heart and touched my soul,
To love, to serve, to offer all,
The world stood still, all but for me.
And I was searching hopefully.
Then suddenly the words came whisp'ring through.
4. Pick up the lonely, weeping child
Embrace the friends that you've reviled!
Take weary aged ones by the hand!
Praise God, as just the godly can!
Praise God, as just the godly can!
Give water from the depths of heaven's wells!
Give water from the depths of heaven's wells!
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Walk into a polling place and there doesn't seem to be much to the operation. Workers cross off names, point to machines, hand out a few paper ballots.
No drama – usually.
But the generally calm atmosphere – and that is the goal – belies reality. Voting in the 21st Century is complicated.
I signed up to be a poll worker this election and quickly discovered I had to take a three-hour class. Yes, three hours.
Three hours of boredom, I figured.
Wrong. With the amount of information presented, the course could easily have been longer.
It turns out poll workers set up and take down the entire operation, learn a variety of jobs and must carefully follow election laws and guidelines, which require maintaining a well-documented chain of evidence for almost everything.
What some might consider trash, such as ballots discarded because of mistakes, poll workers keep. They peel off seals over electronic voting machines – and keep the seals.
And despite some historic examples across the nation that might suggest otherwise, despite nearly 1.7 million registered voters in Orange County, there's no room for error.
My introduction into the world of the Registrar of Voters started with a stunning video clip.
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Those words, in big block lettering, kick off the video shown to newbie poll workers.
If videos offered by bureaucrats are usually dull, predictable, whitewashed portraits with talking heads offering no-brainer generalities, this one isn't typical.
Showing burly men in uniform, the clip details a 1988 incident in which Republicans posted security guards at 20 predominantly Latino polling places in Santa Ana.
The video makes it clear such tactics are meant to intimidate and can't be tolerated.
Today, it is illegal to wear such uniforms within 100 feet of a polling place. If similar actions occur, poll workers are advised to contact law enforcement.
Registrar Neal Kelley tells me that since he took over the position in 2004, election guidelines across the nation have become tighter to ensure accurate vote counts while also trying to ensure everyone who has the right to vote can vote.
Kelley says Orange County has come a long way in recent years, winning awards and seeing vote-by-mail ballots increase from 400,000 four years ago to 800,000 for this election cycle.
Not only do mail ballots make voting easy, Kelley points out they also take some pressure off polling places – a good thing in an area that is the nation's fifth largest voting jurisdiction.
I assumed paper ballots slow the process. But Kelley says more mail ballots mean fewer parking problems, less accessibility issues and shorter lines.
A $6 million investment in machines also means that more than 70,000 vote-by-mail envelopes can be processed daily.
That's good news for me. Less poll work on Tuesday.
Still, Kelly guarantees I'll be busy.
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Ruth Church sits in class just in front of me taking notes. She's worked elections before, but not a hotly-contested presidential race.
Church, a retired complaint handler and Mission Viejo resident, is stocking up on snacks for what she expects to be a very busy election day.
Volunteers receive a stipend of $120 (I'm foregoing mine.) and work 16-hour days. The math shows few are in it for the money.
Church explains she follows in the footsteps of her mother who worked elections. "It gives me a good feeling that I'm helping with this process." Church says. "It's about helping keep the freedom in this country, freedom that people fight for."
Registrar of Voter instructor Kyle Helmick moves quickly through the curriculum, fast enough to make the three hours disappear quickly but slowly enough to ensure that everyone understands the intricacies of their jobs and the bigger mission.
"The number one rule," Helmick emphasizes, "is to keep voters voting."
To do that, Kelley needs a small army.
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One could liken Kelley's style of management to that of a field commander.
Kelley laughs when he allows that he's far too antsy to sit in an office during Election Day. He manages from the field, visiting polling places and helping solve a myriad of problems.
Kelley has a 49-member regular staff, 270 full-time seasonal employees and 7,000 volunteers. He also has 12 fully-loaded vans with rapid response teams that can set up a polling place just about any where, any time.
Consider that the last few elections have included a bomb scare and a power outage. The bomb scare in Rancho Santa Margarita required creation of a an impromptu polling place across the street. When a car crashed into a transformer in Costa Mesa, electricity went out at two polling places.
During class, we practice putting up and taking down voting machines, setting up tables, talking to voters. At first, it's a confusing array of paperwork, plugs, cords and machines.
