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Here is my side wing router table I made to fit in the right side of my Ridgid R4512 table saw. I made it to save some room in my garage so I can get rid of my dedicated floor standing Crafstman router table.
I made it out of two layers of MDF and wrapped it in maple to help prevent sagging and to give something solid to attach it to the table saw with. The second picture is of me using about every clamp I have to close the gaps when I glued the two pieces of MDF together. I then put a piece of white plastic laminate I got from the scrap bin at work for the top and the face of the fence. The best thing about this project is other than the hardware (router plate, t track, and bolts and knobs) I built it all from scraps that were gonna be thrown away at my work.
I drilled out some material with a forstner bit in the bottom of the router table so I could attach the table to the existing bolt holes in the table saw. I added two pieces of oak that I jointed one edge and screwed them to the bottom of the table to help stiffen it all up and prevent sagging over time.
I used a Kreg router plate and t track. The last picture is of a simple jig I made to help get semi-clean cuts in the t track. That and a new hacksaw blade helped.
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#1 posted 04-01-2014 11:29 PM
Nice job. Looks like a model for others to follow.
-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence
#2 posted 04-01-2014 11:52 PM
Very nice. I have the 4512 also. I've been planning to put in a router wing myself as soon as things slow down In my school. State assessment season in Texas bites. Yours looks great. Thanks for sharing.
-- So many tools, so little money. *heavy sigh*
#3 posted 04-02-2014 02:19 AM
Great job! Just bought a Delta and I'm planning out my router table as well. Looks like I may incorporate some of your ideas
-- Tom T, upstate NY
#4 posted 04-02-2014 02:28 AM
Oh thats pretty sweet…. I have the porter cable version and could see this working pretty well on it. Great job
-- Buster, Ocoee TN (Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors - Hemingway)
#5 posted 04-02-2014 07:57 AM
Well done, I have had one on my Rigid Saw for yrs and love it. The Triton Router mounts on the tables without needing a lift or tools and adjustments can be made from the top of the table. ( just some info) I thiknk others are starting to do this as well.
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
#6 posted 04-02-2014 04:07 PM
Nice work!
-- Steve - "Never Give Up"
#7 posted 04-02-2014 05:50 PM
I have the same ts. Was going to make pretty much the same insert. Nice job!
What did you make your zero clearance insert out of? I made one out of oak and hardboard laminated. Not sure if I liked it too much and now its for dado's.
-- I wood if I cood
#8 posted 04-02-2014 10:30 PM
Thanks for all the kind comments.
ChipBreaker – I made my zero clearance insert out of 1/2" mdf. It's held up decent so far. I've had it for a couple years now and it hasn't needing replaced yet.
#9 posted 04-16-2014 08:24 PM
Just bought the same saw and had the same idea. GREAT WORK! Now I know I can pull it off. Haha! Any recommendations or after-actions you would have done different or changed now that it is operational?
-- Woodworking minus patience equals firewood
#10 posted 04-20-2014 12:12 PM
I'm pretty happy with this so far. I haven't run into a problem with it yet so I can't think of anything I'd change. A big plus I've found with it was when I was routing some dados in the middle of a board and the fence wouldn't go back far enough to let me use it so I removed it and used my table saw fence as a guide. I can't see myself needing to do that a whole lot but it sure was handy when I needed it.
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I grow more prudish by the day, and I have now reached a point where I avoid watching films with graphic sexual content just as I have always tried to avoid people who discuss their (alleged) sexual exploits in graphic terms. Don't get me wrong. I am not judging, I am certainly not calling for censorship, and I think repression is the source of much of our craziness. I simply believe that sexuality is an intensely private experience, and I would never dream of discussing my sex life in public or even with close friends, not even if I actually had something to discuss.
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Russell's diffidence is not strictly a matter of propriety, but also stems from the sense of shame he has over his sexuality even among a group of straight friends who appear to be accepting and supportive. Why else would he lie to his best friend Jamie (Jonathan Race) about going home when he was planning to cruise for a hookup? His friends might be "OK" about it, but does that tolerance extend to actually listening to a play-by-play account of his romantic encounters? As Glen points out, gay men simply don't have such discussions in public and he thinks it's high time that changed. Russell doesn't disagree with Glen's basic premise, but he's not ready to take the risk, plus he's just not the kind of man who would talk about that sort of thing, even to make a point.
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Russell: "I'm not sure if people want to hear about the random sex lives of strangers."
Glen: "You just don't want people to hear about your sex life."
R: "Well, that's true."
G: "Imagine if everybody was just open about what they did, and everything was normal."
R: "Yeah, but people are open, aren't they?"
G: "Are they?"
Though they're rehashing the main theme of the film, another fine layer is added here. It's not just that Glen thinks people should talk more about sex and that Russell doesn't. Rather, because of his own viewpoint, each man perceives a different level of discourse in society: Glen thinks people don't talk about it much; Russell thinks they already talk about it plenty! And as a prude, I'm voting with Team Russell here, but I can appreciate Glen's viewpoint as well.