One of these machines, something called a JBC (Judges Booth Controller), is the brains of the voting operation. And a chip inside the JBC – a chip with four backups – totals vote tallies.
Without actually being handcuffed to the box, the Registrar of Voters handles JBCs like top secret information – which is pretty much what they contain. After the election, poll workers follow JBC drivers to drop-off points to make sure the chips arrive safely.
Helmick runs us through a variety of what-ifs, including what to do if someone who has already voted by paper ballot has changed their mind and insists on voting again. Answer: They get a provisional ballot which may or may not be later approved.
Remember, keep the lines moving.
We rotate through the four clerk positions: JBC, paper ballot, street index, roster. At first it seems like a clunky process. But our team quickly transforms into a smooth operation.
I only have one concern: rain.
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Everyone has the right to choose paper or electronic ballots. About 90 percent of people who go to polls use machines.
State law also requires offering something called "curbside voting," which means just what it implies. It's a great program for those with limited mobility. But, technically, most anyone can vote curbside.
If a curbside voter wants a paper ballot, no big deal. But if the choice is electronic, poll workers drag out the entire voting machine.
I'm hoping for sunny skies.
On the day I talk to Kelley, the Registrar is looking into paper ballots mailed in by military stationed overseas. Because of Hurricane Sandy, the ballots are stuck at JFK Airport. Kelly tracks the ballots to ensure they arrive in Orange County and are counted.
If all this seems pretty stuffy, here's one more thing I learned in polling class. The number one write-in candidate in nearly every Orange County election?
Mickey Mouse.
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Alan Tudyk has signed on to play Stephen A. Douglas in the big screen adaptation of "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter". It's funny because Alan is best know as playing Steve the Pirate in "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story". If at any point you thought, "Oh does he mean that guy from 'Firefly'?" then I'm going to ask you to leave right now.
Chris Pine, Alex Pettyfer and Shia LaBeouf are all expressing inner desires to play the lead role in the silver screen version of "Preacher". Pettyfer is the only one keeping me from being completely enraged about this and that's only because I have no freakin clue who he is. What's that? The kid from "Beastly" you say? Super! Maybe we can get Kevin Smith to direct and we can just call it a day.
If you don't know who Ray Harryhausen is then you don't know the joys of weird ass stop motion animation of years gone by. You should, that's the point I'm making. Well if not there's a new documentary about the man behind the effect of such classics as "Clash of the Titans" (the good one) and "Jason and the Argonauts" titled "Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan". Bubo, look it up.
In the wake of the recent tragedies in Japan Legendary Pictures has asked Guillermo del Toro to revise the screenplay for his upcoming disaster film "Pacific Rim". The movie focuses around the a group of monsters that attack the earth and threaten to end us all. Click here for ways that you can help in the relief effort.
"Battle: Los Angeles" is my favorite Rage Against the Machine album that I never actually heard and they've finally made a movie about it. What's better? There's a new trailer for the alien invasion flick. What that has to do with the album I have no idea but I assume it's some sort of weird political thing I don't get.
The MPAA has taken it upon themselves to ban the poster for the upcoming Stevan Mena movie "Bereavement". The poster depicts a child walking with his father while holding a butcher knife. Apparently the MPAA isn't a fan of toddlers walking around with murder weapons. I don't get it.
Aaron Echhart has officially confirmed the heartbreaking news that Two-Face will not being appearing in "The Dark Knight Rises". And when I say heartbreaking I really mean to Eckhart because last week it was confirmed that Heath Ledger would be making an appearance as The Joker and he's dead. Got to be a blow to the old ego.
Finally! "Beastly" is back in the spotlight with a new trailer and a big thumbs up from me. For those of you not familiar with the film all you need to know is that it stars Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer, Mary-Kate Olsen, Neil Patrick Harris and Peter Krause. The movie was delayed months ago for being so awesome that the studio worried that people's heads would explode from excitement if it was released in the summer months.


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New pipelines are beginning to carry a glut of domestic crude from the middle of the country to Texas's Gulf Coast, boosting the fortunes of the area's big refineries and further fueling a decline in oil imports. Dan Strumpf reports.
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In what may be his last utterances in the Trayvon Martin murder trial, former neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman said Wednesday afternoon he had made the decision not to testify in his own defense.