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Both Cullen and New are exceptional, inspiring these fully realized characters, two men balancing lives in which they are alternately dissatisfied and joyful, sometimes gazing into an uncertain future and sometimes just relishing the moment. And "Weekend" works beautifully in the moment, and lingers long after an initial viewing. It's certainly an affair to remember.
The film is presented in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio. The movie was shot on a digital camera (primarily a Canon 5D with additional scenes on a Sony PMW-EX3, according to the Criterion notes) and this 1080p transfer is a fairly straightforward representation. The image detail is very sharp, and the cool color scheme is richly rendered, its strengths becoming most obvious in scenes set at the pool where Russell works as a lifeguard: the shimmering blue has a metallic glow. There is no film grain, of course.
The DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 soundtrack isn't all that dynamic, but a showy sound design would undermine the intimate tone the film achieves so vividly. There are occasional bits of mumbled dialogue, but that's part of the design. Combined with the British accents, this may mean American viewers need to use the optional English subtitles, but that's hardly a problem. I always turn subtitles on anyway.
The primary extra is a 30-minute interview (2012) with Haigh, Cullen, New, Pontikos, and producer Tristan Goligher. Haigh gets most of the screen time and discusses both the film's production and some of his concerns about the film's reception. In the film, Glen fears his art project will only appeal to gay audiences,, but Haigh is optimistic that "Weekend" will play for anyone looking for a good movie and a good romance. He's right.
The disc also includes two short films directed by Haigh: Cahuenga Blvd (2003, 6 min.) and "Five Miles Out" (2009, 18 min.) The first feels like a pretty rough but heartfelt student film about a brief romance between a young man and young woman. I haven't watched the second.
The rest of the extras are short features, including a separate interview with Haigh about the film's sex scenes (6 min.), audition tapes of Cullen and New (10 min.), some on-set footage shot by Chris New (8 min.) and a short piece about the set photography by the team of Quinnford and Scout (AKA Oisin Share and Colin Quinn).
The 16-page insert booklet features an essay by critic Dennis Lim.
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When I heard that "Weekend" was a "hookup" movie, I avoided it. I've never been able to understand how people who just met could hop in the sack together, but "Weekend" sure makes the emotional connection a convincing one. Russell and Glen are such vivid, dynamic characters, you are unlikely to forget about them anytime soon. "Weekend" is one of the best films of 2011, and one of the great modern romances. Please don't miss it.


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Wade Davis, Former NFL Star, Admits He is Gayby Free Britney at .
Wade Davis, a former NFL defensive back for the Tennessee Titans, Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks, recently admitted that he is gay.
Throughout his career, he struggled with the fact that he was a gay man in a profession where homosexuality was almost never discussed openly.
It took years after he left the NFL before he felt comfortable enough to publicly admit that he was gay, as Amy K. Nelson of SB Nation found out.
"There was a lot that stood out from our conversation; one part that didn't make the edit was his feelings about not only struggling with his identity as a gay man, but also his identity as a black man," Nelson recalled to Yahoo Sports.
"He would wear his clothes extra large, use patterns of speech that, to him, sounded like he spoke like many of his peers. He said that he became the best actor in the world."
"He still struggles with identity, both as a black man and as a gay man. He's still trying to figure this all out, but really, aren't we all in some way?"
Davis works with kids in New York City; at the Hetrick-Martin Institute, described as a New York organization "which serves lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning youth," he found his personal voice.
He's also campaigning for President Obama he's hoping to help the movement.


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The area of low pressure over the Caribbean Sea was declared Tropical Storm Karl while at a distance of 315 miles east of the Yucatán Peninsula.
As of 11 p.m. EDT September 14 (0300 UTC September 15), the center of Tropical Storm Karl was located within 15 nautical miles of 18.6°N 85.5°W, about 185 miles (295 km) east of Chetumal, Mexico.
Maximum sustained winds are estimated to be 45 mph (75 km/h), with stronger gusts. Minimum central pressure is estimated at 999 mbar (hPa; 29.50 InHg), and the system is moving west-northwest at 15 mph (24 km/h). Tropical storm force winds extend up to 25 miles (40 km) from the center of Karl.


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|Daimler announces cost cuts
|Thursday, 14. November 2019 09:20
German automotive company Daimler AG presented on Thursday its new sustainable business strategy at the event dubbed Capital Market Day that will last for two days.
The company decided to start with the CO2-neutral mobility policy and says it wants to position the company for sustainable change in the future.
Daimler chairman Ola Kaellenius said: "The expenditure needed to achieve the CO2 targets require comprehensive measures to increase efficiency in all areas of our company. This also includes streamlining our processes and structures. This will have a negative impact on our earnings in 2020 and 2021. To remain successful in the future, we must therefore act now and significantly increase our financial strength."
Last week the company announced it is planning to eliminate 1,100 global management positions, including one-tenth of the positions in Germany.
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The gospel makes us God's workmanship, His poiēma. We get the word, "poem" from this Greek word. In Christ, we're God's work of art, His new creation. Created to live transformed lives for His glory. The problem is that even as genuine believers we don't always walk in that transformation, we don't really see that work of art. It's there, but we just don't always see it in the practical day-to-day lives of God's people. I believe that the key to seeing the practical outworking of that transformation, to see believers actually look like that work of art in real time, the key is to help people connect the dots between the gospel and the different areas of their lives.