Florida circuit court Judge Debra Nelson asked Mr. Zimmerman if he had been threatened or coerced into not testifying, and the 29-year-old answered no.
Though not unexpected, Zimmerman's move was one of several last-minute machinations as the high-profile trial winds down, amid concerns by some law enforcement officials in Florida that a not-guilty verdict could cause civic unrest.
Earlier this week, defense attorneys said they'd introduce witnesses to talk about how marijuana use by the 17-year-old Trayvon could have affected his decisionmaking on the night he was killed, but instead the defense put a "use of force" expert on the stand to talk about fight dynamics before resting its case.
The prosecution called back Adam Pollock, the owner of a gym where Zimmerman trained, causing a minor uproar when it suggested he was using his training of Zimmerman as an advertising pitch, thus undermining the credibility of his testimony. Mr. Pollock, ironically, testified for the prosecution, causing Judge Nelson to wonder why the prosecution is trying to impeach its own witness. Pollock ultimately did not retake the stand.
The stakes as the case winds down are high. Now on Day 21, the trial has clarified, but not solidified, the last two minutes of Trayvon's life, when he got into an altercation with Zimmerman. The defendant had gotten out of his car to follow Trayvon after calling him "suspicious" and "on drugs or something."
The case inspired widespread rallies and "Million Hoodie Marches" in early 2012, after Sanford, Fla., police refused to charge Zimmerman with a crime, saying they couldn't counter his self-defense claim. A special state prosecutor indicted him 44 days later. The trial began June 10.
The sequence of events Wednesday did give some clues as to the defense's thinking as it closed its case. Firstly, Zimmerman testifying on his own behalf may have caused more harm than good, opening himself up to cross-examination about a series of alleged inconsistencies in his version of events.
Zimmerman, through his lawyers, has claimed self-defense, saying Trayvon attacked him, punched him to the ground, and beat his head against a concrete sidewalk. Dennis Root, a private eye and "use of force" expert, testified Wednesday that Zimmerman was a hapless fighter who had few options in the heat of the battle but to use his weapon in self-defense.
Prosecutors say Zimmerman profiled Trayvon as a criminal, trailed him, confronted him, and then killed him when the situation turned against him. They assert Trayvon is the one who had the right to defend himself under the law after being followed for two minutes by an armed adult stranger.
According to Doug Keene, an Austin-based jury consultant who has followed the case, the defense ultimately may not have made much headway by bringing up a toxicology report that showed Trayvon had a trace of THC in his system on the night he was killed. A medical examiner had said the amount may have affected his behavior, but scientific studies have failed to show that marijuana has any ties to violent behavior – unless the person is already violent.
The judge had ruled several times against introducing character evidence against Trayvon, but said she would allow more testimony on the trace marijuana because the state's own witness, medical examiner Shiping Bao, changed his mind about whether the active ingredients in the drug could have influenced what happened on the night of Feb. 26, 2012.
Another decision may have helped the defense to rest before bringing up the pot issue: On Wednesday, the judge barred the introduction of cell phone messages in which Trayvon talked about street fighting. Without that evidence, the marijuana argument may have faltered, Mr. Keene said, given the number of teenagers and adults who report having used the drug at least once.
Late Wednesday, prosecutors wanted to call a new witness to rebut testimony by defense witnesses that Zimmerman "was largely incapable of fighting," according to assistant state attorney Richard Mantei. The witness, a state alcohol enforcement agent, would testify that Zimmerman attacked him in 2005 during an arrest of several of Zimmerman's friends at a bar, Mr. Mantei said,
"The state attorney's office dropped a battery on an officer charge to a misdemeanor," defense attorney Mark O'Mara argued back. "Eight years ago [Zimmerman] was overarrested for something. It was dismissed outright. Bears no significant … value, both because it's ancient in time, ancient in act, and the way it was handled by system suggests that it was a nonevent even to begin with."
The new witness may testify Thursday before both sides make their closing arguments and the six-woman jury gets the case.


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When things get really stressful, it is time to first look after yourself.
Over the last four weeks I have had some major things to deal with. My god-daughter was born and had to go straight into NICU (neo-natal intensive care unit). Then my sister's baby was born and also had to go straight into NICU. I got a severe allergic reaction – I still don't know the cause. Just after that I discovered that my mom has got skin cancer. And yesterday I had another severe allergic reaction and now I need to have tests done.
I have never coped well with stress, and this is just too much for me. As a result my home looks like a disaster area. My grocery shopping is behind. I have missed days at work, and I really care about my job. I have not exercised in weeks – and I love my exercise. I have started to snap at people for the simplest reasons.
What can I do to reduce my stress, or just to relax?
Don't stress about what has not happened yet because if you do, you create your nightmare.
There is a potential lawsuit against me.
While I am waiting for the decision, I am unable to sleep and eat properly, and I just want to stay in bed most of the time.
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If you care about yourself other people will also care about you.
Parents should not make their children feel guilty about growing up. Children don't owe their parents anything for the decisions the parents make.
I have been diagnosed with social phobia and anxiety by a psychologist who was not able to help me overcome these issues. However, I have decided not to let that put me off.
There was an incident at work with a female colleague who had bullied me for quite a while. One day she just went too far and I threatened to beat her up. Of course I will never lift my hand to a woman, and did not mean it. Unfortunately the woman is related to the manager, who took her side and I lost my job.
I have since had chance meetings with some ex-colleagues who looked at me in a funny way, as if they want to laugh at me but not to my face. At first I thought it was my imagination, but then it happened again and again. This made me believe that they are gossiping about me whenever they can.
I am wondering whether it is possible for gossip to destroy a person's life. Do you think I should be concerned about what these people say about me behind my back? I know that I live in a large city and I no longer work for this company, but it still bothers me that these people are talking about me and I don't have an opportunity to defend myself.
Children are entitled to live their own lives. Parents should not deny their children the freedom to become adults
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My mother won't let go of me and it is driving me crazy.
I am 21 years old and was not even allowed to arrange a birthday party for myself – not that it would have been a big party, because I only have one friend. My younger brother has already left home to study, but my mother refused me that opportunity. Instead she expects me to stay home and do all the cooking and cleaning. My mom seems to be afraid of so many things and wants me to take care of her all the time.
I recently got a job, and my mother makes a scene every time I leave for work, but I refuse to give up the job. At the same time she expects me to use my money to pay the household bills, even though she has her own well-paid job.
I have decided to leave home and move into a small flat. I don't know how to tell my mother this without having a confrontation, because I don't know how she will treat my younger sister when I leave home. I love my mother, but Iwant to have my own life and make my own rules. I want to go out with friends and study and travel.
How do I get away from all this?
When your partner is insecure, they need to deal with it. Don't allow them to use up your energy.
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SEIA's Rhone Resch discusses tax, grant program extensions
With the Senate's plans for energy up in the air, what's at stake for industry if new legislation does not pass? During today's OnPoint, Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, discusses his industry's legislative agenda for the fall, including a push to extend the Treasury Grant Program. He gives his take on prospects for an energy package and discusses the United States' economic recovery.


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Do you ever let something go for so long (too long) that when you are ready to come back to it....the task is just almost overwhelming? Yah...me too. And today that is how I feel about this blog. I have so many things I want to say and write that when I sit down to start....it's like a raging FLOOD of thoughts...so I sit here looking at the blinking cursor and then hit "Cancel" and go do the laundry instead.
But not today.
Today I read something that gave me the 'Umph!' to just push through that crazy rushing flood of thoughts and swirling topics and JUST DO IT.
So what I'm thinking about today is character in our kids and whether or not we are actually putting anything into building it within them.
I know for me personally, I'm struggling here. I see my children becoming "their own person" more and more and sometimes I don't love what I see. The worst part is that all my kids are..... is a reflection of me and their daddy. So I asked...do WE act like that? And well...in our own more grown-up, more sophisticated way....yes, we do.
Well boo. How come when I try to "fix" others like my hubby or kids, the fingers always point back at me?? :)
There are many character traits I want to instill within my children...but only one of them is CRUCIAL:
First and foremost, I MUST teach them how to have an intimate passionate relationship with Jesus. Without this, they cannot succeed and with it, they cannot fail.
I also think that trying to build such traits as honesty, kindness, sympathy, gratefulness, etc. are going to be tough without the foundation of this personal relationship with the Lord. Think about it...the more we seek Him, the more we find Him. The way we seek Him is through prayer and His Word. The more we read His Word, the more we understand who we are in Christ. When we get to that point, we walk according to the Spirit and not the flesh. At that point, being honest, loving, kind, sympathetic and grateful are all just byproducts of living a Spirit-filled and Spirit-led life. :)
And once again...we've come full circle and the ball is in our court (as parents). Are we showing them this by example?