Second Peter 1:3 says that through the gospel, God has given us everything we need for life and godliness. The problem is that beyond salvation most people don't see how the gospel applies to their lives. We have to help people make those connections in both their thoughts and their actions. We have to help believers think about themselves and the world around them in light of the gospel.
For example, Romans 5:1 says, "Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." What kind of impact would knowing that the creator of the universe, Almighty God delights in you and that the hostility is gone...what kind of impact would that have on a believer's life? We have to make gospel implications like this clear for folks. It's there. People just don't always see it.
Romans 8:32 assures us saying, "He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things?" Clearly preaching the gospel implications of passages like this will help believers see why they can trust in God's faithfulness even during the toughest circumstances of life.
When we clearly and consistently point out the implications that the gospel has on how we see ourselves and the world around us, it's like numbering the dots of that work of art so that people can start to see how to walk in the transformation that the gospel brings.
As important as it is for believers to think in light of the gospel and to see those gospel truths that are all over Scripture, it's just as if not more important for their actions to flow out of the gospel. I say that because if we're honest, we'll all admit that you don't need the gospel to live a good, moral life. You don't need the gospel to have a good marriage, to be good parents, to have a good work ethic, to be generous, to care about social justice issues. You can do all those things without the gospel. But the gospel changes the "why." The gospel is the only thing that can get someone to do those things because they love God.
So as much as possible we have to directly connect the gospel to the behavior that we're aiming for. Isn't that what Paul did? We see it in the general pattern of his letters where he focuses on what God accomplished through Christ before he tells churches to live in a manner worthy of the gospel. He even got more specific than that. For example, in 1 Cor. 6 when he wanted guys to stop sleeping with temple prostitutes, he didn't appeal to their self-interest and tell them that their marriages would get better if they stopped fooling around. No, he appealed to the gospel. "You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body." He reminded them of the immeasurable price that God was willing to pay to redeem them.
Peter did the exact same thing in 1 Peter 1. When he called the believers throughout Asia Minor to abandon the sinful ways of their former life, he reminded them that God didn't ransom them from that lifestyle with silver or gold but with the precious blood of Christ. He roots our pursuit of holiness in the gospel. Anytime we're able to make the connection between the price God was willing to pay for us and make it crystal clear that He was willing to pay it because He loves us when we're able to connect the gospel to the different areas of people's lives, it produces a deep love and gratitude for God that makes people want to obey Him in that area.
This is why we have to keep the gospel central in the pulpit. Now we have to be careful to guard against just tacking it on at the end of every sermon so that we can say we got it in there. That doesn't count. It needs to be central. A big part of that is striving to make the gospel real to people. This can be hard especially in a place like Oklahoma where everyone already knows the answers.
In our adult ministry, when we have parenting or marriage classes, we try not to just give people principles for having a good marriage but we try to make sure that they understand the gospel foundation for their marriage. One of the main motivators we use to get people plugged into small groups is the fact that the gospel makes us family. Even in that setting we try help our folks see the connections. This is definitely a work in progress at Crossover. I don't want to sound like we got it all figured out. But I'm convinced that as we help God's people see the connections between the gospel and every area of their lives, we'll start to see that work of art that Ephesians 2:10 talks about in real time.
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Does yoga help people with eating disorders? What kind of yoga is best? Can yoga actually be harmful? These are some of the questions I wanted to answer when I embarked on a research project about yoga therapy for eating disorders, working with young people in the adolescent medicine unit at Westmead Children's Hospital in Sydney.
When I presented that research at the Yoga Australia conference in Melbourne, I realised I'm not the only one asking those questions. Yoga teachers, psychologists, parents and teachers are all interested in how to harness the benefits of yoga to support people struggling with eating disorders, especially anorexia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of all mental health issues and those working and living with people with anorexia want to be sure that the yoga practices they introduce to their clients and family members are safe and effective.
My research revealed some important insights for yoga teachers and clinicians. It also offers guidelines for 'best practice' when developing yoga therapy programs with young people with eating disorders. I want to make these guidelines freely available to everybody needs them. Please download your copy of my speakers notes and slides at the link below. Let me know if you have any questions.
You can also watch a video recording of the live presentation for free HERE.
Nikola Ellis
Nikola Ellis is the founder of Adore Yoga, yoga therapist, counsellor and teacher trainer. She conducts regular trainings that help people of all ages, shapes and abilities enjoy the benefits of yoga and meditation, including Meditation Facilitator Certificate Trainings; Level 1 200hr Teacher Training and Post Graduate Yoga Teacher Training in Mental Health, Adaptive Asana and the Foundations of Yoga Therapy and a highly regarded professional 650hr Graduate Certificate of Yoga Therapy.


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Topic: Expert (09/05/13)
TITLE: God Knows Everything | Previous Challenge Entry
By Lois Farrow
"So, Dad, why do so many people believe evolution? At College it's not cool to say you believe in the creation account in the Bible. They say science disproves it and that science can't be wrong."