We must teach our young children this. It doesn't come "natural" to them. If we all acted like babies or young kids, none of us would exercise, we'd eat pizza breakfast, lunch and dinner and we'd probably play video games and watch tv during most of our waking hours. So it takes someone with maturity to turn off the tv, put away the video games, cook a healthy meal, go for a walk and OPEN UP THE BIBLE together as a family.
If sports and activities make it impossible to have time for these things, then I guess you are left at a fork in the road....deciding what is a better investment of your time. All time gets spent...just some things bring back a greater return than others. :)
Deut 30:19
This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live
Friday, October 28, 2011
Too important not to say...
Do you ever let something go for so long (too long) that when you are ready to come back to it....the task is just almost overwhelming? Yah...me too. And today that is how I feel about this blog. I have so many things I want to say and write that when I sit down to start....it's like a raging FLOOD of thoughts...so I sit here looking at the blinking cursor and then hit "Cancel" and go do the laundry instead.
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ugh, I read this on my phone when I was out of town and meant to come back to it and put a comment when I got to a computer, but forgot. sorry it took me so long and I needed a fb reminder ha ha.
lots of true stuff. Yes, with each passing day and year we see how even more important it is to be instilling good, Godly foundations in our kids. Yes, they are also going to mimic what they see. If they see us curse the guy who cut us off, or wear low-cut revealing clothing, or talk badly about people behind their backs, or lie, or keep a secret from their daddy, or listen to us criticize those around us....they are going to start doing those things too.
Yes, when we try to fix others, sometimes its really because we need fixing ourselves first. I don't know how many time Pastor Chris has said from the pulpit "I'm preaching this to you, because I went through it(going through it) myself, and I can only preach/teach what I personally know".
Very true.


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Obviously this BMW X5 is a product of Germany but if you can look beyond that fact and ignore the lack of Soviet Era design you'll see a vehicle that is in its own way truly Russian.
It's no secret the X5 is the stolen vehicle of choice in Russia, so what better vehicle to use as a canvas for a one of a kind airbrushed tribute to the country?
From there, someone spent a lot of time, a lot of money or some combination of the two turning this modern SUV into a rolling tribute to Russian history.
We aren't going to pretend we can indentify everything depicted in this intricate mural but we can pick out the Kremlin and according to EnglishRussia, where we found this strange vehicle, the text on the hood roughly translates to "Viva St. Petersburg". Of course it does.


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Dodge: 'Farmer'
In this Super Bowl ad, Chrysler pays tribute to the American farmer.
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Turnaround time is 2-3 weeks. If you need an order earlier or by a specific date, please send a message to my before ordering. I'll let you know right away if I can accommodate your time frame. Thanks!
*Main photo is the navy cap with red thread for the design*
- Pigment dyed, 100% cotton twill material, kids' size
- Brown leather strap and antique brass colored buckle in the back
- Pigment dyed fabric gives them a worn-in, vintage look! Please note that since these are pigment dyed, there will be some variation in color from cap to cap. Also, in some of the darker colors especially, if you wash this hat, the colors will run so be sure to wash them with like colors!
- Choose from either a kids' size hat or an adult sized hat.
- A mini chicken design is embroidered on the front center. It is approximately 1.5" wide by 1.5" tall.
- Choose any thread color you'd like for the design
- This hat does not have any monogram or personalization. You can find monograms to add to the side or back of the hat in our Add On section.
- The adult hat can adjust from about 20.25" to 24" in circumference.
- The kids' hat circumference of cap adjustable from 18.25" to 22"
- The hat's measurement from ear to ear over the top of the kids hat at the center of the hat is about
11.5" so it's about 5.75" from the top of the ear to the button on top of the hat.
- If you're unsure about whether this will fit your child, please measure their head and compare to the circumference measurements above because all kids are different!! That's the most reliable way to check!
- Looking for an infant or small toddler hat? Find it here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/509625516/infant-or-small-toddler-monogram
We love embroidering bulk orders for bachelorette parties, vacations, etc. We'll also refund any extra shipping that you may be charged with the automatic postage calculations.
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It all depends on the amount of work we already have in line. Please send a convo to ask about turnaround time if you need your order by a specific date. I'll let you know right away whether or not I can accommodate your request. Priority Mail should always be chosen for any early order.
Traditionally, a ladies' monogram will have her last name in the center. This is our most common monogram option. The easiest way for both you and I to know what order you'd like your initials it to type them this way: Jane Elizabeth Smith, monogram: jSm. I'm totally okay with you just typing out the full name as well so that there's no confusion on how the monogram will be sewn.
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We can embroider either initials or a name on pretty much anything we sell as well as mini designs. We do not embroider any Disney items, team names or logos, fraternity/sorority letters, or any other licensed or trademarked logo or word as these are someone else's intellectual property. We do not sell anything with these designs on it. Also, please note that we will not embroider or include any type of profanity or inappropriate language on your item or in your package, including gift messages. Thanks for your understanding!
More than likely, YES! Send a message, and I'll let you know for sure. We love customizing products though like matching hats for Mom and Baby or matching designs for baby, kid, and adult hats for a group.
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Dozens of gay couples, some of whom waited in line overnight, received licenses to marry from county clerks Monday, while lawyers for the state of Arkansas asked its highest court to suspend an order gutting a constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage.
"When we heard the news in Arkansas, we had to jump in the car to get here," 51-year-old Shelly Butler of Dallas said shortly before receiving the first license in Little Rock, the state's largest city. Butler met her partner, 48-year-old Susan Barr, at Southern Arkansas University in 1985. They arrived at the courthouse at 6:30 a.m. and were allowed to go to the front of the line because Butler has muscular dystrophy and is in a wheelchair.
"I am just in shock, I think. You go from being so private and hidden to such a public display of commitment. It's just so nice," Barr said.
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza tossed out Arkansas' gay marriage ban after business hours Friday, setting up Monday's run on courthouses in Little Rock and Fayetteville as same-sex marriage arrived in the Bible Belt. As he arrived at work Monday, Piazza walked up to a colleague performing same-sex weddings in the courthouse rotunda and shook his hand. Piazza declined to talk to reporters.
"I have already spoken my opinion," Piazza said.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, who recently said he supported gay marriage but would defend the ban, filed paperwork Monday morning formally asking the state Supreme Court to temporarily set aside Piazza's ruling that had made Arkansas — at least for now — the 18th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriages.
The U.S. Supreme Court last year ruled that a law forbidding the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages was unconstitutional. Federal judges have ruled against marriage bans in Michigan, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Texas, and ordered Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.
In Fayetteville, the home of the University of Arkansas, clerks issued 23 licenses to same-sex couples Monday morning and one to a heterosexual couple. The women who work in the office used White-Out to correct the documents' formatting where necessary.
"On our licenses, it automatically prints 'Mr.' and I told the girls just to change that to 'Ms.'" Washington County Clerk Becky Lewallen said.
Fifteen same-sex couples received licenses in Eureka Springs on Saturday, but outside Carroll County, clerks in many of the state's other 74 counties said they wanted further guidance from a higher court.
"With all due respect to the Third Division Circuit Court of Pulaski County, a circuit court does not establish or strike down statewide law," Faulkner County Attorney David Hogue said in a statement Sunday. "That would be the role of the State Supreme Court."
Carroll County deputy clerks who had granted licenses to same-sex couples Saturday said Monday they had resumed granting licenses only to heterosexual couples and referred calls to Clerk Jamie Correia, who couldn't immediately be reached.
Marion County, home to a large number of retirees, granted one license to a same-sex couple Monday, and Saline County, home to two conservative Little Rock suburbs, said it would if anyone asked. No one had by midday.
Pulaski County drew one protester.
"Marriage is between a male and female. … These are the words of the almighty God. Woe unto you, said the Lord," Larry O. Walker shouted outside the courthouse.
Thomas Baldwin, 37, and Devin Rudeseal, 24, of Bryant, were the second pair to receive a same-sex marriage license in Little Rock. They married quickly because Rudeseal planned to take a final exam at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock later Monday morning.
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen, whom Piazza met on his way into the courthouse, said he married three couples in the first hour after the clerk's office opened.