"These are big questions, son," David took his time replying. "First, science doesn't disprove creation. There are many Christian scientists and experts who can argue FOR creation from a biological and geological viewpoint. Wonderful discoveries are made in science and we learn many exciting things. Second, science can change as new knowledge comes in. Look at these quotes from a recent newspaper article about dolphins - 'It could be one of science's most embarrassing climb downs'. And how about this – 'New research suggests that humans have been beguiled by decades of flawed scientific research.'."
"So scientific study can be flawed and thoughts can change?"
"Yes, it is not infallible."
"So why has evolution become so popular?"
"Well, I guess it's for many reasons. I think they want to latch on to something that does away with God. If you can prove that the world began without a designer and creator, the logical conclusion is that there is no God waiting at the end of your life to judge what you've done. Then you don't have to face up to the reality of consequences for your actions."
"Dad, they say the world started with a big bang. What do they mean by that?"
"I don't really know, but I sometimes think that when God spoke and formed the earth there could have been a very big bang." David chuckled as he thought of it. "But no one but God was there to hear it. It would have blown our eardrums inside out if we'd been around."
They sat by a large boulder and Jimmy drew their lunches from his bag, while David pulled out the Bible that always accompanied him.
"Let's look at Genesis chapter one which seems pretty clear to me," David said. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. It lists what he made on each successive day and he said that it was very good. On the sixth day he made humans and put us in charge of his creation. Pretty cool, eh?"
They gazed down at the lake, sparkling in the autumn sunshine. Majestic mountains stood silently on every side.
"Think about some of the stuff in our life," said David. "Our house, our car back at the car park - they didn't come into existence all by themselves. They had a designer and then they had a maker. Look at you – what an extraordinary mind designed you and me and gave us this beautiful environment to enjoy."
He got Jimmy to read from Romans chapter one. "Since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse."
"Exactly," said David. "They can't say they didn't know. People have no excuse to not believe the truth. It tells us here what went wrong. It says they claimed to be wise, they exchanged the truth of God for a lie and they did not think it worth while to retain the knowledge of God. They think they are experts and say you can't argue with science. They have no idea that they are interpreting their science with their anti-God beliefs. But the Bible says that the person who says there is no God is a fool."
"What are they going to say when they finally meet God, I wonder?" said Jimmy
"Well, that will be interesting. To me it is very scary because so many people are swayed by this and don't actually know the truth. They believe what they are told, and don't look into it for themselves."
David munched on his apple as they repacked their bags and prepared to continue the walk.
"Stand strong at College, Son," he said. "Don't be afraid to stand up for the truth and remember that God is the ultimate Scientist. He is the only expert who really does know everything."
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About the book:
In the summer of her fifteenth year as a professor at Gilchrist College, Lorna Terry is at a crossroads and, she fears, also on the downswing of her career as the "sole remaining radical feminist in academia." And further, having built her life on a theory of non-attachment, she is disturbed to find herself becoming very much attached to the somewhat younger, Malcolm T. Mitchell. A writer-on-the rise, and her college's newest wunderkind, Malcolm is about to challenge everything she thought she ever knew about her life, her loves, and her work.
But her growing attachment to Malcolm may well be the least of Lorna's worries. For some in her academic community, she has risen too far, and too fast. And for others, she is much too smug in her accomplishments, enjoys adulation she doesn't deserve, and is much too proud. And you know what they say about pride …
It cometh before the fall.
From 'The Fall':
"So, what was the disappearing act about?"
"Good evening to you, too." Lorna stood aside and admitted Malcolm T. Mitchell into her home.
"Good evening. Now what was it about?"
Wearing a powder-blue long-sleeved linen shirt and beige linen pants, he looked like he'd shaved just before coming over. He also looked like something Lorna might want to eat for dinner. It was always easier to have the kiss-off conversation if one didn't still just want to kiss the man in question. But it couldn't be helped. It would be more difficult to say the words with conviction, but they had to be said: it was just a one-time thing, Malcolm. And this one time, out of consideration for his ego, she might go easy on him. In her experience, the arrogant ones were the most fragile when it came to rejection.
Shutting the door, Lorna turned to face him, and for a moment was taken aback to find him so close on her heels. She looked up at him, a question in her eyes and Malcolm smirked, then before she knew what was happening, her back was pressed against the door and he had her pinned.
"I'm waiting," he said.
For a moment, Lorna was confused and then gradually she felt her ire rise. That and her excitement. It had been years since a man had handled her in this way—these days none of them dared. Her work came with all kinds of assumptions, not the least of which was that she wouldn't stand for a man simply acting like … a man. On the contrary, she loved it. Malcolm T. Mitchell had either figured that out about her, or he didn't care. It was that second possibility that irritated her. Who did he think he was? Who did he think she was? Scarlett-fucking-O'Hara to his Rhett Butler?
Putting her hands up, she shoved against his chest. It was rock-hard. She remembered that now; that beneath the urbane, collegiate exterior, Malcolm had the physique of a man who paid careful and almost meticulous attention to his body—not an ounce of extra fat anywhere. Okay, well maybe an ounce, but no more than that. She recalled running the flat of her palms across his chest and down his stomach, and the way his eyes darkened, both warning and inviting her as she moved lower.
"What exactly are you waiting for?" she asked, stalling.
"An explanation. We had a great night. And then you pull some sophomoric little …"
"Yes. Immature. Juvenile. Young. All those things."
This was where she should tell him off, push him off, and ask him to leave. But she didn't want to. And playing coy wasn't her thing. She wanted him, and what she wanted, she generally went after with gusto. Why should this moment be any different? Afterwards, she would tell him … she would tell him … afterwards …
"And I guess you think the way to win me over is to come to my house and offend me."
"Are you offended?"
Lorna couldn't help but smile. She shook her head slowly as his face came closer. And just as his lips made contact with hers, she closed her eyes. He nipped her lower lip and pulled it in, sucking it lightly before dipping his tongue in for a brief taste. She remembered this as well, that he was an exemplary kisser. Good enough to almost make her forget that there could be even greater pleasures than kissing. Lorna pressed in closer for more and felt his smile at her response.
One point to Malcolm T. Mitchell.
"You're going to return my calls," he said against her lips.
Lorna wasn't sure whether it was a question or a statement. She had a sneaking suspicion it was the latter, but she didn't care. At least not at the moment. She nodded slowly and he deepened the kiss, his hands coming up to capture her wrists and move her hands from where they were still between them, pressed against his chest. Relieved of that barrier, he came closer and soon the only thing she could feel between them was what felt like a rod of granite at his groin. God bless his young soul, he was ready at the drop of a hat.
Smiling, Lorna pried one hand loose and reached down between them, feeling him. Malcolm groaned and pulled back abruptly, though their lips maintained contact. Capturing her wrist once again, he held it far away from the point of contention. Lorna smiled, just as his lips traveled down her jaw and to her neck. She tilted her head to the side to make way for him.
One point to Lorna Terry.
She didn't want him to get the impression he could have the upper hand after barging into her meeting, and then into her home. A tie she could accept, but he couldn't have the upper hand.
"Let's go eat," Malcolm said, pulling away suddenly.
Blinking, Lorna almost gasped in frustration. What the hell ..?
"I'm on to you," he said smirking. Then he reached behind her and opened her door, standing aside so she would exit before him.
He drove them to the Harbor Inn in his Range Rover, as yuppie-like a vehicle as Lorna might have expected from the young professor. Harbor Inn was a small place set right on the banks of the Hudson; it was family-owned and simply decorated, serving fairly decent seafood, and excellent steaks. It was the place where parents of Gilchrist students took their collegians when they came to visit, or for a nice graduation dinner. On any given evening during the semester, there might be a few students at the restaurant on what they thought was a nice, grown-up date, but rarely did faculty go there. Probably because they wanted to avoid the students. But it was late spring, so there was little risk of running into anyone they knew, or might wind up teaching. Summer students rarely had the means to dine at places like Harbor Inn.
The hostess, an attractive girl with dark hair and startlingly blue eyes guided them to a table that overlooked the waters of the Hudson, and its craggy shores. Lorna loved this part of the country and missed it whenever she was gone too long. In just a few short months, the Hudson River Valley would transform, and become a golden landscape so breathtaking that people would drive from all over tristate area just to witness it. Since most of her conferences occurred in the spring and summer, Lorna was fortunate not to have missed this awesome display by Mother Nature in many years.
Their waitress surfaced with menus and rattled off the specials, and recommended wines when Malcolm inquired about a good pinot grigio. He chose one without asking Lorna what she wanted to drink, but she let it pass. The cool evening air, and the memory of their kiss in her foyer had her feeling docile and not inclined to argue.
"I was warned about you," Malcolm said when they were alone again.
"Oh, I have no doubt you were," Lorna said.
"I was warned that you're very difficult to get to know. And that you throw up barriers—usually intellectual ones—against people who try."
What was there to say to that? It was true, after all.
"I guess after hearing that, I was expecting something a little more sophisticated than the good old-fashioned refusal to return phone calls," he continued.
"Well … then next time I'll be sure to reject you in a much more sophisticated manner than refusing to return your phone calls."
Malcolm didn't smile as she would have expected he might. Instead he fixed that penetrative stare of his directly on her. "Are you rejecting me?" he asked.
"Depends on what you're offering," Lorna returned. "I can be a friend and a colleague. A … mentor, or …"
At that Malcolm did smile. "What makes you think I need a mentor?"
"You're new to academia, you're young …"
Malcolm smirked. "So that's how you plan to play this? I'm too young for you?"
"How old are you?"
"Thirty-eight. Somehow I doubt I'm the youngest man you've ever been involved with."
For a moment Lorna's memory flashed back to that graduate student from Ohio. She couldn't recall his name, and that caused her a moment of something akin to shame. She was way too old to be picking up anonymous lovers. Her twenties and thirties were riddled with that kind of behavior and nothing good had come of it other than a brief, but misguided sense of sexual liberation.
"I don't know whether to be insulted by that comment," she said, feeling nothing of the sort.
Their waitress returned with water and with a young man who opened a bottle of wine, poured the first glass and waited for Malcolm to sample and approve it. He nodded his assent, both their glasses were filled and then their servers departed.
"Of course I don't mean to insult you …" he began.
"Well that's a relief."