"It's the right thing to do. I am a minister. I am a judge. I am ordained to celebrate commitments in marriages and I have believed for a long time that my faith compels," Griffen said. "This is the love of God joining with the love of people."
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SMART-1 celebrates its first year in space
ESA PR 54-2004. One year after its launch on 27 September 2003, the SMART-1 spacecraft is in excellent health and preparing for the manoeuvres that will bring it into orbit around the Moon mid-November.
The first mission phase, the aim of which was to test several innovative technologies, has been successfully completed. It included, in a first for Europe, testing of primary solar-electric propulsion and of a miniaturised payload for cruise science experiments, telecommunications and spacecraft navigation.
The ion engine went into action three days after launch and slowly placed SMART-1 safely above the radiation belts that surround the Earth. From there, SMART-1 started spiralling around our planet to eventually come closer, through ever wider orbits, to the so-called 'Moon capture' point. During this transfer phase, the ion engine fired its thrusters for periods of several days to progressively raise its apogee (the maximum altitude of its orbit) to the orbit of the Moon.
So far, the SMART-1 ion engine has operated for about 3300 hours and covered a distance of some 78 million kilometres, with only 52 kilograms of propellant. With this successful demonstration, SMART-1 is paving the way for future deep-space missions, using a solar- electric engine as primary propulsion. It will be applied to long, energy-demanding interplanetary missions in the Solar System, reducing the size and cost of propulsion systems, while increasing manoeuvrability and the mass available for scientific instrumentation. ESA plans to use primary solar-electric propulsion for its future BepiColombo and Solar Orbiter missions.
During its first year in space, SMART-1 has also successfully tested new space communication techniques. For the first time, SMART-1 has used very short radio waves (called Ka band at 32 Gigahertz, with the KaTE instrument) to communicate with Earth. These enable far more information to be transmitted over deep space than the commonly used frequencies and in a shorter period of time.
Another SMART-1 achievement is the successful testing of a laser communication link experiment with ESA's optical ground station in Tenerife, Canary Islands in February of this year. This laser technology, in which Europe is a leader, has already been applied to telecommunications satellites, but this was the first time a laser link had been used to communicate with a distant, rapidly moving spacecraft.
Both techniques will be crucial for future science missions where huge amounts of scientific data have to be transferred back to Earth over large distances in space.
During its cruise, SMART-1's miniaturised payload, consisting of seven instruments weighing only 19 kilograms in total, has been tested. All instruments onboard SMART-1 were operated and performed successfully in a number of science experiments. This was excellent preparation for the next phase of the SMART-1 mission: an unprecedented scientific study of the Moon, exploring in-depth the mysteries of our Earth's natural satellite.
With all these achievements to celebrate after its first year in space, SMART-1 is now preparing for the next big milestone, the lunar capture which is expected to take place less than two months from now.
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Syrian Rebels: We'll Use Arms to Defeat Assad
A top Syrian rebel leader said his forces hope to use new arms shipments from the US to reverse momentum on the battlefield and draw new recruits away from extremist groups like Jabhat al Nusra. Inti Landauro reports.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will resume her official duties on Monday, five days after being released from a hospital for treatment of a blood clot, the State Department said on Sunday.
Clinton, 65, will sit down with assistant secretaries of state for a closed-door meeting on Monday at 9:15 a.m. (1415 GMT) at the start of a week-long schedule containing nearly a dozen meetings, including three at the White House.
The secretary was released from New York Presbyterian Hospital last Wednesday, after a stay of several days during which she was given blood thinners to treat the clot in a vein behind her right ear. She has been resting at home in New York since then.
Clinton has suffered a series of ailments over the last month, including a stomach virus and a concussion.
Her doctors have said they expect her to make a full recovery.
The State Department said Clinton has been keeping up with her work by talking to her staff and receiving memos.
Her first White House meeting this week will take place on Tuesday and include Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and national security adviser Tom Donilon, the State Department said.
She is also scheduled to meet with the ambassadors of Ireland and South Africa on Tuesday, and with Afghan President Hamid Karzai later in the week.
Clinton is expected to step down in the next few weeks. President Barack Obama has chosen Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to succeed her.


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Appeals Court Rejects Business Method PatentsBy Reuters - Print
Internet companies, software makers, and others may be able to breathe a sigh of relief after a U.S. court of appeals ruled that a method for reducing the risk of sudden changes in energy costs could not be patented.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. patent appeals court ruled on Thursday that business methods, such as Amazon.com Inc's one-click to buy goods on the Internet, cannot be patented.
The case was closely watched by software makers, Internet companies, investment houses and other businesses.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said the patent application in question -- a method for reducing the risk of sudden changes in energy costs -- was not a machine and did not result in a transformation, both standards set by the U.S. Supreme Court for patentability.
Bernard Bilski and Rand Warsaw had challenged the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's rejection of their request to patent their method for managing energy price risks.
"The decision of the board is affirmed," the court said.
(Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Andre Grenon)
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Dave Barry Dishes on 'Generation Text'
From letters to travel, this dad has an opinion about everything
Dave Barry is nothing if not irreverent. In countless newspaper columns and 30-plus books over more than three decades of writing, he has used humor and insightful observation of everyday life to amuse those who are fans already and bring new readers into his tent.
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He gave up writing a weekly column for the Miami Herald almost a decade ago, but he still keeps readers laughing with his annual Year in Review columns. And he is no less a witness to popular trends and culture, as is clear in his newest book, You Can Date Boys When You're Forty, out this month. Here, a few excerpts from that work.
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The Post Office
Many younger people have never sent a letter. When my son, Rob, was in college, he had to send a letter for some reason that I don't remember. What I do remember is that he called me to ask some technical questions such as (I am not making any of these questions up):
- Where could he get a stamp?
- Were there different kinds of stamps?
- Well then, which one should he buy?
- How much would it cost?
- What should he physically do with the letter when it was finally ready to go?
Rob was quite annoyed that the letter-mailing procedure was so complicated. He felt about it pretty much the way I feel about doing my taxes. Which is why Generation Text doesn't send letters, and as I say, everyone else has pretty much stopped, too. Which means that all you get in the mail these days is bills and big wads of advertising crap that you immediately throw away. Whenever I read one of those stories about a mail carrier who, instead of delivering the mail, has been putting it in dumpsters, I think: Why can't MY mail carrier do that?
Reading Habits
Every day I get the newspaper (which, for you younger readers, is a paper with news written on it) and I check the obituaries to see how many of that day's deceased were younger than I am. That gives me one number, which we will call X. Then I check the People page to see how many of the people who qualify as People and who have birthdays that day — indicating that they are still alive — are older than I am. This gives me another number, which we will also call X because at our age we have trouble remembering things. If the first X is smaller than the second X, then it was a good morning of newspaper reading. But most of the time, the first X is bigger. Sometimes the second X is zero: Not a single People-worthy birthday person is older than I am. On those days, I put down the newspaper and slowly chew my soy-based meat-free sausage with the realization that it could, statistically, be my last breakfast ever.
Travel Advice
So you're planning to take an airplane trip. Good for you! Every year, millions of people "take to the skies" for business or pleasure, and statistically only a small percentage of them are killed.
Nevertheless, if this is your first flight, or you haven't flown in a while, or you're simply one of the many stupid people found in airports, you're probably unsure about what to expect. So let's review the basics:
Q. I have an infant or small child. Are there any special preparations I should make for flying?
A. Definitely. Before you leave home, gather together whatever toys, books or games you will need to keep your child occupied. Then remain home, occupying your child, until he or she is a minimum of sixteen years old.
Q. When should I leave for the airport?
A. You should already be at the airport.
Dating My Daughter
If it were up to me, our house would be surrounded by giant (but humane) traps baited with some kind of bait that would be attractive to thirteen-year-old boys, such as fireworks or shorts that are even baggier than the shorts they're already wearing. Every now and then we'd hear the loud THWONK of a steel door slamming shut, indicating that a thirteen-year-old boy had come too close to the house. I would then go outside, and, after a stern warning, drive the boy out to the Everglades and release him into the wild.
But my wife allows them to come in. She thinks it's OK if sometimes one of them watches TV with Sophie...
When my daughter can legally commence dating (February 24, 2040) I intend to monitor her closely. I intend to do this even if I am deceased. My last will and testament will contain instructions stating that if my daughter goes anywhere in a car with a male ... the urn containing my ashes shall be placed on the console between the passenger and driver's seats, along with a little placard that says "DON'T MIND ME! YOU KIDS HAVE FUN!" The urn will also have a siren that goes off periodically.
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