"Lorna. Stop."
The forcefulness of his tone gave her pause. She felt almost chastened.
"I'm not interested in verbally jousting with you. I'm interested in getting to know you. And …" then he shrugged. "The jousting, of all kinds, can come later."
Sighing, Lorna picked up her wineglass and took a sip, enjoying the sharp, fruity taste on the back of her tongue. It was a good choice, though she hadn't been consulted.
"So tell me about yourself, Malcolm T. Mitchell," she said when she put her glass back down. "What brings you to Gilchrist when your writing career is so clearly about to take off? Teaching is what a writer does at the end of his career, not the beginning."
Turned out he was looking to become a writer-in-residence somewhere, but teaching wound up being a better bet since he had recently gotten divorced and needed the income. He had two girls—one thirteen and the other nine, who lived with his ex-wife, Charlotte, in the city. Both he and Charlotte were attorneys but apparently, while she had taken to their chosen profession like a fish to water, he loathed it, and had written his book on weekends and late at night when his household was asleep. Around the time he grew more serious about his writing, and getting published, Charlotte grew more disenchanted with their marriage.
"And the rest is history," Lorna finished for him.
"I hope not. I hope the rest is actually just the beginning."
He emptied his wineglass and set it aside, as though he had satisfied some internal quota for how much he intended to drink.
Little things like that made Lorna think he was probably very disciplined, possibly even structured in his life. If she was right, she needn't worry about rebuffing him. Men like that could never tolerate the messy, jazz-like cadence of her life for very long. She woke at different times each morning, sometimes writing late into the night, sometimes before first light. She sometimes smoked, and then for a year or two, she quit.
She could be almost maniacally social at times—having dinner parties, brunches and wine tastings in her garden—and then at others, lived like a recluse. Her life was disorderly, its only constants being her work; and Riley, Shawn and her grandson. Everything else was temporary and disposable, most especially the men who passed in and out.
"I plan to read your book," she said. "I bought it shortly after we, ahm, met."
"You'll have to tell me what you think of it."
"What do you think of it?"
"Of my own book?" His eyebrows lifted.
"Yes. Do you feel as brilliant as they say you are?"
"No," he said with a laugh. "Never."
He had scampi with wild rice and Lorna ordered the sea bass, thinking all the while about her daughter who would have scolded her for choosing something that wasn't sustainable. She often heard Riley in her head, as though she was the parent, and Lorna the child. Her daughter was sometimes unnervingly mature for her age.
"So I'm interested in hearing who thinks I throw up barriers for people who want to get to know me," Lorna said, once their meal was underway.
"Professor Hunt, for one. He was very entertained by us when we were in his office this afternoon. Spent the first half hour of our meeting singing your praises."
"Telling you I throw up barriers doesn't sound like praise to me."
"He also said that every conversation with you makes him feel like the class dunce. That you're witty, sharp and have lots of barbs. That it only makes sense that you would be a feminist because you're probably right in your assessment that no man could ever live up to you."
Lorna took a bite of her fish. "Steven should know better. Being a feminist is in no way a reactionary thing. It shouldn't just be defined in relation to men. Just like being Black is more than simply the absence of Whiteness."
Malcolm grinned. "You should know," he said leaning in and lowering his voice. "Whenever you talk like that, it makes my dick hard."
Coming in 2016. 'The Fall'.


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There are some moments in life that just take your breath away - today was one of those for Rich and I. So let me tell you the story about a ride on the public transport home on a cold wet Wellington day.
Rich and I had finished work for the day and while waiting for the bus, got talking about our weekend. Rich asked me if I went to the Street City Church on Sunday night and how I found it. We got on the bus and sat opposite each other on the bus as it was pretty full. We carried on talking over the isle about the respective sermons we had heard and the impact they had on on us. We carried on talking about church and God for most of the trip home.
When a lull in the conversation arrived, the girl sitting next to Rich asked what church we both went to. Rich replied with each of ours and immediately as Rich said his, a man sitting across from Rich erupted with disgust at the Church Rich attended.
The crazed man proceeded to yell at Rich and asking him questions with no space for the bemused Rich to answer. When the crazed man was finished he closed his eye, shock his head and said something to the effect of "I wasn't going to say anything and now I'm not going to talk about it". Rich started to offer replies to the questions that had been asked of him. The man just talked straight over the top of Rich saying "No, nope, I'm done talking about this" and then after a second he carried on asking questions and making statements that Rich wasn't allowed to answer!
To Rich's credit, he didn't get upset but just smiled to himself while trying to start a conversation he was clearly being denied of.
I snapped at this point and got my loud voice on saying "Oi, are you going to let him (Rich) talk?". The crazed man then addressed me with a range of questions that I ignored while I raised my voice and asked the man if he would talk with Rich again. The crazed man told me he would NOT have a conversation with Rich but wouldn't give a reason why.
The poor girl sitting next to Rich looked a little shocked and laughed a little as she watched what her question had led Rich into ensued. Conveniently all three of us, Rich, the girl, and I all got off at the same stop. We all laughed and had a quick chat about her being new in town and wanting to find a church. Without being interrupted, Rich and I told her about some of the churches we know. Hopefully she wasn't put off by the crazy man and maybe, just maybe we will see her sometime.
The thing that stuck out to Rich the most was his comment "...if he's (Rich) strong enough in himself he can take it..." Well yes Rich and I might well be strong enough in our views to handle it, but I don't think our other passengers on the bus are strong enough in their life views to not realise you're a bit of a nob.
Note: This is the final post in this story. You will want to read 1-3 before you read this.
We drove into central Nelson and found an awesome café full of old farming and settler type things e.g syths, old cart wheels etc. Finding the couches were all taken for the moment, we setup shop at a table and waited until a couple that looked like they were about move finally left. I think we hung out at the café for about an hour.
When it was nearing 5:30pm we left the café and headed to 'The Boatshed' down at the waterfront. It was a classy joint she picked. It was one of the nicest restaurants I've been in for a while. We order a bottle of Pinot Noir and laughed most of the night, and had a couple of good deep-ish conversations as well. Towards the end of the dinner fireworks started out on the harbour. So we had dinner and a show. The fireworks were a little average but it was still great to be in a prime position to see them. Dessert followed the fireworks. We had planned to go back to my cousin's place for Lemon Meringue pie cooked by my Granny so we didn't want to spoil that by having lots of desert at the restaurant. We ordered a sticky date pudding for the two of us.
While she went to the bathroom, I took the opportunity to pay for the meal. When she came back, we finished the pudding and headed out for a short walk along the water front. It was fairly cold so we didn't walk for long.
The night was drawing to a close and it was time to head back to have more pudding and coffee with the cousins and Granny. I must say, this girl was brave for coming along. Who would want to meet a guys cousins and Granny on a second date? That's a little crazy, but then again it was a crazy adventure the whole way along so I'm not really surprised.
Gran's Lemon Meringue pie was brilliant as always. We had a few laughs with the family and the night was over. I walked her to the car, gave her a hug goodbye, and let her go on her way. We agreed to stay in touch, and with that my two day whirlwind trip to take a girl I had never meet out on a date was over.
Now the part you probably want to know - what has happened since? The short answer is nothing. I got an email that Tuesday saying 'lets just be friends' and that is ok with me. She is a lovely girl and lives far away. She has also just come out of a relationship and isn't interested in anything more. That's ok with me. These things rarely end up the way we think.
At the end of the day, I was taking an opportunity to have an adventure. I had a great time. She was absolutely lovely. I'm very lucky to have been given the opportunity to take her out.
Thank you to the young miss that let me have a couple of her evenings - you were a lot of fun.
Note: if you haven't read parts one and two, you should do that first to get the whole story.
She arrives at my cousin's house and she is as pretty as in her photos. Tall, blonde, and sporty with a great smile. We go to a restaurant close by. It's a very nice place. Great wine and huge plates with tiny delicate food. We hung out at the restaurant for a couple of hours talking about all sorts of things. It was a nice evening. When the staff were well and truly closed, and had setup for the morning, we decided it was time to leave. Walking out the door I spotted a great looking water fountain across the road. It was shooting water straight up from the ground and I wanted to play in it. She was good with the idea so we went across and jumped around in the fountain. I was the only one that ended up wet – right down the front of my jeans. It looked like I had pee'd my pants which made us both laugh. She didn't get wet at all.
After playing in the fountain, and getting wet, we noticed the bar next to us had karaoke going and it was sounding awesome. She looked at me with an inquisitive adventurous look and said
"Wana check it out?"
"Heck yeah!" I laughed while looking down at my wet pants wondering if anyone would notice.
Lucky enough, the bar was dark (aren't they all?) and no one noticed. As we walked in there was a short, squat, bald guy singing Sweet Home Alabama while bleach-blonde slightly tubby woman danced seductively with on each other, if you can all it that (eeewww). We had clearly joined the ranks of the local bogan bar. We laughed and headed to the bar for a beer.
The night ended at 11pm when she dropped me home. It was great evening and I had a heap of fun. I can't speak for her, but I know it was a well worth taking the opportunity. The trip to Nelson to go blind date with a random girl had been a success in that I didn't behave like a total arse, and I don't think embarrassed her or myself.
So I had a good night and so ended date one of two. There is also a funny story about getting locked out of my cousin's house but I'll post about that after I've finished this story.
I got a txt from her later that night saying she had work to do during the day on Friday but was keen to hang out again tomorrow night. So we set up for another dinner on Friday.
The next day, Friday, I worked from the dinner table at my cousin's house. Then checked in with my sister and her fiancé who wanted to check I hadn't made a total arse of myself. They agreed I had conducted myself ok.
In the early arvo I heard from the lady. She was keen to have dinner and gave me a couple of options of Thai or a really nice place on the waterfront. I liked the sound of the waterfront. She would be free at 4pm and would pick me up for coffee, then we would head for dinner.
She arrived at 4pm and we set out for the second date…
[To be continued]
Okay, so I'm starting to freak out a little bit now. First I set a limit for the plane tickets - that I didn't think I would be able to get - now I have them for less than my budgeted amount, and I'm seriously thinking about going to Nelson to take a random girl out for dinner – what the heck!
I called my sister (who is flatting with the girl), and Kate's response was "...that would be so awesome and funny, but it will totally intensify your friendship. It might make things awkward." She had a point. Then I called Kate's fiancé Chris and asked him what he thought. He said, "Get on a plane and go! If nothing else, it will be a great story." So with that, I decided to call the lady and tell her I'm calling her bluff and that I'm going to turn up and take her out for dinner.
I don't normally get nervous but I was calling a random woman who I hardly know at ALL, and I had no idea how she would take this phone call. She answered the phone and I explained that I was calling her bluff and was coming to Nelson to take her out for dinner. I told her that my Granny and cousins are all there in Nelson and I'd like to see them as well - so I had three great reasons to visit Nelson.
She laughed at the idea, told me I was crazy, laughed some more, and agreed to go out for dinner on Friday night- if I went. She couldn't do anything that night (remember this is Thursday) because she had a 'daddy-date'. (Side note to all men: never get inbetween a girl and her Dad. It's a bad idea for SO many reasons).
We finished our conversation and I headed back to the office. To be honest, I was expecting her to get off the phone, talk to a mate, and freak out. My thoughts went: "...any moment now I'll get a txt saying that she's actually a bit freaked out and maybe I shouldn't come because she doesn't know me well enough…" I would have understood if she had done that – let's be honest here, it was a crazy idea to fly to another city and take a girl who I've never met before out for dinner. But to my surprise, that didn't happen. In fact, when I got back to the office I got a txt that said she would be finished with her daddy-date by 8, and if I was in Nelson we could do desert and wine afterwards. Ohhh how happy I was! I laughed at the whole situation and jumped online to book tickets.
The next few hours went like a blur. Booked tickets: 4pm. Went home to pack my bag: 5pm. Got on the plane: 6pm. Landed/picked up: 7:30pm. Coffee with cousins: 8pm. Lady picked me up: 8:30pm.
Ideally I would have preferred to pick her up, but I didn't have a car, and I also didn't know the city or her location. So I was happy for her to pick me up this time.
[To be continued...]
This is a story about an opportunity that I took "once upon a time" in my life. I'm recording it for no other reason than that it's a good story, a moment I will remember, and a story to share with others in years to come. This is my recollection of events, and I'm happy to be corrected if I remember wrong. That said, let the story begin…
I was talking to my sister on the phone one beautiful Tuesday evening, and as we chatted about what was going on this week she said, "I have two gorgeous new flat mates – you should marry one of them!" Laughing, I said "Sure, why not?" At the same time I heard a woman's voice in the background say, "Kate, who are you talking to?" "My brother," said Kate. Then the woman yelled out "Dibs!" Kate laughed and told me, "You've just been bagged. Here, talk to this girl!" So the phone was passed to the lady who 'baggsed' me and we chatted for a few minutes about what each other does etc. We had a good laugh, teased each other a little, and at the end of the phone call the woman said, "I feel like I know you well enough to add you on Facebook" - and so she did. When I got the chance to look through her photos, I quickly realized she was very cute – beautiful in fact.
The next day (Wednesday) I got a Facebook message from this woman that said: "Where are you taking me for dinner tomorrow night?". I laughed to myself and made a quick call to a friend in Nelson – where this woman was at the time – and found a highly recommended Indian restaurant. I suggested I take her there, which she thought that was a great idea..."I like it, pick me up at 7:30pm!" she wrote back.
I laughed; I'm sure she did as well. Ahhh the fun of flirting on Facebook - but nothing was ever to come of it. The next day (Thursday) I was having a coffee with my good friend, and I told him the story of the beautiful Christian girl who had asked me to take her out to dinner. My friend looked at me with an open mouth and said, "Dude, why are you not down there taking her our for dinner?!" "No way man! I only just got introduced to this girl. I can't turn up and take her out. That would be creepy!" I said. "Dude, you've got a gorgeous Christian girl asking you to take her out for dinner – get on a plane today and call her bluff. If you can get cheap tickets, you should totally go. Just set a limit on how much you're willing to pay for plane tickets, and if you can get them for less than that amount, you have to go," my friend argued.
So I set a ticket limit of $400. Now remember that I was trying to buy tickets on the day of the flight, to a small New Zealand town – these are NEVER cheap even when you book weeks beforehand, let alone on the day and less then 5 hours till the flight leaves. But I got on my phone and checked flights and prices – lo and behold, I could get tickets for less than my $400 budget. My friend just laughed and said, "Looks like you're going to Nelson tonight, mate!"
[To be continued...]
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Youngest son of Fela Kuti, Seun has largely avoided the international limelight for some time while honing his live skills with various members of Fela's Egypt 80 band. Indeed as barely a teenager Seun opened as a live act for his father at the legendary Shrine venue in Lagos. The result is a superb, hard hitting debut album that contains all the urgency of Fela's albums and more of a cutting edge in sound than that of older brother Femi. Like his father, Seun uses vernacular pigeon English to get across sometimes complex messages in the most concise and direct manner possible.
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Summer 2011 (Aug 16, 2011 ~ Oct 26, 2011)
HBL100 "Introduction to the Study of Buddhism": Aug 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26
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